Hyaaa!

So here's the new chapter with an other new character (only one more to introduce before things start to get real)!

I have hesitated a lot before posting this chapter (which was one of the reasons the previous one came so late) so

you should know this should have been posted right after Merope's chapter

Also, chronologically speaking, it happens before Rose's chapter.

Hope you like it...

Have fun and enjoy ^^

DISCLAIMER: The Harry Potter World is JK Rowling and all those characters you know are also hers

Li Juan McDunac

CHAPTER 1: Special Guests

It was a great day for Li Juan McDunac and her family. For seven years, Fenelus, her husband, had been an active member of the Society. For seven years, she had been pulling the strings of his every move in order to get the power that she needed and, finally, the day had come when the greater members of the Society united in her own manor. Even better, Fenelus was not here and Andreus, her lovely son, could assist the meeting fearless of being reprimanded by his father. Everything was going perfectly. Li Juan could only hope it stayed that way.

'When are they coming, mother?' asked Andreus whilst falling lazily on the closest sofa.

Li Juan checked her watch. 'In a minute if not right now, honey.' she answered, letting her eyes wander in the direction of the chimney, waiting for the bright fire to turn green.

Andreus let out a long and loud snore which made his mother scorn. 'Your hand.' she snapped coldly. The boy raised an eyebrow to her and lazily brought his hand before his mouth. When he was done, he took a magazine from the nearest table and began to read. A few seconds later though, his attention was back on his mother. 'I can't help but wonder,' he started. 'How do you know, that father will not come home early tonight? How do you know he will not come back at all, actually? I suppose they will stay for more than just the evening.'

'Your father is too busy getting drunk with his friends, my love.' answered Li Juan calmly. 'Has he ever come back from one of his drinking nights before?'

'No.'

'Exactly.'

'Do they know he won't be here?'

'I do not believe they do.' said Li Juan. 'I do not believe they care neither, to be honest. We all know who the brain is in our family anyway.' she added in a detached tone.

'And that's you.' Andreus approved with a wicked smile.

'Until you're old enough to hold that title, yes.' Said Li Juan, passing a hand through her boy's perfect hair.

They both laughed lightly. Suddenly, a loud whoosh coming from the chimney made its way to their ears. They both turned brusquely and found themselves facing tall silhouettes emerging from the green fire now burning in the fireplace.

'Come on,' said Li Juan, holding her son's arm and forcing him to stand up.

Andreus did as he was bid, though not without puncturing his every moves with loud sighs and mumbles.

A tall, large man stepped out of the fireplace, soon followed by another six people. The man, who appeared to be the leader, confidently walked up to Li Juan.

'My dear, Li Juan!' he exclaimed with his booming voice. 'What a pleasure to see you!'

'What an honour for me to welcome Charles Greenwood, British Head of the Society himself, in my humble house.'

'Ah!' he exclaimed. 'No need to be so formal! We are here as friends and collaborates after all.' As he said those words, the big man laughed for some reasons and proceeded on making himself at ease. He was half-seated on one of the fancy comfortable sofas of the room when his eyes fell upon the young man standing quietly near the chimney. 'And who is this handsome young man?' asked Greenwood without lifting his stare from the boy.

Li Juan turned around and gently stroked her son's hair, somewhat protectively. 'That is my son, Andreus.' She said, her voice booming with pride. 'You have never seen him before, I know. Unfortunately, between his father's overprotectiveness and Hogwarts, he had not had much opportunity to attend any of our meetings. I hope it causes no problems…' she added, lowering her voice slightly.

'Of course not!' exclaimed Greenwood, rising from his sit with a new found energy and walking towards the boy like a king towards his crown. 'We need young men like him in our Society, if we ever hope to last in the future. Ain't that right, lad?'

Andreus put on the most convincing smile he could before answering. 'Have you ever been wrong, Mr. Greenwood?'

Greenwood laughed like if that was the funniest joke he had ever heard. 'Haha! That's a good boy you have there, Ms. McDunac.' He said. 'And how old are you, young man?'

'I turned fifteen last month, sir.' Answered Andreus.

Greenwood laughed at that too. 'I can hardly believe it! You are so tall and strong.'

'I wish I was as tall and strong as you are, sir…' said the boy with a sigh. 'Only then could I possibly be proud of myself…'

Though the Head of the Society seemed unable to hide his pride after such flattering words, Li Juan felt like she could nearly hear her son's internal laughter. Afraid that he was going too far, she stepped closer to Andreus and put a hand on his shoulder, hoping that he would get the message. Obviously, he did, as Li Juan understood by his small nod of the head, and so she proceeded to inviting her guests to sit down as the boy greeted them warmly and courteously.

Once they were all seated on comfortable sofas and with hot tea cups warming their hands, Li Juan decided it was time for the real talk. 'So what news from above, Mr. Greenwood?' she asked with calm curiosity.

Greenwood nearly chuckled on his tea with excitement. 'Very good news, actually.' He said. 'Our French operators have taken a step forward and revealed the names of their "mascots", the brother and the sister. I have been informed that our Bulgarian friends and Norwegian friends are doing the same tomorrow whilst Spain and Italy have decided to act next week. As for Britain, we shall reveal our "terrorist" in three days if all goes well.'

'Who was chosen for the job in the end?' asked a woman.

'Arius Bane.' Answered Greenwood.

'Good.' Said a man not too far. 'That man has guts.'

'And a strong voice.' Added someone else.

'Exactly.' Said Greenwood. 'He is the perfect leader.'

'Will he be presented as leader of both the terrorist groups and the vandals?' asked Li Juan.

'Yes. The Ministry and their friends will think they have made great advancements, but they will soon realize that they are as close to stopping us as they are to passing a law on house elves liberation!' Everyone in the room laughed at that. 'Anyways, once this is done, we will start the second stage of the operation and infiltrate the Ministry with all the strength we can put forth. We already have five agents posted there, including two with important ranks, but this won't be enough to assure full protection of our every moves just yet.'

'Who are they? Our agents in the ministry?'

'For security reasons, their names shall not be revealed to anyone just yet.' Answered Greenwood in a mysterious tone. 'Anyhow, I know some of you can provide us help from within, can't you? How many of you work at the ministry?'

Four people out of a dozen raised their hand. Li Juan hesitated before raising hers. 'My husband also.' She said, unable to hide the drop of disgust from slipping past her lips.

'Good.' Said Greenwood who had obviously not noticed anything. 'You and any of your friends or family with jobs or direct contact with the ministry should receive information and possibly direct orders from me or my superiors after the Bane's reveal in three days, so be attentive and prepared. We are trusting you to provide your whole support and dedication to our cause.' Many guests nodded vigorously whilst others smiled or expressed their support out loud. 'Moving on,' said Greenwood. 'We have recently acquired the support of an important man in the Greek ministry for magic, Aristotle Alegas, who happens to have enough friends and contacts to be able to create a new branch for our Society there.'

'Great news!' exclaimed someone.

'Great news indeed since it seems that our Romanian friends are having difficulties in staying hidden; three of their members have been found already and are currently subject to interrogation. Do not worry however for decisions from above have already been taken and this branch will soon be eradicated, most probably in two days if not tomorrow evening.'

'How?' asked Andreus simply, startling with his voice his mother as well as Mr. Greenwood himself and other members of the Society. Andreus did not seem to mind however.

'Our society has every means available for every action decided.' Said a woman, with long black hair shining in the firelight. 'Some will die for various reasons, sometimes inexplicable ones, others will disappear and others will leave the country for ever and find themselves victim of a tragic transport accident.' She said. 'Things happen and they will soon be forgotten. It will be as if they never existed…'

'So they will all be killed?' asked Andreus, his face as still as marble.

'Not all. Probably.' Said Greenwood. 'Some are better use alive.' Andreus smiled at that, but added nothing and Li Juan could not help but feel a rush of pride swirling through her heart. It was with great will-strength that she stopped herself from stroking her boy's hair.

'Anyhow, the Romanian crisis is nothing for us to worry about as of right now, we have more pressing matters to discuss.' Said Greenwood, reversing the attention back to him. 'Our targets currently have been noisy mudbloods, famous dumbledore-suportives, merchants and politicians and dark arts opponents for the vandals and our elite infiltrator troops, cowards and ancient supporters of the dark arts that renounced to that path by fear and cowardice has been dealt with by our stronger forces. Today, we are still pressuring the Malfoy family, Crabbs, Parkinsons, Smiths and Averys as well as the bookkeeper in Knocturn Alley called Caroline Labrunette. Targets such as Sinistra, Zabini, Goyle and every known Black has been eliminated as well as the shop owners of Barjow and Burks who by the way have been replaced by our own agents. Aurors Kinglsey, Robards, Dawlish and Williamson have also been taken care of as many other unimportant ones, and Dean Thomas and McMillan are also dead. Today we have direct control over the current head of the Auror office and his possible replacement. Finally, with Harry Potter and his friends out of the picture, we can say that we are in a relatively strong position.'

'But what if Potter's friends come back to help the ministry?'

'With Longbottom and his wife stuck in their house and Lovegood stuck in the dungeons of our Society with her dying husband, only Granger, Weasley or Potter's wife could cause us any problem. And if they do, then one of them will probably be eliminated, whilst the others will be kept alive to give them a false impression of power and give the people someone to blame or place desperate hope in. Whatever the case, they should not be too much of a problem. Our only nuisance right now are the members of the Order of the Phoenix, who we have been unable to locate so far. They are our priority right now.'

'What should we do to find them?'

'I already have agents working to find them.' Answered Greenwood. 'However, I am informing you on this in case you hear or see anything. If you do, then you are to immediately report to the Society. That means me. Are we clear?'

'Yes, sir!' echoed around the room.

After that, the meeting went on about numbers and finances, politics and journalism before turning into small talk and mindless joking. Quickly, Andreus lost interest, his mother noticed, but he forced himself to stay and look like he was listening. As for Li Juan, she worked her best to make good friends with as much of her new "collaborates" as possible. One woman in particular, the one with long black hair and olive skin who stood near the fireplace caught her interest. She was named Amita Bhatt and held an important post in the Ministery, yet, Li Juan had never heard of her before.

Little more did she learn for the time was running short and before they could know each other better, both Amita and Greenwood had to go. Slowly, the room emptied and before long, Li Juan was once again left alone with her son in the living room of her great mansion.

Standing up, her son yawned loudly before speaking. 'Well that was interesting.' He said.

Li Juan looked at him. Her son, Andreus. He was a handsome boy, tall and slender, his thick black hair nonchalantly falling above his slanted eyes. However, it was with severity that she spoke next. 'You must never speak of what you heard or saw tonight. To anyone. Ever. Understood?' she asked.

Andreus looked at her lazily. 'Obviously.' He answered.

His mother nodded and gave him a kiss on the forehead before letting him go to his room. Her son probably did not understand what had happened tonight, but she did. She understood that from then on, she was an official member of the Society. She understood that from then on, she held the power and the responsibilities of this house. Her husband was now disposable. As for her, her position, she knew, would turn into protection once the Society was done with the realisation of the Great Project, and all that once had to be hidden would come out strong and powerful… Just like herself…

So there you go...

I hope you didn't feel like too much was said

That was why I had hesitated posting it in the first place but after having thought about it, I think it definetely has its place in this story

Hope you enjoyed and be ready for the next character

PS: this is a hint things are gonna get a little warmer...