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They left as soon as Raiden said his goodbyes to his siblings and mother and grabbed his things. Everyone was to go down to dinner as if they were extremely sad. Aidan had told Dumbledore that Raiden had died from the wounds he received, though not far from the truth, it was still a lie. Luckily Aidan was a good liar, as was his family. They actually had a class on the subject at home a few years ago.
Dumbledore stood up at dinner, seeing the teenagers come in, grief etched on their young faces for the loss of Raiden, and announced, "We won this battle with great costs."
All of the students faces turned towards Dumbledore as he said this, "We lost today many a witch and wizard, but I would like to highlight one who stands out, Raiden, son of Aidan." Dumbledore looked at Aidan, who nodded; it was time for the secret to get out. "But he was known as Harry James Potter in his life before Aidan. We ask you to lift your glasses to the brother of the-boy-who-lived in memory of his courageous actions in the heat of battle."
Mutterings broke out among the students and teachers, but they did what they were asked, "To Harry Potter."
James Potter motioned for Dumbledore to follow him out of the hall, Lily was waiting.
"What the hell was that about?" James growled angrily, unknown to them, Aidan had followed them in the shadows and was listening to their every word. "That little bastard is dead, he couldn't have been that boy, I know that old age is coming upon you Albus but that….That was just bollocks. That evil monster couldn't have been a fighter like that, he wasn't good enough."
That was all Aidan could take, "A monster? Evil? This is your son, your flesh and blood. He's dead and you don't care. Of course you wouldn't care, I've seen his scars, I've been the father he never had, and Bastet has been a better mother than your wretch of a wife could have been for him as well. You don't deserve the right to be called a human, you're the monster, denouncing your dead son, calling him names, and he died in someone else's place. He came here to save lives, and this is how he was repaid. I don't believe you have a heart anymore Potter, it rotted away with your brain."
James snarled and jumped at Aidan, forgetting who he was dealing with, Aidan, expecting this threw all of his weight into a punch which connected with Potter's stomach, causing him to curl up in a ball on the floor coughing and whimpering.
Lily who stood there in horror at what was being said came to her senses and rushed to her husband to make sure he was all right. "You Bastard, I think you broke his ribs."
"Good he deserved it, If he can hit a child, I'm sure he can handle some of his own medicine." Aidan threw a dirty look at Dumbledore and exited the hallway, head down, shoulders slightly slumped. He looked like a man lost in the fog with no way out. Of course this wan an act too. All of his children had learned to act as it being one of the most important things you can learn.
When Aidan entered his room, he fell down on the now clean bed and began laughing uncontrollably. The looks on their faces was priceless. Thank god he had Noah take some pictures from the shadows of the Potters faces in the Great Hall, Raiden would enjoy those immensely.
Meanwhile, Raiden, Sirius and Remus boarded a muggle train going cross country. Raiden had his appearance changed slightly, they just covered up the scar and made his hair shorter. Raiden had an extra seat next to him to prop his leg up on.
"So how far away is this place?" Raiden asked raising an eyebrow.
"Pretty far I'm afraid, and I don't think it's safe for you to travel by magic right now if you know what I mean?" Remus said, pulling his head out of his thick book he was reading at a quick pace. Sirius on the other hand was trying to shoot down a fly with his wand without success.
"Awww, so I'm the reason we're doing this whole muggle thing, sorry guys, I had no idea," Raiden apologized. "I could have traveled if you asked me."
Remus coughed, "Excuse me? I don't think you flying out of the floo connection would work and all side along apperations are recorded."
Raiden laughed, "Of course Remus, right as always." Raiden looked over at Sirius as did Remus, he had just singed his eyebrows and burnt his nose when the fly landed on his face and he tried to blast it.
"Geez Sirius," Remus said dryly, "You have such great aim."
Raiden grabbed Sirius's wand from his hand and shot the fly down with a quick aim, much to Sirius's displeasure.
"You killed James!" Sirius wailed in a very fake way, he then perked up and said cheerfully, "Well let's not dwell on the past." He then squished the still smoldering fly under his shoe, making a face at the faint squashing noise that could be heard.
All three of them broke down in laughter until Raiden fell out of his seat, and began cursing irritably because the leg he landed on was his bad one. After he calmed down, and Sirius helped him back onto his seat, much to Raiden's protest, they began talking quietly again.
"So they are green? Like completely untrained?" Raiden questioned the two older wizards, after receiving nods he swore, "Damn, no training? How can this work, I mean I can't even walk on this fucking leg; how can I demonstrate anything?" Raiden growled in frustration.
Remus and Sirius glanced at each other, "Well you are a wizard, a projection maybe? Or a memory, which could work." Remus said, rubbing his eyes thoughtfully.
"Or eh…..you'll think of something, using my brain hurts." Sirius said, rubbing his head, causing Remus and Raiden to laugh, Raiden more carefully this time though.
"You just keep trying Sirius, it may come to you someday," Raiden choked out, his godfather knew how to lighten the situation, even if he wasn't trying, which Raiden thought he wasn't.
"We'll be there soon Raiden, why don't you try to get some sleep?" Remus asked a few minutes later. Raiden nodded, he did feel tired.
Raiden awoke to Sirius poking him on the arm, "C'mon we're here."
"I'm up, I'm up." Raiden yawned and grabbed his crutches. He hobbled down the hall after Remus and Sirius, and carefully stepped off the train. People cast him a few looks, some of interest, pity, or for a few girls and guys, admiring.
"Merlin Raiden, all the ladies are looking at you, stop being so hot and share the spotlight." Sirius exclaimed, giving Raiden a fake look of hurt.
"I can't help it if girls find me irresistible; I'm just too damn sexy for my own good." Raiden joked happily, earning a smile and a bark-like laugh from Sirius, Remus however was preoccupied. He was looking for their ride, who was supposed to have a sign saying 'Wolfie.' Sirius's cousin sure had a strange sense of humor, but of course she was related to Sirius so she had to be strange.
Raiden looked out over the crowd, he did notice a lot of girls were looking at him; some of them were at least 20 years older than him too. Now that was wrong. Raiden spotted a girl, a few years older than him spotting wild pink hair, a yellow plaid skirt, fishnets, and a purple belly shirt. She blushed, feeling his eyes on her, and held up a sign reading 'Wolfie.'
Hey Remus," Raiden said, "What was the sign supposed to say again?"
"Wolfie," Remus growled irritably, thinking Raiden was messing with him again.
"Ok then, we probably want go this way." Raiden hobbled towards the girl, seeing her shocked expression, and biting back a laugh. "Are you here to get Remus and Sirius?"
"Uh…yeah," The girl stated after a moment of thinking. "I'm their ride."
"Hey get over here!" Raiden yelled.
Remus and Sirius raced over, hearing the teen's yell and thinking he fell down or something.
"So why didn't you tell me that our escort was so cute?" Raiden asked Sirius.
Sirus growled and whacked his godson over the head lightly.
"Tonks this idiot on the crutches is Raiden; Raiden, this is Tonks, my cousin."
"Thank Merlin she got the good looks of the family," Raiden quipped, ducking away from another smack.
Sirius, Remus, Raiden, and Tonks headed outside to where Tonks had parked the car. It turns out Tonks wasn't a very good driver, she doesn't believe in speed limits.
"Holy cack!" Raiden swore, "I'm never getting into a car with you again unless I'm driving."
Tonks laughed and hopped out of the car, Remus and Sirius seemed rather unfazed about her lack of driving skills.
"Get that girl some driving lessons," Raiden hobbled after the two men towards a large run-down barn. The area they were in was secluded; no one was around for miles. Raiden looked through the charms and the wards and saw that the barn was really a large stone building. There were other buildings; barracks, a mess hall, training areas, and other buildings that Raiden guessed were inside training areas and other things.
"So this is it?" Raiden said as they entered the building.
"Yeah, it's nice isn't it? It took us a lot of time and money to build this place just right." Remus said, pushing a button on the wall. The wall opened to be an elevator. They boarded it and exited on the 4th floor.
"This is our office." Sirius said, opening a door for Raiden to go in.
"Nice," Raiden said, sitting down on a couch. Sirius lounged on one across from him, while Remus went over to his desk and sat down. He looked at the mound of paperwork on his desk and sighed.
A voice came through a small speaker on Remuses desk. "Mr. Lupin, Mr. Black, Amelia Bones is here to see you."
"Thank you Jen," Remus said, pushing the button to respond, "Please tell her to come up."
"I didn't see a receptionist downstairs." Raiden said, running hand through his hair, which was back to its normal length.
"We went in the back way; it's a lot easier to get up here." Remus said, making a face when he saw Sirius had fallen asleep on the couch. "Lazy git."
There was a knock on the door, Raiden poked Sirius with his crutch, because he didn't want to get up and poke him. Sirius growled in a dog-like manner, sat up and cracked his neck.
"Come on in Mrs. Bones." Remus said politely. The woman came in, looked at Sirius, and then Raiden, she then turned to face Remus.
"Please sit down Mrs. Bones," Remus said, putting down his quill. "What can I do for you?"
"Oh please call me Amelia." Bones said as she sat down in a chair in front of Remus's desk. "The new recruits aren't making enough progress, we don't know what do. They have no chance of being fully trained before the end of the year." Bones shook her head, "What about that man you were going to bring in, you know, the one you were going to bring back which is why you didn't use magical transportation."
"Oh you must be talking about Raiden; he's sitting on that couch over there." Remus nodded to where Raiden sat, "he's the best you could find, unless you count his father Aidan."
Bones looked faint, "You mean THE Aidan?"
"Yes the Aidan," Remus chuckled. "Raiden was raised and trained by him; I'd have to say he's better than most wizards my age or older."
"So what's the news at the ministry?" Raiden asked, "Any news on the death toll from the battle at Hogwarts?"
"Well Fudge is extremely close to being kicked out of his position. There is a chance either I or Mr. Weasely will become Minister. The death toll is still being counted up, but it's currently at 40. Well 40 of the light and 84 of the dark. That's thanks to the warriors who are residing at Hogwarts, your father I believe?"
"Yes my Dad is there, as well as the rest of my family, me though; I unfortunately was a causality of war." Raiden drawled, smiling slightly at her expression.
"What do you mean? You aren't dead, are you?" Bones asked, much to the amusement of Remus and Sirius.
"Well legally, I'm dead. Bodily I'm alive and well other than the fact my leg almost got blasted off." Raiden tapped his heavily bandaged leg. "Just don't tell anyone, or I'll have to kill you, its classified information." Raiden said with all seriousness, scaring Bones greatly.
"I won't tell a soul." Bones said, color returning to her face slightly as Raiden, Remus, and Sirius began laughing.
"I was just kidding; Sirius and Remus wouldn't let anyone see me who wasn't trustworthy until we figure out what we should do." Raiden said still chuckling slightly.
"Well that's all," Bones said getting up, "Places to go, appearances to make, people to bother, and a mound of paperwork on my desk at the Ministry. Good day Mr. Lupin, Mr. Black, and Mr. Raiden who is actually dead so I never saw him here." Bones shook her head, "I need to get a stiff drink."
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