The Order of Kerensa
Chapter 3 Plans & Discoveries
Slowly, the small man walked through the forest towards the darkened house hidden in the center of the forest. As he entered the house, a feeling of dread seeped into him. He had failed and his master did not accept failure. He stood outside the large door that lead into the main chamber of the house trying to think of an excuse to save himself when the door opened and Lucius Malfoy summoned him into the room. "He is waiting for you."
"Where are the items that you were sent to retrieve?" a man's voice hissed for the chair sitting in front of the fire.
"Well you see..." the man began when suddenly the word "Crucio" rang throughout the room and the man dropped to his knees, screaming out in pain.
"Three young girls," the man said as he moved through the shadows, "all you had to do was capture three young girls and bring them back to me."
"They.were.gone," the man whispered through the pain, "warned."
"That is not an excuse for failure," the man said, moving out of the shadows, "Remove him."
"My Lord," Malfoy said after the man had been removed, "why are these girls so important to you?"
"It matters not why they are important," Voldemort hissed as Malfoy slowly backed away, "All you need to know is they are important to me and I want them brought before me, now how did the other mission go?"
"The Taliesin Academy has been completely destroyed," Malfoy assured his master, "Not a brick remains stand and not one member of the faculty survived, I, personally dealt with the headmistress myself."
"Good that will be one less thorn in my side," Voldemort said as he walked back towards the chair, "Send the boy in and then leave us."
"As you command," Malfoy said with a bow as he backed out of the room and a young man in his twenty walked into the room, closing the door behind him.
"I told you that they would not be easy to capture," the young man said as he walked towards the chair.
"I forget who is master here," Voldemort hissed, glaring at the young man standing next to him.
"And you forget that I know what you fear and it is not Potter," the man said challenging the Dark Lord himself, "I am not one of your Death Eaters, I am only in this for the girl."
"I like your spirit boy, but do not try my patience," Voldemort said, staring into the fire.
"The prophecy says that if the elements joined with the Dark, then all will be plunged into darkness," the young man said as he stared into the fire, "and it stands to reason that if the elements join with the Light then you will lose."
"What news do you bring me?" Voldemort demanded of his spy.
"When will I get my reward for the information that I have brought you already?" the young man demanded.
"Soon my boy, soon they will be under my control and then Hermione Granger will be yours, Mr. Krum," Voldemort assured the man, "Now what has the famous Viktor Krum discovered about her whereabouts?"
"We have searched the whole train twice," Ron complained as the three boys collapsed in their compartment on the Hogwarts Express, "and not a sign of them."
"They have to be here somewhere," Harry said, still worrying about their sudden disappearance from the Leaky Cauldron, "if we don't find them at school then, we go talk to Dumbledore."
"We don't even know if they are attending Hogwarts," Draco said rolling his eyes at his two friends, "We don't know anything about those three girls. For all we know they could be working for Voldemort."
"You did not seem too worried about that when you were chasing her around," Ron accused Draco angry that anybody would accuse someone as nice as Regina of working for Voldemort.
"Get this straight Weasley, I don't have to chase girls," Draco growled at Ron, "They come to me."
"That is enough, both of you," Harry said, trying to stop them before it got out of hand. "Ron, I am sure Draco has his reasons for being suspicious of them and he will tell us."
"Who are you suspicious of?" Ginny Weasley asked as she and Neville Longbottom entered the compartment.
"He is suspicious of everybody," Harry said with a shrug, not wanting to involve Ginny or Neville.
"Harry, I would be extra careful," Ginny said as they sat down, "Lavender's on the warpath, something about some girl at Flourish & Blotts and she is determined to be your girlfriend before the first week of school is over."
"Why me?" Harry said hang his head.
"Hate to be you, Potter," Draco said with a smirk.
"I would be so quick to tease Harry. He's not the only one who is going to be having girl problems this year," Ginny said with a smile, "Neville tell them what you heard."
"I was looking for Trevor, when I passed Pansy Parkinson's compartment and I heard her say that she will be the new Mrs. Malfoy by this time next year," Neville said as they stared at Draco, who appeared not to be affected by the news.
"You don't look upset at all, why?" Ron asked as Draco sat back in his seat, still smirking.
"I think that she will be the perfect wife," Draco said as everybody looked at him like he had grown an extra head. "Yes, she will be perfect for my father."
"Have I mentioned before that you are really strange, mate?" Ron said as the snack lady stopped in front of the compartment, stopping all conversation.
"Silence, please," Dumbledore, said as the students finished up the Welcoming Feast. "I have one more announcement to make. By now you have all heard about what happened to Taliesin Academy, the three surviving students will join us here at Hogwarts. I know that all of you will help make them feel welcome. Now off with you."
"Taliesin Academy," Harry wondered as Draco walked over to the Gryffindor table, "why did Voldemort attack the school?"
"It is one of the best schools for witches in the world," Ron explained as they all left the Great Hall. "They say that the most powerful witches come from there."
"The attack was the same night as our mystery girls disappeared." Draco said before walking towards the dungeon, leaving the two other boys with that gloomy thought.
"Come on Ron," Harry said as they walked towards the tower, "tomorrow we will go see Dumbledore about them."
"Albus," McGonagall said, following the Headmaster out of the Great Hall and headed towards his office, "where are the girls?"
"They are searching for clues about how Voldemort was about to breach the school's defense," Dumbledore said, collapsing into his chair, suddenly feeling very old.
"Is it wise to let them go by themselves that school was their only home." McGonagall questioned. "And what about the rest of the Order?"
"The order was completely destroyed, the girls are the only remaining members," Dumbledore said, greatly saddened by the loss of so many. "Minerva, you have met them, do you truly think anything could stop them from going?"
"Anything?" Jade asked as they searched through the rubble for clues on the attack.
"Nothing," Hermione said, standing up and surveying the ruins. "The defensive wards should have held; nothing should have been able to get through."
"Well some how they did," Regina cried, throwing a rock in frustration. "We should have been here?"
"We would not have been able to stop them," Jade said, kneeling down on the ground, "besides you know the first rule of the order: The whole order is not allowed to fight in one battle; some are kept back in reserve incase of heavy losses."
"I don't care about the rules," Regina said, turning towards her sisters. "This was our home; they were our sisters. How can you stand there and quote rules?"
"Both of you stop this right now," Hermione ordered. "We are all upset and fighting amongst ourselves is what he wants."
"Lady Tea would agree with you," Regina whispered with a small smile. "I can see her shaking her head at us right now."
"Then she would give us extra chores for fighting," Jade said as she sat down and felt something sift under her. "What was that?"
"What did you find?" Regina asked as they all started to dig where Jade had been sitting. "Is that what I think it is?"
"Lady Tea's weapon case," Hermione said as she dusted off the familiar box. "It survived the attack, I wonder if the weapons are intact."
"Why weren't they used?" Jade said as she picked up a pair of shi from the box. "These are the orders strongest weapons?"
"Should you really be touching these? These weapons were for the most powerful in order," Regina asked as she lifted out a bow.
"We are all that's left," Hermione said as she removed a whip out of the box. "I am sure that Lady Tea would have wanted us to have these."
"Voldemort will pay for what he has done," Jade vowed as they put the weapons back in the box and used a portkey to return to Hogwarts.