In a cave somewhere

Qwan lay on the stone floor dazedly for a moment, and then he recovered himself.

"Qwan!" No1 exclaimed for the second time in the course of about five minutes. Qwan smirked and shakily got to his feet.

"Yet again, it's me, m'boy." Qwan said. Trouble, Butler, and Mulch were still staring wide-eyed at Root.

"Julius?…" Mulch managed. Holly mentally mused on how similar her and their reactions were.

"Don't call me Julius, convict." Root growled.

"I'm not a convict anymore…" Mulch said weakly.

"That'll be the day." Root said rolling his eyes. Trouble was just deathly pale and apparently rendered mute.

"Don't faint please, that already happened." No1 said. Holly whacked him.

"How many surprises are there going to be today?" Trouble murmured to himself. Butler was just silent.

"Do you mind telling me who you are?" Qwan asked.

"He is our previously deceased commander." Holly said.

"So you are the one they were talking about!" Sirius suddenly exclaimed. Root, Holly and No1 looked up at him curiously.

"What are you talking about, mud man?" Root growled. "And why is Major Kelp not knocking you out and mind wiping you?"

Sirius looked a little taken-aback by this and Trouble looked slightly uncomfortable, but Sirius managed to speak, "I'm talking about the Ancients. I guess they couldn't even give you the magic to remember afterwards after all. And the humans here happen to not only be magical, except Minerva, but we happen to be able to help you."

"One, humans can't be magical. Two, how could you help us? Three, what are you talking about remembering? And four, who in the name of Frond are the Ancients?" Root said irritably.

"I'll answer your first and second question." Dumbledore said with a familiar twinkle in his blue eyes. He pulled out his wand and pointed it to the entrance of the cave.

"Expecto Potronum." Dumbledore said simply. A huge silver bird erupted from his wand and it glowed with a majestic light, then it flew out of the cave and into the night sky. Root stared, dumbfounded.

"And I'll answer your fourth and fifth question." Harry said. He quickly explained about the memory and the Ancients. When he was done, Holly, No1 and Root were all silent.

"Why should we believe you and not believe that this is a joke?" Root asked. Holly turned to him.

"Honestly commander, is it any weirder than anything else that has happened today?" Holly asked.

"Guess not." Root sighed.

"It is about to get weirder." No1 said, looking out the cave. "Goblins and cloaked people are about to storm us."

"WHAT?!" everyone said at once. No1 pointed outside, and as if on cue, goblins and cloaked people started running in.

"D'Arvit!" Root shouted then he took out his Neutrino. Holly noted it was the same Neutrino he had when he died. Suddenly, everyone seemed to be fighting. Holly dodged one of the beams of light and shot her Neutrino at the person who shot at her.

Suddenly, something hit her on the back. The last thing she heard was someone shouting her name then everything plunged into darkness.

New POV in a cave somewhere

No1 staggered forward. He clasped his hands together and murmured something in ancient demon cant and a disk of light burst forth and something that sounded like a thunderclap echoed. Just as the echoing stopped, all the goblins and cloaked people fell unconscious.

"I hate Death Eaters." Sirius growled, kicking one. No1 just gripped the wall for support.

"You shouldn't over-exert yourself." Qwan said, helping No1 steady himself. No1 grinned sheepishly.

"I just thought the situation called for it." No1 said.

"Where's Holly?" Trouble asked. Everyone suddenly went quiet. Dumbledore held up his wand and it sent out a little pulse of bluish light.

"She isn't on the premises." Dumbledore murmured.

"Did they take her?" Doodah asked.

"Apparently so." Dumbledore said.

"Where is she?" Root growled. Minerva placed a hand on her chin.

"I'd assume they took her to Voldemort's stronghold since the… Death Eaters, right? Since they were the ones to assault us; and the goblins are too unintelligent to have a stronghold. The Death Eaters obviously merely stormed us on such a scale as to avoid anyone stopping them to take Holly, which leads me to think they wanted her. But for what? If they wished to black mail the fairies, they've had more than enough opportunities to grab a fairy, so it is obvious they wanted Holly specifically…" Minerva started mumbling to herself.

"Is she Artemis's sister?" Root asked.

"No, apparently there are many child genii." No1 sighed. Dumbledore smiled mysteriously.

"She has a point, and it just so happens I have a way to get to Voldemort's stronghold. Though I suggest we get Artemis first." Dumbledore said with that same twinkle in his eye. Butler looked up.

"How do you know about Artemis? We haven't told you about him." Butler asked. Dumbledore just smiled.

"I know many things," he said. Mulch sighed. Their group was a magnet for intellectuals!

A/N

Hiya! Yet again, no good cliffie. I plan on a better one next time! And for the impatient AH shippers, it is coming. I'm doing my best here! I own nothing, and time for my review chant. REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW!