A/N: alright so here it is….warning stories gonna end soon… sorry its taking me so long… please keep reading and reviewing…. Thanks-manda
Chapter 19 Building an Army
'Albus.' Ginevra's voice sounded in his head and he sat up in bed. 'Be a dear and let us in.' He blinked a couple of times and put on a robe when he crawled out from under the covers.
'Can't open a door anymore Ginevra? I think having so much power is making you lazy.' He said jokingly and her laughter sounded from far away.
'I can't open doors you keep locked.' She said and he walked out into his office.
'I don't keep it locked.' He said his voice turning serious.
'Not that door, this one.' A knock sounded to his right and he laughed when he realized they were outside on his balcony. He opened the door and they filed in tucking their wings close to their bodies to avoid getting caught in the doorway.
"I see you got presents." He laughed.
"Aye that we did." Blaise said in his new voice.
"My God, you have their voices." He stared at them in awe.
"Now Albus, it isn't polite to stare." She giggled and closed her eyes drawing her wings back into her body.
"I'll be damned." Draco said softly.
"What?" she asked looking at them as they sat down drawing their own wings in.
"You've got tattoos where they come out. Which prolly means we do too." Blaise said.
"So, I take it things went well, judging by the pretty gifts and the fact that you're back in less than a day." The Headmaster watched them with that infamous twinkle in his eyes.
"Albus please get rid of that blasted twinkle or at least tell us why it's there." Gin smirked at him.
"We're on a first name basis now?"
"Well, I think of you as more of a friend and an advisor more than anything else so it seems appropriate. Is that a problem?" she asked sincerely.
"Not at all, Ginevra. Now then, while you were out I contacted Charlie."
"And?"
"He is speaking with the other trainers and he sends his love."
"Thank you, what of the army?"
"It is your army now, I'm handing everything over to you three."
"But Sir…."
"I do not think I will make it through this war so I will help you with it, but it is time for your generation to step up and take the lead."
"Yes Sir." The three of them said together.
"The Trolls are lost to us, I would count on them being on his side along with the majority of the Goblin population, you have Hogwarts behind you and I've called in the Order to help the me and the other Professors train them."
"What about the Vampires?"
"Or the Gryffins?"
"Fuck the creatures, what about the other schools and the rest of the wizard population?" Blaise said growing angry.
"Calm down Blaise." Gin said taking his hand in hers. "Ok Albus, where is everyone? The Gryffins, Vampires, Werewolves where do they usually go?"
"Don't worry about the Vamps, I'll take care of them and I'll try and… persuade a few people." Draco said standing. He gave them both a quick kiss and went back out the door leading to the balcony and jumped.
"I'll go talk to the other schools personally, we should both be back in a day or two." He kissed Ginevra and followed after Draco.
"The Gryffins?" she turned back to the older man.
"There should be a family or two on the other side of the mountains behind Hogsmeade."
"Alright, I'd like to take Severus with me tomorrow, I plan on going public after I talk with the Gryffins, and I'd rather like to have him with me when I fight with Fudge so that I don't kill the slimy bastard."
"Just be careful."
"Albus?"
"What is it?"
"Wizarding wars aren't like muggle wars are they?" she asked in a small voice full of fear.
"What do you mean?"
"Their wars… they last for years… I don't want this to last. I need to let things… let people… go."
"No, Ginevra, our wars last maybe a month, but the damage is just as great since our population isn't as large as theirs. Death is still death and there will be a lot of deaths." She nodded and closed her eyes letting out a sigh. "You're free to the fire as long as you need it, but get some sleep, it might be the last time you get to for a while." He gave the young woman a last sad look and retired to his bedroom. She slid out of the chair into the floor and crawled over to the fireplace where she grabbed a handful of floo powder and called her brother.
"Dumble… sorry Gin, oh Gods how are you?" Charlie said sticking his head out of the fire.
"I'm alright Charlie but I have a war to organize, how are you with the other trainers?"
"Most of them will fight, that gives you around fifteen Dragons."
"Well fifteen is more than I thought we'd get, thank you Charlie." She wiped a tear away before it fell.
"Oh sissa, you haven't dealt with it at all have you." It wasn't a question and she knew it.
"No. Of course I haven't, I have a war to fight I can't break down yet. I have to do this for him!" she cried.
"Baby girl, just don't die for him. He'd never forgive you and he'd prolly spend an eternity berating you for it." She laughed.
"Probably. You 'member that one time when…"
"Yea…."
"And then he… and you…."
"I 'member everything, every moment, every hex, every scar, every tear…. I remember baby girl and I will never forget just as you won't. Now go get some sleep so you can be ready for this war. And be careful, I love you sissa."
"I love you too, bubba." She whispered and Charlie's head disappeared. Ginevra waved her hand and killed the fire on her way out the door.
She walked through the halls with flames in her eyes so she could see, since she could see heat signatures it was like infrared or night vision. She reached the painting of Avalon and whispered "New hope." And slipped inside, sure Slytherins are evil but they can't have obvious passwords. She walked into their room and called her PJs to her as she headed to the bathroom. She stripped out of her dirty clothes and turned on the water as she stepped into the shower. She scrubbed the dirt off, washed her hair, and was letting the water rinse everything away when the tears started to fall. "Oh Gods, Bill… Perce…. Why?" She sobbed and let the tears mix with the water. She was shaking hard trying to hold in her sobs, "Why?" she screamed, her tears were blinding her and she punched the wall her hand cracking the tile. She winced and brought her hand to her stomach and sank to the floor the water washing her tears and blood down the drain. 'Pull yourself together damn it, you've still got a war to fight.'
She turned off the water and stepped out; she dried off quickly and pulled on her knickers and silk PJs leaving her wet towel on the floor with her dirty laundry. Ginevra crawled into bed and pulled the sheets tight around her. Her tears fell freely and she wept herself to sleep.
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"Lady Ginevra, may I ask what it is you are doing in that tree?" a miniature Ginevra smiled down at her eldest brother.
"Bill! I told Ron about a dream I had and he laughed at me and said I would never fly." So here I am, I'm going to prove him wrong." She said stubbornly.
"Of course you can fly, you can do anything you want Gin. You have more power than Ron could ever imagine." Charlie said walking up the hill towards them.
"He's just mad he could never figure out how to fly." Bill winked at Charlie who then pulled out his wand very stealthily.
"Nuh-uh!" the young Gin said shocked.
"It's true." Said Charlie smiling, "It's why he loves Quidditch so much, the only way he can fly is with a broom between his legs."
"I'm sure you can do it Gin, don't think about it, just let it happen." Bill said taking a few steps backwards. Glancing at Charlie he gave his younger brother a slight nod. "Fly to me sissa." He held out his arms to her. She looked down; she was a good twenty feet away from Bill and fifteen feet above the ground.
"You can do it baby girl." Charlie said and she didn't notice the swish and flick of his wand as she jumped and he whispered "Wingardium Leviosa." And instead of falling to the ground Ginevra floated through the air, her eyes fixed on Bill. She squealed as she floated to him and he plucked her out of the air when she got close enough and he grinned at Charlie.
"I knew you could do it." Said Bill in her ear before he set her down. She sped off to the Burrow and threw the door open.
"Ha! I told you so! I can fly!" she screamed at a boy a little older than herself. She laughed and looked back out the open door where her two favorite brothers were barely more than shadows on the top of the hill, the sun setting behind them.
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Gin woke up smiling, a lone tear making its way down her pale cheek at the memories of all the little things they had ever done for her. She let out a small laugh and stood to get ready; she dressed in another tank and shorts, she wore all black and it contrasted with her pale skin, she strapped her wand to her leg and grabbed a nice robe for later and put it in a small bag with a bottle of water she got out of the little fridge in the training room. While she was getting ready she called to Severus. 'Severus? I need you to help me today we have to take a little trip to the mountains and then some public speaking so choose your clothes carefully. I'll call back in a minute.' And she cut the connection off and continued to run around grabbing things and trying to make it all fit in her bag where nothing was going to get ruined. She walked out of the room and started down the hall. 'Severus.' He joined her as she past his room and they made their way outside. When they were standing on the steps outside the Castle he turned to her.
"What're we doing?"
"We're gonna go see the Gryffins and then Fudge, fun fun. Umm we're gonna fly so here in a sec you're gonna need to hold on to me."
"What are you talking about?" he looked at her like she was crazy but she wasn't looking at him she was trying to tie her bag around her waist instead of putting it on her back, when she was situated she closed her eyes and winced when the wings sprung from her back and tore through her tank top but her bra was still intact.
'Huh, guess they come out just above that, awesome.' She smirked, "You ready?" she finally looked up at the Potions Master who was staring at her in shock. "Oh right, got wings now, so do Draco and Blaise, they were gifts. Ok get over it and let's go." She stepped forward and wrapped her arms around him. "You're gonna have to help me out here." Dazed, he wrapped his arms around her waist and stared at the black things protruding from her back as they started to flap. They rose off the ground and flew over the grounds of Hogwarts and then the town and finally the mountains. It took less than half an hour but her arms and wings were tired so she sat down on the peak of a mountain and took out her water and let her wings fold back into her body.
"Why didn't we just apparate? Oh, my bad, you probably don't have your license yet."
"Actually I do, but I didn't know exactly where we were going and the wards haven't been altered for that." Severus sat down beside her and they watched the forest below them for signs of the Gryffins.
"There." He said pointing after an hour of scanning the trees and mountains for movement. She looked in the direction he was pointing but couldn't see anything so she blinked and looked with black and red eyes. At the base of a mountain there was a group of Gryffins play fighting. She stood and grabbed Severus and jumped, they fell through the air fast and half way down she called her wings back out and they slowed down. They flew the rest of the way down and when their legs were on solid ground Severus leaned against a tree, breathing unsteadily.
"Do not do that again." He said softly and she laughed.
"Didn't mean to scare you Sev oh wait, that's exactly what I was going for, my bad." He glared at her and she went in search for the Gryffins.
"Mother, fight with me? Stand against him, just come with me now to the Castle and stay there 'til the war. Please?" Draco watched his mother thinking it through as she stared into the fire.
"What if you lose? And he comes after us? What then Draco, I wouldn't be able to come back here with him, I won't." she looked her son in the eyes and he smiled.
"We won't lose, and I will kill him, you need not worry about that. Besides, Severus will be by my side."
"Oh you're a right bastard, you know that." He smirked at Narcissa Malfoy.
"Eh, I'm a Malfoy."
"No, you're a Black by nature."
"Yea yea, pack your things we need to leave before he gets back."
"Draco, they're preparing for war too, he isn't coming back until after."
"Then he won't be coming back. Go get your things, I'll be here." Narcissa turned and started up a nearby staircase. "Dulce?" Draco called into the now empty room and with a pop a tiny house-elf appeared. "I want you to get the rest of the house-elves and go to Hogwarts, all of you."
"Yes, Master. Why is we going there,Sir?"
"I won't have you fight the war, but you can at least heal those who will be. Now go." He said gently and Narcissa reappeared just as the elf left with another pop.
"Dulce?" she asked.
"Yes, how did you know?"
"Dulce was always your favorite."
"He used to heal me afterwards… I sent him to get the house-elves to Hogwarts. Is Selena Zabini on our side?"
"Get her away from Zach and I'm sure she'd love you forever." Draco shuddered at that thought and shook his head.
"Anyways, let's go get her." They went to the closest fire place and went to Zabini Manor. When they stepped out they were greeted by another house-elf. "Go get your Mistress for me." Draco said.
"No need Kiki, I'm here." Said a beautiful voice and Selena came around a corner.
"Selena." Draco nodded his head "Join us and your son in fighting the upcoming war?" Selena raised a delicate eyebrow at him and smiled.
"But of course, Kiki tell the other house-elves to head to Hogwarts and then go pack me a bag, we're leaving." The elf bowed and disappeared with a crack.
"That took less persuading than you mother." Draco said with a smile turning to Narcissa.
"Unlike Cissa, I was never in love with my husband. I go where Blaise goes, he's the only reason I stayed here, and my elves wouldn't leave them here either." Kiki came back with a crack and a bag in her hand,
"The others are leaving now Mistress." Selena took the bag from Kiki and smiled at the elf.
"I'll take that, you go on Kiki." She said taking the bag and heading past the Malfoys to the fire place. "Go Kiki." She said and grabbed a handful of floo powder. "Hogwarts!" she shouted and stepped into the flames, the last thing she heard was the crack of Kiki disappearing.
Blaise looked out at them letting them take in his words. 'Gin is so much better at this.' He thought. "This isn't just a fight for Hogwarts. This is a fight for the Wizarding world and for its people! You're school has a reputation for being evil, but I know there is nothing evil about learning the Dark Arts. I am asking you to stand against true evil and show them that dark magic can be used for good, to stand with people who misjudged you and show them that if you were evil you would be fighting against them not with them. Beauxbatons is already sending the willing to Hogwarts, will you stand with us?"
"I'm in!" some one shouted from the crowd.
"Me too!" and soon there were shouts all over the place. Blaise nodded and strode out of the huge room. He was standing outside in the snow when the Headmaster found him.
"You make a good case." He said to Blaise.
"Take the boat again, probably be the quickest and safest way."
"Alright. It was an honor meeting you."
"Thank you." Blaise said and disappeared into the night sky. 'That went better than I thought it would. Now back to Hogwarts, to home, to Drake and Gin.'
He walked into the Entrance Hall near dawn and called out, 'Draco, Gin, you back yet?'
'Dumbledore's office.'
'Be there in a minute.' Gin's voice said last. Blaise strode through the halls to the gargoyle guarding the Headmaster's office,
"Sherbet." He said and climbed the stairs. He entered the office and stopped instantly. "Mum?"
"Hi dear, join us." Selena said ignoring her son's confusion. Blaise sat in the last empty chair on Draco's left. As soon as he was seated the balcony door flew open and Ginevra and Severus walked through, Gin already tucking her wings back in.
"Ah damn, no more chairs." She smiled and went to sit on Blaise's lap leaving the Potions Master standing behind Draco looking rather awkward. Everyone turned to look at Ginevra. "Damn you guys really took this as my war didn't you?" she looked around at all the faces staring at her.
"No, you just tend to take charge is all kitten." Blaise said grinning up at her and sliding his hand up her thigh. She slapped his hand and Draco laughed, the adults watched them and that twinkle was flaring in Dumbledore's eyes. Draco cleared his throat,
"Right, so the Vamps don't want to fight until we're about to lose that way they can be our saviors. But we got the Malfoy and Zabini house-elves and we're going to work on getting a few Veelas as well."
"Got people from both schools." Added Blaise.
"Got a family of Gryffins and I don't know about the rest of the world…." She drifted off.
"I think it's safe to say we will have at least some wizard allies. She's good at persuasion." Severus.
"Aww thanks Sev!" she said in a gushy voice. "Yea, called a public meting at the Ministry with reporters and crap so anyone who does want to fight will be coming here. But it also means that Voldemort will probably be bringing the war here, to us. Ok so… what are the house-elves going to do? Surely you don't want them to fight?"
"No, I figure they can be the majority of our healers and we can put them in the trees so they can protect the Spirits and the forest." Draco looked at his girlfriend.
"Yea, I think that'd work. Alright umm, when Charlie gets here I want the Dragons on the roof keeping watch; I've already got the Gryffins holding a perimeter just inside the wards. Meanwhile, I want people training or helping to train during the day and actually getting some rest at night, I don't care if you have to take a sleeping potion, we don't need someone getting killed because they were too tired to block a curse."
"When's Charlie going to get here?" Dumbledore asked.
"I already am." He said walking through the door.