KARMA COMMANDO

Malfoy Maison

Istanbul, Turkey

August 2nd

2100 A.D.

"Was Athena really as crazy as people say she was?" Anya asked quickly.

Scorpius shrugged. "I wouldn't say crazy. She was certainly reckless and daring and a little overly aggressive at times but she wasn't insane," He looked out of the window towards the rose fingered clouds hovering lazily in front of the sunset.

"Some people think that she's still alive,"

"I wouldn't put it past her. She was always a survivalist, even before she met Albus," Scorpius walked away from the window and sat down at his desk. "That talent was quite the blessing in disguise. It certainly rubbed off on us," He opened one of the draws of his desk and pulled out a thick book with a black leather cover. "she saved our lives on more than one occasion...most of those occasions are actually detailed in here," He flicked through a few pages of the book.

"Oh my God!" Anya blurted, her eyes wide with excitement. "Is that the real one?!"

Scorpius laughed. "My dear, do you think I would really keep a priceless historical artifact in my office desk? No, this was brought at the gift shop. The real Potter Diary is sitting in the Magical History Museum under lock and key,"

Anya's excitement vanished and she slumped into her seat, looking a little embarrassed.

"Have you read it?" Scorpius asked.

"No. Mum won't let me. She says I'm not old enough," Anya said grumpily.

"Well, there are some pretty nasty things in this diary. This documents one of the worst periods in history. I know that many people make it out to be some kind of courageous stand by humanity but the truth is that some of the most terrible moments of my entire life are written in here," He sighed, trying not to remember them.

"You don't have to tell me about those if you don't -"

"No, No, I promised to give you the full story and I always keep my promises," He brushed off.

Anya tried not to look too pleased. Scorpius pulled out his wand and gave it a tiny flick. The door to his office slammed shut and locked itself.

"I can trust you to keep a secret, can't I Anya?" He said heavily.

Anya nodded quickly. "Of course,"

Scorpius stood up and walked over to the bookshelf behind him. "The diary may be a replica, but this...is not," He pulled out a book marked King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table from the shelf and suddenly the bookcase on the right side of his study seemed to become transparent and disappear.

Anya's jaw practically hit the ground. Her eyes were wide a mesmerized. "But...no...I've seen it...in the museum!"

"The one in the museum is a fake. This is the real one. After he was arrested, I had the replica made and give them that one instead. He asked me to look after it for him so I wasn't really willing to hand over the real one to the proper authorities," He said simply.

She was staring up at the silver bladed broadsword that hung against the wall. It's encrusted giant red rubies almost seemed to be winking at her. The blade looked brand new, like it had been made yesterday and was so shiny that it mirrored her reflection. The Phoenix Blade

It was Albus's Excalibur. The sword that had killed more people than anyone could ever know.

Scorpius, very gently, removed it from it hangings. "They say the Spirit of the Colossus lives in this sword. As long as it survives, he's never really gone...and considering that it's indestructible, I think it'll be around for a while,"

"Can I hold it?" Anya asked, her mouth still hanging open.

"Alright but be very careful. It's tipped with Basilisk venom," He held it out to her.

Being very careful to avoid the blade, she took it by the hilt and held it up. "It's light,"

"It's Goblin forged. Once belonged to Godric Gryffindor. It destroyed several pieces of Voldemort's soul and after being empowered, was used by the Colossus in a great many fights,"

"How did he get?"

"Ahh, well that didn't happen for a while. And beside, he didn't need it at that time. He had a new weapon...Athena,"

Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry

Scotland, UK

September 9h

2022 A.D.

The only person that hadn't rushed to the Hospital Wing was Violet and it didn't take a great stretch of the imagination to figure out why.

"9 Minutes, 1 second, she beat your record Albus," Tannis smiled.

"I'm sorry, I didn't realize it was a 'who can stay dead the longest competition!'"

They were staring down at the statuesque form of Athena. Her temperature had dropped and her heart was once again beating away at an average pace but there had admittedly been a moment when they wondered if she truly was dead. Albus had managed to breach the 8 minute mark and that was considered longer than usual but Athena had passed 9 minutes and that was considered dangerous, even for an Anomaly.

"Do you think it's safe to move her?" Aurora asked.

"I don't want to risk it, besides, she's probably safer here," Albus said, still looking down at her.

"Yes, I hear the American's are looking for her," Aurora said with light accusation in her voice.

Albus looked a little sheepish. "You did?"

"Yeah...shoot down any helicopters lately?" Aurora tone was stern but not angry.

"They had machine guns!"

"Your bulletproof!"

"Not all the time!"

Tannis chuckled and shook his head. "You 2 were made for each other," He smiled.

The doors of the Hospital were pushed open by Violet who was being followed by James, Lily, Scorpius, Rose and Lynx.

"Your fan clubs here," Aurora smirked.

First to hug him was James which was followed one after the other by everyone else that just arrived. Even Lynx gave him an awkward squeeze before putting her arm around Violet's waist. After the traditional demands to know how he's been and if he was okay, the attention turned back to Athena.

"You found her," Lily said, studying the comatose Athena. "what's she like?"

Albus laughed. "Takes some getting used to,"

"What the hell took you so long?!" James blurted.

"We were chasing each other in circles without even knowing. The whole time I was looking for her, she was looking for me!"

"Why?" Rose asked.

"Until she saw me on the news, she thought that she was the only one of her kind. She also had some...traumatic experiences before that so she wasn't exactly eager to show her self. Since I turned up in Baltimore, she's been trying to track me down," Al explained.

"And this is the girl that's gonna save the world?" Scorpius sounded understandably skeptical.

"I don't know. She defiantly different. She's not just Electrokinetic but Technokinetic as well,"

Apart from Aurora and Tannis, everyone looked a bit puzzled.

"She can control technology," Albus spelled out.

"Sweet," Lynx mumbled.

"So what happens now?" Lily asked.

"Nothing, we wait. She's gonna be out for at least 4 weeks," Albus sighed. "I suggest we keep her here until then. She's defenseless at the moment,"

"What about you?" Aurora asked sounding a little unsure.

Albus took hold of her hand. "I don't think it's a good idea for me to stay," Aurora immediately looked saddened. "most of the wizarding world still thinks that I'm a mass murdering psychopath...which in my defense is only half true,"

For a second nobody said anything but the silence was broken by an angry voice from the doorway.

"What are all these people doing in my infirmary?! The rules are clear! No more than – AH!" Madam Pomfrey froze of the spot with the colour draining out of her face as soon as she saw Albus. She turned and attempted to bolt for the door but Albus held out his arm and she suddenly stopped in her tracks as if she'd been petrified.

"Laura, I can assure you that Mr. Potter has absolutely no intention of harming anyone at this school," Tannis said simply.

Aurora's eyes furrowed. She had just noticed how far away Laura Pomfrey was. "Albus...how are you doing that?"

"What?"

"She's got to be at least 15 feet away. You range is 9,"

"Yeah I thought so to," Albus admitted. He turned his eyes back to Athena. "ever since I met her my abilities have been acting...strange. It's why I wasn't here sooner. I sort of...lost cabin pressure over Germany,"

"You crashed?!" Aurora shrieked.

"Well...not exactly. I managed to pull up before landing in the Black Forest,"

"You mean her presence is directly effecting your abilities?" Tannis asked looking incredibly interested.

"Sophia doesn't seem to think so. She thinks it's something mental. But they didn't start going Haywire until the day I met her," Albus said.

"Err Al," Scorpius interrupted. "you might want to let Madam Pomfrey go now,"

They all looked back at Laura who was still frozen in mid stride.

"Oh, sorry," Albus released her allowing the poor woman to look even more terrified.

"Laura, why don't you go up to my office. I think you deserve an explanation," Tannis smiled at the hyperventilating nurse. "I'll be back in a moment," He said before escorting Laura out of the hospital wing.

"Alright, your not going anywhere!" Aurora ordered.

"What?"

"If your having trouble with your abilities then no more flying! At least until we can figure out whats wrong with you!" She didn't seem to be flexible on this matter.

"They were working fine just then!" Albus argued but by the look on Aurora's face, it probably wasn't wise to annoy her. "I'll stay for a while...but I've still got things I need to do!"

"Like?" Rose crossed her arms looking as annoyed as Aurora.

"Just...saving the world stuff...you know...,"

"What aren't you telling us?" Lily joined in with the angry girl look that Aurora and Rose were sporting.

"Look...when I know more so will you," Albus didn't want to cause them undue distress by informing them about the half eaten bodies that he'd been discovering for the past few months. "what's been going on here?"

"You know what's been going on here!" Rose huffed. "Aurora is training the DA, James is being an assistant idiot -"

"Hey!" James whined.

"- Amelia and Lincoln are in Hogsmead at the moment but when they're not, they're torturing students," She shot a glare at Aurora who shrugged. "and everyone has been wondering about you so don't try and change the subject!"

Albus really didn't want to talk about everything that had been happening. The truth would only breath more fear into that school and it had about as much as it could get already. Things hadn't been this tense since the news broke that Voldemort had returned. Luckily he wouldn't have to tell them at that moment.

"Ahh Yeah! Thanks for tellin' me!" Hugo scathed walking into the Hospital Wing.

"Hey! Horny Hugo!" Albus smiled.

"Oh shut up!" He walked over and gave his cousin the mandatory hug.

"You getting taller?" Albus asked noticing that Hugo was in fact catching up to Scorpius's height.

"Probably," Hugo noticed Athena. "Is that her? Athena?"

"That's her,"

"I was expecting someone older," He admitted not looking all that impressed. Probably because she didn't look like a super model.

"You knew she was only young," Rose reminded.

"Yeah, but technically Al's only 16!"

"Good point...keep forgetting that," Scorpius chuckled.

Hugo turned to Aurora. "Anyway, you do realize that the entire DA is waiting for you in the Room of Requirement!"

"Oh shit!" Aurora said checking her watch. I was indeed time for their lesson. "go tell them that today is canceled,"

"What?! No ones learned to cast a Patronus yet!" Hugo whined.

"I almost did," Rose remarked.

"A cloud of smoke does not count as a Patronus!" Hugo snapped.

"As apposed to your cloud of nothing!" Rose hissed back.

"Twitch!" Hugo yelled at her completely forgetting about the Hex. "snarf, surfboard! AHHH!"

"Has Hugo developed Tourettes?" Albus asked.

"Nah, Anti-swearing spell, courtesy of his mother," Scorpius laughed.

"Can we not talk about that...person please!" Hugo turned back to Aurora. "I really wanna know how to cast a Patronus Aurora! Come on!"

"Hugo," Aurora sighed. "Albus just got back, Athena's here and -"

"No, Hugo. Go back and tell them that Aurora is running a little late and will be there in a minute," Albus corrected, smiling at her. Aurora glared at him.

He walked over and hugged her. "Go teach. Like you said, I'm not going anywhere," He kissed her softly on the lips.

"Fine," She conceded.

Hugo looked very happy all of a sudden.

"You better be here when I'm done!" She warned Albus.

"I've got to talk to Tannis first, then I'm all yours," He smiled.

She returned his kiss while gripping his his arms hard. It was her way of saying that he'd have hell to pay if he disappeared on her again. He wasn't willing to challenge that threat and at that moment, he couldn't imagine not being with her. In fact, he wanted nothing more than to follow her to the Room of Requirement and watch her educate the members but then again, if he showed up there, half of them would probably faint while many of the others would run for their lives and refuse to return to the school.

For some reason he suddenly remembered how much of a coward he used to be. He couldn't stand up to his brother, he would curl up like a naughty dog when told off by his peers and he wouldn't dare disrespect a teacher. Now look at him...he was the Colossus. A legend that exceeded that of his fathers.

Aurora gave him one last kiss before finally exiting the Hospital Wing with the others.

"You didn't tell him," Lynx whispered to Aurora as they walked down the corridor.

"I will...just...not yet," Aurora had been struck by a horrible cold feeling every time she thought about admitting her pregnancy to Albus. She could hold out forever but she wasn't ready to tell him yet. Not moments after he'd finally got back.

Back in the Hospital Wing Albus was once again checking Athena's temperature. Only James remained behind but since he was now an assistant teacher, the only time he wasn't free of work was during Defense Against the Dark Arts lessons.

"You really planning on staying?" He asked the moment they were gone.

"At the moment mate, I'm finding it hard to believe I left in the first place," He still had the feel of Aurora's lips on his. It was intoxicating. He was doing his best to keep the most graphic thoughts out of his head but it was easy and sooner or later he would need to take her somewhere private so that they could have a proper reunion.

Aurora happened to be thinking the exact same thing. And the fact that she was actually almost 18 and he was no longer a student of Hogwarts meant that they wouldn't be disturbed by the anti-underage sex wards. Unfortunately she also wondered whether or not that would be good for the baby. Since her pregnancy was due to last 4 months longer than a normal one, Trimesters couldn't be consider accurate and neither could many other things including the arrival of a soon to be goddess like Anomaly.

She didn't know whether what she was feeling was jealousy or concern but it hadn't left her since the moment that little girl had told her her name. The way Albus seemed so protective over her, the effect she had on his abilities and now that fact that in a few weeks time she would awaken and want to mate with the strongest male she could find was enough to truly worry Aurora.

All of these things would have to wait though. Not matter what was going on with her or Albus's lives they at least were able to protect themselves. These students were not. They needed to be ready for what was coming.

Headmasters Office

Laura Pomfrey still looked nervous as she passed Albus on her way out of the office. He trusted her not to say anything problematic though.

"Sorry I could back sooner," Albus said taking a seat in front of Tannis' desk.

"I'm sure you had your reasons," He smiled. "I hear that Athena had a run in with the C.I.A.,"

"Yeah, I didn't really have time to ask any questions about that. They weren't the only ones following her,"

"Cleric's?"

"Mercenary's,"

Tannis' brow furrowed. "That's a bit of an unusual play for them isn't it?"

"Just a bit but then again, I did kill most of their people and Daggra killed the ones I didn't get. They don't exactly have time to train new people do they," Albus said.

"Yes but Mercenary's, just seems off to me. The entire world knows about you Albus, what mercenary in his or her right mind would agree to try and take you down?"

Albus realized that he hadn't actually thought about that. Most Merc's in this world were cold and cruel but they weren't stupid. They must have known that bullets and bombs wouldn't work on him so why risk their lives for a job that they couldn't possibly complete? "Maybe they weren't Merc's,"

"What do you mean?" Tannis asked.

"I've been seeing a lot of strange things happening lately and I'm not just talking about my powers," Albus's voice sounded professional but still disheartened. "I've been finding bodies in random places around the world. Sophia told me to investigate a mans body that had apparently been...eaten from the inside out. All the calcium, iron, vitamins, minerals, bone marrow, everything that sustains a human body had literally been siphoned out of this poor bastard,"

Tannis looked more than a little worried at this prospect.

"Do know of anything that could do that?"

"Were there any puncture marks? Evidence that something could have been ingested or injected?" Tannis asked.

"No and here's the real mind fuck...I've found 11 of these victims so far and every single one has traveled at least 1000 miles after going missing. My guess is that it's some kind of parasite that latches onto a person and then takes control of them. But if can't survive inside a human body for long without consuming everything healthy inside that body. It travels around then jumps into a new body about once every 3 weeks,"

"My god," Tannis breathed. "but why travel so far?"

"Sophia thinks that it's looking for something...or someone,"

"Someone that might be lying in the hospital wing right now?" Tannis concluded.

Albus nodded gravely. "Whatever this thing is, I'm certain it's got something to do with the Prophecy,"

"How do you know?"

"I've just got a bad feeling is all," Albus lied. He defiantly wasn't going to tell anyone about his dream. "listen, I don't want to cause a panic by telling any of them so until I know more, let's keep this quiet okay?"

"That might be easier said than done," Tannis sighed. "Lately, a lot of the animals around Hogwarts have been acting...strangely...like they're constantly frightened,"

"Maybe they know what's coming,"

Room of Requirement

Aurora entered the Room of Requirement with the others and stood in front of the class. They had achieved mild success during their last class. Many of the members managed to produce shapeless shield forms of the Patronus charm but none had actually managed to conjure a corporeal form.

"We're gonna continue work on Patronus's today. Some of you came very close last time which was great but a Patronus can help you in many different ways so it is a must," She said quickly before noticing that several DA members were giving her evil looks. "and those of you that have fallen into the traps...try harder. Watch the muggle news report about troops being hit by cluster bombs as they drive by in Humvee's and you might be relieved that all you've had to endure is a few electric shocks and the occasional yogurt bomb!" She didn't have time for their moaning.

"And shoes that try and eat you," Violet mumbled under her breath but Aurora picked up on it.

She looked a little puzzled. "I didn't do that."

Both Violet and Aurora's eyes moved across the room to the Bobs who were doing their very best not to be noticed.

"What? Why are you looking at us?" Bob one tried to appear angry but just made himself look even more guilty.

Violet looked like an angry Rattlesnake. "You two are dead!"

"Save it until after the lesson Vi," Aurora sighed. "Alright, Patronus's, remember it's not just the memory that matters, it's the emotional feelings that it provokes. Love, happiness, comfort, acceptance, exhilaration, accomplishment, friendship, encouragement, all of these make a person feel physically and mentally stronger and will therefor make your Patronus stronger," She continued. "try to remember something that made you feel so empowered and then focus that positive energy into the spell,"

Several of the students had their eyes closed while others had already started muttering the incantation and flicking their wands. Several wisps of white glowing smoke were puffing out and into the air but none of them managed to actually take shape.

"Things in the world seem pretty bleak at the moment but trust me, people have endured much worse and used their own power memories to keep them going through it all. Think about those troops in World War II that had to stay in freezing cold temperatures while being constantly shelled by Nazi gun batteries during the Battle of the Bulge! It was their fellow soldiers and the memories of home and loved ones that kept them going through it all. If they could do it then, you can do it now!" She decided to leave out the part where things were bound to get much, much worse.

"Expecto Patronum!" Rose tried, making the proper movement.

A large cloud of white smoke poured from the edge of her wand and began to shift and twist in mid air. A second later what looked like a glowing apparition of a Bottlenose Dolphin had appeared and begun to gracefully guide around the room.

Rose looked happier than ever before. "I did it!"

"Brilliant Rose!" Aurora smiled. "what memory did you use?"

Rose suddenly went bright red and looked at Scorpius. Scorpius, likewise looked shy and went back to trying the spell.

"Okay, you can keep that one to your self! A Dolphin...very fitting," Aurora said turning back to the other members of the DA.

Suddenly a ghostly white Gazelle began darting it's way around the room. It had come from Violets wand. She was in the process of being hugged by Lynx who looked almost as happy as she did.

"A Gazelle?" Aurora smirked. "Is that why Lynx always looks like she wants to devour you?"

The Gazelle disappeared into a puff of white gas and Violet went bright red. Aurora simply smiled with raised eyebrows.

"Well now we know which ones the hunter gatherer of that relationship," Bob one remarked.

"And which one gets stalked night after night," Bob two added with a grin, causing much of the room to fall into laughter.

As Scorpius laughed, he realized that this was what he cherished the most. Being around the people or more specifically the girl that he loved. He focused that thought and spoke the words. "Expecto Patronum," A large puff of white smoke erupted but didn't form into a shape.

"Scorpius," Rose whispered. "smoother wand movement," She advised.

He tried again. "Expecto Patronum!" The smoke poured from his wand again but this time seemed to just keep coming. Eventually it formed angles and curves until, sitting directly in front of him was a giant white Polar Bear.

The Bobs clapped their approve. "Well done, now you can be in a Coke Cola advert!"

"What?" Scorpius looked bemused.

"Nevermind," They said together. "purebloods, they'll never learn,"

Surprisingly enough, Henry Hammings was the next to master the charm. He manages to produce a Golden Retriever from out of the original pulp of white smoke. Then came Lynx who, unsurprisingly, brought out an enormous White Tiger. A ghost version of her Animagus form.

The real shock came from Lily. She not only managed to create a corporeal Patronus but it actually took the form of phantom looking Abraxan! The giant winged horse powered it's way around the Room of Requirement stunning the other members before dissipating into nothingness, leaving a very stunned Lily to be stared at with wide eyes.

Aurora was only mildly surprised. Everyone knew how powerful Lily was even if her magical talents weren't yet properly defined. She still had the occasional mishap when something would detonate or be transfigured into something that it really shouldn't have...like when she transfigured her water goblet into a grand piano but she was undoubtedly extremely gifted.

Unfortunately, it was Hugo who seemed to be the odd one out. The Bobs hadn't managed to conjure a complete corporeal Patronus but it was pretty obvious that theirs were both Wild Cats. Hugo however hadn't managed anything even remotely definable which was truly saddening to watch simply because of how hard he was trying. He wanted so badly to cast a Patronus and had been bugging Aurora to teach him how since before they had even arrived at school but it seemed like something was holding him back.

Unfortunately Rose was too busy watching her own Patronus shoot around the room to notice the disheartened looks on her brothers face. The gassy white Bottlenose Dolphin raced around and in between the other DA members as if it was trying to play with them.

"That's beautiful Rosey!"

The Dolphin vanished in a puff of smoke. Rose and Hugo's jaws dropped open. In fact, the whole class had stopped what they were doing.

Standing in the doorway was none other that Ronald Bilius Weasley with a huge grin of pride on his face.

It had certainly been a day of interesting arrivals.