As soon as the wards came down Gideon turned to the others. "You should all be able to apparate into the castle now. We have shown you the points of access. "

Severus watched as the others left. "You know where she is don't you?"

Gideon nodded. "I had a feeling she'd be in Dumbledore's inner sanctum and now we're here I know I'm right. I can sense my baby."

Susan who was still with them looked around. "If you knew where she was why did you send the others to different spots?"

"We need to make sure to get as many of the order members as we can and I won't risk any one else's life with Dumbledore." Gideon explained.

Severus looked at Susan. "Then why allow Susan to come?"

Gideon looked at her. "Because I know you Severus will refuse to leave. Susan you will take Maia as soon as we have her and you'll leave us."

Susan shook her head. "The two of you aren't enough. I can use my powers too."

Gideon stopped her. "You and Luna aren't ready yet. I need you to take Maia and put her in her grandfathers' arms. I need to know my daughter is safe."

Susan hugged him. "I will do as you ask for her sake this time but when we face Voldemort I will be by your side."

Gideon kissed her cheek. "I know. We will need all four of us then but right now Maia is my concern."

Severus agreed with his husband. "The others will come to us eventually for back up."

Gideon knew they wouldn't, he had no intention of risking the others but he didn't tell his husband. He took his husband and Susan's hands and focussed on his daughter. He knew Dumbledore's inner sanctum had wards he had not brought down but calling on all of his power he pulled them to her.

They reappeared in a set of chambers. Gideon looked around."Find her. Percy had other rooms but he and Hermione must be in here some where."

Gideon kept searching with his heart and not his eyes and opened doors to what he found was a nursery. He ran to the crib. "Maia."

"So my little puppy dog has returned has he? I am happily married but my wife and I could share you." Percy's voice came from his left.

"Maybe he can bear us a few more little brats like that one. Maia is quite a pretty baby. To bad she'll die as Dumbledore's weapon." Hermione added.

Gideon turned to Severus and Susan, scooping up Maia into his arms. "Susan, get my daughter out of here now."

Percy came with his wand. "You're not taking the baby any where. Albus will be here in a moment and none of you will leave."

Acting as quickly as he could Gideon took the chain from around his neck. He had been wearing his rings on it for battle. He pointed his wand at the Black ring and whispered an incantation and put the chain around his daughter's neck before handing her to Susan.

"Take her to my dads. If I don't return she's Lady Gryffindor Potter-Black. Take care of her." Gideon said before the portkey he had created, made them disappear.

Percy screamed. "Dam you, Albus is going to be angry to loose his little pawn but we'll kill you before we fetch her back."

Severus turned to him. "We need to summon the others before Albus gets here."

Gideon shook his head and sent off a patronus. "No one else will die here. I have sent them word Maia is safe and they can go. Go to our daughter Severus."

Severus shook his head. "You were right when you said I'd not leave with our daughter. Your fathers have her. I stand with you until the end Gideon."

Albus appeared standing between Hermione and Percy. Gideon knew their back up left. He knew they'd return when they learned what he had done but he knew they wouldn't return in time to be of any help.

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Susan gasped in shock as the portkey had pulled her. She had not seen Gideon put the incantation on his ring and she had no idea where she had been taken until she landed in the gardens of Prince Manor.

Maia was crying on the top of her lungs from the fear of the apparation. "Hey sweet angel you're okay. You're okay princess."

Other members of the lords and one or two of the order reappeared. "You got the baby. Where are Gideon and Severus?" Lord Hunt asked.

Susan looked around. "You left the manor. They sent me back with the baby. I thought you guys were there to make sure they had some back up."

Regulus had come out. "You have her? You have my granddaughter?"

Susan nodded and handed him his granddaughter. "Your son ordered me to bring her home and lay her in her grandfather's arms. I have done as they asked."

Fabian came out with Ciara and sighed in relief when he saw Maia but he looked around. "Where are our son and son in law?"

Reg looked down. "She has Gideon's rings, all of his rings around her neck. My son isn't planning on coming back is he?"

Susan was close to tears. "He told me to bring her to you and if anything happened that Maia was now Lady Gryffindor Potter-Black."

Fabian looked at the others. "We need to get back there. Gideon and Severus can't fight Dumbledore and all of his minions on their own."

Robert spoke up. "We took out almost all of his followers, at least 90 of those who were at the castle. And Gideon isn't alone."

Susan finally noticed. "Luna, the Malfoys and Remus and Moody. None of them have returned. They are still at the fortress aren't they?"

Lady Avery's nephew nodded. "They are. They knew that Gideon couldn't have defeated Dumbledore already and had their doubts that Gideon would leave."

Regulus held tight to the baby. "I don't care how many stayed; he needs all of the help he can get. Maia is too young to be an orphan or a lady. She needs them both."

Susan bent down and kissed the baby on the forehead. "We'll get your daddies back to you little one. You won't spent one more night without your daddies there."

Fabian and Regulus stood there feeling absolutely helpless as the watched the rest of them return back to their son's side. Regulus looked down at his granddaughter sleeping so innocently in his arms.

"She needs her daddies, both of her daddies. Gideon can't do this." Regulus said.

Fabian sighed. "I think he believes that as long as Maia is alive the Gryffindor line continues and he is correct it does. But Severus is still with him."

Regulus looked at the chain around the neck. "Gideon put all of his rings on this chain when he left didn't he?"

Fabian nodded. "Even his wedding band was on it. He wanted to make sure they were not visible in the fight, no one could take them from him."

"There are only three rings on this chain. Gideon has kept one of them with him. He has no intention of his husband staying behind." Regulus said.

Fabian looked down and realized what his husband had realized; Gideon had turned his wedding ring into a second portkey. He had sent the new heir of Gryffindor home to her grandfathers and he'd use his wedding ring to force his husband to return. He'd destroy Dumbledore one way or another and if he didn't survive the heirs would continue.

Fabian kissed his husband and his granddaughter."Severus will bring him home to us. Our son loves that little one to not try everything to come back to her."

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Albus sneered. "So you stole my new little weapon from me did you? I guess I will just have to kill your husband and keep my old pawn instead."

Percy laughed. "Hermione and I were just saying we could enjoy the little body in our bed with us. Maybe we can produce a new weapon for you."

Gideon sneered. "You won't have me or my daughter, or any children I might have. You will pay for what you did to me and my fathers. You will pay."

Albus turned to him. "You should have died you little brat. Voldemort should have killed you. Instead my beloved Lily was killed."

"You were such a fool. You sent Voldemort into a house with the woman you loved. I would have died but you never counted on James actually loving me."

Albus laughed. "I never thought the brainless fool had enough guts to die for the baby. I thought Sirius had finally convinced him the truth, you weren't his son."

"You underestimated a parent's love too many times. First in my dads, second in James and now with me. You made a major mistake taking my daughter."

"Ah is the mother lioness mad that her little baby was taken? We both know Gideon you never had the power to destroy me." Albus laughed.

"Harry didn't. But Gideon, Lord Gryffindor and the heir of the Blacks does. I promise you, you won't live to regret kidnapping my innocent baby."

Albus drew his wand but a wand was not the weapon Gideon chose. He slid the sword of Gryffindor from his belt. If he was going to win this he couldn't be himself, right now his only chance was Lord Gryffindor.

Albus sneered at the sword. "You think me some snake boy. I won't be killed by the sword like that basilisk was."

\Gideon smiled. "You're about to find out why Godric Gryffindor was the head of the founders and even Salazar bowed to him. This is no sword Albus. Never wondered what happened to Godric's famous wand when he died."

"Wand of Godric or not boy, you are no Godric. You have no chance."

"You're right I'm not Godric but I am a descendent of Godric and Salazar. Their blood flows through me and I will bring the fires of hell down upon you if I need to."

Albus' remaining men came through the door behind him. "You're done for Gideon. You and your husband will die."

Before he could respond though Severus spoke up as the doors opened. "It seems out own order didn't fall for your patronus Gideon."

Gideon looked behind him. "You guys take out his followers but stay out of my way. I will not risk your lives."

Gideon watched as his husband and the others fought Albus' men but Gideon faced off against his former teacher. He felt the ground under him and smiled. Only Albus would have his rooms on a ground floor with no dungeon below. He used the soil underneath him and used it to drive the stones up, all around, the floor groaning as a great circle was erected around he and Albus between them and the others.

"Little trick you learned there but you know the stones aren't going to keep me at bay Gideon."

Gideon laughed. "I'm protecting the others from you; you and I finish this and finish this now."

Dumbledore raised his wand and pointed it in his direction. "You will learn why even Voldemort feared me."

"And you will learn why no one should ever mess with my family. You went way to far with me and my fathers but when you took my daughter, you signed your death warrant. I told Ginny and I tell you, no one should ever come between a mother and her baby."

Dumbledore snarled as he pointed his wand and for the first time Gideon could have imagined he heard the words from the man's mouth. "Avada Kerdava."

Gideon was prepared, sword held before him he channelled the very fires of the heavens and hell through his sword, and like a great ball of fire, a light of blinding red met the shot of green and like a million fireworks the two lights exploded in mid air, blowing down the bricks and leaving two bodies on the ground.

Severus raced to his husband's side as the others who had the enemies captured or killed. "Gideon, speak to me, you have to be alive."