Unstoppable

Jenny

4/29/11

2:30 p.m.

Draco told everyone in the house everything we had heard, and about how a Patronus had been sent to the Weasley's. Brian had woken up a few hours later with a massive headache, but other than that, he was fine.

Then Tonks dropped the bomb.

Randomly, she motioned for me to join her upstairs, so I did. We walked past the room where Brian was sleeping to Ollivander's, and my confusion deepened. He was sitting at a desk, and there were wood was piled high, and large stacks of crates were in each corner. He looked a lot better since the last time I had seen him. He smiled and kissed my hand when we came in. "Ah, Miss Jenny, a pleasure as always."

"Jenny…you told Lupin you were adopted…is that true?" Tonks asked, and I raised an eyebrow, my damn curiosity getting the better of me.

"Yeah, I was adopted as a baby…what's the problem?" I asked, looking from her to Ollivander, unsure how they connected on this issue.

"You may not be a Muggle." Tonks said in a rush, making my eyebrow raise further. She couldn't be serious. "We tried to trace your adoptive parents, and we might actually have something." Tonks' face was shining with joy. I stared at her for a second.

"Who were they…do you know?" I asked quietly. I had tried myself, but when my adoptive parents found out, they made me swear never to look for them again. At the time, I had agreed, then never given it much thought. With this new possibility, new questions were spinning through my head.

"Have you heard of the name Aberforth?" Tonks asked, and I shook my head. Tonks took a deep breath. "Well, with some persuasion and a few charms, I hunted down the clerk who had accepted you from your parents and filed your papers. He said that the father had intense blue eyes, a white beard and a crooked nose. Unfortunately, both Albus and Aberforth can go by that description."

"Wait," I croaked, "are you telling me my father is a Dumbledore? That's ridiculous; they are both old men-"

"It could be possible, but we are thinking Aberforth. Albus would have made sure that you went to a magical family, whereas Aberforth would simply give you up for adoption. In fact, he would probably make sure you went to Muggles, and he would have hidden you from Albus."

"And my mom?" I asked, but the look on Tonks' face made my heart sink further.

"We have no idea. All we know is that she was blond with grey eyes. And it's not Narcissa." Tonks joked, and I smiled timidly at the carpet, my mind ripped to shreds. I was probably the magical child of some one night stand. Wonderful. "And that's why I brought you to see Mr. Ollivander. If you are related to the Dumbledore's…you might be able to use a wand." I went to interject, but Mr. Ollivander's feathery voice stopped me.

"According to Miss Nymphadora," I saw Tonks shudder, "you were able to make sparks come out of her wand, is that correct?"

"Well, yeah, but-"

"For any other person, that would have been impossible. You were able to do that not because you had become a werewolf, something magical, but rather, because you had magical talent all along." I stared at Ollivander, unable to believe it. He started to smile. "Can you remember a time when you did something out of the ordinary? Something strange?" He asked, and suddenly, I could. Things that just seemed like coincidences flooded my head, filling me with doubt.

Like the time I was rock climbing, and when I jumped for the next rock, it seemed like I flew for it…or the time when the gas went out under what I was cooking, and when I yelled at it, it turned back on…in karate, when I could stay in the air longer than anyone else…why Mr. Weasley's Disillusionment Charms worked so well…

"It can't be magic, there has to be another explanation." I said weakly, but Mr. Ollivander shoved a wand into my hand.

"Wave it around." He ordered, so I did, feeling ridiculous. More tiny sparks shot out the end, but nothing more. Muttering, he snatched the wand back and gave me another. Again, all I got was sparks, no warmth, no special magic. After spending ten minutes digging through a pile, he retrieved one and handed it to me. The wand was about the length of a ruler, and made of a light wood, almost like beach driftwood. I took it, and a heat spread from my fingers, and I gasped, dropping it.

"This is not possible. I am a Muggle." I insisted, but reluctantly taking the wand again as Mr. Ollivander shoved it back into my hand.

"Wave it and say, Aguamenti." He instructed, his face starting to shine.

"Aguamenti." I said flatly, then started as a gentle stream of water started to fall from the tip, vanishing before it hit the floor.

"YEAH! Hey, everyone! Jenny can use a wand!" Tonks bellowed. Silence filled the house, then feet started pounding up the stairs, doors opened, and voices called out.

"I don't believe it, you were right Tonks!" Lupin exclaimed when he came in and saw me holding the wand. It was still making the gentle cascade of water, but when I dropped my arm, the water vanished.

"Congratulations, Jenny!" Draco came over and gave me a hug. "You'll be unstoppable now, and Voldemort has no idea! I'll teach you all sorts of spells, and when the time comes, you can help us exterminate all the Death Eaters, and Voldemort himself!" I pulled back from Draco, a sudden excitement filling me up. I could use magic. I could do anything if I tried hard enough!

"Can we start right now? The most basic self defense is what I would love to learn first, if you don't mind." I asked eagerly, and everyone in the Order nodded. I was bursting with happiness, I was going to be trained by wizards of the Order, if they couldn't teach me, no one could.

"Not in ze house!" Fleur said loudly from the back, and I laughed, suddenly giddy. The 'drift-wood' wand, (as I had so nicknamed it) felt good in my hand, it made me feel secure.

"Come on!" I said excitedly, and grabbed Draco's sleeve, and pulled him through the mini crowd that had gathered and out of the house; onto the front lawn. Everyone settled down onto the lawn except for Lupin, Tonks, and Draco. Lucius and his wife watched carefully from the doorway. They had been wary about casting magic, even though we had treated them with nothing but respect after they cleared their names.

"Alright, Jenny, do a little roll with your wrist, like this, and say Expelliarmus!" Lupin said calmly, but his eyes were full of light as he demonstrated, Disarmed Draco, and threw his wand back to him as I lifted my wand uncertainly. I practiced the movement a moment.

"Expelliarmus!" I did it quickly and without warning, looking up from my hand and shooting my spell at Malfoy, whose wand flew at me, which I caught, shocked. I did it!

Jenny

5/1/11

2:45 p.m.

The lessons continued, with a different wizard focusing on teaching me different things. With much persuasion, I got Malfoy's parents to teach me some spells that were a bit more 'border lining on Dark Magic' as Lucius put it, but I had heard of wizards from the Light using them as well. I practiced constantly, and according to Ollivander, I was learning the spells faster than I should have, which made me wonder, could I possibly Albus Dumbledore's child, instead of Aberforth's? I knew Aberforth was talented, all of the Dumbledore's were, but I could tell from everyone's faces that my faster speed of learning, especially the type of spells I was learning, wasn't normal.

I was practicing in the yard with Bill when Lupin went out to meet the Weasley's. I told him to pass on all of my best wishes, but they wouldn't be told about me carrying a wand, in fact, Lupin put everyone in the house under an Unbreakable Vow to not tell a soul about it until Lupin or I told them to.

I had been working hard on a Patronus. If I could conjure one, I could send the messages, and since the Death Eater's obviously hadn't seen my Patronus yet, no one else would be in danger. With a pop, I saw Lupin Apparate outside the fence and he rushed back inside, but stopped by the gate.

"What is my middle name?" I asked him without giving him a chance to catch his breath.

"Lillian." He panted, rolling his eyes. He new I hated the name.

"Which one of us carried Harry, Ron and Hermione's luggage in the forest?" I frowned at the memory, the very next day I had been taken to Malfoy Manor.

"You did." I said flatly, and only then did he approach, unrolling The Prophet with a smack and handing it to me. The cover screamed:

BREAK IN AT GRINGOTTS BANK

"I don't understand, did they steal something from the Order?" I asked him as Bill looked over my shoulder.

"Vault 74…Vault 74…that's the Lestranges Vault!" He snatched the paper from me and scanned it while Lupin smiled, but it was more of a proud grimace.

"You don't think, no it couldn't have been…" Lupin shook his head, smiling.

"The picture inside shows them flying off on a dragon, the one that has been in Gringotts for centuries. They finally did it; you must have been right about whatever they were after." Lupin took my arm and started taking us back up to the house. "Now, Jenny, you are aware that the full moon is tonight." Lupin changed the subject, but I pulled my arm out of his.

"Lupin, if Harry, Hermione and Ron really did just steal what they were after, we can't just sit here. Voldemort will be absolutely furious. If there was ever going to be a confrontation with him, it will be soon, I can promise you that." He looked at me a moment, then nodded.

"We'll get ready, but you and I must drink that potion before we do anything else. If we are called somewhere and we haven't taken it…we would attack anyone, not to mention each other." We both winced at the memory. I nodded, and we both went inside, and Bill followed us in, calling up the stairs and spreading the paper out on his kitchen table.

"Listen, we know that Harry, Ron and Hermione did this, broke into Gringotts, and stole something that is essential to Voldemort. He'll be furious, I know he will, and something is going to become of this. We'll have to be ready in case something happens." I accepted a bottle of the Wolfsbane Potion from Lupin and drank it quickly, then leaned on the table to ease the usual dizziness. Lupin paled, as usual, but stayed standing.

"Are you sure, Jenny?" Tonks asked after a moment, and I nodded strongly. She looked at me hard a moment, then sighed. "Alright, everyone get their stuff together and be ready to leave at a moment's notice. We have no time to lose."