Chapter 5: As Fate Would Have It
"Malfoy Manor, dead ahead" said Fenrir.
"The dark lord has already arrived, hasn't he" asked Scabior.
"Everything has been set" said Argo.
Scabior then pointed his wand at me, and my body became clean. However, my clothing remained dirty, but I did smell rather nice.
"Come along" said Scabior.
Argo, Fenrir, and Scabior walked up to the gate. Bellatrix then walked, and looked to Scabior and then to me.
"Why have you brought-" Bellatrix stopped as Scabior took my necklace off, and showed Bellatrix the item; and pointed to Rogue's necklace as well. Bellatrix smiled, and opened the gate for them.
Soon they walked through the doors of the Manor, then to a meeting room.
"Who might this be Scabior" asked Voldemort.
Scabior placed the necklace in the palm of his hand, and with his wand he raised it along with Rogues. Causing them to float in front of Voldemort, who then grabbed them and looked at them.
"They're real, my lord...I assure you" said Argo.
"You've done well, you have actually brought me the two we've been searching for...what I'm sure your parents would have done to see you especially" Voldemort said, pausing and looking to me.
"Very smart; hiding out somewhere we'd never suspect" said Voldemort.
The room remained silent, until Voldemort spoke again.
"There is not much I could use you for, except your role when called upon will help me gravely" said Voldemort looking over at Rogue, instead of me now.
Voldemort looked to me, but my eyes didn't come to his. I continued to look at the floor below me.
"Bring them back to Headquarters Scabior, you three will receive further instruction afterward" said Voldemort.
"My lord" said a woman with red hair bowing, interrupting the meeting; by coming inside the room which the meeting was being held.
"What" hissed Voldemort.
"Perhaps I could take the girls...put them to better use, as Peris" said the woman.
Voldemort smirked at the woman.
"Interesting proposition Fawkes, you believe they could be fine Peris" asked Voldemort.
That is when I realized this was Aura Fawkes, an ex-Order member; whom had been taken away by Snatchers a few years back...they'd killed Harry Potter two years ago, and now had taken to killing off muggles. However, there was hope, they planned on reviving Harry.
"Yes, I would assure so myself, and not send them away to a Junior Arcan" said Aura.
"And who would these Peris, be assigned to" asked Voldemort.
"Whom ever you choose, my lord" said Aura.
"Very well then...take them away, for their training I suppose you may call it" said Voldemort.
Aura brought me and Rogue to a strange place it was more like a ballet type studio, where there were girls stretching and talking.
"Ladies, ladies" said Aura clapping her hands.
The girls straightened up, and formed a perfect line looking to Fawkes.
"These will be two new Peris, I want you to welcome them as your own" said Fawkes.
"Welcome" all the girls said together.
"You will treat them as though they were your own sisters" said Aura.
"Yes, Mistress" said the girls.
"Very well then, carry on...dance, enjoy your time together" said Aura.
Rogue immediately went off to a group of girls, and began to chat away with them. I merely looked at myself in the mirror, this was ridiculous; I was wearing ballet clothes, with everything except the tutu. Which made me feel strange.
"Do you prefer not to dance" asked Aura.
"I do not wish to be here" I said.
The room went silent.
"Ha...you believe you have choices? You don't. You wish freedom? You can not! To reach your destination, you will have to fight for it" said Aura.
"I only wish to survive" I said.
"Then, your fight for survival, starts right now. To reach your own paradise, all you have to do is...close your eyes-" said Aura pausing, as I closed my eyes.
"...and let go" finished Aura, and I took a deep breathe out and opened my eyes.
"You can make it through this...I know you can" I heard a voice say into my ears.
"That will be the true making of a Peri" said Aura.
The girls clapped, and rejoiced. Which then we were all seated on the floor, moments later.
"How we begin is simple" said Aura after she'd brought down a screen and tapped on a projector.
"You begin a trickster" said Aura pointing to a girl basically wearing the same clothing we all wore now.
"Then you become a Peri" said Aura pointing to a girl wearing a black cloak, and holding a wand beside a man.
"Which afterwards, you escalate to your highest level of opportunity...where your voice is listened to, and where you have choices. A Arcangela or in other words, an Arcan-" said Aura pausing causing "oos" and "ahs" coming from the girls as they saw a picture of a girl with the same man, except this time she was whispering into the man's ear.
"There are three steps to becoming a full Arcan, Junior Arcans and Senior Arcans...and then there is a Arcangela, which is much harder for many to reach" said Aura.
"I know many of you will become Arcangelas, for I have faith...but we do have rules, and regulations rest assured. However, we will start at the ending rule. Rule number three, do not stay out past twelve o'clock your safest bet is to come in by eleven fifty seven; for the Manors wards are set back up, and you will not be able to enter. Rule number two, do not disobey orders given to you by your future Peri claimer, unless he goes against the codes of Peri. The most important rule of all-" Aura paused and looked to all of us.
"Rule number one, do not betray The Code Of Arcangela" said Aura.
A lot of the girls looked nervous, at the look Aura was giving everyone. Me and Rogue looked to each other rather concerned, because we didn't know the code.
"For betrayal leads to punishment, and punishment leads to blood...blood leads to replacement, and replacement leads to death" said Aura.
"You shall learn of The Code Of Arcangela, but for now you shall all be sent off to sleep" said Aura.
We then all got up, and walked out of the room; and followed to a large room hidden underneath a rug, which underneath that was a trapdoor, which was hidden by a spell, which then the trapdoor could only be unlocked by a key and not a spell. That meant, that even if the Order had stopped the Death Eaters they'd still need someone to open it for them.