Okay, So I am very sorry for the delay on the posting of this new chapter, but it tends to get a little hectic at my house around the holidays. By I made this an extra long chapter in hopes that it makes up for it!
~Slytherin's-New-Queen
"Let's go down to Snape's office." Luna said once the redheaded set of twins walked into the room that we had chosen to meet in. All of us gave her that 'Are you crazy?' look. She giggled, and only Luna could be insane enough to giggle in a situation like this.
"He is a death eater, so he could take you to the Dark Lord for a truce meeting. At the same time he is world renowned potions master, so he will also have an adoption reversal on hand. And in case you don't know, an adoption reversal will make it as if you never took the adoption potion in the first place. Reverting you back to your natural looks. As for you Artemis, the Potter blood will still stay in you, as you are the last person in that bloodline, adopted or not, you still have legal claim over it. All the muggleborn and squib blood will quickly be flushed from your system, it might hurt some, but in the end the results are what is desired for the both of you." Luna said.
Looks of understanding shown on all of our faces, whereas Luna's held a smirk because she had thought of something that none of us had thought of first, which was really rare with both Athena and I being in her group of friends. Seeing as between the both of us, our knowledge of all things muggle and magical surpasses all present in the room at almost any time.
Everyone thought that Luna was crazy, but it was far from the truth. Artemis, Athena, and Luna all had the unique, and highly sought after, ability to see magic, and creatures made of magic. Which was the reason that Luna always spoke of creatures that no one else had knowledge of. All of them had parts to play, which is why Athena had to always doubt Luna in public when she began to speak of them. Otherwise, people would begin to question what is going on. And none of them could afford Dumbledore becoming suspicious with them, not when they were scheming to take him down.
Luna was also gifted by Lady Magic with the ability to have premonitions. While, Neville had been gifted with the power of earth elemental magic, which is how he had a natural . The twins both have a natural cloaking ability, allowing them to move around unnoticed by others, as well as undetected by magic. Which is one of their many secrets as to how they are able to pull off such elaborate pranks without be caught in the act.
Both Athena and Artemis also have photographic memories, which is how they are able to retain all kinds of knowledge, far more than the average witch and wizard. Then there are also the abilities of the eldest two of the Prewett line now. Bill was born naturally able to read runes and easily cast runic magic that would normally drain another wizard or witch. And Charlie had the ability to speak to animals of all kinds, whether it was magical or not, even though communication was through the minds instead of verbal. It was as if Fate herself made it to where all of the advances possible would go to the right side of the war, or the one that she wanted most to win.
All 6 of them began the slow and stealthy walk down into the dungeons, making their way slowly to the office of the Potions Professor. All of them were going slowly, trying to evade all Slytherins still roaming the halls, as well as other Professors who were beginning to patrol the hallways. It took them longer than they had hoped it would, but thankfully by taking their time, they were able to avoid 12 students and 2 professors. They finally made it to the intimidating dark wooden door that was the only thing separating them from the beginning of a different life. Technically the life that they were to supposed to have been living, well, at least 2 of the 6 people that is. All of them shared a look with the other. None of them wanted to be the one to knock and disturb the fearsome Professor. Artemis sighed first before she lifted her fist to knock, the sound echoing throughout the corridor, and only made all of their hearts beat faster.
After a total of 15 seconds with each of their hearts pounding out of their chests filling the silence, the door opened in a swift movement that startled them all, even though they were expecting it. Standing in the threshold was the snarky Professor Snape. Dressed in his billowy black robes with buttons to his chin, and his greasy black hair hanging in a curtain, with only his pale white face showing, housing his signature sneer.
"Potter, what is it that you want? I am too busy right now for any of your childish antics and blithering foolishness." He practically growled out.
"I have information, sir. And I know that it will aid the darkside well in the end." Artemis spoke in a calm voice, even if she was a mess inside.
"Potter, you cannot go around saying things like that in public. There are ears everywhere. Get in, all of you now." He snapped. All six of them filed into the office. The two chairs seated in the desk were left empty for Artemis and Athena to sit in, as it is them that will be doing the talking. Luna, Neville, Fred, and George all stood in the back of the office, present but silent.
When Snape finally took his seat at the desk he looked at each and everyone of them with a glare before he proceeded to ask the question.
"Now what information is it that shall aid the Dark Lord? And so help me if this is any sort of trick, I will see to it that all of you are expelled. I know Umbridge wouldn't mind to see you go Potter, as well as the two of you Weasleys." He threatened them all. Artemis knew that this was nothing but an empty threat, she practically rolled her eyes, but withheld from doing so, if only because of what they needed from him.
"Just read this file, and then you will know what I speaking of." Artemis spoke and Athena pulled the file out of her bag before slipping onto his desk for him to read. All of them waited on baited breath as he began to read.
The only sign of reaction to the information that was visible to the people in the room as Snape took in the information, was the widening of his eyes. The unnerving silence in the room lasted for 15 minutes. Luna was counting the number of jars lining the walls, Neville was tapping his fingers on his leg, Fred and George were using their twin-link to figure out their plan of attack on their ex-family, and Artemis and Athena were using their twin-link to figure out a plan in case this one doesn't quite go their way.
"Are you really my god-daughters?" He asked Athena and Artemis in a quiet disbelieving voice. Both of them just nodded. He scared us all, by jumping up quickly before he ran into a room adjacent to his office. We were still in shock by the time he came back holding two vials of a lavender liquid. He handed each of the two girls a vial, and they shared a glance, memorizing how they looked at that moment, the last time that they will ever look like that, before they quickly drank it, grimacing at the taste.
It took about five minutes of what felt like the Cructius Curse before it just stopped and everyone was able to notice the changes that took place, every person staring at the two of them in awe.
Artemis's POV-
I looked at Athena and became speechless, she was a sight to take in. And then it dawned on me, that I must look the same, and for that I was grateful. She had long, wavy midnight black hair that framed her face perfectly, as the candlelight flickered, her hair showed blue highlights.
She looked like the poster child for an aristocratic face, high cheek bones, smooth skin and heart shaped. She had the signature rounded shaped sapphire blue eyes of the Black family, which looked to be gleaming, and thick black eyelashes that just made the color pop more, making her look otherworldly. Athena stayed at the same height of about 5 feet 3 inches and she also gained a curvy figure that she didn't have before. All in all she looked just like Bellatrix did in the family picture, with a few of the Lestrange features mixed in.
"You guys are identical like us!" the Prewett twins said simultaneously. We just smirked, this was going be fun.
Once I had filled Snape in on what the Weasleys had done, as well as the newest additions to the Prewett line, we sat there for a while discussing what we were going to do to them in retaliation. Snape, who told them to call him Severus, dropped his guard once he learned that it was really them, and learned of their wish to join the Dark Lord. His entire persona changing at the drop of a knut, and he quickly conjured chairs for the four occupants who were standing, as well as calling his personal elf to get us refreshments. Our conversation led in many ways, all of the plans being made by each of us left the Weasleys and Dumbledore in a more and more gruesome way.
It was about an hour after curfew was when Athena mentioned meeting our parents. Severus penned a letter to both Lestranges, and the Dark Lord to meet him at Riddle Manor. Before we could do anything in the way of leaving, Luna pulled out two dresses from inside of her bag. Both of us were grateful, not only were the clothing we were wearing getting tight, and small, but we didn't want to meet our parents for the first time in our memories dressed in our school uniforms. I chose the forest green dress, and Athena chose the burgundy one. That was the only difference in the outfits, and as soon as we finished changing behind the screen that Severus conjured for us in a corner of his office, the two of us pointed our wands at the piles of clothing and burned them. Gleefully laughing as we watched the final connection to Charlotte Potter and Hermione Granger. Before we left, I reached into my bag and shuffled around for my jewelry box. I knew that I had the two necklaces that I knew would be the final touches to our outfits. I found what I was looking for and pulled them out. In one hand I held a long gold chain with a sun pendant that housed a burnt orange zircon jewel. Zircon was our birthstone, so it was only fit that she were to wear it, and I handed her that necklace. The other one that I had, had a matching chain, but the pendent was a moon, which also housed a Zircon jewel, but in the darkest of blues that it was found in. In the end I laughed at how ironic the pendants were, Artemis also being the name of a Greek Goddess of the moon, as well as other things, and Athena also being the name of the Greek Goddess of purity, as well as other things. And when purity is referenced, so is light, which is why the sun was ironic.
In all, it took about ten minutes before both of us felt as if we looked presentable enough to meet our mother and father.
"Are you finally ready?" He asked all six of us. We either spoke or nodded our agreement. Severus called out the names of six different house elves, and then he told us to go over to one of them and they would transport us to through the wards. Both me and Athena were really nervous about meeting our parents, uncle and brother for the first time. And probably many other family members. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. The house elf grabbed my hand and I felt the familiar sensation of apparition.
When I opened my eyes after the feeling dissipated, there was a wand pointed at my chest, as well as Athena's. I looked around and seen that Neville, Luna, Fred and George all were being held at wand point as well.
