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The Brotherhood

A/N - This chapter is probably boring, but the next will be exciting, promise, and it will be posted tomorrow morning, as soon as I wake up.

~~~ Chapter Thirty Five ~~~

Dora stood in front of her mum's door, biting her lip at what she knew would be a nearly impossible task. How was she supposed to convince her mum to help her?

Dora drew in a deep breath, then knocked on the door. It opened quickly, and Dora found her dad standing there.

"Dora!" he cried out, excited, then he pulled his daughter into a hug.

Dora pulled away quicker than she usually did. "Hello, is mum here?" Dora questioned softly.

Teddy Tonks looked put out that his daughter was nearly rejected him for his wife, but he answered, "Yes. She's in the sitting room."

"Thanks," Dora murmured, then passed her dad to go to her mum.

Andromeda looked up, startled at her daughter's sudden appearance.

"Nymphadora! What a surprise," Andromeda murmured.

Dora wrinkled her nose at the despised name.

"Mum, I need to ask you something,"

~~~TB~~~

Sirius stood at the entrance of a cave, which was partially filled with water. He was staring intensely at the walls around him. He raised his wand and cast the spell that would reveal dark magic. The result was almost blinding, but there was one place that lit up more than the others. Sirius headed there and placed a hand against the wall.

Sirius closed his eyes and concentrated, trying to remember back to his days of auror training. He had taken a whole course on how to get past barriers such as this. If only he could remember them.

"What were the three possibilities? Magic, password, or blood," Sirius muttered to himself.

Deciding to try the easiest first, Sirius cast several blasting spells at the wall. Nothing happened. Sirius cursed.

Hoping that it didn't require a password, Sirius opted for the next easiest. Blood. He cut himself swiftly on the palm of his hand and wiped the blood onto the wall. To his relief, the wall dissolved and Sirius was permitted entrance.

Sirius stepped forward and healed his palm. He couldn't allow himself to be too weakened.

Sirius looked around. He was standing on a rocky shore beside a lake. In the middle of the lake came a green glow.

"Okay, probably want to get to that glow," Sirius muttered, looking around.

Deciding that the best course of action was to circle the lake, Sirius began to walk.

~~~TB~~~

"I need the key," Dora stated bluntly.

"Key?" Andromeda repeated confused.

"When I was six, Auntie Bella came to you and offered you a position in the Dark Lord's ranks. You rejected her. She left you a key to the Lestrange Vault, telling you to go into hiding. You rejected her again, but she left without taking the key. I need that key," Dora explained.

Andromeda shook her head. "No, Nymphadora. I threw that key away," she replied.

"I know you didn't," Dora told her.

"Why do you need it?" Andromeda changed the topic.

Dora sighed. "You do want Voldemort to fall, don't you?"

Andromeda's head jerked in surprise. "How does Bella's vault key have anything to do with him falling?"

Dora leaned forward. "It has everything to do with it,"

Andromeda looked at her dubiously.

"Look, mum, I'm going to get into that vault one way or another. Do you want to help me out of not?"

Andromeda sighed. "Don't do anything dangerous, please, Nymphadora?"

"I'll try," Dora responded, although she knew that everything she was doing right now was dangerous.

Andromeda stood and exited the room. Dora hoped that she was going to get the key, because she really didn't feel like attempting to break into Gringotts.

~~~TB~~~

Sirius made two loops around the lake before he finally stumbled, quite literally, upon an invisible chain, nearly sending himself head over heels into the water. Luckily, he caught himself and leaned down to grasp the chain in his hand. He tapped it with his wand and it became visible.

Sirius began pulling on the chain. After only a few moments, his arms were burning and chain seemed to be getting heavier. Sirius grunted as he dropped the chain and stared at it. There had to be an easier way.

Sirius searched through his mind for a spell that would help him out and he eventually found one. He tapped his wand on the chain and it came speeding through his hands and piled in a neat pile at his feet. Sirius smiled. This was much easier, not to mention pain free.

At the end of the chain, Sirius found a boat. It looked rather unsteady, but Sirius figured that it would work. After all, how was Voldemort supposed to get across the lake? This was obviously here so he could use it.

Sirius clambered into the boat, careful not to tip it. As soon as he was in and settled, the boat started on its way, bringing him closer to the glowing green light.

Sirius avoided looking down into the water, as he knew there were inferi in it. He knew that much. What he didn't know was what he would find on the island. That hadn't been in the book.

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