The Hidden Order
by LoonyLunaLover
Disclaimer: This is a re-write (a much more mature one I'd say) of my original story of 'The Best of the Worst'. Expect updates every four days or so, considering I work full time and go to school. I do not own any of the characters in the Harry Potter series, though the OOC ones are my own creations. I do hope you enjoy (:
I'd also like to apologize for the late posting. I was away with my family and during that time I got dehydration which I've been fighting the negative side effects of. Regular positing shall resume!
From then on the group settled into a routine, each day their training getting more and more intense. They'd wake up, shove down food, train until they couldn't move, eat again, then pass out. Kaycie always stayed up late and woke up early, nose buried in the magic books the Guardian had provided for her. Draco sometimes wondered how she had the energy for it, considering the fact that he was barely making it through. Turns out the girl had a knack for potions and had mixed up an energy drink of sorts, which she added to her tea each morning.
Yet even with all the extra physical and mental stresses, everyone was in good spirits. Friendships got stronger and bonds grew between people. Lucas and Kaycie were completely attacked at the hip, often sneaking off together which Draco found…irritating. He too was getting closer to the redheaded girl, as the Guardian had assigned him to help her with her magic and understanding their world.
The first time he told her about Voldemort he thought she'd never speak to him again. She only stared at him, a completely unreadable look on her face until she wrapped her arms around him. Her silence meant more to him than anything else.
For one of the first times in his entire life, Draco was happy.
He had nothing to worry about and no one controlling him. His father was thousands of miles away and the Dark Lord even further. Able to focus on himself for once, his magic grew stronger by the day. Gerard had pointed out about a week in that the strength of their powers relied somewhat on their personal feelings.
It explained a lot, considering how certain people's powers varied the first few weeks as they adjusted to the new environment, while others grew steadily as the time passed.
Draco and Damien were sitting by the training circle, awaiting Lucas and Kaycie who were late for what seems like the hundredth time. "Where are those two?" The Guardian asked with a slightly irritated look at Gerard who could only shrug. Suddenly laughter filled the air and everyone turned towards the sound.
"We're coming! We're coming!" Lucas's voice boomed out through the white, and within moments they appeared, Kaycie pulling on his hand. They were both out of breath, dying of laughter and trying to calm themselves down.
"I'm…sorry we're late" Kaycie apologized through her laughter. Draco couldn't help the noise of disgust that left his lips.
"Off snagging in a corner were you?" The words were out before he could even think about them. Kaycie's green eyes flashed with mischievousness as she turned to look at him, his own smirk curling on her face.
"Why? Jealous?"
"Enough. Both of you." The Guardian's voice broke through the both of them, driving their attention towards him. Gerard knocked Draco on the back of the head whilst rolling his eyes and everyone turned their attention back to the older man. He looked weaker today, skin more pallid and eyelids slightly drooping. "MIss Summers, Mister Danbury. Please be on time next time. Today we will be focusing on working together to use your powers. It will be absolutely essential that you learn how to communicate with your partner and trust them. Draco and Damien, you two seem quite close, please come forward."
Both boys rose instantly to their feet and moved to the center of the circle. "Damien, slam your fist into the floor and create a large crack, then spread it. Draco once he's done this see what you can do with it."
They nodded, to the Guardian and then to each other. Taking a moment to collect himself, Draco heard the undeniable noise of the ground splitting next to him. Glancing over he saw the boys fist rising slowly off the ground as the earth opened up. The tall Russian boy turned to the Guardian who smiled approvingly. Draco took this as his cue to act. He grasped his hands into fists and released them again watching as water filled the crack. Pausing in thought, he moved his fingers creating waves and a whirlpool in the middle that could easily drown any enemy.
"Lucas, get in there as well!" The Guardian called out, clapping his hands excitedly.
The blonde boy ran up confidently, hands already working to form large black clouds. Lightening shot from his fingertips moments later, striking the water and electrifying it. Damien cringed. He wasn't the most violent person and would not wish such a harsh death on most people. Kaycie and Gerard were cheering from the sidelines as the Guardians raised his hands to clear everything away.
The older man beamed proudly at them and ushered them to the side, clapping the boys on their shoulder.
"See what happens when you work together. Draco, especially wonderful work with the whirlpool. Now Kaycie and Gerard, you two are up. Your powers are the most uncontainable and when paired together can be extremely effective. Focus harder on control and less on power, it will come."
Gerard pulled Kaycie to her feet and whispered something in her ear. A broad grin stretched across her face and she said something back, to which he nodded excitedly. Closing his eyes, Gerard started moving his hands in a circular motion, twisting and turning them in mid-air. It only took a few seconds for the air to start moving and soon there was a small tornado roaming around. Kaycie took the opportunity and pushed her palms out, fire spraying from them and into the tornado. As they mixed a firestorm was created, raging yet still very controlled.
It took them both a moment to realize that the Guardian was shouting at them. "Draco, Damien Lucas. Duel them!"
Within moments the other three were rushing at them and the two exchanged a quick stunned look. Draco and Lucas began to send electrified water waves towards Kaycie, whilst Damien tossed large boulders to try and destroy the tornado.
"Gerard! More power!" Kaycie shouted, watching as it grew. She took one hand off of the tornado, hoping the increase in wind would keep the flames at their strength and aimed at Lucas's ankles, watching as they began to burn. It shocked him enough for his powers to stop, and he began to swipe at his ankles. Draco's water wasn't as strong and she could deal with getting a little wet if it meant helping Gerard, who was almost overwhelmed by Damien. Focusing an extreme amount of energy at his hands, Draco pushed a huge wave of ice water at Kaycie, at the same time Gerard's tornado with extra fire-power by Kaycie knocked Damien off of his feet.
It was silently decided between that they'd split up, and with a shiver Kaycie turned to Draco. She wasn't terribly fond of being soaked in ice water and her fists were forming fireballs aimed at Draco's arms. The two began to battle fiercely, Damien and Gerard fighting beside them. The Guardian's eyes flickered back and forth between the two, a mixture of fear and pride filling them as he focused on certain people. After what seemed like hours Damien and Gerard fought to a standstill.
The two shook hands and sat down, watching the battle between Kaycie and Draco. For every wave of fire the girl would send towards him, he'd push water to extinguish it. It seemed never-ending.
"Think there's enough sexual tension between this one" Damien chuckled to Gerard, nudging the young Frenchman, who promptly burst into laughter.
Unfortunately Draco heard this and his face turned about six shades of red. "Shut up!" he roared, sending a huge wave of water that completely knocked the girl off of her feet. Turning to Damien and Gerard with every intention of drowning them, Draco barely noticed her standing up. Working with extreme concentration, she twisted her hands and a flood of fire emerged, forming into the shape of a huge Dragon which took Draco off guard. He crashed to the ground, and Kaycie did too, the dragon clearly taking up too much energy. Damien helped pull Draco to a sitting position, as Lucas wrapped his arms around Kaycie, drawing her close. Poor girl looked like she was about to crash.
The Guardian moved forward, beaming with pride. "You all did an amazing job. Kaycie and Gerard, You two have won, however it's clearly come at an expense." he said, gesturing towards Kaycie. The winners slapped palms, and he slung his arm around her as well, grinning.
"As I said before, power is important, but not being able to control it comes with a price. In the future, you won't always be paired up with your compatible power. You're going to have to all learn to work with each other and rely on more than those your'e closet with. I want all of you to be like a family, protect each other and help each other. However it's going to take time and I already see positive changes. Soon we will begin animagi and wandless magic. Right then…off to dinner."
Everyone stood up, Kaycie a bit wobbly. Damien wrapped his arm around her waist and helped her walk and she gave him a very grateful smile. There was something there between them, not romantic, but brotherly and sisterly that was strong. Draco watched them, and realized that's what the Guardian was referring to. As he turned to leave, the Guardian's face suddenly turned blank, his eyes almost possessed.
"Sir…are you alright?" Draco asked, walking closer to the older gentleman. Placing a hand on his arm, the man suddenly went stiff and began to speak.
Three hundred long years after the Great War,
Evil shall rise again, even stronger than before.
His original soul split with elements of heart,
A new generation shall be making their start.
Together they'll grow, learn and fall,
To face the enemy who threatens them all.
But at the end before the final fight,
One will reveal they've resisted the light.
Backing up Draco's eyes widened, mind racing at a mile a minute. The Guardian looked confused and glanced worriedly at him, "Draco…what's wrong?"
"Nothing. Goodnight"
Walking away Draco placed a hand over his chest, his heart pounding through his chest. The older man had just had a prophesy, about them, and the war. His mind rested on the final note, one of hem would betray the rest. A nagging voice in his head, sounding rather like his father, insisted that it would be him. At that moment he made a vow, to himself, to his…new family that he would not be the one.
When he finally reached their sleeping quarters, he was greeted by Damien opening his mouth and roaring like a bear. Everyone else began to laugh, tears streaming down multiple faces. Gerard and Lucas sat on one bunk and Kaycie and Damien on another. "Come join!" Gerard motioned to the spot next to him.
Grabbing his dinner from the drawer he hopped up next to the boy. "Anyone want to explain why Damien was making that bloody noise?" The Russian boy laughed and nudged the girl next to him, who was eating some strange food out of a box with what seemed to be chinese symbols on them.
"We got ourselves a little potion master!" Kaycie blushed and looked at her hands.
She tossed him a small sweet in a wrapper. "When I was a…muggle I suppose I wanted to be a chef. Turns out potions is a lot like cooking and I read a book about different effects different ingredients have and well, I made these. It's a sweet that makes you sound like the animal you're thinking of."
Draco gave her a slightly skeptical look and popped one in his mouth, focusing on a snake. It was sweet and just a little tangy, but when he opened his mouth a hiss came out. Lucas and Gerard started clapping and laughing, the latter giving him a thumbs up. "This is brilliant!" Draco exclaimed once he'd gotten his voice back.
Kaycie only reddened deeper. "I like making magic."
"She's wife material! Beautiful, brilliant and can cook!" Lucas proclaimed with a wink, the girl rolling her eyes in responds.
"Don't talk about moi petite sol like that!" Gerard said hitting him and laughing. It was running joke amongst the group that Kaycie and him were the mother and father and the rest were the misbehaving kids. Eventually the two shook on marrying each other if they were still single by thirty. Ever since they'd been jokingly calling each other by cute pet names.
"I wish we had a kitchen." Kaycie said, leaning against Damien's shoulder.
The older boy grinned. "Come visit me, my kitchen is magnificent and you can cook me food to your heart delight" The others started chuckling as the girl tried to hide her smile. The rest of the night continued as such; mixed conversation, bouts of laughter and a plethora of odd animal noises. The yawns started after the last dragon roar was heard and soon everyone was saying goodnight while climbing into bed.
Once everyone had fallen asleep, Kaycie pulled out the spell book and began to work on spells again. She'd learned most spells up to seventh year (though she still struggled) with a wand and now was working on wandless magic, trying her best to catch up to everyone else.
"Lumos"
She murmured softly, waving her hands in the motion like the book said. As usual, nothing happened. A small groan of frustration left her lips, head falling into her hands. Draco watched her with peaked curiosity until he finally got out of bed and headed over to her bunk. Like the last time he slid in behind her and placed his hands on top of his own. He'd gotten quite good at the basic wandless magic that they were being taught yet could understand hers struggles.
His hands moved hers, fingers intertwined and he whispered. "Come on". Again, she said the spell and this time a soft light illuminated her pod.
Turning around to face him, her face curled into the shyest smile. "Thank you." His hands fell to her back as he pressed his forehead to hers. Draco's voice caught in his throat slightly as he studied her eyes, how brilliantly green they were.
Subconsciously she leant up towards him.
"You're welcome" he replied, almost breathless. He could feel the ghost of her lips on his, as his arms wrapped tighter around her before…
EEEEEP! Finally some romance and action up in this. I know you all abhor cliff-hangers so hopefully the next chapter will be up soon and you'll get to find out what happens. Also, I'm madly in love with Damien. JUST SAYING.
-Smooches! L