It was quiet, almost too quiet as Rebecca silently walked down the halls of Hogwarts. Moody had scattered the newer members and a few older member who had volunteered to participate in the training including the twins, Benjy and Marlene all over Hogwarts as a training exercise. They were to go around trying to find other members and disarm and stun them and collect as many wands as they could. Rebecca gripped her wand tight as she slid her fingers along the wall, she opted not to use her wand to light her way seeing that there was only barely enough moonlight coming through the windows. She had already taken down Jenny and had managed to lose Peter who had at the sight of her scurried away as fast as he could. She was willing to bet that the boys would probably win this little game as they knew the castle like the back of their hands. She stopped when she heard footsteps running down the hall and wheezy breathing and she jumped out from behind the wall and threw a stunner at the person who flopped down on the ground and she hid behind the wall and listened for anyone else but she was met with silence. She turned back down the hall and crouched down as she approached the person and barely lit up her wand to see who it was. Who other than Peter Pettigrew. She grabbed his wand from his hand and stuffed it in to her robes along with Jenny's wand and she pushed Peter off to the side so he wouldn't be stepped on and she continued down the hall. She heard two people dueling down the hall and she made her way over and saw one of the twins dueling Michael and she smirked as she sent a stunner at Michael's back and he barely turned around and blocked it before going back to dueling the twin.
"Great, Becky, just the person I was looking for." Michael said with a small chuckle as he continued to duel with the twin that Rebecca recognized as Fabian.
"He is mine Walcott." Fabian yelled and she laughed as she ducked from one of Michael's spells.
"Not a chance Fab." Rebecca shouted and tripped Michael as Fabian stunned him and Rebecca saw Michael's wand roll away and she ran towards it and dove for it as Fabian tried to stun her and she rebounded it back at him as he dove for the wand and hit him square in the chest and he slumped to the ground and she sat up with a smile on her face as she grabbed the two wands and stuck them in her robes and pushed them off to the side and continued down the hall. She heard footsteps coming down the hall and she hid behind a statue as Gideon came around the corner and looked at Fabian out on the floor and he walked up to him and Rebecca stepped out and got Gideon in the back and he fell to the ground and Rebecca spotted a light behind her and turned around and side stepped as a stunner passed by her head.
"Walcott is that you?" She heard down the hall as she summoned Gideon's wand and pocketed it and hid behind a statue.
"Ah Black, can't wait to add you to my collection." She said and peered out.
"How many you got?" Sirius called.
"Including you?" She asked and he laughed. "I got 5 already, how many you got?"
"You have 5 already?" He said surprised.
"I take it you have less than 5." She taunted and Sirius was silent.
"I have the advantage over you Walcott."
"You must remember I am quicker than you are Sirius, much quicker."
"Not quick enough come on how about we cut the chit chat and duke this out face to face." He said and she saw him peering from the statue down the hall.
"You come out first."
"Not a chance." He said and she sighed and looked around. Suits of armor lined the walls to where he was and she got an idea. She sent a spell down the hall and made a mad dash to the other side and looked down the hall, now on the same side as Sirius. She pointed her wand at the suit of armor diagonal to him and sent a shield charm at it.
"Walcott you missed me by a mile, wrong side." He said cockily with a laugh and she aimed her wand. "I think your aim is getting worse Walcott, you might want to get your eyes checked, how about we make this easier on us both and you just give up your wand and I'll be on my way."
"How about not?" She yelled down the hall. "Stupefy." She whispered and the spell hit the suit of armor and bounced towards Sirius and she heard him yelp before she heard a body hit the ground and a wand clatter on the ground. She inched her way down the hall incase he was faking it and she kept her wand on him as she approached him and nudged him and he stayed slumped over. She grabbed his wand and pocketed it and continued down the hall. She walked down the hall and heard the unsheathing of metal and turned around as a sword came flying at her and she ducked as the sword went past her.
"Good reflexes Walcott." She heard Moody say and ducked out of the way as the sword came back at her and she flicked her wand at one of the nearby suits of armor and the sword unsheathed and she held her wand in front of her like the sword and smiled at Moody.
"This ought to be interesting." She said and lunged forward and the sword came towards Moody which he blocked and soon the clanging of metal against metal filled the halls and she glanced over her shoulder every so often to make sure no one snuck up on her. She gasped when the sword barely grazed her arm and went through her robes and she glared at Moody.
"These are my favorite robes."
"Deal with it." Moody said gruffly and she waved her hand at one of the shields and it catapulted towards Moody which he blasted away with a spell.
"You can't beat me Walcott." He said and she looked around. He was probably right, he had years of dueling experience against her plus being head auror didn't help her odds of winning.
"Perhaps not but I am going to put up one hell of a fight." She said and ducked as he sent at spell at her.
"Expell-." Someone said from behind her and she spun around as she held up her hand to the sword and blocked the disarming spell from Benjy from behind her. She looked at the sword that was starting to drop.
"Expecto Patronum." She shouted towards Benjy and a panther ran down the hall and pushed Benjy out of his hiding spot.
"Stupefy." She shouted and the red spell hit him square in the chest and he crumbled to the ground and she turned around as a red spell came towards her and everything went black.
When she woke she heard Moody's voice above her.
"Walcott." He said and she groaned and slowly opened her eyes and felt herself being pulled up in to a sitting position.
"Ow my head." She mumbled as she touched the back of her head and felt a bump forming.
"Get up." She heard Moody say and she was pulled up on to her feet.
"Wasshappenin?" She slurred as she tried to get her bearings.
"We're done." He said as he walked her down the hall.
"Oh god, how long was I out?" She groaned as she rubbed her face.
"Almost an hour." He said and she raised her eyebrows.
"An hour? Sheesh, it felt like 5 minutes. Where is everyone?"
"We are currently looking for Pettigrew and Black."
"Peter is on the 4th floor and Sirius is on the third." She said as they walked up to the gargoyle in front of Dumbledore's office.
"Acid pop." Moody said and pulled her up the stairs.
"Alright I can walk on my own, stop man handling me." She said as she pushed his hand off her arm and he let her go and she grabbed the wall to steady herself and slowly got her balance.
"Go on up and get home." He said and she walked towards the stairs.
"Wands Walcott." Moody said and she looked in to her robes and pulled out the wands she had collected.
"Night Moody." She said and continued up the stairs to the office and saw Dumbledore petting Fawks.
"Hello Miss Walcott." He said with a smile and she rubbed her face.
"Please, I really do prefer if you would call me Rebecca." She said as she walked to the fireplace and stared at it. "Ugh I really don't want to floo right now." She sighed and grabbed a handful of floo powder.
"Have a good night Rebecca."
"You too Albus." She sighed and stepped in to the fireplace and flooed back to her apartment.
Rebecca walked in to headquarters and saw many other sitting around talking to each other.
"Hey Benjy what's going on?" She asked as she walked up to him.
"We got a tip off of a Death Eater hideout." He said and looked up as Moody walked in. She looked around and saw The Prewett twins, Caradoc and Marlene standing around and she silently wondered why she was the only new member.
"Alright as most of you know we are going to go check out a tipped off hide out, we are not going to engage, simply observe for the moment, does everyone understand?" he asked and everyone gave a nod.
"We are taking a portkey just outside the yard in 5 minutes." He said and put a shoe in the middle of the room.
"If we are ambushed get out of there and come back here, we will meet back here once we finish, everyone understand?" He said as he looked at everyone and they nodded and she walked up to Moody.
"Why am I going?" She asked curiously.
"You're one of the better duelers."
"I know that there are plenty better duelers than me Moody."
"Do you not want to come?"
"I just think that if you want someone having your back you probably want someone else a little more experienced in this type of thing."
"You got to get in the field some time Walcott, no time like the present." He said and walked over to Caradoc and she sighed and walked back over to Benjy and the twins.
"Don't worry we got your back." Fabian said with a smile and Gideon gave an identical smile.
"Yeah, that kind of scares me." She said with a roll of her eyes.
"It will be fine." Benjy said as he pat her lightly on the back.
"Alright everyone gather round." Moody said as he stood by the boot and everyone gathered around the boot and grabbed a hold of it as Moody looked at the clock on the wall.
"Alright, any time." He said and suddenly Rebecca felt everything spinning and her feet slammed in to the ground and she held her hands out trying to balance herself as she wobbled and felt a hand on her shoulder balancing her.
"Thanks." She whispered as she looked at Benjy and he motioned towards Moody who was walking away with the others walking silently behind. It was dark, the moon was only half and only barely lit their path.
"The house is over there." Moody said pointing out 100 yards to a house they could barely make out due to the massive trees from the forest.
"Keep your eyes and ears open, we don't know who is in these woods, take down any intruders as silently as you can. Stay at a safe distance, don't let anyone see you." Moody whispered as everyone flanked him and he motioned for everyone to continue.
"Prewett, Walcott, McKinnon, take the east side, Fenwick, Prewett follow me. Meet back here in ten minutes time and report anything you have found, stay hidden." Moody said and went off to the other side of the house as Rebecca and Gideon followed Benjy around the far side of the house. They walked silently through the forest towards the house with Benjy in the front, Gideon in the middle and Rebecca in the back. She gripped her want tight, her heart beating loud in her ears. She glanced back over her shoulder trying to adjust her eyes and suddenly she ran in to something and she gasped sharply as she turned back around and gave a small sigh of relief when she looked at Gideon.
"It's alright." He whispered and Benjy tapped him.
"I think I saw something on the back porch." He said and pointed towards the house and they all squinted as they looked at the back porch. Rebecca strained her eyes and suddenly she heard something snap from behind them and she looked back and grabbed on to Gideon as two figures walked past them towards the house.
"No I did not bring it, I am not stupid you twat." A woman spat towards a taller figure next to her.
"They are expecting us right?"
"Of course." The woman said and Rebecca looked at Benjy who motioned for them to follow and they went silently behind the two hooded figures, making sure to stay out of sight until they stood behind a few trees a few yards away from the back porch and the figures went inside and closed the door behind them.
"Alright we know that there are at least 3 people in there." Benjy whispered and Rebecca saw a light in a room behind some drapes.
"Let's get closer." She whispered.
"I don't think it's a good idea Becky, we are only supposed to observe from a distance." Benjy said as he grabbed a hold of her shoulder and she shrugged him off.
"I'll stay out of sight, besides we aren't going to get anywhere just staying here." She said and cast an invisibility charm over herself.
"I will just take a quick peek; I can't keep up this charm for very long." She whispered and wandered towards the house. She came up to the window and peered in through a break in the drapes as saw 5 people standing around a fire. She couldn't make out their faces. She heard something on the second story and she looked up and saw a light upstairs. She came around the house and saw a vine going up the house. She grabbed her wand in her mouth and grabbed a hold of the vines and grabbed on to it to check how sturdy it was. It seemed stable and she started to slowly climb up. She got up to the top and peered in to the room and saw Bellatrix with Rodolphus and Evan Rosier talking but she couldn't hear them due to the shut window. Bellatrix seemed angry about something as she grabbed a hold of the front of Evan's robes and threw him to the floor and pulled out her wand and he started to writhe in pain on the floor and she heard him scream as Rodolphus watched mildly amused. She heard a small snap and her foot broke the hold and she felt herself slipping and grabbed a hold of the side of the house as she dangled over the side and suddenly the window was thrown open and Bellatrix peered out with her wand out and Rebecca held her breath as Bellatrix looked right at her before glancing around.
"Bella it was nothing." Rodolphus said and Bellatrix looked back at him with a sneer.
"I know I heard something." She snapped and leaned back in to the room. "I have to go, you better find Goldberg or it's your head Rosier." Bellatrix said and walked out of the room.
"Better find Goldberg or it's your head Rosier." Rodolphus mimicked tauntingly and walked out of the room and Rosier grabbed a paperweight from off of the desk and hurled it at the fireplace and Rebecca saw her fingers reappearing as she hung over the side and she looked down as Bellatrix walked out the back door and back in to the woods. Her fingers were slipping and she was starting to become visible. She tried to find her footing but the vines seemed to not want to hold her weight. She hung trying to figure out what to do, if she was discovered she would be killed. She tried to lift her leg over the side but as she moved her fingers slipped more and she lost grip of one hand. She stared up at her arm which was now visible and then looked at Bellatrix who was now out of sight. She looked around her and saw a tree not too far away and a sturdy looking branch she could grab on to and climb down the tree. She reached out to it and felt her grip loosen. She pulled her other hand back up and pressed her feet in to the side of the house and pushed herself out to the tree and grabbed a hold of the branch and grabbed a hold of the tree as she perched herself on a branch and looked around. The house seemed undisturbed and she looked at herself and saw her spell had nearly worn off by now. She silently climbed down the tree and headed back in to the forest. She tried to find Benjy and Gideon but she couldn't see hardly a thing. There was a hand on her shoulder and a hand went around her mouth.
"It's me." She heard Gideon whisper in her ear and she relaxed and gave a sigh of relief as he turned her around.
"Are you alright?" He asked and she nodded.
"We need to go back now." He said and pulled her along with him and they made their way back to the meeting point and they found Moody waiting with Marlene and Fabian.
"You're late, we thought something had happened." Marlene said as she gave Benjy a hug.
"Why are you late?" Moody snapped as they walked back to the portkey.
"It's my fault; I got in to a tight situation. I went up to the house." She said and Moody stopped and turned to her.
"You what?" He snapped and she cringed back.
"We'll talk when we get back to headquarters." He said and they went back to the portkey and grabbed a hold of it and were taken back to the headquarters. Rebecca fell sprawled across the floor as they landed and Gideon pulled her up.
"I said to observe from a safe distance, if you had been seen you could have jeopardized us all." Moody yelled at her.
"They are looking for someone named Goldberg, Bellatrix wasn't too happy that they don't know where said person is." She said meekly.
"What do they want with Goldberg?" Moody asked interested.
"I don't know. Who is Goldberg?"
"Charles Goldberg. He went missing about a week ago, we assumed it was the Death Eaters; he is an Unspeakable in the Ministry. So the Death Eaters don't have him?"
"It would seem that they don't."
"Alright, I must go." Moody said and turned and walked out of the room and Rebecca leaned against the wall and slid down it.
"You realize you almost got caught Becky?" Benjy said and she took a deep breath and sighed.
"Yes I thought for sure I was dead when Belltrix stuck her head out."
"Good job though." Gideon said and ruffled her hair and she swatted his hand away.
"I need sleep, how bout you Gid?" Fabian asked and Gideon started to yawn.
"I'll take that as a yes, see you guys later." Fabian said and he and Gideon headed out.
"I'll see you guys later, come on Benj." Marlene said and Benjy gave Rebecca a nod and pat Caradoc on the back before walking out with Marlene hand in hand.
"What's so important about Goldberg?" Rebecca asked as she stood up.
"He is an important official in the Ministry; if they have him they might be able to get information from him which would not be good for anyone."
"Right, well I need some sleep." She said and started to head out.
"Becky you did alright for your first time out in the field." He said and she shrugged.
"Thanks Caradoc. See you later." She said and gave him a small wave and headed out of the headquarters.
"Hey Rebecca." Randall said as he came up next to her in the stairwell.
"Hello Randy." She said as she looked back down at the magazine in her hands.
"Are you getting married or something?" He said humorously as he looked at the wedding magazine and she looked at the cover and laughed.
"Ha, no, my friend is, I picked her up a few magazines to look through, she is kind of a plan it all ahead kind of person, she wants an idea of what she wants her dress to be like."
"So how have you been? I haven't seen you around lately."
"Yeah I have been really busy. What have you been up to?"
"Nothing really." He said with a shrug. "Where are you going right now?"
"Get something down the street; I am too lazy to cook right now."
"I'm heading out to get something to eat, may I join you?"
"Uh if you want I suppose you can."
"So are you still with that one guy?"
"Oh, yeah." She said as a smile came over her lips.
"I take it that its going well?"
"Yeah pretty good. I saw you with some blonde the other day, how is that going?"
"Eh she was alright. Not really my type though." He said as they reached the door.
"What is your type?" She asked amused as he held open the door for her.
"I don't know, smart, beautiful, brunette." He said as he looked at her and she smiled and gave a small laugh and stepped outside and headed down to the diner.
"So do you have plans for the weekend?" He asked as they sat down in a booth across from each other and looked at their menus.
"Not entirely, mostly stay in, Remus is sick with the flu and told me to stay away for a few days until he feels better."
"That's a shame, so you're free for the weekend?" he asked and she raised an eyebrow at him.
"Randy-."
"I'm not talking about a date, I completely understand that you're committed to this guy and I respect that." He said with a smile. "But since you aren't doing anything in particular, a few friends and I are going out for some drinks, go dance a little, I was wondering if perhaps you might like to come, a friend of mine own the club so you're good." He said and she looked up from her menu.
"As a friend, not a date." He added. "Strictly friends, I promise to keep my hands to myself." He said with a charming smile as he leaned against the table towards her and cocked his head slightly. "Unless you want me to." He said and she frowned and he chuckled. "Alright I promise to keep my hands to myself, what do you say? Its just a few drinks with a few friends, you might like them."
"Your friends are probably all older than me, you're much too old for me, I don't know why I hang out with you." She said with a smile and he shrugged.
"It's because you have good taste." He said and winked at her.
"Well I have work in the morning."
"I promise to have you home by 11 o'clock, plenty of time for you to get your beauty sleep, what do you say? It just might be fun, god forbid you do something fun once in a while." He teased and she rolled her eyes.
"Alright, I uh have to run it by Remus first though." She said and he forced a smile.
"Of course, I wouldn't want any misunderstandings."
"Alright thanks." She said as the waitress walked over to take their order.
"What do you mean you want to go out with Randy?" Remus said bitterly as he paced back and forth outside the headquarters and she sighed.
"Remus I don't have to go and it's strictly as friends-."
"I trust you." He said and walked up to her and took her hands. "We can't really do anything tomorrow anyways and I don't want you to waste away the day on my part, go out and have some fun." He said and brought her hands to his lips and kissed them lightly.
"Are you sure you're alright with it?"
"Yeah, I mean I would feel a little better if you took someone with you, I mean do you really know that much about this guy?" He said and looked sort of torn.
"Alright who would you have me take?"
"I don't know. Anyone."
"Remus if you don't feel comfortable with it I won't go."
"No I want you to go, have some fun, forget I said anything alright, its fine with me, you don't have to consult me or anything." He said and she smiled.
"Remus I just want to make sure you're alright with it. You know, we should go dancing sometime." She said as she started to sway her hips slowly.
"If you remember I am not that great… of a dancer." He said nervously as he looked at her hips and she smiled and slid her arms around his neck, pulling herself closer to him and he started to tense up.
"There is nothing to it." She whispered in to his ear as she grinded up in to his hips and he took a step backwards.
"I should be going." He said quickly and she slowly slid her arms off from around him and he kissed her cheek.
"I'll see you later.' He said and apparated away and she rubbed her face slowly and took a deep breath and sighed.
"You know if you weren't so intimidating he might not be so scared of you." Sirius said as he walked up and she looked at him confused.
"What are you talking about?"
"Well Moony you know isn't entirely…experienced as lets say you." He said and she rolled her eyes.
"You make me sound like some sort of slut Sirius." She said and he looked at her dubiously and she smacked his arm lightly and he smiled.
"Do not take this the wrong way but you're rather intimidating…sexually you are a rather…attractive female." He said as he moved his hands around. "And Moony hasn't ever really been with a girl-."
"Is he a virgin?" She whispered and he sighed.
"And people call me daft." He said and her lips formed an O.
"Well that might explain why he is so I guess I would say 'get out of here as fast as I can' when I try to take it further but its been nearly two months and all we have done is kiss."
"You know this is a lovely conversation but I would really rather not hear about how far your and Moony's relationship has gone, alright?"
"Okay but come on I am ready to jump his bones."
"I just said-."
"I know what you just said; maybe you can talk to him."
"What would you have me say?" He asked with a sigh.
"I don't know give him a pep talk or something, motivate him or something."
"When he is ready he will be ready alright?" He asked and she sighed.
"Alright, I guess I can wait." She muttered and looked around. "Well I guess I am going to go home, I'll see you later."
"Later." He said and she pulled out her wand and then turned back to him.
"Hey what are you doing tomorrow?"
"Depends really. Why?"
"Well I am going out with Randy and some of his friends to a club or something and Remus said he would feel better if I brought someone with me and to be honest I don't really believe that Randy is going to keep his promise and keep his hands to himself and since you're not really doing anything would you like to come and I don't know, make sure Randy keeps his hands to himself?"
"Why would you want me to come?"
"Well I know that Remus trusts you and if he trusts you I suppose I could sort of trust you."
"Wouldn't you rather take someone you can be around without wanting to slug them across the face?"
"Well if you don't want to come that's alright, I just know it might put Remus' mind to ease if he knew you were coming or something, besides it might give us a chance to get to know each other a little better because I see you almost every day and I literally know nothing about you and you are one of Remus' best friends."
"I suppose I could go."
"Alright, want to come by my place around 9ish?"
"Yeah sure." He said with a smile and she grinned.
"Excellent, I'll see you tomorrow night." She said and apparated back to her apartment and Sirius watched as she left and looked around. Alright this wasn't so bad, it wasn't like he was going on a date with Rebecca or anything, and it was for Remus, not for Rebecca, it was for Remus not Rebecca.
little bit longer than usual but the more the merrier =) so today i totally went skydiving, it was amazing btw and everyone should go skydiving at least once.
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