Author's Notes: I don't own any of the Harry Potter characters. If I did, I would have Remus tied up to my bed and Sirius cooking in the kitchen while James plays with my daughter. Peter would be running from my cat. I don't own any of the Marvel Comic book Characters either. If I did, Logan would be out in the yard hurting my husband while Scott and Alex are arguing about how to hurt my husband. I don't own any of the Inu-Yasha characters. If I did, Sesshomaru would be joining Remus in my bed. Inu-Yasha would be with James playing with my daughter and Kagome and Sango would be helping Lily and Ororo beat the tar out of Miroku. I don't own any of the Star Wars characters. If I did then Qui-Gon would still be alive, Obi-Wan would not have had to train Anakin, and Anakin would not have gone to the Dark Side. I don't own the Mystic Force Power Rangers. If I did, do you really think Leanbow would have become Korag? I don't own Charmed or anyone from them. If I did, do you really think I would have them fight all those stupid demons that seem to think that they can take them out? I was just laughing at the thought of owning Lord of the Rings, Fantastic Four, or even Pirates of the Caribbean. It's just so flipping funny! Enjoy!
Sorry about it taking so long to update but we've had to wait until my father-in-law to have surgery and my daughter is finishing school so I've been busy. Hopefully this summer will go fairly slowly but you never know what will happen as each day goes.
October 31, 1996
Regina, Harry, Logan, Leo, and Legolas stood in a circle in Severus's office. Lucius hurried into the office and closed the door. "Where's Severus? He was supposed to give us the potion before we left."
"Don't worry. He'll be here soon." Logan chewed on the end of his lit cigar.
"And if you don't put that cigar out, Logan, I'll chop you up and use you for potion ingredients." Severus came through a hidden door.
Logan took out his cigar and looked at it. "But I just lit it."
"You better do it, Logan. I've never known Snape to make a joke about something like that." Harry cringed slightly as Regina slapped the back of his head.
"Professor Snape, Harry." Regina snatched the cigar from Logan, dropped it on the stone floor, and snubbed it out. "That's better." She looked up and saw Logan glaring at her. "Don't glare at me. We don't have the ability to heal ourselves of the second degree smoke that you're giving off with those hideous things."
Severus moved to one of the locked cabinets in his office. "It took me most of the week to make this so let's make this worth the aggravation." He pulled out several vials of a shimmery golden liquid. "I have put enough in each vial to last for four hours. That should be enough to get you in, kill Nagini, and get you out while keeping Lucius from being ousted as a spy."
Harry took one of the vials and looked it over carefully. "Are you sure this is going to work?"
"If it doesn't, you'll know it." Severus handed Harry one of the vials. "You are to take this as soon as you leave this room. We wouldn't want you to get caught by Filch or any of the Professors."
"I'll put the Disillusionment Charm on you once we step outside the gates. We'll take a portkey in and go from there. Remember to stick as close as you can without touching anyone." Lucius looked over the group that would be going with him to Voldemort's headquarters. "I guess we should leave now. We'll come back here when we finish our mission." Lucius stood so that he could lead the group from Snape's office.
"Just remember that we need to stick together until we get in there. Once there, we'll split into teams of two and hunt that blasted snake and kill it." Logan looked around the group. "Teams are as follows: Leo and Harry, Rosie and Legolas, and me and Lucius."
Lucius raised one of his eyebrows slightly at Logan. "And why exactly am I with you?"
Logan pulled a cigar from the pocket of his jacket and stuck it in his mouth. "I don't trust you, bub. I've got to see how you do before I can come close to trusting you."
"Understood." Lucius stepped through the door of Severus's office. "I guess we need to take our potions."
Everyone thumbed open the vials and swallowed down the liquid inside. Logan and Lucius led the way toward the entrance hall. They had decided to leave after curfew so that they wouldn't run into any students. They quickly made their way through the school and across the grounds. Once the group was through the school's gate, Lucius quickly applied the disillusionment charm to those that needed it before holding out an old boot that had been made into a portkey. Regina scrunched up her nose as she laid a finger on it. She felt rather than saw Logan to the right of her and Harry on her left. Leo and Legolas stood on either side of Lucius as the tugging sensation started behind their bellybuttons. Once they landed, Regina grabbed Legolas's hand and started to pull him away from the group and toward the crumbing walls of the manor standing before them.
"We'll follow those two in." Legolas knelt next to Regina and pointed at two of the Death Eaters.
The two Death Eaters unknowingly let their tails follow them into the revel. Screams reached Regina's ears as they crept through the halls of the manor looking for any sign that Nagini was near them. Suddenly she grabbed Legolas's arm and hauled him toward a wall looking for the door that led to the dungeons. They quickly moved down the stairs looking for Nagini. While Legolas and Regina were heading for the dungeons, Harry and Leo were following two other Death Eaters that were headed toward what would have been the ballroom. The Death Eaters walked past the empty room and headed toward the stairs heading up toward the attic. Harry's hand tightened slightly around Gryffindor's Sword as he looked around the ballroom as he and Leo skirted along the sides toward the large chair that was situated opposite the door of the ballroom. Lying beside the chair curled up on an emerald green cushion was Nagini.
Harry smirked slightly as he handed the sword to Leo. "Here. You kill her. He always knows when I do it."
Leo nodded as he took the sword. He slowly crept toward the snake that was sleeping on the cushion. He raised the sword and brought it down so that it sliced through the neck effectively separating the head from the body. Harry raised his wand as a white wisp of smoke rise from the body. Leo swung the sword through the smoke as Harry lit Nagini's body on fire. He smirked as he and Leo slipped out of the room and hurried down the stairs. Meanwhile Logan and Lucius had made their way toward the attic without anyone knowing that Lucius had an X-Man with him. Logan slowly made his way through the door and saw several people he wished who hadn't been there. Mystique stood next to a large armchair. Pyro stood to her left while a snake-faced man sat in the chair. Screams filled the air as two women were tortured in the center of the floor. Lucius shook his head slightly as Logan started toward the two women. Voldemort leaned back in his 'throne' and watched as the women were tortured.
Voldemort looked up as Lucius stepped into the room. "Ah, Lucius. Welcome to the party." He watched Lucius make his way across the room to kneel at his feet. "What have you discovered about those freaks at Hogwarts? And how are they destroying my Horcruxes?"
"They are teaching the students how to defend themselves, Master. Nor have I found any weakness except for the Lupin girl and Potter. They all seem to protect them to the point of distraction." Lucius never looked up from the floor. "As to how they are destroying the Horcruxes, I have not been able to discover it. They keep that secret well hidden."
"That just makes it easier to capture them since they will do anything to get away from their protectors. It is also interesting that they have destroyed all but Nagini and me." Voldemort's red eyes narrowed slightly as he raised his wand. "However, this is not the information that I wanted." Lucius did not cower as the wand was pointed at him. "You must be punished. Crucio."
Lucius's body arched as the curse hit him full force. The Death Eaters continued to torture the women as their screams joined with Lucius's before the curse was lifted. Lucius panted as he climbed to his feet. However, Voldemort wasn't finished with him just yet. With another shout of Crucio, Voldemort laughed at the torment of his former right hand man. Suddenly, the curse was lifted and Lucius climbed to his feet again. His eyes flickered over the room to where he knew the others were before moving back to Voldemort. He also noticed that the women were lying too still on the floor.
Lucius bowed slowly as his muscles protested. "Thank you for the corrections, my lord."
Voldemort sneered at the bowing man. "You will bring me your son so that he may be marked."
"Master, the headmaster and the DADA teachers have ousted the students that were Death Eaters. Perhaps we should wait until he graduates." Like I would let that happen. Lucius kept his head down so that Voldemort couldn't look into his mind.
"Are you questioning my judgment?" Voldemort's eyes narrowed as he glared at Lucius.
"No, Master. I do not want my only son to be thrown into Azkaban for supporting you." Lucius looked up slightly so that Voldemort could see the worry in his eyes.
"Perhaps you are right. It would not do us any good to have my loyal subjects kept from helping me come into power." Voldemort waved his hand slightly. "You will tell your son that I will mark him the day after he graduates."
"Thank you, my lord." Lucius straightened slightly.
"You may leave. Remember that I will know if you betray me, Lucius." Voldemort waved Lucius out of the room.
Lucius bowed once more before backing out of the room. Only a fool would turn their back to Voldemort, which Pettigrew always did which was why he was constantly cursed. Once Lucius had left the room and closed the door he breathed a sigh of relieve. He jumped slightly as a hand landed on his shoulder. He looked behind him and did not see anyone or anything there except for the slight shimmer around Logan's body.
"You sure are jumpy, bub." Logan's voice was so low that Lucius had to struggle to hear it.
"You would be too if you'd just been cursed by that madman." Lucius rolled his shoulders slightly. "Where are the others?"
"They should be outside waiting for us." Logan hurried after Lucius who was making his way through the halls.
They hurried out the doors and toward the portkey location. Four figures shimmered slightly as they waited for the last of their party. Harry saw Lucius and a shimmering Logan hurrying toward them. "Get ready."
Regina, Leo, Harry, and Legolas each grabbed the portkey as Lucius and Logan reached them and did the same. Lucius tapped his wand to the portkey and said, "Home." before they were whisked away from the house. They landed outside the castle gates. Lucius quickly reversed the disillusionment charm before they started toward the castle. Harry groaned slightly when he saw Dumbledore, Veronica, Piper, Sesshomaru, Tori, Aragorn, Arwen, and Daggeron were standing on the front steps of the castle.
"We're busted." Regina tried to hide behind Legolas and Leo. "Maybe they'll kill you guys first before killing us kids."
"Not likely, kid." Logan marched toward the doors. He glared at the group standing there. "Before you ask, we got rid of the Horcrux so that Harry can take out that bastard when the time comes." Logan started to shove his way through the group but Sesshomaru stood in front of him. "Get the hell out of my way, pal, before I take my anger out on you."
"You put the pups in danger." Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow as Logan's claws were shoved in his face.
Veronica shoved her pregnant body between the two men. "That's enough! The kids volunteered to do it since they knew what they were looking for. Legolas, Logan, and Leo went with them since Lucius would have been given away as a spy if he had tried to do it for them." She whirled around when she heard Dumbledore's slight cough. "Yes, you manipulative bastard, we knew what you were planning to do. Let Lucius be discovered killing Nagini so that he would be killed as well. Personally, I would have allowed it but I can't let another child lose both his parents because you can't be bothered to help them. Draco deserves to have at least one of his parents still living. And it's better that it's Lucius instead of Narcissa because she was just a bitch and a half." Veronica turned to look at Regina who was no longer hiding and Harry. "How did it go?"
"Nagini is no more. Leo killed her and I incinerated her body." Harry smirked slightly at Dumbledore. "It really helps when I've been getting the training that I should have been getting all along."
"I…I…I..." Dumbledore stumbled back slightly at the glare that was coming his way from all the adults. "I suppose that is indeed well deserved." He turned and walked back into the castle.
Regina snorted slightly as she tried to keep from laughing at the old man.
