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Chapter 13

Jade smirked as the five fifth years gave her a wide birth in the common room. Ah the advantages of being able to mess with peoples dreams. She had been haunting their dreams the last few nights, and turning all their dreams into freaky ones, where small children grew into giants, and herded the individual members of the group of a seemingly unending maze, while all the wile, she laughed. Now, whenever they looked at her strangely, she'd just grin and wave, freaking them out further. It didn't help that their things kept disappearing, until they got someone to help them, and the items would then reappear on their beds, making them seem like they were going a bit crazy. It had been almost three weeks since the twins had introduced themselves and they had met up several times in the Room of Requirements, a room that would become anything you needed it to become, and it was a great place to plan pranks. So far, people had ended up stuck as a load of animals, the professors had a hard time figuring out what cat's and owls were students or pets (but they did revert back after eleven that night), and then there had been the gargoyles which had been enchanted to drop water bombs filled with a various range of liquids, from just water to slime and anything else they could get their hands on.

Jade was quickly falling into a routine. Wake up a few hours early from nightmares, work on the potion she needed in the bathroom, which Hermione asked about, but she just grinned, and then get dressed and go to lessons. Neville had gotten his own wand, and he was progressing in his studies. His easier access to his magic gave him a boost in his confidence, and he was coming out of his shell, and talking more. He'd even confided in Jade, Hermione and Ernie that his parents had been tortured into insanity by Death Eaters who wanted to know where Voldemort was after he had disappeared on that Halloween night. The four had become even closer after that. Tony had sent the coffee machine and a mobile phone. Hermione had thanked Jade profusely for an age, and asked repeatedly how much she owed for the phone- which Jade brushed off. She seemed much happier being able to call her parents. Of course, both Hermione and Jade had to keep it quiet that they had phones that worked, or all muggle born students would want them. Plus, it would be an advantage to Jade if anything happened and she could phone for help if it was needed. Hermione and Jade took time out of every day to teach Ernie and Neville about the non magical world and the two boys in turn taught them about the magical world, and the politics it ran on, at least, British politics.

It was becoming harder for Jade, knowing she was leaving at Christmas. She was making a couple of really good friends, and she'd have to leave them.

"You will call though, right?" Hermione asked.

"Of course I will." Jade said. "And you can call me, and put the two guys on when we do call. And of course, I'm sure you'll be able to visit. You can stay at my home. There's more than enough room."

"It won't be as bad. We just won't be able to see each other as regularly." Hermione said.

"We'll be able to remain in contact." Ernie said.

"I hope so." Neville said. "You guys are my first friends. I don't want to loose any of you."

"You won't, Neville." Jade assured. "You won't loose us. You definitely won't loose me. I just won't be here."

Neville smiled at her, and the four turned back to their homework.

"Sir, there's something you and the whole team may want to see." A S.H.I.E.L.D agent said to Fury.

"What is it?" Fury asked.

"A recording. It's the one that appeared a day ago. We finished the scans- it was safe, and we watched it. This is something the whole team will need to see."

Fury nodded. "Then get them all here, and into the conference room." Fury ordered.

"Yes sir."

An hour later the entire Avengers Team was assembled.

"What's this about, Fury?" Steve asked.

"Yesterday, a video camera appeared in the middle of one of our communication rooms. Our analysts have scanned it for bugs, and they found it was clean. They watched the recording, and told me it was something the entire team would need to see. I watched it before you ll arrived, and I suggest, you brace yourselves."

The T.V turned on, static followed, before an image appeared and flickered, before steadying. The girl on screen looked exhausted, she had a scar running down her left cheek, and her black hair was in a messy bun. She wore a vest of armour like the Iron Man suit, but this was black and silver, and only covered her upper body, part of her neck and her arms and hands. The rest of her body had no armour, that they could see, and she had a heavy cloak over the top. She looked to be twenty years old, and her emerald eyes were haunted, but it was clear who she was. It was Jade.

"I don't have much time. They'll be here soon. There aren't many of us left now. The Dark Lord returned. I won't say his name- there's a taboo on it now. Say it, and any magical defence goes down, and his Death Eaters have you surrounded in seconds. Things went wrong. Badly wrong. S.H.I.E.L.D was disbanded, and so was the Avengers. That was the beginning of the end. Then he allied himself with the Frost Giants. Thor's dead. So is Steve, Bruce, Hawkeye, Logan, Fury, dad, mum, Reed, Sue, Johnny, Ben, Franklin… they are winning. This is the light's last hope. Dumbledore's Order of the Phoenix was crushed. There's only a handful of resistance left, and we're all here, in this building, all of them standing between the enemy and me, giving me time to record this, and send it back. Don't let Dumbledore get involved with politics in the mundane world. Or it will mean our deaths." She stopped and looked round. "Loki, what are you doing here?" She asked. The whole team gave a start, as he came on to the screen.

"Did you really think I'd leave? I was trying to lead the giants away. It didn't work."

Jade threw a book at him. "Type the codes on page thirty into that console over there." She pointed.

He nodded, and walked off camera, which she turned back to as she started typing onto a console. "This is our only chance. Or we're all dead. This machine was the last thing dad made. We made it together." Suddenly, there was a rumble, and the camera shook. "They're here." She said. Her face turned grave. "There's not enough power. Loki, are you done?"

"Yes, but if there's not enough power-"

"It can take mine. We have to get this video out there."

"Jade don't you-"

"It's the only thing that can save us now, Loki. If we get this out, then we can save so many of the others. We can save Thor."

A pained look crossed his face. His eyes closed. "Alright. I'll guard the door. Goodbye."

He left the camera shot again, and Jade placed her hands on the console in front of her. She started to glow, and soon, blood was leeching from her nose, and into her mouth, her face paling. She cried out in pain, and they heard an angry yell, before light engulfed the camera, and then a shield agent appeared in front of it. The room was quiet. Then the yells began.

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