Harry Potter and the Aliens
Part 6
"Hogwarts is under ATTACK!? By what?" Sirius demanded.
"My guess is Emiko's family," Minerva said. "Unfortunately, the wards probably won't let them through."
"I have an idea," Emiko said. She concentrated, and called telepathically, Fawkes?
Yes, little one? Fawkes asked.
My family is unable to get through the wards here; can you do anything about that? Emiko asked.
I can ask Hogwarts to lift the wards and let them in; please wait, Fawkes replied.
Emiko waited, and then heard, They should be entering the Great Hall soon.
Thank you, Emiko said.
Of course, Fawkes replied. It was nice to meet you, little one.
You too, Fawkes, Emiko replied. She felt a sense of satisfaction, and then the connection broke.
Meanwhile, in the Great Hall: Several people got a sense of déjà vu as the doors to the Great Hall banged open in the middle of lunch. Fred and George were sitting at the Gryffindor Table when two teenage boys and a woman who actually reminded them of their mother stormed in. Fred and George looked at each other, then got up and walked over to them, followed by Mrs. Weasley. "You're looking for Emiko, right?" Fred asked them.
"Yes," the woman said. "Where is she?"
"We'll take you," Fred and George said together. They started off to the guest quarters, and Kisshu, Pai, and Yuki followed them. "Emiko's something else," Fred said as they left the Great Hall. "Her pranks are great! She must have had a great teacher."
"You could say that," Yuki said, eyeing Kisshu. "How is she?"
"She's doing pretty well; I think talking about her parents yesterday upset her, but she seems better today," George replied. "I don't know what happened this morning, though; she, Professor McGonagall, and Dumbledore were called to the Ministry of Magic to meet with the Minister for some reason."
"One of the parents apparently complained that she had turned his son into a hot pink vampire bat, and since said parent was close to the Minister, she got called in, and apparently the boy's father also mentioned Dumbledore was senile," Mrs. Weasley said. "I went with them, and it was quite the eventful day."
"Oh dear…. What else did she do?" Yuki asked apprehensively.
"I'll let her tell you," Mrs. Weasley said. "She did attend some classes while she was here, and she's very good at Transfiguration. I also heard she's a natural at Potions; Professor Snape will be disappointed she's leaving."
"I bet he won't miss being called 'Koumori-san', though," Fred snickered.
"She calls one of the teachers 'Mr. Bat'?" Yuki asked, puzzled.
"Yeah, it's pretty accurate; the guy lives in the dungeon and he actually looks kind of bat-like," George said. "Emiko's fun; she pretty much attached herself to us from the start. And her turning Malfoy into a pink bat was hilarious!"
"I think I can see why she attached herself to you two; you act like Kisshu," Pai said dryly. "She tends to gravitate towards people who know how to have fun."
"She's got good taste, then," Fred said happily. "We're here." He knocked on a door, and Minerva called, "Who is it?"
"Fred and George Weasley, we brought Emiko's family," Fred called.
"Come in," Minerva called back.
Fred opened the door, and let Kisshu, Yuki, and Pai go in first. This turned out to be smart, because Emiko launched herself at Kisshu, and threw herself at him, crying, "Oniichan!" She tackled him, and they fell to the floor, laughing. Kisshu hugged Emiko tightly as he sat up. "I hear you've had a pretty good time," he said as she hugged back.
"Yup, I pranked Malfoy into oblivion and ruined Kaseki-san's reputation!" Emiko said happily. "And I made new friends!"
"That's great," Kisshu said. "Anything else I should know?"
"I forgot to mind-search Professor Moody," Emiko said. "Something's off about that guy."
"Mum mentioned you had an interesting day at the Ministry," Fred commented.
"I decided I was going to prove that Sirius Black was innocent and ended up blowing up Voldemort's pet snake," Emiko said. "And then I found out Dumbledore didn't just want to control me and Kisshu; he wanted to control Harry too, so now the Ministry's going to start a bunch of criminal investigations."
"Sounds like you had a busy day," Kisshu said.
"You could say that," Emiko said, smiling. "It's fun here."
Kisshu looked a bit startled, and asked, "Do you want to stay?"
Emiko considered. "Would you stay with me?" she asked. "You and Fred and George could trade tips."
Kisshu looked at Yuki, who said, "If that's what you two want, and you promise to be safe, I'm fine with it."
Minerva spoke up at that point, and said, "Yuki, as long as those two are staying, you might as well stay too; Mrs. Weasley was only going to stay to teach Emiko until you got here."
"There's another reason in there, right?" Kisshu asked.
"Yes," Minerva said. "With Dumbledore's current state of mental health and the fact that he might be removed from his position, I could use some help. We are hosting an event that starts in October, and frankly we'll need all the help we can get."
Yuki thought, then said, "I don't mind; Emiko was supposed to start her healer's training anyways. I can train her here instead of at home." She turned to Pai, and said, "Pai, please go home and inform your father and Taruto that we'll be staying. And yes, you can take the car if you're careful with it."
"Alright," Pai said. "Good luck here."
"Thanks Pai-oniichan!" Emiko said happily. Pai patted her head gently, and bowed politely to the others before teleporting off.
"Minerva, I just thought of something," Mrs. Weasley said. "When the Heads of the other two schools get here, what will you tell them about Dumbledore?"
"I should send them letters soon," Minerva said. "They should know that I may be the one greeting them due to Dumbledore's less than legal activities."
"Alright," Mrs. Weasley said. "I should probably return home soon; you don't mind, do you?"
"No, but why don't you stay for dinner?" Minerva suggested. "It's about time for classes to end."
"I think that's a good idea," Mrs. Weasley. "Then I can say goodbye to my kids."
"How many do you have, Mrs. Weasley?" Emiko asked.
"Seven," Mrs. Weasley said fondly. "Three of my sons are out of school now, though."
"Wow," Kisshu said. "I didn't know people could have that many kids."
"That's because you didn't grow up with humans," Yuki said. "I believe human women can technically have as many children as they want, but Cyniclon women can usually only have two at most."
"Interesting; why is that?" Mrs. Weasley asked.
"I'm not sure, exactly," Yuki said.
"I'm hungry, can we go eat?" Kisshu asked.
"Of course, I'll just go tell Sirius and Remus that it's dinnertime," Minerva said, and went to one of the rooms. She came back with Remus, Sirius, and Harry, and Fred and George looked startled.
"Minerva, should I cast a glamour over myself?" Sirius asked.
"Might be for the best," Minerva admitted. "I don't want word getting out about your staying here until after your name is cleared."
Sirius nodded and took out his wand, then cast a glamour over himself. He ended up looking sort of like Remus, enough so that they might have been considered brothers. "Let's go eat," he said.
"Alright, but after that we need to figure out how to deal with the fact that you're obviously malnourished," Yuki said in the tone used by mothers who didn't want arguments. Sirius looked at her warily, then back at Minerva. "This is Yuki, Emiko's adoptive mother," Minerva explained. "She's going to be staying here as well, along with Emiko and her nephew Kisshu."
"Alright," Sirius said.
They headed down to the Great Hall, and settled down at the Gryffindor Table. Minerva headed for the Head Table as food appeared on the plates. She was less than pleased to see that Dumbledore was sitting in his usual place, and Poppy Pomfrey was glaring at her. "Minerva, why did I find Albus Stunned and tied up in his office after your meeting?" she asked.
"I found out quite a few interesting things about him at the Ministry, and due to that, I felt it was advisable to restrain him from further interfering in certain students' lives," Minerva said coolly. "Let us discuss this after dinner, away from the students."
"Oh, very well," Poppy said grouchily as Minerva took a seat and started eating.
At the Gryffindor Table, many students were curious about the new additions to their table and why two of them were wearing Muggle clothing. Finally Fred and George's friend Lee Jordan asked the question on everyone's mind- "So who are all the new folks? And why's Professor Lupin back?"
"My brother James and I are staying here for a bit due to reasons I'd rather not go into," Remus said. "We might be helping out with the Triwizard Tournament as well."
"And who are those two?" Lee asked, nodding to Yuki and Kisshu.
"Emiko's adoptive mum and brother," Fred said. "Yuki and Kisshu."
"Sounds like Emiko learned all her prank knowledge from Kisshu," George added. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
"That we should compare pranking notes?" Lee and Fred asked.
"Sounds fun," Kisshu said. "We're staying in the guest wing with Emiko; you can come anytime."
"Except during classes," Mrs. Weasley said sternly.
"We KNOW, Mum," Fred said. "Are you staying too?"
"I'm going home after dinner," Mrs. Weasley said.
Ron, a few seats down, breathed a small sigh of relief. Hermione, who was closer to them, asked, "So Emiko, what happened?"
"This morning you mean?" Emiko asked.
"Yeah," Hermione said. "Transfiguration was canceled."
"Me, Kaseki-san, and Minerva-san got called to the Ministry after last night's little fiasco," Emiko said. They had decided upstairs not to mention her encounter with Voldemort, so she continued, "I guess Mr. Malfoy was less than pleased with me turning his bratty son into a pink bat."
"Well, it is against the rules…." Hermione said.
"Hermione-oneechan, you're too hung up on rules and authority figures," Emiko said. "You should loosen up a bit; my brother Pai was like that, and now he's a zombie. You don't want to turn into a zombie, right?"
Harry and Ron gaped at Emiko. Most of the other fourth years were doing the same. NO ONE had ever said that to Hermione's face. Emiko, oblivious to this, continued, "There's nothing wrong with following rules, but sometimes it's good to at least bend them- or better yet, make your own. And people in charge aren't always what you think. Look at Dumbledore; he's the so-called 'Leader of the Light' and his current goal is to turn Harry into a puppet so he can take over the world."
Hermione looked at Harry, who said, "It's true, Hermione. He left me with people who weren't supposed to get custody of me, and did nothing about the fact that I was abused and neglected my entire childhood. Dumbledore's rotten."
"And senile," Mrs. Weasley added.
"And he kidnapped my daughter," Yuki added.
The rest of dinner was rather quiet that night.
After dinner, Mrs. Weasley Flooed home, and Emiko, her family, Sirius, and Remus, said goodnight to the others, and headed back to the guest wing.
Meanwhile, with Minerva: Minerva had called a meeting of the teachers and staff, and everyone showed up, interested to hear what she had to say. Dumbledore, luckily, had elected to go back to his office.
When everyone was gathered, Minerva said, "I know that some of you are wondering what happened at the Ministry today, so I'll tell you."
She paused and then said, "When we got there, the first thing Emiko did was tell me that Sirius Black, whom she saw on a poster, was innocent and that Dumbledore knew that and did nothing about it. The situation basically went downhill from there, as Emiko told this information to both Minister Fudge and Amelia Bones. She claimed that Peter Pettigrew framed Sirius for his own crimes, and then asked if she could see a picture of Pettigrew. Amelia gave her one, and she apparently memorized it, because she then disappeared."
"She can Apparate?" Professor Flitwick asked, intrigued.
"Not exactly; I think what she did was one of her Cyniclon powers, because a ripple formed in the air and she vanished into it," Minerva said. "When she came back, she was covered in blood, and was dragging Pettigrew, whom she Petrified with his own wand. She proceeded to tell us that she had found Pettigrew in a room with a snake, and that Voldemort was there as well. She claimed he could hold a wand, but that was all she saw of him. She apparently told him she was taking Pettigrew, and he ordered the snake to attack her. She told us she blew up the snake, which was why she was covered in blood, and she had both Pettigrew and his wand with her. She also mentioned that the last thing she saw before she appeared in the Minister's office was a burst of green light. I'm sure you all know what that means."
"She nearly died," Poppy whispered.
"Exactly, and do you know what the first thing she said was when she came back?" Minerva asked.
"I get the sense it was something silly," Snape said.
"She said, "I'll do the laundry myself, I swear!"" Minerva said.
"Does she even know what the Killing Curse is?" Snape demanded.
"She claimed she knew what was happening, but that she wanted to bring Pettigrew back to clear Sirius's name," Minerva said. "Anyways, Amelia took her to get cleaned up, and then Emiko went off to find Sirius, and gave him Amelia's message. While she was doing that, I noticed Dumbledore wasn't paying attention, and used Legilimency on him. I found a bunch of very disturbing plans involving Harry Potter. Dumbledore was apparently planning on turning Harry into his puppet, and to that end, left him with the Dursleys and ensured they'd never treat him right, and when he came here, Dumbledore manipulated the Weasleys so they'd be Harry's first friends. He knew that if Sirius Black was in Azkaban, he'd have a better chance of controlling Harry."
The gathered staff, including Snape, looked outraged. "He condemned an innocent man to that hellhole simply so he could control Harry Potter?" Professor Flitwick asked.
"Yes, and Emiko went through his mind and found the same thing," Minerva said grimly. "Emiko came back with Remus Lupin and Sirius Black in the middle of this- Mrs. Weasley and I rather lost our tempers, and that's part of what led to Dumbledore being Stunned and tied up, as Poppy put it. Amelia Bones is starting an investigation of both Pettigrew and Dumbledore, and I ask that if she contacts any of you, that you will cooperate with her."
"Did you find out what he wanted with Miss Ikisatashi and her brother?" Snape asked.
"He wanted someone he could learn more about Harry from, but that's where his plans went downhill," Minerva said. "Emiko attached herself to the Weasley twins rather than Harry, and Dumbledore apparently couldn't get through her mental shields at all, much less long enough to use Legilimency on her."
"Does Potter know about this?" Snape asked.
"Yes, Emiko told him," Minerva said.
"What are we doing about the Triwizard Tournament?" Professor Sprout asked.
"It will continue, whether or not Dumbledore is Headmaster here," Minerva said. "Emiko's adoptive mother Yuki has agreed to assist in that, and her brother is staying here as well. Remus Lupin and Sirius Black are staying with them, until Sirius's trial is set up. Don't look at me like that, Severus; you don't even have to see them unless you want to. This is merely temporary."
"Is Pettigrew really a Death Eater?" Professor Flitwick asked.
"He had the Dark Mark on his left arm, so yes," Minerva said. "I'm sure we all have work to do, so unless anyone has further questions…?"
The other staff members shook their heads, and Minerva said, "Then this meeting is at an end. Please let me know if you find out anything else suspicious about Dumbledore."
The others nodded, and left for their respective quarters and offices.
Well, there's Chapter 6! Thanks to all of you who have reviewed, favorited, or followed this! It means a lot to me. I think I'll skip the rest of September in the story, and go straight to the day the delegations from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang come to Hogwarts in the next chapter, so stay tuned!