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Title: The Shining Serpent
Author: Slytherin Studios
Beta: (Position Available)
Story Summary: After killing the Dursleys for betraying their master, the Baroness and Storm Shadow find a half-dead Amaryllis Potter in the cupboard under the stairs, they decide to take her with them back to France. The Baroness (or Ana Lewis or Anastasia DeCobray) decides to adopt her, and her husband agrees since it made her happy, Baroness also gets Storm Shadow to train Amaryllis when she was healed enough to train. What happens when Dumbledore finds out his favorite weapon is missing and the Dursleys are dead? What happen when an Order member locates the missing Girl-Who-Lived accidentally?
Chapter Summary: Lys goes over to her friend Hermione's house and meets the G.I. Joe commander and his ninja bodyguard.
Ships: Storm Shadow/Amaryllis, Snake Eyes/Scarlett, Duke/Baroness, Baroness/McCullen (Minor).
Chapter Cast: Nymphadora Tonks, Remus Lupin, General Hawk, Snake Eyes, Scarlett (mentioned), Mrs. Granger, Hermione Granger, Amaryllis DeCobray, Albus Dumbledore, Ronald Weasley (mentioned), Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape, Storm Shadow (mentioned), Baroness (mentioned), Cornelius Fudge, Rita Skeeter (mentioned), Mrs. Weasley, Peter Pettigrew (mentioned), Sirius Black, Moody, Kingsley, Jean-Pierre Delacour, Amelia Bones.
Other Note: Kmom13 is writing a revised version of this story which should be posted soon so keep an eye out.
Languages used so far: Japanese, French.
+The Magical Louvre Cafeteria, 5:00 p.m.+
Nymphadora Tonks couldn't believe her luck, not only had she gotten Remus Lupin on a date but she had also found the missing Girl-Who-Lived. Tonks drags Remus away unaware of two pairs of eyes watching them curiously.
Once outside, Remus asks, "What's wrong, Nymphadora?"
Normally Tonks would've gotten mad at the use of her first name but her parents, occasionally Sirius and Remus was the only people allowed to do it.
"I just saw Amaryllis Potter in the cafeteria." Tonks says frantically as the two duck into an alleyway.
Remus stumbles, which doesn't happen often because of his lycanthropy, and says, "What? Really? Why isn't she with us now?"
Tonks stops, turns slightly to Remus and says, "Yes, I am positive, but we shouldn't make a move without Dumbledore's knowledge, we may just scare her off and we could never find her again."
Remus thought she was right, but he wasn't sure he wanted Dumbledore involved; it was his fault that his pseudo-niece Amaryllis was missing in the first place.
Tonks and Remus appariate, once they're sure they weren't spotted, and appear in the Le Chaudron Argent (French- The Silver Cauldron) apparition point and head towards their owlery to send a letter to the headmaster.
Once the letter was sent they went to their rooms to wait for the headmasters reply.
+Meanwhile at the Granger Residence, 5:30 p.m.+
"I wonder what was wrong with those two?" Hermione wonders curiously as they walk up to Hermione's house though they were wondering why there was an official looking car out front.
Hermione started to figure out that the car in front of her house belonged to the U.S. Military and figured her godfather must be visiting.
Upon entering the house, Hermione calls out, "We're home!"
Hermione's mother, Jane, steps out of the kitchen with a dray of drinks and says, "Hello girls, did you two have a good time? Did you see what happened to the Eiffel Tower?"
Lys and Hermione take off their coats and Hermione says, "Hello mum, we had an amazing time, and no we didn't, what happened?"
"Some terrorists destroyed the Eiffel Tower." Hermione's mother, Jane, says as she leads the two girls into the Living room where a man as old as Hermione's father, if just a little bit older who was sitting in a wheelchair and a man wearing all black including a ski mask.
Lys immediately recognizes the man in black as the man who had been fighting with Storm Shadow hours earlier, she also hopes he doesn't recognize her as one of the intruders that came into the Pit to steal back the warheads and kicked the redhead's ass.
The old man and the man in black turn in their direction once they pass the living room doorway.
Once Hermione saw the older man, she lets out an excited gasps and launches herself as him, "Uncle Clay!"
The man in black doesn't move an inch as the missile known as Hermione tackled Clay almost out of his wheelchair, but he doesn't seem to mind as he laughs and gives her a hug.
"I swear Hermione, you seem to get bigger every time I see you," Clay says as he looks Hermione over and then notices Lys, "So who's your friend?"
Hermione lets go and says, "This is my friend, Amaryllis DeCobray."
Hermione doesn't see the man in black tense or Clay raising his left eyebrow, she also doesn't notice Lys staring down Clay, so she continues, "Amaryllis this is my godfather Clayton and that's his bodyguard Snake Eyes."
Lys bows her head and then says, "Hello."
Snake Eyes' hands clench, he knew that voice as the person who beat Scarlett. He had a bone to pick with that person but finding out said person was a teenage girl was going to make that fight difficult. The doorbell rings and Mrs. Granger places the tray down and goes to answer the door. A moment later she returns with 2 French Police, who request to speak to Amaryllis DeCobray in the kitchen.
They let Mrs. Granger sit in on the conversation. They tell Lys that her adoptive father is dead and due to witness statements said her mother and a man in white killed him after forcing him to arm some warheads and they were worried she'd be next. Lys tried hard to tell them that there was nothing to worry about but neither the officers nor Mrs. Granger would listen. It was then decided that Lys will stay with the Grangers until she was safe, she managed to convince them she'll need her clothes.
An hour later a squad car arrives to escort Lys and Mrs. Granger to DeCobray Manor while Clay and Snake Eyes left saying sorry they couldn't stay longer as something came up at work. The Granger's bought their lie but Lys didn't, she knew they were leaving to follow her so she could lead them to her mother, the Baroness and Storm Shadow.
Like that'd happen and what Lys doesn't realize that an old meddlesome fool is preparing to get her back in Britain.
+Meanwhile, thousands of miles away, Hogwarts Castle, Headmasters Office+
Albus Dumbledore was sitting behind his desk wondering what went wrong with his plan. Amaryllis Potter was to live with the Dursleys and be molded by him to be his perfect weapon. She was to be tested by her years at Hogwarts, and would be the perfect wife for young Ronald Weasley.
(AN: Yeah, right)
She would then give him a son and then die and in her will she would leave all her money and valuables to him and Ronald Weasley, and then he'll be looked up as the teacher of the savior and the beacon of the light. But then she disappeared and all his plans went down the drain and worst of all the teachers pretty much refuse to talk to him unless it's for school except for Trewlany, and reluctantly Minerva and Severus.
Minerva and Severus are especially angry as Minerva had told him of the Dursleys' attitude that Halloween 16 years ago and Severus was angry with him because he too knew how the Dursleys' would act due to what Lily had told him when her sister started being cruel and jealous when Lily was a witch and she was not.
The Ministry and the Daily Prophet, lead by Fudge and Rita Skeeter, who are severely damaging his reputation and the Wizengmont and the International Confederation of Wizards stripped him of all his titles except Headmaster to which Dumbledore is barely holding onto.
Fawkes thrills sadly, his friend is almost at the point where he'd be almost as a dark wizard of as Dark as Voldemort, he'd have to break their bond soon before it becomes too late for him.
Dumbledore sighs and an owl flies through an open window, drops the letter it was carrying and then flies over to where his phoenix was and lands on a part of the perch Fawkes had moved to let the owl rest after his long journey. He curiously picks up the letter and opens it, he reads it and as he reads his eyes widen. He then opens one of his desk drawers and takes out a phoenix medallion and summons the order to the school.
He then writes a letter back to Nymphadora and Remus, telling them to find her and follow her movements. Dumbledore then writes another letter to the Minister, telling him he found a lead on Amaryllis Potter in France.
Within an hour, the order of the phoenix members arrives at the school gates and he lets them in. Snape reluctantly shows up but says he has to leave early because he had potions he was working on. Minerva declined to come, citing responsibilities in making sure the students had packed and that they had their exam results before they went home tomorrow. As soon as Dumbledore's office door closes, Moody speaks up, "Why are we here, Albus?"
Various members transfigured chairs to sit while a couple was content to stand.
Dumbledore after a moment of silence says, "I have found Ms. Potter."
At that announcement the room explodes with chatter with Mrs. Weasley being the loudest:
"We must find the poor girl; she must be lonely and depressed."
Oh how wrong she was.
"Where is she?" Sirius Black asks desperately, once Pettigrew was caught alive, he was questioned with Veritaserum and admitted to betraying the Potters and framing Sirius Black.
Once Peter was given the kiss, the Ministry quickly got Sirius out of Azkaban and given 160,000 Galleons for compensation he was released into St. Mungo's for treatment to his exposure of the elements and the Dementors, they also had to get his weight back up. Sirius Black, once he found out his goddaughter was missing, was not a happy man, and considering it was Dumbledore's fault she went missing in the first place broke his nose and was reluctant to get involved with him.
But since his goddaughter was missing and he had no leads himself, he had no choice but to be involved with Dumbledore.
Dumbledore was quiet for a moment after Sirius spoke and then says, "In Paris, France, young Nymphadora and Remus found her."
An hour goes by as everyone talks about various ways to take her away before Moody speaks up again, "ENOUGH! We are getting nowhere; we need to move NOW before she disappears again."
Many were swayed by what Moody had just said but Kingsley and Sirius disagreed.
"If we want to avoid another International Incident, I suggest we go to the French Ministry with our theory." Kingsley says in his deep baritone voice.
Everyone in the room remembers the Triwizard Tournament where the three champions nearly died by running into Barty Crouch Jr. and a baby Voldemort, the three barley escaped with their lives. Since the tournament ended the French and Bulgarian Ministries have been standoffish towards the British Ministry.
The idea had merit but they weren't sure they'd listen. Dumbledore didn't want to get more people than necessary involved but Sirius agreed with Kingsley and surprisingly Moody and Severus also agreed.
Thinking it over, Dumbledore reluctantly agrees and dismisses everyone. He then floos over to the Ministry to speak with Cornelius Fudge. As he tells Fudge the news, he becomes ecstatic at the prospect of having the Girl-Who-Lived back in Britain and immediately writes a letter to the French Minister, Jean-Pierre Delacour.
It takes a week for the French Ministry to reply and is reluctantly allowing them to look but if the Girl-Who-Lived doesn't want to return to Britain then they'll have to let her go, especially if she's a member of the French Magical Community.
When Fudge, Dumbledore, Amelia Bones, Kingsley and Sirius arrive in the French Ministry they are met by the Minister himself who tell them some bad news. The girl they believe is Amaryllis Potter is the girl they're looking for but she was adopted by a rich French Muggle couple called the DeCobray's and her adoptive father is dead and her mother is missing.
But 5 days after her 'father's' murder she too disappears and from what the DeCobray housekeepers are saying that she's somewhere in Indonesia.
The British team is slightly crushed as Amaryllis Potter or Amaryllis DeCobray has potentially slipped from their grasp.
Slytherin Studios: Here's the next chapter, I hope you all like it so please rate and review, thank you :)
