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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 and Storm Shadow are summoned from a fight and end up in England facing a color-blind manipulative old fool.
Ships: Storm Shadow/Amaryllis, Snake Eyes/Scarlett, Duke/Baroness, Baroness/McCullen (Minor) Hermione/Charlie, Bill/Fleur.
Chapter Cast: Amaryllis DeCobray, Storm Shadow, Albus Dumbledore, Severus Snape, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, Madam Pomfrey, Nymphadora Tonks, The Weasley Family (Arthur, Molly, Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred & George, Ron & Ginny)Alastor Moody, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Tom Riddle Jr, Kreacher, Black Knife, Ragnarok, Ana Lewis, Life Line, Duke, Main Frame, Breaker, General Hawk, Snake Eyes, Cover Girl, Blood Stone (mentioned), Lily Potter (mentioned), James Potter (mentioned), Petunia Dursley (mentioned), Vernon Dursley (mentioned), Madam Maxine (mentioned), Amelia Bones (mentioned), Ted & Andromeda Tonks (mentioned), Alice Longbottom (mentioned), Cobra Commander (mentioned), Ripcord (mentioned), Daniel Granger (mentioned), Hermione Granger (mentioned), Scarlett (mentioned), Minerva McGonagall, Filius Flitwick, Pomona Sprout.
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, ASL, Indonesian.
Thoughts
Other language
*Sign Language*
AN: Amaryllis outfit is like Girls' Generation Jessica's white leather outfit in 'Run Devil Run.'
+Hogwarts Castle Grounds, Scotland+
Lys and Storm Shadow felt like they were spinning in a whirlpool and colors flashed by, they felt like they were being squished through a tube.
After what seems like forever, the spinning stops and the two ninjas were thrown out. Normal people would've fell flat on their faces but when have ninja's ever been normal, so when they go thrown out they landed on their feet and they immediately pulled out their UZI and sword and pointed it at the moron who interrupted them.
Albus Dumbledore was ecstatic when he found a ritual to bring a person to the circle from wherever they were, once he had what he needed he summoned the Order and then began getting the summoning circle ready.
Ronald Weasley was practically salivating with excitement, knowing that the Great Albus Dumbledore was bringing his future wife right to where she belonged and Ronald would show her, her place, which would be at his house cooking, cleaning and having his children and her fortune would all be his.
Severus Snape hated James Potter with an undying passion and he was glad that Lily's daughter wasn't with that nasty and horrible Petunia and her equally unpleasant husband, he was silently happy that those two people if you can call them that were dead. He was curious as to who Amaryllis Potter was living with now.
Remus Lupin and Sirius Black were there at the summoning circle Dumbledore found – again. Remus was waiting patiently; Sirius on the other hand was getting antsy.
The rest of the order was milling about when Dumbledore says it's time. Dumbledore then instructs everyone of age to stand at certain points and to repeat the words and after 15 minutes of trying, the runes that Dumbledore had set into the ground started to glow. The runes glowed so bright that everyone had to close their eyes for a moment and when the light faded, they opened their eyes to a shocking sight.
An Asian man stood there with a sword to Dumbledore's throat, the man was topless which made several female order members drool but Madam Pomfrey, who was more worried at the slash marks on the man's arms, torso and chest and they were bleeding as though he was in a fight moments before being summoned.
But the person at the unknown man's side drew everyone's attention. The last anyone saw Amaryllis Potter was when she was just a toddler, just starting to speak and now she reminded everyone of Lily, the only difference between the two women was their hair color, where Lily's hair was red, Amaryllis's hair was black.
Only Snape and Nymphadora Tonks (just Tonks, only her parents can call her by her birth name) knew what was pointed at Dumbledore's face, unfortunately they couldn't tell what type it was, Muggles had a lot of different makes and models that it was a little hard to tell exactly what type it was.
But only Snape knew what kind of damage a gun could do, Snape is brought back to the situation at hand when Dumbledore speaks as if he wasn't about to take a bullet to the head or about to have his throat slit, "Well, Amaryllis my dear girl, you've been very hard to find."
Lys blinks in disbelief, she couldn't believe the audacity of this man, first – this weirdo left her with her abusive relatives, second – this weirdo just kidnapped herself and Storm Shadow and third – he had the gall to act as if they were old friends, so Lys says in a severely annoyed tone, "Who the fuck are you and where the fuck are we? Speak now or we'll kill you!"
The Order and some of the children were shocked at the swear words that came out of the Girl-Who-Lived's mouth.
Bill, Charlie, Fred & George and Ginny were amused. Arthur snorted quietly so he didn't bring his wife, Molly's, anger on him.
Molly Weasley was shocked and horrified at the swear words that came out of Amaryllis Potter's mouth, she was going to have to clean that child's mouth.
Percy Weasley didn't know what to make of Amaryllis Potter but he knew he didn't like the looks on his mother's and little brother's faces, he'd have to keep a close eye on those two.
Ronald Weasley huffed in displeasure, when he and Potter got married he'd have to beat the fight out of her to make her meek and tend to his every need.
As if hearing his thoughts, the Asian man turns towards him and just gives him a withering glare which made Ron squeak and duck behind his mother, as she or anyone else in the room could save him.
Severus, Nymphadora, Moody, Kingsley, Sirius and Remus didn't bother trying to hide their snorts at the look on Dumbledore's face.
Minerva, Pomona and Filius were wondering what Lily's and James' daughter went through to act and threaten Dumbledore like that, though with how he brought her and her companion they understood her hostility.
Dumbledore's eyes twinkled as he tries a silent compulsion charm on the Girl-Who-Lived as he says, "Now, my dear girl, that language is unnecessary."
Lys and Storm Shadow's eyebrows raise and their weapons twitch dangerously.
Sirius, Remus, Moody, Severus, Nymphadora, Kingsley, Bill, Charlie and the twins wondered if Dumbledore was a masochist because he was playing with fire.
Lys takes a deep breath and says, "You are not answering my question, answer now!"
Dumbledore, on the inside, was frustrated that the silent compulsion wasn't working and says with a 'reassuring' smile, "My name is Albus Dumbledore, my dear, and you and your… friend are at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry so that you can attend the same school as your parents. They'd want you to."
Dumbledore was pleased with himself at how he got his 'pawn' to his school so he could 'train' her to defeat Voldemort and dying in the process but not before marrying young Ronald Weasley, giving him a son and willing the Potter fortune to both himself and Ronald.
Lys narrows her eyes as her magic flares angrily making everyone, including Storm Shadow, step back. The only two who didn't was Dumbledore and Ronald Weasley, making everyone wonder if they had any common sense or self-preservation or both, you don't ever anger a powerful witch.
With her magic flaring angrily, Lys says as cold as the icecap itself (not at all amused at the 'show' that color-blind old fool was putting on), "For your information, sir, I am not your girl, also I'm already going to Beauxbaton Academy of Magic and my birth parents are dead so no one could know what they'd want for me. I would like to believe they'd want me happy and safe! And who do you think you are telling me what I should do, you kidnapped us! Do you have any idea what the political ramifications would be when France finds out an Englishman kidnapped a member of their community?! You're already on thin grounds for the Triwizard Tournament fiasco!"
As Lys spoke, her voice rose and her magic started to lash out, Storm Shadow managed to get close enough to grab her elbow, the only reason her magic didn't hurt him because it considered him safe and it also saw him as something else which only started to confuse Lys a little.
The Order members shifted uneasily at the prospect of being arrested for kidnapping.
Storm Shadow gently pulled Lys towards him, making her back land against his chest and whispers into her ear, "Rōjin wa, nanrakano riyū de, koko de anata o nozonde iru, to kare wa watashitachi no dochira ka ga susumu koto wa dekimasen'node, wareware wa wareware no dasshutsu o suru mae ni, wareware wa wareware no jikan o matsudeshou [The old man wants you here for some reason, and he won't let either of us go, so we will bide our time before we make our escape]."
Lys agrees and nods, calming down and says to Dumbledore in a blunt tone, "If you don't want the… kidnapping to be known you will tell me why I'm here – now."
Dumbledore, on the inside, was panicking at the prospect of revealing his secrets in front of everyone, especially the things he did to make Thomas Riddle Junior who he is and what he had done to Amaryllis Potter to make her the pawn he wanted.
Unfortunately, the plans for the Girl-Who-Lived practically went down the drain but perhaps he can salvage some of them.
Before Dumbledore could speak, Sirius speaks, "He wants you to fight Voldemort."
Dumbledore shot Sirius a disappointed look as Lys says, "Is that so? If you want our services then we will require payment."
Everyone blinked in confusion at the words 'services' and 'payment.'
After a pause, Sirius speaks up again, "What do you mean by 'services' and 'payment'?"
Sirius hoped it wasn't what he was thinking and he is brought to reality when his god-daughter speaks with a smirk on her face, "We are ninjas."
Sirius lets out a sigh of relief, glad that it wasn't what he thought it was. Everyone else blinked in confusion, wondering what the hell was a ninja?
The only people who knew were: Moody (ran across one once), Tonks (because of her father), Severus (he read about them in books), Sirius and Remus (the latter two were told by Lily).
Sirius blinks when it processed what his god-daughter said her occupation or life was by the nods slowly and says, "Okay… How much would it be to hire a ninja's services?"
Lys looks at Storm Shadow to ask but she's interrupted by Dumbledore sticking his ugly crooked nose into the conversation as he demands, "Just what is a ninja?!"
Tonks, Sirius, Moody, Remus and Severus shake their heads; you should never piss off a ninja because you'd be dead before you even realized what happened.
The Order members and the Weasley's were getting impatient; they were dying (not literally) to know what ninja's were.
Severus decided to temporarily stop Amaryllis Potter and her companion from killing the Headmaster though with what he says next practically gives Dumbledore a heart attack, "Ninja's Dumbledore…"
Severus pauses much to Dumbledore and his lackey's annoyance. Minerva, Flitwick and Pamona fought to keep a blank face and with his their lips were twitching, they were failing.
Sirius, Remus, Tonks, Kingsley and Moody snorted in amusement as they knew what Severus was doing. Bill, Charlie, Fred, George and Ginny snickered quietly behind their mother's back.
Severus then continues, "… are assassin's."
Dumbledore and his lackeys paled in horror. They were horrified at what the icon to the British Magical Community became, she had to be brought back to the light, with or without her permission but first they'd have to deal with her male… friend first.
Ronald wasn't sure he wanted to marry the Girl-Who-Lived-to-Kill, not even for all the riches in the world, well maybe he would if his future wife or her friend wouldn't kill him first. As Ron thought about his future bride, he was roughly brought out of his thoughts by his mother's almost banshee like screeching;
"The Girl-Who-Lived kills people! I don't care what you say Headmaster, I don't want her in my house!"
Dumbledore tries to placate the red-headed banshee as he quietly says in Mrs. Weasley's ear, "Don't worry, Mrs. Weasley, I'll make sure she never remembers anything about her past."
Dumbledore was inwardly feeling pleased with himself again, he thought he was getting away with his plans. Unfortunately he was being eavesdropped on by Storm Shadow who heard everything with his 'Ears that See,' Sirius and Remus.
Storm Shadow narrowed his eyes when he heard the old man speak, it'd be over his dead body before he ever let that color-blind old fool do whatever he was planning on doing to his student.
Recently, though, his thoughts about his second student have been changing from Teacher/Student to something else, something he hadn't felt since he was a teenager when he thought he was going to marry his lover but she turned out to be a spy sent by a rival clan. So he wasn't sure if he wanted to trust someone like that again.
Remus's eyes flashed amber in anger, he might not know James and Lily's child but his inner wolf still considered Amaryllis Potter or whatever she calls herself these days as a part of his pack.
Sirius frowned, now that James and Lily's daughter has been found, he was taking her and completely severing ties with Dumbledore and his Order, maybe his god-daughter and her friend can finally do something against Voldemort and his minions that Dumbledore refuses to do.
As Dumbledore was calming down Mrs. Weasley, Sirius caught his god-daughter's eye and gestured her and her friend to come over and they silently moved behind everyone's back and no one noticed and if they did, they didn't say anything.
Lys noticed from the corner of her eye that Sirius Black gesturing towards her. She knew him from the 'Journal de Sorcier', one of France's Magical Newspapers. The story was that he was her god-father and killed her birth parents but a couple months later another story appeared with his reappearance with Peter Pettigrew and he was exonerated once Pettigrew confessed to being the one who was the actual one who gave her parents up.
She then got Storm Shadows attention and they silently moved to where Sirius Black stood and once they were close enough, Sirius said quietly, "Get ready to leave."
Lys and Storm Shadow put their weapons away and then Sirius calls for Kreacher. With a soft pop, a house-elf appeared wearing a slightly faded black pillow case with the Black family crest over his heart, the elf then says, "How may Kreacher help the blood traitor?"
Sirius twitches and gestures to himself, Remus, his god-daughter and her companion and says, "Take us to Grimmauld place."
Kreacher sneers but snaps his fingers and when Dumbledore hears the second pop it's too late, by the time he turns around, his pawn is gone and the ritual book disappeared.
The look on the Headmaster's face was so hilarious even Lord Voldemort could've produced a Patronus.
+Grimmauld Place, London+
The group landed outside of many townhouses landing between twelve and fourteen, the thirteenth number is absent.
Sirius quickly keys them into the wards and then lets Amaryllis and her friend in. Once they were in, Lys had to stop herself from cleaning everything. Everything was dirty, there didn't look to be a clean spot in the house and it was triggering Lys's OCD.
The first thing Lys said was, "Do you even bother to clean or fix up your house? I mean seriously, it can't be healthy."
Sirius blinked as Remus and Storm Shadow snort in amusement.
Lys looked around the main hallway, twitching as she looked at the dilapidated hallway.
Sirius led the group to the kitchen which wasn't much better than the hallway and gestures to a large black wooden table.
Remus sat down first; Sirius followed his example and sat down to Remus's right. Lys after checking that there were no curses, hexes and jinx's sat down and took out a med-kit and then made Storm Shadow sit down so she could clean and bandage his wounds.
Once he sat down, Lys got to work on Storm Shadows wounds and once it was clear she was done, Sirius spoke:
"You never answered my question earlier."
Lys shrugs and says, "I don't know, it depends on what the mission is, Storm Shadow would know."
Lys gestured to Storm Shadow who said, "My student is right, what exactly are the mission perimeters?"
Sirius sighs and says, "In the70's there was a wizard called Lord Voldemort-"
Lys wanted to snicker at the moniker, really? Flight from Death? Honestly couldn't he of thought of something better?
"-a powerful dark wizard came into power, and his followers are called Death Eaters. People left and right were dying and disappearing, both Magical and Muggle."
Lys and Storm Shadow sat there silently as they listened to what they were being told.
Sirius paused to take a breath and then continues, "Albus Dumbledore-"
Lys and Storm Shadow tensed and narrowed their eyes, they really hated that man and they weren't even in his presence for more than 10 minutes.
Sirius continued talking, not noticed the look on the two assassin's faces, "created a group called the Order of the Phoenix, to fight against Voldemort and his forces. Unfortunately they were not all that effective; Dumbledore's philosophy was to capture them alive and forgiveness."
Lys and Storm Shadow snort in disbelief, if someone was causing that much trouble or trying to kill you, you kill them. You don't pat them on the head; evil people are only stopped when they're dead.
Sirius continued, "and placing them in jail but they'd just get busted out again and the Order used to be large at least a 100 witches and wizards. During the first 2 years we were effective but then our members started to die or disappear."
Storm Shadow, with his eyes narrowed, said, "A traitor."
Sirius got an angry look on his face as he clenches his jaw, Remus continued where his friend left off, "Yes, but we had no idea who it was, suspicion fell on everyone but the one it was supposed to."
Remus takes a breath and continues, "Then your parents, James and Lily, found out they were going to have you but then a prophecy was made about Voldemort's defeat, after the prophecy was made – the two families it pertained too went into hiding which were the Longbottom's and the Potter's."
Sirius calmed down enough to speak up, "When you were born, Lily tried to hold off your birth but unfortunately it didn't work and you were born seconds before July ended. The year passed and more of our Order were dying."
Sirius took a breath and continued, "Then Dumbledore decided that I was too obvious to be James and Lily's Secret Keeper so we switched keepers but a week later they were dead and you were missing."
Lys was quiet as she adjusted to what she was being told, Petunia and Vernon told her that her parents were layabouts and that they died due to her father's drunk driving but they said it with such relish that she stopped believing them after a while.
After a moment, Lys speaks, "Who was the traitor?"
Sirius, once again, gets an angry look on his face and Remus spoke instead, "Peter Pettigrew, we trusted him but it turned out we were wrong."
Lys then turns to Storm Shadow and says in a low tone, "Wareware wa karera to no keiyaku o ukeireru tsumoridesu ka? [Are we going to accept a contract with them?]."
Storm Shadow shrugs his shoulders slightly as he says, "Sono kettei wa, kanzen ni anata shidaidesu darekaga watashi ya watashinokazoku o uragitta baai, watashi wa fukushū o erudarouga, anata wa watashide wa arimasen [That decision is completely up to you, if someone betrayed me or my family I would get revenge but you are not me]."
Storm Shadow decided not to say anything about the death of his uncle and the fact that his family and best friend thinks that he did it.
Lys sat there in deep thought and after several minutes, she looked up from staring at the table top to look at the two men sitting on the opposite side of the table and says, "If Voldemort and his followers aren't stopped then England and the rest of Europe and possibly the world will be in danger. We will accept. Is there a place where we can write the contract?"
Sirius nods and says, "Yes, the Goblins at Gringotts should help."
Lys nodded and the group went to Gringotts though not before Lys fixed Storm Shadow's jacket so he could put it on, which he did and they floo'd to Gringotts. Lys went with Sirius while Storm Shadow went with Remus; the group had now arrived at the bank. Storm Shadow needed a minute to shake off the experience of floo travel before they moved toward the teller's.
+Gringotts, London+
The Goblins eyed the group, mostly Lys and Storm Shadow as they were the most armed. Once in front of the teller, Sirius spoke, "I would like to see Black Knife, the Black Family accountant."
The Goblin teller sneers but turns around and barks to another Goblin in Gobblygook and a couple of minutes later the other Goblin came back and said something to the teller who turns back to the group and says, "Black Knife will see you now."
The unnamed Goblin escorts them to a door after a minute of walking, the plaque on the door said:
'Black Knife, Black Family Accountant.'
The unnamed Goblin knocked on the door and a voice inside of the room barked, "Enter!"
The unnamed Goblin opened the door and let the group in before closing the door behind them and leaving.
Black Knife when the door opened looked up and said, "Ah, Lord Black, how may I… help you this evening?"
Sirius gestured to his god-daughter and her friend and says, "I would like to create a contract with them."
Black Knife raises an eyebrow before noticing the symbol on Lys and Storm Shadow's sword handles and says, "I see, you wish to do business with the Arashikage, they are the most honorable humans our kind has ever met."
Storm Shadow raised an eyebrow and tried to think of any relatives that had meet Goblins and remembered his father muttering about short, ugly, sneaky penny pinchers.
He quietly snorts; Father must've been talking about Goblins.
Black Knife waved his hand and the group sat down in front of the Goblin's desk, the only person who didn't take a seat was Storm Shadow who stood protectively at Lys's back.
Black Knife took a piece of parchment and a quill, Lys raised an eyebrow – France didn't really use quills anymore unless it was a Quick-Quill or a Blood Quill.
Black Knife then demands, "What will the contract say?"
Black Knife set up the Quick-Quill, Remus was silent as Sirius spoke, "This contract is for the hiring of-"
Lys cuts in, "Amaryllis DeCobray and Tomisuburo Arashikage."
The Quick-Quill jotted down the names and continued to write as Sirius speaks again, "- to take care of Voldemort anyway they can for-"
Lys cuts in again, "2 Million Galleons."
Sirius nods in agreement, he doesn't care how much they wanted as long as Voldemort and his minions were taken care of.
The Quill jots down the answer and Sirius continues speaking, "for Voldemort's death-"
Sirius gets a thoughtful look on his face as he then says, "and an extra 1,000 Galleons for every member of Voldemort's inner circle and 500 Galleons for every prank against Dumbledore or the Ministry that makes it in the papers and you both only answer to Lord Black."
Sirius gestures to Black Fire that he's done and the Goblin then made the Quick-Quill stop.
Black Knife then handed the contract and a Blood-Quill over to Sirius who looked over the contract and the signs it before passing the two items to his god-daughter.
Lys took the two items, she then started to read the contract and once she was satisfied with what it said she signed her name before giving the two items to Storm Shadow as she says quietly, "Kuiru wa sū-shūkan tsudzuku anata no te ni māku o nokosu keikō ga aru koto ga, chūi shite kudasai [Be careful, that Quill tends to leave marks on your hand that last for a couple weeks]."
Storm Shadow nods and then glances over the contract and then signs his name, as he does so he feels a slight burning on his hand as if he had just gotten a paper cut so he looks over and he can somewhat read his name on his hand.
Storm Shadow then gives the two items back to Amaryllis; he was one of two people who can call her by her full name that and get away with it.
Lys then gives the items to Black Knife as she tries not to blush and has to take several deep breaths so her heartbeat won't catch Storm Shadow's attention, she didn't look behind her to see if she was successful or not.
Black Knife puts the Quills away and then started to look over the contract to make sure they signed everything when he comes across a very familiar and unique name.
Black Knife looked at Lys and says bluntly, "Are you Amaryllis Potter?"
Sirius and Storm Shadow tensed as Lys nods and says, "Yes, I am. Why are you so interested?"
Black Knife stared down his long pointed nose and says, "We have been trying to get into contact with you since you turned 11 but Albus Dumbledore kept having excuses for your absence and it wasn't until Lord Black escaped Azkaban and came to us to prove his innocence and once it was proven, we realized that you had disappeared but thanks to the Potter and Black family tapestry that proved that you were still alive."
Lys nods slowly and says, "That's good and all but why should I care?"
Black Knife and Sirius looked at Lys like she was crazy and since she's a ninja that was a requirement, after a moment of silence, Black Knife says, "Because Ms. DeCobray or Ms. Potter, the Potter's are one of the Wealthiest in both worlds and is one of few remaining Ancient and Noble houses left among the English Pureblood society, you will have several vaults as some of the families that the Potter women married into are now gone and the Potter's can be traced to the Hogwarts founders and to the time of Merlin and beyond."
Lys, after a moment of thought, said, "I assume you want me to take control of the Potter money and seats."
Black Knife nods and says, "Yes and maybe you can reverse some of those stupid laws that Dumbledore keeps getting passed."
Lys frowns and says, "What does that mean? Does Dumbledore have control of my families voting power?"
Black Knife nods and says, "Yes, unfortunately we can't get that fixed as were only Goblins and they refuse to listen to those they think are 'beneath' them."
Sirius frowns at that, he tried to get Dumbledore removed from the Potter Vaults and seats to unseal the Potter's will but the Wizengmont said that until the Potter heiress (or to many the Girl-Who-Lived) reappeared they could do nothing about the Vaults, the seats and the Will.
Sirius snorts quietly, Useless bastards – the only one with brains is Amelia Bones.
Storm Shadow glances at Sirius before turning back to the Goblin as Lys nods and says, "What will I need to do?"
Black Knife says, "You will need to see the Potter family accountant but since yours is a special case our director will see to it but you'll need to take a blood test before your case goes further."
Lys nods and says, "Very well, where will the test be done?"
Black Knife says, "I'll lead you there."
Black Knife makes several copies of the contract (he kept one, one would be put into the Black Vault, one he gave to Lys) and then he leads them to the director's office which said 'Ragnarok, Gringott's Director.'
Black Knife knocks on the door and the director calls out, "Enter!"
Black Knife opened the door and entered, Lys, Storm Shadow, Sirius and Remus entered the office, Black Knife closed the door behind him and then he walked up to his boss's desk.
Ragnarok was sitting at his desk when a knock sounds at his door, he barks at whoever it is to enter and the door opens to reveal Black Knife, the Black Family Accountant, Lord Black, Mr. Lupin, a teenage female and an Arashikage ninja, he hadn't had business with them in a long time (the latter two were armed to the teeth).
He had worked with a man called Takeshi Arashikage who was also called the 'Fearless Master' and the man who just walked in looked a lot like him, perhaps this was his son. The Fearless Master did mention he had a son and after conducting business, the man wasn't heard from again.
Ragnarok shakes himself out of his thoughts and gruffly says, "What do you want?"
Black Knife gestures to Lys and says, "We need a blood test for Ms. DeCobray-Potter."
Ragnarok froze slightly at the surname 'Potter' but cleared his throat and says, "Very well, take a seat."
Ragnarok then takes out a piece of parchment and a ceremonial knife and places them on his desk, just in front of the supposed Potter heiress.
Black knife left to file the contract as Ragnarok took out the two items.
Ragnarok then looks at Lys and says, "This parchment will tell me who you really are, just cut the tip of your finger with this knife, the wound will heal over as the knife is charmed that way – just a couple drops will do."
Lys nods and picks up the knife and cuts into the tip of her finger and a couple of blood drops onto the parchment. The cut on Lys's finger starts healing quickly as the blood on the parchment swirled around before stopping and writing out:
Amaryllis Lillian Potter- DeCobray.
Ragnarok looks at the name on the parchment for a moment before looking at Amaryllis Potter-DeCobray and saying, "Now that we've confirmed you are the Potter heiress, we can get down to business."
Lys nods in agreement and says, "Yes, we do."
Ragnarok then moved out of his chair and went into his file cabinets and fished out the Potter family folder and then returned to his desk. He places the folder on his desk and climbs into his chair.
Ragnarok then opens the file and pulls out an envelope and puts it on his desk and says, "First order of business is your parent's will."
Lys nods and says, "Good." I want to know if they wanted me to go to those monsters.
The three humans and one werewolf watched as the Goblin Director opened the envelope and take out the will and then read it out loud:
"This is the will of Lord James Charlus Potter and Lady Lillian Marie Potter (nee' Evans), we are of sound body and mind (Stop laughing Padfoot!) and the following is our will that will be followed to the letter:
1. 1 Million Galleons to Remus John Lupin (I wanted to give more but the Ministry were being bastards), Full Moon Books (Knockturn Alley), Shell Cottage and 20, 000 Galleon's a month until Mr. Lupin's death.
2. If we die, Sirius Black is not our Secret Keeper. The true Secret Keeper is Peter Pettigrew.
3. All our possessions, money, property and businesses are to be to our only child and heir Amaryllis Lillian Potter.
4. In the event of our death's, out daughter is to NOT GO TO THE DURSLEY'S, she will not be taken care of well and to be honest Voldemort would be a better candidate, those suitable are:
1. Sirius Black (her God-Father)
2. Alice Longbottom nee' Smith (her God-Mother)
3. Ted and Andromeda Tonks nee' Black
4. Amelia Bones
5. Minerva McGonagall
6. Severus Snape
7. Remus Lupin
Signed by: Lord James Potter and Lady Lily Potter
Witnessed by: Albus Dumbledore, Blood Stone.
When Ragnarok finished reading the Potter's will, the entire room was silent.
Sirius was beyond furious, that old bastard knew I was innocent and didn't do a damn thing!
Lys thinks for a moment before speaking, "Has the will been followed at all?"
Ragnarok flipped through a couple pieces of parchment and then frowns (as well as a Goblin can frown) and growled under his breath in Gobbleygook.
Lys, Storm Shadow, Sirius and Remus didn't understand what the Goblin Director had said but they assumed it wasn't nice based on the tone.
Ragnarok then slams the parchments down and Lys states, "I'm guessing that's a no."
Ragnarok takes a deep breath and says, "We will fix this immediately Ms. DeCobray-Potter and I'll see to the contents of the will's distribution and the Potter family accountant personally."
Lys nods and says almost feeling sorry for this Goblin, "Good, anything else that I should know about?"
Ragnarok cleared his throat and began sifting through the pieces of parchment and frowns again.
Lys narrows her eyes as Storm Shadow calmly places his left hand on her left shoulder; he had a feeling his… student wasn't going to be happy soon. Not that Storm Shadow thought that she was happy since the beginning of this little adventure.
Sirius tilts his head to the side like a dog and asks, "Is there something wrong, director?"
Remus frowned slightly as Ragnarok curled his lip and says, "There is a discrepancy in the Potter family's bank statements."
Lys raises an eyebrow and asks, "How so?"
Ragnarok looks at the parchment and says, "There are several transactions to Albus Dumbledore and to the Weasley Family for the sum of 3 million Galleons and 1.5 Galleons respectively, some of the Potter family heirlooms have been removed and there is a betrothal contract between yourself and the youngest Weasley son, one Ronald Weasley by your magical guardian."
Lys blinks in confusion, Madam Maxine would never set us up for a betrothal like that unless we asked her to do so, my mother kill whoever tried to suggest it and Storm Shadow would – she glances slightly over her shoulder to Storm Shadow – Storm Shadow would kill any boy who so much as glances at me like that.
Lys pauses slightly, why does he do that? He never really did it for my mother.
Sirius frowns and says, "James Potter choose me to be her God-Father which also means I'm her magical guardian and I would never consider that option without her permission."
Lys frowns slightly at what Sirius had said and looks at the Goblin Director and asks, "Who is supposedly my magical guardian?"
Ragnarok looks down at the parchment and says, "Albus Dumbledore."
Lys and Storm Shadow narrow their eyes again at the name; they then meet each other's eyes and silently agree that a certain old fool was going to have to be taken care of soon.
Sirius growls as the silent Remus looks at his friend with worry, he wasn't sure if Sirius was going to kill Dumbledore but then again he was angry, too. Dumbledore's insistence that James and Lily change their Secret Keepers, if the keepers hadn't been switched his pack mates and alpha's wouldn't be dead and it made both Remus and Moony angry.
Lys then turns back to Ragnarok and says, "I want him removed immediately, I also want my money back that he stole, also get rid of the betrothal contract and lastly I want my parent's will followed immediately."
Ragnarok smirks and says, "It will be done."
Lys then decides to bring up how she and Storm Shadow were brought to England, "Before we leave here today, I would like to bring up kidnapping charges against Albus Dumbledore."
Ragnarok raised an eyebrow and says, "Very well."
Ragnarok takes out a vial and then a piece of parchment and says, "I will need the memory of the event."
Lys nods and places her right pointer finger (which was her 9 ½ inch Rigid Hawthorn with a Norwegian Ridgeback heartstring and Boomslang Venom with a labradorite stone stabilizer in the shape of a Mundane class ring) and extracts what had happened from the moment she and Storm Shadow were with Snake Eyes until the moment Sirius Black took them to his house and that was where she ended the memory and placed it into the vial.
Once the memory was in the vial, Ragnarok corked it and then scribbled something on the parchment and then he says, "It is done; I will contact you when Madam Bones replies."
Lys nods and everyone gets up (minus Storm Shadow who had been standing the entire time) and starts to leave and before they close the door, Storm Shadow and Lys bow as a sign of respect and then Storm Shadow lets Lys walk through the door before closing it behind him.
Sirius takes the group back to the bank's lobby and heads towards the floo area, once there Remus takes Storm Shadow first and then Sirius takes Lys, the last thought that in her head right before they swirled away was, I hope my mother is okay.
+Infirmary, G.I. Joe Headquarters, Classified Location+
Ana Lewis or as the Joe's knew her as 'The Baroness,' sat on a stool while a medic called Life Line was running a hand-held x-ray machine all over her.
On a large screen behind her was her skeleton and you could see the Nanomites moving over her skeleton, Ana was still in shock that her brother did this to her, she is also worried about her daughter.
When the chaos surrounding the Ice Cap rescue calmed down, Ana thought about her daughter Amaryllis. Luckily from what Duke had told her, she is alive and with Storm Shadow but the downfall was that her daughter was god knows where but she felt a little better knowing that Storm Shadow was at her daughter's side.
But that didn't stop her from worrying anyways; Ana is brought back to reality when Life Line starts speaking to Duke, "I've never seen encoding like this."
Life Line takes a small breath and continues, "I mean, physically, she's fine but when Rex programmed them, he sure didn't want them taken out."
Ana looked between Life Line and Duke with sadness in her eyes as Duke says as he looks at the medic, "So there's nothing you can do for her?"
Life Line shrugs his shoulders a little bit and then says, "It'll take some time but Mainframe and Breaker are looking through the USB drives that Storm Shadow's apprentice threw at Snake Eyes and with what they found the Nanomites should be able to be removed in the next couple of months or so."
Life Line puts down the hand-held x-ray down and then leaves the room. Duke's eyes followed the medic and then they looked at Ana with a determined look on his face and in his eyes.
Duke then helps Ana out of the chair and escorts her down the hall to the cell area; two guards were following at a distance. Duke and Ana reached her cell and before Ana enters her cell, Duke stops her and turns her around to face him and once she was facing him that he spoke:
"Till we get those things out of your body, looks like you're gonna be seeing a lot of me around here."
Ana looks at Duke with a sad look on her face as she shakes her head saying, "You can't save me, Duke. No one can, not after all I've done."
Duke frowns and shakes his head as he says, "Look, that wasn't you. I'm not giving up on you."
Ana looks at Duke, her eyes tear up and Ana kisses him quickly before pulling away and slowly backing up into her cell.
Duke watches as the cell door closes with a loud bang and then he steps close to the bars and whispers to Ana, "I will find your daughter, don't worry."
The guards at the entrance to the cell area moved to open the door so that Duke can leave, so they didn't hear what Ana had said, "Our daughter."
Duke looks back over his shoulder in surprise before the guards call him over, he then smiles at Ana before going over to the guards and signs his name out before leaving the cell area.
Ana watched as Conrad or Duke stop at what she said, at first she thought that maybe she shouldn't have said anything but those thoughts are dashed when Duke smiles at her before being called by the guards, he then signs something on a clipboard and walks through the doorway and out of sight.
Once the doors closed, Ana walked over to the bed and laid down and thoughts of her daughter filled her head, I hope she's okay and that Storm Shadow was taking care of Amaryllis and if he wasn't then I'm was going to geld him.
In Grimmauld place in England, two people sneezed and one shivered unpleasantly as a cold feeling traveled up and down his spine.
+Control Center, G.I. Joe Head Quarters, Classified Location+
General Clayton Abernathy or Hawk at his men and women called him, stood on a platform and watched as Breaker and Mainframe as they looked through some USB drives that contained a lot about Nanomites and Nanomite warfare, trying to get rid of the ones in the Baroness and to figure out how to make weapons to disable the Nanomites permanently.
Hawk had time to think over what has happened in the last couple of months:
First, they get an order from the Jugglers to pick up the Nanomite warheads.
Second, they meet Conrad Hauser and Wallace Weems or as they're now called, Duke and Ripcord and how they blackmailed their way onto the team.
Hawk had to admit their balls, and the information that both of them, especially Duke, gave about the Baroness had helped greatly.
Third, a nameless organization (now known as Cobra) broke into The Pit to steal the Nanomite warheads and they succeeded but not before a dozen of his men died and his assistant, Cover Girl, would've died too if it wasn't for Storm Shadow's apprentice throwing an acupuncture needle into Cover Girl's neck just as the bald man with them was about to stab her in the back.
Fourth, Then finding the Baroness and Storm Shadow in Paris, France and Duke getting captured by the two though not before a Nanomite warhead destroyed the Eiffel Tower and a bridge, then the Alpha team (minus Snake Eyes) got arrested by the French Police, luckily Hawk was able to get them released on the condition they never return.
If they do return, then they just can't get caught and then it won't be a problem.
Fifth, Before leaving France, Hawk decided to stop by and see his old friend, Daniel Granger and his god-daughter, Hermione. When Hawk and Snake Eyes got there, Hermione wasn't there but they only were there for 10 minutes when Hermione and her friend walked in.
Something about Hermione's friend seemed very familiar to both men and it wasn't until Hermione said her friend's name that it clicked for the two men.
Hermione's friend was one of the one's who broke into The Pit but before they could speak to her and it was by chance that Snake Eyes was able to sneak a GPS into her bad while the French Police were speaking to her about her father, the Baron's death, she left France and went to Indonesia.
Sixth, Hawk sent Snake Eyes and Scarlett to Jakarta, Indonesia while he assembled the rest of the Joe's so that they could rescue Duke immediately upon their return.
When Snake Eyes and Scarlett returned after three days empty handed and Scarlett had bruises on her face and Snake Eyes informed him that they found Amaryllis DeCobray. Unfortunately she got away while he helped an Indonesian SWAT team with their problem.
If that wasn't enough, an order came through the Jugglers and the US Government telling him that everyone is dismissed from the Joe's and that they needed to return to their countries respective bases.
But Hawk couldn't do that, not with Duke and the Nanomite warheads in enemy hands.
Once Snake Eyes and Scarlett returned from Indonesia and it took a while for them to find where Duke and McCullen could be, and once they got a location they immediately set out to rescue one of their own who was stuck at the Polar Icecap.
Not even 5 minutes after getting to the Polar Icecap did the Nanomite warheads launched but Snake Eyes managed to take out one before it got any further, unfortunately the other two were now too far out of range.
Ripcord chased down the other two in McCullen's Night Raven and managed to take the other two down and then, once again, got arrested.
Thankfully they managed to free Duke, get the Baroness who defected, lose Amaryllis DeCobray – again, and then got Ripcord out of the Prison that the Secret Service put him in.
Speaking of the Baroness, she was in the Infirmary getting a thorough check up to see how deep the Nanomites in her body were embedded and from what Life Line told him, they are stuck in deep and getting rid of them will be hard but possible once Mainframe and Breaker were done with the drives.
And Amaryllis DeCobray, from what Snake Eyes had described how Ms. DeCobray and Storm Shadow disappeared, the youngest DeCobray was a witch, it couldn't be Storm Shadow because according to Snake Eyes, Cobra's ninja never showed any signs though the Arashikage Clan knew about magic and even employed several witches and wizards from time to time.
Storm Shadow and Amaryllis DeCobray were going to surface eventually and in the meantime the Joe's needed to prepare for the clash with Cobra.
General Hawk is brought back to reality when his personal aide, Cover Girl, spoke to him, "General Hawk? Duke and Snake Eyes are here."
Hawk looks over to the doorway and gestures the two men over and then thanks Cover Girl. He then waits for the two members of the Alpha team to get closer.
Once the two men were within reach did Hawk speak, "We might've gotten the Commander and McCullen but with Storm Shadow and his apprentice still out there we need to catch them before they release the Commander and we need to be prepared for what's to come if either men are freed. I need the two of you to train the Alpha team and everyone else so they can be prepared."
Duke and Snake Eyes nod and salute before Hawk dismisses them, he watches as the two leave.
Once the two men are gone, Hawk turns around and walks over to the two computer techs and when he was close enough he said, "Any progress on the Nanomites?"
Hawk watched in amusement as both Mainframe and Breaker jumped out of their seats. The two men quickly gathered themselves and Breaker clears his throat before turning around to face Hawk and says, "Sir! Um… no, we're still going through the massive amounts of information. So far, we've gone through the introduction to the Nanomites. We're hoping if we know how they're made then we'll know how to disable them or destroy them permanently."
Hawk nods and asks, "Is there anything about having the Nanomites in people?"
Mainframe and Breaker nod and Mainframe says, "There was a mention of it but we're not sure what the details are yet?"
Hawk nods again and says, "Very well, keep digging."
Mainframe and Breaker nod and salute before getting back to work, Hawk walked away when Cover Girl called his name again.
Hawk had a feeling that he and his team were going to be pulled into something dangerous, again.
Translation:
Journal de Sorcier – is French for Sorcerer's Journal.
AN: I don't know Storm Shadow's father's real name so I choose my own, now for where Amaryllis DeCobray should be placed for when she goes to Hogwarts is still ongoing as I haven't gotten to that point yet but I'm showing you which house is in the lead:
A. Gryffindor - 1
B. Hufflepuff - 4
C. Ravenclaw - 6
D. Slytherin - 20