A boy in his early 20s entered the Leaky Cauldron, there were purple bags under his eyes, he walked up to the innkeeper, Tom.
"Sir, I am looking for a job here, any job will do," said the boy, the barman looked at the boy.
"And you are?" asked Tom.
"Jack Wright," answered the boy.
"Half-blood?"
"Yes,"
"Where are your parents?"
"I am a Wright, my parents, Williams and Claire died last week,"
"Death Eaters attack?"
"Yes, I luckily was out of the house,"
"That's common, people dying, looking for a house, so what work do you want to do?"
"Any work will or barman would do,"
"You can work as a sweeper here, though I ain't providing shelter," said Tom.
"I will rent a room, my parents have left me some money," said Jack.
"You might want to save money,"
"I want to work, later my cousin will offer me some work in France,"
"Very well, these are the keys, you will have to clean this area in every 2 hours, I will pay two galleons a week,"
"Thanks," said Jack taking the keys, he got to his room and locked it, and then put all his things in proper places.
The night was arriving, Jack left the bar, wearing a big cloak that covered his face, walked into a silent place and then disapparated, he appeared in front of a damaged building, after scanning the street he walked into the ruins, there was nothing, the building has been burnt by the looks of it and it was burn using magic.
Jack disapparated again appearing in Diagon Alley this time, he walked into the night towards the Knockturn Alley, there was a pub in there, it was a shabby place with poor lightning, and about 10 people were in there, he recognized two faces, he walked up to the bar and ordered a drink, sat in a dark corner and started sipping his drink and listening to the people around him.
"We will get control soon," said a man.
"Not till those Aurors and order members are stuck up in our arse," said another man.
"The Dark Lord believes that the Aurors will be soon under his control,"
"The ministry has been infiltrated, yes, but not taken over, the minister is hiding behind Dumbledore,"
"And did you hear about the prophecy, about the dark lord? Do you believe someone will be able to defeat him?"
"The dark lord is looking for such a person, and he will award to whoever finds that person though at this time no one has any clue who it is."
"We should be going Steven, tonight's our work,"
Two men rose and started walking out, Jack's eyes followed the two men, and after paying the barman, he stood and walked out, and followed the two men.
They were walking out of the Knockturn, Jack walked close to them but was hidden, he was focusing on their conversations.
"We will attack and leave, just a little havoc will make them all afraid,"
"They are so naive, crying and weeping, not knowing what to do,"
"This is the perfect place to disapparate,"
"Where are we going to attack tonight?"
"To Aerodorme Way, Leavesden, London WD25 7LR, there we will have to cause havoc,"
"So, we go there directly?"
"No, first to the manor then there, the major attack will be somewhere else,"
"Why?"
"To report that we are going to attack and wait for their signal otherwise Aurors will disturb us,"
The two men disapparated.
Jack too disapparated but to Aerodrome way.
The Aerodrome way has a lot of shops here, but it was mostly silent, except for a few night stores and pubs. It has been over half an hour but there was no sign of any attack yet, Jack was set with his trap. sitting on top of a building waiting for every sign of any movement.
Then three hooded figures appeared in the middle of the road and Jack's lips twitched up, the three of the death eaters started shooting firing spells at the buildings, and the local people started shouting and running.
Jack disapparated and appeared behind the three death eaters, and then back to back attacked the two death eaters and knocked them down, and tied them before the third could have time to react, the third one turned and started fighting with Jack.
Jack flicked his wand twice and two chains erupted from the ground and raised to hold the death eater's hand, the death eater was shocked for a moment and Jack used the moment to petrify the death eater, and then tied him with the other twos, then broke their wands in two halves.
He then removed the masks to see their faces before waking them up, and when he spoke his voice was hoarse, "Looks like few babies are lost, so naive, and weeping."
Jack tied them with another strong magical rope, "Remember my name, I am Thanatos."
He then pointed his wand at them again this time a lot of toy mongoose and otters appeared around them, Jack chuckled and then pointed his wand above their head a red gaseous mongoose appeared in the sky.
"Now my dears, the Aurors are on their way, so I will leave you to yourself," said Jack and he disapparated again on the roof, looking at the prisoners, soon eight Aurors arrived at the scene, and to Jack's delight a wizard with a camera, he was a worker of Prophet.
A month has passed since that incident.
"Have you heard the news, Tom, eh?" asked a man when Jack was cleaning the table. "The one about this Thanatos, around ten to fifteen death eaters have been caught by him alone."
"And not to forget his symbol, a mongoose," said another man.
"Yes, yes, I have heard about him, and see the prophet was able to capture his pic," said Tom, and he put forward the prophet on the table, showing a man whose face was covered. Jack ran up to them to see the photo.
Jack made his way to Knockturn Alley's pub, he walked up to the barman.
"The normal eh, Jack?" asked the barman.
"Yes, Brian," smiled Jack.
"Your friends are already here," said Brian pointing at the table
Jack nodded and took his seat with the two men there, his hand rested on a ring on his hand and he looked at the three men who all gave him a slight nod. These were the two people Jack has found trustable, he has met them in Leaky Cauldron, they were local here always spending time in Diagon Alley or Knockturn Alley, all work as cleaners and sweepers, all have lost their families to death eaters just like Jack, there was a woman too but she worked as a cleaner here so she doesn't sit with them unless she is free.
"What's the news?" asked Jack.
"10 o'clock, three boys talking about a potion," said Ryan Seaton.
"Snape, Mulciber, Nott," said Jack.
"Two attacks to be done sometime tonight, location unknown," said Adam Henry.
"Then we can't take the risk," said Jack.
"We need more men and women on our side," said Tracey Barne as she cleaned their table, "and an attack is being planned at Darley Dene school in Addlestone."
"Thanks, Tracey, see I told you, Adam, she is best at it, sneaking around, getting what we can never dream of, and I just dream of one thing but I fail each time to get it," chuckled Ryan.
"Well, sorry to hear that dear, but maybe you forgot to cook food yesterday," said Tracey, taking a seat and all of them chuckled.
"On a serious matter, has anyone suspected anything yet?" asked Jack leaning in.
"The news is that you-know-who is very angry and pissed, the Thanatos works and symbol and that prophecy has put his knickers in a twist," said Adam, Tracey spit out her drink and roared in laughter.
"His knickers in twist, that's a good one, it's really funny to imagine," laughed Tracey, soon the three men joined her too.
"Those three are leaving," hissed Ryan.
"Well someone is already onto it," said Jack, "we have to just wait." And soon a rat entered the bar and made it's way to Jack. "And it's nothing that we needs to follow them."
"Still a surprise how well you understand your pet rat," said Adam.
"You have to work really hard to reach this level," winked Jack, putting the rat in his pocket.
"Listen, your owl sure is a good lookout and has helped to inform us instantly to forward the message to Aurors, but you must be careful, you need someone to have your back," said Ryan.
Jack sighed and nodded, "I know, but I can't risk others life, beside the owl is there to look for signs of danger, and to pass messages."
"That's why I said we need more people on our side," said Tracey, the rat came out of Jack's pocket and nodded too making Ryan laugh.
"We have to be very careful with our selections," said Jack, "otherwise we all will be dead."
"Believe me Jack, there are lots of people who are living in fear and are in need of freedom, and each day as the situation is worsening," said Adam, "their will to fight back is growing, it's a rebel that's growing."
"And more than ninety percent of the wizarding population is half-blood or are muggle-born, so they all are willing to rebel, it's just many half-bloods are not supporting us," said Tracey with disgust.
"They are hungry for power and domination, nothing else," said Ryan.
"I agree with you, and I believe many are just with him due to fear," said Jack.
"Hey! I just remembered a joke a knock! knock! one," said Adam.
"Not now Adam," Tracey rolled her eyes.
"It was a you-know-who edition," said Adam under his breathe.
"I will look for people who could help, the more information, the better it is," said Ryan.
"And we will make sure your secret does not reach them," added Tracey.
"And we will try to verify each piece of information before acting on it," said Adam.
"We will need a means to communicate, though," said Ryan.
"We are wizards, Ryan, not some muggle, we can use magic, a protean charm," said Adam.
"No, we will go muggle way with magical support, does no one will suspect us, as they think muggles are worthless, so they will ignore it," said Jack punching the air." We will use radio phones or pagers." and he explained it to them.
"But where will we get money for it?" asked Adam. "Because, though I have been planning to rob the Gringotts, my plan is not that foolproof, not now at least."
"I can arrange money, don't worry about that," said Jack. "There's some old money I have."
"Don't you think these scars might give you away?" asked Tracey.
Jack placed his hand on several cuts on his neck and face, these were nothing as compared to the injuries he has hidden beneath his clothes, "There's a benefit of having a wild rat for a pet."
"But how are you able to get proper healing?" asked Ryan.
"I have been getting injuries like these for two years, I am habitual now," confessed Jack.
"No one gets habitual to pain and injuries," winced Tracey.
"Listen we need to be more alert now, letters from Hogwarts will arrive this week, so the Diagon Alley will be filled with students and their parents, many will be muggle-borns and muggles, there's a high chance of an attack," said Jack.
"Yeah, about that, I have heard Aurors have been stationed here by the ministry to provide security, so no need to worry about that," said Adam.
"That's good, and I think I need to leave otherwise it will be late for the business," said Jack standing up, the others nodded.
Jack walked up to the barman, Brian, and paid him, he was on his way out when he collided with two people, and the next moment he was pinned against the wall by the two men.
"Who are you, haven't seen you in Knocturn Alley," growled the first man with blonde hair.
"I am Jack Wright sir, I am a half-blood, I work as a sweeper in Leaky Cauldron," said Jack, soon Adam, Ryan, Tracey, barman Brian, and a few others who were familiar with Jack, appeared around them, and started telling that Jack is right, the two men nodded and let go of him.
"Bloody scums, you better start cleaning this place Brian," said Malfoy through gritted teeth, and walked away with the other man.
"Thanks, guys," said Jack.
"You are one of us, now, Jack, you are our family, and we look out for each other," said Brian, the barman, he then spoke in a whisper looking at Malfoy, "coming to my pub, and telling me how to work here each time."
"Thanks, man, I should be going now," said Jack, as he poked in his pocket and the next moment the rat was making its way to Malfoy's table avoiding everyone.
Jack stood out of the pub for 15 minutes when the rat returned, "So, we need to inform the Aurors, they will take care of other locations and we will of others."
Jack stood on the roof again, invisible from the view, he was looking at the school building which was about to be attacked by five death eaters.
"Stop poking me, stay silent," whispered Jack angrily to the rat, who bit him this time, "Ow! come on man what's your problem, I said I will handle them, the firecrackers are ready and so are the distractions and traps, and besides I will have your back, so stay alert and ready."
After fifteen minutes an owl hooted in distance, "That's my signal, he has seen death eaters arriving, you have to hide under that tree, and watch out for me like every time, while I will do the fighting, and don't come out until it's very very necessary and keep your ears open if the owl hoots again twice in continuity, it means more death eaters, then we will run and meet at Leaky Cauldron, okay?"
Five hooded figures arrived and burst open the school gates, they proceeded towards the sleeping guard.
"Let's have fun with this deaf muggle," laughed the one and others agreed.
"But what if Thanatos will arrive here?" asked one of them fearfully.
"That's fake news The Ministry and The Prophet are making or it's just some Auror doing it to make us fear them,"
"Or it could be a foolish trick of old Dumbly headmaster,"
"No one has seen him, and those who were caught are in Azkaban on their way to insanity, so trust me there's no one, it's just a trick to fool us,"
"I am going to use Crucio on this sleeping beauty,"
"No, I will go first,"
"Listen, I am your leader, so I will go first, he will fall from his chair, he slept under the blanket thinking he will be safe but it's his last night, last sleep, CRUCIO!" said the death eater.
The manly figure exploded with a big blast, flames rose, and the death eaters were thrown back and shouted in agony as their bodies came in contact with the flame, two death eaters were knocked out and heavily burned not able to walk.
Then the lights around went off, and there was a thundering noise, the remaining three eaters turned to look at the source of the noise, the only source of light was the flames behind them, burning the chair and surrounding where they had attacked, the three of them looked in the darkness, they started hearing sounds of many crows, they were flying in a circle and moving forward, the death eaters stepped back, one of them sent a jinx at the crows but it was deflected in a different direction, there was a shield present there, the noises of the crows increased and then stopped, and then all of them attacked the three death eaters who shouted and started throwing spells in each direction to save them, two of the death eaters fell to the ground as spells hit him, the third was hit by a red jet of light when he was trying to protect himself from the crows, his wand no longer with him.
A figure appeared in front of the death eaters, three of them, who were still conscious but not in the state to fight were shaking with fear now, standing in front of them was. . .
"Thanatos," said a death eater shaking, he bowed in front of the figure whose eyes were the only thing not covered.
"Hello, dears, attacking a school are we? How bad, so should I send your souls to Hell now or would you like to spend more time here?" asked Thanatos.
"Please leave us, we are sorry, please leave us," cried one of them who was burned badly.
"I am very kind, so I am leaving you all, it's mercy, but next time I found you, all of you will come with me to hell," said Thanatos. "Now, one of you will be left to live freely while others will be sent to Azkaban."
"Please me, please me," they all cried.
"Stop shouting!" growled Thanatos, they all went quite, he then pointed at a man who was most injured, and his hands and half face were badly burned, "You, what's your name?"
"Eddie Parkinson," said the death eater, his voice full of pain.
"You are the lucky one tonight, I am happy so I will let you walk away, but you will never do these foul things again or I will come to your home when you are asleep and take your soul with me," said Thanatos in a dangerous voice and his eyes gleamed with green, the death eaters all gasped and stepped back, then the others bowed too.
"I will never do such a thing again," said Parkinson shaking as he bowed.
"Do tell people my tells, about how you met me, tell them about Thanatos, the son of night and the one who carries the soul to their destiny, don't forget, now go, run," said Thanatos, and Parkinson struggled as he walked as fast as he could.
He then tied all of the death eaters together, conjured toy mongoose and otters around them, and then finally made the mongoose symbol in the air. "See you all in hell, lovelies," he smirked before knocking them out and disappearing from there.
"Wondering why I let that death eater go?" asked Jack to the rat who nodded, they were on their way to a strange village. "It will prevent others to join him, they will think at least thrice before attacking someone."
They were walking in the night, invisible to everyone else, the village street was empty and dark, Jack walked trying to find the houses he was looking for, the place has changed, the rat scratched Jack's neck.
"Don't do that, and we are in Little Hangleton," said Jack. "We are free early tonight, so we will search for the second one."
They stood in front of a small old broken house, the door has a snake skeleton hanging on it by a nail. Jack opened the door, "Stay alert, there might be curses around here."
Jack searched for the room for an hour but was only disappointed, "Let's go to one more place before we call it a night." The rat made a disappointing noise. "You are just sitting on my shoulder the whole time and you are tired?"
The rat scratched his neck again, "Okay, so you planted the bomb and took the guard to a safe place, though he was really fat to be a guard, then also I made a replica of the guard to fill them."
They stood in front of an old dusty manor, "There's a person asleep in that hut, so we will not make much noise."
Jack entered the manor it was shabby and dirty, not cleaned properly, after searching for an hour, Jack felt some strange force and so did the rat as he squeaked, Jack found an open box, a ring box but there was no ring in there, it was gone, and by the look of it, someone has just taken it a few days ago, "Someone was here, they took it, shit, we must return now, we will think about it later."
Jack was cleaning the floor in the Leaky Cauldron, his mind was not in it though, the rat in his pocket was enjoying sweets, happily.
"Hello, Tom," said a familiar voice, Jack turned around instantly to find two boys talking to the innkeeper, the rat too left his sweet to poke out and look at the two boys, he then poked Jack, who hit him lightly.
"Stay, silent," hissed Jack and he began cleaning the floor again, taking his time and focusing hard on the conversation of the two boys who had taken a seat on the nearby table.
"I still don't get why Frank and Alice didn't invite us to their wedding," said the boy with long black hair.
"There are people dying each day, and they both are going to be Aurors from next month, so, they have gone for a quiet wedding so as not to draw attention thus drawing an attack," said another boy who has scarred face.
"Yeah, you are right, I wish I would have gone to France too, he and Pete dumped me and gone to France,"
"You have said that each day, now stops bringing it up, Sirius."
"They don't even reply properly, and bloody git has forgotten his mirror at home,"
"That was quite odd to be honest, though I think he didn't want the girls to know you," laughed the boy.
"Shut up, Moony," said Sirius, "I haven't got any girls since Marls and I broke up."
"It was your mistake,"
"I was quite drunk and she was really hot too,"
"That's why she broke up with you,"
"I don't want to talk about it, I am already pretty occupied with my new flat, it takes a lot to manage it."
"You are growing then,"
"I am already grown up,"
"Yeah, that's why you forgot to turn on the stove while cooking," laughed Remus, Jack has to suppress his laughter, the rat in his pocket was making noise too.
Both Remus and Sirius turned to look at Jack, who went quite instantly and focused on cleaning.
"Mate you have got something in your pocket, and it's moving," said Sirius.
"Oh, that's my pet rat, his name is Scabbers," said Jack not looking at them.
"Hmm, having rats in my pocket, trust me I have experienced it," said Sirius.
"You look kind of familiar," pointed out Remus.
Jack panicked a little, "You know the Wrights? I am their son, studied in Shamrock."
"No, we only heard about their deaths, and we go to Hogwarts by the way, it was just you looked kind of familiar," said Remus.
"Nice, beard man," said Sirius, and Remus glared at him.
"Thanks," said Jack though he knew his beard was quite long like his hairs, and was dirty too, but this is what he has to do.
"Seen, the news Moony?" asked Sirius opening the Daily Prophet. "Four death eaters were tied up by Thanatos, they said he was just like death, and showed mercy to them too."
"He has unsettled the death eaters and has become quite a hero too, he is not an Auror as Frank confirmed it, but he is overdoing it, people are quite afraid he is provoking you-know-who, I doubt he will survive long if he the death eaters finds out who he is."
"His symbol is cool, a mongoose, the rival and killer of snakes," said Sirius.
"And that's what is overdoing,"
"Leave it Moony, I bet he is Dumbledore," said Sirius. "So, you giving a party for becoming Head Boy?"
"The letters haven't arrived yet, and to be honest I don't want to be Head Boy," said Remus.
"When will letters arrive?" asked Sirius.
"Probably within two days," answered Remus. "Come, let's go to Diagon Alley and enjoy ice-creams." And with that, both of the boys left.
Jack sighed, "That went well." The rat nodded.
"Hey, Jack," said a voice, and Jack turned to meet Adam.
"Hello, Adam, it's still 5 in the evening, got free early today, eh?" asked Jack.
"First give me a hug," said Adam pulling Jack in a hug, and then whispered, "Tracey said that tonight they are planning two big attacks at Essex club in Chelmsford, the other is unknown but both the attacks are going to be big."
Adam pulled away and both of them laughed, "See, I told you, you will like my joke."
"Are you 100 per cent sure it was a joke Adam?" snorted Jack.
"I am hundred and ten percent sure, Jack," said Adam, "see you later, gotta run."
The rat made a noise in his pocket, "Will tell you soon, it's a big night tonight," said Jack.
Jack sat on the roof again, invisible to others, "Now, you have to remain silent, we will let the aurors handle it, they are here already, and I will enter only if it will be necessary."
He sat and watched, the owl's hoot informed him that death eaters were here, and soon fifteen hooded figures appeared too and started attacking the buildings and shops, ten Aurors came out of the cover and soon engaged in an intense fight.
"The death eaters have the upper hand," muttered Jack, "Why aren't they calling for more backup?"
And then recognized an auror, Alice was there she was struggling with a death eater, he then saw Frank too fighting two death eaters at a time. "I am going, be alert." The rat nodded and ran in a different direction to set the plan.
Jack walked to the edge and pointed his wand in air, he knew this will create a panicky situation among the death eaters, a big smoky red mongoose has appeared in the sky, its light falling on Thanatos highlighting his figure, another flick of the wand, a loud roar was created from his wand, everyone looked up and saw Thanatos standing there, the mongoose over him, and then Thanatos disappeared, mist covered the area where the fight was going on.
The death eaters shuddered a little as an explosion went off somewhere near, and then there was he, Thanatos, attacking the death eaters from behind them, soon the Aurors felt as though new power has been given to them, while the death eaters were afraid, they had heard Parkinson's explanation, and the crows flying around the fight, attacking the death eaters whenever getting the chance.
"He is a clever partner," chuckled Thanatos as he attacked death eaters, they shot spells in every direction not able to see Thanatos, just hearing his spooky comments, every now and then
"A few days ago I was talking to Salazar, he was being burned in a cauldron, and you are on the waiting list, dear," said Thanatos firing a stunning spell at one of the death eaters who fell to the ground.
"They are trying to retreat," shouted Frank.
"Don't run buddies, I have still to take a few souls with me," shouted Thanatos, and then there was a loud roar from somewhere near, "The anti-apparition jinx has been set, hurry now."
He ran after a death eater who has failed to apparate and was now trying to run away, but then a blue spell hit the death eater, his legs tied and he fell to the ground.
Thanatos ran up to him and snatched his wand before he could attack, "No, shooting spells when you are on the ground, bad manners, and I will get really angry," he said tying the death eater in ropes.
"You didn't shoot that blue spell, I was looking at you, then who did?" asked the death eater.
"Do you know who I am?"
"Thanatos?"
"Right, and I can attack from anywhere, can attack from 10 places at a time, your master has crossed the line, so I have to come to bring peace and order again," said Thanatos.
The Aurors soon ran up to him, "Who are you?" asked Frank.
"I am Thanatos, come on I thought I would be quite famous among you wizards by now," sighed Thanatos shaking his head in disappointment, "I used to become famous in the muggle world easily, I should have stayed there and enjoyed some fame. I still remember when I was in Germany and taking Nazi soldier's souls with me, I became quite famous there, but then Hitler did suicide and my adventure there was over."
"So, you really are Thanatos?" asked an Auror.
"Of course I am,"
"Wow!"
"Don't be stupid Dawlish, Thanatos is a mythical figure," said Alice.
There was another loud noise of something breaking.
"Ah! the time has come," said Thanatos, he flicked his wand and the death eater near them who was listening to them with shock was half covered in mongoose and otters.
"Why did you leave these behind?" asked another Auror.
"This is my symbol that I was here," said Thanatos, "and the anti-apparition jinx is down, so bye!" And he disapparated from there.
"He brought down the jinx without using his wand," gasped Dawlish.
"He was behind me, but then in front of me and, attacked me from the front and then was behind me," said the death eater.
Jack sat in his room and took out his robes, there were several cuts, bruises, and injuries all over his body, he applied lotion and drank a potion, he stood up and looked at his face in the mirror, it was very bad, he looked like a person who stays on the roadside, like a beggar, he hasn't got proper sleep since he has come here, whenever he gets some sleep, he would have bad dreams, he hasn't taken a proper bath too, nor has eaten properly, his entire day would spend in cleaning the inn, sneaking in Knockturn Alley, following suspects, gathering information, planning traps and setting them, looking out for potential recruits.
He has focused on weaker, lower-section people who have suffered due to Voldemort because they could be trusted and no one would suspect a person, who goes around cleaning and selling cheap products. The group has now nine members, but the other five didn't know who Thanatos was, or how the message to Thanatos was sent about the attacks, they would just pass the information to Jack, Adam, Ryan, or Tracey.
"They think we are unworthy scum people not capable of anything," said Ryan as the three of them sat in the Knockturn Alley's pub.
"And that's what our greatest strength is," said Adam.
"You-know-who and his followers will never suspect us because they think they are superior and we are just their filthy servants," said Jack.
"Filthy servants who helped in arresting their thirty members," whispered Adam, chuckling.
"Pssst, look, Daisy, she is with us, she is treated like a house-elf by the Lestranges, her father died in debt so she was forced to work for them, she is coming here," said Ryan.
"Hello," said Daisy her face tired and eyes sad.
"Sit, Daisy, what are you doing here?" asked Jack.
"I am sent here to give a box to Borgin and Burkes," she sighed. "Since their house elf has died and they haven't been able to get a new one, my workload has increased."
"Sorry, to hear that," said Ryan.
"But I have come here to give you some information, no two information," whispered Daisy.
"What?" asked Jack, it was already evening so he has to hurry to stop any attacks.
"They were talking about a cup, you-know-who has given them as a reward for their loyalty, they partied about it, made me sick, to be honest," she said, "and they are planning to attack a wizarding habitat, Shawfield End, Roachdale."
"That's where around twenty muggle-born wizards live, right?" asked Adam.
"Yes, that's the place," grimaced Ryan.
"How many death eaters will be there?" asked Jack.
"Around 5 to 6," she replied.
"Can you tell me more about the cup?" asked Jack.
"I just heard them, they were talking about Vaults then,"
"So, maybe the cup is there in the vault," muttered Jack.
"I will be leaving now," said Daisy and left.
"The cup is not important, is it?" asked Ryan.
"I think Adam you should start planning the robbery, and that too seriously," said Jack.
"Really! I will start investing more time on it then, and by November it will be ready," said Adam, looking as though Christmas has come early.
Jack's face fell, "I want you to be serious about it, I think the Lestrange vault be highly guarded, so keep it in mind," he said. "And I have to go to Shawfield now, see you later."
"You stay hidden behind that bush and attack only when I am really losing, okay?"Jack asked the rat who nodded and went away. Jack wanted to alert the families but before he could do so, the owl hooted, so Jack has to put trust in his plans.
The wizarding families were happily talking and having dinner in their houses, unaware of the attack and unaware of the invisible man sitting on their roof.
Seven death eaters appeared in the nearby area. When death eaters were within the area, where Jack has planned the trap, he spoke his voice magnified, "Stay alert and inside your house, death eaters in the area."
Then he spoke loudly again but from another location and this time his voice hoarse," But so is Thanatos."
There were loud blasts from all around the death eaters and fireworks exploded in the air, but in the middle was a big red mongoose too, and it was the brightest. The air around the death eaters filled with thick black smoke, they managed to hit a tree which burned into flames.
"Don't fire spells blindly, we will get hurt," shouted a death eater.
"Looks like we have someone with a brain here," laughed the hoarse voice of Thanatos, but they can't see him in this thick smoke.
But Thanatos could hear them, his ears has more strength than others, some benefits a stag has, he used each noise and attacked the death eaters, few spells hit him as well but not too deep or harmful, he used the fear tactic, "I have come here for a soul tonight," his voice roared, and was followed by a scream of a banshee. "The banshees are clever creatures," laughed Thanatos as he attacked a death eater from behind and tied him.
The smoke started to disappear but two of the death eaters were still left, he was now engaged in a duel, two against one, and he has lost the edge over them now, so it was about strength now.
He muttered a spell fast and around fifty crows appeared, circling Thanatos, the death eaters started sending spell after spell towards the middle and soon the crows disappeared but so did Thanatos.
"Where is he?" asked one of the death eaters.
"Looking for me dears?" said a voice behind them, they turned to see the floating head of Thanatos, his body nowhere to be seen, they were shocked to see that.
"Are you really Thanatos?" asked one, too shocked to attack him, the other however threw a jinx towards the head but it was deflected, and then he was hit by a stunning spell from behind.
"How did you do that?" stuttered the man shaking violently.
"My rest of the body is behind you," laughed Thanatos, the death eater turned to look but was hit by a spell on the face by Thanatos himself and he fell to the ground.
Thanatos' whole body was visible now, he tied all seven of the death eaters together, and half covered them with mongoose and otter toys.
"Dad, see Thanatos," shouted a boy from the window.
"Hello child, have fun and be careful," said Thanatos. "The Aurors will arrive here soon."
The family came out, a man in the lead, he was looking at Thanatos with fear, "Are you really Thanatos?"
"Really," said Thanatos, "now, this area is not safe, you all should find a much safer area."
"I will agree with Thanatos," said an old man's voice, and Thanatos spun, his wand ready and other hand resting on the ring, ready to make it portkey and disappear.
Standing in front of him was Dumbledore in his purple shiny robes, a smile on his face.
"Dumbledore?" said Thanatos.
"Yes, Thanatos, a pleasure to meet such an ancient figure, the son of night, and the carrier of souls," smiled Dumbledore.
"So, he is Thanatos," gasped the woman who has came out.
"How would you like to have a walk with me, Mr. Thanatos," said Dimbledore and then he whispered "Or should I say my partner in crime at new year?"
Jack stopped and stay rooted on his spot, "How do you know?" asked Jack.
"We will talk on our way," said Dumbledore and Jack nodded.
"Just a second," Jack whispered, and then said loudly, "I ask my forces to return to our heaven, I will meet you all there." Dumbledore looked at him confused and didn't notice the rat disappearing. "The Aurors are here," he added when he heard an owl hoot.
Both Dumbledore and Thanatos walked away before the Aurors came to the spot, the family members told them about Thanatos and the fight.
"So, professor, um. . . how did you know it was me and that I will be here?" asked Jack or James.
"To be honest I myself was curious who this Thanatos was, I have been trying to reach you but your source of information is rather good and fast, so I used to miss you each time, this time however I heard about the attack here and arrived as fast as I could and thus was able to meet you. You see the death eaters attack many places at a time thus making it difficult to catch them and thus for me to meet you," replied Dumbledore.
"And how did you know it was me? I have transfigured even my face, so anyone's first guess would be a different person," said Jack.
"Actually I had no idea it was you, it was due to Ms Evans that I came to the conclusion it might be you, still I was not sure."
"Is Lily okay?" he asked in a worried tone.
"She is well, but she was worried and wrote me 5 letters in the last fifteen days, you see she had the inspection that you have been captured in France or are under imperius curse, according to her your letters were very different and a lot less in numbers, she suspected that you were not well, she tried to reach you but failed, and thus asked me to find out, so I contacted your relatives in France and then sent a friend of mine there only to find you were absent and that you never talked to them about visiting them.
Then I investigated the locations Thanatos has captured death eaters and each place showed that they were tricked and fooled, a kind of prank, especially that school one, and then I noticed the otters, from 'Potter', and I thought it might be you," said Dumbledore.
"Otters were left not for Potter, though I liked it but because they were hunters too and my uncle's patronus was an otter, so it was a tribute to him," said James.
"Oh! Then one of my assumptions was wrong," chuckled Dumbledore. "Though I would like to tell you, James, you have given the wizarding world hope, and have stirred fear in death eaters, but have angered Voldemort too, he might soon come out just to hunt you, which I don't want, we have to uncover and get the Horcruxes first before facing him in a fight."
"I went to Riddle Mayor, I think there was a Horcrux there, the ring but it was gone, someone beat me to get it," said James sadly.
"I did, and I have the ring, so we have got two Horecruxes now,"
"You have? That's great because I think the third might be in Gringotts," said James.
"Oh! then that's excellent, but we will have to wait for it,"
"Yes,"
"Now, James, I want you to put a rest to Thanatos . . ."
"Why? It's helping people a lot,"
"I know and I appreciate it, but if Voldemort starts hunting you himself then he will catch you soon and will hurt you, I don't want that, besides Ms Evans will not leave me alone until you meet her. I am going to give you a responsibility James which will help you prepare better for the future."
"What responsibility?"
"You will know soon," smiled Dumbledore. "But now I request you to put a hold on Thanatos, you have about ten days left before school begins, so rest and relax."
"But I can't, not with all the attacks. . . "
"I know, but trust me this is the right thing to do, I want you to return, you will get your chance soon, I promise."
"Okay,"
"I will suggest you visit Ms Evans first, or else another letter will find its way to me," smiled Dumbledore.
"You are leaving?" asked Tracey, Ryan and Adam sadly.
"Yes," sighed Jack. "My cousin is here and I have to go with him."
"Why?" asked Adam.
"Because I have to go to Ireland, my cousin has forced me to come," said Jack sadly, "though I was thinking of dropping the plan but then we will be left with no money, and we need money."
"So, Thanatos will be gone?" asked Ryan sadly.
"No, Thanatos will never be gone and I will be in contact with you lot, I will try to visit you soon, and you all will be needed to extend the group because by next summer I will have arranged all the money and equipment and when I will return, I will not leave until you-know-who is defeated or I die."
"Promise you will return," said Adam.
"Promise, and you too promise you will have the plan ready by then, and keep it in mind we can't let them know that we have stolen anything," said Jack.
"I promise," said Adam.
"So, when are you leaving?" asked Tracey.
"In the morning," replied Jack.
"Morning?" grimaced Ryan and Jack nodded.
They all hugged Jack before he left and promised to expand their group.
Jack entered his room in Leaky Cauldron, where the rat was waiting for him. Jack started putting everything in his trunk and then put the trunk in the locket.
"Dumbledore recognised me, but not you, he asked me to stop it as it's more dangerous now, and that I return home, so we will do it again next year," he said and the rat nodded. "You can leave first, Sirius will not mind, and I will go too once I have put my face to original. I have already told Tom that I will vacant the room in the morning."
James has used a lot of transfiguration on himself, he has changed his hair colour, skin colour, nose size, eyes size and shape, has made himself thinner, and used facial transfiguration to change the shape of his face, chin, jaw, and forehead, ear, but the most difficult was to use the voice changing charm. It has taken him two days to get this look.
And now it took him 3 hours to return to his original look, after healing his wounds and sleeping for three hours, he left Leaky Cauldron silently under the cloak. Once he reached a safe location he disapparated.