Chapter 9 The Power of the Bolt.
A.n Hey Jones man here sorry if this chapter is late, life took over, and after some suggestions decided to try a new writing technique let me know how you like it I would be updating the other chapters if it is good.
Blake's mindscape.
As I was walking through a field of fog before it lifted to show I was in a small home, catching sight of a large woman and a tall dark-haired young man who seemed to be chatting over a cup of cocoa.
" Oh Tom, you're such a charmer." the large woman said.
" Now Hepzibah, There is something we would like to discuss, It is about the locket," Tom said as he poured some cocoa into her cup and passed it to her.
" What of it, I already said not planning on selling it," Hepzibah said as she took a sip from her cup.
" Well you see that locket belongs to my ancestor," Tom said Before he hissed and spat out something.
" Slytherin!" Hepzibah said, dropping her cup.
" Now now. There is no need to get up," Tom said.
"You're not going to get away with this, once they find you they'll." Hepzibah threatened.
" But my dear that is impossible because you're already dead," Tom said coldly.
" What!?" Hepzibah said Looking down at her cup before clinching her stomach and collapsing to the ground Tom chuckled in amusement before picking up a familiar locket and placing it over his head and picking up a golden chalice with a badger on its side placing it on the table.
" Ironic a descendant of Hufflepuff one of the few people that Salazar Slytherin trusted is now going to be used as a stepping stone for my ascension," Tom said before pulling out his wand made of a brown wood that seem to be peeling off and opening up his shirt placing the wand over his heart.
" Divide Anima."
As he cast that spell sliding the wand down word cut himself before pulling out a small ball of blue light and placing it in the chalice while he murmured an unknown language causing it to produce a black aura similar to the ring on his hand before placing the chalice in a suitcase before the fog closes in.
As the fog dissipated showing an alleyway where a young woman was following a dark-haired man with waxy skin before the man turned to throw a ball of green light, then using the same spell at Hepzibah's placed another ball inside the locket.
This time when the fog dissipated shows a room with three figures in black cloaks and skull-like masks kneeling to a pale skin man with red eyes recognizing the man as Tom or what is left of him sitting at the end of the table.
" Welcome my friends, I called you three for a very special assignment. Now Lucius I want you to keep this safe," Tom said, passing a black book to the figure named Lucius.
" As you wish, master, what is it? Lucius said while whispering the latter.
" Something that will open the chamber secrets, when the time is right, now Bella I want to place this inside Gringotts," Tom said, handing the chalice to Bella.
" It'll be done my lord I'll make sure those goblins double protection on my vault," Bella declared.
" Now young Regulus I require your elf for this task," Tom said to the last one who seemed to be the youngest out of the three.
" Of course, my Lord, Kreature will not fail you, '' Regulus said as a healthier Kreature elf stepped forward.
As Tom and Kreature stepped out of the fog onto a small island in some type of cave.
" Drink elf," Tom ordered, standing over a basin with some type of green liquid. As Kreature drank the liquid he seemed to be composing, after drinking the last drop Tom dropped the locket inside the basin. It filled back up with a similar liquid before making its way to a small nearby boat.
" My lord wait, help me," Kreature called as the boat started to pull away.
" No worries elf, you should consider this a great honor of testing the security system of this place," Tom said with a dark chuckle as several pale humanoids surrounded the elf before he popped away.
A few moments later The elf returned with a young man with black hair.
" Is this the place, Kreature?" The young man said, looking around.
Yes Master Regulus, but why are we here?" Kreature asked as Regulus pulled out a similar-looking locket.
" Kreature, when you see the locket I want you to switch them and leave here without me that's an order, Kreature you must promise me you will do whatever in your power to destroy that locket, tell no one," Regulus said as he chugged the liquid down reviewing the locket before swapping them as The pale humanoids approach.
"Go Kreature, Go!" Regulus yelled as he was drugged into the water.
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Grimmauld Place dining room.
" Blake, Blake!?" Sirius snapped the catgirl out of her thoughts as she looked around before realizing she was sitting in the dining room with Sirius and Moody who were sitting in front of her.
" Are you right there lass?" Moody asked as Blake said she was." Good now, do you mind telling us, "What in the bloody hell was that thing that," Moody yelled, making the cat girl flinch before she was talking about the boggart and murmured her answer?
'Grimm?' Moody and Sirius thought as Sirius cursed to himself " You know about this?" Moody asked Sirius.
" Not just saw the name and a mild description saying they were creatures of destruction That would stop at nothing from exterminating humanity. Do you have to deal with those things 24/7?" Sirius asked.
"Technically our jobs are closer to an Auror, but eight percent of the time we have to deal with them though that one is a new one," Blake said before she saw their confusing looks.
" They come in multiple variants, something as simple as human-size jackets to birds that are as big as a horned tail," Blake explained as the two wizards gave each other looks as they visualized the creatures. " Now recently we found a new Grimm that was stronger and smarter than the others,"
" I take it Grimm isn't that smart," Moody asked as Blake gave him a so-so wave.
"Usually the older ones wait before striking, otherwise they head straight for you, but from what I heard from this one I know what a meat shield was. anticipated attacks and counter them and it went for pacific targets and was able to speak, But most shocking was after we landed a big hit on it showed there was a person inside of it." Blake said.
" And who was the woman?" Sirius asks.
" Our dark witch Salem mistress of the Grimm," Blake said as the group heard a crash upstairs.
" Miss Belladonna, did you ever say how long it takes to get this semblance?" Moody asked as he stared upstairs.
" Well, it depends from person to person, some as soon as their aura is unlocked while others may take years why?" Blake asked but Moody didn't answer, only murmuring 'teenagers.'
"So, from what Black has told me you can see where items have been so where did this little trinket come from?" Moody asks Poking the now bullet-ridden locket.
" Voldemort killed someone named Hepzibah taking it along with a chalice he used some type of spell. Does Divide Anima mean anything to you?" Blake asked as the wizards shared a worried look.
" Yeah, wish I hadn't," Sirius said as Blake caught sight of Kreature the elf by the doorway.
" Kreature, I believe this belongs to you," Blake said, tossing the locket as it skid towards Kreature, surprised at the damage.
" You brought this abomination here elf!" Moody yelled before Blake explained the story as he finished the two wizards settled down with Sirius mumbling to himself.
" Reggie, Why didn't you come for me?"
" How? Kreature tried everything but didn't leave a scratch on it, who did this?" Kreature asked.
" Well Ruby was the one who roasted it, the holes were from me," Blake said.
" The Silver eye girl, Is she unwell?" The elf asked.
"A bad reaction to a boggart," Blake said as Kreature had a determined look before popping away.
" Where did he go?" Sirius asked.
" Went to help Potter with something," Moody said as a thought hit me that the locket was leaking the same smudge that was in Harry's scar.
" You know that sludge that was in the locket looked very similar to the one that was in Harry's scar. Are they related?" Blake said, " I'll take those looks you two are sharing as a yes probably they're also similar to the others."
" What others!?" The two wizards yelled.
" He used the same spell on the cup and most likely a book and a ring which he gave the cup and the book to someone named Bella and Lucius," Blake explained.
" Can you describe these items?" Moody asked.
As Blake was doing that she caught a lemony scent turning around to see Yang before Yang pulled her into her chest.
" Hey, so this is where you disappear to," Yang said kissing her cat ears making Blake flustered.
"Is there a problem here boys?" Yang said as she noticed their looks.
" Nope, as far as I'm concerned whoever you let your heart in is your business, technically I dated a few blokes myself just to get my parents mad," Sirius said as Moody said he didn't care either.
"So how is Ruby?" Sirius asks.
"Better than before," Yang said as her glazy's locked onto the locket.
" So this little trinket was the cause of all this trouble," Yang said, picking it up with her non-prosthetic hand and crushing it like a tin can tossing it into nearby garbage. The two wizards gave her a shocked look.
" What, did you need it for something, and what was that thing anyway?" Yang asks.
As Yang asked, the two wizards seem to be having a silent competition. " Are you planning on telling anyone else? Because this information could be very harmful if it gets out." Moody said.
" The only ones we're planning on telling are my sister, Weiss, and Jaune, maybe Neo," Yang said.
" What about Harry?" Blake asks.
" Leave that to me. Now these items are one of the darkest pieces of magic ever known, It is a form of immortality by splitting your soul and placing it in an item that will keep Its creator in the physical world even if his or her body is destroyed, they go by several names, Soul containers, anchors, but they are known as Horcruxes," Sirius said.
" How does one split one's soul?" Yang asked as she felt Blake's hand slip into her own.
" Murder, Killing in cold blood cracks the soul then as Blake here witnessed with the use of a spell breaks a piece off before the murderer places his or her's soul inside of an item and then hides it," Sirius said.
" Will that's great for all we know one of these Horcruxes could be a grain of sand that's in the middle of nowhere," Yang said as her eyes flash red.
" Luckily the items Belladonna described seemed to belong to the founders of Hogwarts so the other items are most likely of great importance as well," Moody said.
" So something museum-worthy?" Blake asked as the two wizards nodded. "Okay, so how can these things be destroyed?"
" You have to make sure the item is beyond repair, Which is harder than it seems with all the protection that can be put on it, you need something like the venom of a basilisk or fiend fire to even scratch it, and apparently whatever Ms. Rose did, what was that anyway?" Moody asked.
" Well from what I understand people with silver eyes have an ability where they can produce a flash of light that can cut down Grimm with one look and no you are not using my sister as a lab rat," Yang said as she glared at Mad-eye.
" Now no one is using anyone as a lab rat, we were only asking because it seems one of the safer options to destroy them, with fiend fire being almost impossible to control and a Basilisk hadn't been sighted in Britain for years," Sirius said as Blake and Yang left the room.
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Grimmauld Place Jaune's and Harry's room.
As Yang and Blake made their way upstairs to check on Jaune as they entered the room they came across a site of Weiss standing over his bed, Jaune meanwhile was unconscious with a block of ice on his head.
" How is he?" Blake asked as she and Yang walked in.
" they said he should be fine. That thing whatever it is slammed him into the ground I literally saw his neck brand," Weiss said as Yang and Blake looked over and saw Jaune who had one eye open and his lips curved up for a moment before resetting his face as Weiss turn back Yang with a mischievous smirk walked over to Jaune's bed grabbing the block of ice and dropping it on his stomach making Jaune set up.
" Cold!" Jaune shouted as he looked over to a laughing Yang. " Not cool," Jaune mumbled, rubbing the back of his neck.
" Welcome to the land of the living Vomit boy," Yang said playfully, slapping Jaune's shoulder.
" What was that thing?" Weiss asks as she sits down next to Jaune who glares at Yang.
" A boggart, a creature that takes the form of what makes them fear the most, and technically we're all to blame for its form," Blake said.
" So where did you disappear to Blake?" Weiss asks as Blake explains her findings on the locket.
" So you're saying Voldemort made these things," Jaune said as he turned a little green with Weiss rubbing his back.
" At least five of them, two of which are already destroyed," Blake said.
"And you said they might be museum-worthy, Do they even have museums here?" Weiss asked.
" If they do, it'll be the first place they will be looking. If I made something like that, I would hide it somewhere remote and dangerous like an island with an active volcano, and make it so if the item is ever moved what causes it to erupt," Jaune said.
" Well let's hope moldy wort doesn't do it," Yang said as Harry walked into the room.
" Oops, sorry I didn't mean to Interrupt," Harry said nervously.
" It's fine we're just leaving, how is Ruby?" Yang asked.
" Oh, she's good, a lot better now," Harry said, scratching his cheek Yang noticed a slight grace mark on his cheek giving him a knowing smile as she and the two other girls headed back to their room for the night.
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Grimmauld Place Library.
The following day Harry sat in the library looking through a few books coming across a few spells like some good spells to use in a duel Including an interesting spell called [Mystia Ferrum] a charm that produces a blade of pure magic out of the tip of a wand, and a potion that will allow the user see or interact with someone they are close to, 'At least with this one would let Ruby and her friend's family know they're all right.' Harry thought as He read that it needed some Floo powder and water from a Pensieve before he noticed a few rose petals looking behind him to see Ruby herself who had her hands behind her back as she was leaning forward with a smile and humming to herself. {*1}
' She seems to be back to herself and why do I have the feeling to thrash whoever makes that smile fade.' Harry thought "Is there something you need Ruby?"
" I have to show you something," she answered before Harry could answer. She left him out of his seat and in a burst of pedals took off somewhere nearly boiling over a confused Hermione.
Sometime later.
As the two came to a stop near the hallway before Ruby we wall over a candlestick pulling it down revealing it to be a leaver as it reset a part of the wall folded away revealing a hidden room.
" What the…" Harry sputtered as he looked over at Ruby who had this childlike grin.
"Secret door," Ruby said as she walked in before taking a seat in one of those spinning chairs.
" Ruby, what is this place?" Harry asked as he looked around taking notes of several jars and blocks of wood around the room.
" This Leo Black's workshop, you know the guy that wrote that book, apparently he left a map to his workshop here, unfortunately, he took all of his finished work with him leaving the supplies and the extractions on how to make them," Ruby explained.
"How do you know these are still usable ms. Rose?" Moody said as he stood near the doorway.
" Well, I might have Borrowed one of those detectors that were laying around and it said they were still good," Ruby said while she was whistling innocently under the retired Auror's glare.
" So how is this going to work?" Moody asks as he leaned against the doorway.
" Well, it says here that Harry needs to reach out with his magic to see if any other materials call out to him," Ruby explains as Harry looks at her before looking around the room.
" Just close your eyes and feel," Ruby said as Harry did that at first he didn't sense anything, then he caught a nutty smell then as he opened his hand a block of wood sorted into it.
"Whoa!" Harry said, fumbling the block.
" Look like you got yourself some Hazel, You should be careful with that one Potter, they are known to reflect their master's emotional state and act out either sometimes over or underpowering spells, however, they are very loyal till the end and are known to produce some impressive feats of magic," Moody commented as Harry seat the block down before trying again this time hearing the sound similar to a thunderstorm I see all the weight to a shelf picking up a golden feather before harry call to go back he heard something similar to a horse whinny as he caught sight of a small glass jar with several black strings picking those up at well sitting the feather and the jar down on the workbench.
" I was not expecting this to be here, what I believe is a Thunderbird feather," Moody said, giving a slight blow whistle. " There is a wandmaker in America that is known to use these, it said his wands are very powerful but difficult to master. Thunderbird feathers are known for their transfiguration work and have a habit of casting spells on their own If they sensed danger. " These are here," Moody said, picking up the jar.
" I have no idea what these are, Hey Black get your ass in here!" Moody shouted as he noticed Black walking down the hall. " Do you recognize this?"
" I didn't believe this room existed, Who found this one?" Sirius asked as Ruby explained her story of how she found it then Harry saw Hermione stick her head out the doorway.
"What are you guys talking about there's nothing in that jar," Hermione said.
" You don't, have you ever been to a funeral Miss Granger or witnessed someone close to you pass?" Moody asked before she said no.
" Thestrals, horse-like creatures with bat-like wings that can only be seen by those who understand death, I heard rumors that there is a wand out there made out of Elder wood and Thestral tail hair but it's believed to be a fairy tale," Sirius said, before giving them a summary on the story.
" I heard a similar story that the Peverells made similar items, but I don't put much thought into fairy tales because If there's a physical being that calls itself death and it felt cheated It would have taken them anyway, and for all we know, those items are properly booby-trapped and will only work for them or their bloodline," Moody said.
" To my experience, I found out fairy tales ended up being true, So what you said about them being booby-trapped there are a few Huntsman put some security on their weapons In case they ever got turned on them mostly them away to disable also heard there's a few the add a sub-destruct feature on them," Ruby said her opinion but sounded a little down trot when she said the latter.
" So now what?" Harry asked as reserved materials on the deck.
" Now you just need to place the wood on this pedestal and visualize what the wand will look like," Ruby said waving to a pedestal that had some runes on it as Hermione asked questions that got ignored.
"Ms, Rose, Are you sure this is safe?" Moody asked Ruby who made a so-so shrug.
" Come on Harry just leave it, it's probably easier just to go to Ollivander's, come on now you two aren't suggesting this right? " Hermione said Harry place a block on a pedestal,
" The only downside I see if he gets caught with an unregistered wand is that he may get a few fines, Sirius he is your godson you get the final say," Moody said as he got some protective barriers up just in case.
"I've never seen something like this, it might be something to experience and it is Harry's project I'm just here to supervise," Sirius said as he passed around some goggles.
As Harry looked over to Ruby who was showing him what he was supposed to do before placing his hands together like the picture she was showing and focus his magic on the pedestal as the runes started to grow and appear on the two ends with a block before one side begin to rotate and pushed inward carving the block up as it started to look wand like the feather and a piece of heart string levitated as the heart string Inserted itself into the feather's quill and intertwined around it before getting encased in the wood as it was entirely inside the wand seem to heat up before flashing a bright light as it dims down revealing the finished wand before Harry steps up to it picking it up.
As he was moving it around testing its weight and balance he noticed it was a light tan color which got darker at the handle as the handle itself had a slight curve, it was about eleven and a half inches, and it seems a bit stiffer than his old one. However, there is a small notch at the top of the handle where it curves and a small horizontal gash on the tip forming what looks like a mouth. Before he placed it then his right palm tested the grip and notice it was slightly uncomfortable before looking over at Ruby who was twirling some type of tool in her left hand before realizing and switching to his left as it feel better before tightening his grip and placing his thumb on the notch that is on the handle with his index finger over it. When he tightened his hold a sudden wind blew around the room as the wand sent out green silver sparks out of the tip.
" I take it as a good sign?" Ruby asked before Harry decided to light up his wand illuminating the entire room and hallway.
" I take that as a yes," Harry said with a mischievous grin only for Ruby to slap his shoulder right before they were interrupted by Mad-eye who coughed.
" Black, did you say you found a sparring room upstairs?" Moody asked Sirius who nodded," Potter, you have two minutes and you better be up there,"
As Moody and Sirius left the room dragging Hermione out of the room to two teens alone in awkward silence,
" Well I might as well get to get going before he decides to crack a whip on me," Harry said.
" Hold on, you're going to be needing these," Ruby said tossing over some wand holsters.
" Thank you," Harry said before deciding to do something bold, pressing his lips on Ruby's forehead before leaving the room, not before running into the door, ' Smooth Potter very smooth,' he groaned leaving a flustered Ruby.
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Grimmauld Place Training room.
" Alright, Potter let's start with a simple target practice," Moody said as conjured up some targets and sent them flying randomly over the room.
As Harry drew his thunder wand he was observing the arena and noticed the crowd with Ruby and her companions on one set of bleachers and everyone else on another set as Moody, Sirius, and Tonks was standing in front of the stadium before he send a few flares at the targets.
" So, Potter got himself a new wand, Merlin. What's in that thing?" Tonks asked as she and the audience witnessed the flares smashing the targets to pieces,
" Haze eleven and in a half inches stiff with a thunderbird feather that has Thestral heart string wrapped around its core, In layman's terms, if Potter can tame that wand it's going to be extremely loyal and go to pack a punch," Moody said while slightly impressed with the boy's speed before conjuring some mannequins to see what Potter would do,
" Harry, behind you!" Ruby yelled as Harry turned, shooting three spells.
"Expelliarmus."
" Flipendo."
"Depulso."
As The three red flares race over to the mannequins, the first one hit the hand that a wand was in, causing it to shutter, the second knocked its mannequin over, and the third threw the last one into a wall cracking it.
" Man I pity whoever at the spare with him," Tonks said but she should have kept her mouth shut,
" That's an excellent idea, Potter, Nymphadora here had just agreed to spar with you. Let's see how you do against an opponent fighting back," Moody said as Tonks, who's now a redhead, glared at him before walking up to Potter.
" On my left, we have Mr, Lightning Bolt himself, Harry Potter," Ruby called out like she was calling out a wrestling match as a set of applause sounded in the room with Blake waving some flags with green lightning bolts on them.
"Come on Potter show this pig what you are made out of," Neo thought.
" On my right, we have the shape-shifting Auror Nymphadora, 'don't call me that' Tonks," Ruby called out, this time getting some crickets and A boo from Neo.
" So much for the home team," Tonks mumbled as the other Wizards debated on who to cheer for.
" Alright Remember this is a sparring match so I don't want to see any spells that would do any permanent damage, you may begin when you're ready," Moody said,
As Harry was about to send a spell at Tonks she sent a stunner, it ended up hitting his chest but the spell ended up smacking into a greenish silver barrier as he looked up to see Tonks whose jaw seemed to drop before being interrupted by Neo. " Is that all you got pig, I bet you my grandmother can hit harder than that," while holding her sides in a burst of belly laughter.
" Hey, do you mind letting the audience know what we talked about over there," Sirius said as Weiss turned on a projector on her scroll to show the remnants and Harry's mugshots beside some large green bars.
" Well you see, from where we come from we produced this energy barrier we call an aura that temporarily protects us from most life-threatening injuries," Weiss said, getting everyone's attention.
" As you can see we have ways of tracking that are useful for tournaments. Think of them as our version of dueling or to let us know when to retreat," Blake said as the audience looked to the screen only to see the bar that's next to Harry only down by 1%.
" How was that even fair," Tonks wine.
" Street rules 101, there are going to be those that aren't going to play nice, and the second rule is should you be turning your back on your opponent?" Neo asked.
As Tonks almost failed to produce a shield charm as Harry cast his stunner which cracked her shield and dropped his Aura by 10% earning the remnant's attention, deciding to end it quickly Tonks sent her a string of hex one of which would have hit Harry's face if he didn't block it was hand, which phase into a green electric field before dissipating and somehow charging his Aura to full.
" Harry, cousin, pal. look I didn't mean for…"Tonks rambled not liking the look in Harry's eyes before he raised his wand as an electric field flowed out of his arm and into the wand before casing.
" Flipendo,"
This time a greenish-blue flare that was the size of a softball shot out of his wand over to where Tonks is as she put up another shield only for it to break through and hit her in the chest sending her flying through a wall.
When the audience peered down the hallway to see Tonks lifting herself. " Did anyone get the license plate on that Erumpent," She mumbled before flopping back down.
When the wizards went over to check on her as the remnants looked over in worry before their gaze up the screen to see Harry's Aura is down to 50% as the boy seemed to flicker a silver-green as he tried to catch his breath.
Ruby was the first to reach him, placing a hand on his shoulder, "Are you alright there Harry?"
" Yea I'm fine, is Tonks alright?" Harry said as he looked over to see Tonks sitting up who looked like she was seeing stars.
" Well, there is some good news, Mr. Potter, I believe we found your semblance. It seems at the moment it's some form of energy manipulation, like when you absorb one of Tonks's spells it recharged your aura and used it to supercharge yours," Wiess said with a thoughtful look as the other revenants walked up.
"It's just a small concussion you live," Moody said to Tonks before repairing a wall and turning the remnants " Ms. Rose, I leave the rest of Potter's training to you,"
" Now we just minute, why is it Potter is getting this special training," Ron asked his jealousy taking over.
"Well they are the current main experts on the subject," Sirius answered,
"Shouldn't we be getting this aura as well," Hermione said looking forward to some new knowledge,
"You know there is something you can do to earn it perhaps," Neo said smiling to herself at the idea of getting some servants which Blake quickly popped.
" As long as they get their guardian's permission that is," Blake said as the Weasleys asked their father who said he would think about it.
" I don't think my parents would mine their muggles," Hermione said.
" Do they even know you're here?" Blake asks seriously before mumbling to herself when Hermione answers.
" Until I get either of your guardian's permission there is nothing we can do," Blake said. As wizards left the room.
Sometime later.
" You know I wasn't expecting this when you said you're going to help train my aura," Harry said sitting cross-legged with the others.
"Why were you expecting some super-secret techniques," Yang teased before he went back to meditating.
As Harry was meditating his thoughts were plagued with the information he found, "You know I think I might've something to help contact anyone you left home, "
That got the remnant's attention as Harry continued. "It's a potion that will allow the user to see or interact with someone they are close to, Thno the book was old and not in good condition what I got was is it needed some Floo powder and water from a Pensieve,"
" Thank you, Harry, I'll take a look at it myself when I get a moment, anything else?" Blake asks.
" Well, I found another spell that seems interesting, might as well just show you," Harry said, jumping up and drawing his wand placing his hand on the tip of the wand.
"Mystia Ferrum,"
He cast and from the tip produced a small beam of blue light forming a three-foot blade of light, amazing the others, as he struggled to lift the blade.
" All right over there Harry?" Ruby asked before he ended up dropping the blade making it dissipate not before scratching the floor and almost cutting his foot.
" Do you even know how to use a sword?" Weiss asked Harry but before he could answer there was a small ruckus downstairs cashing their attention.
As they head downstairs into the dining room to see a short, red-haired man snooping around before he turns around to see the new guest making him jump.
"What are you kids doing in here?" he asked.
"Standing, who are you," Yang asked.
" Mundungus Fletcher dealer of wizarding artifacts," Mundungus Introduced himself waving over the bag full of artifacts Including a red box-like object which caught Ruby's eye as she picked the box up,
" Hey, be careful with that thing, it almost took my leg off" Mundungus warned,
" Where did you find her?" Ruby said inspecting the box before pressing a button and folding it out into a six-foot scythe that seems to be fused with some type of rifle twirling it like a baton and placing the end blade into the floor.
"Great you have your overgrown farming tool back," Neo said sarcastically.
" I take it that belongs to you?" Harry asked as Ruby nodded.
" Yep, I built Crescent Rose here myself, it took a lot of work but it paid off, sweetheart here that can slice through Grimm like butter and has enough fire-power to punch right through titanium," Will explained while expecting her baby.
"Now hold on here, how do I know that's even yours?" Mundungust ask before Ruby Pointed out that at the base of the scythe blade was a signature with her name,
" So is there a finder's fee, love?" Mundungus asked greedily, getting a glare from Young and Harry.
" How about this you get a good feeling about returning something to its owner," Yang said as her lilac eyes turned purple.
"Look missy, I have money to make, I can't get my goods for free here, '' Mundungus said, which was a bad move on his part.
"Missy? You know many people call me a lot of names in my time but you can call me sir," Yang said, shoving Mundungus into a Chair and placing the barrel on one gauntlet towards his groin.
" Listen here little man you're going to get forget you ever saw Crescent Rose and you're going to walk out of here taking your junk with you, or I will serve you some rocky mountain oysters got it," Yang said Her eyes flashed red as Mundungus nodded his head rapidly,
When Yang turn away Mundungus deciding to be a fool pulled out his wand Intending to hex her in the back but before he could say a spell, in a blur of green Harry grabbed his arm his hand surged with green electricity making Mundungus kneel as Harry gave his arm a twist causing Fletcher to drop his wand,
Fortunately for Fletcher Sirius and Moody entered the room when they heard the commotion,
" Fletcher, What in the hell are you doing here," Moody snarled at the man but before Mundungus could say anything, Neo whistle for their attention,
" Hey, Dog Isn't this your China," Neo thought out as she pointed to the plates and silverware that were in one of those bags before pulling out a folder and taking a look at it before tossing it to Moody who also looked at it only to look up giving a glare at Mundungus who decided to make a run for it,
"Oh no you don't, Carpe Retractum," Moody snarled as an orange web-like spell shot out of his wand and wrapped around Mundungus's neck and torso pulling him back into the room for him to see the Murderous look on Moody's face before Moody brought up he's cane and swan it at the unfortunate thief.
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Grimmauld Place Kitchen.
" So can someone tell me what happened here?" Dumbledore asked as he look at a now bound and unconscious Mundungus Fletcher, as the Remnants and the other order members sat around the table,
" As I said Fletcher was caught stealing, and I meant I might have gone a little overboard but," Moody said before he slighted the folder over as the others looked in it as the order members who had lighter mortality gave Fletcher glares, " I knew he was in some shady stuff but if I would have known it was this,"
" Oh my god," Mrs. Weasley said as she peeked inside the folder before she could go to her howler mode Sirius cut in.
" Mad-eye, You better get this piece of scum out of my sight before I do something I would regret," Sirius snarled after he looked at the folder.
" My pleasure, and knowing Bones as I do she might be tempted to lock this scumbag in a cupboard with a dementor," Moody said with a dark chuckle as he left Dumbledore pinching the bridge of his nose before he looked over to the Remnants.
" There is another matter we need to discuss," Sirius said cutting off Dumbledore, " From a reliable source I believe we know there are at least three more of Riddle's soul shards out there,"
After hearing that Dumbledore turned to Sirius before looking back at the Remnants who didn't look surprised.
"Blake here was the one to discover the information after her friends took down the boggart," Sirius said as Dumbledore's thoughts were on the boggart and how it ended up blinded and burned.
Sirius waved over to Blake for her to explain her findings. " To make this simple ever since my team and I arrived here service of us have been receiving new abilities like telepathy, true speak, and my psychometry,"
" The ability to see where an object has been, so what did you see?" Dumbledore hummed as Blake continued.
"Well, I saw what I believe might be what the others are. A black book which he gave to someone named Lucius, a cup He took from Hepzibah and gave to Bella, and a ring that had a big black stone,"
" A Black book? I believe I encountered it about two years ago when it possessed a student to unleash a Basilisk at Hogwarts which I used one of its fangs to stop," Harry said, grasping his arm where the fang had stabbed him while getting a look from Sirius and Ruby.
"So these Horcruxe are a type of immortality and as long they are around so will he, all right good luck on your scavenger hunt, Mr. Bolt you said you found something that might lead us back home," Neo asked Harry who nodded as she got up to leave.
" Now hold on, from what we heard you people can give the Death Eaters a run for their money," Hestia Jones said.
"There is one tiny little problem with that, what's in it for me? Why should I stick my neck out for a bunch of inbreds who can't even save themselves," Neo said while getting a glare from half of the purebloods.
" Right should have expected this from a bunch of mercenaries," Emmeline Vance said. Sparking a fire in Ruby before the argument could continue.
" Enough, They have their problems to worry about and we have our problems to worry about," Sirius said before he sent the Remnants off to do their own thing.
" Now do we have any word on his plans on breaking out his followers soon? Because it might be a wise decision to set up the ones currently locked up with a date with the Dementors," Moody said as some of the other order members realized he had a point.
" Leave that to me, you just worried about protecting prophecy," Dumbledore said.
" What is even in that prophecy, if what you just said is true shouldn't Harry know what's in it?" Sirius said.
" Harry has too much on his plate to worry about that, what I'm more worried about is how little he spends time with his friends," Dumbledore said,
" Oh, you mean the ones you told not to contact Harry, I have no problem with the ones he is currently with," Sirius said,
" Though, that Neo girl, I have a feeling she's not as nice as the others, then there is another thing, What if they did open a portal back to their home what's stopping something from coming in like those Grimm creatures and from what I heard they can be a bit of a handful," Moody said.
" Then we will deal with it when we get there," Sirius said, and with nothing else to report the rest of the order went about their daily business with Moody dragging Fletcher away past camouflaged Neo who gave them a curious look.
{*1} similar to volume 6 episode 1.
