Fireteam Mystic

Chapter 3 - Extraction

Hogwarts Castle, Scotland

Albus Dumbledore, the preeminent wizard of his age, having discovered 12 uses for dragon's blood and vanquisher of Grindelwald, was at a loss in his office. For all of his efforts to stop his former student turned Dark Lord, nothing could be done. The Order of the Phoenix just a few days ago while out in a remote magical village of Marlowe Valley, Alastor Moody and the Prewitt Twins had fallen to Voldemort and his Death Eaters. While they had fought valiantly, taking down over half of the death eaters and saving a family from their burning home, it was still not enough and in the end the Prewitt Twins were killed by by a combination of the blood-boiling curse and a suffocation curse thrown at them unaware by the Lestrange Brothers. Moody, his dear friend, was taken out by none other than Voldemort himself, having incapacitated both Macnair and one of the Carrows, before the Dark Lord himself stepped in and shot an Avada Kedavra at his back. Albus tossed by a firewhiskey at the thought, hoping to temporarily dull the pain that he was experiencing.

FLASHBACK

He had hope momentarily about a week ago though. When he was meeting with his spies Lucius and Severus to interview them for professorships within Hogwarts, he had wrapped up the meeting at the Hogs Head and mentioned to the two of them in passing that he was heading to Diagon Alley to interview someone for the Divination post. Both Severus and Lucius rolled their eyes at the prospect of someone teaching Divination. Severus was more practical and never took much stock in prophecy or visions. Lucius on the other hand had taken the class for an easy grade, instead found the next 4 years of his life in that classroom to be filled with the mumblings of moon phases and astrological signs from a 15 year girl in the body of someone who could very well be 130 years old.

When they had walked past one of the booths, all 3 of them were caught unaware as a middle aged woman who reeked of cheap sherry and thousand year old incense burnings suddenly convoluted at the table, eyes rolling into the back of her head.

"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches... Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies... and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not... and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives... The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies..."

The 3 men immediately snapped to attention as the prophecy was given. Dumbledore immediately thought of 2 kids who were born 6 years ago that matched the description. Both the Potter and Longbottom parents have each faced Voldemort and survived 3 times, with a son each born a day apart in July. Dumbledore, while a normally stoic and calm wizard, felt the start of a panic attack. Severus was quick to put an arm under him and held him up. While Dumbledore did a lot of things in the past to protect the piece of the wizarding world, having 2 children fight a dark lord that even he couldn't defeat was out of the question. Before his mind raced with the possibilities, Lucius spoke up. "Albus, we need to verify the truth of this prophecy first. Don't you find it too convenient that she started spouting off a vision as soon as you mentioned it?"

"You are right Lucius. Severus stayed with our friend here. We will return shortly." replied Dumbledore.

Both Lucius and Dumbledore turned on the spot with a soft crack and apparated to the entrance to the Ministry of Magic. After they had passed the wand and identity inspection they used their high level clearances to make way to the Hall of Prophecies deep in the bowels of the Ministry. They headed to the most recent stack of prophecies and found that the latest true prophecy given was over 20 years ago. Dumbledore and Lucius were furious. Lucius more so than Dumbledore, he was a few weeks away from being forced to take the Dark Mark and subjugate his young family to the dealings of a delusional mad man. The brief moment of hope was now gone.

They eventually made their way back to the Hogs Head where the fraud was sound asleep in the booth. Severus had a peeved look on his face as they returned. "She vomited on my shoes, I had to give Aberforth the last galleon I had on me to allow her to stay here until you both returned." he said disgusted.

"Wake her up." Dumbledore said coldly.

Snape did as asked, but not gently, as he had just his favorite pair of shoes destroyed. He slapped the back of her head and she awoke to 3 deadly wizards staring her down.

"Can I help you?" she asked.

"My dear lady, do you recall what you just said a few hours ago?" replied Dumbledore.

" 'fraid not. Don't recall anything in the last few hours." she said but her eyes were looking for escape points, an action that the seasoned politician in Dumbledore quickly caught on.

"Let's get you to Hogwarts, I'm afraid that you had a bad night of drinking, I'm sure Madam Promphrey would be able to check you over."

"No that's all ri...eek!"

She had gotten up to leave but was grabbed by both Severus and quickly slapped an anti-apparition token into her pocket, preventing her from easily escaping. "I'm afraid that wasn't a request." said Dumbledore, fury starting to slowly leak out of him.

They proceeded to take her out of the ramshackle bar when they heard a rustle in the bush nearby. Dumbledore shot out a stunning spell at the bush and out darted a man who quickly changed into a rat and ran away. In panic, Lucius quickly apparated out there not wanting to have blown his cover as a spy. Dumbledore sighed, this was not the night that he had in mind. He wiped out his wand and pointed it at the woman and whispered "Obliviate."

As soon as the spell ended she slumped over, and Severus dragged her into the bushes, spelled the vomit off his shoes towards the ground that she was lying in. Hopefully when she awakes it would have been a bad night of the drink for her.

"She was a fraud, hoping to secure the divination job by spewing a false prophecy about the biggest threat of our time." he said cooly.

Severus nodded but remained silent. "We need to notify the Potters and Longbottoms immediately. The spy could be on his way to tell you-know-who by now." he said after a while.

Present Day

A few days ago he had just performed the Fidelius Charm on both Longbottom Manor and Potter Cottage in Godric's Hollow. They had decided to become secret keepers for each other as the families have been close friends and allies in their long history. A rather ingenious move according to Dumbledore, something that he had not thought about as he was preparing to offer himself as their secret keeper. He was driven out of his thoughts as he felt a massive pulse of magical energy appear on the northern borders of the Forbidden Forest. He quickly floo called the professors and immediately sent the school into lockdown, thinking that this was the moment that Voldemort had decided to strike at the very heart of Magical Britannia. He gathered the professors to make a last stand, giving charge to the Head Boy and Girl to evacuate as many students as possible to Hogsmeade to the portkeys that would take them to a series of protected caverns in the Scottish Highlands.

The professors quickly grabbed their onto Dumbledore as he summoned Fawkes to Phoenix Flame them to where the disturbance was located. When they had arrived at the spot, the professors spread out into a defensive formation, the strongest of the professors took front whilst their support was located to their rear and flanks. The trio of Severus, Minera, and Dumbledore was a sight to behold as they quickly located their target. But to their surprise instead of Voldemort and his army of Death Eaters they witnessed a giant steel contraption the size of the Hogwarts Express slowly land in the field. They kept their wands trained on the beast and watched as its giant maw opened up and a lone woman in her mid to late twenties walked out of it with her hands up. " I mean no harm! I am here to speak with Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall and Severus Snape, they should be professors here!" she said.

"Who are you and what are you doing here!" said McGonagall.

"My name is Dr. Catherine Halsey of the United Nations Space Command. I am here to speak with Professors Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Snape." said Dr. Halsey. "I am unarmed and wandless, I am a squib."

A quick diagnostic and revealing charm sent by Severus verified her claim. Wands were lowered at this point but still held firmly, ready to go if needed. "You have our attention," said Dumbledore.

"Could we speak somewhere warmer? I was not prepared to speak at length in the middle of the Forbidden Forest in the late month of autumn." she requested.

Dumbledore nodded after a surface legilimency probe was launched, her emotions were rolling off her mind. She was desperate, sad, happy, and very much nervous about her situation currently. Once again calling Fawkes to everyone, he Flamed everyone back to the headmaster's study and dismissed the rest of the professors to call off the lockdown minus Minerva and Severus.

They had sat down by the large ornate desk at this point and Dumledore gave Dr. Halsey a look that said 'begin soon or else'. "Like I said, my name is Dr. Katherine Halsey of the United Nations Space Command or for short UNSC. I am coming from the year 2516."

Minerva looked at both Dumbledore and Snape before she spoke up. They had looks of confusion and surprise plastered all over their faces. Judging from their reactions, their legilimency was telling them that this Dr. Halsey was not lying. In turn she was also surprised at the sudden revelation. Dr. Halsey pressed on, determined to resolve the situation as quickly as possible. "I am descended through a squib line of the Malfoy family, specifically I am the 8 times great granddaughter of Draco Malfoy." she said

Severus lurched at this. He had just seen his god son not only a few hours ago when Lucius made a stop to speak with Dumbledore briefly with little Draco in tow. But as she explained it he caught some similarities, the high and round cheek bones, the infamous widow's peak of the Malfoy line was quite evident on Dr. Halsey's face. "Would it be possible to use the pensieve for this? I fear that otherwise this conversation would take up too much time, a resource too valuable to spend talking." she said, getting to the point rather quickly.

Dumbledore only dumbly nodded as he tried to grasp what he was hearing. He flicked his wand and everyone watched as the pensieve bowl floated towards them. He then walked over to Dr. Halsey "Do I have your permission to extract the memories you wish for us to view, no more and no less will be taken out?" he asked.

Dr. Halsey nodded and felt a cold rush enter her mind as she watched silvery strands of what had the consistency of a spider's web flowed out of her temple to the point on his wand. She watched as he took her memories and placed them inside the bowl as the runes surrounding the bowl lit up. Something she knew would have to break down down the road. She watched as the professors placed their heads inside the bowl to view her memories. It was maybe 40 minutes of silence or so before the professors pulled out the bowl. Snape and Minerva each were sickly green, ran towards any empty container they could find before upheaving the contents of their stomach. Dumledore was not faring any better as he had fallen onto the ground in a full blown panic attack. Dr. Halsey quickly rushed over to him as Severus and Minerva recovered from the ordeal. "Professor Dumbledore, you are having a panic attack. Do you know what today's date is and where you are?" she asked.

He was not able to respond and was starting to dry-heave. So she told him," Today is October 28th, 1981. You are safe in Hogwarts."

She repeated that until he was able to repeat after him after a minute or so. Severus went to help him back into his chair as the 4 of them resituated themselves. Another moment of time passes as Dumbledore spoke up. "Is there no other way?"

"No. We ran simulations back in my time. In this timeline, Voldemort is unbeatable, he was able to garner the support of an old god in exchange for his soul, his followers' souls, and the souls he has slain. He has achieved the truest of immortality and power that even Morgana le Fay would never cross. In this timeline, young Harry Potter and Neville Longbottom will be killed the moment their families leave the safety of their own homes. They will never be the heroes they were meant to be like in other timelines."she explained.

"Is there any hope for wizarding kind in this world?" asked Minerva.

"I'm sorry, but no. Voldemort's rise to power will lead to a massive crackdown by this world's governments, predictions estimate that the genocide will be achieved as early as 2007. You may be able to stave it off for a generation, if no other dark wizards or witches come to be, but the fear of the unknown will cause both sides to react violently." said Halsey, rather calmly. "It is my hope that you would agree to leave with me. My time needs you, you saw my dreams, my future, possibly humanity, hangs in the balance. In time maybe the wizarding world will flourish again."

"While I see where you stand Dr. Halsey. I don't know if I could leave the wizards here to fend for themselves." said Dumbledore.

"I perfectly understand that but as you saw from my conversation with Grandfather Draco, you are the key piece in making those 6 to be who they were. Without you in the picture, they will grow to be a fraction of who they were meant to be." replied Dr. Halsey.

"I happen to agree with Dr. Halsey." Snape said suddenly to everyone's surprise.

"Please elaborate on that, Severus," said Dumbledore.

"The Order is now at a fraction of their strength, our biggest hitters dead, incapacitated or in hiding. The British Ministry has been infiltrated and corrupt beyond belief. I have heard students with parents in the ministry say that the Minister herself turned down the help of not just the European forces but the American and Canadian forces as well. We have crossed the point of no return, and even without kids myself, I would like to see a future where they have the slightest of chances to not just survive but thrive in their new roles." he said nodding to Dr. Halsey.

"But to be child soldiers, Severus?" asked McGonagall.

"A sacrifice the families will have to make for a chance at peace. You both saw that we have no chance, the future has these super computers that predicted a 100% certainty of extinction of the wizarding world. Let's give a few deserving families a chance to survive." he replied.

This sudden outpour of compassion from Severus struck a chord in Dumbledore and McGonagall. They had also seen that their disappearance will have no effect either way. Voldemort was too far gone in both powers and in his devilry. Maybe if there was a chance, it would be with the help of the UNSC. Maybe if this timeline was doomed they could go to another timeline to save it in the future, to pay back Mother Magic for sending them this savior in a steel carriage, or a space ship they should be calling it at this point.

At this point both Dumbledore and Minerva reached the same conclusion as Severus and nodded their consent. Both Minerva and Snape left the headmaster's study to gather everything they would need on their next stage of life. The students had not returned yet so they could leave without notice. Dumbleodore on the other hand summoned each family.

It was a few minutes before everyone came pouring out of the fireplace. It was Lily Potter with 6 year old Harry in hand that spoke up first. "Professor Dumbledoor, what seems to be the emergency?"

Everyone nodded their agreement but watched as the little 6 year olds quickly made their way to Fawke's stand, said phoenix was preening over the attention. "This is Dr. Catherine Halsey. She is from an alternate future timeline from the year 2516." he said.

It was a massive bombshell quickly filled with confusion and anger. No one believed in time travel outside of the few hours a time turner could give you. (Well the Malfoy Head knew better but he played along). "Preposterous, there is no such thing capable of traveling that far!" yelled Sirius Black.

"I said the same thing, but I have viewed her memories and she has good reason to be here." Dumbledore replied as he pointed to the pensieve in the corner.

Each adult from the families quickly made way over to the bowl, faces ranging from outraged to intrigued to out right annoyance. While in the bowl, little Harry walks up to Dr. Halsey. "Hello! My name is Harry J. Potter. The J stands for James, after my da. What's your name?"

"Hello Harry. My name is Catherine Halsey, but you can call me Cat." she replied, a smile quickly forming on her face.

"Hi Cat. These are my bestest friends. That's Ginny and Ron. Their mum is Mrs. Weasley and their Da is Mr. Weasley. The blonde girl is Luna Lovegood. The blonde boy is Draco Malfoy. And last but not least my super bestest friend is Neville Longbottom!"

Dr. Halsey laughed, Harry was definitely well mannered and it seemed that his friends gravitated towards him and looked up to him. Something she would hope to groom and grow even further. "Oh Professor Dumbledore?" she asked.

"Yes Dr. Halsey?" he replied.

"I need you to find the Grangers. They run a dentistry in York. Their daughter will be a key piece in this. Could you possibly find them?"

"I believe I saw a Granger in the future students registry, I believe it could be done." he said.

With that he stood up and walked over to ancient text and within moments found the location of Hermione Granger and her parents. "I will be back momentarily." as he flamed out with Fawkes.

As he left, the parents withdrew from the bowl, reactions similar to the professors. The kids ran to comfort their parents, unaware of the situation that had caused such distress.

Harry was patting his Da on his back when both James and Lily took him in their arms in a bone crushing hug. "Muuuuummmmm….Daaaaa….. Too hard!" he squeaked out.

"Sorry Harry dear!" as they both let him go gently onto the ground again.

It seemed all the parents had similar reactions, all the kids confused as to the sudden display of affection.

Both the Longbottom and Potters approached Dr. Halsey. "Can you swear that what we saw was not faked in any way, that what we saw was the truth?"

"I wish I knew how to fake memories. I am a squib you see, so I have no ability to alter memories." she replied.

A brief look between the two families and Frank Longbottom spoke up. "Then you have our consent and our participation. We will do whatever it takes to ensure our boys grow up with a chance to be happy. Even if it means having to fight for it."

"Ummm, that was not a sentence I would hear this early?" questioned Dr. Halsey.

"I understand you did some research on our families and such during your time, correct?" asked James.

Halsey nodded. "Of course. I try to be prepared for everything."

"Well what you don't know, that aside from history books, we keep an oral tradition within our families. Both the families of Potters and Longbottoms have produced and served the best battle mages in the history of Magical England. It is the reason why each Potter and Longbottom generation is so small. We send our sons and daughters to fight for what is right, it is why we lost so much against Grindelwald and his forces and have yet to recover."

This was a massive revelation to Dr. Halsey and she saw the potential for these boys grow and grow. At this point her dreams were interrupted as she was engulfed in a hug. Lucius and Narcissa had wrapped her up in their arms. "Hello little Cat" whispered Narcissa in her ear.

"Thank you for coming for us." whispered Lucius.

They both finished their hug to the puzzlement of the other families but a nod of acceptance was given and nothing was spoken. It was safe to assume that Draco would be joining the Spartan 2 program.

Up next was Pandora and Xenophilius. Both were eccentric folk, but also immediately consented, the prospect of learning more of the future too enticing to ignore. However her biggest battle would be the Matriarch of the Weasley clan.

"I will not allow my children to be soldiers in a war! They are far too young to participate in anything besides playtime and bedtime!" she hollered at Dr. Halsey.

Arthur quickly reacted, putting up a silencing charm around the children to prevent them from hearing anything else further. "Find someone elses kids to endanger!" she yelled again.

"I would Mrs. Weasley, but your son and daughter are needed. Look at them. They look up to Harry, where he goes, they follow."

"We are not the Potters! We do not fight!"

"Then how do you explain your brothers?" said Halsey as she went straight for the jugular.

"THEY FOUGHT FOR WHAT WAS RIGHT! TO PROTECT OUR FAMILIES! YOU CANNOT ASK FOR OUR CHILDREN TO FIGHT IN YOUR WARS!" wailed Mrs. Weasley.

"YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE FIGHTING THIS SAME WAR IF YOU STAY BEHIND! AND YOU SAW WHAT WILL HAPPEN! THEY WILL NOT WIN! I AM OFFERING THEM A CHANCE TO NOT ONLY SURVIVE BUT TO THRIVE!" yelled back Dr. Halsey at the same volume as Mrs. Weasley.

Both women were red in the face. But surprisingly it was Sirius Black that became the voice of reason. "Molly… you saw it. We have no future here, our kids won't even live past 2007. Harry and Neville could die in a few short years. Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, Ron and Ginny will not make it further. You can give them a chance to live past their childhoods, to see what life truly has to offer beyond the safety of the Burrow." he explained to a calmed Molly Weasley.

"Believe me Mrs. Weasley, if I had any other option, I would not be here. The storm is coming and it leaves nothing standing behind." said Dr. Halsey.

"I know…I saw…" said Mrs. Weasley.

"How about this, before they receive their augmentations, after all the work you and the rest of the families put together to ensure the safest possible route to reaching the finale of the project, we will let them decide to proceed or not?" said Dr. Halsey.

Of course she had left out the other 75 children involved in the project. The ideas of perfecting the flash clones pushed further back in her mind.

"Fine…the kids will decide before the process becomes permanent. At least they will be getting the best education…" Mrs. Weasely huffed.

Both Sirius and Remus readily agreed, they had asked about Pettigrew but Dr. Halsey explained to them and James that he was a traitor and an unmarked spy for the dark lord. The reaction that I had was pretty self explanatory. After their reactions had calmed down they decided to take the silencing spell down before both Severus and McGonagall walked back in. Severus, Sirius and James shared a look of "We don't need to talk about this, but we have to get through this together." It seemed Grandfather Draco was right. In light of near extinction they would be willing to work together. It was a look that Lily was surprised by and earmarked for a conversation with James later.

It was then when a phoenix cry was heard and Dumbledore returned with a bewildered Granger Family in tow.

Dan and Emma Granger quickly popped down on a chair while a young bushy hair missile rocketed towards the other kids. "Hi I'm Hermione Granger! Are you my new friends?!" she asked.

Harry spoke up with a soft smile on face. "Of course, I could always have more friends!"

Hermione squealed as she launched into a series of questions about magic getting answers from the gaggle of children.

Mr. Granger was the first of the adults to speak. "Everyone here besides my wife and I can do magic?"

To his amazement everyone nodded, slight smiles at the newcomers to the wizarding world. Well not everyone nodded, Dr. Halsey spoke up afterwards. "Well not me, I am what they would call a squib. I am from a magical family but have no magical powers. So I am pretty much like you."

"And you are?" Dan Granger asked.

"Dr. Catherine Halsey of the United Nations Space Command of the year 2516." she said, nonchalantly. She was getting a bit tired of having to introduce herself.

"UNSC? 2516? Are you telling me time travel is real too? Are you my great granddaughter or something?" he said.

Halsey lurched a bit. He kind of hit the nail on the head there, but she kept her cool, face not revealing any emotion.

"Dan and Emma, if you would please come over to this bowl and stick your heads in. There are some things you need to trust me on this. It's important,"requested Dumbledore.

The Grangers made their way towards the bowl, apprehensive of what was about to happen. But as soon as they dipped their heads in it was another 40 minutes of silence between the adults as they just watched their kids once again play with Fawkes as they chased him around. Fawkes was just loving the attention. He adored little children as they adored him. It was a moment of respite from the terrible world raging outside the safe walls of Hogwarts.A while later, the Grangers emerged as both Dr Grangers snapped to attention to Dr. Halsey. While she was not military herself, she recognized military bearing when she saw it. The fire in their eyes did not lie. "We will do anything to protect our little Hermione. Even if it means leaving everything behind for her to have a chance." said Dan.

"Captain Dan Granger of Her Majesty's Royal Navy and Squadron Leader Emma Granger, when we arrive at the UNSC, you will undergo our bootcamp and academies and be provided ranks of equal status you had in this time should you pass muster. Though for now, enjoy time with your daughter." Dr. Halsey said. "And that goes for all of you, the next leg of your journey will be hard, it will be difficult and sometimes you will have to make choices that will ask more from you than you will ever know. You will leave pieces of you behind, but know that what we do together now will pave a path towards the salvation of the entire human race, especially the wizarding world."

All the adults nodded at that statement and some were left deep in thought. Even the children seemed to be lost in thought at what Dr. Halsey just said. "Don't think I've forgotten about you Remus Lupin. I am aware of your condition, and I have a real simple solution for it."

Remus walked over to Dr. Halsey, as James and Sirius walked behind him in support.

"Your problem is tied to this moon, correct? What if we took the moon out of the equation?" she asked.

"Do you mean to blow up the moon? I could never ask you to do that?" said Remus, confused.

"No you silly man. We will be heading towards Reach, one of the strongholds of UNSC Power. I believe your furry little problem is tied to the Earth's moon, or Luna as well call her in my time. Your curse will not have a hold on you as we will be millions of miles away from Earth and her moon."

Realization hit Remus's face at the same time Sirius and James also realized. The 3 of them put Dr. Halsey in the biggest of hugs, tears streaming from their faces. After a while Lily spoke up, "You know, back in school some of the gals would have loved to be in the middle of that."

Blushing, the men let go of Dr. Halsey who had a slight blush on her face, not entirely noticeable but definitely recorded by Diana back at the ship to be used over Dr. Halsey later.

"Right. Spend the next day packing whatever you need for your new life. Housing will be provided by the UNSC on Reach. Jobs will be provided and tailored to everyone's best abilities. Set your affairs in order, pass on whatever you need to pass on. If you wish to join the military you may do so, but you will need to pass all physical and mental exams. We will leave in the afternoon." she explained. Tomorrow was the full moon, and it was best to leave before Remus had to be concerned.

With that everyone nods along and heads to the floo to head home to pack for the biggest adventure in their lives, the excitement of a new world starting to bubble within the adults.

The next day, everyone met in the great hall. Bill and Charlie Weasley saying goodbye to their friends, after having been explained by their parents of what is to come. They told their friends that their father received an ambassador job to the Colonies and they were preparing to leave. Dumbledore chose his successor, Professor Flitwick as the next headmaster of Hogwarts. Despite knowing what is to come, he kept it from Filius, knowing that it would not bode well for too many people to know. Instead he told them that he was offered an adventure of a lifetime and this was the last goodbye. Minerva and Severus told the other professors the same thing. A golden opportunity to study arcane magic on the other side of the world, contact would be scarce of course so they wished them luck. Albus wished he could rescue everyone, but the future was not ready for them and neither were they ready for the future. Overnight he had come to realize how stuck in their old ways they had become. Perhaps it was for the best that the old world dies out so a new world begins. It was, as Grindelwald would say, for the Greater Good.

While most of the rescuers would be bringing along their family vaults and heirlooms. Severus and Lily had met to gather seeds for every magical plant they could get their hands on, having emptied a good portion of their own vaults to secure those seeds. Albus on the other hand visited his old Student Newt Scamander to collect a breeding pair of every single magical beast. He had explained to Newt that he found a magical preserve in Magical Columbia that would be perfect as a hidden sanctuary from both magical and muggle eyes. Newt really didn't believe him but relented to Dumbledore's request. He provided him suitcases filled to the brim with magical creatures sorted into their danger classification with the 4x and 5x monsters in suspension until they could be relocated to their new homes. Dumbledore had a series of muggle repelling wardsones ready to go for whatever location the UNSC allotted to the magical creatures. Most would be fine in the large suitcase, others like the Dragons would need larger spaces to roam and hunt. The parents had asked about wands for the kids but it was revealed by Lucius and Dumbledore that wands ended up being crutches to most wizards and witches, wandless magic was the best thing for the kids to learn while they were young. The idea of wands being needed was pushed by a lobbyist of the Ollivander family hundreds and hundreds of years ago to secure his family's generational wealth. This reveal was not taken well by the adults but they had more pressing matters to deal with and Dumbledore was requested (really more like threatened) by an irate Molly and Lily for lessons in wandless magic.

Family by family they boarded the UNSC Daybreak. Each looking back at Hogwarts as she stands one more time and the memories of a world untarnished by the likes of Voldemort and his ilk. Diana and Deja had made themselves known to the now one giant family of wizards and witches. Said families were in awe of the future already by ship but the AIs had taken the cake. While it was a few days in slipspace, the AIs had planned a crash course of lessons pertaining to the future, clothes had been selected so they could blend in better as well. Dumbledore wasn't too happy to lose his purple robes but it was quickly forgotten as he discovered that in his cabin was a bowl of lemon drops.

Dr. Halsey was on the bridge when she was approached by Harry, who had wandered away from his parents. "Cat, where are we going?"

"To your new home Harry. To our next great adventure!" she said as she picked him up and put him in the captain's chair.

"Deja and Diana let's go home."

A/N - I hope everyone enjoyed this new chapter. I had originally planned in my notes for chapter 2 and this one to be on chapter but considered that splitting up would be the best course. I also further decided to mitigate the lack of missing magical ingredients otherwise it would be a whole different story of hunting down and finding ingredients, not something I care to focus on when we still have their journey to becoming Spartans and Fireteam Mystic to focus on. Master Chief and Cortana will always be together. They are the golden duo that saved the original Halo timeline, they are still that team. Master Chief will still be Master Chief, but as the story goes on, if it reaches post-covenant war, Harry will take over as Commander of the Spartan Corp but will defer to Master Chief when it comes to Spartan II teams, Harry gets to the one who bitch slaps the Spartan IV's around when they forget they won't ever be like the Spartan IIs. And yes Harry will get his own AI tailored to him - any suggestions for the name? I was thinking of Merlin, his AI personality built around Dumbledore's magical knowledge and wisdom and Dr. Halsey's sheer intelligence .