Alright time for the next chapter, sorry for the wait I've been busy moving the last couple of days, and I wanted to get this chapter out before I had to tear my computer apart and haul it to the new house. Anyway let's get to this chapter, I hope you guys enjoy.
Broken Angel
Chapter 19: Dealing with It!
Riley crept through the halls, closing in on Peter Pettigrew's location. She watched as he headed towards what appeared like a hallway on the map but no one seemed to use it. She had almost made it there when she saw him slink out of the hallway and immediately vanish from the map, signifying that he had left Hogwart's grounds. Riley made it to the location of the unused hallways, and found that it was just a plain stone wall. Curious, she examined the wall, it took her a few moments but she found a stone that was slightly jutting out. Pushing it in caused the wall to open slightly revealing a secret entrance.
Riley decided to try and track Pettigrew, since she required answers as to why he shared the same name as a dead man. She followed the hallway for several minutes, it led her down a flight of stairs and then out into a small access way that was hidden at the base of the castle. She stepped out and stared across the field before her. She could see the Whomping Willow swaying gently in the breeze but other then that, she couldn't spot anyone.
Cursing under her breath, Riley returned to her room. She kept a shadow clone scanning the map, to try and locate Pettigrew when he returned. The next day after lessons, she went to Remus with the map, to ask about what she had seen.
"Hey Remus... you got a moment to talk?" Riley asked as she walked into his empty classroom.
"I don't have many papers to grade, so yes I have a moment." Remus replied.
Riley walked up to him, she could clearly see the telltale signs of anxiety that the man displayed whenever the time of the full moon neared. It was appearing that night, and Remus was just finishing up grading papers before port-keying to the island to let Moony out to play.
"You remember this?" Riley asked as she pulled out the Marauders Map.
"Where did you find that?" Remus asked with amusement as he took the map and examined it.
"Got it from some friends who swiped it from Filch." Riley replied, earning a chuckle from Remus.
"You know he confiscated this from us our last year." Remus mused, a distant look in his eyes as he recalled those days, long since passed.
"I had a question about it?" Riley stated a moment.
"Alright shoot." Remus replied.
"How accurate is the map?" Riley asked.
"Completely. It draws off of Hogwarts' wards, to identify anyone in the castle. It's never been wrong." Remus replied.
"That's very interesting." Riley muttered.
"Why?" Remus asked with a curious look.
"Last night, I was using the map, and I came upon a most curious sight. The name 'Peter Pettigrew'." Riley informed him.
Remus' eyes widened in surprise at hearing that.
"That's impossible. He can't be alive." Remus eventually stated.
"Well, either he somehow survived or the map is wrong. Which is it?" Riley asked.
"I can't be sure. Unless the map was somehow jinxed, it shouldn't be fooled by anything, not even polyjuice potion should be able to fool it." Remus told her. The look on his face showed that he was deeply concerned by this revelation.
"Well the only other option is that Pettigrew is somehow alive." Riley stated.
"But if Peter is alive, then why the hell has he been in hiding for so long?" Remus wondered aloud.
"Maybe he was afraid of Black?" Riley suggested.
"While Peter may not have been the bravest individual on the planet, he was by no means a fool. No one had ever escaped Azkaban until Sirius. With Sirius in prison, he should have known that it was safe to come out of hiding. Even if he did fear that Sirius may have somehow escaped, why did he not come to me, or Lily, or hell even Minato? Any one of us would have offered him sanctuary." Remus informed her with a look of puzzled frustration.
"I'll have my clones keep an eye open for him. If I spot him again, I'll be sure to grab him so we can get some answers." Riley stated.
"Hm... be weary. Peter's Animagus form was that of a rat, and it fits his personality and style quite well. If he's been in hiding all this time, then maybe there is something we are not seeing." Remus mused.
"I'll keep that in mind, Remus. Now I..." Riley stopped as a rush of memories hit her, from one of her shadow clones.
"What is it?" Remus asked.
"Son of a bitch! I've gotta go!" Riley stated, and before Remus could question her, she Shunshined away.
-Clone Memories-
Riley had located all ten of the Anbu the night before, and she had sent clones to stalk them. This particular clone was stalking the anbu captain whom wore a hawk-like mask. He was currently in Gryffindor common room, hiding in the ceiling. He looked to be just watching the students so Riley's clone didn't really think much of it, but after a couple of hours of sitting there, the captain began to move. When the common room was empty he transformed into one of the students and just stood there, he looked to be listening almost like he was waiting for something. A couple of moments went by before a few of the older Gryffindors started to approach.
As soon as he heard them, he started to pace back and forth.
As they entered they immediately noticed their pacing house mate.
"Hey... what's up?" Riley noticed that the one asking was Oliver Wood captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team. She also knew from Katie that he was a real hard ass about winning the cup for Gryffindor this year. It really pissed her off, since he forced the team to get up at early hours to practice, plus after the rumors about Katie being a spy started, he began to treat her like crap, since he feared she was feeding info to the Slytherins so that they could win the cup.
"Hey... Oliver, I was just looking for you." The disguised Anbu said as he walked up to the small group.
Riley's clone all the while watched this happen. She had thought that he was simply keeping an eye on the Gryffindors since Black had attacked their house directly, but now she wasn't so sure. She listened intently to what was happening.
"Why? What's wrong?" Oliver asked.
"It's Bell, I found out where she's been hiding. We were right. It looks like after she bailed on us, she went running right to the Slytherins. They've got her all hooked up over there. She's got her own private chambers, and she's even been practicing magic with them." The captain stated. At hearing this the Gryffindors looked furious, but none of them could match Riley. Her clone had it's teeth clenched in anger, as it put the pieces together. This was why everyone was so pissed at her and her group. This motherfucker, and maybe his whole team were fucking with the students and turning them against her.
"That fucking traitor! I knew I should've hexed the shit out of her the second I heard. She's been acting strange ever since she started hanging out with that little bitch, and her band of merry snakes." Oliver growled out in anger.
"Well now we know for sure. She's a traitor, and she's working for the snakes. Now you don't have to feel bad about kicking her off the team." One of the other lions offered up to Wood, whom was fuming at the perceived betrayal.
"Oh... I'm gonna do more then that. When I see that little traitor again, I'm gonna send her back to rest of the fucking snakes in pieces!" Oliver shouted as he kicked one of the nearby couches with all his might.
"Hey man... don't get too crazy. If McGonagall hears you talking like that, you'll be off the team, not Katie." One of his friends warned him.
"No... I get it now. We haven't won the cup, since that little bitch Uchiwa came to this school. Now we know Katie is a spy, she's probably the reason we haven't walked away with either the house or the Quidditch cup. She needs to be taught a lesson... all of our hard work, and that little bitch has been buggering us since she joined the team!" Oliver fired back in reply.
"I agree. We can't let her continue to screw us like this." The disguised Anbu captain stated, which caused Riley's blood to boil.
"But how do we get her without getting caught?" one of the boys asked, Riley's clone quickly recognized the youngest Weasely male, Ron.
"The Willow! We lead her out to the Whomping Willow... that'll give her her a scare." The disguised captain suggested.
"Yeah I like it. I'll just tell her we have a meeting around there, then we'll drag her nice and close to the bloody tree, and let her think about the choices that led her to being a slimy snake." Oliver agreed with a wicked grin. He and the rest of the group quickly left, and the Anbu captain departed as well. Riley's clone spent the next hour or so following him as it created an additional clone to follow Wood.
Eventually she followed the Hawk masked captain to a small alcove hidden in the rafters of one of the hallways. Waiting for him were the rest of his team.
"Alright. We'll be keeping a close eye on Narumi tonight. If my plan works... by tomorrow, she'll have revealed her true colors." The Anbu captain informed his team.
"We'll be welcomed back as heroes by the Fourth for bringing his daughter home." One of the Anbu gave a light cheer.
"And she will no longer be a threat to these children." Another added, earning nods from all the Anbu present.
"Checkmate Kyuubi. The Hokage's daughter will soon be free from your manipulations." Hawk said as the Anbu all sank into the ground, leaving Riley's pissed off clone in the shadows.
With a snarl the clone popped. And with that, the memories went rushing to the original.
-End clone Flashback-
Riley ran by a window, out of the corner of her eye, she could see the sun was just about to set. She knew if Oliver was going to make his move, it would be when it was dark out, and no one would notice. McGonagall wouldn't complain about her team having a meeting at night, and they would lie about where they would be.
Riley entered the great hall and dashed towards her group.
"You guys seen Katie?" Riley asked as she got closer to them.
"Yeah... Wood just walked up and told her they were having a meeting in regards to Quidditch." Tracy replied.
"Shit!" Riley hissed, though she did remember that her clone was following them, so Katie wasn't in danger, still she wasn't one to take risks. She knew it was time to tell her friends what was really going on.
"Alright... our group is under attack. Foreign shinobi, brought into the school to protect it, have been using the other houses to strike at us." Riley told her group.
"What? Why?" Daphne asked.
"Me. I told you guys that I was born in a ninja village, but I never told you which. I was born in the land of Fire, in the village of Konohagakure no Sato. There are men in the castle right now that are Leaf shinobi from the same village. You remember how I told you about the shinobi ranking system?" Riley told them/ asked them.
Earning nods, she continued. "Well... these guys are Anbu, the village's elite black ops unit. They were sent here to hunt down and kill Sirius Black. But it seems that one of the teams sent, has another motive. They want to take me back to the hidden Leaf, to reunite me with my family. I left years ago because my family abandoned and neglected me. Now that I'm someone of worth, they want me back. Now these Anbu are using their techniques to sabotage our reputation, and turn the other houses against us." Riley told her group.
The reaction amongst her friends was pretty much the same, downright fury. They were absolutely pissed that someone was targeting them, and you could easily see the burning fire of vengeance in some of their eyes.
"Now... they've launched a plan into action to try and force me to snap and do something that'll allow them to force me out of this school. They've tricked Wood and his team into thinking that Katie betrayed them. Now they're leading her out to the Whomping Willow, and they're gonna use it to scare her... but I have a feeling that the Anbu aren't gonna let it stop there. If nothing is done, I'm afraid Katie is gonna end up hurt... or dead. So I need two volunteers to come with me, to help me deal with these fucking morons... and I need the rest of you to head back to Slytherin house and round up all of the first and second years. Take them to the Chamber of Secrets... when we kick the shit out of Wood, and his team, the school might erupt, and I don't want our house caught in the crossfire. Once the kids are safe, rally the older years and let them know what's happening." Riley ordered them.
"I'll go with you." Draco offered.
"Sorry Draco... I need you to rally the Slytherins I may be the Queen, but you're the Prince. They'll listen to you, plus you're the second strongest of our little group here. We need to keep the power balanced." Riley replied, Draco didn't look to happy about it, but he nodded in agreement.
"Then I'll go." Blaise offered.
"Me too." Theo added.
"Fine... Draco, get everyone to safety. If things explode I don't want our house to come out of this too worse for wear." Draco nodded and turned to the others, ready to issue orders.
"Daphne... I need you to go let Professor Snape know what's happening. The teachers are probably the only ones who can stop the school from exploding. Tracy, find the Weasley twins. They've stood up for us all this year, I'm sure they're not involved with Wood and his scheme, so let them know what's going to happen. Neville, the puffs have pretty much kept their heads down all this year, let Cedric know what's going to happen, so he and the older puffs can keep the younger ones out of the line of fire. If things erupt it will be with the Ravenclaws and Gryffindors on one side and Slytherins on the other. We're outnumbered in that case, so let's get organized." Draco began to order his friends about. Riley could only smile as she, Theo, and Blaise walked away, Draco was quickly turning into quite the leader, and Riley was sure he would be one of her greatest friends and allies in the future.
"Alright you two, hang on. I'm going to shunshine us out there." Riley told the two boys. She placed her hands on both of their shoulders and with a poof they were all gone.
-Meanwhile-
"Alright Oliver, why the fuck did we have to come out here when it's cold as tits?" Katie asked.
"Well it's quite simple, we're here to talk strategy, and how we're going to cripple those bastard Slytherins so we can win the cup." Wood replied.
"Alright then, what's the plan?" One of the Gryffindors asked. As he spoke Katie finally started to take notice of something, and that was the seven or eight non Quidditch playing Gryffindors that were approaching them.
"What are they doing here?" Katie asked.
"Oh... them? They're here to help us deal with a problem." Wood replied with a smile, that put Katie immediately on edge.
"What problem?" Katie asked as she noticed everyone staring at her. She also just now noticed that the two redheads were not in fact Fred or George, just two boys wearing wigs.
"Well... we've leaned some interesting information about there being a snake in the lions den." Oliver informed her.
Katie instantly knew she was in trouble. Her hand shot to her wand, but the second her hand touched it, an Expelliarmus hit her and sent her wand flying. Cursing she looked around, trying to spot an opening in which she could make a run for it, but the group of around fourteen Gryffindors had surrounded her completely.
"Now Katie that wasn't nice... we just wanna talk." Oliver chided.
"Fuck off." Katie fired back, without fear. That was one of the things Riley had taught them, never show fear to your enemy, seeing that kind of weakness, that kind of submission would often drive them to do worse then what they originally planned.
"Ooh mouth on her. Maybe when she's finished dealing with the willow, we can show her how to use it?" One of the older Gryffindors stated with a lust filled gaze.
Katie was about the swear at him when she noticed something off about a few of the guys, their eyes were smoky, and cloudy. Almost like they were under the affect of a potion or spell of some sort.
"Sounds like a plan." Wood commented as he pointed his wand at her.
"But first..." He added with a grin as he motioned for her to walk towards the Whomping Willow.
"Oliver..." Katie stated as she raised her hands.
"Start walking Katie... I'd hate to have to drag you over there." Oliver replied with a dark grin.
"Come on Olly... we've been friends for years... whatever is affecting you guys, you've gotta fight it." Katie said to them as she took a step back.
"No clue what you mean Katie... the only thing that's affecting me is an immeasurable amount of rage, at being stabbed in the back by you. And for what? That fucking slut, over in Slytherin house! We are your team! And you fucking betrayed us! All for that fucking bitch!" Wood shouted at her, suddenly very angry.
"Don't call her that!" Katie shouted back without thought.
"What did that fucking evil slut offer you huh, Katie? Position? Power? Maybe a piece of that sweat ass?" Wood demanded as he took a menacing step towards her. All of the other Gryffindors did the same. Each had a look in their eyes, each was obviously being affected by some sort of spell or potion.
"Don't fucking call her that!" Katie shouted even louder, her eyes darkening in anger.
"Oh... I see. I get it now... that's what she offered... a taste of her sweet nectar... hehe... I didn't know you were such a fucking slut Katie." Wood mocked her with a laugh.
"I'm gonna fucking kill you!" Katie shouted with rage, as she took a menacing step forward only to fall back just in time to dodge the Bombarda that hit right where her feet were.
"It feels good to be right." Wood mocked as he played with his wand. Katie glanced around at the group looking for any sign of help. She knew all of these people, most were older but there were one or two in her year and bellow. She also noticed the youngest Weasely boy amongst them, with that same disgusting look of lust in his clouded eyes. She also noticed that sitting on his shoulder was a rat, his pet rat to be exact. Scabbers... but she had to wonder, she thought she had heard that it went missing yesterday.
She also noticed the rat was watching her intently with a gleam in it's eyes. That gleam in the tiny mammal's eyes, for some reason made her more fearful for her life, then she was a moment ago.
"How about we just get to the fun stuff? We'll be sure to send what's left of you back to your precious Slytherins. Who knows maybe the 'Queen' will find some use for your soiled remains." One of the boys suggested earning nods from the others, and even a squeal from the rat.
"Alright... I hope this doesn't hurt." Oliver muttered as he shot a weak blasting curse at her. Katie back flipped away to avoid it surprising the Gryffindors with her agility.
"Come here you little whore, I need you to scratch an itch of mine." One of the boys stated with a cruel grin as he took a step closer. Katie raised her fists, and got into a fighting stance. She was surrounded, she knew her only chance was to fight her way through. She couldn't give up, Riley never allowed them to give up, she never let them fall or linger. She would drag them up and force them onward, and Katie wouldn't disappoint her by just giving up when the situation was hopeless... after all, while they were assholes... they were right about one thing... she really did want Riley to notice her.
One of the boys raised his wand and began the motions for another blasting curse when the sound of bone snapping was heard. Everyone's eyes shot over, and they spotted Riley standing there holding the boys wrist, crushing it with her brute strength.
"Yeah... no." Riley muttered as she suddenly exploded in a blast of air, sending half the group of Gryffindors flying and stunning the rest.
Katie stayed on her feet and was about to make a dash for freedom when a gust of wind appeared in front of her. From it appeared Riley, Theo, and Blaise. Each one appeared and fired a stunner at the first person in sight, this resulted in half the remaining Gryffindors dropping to the floor.
"Expelliarmus!" Blaise shouted as his spell hit the Gryffindor whom was holding Katie's wand. Both wands went flying into Blaise's hands, and he quickly tossed Katie hers.
With a nod of thanks she fired a stunner right at Wood, knocking the disoriented Gryffindor to the ground in one hit. Riley quickly vanished from sight and knocked most of the remaining Gryffindors out with her fists, she spun around to deal with the last one, Ron, when someone called her name.
She glanced over at Katie whom was pointing at Ron. Riley looked at him and spotted a rat trying to hide in his shirt. She also took notice of what was behind him, standing just off to the side, was a grim, with a viscous snarl on it's face.
The dog barked and then lunged forward, grabbing the Weasely boy by the leg and dragging him toward the Whomping Willow. It then pulled him into a hole at the base of the tree.
"Shit!" Riley hissed as she made to give chase.
"Riley!" Katie called out to her.
"No time! Stun anyone still awake! And one of you get a teacher! That was Sirius Black!" Riley shouted back as she darted towards the Willow. She saw the tree rear back to hit her, but before it could, she sent some of her Wood style chakra into the ground and up into the tree, instantly calming it. She dove into the hole at the base of the tree which led to a tunnel.
She quickly followed it, and it eventually led onto the first floor of a decrepit building. She quietly stepped onto the first floor and peaked out of one of the windows. She realized where she was, the Shrieking shack.
She heard noise above her and stealthily moved upstairs.
She walked down a hall and found Ron cowering in a corner holding his rat. Whatever spell he was under, obviously had worn off, if the pee stein on his pants was any indication.
"It's... it's... him... it's Black... he's there... he's an Animagus!" Ron whimpered as he pointed behind her. She spun around and found, waiting behind the doorway, a man that looked to be an incarnation of death itself. He had shoulder length black hair, which was as shaggy and ratty as you'd expect. His skin was ghostly pale, and his eyes were alight with manic glee.
"Sirius Black... how nice to finally meet you. Goodbye." Riley stated as she raised her wand.
"Riley!" She heard a familiar voice, as Remus darted into the room.
"Remus! What are you doing here? How did you find me?" Riley asked.
Remus gave a huff but then held up the Marauders map. "You left this with me when you left earlier."
"Ah... well... If you don't mind, I was just saying goodbye to your old friend." Riley muttered as she gestured to Black.
Remus spun around and locked eyes with his old friend. He raised his wand and pointed it at him.
"It's been a long time hasn't it Moony?" Sirius stated, with an insane chuckle.
"Indeed it has been. So tell me old friend... are my thoughts on the matter true? Is that rat him?" Remus asked as he took a step closer.
"Yes... yes... it's him... he's right there." Sirius said with a wild look in his eyes as he pointed at Ron. Riley glanced back and spotted him holding his rat and cowering. She took a closer look at the rat and noticed two things, one that the rat possessed magic, and the other, was that it was missing a finger.
"What was the only thing found of Pettigrew's?" Riley asked.
"A finger." Remus replied as he took a final step towards Sirius. He had his wand pointed at his chest, and a look of deep contemplation on his face. He looked to almost be studying Sirius, looking for something in his eyes.
"You didn't do it, did you?" Remus asked, which caused Sirius to smile, though this smile wasn't a mad one like all his others, this one seemed genuine. After a moment of pause Remus lowered his wand, when he did, Sirius embraced him.
"It's been a long time my friend." Remus whispered.
"That it has Moony... but I found him. Here at Hogwarts... he's there... let's kill him!" Sirius stated as he pointed at the rat in Ron's hands.
"What, me?" Ron cried in fear.
"Not you! Your RAT!" Sirius fired back.
"Remus... what's going on?" Riley asked with a suspicious gaze.
"The map never lies Riley. That rat is Peter Pettigrew. Since you left, I've been trying to think of good reason why, if he were alive, Peter wouldn't have gone to Minato and Lily. They could have surely protected him... then I recalled something... something that seemed to explain everything..." Remus stated as he glared hatefully at the rat in Ron's arms.
"And what was that?" Riley asked, cautiously.
"Peter wears his guilt on his sleeve. We always got caught because of him. He could never, ever hide when he did something wrong! That's why he hid from Minato and Lily." Sirius answered for him.
It finally clicked in Riley's mind what they were referring to. What they were trying to say.
"You were framed?" Riley muttered as her gaze fell on the rat. The look of terror in it's eyes when she said that, proved her statement true.
"Let's see the truth now." Remus stated as pointed his wand at Scabbers.
"Wait... leave Scabbers alone, he never did anything." Ron cried.
"You're a moron." Riley muttered as she hit him with a stunner. The second the spell connected Scabbers dove out of his hands and tried to make a run for it. Remus quickly hit him with the Animagus Reversal spell, causing him to return to normal just as he dove at a wall, causing him to crash into it.
"Alright... time for the truth." Riley said as her Mangekyou spun to life. She stepped up to the disoriented man, and peeled his eyes open, the last thing he heard before descending into darkness was "Tsukuyomi."
"A ninja? What's one of those doing out here?" Sirius asked as Riley did her thing.
"I'm not surprised you don't recognize her. She wasn't even born yet when you went away." Remus stated.
"Hm... who is she?" Sirius asked.
"This is Riley Narumi Uchiwa Slytherin Gryffindor. Formerly Narumi Namikaze." Remus informed his old friend.
"Namikaze... this is Lily's girl? Wow!" Sirius replied as he actually gave his goddaughter a thorough look over.
Pettigrew suddenly made a few whimpering noises and then fainted as Riley let out a sigh.
"So... is he innocent?" Remus asked.
"Pettigrew? Hell no! Though you mister Black, are indeed an innocent man." Riley replied as she turned to the two men and smiled.
"What did she just do to him?" Sirius asked.
"Uh... she just tortured him for something like two days in his own mind. So I'm sure the information she got out of him was good." Remus replied.
"I spent most of the time tearing off the fat fucks fingernails... he squealed after the first one... the rest were just for me. I would've gone longer, but I want him able to testify in court." Riley replied with a chuckle.
"She's a little uh..." Sirius commented.
"Yep." Remus replied knowing exactly what he was referring to.
"Come on... let's get this piece of trash to Dumbledore. With any amount of luck, you'll be a free man, by morning." Remus stated. Sirius and Riley both nodded. Riley pulled out a scroll and sealed Pettigrew into it, to prevent his escape. While Remus and Sirius grabbed Ron.
A few moments later and they were climbing back out from beneath the Whomping Willow.
"You know... you're a very amazing young Witch." Sirius commented towards Riley as they finished climbing out of the hole.
"Thank you... but I'm not a witch. Technically I'm a Kunuoichi." Riley replied, as she glanced around for her friends. She didn't spot any of them so they must have taken the unconscious Gryffindors back to the castle.
"True." Sirius agreed as he stepped off to the side and stared up at the sky.
"You alright?" Riley asked.
"You know... I never had any children... so... I was never more happy then when Lily and Minato named me your godfather. I guess I'm just wondering, if maybe, when this is all cleared up, we could get to know each other?" Sirius asked, Riley could tell it was hard for the man to speak, since his voice cracked every two of three words, but the obvious care that was present plus the fact that he was speaking about something that was obviously personal, showed that he was genuine.
"I have a lot of grief with my old family. They left me behind and treated me like crap. I don't want anything to do with them. But you're not them... I can honestly say that, now that I know you're an innocent man, I can't say I know that much about you. Though what I have heard... I liked. I'd be more then happy to get to know you. My godmother was kind of a bitch to me. But I think I'll give you a chance... see if godfathers are better." Riley replied with a kind smile.
"I can't say I'm too happy with Minato or Lily myself. They locked me in that hellhole for fourteen years. I'm sure I'll be less happy with them when I hear why they chased you away. You know... when I was named your Godfather, I immediately named you my heir. Because I knew, I'd treat you and care for you like I would my own daughter. I'm sure you've been raised into a fine young woman, but if you wouldn't mind, I would love to be a part of your life?" Sirius informed her.
"I think I'd like that. If what I've heard from Remus about you is true, you might be able to help me with the ladies." Riley replied with a smirk.
"The ladies?" Sirius asked with a little surprise. Riley simply chuckled in reply.
"Well you see... I'm heir to several houses as you heard from my name earlier. And the ministry wants a piece of my bloodline, so I agreed that as long as they let me choose, I'd take at least three mates by the time I was twenty. I've already got one girlfriend I really like... but no real luck on any others." Riley explained to him.
"Already have a girlfriend at fourteen... I'm so proud... you'll have to tell me all about her." Sirius replied cheerfully.
Riley smiled and laughed while Remus just chuckled and rolled his eyes. He knew that Sirius and Riley would become fast friends. They were both troublemakers, and pranksters at heart. Plus without even knowing it, Riley followed a lot of the Black family creeds. Most were the same that Sirius followed, so the two obviously had a lot in common.
Riley and Sirius continued to chuckle, but Riley stopped when she heard a twirling in the air. She immediately banished Remus back and tackled Sirius to the ground just as a hail of Shuriken flew by, barely missing where Sirius had been a moment ago.
She glanced back just in time to see ten Anbu appear on the field.
"Sirius Black. By order of Minato Namikaze, Hokage of the Hidden Leaf, you are to be executed. Rise and face death with dignity." Dog commanded as he led the Anbu closer.
"Back the fuck off Kakashi." Riley hissed at him as she rose to her feet.
"Riley... this man is dangerous, you need to back away from him, right now." Dog informed her.
"Kakashi, if you talk to me in that condescending tone, like I'm some stupid Genin, I'm gonna tear your nipples off." Riley fired back as Remus and Sirius got to their feet and raised their wands to defend themselves.
Seeing Sirius raising his wand, two of the Anbu vanished from sight. They both appeared behind Sirius but before they could decapitate him with their swords, Riley used the substitution jutsu to replace herself with Sirius, and then spun around coating her wand in fire, and slashing across both Anbu's stomachs with the flaming dagger.
Both men screamed out in pain, but Riley wasn't finished she ducked low and pointed her wand and the ground, using earth elemental magic, she summoned forth two small columns of earth that shot up and slammed both Anbu in the chest's sending them flying into the Whomping Willow. The tree then lived up to it's name when it caught the two men and then threw them across the field to violently slam into the earth, more then likely breaking several bones and opening their cauterized stomach wounds.
"Anyone else?" Riley asked with murder in her eyes. She could see, Sirius was still picking his jaw up from the ground, even Remus was a bit dazed by her speed and ferocity. Kakashi and the other seven Anbu all took a collective step back as Riley glared at them.
"You bitc..." One of Kakashi's squad-mates started to say only to be cut off by a fist slamming into her stomach courtesy of Riley.
'So fast!' Kakashi thought as his Sharingan barely kept up with her.
The Anbu had to tear off her mask, as she doubled over and began to vomit blood and stomach acid.
Riley quickly dove back to stand defensively in front of Sirius.
"Anyone else wanna fight?" Riley snarled out.
"Riley... that man is a fugitive of the Land of Fire, of Great Britain. Why are you defending him?" Kakashi asked, careful not to make any sudden moves.
"He's innocent." Riley replied.
"Bull!" The Hawk masked captain replied.
"Kakashi... I left those three Anbu alive because they were all your teammates. I'm going to kill all of his." Riley stated as she pointed at Hawk.
"Why?" Kakashi asked as he shot a glare at Hawk and his squad that demanded an answer.
"Oh... how about turning the entire school against me. Or getting Katie kicked out of Gryffindor house. Or terrorizing Luna enough that she refuses to set foot inside that tower again. I figured it out... you five are the ones behind it. And you nearly let my friend get maimed and raped!" Riley spat with enough venom to cause everyone present to cower fearfully. Hawk's team were cursing internally at being caught all the while.
"Wait! We never intended for her to get hurt. They were just going to scare her." The female on Hawk's team stated with fear.
"Hm... must have been Peter then. He must have somehow bewitched the students or drugged them when he learned of their plans... sick fuck." Riley muttered, before refocusing her attention on Team Hawk.
"You damn fools." Kakashi muttered with a shake of his head.
"We only did what we thought was right." Hawk stated defiantly.
"What did I tell you, about messing with her!? Now you've gotten yourself killed, and I'll be lucky if I can convince her to let us leave with your teammates alive." Kakashi berated him, furious that the moron wouldn't heed his warning.
"She's being manipulated by the fox... I know it. Now she's defending a murderer. What more proof do you need!?" Hawk shouted back.
"Sirius Black is innocent. The real murderer is Peter Pettigrew." Remus tried to explain.
"Lies! Peter Pettigrew is dead, Black saw to that." Hawk shouted back defiantly.
"No, he's..." Remus stopped as he felt a spasm pass through his body. He turned and looked at the sky, and his heart stopped as he noticed the full moon.
"No... Remus, my friend, have you forgotten to take your Wolfsbane?" Sirius asked as he darted over to Remus, as he began to change.
"Back up Sirius. I've been dealing with Moony for five years." Riley stated blandly as she walked over to Remus.
Sirius shot her a look and was about to refuse when Riley began to transform into her Animagus form.
Kakashi felt his heart skip about a dozen beats as he witnessed her transformation into a blackish red, tailless variation of the nine tails. She stood nearly twenty feet tall, when sitting on her hunches and she was just as menacing as the real Nine Tails. Sirius jumped back and transformed into Padfoot, as Remus finished his transformation. Moony stood still for a moment before glancing around at Padfoot and then Riley.
Without waiting Riley dove forward and knocked Moony to the ground pinning him with her greater size and strength. She then gnashed her teeth and bit Moony in the shoulder and tossed him about twenty yards into the forest nearby. Moony hit the ground with a yipe of pain, but his werewolf stamina and vitality allowed him to shake off the pain, he rose to his feet right as Riley let out an ear shattering roar. Instantly cowed, Moony darted off into the forest, where he couldn't hurt anyone that night. A moment passed and Riley returned to her normal shape. She quickly made a few clones and sent them after Moony to make sure he didn't run into any centaurs or acromantulas
"That was amazing." Sirius commented as he too returned to normal.
"Thanks... now back to making sure you don't get shanked." Riley replied as she faced the Anbu whom all held looks of terror.
"Alright... so I was wrong... she is the Nine Tails." Hawk muttered in terror.
"That was mean." Riley commented as she dashed towards Hawk's team.
"Riley stop!" Kakashi shouted in desperation.
To his utter shock, she did stop. She looked over at him with cold eyes, Sharingan blazing, waiting for his follow up statement, his reason for asking such a thing.
"Please. Riley... I know you're pissed. What they did was deplorable, and they will face punishment for it. But you need to calm down. You don't want more blood on your hands do you?" Kakashi tried to plead with his surrogate sister.
"Do you think I would put any trust into the corrupt 'Justice' System of the Hidden Leaf?" Riley snarled in reply.
"Riley... I know you have your issues with the Leaf but trust me. Would I lie to you?" Kakashi asked, as he took a step forward.
"No... you wouldn't. You know better than to lie to me." Riley stated giving him a glare that literally caused Kakashi to wither.
"I will spare the pawns. However," Riley stated as a menacing grin appeared on her face. And with that grin her hand began to glow green as she infused her youki into her nails and turned them into diamond hard poisonous claws, there was just enough poison in them to kill him, but not enough to make it quick, it would take several days for her target to die. Then she suddenly vanished, moving so fast that while Kakashi's Sharingan could follow her, his body had no hope of keeping up.
'That speed... she's as fast as Sensei Without the Hiraishin!' Kakashi though as Riley appeared behind Hawk, and before the man could defend himself, she shoved her clawed fist into his lower back, severing his spine in half. Hawk let out an ear-piercing scream as he fell to the ground.
"You are free to go Kakashi. Sirius Black is now under my protection. You can tell the Hokage when he finally hears the truth, he can come crawling back to apologize to the friend he condemned to hell for fourteen years." Riley said with a snarl.
"Riley..." Was the only thing Kakashi could mutter as he stared at her in shock.
Riley stared back for a moment before disappearing and reappearing in front of Sirius who was still trying to collect his jaw from the floor.
"Now... as head of the Most Ancient and Most Noble houses of Slytherin, Gryffindor, and Uchiwa, I hereby declare Sirius Black, head of the Ancient and Most Noble house of Black, a ward of my house, until such a time as his crimes have been absolved. Do you accept?" Riley stated as she turned to look at Sirius.
"What? But... Riley, you know what will happen if you do that?" Sirius questioned with a worried look. He was referring to the fact that is she took him on as her ward, then she would be responsible for his crimes.
"Yes... but I know you're innocent and I have Pettigrew captive. We just have to tell Dumbledore and we can have this settled tonight." Riley replied with a smile.
"I don't know what to say. Thank you for this... I will repay you." Sirius told her.
"Just being my friend is all I require. Now... let's go find Dumbl... God Dammit!" Riley cursed as a couple hundred Dementors began to pass over the field and drift towards them.
"We need to run." Sirius shouted, but Riley merely began to grind her teeth together in rage. What could more possibly go wrong tonight?
She began to advance towards the horde as she transformed her wand into it's staff form and held it in both hands in front of her. She closed her eyes and was silent for a moment as the Dementors drifted closer.
Sirius, the Anbu, Kakashi, and unknown to anyone else, Katie, Blaise and Theo, whom were about a hundred yards off, watching the exchange, all began to tremble as the dreaded presence of the Dementor horde crippled them. Kakashi had never felt so lifeless and cold before. It was true what they said about these monstrosities, they truly were some of the worst creations in nature.
Another moment of silence passed as the Dementors finally appeared above them. Riley's eyes instantly sprung open, she pointed her staff at the horde and shouted, "Expecto Patronum!"
With those words a massive Clawed hand shot out of the end of her staff, it literally pierced two or three Dementors and after the arm reached its full length, the upper body of a fox appeared out of the end of her staff. The fox then let loose a mighty roar, that released a pulse of energy that sent the dementors flying in every direction. The pulse rippled out from the fox's mouth, bouncing harmlessly off of Hogwarts' wards, and leaving things like trees totally fine. Every person in the field however was knocked onto their asses.
The closest Dementors were vaporized by the mighty roar, while the rest were sent flying, almost all of them had varying degrees of smoke billowing off of their cloaks, almost as if the attack had burned them.
The giant fox that jutted out of the end of her staff, was nearly half the height of the castle and its pure white body lit up the sky and could probably be seen for miles in any direction. The amount of magic that it would take for such a technique would be astronomical.
'The power of the Patronus Charm is tied into the strength of the happy emotion used to fuel it. The creator of this magic never envisioned what could happen if a demon were to use it. Riley can feel things more strongly than humans can. Being an Uchiwa also makes her more emotional. Tie those two things together, and it's no wonder you get this kind of reaction.' Kurama thought to himself as he watched the display alongside Madara.
The Dementors fled away with great haste. Each one vanishing into the shadows of the surrounding forest and countryside, none were willing to remain to face the mighty ethereal fox. After all of the Dementors were gone Riley released the patronus and lowered her staff. She let out a huff and mused at how much energy that took. The normal patronus was tiring for your average wizard. It would take a hundred wizards to produce something like what she just did, and all in all, it had only drained about ten percent of her magic, and that ten percent was being rapidly replaced, given how quickly her body produced Youki.
Hell, if she used up Ninety-Nine percent of her Youki, it would take less than an hour to fully recharge. And if she activated her Rinnegan it would take less than twenty minutes.
"That was unbelievable." Sirius muttered as he stared at the sky.
"I've never seen a technique that powerful before..." Boar, the only other member of Kakashi's squad still standing, muttered, as he stood next to Kakashi.
"I have... only a few times though and they were all done by S-rank Shinobi. And they were always chakra based, never magic." Kakashi muttered in reply.
"Damn Dementors they never learn." Riley grumbled as she looked over at Sirius and smiled.
"You... actually killed a few of them... I don't think that's ever happened before." Sirius muttered still in awe of his goddaughter's abilities.
"Now... before you and your remaining squad-mate get to getting the fuck out of my country, I need to pay back the other motherfuckers for fucking with my friends." Riley stated, as she turned her eyes towards the Anbu. With a tap of her staff, four different colored spells shot out of Shisui's eye, all four moved at immense speed and their four targets weren't fast enough to evade. Each spell struck true, and each Anbu stood in place for a moment, wondering what had happened to them.
"What did you do?" One of the members of Hawk's team, asked.
"Well, I did a little something different to each of you. Those are four prank spells I designed for assholes I didn't like. Have fun getting Lady Namikaze to fix you, cuz she's the only one with magical know how in the Elemental nations." Riley replied with a chuckle.
"What did you do to us!" The female member of Hawk's team asked.
"Well... alright I'll tell you." She then pointed at one of them and began to list. "Whenever he gets a boner at a certain time of the month his balls will contract painfully and won't stop until that particular time of the month has passed... I won't tell you when, and it can change. For him, I cursed his body parts to change size, every time he falls asleep. He may wake up one morning with feet the size of boat anchors, or he may wake up to find that his testicles have shrunk to the size of a pin head. Who knows. For him, he'll spontaneously crap himself whenever someone says a certain key word, and for her, well she'll just start to lactate at random times of the month, like a lot... Have fun being socially acceptable assholes, enjoy hell!" Riley informed them with a maniacal grin.
Sirius couldn't help but burst into laughter at hearing their punishments, it was all so positively evil. It made his inner Black chuckle with menacing glee.
"What the fuck did you do to me!?" Hawk wailed as his veins filled with poison and his whole body began to burn as he writhed on the ground.
"Since you will be slipping in and out of consciousness for a while... in the shortest, and easiest to remember explanation I can possibly make... I won." Riley replied with a viscous grin.
"Captain." Boar whispered, but Kakashi held out his hand to silence him.
"They brought this on themselves. The mission is a failure. To go against Riley would be suicide. As team captain I'll accept full responsibility for this failure. Gather the team... or um... what's left of them, and let's make a hasty retreat. If we make it back to the village fast enough, lady Tsunade may be able to save a few of them." Kakashi ordered Hawk's team. Earning a depressed nod from them, they gathered up the wailing Hawk, as well as the other three members of Kakashi's team, two of which were unconscious and bleeding heavily. They would have to stabilize them and then move fast.
"Run back to the village in shame you bastards... and I hope you write soon Kakashi. Please let me know what the um... my father's, reaction is." Riley stated as she shot one of the Anbu a cruel grin.
"Did you mean to say Hokage?" Kakashi asked, and when he did, he heard a loud, wet shitting sound. He glanced over at one of the Anbu, and everyone knew what the code phrase to make him shit himself was.
"Oh, your life is going to suck." Boar said with a dark chuckle as he departed with the rest of the Anbu, save for Kakashi.
"I'm a little surprised you didn't fight me on this issue Kakashi." Riley stated after a moment.
"I knew I wouldn't win. Besides, I knew Sirius when I was a young man... he was always kind even if he did annoy me." Kakashi replied as he gave Sirius a bland look.
Sirius simply smiled in reply, "Ah... you've grown ya little snot nosed brat. I'll have to come up with better ways of annoying you now."
"Humph... My best friend is a green spandex wearing hyper-active, fitness buff, who's probably the loudest man I've ever met... Good luck!" Kakashi fired back.
"Challenge accepted. First Remus, then you." Sirius replied with a chuckle.
"Uh... you can't be serious." Kakashi muttered.
"Oh, but Kakashi... I am Sirius." Sirius replied with a laugh causing Kakashi to face palm.
"For what it's worth, I hope Riley proves your innocence Sirius. I would hate for sensei to send me back out here to kill you." Kakashi stated.
"Those who abandon the mission are trash..." Riley began with a warm smile.
"But those who abandon their friends are worse than trash. I'm happy you still remember. Good luck Riley. Oh, and do let me know if you find another girlfriend, I don't wanna be kept in the dark about all this, you know how much of a romance buff I am." Kakashi teased.
"Hey... piss off you perv." Riley shouted back as Kakashi shunshined away, with a smile on his face.
"Let's go find Dumbledore." Riley said as she turned to Sirius.
"Hey... who are they?" Sirius asked as they started to walk.
Riley looked over and spotted Katie, Theo, and Blaise standing a hundred yards off with their jaws on the ground.
"Let's go gather my friends and get you to Dumbledore." Riley said with a shake of her head as she marched towards the trio.
-Later-
"And that's what happened." Riley informed Madam Bones and Dumbledore.
Sirius was in magical restraints in the corner of Dumbledore's office with two of the biggest ugliest Aurors to guard him.
"And you say you have Pettigrew?" Amelia asked.
"Yep." Riley replied as she pulled out a scroll and released Pettigrew from it. The man was still catatonic though Riley was able to quickly heal him with medical Ninjutsu along with a good old fashioned Enervate.
Amelia quickly administered Veritaserum on him and began her questioning. By the time it was finished, they had found out everything. Apparently, some cloak wearing individual approached Peter and blackmailed him with the information that she knew that Peter was a double agent. She stated that she would reveal the truth to Minato if he did not set up the plan to get Minato's team killed. Peter ended up slipping the information to Iwa nin about where Minato's team would be and when they could strike at them without him being present. Ultimately, he had failed since only Obito 'Died'. While Kakashi and Rin survived.
Pettigrew then framed Sirius to stop Minato from hunting him down, and then he went into hiding to hide from the woman in the black cloak, whom according to how fearful Peter sounded as he explained her, was a woman of greater terror then the Dark Lord or Minato.
This was around the time when Fudge walked in with a few more Aurors and a Dementor. Riley quickly shot a glare at the Dementor whom must have been part of the group from earlier cuz it immediately Scooby Dooby Dooed the shit outta there. Leaving everyone pretty much dumbfounded while Sirius simply burst into laughter.
After recovering from her surprise at seeing a Dementor literally flee in terror, Amelia then proceeded to inform the Minister as to the truth.
You could see from the look on Fudge's face that he was both furious and a little frightened. Furious because his predecessor allowed themselves to be bullied by Minato into sending an innocent man to prison and leaving him to clean up the mess, and fearful because the people may blame him for this misstep.
"You know... minister... in all honesty... this is the Fourth's fault. If he hadn't acted like a petulant child, and threw a tantrum, Sirius would have gotten a trial, years ago. They would have used Veritaserum and he would have been proven innocent. Instead, Minato threw a fit and demanded that Black either be killed or turned over to him." Riley stated, her Slytherin side shining true.
"Now... while we have to understand that Minato was in a difficult place at the time, he had just lost someone who was like a son to him, She isn't completely wrong." Dumbledore kind of agreed, well as much as he could without outright blaming Minato for acting like a child.
"This works to our advantage. Pettigrew will be put on trial, the sentence, once we get the necessary proof, will be death. He'll be kissed immediately upon his trials completion. Just give a dose of Veritaserum to Black here, and make sure he wasn't an accomplice and all is good." Fudge ordered.
Sirius cringed at hearing that, since he knew that he was a Death Eater, during Voldemort's rein, and they'd probably find out about that. And he'd be heading back to Azkaban.
"Actually Minister. Sirius and his house technically belong to me, until the charges against him are cleared, as I claimed him as a ward. He did not refuse, and accepted the terms. As his impromptu head of house, I cannot have some sort of third party individual with no knowledge of the Black family secrets administering Veritaserum and possibly forcing my ward into releasing information about his house. Being his head of house and someone whom knows much about the Black family secrets (lies), I can administer the questions without accidentally forcing private information not relative to this matter, into the light." Riley stated in a formal and neutral tone. She was basically spouting bullshit her grandfather was quickly whispering to her. She hoped it worked.
"Surely you can trust Amelia with this... after all being a head of house herself, she understands the meaning of family secrets." Dumbledore countered. The man didn't sound suspicious or anything he was more curious then anything.
"No, no, Dumbledore, she's right. After all Black's been through it's the least we can offer. Allow his head of house to vindicate him." Fudge ordered, you could tell he was trying to get on Riley's and Sirius' good side but neither of them were complaining. No one had any other complaints and Amelia quickly administered the Veritaserum.
After a few moments it took hold and Sirius' eyes glazed over. Riley quickly began...
"What is your name?"
"Sirius Black"
"How old are you?"
"37."
"What is your Animagus Form?"
"A grim."
"Did you participate in the plotting of the death of Obito Uchiha?"
"No."
"Did you participate in the events that caused the death of Obito Uchiha?"
"No."
"Did you know that Peter Pettigrew had framed you for the murder of Obito Uchiha, when you chased him to muggle London?"
"Yes."
"Did you kill any one of the twelve muggles that died as a result of that incident?"
"No."
"Did you kill Peter Pettigrew?"
"No."
"Did Peter ever take the Dark mark?"
"Yes."
"Did you ever take the Dark Mark?"
"No."
"Did you ever have any negative feelings towards Minato Namikaze or Lily Namikaze nee Evans?"
"No not until they threw me into that hell hole for fourteen years."
Riley then looked over at Amelia whom nodded, she glanced over at Dumbledore whom wore a happy smile at hearing Sirius' innocence. Fudge also nodded his approval and motioned for Amelia to provide the antidote.
"Alright Lord Black. A trial will be held in a few days. However you are not required to participate in any fashion. With this information, I as Minister of magic, hereby exonerate you of all your crimes. You will be payed a fee of one million galleons for each year spent in Azkaban and the charges of failure to register as an Animagus will be waved as well, upon your completion of the proper registration forms. Amelia, arrest Peter Pettigrew for the death of Obito Uchiha of the land of Fire, as well as the deaths of twelve muggles in London. We will have a full list of charges brought upon him by the time of his trial." Fudge stated sounding all professional.
"Be careful... his Animagus form is that of a rat." Sirius warned.
"Thank you Lord Black. You are free to go." Amelia told him as she removed his shackles.
"As you have finally been proven innocent, I bequeath all of your titles back to you, and release your house from my service." Riley added with a smile.
"Ah good... all's well that ends well." Sirius said with a chuckle.
"There is one thing though before you leave Ms. Uchiwa. That enormous Fox I and the rest of the staff witnessed in the sky? And the injuries to several Gryffindors?" Dumbledore inquired.
Riley let out a sigh and told her story. Again she didn't go into detail. But she did inform them that a rogue faction of the Leaf Anbu sent to the school, were trying to start a house war, which is where all the fighting was coming from this year. One of the Anbu tried to get Oliver and his goons to hurt Katie. Peter Pettigrew somehow placed them all under some sort of spell, or potion and sent them to do worse then originally planned. Riley and her friends beat them all up, while preparing for the possible house war that would erupt when the Gryffindors heard about Riley beating up twelve of their members. The light they saw in the sky was her Patronus which took the form a fox. She didn't have to explain to them why it was so big, it was obvious that she was unbelievably powerful.
After she finished her story, everyone looked to a combination of pissed, and proud of her. Especially Amelia, Dumbledore and Sirius.
"So... you've been training you friends in the art of the shinobi?" Dumbledore inquired.
"Yeah." Riley replied.
"Would you be willing to train others?" Dumbledore asked.
"Maybe... while I don't have anything against showing people the basics the more advanced stuff I would save for those I trusted." Riley replied after a moment of thought.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking Albus?" Fudge asked.
"Indeed. We would have to discuss it with the board of governors but perhaps if you're willing you might offer a class on the basics of wielding Chakra?" Dumbledore asked.
"You mean like be a teacher?" Riley asked with a bit of surprise.
"Not fully. You'd have one of the other teachers there to oversee. And it would be as an elective for third years and up, besides... you're already more then prepared to take your Transfiguration, DADA, and Charms, OWLS, and you'll be ready for your NEWTS by the end of this year. You're already top of your class in Ancient Runes. By next year you'll have learned everything you need in most of your classes anyway. Plus... you already do act as a teacher most of the time. You teach your friends and you help those who struggle in your classes. I think it would be an excellent position for you to be in. You can finish your Electives with your friends, while at the same time you wont be stuck in the three classes you've almost finished with already. Give it some thought. I'll contact you during the summer if the board likes the idea." Dumbledore explained.
"I will give it some thought. I kinda like the idea of being a teacher... it gives me something to do. Plus at least I won't be bored in my other classes." Riley replied with a smile.
Dumbledore smiled in reply. What no one knew was that behind the kindly twinkle in his eye, was a slowly growing fear. He knew that the girl that stood before him, eclipsed him in power. That's why he had to do whatever it took to guide her on the right path. She was far too powerful to allow to fall into the hands of darkness. Albus knew that if Riley was to become a Dark Lord... the world would fall before her. So he decided to try and focus her energy onto something constructive and beneficial to Britain. Teaching students to use Chakra would expand witches and wizards potential drastically.
-Later-
It was dawn by the time Riley made it to her common room. She had gone to Madam Pomfrey to examine the Gryffindors whom attacked Katie, to try and figure out what was wrong with them. It didn't take long to figure it out. It was a unique kind a mind manipulation spell that forced a person's darkest emotions to the forefront of their personalities. It's why most of Katie's attackers went from just wanting to scare her to becoming rape faced psychos.
They were all going to be fine though. A mind healer from St Mungo's had come to help fix them up. After hearing the truth about what was causing all of the tension this year, Dumbledore gathered the staff and set them to task, calming the students and ensuring no conflict broke out. By the time Riley made it back, Snape had retrieved the Slytherin first and second years from the chamber along with about half of Riley's crew. The other half were in the dungeons lying in wait for anyone wearing red or gold to stumble into their sights. They were very happy to see Snape leading the younger kids back to the common room. He had to compliment his snakes for how well they organized and prepared to defend their house. Draco truly proved himself by leading the Slytherins in preparation for a possible fight. He earned a lot of respect from Snape, the older kids and even Riley, and cemented his position as the Prince of Slytherin house.
Riley walked into her common room and found most of the snakes waiting for her. Almost the entire house was there, they offered her nods as she made her way through the group. To her surprise, Neville, Luna, Hermione, and Katie were all present in the common room. Which had been a taboo for years and years.
All her friends offered her smiles or nods. She could see the hero worship and awe in Blaise, Theo, and Katie's eyes as they had seen her power first hand. They had seen her kick the shit out of all those Anbu.
Riley stopped in front of Blaise, Theo and Katie she gave the three a smile and said. "You fought well."
The boys both smiled and nodded while Katie also nodded but her cheeks also visibly reddened.
Riley smiled at them for a moment longer before turning to walk away.
Katie watched her walk. She really really wanted to say something just then. Since becoming a part of this group Katie felt like she belonged, and Riley had become akin to her hero. And her crush. She just wished she could just ask her out, but she knew she couldn't, Riley was already dating someone, and she was way hotter then Katie could ever dream of being.
"I know Fleur's hot, Katie... if you want in on that you have to ask Riley." Luna said in a loud whisper, causing Katie's jaw to drop and the room to go silent.
Riley stopped mid step and turned to look back at Katie who's cheeks were as red as a tomato.
"Oh wait... no... sorry I got that mixed up. I know Riley's hot you have to ask Fleur if you can get in on that." Luna corrected herself with a smile, causing a few people to snicker.
Riley walked right up to Luna, "I didn't know you felt that way about me love. How come you never told me?"
"You can't handle me." Luna replied with a cheerful smile as she turned and began to leave. Riley was left with a gob smacked look at that statement but before she could reply, Luna looked back at her and added, "Yet." before winking and skipping off with Ginny whom was a giggling wreck.
Riley simply shook her head and giggled. Luna was one of a kind. After a moment she turned towards Katie whom looked to be trying to fuse with the wall she leaning on.
"So Katie..." Riley stated as she approached her.
"Ye... Yeah?" Katie stuttered in reply as she tried to locate where her Gryffindor courage ran off too.
"You wanna go out with me?" Riley asked.
"Yeah." Katie replied without having to think about it.
"Alright, how about Friday night then? Oh and before you ask. I've been ordered by the state to repopulate my clan here in Britain so I've been asked to take multiple mates... and yes Fleur knows... and if you're willing to share, we can see where this goes." Riley informed her.
"Uh... okay... cool. Sure Friday sounds great." Katie replied mechanically as she thought about this new bed of information she had learned. Riley had to take more then one 'mate' which meant she could date her and Fleur at the same time, and Fleur was already alright with that.
"Oh... and if our date on Friday goes well. I'll take you to get Fleur's seal of approval and word of warning, she loves to kiss, so be prepared for that... now... I'm off to bed... and the rest of you nosy assholes... go fuck yourselves!" Riley told her before turning to the rest of the Slytherins, Riley made her exit right as the Slytherins burst into laughter.
All Katie could think about was how interesting her life had become.
-To be Continued-
Alright... holy shit... my hand if fucking crippled now... you guys better love the shit outta this chapter. See repercussion in the Leaf, end of third year, and summer fun in the next chapter JA NE!
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