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※ Familia, Focius, Domus ※
※ Ch. 02: Mischief Management ※

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It took considerable coordination to get the lot of them to the Borough of Islington in London, where they were supplied with a sheet of paper with the words "The Headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix is located at 12 Grimmauld Place" written upon it, and upon reading and memorizing this information, each and every one of the newcomers got to lay eyes upon the concealed townhouse.

"Wasn't Sirius disowned?" Lily queried as she and the others entered the building, only to watch in mild amusement as Dora tripped over a rather horrific umbrella stand. Her amusement turned into fury as the portrait of Walburga Black began screaming at them.

Walking up to the portrait, Lily glared at the painted woman and said, "As one family matriarch to another, let me assure you that I can and will put my fist through your face if you continue with this awful racket."

The woman in the painting opened her mouth to retort, only to snap it shut when Lily brought her hand into the appropriate position to drive it through the painting's face. Lily smiled and turned to regard the rest of the hall, which had now filled with a gaggle of redheads, a bushy-haired brunette, Sirius Black, and a few other people that Lily couldn't immediately identify.

Lily smirked at Sirius and said, "Hey Padfoot, long time no see."

Two of the redheads began swiveling their heads back and forth as they tried to keep their eyes on both Lily and Sirius, who looked rather faint, "You can't be here! You're supposed to be dead!"

Lily smirked and said, "It just so happens that I was only mostly dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can do…"

The bushy-haired brunette, Dora, Kara and surprisingly Galatea all began laughing uproariously, even while everyone else looked confused.

"Um… what?" Sirius questioned.

"With all dead, all you can do is go through their clothes and look for loose change!" the brunette exclaimed. "I simply adore that novel."

"What do you mean by novel? The Prince Bride is a movie!" Kara exclaimed.

"Well, it was a novel first." the brunette admitted. "I'm Hermione, and who are you?"

"I'm Kara, I'm indirectly related to Harry and Lily by way of my foster cousin." She then grabbed Galatea in a one-armed hug, "This is my older sister, Galatea."

"Lily, you can't just bring Muggles into the wizarding world, especially if they aren't actually related to you," Sirius reprimanded the woman.

Harry smirked at his godfather and said, "Hermione, do you think Superman qualifies as a Muggle?"

Hermione leveled him with an incredulous expression, before saying, "Harry, please tell me you aren't comparing your new girlfriends to a man who could theoretically bench press a weight equalling the Moon's mass."

"Well, we're not that strong." Galatea admitted.

"But my cousin has done stuff like that before, rare though such feats of strength are." Kara acknowledged. "Truthfully, he's kind of in a league of his own."

Hermione scowled at that information, before promptly turning to Sirius and saying, "Play nice with the Überfrau, and maybe they won't neuter you."

With that said, Hermione retreated to the room she was sharing with Ginny Weasley, and which would likely now have two new occupants. The redhead who Lily vaguely recognized as Molly Weasley started herding her children up the stairs as there would apparently be a meeting for the Order of the Phoenix in a few minutes. She also made an effort to herd Harry, Kara and Galatea up those stairs, but Lily put her foot down, saying, "I will decide what is best for those three, thank you."

This caused Molly to turn and glare at her, "I am more of a mother to Harry than…"

"No, take me. Not Harry. Take me instead!" Harry whispered out in a chilling voice. "That is what I hear every time a Dementor gets close to me. It is my worst and also most cherished memory."

"Oh, Harry!" Lily exclaimed as she pulled him into a comforting hug. She then turned to look at Molly and said, "Harry, Galatea and Kara will attend this meeting. Now, I suggest we move into the room where it is taking place and wait for the other participants to arrive."

"Right," Sirius said while rubbing his hands together. "If everyone will follow me to the kitchen, we can get this party started."

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Lily watched impassively as Albus Dumbledore entered the kitchen, only for her focus to shift entirely to the man that followed him in. "Will Peter be joining us this evening as well, or are we blessed in that only one traitor is present this evening?"

Albus Dumbledore blinked in shocked surprise as everything he thought he knew about life and death was thrown out the window. However, he quickly rallied himself and exclaimed, "What trickery is this? Lily Potter is dead!"

"I regret to inform you that reports of my demise were greatly exaggerated," Lily drawled out. "Oh, and I should also point out that there are more things in Heaven and Earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy, Dumbledore."

"And when she says 'Heaven' she means outer-space," Kara added in a faux-helpful tone of voice.

Severus Snape had attempted to use the headmaster's outburst in order to escape with his life, only to find himself being thrown to the ground by a blonde woman that was wearing what amounted to scandalous clothing even by muggle standards. She glared at him and asked, "You weren't about to leave, were you?"

"Of course not," Severus lied through his teeth.

"Good. Now, get up and take a seat." the blonde growled at him.

Once the fashionably late crew had taken their seats, Lily took control of the discussion and asked the question that had been bugging her ever since she had cast that Patronus charm, "Why were Dementors in a muggle residential area?"

Dumbledore heaved a sigh and said, "I would be far more comfortable if your son and the young girl at his side would wait with his friends."

"I don't give a damn!" Lily exclaimed. "Now answer the blasted question."

"The official stance is that Harry cast the charm for no reason, and that he did so in front of at least two muggles." Dumbledore explained. "In any case, he is expected to attend a disciplinary hearing in a few days where the matter of his continued education will be discussed."

"These Dementor thingies… Are they whatever it was that my eyes registered as human-shaped glaciers?" Kara inquired.

Dumbledore frowned and waved his wand in her direction, only to sigh at whatever result he got, while turning a glare on Lily, "We have laws against bringing muggles into our world for a reason, Lily."

"Those laws have never applied to family members, and I claimed her elder sister as a Vassal to the House of Potter, which makes them both members of my family. Furthermore, even if I had not done that, Kara would still be family to me, as her guardian is my paternal cousin."

Kara suddenly perked up and turned to look at Tonks and said, "You might want to go to the door and do whatever it is that allows people to see this building, cause the most wonderful woman in the world wants to meet my… um… aunt?"

Dora's hair flashed between several different colors, before settling on a bright orange as she fell all over herself in her haste to leave the room, while Harry and Galatea snickered at the woman's antics. Sirius turned to look at Lily and asked, "Who is it, exactly, that my little cousin is mooning over?"

"If it pleases you, Padfoot, I think Nymmie-Poo has a wee little crush on Moony. As for what she's currently doing, well, I'm not entirely sure." Lily teased her two closest friends.

Everyone snickered at Lily's term of endearment for Auror Tonks, since she was probably one of the few people in the world who could get away with using such embarrassing names for the beautiful, if mildly antagonistic, young woman.

Seconds later, Dora returned with an incredibly tall woman dressed in a modern version of the formal clothing that women wore in ancient Greece. Her long jet-black hair was offset by her electric blue eyes, which she was currently using to glare a hole into the back of Albus Dumbledore's head. "I see that Chronos hasn't been as kind to you, as he has been to me, old friend."

Dumbledore slowly turned around and immediately released a gasping wheeze as he brought a hand up to clutch at his heart. Even if Lily's revival hadn't thoroughly shocked him, seeing the youthful visage of a woman he fought with during the war with Gellert Grindelwald definitely did the trick and pushed him into his very first heart attack.

Diana immediately surged forward and began performing the limited amount of first aid that was possible for someone suffering from a Heart Attack in such a backwards society as this one. Fortunately, Lily was just as quick and actually knew medical magic that she began applying to the old man, which quickly relieved the worst of his symptoms. She then glared at the newcomer and said, "I take it you know each other?"

Diana smirked and said, "We fought alongside one another during the conflict with your Gellert Grindelwald."

"Of course," Lily remarked. She then turned to look at the gathered members of the Order of the Phoenix, and said, "This meeting is adjourned. In fact, until further notice, it should be assumed that the Order of the Phoenix is on standby."

"I don't take orders from you, Evans." Alastor Moody growled. He jabbed a stubby finger at Diana and said, "For all we know this woman was one of Grindelwald's sycophants. Furthermore, I'm having a very hard time believing you're who you say you are."

Lily turned to glare at the grizzled old auror and said, "You will not be getting an assignment tonight since the old man just suffered from what is known as a Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy, which is a type of heart attack caused by emotional and mental duress. He is simply not capable of continuing this meeting at the current point in time, and will be convalescing in one of the manor's guest rooms."

"Well, you heard the lady, folks. Time for the entire lot of you to scram!" Sirius exclaimed as he stood and made his way over to where Galatea was standing and began flirting with her, only to watch in confusion as she sauntered over and draped herself all over his godson, earning her a glare from her younger sister. Sirius could watch in stunned awe as the young man tried to ignore their attention, which only egged them both on.

Meanwhile, the majority of the Order's membership were busy making themselves scarce. Only those who were actual guests of the presiding Lord of the Manor were permitted to stay, which was basically limited to Lily, her wards, the Weasley family, and Dora Tonks.

Diana watched Sirius strike out with young Galatea, only to frown when she noticed an older gentleman who was watching her with a wary expression on his face. Time seemed to slow to a stop as she spun in place transforming her dress into the armor of an Amazon Warrior, complete with a sword and shield strapped to her back.

Galatea saw this happening, and immediately pulled herself away from Harry, as she prepared for a battle that she didn't want to fight. However, it seemed that Lily was faster on the draw as she flicked her wand while incanting the word "Incarcerous!"

"An honest to goodness Amazon! I should have realized that would be the case since your people are among the few that can casually ignore the passage of time." Lily enthused. "Of course, your people also have a major flaw in that they are rendered powerless by one of the easiest conjurations in existence. Now, kindly explain why you felt it necessary to violate guest rights?"

Remus stalked forward and smirked at the restrained Amazon Princess and said, "It's been a while, hasn't it, Diana? In fact, it was an entirely different lifetime for me. I wouldn't even have made the connection between us, if you hadn't decided to appear in front of me."

"Moony, what are you nattering on about?" Sirius asked.

"Kara, that's Ares!" Diana exclaimed in a frustrated manner.

Remus smirked and said, "It would be more accurate to say that I am Mars. Yes, I am a god of war, but I am of the same nature as your beloved Athena. You killed Ares, and in doing so, gave rise to me."

"Okay, that's enough of that." Lily ground out. "Suffice it to say that attacking my family, regardless of whether they share my blood or not, is going to end badly for you. Now, so long as you promise to behave yourself while in this dwelling, I will release you."

Diana nodded her head sharply, "I know when I've met my match."

Lily smiled and fired off a silent finishing charm. "Now, I would suggest we all get a little sleep, as I plan to cause quite the commotion at the Ministry tomorrow."

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True to her word, Lily and Diana were up early the next morning and preparing for the spectacle they were planning to make at the Ministry, with Kara and Galatea adding in their suggestions every now and then. Ultimately, they were stymied by Kreacher's animosity, which was solved when Lily put out a plea to the Potter family elves, only to be quite surprised when a hyperactive elf that was wearing the most colorful livery she had ever seen appeared in front of her, and began exclaiming how happy he is to be called by the "Great Master Harry Potter Sir!"

"Excuse me," Lily interrupted, causing the elf's eyes to widen in surprise as he looked around and realized that Harry was nowhere to be seen. Smiling at the confused elf, Lily gently asked, "Does my son know that you bonded to him, and through him, to me as well?"

"Should Dobby punish himself?" the creature inquired in a terrified tone of voice, causing Diana to glare at Lily.

"Absolutely not!" Lily exclaimed. "If you feel you have done something to warrant a punishment, discuss it with me, and we will determine a suitable reprimand that doesn't result in you being injured. As for why I feel you were wrong for concealing the bond between us, it has to do with how much I value every single member of my family, which now includes you."

By the end of her explanation, Dobby was sobbing in gratitude and exclaiming that the Great Harry Potter Sir's mother was even greater than he was, causing Diana, Kara and Galatea to laugh at the dumbfounded expression on Lily's face. Fortunately, it didn't take Lily much effort to earn Dobby's cooperation in their preparations for their planned outing.

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Lily and Diana shared an amused smirk as the guard sitting at the security desk in the Ministry's Atrium told them to "Present your wands" in such a flat tone that you would think the man was a close relative to Professor Binns, the ghost who allegedly taught History of Magic at Hogwarts.

Lily smirked as she did as asked, and watched as he indexed the wand only for her smirk to turn into a grin as his eyes widened in shock, and he said, "This wand… it hasn't been seen since…"

"The night that my family was attacked in our home by a monster that was masquerading as a man!" Lily exclaimed as she grabbed the wand out of his grasp and returned it to the holster on her wrist. "Now, if you will keep that to yourself for just a little while longer, I will see what I can do to get you promoted into a more glamorous job."

"Okay, but I still need to check her wand in," the guard remarked while jabbing a finger at Diana.

"Oh, I don't have a wand, nor do I need one to manipulate my magical abilities, limited though they are." Diana admitted. "Plus, I could very easily bypass this desk entirely by taking a detour to 10 Downing Street."

The security guard sighed and waved them through while saying, "Please don't get me fired."

It didn't take them very long to reach the offices belonging to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, and almost as soon as they got there Dora appeared at their side, saying, "No! No! No! You can't be here! You're gonna get me fired!"

Lily cooed at the adorable woman and said, "Only if you want me too. Now do be a dear and take us to wherever it is that Amy Bones is hiding."

Dora winced and said, "It really would be better to wait for the hearing."

Lily turned her head so she was looking out towards the large mass of cubicles, as well as the doors leading to interrogation rooms and private offices, and in doing so, activated what she referred to as her All-Seeing Eyes. This was an ability that made Alastor Moody's false eye look like a kindergartner's X-Ray Sunglasses, in that it could see through any physical barrier, except for lead, even if it had difficulties with metaphysical ones. Since there weren't any active wards in the area, Lily quickly located her old friend and began walking in the woman's direction at a brisk pace, with Diana falling into step beside her.

Sitting in front of Amelia's office was a woman that clearly worked as her receptionist, and who saw them coming, noticed Auror Tonks on their heels, took in the fact that they were dressed in a manner that was befitting the highest echelons of Pure-Blood society, and deflated in realization that she would be unable to deny them entry. Very few people in Dora's age group knew what Lily looked like, since her claim to fame was eclipsed by that of her beloved son, as such, it was unsurprising that this particular witch had no idea what was about to transpire.

Of course, she was partially clued in when the first words coming out of Lily's mouth after entering that office were, "You are perhaps the single most incompetent Director of Magical Law Enforcement I have ever heard of!"

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Amelia Bones wasn't an easy woman to catch off guard, but being yelled at by a dead woman would tend to do the job just fine. It didn't take her long to realize that the woman in front of her was a living Being, and not some unholy horror created using some of the darkest forms of magic. And then her mind caught what it was she had just been told, which caused her to release a heavy sigh, as she asked, "What did I do to earn your ire this time, Lily?"

"Sirius is innocent of every crime he stands accused of, since he was never our Secret Keeper." Lily explained.

"While that is interesting, it won't be enough to overturn the Kiss on Sight order." Amelia countered.

"Peter Pettigrew was our Secret Keeper. Peter Pettigrew is also an illegal animagus who takes the form of a rat. A rat that was apparently being kept as a pet by Percy and Ron Weasley up until the latter's third year at Hogwarts, which is coincidentally the same year in which Sirius escaped from Azkaban. Furthermore, Sirius was never put on trial, which means he isn't an escaped convict, but rather an illegally incarcerated citizen."

"That, that right there!" Amelia smirked. "That is what I needed to overturn the order. Unfortunately, that entire fiasco occurred before my tenure as the director of this department, so I can't really be blamed for it, and the Kiss on Sight order was issued by the Minister himself, so again, it isn't really my fault."

"Moving on." Lily smirked. "I can't really blame you for all the crap that has occurred at Hogwarts these past few years, but it worries me that there was no Auror presence during my son's second year, or the year during the previous school year."

Amelia scowled at that particular complaint and said, "It wasn't until the very end of the previous school year that I discovered the Auror I had assigned to the school had been replaced by a Death Eater that allegedly died in prison. Of course, between him, you and Pettigrew, I'm gonna be demanding that the Wizengamot allow my aurors to perform full scale autopsies on anyone who dies under suspicious circumstances."

Diana and Lily smirked at that bit of news, but waited for the much older looking woman to continue her explanation, "As for your son's second year, all I know is that towards the end of the year, Minister Fudge paid a visit to the school and when he returned, he had Rubeus Hagrid with him, and was demanding that I have the man sent to Azkaban for allegedly petrifying people. Instead of doing that, I took Hagrid to a safehouse where he would be comfortable and safe, but unable to leave until I gave an all-clear order. Do you actually know what was going on during that school year?"

"Apparently Lucius Malfoy smuggled a cursed diary into the school by planting it on one of the incoming first years. I don't know why he did this, or what he planned to accomplish, but the basic gist is that the diary was a parasitic entity that could temporarily control the girl and used her to gain access to the Chamber of Secrets and the monster contained within, and of course being that it was created by Salazar Slytherin, the monster was the ultimate embodiment of the Slytherin mascot." Lily explained.

"A basilisk?" Amelia whispered in horror. "My little Susan attends a school that has a basilisk living inside it?"

"Had. It had a basilisk. My baby boy is simply amazing, and he managed to kill the damn thing by shoving a sword into its brain. Nearly got himself killed in the process, but he managed to pull it off." She then turned to look at Diana and said, "I really need to find a way to express my gratitude to Hermione. We'd never have managed this meeting without her."

Amelia sighed and said, "Okay, Lily, what is your real reason for calling me incompetent?"

Lily smirked victoriously and said, "My son stands accused of casting the Patronus charm in front of a muggle, what makes this worse, is that instead of investigating the alleged crime, the Ministry sent him a Howler informing him he had already been expelled from Hogwarts, that a group of ministry personnel would be coming to snap his wand, and only then would he be brought before a judiciary council."

Amelia groaned as she rubbed her temples in an attempt to relieve the aggravation she was feeling right now. "Auror Tonks, please go to the Improper Use of Magic Office and fetch me whoever wrote that Howler."

Lily smiled at the younger woman and said, "It was Mafalda Hopikirk, dear."

Tonks nodded her thanks and dashed out the door, showing far more grace than she had last night. Once she was gone, Amelia asked, "Do you have anything else to add to this fiasco?"

"Only that I'm the one who cast the Patronus charm last night, that the muggles in question could easily be mistaken for gods given how much raw brute strength they possess, and that there definitely were Dementors in Little Whinging last night, however one of those so-called muggles proved once and for all that Dementors can be killed, and are therefore not amortal."

"Everything that exists will die, Lillia. It's just a matter of time before I collect my due." a disembodied voice intruded on the conversation, though it seemed that only Lily had heard it, though the other women did seem to notice something had occurred.

Diana in particular felt unnerved, because whatever that was, it felt far more powerful than any deity she had ever encountered, and she was acquainted with Darkseid, who is arguably the most powerful living deity. Turning to look at Lily, she asked, "What was that?"

Lily glanced down at the signet ring on her hand, and said, "I'm not entirely sure, but I think that was Thanatos, though it definitely sounded more feminine than I was expecting."

Diana tilted her head to the side, before nodding and saying, "That means it was probably Teleute, which would easily explain why her aura dwarfed anything I have ever experienced before. She's supposed to be really nice."

"And I'm back!" Tonks exclaimed as she stepped through the door with a woman that looked incredibly stressed dogging her steps.

"Auror Tonks, I could kiss you!" Amelia exclaimed, causing the metamorphs hair to shift into the lurid yellow color that represented just how surprised she was at that statement.

Snickering in amusement, Lily turned to the newcomer and said, "I will not contest the fact that a Patronus charm was performed last night in a muggle-inhabited area, since I am the one who cast the spell in question. What upsets me, however, is that you felt it would be appropriate to inform underage wizard that was already expelled, that his wand would be snapped before an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident, and that it only be after he was rendered defenseless that anyone would even think of questioning whether not he was guilty or innocent."

The woman grimaced and mumbled something under her breath that sounded suspiciously like 'Umbitch.'

"I see," Amelia murmured as she stood from her desk and said, "Dowager Potter, if you and your companion would follow me. I believe I now have enough information to bring your grievances before the Minister. Of course, you are welcome to accompany us, Auror Tonks."

"Uh, shouldn't I get back to work, ma'am?"

"Of course, but considering that I am promoting you, I thought you would want to come with us so you could learn the details of your new assignment."

"But I only just started running combat missions!" Tonks exclaimed in annoyance.

Lily snickered at the younger woman's antics, even as the trio of older women began walking towards the lift with Tonks following after them. As they walked, Amelia asked, "Lily, have you ever met Cornelius Fudge?"

"I'm not sure we've ever met, but I know who he is." Lily admitted. "I would like to hope he has made himself aware of who I am."

"Oh, he definitely knows who you are. The question is how easy it will be for you to convince him of the fact that you really are THE Lily Potter." Amelia explained.

"Oh, that's not the question you should be asking, Amelia. The question you should be asking is, how long will it take for him to recognize my friend?" Lily reposted with a smirk.

Amelia glanced at the other woman and said, "I'm sorry, I never did get your name."

"The current Princess of Wales and I share our names and titles in common, but where she is a Princess Consort, I am a Princess Royal." Diana explained in a particularly cryptic manner.

Tonks whimpered pitifully as they got off the lift on the Minister's level and watched as the three most influential women she knew of began walking towards the receptionist's desk, which was currently being manned by none other than Percy Weasley. Lily stopped to look at him and said, "When I was a little girl, I was friends with a young man who promised we would remain friends forever and ever, and that would remain true even if we were sorted into different houses. Well, we were sorted into different houses. Me into Gryffindor, him into Slytherin. While I found happiness in Gryffindor, he only found misery in Slytherin, because his housemates saw him as a Muggle-Born Nobody, even though he was a Half-Blood Prince. Unfortunately, that misery led to him calling me a mudblood in front of the entire student body, which humiliated me and caused me to break off our friendship."

Percy was looking at her with confusion, and asked, "Why are you telling me this, ma'am?"

"Go home, Percy. Make amends with your family. Don't repeat the mistakes of the previous generation… Not unless you want to be as miserable with your lot in life as my old friend now is with his own."

Dora sighed and said, "Percy, she's comparing you to Severus Snape."

Percy blinked owlishly for a few moments, before sighing and saying, "I'll consider your advice, ma'am."

"Good!" agreed. "Now, is the Minister busy?"

"Yes?"

"Excellent!" Lily exclaimed as she walked up to the heavy oak doors that led into the Minister's office and threw them open, causing an explosion of noise as Lily's superhuman strength tore them off their hinges, and brought a fair chunk of the surrounding wall along for the ride.

The occupants of the room let out horrified gasps as their attention was pulled away from the pink-clad brute of a woman that had clearly been speaking when Lily made her presence known. Said woman took one look at Diana and said, "Is this an invasion?"

"That's funny, I was going to ask you the same question, Granny." Diana retorted.

Lily glanced at Diana and asked, "You know this… er, thing?"

"It calls itself Granny Goodness, and claims to be a woman, but I often question the validity of that claim. In any case, that entity is anything but a good person."

"How dare you!" Minister Cornelius Fudge exclaimed. "This is my Senior Undersecretary, Dolores Umbridge. You will show her the respect that is due to her position."

Lily snorted and turned her attention to the beautiful blonde that was gaping at her. "Cissa, darling, it's good to see you again after all these years."

"L-Lily?" Narcissa Malfoy stuttered out in a shocked tone of voice. "How? How are you alive?"

"I could maybe explain the basic mechanics of what occurred to Andromeda, and she might be able to translate it into something you could understand, but unfortunately, I wasn't even aware it was a possibility until after it happened and I'm still trying to figure out how everything occurred, especially since I wasn't getting any sunlight at all while buried six feet under."

Granny Goodness hissed in a way that could be interpreted as either fear or fury. "Kryptonian!"

Lily sighed and said, "I probably shouldn't be surprised you know that word. Now, which one of you idiots decided it would be a good idea to send two Dementors into a muggle neighborhood last night?"

Cornelius huffed and said, "Dementors would have had no reason to be in a muggle neighborhood."

"Then I should have had no reason to cast the Patronus charm in order to defend my son's life, as well as the lives of an unconscious woman, who is now my vassal, and her younger sister who is the ward of a distant cousin of mine."

Cornelius smirked in a victorious manner, and was just about to say something when Narcissa beat him to the punch, "Of course you cast the charm, Lily. I knew as soon as I saw you today, that trying to expel your son would be foolish. You are after all a living embodiment of the quote, 'Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor Hell a fury like a woman scorned.'"

Granny Goodness was suddenly looking at Lily with a gleam of interest. "A Fury you say?"

"In the sense that I will completely and utterly destroy anyone who hurts my loved ones." Lily explained. "And before you try to get all moralistic, Minister, I am more than capable of destroying you without using any magic whatsoever. In fact, I have never once used a spell that the Ministry would classify as Dark Magic."

Narcissa scowled and said, "That doesn't make you any less lethal." She then turned to the Minister and said, "In light of recent revelations, the Houses of Malfoy and Black will not be helping you to place your undersecretary into a position of power at Hogwarts. Now, unless you have any further business, I should make my departure."

"Who is this woman? She looks like the late Lily Potter, claims her name, and refers to the Boy Who Lived as her son, but Lily is dead, and the dead cannot come back to life!" Fudge exclaimed in a petulant tone of voice that was laced with fear, as he couldn't admit Lily was back without admitting that it might be possible for the Dark Lord to be back as well.

Lily watched as a flummoxed expression appeared on Narcissa's face, as the woman opened her mouth to try and explain, thought better of it, closed her mouth momentarily, before trying again. This continued for several seconds, before Lily sighed and said, "You are fundamentally wrong, Minister. The dead can come back to life, but only the most desperate of individuals would ever dare to make use of the false form of immortality known as a Horcrux. Unfortunately, the allegedly deceased Dark Lord was exactly the right sort of desperate to pursue that branch of magic."

Narcissa glared at her friend and said, "What I was actually trying to do is, avoid pointing out that the Minister is a bumbling idiot, because of course the Dark Lord is back."

Granny Goodness smirked viciously as she pulled out a long metal tube that she claimed was her wand, and jabbed it in Narcissa's direction, releasing a blast of energy that dwarfed anything she had ever seen a witch or wizard produce with their flimsy wooden sticks, only to blink in surprise when the blast field was met with a glowing blue dome of energy that completely canceled it out.

"You must not be very smart," Lily remarked as she waved her wand over her head and transfigured her dress into a battlesuit that was clearly inspired by the one her cousin, Kal-El, was wearing last night. Only instead of his S-shaped shield, hers almost looked like the profile of a Phoenix. "I clearly remember stating that I will completely and utterly destroy anyone who attacks my loved ones."

Granny Goodness could only gape at the emblem on her chest, as she easily recognized it, and now realized that yes, she had been a bit daft to attack someone that Lily loved. Her mind immediately made a connection, as she said, "Kal-El is your cousin?"

Lily's smirk was predatory in nature, as she said "His mother was Lara Lor-Van, while I am Lillia Ryk-Van. I trust you understand how thoroughly screwed you are now?"

"Darlings, Granny needs you!" she called out, which was followed almost immediately by a large tube-like vortex materializing behind her.

"Oh I don't think so!" Lily remarked as she waved her wand and roared "Finite Cosmos Maxima!"

Diana's jaw dropped when Lily's spell completely negated the incoming Boom-Tube. "Is that actually possible, can magic actually do that?"

Granny Goodness was also quite dumbfounded, as she had never heard of anyone who had the ability to cancel out a Boom-Tube. It was the bemused voice of Nymphadora Tonks saying, "So awesome" that pulled the 'woman' out of her stupor, and allowed her to level her Mega-Rod on Lily.

Unfortunately, this act was met by the bright light of a silently cast Expelliarmus charm, which promptly deprived Goodness of her weapon, and thus left her at the mercy of the women in front of her. "Diana would be a dear and tie her up."

"Happily," Diana agreed as she pulled her golden lasso out from the folds of her dress and quickly set about her assigned task.

Narcissa, however, had turned a nasty glare on Minister Fudge who was cowering behind his desk, having obviously been Sorted into a house other than Gryffindor while at Hogwarts. Her glare quickly turned into a mask of outright fury when Fudge came out from behind his desk and said, "Director Bones you need to arrest these women, they have tried to assault me in my office!"

"Diana, please introduce yourself to our esteemed Minister, because he has obviously failed to recognize you."

"I'm not all surprised," Diana retorted as she finished restraining the hostile deity. "I mean, who could possibly notice me when you are being all domineering and sexy like that."

Lily blushed and mumbled something under her breath, while waving her hand at the woman and said, "Do get on with the introductions."

Smirking, Diana turned to look at the terrified and confused man, saying, "In the muggle world I am known as either Wonder Woman or Diana Prince. To the representatives of the International Confederation of Wizards, however, I am known as Princess Diana of Themyscira, and I am also the Themysciran ambassador to both the Confederation and the United Nations."

Narcissa Malfoy was suddenly grinning, this was absolutely brilliant. "And that, dear Minister, that is just one example of how Lily can destroy someone without using any magic at all!"

"I can't claim credit for Diana being here," Lily admitted. "That's all Dora's doing."

"And who is Dora?" Narcissa inquired in a confused tone of voice.

"Oh no," Tonks muttered in horrified realization.

"Oh do forgive me, I meant to say, Auror Nymmie-Poo!" Lily sang out in a teasing tone of voice, having clearly heard the younger woman.

※ Chapter End ※

Author's Comment: I have to apologize, this one really got away from me, and I simply couldn't stop writing. Unfortunately, I wound up putting too much emphasis on Lily, who I didn't originally want to make the main character, and now have lost my inspiration for this idea.