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Pixies Found
Huddled in a corner the four of them and Brutus, were sitting down eating a biscuit and drinking from small cups. Hermione was reading them a story with a Muggle light. Upon seeing the adults, they seemed a little afraid.
"Mr. Remy, I'm sorry we saw the books, a lot of them, the door—"
Remus was looking at the big dog, they could bring others with them, interesting.
Lucius ran and whispered, "The doors are a secret, we will say something else okay?"
"Daddy, DADDY," Draco raised his voice to call his attention and talked with his mouth full of chocolate biscuit, crumbs going all over the place. "We all 'tolds' Mimi not to, but she said it was okay because you were here."
Draco wasn't telling the entire truth, Lucius could tell from his tiny smirk, the little opportunist. Either way, they all loved to get in trouble, to think he wanted many children, he had been crazy.
No, had been might not be right, because he still wished for more children. He had a headache just thinking about it; he was sure that it was some form of madness. Maybe he needed a Pixies' healing. He hoped they wouldn't have an impromptu demonstration of the Pixies, nah, he was overwrought, just thinking the worst.
In seconds, Harry took off full blast, and yelled to Grant, at the top of his lungs, "Daddy, Daddy, it really was Mimi alone, I said no, and..."
Sirius who ran behind him, picked him up in the air while whispering, "No tattling around strangers, okay, don't do it. You must be a mini-marauder, okay?" and he kissed him.
He breathed his child's scent; gosh he smelled so fine, of innocence, of sweets, and even a little like James and Lily.
Harry hugged him and whispered, "Okay, uncle Sere. I love you," and smooched his cheek. He leaned his head on Sirius shoulder and wrapped his fingers in his long hair. Sirius closed his eyes for a second, to enjoy the feeling.
All the adult's eyes were fixed on Draco, Hermione, Frankie, and Harry.
A set eyes fixed on Frankie and paled; then, she looked to Elly and mouthed "Evan?" Tears filled her eyes, so many young wizards dead, what a waste.
Gertrudis Rosier would give her life to see her grandchild, but that wasn't a good idea; he was a Half-Blood, and she might not like it. She knew that, so maybe later; however, Wallburga's mind would change in a few minutes.
Wallburga stood as in a trance wanting to hold the tyke, tight inside her arms.
Elly didn't feel well; the ground had opened in front of her. She remembered the adage, 'you can run but you cannot hide.' Nevertheless, she looked the other way, and pretended she hadn't heard her saying her dead lover's name.
Wallburga's eyes weren't the only wet ones; Minerva's tears came down at seeing Sirius and Harry, and remembered her naughty students and their fate.
The memories assailed her at seeing Remus and Sirius looking well. She remembered how she had helped Albus to place James and Lily's child in such precarious conditions.
Lucius thought he would have a coronary, "Well, someone needs to take them back, to the rooms, but yes, they are the reason to hope for a better place, as you can imagine, they are our lives."
Wallburga had seen Evan when he was little, another victim of the war, and she wished she had Regulus' babies. She went and touched Frankie's head, Remus was holding him. "Such a handsome little wizard, I am your auntie Wally, and you are?"
"I am Frankie," he smiled shyly and hid his face in Remus chest, Elly breathed better, and she also stood, "Remus let's take them." Thank goodness he hadn't said the whole long name, although his Rosier sounded like rusher.
"May I?" Wallburga extended her arms.
Wallburga's arms trembled holding the sweet smelling child. What had they done supporting the monster?
"I knew your daddy when he was this little."
"Do you have a 'pichure?'" Frankie asked.
"Yes, I'll give them to you," she looked at him with longing, but Frankie was done and started squirming.
Wallburga sighed and passed him back to Remus, her face totally changed. She had felt Frankie's strong magic. Gertrudis would welcome this child.
Why was his mother here, no, wait, she was Gellert's grandchild, dear Lord. The Rosiers couldn't know because they supported the demon; no Gertrude could never know, never. Frankie would be used by the Demons, never.
A second later, Hermione and Draco stood by Moody, "Sir, I like your eye, very pretty and very large," Hermione commented, coyly touching his fake leg.
"I want one," Draco remarked, "it is not pretty and a little scary." He winked his eye as if he had an eye like Moody's.
Several faces turned red around the room. "Son, I lost my eye sometime ago, while playing bad Aurors with someone rather naughty," he looked at the Lestrange's direction, and Rodolphus squirmed on his seat.
"I can make it bedder, aha, me and my helpers," Hermione started looking at him with intent, tiptoeing to reach his eye, and touching his hand.
That did it, Lucius picked up Hermione and took Draco by the hand, "Excuse us, we will be right back." He wanted to strangle them both.
"But Daddy Lushius I can try, I think that..." her words were lost because Lucius ran with them as if he were being chased by a hungry beast.
He could see a healer Pixie in action; and, why not? It would just make his day, or his month. His earlier fears were right. Thus he went to his original idea of leashes when he had lost Draco at the park. Yes, and yes, and bloody yes, they needed the leashes, maybe invisible ones.
The muzzles were a bit much, but leashes, all magical ones that only they could see, with anti-door wards, if there was such a thing, were the solution. The migraine was growing. All they needed was Albus, who was probably just around the corner.
Grant and Jeanie had been told to stay put and be nearly invisible. Grant thought it was for the best, what could he have done? He suspected that the door business was getting to be a bad habit. What could you expect? They were children, and they were willful. The restrictions hadn't worked, hence there had to be another solution.
They also had seen for a short instant when Mimi was about to do the healer business. His heart stopped for a second. Not that she could regenerate an eye, or a leg for that matter, but then who knew what she could do.
And surely it was not her alone, their magic worked together. They needed for the children to grow up, fast. Or lock them up in an island until they were around 21.
Wallburga had figured out that Elly was Grant's sister, and her children were Rosier-Grindenwald babies. So, she wasn't married; or at the most, she was a widow, maybe she would work out for Sirius.
She closed her eyes, the little girl with the long curly hair was a little doll, and she dreamed of Sirius children. Life was smiling upon Wallburga.
Too bad that the same couldn't be said for Sirius, who at that same instance, was wondering if Azkaban was that bad.
His blood was chilled at, "Sirius, I cannot wait for grandchildren, they are so very lovely." And she smiled so beatifically that a shiver went up his spine.
Lucius came back with Remus, Elly had stayed behind. He told Elly to put them on the harnesses he had bought after Draco ran away. Although they intially loved them, Mrs. Granger was in tears, because she thought the harnesses were too extreme. Elly had mixed feelings, but she was desperate.
Meanwhile Hermione had taken a little piece of what she called a *bite of Moody*. She meant that she had stored a piece of his essence in her magic memory. Now, she would be able to find him. Then, she would fix more of his ouchies, but the leg was too..no, she would also fix the leg, but not yet, later. She had fixed pains he had when she touched his hand; but how about a rainbow eye?
They were being doggies with the harnesses, Draco liked them, and after a few minutes he was the only one. It was a point of contention, but after losing them, and after their last trick, Lucius wasn't backing up. He had faith that they would warm up to the idea.
Merlin, he needed Cissy's sweet lips all over him, he could see her blond hair spread on his belly. He looked at her longingly, and he was happy to see how she squirmed on her seat. Good, it looked promising. He licked his lips suggestively; when she turned the other way, he grinned for no apparent reason.
"Sorry for the interruption, there is a back door to my bedroom ;" he pointed, "there, at the other side of the library, and they escaped their nurse. You know children," a few laughed.
"They are beautiful; I don't recognize the other two children, magical? I guess you will tell me later." Minerva interjected.
"Of course, so where were we?" he needed to make them forget about the children.
"We will send an invitation to the ones who have taken their oath. You all can come to meet us in the continent, not sure where yet. We need to meet and train every year, and we cannot wait until the Dark Lord reappears." He pointed at the envelope in front of Severus who had arrived while he left the room.
"Everyone has an envelope in front of them. It is to a vault in Gringotts, one for each member here. It contains a stipend for buying things that I will need you to buy, or to pay for travel, when necessary, if more is needed, the vault will be replenished, just track your expenses, even those of personal nature, just mark those as miscellaneous."
The two Aurors looked at each other, a war with funds, fancy that; and would seem some pocket money. Arthur couldn't believe his good fortune, but how to hide it from Molly?
"Besides, the funds will give you a reason to deal with me, I own an investment company amongst others, and even those of the light use them occasionally ."
Lucius knew the moment they saw the worth of the funds, some would have a heart attack. There were several thousands for each.
"I don't expect you to pay for any expenses. It goes without saying, any news about anything, contact me immediately, I will do the same. You should spend a portion of the funds in frivolities; it would be expected by anyone who looks into your finances, say 5-10% per year."
He made a pause to look around the room; everyone was opening the envelopes. He had also opened three extra vaults, thinking of new recruits and to be ready. Minerva had one of the envelopes in front of her. They opened the envelopes.
He saw the surprised faces of many around the room, it gave them some independence. He wanted his team to want for nothing. It would make them even more loyal.
Evil Disguised- A Common Enemy
"Grey Knights is a term used in the financial world, keep the reports you will recieve handy, as you see it shows your balance there. "
Moody looked at Rufus who winked, some of life was improving.
"If for some reason you must use the funds to hide, to run, as long as it is related to the war effort, do it. The Knights is a real firm based in America, all legal if anyone should inquire. You all have investments that you can cash should you need to run and hide." Lucius could feel Albus presence around him, he was nearby, damn.
"Minerva take the extra one, I will make arrangements for you, as for Aunt Wallburga, we will take care of this at home."
Sirius had another coughing attack, and Wallburga turned towards him and pinched his arm softly.
"Whenever I want to pass something along to you, I will use the vaults; you will get an owl about your Silver Shadow stock options, afterwards you will need to visit the vault. We need to break this meeting now." He could feel Dumbledore upon them.
"I don't fancy Dumbledore finding any of you here, and any additional information will be sent to you that way. Make sure you wear your rings at all times, and in the yellow envelope you will find how to reach me."
After that, small groups broke to talk, everyone wanted to ask Minerva to retrieve their blood, and she indicated that she would do whatever possible.
The other reason for stopping the meeting was that Lucius wanted Narcissa to console him. He was horrified that Albus had his blood, maybe he had more. What was Albus planning to do?
He couldn't see Albus alone, or accept any food or drink from him, and as Minerva said, Albus could also track him. His level of frustration was rising, thinking that they would never be ready.
Narcissa made sure the Aurors took all the left over food, she also made large plates for Severus and Minerva to take back with them. She didn't see the harm, neither did any of the. Im
Moody's Doubts
Moody was beyond angry, he wanted to go and see Poppy, they had something going for ages, and he wanted to comfort her, if Albus had his blood, he wanted it back today. He knew he would have to be his old self around Albus; and it was going to be difficult.
He needed to see Poppy. Poppy who always was there for him. Of course that Albus discouraged marriages and what not, he had openly said that warriors and marriage didn't mix well because it switched your priorities. He was a fool for listening, or was it just listening? He had noticed how most of the Order members were single.
Minerva's Secrets
After the Ministry employees left, Minerva stayed a few more minutes and decided to go back, she would go to Diagon Alley first, and then would stop at Hogsmead and shop a little.
She didn't want to give Albus a chance to trace her. She had first gone to the Potion shop and now would go to Mungo's to see a healer.
She wondered for the third time today if Albus had made her dislike Tom, and he had created the monster that Tom turned into. Her heart was full of doubts.
Tom was nicer when he had been with her. And the secret that was always aching kept trying to come to the surface, tears rolled down her cheeks. Maybe Tom maybe, if he could be saved, but how?
She never stopped loving him, a couple times she nearly went to look for him. Twelve years ago she had seen his. It wasn't seeing, she fought against him during a scrimmage. When it was all over, she went to sit by a tree, away from everyone, he apparated next to her. She remembered.
*"*Still my Maggie, why, why did you betray me? I can forget the past if you come with me. Come and be my queen; have my children; you were the only one that made me wish for them."*
**She was frozen in place, both were unarmed, but she knew of his great powers. Even though, she could have tried to kill him, but instead she let him caress her face.*
*He kissed her lips softly, slowly, and the fire still burnt, in seconds her body missed his. He chuckled. "You betrayed me while you still burn for me. Tsk, tsk. If you want me, just call me, I will hear you. Think about it, I am darkness, but Dumbledore is evil disguised." And he Apparated away.** *
Yes, one of the times that she thought about it. Maggie now wondered if Albus had known and stopped her every time. A seed of doubt had been planted, rooted, and was growing. She was glad to have joined Lucius, maybe it was a sign, maybe.
Once the visitors left, Lucius and the others went back for the Grangers, except for Wallburga. She needed to go home as agreed. All her things were still there. Sirius was trying one last time to dissuade her, not a chance.
Her eyes glowed with excitement, she felt that her life had a purpose. Sadly, Sirius' door of opportunity had gently closed right on his nose. Slam! For sulking Sirius missed how his mother looked at him, with love.
They needed to talk, but first, "Cissy, I have a nasty migraine, I am going to the room, you can come and read if you want. Jeanie, would you mind taking over Draco, they are on their doggie harnesses."
"The harnesses are a great idea," Grant agreed, but he was the only one, the mothers were angry, but they thought of the alternatives and just let it go.
Everyone wanted to be gone for a while away from the stress. They needed a break.
They thought if they were away, have those little ones open doors and be back here? The harnesses looked better all the time, but what the really needed was a charm or something better. But according to Lucius sometimes simple was the best.
Getting Ready
Albus had finished, Minerva gone as well, what a day, he went to check on her, he pulled out his Minerva mal, ah, she was leaving St Mungo's, he was silly worrying over nothing.
He poured two drops of the old Malfoy vial, he still had a couple of drops left, and it was good he had taken more than one from each of the Malfoy's, they were too influential.
He was ready, ah, he was at the Manor, and he took the card, and took the new vial to mix with the potion he had readied.
a/n Any comments? I know that I wouldn't want magical children. Hmm. The next chapter will be posted in the two versions, the M version only in the original MM.