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Chapter 4: Breaking into Black Manor

"Ouch."

I turned and hissed at her, "Shhhh!"

"You dropped something on my leg! And why the hell is it so dark and oh my god! Oh my God! Oh my God! Something is crawling up my back; something is crawling up my BACK!"

"Stop it! This is an invisibility cloak not a silencing cloak! They can still hear you!"

She didn't seem to hear what I had said though; she was too busy wriggling all over the place. The cloak slipped off us and I grabbed it quickly. It was one that we purchased from Diagon Alley, and it felt completely different to Harry's. It was probably a knock off that would wear out in one use and her wriggling definitely didn't help the situation!

I looked down the corridor, there was nobody there. Thank heavens. I looked at the door we were supposed to sneak through, grabbing her hand so we can get under the cloak again. I dropped it again out of shock though, a deafening sound assaulting my ears.

"A MUGGLE! A FILTHY DISGUSTING MUGGLE! GET OUT! OUT! HOW DARE YOU BESMIRCH THIS GREAT AND NOBLE HOUSE OF BLACK WITH YOUR SICKENING BLOOD! WITH YOUR INFERIORITY! WITH YOUR UGLINESS-"

We stood shocked for a while, staring up at the portrait that hung to our right, of a grey-haired livid woman. The last part seemed to snap Nessie out of her trance, and she straightened up,

"How dare you call me ugly you fat COW! And the only thing disgusting here is your taste in wardrobe! And the only thing inferior is your gruesome FACE! Ky, get me into that painting I'm going to-"

I didn't hear what Nessie was going to do with her new found backbone though because I just caught the light in my periphery. I quickly pushed her to the ground, and I felt it whiz past. I disarmed the attacker and quickly pulled up a shield charm, about four curses bouncing off it.

"STOP! STOP! STOP!" Suddenly there was a shadow over us, "It's Ky! And my fiancé."

"How do you know for sure boy, they could be imposters…how the bleeding hell did they get in here in the first place, step aside boy, it's best we deal with this quickly."

"You better put that wand down or they'll start calling you No eyes Moody." That was Len!

"You ungrateful little bastard."

"You sick twisted moron, that's my sister."

"She's an imposter-"

There was a crash and then another. Suddenly everything went quiet as a door creaked open,

"What is going on over here?" The too familiar voice sent a chill down my spine as I saw the familiar beard shine in the darkness. I smiled innocently up at him, and he looked down at me, a frown on his face, "Kyrianna…."

"Surprise…"I said weakly. There was a whizzing sound and then everything went black.

-x-x-x-

"And then I'll mount it on the wall with the other ugly faced-"

"Len stop…she's awake."

I looked around, Linus' face coming into view. I sat up, and then I felt something poky at my neck. I followed the wand up to the owner, it was Nonno.

"How many sugars do you take in your tea?"

I looked at him, "I don't drink tea…"He quickly put his wand down; I whipped mines out and at him though, giving him a calculating look,

"How many sugars do you take in your tea?"

He chuckled, "Six…"

"Nonno! I thought we had a talk about that, there might be a cure for Diabetes in this world, but it does not mean you should get the disease!"

I heard a clearing throat and I looked to the source. It was a sandy haired man, with light blue eyes. He smiled awkwardly and mumbled, "I just thought you were digressing from the topic a bit…."

I smiled up at him, "That's a nice watch."

"This." He looked down at his hand and smiled in confusion at me, "I got it on my seventeenth. It was actually a-"

"I do believe you're digressing from the topic Moony." I looked at the owner of the voice. It was the man I had seen last year. Harry's godfather. He looked better though, not so skeletal. Sirius Black was frowning down at me, but another gruff voice cut in,

"So, we find out that it's who you lot think it was, but it doesn't explain how she got in here in the first place." Mad Eye looked to Sirius Black, "I thought it was impossible to break through these defences."

"It is." He was still staring at me.

"Then how did you get in here you little rat."

"Stop speaking to her like that, she may be a little rat, but she is my sister." Linus finally seemed to find his voice. He glared at me, but I stopped him before he could say a thing,

"Where's Nessie?" I hadn't heard a thing from her; I looked around and couldn't find her. "Where is she?"

Linus looked confused for a moment and then replied in a small voice, "She's upstairs-"

"Enough of this nonsense! How did you get into this house you little mongrel?"

"Say please and maybe I'll consider answering you." I smirked at Mad Eye, he wasn't in the mood for games though and he snarled at me, stepping forward,

"Like I need your compliance. I've made men twice your height and three times your weight fess up-"

"And with half the brain capacity, I'm sure." He growled at me, but a snicker broke through the room. I looked around to find the coolest girl I've ever seen. She had bright pink bubble gum hair and was vivaciously pretty. She winked at me, and I winked back. I stood up, brushing off Len's hand of assistance and headed for the door. A big black man stepped in my way. I looked up at him contemplating how to get past this hurdle, he looked down warily. "I'm afraid I can't let you through miss." He boomed down at me.

"I swear I'm 21 sir, I left my ID in the car." He looked at me utterly confused, I then shot a jelly leg jinx at him, which he deflected with ease, but in doing so he stepped out of guard position, and I pulled the door open quickly.

Hands snaked around my waist, and I was tossed over a back, I bit the shoulder hard and was satisfied to hear Len swear.

"How did you get in here Ky!"

"How did I get in where?" I looked at Linus, seeing him in inverse as I was still hanging over Len's back.

Linus looked frustrated at me, "This is not a joke! This is serious business Kyrianna! If the defences on this place are down, we have to relocate. Everybody in this house will be in danger. Why can't you just be mature for five seconds and tell me how the bleeding hell did you get in here!"

"You're so smart and important, you figure it out! What do I know; I'm just a little girl!"

"I CAN NOT BELIEVE YOU WOULD JEOPARDISE THE LIVES OF ALL THESE PEOPLE JUST TO PROVE SOME SILLY POINT!" He took a deep breath, "Of all the stupid selfish things you've done, this has got to be the worst. And to drag Agnes in here as well-"

"She didn't drag me here Linus. I came on my own." Nessie had just walked through the door, she looked daggers at Linus, her face crumpled into one of terror though, and I saw the spell make its way towards her. I lurched forward but it was useless, Len's grip was like steel. The spell bounced harmlessly off the large protrego charm.

"Will you stop trying to harm my family Mad Eye." It was Nonno this time. He walked quietly in after Agnes, "Miss McQueen, do come inside. Have a seat." He pulled out a chair and she took it, still in shock. He then turned to me, no smile. "Kyrianna. How did you get here?"

I could ignore Len and Li, and annoy all the others, but not Nonno. I sighed, "I didn't break down any defences." I gave Li an icy glare, "I wouldn't attempt to harm anybody." I looked back at Nonno, "Kinky…"

"What?" Sirius Black cut in, voicing everybody's confusion.

"Kinky." Nonno said quietly. With a crack, there she was. She looked around quickly; saw me in my compromising situation. A moment later Len uttered a swear word and I was falling to the floor. I made contact but there was no pain as proof, just a soft pillowy feeling. Kinky was in front of me in an instant. "Miss Ky? Is you alright?"

"Areyou alright Kinks."

"I is fine Miss Ky but how are you."

"Iamfine Kinks. Are instead of is remember…and am instead of is…" She turned and rolled her eyes at me,

"Miss Ky am in no position to be correcting Kinky's grammar."

I shook my head, how I long for the days when she feared I would beat her and withheld her sass.

"Kinky?"

She turned quickly, noticing Nonno and bowed low, "Mr Headmaster."

He smiled down at her, "How did you get into this house Kinky."

"I are apparating inside Mr Headmaster."

"You cannot apparate into this house, elf."

I glared at Sirius Black, "Her name is Kinky. It would do you well to remember that." He looked at me, his shock changing to a look of amusement quickly.

"He is right though." The sandy haired man next to him declared, "It's not possible to apparate in this house. This house is-"

"Is unplottable. I know. And under the fedelius charm, I guess. That means only the secret keeper could have let me in. At least that's what you think. "Sirius Black cocked his eyebrow at me, he then sighed.

"Kreature." He whispered the name and with a crack an old house elf appeared with a long nose. He was muttering to himself, curses and swears under his breath, he stopped when his eyes found Kinky. Kinky let out a squeak and ducked behind me, a knife whizzing past her head.

I shot up, about to let all hell loose on the crazy elf when Black spoke again, "Kreature stop." The elf froze but he didn't stay silent. "-dare enter this most noble house of Black…show her disgraced face here…does not belong….my mistress would be so ashamed…."

Nonno looked down at me, "So Kinky is Kreature's daughter? How did you find that out?"

"Is Kreature's what?" Black burst out. I ignored him though, looking only at Nonno.

"From the beginning Kyrianna." All eyes were on me.

"I knew that Li and Len were helping you. I knew that you can't use Hogwarts for a meeting ground for whatever this is, it's too risky. It had to be some place safe and convenient. Then I started thinking who would be in this Force you collected, obviously the Weasleys. But it would be way too dangerous making a family home the meeting ground, much too risky. Aside from Minnie and Sev, there was only one other person that I knew would join, judging from the scene in the hospital wing." I looked back at Sirius Black, "I knew it must be you. From Gamp's diary I knew the amount of protective spells and enchantments this house has on it. You wouldn't have to put much more, and I guessed you'd place a Fedelius charm for much needed extra precaution. I knew I couldn't take down those defences…so I had to somehow get around it."

"So, you researched the history of the house elves of the Black manor?" It was Len.

"No. I'd love to claim that cleverness, but it was luck. I was going to just do some normal research on its standard defences, but I had no resources. I actually missed the Hogwarts library. And that's when I called Kinky to help me. To get a book on the House of Black for me. There must be some glitch in the system that I could take advantage of. When she started crying…I had no idea I had found it. Will you tell him to shut up, if he threatens her one more time, I can't be held responsible for my actions." Black cocked his eyebrow at me but a moment later he muttered, "Kreature shut up." The death threats stopped, and Kinks finally stopped quivering behind me.

Black turned back to me, "What you're saying is not possible though. Kreature is the last Black house elf. He never had any children. The name will die with him."

"Well, Kinky's existence debates that fact."

"What do you mean?"

"It seems that all the years in the dog pound have had an effect on your common knowledge Black." I whipped around, to the drawl coming from the door.

"Sensei!"

He looked at me, his face unchanging, and his black eyes cold, "I show up late and everything falls to pieces." He turned to Nonno, "I can only see one solution."

Sev whipped out his wand and pointed it at Kinky. I quickly stood in front of her, he rolled his eyes, "There is no time for childish games Bane. Step aside. Now!"

"The only way a spell is getting to her is if it goes through me first." I looked fiercely into his back orbs.

"In that case-"He struck his arm down quickly; I was in such shock I couldn't even retaliate. I heard many shouts but there was no pain…just ropes around my ankles and wrists. I wriggled out of reaction, trying to get the ropes off and then I fell down, face forward…yet again there was no impact. Someone lifted me up,

"Severus Don't-"

It was Nonno, but I already saw Sev pick his wand arm up, performing the movements.

"Sensei NO!" I screamed but the light already left the wand. All I could see was green light. Green light. Green light, empty grey eyes…pale face, red eyes…green light.

"Kinky, dodge." It wasn't me who had said it, and just as the deep voice of Sirius Black spoke, with a crack Kinky was gone. Sev's wand flew out of his hand and Sirius Black caught it with ease. I never saw Sev's eyes glow with such fury before; he took a step forward but stopped on command,

"Stop this at once."

It was Nonno. Another crack, Kinky showed up, in front of me again. She was shaking like a leaf, but she clicked her fingers and my ropes vanished. Nobody moved…nobody said a word.

Sev and Sirius Black looked like it took them their all not to strike each other. Sev turned and stormed out of the room, banging the door behind him. Nonno turned back to me,

"Kyrianna, Severus' actions may have been drastic, but it is in the right direction. It is not safe for people to have easy access to this house. Kinky is a liability."

"She wouldn't bring anybody bad into this house!"

"She brought you didn't she Rat." I glowered at Mad Eye.

"I'm not bad."

"Just mad." I looked shocked at the childish quip made by the crazy auror. I looked back to Nonno,

"Look Nonno…I know it was wrong and I accept any and all punishment for my behaviour today. Just don't hurt her, please." Kinky was my friend. Somewhere along the lines last year, she had sworn her loyalty to me, and somewhere along the lines last year, I had done the same for her. She wasn't MY house elf, she didn't belong to me, but she came when I called and when I was so caught up in distracting myself last year with potions and experiments, when Harry and I had gotten into that fight, she was the one that brought me food and hot chocolate. Sometimes she would just sit in my lab and knit, looking up only when something exploded. If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't be here. Did Nonno forget that she saved my life? That she was the one that brought me to him when I was broken beyond repair. That it was she that sat by my bedside so often after that. "Please." I didn't care that this was begging, I didn't care that this was weak. Nonno sighed, shaking his head,

"Of course, I will not hurt her Kyrianna. I mean her no harm. She is a liability though. We'd have to obliviate her and then send her away…into hiding…house elves are magical creatures though. Memory charms do not work the same way that they do on wizards. Where we can pick and choose what memories to alter or obscure in a wizard's mind, the natural magic that House Elves have allow them to recover from these alterations in time. Something we cannot risk. And if you found out the connection between Kreature and Kinky, someone else can."

"Are you saying that the only solution is if you wipe out her memory of this situation and all things related...to wipe out her memory of me…"I stared into twinkling blue eyes. I'd take that if that was the only option. I'd take that if that meant that Kinks will be OK. As long as she's safe.

"I'm saying that the only option that works out in favour of Kinky is if we wipe out her memory, entirely Kyrianna."

I walked towards Nonno shaking my head, he can't do that…it's not right. Not after everything she told me…nobody deserves their identity stolen. Nobody. "She wouldn't bring anybody here. She wouldn't. I'll tell her not to, I'll order her to do so."

"The power you have over her is not a binding magic Kyrianna. It's similar to the one Harry has with Dobby the house-elf. She feels some sort of favour towards you, but the magic that binds you is not all consuming like the one between Kreature and Sirius. She doesn't have to do what you ask; she chooses to do as you ask. And that choice is what makes her such a liability. I'm sorry Kyrianna…this is the only way."

I suddenly felt ashamed and stupid…so so stupid. Why did I ever get Kinky involved in this mess? Linus was right…I was selfish…. I didn't think. I turned and looked at Kinks…she wasn't stupid…she knew what Nonno said. I couldn't even look her in the eye.

"There is one other option."

We all turned to the deep voice. It was Sirius Black. He was looking at me, a frown on his face, a look of deep sorrow in his eyes.

Nonno spoke up, "I know what you are thinking Sirius but that is a risk as well. Her loyalty lies with you by blood, but we cannot be certain. There is too much we do not know."

I looked at Sirius, realising what he meant to do. I rushed to Nonno, "And nothing that cannot be found out if we just ask. Kinky told me everything. You wonder if her loyalty is solely to the Blacks, whether she is bound by blood to her mother's family. That by that bond people from that family can also make their way into this house. That is why you wish to send her away, that is why you wish to place her in hiding Nonno. The truth is…there are only two people that have that kind of control over Kinky." I looked back at Kinks, and she nodded her head slowly, "It's Sirius Black…and Harry Potter."

A/N: *insert dramatic ending music* She's honestly so reckless sometimes, I don't know what possesses me when I write her. The intentions are good though…what do you think?

Kalina