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Morpheus shrugged as he helped his sister to banish whatever else was laying around that wasn’t needed since she was done with the gazebo. "It was supposed to be a Yule gift, but given the circumstances..." |
"Ah. Got it. Protection charms I trust?" She looked around to see that their work was done. |
Morpheus looked at his sister like she was an idiot. "What do you think?" |
Carmen held her hands up in surrender. "Just askin Mo." She checked her watch. "I gots to go. Sirius and Andromeda need my help with something." |
"What’s going on with you and Sirius? Every time his name comes up in conversation, you shut your mind off to me." |
"Nnn...nothing." Carmen almost tripped on air. |
"Lea. Talk to me. If he’s a problem I can help you." |
Carmen shook her head. "It’s nothing like that Mo. Trust me?" |
Morpheus hugged her and stroked her cheek lovingly. "For now baby girl. But if you are in trouble you will tell me yes?" |
"Of course Mo." She leaned into the touch. "I better go. I sent a message orb that lunch was almost over and to meet me at the gates at 13:30." She pulled from his embrace. |
Carmen rolled her eyes. "Yes brother." She stuck out her hand and summoned her coat. "I’ll see you at the leaving feast. Alpha team is scheduled to be here then." |
"You’re nuts. You know that?" |
"It’s been said before brother. I gotta go. And before you ask, I’m armed to the teeth. I’ll see ya." |
"Take care love." The siblings went their separate ways.0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0 |
"I think you are the first woman that I have ever met that was on time for anything." Sirius joked. |
"And I think you are the first man to think he has come up with that joke." Carmen turned to Andromeda. "Madame Tonks." She said with a nod. |
"Please call me Andromeda or Andi, as I hope that we will be working together. Please excuse my cousin. He is male after all." |
"Hey!" Sirius yelled incredulously. |
"Please read this." Andromeda handed her a piece of parchment. |
Carmen hummed. "Fidelius. Interesting." Carmen pulled her gun. "Let’s get to it then." She ignored Sirius’ offer of a side along apparition and instead took Andromeda’s arm. |
They landed in front of the Black townhouse. Carmen hated apparition but she didn’t want to be rude to her host. She had her weapon still in her hand. |
"I assure you Miss LaVaunt we mean you no harm." Andromeda assured her as she watched the witch scan the area. |
"Uh huh. Let’s get inside." Carmen said as she followed Sirius and Andromeda into the front door. |
Carmen was instantly put at ease when an elf dressed in a business suit and tie...that had orange elephants on it attempted to knock her over. |
"Mistress Car Car! Welcome to the Black family home! Dobby is so glads to bes seeing you!" Dobby said as he grabbed onto her legs. |
"Hello Dobby." Carmen said as she tried to gain her bearings. "Harry has told me many great things about you." |
"The Great Harry Potter Sir has talked about Dobby? Master Harry Potter sir is the greatest Master ever!" Dobby began to wail. |
Carmen was at a loss and looked to Sirius. Sirius however proved that this was a normal occurrence. "Dobby. Didn’t you have a meeting to go to?" |
Dobby stopped sobbing instantly. "Oh yes Master Harry Pot..." |
Sirius raised a brow. "Dobby." |
"Dobby is sorry Lord Black. Dobby leaves now." The elf bowed low, snapped his fingers and left. |
"That was...interesting. What was he apologizing for?" Carmen asked. |
"Dobby has a tendency to lengthen everyone’s name. For example. Harry has told him on numerous occasions to call him Harry. Harry finally gave up when Dobby shortened his name from "The Great Master Harry Potter Sir’ to "Master Harry Potter Sir’. Sirius’ name had been "Master Harry Potter Sir’s Paddy.’ "Master Harry Po... |
Carmen howled with laughter. Just as she was getting a hold of herself another elf popped in. "Lord Black. May I take the cloak of your guest?" |
"Of course Kreacher and thank you for the attention to a guest of the House of Black. Is there anything that requires my attention?" |
Kreacher gave a look to Carmen and then back to Lord Black. |
"I understand Kreacher." He turned to the two ladies. "If you will excuse us ladies. It would appear that I have some House business to attend to. Andi. Tea in the meeting room would be appropriate I believe." |
"Of course, My Lord." |
"Ooh with cucumber sandwiches?" Carmen asked hopefully. She really did love cucumber sandwiches. |
Sirius smirked. "I’m sure that can be arranged." He turned and followed Kreacher down the main hall and turned right. |
"Well. If you will follow me." Andromeda guided her down the hall. |
"Your home is lovely." Carmen admired the architecture of the house. |
"Thank You. It has been in the family for many generations." |
"Impressive. My family are a bunch of nomads." Carmen began as she stopped at a particularly beautiful painting. "We have a central home that we gather at once a year, but other than that we live by the motto "home is where you hang your hat’" |
"I see. I suppose that could be a fun way to live your life." Andromeda asked with a hint of suspicion in her voice. |
Carmen outright laughed. "I suppose you could call it that if you were my parents. They are retired and are making it a point to set foot on the soil of every country. While I do have homes around the world, I always find my way back to Ontario. There is just something about calling a place Home. You know? In my line o... |
"Hello my lovely one. How are you?" |
"Tired. Madeye and daddy are running me through the ringer since I decided to return to Hogwarts." |
Carmen held her face in her hands as she looked up to see a woman who clearly was Hermione’s mother. A man that she assumed was her father since he was holding the woman’s hand. And a man who had her instantly on guard. She dropped her knife into her hand just in case. |
"Good! I like that. Constant Vigilance!" |
Carmen raised a brow. "You didn’t happen to be a trainer at Kingston at any point in time did you?" |
"No idea. Granger! Why are you not where you need to be? Get there!" |
"Yes sir!" Hermione made a b line for the gym. |
"Emma. Dan. May I introduce you to Carmen LaVaunt. Miss LaVaunt. These are Hermione’s parents. Dan and Emma Granger." Andromeda introduced. |
"It is a pleasure to meet you. Hermione is a very talented kid." Carmen said. She was not prepared for the crushing hug that she received from Emma. |
"Thank you." Emma breathed. |
"Um...for what?" |
Emma pulled back and looked at Carmen like she was crazy. "For saving my daughter." |
"Oh Uh. It was nothing really. She’s my little brother’s best friend and a great kid so um..." Carmen was uncomfortable with people she didn’t know touching her. |
"Sorry about the delay, but House business needed to be sorted." Sirius came up behind Carmen silently. Carmen did her best not to hyperventilate as she bade goodbye to Hermione’s parents. |
"It is fine Sirius. Shall we go to the room?" |
"Lead the way Andi." |
Carmen followed Andromeda through multiple hallways with their own twists and turns. They finally arrived into a room with a roaring fire, a table filled with tea, various cakes, and cucumber sandwiches. |
"So. To business. I have to be back for the leaving feast tonight." |
At that point, Remus walked in. Carmen raised a brow but didn’t say anything. |
"Right." Sirius cleared his throat. "I’ve invited you here to help us with a task. But first we need a vow of secrecy." |
"You do realize that I could kill the three of you don’t you?" Carmen drawled as she took in the three wands pointed at her. She would refrain for the moment because of Harry and Morpheus. She sat calmly in her seat waiting for the next move. |
"This is of the utmost importance if we are to finish The Dark Lord. We need to know if you are willing to help us. To help Harry." Remus said with his wand still trained on her. |
"Show me the oath." |
Sirius handed her a piece of parchment. |
"Very specific." She huffed out a breath. "Agreed." |
Carmen gave the vow. "To business then. Whatcha got? Just so you know. Harry and Mo saved your lives." |
When they looked at her in question, she just pointed to her head at the right temple. |
"To business." She stated again. |
"Um right. So it turns out that Voldemort is more depraved than previously thought. He has made soul containers." |
"Also known as a Horcrux. Continue." Carmen said. |
"You know what a Horcrux is?" Remus asked shocked. |
Carmen rolled her eyes. "Dude. Black magic 103. Required class in college for various reasons. We’re told what they are and how to destroy them. Not how to make them." She looked to Sirius. "Continue please." |
"Right. So far..." Sirius turned the board around. "We have located a locket, a cup, a diary that Harry destroyed in second year, and..." Sirius looked away. He still couldn’t bring himself to say it. |
Carmen looked to Andromeda for an answer. |
"Harry." She said quietly. |
"Harry." She gulped loudly. "He’s..." |
"He was cleansed this summer. It’s gone." Remus stated. |
"Why didn’t he tell me? I thought that loud mouth freak in his head was some weird imaginary friend all these years. But..." |
She abruptly stood. "Where is your closest gym?" |
Sirius looked at her curiously. "We have one in the house." |
"Show me. Or get my brother. I would rather avoid that last part. He sees you as a danger to me right now. Gym?" |
Remus stood. "Follow me." Everyone else trailed after him. |
They arrived at the gym to see Hermione doing press ups with her father, while Alastor observed. |
"Moody. I need you guys to clear this place out." Andromeda said as she watched Carmen shed her clothing above the waist and then her boots. |
"Carmen. What’s..." |
When Carmen was left in only her black bra, camo pants and socks she took out her frustration on the heavy bag...without gloves. |
"SON OF A BITCH!" Carmen performed moves that Hermione had never seen before. She kicked, punched, twirled, dived and avoided a seemingly invisible foe. For all that she was fighting, it didn’t seem to help. Hermione knew she was about to lose control as her hair started to turn grey. She told them so. |
"What happened?" Moody asked. |
"She found out the depths of horror that Voldemort would stoop to. He hurt Harry, and she calls him little brother." Andromeda answered. |
"Mr. Moody. You need to get her to fight with her magic. Target training should do nicely. She’ll probably use a gun as well. Usually, her brother is the one to control her when she gets this way. I’m afraid that being at Hogwarts has made her lose some of her control. She’s always going on about being surrounded day i... |
Alastor stomped over to Carmen who was trying desperately to regain control of herself. |
"So. I hear you’ve heard a bit about Potter’s life." |
"What’s it to ya?" Carmen did a spinning back kick to the bag. |
Moody just laughed. "Well come on girly. Let’s see what ya got." |
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