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Tonks looked at her boss who nodded. "It would be my pleasure." She tucked her arm in his elbow. |
"You know. I have some fascinating stories about your parent’s first wand fitting." |
Tonks turned to wink at Sirius before she turned back to listen to stories about her parents when they were young. |
"Go. Get some rest. You have a long day tomorrow." Morpheus told Sirius. |
Sirius nodded in agreement. He thanked the head goblin for his assistance and made his way out. |
"Yes Director?" |
"I want that after action on my desk in the morning." |
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Voldemort left the memories that Lucius, Narcissa, and surprisingly that filthy witch known as Carmen and her minions had the audacity to send to him. |
He sat back in his chair to contemplate his next move. On one hand he had to admit a small amount of admiration for the foreigners. They had done more in half an hour what all of Britain was unable to do in decades. The bigger issue with that particular problem, was that they had no problem killing anyone that they saw... |
"Narcissa." The Dark Lord called and watched as the witch came forward obediently. |
"Yes My Lord?" Narcissa dropped into a curtsy. |
"Continue with the plan to befriend the witch. She is someone that could prove to be useful. The only female that I have seen that is more ruthless than her was your sister Bella. She would be an asset to the cause." |
"As you wish. My Lord." Narcissa bowed. |
"Lucius. I want you to speak to Fudge. Tell him that it is unsavory to have foreigners try to overthrow the government. We are close to our goal. Potter does not care either way. He has some delusional belief of a childhood. The LaVaunt siblings can help or hinder us, and I would prefer to have them on our side. |
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-o-0-o-0Draco Malfoy was in agony. It had been two days since he had come home and he now realized that Severus was right. The Dark Lord was a far worse task master. |
As soon as he and his father had apparated back home, he was led into the master study. His father left him there alone with the Dark Lord. For two hours he had been cursed, hexed, and beaten. When Voldemort was done, he threw Draco out of the room. He was a beaten slobbering mess, but Voldemort ordered him not to be h... |
He was now lying in bed whimpering. Was this what service is like for the Dark Lord? His ruminations were interrupted by a knock on the door and then it opened without waiting to be invited in. |
"The Dark Lord has asked that I heal you Dragon." |
All Draco could do was nod. |
Severus was furious. He had to console a crying Narcissa, who had been subject to her own form of punishment from Lucius after what had happened at the café and the bank. The Dark Lord was less than pleased that all of the foot soldiers that he had sent to bring in that foreign witch and Potter, were either dead or cap... |
"Do you see now My Dragon?" |
"I am...confused Uncle Sev." |
"Not now. We shall speak later. For the moment I want you to drink these." He handed over a pain potion, muscle relief potion, and a dreamless sleep potion. "Rest Draco while I heal you." |
"Thank you Uncle." |
"Rest." Severus pat his head |
Draco was out a few moments later. |
As Severus set about his task to heal his godson. He swore then and there that even if he had to have a civil conversation with Black, he would protect Draco and Narcissa no matter what.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-o-0-o-0 |
Sirius and Andromeda looked up at the woman and man that came up to them. |
"Carmen." Sirius nodded at her. "Behemoth." He nodded just as politely. |
Tony raised a brow. "She’s my boss and dear friend. Along with being godmother to my first child, I assure you I have no designs on her affections." Tony put himself in Sirius’ personal space. "Although. If you hurt her. I will see that you die in the most painful way possible." |
Andromeda pat Carmen’s back as she choked on air. |
Once she was able to regain her bearings she stood up and glared at both of the two idiots. "Men." She looked over her shoulder as a small goblin contingent made their way over to them. |
"My Lord Ragnok." Everyone bowed as the head of the Goblin Nation approached. |
"You honour us with your presence." Andromeda said as she and Carmen bowed low. |
"Rise children. We shall work to banish this evil together." |
"Yes Lord Ragnock." Both women answered. |
The Director of Gringotts turned to Carmen. "At your leisure Lady LaVaunt." |
Carmen nodded and hissed a basic charm at the house. It was more to check and see what they were up against. The house glowed blue. "Tony what do you see?" |
"It’s a trap." He said simply as he stared at the wards. |
"Agreed." She looked to the goblin ward master. "Your thoughts Master Kagin." |
"Agreed. I see a partially degraded prey alluring charm, a muggle repelling charm and anti apparition wards. But the weaving is wrong. It’s almost as if..." |
Tony nodded his head. "They were designed to be taken down one at a time. Once they were, there would be a nasty surprise for you. Look at the weaving in the Northeast corner." |
Carmen turned her head in the indicated location. "Bloody hell." She breathed. |
Kagin swore in Gobleihn. |
"What? What is it?" Sirius asked but was ignored. |
"I’m the strongest. I’ll do it." Carmen said to Tony. |
"No. We might need you if there is a Parseltongue trap. I may not have your power, but I’m still pretty strong. Andromeda and Sirius can help boost my power." |
Kagin turned to the rest of the people waiting behind them. "What we have discovered is a "patch’ for lack of a better term. Assuming that he was so into himself that he set the wards for himself only, someone would have to feed magic into it to block it temporarily while Carmen dropped the wards all at once. Given wha... |
"Wait." Tony tilted his head to the side. "Something’s not right." He continued to ponder to himself. He had calculations upon calculations running through his head. "Carmen. I’ve seen this schematic before or something similar. Its missing something." |
Carmen turned her head sharply to the wards again and heard a deep intake of breath at the same time as she took one. |
"HOGWARTS!" They said together. |
"Oh this is too bloody easy!" Tony laughed |
"What a fucking moron!" Carmen laughed beside him. "Master Kagin. Put together what you see and don’t see." |
Master Kagin looked at the wards again. Once he put it all together, he too broke down laughing. |
"Would either of the three of you care to share?" Lord Ragnok asked in a smooth voice that demanded an answer. |
Carmen coughed to try to hide her laugh. "My apologies My Lord. The Dark Idiot warded the house against witches, wizards, and muggles." |
"We gathered that much. But what was so funny?" Sirius asked. |
Andromeda’s jaw dropped once she put it together. "You mean..." |
"Yep!" Carmen and Tony said at the same time. |
At everyone else’s confused looks Andromeda answered. "There are many people in Britain that don’t think much of magical races. He charmed the house against witches, wizards, and muggles. Not goblins. Not house elves. Not centaurs. An Acromantula could walk through there." |
"Your Grace. Nothing is certain. It’s just what all three of us have seen through the ward scheme. It’s not to say that there isn’t a surprise inside the house. Like a giant snake seeing as how he is a parselmouth." She turned to Kagin. "Can you tell if there is something else in the house? Now that I know I might trig... |
Ragnok raised a brow. "What did you wish to say young one? We are wasting gold if you know something." |
Carmen looked at him straight on. "It’s nothing Lord Ragnok. Shall we continue with the plan?" |
Ragnok grinned showing all of his teeth and she took a step back. "Do not play games with me child." |
"Carmen just tell him." Tony urged. |
"Tell him what?" Sirius asked. |
"Carmen do it!" Tony yelled. |
"NO! NOT AGAIN! I WON’T DO IT! I WON’T RISK HER! NOT AGAIN!!" |
"Don’t make me call her." Tony stared at her. |
"What in the hell is going on!?" Sirius thundered. He was looking at the woman that he had grown very fond of wipe a tear away from her eye, and he wanted to burn the world. |
Tony looked to him and answered despite Carmen’s pleas. "We need an elf. While goblin magic is strong, elf magic is just a bit quicker. The combination of the two will have this over in a short amount of time." |
Sirius looked Carmen in the eye and called. "Kreacher." |
"Yes milord?" Kreacher asked after popping in. |
"Another piece of the evil that got Reg killed may now be in this house. It is the house of The Dark Lord’s mother." |
Kreacher turned to look at the house in disgust. It was filthy. |
"Kreacher. The goblins will accompany you so that you don’t hurt yourself in case there is a nasty surprise inside. You recognize the evil magic and that’s why I thought of you. Get in and out. Keep yourself safe from the evil." Sirius handed him a sack. "Don’t touch it." |
"Yes Master." Kreacher took the sack and disappeared. |
"Go!" Ragnok called, just as Sirius said "Kreacher wait!" |
Kreacher popped back less than a second later looking annoyed. "The Dark one has big snake. Kreatcher kills it." He held up the sack. "This be nasty magic." The old elf threw it down on the ground in front of Sirius. |
Everyone blinked all at once. The goblin warriors were already inside the wards. |
"Will there be anything else Master?" The old elf bowed low. |
"Umm. No Kreacher. Please return to your duties. And thank you for continuing to honour my brother." Sirius said in a shocked voice. |
Kreacher muttered under his breath before he answered Sirius. "Kreacher will always honour the memory of Master Regulus." He popped away to parts unknown. |
Lord Ragnok made to pick up the bag but snatched his hand back as three voices screamed no. |
"My Lord! I do not mean to doubt your abilities, but you should let one of us deal with it first. We cannot afford to lose you!" Kagin said firmly. |
"Agreed." Tony said as Carmen nodded. |
"Very well. Forgive an old man’s curiosity." Ragnok gave a slight nod of his head in thanks. |
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"We should get back to Gringotts. It’ll be safer to handle this there." Sirius suggested. |
"What about the house? If he comes back to check on it and find the snake dead, he might suspect something." Andromeda asked. |
"Good point. Kreacher!" |
"Yes Lord Black?" Kreacher asked as he popped in. |
"We are concerned that the Dark Lord will attempt to return to claim the evil magic or at the very least attempt to check on it. How did you dispose of the snake?" |
Sirius used every ounce of strength and magic he had not to jump back at Kreacher’s look of anger and raised a brow. |
"Kreacher has been a Black elf longer than Master has been alive. Kreacher made it look like snake dies of old age. Kreacher can tell wards be old. Would be obvious. Will there be anything else Lord Black?" |
Andromeda answered for Sirius as he appeared to be incapable of speech. "Thank you Head Elf Kreacher. You have done the House of Black a great service." Andromeda gave a sharp nod. |
Kreacher looked at her and then to Sirius and popped away. |
"We should leave." Ragnok laughed along with the rest of the goblins. |
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