Lys
I stood back and looked over my reflection in the full-length mirror that one of the House Elves brought over. I was finally down all the research for the portal to the world that took my boys from me. It took about three weeks of research, and a week to gather all the necessary materials. I also had to wait for Sirius to have his Werewolf moment but now was finally the moment.
Josie had helped me do my makeup to make me look fiercer than normal. To draw attention to my eyes and scar, she had said. Personally, I didn’t care but if it helped with the intimidation factor then I was okay with it. They took my boys from me, they deserve to be scared to hell.
“Okay.” I muttered to myself.
I turned to the large ritual-like circle filled with runes and breathed. I dropped my Occlumency shields a bit, to see if my Clairvoyance could give me any warnings before I went into the unknown.
Wooden picnic benches lined up for students to eat in - Late, end of classes - children eating dinner, so hungry after a long day's work - Large fireplace, nice and warm, home, Fire Fairies dancing around, they love their new home - Large chandeliers powered by Magic Crystals hang on the ceiling - “You’re really going to throw me?! Knock it off!” - "Expelled!" - Everyone’s eating food.
A girl - me - walks through the runes - surrounded - seven people, one tablet - enemies - CHOICE - walk out of the room - CHOICE - through the halls, towards the cafeteria - her boys are waiting - “I miss Lyssie” - they deserve the best.
“Was this how you were paying him?! Blackmail in exchange for revenge?!” - student glaring at them, all eyes were on them, staring at them - “What is wrong with you? Is there nothing in your brain?” - pointing his finger at Ten’s forehead - “I knew you were an idiot but this?!”
Not Ten - Ten didn’t flinch away - “Of course. Incredibly intelligent, creative, and capable are just the first things that come to mind, you know. You’re all that and more. Your fiancée doesn’t know shit about you, and I do, so I’m right” - Not Her Boys! No one says that about them! Never! - “What. The. Blood. Hell. Were. You. Doing. To. My. Boys.” - They won’t dare disrespect them anymore.
Mirror screamed-
( Stop )
I snarled before a vicious smirk made its way onto my face, they were going to die. No one messes with my boys. Ten was not an idiot, her boys were so much more than what anyone could see.
(Careful, Lys, I can feel your magic from here.)
Oops. Sorry, Sirius. You can go back to snogging Remus now.
(Remus is with Tonks! I am not you little-)
I stopped listening to Sirius and took a breath. The second I step into the circle, I will be transported into a room where eight people will be standing. They will attack me and I will defeat them. My boys will be in the cafeteria, so that’s where I’ll go as soon as I finish dealing with the enemy.
After that, I’ll pay the mirror that brought them there a lesson. I don’t know how I’ll be able to teach a mirror a lesson but, according to my Clairvoyance, I will so I’ll just wait until I figure out how.
“Time to go already, Lyssie?” Ginny asked as she gave me a hug.
I smiled and leaned into my taller, physically stronger, and broader twin’s hug. I know it won’t be so long for her but it will be for me. From what I gathered, a week here was a month there.
“When I come back, I’ll be the older twin.” I smirked after we separated.
Ginny snorted, “I won’t fall for that. I know you adjusted the runes so that your body won’t follow the years of that world, only this one. The only part that would be only will be your mind and that has always been older. That’s why I don’t fight you as much when you call yourself the mentally older one.”
I laughed before kissing Ginny on the forehead.
“I’ll be gone for a while, but I’ll be back before our last year at Hogwarts.”
“Of course, Regina .”
“Stop it, Ginny!”
“No can do, your highness, Queen of Slytherin.” Ginny teased, “First you became the Weasley Princess, with me, at birth.
Then you became the undisputed Queen of Slytherin by beating Malfoy's ugly mug. After that, you became the Leader of Grey and Neutral. Now you’re going into another world that I know you’re going to conquer for hurting your boys. What’s next? Are you planning to become the next Minister of Magic when you're done with that world? Well, the experience of world domination might help you if you add it to your resume when you apply.”
I scoffed, “I’m not going to take over a world, Ginny. Don’t be ridiculous. Besides, Nate was the one who’s trying to spread the rumor that I’m planning on becoming the next Minister of Magic so I’d be voted in.”
“Sure, sure, you say that now but you will. Especially since I know what kind of visions you were seeing about your boys. That world would be lucky if you don’t just burn down the school they’re in right now.”
I flipped Ginny off as she laughed out of the room.
I turned to the rune circle and cast a Translation Charm just in case there was a language barrier. Time to step into the runes.
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Riddle Rosehearts knows he has a strong commitment and dedication for implementing the rules of the Queen of the Hearts and had demanded all residents of the Heartslabyul dormitory to obey those rules to the best of their abilities, though, he is getting better. He knows he is quite irritable and becomes very angry if someone admits that they are against the rules that he has set in place.
Which only made him angrier when he thought about the four students who were breaking the rules every day.
“At this point, just tie them up and force them back to the dorms!” Riddle yelled, during the monthly Dorm Head meeting. “We have been going over the same discussion about those four for months, if they were my students I would have already Beheaded them long before it has gotten to this point!”
“At least now we know why they weren’t put into your dorm.” Vil said with a sigh, “Do we really need to do this? I still have much to do this month to prepare for the VDC. Potatoes don’t get any prettier by doing nothing.”
“Ha. You try tracking them down. Besides, Savanaclaw has a hands-off policy when it comes to our students.” Leona said.
Azul huffed and readjusted his glasses, “Personally, I don’t care about where those fools sleep, however, the extra paperwork they are making me do is frankly ridiculous. I may be benevolent but I do not work for free. How do you get all the work done in time, Leona? For some reason, your paperwork is never late.”
“Sah, just get Ruggie to do it.”
Silence.
Riddle could not believe that this lazy, no-good, lion was openly admitting to using Ruggie to complete his paperwork and not doing the work expected of someone in his position. Riddle was, sadly, not surprised about it but he twitches as he restrained himself from Beheading Leona.
“... I don’t think you should be saying that in front of me, Mr. Kingscholar.” Headmaster Crowley said, breaking the silence, “As the Headmaster I demand-”
“I’ll keep doing it this way or you can wait until I feel like doing it.”
“-that you all pretend this never happened.” Headmaster Crowley finished, much to Riddle’s disapprovement.
“Hahaha! What’s wrong with just letting them stay out? They just want to live with their friends, there’s nothing wrong with that!” Kalim laughed.
Jamil was probably doing most of Kalim's paperwork for him. Well, since Jamil is Kalim's assistant and was also the Vice Dorm Head, Riddle will let it slide.
“Sigh… just let them do whatever…. Why do we need to go over this again? We’re just wasting time.” Idia sighed through his tablet.
“I do not see the problem either.” Malleus said.
Just as they were prepared for another round of talking, either talking about the Rule Breaking Four or moving on to a different topic like the VDC, there was a shift in the air. The aura completely changed.
“What’s happening?” Riddle exclaimed as the flood beneath them started glowing a blueish-white color.
The aura of the room… even with Malleus being there, was getting heavy. Riddle was struggling to breathe properly. He could breathe so he wasn’t at risk of fainting but it was difficult. It reminded him of all those times when he got scolded by his Mother, but… somehow it felt worse.
“Students, prepare yourselves.” Headmaster Crowley said seriously.
They all prepared their pens while Idia’s tablet took out a gun.
“Gah, that’s bright.” Vil muttered as the circle of light shined brighter.
Riddle closed his eyes. As soon as the light died down, his eyes readjusted and looked at where the light was. Standing proudly in the middle of a faintly glowing circle was a girl with long rose-red hair. Wine-red lips, black eyeliner, dark red eyeshadow, and perfectly crafted eyebrows, she looked fierce. It made that even more apparent at the large claw scar that ran diagonally right under her left eye.
“Ah, so I’ve made it.” The girl said in a disinterested voice.
“Who are you and why are you here? As Headmaster of Night Raven Colledge, I, Crowley, demand an answer!” Headmaster Crowley exclaimed.
The girl tilted her head, her expression was cold and she looked disinterested in what the Headmaster had to say. Then, she started smiling. Not a good smile, but one that promised retribution.
“The Headmaster, was that it? So you are in charge of this place?” The girl asked rhetorically, “What power do you have to make me talk? I have nothing to say to you, I’m just here to take back some important things.”
“You are not allowed to go any further! Not only is this against protocol and policy for a young lady to just barge in, but you have also trespassed on private property and-”
The girl glared and, with a flick of her wrist, Headmaster Crowley stopped talking. The Headmaster tried to talk but no sound came out. Everyone watched with wide eyes, only potions could steal voices that easily. Even Azul can only do that with his Unique Magic and it takes a lot of magic to do so without contracts.
The room just got colder. Riddle didn’t know who attacked first, whether it was Idia’s gun, Malleus, or whoever else but someone did and that prompted everyone else to start attacking the mysterious girl.
However… none of the attacks went past the still-glowing circle that surrounded the girl. The girl only looked on disinterested at all of them. Like they were nothing but ants that deserved to be crushed underfoot.
It both grated on Riddle’s nerve to be looked down upon like that and terrified him down to the bone.
Her scar drew emphasis to the ice in her blue eyes.
“I see it’s pointless to talk. I’ll just have to get them back by force.” The girl said with what sounded like an exasperated sigh.
The girl took out a white stick and waved it around. Everyone was prepared but it did nothing. It was all useless. Idia’s tablet exploded and the rest of them fell onto the floor as if their bodies were puppets that had their strings cut. Then, they started floating around the girl as their Magic Pens flew into her waiting hands.
“I’ll keep these for now. Now, they should be in the cafeteria…” The girl said as she walked out of the meeting room.
What happened next, Riddle could only say that it was like all the Greats had come back to life in the form of a girl. The large magical presence around the girl was enough but her actions solidified the image. As she walked, she flung spells left and right, paralyzing (Riddle hopes at least) all the students she came across who didn’t run away screaming. It was both awe-inspiring and horrifying.
“Malleus, can you escape?” Riddle heard Vil muttered.
“No. I cannot, this girl is too strong.” Malleus answered seriously.
Riddle paled. For Malleus, who was hailed as one of the Top Five Magic-Users in the world to say that the girl was too strong for him… the situation had turned dire. Riddle looked down and saw one of the paralyzed Heartslayul students, a Third Year, look up at him in horror, fear, and dread.
“Dorm… Head…” The student muttered.
A pit formed in Riddle’s stomach. What was going to happen to them? The girl had the presence of an ice queen and she had the powers that could rival even the greats. Even the Professors were no match for her. They tried and they ended up like the students they were trying to protect.
Nothing and no one managed to stop the girl in her one-track mind to reach the cafeteria. What was even in the cafeteria that was so important? The Library and the Headmaster’s Office would be the places that she should be going to if she wanted to find rare and valuable things, what could the cafeteria hold that would interest her? Was there some secret hiding there?
As they approached the cafeteria, yelling was heard coming from it.
“What is wrong with you? Is there nothing in your brain? You don’t just give things like this to Octavinelle students! I knew you were an idiot but this?!”
The aura around the girl got colder as she laughed.
“Ah, so this world really is forfeit.” The girl said in an apathetic but angry voice as she walked towards the cafeteria entrance.
Riddle wondered why.
Suddenly, the already heavy pressure got even heavier and darker. It was pulsing from the girl.
“What. The. Blood. Hell. Were. You. Doing. To. My. Boys.” the girl said in a deceptively calm voice that rang out in the silence created by her presence. Everyone froze under the pressure of her magic.
There was a beat and then-
“LYSSIE!"
Riddle stared in shock as the Rule Breaking Four (plus Julius Rookwood) screamed out a name. How did they know this monster of a girl? Was this girl named 'Lyssie'? That simple name didn’t match her.
'Lyssie' smirked, “Miss me?”
Riddle watched as Harper used the frozen Savanaclaw student as a springboard and jumped towards 'Lyssie' to give her a hug.
“Lyssie, Lyssie, Lyssie, Lyssie!” Harper laughed as he hugged 'Lyssie', lifted her up, and spun her around.
Riddle looked at his fellow Dorm Heads as they shared a look of disbelief. The girl who defended all their attacks, retaliated, and captured them without a change in expression was now laughing freely. Now that he could actually observe her, she was a really short, young, and lithe girl. She had looked much bigger just moments ago.
“Lyssie!”
“Lys!”
“Oi! Ten, drop Lys down and let us have a turn!”
“ Arrête d’être si téméraire et pose-la, Ten.”
“Shut up, Fake-French git, I’m keeping Lyssie and there’s nothing you can do about it!”
“Ten!”
The rest of the group quickly rushed over and took turns hugging and greeting the girl. The tension that Riddle didn’t know was always with them melted away as soon as they saw her. Even Bastion, who was famous for his stone-cold expression, had a soft expression on his face.
“As nice as this is, would you be so kind as to tell us why you have the Dorm Heads and the Headmaster captive?” Wilkers asked.
It was like a switch.
The carefree attitude disappeared and the girl transformed one of the picnic benches into a black leather single-person chair and sat down on it. She crossed her legs and leaned back, looking perfectly relaxed and at ease. Bastion stood to her right and Harper stood to her left while Rookwood, Vaisey, and Wilkers stood around them, this formation looked practiced
“Dietrich.”
Bastion nodded, “May I present, Guinevere Lysandra Weasley, the heir of the Ancient House of Weasley, and my Liege Lord. You may only refer to her as Lady Weasley. Lys, may I present the Headmaster of this school, Crowley. The Dorm Head of Heartslayul, Riddle Rosehearts; the Dorm Head of Savanaclaw, Leona Kingscholar; the Dorm Head of Octavinelle, Azul Ashengrotto; the Dorm Head of Scarabia, Kalim Al-Asim; the Dorm Head of Pomefiore, Vil Schoenheit; and the Dorm Head of Diasomina, Malleus Draconia. There is another dorm, Ignihyde, whose Dorm Head is named Idia Shroud but he is rarely out in person and is currently in his room.”
“I see. Ten?”
“Each dorm is so different from each other, ya know? Hearts is all about rules, none of us got in there. Savana is all about stubbornness, Lu and I were in that. Octa is for-”
“Sneaky bastards like Nate.” Bastion interrupted.
“Dietrich, what have I ever done to you?” Wilkers asked.
“You don’t want me to answer that, putain de connard .”
“Dietrich, language. Ten, continue.”
“Right. Octa is that. Bia is for thinking people, like Dietrich, they overthink everything! Jay was in Ignihyde, for the quiet diligent people. Oh! Oh! I think, if you got sorted too, you would be in either Bia with Dietrich, Savana with us, or Diasomnia, which is for noble people.”
“Good work, Ten. Nate?”
“Right here, Regina . I have compiled everything here.” Wilkers smiled as he handed over a large pile of paper.
Lady Weasley flipped through all the pages. Everything was still silent, the presence she was emitting still didn’t disappear.
“Good, but where is the List? Don’t pretend, Nate, you know I know everything.”
“Lyssie!” Wilkers exclaimed, hand over his heart.
Riddle shivered as Wilkers’ smile became innocent and gleeful as Wilkers pulled out a small black notebook.
“Excellent.” Lady Weasley smiled darkly, “Ah, don’t worry, Jay. I’ll make sure to pass everything by you first.”
“Thank you, Lys.” Rookwood relaxed a bit more and smiled.
“W-What are you doing to Master Malleus!” A loud voice rang out, it was clear that the speaker was scared.
Riddle knew this voice, it was Sebek. Riddle didn’t know he was so foolish… Though, Riddle didn’t know what to think in this situation either.
“Sebek Zigvolt. My classmate, guard to the Diasomina Dorm Head.” Bastion introduced.
“Zigvolt, I have just restrained him. Don’t worry, nothing bad will happen to him, he isn’t on the List.” Lady Weasley said as he waved the not-so-innocent black book.
“Grah!” Sebek yelled, running towards them.
“Hey, hey, Lyssie, can we go all out not? Can we, can we?” Harper asked, bouncing excitedly.
“Yes, Ten. You can. Nothing bad will happen.” Lady Weasley said in a laissez-faire manner.
“Yay! Stupify!” Harper exclaimed gleefully as he pulled out his own stick and pointed it at Sebek, he fell over unconscious.
“Damnit, Ten, I wanted to do it!”
“Hahaha! Too late, Lu!”
Riddle just slumped down into his restraints. It was over. He didn’t know what was over but, if the five of them were just here to collect information for their Liege Lord, then whatever it was couldn’t be good because he had gotten reports about how isolated they were and how some students tried to bully them
Riddle started laughing silently. Bully? Them? Impossible.