Chapter 3
Voldemort looks out at his followers, “Find them, leave nothing unchecked!”
They all leave to begin their search, except for Wormtail, and he is laying on the ground shaking from the torture curse.
Voldemort walks around, “You on the other hand I have plans for,” points his wand, “Avada Kedavra!” Pettigrew goes still and Voldemort points his wand to the sky, “Having her Godfather free may just be the key to finding her, you understand Wormtail. Morsmordre!”, a green skull and snake fill the sky over the cemetery before Voldemort vanishes.
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Back at Hogwarts everyone is waiting for a winner to come out of the maze. Madame Maxime paces in worry for her champion, Karkaroff has vanished from the school, and Dumbledore waits. Soon everyone’s attention is pulled to the sky as a bright green permeates the darkness. Some of the teachers head into the maze to find the students, others keep an eye on the ones in the stands. One professor sneaks off though and he is seen by Ron Weasley. Now Ron has always wanted to be in the spotlight, which led to his jealousy rearing its ugly head earlier that year when Hadriana’s name came out of the Goblet of Fire. He still hasn’t apologized to her, but he’s smart enough to realize that his jealousy is wrong, and he feels that he doesn’t deserve an apology. Still, he wants fame and decides to follow Moody to his class, maybe he can help find Hari. So, Ron uses everything he knows about the castle to stay hidden.
Crouch Jr in the disguise of Mad-Eye Moody begins to pack as his body changes, the fake eye falls off the smaller mans head. At the same time Ron makes it to the door and looks in seeing the changes happening. Not wasting anytime or his surprise he quickly yells out Petrificus Totalus, causing the man to go stiff and fall. A familiar knocking noise comes from the trunk that is in the room. Ron walks slowly over to the trunk where he cast Alohomora and a series of locks started to click open, once they stopped, he walked up and leaned over seeing someone at the bottom.
He calls out, “Professor Moody?”
Moody calls out, “Who’s up there.”
Ron, “Ronald Weasley sir, Arthur Weasley’s son.”
Moody, “Anyone else up there with you?”
“No sir,” Ron says, “there’s been a bit of an issue, well a big issue the tournament champions are missing which includes Hadriana Potter, and then You-Know-Who’s sign appeared in the sky over in England. He made it very large this time, the Professors are either watching the students or searching the maze for the others.”
Moody nods, “Okay lets working on getting me out of here. Do you think you can manage it?”
Ron nods, “Yes sir, Wingardium Leviosa!”
With that Moody begins to rise in the air up out of the trunk. The moment he is out, and Ron sets him down Amos Diggory, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall and Severus Snape rush into the room.
Albus sees Barty Jr, “Well Severus we found who’s been stealing from your stores.”
Snape looks over at Barty and then at Ron sneering, “Five points to Gryffindor for catching a thief.”
Moody huffs, “Fifty points to Gryffindor for a perfectly executed Body Bind spell, and fifty points for rescuing your professor.”
Amos hands Moody’s eye and leg to him, “What happened Alastor?”
Moody is putting his eye and leg back on while explaining to them what happened. Minerva sends her Patronus to Poppy with a message about Alastor, then she turns to Ron for an explanation. Snape makes sure that Barty Jr can’t run so he can be questioned by Albus once they revive him.
Before they can do so Kingsley Shacklebolt rushes in, “It was at a graveyard in Little Hangleton, the children and cup weren’t there, and we found Peter Pettigrew dead.”
Albus, “What else?”
Kingsley, “I cast revelare praeteritum (reveal past),” explains everything he heard and saw, then goes on to tell them that Amelia Bones took Pettigrew’s body in so Sirius could be cleared, “Fudge is making an announcement to the press in the stands.”
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While events are unfolding at Hogwarts Stuni the Goblin in charge of breaking the magic on Hadriana Potter’s blood is running through the halls to where her King and the Potter account manager are in conference, she bursts into the door, “Hadriana Potter is a pureblood!”
King Driz, “What do you mean she’s a pureblood?”
Stuni hands the parchment to Griphook and King Driz to look over, “Look, look at her mother’s name,” they are looking at it, “Nova Artemis Black, her mother is the missing twin of Lord Black! Not only that but she is also the last heir to Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff through her mother.”
King Driz looks at them and then recites:
“One born to the Light will fall to darkness
He will deceive the people drawing followers
They will be like sheep
He will change our world for his gain
A queen born of Black will cause his downfall.”
After reciting an old Goblin prophecy, he looks to the family history again and sucks in a breath, “The lines of Arthur Pendragon and Merlin Emrys have once again joined. Can you tell who did it?”
Stuni grins sharp teeth on display, “The magic signature is for one Albus Dumbledore, and he had the adoption papers signed by the Evans.”
Griphook sucks in a breath, “He thought that Lily was the queen mentioned, but it was her daughter, Hadriana Potter is the new Queen of Albion. She’s in danger!”
Magic swirls in the room and a woman with red hair and green eyes appears to them and they bow to her.
King Driz, “Lady Magic.”
Lady Magic looks over them, “Fear not for the young queen for I have sent her to a place where Albus Dumbledore will not find her. It is not time for them to face each other. There are many tasks that need to be accomplished including breaking the hold that he has on Tom Riddle and exposing the fake prophecy.”
King Driz hands parchment and quill to Stuni and Griphook, “We are but your humble servants My Lady, we are at your command.”
Lady Magic smiles, “Thank you my ever faithful, things are going to start to happen, Lord Black will be cleared of all charges, he will need healing physical and mental he needs to be in your care, he will need to be told of everything and he needs to have the Potter’s wills read. This is the first task that needs accomplished, when it has been done, I will return to you.”
The three bow with King Driz saying, “We will await your return.”
Lady Magic smiles and vanishes as if she’s nothing but a wisp of cloud. They stand there for a moment before Driz gathers himself.
Driz, “Stuni have our best healers waiting for Lord Black. Griphook review the Potter accounts as well as those of Albus Dumbledore, I know you are not his account manager, but I am giving you special permission to look over them, find out where exactly the monthly stipend for the young Queen’s care went to. Also send for William Weasley from Egypt we may just need someone of his caliber to help us.”
Both bow and head off to do as they were told. Driz makes his way deeper into the mines under the bank.
Driz, “Now to find the Queen of Albion’s swords, Excalibur and the Sword of Gryffindor, she will need them.”