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Harry was rather surprised that he hadn't been dragged back to where his body really resided (Voldemort's dungeons) yet but he wasn't complaining. He and the Founders, minus Salazar, were having a great time.
They had just finished a two on two game of Quidditch, which ended in a spectacular catch of the snitch by Harry. Before that the Founders had taught Harry all kinds of other wizarding games as well as muggle ones. Harry particularly enjoyed football (soccer) and could now see the appeal Dean found in the sport.
Currently the four were sitting around talking about Salazar as they often did. "Did you know his Birthday is coming up soon, Harry?" Godric asked.
Harry shook his head. "Is it really? How old will he be?"
"Yep," Godric replied, "It's on November 3rd, so nine days from now. As for how old he is..." Godric looked like he was racking up the numbers in his head. After a few minutes, "I've got it!" he exclaimed, "Salazar will be 1,231 this year," he got out before collapsing in hysterics.
Harry stared at Godric open-mouthed for a moment before joining him on the ground. "I am going to have so much fun with this information," he sputtered.
"Now Harry, you shouldn't make fun of people's old age," Rowena chided but she had a smile on her face. Helga just shook her head in gentle exasperation.
Harry had a sudden thought and sat up. "Hey, if I get out of here by then I can throw him a surprise party!" he said excitedly. "He will have no idea and I can taunt him with my omniscience for a while."
The others laughed. "I want to come too!" Godric pouted.
"Maybe we can find a spell that allows spirits to come back to the living realm for a bit," Harry said thoughtfully.
"Great idea, Harry," Godric crowed enthusiastically. "Rowena, can I use some of your books?" he asked.
Ravenclaw looked astonished. "Godric," Rowena started hesitantly, "did you just ask me if you could read some of my books?" she finished weakly.
Godric only nodded. Rowena looked at Helga for confirmation. The Hufflepuff Founder nodded as well looking slightly shocked. "Of course you can!" Rowena cried, "I never thought I would see the day when YOU asked me to borrow my BOOKS."
Godric looked a little offended but nevertheless followed Rowena to a door Harry had never seen before. Harry and Helga trailed along behind, amused.
Rowena pushed open the ornate wooden door and Harry gasped. The entire room, which was about as large as the Great Hall at Hogwarts, was completely crammed full of books. He was sure that Hermione would be jumping up and down in excitement if she were here.
Godric too seemed as if he had never seen the place and Harry laughed. "Well Godric, why don't you look for a spell, I'm sure it's in here somewhere, and the ladies and I can do the planning."
"Alright," Godric answered and started to wander down the first gigantic aisle.
"Let's get to work shall we?" Harry prompted the others.
################################################### Back at the Red Dragons Order Headquarters Draco was attempting to sort through the rather amazing amount of information in Harry's personal intelligence room.
Suddenly, a knock sounded on the office door. Glad for a diversion, Draco hurried over and opened the door. The five beings that stood on the threshold made his jaw drop.
He had thought that Harry was only kidding when he had said in his letter that angels and vampires might stop by. And not just any angels and vampires, among them were a dark angel and the very first vampire.
He was startled out of his stupor when the dark angel began to speak, "Hello. I'm Mayon. We're looking for Harry. Isn't this his office?" Draco nodded soundlessly. "Good," Mayon continued, "because I have yet to 'thank' him for setting me up with Bianca." But his voice held no animosity and he smiled at the female angel at his side.
Draco mentally slapped himself to get out of his daze. "Actually," he said, surprised at how strong his voice sounded, "Harry isn't here."
The five beings looked surprised. "Where is he?" the oldest vampire, Cian, asked worriedly.
Draco bowed his head. "He was kidnapped," he said softly showing them Harry's ring.
There was a collective gasp. "Oh no!" Bianca cried a tear falling down her cheek. Mayon pulled her into a hug.
"Why do you have his ring?" one of the younger vampires, Athan, asked.
"I'm Harry's second-in-command," Draco answered. "He thought something might happen to him so he left some instructions and he gave me his ring so I could lead the Order until he returns."
"Oh, you're Draco," Athan said.
"Yes," Draco replied puzzled.
"Harry has told us about you," the vampire explained.
"Oh," the blonde said eloquently.
"Well anyway," Mayon said looking downcast, "Bianca and I came to invite Harry to our wedding. I hope he gets back soon, I wanted to ask him if he would be my best man."
Draco and the vampire's mouths dropped at this. "I thought you were mad at Harry for setting you and Bianca up," Cian said.
"I got over it," Mayon stated.
"Oh!" Draco exclaimed slapping his hand to his forehead. "I totally forgot, Harry left me this list and there was something about you two on it," Draco said, pointing to the angels. "Hold on a second." He summoned the list of duties and read off the part about the two angels.
"Tell Mayon and Bianca what happened if they come - that should get them to stop hunting me for awhile (don't worry they would never really hurt me, I don't think. It's not like they didn't need to get set up, honestly). If they wanted to invite me to the wedding tell them to hold off until I'm back and I'll be there - by the way they are angels (Mayon is a dark angel but he's okay)."
Mayon and Bianca smiled. "Harry knows us too well," Bianca said.
Mayon nodded. "If Harry isn't here I guess we should get going. Alert us when he's back won't you?"
"Of course," Draco responded. "Does Harry know how to reach you?"
"Yes he does," Bianca replied. Turning she took Mayon's hand, they bid the vampires goodbye and walked out the headquarters followed by the awed and curious gazes of many Order members.
Draco glanced down at the list of duties and almost smacked his forehead again. Looking up at the three vampires he asked, "You wouldn't happen to be the vampires Cian, Athan, and Zev would you?"
They smiled at him. "Yes we would. Did Harry leave a note about us as well?" Athan questioned.
"As a matter of fact he did," Draco laughed. "Watch out for Cian, Athan, and Zev - more specifically make sure Athan and Zev don't kill each other. Cian usually has good information about something. Have Salazar meet with them," he read.
"Oh, we get to meet Salazar," Athan said excitedly. "Harry told us all about him too. Maybe he can teach me some more pranks to play on Zev."
"Shut up," Zev said vehemently, remembering a prank Harry had taught Athan that resulted in rather a lot of humiliation. Being turned into a watermelon is, after all, not the most dignified thing to happen to one of the first vampires ever.
"Make me," Athan taunted sticking out his tongue at Zev.
"Maybe I will," Zev growled.
"Now I see what Harry meant about them trying to kill each other," Draco whispered to Cian. The older vampire nodded but the others heard as well and quieted. "I'll go get Salazar, then," Draco said walking back into Harry's office.
He went to the back wall and knocked. Almost immediately it opened revealing a rather pissed off looking Salazar. Surprised, Draco stepped back. Seeing this, Salazar softened. "Sorry Draco, I'm just getting absolutely nowhere on these projects and I'm becoming very frustrated."
"That's alright. How about you take a break? As it happens I've got something else for you to do," Draco smirked.
"Okaaay," Salazar said, confused.
Draco led him to the door and shoved him out saying, "They're waiting for you."
Salazar was about to ask who when he caught sight of the vampires in front of him. "Cian... Athan, Zev," he choked out.
Cian smirked and held out a hand. "So you are Salazar. Harry has told us all about you but from your reaction I would hazard a guess that he hasn't told you about us."
Salazar took the extended hand and wordlessly shook his head.
"So," Athan said. "Can you teach me some pranks?"
Apparently these were the magic words. Salazar smiled and reverted to his old self, which reminded the vampires forcibly of Harry. At this thought they became a bit depressed.
Noticing, Salazar asked: "What's the problem?"
"It's just that you remind us of Harry," Cian remarked.
"Oh," Salazar said, deflating a bit himself. "Well, don't worry too much, he's a smart kid. I'm sure he'll be back soon. So why are you here?"
"Of course. I'm sorry, Harry's disappearance distracted us from our mission. We came to tell Harry that there is a possibility of an attack on Diagon Alley tomorrow evening. We aren't sure about the source but we thought it better to inform you anyway."
"A good idea. Thank you. I'll make sure to tell Draco so he can organize some security."
"Your welcome. We should leave. Will you inform us when Harry returns?" Cian asked.
"Certainly," Salazar reassured him.
"Thank you. Goodbye."
"Goodbye," Salazar replied. Athan smiled at him and Zev nodded before they hastened after Cian.
Salazar, slightly dazed, walked back into Harry's office. Closing the door, he leaned back against it muttering "first vampires..." Laughter alerted him to the fact that he was not alone and someone found his situation funny.
Glancing up he spotted Draco looking at him with obvious amusement. "Did you enjoy your meeting?" the blonde asked innocently.
Salazar put his head in his hands. "I'm not sure whether I should hurt you now or wait until Harry is back so I can deal with the both of you at the same time," he groaned.
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Harry, Rowena, and Helga were beginning to plan when Harry felt himself being pulled back to his body. He just had time to tell them what was happening before he found himself in his cell again.
Looking at the number of Death Eaters surrounding him with wands drawn Harry concluded that he would be back with the Founders in record time. He was right.
All ten Death Eaters cast the Cruciatus Curse on him at the same time. Harry felt himself slipping back into blissful unconsciousness but not before a slightly blurred thought crossed his mind. If there were magic dampening wards around his cell, and he knew there were, how were the Death Eaters able to cast the curse?
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My sad attempt at a cliffie. Anyway, I'm really sorry it took me so long to write this chapter but school has been taking up a lot of my time. I'll try to do better on the next chapter and I think Harry will escape next time too. Please review!
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The Red Dragons Order
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Harry was rather surprised that he hadn't been dragged back to where his body really resided (Voldemort's dungeons) yet but he wasn't complaining. He and the Founders, minus Salazar, were having a great time.
They had just finished a two on two game of Quidditch, which ended in a spectacular catch of the snitch by Harry. Before that the Founders had taught Harry all kinds of other wizarding games as well as muggle ones. Harry particularly enjoyed football (soccer) and could now see the appeal Dean found in the sport.
Currently the four were sitting around talking about Salazar as they often did. "Did you know his Birthday is coming up soon, Harry?" Godric asked.
Harry shook his head. "Is it really? How old will he be?"
"Yep," Godric replied, "It's on November 3rd, so nine days from now. As for how old he is..." Godric looked like he was racking up the numbers in his head. After a few minutes, "I've got it!" he exclaimed, "Salazar will be 1,231 this year," he got out before collapsing in hysterics.
Harry stared at Godric open-mouthed for a moment before joining him on the ground. "I am going to have so much fun with this information," he sputtered.
"Now Harry, you shouldn't make fun of people's old age," Rowena chided but she had a smile on her face. Helga just shook her head in gentle exasperation.
Harry had a sudden thought and sat up. "Hey, if I get out of here by then I can throw him a surprise party!" he said excitedly. "He will have no idea and I can taunt him with my omniscience for a while."
The others laughed. "I want to come too!" Godric pouted.
"Maybe we can find a spell that allows spirits to come back to the living realm for a bit," Harry said thoughtfully.
"Great idea, Harry," Godric crowed enthusiastically. "Rowena, can I use some of your books?" he asked.
Ravenclaw looked astonished. "Godric," Rowena started hesitantly, "did you just ask me if you could read some of my books?" she finished weakly.
Godric only nodded. Rowena looked at Helga for confirmation. The Hufflepuff Founder nodded as well looking slightly shocked. "Of course you can!" Rowena cried, "I never thought I would see the day when YOU asked me to borrow my BOOKS."
Godric looked a little offended but nevertheless followed Rowena to a door Harry had never seen before. Harry and Helga trailed along behind, amused.
Rowena pushed open the ornate wooden door and Harry gasped. The entire room, which was about as large as the Great Hall at Hogwarts, was completely crammed full of books. He was sure that Hermione would be jumping up and down in excitement if she were here.
Godric too seemed as if he had never seen the place and Harry laughed. "Well Godric, why don't you look for a spell, I'm sure it's in here somewhere, and the ladies and I can do the planning."
"Alright," Godric answered and started to wander down the first gigantic aisle.
"Let's get to work shall we?" Harry prompted the others.
################################################### Back at the Red Dragons Order Headquarters Draco was attempting to sort through the rather amazing amount of information in Harry's personal intelligence room.
Suddenly, a knock sounded on the office door. Glad for a diversion, Draco hurried over and opened the door. The five beings that stood on the threshold made his jaw drop.
He had thought that Harry was only kidding when he had said in his letter that angels and vampires might stop by. And not just any angels and vampires, among them were a dark angel and the very first vampire.
He was startled out of his stupor when the dark angel began to speak, "Hello. I'm Mayon. We're looking for Harry. Isn't this his office?" Draco nodded soundlessly. "Good," Mayon continued, "because I have yet to 'thank' him for setting me up with Bianca." But his voice held no animosity and he smiled at the female angel at his side.
Draco mentally slapped himself to get out of his daze. "Actually," he said, surprised at how strong his voice sounded, "Harry isn't here."
The five beings looked surprised. "Where is he?" the oldest vampire, Cian, asked worriedly.
Draco bowed his head. "He was kidnapped," he said softly showing them Harry's ring.
There was a collective gasp. "Oh no!" Bianca cried a tear falling down her cheek. Mayon pulled her into a hug.
"Why do you have his ring?" one of the younger vampires, Athan, asked.
"I'm Harry's second-in-command," Draco answered. "He thought something might happen to him so he left some instructions and he gave me his ring so I could lead the Order until he returns."
"Oh, you're Draco," Athan said.
"Yes," Draco replied puzzled.
"Harry has told us about you," the vampire explained.
"Oh," the blonde said eloquently.
"Well anyway," Mayon said looking downcast, "Bianca and I came to invite Harry to our wedding. I hope he gets back soon, I wanted to ask him if he would be my best man."
Draco and the vampire's mouths dropped at this. "I thought you were mad at Harry for setting you and Bianca up," Cian said.
"I got over it," Mayon stated.
"Oh!" Draco exclaimed slapping his hand to his forehead. "I totally forgot, Harry left me this list and there was something about you two on it," Draco said, pointing to the angels. "Hold on a second." He summoned the list of duties and read off the part about the two angels.
"Tell Mayon and Bianca what happened if they come - that should get them to stop hunting me for awhile (don't worry they would never really hurt me, I don't think. It's not like they didn't need to get set up, honestly). If they wanted to invite me to the wedding tell them to hold off until I'm back and I'll be there - by the way they are angels (Mayon is a dark angel but he's okay)."
Mayon and Bianca smiled. "Harry knows us too well," Bianca said.
Mayon nodded. "If Harry isn't here I guess we should get going. Alert us when he's back won't you?"
"Of course," Draco responded. "Does Harry know how to reach you?"
"Yes he does," Bianca replied. Turning she took Mayon's hand, they bid the vampires goodbye and walked out the headquarters followed by the awed and curious gazes of many Order members.
Draco glanced down at the list of duties and almost smacked his forehead again. Looking up at the three vampires he asked, "You wouldn't happen to be the vampires Cian, Athan, and Zev would you?"
They smiled at him. "Yes we would. Did Harry leave a note about us as well?" Athan questioned.
"As a matter of fact he did," Draco laughed. "Watch out for Cian, Athan, and Zev - more specifically make sure Athan and Zev don't kill each other. Cian usually has good information about something. Have Salazar meet with them," he read.
"Oh, we get to meet Salazar," Athan said excitedly. "Harry told us all about him too. Maybe he can teach me some more pranks to play on Zev."
"Shut up," Zev said vehemently, remembering a prank Harry had taught Athan that resulted in rather a lot of humiliation. Being turned into a watermelon is, after all, not the most dignified thing to happen to one of the first vampires ever.
"Make me," Athan taunted sticking out his tongue at Zev.
"Maybe I will," Zev growled.
"Now I see what Harry meant about them trying to kill each other," Draco whispered to Cian. The older vampire nodded but the others heard as well and quieted. "I'll go get Salazar, then," Draco said walking back into Harry's office.
He went to the back wall and knocked. Almost immediately it opened revealing a rather pissed off looking Salazar. Surprised, Draco stepped back. Seeing this, Salazar softened. "Sorry Draco, I'm just getting absolutely nowhere on these projects and I'm becoming very frustrated."
"That's alright. How about you take a break? As it happens I've got something else for you to do," Draco smirked.
"Okaaay," Salazar said, confused.
Draco led him to the door and shoved him out saying, "They're waiting for you."
Salazar was about to ask who when he caught sight of the vampires in front of him. "Cian... Athan, Zev," he choked out.
Cian smirked and held out a hand. "So you are Salazar. Harry has told us all about you but from your reaction I would hazard a guess that he hasn't told you about us."
Salazar took the extended hand and wordlessly shook his head.
"So," Athan said. "Can you teach me some pranks?"
Apparently these were the magic words. Salazar smiled and reverted to his old self, which reminded the vampires forcibly of Harry. At this thought they became a bit depressed.
Noticing, Salazar asked: "What's the problem?"
"It's just that you remind us of Harry," Cian remarked.
"Oh," Salazar said, deflating a bit himself. "Well, don't worry too much, he's a smart kid. I'm sure he'll be back soon. So why are you here?"
"Of course. I'm sorry, Harry's disappearance distracted us from our mission. We came to tell Harry that there is a possibility of an attack on Diagon Alley tomorrow evening. We aren't sure about the source but we thought it better to inform you anyway."
"A good idea. Thank you. I'll make sure to tell Draco so he can organize some security."
"Your welcome. We should leave. Will you inform us when Harry returns?" Cian asked.
"Certainly," Salazar reassured him.
"Thank you. Goodbye."
"Goodbye," Salazar replied. Athan smiled at him and Zev nodded before they hastened after Cian.
Salazar, slightly dazed, walked back into Harry's office. Closing the door, he leaned back against it muttering "first vampires..." Laughter alerted him to the fact that he was not alone and someone found his situation funny.
Glancing up he spotted Draco looking at him with obvious amusement. "Did you enjoy your meeting?" the blonde asked innocently.
Salazar put his head in his hands. "I'm not sure whether I should hurt you now or wait until Harry is back so I can deal with the both of you at the same time," he groaned.
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Harry, Rowena, and Helga were beginning to plan when Harry felt himself being pulled back to his body. He just had time to tell them what was happening before he found himself in his cell again.
Looking at the number of Death Eaters surrounding him with wands drawn Harry concluded that he would be back with the Founders in record time. He was right.
All ten Death Eaters cast the Cruciatus Curse on him at the same time. Harry felt himself slipping back into blissful unconsciousness but not before a slightly blurred thought crossed his mind. If there were magic dampening wards around his cell, and he knew there were, how were the Death Eaters able to cast the curse?
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My sad attempt at a cliffie. Anyway, I'm really sorry it took me so long to write this chapter but school has been taking up a lot of my time. I'll try to do better on the next chapter and I think Harry will escape next time too. Please review!
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Wonderful, ain't it?! Review!
The Red Dragons Order