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Adult ++
Chapters:
54
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3,873
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269
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Awake and Arise
A/N - I apoligize ahead of time for the cliffhanger ending. I try not to do it too often, because I know how frustrating it is for me, but I really neede to end it there, sorry. Gomen kudasai, mina! Worship the great and powerful Kate, beta of doom!
Kate - Dumbledore would take credit for it, wouldn\'t he? LOL
Droxy - Kids and trouble. hmmmm, kinda goe together don\'t they? :)
IrishRavenX - thank you
Helen - Little DOH! moment for me. sigh.
Deeble - I write both fast and well because f my many years of writing to the exacting deadlines of assholes. I like you all much better. :) Not only do th erecessive dragon genes explain th etemperment, but also the tendency to live in a cave and snarl a lot. LOL I am so glad you understand where I am coming from with poor Brinna, she was only a child when Fenchurch got to her.
Chapter 40 – Awake and Arise
Kathryn was reading when she heard the knock. Antigone Terrill had just captured a notorious jewel thief and Kathryn was irritated by the disruption. Wrapping a robe around her she stalked to the door and whipped it open. Standing in the door, still in uniform and looking slightly scared by the expression on Kathryn’s face, was Minuet.
“Miss Ravagienne?” Kathryn asked in surprise.
“Harry and some of the DA have gone into Hogsmeade after Ron.” She spilled out breathlessly and Kathryn felt chilled by her words.
“Come in.” She stepped aside, checked the passage to be certain no one had seen or heard the girl and shut the door behind her. Severus emerged from the bedroom with Orion in his arms and Minuet looked towards him pleadingly.
“What’s happened?” He asked. Winky appeared and Severus handed the wriggling baby to her. Minuet rushed to him and wrapped her arms around his waist.
“I tried to make them come get you first, but they didn’t want to blow your cover if it was nothing. But I know that Harry knows -- he can’t lie to me! Ron’s been seeing one of Them!” Minuet was obviously upset and Kathryn was rather shocked by her outburst; she was always so levelheaded.
“Slow down and tell me from the beginning.” Severus commanded as Kathryn went to grab clean robes and boots for them both. She found Severus a sturdy cloak with a hood and went back into the front room.
“…and so they went through the Humpbacked Witch to Honeyduke’s basement to try to search Hogsmeade for Ron.” Minuet was just finishing up her story as Kathryn re-entered and she handed Severus the cloak and a pair of walking boots.
“Passage or broom?” He asked Kathryn.
“Passage, lets be as subtle as possible.” She looked at Minuet as she swirled the cape across her shoulders. “Now, why wouldn’t he come get me first?”
“Didn’t want to expose your loyalties.” Severus muttered with a small frow
“G
“Great, my loyalties would have been better protected if we had had a plan.” She retorted. She needed to put a tracking charm on that boy, or maybe a leash.
“That’s what I told him but he never listens.” Minuet said with the air of a long-suffering wife discussing an absent-minded husband.
“Well, no use worrying about what can’t be helped.” Kathryn shrugged and she opened the door to check the hallways. A simple silencing charm on their boots and Kathryn and Severus followed Minuet to the third floor. Minuet led them to the statue of the Hunchbacked Witch, gave them the password and they slipped through the narrow opening and into the passageway.
“I wish I had known of this passage before.” Severus grumbled. He had a deep frown on his face as they crawled through the tunnel. He was muttering Harry’s name and a few choice expletives that made Kathryn listen intently. Severus’ creativity with insults and cursing was awe-inspiring to hear and she was hoping to pick up some good zingers to use.
“Well, you know about it now.” She chuckled. “Cheer up, think of all the House points you can deduct at the end of this.” She added with a grin and he shot her a look of annoyance.
“You know full well that anything I deduct Albus will just add back.” Severus came back with a snarl. Kathryn, completely unaffected by his bad humor, simply grinned more widely.
“But honey, you can still give him detention.” The use of the endearment got her an acerbic eyebrow but the mention of possible detention did cheer him up.
“Perhaps if we keep him in detention when he isn’t in class, we can keep him out of trouble.” Severus growled. A sudden thought occurred to Kathryn and she smiled.
“Severus, this is our first op together!” She felt a bubbly laugh starting inside her chest.
“Well, don’t go all maudlin on me, woman!” He shot her an alarmed look. “Only you would think that going out to rescue Potand and fight Demons and Death Eaters was a sweetly romantic outing.” The laugh broke lose at the sight of his face, half-amused, half-irritated.
“You did remember to bring the knives, right?” Kathryn whispered as they reached the end of the passage. In answer, Severus gave a flick of his wrist and the shorter of the two Oni no Hissatsu blades shot into his hand. She really loved this man. Their eyes met and she saw his excitement as well. He might grumble but in the end they were both born to this kind of work and despite the dangers, they loved it.
They slipped out of Honeydukes with no one the wiser and together they snuck through the town, the charms they had cast letting them blend in with their environment. Kathryn could tell where Severus was only by the slight blurring of the concealment charm.
It took them twenty minutes of creeping before they caught faint sounds that had nothing to do with the late night stirrings of a small rural village. They rounded a corner and saw a narrow side street off the main road that was lined by residential homes.
The far less stealthy group of Harry and the others could be seen peering through the window of a small cottage halfway down the block. Half-timbered with a tiled roof, it looked like a dozen other cottages nearby.
“Gryffindors.” Severus snorted in disgust and Kathryn refrained from pointing out that Luna was a Ravenclaw.
Harry and the others were crowded around while Neville stood watch to make sure no one would sneak up on them. Kathryn and Severus did just that and Neville was entirely oblivious to their presence.
Kathryn could see clearly into the cottage; Ron’s blazing red hair from his seat at a table in the brightly lit room was like a beacon. A pretty girl with cornflower blue eyes and red curly hair was seated opposite him. A matronly woman with her dun-colored hair pulled back into a white mobcap was bustling around serving them crumpets and tea.
Severus muffled a curse and she guessed that the woman must be the Madam Gideon he had spoken of, but the girl was, despite the red hair, clearly Brinna. She had the same face and eyes as she had had in the dream. She wished that she could ask Severus about the older woman but she hadn’t a talking charm with her and they were far too close to the children to risk whispering. She really needed to restock her spy gear if they were going to be doing this sort of thing regularly.
“See, it’s just some girl.” Neville muttered softly.
“No, it’s not, I know them.” Harry whispered back. “Hermione, get the Professor, will you?” He added while he drew his wand. There was a crunching sound and the teens whirled to where Lucius Malfoy stood in the snowfall, his hair as white and pure as the flakes falling from the January sky.
“Good evening, Mr. Potter.” Malfoy smiled graciously as though they were all meeting at a party.
“Lucius Malfoy.” Harry replied with a look of shock. The DA were paralyzed, surprise and disbelief slowing their reflexes. She would need to up their training when they got back. If they got back, she thought grimly, as several more Death Eaters detached themselves from the darkness.
She felt Severus shifting beside her and she followed him; he edged to one side, so that they were both out of the line of fire but capable of firing at will.
Madam Gideon, Ron and Brinna came out of the cottage, Brinna clinging to Ron in terror, hampering his wand arm with her mock histrionics. The Death Eaters were playing at having captured them and Ron didn’t know any better.
The Death Eaters had Ron, and Severus and Kathryn had the Death Eaters, though they didn’t know that. It was a Goblin’s Dilemma -- who would die first?
Kate - Dumbledore would take credit for it, wouldn\'t he? LOL
Droxy - Kids and trouble. hmmmm, kinda goe together don\'t they? :)
IrishRavenX - thank you
Helen - Little DOH! moment for me. sigh.
Deeble - I write both fast and well because f my many years of writing to the exacting deadlines of assholes. I like you all much better. :) Not only do th erecessive dragon genes explain th etemperment, but also the tendency to live in a cave and snarl a lot. LOL I am so glad you understand where I am coming from with poor Brinna, she was only a child when Fenchurch got to her.
Chapter 40 – Awake and Arise
Kathryn was reading when she heard the knock. Antigone Terrill had just captured a notorious jewel thief and Kathryn was irritated by the disruption. Wrapping a robe around her she stalked to the door and whipped it open. Standing in the door, still in uniform and looking slightly scared by the expression on Kathryn’s face, was Minuet.
“Miss Ravagienne?” Kathryn asked in surprise.
“Harry and some of the DA have gone into Hogsmeade after Ron.” She spilled out breathlessly and Kathryn felt chilled by her words.
“Come in.” She stepped aside, checked the passage to be certain no one had seen or heard the girl and shut the door behind her. Severus emerged from the bedroom with Orion in his arms and Minuet looked towards him pleadingly.
“What’s happened?” He asked. Winky appeared and Severus handed the wriggling baby to her. Minuet rushed to him and wrapped her arms around his waist.
“I tried to make them come get you first, but they didn’t want to blow your cover if it was nothing. But I know that Harry knows -- he can’t lie to me! Ron’s been seeing one of Them!” Minuet was obviously upset and Kathryn was rather shocked by her outburst; she was always so levelheaded.
“Slow down and tell me from the beginning.” Severus commanded as Kathryn went to grab clean robes and boots for them both. She found Severus a sturdy cloak with a hood and went back into the front room.
“…and so they went through the Humpbacked Witch to Honeyduke’s basement to try to search Hogsmeade for Ron.” Minuet was just finishing up her story as Kathryn re-entered and she handed Severus the cloak and a pair of walking boots.
“Passage or broom?” He asked Kathryn.
“Passage, lets be as subtle as possible.” She looked at Minuet as she swirled the cape across her shoulders. “Now, why wouldn’t he come get me first?”
“Didn’t want to expose your loyalties.” Severus muttered with a small frow
“G
“Great, my loyalties would have been better protected if we had had a plan.” She retorted. She needed to put a tracking charm on that boy, or maybe a leash.
“That’s what I told him but he never listens.” Minuet said with the air of a long-suffering wife discussing an absent-minded husband.
“Well, no use worrying about what can’t be helped.” Kathryn shrugged and she opened the door to check the hallways. A simple silencing charm on their boots and Kathryn and Severus followed Minuet to the third floor. Minuet led them to the statue of the Hunchbacked Witch, gave them the password and they slipped through the narrow opening and into the passageway.
“I wish I had known of this passage before.” Severus grumbled. He had a deep frown on his face as they crawled through the tunnel. He was muttering Harry’s name and a few choice expletives that made Kathryn listen intently. Severus’ creativity with insults and cursing was awe-inspiring to hear and she was hoping to pick up some good zingers to use.
“Well, you know about it now.” She chuckled. “Cheer up, think of all the House points you can deduct at the end of this.” She added with a grin and he shot her a look of annoyance.
“You know full well that anything I deduct Albus will just add back.” Severus came back with a snarl. Kathryn, completely unaffected by his bad humor, simply grinned more widely.
“But honey, you can still give him detention.” The use of the endearment got her an acerbic eyebrow but the mention of possible detention did cheer him up.
“Perhaps if we keep him in detention when he isn’t in class, we can keep him out of trouble.” Severus growled. A sudden thought occurred to Kathryn and she smiled.
“Severus, this is our first op together!” She felt a bubbly laugh starting inside her chest.
“Well, don’t go all maudlin on me, woman!” He shot her an alarmed look. “Only you would think that going out to rescue Potand and fight Demons and Death Eaters was a sweetly romantic outing.” The laugh broke lose at the sight of his face, half-amused, half-irritated.
“You did remember to bring the knives, right?” Kathryn whispered as they reached the end of the passage. In answer, Severus gave a flick of his wrist and the shorter of the two Oni no Hissatsu blades shot into his hand. She really loved this man. Their eyes met and she saw his excitement as well. He might grumble but in the end they were both born to this kind of work and despite the dangers, they loved it.
They slipped out of Honeydukes with no one the wiser and together they snuck through the town, the charms they had cast letting them blend in with their environment. Kathryn could tell where Severus was only by the slight blurring of the concealment charm.
It took them twenty minutes of creeping before they caught faint sounds that had nothing to do with the late night stirrings of a small rural village. They rounded a corner and saw a narrow side street off the main road that was lined by residential homes.
The far less stealthy group of Harry and the others could be seen peering through the window of a small cottage halfway down the block. Half-timbered with a tiled roof, it looked like a dozen other cottages nearby.
“Gryffindors.” Severus snorted in disgust and Kathryn refrained from pointing out that Luna was a Ravenclaw.
Harry and the others were crowded around while Neville stood watch to make sure no one would sneak up on them. Kathryn and Severus did just that and Neville was entirely oblivious to their presence.
Kathryn could see clearly into the cottage; Ron’s blazing red hair from his seat at a table in the brightly lit room was like a beacon. A pretty girl with cornflower blue eyes and red curly hair was seated opposite him. A matronly woman with her dun-colored hair pulled back into a white mobcap was bustling around serving them crumpets and tea.
Severus muffled a curse and she guessed that the woman must be the Madam Gideon he had spoken of, but the girl was, despite the red hair, clearly Brinna. She had the same face and eyes as she had had in the dream. She wished that she could ask Severus about the older woman but she hadn’t a talking charm with her and they were far too close to the children to risk whispering. She really needed to restock her spy gear if they were going to be doing this sort of thing regularly.
“See, it’s just some girl.” Neville muttered softly.
“No, it’s not, I know them.” Harry whispered back. “Hermione, get the Professor, will you?” He added while he drew his wand. There was a crunching sound and the teens whirled to where Lucius Malfoy stood in the snowfall, his hair as white and pure as the flakes falling from the January sky.
“Good evening, Mr. Potter.” Malfoy smiled graciously as though they were all meeting at a party.
“Lucius Malfoy.” Harry replied with a look of shock. The DA were paralyzed, surprise and disbelief slowing their reflexes. She would need to up their training when they got back. If they got back, she thought grimly, as several more Death Eaters detached themselves from the darkness.
She felt Severus shifting beside her and she followed him; he edged to one side, so that they were both out of the line of fire but capable of firing at will.
Madam Gideon, Ron and Brinna came out of the cottage, Brinna clinging to Ron in terror, hampering his wand arm with her mock histrionics. The Death Eaters were playing at having captured them and Ron didn’t know any better.
The Death Eaters had Ron, and Severus and Kathryn had the Death Eaters, though they didn’t know that. It was a Goblin’s Dilemma -- who would die first?