Ellie Potter and the Unhallowed Deaths

out-of-feathers

Fay returns with Dumbledore's body, of course.

Not right away. She prepares her story, her Occlumantic shields first. She makes sure the wounds on Dumbledore line up with what she's claiming. She empties her wand's history of the spell that killed him, and fills up with spells that match what she's claimed.

They tracked, cornered, and fought Voldemort's second body. Dumbledore was gravely injured and they couldn't Apparate out. Fay hid with him, rushing to heal him, but their enemy caught up. Fay escaped with her life. Dumbledore, already weakened, did not.

She returns to Hogwarts.

Things get - surreal, after. They're already surreal. They get rushed.

It's not yet the end of the semester. Final exams are still weeks away.

Dumbledore is dead, and it doesn't take long for people to hear about this.

Fay plants her feet. Weathers the storm like a great boulder, expression steady, shoulders strong, voice firm. They must leave the school open over the summer, for whoever feels unsafe in their homes. They must consider bringing others in.

Minerva McGonagall is Headmistress now. She trusts Fay. She agrees.

(Fay is leader of the Order now. She turns Dumbledore's spider web of influence into a machine of war.)

The Death Eaters are emboldened. The defenders are faltering. Transition of power is never perfect, especially like this.

(Everyone trusts Fay. That helps.)

She makes time for her girls, as much as she can, but her mind feels like it's trapped elsewhere, pulled into a whirlwind - every time she sees Ellie a primal fear creeps under her skin -

After, as the storm reaches a brief calm, settles into a temporary eye - later, she sits Ellie down.

She is very, very firm that this meeting must be just her and Ellie.

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warrior-my-warrior

"So what did you want to talk about? You've been acting- strange."

out-of-feathers

Privacy wards, first. As many as she can cast.

"About Dumbledore's death and - some things I learned from him."

warrior-my-warrior

"Oh?"

out-of-feathers

"...After he was injured he handed off everything to me, in case he didn't make it."

"One of the things I learned - led to me killing him."

warrior-my-warrior

Hug?

out-of-feathers

Hug.

"I - "

"He wasn't even planning on anything yet, but - "

"He thought it seemed likely that Voldemort - made you into a horcrux, the night your mother died. He was - very sure there was no way to remove it without killing you."

warrior-my-warrior

Tight hug.

Small distressed noise.

out-of-feathers

Such tight hugs. "We still need to confirm, but - I'll find a way to remove it safely, I promise."

"I'd rather leave him alive and just let him have this continent than hurt you."

warrior-my-warrior

"Don't want him to win."

out-of-feathers

She pets Ellie's hair and kisses her forehead. "We'll find a way."

warrior-my-warrior

"Yeah." Weak laugh. "We're good at that."

out-of-feathers

"We are."

"The Deathly Hallows might be a lead - I've got the Elder Wand now - and I can sound out my contacts about possible solutions."

warrior-my-warrior

"What my mother said..."

out-of-feathers

"That you need to die and not stay dead, and - it sounded like she felt the Hallows would help."

warrior-my-warrior

Nod.

out-of-feathers

Pet. "We'll figure out how to transfer the wand to you, then."

warrior-my-warrior

"'M not gonna kill you for it."

out-of-feathers

More hair pets. "It accepts non-lethal defeat, too."

warrior-my-warrior

"We'll do that, then."

out-of-feathers

Snuggle.

"We can set up a spar."

"And - it's up to you what and how much we tell the others."

warrior-my-warrior

"Let's- let's not tell them."

out-of-feathers

"Alright. I won't."

" - Even Anathema?"

warrior-my-warrior

"I don't want her to worry about it."

out-of-feathers

She nods.

"Is it alright if I ask Bellatrix about the wand? She won't mind or ask why I killed Dumbledore, and - we already decided in the summer to try to get you all three Hallows."

warrior-my-warrior