Relena was eager to learn about the magical world, once she got over the fact that she was the only squib in the Peacecraft family for hundreds of years. (Her brother and possible sister in law counted their blessing on that front.)
And she had the distinct feeling Heero would be at the school she was going to. He had vanished after being captured, with a loud crack if the report was right. Since he had not been seen in months, most assumed the pilots were up to something. She didn't know about the letter to her brother warning him and Noin to leave the pilots alone when they arrived.
Jamie had his ear chewed off by Kuronue for that letter, since it pretty much told the Lightning Count where to find them. He only told the man that the pilots were official wizards, and therefore not under the OZ rule.
He actually got an owl back from the man, apologizing for accidentally letting his sister in on the big secret. (Apparently Relena overheard them in a hall and confronted them, which is the only reason she even knew about it.)
Which gave Kuronue a new reason to avoid her.
Relena arrived in her most impressive outfit (in pink of course) with her brother, who continued to wear the mask. Noin knew he was only wearing that thing now to keep people from recognizing him or the fact that he was even remotely related to Relena. (He had actually begged her to chose a different color for this.)
Most of the purebloods stared at her guards, most of which were muggle. Her appearance had thrown several pure blood myths out the window.
Since they were on Dumbledore's private watch list, Kuronue and the others were forced to escort them all throughout the castle. Jamie kept the attention on him instead of his friends, which they were very grateful for.
Relena took one look at the Black heir and felt he was familiar. His face was very similiar to her beloved Heero's, but the hair and eyes were completely wrong. Not to mention the fact that he looked about sixteen and Heero barely looked fifteen.
Shrugging it off, she walked with the Gryffindor heir, Silver through the corridors. He looked an awful lot like Duo Maxwell, who had never been seen since his public execution...despite the fact that he was never killed. Gabriel was wolfish and quiet, and clearly into the blond who she knew on sight.
Quatre Winner was a public figure after all. And Wu Fei Chang was the head of the Chang clan, who once ruled over the L5 colony before it was destroyed. Everyone knew that most of the clan was still alive, persuing Magical studies on Earth, though that fact was something she had just recently learned about.
But Torii Potter drew her attention more than others. He was a spitting image of Duo Maxwell, but his eye color and hair were the wrong color. He even had that obscenely long braid, though it was currently in a loose ponytail down his back.
Silver politely kept their attention on him, describing Hogwarts like a military report, to the others approval. Eventually he took them to Hogsmeade, and Torii took over.
His flamboyant personality described each place, especially Zonko's and Honeyduke's.
Relena was highly interested in the Estrella mansion, but was politely told that the Headmaster did not approve of the place and frowned on the students visiting there. Like that ever stopped them.
Jamie produced several passes, and they entered the house.
Zechs and Noin were quite impressed at his operation. It produced loyal soldiers and allies all in exchange for housing and food. The safety procedures in place weren't in the least discriminate at all. Jamie Silver veiwed other species as people, which is probably why his houses were in high demand. He even treated squibs fairly, which was a first for a pureblood.
He allowed the wolves to stay in the house on full moon, provided they took the potion. The vampires were the perfect guards on those nights, since they were up at that hour anyway, and with the blacked out windows in place, they could wait until the wolves became human before turning in. In return for guard duty, they got free blood to snack on, from registered donors. Their choice in blood type.
Veela gave beauty tips to the students, and kept their natural charms in check. Squibs helped muggle studies students with homework, while goblins mentioned tips on how to improve finances and relations with those that worked the banks.
And to Hagrid's immense joy, there were two other half giants in residence, both in the Estrella mansion...and one happened to be a female who loved animals as much as he did.
Relena was impressed with how fairly everyone treated each other, despite species difference. One goblin explained Jamie's main rule about species not being an issue when you walked through the door. If you were prejiduced against another based on species or blood, you weren't welcome.
When they finally left, Kuronue breathed a deep sigh of relief...though the looks Relena kept sending his way worried him greatly. It seemed she grew another crush on him. At least now he could claim blood purity as a way to tell her he was not interested. Apparently his desire to avoid the girl appealed to his housemates and gained him more allies.
When asked by Draco later, they simply said that they were glad he was finally acting like a proper pureblood.
Quatre was happy for two reasons. One, he had a place to safely hide from those who wanted their heads on a platter. But the main reason was that Trowa was finally starting to remember who they were, thanks to Madam Pomphrey. Which meant the times Gabriel was out were starting to go down, and soon Trowa would be back in charge.
Umbridge was livid over the fact that her mission to get rid of Silver and Dumbledore was being thwarted! She blaimed the transfer students, all of which were Torii Potter and Jamie Silver's friends. Friends who did not take everything the Ministry said at face value. Her only encounter with them proved they were more than capable of taking on the Ministry and Dumbledore on their own, and they barely had any magical education!
Fudge had given her power to make rules, but every time she did, they interferred! For each rule, they questioned the point of it, even going so far as to bring in the school governer's in! Several of her rules had been overthrown because they interferred with the student's education or were ridiculous! Their power base clearly extended beyond the school. If they graduated and took an interest in politics...
She shuddered to think of her career if they went into the Ministry.
Jamie sat up with a start. It was that weird dream again. The one with the corridor that lead into the Department of Mystery where Kuronue used to work. He had been down there a few times, usually delivering food to the employees.
He knew it would be impossible to sleep, so he took out a book and read for a few hours.
OWLs were coming soon after all.
The History of Magic OWL was a nightmare. He fell asleep halfway through and dreamed that Sirius was being tortured in the Ministry.
He woke up with a start, finished the test and quietly thought "What the hell?"
He immedaitely sought out Professor Silver, and mentioned the weird dream to Sirius. Then he thought about the thing inside his curse scar, and realized what had happened.
"That bloody two bit hack just tried to lure me into taking the prophecy for him!"
Startled, Sirius turned to his godson in surprise.
"How?"
"My scar is a horcrux. Apparently he finally figured out how to send visions to me."
Really worried, he took his godson to Torii and told the boy to keep his little brother in the castle.
"Professor, why would I leave the castle when I know the thing is completely fake?"
"VOLDEMORT RETURNS! SIRIUS BLACK INNOCENT! PETTIGREW CONFIRMED DEATH EATER!"
Voldemort had grown tired of waiting for Potter to take the prophecy for him, so he went there and took it himself. And his howl of rage when he found out it was completely bogus was heard halfway across London.
Jamie had already gone down there and retrieved the thing years ago.
To make matters worse, Peter Pettigrew had been captured along with Lucius Malfoy, Macnair, Bellatrix Lestrange, Nott, Crabbe and Goyle Seniors, and Avery. Only Malfoy was able to get out, and then it was because he admitted to being part of a resistance with Jamie Silver at the center.
Which lead to a whole slew of problems. But since Jamie had no intention of over throwing the Ministry, didn't trust Dumbledore and thought Voldemort was a complete idiot, they had nothing on him. He made all his dealings public, nothing under the table.
So he walked away free, with a new side to join called the Silver Dragons. His side was growing larger with each week that passed, because he was a neutral party who didn't follow either side. Neutral families promptly joined him, some members of the dark families who didn't want to join Voldemort and disliked Dumbledore alligned with him, and Light families who didn't like how Dumbledore did things jumped on board.
Fudge eventually supported them, and soon the silver pins with dragons were seen practically everywhere. Raids were made on Death Eater hideouts, and they were quickly put on the run. Soon the Dark Lord had few followers and fewer potiental Death Eaters. He was beyond furious, and knew the only way to put an end to the raids was to kill Silver.
It was on a routine raid that he finally appeared. To his surprise, the ranks immedaitely split in half, revealing the one he intended to kill.
Jamie stood there calmly, and smirked.
Before Voldemort came close, the boy lifted his bangs, revealing a certain scar. He hissed in fury, as he recognized it immediately. It was Harry Potter! He was supposed to be dead!
"It wasn't easy faking my death...but it was definitely worth it to see that look of fury on your face, Tom."
Voldemort shot his deadly curse at Jamie, who dodged with ease. Jamie had a smirk that sent a sense of foreboding doom down his spine.
"Solarius Nexus Linerea!"
Once again, Jamie destroyed all the horcruxes...and ruined any chance of Dumbledore taking over. But this time he wasn't going to sit back and let the old man kill him.
So this time, since the war between muggles was still going on, he decided to take a more active approach. He didn't want to become Minister, he hated the idea of paperwork. So instead he decided to become an Auror and a Healer.
Once the word got out that Harry Potter had faked his own death with the aid of the goblin clans, he hid from the world until the uproar died down, mostly. It took the rest of the year, and he had to endure the annoying staring, but eventually it died down.
It didn't hurt that he insisted on remaining Jamie Silver. (Hadrian was officially called Hadrian Silver.)
His new name was legally James Hadrian Silver. If he had any children they would be named Potter, but until then, he would remain Jamie Silver.
After being ousted as headmaster, he decided to do something about the boy who lived to ruin his carefully laid schemes. Instead of coming in, marrying the Weasly girl and then dying at the hands of Tom, he comes in, undermines his entire power base and gets rid of the Dark Lord without actually killing him or using an illegal curse!
So now he has to deal with the one he planned to make his pawn. How did the boy know exactly how to destroy his plans?
Wait...how did a seven year old know about the wards to begin with? He checked the minds of the Dursley family thoroughly after the murder, and Harry showed no indication he even knew how to use a simple levitation charm, let alone how to destroy the blood wards. It all happened right after his seventh birthday...that's when the changes started to show.
What could have caused them?
Only one way to find out. He had to kidnap Jamie Silver and use Legilmency on the boy. But how? Between his brother and their friends...not to mention the large army of lesser creatures at his command.
Wait. The full moon. If he could find a way to break the werewolves out on a full moon night and set them loose...the chaos alone would give him an oppurtunity.
Jamie woke up to a commotion. Looking up, he saw the moon was full.
"Dammit! Don't tell me someone was dumb enough to cause trouble tonight!"
One of the vampire guards knocked on the door, and said quickly "Someone knocked out the covens guarding the Silverfang pack. We're doing damage control, but it doesn't look good."
Jamie cursed, and got dressed. He was out the door in less than five minutes and checking the damage.
Someone had done a thorough job on the guards. They looked like someone had hit them hard with a bulldozer...the size of a city bus. He began issuing commands, and made damn sure everyone heard him as they rounded up the wolves.
Jamie checked each one over, and growled. Someone had hit each wolf with a Confundus charm. It was lucky they recognized his scent, because it calmed them down enough for them to bring the wolf into the pocket space which was designed to look like a forest.
Soon most of the werewolves were inside, and the few stragglers were at least nearby.
Suddenly Jamie felt something hit him without warning, and he blacked out.
Jamie woke up in a small wet room...from what he could tell. There was a blindfold on his face, making it impossible to see. He heard footsteps, and started to go inside himself, like Kuronue showed him. He was really glad the pilots taught him the trick to endure torture...even if Torii wasn't happy about it.
He felt something hit his mental barrier...and it carried the distinct feel of magic. A legilmens! But who was it? Not Snape that was his only surety.
Snape wouldn't have made it past the wards. Neither would any Death Eater, since they were either on his side or in Azkaban already. And any other legilmens wouldn't have a grudge against him...or have been able to knock out three vampires before they raised the alarm.
There was only one legilmens who would have any reason to attack him and have the ability to do this.
Albus bloody Dumbledore.
A surge of pain hit him as Dumbledore scanned his earliest memories...from when he was seven.
Oh crap! If he learned about who Jamie really was then he might cause a paradox!
Hadrian was safe in his barrier, which hadn't been touched...yet. It held the truth that the old man likely sought. Like how Jamie had derailed all those carefully laid plans, and how he knew the way to get rid of Voldemort without dying or going to Azkaban for the deed.
Jamie conjured a mental image of himself standing before Hadrian. Sure enough, Dumbledore made his way to him.
Dumbledore searched the memories, and still he couldn't find how Harry Potter had ruined his schemes. Everything from six and a half was missing. So he searched deeper...and found his first real block.
Something or someone was standing before the memories he wanted. He couldn't have that now could he?
So he pushed against the block, and found something push back harder. He kept it up...and felt something break through his own barrier and start looking for something.
Suddenly the intruder stopped, and before he could react...pain. Pure and unadulterated pain! He cried out in shock and horror, as his entire body began to convulse with agony.
When he could feel again, he noticed something.
Harry Potter was gone!
Jamie stumbled through the darkness as he slowly made his way to the surface. The blindfold had slipped off, and he could vaguely see the blurry shape of the wall.
A blinding light. It was the outside!
He stumbled faster to the surface, and saw the glare of the sun. He felt his pockets and found something that almost made him weep.
His contacts case!
Finding a large bush nearby, he slipped behind it. Carefully opening the case, he popped in each lens with care. Blinking away the tears, he waited a bit for his sight to clear up. It took roughly five minutes, but now he could see properly.
Just in time, as Dumbledore came rushing out the cave entrance. The old headmaster had seen better days. His colorful robes were torn and had blood on them. The color of the blood marked it as vampire right off.
So he was the one who let the werewolves out!
Dumbledore cursed, then apparated away. Jamie waited an hour before he even thought of moving. By which time the sun was going down. Dumbledore did not reappear.
Finding his way onto an old trail, Jamie walked down the path slowly. His first stop, he stretched thorougly before sitting down for five minutes. He looked up at the moon...still full. He got up, rolled his shoulder and began walking.
Nothing left to do but keep going forward.
Moony was restless, which was never a good sign. Ever since the werewolves escaped that night, no one had seen hide nor hair of Jamie.
Everyone had been out looking for him. Torii was beside himself with worry, and Kuronue was grumpier than usual.
(Rumor had it that he wasn't getting any until Jamie was found.)
Remus crashed on his bed next to Padfoot. Sirius was very worried about his godson. Every werewolf and vampire that could be spared was sent to find him.
(Dreamscape)
Remus was in a large forest filled with beautiful trees. Nearby was a strange cage filled with ancient runes of binding.
The cage was split in half.
Remus looked around wildly, trying to find his wolf self.
There!
Moony growled at his human half. How dare he lock him away for all these years?
Moony stalked Remus, much like he would any other prey. Remus stood his ground, and growled. The wolf began to attack, and Remus did nothing. He stared his wolf in the face, determined to win this battle.
Before Moony's fangs reached his throat, something happened. Another wolf came out of nowhere and struck Moony.
It held and mixture of amber and emerald eyes. It's fur was a tawny brown, with hints of cinnamon brown.
"Gabriel."
'Alpha.'
Remus stared in shock. His own son called him an Alpha?
Something struck a cord within him, as he felt a resonance with his wolf side.
(The wolf of Amber shall lead his pack)
Remus woke with a start. He could feel something was different. He reached out to Moony...and found the wolf in a submissive position. Startled, he thought back to the odd dream he had.
'Was it more than a dream?'
Suddenly he felt something. He went to the door and saw Gina Silverfang.
"We think we have Jamie's scent Remus."
Remus noticed a difference immediatly. Before he could ask, Moony filled him in.
'You finally claim your position as Alpha. Of course the packs will treat you different. At least...until that damn prophecy is taken care of.'
'What prophecy?'
(The bumblebee shall turn away from the light,
The marked child shall lead the force of downtrodden,
The wolf of amber shall lead his pack,
The broken heir shall awaken the children of fire,
The five of Guns shall rise again, The Secret shall be revealed to all, or all is lost.)
'What...the hell.'
'Dumbledore has already turned from the light the moment he kidnapped Jamie. Now that you are a true Alpha wolf, you can lead every pack of wolf. Sirius has already awoken the children of fire, and the five of Guns have risen.'
'What about the secret and marked child?'
'Jamie shall lead those that the Ministry keeps in the shadows by force. The Secret...I have no idea what it is...but I suspect it means magic.'
'Dumbledore is now a dark lord, I become an Alpha wolf, Sirius awoke spirits of fire, and the five of Guns is...'
'Gundams, obviously. The cub rides the flame of the predator, which usually takes the form of a tiger.'
'What now?'
'Jamie must bring his forces together and lead them. Dumbledore must be stopped before the tragedy happens again.'
Jamie stumbled as he kept walking. He had to find a place that the Knight Bus would pick him up. But there were too many trees for the bus to show up.
There! A paved road!
Jamie checked his funds and found five galleons in his shoe...well that explained why his foot was murdering him.
He held out his wand, and sensed something coming towards him, fast. He dodged, and saw Dumbledore. Then he felt a crack, and he fell out of thought and mind.
Jamie awoke in a hospital bed, and wondered how the hell he got there. He vaguely remembered falling...and cold. A woman in a nurse outfit came up and said "Oh, you're awake. That was quite a scare you gave us young man."
"Where am I?"
"You are on L4. This is the old Alliance hospital. We found you unconcious on the doorstep of the E.R."
Jamie gaped. How the hell did he end up on L4? Then it hit him. His magic.
Somehow his magic sent him all the way to L4 in an attempt to save him from Dumbledore.