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Chapter Two...

Zechs groaned as he slowly came too, he looked around and seeing his brother laying not too far away on his stomach and facing toward him, tried to move to get to his side, only to wince when he put pressure on his arm. Trying to gain his feet wasn't possible either since the pain he experienced the second he put his weight on his knee caused his stomach to turn and spots to dance before his eyes. Gritting his teeth, the blond used his good arm and leg to drag his sore body over to the still form of his new partner.

Reaching his side, Zechs was able to take in the massive bruise running down the side of the smaller blonde's face and torn shirt across his back. Hearing a moan Zechs was drawn to the form of the former pilot of DeathSythe.

Duo moaned as consciousness returned. He blinked several times to clear the dirt from his violet eyes before trying to take in his surroundings. The concrete wall in front of him made him think he was in a basement, and the dirt floor he was lying on added to the thought. Trying to sit up was made difficult by the ache in his body and the fact that his hand were in shackles behind his back. Making it to his knees the braided pilot was finally able to see his two partners. Zechs was leaning over the small blonde and holding his weight to one side, upon a closer look Duo could see that his friend's arm was bent in the wrong location and around the knee looked strange, even with the pants covering it. The smaller blonde wasn't moving at all and this concerned the god of Death as he was able to make out matting in the blonde hair on the crown of his head in the dim lighting.

Zechs looked up from the silent body in front of him to meet the concerned eyes of his long time friend.

"How are you feeling, Duo?"

A slight grin appeared before the male replied.

"Like someone knocked the crap out of my head. How about you?"

The taller man just waved off his concern and replied.

"I'll live. I'm more worried about Draco, he hasn't woken yet."

Duo sat back carefully before asking.

"How long do you think we've been down here?"

Zechs glanced down at the cracked face on his watch and noticed the date.

"Two days. We were in the middle of a transmission when everything when down, so most likely Une is readying the Calvary."

The two men were pulled from their quiet conversation when the last team member moaned.


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Harry sighed as he walked quickly through the newly reconstructed Ministry building, glancing to his partner he asked rhetorically.

"Do I really have to be here?"

Hermione sighed as yet another wizard charmed a note to follow the Man- who-lived. This had been happening since a witch at the entrance had said rather loudly

"Oh Merlin! It's Harry Potter!"

Since then witches and wizards alike had been charming notes to follow the poor teen. Hermione sighed as they finally made it to the lifts and entered. She hit the close door button hard enough to have them nearly slam shut and only allow a few of the annoying notes to pass. Harry leaned his head against the cool wall as they awaited their floor.

Apparently Fate didn't hate him completely, so they made it to the desired floor with only one stop. Luckily the witch was a kind woman and had merely nodded and allowed the doors to close without her on them and waited for the next one to arrive. When the doors rolled open at their destination, the two hurried to the desk at the end of the hall. The receptionist smiled as she saw the annoyed duo and hurried to the large doors and knocked before pushing them open.

A young man slightly older than Harry and Hermione rounded the massive desk just as the two entered and shut out the final notes. An easy grin made its way to his face as he hugged the two before him.

"I'm sorry I had to ask you to meet me here since I know you both hate coming here, but I had a meeting and then lots of paperwork."

Harry gave a sigh before a reluctant grin appeared as he pulled the slightly older male into a one armed hug as he asked.

"How's being the Minister treating you, Cedric?"

The male laughed at the question and informed the two as they sat.

"Good, though Merlin knows the paperwork is driving me crazy. How's the book company coming?"

Hermione smiled and informed the current Minister of Magic.

"Well, it is currently doing very well, but it could be better if Sir Moody over here could be a little nicer on his editing."

Cedric grinned at the annoyed raven haired male.

"What'd you say that was meaner than...?"

Blonde brows knit together as the Hufflepuff Champion tried to remember the exact wording.

"I believe it was something like...'A Flobberworm could have written a more creative pile of dragon dung than this sorry excuse of drivel.' That one was amusing."

Harry merely smirked at his friend as Hermione commented.

"I think he is taking too many lessons from Severus."

The eighteen year old shrugged.

"He is my father."

Turning his attention back to the man that had called them there, and inquired.

"So what was the real reason for calling us down here, Cedric? You obviously didn't call down here for a personal matter."


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Heero, Wufei, and Quatre all three looked up as the door to their joint office was opened. Curious green eyes took in the scene before them as the tall acrobat stepped aside to allow his partner to enter before closing the door. The three that had been there were gathered around the same table, only now the top was covered in soda cans, coffee mugs, folders, notebooks, an occasional food wrapper, and pens. Quatre jumped up and hugged the two men before reclaiming his seat.

"Welcome back. How was the...err...mission?"

Wufei snorted as Trowa replied.

"It was successful."

Trieze pulled a chair up to the table as he complained.

"It was boring."

Wufei glared at the older blonde male and commented snidely

"Only you, Trieze would call going to a ball a mission."

He waved his hand at the now seated 03 pilot and continued.

"Trowa's mission was bodyguard, you weren't on a mission. You just wanted out of the paperwork, Une had to do, speaking of which, Une said to give you these for background information."

At the raised brows he got, Trieze shrugged, passed them out and looked at the cluttered desk; well being that there were three people at the desk and it was more like organized chaos, even the empty soda cans were in a specific location. Seeing the worry in the smaller blonde's eyes, Trieze asked.

"What did we miss? New mission?"

Heero tossed the two new arrivals a file and began.

"We are on standby. Currently Agents Wind, 02, and New Agent Diamond were sent on a mission in infiltrate and gather information of a suspected Rebel Army. Thirty nine hours ago, Une lost transmission during a briefing and has not been able to reestablish contact. Our job is to organize a search and rescue."

Trowa frowned as he noticed a glint in the perfect soldier's eyes.

"What is the catch?"

Wufei's glare intensified as he informed the two men.

"We are await the arrival of a male Une is bringing in. He was requested by all three agents."

The two late arrivals shared a surprised look as the others got back to discussing the rescue. Trieze skimmed through the file in his hands, then back tracked and reread twice, before asking.

"Is this a typo? Wizarding world?"

Quatre leaned back in his large cushy computer chair, and began to fill the two in on the world they were helping.


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Harry stared at the stack of papers in his hand and then back at the Minister,

"Are you telling me an organization has assembled with possible plans to try and take over the wizarding world as well as the Muggle?"

Cedric nodded causing the Wizarding savior to give a sigh smack his head onto the desk. Hermione placed a calming hand on the back of the dark head, and asked.

"I'm not an Auror and Harry has left that profession; why are you telling us this?"

Cedric leaned back in his chair and explained.

"Well currently, we have the Preventors investigating one of the known locations and hopefully this group will easily be delt with, but if it isn't I would hope that the two of you would be willing to assist."

Harry ran a hand tiredly through his long hair and asked.

"Do these Preventors know of magic?"

Cedric nodded and said.

"I know you are looking to go into the Preventors, Harry, this could help..."

Harry held up a callused hand to stop the ramble and said,

"I will be more than willing to help if you need it. I would like to be a Preventor, but I doubt they want a damaged fighter. When you get more information let me know; as of right now I have a class beginning in half an hour and I don't want to let the brats to get it into their heads, that they can pick on the children."

Gaining his feet, Harry hugged Hermione and shook Cedric's hand before asking.

"Mind if I use your floo? There are several dozen charmed notes awaiting me on the journey back to the exit."

Cedric chuckled and nodded.

"Go right ahead."

Harry tossed a handful of floo powder into the orange flames and told the blond.

"Give my regards you Blaise and tell Adrian I'll see him this afternoon."

No sooner had the tired wizard disappeared than Cedric asked

"He really believes no one will want him now doesn't he?"

Hermione gave the fireplace a sad look before returning.

"Yes, he does believe that. I can't get him to stop. His injuries have healed, but his limp is still there and he has only partial vision in his eye. He retired from Auror, because he was tired of the praise, the hounding from everyone to fix the slightest problem, the reporters. I was able to get him to work for my publishing firm, when I came across one of his old manuscripts and saw how hard he was; granted at first I thought Severus had edited it. He still works too hard, still is tense and always on guard. I have had several people run crying to me because they had entered without knocking and Harry pulled both a gun and his wand. After the fifth incident, Harry started working from home."

The concerned friend shrugged and continued.

"Who knows, maybe this will give him something back, will give my best friend back that spark."

She seemed to just deflate a moment before informing the Minister,

"Don't worry, Cedric, if you need us just send up a flag and we will be here."

Standing from here chair, Hermione hugged the man.

"If you will excuse me, I have to go research some information to make sure one of my current manuscripts has their facts correct."

Cedric laughed softly as the curly haired witch vanished in the flames before he collapsed tiredly into his chair. Staring at a trio photos on the corner of his desk, Cedric's smile became bittersweet. The first photo was taken before Harry's injuries, back when he had a ready smile for a friend. The photo was taken in the back of Black Manor during a light snow fall. Hermione and Harry were skating, on the frozen pond that sat not too far from the grand home. Cedric, Adrian, and Blaise were running from a charmed snowman, Draco was on the ground laughing hysterically with his wand not too far from him on the ground.

Next to that photo sat another, larger frame only this one was taken group style. Lucius and Remus had their arms around each other as they sat on the edge of the blue and white checkered picnic blanket; Blaise was digging into the large wicker basket with Hermione passing out plates. Harry was reclined against Draco's side, said blonde was running his fingers through his dark locks, Sirius was leaning against the trunk of a massive tree with Severus propped against his chest, and in the back partially hidden were Cedric and Adrian sharing their first kiss.

The final picture was of the teens sitting around a coffee table in the living room laughing. As the picture moved Blaise was pulled into Cedric's arms and Cedric was pulled into Adrian's arms. Harry leaned back against the couch behind him and you could see bandages wrapping his left arm and torso where his partially buttoned shirt pulled away. Hermione was holding her arm around her waist as she leaned against Harry's good arm as she laughed and Draco was leaning against the couch on Harry's other side with a smile on his face.

Cedric's smile faded as he remembered that not long after the last picture was taken, the war picked up and the laughter died away.


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Une sighed as she looked around her office as she collected the rest of the information she would need to hopefully convince the young Minister to at least allow her to speak with Harry Potter. No matter where she looked, she was unable to locate any proof of residence for the young man. She had just stood to leave when the door was pushed open to reveal Sally and Wufei. Une merely raised a brow as she waited for the two to speak.

Sally fumble a folder she had been carrying before holding it out to her boss.

"These are the results for Agents Chang and Yuy the FRA. Agent Winner's is taking a bit longer since he has so many siblings."

Une nodded to the medic as she placed the file on her desk.

"Thank you, Sally, I'll look over them as soon as I return."

The duel twisted haired woman nodded before leaving the room. Une turned her attention to the remaining agent and asked.

"How can I help you, Wufei?"

The Chinese pilots responded.

"I'm going with you when you speak with this Minister."

Une blinked at the statement before replying.

"What is the reason?"

Wufei crossed his muscular arms and replied.

"The minister will want to know what we have come up with so far and I'm sure this Potter will if Maxwell trusts him."

Une gave a sigh knowing that was all she would get from the teen and nodded.

"Get into uniform and meet me downstairs in twenty minutes."


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Hermione walked swiftly through the front door of the newly remodeled building toward the voices coming from a side room. Pushing the sliding door open she could only smile as she saw her friend in his element. Harry was showing a young girl no older than twelve the correct way to hold her arm as she attempted to throw a right hook at a punching bag. Before he allowed an assistant to take over and moved to the front of the room and signaled everyone.

"I need everyone's attention to me please."

The raven haired man waited a moment for everyone to turn to him before he continued.

"I know this is our first class together, and several of you are beginning to stress a bit, so I am inviting all of you to the tournament being held this afternoon so you will be able to see some of the techniques you will learn, as well as some of your teachers. I hope that any of you that wish to come do."

He waved his hands and finished.

"Please return to what you were doing."

Harry turned as the students resumed their training, to see Hermione standing in the doorway. He gave a nod to a nearby trainer to tell him to take over for a bit and walked over to his long time friend.

"Hey, Hermione."

The young woman smiled and hugged the male.

"Harry, I was doing some research on any unexplained magic in the last year. I also put out feelers for any magical or Muggle location that has recently acquired inhabitants."

Harry shook his head as he listened.

"So it would seem we are getting back into the private investigating."

Hermione blushed a bit and shrugged.

"I knew you would want to do something about this and since I'm your researcher..."

Harry chuckled a bit and replied.

"I've already sent out messages to my old contacts. They know to message you if they can't get me."

Hermione laughed and replied.

"So I guess we're on the same wavelength. I'm going to be in my office across the hall if you need me."

Harry nodded before she disappeared through the doors.


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Wufei took in the lavish building's interior with a glare. He wouldn't admit to his surprise of coming into the massive building through a phone booth. Une had stopped at a small reception desk when the two Preventors had entered the first floor. Wufei noticed several people looked hopefully toward the lift he had spotted down the hall every time the bell chimed its' arrival. Shrugging off the semi curious feeling the Gundam pilot once more took in his surroundings. There were too many points of entry for him to fully relax, and no one seemed concerned that the only protection they had from invasion was a phone booth.

The pilot's attention was pulled away from his inspection when his companion stepped to his side.

"The Minister is able to speak with us. Come on."

The two made their way to the lift that for some reason had what looked to be notes hovering in front of the doors as if waiting. Deciding to ignore the notes, the two stepped onto the lift and pressed the button for their floor. The receptionist was waiting for them just to the side of the elevator. She smiled as the two noticed her and informed them.

"Hello, I'm Sammy, the Minister's assistant/receptionist. If you would follow me."

She waved down the hall and led the way to the massive set of doors, once they entered, having dodged the last of the notes, the two were seated in large plushy seats.

"The Minister will be with you in a moment."

As the young woman left to room, Wufei was once more on his feet looking at the pictures of people on the wall near his seat. The poor teen nearly had a heart attack when the picture moved! Taking a surprised step back the Chinese pilot asked.

"What do they use to make the pictures move?"

Une raised a brow and replied.

"Actually, Wufei, it's magic. When a picture is snapped, it captures the moment of the take as well as a few seconds before and after the event. This way you have a better memory of the event."

Wufei nodded and stared at the photo. A tall blonde haired male smiled at the photographer with a friendly arm thrown over a male with dark black hair and bright green eyes. The two ended up laughing as they were picked up from behind by a male dark brown hair and a tall male with white blonde hair, the two surprised then proceeded to spin in circles with their captives.

The two Preventors' attention was pulled to the door as it opened to allow a young blond that Wufei recognized as one of the two from the picture being grabbed. He was followed by a tall dark male and a woman with electric blue hair.

"I'm sorry about the wait."

Wufei stood next to Une as the blond held out a hand to shake.

"I'm Minister Cedric Diggory-Pucey-Zabini, though I tend to be called Minister Diggory for short. I prefer to be called Cedric."

Une stared at the young man for a moment before shaking herself and replying.

"My apologies, I'm Lady Une and my companion is Wufei Chang.:

A charming grin graced the young man's face.

"No apology is needed, I'd be surprised too. Not many people my age have held the position of Minister of Magic; trust me when I say I am not offended. Now as for my shadows."

Cedric waved a hand at the two people just behind him.

"May I introduce my friend and Leader of the Aurors, Nymphodora Tonks, she goes by Tonks and if you call her by her first name, she may harm you."

The woman nodded to the two before her and gave a smile as Cedric pulled the younger male from behind him.

"And this is one of my bonded, Blaise Zabini, he helps keeps tabs on wizards in the Muggle world and also tends to be one of my bodyguards"

The dark male gave a small smile then, returned to his location behind his husband. Une nodded to the young man before taking her seat. Cedric leaned forward in his seat and commented.

"I was told this meeting had to do with the mission dealing with the Rebel group. I thought the team was dispatched three days ago."

Une nodded.

"That is correct. As of forty hours ago, we lost communication. I was in the middle of a transmission with one of the agents when they were attacked and haven't been able to reach them since."

Cedric nodded before asking.

"Which Agents were dispatched?"

Ignoring the confused glared Wufei was sending her, Une answered.

"Agent Wind, 02, and Agent Diamond. They are also known as Zechs Marquise, Duo Maxwell, and Draco Malfoy."

"Bloody Hell!"

Une's attention was pulled to the man in the back when she finished the last name. Cedric looked worried.

"Are you certain you have had no contact with these three?"

At the annoyed look he got, Cedric explained.

"Draco is one of the best wizards out there. If he hasn't contacted you, then there is no doubt to magic being involved...wait a second."

The Minister stood and approached the fireplace. Throwing a bit of floo powder in he called.

"Malfoy Manor."

A minute or two passed before a house elf's head appeared in the green flames.

"What can Fitz be doing for the Minister today?"

Cedric smiled and replied.

"Please inform Remus and Lucius that they are needed immediately in my office."

"Fitz be doing that."

The elf disappeared and the flames returned to normal. As he sat Wufei asked.

"How exactly is the wizarding world involved in all of this?"

Before Cedric could reply, Tonks stepped forward.

"A few months ago a strange signature was recorded coming from an abandoned home. We at first ignored it because there were a lot of young wizards and witches in the area and accidental magic could have been the source. Well about two months ago, a patrol of three Aurors disappeared only to be found a week later, two were dead and the third was close. We were able to gather that they had seen suspicious figures running around the perimeter of the building we had earlier gotten the reading from. Thinking it was a group of kids goofing off, they approached and were captured. The Auror didn't know if magic was used as he didn't have the ability to use wand less magic. Now we have been watching this group carefully and have noticed people going in, but not coming out. We suspected wizards as well as Muggles being involved so we contacted the Preventors with our findings. We needed inside information, but don't have the qualified people. People have been disappearing and a few small scale attacks have been made. We need to know who the leader is and what their plans are."

Wufei nodded at the information, but before he could continue a knock sounded on the door before Cedric's assistant pushed it open to allow Lucius and Remus into the room. Cedric stood to welcome the two concerned men and said.

"Thank you for coming so quickly."

Wufei raised a brow and asked

"So the fireplace thing was like a phone?"

Tonks smiled and replied.

"It can be. Normally you would just step into the flame and floo there, but the Minister's floo system only allows for calls and exit transport only."

At his nod Lucius spoke up.

"What did you need us for, Cedric?"

The young Minister pointed to the two before his desk and said

"Lucius and Remus, please meet Lady Une and Wufei Chang, they are Preventors. Lady Une and Wufei , please meet Lucius and Remus Malfoy...Draco Malfoy's parents."

Une stood and shook the two men's' hands.

"It's nice to meet you."

Cedric leaned against his desk and asked.

"Have either of you heard from Draco in the last two days?"

At their negative nods, Cedric sighed.

"The mission he was on started a few days ago. Forty hours ago the Preventors lost contact have haven't been able to get any of the team to answer."

Lucius turned pale and sat on a nearby chair. Remus placed a comforting hand on his husband's shoulder.

"Don't worry, Luc, Draco is tough."

Turning to who he thought to be the leader asked.

"Lady Une, who was on his list for rescue?"

Blaise raised a brow.

"Rescue? What are you talking about, Remus?"

The werewolf informed the man.

"When you fill out the application for the Preventors, it asks you who you would want to rescue you if you were captured or something like that. Draco asked me who I thought would be the best choice and I told him to put down whoever he felt would do anything to get the job done no matter what."

He turned back to the Preventor Commander and asked.

"He put Harry didn't he."

Wufei and Une merely stared in shock only to be broken from their stupor when Cedric and Tonks burst out laughing. Lucius smiled and commented.

"He would be the best to put down."

Une nodded and replied.

"Do you mean Harry Potter?"

At the five nods she received, Une continued.

"Yes, Agent Malfoy did place the name down, but surprisingly enough, both Agents Marquise and Maxwell placed his name as well."

Remus shrugged

"Harry has many friends we don't know about."

Cedric had to ask.

"Are you here for Harry's location?"

Une nodded and replied

" I would have been here as soon as I found his name in the files, but I could find no address or phone number."

Cedric nodded.

"That is because he doesn't want a lot of people to know where he is. Will he be the only one on the rescue team?"

Wufei shook his head.

"Myself and three others are part of the rescue mission, we just wanted to get the last person."

Tonks looked up from her thinking and commented.

"Isn't it ironic...Harry is going to be helping the very group he felt wouldn't hire him."

The wizard thought for a moment before agreeing. Une's brow furrowed.

"Why would we not hire him?"

Remus sighed and leaned against the wall next to the chair Lucius occupied.

"Since you know the Minister and of magic, I'm assuming you know of the war we just fought a year ago?"

At Une's nod he continued.

"Harry took a lot of damage. Currently he has a limp and is partially blind in one eye."

Wufei raised a brow and asked.

"Do these injuries hinder his battle technique?"

Remus shook his head

"No it doesn't, but he gets a pain in it every now and then, course you wouldn't know it."

Shaking himself, Remus finished,

"I'll take you to him."


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Hermione leaned back from the thick book she had been researching from and sighed. Listening carefully the brunette witch could hear the fighting going on in the room down the hall. Pulling out the clip she had used to secure her hair, Hermione tossed the plastic thing onto her table as she headed to a mini-fridge she had placed next to her desk and removed a bottle of soda. Just as she turned around the fireplace at the back of the room sprung to life and spit out three figures one right after the other. The first person dusted himself off and looked around, smiling as he saw Hermione. The young witch smiled, moving forward, hugged the familiar male.

"Hey Remus, to what do I owe this visit?"

The werewolf smiled at the young witch.

"I'm looking for Harry, these people need to speak with him."

Hermione looked behind the older man and noticed a tall woman with brown hair secured in duel buns on the crown of her head and a male in his late teens or early twenties of Chinese descent, with jet black hair pulled back into a tight ponytail. He had a glare on his face from the moment he righted himself. Hermione returned her attention to her pseudo Uncle and informed him.

"He's at the tournament."

Moving to the door she called over her shoulder.

"Come on, I'll show you."

The three new arrivals followed the teen out into the corridor then down the hall and into a large gym like room. The room was full of noise. Large bleachers lined three walls, with the fourth wall holding doors that lead to the locker rooms in the back of the building. Dark blue mats cover a large majority of the floor. Remus glanced around the area and spotted his pack member speaking with Adrian not too far away.

The group made their way to the young man. Remus grinned as Harry's gaze met his own and lit up, as he moved to hug him Harry held up a hand.

"I'll hug you, but warning up front, I am sweaty."

Remus chuckled and pulled the sweaty male into a hug anyways.

"How'd you do?"

Harry merely shrugged.

"Alright I guess. Adrian and I were just for demonstration as the main reason for this tournament is to get the more experienced children used to competing and the newbies used to helping prepare and showing them what's in store."

Emerald green eyes took in the two people standing just behind his 'Uncle' and Hermione next to them, raising a dark brow he asked.

"So what's up?"

While the two had shared pleasantries, Wufei took in the man that would be helping his friends. Harry, as he knew him to be, stood at around five feet and seven inches, just shorter than his own five feet nine inches. He had dark black hair bound in a low ponytail at the base of his skull and every few inches was another band, segmenting the mass of hair. He had dark green eyes, though one had a milky film over it, a large scar appeared from beneath his loosened bang and the center of his widow's peak down in a jagged motion so it went over the milky eye and down to his jaw line. He was muscular and tanned, currently he was wearing pants similar to Wufei's white pants and a loose white sleeveless shirt with a V cut down to just above the belly button. His attention was drawn from his inspection when he heard Harry question Remus.

Remus's smile dimmed as he replied.

"Harry, I'll need you to follow me."

The raven haired male nodded and grabbed his friend's arm.

"Adrian, can you watch things for me please?"

The man nodded and the group returned to Hermione's office. Hermione summoned a few extra chairs, and sighed when Harry hopped up onto her desk anyways. The Savior of the Wizarding World leaned back on his hands and asked.

"What's going on, Remy?"

Remus ran a hand through his graying hair.

"Harry, meet Lady Une and Wufei Chang, of the Preventors. They are here to speak with you"

A brief look of interest flashed across his face before he nodded and looked to Une.

"What can I do for the Preventors today?"

Une quickly filled the two teenage magic wielders in on what the mission had been for. When she finished Harry asked.

"Who are these Agents and what does it have to do with me?

Une pulled three folders out from the pouch she had been carrying and laid them down on the coffee table opened as she said each name.

"Zech Marquise, Draco Malfoy, and Duo Maxwell. They each listed your name as someone to be sent if their mission was to go south and they needed rescue. We have the other people listed already working on a strategy, we just need you to agree to help."

As soon as the names had left her mouth Hermione and Remus knew Harry would accept. Draco was like a brother to him and though they didn't know the other two, Harry did and that guaranteed his help. The raven haired teen looked the two over and stated.

"You have it."

Une nodded and seemed to look a bit more relieved. She gathered up the three folders before pulling out another and handing it to Harry.

"This is a summary of the mission and your companions for the rescue. I am heading back now. I would appreciate you being at Headquarters by ten tonight."

As she stood, Une handed a slip of paper and then told Harry.

"Wufei will be helping you gather anything you need."

Une disappeared out the door, then Remus stood.

"I need to get back to the manor and check on Lucius."

He hugged Hermione then Harry and informed his cub.

"Don't worry, I'll let Sirius and Severus know about everything, so they don't worry."

Harry smiled and saw the werewolf off, then turned to Hermione.

"I have all the manuscripts that were sent to me completed, they just need to be sent off and then my manuscript in on its way to your desk. If there are any emergencies, let me know."

Harry turned to Wufei and began.

"I need to let Adrian know that he'll need to take over my classes and then grab my duffle bag from my house."

Wufei nodded and followed his new partner out of the room and down the hall. All he could think was

"I hope this guy doesn't let us down. Duo, Zechs, and the new guy depend on us pulling this off."