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Chapter 6 - Creeping

Malfoy Manor, England

Harry found himself crouched in a small forest, on a hill around Malfoy Manor. He silently moved towards a small clearing ahead and found Nym behind what looks like a muggle telescope. She looked through the device and scribbled something on a parchment while her brows were furrowed and her tongue was on the side of her mouth. He smiled, crept up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist.

She jumped a little and went rigid. She slowly turned his head to look who was holding her. "Harry! Don't scare me like that!" She hissed.

"Sorry love, I can't help it. You look so cute when you're so focused." He whispered in her ear. He felt her body relax against his, "So, what is going on?"

She sighed, "This is going to be tricky..." They were cut off when they heard rustling behind them. Quick as lightning, Nym had her wand out and Harry had his katana out ready to strike.

"Arry, Nym. Relax it's just me and Remus." The beautiful French woman said as she walked up to them, followed by aflustered looking Lupin.

Harry sheathed his sword and gave her ahug and a kiss, and Nym did the same, but on the cheeks. "Okay, Nym report."

"The Manor is heavily protected. All entrances are guarded by 4 Death eaters at all times. Teams of 3 patrol the edges of the grounds and come in 5 minute intervals. Through the windows I saw the package being tortured and abused, then dragged upstairs... I couldn't see which room or which part of manor he is in, but I believe he is upstairs."

Harry's face hardened and his jaw clenched, "Tortured? How is he? Did you see what kind of..."

Fleur slipped her hand with his and squeezed it. Nym was hesitant, "He-He... They put him on the Cruciatus for awhile... then they raped him..." She whispered.

Remus started to growl as his body tensed and Harry had his eyes closed, trying to suppress his emotions. "Moony, we can't act rash... We need to focus on the mission. Paddy comes first." He told the Marauder, and himself. After an awkward silence of waiting for the werewolf to calm down, Harry broke the silence. "Fleur, report."

"We got as close to the wards of the manor without being detected. I analyzed them and checked what kinds of protection they have. Here..." She handed him a piece of parchment. "It's a list of the types of wards they have. They have the common ones, anti-muggle, anti-tresspass, monitoring, confundus, anti-apparition and portkey, and silencing wards. However, like most pureblood families, they have offensive and defensive blood wards up. We have to take those down if we want to keep our lives and rescue Sirius."

Harry nodded and turned to his former professor. "Moony, what about you?"

He was startled for a second. He still can't get his mind to wrap around the idea that Harry is back, but has completely changed. He is a 16 year old boy, no... man, who became an Unspeakable, has 2 beautiful girls who love him, a close friend of the Queen of England and the leader of one of the most powerful and skilled Unspeakable team in the world. "Oh... Ummm yeah. From what my wolf senses tell me, there are no humans around the area. I can also smell Sirius' scent in the air... that is definitely him in there. The thing is though... there are several Familiar scents in there, but it's so faint that I can't really tell who they are."

Harry's eyes widened, "Can you tell if they are enemies or friends?"

"Sorry Harry, I can't. The scents are too faint."

Harry nodded and closed his eyes. 'This could complicate things...' He thought. 'Everything was going well...

"Unspeakable Team 2 Leader, Nox, reporting. At around 18:00 this afternoon, Diagon Alley was leveled by Death Eaters..." He told them about the whole incident, the twins and Nym's fight. "... She witnessed Mr. Ollivander's death and Sirius' abduction. I ordered her to kill them, even if it was against the international diplomatic code... I will gladly receive any punishment on the issue because it was my decision."

Amelia and Kingsley talked for a moment then looked back at him. "Harry, you won't be receiving any punishment because of what happened. He was your family and we understand."

"Thank you minister, director Shacklebolt." He said as he bowed, then straightened up. "We were able to capture one of the death eaters and interrogated him. We were able to learn the location of where they took Sirius and I'm planning to rescue him as soon as this meeting is adjourned."

"Harry, how will you rescue him? From what Kingsley said, Azkaban had just have a massive break out because of the Dark Lord and it's likely that the escaped death eaters would be at the Manor."Remus asked.

"Well, Masters Jefferson, Fujiwara and Mistress Marie and my team had already planned the mission when I informed them of the situation. We adopted the same approach to the rescue mission we had in Brazil, except the target package is more important to me than the country's president." He explained. "However, the mission cannot proceed because of the international diplomatic code we all must follow. I sometimes don't care about it, but it isn't only just about me. As the team leader, my decisions affect my team as well and I will not allow myself to act rash and make them suffer for it." He sighed. "I asked all of you here so that I can ask you to give me full diplomatic immunity in both muggle and magical aspect. This will allow us to go ahead with the rescue mission, but it will also allow us to respond to events like what happened in Diagon Alley. Even if we wanted to help during the attack, we couldn't because of the restrictions we must follow."

"Well Harry, you have my full support. I agree with giving you full diplomatic immunity in magical Britain."Amelia said.

"Yes, you have mine too." Minister Adams said. "I may not know you well, but if the Queen likes you then you are okay in my books."

Harry smiled at both of them, "Thank you."

"Harry-kun, Minister Asuka Souru also gives you her permission." Master Fujiwara said.

"What? How? I never even asked her yet." Harry asked, confused.

"Well, I kind of told her I was coming to meet you. She told me that if you're going to ask her for permission do something, don't bother, she says yes, but you owe her a date." He explained nonchalantly.

Harry started to laugh, while the girls scowled. "Tell her it's a deal Master Fujiwara-san."

Asuka Souru was the youngest minister of magic in the history of Japan. She was voted as the minister when she was only 24, now 27. She met Harry and the girls last year when they were permanently assigned in Japan and ever since then, much to the dislike of Fleur and Nym, she flirted with him. She was very beautiful, long black hair, striking almond eyes, pink and full lips and a petite body. However, Harry told her that he wasn't attracted to her and that he only wanted to be friends with her. Asuka took this as a challenge though and have been flirting with him ever since.

The Queen cleared her throat, "Harry, you have my permission as well. I declare you diplomatically immuned in the lands of Britain. For the 2 months you've stayed with us, you became like a brother to princess's and became a close friend of mine. I have complete trust in you and know that you will not abuse this freedom we have given you." She said, stood up and gave him a hug, one that he happily returned.

"Thank you Alex, for trusting me." He whispered.

She smiled and nodded. "Go and save him." She whispered. He nodded and started to walk towards the girls. "Oh and girls!" She called to them and Fleur and Nym looked at her. "Please bring him back in one piece."

He sighed. He looked at the three people watching him. He nodded, "let's go."

They packed their surveillance equipments, shrunk them and put them in their bags. They silently made their way to the edges of the wards and Fleur took out her wand.

"We have to get in as fast as possible. Tearing blood wards is very difficult; holding it on place for us to get in will be harder and will consume large amounts of magic from me. Ready?" She asked and the three nodded. She started to wave her wand in complex patterns, muttering long spells in Latin. Soon, the wards can be clearly seen and small cracks started to appear on the wall of magic in front of them. The cracks started to crumble and layers of wards fell making a small tunnel.

"Go! Quickly!" She hissed, her brows furrowed and her eyes closed in concentration.

Nym grabbed Remus and pushed him in the tunnel. She quickly followed him and behind her was Harry, then Fleur. As soon as they were on the other side, closed the tear and cancelled the hold on the wards. She suddenly collapsed against Harry and was panting and gasping for air, her aura flickering white and pink.

"Zat... waz... ard..." She said through breaths.

Harry was now concerned, because Fleur's accent rarely comes out, and when it does, something is definitely wrong with her. "Hey, are you alright?" He asked as he caressed her cheek with one hand while the other is wrapped around her waist holding her up.

She just rested her head on his shoulder as he held her. "No love, just a bit winded. Just let me catch my breath for asecond."She said, her accent gone and her aura back to her usual white.

"Alright, but tell me if there's something wrong okay?" He waited until she nodded against his shoulder. He then turned to Nym, "Alright Nym, go ahead. Now remember, stay in the shadows and NO confrontations. Find Sirius as fast as you can and stay with him. As soon as you find him, secure the location then tell me through the bond and we will apparate to you. Got it?" He asked.

"Got it." She answered and turned around.

"Nym" He called after her and she stopped and turned around. "Be safe... I... love you."

She gave him a loving smile and nodded."I will and I love you too." She said as she quickly made it to a shadowy spot and disappeared.

"Fleur were going full stealth mode." He told her as he tapped his cloak with his finger and said 'Black'. His whole outfit quickly turned from Gray to Black. Fleur did the same thing and now they were both black as coal except for their exposed faces, which was quickly remedied when they pulled up their hoods. Remus quickly waved his wand over his own worn out cloak and turned it black.

"See that big oak tree with the bushes around it near the side entrance?" Harry asked Remus and Fleur.

"Yes."

"We will hide there until Nym messages us. Just wait until the patrol team passes..." He said as he watched the group of three death eaters pass by the tree. "Now!" He hissed and the trio quickly dashed across the open yard towards the bushes.

'Bark' 'Bark'

They looked behind them and saw a dog running towards them. They quickly dove behind the bushes and the oak, but the dog was still going after them. It stopped in front of the bushes and kept on barking at them.

Remus' heightened sense of smell kicked in, "Three people are approaching this way."

"Shit! We need to get the dog out of here." Harry said frantically.

They heard voices coming towards them,"...hate that dog. Where did that crazy bitch go? Must've seen a rabbit or something..."

Remus quickly poked his head out of the bush they were hiding behind and looked the dog in the eye. The dog stared back at him and stopped barking. Remus then started to growl, low and dangerous, and the dog started to back up and then ran away, its tail between its legs.

"There it is! It's running back towards the house!" One of the approaching death eaters exclaimed.

"Leave it. We need to finish our patrol. I don't want to be at the receiving end of a Crucio." Another one said and the group walked away.

Fleur and Harry let go of the breath they were holding. Remus sniffed the air and looked at them, "They are gone."

The trio settled against the large oak tree, Fleur on Harry's lap and Remus sitting against the tree. They waited for Nym's message under the security of the shadows casted by the tree and the bushes.


Meanwhile...

Nym appeared in the shadows in what appears to be a library. She tapped her cloak with her wand and activated the Chameleon Charms on it, and made herself transparent. She's fully invisible when she's not moving, but when she does she becomes translucent. She inspected the library to see if there are enemies around. Confirming that there aren't any, she pulled out a piece of parchment and tapped it with her wand.

"I solemnly swear I am up to no good."She whispered. A map of the Manor appeared on it and she checked where she is. It's only a map, not like the Marauder's, because it doesn't show the people in the structure. Going over the map, she found out that she is in the main library on the first floor.

She nodded and tapped the parchment and said 'Mischief managed' the map disappeared and she put it in her pocket. She quickly crossed the room and opened the door slightly to see what is outside. Two death eaters were guarding the doors and more were passing by. She then saw Lucius Malfoy heading towards the doors, so she quickly backed up and hid in the shadows. He walked in and sat on a chair behind a desk and pulled out abook. He started to mutter something "Stupid Bitch... Blood Traitor... I'm going to kill her." when someone burst through the doors.

"Who dares to interrupt me?" Lucius bellowed.

The hooded person started to laugh maniacally, "I do, brother-in-law" and she lowered her hood revealing Bellatrix LeStrange.

"What are you doing here?" He asked her coldly.

"Is that how you greet family now?" She asked, while Lucius just stared at her coldly. "The Dark Lord sent me to check on the prisoners."

"They are being 'taken care' of right now. They are in the dungeons right now." He explained. "Do you want to see them?"

"No, I don't think I need too. Besides, it's your ass on the line not mine. I just can't wait for the Dark Lord to come and get the show on the road already." She said excitedly. "A little bird told me something about your wife." She sneered.

"Oh yeah? What did you here?" He asked as he started to sweat.

"I'm not going into details, but I heard Cissy is now classified as a blood traitor." Nym was surprised by this.

"Damn it! She brought shame into my family. I will kill her myself!" He yelled.

"Well, I'm going to make myself busy waiting for our lord. I'm going to read something." Bellatrix said as she started to head towards Nym's direction. Nym decided she needed to go and disappeared in the shadows.

She reported everything she learned to Harry through the bond. "We can't go after the other prisoners right now. We have to stick to the mission and then go for the prisoners after." He answered.

"Alright, I'll continue on." She answered.

"Nym, please be careful" Harry pleaded.

"I will..."




Grimmauld Place

Amelia, Kingsley, Minister Adams, Master Jefferson, Fujiwara and Mistress Sofie, the Queen and her 2 bodyguards were seated in the living room.

"Master Jefferson, I understand you've been training Harry. Ummm... What was his life like for the two years he was under you?" Amelia asked.

"Well... He was a whiny, lazy, insolent little brat." He said.

"What?" The Queen asked in shock. "Was he?"

"Shut up Grant!" Mistress Sofie yelled as she smacked him at the back of his head. "No he wasn't your majesty. Harry is the complete opposite of what Grant said."

Master Jefferson grumbled something as he rubbed his head. "I wish he was though, that way I can be mad at him about something. As his master, I should have the right to be an ass around him, but I can't. Everything he does is right and justified. He is the hardest working student I've ever had and always pushes himself to the limit. I'll tell him something to do and he will go above and beyond it. Everyone loves him, his NEWT teachers, who ever meets him is awed by him, but he never lets it get to his head. He is humble, polite and soft spoken... I hate it." He said, but his voice was playful.

"He is the perfect gentleman, he is handsome and sexy, he is part metamorph and part veela and one of the richest people in the world... He is easily makes friends with anyone and unintentionally seduces every girl he meets by just being himself and does not even know it, but he is very much in love with Fleur and Nymphadora." Mistress Sofie said mirthfully.

The Queen was laughing now, "It's true. The teen princess's were so devastated when they found out about Fleur and Nym. They didn't come out of their rooms until Harry, Nym and Fleur had to go in there. I don't know what they did, but when they came out, the princess's were acting like they just gained a big brother and two older sisters. Harry's team joined the Royal family as we toured around the world to visit several ally countries. He saved our lives three times... we owe our lives to a 16 year old man."

"16 years old..." Minister Adams mused out loud.

"It's very hard to believe how much he has accomplished in such short time." Kingsley said.

Amelia laughed at this, "He's been doing that ever since he was born." She pointed out.

Master Fujiwara cleared his throat,"It's very easy to look at his accomplishments, but you have to see how he gets there. Harry, Fleur and Nym went through hell during their time with us. We pushed them past their limits, suffered broken bones and almost died to get to where they are at. When we found out about the prophesy, we almost killed them, especially Harry. His physical and mental stability was put to test. We made him learn the Dark Arts to know what the effects are and how to counter them. In the Unspeakable missions, when you get into a fight and the enemies fire akilling curse, you fire back. That's what it is like in the real world, no clean duels, its life or death situations, so we exposed him to all the Dark Spells during his training. This could turn most people dark, but not him. He rose above that and became a stronger, more focused and better man after." He said solemnly.

Mistress Sofie nodded, "The most amazing thing is though is the growth they underwent when we broke the team apart. Grant took Harry to North America; Master Fujiwara took Nymphadora to Japan, while I kept Fleur in France for separate and specialized training. However, their performance became below average, well below their average and it concerned us. I'm not sure about Tonks, but I asked Fleur about it and I found out that she has feelings for him, as he is the only man she trusted. I talked to Grant and Master Fujiwara about it and they responded with almost the same confessions. We came up with a solution, we will set goals for them and the faster they achieve those goals, the faster they can become a team again. That focused them... we didn't have to do anything because they pushed themselves and within 3 months, they did it. Nymphadora got 3rd class Shadow Mage; I declared Fleur as a 2nd Class Light Mage and Harry became 1st Class War Mage... It was amazing..." She ended with a whisper.

"Wait, I thought that Interteam relationship were looked down in the Unspeakables?" Kingsley asked.

Grant nodded, "It usually is, but Harry and the girls are different. I've never seen teamwork like theirs. They are able to do things in mission separately, but in perfect synch with each other... it's almost like they know what goes on in each other's head." He said jokingly, but stopped abruptly and looked at his colleagues. "You don't think they are..."

"...bonded?" Mistress Sofie finished. Amelia and the Queen gasped, while Kingsley shook his head chuckling.

"That would explain a lot of things."Master Fujiwara conluded.

"But... but... he is only 16... and with a 19 and a 23 year old... together?" Amelia asked disbelievingly.

Kingsley started to laugh, and laugh hard. "He... is... one... lucky... bloke..." He said in between laughter as he wiped his eyes.

The Queen glared at him, "I don't see how this is funny. Being bonded with someone is the same as being married, without the paperwork."

"Your majesty, with all due respect, Idon't see what is wrong with this." Kingsley said seriously.

"He is a married man in the age of 16!"She screamed.

Amelia quickly made her way beside the Queen and got her to calm down, while the three masters watch in amusement. Kingsley stood up infront of her, "Your majesty, may I ask you, what the requirements of being married and being bonded are?"

The Queen was taken aback by the question but answered, "Care, trust and... love." She answered.

"Exactly. Do you not think that they have that between them? Hell, I'm sure they have that. Most married couples don't even form a bond with each other, because COMPLETE care, COMPLETE trust and Complete Devotion and love with the partner are required for the bond to work. To have a bond with not just one, but two individuals shows how much he loves them and they love him. If they have that then who are we to judge them?"Kingsley asked.

The group sat in silence as they let Kingsley's words sink in. "Kingsley, I never knew you were so sappy." Amelia said and everyone in the room laughed.




Malfay Manor, England

Nym has been shadow stalking around the manor for a while looking for Sirius, but no luck. She was almost caught acouple of times if it wasn't for her quick thinking. She was silently creeping around a room when suddenly a bell went off all over the manor. 'Shit did they find them?' she asked herself. 'Harry, are you guys alright? A bell went off in the manor.' She asked through the bond.

'Yes Nym, we're alright. We heard the bell too and I can see the death eaters outside quickly trying to get in though. What is going on in there?'

'I don't really know, but everyone seems to be hurrying downstairs... I think I should follow them and see what is going on. It could lead us to Sirius.' She said as she watched, as death eaters come out of rooms and rush past the shadowed spot she was in, heading downstairs.

'Alright Nym... Report to me immediately what you see.' He instructed her.

She nodded mentally and dissolved in the shadows. She appeared in a shadowed spot on a balcony overlooking a large hall. The whole room was filled with death eaters and there on the stage stood Lucius Malfoy.

'Lots and lots of death eaters are now assembled in the main hall of the manor. It looks like all the escapees from Azkaban are here.' She reported.

'So, Kingsley and Amelia were right. Diagon Alley and the massive break out from Azkaban were connected.'

'Harry, I think Malfoy is about to say something.'

Lucius whipped his wand out and pointed at his throat. 'Sonorus' "Fellow servants of the Dark Lord, we have gathered here in the manor the most noble house of Malfoy's, my home, to the request of the Dark Lord himself. He is arriving soon and has asked me to show you the entertainment for the night, but not to start until he gets here and has given his permission to do so." He paused and turned towards a door behind him. The door opened revealing a maniacally happy Bellatrix LeStrange, with three face covered individuals.




Harry felt Nym tense up and become angry through the bond. 'Nym!' /He yelled through the bond, but got no response. 'Nym!'/ He yelled louder.

'Ha-Harry...' She stuttered.

'/What is it? What happened?'/Harry demanded.

'/I-I-I f-found Sirius.' /She said hesitantly.

'Alright we'll apparate to you, just hang on.' He said as he quickly woke up Fleur who was sleeping on his lap.

Nym closed her eyes shut, 'Harry... there's more.'

Harry grabbed Remus' arm and was about to apparate, 'Nym what is it?'

'It's not just Sirius here. They also have... Gabrielle and Amelia's niece.'