Mortem . Sirius Black

chapter one hundred and thirty-eight

The other two followed after her, "Wait for him to leave the Alley, in case he meets up with more people, and then we corner him, steal the cabinet and change his memories," replied Alice 

Nephera and Remus shared a look, knowing that it wasn't the full story. Regulus had managed to get some information off of Narcissa, and so the two of them knew that Lucius would be meeting up with Yaxley and two other Death Eaters who also worked in the Ministry in order to transport the cabinet. Of course, given the fact that Alice didn't know of Regulus's double nature, they couldn't very well tell her. 

They placed dissilusionment charms over themselves, making them blend into their environment and close to invisible unless someone was paying close attention, "What do we do if there's more of them than there is of us?" asked Alice in a hushed voice as the three of them entered the shop 

"Ailani's a few roads down," replied Remus, "Now hush, we might be invisible but we can still be heard," 

Lucius and Borgin were in one of the farthest corners, the shopowner practically trickling with fear as he conversed with the Death Eater, "It's done, it's repaired, so he won't- you'll make sure he won't-" 

"Kill you?" sneered Lucius, "Well, that simply remains to be seen doesn't it? Can it be shrunk, or will it loose it's properties," 

Nephera gave Peter a mental pat on the back, it seemed like the mousy boy was right in thinking that they'd shrink it to transport it somewhere. 

Borgin nodded vehemently, "Yes, yes, you will tell him, won't you?" he stammered, "That I did everything he asked?" 

Alice could hear the desperation in the old man's voice, and for a second, she actually felt bad for him. Then she remembered that Borgin was actively helping Death Eaters, and all empathy was gone, "Shrink it," ordered the blonde man in the room 

Lucius did not say anything else before grabbing the now-shrinked cabinet and placing it in his pocket, stalking out of the shop quickly afterwards. The three friends followed after him, still invisible and quiet as ever. He walked down a darker street, glancing behind him ever-so-often in case anyone was following, but Remus was able to release a breath of air when Lucius didn't stop walking. 

Mkaing a sharp left, the three friends stopped when they saw Malfoy nearing a spot where three hodded figures were located, "Is it done?" came a voice Nephera recognised as Yaxley 

Lucius nodded, and the brunette heard another person sigh, "Good, let's get this shit over with," they said, and Nephera raised an eyebrow once she realized who it was 

Looks like Adam hasn't been killed yet, good for him, she thought 

Still, she knew it was time to act, and she took the charm off of herself, Remus and Alice following soon after, making all of them visible to the Death Eaters, "Stupefy!" yelled Alice, wasting no time 

The four Death Eaters turned around, shocked, and Yaxley was barely able to dosge the spell in his suprise, "Winchester," whispered Lucius, although Nephera wasn't looking at him 

She smirked at Adams shocked face, "Miss me sweetheard?" she teased, sending a nonverbal and wandless spell his way 

And with that, the duel commenced. Remus was still protected by the vow Nephera and Voldemort had made, meaning that the Death Eaters were refraining from sending too many spells his way. The vow was rather vague, it signified that Riddle couldn't kill either of the foru marauders, but no one was certain whether he was allowed to harm them in any other way, and neither of the four Death Eaters were willing to test that. 

Nevertheless, it gave the snady-haired boy and advantage, one that he was making use of eagerly. Alice also had an added advantage, given the fact that the Death Eaters were all focusing on Nephera rather than her, "I'm starting to- Diffindo! I'm starting to get offended," she mused, moving out of the way so as to not be hit by a stunning spell 

Nephera laughed, "Remember, we need them alive," she pointed out, waving her hands around and shooting different spells in order to keep the four of them at bay 

Adam hadn't seen Nephera in a very long time. He wasn't told where Voldemort held her while he had kidnapped her, the Dark Lord being scared of his past with her, and fearing that she might use it to manipulate him into setting her free. 

As much as it hurt him, the boy realized that Voldemort was right, for even now he found himself holding back in the kind of spells he sent her way. Adam had never realized just how big her hold was over him, not until he'd looked back into her eyes, and for a second, found himself trasported back into a broom closet of Hogwarts. 

 Still, memories of her using him, lying to him, manipulating him, flooded his mind, and he ground his teeth as he focused back in the duel.

Remus had to admit that it was rather enchanting seeing  Nephera in her element, duelling. It was easy to forget just how dangerous she actually was after two years of only experiencing her good side, but now, as he saw her cast a stupefy with her right arm and an expelliarmus with her left, he realized just how much she was capable of. 

Eventually, the three of them won, with Nephera drawing all their focus towards her, giving Remus and Alice the window they needed to immbolize the four Death Eaters, "That took longer than I thought," sighed Alice, wiping the sweat from her forehead 

"You will pay for this, all of you!" yelled Yaxley, "The Dark Lord is not to be messed with!" 

Remus snorted, ducking down and reaching into Lucius's robes, taking the shrinked cabinet from his pocket, "Really? Because Neph here has done it a bunch of times and she's still here," he mused, putting the cabinet in Nephera's bag 

The Slytherin made quick work of altering their memories, leaving them to believe that they had completed their task of getting the Vanishing Cabinet inside the Ministry. At the same time, Alice got to healing the four Death Eaters, much to her dismay, but they had to erase all evidence of the fight that took place, "Come on," urged Remus, looking around in case any of them had managed to call for reinforcements before they were immobilized 

Remus would be side-apparating with Nephera, since the brunette had to focus on taking off the immobilization charm at the correct moment. Right before the apparition dragged her away, she flicked her wrist, smirking when she saw the Death Eaters stand up. 

When their feet touched ground again, they were standing in front of an apartment a little ways away from Diagon Alley, which had already been prepped for their arrival. Anti-apparition charms had been placed in one of the empty rooms, ensuring that whoever came out of the Vanishing cabinet would not be able to dissapparate away. 

"Send a patronus to Moody, tell him to pull everyone from the Ministry and bring them here, we don't know when they'll start trasporting Death Eaters through the cabinet," ordered Nephera, and Alice obliged 

Many miles away from that small apartment, Yaxley was giving the mission report to Voldemort, who was looking at him through a curious eye. The Dark Wizard had long since learned to question everything that happened, not wanting to be caught up in another one of Nephera's plans once again. 

The way Yaxley was giving the report, it seemed almost mechanical to Riddle. He asked his follower multiple questions, all of which were answered using the exact same words, "That will be all, Yaxley," he said, cutting the man's report short 

Using his legitimacy, Voldemort entered the other man's mind, seeing everything that had happened that night. The memories were there, but they seemed almost hazy, and it did not take long for the Dark Lord to figure out why. 

He was angered at the fact that the girl had once again managed to overpower his Death Eaters, but the sense of satisfaction that filled him for finally outmsarting her was greater than that, "Call in the others, we have a change of plans," he smirked deeply 

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