COUP ďÉtat

Blacks get completed

Everyone sat down around the table. Lucius and Frank had brought their wives and children and now Draco and Neville were sleeping with Gemini and Cassiopeia in the inner room.

The adults had gathered to decide what was needed to be done next. Hermione had gone to bring Andromeda and Ted Tonks because Sirius had wanted them in the truth.
As soon as Hermione entered with Andromeda and Ted, the couple became defensive.
Andromeda looked at the people in the room with barely concealed suspicion. "Why have you brought us here? You told us that you wanted our help." She turned to Hermione with fury. She was about to attack when she found that she was unable to move.

Ted rushed to his wife to help her.

He screamed at everyone- "What have you done to my wife? Leave her. Just let her go. Frank, Remus help us. Why are you just standing like that?"

"If you and you wife would have not been so close to me in my life then rest assured that instead of her just unable to move, she would be in pieces. No one harms what's mine and escapes. We have not brought you here to harm or kill you. You have been brought here to just talk and listen to us. What you do after that is your prerogative. Now do you agree to stop shouting, protesting and attacking once I release you so that we may talk?" asked Cassiopeia and released Andromeda.

Both nodded. Cassiopeia motioned them to sit beside the Longbottoms to make them comfortable. Or rather more comfortable that they would be beside the Malfoys or Lestranges despite the ladies being sisters.

Hermione came forward with the penseive and told the couple to move into the pensieve. They looked at each other and then dived into the pensieve.

The others waited for them to emerge. When they did, Andromeda said- "How can we kill the old coot as soon as we can?"

Sirius started laughing. Remus and Frank followed. Everyone looked at them as if they had proclaimed that they were going to buy lemon drops from Dumbledore.

"You dare laugh at all this Sirius Orion Black? After you have seen all this?" asked Andromeda.

Remus somehow controlled his laughter and said- "When you were disowned, Molly had harped in Gryffindor that the Blacks have lost their 'touch' because they had let their daughter marry a muggleborn and because she left the family without any fight. Sirius and James had at that time said that no one leaves being a Black. Even after they marry. Once a Black, always a Black. Its in the blood. Some had even told what they would like to do to her. Then Sirius had warned them not to do so. Because doing anything to a member of the Black family demands retribution from the family, the member may or may not be disowned. I want to see what you people do to those vile people."

Hearing this Andromeda appeared a bit mollified. She then smirked and said- "One does not need to know about me to know that the Blacks never loose their touch. One look at the Dark Lady will clear all the misconceptions."

Bellatrix cackled and said- "That it shows. Dumbledore may have tried to stop her but she proved why the Blacks are known as royalty of the wizarding world. We are great and even that foolish man had to accept it seeing the lengths he went to stop her from her birthright."

All the Blacks collectively cackled at that. A shiver of fear went down the others spine hearing that. The world won't know what hit it, and neither would Dumbledore. The revenge would be glorious.

Arcturus collected himself and then said- "Walburga knows that Regulus is dead. What do we do about her? She won't accept it."

"Yes, about her. Why don't you just bind her and exile her to some other side of the world, or better yet, hell. Anyways, she does not need to anything that is going on here. Let her think that Regulus is dead and also tell her that it was because of her that he is dead. Let the bitch wallow in self pity and guilt. Next point, Andromeda and Ted, you won't be able to do anything about Nymphadora. She has the cursed blood flowing through her. Nothing you do is going to change the fact. Now, just stay away from those heathens. Say that Sirius had mended ties between family and that you all were waiting for the war to get over to openly acknowledge your mended ties. That after exiling you aunt, your grandfather has decided to bring you back to family. Say anything you want, just get them off your back and don't let them suspect anyone of you. Should you ever want to let anyone on your secret get an oath. For the Dark Lord and Cassiopeia, I have given two trunks and sealed it with parceltounge. I have given the password to Lord Father. When the Dark Lord is resurrected, give one to him and one to Cassiopeia when you Lord Father deems it fine. Is everything set for Sirius Black to be found?" Cassiopeia asked, turning to Neville.

"Yup. Everything's ready. Moody and Fudge have been tipped off. Moody will make sure his men go and capture him and Fudge will make sure to be on the scene, so as to take credit. What I want to propose to you is that somehow make Barty Couch Sr. also go there and caught in the midst. That will make Jr. the Lord of the house. Otherwise his father will question his child and relationship with Rabastan and may take any step." Neville said.

"Well, what worse can he do? Disown him? My family and I would gladly take him in instead of leaving to fend off his own." Rabastan passionately said. Barty looked at him absolute adoration.

Severus looked absolutely sickened at the sight of blatant adoration on the two faces with Lucius not behind.

"While the increasingly diabetic show of your flowery adoration and love is quite, I must say, admirable, there are things worse that disowning that his father can do. He can bind him to do his own will, betroth and bond him to another woman or exile him. The possibilities are many. Barty Crouch Sr. need to be eliminated from the scene, as Mister Longbottom said." Said Severus with a nod towards Neville.

Draco, Hermione, Blaize and Cassiopeia snickered at the gob smacked face of Neville.

Callindora Longbottom Tonks gently patted her husband's face to bring him back to earth. "Am I dead Cassi? Did Snape just compliment me? And did he just nod at me in approval?" Neville turned to Cassiopeia and asked.

"Yes brother. It would seem that hell may frozen."
Sirius could no longer contain himself and shouted- "What are you all talking about?" along with him, another voice asked the same thing in the same pitch, Bellatrix's.

"How come both of you are so similar? And if you are so much similar, then why did you two hate each other so much?" Draco asked.

"It's her fault. She is the one whose copying me." Sirius shouted at the same time as Bellatrix shouted- "It's his fault. He is the one whose copying me." Then they both looked at each other wide eyed.

"Well shit." Remus cursed.

"Yes, that one. I wanted to say it too." Cassiopeia said. "Ok, now even if I am interested in finding the dynamics of Lord Father's and Aunt Bella's relationship and believe me when I say that I am, we have much to discuss. Severus, Neville was very shocked at you praising him because in our life this had never happened. Until your death, you had only viewed him with derision. Not that treatment to us was any better as you would have seen. You were a very caustic person and believe me I know caustic. Not that it was completely your fault but yes, if you do continue teaching, please refrain from being so much extensive. Am I clear?"

Severus nodded his head jerkily.

"Ok then. Now that it is cleared up, what Severus and Neville have said is correct and we indeed need to do eliminate him. Who would like to do the honors?" Cassiopeia asked looking directly at Barty Crouch Jr. with a smirk on her lips.

Barty just grinned.