(JILY) MARAUDERS AND VALKYRIES : THE FALL OF SERPENT

78. The Only One He Ever Feared(Gringotts)

Thanatos entered the basement where Rabastan was held captive, Rabastan shivered as he saw him approaching.

"Please don't kill me," he begged. "Please let me go."

Every day Thanatos has been threatening and terrorizing Rabastan, giving him hallucinating potions which Lily has made that make a person see a horrifying version of the things he sees. So, even a rat seemed as dangerous as a dragon and an itsy bitsy spider as an Acromantula.

"Can you give me gold?" asked Thanatos. "Galleons lots of galleons?"

Rabastan nodded. "I come from a very rich family, I have lots of gold, jewellery and heirlooms. Please let me go and I will give you as many things as you want."

"Hmm, but why not take me to your vault, I chose what I want and then I will let you go?"

Rabastan thought for a moment and then nodded, "Okay, I will do that. Just please let me go."

"But you are not allowed to talk about it to anyone, not before and not after I free you, understand?"

"Yes, yes I understand," stammered Rabastan.

"Then it's a bargain, a deal," said Thanatos. "You take me to your vault, let me take what I want and then you are a free man. Do you promise to fulfil this?"

"Yes, just anything to get out of this horrifying place," he glance around the dark basement and shivered. Only, this morning he has seen a sphinx staring at him hungrily and then dozens of venomous snakes were covering his body. 

They had decided that James, Lily, Adam, Rabastan and Sirius will go inside the vault, Sirius was an extra add but he was important for the plan as the Black's vault was adjacent to Lestrange's so if the alarm goes off then they could show that it was Black's vault that was stolen by Sirius Black himself, who is in need of money and not the Lestrange's vault.

"Normally, there's only place for five, four wizards and a goblin, in the cart at a time. So, either the girl gets off or someone else, only four men at a time," said Adam.

"We need Lily, she has the best experience dealing with the imperius curse, we need her to control Rabastan," James said pointing at Rabastan who was knocked out for the travel. "You need me for identifying the cup properly and we of course need you and the goblin."

"Don't worry I can squeeze in without counting as a human," winked Sirius.

"Okay. Now, remember we will have Rabastan under imperius curse and beneath the cloak as we enter Grungotts, so as to make sure no one sees him or he doesn't asks for help, and once inside we'll remove the cloak. But before getting into the cart we have to remove the curse and it'll be best if Rabastan takes us willingly there, this will make sure that the cart doesn't fall. As it's Rbastan's vault. Remember he gambles a lot and loses money, so that'll be our coverup story."

"The main problem will be that our real faces will be revealed inside there," said James. "So, we have to hope that Order causes enough distraction so we get out without many suspicions."

The Diagon Alley was decorated with pumpkins, there were candles placed waiting for the sun to go down so that they could be lit and many other beautiful things if they weren't here on a heist mission, they would have considered enjoying the evening here. 

James was a blonde man with a big mole on his chin, Lily was having black eyes and hair, and a lot of freckles, and Sirius was a short bald man. 

Once they reached in front of the entrance to the snowy white building, they saw a goblin standing beside the bronze gates. A glance around told James that the entire Order was already there, Marls who was inside a shop gave him an encouraging smile. He looked up and saw Seige there, he was there to alert Order members of any attack. Seige was the only owl who was trained to identify threats, James has taught her from books. He waved at him and the owl hooted happily.