Snake Venom

The Meeting

Falcon had mastered the spell to summon the snake for the duel, and figured it was time to organize the meeting with Bill and Charlie. He decided to look the part of the odd Japanese head of family circus act he was. Falcon gave himself a once over in the mirror. The leather vest he had gotten for Christmas was neatly draped over an emerald green button up, which was in turn tucked into a pair of black trousers. The only problem was his hair... He thought for a moment. "Dray!" A few seconds later the blond stumbled in. "What?" Falcon gestured helplessly at his hair. Draco immediately straightened. "My time has finally come."

Half an hour later, Draco stepped back and surveyed his handiwork. The sides of Falcons' hair had been braided, two braids on either side, and his hair pulled into a ponytail. He grinned. Falcon turned to look in a mirror and felt a grin of his own. "It looks great thanks Draco." He stood and yelled for the twins, who bounced down the stairs. They stood and posed, showing off their own outfits. The pair wore matching outfits of black trousers and vests, with orange button ups left with the top button undone. He quickly checked their wings to make sure they were groomed properly, then rushed them off so they wouldn't be late.

The trio arrived at Gringotts, and Treston sheperded them into a side room. Only seconds later, a pair of redheads were led in by Griphook. They took a seat across from Falcon and the twins, and Bill have a slight smile and wave. Falcon glanced at the man sitting next to him with curiosity. He was well muscled, and had several scars on his hands, and burns on his neck. "Charlie, a pleasure to meet you,  Carrot Cake, nice to see you again." Bill went bright red as Charlie and the twins looked at him with a smirk. "Carrot Cake?" He tugged slightly at his collar. "Anyway so uh... what were we here for? A meeting yeah?" Falcon sniggered then leaned forward. "I heard that the two of you blasted yourselves of the family tree." The mood immediately turned more serious.

Charlie was the one to speak. "After we found out what that vile woman had done, and what she'd said..." Bill took over. "We refused to be a part of it. Ginny and Ron were ecstatic, they believe that Slytherins are evil. Percy... we're not sure what he thinks. He didn't speak a word when we went over, and when we removed ourselves from the tree, he seemed... almost regretful." The twins thought for a moment. "He was always a bit-" "-hesitant when the others-" "-started in on their Slytherin-" "hating-" "-speeches." Falcon pressed a hand to his forehead. "You two are going to give me whiplash." Charlie chuckled. "I said the same thing while we were growing up."

Bill sat back after a few hours of conversation. "To be honest, we wanted to meet so we could be sure that those two," he gestured to the twins, "are doing alright." Falcon nodded. "Understandable. What are you going to do now that you have no family? That... came out wrong sorry." Charlie chuckled and waved a hand at him. "It's fine." Bill thought for a moment. "We already have our own accounts from our jobs, so we already made our own one man families. Charlie here is now Charlie Dragonscale, creative I know, and I'm Bill Pharaoh." The twins stared at their once brothers blankly. "So you-" "just took your names-" "from your jobs." Falcon nodded. "Alright I think I speak for all of us when we say we would still like to help you out. There's gotta be a way..." Treston chose this moment to enter. "As a matter of fact there is."

All five wizards stared at Treston, waiting for him to elaborate. "It's called house protection. A powerful house would bestow power on another house or family, blessing them with family magics or even bloodlines." Falcon nodded"Sounds great! ...If you two would like to that is...." The two eldest ex - Weasleys looked at each other. After a silent conversation, the pair looked back. "We'd love to."