Elektra Black I

Chapter 29 | Breaking Down Old Walls

* I HIGHLY recommend listening to the song that is described when it comes up. You Potterheads should alllllll hopefully know it. It'll take you into the moment. Hope you enjoy.*

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El and Harry were sitting patiently on the staircase outside of the dining room, where the meeting was being held on Monday morning. They weren't talking, just listening. El had spent the weekend burying her nose in a book, just like Hermione. She didn't feel like she wanted to socialise with anyone, still coming off of the shock that happened on Friday and all.

"If the Ministry finds out, they'll treat her as criminally insane! I'm not allowing that under any circumstances. She's fifteen." Sirius' muffled but loud voice came through the walls, El put her head on her knees, upset at what they might do to her. "I agree. She's not showing any signs of being able to use what she describes in her vision. She's not a threat! Well, she's not a threat when it comes to magic anyway." Remus insisted, which made El roll her eyes at the subtle dig he made towards her magic ability, "Cheers, Lupin." She mumbled into her knees as Harry touched her arm reassuringly, "You are good at magic. He's only trying to make them believe that you're behind in your classes so they won't take it to the Ministry. He's being clever." El looked up and smiled weakly at him before plopping her head back down into her knees. "This is how I see it-" Mad Eye Moody called out, causing the whole room to go silent. His walking stick banged on the floor as he walked, sending ripples of noise through the walls. El braced herself, knowing Mad Eye had spent most of his life putting himself in the minds of Death Eaters so he could do his job as a now retired Auror correctly. "We're trusting the words of an entity that is in a girl's head?" Some of the members murmured in agreement but Sirius' voice boomed throughout the room, "So it's not odd that she gets a vision of where this energy is hidden just as the bloody necklace goes missing for the second time?" Dumbledore spoke up, "I hear your concerns Alastor. However, having read Celeste's diary myself, and seeing the necklace up close, I do believe Elektra." El let go of a heavy sigh of relief, thankful that someone higher up was on her side. "Ever since your letter, Sirius, I have been trying to come up with a plan on how this can be solved. We need proof of course and I was hoping I could try something using Elektra." Dumbledore politely asked Sirius but he wasn't too keen. "I won't let her get hurt, Albus." Sirius' tone of voice was dark and protective, a new kind for Elektra and Harry. "This will not hurt her. I was hoping The Pensieve in my office could come to some use for her. Elektra, from what Sirius has told me, says she could feel the sand beneath her and the water splashing her face as if she had travelled in time... I say we trick the brain and make it seem as though she had actually witnessed it. I think if we can do that, the likes of all of you will believe her story. It may even make the finding of the energy and necklace easier for you Aurors, wouldn't you agree?"

El got up a rush of adrenaline towards the door, Harry following quickly behind her. She pushed open the big dark door, revealing a chaotic room of Order members dotted everywhere. Dumbledore was at the head of the table, Moody was stood behind him in the corner of the room and Sirius and Remus were sat quite close next to each other- it didn't come as a surprise for El but they moved away quickly as she glanced their way. "Let's do it." She announced to Dumbledore as the whole room fell silent. Sirius sighed, "Elektra! What have I told you about listening?" He wasn't angry, just disappointed and stressed by the looks of it. She ignored him and kept staring at Dumbledore who looked pleased with her. "I can do that. That's a brilliant idea." She said again to Dumbledore, who had leaned back into his chair sipping on his tea and nodding his head slightly. "Very well. We can use the Floo Network to be at my office within an instant."

El looked down the rest of the room and noticed two new but familiar faces sat at the table. It was the Aurors from Hogsmeade! She stared directly at the now purple haired woman as she smiled happily back at her, "Hi! I'm Nymphadora Tonks. But please, call me Tonks." El smiled back, watching Tonks lean out of her chair to get a better look at her. She was so casual and a little bit whacky in comparison to the other members, which El loved. "El. Nice to meet you." She turned her head back to her father who was pinching the bridge of his nose, "Can we make sure this is done today. I just want the both of them to have a bloody holiday without feeling on edge like this." Sirius asked Dumbledore, who quickly understood how stressed Sirius was actually getting. "Very well. El, if you are ready. You'll be back here in an instant afterwards. Moody and Kingsley would you be so kind as to come too? I think you'd be most beneficial in seeing what Elektra's mind has to offer." Sirius stood up just as El began to walk over to the fireplace, "Wait, Elektra." El turned around suddenly on her heel, and was faced with Sirius pulling her into a hug. She felt a little embarrassed in front of the other members and Harry. El wanted to seem mature for her age and her dad giving her bear hugs didn't scream maturity. She quickly pulled away, "Not now, dad." She huffed, turning suddenly around to where the rest of them were waiting at the fireplace. She heard Remus laugh loudly at Sirius' defeated and taken aback stance before mumbling to him, "Better get used to it, Padfoot."