Destiny slowly started to rise in the air and both Gellert and Annabell gaped at the young Grindelwald as she rose up in the air without any support. "Behold, Unsupported Flight!" Destiny declared with a proud grin on her face.
For a whole minute, Gellert simply kept gaping at Destiny while Annabell seemed to be shaking… 'I guess she is excited' Destiny wondered as she noticed the excitement in Annabell's eyes. That meant that Annabell was shaking in excitement.
On the other hand, Ambika was gobsmacked after watching Gellert's and Annabell's reactions. This wasn't the first time she had seen Destiny flying and at the same time she was just learning about the Magical World, so the white-haired girl simply didn't know the impact of Destiny's achievement.
"H-How??" Gellert gasped. It took him a whole minute to get past the initial shock.
Destiny was satisfied with their reactions. This was the reaction she expected from Ambika but unfortunately for Destiny, Ambika found it completely natural. The white-haired girl held Destiny in high regard and according to her, Destiny could do anything she wanted.
"To be honest, it wasn't that hard, I simply had to research a lot. The Wizarding World lacked knowledge regarding a lot of stuff… probably that is why nobody had achieved Unsupported Flight until now" Destiny said with a thoughtful look on her face.
Annabell squealed in like a child. "Teach me! Teach me! Can you teach me how to fly? I always wanted to fly in the sky like a fairy!!" Annabell started to beg while making puppy dog eyes.
Destiny's smile flickered after hearing Annabell's request. "That is the problem… I don't have a Spell for this. This is purely intent-based Magic… I could show you the ropes but if you aren't good with intent-based Magic then I can't help you" Destiny said in an apologetic tone.
Annabell's face fell after hearing Destiny's words. "You don't need to worry, I am also not good with intent-based Magic like Destiny. Maybe we could develop a Spell together" Gellert comforted the deranged woman.
"Yeah, Gellert is right. I haven't given much time in Spell Creation as if I needed something then I could just use intent-based Magic but Gellert is way better than me at Spell Creation" Destiny said and she finally descended to the floor.
That seemed to brighten up the oldest Witch in the room. A huge smile appeared on the woman's face as she started to grin like a loon. Ambika also perked up after she heard that Gellert and Destiny were going to develop a Spell for Unsupported Flight. She also wanted to fly in the sky.
"So, what now?" Destiny asked and Gellert slowly raised his hand.
"Let's see how good you have become…" Gellert said in a firm tone. Destiny nodded her head with a confident smile plastered on her face.
"Annabell, Ms Rajat, would you two mind moving back?" Gellert requested and Annabell immediately skipped away towards the wall.
Ambika gave a reluctant nod and looked towards Destiny. "Good luck" Ambika said as she also walked away and she finally arrived beside Annabell. Ambika knew Destiny was strong but that didn't mean that she wasn't worried, it was completely natural to be worried.
Destiny looked towards Ambika and gave her a wink before making some distance between herself and Gellert. Gellert also took a few steps back to make some distance. "Are you ready?" Destiny questioned in a firm tone and Gellert decided to attack her rather than answer her question.
Bright flashes started to sail through the room as Destiny and Gellert dished it out. Right now, both of them seemed to be on equal footing as both of them were attacking each other with various sorts of Spells but both of them simply kept batting away those Spells without any effort.
Some Spells were lethal while most were not. Ambika kept watching the whole exchange in complete awe… this was simply mind-blowing. Annabell couldn't hold herself back any longer and she started to clap cheerfully. Annabell wanted to join them too but she didn't want to interfere… not that she could, so she simply settled at cheering the two.
Gellert finally decided to increase his pace. Gellert started to attack while waving his Wand and Spells became much faster and stronger. Destiny didn't even flinch and returned the attacks with the same fervour. Gellert was quite impressed with Destiny's improvement.
So, Gellert finally decided to stop holding back… he started to walk towards Destiny. The crimson-haired girl frowned as she was forced to take back a step. Destiny knew that Gellert had stopped holding back and currently, he was attacking her with everything, well not everything, as most of the Spells weren't lethal and the lethal Spells being used could be easily recognized.
Lightning started to crackle around Destiny as she attacked Gellert with several lightning bolts. Gellert jumped back as he had to create multiple shields to defend himself. The lightning bolts shattered multiple shields but they weren't able to destroy all of them before dispersing.
At the same time, several ice spears started to form around Destiny. With a wave of her free hand, Destiny hurled the ice spears towards Gellert. Gellert scowled after watching the approaching attack but internally he swelled in pride.
"Protego Horribilis" Gellert said and a massive shield formed in front of him. The ice spears collided against the shield but all of them shattered after colliding against the shield.
Destiny sneered and attacked Gellert with Shield Breakers. Gellert waved his hand in an intricate pattern and various types of Explosion Spells sailed towards Destiny through the air. Destiny raised her hand, cast Protego Duo Wandlessly to defend herself from the incoming Spells.
Protego Duo was a type of Shield Charm one could use to protect themselves from Magical attacks and physical impacts. Destiny decided to use this Spell as the Spell's Gellert had used would Explode after colliding with the shield, creating multiple physical impacts.
Gellert's Spells collided against Destiny's shield and all of them exploded creating multiple shockwaves, the whole house shuddered due to the impacts but Destiny wasn't affected as the shield also protected her from the shockwaves created by those Explosions.
Gellert Conjured multiple flame whips and attacked Destiny. Destiny saw the attack and with a wave of her hand, she created a wall of water, the flame whips impacted against the wall of water, creating a lot of steam. Gellert waved his hand to clear the steam but as soon as the steam dispersed, he had to dive towards the ground.
Once again, Destiny had used lightning bolts to attack Gellert but the attack wasn't concentrated at a single point because Destiny couldn't see where Gellert was. Gellert resumed attacking Destiny with a plethora of Spells as he slowly got up from the floor. Destiny cursed inside her mind as she missed a good chance to subdue Gellert.
Even with the Elemental Magic, Destiny couldn't get an upper hand in the fight. Gellert was simply too good… and the Wand of Destiny obviously helped. Gellert also didn't look happy, but internally Gellert was swelling with pride. Gellert had a Crystallized Magical Core whereas Destiny only had a Solid Magical Core.
The difference between them should have been immense, especially with the Wand of Destiny in Gellert's possession but that wasn't the case. Destiny was bridging the gap using Elemental Magic, and Destiny also had a much larger Magical Core than Gellert, so she wasn't worried about running out of Magic.
Gellert couldn't be more proud of Destiny but that didn't mean that he would accept defeat. Then there was another fact that neither of them were using Obscure Forms of Magic to attack each other. Gellert was pretty sure that Destiny's Blood Magic was way better than her Elemental Magic and it was true. Destiny wasn't using Blood Magic because it was extremely lethal and one hit was more than enough to kill Gellert.
Gellert Conjured a Firestorm and attacked Destiny. Destiny answered with her own attack but instead of Fire, she used Water. The Firestorm and the Water storm collided creating a huge explosion.
Annabell grabbed Ambika and pulled her white-haired girl in her embrace. "Protego Horribilis!!" Annabell exclaimed, creating a shield to protect herself and Ambika. The whole house stopped shaking as the explosion finally subsided… nothing was visible for a few seconds but slowly the room started to clear up.
Both Destiny and Gellert were still standing, Destiny was pointing the hilt of Neptune towards Gellert while Gellert was pointing the tip of his Wand towards Destiny. Both of them looked slightly winded but it was clear that both of them were ready to go… again, and that is what happened.
Both Destiny and Gellert resumed attacking each other, Destiny was using Elemental Magic while Gellert was using a plethora of Spells to defend and attack Destiny at the same time… neither of them giving each other any quarter.
Annabell dispersed the shield she had erected robotically as she kept watching the watch in complete awe… if anybody would have told her that a 14 year old girl could toe to toe against Gellert then she would have Crucio'd the poor bastard but after watching this… she had to grudgingly accept defeat in front of 14 year old.
Annabell had lost her sanity but she could still deduce, what was what. In fact, her insanity made her even better than before. Ambika was also having similar feelings… Destiny always said that Gellert was stronger than her and even though both of them seemed to be on equal footing, right now, Ambika knew that Destiny could only match Gellert because of her mastery over intent-based Magic.
In front of Gellert and Destiny, Ambika found herself to be insignificant. She clenched her fists tightly… she always knew that Destiny was on a completely different level but she never expected this… As she was right now, she couldn't even dream of going against someone like Gellert for more than 5 seconds.
While Annabell and Ambika were going through character development, Gellert and Destiny were getting more serious. Gellert attacked Destiny with a blue coloured beam and Destiny met his attack with a similar coloured beam. Sparks flew out from their attacks… The room was already somewhat roughed up due to the previous Explosion but now cracks started to form around the house due to the raw Magical Pressure.
Slowly Gellert started to push back Destiny, the Wand of Destiny working its Magic, Destiny gritted her teeth as she attacked Gellert Wandlessly to divert his mind, but Gellert was already expecting something like that so, he simply answered Destiny's attack with his own Wandless Magic.
Destiny couldn't dodge the beam as doing that would put her at a huge disadvantage and using a shield Charm would also have similar results, she needed to push back… Destiny started to give it her all but it wasn't any use… Gellert kept gaining more and more ground. Gellert took a step towards Destiny and Destiny had to take a step back to adjust the gap.
Gellert grinned and released a massive surge of Magical Energy, Gellert's beams increased several folds and Destiny was pushed back with a lot of force. Destiny collided against the wall and she gasped in pain as the wind was knocked out of her lungs. Before Destiny could even gather her bearings, a red beam hit her right on the chest, and that was the last thing she saw before her world turned completely black.
Gellert wasn't much better, as soon as he knocked out Destiny he dropped to one of his knees and he started to breathe heavily… His face was filled with sweat. This was the hardest fight he ever had and Destiny wasn't even 15. Gellert slowly sat down on the floor as he felt really exhausted.
He couldn't believe that Destiny had pushed him so hard… Only a second later and he would have been the one lying on the floor defeated. He couldn't allow the fight to continue any longer, that is why he gave it his all at the end… Anyways he was really proud of Destiny.
For a few seconds, Ambika kept gaping but she finally gathered her bearings and rushed towards Destiny to see if she was alright or not… She noticed that Gellert had keeled over due to Magical Exhaustion. It meant the fight could have gone either way…
Annabell also rushed towards Gellert to check if he was alright or not. "Gellert! Gellert! What should I do? You don't look good" Annabell said frantically while shaking her head. Gellert simply smiled.
"Can you take me to my room? I want to sleep" Gellert said and Annabell nodded her head like a little girl and levitated the man from the ground. Gellert turned towards Destiny and found that Ambika had already pulled Destiny's head over her lap. "You simply need to revive her, I had just knocked her out" Gellert said and fell asleep.
Ambika nodded her head with a grateful look on her face. "RENN-a-vate" Ambika said while pointing her Wand at Destiny.
Destiny gasped for air as her eyes snapped open… Destiny groaned as the memories flashed inside her mind. She had lost, again. "How are you feeling?" Ambika asked as she gently caressed Destiny's cheek.
"I feel like I have been stomped by a Hippogriff" Destiny grumbled as she snuggled into Ambika's lap. "Where is Gellert?" Destiny questioned and Ambika shook her head.
"Annabell took him to his room… he passed out due to Magical Exhaustion after defeating you" Ambika said and Destiny clenched her fists in frustration.
It meant that she was this close to defeating him… a loss was still a loss no matter how close she came to victory. 'It will be different when I fight him the next time' Destiny thought with a determined glint in her eyes. Ambika leaned down and placed a kiss on Destiny's forehead.
"You know, this isn't a place to relax… we should be getting up" Ambika said and Destiny started to pout.
"But I don't want to" Destiny whined like a child and Ambika simply giggled.
"Destiny, I mean it. You need to get up and you will be sore" Ambika said in a firm tone and Destiny started to get up while grumbling how 'unfun' Ambika was being right now.
"You can have all the fun in the bed" Ambika whispered in a low tone and Destiny answered her with a possessive kiss on her lips.
"Then I will be looking forward to it… I feel heartbroken since I lost… you must take care of me" Destiny said in a teasing tone and Ambika simply nodded her head.
"We will see" Ambika said cryptically and Destiny finally stood up. She felt her back was aching, but she was sure it wasn't anything a relief salve and a pain-relieving Potion won't solve.
Destiny and Ambika found the living room and Destiny practically fell into a cushioned chair as she leaned back to make herself comfortable. Only after a few seconds, Annabell entered the living room, while skipping. She had a cheerful glint in her eyes. She plopped down on Ambika's opposite site.
"So, what are we doing?" Annabell asked excitedly as she started to rock her chair.
"I don't know… most of the time I read books and learn Magic" Ambika said with an apologetic smile on her face.
"Oh poo! So boring! Oh… I know!! Let's play Gobstones!!" Annabell exclaimed in an excited tone as she cheered and started to clap.
"...Um, sorry… I don't know what that is" Ambika looked somewhat embarrassed and apologetic right now.
Annabell gasped in horror after hearing Ambika's words. "No no no no!! We can't have that. Let me teach you" Annabell gushed out with an excited look on her face.
"You two have fun… I am spent, I should probably take a nap" Destiny said as she closed her eyes. Ambika slowly turned towards Annabell who was still looking at her with an expectant look in her eyes. Ultimately, Ambika gave in to the unhinged woman's demands…
Destiny gulped down the German Language Potion and she grimaced as a sting of pain assaulted her brain. She quickly sorted through the memories. Yesterday was pretty much a blur as she slept like a log for most of the day until it was time for lunch.
After that, Annabell showed led Destiny and Ambika to a room, at first, she wanted to give them separate rooms as they had more than enough rooms for everyone but after reminding Annabell that the two of them were lovers, the oldest woman among the trio giggled and ran away like a schoolgirl.
Destiny laid down on the bed after stripping out of her clothes and Ambika rubbed the salve on Destiny's back. After that, once again Destiny fell asleep and she only woke up a couple of hours before the dinner. Gellert only came down just before the dinner and he looked really tired. Destiny started to tell stories of her travels to Gellert and Destiny throughout the dinner.
Annabell was especially interested in hearing the stories of Destiny's travels. No one could blame as the woman had seen nothing outside of Bulgaria until now. After dinner, Destiny and Ambika went straight to bed. Gellert had come to know a lot of things about Ambika from Destiny's stories and he was completely fine with Destiny's and Ambika's relationship.
Destiny and Ambika finally fell asleep after making love a couple of times, but didn't forget to cast Silencing Charms on the walls… so, the next day also started pretty slow as they had nothing to do. Destiny asked for the German Language Potion after they were done with their breakfast.
After getting the vial, Destiny beelined towards her room, so that she could access her trunk after hearing German. As soon as Destiny finished assimilating the memories, she popped the hood of her trunk and she entered her trunk. Destiny quickly grabbed the Skull Hookah as she wanted to write a message on it before gifting it to Gellert.
Destiny pulled out her kiddie Wand. Destiny slowly inscribed the words 'Für das Größere Wohl' in German which translated to 'For the Greater Good' along with a Deathly Hallows symbol on the front of the Skull Hookah. Destiny was pretty sure that Gellert was going to love this gift.
Destiny grinned as she was satisfied with her work and she quickly wrapped the Skull Hookah into a package. Slowly Destiny made her way out of the trunk with a not so special looking box in her hand. Destiny made her way to the training room, everyone was already there.
"Gellert, I have something for you" Destiny said as she levitated the box towards Gellert. The man raised his brows in curiosity as he summoned the box into his hands.
"A gift? For me?" Gellert questioned in an amused tone and Destiny nodded her head with a proud look on her face.
"Oh!! A gift! A gift!! So nice" Annabell cheered loudly while clapping her hands. Ambika already knew what was inside the package, but she was still interested to see how Gellert was going to react after receiving the gift.
"Why don't you open and see what's inside?" Destiny offered and Gellert immediately nodded his head with a grin as he gently tore the wrapping paper revealing a Hookah… a Skull Hookah to be exact.
Gellert's eyes caught the inscription written on the front of the Skull Hookah and he couldn't stop himself from smiling. "For the Greater Good" Gellert mused with an amused smile on his face.
"Eh… a Skull?" Annabell asked as she tilted her head in confusion.
"It is not just a Skull, it is much more than that… Gellert, why don't you take a drag while thinking about some vision and release the smoke?" Destiny asked and Gellert's eyes shined in excitement. This was something really good. After hearing Destiny's words, he already had a pretty good idea about what the Hookah could do.
Gellert grabbed the pipe and took a deep breath as he released the smoke after a few moments. The smoke created a projector of yesterday's battle along with the sounds. Annabell started to cheer while clapping. This was the best gift Gellert could have ever asked for. After a couple of minutes, the projection finally dispersed into thin air.
"I will give you the recipe for the mixture during lunch… It is pretty easy to make if you have the right ingredients in your hands" Destiny explained and Gellert nodded his head, his eyes were still filled with some awe as he stared at the Skull Hookah in his hands.
"Annabell, I will be back after keeping this in a good place. Destiny, why don't you show her some Spells?" Gellert said and Destiny nodded her head.
"Sure… I can show her a couple of things" Destiny said with a confident smile on her face as she turned towards Annabell and Ambika. Moments later, Gellert was gone with a soft crack.
"So, what are we going to learn today?" Annabell questioned excitedly. She had seen yesterday's fight and it was pretty clear that Destiny was probably Gellert's equal, so she was pretty excited to learn from Destiny.
Annabell wasn't bothered by Destiny's age. Even though Destiny was decades younger than her, Destiny had proved that she was strong and she could go toe to toe against someone like Gellert Grindelwald. The Auror and Hitwizard Force of Bulgaria were afraid to pick a fight against that man and that explained a lot of things.
"Hmm… let's see. How about I show the two of you how to use Transfiguration and Conjuration in a battle?" Destiny asked and both Annabell and Ambika nodded their heads without missing a beat…
"This is a good place" Destiny said with a satisfied look on her face.
"It was just an abandoned country house before I decided to fix and renovate this" Gellert said proudly.
The whole group finally arrived in Bulgaria via Portkey after spending two days in Spain. Destiny wanted to spend more time but she could always go back with Ambika after leaving Bulgaria. She wasn't planning to stay in Bulgaria for long in the first place.
"I love the garden and the swing" Annabell gushed out cheerfully and skipped outside the house to play.
"I feel really bad for her" Ambika muttered in a low tone.
"This is the reality of this world… Every year thousands of women lose their children due to the cruelty of Muggles… most of them don't get justice as there are always some people who are trying to protect Muggles instead of the Magical Population"
"Some lucky women are able to overcome their grief after a long time, but most of them simply lose their grip on their sanity…" Gellert said in an emotionless tone but his eyes were brimming with unshed tears.
"That is what we are trying to change… that is what we are fighting for" Destiny said in a determined tone and Gellert nodded his head with a satisfied smile on his face.
"Destiny, tonight, I want you to use disguise during the raid" Gellert said and Destiny tilted her head in confusion.
"Why?" Destiny questioned as she narrowed her eyes.
"You see, a lot of Wizards and Witches are supporting our cause but most of their loyalties are fickle… they would betray me if it means saving their own arses. There might be some undercover agents too… I don't want them targeting you" Gellert said and Destiny simply huffed while glaring at Gellert.
"I can take care of myself!" Destiny argued back and Gellert shook his head and placed his hand over her shoulder.
"I know… you are a strong Witch and I don't doubt that you could take care of yourself, but for a moment, let's consider that both of us reveal ourselves… What do you think would happen? From what you have told me, you are already wanted by the Indian Ministry of Magic"
"So, if you reveal yourself, you will be wanted by the Bulgarian Ministry of Magic… that is something you don't want. Both of us are strong and I highly doubt that someone would be able to capture you with your power but you will still become wanted"
"Right now, Bulgarian Ministry has rejected any offers of help but they might change in the future… even if Bulgaria doesn't accept help, they will still treat you as a criminal if you visit another country" Gellert explained and Destiny could see Gellert's point.
"I also want you to work from the shadows. That way, if I die or get captured, then you could carry on our dream on my stead or save me… and if they already know about you then they will be expecting you…" Gellert calmly explained as he gently ruffled Destiny's hair.
"Umu" Destiny meekly nodded in understanding as she allowed Gellert to ruffle her hair.
"Ok… the others are going to arrive at our meeting place in a couple of hours. Why don't you go outside and play with Annabell?" Gellert offered and Destiny nodded her head and started to walk out of the house, but all of a sudden, Gellert called her from behind.
"Destiny!! Take this" Gellert said and tossed her a spoon. Destiny easily grabbed the spoon and she immediately sensed the Magic coming from the spoon. It was a damn Portkey! "Say 'Magic' and it will take you, Ambika, and Annabell straight to our location… stay at the back during the meeting" Gellert added and Destiny nodded her head in understanding.
"Oh… how the hell am I supposed to know where you are going to conduct the meeting?" Destiny questioned. All of a sudden, she remembered that she had no idea where Gellert was going to meet his followers.
"Annabell will take you to the meeting place and don't forget to remind her about the meeting… sometimes she tends to forget about meetings when she gets engrossed in playing" Gellert reminded Destiny in a soft tone.
"Ok…" Destiny muttered as she turned around to leave the house. Moments later, she walked out of the house followed by Ambika.
"You know, I kind of agree with him. You are very strong but I don't want to lose you… I couldn't accept that" Ambika muttered in a low tone and Destiny simply smiled and placed a soft kiss on Ambika's lips.
"I understand, Ambika" Destiny couldn't fault either Gellert or Ambika.
At first, Destiny was somewhat mad that Gellert was still wanting to coddle her, but when he finally explained his intentions, she felt he was right. They were probably going against the whole Magical World… At this moment, it might seem like that they were only going against the Bulgarian Ministry of Magic, but in reality, they were going against the whole world.
Right now, the Bulgarian Ministry of Magic was rejecting all the offers of help but if the Bulgarian Ministry of Magic became desperate enough then they would happily accept help. Destiny was confident enough to defeat two dozen Aurors or Hitwizards but she wasn't delusional enough to think that she could defeat a hundred.
That was just the tip of the iceberg… if the International Confederation of Wizards decided to involve themselves then she would be going against nearly thousands in the least… Thankfully, the ICW doesn't like to involve themselves in domestic incidents.
But on the other hand, if Destiny worked from the shadows then she could move more easily and she wouldn't even need to keep looking over her shoulders. She could also infiltrate various places as long as she was being smart enough about that. Destiny could see the appeal of working from the shadows… She would be like a hidden villain.
"Destiny! Ambika! You are here?!! Let's play!" Annabell cheerfully exclaimed and Destiny simply tilted her head as she decided to do something else.
"Annabell, what do you think about a small fight?" Destiny asked and Annabell seemed to think for a bit until she shook her head in denial.
"I don't want to fight Destiny. She is very strong" Annabell said in a dramatic tone while nodding her head. "She will defeat me within a few seconds" Annabell seemed to sulk.
"Well… I was thinking that I could give you and Ambika some pointers but it looks like you don't want to learn" Destiny said with a shrug. Ambika's eyes grew wide as she didn't expect Destiny to drag her into this mess.
Annabell's eyes grew wide as her lips started to tremble in fear. "No no! I will be a good girl. Please teach me!!" Annabell lunged towards Destiny and grabbed her hand as the oldest woman among the three started to whine like a child.
"Fine… you have convinced me" Destiny said with a grin and Ambika simply rolled her eyes but she couldn't stop herself from smiling…
"I feel like I was run over by one of those trains" Ambika groaned as she lay on the ground while taking deep breaths. Her robes were smeared with dust and sweat… she felt like her lungs were on fire.
"Sorry… I went kind of overboard there" Destiny said in a sheepish tone as she scratched her cheek nervously. "Don't worry… I will give you a body massage" Destiny added.
"At least I got something good out of this" Ambika chuckled and Destiny simply rolled her eyes.
"And what about me? I also want a massage" Annabell whined like a child and started to pout.
"Ok… I will give you a back rub too" Destiny relented and Annabell seemed to cheer up after Destiny agreed to give her a massage.
"Well, the two of you need to get up if you still want to participate in the raid, you know… Gellert is probably done by now" Destiny said and cast a Tempus Charm. It was nearly dark and a couple of hours had passed, so Gellert was probably done or the meeting was still on the way.
"Ugh… okay" Ambika groaned as she got up. Moments later, both Annabell and Ambika were up… Destiny decided to Transfigure her hair and skin tone and be done with it as it was pretty impossible to recognize her without her crimson hair.
Moments later, she also Transfigured Ambika's hair colour and skin tone as Ambika's hair was also easily recognizable. Annabell's curiosity was piqued after she watched them changing their hair colour and skin tone.
"Why are you changing your hair colour and skin tone?" Annabell asked with a cute look on her face as she was genuinely curious.
"I am doing this to hide myself and Ambika. Someone might betray us to the Aurors. I need to work from the shadows if Gellert gets captured by any means… this way, they will have two enemies to worry about… one enemy who is in the open and another working from the shadows" Destiny explained and a look of realization dawned on Annabell's face.
"Remember Annabell, this is a secret. You can keep a secret, right?" Destiny asked in an amused tone and Annabell's back straightened as she did a mock salute with a determined look on her face.
"Your secret is perfectly safe with me! I am very good at keeping secrets!" Annabell declared proudly with a straight face and Ambika started to snicker after watching the woman's antics.
"Annabell, take us to the meeting spot" Destiny said and Annabell eagerly nodded her head. Destiny grabbed Ambika's arm while Annabell grabbed Destiny's arm. Moments later, the three of them Disapparated from the garden with a loud crack.
Moments later the three of them appeared inside some woods. Destiny was still amused due to how Annabell acted but she quickly cast a Revealing Charm and found a lot of people inside the woods, it was filled with a lot of Witches and Wizards… To be exact, 71 Wizards and 56 Witches were gathered here. That might not seem to be a lot but it hasn't been a year yet since Gellert had started his campaign.
The three of us entered a clearing where everyone was gathered. Just as Gellert had suggested, they decided to stand at the back… a couple of Wizards and Witches looked at us for a moment, but after they saw that Annabell was among the trio, they simply sneered at the woman and looked away. 'Hump!! Stupid arseholes' Destiny sneered inside her mind and she already knew why they sneered at the woman.
All of them looked down at her because her husband had decided to abandon her… Both Destiny and Ambika had heard the whole story from Annabell when they were in Spain. Annabell had vowed to murder her ex-husband and his new wife… Destiny kind of agreed with the woman as the man had decided that having a child with another woman was more important than taking care of your wife.
Gellert was explaining where they were going to attack… tonight, they were going to attack a big Muggle City… Until now, Gellert had only attacked Muggle villages or Muggle Towns, this was the first time they were targeting something big like a City. Something like this was bound to attract a lot of attention. So everyone was kind of nervous after Gellert revealed their target.
For a moment, Gellert's gaze flickered in the direction of Destiny and her group, but it didn't linger for long. Destiny was pretty sure that Gellert had recognized her as she had Neptune in her hand. It was a dead giveaway to anyone who already knew her but those who didn't… It was just something random.
"Tonight, we are going to face our hardest trial… and we are bound to face opposition from the Magical side but tonight, those traitors wouldn't matter as tonight, we will be officially declaring War against the Statute of Secrecy! We will fight, we won't stop until we make it clear that Magic is Might!!" Gellert declared loudly and everyone in the room including Destiny, Ambika, and Annabell cheered.
After half a minute, everyone finally calmed down. 'Everyone is sure fired up' Destiny wondered as he looked around. All of a sudden her eyes landed on a woman standing at the back… the woman seemed to be cheerful and all, but not only she had her Wand in her hand, but the tip of her Wand was placed on a Rune etched on her other hand.
Destiny decided to keep an eye on the woman as Destiny was pretty sure that the woman was sending a message or something like that. But Destiny decided not to inform anyone, for now. She was pretty sure that Annabell would immediately attack the woman and Ambika would probably be fine but she didn't know Occlumency, so she had no idea how to keep her emotions in check.
If Destiny was right, which she probably was, then the woman was using a Rune to send a message. Destiny had no idea what type of messages you could send with it or how it worked, but her interest was surely piqued. She was going to find out how that Rune worked and what it could do… she would even dissect the woman if she needed to, at the end, the woman was still a traitor.
"All of you know the location! Now, let's go!" Gellert exclaimed and Apparated away followed by his followers. Destiny pulled out the spoon Gellert had given from her leather dress and held it in front of Ambika and Annabell.
Ambika groaned but she still grabbed the spoon and Annabell started to whine and pout, but she still grabbed the spoon. 'Looks like nobody is a fan of Portkey' Destiny thought dryly. 'Note to self, make something better in the Future' Destiny mused as she finally decided to activate the Portkey.
"Magic" Destiny muttered and she felt a tug around her navel as she along with Ambika and Annabell were whisked away.
Destiny gracefully landed on her feet… Destiny was quite glad that her balance was instinctively good. Unfortunately, Ambika was completely pants at her landing as this was her second time using a Portkey. Ambika stumbled as soon as her feet landed on the ground but fortunately, Destiny was beside Ambika, the crimson-haired girl grabbed her lover from planting her face on the road.
"Are you okay?" Destiny asked and Ambika meekly nodded her head. Destiny promptly planted her lips on Ambika's as a sign of good luck.
Destiny gaze flickered towards a woman retreating from the crowd. Destiny turned towards Gellert, who seemed to be busy guiding everyone right now. "Annabell, you take Ambika with you. I need to do something on my own before I can join the two of you" Destiny said and Ambika was about to protest, but she stopped when she noticed the serious look on Destiny's face.
"Okay" Ambika simply nodded her head in understanding.
"But you are going to miss the fun!!" Annabell practically whined like a child and Destiny couldn't stop herself from chuckling.
"Don't worry… I will be having fun" Destiny said cryptically as she turned in the direction where the woman went. "Ok, the two of you stay together. I will find the two of you as soon as I am done" Destiny said and before either Ambika or Annabell could say anything, Destiny cast the Disillusionment Charm on herself as she started to walk in the direction where the woman had gone.
Ambika simply gazed where Destiny previously was before disappearing… "Will Destiny be okay?" Annabell asked innocently with a worried look on her face and Ambika simply smiled as she turned her head towards Annabell.
"Don't worry… she will be fine. We should start moving or we would be left behind" Ambika said and Annabell gasped in horror. The deranged woman grabbed Ambika's hand and started to drag her towards her crowd… Annabell would be damned if she missed all the fun…
While the two of them joined the crowd, Destiny finally entered the alley the suspicious woman had entered. Destiny's suspicion was spot on as a group of Aurors were gathered around the woman, the woman was probably giving them information. More than three dozen Aurors were gathered and Destiny wasn't confident enough to take on all of them. So, she simply decided to wait and listen for now.
It was kind of hard to listen to everything as Destiny couldn't get close to them. Destiny was able to pick a few bits and pieces of their conversation… from what she understood, this is where the Bulgarian Ministry of Magic had decided to attack and subdue Gellert and his band of miscreants (According to the Aurors). Destiny sniffed after hearing their words.
It was pretty clear that even though the Bulgarian Ministry of Magic was kind of afraid of Gellert, they were still severely underestimating him. Right now, they were probably considering Gellert to be an extremely strong terrorist, but no matter how strong he was, he was still one man and they were planning to exploit that fact.
The Bulgarian Ministry of Magic wasn't even considering the others as threats. They were sure that taking down Gellert would make them scurry away like rats and they were right… taking down Gellert would do that but they were overlooking something. Firstly, they needed to defeat Gellert to achieve something like that and Destiny knew that with the Wand of Destiny in his possession, Gellert could practically crush the whole lot of them without much of an effort.
The group of Aurors wanted to divide themselves into smaller groups and surround Gellert from all the sides at the same time… Destiny had to admit that it was a good plan… Destiny was confident that their plan would have worked if Gellert didn't have a plethora of Area of Effect attacks in his arsenal…
Though Destiny wondered why the Aurors didn't ambush Gellert and his band in the woods… that way, they could have avoided the Muggle casualties. Destiny didn't start loving Muggles all of a sudden, but she was really curious. As ambushing them in the woods would have been more viable and Gellert had already notified everyone of the location… so, they could have set up an ambush with ease.
There must be a reason… The group of Aurors finally broke up into smaller groups and the woman Destiny had been following, joined a group of four. The Wizard who seemed to be in charge of this assault was among the four in the woman's group. Destiny slowly rose up in the air, as she decided to ignore everyone else and follow the group of five.
Destiny didn't bother to inform Gellert about the attack as the man was already expecting an attack and he could easily take care of them without much difficulty. Additionally, Annabell would be there too… the deranged woman wasn't strong like Destiny or Gellert but she could easily take care of a couple of Auror grunts. If nothing else, she could hold back the assault of five Aurors for a couple of minutes, without any problems.
All of a sudden, the group of five, Destiny, had been following while floating in the air halted in their steps. Particularly the women were the ones who stopped, and then they signalled the others to stop too. They started to frantically looked around… "Are you sure… there is nobody around us" a man whispered furiously.
"I don't know… but I feel like I am being watched by some... 'pervert'" a woman said as she shivered for some reason. Destiny rolled her eyes. 'Bitch, you are not that beautiful to begin with. Even if you were, I wouldn't have assaulted you right in the middle of a Muggle Road. There is a proper procedure to things like this...' Destiny complained inside her mind.
"Yeah, she is right. I also feel the same" the woman Destiny had been following from the start said while looking around with some worry in her eyes.
'What the fuck?! This is fucking ridiculous!!' Destiny griped inside her mind. Yeah, Destiny did check out other women from time to time... She had even noticed Ambika doing the same, the white-haired girl was subtle but she wasn't subtle enough. Destiny didn't mind as being in a relationship didn't forbid you from looking. Additionally, she was also guilty of doing the same crime, so it would be kind of hypocritical of her if she reacted.
Regardless, Destiny couldn't believe this was actually happening… when she haven't done anything, yet. Right now, Destiny felt really offended. 'Morgana!! They are making me feel like I am a sexual offender even when I am completely innocent!!' Destiny snarled inside her mind as she malevolently glared at the two women among the group.
The leader sighed and cast a Revealing Charm. 'Well, there goes my chance of a sneak attack' Destiny internally groaned. "See there is no…" the leader began to say but all of a sudden he froze as the Revealing Charm came positive. His head snapped upwards and everyone followed his gaze.
Destiny simply cast an Anti-Apparition along Anti-Portkey Jinx. The Aurors grimaced as they felt the Magic wash over themselves… The leader finally located Destiny even though she was using the Disillusionment Charm. The man attacked Destiny's silhouette with a Stunning Charm and Destiny simply batted away the Spell with a free hand.
Destiny created a huge pool of water above their heads… the leader couldn't continue the attack as he had to raise a shield along with the others to protect themselves from being washed away by the massive wave of water. Destiny used this chance as she slowly landed on her feet and dropped the Disillusionment Charm.
"Glacius" Destiny muttered in an imperial tone as the massive amount of water she had created only a few moments ago, turned into ice, in a matter of a few seconds…
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