Harry yawned as he turned the page of one of the older books in his library. He had finished his studies, drills, and dinner. Still no Bellatrix. Hopefully she wasn't in trouble. She had told him that she would be late though. The chapter on the page suddenly grabbed his attention.
Splitting Spells
A powerful wizard or witch may be able to cast a spell and 'split' it so that there are actually two beams of light going for the target. This can be used both for a double hit, or to counter any dodging move the opponent may make. Further study, practice, and magical ability can allow the witch or wizard to be able to control the movement of the spell even after it leaves his/her wand. A word of caution, this spell is not for the weak. Spells won't be as strong separate as they would have been had they remained together.
"This would be very effective against a large crowd of Death Eaters, or of course, someone who dodges." Harry observed to himself. He looked at the incantation and pulled out his Black Ash wand. "Duplexio Stupefy." he muttered. A pair of stunners shot from his wand and harmlessly hit a wall.
Harry practiced the spell several times and eventually was able to force the stunners to move toward any target he chose. He couldn't make them go anywhere he pleased, but he could subtly manipulate them to curve one way or another until they hit something.
After that he tried the Duplexio spell combines with several other jinxes and curses he knew. They all worked excellently. He was just about to give up for the day when he had a couple of ideas. Perhaps the spell could be manipulated.
"Triplexio Stupefy!" he uttered. Much to Harry's delight, three stunners shot from his wand. His ability to control them decreased with the addition of the third stunner, but a little practice would solve that problem.
He then pulled out his other wand and put it in his left hand. "Triplexio Stupefy!" he whispered, concentrating on both wands. The nearest wall was attacked by six seperate stunners. Harry grinned at his wands and began another experiment. "Tetraplexio Stupefy!"
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"Are you finding everything that you need, dear?" assked the stout woman who was in charge of the Ministry Archives. "The Ministry doesn't really store documents from very many Goblin Rebellions, but I do believe that you might find some pertinent entries in the International Relations section over there."
Bellatrix Potter, who now appeared to be a blonde and blue-eyed girl of 18, smiled sweetly at the helpful archivist. "I've found a few things that ought to be helpful for my report, but I need so much more, Mrs. Drake. What shall I look under?"
"The Ministry often is required to report their current state-of-affairs to the International Confederation of Wizards." Drake told Bellatrix. "They would have mentioned a few things about any ongoing Goblin Rebellions."
"Thank you so much." Bellatrix said. She stood up from the pile strewn with various folders filled with parchment and made her way over to the said section of the Archives while Drake returned to whatever she did at her desk.
Making sure that Drake was occupied, Bellatrix dropped her act of searching through the International Relations section and studied the door to the secured vault that contained just about anything that the current and past Ministers of Magic wanted to keep secret. She could definitely take it on. But only if that woman would go away.
She returned to her table with a random file she had grabbed from the section and made a good show of being absorbed with the contents. Too bad the contents were so horribly boring and petty! Cauldron bottoms indeed.
After another two hours of extreme patience on Bellatrix's part, her chance finally came when Drake stood up from her desk and approached her. "Finding everything you need?" she asked.
A fake smile. "Yes! There's so much in the International Relations section. I'll have everything I need in no time."
Mrs. Drake nodded importantly. "Yes, I thought that there would be plenty there. I need to attend a short staff meeting upstairs, dearie. Do you think that you'll be all right down here alone?"
This time the smile was a little more genuine. "Absolutely. There's so much here that I'm sure I won't need too much assistance from you for a while."
Mrs. Drake nodded. "I won't be gone for very long." She turned around and left the large archive room with Bellatrix alone in it. Based on experience so far, she would be gone for a long time. The old lady probably was a true gossip.
Bellatrix quickly abandoned her supposed project and quickly strode to the vault while simultaneous pulling out her sister-wands. "Totalium silencium protegix." She muttered, giving the wand in her left hand a flick and then holding onto the ward she had just cast. Since it was sitll in contact with her wand, she would be able to quiclky detect any intrusions through the ward's border.
With her other wand, she carefully performed several unlocking and and shield destroyer curses. After several minutes, the vault opened with a resistant screech. Bellatrix winced even though she had placed silencing charms around the room.
As soon as the vault was completely open, she stepped inside and began to rummage through the collections of documents and inter-office memos- especially the ones pertaining to Cornelius Fudge. After a few duplication charms on various parchments, disguising spells on the resulting copies, and a spell to erase any trace of her presence, Bellatrix exited and closed the vault.
Now she would have the pleasure of cleaning up her papers from the Goblin Rebellion search. If she left it all out, the archivist would be more apt to remember her and exactly when she was around. Not that it mattered or anything, what with her disguise. But sloppy work could lead to more sloppy work.
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