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[Ronyo Storm]

Spell Swords
The Forging

 

[Ronyo Storm]

Ronyo Storm sat in a chair just outside the head Auror's office, Daily Profit in hand. His eyes darted about the articles, many talking about events pertaining to Hogwarts, the Ministry as a whole, or Quidditch tournaments. However one section of the animated newspaper showed a bridge used by the Hogwarts Express exploding and then coming back together. The animation was in a loop to add drama to the article itself.

Another act of Magical Terrorism and this time on the well known railroad to Hogwarts. Luckily no trains were on the move during the attack and repair crews say they will have the track fixed in time for the schools holiday leave. Some parents have expressed concerns regard their children's safety and the Ministry has only seemed to reply by posting more Aurors around the track. With the Aurors already stretched so thin it is no wonder these dark magical terrorist have found gaps to slip in through.

With a heavy sigh Ronyo folded the Profit over and tucked it under his arm. The attacks were getting more brash and the Profit, this time, was speaking the truth about the Auror's lines. Reginald Leonhart poked his head out from his office and waved Ronyo into his office. The Auror placed the Profit in his seat and walked into his superiors office.

"You wanted to see me sir?"

"Yes I did Storm, please have a seat," Chief Leonhart allowed Ronyo to sit before he continued, "As you no doubt are aware we are under attack. You may also be aware that we, the Aurors, are doing everything we can in order to stop these dark witches and wizards. However we do not have the resources to launch such a large scale investigation and defend the people at the same time. Therefore it has been decided by the Ministry that we are to form a new department within the Aurors. A department that sole duty is to stop Dark Wizards and Magical Terrorism by any means possible. This group will have resources of their own, but also be given freedoms to obtain and work outside of normal protocols and parameters. They will have the highest authority when matters of defense against the dark arts. I want you to join and lead this new Department Storm."

It was a lot to take in all at once. The idea that the Ministry was actually showing a want to stop these acts with an aggressive move was hard to believe. The Ministry was never well known for quick and brash decisions like this. Giving a group so much authority most likely did not sit well with some of the Ministry but this was clearly a desperate time.

"Why me sir? Don't get me wrong, I am honored to be thought of, but why not some of the more senior Aurors?"

"We need those members watching out for attacks against Hogwarts and the Ministry itself. Plus your one of the few Aurors who truly wish to meet this threat head on and take the battle to these dark wizards. I have selected your first members and they will be receiving their orders shortly after you do. Go here, "Chief Leonhart handed Ronyo a piece of parchment, " and use the password written there as well. Once you use it the paper will be destroyed so memories that password. The others should be there in due time, and once they are you will be given your equipment."

"Equipment sir?"

"You'll see when you get there. Congratulation Auror Storm, you don't answer to me anymore, now only the Minister himself has authority over you."

Ronyo shook the large Auror's hand and walked out the door. He was still trying to understand the whole thing more but decided to just let it come to him as he went. The Auror made his way out of the ministry and to his broom which was waiting for him. Ronyo was up and flying on towards the destination on the parchment, which was acting more like a compass than direction, with a small glowing light blinking in the direction he should be flying.

After a mild flight Ronyo landed in the courtyard of an old abandoned castle. In the center was a statue fountain of a female hand rising out of the water and holding a brilliant sword in her hand. A stature of the lady of the lake holding the fabled Excalibur. Ronyo faced the fountain and recited the password he had taken the time to memories on his flight here.

"Lady of the lake bare me a weapon to use against evil, a weapon forge of magic, and wieldable only by the true of heart. Lady of the lake, bare me Excalibur."

The statue split apart and revealed steps leading down. Ronyo walked those long steps down to what looked like a section from the Aurors department within the Ministry. However only four desks where in the room and a large map was up on the furthest, and largest wall. A few doors seemed to lead off to varies quarters and probably storage areas. Yet one door had a red and orange glow coming from under it, and it radiated heat. As he walked in the door with the glow opened to reveal a large man with a leather apron on and dark goggles over his eyes. The man was obviously not entirely human, considering he towered over Ronyo and looked built of solid muscle. The man moved the goggles up his head to allow him a better look at Ronyo, and the man smiled.

"You be the leader of tis new group right? Well then come tis way and I'll show you ta good stuff. When the other get here we can greet them in turn."  

[tempest_fox91]

air whistled by Kade's ears as the dark waters of the English Channel below him blurred in to a splotchy gray. under him his motorcycle, enchanted to fly(among other things) rumbled as he pushed it as hard as he could, trying to make up for lost time."Stupid dark wizards, making me stop my first vacation in three years." muttered Kade as he ducked and weaved through turbulence. "Stupid Colonel O'Neill, making me making me fly from France to where ever it is I'm going." he continued. "AND FRELLING STUPID STORM. THANKS TO YOU I'M LATE." he yelled over his shoulder at the storm clouds behind him.

Kade's bike rumbled to a stop as he reached the coast, Kade pulled out a peace of parchment with a compass rose drawn on it. A steady blue dot shined more or less to the north east. he had gotten this scrap of parchment along with a letter a little more than 5 hours ago. The letter contained pass phrase and orders from Colonel O'Neill of the U.S.M.C.F. (United States Magical Combat Force) that he was to head for the United Kingdom and join an Anti terrorism and dark wizard force being formed as the US representative. Orienting himself with a point me spell, Kade sped off to the north east.

A half hour latter Kade found himself over an old castle. Muttering about clichés concerning secret and/or elite organizations housed in abandoned castles he descended into the courtyard. The tires of his bike crunched on lose debits as it touched down. Kade cut the motor and swung himself off, lightly hitting the ground beside it. Looking around, he held his hand over the bike. The bike seamed to shudder, then shrink. It stopped growing smaller when it reached the size of a small child's toy. Kade reached down and pocketed his now shrunk bike.

walking over to a statue of a hand and arm holding a sword out of water, Kade looked at some writing on the back of his parchment and then the fountain.

"Oh you have to be kidding me." he said in exasperation. his next words, while following the same form as the previous three people, there were dripping with sarcasm."Lady of the lake bare me a weapon to use against evil, a weapon forge of magic, and wieldable only by the true of heart. Lady of the lake, bare me Excalibur."

With a grating rumble the statue split apart, revealing steps leading down into darkness below. he exited the stairs into a room with four desks like the ones he had gone into the field to avoid.

"Sargent Kade Duncan Silverwind of the United States Magical Combat Force reporting." Kade said all of this in a crisp, precise, military fashion. He stood at attention just inside the door.  

[Ronyo Storm]

The door to the glowing room opened to reveal Ronyo and the large man wearing the leather apron standing inside. Ronyo walked out to see two men standing in front of the door and a third looking as though he had just arrived. The grating of the stone statue moving back to normal confirmed that notion a moment later. Ronyo smiled at seeing the man at the entrance give a full military introduction and stand at attention. Looking back at the other two he nodded and waved a hand towards the main room with the desks.

"Please have a seat and I will get down to what all this is about. Vensunt here, Ronyo looked to the large man, "Has informed me of our duties, mission, and equipment so I can now relay it to you."

Ronyo walked to the main room, but turned to the new man standing in the entrance. He wondered if he would stand there the entire time if no one told him to relax of be at ease. Not wanting to start this group on a sour note Ronyo decided to relive the man of his attentive stance.

"At ease my friend. This is not the military anymore and our positions put us beyond most rules and laws at this point. Nice to see the yanks lending a hand, take a seat solder."

Ronyo walked to the map and waited for everyone to take a seat and he cracked his neck before he began. Taking out his wand Ronyo flicked it at the map and images of the terrorist handy work began to pop in and out.

"As you all are no doubt aware the magical and non-magical world is under attack by a threat not scene to this date. There have been attacks on public structures before but always with a means to obtaining something more. This is the first time civilian, muggle, and political structures have been attacked for the only purpose but to cause terror. At the moment the attacks are isolated to Europe for now, and with any luck they will stay that way. The last thing we need is an international incident, but regardless it is good to see other nations taking this seriously," Ronyo flicked his wand a picture of Aurors guarding Hogwarts and other major buildings flipped through, "The Aurors are stretched as thin as can be with all these attacks. They can't be everywhere at once or possibly predict which place will be hit next. With that in mind we come to why we are all here. You no doubt got some kind of briefing before arriving and know the basics. You are here to form the first unit to combat magical terrorism and other dark acts on a more offensive level. You may also have been told that the only people you now answer to are me and the Minister of Magic himself. Which means we have total authority in any matters concerning our mission. What you have not been told is the name of this unit, the equipment we will be given, and the cut and dry orders," Ronyo flicked his wand again and a picture of a shield with a wand and sword crossing behind it appeared. The shield had a picture of the Lady of the Lakes hand with several phrases written in Latin around the edge, " This unit will be known and the Spell Swords, and with that our new equipment with be just that. Vensunt here is one of the last smiths to know how to forge swords like the fabled Excalibur blade. These new tools will be like your wands, unique to the wielder in almost every way. In a moment we will all meet in the forge and Vensunt will find out what sword shall be forged for each of us. Much like your wands, the swords will take shape depending on the person who will wield it," Ronyo sheathed his wand and the map returned, "Now as for our mission on a real level. We are to hunt down these dark wizards and stop them by any means necessary. With no one able to stand in our way with red tape, rules, and orders we can focus solely on the task at hand. However that does not mean we are not accountable for our actions. I won't have us running around the place blasting everything that looks like a dark wizard. We have been chosen for this task, lets prove to the people who chose us they did right," After clearing his throat Ronyo motioned to the forge, " If you would file in Vensunt will take a measure of you and determine what sword will be forged for you."  

[Ronyo Storm]

"Well since you spoke up hop on over lad'y, lets size ya up," Vensunt laughed with a low voice that could only come from a half-giant.

Vensunt brought Gage closer to the large forge that took up the majority of the large room. The smith grabbed Gage's hands and looked at them for a bit, then gave them both a hardy slap, and a chuckle to follow. He then looked the man over form his head to his toes and gave a grunt every so often showing he was taking mental notes.

"Alright boy'o show me tha wand of yurs. Give'me a good Stupefy right into the heart of the forge there."

After the wizard's spell hit the interior of the forge the thing lit up in hundreds of different colors, many of which shouldn't have been possible for something giving off the kind of heat it was, no normal forge anyways. Vensunt rubbed his bushy beard a few times and gave a few more grunts until he nodded and pushed Gage out of the way. The large man grabbed a handle with a large hand and pulled, closing off the opening to the forge, leaving only a small hole just big enough for a small tube like object. Vensunt reached down and grabbed what looked like a piece of steel cylindrical tube and inserted it into the opening. The half-giant placed his foot on a foot pedal and began to pump, making the massive forges large bellows pump large volumes of air into the hot box. The forge lit up once again in the multitude of colors and Vensunt worked the piece of tube back and forth for a time.

With another pull of the same handle from before the door to the forge opened and Vensunt brought out a hot glowing piece of the tube, but the glowing was like the forge, a multitude of different colors. Vensunt took it over to a small bench with a tub of water below it, and with one massive hit from a hammer the glowing end of the tube snapped off into the water. Steam jumped from the tub of cold water trying to escape the massive heat from the piece of metal. After a time the water vapor cleared the air and Vensunt reached in with a pair of iron tongs to retrieve the piece, which seemed different as it came out of the water.

"A'right, it'll take some time for ta metal to be ready to start ta main forgin. I'll call ya when it's done. Send ta next one in lad'y."  

[Ronyo Storm]

"Not bad lad'y, one moment though, "Vensunt grabbed Mickale's hands and looked them over like he had Gage's.

With a quick look at Mickale in full Vensunt grunted in response to his own thoughts and repeated the same process he had done for Gage. Another tube dropped into a tub of cool water and created a nice fog within the forge. Vensunt cracked his knuckles and walked over to the forge once more for the next wizard.

"You know ta drill, bring ta next one in."

~~~~~

Ronyo watched Gage go first in getting fitted and looked at for his sword and then return to a desk. The man seemed a bit of the impatient type but given the situation Ronyo could more than understand the man's want to get started.

"The sword will take time to forge completely. While Vensunt is attending to the blades we will be sharpening up our own skills in duels. We will need to be better than we already are plus develop tactics and strategies based on everyone's strengths and weaknesses. We are a team so we must know how best to work together. The dark wizards obviously are working well together we need to show them the same in return."  

[tempest_fox91]

"Envocation and illusion are my magical specialties." Said Kade as he leaned his head from side to side, popping the bones in it. Continuing he said "Combat wise i am best in the air. I have been trained in the use of a lance, saber, and spear. He ended his sentence with a crackle as he popped the bones in his left hand. "I have a wide range of spells at my disposal but most are combat and damage types." this line was ended with a crackle from his right hand. "On the bright side, I know 56 ways to set something on fire, with out using fire" He finished

Kade shifted his weight slightly and moved. that was the best way to describe it. there was know alert to what he was doing besides the movement of his feet. It looked like he had randomly decided to twitch his foot each time he steeped. With precise, balanced, but no less random seaming steps he walked into the forge room.

"You would like me to cast a stunner into the fire right?" asked Kade as he came face to face with Vensunt.  

[Ronyo Storm]

"Catch on quick don't ye?" Vensunt laughed in a sarcastic tone, "just somethin normal, no need for any of yer fancy spells ye talked about."

Once again the forge lit up like a Christmas tree with various colors from all spectrums. Vensunt checked Kade's hands and gave his normal grunts and growls to himself. A few moments later and another metal tube was cooling in a nearby vat of water.

"Alrigh' Storm yur ta only one left lets go," Vensunt said as he waved in Ronyo.

~~~~~

"You wouldn't be here unless your skills in dueling were anything less than superior. Everyone here was chosen for that reason, but it was not the only one. Once I'm done here we will move to the training yard to see what everyone can do."

Ronyo went through the same motions as the others before him. Spell into the forge, hands checked, and then the metal tube was ready. With a smile and a nod to Vensunt Ronyo walked out and waved the others to follow him through one of the doors that dotted the main room.

After a few flights of stairs the hall opened up into a large room, if room was the right word. The size of the place was more like a man made cavern of some kind. The ceiling had been enchanted to depicted the time of day outside so the group would always know even from way down here. Several targets of different shapes and sizes were strung about the place, and several levers and pulleys surrounded some of the targets.

"Alright so this is the training yard. If we are not going over mission briefings, sleeping, or eating, you should be here practicing," Ronyo stepped up to a group of targets and waved his wand to have one pop up and appear ready to cast, " Alright I want everyone to step up and take down this target with what you consider either your signature spell or the one you use most often. The catch is I don't want the target destroyed just incapacitated. You'll know the difference by if the eyes light up or the target explodes. Many times we will need to capture dark wizards for interrogation I want to see everyone here has control as well as power."