Hidden Wings - Part I

Harry

The meeting of the Order of the Phoenix at Grimmauld Place had already gone on for two hours. Professor Dumbledore lead the meeting, sitting at the head of the long table in the kitchen. Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape, Mioha, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley and Sirius were present as well.

"Minister Fudge does not want to accept the fact that Voldemort has returned", said Professor Dumbledore seriously and looked down the table. "I have been informed from a reliable source, he will send someone to take the job as Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts."

"Why?", asked Sirius and crossed his arms in front of his chest.

"Because he suspects Albus to create an army to become minister", said Professor Snape arrogantly, as if it were obvious.

Sirius glared at the Potions Master and opened his mouth to sneer something back at him.

"That is simply ridiculous", Professor McGonagall interrupted. "Why would he think that ye would want to overthrow th' ministry?"

"These are dangerous times", said the white-haired wizard quietly. "He does not want to see the truth, so he reacts with denial and extreme precautions. But I fear that supervising the students is not the only reason the ministry is trying to infiltrate Hogwarts."

His pale blue gaze wandered down the table to the young teenager, who looked at him with an understanding expression.

"He is looking for me", Mioha stated simply. She had had the last week to get used to the idea of having a bounty of 10000 galleons on her head, and weirdly, being stuck in a house 24/7 made her slowly forget the outside world.

Professor Dumbledore nodded.
"Precisely. I need you to not to attract any attention to yourself this year-"

Professor Snape snorted disbelievingly,

"-and you will need to be extremely cautious during the full moons. Nobody should notice your monthly absence at night."

"A simple doppelgänger would do, aye?", muttered Professor McGonagall thoughtfully.

"What about classes?", asked Mioha. "I can't use a wand, won't that become obvious?"

"As long as you can perform simple spells with one, you should be fine", said Professor Dumbledore, giving Professor McGonagall a sign with his hand.

The Scottish witch reached into her robes and pulled out a wand that looked exactly like Mioha's. It was long, slim and grayish.
"This is a replica of yer wand, Miss Mioha", explained Professor McGonagall. "But without any magical properties. We came to th' conclusion ye would be able to perform magic while usin' this 'wand', without being blocked by it."

She passed the fake wand down to Mioha, who swiftly pocketed it and stuck it next to her real wand.
"Thank you", said the Slytherin gratefully.

"The worker from the ministry will try to find anything unusual in Hogwarts", said Mr. Weasley slowly. "Should the entrances to the Labyrinth be reinforced?"

"I have already taken additional precautions", Professor Dumbledore replied calmly, "anybody who does not know about the Labyrinth or should not enter, those will be denied access by Hogwarts."

"Then the only matter left to discuss", drawled Professor Snape, "is the Dark Lord."

Professor Dumbledore nodded in agreement.
"We can all assume, that all Death Eaters are aware of the Silverwing taking on a human form, but only the inner circle knows about Mioha."

"You-Know-Who wants to prevent that anybody else knows too much", Sirius concluded.

"Will the bairns of th' Death Eaters be informed?", asked Professor McGonagall.