The Third Revolution of 1634

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Once again, Yvonne sensed the same aura she had felt at the Square. She noticed a silhouette standing in front. The distance between them and the poorly lit corridor made it hard for anyone of them to see each other clearly.

She wasn't sure if the person in front of her was a muggle or a fellow wizard. She could see that the person wasn't armed. Her wand is right in the inner pocket of her coat. It was definitely within reach. But even so, she had to avoid making sudden movements that could startled the unfriendly stranger. Maybe distraction could.

"Behind you!" she bellowed, wasting no time the instance he turned, to grab her wand and pointed it at the stranger immediately. Yet at this crucial point, she felt real ill. The full effect of the apparation spell has finally hit her.

"That's why I hate apparating" was her last mental thought before losing the grip on her wand and eventually her consciousness.

[Phoenix in the Ashes]

I can't believe I fell for that, thought Jacob. Focus.

He turned around with a jump - he saw the girl was holding something in front of her. He stared at it, wonderingly. Then he saw her drop it, and crumple to the ground.

But I didn't do anything?

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Back at the Auror office, a certain Black was walking towards the particular cubicle located at the end of long stretch of cubicles. The clock clearly showed the time at 12.50. He knew his youngest daughter was a workaholic but this was way getting out of hand. She was supposed to reach home by 10 tonight. After receiving a loud protest from his wife, Alphard returned to the office to fetch his daughter home.

He reached her cubicle but Yvonne was not there.

[Phoenix in the Ashes]

Jacob approached the young woman unconscious in front of him. He was curious.

He put out a hand and touched her lightly.

Wake up, he thought intensly.

She opened her eyes with a jolt.

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The moment Yvonne woke up, her eyes met a pair of curious eyes. Startled, she gave a small yelp. Her instinct kicked in. She pushed the young man away and spotted her fallen wand. Looking up, Yvonne discovered both of them were eyeing on the wand. Without hesitation, she lunged forward even though her head hurt as if it was hit by a cruciatus curse.

[Phoenix in the Ashes]

Stop, he commanded with power.

STOP.

She stopped.

What is this?

WHAT IS THIS? Jacob communicated, picking up the wand.

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Yvonne was surprised she couldn't move her body according to her own command. Instead, it simply froze. Unable to do anything, she saw the young man proceeded on, picking up her wand.

Strangely enough, she heard a male voice in her head, questioning her. It appeared to be the voice of the man standing in front of her.

"Wand..." she replied.

"No way!" Yvonne thought mentally. How was it possible that someone who seemed younger than her could control her actions and speech. She was a trained auror - new and inexperienced but still she had undergone 4 years of hard training, both physical and mental.

"Am I under the Imperius curse?... No, I won't be able to have my own thoughts if I'm under the curse... but what is it then?"

[Phoenix in the Ashes]

"A wand?"

His became wide-eyed.

"WITCH!"

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The instance the man shouted, Yvonne felt the freezing hold on her released. She was able to move once again.

She noticed the unexplainable magic seemed only to work when the man had complete focus on the object, in her case, herself. But after he realised that the 'stick' he was holding was a magical wand, he immediately lost his concentration. Making use of this slight advantage, Yvonne decided to act.

"Accio wand!" Yvonne spoke the incantation with her wand hand outstretched. Her wand broke free of the young man's grasp and flew right back to her hand.

Pointing the wand straight at him, she said, "Don't move."

[Phoenix in the Ashes]

Jacob pointed his finger at her.

"You don't move," he said.

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Yvonne found it hard to move but not impossible. She thought perhaps it has to do with the lost of concentration prior to that.

She tried the shield charm incantation to try out.
"Protego," she muttered silently.
Although the magical barrier was invisible to naked eye, Yvonne knew it had materialise. "So I can still cast spell after all. He only managed to slow my movement... that's all."

At the corner of her eyes, she spotted faint shadows coming from the far end of the corridor.

[Phoenix in the Ashes]

Jacob paused. The residents were making their way back into the castle. He had lost the chance to steal the sword - this time - all because of - of...

"What is your name, witch?"

The young woman did not answer.

"What is your name?" he said somewhat more forcefully. "Tell me!" he ordered.

There was still no reply.

"TELL ME!" he roared, seizing the air around her with power - or trying to.

Oddly enough, something rather strange happened after that. His world went blue for a moment - and he then lost consciousness.

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"Momentum Retardo," Yvonne reacted quickly, casting the spell to slow down the man's fall. He landed onto the stone fall fairly unhurt. Indeed, this man had a strange ability to control her movement. Yvonne was free to move again, but right now, there was a great problem lying ahead.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer. The muggles must had heard the loud shoutings and noticed someone was at the castle.

Those muggles were trying to catch the intruder. Yvonne could easily disapparate and leave this stranger behind. Afterall, his action seemed questionable. He could be a thief or someone bad. She turned, facing away from the unconscious body.

"Ok..." She prepared to disapparate. She closed her eyes and focused... but she realised she couldn't focus at anything. She paused for a brief second and turned to face the body.

"Alright, just my luck!" She decided to bring this stranger along to wherever she would be disapparating to. She knew she would definitely be sick after disapparating so she had to be sure she was doing the right thing.

"Incarcerous!" Several ropes appeared out of nowhere and wrapped itself around the young man.

"Sorry... but this is the only way to calm you down," she said to the unconscious man. She held him by his hand and with a loud crack, both of them had disapparated. By the time the muggles got to the corridor, there were nothing left.

[Phoenix in the Ashes]

When Jacob woke up, he found himself... -

Hang on, where am I?

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Yvonne did not managed to disapparate back to where her house in London would be, instead, she found herself lying on the grass surrounded by short bushes and trees. She recognised this place. It was a quiet small park at the outskirt of London. Her house was nearby. If she could just stand up and walk back, she can reach the comfort of her home in around twenty minutes...

But she was not able to...
Yvonne was feeling weak all over. She felt the man stirred besides her but she knew he was already bounded and would not be able to do anything to her. At least for now.