the Battle had ended, the scars of the nights fighting were gouged deep into the ancient strong hold. bodies of slain monsters and death eaters were strewn across the floor. Kyle walked through the fortress he wand ready. his arm had been bandaged by a healer a few minutes earlier and the skele-gro was kicking in. he flexed his fingers of his wand arm and winced. he turned a corner and felt cold fall over him. his mind filled with the muffled shouts of his farther and the swish of a belt through the air. Kyle felt phantom pains explode inside of him. he looked ahead the long cloak, the stench of rotten flesh and the rattling sound he knew all to well. he pointed his wand and summoned the happy thoughts. images of a parade people dressed in bright colours and yells of delight filled his head. a light barrier flew from his wand he walked forward and it pushed the Dementor back.
he forced the Dementor into a cell that it had once guarded and with a flick of his wrist the old wooden door slammed shut locking the creature away. it felt good to get his revenge.
Kyle had been arrested early on just a few hours after Pius Thickness had ascended to power he had be caught warning muggle borns and their families about the new regime. He had just made it to the Creevey's and thrown up a few basic enchantments of concealment when half a dozen People had Apparated infant of him. He quickly used what little time he had to destroy the list that Kingsley had given him before he has 6 wands pointed at his chest.
As he looked at them each in turn he realised that only 2 of them where actual Death Eaters. He recognised Yaxley his time in Akaban had hollowed his cheeks slightly and turned his once golden hair to a dull blonde colour, beside him stood Travers who was smiling. beside them stood 3 men that Kyle recognised from the ministry of magic and a woman she stood out among them as she was wearing bright Pink. She was short and had the face of a toad. her mousey brown hair had a lurid pink bow attached and she held a short stubby wand in her hand pointed directly at him. He slipped his wand into the waist band of his trousers and used his left hand to pull a decoy wand out the holster under his cloak.
'And what are you doing here?' Dolores Umbridge asked staring at him with her beady little eyes.
Kyle searched his head for an answer but before he could think a a feeling washed over him, all thoughts left his head and a voice spoke inside his head, he hardly herd what it said but words left his mouth.
"I was sent here by Alastor Gumboil". A look of shock flicked across the faces of one of the ministry wizards that Kyle recognised as Albert Runcorn.
"i wasn't aware that the minister had orthrised the use of a Hit wizard in this case, i was under the assumption that all Hit wizards were on the Potter case."
Once again Kyle felt the feeling of emptiness an lightheadedness wash over him as his mouth opened again.
"All i know is that i was ordered hear as back up as the oldest is a know friend and associate of Harry Potters, he is also a know member of the rebel group one know as Dumbledore's Army."
One of the men spat on the floor and muttered.
"How powerful can one Mudblood be?"
"Very powerful Dawlish, have you not been told about the Granger girl yet? Well enough chit chat let get to work."
With that she stepped back and all the wizards turned on their heels and pointed there wands at the Creevey house and started blasting it with curses, the evening sky was lit up as jets of gold, scarlet, green, violet and blue flew at the house the first shots did no visible damage they just hit the invisible shields and dissipated.
After a few minutes the shield began to glow and cracks appeared with a flick of her wand Umbridge watched as the shield flaked away. She waved her hand and Kyle watched as the jets of lights stopped. they walked forward cautiously glancing at the scorched white washed walls and the broken living room window. Umbridge walked up to the door and knocked, waited half second then flicked her wand and the door was blasted into splinters. She stepped back giggling to her self as every one filed in.
Kyle entered and looked around. The Creevey's had taken his warning to heart and had fled like he told them to they had used the portkey that Kingsley had enchanted and had escaped. the men filed through the house searching the rooms staring at weird muggle objects and smashing things. Kyle looked around and with a nod from umbridge he 'searched' the house the feeling returned and he headed up the stairs passing Yaxley who was using his wand to open draws and searching for god knows what.
He followed the strangely familiar Voice in his head as he headed towards a closed door. he opened it and stepped inside closing the door behind him gently. following the feeling he walked over to a chest of draws and opened the bottom draw. he felt around he felt a small disturbance. He pulled out the wand in the waistband of his trousers and muttered.
"Specialis Revelio"
the air shimmered and a small box faded into view in the draw. the box was simple it had been made clumsily by hand it was pine and had a sloppily applied layer of varnish on. he lifted the lid and stared at the merger contents a single Galleon and a few photos some moving some not.
Kyle lifted the coin and the photos out and slipped them inside a pocket of his jacket. He placed the charm back on the box and closed the draw. He sighed as he pointed his wand at the shelf full of photos and mementos and with a noise like the cracking of a whip he began slashing his arm through the air pointing it at different targets destroying the young wizards room. after the room was completely destroyed Kyle opened the door and stepped out almost colliding with Deloris Umbridge.
She looked around him into the wreck of the room, a small grin parted her pouchy lips and she looked up at him.
"Got a bit carried away did we? tsk tsk," She tried to look like she disapproved but her eyes shone with glee "i'll see you back at the ministry… What was it again?" she said looking at him.
"Kyle mam ,Kyle McMillan"
"Ahh a McMillan one of the few Pure blood houses left that hasn't be tainted you should be proud of your name".
With that she turned around her pink jumper clashing with the green wallpaper as she defended the stairs. A few moments later he heard the distinct Crack of Disapparition. Kyle made his way down the stairs pulling at his shirt collar uncomfortably glad that if his suspicions were right that he wouldn't need to were muggle clothes for much longer.
As he left he twirled his wand in the air at his right side and he magically lessened the damage inflicted by the ministry and the death eaters. He stepped into the now dark night and came face to face with some one he hadn't seen since he'd left Hogwarts 3 years ago .The with turned around her tartan traveling cloak flapping in the wind as she stowed her wand up her sleeve. Her stern face was a mask as she looked over to the house behind Kyle it's windows smashed and a sign on the door declaring it property of the Ministry of Magic. She motioned for Kyle to come forward. She grabbed his arm and with a feeling like they were being sucked through a tube they left the deserted street. Wind whipped around him, it howled in his ears as he looked at the sprawling Vally below him, he saw the familiar outline of Hogwarts was spread far below him. He knew he was in the mountains out side of Hogsmeade, he turned and followed the figure of Professor McGonagall into the mouth of a cave.
The wind whipped around Kyle, it howled in his ears as he looked at the sprawling Vally below him, he saw the familiar outline of Hogwarts was spread far below him. He knew he was in the mountains out side of Hogsmeade, he turned and followed the figure of Professor McGonagall into the mouth of a cave. Kyle gazed in amazement at the cave. it had been magically enlarged. the walls were as smooth as marble and maps covered them with magical dots moving and disappearing. there was a long oaken table with seats along both sides. Kyle recognised teachers from the school and members of the Auror office. Professor Flitwick waved his wand and a extra chair appeared it was a tall high backed arm chair unlike the other oaken chairs that all the others sat at. the lumbering figure of Hagrid stumbled in from the cave entrance and the muttering that had filled the room stopped abruptly as everyone took there seats.
"welcome everyone, as you are all no doubt aware he who must not be named has taken over the ministry. we in this room are all thats left, others are out there but they are being followed. The new minister will be inspecting Hogwarts later this week i have already had an owl. i've brought us together to make a plan. Harry potter is in hiding. he is safe and well. I won't say where for your own protection. The Weasleys are safe but being monitored at the burrow. Kingsley is having to head the search for potter who's been declared Undesirable number 1."
"but why am i here? i'm not part of the order, heck i wasn't even part of the DA like my cousin. How come you used the imperus curse on me back at the Creevey's boys place" Kyle asked
"Because" piped up a old lady wearing a hat with a stuffed vulture perched upon it, Kingsley contacted us about 20 minutes ago and told us about what you and a few of the hit squad were doing, going out and helping muggle borns into hiding. we know that you got dean Thomas's family to the border and hooked them up with safe passage out of the country. we also know that you got Penelope Clearwater out she's taking a aeroplane out of here as we speak heading for America."
"Any way it doesn't matter why you were picked. what matters now is the protection of all the other muggle born children. currently the ministry are having a bit of an issue getting hold of the records of the children that have magical talent and are not yet at Hogwarts or that have chosen not to attend. what we must do is make sure all of those children are safe. this means we have to get into the ministry and stop them getting into the Hogwarts information vault in the Department of magical education. Currently the Ministry have only got a small group trying to unlock it because you know who's forces are taking over, the place has gone into disarray we only have a few hours to act. hat is why we need you Mr McMillan, you can get into the ministry and not look out of place."
"Okay i haven't got long till someone finds out that i wasn't sent to the Creevey's house by my boss. and then i'll be in trouble."
"Don't worry about that" said a greying witch in a heelers outfit, "i've already sorted that."
"how?"