Grindelwald's Ally

Prologue: Dreams

"A jet of blinding light flew from the wand. The beam of light enveloped the man wearing a black kimono. He seemed to disappear into thin air the men behind him evaporating as well.

The beam carved a smoking furrow in the ground between the owner of the wand and his absent enemies. The man collapsed to the ground and bliss unconsciousness."

Mark Yite woke with a start and wiped at his sweat soaked forehead with the sleeve of his shirt it came away damp. He sat up in his bed and stared at his own reflection in the mirror on his door. It showed a disheveled looking 11-year old American wizard with unruly blond hair. He got up from the bed and got dressed and took his wand from his desk and got ready to go downstairs and have breakfast with his parents and his older brother Tyler.

He made his way through the labyrinth of books and various artifacts to the bathroom then the kitchen where his dad, David Yite, stood making pancakes in muggle fashion on the stove and his mom, Jessica Yite trying to read a textbook on the qualities of Diathora root. An untouched Wizard News weekend edition sat on the table atop a teetering stack of textbooks. "Good Morning Mom, Dad. Is Ty up yet?"

"He should be…" His mother mused from behind the textbook.

I peeked into his room and woke him up. I thought." His dad said while groaning at the burnt bottom of a pancake. Mark picked up the newspaper and read the headline emblazoned on the front. Auror Jacob Haley catches Dark Witch Frieda Les Croix! The text explained in exaggerated detail the stand off between the aurors and the Dark mistress.

"Wouldn't that be cool to be an auror right out on the front lines defeating Dark Lords?!!" He exclaimed wistfully. His brother decided to make his appearance at that moment and proceeded to give his little brother a noogie.

"No way you'll ever be an auror, squirt!" His brother said. Mark couldn't help but dream…