An elderly woman walked along a sidewalk, although her age was evident she carried herself with pride, her eyes still fully alert as she looked around the street before pushing a coffee shop door open. The gentle tingling of the bells alerted a woman to her presence, she glanced up and nodded before dropping her gaze to a book she was holding. The elder nodded and walked up to the counter, the barista looked up and smiled her short brown hair falling from her messy bun.
"Good Morning, how can I help you?" she asked, walking up to the cash register.
"Good Morning Lael, can I have a raspberry scone and a Nepali Chai?" the woman ordered checking the name tag and dipping her head politely.
"Of course cash or credit?" Lael asked, pushing the buttons on the register before smiling up at her.
"Credit," the woman replied, holding out a small debit card. Lael swiped it before handing it back, still smiling.
"Your order will be ready soon," she chirped, turning around and starting to make the Chai.
The woman nodded and walked over to the seat opposite to the reading woman.
"Seraphina, you look amazing as ever," the woman greeted, placing a bookmark in the page before setting it aside. Seraphina nodded "Thank you, as do you, Bella,"
Bella grinned slightly before pulling out a folder "I'm sorry to pull you back into the rat race but I need your opinion on this," she apologized before setting the folder before her. Seraphina picked it up and read through it, her eyes widened and she set it aside. She collected herself, smoothing her features over.
"May I ask how we got this Potter?" she asked.
"No-Maj police got there before they could and he was taken to court, the aurors tried to grab him but Tony left Britain soon after. A bit of luck I think." Bella explained, picking up her coffee and sipping it.
"I see, so what do you want me to do?" Seraphina asked, but Bella froze and then said "I'm sorry but Stephen isn't going to college, your his god-mother I need you to talk sense into him,"
Seraphina nodded and replied "I'll try Bella, I'll try,"
Lael walked into her vision and set down the Chai and the freshly warmed scone, "Here you go, and I don't mean to pry but studies show that a gap year is good, so you might have an extra year to convince him,"
"Really? That's great, thank you!" Bella exclaimed beaming up at the waitress, Lael nodded and walked away.
"I'm glad you're the president of MACUSA, you're a great liar," Seraphina observed, picking up her scone and biting into it, savoring the flavor.
"Wow thanks," Bella replied dryly before sobering up " a prophecy got out, apparently Voldemort is still around, somehow. This boy, he's supposed to defeat him."
Seraphina froze and swallowed her scone, her mind raced as she tried to come up with an idea before asking "How much does the public know?"
"A little, apparently it got out that Potter was born on the correct date but all that is known about him is he had green eyes and a lightning bolt Ministry is covering up the fact Potter is alive, so the public is thinking that it's some other boy, but they still have the idea." Bella replied, a small sneer tugging at her lips, she relaxed before questioning "What do we do, the Ministry knows we have him, but so far we've been able to fend him off,"
Seraphina thought, finishing up her scone and sipping her Chai finally she came up with a solution, "The idea I have is slightly illegal," she started her eyes focusing on Bella. Bella nodded and joked "You got to get your hands dirty in politics,"
"Destroy all files you have on him, the book in Hogwarts will have his name but they don't know his name, so that's fine. Give him a Social Security number, list his parents as deceased, name Tony his uncle. Make him as non-magical as you can and finally the really illegal bit," Seraphina leaned forward and Bella followed suit "got to the Ministry, destroy every paper on the boy, put fake ones, go to the police over there and mess with their files."
Bella looked relieved, she leaned back a smile gracing her face "I still don't see why you resigned, you're an amazing president," she murmured, her eyes shining with awe.
"I'm old and I thought that I could relax after two Dark Wizards, seems I can't,"Seraphina frowned "if you ever need help, Floo over to me and we can have a more private chat." she laughed dryly before picking up her coat,"Oh and one more thing, place some undercover Aurors on him." she advised and walking out of the shop.
"Goodbye miss!" Lael called after her, Bella sat in thought before flicking her phone open she murmured into it:
"Jacob? Hey, I have a job for you-"
Tony sat and watched Henri, his eyebrows drawn over his eyes, he was starting to regret his decision, he had no idea how to raise a baby! Yet here Henri was, sleeping in a makeshift crib-a laundry basket with couch cushions-peacefully. He knew one thing, though, he wouldn't give up this boy, he was determined to raise him into a fine man, be the parent that he took for granted. Swallowing back the lump in his throat he nodded. He still had a company to run, and if he wanted to be a good dad he needed to work when Henri was asleep.
He pushed off the couch and walked down to his office, turning off the lights as he walked down.
"Sir its been two months, we need you here, I know that you have Henri but I advise you get a nanny,"
The phone line clicked and Tony frowned at it, he had been juggling his work and Henri, he knew he was slipping but he didn't want to give Henri a nanny and ditch him like his dad had. But it seemed he wasn't really having a choice, his job wasn't really a work at him job, he had to go out to conferences, parties, events and he couldn't do that from home.
"What do I do?" he asked, Henri who was shaking a small plastic rattle, his green eyes focused on the task as if his life depended on it. Hearing his dad's voice he looked up and waved his arms "Gah!" he screeched, before going back to his important task.
"I'm talking to a human who can't answer back," Tony thought out loud "now I'm talking to myself, you know what?" he got up and grabbed his laptop "I'm going to stop," he frowned and said in exasperation "and I'm still doing it," he stopped talking and looked for live-in nannies.
"Dada!" Henri cooed, holding his arms up, his eyes sparkling, Tony obliged and scooped Henri up and continued to pace, his lips pursed as he listened to the phone conference.
'Tony I suggest we branch out into other-' a male voice advised.
"You mean you want me to start selling weaponry." Tony interrupted, turning around and pacing again.
'See sense, Tony we recommend it then we could-' a woman chided
"This is my company," Tony interjected. He was starting to get tired of this cycle, he finally found a nanny for Henri but she would be coming next week, but his main frustration was with his board.
'We are the board of directors, we control it just as much as you do.' the earlier man said.
"No, you don't this is MY company, the lease has my name on it, I could fire all of you in one second and you'll be forced to comply." Tony reminded his tone a bit threatening. Henri wiggled and Tony looked down, Henri was looking up at him his eyes starting to water.
"Oh no, please don't cry Henri," Tony begged pulling the phone away from his ear, Henri stopped and smiled up at him. Tony sighed in relief, he couldn't deal with a sobbing baby.
'-wouldn't advise that' he heard as he pressed the phone to his ear.
"But I could," he replied, guessing what was said before.
'Then the company will fall to ruin!' a new voice shouted.
"So," Tony shrugged before realizing they couldn't see him "I have enough money right now for the rest of Henri's great grandchildren's lives."
'Tony,' a voice sighed before starting up again 'you don't have to do weapons.'
'What!?' the rest of the board shouted.
'Start with plans and I swear we won't build anything, well get some charts together and some figures then you can make your final decision.' the voice continued ignoring the rest of the board.
"Sounds good, bye Henri's crying." Tony apologized before sliding the phone close and looking down at the perfectly calm Henri. "You are the perfect excuse," he exclaimed holding Henri up by his waist.
"Gah!" Henri cheered along with Tony. Tony smiled and lowered him back to his hip. "We should watch a movie, and since you can't understand words perfectly it can be rated R." Tony decided, walking over to the TV. As he walked he collected some of Henri's toys before depositing them and Henri onto a soft blanket. Henri squeezed his ratty old snake plush close to him and stuck it into his mouth.
"Ooh gross you do know that hasn't been washed since you've been alive?" Tony asked, grimacing slightly. Henri looked up at him and pulled the snake plush out of his mouth, then he made sure Tony was watching as he slowly slid it into his mouth and continued to slobber all over it.
"You'll get Snakitis," Tony warned, relaxing back into the couch, pulling out the remote he played 'When World's Collide.'
"So your name's Lucien?" Tony asked, looking over the paper, the name didn't at all fit the girl in front of him. She looked up from her shoes and nodded "Yes," she replied quietly.
"Why did your parents name you that?" Tony asked, setting the papers down and reclining back.
"My mom wanted to get back at my dad so she named me something was close to Lucifer as she could get without you know," Lucien rambled before frowning "deviling me." she finished.
"Why should I choose you?" he asked, studying her reaction.
"I have a lot of great experience," she answered looking down at the pile of papers. "I can give you points of reference."
"Great if you could write then down here," Tony instructed, pushing a paper across the table.
"Of course." she replied.
"Thank You," Tony muttered, relaxing back. He then noticed as she paused and rolled back her shoulders giving her a more military posture.
"Are you ex-military?" he asked, although she looked young the military does pay for college.
"Yes, I was in the Navy," she replied, finishing up.
"But you look young isn't the basic five years required if they pay for college?" Tony continued.
"I spent two months there before one of the newbies fell overboard, he scraped himself and he was bleeding, sharks formed and I jumped in." she started "a shark got my leg I can still walk but they let me go, pretty sweet deal I only got the slightest limp," she sounded strangely proud but Tony would be too if he got college paid for and only had to do two months of service.
"But you have a college degree why do you want to be a nanny?" Tony asked, the smell of ocean wafted through one of the doors and a smile tugged his lips.
"Saving up money for a house, I'm sharing with friends now," she answered.
"How did you know I paid well?"
Lucien looked around the house and rose an eyebrow "Sorry Sir, but it's kinda obvious" she shrugged "you don't hide it."
"Okay, it's obvious, how about I call you back?" Tony asked pulling the paper to him and looking down at it. Two numbers. He already knew he wanted this girl but it was good to check.
"That will be fine, I added my number to the bottom."
"Great talk to you soon." Tony got up and walked her out, smiling slightly.
'So you got the job?'
"No, but I'm sure he'll choose me" Lucien continued, she walked over to her scooter and started to strap on her helmet.
'That's great!" Jacob exclaimed, but worry tingeing his voice.
Lucien stopped and frowned "Why are you worried?Is this because I don't have magic?" she asked her voice tense.
'No, no, no, no why would you think that?'
"You just said no four times, Jacob let me remind you, I got through all of the Auror practices, I can protect myself I may not be able to wave a wand and make sparks appear but I can take down a 300 pound man." she reminded him, she absolutely hated it when she was reminded of her missing magic but she was used to it.
'Which is why we chose you,' Jacob replied, his voice soothing.
"Jacob I swear-" she started, stopping in the driveway.
'Did he buy your cover story?' Jacob interrupted, his voice innocent.
"Yes, but I'm pretty sure he's not going to see my leg and think 'werewolf attack'."
'You never know, but really sharks?" Jacob replied vaguely.
"When are we going to tell him? I'm guessing the prophecy child isn't going to be a squib so do we keep on confounding him every time he sees magic?" Lucien asked ignoring the incredulous tone.
'When Henri starts to do accidental magic you must try to ease him in, I recommend you start before Henri is the waters.'
"Test the waters," Lucien mocked before discreetly looking around and holding the phone closer to her ear "Who's positioned here?"
'Just two aurors, but don't worry we put wards around the boy.'
"You're good," Lucien conceded
"I am the head of the Auror Department, they didn't choose me for nothing," Jacob preened, his pride clear.
"Shove off you bloody peacock, I'll call you when he calls me back." Lucien murmured.
"Okay talk to you then," Jacob replied before Lucien could hear the click of the line disconnecting.
Someone asked for more background about how M.A.C.U.S.A got ahold of Henri so here it is the second chapter. Also Tony's fight over whether he should sell weaponry (we all know how that ends). In case you're wondering Henri has been in America for four months. I changed Etienne by the way (blame Supernatural)
Next: Henri School, explanation of the Doctor( actually tell me if you want the Doctor in or a tutor from M.A.C.U.S.A).
Sal
Update: Someone brought to my attention about the whole writing over the old story thing (Sakura). The reason I rewrote over all that was because of my cousin when I was trying to show her the joys of fanfiction deleted the first five chapters. (The one chapters I didn't have backed up) I have no way to retrieve them. So I have to rewrite, I can't retrieve them. So I'm sorry I'll try to dig around and see if I can find and piece them together but most likely not . . . .sorry.
Update Two: Thank you guest for telling me and I realized yes it does sound like Lucien herself is a werewolf. She isn't. However, she was attacked by one during her duties and she can't really walk anymore without a lot of pain reliever potions. That's why she is a nanny because she still wants to help the MACUSA but physically can't SHE IS NOT A WEREWOLF. Just like Bill.
