A/N: As always, please review and let me know if you like it. Constructive criticism is appreciated.
Disclaimer: I still don't own Harry Potter. Just a couple of characters.
Summary: Harry Potter, new Auror but no stranger to the Dark Arts has to battle the remaining Death Eaters and save his sister or rather soon to be sister-in-law.
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Harry paced angrily across the room as the other Aurors discussed what had happened last night at the Burrow. Why weren't they doing anything? Why were they just sitting there trying to figure out who took Hermione? It was obvious that it was a couple of Death Eaters who was still roaming around, perhaps lost without their master. When he voiced his opinion however, he was met with angry muttering and questions to Atticus Flynn.
"Why is he here?", "He's too young," and "He just came out of training, he doesn't have enough experience," were among those questions. Flynn listened to them angrily.
"I don't remember any of you passing your tests after only a year of training and I can't think of anyone more qualified or with more experience than the person who defeated The Dark Lord. I have heard about everything he's done in the past and he has done more than many of you. And two years ago, while we were all here working for Death Eaters, he was out there, fighting. And winning I might add. What did you do in the fight against Him? Tom? Kirich?" Both men looked slightly abashed and looked at the floor. Others were now also looking ashamed.
"Sorry sir. We didn't mean anything by it. It's just that he doesn't know..." Kolby trailed off into silence at the look he was being given.
"All right, is everyone going to listen now?" There was a chorus of "yes sir" from the group. "Okay, here we go. Miss Hermione Granger, a muggle born with a close association to Mr. Potter, went missing yesterday at 1:30pm from the Burrow. Home of Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. There was a celebration going on at the time-" many of the Aurors smirked at this, knowing exactly what the celebration was for as they had done the same thing when they received their own certificates "of her disappearance. Two Death Eaters were seen disapparating just outside the boundaries of the house. No one has any idea how they got in either."
"Did anyone get a look at their faces? Hit them with any permanent jinxes or curses?"
Harry shook his head "They had their masks up and their hoods on. We don't even know if they were male or female. And the attack was so quick that we were still looking around for more Death Eaters before we noticed them holding Hermione. A few of us chased them but they disapparated as we were going around the corner from the back-yard."
The Aurors looked thoughtful for a minute. "Has anyone been to the site of the attack?" asked Tom.
"No," replied Harry. "Mr. and Mrs. Weasley spent the night at their eldest son's and his wife and all the guests left after a quick interrogation."
"Well, we'll need to bring some of the guests in for a more thorough questioning. And we should probably question the Death Eaters we have locked up too. See if they know who might have done it."
"That can be done. And we'll need to send a team out to look for some clues at the house. Kirich? Kolby? The two of you get a few others and check the place out?"
"Yes sir. No problem." Flynn continued to give orders and people left, usually a couple at a time until he and Harry were the only two left.
"Now, Mr. Potter. I know that you're used to dealing with difficult situations and whatnot but I don't know if it's a good idea for you to be on this case. You are extremely close to the victim and I don't want that to get in the way of better judgement."
"With all due respect sir, I need to stay on this case. You're right. We are close, she's like a sister to me but I know I can handle it. If I wasn't on the case, I would just look for her anyways. Please sir? I need to do this."
"I've heard of some rash decisions being made when it came to the safety of your friends."
"Yes, I know. But I have gone through enough to know how to talk myself out of it. In Hermione's voice of course, she was always the reasonable one."
Atticus Flynn gave Harry an appraising look before sighing and said, "Okay. I trust you. But be warned. If you let your emotions get in the way of your work, I will take you off the case and that will be an order. One that must be obeyed or you will be suspended."
"Yes sir." Harry was relieved that at least he would know what was going on and would be doing something. He just knew that he wouldn't want to be Ron right now. His best mate was probably going crazy while he waited for news and probably felt as angry as he did. However he was unable to participate in the investigation as he was still in training with at least two more years to go. He hadn't failed the test but you had to get more than a pass at it in order to be an Auror. The only reason he had been able to even take the test was because he had been at the battle against Voldemort and had been crucial.
"In that case Mr. Potter, I want you to go down to watch the interrogations. See how they're done. We'll be meeting here tomorrow, at 9 o'clock sharp. Remember, the early bird gets the worm." At Harry's surprised expression, Atticus said, "I'm a half-blood. My mum was a muggle. Now off you go."
Harry turned and began the walk down to the interrogation room. This was a different room from the one in the Department of Mysteries, one that copied the idea of the one-sided window from the muggle police. Harry watched the interviews, only half paying attention. The other part of his mind was thinking about what could be happening to Hermione at this very moment and feeling guilty that he hadn't managed to get to her in time, to save her as she had saved him so many times in the past year alone. I'll find you Hermione. And I'll get you home and back to Ron no matter what.
