Meetings Part 3: Explaining the Situation.

Author's notes: I first off want to say sorry for not updating as soon as I had hoped to. Due to a medical issue with my Father I may not be able to update as often as I would like for the next month or two till I know exactly how well my Dad is going to recover from his surgery.

I thank you all for your patience.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any Character or location that is part of the Harry Potter Book/Movie series. They belong to JK Rowling. I mean honestly I am a 33 year old male and Mexican not a 40 plus Scottish woman.

July 15th 0600 hours

An ear piercing scream shattered the silence of a non descript warehouse. The occupants of the warehouse were shocked out of their sleep by the scream, a scream that sounded as if who ever was screaming was being tortured in the 9th Circle of Hell. The scream came from the room that Harry Potter was occupying. Lynn the young woman that had seen some of the physical damage that had been done to Harry by his relatives was asleep in a chair right outside the door to where Harry was sleeping. Flying out of her chair and tearing open the door to the room she was watching saw as Harry thrashed in his sleep blood flowing freely from the scar on his forehead. At the top of her lungs she bellowed out for Emris. Not more than 5 seconds later Emris appeared in the room.

"Report!" Emris barked out in a clipped tone.

"It's Harry sir he appears to be under some sort of mental attack. His scar is also bleeding."

Emris waved his wand and cast a spell to give him a physical diagnosis of Harry. The spell caused a three dimensional image of Harry to float over Harry. Looking at the image Emris was appalled to see that there was a concentrated stream of Necromantic based magic flowing directly into the scar on Harry's forehead. Looking closer at the stream of magic he also noticed that there was a secondary flow of magic that appeared to act as sort of battering ram. This magic was actively cutting through the natural mental barriers that everyone has. Emris ordered Lynn to get Mike. Lynn dashed out of the room and came back a few seconds later with their boss in tow.

"Emris what's the situation?" Asked Mike.

"A long range mental and necromantic magic attack."

"Can we isolate Harry from the attack?"

"I am not sure about that I have no idea how the attack is being carried out."

"Figure out a way."

"It might be possible to link with his mind again and fight the attacker in his mind but I would need Miss Granger here as well."

"Who is that?"

"Harry's girlfriend. Now you and Lynn get going."

Mike turned away from Emris and ordered Lynn to make a TD to pick up the girl.

"No need for that I can port over there so follow me." Lynn said and with those words she disappeared.

Mike followed along shortly there after. As soon as they left Emris turned back to Harry and hit him with a charm to negate as much of the pain as he possibly could.

Granger Residence 0605 hours.

A pair of sharp cracks echoed in the soundless house. Before Mike or Lynn could get there bearings a voice rang out from the top of the stairs.

"Identify yourselves immediately." A feminine voice called out.

"Hermione its Lynn we met last night Harry needs your help again."

A small commotion could be heard coming from the top of the stairs and in less than a minute after the pair arriving at the Granger house a slightly disheveled Hermione came flying down the stairs wand in hand.

Being closely trailed by her sleep addled parents. Seeing the parents Mike spoke up.

"Pardon the intrusion but your daughter's presence is needed at our base to help stabilize Mr. Potter. We will have her back here as soon as we can sort the problem out and we will explain to you what we can there are some things that we can not yet divulge, but that is due to who it concerns and not out of a need to maintain any secrecy."

"Mum Dad I am going to help Harry with or without your permission. Harry means as much to me as both of you do. Please don't make me choose between you though as I LOVE Harry with all I am."

As soon as Mike heard this he actually smiled. If she is willing to stand up to her parents now I would actually pay money to see what she would do to those that would dare to hurt Harry. Mike thought.

Hermione's parents simply nodded their acquiescence. Lynn held out the metal bar that they used to arrive and when all three had grabbed hold they faded out of sight.

The Cooler 0610 hours

The group that left the Granger residence faded into existence in their warehouse base. As soon as Hermione was able to move she asked where Harry was. Mike directed her to the room they had Harry in. Hermione took off at a run in the direction that was indicated and within seconds was barging in through the door to Harry's room. Jumping on the bed and grabbing a hold of Harry, Hermione kissed Harry trying to pour all of her Love for Harry into it. As soon as her lips latched onto Harry, whatever was attacking him suddenly ceased to do so.

"What the FUCK was that shit?" Exclaimed a tall slender male with light brown hair.

"That was a some form of mental attack carried out by an unknown source on Harry's mind Mark." Stated Emris.

"Who could have done some crazy shit like that?"

Before Emris could postulate a theory Harry started to speak up groggily.

"It was Voldemort who was doing that to me. Though it was weaker than what it used to be."

"If that was a weak attack then I would hate to see a strong one." Mark said sarcastically.

"How could this attack have been carried out Harry?" Mike asked.

"I had a piece of Voldemort's soul attached to me and after he regained a body at the end of the Tri-Wizard Tournament he was able to send visions to my mind."

"When did you get saddled with a portion of a person's soul?" Mike asked sadly.

"Halloween 1981 the night my parents were murdered by Voldemort after they were betrayed by an Animagus called Peter Pettigrew. He sold my parents out to Voldemort. Voldemort then tried to kill me but he failed. He used the Killing Curse on me but it somehow backfired on him destroying his body but giving me a scar. Even though his body was destroyed he still lingered on as a weak wraith only to take form if another allowed him to share their body."

"I no longer have that soul piece attached to me don't ask me how I know I just know."

"Ok Harry I have no problem with that." Mike said gently.

"Well now that we were all woken up from a sound sleep what are we going to do?" Asked Mark in anger.

When Mark said this there was a sudden increase in the magic in the room. Hermione slowly let go of Harry and got off of the bed. Her hair started to blow as if she was in a wind storm. Her eyes started to glow briefly before Harry got off the bed and wrapped his arms around her. Whispering to her, he managed to calm her down. The build up of magic that occurred died out. Turning around in Harry's arms she buried her face in his neck sobbing.

"I would suggest that you don't get pissed off at Harry for something like that again Mark as he may not be around to calm Hermione down the next time." Lynn said in a voice that was almost a growl.

"Lynn make a TD for four to go back to Hermione's house, I am sure that her parents are worried about her." Mike ordered.

"One TD coming up."

Mike pulled a wand out of a holster on his back, casually pointing his wand at the two teens he cleaned them off and transfigured their bed clothes into normal clothes. Lynn held out the TD and the four of them vanished.

They reappeared in the front room of the Granger residence to see Hermione's parents talking into a mirror.

"I am not sure Mr. Lupin they were Yankees they came in and took Hermione to where ever Harry was saying they need her help."

A small tinny sounding voice came out from the mirror. "I will contact the Aurors for you and see if they can help you locate them."

"Moony there is no need for you to do that Hermione and I are back at her house." Harry said loud enough for his voice to carry to the mirror.

Startled by Harry speaking, Hermione's parents dropped the mirror on the floor. Dan and Emma ran over to her checking her over to see if she was alright. After examining her for a few minutes Dan turned to Mike. Without saying a word Dan threw a punch at Mike. Mike barely dodged the punch, before porting to the other side of the room. The mirror lay forgotten in the ensuing verbal confrontation that followed.

"Mr. Granger I am sorry for the rude awakening this morning but we needed the help of Hermione."

"You lot have been keeping my daughter away from us more and more each year. We have not even had a full day with her since school let out. So tell me why I shouldn't pound you to a pulp." Growled Dan harshly.

"Because we have been asked by YOUR Queen to deal with the threat of Voldemort and his Death Eaters by any means necessary. Sadly while we are able to wipe out the Death Eaters we can't touch Voldemort that job unfortunately falls to Harry. Harry however NEEDS your daughter, without her any help we give to Harry will be for naught. This Voldemort is powerful enough that probably the only way we can deal with the bastard would be to Nuke the entirety of the UK. So are we going to sit down and discuss this like adults or are you going stand there and get into a pissing contest with me?" Said Mike harshly.

Dan never having anyone speak to him like that since his former drill sergeant in the Army was stunned into silence for a few moments. After recovering his composure Dan asked everyone to sit down. Once everyone was seated, Mike started to speak.

"Mr. and Mrs. Granger first off let me say I am sorry for interrupting your sleep this morning. We had an urgent situation regarding Harry that while I can't say what the issue was as I do not know all of the details; I knew that your daughter was necessary to help deal with the problem."

"How was Hermione able to help?" Emma asked

"Your daughter has VERY strong feelings for Harry as I am sure you are aware of. Harry was the victim of a psychic attack early this morning. The feelings that Hermione has for Harry were strong enough to act as a shield of sorts. At least that is the way that I vaguely understand it."

"So why are you not out hunting these Death Eaters like you said you are here to do?" Dan asked.

"Because Harry is the one that can defeat Voldemort and no matter how many of the Death Eaters we kill he will just recruit more of them as it seems Voldemort has a fairly strong support base here. We first need to identify who the Death Eaters are. Once that is done we can then move to isolate them so to easily destroy them. Harry however is a different matter. He needs training and not the school boy training that Hogwarts will give him. He needs military training, as well as re-training in how to use magic."

"What would this training encompass?" Emma asked.

"We do not use magic the way students over here are taught. Everyone here is taught to use structured spells and words in casting. We do things differently. To us magic is a tool for us to use. A tool that never runs out of power, never needs to have a blade changed or sharpened, and never needs to be replaced. It is all around us. They just need to learn how to channel the magic around them. It is a common misconception here in England that all casters have magic within them. There is a test that the Healers here can perform. The Hammerstein Magical Index which is a test that is supposed to be an indication of how much magic a caster has available to them. This is wrong the HMI test is a measure of how much magic a person can channel through their body at any one time. The HMI readings indicate how many "volts" for lack of a better term of magic a person can safely channel. Mundane folks such as your self will read at most a ten on the HMI test, while your average caster reads anywhere from about ten to 80. I do not know if the test was performed on either Harry or Hermione, so I can not tell you where they will fall but I expect they will be at the top of the scale which tops out at 100."

"You also mentioned physical training. What kind of physical training would they be going through?" Dan asked almost dreading the answer as he suspected what the answer would be.

"They and a few others would undergo a very harsh form of US Special Forces training, which would include the use of all kinds of firearms and military tactics." Lynn answered.

"So why do you need Hermione involved in this?" Emma asked.

"As I said before both of them have very strong feelings for each other, the experiences that they have gone through together have bonded them together. Not in a "Soul Bond or Marriage Bond" type of bond but a bond formed by people who have looked into the eyes of both God and The Devil and came away stronger from the experience." Answered Mike.

"That really doesn't answer my question." Emma said sarcastically.

"Ok how about I put it this way the WORLD depends on Harry and Harry depends on Hermione. THAT'S why we to have Hermione involved. Does that answer your question?" Lynn said angrily.

Mike shot Lynn a look that instantly quelled her attitude. "The first draft of our plan involved my Team and I working on getting Harry up to speed physically so he could actually handle the physical training, however that plan got shot to hell when we discovered that Voldemort could attack Harry's mind." Looking straight at Dan, Mike spoke again. "Hermione Loves Harry and it is that Love that was able to fend off the attack from Voldemort. As such if this Voldemort is half as smart as people give him credit for your family is in serious danger. What I propose is this. We will take you to a safe house we have in London. For the most part you will be able to continue on with your lives even going to and from your work, we can provide you with transportation and guards while you are at work. The only real disruption to your lives would be a change of address till this is all over."

"What about maintenance on our house and property such as lawn care?" Dan asked.

"We have ways around that so don't worry."

Emma and Dan looked at each other for a moment before Dan spoke up. "How much time do we have to make a decision?"

"A few hours at the most. I would not put it past Voldemort to have followers in the government who have access to the records of those that might oppose him."

Before anyone could speak they were all startled by three loud cracks coming from the back yard. Mike drew two Colt 1911 pistols from concealed holsters at his back, and Lynn drew her wand and a .357 Magnum revolver. All three guns started to glow a sickly green color before fading. Lynn then waved her wand creating a brick wall between where they were sitting and the kitchen. After creating the wall she then pointed her wand at it and it vanished from sight. Taking up a position on either side of the doorway Mike and Lynn were not visible to any who would come in through that door. Suddenly the back door to the house was blasted inwards and three figures in black hooded cloaks with skull masks the color of sun bleached bone entered the house. Spotting the people in the front room the three Death Eaters opened fire with a barrage of killing curses. The curses hit the invisible brick wall causing it to explode sending shards of brick into the front room. Startled to see the occupants of the room not killed by their sudden attack the invaders were not prepared for them to be attacked. Lynn dropped into a crouch and spun into view in the door way while Mike remained standing and moved into view. They opened fire with their guns, but instead of the usual muzzle flash the guns fired out short bursts of bright green light. The Death Eaters cast the basic shield charm and were surprised to find that while the bullets were stopped the light went through the shields. With in seconds all three of the assassins were killed. Mike walked over to the corpses. Pulling off their masks he asked Harry if he knew them. Harry walked over to them and looked at their faces. After studying them for a few seconds he answered that he did not know them.

"Looks like you are out of time folks we are leaving this pop stand NOW!"

Lynn created another TD back to the Cooler and ordered everyone to grab hold of it. Once everyone had grabbed the TD everyone vanished. Seconds later Aurors Tonks and Shaklebolt along with Auror Dawlish arrived at the Granger residence to find three corpses in the kitchen. Seeing this Dawlish spoke up. "Well it looks like we will have to issue an arrest warrant for the Grangers for the murders of Baron Parkinson and Lords Bulstrode and Nott. These muggles have murdered Purebloods and they must be punished." Unseen to any of the Aurors Mike reappeared in the Grangers living room. Hearing Dawlish say that he was going to have the Grangers arrested for the murder of "Purebloods" he spoke in voice cold enough to freeze water.

"The instant you do that Auror you will be arrested for Treason."

The Aurors spun around in the direction the voice came from. While Tonks and Shaklebolt were smart enough to try and assess the situation, to see if the newcomer was a threat, Dawlish snapped off a spell. Mike spun away from the curse and reappeared directly behind Dawlish. Mike grabbed Dawlish's wand arm in his right hand and his throat in his left. "I suggest you not attempt that again." Mike's left hand flashed red and Dawlish dropped like a ton of bricks. Letting him fall Mike turned to the others.

"Good Morning Aurors I am Commander Michael Rodriguez of the United States Department of Magic. My squad and I are on loan to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to deal with the threat of Voldemort and his Death Eaters. These three things invaded this house and attempted to kill the occupants. It was pure luck that I and one other member of my squad were here to help. May I ask who you folks are?"

"I am Auror Shaklebolt and this is Auror Tonks, the one on the floor is Auror Dawlish. What happened here?"

"I told you these three came in here and tried to kill the Grangers. They were stopped by me and another member of my team."

"Does the Minister know you are here?"

"Yeah he does but he may not be the minister for much longer as Madam Bones called for his dismissal."

"Why did you come back?"

"To see if anyone would respond to the scene as they cast three killing curses in an attempt to kill the Grangers."

"Ok, Tonks and I will clean up the bodies and fix Hermione's house up. I also have a message for you from Dumbledore."

"Really? What does he want?"

"He wants to offer the assistance of The Order to Harry, Harry knows what is meant by The Order."

"Ok I will pass the message along." And with that Mike vanished.

"Well Tonks it looks like there are new players on the field this could get interesting."