Alex hopped off his bike in front of the bank and chained it up. He walked into the building and was pleasantly surprised to see Mrs. Jones waiting for him. She didn't look very happy.

"Hello Alex. Care to explain why you just threatened our poor secretary? She had no idea about the other side to the bank," Mrs. Jones said.

"Oh. Oops. I thought that everyone who worked here knew," Alex replied as Mrs. Jones led him into the elevator.

"Obviously not. What did you need to contact me about? I assume it has to do with Harry."

"Yeah. There's something weird about him. I think works for a terrorist organization called the Death Eaters."

"Do you have any proof?"

"I was attacked earlier and he has injuries similar to what I gave one of my attackers. And that scar on his head can't be natural, it's too perfectly shaped. It's probably the sign of the organization he belongs to."

They both fell silent as the elevator doors opened and they got off. As soon as Mrs. Jones office was reached, Alex continued.

"What do you know about Harry? Why did you have him stay with me? You didn't explain anything on the phone."

Mrs. Jones sighed and rubbed her forehead as she sat down.

"Have a seat Alex. This could take a while to explain.

"It all goes back to my sister Lily, Harry's mother. I wasn't very close to her because she was quite a few years younger than me, but I knew there was something odd about her.

"Shortly after she turned eleven, she and Petunia began fighting. I don't what it was about because I was living on my own by then.

"Lily married a man who said his name was James Potter. I was already working for MI6 at the time, and I did a few searches on him. I couldn't find anything. There was no birth certificate, hospital records, driver's license, nothing. He appeared out of thin air.

"A few years after her marriage, Lily and James died. Petunia told me it was in a car crash, but I couldn't find proof. There weren't any newspaper articles or death certificates.

"Harry was only a year old at the time and he was sent to Petunia. I wasn't contacted about taking him in. However, MI6 had already buried most of my records by then so most likely the person in charge of Harry didn't know Lily had another sister.

"I had forgotten all about Harry until a few days ago when Petunia called me and invited me to dinner. I hadn't seen her since before Lily died and was eager to reconnect. I hoped she'd become less bitter towards Lily.

"Instead, Petunia said she needed me to look after Harry. Apparently he was involved in gang trouble and she didn't want to deal with it.

"When I heard this I knew it was my chance to find out about Lily. I invited him to stay with me. However, once he was in the car I realized he couldn't stay in my apartment. You've seen the security there, it would have nearly impossible to get him keyed into everything.

"After he fell asleep I called you," Mrs. Jones paused and, for a second, looked more human than Alex had ever seen her.

"Alex, I know I'm asking a lot of you to have him stay with you over the summer. However, I don't know anyone else I could ask. There's no one else near his age I can trust, and he probably wouldn't trust an adult. I have no idea what he's involved in, except that it probably relates to Lily.

"I just want to know what really happened to my little sister, and for that I need your help. Please Alex. This has nothing to do with my job or Mr. Blunt."

Alex took a deep breath and prepared to say no. He wanted to help Mrs. Jones, but not if it put his life in more danger.

"And, of course, if you are busy doing this for me, you won't be able to go on any missions this summer," Mrs. Jones concluded.

That made Alex's decision a lot easier.

"Okay, I'll do it."

"Wonderful, thank you so much Alex. Now, tell me more about the attack you mentioned and why you think it involves Harry."

"This morning, we both went on a walk alone. A few blocks from my house, I saw some strange men in black dresses and white masks. From the little I overheard of them talking, I believe they are called Death Eaters and were planning to kill me using Harry's information. I ambushed them, and they attacked back using strange weapons. The weapons looked like ordinary sticks, but shot beams of light. After I broke one, the men disappeared. They didn't run or get in a car, they litereally disappeared right in front of my eyes.

"I returned to the house where I saw Harry on his way upstairs. He had a bruise on his head where I struck one of the men. I think he was probably one of the Death Eaters."

"You said that you broke one of the sticks, do you have the pieces?"

Alex nodded and passed the fragments over.

"I'll give these to Smithers to look at. Are you sure that Harry was one of the men? You said their faces were covered, but Harry's pretty short," Mrs. Jones said.

"You have a point. I think they were a bit bigger than him. However, if he didn't attack me, where did he get that bruise? I don't believe that he fell down."

"You never know. Still, keep your guard up. Even if it wasn't him attacking you, there were the Death Eaters. I've never heard of them before, but I'll see if I can find anything in our databases."

"Okay," Alex stood up, "I'm going back now. I don't want to leave him alone in my house too long."

"Goodbye Alex, and thank you again."


Sorry for the longer wait, I'm trying to make the chapters bigger. Is it better to have a short wait and short chapter or a longer wait and a longer chapter?