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As they took their seats a feeling of dread could not help but pass through Harry, for he; Harry James Potter, was finally returning home.

Chapter Ten: Home Again

"Har…Evan! Evan…wake up Hun…we're here?" Natalie said gently.

"Huh, what the…" Harry woke up rubbing his eyes groggily.

Ashley, who was standing next to Natalie, giggled at Harry, who was disguised as Evan.

"Ev…we're in England, you've got to get your lazy butt up!" Natalie said, nearly yelling the last part in his ear.

"Argh!" Harry exclaimed in annoyance as he jumped in his seat. "What was that for?!'"

"Well if you woke up the first time I called I would've had to resort to that!" Natalie said huffily.

Ashley was still laughing at the disgruntled couple.

"Ohh, well then…lets go!" Harry replied happily, he got up, and shot out of the airplane door leaving his confused fiancée behind.

"What…the…hell was that about!?" Natalie asked.

"I always thought he was mad, now I've got proof. Sorry Nat, but you're stuck with him. It's common for powerful people to have a couple of screws loose…and your dear fiancé just proves it!" Ashley said cheekily.

"Well damnit then…we better go find him before he hurts himself…" Together the two females left the plane still joking about Evan. They met the rest of their traveling partners outside waiting for them along with several of the British Ministries of Magic employees. Evan stood as far away from the Ministry members as possible without looking weird. Luckily none of them had to go through customs as they had no luggage, and if someone got suspicious of them, a memory charm or two didn't go amiss.

"On behalf of the British Ministry of Magic, we would like to welcome you to England and offer our deepest gratitude for the time that you have graciously given up in order to be here." A tall man said flawlessly, it was obvious that his speech was well rehearsed. He extended his hand to Natalie's Dad; Michael who took it firmly.

After exchanging pleasantries and even some scrutiny from the Ministry workers when they found out that two muggles that came, they were led outside where there was an innocent looking limousine waiting for them. The limousine in question raised a not so innocent statement from Evan.

"It's a bit courteous of them to get us a limo? Hmmm….they definitely want America's help in this war." He whispered to Natalie who just shrugged and offered a small nod of agreement.

Once inside the limo, the old saying; 'don't judge a book by its cover' was well enforced.

"Wow…" Ashley exclaimed. Grace was looking around in equal awe whilst Michael, Jade, Steve, Natalie and Evan just took their seats indifferently.

The interior of the limo was not that of a regular muggle one. The roof of it was high enough to allow everyone to stand up comfortably. It was rather like a board room on wheels. In the centre of the room/ interior of limo, there was a long table; large enough to sit roughly 20 people. The walls were a deep burgundy color that screamed importance.

"Please, take a seat" one of the ministry men offered graciously to Grace and Ashley, as they were both still standing (Ashley ran to take a seat on Evan's other side).

As soon as Steve and Grace sat; the limo began its long drive to the Ministry of Magic. The two ministry workers apparated ahead, leaving the American friends alone, apart from the driver at the front. Evan wandlessly cast a silencing charm around them so they could talk freely.

"So Harry…" Michael began tentatively, "if you don't mind me asking…why is it that when you cast a spell it's always white instead of being the normal color that it should be?"

This question brought everyone's attention to Evan who looked thoughtful at the question himself.

"I don't know actually…I think it may be to do with the fact that I can cast spells wordlessly and wandlessly. Or it could be that it's like a magical signature that is unique to me…" Evan trailed off in contemplation, running his hand through his hair.

"Those are all likely possibilities Harry, but I myself am leaning towards it being because you're just shit powerful!" Michael exclaimed.

"Dad!" Natalie chastised at the same time as her mother said "Michael!"

"Whoops…sorry Ashley…" Michael said, looking abashed.

"No problem Mr. Hawkins. I don't really care much about it." Ashley shrugged. The rest of the ride was spent making speculations about the new Dark Lord that was roaming around.

"Maybe he's an ex-Death Eater." Ashley said.

"Hmmm….that's most likely…but I can't see any of the Death Eaters being powerful or smart enough to become a Dark Lord. Most of them are locked up or dead." Jade replied.

"Just out of curiosity…who's the British Minister of Magic now?" Evan (who was still disguised incase a ministry worker apperated in un-announced) asked.

"Umm," Michael looked uncomfortable, as did Jade, "you're not going to like it Harry…it's Fudge…"

"What! That idiot's still in office…bloody hell; I thought that the wizarding world would be smart enough to have kicked him out before!" Evan exclaimed.

"From what I've heard, he's managed to buy his way through elections. The war didn't change much in politics; it's still very much as corrupt as it was with the Death Eaters working in the ministry though now it's probably the new Dark Lord supporters there instead." Natalie speculated.

Grace and Ashley just sat there and listened to the wizards and witches talks of politics, as they had not much to add.

Before they knew it, they were standing in the dark alleyway that the entrance to the Ministry of Magic was situated.

"Bit of an odd place to have a Ministry isn't it?" Grace said bewildered.

Everyone laughed at his comment, except for Evan who was feigning ignorance.

"Well it is though…" Evan replied, covering up for Grace, as he was trying to act like a muggle.

Evan leant towards Grace while the Ministry worker looked the other way and whispered to her; "It's hidden with magic."

She let off a soft "Ohh" of understanding.

"This way please" the Ministry workers had returned and led the party of seven to the dingy telephone booth. "Please, in pairs; step inside and dial 6-2-4-4-2. The booth will then activate as an elevator, when you reach the entrance hall, please wait for the rest of us to join you." He carefully instructed.

They did as they were told; going down in pairs: Steve and Jade, Grace and Michael, Ashley and Natalie and finally Evan with the Ministry employee.

When the lift finally stopped, Evan was greeted with the humorous sight of Grace gaping at her surroundings while Natalie aimlessly waved her hands in and out of her line of vision.

"I think all the magic in the air has turned Mum into a vegetable…" Natalie stated merrily.

"…huh…" Grace made some indication of life to her friends.

Evan was about to laugh at her expression but quickly remembered that the Ministry worker was standing next to him so he swiftly mirrored Grace's amazement.

"Follow me please." The Ministry worker requested.

He led them towards the guard on duty who sat lazily behind his desk, twirling his wand in his hand.

Michael, Natalie, Jade, Steve and Ashley knew what was required of them and immediately handed over their wands to the guard who checked them and read their wand's properties.

"Dragon Heartstring, Pine, 10inches." He stated to Natalie who nodded back.

"Dragon Heartstring, Pine, 12 inches." He then said to Michael, who too, nodded back.

"Unicorn hair, Birch, 11 inches." This was confirmed with sharp nod from Jade.

"Unicorn hair, Rosewood, 13 and half inches." Steve nodded.

"Phoenix feather, Birch, 10 inches"

"Yup!" Ashley said proudly.

The guard looked expectantly at Evan and Grace. Evan shrugged and said;

"We're muggles, don't have wands."

They left the guard gaping at their retreating backs; the only muggles to ever enter the Ministry were very high in the political standings of the non magical world and now, two ordinary muggles walked through the prestigious halls of the Ministry of Magic.

"That was fun," Evan drawled sarcastically as they followed the Ministry worker to the lifts on the opposite side of the foyer.

They got into the relatively small looking lift, only to find it was magically expanded; able to carry 20 full grown adults comfortably.

The Ministry worker pushed the 18th button which begun their journey to the Minster's office.

"Level 18, Minister's office." A cool female voice rang out.

The doors opened, allowing the travelers out.

"Ugh, I always hated elevators!" Steve said, looking a bit queasy.

Jade patted his arm sympathetically. The Ministry worker looked disdainfully at Steve which incited Evan's anger. After taking a few deep breaths and reminding himself that he didn't want to cause any unwanted attention, Evan held his anger in check.

"This way please." The group followed the Ministry member down the hall way, he stopped at the 5th door on the right. "The Minister is waiting for you" and with that, he opened the door and allowed them in.

Awaiting them patiently was none-other then the man that Evan wanted to punch second in the whole world (the first being Dumbledore).

Cornelius Fudge.

Author's Notes: Oh my god! I'm so so so sorry for the long update!!!!!! Arghhh, this chapter was a bit of an annoyance for me to write…I didn't have the love for this chapter as I did the others. But, unfortunately, I had to write it. Hopefully chapter 11 will be up pretty soon, it defiantly won't take as long as this one did. Thanks for the reviews, especially those that wished me luck for my exams, I just finished them yesterday. I don't think I did that bad…ah well. 'til the next chapter.

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