Chapter Ten : The Wizarding World

NCIS Timeline : A few days after 'Deception'

While Harry and his team had been busy the Sunday after the dinner party, searching for a missing Naval officer in charge of a shipment of fuel rods for nuclear power stations, Minister Scrimgeour was debating on the issue of coming out to the Muggle world. More and more Muggles were being exposed to the Wizarding World, mostly law enforcement people, and he decided to let the Prime Minister, who knew of his existence, inform the law enforcement agencies would know about them. It was help, especially since 9/11, there was a chance of a terrorist being a wizard or witch. The Prime Minister informed Scrimgeour that the US president already knew of the Magic Folk, as did every department head of federal agencies. The Wizard Folk were shock at first to read about it in the Daily Prophet, but knew it was for the best ever since the terrorist bombing in London took place. When MI6, the British Secret Service, department head was told by the Prime Minister, she informed him that there was a warrant out for the arrest of Pansy Malfoy. Scrimgeour gave the task of arresting Pansy to Aurors who went to Malfoy Manor.

The Malfoys were in the middle of their tea luncheon with the Parkinsons when the house elf, Binky, showed in two Aurors. "Binky, what is the meaning of this?" Lucius asked.

"Sorry, Master Lucius, but these Aurors must speak with Ms Malfoy," the house elf said gesturing to Pansy sitting next to her mother.

"I'm Auror Kent and this is Auror Bones," the older Auror said. "We're here to take Ms Malfoy into custody actually."

"What?" Pansy shouted, "On what charge?"

"Murder for hire," Auror Susan Bones said. "MI6 is going to take you to the United States for questioning."

"MI6?" Narcissa asked.

"It's a Muggle government," Susan explained. "British Secret Service."

"Murder for hire?" Lucius asked. "That's absurd."

"Here's a warrant for Ms Malfoy's arrest," Kent said. Lucius took the warrant, and read it. "MI6 is expecting her within the hour."

"You better go with them, Pansy," Lucius said.

"But I'm innocent," she said. "I didn't do anything, and why do I have to go to America?"

"Because that's where your alleged accomplice tried to kill the person you allegedly want dead," Kent said.

"Who?" Draco asked. Kent looked at his pad for the information.

"A federal agent, a Muggle. I wasn't given a name," he said. "The agent fought back, and the thug who tried to kill him said it was Ms Malfoy who hired him."

"Rubbish," Mrs. Parkinson said.

"Ms Malfoy?"

"All right, fine," Pansy said in a huff. She tossed her napkin away, and stood up. The Aurors escorted her out, and took her to the Ministry. NCIS Director Jennifer Shepard was allowing an Auror to be present during the questioning. He escorted her to MI6, and much to Pansy's dismay, boarded a private plane. "Muggle travel," the Auror heard her mutter. "I am a Pureblood. This is below me." The Auror just sighed taking out a newspaper to read. "How long until we get where we're supposed to be?"

"A couple hours, Ms Malfoy," the MI6 agent said, "Make yourself comfortable." Pansy huffed as she tried to get comfortable in the seat.

The plane landed a few hours later, and there was a car waiting to take them to the NCIS building. Once there, Pansy was escorted to an interrogation room, where a wizard lawyer was already waiting for her. "Who are you?" she asked.

"I'm your lawyer, Ms Malfoy," he said. "Derek Hopskins."

"You're American?"

"Of course," he said. "You're better with me than your own lawyer from England, dear. You need a lawyer who understands the American laws, both Muggle and Magical."

"Are you sure you should talk about the Wizarding World like that?" Pansy asked sitting down.

"The agents in this case know about our world, Ms Malfoy," Hopskins said. "You are being charged with murder for hire," he said. "Don't talk unless I tell you to." Pansy nodded. On the other side of the mirror, Harry stood with Ziva and McGee watching Pansy with her new lawyer.

"I wouldn't call her attractive if you gave me a million bucks," Ziva said.

"Me either," McGee said. Harry chuckled.

"My friends and I always thought she had the look of a pug." Ziva and McGee chuckled. The door opened, and Gibbs walked in with someone they didn't recognize.

"You can watch in here Auror Kent," Gibbs said. "This is my team. Special Agent Harry Potter," he said deliberately. Harry noticed the Auror had frozen when he looked up to see the Boy Who Lived alive and well in front of him. Harry hid his smirk, and held out his hand.

"Nice to meet you," he said. Kent shook his hand, still in a daze.

"Officer Ziva David, and Special Agent Timothy McGee." Kent shook hands with Ziva and McGee before Gibbs handed the folder to Harry. "You and Ziva are going to question her."

"Okay," he said. He and Ziva left the observing room, and headed down the hall to the interrogating room. "You go in first, milady," he said.

"Thanks," Ziva said opening the door.

Pansy was examining her nails when the door opened up. She looked up, and nearly gasped seeing Harry Potter walk in with a woman. They both had badges on their belts, which made Pansy realize that the agent whom Jeckel tried to kill was Harry. 'Oh, bloody hell,' she said to herself. "Potter," she said bitterly.

"Nice to see you, too, Parkinson, or from what I here it's Malfoy," Harry said as he and Ziva sat down. "I guess 'Congratulations' are in order. Was the wedding everything you dreamed of?" he asked. Pansy looked to Hopskins who nodded it was okay to answer.

"It was the biggest wedding in Wizard society," she said. "It was in all the papers."

"Sorry, I cut myself off from magic, even the papers."

"We're here to talk about Jeckel Hyden," Ziva said.

"Who's that?" Pansy asked.

"You're hitman," Harry said.

"Don't answer that," Hopskins said. Harry opened the folder, and Ziva proceeded to read from it.

"When asked why he tried to kill Agent Potter, Mr. Hyden gave no answer, giving us reason to believe that he was hired by someone else. When pressured, Mr. Hyden confessed to being hired and the person who hired him to be Mrs. Pansy Parkinson-Malfoy." Harry leaned back in his chair to get a read on Pansy's face.

"We know the motive too," he said. "Draco still pinning over me?" he asked, "The wedding was probably just for show. He still hasn't allowed you to touch him yet, has he?"

"Not one word," Hopskins said.

"Why not?" Pansy asked. "It seems they have the answers for everything. My husband has been in love with Potter for at least eight years. The wedding was just another part of their plan to try to get you back to England."

"They didn't know that I don't read the Daily Prophet anymore," he said.

"Ms Malfoy, you've said enough."

"No, I haven't," Pansy said. "I hired Hyden to kill you, and leave you where the Ministry would find you so Draco could move on over this thing he's having over you. He's even got some boy toy who looks like you because he won't touch me!!"

"I'd call that a confession," Ziva said.

"So, would I," Harry said, and with that they got up, and walked out of the room. Auror Kent came in with McGee, and they officially placed her under arrest.

Word of Pansy's arrest reached the Malfoys, and they were furious. They tried to get her back to England, but Scrimgeour said that there was nothing they could do since Pansy had confessed. Things got interesting thought when Auror Kent came back from America.

Minister Scrimgeour was at his desk when Auror Kent came into his office. "Ahh, Auror Kent," he said. "What news from the United States?"

"A bundle, Minister."

"Oh?"

"Pansy Malfoy has been charged with the attempted murder of an agent of NCIS through murder for hire," Kent said.

"Oh, dear," Scrimgeour said. "The Malfoys and Parkinsons are not going to be happy."

"The Muggle agents in the case know about the Wizarding World, sir," Kent said.

"Did you obliviate their memories?"

"The American minister wouldn't let me." Scrimgeour looked up from his papers.

"Is he mad?" he asked.

"She apparently thought if the government agencies knew about the Wizarding World, it would help discover terrorists who aren't Muggles." Scrimgeour pinched the bridge of his nose feeling a headache. "I think it's a good idea, sir. If I remember correctly, the Prime Minister did ask for help in finding terrorist over here after those bombings."

"I know, but it seems that the American minister has already taken care of that," he said. "We'll have to form a new office if we are going to 'come out' to the Muggle world."

"The whole Muggle world, sir?" Scrimgeour nodded.

"I've been relaying the messages to other ministries in Europe and Asia," he said. "However, it seems the Americans have already done so. They've been out to the Muggle World since after 9/11."

"Well, you did say they have gotten paranoid since that time," Kent said. Scrimgeour nodded as he shuffled his papers, and Kent hated to make his headache worse. "There is another matter, sir," he said. "Regarding the agent that Ms Malfoy tried to have killed."

"Oh, who was it?"

"Someone we've been looking for almost eight years; Harry Potter," Kent said.

"You mean to tell me that Harry Potter has been living as a Muggle for the last eight years?"

"Looks that way, sir," Kent said. "Probably why we couldn't find him, that and his scar's no longer on his forehead."

"Well, Minister Ofenkil will have questions to answer when I visit her."

"What are we going to do about, Potter?" Kent asked. "He'll probably still refuse the Malfoy boy."

"One thing at a time," Scrimgeour said. "First we have to come out to the Muggle World. Send an owl to Hermione Granger, I need to discuss something important with her."

"Yes, Minister."

Hermione took a deep breath before entering the minister's office. "You wanted to see me, Minister?" she asked. Scrimgeour smiled gesturing for her to come inside his office.

"Hermione, please have a seat," he said. "I have something to dicuss with you." Hermione sat down, wondering what the minister wanted to talk about. "As you know we are forming a new office in the Ministry."

"The Liaison office?" she asked.

"Yes, that's the one, and we are looking for someone who can help us show the Muggles that not all wizards are bad, and that people like them have gone on to become wizards and witches."

"You're offering me the position?" she asked.

"That's right."

"But, what about my research project I just started?" she asked.

"Which one would that be?"

"My search for a cure for the werewolves," she said. "I've only just begun it."

"Give it to someone else in your department," Scrimgeour said.

"No one else will take it seriously," she said. Scrimgeour sighed knowing Hermione was right.

"All right," he said. "If it's that important to you, you can keep searching for a cure while you're doing your liaison duties," he said.

"Thank you, Minister," Hermione said.

"We'll be 'coming out' to the Muggle world officially on Monday," he said. "So be prepared to make a speech at Parliament. Then after that, you could be going to our neighboring countries to promote peace between magic and muggle folks."

"I'll do my best," she said.

Hermione skipped all the way to her office, and let out a shout of glee. Remus was in her office when she came in, and saw her very ecstatic. "I take it you heard," he said.

"About us 'coming out' to the Muggle world," she said. "Knew it all along."

"Not that," he said. "About Harry." Hermione stopped her gleeful dance, and looked at Remus. "He's been found," he said.

"But, my PI said it wasn't him," she said.

"No, the person your PI found wasn't Harry, but ... sit down, it's going to be a long story." Hermione sat down on her chair. "Apparently Pansy Malfoy overheard our conversation that day in Diagon Alley. Even though our PI thought he found Harry, Pansy believed he did, and hired someone to kill him."

"What?"

"Pansy's hitman found Harry, and tried to kill him, but Harry managed to fight him off. She's just been arrested for murder for hire on a muggle."

"Muggle?" Hermione asked. "But Harry's a ..."

"He's been living as one for the past eight years," Remus said. "He's an agent for some federal government."

"I hope the Malfoys don't try anything," Hermione said. "He's been through enough." However, that's not how things were going to go. The Malfoys were currently on their way to Scrimgeour's office.

The secretary showed the Malfoys into the office. Along with the minister was Dumbledore, who was still set on getting Draco his mate. "Is this about Pansy?" Lucius asked sitting down.

"Partly," Scrimgeour said. "As you heard she's been arrested for murder for hire on a muggle."

"Obsurd," Narcissa said.

"She confessed," Dumbledore said. "However, you have grounds for a divorce."

"Good," Draco said. "I didn't want to marry her anyway."

"It turns out that the muggle she tried to have killed is not a muggle after all," Scrimgeour said. "A wizard by the name of Harry Potter." Draco gasped.

"Harry?" he asked. "You found him?"

"Well, we didn't. Pansy's hitman did," Scrimgeour said. There was fury in Draco's eyes.

"I'll kill her!!" he shouted. "No one tries to kill my mate!!"

"Calm down, Mr. Malfoy," Dumbledore said. "Pansy is being punished as we speak by the muggles in America, with the help of the American Ministry."

"Those ingrates," Narcissa said. "No wonder they didn't want us to search their country. They've been hiding Harry."

"They will pay for that," Lucius said.

"So Minister, what is the first step bringing Harry home?" Dumbledore asked.

"Don't worry," Scrimgeour said. "I have a plan." Of course, plans by anyone trying to help the Malfoys has never worked either.