Because I am too obsessed with AUs.
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Alright, I believe I have edited out the inconsistencies. If I missed anything, I'm sorry.
It seemed like every time something bad happened in the Auror department, it all happened at once. Harry and Tonks were the only ones still in the department, while the rest of the on-duty Aurors were split between Azkaban and searching for the escaped Death Eaters.
Three memos had landed on her desk just as an alarm went off in the department. She dropped the memos, her and Harry rushing out of the office.
In the middle of the department, Charlotte and Rodolphus Lestrange were in a heated duel. Two bodies lay near the duel, but Harry and Tonks didn't have time to identify them yet- Rodolphus must have noticed them, because he took a momentary lapse in the duel as opportunity to throw a Killing Curse their way. Tonks and Harry dropped the floor, the curse exploded against the door frame of the office.
They jumped up as a Killing Curse narrowly missed Charlotte, both rushing forward to join the duel. Nearly twenty minutes, a well aimed Stunner from Charlotte and an Expelliarmus from Harry later, Rodolphus was subdued and tied up in the middle of the Auror department.
Charlotte turned to them, her pale face exhausted, and gave a mock bow. "You are welcome." She said, gesturing the two bodies and Rodolphus. Tonks realised first that the two bodies were those of the Carrows.
"Charlotte-" Tonks began, but then simply stepped forward, hugging the woman. "I honestly began to think you were dead."
"Not a chance." Charlotte said nonchalantly. "It'll take more than three Death Eaters to kill me."
"And why did you bring a duel into the Auror department?" Harry asked, looking around to survey the damage to the office door and some of the desks in the department.
"Well, I figured I had to bring them here anyway, so I grabbed Rodolphus during the duel and dragged them all with me." Charlotte explained. "Why are you two alone? That's just asking for someone to come and start a duel-"
"Someone did come in and start a duel." Tonks remarked. "We're working bare minimum right now. That means, at the very minimum, there has to be at least two Aurors in the department if the rest aren't. And because I'm not allowed to be out of the department, and Harry's got to be trained to do my job, we're the sitting ducks here."
"I'll call for a retreat." Harry said. "We've got four out of five of the priority escapees now- three are dead- so we can probably bring the Aurors back. Right, Tonks?"
Tonks nodded. "We'll need to have a meeting, and sort out a new group to begin the investigation into Yaxley's whereabouts." She said. "Charlotte, are you injured?"
Charlotte shook her head. "Absolutely no injuries whatsoever." She said with a grin. "Pretty impressive, right?"
Tonks only shook her head. "I would say yes, but that might encourage you to bring me more dead Death Eaters." She said as Harry disappeared into the office again.
"Tonks, I just called for a full retreat." Harry said, walking back out, holding one of the memos. "This is from Azkaban, Dean and Seamus got Yaxley."
"Can I ask why there are three Death Eaters in a partially destroyed Auror department?" Dawlish asked harshly, walking towards them.
"That was me." Charlotte said proudly. "Plus the damage can probably be repaired."
Dawlish raised an eyebrow at her.
"Dawlish, all five of the escapees are accounted for." Tonks said quickly. "Yaxley's back in Azkaban already, we'll take Rodolphus there next-"
"And the Carrows are dead, I see." Dawlish commented. "Clean this place up, get the Aurors back to work on the other cases." He turned, walking away and then pausing, turning back. "Good job, Auror Moody."
Charlotte beamed. "Thank you, sir."
As Dawlish disappeared, Charlotte turned to Tonks. "See? He thinks I did a good job."
"He doesn't have to do the paperwork." Tonks said. "And neither do I. Harry, I'll show you how to do it."
Harry groaned. "Thanks, Tonks." He mumbled.
She smiled swiftly at him. "Auror Moody, go somewhere and sleep, you look exhausted." Tonks said, as she waved her wand to cast a Reparo on the damaged parts of the department, Harry repeating the same actions a few seconds later.
"And what about them?" Charlotte asked, gesturing to the three Death Eaters.
"We'll let the others handle that." Tonks said, as Aurors began entering the department. "Right, you lot, over here!"
The Aurors gathered as Charlotte left, some casting worried glances towards the bodies of the Carrows and the tied up Rodolphus.
"Savage, Proudfoot, escort Rodolphus to Azkaban." Tonks said. "Thomas, Finnigan, Creevey and Nott, get the Carrows to St Mungo's. We don't need their bodies here. St Mungo's will take over and handle the burials. The rest of you, continue work on the cases you were working on before this all happened."
The Aurors went to do their tasks, and Harry followed Tonks back into the office. She dug around in her desk, pulling out forms, before walking over to Harry's desk and dropping them on his desk. He sat down, and she waved her wand, her own chair sliding over so she could sit at his desk as well.
"Hopefully, you won't have to fill too many of these." She explained. "They just pretty much help the Auror department defend ourselves if anyone should say that the Auror in question acted too harshly. Although, Dawlish has already agreed that Charlotte did a good job, so I doubt we'll have issues. Most of it is easy to fill out, but you won't be able to fill in the witness part- we'll need to talk to Charlotte about what exactly happened."
Harry nodded, filling in the parts she spoke about and as she told him to. "And once we get her story and fill that part out, we send it to Dawlish and he handles it from there." She explained. "Anyways, I have to go to St Mungos- you know the usual checkups. Contact Dawlish if you need anything, I'll be back in an hour."