Harry Potter and the Shadow Legion

Part 2

Chapter 35

Mere seconds later, a Patronus in the form of a massive eagle soured into the kitchen and spoke with the voice of Amelia Bones, "Death Eaters are attacking Azkaban, guard forces heavily outnumbered, dementors are scattered, please help."

"OH SHIT," Aurora perfectly expressed the feelings of everyone in the kitchen. This would mean trouble, there were nearly 1,300 Death Eaters locked up in Azkaban, in addition to 42 members of the Inner Circle. If they got out, it would be chaos.

Aurora was the first to recover from the shock and sprang into action, "Dan, get your ass to Avalon ASAP and have them send over the quick response units. Then gather up what forces you can and send them to Azkaban. Tell Anderson to send the Merlin to the prison as well but have it stay under camouflage, only to engage on my orders. We leave for Azkaban directly."

Dan nodded and hurried towards the door when Aurora added, "Dan, have them use the Hellfire rounds. They are to shoot to kill at any inmate or Death Eater they come across outside the cells. Try to save the prison garrison if you can, but if the dementors try to intervene, burn them. Napalm can destroy a dementor so don't hesitate to use it if necessary." Once more he nodded and ran out the door, still dressed in his bathrobe.

Before they left the kitchen to put on their armor, Aurora turned around at the kids and ordered, "Stay at the manor until we return, don't use the floo and don't leave." Before the kids had a chance to respond, they were both gone.

A mere two minutes after they had left the kitchen, Aurora and Gabrielle ran down the staircase towards the reception room, giving orders to Anderson as they ran. As soon as they crossed the doorpost of the reception room, both flamed away in a pillar of blue fire.

They arrived to a scene of utter chaos. The docks of the island where they had arrived were on fire and the outer wards, that had extended to just before the docks began, were gone. Dozens of bodies, of both guards and robed Death Eaters, littered the ground and the walkway leading to the immense block of stone that was Azkaban prison was slippery with blood and seawater.

Hundreds of figures were milling around before the gates which were luckily still closed but were heavily under assault as hundreds of spells slammed into the magic infused gates. As they ran the 500 yards to the gates, they were blown outwards and a horde of people in prison rags came running out. They were surrounding a group of some 40 men and women who were also dressed in rags but kept their heads high in defiance. Even more people in prison rags followed them out, raising the number of Death Eaters around the prison to well over 2,000.

Just as they came in reach and started sending fireballs into the horde of Death Eaters, dozens of pops could be heard around them as their reinforcements began streaming in. First were all 6 of their rapid response squads. All clad in black EXO's, they had put their MWS' on auto fire and the moment they landed, they added their fire power to that of Aurora and Gabrielle. A few handfuls of guards who were still alive and were firing from the small windows in the prison's outer wall shot some sporadic spells into the horde, but they did not do much damage and soon stopped firing altogether.

As the Death Eaters started to drop in their dozens, they finally became aware of the new arrivals. A wall of spellfire, in every color of the rainbow was sent at them, with little visible effect. Cutting curses, fireballs, blasting hexes and the individual unforgiveable were send at them, most of which splattered apart harmlessly against the EXO's or where dodged. A few yells of pain could be heard from behind them, in addition to a few dull 'THUD's as bodies fell on the ground. The intensity of fire coming from behind them did not diminish though, only increase. After a few minutes, a series of pops began to sound behind them and suddenly the firepower increased exponentially as Dan arrived with two companies of the 1st marine regiment.

Barrages of grenades were launched into the horde before them even as the gunfire kept its wall of fire intact. The outer edges of the Death Eaters used protego's and other protective spells to try and protect themselves from the deadly missiles, but the spells were quickly overwhelmed by the Hellfire rounds which needed only four or five hits to penetrate a medium-powered protego.

As the outer ranks fell, the inner ranks began to disappear as the inner anti-apparition and anti-portkey wards around the island were finally brought down. Seconds after they fell, reinforcements began arriving from the ministry, as aurors and hit wizards apparated to the island. It would appear that the ministry had ways to tell if the wards around Azkaban were broken.

Now a domino effect began to take place as the Death Eaters began to disappear in mass while more and more reinforcements began to arrive from the ministry. Those reinforcements though kept their distance as they saw the firing lines of the Legion advancing on the now quickly retreating Death Eaters.

In the end it took less than 10 minutes from the moment Aurora and Gabrielle arrived until the last Death Eaters disappeared. When silence finally fell over the corpse strewn field before the open prison gates, a trio of ministry personnel slowly approached the still wary Legionnaires. Amelia Bones, flanked by Kingsley Shacklebolt, and Rufus Scrimgeour carefully walked forward, making sure to stay in the field of vision of the Legionnaires that guarded the rear of their force.

Before they made it more than two dozen yards though, the trio found themselves face to face with two red skulls. A frighteningly familiar voice, to Amelia and Kingsley at least, snarled, "You get that fat little fucker here right this instant."

The tone raised more than a few hairs in fright, and Amelia quickly rounded on Rufus, "Get back to the ministry and get Fudge here. I don't give a shit what he is doing, stun him if you have to, but get him here." Rufus looked only slightly confused before a soft snarl coming from one of the masks opposite him made him apparate away on the spot.

As they waited Aurora contacted Avalon. "Angel one for Arthur,"

"Anderson here, go ahead,"

"How many did we lose?"

For a short while there was silence before Anderson replied, "16 dead, 7 temporarily crippled and 19 wounded, of whom 5 are critical."

"Fuck," was her short reply before closing the connection and resuming her wait.

Barely two minutes later he came back, accompanied by a stunned Fudge. On direction of Aurora, Rufus floated Fudge towards the prison until he was between the Legionnaires and the prison, right amongst the eviscerated corpses of the fallen Death Eaters. There he stood him back on his feet and faced him toward the prison before enervating him.

Fudge stumbled as he was re-awoken, leading him to fall on his hands and knees, causing spurts of rainwater, mud, and blood to spatter on his bottle green pin striped robes. As soon as he saw what he was kneeling in, Fudge threw up, soiling his robes even more.

As he staggered to his feet, Fudge began to look around him, losing more and more color until he could be mistaken for a ghost. As he finally turned around to look behind him, he found himself staring at the nearly six-hundred Legionnaires standing in a rough half circle with the two Dark Angels barely two yards away from him. Amelia, Kingsley, and Rufus had quickly retreated back a few dozen yards towards the Legion's lines and out of harm's way.

"Wha… wha… wha… happened here?" He asked with eyes wide with fear and his hands clamping so hard on his chest it looked as if he was trying to manually stop his hart from beating 300 miles an hour.

"It would appear that the Death Eaters have assaulted your prison, freeing every single member of Voldemort's Inner Circle that had been imprisoned therein, along with I don't know how many of the other Death Eaters." Gabrielle spoke in a cold and very unsympathetic tone.

"But… but… the dem… dementors…"

"Let them go without opposing them. Your guards were overwhelmed and killed or fled. If we had not been warned about what was happening, they would have been able to make a clean getaway before anyone would have been the wiser." Gabrielle again cut him off without remorse.

"But… but… you killed…"

"YES WE KILLED THEM YOU PATHETIC LITTLE IDIOT!" Aurora roared into his face, apparently scaring a little bit of courage back into Fudge's trembling body as he straightened himself to his full 5 feet 4 inches. And halfheartedly tried to yell back,

"You do not have the authority to kill innocent…" but that was as far as he got.

BLAM! Aurora struck him so hard on the jaw that even from where they were standing, Amelia, Kingsley, and Rufus could hear his jaw breaking before he was slammed into the bloody mud.

As he lay there, covered in filth and gore, Fudge looked up towards the Dark Angel who towered over him and snarled at him, "We lost 16 good soldiers today, each of them worth ten-thousand of those 'innocents' of you. You had better make some damn good efforts to recapture, or better yet, kill, every single one of them. Or we will do it for you. And we won't stop at the borders of the Ministry."

Aurora and Gabrielle briskly turned around and marched back to the beach, pausing only to snarl at Amelia, "Get this mess cleaned up and send a full report to the palace." Amelia didn't even have the chance to reply before they marched on. As they reached the Legionnaires, their ranks opened up to let them through as Auror ordered, "Back to the Island."

Each of the Legionnaires activated their 'home button', a Special goblin-made and overpowered portkey that could bypass the wards around Avalon, while Aurora and Gabrielle flamed away.

The two Angels reappeared on a deserted hilltop, with a ruin of some long abandoned and forgotten village nearby. Aurora tore off her mask and threw it away, letting out an anguished roar, "FUUUUUCK," as the tears ran across her face. "I'm gonne kill him, I swear by my father, I'm going to kill that fat little fucker."

"We can't Rora," Gabrielle replied a bit more calmly, though tears of grief and anguish covered her cheeks as well. "We can't," she repeated softly, while grabbing her wife in a tight hug, "not yet, but one day we will. He will pay for what he has done, but not yet, we can't just throw away a decade worth of planning over this. Our soldiers knew what they were headed into, they have always known what they were singing up for, and they went willingly. Now is not the time to avenge them, now is the time to honor their sacrifice and give them a worthy resting place. We always knew we would lose soldiers in this fight, that hasn't changed, the only thing that has changed, is that it started a bit sooner than we had hoped."

It was a long while before Aurora replied, staying in her wife's loving arms as she wept for the lives that had been lost because of Fudge's incompetence.

"You know what he will do, he will blame us for interfering with a ministry matter and try to blame the Legion for letting so many escape."

"He can try," Aurora snarled as she finally let go of her wife, "but if he brings this to the Wizengamot I will destroy him.

"Let's go home love, we need to clean up and tell Elizabeth what happened, then we must go to Avalon and prepare for the funeral, the first in a decade."

An hour later, just as they left their bathroom after a shower, Amelia's eagle Patronus soared into the room and said, "Report gathered, please meet at Palace in 5 minutes." Quickly they dressed themselves in simple Legion uniforms and having kept their presence quite from the others, they flamed into the reception room from where they floo'd to Buckingham Palace.

Upon their arrival, they were already awaited by Elizabeth, Anderson, McAndrews, Ragnok, and a muggle delegation consisting of the Prime Minister Alexander Hodgins, Chief of the General Staff Harold Murphy, and the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service Judith Clarke. All three muggles had been briefed about magic upon being named to office, so they were not that surprised when they came walking out of the fireplace. They only had to wait for a minute before they were joined by Amelia and they made their way towards a conference room down the hallway.

Once seated, Aurora took the lead and looked around the table. "Your Majesty, Ladies, Gentlemen, I have some bad news. Earlier this morning we received a warning from Amelia Bones, the head of the DMLE, that a Death Eater attack was taking place at Azkaban Prison. When we arrived with our rapid response units, we were confronted by a full out assault, by well over 800 Death Eaters. Despite taking heavy losses, the Death Eaters managed to free a large number of their incarcerated compatriots."

A murmur of dismay and angered whispers broke out after Aurora sat down and lasted until Amelia stood up. "After investigating the 'remains', we estimate that of the 1,387 Death Eaters that were imprisoned in Azkaban, 1,328 got away alive, including all 42 members of the Inner Circle. Of the Death Eaters who broke them out, nearly half died as we found 394 identifiable bodies, in addition to some 2,00 square foot of unidentifiable parts. If our worst estimates are true, then some 900 more Death Eaters are free than there were yesterday.

In addition to this number, the complete Inner Circle is now once more on the loose. I hope I don't need to tell any of you about the mayhem that can be caused by individuals like, Dolohov, Rookwood, Mulciber, Crouch Junior, the Lestranges and let's not forget Lucy Malfoy and his compatriots we had sent to Azkaban."

This caused another murmur until Elizabeth slammed her hand on the table and everyone shut up at once. "I want to know what you think Fudge will do now, where those Death Eaters are probably going, and what we will tell the public of Britain, and how is this going to affect them."

"Fudge is going to try and blame this on the Legion," Aurora replied immediately, "a move I will block with a Founders Veto if I have to. But apart from that, knowing him he will duck his head under his desk and go crying to the I.C.W. , a move I think we should try to block. As for the muggle population," Aurora looked briefly to the trio opposite from her before continuing.

"I do not think that Voldy will let the escapees run amok amongst the normal population. The last war has taught him that the muggle army is not to be underestimated when backed-up by the Legion so he won't risk something before he is ready."

"As for what the Death Eaters will be doing" Gabrielle took over, "I think I know why this escape was staged. Voldemort needed a few of his key minions, including Dolohov, who as you probably know, is an expert on necromancy and other resurrecting magic's and rituals. If I am correct, Voldy needs Dolohov to get his own body back, which leaves him with only three possibilities to do so."

"So what do we tell the public?" Prime Minister Hodgins asked as he was trying to digest this latest news.

"As little as possible," Elizabeth replied immediately, "We need to avoid a spreading of panic." Turning to the Police Commissioner Judith Clarke she added, "Spread the news that several highly dangerous criminals have escaped from Wakefield prison. I propose a group consisting of terrorists and murderers, with the warning not to approach any suspicious individuals but to call a special number. This number will be answered directly by Legion Rapid Response Units."

"Units which will have to be rebuild though," Anderson replied shortly. "Out of 60 Rapid Response Legionnaires, we lost 16 directly, while 3 more died later at the hospital. 7 are crippled until their wounds are healed and prosthetics can be crafted, while 16 more are injured and will be unavailable for at least a month more. So that leaves us with only 18 available, less than 2 units."

"Start rebuilding as soon as you return," Aurora began and after a short look at Gabrielle she added, "Try to raise their number to 20 units if you can, I have a feeling we're going to need them in the short future."

Anderson nodded and replied, "I don't think we'll have much trouble finding recruits after what happened today. Most who were present seemed eager for some payback at the Death Eaters when they returned."

"Good," Gabrielle replied," but give them orders to try and capture any Death Eaters they find. We need to interrogate them about their plans and whereabouts before, they are put to death."

"I agree," Elizabeth nodded, "It is of paramount importance to get as many Death Eaters off the streets as fast as we can, just make sure that none of the ones you catch are left alive after the interrogation."

Turning back to the three muggles Elizabeth continued, "I want every tourist attraction and public gathering point in London to be patrolled extensively by armed military personnel in civilian disguise. The police are to increase their visible patrols in every city and tourist place in the country. I want it to be very clear to everyone of your armed forces that no direct action is to be taken against the Death Eaters as long as no civilians are in direct danger, but they are to call it in immediately and wait for Legion personnel to arrive. If civilian lives are threatened, use of deadly force is authorized."

Everyone nodded, and Elizabeth dismissed Murphy and Clarke, leaving the Prime Minster and the magical participants behind.

As soon as they had taken their leave, Aurora rounded on the PM and said, "Alexander, I want you to call an emergency meeting of the U.N.S.C.. it is now," she quickly checked her wristwatch before continuing, "11:06 AM, so let's say for 15:00, our time, this afternoon in New York. I will brief them on the situation and our actions taken to counter the threat." After he nodded, he stood up and said his goodbye's before leaving the room as well. Next Aurora turned on Amelia and continued,

"Amelia, please call an emergency meeting for the I.C.W. this afternoon in Geneva for 17:00 our time but be sure to not invite Pudgy and Bumbles. Next call a meeting of the Wizengamot meeting on my authority for 20:00 tonight, presence is mandatory for every member. I'm Sure Pudgy is anxious to blame someone so give him the time to pick a target." Amelia nodded in acceptance of the assignment but remained silent, as Elizabeth had made it clear she wanted to say something.

"Do you think it would be wise for me to be present at the Wizengamot tonight?" She asked with a very uncharacteristic hesitance in her voice.

"I think it's best not." Aurora answered grimly, "If I know Pudgy, it's going to get messy at the meeting and it would be best if you were not present. That way you could intervene afterwards if one of us steps out of line and goes too far."

"That's a good idea, I'll do that. But just for clarification how far are you likely to go?"

"Don't know really," Aurora replied somberly, "it will depend on how Pudgy behaves himself. But if I have to, I have a standing arrangement with Ragnok that at a moment's notice from me…"

"I will have teams standing at the ready to seize every ministry vault and property in Gringotts until the remaining 14.6 billion galleon debt is paid in full." Ragnok completed with a toothy grin. "And by the latest estimate, that will mean everything they own and then some."

"WHAT," Amelia exclaimed in shock. "Do you have any idea what that would lead to. Would you really bankrupt the ministry just to spite Pudgy?"

"Yes I would," Aurora replied coldly, "And it wouldn't be first time I did it. Why do you think I keep investing so heavily into every Ministry re-boot? And by the way, why do you care Amelia, all this is in your favor. Once that little fucker gives me a sound enough reason to replace him, I'm putting you in command."

Amelia visibly paled after that little tirade before she stammered, "But… but… you… you don't have that kind of authority, you'll need all seven of the Seats of Power to sack a minister."

"Who said anything about sacking him?" Gabrielle replied calmly. "All it takes is for Fudge to fuck up bad enough to piss off either the I.C.W. or the U.N.S.C., and they'll give Aurora and me every authority we need to stage a military coup and install you, as the leader of a new government."

Amelia seamed even more confused by this information so before either Aurora or Gabrielle could continue, Elizabeth cut in. "That's enough." Turning to Aurora and Gabrielle she added, "You two go on ahead and inform the kids of what is going on, I will tell Amelia what is going on, so that she'll know the full plan we made at the end of the first war."

"Yes Ma'am." Aurora and Gabrielle replied calmly before leaving the room and heading back to Potter Manor through the floo.

When they arrived back at the manor, they called Charles. When the elf appeared Gabrielle asked him, "Where is everyone Charles?"

"In the game room Mistress," he spoke softly. "They are all very worried."

"As they should be," Aurora muttered softly before thanking Charles who popped away. Heading to the game room they steeled themselves for the questions they would no doubt have to answer.

During the morning Harry and the girls, along with Emma and the elves had tried to occupy themselves with playing games or watching television, but it didn't work much. There was little they could think of other than what was happening at Azkaban, or the consequences that would develop from it.

Being on edge as they were, all six jumped up when the door opened and Luna was the first to yell, "MOM," and ran at the two women who had just entered, followed closely by the quartet.

Gabrielle caught Luna in her arms and hugged her fiercely while Ginny and Fleur hugged the both of them. Harry and Hermione had enveloped Aurora in a bear hug, a thing that was made easier by their now approximately 17-year old bodies.

"How did it go?" Emma asked softly, concern clear in her eyes.

"Badly," Aurora replied while the kids let them go and they all moved to the couches. Luna took her place between Aurora and Gabrielle while Harry and the girls took the other couch and Emma a chair.

"We got there just in time to see the Death Eaters break open the prison and free every single Inner Circle member that had been locked up there. We managed to kill half the assault force, some 400 or so, but they still broke out over 1,300 of their fellows." After a long pause she added softly, "… we lost 19 Legionnaires today."

"Dan…" Emma asked fearfully."

"Is safe and unharmed," Gabrielle quickly reassured her." When he arrived with reinforcements the battle was won and the Death Eaters fled.

After another short silence, Harry asked, "What, what happens now?"

"For the moment nothing yet." Gabrielle answered. "We are going to try to hem in the damage as much as possible. Later today we have meetings with the I.C.W., the U.N.S.C., and the Wizengamot, and we'll try to put Fudge under pressure to let the Legion handle this, but knowing him, he'll just blame the whole thing on us either way."

These words proved truer than she could have ever feared. The meetings with the I.C.W. and the U.N.S.C. went as well as they could have. Both organizations decided unanimously to grant all emergency authority to the Legion for the duration of the crisis, and pledged their full support to the Legion should Fudge or his administration take steps against them. However, this was on the condition that the British government stayed intact as it was, so no replacing anyone.

At precisely 19:55, Aurora walked into the Wizengamot chamber flanked by Gabrielle and Lord Ragnok. Ivan and 20 Black Angels were waiting in the hallway under disillusioned to take action should Fudge overstep his authority and try to have Aurora arrested.

As they took their places in the marble thrones, Aurora carefully studied the faces of every department head that was present. With the exception of Croaker, they all were in attendance and every single one looked worried. Their worry though was not what fascinated them. Compared to the blabbering mess they had last seen him as that morning. Fudge now looked calm and almost dignified as he sat in his chair and looked around him with an air of self-confidence he had been lacking so far.

At precisely 20:05, Dumbledore opened the meeting as he stood up and said, "Good evening My Lords, My Ladies, I assume that you all have heard what happened this morning so the reason for this meeting should be clear. But just to sum it up; this morning, a large group of Death Eaters attacked Azkaban Prison and freed every single one of their compatriots that had been imprisoned therein. During the breakout the Shadow Legion arrived and inflicted heavy casualties, but the bulk of the Death Eaters managed to escape. It now falls to this body to determine what is to be done about this."

As he sat down Amelia stood up and gave her report to the Wizengamot. Afterwards she added, "A search of the prison revealed that the confiscated wands that had been held there have also been stolen. This means that baring some physical recovering, every single Death Eater we had locked up is to be considered armed and very dangerous. To this end I suggest that we motion Her Majesty if the Legion could hunt them down as the DMLE does not have the manpower to search for and apprehend over a thousand armed Death Eaters."

"I second that motion," Aurora declared as she stood up, looking straight at Fudge as if she could force him to stay quiet by just looking him in the eyes. To no avail though.

"NO," Fudge said so hard he was just a bit shy of yelling. "I will not permit those murderers to organize manhunts in Diagon Alley or Hogsmeade. And if the DMLE cannot spare the manpower to hunt them down, then I will send out the Dementors to protect the people."

"The Dementors," Aurora objected while standing up from her seat and adding sarcastically. "Now that's a good idea. Have them hunted by the very creatures who stood by and let them escape."

"That is not true," Doloris Umbridge nearly shrieked from her desk from where she once more acted as scribe, her face red with indignation. "The Dementors were scattered by a spell used by the Death Eaters. They are fully obedient to the Ministry and any suggestion they are not will be viewed as an attempt to spread panic."

"May I remind the Madam Under Secretary that she is NOT a member of the Wizengamot and in her function as scribe she is expected to be silent. If I hear from you again I will have you removed from the chamber and a different scribe assigned." Aurora's hissed words caused both Fudge and Umbridge to turn a color of purple that was truly impressive.

"That is completely irrelevant as the point stands true," Fudge huffed in anger. "The Dementors are completely under Ministry control and they will do what I, the Minister, order them to do. I will issue orders to the Dementors to start patrolling in every magical town and meeting place until the Death Eaters are once more locked behind bars."

"Are you really so stupid to order dark creatures to patrol in civilian areas." Aurora deadpanned, "May I remind you that the I.C.W. has strictly forbidden the use of dark creatures by any member government, no matter the circumstances." This last point raised a murmur from the other members of the Wizengamot who, until now, had remained silent. None dared to interrupt the verbal duel between the minister and a High Lady.

"The I.C.W. has no authority in this matter." Fudge coldly answered. "This is an internal matter and so it is up to me to decide whether or not we use dark creatures in the hunt for dangerous fugitives."

"NO IT IS NOT." Aurora roared, bringing the chamber to a deafening silence. Marching down the marble stairs, she walked to the lectern before stepping on it. In a softer, but no less impressive tone she continued, "If you are so blinded by your delusions, then you leave me no choice."

Slowly looking around the chamber, she next used her official voice. "I, High Lady Aurora, Head of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Emrys, hereby use my Founders Veto. I forbid the ministry from using dementors in civilian areas. If you do so regardless, then I swear by my House, I will bring the full power of the I.C.W. down on your head."

A shocked gasp ran through the chamber as this figurative bomb landed. They had all seen what had happened last time Fudge had ignored her, and he had been forced to crawl back on his knees when the I.C.W. had confirmed her demands.

"I AM THE MINISTER HERE," Fudge now roared through the silence jumping to his feet and gesturing wildly with his arms. "I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE, YOU DO NOT GET TO FORBID ME ANYTHING." Now turning to his own official voice Fudge spoke.

"I, Cornelius Oswald Fudge, Minister of Magic of Great Britain, Decree…"

"Careful Fudge," Aurora interrupted him with a warning tone in her voice and her eyes turning darker. "You better think damn good about what you are about to do, for the consequences will be on your head, and yours alone."

Sniffing derisively, fudge ignored her and began anew. "I, Cornelius Oswald Fudge, Minister of Magic of Great Britain, decree that starting tomorrow morning; The dementors of Azkaban will begin patrolling all magical communities in Britain, including Hogwarts."

"THAT'S IT," Aurora now roared in reply before snarling, "You overstepped Fudge." Turning to Ragnok she said, "Lord Ragnok, you have my permission to begin."

The goblin leader stood up, made a short bow to Aurora and said, "It shall be done My Lady." Before walking out of the chamber leaving a shocked audience behind.

Apparently the only one who did not realize what had just happened was Fudge, who looked confused towards Amelia who had now also jumped from her seat and began running to the door followed by most of the other department heads. "Where are you going?" He demanded indignantly though none of them answered.

Surprisingly enough it was Dumbledore who helped him out. "They are going to try to save their departments from ruination thanks to you minister." When Fudge turned towards him he explained further. "You seem to have forgotten that the ministry still owes High Lady Emrys some 14.6 billion galleons, a debt she has just called in."

Fudge's face fell so fast from red to white that he might as well have become a ghost, as Dumbledore drove home his point with a last addition. "Congratulations Fudge, you are the first Minister in the world for the last 500 years, who has managed to bankrupt his own administration."

"That is correct," Aurora added with a vicious smirk before removing three scrolls of parchment from her robes. All three where heavily hung with official seals and each seal carried the letters I.C.W.

"I have here," She held up the first scroll, "Three scrolls, each one signed by each member of the High Council of the I.C.W.. On my house and on my life I swear that these have been given to me by the Chairman of the High council of the I.C.W." after a white flash indicated that her oath had been accepted by Magical Law, she opened the scroll and read out loud.

Order of dismissal

By order of the High Council, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is hereby dismissed from the office of Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards. For reasons of incompetence in preventing the use of Dark Creatures by the British Ministry of Magic.

As signed by order of the Council,

His Excellency Burggraf Karl Siegfried von Steinbergen, Chairman of the High Council."

To Aurora's enjoyment, Dumbledore looked as if he had been hit in the face with a shovel, he had held that position for neigh on thirty years and almost never received complaints about his work.

While the Wizengamot was digesting this news, Aurora opened the second scroll and after clearing her throat, which instantly silenced everyone, she read;

"Notification of Appointment.

By unanimous election of the entire Confederation, the duly appointed representative of Germany his Excellency Burggraf Karl Siegfried von Steinbergen, has been elected as the Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards.

The position of Chairmen of the High Council has by unanimous vote been granted to the Honorable Emanuel Boreiro, duly appointed representative of the Magical Mexican Republic.

As signed by order of the Council,

Emanuel Boreiro, Chairman of the High Council.

The only one who seemed to have picked up the implication of this letter was Dumbledore as he stared at Aurora, his eyes widened with fear after hearing the words, 'by unanimous vote'. With a heavy weight in the pit of his stomach, he looked at the third and last scroll she now held in her hands.

This time she did not need to ask for silence as almost none recognized what Dumbledore had and waited for the final damning message in the last scroll with baited breath. A held breath that was let out with exclamations of anger, shock, and fear upon hearing the first sentence.

"Order of Excommunication.

By unanimous decision of the entire assembly of the International Confederation of Wizards, the Supreme Mugwump and the High Council hereby declare that the entirety of Magical Britain is hereby declared as being Excommunicated.

The above is in accordance with the Ban on the use of Dark Magical Creatures of 1792. After ignoring the repeated warnings from the I.C.W., the Ministry of Magic of Britain is still using dementors as prison guards. In light of the recent outbreak from Azkaban Prison and the likely intended use of dementors in populated areas, this is a direct violation of the Ban, leaving the I.C.W. no choice but to act.

All international cooperation, international trade, and international magical diplomacy with, from, or to Magical Britain is herby suspended until further notice. All British diplomats are to be recalled within 36 hours else they be arrested and deported. This penalty is until further notice and will only be lifted after the complete destruction of the dementor population, and the writing of a ministerial decree stating that no further use is to be made of dementors, or other Dark Creatures.

In according to the wishes of the of the High Council, emergency powers surrounding the international coordination of the hunt for the escaped Death Eaters is granted to High Lady Aurora of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Emrys.

As signed by order of the Council,

His Excellency Burggraf Karl Siegfried von Steinbergen Supreme Mugwump of the I.C.W.

Lowering the scroll and rolling it up again, Aurora couldn't completely suppress a smirk at seeing Fudge's flabbergasted face, a look that was shared by almost everyone in the chamber. The only one who seemed to accept it was Dumbledore, who looked remarkably calm, though his eyes did look worried.

Clearing her throat she gave a decent impression of Umbridge when she wanted to say something and after everyone looked at her again she looked at the minister and said, "So Fudge, as you can see, this is most definitely a matter within the authority of the I.C.W.."

Looking at the wider Wizengamot, she added, "All of you with children can rest assured that none of those monsters will set foot in Hogwarts. The queen has given me authority concerning the safety of Hogwarts and the students, and I will ask her majesty to station a company of Legionnaires at the school to protect it from any dementor who tries to cross the wards, and against the Death Eaters of course." That last she added as an afterthought, but the message was clear. She did not trust the dementors and was not afraid to let it be known.

After that little speech she nodded at Dumbledore and said, "Headmaster, please inform the castle that I will require the North Wing to be readied for occupation. You can expect the Legion to arrive at the 31st of august, so please make sure that everything is in order then."

Dumbledore merely nodded, as nothing more was required under the current circumstances and Aurora marched out of the chamber, flanked by Gabrielle who met her at the end of the stairs.

As soon as the door closed behind them, Aurora let go of her anger and her hair shot outwards is crimson flames. "THAT BASTARD," she fumed, being glad for the soundproofing wards surrounding the doors they had just closed. "A decree, that idiot actually issued a decree."

"Nothing we can do about it now love," Gabrielle tried to shush her wife, mindful of any possible eavesdroppers. "You did what you could and the ministry will force him to recall that decree soon enough once the money dries up. When Ragnok is done seizing everything they have, they will still owe us billions so there isn't much they can do but agree with our demands."

"No," Aurora softly answered when her hair had turned back to normal. "No, something tells me this will not be so easy. Pudgy was to assured of himself. There is something he didn't tell the chamber about, something that made him stiffen his spine. I don't know what he'll do, but this won't be over in a matter of days."

And indeed it was not.

Author's note:

I hope you all enjoyed reading that and I am very curious as to what you think will happen next. Please let me know what you think as I love hearing from my readers.

Till next time,

MM