Guest: Yeah Harry is the greatest which is why I threw him in for this chapter (and the next).

Pikachudragon: Yes I did. That is addressed in this chapter.

Chapter 38: Investigation

Jack helped Elsa to her feet. She nearly fell over again but Jack held her steady. Elsa held her head with one hand while keeping a firm grip on Jack's cloak. She was still quite dizzy from hitting her head. It took her a moment to regain herself. Elsa then looked around. Her eyes fell on the still Pitch and the unconscious Hans all chained up.

"What happened?" Elsa asked.

"Well Pitch was already down for the count so I gather you took care of him," Jack explained, "and Hans and I duelled but I got the better of him so I Stunned him and chained him up. I don't want him coming round anytime soon."

"Good job," Elsa said.

"I know," Jack said and he gave Elsa a grin. "So what happened to Pitch?"

"His own spell rebounded upon himself like how mine did when they collided."

Jack bent down to examine Pitch. He was moving at all He didn't even think Pitch was even breathing.

"He tried to use Avada Kedavra on me," Elsa said with a grimace.

"What?" Jack snapped. Pitch had actually tried to kill Elsa? That was taking this way too far. He had already used two of the Unforgiveable Curses, so it makes sense for him to use the third. Too bad the curse had rebounded on him. Jack would like to see the worthless worm do a life sentence in Azkaban. Hmm, now that he thought about it, Pitch would probably thrive on the darkness and the isolation. Time to move onto Plan B. Simply snap his wand in half and tell him to go live with Muggles, Pitch would hate that. He wouldn't be able to live a life without magic. But what would happen if he simply stole another wizard's wand? Hmm, now that Jack thought more about it, perhaps it is best if the spell rebounded upon Pitch. After all, death is what Pitch and Hans fear the most.

"Well it looked like it rebounded on him," Elsa smirked.

"I think we should go get some help to clear up this mess," Jack said.

"Yeah I agree."

Jack and Elsa headed back outside. The storm had calm down so they could actually see something. They raced back down the mountain and they managed to find the place where they had first arrived. They then both apparted back to the Ministry of Magic. They appeared in the Atrium of the Ministry. They both rushed into the elevators. Elsa didn't really know where they were going. She was just following Jack. She wondered if they were going to see Kingsley Shaklebolt, the Minster of Magic. He had been the Minster since the downfall of Lord Voldemort. He had definitely been an improvement on some of the previous Minsters, well according to her parents anyway.

The doors of the elevator opened. Elsa realised they weren't at the Minister's office. They had come out on the Auror's floor. Jack grabbed Elsa's arm and led her into the floor. They ran past Jack's cubicle. Someone called out to Jack but Jack ignored him. He was focused on something else. They then came to an office that had the letters 'Harry Potter, Head of The Auror Office'. Guess Jack wanted to head to his boss. Well when you're dealing with powerful Dark Wizards, you call in the Aurors. Jack knocked on his door and he was granted entry.

They walked into the office. Harry was busy writing something down on several pieces of parchment. He looked to be quite absorbed in his work. He did look up when they entered the office. Harry looked surprised to see Jack standing in front of him with Elsa standing slightly behind him. Harry put down his quill and leaned back in his chair.

"So Frost," Harry said. "What can I do for you?"

Jack opened his mouth and spoke. He explained to Harry everything that had happened since starting his seventh year at Hogwarts. He continued to explain what had happened on the mountain. Harry looked impressed when Jack told him about their duel with Hans and Pitch. He also looked shocked at what Jack was telling him about how Hans fancied himself as the next Lord Voldemort. Elsa was just glad that they managed to stop Hans and Pitch before it got too late and they were tormenting the Wizarding World and killing Muggles. Elsa didn't really want to be part of the Third Wizarding War.

"So," Harry said. "This is quite a predicament we have here."

"I agree," Jack said.

"I'm glad that you guys sorted this out," Harry said. "Although you both realise you both could have died."

"We realise that," Jack said. "But we had to follow a lead before anyone else gets hurt and before Hans and Pitch got away."

"Oh I agree with that. I'll send some Aurors to go with you to help sort this out."

"Thanks," Jack said.

Harry got to his feet. He quickly left his office. Jack made a motion with his head that told Elsa that they should follow him which they did. Harry started rounding up a few Aurors to go check out the situation on the mountain. Jack helped map out the mountain to show what he and Elsa had gone when they were on it.

"Okay looks good," Harry said as he rolled up the parchment with Jack's drawing of the mountain on it. "Frost, you take the lead on this. You know where to go, so I'm counting on you to not lead us astray."

"Of course not sir," Jack said. He looked pretty happy. Well it's not every day that you get told you can take the lead on a mission.

"Okay so it's you, me Baxter and Davies on this mission," Harry said.

Baxter and Davies were two both very intimidating men. Elsa actually had to take a couple of steps backwards just so she could get their entire frame in her view. Baxter and Davies both whacked Jack on the back as if to say congratulations. Well Jack wasn't even a fully-fledged Auror like them. He wasn't even a rookie Auror. He was still in training.

"Hey, what about me?" Elsa had just realised that Harry hadn't said anything about her. "I want to come. It was my fight too."

"We could use the extra hands," Harry said. "Even though she isn't really an Auror and it's an Auror's job."

"Besides aren't you missing work?" Jack reminded her.

Elsa went quite red. She had completely forgotten about her Healer job. She was now torn. Miss a day of work or going to help clear up the mess back at the mountain? She felt like she was between a rock and hard place. She knew that Jack only mentioned her job just to stop an argument between his boss and his girlfriend which he would be put in the middle of. She decided to take Jack's advice and just go to her work. Hopefully she's not fired for missing some work and for being late.

"Yes I am," Jack caught Elsa's eye and he knew what she was thinking.

"I'll tell you everything that happens later," Jack promises.

"You better. I want a full report when you have finished."

"Yes ma'am," Jack did a mocking salute which Elsa giggled at.

Elsa then turned on her heels and apparted back to St. Mungo's. She soon found herself in the familiar hospital. She quickly walked forward and found her locker. She opened the door and took out her Healer robes. Healer robes were lime-green with the St. Mungo's emblem on them which was a wand and bone which was crossed. Elsa hurriedly put them on and then raced up to the Ingrid Winters Ward which Elsa would know she would find Hilwilck. She would probably give her a real scolding which Elsa wasn't forward to getting. The only serious conversation she ever had was with her Dad when he was forbidding Jack to be alone with her in her bedroom. Elsa had thought that her Dad had lost it until her Mum had come to the rescue. Her Dad didn't look to happy but Elsa had skipped off looking happy. Elsa had never really been in trouble. She got straight 'O's at school and made sure she kept her toes well in line. She didn't like being in trouble. She would instantly give the game away anyway. She had a very guilty conscience which anyone would pick up on at once.

Elsa burst through the door to the Ingrid Winters Ward and stopped to take a breather. She was panting quite hard. The portrait of Elsa's grandmother waggled her finger at her with her other hand on her hip. She looked quite disappointed in Elsa.

"Winters, have a glass of water before you pass out," came the voice her of her boss, Healer Hilwilck.

Elsa took the glass of water that Hilwilck was offering her. The cold water certainly did cool her off. When Elsa had finished, she waved her wand which made the glass disappear. That's when she looked into the disapproving stare of Hilwilck. She was tutting and tapping her foot against the ground. She looked mad.

"Healer Winters, you want to be a Healer, is that correct?" Hilwilck asked.

"Yes ma'am," Elsa said cowering under the glare she was getting from Hilwilck.

"Good," Hilwilck said. "Don't let this happen again. Healing is a serious business Winters. We need to be on our toes every second. Great Healers are not made by neglecting one's duty. You might want to take care to remember that."

"Yes ma'am," Elsa repeated. She was starting to feel that guilty conscience creep up on her.

"Now we got that out of the way," Hilwilck then smiled. "So what happened? Last time I saw you, you were hurrying off somewhere."

"Oh that," Elsa said, glad now that the telling off was now over. "Me and Jack, my boyfriend – I don't know if you've met him or not – followed the information that Quintin had given me. I guessed that the place he was attacked also carried a secret hideout. I didn't see the person attacking him would attack him randomly on a mountain. I figured that person would attack because Quintin has seen something or discovered something, maybe overheard something he shouldn't have."

"Oh sounds exciting!"

"Oh it was! Jack and I found this cave which led to a secret area hidden in the mountain."

"Who was using it?"

"These two guys Hans Westergaard and Pitch Black.

"Westergaard, why does that ring a bell?"

"Because it's like one of the wealthiest wizarding families alongside my own family, the Malfoys and several others."

"Wow, sounds like an exclusive club."

"It sort of is, it a way."

'So who are these people anyway?"

"Oh they went to school with me, Jack and the rest of our friends. They were also in the same year. I didn't realise it at the time – maybe I did, they made me drink a Forgetfulness Potion to make me forget when they had caught me and Jack snooping around there – but they were also responsible for the attacks at school."

"You did say something about this happening before. So it happened at Hogwarts eh? Why does that not surprise me? The Chamber of Secrets with the petrifying and killing Basilisk, the Battle of Hogwarts, the Triwizard Tournament going south, giant man-devouring spiders living in the forest just of the school and a giant three headed dog that Hagrid had christened Fluff, I'm surprised that the school still stands."

"Me too actually. I gather it's all the magic in the school."

"Yeah, that's true," Hilwilck sighed for a moment before giving Elsa a look. "Well we should be working instead of exchanging idle gossip."

"Yeah we should be."

Jack and the other Aurors had successfully made their way back to the cave that contained the entrance to Hans and Pitch's evil lair. It hadn't taken him too long to find it again. The door was wide open as Hans and Pitch must have left it open. The other Aurors gasped at what they found behind the door. To be honest, so did Jack when he first saw it. They quickly reached the torture room where Hans and Pitch still were. Jack quickly explained what had happened to the pair of them. Baxter and Davies volunteered to take them back to the Ministry while Jack and Harry looked over some things. Baxter and Davies quickly left leaving Jack to flick through a book he had found. It had some pretty gruesome stuff in it. These must be all the spells and potions that Hans and Pitch liked to experiment on people to see if they got it right.

Harry was checking all the unbroken potions in the room which weren't many. Suddenly he looked up. Jack did too. He must have heard the same thing that Harry had heard, muffled voices and echoing footsteps could be heard coming from the entrance to the lair.

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