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Umbridge decided to act alone. She went to Fudge's office; the Minister was conveniently away, and she used his Floo connection to go to Hogwarts. She arrived in the empty staff room.
Umbridge snapped her fingers, summoning a house-elf.
'There is a young child here who arrived recently. Bring it to me,' Umbridge said.
'Why?' the elf inquired.
Umbridge was quite taken aback that a mere house-elf dared to question her.
'Because I say so, and because I came here to take that child. Now obey, you filthy creature!' she spat.
'I don't know where he is, but I'll go ask,' the elf announced as he disappeared into thin air.
Umbridge sat down and waited for about five minutes. When the elf didn't come back, she called again, but another elf answered.
'Yes?' the elf asked somewhat coldly.
By then, the first elf had told all the other free house-elves that some unpleasant witch wanted to bug the Snape-Sciuto-Potters. Umbridge might come from the Ministry, but the elves didn't care much for her position.
'Take me to the child,' Umbridge ordered.
'Are you sure you want that?' the elf asked.
Umbridge glared and pointed her wand at the elf.
'As you like it. Follow me,' the elf said as he started trotting away.
Umbridge was escorted to the Great Hall, where Pomfrey was playing with Draco under Kreacher's surveillance.
Umbridge was furious because she could see that the child was blond, grey-eyed, and obviously unrelated to James and Lily Potter.
'Who is that child?' Umbridge asked the house-elf.
'Well, he's the only one around right now. If he isn't the child you're looking for, this elf doesn't know who you mean,' the elf said before disappearing.
'Where is Harry Potter?' Umbridge demanded.
Kreacher took Draco in his arms and wrapped the boy in a Silencing spell; just to be sure that the boy wouldn't give Umbridge a clue.
'Why do you want to know that?' Pomfrey inquired coldly.
'I am Minister Fudge's Assistant,' Umbridge answered.
'You're giving me your title, not a valid reason to be looking for Harry Potter,' Pomfrey pointed out.
'The child cannot stay with a Death Eater,' Umbridge spat.
'There's no Death Eater here. Perhaps you should check your information, my dear. Accusing people could cause all sorts of trouble for you,' Pomfrey said.
'How dare you! I was there when Snape was tried,' Umbridge said.
'Wasn't he exonerated because he was a spy for us?' Pomfrey asked rhetorically.
'He took the Dark mark!' Umbridge retorted.
'Um… you should check that the next time you see him,' Pomfrey said.
'I'm sure he's already been taken to Azkaban; therefore, I've come to rescue the Potter child,' Umbridge said.
'You should leave the castle before something nasty happens to you,' Pomfrey declared.
'Are you threatening me?' Umbridge asked.
'No, I'm warning you. The child acquired a whole new family, and you're just asking to be admitted to St Mungo's department with soft walls if you think you can take Harry from his parents,' Pomfrey explained.
'Snape…' Umbridge began.
'Isn't his only parent now. You should be careful,' Pomfrey interrupted the other witch. She turned to Kreacher and said, 'We should go to your charge's quarters.'
Kreacher wrapped Pomfrey in his magic and transported her and Draco to the Malfoys'.
Pomfrey told Lucius and Narcissa what Umbridge wanted to do.
'I'll go warn Fudge. He's an idiot, but he'll acknowledge that Umbridge has no legal grounds for what she's trying to do,' Malfoy declared.
'I'll stay around,' Pomfrey announced.
Malfoy bowed to thank her. He knew that Narcissa could fight, but a bit of backup was always good.
In the meantime, Umbridge had cast a Location spell and was walking towards Snape's quarters. She tampered with the wards on the door, walked in and… found herself face to face with Greenli.
'Where is the boy?' Umbridge demanded.
'With his mother,' Greenli answered.
Umbridge followed her spell to the door that led to Abby's lab. She opened the door and gasped when she saw Abby's lab. She took one step into the lab.
'You might want to take a badge,' Greenli told the witch.
Umbridge poked the badges by the door on the castle side with her wand; she made a face at the items she thought to be Muggle ones and walked into Abby's lab, wand at the ready.
Greenli, as instructed by Auror Rae, made the door invisible for Umbridge.
Since her Location spell no longer worked in NCIS, Umbridge cast it again, thus triggering one of Rae's silent alarms.
When the house-elves told Snape and Abby about Umbridge, they'd both retreated to NCIS with Harry. Rae – for the magical part of the plan, Gibbs and Ziva concocted a welcome party for the Ministry witch.
Umbridge found her way from Abby's lab to the bullpen. She saw Snape and walked straight to him.
'I'm here for the child, Snape. Give it to me,' she ordered.
'Professor Snape's adoption is fully valid,' DiNozzo intervened from his desk.
'It cannot be,' Umbridge hissed.
'It is,' Ziva said from her desk.
'Several Aurors acknowledged that my link with Harry is fully legal. Minister Fudge signed papers to that effect,' Snape said calmly.
'I don't care. You're a Death Eater, and I won't allow you to take care of Harry Potter,' Umbridge said.
'Where were you when the baby was shipped to some horrible Muggles?' DiNozzo asked.
'Somewhere safe. Somewhere with a lot of papers that needed to be filled out,' Ziva said.
'Do you think?' DiNozzo asked his colleague.
'Of course, she's the kind of bully that acts only when she knows she can get away with it,' McGee spat.
DiNozzo nodded theatrically and said, 'You have a point, Tim.'
Umbridge aimed her wand at McGee and began to whisper a spell. She'd said two syllables when Ruby's spell hit her and made Umbridge's wand fall to the floor next to Gibbs's desk.
Gibbs had Umbridge in handcuffs two seconds before he yelled "Intruder".
The entire personnel in the bullpen reacted perfectly. The other teams offered to help, but Gibbs and Ruby took everything in their own hands.
'Boss, I'll have to stay with her. The procedure might take some time,' Ruby said.
'I know, Rae. Do what you must,' Gibbs said.
'Ruby?' Abby said as she took a step towards Umbridge.
'Do you want to have a word with her before I take her to Auror Headquarters?' Ruby asked.
'No… Well, yes, but I'd like to know if you're going to need her wand,' Abby said.
Ruby grinned evilly when she said, 'We can work on the pieces if need be, Abbs.'
Abby smiled and then turned to her fiancé. 'Sev, do you mind if I make my point with that toad?'
'Of course not. She needs to understand how the entire family works,' Snape said.
Abby picked up Umbridge's wand and forced the alien witch to turn around. Abby pushed the witch against a file cabinet, which made her yelp when the cuffs bit into her plump wrists.
'What did you plan to do with Harry?' Abby asked Umbridge.
The witch was so surprised that she blinked stupidly. Abby moved into her personal space and repeated the question.
'I… I guess I'll send him to a Wizarding orphanage. There's certainly enough money in the Potters' vaults to provide for the boy,' Umbridge said.
Ziva snorted and spat, 'She'd steal from the boy!'
Umbridge was about to protest, but Abby poked one angry finger on the witch's shoulder.
'Listen to me, idiot! I don't know what your problem is with Severus and Harry, but Harry adopted me. You'll never take him away from me,' Abby said.
'I'll do whatever I want!' Umbridge said.
'No way in hell,' Abby hissed too quietly. 'If you ever try to take my baby from me, I'll deal with you like this…'
Abby showed Umbridge her wand, and she slowly snapped it in two. Abby handed the pieces to Ruby.
Abby leant very close to Umbridge and murmured in the witch's ear, 'Come near my baby, and I'll have people deal with you.'
'How dare you threaten me?!' Umbridge shouted.
'Threaten?' Abby repeated, pretending to be shocked.
Gibbs moved closer to Umbridge and said, 'I don't think it was a threat.'
'I was called here. Again,' Auror Milly said as he joined Gibbs's team.
'Sorry, Milly, but that foreign witch tried to attack an NCIS Muggle agent, and she found a way in illegally – apparently, she wanted to kidnap Harry,' Ruby explained.
'That poor kid really isn't lucky,' Milly said.
Abby and Snape growled at that.
'It would be wise to rephrase,' McGee suggested the Auror/policeman.
'The kid has a great family, but is a trouble-magnet,' Milly said.
'Isn't that the definition of our family?' DiNozzo asked rhetorically.
Abby chuckled at that.
'All right, we'll escort the witch to Auror Headquarters to be processed, and then we'll go to court,' Milly said.
'Good thing I still have that phial of Veritaserum,' Ruby said as she grabbed Umbridge.
'There will always be more where the first phial came from, Auror Rae,' Snape told her.
Milly whistled and asked, 'What do I have to do to get one?'
Seriously, Snape said, 'Give me what money is in your pocket.'
Milly looked at Ruby, who nodded fervently. Milly had the equivalent of 20 Sickles in his pocket, and he gave them to Snape.
'Greenli,' Snape called.
The house-elf arrived instantly.
'Bring Auror Milly a phial of Veritaserum,' Snape said.
'What colour?' Greenli asked.
Snape turned to Milly and tilted his head, waiting for an answer. Milly looked at Ruby, who nodded to confirm that he really could choose the colour of the phial he'd just bought for an infinitesimal fraction of its actual price.
'Erm… Green,' Milly said.
'Good colour,' Snape said.
'Slytherin,' DiNozzo whispered.
'Abby and Harry's eyes,' Ziva whispered back to him.
DiNozzo nodded.
Greenli was back almost instantly with an apple green phial that she gave Milly.
'Thank you,' Milly said, moved.
'Auror Rae's work is made simpler with a few drops of potion. I'm glad we could do the same for you,' Snape said.
'Disgusting!' Umbridge spat.
Ruby cast a silencing spell on the witch and handed the pieces of Umbridge's wand to Milly.
'What's going to happen to her?' Gibbs asked.
'It all depends on what she tells us under Veritaserum,' Ruby explained.
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Director Vance turned the monitor off with the remote.
Harry was sitting on Vance's lap.
'Never forget what your Mum is willing to do to protect you,' Vance said.
'No, sir, I won't.'
Harry instinctively understood that breaking a wand in two was something big – very big.
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