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HARRY POTTER AND THE KNIGHTS OF WALSINGHAM
FOUR
Harry fidgeted under the collar that he was wearing, but despite the fact that he wanted to do nothing more than to adjust the collar of the shirt that he was wearing, he knew that he could not because if he were to do so, then the young woman who was seated beside him would turn her attention toward him and glare at him. It was something that Harry did not want to happen, because even though he would never admit it in public, he was not really comfortable whenever Hermione would glare at him.
It was something that he had learned back when they were at Hogwarts together, and even after the Second Blood War, it was still something that disturbed him far more than he would admit.
In any case, the shirt that he was wearing was part of the uniform that Sir Matthew had provided for them so that they could actually inspect the scene of the crime. He had argued that they could just inspect it at night, but the representative of the muggle government – and even Hermione – had said that that would not be possible, because even at night, the place that they would be heading to would still be guarded.
That was the reason why Harry was in this double-breasted navy blue coat that he was informed was the service dress blues of a member of the United States Navy. The cover story was that he and Hermione – who is wearing the female version of the uniform that Harry was wearing – were sent from across the pond to inspect the site. Sir Matthew had assured them that the Royal Navy sentries guarding the site would not even raise an eyebrow at seeing a member of the American Navy investigating the incident since, technically, the missiles stored in the facility belong to them.
What Harry was less certain about, however, was his ability to answer questions that may be asked of him by the members of the staff of the facility. He was supposed to be a lieutenant commander with a high position within an American ballistic missile submarine, but he was not sure that he could even describe how a nuclear reactor works.
A sigh escaped from the lips of Harry as he told himself that he should at least count himself lucky that he was wearing the uniform of an officer. He fought the urge to glance toward the front seat of the military utility vehicle that they were riding on because he knew that if he were to do so, he would just glimpse the uncomfortable look on the face of Ron.
Harry was not sure of his best mate was uncomfortable about the fact that he was wearing the sailor suit or if he was uncomfortable because he was seated at the front of a muggle motor vehicle – never mind the fact that his father had a car before – but the discomfort on the face of the red-haired wizard was so obvious, Harry was sure that the man would puke the first chance that he could get.
Of course, the discomfort that Ron was feeling at that moment may also have something to do with the fact that Hermione all but ignored him. Harry knew for a fact that Hermione would usually have to reassure Ron that travelling in a muggle vehicle was perfectly safe, but since his girlfriend was ignoring him, no one was there to assure Ron. Harry, sure as hell, would not do it.
He also had his right hand on his pocket, which told Harry that Ron was busy distracting himself from the discomfort by keeping his hand on his wand and forcing himself to concentrate as if he was expecting an attacking coming at them from any direction at any moment. Unfortunately, he could not actually draw that wand form his pocket because doing so would not only expose the magical world – Harry was quite certain that their driver, someone whom he had never seen before, was not actually aware of who they really are – but would actually endanger Ron.
Sir Matthew had told them that drawing a wand inside or near the facility that they are heading to may cause them to be shot by roving sentries who had been briefed that people carrying wands are dangerous. Harry would have loved to be there when they were briefed because he was sure that most of those sentries had incredulous looks on their faces when they were informed about that, but he is certain that those men are going to take their orders seriously.
There were supposed to be more than just Harry, Ron, and Hermione for this trip, but at the last minute, Sir Matthew had to ask them to limit the number of visitors to three as it would be difficult – if not downright impossible – to explain why eight foreigners – more than allies perhaps, but foreigners nonetheless – would suddenly be inside one of the most secure facilities in the whole of the United Kingdom.
Hermione was the one who agreed to the request and Harry suspected that it was because she was very worried about what had happened. Then again, Harry realized that if dark-aligned forces had gotten hold of fissionable materials, it would be a nightmare.
Harry was distracted from his musings by a sudden movement to his side, and he turned his attention there just in time to see Hermione close the briefcase that she had been given as part of the uniform that she had been given. He was sure that unlike him, Hermione would be able to answer any question that would be asked of her, and the briefcase that she had been given contained some basic instruction manuals should there actually be a need for either her or Harry to answer any question.
Ron, of course, would not be able to answer any questions – he could barely keep himself functioning in the muggle world, after all – and Sir Matthew must have realized that when he gave the red-headed auror the uniform of an enlisted man rather than an officer.
The black haired auror could not actually ask Sir Matthew if that was the case, however, because the representative of the muggle government that arranged for them to visit the scene of the crime was not even with them. Harry had been informed that he had gone on ahead in order to make things a bit easier for their approach and that they would meet the man at the actual site of where the crime had taken place, though Harry would have to admit that he would rather have the man with them at that moment.
'He could explain things far better than we could,' Harry thought.
Once more, he was torn out of his reverie, but this time, it was not movement that provided the catalyst, rather, it was the fact that the liaison vehicle that he and his companions are in slowed down until it came to a complete stop fifteen seconds later. He turned his attention toward the windshield of the vehicle and saw the fenced gate in front of them before he saw the armed sentry that was approaching the drivers side window.
At the same time, their driver lowered his window so that he could pass on the necessary papers.
Harry would freely admit that he had no idea what their driver and the sentry talked about in the thirty seconds that they had paused in front of that fenced gate. He was not even paying attention to them because he turned his attention toward his own window and watched as another sailor – this one holding a leash with a dog at the other end of the leash – inspected the liaison vehicle from his side. He could also see another sailor doing the same thing at the other side of the vehicle.
By the time that the vehicle was allowed to move again, the fenced gate in front of them had moved to the side, allowing the driver of the vehicle to move forward. The man had not said anything as he turned the vehicle to the right, and when Harry saw the giant building in front of them, he realized that he did not need the man to actually say anything before he recognized the function of the giant structure in front of them.
Easily more than ten stories high, the structure was long enough that despite its height, it gave the impression that the building was a stump. Finished in non-descript gray, there were few windows at the side of the building, but the fact that it was built beside an extended jetty that reached out to the waters of the Loch betrayed the fact that it was an enclosed submarine pen.
Their driver stopped the vehicle in front of several other command liaison vehicles that were already there, and Harry had already opened his door even before the man had engaged the handbrake of the vehicle, with Hermione following suit a moment later, though she waited.
The moment that Harry stepped out of the vehicle, he saw Sir Matthew heading toward them, and the way that he was dressed made Harry stare at him for a few moments. It would appear that the double-breasted navy blue jacket that he was wearing was a twin to the one that Harry was wearing, but as he stared at the same, he realized that there are a few differences between the uniform that he was wearing and the uniform that the representative of the muggle government was wearing.
Sir Matthew also looked comfortable with the uniform, and that was all that Harry needed to see in order to confirm his earlier suspicion that he had shared with Hermione. This man is a member of the British Armed Services, and from the uniform, Harry would have to guess that he is a member of the Royal Navy.
"This way, please," Sir Matthew said, surprising Harry with his promptness to indicate that they should follow him. He glanced toward the direction of Hermione and saw the surprised expression on her face, but with a faint shrug, she decided to just follow the man, leaving Harry and Ron with no choice but to follow suit.
The interior of the building was exactly as Harry had expected. Despite the fact that the building looked as if it had floors from the outside, the was not actually the case as the interior of the same was just one big cavern, and a full ninety percent of the floor space of the same was taken up by a dock that extended out to the loch.
He could see some gates at the far side of the dock and he supposed that that could be used to close the dock and drain the water, turning it into a dry dock, but at that moment, the gates were open, leaving Harry with no impression of just how deep the dock in front of him would be as it was filled with water.
"We found the first body here," Sir Matthew said, indicating a spot that was just in front of him the moment that Harry and the others had caught up with him, "Two more were found in the actual place where we keep the warheads, and another four on the way there."
"Any sign of forced entry into your storage area?" Hermione asked. Harry watched as Sir Matthew turned his attention toward Hermione, but before he could say anything, the brunette witch continued, "I suppose that you have more than locked doors there."
'Even if those doors are locked,' Harry thought, 'A simple alohomora would have opened them.'
"Electronic locks, the kind that even witches and wizards should not be able to open with their spells," Sir Matthew said. He motioned for them to follow him, and as they walked to the place that Harry assumed would be the storage area for the warheads, the representative of the muggle government continued, "It would not have mattered though, our security cameras recorded one of the men we later found dead opening the door for the unknown subjects."
For the next two minutes, no one said anything as they continued to move forward. They paused in front of a heavy looking door that reminded Harry of a vault, though this one had a digital screen on the center where Sir Matthew had inputted a code that allowed the same to slide out of place and allow them entry into the secured space behind it.
"We found the wands here," Sir Matthew said. He paused as he turned his attention toward the three of them and he added, "Our security team had gone through the footage captured by the cameras as well, but for some reason, we could not see anyone aside from our own people."
Harry turned his attention toward Ron at the same time that the red-haired auror turned his attention toward his best friend. Their eyes met and ideas were exchanged between the two of them without words, though in the case of Harry, he would have to admit that he was feeling quite proud of Ron at that moment.
The red-head auror was the proverbial fish out of the water, yet despite that, he was still using his brain to think about the case that they had been presented.
"There are various ways with which a witch or wizard could hide themselves from optical sensors," Hermione said. She had not tried to share her ideas with either Harry or Ron, but she was the one who answered the unasked question of Sir Matthew first, and both Harry and Ron knew her well enough that it would not be in their best interest to interrupt her as she spoke, "Invisibility cloaks are quite uncommon in the magical world, but an average fully trained witch or wizard could use disillusionment charms as well."
The look on the face of Ron was sour, and Harry realized that it was because Hermione was telling the representative of the muggle government far more information than Ron himself was comfortable giving. It was at that moment that Harry remembered that Ron had warned them that there was something off about Sir Matthew, and from the way that the red-headed auror was acting, it was obvious that he was wary of Sir Matthew.
From where Harry was standing – that was a figure of speech, of course – he could not see anything wrong with the man, aside from the fact, of course, that he was also scared about what had happened, though he was hiding it. It was expected, however, especially now that it was made clear that he is actually a member of the military.
"Is there any way that you could tweak the videos we already have?" Sir Matthew asked.
The tone that the man had used, Harry realized, was tense, but it was also a tone that told the black-haired auror that Sir Matthew had already expected what the answer to his question would be. Unfortunately, there was no way that Harry – or the others – could tweak with the videos already made, though that did not mean that there was nothing that they could do.
Harry was torn out of his reverie when he noticed, through his peripheral vision, Hermione turn her attention toward him. This time, he met the gaze of his best friend, and as he had done with Ron but a few moments ago, the two of them had a silent conversation without the use of words. Finally, after what seemed like five minutes, but in reality was only five seconds, Harry nodded, giving Hermione permission to do as she suggested.
"Unfortunately, there is nothing we can do about the video that you had already taken," Hermione said, "and given the documented effects of magic with electronics, I'd rather not approach your electronic equipment with a drawn wand."
The look on the face of Sir Matthew did not actually reflect disappointment, it reflected the fact that he already knew that that would be the answer that he would given. Fortunately for him, there was something else that could be done, and Harry quickly opened his mouth to say it, "We could try to see what actually happened here during that time, Sir Matthew," he said, and when the representative of the muggle government turned his attention toward Harry, the latter saw that there was actually a surprised look on the face of the man.
Before Sir Matthew could say anything, Harry continued, "We have recently developed a new spell," he said. There was a brief pause as he thought about telling the muggle officer the history behind the spell, but with a mental shrug, he told himself that Sir Matthew was not going to be interested in it. Right now, the man was only interested in knowing what the spell could do.
"Everything that we do leaves behind a mark in the things that are around us," Harry began, "And works of violence where people lose their lives are actions that leave a lot of residue, especially when magic is used, and from what we have seen here, magic had been used."
Harry would have to admit that he was not surprised to see the confused expression on the face of Sir Matthew. He was also not surprised to see the look of confusion on the face of Ron, for while Ron is a member of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and one of the highest ranking members of the elite auror teams that Harry has charge of, Ron was also not mentally present enough during the meetings that it was not surprising that he was not aware of that particular spell.
"Can you cast this spell, Auror Potter?" Sir Matthew asked. The look on the face of the representative of the muggle government was neutral, but Harry could tell that he was actually trying his best to keep the look on his face neutral, and that was all that Harry needed to see in order to realize that if he could not keep that look on his face, the man would probably be begging them at that moment.
That was not something that the representative of the muggle government should be doing.
Harry knew that, of course, but he still could not help but place a wide smile on his face. That smile disappeared a few moments later, however, as he said, "Not alone."
It was hard to describe the look on the face of Sir Matthew at that moment, but it took less than five seconds before the man opened his mouth to say something. Harry would have laid odds that the man would suggest another time when they could bring in more wizards, but fortunately for the representative, there was actually no need for him to do that.
"Just me and Hermione would suffice, Sir Matthew," Harry said.
Sir Matthew actually let out a sigh at the declaration of Harry, but he was easily able to regain control of himself and he gave Harry a nod. He did not appear to be ready to say anything else at that moment, but that did not mean that the room devolved into silence, because Ron chose that moment to complain about the fact that he did not know anything about the spell that Harry was talking about.
"Wait a minute," Ron suddenly said, and because he was practically screaming when he allowed those words out of his mouth, the three other people who were in the room with him was left with no choice but to turn their attention toward him.
Using his peripheral vision, Harry could see a look of irritation on the face of Sir Matthew, with the representative of the muggle government looking as if he would want nothing more than to curse Ron there and then, but of course, since the man is a muggle, that was not something that he could do.
The red-haired wizard that had forced everyone to turn their attention toward him because of what he had just said was not even aware that Sir Matthew was staring at him with an irritated expression on his face because at that moment, Ron was staring at Hermione, and she was staring coolly back at him.
"If this spell is something that I do not know about, then it must be a secret spell," Ron claimed, "Are you sure that we could show it to the muggles?"
The tone that Ron had used was different from the tone that the father and son duo of the Malfoy Family would have used if they were the ones speaking at that moment, yet the message was the same. If Harry was being honest with himself, however, he would have to admit that it was to be expected, after all, even if Ron had fought against the traditionalists during the war and had professed support for muggle-rights, he was still a pureblood.
For the first time since they met that morning, Hermione deigned to address Ron, and it was the fact that she had done that that made Harry come out of the reverie that he had landed in, "It is not a secret spell, Ronald," she said with a sneer that Harry knew for a fact was reserved for Ron, and only when he screwed up so bad that Hermione was seriously considering breaking up with him.
Despite Ron not being the sharpest pencil in the bunch, he was able to recognize the tone that Hermione had used – and here, Harry realized that the reason for that was because Ron had been at the receiving end of that sneer enough times that his instincts had already learned what to equate that sound to – and he backed down, "Hermione," he began.
It was obvious that the red-haired auror wanted to apologize, but by the time that he was ready, Hermione had already turned her attention away from him so that he could focus it toward the direction of Sir Matthew, "I apologize for our companion, Sir Matthew," she said, "We should have brought someone else instead."
Harry was not sure how much the representative of the muggle government knew about the relationship of Ron and Hermione, but the expression on his face – and again, he tried his best to keep his expression as neutral as possible – told Harry that the man at least had some inkling of that relationship. Still, rather than say anything, the representative of the muggle government merely nodded.
The fact that he was being once more ignored by his girlfriend did not sit well with Ron, and while the red-haired auror may not be the best when it comes to holding his mouth – or his temper for that matter – he was still a battle-trained wizard who had fought during the Battle of Hogwarts.
With an almost impossible speed, Ron drew his wand, but rather than point it toward the direction of either Harry or Hermione – as he knew that he would not survive if he had done that – he pointed the wand toward the direction of Sir Matthew. His actions caused the eyes of Harry to widen as he realized what Ron was trying to do – Ron was already moving his wand to the beginning of the pattern for the obliviation spell – but before Harry could do anything, Ron let out a loud scream.
The reason for the scream that escaped from the mouth of Ron was because a heartbeat before the scream escaped from his mouth, Sir Matthew threw himself toward the direction of Ron, and the muggle officer used his considerable weight to throw Ron off-balance. Ron may be heavier than Sir Matthew – by a few pounds at least – but in the case of Sir Matthew, most of his weight was pure muscle while in the case of Ron, there was more than few pounds of fat there.
A crashing sound tore both Harry and Hermione out of the reverie that they had fallen in, but even if he were not to turn his attention toward the direction where he heard the sound come from, Harry already knew what had caused that crashing sound. Still, he turned his attention toward that direction, and as he had expected, Ron was lying sprawled against the wall of the space that they were in while around him, the contents of a steel cabinet that had been dislodged from its position when Ron – and Sir Matthew – crashed into the same was lying sprawled around him.
That was not even what made the eyes of Harry widen, rather, it was the fact that as he pinned Ron against the bare walls of the space that they were in, the muggle officer had somehow produced a bayonet and was holding the cutting edge of the same against the throat of Ron.
The look on the face of Sir Matthew was one of determination, and Harry knew at that moment that the muggle representative would not hesitate to cut the throat of Ron should there be a need for it. Despite that, Ron was still resisting, which actually told Harry that the only reason that Sir Matthew had not cut the throat of Ron there and then was because the man realized that he would need the help of Harry and Hermione to solve this case.
"Stop it!" Hermione screamed, "Both of you!"
The scream of his girlfriend caused Ron to turn his attention toward Hermione, and the look on his face told Harry that his best friend actually had to gall to start complaining. He would have complained as well, if not for the fact that at that moment, Sir Matthew sheathed his bayonet before he brought himself back up to his full height.
He made a show of patting down the jacket of the uniform that he was wearing before he returned his attention toward Hermione and said, "My apologies, it was an automatic reaction for my part," and when Harry fixed him with a questioning look, the navy officer added, "I have seen far too many friends lose their lives after having a wand pointed at them in Afghanistan and Iraq."
The words that have escaped from the mouth of Sir Matthew arose some curiosity on the part of Harry, and he did not need to glance toward the direction of Hermione to know that she felt the exact same way. It was, however, Hermione who decided that they should worry about those words later when she spoke in such a way that the topic of the conversation remained within the reason why she – and Harry and Ron – were here in the first place.
"It is a normal reaction then," Hermione said. She glanced toward the direction of Harry at the same time that he glanced toward her, only in his case, there was a protesting expression on his face. Of course, when he saw the expression that Hermione had on hers – one that told him that they would talk about an important thing later – he realized that she had noted the implication of the words that have escaped from the mouth of Sir Matthew, but she had made the call that this is neither the time nor the place to talk about it.
Harry could not help but nod and agree with the assessment of Hermione, and though Ron looked as if he still wanted to protest, she turned her attention toward him and fixed him with another look that actually made him flinch before he turned his attention away from her, an action that prevented Harry from also seeing the look on the face of his friend.
There was no way that Ron was not going to do or say anything that would disrupt them again, however, as he had already done that, and if not for the fact that Sir Matthew was a trained soldier, Ron could have probably accomplished what he wanted.
With a soft mental sigh, Harry told himself that that would be a bigger mess. When the man who is in charge of investigating the theft of nuclear material with the help of the representatives of the magical government has suddenly forgotten his job, it is obvious that the people that he met with had changed his memories, and the implication of that would be catastrophic.
Never mind the fact that the non-magical government was already threatening to void the treaty that kept the two worlds separate, if Ron had succeeded, then the non-magical government would come to the conclusion that the Ministry actually had something to do with the theft of the nuclear material, and they would take that as their excuse to descend en-masse on the magical world.
There was no question that Hermione had also come to that conclusion, because a few moments later, the pretty brunette drew her wand ad pointed the business end of the same toward the direction of Ron who was not even looking at her. She waited, however, until Ron was looking at her before she fired off a stunning spell that caused the red-haired auror to slump down.
Harry was taken aback by the actions of Hermione and was about to say something before Hermione cut him off, "That felt good," she said with a smile, causing Harry to stare at her with an incredulous expression on his face.
He was not even sure what he had just witnessed, but then he realized that the reason why Hermione had said what she had was probably because she had been imagining doing that since she and Ron last fought.
"Harry, please," Hermione suddenly said.
Once more, it was the voice of Hermione that tore Harry out of his reverie, and the auror captain actually blinked once as he realized that he was supposed to be backing Hermione up. He returned his attention toward his best friend and with a nod – in response to the annoyed expression on the face of Hermione – the auror captain drew his wand.
After having witnessed what he had just witnessed, Harry took extra care not to point his wand toward the direction of Sir Matthew, even as he began to wave his wand in the prerequisite wand movement necessary for the spell that he and Hermione are invoking.
Harry was not sure of Sir Matthew could see the tiny particles of magic dust that were seemingly coming out of every inorganic thing inside the space that they were in. That dust coalesced into figures that eventually became humanoid in shape, though a few moments later, even that changed as the faces on the humanoid shapes also began to form.
The auror captain invoking the spell was not surprised when he realized that he could not recognize the figure, after all, this was one of the sailors that were killed during the break-in, and that is the reason why Harry instead turned his attention toward the side of the man. Once more, he was not surprised with what he was seeing, even if at that moment, he was not actually seeing anything.
He supposed that he would be able to see something when the spell was completed and color would be added, because at that moment, it was as if he was watching a first generation television show devoid of color.
It took another thirty seconds before he and Hermione stopped moving, and by the time that they did, they found themselves watching as the same sailor that Harry had first noticed drew his gun and shot at something that no one could see. From the look on the face of Sir Matthew, Harry guessed that the muggle officer knew what the sailor was shooting at, and with a start, he realized that the muggle officer knew that that was the moment when the sailor shot at his comrades.
"Harry, look at his eyes," Hermione suggested, prompting the auror captain to follow the suggestion of his best friend.
He only needed two seconds to understand the reason why Hermione asked him to turn his attention to the eyes of the man. The glossed-over look on the eyes of the sailor was difficult to spot because there were only a few blotches of color included in the recreation of the spell that he and Hermione had used, but Harry had investigated cases like these in the past – albeit back then, he had the luxury of depending on pensive memories rather than this new spell – to know that the glossed-over color on the eyes of the man was a tell-tale indication of the imperius curse.
"Imperius curse?" Hermione asked, prompting Harry to nod. The nod from Harry caused a hiss of anger to escape from the lips of Hermione as she added, "We really need to find a way to restore that Taboo."
Harry was only half listening to her at that point because he was focused on the mouth of the man in front of him. Another draw-back of the spell that he and Hermione had used was that it could not recreate sound, which was why he had to look at the mouth of the mind-controlled sailor to see if he could read his lips. Often, a muggle who had been hit with the imperius curse would repeat the words that the one controlling them would give them, but even as he stared at the lips of the man, he found that he could not read anything.
Still, it was not as if that was a complete waste. The Ministry had dedicated lip-readers, and he knew that those people could work with the memories that Harry intends to give them later when they return to the Ministry.
"Are you seeing anyone else aside from the sailor?" the voice of Sir Matthew tore Harry out of his reverie at the same time that it reminded him of the fact that the man was still with them. He turned his attention toward the muggle officer and saw him staring at the images in front of him, though there was no indication on his face that he was unsure of what he was seeing.
It was obvious that this is not his first time seeing something like this, and combined with the words that had escaped from his mouth earlier, it made the man more and more interesting in the mind of Harry. Still, in order not to arouse his suspicion, the auror captain shook his head, "No," he admitted, "they're probably under an invisibility cloak rather than disillusioned."
"That makes things a bit more complicated," Hermione suddenly said. Her words, Harry saw, made Sir Matthew turn his attention toward her, but before the muggle officer could say anything, "Most invisibility cloaks are family heirlooms, and there would not be records of them."
"There is no way that only one man had done this, however," Harry said. He turned his attention toward Hermione and said, "And there is no way that this was done by traditionalists."
Hermione nodded her agreement with the words of Harry, and if he was being honest, he could not imagine her disagreeing with him. Indeed, from the look on the face of Hermione, he realized that the muggle-born witch was actually considering the possibility that muggle-born witches and wizards were behind the theft, and Harry could see the reason why she would consider that possibility.
The muggle-born witches and wizards are aware of the power of a nuclear weapon, but the purebloods – despite the fact that they had lost the Second Blood War, they still think of themselves as superior to the muggle and had gone out of their way to not learn anything from the muggle world – are not.
Of course, if muggle-born witches and wizards had done this crime, then it was obvious that they would first have to procure a means to make themselves invisible. Unlike the purebloods, there are very few muggle-borns who have their own invisibility cloaks. At the same time that he was thinking about that, however, Harry cautioned himself against generalizing his theories as he knew that that would hamper him in the future.
It is quite possible that purebloods have actually done this crime – and despite the fact that a part of him was screaming at him that even if the purebloods had done this travesty, they did so without realizing what they had stolen, he ignored that part of him – and was going out of their way to disguise themselves as muggle-borns if only to cause unwarranted pressure on that sector of magical society.
Either way, Harry realized that he and his team would have to make sure that all possibilities are handled properly.
Hermione turned his attention toward Harry at the same time that Harry turned his attention toward her with the intention of telling her that they are done here, but when he saw the look on the face of his best friend, Harry could not help but blink, though he noted that the expression that was on her pretty face was not actually meant for her, rather, it was meant for what she was seeing behind Harry, and that caused him to turn his attention toward that direction.
There was another ghost figure behind Harry, and because he was standing in front of the door, he realized that this ghost figure had just stepped into the room at the same time that Hermione turned her attention toward that direction.
It was not, however, the fact that the man had entered the room that made Hermione place that expression on her face, rather, it was the fact that she recognized the signs that was on the face of the person, and if Harry was being honest, he would have to admit that he did so as well, after all, the scratch mark that was on the side of the face of the man operated as a brand of sorts, the kind of brand that Fenrir Greyback used to place on the face of the muggle kids that he bite to mark them as his slaves.
"Werewolf," Harry suddenly said.
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