Title: Harry Potter and the New Lord of Darkness
Category: General
Sub Category: Romance
Rating: R
Spoilers: SS/PS, CoS, PoA, GoF, and the Order of the Phoenix
DISCLAIMER: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Chapter 7: The Case
They apparated straight to the street where the Grimmauld Place houses were located. Harry looked at Ricky, who nodded. They both sprinted straight for Number 1 Grimmauld Place. Harry kicked the door in with his wand drawn. There was a loud scream and a young child began to cry.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" a tall black woman screamed at both Harry and Ricky who instantly withdrew their wands.
"Where is Winton Hedrick?" Harry asked as the women just glared at him.
"As I said before to the other Aurors I don't know where he is. AND NEXT TIME knock," she said angrily, with her wand drawn.
"Can I have a name?" Harry asked as the women just glared at him.
"Eva Hedrick and this is my four year old Son, Winton Jr.," she said smugly.
"I see, well that is mighty fine you don't know where he is. I guess you won't mind if my partner and I look around?" Harry asked as she shook her head.
"No get out of my house," she said as Harry only smiled.
"Very well Madam. We are sorry we kicked down your door," Harry said as Ricky scowled at him.
"Harry, what are you talking about? We aren't leaving. Let's just put her under some Veritaserum," Ricky said as Harry shook his head.
"No Sanders, lets go," Harry said picking up the door as Ricky stormed out of the house. "Again, we are sorry we kicked down your door, we didn't know that you or your child were here," Harry said as he fixed the door.
"Well, I guess I understand. Your name?" she asked as Harry smiled.
"Harry Potter Ma'am. If you get anything about your husband's whereabouts please Owl me," Harry said as her eyes went wide.
"Harry Potter, of course," she said nervously as Harry nodded and closed the door behind him.
A very angry Ricky was standing outside.
"What the hell are you doing? You know she knows where he is," he said in a dead whisper as Harry only smiled.
"You really sometimes question my ability. She doesn't know where he is. She is not that stupid, but she has been writing to him. Now we just have to stake out the house until the next time an Owl leaves here," Harry said as Sanders immediately shut up.
"How do you know that she doesn't know where he is? And how do you know she has an Owl?" Sanders asked with his head down.
"I am master in Legilimency and looked around the room and saw a little perch next to one of the windows. She won't send an Owl tonight, she knows that will be too risky. We will come back tomorrow and stake out the house," Harry said as Ricky nodded and they both apparated.
.........
The first night no Owl left the house. Ricky sat in an armchair under an Invisibility Charm. Harry was transformed in his Phoenix form perched on his shoulder, also invisible. Fawkes was on the other shoulder. Fawkes was now with Harry and sometimes came with Harry on his missions or cases, but only sometimes. Most of the time he stayed behind at the castle flying around the grounds or perched in Harry's office.
On the second day, Ricky sat in an armchair again. This time only Harry was perched on his shoulder. Again that night no Owl left. When they packed up for the night Ricky was grumbling to himself as the armchair disappeared. Harry had transformed and put himself under an Invisibility Charm. Ricky cursed to himself.
"Quiet Sanders. Stop complaini..." Harry immediately stopped and transformed back in to his phoenix form as an Owl began to fly out of the window of Number 1 Grimmauld Place.
Harry began to sing and the Owl immediately stopped flying and began to look at Harry mesmerized. It slowly began to make its way towards Harry. The song had the Owl in a trance. Ricky took the opportunity to put the tracking device on the Owl. The Owl didn't even feel the charm being put on him. Harry instantly transformed back into human form.
"Harry?" Molly Weasley called out as Harry eyes went wide.
Molly Weasley and Hermione were standing there with their wands drawn. They both were dressed in dressrobes. Harry didn't know what to say.
"Hello Molly," Harry said looking at his feet, not believing he didn't turn himself invisible.
"What was that all about?" Molly asked as Harry looked up.
"A case," was all Harry said.
"Harry, let's use a memory charm on them," Ricky said too loudly and they both heard him.
"Finite Incantatem," Hermione said as Ricky appeared with his wand drawn.
"I'll do it Harry," he said waving his wand.
"No, put your wand away," Harry said as Ricky just shook his head.
"Whatever Harry, I'll be back at the castle," Ricky said apparating away.
There was silence for a few minutes before Harry broke the ice.
"He is right you know, I should put a memory charm on you, but I am not going to," Harry said. "However, I warn you not to discuss what you saw tonight with anyone. Goodbye," Harry said apparating away before any of them could speak.
Harry apparated right into the drawing room, where Ricky was pacing back and forth. He stopped and glared at Harry. Harry only shook his head and took a seat at his desk. Ricky just kept glaring at him.
"Why didn't you let me fix their memory?" he asked angrily.
"There was no need to," Harry said as Ricky slammed his hands on Harry's desk.
"That is bullshit! You know that they will tell Charlie and Bill then they will try to take our case!" he yelled as Harry only looked at him.
"Don't forget who is in charge here Sanders!" he growled. "I am the number two. And don't forget whose Castle this is. Don't forget who has made every case for your GOD DAMN ASS! Don't forget who made you as good as you are!" Harry shouted as Ricky turned and stormed out of the room.
"Pinky!" Harry shouted as the houseelf apparated in.
"Yes Master," the houseelf asked as Harry smiled.
"Shut down the apparation wards for right now! Please," Harry asked as the houseelf immediately apparated.
Harry sat back and sighed. Harry began to look over some of the paperwork. Footsteps could be heard from the corridors. The door banged open and Ricky ran in with his wand drawn.
"You better let me leave Potter or I'll..." Ricky said as Harry smirked.
"You'll what? And it isn't up me Sanders that I am not letting you leave. It was your wand that did the tracking spell," Harry said as Ricky glared.
"So what? I am going to ask for a partner change anyway," Ricky said angrily.
"If that is how you feel Ricky, that's fine with me. But if you ever want to leave this castle again you will wait until after this case is over because I'll make sure that after this case we won't have to be partners," Harry said angrily.
"Fine," Ricky said taking a seat in one of the chairs.
"Aren't going to check where the owl is now?" Harry said angrily as Ricky just took out his wand and murmured an incantation.
A scene flashed before their eyes. A forest appeared where the Owl was flying. The Owl zoomed to a small cabin in the middle of the forest and dropped the letter at the foot of the little steps. A tall black man came out of the cabin, looked both ways and picked up the letter and went back in the cabin.
"Where is that?" Ricky asked as Harry got up, got his wand holster and draped it around his arm.
"The magical forest just outside London. It is invisible to muggles. Not many Wizards go in there because it is infested with Pixies. We will apparate to the Leaky Cauldron and make our way there. Now let's go," Harry said, seeming not all that angry any more.
.........
Harry stopped to talk to Remus before they apparated to the Leaky Cauldron. They walked into the smelly old pub, to smell smoke in their nostrils. People were chatting excitedly about any bit of news that they could have. Most of them were talking about the war going on in Romania, where a group of Dark Wizard Activists, sort of like Death Eaters, was attacking the town, but they were more like a political group in their own right. When Harry and Ricky walked in, the people silenced immediately. Everyone knew Harry was a top Auror and that he was probably had a case in the making.
"Evening Tommy," Harry said walking up sitting at a stool. "Firewhiskey," Harry said as the young man smiled.
Tommy had joined the Order after his father, Tom was killed when the Leaky Cauldron was attacked during the War against Voldemort. Harry hadn't found out until sometime after he was released from Azkaban. Then he went to visit the Old Innkeepers graveyard and met Tommy and they had made friends. Harry took the shot that the innkeeper gave him.
"Thank you Tommy," Harry said as the Innkeeper nodded.
"You're welcome Harry," Tom said as Harry nodded to Ricky at the door. "What are you doing in Diagon Alley and this time of night?" Tom asked as Harry smiled.
"Business," Harry said as Harry waved goodbye and went out to the back door.
As the back door closed, Harry heard the chatter begin to start up again. Harry went up to the bricks and tapped his wand on the secret brick that made the bricks disappear. Harry walked into the clearing to find a wand in his face. Harry smirked.
"What is your business here?" the Auror asked as Harry grabbed the man's wand and put it down.
"Put your wand down Rookie," Harry said the Auror did a Lumos charm to see Harry. The man paled.
"Sorry, Mr. Potter," the man said as Harry only nodded.
"It is fine Skylab. We have a job for you though. Follow us," Harry said as the young Auror looked at Ricky, who only shrugged.
They walked to the edge of the Alley and made a turn onto Knockturn Alley, but before actually entering the Alley, they made a right to a large gate. The gate was magical. It repelled muggles and could only be opened if the guard tapped it with his wand.
"Hey, open the gate," Harry shouted as the guard poked out his head.
"What is your business here?" the guard asked as Harry only glared.
"We don't have time to waste. Open the god damn gate," Harry shouted, walking towards the guards.
"Fuck you man, I don't have to open anything," the man retorted as Harry drew his wand.
"How dare you ta... Colin?" Harry asked as Colin Creevey looked at Harry for a quick moment.
"Harry, oh my god. I'm sorry," Colin said tapping the place that made the gate open.
"No problem Colin, what are you doing working here?" Harry asked as Colin shrugged.
"It is the only thing I could find. I applied to many small positions in the ministry, but they didn't hire me. I think it is because I am a muggleborn," Colin said as Harry frowned.
"Maybe," Harry said looking at his feet. "We will get in touch later, but we have to go now," Harry said as Colin nodded.
"Bye Harry," Colin said as Harry only nodded and they ran through the gate.
They ran into a backyard as the gate shut behind him.
"What is this?" the young Auror asked as Ricky rolled his eyes.
"This is a Auror station house. You will know about them when you actually start working on some cases. This leads to a run down house where the forest is just in front," Harry said to the Auror as he just nodded.
"How do you know about this place?" Ricky asked speaking for the first time in a long while.
"I had to capture some Pixies when I was teaching at Hogwarts for that half term," Harry said as Ricky only nodded.
They followed Harry out a side gate that led to the side of the run down house. Harry led them out of the small clearing. There was a dirt road that led to the outside of the forest.
"Um, can I ask you what you want with me?" the Auror asked as Harry turned and smirked at him.
"You will be capturing Pixies. I know there is a nest about 100 meters into the forest. You will take this, "Harry said conjuring a cage with the wave of his hand.
"Why do you want me to capture Pixies? I mean, I was supposed to be a lookout at Diagon Alley," the Auror Skylab said as Harry just let out an irritated sigh.
"Because I said so Skylab. You will capture these pixies because we don't want to have to deal with them. Now, we have work to do," Harry said as they made their way into the woods.
It didn't take long until Harry, Ricky and Skylab met the Pixies that Harry was talking about. Harry and Ricky quickly ran off towards the middle of the forest leaving Skylab to the Pixies. It didn't take them long to find the small cabin. They waited in the shadows.
"I think we should surprise him. Apparate straight into the house and use the spell that we used on the Vampire," Ricky said as Harry thought about it.
"I don't want to hurt him. We just need the information,"Harry said. "And if we surprise him, I know he will attack," Harry said, as Ricky just looked smug.
"What do you expect us to do then? Just knock!" Ricky said angrily.
"Keep your voice down, and yes, let's just knock," Harry said as Ricky looked at Harry blankly.
Ricky couldn't believe what Harry was doing. He walked up to the door and knocked. Ricky came out of the shadows; just enough to make sure that he knew he was there. The door opened.
"Come in. My Wife has told me you would be coming," the tall man said letting Harry in. "Only you. Your partner can wait outside," Winton Hedrick said as Harry only looked at Ricky and shrugged.
Harry walked into the small, furnished house.
"Sit," Winton said as a chair appeared out of nowhere.
Harry took a seat.
"I don't know why you Aurors are looking for me, but I don't know nothing so stop harassing my family," Winton said with intensity.
Harry didn't even flinch.
"I don't know if you are lying or not, but there is always a way to find out." Harry said pulling out a small vial.
"You should know damn well that Veritaserum doesn't work on Werewolves Potter!" the Werewolf growled angrily.
"This isn't Veritaserum. It wonderful what a little ounce of pain can do, but I don't want to do that," Harry said confidently.
"Listen boy, I respect what you did, killing Voldemort, but believe me I could kill you while you are sitting here!" the werewolf growled as Harry's eyes began to blaze with fire.
"Believe me Winton, you are the one in danger. You think I would just knock if this was a regular case? This is big. This is the murder of the Minister of Magic. And Remus Lupin asked me not to kill you. You have a family, I don't want to have to kill you. Just tell me what I WANT!" Harry screamed as the werewolf looked at the wood floor.
"You know Remus?" Winton said looking up as Harry nodded. "I am sorry, I respect Remus a lot, but I am sorry. I will not you anything," he said as Harry almost exploded with anger.
"WHY? Why is so important to withhold information that could help catch a murderer? WHY?" Harry screamed as Winton stood up in rage.
"BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT FOOL DID TO ME! You want to know something? I used to be an Auror just like you before a werewolf bit me in duty. HE FIRED ME ONCE IT WAS CONFIRMED I WAS A WEREWOLF. I WILL DIE BEFORE I TELL YOU ANYTHING!" Winton screamed as Harry's glare did not waver.
"I am sorry for what he did to you, but I still need to know, no matter what. I think I have deal for you Winton. Think hard before you say no," Harry said as Winton slammed his fist down on the table and it shattered.
"No deals," he said angrily as Harry waved a finger in his face.
"I said listen, this deal would benefit you greatly so just listen. Say, I leave and let you hold your grudge. I then come back after I tell Remus that I going to be forced kill you and there is nothing I can do. OR? Or? Let me finish. Or I find a way to make your problem go away and you give me what I want," Harry said as the Werewolf growled in anger.
"My problem? You could never make my problem go away," Winton said angrily.
"Really, Remus said the same thing at the beginning, but we proved him wrong. Neville Longbottom and myself have found a cure for the Lyncanthrophe curse. It is a three full moon program that with the first it stops you from Transforming into a werewolf, the second takes away the Werewolf instincts, the third and the last potion takes away the sickness on the full moon," Harry said as Winton just gave him a blank look.
"You just want the information. You have some balls to come around a werewolf saying that!" Winton said with a growl.
"I see you need proof, okay, that is fair," Harry said waving his hand making a Portkey. "This is a Portkey to my home. You will find Remus there. If you don't believe me, you'll believe him," Harry said as Winton looked at Harry.
"It is probably a Portkey that takes me directly to Azkaban," Winton said as Harry shook his head.
"I spent two years wrongfully imprisoned in that hellhole. I would not put an innocent man in there. I will even take it with you," Harry said as Winton finally nodded in defeat.
"Fine," he said shaking his head.
"Good," Harry said going to the door and opening it. "Ricky, apparate into Winton's house, take a Portkey to my home and meet us there," Harry said as Ricky only gave him a smug look and nodded.
"Now grab hold and let's go," Harry said as Winton took hold of the Portkey and they were gone in a swirl of light and colors.
.........
Remus and Neville explained everything to Winton Hedrick about the cure. Ricky soon arrived with both Winton's wife and son. Neville told Winton and his family that he would have a potion ready for the next full moon. Winton immediately began talking. He gave them the names of two Vampires who said that they were involved in the assassination of Cornelius Fudge.
A vampire named Abic was said to be bragging to his other vampires about being hired by a Ministry to assassinate Fudge. Winton said that the person in question had to be a high rank official from maybe the Department of Mysteries or from anything to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement or even the Council of Magic Law. He wasn't sure, but he knew the person had to be a high rank with a lot of power to get Vampires to cooperate.
Harry and Ricky left Winton with his family to get back to business. They then decided to drop looking for Abic until tomorrow since it was late. Harry had Pinky get Ricky's usual room ready and he went off to find Katie. He found Katie in their bedroom. The castle was so big you could get lost in it, but of course that never happened to Harry.
Harry had his own little private corridor with Katie, Harry Jr. and Virginia. Remus had his own corridor for himself that Harry made him take. Neville and Luna had a small corridor to themselves. Then there was the conference room, the potions lab and the spare rooms for guests in the fourth corridor.
There were more of course, but those were the only ones used. When Harry had first gotten to the castle the houseelves had showed him all the corridors and the ones they used were the best at the time. Of course they were another 10, 20 corridors in the castle, but Harry really didn't feel like there was any use for them yet. He didn't know for the future though. Only time would tell.
.........
"YOU BASTARD!" someone screamed, as there was loud laughter from the other offices.
Both Harry and Ricky stood up. They hadn't talked much since their argument but they were getting the paperwork done, working quite well together. They both stood up and began to laugh as a half naked Skylab walked over to them.
"What is up Skylab?" Harry said with a smile.
"YOU BASTARDS LEFT ME TO DEAL WITH THOSE PIXIES BY MYSELF!" Skylab laughed as the whole office howled with laughter.
"You could have gone home and gotten some clothes first," Harry said through a laugh as the whole office laughed harder.
"They took my wand!" he said as the office continued to laugh.
Skylab was beyond angry. He was very red in the face. The laughter just made it worse for him as he turned beat red. He let out a growl of anger as he smacked Harry hard across face with a loud SMACK. Harry blinked immediately and everyone stopped laughing. Harry looked at the young Auror and he burst out laughing.
"He slapped me," Harry choked out as another surge of laughter began, as Skylab turned red again.
The laughter died down after a couple minutes.
"I'll tell you what, after Sanders and I finish up with this paper work I'll help you go get your wand back," Harry said only with a smile.
"Potter, Sanders come give me report on where you have gotten with the Fudge case," the Head of Department called out as Harry and Ricky walked over to the office.
As the door shut behind them, they could hear the other Aurors crowding around the door to listen in on the conversation. Andreas offered them both a seat and they took them. He looked at them expectantly.
"Well, usually you don't do all that paperwork if you haven't solved the case. What have you found out?" Andreas said as Harry and Ricky just looked at each other.
"Well, we have found a positive ID on the Vampire that killed the Minister, but something came up that we did not expect. A ministry official hired the hit," Ricky said as Andreas eyes went wide.
"Do you know who?" he asked shocked.
"No Sir, not yet," Harry said as Andreas only nodded.
"Is that it Sir, because we would like to get back to work," Ricky said as Andreas smiled and nodded.
"You two don't have to call me Sir, with this case you call me Andreas. You guys just put me in the running for Minister of Magic. Thank you," he said with a nod as they both nodded and got up to leave.
When they opened the door, Bill Weasley fell into the office with Tonks and Kingsley not too far behind him. They all turned beat red with embarrassment from being caught.
"I guess you guys would have heard the news sooner or later, but next time, don't get caught," Andreas said with a smile, which usually wasn't his reaction.
Harry and Ricky just walked out.
"Skylab, I will have to cancel, we have a vampire to find," Harry said as Skylab just turned red and shook his head.
.........
"Minister, Potter has found out who killed Cornelius Fudge," Andreas said to Minister Percy Weasley.
"Indeed, who is it?" the Minister asked as Andreas frowned grimly.
"It was a vampire, but Potter has found that someone within the Ministry hired the hit," Andreas said as Percy raised his eyebrows.
"Really, there is a simple explanation for that, he is wrong," Percy said as Andreas frowned.
"No he isn't. Potter knows what he is doing Minister. He isn't wrong," Andreas said as Percy only nodded.
"Fine Andreas, but you are going to have to keep this quiet for now. We can't have this big scandal right before this upcoming election in 4 months," Percy said as Andreas only nodded.
"Fine Minister," Andreas said nodding his goodbyes as he left.
.........
"You got to go on the run," a man with a large magical aura boomed at a vampire.
"I am not scared of Potter," the vampire said angrily.
"That is what you said last time Potter caught you and you don't have to be scared. You can't let him find you or I am screwed," the man said as the Vampire only nodded.
"Very well," the Vampire said licking his lips.
"But give Potter something to think about before you leave," the man said as the Vampire licked his lips again.
"What do you have in mind?" the vampire said with a sadistic laugh.
.........
Another chapter done... I hope you liked this... the turning point is about to come... Please Review and tell me what you think... Thank you to my beta....
Category: General
Sub Category: Romance
Rating: R
Spoilers: SS/PS, CoS, PoA, GoF, and the Order of the Phoenix
DISCLAIMER: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Chapter 7: The Case
They apparated straight to the street where the Grimmauld Place houses were located. Harry looked at Ricky, who nodded. They both sprinted straight for Number 1 Grimmauld Place. Harry kicked the door in with his wand drawn. There was a loud scream and a young child began to cry.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" a tall black woman screamed at both Harry and Ricky who instantly withdrew their wands.
"Where is Winton Hedrick?" Harry asked as the women just glared at him.
"As I said before to the other Aurors I don't know where he is. AND NEXT TIME knock," she said angrily, with her wand drawn.
"Can I have a name?" Harry asked as the women just glared at him.
"Eva Hedrick and this is my four year old Son, Winton Jr.," she said smugly.
"I see, well that is mighty fine you don't know where he is. I guess you won't mind if my partner and I look around?" Harry asked as she shook her head.
"No get out of my house," she said as Harry only smiled.
"Very well Madam. We are sorry we kicked down your door," Harry said as Ricky scowled at him.
"Harry, what are you talking about? We aren't leaving. Let's just put her under some Veritaserum," Ricky said as Harry shook his head.
"No Sanders, lets go," Harry said picking up the door as Ricky stormed out of the house. "Again, we are sorry we kicked down your door, we didn't know that you or your child were here," Harry said as he fixed the door.
"Well, I guess I understand. Your name?" she asked as Harry smiled.
"Harry Potter Ma'am. If you get anything about your husband's whereabouts please Owl me," Harry said as her eyes went wide.
"Harry Potter, of course," she said nervously as Harry nodded and closed the door behind him.
A very angry Ricky was standing outside.
"What the hell are you doing? You know she knows where he is," he said in a dead whisper as Harry only smiled.
"You really sometimes question my ability. She doesn't know where he is. She is not that stupid, but she has been writing to him. Now we just have to stake out the house until the next time an Owl leaves here," Harry said as Sanders immediately shut up.
"How do you know that she doesn't know where he is? And how do you know she has an Owl?" Sanders asked with his head down.
"I am master in Legilimency and looked around the room and saw a little perch next to one of the windows. She won't send an Owl tonight, she knows that will be too risky. We will come back tomorrow and stake out the house," Harry said as Ricky nodded and they both apparated.
.........
The first night no Owl left the house. Ricky sat in an armchair under an Invisibility Charm. Harry was transformed in his Phoenix form perched on his shoulder, also invisible. Fawkes was on the other shoulder. Fawkes was now with Harry and sometimes came with Harry on his missions or cases, but only sometimes. Most of the time he stayed behind at the castle flying around the grounds or perched in Harry's office.
On the second day, Ricky sat in an armchair again. This time only Harry was perched on his shoulder. Again that night no Owl left. When they packed up for the night Ricky was grumbling to himself as the armchair disappeared. Harry had transformed and put himself under an Invisibility Charm. Ricky cursed to himself.
"Quiet Sanders. Stop complaini..." Harry immediately stopped and transformed back in to his phoenix form as an Owl began to fly out of the window of Number 1 Grimmauld Place.
Harry began to sing and the Owl immediately stopped flying and began to look at Harry mesmerized. It slowly began to make its way towards Harry. The song had the Owl in a trance. Ricky took the opportunity to put the tracking device on the Owl. The Owl didn't even feel the charm being put on him. Harry instantly transformed back into human form.
"Harry?" Molly Weasley called out as Harry eyes went wide.
Molly Weasley and Hermione were standing there with their wands drawn. They both were dressed in dressrobes. Harry didn't know what to say.
"Hello Molly," Harry said looking at his feet, not believing he didn't turn himself invisible.
"What was that all about?" Molly asked as Harry looked up.
"A case," was all Harry said.
"Harry, let's use a memory charm on them," Ricky said too loudly and they both heard him.
"Finite Incantatem," Hermione said as Ricky appeared with his wand drawn.
"I'll do it Harry," he said waving his wand.
"No, put your wand away," Harry said as Ricky just shook his head.
"Whatever Harry, I'll be back at the castle," Ricky said apparating away.
There was silence for a few minutes before Harry broke the ice.
"He is right you know, I should put a memory charm on you, but I am not going to," Harry said. "However, I warn you not to discuss what you saw tonight with anyone. Goodbye," Harry said apparating away before any of them could speak.
Harry apparated right into the drawing room, where Ricky was pacing back and forth. He stopped and glared at Harry. Harry only shook his head and took a seat at his desk. Ricky just kept glaring at him.
"Why didn't you let me fix their memory?" he asked angrily.
"There was no need to," Harry said as Ricky slammed his hands on Harry's desk.
"That is bullshit! You know that they will tell Charlie and Bill then they will try to take our case!" he yelled as Harry only looked at him.
"Don't forget who is in charge here Sanders!" he growled. "I am the number two. And don't forget whose Castle this is. Don't forget who has made every case for your GOD DAMN ASS! Don't forget who made you as good as you are!" Harry shouted as Ricky turned and stormed out of the room.
"Pinky!" Harry shouted as the houseelf apparated in.
"Yes Master," the houseelf asked as Harry smiled.
"Shut down the apparation wards for right now! Please," Harry asked as the houseelf immediately apparated.
Harry sat back and sighed. Harry began to look over some of the paperwork. Footsteps could be heard from the corridors. The door banged open and Ricky ran in with his wand drawn.
"You better let me leave Potter or I'll..." Ricky said as Harry smirked.
"You'll what? And it isn't up me Sanders that I am not letting you leave. It was your wand that did the tracking spell," Harry said as Ricky glared.
"So what? I am going to ask for a partner change anyway," Ricky said angrily.
"If that is how you feel Ricky, that's fine with me. But if you ever want to leave this castle again you will wait until after this case is over because I'll make sure that after this case we won't have to be partners," Harry said angrily.
"Fine," Ricky said taking a seat in one of the chairs.
"Aren't going to check where the owl is now?" Harry said angrily as Ricky just took out his wand and murmured an incantation.
A scene flashed before their eyes. A forest appeared where the Owl was flying. The Owl zoomed to a small cabin in the middle of the forest and dropped the letter at the foot of the little steps. A tall black man came out of the cabin, looked both ways and picked up the letter and went back in the cabin.
"Where is that?" Ricky asked as Harry got up, got his wand holster and draped it around his arm.
"The magical forest just outside London. It is invisible to muggles. Not many Wizards go in there because it is infested with Pixies. We will apparate to the Leaky Cauldron and make our way there. Now let's go," Harry said, seeming not all that angry any more.
.........
Harry stopped to talk to Remus before they apparated to the Leaky Cauldron. They walked into the smelly old pub, to smell smoke in their nostrils. People were chatting excitedly about any bit of news that they could have. Most of them were talking about the war going on in Romania, where a group of Dark Wizard Activists, sort of like Death Eaters, was attacking the town, but they were more like a political group in their own right. When Harry and Ricky walked in, the people silenced immediately. Everyone knew Harry was a top Auror and that he was probably had a case in the making.
"Evening Tommy," Harry said walking up sitting at a stool. "Firewhiskey," Harry said as the young man smiled.
Tommy had joined the Order after his father, Tom was killed when the Leaky Cauldron was attacked during the War against Voldemort. Harry hadn't found out until sometime after he was released from Azkaban. Then he went to visit the Old Innkeepers graveyard and met Tommy and they had made friends. Harry took the shot that the innkeeper gave him.
"Thank you Tommy," Harry said as the Innkeeper nodded.
"You're welcome Harry," Tom said as Harry nodded to Ricky at the door. "What are you doing in Diagon Alley and this time of night?" Tom asked as Harry smiled.
"Business," Harry said as Harry waved goodbye and went out to the back door.
As the back door closed, Harry heard the chatter begin to start up again. Harry went up to the bricks and tapped his wand on the secret brick that made the bricks disappear. Harry walked into the clearing to find a wand in his face. Harry smirked.
"What is your business here?" the Auror asked as Harry grabbed the man's wand and put it down.
"Put your wand down Rookie," Harry said the Auror did a Lumos charm to see Harry. The man paled.
"Sorry, Mr. Potter," the man said as Harry only nodded.
"It is fine Skylab. We have a job for you though. Follow us," Harry said as the young Auror looked at Ricky, who only shrugged.
They walked to the edge of the Alley and made a turn onto Knockturn Alley, but before actually entering the Alley, they made a right to a large gate. The gate was magical. It repelled muggles and could only be opened if the guard tapped it with his wand.
"Hey, open the gate," Harry shouted as the guard poked out his head.
"What is your business here?" the guard asked as Harry only glared.
"We don't have time to waste. Open the god damn gate," Harry shouted, walking towards the guards.
"Fuck you man, I don't have to open anything," the man retorted as Harry drew his wand.
"How dare you ta... Colin?" Harry asked as Colin Creevey looked at Harry for a quick moment.
"Harry, oh my god. I'm sorry," Colin said tapping the place that made the gate open.
"No problem Colin, what are you doing working here?" Harry asked as Colin shrugged.
"It is the only thing I could find. I applied to many small positions in the ministry, but they didn't hire me. I think it is because I am a muggleborn," Colin said as Harry frowned.
"Maybe," Harry said looking at his feet. "We will get in touch later, but we have to go now," Harry said as Colin nodded.
"Bye Harry," Colin said as Harry only nodded and they ran through the gate.
They ran into a backyard as the gate shut behind him.
"What is this?" the young Auror asked as Ricky rolled his eyes.
"This is a Auror station house. You will know about them when you actually start working on some cases. This leads to a run down house where the forest is just in front," Harry said to the Auror as he just nodded.
"How do you know about this place?" Ricky asked speaking for the first time in a long while.
"I had to capture some Pixies when I was teaching at Hogwarts for that half term," Harry said as Ricky only nodded.
They followed Harry out a side gate that led to the side of the run down house. Harry led them out of the small clearing. There was a dirt road that led to the outside of the forest.
"Um, can I ask you what you want with me?" the Auror asked as Harry turned and smirked at him.
"You will be capturing Pixies. I know there is a nest about 100 meters into the forest. You will take this, "Harry said conjuring a cage with the wave of his hand.
"Why do you want me to capture Pixies? I mean, I was supposed to be a lookout at Diagon Alley," the Auror Skylab said as Harry just let out an irritated sigh.
"Because I said so Skylab. You will capture these pixies because we don't want to have to deal with them. Now, we have work to do," Harry said as they made their way into the woods.
It didn't take long until Harry, Ricky and Skylab met the Pixies that Harry was talking about. Harry and Ricky quickly ran off towards the middle of the forest leaving Skylab to the Pixies. It didn't take them long to find the small cabin. They waited in the shadows.
"I think we should surprise him. Apparate straight into the house and use the spell that we used on the Vampire," Ricky said as Harry thought about it.
"I don't want to hurt him. We just need the information,"Harry said. "And if we surprise him, I know he will attack," Harry said, as Ricky just looked smug.
"What do you expect us to do then? Just knock!" Ricky said angrily.
"Keep your voice down, and yes, let's just knock," Harry said as Ricky looked at Harry blankly.
Ricky couldn't believe what Harry was doing. He walked up to the door and knocked. Ricky came out of the shadows; just enough to make sure that he knew he was there. The door opened.
"Come in. My Wife has told me you would be coming," the tall man said letting Harry in. "Only you. Your partner can wait outside," Winton Hedrick said as Harry only looked at Ricky and shrugged.
Harry walked into the small, furnished house.
"Sit," Winton said as a chair appeared out of nowhere.
Harry took a seat.
"I don't know why you Aurors are looking for me, but I don't know nothing so stop harassing my family," Winton said with intensity.
Harry didn't even flinch.
"I don't know if you are lying or not, but there is always a way to find out." Harry said pulling out a small vial.
"You should know damn well that Veritaserum doesn't work on Werewolves Potter!" the Werewolf growled angrily.
"This isn't Veritaserum. It wonderful what a little ounce of pain can do, but I don't want to do that," Harry said confidently.
"Listen boy, I respect what you did, killing Voldemort, but believe me I could kill you while you are sitting here!" the werewolf growled as Harry's eyes began to blaze with fire.
"Believe me Winton, you are the one in danger. You think I would just knock if this was a regular case? This is big. This is the murder of the Minister of Magic. And Remus Lupin asked me not to kill you. You have a family, I don't want to have to kill you. Just tell me what I WANT!" Harry screamed as the werewolf looked at the wood floor.
"You know Remus?" Winton said looking up as Harry nodded. "I am sorry, I respect Remus a lot, but I am sorry. I will not you anything," he said as Harry almost exploded with anger.
"WHY? Why is so important to withhold information that could help catch a murderer? WHY?" Harry screamed as Winton stood up in rage.
"BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT FOOL DID TO ME! You want to know something? I used to be an Auror just like you before a werewolf bit me in duty. HE FIRED ME ONCE IT WAS CONFIRMED I WAS A WEREWOLF. I WILL DIE BEFORE I TELL YOU ANYTHING!" Winton screamed as Harry's glare did not waver.
"I am sorry for what he did to you, but I still need to know, no matter what. I think I have deal for you Winton. Think hard before you say no," Harry said as Winton slammed his fist down on the table and it shattered.
"No deals," he said angrily as Harry waved a finger in his face.
"I said listen, this deal would benefit you greatly so just listen. Say, I leave and let you hold your grudge. I then come back after I tell Remus that I going to be forced kill you and there is nothing I can do. OR? Or? Let me finish. Or I find a way to make your problem go away and you give me what I want," Harry said as the Werewolf growled in anger.
"My problem? You could never make my problem go away," Winton said angrily.
"Really, Remus said the same thing at the beginning, but we proved him wrong. Neville Longbottom and myself have found a cure for the Lyncanthrophe curse. It is a three full moon program that with the first it stops you from Transforming into a werewolf, the second takes away the Werewolf instincts, the third and the last potion takes away the sickness on the full moon," Harry said as Winton just gave him a blank look.
"You just want the information. You have some balls to come around a werewolf saying that!" Winton said with a growl.
"I see you need proof, okay, that is fair," Harry said waving his hand making a Portkey. "This is a Portkey to my home. You will find Remus there. If you don't believe me, you'll believe him," Harry said as Winton looked at Harry.
"It is probably a Portkey that takes me directly to Azkaban," Winton said as Harry shook his head.
"I spent two years wrongfully imprisoned in that hellhole. I would not put an innocent man in there. I will even take it with you," Harry said as Winton finally nodded in defeat.
"Fine," he said shaking his head.
"Good," Harry said going to the door and opening it. "Ricky, apparate into Winton's house, take a Portkey to my home and meet us there," Harry said as Ricky only gave him a smug look and nodded.
"Now grab hold and let's go," Harry said as Winton took hold of the Portkey and they were gone in a swirl of light and colors.
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Remus and Neville explained everything to Winton Hedrick about the cure. Ricky soon arrived with both Winton's wife and son. Neville told Winton and his family that he would have a potion ready for the next full moon. Winton immediately began talking. He gave them the names of two Vampires who said that they were involved in the assassination of Cornelius Fudge.
A vampire named Abic was said to be bragging to his other vampires about being hired by a Ministry to assassinate Fudge. Winton said that the person in question had to be a high rank official from maybe the Department of Mysteries or from anything to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement or even the Council of Magic Law. He wasn't sure, but he knew the person had to be a high rank with a lot of power to get Vampires to cooperate.
Harry and Ricky left Winton with his family to get back to business. They then decided to drop looking for Abic until tomorrow since it was late. Harry had Pinky get Ricky's usual room ready and he went off to find Katie. He found Katie in their bedroom. The castle was so big you could get lost in it, but of course that never happened to Harry.
Harry had his own little private corridor with Katie, Harry Jr. and Virginia. Remus had his own corridor for himself that Harry made him take. Neville and Luna had a small corridor to themselves. Then there was the conference room, the potions lab and the spare rooms for guests in the fourth corridor.
There were more of course, but those were the only ones used. When Harry had first gotten to the castle the houseelves had showed him all the corridors and the ones they used were the best at the time. Of course they were another 10, 20 corridors in the castle, but Harry really didn't feel like there was any use for them yet. He didn't know for the future though. Only time would tell.
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"YOU BASTARD!" someone screamed, as there was loud laughter from the other offices.
Both Harry and Ricky stood up. They hadn't talked much since their argument but they were getting the paperwork done, working quite well together. They both stood up and began to laugh as a half naked Skylab walked over to them.
"What is up Skylab?" Harry said with a smile.
"YOU BASTARDS LEFT ME TO DEAL WITH THOSE PIXIES BY MYSELF!" Skylab laughed as the whole office howled with laughter.
"You could have gone home and gotten some clothes first," Harry said through a laugh as the whole office laughed harder.
"They took my wand!" he said as the office continued to laugh.
Skylab was beyond angry. He was very red in the face. The laughter just made it worse for him as he turned beat red. He let out a growl of anger as he smacked Harry hard across face with a loud SMACK. Harry blinked immediately and everyone stopped laughing. Harry looked at the young Auror and he burst out laughing.
"He slapped me," Harry choked out as another surge of laughter began, as Skylab turned red again.
The laughter died down after a couple minutes.
"I'll tell you what, after Sanders and I finish up with this paper work I'll help you go get your wand back," Harry said only with a smile.
"Potter, Sanders come give me report on where you have gotten with the Fudge case," the Head of Department called out as Harry and Ricky walked over to the office.
As the door shut behind them, they could hear the other Aurors crowding around the door to listen in on the conversation. Andreas offered them both a seat and they took them. He looked at them expectantly.
"Well, usually you don't do all that paperwork if you haven't solved the case. What have you found out?" Andreas said as Harry and Ricky just looked at each other.
"Well, we have found a positive ID on the Vampire that killed the Minister, but something came up that we did not expect. A ministry official hired the hit," Ricky said as Andreas eyes went wide.
"Do you know who?" he asked shocked.
"No Sir, not yet," Harry said as Andreas only nodded.
"Is that it Sir, because we would like to get back to work," Ricky said as Andreas smiled and nodded.
"You two don't have to call me Sir, with this case you call me Andreas. You guys just put me in the running for Minister of Magic. Thank you," he said with a nod as they both nodded and got up to leave.
When they opened the door, Bill Weasley fell into the office with Tonks and Kingsley not too far behind him. They all turned beat red with embarrassment from being caught.
"I guess you guys would have heard the news sooner or later, but next time, don't get caught," Andreas said with a smile, which usually wasn't his reaction.
Harry and Ricky just walked out.
"Skylab, I will have to cancel, we have a vampire to find," Harry said as Skylab just turned red and shook his head.
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"Minister, Potter has found out who killed Cornelius Fudge," Andreas said to Minister Percy Weasley.
"Indeed, who is it?" the Minister asked as Andreas frowned grimly.
"It was a vampire, but Potter has found that someone within the Ministry hired the hit," Andreas said as Percy raised his eyebrows.
"Really, there is a simple explanation for that, he is wrong," Percy said as Andreas frowned.
"No he isn't. Potter knows what he is doing Minister. He isn't wrong," Andreas said as Percy only nodded.
"Fine Andreas, but you are going to have to keep this quiet for now. We can't have this big scandal right before this upcoming election in 4 months," Percy said as Andreas only nodded.
"Fine Minister," Andreas said nodding his goodbyes as he left.
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"You got to go on the run," a man with a large magical aura boomed at a vampire.
"I am not scared of Potter," the vampire said angrily.
"That is what you said last time Potter caught you and you don't have to be scared. You can't let him find you or I am screwed," the man said as the Vampire only nodded.
"Very well," the Vampire said licking his lips.
"But give Potter something to think about before you leave," the man said as the Vampire licked his lips again.
"What do you have in mind?" the vampire said with a sadistic laugh.
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Another chapter done... I hope you liked this... the turning point is about to come... Please Review and tell me what you think... Thank you to my beta....