I couldn't keep quiet any longer.
"Bagman is an idiot, a rake, a cad, and a horrible gambler. But even I'd play the odds that he ISN'T a death-eater!"
"And where do you get that opinion from?"
"I worked with his trainer in the Wasps for awhile."
"Em hem, You're a bit young for that aren't you?" The voice dripped with sarcasm and scorn, and I couldn't tell from where in the room it precisely came.
But before I could respond another voice spoke up, "She's older then she looks."
The debate about what to do regarding the remaining death-eaters had been going on for hours at this point. The accusation of Wasp player Ludo Bagman has the entire sporting world in a near state of panic. So two teams of aurors, along with representatives from the department of games and sports, as well as international cooperation were gathered to figure out what to do. We all had one goal in mind, to stop the literal "witch-hunt" going on in the ranks.
The debate also continued in the Department of Mysteries. For the first time since I started at the ministry, the entire staff was gathered to discuss these issues.
We had to use one of the trial rooms to hold us all. Sometimes it amazes me how many people actually work for this department. None of us really know who all of the others are, because inside the office, we tend to use pseudonyms.
"What we need is someone on the inside of both scenes who actually blends in. Voldemort was once a Hogwarts student. It seems many of his followers were also Hogwarts students. Eventually, the children of the Death-eaters that walked free will become Hogwarts students. What we need is someone who is comfortably invisible on the inside when that happens!"
Our department head was really into his speech at this point. We had been briefed on this question and each team had to present a solution at today's meeting.
My team went last, and Frank our most senior member, was our spokesperson.
"Quidditch." He said simply. "The students enjoy watching quidditch. They follow the professional teams. Without realizing it, they also follow the support staff that keeps the players fit and trim to keep playing." He paused. "We have an ex-professional quidditch trainer on our team, one we call Myra Finn."
"Moody brought Myra onto his investigative team working for Dumbledore when she applied after the Quidditch league was shut down. We quickly recruited her for this department for her analytical skills, attention to detail, and objectivity. At the same time, as with many of our members- she also began being trained by Moody and I as an auror."
"Now, we'd like train her to watch and guard with the others during large quidditch matches and dueling competitions. To keep an eye for any recruitment attempts or sabotage of, or by, players. Very few people on the either circuit even know she's with the ministry at all on a temporary basis. She's an expert at blending in where she's needed, and has the necessary skills as a flight trainer and as a talent scout for both the Irish and Scottish teams. She could join the ranks of our undercover aurors who work outside the ministry- but she could be deep undercover within the circuits, rather then just working security."
"Our next proposition is to ask Headmaster Dumbledore to allow her to come in on a part-time basis as a private flying tutor, and to teach a general defensive flying course when she's not needed on the Quidditch circuit."
"Part-time! What good would that do? We're looking for constant surveillance!"
We were waiting for this. Resisting the urge to smile at the predictability, it was my turn to speak.
"Seniors, part-time means that changes the students go through slowly would be more apparent. Also, the school already has a full-time flight instructor- an old colleague of mine Madame Hooch. The last thing we want to do is draw attention to ourselves."
"By remaining undercover I can work both jobs, which compliment each other very well timing-wise, and something that hasn't been mentioned yet I've been on the competitive dueling circuit for nearly 8 years now- I'm a familiar face over there as well." I sat down. It was up to the Department head to decide that this point.
"I had no idea we had someone in our ranks that so accurately fit the job description." He said after a brief moments thought. "Are there any further suggestions or debate about this issue?" The room was silent, and ultimately voted to follow Frank's proposal. Mainly due to still being short staffed in the department from the attrition the war caused.
I was promoted to a full-time undercover auror position for the Department of Mysteries, and cross-working within the games and sports division of the ministry and law-enforcement. And my working team hadn't even changed with all of that.