While Sharing an Office

By: Chibi Pyro Duo

AN: Once again this was ment to be a one shot, so there will be a lot of time jumping.

"I'm sorry Dumbledore, but I have to decline."

"Are you sure Serena. You were one of my brightest students when it came to Defense Against the Dark Arts. Although most thought you were hopeless at it, because of the exams you failed."

Serena smiled, "I don't think I'd make a good teacher. I could barely pass the written part of my NEWTS. I couldn't run a class and expect to teach them what they need to know."

Dumbledore sighed in defeat, "Then it seems that I haven't succeed in finding a Defense teacher for this year."

"You could always come out of retirement and teach the class."

"Cornelius would not hear of it. He would insist I'm either to old or I am conspiring against him, by training up the students as my personal army."

"Well then how about giving the job to Snape?"

"No, there is a reason why I have not given the job to Severes. He knows too much. He would entice to students to the Dark Side, by showing them it's power."

"Then who?"

"I don't know. But do not worry Serena, something always works out in the end."

Serena had a foreboding feeling. Like Dumbledore had just jinxed himself or worse.

"Well Weasly did you read the manual this time?"

"How many more times do I have to say yes, before you take me seriously."

"When you stop making mistakes."

Percy grumbled, "Like you've never made a mistake, look at your test scores."

Serena chose to ignore that comment hearing something similar every time she was with the redheaded man.

"So what do we have?" asked Serena to the same black haired blue eyed man that Percy had met at his first crime scene.

"Double homicide. Victims were related, cousins, both were muggle-born."

Serena shook her head, "Cause of death?"

"Undetermined as of yet. But we suspect it's either the Killing Curse or they were tortured to death my the Cruciatus Curse."

"Two Unforgivables. Who found the bodies?"

"Mother did. After her daughter and niece didn't come home for dinner she went out looking for them, knowing that they were at a nearby park. Gave her a nasty shock. After the investigation we'll give her a Memory Charm so all she'll know is that her daughter and niece were killed by rouge Death Eaters."

"Any suspects."

"Except from the usual list of confirmed Death Eaters, but don't have any proof they really are one, we have nothing."

A black haired violet eyes woman the same age as Serena walked over to the two talking Aurors, "That's what we're here for Meatball Head."

Serena rolled her eyes, "I stopped wearing the meatballs after I became an Auror. To decorated, to much work, and it just got in the way."

The violet-eyed woman smiled, "Well I guess we'll start with the usual checks."

"Prints, DNA, and Trace."

Percy looked at both the detectives in confusion, "What are you talking about?"

Serena rolled her eyes, "I thought you said you read the manual."

The black-haired woman elbowed Serena, "Stop being so rude Serena, I remember you didn't get it the first time you read the manual."

Serena looked at her apparent friend with fake tears in her eyes, "Raye you're being so mean!"

"Wow does that bring back memories." Stated the black-haired man as he rolled his eyes.

Detective McGlover crossed the crime-scene, "And if memory serves me correctly you two are supposed to be trying to solve the death of these two girls, not be chatting."

Serena saluted and said, "Right Detective McGlover."

Raye rolled her eyes and the behavior of her best friend, "Yes sir."

And the two went off searching for clues as to who killed the girls. Serena bent over the body of the first victim Rachel Stewart. She put on a pair of rubber gloves and started to work. She lifted up the arms looking around the hands for any traces of the killer, "Hey Raye it looks like Rachel scratched the killer."

"Same here. We may be able to nab two Death Eaters with one strike."

"Let's just hope they're in our database." Serena continued to search the body. Finding nothing but a few scratches that she assumed where made by the assailant, "Raye we have some cuts. What do you think it's from."

"Probably a knife."

Percy bent down next to Serena, "It would have to be something of convinces because it's hard to find knives that are sharp enough to make cuts this deep, that aren't magiked in some way."

Serena smiled, "Good job Weasly, you might just make a detective yet."

"Not until he meets Amara he can't."

Serena laughed, "Or Task Master Miracle as I think she prefers to be called."

Lita and a blonde who looked frightening like Serena both laughed.

"You guys should not be joking around like this at a scene, you might miss something important. And then justice would not be served because of your faulty detective work." Stated a blue-haired girl. She kneeled down next to the body.

"Awww come on Ames stop being so serious." Laughed the blonde next to Lita.

"It is not joking matter Mina." Stated Ami.

Ami opened the victim's eyes, whispered "Lumos" and shined the light in her eyes, "How long ago was the body found?"

Serena shrugged as well as Raye. Darien rolled his eyes, "It was found two hours ago Ami."

"Thank you Darien, at least someone is doing their job." She glared at Serena and Raye.

"Hey Ames we gather the clues we don't know everything. Detective McGlover never even briefed us on this case we're just gathering the primaries."

"I'll send you the rest of the primaries when we get these guys back to the lab."

Serena got up to explore the rest of the area blocked off by the muggle police tape. This made three park killings in less than two months. It was obvious that the killings happened at random or else each victim would be connected in some way. She walked over to the grassy area near the end of the perimeter and picked up what looked to be a snake emblem with a skull through it. Serena nearly dropped the thing on the spot on recognizing the design of the Dark Mark, "Detective Mc..." Serena never got to finish her finding because she was tackled by a figure in a black robe with a pearly white mask on, "DEATH EATER!" shouted the panicked blonde.

She shoved him off of her and fired a stunning spell at him. He froze up, but five more deadly Death Eaters all armed with wands.

Serena looked back at her friends and co-workers hoping her screaming was enough warning.

Lita, Mina, Darien, Raye, and even Ami all ran up to back her up, and to make sure their longtime friend was not injured.

"Infurnium!" shouted Rei as she set a Death Eaters robe on fire. He screamed and ran around like a chicken with his head cut off before one of his fellow comrades put out the fire.

"Cresenta Thundra Combino!" shouted Lita and Mina together as shocks and waves of crackling energy shot their way towards the men in black.

"Cutious Siccor" shouted Ami as a medical technique was used to try and slice up her victims. One of the two she was fighting had dodge her attack and shouted, "CRUSIO!" Ami fell to the ground in pain.

"Ami!" shouted Serena. She started to run over to her to back her friend up when Darien grabbed her arm. He pointed towards Percy who was in the middle of the battle field frozen with a look of panic written all over his face.

"I'll go help Ami you help you partner."

Serena nodded her head and ran towards the frozen redhead. She dodge attacks that made their way past the assault of trained Aurors and ran what was three yards what seemed like three miles.

She saw a Death Eater in front of Percy ready to hit him with theCruciatus Curse.

"Cru..."

Serena skidded in front of Percy getting ready to take the hit for him, "sio!"

Serena collapsed on the ground withering in pain. Percy looked down at Serena awe written in his eyes. The few seconds that she was in pain passed like a ticking time bomb. A warm bright light engulfed Serena's body and the curse was broken. She stood up quickly not showing any signs that she had been under the curse.

She stunned the already shocked Death Eater. And looked around the field. Ami and Darien were finishing off the last Death Eater. Lita and Mina were both supporting a ragged looking Raye.

Detective McGlover who looked worn out and beat himself glanced at Serena and Percy, "Well I think we just found our suspects. Let's take them back to the Ministry and send in the Accidentals."

Serena nodded and ran to support Lita and Mina with Raye. The guards injured or not levitated the stunned bodies of the Death Eaters and Apparented with a loud pop.

Percy looked around at the scene of death one last time and popped back as well.

Percy walked into Serena's cramped office looking at the frizzled blonde filing through her paperwork on the latest mission. He knocked on the door while standing in the doorframe. Serena looked up at him for a second to acknowledge his presence, "Serena do you want to grab a drink at the Fairy's Enchantment?"

Serena looked up with her wide innocent blue eyes as in question to what Percy really wanted, "Why not?" She shuffled all her loose papers in a folder and stuffed them in a ratty briefcase that was worn yet looked like it fit comfortably on her back. "Why Fairy's Enchantment? You seem more like a Three Broomsticks kind of guy to me?" She grabbed her black robe that was hanging on a coat stand near the door and threw it over her battle robes.

Percy smiled as he held the door for her, "Fairy's Enchantment is just down the street and Three Broomsticks is in Hogsmeade, besides I don't like it there. To many nosy people."

Serena walked through the door smiling, but thinking He's hiding something.

They both walked down the hall towards the elevator. "How did you find your first battle experience?" asked the somewhat tired yet cheerful blonde.

They both walked into the elevator Percy pushing the button for the bottom floor, "I didn't even know that could happen at a scene."

A ding was heard, "Well it rarely does. There are at least ten Aurors at a crime scene as big as the one we handled today, and anyone brave enough to attack that many Aurors is either extremely strong," ding, "or extremely stupid."

Percy tried to hide his fear, "How many times is it stupid people?"

Ding, the elevator doors opened, "1 out of 10 times." Serena walked out of the doors swiftly with Percy quickly following at her heels.

The two walked in silence for a while until they reached a run-down apartment building. Serena knocked at the door. A pair of brown eyes appeared in a little slit above the door, "What's the password?"

Serena rolled her eyes, "Something muggle's would never think of."

The slit closed and the door opened. A neon sign hung above the inside of the door reading "The Fairy's Enchantment."

They both walked into the heavily crowed bar from the just after work crowd.

The two grabbed a table near the back of the bar waiting for a waitress to come over and take their orders.

Percy ran a hand through his now shaggy red hair, "Why do you think those Death Eaters attacked us?"

Serena sighed, "Who knows why a Death Eater does anything. My guess is that one of the dropped their Death Eater pin, and by the time they realized it and got back to the scene we were already there. My guess is that if one of us hadn't found it then they would have left us alone."

A waitress walked up to their table. She pulled a slim quill off of it's resting place above her ear, swaying her black purple hair. She smiled sweetly, "Hi, welcome to the Fairy's Enchantment. I'll be your server tonight Firefly."

Serena looked at the girl in shock, "Hotaru is that you!"

The server threw down her quill and small pad of parchment on the table and hugged the blonde nearly the same height as her. "Serena, oh I haven't seen you since you graduated how have you been?"

"Fine, but why are you here?"

Hotaru brushed back her shoulder length black violet hair, "Well since dad lost his grant on his experimental transportation, he hit a depression. He won't work at all so I have to. Besides I'm going to need extra money in the vault if I want to follow in your footsteps Serena." Hotaru winked at Serena with her mysterious purple eyes.

Serena blushed, "So what year are you going into again?"

"I'm going to be a 7th year. I can't believe you forgot. I was behind you three years. I was five years behind Michelle, seven years behind Amara and Darien, and who knows how many years I'm behind Trista." Serena smiled at the mention of Trista's name, not knowing herself how her co-worker in the Department of Mysteries was, "So Serena who is this. Looks like a Weasly, am I right?"

Serena looked over at Percy whose ears had turned a bit pink, "He's one of my co-workers Percy Weasly. You should know him, he was a year behind me so only two years older than you."

Hotaru's eyes where lost in a thought trying to recall him, "I think I remember you." She bent down to talk to Percy, "You were a prefect for Gryffindor and Head Boy right?"

Percy's chest puffed up with pride, "Yes I was."

"Yeah I remember you because your brothers were always making fun of you in class."

Percy's chest and head deflated, "My brothers?"

"Yes Fred and George, I'm in the same year as they are. I'm a Gryffindor so you can imagine how many classes we have together."

"Oh yes," Percy's face grew sullen, "By the way I'll have a shot of Firewiskey."

Hotaru's face grew apologetic seeing as she somehow insulted her friend's co-worker, "Sorry, right, so Serena what is it that you wanted?"

"Just Butterbeer Hotaru."

"Still can't handle alcohol?"

"Nope."

Hotaru picked up her quill and notepad wrote down the order and walked back to the bar counter.

Serena sent an annoyed glance at Percy, "What was that for?"

"I was thirsty."

Serena rolled her eyes not believing him.

Their drinks came back. Hotaru bowed to Serena and Percy and said, "I'd love to catch up on old times Serena, but I do work here." Hotaru walked off to the table across from them taking a white haired and blue haired men's orders.

Serena opened her Butterbeer and started drinking it.

Percy played around with his shot glass for a minute, "Serena, why is it that you got into your line of work?"

Serena smiled, "I actually get that question a lot. A lot of people thought I was the stupidest person in the world, because I couldn't pass the written exams. But I really could understand the material. I just couldn't express it on a piece of paper."

Percy drank his shot and exhaled, "You didn't answer my question."

Serena rolled her eyes, "Impatient are we?"

"I have to get up early."

"So do I." Serena took another drink of her Butterbeer, "The reason I got into the Investigation business instead of being a regular Auror like everyone told me to be. Well I... it's kind of hard to express. I hate seeing people commit crimes and evils in this world. I have this uncontrollable urge to right wrongs and triphum over evil. It's something that courses through my veins, it runs deeper than blood. I sometimes catch myself working to hard to achieve my goals. It takes its toll on me, but my sense of justice, and my moral code cannot be rewritten. I just can't stand to see innocents hurt."

Percy looked at Serena in a whole new light, she wasn't doing this for the money or for the glory, she wasn't even doing this for herself she was doing this for everyone else. Someone who might get hurt, who might get into trouble. She sacrificed all her time to this job and these people, and most didn't even know her profession existed.

A waitress walked over to the table with a bottle of Thunder Drop, "Excuse me miss, this is for you. It was paid for by the white haired man at the table next to you." The waitress set the bottle on the table.

Serena examined the bottle, she opened it up and smelled it before she rolled her eyes and smiled. She mumbled something about Amara and Moody's paranoia getting to her and poured Percy's shot glass full of the liquid, "Well we can't let the drink go to waste, and I'm not going to drink it."

Serena's charming heartwarming smiled was shot at the man at the next table. She caught his diamond hard violet eyes in her own warm ones and shuddered.

Percy concerned leaned over and asked, "What is it."

Serena shivered again, "He has a bad aura."

Percy shrugged and drank his shot glass filled with Thunder Drop.

Serena smiled at him again and said, "I hope you enjoy it, the other gentleman doesn't look that happy that you're drinking it though."

"He was a little presumption anyway."

"How so?"

"He assumed that you and I were not out together as a date or what not. We are after all a very young male and female together at night." Serena giggled. Percy's brown eyes' grew puzzled, "What did I say?"

"Well you logically thought through it. You really should consider stop working at the Minister's secretary and join our ranks."

Percy almost smiled at the thought. Working at the crime scenes was fun, and he liked all the people at the business. Although he couldn't really get over all his emotions when he saw a dead person laying on the ground weather they be muggle or wizard, "Perhaps."

Serena smiled again and took a sip of her Butterbeer, "So why did you become the Ministers secretary?"

Percy himself another drink, "I wanted to work at the Ministry. I didn't have the thrill of adventures to be a Auror, I didn't want to work with Muggle's like my father, I didn't particularly want to work with the Unspeakable, I didn't like Sport and I didn't like dealing with foreigners. So that left a limited amount of options. So I became Crouch's secretary. After he disappeared I became Fudge's secretary. And that's where I ended up."

"You seem like a guy who is interested in law and order. Why didn't you try and become a lawyer or a judge?"

Percy's ears got the red tint to them again, "My family isn't, well it is a respectable family, they are nice enough, but well although we're pureblood, our great-grandmother was cut off from her inheritance leaving her with plenty of children and little money. And well even since then the Weasly's haven't been the richest family around. But we make enough to support all of us. But we don't really have enough to support us through college. My family couldn't have supported me even if they wanted to." He looked down at his drinking glass again, empty.

He went to refill his glass when Serena grabbed the bottle, "You've had enough."

"I've barely had three shots."

"I need you fit and ready tomorrow not hung over."

Percy rolled his eyes and got up, "Well then not much point in staying here then is there?"

"Not really." Serena got up after him.

"Morning Serena." Grumbled a tired shaggy looking Percy. He looked more laid back then he had in months.

"Morning Perc." The blonde yawned having worked the night before because of a robbery in London.

"How was your night?"

"Good except for the fact that my Oracle Pager went off around 3:00 this morning because someone decided they needed to rob a wealthy man."

"Isn't it always like that?"

"Unfortunately."

The two laughed for a minute before a knock was heard at the door, "Come in" shouted the blonde who rubbed the sleep out of her eyes.

A very large toad-like woman walked into the room. Her grating voice said, "Weasly, Minister Fudge would like to see you in his office."

Percy got up from his chair, "Please tell the Minister I will be with him shortly Umbridge."

Umbridge shut the door, hearing the fat woman's heels click on the tile floor Serena scowled, "I don't trust that woman." I've just started trusting you.

"She's not to bad. She's the Minister's Senior Undersecretary. She's also going to be the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts this year."

Serena nearly spat outthe tea she was drinking, "What did you say?"

"I said she was going to be the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts."

Serena's head collided with the desk, "Why me!"

Percy tilted his head in confusion, "I'll be back shortly."

Serena waved at him telling him to get out.

Percy opened the door and walked down the long hallways and towards the elevator. Umbridge was also waiting by the elevator, "Well you two seem to be getting along just fine."

Percy looked at the brown haired toad-woman, "Yes we are. There is not a law that you cannot make friends in the workplace."

Umbridge made a "tut tut" sound, "But it is very bad to become friends with a potential Dumbledore allied."

Percy shook his head, "There is no way she supports Dumbledore" covering her his new friend.

"Well Weasly we have evidence of her almost accepting the Defense job at Hogwarts." Percy winced almost getting caught in his own lie, "Perhaps we should assign someone else to Corona's case."

"I'm doing just fine."

"tut tut, seems like someone is a little testy. If I didn't know you were a professional man Weasly, I would say you've developed feelings for the Detective."

"No most certainly have not." The tips of his ears turned red.

"That was an awfully fast denial."

Percy turned almost bright red, "I'm supposed to find out what's she's up to right. That means that I need to get close to her and find out what she does, which means she needs to trust me." Blurted out Percy hoping that Umbridge would buy that explanation.

Umbridge smirked, "Just see that it stays that way Weasly."

The elevator opened and the two Ministry employees got into it.

Percy walked through the door of the office space he unofficially shared with Serena, "Hey Perc, what did Fudge want?"

"That is none of your business."

"Well someone is in a bad mood."

Percy walked towards the desk standing almost inches away from Serena's face, "I'm here to collect the things I've left here and I am taking them back to my office."

Serena's face fell, "What do you mean?"

"I mean I have been to friendly with you. You are a Dumbledore supporter and even though I have no proof to get you fired when Dumbledore is caught in treason you are one. So I cannot make acquaintances with the likes of you."

Serena stood up placing her hands firmly on her paper littered desk, "Are you saying that because I think Fudge is an idiot we cannot even talk to each other."

"Exactly." Percy grabbed his things from the desk and walked swiftly out of the room.

Serena collapsed in her chair wondering what she had really done to make Percy resent her so much.

"Looks like the victims been dead for a couple of hours." Commented Serena.

"Why don't you just wait for Amy." Snide Percy.

"Okay Perc what is wrong with you. I thought we were sort of friends."

"You thought wrong."

"Percy you make me so..." BANG "What was that!"

Percy looked around worried, "I don't know."

A man in a black robe tackled Percy to the ground. He pulled out his wand and looked at Serena, "If you make a move towards your wand the kid gets it."

"I am not a kid"

"Perc this is not the time for this."

The black robed man shoved Percy up, "Don't follow me and don't tell anyone about this or the kid gets it."

Percy stood deathly still, his life flashing before his eyes. The pointed wand pointed to his throat made him not to even want to breathe.

"Awww..." Yelled Serena in a battle cry. She tackled the figure in the black robe, knocking the hood back revealing the man they had saw in the bar that month ago.

Serena gasped in shock as Percy gazed at Serena with admiration.

The white haired man threw his body on top of Serena's pinning her to the ground. He licked his lips starring Serena up and down with a lustful look in his eyes. He pressed his lips upon Serena's with a feverous passion that Serena had never felt before. Serena melted into the kiss, closing her eyes enjoying every moment of it. Serena snap out of it! Yelled a voice that sounded familiar. Serena overcome his magic! Yelled the voice.

Serena's eyes snapped open and bit the man's lips.

In surprise he pulled back giving her the time she needed to roll out from under him.

Rolling on the grass and standing up she faced the man again, whose lip was bleeding. He licked his wound, "My my Serenity you grow feistier with each reincarnation."

Serena grabbed her wand for the holster, "I don't know who you are creep."

Percy interrupted her with throwing the Leg Locker Curse on him, making the strange man fall onto the grass, "How dare you try and molested a Auror. That is punishable for 3 years in Azkaban."

The strange man chuckled slightly looking at Percy then to Serena, "Can you protect her forever Endymion?"

"I don't know what you are talking about, my name is Percy, Percy Weasly."

Serena looked at Percy with some sort of admiration. She walked over to the man kneeling in front of Percy, "I don't know who you are, but whom ever you are creepozoid, you are heading for a long life of pain."

The man laughed manically, "I will get you Serenity! You can't escape Diamond forever!" He threw his body at Serena.

She backed away and shrieked, kicking him in the head, "I don't even know who this Serenity chick is, but who ever she is it sounds like it's a good thing you can't find her."

"Stupefy!" yelled a female voice. A red jet of light flew towards Diamond and froze him in place.

Serena and Percy turned around to see an older looking female with black green hair and hard red eyes, followed by Detective McGlover and his crew of Aurors.

Serena ran towards Trista, "It's about time you guys got here. We got the page an hour ago."

McGlover shook his head, "Someone got into our Oracle Pager system and only paged you, and somehow Weasly got the page to."

Darien hugged Serena, "I was so worried that something would have happened to you."

Percy unconsciously glared at Darien.

Serena hugged him back, using every bit of her strength left, letting a couple of tears go down her checks, "I was afraid he was going to do something awful."

Lita, Mina, Raye, and Ami all rushed over to Serena to check on her.

"Girls I think it would be best to take Serena home." Commented Trista.

All the girls nodded at Trista's wise words. They lead a now hysterical broken blonde back to their home, quickly followed by Darien.

Percy glared at the back of Darien's head, "Mr. Weasly we'll need to know exactly what happened here."

Percy looked into Trista's red glare, wondering what he did to make his superior so upset.

Trista glarred at Percy. For once Diamond had been wrong, this was not Endymion, he was not a reincarnation, but something else puzzled Trista, which made her angry; why had Weasly been mistaken for Endymion. It's impossible for the Dimaond to come to that conclusion unless...

Trista's thoughts where thrown from her mind as she continued to glare at a new piece to add to the never ending puzzle of time.

AN: Okay once again special thanks to Az-chan for helping me out with this story. Your phenominal. Also as always thanks to K-chan, thanks for putting up with me even though I'm a hyperactive wolf.

Chibi Pyro Duo