A/N: Here is the next chapter hope you like it.
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After dinner Harry waited in the foyer for Spade to come and meet him. He didn't have to wait long, and before he knew it Spade walked in with a small book in hand.
"Are you sure you want to go Wolf?" Spade asked for the tenth time that evening.
"Yes, I have to sort out my thoughts. If I don't get my mind in order, I will never be able to focus on my training." Harry said as he looked at the book in Spade's hand.
Spade forced a smile on to his face. "Ok I have a Portkey here, it will activate in a minute. It will take you into my office in the pub in Knockturn Alley. Since I have some work to do there as well, I will accompany you there. You already have the black skull, so when you are ready you may return. If you need anything in the meantime be sure to come see me."
Harry agreed and then placed his hand on the book. After a few seconds he felt the familiar tug behind his naval and the shifting beneath his feet. When he opened his eyes again he was inside Spade's office just like Spade said he would be.
After thanking Spade once more he made his way out of the office and through the pub. Once outside he looked at his watch and saw it was six thirty. 'Maybe I should see if anyone is at the pub.' Harry thought as he walked down Knockturn alley turns Diagon Alley.
After ten minutes of walking Harry found himself standing outside the Shining Star. 'The old Auror hang out. If I remember from my training correctly most Aurors I know come here to relax. Maybe I will get lucky, though I better not go in looking like this. They might bloody well arrest me for those Death Eaters.' Harry thought as he ducked into a dark alley near the bar.
Harry figured it would be best to go in disguised at first and then if he found who he was looking for he would reveal himself. Harry transfigured his black hooded cloak to look like Professor Lupin's ragged robes that he wore in Harry's third year. He then changed his appearance and voice to look and sound like an old man.
After he was sure he looked the part he made his way into the bar. He made his way up to the bar where the familiar bartender, named Dave, was working. He sat down by a gentleman that he instantly realized to be one of the Aurors from the Jade Scorpion the night he caught those two Death Eaters. He was glad that he did go in disguised, since he didn't need to be hassled right now.
"What can I get ya old timer?" Dave asked as he looked at Harry.
Harry fought back a laugh at his comment. "I'll take a bottle of Fire Whiskey sonny."
After Dave gave him the bottle and he paid for it, he sat glancing around the bar, taking a drink once and a while for effect.
The man next to him was also drinking fire whiskey, but seemed to be putting it away faster than he was. "Dave you know it's not fair! That bastard Kingsley interfering like he did! I hope the Minister throws Kingsley and that bitch Tonks in Azkaban!"
Harry's attention peeked when he heard the man talking about Tonks like that. He wanted to curse him into next week, but decided to listen instead. Maybe this guy would hang himself if given enough rope.
Sure enough the man continued his ranting and as he did Harry became even more enraged at him. If he wasn't in a bad mood to start with, this guy surely had put him into one.
"I'm telling you Dave, if I could catch that bastard Silver Wolf or that other brat! That would prove that I was right to command the team and not that bitch Tonks!" The man said as he downed the rest of his bottle.
Harry heard enough, but knew better than to curse the man in the middle of a bar full of Aurors. "Sir I couldn't help but over hear your ranting." Harry started in his old man's voice to the man beside him. "My old mind fails me now and then but when you mentioned that man named Silver Wolf, something clicked. I overheard a kind with short black hair talking about meeting a man named Silver Wolf."
The man beside him was now fully alert, or at least as alert as he could be, as he looked at Harry. "Tell me what you know old man. I am an Auror and it is important that I obtain Silver Wolf for questioning."
"As I said my mind is failing." Harry started almost amused at how easily it was to bait this sucker. "It was something about meeting him at seven thirty in an alley by the some scorpion or something."
"The Jade Scorpion?" Than man asked now more alert than expected.
Harry fought to hide his laughter as he continued. "That's the one. Yeah they were going to meet at the end of the side alley. Something about Death Eaters or something like that."
"Thanks old man!" The man said as he jumped up and started out of the bar.
Dave looked at the old man and then at where the man was sitting. "Hey Hardy you forgot your cloak!"
The man abruptly stopped and ran back for his cloak. After thanking the bartender Malcom Hardy made his way out of the bar to catch Silver Wolf in the act.
Harry sniggered as he stood and walked out of the bar leaving a half a bottle of fire whiskey untouched. To Harry this was more important, and he could always afford a new bottle later, but it was priceless to pass up this opportunity.
Harry Apparated to the alley and cast a silencing charm on himself after changing his appearance back to Silver Wolf. He then cast an invisibility charm on himself so he could wait for Hardy. Five minutes before the seven thirty meeting, he cast an illusion charm to make it look like Silver Wolf was standing at the end of the alley.
At seven thirty right on the button he watched as Hardy made his way down the alley trying to sneak up on Silver Wolf. Harry laughed as he watched him with a keen eye. Hardy had fallen for the trap hook, line, and sinker. Harry was even more shocked that Hardy had come alone to try and catch him. 'he must really want to be the next Fudge.' Harry thought as he continued to watch Hardy.
Malcom Hardy snuck up the alley and once he was close enough sent a stunner at the illusion. However when the man didn't fall Hardy became concerned.
By then it was too late though for him. Harry stepped out and sent a stunner at Hardy as he sent one at the illusion. Hardy fell to the ground with a thud.
Harry conjured up ropes and tied Hardy the side of the building hanging him from a window seal. After Harry was sure that Hardy wasn't going anywhere he revived him.
Harry let out an insane laugh as Hardy became aware of the situation. "Mr. Hardy it would seem that you were looking for me."
"How? I stunned you!" Hardy stammered as he looked at Silver Wolf.
Harry laughed again and then glared at Hardy. "No you stunned my illusion you idiot! Do you think that I would be so easily trapped? You can never trust someone even if they are the Boy-Who-Lived!"
"The boy…" Hardy started and then his expression changed to one of recognition. "Your working with that punk Harry Potter!" Hardy shouted as he looked at Silver Wolf.
Harry laughed again at his stupidity. "No you moron! That is who told you about this meeting isn't it? You would think he would have been thankful when I offered to help him. No matter I personally don't like scum like you. I have a message for you Hardy, one that I want you to give to that ass of a minister! Tell Fudge if he continues looking for Harry or me I will personally kill him! Harry might be against killing but I am not! As for you, if you continue bad mouthing Miss Tonks I will kill you!"
He was speechless as he looked at Silver Wolf pointing a wand right at him. "You wouldn't dare!" Hardy finally got out after mustering up the courage to speak.
"Try me!" Harry shouted as he glared at Hardy. "You're lucky that I am busy tonight or else you would suffer now! However I must be going now, but by all means stick around, since you seem so tied up at the moment! Remember to tell Fudge to watch his back because Silver Wolf is coming for him!"
Harry laughed at Hardy and tossed Hardy's wand down on the ground. He then pulled out his wand and cast a silencing charm on Hardy to mute him. Before hand Harry had used one of the Death Eaters' wands but now he decided to test a theory.
Harry Apparated from his spot in front of Hardy to the shadows in the distance. He quickly cast a silencing charm and invisibility charm on himself. He watched as Aurors appeared in the alley with a smile on his face. 'That was quick' Harry thought as he continued to watch.
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Tonks day was littered with good and bad luck since lunch. It seemed that no matter how hard she tried to concentrate on her paperwork it didn't help to keep her thoughts of Harry out of her mind.
She tried right up till dinnertime to complete them, but didn't get to far. She decided to go and see how her team was doing. There had been no activity in a while, so she was sure they were all bored out of their minds.
She walked in and found that half of them were asleep. Only two of them were still monitoring the wards and it seemed that they were barely able to do it. "Anything?" Tonks asked making the two that were awake jump out of their seats.
"No ma'am." One of them said in a louder voice than necessary, which worked to wake a few of the sleeping agents up.
"Sorry." The sleeping ones said unison as they looked at Tonks.
"I know it is boring to sit here watching the wards." Tonks began not really mad about those that were sleeping. "I don't blame you for sleeping, just make sure someone is watching them at all times. I would hate to miss a chance to catch Harry."
Tonks was about to leave when one of the people shouted. "We have him! He is in the alley outside the Jade Scorpion!"
Tonks turned to look at the Auror that had shouted. "Was it an Unforgivable this time?" She asked dreading the answer.
"No ma'am it was a silencing charm. One used to mute someone, so they can't talk." The Auror said.
"Ok lets go wands at the ready, but do not hurt him!" Tonks said as she Apparated to the location, which Harry was said to be at.
Tonks was shocked when they arrived and found Malcom Hardy handing there all bounded up. "What happened here!"
Hardy's mouth moved as if he was trying to shout what happened, but nothing came out.
"Some unmute him!" Tonks said as she fought the urge to laugh.
An Auror undid the silencing charm on Hardy and then stood back.
"You think this is funny! I will kill that bastard when I get my hands on him!" Hardy shouted as his voice returned.
"Mr. Hardy if you would kindly calm down, maybe you could tell me what happened here." Tonks said in a calm sweet tone, though she was fighting the urge to laugh.
"Like you don't know already you little bitch! That bastard Silver Wolf set me up and no doubt you are working with him! I will be certain to tell Mr. Fudge of my suspicions as well! When I am done all of you will be in Azkaban!" Hardy shouted at Tonks as he glared at her.
Harry stood silently watching the events unfold in front of him. He was becoming even more enraged as he listened to what Hardy was saying. 'That bastard! I will make him regret saying that to her!" Harry thought as he watched on.
"Mr. Hardy am I to assume that Silver Wolf did this to you?" One of the Aurors asked as he looked at Hardy.
"You're damn right it was him! No doubt trying to embarrass me just like Tonks is!" Hardy shouted as his face started to get even more read. "Get me down!"
"Delay that request." Tonks said as she saw one of her agents moving to get Hardy down. "I wish to speak with Mr. Hardy alone. You may return to the ministry, it is clear that Harry is not here now. File your reports and I will handle Mr. Hardy."
The other Aurors Disapparated from the alley as Tonks glared at Hardy. "As for you! I don't know what makes you think that Silver Wolf and I are working together, but if you ever undermine me in front of my team like that again I will see to it that you are placed in Azkaban. Do I make myself clear?"
Hardy didn't say a word as he glared at Tonks.
"You have hated me since the first day, and I am tired of your childish behavior! Let me just say that you are lucky that I am on your side, because if I was working with Silver Wolf you would be sorry! Maybe you could care to explain what you were doing confronting Silver Wolf any ways! You are no longer on this team, and as such have no please trying to apprehend him!" Tonks shouted as she glared at Hardy.
Harry couldn't believe how mad Tonks was. She seemed to hate this Hardy guy as much as he did. He found that he was falling in love with her all over again as he continued to watch her in silence.
"If you did your job right!" Hardy started. "You would have been the one to encounter him! Unlike you I don't sit on my ass in my office all day! I get out and follow up leads that might get me closer to finding him!"
Tonks was now full enraged and fighting back the urge to curse him. "It is not your place to be hunting for him! Kingsley will find out about your insubordination and I hope you lose your job over this! As for me sitting on my ass, I will have you know that I have done more in one day than you did the whole week! At least it wasn't me that was dumb enough to walk into an ambush!"
"I am sure you wouldn't have!" Hardy said curtly clearing implying that he still believed Tonks to be working with Silver Wolf. "How did you know where I was anyway?" Hardy asked hoping to catch Tonks in the act of working with Silver Wolf.
"If you must know Hardy!" Tonks started as she glared at him. "We were alerted to Harry's wand signature in this location. We are after all monitoring for it!"
Harry looked at Tonks with a smile on his face. 'So I was right they are tracking my wand. Good thing I been using other wands. Though this could be interesting nonetheless!' Harry thought as he continued to watch Tonks with love in his eyes.
"Are you going to release me?" Hardy asked as if he deserved to be unbounded.
Tonks looked at him and grinned. "It would serve you right to stay there! However it is my duty to aid a fellow Auror even if he is a pompous ass!" Tonks said as she undid the ropes holding Hardy in place.
Once Hardy had his wand he Disapparated from the alley with a slight POP!
Tonks looked around the alley for a moment. "Harry where are you? I wish you knew how worried we are about you and how much I miss you!" Tonks said out loud before Apparating back to the ministry to file her report.
Harry stood in shocked. He couldn't believe that Tonks missed him and that she was worried about him. He figured that she was tracking him as part of her orders, but never imaged that she might be doing it to find him. He felt even worse than before, about how he left. He had to do something to make things better, and he had to do it quick.
Harry changed his appearance once more and made his way to the owlery in Diagon Alley. He had to send an express owl to Tonks and he had to do it quick. Once inside he quickly wrote a short note to Tonks and then charmed the letter to make sure only she could read it. He then paid to have it sent by express owl to ensure that she got it directly. After he was done and was back in Diagon Alley he Apparated to the location he had said in the note.
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Tonks returned to her office a bit upset that Harry slipped away again. However she was still in a semi-good mood after seeing Hardy in his situation. That was worth it, even if it did mean filing a report about a failed attempt at catching Harry.
Tonks started to file her report about the incident, but then decided to file a complaint about Malcom Hardy. He had over stepped his position and could have possible compromised the whole operation. Tonks was certain that he would not get away with this, and could possible lose his job over it. She didn't care though; because he deserved whatever punishment the disciplinary council decided was best for his actions.
Tonks had just finished the disciplinary report when an owl landed with a letter in his claws. Tonks took the letter and watched as the owl flew off.
"Who could this be from?" Tonks asked herself as she opened the letter.
Miss Tonks,
I think we should talk alone. Come alone to Joey's bar in Muggle London as soon as you receive this letter. I insist that you come alone to talk, and if I see any other Aurors with you I will leave.
Silver Wolf
Tonks couldn't believe what she was reading. She reread the note two more times before finally deciding that she read it right. She quickly burnt the letter so no one could read it, and stood up. 'Finally I might get some answers.' Tonks though as she looked up the address of the bar that she was to meet him at.
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Harry had Apparated to a quiet alley near Joey's bar. He had come to this bar a few times when he was trying to escape the wizarding world. It was a quiet little bar that never seemed to have a lot of patrons inside. He figured if he met Tonks here, she wouldn't risk bring other Aurors to apprehend him. This way he might be able to explain things to her without fearing for his life.
He made his way into the bar and found that it was as empty as he remembered. He looked at the bartender and grinned. It was one that he knew from coming here so often. "Quiet night Jim?"
"Yeah it is Mr. Wolf. Will it be your usual tonight?" Jim asked with a grin on his face.
"Not tonight Jim. I am expecting a lady friend, and I think it would be best if my nerves were calm. How about a shot of that Wild Turkey instead." Harry said as he grinned at Jim.
Jim poured him a shot of Wild Turkey and grinned back at him. "Must be one lucky lady if you need a shot of courage to be talking to her."
"Nah, it is really just business, but if anyone is lucky it is me. I will be lucky if she shows up at all." Harry said as he downed the shot. It wasn't as strong as the fire whiskey he drank, but after a few of them it would do the job. Though it wasn't the time to be getting sloshed just in case she did show up.
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A/N: I wont put all the lyrics in but song used is Kevin Sharp's Nobody Knows It but Me.
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Harry got some change from the bartender and made his way to the jukebox. He just started to play Kevin Sharp's Nobody Knows It but Me, when the door of the bar opened.
Harry just vaguely heard the first set of lyrics in the song as he looked at who was walking into the bar.
I pretend that I'm glad you went away
But these four walls close in more everyday
And I'm dying inside
And nobody knows it but me
Tonks walked in as the first lyrics of the song blared out of the jukebox. She had been in a few muggle bars, in her time, but she was never in this one. She looked at the jukebox and saw that it was Silver Wolf who was playing the sad song. 'He must be lonely to be playing this song.' Tonks thought as she heard the second set of lyrics.
Like a clown I put on a show
The pain is real even if nobody knows
And I'm crying inside
And nobody knows it but me
Tonks walked up to him and looked him in the eyes. "We meet again Mr. Wolf." Tonks said trying to sound casual since she knew the bartender was undoubtedly a muggle. She didn't want to do anything out of the ordinary.
"Miss Tonks, it is a pleasure. I am so glad that you could meet me here." Harry said trying to fight the urge to pull her into a hug. "Maybe we should go to the back and talk in private. I assume that you have come alone."
Tonks looked at him for a moment trying sense if this was some sort of trap, but everything about the situation told her that everything was good. "Yeah I came alone, my associates would not approve of this meeting, but as you said we need to talk."
Harry looked at Jim with a grin on his face. "Jim could you get my lady friend and I a few beers?"
"Yes sir, Mr. Wolf coming right up." Jim said as he grabbed two bottles of Budweiser from the cooler. "Here you got enjoy, they are on the house." Jim said with a grin.
Harry thanked him and led Tonks to the back portion of the bar away from the bar. He placed a wand in his hand under the table and muttered a silencing charm and anti-muggle charm to make sure they were uninterrupted.
"Now Mr. Wolf would you explain just why it was so important to meet with him alone in this place?" Tonks asked trying to be polite as possible.
Harry smiled as he took a drink of his beer. "Tonks I watched you tonight. I liked how you handled that buffoon Hardy and felt we should meet."
Tonks was a bit shocked. She had looked for anyone in the alley but there wasn't anyone there. How could he have possible seen her. "How? I mean why did you do that to him?"
Harry grinned at Tonks almost dying to show her all that he had up his sleeve, but decided to take it easy. He didn't want to make her mad and he wanted her to understand him first. "Lets just say that I have my ways Tonks. As for why I did it, well I couldn't stand the way he was talking about you. About how he had his head so far up the Minister's ass that he couldn't see how great a woman you truly are."
Tonks blushed a bit, and she started to feel a bit more at easy. "Tell me then how is it that you managed to ambush him? He is after all an Auror."
Harry laughed as he took another drink. "Do try the beer my dear, I know it is not as good as what the wizarding world has to offer but it is quite good."
Tonks was a little put back by his stalling but decided to try it. She was surprised that it was pretty good. She would rather have Fire Whiskey, but this wasn't bad. She took another drink and smiled at him.
"See I told you it wasn't bad. " Harry started. "As for ambushing Hardy that was quite simple in fact. Easier than I had suspected it to be, but it isn't like I haven't been able to avoid detection. Even the best Aurors have missed seeing me, but that isn't what is troubling you tonight. I highly doubt that you agreed to meet me to find out how your rival got his arse kicked by me."
Tonks blushed slightly as she took another drink. She was rather impressed by what he had done to Hardy and only wished that she had been the one to do it. "You're right about that. I have my concerns about you Mr. Wolf. Twice now we have tracked another and instead have been finding your name coming up. Would you mind explaining to me what your connection is with Mr. Potter?"
Harry about shot beer out of his nose at her comment but caught himself. "I will answer your question only if you tell me why you are looking for Mr. Potter?"
Tonks wasn't sure what to say. She couldn't come out and tell him, but yet she wanted to know where Harry was. "That is a classified matter, but I can say that he is wanting for questioning."
Harry couldn't believe that Tonks was taking an Auror approach to the question. "I understand that much, but I want to know what is your personal interest in finding Harry?"
Tonks was determined now that this guy knew more about Harry than he was letting on. He was protecting him and wasn't going to give up his location without a reason. "I…err…that is…bloody hell!" Tonks said as she downed half the bottle. "I miss him! I am worried he is in danger and I want to help him! Wolf if you know where he is you have to tell me! I need to see him, I have to tell him something really important!"
Harry couldn't believe how she was taking his disappearance. She was totally beside herself with grief and this made him feel even worse as he sat there looking at her. His thoughts swirled around in his mind telling him to tell her everything, but yet something kept telling him to keep quiet.