A/N: Well here is the chapter that everyone wants to see to find out what this organization is all about.
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Chapter 20: Explanations
Harry and Tonks were excited to officially be part of the organization and they were even more excited about the meeting that was to be held after dinner. It took everything that the two could find to do to pass the time since they had nothing to do while they waited.
They tired to have a relaxing afternoon nap after their exhausting trail to get into the Jade Scorpions, but they were too excited to sleep. Finally after some discussing they decided to kill some time by paying Ginny a visit since they still owed her an explanation. With all the other members of the inner circle busy with on thing or another it was easy for them to slip off to see her. Harry made a Portkey that would take them directly to Ginny's private office, since they couldn't deal with the wand check at the front of the ministry. As they grabbed the Portkey they felt the usual tug behind their naval and in a flash they were standing in Ginny's office.
Ginny was sitting at her desk wondering how long it would take for Harry and Tonks to show up because she figured once Spade was done with them that they would come see her. At least that is what she hoped when she cancelled all her appointments and said that she wasn't to be disturbed all afternoon. She was glad when she saw the flash of light and then saw Harry and Tonks standing in her office. "About time I was starting to think you weren't coming."
Harry laughed a bit as he saw Ginny sitting there waiting for them. "Now would I keep my favorite sister waiting?" Harry changed his appearance from Silver Wolf back to his normal appearance of Harry Potter.
Ginny jumped out of her seat as Harry changed back and hugged him again before slapping him across the face. "Do you know how worried mum has been over your disappearance?" Ginny then glared at Tonks. "And you, you go and get captured or at least that is what we thought happened to you!"
"I thought you were a bit calm before." Harry said as he rubbed his cheek, which was slowly turning as red as Ginny's hair.
Tonks just looked down at the floor in shame, but didn't say a word.
Ginny walked over and sat down on the edge of her desk. "Now then mister you better start explaining why you put us all through this hell in the first place."
Harry looked down at the floor, and had a mental flashback of how Tonks reacted to him being him. "I am sorry Ginny I never really meant to hurt any of you. I just…I was being a selfish git, and I hope that you will be able to forgive me. I just couldn't take it any more. I was tired of everything, this damn war that has been years in the making, and the manipulation that Dumbledore and Fudge have put me through. I just wanted a break from it all and was going to leave Britain for a while until I got hooked up with Spade, which was purely by accident mind you."
Ginny didn't know what to say. She was angry that Harry had left like he had, but she could also understand why he had did it. Her only problem with it was the way he went about it really. "Okay." Was all she could say as she looked at Tonks. "What's your excuse Tonks?"
Tonks was still looking at the floor and slowly looked up at Ginny with tears starting to swell up in her eyes. "I don't have one, all I can say is that I got wrapped up in the moment."
Harry stepped closer to her and placed his arm over her shoulder. "Ginny it's my fault that she got into this. When I say her I couldn't let my feeling for her go, and so I asked her to talk with him privately. Everything would have been fine if that bastard Hardy wouldn't have shown up!"
"Hey now!" Tonks said as she pulled away from Harry. "What do you mean things would have been fine?"
Harry looked at Tonks and smiled, she never did know what he was planning that day. "Well Tonks for one you would have never disappeared or been kidnapped by Silver Wolf."
"So you would have just left me behind again?" Tonks interrupted looking a bit hurt.
"Wow, hold up girl. No I wouldn't have left you behind in a manner of speaking. The plan was to talk with you and if all went well that I was going to return to Britain. I would have continued my testing with Spade in private, but otherwise I would have been back here with you." Harry said as he looked at Tonks.
Ginny stood up and walked over to comfort Tonks. "Let me get this right Auror Hardy stormed the hotel room and that is why Silver Wolf had to kidnap Tonks in the first place?"
Harry laughed slightly as he looked at Ginny's angry expression. "Yeah Hardy showed up and then Dawlish came in which didn't help matters."
"Fudge has them as his own private Aurors now. After they sacked Kingsley and took his job over as the head of Aurors they sacked other good Aurors." Ginny said as she looked down at Tonks.
"So it has started again, Fudge is bringing his own corrupt Aurors into position to take over that group. I am sure that his corruption goes even further than that within the ministry." Harry said as he walked over and placed his arm on Tonks' shoulder.
"It does seem that way Harry, but I assure you that not everyone is following in line behind him. I for one have not nor will I ever follow Fudge." Ginny said as she looked at the concern in Harry's eyes.
Harry put his arm on Ginny's shoulder. "I know sis, I am sure there are a lot of people who are tired of all the corruption, though I am not sure who we can trust in the ministry at this point. It seems that people are either following Fudge or Voldemort, which puts either side against us."
"Don't forget Harry that there are those that support Dumbledore as well." Tonks said as she looked up at Harry.
"Well I wouldn't say that side is much better at the moment." Harry said with a bit of discomfort in his voice.
"You must also consider that the Jade Scorpions also have their contacts in here, which is why we are all together at the moment I might add." Ginny said with a slight smile on her face.
"Too true, but Ginny what made you decide to work for them? Not there is another wrong with that, but I still would like to know why." Harry said as she looked at Ginny again.
"That is a long story Harry, and I am not sure I would tell it correctly anyway. What I can tell you is that I was tired of all the corruption that I saw around me, and when a man who claimed that approached me he was also tired of the corruption it seemed like many people were like me. That is when the man told me that he knew of a group that worked outside of the ministry that were looking informants inside the ministry. At first I was worried that he was working for You-Know-Who, but I needed to find out. That is when the man introduced me to Spade, and I have worked for him since then." Ginny said with a slight smile on her face.
"Well now that Harry and I are part of that organization we can't wait to find out what they are all about." Tonks said as she sat under the watching eyes of Ginny and Harry.
"Well I don't know much about the group myself, but as long as you are part of it I am glad that I joined them as an informant." Ginny said as she walked back over to her desk.
Harry and Tonks spent the rest of their afternoon talking with Ginny and agreed that they would meet her later on in the week if they could. They didn't know what all they would find out when they got back for the meeting, so they weren't going to make any permanent plans until they knew what was happening.
They made their way back to the mansion an hour before dinner and found that most of the group wasn't back yet. They went and showered then waited for the group to arrive for dinner.
After a quiet dinner they made their way into the room where the meeting was to be held. There was no surprise that Spade, Blade, Tiger, Quake, and Ice Queen were all there for the meeting. However Harry and Tonks were well beyond shock as they looked at the sixth person that sat with them.
Harry couldn't believe his eyes as he looked at the man, but he managed to find his voice before Tonks could. "Kingsley?"
The man who looked exactly like Kingsley Shacklebolt stood up. "Well you have me at a lose Wolf, but here I am known as Shadow."
Spade stood up and motioned for Harry and Tonks to sit down. "Please sit down, a lot has to be discussed here tonight that has been withheld do to security reasons. Now that you are part of the Jade Scorpions everything will be answered."
Harry and Tonks went to their seats and sat down, but couldn't help but wonder why Kingsley was there.
"I am sure both of you are wondering why Shadow is here at this meeting and I will now tell you why." Spade said as he looked at Harry and Tonks. "Shadow is the sixth member of the inner circle and has been for a long time. We didn't reveal this fact to you because we didn't want to reveal him until we were sure that you made it into the organization. He was our link into the Ministry's Aurors, at least until he got sacked."
"I swear Hardy will pay for that Shadow, I never meant to get you sacked." Harry said as he looked at him.
"I am sure he would have found a way to sack me without you being involved Wolf, though I would like to know why you kidnapped Auror Tonks and Auror Potter. It isn't like Spade to keep information from me, but even he wouldn't tell me what the plan was with that." Kingsley said as he looked at Harry.
"Well that was probably to protect us, but since we are all Jade Scorpions now I will let you in on what it was all about." Harry said as he stood up and walked to the center of the room and changed his appearance into his won. Kingsley was in shock as he looked at him. "That's right Kingsley, I never kidnapped Harry Potter, unless you count changing your identity as kidnapping."
Kingsley was lost for words as he looked at Harry. "I…blimey this isn't what I expected, and am I safe to assume that Miss Tonks wasn't kidnapped either?"
"Not exactly, she was taken by me, but I think she could tell you better." Harry said as he looked at Panther.
Tonks stood up and changed her appearance into her normal appearance. "hi boss."
Kingsley was not as shocked by Tonks being Panther now that he knew Harry was Wolf. "I am not your boss anymore Tonks, but it is nice to see that you're doing good here."
"Kingsley, Tonks wouldn't have been taken if Hardy and Dawlish hadn't showed up in that hotel room. I just wanted to talk to her, but then when they came in I had no choice but to escape with her."
"I understand Harry and I came there to help you because I knew you were testing for us, but as you saw it didn't do much good since they were working for Fudge." Kingsley said as he looked at Harry.
Spade stood up and looked at all of them. "Okay now that we all know who each other are could get continue with this meeting?"
Harry looked at Spade and grinned. "Absolutely right Spade, Tonks and I are eager to hear what we have just worked our asses off to be part of."
"Then please sit down and I will explain all that you wish to know." Spade said and then sat down waiting for Harry and Tonks to sit back down. "The history of the organization goes back to the time of the founders. Two people who felt that the Ministry of Magic was not fully looking out for the citizens of the wizarding world started the organization. They brought in people whom they trusted to look after those that the ministry was suppose to protect."
Harry looked at Spade for a moment and decided to ask his question. "I had to interrupt you Spade, but could you tell us who the two people were that founded this organization?"
Spade looked at Harry and smiled as he looked at him and Tonks. "Very good question and one that I did fail to mention. The founders of the organization were Godric Gryffindor and Rowena Ravenclaw. Though when they found it the organization didn't really have a name. With each new leader normally comes a new name. When I took over the organization from my father it was called the Freedom Force, but I decided that a less conspicuous name was in order, so I changed it to the Jade Scorpions. There is no doubt that when my successor takes over he will change the name as well."
"I didn't know you had children." Tonks said interrupting Spade.
Spade blushed slightly as he looked at her. "Well miss Tonks I don't have any children, but I do have a successor who will take over. In fact if I am correct in my hunch I will have two that will take control of this organization. However that will be dealt with later right now I have to finish telling you what we are about.
Over the years this organization has done different things based on what the leader of the group felt was best for the organization. Ever since Fudge has come into power as the Minister of Magic, it has been my goal to make sure that his corruption doesn't help Voldemort win this war. We are a covert group that works outside the laws of the ministry and if we were ever to get caught it could spell disaster not only for us, but also the people who live in our world. Also not everything we do in this organization is legal, but what we do is to help those around us."
"If you work outside the law and do illegal things then how can Kingsley be part of this? I mean you of all people don't seem dark to me." Harry said as he looked at Kingsley.
"Well Harry that is because I am not dark, and I don't deal with a lot of things that the other five do. I am mainly part of this group to keep an eye on the Aurors and make sure that they do not hassle or find out about this group. Also it helps to know what Fudge is up to, so we can prevent You-Know-Who from gaining any control." Kingsley said in his defense.
"Harry we are not what you would call dark, even if we don't follow all the rules. You for one should know what that means since I know that you have bent a few rules in your day."
Harry looked down as a small grin came to his face. "I guess you been doing some research into me."
"Well to be completely honest I have been looking at you for entry into this organization for some time. However Kingsley told me to wait until you were fully trained before approaching you and as luck would have it you wondered right into my group without being approached by me." Spade said as he looked at Harry.
"What? Why would you be looking at me? You mean that you have been playing me from the beginning?" Harry asked getting a bit angry.
"Wow, calm down son I don't need you igniting anything on fire. No I haven't been playing you and until your identity was revealed to me, I didn't even know you were who you were. As for why I was looking at you for entry that is a long story and right now I don't want to say until one final mission is undertaken."
"What mission and why wont you tell me?" Harry asked still enraged.
"Do you remember that I said I had a sort of test for you and Tonks once you passed Ice Queen's test? Well I still do, but it isn't a test for entry any more, it is now going to be your first mission for the organization. As for why I wont tell you about my plans to get you to join, it isn't that I don't want to tell you, because I will tell you. All I ask is for a little faith and trust. When you and Tonks complete your mission all shall be explained even better than it has already." Spade said as he looked at Harry.
"Spade you said some of your activities are illegal, could you tell us what they are?" Tonks asked trying to change the subject as she walked up to Harry and put a comforting arm around him.
"Well the main illegal thing we do is called breaking and entering in the muggle world. Though it is still against Wizarding law we do it at times when we need to get information or if we are trying to capture someone. We also some times end up using Unforgivable Curses, which you know is also against our laws." Spade said as he looked at Harry as he calmed down.
"Also my training you with weapons is also something that is frowned upon in our world, since we believe that dueling with wands is better than using muggle weapons." Blade said as he looked at Harry and Tonks.
"Not to mention that we also help certain people to escape from capture when they are under our protection. We have saved many muggles and wizards alike from being sold into slavery over the years, though that isn't a big deal now since a lot of the slavery has stopped." Tiger added as he looked at them.
"So you see the things we do might not be by the laws laid down by the ministry, but what we do is for the betterment of wizard and muggle alike. Do you know what they do to dark creatures such as werewolves, vampires, and even giants?" Spade asked as he looked at Harry.
"I know werewolves aren't able to hold jobs due to the decrees that the ministry have in place, but I am not sure about the rest." Harry said as he calmed down and took his seat by Tonks.
"You're right about werewolves, but for a while they would also make them register with the ministry and were treated as outcasts. We have taken a lot of them to a private island where they work and live in peace away from all of this. We have also did this with some other dark creatures, because our ministry would rather see them dead than anything at all." Spade said as he gave Blade a look of sympathy.
"Okay I get it, you are not dark, but you do admit to using Unforgivable curses." Tonks said though she knew that Harry too used them.
"Yes, but we don't kill anyone unless we really have to." Spade said as he looked at them.
"So tell me where does all the funding for this organization come from?" Harry asked as he looked at Spade.
"A lot of it comes from the members and those that we help. As I said we look out for the betterment of muggles and wizards alike, so we some times get jobs that we get paid for. We also have some side ventures that aid us in making money, but that isn't a concern that you should have right now."
"What kind of jobs do you do for people that you make money from?" Tonks asked.
"Well as a potions master Quake makes potions for people, which they then buy from him. Also there are people out there who look for someone to help with problems, and when these people find us we help them as best that we can. That is a rather complicated question to answer, so until you see a job first hand I am afraid that I can't be more thorough in my explanation."
"One last question Spade, what is this mission you have for me and Tonks?"
Spade grinned as he stood up from his seat. "I am afraid that will have to wait until tomorrow Harry. So if there are no more questions we will finish up this meeting, and then we all can get a good nights rest, so we are wake and alert tomorrow."