Chapter Three- Malfoy's advice

At the Auror Meeting

"A little late, aren't you?" A cold, drawling voice said as Harry entered the Auror Meeting Room. Harry looked around and saw Luna, Neville, Colin Creevey , Justin Finch-Fletchley (A/N: I forgot how it's written, if I'm wrong, please say at the reviews!) and a young woman that Harry found familiar.

"What are you doing here, Malfoy?" Harry spat as he walked to the front of the long desk and sat down. "Only Aurors are allowed here."

"Well, it seems that the Minister wants me to work with you," Malfoy smirked. "You know, because I know how the mind of a Dark wizard works." (A/N: If you are wondering what Malfoy does for a living, well, the answer is: nothing. He's very wealthy, so…)

"Yeah, I bet you do," Kat Muller snapped at Malfoy.

"Muller! I see you got out of St. Mungo's!" Malfoy said in a sarcastic tone. "Surely the Anger Management classes they gave you paid off, didn't they?"

Kat glared at Malfoy. She was a young woman with long, sleek brown hair who had always a look of anger in her face. She had been working as an Auror before she had a nervous breakdown and hit Percy Weasley hard across the face. She had been sent to St. Mungo's since that and Raven Verlaine had replaced her in Harry's squad.

"Glad to see you're back, Muller," Harry interrupted.

"Sorry to hear about Verlaine, Potter," Kat said, still glaring daggers at Malfoy, who just smirked at her.

"Yeah, well…" Harry felt uncomfortable. "This is why I want you to be extra careful in this mission. I can't""

11111111111111111111111111111111ford another death in the team."

"It wouldn't hurt to have one," Kat muttered as she glared at Malfoy.

"Anyway," Harry said, apparently deaf to Kat's comment. "We are not dealing with a psycho witch like Stephanie Navitek this time…"

"Watch it," Malfoy sneered. "She's an old friend of mine."

"I wonder why they picked you for the job," Harry said sarcastically, looking at Malfoy, who just shrugged.

"Because it's obvious, Potter, that you can't handle this kind of things," Malfoy said in an arrogant tone. "The Minister is afraid of another tragic death at the Ministry involving you. People will start thinking that working at Auror Office with you is quite dangerous."

"Can I see you outside, Malfoy?" Harry said angrily, gritting his teeth.

"Sure," Malfoy said as he stood up.

"We'll come back in a minute," Harry said to the rest of them, while he walked to the door.

The door closed and Malfoy crossed his arms as Harry leaned in the door. "Truth hurts, eh Potter?" Malfoy said.

"Look, if you are here being a spy for Percy, it's okay," Harry said crossly. "But please don't interfere with my work. I am your boss now, and I hope that you can see that."

"Of course," Malfoy said calmly. "By the way, the Minister told me that you almost refused the job."

Harry said nothing and made an attempt to reach for the doorknob, but Malfoy grasped his wrist. "You have always had a soft spot in the Granger subject," Malfoy said.

"That's really none of your business, Malfoy," Harry muttered.

"It's just an advice," Malfoy said. "She's marrying the weasel, so start acting like a grown man and focus on your work. You don't want another death, right?"

"Aw, Malfoy giving me love advice," Harry mocked. "I'll sleep on it."

"Who said anything about love, Potter?" Malfoy sneered. "Well, well, aren't we getting all emotional."

"Go get emotional with your girlfriend," Harry said coldly. "I wonder what Pansy thinks about you holding hands with another man on a dark hallway?"

"You wish, Potter," Malfoy said as he let go of Harry's wrist.

"Now, that's a good boy," Harry sneered as he opened the door and Malfoy pushed him to get inside.

"I see that you solved your problems," Kat pointed.

"Now," Harry said as Malfoy sat down. "As I said before I was interrupted, we are not dealing with just one psycho this time, but a whole crowd of them."

Everyone looked at Harry, who drew breath and continued. "These people really think that magical creatures are useless and are not worthy to have any kind of magic in them. They also want to exterminate all the people that protect this creatures."

"Starting with your giant friend," Malfoy said, referring to Hagrid.

"Starting with the people that work for the Department of the Protection of Magical Creatures," Harry said, ignoring Malfoy and conjuring a blackboard. Harry pointed his wand at it and the words Department of the Protection of Magical Creatures appeared.

"Beginning with the Department's head, Hermione Granger…" Harry said, and Hermione's name and position appeared in the blackboard.

"Ah…" Kat said.

"Yes, Muller?" Harry said, not looking at her.

"Nothing, sir, it's just that I was wondering why you weren't in Russia," Kat said maliciously.

"Finally we think alike, Muller," Malfoy said. "Or may I call you Katherine?"

"In your dreams, Malfoy," Kat retorted.

"Are you finished?" Luna snapped. "If you need to talk, there's a nice couples therapist I know."

"Shut up, Loony," Kat muttered.

"CAN YOU ALL SHUT UP!" Harry yelled. Everyone was silent, and Harry breathed heavily through his nose.

"If this is the way you are going to be, I might as well call some bloody babies to do the job!" Harry barked.

"Sorry," Luna mumbled.

"He started it," Kat muttered as she glanced at Malfoy.

"Potty is right," Malfoy sighed. "Let him speak."

"Okay. So, we have to protect the people of this department heavily," Harry said. "I've already spoken to the Charms Department and they will go to every house and put some protective Charms. I want one of you standing in the door of the department, checking who's going in and who's going out."

"I'll do it," Justin said.

"And I need someone who researches about the Star of Darkness and the importance that it has for SDTMB," Harry pointed.

"I'll do that," Colin offered. "I'm good at researching."

"I know," Harry approved. "And the rest of us… We will do the most dangerous thing of all. We will track this Society down. It won't be easy, but we have to. Tomorrow we will have a meeting at 6 am, sharp. You can leave."

Everyone started taking notes and after a few minutes they started leaving. "Remember, Harry, see you tonight at the leaky Cauldron," Luna said.

"Sure," Harry said. Finally, only he and Kat were in the room, and Kat walked over to him.

"Potter, I have some information that may help," she said.

Harry stared at her and said nothing. "What if I tell you… That I know who is the anonymous source that sent the information?" Kat said, quite nervously.

"I wouldn't believe you," Harry said. "Goodbye, Muller."

"Oh, Potter, I'm not lying," Kat grinned.

Harry put his things in the table and looked at her. "Okay, Muller," he said. "Who did it?"

Kat smiled widely and blinked at Harry. "It was me."