Harry arrived at the Ministry of Magic with his thoughts scrambling. Had they found out where Andrew was? Did they know how to get to him? Or was there even more bad news? He walked in to the board room to find his fellow aurors there.
"Harry," Cedric said with a nod, realizing his appearance. Joanne and Suzanne were there as well, with only the exception of Jamie. Seconds later he bounded in the door, his red hair in a mess.
"I came as soon as I was notified, what's up Harry?" he asked, breathless.
Harry looked to him, "I don't know, I just got here myself," he said bluntly.
Jamie nodded, "Oh okay...does anyone know what this is about?" he inquired, as Joanne moved her way to their midst.
"Yes, actually..." she pointed her wand at the large doors and locked them with a spell. She continued, "there was something left on my desk as I came to work this morning, I didn't read it, and thought we would read it together..." she pulled out a piece of parchment, with something written on it in an untidy scrawl. Harry adjusted his glasses nervously, peering down at the writing with his colleagues. It was written in black ink, and rather messily.
Beware of the twenty-seventh of August, there is a horrible event to take place, and it involves baby Andrew. I cannot say much else, only that you must save him from what awaits him. For fear of being discovered, I cannot say who I am...but if you look hard enough in this letter, you will determine the name of the person who has taken him.
Harry's mouth dropped open, as did everyone else's. Joanne was the only one who moved. She immediately pulled out her note pad and started scribbling in it. She gnawed on the end of her pen and strained to figure out what the note meant.
Cedric was the first to speak, "Dear god, what do ye think that means, eh?" he asked Suzanne.
She shook her head, "I'm not sure...there's obviously something that's going to happen on the twenty-seventh, tomorrow, and it involves Andrew," she said in a subdued voice. Her eyes were fixed on the piece of paper.
Jamie glanced up at the rest of them and his expression was one of slight understanding, "At least we know one thing, whoever wrote this—from the looks of the writing, I think it's—"
"Nick," Harry finished for him, nodding his head in concordance.
"Could all of you come here for a minute?" Joanne asked, peering down her nose at her notes. Harry and the others looked at her and moved over, also examining her notes.
"I think we can figure out who Nick's master is, by his little clue in this letter," Joanne said, "the only thing is, we need to find it," she finished, sighing. Harry looked at the letter. Nothing seemed to be a clue, only that two words were bolded. Beware, and horrible.
Harry expressed his concern to the rest of the group, "Do you see the bolded words? I think that's the clue...but what could it mean?" he asked.
"I was thinking the same thing. Those two words obviously mean something...but what? Beware of horrible? Someone horrible?" Joanne threw questions up in the air.
A look of comprehension dawned on Cedric's face. His blue eyes lit up as he parted his lips from the end of his wooden pipe.
"Aye, someone horrible no doubt," he started in his thick Scottish accent, "but also, someone with the initials, B.H." he finished, looking smugly at his equals.
Harry's face broke into one of joy, "Cedric you're brilliant! Beware, Horrible—B.H.! At least now we know something! What do you think guys?" he asked, hopeful.
Suzanne looked from Joanne to Jamie and then back to Harry, "B.H...that's a great idea but, there's tons of people with those initials! We'll have a very hard time narrowing it down, Harry," she said dolefully.
Jamie smiled encouragingly, "That doesn't matter Suzy, at least we have something! After days of wondering, we know something!" he said, animatedly.
"Jamie's right, it's a start, and no doubt we have our work cut out for us, but nonetheless we need to start thinking," Joanne said, pushing her glassed higher on her nose.
Cedric chuckled slightly as he spoke, "Aye lass, that's the hard part. But I promise ye, after we're done with him, B.H. will regret the day he was born."
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