Chapter 19: The Hogwartian's Ball continued.
Kingsley opened the ball's supper as always, but this year it was an hour early, starting at 6:00 PM. After supper, and after Harry and Daphne were asked a ton of questions by Professor McGonagall, Harry was finally called up to the podium by Kingsley to address that night's ball attendees.
Harry made his way to the podium after giving Daphne a quick peck on the cheek, where he studied everyone now seated in the atrium. There had to be close to a thousand witches and wizards packed inside, and that wasn't counting security. Finally, Harry looked over at his family's table and smiled. Those seated, were Jimmie and Goodnight, Teddy and Victoire, along with Andromeda. Beside Andromeda was sitting Narcissa, and beside her, her husband, Lucius to many's surprise. Beside Lucius sat Draco and Astoria around the corner, at the end.
On the other side of the table, facing them, and with their backs to the dance floor, were Al and his date, Sammy, and then, Little Harry and Meg, Lily Helen and Michael, and at the end, beside his mother, was Scorpius and Rose.
Petunia, Lord Lagavulin, Dudley, and his "date," Evelyn Stokes, were sitting at a table with the MacLeans, the Eastwicks, the Gudmundssons, and the elder Weasleys, along with Ron and Hermione.
Finally, Harry cleared his throat and gave the attendees a huge smile. This caused a few camera flashes to go off over the press.
"Good evening, everyone!" Harry exclaimed. "I hope you're all having a wonderful evening!"
This, of course, brought applause and whistles from many.
"The reason we started an hour early, this year, was that we have a surprise for you."
This obtained more applause, forcing Harry to wait until they quietened down.
"This evening, the MDOCS wishes to enlighten you a little more about our world in the way of a video, which is sort of like a muggle movie. We just had our seven-year retraining exercises with MACUSA's MIA, which were held at our Auror training facility in the Dartmoor National Park. Invited along were any Aurors or Hit Wizards that wanted to participate in our week-long program. However, you will not be able to recognize anyone, as their identities have been hidden by the use of concealment and disguise charms, which they are very adept at. The only people that you will recognize are me, my wife, the Head Auror, the Head Hit Wizard, the two heads of the MIA, and a few of the Aurors that are not undercover, who you already know of anyhow."
Here, Ron leaned over to Hermione, and muttered "Yea, one of those is me!" He was answered by his son, Hugo, giving out a loud snort. "It's not funny, Hu'," Ron stated, "as Harry and Daphne are bloody slave drivers. Just wai', and you'll see. I was bloody sore for a month af'er tha'." Hermione patted Ron on the shoulder, which embarrassed the Auror.
"After the training portion," Harry continued, "we will show you a declassified operation, which involves foreign smugglers. They not only smuggle in muggle narcotics and illegal potions, but they are also a middle-man for South American gold obtained from illegal mining, and they're also human traffickers. Eight young girls, ranging from the ages of twelve to sixteen, were rescued during our operation run from Mississippi, and six more were rescued in an associated raid, which was led by my darling wife, in Liverpool and Birkenhead. Their ages were also between twelve and sixteen. All these young girls, most all young witches, were from the Balkans area, or farther east."
Here, Harry could have heard a pin drop after what he just revealed.
"Now," Harry finished, "if we can dim the lights, my eldest, Jim, will start the video, which you'll be able to view on the white screen in front of the bandstand. Jim, if you will," Harry said, as he stepped away from the podium with the lights dimming down, where he then retook his seat beside Daphne.
Jimmie stood and removed the DVD that he had made, from a jewel case, which he then placed into a portable DVD player. The player was connected to a projector, which he picked up the remote for, and sat back down. Finally, he hit the play button and sat back for the show.
On the screen were the MIA and MDOCS seals rotating, and underneath, in the black area, text appeared, stating, "MDOCS and MIA Retraining, Held From March 4th To The 9th." Next, the scene switched, and music began to play, which was a song titled 'Soldier.'
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Soldier, keep on marching on.
Head down till the work is done.
Waiting on that morning sun,
Soldier, keep on marching on.
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(The scene showed Harry standing in front of Potter Manor, who was being recorded by a spying snitch, with his arms folded behind his back while watching the sunrise. Next, Daphne appeared out of the front entrance, and she was dressed in her black tactical fatigues, along with wearing her black Balmoral bonnet, just as Harry was.)
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Head in the dust, feet in the fire.
Labor on that midnight wire.
Listening for that angel choir,
You got nowhere to run.
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(Daphne walked over to Harry and placed her arm around his back, which he copied, as both looked on at the rising sun, just as Snuffles appeared from around the corner of the manor. This caused many attendees to mutter out, "it's the Grim," and a few from around Wakefield, Leeds, Pudsey, and some areas of Bradford, muttered out, "it's Padfoot." Harry and Daphne had to hold in their snorts at this, but then both felt sorry for Minerva, when she covered her mouth with her hand and choked out Sirius' name.)
(Snuffles trotted over to the elder Potters, causing Daphne to squat, and give the large black dog a bit of petting, and a hug, before she stood, and took Harry by his forearm. Harry pointed at the front of the manor with his index finger, so Snuffles made his way over to the entrance, and lie down. Next, Harry turned on his heel, and side-long apparated he and Daphne away.)
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You wanna take a drink of that promised land?
You gotta wipe the dirt off of your hands.
Careful son, you got dreamer's plans,
But it gets hard to stand.
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Soldier, keep on marching on.
Head down till the work is done.
Waiting on that morning sun,
Soldier, keep on marching on.
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(Next, the scene changed as the music played, where Harry and Daphne were shown entering the Auror Training Acadamy's large gymnasium. The scene switched, again, where it showed Harry addressing the DOCS, MIA, MIB, Aurors, and Hit Wizard personnel, who were sitting on the gym's floor in groups.)
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Quiet now, you're gonna wake the beast.
Hide your soul out of his reach.
Shiver to that broken beat,
Dark into the heat.
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Oh, ohh...
Oh, ohh...
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Oh, ohh...
Oh, ohh...
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Oh, ohh, oh...
Oh, ohh...
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Oh, ohh...
Oh, ohh...
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Soldier, keep on marching,
Keep on, keep on, keep on.
Keep on, keep on marching on.
Keep on, keep on marching,
You're gonna rise someday.
Soldier, keep on marching on.
Keep on, keep on,
Keep on marching on.
Keep on, keep on marching...
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(Finally, with one last scene change, it showed all the personnel being dismissed, standing, and making their way outside.)
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Soldier, keep on marching on.
Head down till the work is done.
Waiting for that morning sun,
Soldier, keep on marching on.
Soldier, keep on marching on.
Soldier, keep on marching on.
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While Harry had been giving his talk if the ball's attendees were quick enough to read the blackboard behind Harry, it read:
"The British Ministry of Magic Welcomes The MIA, MBI, MDOCS, Aurors, Hit Wizards, And MLE Personnel To Special Activities Training," in large white chalk letters. Under that, they read the following, which was written in a cursive feminine hand:
"Stephenson (Intrepid) from the BSC, MI6, and SOE (aka: 'The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare') recommended the creation of the COI in 1941, and the OSS (Office of Strategic Services, or the 'Oh So Social' and the 'Oh So Secret') in 1942, which became the CIG, the CIA, Special Activities, and the DIA in the Muggle US. Donovan and Dulles acquired Britain's Fairbairn and Sykes, from MI6, to instruct the trainees, which was dubbed 'The School of Mayhem and Murder' by Operative White, and the training became known as 'Defendu.' This later became Krav Maga in Israel.
"Some, from within the MACUSA Auror Dept., had branched off into the MBI in 1930, as a specialized division, and the MIA in 1935. Op insertion at the No-Maj's 'Canadian Camp X,' at the start of WWII, led to Fairbairn and Sykes training the elder MIA Captains McKnight and Johnson (now retired), and the revelation of MACUSA to FDR in 1942, in order to save the US magical community from Grindelwald and the Nazis via cooperation. In late May 1998, and after the 'Battle of Hogwarts,' the creation of British MDOCS occurred, via the help of MACUSA and the MIA, with training held at the MIA's Magical 'Camp X,' which is located at an undisclosed location in the Southern US. MDOCS, then, began working co-op with MI7 'Special Branch' in 1999, and then with MI6 and British Naval Intelligence in 2001."
Molly Weasley and Hermione did read this, but only Hermione covered her gasp with her hand, while Molly turned to Arthur, and asked: "Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, and The School of Mayhem and Murder?"
"It means fighting dirty, Molly," Arthur whispered, "and using the criminals' own methods against them. They are taught to kill, if need be, in order to save themselves, and escape something much worse than death, if caught."
Molly looked shocked to the core at this.
Next, the music changed to a song, titled, 'Legend.' This new scene showed the MDOCS, MIA, MIB, Aurors, and Hit Wizards now doing pushups, as well as the one-arm type. Next, they were doing situps, squats, touching their toes, and jumping jacks. Finally, they were shown doing chin-ups, pull-ups, dips, and knee ups on the parallel bars, all while being drilled by Harry, Daphne, the two MIA heads, the MIB head, the Head Hit Wizard, and the Head Auror.
The scene switched, again, with a new piece of music, titled, 'Hell On Wheels.' Here, the scene showed Harry and Daphne instructing everyone while standing in front of a table that contained numerous weapons, arms, and explosives. Behind them was another blackboard, which stated:
"Fairbairn and Sykes are credited with combining British 'gutter fighting' with the martial arts of the East: Karate, Jujutsu, and Judo. They also trained personnel in the silent use of the stiletto and dagger, as well as the handgun. This was developed to train the Shanghai Municipal Police, and it was later taught in expanded form to the OSS and SOE members during World War II.
"Your Fairbairn and Sykes training, today, is led by Sir Harry James Potter, Director of International Ops, MDOCS - Special Activities and Operations: Defendu."
Beside the blackboard, in the video, that night's ball attendees noticed a large, round, and wooden painted sign, which showed a green-eyed and black-cloaked Grim Reaper, with his scythe, on a dark-gray background. The text at the top, in yellow-gold lettering, stated: "Special Operations," and at the bottom: "NOYFB!"
Arthur Weasley looked over at Molly, who was sitting beside him, after reading everything, and asked: "What does NOYFB mean, dear?"
Ginny's date, and soon-to-be future husband, Finn O'Sullivan, a fellow chaser from Ireland whom she played pro-Quidditch with, spoke up loudly before Ginny could stop him. "Why, Arty, tha' means 'none of ya feckin' business,' dat's wha' it means!" Finn, then, grabbed his glass of Rye Whiskey and took a long swig.
"Why, I never!" Molly gasped, as she fanned herself, while Arthur, who was now gobsmacked, hugged Molly close to him. He knew that the Irish, when drinking, could be a tad bit coarse, but that caught him off guard. He noticed Ginny grimace across the table, as she swatted Finn on the shoulder, who only took another drink as he smirked at his own imaginary wit.
Arthur, though, after he thought about what the text was implying, what with that being tied to the Grim Reaper, and thus, the Peverells, let out a low snort, and smirked. He wondered who had come up with that in Harry's crew, while never once thinking that it could have been Harry, himself.
Next, was the scene for training in hand-to-hand combat. Harry was the instructor, and he picked Auror Dawlish to be his attacker. Harry was brutal with him, where he first showed everyone assembled how to disarm someone, close up and from the front, and then throw them over your shoulder using the "Flying Mare." After Dawlish hit the mat, Harry used an arm bar and wrist lock to detain him. Harry showed several other "Defendu" maneuvers before the scene switched, and afterward, Dawlish feared the sight of Harry after that. Dawlish knew, then, that both Potters were walking "dangerous weapons."
The video didn't show the explosives training, which Jimmie wanted to include. Harry was shown, gleefully, blowing up a Mini, and an old Ford Anglia using remote-controlled napalm grenades, and a sticking satchel charge in the edited-out footage.
Here, the scene had switched, again, showing pistol target practice at a range in the prone, kneeling, and standing positions. It also quickly showed them firing the MDOCS favorite rifle, the H&K UMP40-1-2-D, a .40 Caliber S&W, 600 RPM, full-auto, carbine.
The last scene showed Harry and Daphne, walking side-by-side, in a small village recreation, where targets would pop up around them - five each. Daphne would always fire her Walther and hit her targets center mass with two rounds, which was shown, while Harry went for headshots. That was also shown, which caused several of the attendees to gasp out. They also noticed that Daphne had to reload, whereas Harry didn't have to over using his Beretta.
Finally, Harry and Daphne holstered their pistols and were confronted with six training dummies firing curses at them. Here, the elder Potters quickly dealt with them, as Daphne cast a strong version of Protego Diabolica, where a blackish-blue fire erupted in a circle around them, and they were encased in a transparent blue dome. While she did this, which was effectively blocking the dummies' curses, Harry knelt and placed the tip of the Elder Wand on the ground. Here, a ripple of magic appeared along the ground, and all six dummies were swallowed up by the earth under them, much like they were in quicksand, with only their heads sticking out.
Daphne gave a quick flick of her wand, dousing the shield, and as Harry and Daphne started walking toward the spying snitch, which was recording everything, Harry took Daphne by the right hand with his left, tying her magically to him, as he snapped the fingers of his right hand, which caused all six of the training dummies' heads to explode. Needless to say, this caused many to cry out and gasp at his use of, one could say, darker, wandless magic.
The scene changed, again, and with a new song, titled, 'Born Ready.' This new scene showed the MDOCS and MIA operatives, along with the other participants, taking on Harry's new obstacle course, in pairs, to promote teamwork. One had to wait on the other to finish each obstacle, and it was almost an exact copy of the one at Camp X, except Harry added a sewer and mud to it.
They started at the six-foot wall, which they had to pull themselves up and swing over. This led on to all the others, which were stretched out in a two-mile circular course hidden within the Dartmoor National Park. When they made it to the 'Low Wire' under the barbed wire, they had to crawl through four inches of black boggy mud. Next, they arrived at a concrete sewer pipe that was about thirty inches in diameter, and it had about six to eight inches of soupy and stinking black water in the bottom that they had to crawl through. At the other end was a brick enclosure, or drain pit, which was open at its eight-foot-high top. Here, they had to scale up the brick wall using only their hands and feet, in order to crawl through a forty-eight-inch sewer pipe mid-way up, and at ninety degrees to the other, which exited back onto the course. The next obstacle was running quickly through two six-foot concrete culverts, which would be similar to running under two roadways. After that, and while on a slow run to the next obstacle, they used magic to rid themselves of all the mud caked on them. The smell could wait since everyone was being timed by the instructors.
The rest of the course was the same, which included the Confidence Climb, the Tough One, the Belly Robber, the Tarzan, the Low Belly Over, the Dirty Name, the Tough Nut, the Inclining Wall, the High Step Over, the Swing, Stop, and Jump, the Six Vaults, the Skyscraper, the Easy Balancer, the Belly Buster, the Belly Crawl, the Hip-Hip, the Reverse Climb, the Weaver, the Balancing Logs, and the Island Hopper at the end.
The scene switched for a final time, which showed them at 'The Tower,' where they were practicing rappelling or leaping down with and without magic while using climber's ropes. The last one down was a white-faced Ron, but he made it.
Here, Hugo looked over at his da' with pride, though Ron grimaced, and said, "I told ya' tha' Harry and Daphne were slave drivers, did'n' I?" Hermione was surprised at everything they were put through. She had no idea that their training was that rough and dangerous.
As the last song ended, the screen changed back to showing the MIA and MDOCS seals, where more text appeared underneath, stating:
"The next section of this video will show 'Operation Lily,' now declassified from its start to its finish. It was a dual-team effort, led by both the MIA and MDOCS, which was run in the state of Mississippi, and on a river bends peninsula belonging to Arkansas along the Mississippi River."
Several at the Potter family's table immediately started taking the mickey out of Lily Helen, but she only looked on with a proud smirk.
"The apprehended criminals were involved in the murder of an agent, whose body we recovered that was buried at their compound, as well as the importation and exportation of illegal drugs, potions, precursor chemicals, and one-hundred pounds of illegally mined South American gold. They were also involved in human trafficking, and they were working with a gang located in Liverpool and Birkenhead, who was apprehended by the MDOCS, Aurors, and Hit Wizards in a simultaneous operation."
"Note: All operatives, except the director's identities, will be hidden, as in the first section of this video, by the use of strong concealment and disguise charms."
Here, the scene switched, and a song started to play, titled, 'I Know Your Secrets.'
The first scene showed a witch sitting at her desk in the bullpen, at the front, who had just received a letter by owl. A spying snitch was hovering overhead, and it showed the front of the sealed letter, which was addressed to, "Dear, Sister." When she turned it over, it was sealed by the MIA.
When she opened the letter, it never mentioned any names, and it was about when their dear sister would visit again, and other niceties. However, the witch stood up at this and immediately made her way to a muggle machine, which was one of several, sitting on a long table at the front of the bullpen.
Here, she laid the letter down on a glass plate, and turned the machine on, which illuminated the letter from underneath with a bluish light. The top of the letter had a red crosshair shining on it, and she positioned the glass plate, so that the center of the cross was on the last period in the last sentence of the letter, before turning off the red cross.
The screen on the machine showed nothing but black until she turned a large knob on the side of the scanner, which was located over the letter. Immediately, and after focusing the machine, a white outline of a letter appeared on the machine's screen, and in the center of the black was some text, which read, CODE: M3*** *****. The code was blurred out so that the viewer couldn't read it from the video.
The witch quickly wrote this code down on a notepad, removed the letter, and burned it in an ashtray, where she quickly vanished the ashes with her wand. She then walked back to her desk, and, on her open laptop, she opened her secure MIA-MDOCS e-mail app. Once open, she selected the latest e-mail from the MIA, which then asked for a two-part decryption code, which she typed in. Again, this was blurred out, so the viewer could not read it. Next, she clicked on a button labeled "Decrypt."
As the e-mail was decrypted, she burned the note, and vanished the ashes, as the e-mail was being printed off on her printer. Next, she closed the secure e-mail app, and quickly placed the letter in a brown folder, where she stamped it with a huge rubber stamp, in red ink, which said, "SECRET." She then dated it and quickly stood from her desk. Nobody was able to read the letter during this. The ball attendees didn't know it, but they had just witnessed the use of Micro-Dots, which were also used to find stolen automobiles. Micro-Dots are now hidden in the paint and show themselves with the use of a black light.
The scene switched, again, to the witch handing Harry the folder at his desk. As the witch walked out, Harry quickly read the letter and then handed the folder to Daphne, who sat beside him at her desk. Once she read the letter, both stood, and made themselves ready to leave for the MoM, after Harry sent out his Patronus, which shocked many with the ease with which he did it.
Next, the scene switched with an instrumental, titled, "Kings Gambit." Here, a spying snitch followed Harry and Daphne, who were on a fast-paced walk while leaving the floo area at the new MoM. The snitch followed them up the stairs, and by the Security Wizard, Ian Munch, in the lobby, who motioned for them to pass, where they caught a lift going up.
When the Potters arrived at Kingsley's office, Marlene merely pointed at the double-oak doors to the left, which were beside the doors leading to Kingsley's office, and was the entrance to the conference room. Here, the two went inside, closed the doors, warded the room, and took their seats. It wasn't a moment later that the entire NSC, plus one, entered behind Kingsley, and sat down. The plus one was Gareth Greengrass, who sat down beside his niece.
The ball attendees watched Harry remove the shrunken folder from his jacket pocket, where he unshrank it with a simple wave of his hand. Next, he opened the folder, took up the letter, and duplicated it using the duplication charm, where he passed the letter out to everyone sitting in the room. The attendees could see everyone talking while reading, and it looked as if a vote was held, where everyone nodded their heads in agreement, one after another. Next, Harry and Daphne quickly stood, and after a few quick words with Gareth, they left the room. Operation Lily was now a go, according to the text that appeared at the bottom of the screen.
The scene switched, again, with a new song, titled, 'Wag The Dog.' As the song started to play, the attendees were given a rare glimpse of Sir Harry, Dame Daphne, and four other MDOCS officers, who were in disguise using the disguise charm, sitting at a round table in the conference room at the MDOCS HQ. They were either smirking, as in Sir Harry's case, or smiling and laughing, as things were said quickly between them in a rapid-fire discussion, while notes were being taken. The ball's attendees, again, could not hear what was being stated by the operatives as Wag The Dog played on. Here, more text appeared in the black section below the video, which stated:
"Why does a dog wag its tail? Because the dog is smarter than its tail. If the tail was smarter, it would wag the dog. Can you pull off the wooly wooly? Can you pull the wool over someone else's eyes?"
"This is the MDOCS Black Propaganda Group, who are meeting for Operation Lily." After giving the viewer enough time to read the text, the scene changed, which showed Jimmie's new dog, Snuffles, chasing his tail in a clockwise circle in front of Potter Manor, via an ariel view from a spying snitch. Here, more text appeared: "Welcome to the world of the MDOCS propaganda machine, with their proud Jokers and Clowns providing the world outside Britain with outright lies, decadent deceit, mind-boggling misdirection, malicious mischief, and mayhem galore!"
Here, the scene switched, again, which showed Snuffles standing on his hind legs, while prancing around in a circle, and begging.
The next scene showed the female operative, from earlier, who was still under a disguise charm, typing a press release to be securely e-mailed to MACUSA. After ten seconds, the scene changed a fourth time, which showed Harry's hand tossing a wizarding newspaper down upon his desk, and it was dated for the next day. It was followed by several other newspapers being tossed upon his desk in quick succession. Each had an article circled in red ink, which was on the front page, but generally located somewhere in the lower half of the page.
The Papers shown were all from the US, and they were the 'Slidell Sorcerer's Sentinal,' the New Orleans 'Baron Samdi Spectator,' and the Shreveport 'Wizard's Herald,' all from Louisianna, along with the 'Arkadelphia Siren' and the 'Little Rock Wizarding Gazette' from Arkansas, and the 'Hattiesburg Prophet,' the 'Picayune Phoenix,' the 'Magnolia Mage,' and the 'Jackson Wizarding Times' from Mississippi. A closeup of the short article on the front page of the Jackson Wizarding Times was shown for the attendees to read:
"MACUSA Notice! It has come to MACUSA's attention that the No-Maj authorities, (their 'Police'), will be operating speed traps, and searching any suspicious automobiles, etc., from Friday, March 22nd, to Sunday, March 24th, 2019, in Mississippi and Arkansas. MACUSA advises that no magicals should be out and about on the No-Maj's roads or highways for travel during those days, as an exposure of the magical world could easily result. Those detained by the No-Maj authorities will be fined heavily by MACUSA, to recoup any cost to the Obliviators and any costs due to the No-Maj Excuse Agency's extra work."
In the black area under the video, more text appeared, again: "There was no Muggle police operation; it was a fabrication of MDOCS, but the criminals that we were after didn't know that. We did not want their means of smuggling, via Muggle automobiles, to occur on the days of our operation, nor did we want them to use those automobiles as a means of escape. The targeted criminal organization, stateside, of eleven men, which were involved in smuggling illicit potions and drugs in the US, and into Britain, as well as their human trafficking ring, consisted of six Magicals, two Squibs, and three Muggles. On this side of the Atlantic, three Muggles and one Wizard from Liverpool and Birkenhead were to be apprehended at the same time, in a coinciding raid."
This, of course, brought many sniggers, laughs, and chortles from the ball's attendees, who had read the article. The Potter children, along with their dates, merely smirked at those who glanced over at them to gauge their reactions.
During the last thirty seconds of the song, the scene switched back to Snuffles being recorded by the spying snitch, who was still chasing his tail, but this time, in the opposite direction. Finally, the large black and shaggy German Shepherd, which reminded all the ball's attendees of the Grim, stopped, looked up at the spying snitch just above him, bared its teeth, and barked. This spooked many before they watched the dog finally trot over to lie down by the front entrance of Potter Manor as the song ended.
Minerva, though, couldn't help but sniff, and wipe a tear away, because she knew why Jimmie had picked the large dog as a family pet, and she knew why he named it what he did; in honor of Sirius Black. She also knew that Harry called the large dog, "Padfoot," which the very intelligent dog answered to as well. Headmaster Black had already bragged to the other portraits about it.
Here, Minerva leaned over to Daphne, and whispered, "I didn't know that your organization could do all of that!"
"That's what MDOCS was designed to do," Daphne replied, after taking a drink of her champagne, "and it was very similar to the stunts that Severus pulled, such as having Fletcher give his idea for the Seven Potters when Harry made his escape from Number Four."
The scene changed, yet, again, with a new instrumental, titled, 'London, 1856.' It showed eight of the MDOCS operatives, on the right-hand side of the bullpen, standing, and grabbing their black carry-on duffle bags, which they threw over their shoulders. Each was now dressed in Muggle attire, as they joined Harry and Daphne at the front, and left the room. The attendees noticed that the bags had the MDOCS seal embroidered on them, with black thread.
Next, the scene changed, which showed the eight operatives following behind Harry and Daphne, as they walked through a jet bridge, and started boarding a plane. After this, the scene switched again, which was from a vest cam, that showed a British Airways, Airbus A380-800, taking off at Heathrow. Next, the scene switched, another time, which showed the same plane landing at JFK in New York.
In the next scene, the group was met outside the gate by a blond man wearing a goatee and wearing sunglasses. He seemed to be overly friendly with Harry, just as the shorter blond woman was with Daphne. Next, the scene shifted for a final time, which showed the group deboarding from a private bus at the Colchester-Astor Hotel in Manhattan's Wizarding District.
Next, a new scene appeared, with a new song, titled, 'Dogs of War.' Here, the scene showed the group arriving at, and entering the Woolworth Building, where they made their way up one flight of steps, and to a hall, where Daphne and her uncle, Gareth Greengrass, along with Hermione Weasley broke away, to head into the opposite direction. The rest of the group, led by Harry, made their way to a large conference room full of desks, which they took, alongside eight MIA operatives. The blond man, from earlier, began showing them a map of Mississippi on a large TV screen. He then zoomed it in on a section of the river showing a peninsula circled in red. Next, he pointed at a computer-generated helicopter icon, and at a red line from it, which made its way around an island, and to a peninsula on the Mississippi side. What was odd, was that the peninsula was claimed by Arkansas, but the island was claimed by Mississippi. This was caused, because the Mississippi River had changed its flow, creating the peninsula, which was a part of Arkansas beforehand. The peninsula was where the criminals had their compound, which was shown, and had once been an old military training base within the forest. It also had a short dirt airstrip running down the center.
The scene switched, again, and this showed Gareth, Daphne, and Hermione standing before a judge in a private courtroom. Hermione was seen handing a stack of papers off to the bailiff, who then handed them to the judge. Here, the judge looked them over and banged his gavel down, which made the three Brits look relieved. The MACUSA had accepted the MoM's extradition orders, for when those apprehended were released from jail in the US. The MoM wanted their pound of flesh, too, and the perps would be prosecuted by the Wizengamot, and serve more time in Britain, after their sentences in the US.
Next, the scene switched, and the song playing this time was titled, 'Storm Coming.' Here, it showed the DOCS operatives saying goodbye to Daphne, Gareth, and Hermione, who took an international portkey back to Britain.
The scene changed, again, and this showed the MDOCS and MIA operatives, led by Harry and the unknown blond man, board three carriages pulled by Thestrals down by the river. The doors hadn't been closed no time, before the carriages started to roll, and were airborne in the New York sky.
Next, the scene changed, which showed the carriages landing in Mississippi, and just north-northeast at the Mid Delta Regional Airport, which was northeast of the town of Greenville, Mississippi. Here, they deboarded the carriages in order to board an awaiting private bus, but not before the unknown blond MIA operative pointed at a flat-black painted Huey UH1-P, which had been magically silenced, with an M134 7.62 mm minigun hanging out of the side door. On the nose of the craft, and stenciled in gold paint, were the MIA and MDOCS seals. After Harry had a look, everyone boarded the bus, and they were off.
Last, the scene changed, again, which showed the group deboarding the bus, to stay the night at Harlow's Casino Resort & Spa, which was south of town, and on the river close by to their targets.
The scene changed, yet again, and with a new song, titled, 'Mercenary Song.' Here, it showed a blurry-eyed Harry sitting at a desk in his hotel room, while setting up a radio station, to be used to contact the operatives. Everyone noticed that it was 3:30 AM in the morning, by the digital clock sitting beside the radio, and his steaming cup of hot coffee. Next, the door opened, and in walked four operatives, two from MDOCS, and two from the MIA. The two MDOCS operatives were dressed in all black, as usual, and they were wearing a pistol holstered in a shoulder sling. The two MIA operatives were wearing digital camo and were also carrying two carbines via a sling on their backs, along with their pistols. Here, the ball's attendees watched Harry give them their orders, where the four took a portkey and disappeared in a flash.
The scene changed, again, and the song now playing, was titled, 'Frogman.' The attendees watched on, in awe, as the silenced Huey flew low over the Mississippi River, where it stopped to hover about ten feet off the dark water. From the side door appeared an MDOCS officer, who was Seamus Finnigan in disguise, and he was now wearing a rebreather, diving goggles, and flippers. Here, the operative stepped out of the door, and dived, feet-first, into the river below. He was followed by the three others, before the Huey lifted in the night air, and headed back north following the river.
This song, now playing, to Harry and Daphne's relief, was edited by Jimmie, as when it came to a certain word, it was sung out as "mother-bleep!"
The scene switched to showing the divers underwater, who could barely be seen in the low light, as they began swimming their way around the island in the main river channel. The attendees noticed that the divers were being propelled through the water by small, black, torpedo-shaped devices, which the divers were holding onto. The lead diver had a small light on, which was soon extinguished as they turned around the point of the island, and headed back north toward the peninsula.
The scene changed, again, and it was from a flying snitch that was released from one of the divers. It was hovering over a sandy bank on the peninsula and looking out at the water. Suddenly, the four divers heads appeared just above the water, and then they slowly walked up to the bank, now carrying their flippers on their arm by the straps. The MDOCS operatives also had their wands in hand, and the two MIA officers were aiming their carbines toward the shore. Here, they began to quickly remove their rebreathers, and shrink them down, along with their flippers and masks, which they placed in a water-proof shoulder bag they were all wearing while on shore. Once finished, and once they applied a drying charm to themselves, they spoke with hand signs only, with one of the MDOCS operatives heading north through the forest, while the other three headed south. They would encircle the facility, and bring down the wards in the morning.
The last scene, which the attendees witnessed, was an MDOCS operative setting up a directional explosive device in the night, at the ward line, which was aimed toward a ward stone.
Next, the scene changed, where it was now morning, and with it was a new song, titled, 'My Name Is...' Here, it showed Sir Harry and the blond MIA operative while in the Huey, and they were now flying toward the peninsula. Around the helicopter were four groups of three operatives, on brooms. Here, the helicopter slowed to a hover, where everyone could see a clearing in the distance, in a forest, and they noticed Harry looking at his watch. At 10:00 AM, sharp, four explosions could be seen in the forest, where black smoke rose as the wards fell with a flickering orange dome disappearing. Next, they saw a new set of wards quickly erected, which would stop apparation, floo, and portkeys. As this was taking place, the Huey took off while flying at a diagonal, so Harry, who was manning the mini-gun, could see out of the side door.
The four groups of three wizards, then, flew their brooms to each explosion point, where they flew down into the trees and joined the four UDT operatives that had swam in and broke the wards.
Now, the Huey was passing over the compound as Harry aimed the minigun's rotating barrels downward, where he opened it up with a "burrrr." He lit the automobiles up that was parked in the compound, practically ripping them in two, and causing several explosions.
Here, the blond MIA operative pointed at an old twin-engine Douglas DC-3 trying to take off. Harry swung the nose of the minigun up, and took the right wing off, engine and all, creating a huge fireball with black smoke. As the Huey was turning, Harry saw the pilot jump out, and try to do a runner, but he was intercepted by one of the MDOCS operatives leaving the treeline by using the Dangling Jinx, Levicorpus. Next, he was tied up, while still swinging in the air by his ankle, by the Incarcerous Spell, before he was allowed to drop like a rock.
As the four groups of operatives began to advance on the four Quonset huts, and the two-story brick office of the compound, the Huey hovered over the airstrip or road in front of the old office and dropped down in a hover, where Harry opened up, again, with the mini-gun, disintegrating the front entrance, and taking a lot of the brickwork with it. As this was taking place, the blond MIA officer had picked up a grenade launcher, and he was shooting grenades through the windows of the building, which contained a tear gas made from the venom of the Giant Desert Centipede, and Peruvian Darkness Powder. The black mist would cause the eyes and skin to painfully burn, and the darkness powder robbed them of any sight.
The attendees noticed that one of the Quonset huts was now warded by the operatives, and two had stayed behind, with their guns drawn, to protect it. The others blasted the doors off the hinges of the remaining three huts, where two drug cookers and cutters were detained before the remaining operatives all zeroed in on the office building.
Here, the scene switched, again, with a new song, titled, 'Hell to Pay.' It showed the operatives crouched down low outside the office building, where they put on orange-tinted spectacles and placed bubble-head charms on themselves. Next, they entered the building through the front, while four operatives guarded the rear entrance. Within no time, one could see spells flashing from within the black mist, and then, there was a momentary peace, as the operatives started dragging out the perps, who had all been detained.
As the building was being cleared, the Huey sat down, and Harry and the unknown blond operative deboarded. Next, the Huey took off to the north and left, as Harry and the blond operative walked down the road, and up to the captives, who were now being guarded by the other operatives.
As Harry walked up to each, he would grab a handful of their hair, and raise their coughing and eye-watering heads to see who they were. However, when Harry made it to almost the end of the lot, one, whose head he raised, stopped Harry, where he gave a grin like a shark to the perp. It was the ex-MIA officer, Paul Sanders, and he was their kingpin.
Here, the ball's attendees noticed a wand drop into Harry's left hand, which he quickly aimed at the man, and cast a swift spell with. Only but a few noticed what it was, which was Legilimency. The perp's face became devoid of all emotion, and he drooled before Harry, who was still holding him by the hair of the head and staring him in the eyes when the powerful spell from the Elder Wand blew past Sanders' occulumency protection like a freight train.
Here, Harry learned everything, especially about where the MIA agent's body was buried, which was not far from where they stood. He also learned of who their suppliers were in South America, along with the dirty politicos involved.
Now, the scene switched, showing several black vans arriving, where the attendees noticed the two operatives, who had stayed back as guards at one of the huts, usher the helpless teenage victims into one of the vans. They noticed that the operatives had conjured blankets, and had each child wrapped in them, as well.
They also loaded four of the vans with the three and one-half tons of contraband, which would be destroyed back at MACUSA. The gold's worth, via Dragots, would be handed over to the Equadorian wizarding government.
The perps were placed in the other vans, and the operatives, including the unknown blond op, boarded the remaining vans leaving Harry behind. The ball's attendees thought this strange, but Harry mounted a broom and took to the air, where they noticed him remove a black remote control from his black DEVGRU modular vest, when he was about a mile away, and high in the air.
Here, they watched as Harry's thumb flicked up the first safety cover, where he flicked a switch arming the remote that now showed a green LED lighted up. Next, his thumb flicked up the next safety cover, where he pressed a red button, which caused numerous violent explosions to spring up through the compound in the distance, completely obliterating it. As the attendees witnessed this in awe, and the now forming black mushroom cloud in the distance, Harry turned his broom and left, where he grabbed the spying snitch, and the scene went black.
The scene changed, yet again, with a new song, titled, 'About To Get Crazy.' Here, they witnessed Harry seeing the operatives off in the Thestral-drawn carriages, though he stayed behind with the unknown blond operative at the airport. Next, they watched on as Harry gave the man a one-armed brotherly hug before the blond man handed Harry an old shoe, which was a portkey. Here, Harry made a quip, which made the blond man laugh, before Harry triggered the portkey, and was gone in a flash.
The scene switched, again, where Harry appeared in the city of Ciudad del Este, which is located on the Paraná River in Paraguay. The city, which bordered three nations, was well known for narcotics smuggling. Here, they watched Harry make his way to a cheap hotel for the night, as the scene changed.
The next day, they noticed Harry standing at the back, where the press was assembled. Harry was dressed just like them, where he had a press-pass hanging around his neck, and he was holding a digital camera. Before them was their Interior Minister standing before multiple kilos of cocaine, totaling 5.2 tons. Here, some text appeared in the black area below the video, which said:
"The minister was corrupt, and has now been removed from office with the help of information given to their government by the MIA and MDOCS."
The scene switched, again, with Harry flying over two lories carrying blue containers. Inside was the cocaine but they didn't make their way to an incinerator. No, he followed the two trucks to a warehouse in Paranaguá, Brazil, which had a container port. Here, the attendees witnessed what a flying snitch had recorded inside the warehouse.
The kilos of cocaine were unloaded, and the bricks were placed into bags of sugar, where the tops were then stitched closed with a green thread, to identify them from the other bags containing only sugar. Next, the bags were placed into two other containers, and sealed, which were headed to Spain, where one container would be dropped off, and then the other was to be dropped off in Dubai. Harry obtained this information by confunding a dockworker that was involved.
What the attendees didn't see, was Harry dodging the port's security under his invisibility cloak, where he made his way to the two containers now sitting on the dock. Here, he removed the seals, which were easily removed by a wizard, and then tossed three remote-controlled napalm grenades inside each container.
The scene changed, again, and it showed Harry now sitting in the stands at the Hipódromo da Gávea horse track at Praça Santos Dumont - Lagoa, Rio de Janeiro. Here, the ball's attendees noticed that Harry, who was now wearing a Panama Hat and sunglasses, along with a lightweight white suit, was not watching the race, but was keeping his eyes on a horse owner who was involved in the smuggling.
Next, the scene switched to showing the following day, with Harry sitting at a bar and small restaurant back in Paranaguá, Brazil, named the Bar e Lanchonete PiAçaí. It was located across the bay from the city, and the port he was watching. Here, he was sitting in a white plastic chair, and at a small table, while drinking a bottle of Brahma beer, and munching on some crab legs.
When Harry noticed that the large container ship, which was named the Estel, was now towed out into the middle of the bay, he removed a cigar and lighter from his jacket pocket. Here, Harry bit off the tip of the cigar and placed it in his mouth, where he brought the lighter up to the tip, as a flying snitch was recording everything from behind him, which showed the ship loaded with containers.
If one looked closely, Harry held a very odd lighter, which had a green LED lighted on the side of it just under its chrome top. When Harry mashed the lighter's lever down, the LED switched to red, and a large violent explosion occurred on the ship, blowing two containers apart on the top of the stacks in a huge fireball while causing several others to topple into the bay.
As everyone rushed to the shore to gawk at the burning container ship, Harry calmly stood, and began walking in the opposite direction, where he smirked up at the spying snitch, and then quickly shrugged his shoulders like he was surprised, while his index finger tapped off the ashes of his cigar. Next, he grabbed the snitch, thus, making the scene go black.
This put many to muttering in the atrium, where the rumors started to fly, as Minerva looked over at Harry with a raised eyebrow. Harry merely smirked, and just pointed back at the screen, as the scene had changed, again, and with it came another song, which was 'Chosen One.'
This scene showed Harry entering the Spanish Ministerio de Magia in Madrid, before the scene switched, again, to show him now sitting in a chair at the Marina Beach Club in Valencia. Here, he was having himself a Rum and Coke and was gazing out at the Med, when he was joined by two wizards, who just happened the be the Ministra de Magia, and the head of their Servicio Secreto Mágico. It was now approximately 5:30 PM.
The song changed, here, to the final song on the video, which was 'Man On A Mission.'
The two wizards gave their orders, and when the waitress walked off, Harry slyly cast a privacy charm with a wave of his hand under the table. When the minister and department head received their drinks, Harry removed a shrunken folder from his jacket, which he enlarged, and handed to the minister to read. Inside, it gave the full rundown of the smugglers in Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina, who were smuggling in the narcotics, as well as a myriad of other things, to the port at Valencia. A very wide-eyed minister handed the folder off to the head of the Servicio Secreto Mágico, who began to read in earnest, while Harry and the minister got down to business. Here, Harry quickly smirked up at the spying snitch, which turned, and showed a wonderful view of the Med.
What nobody knew, was that Jimmie had followed his father, and was controlling the flying snitches used in the video.
In the black area under the video, the final text appeared, which stated:
"The Ministry of Magic wishes to thank the MACUSA, and their MIA, for their cooperation during this operation."
"The Ministry also wishes to thank our wizarding allies within Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina."
Finally, the video ended with the end of the song, where the atrium's chandeliers were brightened to the applause of the attendees.
AN: Below is the song list, and a link to the playlist. The songs are obscure and may have the same names as others, so if you would like to listen to the entire song list, it is below, and at the link. I think that you will enjoy this list of songs tremendously.
Soldier
Legend
Hell On Wheels
Born Ready
I Know Your Secrets
Kings Gambit
Wag The Dog
London, 1856
Dogs Of War
Storm Coming
Mercenary Song
Frogman
My Name Is...
Hell To Pay
About To Get Crazy
Chosen One
Man On A Mission
Playlist: Youtube dot com forward slash playlist?list=PLAed9m_G6uj_ordQ2PuDiaMejIPIO_GAA
You can also find the playlist by doing a search for: HP US Assault - YouTube
