In the fight against the Dark Arts the Wizarding community is represented by two separate by equally important groups. The Department of Magical Law Enforcement who investigate crimes and the wizgamont who prosecute the offenders. The worst criminal offenders are pursued by the detectives of the Auror Department: Major Case Squad, headed up by Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger. These are their stories
CASE #10
Major Case Squad Office,
Italian Ministry Venice
2nd June 2006
9.27am
Silently, he walked into the Office, shutting the door behind him and casting a Silencio. Hermione looked up from the report she was writing.
"We need to look deeper into this thing with between Caldez and Bakhtak" he told her, his voice grave.
She frowned "Goran and Eames have been digging into that, are you suggesting we take the case from them?"
He sat on the edge of the desk, hands braced by his sides "We might have to, Harry contacted me this morning. The London Office have an associate of LeStrange who they caught last night. He was rambling incoherently but some of it was quite alarming" he told her. She watched as his expression darkened. "He was rambling about a plot to assassinate the Minister."
Hermione gasped "Kingsley?"
Draco shook his head "Giovani De Vincenti, the Italian Minister of Magic"
Major Case Squad Office,
Italian Ministry Venice
2nd June 2006
9.56am
Goran tilted his head, turning to his partner Eames "When you went through the book we found, was there anything in there?"
She shook her head, taking the book from the evidence bag, handing it to Hermione. "No, but this phrase does keep cropping up, research have had it for the last 3 months trying to find out what it means"
Taking the book, she screwed up her face "Zal Khordad"
Eames looked at Draco. "We thought it might be a name but we came up blank."
Hermione continued to look at the book thinking "Its not a name" she looked up at Draco "I need to speak to Blaise".
Orto Di Venezia
2nd June 2006
10:47am
"Of course you can have access to the vault, you don't need to ask" Blaise told her warmly.
She thanked him, penning her owl to Bill.
Orto Di Venezia
2nd June 2006
2:18pm
The floo roared and she turned to see her friend striding out of the fireplace, the green flames flicking away "Hello Bill" she greeted him.
"Need a little help?" he smiled, planting a chaste kiss to her cheek.
Orto Di Venezia
2nd June 2006
5:28pm
Ok, that should do it" he said, leaning back in his chair. Hermione took the text, thanking him before settling in her reading chair. Scrutinising it carefully, she turned to Blaise "Zal is the albion in Persian Mythology, Khordad is referencing two things. Look at this" she told him, showing him the text. Haurvatātō is the Old Persian for Khordad and means "wholeness, perfection". It is also the name of the 3rd month of the Persian callendar, corresponding with June.
"So what does this mean?" he asked, concern apparent in his voice.
"It means that they are going to try and bring about Perfection- the extinction of muggleborns in this case, perfection being purebloods- by erradicating the Italian Minister. It will happen soon. It's already June."
Major Case Squad Office,
Italian Ministry Venice
2nd June 2006
6:14pm
"We need to go to London" she told him, shutting the door firmly.
Major Case Squad Office, Interview Room A
British Ministry London
3rd June 2006
9:02am
Draco slammed his fist down on the table.
The dark haired wizard across from him sneered "You will not get anything from me."
"We got the authorisation" Potter informed him, handing Draco the veritaserum.
Major Case Squad Office,
British Ministry London
3rd June 2006
10:47am
"I don't understand, Potter, that's the second fucking time. Two wizards, both major leads, both under the Unbreakable Vow, both died in custody due to veritaserum" Draco raged, pacing the squad room.
Major Case Squad Office,
Italian Ministry Venice
3rd June 2006
3:46pm
Goran looked at Eames "So what leads to we have?"
"Dispatch called up with this just now" she informed him, handing him the report.
Isola di Crevan
3rd June 2006
4:28pm
"It's like I said" the young auror told him, as he walked him through the grounds "We were asked to come and check the scene over because a neighbour thought she saw strange men in cloaks. We came here and found her like this" he pointed to the body as MLE technicians set about securing the crime scene.
Major Case Squad Office,
Italian Ministry Venice
4th June 2006
9:04am
Draco stared at Hermione "you're kidding?"
She shook her head "Goran and Eames staked the place out last night. The place was crawling with sympathisers.
Isola di Crevan
4th June 2006
11:14am
Ducking behind the tree, he shielded her from the blast as hooded wizards threw hexes. Aurors surrounded the sympathisers, binding them. Draco and Hermione walked into the villa, searching. Hermione motioned for him to follow her, wand drawn, as she followed the trace. Her wand was set-up to detect magic that had an electronic pulse combined with its trace.
"SHIT" she exclaimed, stepping back from the trunk next to the fireplace she was examining.
"What?" he asked
"Enough C4 to send Venice to join the lost city of Atlantis."
Major Case Squad Office,
Italian Ministry Venice
4th June 2006
1:34pm
Harry strode into the office "So you caught the bastard?" he asked as Hermione closed the door.
"We have several sympathisers in custody. The Albino is clearly a reference to Bakhtak so at least we know now why he surfaced in Venice. What we are going to do with him now we have yet to decide.
