Chapter 6
Alternative Paths
2007
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An assortment of Weasleys
WHACK! "turn him into a slug"WHACK "tell the" WHUMP ""I'll show him" Hermione kicked and punched a dummy transfigured to look like Ron. Vzsoooom she pulled out her lightsaber and swung it across the body and cut it in half. She stood, panting and limp,, tears running down her face at the seeming betrayal of their friend. Harry came up behind her and gently disarmed her, turning off her still glowing weapon with a snap. She turned into him, sobbing into his shoulder, her voice muffled "How could he say something like that after all we have been through?" "I thought we were friends"
"Love, don't take it to heart, remember, this is the word of a death eater, Remember the mistake made by future me that would get Sirius killed?" she sniffed and nodded, "Check our sources, and get confirmation.. I think we should get Percy and interrogate him, and find out what happened". "Now lets find Mr Croaker and ask if we can bring in Percy, I think he will cooperate" The young woman nodded and took a deep breath. "Lets get you cleaned up and I will talk to Mr Croaker and Mr Wills, OK?" She went into a restroom off to the side and put herself together, while Harry stepped outside the door of the training room they had borrowed, and spoke with the others.
"Can we bring in Percy Weasley for questioning? "I know he is assistant to the Minister, but that doesn't mean he is untouchable, does it?" Croaker shook his head, "Not even the Minister himself can override us. He nodded to Frank Wills, who agreed, "Lets bring him in, not too publicly, ok? Wills pulled on his Unspeakable cloak, which was gray and anonymous, and the hood which completely obscured his face,
"We'll have them in about twenty minutes I am sure, How is Miss Granger doing" Harry opened the door and they walked into the training room, and gestured silently to the carnage, an assortment of transfigured dummies, all shredded and burned and hexed to bits. Harry vanished the lot and set the room to rights as Hermione silently joined him. Their eyes met and agreement was made "Mr Croaker is having Percy brought in for questioning, and we will get to the bottom of this." It was not a question, but a statement of fact. "We have to set standards to meet, agree to a set of rules of engagement, even if the Death Eaters don't , we should set standards, so that in the future our decisions will not be overturned because of infringement of civil rights,. for that is the form we want the government to take, equal rights for all , proper representation, legal trials, not lynchings"
Wills knocked and poked his head in the door, "He's in room 3, he came voluntarily" "Thank you Frank, we'll be right there" The couple put on their Agent Smith and Jones disguises, and entered the interrogation room behind the head Unspeakable, who at this time had his hood up, obscuring his identity. Percy kept a stiff demeanor, not flinching as the anonymous questioners trooped in.
U1: "good afternoon Mr Weasley, we would like to ask you a few questions, and would appreciate your cooperation"
PW "Good Afternoon, will I be able to face my questioners?"
the Unspeakables looked at each other and to the agents, and came to an agreement.
U1; "yes, on a limited basis, I am Algernon Croaker, Director of the Department of Mysteries, and this is Frank Wills, my Head of Security"
with this, the two Unspeakables lowered their hoods.
AC: "I must apologize, but for the moment, Agents Smith and Jones need to keep their anonymity"
Percy frowned a moment and nodded.
PW: "I understand the need for operational security"
Smith and Jones eyes met with a question.
Smith: "you were contacted recently by a Death eater who attempted to bribe you , to get in contact with your brother"
PW: "This isn't about my job with the Ministry"
AC: "No this is about an attack on Harry Potter, using your brother for access"
PW: "Since this involves my family, can I ask that my Father be brought in?"
AC: "Are you sure you want that?, Your father is well respected in the Ministry"
PW: "This is Family, and Harry is considered part of my family"
Agent Smith: What is Harry Potter to you? We had heard that you are at odds with your family"
PW: "Not everything is as it seems"
Agent Smith: "How so"?
PW: "I'll wait for my father, if you please"
recess 10 minutes HS Wills leaves to retrieve Arthur Weasley, Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office
AW: "Hullo, whats' going on, why is Percy here?
AC: there was an attempt toward Harry Potter, and we were questioning Percy here, concerning that event"
AW: Harry? What kind of attack?, where did your information come from?"
AC: "Agents Smith and Jones here," "Captured a Death Eater lurking in the Department of Mysteries, in the Prophecy room" "Upon questioning, this DE revealed that he had tried to bribe Percy here into contacting his younger brother Ronald, to get some hair for Polyjuice" he paused as Arthur's face remained impassive "We believe this was to be a DE assassination and kidnapped attempt, directed at both Miss Granger and Mr Potter." "This ties in with some unique information concerning a potential attack on this department soon."
AW: "may I have a moment with my son?" the Unspeakables stepped back and set up a privacy ward around the Weasleys. After a moment, Arthur stood up and indicated he was finished.
AW: "I know you know how to keep secrets down here" he eyed them all , Percy remained silent
"I consider, as do the rest of my family that Harry Potter is a part of my family, and Miss Granger as well," he paused "Is this Death Eater still available for questioning?"
AC: yes, you have questions for him?"
AW: "actually I have information for you." he pulled out his wand and drew a fiery rune in the air, and muttered a Celtic spell. A ring of fire momentarily enclosed the six people in the room.
AW: "now that the secret is bound with those in this room, I have a story to tell" he conjured some seats and indicated sitting.
"I graduated from Hogwarts in 1968 and immediately married my sweetheart Molly Prewitt, we were close to her brothers Gideon and Fabian, they were much like my sons Fred and George." Percy grimaced. "We worked together, and were in the starting phases of a business, as an importing source for muggle goods into the wizarding world, supplying our people with food and raw materials and the like". We also worked undercover as agents for the light side, fighting against the dark lord Voldemort. "This put us in contact with Albus Dumbledore and his Order of the Phoenix"
About this time Bill was born and I had to pull back a bit, and take on a ministry job to support my growing family, so I couldn't go on missions as often" I did what I could, I trained as often as possible with Fabe and Giddy, we made quite a team, I usually planned out the mission, they implemented it, we were quick and deadly, very few of our targets got away." "Dumbledore set us up, he sent us on a mission to capture a couple of Death Eaters for questioning, and all was going well until we trusted the Intel he gave us." Arthur paused, pain fleeting across his face. There was a safe house that we were told would be empty except for our target, the 'spy' promised that it would be a quick in and out." "Well, either the spy lied to Dumbledore, or the spy was working both sides and told Voldemort, because we were set up for a fall, it was a trap, Dolohov, the LeStranges, Crouch Jr. Rookwood" Croaker flinched inwardly at that name. "Some others, Fabe and Giddy fought like Demons, they were awesome. I did ok too, but I got hit, and knocked out, when I came to, Fabian was dead, and Gideon was lying across me, still alive. I heard Dolohov start to AK us when Giddy triggered my portkey, and sent me out of danger."
Arthur shifted uncomfortably sitting up stiffly, eyes closed, his hands on his knees. He sat silently for a moment or two. "I set my purpose in life to fight against darkness, no matter what source it comes from". He opened his eyes and looked at each and every one of the others. Harry and Hermione, felt as if he could see through their disguises, seeing the real person. "I believe that Albus Dumbledore is just as guilty as Voldemort in the deaths of Fabian and Gideon Prewitt, in the murders of James and Lily Potter, and in the chaos and mayhem going on in the wizarding world today."
"I believe that there is only one person who can end the reign of terror brought on by these two ...wizards, and I support him and only him in this battle. I have brought my family into the fight, and they are loyal also.
"I and my family support Harry Potter"
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Harry and Hermione stepped into the light and dropped their disguises. "Why do you support me Mr. Weasley?" "I am only a Fifth Year wizard, I am the same age as your son" Arthur was only mildly surprised to see Harry here in the DOM. "There is a prophecy.." "yes, I have seen it, and that still doesn't explain why you would support me of all people"
"I worked directly for your grandfather, Charlus Potter, who was Algies' predecessor here in the Unspeakables, as an agent, just like your father, and I suspect you will be also." "An agent? What did my father do?, this last directed at Croaker. Algie Croaker hemmed and hawed for a moment, and then decided full disclosure was the best policy. "We believe Dumbledore is trying to control the wizarding world from behind the scenes, that he is trying to rule from the shadows." "We believe he is responsible for the deaths of several of our agents, and ...others." Harry's' face was impassive, revealing no emotion at all. Arthur continued. "I worked directly for your Grandfather, and was welcomed into their home as a son to them, Dorea was like a mother to me, and Charles was my mentor, as well as trainer."
"Under his tutelage, I became much more than Arthur Weasley, muggle loving fool, which is my the way a convenient disguise.." they all laughed at this, eve Percy.. "I became a real threat to the Death Eaters, and the dark followers.. I am The Ghost.." Croaker and Wills looked stunned, Croaker cleared his head first.. "If you are The Ghost, you would know the access code to the locked room.. since you are the one who set the locking charm.." "Certainly, Algie, it's the rune.." he drew it in the air, and it glowed blue, fading to purple. Hermione had never seen that rune, or at least she didn't think so.. "Miss Granger, you won't find that rune in any book, The Ghost and I created it and we are the only two to know it, because it is the rune of a blood oath set by three people, Ghost, Arthur here, Myself and Bode, who was my mentor.."
