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Chapter Three
When the rest of the group finally got through the large crowd they were all notably exhausted and wanted nothing more than to go to sleep. Harry smiled sympathetically at them and began to lead them up through to the Auror department, knowing that the busy surroundings were starting to become uncomfortable for the human team. They couldn't avoid the eyes of onlookers, Harry mainly catching the attention of wizards and witches while the team were only spared the curious glances every now and then.
"I know you all must be exhausted but we've got some things to discuss before we're heading back home." Harry said apologetically when they reached his office. Without hesitation he took out his wand and conjured more chairs. "You may as well get used to magic." He added with a small smile when they stared in shock at the new furniture scattered in the room.
Shrugging Garcia took a seat, "So long as you don't turn me in to anything there's no problem."
The rest of the team took her lead, Strauss sitting at the far end while the rest of the team sat together. Hermione shook her head at the mess on Harry's desk while Ron snickered at her expression and this turned in to laughter as she unceremoniously pushed messy piles of paper aside so she could perch on his desk. Harry rolled his eyes and stood next to Ron, leaning back against the desk.
"Welcome to the ministry of magic." Harry said after a moment, "You know who I am but this is Ron Weasley and this is Hermione Granger." Harry introduced, waving to his two friends. "I'm going to give you a brief rundown of the magical history here in Britain and by brief I mean extremely brief." He warned, sighing tiredly, "Twenty seven years ago an evil wizard called Lord Voldemort was all but controlling England and had everybody either terrified of him or working for him."
"He was that feared that no one could say his name and called him He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named." Hermione added.
"Basically he was a prejudice son of a bitch that believed muggles and muggle born wizards and witches – those who have muggle parents – were dirty and should be wiped out." Harry explained, "But aside from that all he wanted was to be immortal and he succeeded in ripping his soul in to seven pieces and placing them in to different objects so he could never die."
"Anyway," Hermione cut in, "he was told of a prophecy about one born at the end of the seventh month that would be marked as his equal and have power that the dark Lord knows not." Hermione told them.
"Do you really expect us to believe this nonsense?" Gideon interrupted, looking at them with raised brows.
Harry clenched his jaw, unable to hold back his glare, "That nonsense was the reason that bastard murdered my parents and tried to kill me." Harry said bluntly, using his hand to pull his fringe up to reveal his scar, "I was hit by a curse that no one has ever survived from and I remain the only person that has survived it because my mother sacrificed her life to save mine."
Hermione quickly intervened, "Harry why don't we take a break? Go and see Ginny; Ron and I will finish and bring the team back." Harry nodded and quickly left the room, and once the door was closed Hermione stared disapprovingly at Gideon, "I get that this must sound ridiculous to you; both my parents are dentists and I'm the first witch in my family so trust me, I do get it. But we didn't invite you here to mock you or trick you."
Gideon nodded apologetically, "I'm sorry. Please continue."
"The specifics of the prophecy allowed Voldemort to narrow down who was to be targeted which ended up being Harry and a friend of ours, Neville Longbottom. Voldemort saw the Potters as more of a threat; they were a well known pureblood family that openly defied him." Ron explained continuing. "He sent a group of his followers to the Longbottoms not taking any chances." Ron stopped there, his mouth set in a grim line.
"They were killed?" Morgan guessed, speaking softly.
Ron shook his head with a sigh, "That would have been a kindness and Death Eaters – the followers- were not known for their kindness. They tortured Alice and Frank Longbottom into insanity and they're still in the hospital under care. They had been warned about the prophecy and their son, Neville, was staying with his grandmother for safety reasons."
"The Potters had been warned as well, of course, and had gone under the Fidelius spell which prevents anyone from knowing a certain secret unless told by the secret keeper. The Potters put their location under the Fidelius charm to prevent Voldemort from knowing where the location was unless told by the secret keeper." Hermione continued.
Ron took over, "Basically the Potters were betrayed by their Secret Keeper, Voldemort found where they were living and killed them. As Harry said before his mother refused to let Voldemort kill him so she sacrificed herself for him which protected Harry from the killing curse."
The BAU team were staring at the two in front of them, "I thought this was supposed to be a brief run down?" Garcia muttered.
Hermione smiled, "It's difficult to make something like this brief. But we're almost done; the killing curse bounced back off Harry and hit Voldemort except he didn't die because he'd already split his soul apart. I'm not too sure how to describe what he became but he was still alive and he made multiple attempts throughout out time at school to be re-embodied. It wasn't until our fourth year that he was successful and came back to power but his return wasn't accepted until our sixth year. Harry killed him when he was seventeen."
"What happened through your first years at school?" JJ asked curious.
"Why don't we save that for another time?" Hermione suggested, standing, "I'm sure you're all exhausted and hungry and Mrs. Weasley – Ron's mum – has no doubt been cooking to feed an army." Hermione said lightly. "We have a portkey set up to take us there; Harry refuses to let you go through Floo ever since he had a bad experience."
Ron snickered, "The look on his face when I showed him was hilarious."
Hermione rolled her eyes and picked up a bottle, "Basically what's going to happen is everyone puts their hand on this and it'll seem like you're flying. Alright, let's go."
Hesitantly they all grabbed hold of the bottle, too shocked and unnerved by the fluttering feeling in their stomachs. Moments later Hermione shouted at them to let go, doing so herself and followed by Ron. Not knowing what else to do the rest of the team followed her example, Garcia screaming as the ground rushed to meet them and they all thumped on the ground. Morgan groaned when he came into contact with another body, opening his eyes to stare down at Hermione in shock.
"I'm so sorry." Morgan said, immediately jumping off her embarrassed and held out a hand to help her up, "Are you alright?"
Hermione blushed, dusting grass off her clothes, "I'm fine. I still haven't got a handle on the landing part of travelling via portkey."
Morgan grinned at her, "Are you sure you're alright?" He asked again, looking down at her.
"I'm fine, really." Hermione promised, "Let's go inside." She called towards everyone else, nodding towards the large house.
"Where exactly are we?" Morgan asked as he followed Hermione up the path and toward the house.
"Godric's Hollow; don't worry we're still in England." She said with a grin, "This is where Harry lives with his wife Ginny."
The others followed her inside the house, staring around the open living room surprised that it looked exactly like one of their houses would. They hadn't expected the normal furniture or soft carpet decorated inside the house although the moving pictures reminded them that they were definitely still in the magical world.
"Oy Harry!" Ron shouted.
"RONALD WEASLEY INSTEAD OF SHOUTING OUT FOR HARRY USE WHAT IS LEFT OF YOUR BRAIN AND LOOK FOR HIM!" A shrill voice bellowed from the end of the house.
The team were unsure if laughing or cringing was appropriate. Hermione giggled at Ron's red face and moved forward in to the house and towards the voice. They passed the kitchen and dining area until they came to what was obviously the veranda where a heavily pregnant woman was sitting on a swinging seat, her legs propped up on a chair and Harry sitting next to her laughing. She had the same fiery red hair as Ron and it was obvious her temper matched the colour of her hair. Her green eyes were narrowed at Ron in annoyance and she shifted slightly before resting her head on Harry's shoulder.
"Hi Hermione." She grumbled, "Can you get this kid out of me yet?"
Hermione laughed and conjured more chairs for the team before taking her seat next to Ginny, "Sorry, you've still got a couple of weeks to go."
Ginny groaned, "People have babies early all the time. Seriously just get this kid out of me now!"
"Mrs. Weasley's been driving her a bit crazy." Harry informed Hermione, smiling at his pregnant wife.
Ginny shot him a disgruntled look, "That's the understatement of the century. She won't stop fussing and telling me to do everything that you said not to do." She sighed exasperated and then smiled tiredly at the team, "Ignore the shouting that you will hear on more than one occasion. Harry's already put your suitcases up in to the rooms upstairs."
"We don't want to get in the way..." Hotch began but Ginny waved his concerns away.
"No, don't be silly. Everything's fine and this way Harry can work from home." Ginny said glancing over at Harry.
He grimaced, "The more I get done before the baby is born the more time I can take off to help out when she's here."
"You mean when he's here." Ginny countered rolling her eyes, "Harry we both know you don't need to work."
He shrugged, "I know but someone's got to do it." Harry looked over at Hermione, "Did you finish explaining everything?" He asked.
"We got the general idea down." She told him, and then stood stretching, "Does anyone want a tea or coffee?" She asked smiling at the relief on the Americans faces.
When Hermione had everyone's order she slipped in to the kitchen to boil the kettle not aware of the person following her. She organised the different servings of coffee and sugar and got the milk ready before finally turning around to lean against the counter where she found Morgan watching her with amusement. She jumped, placing a hand over her furious heart and glared at him as he laughed.
"I'm going to give you a hint; don't sneak up on people." She told him with narrowed eyes.
He held his hands up in surrender, "Point taken; I'm sorry for sneaking up on you." He said smiling at her.
She blushed and looked down, "So what's it like working for the FBI?" She asked, folding her arms under her chest.
"It's not a boring job that's for sure; long hours, cases in different states and a lot of take out." Morgan told her with a shrug.
"And serial killers." She added.
Morgan smiled, "It's not just serial killers that we deal with; we've had cases involving rapists, kidnappers, religious fanatics and more child abductions than you can guess."
Hermione made a face, "Doesn't exactly sound like a pleasant job but someone's got to do it, I guess." She sighed and began pouring the hot water into the multiple cups.
"What is it that you do?" Morgan asked curiously.
"Well I am a trained healer – magical version of a doctor – but my parents insisted that I go to university so I have options." She told him rolling her eyes, "So I just completed my masters in psychology."
"Why did you choose psychology?"
She smiled sadly, "There are a lot of people in the wizarding world who are still traumatized and affected by Voldemort. A lot of children were tortured and there have been some muggle born witches and wizards that have been tortured or seen their friends murdered. There aren't a lot of support systems for those victims and I'm slowly working on opening a place for both victims and the survivors from the war."
"How's that going?" Morgan asked, impressed not only by her obvious intelligence but also her care of others.
Hermione fiddled around with the drinks, stirring the coffee and sugar into the hot water, "It might not be since Harry has asked me to be the one who joins the FBI."
A/N thanks for the reviews so far and the interest in this story. I'm trying to update as much as I can whilst on holidays so let's just hope I don't get too distracted. Enjoy the chapter :)