Disclaimer: OC and plot is mine. Everything else is J.K. Rowling's.
A/N: Hello! This is going to be a short chapter so I'm going to post another one with it :) So bonus! I'm still quite a bit ahead with this story not so sure how long it'll turn out. But here you are:
SoraLovesRain: Yeah! I feel like since both Ginny and Hermione grew up with basically males that their friendship to eachother would be quite strong.
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Cares 1970: You and your words are just too kind! I really feel like the relationship between Draco and Snap are rarely mentioned so I thought it was fitting for the moment. Thank YOU for taking the time to read it :)
Morraine9: Always a pleasure to see your name! There will be some action going forward now, hopefully more and more.
Every Auror in the room was quite confused at the state of affairs today. Draco Malfoy was sitting at the head of the table with Minister Kingsley along with the head of their department Harry Potter as if this was an everyday occurrence.
They had just been briefed over the kidnapping of War Heroine Hermione Granger. Everyone in Wizarding Britain knew that she had moved to France a few years after the war, but no one imagined she'd ever be kidnapped or that there would ever be another dark wizard in the world intent on ever causing such malicious harm like Voldemort did.
But regardless the big elephant in the room was Draco Malfoy. Even though he had been acquitted, a lot of people still did not see the Malfoy name in any positive light. For the past hour no one dared say anything until finally an Auror spoke up.
"With all do respect sir, how do you know that Malfoy here is telling the truth? I mean we all know he was acquitted of his charges from the war, but he's still Draco Malfoy." A young, but ambitious Auror named David Postelwait asked.
Suddenly all heads in the room snapped to look at Auror Potter and Minister Kingsley.
"And I'm still Kingsley Shacklebolt. Do you question my judgment or Head Auror Potter's here?" Kingsley suddenly said amused.
"No Minister, but it's just that?" Auror Postelwait continued
"That what? I couldn't of possibly been a young man who was led a certain path because of what was hammered into my head my entire life? That I couldn't redeem myself? That I couldn't change? Is it that unbelievable that I married Hermione Granger? Or unbelievable that we had five children who now don't know where their mother is? How about this? How about having to calm your children down after watching their mother be forcibly taken away and kidnapped. Would you lie about your wife being ripped away from you? Would you subject your children to such a horror?" Draco had now stood up and was inches away from Auror Postlewait's face.
Shaking in his boots Auror Postelwait couldn't muster any words but just shook his head yes. Draco nodded and turned back around to his place at the table.
Kingsley and Harry were both amused and Harry left off where Kingsley had been cut off.
"As we were saying, this is a highly dangerous wizard." Harry said.
Soon another young Auror named Christopher Eilan popped in, "How dangerous? Is it - Vol." the young Auror was still afraid of saying his name.
"How many times have I told you lot. Do not give into being afraid of his name. "Fear of a name only-" Harry started.
"Increases fear of the thing itself." Draco finished.
Harry was caught off guard but then continued. "Draco has gone ahead and taken memories of the past few years involving Bartholomeou and Hermione Granger's kidnapping." Everyone nodded at this, "Thanks to the erhm modern advances of the organization they both work for, as we dive in we can also project what we're seeing on the wall here."
Draco poured his memories into the pensieve and dipped the very tip of his wand into it. He then said the incantation visio trajectura and pointed his wand to a blank wall. Suddenly there on the wall was the vision of the fog like smoke of the pensieve. All the Auror's eyes widened and were impressed.
"Alright you lot I suggest you have notebooks out, quick quills, whatever it may be. Just be ready to have information ready, any details you might see as important, etc. Draco, Kingsley, and myself will be diving into the pensieve. Auror Thomas will be out here with you lot." Harry said nodding his head at Dean Thomas who was Deputy Auror underneath him.
All the Aurors nodded and Draco, Kingsley, and Harry all immersed themselves into the pensieve.
A/N: Short chapter but I always wanted the pensieve chapter to be separate because I knew it would be a lot of information and quite long. So here you are. As always check my Tumblr adastra5 for a corresponding Tumblr post!
Also very LOOSELY translated "visio trajectura: picture projection."