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"My Lord, Greyback wonders when you want to begin the plan. His son is getting restless," Lucius Malfoy said to Voldemort.

"Tell him to control the boy. We must wait a week and a half. Where is Potter and his friends?"

"Godric's Hollow, my Lord. We have sent a fellow Death Eater to stall or capture them," Malfoy answered.

"Why are they at the Hollow?" Voldemort asked.

"We believe they have retrieved the locket of Salazar Slytherin, my Lord."

"What? It can't be! How could they find it?" Voldemort cried.

"We believe they discovered clues left by Regulus Black."

"Wretched Black. It's a good thing I did away with him early. He was no Death Eater of mine. He was nothing more than a blood traitor like his brother," Voldemort replied. Malfoy grinned. "Who have you sent?"

"Barty Crouch Jr., my Lord," Malfoy told him and he gave an evil smile.

"Who is that?" Hermione whispered, still staring at the Death Eater in the doorway.

"Barty Crouch Jr.," Harry told her.

"Very good, Potter. At least someone knows me," Crouch Jr. took a couple more steps toward the trio, making them step back. Harry and Ron had their wands drawn. Hermione was behind them and the locket was dangling from Harry's hand.

"No one mentioned knowing you was an achievement," Harry replied.

"Anyways, I'm just here to help out. Wherever did you get that lovely locket?" Crouch Jr. gave a fake smile and eyed the locket in Harry's grasped.

"Doesn't matter. It's ours and we need to leave. If you'll excuse us," Harry glared.

"Why would you want to leave? This is a beautiful house and it is yours, isn't it, Potter? It's been yours since your parents died."

"Don't talk about them. Move," Harry growled.

"No," Crouch Jr. dropped his fake nice tone. The Trio was slowly backing up towards the staircase, the Death Eater slowly advancing on them.

"Hermione, go upstairs," Harry whispered so low she almost didn't hear.

"What? Why?"

"Just go," Hermione glanced at her friends then turned her back and ran up the stairs.

"No one goes anywhere until I say. Stupefy!" Crouch Jr. sent the spell at Hermione. She screamed and rolled to her left, the spell flying by.

"Expelliarmus!" Ron cried. Crouch Jr. blocked it and it bounced back to Ron. It hit him in the chest and he flew backwards, through a window. He disappeared with shards of glass outside.

"RON!" Harry and Hermione screamed. Harry started to run to the window but Crouch Jr. grabbed his upper arm and threw him backwards. Harry fell to the floor and his wand fell out of his hand a few feet to his right. Harry groaned at the new pain overcoming his head and back.

"HARRY!" he heard Hermione cry.

Wait. Where's the locket? Oh no, Harry began looking around quickly. Then he saw it. The locket had slid under the sofa.

"Come here, Potter," Crouch Jr. grinned and walked towards Harry. Harry began quickly crawling backwards, towards his wand. Crouch Jr. jumped on him just as he was about to grab his wand, which was now just out of reach. Crouch Jr. put his wand to Harry's neck. "Just imagine the reward I will receive when I tell the Dark Lord that I have killed the great Harry Potter," he laughed.

"Put your name on the waiting list. You're not getting a reward today," Harry said. Suddenly there was a red light and Crouch Jr. flew into a wall, unconscious. Harry sat up and stared at the Death Eater.

"Harry?" Hermione had come down the stairs. She looked at Crouch Jr. then ran to Harry. She fell beside him and hugged him. "Did you do wandless magic?"

"Yeah. I did."

"You can do wandless magic? Since when?"

"About a year."

"Incredible. I can't even do wandless magic yet," she smiled. Harry didn't say anything. He grabbed his wand and went to the sofa, reaching under it. He retrieved the locket and stood up.

"Let's go see Ron," Harry ran outside with Hermione and around the house. They found Ron on the ground, unconscious, with glass all over him. "Ron? Ron. Ron!" he lightly shook his friend and Ron's eyes slid open.

"That hurt like hell," Ron said. Hermione and Harry grinned and helped him up. "What happened?" he asked as they went inside.

"Harry did wandless magic."

"Whoa! Cool! I didn't know you could do that," Ron grinned.

Harry grabbed his bag and threw the others to his friends. He put the locket in a pocket on Ron's bag. "We'll talk about it later. Right now, we really have to get out of here. Either Muggles, Death Eaters, or Aurors are gonna be here any minute." They ran outside.

"Where are we going?" Ron asked.

"I've got a place. Hold on," Hermione and Ron grabbed Harry's arms and they Disapparated.

"Mr. Black!" Auror, Courtney Watson called through Sirius' closed and locked office door.

Sirius, who had been lying on his sofa and reading every detail of the Malfoy case, shouted irritably, "What, Watson?"

"There's been an attack, sir."

"Give it to Kingsley!" Sirius yelled, hoping to get rid of the young Auror.

"He already knows. He's on his way over here. Here he comes," Watson replied. Sirius rolled his eyes and resumed reading the file in his hands.

"Sirius!" Kingsley shouted, knocking on the door.

"Go deal with it! I'm busy!" Sirius yelled.

"Watson, have you even told him where the attack was?" he heard Kingsley ask Watson.

"No, sir. I wasn't able to," Watson said.

"Makes sense," Kingsley stated. "Sirius, you need to investigate this attack."

"Why? What makes this one so much more special than any other attack we've looked at?"

"It's at Godric's Hollow." The door was open. Kingsley and Watson took a few seconds to recover from the quick movement. They glanced at the door. The latch was dangling off. Sirius hadn't unlocked the door before opening it. Watson opened her mouth to speak, but shut it when no words came out.

"Sirius, you-" Kingsley began.

"Who attacked Godric's Hollow and why?" Sirius asked in a rush.

"A Death Eater. I don't know who yet. Sirius, three teenagers were seen enter and exit the place multiple times. We think the Death Eater went there because of the kids. They bear a strong resemblance to Harry, Ron, and Hermione," Kingsley explained.

"Kingsley, get over there. Is anyone there now?"

"Tonks, Leiland, Dawlish, Bones, Hale, and probably every other Auror."

"Get over there. I'll be there soon. I have to tell Remus," Sirius immediately walked away when he finished speaking. He pulled out his Communicator and turned it on.

"Name please."

"Remus Lupin."

"For anything to work, we have to capture Tyler Grey," Seth stabbed a finger at the printout picture.

"I know. I realized that," Remus nodded.

"Incoming call from Sirius Orion Black. Accept or decline call?" his Communicator spoke.

"What now? Accept."

"Call accepted."

"What do you want, Sirius?" Remus sighed.

"Meet me at the Apparation point right now."

"I'm busy, Sirius. We just confirmed Greyback has a son."

"That's great, Moony, now get out here. Now," Sirius ended the call.

"He makes your days interesting," Seth said.

"More like tiring, irritable, and mental. Think this over. I'll be back soon. I hope," Remus gave Seth the information on Tyler Grey.

"See you."

"I'm going to lose my mind," Remus said loudly as he exited the department. Seth and a few other members of the department laughed.

Remus turned a corner and headed down to the main floor to go outside. Waving and greeting some as he walked by, Remus pushed open the wooden doors and stepped into the warm, late summer air. There was a tiny hint of coolness trying to set in for fall, but, clearly, the summer air was setting in over the attempt at season change. He spotted Sirius at the apparation point and headed in his direction.

"All right, Sirius, I'm here. What's going on? I'm busy," Remus crossed his arms.

"There's been an attack and you're coming with me."

"I'm not an Auror, I'm busy, and why does it matter if I'm there?" Remus said.

"It doesn't matter that you're not an Auror, it shouldn't take that long, and, believe me, it matters," Sirius replied.

"Who attacked where?" Remus asked.

"A Death Eater. Godric's Hollow. We're going to Godric's Hollow."

"What? No, I'm not going," Remus shook his head, starting back to the Ministry.

"Why not?"

Remus walked back to him. "Because, Sirius. Because it's been sixteen years since we've been there. Sixteen, and our last memory of that place is not a pleasant one. Go yourself, Sirius. Don't blame me when you start having nightmares of Halloween night," Remus turned back to the Ministry again.

"Moony, you know I'll never be able to handle being there if you're not with me," Sirius answered.

"Kingsley and Tonks are there. Either you'll be fine or you don't go, which is what I recommend," Remus called without looking at his friend.

Sirius sighed. He didn't want to bring this up. "Three teenagers were seen enter and exit the house multiple times. The teens being there is why the Death Eater attacked. The kids have descriptions that resemble Ron, Hermione, and Harry," he watched as his best friend stopped walking and turned around.

"Harry and his friends? Who saw all this?" Remus wondered.

"If you come with me, you can talk to the guy who saw everything," Sirius stated and Remus stared at him, not moving. "Please, Remus. I know it'll be hard. Believe me, I do not want to go, but I have to. I know you don't have to go, but it'll make it a little easier to be there again. Like you said, it's been sixteen years and our last memory isn't great."

"Twenty minutes. A half hour at most. Then I'm back here," Remus started back to the apparation point.

"Fine by me. Tonks and Kingsley will probably send us back here after fifteen minutes anyways," Sirius smiled. He and Remus took deep breaths and disappeared.

"Sirius! Remus! What are you two doing here?" Tonks shouted when she spotted them.

"I'm here to investigate an attack and he just came for the ride," Sirius said.

"You Apparated. There was no ride," Tonks raised an eyebrow.

"All right, so he's here for moral support. Sue him," Sirius shrugged and headed for the house.

Tonks blocked his path. "Go back to the Ministry. You shouldn't be here. Especially not you, Sirius."

"What does that mean?" Sirius frowned.

Tonks sighed and looked at her cousin. "Sirius, Crouch has banned you from working this case, the Malfoy case, and any future cases until further notice."

"Sirius is being suspended?" Remus said.

Tonks nodded and sighed again. "He's working on getting you suspended too, Remus. Then get you both fired."

"This is insane. How did he get me suspended?" Sirius asked.

"He pulled the security tapes from two years ago. He saw the tape when you spoke with Death Eater, Summer Watts inside the Ministry. He showed Fudge who put you on suspension immediately."

"How do you know about this?" Remus asked.

"He told me. He said that because you're my cousin, I have to keep you from cases. If I don't, we both get fired on the spot," Tonks told them.

"What is he going to use against me?" Remus said.

"He's going to try use the deaths of Kevin and Simon," she replied. "You have to go. I don't want either of you losing your jobs."

"Come on, Padfoot," Remus tugged on his friend's arm.

"I'll be back, Tonks. I will investigate this attack," Sirius stated.

"Okay. Just go," she nodded.

"One question. Who's the Death Eater?" Sirius asked, getting ready to disparate.

Tonks looked around then at her cousins. "Barty Crouch Jr.," Sirius immediately disappeared. "I get the feeling he's going after Crouch," Tonks said.

"I should go," Remus replied.

"You should," she nodded and he left.

"Crouch!" Sirius yelled, bursting into Barty Crouch Sr.'s office, Remus behind him.

"Black. What are you doing here?"

"You had Fudge suspend me? You're working on getting Remus suspended? Then you're going to get us fired?" Sirius shouted.

"Sounds right. Is there a problem?"

"Do you have a serious brain injury?" Sirius frowned. "Of course there's a problem! I'm suspended! I can't work any cases even though we're in the middle of a raging war! You're trying to get Remus suspended! You're trying to get us fired! How is none of that a problem?"

"Because it gets you both out and away from this Ministry," Crouch growled.

"What do you have against Remus? Why are you trying to get him suspended and fired?"

"Because he's a former werewolf and had two people killed just because he wants revenge," Crouch answered.

"Notice how you said 'former werewolf'. FORMER. He's not a werewolf anymore. It's been four years. Simon and Kevin didn't die because of Remus. They were his friends and members of his department. They were helping with the Fenrir Greyback case. Remus wants him caught because he's killed millions of people and will continue to do so until he's stopped. It has nothing to do with revenge," Sirius said angrily.

"Who is the Minister going to believe? You two or me? He hates you two. You only won your custody hearing because you had Dumbledore. Otherwise, that brat would have been sent away and you never would have seen him again. In my defence, that would have been the better outcome," Crouch replied. Suddenly there was a wand pointing at Crouch.

"Sirius, no. You'll go you Azkaban. Forever," Remus stepped beside him.

"Listen to me, Crouch. If you insult my nephew once more while I'm around, I'll hex you. I'm investigating the attack on Godric's Hollow and continuing with the Lucius Malfoy case. I'm getting tired of waiting for Voldemort to kill you. Soon, I'll do it," Sirius threatened.

"Sirius," Remus said.

"If you continue with these cases, I will fire you, I promise you that. Like Lupin said, if you kill me, you go to Azkaban for life. The Dementors really miss you there," Crouch smirked. Sirius didn't move.

"Sirius, you can't get thrown in Azkaban. It'll kill Harry. Please, put your wand away and let's go," Remus told him.

"When the war starts, you'll be the first one I come after," Sirius pocketed his wand and walked out of the office, Remus behind him. "Why did you stop me from killing him?"

"Because you'll go to Azkaban and you won't come out. How could you even think of doing that to Harry?" Remus answered then walked back to his department. Sirius sighed and thought. After a few seconds, he headed outside.

Remus pushed through the glass doors of his department and walked in. he walked down a corridor, around a corner, and to Seth's office. The door was open. He stood in the doorway.

"Hey, Remus. What did Sirius want?" Seth looked up from a paper in his hands.

"He just wanted me to go to an attack scene. That's all. Think of anything for Tyler?" Remus shrugged.

"Attack scene? He's only ever wanted you at an attack scene if there's something important. Example, if Harry was involved," Seth frowned.

"Did you think of anything to help us with Tyler?" Remus repeated.

"Remus, what happened? Was Harry involved?"

Remus sighed. "Maybe. They don't know for sure."

"What happened?"

"Some wizard saw three teenagers, who resemble Harry and his friends, go in and out of Godric's Hollow a few times-" Seth stopped him.

"Godric's Hollow? As in the old Potter place?"

Remus nodded. "The wizard saw a man in a black cloak and mask enter the house, but never came out."

Seth interrupted again. "A Death Eater?"

"Yes. The wizard saw the teenagers disapparate."

"Who's the Death Eater?"

"Barty Crouch Jr."

"You should be there," Seth said.

"I can't," Remus replied.

"Why not?"

"Crouch Senior is trying to get me suspended. He's already gotten Sirius suspended. Sirius can't work on any cases or he'll be fired. Tonks has to make sure he doesn't work any cases. If she lets him, both of them get fired," Remus explained.

"He can't suspend you or Sirius. He has nothing to do with either department. He's head of the Department of International Magical Cooperation," Seth shook his head.

"He's got Fudge on his side. Fudge despises Sirius and I," Remus told him.

"How did he get Sirius suspended?" Seth asked.

"He pulled the security tapes from two years ago. He saw and showed Fudge one when Sirius is talking to Summer Watts. Fudge immediately suspended Sirius," Remus stated.

"Summer Watts. The Death Eater?"

"Yes. She came up to him in the Ministry one night and didn't leave until he yelled at her to. He didn't turn her in because he would have lost his job for talking with a Death Eater inside the Ministry," Remus nodded.

"I guess it makes sense but that was two years ago and Watts is with Voldemort, hiding out at the school. What's he going to use on you?"

"Kevin and Simon's deaths," Remus breathed deeply, crossing his arms.

"What? How can that get you suspended?" Seth gasped.

"Crouch Senior is twisting the story. Saying they were killed because of me wanting revenge on Greyback," Remus said.

"That's insane. They were your friends. You'd never let that happen."

"I know that. Fudge won't believe me and Sirius though. Like I said, he hates us," Remus sighed. Seth didn't say anything so Remus changed the subject. "Think of anything to help with Tyler Grey?"

"No, nothing. If he's anything like his father, he'll be just as hard to catch."

"Everyone makes mistakes. It's just a matter of time before Greyback makes his," Remus said absently. Seth wasn't sure if Remus was talking to him or not so he didn't speak.

"Sirius! What the hell are you doing here?" Tonks shouted when she spotted Sirius walking to the house.

"I'm doing my job," Sirius said.

"You can't be here. You'll be fired," Tonks said.

"I'm staying here. I'm working this case. If you don't tell Crouch Senior, I won't lose my job," Sirius told her.

Tonks stared at him for a long while before sighing. "Fine. I won't say anything."

"Thanks," Sirius smiled and Tonks nodded. "Where's the guy who saw everything?"

"Over there with Smith," Tonks pointed to Auror, Kyle Smith. There was a wizard in green robes and a black pointed wizard hat. He was sort of short, about five foot six. He had brown hair and wore a large smile. "Strange guy. Always smiling. Very polite and excited. You should have seen him when Smith introduced himself. The guy looked ready to run in circles like a dog."

"Hey. I resent that comment," Sirius crossed his arms.

"Sorry, Sirius," Tonks grinned.

"Who is he?"

"Caretaker. He looks after the house. Cleans it. Fixes anything that's broken. He's put a lot of work into making sure this place didn't go to hell. He even cleans the tombstones every other day."

"Let's go have a conversation, shall we?" Sirius started towards the wizard.

"I've already talked to him. I'll be inside with Kingsley and the Death Eater."

"He awake? Is he dead?" Sirius asked.

"Unconscious. Still alive," Tonks headed for the house.

"Still unconscious? That long?" Sirius frowned.

Tonks shrugged. "We'll talk about it after," she ducked into the house. Sirius continued towards Smith and the caretaker of Godric's Hollow.

"Hey, boss," Smith greeted.

"Hi, Smith. I need to talk with-" Sirius turned to the wizard with a questioning look.

"Oh, my apologies. My name's Max. Max Helton," the wizard held out his hand.

Sirius shook the man's hand. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Helton. I'm Head Auror Sir-" Helton stopped him.

"I know exactly who you are. Sirius Black. Head Auror. Remus Lupin's best friend. Great uncle and godfather to Harry Potter. Ex-con," Helton said, still smiling widely.

Sirius stared at the man oddly. "Yes. That's right. Excuse us, Smith," the Auror nodded and walked away. "Mr. Helton-"

"Please, call me Max."

"All right. Max, I need to ask you some questions about what you saw."

"Ask me anything," Helton was still all smiles, like a little child in a huge candy store and everything was free. Sirius couldn't help but give the wizard strange looks.

"You know, you're not suspended yet. You can go to Godric's Hollow. Check things out," Seth told Remus.

"It's too risky. Crouch Senior and Fudge are probably watching Sirius and I, waiting for us to mess up so they can fire us," Remus shook his head.

"They can't watch you every second. If no one tells, no one gets fired."

"Seth. It's not that I can't go, it's that I don't want to go," Remus replied.

"Why not?" Seth asked.

"It's been sixteen years. I swore I would never go back until Harry asked to go or both Sirius and I brought him together. My last memory of that place is a bad one. If I go, the only thing I'll see is what it looked like when I got there that night. When I found them dead. When Sirius got arrested and my life went to hell," Remus explained.

"I get it. I'm not saying I get what you and Sirius went through when they died or when Sirius went to Azkaban, but I get your reasoning for not wanting to go back," Seth said.

"I know I've told you this a million tomes, but keep trying to think of anything to help with Tyler Grey. I'm going to call Sirius. I still need to tell him about Tyler," Remus sighed.

"All right. Talk to you later," Seth turned to his desk and Remus left. He walked into his office, sat down, and turned on the Communicator.

"Name please."

"Sirius Black."

"Call accepted."

Sirius appeared. "Hey, Moony."

"Hey. What are you doing?" Remus asked.

"Nothing. Just sitting outside," Sirius answered.

"Sirius, if you're outside, why is there a forest behind you? Same with Richards?" Remus frowned.

"Hello," a wizard suddenly appeared in the picture beside Sirius. Remus jumped and Sirius groaned.

"Who the hell is that?" Remus eyed Sirius.

"This is, uh, is-" Sirius stuttered.

"Max Helton," Helton said.

"Sirius, who is he?"

"Caretaker."

"Of?"

Sirius hesitated for a moment. "Godric's Hollow," he answered quietly. Remus shut off the Communicator without disconnecting the call. He marched out of the department and down to the main floor. He burst through the wooden doors and went outside. As soon as he arrived at the Apparation point, he disappeared.

"Harry, where are we?" Hermione wondered. It was growing dark and was getting hard to see.

"I'll tell you when we get inside. Come on. Get in," Harry replied, holding open a door and ushering his friends inside. "Come on," Harry lead the way up two flights of stairs. They walked down to the end of a hallway and faced the last door on the right.

"What are we doing here, mate?" Ron wondered.

"Where is here?" Hermione gazed around the dark hallway. Her eyes landed on the brass numbers on the door they were facing. The number was six thirty-eight.

"Just hang on," Harry said. He placed his hand on the doorknob and tried to turn it. It was locked. He took out his wand. "Alohomora," he whispered. There was a click and Harry opened the door.

"Harry, what is going on? Where are we?" Hermione asked, stepping into the dark room with her friends. Harry shut and locked the door, then flipped a light switch. "This is breaking and entering. As in, it's illegal," Hermione said.

"Not if no one lives here. Okay, that's a lie," Harry shrugged.

"How do you know no one lives here?" Ron asked.

"Because this is Sirius' old flat."

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