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Harry Potter
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The Bounty
Ch 4
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The tapping of at the window roused the Head of the Department of Law enforcement from her sleep. With a yawn, she sat up and picked up her wand from her headboard. With a flick of the wand, the time was shown at two am. With a glare at the window she flicked her wand and it opened and a snowy white owl flew in and landed beside her. Tied to her foot was a letter.
"Well beautiful, I hope who ever sent you with that letter it better be damned important," she said as she reached for the letter.
Seeing it had her name on it, she cast a few spells first to see if it was dangerous. She knew she was safe from portkeys because of the wards of the house only allowed her to make them to go through. The envelope failed to glow so she opened it and pulled out a sheet of paper, two vials, a shrunken newspaper and a tiny box. Setting the vials, box and newspaper to the side she opened the sheet of paper and a shrunken scroll fell out with a familiar crest on it but she couldn't remember where she'd seen it before.
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Dear Madam Bones
of the
Most Ancient and Noble House of Bones.
Ma'am, I write this because our world is in danger and as Edmund Burke once said, 'When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle,' and he also said this,' 'All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.' What do I mean by this? I know you have seen the papers and how they have slandered me, that has now stopped as of yesterday, I Harry Potter of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Potter has assumed control of all my assets due to the incompetence of the Ministry declaring me an adult last year when they forced me, an underage wizard to compete in the Tri-Wizard tournament.
One of the items I control is majority stock in the Daily Prophet. The newspaper I have sent you is tomorrow's edition. It will be two hours late on delivery by my orders. This is to give you time to arrest the follows of Tom Marvolo Riddle also know as Lord Voldemort who was resurrected at the end of the third task.
The vials contain two memories. The first is the final task from its start until I was taken to the hospital at Hogwarts where I told the Minister that Voldemort had returned. The second is a surprise and I swear on my magic, neither memory has been altered.
The box holds files for you to use in your criminal investigation and I pray you use them, if not, I will have my copies printed in the paper to expose what they contain.
By the blessing of her Royal Majesty, I have taken the first steps to stop Riddle from causing another war in this country. Good luck, and may the Goddess watch over you and your niece, Susan.
Your Humble Servant,
Lord Harry James Potter
Of the
Ancient and Noble House of Potter.
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Amelia's left eyebrow had risen as she read the letter. Picking up the scroll, she unshrunk it and her eyes went wide as she recognized the Royal Crest of the Queen. Unsealing it she blanched as she read the writ and when finished she set it down, and picked up the paper and unshrunk it. As she opened it, her mouth opened once more in shock as she whispered, "oh shit."
Dropping the paper, she rushed to her wardrobe and pulled out her uniform and went into the bathroom. She was bathed and groomed in less than ten minutes and heading for the floo with the evidence she had received.
As she stepped into the atrium of the Ministry of Magic, she headed for her office where she set the items on her desk and retrieved two pensive's from her cabinet. She poured the first memory in, and dove in to watch it. When she came out she was spitting mad and entered the second one. By the time the second was over she was furious and it took two stiff drinks of fire whiskey to calm her down.
Snatching her wand out of its holster, she sent a message spell to Head Auror, Rufus Scrimgeour, and Connie Hammer, she waited for them to arrive as she examined the box she had received. With a wave of her wand she unshrunk the box and opened it. Her eyes went wide as she looked at the stack of folders with the top one having the name Cornelius Fudge on it along with the Gringotts logo. It was fifteen minutes later when there was a knock at her door.
"Enter!" she snapped out and Rufus and Connie entered her office, she didn't say a word, just pointed at the first pensive and watched as the two of them entered the device to watch Harry Potter's memories.
She pulled out a dozen empty arrest warrants and quickly filled them out while she waited. The first one was for Cornelius Fudge followed by Lucius Malfoy. As she was filling out the charges for the Minister, Rufus and Connie exited the first pensive and entered the second.
"Holy Shit," Connie said as she grabbed a glass of fire whiskey and drained it.
Rufus collapsed into his chair and said, "We're fucked."
"No, we're not because we have a plan," Amelia said as she handed the note to Rufus and watched as he read it.
"Well at least we know their plea of being imperialized was false," Connie stated as she sat down in her chair.
I agree, now here's the plan," Amelia replied as she picked up the warrants for arrest, "We're going to nail them as they come out of the floo or apparate into the building. They will be stunned and taken to a holding cell for prosecution. I want every one of them to be dosed with the strongest Veritaserum we have. I want to know every crime they've committed and for them to pay for them. If their found guilty of their crimes they will be pushed through the Veil ASAP. I agree with her Royal Majesty that Voldemort would break them out of Azkaban if he can. Rufus, I want you to take a team to Azkaban and bring every Death Eater there back to the Ministry and take them to the Death Room where they will be tossed through the Veil."
"Death? We cannot send them through the Veil, it hasn't been used in two hundred years," Connie stated.
Amelia picked up the Royal Writ and handed it to her third in command, "We've been ordered to use the Veil on all captured Death Eaters."
Connie took the scroll in confusion, not knowing who could issue said orders. As she unrolled the scroll, her eyes widened as she read and the blood ran from her face, "Oh my Goddess," she stammered as she handed the scroll to Rufus who quickly read it.
With feral grin he said, "About time we dealt with that scum," Standing up, he continued, "I'll get right on it."
"Rufus, I want Oaths of Secrecy from every member of your team before you show them the writ," Amelia stated as she made several copies, "Connie, your team will be responsible to apprehend any Death Eater who comes into the Ministry and I want every arm checked for the Death Mark on their arms. If they have it, I want them in a cell. All owl and message spells will be blocked from now until Cornelius is arrested when he comes in at ten. No one will be allowed to leave. Now get to work, I have some warrants to finish writing out."
Rufus and Connie left her office to call in their strike teams while she went back to work on the warrants. At ten till seven, Amelia walked out of her office to find four guards waiting for her. Looking at the guards her eyes settled on them as she asked, "Have you taken the oath?"
"Yes, Ma'am," Auror Stevens reported as he came to attention.
"Good, lets head to the atrium," Amelia ordered as she started walking to the door with the four guards around her.
At seven am, they entered the Atrium to find eighty percent of her auror force checking for Death Marks behind screens. As each person was cleared they were escorted to the elevators and sent to their offices. As she was walking to Connie who was talking to several aurors a commotion was heard to her left and Auror Reginald Yaxley came running out of the screen area firing curses at the on duty aurors. Before she could pull her wand, ten stunners hit the man and he went down in a heap. Amelia walked over to him and banished the sleeve on his left arm. Standing black and pulsating with power was the skull and snake symbol of Voldemort.
"Connie, take this scum down to Rufus and have him dosed and dealt with," Amelia snarled in anger at one of her own that would betray their breather to that snake bastard," Turning back to the workers of the ministry, she shouted out, "Sorry about that. Please continue to follow the orders of the aurors. We'll have you in your offices as soon as possible."
"This is unheard of, you must follow procedure," a voice called out.
Amelia looked at the tall thin redheaded man wearing spectacles, "Mr. Weasley, don't tell me how to run things. Get in line and follow orders or else."
"The minster will hear about this!" Percy Weasley snapped out and turned to walk away.
Percy took three steps before the first of five stunners hit the man in the back and he went down in a heap breaking his nose and glasses.
Amelia looked down at the young man and said, "Take him to a holding cell and get him a healer to fix his nose."
"Yes, Ma'am," came the reply.
Amelia watched as Weasley was dragged away and then turned to the sound of spell fire and saw Lucius Malfoy on the ground and being cuffed. With a grin, she whispered, "now it begins."
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