A/N; This chapter just to show what happening at the Department of Mysteries, and to finished some loose ends with the Child of Glass chapter, but I'm planning to speed up to the end of the year just to let you know.
If you are interested in the movie Child of Glass, I know for certain that it will not be out in DVD since I read from the Internet the master film was destroyed by a fire, so they can't transfer it to DVD, and right now the VHS tapes are rare to find.
But the good thing you will be able to see almost all the movie on You Tube, it unfortunately has twenty minutes missing from the actual movie, since it was cut into eleven parts, but all the main parts of the story is there from the beginning to the end.
One last thing, I deleted the Reviewer Answers chapter, and the Child of Glass is now chapter 22, and if you did a review when it was on chapter 23, you won't be able to do a review for this chapter, so it will be best to go to chapter 22 and post a review, just to warn you.
Also I don't own Harry Potter and please review.
Department of Mysteries/Paranormal Department
A battle scarred Auror enters a room full of hooded silver robe Wizards, and headed to his boss that wore a lighter shade of silver. "Sir did you finally get the blasted American Branch report of what happen in Louisiana?" Mad-eye quickly asked since the Unspeakables in America is as secretive as the British Unspeakables.
"I finally did, and it appears that a ghost of a young girl that was curse to roam the abandon Plantation is no longer there." St. Nick started as he brought out a folder. "Not only that, the Unspeakables was able to pick up Mr. Potter and Ms. Weasley magical signature at the entrance to the Plantation, but lost track of them as they came to the barn which was the hot spot for Ghostly activities." St. Nick informed the Ex-Auror as he scanned the folder.
"Darn those kids, they are too fast in their work, and because of that we can't accurately document how they are actually sending the Spirits away." Mad-eye argued as he place the folder on the table.
"I know, but at least the teens are thorough in what they do, and had found the girl's remains, which at the moment is being properly prepared, so she can be sent to her Family Crypt in New Orleans." St. Nick informed the grim looking Auror.
"I'm glad the Americans are doing that, I would hate to have the child just be buried and forgotten." Mad-eye grimly suggested as the Unspeakable agreed.
With the Ghost girl out of the way, the Unspeakable change the subject. "On another note how are Mr. Potter and his friends doing in their Auror Training?" St. Nick wondered as the Ex-Auror pulled out a folder.
"I'm afraid Mr. Weasley had dropped out of the training, since he had a falling out with Mr. Potter, and at the moment I do not know why." Mad-eye barked as he looked over the folder. "As for Mr. Potter, Ms. Evans and Ms. Weasley, they are progressing faster then the others, but I still think they are holding back on their abilities." Mad-eye finished as the Unspeakable looked over the folder.
"Was there anymore reports of Mr. Potter and Ms. Weasley using Spiritual Magic in their training?" St. Nick wondered as the Ex-Auror shook his head.
"I'm afraid they are following Auror Shacklebolt rules to the letter, and had not done any Spiritual Magic during their training I'm afraid." Mad-eye regrettably informed the Unspeakable.
"That is too bad, since somehow I believe Spiritual Magic is the key to Mr. Potter and Ms. Weasley ability to remove the threat the Spirits is causing." St. Nick sighed, as he wished they could do more to stop Spirits from revealing things to Muggles.
"I will try to talk to Shacklebolt about allowing the children to do Spiritual Magic, which I know he is against in their training since we have no defense against it." Mad-eye suggested but the Unspeakable shook his head.
"No this might cause Shacklebolt to ask questions I know you couldn't answers, so it will be best to continue the children's training as normal as possible." St. Nick warned as the Ex-Auror reluctantly agreed.
"Sir if we can't excess the teen's capabilities at Hogwarts, maybe we should bring them in, so we can do it here and at the same time question the children about their nightly job?" Mad-eye suggested but the Unspeakable shook his head.
"Normally I would agree with you Mad-eye, but for now I would say no not now. " St. Nick sighed as he looked to the teen's folder, "Only if the children were older I would bring them here to not only to be tested and question their intentions, I would also see if they have the potential to be Unspeakables, since we can use their abilities in the field." St. Nick suggested, as the Ex-Auror looked unsure.
"From what I know about Shacklebolt plans, he is trying to make sure all of those in the training program will be Aurors before they graduate from Hogwarts, and I'm sure wouldn't like it if he loses three of his best students." Mad-eye warned as the Unspeakable agreed.
"I'm sure Shacklebolt was not very happy with Mr. Weasley dropping out isn't he?" St. Nick guessed as the Ex-Auror nodded.
"Mr. Weasley got an earful when he actually told Shacklebolt that since he and Harry are no longer friends he didn't need this stupid training." Mad-eye shook his head at the young Weasley stupidity. "But I'm sure he is regretting his exact words now, especially when he was magically thrown out of the class." Mad-eye grinned as he pictured the teen flying out of the door. "Maybe it is for the best since his attitude is unpredictable I doubt he would never make it pass the Auror's Attitude Tests." Mad-eye suggested as the Unspeakable agreed.
"You are right Mad-eye, and I heard the Ministry is making it harder to pass all the required Auror tests, so I bet you there will be less Aurors to fight the Darkness in the future." St. Nick grimly warned, as the ex-Auror agreed.
"This won't be good, we were having problems with Voldemort goons when we had well over two-hundred fully train Aurors, and when I left at the end of the war, we barely had a quarter of that number still in active services." Mad-eye sighed at the many good Wizards that were lost.
"That not good, since by my current records, we now have barely a hundred fully train Aurors, and to make things worst I heard the Ministry is planning to further cut back the Auror Funding which will cause an unknown number of Aurors to lose their jobs." St. Nick warned, as the ex-Auror looked disgusted at the Ministry stupidity.
"Oh that is perfect, especially with Dumbledore thinking that Voldemort will be back, and I fear he maybe right especially with the events that happen in the last two years." Mad-eye warned as he looked to the Unspeakable. "By the way, how is this Department doing, with Ministry fouling everything up?" Mad-eye worriedly asked the Unspeakable.
"Actually very well, since our numerous investments and unlimited funding from some unmentionable sources, the Ministry can't touch us." St. Nick hinted, as the ex-Auror looked relived.
"What about your recruitment, I have a feeling there is more Wizards here almost every time I come down here?" Mad-eye wondered as the Unspeakable shook his head.
"You know Mad-eye since you are our special guest, I can't give out any details that will put us in a disadvantage." St. Nick warned as the ex-Auror nodded.
"Sorry I keep forgetting I'm not entitled to all of your secrets." Mad-eye sighed as the Unspeakable looked to him.
"Oh before I forget, I want you to head to New Orleans in two days, since that is when the Americans will be burying the remains of the girl, I want to see if Mr. Potter and Ms. Weasley will be at the funeral." St. Nick suggested as the Ex-Auror nodded.
"I will be there, but will I have my Portkey ready by then?" Mad-eye wondered since he knew getting International Portkeys would take weeks to months to get.
"I'm allowing you to use our special Untraceable Portkey, which will bypass all the International Border Wards that stop Wizards from Portkeying into another country." St. Nick informed a grinning wizard.
"So that is how you been sending us to various parts of the planet to investigate ghostly activities, do you think Mr. Potter is using the same type of Portkeys?" Mad-eye wondered as the Unspeakable shrugged.
"That is something I would like to know, but that won't be answered in long while." St. Nick sighed at the wait. "But for now you better get yourself ready, and make sure neither Shacklebolt nor Dumbledore learns why you need a few days off from the students training." St. Nick warned as the ex-Auror nodded before leaving the room to prepare himself for the trip.
New Orleans/Two days later
A week into the New Year a young couple walked through an old graveyard filled with large and small Mausoleums. "You know Harry I don't believe Dumbledore allowed us to miss classes to go to America to witness Inez burial." Ginny grinned at the thought of missing classes.
"I don't know why you are so happy about it, since when we get back to school, we going to get tons of homework to do, to keep up with the work we miss." Harry argued as they stopped as he spotted a small group of Muggles carrying a small coffin. "That got to be Inez remains?" Harry quickly guessed as they silently watch the procession walked over to a large wall with many squares with nameplates on each slab that sealed a person tomb.
The funeral was a quick one, with the priest saying the prayers and those with him sliding the coffin into a hole in the wall, and once that done a new slab seal the tomb.
Once the Muggles sealed Inez remains into her new resting place, they left not noticing the couple walking over. "Look like our promise to Inez was kept." Harry smiled as he saw lots of nameplate with the last name Dumaine.
"I'm glad too." Ginny smiled as she placed an arm around her husband and each said a silent prayer to Inez, knowing she is now happy being with her family.
Not far from the couple, a battle scarred Wizard watch the couple in interest. "I had a suspicion that those two were a couple, and now I know for certain that they are hiding the fact." Mad-eye thought as he smiled knowing the two children meant for each other.
The couple only stayed long enough to say a prayer or two and then places some flowers, once that done they teleported back to school knowing that they had done a good deed that day.