The two demigods landed heavily on the floors of the Ministry's atrium, neither were good at exiting a Floo properly and truly detested the method of travel. Banishing the ash from their bodies easily, they went over to the Auror at the wand station, getting them weighed and returned along with a badge stating their business. As they waited for the lift, they watched the wand station and sighed as half of the people just walked on through, no doubt workers in the Ministry.
"Have these people never heard of Polyjuice Potion? Honestly," Hermione said exasperated at the incompetence of the government.
"Mia, when your Minister is a man who was never an Auror or MLE department member, and largest name to fame before becoming Minister was being the Junior Minister of the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes, you can't expect wonders. Which is why we need to talk to Madam Bones," Alexander replied, placing a gentle kiss on the brunette hair.
Mia sighed and relaxed slightly before getting into the hastily filling lift. They stopped at every floor on the way up to the second level, by which time there were only two other people with them in the lift. Getting out, they made their way down to Amelia's office, knocking on the door when they got there, "Enter."
"Madam Bones, do you have a moment?" Lex asked as the pair walked inside.
"Of course, please, come in," the witch closed the door, "How can I help you Mr Olympius, Miss Hippia?"
"Alexander and Hermione ma'am," Hermione told the older woman as they settled into seats, "And you can assist us in finding a way to keep the Dementors away from Hogwarts. They are a danger to not only the students but us also, once they sense us, they will do everything possible to kill us."
Amelia sighed sadly, "I know, and that is why I argued strenuously with Cornelius against placing them at Hogwarts. I hate the things, we should be finding a way to destroy them completely rather than allow them to guard the prison. The Minister is adamant; he doesn't want the backlash of what will happen if Sirius gets into Hogwarts."
"Ma'am, what do you know about Sirius Black?"
"He was the best damned Auror I worked with, was partners with James Potter before he and Lily went into hiding, and then became my partner. We'd all gone to school together; Lily, James, Sirius, Severus, myself, and two other men, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew. Sirius and I began dating in 7th year, at the same time as Lily and James, and were best man/maid of honour at their wedding the following year. Sirius, you couldn't find a more honest or open hearted person around, and he loved being your godfather, and he was even if not under your real name. There was something that happened when Lily was pregnant, it caused two couples to go into hiding, the Potters and the Longbottoms, Frank and Alice were great Aurors also. Now Sirius was, to everyone but a certain few, the Secret Keeper to their location, but those of us who knew differently knew it was Pettigrew.
"That Halloween night, when you were attacked, we all knew that Pettigrew had given up their location. Sirius was furious, beyond reasoning, and raced off to kill the rat. He caught up with him, and after that there are two stories of what happened. One, the one that the public was told, is that Sirius went mad, killed an innocent Peter and 12 Muggles and was one of the loyalest Death Eaters. The truth though, which I found out after visiting him in Azkaban, is that Peter removed one of his fingers, killed the 12 Muggles, and vanished off in his Animagus form of a rat. See, the only part of him that the Ministry could find was his finger, they all believed that the rest of him had been blown to bits.
"Sirius was never given a trial, simply thrown in Azkaban as a Death Eater and left to rot; no one even checked to see if he was marked or not. Dumbledore, he was pleased to have him in prison, gave him free reign to leave you wherever he wanted, as Sirius was your legal guardian. His escape, he isn't coming for you Alexander, he's coming to protect you from something," Amelia furiously wiped away a rogue tear.
Hermione smiled sadly, "You love him still?"
The woman gave off a bark-like laugh, "I've been in love with Sirius Orion Black since I was 11 years old and the next time I see him, I will beat him over the head for doing this, no matter his reasons."
"Madam Bones…"
"Call me Amelia please," the woman interrupted.
"Amelia, we need two things from you. One is a way to contact Sirius to tell him to stay away, while the other is some way to get Fudge to keep the Dementors from Hogwarts."
The witch thought for a second before replying, "To stop Fudge, go to the Daily Prophet and do an interview that states that the Dementors are not a safe thing for Hogwarts; the public loves Harry Potter and Cornelius loves public approval. As for contacting Sirius, all I can suggest is you send him a letter, an owl will find him. If you happen to see a large black dog around though, ask if his name if Padfoot, Sirius' Animagus form and name."
"Thank you Amelia, this will be helpful. Umm, you're in charge of his capture?"
"Yes," the head of the DMLE smiled darkly, "The Chinese Ministry is currently searching for him after a tip that was sent through about his location."
That elicited laughter from all three, "Excellent. Thank you for your time."
Showing the couple out, Amelia said, "Don't worry, you are both always welcome here. Stay safe."
"Always are," they called out over their shoulders as they left.