Summary of last Chapter:

- Voldemort calls for a celebration during new years eve meaning massraids on muggle villages which end up killing atleast 200 people

- Alastor Moody and Gideon Prewett have an encounter with Damian Taylor, the brother of one of the muggleborns who was imperiused to kill Walburga Black

- The attacks are covered up as gasleaks which makes the british muggle population question the government's competence

- Queen Elizabeth II. mulls over the events before she gets a visit by the new Magical Minister, Harold Minchum who explains what really happened

- He incenses her by giving only brief information and refusing to explain what's being done against the death eaters and leaves saying she should be grateful for getting a visit at all

Chapter 10:

2nd January 1976, United States, the White House:

Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States of America was currently sitting in the oval office reading a report on the reactions to the passing of the Energy Policy Conversation Act when he got a call from his assistent.

„Mr. President, her majesty Queen Elizabeth II is requesting a conversation with you on a secure line as soon as it is possible. She says it is urgent and would appreciate it if the conversation could start within the next 5 minutes" his personal assistent said.'The Queen? It's probably about the recent events over there but what could she possibly want from the US? Well we can't have someone like her waiting, can we? Besides, I got nothing better to do anyway' he mused internally.

„Relay the call to the phone in the oval office and get that line as secure as possible understood?" he ordered his assistent who replied with „Understood, sir, please wait a few seconds until you hear the tone". The tone came after a few seconds

„Gerald Ford, President of the United States of America on the phone, am I speaking with her majesty, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom?" he asked. He knew of course that he was most likely speaking to her, this was just formality.

„Yes, Mr. President you are speaking with her majesty" she said in a voice that showed her amusement.

„Great, well ma'am to what do I owe the pleasure? Is it about the recent events in the UK?" he asked her expecting the coming confirmation.

„Yes Mr. President, this is about the villages that burnt down due to terrorist attacks" she replied flummoxing him for a moment before he asked

„Terrorist attacks you say Ma'am? I was quite certain that your newspapers reported that there had been several gasleaks" he replied with a raised eyebrow, not that she could see it.

„Yes that is true. Tell me Mr. President have you ever wondered if there were witches and wizards in the world?" she asked him with an edge to her voice telling him that there was a deep meaning behind her words. He thought about the question for a moment.

'Why does she suddenly mention wizards and witches? There is no connection unless... but she couldn't possibly imply... could she?'

„Ma'am I am not quite certain why you are asking me this question. Would you clarify please?" he asked her trying to see if he was right with his feeling.

„Let's not beat around the bush as they say Mr. President. Are you in contact with a magical government within the borders of the United States?" she asked him with a voice that contained no amusement anymore.

'Huh so she is aware of this magical world which implies that there are magicals in the United Kingdom aswell... well it would only make sense that there are magicals around the world.'

„Well ma'am saying that I am in contact with them would be a bit much but yes I am aware that there is a magical version of the United States. MACUSA they call themselves I believe" he told her, apparently confusing her for a while as she took a moment to respond.

„Very curious indeed. Regarding the incident yesterday, I am of the opinion that magical terrorists are responsible for them." she replied audibly angry at the situation.

„Forgive me ma'am but how come you are so certain of this?" he asked.

„Well Mr. President I am very certain about this because just 30 minutes ago I had a lovely meeting with the British Minister of Magic who himself told me that a magical terrorist group called the death eaters were behind the attacks." she replied shocking him. The British Governments actually had proper contact with eachother?

'Why couldn't it be the same here?' he lamented internally.

„That certainly gives validity to your opinion and to be quite frankly is quite disturbing ma'am. I find myself unable to think of a reason why you would approach the United States for this however."

„I approached you for two reasons. First, the US are the most important ally of the UK that alone is reason enough in my opinion. Second, I have two requests. To ask whether you had more information about these terrorists since Minister Minchum gave no information beyond the name of the terrorist organisation and seemed quite uninterested that his fellow magicals had just caused atleast 200 deaths. My second request goes a little further. I'd love it if you contacted the leader of this MACUSA to see if they can give the British Magicals any assistance in containing these death eaters."

„Well ma'am I would be glad to do this for a friend but I find myself unable to help you in this regard. Unfortunately the only time I had contact with MACUSA is when I became president. The next day their head of government appeared in the oval office giving me a brief introduction. Since then I have heard nothing from my magical counterpart and I have no way of contacting her. In general I can say that MACUSA wants nothing to do with us naturals, they most likely wouldn't lift a finger to help us even if we were in mortal peril"

„That is indeed unfortunate. It seems that the American magical government is even more dismissive of us born without magic which is quite alarming. Is there any way I can contact the American magicals? It doesn't even have to be their government. Anything would help"

„Now that you say it, I faintly remember reading a letter from former president Eisenhower that was in one of the drawers at my desk here. He was apparently the grandson of a wizard. He also gave instructions on how to contact the magical side of his family. Tell you what? I will try to reach out to the magical side of the Eisenhower family. I will see what I can do and call back once I have results."

„That would be acceptable Mr. President. Regardless whether they are open to negotiations or not, your efforts are greatly appreciated by the crown. I wish you a wonderful afternoon" she replied effectively ending the conversation so Gerald hang up. He had things to do.

a month later

Gerald sat in his office holding his head in his hands. This time it was not because of frustration but because he felt relieved. Looking at the reports he sighed. The unemployment rate had dropped by 0.5 percent since last December which was significant. This was good.. very good. It meant that he wasn't on so shaky grounds anymore. After all the New Hampshire primary election between him and Ronald Reagan was around the corner. This might just give him the edge if he could pull it off correctly. It would be the first step into becoming a president that was actually legitimate. He wasn't elected after all no. His predecessor Richard Nixon resigned because of what had since been dubbed the Watergate scandal and since Gerald was Richard's vice president, he became the actual president.

'Well' he thought 'I really hope I win against whoever the democrats put forth' he thought to himself.

I hope you can appreciate the effort I put into this to make it historically accurate for the muggle side. If you wanna see what I mean just check this out /president/gerald-ford/key-events

A pop to the side of the room startled him out of his thoughts. A man had suddenly appeared there who was now slowly walking towards him. Gerald's eyes widened? Where had this man come from? He went to press the panic button but froze unable to move. What was happening? Why couldn't he move all of the suddon?

„I apologise for petrifying you without warning President Ford but we don't want any disturbances to disrupt our little chat, do we? Ah where are my manners? Well met President Ford, I am Lord Valdemar Eisenhower, patriarch of the Eisenhower family. Now before I release you from my spell I am going to warn you. Should you press that button or any others to notify someone of my presence here then our little chat will have to end and another one wouldn't be possible. You wouldn't want that would you Mr. Ford? You called for this meeting after all, however you did it. It doesn't really interest me that much though so don't bother telling me how you did it." the man, Lord Eisenhower said, and Gerald was able to move his body again sighing in relief. That had certainly not been comfortable for him.

„Now Mr. President, why don't you tell me why you have called for a meeting with the Eisenhower family?" Lord Eisenhower asked.

Later:

„We are of course aware of this Lord Voldemort but it seems the British Ministry has been downplaying the issue for quite some time now. Heh only recently their ambassador to the ICW (which is like your UN by the way) admitted that it was an issue at all... So the British Muggle Queen wants us to help the magicals over there but why exactly does she want us to help them? Why not lets say France, Germany [snort], the Netherlands, Norway or Sweden? Or even Hellenia, Ottomans, Poland and Russia? They are much closer to them than us after all" Lord Eisenhower asked after Gerald explained the situation in Magical Britain.

„First allow me to ask this: Why did you snort when you mentioned Germany?" Gerald asked the wizard.

„Hmmm? Ohh well instead of splitting Germany in half like you muggles did, the German Ministry along with the Austrian and Danish Ministries were put under direct rule of the ICW in 1945 for aiding Grindelwald in his rise to power. Only the Danish Ministry managed to regain it's independence from the ICW so far but even it now relies on the support of the Norwegian and Swedish ministries. Now would you answer my question in turn?" Eisenhower asked.

„I am not sure how it is over on your side but here the United States and the United Kingdom are close allies and have been for quite some time now so Queen Elizabeth came to me. Also I am afraid that we aren't quite on speaking terms with the Polish and the Russians right now." Gerald supressing the urge to ask what the hell the Ottomans were still doing in the magical world.

„Interesting. Well I am afraid that MACUSA and BMoM (British Ministry of Magic) aren't really on friendly terms either. Despite what you might think the Brits are a lot more close minded than us on this side of the ocean. Magical Supremacy is believed as a fact over there, most wouldn't recognise the muggle world since they believe we are still stuck in the Victorian Era like them. They actively despise you muggles while we American Magicals just want to uphold the Statute of Secrecy while we don't want to get involved in your politics." he said and Gerald could feel a headache growing. He would have to tell the Queen about this, it was reasonable to assume that she had no idea what her magical subjects thought about her.

„Well all the more reason for me to request your help" Gerald said but wasn't surprised when Eisenhower held up his hand signaling that this wouldn't be so easy.

„This help could have political consequences for house Eisenhower which is why I want to make a deal with you. In exhange for our help you will guarantee us that the Eisenhower family businesses will not be taken away from us by you or the coming presidents under any circumstances. What do you think?" Eisenhower asked after giving his offer for the deal and honestly? It didn't sound that bad.

„I like the sound of this Lord Eisenhower. I would have to see a list of the businesses belonging to your family but I don't see why I shouldn't be able to guarantee your holdings in the non magical world." Gerald replied.

„That will not be a problem. I will be back tomorrow with the contact drawn and a list of the businesses I am talking about. Sounds good?" Eisenhower asked.

„That's good enough for me Lord Eisenhower. Thank you for coming here today, I wish you a good afternoon." Gerald answered. Eisenhower merely nodded and disappeared with a pop. Man would that ability be useful to have.

2 weeks later saw Vahan Eisenhower (son of Lord Valdemar Eisenhower) and his wife Annabeth emigrate to Britain. Vahan's son Manuel, his wife Milly and their 3 children were coming with them.

**End of Chapter**

- Gerald Ford (1)

- Elizabeth Windsor (2)

- Valdemar Eisenhower (1)