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(Master to Kitten, Kitten to Master)

'Thoughts'

[Kitten speech]

The Death of Rita Skeeter

(With Rita Skeeter)

Rita smirked as she entered the Daily Prophet. Already she had been stopped and congratulated and thanked for getting the truth. Unfortunately that smirk changed when her manager came storming up to her.

"What the hell did you do?!" She demanded.

"What do you mean?" She innocently asked.

"This!" She screamed, holding the paper up.

"Oh that. I had it printed." She said.

"I told you yesterday that this article couldn't be printed!" She said.

"You were wrong for that." She said.

"It is illegal!" She hissed.

"I had permission." She lied.

"I said I needed written consent!" She yelled.

"Stop worrying." She said, "Nothing will happen. Not only did I have permission but the wizarding world deserved to know."

"What you did was wrong! This could get you sued and fired! You could lose your job! Hell you put this company at risk! We could be sued and go bankrupt!" She told her.

"That isn't going to happen. I told you it is fine." Rita said.

Before more could be said the aurors arrived to arrest her. Rita tried to get out of it but failed. She was terrified. Not to go to jail. No she was terrified because she knew the dark lord was alive and she was dead if he learned she was arrested. She knew that being inside the ministry or a jail cell wasn't going to save her.

'I am fucked.' She thought.

When her co-workers and a large group of witches and wizards defended her she had felt hope but the aurors had crushed it. Now she was being escorted to an interrogation room. She spotted the death eater that had taken her to the dark lord. She knew she wasn't going to be alive much longer.

"We will be back." Moody told her. "Would you like a lawyer?"

"Yes!" She yelled. 'Might help keep me safe for longer.'

"Do you already have one?" He asked.

"Yes." She gave him the business card.

"I will contact him right away." He said.

"You better." She said.

"Auror Williamson, keep an eye on her." He said.

"Yes sir." He nodded.

Moody left, unaware that he had just left a death eater with Skeeter. Voldemort kept this death eater a secret from everyone. He then smirked at the woman. That made her pale. She had a feeling she was about to meet her end.

"I won't say anything." She said.

"We can't take that risk. Ready Catherine?" He looked at the female that entered.

"Sure am brother." She smirked. "Stupify!" She hit her brother in the chest.

"W-what?" Rita looked confused.

"It would look odd if you were dead and my brother was here." She said.

"Williamson is your brother Rees?" That was a shock.

"My mum was a whore. We are half siblings." She answered. "And you are now going to die." She smirked.

"I promise not to say anything!" She pleaded.

"Can't risk that. Avada Kedavra!" She casted.

"No!" She yelled before the sickly green light hit her.

Rita slumped forward in her seat as she died. Rees then took out a cape and put it on. She suddenly went invisible. She left to go report to her lord. A few minutes later the junior auror that arrested her came into the room. He had come to tell Rita that her lawyer would arrive in a couple minutes. Instead he found Williamson on the floor and Rita slumped in her chair.

"Oh no." Sharp gasped.

He quickly checked them both. Williamson was alive but Rita was dead. He called for a healer and more aurors. Kingsley, two junior aurors and a healer arrived. He told them what happened. Kingsley took control.

"Go tell Auror Moody and the minister." He ordered Sharp.

"Yes sir!" He ran off.

Luckily for the junior auror Moody and the minister were talking. He quickly went up to them. They could see something was wrong. Before they could speak, Sharp spoke up.

"Rita Skeeter is dead!" He whispered/shouted.

"What?" The two were shocked.

"I went to inform Skeeter that her lawyer was going to arrive soon. Once I entered I found auror Williamson on the floor and Skeeter slumped in the chair. I checked them both. Williamson was alive but Skeeter was dead. I called for backup and for the healer. Kingsley came and told me to inform you both." He breathed out.

"Let's go!" The minister said.

"Yes sir." The two followed him.

The three were in the room. The healer had already left. Williamson was also gone. An unspeakable was taking Rita's body away. In the corner watching this all was Kingsley. When he spotted his two bosses he went over to her.

"Williamson had been stunned from behind. The healer had woken him up. He said he heard the door open and then it went black. Next thing he knew a healer was waking him up." Kingsley informed them.

"I want the full report as soon as possible." The minister ordered.

"Yes sir. I can say it was someone with knowledge of the ministry's wards. They slipped through them and the ones around the room. They killed her and left without a trace." He said.

"Are the unspeakables on it?" Moody asked.

"Yes sir." He confirmed. "That is why they are taking Rita's body. They are hoping to get some clues." He told them. 'Once we are in private I will tell the minister and Moody more.'

"I know many would want her killed but to do it here? That takes balls." Sharp said.

"Yes it does." The minister agreed. "Where is Williamson?"

"Hospital. The healer wanted a full scan. Healer said the magic here was interfering." Kingsley said. 'Too bad I know the truth. I saw the mark on their arm.'

"Tell me what the results are." Fudge ordered.

"Yes sir."

"I will be in my office." He told them.

"Yes sir." They said.

The minister left the room. The aurors collected everything they could. Soon Kingsley met up with Moody in his office. He put a privacy ward.

"Healer Gill is a death eater." He said.

"How do you know?" Moody asked.

"When he was casting the scan spell on Williamson I spotted the dark mark. He didn't seem to notice that it was showing. I acted like I didn't notice as well." He answered.

"I see. The minister did say that his spy suspected there were more recruits and that he was keeping them quiet because of the horcruxes." He said.

"That's what I was thinking. It makes me wonder…." Kingsley trailed off.

"Wonder what?" He asked.

"What if the dark lord or one of his death eaters gave her the information about heir Potter. We know that Dreamer had joined the dark lord. She passed on a lot of information about heir Potter. This could have been a plan to draw the child out or a distraction method." He said.

Moody's eyes widened at that. "Rita's death could have been to keep quiet about the dark lord." He said.

"Exactly. Gill was sent to cover it up. Williamson might be the spy we suspected we had." He said.

"At least one of them." He agreed.

"What do you want me to do?" He asked.

"Investigate Skeeter's murder. Obviously don't let Williamson or Gill know you suspect them. Also don't let them know about the new spell the unspeakables have invented and plan to use." He said.

"Yes sir." He said.

"I will let the minister and madam Bones know." He said.

"Yes sir. I shall go check in on the unspeakables now." Kingsley said.

"Keep me informed." He said.

"I will." He said.

Kingsley took the ward down and left. Moody made a trip to Bones's office and then the minister. Meanwhile the unspeakables were casting spells on Rita Skeeter's body. The head unspeakable managed to create a spell that detects the left over magical residue on dead bodies. That meant they could learn who cast the killing curse on the reporter.

"Perfect." They said when the scroll appeared.

"I seem to have arrived at the perfect time." Kingsley said.

"You did. Looks like Catherine Rees killed Rita." They answered.

"Thank you. Anything else?" He asked.

"Not at the moment."

"Then I shall take my leave." He said.

"I will contact you if I have any more information."

"Thank you." He said.

"You're welcome."

Kingsley left to go arrest Rees. She fought as hard as she could. She couldn't understand how they knew she had killed Skeeter. She hoped they had no idea who helped her or else they were all fucked.

"I want a lawyer!" She yelled.

"Do you have one?" He asked.

"I do!" She yelled.

"Who?" He asked.

"Calvin Wells." She answered.

"Auror Sharp?" He called.

"Yes sir?" He entered the room.

"Contact Calvin Wells and let him know Catherine Rees needs him to come in." He said.

"Yes sir." He left.

Catherine was fuming mad and deadly terrified. She had thought Sharp was going to watch her while Kingsley contacted the lawyer. She planned to disable Sharp, take his wand, and wipe her memory. Now she couldn't do that.

'I am so dead.' She thought.

"Once Lord Wells arrives we will begin questioning." He said.

"Hmph!" She glared.

Kingsley wanted to roll his eyes. He remembered Rees from school. She always told everyone what a lady was and lectured any female that didn't act that way. If she was speaking to a muggleborn she would tell them their behavior was why they weren't welcome. To the half-bloods she said the wrong parent was teaching them. To the purebloods she would say they were either not raised right or they were spitting on their parents' lessons.

Meanwhile she always threw tantrums or acted like a spoiled brat. She barely ever acted like a lady. Her behavior became worse as an adult. It was why no one wanted to marry her.

"Sir?" It was Sharp.

"Yes?"

"Lord Wells is here." He said.

"Send him in." He said.

"Yes sir."