Any text In italics is Noswyl's thoughts but no one else's thoughts are explicitly visible.
also before this point in the story there was no distinction between thoughts and narration though there also wasn't much narration either, just letting any new reads know how things started! :)
oh and I changed some things in the second chapter but you don't have to read it.
Noswyl's eighth birthday was yesterday and he's going to escape to Britain tonight.
I should be mostly ready to leave, I'm probably about as powerful as a second year but I don't know all the spells so I'm not sure how I would match up in a duel.
A couple hours of pretending to sleep later…
Ok it's midnight so it's time to head out.
Noswyl quickly opens the window with a bastardized Alohomora then clambers up before jumping out and rolling to disperse his momentum.
"That still fucking hurt, but that's probably because I don't know how to roll."
He then quickly exits the orphanage premises and starts making his way to the portkey facility, he knows that a child traveling alone at night in magical America is even more suspicious than in the muggle side of America.
So he decides to travel in the muggle part of America which makes the trip longer but it's worth it to avoid suspicion, and it's early enough in technological development that he's pretty sure that security cameras don't exist yet. even if they did somehow they would be terrible quality making him mostly traceless.
While walking through the city a man approaches him with a much too friendly smile, and Noswyl doesn't like it.
This guy is probably a pedophile or he's going to kidnap me for ransom money or just kill me. So unfortunately for him I'm not easy to deal with.
the man gets closer to Noswyl and crouches down smiling though his eyes tell a different story "hey there little guy, what are you doing all alone?"
I should confirm my suspicions before I do anything because he could just be a friendly psychopath that doesn't feel emotion.
"I-I'm lost mister, my daddy had to go meet W-with a business partner." Noswyl says faking being about to cry.
The man puts his hand on Noswyl's shoulder and squeezes a bit to tightly making him more suspicious. "Don't worry, you can come with me and I'll try and find your dad while you're staying with me!"
Yeah that's all that confirmation I need.
Noswyl uses his basic push and pull magic and channels his anger and disgust into it, then uses it to essentially punch him in the face. But Noswyl had forgotten that he's much stronger now and he breaks his jaw and dents his face in, even breaking his skull and whipping his head back so hard it breaks his neck killing him.
oh I didn't expect that to happen but he honestly deserved it, but you know I don feel slightly uneasy which makes sense because it's an instinctual reaction to killing another human but my time in the void has given me extremely good emotional control. Oh and he has a wallet, well thanks for the cash mister pedo.
Noswyl uses an experimental spell that he's been working on trying to recreate the featherlight charm. It works thanks to Noswyl's emotions and makes him lighter but not as much as the original would, then he picks up the corpse and puts it onto his shoulders and quickly finds an ally with a manhole cover in it, so he moves that with his magical based telekinesis and drops the body into the sewer.
To cover up as much evidence as possible he finds a dumpster and takes out some garbage bags and lays them on top of the manhole cover after using a very small amount of transfiguration to make a small amount of concrete attached to the manhole cover and it's rim to make it harder to pull off but not impossible if they need to make repairs. And the body will be long gone by then, he leaves the scene of the crime and continues on his way.
while walking he examines the contents of the wallet.
okay so he has about 200 bucks in cash which is good because it's 1988 so that's worth a lot more than I'm used too, and he has a credit card as well as a debit. Huh I didn't know credit cards or debit existed in this time period though it could be a butterfly effect from magic, either way I don't think will be usable in Britain so I'll have to do it here.
After searching multiple banks he finally finds an ATM.
I suppose it makes sense that ATMs already exist. Because if I remember correctly the first Micro processor was invented in the 70's, who knew that taking computer science as an elective in high school would actually be useful for me.
Noswyl chuckles slightly and inserts the credit card into the machine and checks how much money he can withdraw, the pedo had a surprisingly good credit score and a good withdrawal limit so he was able to withdraw 5000 which is a lot in today's money is 13,618.46 just from his credit card and the cash in his wallet.
Next he checks the balance of his bank account with the pedo's debit card and he was richer than expected, having 10 grand, in today's money that's 26,189.35. And he was able to see more details about the card.
Oh that's interesting this has a stored payment option so if I use it, it doesn't contact the bank. and it seems this card is accepted internationally. I'll be able to use this in Britain, this is a great find!
he quickly transfers all the money into stored payment on the debit card, and goes through the confirmation process thankfully not having to talk to an employee.
He continues on his journey this time without any interruptions.
Ok I saw a clock through the window of a store that said 2:00 and it's been approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes since then so I should still be in the clear.
It looks like there aren't that many guards and none by the door, this place really does have lousy security.
Quietly making his way to the door he tries Alohomora which fails though he expected it to not work.
Well at least it has some security, but they probably forgot about transfiguration.
He tries to transfigure the locking mechanism to not be able to work and it succeeds, quickly entering the facility and reversing the transfiguration.
I imagine that will still be detectable but I should be long gone before anyone notices, but this place seems pretty interesting.
The facility is an enclosed area with a large open space filled with various portkeys, the more important ones having much higher security but he isn't after them.
Ok, it looks like the Britain portkey has some kind of protection because it has its own raised ground with steps, but the welsh portkey is just laying there with a sign.
Noswyl uses what he thinks the detection charm is and finds nothing but to be sure he uses a silencer spell and quickly grabs the Wales portkey. Managing to hear the alarm go off before he was transported.
He lands in a heap but quickly collects himself and starts running away from the location making sure to make a gust of wind that blows his scent away and covers his footsteps by flattening the ground as he goes.
I need to get as far away as possible as I tripped an alarm which was expected, so I'll probably be followed.
He runs into a forest and then continues until he can't run anymore, he breathes heavily and cuts off his magic to stop covering his tracks.
"T-that was tiring!" He says before looking around for a place to hide.
He finds a tree and starts making a hole under its roots using the dirt he removed and transfiguring it to make it as dense as possible then covering the entrance.
Ok that should be inconspicuous but I need to breathe somehow, oh I know!
He quickly transfigures the tree to look like a woodpecker hole but he curves it down into the base of the tree to allow air to enter.
That should be good enough, but I'm so fucking tired.
He lets out a groan and softens the ground before falling asleep almost immediately.
The American ministry quickly noticed the break in and sent some aurors to investigate.
The team consists of one captain auror and five junior aurors.
Captain Oliver, followed by his team, arrives at the scene "alright everyone fan out and use detection magic to see if someone is still here, I'll figure out how they got in."
The captain investigates the door using Specialis Revelio "ah they transfigured the lock, smart but this is a sloppy job. Either they were in a hurry or they're terrible at transfiguration."
Oliver uses sonorous to amplify his voice "this is the aurors if you are still here surrender now!" Though that never works its protocol and like always nothing happens.
Later one of the junior aurors approaches Oliver "Captain we used every detection spell we know and haven't found anything other than a spell that we haven't seen before."
"And what is the spell?"
The junior auror looks nervous "well it's not impressive but it seems like a spell that simply muffles sounds rather than completely eliminating them."
Oliver thinks about why the intruder would do that "perhaps they wanted it to still be reported but delayed? The portkey is gone, correct?"
The junior auror nods "yes it isn't here which means it was used."
Oliver deadpans at her "I'm aware of how portkeys work." Making her squirm in embarrassment.
Oliver goes to the portkey that is missing and looks for clues "well this might be bait, they could have confundused the portkey to make it active on its own."
The junior aurors look impressed and one of them comments "we didn't think of that but we didn't detect anything."
Oliver thinks for a moment then 'realizes' "the intruder must have casted the spell directly onto the portkey rather than shoot the confundus from their wand, that's impressive so we aren't dealing with a novice."
The junior aurors nod, but one of them asks "then where did they go?"
Oliver nods in consideration "they must have gone for one of the high security portkeys and sent it back with another confundus, but they are behind a lot of security so we will have to get permission to use the ward stone."
The junior aurors nod and they all quickly move out and to the control office of the facility and approach the head security officer who was at home when the break in happened.
Oliver approaches him "we need to turn off the protections around the high security portkeys."
The head of security looks at him before sighing "alright but I will have to come with you to observe you actions, not that I could stop you if you wanted to use them."
Oliver chuckles good naturedly "I get it, it's protocol."
The head security officer spends about a minute turning off all the protections, before they all move out and return to the interior of the facility.
"Alright everyone, start searching!" Oliver says while thinking about the most probable location they would travel too.
The aurors including Oliver start investigating while the head security officer watches them, after an hour of searching they find nothing.
The most experienced junior auror who is a permanent member of Oliver's squad approaches him "we haven't found anything captain Oliver."
Oliver sighs "it's fine Mark I didn't either, so the intruder has to have used Deletrius on the portkey to erase the evidence of the spell."
Mark thinks for a moment as he is the most knowledgeable about charms even more so than captain Oliver "the confundus charm would make the portkey activate immediately so the intruder would have to simultaneously cast Deletrius, this is possible but they would have to be immensely skilled to use those two together."
Oliver looks at Mark seriously "how skilled are we talking here?"
Mark looks at Oliver somewhat grimly "at minimum they would have to be at chief level so it's out of our league, but they could be much stronger."
Oliver nods seriously "alright well report to headquarters and get a specialist to examine everything then we will assemble some hit wizards and get help from the country the intruder went too, if they didn't then we get more troops".
Mark nods "yes sir, we will stay here and guard this location."
Oliver nods appreciatively, and turns to the head security officer "turn the defenses back on and get every guard you have defending this place like their lives depend on it!"
The head security officer nods understanding the severity of the situation and uses the tattoo on his arm that has the protean charm on it to cause a slight burning sensation to alert all the personnel that are stationed to guard the facility. he then returns to his office and reactivates all the protective measures as quickly as possible.
Oliver steps out and apparates to headquarters to alert them of the new threat level.
Oliver returns to the headquarters of the American Department of Magical Law Enforcement and makes his way to the office of the only Chief auror he knows personally, his old captain when he was a junior.
Bartholomew and Gregory are in Bartholomew's office having a cup of tea and relaxing after a long day. Oliver quickly ruins the peace by entering the office and looking at Bartholomew seriously, immediately catching his attention. "Captain Bartholomew, there's an emergency that needs to be handled by a Chief."
Bartholomew looks amused at Oliver but is still serious about the situation recognizing the expression of seriousness on his face "Oliver it's been a decade since I was promoted to chief and you still call me captain?"
Oliver looks embarrassed for a moment before quickly explaining the situation to them. Bartholomew gets up and starts preparing a squad, when Gregory stands as well "I might as well help since you need a detection specialist."
Bartholomew nods in Gregory's direction "thanks old friend."
The quickly prepared squad starts preparing then all apparate to the facility.
An hour later a full team of experienced hit wizards and multiple captains led by a chief auror arrive on the scene.
Chief Auror Bartholomew leads the team into the building as Oliver and the detection specialist Gregory flank him. "This is extremely serious men!" He says to the team. "The person who broke in is at minimum as powerful as me but is likely stronger, so be prepared and don't let your guard down. And remember to watch each other's back out there!"
Bartholomew gestures for Gregory to do their thing.
Gregory, a man so dedicated to his job that he removed his eyes and replaced them with magic ones nods his head "the floor here has a large amount of extra magic, is there something underneath it?"
The Head security officer explains that under there is an extremely important Portkey that is under maximum protection, he disables the security on all the portkeys including the high security one.
While he's doing that Gregory takes a closer look at the floor to figure out what happened to it, Gregory's eyes can see magic and discern what type of magic was used but not the specific spell. Unknown to everyone the material that section of the floor was built out of absorbs magic extremely well to make it more resilient to a brute force attack and the mass amount of detection spells from earlier has left large amounts of charm type magic in the material.
Gregory thinks for a moment about what charm would be useful in this scenario. "The type of magic here is charm magic but I don't know a charm that would be useful in breaking in, so it's likely of their own creation."
The patch of floor moves out of the way as a Portkey rises from the ground absolutely covered in every protective charm and ward that could be useful. Before those too fade so he can look at the portkey directly.
"based on what I can see whoever did this should be bumped up a level in ability as they weaved the residual magic from the confundus and the Deletrius into the portkey enchantment itself. But also created their own spell that allowed them to get through the floor."
Bartholomew nods grimly "alright then we still have enough to take them down but there might be casualties."
Gregory nods agreeing with him "You should send one of the weaker captain aurors to headquarters and tell them to bring two more chiefs."
Bartholomew nods and sends the newest and weakest captain back to headquarters. Gregory continues to look at the portkey impressed by the masterfully executed 'deception'.
Gregory nods "because they weaved the residual magic back into the portkey enchantment, it's hard to notice even with my eyes no matter what spell was used it would have never been detected." Gregory says impressed by the criminal.
Bartholomew sighs "why do the strongest people always do evil?"
Gregory laughs hollowly "you don't get that strong without doing something evil."
Bartholomew nods and then they wait in tense silence for the two other chief aurors arrive. After about fifteen minutes they arrive and Bartholomew nods to them in respect "we have figured out where the enemy has headed, they are going to the international storage of powerful and dangerous artifacts."
That makes everyone grimace, and they begin making preparations for the strongest assault in history, as the vault has the most powerful collection of artifacts in the world and there's no telling what someone could do with access to them so they will need the assistance of everyone.
Bartholomew quickly alerts the Magical Congress of the United States of America. And they alert the rest of the world, every exit to the vault in every country is shut down and they send elite teams to the only entrance still open in America, with each country sending the strongest aurors or auror equivalent. And the headmasters of every wizarding school in the world, along with Nicholas Flamel and Newt Scamader.
Agilbert Fontaine was appointed leader as he is currently the headmaster of Ilvermorny. "Alright everyone the enemy is of unknown strength but they are at minimum as strong as a chief auror but their finesse when using magic indicates them being as strong as me." He says seriously.
He looks across the 131 wizards and witches and looks at them seriously "but the real danger is that they have been there for a few hours now, and even though every artifact is under the highest security they can probably get through it. We don't know if they have acquired any artifacts or if they have any, we don't know what they are."
He nods towards the headmaster's of all the schools and they prepare their countries best wizards and witches for the fight of their lives….
Whilst all that was happening the boy who accidentally caused this is still passed out under a tree.
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I hope you enjoyed this chapter, I didn't plan anything, I just sort of winged it :)
I'll put out at least one more chapter today but maybe more.
o7 I'll see you in a couple hours!