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(Master to Kitten, Kitten to Master)

'Thoughts'

[Kitten speech]

Death of The Dark Lord?

(Ministry of Magic: MInister's Office)

Fudge was in his office doing paperwork. All seemed normal until someone just outside the door screamed in horror. Before he could react Dash barged into the office. He was very pale and was shaking. That put the minister on alert.

"What happened?" He asked.

"Fiendfyre." He gasped out. "Little Hangleton."

"What?!" He stood in shock.

"Someone cast fiend fire to a house in Little Hangleton." He managed to get out.

"When?" He asked.

"Not sure. The aurors were notified just now." He told him.

"Put my meetings on hold until I say so." He ordered, leaving. 'I have a feeling that house belonged to the dark lord.'

"Minister?" A trainee was shocked to see him.

"Who went out to the fiendfyre?" He asked

"Aurors Moody, Kingsley, and trainee Tonks." He answered. "I was just about to report this to you per auror Moody's orders."

"When did they leave?" He asked.

"Four minutes ago." He responded.

"Tell them to report to me when they return." He ordered. 'I was told ten minutes ago.'

"Yes sir." He nodded.

Fudge left after that. He returned to his office. He noticed Dash was missing. He called for madam Bones. When she arrived he informed her of what was going on. She sighed at that. She too had her suspicions.

"He ran." She said.

"I believe so. Something happened concerning his master." He said.

"Dead, hurt, or he was called." She said.

"I wonder why he alerted me." He said.

"So do I. Maybe to send aurors. He wanted to check on his master." She suggested.

"Maybe. I will have aurors look for him." He said.

The two were silent for a while. Eventually Moody entered his office. He was frowning. He looked at his two bosses and sighed. He soon gave his report. He just wished it was happier news. At the moment it was undecided.

"We were alerted to Little Hangleton for a fiendfyre. We disguised ourselves as firefighters and we were able to put it out. We made sure to make sure the muggles stayed away. After the fire was out we searched the ashes and ruins. We found the bodies of several house elves. We also found an unidentified adult body." He said.

"How bad?" Amelia asked.

"Just a burnt skeleton. That means it will take a week before we know anything." He said.

The spells used took a week. All magic left behind residue. How much depended on the strength of the magic. Fiendfyre took at least a month unless spells were used. Once that was removed they could then do an identification spell.

The identification spell wouldn't work if there was any magical residue from an outside source on the bones. They were all hoping it was the dark lord. Amelia and Fudge sighed.

"Until we have confirmation that the bones are the dark lord we must still be vigilant and keep an eye out. This may be a trick." The minister said.

"Agreed." Moody and Amelia said.

"Alert the rest on the case." He ordered.

"Yes sir." He turned and left.

Amelia and Fudge shared a look before going their separate ways. Moody went around and informed everyone of their orders.

(One Week Later)

Everyone gathered in the head unspeakable's office. They were all anxiously awaiting the news. They were all hoping it would be good news. They couldn't tell thanks to the hood hiding the person's face.

"I am sorry to inform you all but I could not identify the bones. Whoever they were, someone magically scrubbed them clean and then did so the muggle way. Afterwards they were thrown into the fire. I have no idea if they had already been in there or what they died of. I can say that Craig Swiffer cast the spells. He forgot to remove his own magical residue. I cast the spell when the remains arrived to see who cast the fiendfyre. I can say the fire was cast by the dark lord." They revealed.

"Damn. So we have no actual evidence it is the dark lord. For all we know Swiffer may have tried to make us believe the dark lord died or he was trying to prevent us from learning he had." Moody scowled.

"Exactly." They nodded.

"So we hunt until we find evidence or we get a confession from Swiffer when we find him." Kingsley said.

"Exactly." The minister said. "Make sure the aurors know that if they find Dash/Swiffer he is to be arrested and brought in for questioning."

"Yes sir." The two aurors nodded.

Everyone cleared out after that. They were now hoping to find evidence that the dark lord was dead and this chapter was finally over.