New And Improved Harry Potter

Chapter 141: The Hunt Begins



Amelia's POV

The next morning Madam Bones arrived at her office bright and early. She needed to find out what happened to Cornelius and Dolores. They had both been missing since the Potter boy's kidnapping. She was sure it was them, all evidence pointed that way. She wasn't sure how, but they were guilty, and they needed to pay for it. Taking all the witnesses reports and going over them one more time did nothing to find out where they were. She would have to search the office again, even if she had to rap on every wall in the room to see if there were more secret passages. But, she didn't have the time at the moment. She had too much to do today, and she didn't trust this to anyone else that wasn't going to busy for the next couple of days. She really wished Mad-eye were healthy, even though he was friends with Dumbledore, he's first priority had always been the safety of the public. Alas, he was still recovering, albeit mentally from his kidnapping. The poor man was more paranoid then ever and hadn't left his house since he went home. He wouldn't even take firecalls without a password.

She put it to the folder to the side and called the team she had organized to hunt the horcruxes. Pushing a rune on her desk, "Debra, call Andger, Wallatter, and Sullivanspell to my office, please." It had taken the better part of the day and night to come up with people that had no relation to Dumbledore, Fudge, or Malfoy. The whole department seemed riddled with those that had their loyalty to someone other than Wizarding Britain.

Two men and one woman entered the door. She waved the woman to close it. Putting her finger to her lip, she cast the spell to make sure there were no listening charms on her office. Something she was doing everyday now. Seeing none there and throwing up some wards, she waved them to the chairs in front of her desk. "I have called you here for a very important assignment," she started.

"Why us?" the female, Sullivanspell, asked. "We're just rookies."

"Yes, but none of you have outside affiliations," Bones stated. "What I have to tell you is top secret. No one, and I mean no one, is to know about it. I need your sworn oath that anything discussed in here, remains in here." She looked all of them dead in the eye to show just how serious she was.

"Is it a suicide assignment? Because I have a wife and two kids," Wallatter said with a bit of trepidation. He was a patriot, but he was not ready to die for anyone just yet.

"While it is dangerous, no, it is not one you will not come back from. If you keep your head," she reassured them. They all nodded, relaxed and gave their oaths. Bones got up, opened her safe, pulled out the rubber ball and placed it on the desk. "This is a horcrux, which means there's a piece of You-Know-Who's soul in there. As long as this remains, he will not die. I would destroy it, but we may need it to make sure there are no more. Your assignment is to find all of these vile things and report back to me. Once we've found them all, we will hire a curse breaker to rid us of them, or hand them to the DoM. To my knowledge, which I admit is limited, there were seven, one had been destroyed. There's this one, making five to find."

"How will we find them? There is very little known about He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named," Andger asked, ready to get started. Being a muggleborn, he was all for eliminating the world of that man.

"Ah, I have recently been told that his birthname is Tom Marvolo Riddle. He's a half-blood born to a muggle father, so that's where you will start," Bones said with a smirk. Lupin had told her right before Potter had been kidnapped. He had learned it from Potter, who in turned was reminded of that fact by the Granger girl.

"You-Know-Who is a half-blood!?" came the disbelieving voices of the three Aurors.

"Yes, so see if you can find out where his father came from, that might give you clues on his life," was the firm response. Lupin had only told her the muggle's name, she had no clue as to who the mother was, only that she was a witch. She gave them their assignments and then sent them to get started. Potter would be here any minute and she needed to get her files in order.

A short time later the boy in question was shown into her office with another young man. "Mr. Potter, please, take a seat and introduce me to your friend," she all but demanded, not liking that the kid had brought someone else in.

"Sure thing," Harry said, taking a chair. "This is my godfather, Sirius Black." He waved to the man taking the chair next to him.

"Mr. Potter, this is no time for your games. I know what Black looks like and this is not him," she said, waving her wand to dispel the glamor and then to check for Polyjuice when that didn't work.

"I assure you, Madam, I am Sirius Black. This is something Harry did to me, so I can walk the streets," Sirius stated with a smirk.

"Impressive," she complimented, she had never seen such a fine piece of magic. Not even her strongest spell dispersed the charm.

"Yeah, he's one of a kind," Black said proudly, clapping the unembarrassed boy on the shoulder.

"I do what I can," Potter said smugly.

"Back to the matter at hand, I got your note, but I need to make sure it covered everything. So, can you let me view your memory of the incident?" she asked, hoping to get something that would nail the missing Minister.

"Tell me how it's done first," the dark-haired teen stated firmly.

"Just think of the time it happened, and I'll copy the memory by putting my wand to your head and pulling it out," she explained as succinctly as she could.

"So, you're not taking my memory, just copying it?" He knew his friends had reassured him last night, but it never hurts to get confirmation.

"Yes."

Harry shrugged, looked at his godfather, who also shrugged. "Okay," he said, sending a mental warning to prepare the memories he wanted to give her. He had Data tie the two together, so they would come out in one go. "There's two that you should see, one with Fudge, and the other with Voldemort. I've put them together, so you can take them at one go," he informed her.

"Very well," she said, wondering how he did that. "Think of what you want me to know," she instructed as she put her wand to his temple. "Got it?" she asked. He nodded. "I'm going to pull them out now." And then did just that. She then put them into the waiting pensieve, and dove right in.

The two men just arched their brows and waited, passing the time wondering what the rest of the group was doing.

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