New-Machinations (III) [Chapter 248]

“So, the two of you are dating?” Jacklyn asked slowly while staring at Harry and Tonks. The whole revelation was kind of surprising to her since Harry never showed any kind of interest in the opposite sex… She knew. After all, she had flashed him in her underwear, but he never showed any interest in her.

“Isn’t my daughter… kind of old for you?” Ted said with a weird look on his face. He didn’t want to call his daughter old, but Tonks was at least six years older than him.

“Yes, are you sure you want to date her, Harry? She is a baby trapped in an adult’s body” Andi pointed out with a frown as she glanced at her daughter.

“How could you two say that?” Tonks looked outraged, but moments later, she started to sulk when both Ted and Andi decided to ignore her outrage.

“I am certain” Harry confirmed with a nod of his head. “We aren’t getting married or anything, so we do have a lot of time to see if we are good for each other or not” Harry added with a smile as he glanced toward Tonks, who huffed smugly. Jacklyn had to admit, Andi was right.

“Well said! I knew my Godson wasn’t going to disappoint me!” Sirius exclaimed as he started to do a little jig. “James would be really proud” Sirius sighed as he wiped a fake tear from the corner of his eyes. “And Lily… I am not sure what she might have done” Sirius admitted unsurely after thinking for a bit.

“Ignore them, Harry. Congratulations” Narcissa decided to congratulate them with a pleasant smile on her face.

At first, Tonks didn’t want to reveal their newly budding relationship this soon, but Harry managed to convince her with some well-said arguments. Firstly, both of them were living under the same roof, so it would be impossible to hide their relationship for the long term. Secondly, it would also give them more room to act freely. They wouldn’t need to lie or tip-toe around the others.

“Thank you, Aunty” Tonks beamed at the older Witch.

“Harry?” Gellert knocked on the doorframe. Harry stood up and smoothened his robes.

“Excuse me” Harry said as he decided to leave with Gellert, but before he could do that, he was stopped by Tonks and Jacklyn.

“Can I come?” Tonks and Jacklyn asked at the same time and the two of them glanced at each other in surprise, but they quickly turned back toward Harry.

After thinking for a bit, Harry answered. “Yeah, sure” He agreed since he needed to know if Tonks could digest all of their actions or not, and there was no harm in letting Jacklyn join them since she was pretty much okay with anything they did.

Tonks shot up on her feet with a grin on her face and skipped to Harry while Jacklyn easily caught up to the couple as they walked out of the room. “So, what do you want to talk about, Gellert?” Harry asked when they were sufficiently far away from the parlor. Harry knew that there must be a reason why Gellert decided to call him out instead of delivering the report in front of the others.

Gellert glanced toward Tonks with some hesitance in his eyes. He wasn’t sure what to think about the girl… “...I have finally located Greyback and his pack” Gellert revealed and Harry simply raised his brows in interest while Tonks paled at the revelation. After all, Fenrir Greyback was a monster.

“Ohh… How many of them are there?” Harry asked, looking interested.

“I am not sure about the count, but hundreds?” Gellert guessed and Harry whistled, looking impressed.

“Looks like the fleabag was working really hard in the past few years” Harry said with a grin, only to receive a nod from Gellert.

“That he was. He was spotted near Berlin” Gellert revealed and Harry froze.

“Berlin? Are you sure?” Harry asked with a frown.

“Yes, I was surprised too, but the report is solid… It was a case of dine and dash. It perfectly matches his M.O.” Gellert answered with a straight face, making Tonks and Jacklyn blink in confusion. They couldn’t relate the crime of ‘dine and dash’ with someone like Fenrir Greyback.

“Dine and dash?” Tonks ended up asking, looking confused and after staring at her for a moment, Harry decided to answer.

“He ate a few people before he escaped” Harry answered and Tonks turned white as a sheet before turning green. She knew that Greyback was a cannibal from all the reports she had read in the Ministry, but like a total dunce, she failed to connect the dots. “Was he alone or…?” Harry trailed off.

“He came with at least 10 of his pack” Gellert answered without missing a beat and Tonks started to look more sicker at those words.

“Alright. Send a team to follow their trail and tell them to pull back during full moons. I will deal with them when they reach the shore” Harry said and Gellert nodded his head in understanding. Their pack was huge and it was a risk to surround them so it would be easier to simply box them in with the sea. “Is there anything else?” Harry asked.

“Yes, the Guild decided to put a bounty on our heads” Gellert deadpanned and Harry’s lips started to twitch in annoyance, but before he could answer, something pinged in his senses. Someone has knocked out Amelia Bones in her office…

“Wait a bit” Harry raised his hand to stop Gellert from anything else. Then he closed his eyes and reached out to Amelia through her Mark. While he wanted to review her memories to see who had dared to attack her in her office, it was not the time since the attackers were probably still there, in her office. So, he activated the Portkey in her Mark and moments later, Amelia appeared in front of them with a soft pop.

“Morgana’s tits!!” Tonks exclaimed in surprise when her former boss appeared in front of her out of the blue and then Amelia slumped down on the floor, kind of lifelessly, surprising her even more…