Enemies-Ashore (II) [Chapter 230]

“Okay, this is all we know so far” Rachel stated as she placed a file on the table. Since Royal Mages were Wixen, it wasn’t hard for them to visit Magical Communities and gather all the information they could.

“What, this is it?” Peggy asked in a bewildered tone as she picked up the file and took a peek inside.

“Yes, he is quite difficult to keep track of” Rachel admitted reluctantly. “He was born on July 31st, 1980, and a few months later, his parents went into hiding under the Fidelius Charm and later, on 31st October, Dark Lord Voldemort attacked them after learning the Secret from Peter Pettigrew, who was actually a Death Eater spy since the beginning” Rachel began to recite the story of Harry Potter.

“Peter Pettigrew, wasn’t it Sirius Black?” Peggy asked, looking confused. She clearly remembered that it was Sirius Black who betrayed the Potters and Peter Pettigrew was killed by Sirius Black before he was arrested and later sent to Azkaban. The only reason she even remembered Pettigrew was because he was posthumously awarded with the Order of Merlin Third Class.

“No, a couple of years ago, it was discovered that Peter Pettigrew was still alive, and Sirius Black was never given a trial” Rachel revealed, only to receive incredulous looks from everyone except the Royal Mages. “I know. I know… There is a reason why even we don’t mingle with the Wizarding Communities” Rachel quickly defended themselves.

“So, an innocent man was sent to prison for more than a decade and he wasn’t even given a trial? That’s what you are saying right?” Derrick asked, looking completely stumped.

“Yes” Rachel admitted before she rubbed her temples.

“I used to think that the Wizengamot gave too much importance to the Purebloods, but they threw a Pureblood Heir in Azkaban without a trial, color me surprised…” Peggy mused with a thoughtful look on her face.

“The Wizengamot didn’t know about it. According to our information, only three people even knew that there was no trail, the rest of the Wizarding World was blissfully unaware… It was done so masterfully that even we didn’t know about it until Albus Dumbledore came forward and revealed that he had captured Peter Pettigrew” Rachel explained and even though the SHIELD and MI6 Agents frowned at her explanation, they decided to drop the matter.

“Back to the topic at hand, Dark Lord Voldemort managed to kill James Potter and Lily Potter before finally pointing his Wand toward baby Harry Potter, but the one year old somehow managed to reflect the Killing Curse back at Voldemort, and the Dark Lord Voldemort was supposedly vanquished” Rachel paused when one of the MI6 Agents spoke up.

“I don’t know much about Magic, but isn’t the Killing Curse supposed to be unstoppable and unblockable?” The female Agent asked and everyone seemed to want to know the answer to that question.

“Yes, the Killing Curse is Magically unblockable, but it can be easily blocked by a physical barrier” Rachel nodded her head before she narrowed her eyes. “We have no idea how he did it, but we do have a couple of theories. Accidental Magic is unpredictable, so Harry Potter might have instinctively realized that he was in danger and his Magic lashed out on its own, or Lily Potter might have invoked some sort of Ancient Magic to protect her son” Rachel explained.

“Is that even possible?” Peggy asked, sounding somewhat skeptical. She could believe the first theory, but the second theory was kind of hard to believe…

“We are not sure…” Rachel admitted with a frown. “When it comes to Magic, there is so much we know nothing about” Rachel added passionately and Peggy decided to agree with her on that. After all, Voldemort should have been dead, but he was back from the dead. “After that, Harry Potter was whisked away by Albus Dumbledore to some secret location to keep him safe” Rachel emphasized the word ‘safe’ with her fingers with a mocking look on her face.

“Apparently, he was taken to his Aunt and Uncle, and they hated anything related to Magic. They tried to beat the Magic out of him, but they obviously failed. At the age of eight, he disappeared into thin air before he once again surfaced at the age of eleven and killed the Dursleys” Rachel explained before she opened the file to reveal the pictures of the Dursley family after they met their untimely demise.

“God, how did he even manage to do that?” Derrick asked, looking horrified at the mutilated bodies of Dudley and Petunia Dursley.

“He used Magic to bewitch Vernon Dursley and then ordered him to beat his son and wife to death. I believe Harry Potter felt it would be ironic since Vernon used to beat him” Rachel chuckled, only to receive a glare from Peggy and Derrick. “Don’t look at me like that, he got exactly what he deserved… I strongly believed that the child should have been spared, but Harry Potter clearly believed otherwise” Rachel added cooly.

Rachel might work for the Queen, but she herself was abused by her own parents due to her unnaturalness. So, she knew how it felt to be abused… If it was up to her then she would have killed the Dursleys herself, but she only worked for the Queen and they were strictly forbidden from getting involved with the matters of Wizarding Britain. First of all, their existence was a secret and they wanted to keep it like that.

“If he was getting abused, then why didn’t you save him?” Someone from SHIELD asked.

“Albus Dumbledore was keeping a close eye on him, and if he had saved him, he wouldn’t have left any stone unturned until he found the boy. He came this close to discovering our existence after the boy ran away” Rachel explained with a shrug.

“Later Harry Potter somehow managed to get close to Jacklyn Harper and thanks to her help, he managed to get admitted to Ilvermorrny. Later, he became friends with Brittany Lawrance and maintained his friendship with Jacklyn Harper. A year later, he won the Under 13 Dueling Championship and made a name for himself before once again, he disappeared into obscurity” Rachel finished.

“Brittany Lawrance is still at school, right? Is there a chance we can talk with her?” Peggy asked after learning that Brittany was still at Ilvermorny from the file.

“We would have to kidnap her. The MACUSA would never allow us” Rachel immediately shot down the idea.

“Then what about this Harper girl? She was the one who attacked the Durmstrang ship and kidnapped Igor Karkaroff along with some of the students. She even killed one student. We can most definitely question her Family” Derrick stated, looking excited, but once again, Rachel shook her head.

“The Harpers are one of the pillars of MACUSA. The wounds of the Salem Witch hunts are still fresh in their minds, if you try to flaunt authority in front of them then they will kill you… No questions asked. The Harpers are extremely dangerous and they are known to produce extremely gifted Wizards and Witches each generation” Rachel explained unhappily.

“You can’t be for real. The girl is clearly a criminal” Derrick pointed out with a scowl, but it was Peggy who spoke up before Rachel could.

“No, we can’t reveal our hand. MACUSA is extremely strict when it comes to the Statute, so if they come to learn that we already know of their existence, they will be out for blood. They would inform the ICW and the ICW will get off their laurels and start acting. They are not as strong as they used to be during the Second World War, but they can still amass quite a commendable force when it comes to the Statute” Peggy explained grimly.

“Then, the Royal Mages don’t even exist in the first place, so they can’t question the Harpers” Peggy added after a small pause and Rachel gave her a look of gratitude. It was obvious that Derrick wasn’t happy, but he decided to relent for the time being.

“Fine then, so what are we going to do? According to the file, he is hiding under the Fidelius Charm” Derrick asked, sounding really frustrated.

“I am glad you asked” Rachel grinned before she shuffled through the file. “This is Himera Kuznetsov, she was a part of the Mercenary Group that attacked Harry Potter during the Quidditch Cup finals. Everyone else was killed, but she was spared… Nowadays, she usually hangs out in the Drunken Pixie most of the time” Rachel explained before she shuffled through the file to reveal the picture of Sirius Black.

“Since we can’t get to him, we get to the ones close to him. We know where he lives and he shows up at his manor from time to time with different women… He is basically a manwhore. He doesn’t care if it is a Witch or a Muggle as long as they are beautiful” Rachel explained with a feral grin.

“Good, we can use that to get to him” Peggy nodded her head in satisfaction. There were some female Agents who took honeypot missions within her team.

“Then this is the Tonks family. We do not know how close they are to Harry Potter, but they accompanied Harry Potter and Sirius Black to the Quidditch World Cup. We don’t know where Andromeda Tonks is right now, but we do know where Theodore Tonks works. We have been keeping an eye on his office and the girl has her own apartment, but for the past couple of weeks, she hasn’t shown up in her apartment” Rachel finished.

Peggy crossed her arms in front of her chest as she tapped her fingers on her arm while pondering her options. “Keep an eye on the apartment, but we go after Theodore Tonks and Sirius Black. The girl is too dangerous to approach… She might be a clutz, but she is also an Auror. I don’t want to kidnap a Law Enforcement Officer” Peggy explained and everyone around her nodded in understanding.

“What about Himera?” Rachel asked.

“Hmm… She seems to enjoy the company of both men and women…” Peggy pondered. She could use that to grab the woman. “Okay, we grab her too” Peggy declared and with their next course of action decided, all of them started to look forward to their success…