New-Threats-On-Horizon (II) [Chapter 206]

~~Larimer Square, Denver~~

A woman walked up to an old nineteenth-century apartment building and unlocked the door with her key. The woman entered the building with a soft smile marring her face and went to greet the old couple sitting on the porch. “How is it going Mr. & Mrs. Bakes?” The woman asked with a smile only to receive a jovial greeting from the elderly couple.

“Just feeding the pigeons, Agatha, if you were a couple of decades older then I would have offered you to join us boring people” The elderly man offered with a hearty laugh, making the woman now known as Agatha smirk at the man before she gave the elder couple a wave before she decided to move on and collect her mails from the mailbox, which was inscribed with her apartment number.

She found a couple of letters and a small note in her mailbox…

‘Hey, Agatha, I am in your apartment with Alan. Don’t fucking cast anything at us’

Agatha scowled before she tossed the note in the bin. Thanks to the note, her disappointment was immeasurable and her day was ruined. Her current lifestyle wasn’t anything to write home about, but she was happy with it, and to be honest, she loved her current lifestyle, but she wasn’t sure if should be able to keep her current lifestyle or not.

With a grumpy look on her face, she started to climb her stairs and after arriving in front of her apartment, she found the front door unlocked, which wasn’t surprising, especially with the note she found… ‘Of course, my door’s unlocked. Just my fucking luck’ Agatha grumbled internally as she entered her apartment before closing the door behind her.

“Agatha, we are in the kitchen” A voice called out and Agatha groaned before she took off her coat and tossed it in the air. The coat made its way to the coat hanger on its own as Agatha was already making her way toward the kitchen…

“Hi” One of the men greeted her with a sheepish look on his face.

“Here you go, have a drink” The man dressed in the floral shirt offered a beer bottle to Agatha, but she didn’t look impressed in the slightest.

“It seems you two have already helped yourselves with my fridge” Agatha deadpanned at her guests.

“I told you she wouldn’t like us rummaging through her stuff” The first man pointed out warily, but the man dressed in the floral shirt didn’t look concerned.

“It’s just her fridge… I wasn’t rummaging through her panty drawer” The man dressed in the floral shirt defended himself.

“That’s even worse!” The first man exclaimed in horror.

“Thank you, Alan. At least not everyone I know is a disgusting pervert” Agatha scowled as she opened her beer bottle with a simple flick of her finger.

“That’s your loss” The man in the floral shirt shrugged at the man now known as Alan. “You have no idea what you are missing… The stuff she keeps in there is really kinky” He admitted without a hint of shame on his face, in fact, he looked really proud of his actions.

“What do you want, Merlin?” Agatha decided to cut in before the man now recognized as Merlin could literally air her dirty laundry. Yes, she did have some really kinky underwear if they could be really called underwear in the first place in her panty drawer, but a woman had needs and just like any other woman, she also loved to dress scantily even though it was in the confines of her apartment.

“I am hurt, Agatha… It has been quite some time since we met, so I decided to arrange a get-together…” Merlin offered cheerfully, but once again, Agatha didn’t look amused.

“Cut the crap, Merlin. What the fuck do you want?” Agatha snapped at the man. Merlin seemed to frown before he seemed to slump down in his seat while muttering about ‘unfun’ friends.

“Fine. If you want to get down to business, then let’s talk business” Merlin admitted before taking a large swig from his bottle. “Alright, what do you know about Harry Potter?” Merlin asked, without beating around the bush any more.

Both Agatha and Alan frowned at his question before they gave each other a look. “He is the kid who survived the Killing Curse, didn’t he?” Agatha asked with an unsure look on her face. With how back-dated and discriminatory the Wizarding kind tended to be, they tried to avoid and ignore the Wizarding community. They were so annoying that magicians from all over the world tended to avoid the Wizarding community like a plague.

Alas, Harry Potter was pretty well-known in the whole Magical community as he survived the Killing Curse… As a governess, Agatha wanted to adopt the child and raise him as her own, but getting involved with Wizarding kind only brought irritation, headaches, along with a list of murder-worthy annoyances… While it really bothered her to leave the kid, she eventually forgot about it since he really wasn’t worth all the troubles that would probably come along with him.

“Yes, that’s the guy” Merlin nodded his head.

“What about him? I clearly remember we decided never to get involved with the Wizarding community after the Grindelwald fiasco” Alan pointed out thoroughly.

“Yes, we did, but there is much more at stake than the Wizarding world… If we don’t do anything now then it would be too late to stop him before he damages the delicate balance” Merlin explained in a grave tone.

“Really? I seriously doubt that… How old is he now? Fifteen? Sixteen?” Agatha asked with a scoff.

“Yes, I know how it sounds, but you have to trust me on this… He is nothing like the rest of the Wizarding kind and not only that, he also knows sorcery” Merlin revealed, trying to get them on board with his self-given mission.

“Sorcery? Then we can always have a chat with the Ancient One before we try anything on our own” Alan suggested. Since Sorcery was involved, the Ancient One probably knew about Harry Potter.

“Okay… It is not a bad place to start from” Merlin admitted before nodding his head.

“If she gives us a straight answer in the first place” Agatha pointed out bitterly, but even she had to admit, it was a good starting point. So, simply nodded her head in agreement and Merlin stood up with a grin on his face with the intention of opening a portal, but before he could do that, a portal opened inside their room and the Ancient One stepped through, surprising the three of them…