The-Cold-War-Initiated (III) [Chapter 190]

~~Unknown Location~~

“We were set up to fail Selene!” A hooded figure entered the dark warehouse and snarled in frustration. The rest of the group quickly gathered near a bulletin board. The board was filled with various newspaper clippings of their target Harry Potter and besides the newspaper clippings, they didn’t have anything as Harry Potter rarely made any appearances.

The Vampire group hunting Harry Potter managed to find an abandoned warehouse near Knockturn Alley and after that, they simply decided to set up the warehouse as their temporary base… The warehouse was quite close to Knockturn Alley and even though the place didn’t have a good reputation, it was the perfect place for Vampires like them to move around without drawing too much attention.

“What did you find?” Selene asked the man who just arrived in the warehouse. She had sent him to Tipsy Pixie to collect information as right now they have much to go with.

“Quite a bit” The man revealed before he pulled out a parchment and placed it on the table. It was Harry Potter’s wanted poster… “Right now, he is wanted by the Ministry for kidnapping a Hogwarts professor named Severus Snape and later resisting arrest” The man revealed and Selene stared at the wanted poster with a frown on her face.

“100,000 Galleons…” Selene mumbled with a frown. “That is a lot of gold” She added thoughtfully. The Ministry was clearly hiding something… 100,000 Galleons for a fourteen year old was simply an outrageous amount and then there was the fact that he resisted arrest. What did that even mean? Did he escape or did he fight them off? Then there was the fact that the Ministry had decided to place a bounty on his head instead of solving the problem in-house.

“Did you find where he was last seen?” Selene asked curiously.

“That is the problem… He was supposed to be staying with the Malfoys, but nobody could tell where the Malfoys lived. So, the Ministry is also looking for the Malfoys and information regarding them as they believe that Harry Potter has kidnapped them too” The man revealed with a scowl and Selene closed her eyes in frustration. The situation was not looking good for them by any means.

“Aren’t the Malfoys pretty well-known people?” One of the other Vampires pointed out.

“Yes, they are, but still nobody remembers where they live” The Vampire who went to visit the Tipsy Pixie to collect information reminded everyone in a bitter tone.

To be honest, Selene didn’t like this… In fact, she didn’t like any of this. She wasn’t sent to Britain, so she didn’t know much about the War, but a lot of her fellow Death Dealers were, and half of them never made it back to Budapest after Voldemort lost… Alas, she was a Death Dealer, so she would follow her orders for the time being, but she was certain that there was something else going on…

~~Malfoy Manor, Wiltshire~~

“There is a group of Vampires looking for you” Himera reported as soon as she entered the drawing room. Everyone inside the room froze at her words. Himera finally paid attention to all the occupants inside the room and realized that there were a couple of new faces present. She had no idea what they were up to, but to be honest, she didn’t care for much since the pay was really good and once again whole.

Then there was the fact that she spent most of her time in Tipsy Pixie keeping an ear out while getting some much-needed service from sexy women was completely beside the point… While Himera didn’t mind getting service from men, she preferred women over men…

“Looks like I am in a lot of demand” Harry perked up with a surprised look on his face. “The Ministry is looking for me, Albus Dumbledore and the Order are also looking for me, and now Vampires!!” Harry exclaimed gleefully. If it was anyone else then they wouldn’t be laughing, but Harry wasn’t like anyone else… She pitied anyone who was foolish enough to become his enemy. She knew very well how his enemies tended to end up.

“Harry! Vampires are no laughing matter” One of the newer faces exclaimed and Himera was intrigued by the woman’s hair… The woman was sporting a bubblegum pink pixie cut, which later changed to some shade of orange, surprising Himera even more. She started to wonder why the woman was doing that. After all, she didn’t expect Harry to teach the new girl Wandless Magic.

“Of course not, so I will deal with them somewhere down the line” Harry easily dismissed the concerns.

“Vampires are not that difficult to deal with if you already know what you are dealing with… The conventional Spells used by the Aurors are pretty useless against them as they can heal from pretty much anything, but if you know your Flame Spells, then they become pretty easy to deal with. It’s the Werewolves that we should be worried about” Gellert explained with a soft smile on his face.

“Speaking of Werewolves… Gellert did you find Fenrir Greyback?” Harry asked curiously as he tapped the table.

“I have reached out to some of my old contacts, but they don’t know anything. If you want I can arrange a team…” Gellert wasn’t able to finish his suggestion before Harry cut him off.

“It won’t be necessary… I am certain that Voldemort must have reached out to him too. They will eventually arrive in Britain and then I will deal with him” Harry said nonchalantly. Then he turned toward Himera. “How did you learn of the Vampires?” Harry asked as he gestured Himera to take a seat.

“Well… I was at Tipsy Pixie when a Vampire came looking for you. He didn’t pay for premium service, so the exchange was at the bar and I was close by to hear them speak” Himera revealed with a roll of her shoulders. Harry gave her a meaningful look but she wasn’t going to give him the satisfaction. She was beyond such petty teasing… “By the way, what are you guys talking about?” She asked, not wanting to discuss her taste in women.

“Harry was telling us how he is going to let me fight Karkaroff and then kidnap him” Jacklyn declared proudly.

“I did?” Harry asked with a surprised look on his face. Himera knew that Jacklyn was probably going to get away with anything, though she wanted to see if Harry was going to really allow her to fight Karkaroff. She had no idea who this Karkaroff was, but his end wasn’t going to be good since Harry was paying him personal attention. “Fine, you can fight him, but Himera will be accompanying you” Harry ultimately agreed to let her face Karkaroff, but he decided to drop a condition.

Meanwhile, Himera winced internally… She would have to babysit Jacklyn, in other words, if something went wrong then she would have to take a Spell for the team. Himera was confident that she could probably walk away from anything other than the Killing Curse and the loss of her head, it was still going to hurt like a bitch!! Dark Curses like the Skin Melting Curse or the Organ Liquefying Curse took the cake.

“Hey! I can handle myself. I don’t need a babysitter!” Jacklyn protested, looking outraged, but from the look on Harry’s face, it didn’t look like he was going to be convinced otherwise.

“Are you sure, Harry? Karkaroff may not seem much, but he isn’t weak by any means” Sirius asked worriedly, completely ignoring Jacklyn’s protest.

“I am certain that she can deal with Karkaroff on her own” Harry assured, but Sirius didn’t look convinced.

“I can’t believe you guys are discussing about kidnapping people right in front of me” The pink-haired woman groaned as she palmed her face. Her hair was once again pink and Himera couldn’t help but wonder how. Maybe she will ask her later.

“I thought we were family… Aren’t you going to cut me some slack?” Harry asked with a hurt look on his face and Himera would have seriously believed him if she didn’t know him well. The pink-haired woman’s hair turned red as she glared at Harry who easily ignored the glare and turned toward another face she didn’t know. “After this stunt, there is going to be another Wizengamot meeting, I want you to interfere in anything they try. If they say red then rally for blue” Harry explained.

The old woman nodded her head in understanding. “Leave the Wizengamot to me” The woman declared with a tone of surety in her voice. Himera didn’t know who the woman was, but she was probably some big wig from the way she talked, well Harry wouldn’t have delegated such a huge responsibility to someone mediocre in the first place… That was the way he rolled.

Then Harry toward Gellert. “Remember, don’t kill any of the students or the Aurors… If they are being really annoying then you can always break their Wands, just to be safe and I am sure that Violetta would love to set up a shop to steal some customers from Ollivander” Harry declared and the said woman who was also present in the meeting started to giggle creepily. “But as I said, don’t kill anyone” Harry stretched out his words and Gellert simply nodded his head.

“What about my old friend?” Gellert inquired with a frown and Harry simply smiled in return.

“I think it is about time you two meet each other” Harry declared with a cheshire grin marring his face…