Dark Prince Rises by Ronin2106

Chapter 6

Grimmauld Place 12. Two and a half weeks after Henry Le Fay was freed.

"So, since there is now a free spot, Dad is hoping to get that post in Illvermony." Nymphadora entered the house, talking with Kingsley who followed her just a step behind. "Mom even told me that Dad's even thinking about selling the house here and move on permanent basis to Salem, if he gets the post."

"Well, considering that he is one of the top veteran Hit Wizards in the Department, with a couple of decorations, Ted shouldn't have any trouble getting the job." Kingsley said to Nymphadora, who nodded to him, as they moved to the place of Order's meeting. "And are you okay, with your parents moving to Salem? It is on the other side of the Atlantic."

"To be honest, Shacks, I was actually myghty relieved when Mom told me about it." Nymphadora admitted to him. "What with Voldemort back and soon out for blood, and Mr. All for the Greater Good using every dirty trick in the book, I'll honestly feel a lot better, knowing that my folks are good 3 thousand miles away from it all. Plus, it's not like I won't be able to visit them when I want to, nobody had canceled portkeys. And, if we are being honest…" Nym took a quick glance, making sure that only she and Kingsley were around and not heard. "I believe that Harry had actually asked Regulus to help Dad with the post, tough neither will admit it to me or Dad."

Kingsley nodded to Nymphadora, understanding and believing that it could be true, seeing how he knew by now how close former Henry Potter, now Henry Le Fay, was with Tonks' family. And it didn't surprise him in the slightest that Tonks' parents would be moving out of England and that she was glad that it was happening. He himself had sent his wife and their kids to the continent just a week ago, to live on Sardinia, in his family's summer mansion, well away from England and Death Eaters.

Such practice wasn't anything new, as during the First Wizarding War, wizards and witches in great numbers had left the Great Britain in hopes of getting away from the chaos and being caught in the middle of a war they didn't sign up for. The majority of the immigrants were half-bloods and Muggleborns, the very prime targets for Voldemort's rage and fury. Kingsley suspected that in the coming months, there will be the next great exodus of wizards and witches, especially once everyone will realize that the old terror that was Voldemort is back.

But for now, the Ministry has been doing their best suppressing any and all rumors about the return of the Dark Lord, with Fudge and his cronies using Daily Prophet, their authority and every trick in the book to keep up the appearance of stability and calmness. Most of the attempts made by Dumbledore to reveal the truth about Voldemort have done nothing, and only served to backfire at him, painting him as an old and even deluded Wizard, who tries to garner more and more popularity and power for himself.

He and the Order had to change tactics, when it was discovered that Dumbledore and many of the Orders' members were in risk of losing their posts in the Ministry if they had continued with their propaganda. So for now, Order had mainly focused on tracking Voldemort and his Death Eaters, as well as gathering information, along with defending the Department of Mysteries, for whatever reason.

At the same time as Fudge and his party were digging their own future graves, and Dumbledore continued to play the chess master, Amelia Bones had carefully and cautiously weeding out all the potential spies, turncoats, traitors and corrupt Aurors and Hit Wizards in her own Department. Knowing full well about the powers and influences of Dumbledore and Voldemort, Head of the DMLE was making sure that the Ministry's primary fighting force was ready and able to take them both down. And while she couldn't fire the Marauders, for now, she could, however, make sure that Potter, Black and Lupin, had any access or source to sensitive information.