Alex Hale Book 1 by Spielar

Chapter 36

I found out from Salt that all of the members of the order were considered to be criminals and were wanted. Harry, Ron, and Hermione were also wanted in connection with fake crimes they had committed.

The funniest thing in my opinion was that I was wanted for the mass killings of countless wizards, I was even blamed for wizards that had been killed by death eaters and Voldemort himself. The ministry had put out a kill on site order for me as well as a bounty of 10 million galleons for my dead body, or 20 million for me alive.

Funny how they think anyone could catch me.

I told everyone what Salt had found out, which caused people to be shocked or go into denial. I also offered to move people for free for anyone who was interested in leaving the country before they could be captured by the fallen ministry or death eaters. Most of the people there took the offer and I had Salt take care of them.

I then told Arthur and Mrs. Weasley that they should go to the island with Ginny and stay there for the time being.

They tried to argue until I told them they could go willingly or by force since I wasn't willing to watch Ginny cry over their corpses just because the two of them were too stubborn and stupid to understand that they would just be offering themselves to Voldemort by going anywhere near the ministry.

After that they agreed to go.

An hour later there was a flock of owls that dropped off papers to everyone. I figured it was a mass release to all of Britain telling of the takeover, or at least the spin off version of it. It contained a number of new laws and the wanted people as well as a number of people of interest.

It was all crap, but it was crap that the ministry had sent out, and since it was from them it was to be taken with all seriousness.

I had Rock go to the island with the Weasleys and the rest of the order and had him spread the word to my family. I had Salt go and tell Roger to warn the other company heads and Bella of what had happened.

Bella was now an important part of the New York office and had all but taken over in leading them when I wasn't there.

I sent another house elf to get the battalions ready to defend in the event of an attack on the bases or any of my other compounds.

I myself went to Sirius's place along with Sirius and Lupin to meet with Harry, Hermione, and Ron who had went there already.

"Oh my god." Hermione gasped while covering her mouth in shock after being told all of what happened.

Harry was crying due to Hedwig's death and Ron was just sitting there with his mouth hanging open from shock.

"What do we do?" Harry whispered after he managed to calm himself a bit.

"Well, the way I see it, you three should go out to the countryside and hide while camping. Since the ministry has been taken over and Dumbledore is gone there isn't any place safe in Britain right now."

"What about here?" Ron asked in surprise.

"Snape knows about the house. Even if there is a Fidelius charm on the house he has spent enough time here that it will leave an obvious blank space in his memories and it'll only take a bit for him to fix that blank and remember here, even if only for a little while."