Chapter 1: Savior
Amelia Bones, the head of Department of Magical Law Enforcement, was going over some reports in her study in her home. Her niece, Susan Bones who had just completed her fifth year at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry was sleeping peacefully upstairs. Amelia Bones was a noted figure in the ministry of magic. With the downfall of Fudge, she was almost a shoo in for the post of Minister of Magic. She was well liked by many people for her fairness and strict judgments. She was not that well liked by pureblood supremacists as she did not take bribes. She followed the law justly.
It was two days since Hogwarts had let out for the year. Two days since the public commotion over the events of the Department of Mysteries were dying down. But Amelia Bones was still collecting clues and reading reports to piece together the exact sequence of events that took place at the Department of Mysteries between the death eaters and six of Hogwarts students. There had to be something somewhere to indicate how six underage, under educated school children were able to take on twelve of the famed inner circle of death eaters and live. Granted they had had help later but they had successfully held them off till help arrived. Then there was also the sighting of Voldemort himself at the atrium of ministry. How was he able to arrive there without anyone knowing?
The security was reestablished and wards were recast. There was still so much work to do. If she were to be elected as the Minister, she could do a lot of good. But she did not want to take over as the new minister. She did not have the patience to put up with interfering bigots or sit and push papers all the time. She wanted to see some real progress and she felt she could contribute more by remaining where she was. There were other candidates who could win and were better than Fudge was.
She was so busy with her work that she didn't hear the soft knocking on the front door. After five minutes of no one answering, the knocks got louder and this was when Amelia Bones finally took notice of it. She was startled thinking who would want to talk to her in the middle of the night. It was 2 in the night after all.
She made her way cautiously to the door. She had her wand ready to bring down her guest should they prove hostile. She was an auror before taking up her office and she still was a formidable witch with a wand. She could best many senior aurors in the department.
Finally, when she neared the door, she asked carefully "Who is it?"
A person, male answered "Please open the door Madame Bones. It is urgent that I speak with you." The voice belonged to a teen by the tone of his voice.
Figuring that a teen was desperate for help or had a very good reason to be here, she decided to take a chance. She could still take him out if he attacked her.
She opened the door and took a good look at the teen. She was shocked to see the face of one and only Harry Potter at her doorstep. She had strict control over her body but this was one monster of a shock. Before she could recover, she saw the red light coming out of his wand.
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The next time Amelia Bones came to, she was sitting on a chair in what looked to be a muggle room. She was about to get up and investigate her surroundings when the door opened to admit Harry Potter. He was carrying a bottle of muggle juice and a bag of popcorn. She knew what it was since Susan loved to eat it.
He looked the same as he usually did. She had seen him a few times apart from the courtroom the previous year. He wore baggy clothes which looked worn and had trainers that were too big for him. The one thing different about his physical appearance was that he was not wearing his glasses. His eyes seemed to glow without the glasses. The gaze was more penetrating. His movements were more fluid, like a dancers or a cats. There were no wasted movements unless he did it purposefully. He looked like he was ready to strike, ready for anything actually. In one word, he looked dangerous.
