The whole display was surreal – a magical card trick among the debris of a not so insignificant battle! Madam Bones, Senior Auror Scrimgeour, the Aurors, and the Commander were just….at a loss for words. In Evan's mind "Mischief Managed". Evan then went about removing the masks from the Death Eaters, and taking a knife from an ankle sheath, cut away their sleeves. The Dark Mark was clearly visible on each of the men's arms. Well, one woman's arm. "Bellatrix Lestrange?" Madam Bones hissed. Apparently, 'Bella' had been one of the first to enter the house, stepping on the Tetsubushi, and falling face first into a few more. Then, as she struggled getting up, she was hit with the glass dust to the eyes. She had clawed at her eyes in pain, thoroughly cutting them, but she still did not go down. Then she got hit with a knife to the chest. It was still sticking out of her chest, blood oozing down her robes. Hermione quickly turned away and vomited, as her parents entered from the garage door.
"Mr. and Mrs. Granger. Might I suggest you go to a hotel for a night or two until this mess can be dealt with?" suggested the Commander. "Yes, Commander. That might just be the ticket." Responded Mr. Granger, looking around at the carnage. "Midshipman, do you have a place to stay for the night?" the Commander asked. "He will be staying with us, tonight Commander. We would feel much safer with him around." Mrs. Granger weakly responded, looking pale but resolute. Evan looked at Hermione and she nodded. "Yes sir. I do." Evan responded. "You are just going to be a pain in my ass aren't you Midshipman? Here are two new magazines for your weapon. I will talk with you in the morning for a debriefing. Then I suppose I will have a meeting with one minister and one Prime Minister. You will make yourself available for debriefing at 0800, sharp. Understood?" The Commander stated emphatically. "Yes, Sir" Evan responded. "Madam Bones. I suppose you will be taking these 'live' terrorists with you?" the Commander asked. "I am sure your…..boss….will be happy?" "Yes, Commander. So it will….. a little bit." Madam Bones replied. "Then I shall return to base. Try to have a pleasant evening Midshipman. You only have six more. To the rest of you, have a good evening." The Commander then turned around and headed back to the park nearby where his helicopter was waiting.
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Before leaving, the Aurors repaired any broken windows and doors, removed the debris, and set the furniture the way it was supposed to be. They were about to cast an obliviate on Evan when they all remembered they had to urgently fill out forms at the office. Not thinking twice about it, they left.
Hermione looked at Evan with a stern face. He looked back….barely able to keep his lips from forming a smirk. "Spill!" she demanded. "Hermione! What in heavens could Evan have done now!?" her mother asked. "Those Aurors were about to cast a spell at Evan when they conveniently remembered they have urgent forms to fill out? Come on Mother. You have to know that is not just some coincidence!" Hermione replied heatedly. "First….Dobby" he whispered. "Can you check for any listening, scrying or tracking charms, or magical devices in here?" Dobby scanned, and sure enough there were three listening charms and one magic monitoring charm in the living room. Dobby then went from room to room checking them as well. He removed several more listening charms and another magic monitoring charm. Winky then double checked. Finding none, Evan deemed the house "clean".
"Hermione, is there any change in your future plans?" Evan asked. "No" she replied. "Alright. Let's start by giving your parents some of the jewelry you and I worked on." Evan continued. Hermione's parents looked a bit confused. "What jewelry? When did you ever have time to work on anything together?" Helen asked. "First the jewelry, Helen. Then I will answer any questions that I can. In fact, let's do this in the trunk. I would feel safer in there." They all descended into the trunk. Evan pulled a small backpack from an empty space over his shoulder, causing a few more curious looks and one smirk. From the backpack he removed a tin can with a thin silver necklace chain and pendent, and one heavy banded men's bracelet.
He gave the necklace to Helen and the bracelet to Peter. "After putting this on, only you will be able to remove them, and then only by your free will." Evan waited until the jewelry was on. "Hermione and I made these last summer, waiting for my ...." he continued. "....? Hermione? What is going on?" Helen asked perplexed. "Well, if you haven't guessed, Evan Fenix is …Evan Fenix is…..Evan!" "What Hermione is trying to tell you but can't (because it's a SECRET) is this…" and produced a note that said "Evan Fenix is Harry Potter". A look of understanding appeared on Hermione's face. She continued…"He was put on .... last summer for doing magic while trying to protect himself and his cousin from being kissed by Dementors that had been sent to his house. The whole .... was a sham. They changed the time without letting us know, and then railroaded Harry into a Guilty verdict, even though the law says use of magic is allowed to save lives.
More than that, Harry's cousin knew about magic, so he didn't really break the secrecy law. Once the 'Guilty' verdict was in, they took him to a side room to bind his magic and erase his memories. That was the saddest day of my life. That was the day I came home crying. Do you remember?" Hermione asked. "Yes, we remember." They replied. "We had only just completed one piece of jewelry before the ...., and Harry insisted I wear it. How did you survive the obliviate and binding?" Hermione asked. "You never really told me." "It's not that I didn't trust you, I didn't trust everybody else, and so I had to keep everything low key." Evan responded. "I guess my magic felt threatened and it protected me by shielding me and stunning the Auror. I used the Auror's own wand to first obliviate him. I implanted images of him obliviating me, binding my magic, and dropping me off in London." Evan continued.
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