"What did you see?" Minerva asked. All traces of sexual behavior were gone from her movement and speech as she had turned from the usual behavior to a more formal and factual behavior. She was doing interviews with all of the students that saw the scene while the Auror's would get the records of the interviews which would write themselves, in the literal sense.
So unfortunately they had to keep this professional. "Not much ma'am. I arrived at the corridor where the body was floating. Fred Weasley was floating in the air hanging there with his body diagonal and his chest facing upwards." Harry began detailing what he had seen.
"What about the wounds?" Minerva asked again as the pen quickly scrawled against some paper.
"There were many markings and damage to the body. But I cannot say for certain what was before and after death. So I will just speak on what I saw." Harry pointed out as he leaned forward in his chair. "There were smaller round holes at each of his joints. Along with scratch marks on his robe and visible portions of skin. Then there was the massive hole through his chest where his heart should have been. Then there was the fact that he was bleeding from his nose, ears, eyes, and mouth."
Minerva froze after that explanation. So Harry stopped speaking and watched her facial expression transform several different times. She was not there to see the body, so it was the first description she was hearing of the event. Severus had arrived and called the Aurors and brought the body down to preserve the dead student's dignity. So none of the other teachers or students had seen the body which was covered in a black magic cloth.
Minerva coughed to clear her throat. "Very well. Then what were you doing prior to finding the body?"
"Myself and Angelina Johnson were shagging in an alcove nearby. Once we finished I stepped out first but then we both could hear the scream and yell. Then we ran over to find Alicia Spinnet, who had passed out, George Weasley, who was crying, and Fred Weasley, who was dead and floating." Harry explained. "Do you want me to explain what happened afterwards?"
Minerva nodded, "yes up until the Aurors arrived."
"Okay," Harry sighed in exasperation. "Professor Snape arrived quickly and cast a few spells to hide the body under a cloth. He then had us stay with him at the body's location until the Aurors arrived. They were walking quickly and nothing else of note that I noticed happened, just more students who were dismissed quickly and teachers that Snape quietly whispered the situation to."
Minerva sighed, "is that it?"
"Yes Headmistress." Harry nodded his head. Sticking to their professional behavior for the moment.
Minerva waved her hand and the pen made a mark and then the pen and the notepad lowered to the desk and went still. Harry felt magic disperse from the object once it hit the desk. Like the spell was being uncast.
"You have a question?" Minerva asked.
"A few actually," Harry answered with a grunt. "But I think my first one is," He leaned forward in the seat he was sitting in. "Have you seen this before? You recognized my description of Fred Weasley's body."
Minerva nodded her head sadly. "I have. A few times before. The most notable of which was a leader of the political dark magic party, Tom Riddle." She looked at him nervously, clearly holding something back. "After that the… serial killer or group became more known and has been at the top of the Auror's list."
Harry frowned, "if he was head of the dark magic party wasn't that good?"
"No, actually it was seen as an attack by the other parties. Especially since Riddle was known as a ladies man who did not mind crossing party lines." Minerva answered. "Just prior to his death, there were rumors that he was going to make a big announcement that would change the political atmosphere. But he died before he could make the announcement. Not even his main piece of ass, Bellatrix Black, knew what he was going to discuss."
"So this serial killer single handily upset the balance of power in Britain and just did it again by sneaking into Hogwarts and killing a student." Harry began to understand the situation a bit more. "Could this be related to that dark wizard attack? I know there are still some hardcore terrorists but could the killer have snuck in at the same time as them? Maybe even embedded himself with them?" Harry asked, already getting an idea.
"He could have…" Minerva's eyes suddenly flicked from side to side as she thought. "Actually it is more than likely that the serial killer is an alumni of Hogwarts who had knowledge of the school."
"So if they find the dark wizard terrorist group they could draw up a list of the participants and then from there they could…" Harry began slowing down his explanation as Minerva raised her hand to stop him.
Minerva sucked in a breath of air. "I think that is enough Harry. I have a few more students I have to get through. But if you would like to pursue this inquiry further…" She looked at the door to the side. The one that led to her private chambers. "Come visit me some time after midnight and we can handle the discussion all night long."
Harry smiled and nodded as he stood up. "Who do you want me to send in next?"
Minerva clicked her tongue as she thought. "Send in… Alicia next. Best to leave George for last and Miss Johnson clearly needs to be there for Miss Spinnet." She decided and Harry walked out of the room. Looking around at the three students that were waiting in the hall along with a pair of Aurors who were guarding them.
"Alicia, Headmistress is calling for you next." Harry informed her as he had to decide what he would do next.
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