Harry Potter: Hydrus Black

There was still no sign of Skeeter; not even magic could locate her. They tried to owl her, but like Dementors, the animal couldn't find the bitch while she was a bug. They also attempted the point me spell, but it only pointed in a general direction and then would twirl again. Hydrus had Sirius turn into Padfoot to see if it was because she was an Animagus. When he called out Sirius's name it would point and twirl, when he called Padfoot it would locate him. So they figured that she also had an animal name.

Hydrus was beginning to think she wasn't in Britain. If she was, she was hiding very well. With The Times doing well, he might just let her show and see what she does before burying her. If she came for a job with the paper, she'd have to take the same vow as the other reporters.

Present time

It was now 1985 and finally there was a warrant out for the arrest of Dolores Umbridge, and Hydrus was tempted to just wrap her up and hand her over. Even if she was somehow found innocent, her reputation was shattered. So with that in mind he sat the others down one night and talked it over.

"So, Sirius, I heard there's a warrant out for Umbridge," the immortal mentioned casually as they all settled in their chairs. There was tea and scones on the coffee table.

"Yeah, one of the Muggle-born she tried to kill came forward with more evidence," the dogman answered, reclining back in his Lazyboy. "Seems she went to his house to break his wand, and when he refused she threatened to kill him with the AK. Even went as far as to draw her wand and start the spell. His wife came home and startled her. They in turn drew their wands and said they were going to turn her in for falsifying a report and using an Unforgivable. Being the weak witch she is, she couldn't fight the two of them so she threatened them once more and Disapparated away," he said and they had a good laugh at the cowardliness of the woman.

"So why wasn't she fired?" Hydrus asked, leaning forward a bit and lifting up his cup of tea.

"When they took their complaints to the DMLE she lied and said she had never heard of the man. They had the letters she sent, but she said she had no record of ever sending a warning to that house. Any evidence there was had been wiped from the Ministry. This was during the end of the war, and it was such a minor thing, it was shrugged off. It was only after some more investigation that it came up again." He sat his chair up, grabbed a scone and shrugged.

"What took so long? I mean, there have to be dozens of similar reports. It's been years."

"The ones they found, the wand was broken and the people vanished either into the non-magical world or dead. This report was buried as solved. They only just talked to the guy a few days ago. Luckily he had kept the letters and gave up his memory."

"Oh, well, I was thinking I might just turn her over to the DMLE," Hydrus said, and measured their reaction.

"You mean she is still alive?" Remus exclaimed, shocked, much to the disappointment of the time traveler, who took a quick look at Sirius and found a passive look on the dogman's face.

"Yes," he hissed, showing how upset he was just by the tone in his voice.

"That is not what I meant. I meant that after all this time of hiding her she has not succumbed to whatever you did, like the Death Eaters," the werewolf back-pedaled, and held up his hands in supplication. "You have not really said anything about her in all this time, so I had wondered if you were just trying to protect us."

"Oh, yeah, well, I can see where you'd get that," the mollified man said, rubbing the back of his head. "Come to think of it, I haven't checked on her since. So it's possible you're right. Let's put on some cloaks like the Death Eaters and you guys get your wands out."

Everyone did as suggested and he then called the chamber pot and put it on a chair in the middle of the room. Using the Elder Wand he canceled the transfiguration. She was still stunned, so they roped her to the chair and cast the Rennervate. The men stood behind her so she couldn't see them, yet.

The toad-like woman blinked as she woke. She looked around the decidedly Muggle home and sneered. "Who dares hold me hostage? Don't you know who I am? I work for a very important department in the Ministry. You won't get away with kidnapping me," she said in her girly voice, trying to come off as intimidating and failing.

"You don't need to know that, Dolores, just answer a simple question. Are you a supporter of the Dark Lord?" Hydrus asked, using a charmed voice.

"The Dark Lord is dead," she snapped, struggling in her bonds.

"That was not my question," he intoned back, and hit her with a stinging hex. He then motioned for them to move to where she could see them, hoping she would tell the truth about her ideals if she saw they were of like mind.

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