New-Machinations (IV) [Chapter 249]

“Merlin’s pants!!” Tonks exclaimed in distress as she rushed in front of Harry to check on her former boss. It was quite obvious that she was worried about the woman, so Harry didn’t try to stop her. Tonks rolled over Amelia before placing two of her fingers on her neck to check the woman’s pulse, but she paled and turned to look at Harry.

“Harry, I can’t feel a pulse” Tonks blurted out looking completely aghast, making Harry frown. He was certain that Amelia was alive, so he kneeled down beside Tonks and grabbed Amelia’s arm to check her pulse. Tonks was right, Amelia didn’t have a pulse and she wasn’t even breathing. Harry decided to inspect her body through the Sigil and realized that yes, she was still alive.

“She had been placed under some kind of stasis” Harry revealed as he slowly stood up.

“You mean the Draught of Living Death kind of stasis?” Tonks asked, looking slightly more hopeful than before.

“Yes, that kind, but I don’t think they used the Draught of Living Death. The Potion takes some time to kick in and Amelia would have noticed that” Harry pointed out as he started to rub his chin thoughtfully. He knew there were Spells to put someone in a stasis, but none of them were common. He was aware that Gellert knew all of them while Albus and Voldemort probably knew all of them too, but he didn’t think that any of them were responsible for attacking Amelia in her office.

Rockwood probably knew the Spells, but Harry seriously doubted that he was in any condition to attack anyone and Amelia wasn’t an average Witch when it came to combat…

“Let’s make her comfortable before waking her up” Harry said and gestured Tonks to move aside. She gave her former boss a wary look before moving aside and Harry used Magic to Levitate her off the ground. “Gellert, why don’t you join us? It might turn out to be interesting” Harry suggested, only to get a nod from him in return. They took Amelia to the nearest room and after laying her down on the couch, Harry decided to wake her up.

It took Harry three attempts before he finally applied the appropriate Counter-Curse. Amelia jerked up and started to look around in distress and when she finally realized where she was, she started to calm down… Anyone waking up to Gellert Grindelwald standing in front of them would be scared out of their minds, Amelia knew that she was in good hands. At least, she knew that she didn’t choose the wrong side.

“Fuckkk…” Amelia trailed off with a look of relief on her face before she slumped back on the couch. Harry Conjured a few chairs for everyone and sat down.

“Do you want something to drink?” Harry asked sincerely.

“Some water please” Amelia answered and after giving her a nod, Harry summoned the jug of water from the nearby table and poured some water for her after Conjuring a glass. The woman accepted the offered glass while giving him a look of gratitude and then she chugged it down in one go. Harry poured her another glass of water, but this time, she only took a small sip from the glass before putting it away.

“So, what happened?” Harry asked as he leaned forward on the table.

Amelia took a deep breath and started to restate the whole incident to Harry and the rest of the group… “Can you give me the memory?” Harry asked as he didn’t recognize any of the names she mentioned. Maybe, he would have better luck finding them if he knew how they looked. Amelia simply nodded her head and agreed to hand over the memory to him since they were clearly out of her league.

It was kind of vexing, but she decided that she was going to let the Titans dish it out while she stood at the sidelines…

“Thank you” Harry thanked her as she handed over the memory strand to him. Harry summoned Norton and asked him to bring a memory vial. The said house elf popped away and returned after a couple of seconds along with an empty memory vial. Without wasting any time, Harry dropped the memory strand inside the vial and handed it over to Norton for safekeeping.

“Amelia, why don’t you Floo your Secretary and call it a day?” Harry suggested and after some pondering, Amelia agreed to call it a day. Then he turned toward Tonks. “If you want, you can stay with her and give her some company” Harry offered since Tonks was still kind of worried for her former boss.

“I am not dying, you know. There is no need for you to stay” Amelia pointed out in a bland tone while looking between Tonks and Harry. “By the way, Croaker wanted to know if you have some time to visit the Department to grab the Prophecy…” Amelia revealed, making Harry wince internally. He had plans to visit the Department the day after Christmas, but something came up and he was forced to postpone the trip.

“I will visit him today” Harry answered after thinking for a bit. Yes, there were some unknown enemies out there who were out to get him, but aside from that, his schedule was mostly free.

“Alright, and there is something else I want to talk about” Amelia said and Harry simply urged her to continue. “My friend, Connie Hammer also wants to join the Lost Garden” Amelia revealed, surprising Tonks since she didn’t expect Connie to jump the wagon too, but maybe she shouldn’t be surprised since Connie and Amelia were thick as thieves even though Connie was at least two decades younger than Amelia.

“Alright. I will send her an invite” After saying that, Harry decided to bid Amelia farewell so that she could finally take some rest.

“Gellert, leave the Guild for the time being. There are other important things to be worried about” Harry said after leaving the room. He wasn’t worried about the Guild since they needed to find Mercenaries or Bounty Hunters who were foolish enough to accept the mission. “I clearly have enemies out there, but I don’t know anything about them. This ends now” Harry finished with a growl.

“Send out your men, I want to know everything happening in Britain right now” Harry ordered firmly. There might be more enemies after him other than these three…