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Breaking Point NPC Journal (breaking_npcs) wrote in breaking_point,
@ 2010-03-11 19:49:00

Entry tags:

*complete, 2025 03, character: audrey odgen, character: draco malfoy, character: dylan vaisey, character: ginny potter, dead character: cormac mclaggen, dead character: harry potter, dead character: narcissa malfoy, dead character: ronan derrick, npc: auror

RP: Aftermath of the attacks
Who: Auror Bentley (NPC), Harry, Narcissa, Percy and Audrey, Aurors/Hit Wizards/Unspeakable (add your tags)
Where: Ministry of magic (mostly)
When: March 10/11
Rating/Warnings:
Summary: The aftermaths of the attacks

He wasn't sure why he was left alive, but as soon as they've left, he scrambled for his watch and called the office for a report. Attack at the house of the Chief of the Wizengamot. Eight masked Death Eaters. Rabastan Lestrange. (hesitation) Lily Potter. All dead. Office searched and emptied."

He slumped back onto the floor, a headache from the hexes they'd used on him quickly forming. He needed a minute before he could get back on his feet again. Then he needed to get to work, talk to the ones sent here, go to the Ministry for questioning. It was going to be a long night and day.

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bp_harry
2010-03-12 08:09 pm UTC (link)

Harry felt almost nauseous telling Ginny like this, but after telling her about her relationship with the Lestranges...well at least he had some practise.

"We can't rule out Polyjuice," he said. "But given the rest we know. The relationship with Rabastan and Bellatrix. The fact that she's been practising the Unforgivables. It fits. I wish to god it didn't but it does. And we know she's not under the Imperius. Selwynn's testimony said as much. Even the spell... we know it was removed."

He sighed, because he wish he was wrong. He wished it with every fibre of his body. "They left one of the Aurors alive. She-" His breath hitched. "She tortured him. He saw her kill the other Auror, he said it seemed as if she killed the Ogdens, but even if she didn't- She killed at least one person for certain."

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bp_ginny
2010-03-12 09:15 pm UTC (link)

"It... It can't be. She can't possibly cast those spells and actually kill people. It's... Not right," she blustered, trying to get her head around the fact that her daughter was soon becoming anything but a nice young girl.

How had this happened?

"Did nobody manage to immobilise her or track where she went?" she asked quietly, knowing that the answer would not be what she wanted to hear. "Are we no closer to getting our daughter back?"

"Why didn't the Auror stop her or stop whoever was with her? How could he stand back and let her... Fuck!" Ginny swore, something she seldom did. "How could they not capture her? She's so much younger than they are."

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bp_harry
2010-03-12 09:32 pm UTC (link)

Harry let her get it all out there, all the feelings that were raging inside himself but that he felt too numb to let out. Wrapping his arms around her he pulled her closer, held onto her tightly while taking a deep breath.

"She wasn't alone. Rabastan was with her, and they in turn had about eight or so Death Eaters. From what we know, Rabastan petrified the Aurors first, and what happened then is a bit fuzzy, but we know the door was shattered and the Ogdens killed when they were trying to escape. They'd been woken up, no one was prepared, the house was warded, the Floo was cut off."

"They weren't supposed to get in."

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bp_ginny
2010-03-12 10:13 pm UTC (link)

She buried her head in the crook of Harry's neck, wrapping her arms around him as she tried to digest what he was saying. It was impossible. They had it wrong, they had to have it wrong.

"So it was a prepared attack? The Ministry had no clue at all that it would happen?" she asked, confused. "After the Minister surely he's the next in line for an attack? Why do we not have a spy - We need one!"

Ginny growled, frustrated. "We should know by now that they can get in anywhere. They had Lily in their grasp in Hogwarts. It's supposed to be safe."

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bp_harry
2010-03-13 09:28 pm UTC (link)

Harry nodded, still holding her close, drawing his strength from the fact that she needed him to be strong. He couldn't fall apart, he'd done it once, alone out here while Ginny was sleeping, but he could not afford to do it again when his family looked to him for support.

"It's not so easy," Harry said softly. "He won't just trust someone. There are attempts, but-" He shook his head. "I know we need one."

He didn't answer the last, because he knew it was true, instead he just held her tightly, not letting go. There was nothing that could be said that would make it better, or change things, and all they could do was hope that they would be able to save their little girl.

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bp_ginny
2010-03-13 10:21 pm UTC (link)

"We still need to try and do something more, Harry. We can't live like this - Who is going to die next?" she asked, scared of the answer. Her daughter had become a murderess, her father was dead. All in a few short months.

She sighed into his shoulder and reluctantly pulled back, trying to compose herself and think about the things she could fix. Like Harry looking exhausted. "Do you want or need anything, love?"

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bp_harry
2010-03-13 11:05 pm UTC (link)

"I'm going to ask Dumbledore what the Order can do to get her out," he said. "If we get her back then we have a start." He paused. "Of course- If and when we get her back, there is no way to guarantee that we can keep her from Azkaban."

"I'll ask Dumbledore, see if there is even a small window, something- But first we need to focus on getting her out."

"We also need to tell people. The entire Auror division knows. The entire hit-wizard division knows. It's a matter of days, at best, before it hits the press. It's inevitable. Our friends and family should hear it from us. It's the only way. I'll tell Remus and Neville individually, and Al. And then we need to gather the family and tell them as one."

He swallowed. "And we can only hope and pray that Audrey understands." He shook his head. "To hide and not come out until this is over?" he suggested with a half snort. "We both know that I neither can nor will. I need some sleep, and I need to tell our family and get our daughter back. Right this moment I can't think any further than that."

"We'll tell the family tomorrow? The floo is safe again, we can meet at Godric's Hollow. It's large enough."

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bp_ginny
2010-03-14 09:09 pm UTC (link)

"There's not. There's also no guarantee if she'll be safe enough to be kept out of Azkaban," she said quietly, even though it felt as if something inside of her shattered as she said the words she'd been dreading. "Darling... She really might not be able to return to society. Who knows what damage this has done to her?"

"Let's tell them tomorrow then," she said, reaching for his hand and squeezing it softly. "As for Audrey... I can't hope that she'll forget or maybe even forgive but if there can be some sort of peace without retribution... It's a remote shot, I know, but let's aim for that. Lily might know what she's doing but she's hardly thinking like she usually would. She's not a murderess."

She nodded and leaned in to brush her lips against Harry's. "That sounds good. Let's go to bed. You look dead on your feet, love."

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bp_harry
2010-03-14 09:20 pm UTC (link)

Harry nodded. "I know," he said. "Either way we'll have to get her out. Only then will we know how much is her and how much is the spell - and if there is anything to be done."

He nodded as Ginny went on, squeezing her hand. "We'll give her some time to mourn, offer our support and condolences, and when the time is right we see what we can agree on." He kissed Ginny's head. "Of course she's not. Not our Lily, not our little girl. This, whomever they've turned her into, isn't her. We have to find a way to help her get back to herself."

Pulling her into a hug once more, he nodded, not arguing to his suggestion. He still needed to tell Al but that was for tomorrow, as was everyone else. Now he just wanted to lie close to his wife, feel her body next to his and take comfort in the warmth she spread. Perhaps, with a bit of luck, they'd even manage falling asleep.

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