The Auror pointed at the door. "I believe Mr Potter is in there."
"Sirius, it that you?" Harry yelled out.
"Are you okay, Pronglet?" Sirius demanded. "Where's Moony?"
The door opened to reveal a well-built teenaged boy with the famous Potter hair and dazzling green eyes. Kingsley hadn't attended Hogwarts so he never knew the Marauders in school. He had arrived in England not long after the You-Know-Who's fall and had seen many pictures of the Boy-Who-Lived's parents.
"Moony is fine," the boy assured his guardian. "He slept through the whole thing."
The Head of the Black family made a short, barking laugh. "I hope you got pictures."
"I was a bit busy for that, Padfoot."
Kingsley took the chance to interrupt. "And what did happen here, Mr Potter?"
The boy looked over to the Auror. "Three idiot Death Eaters decided to run around blowing stuff up. I couldn't move Remus so I forted up in here. I overheard them talking about looking for Sirius and me. I thought I was going to have to fight them magically no matter what the Underage Decree says. Then something got them first. I didn't see what it was. They were either dead or unconscious so I decided to sit tight and wait for Sirius to show up."
"That was probably wise, Mr Potter," Kingsley granted. He made a small motion to one of his men to check out the other room. The man returned a moment later to confirm a passed out wizard in an otherwise normal room.
"May I check your wand to verify you did not cast anything today?" Kingsley asked. Harry shared a glance with Sirius before handing over his wand. The Auror cast a spell on the wand. A stream of symbols started to emit from the tip.
"A couple advanced locking charms, a few flame retardant spells, and a Silencing Charm," he interpreted as Bender recorded the results. "Nothing else in the last twenty-four hours. Those are reasonable for the situation. Why the Silencing Charm though?"
The boy grinned. "Remus started to snore like a buzzsaw."
"And you wanted to prevent your attackers from finding you," Kingsley finished.
The grin widened. "That and it stopped me from smothering him with a pillow from all the noise." The assembled Aurors chuckled.
"Auror Hamilton informed me that the survivor had a diluted form of basilisk venom in his blood," the Senior Auror said to Harry. "Any ideas how it got there?" The boy looked surprised at that information. Kingsley wondered if that was the first open reaction he'd seen.
"Nothing that makes any sense," the boy answered. "I didn't really check the bodies but it didn't look like a snake could do that."
Kingsley grunted agreement. "Very well. We may have other questions later, Mr Potter." He turned to his squad. "Spread out and look for any witnesses or victims needing help. Stay with your partners. Stay alert." Four of the Aurors left while Hamilton walked over to the tent door to wait for his partner.
"Can I ask what happened to everyone else?" Harry asked. The Senior Auror grimaced.
"Apparently several people thought it would be funny to dress up in Death Eater garb and cause a riot. The campground owner and his family were abused and some tents were burnt down. They all Apparated away when someone cast the Dark Mark. Barty Crouch's elf was found unconscious nearby along with Draco Malfoy's wand. Young Mr Malfoy's wand was used to cast the spell."
"Did Malfoy cast the spell?" Harry asked curiously. He wouldn't put it past the pretentious git.
Kingsley frowned. "No, he was actually with his mother and Madam Fudge at the time the riot started. They took Madam Fudge's emergency Portkey to the Ministry before the spell was cast; an oath-bound alibi. Crouch gave his elf clothes for being involved somehow."
"Crouch was always one to punish before getting all the facts," Sirius sneered. Kingsley had the grace to look embarrassed.
"Yes, well, I apologize for that. Now, if you will excuse me we must continue our investigation."
The Senior Auror started to leave the tent with his partner. He had just reached the tent opening when he stopped and turned back to Harry. "Oh and by the way, Mr Potter? Just one more question."
"What?"
"Do you by any chance have six fingers on your right hand?" The black Auror threw Harry a cheeky grin of his own and walked out before Harry could respond.
Harry was stunned for a moment before throwing his arms up over his head and cheering, "Ernie and I are not alone!"
Sirius rolled his eyes at his godson's bizarre antics. While he waited for Harry to settle down a bit he cast a privacy charm to seal the tent from outside observation
"So, the in Merlin's name happened here, pup?"
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