Escalation of War
November 24 –The sun was beginning to set when Minister Fudge, Amelia Bones, and Rufus Scrimgeour stepped out of the fireplace at 10 Downing Street. "Good Evening Minister Fudge." Began PM Major. "What is good about it!" replied Fudge. "I have 30 dead upstanding magical citizens, killed by your pol…pol...whatever force! We will not have this! Do you understand Prime Minister! Absolutely NOT!" PM Major stood there, looking at Fudge in shock. He was not the only one. Nearly everybody in the room was frozen. The Commander and General Black, however, had twisted slightly so their holsters were away from the magicals, then pulled their SIG Sauer pistols: the Commander aiming directly at Fudge's head, while General Black maneuvering and covering Amelia Bones and Rufus Scrimgeour.
"Please remove your wands immediately, with your off hand, using only your thumb and forefinger, and place them on the table!" the Commander said forcefully. When the magicals hesitated, he took one step forward, putting his pistol in front of Fudge's eyes, finger on the trigger, and repeated himself, dangerously low-toned and quietly. The seriousness of the situation could not be misinterpreted. Fudge gulped, began sweating, and slowly removed his wand as instructed. The others followed suite.
PM Major asked Fudge, "Perhaps we could start with what you were told about what happened at Goathland late last night, and what your understanding is about it?" Fudge sputtered a bit, while the Commander and General Black stood back (after taking the wands off the table and placing them in their side pocket), and holstering their weapons. Amelia Bones responded, "At approximately 11:10pm last night we registered several Fiendfyre spells being cast in Goathland. The Commander on Watch notified Rufus and me, and then gathered a team of Aurors to respond. The Aurors arrived at approximately 11:45pm and were nearly shot by your team, whereupon they apparated back to base. Rufus and I returned 10 minutes later, at approximately 12:00 midnight with the Aurors to a different location and walked in, notifying your personnel of our presence. Your General Black gave us a "tour" of what they called the targets, and showed us a row of 30 bodies. We identified all the bodies as magical citizens."
"I see", replied PM Major. "Do you have anything to add, General Black?" "Prime Minister", General Black began, "Given the uptick in domestic terrorist attacks around the country, and at your directions Sir, we instigated wide-ranging training of our anti-terror squads. We had coordinated training out that night, with units in Goathland, Exeter, London, among other places. At 23:00, the team in Goathland identified a group of 30 people appear out of thin air at the train station. They were all dressed in black robes, wearing bone-white masks, and armed with wands in their hand. They then separated into five groups of six people each, advancing on four different targets – one of the groups stayed at the train station. At approximately 23:10, they appeared to initiate a coordinated strike at each of their targets: the Goathland Hut, the Goathland Village Hall, the Fairhaven Country Guest House, the Goathland Hotel, and the train station. We know they initiated a strike because their wands began to glow, and in some cases flames shot out of their wands. At this point we determined that an attack was immanent or in progress and the order was given to take them down."
"At the Goathland Hotel, a spout of flame from the wand of one of the people in black actually ignited the roof at the Hotel before that person was taken out. We provided assistance to evacuate the Hotel, successfully, before it burnt to the ground. We gathered up all the bodies, photographed them, and found that each of them had a strange tattoo on their left forearm in the shape of a black skull with a snake coming out of its mouth. It is our understanding this mark is called the Dark Mark by the magicals, according the Ms. Bones there. We further understand it is the insignia of the group known as Death Eaters."
"Tha….Tha…That's a lie! There are no more Death Eaters! They were either killed or imprisoned over 14 years ago! This must be some kind of prank!" Fudge responded, his face turning purple with rage. "We do not do pranks Minister Fudge" replied PM Major seriously. "Commander, would you please play our surveillance of the event, now?" he ordered.
They all watched as the event played out as General Black had described. At the end of the video, the faces of dead were displayed, along with their masks and Dark Marks. Those faces included the likes of Rudolfus Lestrange, Lars Goyle, Vincent Crabbe Sr., Alecto Carrow, and of course, Madam Umbridge.
As the last of the images of the video played out, Fudge was in shock. So many "good citizens" killed. So many of them "unmasked" as Death Eaters. Many of them contributors to his "fund". "Well, Minister Fudge, what do you have to say?" "I…..I…..I will have to discuss this with my advisers and get back with you." He replied. "Minister Fudge. Understand this – we are now on high alert. That is two attacks by magical citizens on non-magicals. You have been warned twice now. We have enough personnel and assets to provide full coverage for all our towns. As we did last night, ANY terror attacks WILL BE DEALT WITH, with extreme prejudice. Please advise your 'good citizens' their free ride is up. Any more attacks and we WILL escalate."
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