27Hello Hello. Presenting the third chapter!
They had found another one of those people.. The 4th Magical human ever caught in the history of the organisation. The first three humans had suffered quite an ordeal. The first one to be caught was a man, having killed 2 people with the swish of a stick. He deserved this Fate. To be punished. They had the cause justified. It was the late 1800s. The man had suffered. He had grown weak steadily and he became useless after several rounds of experiments. He spent his last days in a Faraday's cage. The second and the third were caught together. Although they had done no wrong , their imprisonment went unquestioned. One day they had escaped., The scientists still grudgingly admitted their failure. But one of them had left an eyeball behind. Yes a bloody eyeball.
Of the 4 caught, the latest was a child of barely 7 years of age. She was asleep and had electrodes attached to her temples. Her tattered clothes gave away her poor living conditions. An unknown man had left her at their mercy, this very morning and had gone out of the facility, with a pocket full of cash. The screaming sobbing child was sedated and now she slept.
For this fabled branch of the famous space research organisation, this catch was extremely crucial. It was a question of grants. And a chance at universal fame. Eric could not wait. He would have it all. He ignored the twinge of guilt. She would survive. He hoped. Or he would have to answer some uncomfortable questions later. The buzzword was "empathy" these days. He scoffed. He would dream of eternal glory that night , and he hummed a tune.
His young assistant watched from the shadows. Hatred swimming in her eyes.
"Professor , we need to talk." "I saw a video.." he was about to explain what a video was , when Dumbledore held up his hand. "Yes I am quite aware Harry. Muggles and their fascinating inventions!".. Sheepish. Harry continued." There was a video put on the Internet. They have caught a man disappearing on tape. The muggle world is becoming highly suspicious as the video was checked and was proved to be real. They are suspecting all probable things even a technology called teleportation!"
"Harry, are you aware, in Britain , the muggle Prime Minister and the Queen know of Magic?" "What?!" Harry was shocked! "Yes ! , theoretically , ministry of Magic is just another part of the muggle government. But as time wore on , this was forgotten and faded away. We formed our own government, made our own rules and became a separate entity." "Sometimes I feel , the statute of Secrecy is causing more harm than good.!" Harry looked at him and tried to think of a reason and failed. "Secrecy leads to doubts.. and have you noticed Harry , humans have an irrational fear of the unknown and will do anything to remedy it., even though it will destroy them and others" In any case , I will speak to the Prime minister himself and Rufus and try to remedy this, Our world does not need more surprises " He sighed. " Over the next couple of days I will be travelling Harry. Perhaps it is time to visit my old friend.." He said quite mysteriously. As Dumbledore was about to Apparate, Harry asked in a desperate voice "Do you think the Muggles know about us? " "Of course Harry, they have always known. " with that comment , Dumbledore disappeared leaving Harry with more questions than answers.
"Fascinating! So you mean to say Muggles can achieve Apparating in few years?! Wow I sound like Dad. " Ron was surprised. He viewed muggles in an indifferent light, as one would, a faraway cloud "Are they really that powerful Mione..The muggles? " Ron asked , with a tinge of fear. Hermione was grim. She was laying on Ginny's bed staring at the ceiling. "Yes. Unfortunately. And this is only the known technology. They say, 60 % of the technology is never even shown to the public! ". "What we need is more advancement and research in Magic. Only then we can hope to equate our stand ". The bright spot is this year it is going to be lot more easier to research in the Hogwarts Library..No permission issues..Unlimited time in the restricted section! Ah.. Can't wait to go to Hogwarts!" Hermione said dreamily. Ron sniggered. "Malfoy won't know what hit him..Finally we have a teacher who will be on our side and won't hesitate to break a few rules!" "Wonder how Sirius will fare as a teacher!"
A/N : As you can see I have changed quite a few things. The death of Sirius Black did not sit well with me. Hence I have rectified that! Muahaha
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