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I am sorry for the year long wait! I got busy with my Job and now my Masters. ! Hopefully I will be more regular from now on.

There was an emergency meeting called at the Grimmauld place. Sirius stood high atop the stairs, his handsome face was grim. The Weasleys along with Harry and Hermione were gathered in the dining hall. So were Kingsley, Tonks and Remus Lupin and surprisingly even Andromeda was present. They were waiting for Dumbledore to arrive. They had received the message from Dumbledore and had all rushed to the house. Sirius was glad that Snape was missing.

At last Dumbledore arrived and after the customary greetings they all sat down around the ornate teak wood table. "There is a situation. This concerns the muggles." He took out a bunch of photographs from his robes and spread the photos on the table. Most prominent were the gruesome dead bodies of ten people and some strange signs and symbols. Harry felt sick as he looked at the nearest photo. They were two charred human bodies. Faces were unrecognizable. Lupin finally asked "Bellatrix's work? Only she is brutal enough to do this..or at least I think so," and Sirius and Andromeda nodded their heads.

Dumbledore shook his head with a sigh.."These unfortunate victims are wizards. This is the work of muggles." Stunned silence followed his words.. Harry could not believe it.."Its witch burning all over again..!"Hermione sounded aghast. Sirius and Kingsley were not convinced while the Weasleys simply looked confused. Sirius said with a small laugh, "You can't be serious!..Muggles burning wizards..thats simply not possible..". Dumbledore looked at Sirius and said " Then explain how the Carrows are dead. The order did not kill them, then who else would have done it..?" Tonks interrupted and said.."That could have been anyone. How can you be sure that is the work of muggles?..I mean..come on they are muggles for merlin's sake. They cannot wield the power to kill wizards and most importantly they do not even know about the wizarding world..! er..right?" she finished rather hesitantly.

Lupin was unusually quiet but he replied.."Throughout history, there have always been speculations amongst the muggles about the wizarding world. That small seed of doubt. They call it the paranormal or the supernatural, but even muggles are somewhat attuned to magical presence. They can feel it."

Dumbledore had now stood up and was staring into the burning embers of the fireplace..He spoke "And the reason I am sure this is the work of muggles is because, firstly there was no magical signature on the bodies, secondly they have been burnt by being tied to a pole in a very significant muggle fashion..and thirdly we found the sign again. Broken wands. We believe this group of muggles is aware of the wizarding world and now they are retaliating."

Molly Weasley looked terrified as she looked over at each of her family members and at Harry and Hermione. She held Ginny's hand tightly.

Dumbledore looked back at each one of them.."But that is not the only reason why I called this meeting. I believe, there is a wizard behind this muggle group of 'vigilantes'"..Dubledore's eyes were hard.."A wizard is controlling them. A wizard who has a lust for power. A wizard who wants to be the supreme leader..A wizard who justifies his actions as being for the greater good..."

"Grindelwald".

A/N - Again pardon for any mistakes as English is not my first language. Please leave your valuable comments or suggestions.