He then took the small medallion with his off hand and dropped it into his pocket.
"The activation requires you to tap the medallion with your wand, pushing a little of your magic into it and calling, 'Activate'," she explained. "It will take you to the DMLE portkey point." "Will I be locked in place, or similar, if I arrive there that way?" he asked.
She frowned a little and said, "No. The medallion is an 'auror' portkey. As such and though you will arrive there, you will not be hindered in any way. You have my word."
"As a daughter of the House of Bones?" he firmly asked.
"Yes; as a daughter of the House of Bones," she just as firmly returned.
He gave a nod and said, "Very well. Thank you."
"Thank you for coming to see me, Lord Peverell," she said.
"And thank you for hosting me, Minister Bones," he returned.
As he headed for the fireplace, one of the aurors piped up. "I need you down in the DMLE office, Mister Peverell," said the elder witch Auror. She'd remained quiet the whole time he was there until now. "I need a statement from you regarding the two attacks upon you by Albus Dumbledore."
Turning to look at her, he smiled and said, "Liar. Firstly, you do not need me down in the DMLE office; you want me down in the DMLE offices. Secondly, you address me as Lord Peverell, not Mister Peverell.
"You, whoever you are since you didn't identify yourself, are quite rude. As such, do not lead yourself to believe it's done you any favours."
"I'm Director Hammer," she frowned. "Head of the DMLE."
"Bully for you," he returned. "Doesn't make you any less rude, though." That frown deepened. "I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to accompany me down to the DMLE―"
"Afraid, are you?" he smirked. "Why, exactly, are you afraid to ask me that? Aren't you supposed to be the Director of the DMLE? Not a good look for the Director of the DMLE to be afraid to ask a question, is it?"
Now getting more visibly upset she snapped, "You're coming down to the DMLE with me to answer questions I have."
"Am I under arrest?" he shot back.
Clearly thrown by the request, she was a moment before she said, "No, of course not."
"Of course not?" he immediately asked. "As far as I'm aware of the law in this country, unless I'm under arrest you have no right to make such a statement to me. "So, you are quite wrong about me accompanying you down to the DMLE to answer any questions you have for me; unlessyou are attempting to circumvent my rights as both a Lord of a Noble House, let alone two, and have decided to flick a big 'fuck you' to the laws of this supposedly just society."
Then ignoring her, Harry turned his attention to Bones. "Minister; your employee, here, is acting outside her authority as Director of the DMLE... not Head... and is trying to illegally force me to go with her to the DMLE. That would be attempted kidnapping of the Lord of a Noble House.
"It is behaviour, such as this, that has me of the mindset I'm quite willing to sit back and watch you all self-implode while waiting for the ICW or the muggles to finally have enough with the whole naffing lot of you and step in. "Or... are you going to finally do your naffing job and do what is right, rather than what is easy?
"Deal with her, would you? Or prove... me... right."
With a pained expression, as Hammer began to splutter in indignation, Bones finally snapped, "Connie!"
When Hammer turned to her she continued, "Unless you have something on him to arrest him with, he's free to go. You knowthis!"
Spluttering in shock Bones had denied her, Hammer was a moment before she said, "But... Minister!... He―"
"Is free to go," Bones firmly cut in.
"Thank you, Minister Bones," said Harry. "It seems Director Hammer has forgotten she has a set of laws to obey. That is, of course, unless you've already declared you're in a state of civil war and enacted war legislation?"
She only scowled back.
"In that case, I'll be going," he said. "Maybe there's hope for the current British wizarding society, after all. Time will tell, I guess."
Reaching into her floo pot he withdrew a pinch of floo powder and turned back to Hammer. "Oh, yes. You know I am Lord Peverell. The next time you fail to address me with suitable respect for my Lordships, you'll find out exactly how it is I magically kicked Dumbledore's arse."
With only her surprised and shocked look back at him he spun back and tossed the floo powder into the grate of the fireplace. "Diagon Alley!" he called; then stepped through.
Once he was gone, Hammer whirled on Bones and was about to say something when Bones got in first. "Connie," she quietly said. "The next time you are rude to a guest of mine... especially one I'm working hard to curry favour with... you'll be fired before you can be rude to them a second time. I'll even fire you while the guest is here, just so they see me do it. Am I clear?"
As Hammer gaped back, Bones added, "He was also correct in that you had no right to demand he accompany you to the DMLE. You definitely, as he said, overstepped the bounds of your authority. Overstep the bounds of your authority again and you won't just be fired, you'll also be under arrest and on your way to one of your own holding cells. Am I clear on that point, too?"
"Y-yes, Minister," Hammer finally responded.
"Is that 'Yes, Minister' on both points, Director Hammer?"
"Yes, Minister," Hammer firmly replied. "It is often better to gain compliance through honeyed words and actions, rather than vinegared. You should have been polite and respectfully asked the man for his statement against Dumbledore; rather than trying to demand it off him, which you had no legal right to do. Do you understand?"
A bit more quietly and apparently not a little ashamed, Hammer replied, "Yes, Minister."
"Good. You may go," said Bones, chin-pointing towards the door.
Hammer was quick to leave with her own personal auror escort. She knew Bones wasn't one to rant and rave when she was upset, unlike her predecessor. Instead, she became cold and quiet. That was what she was right now.
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