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"We didn't wait this long on our way here." Apolline observed.

"I think we got caught up with the other wizards who are planning to spend their Christmas in the continent." Julian said.

"Papa, couldn't we expand the car? I need to stretch my legs." Fleur complained.

"I'm sorry dear, the enlargement charms will interfere with the portkey." Julian said.

Apolline looked back when she heard her youngest daughter squeal and she saw Harry's animagus form settling down on Gabrielle's lap.

"At least someone will get to sleep comfortably." Apolline smiled.

Twenty long minutes passed and they moved slowly as hundreds of cars waited for their turn to pass through the portkey control station.

Gabrielle slept peacefully, cuddling a sleeping Kit in her arms while Fleur and Tonks continued to exchange looks with one another.

"Yes?" Tonks finally asked while Fleur again gave her a look.

"I am just puzzled why you colored your hair purple." Fleur said. "It is... very unusual."

"It's my favorite color." Tonks replied. She took Kit from a sleeping Gabrielle's lap and gently placed her familiar on her lap.

"What are you doing?" Fleur asked.

"Kit... Harry always sleeps in my lap." Tonks smiled at the sleeping cat. "It relaxes him when I scratch him behind the ears and the nape. See?"

Tonks scratched the spot behind Kit's ears and the young cat purred in his sleep.

"How did you know that?" Fleur asked. Tonks hid a smile when she heard a slight pitch tone in the young witches' voice.

"Kit... I mean Harry's my familiar." Tonks bragged. When he stayed at my house in his animagus form, we formed a familiar bond with each other."

"Well, I'm Harry's betrothed." Fleur sniffed. She tried to remove Kit from the older witches' lap but Tonks stopped her.

"He's sleeping just fine. No need to disturb Kit." Tonks said firmly.

Fleur mimicked Tonk's facial expression and crossed her arms, irritated and bored at the long wait.

"I do not like you." Fleur mouthed to Tonks so that her parents could not hear her warning. "Stay away from Harry."

Tonks grinned and cupped a hand in her ear, telling the irritated Veela that she could not hear her.

"Hmphh!" Fleur turned up her chin, and immaturely stuck her tongue out to the Metamorphagus auror. Her eyes widened when she found herself staring at her own face, and it took all of her self control not to scream in surprise.The new Fleur had other ideas and decided to push the Delacour heiress' buttons.

"You wouldn't." Fleur harshly whispered. "You wouldn't dare."

The new Fleur did not heed her warning and started picking her nose, to the young witches' irritation.

"Mama!" Fleur shrieked.

"Yes dear?" Apolline looked back at the rear seat.

Fleur looked back and saw Tonks was in her original form and she dropped her shoulders in defeat.

"Nothing Mama, just a bad dream." Fleur said. She gave a nasty glare to Tonks and made a slicing gesture at her throat in warning.

"You have a sample?" Dumbledore asked.

Filius nodded and gave a phial filled with brown powder to the headmaster. "There seems to be some anti magical properties in the powder, that's why we couldn't vanish the smoke right away."

"I do not believe the twins are capable of modifying their stink bombs to that level." Albus said.

"And they're not." Filius chuckled. "The combination of the smoke catalysts and the concentrated essence of the stink bombs made it highly volatile, prone to multiplying its volume by a factor of two if we attempt to vanish them. I'm pretty sure they just stumbled across it while they prepared for their pranks."

"Good." Albus nodded in approval. "I do not like the idea that Weasley twins are somehow working in league with this dangerous individual. Whoever this intruder is, he used the prank as an opportunity to break into my office, which is a feat that even the most powerful wizards will find quite difficult."

"So it's not Lucius then?" Filius asked.

"We are not sure yet. Apparently the Malfoy Lord was in the three broomsticks while the prank occurred." Albus said. "We cannot really remove him from the list of possible suspects. He might have brought in an expert thief hidden in an invisibility cloak."

"You are still annoyed, I can tell." Filius said. "It's not just the lemon drops, is it old friend?"

"That does irritate me Filius. Everyone knows that it is my trademark sweet. No, what concerns me more is that someone has the capability to break into my office even though it is the most secure room in Hogwarts, short of a Fidelius Charm cast on it." Albus said. "Thankfully, nothing is stolen aside from my sweets and the bowl. Imagine if the intruder had more time, he would have been able to take the mirror of Erised or some of the rare magical artifacts."

"He probably didn't expect you to come into your office so quickly." Filius suggested. "Why did he only steal the bowl though?"

"I think the intruder was there to make a statement, or to spite me." Albus said. "And by stealing my bowl of sweets, it only points to Lucius Malfoy, who shares the same fondness for the candy as I am."

"Then it's just a series of unfortunate events then?" Filius asked. "First, the mutated stink bomb, and then Lucius apparently hires an expert thief to break in to your office and only manages to steal your bowl full of candy."

"It's not just a bowl full of candy..."

"Fine, your bowl of lemon drops." Filius rolled his eyes. "What is our next move?"

"I plan to increase the security of Hogwarts." Albus said. "That is why I called you here, to talk to your relatives on your father's side."

"You have got to be kidding..." Filius said.

"I am not old friend. Until the issue is resolved, as Headmaster I will hire the goblins of Gringotts to increase the protection of the school."

"Albus, the Goblins, they're not as tolerant as the aurors!" Filius said.

"That is why I need you to talk to them." Albus smiled. "Will you do it?"

"Of course." Filius nodded.

"Thank you Filius." Albus said. "Lemon drop?"

"Where did you get that?" Filius asked. He opened the wrapper and began to suck on the sour tasting candy.

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