Invisible String [t. s]

Chase & Catch

"He's interested in anything he can sell."

"Brilliant. We must leave now if we are to catch Dougal tonight." Everyone nodded and they stood by the edge of the building. Everyone except for Amélie. "You're not coming?"

"I'm afraid not. I've risked too much already. I can try to inform you of everything I hear at the Ministry, that's the only way I can help you."

"It's more than enough." Said Newt, that's when Tina stepped forward and gave her a card with her address on it.

"You can find us there." She told the Auror, who nodded with a smile.

"Good luck." In a second, they deapparated.

  She aparated herself on the street to start walking back towards the MACUSA building in order to get to France again. As she walked, she noticed how the Non-Magiques talked vividly between them, couples holding hands, children.

  She smiled to herself, although it was a sad smile that no one around seemed to mind. At some point, as she turned left on a corner of the street, getting closer to the building by the minute, she heard someone walking right behind her. She looked over her shoulder and saw a shadow hiding behind some trees, she frowned as she looked back to the front and saw two people walking towards her, their hats low and their leathered coats shone with the streetlight. Aurors.

  She looked down, her hat covering her face perfectly as she crossed the street and made her way down a park quickly. When she looked over her shoulder again, she saw four figures pressing the walk. She cussed under her breath as she pulled out her wand from under her sleeve and held it tightly.

  When she saw other two closing before her, she stopped on her tracks and started walking on an opposite way, faster. Why were they chasing her? Why were they after her? What was going on? Her frown got tighter as she crossed the park again.

"Rosier!" She stopped abruptly again and turned around to find the Head of the Law Enforcement.

"Graves." She said.

"Listen, Amélie, I need you to come with me. Now."

"What? Why?"

"Because...you're under arrest." Her frown intensified. "You helped them escape, Rosier. That makes you their accomplice. You're under arrest."

"I...what?" He stepped closer and she stepped back.

"Give me your wand, Rosier."

"No." He tilted his head.

"Amélie, let's not do this the hard way." She scoffed and a second later, her back hit the tree trunk behind her. She was cornered. "Listen, we have two scenarios here. One: I arrest you and you're taken to the French Ministry Prison, or, two..." He made a long pause as he stepped closer to her. "You join me." Their eyes met and her frown remained while he just looked at her. "I could use someone like you with me. Your sister is already by my side."

"What did you say?" He nodded.

"She's the most loyal of them all." She shook her head. "My most loyal accomplice."

"You lie."

"I never lie. I tend to tell the truth...differently. But it is more than real the fact that your little sœur has joined my lines, in fact, long ago." That's when she realised the man everyone has been looking for was standing right before her. He has been underneath their noses for months and no one seemed to see a thing, to notice. And what was alarming as well is that, surely, many of his acolytes were infiltrated in the Ministries. Question was...who was who, and which side were they on? "Come on, Amélie. Time to come home." He extended a hand as he stepped away from her. She meditated for a second, not tempted, but willing to see if it was true what he was saying about Vinda. But that would be betraying her ideals, everything she has been working for, and...him.