"The Goblins. They have magic that cancels polyjuice potion and wipes out Imperius control. It's part of their theft prevention system at Gringotts. They call it Thief's Downfall," Hermione explained. "Something like that would be perfect here."
"And you know this how?"
"We...uh had to break in there," Harry explained. "The goblin who was helping us told us about it."
"You broke into Gringotts?"
"Yeah, one of those things is in there; in Bellatrix's vault. But it didn't go as we wanted and had to end up busting out of there."
"You should make the Goblins stop abusing their Dragons," Luna said. "The Dragon they rode out was nearly blind."
"You rode a Dragon out of Gringotts?" Amelia asked in disbelief.
"We didn't have much choice," Hermione grumbled. "Just figure out a way to let Dumbledore into Bellatrix's vault soon."
"I'll try but Goblins are not generally helpful," Amelia replied as she still tried to visualize the dragon. "Are there any other ideas you have?"
"Wait..." Harry said. "In the future the Ministry had a taboo on the use of his name. 'Voldemort' I mean. Since only those who opposed him would use his name, anytime anyone used it, a team of bad wizards, called snatchers, showed up. Can you do that?"
"It can be done, but didn't you tell me I should use his name?"
"No, I mean yes," Harry replied. "Can you make any word Taboo? Such as Imperio?"
Amelia smiled as she realized what he was suggesting. "That is an excellent idea Mr. Potter."
"How about all of the Unforgivables?" Neville suggested.
Madam Bones didn't have a chance to answer because there was a knock on the door. After a glance around she called "Yes?"
Tonks stuck her head in. "Ma'am, I'm very sorry but Mafal..." She didn't get to finish as a tiny witch with flyaway grey hair and glasses appeared and ducked under Tonks' arm. When Tonks pulled out her wand Amelia waved her off.
"Madam Bones, I really must speak to you about Potter," The little witch said emphatically. "It's only been a day since he is out of Hogwarts and he's already doing improper magic again. I sent out owls but..." Her voice trailed off as Harry stood up from his chair and faced her.
"Hello Mafalda," Amelia said to the lady. "You know Harry Potter don't you? Harry this is Mafalda Hopkirk from the Improper Use of Magic Office."
Harry nodded at the lady. He'd already recognized her since the previous year they had stunned her before Hermione had taken her place to sneak into the Ministry. "I've received a couple of correspondences from her," He said, then to Hermione. "And watched you be her."
"Mafalda, I have already investigated the incident; it was a case of self-defense this morning in a Death Eater attack. Please recall your owls."
"Uh...yes ma'am," Hopkirk replied acting like she didn't want to recall her owls.
"In fact consider Mr. Potter and Miss Granger as authorized but restricted when it comes to magical usage."
"But..." She started to protest, but then stopped. "Yes ma'am."
"That's all Miss Hopkirk," Amelia said curtly.
The small older woman left quickly.
"She does her job well but she can be a bit overzealous," Madam Bones said then explained her orders. "It's obvious from what you've shown me that you're both are old enough to do magic. Unfortunately I have no reason to remove your trace and even if I did, it would just call unwanted attention to you. Restricted use means you are allowed to do magic but a list of the spells you do will be compiled. No one really examines those records though unless an incident occurs."
"Thank you," Hermione replied. "We'll not abuse your trust."
"I hope not," Amelia Bones replied. "Understand though that you can't be vigilantes. The thing last week, well I understand why you did it especially since it showed He-Who..." She caught herself and then continued, "I mean Vol..." She paused and swallowed before trying again, "Voldemort was alive. We have confessions from the captured Death Eaters that they would have killed everyone but you Mr. Potter. The thing this morning, was it planned?"
"No ma'am," Hermione exclaimed. "But we did know there was a threat as soon as we heard Mr. Weasley mention Yaxley's name. We were surprised that no one knew he was a Death Eater."
"Harry then told me," Sirius interjected. "I jumped Yaxley at the same time the other Death Eaters showed up."
"You were in your Animagus form?" Bones asked. That fact had come up in the original questioning.
"Yes."
"We combined to take out the one Death Eater and Hermione hit the fat one with a cutting hex while I made sure Sirius was okay. When I turned back he was about to kill Hermione. I just reacted. I truly wasn't trying to kill him though I'm not sorry I did."
"As I told Shack, I'm not going to fault defending yourself or your wife. It just appears Mr. Goyle made..."
"Goyle?" Harry asked. "Greg Goyle's father? That's who the Death Eater was?"
"Yes, his name is Gregory Goyle Senior. Why?"
"We know his son, not friendly though. He's always been a goon for Draco Malfoy," Harry replied.
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