Sweet whispers , dark plans

[Juniper Primrose]

Juniper was finally taking a well needed break from her extended hours at the ministry. She had been doing a lot of work at home, and had a private entrance to her home from the ministry for security. That way no one knew that her lab was actually at home. So each day she entered the ministry for only a few hours. Doing work she couldn’t do at her home lab, and then through the extensive tunneling maze that Adam had somehow created to pinch her back home. It was a new form of travel that very few knew anything about. It was a very closely kept ministry secret, safety reasons of course.

Today however the extra pale woman had faded hair colors, and it was now just a blonde with a hint of other colors in it, working so hard she just din ot have the time to thin about her appearance these days.

Oh how she missed the simplicities of the stars…

That would be why she traveled so late at night, she needed the night sky again. Once the astronomy professor, Juniper took a lot of different steps to find herself working hard core for the ministry on a problem she was not sure she could solve.

But she was getting all too close. And someone knew. Someone was waiting for her.

Worn out from the stress of the work she was not as observant as she should have been when two or maybe three men came from behind her and threw a hood over her head and grabbed. She screamed, yes no one is above screaming. Arms holding on to her she was unable to get her wand. She could not see anything, and she was flaring her legs in the air, at this point you don’t think about the skirt you where wearing, this is your life no need to be modest.

“Come on blondie.” A male voice that seemed all too dark, in fact that he was trying to be more scary, trust me it was plenty scary. Then one of them must have kicked her, or something because the pain in her stomach was like a grenade. She did not stop fighting off her attackers.

They where talking over her screaming, frustrated with her annoying shrills. And noting how simple it was that she came out at night. Juniper felt stupid at that point. But one thing she knew was she had to do plenty. She transformed into her cat form and slinked out of his hands. “Damn! The bitch is an anamagus.” He yelled as she scratched the bag she had been in, and the man.

“Don’t let her get away!” the other shouted, he sounded younger, but Juniper was not looking back at this point. She scooted behind a building and transformed back to human form, not by choice either. These guys were smart, and fast as one of them pulled her arm so hard that it could have came right out of its socket. She turned and before she could face her attacker he punched her in the face, pain swelled so bad, she was blinded for a moment as he pulled her out into the street, “Got her, now lets go.” He said.

Juniper was so scared as she felt the hook feeling of apparition taking her to god knows where, and why. At least she was alive right?

…

Unbeknownst to Juniper the three men had something more planned. They had already killed a witch and used polyjuice to make her look like Juniper. That way no one would be looking for the meddling little scientist… Her body was left in the streets, and the police where called in, but with the story they spun the ministry was sure to be there first.

a woman she was screaming, some freaks with sticks attacked her, hurry please she is hurt.” a woman’s voice phoned in the incident.

^{anyone can post whatever, basically Juniper has been kidnapped, but it was made to look like a murder so no one will look for her, thinking she is dead}

[Nevaeh Binks]

Nevaeh was the first from the ministry to arrive, to Juniper or well what was to be her, but nevaeh didn't know anything different. She had just been in the office when the call came it well it wasn't a call really but it was. Nevaeh always working late on the death of the minister, so naturally she would hear anything that was going on late at night. Even though Nevaeh was not old enough to appirate she did anyways, because it was her job, she needed to get places quickly.

It was a good thing that she didn't appear right near where juniper was, or muggles would have seen her. She tapped her clothes so that it would appear that she was in a business suit like a detective, so she didn't look out of place. She was the first on scene, of anyone other than the woman who called it in. "M'am" she said tilting her head in her direction. "I understand you called this is" she asked moving towards the body, and pulled out a pair of plastic gloves and checked for a pulse. There was none, so she was dead.

Nevaeh didn't act too surprised, when she learned this, it was the worst case scenario she was running with. "Yes, i called it in how did you get here fast" she asked Nevaeh. Nay just smiled and said "I live near by and i have a scanner in my house" and that was the end of that, because then the police showed up. Nevaeh shook her head, muggles always getting in the way. "Excuse me, sirs but i have this under control" She said in a charming voice. "There is nothing to worry, everything is fine" she said trying to get them to leave, with out using a charm. She wasn't very good with wandless magic, she was still trying to get the nack of it, she had some of the simpler spells down.

Nevaeh send word, with a rat to Adam, that she had found Juniper dead, and that he needed to come quick, because she couldn't handle this much yet, well she didn't tell him the last part it was just juniper is dead and he needed to come quickly, and the muggles knew.

When the cops didn't do as she requested, she would just have to wait for Adam. They questioned her momentarily, she had nothing to offer other than Juniper was dead, but she wasn't to know who she was so she didn't say a name. Nevaeh looked around where Juniper's body was. Nevaeh had managed for them not to ask what department she was from. There was no plants or anything for her to ask, so she just looked around trying to figure out what happened, and waiting on Adam.

[Adam Cavan]

Adam was not far behind the report. He got Neveah’s message on his way to the scene, why did she have to be there first? When the repost came in he knew how close that was to the Ministry, and the fact that the witness was still there gave some promise. He hoped for little seeing the message that Juniper was dead. Cold. That was his first thought. Neveah was too young for this, but is anyone ever really ready?

“Neveah.” He said ignoring the policemen. Ministry robes still on he did not worry about strangeness. He would figure this out. He came up to her and put his hand on her back moving her a little away from peering eyes. “How much do you know?” he said looking at the scene and Junipers body, looked beaten, and cursed. What could they had been after, she had been giving him personal reports on a very regular baisis, it was sad to say they had not unlocked much yet.

She was so young, so much more to life. His thoughts intrupted but the policeman trying to be in charge.

“No. Excuse me. Do you have authorization to be here? NO!” Adam spoke to him after they had demanded an ID. Adam was standing his ground, and using a touch of magic. “My team will be arriving shortly, Thank you for your time but we now have the scene.” He said pointing for the others to go, “My men will be checking that you have not disturbed the scene.” He said as some more ministry officials came, from seemingly nowhere, they where obliviators. They extracted information and erased memories.

He took a few steps to examine Juniper’s body, it was too sudden, “what did you figure out?” he wondered assuming that she had discover something that got her killed, she was always looking too deep in the rabbit hole.

[Nevaeh Binks]

Nevaeh was slightly relieved when Adam arrived on scene, he dealt with the police, like Nevaeh would have hoped. With them gone she could try to talk to what little earth was there. "Adam" she said with a relieved look on her face. "Other then Juniper is dead, and who ever did it knew about her, it was just an act of a muggle, they knew she was a witch" Nevaeh was talking to Adam in kind of a hushed tone, because the witness was still on scene. "Now all i got from the witness was that there was anywhere between 2 to 3 guys, she couldn't be sure, and that they had sticks, and when i asked her to describe the sticks, she said that one was about 5 inches, and it had a little handle on it, and it seemed to be crooked, like a twig." Nevaeh giving him all she had gotten out of the lady. "If you want more information, you are more then welcome to ask" Nevaeh said with a slight grimness.

Nevaeh did something she didn't think she would do out here, but she did anyways. She sat down a few feet away from the body, and just looked at Juniper as if she was trying to see something that was unseen. She breathed in and out, slow deep breaths, as if she was going to meditate, which she was, but it was more or less her getting in touch with her animal, and earth side of her, but since she had only begun doing so it was going to be difficult she could get in touch with one but never both at the same time. 'Nevaeh, there isn't much vegetation, or even earth to help on this one, im afraid im sorry but there is a clue that can help' Her earth spirit told her, but Nevaeh knew that it would not tell her the clue, because of course it was going to be difficult to her.

Nevaeh stood up off the ground, and looked at Juniper, and shook her head. What in the world was Juniper doing out so late, knowing full well that there were people who wished to gain the knowledge she had. Then something clicked, She was an animagus, so if she were in real trouble the fast way to get around people would to change and run. Which knowing Juniper thats what she would have done. So she must have gotten away but they had something waiting in case she was, so they must have watched her for a few months, unless they were just really lucky, but nevaeh like her first idea.

"Adam, i think maybe she was being watched, because somethings just dont add up, like how they knew she would be here, unless they were hoping for pure luck to just stumble upon, someone, and the fact that she was an animagus, and knowing her if she was in danger she would use it." Nevaeh pointed out to Adam. Nevaeh looked at Juniper, it had been almost an hour since she had arrived, even though time seemed to be moving slow. She noticed something, but what she couldn't tell, she walked over to juniper and stared at it, it was a small scar on her right hand, "Adam what do you make of this" she said looking at him, then back to the small scar on her right hand that almost looked like the letter 'C'

[Adam Cavan]

Adam was not looking happy about things, and who would? He did not like that Neveah was there, she was still so young. Too many exceptions too many reasons. Adam missed the good old days where he knew where things where coming from, and what was going to happen. But everything changed, and he was no where near where he had set out to be.

AS the Minister he had to be someone else, and someone in charge, and very often the fight of being a person or being a boss plagued at him. “Neveah that is quite enough, you should make your way now.” He motioned to one of the men. But as Neveah was always looking for answers she had pointed something else out. Adam did not know anything about it, or what it could mean. He however did have thought that would need some looking into, and Juniper was the girl he would ask about these things.

“I’ll have one of my men bring you home.” Adam said once more, and it was odd but he wanted her to forget this evening, to find out about her death later on. And so he whispered his orders into a man’s ear prior to the man smiling at her, sincere too.

-“Ready Miss Binks?’- he said, and no one could blame the man for following orders, and Adam turned to the others mulling over the body.

“Lets mover her now, bring her to the morgue, we will know more then.” He said thinking about the scar on her hand, was it a message, or something trivial? He knew if Neveah got knowledge of his orders she might cause a scene, he wanted to clear the rest of this evening and get back to business. Something just was not fitting right. No one ever looked twice at Juniper until he had her come to the ministry.


“Document everything, and double check all the side streets, we must be thorough with this.” He said so cold and emotionless. As much as he was sad, he had his job to do, and the biggest part was covering the tracks of magic for the muggles, and then discovering who and why. Shame that was the way but it was necessary.

[Nevaeh Binks]

When Adam addressed her that she should go and leave, Nevaeh got mad, but knew better then to scream and yell like any little kid, she was trying to prove that she wasn't a little kid, and that she shouldn't be treated like one. Juniper was her friend also, she should be allowed to help in this investigation, but she wouldn't argue with the Minister. 'By doing what Adam tells you, you are helping him a great deal because by going back he won’t have to worry about you like he is about Juniper at the moment' Her spirit was right but she hated it. "I know, but it’s still not fair" she said to herself.

The man escorting her back to the ministry so she could get her things, and then he would probably escort her home, she wasn't sure, he didn't seem to notice that she was talking to herself. He seemed as if he was more than happy to follow Adams orders. Nevaeh couldn't help but wonder why he was more than willing to comply with Adams orders. She looked up at the man, who was escorting her back to her home, and he looked different in the moon light then he did in the street lamps. Nevaeh couldn’t help but look at him, but not once did he look back at her, she wondered why, most of the people would ask her all kinds of questions and wonder why she wasn’t in school like most 13, 14 year olds. She would have to go through her entire story.

She wondered what Adam had told him about her, or even what he said to him before he asked her if she was ready to go. “You know you don’t have to call me Miss. Binks, Nevaeh is just fine.” She told him as they reached her home. “Would you like something to drink or even eat” she offered him. He smiled and said “Formalities is something that I go by” he said in a perfect gentleman’s voice, “Especially in a case such as yours, you being only 13-14, I know about you Miss Binks, I know all I need to know” he smiled at her, and she got lost in his eyes for a moment then asked again “Would you like a drink or something to eat, I can whip up something, if you like” she said to him.

“No thank you Miss Binks, I must be getting back” he said to her. Nevaeh smiled and entered her home, and locked the door behind her. She would not be kicked out of this investigation, she would go to Junipers tomorrow and look around the outside of her home, and see if there is anything out of place there so support her theory of being followed, or see if it was just a random act.

After Nevaeh had went inside the guy who had escorted her home had knocked on her door, and said "You know i changed my mind i would like a cup of tea" he said with a smile, and Nevaeh welcomed him into her home. She got the tea on and pulled out everything, sugar and cream, and she excused herself to the rest room, which left him time to place a sleeping potion in her tea, and slipped in another potion which would erase her memory of the last 24 hours, he didn't want to obliterate her mind, then he would have to spend time catching her up to speed, it would just be easier to do it the way he was, the potions were orderless and tasteless that took a lot of magic, but he wasn't complaining, he held those items for time when they were needed, and now was one of those times.

Nevaeh returned back to where they were having tea, she smiled at the man 'Dont drink your tea, he did something to it' Nevaeh didn't answer it back like she normally did, she just smile and pretended to drink. "Would you be so kind to leave now i must get to bed i have work to do in the morning." She said in a sweet voice, as he got up and left. She was still holding onto her cup, she was going to try to figure out what he put in there so that she could act the part tomorrow.

it took her a few hours but she figure out what was in there a sleeping potion and a potion that is very rare one it erases the last 24 house of a persons life. She was to forget everything that happened to Juniper, and she suspected Adam was behind the hole idea to make her forget. She would play along, and she would also figure it out too.

[Adam Cavan]

Adam had managed to clear up the crime scene and erase memorys that needed to be erased, he also had a full on force to investigate anything out of the ordinary for the next few weeks, just in case something fell in the cracks. He was worried about th ings, and it was hard to imagine all this was happening, the minister’s death was so sudden and profile, now this quick and bold act was strange and the only connection was Juniper’s work.

The man he had sent to Neveahs returned with confidence. “She’s alright then.” He nodded, Adam seemed pleased, he needed her to have a clear mind, seeing Juniper dead like that would change her, in a way he wanted to keep the child in her just a little longer. It was hard to do with her working at the ministry, but he rather her there then off somewhere on her own without any guidance.

“Everything is clear now, you take the first patrol. Something just doesn’t fit right.” Adam said looking around like he could sense something was missing. It was so difficult since he became Ministry that he had been neglecting his true calling… guiding elementalists. How things changed.