The Collaboration
The Collaboration.
Luna sighed, leaning on the headboard of the hotel bed. Everyone was gathered in their magically enlarged shared room, which had several evidence boards floating around. She looked at the official ministry folder sitting on her lap, then turned to her girlfriend. Ginny grinned at her, then went back to looking at one of the boards, frowning and occasionally writing things down, Pansy looking over her shoulder and occasionally inputting ideas. Blaise and Ron were discussing things quietly in the corner and Draco was reading a statement by himself because Harry had once again to look at the newest crime scene. There had now been a total of 27 murders and they were stumped. They new it was death eaters, because they left the dark Mark burnt onto the skin of all their victims, but they weren't sure who the death eaters were. Many had escaped imprisonment after the war. Luna was knocked out of her thoughts by the door opening. Harry was there, and behind him was Hermione. Pansy jumped up and ran towards her girlfriend, kissing her quickly.
"Right, we have guests," Harry announced.
He left the doorway and walked towards Draco, snuggling with him on a bed. Standing in the doorway was the entirety of the BAU team. Hermione led them inside, and they stopped in awe, watching the floating boards and the floating teacup which occasionally filled their empty cups with drinks of their choice. There was a small blue fire floating in the middle of the room, illuminating the reference books with moving pictures and the chocolate frog cards that had been left in a pile. Everyone had set up their parts of the room differently. Their were moving photos, magical plants, magic sweets and wands left around. There were several floating lamps, and Ron was levitating a little as he had just consumed a Fizzing Whizbee. Luna got up and walked towards them.
"I don't believe we have met before," The slight Irish lilt in her voice was calm, "my name is Luna, Luna Lovegood. The beautiful redhead is my girlfriend Ginny, the other red head is her brother, Ron. Ron is with Blaise, his fiancée and that is Pansy, Hermione's wife. You've met Hermione, Harry and Draco."
The muggles nodded, still looking a bit bewildered.
"We decided to collaborate with you to find the killer faster," Aaron Hotchner said.
The BAU team split up to look at the various floating evidence boards. The room settled into silence. Ronald had offered Emily Prentiss a fizzing Whizbee and she was now floating with the evidence board. She looked rather excited. Spencer Reid was next to her, staring with fascination at the magical things. Derek Morgan kept poking the blue fire, which gave off heat but never actually burnt him. He looked confused. The rest of the BAU were scattered around the room talking with various people and writing things down. The two teams worked well together, and they got alot done that afternoon. The Wizards enlarged the room even more, so the BAU could stay with them. They had even brought their Technical Analyst, who had computers and screens set up all around her.
They had decided to call it a night and resume work in the morning. They had just made breakfast and had some drinks, when Emily had an idea.
"What if the murderer is just an American posing as a Death Eater?" she exclaimed.
Everyone looked up. Luna perked up from beside Ginny, who looked lovingly at her girlfriend before turning back to Emily. She thought that was a great theory, but there was only one problem.
"Only death eaters know how to conjure the Dark Mark," She said sadly.
Ginny hated to ruin other people's ideas, but Emily Prentiss didn't look concerned.
"Yes, but what if this person had a British friend who was a death eater or they joined the death eaters briefly? Think about it, it all makes sense. That is why the murderer doesn't have the same MO as the British death eaters. They probably didn't participate in the battle because they only joined briefly, but they would have seen others being marked with the dark mark and therefore copy the spell," She continued.
Everyone sat in shock for a minute. There was a sudden flurry of movement to write the information down and they began to work out who this person was. The room was buzzing for the rest of the morning. Harry was sitting on a sofa with Draco and Aaron Hotchner, discussing details and going over the facts of the case again, this time fitting in their new theory. Derek Morgan was sitting with Blaize and Ron, staring at an evidence board and occasionally discussing things. David Rossi was with Spencer Reid and Pansy, discussing things about the Geographical profile. Ginny sat with Luna, Hermione, Emily and JJ. They were all sitting around an evidence board, eating sweets and discussing things, occasionally writing stuff down. Penelope Garcia was next to them, surrounded by computers and frantically typing. After an hour, Penelope gave a shout.
"It's two people. Dahlia and Aciano Clegg," Penelope said triumphantly.
"Oh, I know the Cleggs. They are one of the American pureblood families. Super big on blood purity. They disowned several of their children for simply looking at a muggle. One of their daughters married a half blood last year. It was quite a scandal," Ginny replied, grinning.
"Garcia, can you give us the address?" Aaron asked.
She did and they all ran out of the hotel. Luna and Garcia stayed behind, to give them the exact coordinates.