HP - Shadow Monarch!

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Third Person POV

London.

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"8 bodies... all decapitated... their faces show their deaths were anything but easy..." A man approached his leader after inspecting the crime scene.

"So, we still don't know anything about what happened here..." Moody, who was in charge of the team, said as he surveyed the bloodbath.

More and more Aurors entered the house, grimacing at the sight. "Man, I feel like throwing up..." one of the men murmured, clearly disturbed, as he made a face at the brutal scene.

"Not so fast. We must figure out what happened here. Hold back your vomit—there's a serial killer on the loose, and we need to catch them..." Moody replied while the men inspected the bodies, using magic to try to identify any clues. However, all that remained were lifeless corpses. The killer had left no trace, acting like a professional.

Moody ignored the murmurs and moved forward, watching as some of his men attempted to assist a Muggle lying unconscious in the kitchen. He was the only source of information about what had happened there.

"He's almost waking up, sir," one of the men informed as the Muggle began blinking, regaining consciousness after receiving some potions. His eyes narrowed with difficulty, dazed, until they adjusted to the light again. Finally, he opened them fully, looking around at the men surrounding him.

"Who are you? What are you doing to me?" the man asked, immediately frightened by the fact that he was surrounded.

"Calm down, sir. You fainted. We need to know exactly what happened here," Moody said as the man looked at him suspiciously.

"What do you mean? I don't remember anything, just that I was drinking until there was a knock at the door..." the man replied, grimacing as if feeling intense pain in his body, likely a result of recent exposure to an Unforgivable Curse.

The men exchanged glances. One of them spoke quietly, "Something's not right." He looked at his leader, who seemed about to take action in such cases.

Moody sighed. "Sir, I need you to look into my eyes," he said, having no other options. The Muggle, named Tobias, looked at him strangely, unaware that his mind was being invaded at that moment. Moody's men hoped he could extract the information they needed, even knowing the act was illegal.

After a moment, Moody shook his head, frustrated. "There's nothing. His name is Severus Snape, and his mind is clean. It was erased before whoever did this left the scene."

"Tobias Snape...? Related to Severus Snape?" one of them asked, recognizing the name due to the recent scandal at Hogwarts involving a conflict where a classmate openly attacked and injured Snape.

"His father... But Snape didn't come back here after Hogwarts. His father has a sick hatred for the boy, and it seems the kid doesn't live here anymore," Moody commented, surprised that a man could hate his own son so much. Trying to figure out why, Moody could only come up with petty reasons, but that wasn't his problem. He still needed to uncover what was happening here.

"What should we do now, leader...?" one of the men asked Moody.

"..." Moody was pensive; the situation was highly unusual.

"Hey, Captain!" someone called out. "I recognize these wizards. That one was being hunted..." He pointed to a decapitated head on the floor. "...or at least, what's left of him," he murmured, finishing his sentence.

Moody nodded and responded, "Apparently, everyone here was involved in illicit activities. We need to find out what they were doing here. Take the Muggle upstairs and treat him." He directed some of the men.

At that moment, someone rushed in from outside. "Sir Moody! The Minister is here!" he announced, causing the others to turn toward the door.

Moody frowned but soon saw a woman accompanied by well-dressed men entering the scene.

Eugenia Jenkins entered, grimacing at the gruesome scene and the blood-painted walls.

"Minister Jenkins, you came in person?" Moody murmured, surprised.

"Of course I'm here, Moody. This day is extremely strange... Kidnapping, a headless body, and now a crime scene... And first, there's a story circulating all over the city about an angel in the sky. Second, they say this 'angel' came from this house," said the Minister, pausing for a moment as she glanced again at the mutilated corpses, her expression one of deep disgust.

The men accompanying her clearly disliked what they were seeing and seemed to wish they were anywhere else. The Minister then looked directly at Moody with a serious tone.

"Any clues about who did this?" she asked.

"No... not even my magical eye can find anything... This only happens when..." Moody began to voice his suspicions, but Jenkins was quicker to complete his thought.

"...when the Hogsmeade killer is involved, right?" she asked calmly.

"Yes... And that spell, which alerted this whole part of the city, seems to have been just to warn us. It looks like he's mocking us, calling us to clean up his bloody mess..." Moody murmured.

"This is the house of that boy who was attacked at Hogwarts, isn't it?" she commented as Moody nodded.

"Exactly... His father has no memory of what happened, but his body shows signs of torture..." Moody remarked.

"Because he was attacked... That boy was their target, wasn't he? I heard he made plenty of enemies," she said, crossing her arms and ignoring the bodies around her.

"Yes... It's very likely that the prominent families are trying to retaliate for what he supposedly did, according to the rumors about the Slytherin students..." Moody explained, while the others listened silently, Tobias being taken upstairs as the house remained crowded on the first floor.

"Dealing with them is a pain... and I often have to yield to their demands..." she murmured to herself before continuing. "I need you to find Severus Snape," she requested at last.

"You think he's a suspect, Minister Jenkins? A student?" one of the high-ranking Ministry officials standing beside her asked.

"I don't really know... But that boy is always involved in strange things or very close to where they happen... And it seems that the headless body found in front of the Ministry... was one of the kidnappers... What a headache..." she commented.

"And about the one who was kidnapped this morning... Could it be him?" another man raised the question, while the Minister had to admit the possibility. They were investigating the disappearance of the teenager by dark wizards, but no formal complaint had been made about a missing child. This now raised the question of whether Snape could be the one.

"My lady, there are some wizards living on this street. There's at least a middle-aged wizard and an elderly man a few hundred meters from here, as well as a girl who studies at Hogwarts. She lives in a house just across from this one," one of the men accompanying the Minister said, reading some Ministry-registered reports.

"Really? Then summon this girl. I want to speak with her," the Minister ordered immediately, and her men left.

Lily appeared a moment later, escorted by Aurors, looking cautious as the Minister approached her.

"From what I see here, your name is Lily Evans," she said, reading the girl's file, which noted her excellent grades at Hogwarts but lacked much detail, as not everything was registered for everyone. She continued, "Do you know what happened here? Can you tell us?"

Lily seemed a bit nervous speaking to the Minister, as she was such a high-ranking authority, even greater than the headmaster of Hogwarts. Lily knew Snape was in trouble... Although she didn't know exactly what had happened, her instinct was to protect him.

"I..." Lily seemed a bit flustered but continued, "We didn't hear anything from my house, but I saw the explosion shooting into the sky from there. It was something... so beautiful..." She couldn't help but smile at the memory, thinking of the angel and how it was unlike anything she had ever seen.

Hearing this, the Minister frowned. "So she doesn't know anything either..." The Minister sighed.

"Minister, I know her." Arthur Weasley, husband of Molly Weasley, stepped forward at that moment. He was a low-ranking Auror with a budding career, but even so, he raised his voice to vouch for Lily. After all, she was part of the Order of the Phoenix, and Arthur trusted that Lily wouldn't lie to him. "She's trustworthy. I'm sure she didn't see anything."

The Minister nodded and turned back to the girl. "Alright. You may go." Lily gave a small nod, turned around, and left, seeming relieved as the Minister stood, deep in thought.

Lily walked away pensively, once again thinking about how she didn't want to betray Snape. She was covering for him, feeling guilty about doing anything that might harm him, even if it meant lying to the Ministry of Magic.

"It seems we're back to square one," the Minister remarked. Just then, more Aurors arrived on the scene, Apparating nearby and keeping Muggle onlookers at bay.

The arriving Aurors drew everyone's attention as they approached, their expressions grim. "Minister, we have an issue with a noble family..." one of them said urgently.

"What is it now?" she asked, visibly weary.

"The Norton family was attacked. All the men guarding the residence were killed with blades. Mr. Nott himself was tortured to death. His wife regained consciousness after being attacked and immediately contacted the Ministry." As the words left his mouth, the area fell silent for a moment. Everyone exchanged tense glances.

"Damn it. Clean up this mess in the Muggle's house, and let's go see what happened. Moody, I want you to come with me. Let's check on the Norton family," the Minister declared, her brow furrowed.

The day was shaping up to be a disaster: a kidnapped boy, a body left in front of the Ministry, eight people murdered in a Muggle house, and now pure-blood families being attacked and killed. This was sure to cause a scandal the next day. But there was no time for regret. They needed to act swiftly to uncover who was behind this, as it seemed something as terrible as the rise of the Dark Lord was beginning to stir in the wizarding world.

While some worked to track down Snape, other teams were dispatched to deal with the tragedy at the Norton residence. No one could have guessed that, at this very moment, a shadowy figure was moving across the rooftops of the black market, calmly observing the activity below. Figures wearing skull masks were trading in all sorts of crimes in the bustling streets that night.

The shadow lingered for a time before vanishing. That night, the wizarding world would realize that even those who considered themselves untouchable—or served the Dark Lord—were being hunted like rats by someone whose identity remained a mystery.

Meanwhile, a sixth-year student moved forward, resolute, intent on claiming more lives.

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