So yeah, I'm back. Hopefully this will be better than the last chapter now that I'm fresh and not stagnant from summer vacation. Also, change in plans. I will be jumping to a canon case as a break in Finding Gene. Or part of it. What do you all think? Sorry for the shortness of this chapter, I felt it was right to just finish this case up.

It was late, so late that none of the staff were around when SPR and associated partners met up in the dining hall. The spirits were nowhere to be seen, but they were around. "Is everyone ready to head into town?" Harry asked, pulling a green scarf around his neck.

"Yes, we should get going." Naru responded.

The group walked outside, waiting briefly to see if the spirits would react to them leaving. Nothing. That was a good sign. The group piled into the van and headed off, their path set straight for the town nearby. When they arrived, it seemed more like a ghost town. "Well, isn't this creepy." Ayako commented when they were all out of the vehicle.

"It feels...off." John commented, after being quiet for a while, but he was most likely just reflecting in his silence.

"Yes, but this does not feel...spiritual." Masako finished the line of thoughts, Harry let his magic spread over their immediate vicinity.

"That is because this isn't being caused by spirits, but it could be called close to a spirit. Say, have there been any reports of people turning up in healthy body, but vegetable like states of mind? Completely unresponsive with no certain cause. Any age?"

"Three reports in the past week."

"Is it just me, or did it suddenly get very cold?" Mai asked, tugging her jacket around her tighter.

Lin almost flinched upon seeing their breaths suddenly becoming visible, and the window panes of nearby shops started to frost over. The others stared in shock, Harry and Luna only drew their wands and stood ready. "These are no spirits, there are dementors beyond what muggles can see." Luna stated, oddly not in her 'dreamy' personality.

"Dementors?"

"Soul sucking creatures, guards of the wizarding prison Azkaban. They must have come with the house when it was moved. Voldemort had, at one point, made the mansion a temporary base before he razed Little Hangleton to the ground." Harry answered, he knew the foul beings were close.

It didn't take long, for the dementors to come along, floating as always with bony hands outstretched. Briefly, Monk thought this is where the Grim Reaper legend must have come from. Harry knew, this was just where the muggle belief stemmed from when it came to Lord Death. Twin calls of "Expecto Patronum" were raised, and a Stag and Hare burst forth in silvery white light.

The two patronus animals overwhelmed the dementors, and with a bit of a boost from Harry, the stag pierced and killed the three dementors in quick succession. John said a quick prayer, and Harry burnt the corpses of the soul suckers so they couldn't rise back like inferi. "The feeling has not yet faded." Masako huffed, shivering.

"The effects of the dementors last until you've been able to warm up or have some chocolate. But I know what you mean, this place...it is most definitely the aura of the house." Harry sighed, looking up, back towards the hill, where the Riddle manor stood in its tall, gloomy, gothic glory.

They figured they might as well kill some time around the town and reverse any damage the dementors did. With Father Brown blessing areas where the strongest of the effects were, Ayako helping where she could. Masako did send a few benevolent, wandering spirits on their way beyond. It was only when they were on their way back to the manor when Mai asked a question that suddenly popped into her mind. "Ri, how come you can banish dementors with magic, but you can't banish spirits completely with it, or block them out with it entirely? Isn't magic a sentient force which can interact with everything?"

Everyone froze and looked at Harry, Mai had a point. Lin even stopped driving for a second. Harry looked almost sheepish. Almost.

"Well, wizards have never really needed to banish spirits with magic, we've always used exorcisms if need be. Ambient magic allows a spirit that previously had magic to keep their minds and heart, allowing for them to stay in this realm for centuries without degrading even slightly. Such as the Hogwarts House ghosts. So unless the spirit is a wraith, which we have to delve into the Old Ways to get rid of, or a horcrux, which can only be destroyed in three ways, wizards have never seen the need or point of making such a spell."

"Yet your wards work on ghosts." Mai delved deeper.

"Because I have delved into the Old Ways, know necromancy for the most part, and I know my rune circles. Any amateur could not hope to match me with the wards I pull constantly." Harry explained, Mai frowned.

"So this is a special case of magic vs ghosts?"

"Almost Mai. Because I have a connection with Lord Death, this makes things easier for me. I've studied arts thought lost, dark, and declared illegal despite such other rumors. The Old Ways were quickly becoming outlawed. Today's magic is heavily restricted. Weak." Harry spat, Luna voiced her agreement.

"The Nargles swam them indeed." She stated.

"Sadly. I hope one day to take in pupils and teach them true magic, not that restricted BS." Harry sighed, the van pulled up to the manor as the early morning hours hit.

After a few hours of sleep, getting dressed, and making breakfast, the team sat down to discuss their strategy. "So boss, what's up first today?" Yasuhara asked.

"We deal with those spirits before midnight hits, which means from the time the actors are practicing their latest recreations in the dining hall and them leaving around midnight, our time frame is very small." Naru sighed.

"Two hours to be exact. Which means we have to set everything up beforehand." Monk groaned.

"Well, I can start drawing in the quarantine wards to keep the spirits in, a few quick talismans given to the actors can prevent any potential possessions. Everyone will be in uniform from the start, we must purify the area as well immediately after and close he area off from any other spiritual misfortune. We also need to get those spirits mad, make them reveal themselves so that they can be exorcised." Harry added in.

"Then let's get started. Mai, I could use some help with the Talismans."

"On it."

"Monk, John, begin purifying areas of the house to drive the spirits into the dining hall. Ri, you know what to do. Mai, after you are done with the talismans, begin to pack up equipment in the purified rooms. Nothing more will be captured there." Naru ordered, Mai nodded and ran off with Ayako.

Masako, Yasu, Lin, and Naru were left in the room. "Yasu, start following John and Monk, pack any equipment they leave behind and record final data."

"On it boss."

Yasu left.

"Masako, monitor the spirits, stay by Ri."

"Will do."

Lin and Naru were left. No words were needed.

Harry had just finished with the last rune for the quarantine ward he'd cooked up when the grandfather clock signaled it was closing time for the manor tours and recreations. The staff would gather in the dining room tonight right away once everything was cleaned up. Each had a talisman around their necks. The spirits would soon come into the dining room, to throw china or possess someone to recreate the past. "Harry activated the ward as soon as the spirits were inside, the actors and other staff were immediately sent from the room despite having just gotten there.

The rest of SPR assembled. Harry stayed back to focus on keeping the quite unstable ward stable, it wavered every time the spirits tried to leave. The first one to go was Janett Misell, her will to stay weakened considerably by Father Brown's exorcism.

His seemed to be the most effective. As not an hour later only Sheila Drescott remained. The enraged spirit was throwing china at the poor priest, making it impossible to keep reciting. Harry was having a much more difficult time keeping the ward stable, seeing as he had to focus magic to keep the china off him so he could stay still and not disrupt the ward. Mai was bleeding from a piece of shattered glass that had bounced up unexpectedly, Masako's kimono was stained with tea from the damn insane ghost. Monk was trying to chant but he got cut off when a plate almost hit his temple.

"Why is she so much more difficult to get rid of?" Ayako spat, dodging a heavy pot.

"We really should have cleared this room of objects able to be thrown." Harry commented, Mai and Luna just stood there like it was an every day occurrence.

"Harry, can you do anything to banish it?" Naru asked, the wizard smirked.

"Why, I thought you'd never ask. Monk, John, keep her off me." Harry requested, the two nodded and stood in his defence.

"Να είστε καταδικασμένοι για τις αμαρτίες σας. Πηγαίνετε από το θνητό αεροπλάνο επειδή δεν ανήκετε. Οι ενέργειές σας θα είναι η πτώση σας, η κόλαση θα καίει για την ψυχή σας μέχρι να πληρώσετε την έκτασή σας. Μετανοήστε και τιμωρήστε, επειδή οι αμαρτίες σας είναι εκείνες της θλίψης του καταπιεσμένου!" The spirit began to burn up, just as the spirits in the orphanage case Masako had pleaded with him on some time before.

Drescott gave one last screech, before she was gone for good. Harry kept on his feet this time however, steady, and began to magically repair every bit of damage. Luna pulled out her wand and began to assist her friend.

The next morning the staff of the Riddle Manor were saying their thanks to the hunters, they'd felt the difference in the house already. The vehicle was all packed and ready to go, however, one of them wouldn't be continuing on the trip. "It was great having you here Luna, but I understand that Britain still has much clean up, and you still have yet to find some certain little creatures."

"Yes, I will find a Crumple-Horned Snorcack!" Luna agreed, and her taxi to the airport showed up.

"Be safe my friend, and say hello to the dogs for me."

"Your uncle wolf and dogfather will get their regards, and a little kiss for Teddy to."

"Thanks Luna."

With that, the blonde left. "Crumple-Horned Snorcack?" Naru questioned.

"Luna meant a spouse right for her. I have a feeling she will find not only a spouse, but the magical animal as well. We'll see the faces of her disbelievers from our school days eventually." Harry explained, the other teen merely gave him an odd look and got into the van.

The rest of SPR got in, and Harry took one last look at Riddle Manor. He hoped he'd never have to see the place ever again.