Thicker Than Water- Prologue

Full Summary—In the years after the Dark Lord's defeat, a new generation of trouble stirs in the Wizarding World. Hunter Redfern aspires to bring the Ministry to an entirely pureblooded status. When things get entirely out of hand, what trouble will that bring to his family at Hogwarts?

Disclaimer—I'm not a goddess; I do not own the Night World or Harry Potter.

December brought forth many things. For one it came with the coldest weather of the season. Snow fell in thick blankets, covering the cities in sheets of white. Frost clung to windows and mingled in the warm air where people breathed.

Besides the weather, December bore the holiday season. The excitement of the religious festivities and the anticipation of the New Year were rarely lost on anyone.

Still yet, there were people who didn't enjoy these events as others. Whatever the cause, they had their reasons, and some were easier to explain than others.

Hunter Redfern was one of those people. With blood red hair and eyes as yellow as a basilisks', one look at this stern faced man would convince you he was not a jolly old Santa.

He was the Head of the Depart of Mysteries and no one really wondered why. It was quite obvious; the man was a mystery himself.

He came from a family of notorious Slytherins, he had a wife and three daughters, and he was very ambitious, but other than that no one knew anything.

He seemed to radiate power and confidence, all while keeping that aura of the unknown which made people feel drawn to him. In his race to be the next Minister for Magic, it was exactly what he wanted.

What he didn't want was to go shopping for a holiday he didn't even celebrate.

He had much more important things to do than to shop for cutesy gifts his relatives didn't really want. It might help if he knew what his family wanted, but he just didn't have time to find out what everyone wanted. Money wasn't an obstacle, time was.

All of these raged in Hunter's mind as he read over a letter from his wife regarding the winter holidays.

Did Maeve really expect him to find out what Ash, Rowan, Kestrel and Jade wanted for the holiday? Jez, Delos, and James, too? And did he really have to get a gift for the Harman girls?

Hunter angrily slammed the letter on his desk and stood. He needed to move, he needed to let out all this frustration.

His wand was drawn and he was cursing the filing cabinet before he knew what he was doing.

He stared at the rain of papers before another flick of this wand put everything back in order.

"Mr. Redfern," His assistance stuck her head in the door, "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine, Kate. Must be the stress of the election and the holidays." Hunter said in a clipped tone. He seated himself behind his desk again, refusing to look at his wife's neat cursive.

"Do not worry about the elections, sir; you have a fine chance of becoming Minister of Magic." Kate said reassuringly.

"I do not want a fine chance, Kate, I want a guaranteed chance." Hunter growled.

Kate cleared her suddenly restricted throat. Hunter had a reputation for being ruthless and cruel, any wrong move could cost her job—or worse. "The elections are not until the next school year, sir; we will guarantee your victory by then."

It appeared to be a safe answer, but Hunter narrowed his unnaturally yellow eyes at Kate. "I thought they were moving elections to this spring."

"There… there was a change in the schedule, sir." Kate was unable to look into those yellow eyes, as if they would petrify her.

"Fine. Well then, Kate you best be on your way." Hunter still had a dangerous edge to his voice and Kate left without another word.

"Until next fall." Hunter grumbled. "I'll be damned if I wait that long to take over the Ministry."

So you remember Night World Houses? Well this is the story that plays off of that! :) This is only the prologue, sorry it's kind of short and not very good, but I promise the next chapter will be longer and better written! And more humorous!

Also, I know it's hard to keep track of all the characters in their Houses, so I made this reference so you can come back if you are ever confused or don't remember where a character was Sorted!

GRYFFINDOR!

James Rasmussen- 6th year
Eric Ross- 6th year
Rashel Jordan- 6th year
Daphne Childs- 5th year (She'll only play a small role as one of Rashel's friends)
Hannah Snow- 6th year
Thierry Descouedres- 7th year
Jezebel Redfern- 6th year
Maggie Neely- 6th year
Delos Redfern- 6th year
Galen Drache- 6th

RAVENCLAW!

Mary-Lynnette Carter- 6th year
Rowan Redfern- 7th year
Thea Harman- 6th year
Hugh Davis- 6th year
Raksha Keller- 6th yeah

HUFFLEPUFF!

Poppy North- 6th year
Phillip North- 6th year
Jade Redfern- 4th year
Mark Carter- 5th year
David Blackburn- 6th year
Iliana Harman- 5th year

SLYTHERIN!

Ash Redfern- 6th year
Kestrel Redfern- 5th year
Blaise Harman- 6th year
Gillian Lennox- 5th year
John Quinn- 6th year
Morgead Blackthorn- 6th year

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