Altered Destinies - a Harry Potter Fanfiction by DobbyElfLord

Author:DobbyElfLord [DobbyElfLord]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy, Fan Fiction
Publisher: Feedbooks
Published: 2007-04-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Winter in Berlin

2 December 1940

James walked down the Paris street in the early morning light. Paris had been in German possession for more then six months now. The city itself did not seem much changed until one noticed half the city’s population was missing. Then there was the German units standing guard over key buildings and intersections. James was dressed as a day laborer and had the papers to prove it. He walked past the German solders without acknowledging their presence. For their part, the young German solders did not seem interested in harassing a seemingly middle-aged, slightly overweight and drunk worker.

James had been traveling since he had left England two weeks before. A ten second trip by Floo, two weeks were needed to slip unobserved into occupied France. It started with an Apparition to neutral Ireland. From there he boarded a cargo ship bound for Lisbon, Portugal as a stowaway in his bat form. Flying off the ship at night once it was in port, James changed into his wolf form once out of the city. From Portugal, he traveled in wolf form through Spain and into Vichy France.

The Vichy Government sought to appease their German masters by maintaining a harder line then the Germans did themselves. Crossing the Spanish boarder undetected was a challenge even for a wolf. Outside Paris, James stole the papers from three different French Muggles.

Since leaving Ireland, James performed no magic except for changing forms in Lisbon and Paris. The idea was to leave no magical trace for the Dark Army to pick up his trail. The only things magical James carried was his wand (hidden in a holster on his leg with a Notice-Me Not and Anti-Summoning charms and a shrunken trunk that looked like a locket around his neck. Both were charmed to shield any magical detection. In a hidden pocket of his rucksack, James stashed his pistol of Ministry fame. It was easy to get to but not detectable to a casual search.

James’s orders were to meet a French magical resistance agent at a café in Paris on a Monday morning. If James missed this Monday, he would have to wait an entire extra week before trying again. Waiting for an extra week inside an occupied city did not sound like a good idea to James. He timed his arrival to enter the city late on Sunday night. A night in a Paris alley and now James was ready to meet his contact.

Right on schedule, James entered the café and spotted his contact. In a completely open manner, James approached him and asked in French, “Are you Albert? I understand you are looking for a worker?”

The man addressed as Albert nodded and set down his coffee cup. He appeared to be a farmer. In the same language he answered, “You seem a likely candidate. I warn you the work will be hard and tiring! You must stay sober!”

James nodded in a sheepish manner, “I can do that. I need the work.

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