As Sirius left Harry's room he was tackled by Harry's friends.
Cassidy looked at him. "Will Harry be okay? Do they know what's wrong with him?"
"Harry will be fine, he's overspent his magical energy and got hit with some nasty curses. But he's been hit with worse and was fine. It may take a while but he'll get better."
They both looked deeply into his eyes as if to judge the truth of that statement.
Then Steve started, "We've got questions. The first being, you were in England, how the blazes did you get here so fast?"
Sirius grinned, trust Harry's friends to go straight for information the moment their concerns for him were assuaged. "Port-keys. Have you to been checked out?"
"No but we're good. A little hungry, a few bumps and bruises a scrape or two, and we could probably stand a shower, but it's all secondary stuff." Cassidy answered.
"Well I'm a little hungry too. So we'll see about getting a little food. Does the rest of the tour group know where you two are?"
"No."
"Well then, we'll take care of that too. Unfortunately we may be here a while I want to stay until some security and Winry show."
Elsewhere Dominic finished his interview out of the corner of his eye he saw one of the aurors raise their wand. "By the way I know about magic there is no need to obliviate me. My Nana and my sister are both magical. My friend Michael Coldsmith Briggs III also knows, the aunt he sometimes spends holidays with is a witch in Boston. We're classmates to Harry. He and his bodyguards are the ones who noticed some of those men that attacked were wizards and made the plan to get us away."
The two aurors looked at each other and then nodded. "Thank you, Mr. Santini, for your cooperation."
Twenty minutes later Michael practically bounced out of his own interview. Once he got near Dominic he smiled. "It worked. I spun them so many ways they weren't sure which way was up. I answered all their questions, but I also went off about how gee I'd never seen that much magic being flung around before, how my aunt never did anything like that, and gee since Harry, Rachel, Cassidy, Steve, and Alexis weren't with us were they okay, or had those bastards cursed them. I asked as many questions as I answered, and acted like I was hyperactive. They sent me out of the room just to have some peace and quiet."
Dominic smirked. "Somehow I doubt it took much acting."
Finally what was left of their portion of the tour group was escorted to their Hotel in Jaipur where they were told that the Government of India was footing the bill to extend the tour two days for their entire group. That didn't stop the parents that had been with the Bhangarh tour and several of the students to make the decision to return to the USA. Two of the teachers were panicking because they were unable to get information on three of their students who had gone missing. Until a hotel employee gave them a message that their students were at a hospital and alive.
Sirius, Cassidy, and Steve stayed at the hospital for six more hours before Winry and a six man security team showed up. Sirius smirked as Winry bulled her way past hospital personnel to check on both Harry and Rachel, while half listening to his bodyguard berate him for leaving them behind in England. He was about to leave to take the kids to their hotel when the Inspector Gusain exited the lift.
"Ah Mr. Black."
"Inspector, I apologize for my earlier rudeness. I was very concerned for my ward."
"Yes." He looked at the two preteens who looked very wilted. "I assume he will make a full recovery?"
"The healers here aren't convinced, but I know him and I've brought in a top-notch healer of my own. He'll be fine. I was about to take these two to their hotel."
"That's hardly procedure. Mr. Black."
"I know, but at this moment I don't really care. I want to get these two back to the people that I know are worried about them. Then you and I can talk."
Half an hour later the kids were happily back, or at least as happy as they could be under the circumstances, with their teachers and schoolmates. Sirius had gotten a room in the same hotel and had gotten some coffee for himself and the inspector. "Lets take this to my room, it will be more private."
"You act like a man used to getting what he wishes."
"Yeah, blame it on the fact I'm Sirius Orion Black, Duc de Sable, Co-founder and CEO of DuSable Potter Industries."
While the first two meant nothing to him the third did. "Oh, I… Um."
"Relax, I'm also a former auror so I got a pretty clear rundown of what happened but I would like to know who, why, and is there anyone else whose arse needs to be hunted down and kicked."
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