Phew. At least someone knew what to do here, he was still over booked, but at least he didn't have to deal with extra-urgent cases at the moment. "Alright," he said smiling slightly more happily. Then, we can book this con-artist...and we'll be done for the day. A glance at Amelia was all he could manage at the moment in his worn out state, but a renewed glow was in his azure eyes.

Moving with the head, he stood quietly, wondering what was so important as to pull him away. Upon hearing the news he grinned sheepishly, "The Minister's getting hitched? Wish I'd heard that earlier!" he placed a hand lightly on his superior's shoulder. "Siobhan? So you've met her then?" The glow was know in full force, and with a twitch of his eyebrows, he finished "I think I'll manage...hopefully."

Funnily enough, this didn't had him sweaty and bothered...he had somehow or other rebounded. Odd. "When's the wedding?" he asked as an after thought, "Shame the coffee's terrible, I bet we'd all probably use some."

Amelia smiled and settled the papers down on her desk, happy to be getting on with work whilst everyone was still discussing the matters at hand. She addressed Dmitry when she said "How many people are working on this?". already having a sneaking suspicion about the answer, but waiting all the same. She began skimming the paperwork, getting a general idea of the project ahead.

She tilted her head and gave Nicoli a small smile. She felt for him as not only did he have the work load but also had to please the powers that be, which she knew could be a job in itself. She knew he was up to bthe job, but that didn't stop it being stressful.

Amelia was happy with this. It was great to work with other people, but the bigger the group, the less barings and feel you get for a case.

She leafed through the paperwork and noted that Flooing usual haunts were the Park, the market and the Raven's Claw, all within walking distance of the Ministry. "Do we know where and where he was last seen?" noticing that this wasn't included in the information that she had, "and also, two more things. Does he know we are on to him and it says here he disappeared for a couple of years. Do we know why that is and where he went?" She just asked these questions to no one in particular and just waited for someone - anyone- to respond.

This wasn't the most complete information, but it was all she had. At least she had something to get cracking on.

Samantha appeared at the Magical Law Enforcement Department angry and inpatient. She was here to let them know that she was sending two of her Department of Magical Education employees to Hogwarts to investigate the matter of students disappearing and transfiguring into animals, and that she would report back with any information they found out.

Amelia looked up from her paperwork as she sensed a newcomer to the office. A woman who looked very irritated and had red patches around her cheeks like she was going to explode we as stood by the door way.

"Can we help you?" Amelia asked. This was a fairly large office but with the amount of people in there now, it was starting to feel a bit cramped.

"Yes, you certainly can," said Samantha. "My name is Samantha Rose, I'm the Head of the Department of Magical Education. It has been brought to my attention that there have been a series of mysterious disappearances at Hogwarts, at least a dozen of those, some have even reported that the students who have disappeared have been transfigured into animals. I am here to let your department know that I plan to send two of my employees into Hogwarts to investigate and also to ask a most important question - Is YOUR department aware of this situation?"

Amelia raised her eyebrow ever so slightly when this woman responded. It was obvious that Samantha was irked about this situation, so Amelia adopted a very calm tone to her voice when she responded.

"We have just been notified about this and our department head, Mr Wordsmith," she replied, nodding gently over to Syd, "is just delegating it right now. As I am sure you understand, we are already up to our eyes with a number of other important investigations, so I believe we will start dealing with it as soon as we can."

Amelia assumed, after the emphasis on 'YOUR' that Samantha was annoyed at MLES lack of response to this case, so she replied with that in mind. 'How on earth are we meant to do anything about it when we don't know it is happening,' she thought to herself.

She smiled a warm, but confident smile to Samantha, so she knew she wasn't being hostile, but to make no mistake, MLES are not to be walked all over.

"Right," Samantha said, suddenly realizing that the Magical Law Enforcement Department hadn't been informed of the matters at Hogwarts until only her recently, either. "I apologize if I came across as being abrupt, but I am most concerned about the welfare of those students," she said, smiling softly. "I have just sent one of my top employees on her way to Hogwarts to investigate the matter and will be sending another one shortly, so I believe I have the matter in hand, especially as I am prepared to go there myself if need me. Do keep me informed if your department uncovers any information, and I promise to do the same," Samantha said.

Amelia grinned. She knew that this place wasn't the most organised place ever, but it still amused her how some departments are so in the dark about important cases. She knew if she didn't laugh to herself at these things, she'd end up going crazy. Disappearances were always to be treated with caution, especially with all the goings on in the past that the wizarding world had suffered. She knew that MLES hadn't yet been tasked with this job as yet, but she knew that this was worrying Samantha and anything they could do to help, Amelia would see to it.

She knew she bosses were there, but they were keeping pretty quite, so Amelia responded, hoping she wasn't speaking out of turn. "Certainly. If you keep us informed, we'll try and get someone on it as soon as we get a bit more info and hopefully, we'll get to the bottom of it. We'll let you know if we find anything out," she assured her.

"Thank you, I do appreciate that," Samantha said, smiling her most genuine smile now. "I will let your department know if I am able to find out any information of note." Samantha thought to herself what a shame it was that communication was so poor between the departments, then wondered to herself why the Ministry seemed to always be the last people to know. "Have a good day," she said, then turned to make the trip back to the first floor. There was nothing more she could do.

Amelia smiled as Samantha left the office and said "You too, see you later."

She turned her attention back to the gathering of people still within the office after reading all of the paperwork relating to Flooing. There wasn't that much to go on, but at least there was a start. All she needed was the word and they could get cracking on the investigation.

"Yeah," Amelia responded. "Actually, I went in there the other night. It's a little pub just round the corner from here. I'm actually surprised he would trade out of there, with it being so close to the Ministry. It is a regular after-work-hang-out for employees, so he's either very stupid or very brave."

She thought to herself it would be very simple to go under cover there to see if they could spot Flooing, as it could get quite busy in there. It would have been ideal if they had a photo of him, but she knew that was just wishful thinking. If they had a lead, a tip off from someone who knew when he would likely be in there next, it would make life so much easier. She bit her lip as she knew that with other departments working together on this mission, it was going to be looked at quite closely, especially with the nominal being outstanding for so long. 'Just a little more info would have been nice,' she thought to herself.