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Anna Banana 
Allie had just picked up the first piece of paperwork atop her desk, when she heard Martel speak to her. Abandoning the paper, she turned to him and said, "Our nation's children are at risk? How so?" The usual dangers, the ones children were typically told to look out for, came to mind. Other dangers, though? Perhaps Martel was thinking along a line she had yet to consider. "What are you suggesting?"
She paused for a moment as a thought suddenly occurred to her. Now Lexi, her sister, had been a professor at Hogwarts for the past two years. She'd shared with Allie how a few of the students had recently been put in danger for one reason or another. She narrowed her eyes in thought then glanced up at Martel. "Well if the children are endangered, we should start at Hogwarts. That's where most of them are headed...right now, as a matter of fact." She glanced at the calendar on her desk, noticing that it read September the first, which was the date the train came to pick up the students.
"They very well might be. Places like Hogwarts are protected in much the same way as Quidditch Pitches are after all, with magical wards. Perhaps assessing these wards would lend weight to your official statement, when the time comes to make it, as after all it would show you are doing everything in your power -and more- to be sure that the failing of the wards is only a stand alone incident." D'Isigny senior answered smoothly.
"I do believe you are right." It WAS the first of September. "It would be an excellent opportunity to ensure the school is safe. After all, it hasn't always been the case has it? I'm quite sure the current Headmaster will be
pleased to have the Ministry actively supporting his efforts to keep the children safe, and of course eliminate those pesky interruptions which have in the past so unfortunately marred the consistancy of education here in Wizarding Britain."
He paused heavily and then, as if the idea had just occurred to him, "I believe I have the perfect candidate in mind. A master in the art of safety, security, defense and protection of the weak and the innocent. Ikenna Gevrik would be particularly useful at Hogwarts, securing the school, ensuring there are no breaches or risk of breaches in the future. Do you not agree, Minister Carlton?"