Laura walked in and sat down just when Mr.Brian Lee began to speak on their first challenge.she listened to him with rapt attention and noted down a few points that might help her.
and investigation,interesting she thought.As Mr.Lee was done with addressing to them she looked around to the place where a door opened slightly.She nodded and got up and walked in.

my goodness,this room's a mess she thought.
She quickly noted in her mind what the room looked like at first instance.
completely ransacked!
She carefully walked in looking around and then SpeRevelio she said with a proper hand movement and she didnt find any traps whatsoever.She nodded and then turning around a bit she said firmly again
Novus Res and she found a few items glow.SHe raised her eyebrow and then walked towards them
these arent at their own places she thought and began searching for the clues for the investigating further...
As she began she found peices of parchments and then laid them on the table gingerly
1)I am
2)I am not a fool
3)O_O
4)kidnapped
5)Try Again
and a book with a Hufflepuff crest on it.

Laura looked at the clues she got and then looked around.She turned back to have a look at them and no doubt it looked that someone was kidnapped,and that someone is a hufflepuff...but what's with i am not a fool and try again? she thought but then shook her head.
She looked more carefully at the clues and then began to think.
ok, it is a kidnapping scene of crime,the kinapped seemed to have written down a note for the people to come and find him,but the note was torn! if the kidnapped was to write a note when the kidnapper was concentrating somewhere else then he would have simply crumpled the paper and thrown it somehwere so that the kidnapper wont notice it and when the investigators come in they will be able to get something out of it,but tearing the note doesnt make any sense,why would someone write and then tear it? even if say, the kidnapper saw the kidnapped writing something and grabs the paper and tears the note usually the note wont be torn like the way it has been,it would have been in peices,too difficult to strings words,but this note has been torn very methodically,so it looks as if the note has been torn on purpose. she thought aloud[B]

She shook her head and then began to look the other way round at the scene of crime.
Looking at the scene and the clues and re-arranging what might have happend at that moment,when the kindnapper would have come in he would have immediately kidnapped the guy/girl not giving the kidnapped time at all.that is what usually happens or is thought to have happend.So,the kidnapped wouldnt have had time to write the note and also,what is the garauntee that the handwriting is that of the kidnapped and not the kidnapper.it might happen that the kidnapper must have writen the note challenging the investigators! she spoke softly and a small smile crept her face.That would become even more an interesting case
this could have happend too she thought
well,so i have two theories right now,but it all depends on the eyewitnesses and then looked around if there was any.And just then she heard some young man speak to other investigators...


Laura listened to him carefully and observing that guy.After so much of questioning the guy seemed to have become scared of all the investigation and of being accused...and then he saw him run off after shouting out all what he saw not able to take the pressure anymore...

Listening to all that the witness had to say Laura got back to thinking again and re-modifying her conclusions.
The witness is sent by his boss to get some papers signed by the kidnapped
The witness enters and see a man there wrecking the place and writing something and throwing it around
The witness has no idea who the man was and no idea as to even how did the kidnapped/or the person from whom he had to get the papers signed looked like too
He had pointed out that the man wore sunglasses! For merlin's sake,in a room like this! but yeah,must have worn as a part of a disguise... she thought aloud counting the points of her fingers and rubbed her fingers over her chin thinking.
So,i think i need to cancel out my second theory she said
So,going back on the first and merging with the eye witness's account An unkown man to the eywitness comes into the place and wrecks the office,writing a note and tearing and then threatening the young man to leave.
And on the other hand the young man had to get some papers signed by the kidnapped but couldnt,because that person wasnt present and in his place this crazy guy was present, and moreover the young man couldnt make out who it was because he hadnt known the kidnapped guy too,so it might be possible that the crazy guy himself is the kidnapper as well as the kidnapped staging his own kidnapping she thought
hm...now that makes some sense and more over the notes he wrote must have been for two different people one for the investigators just the give them some clue that he has been kidnapped and the other one saying 'i am not a fool' to someone else
and who will be that someone else? she thought
and why would the guy stage his own kidnapping? she thought aloud
maybe he is working on something important or has got to know a secret that he shouldnt be knowing and which can be life threatening to him
so, to make his followers get off his mark,he staged this play? she thought out aloud and then looked at Mr.Brain Lee
um...Mr.Lee i think this is what must have happend she said

"Mhmm..finally you made a good point and it's acceptable.." Brian smiled at the man and passed something to his hand with a wink.


He was finished, but Brian had to re-wind the stuffs that he had explained to him. Bit confusing but atleast he realized what would have happened possibly, ofcourse by his own way.

"Quite convincing theory. I think you need something to refresh youself" Brian grinned and handed over the thing that he desperately wanted, "Good luck!"





Smiling at her surprised look, he nodded his head again to re-assure his words. "I'm glad you liked it" with that he returned her wave, turning to concentrate on others.




"No, I dont know about the person. If you want help on that area, please wait, I can see if i bring back the witness here. Anything else you want to clarify? " he said, really trying to help her. Poor woman.


The kidnapper is the kidnapped as well. Wow! The single line explained all.

Brian smiled at this smart lady, "But your untrained mind has worked very well Ms." he nodded slightly, "Well done." Brian didnt know how many of them in the small room, investigating and all.


"YOu both are perfectly right on the track. Good job" Brian handed over them a thing that what they were working and waiting for.



He was so patient as usual. "Can you provide more details about your conclusions?" the Department head of secuirty and Maintenance asked her calmly.


"Good Mr. Tamerlane. I hope you do well in other levels too. All the best! " he wished him whole-heartedly with his famous quiet smile, happy about the participants enthusiasm.


He moved on to the next person, all ears. After heard his side of explantions, he grinned, "Now you got it, Nice job." he said to the man who were ready to go to the next level.



Brian grinned, "Alright Mr. Grammer Police, I guess you dont need the witness, "He paused, "B'cuz you've done a job already" he said, indicating that he was on the queue to face the next challenge.


Aw..she was quick and confident. A great relief for Brian.

"This's brilliant Ms. You should be in my department.." he chuckled and cleared her name to go to the next level of challenge, "Good luck!"




Brian's forhead creased as he was thinking about what the lady was trying to say.

"But if you give me a single and convincing conclusion, it would be helpful for both of us" he said through his soft and calm voice.

Boy he is getting tired now. A cup of coffee would be nice, especially the home-made. Gah...

Lucia walked anxiously into the next room and listened carefully to what Mr Lee had to say. After he had finished, Lucia nodded to herself then walked towards the next room. Upon entering, she sighed, it was a total mess. "SpeRevelio." She said, pointing her wand at the scene. Nothing had apparently happened so she continued to use the second spell, "Novus Res." She added with her wand still pointing at the room. This revealed seven possible clues to the problem so Lucia wrote them down.

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1. A tiny bag clipped to a peice of parchment
2. A peice of parchment with the word 'kidnapped' written.
3. A ripped peice of parchment which reads 'o_O'
4. 'Try Again.'
5. A ripped peice of parchment reading 'I am.'
6. A notebook page reading 'I'm not a fool.'
7. Hufflepuff diary

Lucia looked down at what she had written and blinked a couple of times, trying to put them together to make sense of the crime. After a bit of consideration, Lucia turned to Mr Lee and started to explain. "Well i'll start with that the kidnappee was a Hufflepuff.." Wow, state the obvious.. "Anyway, the room is a mess, which tells me that maybe the kidnapper was looking for something in particular but was unsuccessful." She said, then paused to think a little more. "Then again, I believe that there are far too many clues in this room for it to be a kidnapping, as in a real kidnapper wouldn't be so careless and leave them lying around the room. This makes me feel that the entire kidnapping scene was maybe staged." Lucia paused for a second after hearing the witness' big announcement and nodded. "So I believe that the 'kidnapper' was staging his own kidnapping and rearranged the room to make it look like he was the one who had been kidnapped, maybe to hide from something that they had done and make themselves look like the victim. The witness states that the person was 'crazy' and making a mess of the room. I am guessing that they would of panicked of being caught so they threatened the poor man. After leaving all of the false tracks, they would of fled the scene." She explained, hoping it made sense. Lucia had the thought in her mind quite clearly now. Right, conclude it now..

"So overall, I think that the person who messed up this room and planted the clues, faked their own kidnapping to hide from something else they may have done. They ran for it in order to keep in the clear, making everybody believe that they are infact kidnapped and not running away from another crime." Few, that was harder than she had expected, and definitely hard to explain.

She had done it? That was simpler than she had thought the problem to be and was glad that she stopped over thinking it. Happy to pass she gave him a bow and smiled. "Thank you Mr. Lee." she said politely then left for the next challenge.

Ronan smiled thankfully as Mr Lee handed him what he wanted. "Thanks very much sir, your challenge was excellent." he said giving the man a firm nod of the head before walking out of the door and onto the next challenge.

Emma jotted down this to her notes, looking up once to look at her witness.

"And can you tell me, this man you saw going crazt, was he the man you had come to sign your paper's, Or someone else?" She smiled at him.

"And if not, did you recognise the man in question?" She added

She waited, looking at the man in front of her, for an answer.

Erik chuckled at Brian and gave a shrug, "Ye don't need to make up wild theories about why the person did what they did but that it just happened." He smiled at the man and nodded, "Nice workin' with you." Turning around he walked off to go face the next challenge.

Laura looked as Mr.Lee was thinking on what she spoke and then shaking her head she said
i am so sorry Mr.Lee,i havent been clear enough she said with a sigh
All i wanted to tell you is that there are no two people all this is done by one person itself,the kidnapper is the kidnapped himself,this guy has staged his own kidnapping to throw someone off his scent because maybe he has some important stuff in his hand,something like a secret that someone wants from him.So to save himself from them he has staged his own kidnapping she said.
i just hope i have made myself clear she thought nervously looking at Mr.Lee.

Alina smiled as she listened to the instructions Brian gave. Right, so she had to find out what had happened in the room. Taking her wand from her robes, she went to the doorway.

What saw wasn't too much unlike a teenager's bedroom - messy. She was plenty used to those, what with having teenage kids. Remembering what was said about traps, she cast SpeRevelio, and on checking it was safe, ventured further in. She gazed round looking for anything that looked immediately odd, before casting Noves Res.

The main things she noticed as clues were some sheets that looked like they had torn out of a ring-bound notebook - and then torn in half. One piece was from the top of the page. It said simply 'I'm'. Two others were from the bottom of a sheet, one with '0_o', and another with 'kidnapped'. She matched the edges together. Both seemed to have a similar edge shape as if they'd been ripped out of the book at the same time.

Going by the handwriting, she guessed the whole page was meant to say 'I'm kidnapped'. She frowned. Who said, 'I'm kidnapped'? Okay, there was an argument that someone in a rush would get grammar wrong - but that wrong? She could understand 'I'm being kidnapped' or even 'I've been kidnapped' as part of a type of ransom note...but this just struck her as weird to write. As if someone had, well, kidnapped themselves. But why?

She nibbled on the inside of her lip as she thought. To hide from something or someone? For a staged ransom for money? Either way, because they were in trouble. They'd gone to a lot of effort too - apart from the glitch with their note. Made a right mess of what was presumably their own office. Paperwork everywhere. Unless of course they were rushed in organising the 'kidnapping' and needed to find something important to go with them.

Putting the pieces of paper back in the room, Alina headed toward Brian. "I'd say it was a set up," she said - thinking the facts through in her mind as she did so. "The note-paper matched up to say 'I'm kidnapped'. Assuming that the owner of the office wrote the note, and have not shrunk and are stuck somewhere invisible in their own office, this is odd terminology. Even in a rush, which would be suggested by the state of the office, the majority wouldn't write with that sort of grammar." She paused. "Which asks the question why? I'd say at the simplest level, that they are in some kind of trouble, and expect that staging such event will help their circumstances. Could be as simple as going into hiding to let something blow over and be forgotten by the time of their reappearance. Now whether the mess was made to help with the effect of a kidnapping, or because they were in a rush to find something before their disappearance will not be known until the owner of the office is found."

Pierre felt flustered...really this couldn't be that hard to solve. "How about this?" he began hoping this time he was right "this was a set-up, the mess could have been staged or used to produce a 'I-have-been-kidnapped' effect. If this person had truly been kidnapped there would be a ransom note of sort, but all there is a torn piece of paper. The words 'i am' and 'kidnapped' appeared to have been in the same paper. So in conclusion; this was a set-up to distract us from the person's true reason for disappearing.'

She had it right?

Marina was a bit surprised, that she had managed to get it right, in the first try. This meant she could go on to the next level! It also meant that she had truly been able to pick up something, from this place - a nugget of learning and knowledge that would stay with her.

"I don't think I'm cut out for detective-work, Mr. Lee," she said, with a smile. "But I think it's an interesting co-incidence that I work in your wife's department. Becca's." She had just registered that now, when he had said she should be in his department, but it struck her now.

Funny co-incidence, eh?

"Thank you." She gave him a friendly smile, when he wished her good luck, before moving away, to head to the next level.

Oh, he didn't know about the person. Dang. There could have been so much useful information in he did! "Hmm? Oh no. That's quite alright." she said, declining the offer to bring back the witness with a small smile before looking back over to the desk, concentration written all over her face. She didn't quite trust witnesses. Everyone lies...

"So... am I supposed to tell you my conclusion?" she said, looking back over to the man. She'd seen a few other people do that, however she just wanted to be sure. "Or...write it down..." At least she didn't have to fire anybody.

DH scratched his chin and nodded. He then said.

"Based on my understanding, I think this crime is premeditated and is set up. What I mean is, I think our victim is not the victim after all." he said as he walked through the stuff he had collected as evidence.

"Well, I think that this victim of ours is being black-mailed by someone. Hence, this," holding the "I'm not a fool" notebook page.

"Maybe he owes someone some amount of money, or did something wrong and a person knows that our victim had done it. So he decided to send some letters to our victim. And because our victim is afraid of the consequences, he staged this whole being kidnapped thing and he is now on the run from the person." he said. Then look towards the witness, "As for out witness, there. I think he is an accomplice. He maybe is a friend of the 'victim' and was asked to play along thing game." he said nodding as though he is very proud of his conclusion.

Samuel looked up at the man that addressed them, and then he nodded his head. He could get this! He knew he could. Looking back down at the items in his hand, he wrinkled he eyebrows at the 'I am kidnapped' letter'. It just hit him then and there that someone who was being kidnapped would NOT have the time to write a letter like that. It was impossible.

So this had to be set up, yes?

After realizing that, he looked at the other notes he had found. None of the other items really made sense to him except the Hufflepuff diary, because that made him thing that the man that had owned this office had been in that house while in Hogwarts. And he was going to continue to think that unless he was told differently.

Now if this was a set up, why would the guy leave the witness? He was kind of beginning to think the witness wasn't telling the complete truth. Maybe the person who was in the room at the time told the man what exactly to tell them when they interviewed him? So that he wouldn't give away where the man was going...or why he was going.

He turned back towards the Department Head. "This was all set up," he stated. "Why else would there be a note that says 'I am kidnapped'? Nobody would have time to write something like that if they were being taken away against their own will. As for what the witness said, I think he's stretching the truth a little bit. If the man -- who I think was a Hufflepuff -- was planning to fake his own kidnapped, I don't understand why he would let someone see him and NOT do anything about it. So I think that the witness and the man might have been good friends, and he might have told the witness what to say to us once we interviewed him. So that he would, you know, not exactly give away why the man was faking his own kidnap...and where he was going."

As to why he was faking his own kidnap was another story...

"I think the guy was planning on faking his own kidnap because he did something bad? I don't know exactly what kind of crime he might have committed, but he must have committed something that would make him have to run and hide."

Waving and smiling at everyone who were departing from the room to the next level, he turned to concentrate on others in the room and ignored his tiredness

“Good. Nicely done…Miss.” Brian gave her thumbs up sign with a smile. Glad everyone was coming with their own theories and working on their own.


Brian moved on to the woman, “Can I help you?” he said, wanting to help her. After all he was there for teach them some security related techniques and to help if situation arised.




“Now, you made your point pretty clear..” he said, smiling at her to relieve her from the slight tension.

Brian looked at her, listening her without interruptions. She was quick too. But according to Alina’s experience the task was not that much difficult, he knew it. So he smiled after she finished, “Neat work, Alina. I’m not surprised..” he paused, “Good luck for other tasks.”

He stopped and watching the woman who seemed talking to herself?!
“Excuse me, I’m wondering are you talking to yourself ?” his voice was calm as usual.

“Anything comfortable for you..” he said, not really particular about the way of conveying their perspectives.

Different thinking. No doubt he is working in Mysteries.

Brian nodded his head approvingly, “I’m glad you’re coming up with a different story. Nice job man.” He patted on his shoulder before wished him for the upcoming tasks.

Brian’s attention was now on this man. With his casual smile he spoke up, “The reasons could be anything behind it, but you got the bottom line of the whole mystery. Very good” he appreciated his effort honestly before shoved something into his hand, “Good luck!”

Anything she was comfortable with? Well, this whole thing she wasn't comfortable with. Probably the reason why she didn't work in this department. Well, no it was the reason why she wasn't in this department.

Staring at the man a moment longer, debating whether she would either just tell him and save time, or take the more comfortable route and write everything down, Lilah took a deep breathe and decided to just go for it. "Alright." she said, glancing back at the desk before looking back to the man. "To make it simple, I don't think the man was kidnapped. The torn 'I am kidnapped' note is as much evidence for that than anything else. A kidnapper, especially like the one that we seem to be having looming over our shoulders would be smarter to not leave evidence like that, unless he or she likes to play with people's minds. Now if you add in the ransacked looking desk to the note, you find someone who was in a great hurry, either trying to find something that was important that they needed to take with them and forgot where they had placed it, or to make the note sound more believable. However, contrary to my other theories that I had been thinking of, nothing really seems to be broken and there really doesn't seem like there were any signs of struggle, so the person who previously was stationed at this desk did this all on their own."

Why they did this, Lilah was still trying to figure out. "The other notes, I don't think have any relation to the 'I am kidnapped' one?" She was still trying to figure this one out too. Why have pieces of paper with random things on it? "He or she could've been communicating with someone...things got out of hand...and whether they were in trouble or not, they had to leave rather quickly. Most likely either going into hiding or to whoever they were communicating with."

And, that was all she had so far. She didn't even want to think about putting the witness into play. But, if there was a kidnapper, the witness would have said something wouldn't he of?

Alina smiled at Brian's reply. "Thanks, it was an interesting room to work with," she said, glad to have got it right first go. "And congratulations on the little one," she added with a twinkle in her eye. "You'll have to show me some photos sometime."

And with that, she turned to move on to the next task...

Emma looked up from her notebook and smiled at the man who stood in front of her.

"Yes,I was just talking to the eyewitness, but im afraid he went."

She looked round the room for him, but she couldnt see him, and she only had a question. Chewing the end of her quill she looked at the man again.

Lucia smiled and nodded politely at Mr Lee. "Thanks very much." She said kindly, then turned to leave for the next room. That challenge was a lot tougher than the first one.

Laura was relieved and she gave a small smile and nodded as Mr.Lee had told that she had made the point clear.
Thank You sir she said politely
So does this mean the end of the first round? she thought.

Upon entering the next room Michel heaved yet another sigh. How many of those fun (*snort*) challenges would he have to endure? Oh, no, of course, they were trying to find their Minister. Where the Aurors were he had no idea but apparently the British Ministry was unable to provide anybody else to fulfill this task so they had to use normal Ministry employees. Pfft.

The 29 year old listened carefully to the man who explained the procedure and taught them two spells. He honestly TAUGHT them two spells. Well, obviously he assumed they were all total morons who didn't know the spells Novus Res and SpeRevelio! As if! Though, no, strike that. There probably WERE indeed morons who didn't know those spells in this room. Well, obviously he was not one of them. Duh!

Ignoring the people around him Michel uttered "SpeRevelio!", a hint of his French accent accompanying his tones. He waited for a moment but obviously there were no traps in this room. They were in the Ministry after all. Before he performed the next spell he let his green-gray-ish eyes scan the scene before him in search for any clues. A few objects caught his attention - especially the saw in the basket (if this was somehow involved in the whole thing then it did not look good for the Minister) - but in the end he cast a non-verbal Novus Res on the room nonetheless.

All in all he found several new objects some of which he considered clues, some of which were probably simply there to mislead them. He made a few notes on his notepad before he turned around to face the guy who apparently was responsible for this part of the whole thing (Brian Lee).



"Sir?" Guh, why did this have to involve talking to people? Why couldn't he just write his assumptions on a piece of parchment like last time? "At first sight, I would assume that somebody has been kidnapped who had been sorted into the house Hufflepuff at Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft and Wizardry." In case he didn't know what Hufflepuff was. "However - to quote one of the clues I found - 'I am not a fool' which is why I would say that this whole scene is not real. If somebody was indeed kidnapped they would not have time to write a note saying that they are currently kidnapped. This is just not realistic." At this he rolled his eyes slightly and waited for the man to reply in some way.

Pierre shook his head "No sir I'm not talking to my self, though like I said this is a set-up" he sighed as he wrote his theory while he said it out loud "the clue 'I am not a fool' says it all, it indicates that the scene is not real and to top it off the grammar is too 'proper' for some one who has been kidnapped. Who'd write I am kidnapped I believe that they though by disorganizing the office they'd throw us off, but to me this job was poorly done." he waited for the person in charge to answer....maybe this time he could move on.

"Certainly," Hannah said with a smile. "I found two halves of paper with I am and Kidnapped written on them. And they fit together. Then there's a journal, and it says hufflepuff. So a Hufflepuff was kidnapped." It would be a lot easier to back it up if she had an eyewitness to question, but she hadn't seen one.

Briony walked into the room for the next challenge and listened to what Brian Lee had to say. She walked into the next room where the crime was suppose to have taken place. Oh great, this looked difficult. Easy conclusions weren't going to come so easy you could say. Before she touched anything she made sure to say, "SpeRevelio." She did as Mr. Lee had instructed with the wand movement. So far so good. Or safe. Time to find objects that should not be in this room. "Novus Res," she said, following another wand motion. 7 objects glowed and she made sure to write them down on the parchment in front of her.

Briony stood around, thinking for a while. This task was definitely more advanced then the last. Her detective skills weren't amazing you could say. "Well Mr. Lee," she began after coming up with one of the stories she felt was most likely. "The clues here are obviously not an accident." She felt as if most of the clues given were actually left here on purpose. Clue 1 didn't seem very helpful so she dismissed it. "The person who was kidnapped, or so they say, seems as if they saw this coming." Why else would the clue be left that said I am kidnapped? It was logical to believe a real person who was going to be kidnapped would not see it coming. "My belief is that the person who was kidnapped staged this all. He was never kidnapped but rather tried to make us believe it so we wouldn't go after a possible other crime he committed. This scene and the clues are a good way for someone to make authorities to believe it as well." That was her theory. That it was all staged. "And the witness over there probably saw this man going beserk in attempt to ruin the room before he ran for it."

She hoped this was the right conclusion. And she hoped that the next task would possibly be easier than this one. Not that giving it a bit of thought didn't help.

Samuel was making so progress now, go him! And before he knows it, he will be saving Allie. He grasped the thing the man shoved in his hands before saying, "Thanks." With that, he walked out the door and to the next challenge.