Sometimes Kyle had to wonder whether the position of Minister for Magic possessed some kind of strange magic.
He had actually seen a trace of Cornelius Fudge in Amelia Bones, that decisive, action-oriented Minister.
Though it was only the slightest trace, she really had changed from before.
Still, Kyle was willing to help her.
After all, during the previous final battle, Amelia Bones had not stayed behind giving orders. She had led from the front and fought on the front lines the entire time.
Those were the qualities a qualified Minister for Magic ought to possess. Compared with that, a tiny shift in her personality was hardly important.
So Kyle cooperated fully with this visit, trying to help Amelia recover some of her reputation...
Kyle did not know whether it would work... He was not Dumbledore, and he did not carry that much weight.
But there was at least one thing Kyle could be sure of: with his help, Amelia probably would not be driven from office outright.
That period of breathing room would be enough for her to accomplish a great deal.
What happened afterward, however, had little to do with Kyle.
Only Dumbledore could change most people's opinion of the Minister for Magic with a single sentence. Kyle did not yet have that kind of influence; being able to buy her some time was already quite good.
Afterward, Kyle made another trip to the Department for Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, but he did not find Chris. According to Cedric, he had been dealing with an issue involving Dementors since noon.
"Dementors?" Kyle sat in the chair in the department head's office, frowning. "Are those things causing trouble again? Haven't they learned their lesson?"
When the Dementors had collectively rebelled a few years ago, they had been