Crixus nodded silently as the news was rather grim, the way she described it they had come at it with little to no warning and they came in a group to ensure the job got done. But the question was why they had went after her at all, the group only went after muggles and if she was the daughter of John Solar then there would be no reason to go after her. An to go after the child of someone who worked in the Department themselves was rather gutsy which showed they had no fear either. Crixus messed with the sunglasses on his nose as these thoughts went through his head, there had to be something he was missing, that was entirely possible seeming this had all be so sudden.

[b]"Stay calm Mrs. Solar I will have your family checked on immediately, I do know your father, not personally but I have often talked to him around the office, he is a great wizard I am sure he is fine. You were quite brave to make this far and under the Crucio curse, I can see that the strength your father possesses is also inside you as well."[/b]

Crixus smiled trying to lighten the moment for her, it was a weak attempt but he was not usually the one who spoke to people under such dire circumstances, that was the area of Harry Potter, he was the one with the silver tongue around the office. Crixus lifted his head up as he heard a commotion outside the ward, getting up he went to the door and looked into the hallway, down at the end John Solar was being detained by the two guarding Aurors. Good.. he was okay that was if nothing else a relief to him. Turning Crixus smiled at Ceres.

[b]"Your family seems safe as can be Mrs. Solar they are here right now, I will go and inform the guards that they can be permitted through. My name is Crixus by the way, I have no last name.. long story so feel free to call me Mr. Crix or just Crix if you like either is fine."[/b]

Crixus nodded his head and walked out of the room, trodding down the hallway he came to the two stationed Aurors and walked between them.

[b]"Mr. Solar it is good to see you safe, before you ask your daughter is safe and recuperating, my apologies for your being detained but we are trying to ensure that whoever did this does not try and do it again here. I can escort you to your daughter, but I request that under the circumstances that you give me your wands just in case."[/b]

John understood more then enough that he would not get through unless he followed the procedures, he had been there before so he knew better then anyone it was the only way. Both John and his wife produced their wands and handed them to Crixus, looking down at the young woman with them she was clutching a wand of her own.

[b]"I will need your wand wand as well young miss, you will get it back I promise you we just want to ensure that Mrs. Solar remains safe, I will keep your wand protected myself and I am the best protection around."[/b]

The young woman smiled slightly as he directed his words towards her

she relinquished her wand but still a bit unwillingly. Crixus motioned his hand to the hall and had the family follow him through. Crixus lead them to their daughters room and motioned them inside. Turning he motioned for the two guards to approach.

[b]"No on else enters unless given special permission by me or Mr. Potter, keep an eye on them just in case, keep your bases covered gentleman as the muggles like to say."[/b]

The men nodded their understanding, soon enough Crixus found himself in Harry Potters office again, the sun was just barely rising now and dawn was on the way, the night had gone so bloody fast. Harry Potter looked rather grim having heard the news of the curse mark on Ceres's shoulder, both knew what it meant.

[b]"What are we going to do Mr.Potter we both know that mark means they will try again. An as far as we know they have a rather impressive rate of completing their tasks. Not to mention from what she told me they sent a task force practically to kill her, either they were expecting resistance from her father or they prefer to travel in large groups when they track their targets and murder them. I don't even understand why they would attack her to begin with, they only go after muggles so it doesn't even make sense."[/b]

Harry Potter signed as he put his head in his hands, that was never a good sign it meant he was going to reveal something he would rather not say but had no real choice.

[b]"Understand that this stays within the walls of this office, no one is to know especially the family and specifically Ceres Solar herself. Only I and her immediate family are aware of this, but given the circumstances it is prudent you know. Ceres Solar is muggle born, her family was murdered during Voldemorts reign, they were just few of the causalities his death eaters amassed before the end of the second wizarding war. She was adopted by John Solar and his wife under the pretense that she not know of it, the reasons are not familiar to me and they are not my business or my concern. Obviously whoever targeted her knows this somehow, and this leads me to believe it had to be someone she or her family knew or trusted and that does not bode well. No one knew besides her adoptive parents and me."[/b]

Crixus was silent as he listened to Harry tell of Ceres and her past parents being mixed blood, well that piece of the puzzle was solved but much of it was still left out in the open and unsolved.

[b]"So how do we proceed from this point, if she is in fact a target still which is a pretty good chain of reasoning that she is, she will need protection. She got lucky this time, but there is no telling if she will be as lucky is they try to kill her again."[/b]

[b]"You are correct, it came close tonight and that we can not allow again. As it so happens this is her final year at Hogwarts, I will need to speak to her father but I believe we can work out a plan to keep her protected until we can put an end to this. Come with me."[/b]

Crixus nodded as he followed Harry back to the infirmary, he motioned silently from outside the room for John Solar, the man approached and came out closing the door behind him.

[b]"John we need to talk, if you will accompany me to my office Crixus will remain here and keep an eye on things out here."[/b]

John nodded as they both disappeared around the corner, Crixus motioned his hand for the Auror beside the door to return to his post with the other Auror at the door way to the ward. He stood silently with his arms crossed behind his back, he was curious as to what plan Mr. Potter had, but he had a sinking feeling he would know soon enough and even more then he was probably going to be part of it. The Solar family was quite unaware of this but Crixus was the lead on this case involving this mysterious group of dark witches and wizards, it must have been fate that Ceres Solar popped out so suddenly and became quite possibly the break in this case that they had been looking for now for a month. Looking into the room he looked at Ceres, he did not envy the position she was in, he just hoped that whatever happened next that she would remain safe.