The day had ended as it almost always did for Fred Longbottom - a late arrival at home from his job as an Auror. This time, though, it ended for good when he was greeted at his front door by aliens whom you could have mistaken forarachnamanchula. His wife appealed to the US Auror office for help. That was just the beginning for the wizards ofHogwarts and James Wendt. The trouble was that you didn't know whom to trust. Anyone could becontrolled by the real aliens that infested their victims brains. The one advantages that wizards had was that the aliens didn't know they existed. The ensuing war was almost completely hidden from view.