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Remus cleared his throat. The two ladies noticed them, and Remus could see Hermione tense while looking at her father. |
Dan quickly made his way over to Hermione and hugged her in her chair. "I am shocked, and disappointed, but I love you with all of my heart. We will work through this as a family." He kissed her temple and took a seat next to her. |
Remus began the conversation. "Dan and Emma. There are a few things that we should talk about. First of all I think it would be best for Hermione to have a magical guardian." Remus raised a hand to forestall questions for a moment. "Please let me explain. In the magical world, muggleborns are given a magical guardian a... |
"How fucking dare those foul people try and control my daughter like that! We are her parents! We love and want to protect her, while they can barely stand her because she is not a pureblood!" She said that last word with venom. |
Remus placed a hand on Emma’s arm and looked her in the eye. He made a head jerk over to her husband and hoped that she understood what he needed her to do. He needed her to calm down so that she could help him calm the anger that he could see Dan was trying to desperately reign in. He had recognized the fire in his ey... |
"If we could all take a breath for a moment, I do have a solution." Remus offered in the face of the Granger parents ire. |
"What do you suggest Professor?" Hermione asked. |
Remus watched as Emma came around the table and sat in her husband’s lap with her arms around his neck. Dan leaned his head against his wife’s. Using her as an anchor to calm his rioting emotions. |
"Sirius has a cousin. Her name is Andromeda Tonks. She was cast out of the family for refusing to go through with an arranged marriage, but when she finally did marry, she married a muggleborn. A very nice man named Ted Tonks." |
"Her family actually disowned her for marrying a muggleborn?" At Remus’ nod, Emma continued. "That’s just wrong." |
"You have to understand. Most of the pureblood elite families still arrange the marriage of their children. They are more strategical, political and financial moves rather than true love. Not only do muggleborns tend to shun our traditions, they have no political clout, nor are they usually very wealthy. Think of it as... |
"Yes that does make sense now." Hermione stated. "The British monarchy in the past often married their cousins and sometimes their half siblings. All in an attempt to keep their bloodline pure." |
"Yes but we non magicals have evolved and learned from our mistakes. Why haven’t witches and wizards?" Dan asked. |
"That is an even longer discussion for some other time. For now let us get back on topic. Sirius would like Andromeda to sponsor you for the house of Black. He has had her reinstated into the house, and she has agreed to do it." Remus said |
"Wait why can’t Sirius do it?" Hermione asked. |
"Because he is a single male. You will soon be sixteen years old." Remus stated as if the answer was obvious. |
"But I still don’t understand wh...." Hermione was cut off by her father. |
"If my rudimentary understanding of this culture is correct, some would presume that he would possibly be grooming a future wife?" Dan asked Remus. |
"That is correct. Or attempting to groom one for his heir." Remus looked at Hermione. He watched as it finally dawned on the witch. |
"HARRY?! But that’s just...that’s..." |
"Yes. Well that my dear is the way the British magical world thinks." |
"What would this magical guardian do? What is her purpose when it comes to our daughter?" Emma asked. She had tried to get up from her husband’s lap but he was not having it. He held her tighter against his body. |
"Andy will be tasked with helping Hermione ease into our society. The do’s and dont’s so to speak. Navigating British magical society can be devastating for a muggleborn. There are obscure laws that if broken can start a blood feud. Magically raised children learn the rules from the cradle." He took a breath. "She will... |
"Why is it only young women who have to behave?" Hermione demanded angrily. |
"Oh there are rules for young men as well. Trust me when I tell you it is all very confusing." Remus sighed. |
He then turned his attention back to Emma and Dan. "As for you two, she will be a go between the magical world and yourselves. There are many things that the ministry feels that they can get away with when it comes to the notification of muggle parents of their muggleborn children. She can also run interference on your... |
"What type of contracts?" Emma asked. |
"Betrothal being key among them. There are also indentured contracts. Contracts for business. There are contracts for just about anything in our world." Remus finished. |
"They can marry off my baby to anyone?!" Dan yelled. His wife soothed him with kisses to his neck, while running her hands through his hair. Dan took deep breaths to try and reign in his temper. |
"It is rare, but in theory yes. That is why it is important for Hermione to have Andy to help you. She would be sponsoring Hermione in the name of the House of Black. And trust me when I tell you that anyone stupid enough to cross Sirius will meet a very sticky end." Remus said fiercely of his friend. |
Dan looked at his wife and she nodded. "Then I say yes. We need someone who can help us navigate this new world. We go months without knowing anything about our daughter, and after everything that you two have told me, it sounds like this is just what we need. I would however like to meet this Andromeda if that is ok?"... |
"Remus nodded his head. "She will be here in less than an hour." Remus turned to look at Hermione. "Before she gets here however we have a few more things to discuss." |
Emma insisted on getting off of Dan’s lap so that the man could get some breakfast. Dan took some toast, sausage, bacon, grilled potatoes and some black coffee. He thought he was finished, until his wife cleared his throat. Dan reluctantly took some fruit and tomato slices and put it on his plate. Grumbling under his b... |
"Between last night and this morning, I’m not sure how much more I can take." Emma said. |
"This has less to do with magic, and more to do with Hermione’s attitude." Remus began. |
"Oh. Is there a problem?" Dan asked between a bite of sausage. |
"Hermione. I only say this because I care. Harry cares about you like a sister he really does, but you are in danger of losing that friendship." Remus stated plainly. |
"What? Why?" Hermione was really confused. |
"Because as even you yourself pointed out yesterday, it is very much your bossy know it all persona." Remus stated plainly. |
"Excuse me Remus. But what do you mean?" Emma was irked at the put down. |
"I want to give you the perspective Harry shared with me. You are his friend Hermione. Not his mother." Hermione’s eyes and mouth were wide open. |
"I’ve never..." Hermione started to say, but was cut off mid sentence. |
"You badger them to do their homework." He put his hands up in a gesture for her to wait. "Yes. In theory that is a good thing, but it’s also the fact that you constantly make them feel inadequate because you feel they are not as smart as you. You want them to add far too much to their original work. Which I can tell y... |
"Wait a minute. Harry was raised in the muggle world. He should understand that it has far more benefits in terms of equality." Hermione stated. |
Remus took a deep breath. And then another as he rubbed his temples and closed his eyes. He looked to Dan. "I am going to have to be very blunt to your daughter and the both of you. Please know that she is fast becoming a cub to me, and I mean no harm. She is a member of my pack; family if you will." |
Dan looked at his wife, and they both agreed. They knew that Remus would not hurt their child. |
"As you are muggle raised, are you aware of the story of the Tortoise and the Hare?" Remus asked Hermione as he stood and walked to stand at a wall opposite from where she was sitting."Yes of course. The tortoise won the race because...oh dear." Hermione gasped. |
"Exactly. You are the Hare Hermione. So sure that you are right all of the time, that you do not see another way around the problem. You want to go charging in with all of your new ideas and ways to change the wizarding world. Many of them are very good ideas. But new ideas take time to implement. Your heart is in the ... |
Hermione was almost in full blown panic. Her marks meant the world to her. Even knowing what she now knew, she always wanted to do her best. "What do you mean professor?" She asked. |
"What is your ranking for your year group?" He asked. |
She held her head high. "I was the top of my class for my year." she said. |
Remus shook his head and met her eyes dead on. "You are the top of your class for your year...in Gryffindor." He deadpanned. |
Hermione was floored. "Why only Gryffindor? I thought it was across all of the houses. |
Remus shook his head. "No Hermione. Your house standings are posted in your house. Your overall year grade is given at your request from your Head of House. Hermione, you barely rank in the top ten for your year." Remus felt bad for breaking the girl’s spirit even more. |
"What?!" Hermione was beyond shocked. "I make sure my essays are impeccable and on time, if not early and..." She was cut off by Remus again. He still had his back against the wall with his arms crossed. |
"And almost a foot longer than what was asked for in the first place! Look. Hermione. You are a smart witch, but NO ONE appreciates being brow beaten in the way that you do it." Remus sighed again. "You are a smart young lady so think about it. How many assignments do you think that the professors have to grade?" Remus... |
"Honey I think what he is alluding to, is that the teachers set limits for a reason. There are far more of you than there is of the one teacher. I was a student assistant in university. If all of the students made extra work for the professors, it would take forever to grade the papers and get it back to the students."... |
Remus shook his head. "Hermione you have an eidetic memory it would seem. But the teachers do not want to hear word for word what the text says. They have already read it. They want you to put it in your own words. Not verbatim what the text says." Remus sighed and checked the time. "I believe Andromeda will be here so... |
"I tell you this not to hurt you little one. But to help you. If you want to make your life here, these are the things you need to know." Remus left the room. |
Dan made his daughter look at him. "I know what he said hurt you peanut, but he has a point. You can’t act that way with people. Especially your friends. For now let’s discuss something else. Your mother and I want to work on some things with you." Dan looked to his wife. |
"Do you remember us talking about how we spent time in the military?" she asked. Hermione nodded. |
"Your father and I want to do physical training with you. You have said yourself that wizards and witches are useless without a wand. This will give you the added advantage in an emergency." Emma smiled at her daughter. |
Hermione took in all that her mother said. She knew war was coming. Knew the dangers around her. She knew that it was time to start fighting back. She looked her father square in the eye. |
"When do we start?" |
Harry was finding that this whole new world of virtual freedom during his summers, was so exciting that he didn’t know what to do with himself at times. He had made friends with of all people...vampires! |
They were amazing! He had learned so many things from them in such a short time. Such as the fact that although magic is magic, different magical races have magic that is unique to the species. |
He learned more about magical races in a couple of days, than he had in all of his years at Hogwarts. At school the only thing that you learned when it came to other magical races, were that house elves were happy servants. And that goblins were blood thirsty money grabbers. |
Goblins he might add, who were always good and kind to him. More kind than the majority of the wizards he had encountered by the way. What a fucking joke he mused. How could Hogwarts possibly be the best school in the world? It seemed that so much was lacking in the curriculum there. |
He, Fred and George, had explored the property that they would be staying at for what worked out to be the next nine months. George was beyond salivating at this point, and had now progressed to sheer bliss. He had his nose in a book about the plants of this part of the world, and their uses. He spent a large part of h... |
Even with his loves excitement of all of the new things that they were able to learn in the library of the house, Harry had felt that him and the twins had become closer as a triad. |
But Harry had insisted that he would spend some time with each twin individually. He wanted them to know that he saw them as separate people. Harry got the feeling that even though they were used to it, it hurt them a little that some people who were supposed to be close to them (family) couldn’t tell them apart, let a... |
But now the time of blissful comfort and safety of exploration had come to an end. He was currently down by the pond, working on some of the meditation exercises that Caleb had started him on after his brief stay in the clinic with Natasha. He was concentrating on the motions of the water and letting his mind begin to ... |
"Hey Fred. What’s going on?" Harry asked scared out of his wits. He realized that he was close to attacking his boyfriend with the blade that sat at his waste. Caleb had taught him, "We may wield a wand, but never forget a backup. And then be sure to back up your backup’ Harry had taken those words to heart given what ... |
Fred cupped his cheek. He had known better than to disturb a person when they were meditat. He had come upon Caleb in a similar state one time. He was intent on asking him about a charms question he had come across while reading in the extensive library, and found himself on his back with an arm to his throat, and a kn... |
"Oh. O.k." Harry said a bit hesitantly, as he removed his hand from the hilt. "Um...right then. I guess I should get going." Harry stood up with Fred’s help. He continued to hold Fred’s hand back to the house. He knew that this was coming, but it still made him a little more than nervous. |
He knew he shouldn’t be so apprehensive about the ritual and the healing he would have to go through, but he was. He had tried to accept the way that he truly looked. But if he was to be honest with himself, he would like to live without glamours. His biggest concern was if Fred and George would accept him if he looked... |
As they made their way back inside the house, Sirius was waiting for him wearing light gray cotton pants, and a white cotton button down shirt. He grabbed Harry and gathered him into a strong hug. |
Harry only stiffened for a fraction of a moment. He was finally getting used to people hugging him."You’re back! I’ve missed you Sirius!" |
"Missed you too pup." Sirius took a moment to inhale Harry’s scent. The pup was safe and whole. "Come into the sitting room. There are some people I want to introduce you to. Fred and George. You two troublemakers as well." Sirius gestured for them to follow him. |
"Did he..." George began |
"...call us troublemakers?" |
"I do believe I did. Now come along. We don’t have all day. Oh. Ron was kind enough to show me to your trunks." Sirius said impatiently as he pulled the trunks from his pocket and re sized them. |
"I’m offended!" started George. |
"Wounded even. I’m completely..." |
"Devastated that someone..." |
"That we admire would think..." |
"We would be troublemakers!" They finished together. |
Sirius just rolled his eyes and shook his head. "In here you miscreants. Time waits for no one!" Sirius motioned for them to follow him into the sitting room, and gestured for them to take a seat. |
"I have some people to introduce you to. This is Cara. She is a mind healer in the wizarding world, and a psychiatrist in the muggle world." Cara stepped forward and shook Harry’s hand. She was a rather tall woman with long brown curly hair that was pulled back in a high pony tail. Harry noticed that before she had ste... |
"A pleasure to meet you young man. Please be assured that all of our meetings will be private, and will not be discussed with anyone, unless you give your express permission." She gave him a warm smile. Sirius continued. "She along with some of the others here, will help in other parts of your training. Along with your... |
"I thank you in advance madame." Harry gave a respectful nod in her direction. |
"You already know Natasha. She will be supervising our medical condition as well as assisting with your education in Charms and Herbology. She will also be teaching you beginning healing and emergency medicine." Harry smiled and waved at the woman he was becoming to think of as an aunt of sorts. |
"You’ve met Leo. He runs a few muggle fitness gyms. Even though as a vamp, he is far stronger and faster than us humans, he knows what the human body can endure and what it cannot. So don’t worry too much. He is also ICW certified to teach Defense against the Dark Arts." Leo stepped forward and put his hand on Harry’s ... |
"Oh you should worry little one. I may tone down my abilities for my human clients, but I expect you to perform to the best of human abilities. You have much to learn child, and I have a lot to teach you." Leo gave him a light squeeze of his shoulder, and stepped back. |
"This is Aditi. She is a potions Mistress. World renowned, well all except for England...racist pricks that they are." Aditi was an asian woman of average height and weight with long black hair that had a sprinkling of gray. |
She addressed the boys with an accent that sounded as if it was Indian. She turned to Fred and George. "I understand that you two are pranksters?" They both nodded. "I am the undisputed queen of the pranks back home. But let me be clear, there will be no pranking in my class. As you both know, potions are extremely vol... |
"Crystal." They said in stereo. |
Sirius continued."Besides your regular studies, each of these people will be here to help with your physical/combat training. They each have a specialty, in defense that you will find you will need when we get back home. They are to be treated with respect. They are taking their time away from their own lives to try an... |
"Fred and George. There will be plenty of time to develop your product line so don’t worry." Sirius said. Much to both Fred and George’s relief. |
"There will be a very strict schedule to follow. We" Sirius motioned to the other instructors. "Have come up with such a schedule." Sirius went to the desk in the corner and came back with three pieces of paper and handed it to the three youths. |
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