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"My dear boy I must insist that you put your wand away. No one will harm you here." |
"I see. Like that so called adult who drew their wand on me and no one but my godfather bothered to assist me no harm? No thank you. So again, why am I here?" |
Albus gave a very put upon sigh. "Very well. I suppose I’ll allow it." Albus was not sure he liked this new Harry Potter. His face was unreadable, his back was straight as he stood tall and proud with his wand in his hand at his side. |
Sirius snorted. "Like you have a choice." Sirius still had an eye patrolling the room, as he stood casually against a wall with his wand in his hand. |
Harry gave a small smirk. |
"We’re here Lord Potter because an accusation of attempted murder was raised by Lords Smithers and Malfoy." |
"Ah. I see. You would do well to teach your little boy not to challenge his betters Lord Malfoy. He is only alive because I have been taught restraint. Had this happened on the field of battle, the little ferret would be dead. As such, I don’t make it a habit to kill children because of what their parents have drilled ... |
Lucius drew himself up to his full height. "I am a Lord of an Ancient and Noble House and you will treat me as such." |
"Correction. You are a Lord of a Noble House. Translation. You have money. Whereas I am a Lord of aMost Ancient and Most Noble House and you will treat me as such. Your French roots betray you Malfoy. My bloodline helped to build this magical world in England, while your family was still herding sheep. Add to that, my ... |
Sirius was so proud of his godson. He kept a cool demeanor, while brutally laying out the facts. Hell Arcturus would be proud of his half blood great grandson. |
Harry turned to Fudge. "And you Minister, what could bring such an important man as yourself from the Ministry for a schoolyard tiffle?" His smile was so wide and innocent that Sirius had to school his features to stop from bursting out laughing. |
"M...m my interest is of no concern of yours Potter!" |
"If you say so Fudge." He turned to the Headmaster. If Fudge was going to be disrespectful, so would he. "Let’s get this over with. Bring out the pensieve please." |
Malfoy started to bluster. "You have no right to..." |
"I have every right Lord Malfoy." He turned back to Albus. "Headmaster?" |
Albus nodded sadly and brought out the device. Everyone could clearly see that after they insulted Lily Potter, Harry tried to defuse the situation and walk away. They saw the young Mr. Smithers grab him and threaten him with you-know-who. They then saw him defend himself while Draco and Parkinson tried to curse him as... |
"Watch my back Siri." Harry raised his wand. "I Harry James Potter swear on my life and magic that the memory shown was a true account of the events. So say I so mote it be." Everyone watched as the oath took hold. "Lumos!" |
Harry turned back to the room and raised a brow. "Satisfied?" |
"Lord Potter. I’m sorry to have wasted your time. It was clearly self defence." She turned to the men who dragged her away from the improvements in her department for what was clearly not a crime. "Next time Minister don’t waste my time on baseless accusations. Lord Potter defended himself against a greater number of o... |
"On what grounds? It was just a fight between two schoolboys. Nothing more!" The Minister was sputtering. |
"I believe the term was attempted murder was it not Siri?" |
"Yes Harry I believe it was." |
Amelia gave a devious smile before she stepped through the floo. "They are correct Minister; you should have thought of that before you asked my department to get involved. Falsely accusing a Lord of an Ancient and Noble House by a Minor House is a crime. Good day gentlemen." And she was gone in a swirl of green flames... |
"This isn’t over Potter." Malfoy snarled at him. |
"I wouldn’t dare to dream it would be Malfoy." He turned back to the Headmaster. "Are we done? I have a project that I want to finish before the second coming of Merlin shows up next." |
"Just a moment Harry. I would like to speak with you. Gentlemen you may go." |
Fudge, Parkinson, and Malfoy frowned at being dismissed like wayward students, but took their leave. All except for Sirius, his Head of House and Severus Snape. |
Albus frowned. "I need to speak to Harry alone if you would." |
"Why do you do that?" Harry asked curiously |
"Do what my boy?" Albus asked confused. |
"That. The whole my boy thing? Or calling people by their first names, when protocol says otherwise. Or outright dismissing people?" |
"Whatever do you mean?" |
"I find it to be quite rude, and downright demeaning to call someone you are not related to "my boy’. Especially if he is a grown man." Harry asked. |
"Don’t bother Harry. He won’t listen. People have been telling him that for years, he just doesn’t care." |
Harry nodded. "Albus?" |
"Harry. I feel that you are headed down a dark path. You should not have injured that young man so my boy. I’m sure he would not have really hurt you. Not to mention your brutal assault on the other student not too long ago." |
Harry snorted. "Two words Albus. Luna Lovegood." |
Albus had to pause for a moment. "Your point Harry?" |
"My point is Headmaster, that these things happen in this school all of time. If it’s not a snake on a lion, it’s a badger on an eagle or any combination of the four. Last year I came up to two of my own house bullying a first year snakeling. I got them to back off and offered to walk the boy to his next class because ... |
"You are showing students the same forgiveness that you showed in my parent’s time here at Hogwarts. I love Sirius, and I love my father. But they should have been shown the error of their ways harshly. They were bullies Headmaster, and you only slapped them on the wrist." |
Sirius looked uncomfortable, as Cara had made him confess that he himself had been a bully. At the time he thought it was all harmless fun. But when Cara had made him see that it could have easily been Harry and not Snape, he was horrified. |
"Luna Lovegood is a beautiful soul with a sharp mind, and she was nearly killed by bullying in this school. Cho Chang’s family will show her the error of her ways, but what about the rest of the student body? It’s a not so secret joke among the students that we could probably kill someone, and you would just give out d... |
Harry stood in front of the Headmaster’s desk and crossed his arms across his chest. "So no Headmaster. I will defend myself by any means necessary." |
Albus sighed. "Harry he could have died." |
"Professor if I wanted him dead, he would be dead." |
"And how do you know that Potter? He has three cracked ribs on the left side and a concussion. Not to mention a broken nose, and two shattered facial bones." Snape demanded an answer. |
Harry looked to Sirius. The Lord Black spread his hands in a "leave me out of this’ gesture. Sirius would be at his side if needed, but some things Harry would have to do on his own. Harry was The Lord Potter after all. And if Harry wanted to follow through on his plan to revive magical Britain, then this was one of th... |
The young Gryffindor turned back to the Headmaster after he glared at his dad. "The short version is that over the summer we learned how much pressure was needed to disable and what was needed to kill. I purposefully kicked to the side of his chest and not the middle with as much force that was needed to incapacitate h... |
Minerva was once again reminded that she was never there for him. He had tried to tell her about the detentions and the points, but she had said her hands were tied and walked away. |
Albus sighed in resignation. "Very well. You will have two detentions with Professor Snape, and a loss of twenty points." |
Minerva gasped. |
Harry on the other hand literally burst out laughing. "Do you truly think I care? You people are hilarious! I think you just won me one hundred galleons! Oh." He said as he took out a handkerchief and blotted the tears from his eyes as he tried to calm down. He made sure not to mess up his eyeliner "Oh that was great. ... |
"Mr. Potter! What are you cackling about?" The Deputy Headmistress asked incredulously. |
He shrugged as his mirth began to subside. "It’s quite simple really. Professor Snape took an instant disliking to me, for something I now know was his hatred of my father. So the first years decided to have our own cup. Each person would put in what they could, and it became a sort of pool. We had to guess how many po... |
Harry smiled a genuine bright smile. "So are we done?" |
Albus just shook his head sadly. "Harry there is something regarding the war that we must speak about alone. It’s for the safety of everyone that the information that I have to share does not get out." |
Severus and Minerva both gave a slight nod and left the office. |
Albus looked stunned. "Sirius you need to trust my judgment my boy." |
Sirius stood next to Harry tall and proud. "No. You either tell me here and now along with my godson, or you say nothing at all. Truth be told, he will tell me anyway. Decide carefully old man because your days of manipulating us are done." Sirius turned to Harry. "Leave us Harry. We have things to discuss." |
Harry looked at Sirius with a look of such hurt that Sirius’ heart squeezed tightly in his chest. "Maljeye, my son." |
"Taljeye." Harry nodded. Sirius still trusted him, but this was the oath that they had given each other to let Harry know that he wanted to give Harry as much neutrality as possible. Harry would fight if he had to, but he didn’t want to. They both vowed to never use the oath unless absolutely necessary. Harry hugged Si... |
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"Leave him alone Albus." |
"Sirius." Albus sighed. He knew of the prophecy and that Harry was at the center of this conflict. "He needs to be prepared Sirius. You know that." |
The Lord Black conjured a more comfortable chair and sat down as he folded his hands across his lap and crossed his legs. "Let’s talk about that Albus. Why have you waited until this moment to prepare him? I have done more for him this summer than you have done his whole life. Granted I should have been there for him s... |
Albus was saved from answering by a knock at the door. "Enter." Albus said slowly while still looking at Sirius. |
"Albus we need to...oh. Hello Sirius. I didn’t mean to interrupt." |
Sirius stood and walked over with a genuine smile. "Madame Hooch." Sirius grasped her hand and placed a kiss above her knuckles. "You are looking more beautiful every time that I see you." |
"And you are just as much a scoundrel every time I see you." She joked with a wide smile. "How are you?" |
"Life is good. I do need to head home though. The worst thing about taking the mantel of Lord Black is the mountain of paperwork that comes with it." Sirius bowed slightly in her direction. "My Lady it is a pleasure as always." He turned to Albus with a cold look. "Albus." And walked out of the door. |
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Harry stormed into the common room with a look of cold fury on his face. He had almost made it to the stairs to the dorms when Fred stood in his way. |
"Go change. We’re gonna run." |
Harry looked at the determination in his lover’s eyes and gave a curt nod and stepped around him. |
Ten minutes later he was dressed for a run in November, and apparently so was George, Ron, Hermione, and Neville. |
They ran laps around the lake, and then did exercises using the stairs in the stands of the pitch. |
"Feel better mate?" Ron asked as he slung an arm over Harry’s shoulders while trying to catch his breath. |
Harry gave an embarrassed smile. "Yeah." |
"Well I think I’m dying. I need a shower and I’m sure you lot do too. Let’s go." Hermione ordered as she made her way back to the castle. |
After the troops smelled human once again, they spent time in the common room laughing and playing games. Harry may have made great strides in his body and magic, but he still sucked at chess. They were at one point approached by a very serious looking Colin and Dennis Creevey. |
"Yes?" Harry asked. They were good kids, but could grate on your nerves really quickly. |
Colin cleared his throat. "Mr. Potter. My brother and I would like to apologize for any offense that we may have caused you. In our eagerness to become a part of this new world we found ourselves in, we have most likely caused you some discomfort and for that we are sorry." |
All of the boys had their mouths open and eyes wide. Hermione however was all smiles as she put a privacy bubble around them all. "Have a seat boys." |
Colin and Dennis looked at each other, nodded and then did what they were told. |
"That was very well done Colin. Dennis. I see you took those lessons to heart and I’m very proud of you. I met your father at the meeting, and he seemed like a nice man." |
Dennis nodded eagerly. "Da’s great! He signed us up for the defence camp and it was wicked! Colin can make a strong patronus shield, but it doesn’t have a form yet. Mines just a mist right now, but it’s getting better! And we know the blasting hex, and the cutting hex, and the... |
"Dennis. Take a breath." Hermione commanded softly with a smile. "Good. Now. I’m sure you both learned a lot, because Sarah and her team are great people. That was a very nice apology Collin, how long did you work on it?" |
Collin snorted. "Since I started reading some of the material that we were given by Da. We could’ve been killed in some cases if we weren’t in school." Collin turned to Harry. "We really are sorry Potter. We talked to Da this summer, after we looked in some books on etiquette in the wizarding world, about how we acted.... |
Harry had finally come out of his stupor when the boys sat down. "It’s ok guys. Really. Just remember what you’ve learned, and you should be goo..." Harry trailed off. |
"Mate. You alright?" Ron asked concerned. |
"Bloody hell! Why didn’t I think of this before?!" |
"Harry what are you babbling about?" George asked. |
"Colin and Dennis. How would you like to be my official photographers?" |
"WHAT?!" The brothers asked together. |
"I am giving you exclusive rights to take pictures of me for any interview that I give, or if I just want some casual pictures of my family and friends. What do you say?" |
"Yes!" Colin all but screamed |
"Good I’ll talk to my steward and account manager at Gringotts. We’ll have a contract drawn up and you two can look it over." |
"Thank you, Mr. Potter." Dennis smiled. |
"You can call me Harry as long as you don’t take photos of me without my permission." |
"Wicked!" Both brothers exclaimed. |
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