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"Well it took her long enough." Harry went back to fixing his plate like he didn’t have a care in the world. And the truth was he really didn’t. |
"Harry. This is serious. She printed a lot of personal info mate. She interviewed your neighbors and even some of your teachers. She says that the reason for you not supporting the Minister is maybe your abuse has left you mentally unstable." Neville read on. "She’s questioning whether or not the twins are taking advan... |
Neville never got to finish. |
The Gryffindor table started rattling. Harry’s eyes began to glow. He felt a pair of hands on his shoulders. Fred and George were on either side of him. The two of them pushing calming magic into him. He quickly dispelled the fog that was beginning to cloud his mind. He closed his eyes and took deep breaths. |
When he looked up and behind him, he saw a smirking Carmen. "You good?" |
Harry nodded. "Sorry about that. They can say what they want about me. I don’t care. But don’t say foul things about my boyfriends. They did nothing wrong." |
Before Carmen could say anything. George practically growled at him. "Stop. Right. There. Harry Potter. How many times do we have to tell you it’s not your job to protect the world? Freddie and I have means at our disposal to take care of ourselves." |
"Georgie is right. You don’t have to fight everyone else’s battles. And if you are going to make something explode every time someone insults us, then there won’t be a Hogwarts left." |
"What?" Harry’s voice was low and dangerous. "OW! What was that for?" Harry asked as he rubbed the arm that George had poked. |
"Well let’s see. September it was the letter,"That said we used,"A Veela love potion and they wanted to know where to find it." Georgie. Remember the one time where a seventh year who found out we were dating after the last task asked,"If we performed a virgin blood sacrifice ritual, and wanted to know,"How we learned ... |
"Alright I get it. Stop it with my saving people thing. Man you guys suck." |
"OW!"What,"Was that,"For?" Fred and George asked. |
"Your horny teenage minds." Carmen whispered to the three of them alone. She turned and left the three horndogs and walked over to Luna and whispered in her ear. "He says it’s time." And walked towards the doors. |
Luna gave the signal that she understood in a very Luna fashion. She twirled her hair in a very distinct pattern that no one else would notice but her friends. She continued to smile dreamily as she built a house out of her pancakes and sausage. |
Colin was handed a note discreetly that said. "It was time.’ His first instinct was to nod violently, but he stopped himself quickly. He and his brother had been pouring over books on etiquette and customs. They had spoken to Purebloods like Neville, and he had given them a book on body language and how to either hold ... |
The fall out was immediate. |
The country was angry to say the least. Dumbledore was being constantly hounded by howlers and angry letters demanding to know how the saviour of their world could have been treated so horribly and no one knew when he himself had sworn that he was safe. |
Harry meanwhile decided that he would go on the offensive. He had Sirius send a letter to Cara along with a copy of the edition of the Prophet via a magical post box that Gringotts offered. For a fee of course. Most magicals did not have the funds to afford one, so quite a few people didn’t know they existed. He had on... |
Cara had been livid when she had received the letter and the newspaper clippings. Her writings in the journal had almost seemed...unhinged. There were threats about magical bombings, torture not seen in centuries. At one point she offered to ask Caleb to send warriors to maim every single person that worked for the pap... |
Cara had been a member in good standing with the Magical division of IACAPAP for over twenty years. How dare they not only publish Harry’s business for all the public to see, but essentially question her abilities as a mind healer. She readily agreed to give an interview per Harry’s request. Working through the owl mai... |
Eventually, Xenophilius and Sirius worked out a compromise with New Hope and the Goblin Nation. For a fee, Mr. Lovegood was given a portkey to a meeting room in a Gringotts location that was kept secret from him so as not to compromise their safety. He would leave six a.m. his time the Friday morning before the Hogsmea... |
After the secrecy oath was taken. Xenophilius was delighted to meet with Caleb, Natasha, and Cara. When the interview was over, they allowed him to satisfy his curiosity about vampire culture. He grilled Cara on human/vampire interactions. Once his curiosity had been satisfied, they hoped, Xeno took his leave. |
"That man is exhausting. Nice. But exhausting." Cara sighed. |
"I can only imagine what his daughter is like." Natasha smiled. |
Caleb stood. "Well let’s get going. Cara. Natasha. You both have patients I believe?" |
The women nodded and stood. They all three thanked the goblins for their assistance and took their leave. |
0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0While Fred and George were completely content to agree to Sirius’ plan to storm the offices of the Daily Prophet and declare blood feuds left and right, Harry took Sirius’ words to heart that were spoken in the infirmary and decided to work on destruc... |
He was going to tell the truth. Well mostly anyway. |
It was the morning of the Hogsmeade weekend and the castle was buzzing with excitement. Fred, Harry and George were looking forward to it for different reasons, but the main reason was their interview with Mr. Lovegood. They were just about to stand up from their finished breakfast when Amelia Bones walked in. |
"Ah Amelia! So good of you to join us today. Breakfast?" |
"No thank you Headmaster. I am here to speak with Mr. Potter." |
"About?" Harry stood tall and proud with his twins at his sides. Neville was at his back to his right, and Ron to the left. A blank mask on his face. Harry may be the submissive in the relationship, but politically he was far more powerful than the House of Weasley. The student’s stance was not unnoticed by the staff. ... |
"Harry..." The Headmaster began. |
"I am well within my rights to ask why the head of the DMLE wishes to speak with me as I have been in school and have committed no crime. And as a department head of the Wizengamot has come to see the Head of House Potter it’s Lord Potter. A small oversight I am sure." |
George was to his right and could see one of the Aurors snarl and make a move to grab Harry, but Harry was quicker and grabbed his wrist. He turned it behind the man’s back and kicked out his back right knee dropping him to the ground on both knees. "Do. Not. Touch. Me." His eyes glowed with power as the command in his... |
"Mr. Potter I must insist that you stop this at once! The rest of you! Lower your wands this instant!" The Headmaster bellowed. |
Harry ignored him, as did the others, and asked the man "What were your orders?" |
The man tried to fight the power of Harry’s magic, but he was weak at best and pathetic at worst. "The Minister ordered us to take you in by all necessary means. He wanted to make sure that whatever statement that you made to the press matched his own." |
"WHAT?!" Amelia Bones bellowed. "That was not our reason for being here!" |
"Madame Bones. Might I suggest you come back later with more reliable personnel? As it stands that while I’m very proud of Lord Potter for controlling his emotions and his magic, I feel that to continue to provoke his anger would be quite detrimental to everyone involved." Filius said in a calm tone. |
"I must agree Director." Minerva nodded her head sharply. |
Both professors had their wands in their hand, prepared to defend their student. |
Amelia looked at the young Lord who was obviously trying to control himself while slowly breaking the shoulder of the Auror who had stupidly lunged for him. |
The Twins forced Harry to release him. George pulled his hands behind his back, while Fred secured them. George was openly giddy at the sound of pain the Auror had made. |
"We would die before we let them hurt you." Fred whispered fiercely as he had Harry in a standing neck hold. "Remember your breathing. That’s it. Remember your family. Remember the ones who love you. I do believe that nearly every Gryffindor is standing with their wands pointed at the Director and her Auror guards. Are... |
Carmen watched in a disillusioned corner of the hall. She smiled at the twins’ ability to calm him. She would have stepped in of course, but she realized that Red one and Red two were the ones that needed to help calm his magic the most. |
Harry came back to himself rather quickly. He gave a sharp nod to Fred and he was released. He gave the signal to lower wands to those of his friends in the know of the gesture. |
"Insley! Pick Patricks from the floor and escort him back to headquarters and secure him until I return." |
"Yes Ma’am!" Insley snatched him from the floor using the arm that was not in pain. "Listening to the Minister just cost you field work, or worse your badge you fool." He whispered violently as he dragged him out of the hall. |
"Kings and Tonks stay. You get out!" |
The other man rushed out of the Great Hall. |
Amelia turned back to the dark haired young man in front of her. "You have my sincerest apologies Lord Potter. I had no idea that was what the Minister had planned." |
Harry was currently having the hair at the nape of his neck massaged, by Fred and his eyes were closed. Concentrating on his breathing while George was on his other side sending words of encouragement to continue to calm him down. They realized when he had come back to himself when the tension from his shoulders starte... |
"I’m proud of you babe. No outward signs of chaotic magic and no one was seriously hurt." Fred whispered in his ear. "Now get your head in the game." He let go of Harry’s hair. Harry nodded. |
He looked around to see that at some point the Great Hall had been mostly cleared out. All except for his closest friends as they had refused to leave. Luna was actually smiling serenely like she always did. Well except she was twirling her wand in her hands. He cleared his throat. "My apologies. I do not take well to ... |
"I wished to conduct an interview about how you were treated by your relatives according to the Daily Prophet article." |
"Why what Mr...Lord Potter?" |
"Why me? In the last Governor’s meeting Miss LaVaunt spoke of multiple children experiencing abuse. So why me? Unless of course the Ministry has investigated all of the cases that she has brought to your attention. In which case I will go on record as giving my full support and an interview to any Ministry sanctioned p... |
**cough"Prophet"cough**." Ron stated as he fake cleared his throat. |
Madame Bones straightened her back. "Lord Potter. I do not appreciate your tone." |
Harry’s eyes turned cold as stone. "And I do not appreciate being dragged out as the poster boy for the Ministry. As well as any attempt made to force me to toe the line." Harry remained calm. "My big sister sings your praises as a fair woman of the law, but now I’m beginning to wonder if she has gone senile." |
There was a snort heard from the Professor’s table in the direction of Professor LaVaunt. |
Although Morpheus yelped when "something’ hit his backside that no one could see, Harry chuckled slightly. He turned back to the Director. "Why does my previous life matter and no other student?" |
Amelia weighed her options. She could tell the truth. Or speak the Ministry line. If her job was on the line, she would go down fighting. |
"The truth is Lord Potter is that I have tried. I have been stonewalled at every turn." Her eyes turned towards Professor Umbridge. "There are many within the Ministry who feel that the health and safety of children are solely the responsibility of the parents. And to be blunt, they do not care about the Muggleborn chi... |
Harry gave a slight bow. "Thank you for your candor Director." |
She gave the same respectful bow in return. |
"But as Carmen said the last time she saw you. I call bullshit." His voice was calm and his magic was completely under control. |
"How dare you!" Madame Bones screamed. |
"Harry!" Tonks and Shacklebolt yelled. Completely shocked by his language. |
Harry didn’t flinch one bit as he carried on. "I spent most of my life in the thrice damned house of my relatives, and no one did anything. What is the point of having magic if you cannot save the children of magic? Children are being abused Madame Director. Their blood status be damned! You are a powerful witch. Are y... |
Harry went into command mode. "Luna..." |
"Get with Colin and Dennis and make sure they got the pictures of the unprovoked Auror attack." She kissed Ron on the cheek and started to skip out of the hall. |
"Miss Lovegood. Where are you going?" The Headmaster asked. |
Luna turned and looked at him with a smile. Ron knew that look. It was the Luna version of the "are you an idiot?’ look. |
"I am going to see if Colin and Dennis Creevey have the pictures that Lord Potter asked for." She said slowly like she talking to small child. She turned around and started skipping again." |
Harry called to Hermione. "Her..." Midway through his turn in her direction, he was cut off. He saw her writing furiously. "Contact your account manager. Get a vault set up so that the Ministry cannot claim lack of funds for a child welfare department. Write to Andromeda to bring up a child welfare department in the Wi... |
Harry ran his hand down his face in exasperation. His computerized human justice warrior was on a roll. |
"Hermione." Harry tried again. |
"We should also see about using one of your properties as a temporary or permanent home should the child or children need removal." She was on a roll scribbling furiously. "We should check out potential employees to watch the children. Get with Remus about suitability of..." |
Hermione’s head snapped up. "No time to talk Harry. I have a lot to do. Maybe we should speak with Madame Bones..." She had taken a few steps while still looking at her notes when she remembered where she was and blushed. But in true Hermione fashion she rallied. |
She turned back and stood in front of Madame Bones. She stuck out her hand. "Hello." She got the feeling that this woman was all business. "My name is Hermione Granger. I’m Lord Potter’s..." |
"Walking computer." Lee Jordan muttered but everyone heard him. He yelped when Hermione sent a stinging hex at him, but he had dodged just in time. |
"You’re getting much better Lee. As I was saying I’m Lord Potter’s advisor. Well one of them anyway. Madame Bones. Are you aware that there is combined wizard/muggle court that deals with Muggleborn and muggle raised issues?" |
Amelia Bones raised a brow as she shook her hand. This girl was astute. She was also not intimidated by her title, and that was new for her as the Head of the DMLE. Susan’s reports called her a "stupid know it all’ but she was far from stupid. Which reminded her of the letter she received from Sprout. She and Susan wer... |
"Yes. It was set up by Muggleborns and Squibs in the forties to help magical children suffering from all forms of abuse and other crimes." Hermione’s eyes grew cold. "How does the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement not know of this?" |
George walked up to Hermione and put an arm around her shoulders as he whispered in her ear, but everyone could hear what he was saying. "You have work to do. Remember Sis?" |
Hermione felt the tension leaving her. She smiled politely. "My apologies for my demeanor. It was completely uncalled for. I shall take my leave." She gave a small bow, and George kissed her temple. "Oh and Carmen!" |
"Yes my lovely?" |
Minerva, Filius and Dolores nearly jumped six feet when she appeared out of thin air next to them. |
"I’ll get you the information on the court so that you can get them the names." |
"The situation has been handled for five of them by my firm. But I would like this to be solved by your courts. It will give it more legitimacy I suppose. Any help would be appreciated." |
She bowed. As she pulled out her parchment and began to go over her notes, she was almost to the door when a hand grabbed her arm. |
"You did well." Hermione saw the privacy ward being cast. "But you know I will have to tell mum and your parents about this right?" |
Hermione sighed. "I know. It’s just that it seemed like she didn’t care about the rest of us who are not born to magical parents. Warrior Princess syndrome I suppose." |
"She is a good woman. Trust me on that sis. Now go. Give them hell." Tonks winked. |
"I find myself curious to know how you and your firm handled it Miss LaVaunt. Especially since you assured me that you have no interest in British affairs." Amelia asked with a raised brow. But then the other brow raised when Carmen laughed. Loudly. Almost hysterically. |
"Morpheus. I may I have told you this once before, but I am not sure your sister is completely sane." The Potions Master said at Professor LaVaunt’s side. They both watched as Carmen was doubled over with laughter. |
"You have no idea." Morpheus murmured. |
It took Carmen a moment to gain control of herself. "Oh!" She wiped the tears from her eyes. "Oh that was good. I needed that." Once she had completely sobered, she stared down the head of the DMLE. |
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