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Dan looked at his wife and shared a nod. "Arned. Can you pack everything and take us with you?" |
Arned gave a small bow. "Of Course, Master Granger." Arned snapped his long fingers, and everything was where it should be. "Yous must take my hands Family Granger." The Grangers were used to house elf travel by now, so were quick to grab the hands of the elf and disappeared. |
They would be forever grateful to Andromeda’s insistence on having a magical emergency backup plan. Every country or city they had went to, they let Sirius know their next destination, and he had set it up with that local branch of Gringotts to get them a portkey back to London if need be in an emergency. |
Arned had been a godsend. He had delivered letters from friends and family back home. He had helped them get into the various magical areas so that they could bring their daughter and her friends some souvenirs from their travels. It also let everyone back home know exactly where to find them in case of an emergency. |
While elves could "pop’ over large distances alone or with another magical being, muggles were a different story. Luckily they didn’t have far to go as they were in the capital city. Arned discreetly popped them into a non descript coffee shop that the muggles couldn’t see. |
"Back again so soon I see. The last time I saw the two of you, you had sworn to sleep for..." The waiter trailed off when he saw the woman on the verge of tears. "What is it? What is wrong?" |
"We don’t know. We just know that we have to get back to London as something is wrong with our daughter. We have a portkey waiting for us at Gringotts." |
"Say no more." V, as he insisted on them calling him, pulled his wand and motioned them to follow him down a familiar hallway to a metal door. He tapped it three times, and watched as the door opened. "Go. Get home to your child. May we see each other again. And thank you again for what you did for those less fortunate... |
Dan nodded at him with a sad smile, and the two non magicals and one house elf made a mad dash to the bank. Once inside they waited as patiently as they could in line, but was surprised when they were all three pulled out of line by two guards. |
"Wait! We have to..." Emma started. |
The goblin waved them off. "We know who you are. We have been expecting you. Come. We must hurry." |
They were ushered into a room and given an older, longer than usual vault key. "The three of you hold onto this. As I believe that since you are non magical, this will be a bit disorienting, but we have transported non magicals with this method before. Now this is important. Keep your eye on the key. When it turns gree... |
"Yes. Master Goblin." |
"Yes." The Grangers said together. |
The goblin said a quick chant and his hand began to glow briefly. He looked at them for a moment. "Good luck." Was the last thing that they heard as they were yanked away. |
They looked at the key and waited for it to turn colors. Now. Some would think that the Grangers would be frightened or scared of this turn of events in magical travel. But over the summer they had learned that unicorns and dragons were real. There was such a thing as a giant three headed dog. Trolls. Which apparently ... |
The key turned green and they let go. |
She could see herself about to fall into a heap. But at least it was a soft heap. |
Strong arms pulled them both up to stand, but Arned was unconscious. |
"Arned!" Dan said in alarm. |
"He will be fine Mr. Granger. He over taxed himself to get you here. I will take him to our healer and he will be fine very soon." |
"Thank you buddy." Dan said in a choked voice as he pat the elf’s bald head. |
"Mr. Tonks and Mr. Lupin are waiting for you. You should go." A goblin said gruffly. |
Dan grabbed his wife’s hand and bowed deeply as he had been taught, while Emma dropped a curtsey. Andi and Ted had drilled into them to always show respect to a goblin. |
"We thank the Nation for their assistance. I know that we are only muggles, but we deeply appreciate your help and hope to build a relationship of profit with you in the future." |
The goblin in question raised a brow. This was a very odd human. "I hope to see that day come. Now go. They await you." |
They thanked him again and followed a messenger goblin out. |
They saw Remus and Ted and immediately started with the questions. |
Ted held up a hand. "We will explain. But not here. The Nation has allowed us...well Sirius access to their more secure Floo connections. We need to go. We will explain later." |
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Dan and Emma had walked in on the rant. They stayed where they were at Moody’s hand facing them. Once Moody was finished, he motioned to Andromeda for the calming draught potion, and she came forward and administered it. |
Dan quickly ran to his daughter and scooped her up, as he could see she was getting drowsy. Emma gratefully took the dreamless sleep potion as well and they went to the room Hermione had at Grimmauld Place and helped her to bed. |
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Daniel Granger left his wife and daughter to sleep off their exhaustion. He found himself wandering the halls of their temporary lodgings. He was excited to get back to the home Sirius had gifted them...well loaned them. He and his wife had decided to make that home a base of sorts. They did however want to make anothe... |
Andromeda had filled them all in with all the details she had left out in the first debriefing. She spared no detail. When they saw Remus start to growl, with glowing yellow eyes and lengthening fingernails, Sirius and Andromeda stunned him and locked him in the basement after spelling two calming draughts into him. |
After that, everyone watched as Dan just stared at the fire swirling his brandy. Without warning he downed his drink and slammed the glass on the mantle. "We’re done." |
"Dan..." Andromeda started. |
"No! Those bastards just tried to kill my only child. Sirius. Thank you for your hospitality, but I’m taking my family and leaving." With that Dan Granger turned and stormed from the room. |
"Bugger!" He swore as he pounded a bare wall until his hands bled and then slid down the wall. How was he supposed to protect her against magic? He grabbed his hair in his hands as he sat to think. |
Mr. Granger went on quick alert at the person that sat next to him and grabbed his hand gently and pulled his wand to heal his cuts and bruises. He also cleaned the blood from his hair and repaired the wall. |
"My parents hated me. Not at first of course, but when I became older and started to question things well... It didn’t go well. Why do we do this? Why do we do that? And the older I got, the worse that it became. Until of course I was sorted into Gryffindor. Now that was going against the grain." |
Sirius gave a laugh. "Now that was rich! The future Head of the House of Black sorted into Gryffindor. For shame!" Sirius placed his hand dramatically over his heart as he imitated his mother. |
Dan chuckled slightly despite his emotional pain. |
"Do you want to know what saved me? The Potters. They took me in when my parents became too much and they treated me like their own son." |
"Why are you telling me this?" Dan asked as he continued to flex his fingers. Marveling at how well they seemed to move without surgery and a lengthy recovery time. |
"You may want to speak to her before you attempt to pull her out." Sirius raised a brow. |
"I’m her father. It’s my right and responsibility to protect her. She will do as she is told." Dan said in a voice made of ice. |
Sirius held up both hands in a placating gesture. "I agree with you. However much she may want to stay, she would listen to you because she loves you. But ask yourself this. Are you prepared to have her resent you for the rest of your life?" |
"I beg your pardon?" Dan asked. |
"I’ve corresponded with Hermione many times. She has confided in me that before Hogwarts she was so lonely. Sure, she had you and Emma, but no one her own age liked her. It’s why she always found solace in her books. She still has her bossy moments, but now she recognizes them and tries to stop it before it gets out of... |
He handed a piece of parchment over to Dan. "Go ahead. Read it. Came about ten minutes ago." |
Dan took the parchment and opened it. There were smeared ink stains in some spots that Dan was confused about, but then it became clear why they were there. |
Someone tried to AK Hermione. Someone tried to kill my fucking sister! I’m done letting this shit pass Siri. It’s time to let them know that the houses of Potter and Black stand together! I want to announce a formal alliance between our houses. I want to keep Hermione’s adoption into your house as a last resort in case... |
(Dan noticed that the ink started to run again.) |
Siri I could have lost her. She’s family and I won’t abandon her. She’s helping me with getting a safe place started for abused and abandoned magical children. She’s getting Carmen and Amelia in touch with the joint magical and mundane courts. Her attitude has changed and she has made more friends. She’s just so...Herm... |
I better go. I’m a bit exhausted after I nearly destroyed the sparring room and George is telling me I need to get some sleep or he will tell Carmen on me. |
Speaking of which. Maybe you should get her a gift basket or something. She really put a lot of pain on the man that tried to kill Hermione. She actually wanted to kill him, but her older brother convinced her to let Madame Bones handle it. And to be honest the look on the Directors face gave me the distinct impression... |
Oh! Got to go! Fred just went to get Carmen. |
Dan understood why it had ink smears in some spots. The boy had been crying. Dan handed the letter back to Sirius and put his head in his hands and let the tears come. |
Sirius just put a hand on his shoulder in support and said nothing. |
After the tears had ended, he put his head back against the wall. "She’s going to want to stay, isn’t she?" Dan asked although he already knew the answer. |
"I believe so. Yes. But Harry and I are about to start a political war that you will not believe. We will make sure that Hermione has more political protection than you can possibly imagine. Now that they know that Hermione is protected by Andromeda, they cannot remove her from anywhere without permission. Also, and ev... |
Dan stared at the hand for a half a second and took it. He was pulled to his feet with ease. |
"Now. Knowing that your daughter gained her ability to sponge any knowledge thrown at her from you and your wife, how about I give you a crash course in British magical politics." |
"Sounds good to me." Dan said as Sirius led the way to the private parlour. |
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Hermione slowly blinked awake and realized that she hadn’t been dreaming. She saw that her mother was awake and looking at her. |
"I didn’t dream it." |
"No sweetheart. Your father and I are here." Emma stroked her daughter’s hair. |
"Do you know what..." |
"Yes my dear girl. And we are so sorry that it had happened to you." |
Hermione began to cry and her mother held her as she did. She kept saying soothing words as she let her own silent tears fall. Eventually Hermione stopped crying and took a deep breath. |
"Is daddy taking me away?" Hermione asked in a broken voice against her mother’s chest. |
"No. Not unless you want to leave." |
Hermione looked up at her mother in shock. "He’s giving me a choice?" |
Emma sighed. "Honey your father and I would like nothing more than to pull up stakes and leave Britain to rot. But this is also your world now. You are sixteen and should have a say. Mind you if you were younger, we would take you away and your opinion be damned! But this is your fight. And I dare say with Harry at you... |
Hermione’s head snapped up again. "Harry! Is he alright? He’s blaming himself I just know he is! I have to..." |
"Rest young lady. Apparently, Moody intends to shore up your skills along with your father. He said and I quote. "If my peanut insists on staying in this ridiculous world, she will have the best of both worlds to protect her.’ You have three hours before you are expected to get to the gym." Emma kissed her daughter’s f... |
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Sunday at Hogwarts was a solemn affair. Harry had shoved Fred and George away and told them to go blow something up, while he worked on his Wizengamot notes. George was actually supposed to be confined to the castle, but there was always a way to work around the rules...or ignore them and not get caught. |
Ron and Luna had decided to go to Hogsmeade. Ron wanted to double check the traps that had been set just in case something happened, along with the best escape routes given in any scenario that came upon them. |
Well. He did make plans to snog Luna senseless, but that was neither here nor there. |
Neville, Ginny, Lee and Amanda were stocking up on supplies, while chatting about the news of last night. |
"Poor Hermione." Lee commented as they walked towards the new restaurant that Harry had mentioned. |
"Yeah. Knowing they don’t like you and trying to kill you are two separate things. We’re kids for Morgana’s sake!" Neville said shaking his head as he had Ginny’s hand tucked into his arm. Luna and Ron had joined them at some point. |
The last voice that they had wanted to hear was Draco Malfoy. "If the filthy mudblood knew her place, there would not have been a problem." |
The friends who had been having a conversation about Hermione separated into a defensive stance as they had practiced as to not give anyone the opportunity to take them all out at once. |
"Hello cousin. What brings you so far away from the beaten path?" |
Luna’s wand was still in her dominant hand, but she did make an attempt to shake his hand with the other. |
Draco stepped away from the outstretched hand and trained his wand on her. "You are nothing to me you crazy witch." |
"Oh. I see. So just so that we are clear. You are denying the Malfoy blood that runs through my veins and are going to smite me down cousin?" Luna prepared herself to fight. |
"What nonsense are you speaking Loony?" |
"Oh how terrible it must be. You should speak to your father about repairing the family tapestry so that misunderstandings like this don’t happen. My father and I would be happy to lend you a copy if you would like." Luna asked in a cheerful voice. |
The three other Slytherins he had brought with him just looked on the scene in confusion. |
"What are you on about Lovegood?" Draco stared at her with a wary eye. |
"Oh dear. It was as I had feared. I’ll be sure to have daddy send you an authenticated copy of the tapestry. The short version is that my mother Selene Adaris was the daughter of Malcolm and Alara Adaris. Alara Adaris was the daughter of Jacques Malfoy. Jacques Malfoy was the brother of Abraxas Malfoy. Now that the inf... |
Draco was torn. "Family is above all else my son.’ His mother’s voice rang in his head. He still could not lose face in front of the others and raised his wand. Only to be disarmed a moment later after a shield was cast in front of Luna. |
"Come now little Drakeling..." |
"You should know that..." |
"The little darlings wouldn’t be unprotected..." |
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