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"You’re a parselmouth." Sirius breathed out. He and Andromeda shared a meaningful look. |
"Yeah. Problem?" The warden knew that most people in this country had a prejudice against the gift. |
"No no. Harry. Why did you not mention that in your letters?" Andromeda asked. |
"If you would recall, I’m still touchy about the subject given my treatment here when people found out." Harry deadpanned. |
"Sorry son." Sirius said with an embarrassed look. "What were you guys talking about anyway?" |
"I told him this was an adult conversation. He said he wasn’t a baby." |
"Well I’m not." Harry pouted as he crossed his arms. |
"You are doing a very reasonable impression of one right now." Carmen laughed at his posture. "Go. I’ll see you at the feast honey." She side hugged him and kissed him on the forehead. |
"GO!" The four adults in the room ordered. |
Harry huffed. "Fine." Harry turned to leave. "And don’t be late for the picnic. Dobby and the Hogwart’s elves went to the wall in your honour." Harry closed the door behind him. |
Carmen held a finger up for silence, then flashed out. They heard an "Ow! Come on Car!’. A few minutes later she flashed back in. "Ok. Now that that’s taken care of. Wards please. I’ll reinforce them with my magic." |
As the adults were casting spell after spell to ensure their privacy. Andromeda asked the question that was on everyone’s mind. "What did you do with my nephew?" |
"Nothing too dramatic. Just put him on the other side of the lake." Carmen shrugged. |
"YOU WHAT?! You could’ve killed him!" Sirius yelled. |
Carmen looked at him like he was crazy. "You do know that this is a boy who at fourteen years old, out flew a dragon remember? He has already summoned his broom and is currently arriving at Gryffindor tower, boy’s fifth year dorm window." |
"Still you..." Sirius began. |
"Not now Sirius. She’s right." Andromeda turned to Severus. "I know we are not acquainted Professor Snape, and although we are estranged, I wish to enquire about my sister." |
Severus contemplated on what to say. He finally made a decision to be vague. "Madame Tonks. Your sister is being hurt by her husband." |
Andromeda scrutinized him for a moment. "There is something that you are not telling me professor." Her eyes bored into his. |
"Perhaps." Carmen drawled breaking the staring contest between the two. "This will help." She handed Andromeda the letter that Lady Malfoy had written. |
"It’s unopened?" Sirius asked in disbelief. |
Carmen raised a brow. "It wasn’t addressed to me." |
Sirius stood over Andromeda’s back as she read aloud. |
I do not have much time. I think this witch may be slightly crazy, but something tells me that I can trust her to get this to you. My loyalty will always be with the House of Black, but more importantly my family. Lord Black...Siri. If I do not make it out alive, I want you to reclaim my son for the House of Black and ... |
Narcissa Malfoy nee Black |
Andromeda stood abruptly still clutching the letter. The rage coming from her made everyone look on in concern. |
"Did my sister. My baby sister. Just write me her will?!" |
Sirius stood and faced the Head of House ring towards Andromeda. "Calm yourself. We will fix this." He pushed his magic as Head of House towards her and she visibly calmed...a bit. |
Sirius turned to Severus. "Calming drought if you have one..." He gritted his teeth. "Please." |
Severus handed over a vial from his robes. Sirius took it and scrutinized it. |
"It’s fine. Give it to her." Carmen said. |
Sirius nodded and poured it into Andromeda’s mouth. She visibly relaxed and took deep calming breath as Sirius rubbed her neck and gave words of encouragement to her. |
Carmen exchanged a look with Severus. She pressed into his mind as the cousins tried to calm down. |
"What do you think would be the best course of action? You know them better than me.’ |
"I do not appreciate you invading my mind. It is quite disconcerting." |
"Oh alright ya big baby. The floor is yours." Carmen said with a huff. |
"Madame Tonks. I had...suspected that Lucius was mistreating her, but I was never aware that he had gone to such levels of complete depravity until today. I will not speak of it because it is she who must tell you if she wishes. But believe me when I tell you that it is worse than you can imagine." |
Severus stood. "The Dark Lord will..." He trailed off. |
"Don’t worry about it Severus. I took care of it. He could throw his worst Legilimens and he would get nothing." Carmen winked. "See my abilities are good for something." She turned to the other two. "I was here as well, and though I loathe to agree to anything Snape says, he’s right. It’s her story to tell. But know t... |
Severus raised a brow at her but returned his attention back to his childhood enemy. "She is correct about one thing. My desire to protect Narcissa and my godson is paramount to any feud that we may have. For those reasons alone I shall...tamp down my hostility towards you, the wolf, and Potter. I will also help to bri... |
Then Andromeda smacked Sirius in the back of the head. |
"Ow! What was that for?" |
"Being an idiot." Andi turned her attention to a snickering Carmen. "Would you be able to meet with us outside of castle after lunch? We are working on a project that needs your expertise. We were going to ask Harry during the Yule break, but Sirius has expressed a desire to keep Harry out of it. Powerful he may be, bu... |
"You need a parselmouth I’m guessing? I noticed the look between you earlier." Carmen sat on a desk and crossed her arms. |
"You would be correct Miss LaVaunt. I must also ask that you make a vow on your magic not to reveal what we are going to show you." Andromeda stated bluntly. |
"Will it help my little brother?" Carmen asked |
"Definitely." Andromeda answered. |
"I’m in. I’ll walk you two to the gates. So. I hear that the pink haired witch I met the other day is your daughter. Quite the feisty thing isn’t she?" After summoning her winter coat, Carmen linked her arms with Andromeda as they walked away from a gawking Sirius Black.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... |
"Harry. Why are you coming in through the window?" Ron asked as he sat his quidditch magazine on his lap. |
Harry got off his broom, placed it near his dresser, and then flopped down on his bed. "I was trying to listen in on a conversation between Siri, Aunt Andi, Snape, and Carmen." |
Ron sniggered as he went back to reading. "What did she do to you then? I saw your broom leave but didn’t know why." |
Harry huffed as he started to shed his wet clothing. "She flashed me to the other end of the lake. I’m going to shower." Harry said as he grabbed the things that he would need and headed towards the shower. Stopping for a moment to glare at his best mate who was doubled over and laughing uproariously. |
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After Albus had finally dismissed Cornelius and his party from his office. He contemplated all that had happened. Harry was brutal in his attack and that worried him. He needed the boy to be seen as the epitome of The Light. Werewolves were classified as dark, and yet that woman had torn that image to shreds. She was s... |
His only solace was that Miss LaVaunt would be leaving at the end of her designated time here. Harry and the Weasley twins were one thing, but combined with that woman, he was losing influence over the Potter heir. |
It wasn’t that he truly wanted to control the boy, but he knew that someone would have to take up the mantle of Leader of the Light. Harry would be perfect for the role, and he felt it was his duty to guide him to that station. |
Harry made it clear in his interview that he did not desire such a position. Damn that Xeno Lovegood! |
Albus sat in his chair with an annoyed huff. |
He had already tended his resignation as head of the ICW. Minerva was correct. He was doing too much and had lost focus. He was interrupted by his thoughts by an odd low whooshing sound. He looked around to find the source but could not. He shrugged and went back to his thoughts. |
He would not notice until much later, that everything that was deemed Potter property had been removed from the castle. |
Including "his’ pensieve. |
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The lunch banquet was a fun affair. Carmen had invited Nymphadora Tonks or "call me Nymphadora and I will kill you it’s just Tonks’, and was glad she was able to accept the invitation that Harry had sent out. Sirius and Andromeda had some things to finish up at the Ministry. Remus agreed to come and have lunch in the g... |
Remus was genuinely surprised at the reception he received from the students. There were whoops and thunderous applause from the students who had the privilege of having him as a teacher. |
Surprisingly, all houses were represented. George Weasley had convinced Greengrass, Zabini, Jentry and Davis to join them. Ron looked at them skeptically, but a well placed kick to his shin by Luna stopped him from his mouth running away with him as usual. |
The food was amazing. The elves had indeed gone to Michael’s pub and had taken a few lessons in cooking different kinds of food. There was pizza, cheeseburgers, curry, steaks, chops, fried rice, cucumber salad, garden salad, fried chicken, and many more different types of food and drink. |
There was music and dancing as well. Carmen did a belly dance number with surprisingly Luna, Ginny and Susan Bones. Neither of the girls had Carmen’s natural skill, but it was obvious they had practiced together at some point and they looked amazing. |
Harry more than once had to wipe the drool from Ron’s mouth as he stared at Luna. He also had to repeatedly close Neville’s mouth as he stared at Ginny. |
"Thank you. Thank you." Carmen said as the applause died down. "The girls and I have been practicing for a few weeks now. Let’s give them another round of applause!" |
The girls bowed as the other students clapped and whistled. They eventually went behind the charmed curtain to change back into regular clothes. Carmen didn’t care either way. She had worn a lot less clothing before. Her brother, however, was being his typical "teenage boys who are only used to women covered from head ... |
"Can I have your attention please?" Everyone stopped their chatting to turn to the front of the gazebo to look at Carmen. |
"You know. I have been many places around this world. I’ve seen a lot. I’ve done a lot." She looked first to Morpheus and then to Harry. "Nothing means more to me than my family." She poured herself a glass of wine and then raised it. "To my big brother Morpheus. I truly am sorry for the way that I acted. You have take... |
"No Finnegan. And don’t think I didn’t see the Guinness that you snuck in. I swapped it out for non alcoholic by the way." Carmen smirked. |
"Well that explains it then." Seamus grumbled as he held up his Coke. |
Carmen raised her glass along with everyone else. "Flawed though we may be. We are family. To Family!" |
"To Family!" Everyone chorused and then drank their drink. |
Carmen cleared her throat. "And now two more people would like to make a public apology." She stepped aside to reveal Fred and George. |
They both stood in front of a seated Harry. "Georgie and I don’t have any pretty words to make up for what we’ve done to you so..." |
Harry raised a brow and then another when both twins got down on their knees and crawled to him. |
"Please please please..."...forgive us! We love..."you so much..."We never meant..."...to doubt you!" |
The adults and students alike laughed at their antics as they began to worship at Harry’s feet. |
"We even got you a "sorry we were arseholes’ gift." Fred presented the blue velvet box to Harry. |
Harry gasped and Remus frowned. |
"Cubs. You didn’t..." |
"No Remus. It’s not an engagement ring. We plan to marry Harry, but now is not the time and we intend to do it properly." George said. |
Harry’s head snapped up from the box. "You want to marry me? Like for real?" Harry asked as he looked between the two. |
George and Fred looked at each other in confusion then turned to Harry and said "Of course. Now open your gift." |
Harry did as he was told. Inside was a platinum ring which was obviously made for the small finger. Harry looked at it closer. There were images of a stag, doe, Grimm, wolf, hawk, and fox. In the center was a small emerald. |
"How..." Harry began but was cut off by Morpheus. |
"Let’s just say I now have my very own assistants now." He smirked as Carmen looked at him with a raised brow. |
"It’s beautiful." Harry breathed as he looked at the ring once more. |
"Read the inscription love." Fred encouraged. |
Harry looked inside the ring as he read aloud. "To the keeper of our hearts. Love Fred and George." He placed the ring on his left small finger. "It’s perfect. Thank you." Harry threw his arms around both of their necks. |
Everyone applauded then wolf whistled when Harry was thrown back in his chair when first George and then Fred ravaged his mouth. |
"Are we forgiven?" Both boys asked with flushed faces. |
"Absolutely." Harry said with a dazed look. |
The party broke up after that. Harry and his friends decided on a walk around the castle to burn off all the food that they had eaten. Fred was in a discussion with Luna about charms and spell crafting. George was in a heated debate with Neville about Herbology. Ron was trying to plead his case with Lee that this was "... |
"So brother dearest. Care to share?" Carmen asked as she dismantled the gazebo. The elves looked at her and Morpheus strangely as the siblings had insisted on doing all the work to clean up the remains of the party. They only calmed down slightly when Morpheus had told them it was a bonding experience between a brother... |
"Share what baby girl?" He was in the process of packing up the unused food and drink. He was going to drop it off in a place in Knockturn Alley that he volunteered at when he could get away. |
"How the twins got the ring. I saw that thing and it was impressive craftsmanship. Goblin?" |
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