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Warning : Bad Grammar, Un-Beta-ed, English not my native
Extra warning : Overuse Star Wars referance
Mr Finnigan looks up from the newspaper and watches his son walks past him without greeting. He can see that Seamus was distracted by something else. He glances at the magic newspaper on the dinner table and for once he hopes to have a magic so he could burn the blasted thing with a glares.
"Damn propaganda...,"
He still remembers the day Seamus show the first sign of accidental magic. It's quite the shocking experience he must say. But not shock enough no matter what Seamus say. He already knows the existence of the magic being the high ranking military personnel. At least, his wife isn't a terrorist or psychopath murderer. After the discovery, he pretty much let his wife take reign in educate Seamus in magic. While his wife teaches magic, he makes sure Seamus receive all the normal education necessarily. And self defense, how to handle weapons properly, explosions and some other things he can teach him. Not that his beloved wife know about that.
"CLANG!"
Mr Finnigan raises his eyebrows at his son clumsiness. From the first time he go Hogwarts, he makes sure that Seamus tell him everything. So he knows what happen at Hogwarts and by extension, the Wizarding World itself. Last year's had been a bad year for his friend, Harry. From what he glimpses at the Daily Prophets, they try to cover up by slandering Harry and the Headmaster. He snorts, what an idiotic moves, that going to bite their asses later. Unfortunately, his wife believes every spiel that written on that paper. Sometimes, he wonders about his wife sanity only to realize he had no right to talk about it. He quickly folds the newspaper and raise from the chair and walk toward his son.
"Seamus, we need to talk son,"
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Seamus slams his face repeatedly into the pillow, trying to bury the need to screams in frustration. He mess up, big time with their conversation. He didn't mean to yell at Harry, he really didn't mean to. He just feels trouble by Umbridge speech at the Halls. When he looks straight into Harry eyes, he sees how Harry hurts by his word. Looks like his dad was right, the Ministry truly try to suppress the truth about Voldemort. He takes a deep breath and let it go slowly; tomorrow he will apologize to Harry earnestly.
Tomorrow, he promises to himself.
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Great Hall
Ron pokes Harry and points his fork at the incoming storm. He can feel Harry stiffening at Seamus walking toward them. Both of them stay silent until Seamus stand beside them.
"What you want Seamus?" ask Ron icily.
"I want to apologize about last night. I shouldn't yell at you like that,"
"..." crap, Harry still angry.
"Look, what I want to say last night is that while my mom trust the paper, my dad doesn't,"
"So?," less angry now. Good, good.
"Well, my dad told me about this propaganda thing. Said that the Ministry do it just to discredit you, trying to cover up the truth,"
"And did you believe what your dad said?"
"Yeah... I ... He's my dad, of course I believe him. Beside...,"
"Hhmm?"
"We've been dorm mate for four... almost five years now. I think... I think I know you as much as Ron and Neville and..."
"..."
"And I don't think you're a liar or attention seeker or anything that the papers write about you,"
"You think a lot about this aren't you?"
"It's a long summer,"
"Okay,"
"Okay?"
"Yeah... I forgive you. I'm sorry too for what I said last night,"
"It's fine, don't mention it Harry,"
"Good, now sits both of you and eat or we're going to be late to class,"
"Who are you and what you have done with Ron?"
"Har har har,"
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Funny how public apologize do to people, Seamus thought with a grins. Students start to treat Harry like normal (as normal as they can be) and some of them who reads Daily Prophet start questioning their credibility. Some still stubborn and blinds to Ministry deception, well most of them are Purebloods anyway, so there's nothing to lose. Harry even looks less stress and tense unlike the beginning at the Welcome Feast.
Whatever the other House said, Gryffindor isn't oblivious and overall idiots (Hello! Genius Witch and Master of Pranksters here) they notice lots of thing. Like how harsh Harry punishment is different than other students. But they also know, Harry won't ask their help (noble idiot), so they start to leave certain items around. Like bandages, potions and sometimes food, luckily Harry never realize this but Hermione and Ron notice about that and grateful for their help.
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"They want to start what Dean?,"
"DADA, practical only, Harry will tutor or teaching us,"
"Where do I need to sign?"
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Seamus had to admits, Harry is a good teacher, patient even. A week had gone by and he had to admits, he learns more about than any DADA Professor had teach them (expect Professor Lupin). But still, as he watch Harry teaching all of their friends, he can help but something... lacking. That's something had approach him two days after that in the form of Ron during their chess game.
"I ask Hermione about this self-defense thing that you talks during Snape beat up Lockhart," Ron said trying to look nonchalantly. Seamus looks at him for a while before look back at the board.
"What you're thinking?" Ron move his pieces and looking please at himself. Sometimes, Seamus mused, he forgets that Ron is a genius in his own way. His brothers' achievement had over shadow his own achievement causing a great deal of damage on his self confident. Seamus can't help but wonder how many people see beneath his insecurity only to discover the real gem. Anndd... he needs to stop hanging with his father minions if he keeps thinking like that.
"Do you think you can teach us some of the basic?"
"What Harry says about this?"
"He thinks it great ideas. Before you ask, Hermione and I already ask the others about this, none of them had any skills in self defense,"
"What make you thinks that I know?" Ron only gives him deadpanned stares at him.
"Sometimes, you talk during in sleeps. Hermione told me that some of the words were designation for soldiers, and you said your dad is Muggle. So I assume your dad is Soldier with some high ranking position designation, so he must know how to fight and teach you about it," Seamus grins at Ron, it always fun to see when Ron had his own moment to shines.
"Yeah, you're right about my dad. He did trains me on hand to hand combat when he back home," Dad also teach him other thing but that's not important anyway.
"So can you teach us?"
"Sure, why not,"
Watching all the students sprawled out on the mats, breathing heavily, Seamus can't help but grins widely at them.
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"What that?" Seamus asks curiously at the old parchment on Harry bed. Harry looks at him startle before trying to hide the parchment. Seamus only rolls his eyes at Harry, who give him sheepish look at him.
"It... It's a Hogwarts Map," Harry said hesitantly.
"Where in the Merlin name that you get that? It could be useful on our first day here," he whines but stops a Harry defensive looks and the glares at him.
"Its belong to my father, I just get it back two years ago,"
"Ohh... I'm sorry about that,"
"It's okay,"
"Can you show me how it's work?" Harry stays silent before nods at him. Seamus watch in awe as the inks start unravel the map. Dots of names slowly decorate the parchment. As he watches, ideas suddenly began to form in his mind. He looks at Harry before he speaks "Can the map single out one person only?"
"Maybe? I don't know much about its function,"
"How about only certain path appears on the map?" Harry merely shrugs. But he also caught up with Seamus idea, the way he looks at the map as his mind runs miles of possibility. "What about duplicate the map?"
"I have to ask them, I tell you later after the Christmas break," he didn't ask who are them, just merely nods and back to his bed, get ready to sleep.
Turns out, the map can do all the above and Harry come back with at least ten copies of the map.
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"Hey dad?"
"Hhmm?"
"What will you do if you had continued nightmare?"
"Well... Maybe I tried to meditate before going to sleep,"
"Okay...,"
"And if it keeps bothering me, I imagine that I strangle the entire nightmare and..."
"And?"
"Release it into the Force,"
"Har... Har.. very funny dad,"
"Use the Force Seamus, the Force~~~, joking aside, tell Harry to meditate first before going to sleep, or thinking something happier to ward off the nightmare,"
*blink, blink*
"Sure, I tell him that. Thanks dad,"
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"What this?"
"Your second present,"
"Second Christmas present?"
"Yup and I want you to open them at Hogwarts. Even then, make sure no one see it. Understood?"
"Yes sir,"
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Seamus jaw drop as he watches the content of his second present. Gingerly he touch one of the silver cylinder with reverent. He does his best to take off his eyes from the present and read the cards had been left inside the box.
"Son, use these present only when you really need it. Remember, it's not a toys and be careful," – Dad
"These bloody thing better see a very good action, especially on those Death Eaters," – Mike
"And here to my perish taught that you will escape you Father Insanity," – Sebs
"Try not get yourself killed with these gift, because I have to patch you up later just to kill you for your own idiocy," JW Three Continent
Seamus grins become wider at his father teammates word and death threat. He gently closes the box and put it under his bed and going to sleep with never ending grins on his face.
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Most of the Sixth and Seven Years Muggleborn students gather around the map when Harry cut the training short. Mumble and whispers can be hears at the table. Unsurprised, Ron, Hermione and Seamus were among them. He didn't know when he considers Seamus as part of the team... no, that's a lies, Harry know when. When Seamus earnestly apologize at him during breakfast at Great Hall. He watches as the group decide to beef up the security, afraid that Umbridge will discover their so called illegal activity. Harry truly grateful to all of them, for helping him out and for that, he will try his best to train them to survive against the Dark Lord. He leans back at the oversize beanbag and let their voice wash over him. He ends up sleeping and for once there's no nightmare to disturb him.
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They were in the middle of training when the Imperial March busts out from the hanging map at the wall. The Pureblood looks at each other in confuse, while some of the Half Blood and Muggleborn looks at the Map in horror. Harry quickly blows a whistle to gains their attention.
"Seamus?"
"ETA in forty minute Harry,"
"Okay listen all of you, tried not to panic. We will follow what we plan before in case something like this happen. Team leaders, you got maps with you? Good, three people a team and we're going to move now. Be careful and try not to get caught," Harry watch as the students slowly and silently out from the room leaving the three of them as the last one. With nods at each others, he pulls out his Invisibility Cloak and covers the three of them. Hermione cast a Silencio and they walk out the room and watch the door slowly to disappear and walk past Umbridge and her little enforcer group.
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"Here, take this," a Seventh Years Ravenclaw student thrust the small vials at Seamus. He takes it and looks at it suspiciously before look at the Ravenclaw.
"What this?"
"Antidote for Veritaserum," Seamus raises his eyebrows at the Revenclaw. News had spread among DA of what happen to Cho Chang. While it was her friend Marietta Edgecombe that spills the secret, Cho Chang also got involve in the mess in the first place.
"Where do you get it?"
"My mom is a Potion Master and a paranoid one, she always had a backup if something bad going to happen," well in that case, who is he to refuse the gift.
"Thanks,"
"Make sure you give it to our leader,"
"I will,"
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Seamus watch with alarm as Harry fall down on the ground, looking like he is having a seizure. He tries to reach him, but the students who watch the Weasley twin's fireworks keep push him to the back. By the time he got there, Harry, Ron and Hermione are no longer there. He let out strings of curses that cause most of the students look at him with shocked. He completely ignore all of them before runs back inside the Hogwarts and find a seclude place before pull out the map. His eyes narrow as he watches the dots moving slowly moving toward Umbridge office. He quickly folds the map and runs as fast as he can to the Gryffindor Common and the dorm.
The trio are going to do something reckless.
He kicks his trunk open and grab the utility belt and boots before throw it on the bed.
Something that going to get them into deep trouble.
He crouches over the bed, quickly grabbing the present he get at Christmas.
Dumbledore won't help them, knowing Umbridge, that bitch probably going to use dirty tactics on them.
He quickly wears the utility belt, boot and fills the pouch with his presents and his school robes. He checks himself in the mirror to make sure the belt properly cover before going out.
This is going to be blast!
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Hidden by the stairs, Seamus watch silently as Umbridge walks away with Harry and Hermione. He once again opens the map and show how many people inside Umbridge office. Ron, Ginny, Luna, Neville and Draco with his half brain goons. He sighs before settle down, he can go in and help them out but he knows they can handle those idiots by themselves.
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"Ron! Neville!"
"Seamus! Did you see where Harry and Hermione go?"
"Yes, this way! Let's go,"
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"Whoahh... that quite heartless coming from you Harry,"
"She deserves it..."
"Yeah.. I know, wonder what the centaurs will do with her,"
"Beats me.."
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"Ministry of Magic?"
"Yes,"
"We're going to break into Ministry of Magic,"
"Yes. Got a problem with that?"
"Yup, when we're going?"
"Now,"
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"Hold on..."
"What's now Seamus?!"
"Stop growling at me Harry... just hear me out, five second only,"
"Fine, four second now,"
"Fine... When I said INCOMING, close your eyes as close as you could, all of you. Understand?"
"YES,"
"Good... let's go now,"
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Turns out Sirius Black been torture was a fluke after all. They had been ambush by senior Death Eaters and end up running away. But not before completely destroy the Hall of Prophecy. Still it is impossible to outrun a professional Death Eaters. Seamus growls at the Death Eater as he been drag into the Chamber with stone dais in the centre. He looks around and saw all of them had been capture and be held at wand point by the Death Eater. He looks at the center and watch Malfoy Senior stand in front of Harry with a smug and arrogant look on his face. He tries to move before the Death Eater (he will call him the Troll) pushes the wand point harder at his throat. Seamus can't help but roll his eyes at the Troll. The Troll doesn't even bother to search or stun him. Oh well... lucky him then. With a little movement, Seamus grabs his belt buckle and pulls out the knife. Grips it tightly, he raise the knife before shove it into Troll thigh and twist it, just like his Dad teach him. Troll howls painfully and release him to hold his thigh but not before Seamus bash his face with the back of his head. Disoriented, the man staggers a few steps behind. Seamus took that opportunity to grab the silver cylinder from his belt, pull out the pin and throw up into the air as hard as he could. All of them look at the item even Troll, Harry and Hermione eyes widen in shock and look at him questionably. He grins at them.
"INCOMING!"
BANG!
"ARGHHH! MY EYES!"
"ARGHH!"
Seamus grins never falter as he grabs Troll who in turn tries to choke him blindly; he hits him with another silver cylinder repeatedly until the Troll unconscious. It takes him a while to recover, but when he can see properly he saw all of Death Eaters are down and a group of Aurors already round them up.
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"I can't believe you use a flash bomb!"
"It's a present from my dad,"
"What kind of Dad gives you weapons as a present?"
"The best and the insane one,"
"..."
"..."
"Hey, I never claim my dad was normal anyway,"
"Still... flash bomb,"
"Yeah I know, it was blast isn't it,"
"You're crazy,"
"Say the guy who breaks into the DOM with a no plans,"
"..."
"He got you there Harry,"
"Shut up Ron,"
"Well... let hope this will be the last time you break into any building,"
"You just jinx it Seamus,"
"Neville...,"
"Harry probably tries to break into Gringotts,"
"Ginny..."
"Hmm... and succeed too,"
"Not you too Luna,"
"If you break into it, make sure to check if the rumors about the dragons are true,"
"I HATE ALL OF YOU,"
"Yeah... love you too Harry,"
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"Welcome home son,"
"Good to be home, hey dad,"
"So anything fun happen at Hogwarts this time?"
"Ah dad... I had so much fun with your present,"
"Really? Details son, detail,"
The plot bunny come from watching Deathly Hollow clip on Youtube. The "Proclivity for Pyrotechnics" make me wondering where the hell he got the love of explosion come from. And I suddenly remember that his dad was Muggle and ta-da! the plot bunny was born.
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