The Change, For Better or For Worse Chapter 2: Business with the Twins, a harry potter fanfic

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The Change, For Better or For Worse

Chapter Two: Business with the Twins

The next morning when harry woke up he stretched and grinned when he remembered what he did last night. He had taken control of the insane house elf and the portrait of Sirius' mother, he had arranged for this filthy house to be cleaned and for his meals to be delivered to him and Sirius, although he had ate a small amount downstairs in the kitchen the night before to make it look like he was going to conform to what they expected of him, and he had arranged for Peter Pettigrew to be captured so he could free Sirius. It was going as planned so far. Harry got up and rubbed his eyes. He stretched out and transfigured the chair to his desk and so loose items of clothes into exercise equipment.

A few hours later Harry was stepping out of the bathroom wearing dark wash jeans that hung low on his waist and toweling his hair, contacts already in. He blinked and Kreacher appeared with his breakfast. "Get Sirius for me Kreacher," Harry said to the elf as greeting. The elf nodded and popped away after he put the food on Harry's desk. He glanced at his iPod dock as he plopped onto the bed; according to the clock it was 7:04 am. He snapped his fingers and the song Broken by Seether came on just as Sirius walked in.

"Well that was timed perfectly," Harry said as he separated the food and gave some to Sirius. Sirius eyed Harry's wet hair and asked, "What time did you get up, pup?"

"About three hours ago," Harry said nonchalantly.

Sirius sputtered. "That's four in the bloody morning! Why, in the world, would you get up that early?"

"Well I need to exercise. These don't come from sitting around you know," Harry said patting his abs. "And who knows, maybe if you exercised you wouldn't like your dead all the time. It'll help you build up the muscle you lost in Azkaban. No offence meant," he added as he saw Sirius flinch.

Sirius looked down at his lap. "Maybe I should, can I join you?"

Harry nodded. "Come by tonight before you go to bed. I exercise then too. Let's eat now."

After they ate Sirius left to get dressed and Harry put on a black wife beater and a left open a white button down over it. He put on the same boots as yesterday, grabbed his wand and iPod, put it on full blast and went down the stairs. He pushed open the door to the kitchen and the first person to see him was Bill.

"Looking good, Potter!" He called from the table. Harry nodded at him. The twins, Hermione and Ginny looked up at him, the girls saw what he was wearing and gaped at him.

"Oh, sit Harry dear," Mrs. Weasley bustled over and shooed him to the table. "I'll get you something to eat."

"I'm not hungry Mrs. Weasley, I was just here for some water."

"Nonsense you need to eat more, you're too skinny. Besides we'll be cleaning today so you should keep your energy up," she told him as she made him a plate of food that he wasn't going to eat. He saw the twins were done eating.

"I'm serious Mrs. Weasley I'm not hungry. I just came down for the twins. You done, Fred? George?" They nodded and he motioned for them to follow him out of the room quickly as he saw Hermione and Ginny rush to finish eating. Apparently Molly didn't believe him as she finished making the plate. The twins and Harry were out of the room and going up the stairs before Hermione and Ginny could follow. Molly turned around to see the twins and Harry gone, Hermione and Ginny getting up to follow and Bill shaking his head. She stood there in shock with a plate of food in her hand.

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Harry led the twins to a room near his. He took out his wand and waved it at the door in a few complicated patterns that the twins recognized as privacy charms that they use frequently. They looked at him in surprise.

"Ministry can't detect magic here," he said as an explanation. "Not that it matters much. I got rid of the trace at the beginning of the summer. And you won't be able to repeat anything you learn outside of this room unless I give you permission." The twins nodded.

"Well oh brother of mine-"

"It looks like-"

"Ickle Harrikins is not as innocent-"

"As we thought-"

"Putting up spells-"

"Removing the trace illegally-"

"And he has a new look!" The twins finished together.

Harry just shook his head at them. Hearing them speak was like watching a tennis match. "Let's do business. The joke shop still on?"

The twins nodded. "Do you guys have premises yet?" The twins shook their heads.

"No we don't. We've been doing owl order mostly," George told him.

"Well I could lease you one if you want," Harry told them earnestly.

The twins exchanged glances. "What's the catch?" they asked in unison.

"Well it's accessible to the wizarding and muggle worlds, so you might have to sell muggle magic tricks or anything you can sell to muggles. You can sell magic tricks that are manufactured in one of my businesses if you want or you could sell muggle clothes so wizards and muggles could benefit from that. You would have to put up muggle repelling wards in the wizarding part of the shop. You would also act as a gateway between the alley and the muggle world. You would also have to have employees in each part of the shop. You'd probably want a muggleborn in the muggle part of the shop though. I'll pay for it so you should save the money for inventing and use the money you make during the year, if you open before we go back to school that is, to open a shop in Diagon Alley. So what do you think?"

The twins sat and thought for a bit. "We'll do it but if we set it up before we go back to school someone would have to work there while we're away," they finally said.

"I would be able to handle that. I know some people that are looking for a job. Like Remus. But if I do that you'll have to promise me something."

"What?" Fred asked warily.

"You'll have to actually try on your N.E.W.T.s. That's my only condition."

"Okay," Fred said immediately.

"You guys should know before we go to Gringotts to finalize this. The shop is in America." The room submerged in complete silence. Silence stretched on for five minutes before George spoke.

"I don't really have a problem with that surprisingly." Fred nodded in agreement.

"So you guys want to do it?" Harry asked excitedly. The twins nodded. "Okay," Harry continued. "We'll go to Gringotts tomorrow if that's okay with you."

"Perfectly fine."

"Alright let's go back downstairs," Harry said. "Oh and if your mum tells us to clean, stick with me so Ron, Ginny, and Hermione don't. If you stick with me we won't have to clean. Kreacher will do it. Or we could go into muggle London to buy you some muggle clothes," Harry suggested lightly, not wanting to clean. "We could glamour Sirius and take him with us too."

"I don't Harry. We really don't have the money to spend." The twins said nervously.

"It's on me. Think of it as an investment if you want. Besides I'll be paying for Sirius too using my muggle credit cards. And I have money to burn, I'm constantly making money. And when we get you set up, you'll be buying from my company if you choose and I have a share of your company. Besides," Harry smirked. "You'll be meeting one of the people I was with this summer and I'll be paying for them as well."

"Okay we'll go," the twins agreed, "Only if you agree to be a partner in our business instead of just holding part of the shares."

"Deal," Harry said immediately. "Let me transfigure your clothes then we'll get Sirius and portkey out of here. Dumbledore and the Order will never be the wiser." The twins grinned evilly.

Harry pulled his wand out and waved it at the twins. They were put into similar outfits like his except George's button down was dark blue and Fred's was dark green. They walked up the stairs and up to Sirius' door.

Harry knocked on the door sharply then walked in with Fred and George following. "Ready to Padfoot?"

"Yeah, how are we getting there?"

"We're portkeying directly into Gringotts. But before we go-" Harry waved his wand at Sirius in a similar motion he did to the twins. They watched as Sirius' hair shortened and lightened to a dark blonde/light brown, his cheekbones softened, making his face looking wider and fuller, his eyes changed to icy blue. He looked different but they could still recognize him.

"As of right now your name is Antony P. Grim. Your nickname is Reaper in private because of your last name if anyone asks. Understand?" He looked at each of them until every one of them nodded. Harry nodded in satisfaction and pulled out a CD case. "Now hold on. Three, two, one." They all felt the familiar jerk behind the navel. When they looked up they were in a private room in Gringotts.

They followed Harry through the maze that was Gringotts until they appeared in front of a set of double doors.

"Hello Ragnok," Harry said as the four wizards took a seat in front of the desk that the goblin sat behind.

"Hello Harry, why are you here today?" The three purebloods exchanged looks. Harry was on a first name basis with a goblin?

"I want to give Fred and George Weasley a lease for the empty shop in America," He turned to the twins. "What are you going to sell on the Muggle side of the store?"

"How about both?" Fred suggested. Harry nodded and turned back to the goblin.

"I want them to get a monthly, for now, shipping from 'Potter Toys' and 'Potter Fashions.' Can you set up a few wards that prevent muggles from getting through to the wizarding part of the store and put in a door that adjoins it to our restaurant next door?"

"Of course Mr. Potter," the goblin said as the enchanted quill copied everything down. "Employees?" Ragnok asked.

"Dan and Megan, and perhaps Katie Bell if she can come in for an interview, on the muggle front and whoever else they want later on." Ragnok turned to the twins.

"And who do want on the wizarding side?"

"Lee for one," Fred said.

"Alicia and Angelina for the summer."

"And Siri- I mean Tony if he wants." They looked at Sirius in question and he looked absolutely shocked. "O-Of course. But are you sure?" The twins nodded firmly.

Ragnok pulled out a form and put it in front of Siri-I mean Tony. "If you could sign here Mr. Black." Seeing their shocked expressions, he laughed. "Don't worry Mr. Black your secret is safe with me. Now if you could sign here. Any money you make will go to your vault. When you start working you'll get this credit card that is in the name of Antony Grim and is usable in the muggle and magical world." They spent a little more time talking about the shop and set an opening day for after the trial.

"Grab on, we're going to a muggle mall now," Harry said pulling out the same CD. They portkeyed to an empty lot, that had only one car in it and a person facing in the opposite direction.

"Come on let's go," leading the three others to the figure and the car.

"Boo!" Harry yelled as he came up behind the man. The other teen jumped and glared at Harry as Harry chuckled.

"Dan this is Fred, George, and Sirius but right now he's going by Antony Grim a.k.a. Tony," He pointed to each of them in turn. "Guys this is Dan Evans," Sirius looked at the boy in shock at the last name. "I spent the majority of my summer with this guy. And he's your new employee," he added on as an afterthought.

"Nice to meet you guys," Dan smiled at each of them as he shook their hands.

"I don't know if you or Harry know this," Sirius said as he let go of the teen's hand. "But lyou have the same last name as Harry's mother before she married James."

"Yeah I know and so does Harry," Dan said answering for Harry as well who was walking around the car in circles looking for any scratches or flaws. Not finding any he smiled and got in the driver seat.

He looked at the other four. "Well come on! Let's not wait for the grass to grow! Get in!" Dan immediately got in the front seat as Harry turned to key to start the car and put the top down on the convertible. The three other wizards looked at the car in slight fear as they heard the engine roar but got in any way. And they were off to the mall, the purebloods holding on for dear life, fearing what was going to happen next.

Author's Note: Well that's it, I know it was short. I hope it was good. I might not update this fast for any of the other chapters, mostly because I never update this fast and I just had a death in the family, so it may be a few weeks.

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Now on to the answers to your reviews. To all reviewers; I hope I spelled your names right. And if I didn't I'm sorry.

Dear anthony37,

I'm glad you liked it! And thank you for the review! You'll just have to wait and see what happens with Snape. There won't be any bloodfeuds (that I know of). But yes Harry did take the Potter Lordship and another one that you can tell from the way he is addressed early in the story. But you'll have to wait and see if he took any other ones though.