Chapter 2

Harry woke up as the plane landed, not even remembering falling asleep. Hermione was stretched out on top of him in the reclined seat and looking in his face smiling happily. "Good Morning!"

"Good morning, you are beautiful. Uh where are we?"

Katherine leaned over the seat from behind "Nice one Harry. Roger are you paying attention? Dover Airforce base in the US for fuel Harry, Leslie has breakfast ready if you are hungry."

"Leslie?" Harry wasn't quite up on current events.

"Warrant Officer Lyle, our stewardess, we got a pretty senior crew, A group Captain as pilot and a Wing Commander as copilot. They normally ferry the Royal family Harry, she is lovely and we might have lost Hedwig." Hermione smiled at him snuggling in under the blanket that was covering them. She bumped into something and grinned mischievously.

Katherine sighed "Let the man up Hermione he needs to stretch and probably to hit the head."

Harry stood holding Hermione who then slid down his front. He hugged her to him and let her steer him to the head. She turned off just at the door and he leaned and kissed her "Thank you for providing cover."

Hermione smiled "Mine, all mine."

Harry stepped in the head and closed the door and squawked when his clothes disappeared. An elf in overalls, a blue work shirt and boots smiled up at him and snapped his fingers several times and Harry was clean, shaved, lotioned, his hair done something with and dressed in a clean pressed suit. "Uh thank you."

He thought the elf said, "Jury Master." And it popped away. Harry finished his business and stepped out and got looked up and down by Hermione who licked her lips then grinned.

"So, what was his name?" Hermione asked.

"Jury I think." Harry frowned, it didn't feel quite right.

"Jerry, I bet. Elle Mae had an accent too." Hermione nodded.

Harry blinked at elves with accents and then shrugged. Hermione towed him back to his seat and shoved him in next to the window. A stunning redheaded woman brought two trays and Hermione let the tray tables down. She smirked at Harry and pinched his ribs when Leslie left "Yes she is beautiful, she is also a lovely girl and a Squib who is old enough to be your mum."

"I'm-"Hermione put a finger on his lips "You're allowed to look and to appreciate beauty. Wait until you see all of her, you never got passed her face."

Harry blushed and Hermione giggled. "What time is it?" Harry asked as he ate a rare steak and egg breakfast from one of those seemingly never-ending plates. The steak was just like he liked it, bleeding and dripping fat, the egg whites were just done and the yellows warm and golden and runny. It was fabulous. The potatoes, some kind of nearly chip fried in meat grease with some nice spices didn't get as much attention as they deserved as they disappeared in the calorie intake device. Oh, he still ate with manners and everything, but also with purpose.

Hermione did some math in her head. "Somewhere after midnight here. The flight took five plus hours but we gained five hours as well. So we landed when we left sort of, wait that can't be right. Never mind. We have about two more hours, then apparently, a helicopter ride for another half hour or forty minutes. Did you know you owned a helicopter and had pilots on staff? Should I call you Gold Finger?" Harry moved his hand down and under the blanket on her lap "Oh yes I should!"

Katherine put her hand over her mouth to keep from laughing glad Roger was outside walking around. She looked up and met Leslie's eyes which were sparkling above a giant grin and she had to get up and walk back to the galley. Leslie closed the door and the women broke up laughing. Leslie sighed finally "I remember being silly in love."

Katherine nodded "Me too. Goldfinger!" Both women broke up again. A cup of tea later they opened the door and walked down the aisle. Leslie took the trays and got a thank you from a smug Harry and a nod from a wide-eyed Hermione. She nearly had to bite her cheek to keep from laughing. Harry stood Hermione up and led her out the door where Mr. Smythe and Roger were doing laps around the plane while the pilot and copilot looked everything over and wrote in maintenance logs. They passed the door and heard gales of feminine laughter from inside. Roger looked at Smythe who rolled his eyes. Roger laughed.

An hour into the stop and stretched, fed, watered, head serviced and fuel and oil tanks topped off they all got back in and everyone got back in their seats and they were off again. When they reached altitude Smythe went forward and got on the sat-com to report and receive updates. Katherine and Leslie, now fast friends passed out tea and cocktails and carried on conversations, it was like a small intimate dinner party. Harry and Hermione snuggled in one of the large swiveling seats and watched. Or Harry watched and Hermione carried on animated conversations. The pilots even took shifts eating and flying.

Finally, in Nashville, they taxied to the military side of the airport and into a hanger. Paparazzi, it was prime time for Hollywood types to be moving about, noticed the markings but the Air National Guard hanger doors closed before the doors of the RAF marked executive jet opened. Military wasn't their normal beat either. Those guys sometimes played rough.

Smythe stepped out first and met a Ms. Standard who he handed the party off to with hugs, handshakes and cheek kisses all around and they all boarded the Red and Gold Sikorsky S76 C+ with a staff of elves and a sharp eyed middle-aged pilot. The Helicopter was towed out the opening door and was gone moments later. The Paparazzi were trying to figure out whose national colors were red and gold. Private persons hardly ever flew on military transport, well except in the UK and they weren't really private persons, were they? One of them come for an unscheduled visit? They clumped together and poured over the few long shots from monopods they had gotten.

TFS

In London at the Black townhouse Sirius hardly recognized the place. The wall paper no longer peeled the floors gleamed, the paint looked new and every ornament and fixture sparkled. The gas lamps had new mantles and all were turned all the way up. Molly Weasley rounded on him in the kitchen where two elves held the stove against all comers. "Sirius did you buy more elves?"

Sirius dissimulated "Kreacher is old, I got him some help." He wondered where Kreacher was and he wasn't about to tell her that these were Dobby's refugee elves who were working on all the Black properties. "Where is everyone?"

Molly huffed "The children are upstairs. The others ran off to get something." Molly answered looking cagey.

Sirius barked a laugh. "OK I'll be in the study." He walked around the kitchen and saw Kreacher tied up and stuffed under the boiler through the crack in the boiler room door. He made it upstairs to the study before he cracked up.

A new elf popped in with a decanter and a glass. "I am Rosy. Kreacher is a bad elf."

Sirius nodded "Thank you Rosy and yes he is. You're a Potter elf?"

Rosy nodded "Potter Black elf Dogfather. Dobby brought us to our new home. Kreacher is failing his mission."

Sirius leant forward just as Remus came in "What mission Rosy."

Rosy put a locket on the desk "Master Regulus told him to destroy this but Kreacher can't." She pulled at her ears "None of us can."

Sirius and Remus recoiled from the evil feeling thing. Remus swore "Bloody hell we can't deal with this now. Dumbledore will be here any minute. Harry was gone. Moody is calling him."

Sirius stood walked around the desk swept the locket into a concealed drawer and put his thumb on the blood lock "Ouch! Blood thirsty damn desk."

Remus rolled his eyes and they moved out of the study with Sirius snagging his glass of whiskey and giving Rosy thumbs up. The little elf smiled and faded away, her problem solved.

Dumbledore flooed in and found Sirius relaxing in the sitting room "Sirius have you seen Harry?"

Sirius looked up "Several times."

Dumbledore grit his teeth "Today or yesterday Sirius."

Sirius shook his head "Not yesterday. I haven't been out of the house today as you know from your miserable jailer." Not a lie as it was actually last night when he last saw him not yesterday. You want to play games Dumbledore, well we will play then.

"Sirius, you know you can't go out."

"Yes, because you are either incompetent or have a plan involving my further incarceration, as being the chief warlock you could get me a trial anytime and I am happy to take veritaserum. You have one week to get me a trial or take your Order and jam it straight up your arse." Dumbledore bristled Sirius smiled "Please say something idiotic like you won't be spoken to like this. I'm not afraid of you Dumbledore, a killing curse will slip your shields just like it does everyone else's and I'm already a prisoner. Oh, and don't bring that sack of shit Snape around here ever again. The next time I see him I'll kill him."

Dumbledore blinked "You know something Sirius. You wouldn't be so bold otherwise. What do you know?"

Sirius smiled "Something you don't."

Alastor Moody stumped into the sitting room followed by the rest of the order "Elves chucked us out the kitchen. New staff Black? What he knows Albus is Potters done a runner."

Dumbledore sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose "He can't have gotten far. We will find him."

Moody eyed Sirius "The lad isn't even in Britain any more I'd wager. Black is too confident."

Dumbledore paled and stood. He strode to the fireplace, tossed in the powder, announced Gringotts and flooed away. Sirius barked a laugh. Alastor grunted "It's all fun and games now Sirius but what happens when the killing starts?"

Sirius grinned "We are an illegal vigilante organization. I think we should start the killing, especially as we know who the death eaters are that escaped justice. Being an escaped mass murderer, I find it harder and harder to restrain myself. Why, I plan a little constitutional later tonight if you fancy some exercise."

Remus put his head in his hands as the gathered Order exploded. Tonks walked into this mess "The Grangers are gone, looks like a scheduled vacation to France from some receipts I found at their house. The Dursley's as well. Looks like Petunia didn't wait around for the wards to fall."

Moody nodded as did Kingsley. Kingsley spoke "Her only reasonable course really."

Sirius clapped his hands together and rubbed them "So who wants to go kill death eaters?"

Alastor looked at him a moment "What's your plan?"

TFS

Fred and George pulled the extendable ears up and looked at each other. Ginny sighed "Hermione will have gone with Harry."

"My girlfriend-"

George scoffed "Hermione is Harry's, has been since the troll. Only you and Mum can't see it. Perhaps Harry went with the Granger's."

Fred shook his head "She replied to Ron's letters. Just general stuff but she did reply. No mention of France. She would have said just to shut the idiot up."

"Oi."

Ginny rolled her eyes "Stop acting like one then Ron and join us here in the real world. Harry has done a runner. Hermione is gone. Dumbledore flooed off to Gringotts like his short and curlies were afire and Gringotts had the only water. Harry's claimed his Lordship and he'll be behind wards it will take Dumbledore and Voldemort working together to break. Hermione will have a betrothal ring that shoots killing curses and makes mithril shields. What we have to do is get a message to them. Voldemort is running around and Dumbledore isn't even trying to stop him. We need out of here."

The Weasley's dropped into thought.

Ron looked at Ginny "And you?"

Ginny grinned "Life debt. I'll work it later and Harry will give me a hood and pump little Potter Weasley's in my belly until Mum begs for mercy. Meanwhile as long as no one gets in the fanny it's all good. And this" she slapped her ass "Is one way only."

Ron stormed out. Fred and George laughed "You'll have him burst a vein someday."

Ginny shrugged "There are lots of you around." She grinned at the twins.

TFS

Dumbledore meanwhile wished his short and curlies were lit. The Goblins had stripped him of nearly everything and were investigating all his accounts and all the accounts he claimed to control and had frozen them until the investigation was over. Good thing that degraded stone Nicholas had let him use had enough magic left to convert that supply of roofing lead to gold. This was an unmitigated disaster. Why the Proxies alone would cost him the Wizengamot which would cost him the ICW. Merlin's saggy bollocks!

TFS

Severus Snape apparated into Grimmauld Place and found himself in the run-down park in the center of the square. "Bloody buggering shite what now? Fucking Potter." He never heard the reducto until the curse took his left arm off at the elbow. He screamed, summoned the shattered remains of his arm and apparated away.

Remus looked at Sirius who shrugged "Who expected him to twirl around like a drama queen. I was aiming for his right arm to disarm him so we could pour his miserable lying ass full of veritaserum. Oh well. Ready? Let's get to Montague." The two disappeared nearly silently.

TFS

Amelia Bones lifted an eyebrow "So there is a prophecy involving Potter that Dumbledore heard Trelawney give and no one knows more than Potter can kill the Dark Lord. Well that explains why Voldemort went after Potter and continues to pursue him. Potter has connected the dots without knowing about the prophecy and done a runner. How fucked are we?"

Algernon Croaker smiled "So refreshing. You should talk to Potter, you two have the same vocabulary. We may be not. I'm sure you are investigating the death of Mathias Montague. Just so you know he was a death eater and one of the ones who ran Voldemort's finances. Never on raids but still did his raping and killing to get his mark and facilitated the funding of Voldemort's operation. Whoever smeared him across his ballroom claimed Montague and raided a bunch of accounts Montague was running, probably Voldemort's. Large accounts, hundreds of millions of galleons up to several Billion. The third senior account behind Potter and Black. Robbery can't be ruled out as a motive but that is thief with bollocks the size of goose eggs.

Potter meanwhile has been named the heir of Black and will shortly be the head. Narcissa and Bellatrix Black have had their marriages annulled and the dowries recalled with interest. I expect Lucius is broke and the Lestrange vaults have been emptied. Several families are either currently or soon to experience severe financial difficulties as Potter and Granger are looking at the loans Potter and Black had outstanding and are calling the ones from supporters of Voldemort. I have no idea where they acquired a very accurate list of those supporters marked and unmarked." He adopted an innocent face causing Amelia to laugh.

"Well, well, well. So that rules out Potter having done Montague. My niece assured me that if anyone could have it would have been Harry Potter. She seemed to be of the opinion he would just walk through the wards and kill everyone there, except the elves. That being, apparently, exactly what happened it got my suspicions up. So, if we can keep Voldemort contained and warn the public to expect raids for robbery and extortion we should be able to cripple him. I'm taking the gloves off the Aurors. They will return like curses." Amelia nodded.

Algernon blinked "You'll lose your job."

Amelia smiled "It takes the Wizengamot to remove me and something has happened to Dumbledore. Well not something. He lost control of the Potter and Black votes and all their proxies."

Algernon nodded "You should send a note by elf to Potter. Susan is a large amount of leverage and I don't think you want her where a death eater or Dumbledore could get to her."

Amelia looked thoughtful "The same could be said of your great nephew. I'm not sure I want her near Potter though, all that salivating."

Algernon laughed and nodded "I have an appointment with Augusta this evening. You might want to pass the word to friends and generally useful people. Potter does have a betrothed. Susan would have to get through her."

Amelia snorted "Or seduce her too. The child is a Hufflepuff, not afraid of work."

TFS

Luna looked at her father "Daddy we need to go to Nashville Tennessee, USA."

Zenophilius Lovegood looked at his daughter and had a rare moment of clarity "You need to go Luna. Come let's get you packed."

"I can't leave you father."

Zeno smiled "You know you can and you must. I'll bring the wards up to a war footing as we leave, you can watch me do it. Now how are we getting you there? I understand the muggles shoot people from cannon!"

Luna sighed but she saw a different line now. A line where the war wards on the ancient keep that was the Lovegood home never failed and Her father was well taken care of, but she wasn't sure how.

Dobby smiled and popped away. Two, no three elves. At least to start. That press thing was filthy. Those Montague elves needed work and the Dogfather had completely destroyed that mansion searching it. Kind masters providing so much work! All the elves could be busy rebuilding it and all the Montague lands and properties. Plus, the Black and Potter properties. So much work!

TFS

Minerva McGonagall looked at Algernon Croaker "So this mad plan is actually from Wilfred Wilkes?"

Algernon shook his head "Harry and Hermione actually. My twist is getting a working copy of the book to Wilkes for him to use rather than having Lady Potter Black come back here to do it."

Minerva sighed "Hogwarts will be much poorer without them."

Algernon looked at her "Minerva Hogwarts will probably close. There won't be any muggleborn, half blood or moderate light side students in the school. The neutrals will leave at the first incident if not when they get wind of the exodus. You might have fifty students unless the cult of Dumbledore is much larger than we expect and the school is on the ragged edge of financial collapse."

Minerva sighed and nodded. Dumbledore had been slowly killing the school for years now, he was driving a stake in its heart by not disciplining anyone really and letting Severus Snape run his little club of privilege. "I wonder if I could tutor a few."

Algernon laughed "Potter is about to be inundated. There is no way the American schools could support this many students. You should send him a letter by elf and outline what it would take to run a day school, hell a boarding school, and just pick Hogwarts up and move it minus the physical plant. He might surprise you."

Minerva looked thoughtful as she worked over the blank endless journal Algernon had brought and the Book of Names.

TFS

Hermione woke in the Master Bedroom and stretched. The cooling and dehumidification charms let in a nice breeze and she was laid naked on top of the fitted sheet of the king sized bed. She felt around with her left arm looking for Harry and found an empty bed. She huffed and rose wrapping herself in the top sheet and going to the window. Harry was out in the yard obviously having just come back from a run. She pouted a bit. He should have woken her. Her mother breezed in the room "Sufficiently debauched daughter?"

"Mother!" Hermione frowned then grinned "Yes actually!"

Katherine smiled "Good. Tea and scones or are you up for something else?"

Hermione shook her head "They're drop biscuits Mother."

"Made just like scone's and twice as good with that sorghum molasses and butter mixture. I am glad we got Dobby to bring some real tea though. Those tea bags may be good for that bizarre iced tea but really they're just horrible hot." Katherine wrinkled her nose and Hermione nodded in agreement. Harry was a coffee drinker after only a week but she still preferred tea. The coffee was much better here but the tea was horrid.

Elle Mae popped in with a tray and shook her head at the mistress and chased her in the shower with Katherine chuckling. Two more elves popped in and the room was spotless, bed made, air freshened thankfully, and fresh flowers on the table with the tray. They were gone in seconds. She loved that Hermione was deeply pleased with her love life but two teens shagging like bunnies all night did work up a bit of a funk. Hermione was back after Katherine's first cup and her second 'scone' "So what's on the agenda today Hermione?"

Hermione sighed "We should see about school. I wish we had some news besides 'everything OK, proceeding according to plan'."

Katherine nodded "Yes it would be nice." They both paused as the phone rang and listened as Harry's voice talked for a moment then he came up the stairs.

"Hermione love, are you up?" Harry strode into the room and Hermione stood and captured him "You didn't wake me." She kissed him "Who was on the phone?" Another kiss "Ewww, sweaty, shower." A kiss and a shove toward the shower with a slap on the bum.

Harry laughed "You looked so happy." He moved in the bathroom and mostly shut the door. "Luna Lovegood. She is in Nashville at the Hilton, that was the concierge, she sounded a bit desperate, Luna appears to be being Luna. I'm taking the helicopter to get her, want to go?"

Hermione blinked "Why is she in Nashville driving a concierge mad?"

The shower came on "It's Luna Honey."

Katherine raised a brow, Hermione shrugged "Luna Lovegood. She's a bit strange. I think she is a seer. She lives in a world with much more than we can see in it. Brilliant, very eccentric, people bully her." Katherine frowned, Hermione nodded "Yes it's not good."

Harry stepped from the bathroom in the 'country casual elegant look' the elves had taken to laying out for him. White cotton button down shirt, jeans with a black belt and black Caterpillar steel toe boots and jeans jacket, immaculate and pressed to perfection. Hermione just looked at him until Katherine giggled "You are so gone Hermione."

Hermione grinned at her and then stuck her tongue out. Harry snorted and moved to the cherry dresser and started loading his pockets. "When you are ready Hermione I'll be in the kitchen." He came over and kissed her. The kitchen he was talking about was an enormous farm house kitchen with a long work/dining table and an enormous butcher block island you could cut up a whole steer or butcher a hog on, literally. Jerry and Elle Mae had done one of each the day after they got here to 'get the larder up since Master Harry needed the calories'. There might as well not be the huge living room and smaller dining room on the ground floor. Everyone ended up in the kitchen. Under the house, which was on a hill, was a huge cellar with the physical plant of the mostly mundane house and food storage including the cool room where the hog and steer were currently hanging before the steer was moved to dry aging and the hog was moved to the smoke house. Jerry and Elle Mae had their bedroom and a nursery down in the basement as well. There was a mudroom at the back of the ground floor which contained a clothes washing area and gave access to the kitchen from the back of the house and a small study rounded out the ground floor. The next floor up was all bedrooms with baths between every two and then on the top floor was the master and two large bedroom suites.

A small concrete house out back had a spring or several springs from up the hill piped into it and a small turbine generator. That was where the water and electricity came from.

Hermione finished her tea and a second biscuit and then looked at her mother "Coming Mum?"

Katherine nodded and stood "You're happy, aren't you?" She asked looking at her sparkling eyed, smiling daughter who was continually bouncing with energy.

"Very." Hermione beamed at her and led to the kitchen.

Roger hugged Hermione and hugged and kissed Katherine. "So, Nashville then?"

Everyone nodded and Harry announced "Lester is firing up the helicopter. He should be ready anytime."

Everyone nodded and walked outside. Lester started the engines just as they got to the helipad in the front yard and they walked up to the doors where Harry and Roger handed Hermione and Katherine in then climbed aboard. Harry climbed in the copilot's seat and put on the headphones. Everyone got belted in and Lester rolled in some pitch and took off. Lester gave Harry another flight lesson and Hermione explained to her parents what she knew about Luna.

Lester Mitchel was a bit of a character. He was checked out in seventy-two different current aircraft types, rotary and fixed wing, single and multi-engine and had last worked for Air America. The CIA air arm, or the cover company that ran their air operations. He was a squib and eighty-four years old. He appeared to be just in his forties. He had had to take work on the magical side as the mundane FAA was going to pull his license as he was over age.

TFS

Luna watched the helicopter land and walked to the door of the Hilton. Harry got out of the front and Hermione got down from the back. A paparazzi got a picture this time. Several in fact. Private helicopters normally yielded worthwhile targets and this one had some kind of Coat of Arms on it. A quick search of the tail number would show him what he needed to know. Ms. Standard frowned. Harry approached Luna and got a huge hug as did Hermione. Harry walked to the front desk to make sure Luna was checked out and settled up while Hermione introduced her parents and asked some questions. Harry got Luna's bags transferred out to the helicopter and the group headed out to the aircraft. They all said goodbye to Ms. Standard and she headed for the paparazzi. A black SUV slid up and dismounted four men in black. FBI (M) agents. They joined Ms. Standard and encircled the paparazzi, who was scribbling notes, having noted the British accents.

The Helicopter lifted off and Luna squealed in delight bringing smiles to Harry, Lester and Roger.

Back at the farm in the kitchen Luna smiled brightly "So this is where we will be staying? It's lovely."

Hermione blinked "Staying Luna?"

Luna nodded "Much too dangerous in Britain. You should expect several more guests. Some families too. Mr. Croaker and Professor McGonagall should be sending you a letter today."

A pop sounded and an elf put a letter on the island and popped away again under Jerry's glare. This began a steady stream of mail delivered the same way. Harry sighed "I wanted to check the burley today. Joe was going to give me some more lessons. It's our biggest cash crop as the wrapper is still aging up, I should know about it."

Hermione waved him off "Go ahead Harry. I'll read these and we will talk about it at lunch."

Roger put his tea glass down. "I'll come with you Harry. We need to think about a site for the rolling house too."

Katherine nodded and waved them off. Elle Mae took the mail and the ladies to the study. Katherine chuckled "Your father just wants to see brown virgins rolling cigars on their supple thighs."

"Mother! Besides from the information it will mostly be old brown men on H-2A visas teaching the elves to roll cigars apparently."

Katherine nodded "Your father is going to be so disappointed." Hermione rolled her eyes.

Harry and Roger came back in around lunch time sweaty messes and got shooed to showers and fresh clothes. Harry came back to the study and sat in an arm chair. Roger joined his wife on a loveseat. Hermione cleared her throat. "Professor McGonagall and Mr. Croaker got together and she gave him a copy of the Book. He has been rounding up the muggleborn, halfbloods and neutrals along with Brigadier Wilkes. They think Hogwarts will close as they won't have enough students to operate. This brings up the problem of the American schools not being able to take nearly three hundred students, so far mind you. We can easily absorb the families needing employment and may in fact have to hire some locals if the plan I have works out. You own the buildings of what used to be a small Baptist college near here Harry. It's on a hill overlooking the Tennessee river it's called Overlook College. The campus is here on the home farm actually, the south-east corner, that hundred fifty hectare piece carved out on the map. We could run a school there and teach both mundane and magical subjects. Professor McGonagall says if Hogwarts closes the Professors will come to teach."

Harry rubbed the back of his head and Katherine spoke "We think it would be best to let our practice operate without us Harry. Mr. Croaker pointed out we would be good leverage against you and Hermione and you will need dentist, oral surgeons, and all types of medical specialties. Roger and I have spoken about this already and this college presents a great opportunity. We might even teach if we can. We have several good oral surgeons and all types of dentist in the practice. It can run under our manager."

Luna piped up "It will be a great college Harry."

Harry sighed "So when do they arrive?"

Hermione smiled at him "As soon as we go look at the college and its facilities we will tell them and work it out from there, but if the college is in as good shape as the rest of the Potter properties are I would expect we can start classes the first weekday after September first with everyone arriving during the last week in August."

Jerry, the head Potter elf in America appeared "The College is ready Mistress. The elves will appreciate the challenge of getting everyone settled and the college running." He blushed a bit "There are really too many elves here but we didn't want to stop the elves having families. Dobby has the Black properties under control with the new elves and the Potter properties in Britain have all the elves they need."

Harry looked thoughtful "Hermione remind me once we get everyone out to stop selling any products in Britain. We'll need to find markets for our products somewhere."

"India and China Harry, Padma and Su Li will have the contacts you need. Daphne Greengrass can do the same as can the Longbottom's through Neville and the Abbots through Hannah." Luna said and smiled brightly as Hermione got a look of concentration.

"You mean to starve them out Harry?" Hermione asked.

Harry shrugged "A lot of them are in the same businesses just not as high in quality or quantity. I think it will just make it expensive for them. They'll think they are doing great but they will be circulating an ever-decreasing amount of galleons in a tiny pool unless Gringotts devalues the Galleon and makes more." Hermione looked at him stunned and breathing deeply. Luna gazed at him deep in thought then grinned broadly.

Roger nodded "Good idea. Every little bit will help in the end."

Katherine nodded "Sun Zu, robber barons and all that. Now let's go look at this college!"

They all went to the garage and piled in a Cadillac Escalade for the trip.

TFS

Minerva looked over the great hall and sighed. Sixty-one students had ridden the train. Sixty-one students of all years, she and the hat had sorted three first years into Ravenclaw one into Gryffindor and two into Slytherin, all from the extreme light or the extreme dark. Hufflepuff was gone in its entirety. Dumbledore was putting up a good front but he was apoplectic. The Hats song had been a diatribe sung as a dirge.

After the feast Dumbledore called the professors together. He looked at the heads "Where are your students?"

Filius Flitwick the head of Ravenclaw snorted "Somewhere better than here. Somewhere where there is no franchised bigotry, discipline and they can worry about being students not surviving, I hope."

Dumbledore turned to him "If that is how you feel Filius-"

"Shut your gob you idiot! You have killed Hogwarts!" Pomona Sprout interrupted "Two world wars, the English civil war, the empire in crisis, countless dark ass hats and you Dumbledore will be forever remembered as the headmaster who killed Hogwarts."

"You forget yourself Madam."

"I'm hoping to forget your idiot arse just as soon as the board closes this school. Or right after we bury you if you pull that wand you feckless gobshite. My house is gone and I will be tomorrow. You, your sycophants and the dark scum can have an orgy in the great hall as Hogwarts burns after that." Pomona had a full shimmering aura.

The Professors looked at each other for a moment and walked out leaving Severus and Albus alone in his office. The new Defense professor had not been invited to the meeting. "They've abandoned me Severus."

Snape flexed his still healing, recently attached, arm and hand. The thing still wasn't quite right. "Yes, they have."

"The board will close the school. They can do nothing else." Dumbledore sighed.

Severus frowned "What about all that scholarship money?"

"Muggle born and raised scholarships provided by Potter and a few others. No Muggle born, no money. Pureblood scholarships provided by Black and those have been withdrawn completely and the accounts closed." Albus looked about a little helplessly.

Severus nodded "This will finish you. Your Wizengamot position was hanging by a thread and with it your ICW position."

Albus nodded. He knew what this meant. At least he thought he did.

TFS

Harry, Hermione, Luna, the Grangers and Ms. Standard sat around the table in the kitchen. Harry sighed "I don't see any way. We need start up capitol to hire these people."

Dobby appeared "Master's basilisk is still in the chamber and worth very much galleons. Also there is all the things in the come and go room."

Harry blinked "Hello Dobby. That Basilisk is still worth something?"

Dobby nodded "Very much Dobby is thinking. It has matured fully now and is just ready for rendering. Master has been there. Dobby can take the elves there. We can harvest the beasty and bring the parts here where you can sell them. Jerry has many root cellars that would be perfect for storage."

Hermione nodded "What is the come and go room Dobby?

"It is a room in Master Harry's castle that the elves and others have been putting lost things in for always Mistress."

Hermione looked at him "Master Harry's Castle?"

"Castle Gryffindor was converted to Hogwarts Castle. Master Harry pulled the sword of Gryffindor from the hat. The elves have known since then."

Harry nodded "Let's get started on that Dobby. Bring everything useful from Hogwarts. Furniture Library all of it."

Dobby popped away. Roger looked around "Any idea how long that will take?"

Jerry provided an answer "Dobby has four hundred and thirty-three elves. It will be done by tomorrow. Excuse me Master but I must prepare several buildings and root cellars." He disappeared again.

Ms. Standard chuckled at Harry and Hermione's puzzled faces. "So, with that under control we need to discuss the contracts of employment. For magical we can oath bind them not to talk about their work. For the non-magical we have the standard Government non-disclosure agreements. My department will be providing support with security and keeping the cover story. At least until you can get some people sworn and your own force up and running. Federal police to start with, some military police and CID."

Roger nodded "What is the cover story?"

Ms. Standard smiled "Nothing to exotic. You are all political refugees from a small English-speaking country being threatened by one of its neighbors and internal strife. The Potters being generous as always offered them a temporary home."

Katherine grinned "Nothing covers the truth like the truth eh?"

Ms. Standard shrugged.

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Harry looked at the tiara Jerry was holding in a containment ward of some kind "Yep its one. This needs to go to Gringotts, they can deal with it."

Hermione bit her lip "Harry perhaps this could be used to find others. Sympathetic magic is a field I haven't studied much but it should work in this case."

Luna nodded "It will. Send a note to Croaker Harry. Hermione help me draw up a contract for him to sign. We will need that horcrux destroyed by year after next." Harry and Hermione blinked "The lines just cleaned up significantly." Luna told them.

TFS

Hermione looked over her shoulder "Luna! I thought that was too many hands this morning."

Luna frowned "It's lonely in my lovely room down the hall."

Hermione smiled "Its fine Luna but I don't swing that way."

Luna shrugged "Me either but your boobs are like magnets. Lovely warm magnets."

Hermione laughed "To at least you and Harry. Let's go run."

TFS

Harley Ellis the recently hired sales agent for all the things from the come and go room looked at the figures and smiled. "Twenty-four and a multi-millionaire off my five percent commission. Take that Mother! Find a nice wizard in college dear, no man in your life dear. No not an MBA dear. Muhahahahaha!"

Susan Standard looked at her roommate and partner in crime or for a beer in the bar after work "I know, right? Special Agent in Charge at twenty-five! We have to get Voldemort something nice for chasing Harry out of Britain." The two looked at each other in the apartment they shared in the Faculty and Staff housing wing of the main administration building at Overlook College and laughed themselves silly.

TFS

The enormous Auditorium was filled to capacity with the passengers off the last red and gold heavily technomanced true double decked, repowered, Sceniccruiser of five the College owned. Harry walked to the podium "Welcome to Overlook College. By now you've all seen the campus, had your tour from one of the elves, gotten your rule book and students you have gotten your class schedule. What we need now is to discuss your work placements. In the packet, you received you will find a form and on it we want you to list your skills. Your skills going all the way back to your first work experience. Once we have that we can see where everyone will fit. Students if you have your parents or guardian's positions you can put down what you are interested in for work and we will try to find placements for you. In your case it will be part time and if your grades suffer your work permissions will be withdrawn."

Yurika Haneda stood; Harry nodded to her "Lord Potter I just wished to express our thanks. We may not agree politically however we all appreciate the opportunity you are providing here."

Harry nodded graciously "I would hope any of you with the ability would have done the same. Now please get cracking on those forms as we are four days from opening day and there is still much to do. After all my elves have crops to get in soon."

The audience chuckled at the continuing gentleman farmer image Harry was trying to portray.

Ron Weasley sat in the audience sulking. Harry hadn't said two words to him the whole time they had been here and didn't even live here. Ginny glared at him "Stop being an enormous twat. Harry has other things to take care of. He actually made a special effort to find us and the house we have is better than the Burrow."

Fred grinned "List that Ron."

George nodded "Perhaps they need an enormous twat."

Lord Finch Fletchley looked at the form. "Barrister, Member of Parliament, Farm Manager, Peer of the Realm. What have I forgotten Elizabeth?"

Lady Elizabeth Finch Fletchley smiled "Useless aristocrat lay about wastrel twat until I got you by the stacking swivel?"

Gordon Finch Fletchly grinned at her "There's my girl!" Justin Finch Fletchley slumped in his seat trying to hide from the snickering going on around them.

TFS

Harry sat up early one morning "They've closed the school. Hogwarts castle has locked itself down. It wants me to come to it and do something with the wards."

Hermione sat up and hugged him. It was sad to see Hogwarts close. "It's the second of September. That was fast. We have a long weekend coming up; we wrote that schedule to ease everyone into this so it has some down time. We can charter a jet and a helicopter. There is a good-sized airport in Inverness."

Harry nodded "We'll send some letters to the Professors and let them know where and when."

Luna came in the room in tears and crawled into their laps.

TFS

The Hogwarts students at Overlook took the news hard. They bounced back as teenagers will after a day or so. The Collegiate Gothic buildings and beautiful campus of their new school made up for their loss somewhat. Plus, them knowing that this was a temporary solution, well until Voldemort was dealt with anyway. The college had absorbed all the British refugees and still needed more. Doctors, Lawyers, Professionals of all stripes found themselves employed by the college. Even the few retired police were pressed into service as campus police. Everyone was actually enjoying themselves. The elves put up some very large homes or really dormitories in the style of the existing buildings and some parents found themselves pressed into service as House parents to students whose parents had stayed in Britain. Overlook had overnight become the second largest magical school in America and the fourth largest magical town and was drawing attention. They really needed the decent Professors from Hogwarts.

TFS

Harry looked at Lester "Are you sure?"

Lester nodded "Retired technomanced C21. The Magical military uses them for nearly all flights not involving cargo. They very seldom come up for sale and can only be sold to magical US residents. Good thing you own these farms. Significantly space expanded with a forty-four-person max capacity but that's combat loaded persons, double that for regular people. Ever full fuel and oil. Strengthened and durability enhanced. Things a tank, envy of all the magical governments in the world, well besides your steam powered one, and while you will get a bill from the Defense Department for fuel and consumables as it comes from their stores, it won't be bad. The government is goofy about prices and charges the lowest sot rate at time of consumption. I think you will be doing a lot of flying so you should buy not rent. I can drive it and teach you. Hire that stewardess from the Royal Airforce I heard about to run your stores and flight service section and we're all set. She is a WO so perfectly capable."

Harley Atwell looked at the plane and shrugged "You can afford it and at the price four trips saving charters and it's paid for itself."

Hermione chimed in "Leslie's husband is a pilot and they are retiring. We were her last flight or close to it. Can we do something about the paint though?"

Harry blinked and looked at her then Katherine. Both had wrinkled noses. Apparently, the combat color scheme of camouflage over grey wasn't exciting them. Harry thought it looked bad ass. Lester saved it for now "Not before we leave tomorrow. That's technomanced and varies according to the environment it's in. Let me look at the books and we might be able to make it anything we want."

Luna looked at the plane "I like it. It looks like it means business. It needs a naked Hermione on the front though. Dean could do it." The argument between the girls got underway immediately, Katherine was the referee.

Harry smiled "I'll write to the Lyles."

Hermione rolled her eyes "I will Harry. You'd just ask if they want a job. I'll tell her the story."

Roger snapped his fingers "You know there are some Lyles in the Book."

Luna nodded "I'll get Dean to draw up some naked Hermione's."

TFS

Harry looked up from his flying, monitoring the state of the art avionics really and Lester glanced at him. "OK Boss even I already know that look. What's up?"

"Werewolves, we can take them, or most of them, out of the fight." Harry grinned.

Lester sighed "Better get Susan Standard up here. Better yet go back there and start this fight. I don't think you will be able to get this past the US government. Haven't you noticed the lycan and vampire wards everywhere? We don't have Dark Lords because we have an ongoing battle with the Clans and the Kindred. Importing lycans is going to be a major muscle movement." Harry nodded and got out of the copilot's seat.

TFS

An hour and a half later after fifteen minutes of conversation and three sat-phone calls and Harry speaking to the Secretary of State for Magic they had a plan. Hermione nibbled her lip "Don't be disappointed Harry but I think you won't get many this way. I can't see how they will be willing to magically swear fealty to you. That would make them serf's essentially, dependent on you for everything with nearly no rights of their own."

Harry shrugged "If it takes one of them out of the fight that's better than where we are."

TFS

They landed at Stornaway and transferred to a Chinook 234LR helicopter chartered British Airways Helicopter, normally used in a sort of semi scheduled service to North Sea oil platforms. Mr Smythe met them with the helicopter. Less than an hour later they landed on the road to Hogsmeade just outside the Hogwarts gates. Mr. Smythe stayed on the Helicopter reading the confused pilots the official secrets act. The pilots wondered why as as far as they could tell they had just flown a bunch of people to a cart track in a wood. Harry got off the Chinook and walked to the gates. He put his hand on them and froze. Hermione watched concerned but not panicked and the rest of the party stood watching her.

Harry smiled and the gates clicked open "I have to go to the heart stone chamber." He offered Hermione his arm and they walked up the path to the doors where again he laid his hands on them. The doors opened and he led the party to the anteroom in the entrance hall where a hole opened in the floor "I have to go down there alone. I'll be back in a minute."

Harry went down into the chamber that could only be opened by the heirs of at least two founders which with his defeat of Riddle he had become by conquest and laid his hands on the heart. Almost a thousand years of wards emplaced by headmasters fell away and the heart stone glowed. Harry brought the wards up to a war footing and then set them to lock the castle down until he or his blood returned. Secret passages repaired themselves and then disappeared. Sally ports disappeared into the walls and the bridges to the castle glowed for a moment. Harry smiled and walked up the stairs with Hogwarts singing in his ears.

At the top of the stairs Hermione had gasped and held her hand to her chest as the headmasters meddling were removed and then beamed as the castle sung to her. Katherine raised a brow as groaning and rumblings shook the castle. "We going to be OK Hermione?"

Hermione nodded like a bobble head grinning like a loon. Roger sighed. Harry appeared with a huge grin on his face and hugged Hermione. The adults just smiled and followed him out. When they crossed the bridge, it folded itself up and disappeared. Roger asked Harry "So that was supposed to happen?"

Harry smiled "Yep."

Katherine rolled her eyes "A little more Harry?"

"Oh, the castle wards are on a war footing and will do really nasty things to whoever tries to get in without me or my permission in blood. Slytherin was a real bastard but Gryffindor was a erh well I don't know. Skinning people seems to be his favorite warning ward." Harry shrugged "Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff were worse if you can imagine. Oh, Dobby?"

"Master."

"Get us a basilisk and put it in the chamber will you. Oh, bring it to me first."

Hermione nearly shrieked "Everyone close your eyes!"

The group stopped and closed their eyes just in time to hear a pop and then some hissing. Another pop and Harry announced, "OK you can open them."

Hermione punched him in the shoulder. "Not speakers. Basilisk gaze remember? Now what did you do?"

Harry nodded "Sorry. The castle singing in my head is distracting. A basilisk was Slytherin's last ditch defense. I got Dobby to get one. They actually breed them for some specialist potions in Norway of all places. In a cave with some rather vigorous protections. It was hooded. I told it to guard the castle, tied it to the wards and told it about the Acromantula in the forest. It seemed eager to go exploring. There are tunnels all over the place for it."

A flash of fire and several shrieks and Fawkes appeared with the Hat. The Hat growled "You were supposed to come get me Potter. Damn Castle is like a teenager in love what did you do?"

Harry blinked "Uh what she told me too."

The hat sighed "You didn't wank on the rock, did you?"

"Hat Language!" Hermione picked it up and shook it. Gryffindor's sword fell out.

"Easy Gel! Damnation! You shook the sword outta me!"

Hermione rolled her eyes. "You will keep a civil tongue or you're going to the haberdashers to get steamed and blocked!"

The hat turned in her hands to face Harry "Good work Potter you bonded a mini McGonagall. Bet she's a tiger in the sack eh?" Hermione shook the hat again and a bottle fell out. "Damnit, now look what you did Gel! That was hundred-year-old whiskey that was!"

Hermione nodded "Good, we'll see if you can be civil when you dry out, you felt lush!"

Roger lost it at that point and took the rest of them with him. Hermione stamped her foot "Harry get the sword, leave the bottle, and let's go." The hat wailed and cried like it was being killed. Half way to Stornoway Hermione put a silencing charm on the hat.

Remus, Sirius, and Minerva met them at the airport in Stornoway and got on the C21 for the flight to RAF Mildenhall. They got the plane in the air and Harry came back to the passenger compartment. "Remus we'll take the were's with us if they will swear fealty to me."

Remus's eyes rolled back in his head and he keeled over in his seat. Hermione huffed and Sirius laughed "Merlin Harry you just can't spring the fulfillment of a life's dream on a bloke."

Harry sighed and enervated Remus "So what about it?" He asked him.

Remus eyes rolled up again and Hermione slapped Harry on the chest. Minerva huffed "Lord Potter Black, must you?"

Harry was grinning as he enervated Remus again. Hermione silenced him. Sirius chuckled "He's liking you passing out Mooney, do try to stop, won't you?"

The hour or so ride to London was a giant high speed catch up session. As soon as they landed Sirius Remus and Minerva apparated away to separate missions and Harry, Hermione and the Grangers hopped in a car with Mr. Smythe and headed to Gringotts. They were staying the night in Grimmauld place and then going to the Grangers house for the next night.

TFS

Albus felt the wards of Hogwarts leave him and apparated to the gates. He reached out to touch them and withdrew his smoking hand quickly. "Potter, he was already Gryffindor and this confirms he is Slytherin. Now where would he go?" Albus spun and apparated away. He checked the Leaky Cauldron and none of his spies had seen the boy. He arrived at the Grangers house and found nothing. He knew he hadn't gone to Grimmauld as the ward on the square hadn't tripped and the wards on the house wouldn't let anyone apparate in. He spun and disappeared to the Ministry.

Harry and the others wandered through the Leaky Cauldron an hour later and walked down the middle of a nearly deserted Diagon Alley to Gringotts. Gringotts was nearly deserted too. Bonecrusher chuckled when they were led to his office. "Lord Potter Black. You've been a busy boy, spending money from seemingly nowhere."

Harry shrugged "Found out I own Hogwarts. Just set the wards to a war footing and locked the castle down. The Basilisk I killed in second year was still there so my elves rendered it and we are selling it slowly. Hogwarts had a room with a thousand years of lost property and ill-gotten gain hidden in it. The elves are fixing it all up and we are selling that all off a piece at a time. I need the money for the college I started and this keeps me from having to get a loan from the estates." He grinned at Bonecrusher.

Bonecrusher turned to Hermione "Unfair Lady Potter Black. You were going to work with us."

Hermione shrugged "That was all him. He came up with it, got Dobby executing it, and hired the agent to handle it. Made a fortune all on his own."

Bonecrusher sighed "I don't know whether to be proud or offended."

Harry shrugged "Proud. That briefing of yours taught me most of what I know about finance and banking."

Bonecrusher face palmed "You were supposed to sleep through that or at least be beguiled into doing what we wanted."

Hermione glared at Bonecrusher while Harry grinned "Surprise!"

Bonecrusher grunted "Very droll. How can Gringotts be pillaged by you today Lord Potter Black?"

Harry rolled his eyes "Oh stop, you are making an absolute fortune. Now I have a list of people I don't want any produce of the Potter or Black estates to be sold to. Also, I wanted to know if you are looking at all this distressed real estate and see if we were going to buy up oh let's say most of Magical Britain. I have a REIT worked out with Greengrass, Longbottom and some others and we have some cash."

Bonecrusher frowned "A REIT?"

Hermione smiled a very shark like smile "A Real Estate Investment Trust. "

Bonecrusher gaped in horror as she explained the REIT and its goals. Twenty minutes later he looked at the agreement he was about to sign and shuddered again. He was only acting as the Potter Black REIT agent in Britain but still this was amazing. Buying property just to drive the price up just to sell it, why hadn't the bank done this? A four percent commission but if he didn't sign the Potter Blacks would just do it on their own. Monstrous! He sighed and signed. "Five million for your Lady Potter Black." Harry laughed and laughed.

TFS

The significant neutral and moderate light side players apparated into Grimmauld square and walked to Sirius who was standing in front of number eleven. They were told the secret and when number twelve appeared waved in the door. Dumbledore appeared as his ward told him of the activity. "Ah Sirius good evening. Are we having a meeting?"

"No."

Amelia Bones appeared Sirius whispered in her ear along with Tonks and Kingsley's ear and they smiled at Dumbledore and took a step forward disappearing. Dumbledore nodded "A fidelius. Very good. Now if you would tell me the secret we can get the meeting started."

Sirius smiled "You aren't invited. You are barred from all Potter and Black Properties permanently by Lord Potter and Lord Black."

"Really Sirius I must insist."

Algernon Croaker stepped from a shadow "Insist away. I want to watch him stick a killing curse in you." He looked at Sirius whose wand was out and was dripping an odd black fire on the sidewalk that was burning its way through the stone "Or at least find out what that is."

Dumbledore looked at Sirius's completely black eyes and apparated away, Croaker laughed "Well that was different."

Sirius shook himself "I was about a second from killing that fuck."

Croaker nodded "Yes I saw that. He is still useful however so not quite yet please. Ah here is the Brigadier and the Director." A black Rolls Royce slid to a stop and Sirius opened the door. "Madam Director, Ms. Gambol." He handed her out followed by her empath, and the Brigadiers wife The Brigadier alighted on his own "Mrs. Wilkes, Brigadier." He gave them the secret and as the Rolls slid away they stepped past the gate and disappeared.

Inside the house Harry greeted everyone. The Brigadier looked at the portrait in the hall with the mouth missing. Harry rolled his eyes "Sirius's mother. She got rude to Hermione. Dobby the head Black Elf vanished her mouth. Sirius leaves her there because he enjoys torturing her. She was an abusive bint." The portrait turned purple with rage and gesticulated wildly. Marjorie Wilkes chuckled "Remind me to never insult Hermione, dear." She said to the Brigadier who nodded a little pale and the couple got the laugh they were intending.

They moved to the dining room for a working dinner. Mrs. Rimington opened the conversation "Lord and Lady Potter Black you have the thanks of a grateful Queen. Your actions and largesse have cleared the noncombatants from the field and enabled what we hope will be a short campaign to end this usurper calling himself Lord Voldemort. You have through your forethought and largess proved your lines nobility again."

Harry blushed furiously and Hermione beamed at him "It wouldn't have happened without everyone here Ma'am. Tell the Queen her thanks are appreciated."

Mrs. Rimington smiled "You can expect to be called for Honors Harry along with everyone here including Dobby. Her Majesty is ecstatic with this plan and its success. Also the government will be reimbursing you significant portions of the cost you have incurred."

Roger smiled "And all without firing a shot yet, thank God."

Mrs. Rimington nodded "And now you have this plan for the were's. You should be careful Harry or Her Majesty will make you her magical Viceroy."

Harry looked horrified and the others broke up laughing.