Chapter 3: Telling the Weasleys and Blacks

Hermione nodded and Harry turned to the wards around the Burrow and quickly accessed the control matrix that Bill had created.

"Harry is going to ensure we have some privacy. I would suggest everyone get comfortable." Hermione said to the group. Seeing what Harry was doing, Bill moved to stop him.

"What are you doing?"

"Adding a few more wards that will keep everyone out you twit; by the way the next time you use this old matrix as your base I'll kill you with my bare hands! I know for a fact you know better ones. These wards, I mean anyone with a seventh year education can access the matrix! The only reason no one could access them before now was because they were buried on the inside of the wards. Pretty smart, but you're still a dumbass."

"Now wait a minute—" Bill began to say but was cut off by Albus.

"William, Harry has spent a long time learning magic, and he is my apprentice. I would suggest you listen to him."

Harry ignored both men and finished upgrading the wards to what Bill used after Ginny brought home the damn diary. Shortly after the kids started Hogwarts the year after the diary incident Bill came home for the weekend and installed the new ward package that was much more robust and overall better than what he had originally built.

"And there. That should work much better. And it will make adding the new ward package easier later on." Harry then turned to see Bill seething. "Relax Bill, you taught me all I know about wards. Now why don't you seal the matrix with your blood, then we sit down and talk."

Harry simply walked away from Bill Weasley and back to where Hermione was still standing next to Ron as the adults conjured seats for everyone. Bill turned and looked at the open matrix and felt his jaw drop. These were some of the new wards that he had been designing for months! Though they were missing the main components of the new package, they were really good and would allow him to indeed tie in the new ward package with the existing wards without needing to drop them. Bill wanted to examine the wards and the matrix, but knew that Harry Potter had more bombshells so he quickly sealed the wards with his blood, vowing to extend his stay for a few more days.

Once everyone was seated, Harry addressed the group.

"Hello, my name is Harry Potter. The bushy haired girl over there is Hermione Jane Lupin. We are from over one hundred and fifty years in the future. We are here to stop the end of civilization as we know it." Harry said without preamble.

"I'm sold." Bill said.

"How?" Percy asked.

"He just made the wards I placed over the Burrow stronger than ever and put in place most of the new ward matrix I have been designing for months into operation." Bill answered.

"You know what I did not add then?" Harry asked.

"Yes and I am trying to figure out why? Did it not work?" Bill asked.

"I am not a Weasley and the current control stone would shatter." Harry said.

Bill smiled. "I must have been one hell of a teacher."

"You were." Harry said before turning to the group again. "Since many of you don't believe us, we'll tell you all a few things that no one else knows about you."

Everyone nodded in agreement. "We'll start with the eldest. Arthur, you love all things muggle. You get your love of muggles from your Uncle Randall who spent all his free time in Devon. You keep his journals in your shed in an old icebox. Depending on the exact date, you are either reading about his first trip in a car or about a crazy American named Limburg who flew across the Atlantic Ocean. He had seen the airplane in person when he landed." Harry said.

"I just read about that yesterday." Arthur said.

"How do we know you are not using legilimency?" Molly asked.

Harry withdrew the Sword of Gryffindor and slammed it into the ground tip first before kneeling next to it. "I Harry James Potter, Prince Gryffindor of Gryffindor, swear on my life, my magic, and my soul that I what I say is the truth. So Mote It Be!"

Magic accepted Harry's oath as there was flash of white light from Harry and the sword.

"Very well Prince Gryffindor. Please continue." Molly said.

"Mum Weasley—"

"What?"

Harry smiled sheepishly, "That is what Hermione, myself, and our closest friends called you called you later in life. Our kids called you Grammy Molly."

"Children? Grandchildren?"

"You and Arthur were the best grandparents ever to the brood." Hermione said with a smile.

"Anyway" Harry said "Your older brothers Fabian and Gideon threatened Arthur when you became pregnant with Bill; he out dueled two aurors who were very pissed at him. They also remained very close to your family until they died. They died protecting Arthur and young Percy who gone out for the day to Diagon Alley because Bill and Charlie were grounded for fighting."

Molly simply nodded, unable to speak.

"Bill are the changes I made to the wards sufficient for you?" Harry asked.

"Yes Prince Gryffindor." Bill said.

"Please do not call me Prince Gryffindor. My name is Harry."

"Of course."

"Charlie, you took all your NEWTs early, but never received your scores as you left Hogwarts after the Quidditch Cup your 7th year to head to Romania. Professor Dumbledore and Hagrid wrote your letters of Recommendation. You also knocked up Maria Perry and married her before she was killed in an 'accident'. Your daughter lives with you in Romania where you are not a Dragon Tamer like you say you are but rather the director of the dragon preserve and vice president of the Dragon Handlers Consortium."

"How in the hell…" Charlie asked.

"I have a granddaughter!" Molly screeched as the rest of the Weasleys all turned to interrogate Charlie.

"STOP!" Harry commanded. "First, I am sorry Charlie for doing this to you; I only met Alex after the war was over when you brought her home for the first time. You stayed away and kept her hidden because of the threats you got from the people who killed Maria. After the war, the truth about Maria's death came to light."

"Who killed my wife?" Charlie asked.

Harry looked at Hermione and Albus, trying to decide if he should tell Charlie.

"Harry, you swore on your magic." Bill said.

"But I can choose to remain silent." Harry said.

"Harry, they need to know the truth." Hermione said.

"It was a Death Eater named…Lucius Malfoy." Harry whispered.

As Harry feared, Charlie was moving before anyone could catch him. The only thing that stopped him were the wards. However before Bill could drop them, which was not very long, Hermione cast a wide area spell that froze everyone in their place. Hermione levitated everyone, including Harry, Remus, Sirius, Albus and the Weasleys to their chairs and then placed sticking charms to all of them save Harry before she unfroze them.

"Charlie, you have my word that we will get the son-of-a-bitch for what he did to Maria. But not yet. If we try to topple him, Fudge will let him walk. But when the time comes to send him through the veil, you can push him yourself." Hermione told Charlie. "I swear to you on my mother's grave."

Charlie seemed to take stock of the girl in front of him before nodding. Charlie knew that for some reason he could trust her.

"Thank you Charlie. I had to use considerable force to stop you last time." Harry said. "Do the rest of you need me to continue?"

Everyone believed Harry and Hermione now. Harry let out a sigh of relief. "Good because for everyone else I have very embarrassing stories about them. Like how Prefect Percy here lost—"

"I believe that you don't need to convince as anymore Lord Potter." Percy said quickly.

"What I was only go to say how you lost your Prefect Badge in the house and it 'magically' appeared three days later with a number of hexes. The work of true amateurs." Harry said while giving Percy a wink. Harry knew that Percy lost his virginity to Penelope Clearwater last school. Percy did appreciate that he did not tell that story and that he got Fred and George in trouble.

"Fred, George, we will discuss this incident after we are done here." Arthur said sternly.

"Yes sir." The twins said.

"Ok then. The first thing we need to do is get Alex home to England so her grandparents can spoil her rotten. Stopping Tom Riddle and saving the world can wait. Family comes first. Charlie, who is she with?" Harry said.

"My boss and his family; if I don't return home, he has instructions to get Alex out of Romania and to Australia. From there a friend of mine would get word to dad. My Gringotts vault has a letter explain everything." Charlie said.

"Albus, can you send Fawkes to get Alex? We can protect her at Hogwarts or any number of places better than Romania." Harry asked.

"Lucius said she had been tagged somehow. He'd know if she returned to England." Charlie said quickly.

"Bermuda. My family has a place there." Sirius said, throwing out ideas.

"That would require a trip to Gringotts." Remus said, also looking at the situation logically.

"Phoenix Nest. It is my chateau in Switzerland. It is very well warded and safe. Charlie, you could stay with her. I even have some animals that could use you to check on them." Albus said.

"That would be great, sir." Charlie turned to his parents to say something but Arthur spoke first.

"We understand Charlie. Just keep her safe until we can spoil her." Arthur said. Charlie nodded, knowing that there was a long discussion coming in the future.

"Harry, what are we going to tell people about you and Hermione?" Remus asked, thinking about his own child and nephew.

"I think the best thing to do would be to declare that I am Albus' apprentice." Harry said.

"There is a problem with that." Percy said. "According to what I know about the Headmaster, he took a vow to not a take an apprentice."

"You are correct Percy." Albus said. "But there are ways of getting around that. I will contact Nicholas when I get to Phoenix Nest and speak to him."

Harry was shocked. "That would be very cool to be the apprentice to the Nicholas Flamel. I spent time with his portrait after the war and learned from him a lot about magic." Harry said.

"As he is related to you I would say so. We could also say the Hermione has apprenticed under Perenelle since she was discovered rescued from slave traders in…Indonesia I would think." Albus said. "That way, I will not have to deal with the Ministry and the vow I took."

"What are slave traders?" Ron asked.

"One of the things that we dealt with more when I became Head Auror was Human Trafficking. There have been a lot of young girls taken from the Far East and sold to people in the USA and here in Western Europe, but there are also growing numbers of girls being taken from the West and sold to men all over the world. Some of these girls were four years old. Any they were taken to be maids. Some of these quick bastards were raping them that young."

"That's disgusting." Ginny said.

"I know. My wife and I had to live through ten hours of hell when our daughter's friend was taken. When we caught the people who did it, well let's just say that they never harmed anyone else." Harry said with darkening eyes remembering some of the dark times he had lived through and the hell he summoned when he caught those bastards.

"I believe that we have gotten off track." Remus said.

"I agree. Albus, if you could speak to the Flamels please. Charlie, go and get Alex. Pack whatever you can that will not be noticed. If Malfoy can indeed track Alex I want her secure before he finds out. Don't worry about money to buy things you leave there. We'll take care of you. Sirius, you should go too." Hermione said in her bossy business tone.

"No—"

"Padfoot you are an escaped felon and look like shit. Besides, Remus can look after us for a few days as well as the Weasleys." Harry said.

"Also you need to speak to the ICW and get a trial." Hermione said.

"What!" Sirius said.

"Smart girl Miss Lupin, very smart" Dumbledore said. "Sirius if you go to the ICW directly and plead for sanctuary, they have to give you veritaserum and question you about that night. After that, you would be free in their eyes and that would give us a better chance of investigating Fudge. I will be with you the entire time."

"Fine." Sirius said. He wanted to spend time with his godson.

"In the meantime, Hermione and I will put together a list of things we need to do before we can send Tom to hell. Albus, when do the teachers report to Hogwarts?"

"The Heads of Houses return in two weeks, the remaining teachers the following week. Minerva, Severus, Poppy, Argus, and Hagrid are already at the castle." Albus said.

"We need to speak to Severus. I will not have him treat people like he has treated them. Also, Quirrell needs to be dealt with."

"Quirrell will not be back for four weeks. He is still exploring Transylvania. What do you mean dealt with?" Albus said.

"He has Voldemort in the back of his head. I never did figure out how the wards did not know he was there the last time." Harry said.

"He is disembodied?" Albus asked.

"Yes." Harry & Hermione said.

"It could be because the wards do not recognize spirits. It is how Peeves is able to remain in the castle." Albus said.

"Then the possession wards are not raised. It is something else to look into regarding Hogwarts" Harry said. "Anything else?" No one raised their hands, "Good. In the meantime, everyone, please keep this quiet."

"We should tell the Tonks Family." Hermione said.

"Agreed. Albus, we're going to use Lionfire Hall as our headquarters until Hogwarts is secured. If I were to approach it right now, well let's say it would react much different that it should." Harry said "Even with me already being there."

"Why?" Ron said.

"Because I am Prince Gryffindor, Lord of Gryffindor. Hogwarts responds to my blood and magic. On top of that, I am the heir of the remaining founders." Harry said.

"And…" Ron asked.

"The staircases always work for me; there are a number of secret passage ways that only I can use; There are no rooms that are closed to me; oh and the other fun one…the suits of armor stand at attention when I pass." Harry said.

"A little hard to hide those facts" Ron said.

Harry smiled. "Just a little." He then turned to Remus. "Remus, can you get the Tonks Family and meet us at Lionfire?" Harry asked.

"Of course Harry." Remus said as he turned to leave the wards, Bill let him out.

"Mum…Weasley, Mr. Weasley; we'll talk to you in a few days." Hermione said as she rose from her chair and crossed to Harry and Sirius. With a quick nod the three of them disappeared. There was no apparition noise, no flames, they were just gone.

Bill looked amazed as he cast a few quick spells, trying to figure out how they left. After 2 minutes, a piece of parchment appeared in midair where Harry, Hermione, and Sirius had been standing. Bill grabbed it and read it aloud.

Bill, next time try to check for invisibility spells. We walked through the hole Remus left thru and then teleported away.

HP

"Harry seems to have style." Bill muttered as he turned to check out the wards some more.

Harry, Hermione, and Sirius appeared just outside of the wards of huge manor house. It was the home of the Potters for a thousand years, Lionfire Hall. Lionfire Hall was built shortly before Godric Gryffindor's death as a new home for his family. The village of Godric's Hollow sprang up from those who built the manor and worked on the land.

After learning of his inheritance, Harry had unsealed Lionfire Hall, as his parents had lived in the manor for a few short months before going into hiding, and used it as his primary home. Grimmauld Place had been given to Ron and Hermione after it cleaned from basement to attic, three times. It was destroyed when the first bombs landed on London in World War III.

Harry and Ginny raised their three children, Teddy Lupin, and many of the grandchildren in the manor over the years. The grounds, which were massive, also housed the UEMICC, the United Earth Military Integrated Central Command, during Harry's time as Supreme Commander during the war, and as leader of the light after the war. It was designed and built after Harry informed the Earth President that he would retire and let the rest to the world go to hell if he did not get a chance to spend time with his family.

Instead of trying to overrun Lionfire Hall, they dropped the new command center away the main buildings and thanks to magic, made it disappear. UEMICC remained there until Harry finally stepped down as Supreme Commander when he was 150 years old.

"I Harry James Potter, Prince Gryffindor of Gryffindor, I order Lionfire Hall to open!

The massive door opened and they entered only to be stopped by a house elf. "Prince Gryffindor, I is Tippy, I is in charge of Lionfire Hall." The elf said.

"Tippy, this is my blood-sister Hermione Lupin and my godfather Sirius Black. I will be staying here for a little while. Please prepare rooms for us and a few others. Also, is the portal between here and Hogwarts still secured?"

"Yous knows much Master Prince Gryffindor sir." Tippy said.

"I know Tippy. Now please, what about the portal?"

"It is still sealed. The Founder's Common Room is still sealed as well." Tippy said.

"Good." Harry said. "We will have guests arriving shortly including Hermione's father and the Headmaster of Hogwarts and a couple of others, when they arrive, please escort them to my office."

"Of course Master."

"Ok, what did you not tell us?" Sirius asked, sitting in his favorite chair. It was the same chair he sat in when he was younger and was speaking to Charles Potter, learning more about being a man than he ever learned from his father.

"Do you want the short list or the long one?" Harry asked.

"The long list." Sirius stated.

Over the next six hours Hermione and Harry explained about the Second Wizarding War, the Dark Lady, World War III, and the rest of the history of the Earth all the way through Ron's death and their trip back in time. Sirius' head was spinning when there was a knock on the door.

"Sorry to bother you Master Lord Gryffindor sir, but Sir Moony has arrived with the Tonks family." Tippy said.

"Thank you Tippy, send them in please." Harry said. A moment later the Tonks Family was led in by Remus, who looked very happy to be back in the Manor again.

"Sirius Black! What in the hell are you doing here?" Ted Tonks asked as he drew his wand, trying to protect his wife and daughter.

"Expelliarmus!" Harry shouted, casting the disarming hex wandlessly at the Tonks family while Hermione froze them all in place.

"Sirius is innocent and I would like everyone to please relax and listen to Sirius' & our tale." Harry said to the group.

As they had done before, Hermione and Harry explained who they were and what they were planning on doing to make sure their future was not what they had experienced. Sometime during the explanation, Dumbledore entered the study and waited patiently for the story to finish.

"Sirius, you didn't betray James and Lily?" Andromeda asked.

"No Andi. James was my brother in all but blood. I loved Harry like my own son. But I killed them. I killed them by suggesting Peter be the Secret Keeper." Sirius said as he broke down crying.

"Miss Lupin, can you release me please? My cousin needs me." Andi asked. Hermione nodded and released Andi who immediately pulled Sirius into a strong hug. Hermione moved to her father who wrapped his arms around her as well.

"Sirius, why did you not tell me?" Remus asked.

"Because Remus, you were with the undercover with the werewolves. I tried to contact you myself, but Fenrir had you all in the Forest of Dean in his den." Albus said for the first time.

"And we knew someone close to James & Lily was leaking information to Voldemort." Sirius said. "There had also been reports of Voldemort being able to access information from werewolves while they were transformed. We couldn't ask you Moony. If something happened to James, Lils, and Harry you would blame yourself and killed yourself. You had nothing else to live for after Hermione and Nicole."

Remus could only nod at this fact. Though the reports were later proved to be false, the idea of someone ripping information from his mind was not a pleasant thought. And Remus knew that if he were the Secret Keeper and his let the secret slip, he would have killed himself.

"It's all in the past now." Harry said, taking control of the room once again. "Albus, were you able to deal with Peter?"

"Peter Pettigrew is in one of the rooms off of my office at Hogwarts. I have sealed him in a cage with enough food and water for a month as well as a strong memory charm to make him think he is a rat." Albus said.

"Which memory charm?" Hermione asked.

Albus looked a little uncomfortable at admitting what he used, Harry knew why. Ted Tonks was a Solicitor and Nymphadora was an Auror Trainee. If Albus used what Harry thought he did, it could land the Headmaster in Azkaban.

"Relax Albus; as long as you did not use the Killing Curse, the Tonks Family has gone deaf." Ted said with a smile.

"I used the Imperious Curse." Albus said. He looked at Harry. "You're right Harry; it is time to fight fire with fire."

Harry nodded. "As long as don't forget why we don't use it often. Peter is safe and in a few days he'll be in prison anyway. What about the other items?"

"Charles and Alex will be at Phoenix Nest within the hour. I have a couple of old contacts shadowing them. One of them is an acquaintance of yours from your time in what you called World War III." Albus said.

"You know Gracie?" Harry asked.

"I do not know her as well as you do, as I have never taken flight with her. But I have spent many hours speaking to her and using legilimency to have her speak to me. When you said the largest Welsh Green you has ever seen, I knew it was her." Albus smiled.

"Charlie must be in love." Hermione said smiling.

"I agree. What about the Flamels?" Harry asked.

"They are in the South Pacific on a small island, hundreds of miles away from anyone. They said they'd come to England and talk to you both in a few days." Albus said. "But they seem to like the idea of you two being their apprentices. I explained that there are issues that you would explain."

"What do we do now?" Dora Tonks asked.

"Ted, I would like to hire you to be the Solicitor for my families and interests." Harry said. "I'll keep you really busy I'm afraid."

"How many families?" Ted asked.

"I am head of the Ancient Houses of Peverell, Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff, the Ancient and Most Noble Houses of Potter and Black with Sirius here being a convict, and I am also Prince Gryffindor of Gryffindor and owner of Hogwarts."

"Ted, if you do this, I think you might need me to go back to work in your office." Andi said.

"That would be an understatement dear. Lord—"

"Just Harry please."

"Sorry Harry, not in this case, the hiring of a solicitor requires a level of formality and ritual." Andi said. "But you need to understand some history before we go any further. Before Dora was born, I was Ted's partner in his practice. It was a small practice, but we did well. When Dora was born, Ted went to work for a large firm based in America; they had started here in England centuries before and immigrated to America in the 1800's. In the late 1960's their last solicitor here retired. During this time, they had been giving us more and more work as an outside company. When Walt retired, we decided to join the law firm officially and shutdown our small practice. They had a lot of business here in England, and none of their people wanted to deal with our ministry to get certified."

"Sounds typical" Harry, Hermione, Sirius, and Remus said at the same time before laughing.

"I agree. Five years ago, the managing partner, William Butler split the company into two and handed control of the British company to me." Ted said.

"Damn." Sirius said.

"While technically still a part of Butler, Farmer, and Brooke, I work on my own. I have the resources of one of the largest firms in the world, but I can do what I want like when I was running my own practice."

"Wait, Butler, Farmer, and Brooke? They have been on retainer for the Potter family for years." Remus said. "Charles Potter told me that if I ever had a problem, to go to them."

"That must be the sealed file in my office then." Ted said. "Bill Butler told me that if that file were to ever be opened, contact him and do whatever the client needed; something about being one of his family's oldest clients."

"If it's true, then consider yourself reinstated." Harry said.

"Can I borrow your floo? I'll get the file and contact Bill in Charleston." Ted asked.

"Of course" Harry said. "The floo in the entry hall is active; to return say Potter Manor, May the Force Be With You."

Dora laughed at the password as her father nodded and left. "Sirius, you need to get out of England, tonight." Dora said. "There is a trace on you. It is inactive right now, but the Ministry is preparing the ritual to activate it. The problem is it takes the Unspeakables to do it and they are locked away."

"They are in conclave. They are selecting their new leader. Unspeakable Crimson was killed three weeks ago by Walden Macnair." Hermione said.

"How do you know?" Sirius asked.

"I was an Unspeakable for over one hundred years Sirius. In that time, I also became Director of the Department of Mysteries and later was selected as the Leader of the Unspeakables after Harry was named Supreme Commander." Hermione said.

"Aren't the Director of the Department of Mysteries and the Leader of the Unspeakables the same person?" Dora asked.

"No. The Director of the Department of Mysteries oversees the entire department including the researchers, spell-crafters, Unspeakables, and the sort. The Unspeakables, and there are more than you think, are charged with investigating the most powerful of all magics and return them to the department for study. They are also some of the best trained at combat magic, both light and dark. They are the best at what they do."

"Then why did they not help us in the first war?" Remus asked.

"The Department of Mysteries is not answerable to the Ministry of Magic; they are a part of the International Confederation of Wizards. The Wizengamot of Great Britain, in 1723, voted to restrict the movements of the Department of Mysteries and it's agents from intervening in the internal affairs of Great Britain." Albus said.

"Why hasn't the Wizengamot voted to change that?" Andi asked, fearing the answer.

"English pride, and fear." Harry said. "In 1897 there was a dark wizard, Grindelwald's closest competition, who rose up in Canada; the Canadian Ministry of Magic could not deal with him. The Unspeakables went in and dealt with him. In the process over half the population of Northern Canada was killed."

"Ouch." Sirius said.

"Yep. Anyway, the trace won't be a problem, but we still need to get you out." Harry said.

"Sirius may travel with me via Fawkes." Albus said.

"Then I suggest you hurry."

"Agreed. Harry, is there an easy way of contacting you?" Albus asked.

"The floo. Once I get a chance, I'll enchant some mirrors and send them to you and Sirius." Harry said.

"Very well. Remus, look after them." Albus said.

"Of course, you look after the mutt." Remus said.

With that, Sirius and Albus were gone. As soon as the flames disappeared, Andi turned to Lord Potter. "So what are you going to do to the goblins?"

"What do you mean?"

"Harry James Potter, do not lie to me. I am still a Black." Andi threatened.

"It depends on what Ted finds out."

"What depends?" Ted asked as he entered the room. "Prince Gryffindor of Gryffindor, the firm of Butler, Farmer, and Brooke would like to renew our bonds with the Ancient and Most Noble Houses of Potter and create news bonds with your other houses and serve as your solicitors."

"Thank you Mr. Tonks. I hereby decree Theodore Tonks and the firm of Butler, Farmer, and Brooke to serve as solicitor to all those house and families that fall under my control as the Gryffindor of Gryffindor. So mote it be." Harry said formally.

Magic sealed the bond between to the men and Ted released the breath he did not know he was holding.

"Good, now that is done, Ted, have you ever wanted to take control of a bank?" Harry asked with a smirk as Hermione rolled her eyes.

Tonks looked at the boy in front of him and thought 'Oh hell.'