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New A/N: I know nothing about cars, can't even drive to save my life at my age.
May 12th, 2045 6:00 am
When Harry opened the door he wasn't expecting to see his cousin for the first time in fifteen years. Or even what looked to be his youngest son and a little boy that appeared to be about Virgo's, his youngest granddaughter, age.
"Dudley. What a surprise. It must be, what, fifteen years since we've last seen each other?"
"Sixteen years," he replied.
"I didn't know you were counting. Sorry about that. Here come in; we can go in to the kitchen and talk. Just watch out for the umbrella stand, it likes to trip people."
Harry led them through the front hall into the kitchen slash breakfast area. He was about to pull out his wand to make some tea when he remembered the two other people behind them. "Dudley do they know about…" he trailed off in hope that he would understand.
"Oh yes they know about Magic. In fact, that is why we are here."
"Thank Merlin for that," Harry pulled his wand from the holster on his left arm and twirled it.
Daniel watched in amazement as the tea kettle appeared to fly into a sink where the faucet turned itself on and gushed out water in to the kettle. Meanwhile cups and spoons spilled out of the cupboards to sit in front of each them. Harry brought out different tea packages, manually setting them out on the table along with a plate of muffins.
"Still can't get the cups to stop spinning when I summon them," Harry said aloud as he sat to wait for the water to heat.
"You look really young," his grandfather was right. Where Grandpa had a receding hairline of gray hair and a pot belly, Harry had a full head of bird nest black hair and appeared to very fit for his age.
"Yes, well magic tends to slow down the aging of our bodies. It differs for each person. I just happen to look as if I'm in my thirties while my friends, Ron and Hermione, look as if they're in their forties. It pissed off Hermione when Ron noticed and committed on the gray strands in her hair."
After the water was poured into their cups and a short battle between the kettle and Harry, where it tried to pour too much in his teacup, making it overfilled onto his lap.
Later sitting comfortably after performing a drying charm Harry finally asked what they were doing here this early in the morning. Dudley only took out the letter Daniel had received on his birthday and handed it to Harry. Harry looked it over and turned to Daniel, "So you're Danny then. Your Grandfather would mention his grandchildren in his yearly Christmas letter. You like law then?"
"Yes, very much so and I want to go into it but I'm not sure how Magic is going to affect my plans."
"Well you just made my day a lot less boring!" Harry said with cheer, "I have Wizengamot meeting today, that's the wizarding government, and I would love to take you all with me to work today. I can introduce you to the magical world properly, show you how our government works, and show you how boring it actually is! It'll be great! Here you eat breakfast while I go get ready for work. I'll even send Ginny down, she would love to see you again Albert, she use to just dot on you kids whenever we would visit, even more than our own."
Harry moved quickly out of the room leaving them stunned.
Albert broke the silence. "Is he usually like that? Because I remember him being more of calm person from when I was kid."
"No, but I know about regular Joe's who end up working government jobs. And if Harry is like them, then he is probably bored out of his mind and we just made his day a thousand times better," Dudley replied as he stirs his tea. But as he was bring the tea to his mouth a wave of fiery red hair rushed into the room and attacked him yelling "Oh Dudley it's been forever! When Harry told me it was you who was ringing our doorbell I couldn't believe it! Is Sarah here to? No? Oh well, be sure to bring her along next week to the party then." The red hair turned out to be a women that looked to be in her late thirties early forties at the most with her arms wrapped around his grandfather. She pulled back to see the broken cup and spilled tea on the floor, "Sorry about that I just got so excited since I haven't seen you in forever. I'll just take care of that; don't worry yourself Danny-boy." Daniel put back the broom and dustpan he was reaching for and watched as she pulled a wand from her pajama bottoms pocket, with just a flick the cup rebuilt itself and floated on to the table as mop flew out of the cupboard to clean up the puddle of tea. "That's much better. Well I have to go get ready for work since we have you three with us. Not that you're a problem but Harry and I are rubbish at Side-Along Apparition so we'll have to take the car." She then skipped out the room and from what they could hear, up the stairs too.
Daniel's father's mouth was left hang agape while Daniel just stared at the still swinging door with his arm out reached towards the broom. "Who was that?"
"That," Dudley paused as he brought the new cup of tea to his lips, "was Ginny, Harry's wife. She didn't visit much because of her work. First as part of a wizarding sports team of sorts and then later on as a reporter for their wizarding newspaper. They sure do make them differently in the wizarding world."
"Dad, really?"
"What? I thought it was funny."
"Everyone here? Ready? Alright let's go find the car." Harry was excited for a Wizengamot meeting for the first time in five years. Nearly jumping as they all started out to walk down the street.
"How do you not know where your car is?" Albert was just as nosey as he remembered.
"We haven't used it in… Ginny when was the last time we used the car?"
"Don't you remember? Devin took the car out for a joy ride two years ago and drove it into the Thames," she replied, "Then you went and bought a new one."
"Oh right. I forgot about that. There was a nearby car lot for a church at that time, so I decide to park it there and just placed a few spells on it to keep it good condition and to keep people from wondering about it."
"You haven't used your car even once?" Albert exclaimed.
"You have to understand Al, we're wizards. We don't usually need transportation for a lot of people at once just to get to the other side of the city. Harry and I usually Apparate to work. If we are going a longer distance then we fly our brooms. A longer distance that would take us over a day on broom or traveling to another county, we would require a portkey, a bit like Apparition but many people can travel at it at once. All they have to do is hold on to an obscure object that has a portkey charm placed on it," Ginny explained.
"Ah! Here we are," Harry said while Albert muttered a 'Don't call me Al.'
Harry watched as Daniel ran up to the car once he pointed it out. "No way! A Ferrari!"
"Yep, one of the best out there."
"But how will we all fit in there? There wouldn't even be enough leg room for four of us."
"Easy, extension charms. Will make the inside bigger while leaving the outside the same. So everyone in now and we might just beat the rush hour."
May 12th, 2045 8:00 am
"Never again. Never." Daniel watched his father heave, kneeling on the ground where he landed from when he jumped from Uncle Harry's car after they stopped. His grandfather quickly followed him with his hands on his knees. He didn't understand why they were acting that way. He rather enjoyed the ride.
Daniel took in the sights around them. Uncle Harry had parallel parked next to shabby-looking pub but it had nothing on the various small office buildings extending down the block. Ginny and Uncle Harry followed them out of the car, not even bothering to lock the door, and continue past to an overfilled alley.
"This," Harry waved his hand at an old red phone box Daniel hadn't noticed before, "Is our way in to the Ministry of Magic."
"A phone box. Why a phone box?" He asked as his father and grandfather staggered after him.
Ginny was the one to answer as Uncle Harry had already started towards the phone box again, "Well you didn't notice until Harry pointed it out right? It's very common among muggles, even wizards, to not notice the most common of things."
"But phone boxes aren't common anymore. This is the first time I've seen one out of museum even."
"It's not the phone box that is common but the fact that it appears to be old and broken down. If they can't use it and it doesn't affect their lives, then the people won't take notice of it."
"Come on you lot, times a wasting," Harry shouted at them from the phone box.
Daniel and Ginny started walking to the phone box making mention on how she hasn't seen Harry this excited since England got to the semi-finals in the Quidditch World Cup three years prior. When his father caught up to them he told them that he wished the phone box was blue so he could stop himself from getting in that devil car.
"In to the phone box everyone, don't worry I already placed an extension charm on it," Uncle Harry said as they walked up to him. When they had all piled in comfortably Harry picked up the receiver and pushed the small buttons. A woman's voice began to speak, not from the receiver, but as if it was coming from all sides.
"Welcome to the Ministry of Magic. Please state your name and business."
"Ginny Potter, Senior Sports Correspondent for the Daily Prophet here to see West Gambit, Head of Magical Games and Sports."
"Harry Potter, Head of the Auror Office, Wizengamot Special Advisor." Here Uncle Harry turned to him and whispered, "Just say you name and visiting student. Dudley, you and Albert just say the same as Danny but family."
"Uh, Daniel Dursley, visiting student."
"Dudley Dursley, visiting family."
"Albert Dursley, visiting family."
"Thank you," said the female voice. "Visitors, please take the badges and attach them to the front of your robes."
With a rattle five little silver badges slipped out of the coin slot and into Uncle Harry's hand. Taking his, Daniel read "Daniel Dursley, Student."
"Visitors to the Ministry, you are required to submit to a search and present your wand for registration at the security desk, which is located at the far end of the Atrium."
The floor shuddered and started to descend into the ground. Once they stopped an equally red door popped open out into a very long and splendid hall.
"The Ministry of Magic wishes you a pleasant day."
"Off we go everyone. First we check in, a quick detour to my office while Ginny goes off for that interview, and then to the Wizengamot!" Uncle Harry said excitedly.