Title With Friends Like These / / / Rating M
Chapter 07 – Confrontations (Part 1)
Warnings Contains Ron, Ginny, Dumbledore and Molly bashing. This story also contains swearing and violence throughout.
Inspired By and uses text from Broomstick Flyer's Dangerous to be Around
A/N Parts of this chapter stays true to the original story that Broomstick Flyer wrote, albeit with my own spin on it…
-With Friends Like These-
Horned Serpent Common Room, Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Mount Greylock, Massachusetts, United States of America
29th June 1997
Harry knew he had only an hour before they had to leave, but he could spend some time with Katie and Hermione, but with some silencing charms in place!
Little did the trio expect that Dumbledore would have his agents in Severus Snape and Alastor Moody trying to hunt them...but they would be safe at Ilvermorny…
Upon arrival at Ilvermorny, Harry, Hermione and Katie were all sorted into the Horned Serpent house, a House founded by Isolt Sayre, an Irish pure-blood witch who was the daughter of William Sayre and Rionach Gaunt and wife of James Steward. She and her husband were the founders of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Hermione had, as Harry had predicted on the plane that they had used from Spain to the United states, read Ilvermorny: Fact or Fiction, a history of the school that they were enrolling in. The book stated that during the Sorting Ceremony for student who starts at Ilvermorny, they step onto a Gordian Knot on the floor in the centre of the entrance hall with large wooden statues of the mascots for the four houses facing them. The carved statues react if they want the student in their house. The older students watch in silence from a circular balcony on a floor above them as the new students are sorted.
For Hermione, it was simple that the crystal in the carving's forehead reacted for her to go to Horned Serpent, a House that favours scholars, same with Katie. Harry, on the other hand, had two reactions from the carving, it roaring like a lion signalling that he was suitable for Wampus House, but also glowing as light as a beacon, signifying that he was suitable for Horned Serpent.
Like Seraphina Picquery, who was the President of MACUSA, the Magical Congress of the United States of America between 1920 – 1928, Harry chose to go to Horned Serpent, his reasoning to Hermione that he wanted to stay closer to her and Katie.
That wasn't the only surprise for Harry and his partners as, to the initial sadness of their Housemates, the previous Charms Professor, Donald Brodsky, had retired, leaving a vacancy which got filled by… Lily Potter.
The year had gone quickly, especially with Harry and Hermione excelling their Defence Against the Dark Arts course, Harry taking the top spot in that subject at the end of year examinations, to the dismay of Esther Goldstein, the previous top student and great-niece of famed Magizoologist and Care of Magical Creatures Professor, Newt Scamander.
Hermione and Harry were shocked at Katie, who had decided to try her hand at Quadpot, a game which was played between two teams with eleven players each. The players attempt to get the Quod into the pot at the end of the pitch before it explodes. When the Quod is safely in the pot, which contains a solution to stop the Quod from exploding, the scorer's team gets a point and a new Quod is brought into play.
She had made the first team for Horned Serpent, as her skills as a Quidditch Chaser allowed her to use the speed and dodging abilities she had, especially having played against Slytherin at Hogwarts.
Harry walked into the Horned Serpent Common Room to find that his housemates had transformed the Common Room for a party, the school having won the Inter-America School Cup, featuring a male and female team from the four schools of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the Salem Witches Institute, Castelobruxo School for Sorcery in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil and the Los Angeles Academy of Wizarding Sports.
He was lucky in a way as he had managed to get on the Ilvermorny team in his first year, the captain being a fan of the English Puddlemere United team and following who had been taking part in the try-outs, recognised Harry's style to that of the player who had tried out named James Evans.
Little would Harry realise that his try-out would come to bite him back on the bum…
Potter Villa, Salou, Spain
14th April 2000
Harry had been married to both Hermione and Katie for a whole year, ironically it was one year to the day. He had managed to enjoy the time with his parents and the two people who he loved more than anything.
During that year, Hermione had given birth to a son, who they named James Sirius Potter, with Katie giving birth to twin daughters, one who they named Cassiopeia Despina Black and the other Lyra Titania Black.
He had spent the day working his new job as a liaison for Gringotts, accompanying the Deputy Headmistress for Beauxbatons and a group of Muggleborns that she had to show round part of the magical District, a street known to Spanish locals as Aliado del Gremio, Guild Alley, a street which contained most of the trades such as custom wandmakers, the Gringotts branch, trunk makers and much more.
As he approached his home, a home which that he, his two wives, along with his parents and children lived in he could tell something was wrong as he had set a certain ward which had been cracked open. Taking his wand from its holster, he opened the front door to find himself facing a room full of the witches and wizards who had once been his best friends. Witches and wizards who he had once thought of as his family but who he now hated. Witches and wizards holding his two wives, his children and his parent's hostage.
Ignoring them he calmly walked across the room to his two wives and bent to give Hermione and Katie a kiss, "Happy anniversary love. I know I should not have gone to work but you know what Kicktail is like!"
"Harry, Professor Dumbledore sent us, we need you to return home." Neville said, looking at his second cousin "He told us that he was sorry, and that he regretted not getting your godfather a trial."
Harry looked at him with a cold glare "Get out of my house Longbottom. Even though I know the truth about you, I still don't trust you."
"But Harry-"
"No. You let Weasley and Dumbledore take control of you, just like you abandoned your family by saying how if I had died when Voldemort had tried to kill me the first time, you would never have had to have suffered living with your grandmother, great-aunt Augusta, how you wanted the House Potter seat." Harry snarled, getting annoyed. "I bet she would turn in her grave to see you marry Lovegood, especially as Dumbledore had Xeno Lovegood murdered."
Neville looked shocked at how Harry knew that he had married Luna, and frowned. Suddenly one voice which Harry wanted to never hear said something which annoyed him.
"Come on Potter, be a good boy and pack your things," Ron said. He then turned to Hermione, leering at her like she was a piece of meat. "And you Mudblood, it is a pity that Potter spoiled you by shagging you."
Hermione slapped the redhead that called her a Mudblood, followed by Lily, who had walked out of the kitchen.
"But why would you have the bookworm when you could have had me instead?" Ginny said, undoing her robe intending on showing Harry her tiny cleavage. Harry waved his wand, making the robe do itself, but tighter than it was already, causing Ginny to start choking over the fact that the robe was done up all the way to her neck.
Smelling the air around him, Harry turned to see an older male that had come with the invading four, the person who was holding his children hostage, whilst looking at his mother, Lily with doe eyes.
"Look Snape, stop undressing my mother and have a bath. You have just three seconds to do so, if you do not...you can take it from me you will never regret it."
Snape gave Harry a really hate filled look and kept staring at Lily. None of the invading witches or wizards knew exactly what happened as Harry moved so quickly, casting a blasting curse at the Potions Master, causing his head to burst open, the majority of his brains spraying the invaders.
By the time the remaining invaders had recovered from the shock Harry had Ginny by the neck and had his wand at her temple. "Drop your wands or this evil bitch joins the greasy haired bastard." he growled.
Having seen what had happened to Snape, who had been their best warrior, Luna Lovegood dropped her wand.
Hermione and Katie stood up from where they had dropped. Looking at the dead Severus Snape on the floor, Hermione commented "You would get the grease stain on our carpet Harry! I am going to have to get a new carpet in!"
A terrified Ginny had tears falling as she asked "Harry, we are your friends. What has happened to you, this isn't you? You aren't a murderer."
Harry pushed his wand harder into head, causing her to scream. "No bitch I'm not a murderer, never have been, never will be, but if you have just a little amount of brain left in your head you will remember 'I will kill' to protect my family and those I think of as such. None of you fit that description. You lot threatened the two loves of my life, my mother and father, and most importantly you lot threatened my children. I will never forgive you for that!"
"Take the filth out and dispose of it please love." Katie said as she handed him the wands of the invaders. "Thank Merlin that we had the Goblins of Gringotts send an assassination squad to kill off Voldemort."
"And theoretically you had him dead at your own hands as per the prophecy." Hermione said, kicking her foot backwards, causing Ron to fall to his knees, grabbing his balls in agony.
"That is right Katie, Hermione. It was good to hear that Kicktail was the one who personally cut the snake faced bastard's bollocks off." Harry said as he let go of Ginny and pushed her forward.
Hermione grabbed her own wand from off the living room table and pointed it at Luna before she spoke to her. "You really are some stupid sort of fool Lovegood. My husband would have done anything for you. Do you remember that Lovegood, do you remember that he lost his only living family connection that night?"
-With Friends Like These-
A/N – Coming Up in Chapter 08Confronting the Freminies (Part 2)
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Type Multi Chapter / / / Status WIP
Distribution FFN, AO3, GryffindorTom Online
Story ID 058 / / / Publish Date 19/01/2017