Chapter 7

"Harry." Sirius called. Harry felt something rest on his shoulders, but he still was seeing the bubbling cauldron of doom, as he often called it, whenever he had to think about it. "Harry!" Sirius yelled.

Harry shook his head. He blinked, and he was back in the large, white portkey room- not being tortured by Tommy. "Sorry" he said, ducking his head, face flushed.

"What was that?" Sirius asked "Are you ok?"

"It was a flashback. I don't like portkeys. And it's gold, which doesn't help. I wasn't expecting it, or I could of stopped it."

"You saw..." Sirius said, as Amber marched over to the desk, and got into a low argument with the man at the desk.

"Yes." Harry said, embarrassed that he had done that in front of people. In front of Sirius he would be less abashed, but Amber, and the man, was very embarrassing.

"I am so sorry Harry, that you had to go through that." Sirius said, wrapping his arm around Harry. "No one should have to. You have gone through more then anyone ever has to. It's just another thing to blame Dumbledork for."

Harry snorted "Dumbledork?"

"I have had little to do lately, other then come up with insulting nicknames."

"What's another one?" Harry asked as Amber walked back over.

"Dumb-bull-door" he said, over accenting it, to show the different words.

Amber snorted "Really, Sirius?"

"Of course I'm Sirius, who else would I be?" he said, grinning.

Amber just groaned, and opened her hand to show a red piece of paper. "This work for you Harry?"

"Yeah. Thanks." he said.

"Of course. If I knew, I would of made sure it was something else. It starts in a minute. Grab on." she said, and they all did. A few seconds later, the were twirled off to the west.

The first thing that hit Harry was the heat. Back in D.C., it was about 80 degrees Fahrenheit. In California it was at least 100 degrees, if not higher. The second was the scenery. They were standing in front of a large light blue house with white accents. The house was on top a huge cliff, with waves crashing into a beach at the bottom. In the opposite direction, past the house, was a forest. The trees were at least a half a mile away, but Harry could still tell that they were larger and taller then any other tree he had ever seen.

"Wow." he said.

"I'm going to agree with you there, pup. This is the house you got for us!" Sirius exclaimed.

"This property has been under wizards control for centuries. There is a muggle repealing ward, and it wouldn't be a good thing if it suddenly went away because we could find anyone to live here, and the people who have been in this area their entire lives could come here. The last owner died a few years ago, and his children have been keeping the place up, but none of them wanted it. They were more then happy to sell. They were tired of keeping it up, so you got it for cheaper then it normally would have been." Amber explained.

"How much time do we have before we have to leave?" Harry asked.

"A hour." Amber told him. "But the plans changed. There was something at the school that Principal Jennings needed to attend to, so she will meet us here then."

"When did this happen?" Sirius asked, perplexed.

"She texted me while I was arguing with Simmons, the portkey man." Amber said.

"You have magical cell phones! But technology doesn't work around magic!" he said, momentarily forgetting about the phone in her office.

"Britain is stuck in the 17th century. America isn't." Amber grinned "Plus, we all rely on technology to do everything here, we don't really use owls all that much. Well other then the 'traditional ways are the best' purebloods that think they are the second coming of Merlin."

"You have those too? And I thought this country was so much better." Harry groaned.

Amber laughed "They are mostly the older politicians. You shouldn't run into any of them at your school."

"Good." Harry said. "Can we go inside now?"

"Of course." Amber said. "Sirius, you want to do the honors?"

"Why wouldn't I?' he asked as Amber gave him the key, and he lead the way up the three stairs to the porch. He inserted the key into the large wooden door, and turned it. He slowly pushed the door open. "Wow" Sirius said.

"I know." Amber said as the three of them walked in. The entry room was a small paneled redwood room with shelves for shoes, and hooks for coats. There was an open doorway that lead into a futuristic living room. The walls, chairs, and couches were all white, with stainless steel shelving filled with little trinkets and tables. There was a white cabinet under a black television.

"Holy.." Sirius said. "This is ours?"

"You are very rich, Sirius. Your parents never officially disinherited you, legally. You just didn't live with them."

"But they blasted my name off the wall!"

"That wasn't official. Plus, you were able to get into the house, right?"

"True." he conceded.

"MACUSA managed to convince Gringotts to transfer your respective fortunes to America. You both have more money then you ever thought."

"Does that mean I have all the Black money?"

"Yes, and Gringotts took away Narcisa and Bellatrix's dowries as they were Death Eaters."

"Good. We'll have to go to the bank soon, then." Sirius said and lead the way over to the next open doorway. It was the kitchen, and it was a pale cream a few shades away from the white of the living room. All of the appliances were also stainless steel. There was a door that lead to a fully stocked pantry, and another that lead to a large dining room, though there was a granite island in the kitchen that Harry suspected they would be eating at, most of the time.

The group backtracked to the living room, where they went to the next door. It was a small bathroom, with neither a bath or a shower. The next doorway was a hallway with 7 rooms off of it. The first two were normal sized bedrooms that Amber said were for guests. The next room was a huge movie/entertainment room, that had a huge TV and was surrounded by couches. The other half of the room had an air hockey table and huge, empty built in bookshelf. Up against the shelf was a few comfortable looking armchairs.

The next doorway was a music room that had a piano, two guitars(one acoustic, and one electric), and a few amps in it, along with various hooks for different instruments. "Do you play anything Harry?" Sirius asked.

"In primary, you have to have at least one year playing an instrument, though it was preferred that you had two. I borrowed a cello from the school, and was one of the better kids in my class, though all of us weren't that good. Dudley played trumpet, and a week after Petunia bought him the thing, he managed to dent it somehow. I kept the cello at the school, to prevent that from happening to it. You?"

"My parents forced me to learn to piano. Amber can play the guitar if I remember correctly." Sirius said.

"You do." she said.

"We'll get a cello for you if you want, Harry, but otherwise I think this room will stay as it is."

"Cool! Thank you, Sirius." Harry said.

"You're welcome" Sirius said, and they went back to the hallway. The next door was a white bathroom. The sixth room was a large bedroom, which had a blue theme and a teal bathroom. The last door was a gold and red themed bedroom, with a matching bathroom, which Sirius took. Amber told Harry not to claim the blue room, as she had a surprise for him. They went back to the living room, where Amber lead them through the second to last door. It lead up a staircase, where there was another hallway. This hallway only had four doors. The first lead to large sitting room. The second was an office. The third was a cream bathroom. The fourth, however, lead to another staircase.

This staircase lead to an attic bedroom. It was also red and gold, with a matching bathroom. Right above the bed was a window that had a beautiful view of the ocean. "Wow." Harry said.

"Do you want this room?" Sirius asked. "You'll have to deal with those stairs every day." he warned.

"Yes. And I'm used to Hogwarts stairs. In comparison, these are nothing."

"True. It's yours, then." Sirius said.

"Thanks!" Harry said, but had a suspicion that this room was designed for him. The red and gold in the two biggest rooms was kind of obvious. Harry pulled his suitcase out of his pocket, where he had put it after it had been shrunken, and Amber put it back into full size.

"We have 15 minutes until the Principal is here." Amber said, and they all went back to the living room. They explored the last door, which lead to the cellar, but were sitting in the living room, waiting for the principal to come.

Suddenly, Harry heard a portkey dislodging it's traveler outside. She was here.