Chapter 9
Thursday November 3, 1994
That morning as everyone was eating breakfast the morning post came.
Neville got a letter from his Gran telling him to be more like his dad and that his parents would be ashamed of him if they weren't in St. Mungos.
Draco got a care package from his mom full of sweets. He figured he would find a way to meet with the other three and share some with them.
Cedric received a copy of the Daily Profit. What he saw made him angry on Harry behest. This was because Rita Skeeter had made up a hull bunch of bullshit about Harry and talked very little about him or the other two champions.
Harry on the other hand received two things. One was a letter that Hedwig brought him from Sirius and the other was a letter from Gringotts. He opened the Gringotts one first.
Dear Mr. Potter,
We are writing to inform you that we have finished the audit of your accounts and would like to discuss them here at Gringotts this Saturday. If this works for you please put a drop of blood on this letter and it will become a portkey that will activate at 10 am on Saturday. Please bring any mates that you may have found at the time of departure.
Sincerely,
Account Manager for Harry P.
Griphook
Harry looked at the letter for a second and then pulled out the magical book to ask/tell his mates about the letter.
I just received a letter from my account manager and he would like to see all of us this Saturday. I need to know if this works for all of you. If so we will be leaving by portkey at 10 am on Saturday.
That is fine with me it's a Hogsmeade weekend and I can easily ditch Crabbe and Goyle.
I can go most of my friends won't mind me leaving for a while. We just need to fiqure out where to meet.
We can meet by the shrieking shack. And yes I will go with you Harry.
Thanks you guys.
With that taken Care of he put down the book and opened the letter from Sirius.
Dear Harry,
I hope you are well. Remus and I have moved it together. I believe you have the right to know that we are in a relationship. He also wrote you a letter. But that is off topic.
I hope you have gone to see the goblins. If you haven't yet I beg you to do so this weekend. I have made you Lord Black in my place because I believe myself unfit for the Lordship.
As for why you don't have the ring this is because of Dumbledore. He told me when I asked him about it that you knew and just refused to wear it. This upset me and he told me not to talk to you about it. I couldn't believe that the boy who wanted to know so much about his parents would give up a part of them.
Now about you becoming the fourth champion I am sorry that you can't have a normal life for once. Your father and I would have tried to get in to the tournament even while being underage. This does not mean that I would have encouraged you had I known before you were named. I am glad that you made that vow though, because now if something happens to you the ministry and Dumbledore are responsible.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Snuffles
As Sirius had said there was in fact a second letter. This one From Lupin.
Dear Harry,
Sirius has probably told you about us. Knowing that you were raised with muggles I'm not sure how you will take this. As most muggles are against gays and think that guys liking guys is wrong. I just hope that you are excepting of us.
I am upset to find you in the tournament but I'm sure Ron and Hermione are right there helping you with this. Don't forget you can always send Sirius and me a letter asking for help. Just know that anyone who doesn't believe you after your oath isn't worth your time.
Now on to the whole Heir ring. Like Sirius I had asked Dumbledore about this seeing as he is your magical guardian and he said that you knew about it but refused to wear it. But if what you're saying is right, I'm not saying I doubt you but Dumbledore has no reason to lie about something like this. Anyways you need to get the ring right away otherwise all the other purebloods will continue to treat you wrong because they will feel that you are shunning their world and beliefs.
Take care
Mooney
As soon as he finished the letter he handed them to Neville. As soon as Neville had them He pricked his finger and put a drop of blood on the Gringotts letter.
The rest of the day went pretty boring. The only entertaining thing for the four boys was the answers to Cedric's question.
As Cedric had said Draco went first:
I would take care of the master bedroom. Which could technically mean three rooms if you count the closet and bathroom. I would get a custom made bed that would fit all twelve of us so that we could all be together. The color scheme for the walls would be a nice mix of a few of our favorite colors. The floor would be a nice chestnut hardwood floor. With only three carpets of different sizes in the room. Each carpet would match with a different favorite color. So far this would make eight favorite colors used. The ceiling would be Charcoal grey. The windows would look out into a forest. All of the doors in the room would be burnt umber.
The walk in closet would have a hallway with twelve doors leading into separate closet spaces for each of us. There would be shelves between each door that would have things other than clothes. They could hold our jewelry or underwear and socks. Even the pajamas.
The bathroom would be in a shade of blue. The mirrors would have a vine design on them. With the vines connecting all twelve mirrors strategically placed around the room. There would be a giant bathtub the size of a small pool or a hot tub that could fit us all. There would be a shower behind the bathtub. The shower will only fit four at a time though and it will have jets shooting out spray all around it and it will have glass walls.
I would need to work with more once I know more about the others and you guys. Neville's turn.
Draco had written this in his first class which had been DADA.
Neville came next. His was written in Herbology because he had finished before the rest of the class and Professor Sprout told him it was fine.
I'm fine with you doing the bedroom/closet/bathroom. I would like the private sun room. I think we need a private one that only we eat breakfast in and a more formal one for when we have people over.
The sun room would be where we eat breakfast every day. Three of the walls would be glass looking out into the gardens. I would put some nice plants in the room to add atmosphere. None of the plants would have a real smell they would just be pretty.
There would be four tables big enough for four spread out in the room and one bigger table for food and drinks so we can get them ourselves and not be served. The house-elves would place all the pitchers or pots of drinks there as well as the platters of food. Each of us would have our own set of tableware that was personalized for us.
Mine would have vines on it and be forest green.
Now for Harry to answer the question.
Harry took the time to answer the question in Divination when Professor Trelawney thought he was writing in a dream journal.
Both of those rooms sound amazing.
My tableware would be charcoal grey in color with lightning bolts on them.
As for the room I would do I would take the Kitchen. This is because I love to cook for people other than my disgusting relatives. I'm really good too. This is why I don't know why I'm bad at potions. But I'm going off track.
I would have granite counters and hardwood floors. The tile back drop would be an off white and the bottom two rows of tiles would have keys with wings on them. Each key would be different and there would be a plain white tile between each tile with a key.
I would have two top of the line ovens stacked on top of each other. Next to the ovens would be a top of the line stovetop with eight burners. The stove would be a gas stove. All of the cupboards would be chestnut. I would have at least eight cupboards. One cupboard would be for all my spices and another for pots and pans. Then there will be one for storage containers. The fourth would have just plates and the next one would have just cups. The sixth one would be for bowls. Cupboards seven and eight would be for food that doesn't need to be kept cold. There would be five drawers for utensils of all kinds. One drawer with knives, another for forks, yet another for spoons and the last two for cooking utensils.
I would have a top of the line fridge. There would be a giant island in the middle and on one side of the island would be a few stools for when someone wants to keep me company when I'm in the kitchen.
Did I forget to mention that the cupboards will have unnoticeable extension charms on them?
Cedric your turn.
Cedric hadn't had a chance to open his and write all day. First he had classes. Second most of the school kept coming up to him to congratulate him on being champion and dissing Harry. The first chance he was given was when he went up to bed.
Once he was in bed for the night with the bed curtains closed he opened it. When he read what the others had written he copied it onto another sheet of paper and spelled it so only he could read it. He then sat down to write his own.
I would like to say that I love these three rooms and think that our home will be amazing.
My tableware would be burnt umber with golden snitches.
As for the room I would choose that would be a muggle room. Before you say anything Draco hear me out.
This room would have no magic used in it. This is so that everything will continue to work properly. There would be a T.V. in there with a VCR as well so as to watch movies. There would be one bookcase just for the movies. Another bookcase would have a variety of muggle books. One shelf per person. This is so that you can have an idea of muggle literature. There would be another T.V., smaller than the first, connected to gaming systems so we can play muggle video games. There would be two desks set up with paper/pens/notebooks and the like. This is so we can write with muggle items.
There we go. I believe I have the simpler of the rooms so far.
Good night!
With that done he waited for the others to say good night before he went to sleep.
All the boys said good night and went to sleep.
