Rose Potter and the Boy-Who-Lived
A crossover between The Adventures of Rose Potter and canon Harry Potter. Spoilers up to and including Goblet of Fire, there might be references to the other books. Obviously, spoilers for the whole of The Adventures of Rose Potter, which you should read first. NO HORCRUXES
by coolhacker1025
Chapter 10: August
After the group got back, Harry and Hermione started having lessons with Rose, Sirius, and Lady Longbottom. The first class, held before a joint birthday party for Harry and Neville, Hermione had nearly gone into a rage when she discovered that the Longbottom family had House-Elves, but Lady Longbottom set her straight.
'A house-elf needs to be bonded to a human,' said Augusta Longbottom. 'Otherwise, they lose their magic and die. They prefer to be bonded to someone powerful, as that gives them more magic. So stop with the "Set the House-Elves free" crap, and start with "Improve the Living Conditions of House-Elves in our Society", or something.'
Harry hadn't known this, so he called Dobby. 'How are you still alive?'
'Dobby is...um...Dobby is bonding with the "Great Harry Potter, Sir," when the "Great Harry Potter, Sir" is helping to set Dobby free from Bad Masters,' answered Dobby. He seemed to almost be worried that Harry would be disappointed in him.
'What do you wish to do, Dobby?' asked Harry, kindly.
'It is Dobby's greatest wish to work for the "Great Harry Potter, Sir," and Dobby will do whatever Master asks of Dobby,' said the Elf.
'You may work where you wish,' said Harry. Dobby looked joyous, and popped off to the kitchens.
'Maybe that's what's wrong with Kreacher,' said Sirius. 'He hasn't had anyone tell him what to do since I was thrown into Azkaban.'
'From what you said, he was crazy even before that happened,' said Rose.
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The house had a combined birthday party for Neville and Harry, as Neville's birthday was one day prior to Harry's. The whole Weasley clan showed up, as did the Grangers, the Gryffindor Quidditch Team, Oliver Wood, Cedric Diggory, (amazingly) Victor Krum, and Professors Hagrid, McGonagall, Sprout, and Dumbledore.
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The Grangers had been given necklaces that countered the Anti-Muggle wards and were also Portkeys. They weren't the most amused about the method of transport, but Rose told them about Apparating.
Lady Longbottom and Mrs Weasley knew of the Twins' propensity to 'improve' drinks at functions, so they both cast spells over the punch bowls to 'deactivate' any alcohol that found its way into the punch. They had an amazing time that afternoon.
Part of the afternoon was the various Quidditch fans having a very animated conversation about the sport. As always, Ron was talking about the Chudley Cannons' chances that year, while Wood was telling some behind the scenes stuff from Puddlemere. Harry tended to agree with Wood that Puddlemere had a good squad and would probably go to the final in the next couple of years. Ginny was arguing that Hollyhead was a great team, while some of the other Gryffindors liked the Tutshill Tornadoes.
Krum was grumbling that if he were to come to Britain, that he would play for a team like Puddlemere, not the team that is famous even in Bulgaria for not winning since Kennedy had won the US Presidential Election in the 1960s. He also mentioned that the Cannons previous win had been a win by default in 1945 when people had been celebrating Grindelwald's defeat, and their opponents hadn't had enough sober players to fly in a straight line, let alone play a game.
A couple of hours after the Quidditch discussion started (in which Hermione was happily chatting to the professors about something or other), it was time for food and presents. Harry thought that the Longbottom Manor elves (and Dobby) had really outdone themselves this time.
At the end of the night, Krum signed photos for those that wanted them. He thanked the Longbottoms and the Potters many times for inviting him, and suggested that they should come to Bulgaria the next summer, just like they'd gone to see Fleur this summer. Harry promised to keep the offer in mind.
Harry's teachers taught him the many things that his education had neglected, such as his place in society (as Lord Potter), the responsibilities thereof, general courtesy, and various things about how the Wizarding World worked.
This took a lot of time, due to the fact that there was just so much to learn.
Rose continued to teach them defence, as she needed the practise for the upcoming year, and started to work on the Animagus transformation with them.
'In the old days, apparently you'd have to carry a leaf around for a month,' said Rose. 'Now, there's a potion, and then you have to learn meditation. Then, eventually, you're able to master the transformation. One word of warning: until you master it completely, stay somewhere private.'
'Why?' asked Hermione.
'A person's will is not always strong enough to bring back their clothes,' said Rose. 'I had a couple of close calls the first couple of times I did the transformation. So did Dumbledore, both of them.'
'Both?'
'The Headmaster's brother is the owner of the Hogs Head bar in Hogsmeade,' said Rose. 'Mostly, they prefer to pretend they don't know each other—there was a nasty incident in their youth.'
Everyone laughed at the thought.