DISCLAIMER: Harry Potter and all known characters are the property of JK Rowling. The only thing I own is the plot.
NOTE: This story is AU, so complaining about the attitudes and personalities of the characters will not make me change my mind. There will be bashing in this story.
NOTE: Speech text in bold is Beastspeak.
NOTE: Speech in bold italic is Parseltongue.
SPECIAL THANKS to my BETA StormyFireDragon.
Harriet's Prophecy
Chapter Nine
The Will Reading
Just as the last morning classed finished on September 10th, Draco excused himself from the rest of their group claiming that he felt ill and was going to the hospital wing. Then halfway through lunch Harriet excused herself from the group saying the same thing, none of their friend thought that this was weird as both Draco and Harriet spent quiet a lot of time together. Instead they insisted on walking her to the hospital wing, as they did not want her to be alone, since Ronald kept trying to catch her alone and was causing problems.
Upon reaching the hospital wing Poppy had her lay on the bed next to Draco where she proceeded to scan her since the others refused to leave for the time being. "Well Miss. Potter it seems that both you and Mr. Malfoy are coming down with the flu, I am going to set up one of the side rooms for you both, I will be back in five minutes to move you to the room. I suggest that you say goodbye to your friends, as I will be the only person that is able to go into the room."
"Yes Madam Pomfrey," said Harriet sounding as if she disliked the idea.
Once everyone had left the hospital wing, Madam Pomfrey warded the side room she had set up with a quarantine ward. The only person who could access a room with this type of ward was the ward caster (also the only ways it could be removed was if the ward caster removed it or if the ward caster died). She then had Harriet and Draco wait in her office with her until Severus arrived, so that they could attend the meeting at Gringotts.
When Severus arrived the other three people in the office were waiting next to the fireplace, Severus headed straight towards them while stating, "We are flooing in pairs, Draco with Poppy, and then Harriet with me."
Madam Pomfrey, gently grabbed Draco by the shoulder, threw in the powder to turn the flames green, entered the fireplace and proceeded to drop more floo powder while she called out "Gringotts."
Severus soon grabbed Harriet by the shoulder and copied Madam Pomfrey's actions.
When Severus and Harriet exited the floo in Gringotts lobby Draco and Madam Pomfrey were waiting. Harriet looked around and noticed Griphook at one of the counters that did not have a queue and headed towards it. Shocking Madam Pomfrey, when she briefly conversed with him in Gobbledegook.
"Griphook," said Harriet while giving a slight bow, "May your gold and the health of you and your family always prosper."
"Harriet," Griphook bowed back, before replying, "Thank you, and may you mature magnificently and the gold in your vaults grow. Now I am assuming that you are here for your meeting?"
"Yes," answers Harriet, before she switched to English so the others could understand. "Can you tell me who has arrived?"
"Certainly," Griphook answered in English, while leading Harriet towards the same room Harriet had used on her previous visit to the bank on her birthday. "Professor Dumbledore arrived stating that as your guardian he was taking your place in the meeting, he was accompanied two people a Mr. Ronald Weasley and his mother a Mrs. Molly Weasley, apparently his father Mr. Arthur Weasley could not be present."
"Griphook please join us", said Harriet, when she noticed they had arrived at the closed door of the meeting room and Griphook was about to turn head back into the lobby.
"Sorry Harriet," said Griphook, "The only goblins allowed at meetings of this nature are security goblins, the head goblin and the goblin manager that is in charge of the estate in question."
"I gathered that," replied Harriet. "However I plan on making you my account manager as soon as the will has been read, so if you stay then you are up to date."
"I will have to check with Ragnuk," said Griphook.
"No need," said Ragnuk who was approaching with Nagrod, "I heard the request and I approve of you staying."
Harriet bowed and exchanged greetings with Ragnuk and Nagrod in Gobbledegook, once the two goblins bowed back and replied, Ragnuk switch back to English, "You learned our language very quick Harriet, I am impressed. Let's get on with the meeting shall we? Before we enter I should inform you that as soon as our files registered Dumbledore's magical signature as the one to open the summons I sent a summons to Amelia Bones she is the head of the D.M.L.E at the Ministry."
"Fair enough," said Harriet with a small smirk, "That should come in handy."
"That it should," said Nagrod before opening the door.
Harriet entered the room last and as soon as she did Ronald started questioning her, "What are you doing here? This meeting does not involve you, go back to school now."
"No," said Harriet while she sat down, as she did so she noticed that there were four humans and one goblin that she had not yet met. A slim woman with brown hair, the man next to her looked ill and had sandy brown hair, next to him was a man with dirty blonde hair and a man with brown hair sat next to Eileen. Mrs. Weasley sat next to Ronald.
She also noticed that the woman and two of the men that she did not know had parchment and a self-inking quill on the table in front of them.
"Well there are a few extra people than what were originally summoned," said Ragnuk. "Since this is an official meeting which will be recorded by a dictation quill, when I point to you, introduce ourselves and state your reason for being here."
Ragnuk then started pointing at people.
"Albus Dumbledore, I am Harriet's magical guardian," said Dumbledore.
"Ronald Weasley, I am Harriet's betrothed," said Ronald.
"Sorry to interrupt" said the unknown man with brown hair, "But just because are betrothed to her does not give you any rights to be here."
"No, it does not," replied Dumbledore calmly before Ronald could reply, "However the fact that Harriet is a young Lady and she is to marry her betrothed before she turns seventeen does according to the old law."
"Very well," said the man, while writing something down on the parchment in front of him.
"Next," said Ragnuk, while he pointed to the next person.
"Molly Weasley, mother of Harriet's betrothed whom is underage and needs guidance," said the plump red-haired woman, with what could only be described as a greedy smirk on her face.
"Amelia Bones, I received a summons," replied the woman that Harriet did not know.
"Remus Lupin, I received a summons," said the man with sandy brown hair.
"Duncan Greengrass, I am here at the request of my client," said the blonde haired man.
"Lucius Malfoy, I received a summons," said Lucius.
"Narcissa Malfoy, I received a summons," said Narcissa.
"Brendan Mitchells, I am here at the request of my client," said the man with brown hair.
"Eileen Snape, I received a summons," said Eileen.
"Severus Snape, I received a summons," said Severus.
"Poppy Pomfrey, I received a summons," said Madam Pomfrey.
"Draco Malfoy, I received a summons, also here to give Harriet moral support," said Draco.
"Harriet Potter, I should have received a summons but it was intercepted by professor Dumbledore," said Harriet, which caused Mr. Mitchells to write more information down on his parchment and Ms. Bones to start writing on the parchment in front of her.
Ragnuk then nodded a finished making a note of who was there and the reasons they gave for being there, once he was done he looked up and proceeded to introduce the goblins.
"I am Ragnuk, the head goblin and I arranged this meeting, sitting on the chair over by the door is Nagrod the head of security and he is here at my request in case anyone causes problems. Sitting next to Miss. Potter is Griphook who is here by request and sitting next to Mr. Dumbledore is Killjoy who is the account manager of the account we are here in regards too."
Ragnuk shuffled through the pile of papers on table in front of him, before he continued talking, "For those that unaware the account in question is the Potter account. Now unless there are any questions I will read the Will of the Late Lord and Lady Potter."
"I have a question," said Ms. Bones, "I thought that the will had already been read, so why is it being read now?"
"I have to agree," said Mr. Lupin, "I was informed that the will was read."
"I do not know who told you that," Ragnuk responded, hiding a smirk when he noticed the look Mr. Lupin, Ms. Bones and Mr. Mitchells sent in Dumbledore's direction before the latter two started writing on their parchments. "However that information is wrong as it has never been read. The paperwork part of the will may have been read, the holographic part however has not been, and therefore the will is classed as unread."
"Just to make sure I understand this correctly," said Mr. Mitchells, once he had finished making another note on his parchment. "The late Lord and Lady Potter made a holographic will? And the holographic will has never been activated?"
"Yes," replied Ragnuk.
"Thank you," said Mr. Mitchells, "Can you explain for those that are unaware of what means."
"When someone makes a holographic will, until the hologram has been activated a will is classed as unread," said Ragnuk holding up a clear sphere about the size of an apple, "This sphere is a holographic will, as you can all see it is clear. Once it has been activated it will change and instead of being clear it will be filled with smoke."
Ragnuk paused to make sure everyone understood, "Okay then I will activate the will, while the will is in progress please do not talk," Ragnuk then allowed the will to play.
"This is the last will and testament of James Ethan Potter and Lily Marie Potter nee Evans," James started. "This is being written on September 20th 1981. If this is the will being read then our secret keeper Peter Pettigrew betrayed us, and we are dead, but our daughter Harriet Belinda Potter is still alive."
"First," said Lily, "We are going to deal with Harriet's guardianship, our choices in order are Harriet's god-father Sirius Orion Black, if Sirius is unable or not wanting guardianship our next choice is Eileen Snape, our final choice is Severus Tobias Snape. Harriet is not to live with Vernon and Petunia Dursley, though she may visit them if they agree."
"Now the list of who gets what," said James, "From vault 687. To Sirius Orion Black and Remus John Lupin, we leave you 2 million Galleons each and a trunk and its contents with a picture James, Sirius and Remus under a full moon on the lid. Thanks for being great friends... To Eileen Snape we leave you the trunk and its contents with the Prince family crest on the lid, one of the contents is Lily's journal, you know which one and 1 million Galleons. Thanks for being a mother to Lily... To Severus Tobias Snape we leave you 1 million Galleons and a trunk with some rare potions ingredients, the potions master symbol is on the lid of the trunk, all the ingredients in the trunk have preservation charms on them. Thanks for being a good brother to Lily... To Lucius Abraxus Malfoy we leave you the trunk and its contents with the Malfoy family crest on the lid and 1 million Galleons. Thanks for keeping our secret... To Poppy Pomfrey we leave you the trunk and its contents with the medical symbol on the lid and 1 million galleons. Thanks for all the treatment and medical help over the years... All the money left over in this vault afterwards is Harriet's to use as she pleases as this will be her trust vault... The trunks will only open to either Harriet or the person(s) receiving the trunk. As a drop of their blood directly onto the emblem on the lid and a secret phrase, is needed. Eileen will need to open her trunk first with my birth name as her trunk contains sealed letters for everyone. Those letters of those receiving trunks will contain phrase they need to open the trunk."
"Finally," said Lily. "To our daughter Harriet Belinda Potter, we leave everything else. This includes any titles of Lord or Lady as head of house or head of family, that are ours by right claimed or unclaimed. Any seats we hold on the school board or in the Wizengamot. Any businesses or shares we own. All vaults and properties including their contents, except what was left to those people already mentioned... Sirius Black, Eileen Snape, Severus Snape and Lucius Malfoy, are to manage everything except Harriet's trust vault, until Harriet's eleventh birthday. Once Harriet turns eleven she is to manage everything with their help and advice, until her seventeenth birthday. When she can take over and manage everything alone if she wishes too."
"Before we conclude our will," said James. "We have a few more things to say. Those people that want to interfere with Harriet's life had best not. We will miss you all dearly, but you can still talk to us as we had seven joint portraits commissioned so we can visit from time to time. They are in Eileen's trunk. There are six 40 by 50 inch portraits, one each for Lucius Malfoy, Severus Snape, Eileen Snape, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black and Harriet these are to be placed in their homes. The last portrait is a smaller 8 by 10 inch for Harriet to carry around, for when she is away from home. All the portraits are similar to each other. Please remember we can only visit one portrait at a time."
"Alright," said Lily. "That is everything, goodbye all. This concludes the last will and testament of James Ethan Potter and Lily Marie Potter nee Evans."
Harriet noticed that the two lawyers and Ms. Bones were making notes throughout the reading. She also noticed that Dumbledore's eyes had stopped twinkling and now sported an angry look although by looking at his facial expression he looked calm even though he was trying not to smirk, most probably thinking that he still had access to her money through Ronald.
Keeping her face blank Harriet thought, 'Good thing that I have until i turned sixteen to get out of that contract until then neither Ronald or anyone else have access to my inheritance, even the people my parents mentioned to aid me with the management of my inheritance need my permission now I am eleven. Mind you from what Uncle Sev mentioned, even before I turned eleven, they could not withdraw funds or items from my vaults or make any changes, unless, all of the people my parents named in their will to aid me in the management of them agreed with the decision and all co-sign documents.' Remembering the talking she had with her Uncle a few days ago.
~ ~ ~ ~ START FLASHBACK ~ ~ ~ ~
Harriet was sitting at the table in the library of the Heiress Suite with Draco making notes with a muggle biro in a plain muggle exercise book, (Harriet kept one of these muggle notebooks for each subject she was studying to make notes while doing homework, as it was easier to write down the book and page number along with the notes before writing the essay) when Severus entered the suite looking for her.
"Harriet," Severus greeted her by bending down and kissing the top of her head, upon finding her in the library doing her homework, "Have you got time for a break?"
"Alone?" Harriet asked.
"No, Draco can be in attendance." Severus responded.
"Sure can you call Zippy and hot chocolate delivered to the common room?" Harriet asked as she and Draco both put down their muggle biros and stood up, "I need to refresh myself so will meet you there shortly."
Once the three of them had settled in front of the lit fire in the common room, with their hot beverages, Severus began to talk, "The reason I am here as I was looking into some laws and thought you might like to know what to expect in regards to your inheritance."
"Okay," replied Harriet.
"I remember you telling me that after your meeting with the goblins on your birthday they informed you on how to get back what was illegally taken," Severus started and upon receiving a nod of confirmation from Harriet continued, "Well they are a couple of thing I looked up and made enquires about. Firstly, once any stolen money has been repaid to your account, the goblins will work out what your owed in the way of interest and the thief will have to give you that amount plus interest as if they had only loaned the money from you, on top of that they have to pay a fine of 20% of the total amount of the stolen funds and lost interest to Gringotts."
Severus stopped when Harriet suddenly started laughing, once she stopped she looked at her Uncle, "Sorry, please continue."
Seeing that Harriet had herself under control, Severus nodded then started talking again, "Secondly, you mentioned that there you were to have access to your trust vault but the rest of the estate was to be handled by group of four adults until you reach eleven, when you would take over and the group of adults who were managing your estate would aid and advise you until you reached seventeen. Well I don't know who the group is as you never mentioned that, but any withdrawals from your trust vault would have needed the permission from one of the trustees until you reached eleven."
"Okay, I get that," Harriet said, "But, what about the main vaults and the estate?"
"No withdrawals or transfers of cash can be made from a main vault until the heir/heiress, in this case you, reaches seventeen. So any gold in the main vaults is protected, however until you reached eleven all the trustees would have had to agree to any buying or selling of stock, properties and any other items such as jewellery, family heirlooms, etcetera. Then once you reach eleven you can join in with the decisions and would only need half of the trustees, in your case two, to agree with you, as they are there to aid and advise you until you take complete control at seventeen."
"Okay so the gold is safe," Harriet thought for a bit before on how to word what she wanted to ask, "I know that any items sold illegally will come back to me. But, what happens when I get the thing sold back? Also what of shares in stock that was sold or bought?"
"That's where it gets complicated," Severus noticed Harriet reach below the coffee table to get a notebook and biro, that was on the shelf under it, "You won't need that I have all the information I found written down, to take with me when we go to the will reading."
Once Harriet had placed the book and biro back, he explained what he had found out, "You get to keep any properties or items that were bought including any income gained from them. Meaning if someone has been living in any of your properties rent free you can get all the rent owed on top of having the person who bought the property paying you back what you bought it for. If a property or any item was illegally sold you get the property or item back and get to keep the amount it was sold for, who ever sold it has to pay the buyer back the amount they paid for it."
Harriet wanting to know she heard right asked, "So in essence whoever bought the property or item has to give me back the what I paid for it, I get to keep they property and I can get the family living in the property or using said item to back pay any rent or hire charges owed on properties or for the hired of an item?"
When she received a nod of agreement from Severus who was taking a drink of his coffee, she continued, "And if a property or item was sold, I get it back and I can keep what the buyer paid for it as the person who sold it, is responsible for paying the buyer back what they paid for it?"
"Correct," Said Severus and seeing that Harriet was still listening continued, "With stock that was bought you get to keep the stock and any profit made from said stock and the person who bought it has to pay you the amount you bought the stock for."
Severus paused to see if harried had anything to say but upon receiving a nod signally that she understood he explained the rest, "Any stock that was sold you get the stock back and keep the amount it was sold for, also the person who sold it has to pay you any profit that you would have made from that stock from the time it was sold until you get it back, they also have to give the buyer of the stock the amount they paid for it."
Severus having finished explaining what he had found out sat back and watched as Harriet looked like she was in shock, until the silence was broken by Draco who had remained quiet during the whole thing exclaiming rather loudly, between a fit of laughter, "Flaming hell, so not only is she getting back anything that was stolen she befits from it."
The comment caused Severus to burst out laughing, along with the seven people, (Helga, Rowena, Godric, Salazar, Merlin, Morgana and Lord Prince) present in the portrait, who were present from the time the trio had gathered in the common room for the impromptu meeting.
Hearing the laughter, Harriet snapped out of her shocked state and said loudly to be heard over the laughter, "This is only going to make me even more wealthy, what am I going to do with it all?"
The people and portraits had managed to compose themselves near the end of Harriet's little rant, but upon hearing what she said started a new round of laughter that was harder.
~ ~ ~ ~ END FLASHBACK ~ ~ ~ ~
Harriet was brought back to the present with a few people raising their voices, listening Harriet discovered that a few people where all shouting questions to various people in the room. She listened to it for a few more minutes then looked towards the three Malfoy's and two Snape's, seeing that they were just listening and not even bothering to answering any questions that referred to them as they had not been asked directly, she then looked towards the goblins, Ragnuk and Griphook were sat quietly watching everything that was going on and Nagrod was keeping an eye on Killjoy, who looked like a cross between someone who had swallowed a lemon and ridden a roller-coaster with an upset stomach.
After another five minutes Harriet had reached her limit, standing up, she placed her fingers in her mouth and let out a sharp piercing whistle, silencing everyone. Once she had their attention she glared at them all in a manner similar to her Uncle, and also used the same snarky tone as him as she stated, "Now that you have all stopped behaving like a bunch of immature toddlers, sit down, shut up and I will point to one person at a time and they can get their questions or comments out of the way in a civilized manner. There will be no shouting, if the question or comment is not directed at you, but you would like to add to a reply or make a comment you will raise your hands like the pre-schoolers you have been acting like. Do I make myself clear?"
Everyone who had been yelling to get their point across, nodded and quickly sat down looking ashamed, not even bothering to question why they were doing what they had been ordered to by an eleven year old girl.
As Harriet retook her seat she noticed the various looks on their faces, while those that had been rather vocal looked like they were torn between being ashamed and mild fear. The goblins looked like they were in awe and contemplation. Severus and Lucius looked somewhere between slight fear, awe and understanding. Eileen, Draco and Narcissa stuck between awe and shock.
After taking a deep breath Harriet asked in a calm but stern tone, "Now Ms. Bones what where your questions, comments or both?"
Nodding her head in thanks Amelia replied, "I will state my comments first then I will ask my questions as they are both aimed at Dumbledore. My comments are that I will arrange for Sirius Black to have a trail as soon as possible, with a copy of the will there is proof that he did not in fact betray the Potter's, however we still need to find out exactly what happened with the Pettigrew and muggle incident."
Amelia stopped when she noticed that Duncan lifted his hand, upon receiving a nod from Amelia, he said, "When you get the details of that trail could you please inform me as I am the Black's lawyer here on Mr. Blacks behalf. When he received his summons, he asked an auror that works at Azkaban to contact me to set up a meeting, at the meeting he informed me that he was sent straight to Azkaban without a trial, he also informed me of what he wants to happen if he doesn't get a trial. As soon as the meeting was over I checked the court records for the transcript of his trial, there were none so I can only assume what he told me was true."
"Of course, "said Amelia, before turning to Dumbledore, "Now for my questions, Dumbledore why did you inform the Wizengamot that the will listed you as Miss. Potter's sole magical guardian and only trustee to her estate? Also why did you place her with the Dursley's in the muggle world?"
Dumbledore looked a little shocked at the questions directed at him before replying in his grandfatherly tone, "The answer to all of that is, I was unaware that the will I had was no longer current and that is what it stated was meant to happen."
Amelia didn't look as though she believed him but nodded anyway and let it go, she then signalled that she was done.
Harriet continued to point to the people present so they could have their say; Duncan stated that he no longer wished to say anything as Amelia had already covered what he wanted to know. Remus said he wanted the information on what to do about Sirius being innocent, he also wanted to know if it was possible to talk to Harriet, the Malfoy's and the Snape's before they left, to which they all agreed. Brendan just sat quietly making notes on his parchment to what the other asked and their responses.
Finally Harriet pointed to the Weasley's and Dumbledore. After talking quietly amongst themselves Dumbledore decided to talk for all three of them, "Well I must say that it is a shock as to who is to have guardianship of Harr-"
Harriet quickly interrupted, "Headmaster I asked you not to refer to me in familiar manner just over a month ago, and that request still stands. You manage when we are at school, so I have do not doubt that you can, please do so."
Dumbledore looked irritated at being told off and it showed slightly in his voice when he started talking again, "Of course, my apologies. As I was saying it has come as a bit of a shock that Miss. Potter's guardian was to be Sirius Black, Eileen Snape or Severus Snape. However she is better protected at Dursley's home in the muggle world than she would be with anyone in the wizarding world. I must also say that having Sirius Black, Eileen Snape, Severus Snape and Lucius Malfoy as trustees of Miss Potter's estate and as her advisors may be a bad idea, as they do not all get on with each other, I think it would be best to have someone else to manage her estate until Mr Weasley here takes over upon her marriage to him."
As Dumbledore paused in his speech, with a self-satisfied look in his eyes, everyone present noticed the guilty look Killjoy had on his face, the evil smirk on Mrs. Weasly's face and the smug look on Ronald's face. Amelia quickly spoke up, "That however is not you decision to make, as head of the D.M.L.E I will be making sure that I file the papers before I leave so that the correct people have guardianship of Miss Potter. I will also make sure that the correct trustees are filed before leaving."
The satisfied look in Dumbledore's eyes quickly changed to a look of annoyance, "Fair enough. The only other thing that I need to state is that a meeting will need to be arranged with the trustees, so that Mr. Weasley can look into what's happening with the estate, Mrs. Weasley has agreed to me accompanying her and her son to this meeting so that I may give them my advice."
Dumbledore leaned back in his seat indicating that he had finished speaking, while the Weasley's sat next to him looking fairly smug about the whole ordeal. Brendan quickly wiped the smug look of their faces when he replied, "That meeting is not going to happen, even with the old law that states that if she marries before she turns seventeen in place, Mr. Weasley has no rights to be included in the running of the estate. As it would violate the will of my clients late parents, which clearly stated that the trustees were to manage the estate, until she turned eleven. Then to aid and advise her on the management of the estate until she reached seventeen."
"Mr Mitchells," said Dumbledore, "That may be so but the marriage contract between Mr. Weasley and your client has the marriage date set for August 1st 1996, which is before she turns seventeen, and according to the old laws Mr. Weasley is able to be present at any meetings that involve the estate."
"Yes but my clients late parents would not have stated that she have advisors and trustees until she took over the running of the estate at seventeen if there was such a contract in place at the time the will was written, therefore Mr. Weasley has no right to be involved in any dealings with the estate until the contract has been checked by my clients legal and rightful, guardians and trustees. In fact I am going to invoke the law," Brendan paused in his speech to pull out his wand and looked to Amelia to see if she would back him, then continued, "I Brendan Mitchells, Certificate class one in multiple specialities of law, invoke the old law one hundred and thirty-five subsection nine point seven, against, Ronald Billius Weasley for the period of forty-nine months. So mote it be."
As soon as Brendan had finished speaking and Amelia held her wand up next to his, with both tips pointing away from them and clearly spoke, "So mote it be."
A Bright purple light shot out from where the wands joined at the tips, then split into two different coloured lights the red went to Ronald and surround him while the blue surrounded Harriet, who felt like warm all over as if she had decided to take a soak in a nice hot bath or sat in front of a warm lit fire.
After the light and warm feeling disappeared Harriet asked, "What was that? What does it mean?"
Brendan put his wand away then replied, "When the contract for marriage under the old law one hundred and thirty-five is under suspicion, the submissive party in the contract may invoke subsection nine point seven to have the contract investigated by the submissive's guardians, for a maximum period of forty-nine months. During this period of time the dominate party in the contract is not to have any dealings with matters of the submissive's estate, the dominate party is also not allowed any romantic or sexual dealings with the submissive, willing or by force. Otherwise, the dominate and the dominate's guardians will lose their magic, sometimes it even includes the person who signed the contract in lieu of the submissive and the submissive's guardians."
Harriet had a hard time containing her laughter when she heard Brendan's responses to her questions, she made the mistake of looking in the direction both of the Weasley's and Dumbledore were and noticed they all looked between angry and shocked, which made it harder not to laugh, so she didn't even try to stop, she turned to Brendan and thanked him for invoking the subsection of the marriage law, then burst into a fit of giggles. She only managed to stay in her chair as she was leaning against Draco side, who had moved to sit next to her while she was glowing and was in a fit of chuckles leaning on her to stay in his seat.