Ok so before I go with the chapter I am happy to say Merry Christmas EVERYONE and, and I LOVE CHRISTMAS!

This chapter was edited by my beta which finally got her-internet-done-so she could-work-and-have-cup-of-coffee robotrockOHYEAH which I know do not have any stories on fanfiction but she's friend of mine and I read her productions and she has more than enough experience.

Another thing is to my story "Different wife" well I'm really touched by reviews especially the one by sanbeegoldiewhitey and well some just made me cry and yes I am cry-baby and well I may do a sequel but nothing to be sure or may just add chappie or two.

Because I always forget about disclaimers I have one here:

Harry: What are we doing here?

ME: Playing in my story.

Hermione: But you're not J.K Rowling

Me: Good point.

Ron: So you don't own us.

Me: Unfortunately I don't own Harry Potter.

Cast: Bye. Let us have our Christmas.

Well it's not bye for me as I am still writing so anyway on with the story.

Chapter 11

Dorea was on her way to kitchen when she saw the youngest Weasley coming out of the door. Not being a reckless Gryffindor like her husband, son or grandson she stepped into the darker corridor as to not be seen by little redhead.

As soon as the little redhead went past not looking around but looking straight ahead. Dorea made her way to the kitchen, the little house-elves inside working hard.

"Hello Mistress what can we do for you tonight?" The little elf named Lorie asked as the only one not working at the time.

"Two things actually, one I came to check how you're doing here. Is everything ready?" Dorea asked as she looked at the elf to let it speak.

"Mistress house elves decide to each meal in order of serving, don't like using warming charms" The elf answered and Dorea nodded, Lorie seemed to be quite a young elf and she really don't remember her from the time she was alive before. Hmm probably the elves breed while we were away. She though.

"Can you tell me what was Ginny Weasley doing here?" Dorea asked eyes narrowing.

"Just brought the potions for master Harry. She or Mr. Ron do so every few hours" The elf answered and now Dorea's eyes turned into sleets from suspicious.

"Can you show me these potions?" She asked in her voice deadly calm.

"Yes Mistress I will be bringing them here Mistress" The elf popped away and appeared with a pop once again now holding a vial of potion.

"Let's see what do we have here?"Sniffing it she instantly smelled fresh cut grass, parchment and roses. "Amortentia" She whispered as she figured out what the potion is.

"Can you go get Lily and Severus Snape here?"She asked knowing that the two are excellent at potions well as Snape is potion master at Hogwarts and well Lily always been good from what she heard from James.

"Yes Mistress, will do" The elf popped once again away and appeared moment later with two people.

"Dorea? Mrs Potter?" The two asked.

"Can you confirm that this is Amortentia, been good at potions but not as good" She handed first the vial to Lily and the she passed it to Snape nodding.

"100% it is but I don't understand why you would need amortentia" Lily said.

"It is but well Lils I don't think it's for Mrs Potter" Severus pointed out.

"You're right, apparently Miss. Weasley brought it for elves to give into Harry's food" When Dorea said it, Lily looked like her eyes were to pop out.

"That explains" Severus mused.

"Explains what exactly?" Dorea said glaring at the potions master.

"Well it's just in Harry's sixth year or should I say before professor Dumbledore asked me to brew love potions" He answered quietly giving to Dorea's glare joined by Lily's.

"That's when the illegal contract was written" gasped Lily now Severus looked confused.

"What contract?" He asked confused.

"Doesn't matter really, well should we join the guests dinner will be served soon" Dorea said quickly not wanting to start conversation with someone who she's not sure if she can trust.

"Yes we should" Lily quickly agreed catching on with Dorea. "Sev, can you go ahead I have something to talk to with Dorea" Lily dismissed Severus who went ahead.

"Did they come?" Dorea asked in a whisper.

"Yeah, they did I was thinking do you think it is better to talk with them now or after dinner?" Lily asked in the same level of voice.

"After dinner, Harry if so may be out of love potion then so it may be better plus if something were to happen then it would be end of the day not beginning meaning much better" Dorea explained as best as she could.

"You're right of course" And so they went.

Soon the dinner was finished and many were now spending time talking among themselves enjoying drinks.

In one part of the ballroom were standing a group of three teenagers, two of them friends and one former enemy.

"So ferret what are you doing here?" Ron asked the talk with Lady Dorea already forgotten and to his amazement Malfoy was still here.

"What's that to you?" Malfoy sneered at him. Ron instead turned to his supposedly best mate.

"Harry, what's ferret doing here?" Ron asked now receiving a glare from the supposed ferret.

"I thought my gran already gave you explanation" Harry pointed out in exasperation and turned to face his former school rival. No one other than Draco Lucius Malfoy.

"You know what?" Harry asked the blond.

"What?" He drawled.

"What side really are you on I mean you never killed anyone so you're not really a death eater plus you were forced to become one by your father's teaching" Harry pointed out and Draco sighed.

"I know, I mean man he wanted to kill everyone not pure blood while he himself was halfblood and well yes I've kind of been forced with it and I'm glad you won" Draco explained and that quieted Ron a bit but he was still glaring.

"How many things your father's teaching made you do I mean I saw how your mother is acting with my gran as well as Andy and it's a lot different than when she's with your father and similar things are going on with you" Harry pondered into the subject even more.

"Well all my life I wanted my father to be proud of me but where did his attitude have him? I mean Azkaban" Ron now possessed expression of disbelief placed on his face.

"And that's what I wanted to hear" Harry concluded his thought after this. "Well my gran wants family to be together I mean you're like my second cousin twice removed or something like that anyway what would you say to say bye to fighting and hexing each other and let's call a truce " Ron looked at his friend in shock while Harry was just smiling. "Harry Potter" He reached out his hand and the history kind of replied from few years ago but now the other began and the second accepted.

"Draco Malfoy" The two shook hands smiling while Ron was shaking in disappointment and his face red, in same colour as his hair.

"How can you act civil with Death Eater?" He burst out.

"Normal plus one thing he is former death eater, second he never killed anyone and thirdly he is my cousin thank you very much" Harry finished sarcastically and Draco looked on in disbelief as Harry was just kind of standing up to his best mate for him.

"Oh and I need to apologise, I knew he didn't mean anything bad in first year on the train ride and well you know how it went" Draco nodded in understanding and Ron stormed out, angry and red faced from his friends actions.

"I just wonder if you were to take my offered hand then, would you still be Griffindor probably yeah but still" Draco mused and Harry right now was weighing his options say or not well what could happen if he did say.

"Slytherin" Harry answered in one word and Draco looked at him oddly.

"You mean to tell me that Gryffindor golden boy should be a Slytherin?" He asked sarcastically not believing.

"Yes that's true I should be Slytherin but argued with the hat that I don't want to go there and well it's your fault I didn't land in Slytherin but maybe it's for better than worse I mean come on they would think that they saviour did so just to take post as another dark lord but well we'll never know." Draco laughed clearly not imagining him as the next dark lord. "Anyway I can't change it anymore but well I'm also a good Gryffindor by blood and heart" Harry concluded.

"What d'you mean by blood?" Draco asked confused, Harry only lifted his hand up showing gold signet with red ruby.

"Born to the main line of Gryffindor but anyway" Harry explained as it was true, the Potters were born to the only grandchild of Godric Gryffindor himself which was born to his first son and was a female to marry a Potter and the Potters mainly had only one child which was a boy only his great grandfather had a sister which married Longbottom connecting Potters to Longbottoms.

The boys were interrupted by old witch that Harry didn't recognise but Draco did and greeted the staid woman. "Good evening great-great aunt Cassiopeia" something flicked in Harry's mind at this and he reminded himself about the Black family tree and her name being positioned as elder sister of his grandmother so quickly following Draco's example he greeted his great aunt "Good evening great aunt Cassiopeia" the woman smiled at them both.

"Please just call me aunt Cassie" She was smiling "I see you get along anyway it's good to see you all getting along and from the youngest we just need Nymie in the picture as if I am informed correctly was rein stored into family in Sirius' will" The witch if it was even possible was smiling even wider now as Nymphadora Lupin heard her name and approached the three with a bungle in her arms.

"Did someone just say my name?" She asked oblivious to who is around as she was looking down at the baby.

"Well yes I did. Is this little Teddy?" Cassiopeia asked gesturing to the little bungle.

"Yes but who are you?" She asked and then looked around and spotter Harry standing next to Draco Malfoy "Wotcher Harry" She greeted him.

"Oh I am Cassiopeia Black apparently your great-great aunt" Cassiopeia introduced herself.

"Uh-uh hello then I'm sorry but it seems that I am in need of feeding Teddy so can you excuse me but I need to leave" She quickly excused herself not knowing the woman.

"Now boys I was asked to come and get you as your parents" She said to Harry and Draco even if he came only with his mother as father is in Azkaban "and your grandparents need to talk with the two of you" She explained and the two obliged to follow quickly, they stopped in the antechamber in which Harry guessed him mother had small talk with his aunt Petunia and as the three entered Harry spotted not only his family but also four other people two being adults and the other two being girls from Hogwarts that he saw many times but never really talked two and couldn't really place the names but it seemed Draco realised who they were the second he saw them.

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