Chapter 11 – It's a dogs life
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Daphne wanted some special HoneyDukes chocolate so I got pulled along as the bag caring dutifully husband. There was no way she would stop with just a stop at one store. I would be lucky if this did not turn into an all day affair.
Gladrags got her attention where she picked out a few items. I shrunk the four bags and since it was lunch time we headed to the Three Broom Sticks.
"Harry? Harry Potter? Some ragged older man and his scruffy black dog came rushing up. "I would know you anywhere we have been looking everywhere for you."
"And you are?" asked Daphne.
"Where have you been..." I cut him off. "Since I have no idea who you are I think you should answer the Lady."
The black dog was emitting a low growl as the man said, "I'm an old friend of your father and am the new Potions professor.
"Well no name professor don't you read the Dailey Profit or in fact any newspapers?" Daphne asked as I could see her protective mode coming to the fore. "Of course Dumbleass only tells people what he wants them to know."
"Just stay out of this young woman..." The supposed professor stated and the dog growl was more pronounced.
"I suggest Sir that you control that dog unless you wish to fish it out of the lake and you use a civil tongue when addressing..." The man and the dog both surged forward and just as quickly disappeared. Dumbledore was unpleasantly surprised by his new Potion professor Lupin landing on his desk.
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Hagrid's hut one hour later:
A very wet dog entered the open door to see Professor Lupin working on a bottle of fire whiskey. "It's about time you found your way back."
The dog transformed into a wet man who grabbed a towel and a glass of whiskey that was handed to him.
"Moony I think we just screwed up. He wasn't kidding I was in the lake."
"Padfoot he appears to be a powerful spoiled brat, but what was that about the articles in the Dailey Profit?"
"We have been on the run and hiding for quite a while, maybe we need to hit a library and check out the Profits back issues. By the way did you smell them? They have been intimate recently."
"I also caught that about Dumbledore not informing us and that was not a complement that she threw out."
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The life at Hogwarts was getting more hostile even if most of it was verbal. I find it strange that if you lose and I win, time after time, why you keep coming back for more. I have had more than once thought that I should just kill the idiots and never have to bother with them ever again. I am confused as to why I keep being easy on them, especially after my upbringing. That is heavy thinking and I just decided that it might be nice to prank them into being 'to busy' to bother Daphne and me.
The first I could do was easy, the know-it-all books when opened tried to run off and hide. She was screaming after the first hour. Ron found his food jumping up and yelling at him that they should not be eaten. He ate them while they screamed to everyone's disgust. Draco's hair turned dirty brown and dripped grease and he got a large wart on his nose. He was not seen for three days.
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February finally arrived for the Hogwart students, HogsmeadeVillage weekend. Daphne and I strolled to the village to enjoy the sun and some of the shops like Honeydukes. Zonkos was not as weird as the twins shop in Diagon Alley. We were having a great time enjoying each others company until the giant showed up. This was one large and ugly giant who had just done a two-step on the Hogsmeade train station and was stomping towards 'The Three Broomsticks" in a lumbering way that all large things move. I was thinking of getting Daphne out of Hogsmeade when she said, "That place is probably full of students, can you do something with something that size?"
"Err, not much short of killing it." I could hopefully lift it, to where? Banish it maybe, to where? Knowing the skin of a giant stunning was not a possibility. I could banish it but was I strong enough to put it where I wanted or would it fall short in the middle of London. Regardless of what I did, what was on the pee-brains mind. If it wanted to eat Honeydukes my banishing it to London would only delay its return. So it died. I saw in my mind a tree from the nearby forest with a pointed end speeding to the chest of the giant and the giant died. However it sort of fell on 'The Three Broomsticks' enough that everyone noticed and ran screaming out of the building and onto the street.
Daphne and I were on the street in front of the Post Office, some of the escaping students looked at us and screamed even louder and ran away from us. We were confused until we looked behind us and down the street and saw why there was more panic. Down by Gladrags thirty Deatheaters had arrived and were now throwing curses at everything.
Now I was pissed, the day was ruined, the town was ruined and they were killing and destroying. I looked at the thirty and imagined them in a 'Petrificus Totalus' spell and they froze. I accio'ed one to me and put the Hackers device on the dark mark and pushed the button. I then returned him to the others and banished them to the Ministry. We went to the Post Office and I mailed the device to the Hackers and we returned to the castle.
Enough of an enjoyable day in Hogsmeade Village but I had only stopped them and no innocents were injured. I would have to work on something simple like in the movie "Wizard of OZ" and drop a house on the bad guys.
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We had enough of Professor Lupin's class but he cornered us in the Great Hall and asked if we would please forgive him and his ignorance and could we talk in private. When Daphne looked at him ready to kill he added, "You wife will be a more than welcomed to accompany us." I nodded and Professor Lupin led the way to an empty classroom. He raised security wards and put his wand away.
"Harry I wish to apologize to you for the last time we met. I and the mutt have been in hiding and had not seen the Dailey Profit or heard of anything going on around you. We have also noted that the Headmaster failed to inform us of small facts such as your wife."
"So what do you want?" I demanded. As I said that I looked to see where the dog was and got a shock. The dog took one look at me, laid down and put both it paws over its head. That tore it and I shouted, "Enough, that's not a dog, what's going on?"
"Please Prongslet let me explain! We blew it last time we met as we just didn't know. We have been hiding for so long that the world and information about you went by and we never heard." Remus was almost pleading.
"So who is the dog, no dog is trained like that!" I stated.
"That's Padfoot your godfather. Its time Sirius show yourself."
The dog transformed it a man and started pleading that he was not responsible for my parent's death and …
"I know that but why have you been hiding from me?" I asked.
"What?" was his reply?
"Paperwork in the vaults, diary entries, all stated that Pettigrew was the secrets keeper and you my godfather. Now unless magic has changed the oath you swore to be my godfather prohibited you from harming me so you are not guilty." I replied.
Padfoot lunged forward to grab me in a hug, but Daphne yelled, "STOP". As I backed up he stopped. The explanation took awhile; even I did not realize that I was not open to emotions, as Daphne explained about the Dursley's and how she had to sneak up on me. This gave me an even more area of respect for my now wife.
While Daphne hugged me, rubbed my back and kissed me, she told of my life that she knew. The end result was not going to get Dumbledore any new supporters.
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Finally June arrived and the OWL testing was administered for me and the normal year testing. Not that I cared all I wanted was to pass my OWLs and disappear. I felt that I did well on the OWL and two days later, the end of year feast. The next day was the train to freedom and my home in Knockturn Alley. That was what I thought was to happen, stupid me, how foolish of me, I should have known better.
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Nick and Penny almost demanded our attendance at their place. So who are we to argue and we 'popped' there. We had a reunion and a great meal but over wine the talk got disturbing.
"Harry it's unfortunately your life, but it seems everyone is messing with it, which drags your wife along. The Wizengamot had been fed some shit from Dumbledore and they have agreed to pass his new law." Nick stated.
"I give up; I can't think of anything he could to affect me. He can't take vaults, my wife, is he going to take my life?"
"In a manner of law yes, he has passed a law that states that you are the only one who can defeat Voldemort and as such a national treasure. So since you are so important you must be trained to your fullest, so you are required to pass your NEWTs at Hogwarts. That is so you may be fully qualified to defeat Voldemort. The Ministry will cover all costs of your education was what some of our supporters threw in to the law.
At first I was ready to level the Ministry and kill Dumbledork but then I thought about it and a smile started and I scared most of the room. "So when does this law take effect?"
"September the 1st as it is written, why?" asked Nick.
I suddenly had a feeling that I was about to…no I just started laughing. They want to mess with me and my life? Well welcome to Harry Potter World!
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I took my love to the beaches of France and to the shores of Florida. We made love and dined on the best and the exquisite. We made love across the world and enjoyed what was available to enjoy. Finally August 31st arrived and we returned home for the trip to Hogwarts the next day.
Early on September the 1st we appeared in Diagon Alley and as the doors to Madam Malkin's Robes for all occasions opened their door Daphne and I entered and ordered a complete and I mean complete set of Robes. We wanted Basilisk but had to settle for Dragon Hyde battle robes, dress robes, school robes, social robes, and every robe we could think of and of course in the best materials available. Now since I was so important we also asked for muggle attire should we meet the queen etc. To say they had Galleon size eyes was accurate. I just told them to have them ready for Mopsy's pick up and charge everything to the Ministry under there new law for Harry Potter. We hit Flourish & Blott's, and the stationery shop for monogrammed stationery to all the books required for Newts. The cauldron shop was happy to provide the highest quality cauldrons and the Apothecary should give the Ministry heart burn as we ordered not only school ingredients but some special ones that were very rare and expensive, all charged to the Ministry.
We stopped at Gringotts to chat with SharpTooth and then still made it to the Platform in time for the train.
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Since all the people that caused me problems had graduated last year it was only Ginny Weasley that remained of the old crowd. We had no idea what anyone was doing as we had spent the entire summer traveling and enjoying. Our enjoyment was to come to a halt soon after arriving on the train. The welcoming feast would give us a migraine.
We found a compartment near the back of the train and settled in to some snuggling. We have been married for some time and those that talked with us joked that sex was all hormones and after six month everything settled down to married life and boredom. Well that may be them but our sex life was every night since we started and that was a dam sight longer that six months and I had no complaint. Daphne was not only snuggling but blowing in my ear and other things that if she didn't watch out I was going to attack her here and now. Well that go shot down as Neville and Luna entered the compartment.
"Hi guys and why are you here?" I asked.
"Well its Luna's last year and Sprout asked me to join her as an assistant in herbology." Neville stated.
"Good on you Neville." I replied.
"Thanks Harry, we heard about that stupid law making you come back. What are you planning to do? Knowing you they had best hide." Neville was smiling.
"Yes I have some plans, the idiots want to play games then Hogwarts will best look out."
"Daphne, didn't you complete your NEWTs a few years ago? Luna asked.
"Yes but do you think I will let this hunk run loose in Hogwarts alone?"
"Yes you do have that right, the Slatbanger would have him in a minute if he was alone." Luna replied to the smile of everyone in the compartment.
That ended as the door ended and Hermione put her nose into the compartment with an, "So you have obeyed and returned to Hogwarts.
"She then gave an "EEP" as her clothes disappeared and so did she a second later.
"Harry you are enjoying that aren't you?" asked Luna.
"Yep, she is getting a sexier body every year." I replied and got a slap to the back of the head from Daphne who stated, "Eyes on me or else!"
I laughed and gave her a kiss and she giggled. Life was great!
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The welcoming feast was just down right stupid. Dumbledore manipulation had Hermione as the assistant librarian, Ron Weasley was now the assistant of Madam Hooch and if things could be more stupid Draco was the assistant of Snape.
GOD I AM GOING TO KILL ALL OF THEM! I thought, well not really but how stupid could Dumbledork get? These people meant nothing to me yet he kept sticking them in my face.
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Now the fun was since I was required to be here until I passed my NEWTs why must I work to pass my NEWTs or attend classes? So many weeks later they finally caught Daphne and I in the Great Hall and attempted to drag me to the Headmasters office. I decided that those dragging me should have a nice walk back from HogsmeadeVillage as I was a bit beyond that treatment.
After I had 'popped' Daphne and myself to the Headmasters office, much to their surprise, we got the normal "I am disappointed" from Dumbledork and "The arrogant brat" from Snape.
They got the finger from me and Daphne and we 'Popped' to our quarters.
"Daphne how about a night out on the town, after all we should relax as often as possible."
"Of course my love, were do you wish to go?"
Daphne was laughing over my choice of a muggle steak house with a 30 ounce Rib-eye steak in an American town. She was sucking on shrimp and that about drove me crazy.
After we 'popped' to France for a bit of dancing and back to our quarters where I was sexually assaulted and later returned the favor. "Harry what are we going to do about the Ministry and all the crap they are shoveling at us?"
"No ideas other than just do nothing to help them out and do nothing they want. I think they want their hands on me to go after Voldemort. So I will not go after Voldemort. They want me to be a poster boy? Well they best not get me near a reporter or I will give them hell. It's not my fault that people are dieing that's the fault of Voldemort, the Ministry and Dumbledork."
We ended in a snuggle and sleep soon followed.