DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER OR ANY CANNON CHARACTERS, I CAN ONLY CLAIM THE PLOT AND ANY ORIGINAL CHARACTERS PRESENT
A/N All French will now be Underlined and italiced
He's my WHAT?!
Chapter 10
Victoire POV
I sat nervously in the entrance hall, waiting for Professor McGonagall to come down and give a portkey, so I could go to the ministry for my meeting with Madam Bones.
"Miss Delacour" I looked up to see the Headmistress holding an old boot. "Here is your portkey. The activation word is 'treachery'. Good Luck Ms Delacour. Then there was the familiar gut-wrenching sensation that comes with magical transportation and I was standing in the Ministry Atrium.
I walked up to the Security desk and waited for the rather fat wizard at the desk to realise that I was there. He finally looked up from the copy of witch weekly he was trying to conceal behind the Daily Prophet. "Eh… Hello Miss. Please state your name and business here today, and then place your wand on the scales."
"Victoire Delacour-Weasley, Appointment with Director Bones and visit to the Department of Magical Records." I said placing my wand on the scales. I stood there awkwardly as the magical scales did its work.
"Now Holly and Veela Hair eleven and a half inches, Is that correct?" I nodded as he handed me back my wand and wished me luck. I managed to make it to the lifts without anyone saying anything; I had gotten a couple of stares though.
The elevator ride was nerve racking and I was glad after what felt like an eternity when the elevator said 'Level 6 Improper use of magic office, Department of Magical Law Enforcement and the Department of Magical Records.' I quickly made my way to the sign that said Department of Magical Law Enforcement I walked up to the reception desk and rang the bell. The receptionist looked up and smiled "Hello welcome to the DMLE how may I help you?"
"I have an appointment with Madam Bones." I said again getting a bit nervous.
"Go on in she's waiting for you." She smiled again and started her filing again.
I started walking in the direction she had pointed the office. I found the office around the corner near Harry's. I stopped and took a deep breath and knocked on the door. There was a rather loud 'come in' from inside the office.
I had only ever been in this office once before, when I was eight Mum had some business from Gringotts to take Madam Bones, it was quite intimidating. "Ah Victoire, come and sit down. The sooner we get this interview over with the better it will be for both of us." She smiled "Now before we start, how are you feeling?"
I shrugged. "Okay, I suppose given the circumstances." Amelia nodded and looked down at a long sheet of official Ministry paper for statements. "Are you ready?" she asked softly. I nodded and she lifted a long blue dictation quill off the desk and it began to hover over the parchment.
"Now commencing interview of Victoire Delacour-Weasley; in connection to the incident at The Burrow, Ottery St. Catchpole on Thursday last the 31st of August and the divorce cases of Potter-Weasley and Delacour-Weasley; taking place on the 3rd of September 2017. Firstly Victoire can you please recount the events that took place on Thursday last." As she talked the dictation quill whirred around the page taking precise notes of the conversation.
"Well on Thursday last all of the Weasleys' and Potters' and Delacours' were at The Burrow for dinner as all the children were going back to Hogwarts the following day. After dinner everything was relatively quiet, the adults in one room the kids in another. I fell asleep on my… with my boyfriend Teddy Lupin on the coach. I woke up to the sound of shouting, So I put my head up to see what was going on and my aunt Ginny nearly took my head off with a bludgeoning curse! She was duelling Harry and my mum in the middle of the room. Then everyone came in and started shout then they had to gag and bind Ginny to stop her from killing Harry and mum. Eventually my mum said that Bill Weasley wasn't my father and then everyone was shocked and then Granny Molly asked her who was my dad and then she said that it was Harry…
…Then Bill got really angry and punched Harry's lights out. The kids were all sent upstairs although you could her Mum and Bill shouting. After about ten minutes Mum came to get me and we went to go and stay with Harry in the Black family house."
Amelia nodded. "And to your knowledge has Mr Potter ever been poisoned or given the draught of living death?"
Now that one caught me off guard. Had Dad ever been poisoned? "No I don't think he's ever been poisoned and the only time I'm aware of him being given that particular potion was during a rather nasty stay in the Hogwarts Hospital wing several years before I was born."
"Very well. Here ends the interview of Victoire Delacour-Weasley." Then she placed the quill back down on the desk and picked up a blood quill and signed the bottom of the page and passed them to me to do the same.
"Thank you Victoire, I'll see you on Thursday before the hearing and again on Friday… Everything will turn out all right in the end you'll see." She gave me a reassuring smile and then looked back down at her papers.
As I exited the office, I walked quickly to get back to the front of the department. When I got to the front desk I was met with the cold glare of Ginny Weasley. She just glared at me as I walked out of the office and crossed the floor to the massive sign that said 'Department of Magical Records'
I walked up to the desk and there were a couple of people waiting around. After about five minutes I was called up to the desk. "How can I help you dear?" said the little old lady sitting behind the desk, looking like one of those really sweet old women they use in ads for biscuits.
"Appointment with Ms Bell under the name Delacour" I replied, I had to hurry this up before either McGonagall or Skeeter caught me…
"Very well, she'll be right out" she said smiling again. I sat back down and waited. I had only met Katie a couple of times at parties and things, but I knew she was good friends with my dad, so hopefully she could keep my secret. Really she was only working here because she couldn't play qudditch anymore and was waiting for a coaching position to be open.
Another twenty agonisingly long minutes Katie finally rounded the corner and called out my name. I stood up and followed her to yet another dull and boring Ministry office.
"Sorry to keep you waiting Vic' but when the Minister wants a meeting he gets it. Now what can I do for you." She said sitting down behind her desk. She still looked like she was ready to step onto the pitch at a moment's notice, short of actually wearing her Harpies uniform, like a certain former head of the Dept. of Magical Games and Sports used to war his old qudditch robes round, before he was convicted of being a death eater.
"I want to change my name." I said with conviction. To be completely honest I hadn't really been that sure until I was sitting in the office with her.
"So it's true then… About your Mum and Harry…?" She asked hesitantly. I nodded there was no point in denying it. It was all going to be out in the open by Friday morning. I just hated the way that Skeeter keeps trying to take everything from us and now with Ginny on the 'we hate everything potter' train she would likely succeed.
"Okay." Was all Katie said before she started to grab paper and quills from all over the place. Five minutes later with all the paperwork ready. "So Vic' what do you want your new name to be? Delacour-Potter? Just Potter? Just Delacour?"
"Victoire Gabriele Isabelle Potter." I said as she copied it down. She looked up at me for a moment and then returned to the paper work. After it was all finished she pulled out another blood quill. God I hate those things.
"Now just sign here and initial here… And here is an official letter of change of name to give to Minnie when you get back." She giggled as she referred to Professor McGonagall. I signed the paperwork, which made my hand sting and I saw my name start to show on the back of my hand. Katie was concerned, but I told her it wasn't the first thing I had signed today and she seemed to relax. Most people who went to Hogwarts during Umbridge's reign of terror were kind of jumpy when those things were used so frequently.
I bid Katie goodbye and made my way back to the atrium where I flood back to Minnie's office…
Fleur POV
As I got into the ministry I saw Victoire go through the Floo back to Hogwarts. I had hoped to catch her before she left, to ask her how it went, knowing how intimidating Amelia can be.
The atrium was still very busy for this time of the morning. I made my way to the elevator where I got several disapproving looks and I could swear that one of them was Percy. It seemed like forever to get to the sixth floor but once it got there I was out of it like a lightning bolt.
Sitting outside Amelia's office was like being a little twelve year old girl sitting outside Madam Maxime's office because one of the older boys had tried something again. It was only after I was there for several minutes I started to hear shouting coming from inside the office.
Suddenly Ginny stormed out of the office, slamming the heavy door behind her. The Ginger bullet careered through the office and out towards the lifts.
I waited a minute or two before finally knocking on Amelia's door. There was the familiar voice calling me in. Amelia sat behind her desk looking as haggard as I had ever seen her. These cases must really have been taking their toll on her.
"Hello Fleur, please have a seat. Now I'm just going to conduct the interview first and then we'll talk for a minute." She smiled and took out a dictation quill. "Now commencing interview of Fleur Delacour-Weasley; in connection to the incident at The Burrow, Ottery St. Catchpole on Thursday last the 31st of August and the divorce cases of Potter-Weasley and Delacour-Weasley; taking place on the 3rd of September 2017. Firstly Fleur please explain for the record your relationship with Harry James Potter."
I gulped. "'Arry and I 'ave been seeing each ozzer for zee past twenty years."
Amelia looked only moderately shocked and continued, "Can you please state how you met Mr Potter."
"I met 'Arry when we were champions in the 422nd Tri-wizard Tournament. We grew close over zee year and after it all ended we decided zat we would continue to see each ozzer. It was difficult especially wiz the toad in Hogwarts… Em I'm sorry with Madam Umbridge at Hogwarts, Harry was banned from attending Hogsmead. And I only saw 'im twice that year due to his imprisonment in the castle and my job at Gringotts, it proved impossible. After a while I met Bill. I zought zat I could see 'im while 'Arry was at school and then I would let 'im down gently when the summer break started. But 'e asked me to marry 'im just before 'Arry got out of school. I didn't know w'at to do. So I took zee cowards way out and said yes. After 'Arry got out of hospital after zee battle in zee department of mysteries, he pushed me away because of Lord Voldemort. Towards zee end of zee summer I announced my engagement. Everything went fine mostly after zat. 'Arry started to date Ginny, but eventually pushed 'er away as well… During zee hunt for Voldemort's 'Orcruxes 'Arry and 'is friends stopped by my 'ouse after zeir escape from Malfoi manor. Harry and I accidentally slept togezzer zat night. We decided not to mention it again until after zee war was over. Several months passed and I was still having my affair and 'Arry had married Ginny out of guilt for abandoning her just like me. Zen I found zat I was pregnant wiz Victoire, my daughter. She was Arry's child I couldn't tell Bill and as far as me or 'Arry was concerned zere was no such thing as magical divorce in Britain…"
"That will do Miss Delacour. Now as a Veela you value love above near all else, is that correct?" She asked. I nodded; I couldn't see where this could be going. "So you would neither require, nor condone the use of love potions."
"No Madame Bones, My Veela powers make me immune to even amortentia and zee allure means zat I do not need to use zem. Even if a man is immune to zee Veela allure like 'Arry, as you said zee Veela value true love over all else." I said glaring at her. Even the insinuation that I would use those vile things is an insult to my hertitage.
"Now Miss Delacour, could you please tell me what happened at the Burrow last Thursday evening, the 31st of August 2017?"
"Me and 'Arry were discovered. We were kissing and Mrs Potter walked in on us. A duel followed. After Ginny had been restrained we were forced to explain ourselves and that 'Arry is Victoire's father. Bill punched 'Arry, breaking his nose. He told me not to come back to the 'ouse and then left and about ten to twenty minutes later I left with Victoire to stay with 'Arry at the Black Family 'ome."
"Do you believe this to be the sole reason for your husband seeking the divorce?" Amelia asked
"Yes." That was one of the only things I was sure of in this pile of shit.
"I'm sorry to have to ask this Fleur, but… Have you ever been in possession of or used any of the following potions. Amortentia, The Draught of Living Death, Polyjuice, or The Draught of Affection."
"No I 'ave not the only time zat I 'ave had one of those potions was during the war. I was using Polyjuice potion to turn into 'Arry to get 'im safely from 'is 'ome to zee safe'ouse."
"Very well. Here ends the interview of Fleur Delacour." Then she placed the quill back down on the desk and picked up a blood quill and signed the bottom of the page and passed them to me to do the same.
I signed it and handed it back to her. "No matter how this all turns out Fleur, I just want you to know that I want you and Harry to be happy… Even if that means dragging him off to France"
She sighed and clenched the bridge of her nose as if the situation was giving her a rather bad migraine. "I think that's it for today. I'll see you for the Potter hearing on Thursday."
A/N: That's it for this chapter. Please leave a review and tell me what you thought. Next chapter will be up in the next two or three weeks.
-Slygrifflepuffclaw