A Revelation
Disclaimer: See Chapter 1 for Disclaimer and other pertinent information
Chapter 11
Hogwarts
"What's the big news Dora?"
"I found us some highly trained wizards that would be a good security force for Hogwarts. There are 25 of them all US Maries about to retire or get out after their tour. They all have ties here and some have lost family to Moldyshorts. The highest rank is a Sergeant Major, tough as granite and a powerhouse. His take no prisoners attitude, seems to have stopped him from making the Command Sergeant Major position. His Major told me he thinks it's because the Sergeant Major likes the action and calls those who don't see action pussies." Dora took a deep breath and continued.
"I overheard a Gunny bitching about REMFs and asked a young Sergeant what that was. He said it's just Gunny calling non-combatants, and support troops, Rear Echelon Mother Fuckers. They sleep in beds, eat the best food, and get entertained while we get cursed at, shot at, and are in deep shit most of the time. Then they expect us to become all spit and polish as soon as we return from a mission."
"The Gunnery Sergeant threatened to whip another Sergeant Major's ass, if he put just one of his men or report or held up a promotion. Then he mumbled that the Sergeant Major best not take a mission or he just may get fragged. Fragged means your own people take you out if they get the opportunity to get by with it. The old man probably saved that Sgt. Major's life by sending him home after telling he would be fired when they got home. Our Sergeant Major has had enough and is going to retire. Most of his troops will follow his lead. He made his current rank with less than 16 years in the service, almost unheard of in the modern Marines." Tonks said her excitement showing through.
"I suppose you have a meeting set up for me to meet with them." Harry asked knowing the answer.
"Right in one chief."
Harry rolled his eyes and took Hermione's hand then followed Dora to a classroom that held the 25 Marines. The Gunny called the room to attention as Harry entered.
"Lord Gryffindor, I'm Sergeant Major, Gunny Powers, I go by Gunny. It's easy to remember and no one in their right mind names a child after a military rank." Gunny said and shook his head.
"It's nice to meet you Gunny. I go by Harry. Dora says you may be interested in a job. I heard what you lot did from Mad Eye, Robards, and Minister Bones, so there is no doubt you and your men have the skills we need. To be honest, which is the only way I know how to be. There are two things that worry me, first is if you can live with someone my age in command, the other is if you can put up with mostly monitoring students and keeping them safe. Moldyshorts is trying to return, and I will be his prime target, and the school will be high on his list. My number-one priority is the safety of the students, then the staff and last the facility. This castle is sedient and speaks to my fiancé and me. Hogwarts can also help defend herself. However, given the time and the power her wards can be breached leaving us and her vulnerable." Harry told the men not pulling punches or smoothing anything over.
"You speak true my Lord Gryffindor."
"I guess our major question would be if we will be able to keep up with our muggle training. We would require muggle military weapons and a range, plus other places to practice. Of course, pay will be a concern since we need to make a living a few us have wives and children. As for working for someone younger than us, it happens all the time in the military. I will admit you will be the youngest I've ever worked for. But I saw some of the things you have done and I don't see a problem. You have a good head on your shoulders," Gunny replied with a smile.
"Dora, Hermione and I think you did great finding these guys. It's your show and your force but you have our backing. Gunny and you other Marines this is my fiancé Lady Hermione Granger-Hufflepuff-Galahad. She's young but smart and powerful, I believe her favorite hex is one my mother developed called hair penis. And it does what the name indicates and can be set to last a day or years. Just so you know there are no Death Eaters in this school and those who try to enter have a less than pleasant experience before they die. There are still some here, who will join Moldyshorts when he returns. I guess the only questions left are can you lot start by 1 August and what do you need in the way of weapons and a training facility." Harry paused and four elves appeared with butterbeers and snacks.
"You can tell Dora that. Rest assured your pay will be higher than it is now, and we provide quarters and food. If you accept, we'll meet at my place outside of Orlando Florida on Lake Wilson's east side. We plan on being there from early morning 19 July to shortly before noon on the 25th. You and your families will be provided transportation here via a portal from my cottage. Your quarters will be set up and waiting. There is no need for you to buy anything but personal items, furniture and such will be provided unless you have your own and want to use it. I hope to be welcoming you to the Security staff soon. Dora I need just a moment of your time then you have the floor and can do what you need to get done."
Harry put up a silencing charm, "Dora offer them a 50 percent increase above what they're making now then give Gunny a 100 percent increase. You did well I like these people. We may have to see Her Majesty to get permission for muggle weapons but since they'll be going against Moldyshorts I don't think that will be a problem."
Harry and Hermione met each of the men individually then Harry waved his hand and comfortable couches appeared, as did more soft drinks and sandwiches. He and Hermione left for the suite.
A corporal named Rogers said, "Holy shit wandless magic and he did it like it was nothing."
"One of his grandfathers was the last warrior mage and we believe Harry is the current one. He is the nicest guy you could ever hope to meet but on his worst day I wouldn't want to fight him, I would rather take on Moldyshorts. That young man killed a 72-foot basilisk with a sword, in the Chamber of Secrets below where we are sitting. He was bitten and survived by a Phoenix crying on the wound. He says that caused something to click in his head. His power rating is already above Merlin's and he won't be 13 until 31 July but acts as if he is in his 40s," Tonks stopped to sip her butterbeer and let that sink in.
"Gunny, if you join us you will not be the only one who thinks take no prisoners is the right idea unless you need information. He already has ten or more captured wands in his collection from people who attacked him. The school watched him take down six students in their seventh year with eight curses the last one was Accio wands. These bullies challenged him to a duel to the death. I'll admit he allowed me to be his second then he told me to stay out of his way and cover his back. It took the school healer, one of the best in the United Kingdom, two days to sort the six out. Two are missing arms, and the other four will walk with a limp the rest of their lives. I'm the youngest fully qualified Auror in over 300 years and all I could do was watch," Tonks said enjoying the shock she saw on several faces, but no one doubted her words.
"Team, I think we may have found us a new home, if we can settle on wages." Gunny told his men.,
"Sergeant Major what do you lot make per month including everything, combat pay the whole works?" Tonks asked with a smile.
Gunny had each one list what they made them total it. Tonks took their paper to the suite and showed it to Harry.
"Damn Dora how can their government justify wages this low. Offer them a double but go to two and a half times if you need to."
Tonks went back to the classroom and passed their papers back then said, "Multiply that figure by 2 and that the chief's offer. Again, your room and board is paid for you and your family so our cost is more than what you see. Oh, before I forget we treat elves here with respect and not as slaves. Also Pureblood bigotry bullshit is not tolerated here any longer," Tonks stated.
"Well Sergeant Major, I may be dumb but I'm not stupid. I'm in," Corporal Rogers said. The rest soon joined him.
"Dora you realize you could have had us for less than this?" Gunny said.
Dora smile and said, "Well you work for a fair man now who appreciates your skills. His original offer was a 1.5 times what you're making now. But we estimated your pay higher than what it is. It was easier on all of us if we were up front with him. If I didn't show him those figures come the first budget review you would have heard 'Tonks what the fuck were you thinking to pay your people this little' all over this castle. I didn't think any of us needed that. A warning to all, if you see him pacing waving his hand in the air get ready for the explosion because Mount Harry is about to erupt and the shit is about to hit the fan. If Hermione gets quiet and sets her jaw, someone is in deep shit," Tonks replied and sipped her butterbeer.
"If you mess with her Harry, you get her to deal with and you would rather have him. The opposite is true as well. Messing with Harry is safer than messing with her. Harry may shrug you off if you mess with him, but mess with her and you may die rather horribly and slowly. I swear those two communicate without words. His first Halloween he saved her from a mountain troll and they've been close ever sense," She added taking another sip of her butterbeer.
"Earlier this year a basilisk petrified her, after killing it while she was still petrified he told her no one and nothing messes with his Hermione. That was heard by our school healer. She immediately increased her bet and moved the date they would get together to that day and won almost ₲400. Shortly after she woke up he asked her to be his girl. The truth is that as the boy who lived he could have 80 percent of the witches in this school in his bed with no questions asked. But he hates his fame and being a fan of the BWL is one way to get off the potential friend list. I'm telling you this to give you an idea of the type person he is," Tonks said and relaxed with a sigh.
They talked some more and the US Marines headed back to their base and informed their commander they were getting out as planned. The Major was hoping he could save some of the 25 he was losing.
"Sergeant Major if you don't mind my asking what was your offer?" The Major asked.
"Sir, we get full room and board for our entire family plus two times our total pay including combat pay, rations, clothing, housing, the whole nine yards." Gunny said with a smile.
The Major whistled then said, "There is no way anyone I know of could come close to matching that. I heard a lot about that young buck and hear he is not someone to cross. I saw the memory of him killing a fucking 70 foot plus basilisk with a fucking sword of all things. Then he took down two of Voldemort's inner circle within an hour of the basilisk and disarmed Dumbledore."
"Yes Major, Harry calls Voldemort, Moldyshorts and shows him no respect what-so-ever. Did you hear about the six older students he took on?" Gunny asked with a smile.
The Gunny and Major talked awhile, then Gunny clicked his heels together, snapped a salute, did an about face and marched from the room. Gunny liked the Major but was tired of the political games played in the Marines. He did his 22 and it was time to move on. Both his wife and he had English families here and it was time to come home and meet the rest of his extended family. His wife was six years younger and now they could afford one or two children. Since she was a witch there was a high probability their children would be magical. Fortunately, unlike the muggles it was a short trip home for him and his team. When they reached the base, they submitted their paperwork to get out and go on leave until their separation date.
Gunny knew two almost honest gunrunners that he trusted, and that could get his team the best at reasonable prices. He contacted them and provided them with a list of what he wanted. The M82A1 .50 caliber sniper rifles with the computerized scopes magically hardened would be the most expensive. But with a ten round magazine and an ever-filling charm, they were nearly priceless. He contacted a friend in the Magical CIA that owed him a life debt and learned charms that let him duplicate ammunition. He also learned to magically and physically harden items so once the rife and scope were ranged they stayed that way until changed manually. He decided on black and dark gray fatigues as a uniform using their current stripes as rank indicators.
"Harry I received a letter from Gunny he has access to the weapons he needs and provided a list. He wants to know how we handle getting them into the United Kingdom." Tonks asked indicating she thought it would be a problem.
"I'll write him a letter. Her Majesty agrees that as an Earldom we have the right to both a magical and muggle security force. This gives me the right to arm them any way I see fit. I guess when I told Jackoff, errr… Karkaroff I mean, I was king of this hill I was right in more ways than I knew." Harry said with a small smile.
"I'll include it with my response. He says the team will meet us in Orlando 19 July. He did ask about uniforms for the Security people suggesting their combat fatigues but in black and dark grey. I think that may be a good idea so the students know who not to fuck with. They'll keep their old ranks and wear black stripes. He said and I quote: 'I will bring you some Lieutenant Colonel oak leaves I'm not working for no fucking captain or low ass major, been there done that won't do it again.' Don't be surprised if he comes up with you a uniform complete with general's stars. I think we need to be prepared to get our chains yanked and be ready to yank back. I get the impression the Mutt and Wolfie are in for a run for their money." Dora said with almost a feral smile that would make a goblin proud.
"Agreed, it's your section Dora. You handle it. And if he does what you think I'll wear it proudly but keep that to yourself." Harry said and looked at Dora in a way that indicated he meant for her to keep it to herself.
"Yes Chief."
Harry caused her to drop a piece of paper. When she bent over, she got a stinging hex to left ass cheek.
"Damn you Potter that wasn't necessary," She swung around quite pissed off.
"But Dora it was fun. You know I don't like called Chief," Harry smirked.
"Well I don't like called Dora but now you have everyone doing it," Dora almost screamed.
"Yes but your Mum said it was alright would you rather be called by your first name?" Harry and showed his sneer.
"Only if you want hexed," Dora stated but kept her wand pointed down.
They ragged each other for several minutes then went back to what they were doing. Hermione was shopping with Emma so it was just Harry and Dora in the suite when Sirius and Remus walked in.
"I swear Remus if I had known the state of that class I would have taught history," Sirius stated shaking his head.
"I can't believe Dumbledore let things get this bad, how is anyone getting OWLs and NEWTs?" Remus asked showing his irritation.
"It's simple Remus, they've dumb downed the tests to the point the ICW doesn't recognize the scores as valid. You might want to think about sponsoring a Defense club and use it to bring them up to par faster. If they volunteer they want to learn, and no club has homework but the need to learn something new before the next meeting so you don't embarrass yourself is motivation to learn." Harry suggested with a smile.
"The pup has a point Wolfie," Padfoot replied to Harry.
"I agree Mutt. And so you know I now agree Dumbledore was trying to destroy our world and build his own. I can't believe the shit or damage that old bastard did. I wonder if we'll ever find out how many people that he obliviated." Remus said and the wolf flashed for a moment.
"I doubt that Mooney. Have you guys heard the latest?" Harry asked to change the subject.
"No what this time pup," Sirius asked wondering what happened this time.
"When the last LeStrange went through the veil, which was Bellatrix, Frank and Alice became coherent and should be home tomorrow. The healers think she used a Black family curse that caused their memories to leave them unable to speak and shut down all but basic motor skills. It seems Alice was trying to pass Neville messages in gum wrappers but couldn't write or express herself any other way. Frank and Alice know everything that was said around them. Fortunately, for Neville he kept them up to date with what he was doing by talking to both of them and telling them, he loved them. They told Nev he kept them sane by sharing his life with them." Harry told the shocked Marauders who were friends with Frank and Alice.
"I hope they can help the boy's confidence," Sirius said.
"I agree, between his core being bound, the old bastard fucking with his memory, and everything else it's no wonder he has little confidence in himself. Did you guys hear that we hired a 25 man team to work for Dora and provide security?" Harry asked.
"Was that the team of US Marines she was talking about?" Remus asked back.
Harry replied with a huge smile. "Yes, some real hard asses in the group, led by Sergeant Major 'Gunny' Powers who will probably make Mad Eye look like a pussy. Their Major sent me his service record. It includes a Purple Heart, you have to get bloodied to get that one, he has two Silver Stars for valor. The Silver Star is two levels under their Medal of Honor, kind of equivalent to Order of Merlin Second Class. He's not a desk or paper pusher type guy and calls those REMFs, which stands for Rear Echelon Mother Fuckers. His attitude is pretty much, take no prisoners unless you need Intel, then get the most knowledgeable and leave the others for the carrion eaters to sort out. I've got ₲5 that says behind his desk he will put up a poster that reads: Yea tho I walk through the Valley of Death, I fear no evil, for I am the meanest mother fucker in the valley. I think that poster or something very similar."
"What will your poster show, two vultures with one saying to the other 'Patience my ass I wanna kill something'?" Sirius asked with a smile
"Thanks Mutt, I'll look for that one when we go to Orlando. I had Dobby pop me over just after Hermione and Emma left. I put in a portal so we can just step through," Harry said with a smile looking forward to vacation.
"Padfoot if I remember right the bungalow as James called it is about a mile or so from Magic Kingdom on a lake." Remus said having been there only once.
"You're right it's on the south side of Bay Lake with muggle repelling wards and looks like swamp, from what I saw it's too big to be a bungalow. Dora says ten of the guys are married or will be by the time they get to Florida. The others have decided to go with three to a room so we'll need 15 rooms, ten for a week and five for two nights. The single guys would rather go to Daytona Beach and look at the bikinis. Gunny told Dora to expect to hear some war stories about that, but to believe only about half of what is said." Sirius replied deciding they needed an updated map of the area.
"With you two, Dora, the Tonks, the Grangers, Hermione, and me that only leaves one bedroom at our place. Two of the team used to work at Disney and said it's too expensive for what you get when you usually only need a room for changing clothes and sleeping. They said to go cheap but clean and gave Gunny a list of out of the way places that cater to wizards. Harry said and spread out two new maps.
The rest of the term sped by as they settled into a routine. Mad Eye was still busy with trials and overseeing the Death Eaters being sent through the veil. The pure bloods were screaming bloody murder that their number was rapidly dwindling. Her Majesty heard one gripe too many and declared all magical being equal and threatened to disband the Wizengamot if they it didn't include elves, Goblins, centaurs, werewolves, and vampires in the assembly. She let those beings know that it was Harry and Hermione's idea for her to make the declaration.
Harry, Hermione, Dan, Emma, Ted, Andy, Dora, Sirius, and Remus headed west for the United States.
Orlando Florida
The group of nine arrived at Salem Institute of Magic, toured the facility. Harry's primary concern was how they got electricity to work around magic. Hermione kept Mount Harry from erupting when he found out that the United Kingdom didn't allow electrical devices to be imported. He was told that with proper wiring and shielding electricity was no problem. He fired off two letters to Pomona and Amelia stating he was wiring Hogwarts for electricity and importing electrical devices into his Earldoms, and the United Kingdom needed to pull its head out of its ass.
Harry contacted two magical contractors and asked them to go to Hogwarts and give him a bid for setting up the school with electricity. Then was told the best place to get the projection systems and other electronics he wanted was Singapore. They operated off the same type electricity where the Americans were a bit different. The group took a portal from Salem, to Singapore where Harry had a ten-bedroom bungalow. They did their shopping and shipped nearly ₲30,000 worth of equipment to Hogwarts. They had a great seafood dinner at Long Beach Seafood Centre on the East Coast Parkway. Then it was off to another bungalow in southern San Clemente on the beach. This one only had eight bedrooms.
Tonks used her notebook computer and emailed Gunny telling him where they were. An hour later he and his wife Anne arrived. At dinner Harry offered to have Dobby and Tinker move the Powers belongings into their Hogwarts suite.
Gunny and Anne merged seamlessly into the group. They were roasting hot dogs drinking beer or butterbeer when they found out Dan had been a Captain in the SAS and seen action in the Falklands. Gunny told Dan he had a half dozen 40 caliber automatic pistols and he and Emma could each have one if they wanted. When ask why not 9 millimeters Gunny said, "When I hit the bastard I want him to stay down. A 40 cal., I can charm to be recoilless but a 45 cal. will still kick up and usually to the right. With an extended magazine, I have fifteen rounds with a 45 I have seven. With a 9 millimeter, I have 17 but need two per man. The 40 caliber will take a laser sight the 45 will also but the first round you fire knocks the damn thing off center to who knows where."
"Well Deadeye do you want to try a 40 cal.?" Dan asked Emma with a smile.
"With no kick oh hell yes. And with a laser maybe even you can hit a silhouette in the upper body," Emma replied while almost bouncing.
"Deadeye? Mum what haven't you told me?" Hermione asked in her I want information now tone.
"Kitten, the second time your mother went to the range she put nine out of nine in the center of the bulls eye and the range office called her Deadeye and it stuck. Even dentists had to qualify once a year. I can use a pistol but I prefer a rifle except for not being patient enough I could have been a sniper," Dan told his shocked daughter.
"Dan I know the feeling they're a special breed, but I have two cases of the M82A1s with computerized scopes and the whole nine yards. It will throw a .50 caliber slug over 1800 meters and take out what it hits. A shot to the head of a giant and the giant is dead. Put four teams of six with those and add .50 caliber machine guns to each tower and you have awesome fire power at a long range." Gunny said almost as if he was looking forward to kicking some ass.
"We'll still have to take out Inferi, and the only way I know to do that is fire and a lot of it." Harry interjected.
"Ok so we'll need something like napalm or phosphorus and be able to launch it a fair distance. I'll have to think on that," Gunny stated with a smile.
"Padfoot have you talked to the twins about the grenades?" Harry asked looking at Sirius.
"Yes, you're thinking of us adding something like Gunny is talking about to the mixture." Remus said almost as a question.
"Actually Mooney I was thinking of putting it inside the balls and exploding it over the Inferi. If we can make the small ball duplicate and expand, we can catch a lot of them on fire at once. Kind of like that, cluster bomb we watched the other night on the military channel. If we put two riders to a broom and get up to about 500 feet then launch the balls we should be able to get more range than launching from a tower."
Sirius and Remus explained what they were talking about to Gunny, and Gunny loved the idea.
"Harry"
"Yes love"
"Anne is a potions mistress and has teaching experience. She also has her Masters in Herbology. She told me that five of the other wives were teachers through last May here. Two have Transfiguration Masteries, one has Charms, and another has a Potions/Herbology combined Mastery. The fifth has her Mastery in Defense. These are equivalent to PhD's in the muggle world. The other four are about half way to getting their masteries in Runes or Arithmancy. All they have left is the research and their thesis. Anne says Corporal Rogers is a parselmouth and can teach you to read and write it. Most spells in Parseltongue are more powerful and travel farther. Rogers is kind of like a wizard sniper." Hermione told him shocking Harry to his core.
"Ask them to get their CVs together and we'll send them to Pomona this could help her quite a bit." Harry said without hesitation.
"Karen, one of the ladies working with Runes, says the Apache Shaman's can cure Remus and teach him to cure others. She says they don't take money but do accept precious stones as gifts. She suggests two one-carat diamonds for the cure and teaching. Offer too much or too little and they'll be insulted." Hermione said while glancing at Remus.
"I'll talk to Remus, you find out about the CVs please," Harry said watching Hermione's bottom as she walked away in her skintight jeans. He tripped over his own feet and Gunny said, "Eyes front when you're walking is a good thing lad. Just between us I think you picked a winner."
"I couldn't agree more Gunny. To be honest I'm not sure who picked whom. She's both good to me, and for me and that's a hard combination to find and harder to beat," Harry replied with a large smile.
"Yes I found that with Anne. She keeps my life in the proper perspective and me from going off the deep end. We need to get this thing with Moldyshorts settled so we can get on with life and not have to look over our shoulder for that bastard," Gunny stated firmly but friendly at the same time.
"Our current Intel says he's in Albania trying to get strong enough to get back here. There's a ritual using the Bone of the father, Flesh of the servant, and Blood of the enemy that will restore him to a mortal body. His father's body lies in Little Hangleton near his old mansion. We will be alerted if the cemetery or mansion is entered by a wizard with or without his dark mark. Once we get back to Hogwarts, we'll take the team and find the best places to put snipers and to hide the strike team. We suspect him to go to the mansion first and make his final plans. I know he wants my blood, but might have used Dumbledore instead. The old bastard's death has probably given Moldyshorts more confidence than ever since his greatest competitor is gone," Harry replied.
"Chief it's good to work for a commander that listens to his Intel and doesn't put shit before a committee of people that are un-blooded in battle and can't make a fucking decision if they want black coffee or cream and sugar. I assume you'll be in the middle of it?" Gunny said with a smile.
"Hell yes, I want his wand for my collection. I hope it will be the last, but we both know it won't. Some shithead will hurt one of our team's families somehow, and we'll suit up for battle to show them the error of their way just before they meet their maker on the other side. As our families grow and get larger, the chance of one of them or their extended family being hurt increases, and the cycle starts again. I read somewhere, 'that without darkness there can be no light and without light, there can be no darkness. One ebbs and the other flows then the reverse happens just like ocean tides. To truly find peace, there must be balance.' That seems to make sense to me, and I believe it was Merlin, who first said it, but it could have been Artur Pendragon," Harry replied solemnly.
"Damn you're deep for one so young, but only your body is young isn't it. I have a feeling you have more experience than the rest of us combined," Gunny said gaining more respect for the young man.
"Gunny it's a family thing passed down from before Merlin. Unfortunately that's about all I can say about it except I have gifts from all four of the rings I wear. Hermione has gifts from her two and hers are different and the same all at once."
"Your children are going to be hell on wheels I think Harry."
"Well with uncles like the team, Padfoot, and Mooney, and aunts like Dora and others I expect you're right. They may be terrors but they damn sure won't be spoiled brats, Gunny."
"Brats I'll agree with, but they'll damn sure be spoiled. I can't imagine any child born into this group that would be otherwise at least to a point," Gunny stated and Harry agreed.
The next morning David Stonefeather took Harry and Remus to Northeastern Arizona. Harry left Remus and two diamonds with the Shaman and he and David met the others at the Bay Lake bungalow. Harry added two floors and twenty bedroom suites with full baths.
Hermione took Anne, Lisa, Karen, Carol, Ruth, Sharon, Jessica, Stacy, Mattie, and Cathy through the portal to meet with Pomona and the Headmistress hired the lot of them and sent Harry a kiss back via Hermione. Harry bought four dozen transformers to run American electrical equipment on mostly for the team. He bought a high dollar VHS to DVD recorder so he could get a lot of the nature series from the educational channel converted to DVD. Remus came back smiling and with an ICW certified blood test showing him free of Lycanthropy. He and Sirius got plastered and ended up in Bay Lake. They sort of sobered up when Gunny yelled, "Alligator!"
Remus made a pass at Dora and ended up back in the lake and her yelling, "I don't kiss fucking drunks. Where is that fucking Mutt, I'll shrink his pecker to nothing."
Sirius threw himself in the lake and did a sobering charm on both him and Remus. Everyone heard, "Damn it Remus I told you it was a mistake if you tried that shit. But nooo, the great thinker knows all. Well shithead we wasted all that good boozed for nothing. Now get your ragged ass up there and apologize to my cousin or I'll ask Hermione to hex your bits."
"Paddy you wouldn't," Remus said his voice trembling.
"You damn right I will, now move out shit for brains. The brains of the Marauders my aching ass," Sirius pouted like a spanked puppy.
Dora and the rest of them were laughing so hard she couldn't stay mad at Remus, but she could give him a hard time. The team of Marines looked at each other knowing they had made the right decision, and everyone would fit and all backs would be covered.
At 05:30 Gunny looked out of his bedroom window and watched as Harry swung a sword in each hand. He seemed to be dancing but making moves that had beauty and meaning while building his arms and upper body. Harry suddenly threw both swords up and they disappeared as he dropped and did 50 pushups. Then stood and held his hands up and the swords reappeared.
"Honey what are you doing it isn't even six?" His wife asked from their bed.
"Anne love come here and watch Harry," She padded to the window and watched Harry's graceful dance.
"How long has he been at that?" She asked quietly.
"Well I first saw him a 05:30 or a bit after. You're watching a warrior mage making peace with his ancestors. That young man is a force unto himself and his lady is almost 80 percent as powerful. His Minister of Magic said he's over a 1300 on the Merlin scale, I think she's off, more like 1500 and Hermione is about 1200. I've worked with a lot of different types in the last 20 years but I've never seen anything like him. Now let's make use of that nice bed," He said licking his lips.
"Gunny you sure have good ideas early in the morning," Anne cooed.
As the couple turned away, they missed seeing Harry smile. Harry had felt Gunny's eyes on him and his magic picked the Sergeant Major up in a heartbeat.
At breakfast Harry said, "Morning Tonksie I see you and Wolfie got to bed fairly early."
"Don't start that shit, chief I'm not in the mood," Dora growled.
"Remus not much of a kisser then?" Harry asked with a snigger,
"Harry, are you looking for a fight after your warm up? You're about to get one," Dora stated fiercely.
"Sorry Dora, wrong time of the month I'll play nice," Harry said with an irritating smile.
"Harry shut it now," Dora said pulling her wand, which came flying to Harry.
"Dora be nice, if you can't take it don't dish it out. Don't let your button get pushed or it could cost you or someone else their life in a fight. Ten deep breaths and tell little brother what's bothering big sister and I'll go kick someone's ass and make it all better," Harry said his tone changing to one of comfort.
"I'm alright now and I'll tell you later I promise with pudding on top. But you can kick Sirius' ass for me if you want." She replied.
Harry tossed her the wand and asked, "Why?"
"For getting him and Wolfie drunk," Dora replied.
"Going wolf hunting and bad cousin messed with wolfie and got him piss drunk and drunks smell bad and have bad breath and bad breath is not good for snogging, I got it. I'll go hit Sirius in the ass with a hard stinger," Harry said and disappeared.
"OWww shit, damn it Harry what was that for," Sirius yelled.
Mumbles
"You're shitting me. OWww damn pup stop it," Sirius was begging now.
"Alright I won't do it again, no you can't castrate Mooney, OW damn it Harry," Sirius yelled loud enough to wake up the second and third floors.
Harry appeared next to Dora and asked, "All better now sis?"
"Yes thanks. I imagine Remus will walk softly around you today. Was Sirius asleep?" she asked wanting a yes.
"No he was bending over putting on his boxers the first time, left cheek. The second time was the right cheek. The last time was faked." Harry said with a smile.
Hermione entered the dining room.
"Hermione your fiancé deserves lots of kisses, he was good to his big sister this morning and helped with her bad cousin," Tonks said and winked at Harry.
So Harry got rewarded about seven times. As the others came in, they asked if Harry killed Sirius.
"No Gunny, it was a wandless stinger. With a wand, my stinger is about the size of a pencil lead. With my hand it's about as big around as your thumb at its largest diameter." Harry said with a feral smile.
"Damn that had to hurt," Gunny said and laughed.
"It probably did but not as much as being thrown out of his bedroom window. Now he knows not to hurt my big sister's feelings. She threatened to turn Hermione loose on him so he actually got the better deal," Harry replied as Sirius entered the dining room.
"Yes I need someone to practice my hair penis charm on. It should now change color to match the surrounding hair and be even harder to find," Hermione told them giving Sirius a glare that made him shudder.
"Harry you're her Head of House you need to take her wand," Sirius told his godson,
"Nope, you're my godfather that's your duty you do it if you think it's that important. Just let me know when so I can watch you get your clock cleaned," Harry said with an evil grin.
"You're hanging around the M team too much," Sirius accused Harry.
"M team?" Harry asked with a frown.
"Yes M team, Marines duuh. Shit now I'm doing it," Sirius replied shaking his head.
"You know I kind of like that, Gunny did you get the uniforms?" Harry asked.
"Yes, good charm work by the way the lining is something I didn't recognize though." Gunny replied.
"That would be basilisk hide. It stops all minor curses and lessens all but the killing curse. I had Dora and Mad Eye hit me with a ~Crucio~ and was able to disarm them. I won't say it didn't hurt some but it didn't incapacitate me either," Harry stated.
"In other words Gunny it hurt like a bitch but he was able to fight through it. I was able to do the same but the little shit ducked my Expelliarmus and took me down," Remus said looking like death warmed over.
"Good morning Remus how's your head?" Harry asked with an evil grin.
"Hurts like hell. I called Dobby for a hangover potion and a headache potion and the little bugger disappeared and didn't come back with the potions. What is that all about?" Remus replied and looked for Dobby.
"Let's see, could it be someone got drunk then made an ass of himself, and tried to put the make on my big sister who happens to be my chief of security. Then after getting dunked in the lake instead of apologizing like a man, he proceeds to get pissed again and has to be carted off to bed. Said big sister cries on little brother's shoulder and little brother says he'll take care of it. Little brother tells big bad elves no potions for Wolfie. Big bad elves say 'Yes Master Lord Harry Potter sir' and disappear. Does that sound about right sis?" Harry said between laughs at Remus.
"Close but you didn't tell the part about me threatening to castrate him and hanging his little bits over my fire place," Dora replied with a giggle at the end.
"Dora I'm sorry. I usually am not like that, and hold my liquor better, forgive me please." Remus begged.
"I'll think on it, and let you know if and when I do. Perhaps Ron Rico 151 proof rum isn't your drink. And a bit of advice hurling on a woman's shoes then trying to kiss her doesn't make a good impression," Dora said sweetly.
"I didn't," Remus said and looked at the others with horror on his face.
"You bloody well did then slipped and pulled both of us down in it," Dora answered.
"Don't look at me I told you several times to just go to bed. But no you know best and said 'I've got it handled' you sure didn't handle it well, and I actually thought about letting her castrate you. But Harry saved your ragged ass, and threw us both in the alligator filled lake. But as furious as Dora was we stood a better chance with a 20 foot alligator than a pissed off witch." Sirius said while wondering if he could hold food down.
"Whose idea was the rum Padfoot? If I remember right I suggested a couple of shots of firewiskey." Remus asked while holding his head.
"How was I supposed to know you couldn't handle the rum? You've spent a hell of a lot more time in the muggle world than I have. I didn't get good room service in Azkaban, oh great brains of the Marauders. Lil's is laughing her ass off and James is howling while he rolls on the floor," Sirius replied with no emotion.
"There isn't even any aspirin in this place. Damn my head hurts," Remus complained.
"GOOD!" Several voices said as one.
"Remus we're all very happy you're cured but hopefully the celebration is over. It's just a suggestion, old man, but if you want to ask a lady out, you might want to do it while sober. You start small, ask her out to dinner and take her to a nice place. Then if you're comfortable ask her to go dancing, and limit yourself to no more than two drinks over a four-hour period. Puking on her shoes while slobbering on her, didn't seem to work that well. I may be young but I can see how that would be a turnoff," Harry paused for effect.
"I think Prongs must be ashamed of the last two Marauders. One plays the Azkaban card to keep from dating and the other has to get pissed to ask a beautiful young woman out. Well at least the son of Prongs may have caught his lady in a moment of weakness but he did manage to ask her properly. Today they are going to Magic Kingdom where he will spend the day doing what she wants to do. It will be just the two of us alone and most probably acting our age. Hermione do we really have to get old and act like theses two?" Harry asked sadness showing in his voice.
"Yes on the getting old and hell no on the acting like the decrepit old Marauders. I think we should act more like my Mum and Dad or Ted and Andy," She answered with a smile.
"Good point love, God I love smart women," Harry replied with a grin.
"Harry I hate to rain on your parade but you need an adult with you until you're sixteen." Dora said as if it was fact.
"Confundus charm Dora," Harry replied without hesitation.
"Security cameras can't be confunded Chief. And once inside we'll agree on a time and place to meet just like normal people and you two can be off while I look around at things I want to see," Dora shot back at her boss.
"Sounds like a plan. Maybe while we're gone Mutt and Wolfie can think about where they want their lives to go. They both got a second chance and I don't think they should waste it," Harry said giving the two old Marauders an evil grin.
"Come on ladies we can take one of the cars and get good parking, we have season passes that lets us in the theme parks a 08:00 instead of 10:00 and gets us a tour guide. You others have the same. Go to the VIP ticket window and ask for your guide and have fun, that's what we're here for, it gets serious when we go back to Hogwarts." Harry stated and the others agreed.
Tonks drove them to Magic Kingdom, in the magic enhanced cars that didn't take long. They had a great time and true to his word, he let Hermione dictate what they did. His shock for the day was the three trips through Space Mountain before it got too busy. They met back at the bungalow for dinner at 18:00 and compared notes. Most that went weren't impressed with Epcot. Dan and Emma said Epcot was all right but more for the education aspect than rides.
Hermione described Space Mountain and Emma was hooked so they would be going back to Magic Kingdom the next day. They went to Town Center for the fireworks and were told Magic Kingdom had the best fireworks display and the Polynesian Resort had the best view of them. Their waiter suggested making late dinner reservations for outside dining. They decided later the food at the Polynesian wasn't anything special but the view of the fireworks was spectacular. The rest of the team had joined them and there were two new wives. Rick Rogers was married to a dark haired beauty named Marie, and Jones married a blonde named Vicky, both ladies were writing their thesis in world history.
On 25 July, they stepped through the portal into Gryffindor suite's common room.
End chapter 11
Minor change 24 Aug 2015 - SFC CopperHead a.k.a. Snake