A/N: Someone asked why didn't Voldemort get Stone in canon by smashing the mirror, I sort of think that if there was ever a wizard who didn't understand LOGIC, it would be him. He was beaten by Harry as a baby, then again in the First year, the second year, and then he escaped him in the fourth year. That says you go set up your society elsewhere, not in the same area as the BOY who defeated you that many times. THIS IS THE FINAL CHAPTER FIRST YEAR, the surprises aren't done yet.


One Appointment We All Must Keep

Chapter Eleven

Amelia Bones looked at Minerva McGonagall and shaking her head asked: "He sent his own Phoenix to kidnap Harry Potter in the Great Hall and thought that no one would notice?"

McGonagall admitted, "He keeps insisting that Quirrell was Voldemort, that it wasn't possible that the man wanted the Stone for another reason, like maybe that it can turn iron into gold."

"That's another thing, he does recall that this is a school, correct?" She asked, furious with the old man who had endangered the students. "That keeping something that rare and valuable might attract the wrong kind of attention to someplace with almost three hundred students in it?"

"Honestly, Amelia, I don't know what he is thinking anymore. Have you read about this betrothal to the former Molly Prewett? Did you hear how that came about?" She asked.

With a slow smile, Amelia said "That was the not so unfortunate side effect of another one of his rather intricate plans regarding Harry Potter. I just don't get why he is so obsessed with the boy. There was his sending the boy to live with those barely subhuman relatives, then how he dared remove Potter heirlooms from his Goblin protected vaults, to this latest incident."

Taking a deep breath and hoping she was doing the right thing, Minerva said "I haven't told anyone this, but I am beginning to wonder about James and Lily's deaths, Amelia. Especially now that we know it was Peter who was the death eater and that Albus was the one who created the ward."

"Sirius Black and I have spoken on the subject and we agree that the best way to prove that is finding Peter. He recalls that it was originally Albus that created the doubt regarding Remus Lupin. Of course with his being a werewolf that didn't help but there was a whisper campaign." Amelia admitted.

"I saw that he already has had that nasty bit of legislation repealed regarding British born werewolves. It's about time that the younger generation starting making their wills felt on the Wizengamot, new blood will clear away the old prejudices, I hope." Minerva stated. "My guess is that he wants to bring Remus home where he belongs."

"Yes, I did some private snooping and sent out inquiries. Right now, Remus is in America. He made it that far using non-magical means and is working his way to the East Coast of that country." Amelia told her. "Speaking of that particular group, had you been aware of their attempts at animagus transfiguration?"

Shaking her head no, but wearing a proud smile, Minerva told her "No, but I have to admit that in James Potter's case, I am not surprised. He was brilliant in my class and his son is even better already in the first year. I am so looking forward to watching him mature."

"Susan seems to find him pretty interesting as well," Amelia stated.

"Oh, I hope that is strictly as a friend. Unless I am going as balmy as the old bastard, another Potter has already met his mate at Hogwarts." She said with a chuckle. "Unlike his father though, he already has the luck and maturity to be friends with her."

Spending some time reminiscing, Amelia looked at the clock and said "My aurors will be arriving in ten minutes. I still can't believe I am arresting the Headmaster of Hogwarts for kidnapping."

"One thing, Amelia." Minerva cautioned. "Let him stay in a cell for a few days after removing all of his wands. Those lemon drops of his, I think that he uses a potion on them that might affect giving him veritiaserum."


Harry finished his last question on his Charms final and dropped his quill and sat back to take a deep breath. While his exams had gone much better and he was sure his grades would reflect that, they were still a lot of work. Looking over at Hermione revising yet again, he stood and went to hand in his charms test.

When Professor Flitwick dismissed him, Harry nodded at Hermione and went outside to head to the Great Hall. Seeing Draco and Terry Boot, he asked: "What are you two doing in the corridor?"

"Waiting for you. What took you so long?" Draco said. "You have got to see this. About half of an auror squad just walked out of here with the Headmaster's pet Phoenix in a magic suppression cage."

Arriving at the front hall, they watched wide-eyed as once again the Headmaster was in a confrontation with someone while his back was to the three students on the stairs. This time it looked as if he was facing the rest of the auror squad including Hestia Jones and he was almost sure the man next to her had been in the Order too in the last life.

When Harry saw him acknowledging the old man and seem to tense up, he silently whispered a wandless summoning charm almost sure it wouldn't work, then to his shock, the Elder Wand came flying his way. He saw the Headmaster tense up then turn to look at Harry with an expression of horror on his face and seem to pull another wand out of his pocket.

Pretending shock at having the old man's wand, Harry watched as Amelia and two other aurors all stunned the man. When he fell forward, the DMLE head summoned two more wants, a portkey and what looked like a ton of lint-covered lemon drops.

Amelia looked up curious as to who was powerful enough to remove the wand of the greatest current living wizard(even if he was nuttier than the pecan pie at the Leaky Cauldron) only to see three first-year students. Draco Black, Harry Potter and one she didn't know. "Which of you took his wand?"

Raising his hand and gulping, Harry didn't have to pretend to be scared because he hadn't expected that to work. "I have it, but I don't know how."

Coming down the stairs, Harry looked at her and said: "I just remember thinking that he looked like he was about to send a curse and then it was in my hand."

"May I see your wand, Harry?" She asked politely.

Harry pulled it out of his wand sheath and handed it to the Head of the Auror squad. When she did the priori incantuam charm, they all saw he had last used it to turn a toothpick into a needle in transfiguration. "That was for my test in class."

"It's fine, Harry." She said returning the wand to him and holding out her hand for the Headmaster's wand. When he handed it over, to her shock, it jumped out of her hand to his. Another attempt had her looking oddly at Harry then at the wand. "That's strange. It's almost as if the wand belongs to you."

"Auror Bones, the Goblins did say that he removed a lot of my parent's items from the vaults. Maybe this wand was one of them?" Harry asked. "It might be why it won't let me hand it over and why I was able to claim it."

"It is a possibility. I saw the list of items, Harry. It was very long and they did state that there were several missing items including a Goblin-made sword." She replied with a sigh.

As they were speaking, the Headmaster was discreetly woken up by Hestia Jones but before she could help him escape Kingsley Shacklebolt latched on the magical suppression cuffs not that he need bother. Albus was determined to get to Harry and if he required a trial in front of the Wizengamot then he would go in front of the Wizengamot.


When Neville arrived in the Great Hall, he sat down next to the boys who were seated at the Ravenclaw table, asked where Hermione was then quickly asked the next question. "Did the Headmaster really get arrested and did they take his phoenix with him?"

"Yes, yes and Hermione already went to the library," Harry said with a shake of his head. All they had left was their defense against the dark art's final which he was prepared for and so was she but Hermione was being Hermione and Harry at least this version of Harry understood that this was her routine and that it made her feel comfortable before a test to study this insanely.

He would go drag her to the common room that evening, but for now, he would let her be. He was hoping that by next year he might have been able to reassure her that she was just as much a brilliant witch as she was a student and that she might learn to relax a bit.

"So what are your summer plans?" Terry was asking. "I can't wait to get home. My parents are taking us on a trip. It's a surprise but it's the first time that my dad has been able to get away during the summer. Normally he is stuck in town with Wizengamot business but since the Headmaster was removed from his position they were able to hold their meetings this spring so he can get away."

"I am going to be designing and building a greenhouse for exotic medicinal plants," Neville said proudly. "Hermione promised to show me the muggle ones that have those properties and I am doing an extra credit study for Professor Sprout."

Terry and Neville soon began a more detailed discussion and Draco asked Harry "Are you ready for this summer?"

"Yes." He said wearing a grin. "Even shopping with your mom doesn't sound that bad compared to my usual summer."

"I heard that we are going to be neighbors in London." Draco looked around to make sure that no one heard then quietly said "I have never been there. I don't know that I will like living in a muggle city."

"It's fine Draco. We will have Hermione to show us around and I think my godfather spent some time there with my parents and Neville's parents." He said. "Sirius said my first day, however, I have an appointment with a healer."

"I have to have one final official meeting signing paperwork regarding my soon to be ex-father," Draco said softly. "It is not going to be a lot of fun. Mom said that he is already looking for a new wife."


Ron Weasley looked around the Great Hall and saw his brothers waiting for him in the entrance with his eldest brother Bill. "What is it?"

In the small anteroom, Bill looked around then suggested that they take a seat. "Dad is sending Ginny to Aunt Muriel's until almost the end of summer. Percy, dad said that you offered to watch the twins, is that correct?" Bill asked anxiously.

"Yes. It is fine." Percy replied. "They are pretty much capable of watching themselves."

"Ron, you are another story. I can't take you to Egypt with me, dad and I discussed what to do with you." Bill said looking worriedly at his youngest brother and the one most dependent on their mother.

"Why can't I stay at the Burrow like usual?" He asked.

"Ron, who is going to cook meals for you?" Percy asked.

When the boy went to say his mom, it hit him just what his mother no longer being there meant. "Bloody hell."

"Exactly," Percy said in a knowing tone, he knew how much his brother loved eating. "There is also your laundry and everything else that mom did for you."

"What is going to happen to me?" He asked in a small voice.

"Two options," Bill said. "I am going to be home the last two weeks of summer to get all of you kids ready to return to Hogwarts. Charlie is going to take his two weeks just before that to be home. That leaves a month where we have to find some supervision for you."

"Why can't Percy watch me?" He asked.

"Percy and the twins have agreed to help out around the house with the chores that Mom did, but adding babysitting to the mix isn't fair," Bill stated.

Seeing Ron about to protest, he said "You are twelve, you need supervision and it can't be these three. Dad can't afford to take time off work to do that especially now. So you can either go stay with Charlie for the entire four weeks but no protests, no getting in trouble and getting your homework done as well as helping out there or you go to Aunt Muriel's with Ginny."

"No way, no way am I going there." Ron protested. "It's not fair, why can't I stay at home?"

"Ron, why not go visit Charlie?" Percy asked.

Ron looked at him and said "Didn't you hear mom when she came home from the dragon camp. It's noisy and I need my sleep. The food is restricted and Ginny complained that she couldn't go outside the entire time she was there."

"So I guess that means you are choosing Aunt Muriel's?" Bill asked.

Ron looked at him and said, "I want to go see Mom."

"Ron, that is no longer an option." Bill scolded. "Besides, do you know where Mom is?"

Shrugging his shoulders no, he said: "How bad could it be?"

"She is working as a barmaid for the Headmaster's brother, Ron." He stated and saw the look of horror on his brother's face. "Still want to go stay with her?"

Shaking his head no, Ron mumbled that he would go stay with Charlie and dragging his trunk along the ground went to the door and down to his common room. Sitting in there, listening to his classmates discussing their summer plans, he pouted, knowing that he was going to HATE his summer.


Harry and Hermione were walking towards the Leaving Feast when he heard Hagrid calling out his name. Holding onto Hermione, he walked over to the large man, grinned and asked: "What will you be doing this summer Hagrid?"

Leaning forward he whispered, "I am going to visit an old friend in Romania."

Smiling at Harry, he asked, "Did you have a good year, Harry?"

"Yes, I made some friends, learned to do magic and freed my godfather so that I don't have to go back to the Dursleys. I would say it was a pretty good year, Hagrid."

Waving to the man when he saw the way Professor McGonagall was getting ready to stand, Hermione and he sat with the other first years, Lavender and the Patil sisters were gossiping about someone third-year boy and Dean and Seamus who were discussing football with an uninterested Neville.

Looking around the room adorned in Ravenclaw colors, he grinned as he recalled that last time it had been Slytherin colors that changed to Gryffindor due to the points they had been awarded late.

Sudden it hit Harry just how mean-spirited that had been of the Headmaster. He might not have been a fan of Slytherin in either life that he remembered but he couldn't help wondering how much of the rivalry between them had been created by that moment. Especially since now he knew that it all had been a set up to see what he would do.

As they ate, he looked up at the Head table and the empty false gold throne and Harry knew that Albus Dumbledore was still a threat but one that was slowly being neutralized.


In London, an Unspeakable knocked on the door and entered Amelia Bones office. "It is extraordinary."

Lifting her head from where she had been doing paperwork, she asked: "What is?"

"How that man is even functioning." Replied the man in the cloak. Tossing down the report, he said: "Those lemon drops, have you ever seen him offer them to anyone?"

"Almost every single person who enters his office." She said in a droll tone, not getting what the issue was. Albus Dumbledore had been chewing lemon drops while her mother was a student.

"Merlin." The man said in shock. "Hopefully they all refused them. Each drop is almost pure cheering and calming potion. I am afraid that we need to send Albus to the long-term ward at St. Mungos, Amelia. They are going to have to wean him off them. He quite literary might not be able to function without this potion in his body."

Reading the report, she looked at the man and said: "I would have thought that giving these to others is illegal."

"It is, which adds yet another series of charges to his very long list. Regarding the phoenix, as well. Its natural bond is to Hogwarts and the Headmaster subverted it to him. We freed the bird of his hold but he quickly molted. I am going to keep it here for the summer, make sure that the hold isn't reoccurring when the bird revives."

"I will send a note to the Hogwarts board and McGonagall, though the board has already stripped him of most of his powers there." She replied with a sigh as she realized what a wreck the man was.

Looking thoughtfully at the Unspeakable, she added "You know, Minerva suggested that his obsession with the Potter boy was the result of his wanting one last hurrah before his lifespan ends. I am beginning to agree with her."

"There is the false prophecy to consider as well." The Unspeakable added. Seeing her look up at him, he said "When it is a true prophecy it arrives via magic. I ran all records regarding Albus Dumbledore from about around Harry Potter's birth until now. I found that he brought Rookwood a prophecy already encased in a ball. If it had been anyone other than him it would have been rejected."

Amelia watched the Unspeakable leave then after a few moments wrote a note to Sirius Black and waited for him to arrive. When the man showed up just before lunch, she filled him in.

"The prophecy was carried into the room by Albus himself?" He asked, furious as he recalled that this was the reason that James and Lily had died and that Alice and Frank were merely bodies. He had already heard from Harry regarding the maze at the school and he was finding it difficult to wait to see his godson the next day.

"I am afraid so. I was thinking that at some point this month, you could bring Harry in and we could listen to it. I am sure that is something Dumbledore is keeping in his back pocket for when it would have the biggest effect. I think he intends to use it when they finally wean him off his drops."

"Those candies he is addicted to?" He asked surprised.

"Yes, turns out they are full of potions." She said. "So addicted is definitely the right word."

Groaning, he said, "I always thought so, he offered me one and I palmed it to have tested but with everything else going on, I just put it in stasis and forgot about it."

"Would you be willing to have my people test it?" She asked.

"I will have one of the house elves bring it to you." He stated. "I am taking Harry to see a healer who specializes in working with young witches and wizards who were abused. I will have another report for you soon. I understand that the Dursleys are still incarcerated."

"Yes, which brings up the issue of their son. Dudley Dursley's school year ends tomorrow just like Harry's. I have located a sister on the father's side and he is being shipped to her but you might want to pay a visit." She stated.

"I already did and let me just say that it is the perfect spot for the boy," Sirius said coldly. "Amelia, Andi mentioned her daughter Dora is one of your auror trainees. How is she doing?"

Amelia sat back in her chair and looked at Sirius. "The school work and the spells, magnificently. Her instructors rave about her. Are you aware of her abilities?"

"Yes, Andi mentioned it, I am sure that comes in handy as a way to disguise herself when necessary." He said recalling all the trouble he had had when he had been a trainee.

"That is the good news, unfortunately, Trainee Tonks is also the most clumsy human being I have ever met," Amelia said with a shake of her head. "She has unfortunately been the cause of most of her classmates spending time in the infirmary at least once and every single one of her field instructors more than that. Kingsley Shacklebolt who is her mentor, however, has stayed safe only by Merlin's grace. The thing is, she is absolutely intuitive when it comes to reading people or she would have been shuffled off to a desk job in the services."


Harry was packed and the house elves had brought his trunk to the carriages as he waited for Hermione who was speaking to Professor Vector about her own summer project. She enthusiastically thanked her Professor and came over to join Harry. "Where's Hedwig?"

"I let her fly to my new home with Sirius." He said as he walked with Hermione to get into a carriage. Looking back at the castle, he saw the doors closing and then as they drew down towards Hogsmead and the Express that was to take them home.

Loading the trunks onto the train, Harry and Hermione joined Neville and Draco in a compartment. "So, one year down."

"Harry you make it seem like you are counting the days already to graduating," Neville said as he settled down in his seat and pulled out his note to remember where he was supposed to pick up the plants for his new greenhouse.

"I am, in a way." He said. The four felt the train beginning to pull out of the station and soon their classmates began to walk up and down the train corridors to say goodbye to their friends for the summer.

"Hey." George and Fred Weasley entered the compartment. "We just wanted to say..."

"That we know you weren't responsible for what is going on with our mom." The second twin replied.

"I am sorry guys for your sake," Harry said, he did feel guilty but at the same time, he knew that there was nothing he could do to fix things for them as he winced knowing the elder wand was in his trunk stuck in a pair of old socks.

"It's fine, Harry. We can't believe that Mom thought she would get away with this. Its rather clear that Dumbledore is getting a bit balmy." George said.

"How is your family doing?" Neville asked.

"Ginny is staying with our Great Aunt until Charlie and Bill come home in August. Ron is going to stay with Charlie in Romania," Fred replied. "Percy and the two of us are going to help dad at home. Ron wanted to stay but he never was responsible for his own laundry or anything."

Heading out, the twins stopped to speak to their friends and to gather Ron as they got closer to London. Ron had been sitting with some of his fellow Hufflepuffs. He wasn't happy about going to Romania but as he told the twins, "At least it's got to be better than Aunt Muriel's place."


As the parents began to gather in the station for the waiting students, Sirius saw Narcissa looking over at Arthur Weasley. "What is it?"

"I just feel for the man." She said. "We all knew what Molly was up to in school, she openly bragged about it, yet no one did anything. I was only a third year when she got together with Arthur but she was pretty desperate for a husband."

Seeing his confusion, she said, "The Prewetts only sent her to school to marry her off and it was her seventh year and she had offended most of the guys with her attitude."

After a moment she admitted "I also was dealing with my parents disowning Andi and not knowing what to do. My favorite sister was no longer around and I had no one else to talk to then there was the sudden betrothal with Lucius who was a sixth-year student at the time."

"You're free, Cissa. You can spend all the time you want with Andi." He gently said. "You have a new future."

"I do, don't I?" She said with a smile that faded a bit when she saw Arthur and then she noticed the almost more natural smile than she had seen in a long time on the man's face. Looking around, she saw the obvious muggle couple nearby who seemed to be looking at Sirius then speaking quietly to one another. "I think you have admirers."

Looking over, Sirius moved towards the couple and greeted the Grangers. "I was hoping you would arrive early."

"Emma couldn't wait to see our daughter," Dan said easily. Looking at the others gathered he asked: "I was hoping to speak to you about your plans for this summer for the children."

"I am going to leave the field trips to them," Sirius admitted. "I will be going along and when I can't my two cousins, Narcissa and Andromeda have agreed to supervise them."

"We just wanted to offer to do some of the supervising ourselves," Dan said with a chuckle. "I have been so happy to hear that Hermione has friends. She had such a rough time in primary school."

"Oddly enough, I think that is one of the things bonding these four. Harry's upbringing with his mother's sister was horrific at best, Neville lost his parents to the same terrorist group and his grandmother while she loves him, I think when she looked at him, she sees his father. Then there is Draco."

Stopping speaking for a moment, Sirius continued "Draco's father is not a particularly nice person who only married his mother to get access to her dowry. He agreed to end the marriage but only if he was freed from Draco inheriting his rather extensive estate."

Shaking his head, Dan didn't know what to say to that but Sirius kept talking. "I spent some time at Hogwarts with the four of them and they seem to have found in the others something they all need."

"I look forward to seeing them all together even though I am not too happy that we won't get to see any of these new skills our daughter had acquired," Dan replied.

"Something might be able to be arranged," Sirius said with a smirk. "There are ways around the age restriction rule."

"We don't want to get Hermione in trouble," Emma stated with a worried expression on her face that looked so familiar to the one that her daughter wore when worrying about tests.

"There are ways around it, I wouldn't suggest if I was worried they might be in trouble," Sirius said. Then looking at how the two of them were dressed, he had a brilliant idea. "In truth, your help would be very appreciated because my cousins and I are all purebloods and don't spend much time in the muggle or non-magical world. My cousin Andi lives in a muggle area with her husband but she is rather busy with her job. "

"So that happens?" Dan asked. Seeing Sirius' confusion, he said: "Marrying muggles, I was worried."

"Yes, it happens, just like muggleborns like your daughter marrying wizards." He said with a grin. "In fact, the last witch I meet as smart as your daughter was a muggle-born witch who married a pureblood wizard."

"Really? Would it be possible to meet her? We just have so many questions that the woman from that school tried to answer but I felt like she had no real understanding of our world." Emma replied.

"I wish I could but Lily died ten years ago. Harry is her son." Sirius said his smile fading a bit then gathering his emotions, looked at them and said: "I am trying to make some changes, they are slowly moving forward but I am hopeful that we will soon have a better system in place than the one we have had without change for so long."

"Sirius."

Turning, Sirius saw Lucius standing on the platform and looking at Narcissa suggested that she stay with the Grangers. Approaching the blond, he asked, "What are you doing here?"

With a cold expression on his face as he stared at the man who had taken everything he had ever wanted except his money away from him, Lucius replied: "I am not here by my choice."

"Then why are you here?" He asked forcefully.

Looking down his nose at the pureblood who deigned to mix with muggles, Lucius said "Andorra Nott is waiting for her brother. I am escorting her to her family home."

Shaking his head, Sirius looked at the man who was forty if he was a day then at the young twenty-something sneering at him and said "Let me guess, biddable and trainable along with fertile. You truly are a disgusting piece of worthless dragon dung, Lucius."

Emma saw the rather elegant woman standing in front of her not saying a word but trembling in fear and said: "It will be fine."

The woman looked at her and Emma repeated her earlier statement. "I get the feeling that that young man doesn't suffer fools gladly."

Narcissa looked at Sirius then at the muggle and admitted: "You have no idea how dangerous Lucius can be."

"Maybe not, but one thing I do know, men like that, they pick on the weak because they are trembling in their shorts at the thought of someone of their own strengths standing up and challenging them," Emma said quietly. "They are simply of no consequence to anyone except those who fear them or who need them for their own purposes."

"It's fine," Sirius said returning then looking at Narcissa nodded towards the Nott girl wearing the Malfoy betrothal rings.

Narcissa saw them on the young woman's finger and then looking at Sirius smiled widely. "You told me I was free, but this, this is proof, it's over. I almost pity that young girl. He will have her pregnant as soon as the wedding is over, and then will control her life for the rest of his."

The Hogwarts Express steamed into the platform and the excited but tired students began to disembark from the train, some pushing ahead, others helping younger brothers and sisters. All filling their parents in on the astounding first-hand news about the end of the year shenanigans of the Headmaster.

The four standing there watching for their own charges, saw them finally getting off as the train station emptied out. They saw Longbottom first and then the other three. As they said goodbye to their remaining classmates, the adults stood there eager to greet them but understanding the need to say goodbye.

They heard Neville calling out to his grandmother, with Susan Bones standing next to him apparently wanting to ask the Longbottom matriarch something important. Sirius watched as the boys shook hands and Hermione hugged him, amused to see Neville blushing a bit when Hermione pressed a kiss to his cheek then dragging her own trunk came running towards her parents followed by one platinum blond and a boy with very messy black hair pulling their own trunks.

When they had been hugged by their charges, Sirius took a step back and said: "Why was Hermione dragging her own trunk?"

Laughing, Draco said, "She refuses to let Harry or I near it because we threatened to steal her books until she promised not obsess over homework for the summer after she admitted already having everything except her new DADA textbook for next year."

"Honestly, do you really think I believed you would take them?" Hermione said her hands on her hips as she looked at the duo. "It was Harry's idea to order them."

"No, I suggested we go pick them up next week, not to get them before the end of the school year was even over." He teased her and the adults saw the smile on their faces and how they hugged each other. "Two weeks, Hermione. Two simple weeks to recharge our brains. I don't know about you but I think we might have wasted our money. You heard the rumors that we might have all different teachers next year."

"Oh, do you think we might get a new History teacher, one that isn't a ghost?" She asked hopefully to the amusement of her friends.

"Oh, I think we might be able to do something about that," Sirius said from behind her. "Now, what do all of you say to having one last meal together before this very busy weekend?"

Dan and Emma were agreeable and when Harry and Hermione got a mischievous look on their faces, Sirius looked at them and said: "What are you two up to?"

"Well, Draco is going to be taking muggle lessons this summer. I think we should start right now." Harry replied.

"Fish, Burgers, Pizza, Italian, Chinese?" Hermione asked Harry.

Shrugging, Harry said "You pick. You know better than me."

"Hermione, if this young man has never had muggle food, why not choose a Buffet so he finds out what he likes and doesn't like?" Her mother gently suggested when she saw the bewildered expression on the blond's face.

"I have a better idea. Trust me, I remember my first time eating pizza with Lily and the gang. It was very unforgettable," Sirius said looking at Harry and smiling. "How about all of you head to the flat we are staying in and I will call to arrange pizza be delivered?"

"Food can be delivered to a magical household?" Dan asked surprised at that news considering how much the woman who had told them about Hermione's abilities stressed the Secrecy act.

"Yes, well maybe not normally, but we live in a building with both muggle and magical tenants," Sirius said with a smile at the couple. "Harry, you have the address written down right?"

Nodding, he asked, "Do you want to me to ride with the Grangers?"

"If they don't mind." He asked and was quickly told yes. Draco wanted to go with his friends but his mother said quietly. "Maybe next time. Your father is here and for now, I would rather just take you home."

With that, the woman suggested that Sirius grab Harry's trunk then apparated out with Draco and his. Then one minute later came back without her son and said "That was rude of me. It was nice to me you and I will see you when you arrive at the apartment."

With that, she left again and Harry offered to help Mr. Granger with Hermione's trunk as they walked through the barrier and went to the Granger's car. When the trunk was in the boot of rental Ford Mondeo, Hermione looked at her dad and then at the rental car and asked resigned. "Again, dad?"

Seeing Harry looking at them in confusion, Mrs. Granger said: "My husband had a very bad habit of forgetting to put the emergency brake on our car and our office parking lot is hilly."

Getting it, Harry looked at the man and said: "Does it hit other cars?"

"No, I only wished that was the case. It has to be retrieved from the Thames River this time." He sheepishly admitted to the giggling of his wife and daughter. "How about helping me out with this address we are going to so they will stop laughing at me."

With a smile he read the address and heard a mild oath, looking up he said: "Is something wrong?"

"May I see that paper, Harry?" Emma asked and when he handed it over, she read the address. "Dan, it's what is written. 2 Carlton House Terrace, London."

"If it helps, Sirius said it was near someplace called St. James Park, he was hoping that Draco and I could play there this summer." Harry offered and noticing the strange looks was disappointed. "Oh, is something wrong?"

"No, no, it's just, well that is right near Buckingham Palace, Harry," Emma said weakly.

"Oh, then it is the right place," Harry said with a smile. "I heard Professor Flitwick teasing Professor McGonagall about war being declared as the result of Sirius dropping over unexpectedly to have tea with the Queen."

Driving the fifteen-minute drive through the fairly light traffic, Dan tried to wrap his mind around the address that Harry had given to him. He and his wife were well off enough to not worry about affording a public boarding school and vacations where they wanted, but those who normally lived addresses like the one the young man had given to him, generally didn't have to work at all.

"There is Sirius." Harry pointed out as they drove down the street with the large limestone and marble estates.

Sirius directed them to the underground parking garage then went inside and apparated below to meet them. "I see you found it with no problem."

Nodding, Dan looked over at the fairly empty spaces except for an old but well-conditioned motorcycle and said "Yes. I have to admit the address was a bit of a surprise."

Walking with the men walked to the lift, with Harry and Hermione telling her mom about Neville, Dan could almost forget the shock of the building.

"I wanted a place that the boys could be near each other, that had water and a park nearby," Sirius said. "So I looked at the various pieces of real estate I owned and that Harry owns from his parents and felt that London would be a good idea for the summer at least. The only other house here in town belonged to my parents and I wouldn't send my worst enemy to live there."

Harry who heard that comment recalled what Sirius had written him regarding the goblin's inspection and said: "Did you deal with Kreacher?"

"I didn't have to," Sirius said as they took the lift up to the fourth floor. "He took one look at me and went to join his ancestors after giving me a package from my late brother."

"What is a Kreacher?" Emma was asking as they got off the lift and walked down the carpet lined hallway to two doors, one green and the other red. "How festive."

"Not really, one is the Slytherin colors, the other is Gryffindor," Sirius said opening the door and inviting them inside. "We are staying here while Narcissa wraps up supervising the decorating of both of our places, one floor up."

"Isn't this the top floor?" Emma asked confused as they entered the three bedroom flat with the dark red and gold decorations that had her eyes watering at the brightness of the colors. There were no pictures on the walls or objects sitting around except for two brooms that were hanging on the wall and a photo album on the coffee table, but to her joy, there were books, a lot of books on shelves that reached the tall ceilings.

"No, the fifth floor has two flats, both magical and unplottable, meaning they are unseen by most people," Sirius said then opening the floo, called over to tell Draco and his mother to come over. When they used the floo instead of the door, he looked at Narcissa who shook her head and admitted she forgot.

"Forgot?"

"We are right next door," Draco said with a roll of his eyes at his moms' expense. He couldn't help being fresh, she had been hugging all over him since the minute she had returned to the flat and been all motherly to his embarrassment."So where is this food that has Hermione all excited?"

"It will be delivered in about ten minutes," Sirius said with a smug smile. Looking at the others, he said "It was the first time I used a pay phone since Lily showed us. I was so proud of myself for remembering how to do it."

Pulling out his portable, Dan said: "Can you use something like this in the magical community?"

"What is it?" Sirius asked as he turned the black rectangle object with the tall wire thing sticking out and sat down on a chair at the dining room table to take a closer look while the women sat on the sofa and watched.

"It's a cell phone. It's just a phone you can carry around with you." He replied.

"Really?" Sirius asked and began to ask questions of the man.

Emma warned the others "My husband is obsessed with that thing. They will be talking for hours if we don't stop them."

"May I ask, what is that?" Narcissa asked confused as she looked at the two children who seemed to know more than she did.

Harry saw Draco recalling their earlier discussing and staring at the small square phone so he said: "It's like a portable floo which only allows you to talk to someone anywhere in the world."

"Muggles can do that?" Draco asked thinking they were pranking him back in school and still not really believing them that anything that small could do that.

"Yes, they have them on the corner all over town. They are these red boxes and you put in money and dial the number of the person you want to talk to." Hermione said. "We also have them in our houses and some people have them in their cars. It is only recently that we are able to carry them around."

Narcissa was astounded as she moved over to where Sirius was watching the muggle man show him how to call someone. When she heard the sound of a voice on the other end, she looked at him and said "That is the most incredible thing I have ever seen. How do you know what number to call?"

Dan hung up on the operator and said "I have a list I keep in my pocket. We also have huge books that list everyone's number by their names."

There was a buzz and Sirius knew it was the pizza so he called down and told the doorman to send the delivery boy up. Paying him with muggle money, he watched as Narcissa casually showed the Grangers how to set the table with magic, he was sure it was more about regaining her equilibrium than anything else because he had never seen her set a table in her life.

Draco looked at the four different styles of pizza on four different styles of bread and took one of each. He had seen Harry reach for the one called Hawaiian and Hermione go for something called meat lovers, but he wanted to try each of them.

Surprised to see he was to pick them up to eat, he watched the others and did as they did while his mother used a fork and knife, unable to go against her upbringing and do as they had done.

Five minutes later when Dan gagged at the taste of pumpkin juice, he was offered one of the sodas that Sirius kept in the fridge. "Just don't let Cissa see you with it, she is convinced it will rot my teeth."

"She's right," Dan said with a chuckle as he drank the offered beverage and watched as the two boys ate pizza and talked with his daughter. As he listened to Hermione teasing them both about how much they had liked the pie, he heard the blond boy agreeing and asking if all muggle food was served like that.

"No," Hermione said laughing. "Most food is the same between our world and the magical world, Draco. It's just that pizza is more recent than what they learn in Muggle studies so most purebloods have never had it."

"Wait until you try the burger and fries, and tacos, and..." Harry raved.

"Your mother would have a fit if that was all I fed you, Harry." Sirius cautioned. "She was always giving us a hard time about eating what she called junk food."

With a grin, Harry said, "No one wants to eat it all the time, Sirius, but it is good for a treat."

"So what are your plans for this weekend?" Emma asked them as they finished their dinner. "Hermione mentioned she was on her own this weekend but that plans were made for next week?"

"Yes, I am taking Harry to visit a magical doctor and having him checked over," Sirius replied.

"If you need a dentist..." Harry's head came up and looked at Dan Granger with a terrified expression on his face. "Or do they have magical dentists?"

"We do have healers that do some work, but when I spoke to Amelia Bones, she is the Head of our Department of Magical Law Enforcement, she mentioned that she takes her niece Susan to one of your dentists for cleaning, she feels it does a better job."

"Here I thought I could avoid drills," Harry said glumly.

"What's a drill?" Draco asked and he saw the other two wince. "Never mind, I don't want to know especially if it is like the thing you described earlier this year."

"Draco and I are going to be visiting my sister and her husband. Ted needs to explain some legal items to my son regarding my annulment from his father and I want him to get to know his aunt." Narcissa said.

Sirius was looking at Harry and his street clothes, even if they were better than he had expected, he knew just the person to help his godson get some muggle stuff for when visiting Hermione. "Emma, how do you feel about shopping trips?"

"I am for them, I guess." She said not getting what was going on as she sat there watching the dynamics of the others and feeling like she was missing something.

"My cousin is going to be kitting Harry out in the magical world but she doesn't really have a grasp on the non-magical world and I want Harry to be able to straddle both worlds. Would you be willing to help her with that?"

"I would be happy to." Emma said and then looking at the blond asked: "Have you ever been to Harrods?"

"No, is it a store?" Narcissa asked not sure she was interested in muggle stores, surely magical ones were better.

Emma's smile became even broader as she said "It's a store with seven stories and over four and a half acres worth of shopping. You can be there for days and never see everything."

Narcissa's eyes widened and she looked at Sirius "Do we have a way to purchase things from a store like that in the muggle world?"

"Yes, its set up through Gringotts." He answered only to see Hermione looking at the two women and then staring at Harry with pity in her eyes.

"Hermione, what is it?" Draco asked

"Imagine a store the size of the Castle, Draco." She said noticing that Harry seemed a bit ill at ease as the two women discussed all the departments in the department store. "And that it is on a street with lots and lots of other stores similar to it."

"Oh, there are more stores?" Narcissa asked excitedly of the muggle woman. Maybe she could at least look around, who knows there might be something that was possibly acceptable.

Harry looked at his godfather who was beaming at the idea of the two women bonding over pampering Harry.

Sirius felt someone tugging on his arm and looked at his godson who asked "May I go back to the Dursleys for the summer? I think that it might be less painful than what they have planned."

That had Sirius laughing out loud and messing up Harry's already messy hair and saying "Harry, trust me, it won't be that bad."

"Famous last words." The dark haired boy glumly replied to the amusement of the other two.

TO BE CONTINUED