How To Fix A Broken Bones
Day dawned over the Castle and it found Susan already up and sitting on a sofa gazing out of the windows. She wondered on what might happen to her in a few hours. Susan loved all of her friends so much and she didn't really want to leave them or Hogwarts, but she had no choice really. She was really grateful to have friends, or else she didn't know how she would have coped.
"Knut for your thoughts" Harry's voice made Susan jump a little bit out of her seat.
"Oh Harry! Didn't notice you there" Susan blushed.
"That's alright, Susan. I guess you're nervous and upset about what's happened" Harry said sitting down on the sofa next to her.
"Harry, it's not just the fact that my relatives are dead" Susan said turning to look at him "I sometimes forget that you didn't get raised by a magical family. But I have no family left now, I wish I could get my hands on whoever killed my mom and aunt" she said closing her eyes.
"Susan, you do have family" Harry said taking her hands in his.
"Huh? What do you mean?" asked a confused Susan.
"You still have a family. There's me, Hannah, Luna and Neville. We're your family and we'll take care of you whatever happens" Harry said kindly.
Susan smiled and he smiled back. The others came down and the moment was gone. They all had the various school bags and Hannah tossed Susan hers.
"Here, you might need it" she said with a grin.
"I suppose I could read it while they decide what to do with me" Susan said.
"That's not what we meant" Neville said holding onto Luna.
"I could do with some breakfast, let's get some shall we? I guess the owls will meet us there" and with that Luna led the way towards the great hall.
Susan wondered how long it would be before she walked these corridors again, and so she took careful note of everything and committed it to memory. She thought it was sweet of her friends to think that something was going to happen, but she knew different. Hannah kept looking back at Susan and saw her sadness.
"Sue, I understand how your feeling, but trust me – your best friend by the way – when I say that everything will be alright. We all swore to keep you from leaving here, and so we will" Hannah said putting an arm around Susan's shoulders in an attempt to cheer her up.
"Look, I… thanks for the cheering up, but its not going to help" Susan said as they reached the doors to the great hall.
The group went inside and as there wasn't many people sat on it, they all sat on the Hufflepuff table. Luna commented that the view was different then from the Ravenclaw one and people laughed. Hannah and Neville both had cereal, while the others had bacon, sausages, mushrooms and tomatoes. Susan though, understandably, wasn't eating much.
"Come on Susan, you have to keep you strength up" Harry said adding more bacon to his plate.
"Thanks Harry" Susan managed a weak smile and looked at the ceiling as the morning post arrived. The owls flew down and found their owners and delivered letters and parcels. She spotted Hedwig dropping towards Harry with an official looking letter in her beak. Harry took it at the same time as a side door to the hall opened, and in came two people – one a witch and one a wizard, both ministry officials - who walked up to Professor McGonagall and spoke to her. Because of the distance, Susan couldn't hear anything of what was being said, but she saw McGonagall nodding and point at the Hufflepuff table. The three moved towards them, and Susan suddenly knew that this was the moment she would be leaving Hogwarts.
"Ah, Miss Bones, these people are from the Magical Childrens home, they have come to take you and pair you with a suitable family" McGonagall said with a look that said she was really sorry. There was a small polite cough that reminded all in hearing range of Umbridge, and several students turned in case she had returned. But in fact, it was Harry.
"Excuse me, Professor. There seems to be a slight problem with that" Harry said trying hard to keep a straight face.
"What is it now, Mr Potter?" asked McGonagall slightly annoyed.
"Well, I think you should read this letter first" Harry said handing it over for the two witches and one wizard to read.
Dear Mr Potter
This letter is to inform you that your application to become the guardian of Miss Susan Bones has been accepted. All that is needed to become the guardian is for Miss Bone to put her name on the bottom of this parchment, as well as placing her thumb to activate the new wards. For all intents and purposes, you will now be regarded as her parent
Kingsley Shacklebolt
Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.
McGonagall looked at the letter once more then handed it to the two officials to inspect. She gave Harry a quick look that clearly said Clever Idea.
"Mr Potter, You can not become her parent as you are only 16" said the witch.
"Indeed, a child can not become the parent of another child" said the wizard.
"I totally understand. However, if you ministry officials bother to look at your records once in a while, you will notice that I am now legally an adult and can adopt a person" Harry said turning to Susan "that is, if that person agrees" he added. Harry would have said more, but Susan launched herself onto the Harry's chest and started to hug him furiously.
"Harry, oh Merlin! Thank you so much. Does this mean that I can stay at Hogwarts?" came the muffled voice of Susan.
"Indeed it does, Miss Bones" McGonagall said and the other students crowded around Harry to offer congratulations on his plan being successful.
"Miss Bones still has not said yes or no" pointed out the wizard.
"Oh yeah. Susan, will you accept my offer?" Harry asked, pushing the other piece of parchment towards her.
"Yes, Harry, I do accept" and she added her name with a quill that somebody passed her. when she was done, she put her thumb in the box that was printed on the parchment. She felt a little sting as a drop of blood was taken to complete the whole thing.
"Well, I guess everything is in order" the witch said with a tone that said she had expected Susan to come with her and her colleague. She turned and walked out the hall with the wizard following.
"Well Mr Potter, I see you sense of dramatic timing has been perfect once again" McGonagall said.
"Thank you Professor" Harry said. He looked thoughtful for a moment, then remembered about his plan for that night, and made a mental note to ask McGonagall's permission later that night. His comrades in pranks, the Weasley twins had recruited their old friend Lee Jordon to help them and Tonks set up a brilliant event for that night. Harry had even asked Peeves to help them by alerting people when the whole thing started. Peeves had gained a new respect for students and pupils alike after the Umbridge episode and he agreed to help, especially when Harry said it was the Weasley twins who were planning that surprise.
"Now, I don't do big speeches, but you should know this…. you are going to be late for lessons" McGonagall said her eyes twinkling.
"Yeah, I guess we should" Harry said "Coming Susan?" he asked.
"Sure…. Daddy" she said with a grin and raced out the hall before Harry could say another word. Harry slapped a hand to his head.
"Tell me parenthood isn't going to be like this all the time?" he pleaded to those around him as he followed his friends towards the class. It was Herboligy first and they went towards the greenhouses.
Spout had already heard of the fact that Susan was staying at Hogwarts, and had decided to give the class work so simple, that even a blind man could do it. The class only had to do ten minutes of work and then Sprout told them to pack up their stuff and to clear out and do whatever they wanted for the rest of the time. The class took exactly four seconds to digest the news then as one mass, dived for the door. Susan said she wanted to go unpack her case and Luna offered to help her. The two walked off towards the tower while Hannah, Harry and Neville headed off towards the Headmistress's office, the one that used to be Dumbledore's. The stone gargoyles had long since given up asking Harry for a password, and simply allowed him and his friends to knock on the door. McGonagall called for them to come in, and when they did so, they sat in deep comfy armchairs. The whole office now had a warm loving feeling that felt a lot better then the previous décor.
"Good Morning Miss Abbott, Mr Longbottom and Mr Potter. Now unless I have forgotten the timetables, should you not be in class?" She asked.
"Actually, Professor Sprout said we could have the rest of the lesson off" Neville said.
"There was something we wanted to ask you" Hannah said brightly.
"Really? And what might that be?" asked McGonagall suspiciously.
"We wondered if we could have a celebration. We can sort it ourselves, we just wanted to ask your permission" Harry said.
"I wondered why I saw four of our ex pupils wondering the grounds earlier" the older woman smiled. It wasn't just the four ex pupils she had seen either. All four had been accompanied by many plain boxes. McGonagall was in the mind to refuse and recite some rules, but then again rules where meant to be broken. "Very well, you may have your party. I will let Mr Filch know to stay away from the grounds. It seems he has an aversion to having fun" she chuckled. "Do I have to let the kitchens know?" she enquired.
"Yes please. We can get crates of butterbeer in, but help with the food would be appreciated" Harry said sounding grateful. "I'll be paying for it" he added.
"Oh well, I can't let you pay for what Hogwarts can provide. Tell me, what would you have done if I had refused?" McGonagall asked interested.
"In that case, I would have passed you this" Harry replied and handed over a sheet of parchment that Griphook had passed him the day before, while they both attended Dumbledore's trial. McGonagall read the parchment and paled when she realised what it was. She glanced once more just to be certain.
Dear Mr Potter
I made a list of the property you own, these are listed below. The last property should be of interest to you. Please note that this is a list concerning only those inherited from your parents will.
Lion Cottage
Rowling Hall
16 Diagon Alley (Weasley's Wizard Wheezes)
25 Diagon Alley (Daily Prophet)
Hogwarts Castle
Should you require more information, please contact me at once
Griphook
Potter Family Estate Manager
McGonagall could not believe her eyes, but they had to be trusted. Harry Potter, the boy in front of her, was the owner of Hogwarts. She assumed that Harry would have used his right as the owner to do what he wanted to.
"I see you read it then" Harry said dead pan look on his face. He had waited for a while to spring this surprise on somebody.
"Indeed, Mr Potter" McGonagall started but Harry cut her off.
"Please, call me Harry. Mr Potter makes me sound old" he said
"I'll try to not take that personally Mr Potter" McGonagall said faking an offended look. "By the way Harry, congratulations on becoming a parent" she said.
"Thanks Professor, though I was thinking of emancipating Susan at Christmas. We wondered if we five could stay at Hogwarts over the holidays. Everybody else would be staying with their families because of Voldemort's return. We'll be going to Hannah's house on Christmas Eve and day and return on Boxing Day. I think it's because her parents want to see me. I'm Hannah's boyfriend" Harry added when he saw McGonagall's eyebrows rise.
"I think that can be arranged" McGonagall said. "I will tell the teachers to let their lessons end ten minutes early, so the students can have dinner sooner. Will anything have to be moved?" she asked. Harry and Neville said no, but Hannah got the look of an idea on her face.
"Professor, could you move the Quidditch stands so that they sat in a row? That way the everybody can see all of the fireworks" she said.
"Fireworks? With Misters Weasley and Mister Jordon here, can I assume that the fireworks are not normal ones?" she hazarded a guess.
"Not a chance. Is that a problem, Headmistress?" came the harmony of twin voices. Harry spun round to see that the Weasley twins had entered the office without anybody noticing.
"Your fireworks?" McGonagall confirmed.
"Yep" they both grinned and conjured chairs for themselves with a flick of their wands.
"Well to use the popular phrase – cool" and everybody giggled and smiled because it was not everyday that you heard Minerva McGonagall using a phrase like that.
They spent the next hour making a plan for the celebration that night, and all agreed that it was going to be a great time. Neville came upon the idea of having a event going on before the fireworks and they thought of what they could have. Harry took a moment to look out the windows towards the Quidditch pitch.
"Quidditch match" he said "let's have a Qudditch match".
"What do you mean, Harry? Bring a match forward?" asked Hannah.
"No, let's get together a Qudditch team that has the best players from the three good houses. Slytherin can't enter a player because they don't have a good player in the first place" Harry pointed out to laughs.
"Better yet, why not play the classic Gryffindor team and pit them against the new team that Harry captains. I'm sure we can tear away our dear beloved Oliver to be seeker" Fred said.
"I can get in touch with Katie and Angelica. I'll pop along to our old common room to have a word with them as well as Alicia" then George's face darkened for a moment "and we can always see our brother and sister" he said.
"Mr Weasley, don't do anything foolish" McGonagall warned half heartedly.
"Foolish is my middle name. Actually I don't have one so it can't be my middle name" George said.
"We have overlooked one problem" Fred said to his twin.
"Whats that, oh brother of mine?" George asked.
"Harry is a member of that classic team. As he is playing for his side, then who is going to play seeker?" Fred asked.
"We could always get Charlie" George suggested.
"Yeah, we could do that" Fred said grinning the famous Weasley twin smile. "Let's hope these youngsters can keep up with us" he jibed at Harry and Neville.
"Well that all depends if you old guys can keep up with us youngsters" Harry retorted back.
"Boys" muttered Hannah darkly.
"Don't you just love them?" asked Harry putting on an innocent look.
"Guess I do if I'm going out with you" Hannah said.
"Awwww that is so sweet" Fred and George said in unison.
"Ohhhh you two…" McGonagall said. "If you hadn't left already, I'd give you both detentions!"
"Just as well we left" Fred said.
"Moving swiftly on" Harry said "You think that our beloved former leader Oliver will come back for a match?"
"Normally I would say no, but we can convince him" George said.
"Do you have a commentator?" Lee said from the door.
"Mr Jordon! I had no idea that this was turning into an old Gryffindor student's reunion" McGonagall stood and shook Lee's hand. "It's good to see you" she added.
"Same here Professor. Congratulations on the promotion, I only wish it was under better circumstances" Lee said as another chair appeared, courtesy of Fred.
"Thank you. Well, we don't have a permanent person, so if you want to, the job is yours" McGonagall said.
"Well that's sorted" Hannah said. "If you don't mind, I want to go see how Susan is" and she left passing Tonks who was coming up the steps.
"Wotcha everyone" she said brightly as all five boys stood and offered her their seats. "Got my own" she said and pulled one out of her pocket tapping it twice with her wand to make it normal size. "Hope you don't mind me dropping in like this"
"Not at all, my dear" McGonagall said smiling. "I take it you have good news?" she asked.
"Yeah, I finished putting the fireworks in the right places. All that needs to be done is to actually start the whole thing" Tonks said.
"Exactly how are you planning to carry out the event?" asked McGonagall curious as to what new levels of mischief the twins and Lee had got to.
"Professor, we will have to go now. We have potions with Professor Sharpe" Harry said.
"Oh well yes, I suppose you had better go then" McGonagall said and Harry and Neville left the room.
The two boys headed towards their tower and found Susan being comforted by Hannah and Luna. One look at Susan told Harry that she was crying again, and Harry knew that girls had a lot of mixed up feelings and emotions. He assumed it had something to do with the fact that Susan had lost her family, and then gained a new one.
"Hannah? Can I have a quick word with you?" he asked jerking his head towards the staircase leading to his dorm.
"Sure, what's up?" she asked when they sat on the stairs.
"Well there's two things. First, how do you think Susan is coping?" he asked.
"Well she seems to be alright, it's just that grief takes time to heal" Hannah said.
"I guess it does" Harry said thinking of Cho Chang.
"Whats the other thing?" Hannah enquired.
"Huh?" Harry was jerked out his thoughts.
"The other thing you wanted to say to me" Hannah prodded.
"Oh, well I just wanted to say thanks for being my girlfriend" Harry said doing something Harry normally did. Harry Potter, the boy who lived, blushed.
"You don't have to thank me. I wanted to tell you for a long time that I loved you, but being a Hufflepuff meant I don't have as much courage as you. At the Qudditch match, I was scared that you'd run off or something after I kissed you" Hannah admitted.
"Well never let it be said that a Gryffindor ran from a pretty girl" Harry smiled. "Now if we're not careful, we are going to be late" and after getting their bags and homework, the group headed off towards the dungeons. Neville was beginning to be very good at potions making Harry wonder if Snape had been messing with his mind. He made a note to talk to Kingsley about that as Snape was still being investigated for some reason or another that he wouldn't tell Harry. Not that he minded, at least Kingsley had told him that Snape was being forced to have regular shampoos put into his hair, whilst under the Body Bind. Harry had made use of the rumour mill to get that news spread to all areas of Hogwarts.
"Right, class can I have you attention please? I have been marking your homework while you have been making your Sleeping Draughts. You will be glad to know that none of you have failed" that brought a few cheers and Professor Sharpe let them calm down before continuing "The three with the top scores are: Hannah Abbott, Harry Potter and Luna Lovegood. Twenty points to each of your houses I think. Now as it is five minutes to lunch, and I want to get some of that cottage pie they are serving today before Flitwick gets his hands on it, I think we will finish the lesson now" and the door open with a flick of his wand. They filled out and went for lunch and indeed made it before Professor Flitwick arrived. Harry had made a small detour to their tower to get five very small boxes, and made it just in time to see the cottage pie almost finished. He whipped out his wand and Accio'd a slice to his plate, cause stares from his Hufflepuff tablemates. From behind his back Harry could hear Ron mutter several rude words, but he simply ignored Ron and kept his attention on his friends. The news had gone round that Harry was planning a big surprise and party that night and Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw students kept asking him for information, though Harry kept silent except to say that they might want to bring blankets for when the party entered the night. The doors opened with a crash and in walked the Weasley twins and as soon as people saw who had entered, the hall erupted into applause, and both brothers bowed low to each of the tables. Ron and Ginny made space for them to sit down but both walked straight past and sat down with the Hufflepuffs.
"Well McGonagall has okayed the whole plan, and Charlie and Oliver are on their way" Fred said.
"And we have the perfect prank for the finale. Harry you still have the marauders map?" asked George.
"Yeah sure. What you need it for?" Harry asked between mouthfuls.
"Wanted to know if Mrs Norris appeared on it" was the return.
"Mrs Norris? What in the name of Mer….. Oh don't tell me you guys are going to fulfil the dream of every student here?" Harry laughed so hard it caused several students to look at him in alarm.
"Yeah, we sure are. Want to help us?" asked Fred.
"Am I the boy who lived? Damn right I'm bloody helping" Harry said roared with laughter.
"Right, well we have to go put in a few laps of the pitch. Been a while since we last played" Fred said and the twins walked out the hall ignoring the looks of Ginny and Ron.
"Whats in the boxes, Harry?" asked Hannah curious as to the contents.
"Well I picked these up in Diagon Alley last time we went. These are five necklaces that show we are part of a family" Harry said. Each of his friends opened the box that Harry gave them, and saw that each had their names engraved in a silver necklace. Hannah's had some jewels set round her name. She put it round her neck and kissed hey boyfriend.
"Thank you, Harry. I love it so much" Hannah said
"I thought you would. These are like muggle friendship bracelets or necklaces, except that these show you are part of a close group of friends" Harry said glad he had paid attention for one lesson during History of Magic lesson.
"Can I have everybody's attention please? Lessons have been suspended for the rest of the day. There is a party tonight being held and all pupils are invited. A fireworks show will be held and pupils can view it from the Qudditch stands" McGonagall spared a quick look at Harry and friends. She sat down at the head table and started talking to the teachers.
Harry and his friends ate lunch then returned to the tower so that final arrangements for that night could be made. Luna ran up to try on different clothes while Neville decided to catch some sleep he would otherwise miss. That left Harry and Hannah sitting on the sofa with Susan.
"Susan, there's something I haven't quite told you yet" Harry said slowly.
"Whats wrong, have they changed their minds about you being my guardian?" Susan started to panic.
"Susan, calm down. Its nothing like that" Hannah assured her oldest friend.
"Oh, right" and she calmed down.
"It is about me being your guardian. I asked Kingsley to send me the papers to emancipate you" Harry said grinning.
"You asked for what? You did what?" Susan was speechless.
"I asked for emancipation papers for you. By law, you're an adult – the same as me" Harry was grinning like the muggles Cheshire Cat.
"But why would you do something like that?" asked Susan expect Harry to answer but it was Hannah who did so.
"Harry has been talking to me about how he feels things for you – the same things he feels for me. We've been talking for some time about it and I agreed to his solution" Hannah said looking at Harry who reached into his pocket and brought out two identical boxes from the same shop he had got the necklaces from.
Harry stood up and dropped to one knee so fast Susan almost got up to her feet if it wasn't for Hannah putting out an arm to Susan's shoulder to stop her.
"Hannah Abbott, Susan Bones. Will you do me the honour of being my wives?" he asked as he opened the lids to both boxes to reveal sparkling rings.
A/N: Betcha didn't see that coming did you?!
So, Hannah, Harry and Susan are all together. Before people claim it was them who persuaded me to make them a threesome, But it was my intension to do it all along!
Well, reviews please, and give me some really nice long ones, instead of just the short simple one line reviews please? I mean I write the fic, so its not really much to ask for is it?
Regards
Robert
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