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Chapter 11: Off the wall

"Does a magical guardian have to be human for a human child?" inquired Emma Granger while closely looking at the non-human magicals who were now staring at her. What was she suggesting? She couldn't be suggesting no never.

"Emma while it is not normally the done thing I can not see why it cant be done. There are no laws in place but who are you thinking of house elves or goblins?" inquired Kretcher who as he gotten to know the woman had begun to trust her for her straight talking and kindness to all.

"If you are suggesting that I think you we will need to get someone with higher authority in. King Ragnor will need a written invite to Maison Havre de Paix Kretcher do you think we can organise that" Sharpspear inquired of the older elf.

"Certainly" was the response before he popped out of the living room.

Since the regal goblin was coming to the residence Emma took pity on the two inebriated men and asked Dobby to get some sobering up potion so she could get them compos mentis. Additionally since lunch and breakfast had been a little on the light side thanks to them only snacking on finger foods she looked into the trunk kitchen and organized dinner. They had a nice joint of pork so she put that on after salting the fat to make sure they would have crackling. After sending both men to the showers so that they freshened up with Dobby's help she prepared the vegetable trays for roasting they would go in the oven in about an hour. Waking up the two children she suggested that they get cleaned up and ready as there was going to be a dinner guest.

Dobby with his magic helped clean up the living area while Emma investigated the Maison in a little more. She found the formal dining room and with the small elf's help set the table using her best linen and crockery. They had almost unpacked all of the Granger's belongings into the house before the return of Kretcher with King Ragnor.

King Ragnor arrived at the Maison and the adult groups had settled into the lounge area when Sharpspear asked Emma to ask her question again.

Emma thought she would go along with the goblin as he knew his King better than she did. "I was wondering does a magical guardian have to be human for a human child?"

Sirius started laughing at the audacity of it. "Oh Emma you wicked woman" he gasped.

"Are you saying that you want the magical guardianship of Hermione to be taken over by the goblin nation?" asked Ragnor.

"If wizards are willing to entrust their gold to the goblin nation why can't the magical guardianship be taken on by the goblin nation?"

"I don't think it has been done before" advised Sharpspear.

"If all muggleborn children in the UK have Gringotts as their magical guardian the trust services that the bank has already for its accounts including lawyers and financial managers would be able to act on the behalf of the child. The organization has the people and the systems already in place and Dumb as Dore could have the heavy burden lifted off as he already has what was it Three jobs".

"We could use Harry's case as the precedent. If Ragnor declares him a ward of the Goblin Nation and we work towards getting Sirius a trial while not openly bring it up. Who do we know in you magical law enforcement who has children round the kids ages and who are not blindly pro dumbles."

"Mum we have Susan Bones in our class her Aunt is apparently someone in the MLE according to the way the Slytherin students avoid her," advised her daughter appearing after her shower. "Hello Ragnor we have made it so far Harry will be out in a moment".

"Amelia Bones she would be good but we would have to hide me from her as she would hex my balls. If she thinks I am an escapee she will take me down hard and fast. I am not even sure if she knows about me being Snuffles," said the former Auror with a great amount of respect for the female Auror.

"We need to get Andromedia into the scheming but we have to be careful as her daughter is in the current Order of Phoenix. We also need to look into getting Remus on side. On the Pettigrew issue we know where he will be at the start of the school year and we have the means to get him thanks to map and with some house elf assistance"

"Can we use the elf assistance now to get the rat?" inquired Dan.

"Well in the original plans it was just me and Kretcher before I contacted you guys the Grangers. Kretcher has been left alone for so long that he has got very weak. I did not think he was strong enough to do a trip to Egypt and snatch the rat from the family" advised the former prisoner.

"Master Sirius you really care for me and I am getting stronger. We have young Dobby now he could do the rat catching job," advised the touched house elf.

"Of course I care for you. You have been with the family for so many years and you looked after me when I came through the doors at the house" advised Sirius.

Dan reverted to his facilitator role. "Right lets look at this logically and see who and what and when. We need to make sure we do everything to protect Harry and the rest of the children from that delusional fool"

Harry appeared in the lounge room and he was introduced to King Ragnor. The planning was underway. Tomorrow Harry would have a goblin medical at the bank headquarters in Geneva about 30 minutes drive away from the house. They would do some exploring and find out when was the local market days.

The Dinner was served and Harry started to feel very comfortable with the mixed group. He had told them of his life with the Dursleys and they still accepted him. Emma was motherly but not over powering like Mrs Weasley. She seemed to know when he needed comfort and gently gave it to him but treated him the same as her daughter. Sirius had told stories about his parents when they were in school and Harry lapped it up. It was funny to hear about the mischief his dad had gotten up to in school. There were many laughs. Dan and Emma traded a story from when they were training as dentists it seemed that practical jokes were common amongst the student population no matter were you where.

After dinner the group came to a consensus about some of the further actions that they would undertake and Hermione was required to write a letter to Andromedia Tonks.

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Dear Madam Tonks

Thank you for your assistance the other day in Flourish and Blotts. I have had a chance to review the books I have and I now have some questions about the use of magic in a muggle household.

We are currently in France staying at our summer holiday home and I was wondering if you could assist me in demonstrating some of the home management charms. My understanding is that under the French law I am able to practice magic in my home.

Mother would like to meet you and thank you for your assistance. I think she wants someone competent to supervise my application of magical charms to the holiday home. If we could impinge on your time would it be possible for you and your husband to come to afternoon tea or late supper on Tuesday. We were uncertain about your practice hours and if you had finished seeing patients.

Please advise when it would be suitable.

Yours sincerely,

Hermione J Granger