Harry Potter Wishing for a friend

by Red Phoenix Dragon

Harry could not find out how to get onto platform 9 3/4. So he wished for a friend with all of his heart, when he got far more than he could wished for. MOF Dumbledore H/Hr One wish has changed everything! Chapter 27. Sharing the Joy of Quidditch. Hogwarts' First years visit Beauxbatons and Durmstrang to invite them to next Tri-Wizard Tournament of Quidditch. Draco is back! Enjoy!

21. Chapter 21 Meeting the family

Harry Potter

Wishing for a friend Chapter 21

I don't own the Harry Potter verse. Just playing.

Thank you for your kind reviews.

30/07/12

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Chapter 21. Meeting the family.

After lunch Tuesday 10th of September 1991

Ted Tonks a first generation wizard was finding it hard to believe the stories his wife Andromeda, the new Potion Professor at Hogwarts, was telling him over his mirror. Harry's success in the Wizengamot was unbelievable. So he cleared his afternoon and returned to Hogwarts. He went first to the Great Hall and found a number of concerned students who now wore a silver Potter ring. Not finding his wife there, he asked them to remain in the Great Hall after lunch and went to the Headmistress office. Where he found Andy and the others and told them about the students with the silver Potter rings in the Great Hall.

"Well Harry. It is time to meet the family." Fergus said. Harry has a worried look. "Don't worry. I will help you there."

They all left the Office and found about fifty students from all years waiting for them. There were the expected pure-bloods. But they were surprised by the number of first generation witches and wizards there with a shiny new silver Potter ring. As the first years already considered themselves family, they were all there including the first years that had a silver Potter ring.

When Sally-Anne saw Harry, Hermione and Luna come in with the adults, jumped out of her seat and ran over to them. Luna grabbed her in a hug. "Harry, I have a silver Potter ring and I am a first generation. You better have a good explanation."

'Wow.' Thought Harry. 'What do I say now?' As Hermione gave him a hug of support.

'Well Harry. I can tell you what to say.' Fergus thought to Harry's mind.

'Please do.' and Fergus told Harry what to say.

"Hi Sally-Anne. Please bear with me and all will be explained." Harry said to her and then to the larger group he continued. "Well, welcome to the family Potter. At the Wizengamot meeting this morning, I claimed my family seats. Some seats were claimed by right of conquest. If you now have a silver Potter ring on your finger that you can not remove. It is there because your magical heritage has now made you part of my family, the House Potter. If you were a first generation that means you have an interesting magical heritage that you were unaware of. For some of you that will be more interesting and far more complicated than others." That little bit of humour broke the ice.

"You will find that the family Potter has become quite large and extended during the last week. To help you, I have assigned some family members. I would like to introduce uncle Ted Tonks, uncle Dan and aunty Emma Granger who will be able to help you with the mundane world." Harry said as he presented Ted, Dan and Emma.

"You have great grandfather Fergus," Pointing to the hat. "Gran Minnie, Gran Amelia and Gran Augusta. They will be caring for years six and seven. They feel that it may be their last chance to teach you how to be proper witches and wizards. Please don't disappoint them as you may find yourself, in a story, married, in Azkaban or worse expelled!" The three Grans smiled at being included as honorary grandmothers.

"For years four and five you have uncle Remus and aunty Aurora. For years two and three you have uncle Sirius and aunty Emmeline."

It was Tonks who snorted. "Uncle Sirius!" That started everyone giggling.

"What? I can be serious." Sirius tried and failed to defend himself as everyone cracked up.

When there was calmed, Harry continued. "For first years you have aunty Cissy and aunty Andy to care for you." Harry turned to Cissy and Andy and said. "Aunties, you will have to give this one." Pointing to Sally-Anne. "Special attention as she is a ball of mischief just waiting to happen."

Sally-Anne gave a cheeky innocent smile that was so little Bella. Before Hogwarts, like many first generations, Sally-Anne was lonely and did not have any friends. She worked it out early that she was adopted with an Asian mother and a English father but that did not stop them from loving her.

Cissy and Andy quickly went and pulled her into a heartfelt hug. They looked at Harry and mouthed 'thank you'. Harry had glossed over the reasons why some had rings with enough information to satisfy them for now.

Gman, Pansy, Vinny, Millie and the other first years saw the opportunity for a group hug and joined in.

Harry continued as Fergus spoke to him. "I am happy to announce the first family activity will be on Saturday. A family field trip to the Woodstock Magical Gathering. (They had decided to call it after the Royal Oak Forest of Woodstock, which the gathering had now grown to fill.) So could all the first generations please write home and invite your families to come. They will need to meet outside Gringotts at 9:00 am sharp."

'Thanks Fergus. That went well and helped a lot.. How will the parents get from Gringotts to the Gathering?' Harry thought to Fergus.

'Not a problem, Harry. We will use a portkey to get the parents to the gathering as we will need one ourselves. We will ask Ragnok at the meeting tonight.'

'Good. You are really enjoying all this?'

'Oh yes! When you got the Gryffindor seat this morning. That sort of made you, my heir.'

'O. What does that mean?'

'You are my family! With you Harry, even I get surprises. After caring for other peoples children for a thousand years. I finally have a family of my own to care for. Well it is a long story for another time. But now we have to go a meet the rest of Our family. We will need to ask Papa for an elf to take a large portrait for James and Lily, to the ministry.'

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While Harry was chatting to Fergus. Augusta called Minerva and Amelia to her. She whispered. "Do you get the feeling that Fergus is just making this up as he goes along."

"Yes. He just made us honorary grandmothers. He has the gift of thinking on his feet. His vision of a magical world of joy and Hope won over the Wizengamot." Amelia said.

"Well, I feel like making something up now."

"What did you have in mind?"

"These children look like they have been left behind and their robes are old. We need to do something to brighten them up. They need to learn how to use the gift they have been given. They could do a lot, with some simple cleaning and transfiguration charms. You saw how well they cheered up with the transfiguration of their robes into those fairy princess costumes for Luna's party."

"Yes, they loved that and Hermione has a birthday next week."

"Perfect. We can have a ball to celebrate Hermione's birthday."

"And make it a transfiguration assignment for extra credit and offer prises for the best transfigurations." Minerva said as Amelia and her realized the possibilities.

"Follow my lead." Augusta said and loudly to the group. "Thank you Harry, for your welcome. I am Gran Augusta and we Grans, would like to focus our care on school work, future careers and my specialty, deportment and the social graces. These skills will help you become the charming wizards and witches you were born to be. So the first item on the social calendar is the Enchanted Transfiguration Ball to celebrate Lady Hermione's birthday next week."

There was a gasp of excitement as everyone looked to a surprised Hermione. Only her parents ever came to her birthday party. And now the whole school was coming. And it is now going to be a ball. Her first ball. Hermione and Luna squealed as they hugged Harry. They were going to a ball with beautiful gowns and dancing.

Minerva continued. "The clothes for the ball will be a transfiguration assignment to transfigure some old robes into beautiful ball gowns and dress robes. Just like those fairy princess costumes for Luna's party. Aunt Cissy if you could please demonstrate."

Cissy caught on quickly and took out her wand and transfigured the robes of the closest student, who just so happened to be Sally-Anne with Dean standing next to her. She gave Sally-Anne the full Cinderella fairy godmother package. A beautiful white princess ball gown, glass shoes and beautiful hair. While Andy followed suit and transfigured Dean's robe, giving him the complete prince charming makeover. The children's excitement grew with Cinderella and Prince Charming looking so cute.

Minerva walked over to the corner where they had shoved the old fool's ostentatious golden throne chair and transfigured it into a beautiful white unicorn instead of her usual pig, and brought him over to Prince Charming to be his faithful white charger and complete the scene.

"Oh they are so cute. But we could never be able to do that in a week." Moaned Lavender as she saw the beautiful gown Sally-Anne was wearing.

"Oh don't be silly. It is only a little bit more intricate than transfiguring a match into a needle. You only need to try and you have family to help. With magic, you are only limited by your imagination and a little bit of practice. Now Luna please stand still." Hermione said as she started to transfigure Luna's robe. Turning it white first go and changing the material into satin. Lavender and Parvati's eyes lit up with the thought of all those beautiful clothes they could make.

"So who wants to learn some real magic?"

Everyone cheered as the bell went to signal the start of the afternoon classes. Their study session tonight will be a lot of fun starting this new project.

Dean smiled as he climbed up onto his trusty charger and with a wink and a big prince charming grin, he reached down to lift up Sally-Anne to sit behind him, she wrapped her arms around him and held on tight as they rode off to the greenhouses for their next class, Herbology. If they were quick, they could make it out of the great hall before the Grans could change them back. Sir Nicholas came on his charger, to lead them safely through all the students crowding the hallways and as they went, Sir Nicholas loudly heralded the announcement of the Enchanted Transfiguration Ball. News which set the castle a buzz with excitement. Andy and Cissy hi-five each other to celebrate being best aunties ever. Then they went to revive the witches that had swooned at the sight of the young couple riding off into the sunset on a unicorn.

Dean and Sally-Anne need not have worried about being changed back, as the Grans and aunties thought they looked so cute that they let them go. Just this once you understand. Besides when the charms wore off their clothes would just change back. They just hoped that when the unicorn changed back into that hideous chair, they would leave it on the dragon dung pile behind the greenhouses.

Harry saw, from the glazed look in Hermione and Luna's eyes that he will have to quickly learn how to dance and ride a horse. Hopefully Dan and Emma will be able to help him. He was not so sure about trusting uncle Sirius. He thought he had better do something special for their sunset broom ride. Like asking Hermione to the ball before anyone else does.

Luna was looking forward to the ball as the fairies had taught her some all girl dances that she would love to share with the other witches. She shared some memories of the dances with Harry and Hermione and they would love to learn them too as the dances looked so beautiful and graceful.

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The afternoon meeting with the new members of the House Potter went better than they hoped. Fergus guided Harry again as he welcomed them and then James' portrait spoke to them about the history and heritage of the House Potter and what was excepted of them. It was Madam Rookwood who gave them the breakthrough they needed. She was quickly joined by Madam Parkinson and to everyone's surprise, by a very much alive Madam Nott. They thought her late husband had finished her off.

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"Thank you for your kind word and gracious welcome." A voice from the back of the room said. Everyone turned to see Madam Rookwood stand and come forward and two others stood with her. "I am so sorry that our families had hurt your family so much. Your forgiveness is far more than we deserve. Our families would have shown you no mercy other than a quick death." More agreed with her. "I lost my husband during the war and yesterday, my sons and grandsons. They tried to take what their greed wanted and got what they deserved. I am old and I am tired but if Fergus' vision of a magical world full of joy and hope could be real. Even if it is a tenth of what he told us. It would ten times better than the miserable life of suffering and death, that the pure-blood supremacist bigots and that evil dark lord, have given us and would be one hundred times better than whatever the hell that manipulative old goat breeder's Greater Good could ever be. I want to see it. I want to be part of it. I only have one question. Please tell me what I can do to help?"

"How good is your transfiguration? We need some fairy godmothers for the Enchanted Transfiguration Ball."

Madam Rookwood smiled as she took out her wand and transfigured Madam Nott's old robes into a beautiful pink ball gown.

"Excellent. You can be the chief fairy godmother."

"Chief fairy godmother. Her?" A lazy young pure-blood wizard snorted.

Madam Rookwood whipped her wand around and turned the young snot into a great big toad. Then when the young snot's friends complained, Madams Parkinson and Nott turned them into matching toads. They croaked loudly as they hopped angrily around, turning bright red. Much to everyone's amusement. These young snots had been too lazy to be bothered to go to Gringotts to collect their share of the Potter fortune and were going to steal it from their parents. Their sister appealed for them to be changed back.

"We be fairy godmothers, the spell can only be broken by true loves kiss! Like that will happen!" They cackled.

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When they had finally stopped laughing. They got down to business. They all freely gave the oaths to Harry and start to discuss what to do. Fergus had thought up the fairy godmothers as a joke to lighten the mood but Narcissa and Andy thought it was a great idea as they had a lot of respect for Madam Charlotte Rookwood and making her chief fairy godmother would give her a position to help and guide the extend family. With Madams Parkinson and Nott joining her team.

There were only five active marriage contracts left after Monday and none involved wanted them so Harry canceled them all. They found that there were eighty-four Hogwarts aged children being home schooled for lack of funds, and another fifty under Hogwarts ages. As well as other adult witches and wizards who lacked their OWLs and NEWTs. A big bonus was the forty trophy wives. Most of whom had high NEWTs scores and half had their masters and would be happy to teach. The eight with their masters in Potions were a godsend. They were really needed to help so many gain their Potions NEWTs after the disaster that was Snape.

With the doubt on who really owned the property and money. As most of it was booty from their death eater and pure-blood manipulative activities. It was decided to bring them all to Hogwarts. Fergus explained that Hogwarts was designed to hold over one thousand students and staff. But with the weakening of the pure-blood gene pool through inbreeding, two dark lords eliminating the first generations and Dumbledore who made it happen. Hogwarts had less than a third of its capacity. Whole towers had been closed for generations and all those empty classrooms.

They set up a pre-Hogwarts school for the underage, which will be the starting point of the planned Hogwarts Lily Potter Magical Orphanage for magical orphans. They did not want another Tom Riddle. They needed to run assessments with the home schooled to see what was required to bring them up to speed. The eleven twelve and thirteen year olds were put with the first years. Bringing the class size up to eighty-three. They decided to keep it as one big happy class and add three class assistants to work with the students. Mainly they wanted to see if being with Harry would affect them. As expected Harry Happened.

They set up a mature age school to help the witches and wizards gain their OWLs and NEWTs. Especially for many to gain their NEWT for potions. Allowing them to have the careers they wanted.

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The Order of Avalon met that evening to discuss what had happened and where everything was. They decided to hold the signing of the Peace Accord the next day at Ragnok's manor and use the battlefield as it was the only area large enough. The Hogwarts elves would move Arthur's round table to be used for the signing and even with the short notice. It would be no problem as many of the leaders of the magical races had already arrived for the Woodstock Magical Gathering. While the rest were planning to be there.

Hermione came up with the idea of setting up portal stations like muggle railway stations. These were bigger than what they were thinking about just last week as they were expecting large numbers of witches and wizards would wish to travel to the gathering for the signing. Ragnok ordered his Goblins, that night, to set up a portal station in the shops opposite Gringotts as that was still Goblin territory and setup another portal station between Hogwarts and the forbidden forest and connected them to the International Portkey station at Ragnok's Manor.

They decided to have the Daily Prophet and Quibbler run front pages inviting witches and wizards to come to the signing at noon. The special copy of the Daily Prophet for Dumbledore was charmed show another doom and gloom story. That would keep him happy.

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Ragnok announced that they had completed the re-warding of Dumbledore's family manor and all the other properties belonging to Dumbledore that they had found. Even the ones not in his name. The new wards would bounce Dumbledore and portkey him to Gringotts' holding cells.

Ragnok asked Harry what he wished to do with the children of the bigots that were captured on Monday and were now the black sheep part of his family. Ragnok told him the minimum sentence for the dragon pens was one month and they would no longer be bigots by then. Everyone was happy with that. It was better than turning them into toads.

Harry raised the issue of identifying the rightful owners of the property and money that he has gained with the extension of his family. Ragnok said he will have Gringotts start checking and Mi5 reported that the evil deeds books were giving a lot of information and solving many cases and identifying the survivors. Once the dead have been laid to rest, the stolen property can be sorted out and returned.

Ragnok reported that the Magical Gathering was going great and he had to ask Mi5 to expand the Royal Oak Forest of Woodstock to fit it in. After the success of Monday, they were only too grateful to help and the town of Great Hangleton and the surrounding villages and farms disappeared over night as the Royal Oak Forest of Woodstock grew to ten times its size.

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"Also Harry." Ragnok continued. "The bat has given me these potion text books. He said that your mother and he were good friends before Hogwarts and had started a project to revise the Potion text book." Ragnok handed the text books to Harry and Andy came over to have a look at them.

"Thank you Ragnok."

"Harry, can you please bring the first year text book here." Lily asked and Harry walked over to the portrait and showed her the book. "That is Severus' copy. I don't know what happened to mine. But he seems to have added some more information anyway."

"Harry, this is the same text book we still use. And these notes and alternative suggestion are quiet brilliant. Can I have a good look over them because we really need to improve the current Potion text book. Would you like to help me Lily?" Andy asked.

"Yes of course Andy. It would be my pleasure."

"Andy, if you like I can dig out my old Potion text books to compare them with." Minerva said. "Albus insisted that we use this current Potion Text Book and I have never liked it as it seem to make the first and second year courses very hard for no reason. Then the years three to seven were over simplified. Causing many students to fail their OWLS and NEWTs."

"Well we need to come up with a new improved Potion text book as soon as possible." Lily said and Andy and Minerva agreed.

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"Ragnok?" Harry asked. "Have you given any thought to what boon we can give you for your part in this alliance?"

"I have given it a lot of thought but as we have not shed any Goblin blood in this fight, we feel what you have so graciously given us already is more than enough. You gave us Riddle Manor when we requested it while others would have made us wait until the end. We have been able to turn that into an International Portkey station and a warrior training ground. Then into a Magical Gathering. Working with you has reawaken the magical world and given us a future full of joy, hope and respect. I have mounted a big screen in the antechamber of Gringotts, replaying the battle but just the camera angle of the front of Gringotts with my honour guard and me, with the reflection of the lightening flashes and that fireball in the back ground. I added the caption "Gringotts calm in any storm." It has done wonders to calm our customers but the effect on my people has been immense. They now stand a whole three inches taller. Their heads high. It is impossible to put a value on that as it is priceless."

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Then Ragnok went on about a wizard that was rounded up at the same time who claimed that he was not involved in the riot and had only come to Gringotts for some research for a book he was writing. He wanted to try some ideas about the care of dragons and asked to see the Gringotts security dragons.

"We were very suspect about him as he looked like a used car salesman with a big smile, big teeth, big hair, big twinkling blue eyes, loud colourful robes and a number of powerful compulsion charms on him that would cause witches to fall in love with him." Ragnok said. "Such charms have a very different effect on Goblins."

"What is his name?"

"Gilderoy Lockhart."

"Who?" Minerva asked not remembering a student by that name.

"Oh, Gilderoy Lockhart. He wrote some books different magical creatures." Remus said. "He wrote 'Wanderings with Werewolves'. I read it once. The idiot has never met a werewolf in his life. He just makes it up or copies other people's story as his own. His stories make him out to be the hero while turning magical creatures into evil vicious monsters. He is the main reason why I have been unable to keep a job. He was two years ahead of us and his real name is Cyril Roy Flock."

"Oh I remember Cyril. He was that pathological liar and so full of himself." Sirius said. "The only spell he ever master was the memory charm. He tried to copy the Marauders and claimed some of our pranks as his. What was the book he was researching?"

"Dancing with Dragons."

"Well? How did he dance?"

"We don't know. He keeps on fainting whenever he gets close enough to smell the dragons."

"Well why not keep him until he does dance with a dragon and if he lives. Let him go."

"That works for us. His tall tales are quite amusing. We are using him to teach our new tellers how to spot a liar and detect compulsion charms."

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Spook reported the results of the cleaning of the Ministry of Magic. After teams Stig and Spook had cleared the building of any on the naughty list. Spook put the building into lock down and changed the wards to prevent Dumbledore from accessing the building and changing all passwords for the fireplaces in the offices. Then he went through it very carefully with the curse breakers and removed all the cursed and charmed objects for controlling and listening. He found that Dumbledore had wired the place for sound and had enough objects and charms in place to listen to and record every meeting and conversation. The Confundus and compulsion charms were the worst as that stopped others from challenging him. Dumbledore had filled the Wizengamot chamber with loyalty charms. So no one would question his Greater Good. The pure-blood bigots and death eaters had tried to do the same but their attempts were just toys compared to Dumbledore. Removing all the charms and objects went a long way to the success of this morning's historic Wizengamot meeting.

Minerva commented that there has been a marked improvement in positive behaviour and in learning since the purge of the Confundus charms from the school. The students were finding their classes easier, working through more material and getting higher grades. The Professors were now preparing twice as much material to be covered in the classes. Hermione asked if it would be possible to add some mundane subjects like English, Maths and science to the curriculum so students could go onto mundane universities after Hogwarts. Minerva thought that would a good idea if she could find some first generation's with those teaching skills.

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Spook went on. "Unfortunately we have not been able to shed any light on the binding and draining rune that you found on the back of Emma and Dudley's head. It is not a known wizard rune."

"May I have a look?" Ragnok asked. Emma nodded and Ragnok went and had a look and then muttered something dark under his breath as he got very angry. It was very dark as the blood drained from Filius' face as he understood what Ragnok had said. "That manipulative old goat breeder! Harry if I may ask for a boon, I would ask for that monster's scrawny ass. This is personal! A walk through the veil is too good for him!"

Harry just nodded his head as Fergus spoke. "What has upset you so much Ragnok?"

"How do you think a brilliant but of average magical strength transfiguration professor was able to suddenly defeat a dark ritual enhanced dark lord?"

Ragnok continued. "In the dark days of the Grindelwald war, everyone was suffering and Dumbledore came to us with an idea. The rune is a special Goblin binding and draining rune that was created to allow warriors to temporary share their power to heal a wounded comrade who was magically exhausted and near death. It is not a dark ritual that gave Dumbledore the strength and endurance of one hundred warriors. Dumbledore swore never reveal this secret but it seems he could not be trusted and resist the lust for power. This is why Dumbledore is still a powerful wizard. He has been stealing the magic of first generation witches and wizards."

"When a witch or wizard is born, their names are recorded in the Book of Hogwarts." Fergus explained. "Dumbledore has access to that book. Papa, please bring the Book of Hogwarts." Papa went and returned with a very large old book. "Emma, what is your birthday?"

"19/10/1959."

The book opened itself to the page for the day 19/10/1959. There were three names crossed out with the note 'Squib 21/06/1960'. The last was Emma Monica Wilkins.

"I was not a year old and that monster stole my magic!"

"Dumbledore has been stealing the magic of first generation witches and wizards before they came to Hogwarts. If they had died or become squibs, their names are crossed out, leaving the rest to be sent their Hogwarts letters. The list Minerva calls out is made up of all those who accept to come to Hogwarts. No one checks the book."

They silently looked at the book as it was full of crossed out names, noting the day they became a squib or died. It had become a book of the dead. They were shocked to see how many died during the 70's and early 80's.

"Ragnok can that rune be safely removed?" Minerva asked.

"Yes but I will have it fade over a couple of hours so Emma may get use to the power. Emma, you may find yourself, er, very 'energetic'" Ragnok said as he waved his hand over the rune while saying the Goblin word to remove charm. The rune glowed and then started to slowly fade. "Filius, if you could go and remove the rune from young master Dursley."

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Mi6 reported that their delaying tactics at the ICW was keeping Dumbledore focused on getting his 'World Crisis Protocol' signed. They knew the tactics could only stall for so long and it looked like Dumbledore will get his signing on Friday afternoon.

So Friday was "D" day.

They started to toss around ideas on how to defeat the last enemy. The death eaters and pure-blood supremacist bigots were easy as they just used their greed and arrogance against them. Dumbledore was too powerful and Machiavellian for that. It will have to be quick and decisive. If he got away from them, they knew he would show them no mercy and there would be no second chance. The best they could hope for was to be obliviated. If they did not win this all would be lost. Even with Voldemort and the bigots gone. Dumbledore would just claim that Harry has been possessed by Voldemort via his scar and is the new dark lord and you all have been deceived. Then have Harry and all of them arrested and thrown into Azkaban.

It was Fergus who added to the doom and gloom. "Once the 'World Crisis Protocol' is signed. Dumbledore plans to start a fear mongering campaign, claiming that a dark lord, (Voldemort or Harry it did not matter,) has developed and made WMDs."

"WMDs?"

"Yes WMDs, Weapons of Magical Destruction. Weapons so magically powerful that would dwarf the Tsar Bomb. Dumbledore had learnt from Grindelwald. If you are going to tell a lie. Tell a big one. It captures the imagination and is easier to believe. With Dumbledore's involvement in the First and Second World Wars, the cold war and every other war since. It will not take long to frighten the sheeple to give up their rights and freedom and they will love him to declare martial law and rule them as Emperor." Fergus paused and added. "We only get one shot at this. The battle for Fortress Dumbledore starts at dawn Friday, 'D' day."

"Friday the 13th day of September 1991."

"Aw crap!"

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Maurice tried to dispel a little of the doom and gloom of the meeting by showing his gift for them and Hogwarts, to celebrate Monday's victory. He had been very busy taking magical pictures of all the people, magical races and creatures that took part in the victory and had been compiling them into a giant picture of Hogwarts. As there were far too many to get them all together at once. To fit everyone in so that they can be recognized, the picture was six by eight feet wide and covered the round table. Everyone was surprised to see a beautiful picture of Hogwarts Castle in the background and in front, all those who made the victory possible standing together waving to them. Starting at the back, they could see Hagrid on Puffy's back next to the castle. With Fluffy next to her with Fergus on Harry's head and Fawkes on his shoulder, sitting with Hermione and Luna on the necks behind each head and Dan and Emma on Fluffy's back. All the professors with Sirius, except Quirrellmort and Snape standing in front, with the order of Avalon and teams Potter, Stig and Spook. Though team Spook were easy to spot as they were wearing their unspeakable robes with the hoods that hid their identity. Which kind of defeated the purpose of the picture. But hopefully they would be able to recognize themselves. In front were all the students in year grouping but not house. Down both sides were all the warriors of the International Brigade and Ragnok and his warriors with the hell hounds and the ID teams that came with Mi5 and Mi6. Everyone thought the picture was amazing and were cheerfully waving back to themselves. Maurice gave everyone their own copy and they started to ask each other to sign their copy. Ragnok knew exactly where he was going to mount his copy of the picture.

Then Sirius and Remus had the same wicked idea at the same time. "Maurice, this picture is amazing. Can you charm the subjects to do particular actions?"

"Yes. Sort of. What did you have in mind?"

"We need to distract Dumbledore long enough for the hit wizards from InterAuror to raid his room and arrest him. This picture would show all his schemes and plans for his greater good, were dead and buried. If we make the characters react when they see Dumbledore and make a certain hand gesture. Or maybe have them stun him with a wand?"

"It would make him so angry that he would not be able to think straight. Giving the hit wizards a chance." James said thinking what the other two Marauders were thinking.

"You could make the picture a lift out to his special copy of the Daily Prophet. Call it say, 'The Heroes of Hogwarts', That would make Dumbledore want to look at it. He would think the Prophet is running a picture of him with some of the Professors." Lily added.

"That is a great idea Lily. But I think we should go further and make it a lift out for the normal Daily Prophet and Quibbler as well." Fergus added. "It is very important for the magical world to see who really saved their children at Hogwarts from the death eaters and dementors. And with their children in the picture. They want to keep it to continually remind themselves what happen that day."

"Good idea Fergus. Maurice would you be willing to share the picture?" Augusta asked.

"Yes of course. It is for the Greater Good and what greater good is there than to piss off old blue eyes."

"That is the spirit. Xeno can you prepare a master copy for the Daily Prophet and Quibbler while Maurice works with Sirius, Remus, James and Lily on the Dumbledore special?" Augusta asked.

"Maurice, can you add the Dursleys and Blinky to the Dumbledore special?" Minerva asked. "Seeing the Dursleys at Hogwarts would really upset the old goat breeder. Do you have pictures of others who are upset with him?"

"Not a problem. I have a picture of Petunia and just need to take a photo of Dudley, Vernon and Blinky. I also have a picture of Nicolas and Perenelle Flamel with the Philosopher's stone. They were really pissed off at the MoF for stealing the stone and putting the children at risk."

Sirius and Remus were beside themselves with ideas for the Dumbledore special. Sirius had ten years of Azkaban to make up for.

"The best part about this picture." Sirius said. "Is that we can truly express ourselves and not be there to see the old goat's sad puppy dog eyes, telling us how hurt and disappointed he is in us."

"I hated that. Every time I complained about Snape, it was 'I am afraid that' or 'It is for the greater good.'" Minerva complained.

"I loath that damned 'greater good'." Augusta said. "Everything the old goat pushed through the Wizengamot was for his greater good."

"He is such an emotional bully." Amelia said. "Sucks the emotion straight out of you."

"Sound more like an emotional vampire."

"Well he certainly sucked the life out of the magical world."

"He needed to do that, so his greater good would look better."

- Wishing for a friend -

"Emma? How are you feeling?" Lily asked, wanting to talk about more positive things.

"All tingly sort of. It has been nearly two hours since Ragnok started to fade the rune."

"Try to cast the wandless lumos charm?"

"Okay." Emma closed her eyes and put out her hand as she focused on a ball of light above her palm."Lumos!" she whispered. A ball of light appeared over her palm.

"Yes!" Cried Hermione as she and Luna danced around Emma, while Dan hugged her. "Mum, you did it. Your magic is becoming free. Your a witch!"

"Congratulations Emma!" Lily said as she waited for things to calm down. "Fergus? Would it be possible to make a list of the first generation witches and wizards that the old goat has marked and stolen their magic? If we can remove that binding and draining rune and just for the moment replace it with a standard binding. We could seriously weaken the old goat."

"Good idea Lily. Minerva there is a list of spells inside the front cover. Could you check them for one that will make the list?"

"Yes Fergus." Minerva said as she turned the book over.

"Ragnok and Filius, could you check Harry, Hermione and Luna to see if the old goat has put a small draining rune on them. He might just have done that to all the children so he can draw on part of their magic as he gets older and needs it more."

"Your right Fergus, Harry has a small rune here behind his ear."

"And so has Hermione and Luna."

"That monster!"

"Fergus, here is your list. There is one hundred and fifty-five witches and wizards / squibs still alive, that the old goat has marked and stolen their magic. He started in 1946 and the last one was six months ago."

"Spook and Stig, can you call your teams together and go through that list and remove Dumbledore's rune and replace it with a standard binding before midnight Thursday?"

"Yes. We can do that."

"Good, Minerva we need to check the children and remove any we find after midnight Thursday. Then hopefully when the old goat wakes up on Friday. He will feel everyone of his one hundred and fifty years. Even if he is only 110."

They tossed some other ideas around before closing the meeting. They left with a growing feeling that they might just succeed after all. But there was a lot to be done.

- Wishing for a friend -

In a hospital bed in a far away school. A small blond child found he had a silver Potter ring on his finger but he was in too much pain to care. Neither had they noticed the strange small rune behind his ear.

- Wishing for a friend -

Dumbledore was chuckling to himself. He had overheard the funniest story from London. That there had been a run on Gringotts. Dumbledore smiled and thought. 'Stupid sheeple. Gringotts must have announced the news of the break in and that nasty vicious acid tongue of Rita Skeeter has blown up a story of two silly old witches running off to Gringotts to demand back their two galleons and made it sound like a run on the bank. Mark my words. There will be a bigger crowd of stupid sheeple outside Gringotts tomorrow, trying to get their money back.'

Dumbledore admired the way that evil bitch could twist a story to mean anything she wanted. He had trained her well to go for the pain rather than the kill. He was not surprised that her Animagus was a beetle. That would serve her well when he needed her to write stories that will keep his weapon isolated and vilified by the magical world that he will die for.

But Dumbledore knew Rita could only do that for so long, before people stopped believing what is true and just believe what they wanted. Why, in a couple of years, Skeeter could write a nasty tell all book on him. Even call it something like "The lies that the Great Dumbledore lived" and no one believe it or take any notice. Even if it was completely true. It is all about image and spin and someone else to blame.

- Wishing for a friend -

The Powers-that-be smiled at the size Harry's family was becoming and She was certain that Fergus was just making it up as he went along. But Gran Augusta's idea for a Enchanted Transfiguration Ball was inspired and has got the children's imagination firing to learn and help themselves. It is just so sad that there were more witches than wizards as a number of the lazy pure-blood wizards seem to have been crossed bred with either toads or trolls.

Now, She just needed to remind Tempestas, that there is a new species of giant red toads that need to be exterminated and a hideous golden chair available for target practice.

And have a meeting with Fortuna and the three fates, to find out who was going to have bad luck on Friday and decide if they need to change some stars around so the right one has the right bad luck. Especially after they found out about that rune. Someone was going to go down hard.