Chapter 20

Alliance manor 8:30pm

It had taken three hours for the wards to be sketched out and notes made, Bill leading the way with Paul not that far behind by the time they had returned both were carrying armfuls of notes, "It will take me a few hours to go back through all of these."

Severus nodded seeing the look on McKinnon's face, "use my floo when you are done to come through," he sighed knowing the budding young wards men wanted to help, "Everyone else we need to return back to the castle we have been gone longer than expected round everyone else up."

"They have already left," Remus spoke entering the room, "I sent them back through two hours ago, Sirius is still reading through everything."

"Very well, are you staying?"

"I shall," Remus nodded.

"Tomorrow Bill come to the castle, Sirius will show you the way in the best times are either before the start of classes, lunch or after classes," Kayleigh spoke picking up her bag.

"Of course my lady."

Hogwarts 11:30am

Kayleigh watched as her classmate drew up a scale model of the street they had been on the night before, adding different colours lines over the area, "Did they say when they were going to come over?"

"I didn't see Sirius last night but I heard a few shouts and things breaking," Paul shrugged finishing off the model, "But Bill did say it would be around 12 by the time he had gone back through everything this morning."

"I want to pay a visit," Sirius spoke suddenly from the doorway causing the two to turn around.

"I know you do as do we all and you shall be allowed to come along when we do providing you keep your promise to us," Kayleigh smirked, "but Sirius we are not going to act until we have gone through the final statements we requested."

"And when shall that be?"

"In about half an hour, they arrived this morning to Severus. Good morning Bill."

"My lady," Bill nodded moving to the scale model looking it over before adding different aspects and lines speaking quietly to Paul as he went pointing out various things.

"Then we are paying a visit to these so called people?"

"We shall but Sirius we need to remember that everything we do, every step we take is watched by the world and as much as I would wish to join you in the maiming and hurting them we cannot."

"Not even a small bite?"

Kayleigh laughed softly, "No and nor do I want to hear later on of a dog terrorising any of them depending on how it goes."

Room of requirement 12:30pm.

The group was dead silent as they finished reading and the explanation from Bill about the wards, "How do we proceed?" Samantha asked softly.

"With care and caution, our first act will be to address these people about everything," Severus spoke, "Once we have more facts from them we can proceed forward more."

"Do we address them all together?"

"Yes," Kayleigh answered, "I would prefer we only have to make one trip to them not several."

"I don't wish to be the one to bring up the obvious," Michael spoke drawing the attention to him, "But surely there is more than one student in this school and one magical person who lives in such conditions."

"True," Severus nodded, "There would be others but it is easier to tackle one problem at a time, I would suggest we proceed there this afternoon after classes."

Privet Drive Surrey, 5:30pm.

Each house on the street was the same as the next, those who had been there the night before walked slowly towards their desired number, gone were the school children once more instead their alternate identities the ones the world believed were out in full force the few guards who had joined them had left the swords off given they knew according to Muggle law it was against the law to carry such a weapon, "Remember," Severus spoke quietly as they reached the house, "We do not judge directly we listen to the facts before passing such judgement."

The group nodded as Severus raised his hand to knock loudly on the door, "Mum door!" a voice yelled out over the sound of the television they could hear playing.

"Yes?" A woman in her late thirties answered the door her eyes narrowing slightly.

"Petunia Dursley?" Kayleigh spoke stepping around Severus.

"Yes, whatever you are selling we do not want now leave!"

"We are not selling anything Ma'am," Kayleigh spoke coldly, "My name is High Lady Beatrice Kensiskikov, we have an urgent matter which we need to discuss with you and your family."

"Pet?" the voice of Vernon Dursley sounded coming into view.

"Mr Dursley," Kayleigh nodded attempting to keep the contempt out of her voice, "As I was just explaining to your wife there is a matter we need to discuss with you, now we can either do this on the doorstep where your full neighbourhood can see or we can do this in a more civilised manner inside away from prying eyes and ears."

"In," petunia partly hissed standing to the side watching as the group filed in, her face paling as she recognised Severus' after he dropped the glamour he was wearing, "YOU!"

"Good evening Petunia," Severus nodded.

"Get out of my house!" Vernon suddenly roared seeing the magical display for what it was.

"No we shall not as I have stated this being the third time we have matters to discuss and one being this house, your so called house which was paid for with funds meant to go to your own nephew," Kayleigh glared at the man, "Now where can we speak?"

Petunia was looking through the group her face paling more before her eyes fell onto Sirius, "You… you are that criminal the one who was on TV!"

"Pardoned and I am no criminal I am Harry's Godfather, now I believed High Lady Kensiskikov asked where we can speak so as we are all comfortable," Sirius intoned his voice filled with anger.

"I will not have…" Vernon trailed off as the hall suddenly grew darker and cold.

"Allow me to explain a few things," Kayleigh spoke her voice quiet but the command evident within it, "I that is to say, myself and these six lords and ladies behind me are the Alliance; we work both within the Magical World and the Muggle world upholding the peace and fighting against those who would hurt either world. We are the High Rulers of the Magical world, we consort with the Queen of this great Country on a regular occasion, we have access to all records available as well as Data bases that are used in the Muggle Community, now where can we sit?"

"The living room," Petunia whispered quietly, glancing at the five who were not named.

"Thank you, Jenkins back door, Tweedle-Dum and Tweedle-Dee front door," Kayleigh directed the three to their places before moving into the offered living room glancing at the boy who suddenly backed up on the couch, "That needs to go off." Waiting until everyone had taken their seats, Kayleigh returned her eyes to her prey, "Let's start easy shall we, you were supplied it a great deal of money for your nephew's care, we have the bank statements proving it arrived to you yet the majority of this money went upon your own mortgage…"

"Well the boy needed somewhere to live!" Vernon hissed cutting her off.

"So over 20 000 a year gets you a cupboard does it?" Severus asked, "For that is where his first letter was addressed 'the cupboard under the stairs'."

"He liked it under there," Petunia answered quickly.

"Is that so?" Natalie asked softly, "Then why was his second letter was suddenly addressed to 'the smallest bedroom' a day later?"

"We…."

"you did not wish to be caught," Kayleigh continued her voice still cold, "yet even after his second, third and fourth letters were sent you did not see that he got one, the records from the school show that no less than 700 letters were sent to Mr Potter, yet it took a staff member to finally deliver one before he got it when you were sheltered in a hut upon a rock, trying to escape were you?"

"The boy is at school now!" Vernon hissed.

"Indeed he is," Kayleigh nodded to the point, "Yet we have spoken with a few people within the neighbourhood and they are under the delusion that Mr Potter is a delinquent and attends what was it?"

"St Brutus Academy," Remus supplied placing his hand lightly on Sirius' arm to stop him from moving.

"He blew up my sister!"

"After she spoke badly about his parents, another thing you never saw it fit to tell him about," Eike sighed, "you never told him the truth about his parents; did you punish him when he showed displays?"

The three on the couch remained silent, "That is the answer then, we also know that last year two students from the school had to break him out of his room as there were bars on the windows and locks upon his door along with his trunk being locked under the stairs his old 'room.'"

"I will not have that freaky stuff in my house!"

"The point is Mr Dursley, this is not your house the funds that were provided for Harry's care paid for it while the rest you spent upon your own child or on holidays. As we speak lawyers are drawing up the paperwork to be filed, you owe Mr Potter every cent you stole from him an offence which is classed as fraud-"

"YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO DO THIS!" Vernon bellowed turning an ugly shade of puce.

"We have every right," Kayleigh continued as if she had not just been cut off, "the wards that you would have been told about that stood to protect yourselves and Mr Potter are little more than string considering his treatment, he needed to see the place as home yet he does not you should be happy that the dark lord or his fellow supporters do not know this or they would have attacked years ago."