Chapter 25 – – Threats, fights and a little snogging
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Welcoming feast was enjoyable but as we expected an invitation to the Headmaster's Office at the end of the feast was inevitable, and...
"Mr. Potter will you please come with me to my office!" The Headmaster directed.
As Dumbledore was releasing everyone from the feast I scurried over to Professor McGonagall to ensure she came and was present with us in our meeting with Dumbledore. I had been through this too many times not to have witnesses and my Head of House could not be considered impartial or even likable.
When the four of us arrived at the Headmasters office we found not only the Headmaster but Snape who was standing off to one side of Dumbledore's desk.
"Ladies this is quite unexpected as I don't recall requesting your presence."
"Headmaster I've asked my wife's to attend this meeting along with Professor McGonagall in her role as your Deputy here at Hogwarts." I got the feeling that McGonagall had not told Dumbledore my requesting married quarters.
"You are ridiculous Potter making preposterous claims, you're not old enough to get married without the permission of your magical Guardian and I sure Dumbledore did not give you that permission." Snape was as obnoxious and wrong as always.
Ignoring Snape I turned to the Headmaster, "Headmaster I am pleased to introduce you to Lady Daphne Potter, this is Lady Tracy Slytherin." I mentally started the count down for the first explosion however the countdown had not even gotten to one when Snape ignited, "WHAT! A Half-Blood as Lady Slytherin, insanity, you'll alienate the entire house, there is going to be blood in the common room, but at least I'll be rid of the Potters in my house!" Snape exploded and stormed out of the Headmaster's office.
"This is why we requested private quarters and that my ladies and I have the same class schedules. Mister Malfoy has already graced us with threats today on the Hogwarts express.
Headmaster did not appear to be overly concerned about my safety but my disappearing from Privet drive
"Harry you must keep in mind that your actions do not only affect yourself but your brother Harold. You must understand, if you had been taken by Voldemort forces, your capture could have lured your brother into his grasp."
"Do you really believe that since my brother has been treating me like shit that he would really come looking for me?
Dumbledore ignored my reactions and just continued, "I cannot believe that you have been so reckless in getting married and I'm sure your acceptance with two wives will vilify your acceptance back at Privet drive. I must insist on knowing where you were living and with whom for all of our safety."
"Sorry old boy but I cannot answer that question, fidelis charm you know, and all that Rot." It was my turn to start smirking.
After a bit more useless chatter we left the Headmasters office and Professor McGonagall guided us to our new quarters leaving a non-two happy Headmaster.
"So professor what is your opinion?" I asked professor McGonagall.
"Lord Potter I'm afraid I'm going to withhold my opinion in an attempt to maintain my neutrality between you and Albus Dumbledore." I thought that that was indeed an interesting reply. I really had expected her to say something about my disrespect to the great Albus Dumbledore or my not obeying his instructions.
After establishing a password for the portrait at the entrance of our living quarters Professor McGonagall left on school business and we entered our new rooms.
"You know I think the old man is loosing it, he didn't say one word when I identified Tracey as Lady Slytherin."
"Snape covered that ground quite effectively if you ask me." Tracy grouched.
"You know you're probably wrong. He is probably at Gringotts or the Ministry right now establishing multiple loopholes in our marriages or your Lordships." Daphne replied.
"I thought it was funny when you said you couldn't answer, 'Old Boy'." Tracey laughed.
I started to think it was funny but became upset after finding only two bedrooms, one bathroom and a small living room. The girls stop me from stomping out to complain.
"Harry we need to have a discussion and having only two bedrooms between the three of us is a place to start." Daphne stated with a grin on her face.
"We girls have decided we need to get to know you a bit better."
While my brain went into high gear over what the possibilities were, Daphne slammed on the brakes by telling me their decision would be given at a later time. The first night the two girls slept in one room with me in the other. There for a while I thought I would have bed companions but that changed into getting the couch while they used my room for their clothes storage. I was happy in the end to be by myself in my own room.
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The next couple of days would have been hilarious if some of the students did not have such serious reactions. Gryffindor House hated us as did all of Slytherin House while Ravenclaw and Hufflelpuff usually tried to ignore all of the Slytherin students. Since the three of us were no longer entering our common room the Slytherin students, egged on by Snape, had to take their reactions to the hallways and corridors of Hogwarts. Tripping spells, hexes had a number of curses were aimed at us. Between their bad aim and our shielding it caused other house students to be hit or hexed. This got Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff involved in throwing hexes and spells in retaliation. Madam Pomphrey's hospital wing was filled with students growing antlers, elf ears, or expanding teeth. Donkey tails, clown feet and red-hair were some of the more popular hexes.
Later in the week it suddenly went deadly serious.
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"Look guys it's the Half-bloods and Blood Traders out spreading their filth throughout Hogwarts. Let's show them what we do with filthy lying traitors."
Malfoy, Baddock, Nott, along with Crab, Goyle and two older students had their wands out and started throwing curses in our direction. I of course had one of my more powerful shields up, Daphne and Tracy had also raised their shields as we moved together for better protection from the barrage.
Crab and Goyle were attempting first-year hexes while the other Slytherin's were throwing severing and cutting curses. The three of us were not sitting around taking a tally of all the dangers curses being hurled at us and almost in unison three 'stupefy' spells erupted from behind our shields stunning everyone in front of our shields. I am not taking anything away from the power of Daphne and Tracy spells but... I had forgotten how powerful my spells had become.
"Oh hell! We're going to be in detention for the next six years!" Daphne moaned.
"You think we should get down the hallway and 'Rennerate' all those Ravenclaw's?" Tracy was correct, we had stupefied the entire hallway in addition to the seven Slytherin students that had attacked us.
"Let them sleep, I'm sure the teachers will be able to handle this better than we will." I wasn't interested in defending ourselves from a dozen irate Ravenclaw's who would wake up grumpy after receiving our stunners.
Our banter was interrupted by a couple of moans from behind us causing us to turn around. There are on the floor were two Gryffindor students lying in pools of blood.
"Morgana!" Professor Sprout yelped, as she had just entered the hallway, and thus shaking me from my shocked state of inaction.
Professor Sprout had Madam Pomphrey on scene caring for the two students in minutes. Madam Pomphrey was soon followed by half the Professors at Hogwarts. Professor McGonagall had the three of us in the Headmaster's office in no time and giving a quick explanation of what had transpired.
The two injured Gryffindor students were treated and would survive. Daphne, Tracy and I received point deductions and a detention with Professor McGonagall for using our wands in the hallway. The seven Slytherins only got a week of detentions each with our head of house, Snape. The Slytherin detentions would turn out to be meaningless as when the teachers went down the hallway, reviving the innocent students, they found Professor Snape stunned in the shadows of that same hallway.
Before we got sent out of the Headmasters office the Professors were arguing with the Headmaster that it was obvious that Snape knew what was happening and did nothing to prevent the attack. The Headmaster was adamant that nothing was going to happen to Snape.
Gryffindor house was livid over the entire affair and vowed vengeance on Slytherin. It only took two days to bring the minor hexes and spells, by both houses part, to higher more dangerous level.
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In the last dimension the founders portraits, which I can't find here, taught me a few spells and curses one was the disillusionment charm making me invisible. This allowed me to sneak off alone to the Restricted Section of the library and as the marauders did before me, pull down books about becoming an animagus. Unfortunately I had removed the disillusionment charm shortly after leaving the library which allowed me to come face-to-face with a number of Gryffindor students.
"Well, well, if it is my brother the Slytherin." Harold looked like Christmas and arrived.
"Harold what brings you out to this part of the Castle with your Quidditch team?" Harold was accompanied with Dean Thomas, Finnigan, Ron Weasley and Cormac McLaggen.
"We're not the Quidditch team were here to teach you slimy Slytherins a lesson." Weasley yelled as he was turning red in the face.
"And what lesson are you planning on teaching with your entire Quidditch team, the Wronski Feint?" With all of the cursing taking place in the hallways I would have been stupid not to realize that I was in a bit of trouble.
"Stupify." Yelled Ron Weasley as he appeared anxious to start the game.
I sidestepped the curse and return the favor, "Stupify", unfortunately there were a lot of Gryffindor in the way, five of which hit the floor slightly stunned.
Needless to say I was back in the Headmaster's office with four Professors two of which were in a heated argument over me.
"Headmaster if you are not going to expel these cretins then I want detention for the rest of the year for Potter."
"I think that's quite unfair Severus, how can they learn their lessons if they are no longer here at Hogwarts." Dumbledore reasoned.
Since it was my students that were involved the punishment should be with me and not Professor Snape." Professor McGonagall stated quite adamantly.
"Albus I think you should consider that neither Head of House should be part of any punishment. As you can see they are both emotionally involved." Professor Flitwick added.
"Flitwick are you insinuating that I would not be fair in my application of these detentions?" Snape sneered.
In the end the headmaster assigned me three days of detention with Hagrid. The Quidditch team only received minor house point deductions, which I took as grossly unfair.
Several Professors agreed with me.
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A couple days later in a double potion class I started receiving the same bad mouthing from Snape that Harold and the Gryffindor house were use to receiving. To this point in time I received a basic pass on Snape's attention by being in Slytherin house, now I was persona-non-gratis just about everywhere. The Shield that I had erected around our workstation prevented the flood of flying objects or spells headed toward our cauldrons from both Gryffindor and Slytherin. Daphne, Tracey and I were by ourselves in a corner of the class with Snape normally looking in the opposite direction when objects flew.
I just finished shredding the silverweed and laying it aside and was now finely slicing my root of aconite. The exploding ginger eyelash was set far from the other ingredients because if these ingredients were improperly entered into the cauldron there could be one hell of a big bang. As if my concentration was not already being strained by the students Snape was verbally harassing everything about me including the air I breathed...
"Potter what House are you going to join now that you are not welcome in Slytherin house?" Spat Snape.
I whispered to Daphne and Tracy, "Pack up we're leaving."
I wondered how Snape would take a little verbal repartee, "Professor what is the Dark Lord going to say when I tell him that you're trying to push me toward the light and away from his service as a loyal Slytherin? You are supposed to be one of his faithful servants aren't you?"
"You accuse me of being a servant of the Dark Lord?" Snape growled as he was not able to admit it in front of the Gryffindor students.
"Oh! That's right, Voldemort only thinks you're spying for him while you have secretly sworn to be a Dumbledore spy, right?"
Snape always did have a short fuse, he raced over and wrapped his hands around my throat just as I put my hands on his chest and thought, 'Depulso'. As Snape flew across the room I said to the girls, "Let's get out of here now". As I scooped up the silverweed, aconite and the exploding ginger eyelash and dumped them all into my cauldron as we charged from the room. I figured most people would have their eyes on Snape crashing into his shelves of jars and not see me dump the ingredients into the cauldron.
No sooner had we entered the hallway when I heard the Potion room's door slam open. I spun around raising one of the founders more powerful shields and wandlessly laid a sheet of ice on the floor of the hallway.
It worked better than I thought it would. Just after Snape cast a purple curse, which the founders shield absorbed, he charge at me and had his feet hit the ice which sent his legs straight up in the air landing him on his back with a thump. Since his head was not as hard as the cold stone floor he was quite unconscious.
Seconds later a boom could be heard as thick billowing smoke and students exited the Potions classroom. Daphne, Tracy and I headed for the McGonagall office to demand that Potions be removed from our list of classes.
The girls and I had previously discussed dropping Potions mainly because of Snape. We were also discussing whether our involvement in any of this was healthy. Voldemort would be expecting us to take his mark or garner his deadly attention. People died in a war and that included just how safe we were here at Hogwarts. The odds of one of us dying were quite high before this war was over.
After a number of dimensions in which I had to deal with Snape, I figured messing with Snape was authorized, short of killing the slimy Git. Since wandless magic would not be taught until next year I thought there might be a good chance of me getting out any serious trouble with using it on Snape.
My wives and I had a family huddle and came up with several plans of action that a lot of people were not going to like. Our main worry was our wildcard called Thanatos and when he was going to show.
Being called to the Dumbledore's office began a shouting match about me attacking a Professor. This was mainly from Professor McGonagall as Snape currently resided in the hospital wing. Flitwick and Sprout were there out of curiosity and seemed to be quite pleased with Snape's residence.
"And you have a problem with me stating he is a spy? What was in error about him being called a spy?"
"He was only trying to contain your stating information which would get back to Voldemort and have deadly results." Albus was not twinkling as he spoke, "There was no call to attack him so violently."
"Well if he is such a great spy what about the students that spy for the Dark Lord and why is Snape keeping his mouth shut? OR! Should I ask why you don't remove the Dark Marked students if he has already informed you of them?
"It is my school and I believe they can be saved. Should I remove them from Hogwarts they would surly turn dark." Albus had lost his grandfatherly persona and was almost growling.
I continued, "Dumbledore you are driving me to the Dark side and after I take his Mark I will be happy to tell Voldemort that his spy is not at all that trustworthy. Let's see if he tries to save his misguided servant from the light side."
Dumbledore sprang from his seat and yelled, "You DARE to compare me with Voldemort!"
McGonagall and Flitwick had their wands out and pointed at the Headmaster.
"Potter you best leave before anymore is said." McGonagall suggested.
I offered my arms to the girls and we turned to leave but I shocked the room with a maniacal laugh as we stepped out of the office.
We ignored all of the screaming, yelling and arguing that erupted as we left the office. We had gotten out from underneath any punishment for the potion class incident, "muahaha". Our withdrawing from potion classes left us a big gap of time in our weekly schedule. The girls did come up with a solution to occupy all this free time which I heartedly agreed with, we did have our private quarters after all.
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We had school, with tons of homework, then there were all of the attacks in the hallways, the three of us had to stay together constantly. Being a threesome was not overly conducive to one on one time and in what could be called normalcy in a relationship. So I was not unhappy when the girls decided to make a schedule. The schedule was quite simple one girl retired to the girl's bedroom leaving the living room free to be used for dinner or for some snogging time on the couch.
In our relationship we never became boyfriend girlfriend. We never dated unless you're calling dodging curses a hot date. Then out of nowhere we all fell in love? I guess this all could be called the life of Harry Potter on the run.
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Daphne was our pureblood specialist having been trained in all of the graces of society in the wizard world. Tracey was more the person to get thing done even if she had to bash heads to do it. I was just happy with the girls so I was looking forward to our Hogsmeade village weekend. The three of us agreed in most areas with surprisingly little argument. So life was moving along even if it was dangerous to be us.
Classes were torture and even Dumbledore could not put a lid on all the hexes and curses flying in the hallways. I have a brother who is no better than a Malfoy and then there is currently the problem of Voldemort and his merry crew. We decided that since it was a Hogsmeade village weekend it was a good idea to further our agenda and not everyone else's.
We hopped on a carriage to Hogsmeade village and headed straight for The Three Broomsticks to grab some 'floe' powder and head to Gringotts. The only problem was the Death Eaters between the Leaky Cauldron and Gringotts.
I don't believe the girls were far behind me in attitude because to be honest I lost it," Kill the Bastards!" I yelled while sending number of concussion hexes at the Death Eaters. Both girls had already left loose with cutting curses.
Death Eaters were flying into buildings, walls and crashing into and through windows. The girls cutting curses had pieces of the Death Eaters and spurting blood hurling through the air and across the entire streets. One Death Eater sent a killing curse which I intercepted using an 'Accio' spell on a barrel. The barrel from the front of the Apothecary, intercepted the killing curse's path, exploded and sent pickled Dragon livers flying in all directions.
We rushed forward behind one of the founders shields as we needed to get closer to Death Eaters for our spells to be effective. With all the curses flying in amongst bloodcurdling screams I had the feeling of death lurking above us. Not death from the Death Eaters on the street but from above.
I expected to look up and find Thanatos and then being dragged into a new dimension. What I saw was a stupid Death Eater looking down on us from the rooftop of the building on our right. I think I overreacted and sent an overpowered concussion curse that took out part of the building as well as exploding the Death Eater. Blood and body parts were falling from the sky along with a number of stone pieces.
"Tracey maintain your shield, Daphne incendiary curse now!" I yelled. That was the last we saw of the Death Eaters that day. Those that could disappeared.
We had slight cuts from being nicked by stones and were covered in Death Eater blood, guts and pickled Dragon livers. We stomped to Gringotts.
Attacked in the streets, attacked in the hallways of Hogwarts plus the verbal abuse, the one thing we all agreed on and that was that this crap had to come to a screeching halt.
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"So there will be no problems with you maintaining control of the accounts even though the accounts are in America?" I asked RipJaw.
"Not at all, is only just paperwork. The end effect will be that the Ministry of England cannot access your Galleons without going through the American courts."
It wasn't like I had a lot of money but what I did have a wanted kept from greedy hands. There was John's monthly allowance that we also had to worry about. We wanted the English Ministry of Magic to keep their sticky little fingers out of my vaults. Harold had his trust fund but he would have to get a job after school, the Potters were almost bankrupt. If the Ministry or Dumbledore did some legal mumbo jumbo all they would find were empty vaults. We told RipJaw that we would be available at John's Castle and left Gringotts.
There was still the oddity in that we did not know John's full name and no one would tell us proper name of the Castle in which we were living. People only knew the place as Ghost Castle but had no idea where it was located. We then sent a post owl to Hogwarts withdrawing from Hogwarts, and headed off to John's Castle knowing we had just made Dumbledore's day. If Thanatos wanted to argue or send us off to another dimension he was welcome to try as we had had enough.
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I might tell you that everybody from the Ministry to Hogwarts all wanted to contact us to beg us to return but that would be a lie. They had the boy who lived and Albus Dumbledore was defending the land so we were quickly forgotten.
John finally got us talked into having the next ball which we held a month later. We found it hilarious that while the wizard world was going up in flames they all put on their finest robes and attended John's soirée. Daphne, Tracey and I enjoyed the party, dancing and laughing at the hijinks of the purebloods at the ball.
The Ministry of Magic was puffed up and professing his greatness while trying to drink the bar dry. On the other side of the room the great Albus Dumbledore who was basking in all adoration of his admirers while parading around the boy-who-lived. Dumbledore left his people like Professor McGonagall to try to persuade people for support for the war. We were also happy to notice Thanatos was not invited nor attended the Ball.
As the war progressed in England we enjoyed visits to Blacks Island, New York's plays and gambling in Monte Carlo. We did spend the majority of our time at John's Castle and we did study by bring in the occasional tutor. By the end of year we all decided to have a New Year's ball and invitations were dispatched.
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Anyone who was important arrived with their invitations tightly clasped in their hands and faced the security minded Castle's elves. The-Boy-Who-Lived and Draco Malfoy had not been sent invitations. It was spiteful but there it is.
The elves stunned a dozen Death Eaters with invitations and sent them off to the ocean. Everyone at the party had not forgotten the war and by now the Minister was fairly drunk and trying to persuade everyone that the Ministry was not getting ready to fall to Voldemort's forces. Dumbledore was scouring the ball seeking new members to his Order of the Phoenix and in his ongoing fight against Voldemort. John was making up his hit list of agreeable females and we were having an excellent time.
"So Minister, how goes the war?" John asked as if he was interested.
"Fabulous old boy, we have the daft Tosser on the…"
About that time we saw what John was up to, as he was eyeing one of the Ministries Section Head's wife for a bit of a Bang.
Voldemort didn't have an invitation so he and his Death Eaters chose that time to trying and storm the castle.
"Harry didn't someone say that this Castle was unplottable?" Daphne asked.
"I believe your right…the Goblins I believe…lets head up to the turrets and see if the wards hold, John says they are invincible and quite lethal."
I figured that it was time to get killed again anyhow so the girls and I head to the turrets expecting Thanatos momentary arrival. Besides I needed to ask him just how many dimensions there were wherever they existed. There is always the outside chance of running out of dimensions, if I was lucky.
Breaking wards is not like ramming a tree into a stone wall until it crumbles. When we got to the top of the tower there was not a lot so see. Every so often a curse breaker would affect the wards and get blasted in a display of lights. In the end even Voldemort realized he was not getting past the wards so in his anger is decided to destroy a good portion of London. Not the Wizard Ministry mind, not Diagon Alley, but Muggle London.
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It wasn't long before Britain's Military counter attacked and pressed on into the wizard world's main centers. The Muggle's military had been quite interested in why they could not enter certain areas or found dead spots showed up in their aerial photography. They soon correct these deficiencies. The Queen of England of course knew of the wizard world and had a "live and let live policy" until Voldemort's attack on London. The Muggle's were now in total control of the wizard world of England, from Squibs stationed in all magical areas with L1A1 battle rifles to a Centurion battle tank stationed outside the Leakey Cauldron.
Voldemort lasted a full two years longer before he ran out of Horcruxes, pure blood followers and was finally done in by being introduced to a 500 pounder from a Panavia Tornado fighter.
Fin
Epilog:
In all this fun and games John's Castle for some reason was never bothered by the Queen's forces. In the end Dumbledore got fired from all his positions and was last heard to be writing his memoirs. The Boy-Who-Lived faded into obscurity and was last heard of moving to Australia. We never came to realizing the full extent of John's deal with Thanatos. We did find that it applied to us as residents of the Castle. As we spent our time in the Castle we found new parts of that agreement bit by bit, one bit was, "Time here in the Castle has no meaning to actual time in the real world." The girls have given me a number of children who are all off living their individual lives. John never fully explained his deal with Thanatos but one day while we were vacationing Thanatos finally showed up explaining many things and offering us the capability of doing it all over again. But that is a story for another time.