Chapter 3

It had been ten years since the Trials, as predicted Severus Snape got off on the word of Dumbledore, Karakroff got off naming Barty Crouch junior as a Death Eater. As such not much changed in the Wizarding World minus the fact that the four Horcruxes that could be found and destroyed were. The cup snatched from the Lestrange vault by the Goblins and cleansed, the Gaunt ring found de-cursed and cleansed, the Diadem found when Bellatrix went to Hogwarts to apply for the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts, she also found out that the course was indeed cursed. After finding and removing the curse Professor McGonagall gave Bella a grace period of two years to see if the former Black sister was indeed good enough to be a teacher. Finding the younger woman to be fair but quirky Minerva hired Bellatrix permanently to the DADA position and a year later when Professor Slughorn retired asked Bellatrix to be Head of House for Slytherin. As for the Slytherin locket Sirius found it with Kreacher who told Regulus's story.

The only Horcrux was now the Journal given to Lucius Malfoy, however this particular horcux would be given to them without a fight before Harry would even step foot in Hogwarts. In fact it would be presented to Bellatrix and her husband, by her sister while Harry was speeding toward Hogwarts. Needless to say Narcissa Malfoy nee Black showed why you didn't mess with the Black family back during the time of Grindlewald.

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Brad rolled his neck sitting at his work desk meticulously etching the casing of a VHS VCR to not only protect the surrounding electronics from ambient magic but also use a magical plug-in to power it he already finish creating a working television. He then set about getting the televisions to be mass produced. He felt a hand touched his shoulder looked up, "Hey hun, ready to deal with the rugrats, for another year?"

Bellatrix smiled faintly stepping around and sliding into her husband's lap laying her head gently on his shoulder. "It's always fun to teach kids, and this year I get a bonus, I get to teach our kids," she closes her eyes feeling Brad running his fingers through her hair.

"I'm sure Tamera and Harry will enjoy it, so which houses do you think they'll be in?" Brad smiled faintly hearing Bella moan softly as he traced his fingers along the base of her skull messaging the nerve centers.

Leaning away from him, glaring half-heartedly at him, "I wish you'd stop that, last time you did that, Regalus was conceived," Bella snorted seeing him waggle his eyebrows. "You're an insufferable perverted git sometimes."

"Only for you, hun," Brad chuckled kissing her hand.

"Working on that tee-vee thing?" Bella looking at the runes on his desk.

"Trying to cept someone's daughter keeps taking my rune chisels," Brad raised his eyebrow. "Then tries to blame it on her cousin, but when she gets caught she tries to play the sweet and innocent princess with her daddy," he sighs hearing his wife giggle. "And I cave to her whims like a moron. Guh, I think every parent muggle to pureblood has just enough magic to curse their children by saying this one phrase, 'When you grow up I hope you'll have your own child that will be just like you.'" Bella started giggles started erupting into belly laughs the rune master shook his head mock pouting at his wife before gently scooping her into arms bridal style and spinning in place getting a squeal of more laughter before setting her on her feet. She slid her arms around his neck her smile becoming sultry. "Love you, Mrs. Wall." Leaning in and kissing her.

"And I you Mr. Wall," Bella said softly breaking the kiss. "As for which house our children will be in, Tamera is definitely Slytherin bound, while Harry will most likely follow in his parents steps and be in Gryffindor."

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Harry looked up from his potions text book, as soon as he heard soft padding feet enter his room. "Tammy what are you doing?"

"Um, have you seen Morgana?" his cousin had grown from the attention seeking and getting infant into a mirror image of her mother minus the fact she had her father's cool ocean blue eyes. Long raven hair reach down to her lower back, those blue eyes constantly switching between friendly to mischievous at the drop of a hat, rarely ever flashing in anger. Harry rolled his eyes, Morgana was Tamera familiar a beautiful black and white cat who was just as much as a free spirit as her owner, he points to his bed that had a bulge shifting under his comforter. "Silly cat," Tamera muttered walking over and ducking under the comforter. "What are you doing here, disturbing Harry?" Harry heard a faint meow. "Oh, well maybe I should get you your own comforter." Another meow sounding more excited. "I knew I should have asked Santa for one last Christmas, you could of said something."

Harry started snickering glancing up at his own familiar a beautiful snowy owl, Hedwig. Before going back to his book reaching down and taking a few notes on some ingredients. "You know I don't mind her visiting, Tammy."

Tamera came out from under the comforter scooping up her cat into her arms, "I know just I need to get her into her carrier for the trip to King's Cross," a plaintive meow was the response. "I know you don't like it, but familiar's are not allowed outside the carriers or cages until we get to Hogwarts. Once there you'll get free reign until Christmas."

"You'll be fine Morgana, I'm sure you'll have plenty of other cats to keep you company during the trip, I heard Millicent has one," Harry explained the cat turned her head in a pout. "Also heard that Susan Bones has a perfectly handsome tabby that Sirius bought her for her birthday this year." The black and white cat looked back at him tilting her head slightly. "Seemed like a nice bloke when I visited them last week."

Tamera sighed, "Are you trying to set her up on a date?" raising an eyebrow at her cousin a smirk appearing on her face.

Harry shrugged scratching his cheek looking a bit sheepish, "Just trying to help."

"Are you two ready yet?!" came Tamera's mother question, Harry quickly marked his book and turning in his chair to open his trunk sliding it into his library compartment. Shutting it, he heard Tamera scamper off to her room to secure Morgana in her carrier. He walked over to his closet pulling out Hedwig's cage. "Time to go, Hedwig." He walked over to her perch and gently extended his arm, the owl hopped from her perch to Harry's arm, to her cage. Placing the cage on top of his trunk after he shut it, Harry quickly put his shoes on, then grabbed the cage and his trunk, turning off the light in his room, grabbing his wand, leaving the room dragging the cage down a long hallway into the main hall.

Bellatrix watched Harry come down the hallway a small smile gracing her features, "Okay squirt, let's get that trunk into the truck," Brad stated coming out of the living room grabbing his car key's off the hook. Finishing loading both trunks into the truck bed of his Ford 350 something he bought special order a year ago from the States. Bella had used her magic to expand the cab enough to support at least the driver and ten people. Both Harry and Tamera climbed into their more traditional seats, Harry sitting behind Bella and Tamera behind her father, little Regulas sat between them the nine year old looking excited.

"I'm really not looking forward to the Wizengamot session this afternoon," Brad stated starting up the truck and putting it into gear.

"Let me guess Dumbledore trying to grab custody for Harry again?" Bella scowled.

"No believe it or not, another one of Lucy stupid 'Muggleborn, Squib, and Half-Blood Protection Acts' more limitations for this and that, being a general dick as usual. What your sister sees in that blonde poofter I'll never know," Brad grumbled glancing at his wife hearing sniggering from her.

"Don't worry about him, without the Snake Wanker he's just an annoyance. And most of the anchor's are destroyed, Cissy promised to give me the last one at the station," Bellatrix waved off her husband's complaint.

"So she found it," getting a nod Brad smirked. "I take it, Sirius his getting the necessary papers together to make Lucius even more toothless then."

"I imagine Lucius will be more worried about losing half his fortune in a rather messy annulment of his marriage, than his little bill he's trying to put forward," it took the Wall family less than twenty minutes to get from their home in Manchester to King's Cross station simply because Brad had duplicated the wards and runes that were used on the Knight bus onto his truck, the speed, the ability to morph, and the notice-me-not wards. They arrived at the station with a good thirty minutes to spare. Getting two carts for his kids Brad walked them through the barrier.

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There weren't many people milling about at this point, just a few over eager Muggleborn children. One such child ran up to them, "Hello," the girl had bushy brown hair, with her two front teeth slightly larger than the rest.

"And hello to you, Ms..." Brad smiled slightly.

"Oh, I'm Hermione Granger, this is ever so fascinating," the girl was practically shivering in excitement.

"I can quite imagine, dear," Bella chuckled as Tamera walked up to the bushy haired girl.

"Hi, I'm Tamera," the dark haired motion with her head at her cousin, "that's Harry nice to meet you Hermione."

"Where's your parent's Hermione?" Brad asked.

Hermione's smiled dimmed into a smaller sad smile, "They can't get through the barrier, I told them I wanted to see everything then I would meet them again before the train leaves."

Digging into his hip pouch produced two amulet's and Brad handed them to Hermione, "Give these to your parents, these will let them pass through the barrier," Hermione looked at the amulets cautiously taking them running through the barrier and a minute later the bushy haired girl re-emerged onto the station with her parents in tow.

Hermione walked up to him tears in her eyes, "Thank you, mister."

Brad waved it off with a smile, "it was nothing, kiddo. Let me formally introduce myself, the name is Bradford Fitzgerald Wall, this is my wife Bellatrix Dorea Wall nee Black, our eldest child Tamera Elizabeth Wall, our youngest Regulas Lee Wall, and our nephew Harry James Potter," he stated watching the girl's eyes widen at Harry's name.

Tamera giggled slightly at the other girl's dumbfounded expression this earned her annoyed glance from the girl. "I'm Hermione Jean Granger, this is my dad Dr. Franklin Theodore Granger and my mom Dr. Eleanor Lynn Granger nee McKinnson." Brad shook Frank's hand and kissed the back of Ellie's hand.

"What kind of Doctors may I ask," Bellatrix asked having her husband spend nearly ten years explaining her various muggle professions. She had a new respect for muggles in recent years.

"Dentistry," Ellie smiled. "We own our own practice."

Brad slowly side stepped behind his wife causing his children to laugh at him, "what regardless of how noble the profession is never liked going to the dentist myself."

Shaking her head Bella glanced at the clock, just as Narcissa and Draco Malfoy appeared along with various other students and their parents. "Looks like the respite has ended, going to collect the journal from Cissy then head off." Bella slid her arms around her husband's neck giving a long lingering kiss.

Tamera and Harry trying to look anywhere but where the two adults in their life were doing. Meanwhile young Regulas was looking around the platform out of boredom, having seen his parents do the kissing thing since before he could walk. He then spotted someone he hadn't seen since New Years. "Tori!" he shouted bolting toward the pale blonde haired girl who along with her parents and older sister who appeared on the platform.

Astoria Greengrass looked up and smiled seeing brown haired, brown eyed boy she met at the last New Years ball running toward her. The two met in a fierce hug having become fast friends during that ball mostly because they were the only two nine year olds at the ball. Tamera walked up behind her brother shaking her head leaning in, "You just know they'll end up together, Daph."

Daphne Greengrass sighed shaking her head watching the two younger children chat, also watching out the corner of her eyes as her father and mother moved to visit with Tamera's father. She also notice Tamera's mother move to talk to Narcissa Malfoy, taking some kind of book from her. Bellatrix then moved in closer to them, "Reggie gives your mommy a kiss," Bella crouched holding her arms out Regulas jumped into her arms kissing her cheek. "Now be good for your father, and if I found out you've turned his hair pink again you'll be in trouble."

"Aw but mom, dad said he found it funny actually wanted me to see if I could change his eyes green," Regulas complained.

Astoria, Daphne, and Tamera watched the woman move her lips as if mentally counting before she sighed. "Just be a good boy for mommy, I'm sure you dad is arranging some play dates for you and Astoria so he can work," she glanced at her husband who looked up and gave a nod almost like he knew what she was thinking. "Tammy be nice on the train and try not to hex your cousin."

"Only if the blonde ponce leaves me alone, our family has enough issues with inbreeding without that idiot trying to hit on me when I'm older," Tamera snorted folding her arms across her developing chest.

"Just be good I don't want to have issue detentions to my own daughter before she even gets sorted," Bella standing back up glancing at both her children a sad smile on her face before she apparated.

"What did she mean by that?" Daphne asked.

"Oh you didn't know, mum's the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher and Head of Slytherin House," Tamera explained.

"And a right..."

"Good one she is," both girls spun around coming face to face with the infamous Weasely twins.

"You must be Fred and George, mum, always enjoys the headaches you give Professor Snape and Flich," Tamera snickered. "Wouldn't mind joining in on the pranks you guys are no doubt planning for this year." Daphne rolled her eyes.

"Tammy, better get going train has less than two minutes," her father shouted. Daphne and Tamera gave their siblings a hug before running to the train. Tamera ran to give her father a hug and ruffling her brother's hair good naturally one last time. Harry was given a manly hug from his uncle and a fist bump from his cousin before getting on the train.