First let me say that this thing developed a life of its own. This is not where I intended for this chapter to go. However I had a review remind me that I hadn't dealt with a certain character and somehow this emerged. It's a bit longer then a lot of my other chapters too. Sadly still no Sev/Harry time but I promise next chapter.
This has violence, rape, slash and other mature themes. Of course if you made it this far you already know all this.
Chapter 29
The last couple of days had been rather amusing. Students had paid very little attention in class to busy gossiping. Gryffindor was now in the negatives, since they had been unable to be slightly subtle in their debates over the articles or rather fights.
Already information on Dumble's sister's death and an accounting on the actual final battle between the two lovers, far less epic then the tale Dumbledork and several of his puppets had painted had been released. Yesterday's paper had also included that the Headmaster's favorite phrase "For the Great Good" was one that he had coined off Gellert. The paper had even printed letters the two had written to each other.
Dumbledore had not appeared at all during this time, much to busy fruitlessly trying to do damage control. Newspapers with shocking articles continued to arrive daily and Harry had looked forward to the reactions of Dumblefucks dirty secrets as they were revealed, however today was a different matter.
The headlines today would be the first in a line the detailed what Dumbledore had done to Harry. While today would be rather mild, just releasing his parents will and Dumbledore's decision to ignore it and place him with the very people his parents had requested he never be left with, it was the beginning and having the wizarding world know he had been abused wasn't not something he really wanted. Fortunately it had decided it would be best if the rape was left out, much to Harry's relief.
Either way the release of the will was sure to be a large blow. Not only had Dumbledore ignored his parents' wishes on where to place him, no were in the will had Dumbledore be listed as a guardian. Which of course meant, not only had he violated the will he had also falsified documents and basically kidnapped Harry. Something Harry fully intended to charge him for immediately after the paper arrived. This of course would be coupled by the charges for the large amounts of gold and personal items that had been taken from his vault.
Bracing himself Harry went to sit down at the table. Basically everyone else was already in the great hall. Harry had been too nervous to arrive any earlier and had instead taken a walk around the grounds in hopes to calm his nerves.
For once Ginny was sitting farther down the table talking with Lavender and several other girls. Seeing him she smiled at him. Fully planning to ignore her he reach out to snag some toast when something sparkly caught his eye. Ginny was showing off a ring on her left finger to the girls, which would have been an unexpected relief if he hadn't caught sight of the Potter family crest. Blood roared in his ears as his temper quickly rose to the surface.
How dare the bitch wear the Potter Crest, stolen from his own vaults no less? Standing he stalked over to Ginny, his magic dancing violently around him, so strong it was visible. Many of the Gryffindor's scooted back at the display of magic rolling of the furious boy-who-lived, while their head of house started to male her way towards the scene looking worried. Harry ignored them, his attention focused on the ring adorning the little red head bitch's finger.
"Harry," Ginny greeted him, with a wave, oblivious to the rage rolling of the older teen. Harry just glared at her a few seconds, trying to desperate to stop himself from lashing out at her with his magic.
"Where exactly did you get that RING?" he finally managed to ground out. Ginny smiled seductively up at him.
"You mean my engagement ring?" She asked showing off the gold ring with the Potter coat of arms carved into a dark ruby, looking rather proud of herself. Fortunately for her their Head of House arrived at that moment otherwise Harry would have smacked her.
"What is going on here Mr. Potter," the older woman asked the furious teen, wand gripped firmly in her hand.
"I would like to know that myself, Professor," Harry answered voice cold as ice. He gestured to the Weaslette. Professor McGonagall turned to the red head in confusion.
"If you note the ring on her hand bears the Potter Crest. What's more it's the wedding ring my mother wore. I would love to know how someone with no connection with the potter family managed to get a hold of an item that was in the potter family vault and then had the nerve to wear it. I would be well within my rights to declare a blood feud over this right now. "Harry explained to the teacher while looking at the youngest Weasley in disgust only vaguely noting that her brother had at some point moved to her side.
"Watch your tongue you man. That is a serious threat you are making over something that I'm sure is can be easily cleared up," the older woman responded sternly. Harry snorted and held up his hand.
"Ring of the house of Potter, return to you owner's hand." He said coolly. The ring on Ginny's finger glowed gold for a second be for it vanished, only to reappear in Harry's hand. Lovely he traced the crest before shooting a look of pure venom at Ginny who had the gall to look furious.
"Together always, my Lily," he murmured at last, reading out loud the delicate script written on the inside of the ring, "there is no denying that this is my mother's ring, nor that this is the potter crest. Only a member of a noble house is allowed to wear its coat of arms. For another to do so is line theft. My threat is no less serious than the crime. It would be well with in my rights to bankrupt and destroy the Weasely family over this." Harry announced, loud enough for his audience, a large group of students, to hear every word. He smirked slightly as the surrounding students started to whisper excitedly, many point at Ginny. Line theft was a serious charge in the wizard world.
"Miss Weasely, perhaps you can explain this situation to myself and Mr. Potter?" Professor McGonagall asked as she suppressed a sinking feeling. Harry raised an eyebrow. Somehow he knew that Dumble's was behind this, who else had access to his vault and had stolen from it after all.
"The headmaster gave it to me, its proof of Harry and my engagement. Now give it back. "Ginny declared, looking rather proud of herself as she held out her hand demanding her ring. Her brother was smirking as well, his chest puffed out in pride. Harry couldn't help himself he snickered at the sight of the two.
"And why and the bloody hell would you think I would marry you, Dumbledore or no? We aren't in any relationship. I've never shown any interest in you. Hell I don't even swing that way." He asked, once he had gained control of himself, his anger returning. Ginny stepped back a second at the pure hatred at the green-eyed male's voice, before pulling herself together and smiling.
"It's ok Harry. I know you're confused but Dumbledore knows what is best for you. He and my parents signed a marriage contract. We will be wed this summer, it will be lovely." She simpered looking up at him. Harry just shook his head.
"Ginny, Ginny, Ginny," He said softly smirking as ran his eyes down her body, "if you were the last person on earth I wouldn't marry you. I'm just not into money grubbing bitches that've already slept with a third of the male population." Much to his amusement both Weasleys went red, making them both look like tomatoes. Surprising theie head of house stayed quiet.
"Well you don't have a choice Potter," Ron spat, as he clenched his fist, "you can't break a marriage contract. Not that you deserve my sister you poof." The teen sneered. For the second time that day Harry laughed, causing those listening to look at him strangely.
"I'm afraid you wrong. You see while marriage contracts are impossible to break, when legally done, I'm afraid only the Head of the House of Potter can sign one for members of the house of Potter and in case you haven't figured it out, that head would be me. Even my magical guardian would be unable to so. So there is no way that a marriage contract signed by Albus Dumbledore, who isn't even my magical guardian, much less the head of the Noble house of Potter would be binding." Harry explained slowly, likely he was dealing with small children. Ginny paled drastically, her eyes wide. Ron on the other hand looked furious. Harry suspected the only reason the other male hadn't swung at him was due to the fact that their head of house was standing less the 3 feet away.
"But the headmaster said, "Ginny started, only for the very man they were speaking of to interrupt.
"Ah, I hope everything was ok. I couldn't help notice how tense you looked, my boy." The headmaster said cheerfully, blue eyes twinkling, looking every bit the kindly old grandfather.
"We were just discussing the seriousness of line theft headmaster," harry answered coolly, stepping back as the headmaster stepped closer.
"While line theft is a serious issue, I am unsure how this is an appropriate discussion between friends." The man answered smoothly looking nothing more the curious, not that Harry believed that the man was fully aware of what was happening. Having Dumbledore sadly around must have given Ginny back her confidence since she now stepped closer to Harry smiling.
"I'm afraid Harry just misunderstood when he saw my ring. I'm sure once you explain the engagement to him it will be fine, headmaster." The girl said smiling seductively up from behind her bangs. Harry just shook his head, did nothing get through her thick skull.
"As a told you before there is no engagement." Harry murmured while he slid his hand into his pocket and slipped on the potter lordship ring. The other rings currently hung on a goblin made chain around his neck since he didn't want anyone to know about them yet, but he had put the Potter ring in his pocket because he had a feeling it would come in handy today if Dumbles tried to claim guardianship over him in some way once the will was revealed.
"Ah my boy, you are indeed engaged to Mrs. Weasley. Knowing how you feel about the Weasley family, I, as your guardian offered them a marriage contract between you and their daughter. The two of you will be wed over them summer. With Voldemort out there causing trouble I felt it was necessary to guarantee you will have someone to support you. You deserve a little bit of happiness after all my boy." The old man explained eyes twinkling as he stroked his long beard.
"Are you the head of the noble and ancient house of Potter?" Harry asked softly, his eyes gleaming brightly with rage. The headmaster shook his head and began to speak; Harry raised a hand for silence. In surprise the Headmaster stopped.
"Then I'm afraid you have no right to engage me to anyone. As I already explained to them," he gestured at Ron and Ginny, "only the head of the house of Potter can arrange marriage contracts and as you agreed, you are not the head of the house of Potter." He finished, his calm voice belittling the rage burning in his eyes. Hearing the flapping of wings, he turned just in time to watch Hedwig land at the table beside him with his mail. Walking over he picked up the paper and unrolled it.
"Potter will ignored. Albus Dumbledore illegally claims Boy-Who-lives' guardianship." He read out loud. Turning he looked the headmaster in the eye as he showed the man the paper, ignore the whispers around him.
"It seems not only are you not the head of house, you're not now nor have you ever legally been my guardian. That supposed marriage contract is nothing but a waste of paper and ink, written up by people who have no legal say in my life. "Harry spat.
"My boy, I am afraid that as a minor you have to have a legal guardian and with Sirus…" Dumbledore trailed off in shock as Harry held out his hand revealing his lordship ring sighting proudly on his finger.
"I recently discovered an interesting fact. You see when a minor over the age of 11 claims a lordship they immediately become emancipated and as you can see I've claimed the Potter Lordship. So I'm afraid I need no legal guardian. I am now considered an adult by the wizard world. "Harry explained smirking at Dumbledore's dumbfounded face.
"As for the illegal attempts to take over my guardianship, I guarantee that it will be looked into." He continued causing Dumbledore to pale drastically, the white of his skin contrasting greatly with the orange and green robes.
"Harry, my boy, perhaps we should discuss this in my office," Dumbledore said, looking around at all the students that where making no attempt to pretend they weren't listening.
"I'm afraid I will have to refuse. Considering the recent evidence I believe that it is in my best interest to stay away from you. "Harry responded.
"I'm afraid that as your headmaster I must insist." Dumbledore said, looking furiously. Harry smirked to himself as many of the nearby students shifted away from the headmaster looking scared. It seems that the man had lost control of his temper and had let his kindly wise grandfather act slip.
"According to the Hogwart bylaws, the headmaster has no say in student's personal business. What's more all school related issues are to be handled by the Head of House. This was probably added in the Hogwarts regulations to insure that the Headmaster is neutral regarding any politics relating to students. Either way, I'm afraid that you have no right to demand I go to your office. If you have any disciplinary complaints you can take them up with Professor McGonagall. I'm afraid I've got to go to class now. Merlin knows what Professor Snape will do to me if I'm late." Harry explained as he started gathering up his stuff. Ignoring the headmaster and the other students shocked expressions he left the hall heading towards Severus's class room. He had no doubt that his lover would want to look over his memory of the dumbfounded look on Dumbles face. Not to mention he might have enough to sneak in a few kisses.
Sev- So she finally got around to dealing with the slut.
Harry- How anyone could think I would agree to a marriage contract with. *shudders at the thought*
Sev- Your mine. I'd kill her before she could lay a single finger on you.
Harry- *Looks dreamily at Sev* Only yours.
Author – Never got their romance in the books. I mean she like hero worships him and stalks him.
Author- then again I never got why harry was friends with Ron either. I mean he turns on him and seems to only care about his fame.
Harry- welllllllllll, it was the Gryffindor in me.
Sev- *sighs* Gryffindor equals no brains.
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