Monday, November 07, 2011

Be Careful What You Wish For….

By:Fire Wolfe Not Betaed read at your own risk

Be careful what you wish for you might just get it

Disclaimer: Please See Part One

Betaed By: Aria Dragoncrest any mistakes in this chapter are mine.

Part 37 Pissed off Purebred

Dolores Umbridge was not happy at all. These strangers were going to upturn centuries of Wizarding traditions and they gave being a pure blood a bad name. It had only been a week that had pasted since "they" descended like a horde of barbarians on the Ministry. They were intent on overturning so much. Dolores had quickly fallen into thinking of the group of America as "They or Them" vs "Us" or the purebloods in the ministry. How could Cornelius allow her to run amok. It was a perplexing problem.

The blonde girl who was barely an adult was by far the worst. She made Harry Potter's red headed friend the blood traitor Ronald Weasley seem mature. Senior Under Secretary Umbridge had never meet a more arrogant or condescending individual and she dealt often with Luscious Malfoy which was saying something. She carried the latest issue of the Daily Prophet and was at least happy to see that the Minister backed her fining each of the participants in the latest stunt of Potters. While a hundred gallon fine was not a lot, at least she was sticking it to the upstarts. Flaunting the law and not registering ones animal form was downright criminal. She was also enraged that no one had bothered to inform the ministry that several of the new coven were werewolves. That oversight should have seen them all locked in prison. In fact she had severally reprimanded Madame Bones for not having Senior Auror Moody arrest the lot. She had however been reminded that Auror Tonks had been following procedures and that Senior Auror Moody had no way of knowing that their forms had not been listed at the Ministry. It was also clear that the Director of Magical Law Enforcement was not overly concerned about Were Wolves. Then again the blood traitor was a friend to Remus Lupin a known wolf. Dolores headed to Cornelius Office perhaps this latest news would stir him to action. She reread the petition and cursed. How dare they insist on an audit of the Harry Potter's Trust Fund. The ministry needed that money to help fund various projects.

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Buffy walked toward Number 4 Privet Drive, Surrey, England with Dawn following her. It had taken a week to get settled enough to even begin to think about possibly moving Harry from his aunt and uncles oh so loving care. Buffy could not believe anyone would treat a child as harshly and cruelly as they had Harry.

That got her thinking about Hank Evans Summers of this world and her own Father. Even her own father sending her to a mental institution had been done out of love. Looking back she could see that Hank Summers was not completely the selfish pig she had thought. While it was true he had made many mistakes he had cared. He might never be the father of the year but, he had done what he thought was right by trying to get Buffy the help he believed she needed. Hank Summers had never really been fully briefed on the supernatural world. It had been logical for him to believe his daughter had a psychotic break. Sadly he had done what Buffy believed and learned many parents would do in his situation. He had sought out professional help and secured Buffy to ensure her life and safety.

Buffy knew this because several of their new slayers had found themselves in similar situations. It was one more reason to hate the old council. If they had cared and had helped prepare her parents so much would have been different.

Had they helped then Buffy's situation and later Dana's would not have been so dire or so dark. Their one slayer one watcher routine had caused a number of slayers and even watchers to end up having to prove they were sane. Of course that sanity was in debate given that they all willingly fought the forces of evil nightly with no pay or support. Buffy sometimes thought it was Travers and his ilk that should have been locked up in the nut house. Looking back she was really only still angry about Hank's failure to show up at her mother's funeral but, even that may not have been his fault completely. Buffy had later learned that someone had intercepted her letter to him; and that his secretary had been working for Wolfram and Hart to deny her support. It was possible he had never learned the truth or that the same secretary had prevented his coming. She would never know because sadly her father in her world had been killed by terrorist bomb in Madrid. His death had shown Buffy that he loved her when he left over half of his estate to her in a trust. The second half had been divided between his second wife and Dawn. Who she later learned had been listed as only Joyce's daughter. A letter from her father stated he had never considered Dawn his and that Joyce had claimed she was not his. However, Hank had tired. Now almost two years later she could forgive him a little and she could see her mother trying to protect Dawn. It had failed but... the thought had counted.

Dawn ringing the door bell brought her out of her musings. It was show time and time to bring Harry to a family that truly wanted him.

She walked up and rang the bell here went nothing.

TBC…..