Title: The Black Star
Author: AileenDickinson
Summary: His godfather is dead and Harry decides that it's time to cut the strings from the old twinkle eyed puppeteer, start revealing his secrets and live his life as he wanted to. There's a new star in the Black tapestry. Independent! Smart! Powerful! Harry - Character bashing- slash-
Pairings: Harry/Draco
Genre: Romance, Adventure
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.
Warnings: There will be Character bashing, mainly Dumbledore/Ron/Hermione/Ginny/Molly Bashing!
Slash pairing(s ?) . Don't like, don't read.
Author Notes: First of all, I would like to remind you that I'm Italian and there is a possibility that you will find spelling mistakes or the occasional wrong word, I will do my best to write correctly and double check.
Now, onto the story, I know that many love the old headmaster but personally I don't like him very much. Dumbledore will not be evil, but the greater good often makes him lose contact with reality and forget the difference between people and pawns, and the fact that everybody looks up to him like he can do no wrong does not help. Ron, Ginny, Hermione and Molly are another matter.
For those who follow my other story, Love of Legend, I'd like to say that I did not abandon the story. I found a bit of a writer's block, maybe it's because I have too many things I want to write about and no idea how to. I hope that maybe writing something else for awhile will help me.
§The Black Star §
-Chapter 44-
"Mum! Dad! I'm back!" Neville shouted from the floo room while getting rid of the shoot on his clothes.
"We're in the sitting room dear" hollered back the woman.
"Hey mum" he smiled once he entered the room "look who I got with me" he said indicating behind him.
Beside Blasie who was holding Rosie, there were the Potter-Black family. They had decided to use the time after breakfast to come and have lunch there. Then go back for the meetings.
"Ohh" Alice breathed "You look so much like your parents.. and a bit like Sirius" she raised an eyebrow "Did they have a threesome and Lily forgot to tell me?"
"Ehm.. no, they didn't. at least I hope so" he muttered the last part, slightly green in the face.
"Sirius blood adopted him, ah, in fourth year" offered Draco.
"That explains it" she nodded "Well come here and give your godmother a hug!"
"Dear, he doesn't even know you, aren't you coming off a bit strong?" asked Frank
"Nonsese!" She huffed.
Harry smiled and graciously went to hug the woman gently and shake hands with her husband. "It's a pleasure to finally meet you godmother"
"Aunt Alice dear!" she chirped interrupting him.
"Let me introduce you to my husband Draco, our youngest son Orion and those two are Alex and Lyra"
"Aww, they're all so cute!" she cooed with little hearts in her eyes.
The morning passed pleasantly for them talking of everything and enjoying a bit of family time.
"So, what have you decided to do while here?" asked Minerva
"Me, Daphne, Charlie and proessor Flitwick will cast wards all over the grounds at the border with the forbidden forest, between my wards and those that Charlie uses at the reserve with dragons no creature will be able to get past it" Bill said.
"Me, Lorelai and Susan will work in the infirmary and offer older students to learn a bit of healing" said Andromeda. Lorelai had already talked with Minerva and accepted to become the new school healer as soon as Poppy made a wrong step and got herself fired.
"I will resume my old position as head of house and take on the fifth through seventh year classes. Horace had a too high accidents record in his career for my tastes and the few deaths in between don't reassure me at all" drawled Severus "Draco can teach the lower classes instead. The man is too old anyway to be still teaching. When I was a student he was already mistaking one ingredient for another and getting potion instructions mixed up"
"I will have to fire him too then." Sighed Minerva "Will you stay after or do I need a new potion master or two?"
"I may be convinced to stay if there is another teacher to mind the lower years and some of my time is off limits for my experiments." Severus said. he was not willing to negotiate on that.
"What about you Draco?" she asked
"I don't know. Honestly I'd prefer stay at home with my children and experiment, but I'm willing to remain until you have found a competent substitute" he said. He knew that if he wanted to do it, Harry would have supported him, but he would miss the children too much. At home he could leave a potion whenever he wanted if something happened, there it was not possible. He didn't want to risk losing Orion's first word or steps to watch after a few snot-nosed brats.
"Very well. I trust you will stock up on potions for the infirmary for everything that could happen"
"Of course, whenever have I done things halfway?" sneered Severus
"Never"
"Me and Forge" "Will put traps all over the outer wall of Hogwarts" "At the entrance of the secret passages" "around the path coming from Hogsmead as well" said the twins in their usual way.
"I will also help them create a good number of bullets for their guns, and make a few more for us as well" piped up Luna
"I anyone doesn't mind, I'll take over the ponce classes from now on" Dora looked around daring them to object "It's high time those children learn something worthwhile" she snapped "And if the git says anything send him to hold beauty classes in Diagon!"
"Since we're revolutioning all the staff.. Remus dear, would you like the history position?" she asked
He smiled "Of course I would. You know I love teaching"
"If you need, professor, I can assist you and take a few transfiguration classes for you. You look a bit overworked" Theo offered.
"You can? That would be fabulous. Would the lower years be alright? Remus can become Gryffindor head of house too since we're on topic. And Sev you're my deputy from now on" she rattled of excited to be free from so much work , for once in her life she would hold just one position and only the work for that one. She didn't even give them to refuse, she would have none of it. Nope.
"I will make sure Severus and Draco have all the best ingredients for the potions needed from my own greenhouses. I'm sorry I can't be of more help, but my parents needs me." Apologized Neville
"Nonsense, young man." chided professor Sprout "and you're always welcome in my greenhouses, you have a way with plants like no one else I've ever seen" she smiled at him.
"I guess I'll work on the strategies and our side project then." Said Harry blinking owlishly. There wasn't much left for him anyway. " I will also go down the chamber and bring Bill to add some temporary wards and Sev to harvest the basilisk. There was also an awful lot of shed skin." He mused.
Draco widened his eyes at that and turning lightning fast he clutched at his husband arm, his iron grip making the man wince "Me, chamber, basilisk. Or you can't forget to touch me until the twins are of age" he threatened with an overly sweet voice.
Everyone laughed at Harry horrorstruck face and Draco's excitement at the prospect of seeing a basilisk, a real one, even though long dead.
A week later things seemed to have settles into a routine and peace was now reigning over Hogwarts.
Hermione, Ron and Ginny had been bitching all day when they arrived, talking about making them pay and insulting them, only to be sent to the infirmary when their housemates, finally tired of hearing them talk so bad of people who weren't obliged to come to protect them but came anyway on their own will, hexed them with a great number of prank hexes and some mildly painful ones.
After that they had been silent, still glaring at Harry & co., but thankfully silent. Be it because they wised up or because they didn't want a repeat wasn't known.
Poppy had been fired after two days, when she refused to offer assistance to a second year snake who had a sprained wrist from flying lesson. Severus had stormed inside and dragged her to the headmistress with force to have her removed while Lorelai took care of the child.
Horace had been all to happy to leave his post and Hogwarts, since being there only put him in danger. He had always been a coward after all and only came because Albus lured him with the promise that Harry Potter would be in his class and club, which he wasn't.
Binns had been exorcised and the children could now learn something other than goblin rebellions and enjoy the class, which Remus made interesting and sometimes even funny.
The article about Sirius had been the talk of several days only to be outshined by the interview given by Neville, announcing the magical recovery of his parents by the hands of Draco and his new potions, as well as their fast healing.
When Augusta read the prophet she thought it was a very bad joke and even threatened the paper, but then she was told to talk with her nephew if she didn't know anything about it. She tried, but thing is the elf always answered the firecalls and always told her that his master was busy.
She didn't know but it was actually Frank who ordered the elf to refuse the woman's calls, he would leave her with the doubt until he thought she felt bad enough, a bit of payback for how she treated his son. And it was only the beginning.
Severus had found the time to go to Gringotts and talk with his account manager. While he had been informed while under the dome that he was Lord Prince, he didn't know the details. Apparently his grandfather had left him everything from possessions to the title on his death, but Dumbledore had blocked his post so he never knew. He now owned quite a lot, enough to forget working altogether but he would get mad by boredom without nothing to do.
Harry had gone to the RoR and retrieved the Diadem. Pretty little thing it was, not so much the scream that rose from the artifact after he was done with it. Now there was only the snake left.
The trip to the chamber had been rewarding. Severus and Draco had as much basilisk things as they could ever wish and he.. well, let's say that Draco was very good at saying thank you.
It was now the third week of October and Harry felt that something was going to happen. He couldn't shake off the feeling and it was driving him mad.
He was sorting through the plans one last time to check everything was in order when Blaise burst through the doors of the meeting room, breathing heavily from having run all the way there.
"Draco… kids.. infirmary" he managed to say in between the deep breaths, hands on his keens to hold him up.
Harry bolted from the chair and started running as fast as he could go. At the words he could feel the blood going ice cold in his veins, his heart thumped loudly in his ears. He kept running not caring if he bumped into anyone and jumping over obstacles.
He slammed open the doors wildly looking around for his family.
"Harry! Calm down dear, everything is alright now" Andromeda was quick to reassure him before leading him to the right bed.
Draco was laying down, a twin on each side of him cuddling asleep. The blond himself was awake and he could see his bloodied shirt on the ground leaving his bandaged chest uncovered.
"What happened?" he ground out, half worried and half mad at whomever dared to hurt his love.
"Calm down or you'll wake them" Draco whispered
Harry just gave him a 'talk now' look.
"It was the weasel, with weaselette and the know it all as backup. They came up to me while I was taking the children outside for a walk, since the weather was nice today.. anyway they started saying how they would making me pay for turning you dark and taking you away from them, then they started to threaten he children so I got mad and.. I kind of insulted them.. heavily. He was faster then I imagined and I didn't have time to cast a shied over all of us so I shielded them myself. Got a bad cutter to the chest, nothing to worry about too much." The man shrugged.
"Before you start on a rant or a revenge party… I've broken a lot of bones on the idiot" he said nodding toward a bad with curtains draw "I've also stunned the other two, while I was there. No need for more trouble when the twins were already scared enough"
"I'm going to have them arrested" Harry swore with fury in his emerald eyes before they got a more gentle look "Are you sure you're ok?" he asked caressing his cheek
"I'm fine really. Thanks to Lorelai I won't even have a scar" he smiled.
Everyone wanted a piece of them when they heard of the attack but fortunately the aurors had already come and taken the three into custody, awaiting trial. Minerva had expelled them for their actions and snapped their wands as punishment, like was custom in such a case.
Ron had been violent and kept saying that they should arrest Draco cause he was a death eater. Ginny was crying Harry's name like he would come and rescue her from prison, still convinced that they were destined together. Hermione was bitching, acting like she knew the laws better then the aurors and demanded things like a lawyer. Poor stupid still didn't know that the wizarding world worked differently from the muggle one.
At the Burrow Molly and Arthur had just received the letter from the headmistress regarding their children expulsion and the reason of it. Molly was ranting wildly and there was no way to make her stop.
After an hour Arthur just had enough and slapped her.
"Shut the fuck up! I'm tired of your shit! You will learn to keep your mouth shut from now on and mind your place! As for those two, I'm ashamed to call them my children, they deserved that and much more. I will do nothing to defend them at the trial and after that they will have to find their own place, I won't have them under my roof. And it will be the same for you if you don't calm down" He said before leaving the house.
Molly was shocked. She couldn't believe her doormat of a husband said those things to her. And he wanted to have her babies out of the house? On her dead body, she swore.
Here's is the new chapter, I'm sorry that it took so long to post it but between summer problems (like the unbearable heat, parents always around and well.. going out a bit) and working on the new story I somehow always end up not having time or forgetting to update. Yeah, I'm a horrible person.
I hope that you like the chapter and that it makes up for the wait ^^
Thank you to everyone who added my story to their favorite or alerts lists and all that left a review, I look forward for more=)
