Fifty-Four: Quidditch, Spies & Protective Cousins
Holmes Manor
Joan was hearing all the new from the kids, they were telling her everything that they hadn't told her besides the attack on Harry.
"So, the new portrait is very nice to Harry?" Joan asked.
"Are you telling Mum about the portrait." Harry asked.
"Yes, I found it interesting." Hermione told him.
"Yes, he wants to meet you." Harry told Joan.
"Me?" Joan asked surprised.
"Yeah, he kept mentioning that he wants to know who was smart enough to get involved with the Princess genes." Harry said with a smile.
"You have to admit none of the other houses have been able to go in." Hermione said.
"That is true."
"Well maybe I'll meet the portrait eventually."
On the other side James, Quinn and Sherlock were standing with Mycroft and Greg on their side talking for the few times without fighting.
"So, did the Agent backed off?" Greg asked. Surprising Mycroft, who had to look at Sherlock.
"Yes. No." James and Quin answered.
"What do you mean?" Greg asked.
"He really wants to find here." Quinn said with worry in his voice. "It's not something you need to worry about, he is slowly giving up."
For some reason Mycroft knew that he would have to keep an eye on Joan which will end up with her not being to happy about it.
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221B
Joan and Sherlock were alone in the living room with all their children in their bedrooms sleeping. They had come home from being with Merlyn and Arthur and sort of getting to spend time with their own children.
"Sherlock." Joan said she was not writing anything down.
"We are doing everything to protect them." Sherlock told her. He knew, what was in her mind. It was one of the few things that came to her.
"I worry about Harry, him getting attacked is not normal." Joan said.
"We both knew, he would be in danger." Sherlock said putting his violin down and walked over to her.
"We have a War coming our way." Joan told him.
"You earned sight like our daughter." Sherlock said with a smirk and she knew that he was trying to make it less hard for her and in his way make it easier.
"Well one of has had to have that ability." She said laughing giving him a kiss in the lips.
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Coming back from the winter holiday, Draco could admit that he felt slightly different. As well as getting a new friend or ally even. Blaise Zabinni had begun to speak to him as well as Patsy, which she always did but he wasn't really paying attention.
"I heard you speak with Holmes's little cousin in the library." Blaise told him.
"How is that your concern?" Draco asked.
"Nothing, I'm just saying when Holmes finds out he is not going to be very happy." Blaise told him.
"I don't care, what Holmes thinks." Draco informed him before turning around in his bed and closing his eyes.
"You might not care, but Holmes will."
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Harry was in the classroom and looking at Remus waiting to get started. He was going train with the Boggart that he had trapped.
"So how does the spell work?" Harry asked.
"When it works correctly the Patronus, will act like a protector and anti-dementor shield." Remus said.
"Do you know, what my Patronus look like?"
"When your parents were alive, I could tell in which way you would be going." Remus told him. It was true and he would speak with Sirius about the animal that Harry would have. It changed with all the different animals in the Holmes family.
"Will it be painful?" Harry asked, he knew to ask as Sirius had gone through this with the information.
"It is not going to be pretty, you have already seen them in action." Remus said.
"Now repeat after me Expectro Pratonous."
"Expectro Patronus." Harry repeated.
"Try to find a happy memory." Remus told him. Harry nodded and tried to think a happy one. He was thinking about spending time with Hermione and their friends.
"Okay, I think it can work." Harry said with a smile. Remus opened the lock and let the Boggart out. Harry looked at the dark figure coming out.
"Expectro Patronus." He said but it was not strong enough, his mind went blank.
'laughter and a green light.'
"Here take this." He opened his eyes to see Remus with chocolate in his hand.
"It was bad."
"You just need to concentrate on the happy memory, do you want to try another night."
"No let's do it again."
The next try was not any better, but she heard more about the memory it was coming out of his own Mind Palace and he could hear his mother and father.
"I heard both of them." Harry told Remus.
"You heard James?"
"Yes." Harry answered him. "He was telling my Mom to hide, Voldemort told her to move aside."
"Do you want to stop?'
"No, just one more try." Harry said.
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221 B
Nicholas and Clarice were doing their homework in the kitchen, both of their parents were gone on a case. They had been left with Mrs. Hudson, which was something they were used to. Clarice walked over to the window and saw the man.
"Nic, someone is passing across again." Clarise said.
"Is it the same person as the past two weeks?" Nicholas asked.
"Yes." Clarise said.
"Hmmm…do you recognized him?"
"An agent, like Uncle James." Clarise said. "He keeps looking the at our home, but he keeps thinking about it."
"He knows that it is wrong." Nicholas said.
"Do you think so? He wants to speak with Mum."
"He is not touching Mum." Nicholas said.
"He is going to talk to her, he is more important something else besides Mom, he is integrated to someone else." Clarise said, Nicholas looked at his younger sister and wondered, what else she had seen.
"I'm surprised that Uncle My has not noticed." Nicholas said before Clarise looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "Right."
"I think he is waiting on what the man plans or if Dad will shoot him." Clarise said with a smile on her lips.
"Or Mum." Nicholas said.
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Harry had been ignoring something great for the past few months, and he knew that it would come to head in a while. He was getting drowned in training for Quidditch and spending more time with Hermione. Which was the one to bring it up, so as they were studying in the library, Hermione's eyes went wide in surprise and shock. Harry was going to ask her, when he heard the voice.
"Shouldn't you be with your friend Luna?" Draco asked Meloni with a smile.
"She is looking for Nargels and I am studying." Meloni mentioned to Draco sitting down in the proper chair. She hadn't noticed that Harry and Hermione were in the library as well.
"Well if I plan to beat Granger and Holmes, I have to study a bit more."
"Well, it's a good thing that you will try." Meloni said with a laugh, she knew Draco had a sort of sense of humor.
"Then I suggest that you study more." Draco and Meloni looked up to see Harry standing there, Hermione was behind him grabbing his arm.
"Harry." Meloni said.
"Meloni, I see that you are studying I wasn't aware that you had gotten a new studying partner." Harry said.
"Yes, she has been spending time in the library with me Holmes is there a problem?" Draco asked.
"I do hope Uncle James has been informed."
"No, I don't think so, but will you be informing him, that Meloni is finding some friendship with me." Draco said getting defensive.
"Oh, so she is your friend when…"
"We are going…" Hermione said pulling Harry away from both Draco and Meloni to their surprise. She pulled Harry all the way out of the library and Harry was not too happy.
"Hermione, this is wrong."
"No, look I don't trust him as much just like you, but your words even said that he was changing, what if Meloni is helping him. You and I have both noticed that Draco is no longer having the same friends…" Harry stopped her.
"I know, but Meloni is my cousin and I don't want her to put her hopes on Draco just to get backstabbed."
"He looked ready to hex you for implying that in your conversation." Hermione said.
"This means I will have to get with Meloni later to speak with her."
"Great, now let's go or we are not going to finish before you get pulled to another training session." Hermione said and Harry followed her.
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