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Chapter 24 Dan and Emma understand, Nana and Mamgu and Hermione's resolve weakens

1st January 1998, Isabel and Jacob's bedroom, Potter Manor

Dan, Emma, Isabel, and Jacob walked into the room after the Goblins captured their traitors and Harry was helped and guided to his bed by Hermione, Luna, and Katie. Dan said, "Isabel and Jacob if you don't mind me using your first name?"

Jacob said, "no problem Mr. Daniel Granger as we are practically family."

Dan said, "please just Dan as you said we are practically family I prefer to be called Dan by family."

Emma said, "You can call me just Emma as Dan said we are practically family."

Jacob and Isabel nodded. They waited until Dan or Emma to continue.

Dan said "I want to thank you both that we can talk to you. As you know we are what you call muggles. Hermione told us about what happened after she send us to Australia especially the last few days. I guess your daughters did that too?"

Again Jacob and Isabel nodded even though they saw most of the things the last few days and didn't need to be told. Dan continued "I and Emma were shocked when Hermione told us that she is married without our consent even though she didn't mean to do it, but if what she told us it is right then I would have put my money on it that something like that would happen. What shocked me and Emma the most was that she was okay being one of the wives and not the only wife."

Jacob and Isabel glanced at each other and both were getting angry. Emma noticed and said before Dan could continue "we are not here talking to you to stop your daughters to marry Harry if that is possible. After everything we heard about Harry, your daughters will be very happy and very lucky. We are here to talk to you about how you feel about losing both your daughters to the same wizard not because Harry is the-boy-who-lived but if you could help us come to terms with it. We are happy Hermione is happy, but still, it is difficult. We will not stop Hermione as she is happy with Harry and finally have the sister we couldn't give her. We like to know about the law Hermione mentioned but why it is important Harry is a Lord? What does it mean being a Lord in the magical world? We don't mean any disrespect but we think you could explain it to us certain as a man having multiple wives in other words polygamy is illegal in our world and as we have a witch as a daughter and live with a wizard, the muggle world."

Jacob and Isabel's anger disappeared almost immediately and understand that as muggles it seems weird event though in the magical world it is uncommon but mostly because of the few wizards that are able to use the law. After the war of Grindelwald, only a few remained and after the first war against Voldemort even fewer as only Harry and Neville are left.

There is one exception if you need to continue your line and you marry a witch that must also continue her line, which isn't needed if the witch doesn't have a wizengamot seat (or has a brother for the seat and continuation of the house), but that is house business. Only in this instance, a wizard can have two wives (in very few situations a third wife is allowed, but that hasn't happened in centuries). Only Harry and Neville can use the law to have more wives as Heir (or in Harry's case Lord) of a most ancient and most noble house.

Jacob said "I think Isabel and I understand. It looks weird and wrong in the muggle world. I and Isabel also had a marriage contract before we even started Hogwarts as we were childhood friends. We really liked each other from our childhood I think that is why our parents made a marriage contract between us. We were lucky that during Hogwarts our feelings for each other didn't decrease but rather increased. Also because of the marriage contract, she enjoyed the protection of my family that had a high standing as my family was the ancient and noble house of Greengrass and still do."

"After the war, our wealth increased with my family's company. My family created an import and export company generations ago. After the war, many dark families were being investigated and I used that to get suppliers and an increase in demand in Britain but also on the mainland and even a few in America. Because our wealth increased and I helped the wizarding world after the first with you-know-who or as the girls said Tom we earned the most noble title so my house is now called the ancient and most noble house of Greengrass."

Isabel decided to address the question the Grangers actually asked "Dan and Emma to answer your question. We are actually happy our daughters are with Harry especially when we knew it was Harry. We were put under pressure Lucius Malfoy and other dark families to sign a marriage contract for Daphne with Malfoy. Fortunately, before we were forced to sign we got word that the older marriage contract between Daphne and Harry was signed that Harry's mother and I drafted up but they couldn't sign before they were attacked and killed. The same day we got also word Astoria was betrothed with the Black heir. We were worried for a few days until Harry's godfather Sirius Black requested a meeting. We had the meeting not knowing it was Sirius Black until we were there."

"He told us that Draco Malfoy was not the Heir of house Black and we made oath so he revealed the real Heir was Harry but he wanted to tell him that before telling his Heir about the marriage contract. He let us go and at that time we didn't know he was the godfather of Harry but did promise he was not after Harry, that he was Lord Black and not the Heir and that he wasn't planning on hurting or killing the students of staff in Hogwarts. We asked for everyone but when he promised to not attack students or staff. We agreed that we would not send Aurors after him and he persuades us when he said that his Heir cannot be replaced by Draco Malfoy as long as he lived. The marriage contract had one important prerequisite, the Heir needed to wear the Heir ring to be able to marry her of the Lord ring is the previous Lord has died."

"Unfortunately Harry's godfather was killed two years ago in 1996…."

Dan interrupted "we know Hermione told us the summer before her sixth year barely two weeks after he was killed. We asked if something was wrong in the magical world as we felt something was wrong and told her whole adventure in the ministry and that you-know-who or better said Tom has returned and that the magical world was in the state of civil war."

Jacob and Isabel understood and Jacob said: "I guess it was a shock."

Dan and Emma nodded before Dan said: "yes, when she told it we were planning to pull Hermione out of Hogwarts and wait the war out in another country, Australia and France were our first options but Hermione didn't want to let Harry bear it alone and we didn't want to leave her."

Emma said to no one particular "that is probably the reason see send us away as we told her we didn't want her to do this alone."

Dan looked shocked and muttered quietly but loud enough for everyone in the room to hear "You are right we said that. We were stubborn and adamant even when she tried to save us. I start to think she did the only thing she couldn't think of anything else to get us to leave 'voluntarily' and be safe while she helped Harry."

Nobody said anything as Dan was thinking about his own words as Emma was also thinking about his words. Both were thinking that Hermione probably made the right decision even though they were still unhappy about it.

Isabel decided to get back to the reason they were talking and said "to get back to the topic like we said we don't mind that they are betrothed to Harry as we trust him to be his real father and mother's son and according to our daughters he is. But try looking it from our daughters or in your case your daughter's perspective. You said she never got the sisters or siblings she wanted, but now she does. I think and guess they see each other as sister-wives as they are not fighting with each other and if my guess is right you can see your daughter sister-wives as an extended and new part of your family as they are to us. There are almost your children also. It may be weird seeing that but after a while, you wouldn't think about it anymore. Just think about the large family you now have like you wanted and that all the children they would have will also be part of the family even if your daughter doesn't give birth to a couple of them."

Dan and Emma were thinking about what Isabel said as she had a point as her daughter was happy and Hermione love to have sisters, she didn't like being a single child.

Jacob said "I will tell you about why Harry is a Lord and why it is important. The wizarding world has a hierarchy that is based on wealthy, age of houses and many still count blood purity. Most older houses like my family, the Greengrass are considered rich and I will say we have a good-sized vault that is decently filled with money not counting a few family heirlooms. We live in quite a decent amount of luxury without financial problems. With the company, we can maintain a certain amount of luxury and have a nice manor even though this manor is larger, but it seems that the Potters didn't like to flaunt their wealth."

"Harry is the head of his house as he is a male and the least of his house so he is automatically the head and that means Lord Potter-Black and more. He got three other houses and one he can't take. Astoria and Daphne didn't explain and I didn't ask more as it isn't my place to know and Daphne agreed as I didn't allow her to tell much about our house even when Daphne wants him to become Lord Greengrass on my death or when I pass on the Lordship to him."

"Anyway as Harry is 17 he is an adult and able to take his Lordships what he did, that is also the reason your daughter wears the Lady Potter ring well one of them as Katie and Luna also wear one and maybe Ginevra Weasley also. She was at Gringotts but left to go back to the safe house where she is. We don't know where but her father was with her when she went back with the Portkey provided by the goblins. I hope he has the Black ring as I saw that Astoria was jealous at the Ladies Potter as she only wears the betrothed ring for the house of Black, like your daughter would wear for House Potter if Harry wasn't the lord."

"Well she would wear it as you put her in a marriage contract for her or when they kissed they decided to marry but didn't bond with it but planned to marry or Harry proposed to her she would get that ring but then for House Potter. I didn't give Daphne the ring for Harry yet and actually forgot as I just like Isabel was so happy that our daughters were safe and all the other excitement that I didn't cross my mind to give Harry the betrothed ring that is one of our family heirlooms from many generations ago when it was made."

Dan asked, "could you tell me more about the hierarchy in the wizarding world?"

Jacob said "of course. Harry is Lord Potter from the most ancient and most noble house of Potter and I suspect very wealthily especially as he is also Lord Black from the most ancient and most noble house of Black. The houses with the most respect and power are the most ancient and noble houses. There are currently four houses that still exist that have those titles. House Potter, House Black, House Longbottom, and House Bones. The oldest from those houses are House Potter and House Black unknown is which one was first. Closely second by House Longbottom only two or three generations after House Potter and have been allies for centuries that is the worst kept secret in the wizengamot and probably the wizarding world. House Bones is the last of the houses that was created. I don't know exactly when but I am certain House Potter, House Black, and House Longbottom was before that."

"It is widely known that House Potter, House Black, and House Longbottom are rich. There is not much know about House Bones regarding their wealth but the other house invested in quite a lot through the ages. They have the most ancient as they were in Britain before the creation of Hogwarts. They have the most noble title because of their wealth and helped the wizarding world that can by rebuilding or fighting what the Potters mostly did and that was always followed by their allies the Longbottom's but the Potters like Longbottom's have made a couple of creation. Harry Potter's ancestor Fleamont Potter the father of Harry's grandfather made Sleekeazy's Hair Potion that is a huge success and is a family secret. It is to make hair more manageable but has as a side-effect. It has unique results for redheads, although I don't know what the side-effect is."

Jacob continues and said "wealth is important but unfortunately the wizengamot and ministry is corrupt exactly now with Tom in power but even before it was known by almost everyone if not everyone that some people were bribed or threaten to support them, unfortunately, our DMLE was prohibited by the ministry who was corrupt to investigate different members. In the wizengamot different members tried to dismiss the minister the last one Cornelius Fudge or get permission to investigate the wizengamot and the ministry for corruption but every time the wizengamot reject with the majority from the members voted against it although, most time it was by a small margin."

"It may be wrong to say it like this but you are lucky that Hermione married Harry as with the power of Harry's house or better-said houses there is nothing Hermione, but also our daughter can't reach inside the ministry, St. Mungo's, become a professional Quidditch player or get apprenticeships by master from different subjects and in Harry's case, it will also help hugely if some want to work for Gringotts. All the things except Gringotts and becoming a Quidditch player is decided by most on the base of blood purity and because Hermione is muggleborn all long some others she wouldn't get a good-paying job in the ministry, St. Mungo's and getting apprenticeships if she wants that. Like I said most still choose on blood purity and house but not all, but all the limitations because of her 'blood purity' and having no house will disappear as the married the Lord from a most ancient and most noble house exactly like Harry's mother did and even only House Potter has a lot of power, pull and if needed favors, not mentioning House Black and House Peverell who both have power, pull and favors especially House Black. House Gryffindor and House Slytherin may don't have enough power or favors but certainly, have much political putt and get a lot of respect as two houses from Hogwarts are made by his ancestors."

"Harry is considered a pure-blood as he is male and his father was a pure-blood by law. If he was a girl or his mother was a pure-blood he would have been a half-blood even if he was a girl and the mother was a pure-blood. My house is a pureblood house and we have held on to tradition including marriage contracts, but we don't hate or dislike half-bloods and muggleborns like more pureblood houses do like the Malfoy's. I think you heard that name before?"

Dan and Emma nodded with anger in their eyes.

Jacob continued "as marriage contract are mostly done by pureblood house were House Potter is one from although most of the pureblood houses especially the dark families and staunch supporters from blood-purity or traditions if you don't count houses with grudges against House Potter don't consider them and certainly Harry not as a pure-blood but in this cause it doesn't diminish House Potter's power by the wealth, shares in many companies, money to charities and Harry's accomplishments but I don't mean defeating you know who when he was a baby, but I mean defeating and killing the monster of Slytherin, tri-wizard champion and fighting and surviving Tom three times as I heard rumors about the fight in the department of mysteries and believe Harry about fighting Tom at the end of the tri-wizard tournament not counting the rumors like the corporeal Patronus Harry supposedly cast in his third year. I wonder about that story may Harry could tell me when we have the time."

Jacob stopped talking to let the Grangers process as it was a lot to take in, but it helped them to learn more about the wizarding world Hermione never explained or could explain and Professor McGonagall never talked about this maybe she didn't know or didn't want to scare them. After almost an hour and Firewhsikey that Dobby happily provided after almost 15 minutes from the hour (before immediately leaving as Dobby still needed to help Shieldbreaker with going to Gringotts and back), Dan and Emma thanked Jacob and Isabel for explaining everything and decided to lie down to let everything sink in and take a nap hoping to easily process everything and silently thanking Harry, being happy for Hermione if Jacob was right that with House Potter backing her she could become anything she wanted. Dan and Emma were not doubting that Hermione would probably want to do apprenticeships in a few subjects.

2nd January 1998, Heir Bedroom, Potter Manor

Harry woke up. He felt well-rested. He looked for his glasses and when he put them up he sees that he is alone in the bedroom except for Hedwig above and behind him sleeping at the head of his bed and Crookshanks at the end of his bed still sleeping. He had a bed as he had at Hogwarts but this bed had a wooden headboard where Hedwig was sitting on.

Harry looks at light shining in through one of the windows and sees a little red light shining in meaning the sun had just risen meaning probably nobody was awake yet. He remembered anything for yesterday and hoped that soon everything would slow down as the last week was exhausting, but he knew that he needed to be ready for Tom's revenge for losing Bellatrix, Narcissa, Wormtail if he even cared about Wormtail, the Lestrange brother from his inner circle like Bellatrix and the three Death Eaters in the hall (Harry remembered there talking and cloaking, when he was done he looked for the Dark Mark before Dobby popped him out and all three had the Dark Mark) while the Malfoy's and the other two did nothing.

Also, he lost his potential hostages or a fate worse than death in the form of Luna, Mr. Ollivander, and Mr. Forstescue. It was possible if Katie, Fay, and Penelope survived until Tom's return he could have used Legilimency and knew Katie and Fay were good friends and Katie now even more and Penelope was very loosely connected to Harry, but if she was close to Katie and Fay Penelope could still be used. He at least saved Katie, Fay, Penelope and … Luna.

Harry walked stepped out of his bed without waking Crookshanks or Hedwig and decide to take a shower first. While he is enjoying his short shower as he never had long when he lived with the Dursleys and also didn't have much time in the tent. He noticed that for the first time he shielded has stayed up and could only faintly hear Hermione, Luna, and Katie. He doesn't hear Ginny and thought 'maybe it the distance or the wards, but can the wards do that?'

After a minute about the information he got he thinks 'the house or crest never mentioned and what I learned about the wards also don't stop that kind of connection it so it is probably the distance.'

When he walks out of his bathroom and into his bedroom he sees clean clothes on his bed. It seems Dobby was already awake or did it before returning to bed. Harry hopes that Dobby doesn't work too much as he is the only house-elf that is available at the moment. Harry grabs his wand and after considering it he also put the Sword of Gryffindor on his back in his sheath. Normally he wouldn't but apparently there is an assassin coming to his house. Maybe in his library, personal library or in the studies he can find a ward or trap to catch the assassin before the assassin can hurt or kill someone.

He puts on the sword and put his wand in the front pocket of his pants. Harry thinks 'there has to be a better way even if I am not wearing robes. Most of the wizards and witches wear more and more muggle like clothing in their free time, that is pretty weird considering that most wizards and witches barely know the muggle world or don't like it. What the wizards and witches wear is nowhere near the different kinds of clothing muggles and muggleborns wear but they were not wearing robes in their free time which is a great improvement.'

Harry quietly opens his bedroom door to let Hedwig and Crookshanks sleep. Hedwig was hooting in his sleep while Crookshanks was purring in his sleep he didn't want to wake them up to disturb the sight before him. He quietly closes the door before walking to the ground stairs. He moves slowly and quietly through the house while keeping the shield in his mind up as he didn't want to wake anyone up.

2nd January 1998, Ground floor, Potter Manor

Harry reaches the ground floor and sees five guards around the entrance hall. The five guards see him but do not respond that he remembered Harry of the guards around Buckingham Place he once saw on the TV when he was working in the kitchen in the Dursleys and was old and tall enough to watch over the stove into the living room.

He wants to walk towards the kitchen when he feels a pull like he felt when he went to sleep in the Heir bedroom. He walks the other way towards the living room but before entering he walks to the side of the stairs. He sees a door he hasn't seen before but walks passed it as it didn't feel like the pull was coming from there.

He closes his eyes and focuses on the pull. Harry feels the pull very close by he takes a couple of steps till he suddenly stops and turns to his right facing away from the stairs. He opens his eyes he is there. He looks at a wall that looks massive but he is sure the pull is there. He looks at the wall but he sees nothing that can help him. He put both his hands on the wall and push but nothing happens until he stops pushing. The moment he stops pushing he feels a slash on his palm. Automatically Harry makes sure the Lord Potter ring is visible almost 30 seconds later the wall opens up just like the wall behind the Leaky Cauldron that gives access to Diagon Alley.

Harry is considering getting some of his girls but decides against it as it is his house or at least the Ancestral manor of Potter, his family. By the thought of his family, he feels a bit sad but happy that he still got Remus, Dora, and Andi. His thought also goes to Narcissa and Bellatrix and he wonders if he could ever see them as family. Harry shakes his head decided to think about that later and now discovers the hallway that has formed in front of him. Harry thinks 'I am Potter in my Ancestral manor, there should be nothing that will hurt me or worse right?'

Harry is thinking about Fluffy, the Basilisk (sorry he needed to kill it as it was bound to Tom's will), a 'murdering lunatic or a trap laid by Tom.

Harry thinks 'almost every year at Hogwarts a hallway leads to something bad. First-year Fluffy in a hallway on the third floor. The basilisk in the pipes that looked like a hallway and the hallway on the second floor outside Myrtle's bathroom the messages were, third-year the secret passage under the Willow that was basically a hallway and the fifth year the hallway to the door that leads to the hall of prophecies which is full a hallways and that is not mentioning the maze in my fourth year.'

Harry said to nobody "no this is my house so nothing will happen."

Harry walks in and when he is in the wall behind him closes. He takes a few steps when he suddenly hears from further down the hall a female voice saying "who is there?"

Another voice says "James are you finally here?"

Harry decides to answer "no, I am Harry Potter James Potter was my father."

The second voice said, "could you come here please?"

Harry mumbles "Gryffindor charge forward."

Harry had his hand on his wand and remembers that he has the sword of Gryffindor on his back but the knives and Lord Black's belt is still in his room. He totally forgets he could use that even here. When he walks forward the hallway becomes even more visible and he sees that the hallway has portraits.

He walks to the closest two portraits that are his parents but they don't move. He walks to the next one and it is empty but the second one he sees a woman and she said: "you look just like James."

Harry said, "James was my father."

The woman asked "was?"

The first voice said, "who is it Dorea?"

The woman Dorea said, "why don't you come here and look for yourself, Euphemia."

Euphemia said "seriously Dorea? Okay but Charlus better be not there."

Dorea said, "he is not here he is in with the other men."

Euphemia said "Okay."

Less than a minute later another woman enters the frame and looks at him. She said, "he looks like James."

Dorea said "yes but he said he is Harry, James' son. It would be if James wasn't already a few years older the last time I saw him. I just wonder why he said was."

Harry found it awkward as they talked as he wasn't here or at least didn't hear them. The women look at him like they waited for him to answer. Harry said "James was my father but he got killed as was my mother Lily Potter on Halloween 1981, a little over 16 years ago. My full name is Harry James Potter-Black-Peverell-Gryffindor-Slytherin."

Dorea looks shocked and asked, "Harry how are you a Black?"

Harry said "my godfather was Sirius Black and he made me his heir because of my grandmother … Dorea Potter was a Black."

Harry looked under the portrait and there stood Dorea Potter neé Black. Harry almost shouted, "that is you."

Dorea smiled and said "yes Harry I am Dorea Potter neé Black. Most of my houses hated me but Lord Black didn't as Charlus your grandfather is a pureblood and house Potter is very respected even as house Potter married muggleborns through our large history as your father did and if you know Sirius you also know the others. His younger brother Regulus, but also his mother and father. And also my nieces Bellatrix the poor girl, Andromeda and Narcissa I pity her."

Harry shook his head and said "not really. Why did you find Bellatrix a poor girl and pity Narcissa."

Dorea said "Bellatrix married Rodolphus Lestrange. He changed her she was always just a nice girl always playing with Andromeda and Narcissa and lover her cousin Sirius Black after he was born, but now she follows Volde-."

Harry said, "don't say that name."

Dorea said "are you really a Potter? We Potter never fear a name."

Harry said "I don't fear the name, but if that name is said than snatchers will come here and I don't know if the wards will stop them. They will know wizards or witches that say the name are here even if they couldn't get through the wards so we call him by his real name Tom."

Dorea said "okay Tom then. Like I said she followed Vol- Tom but she never believed the pureblood ideology that V- Tom and his followers the Death Eaters believe and tried to make others believe."

Harry swear that Dorea had tears in her eyes. Harry said "well not anymore. I know what has happened and it isn't pretty. She told me and it was hard to even hear it. Fortunately, the goblins of Gringotts performed a ritual that reverted her age back to 17, according to Andromeda and Narcissa a few days before her marriage. She put memories in a pensive as she learned many things that provide to be useful. Everything else she forgot that has happened after the age that she now is. She is in the hospital wing on the first floor and is Andromeda."

"The ritual also lowered the age of Andromeda and Narcissa but not as much as Bellatrix. While Bellatrix is 17, Narcissa lost about 5 to 10 years and Andromeda lost at least 5 years is my guess. We don't know how Bellatrix would react as physically she will be the youngest Black sister and her sister will be older. She is asleep as when I found her she was malnourished and hurt. She is still asleep. Andromeda is also in the hospital wing as she got hurt when she did me a favor."

Dorea looks happy. Dorea said "is see it now. You look like James but you have your mother's eyes. You said Sirius was your godfather does that also mean he is also dead?"

Harry nodded. Dorea said "I always like Sirius. I still remember the summer he ran away from home, he was welcome here and very funny. I still find it a miracle he and James didn't burn down the house of Hogwarts for that matter."

Euphemia said, "Harry why didn't you came here before because Dorea and I are would have loved to meet you earlier."

Harry said "I didn't know this place excited to a few years ago. I was raised by the muggle relatives from my mother."

Dorea screamed "WHAT. Your mother would never want you there is something that happened as her brother in law, James called him Vermin hated magic and Petunia your mother's sister also didn't like it, she never said why. You would have gone to Sirius as he was your godfather."

Harry said "I can tell you everything but I don't want to tell it many times. Why don't I tell you when the others are back."

Harry sees many empty portraits and heard Dorea saying Charlus was with the other men and next to her Portrait was an empty portrait with the name under it is Charlus Fleamont Potter.

Harry said, "can elves come here?"

Euphemia said "yes but only if a Potter calls the elf here. One of us called an elf here from somewhere else in the manor as all of us have at least one more portrait in the manor and some also have other places in the magical world. Some, however, are sealed from the other side and we can't go there. The portraits here are connected to each other like Hogwarts has but our portrait has something special but that could also be told for later. The last way the elves could come here is if one of the Potter family died and the portrait if the passed family member have one need to be added."

Harry said, "okay can I also send an elf to get portraits to let say the living room?"

Dorea said "I think so. Euphemia?"

Euphemia thinks a minute before she says "I think only the large one as it that one is reinforced and had an unbreakable rune crafted into the frame that should also work for the painting. Also, every member can enter that painting that has room for most if not all family members."

Harry asked, "where is the large painting?"

Dorea smiled and said "Harry dear. The large painting is at the end of this hallway in the large room. There are three large painting including some of the portraits like this from older members. They say Godric Gryffindor has a painting there but I haven't seen him there just like Ignotus Peverell. The largest has enough place. From the other two one have a library and living room while the other is the outside from the manor the garden, balcony, and the Quidditch pitch. Please don't tell me you like Quidditch."

Harry said nothing that was the answer Dorea didn't like all she asked was "what position do you play?"

Harry said "I played seeker for my house team. They say just like my father and ….."

Harry stopped talking Dorea said in a soothing tone while Euphemia just smiled "what Harry dear?"

Harry said, "according to my head of house at Hogwarts and my wi- best friend who likes the library very much, both said I was the youngest Seeker in a century."

Dorea asked "how James played seeker in two of the three matches in his second year as the captain wanted a more experienced seeker but after the first match, the seeker was hurt very much. I don't remember if he needed to go to St. Mungo, but anyway he was a minor and his parents forbade him to play so James did the other two matches and became the house first seeker in his third year. He also caught both snitches in those first two matches in his second year."

Harry became red from embarrassment and said: "I become seeker in my first year."

Dorea said, "is that allowed again I remember that it became against the school rules when I was in Hogwarts."

Harry said "it is but they made an exception. I don't really know why."

Harry thinks 'why indeed. Need to ask the other girls especially Hermione, Fay, Daphne, and Tracey as they were there when Malfoy stole Neville's remember ball and maybe Katie as she was always around during practice even though most of the times after Halloween Hermione watched. Harry thought 'it isn't important now.'

Euphemia said, "Harry dear are you there?"

Harry said "sorry, I was lost in thought. What did you say?"

Euphemia said, "I asked if you are sure your parents are dead."

Harry nodded and said "yes Sirius saw my parent bodies and I heard Tom killing my mother when dementors are nearby. Also, a friend saw my parent's bodies and I kind of talked with them when my wand and Tom's wand connected because of the same wand core, well my old wand. They helped me escape from Tom at the end of my fourth year."

Harry's eyes started to water and he silently starts to shed them as he asked: "why do you ask Euphemia?"

Euphemia said "sorry Harry dear. I just needed to ask. I prefer it if you don't say my name. We are family, after all, please call me your great-grandmother of even better Nana. To not confuse me with Dorea your grandmother you can call her Mam-gu, Mamgu or Nain as all three means grandmother in Welsh. Because the manor is almost in the middle of Wales all three words can be used."

Harry looked at Dorea clearly wanting her answer. Dorea sighed and said "I don't really care which on Harry dear, but I do agree it should be Welsh as Welsh is part of your … our …. the family history. If you call me on of the Welsh's names I don't mind if you call Euphemia Nana."

Harry nodded and said a bit awkwardly "Nana why did you ask about my parents?"

Euphemia said "well even though your parent's portraits are here. They don't talk and don't move. Charlus and Fleamont went to look and they are like muggle paintings but we do know that their portrait should be like ours. That is why I ask if your parents are really dead. This sure is unexpected, something must have gone wrong when they died or the portraits."

Harry said "I need to go now but I will come back another time to answer the question and maybe you can tell me about my parents and the family as I know almost nothing of my family as mu mother relatives hadn't told me and Dumbledore was my magical guardian when Sirius was ….. unavailable."

Dorea asked, "unavailable how?"

Harry said while looking at the ground "he was thrown into Azkaban for something he didn't do and without trial."

Dorea said immediately "Harry you need to get him out you are Lord Potter you can get him a trail when you find evidence from no trail."

Euphemia said "Dorea. Sirius is already dead."

Dorea said, "oh yes mother ... you are right."

Euphemia was speechless before she managed to say "mom. You called me mom."

Dorea said "well I said mother. And you are mother ... well mother-in-law."

Euphemia said "yes but even when we were alive you almost never said that."

Dorea said, "well you were more of mother after my marriage to Charlus than my real mother was and you never really allowed me to call you mother so."

Euphemia said "oh Dorea dear, of course, you can call me mother. I really like you as my daughter-in-law as I didn't have a daughter of my own and even if I had I still like you as you were very good from my baby boy Charlus."

Suddenly a man's voice said, "mom I am an adult even in death."

Euphemia said, "Charlus you will always be my baby boy."

Dorea tried not to laugh but she couldn't help it.

Charlus came in the frame and said: "seriously Dorea?"

Dorea said "what? You can't tell it isn't funny. Remember when I said the same to James and Lily had trouble breathing from laughing so hard. I now know why."

Charlus rolled is his before he saw Harry and said: "who may you be lad?"

Before Harry could answer Dorea said still snickering a bit "this is Harry, he is the son of James and Lily."

Harry looked up and Charlus said "ah no doubt about that. Those eyes are certainly Lily's and he likes a lot like James who looked a lot like."

Harry said "I really need to go before someone is going to look for me. I will talk to you later. Nana and Mamgu can you tell my grandfather about me if you want."

Dorea smiled and said "sure Harry dear. We will talk more another time and then we make sure many if not all will be here and then we show you the large painting Euphemia talked about."

Euphemia said "ah come on Dorea just call me mom or mother. I should have known you need me to allow it, that is why I dislike the Blacks but not you of course Dorea."

Harry said loud enough "don't get me started."

Euphemia said, "Harry what do you mean?"

Harry said "well I asked Bellatrix or Narcissa something and as I am also Lord Black they never gave their opinion and always said that they would agree with me no matter what. In the last few days, they always asked for my consent about the more important things and I needed to allow them to call me Harry or it would be my Lord Black. I said just call me Harry excepted when it is needed. I know sometimes it is needed not that I like it but … never mind. I really need to go. Bye grandfather, Mamgu and Nana."

They all three said "see you soon Harry" while Dorea and Euphemia added Dear, Charlus added my grandson.

2nd January 1998, Kitchen, Potter Manor

When Harry left the hallway the wall closed again just like Daigon Alley's entrance did. Harry thought 'I need to know more about that maybe I will try to find the other paintings around the manor to know where they are and I need to ask if only I can open it or that other can also open it, but also if I can keep it open or that it will always close.'

Harry was thinking while he walked into the kitchen and take a seat. Dobby popped and asked what he could make for Harry. Harry said that Dobby should rest as he was the only available elf, but Dobby didn't want as he wanted to be the best elf Harry ever had Dobby said while hugging Harry's leg. Harry reluctantly agreed, asked for his usual, at the end of breakfast make some bacon strips for Hedwig and a few for Crookshanks and that Dobby if he was tired he would tell Harry. Dobby made everything but waited with the bacon strips until Harry was done with his breakfast before agreeing to tell Harry if Dobby was tired.

Harry feels someone panicking and drops his Occlumency shield a bit and hears Hermione calling out to him asking where he is. Harry thought 'Hermione calm down. I am in the kitchen downstairs on the ground floor.'

He feels that the panicking has woken up Luna and Katie, but when Harry responded Katie's voice went barely noticeable and that means she probably fell back to sleep while Luna thought 'Harry I will stay in bed for a bit making sure the nargles don't steal anything before going to the hospital wing because I want to be sure Mr. Ollivander and Mr. Fortsescue don't have a wrackspurt infestation and to make sure they are alright. I did my best I hope….'

Harry closed his eyes to focus. It was hard to focus on just one person in his mind. He hoped by focusing on Luna only she would hear it. Harry thought while focussing on Luna, 'shush my little moon I am sure you did everything you could. They survived because of you, you taking care of them and being strong for them. Just try to sleep a little bit more. I will wake you up and then we both go to the hospital wing as I need to talk to Andi, Lord and Lady Longbottom and if possible Kingsley and Bellatrix.'

Luna thought 'but Harry the nargles...'

Harry interrupted 'will never steal anything from you if they know what is good for them.'

Luna thought 'okay Harry, I will try to sleep a little bit more.'

Harry thought 'I will wake you up in a few hours Luna, my little moon.'

Harry almost felt Luna smile as also her voice went barely noticeable. He shields his whole mind before thinking 'I need to talk to Padma, Su and Lisa. I want to know who stole from her. It should have helped her in her sixth year if it happened, but she never said anything only at the end of the fifth year. If I find who did it, I will make sure they apologize and beg for forgiveness or they wish they were never born, never bullied her and never met me.'

Harry was shaken out of his thought when he suddenly feels pressure on his lap but before he could open his eyes he was snogging with the figure and within a second he recognized the lips and snogging, it is Hermione. Hermione stopped kissing him and he opened his eyes. Hermione said with watery eyes "Harry is was so scared when you weren't in your bed. Crookshanks and Hedwig were still asleep and when I saw the Lord Black belt with the knives I was afraid something has happened. I didn't saw the sword I thought made they were also taking along with you as it is a priceless artifact of one of the founders of Hogwarts. It could be sold for a very high price."

Harry said, "Hermione maybe try to look for me first or just ask where I am."

Hermione slapped his shoulder and said, "I did you prat but when I didn't hear from you I started to become worried and when I still didn't hear anything after a few minutes I may have panicked a bit."

Hermione's eyes started to sparkle with tears in her eyes and Harry decided to snog her again while thinking 'I am sorry Hermione I was just preoccupied.'

They kept snogging while Hermione's interest was peaked and asked 'with what Harry?'

Harry thought 'I will tell you and everybody else later.'

They stopped snogging and Hermione took the seat at his right side, Harry is at on head of the table but he was sure he wasn't planning to sit here. Dobby popped in and asked what Hermione wanted and Hermione asked for her usual and coffee she liked. She wasn't happy about the house-elves but she promised Harry she wait until the other house-elves are better and talk with them.

Harry saw suddenly Hermione started to blush and Harry asked: "Hermione is something wrong?"

Hermione shook her head and said quietly barely loud enough "no Harry, nothing is wrong."

Harry slightly worrying asked "are you sure? You know you can tell me anything."

Hermione's heart melted even more than before for Harry. Hermione said, "no Harry really believe me."

Harry said "okay but please if anything is wrong just tell me maybe I can help you."

Harry placed his hand on Hermione's hand as she started to blush harder.

What Harry didn't know was that with the snogging and talking in their mind had woke Katie up again as she felt the desire that Hermione had for Harry. Katie wanted to sleep with Harry but she felt Hermione should be first and when she asked Luna, Luna agreed and said that it would be better if she did. Katie vowed to herself to gently 'persuade' Hermione to do it soon and by 'persuade" Katie meant to push Hermione.

When Hermione stopped snogging and sat next to Harry Katie thought to Hermione as she tried to block Harry, 'way to go, Hermione now why don't you tell him what you wanted that involves a bed and two people who happen to sit in the kitchen right now?'

When Harry said that Hermione could tell him anything and will help her if possible Katie thought so Hermione could hear it 'there you go, Hermione, all you need to say is if you can talk to him in his room and then let the desire take over. If needed seduce him you know he would follow your lead.'

Hermione could swear Katie winked at her but didn't go to do what Katie wanted, but it made her thoughts run ramped as she started to imagine how it would be she had seen Harry topless but she wondered what Harry would look like naked. She also thought about how he would look after all the nourishment potions. She knew Harry needed to take two every day for 1 month as Ragnok had provided all the potions and let them know it was for 1 whole month but after the second week and the third week, they needed to examine Harry if he needed more. Hermione hoped Andromeda was better than as she is a fully licensed mediwtich.

Slowly the kitchen started to fill up with the others and Hermione was engaged in a conversation with Padma, Parvati, Su and Lisa so much that she barely remembered Katie's suggestion and how much she wanted to do it. Slowly she was losing her control.

Let's stop here for now. In the next chapter, Harry and Luna will go to the Hospital wing and Harry and Luna would have some alone time.

Who will wake up?

Who can leave the hospital wing?

Will the assassin get on the grounds and in the manor?

What is Voldemort doing?

Will death be ready for the next delivery and would he keep his promise?

All that and more if wordcounts allow it. The next update for this story and my other could take a little bit more time unless inspiration hit me.

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