Moving Forward ch18

Harry cast a bubble head charm over himself and entered the cage. This might very well be the last time he would see Spot. Spot was being sent to an African wildlife refuge to breed with a female there.

He wasn't kitten sized anymore, He stood face to face with Harry and he'd only get bigger. As predicted the now teenaged Nundu had terrible cat breath, it wouldn't kill you yet but it also wouldn't do you any good. Spot had started behaving aggressively which meant he was nearly ready to mate. He had only once acting tough with Harry and got beaten over the head with a rolled up news paper and called a bad boy. That settled him down and caused him to pout.

"Hiya Spot!" Harry said to his furry friend. "I've been told that they found you a lady friend. I thought I should come and say goodbye. I'm going to miss you."

The large cat pushed up against Harry and started to purr.

"Maybe some day I can come and meet your kids. Maybe I'll bring Teddy. I'm sure you'll have big strong boys just like you."

Harry stood up.

"One last wrestling match for old times sake? Remember NO claws and you're only allowed to bite if I am."

When Spot nodded Harry jumped on him, giving him cat noogies.

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Harry sat looking at the charms mastery panel. His muzzling charm had been deemed a hex and couldn't be used towards his mastery. Their arguments made sense and Harry couldn't argue against their decision. They had said it was offensive conjuration with an animation, just like the dagger swarm hex. So either he needed to significantly modify two known charms or create an entirely new one.

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Harry had come up with several ideas just to find out after some research it had been done before. He still thought putting an everfull charm on a diesel generator and air purifier charm on its exhaust was a brilliant idea. Even if it wasn't original.

He had wracked his brain trying to come up with something. It was like trying to figure out what to make for supper after working all day. Unfortunately there were no leftovers or even a fridge to look in for ideas.

It had taken him days to come up with an original idea. He'd been out fishing and had just caught his second shark. Then it hit him. There was a shark repellent ward but it needed to be stationary, it only repelled certain types of shark and only over a certain size. It was a targeted fear charm.

Harry had seen on t.v. that the muggles repelled sharks with an electric pulse. If he could recreate that pulse with a charm, he could put it on his bait hooks. Would it scare away the fish he wanted to catch. If it worked every magical that fished in warm waters would thank him.

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Harry was sitting in his advanced charms theory class when he heard Teddy's panicked voice coming from his bag.

"Uncle Harry! Uncle Harry!"

Harry fished around and pulled the mirror out of his bag.

"Mirror on, Teddy what's wrong." He asked a clearly scared little boy.

"Granny won't wake up."

Those words shot a knot of dread down his spine.

"Okay, Teddy Penny will be there in a few minutes and I'll be there as soon as I can." He said pulling out the other mirror.

"Mirror on, Penny!" Ten seconds later Penny's smiling face appeared.

"Harry what.."

"Teddy just mirrored me, he says Andy won't wake up. I need you to get there. Now. I'm leaving right now I'll be there as soon as possible." Harry said quickly.

"On it, mirror off." Penny said.

Harry stood up stuffing his things haphazardly into his bag. "Sorry professor. Family emergency." He called as he raced out the door.

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"I'm sorry sir but there are no portkeys available for Britain today." The rather unhelpful clerk said.

"This is an emergency, I need to get home." Harry said desperately.

"Yes, yes it's always an emergency. You really should have planned better." The clerk said snidely.

Harry drew his wand.

"I'll make the fucking portkey myself. Get out of my way." Harry growled.

"Are you licenced to make portkeys? Put your wand away before I call the aurors!"

"Stupify!"

Harry stepped around the fallen clerk and onto the portkey pad. He pointed his wand at his backpack trying to focus. "Portus." When the glow faded "activate."

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Andy's house was empty.

"Mirror on, Penny!"

"Harry, we're at Saint Mungo's. They just took her in. She Teddy granny will be okay."

"Mirror off."

Harry apperated.

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Walking into the waiting room, he went straight to Teddy and scooped him up.

"Any word yet?"

"No. She had a pulse when I found her. She just wouldn't wake up."

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It took over two hours for the healers to come tell them what was wrong.

"Are you here for Mrs. Tonks?"

"Yes" Harry said standing up."Is she going to be okay?"

"We are going to have to keep her here for observation for at least a week." The healer said.

"What's wrong with her?" Harry asked.

"Mrs. Tonks appears to have overdosed on dreamless sleep potions and is showing signs of dependency. We are going to flush the potions from her system and depending on why she's been taking them, she may need to spend some time in the mental health ward."

Harry sat back down. "Alright. When do you think she'll wake up?"

Probably not until tomorrow afternoon.

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"Penny can you watch Teddy for an hour or so? I kind of panicked after getting Teddy's call. I need to go settle something. I shouldn't be long." Harry asked.

"Sure, I'll take him home and make him something to eat. Mirror me if you're going to be longer."

"Thanks Penny."

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Harry walked into the reception area for the Minister of Magic for the first time in three years.

"Is Kingsley in?" Harry asked the secretary.

"The minister is very busy, you'll need to make an appointment. What is the nature of the meeting?" The Secretary asked without looking at him.

"Just a social visit. Could you just tell him Harry Potter is here? If he's too busy to see me that's fine."

"One moment Mr. Potter."

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Five minutes later he was greetings the minister.

"Harry! Long time, no see. I heard about your win at the world cup, congratulations. So, what can I do for you today." Kingsley said with a smile.

"I need your help. I kind of stunned a portkey clerk, created an illegal international portkey, forced my way into an international portkey pad and fled to Britain." Harry said sheepishly.

Kingsley looked at him for a solid minute. "Explain."

"Do you have a pensive? It would be easier to show you."

As Kingsley turned to get the pensive, Harry put his wand to his temple.

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"I'm sure we can work something out with the Australian ministry. You'll still likely have to pay a fine. As you are a Charms mastery student you are legally allowed to make portkeys under ICW rules. That you programmed it for an authorized portkey point will help. Now, will Andromeda be okay?" Kingsley said.

"Potions overdose and signs of addiction. She'll eventually be okay." Harry replied.

"We've been seeing a lot of that. Do you know if she's been to a therapist?"

"She hasn't. Hopefully she will now. I'm going to ask her to come home with me. If she does the university has some good ones."

"That's probably a good idea. May I keep this memory? The ambassador will likely need it to help you."

"Sure thing."

"Harry, since you are here is there any chance you can attend the anniversary memorial this year?" Kingsley asked expecting rejection.

"If you can arrange the portkey I'll try, but the anniversary is during exams."

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Harry flooed "Malfoy Manor!"

"Harry what brings you to my house?" Narcissa asked.

"Andy's in the hospital. I thought you should know. She'll be okay and she'll be awake sometime tomorrow afternoon." Harry said.

"What happened to her?" Narcissa asked visibly upset.

"Dreamless sleep overdose. Do you know if anything has been bothering her?"

"I don't know. She has been talking alot about her husband and daughter. She's been having a hard time keeping up with Teddy. I really don't know. You said I can see her tomorrow?"

"Yeah, Don't worry too much. She'll be okay." Harry said.

Narcissa surprised him by hugging him. She quickly stepped back and composed herself wiping her eyes.

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The entire month was a clusterfuck of epic proportions. First Andy refused to get help. Refused to let Dobry come help around the house. Kept insisting nothing was wrong. Harry now understood why people scowled when he said "I'm fine." Harry had eventually threatened to take custody of Teddy from her. There was no fucking way she was ever putting him through that again. She caved at that but refused to come to Australia. He compromised with Dobry staying to look after them both.

When he returned to Australia he was detained by aurors. A four thousand galleon fine was a bit much but better than jail time. Banned from ever getting an Australian portkey creation licence. Harry had mentally wanked. He hadn't ever planned on getting one.

At the university he caught shit for missing class, quidditch practice, dueling practice, looking at people the wrong way, breathing too loudly whatever the lot of them could go blow a porcupine. He didn't need their shit. He got a three game suspension when he told the coach to put a bag on his head so he could go and fuck himself.

Missing classes put him very behind. The stress was making it hard to sleep and the fucking nightmares were back. Harry thought it might be time for him to see the therapist again.

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