CHAPTER THIRTY ONE

Severus took his purchases from "Up and Coming" directly to his chambers in Hogwarts. Then threw himself into brewing for the hospital. Everything was needed including special potions for Minerva, Sprout and Filius. He also made Hermione's contraceptive potion as well. He knew that although their family would be overjoyed at the prospect of a new one running around the manor generally causing havoc. He knew both Hermione and Draco wanted master ships first before that happened.

Being the ever sensible one he began, knowing full well next year he will be aided by their witch when she took her place at his side.

Lucius and Harry had already paid for her apprenticeship, and she also knew Radnok would make sure she would receive the finest crafted goblin made utensils and cauldrons as well. He had already seen her new set for classes and they were very impressive.

Pulling his thoughts away he summoned the required needs for the potions. He was going to be busy, it took a total of four days and long nights to brew and replenish stocks and he was pushing the deadline as it was. Resolutely he removed his outer robes and frock coat, leaving him in his shirtsleeves and waistcoat, he began. He had already locked his floo and his doors so there would be no interruptions.

POTTER'S HOUSE

Harry had returned to his place at Godric's Hollow as he was slowly doing the house up, not wishing to live at the Order's house anymore than necessary. Remus and Dora had Teddy there and if he wanted to take someone home he really didn't want to worry about how much sound he would make. Muffio was good and all but eventually the sound does leak through eventually. And eventually it was going to be his wife's house as well and he couldn't bring a wife back to a part shell of a house. Originally a three bedroom home Radnok had helped him get the permits to make it three stories, five bedrooms with bathrooms and a library and trophy room. Along with quarters for a few elves.

He knew that he wanted to have them around. Not only do they maintain the house but they are pretty damn protective when their masters are threatened. Although Hermione was a force of nature when she lost it she couldn't always be around to send whoever a nice message of 'fuck off' in the middle of the night.

Thinking back he remembered the days, weeks and months they were on the run and how he had offered a place for Ron to live before he took a wife and Ron took Hermione. Those days were well and truly gone now. And he was very glad he saw Ron for what he was, he was just sorry it was his sister that was hurt in the process.

Also because of what he had seen with Ron and Hermione there was no way he was going to take Ginny as a wife either. Although the rest of the Weasley's sated that they had no problem with him he was trying to keep them at arms length because of Molly's behaviour. He also had to meet with Bill because he had finished the audit on his accounts. And had indicated that he would need to sit down before her heard those results.

He was fairly sure that he was going to get Hermione to come with him when he got that meeting.

Turning his thoughts to his house he realised that he wanted to change the attic space as well, he wanted to put a telescope up there so he could watch the stars at night when the fancy took him and he didn't have the schools astronomy tower on hand.

Realisation hit him like a ton of bricks, school ends in less that six months, and most of the students that came back to do their eighth year will be moving away. Although not far away they will not be there everyday unless you were working with them full time. Although he made the choice of transfiguration apprenticeship and will still be seeing at Nev, Draco, Hermione and the staff of Hogwarts each day he was going to miss some of the guys regardless.

He had actually been playing around with the idea of teaching there after the war. Now that the war was over, it was time to make a decision. And teaching was looking fairly good at the moment. Although well off it would occupy his mind and give him more time to do the changes to his house as well. He wanted to change everything and although he missed his parents he didn't like their taste in decorations, colours or even furnishings. There were somethings that just shouldn't exist and some of what he had already uncovered in the house shouldn't keep existing. So he set to work going through everything that there was, keeping only photos and one or two things of theirs before everything else went out.

THE BURROW

To say that Molly was beyond furious would be saying a herd of stampeding animals going though a camp site was only one or two. She couldn't believe it. Her own sons were against her. Arthur was one thing. He had to maintain his position and be friendly with everyone and she was sure he was suffering in silence for his sacrifice. But Fred, George, Charlie and Bill. They didn't have to and could openly support her. So why didn't they. How could they abandon her – their mother – in the middle of the Malfoy ball.

"What the hell was all that?" Ginny almost screamed. "He is mine. How dare she. I mean who does that tramp think she is?"

"Shes meant to be mine, and I am trying to get Harry to sorta endorse me to her. But I really have needs and they aren't getting met. A hand can only do so much." Ron groaned.

A huff came from next to him, absently he reached out and groped Lavender Brown under the table before being drawn back into his thoughts again. Molly didn't know what to do with her children and so she started plotting. She was going to make it that the slag's name was so dirty first and then she will graciously welcome both Hermione and Harry back into the family fold.

Rushing over to her floo she placed called with the Daily Prophet and Witch Weekly. They were going to have an interview with each about how they did the right thing and they were tarnished. She would make sure the whole family was there for it so it would have to been on a Sunday, but both interviews cant be done at the same time so one in the morning before lunch is served and the other while serving lunch. So everyone can see what a good housewife she was. The plan was forming.

Another huff came from the table and Ron pushed Lavender's head into his lap. "What the Hell Ronald?" she yelled.

"Give me head or get out and were done." he replied calmly as he was thinking about how he was going to show what a cock he had and how she was going to enjoy it for a very long while. He was thinking the next time she was alone with him he would use her own wand against her. 'yeah a fair bit of cruios from that would be a good one.' he smirked. He even went so far as to mentally snap it in front of her. And deny her another, or anyone she got to replace it would be snapped as well. The only use she was to buy him the latest brooms and her cunt.

He felt teeth on his dick so he shoved Lavender lower making her gag and almost vomit on him. He kept her there until she was made unconscious and then discarded her on the floor. He grabbed her things and tossed them outside and then dragged her out as well forgetting to give her back her wand.

"What did you do that to her for?" Ginny asked.

"The slag bit me!" Ron roared. Showing the teeth marks on his cock.

Raising her eyebrows Ginny kept looking though a magazine to get some lingerie ideas to show Draco. She had already shortened her skirts and tightened her shirts to the point that the buttons barely kept her covered and she spelled them to pop open when she was in front of Draco. Once he got a good look at her goods he would drop the slut and come begging to be taken.

When Lavender woke and couldn't find her wand she was a witch on a war path. So screaming and yelling at Ron she demanded her wand back. Even his mother told him to return it. So he went to the door, opened it and snapped the wand. And threw the pieces at the hysterical witch. Molly went and called her parents to come and get her and gave her money to replace the wand.

"You know boys, they can be so painful when they don't get what they want and Ronny didn't mean what he did truly. But you make sure you get a shiny new wand and don't let him near it. It was really your fault for leaving it laying around." and she saw the child off into her parents care.

DIAGON ALLEY

Hermione had been dragged to Gringotts by Harry. It was time for Harry to hear the results of the audit. He figured that having to go into the office itself meant something bad as usually Bill would discuss anything at the headquarters. Dressed in a suit and Hermione dressed in a day dress they made their way to Bill's office. They were escorted by Radnok and his undersecretary. Who was carrying a pile of ledgers taller than him. Hermione and Harry sat down and Radnok stood by Bill as if silently giving his credence to what was going to be reviled. The undersecretary was told to wait outside.

The ledger in front of him was of all the transactions he had made since he was eleven. Each one clearly printed, school fees, robes, text books, wands, Honeydukes, Zonko's joke shop. His loan to the twins to start their business and their repayments and the interest. Even when he decided to start putting away money so he could redo Godric's Hollow. And finally his allowance that Radnok and he agreed to each month. If it was used or not. Everything was there. But there were transactions that he didn't make, and they roughly co-en sided with when Molly had use of his key. She was pulling about a hundred galleons a month from his account. When he wasn't at the Burrow. There was also another that was building costs, those were in the tens of thousands. But they started before the meeting with Radnok about doing up his parent's house.

Harry looked at it and then looked at Bill's notes. Nearly two and a half million galleons were missing from the Potter vault. He visibly deflated in front of the three and started to go into shock.

Bill spoke up. "These numbers have been tripled checked even by the Head Goblin Radnok. He is in as much shock as you are. Now obviously no matter what you choose to do with this information he will have to press charges on behalf of the bank. It is also in his power to press charges on behalf as you. Radnok's case would be that she went to a vault that wasn't hers and defrauded the person. Regardless of her attentions. Your cases would be for every individual time she went and took money that did not have your authorisation. Now I need to ask a difficult question considering what you have just learned. Does she still have your key? And what are your instructions?"

Harry was dumbfounded. He just simply nodded. Hermione was rubbing his back and squeezing his hand to try and get some sort of response out of the shell shocked brother.

Bill then turned to Hermione. "Your his sister, Hermione what are the instructions?" she looked at Harry and saw utter betrayal on his features.

"Instructions… wait until she comes again, and make something up about how Radnok has been re-arranging vaults and she will need to go and physically removed the money. Have the Aurors there asking for written permission or a bill of sale saying she could be there to remove the money. Doesn't that give you intention Radnok? She needs to be charged."

Harry was still looking at the ledger and he noticed a total of fifteen thousand total at various broom and quidditch stores. "Hey Mya would you say that I have about a thousand galleons of quidditch stuff and brooms?"

"Yeah, what are you getting at Harry?"

"Would you say I have ten thousand galleons worth of the stuff?"

Hermione scrunched her nose and creased her eyebrows. "NO" she replied empathically.

"So saying I have fifteen thousand galleons of gear then would be a stretch?"

"Ahh yeah! What are you getting at Harry?"

"Cuddley Cannons is Ron's favourite team. I'm more a Paddlemore Pirates man myself." this made the Head Goblin grab the ledger and trace back more transactions going to quidditch supplies.

"Mr Ganger-Potter will you consent to the use of the use of the truth Serum? And to be questioned, witnessed by two independent witnesses, an Auror, and myself? The aim is to discover any more transgressions that have happened and to be rectified. He nodded. "My sister will be present right?"

Bill and Radnok nodded. He agreed.

Quietly the meeting was moved to Radnok's office, where Hermione asked to make a quick floo call to Malfoy Manor. She was given privacy and the use of his personal floo which had Draco and Lucius running to her. Draco had the presence of mind to summon Sirius and came running as well. Briefly Hermione explained the situation as Harry was still very white and shaking.

Sirius pulled Harry to the side and confirmed what he was told.

During this time Molly came in to the bank and she was detained which pulled Radnok away delaying the proceedings. She was led to a room where she would be held until the Aurors had the rest of the evidence. It was a very long day indeed and Radnok closed the bank on time but kept working through the night gathering all the evidence. Questioning of the account took a total of five hours so that exact totals could be calculated and the interest added to the totals by year.

Molly was then taken from the bank to a holding cell in the Ministry where the Aurors questioned her until early hours of the morning. She had exactly four hours sleep and they started questioning again. They wouldn't go easy because she fought with most of them against the Dark Lord.

The interview Molly hoped for was given from a holding cell in the ministry surrounded by common criminals, protesting her innocence and that "the dear boy Harry" will make sure she was set free by the time of the evening meal.