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(BSC 6 C34) C162 Preparing for, or the ball 1

Tracy had waited for Harry to be pulled back into his chair. She gave Bella a look and then saw Minerva placing a sticking charm on his seat. "Now the next question is if you do not have the time to do that, When did you decide on holding a ministerial ball".

This time the solicitor was the only one who sat back. He looked at the others but they were just looking away avoiding too even look at any of them or him for that matter. The Solicitor shook his head and turned to Tracy. "They had planned for it about two months ago". Harry want to jump up again but the solicitor held up his hands. "I'm sorry King Hogwarts. But I will not be dealing with you or any of them any longer. Thay made this mess and they can deal with it. I will be starting for myself. If you ever need me just call, the first one is free". After these words, he walked away letting them all be dumbfounded as he walked on.

As Tracy looked at the other solicitor for anything, she saw him get up just as fast as the other one had done. He did not nod or anything. The only thing he did was running after the other Solicitor screaming to wait up.

(BSC 6 C35) C163 Preparing for the ball 2

Fudge wanted to ask for a time out to get other Solicitors to help them, but Tracy had none of it. "You had your change, We gave you that option and it was clear that you had lied to them. However, to make it even more clear then it could be. You minister are on Hogwarts grounds. Hogwarts is just like Gringotts it has its own land with its own rules and laws. Most of the Rules and laws are the same as in England and Scotland. Some rules are not the same. One thing that is the same is the talk we have now. There are no laws no judgment. Just a mutual understanding if we get to that. This, however, became an issue when you decided to hold a ball at Hogwarts without the consent of the owners. The question now is who gave you the all-clear and who is invited".

"We don't have to tell you that" Lucius snapped.

Tracy snapped her head to Susan and asked what do I do. Susan lifted her shoulders but could say nothing. Slowly she took a step back and turned her back to the other table. Tracy went with her and none of them had seen Luna stepping to the table. The moment she spoke Tracy dropped her head into her hands. Susan thought she started to cry but a second later she realized Tracy was laughing. After Susan made her first sound Tracy just pointed to Luna and smiled.

Luna had seen Tracy stepping back. For her it was clear that Tracy came to a wall she did not know how to pass. So while Tracy stood with Susan she went to her spot. "Mr, Malfoy, you are absolutely right. You do not have to tell us who you invited or anything". Lucius smiled widely and looked smugly at Delores when she gave him a look of how. "Then again King Hogwarts does not have to allow you to have the ball here. He can just close the door and be done with it". The head of Lucius snapped back as he spluttered what why.

Luna gave him a dreamy look and smiled a little. "Well, why, that one is easy. We have no right to demand to know who you invite to your little party". Fudge and Umbridge started to scream and didn't know they were making a spectacle of themselves in front of all the students, and the invited guests.

Susan just looked at it with an open mouth why Tracy just said, only Luna can rattle them like this.

"Now because we can't demand you to tell us. You can't demand the use of our property because you think you can. So either we come to an agreement or there will be no ball at Hogwarts" Luna looked down at the table. "Not fare you got pudding". Harry just laughed as he handed her the whole bowl with a small spoon. "Good, now it will take longer," she said as she made her way back to her spot between Bella and Hermione taking the bowl of pudding with her.

Tracy stepped back to her spot and shook her head a little. "So, as my partner in business when we leave school just told you. If you want to use Hogwarts you have to tell us something or there will be no Ministerial ball".

Umbridge wanted to scream again but was beaten to it by Molly Weasly. "How dare you, you little troll. That is the undersecretary of the ministry and she deserves your respect".

"MOLLY SHUT UP" sounded from the back of the great hall. Molly turned around and became deathly pale when she saw Arthur standing there red from anger. "You are bringing shame to our family. You are disrespecting Lord Potter over and over again. You sit down and show respect or I will divorce you because I will not disrupt the safety the House of Potter is giving us".

"But Arthur".

"No, Molly, enough. I have given you enough chances and enough warnings. This is the last one. After this it will be no more Molly Weasley".

Molly just gaped at him and turned to Albus for help. "Arthur, Molly was just" Albus started.

"No, Albus. this is between my wife and me. You have no part in it and if you keep on butting in, I will drop her now and you can take care of her and every sone that will follow her".

Albus sat down because he needed Arthur in his club. The order of the Fenix had people who could spy for him on Harry. And Arthur was the one who got that information from the others. He had done it this way so no one would suspect him for asking it. The one thing Albus did not know was that everyone already knew he was using Arthur for information. Even Arthur knew he did so he would never tell him the truth. It kind of made Arthur the one person in the same spot as Narcissa for the dark side. The only trouble in that was that Arthur was to nice. So the family would hear him out but never ask him to do anything to help them. They just could not place that burden on him.

Albus was looking at them all and wondered if had to step in now or wait a little longer. He could save the day but then again would they let him. Harry would go against him and his side would just not listen. Whichever way he thought about it, there would be no time he could be seen as the saviour. So with a little sigh, he bends forward and said. "What do you want us to do".

Tracy perked up and ask Susan to step next to her. Slowly she looked on as Susan took out the book and held it in her hands. After Susan had done that Tracy looked back at the other table. "We would like to know who is invited and who is not".

Albus looked at Umbridge. He knew they had decided to keep it to a small number of people. He himself did not know who they had invited so that would be a surprise for him too. "That would be our upstanding residents and the ones who make the much-needed contributions to the ministry," Umbridge said.

"So only purebloods and lowlifes like Malfoy". Everyone snapped their heads to the side but the only thing they saw, was Luna dipping her little spoon into the bowl of pudding scoop after scoop.

Tracy hid a little smile because she knew Luna had been the one to say it. "Now, I can understand that you would invite them and we will not be against them coming here. However, we did ask around and the only once who have been invited are the members of the dark side of the Witenagemot. Like we said we are not against them but if they are allowed to come, so will all the other members be allowed to come too. Let's say all the employees of the ministry in total. It is after all the ministerial ball".

Umbridge and Lucius were thinking about it while Snape was shaking his head. It took some discussion but looking at their faces the friends knew they would say yes. "Now, before you answer, If you want to keep the students here you also have to invite their parents, Even the parents from the Mugleborns".

"There will be no Mudbloods at the". Lucius never got to finish his words because he was blasted against the wall by half of the students. Almost all of them had mist except one. Bella was the fastest and had blasted him before the other spells came near him.

Tracy nodded and went on. "This kind of behaviour is something we will not stand for. This is a supreme pureblood, one that is supposed to set the right example for others. So he better be on his best behaviour or he will be out before he got in" Tracy told them.

Susan was just standing there looking in the book with no, words at all. She knew she had to wait for her sign to do her thing.

Albus stood and shook his head. "We can't do that. We can't just ask all the parents to come here. We would not know how to get them here".

Tracy thought about it as Susan poked her. Tracy nodded and Susan took it. "We thought you might say that. So we already looked into it. In this book that can only be read by the owners and heirs of Hogwarts we can see that there are ways. One of them is a Portkey".

"Portkeys are only permitted with the permission of the ministry" Umbridge snapped.

Susan smiled and flipped through the book. She knew a lot about Portkeys because she had read up on them when she was little. "You are right but that is only when you make more than ten at the time. For the Lord of a house, it is free if you have a license. For us we do not need it, This is Hogwarts land so we are free from that Law. When we are at our homes we have to obey it and we all have licenses for it" Susan snapped back.

"We will get them when they appear on our lands" Umbridge snapped again.

"We thought you would be so pitty so we have looked at other ways" Tracy snapped back before Susan could do it.

Susan gave her a piercing look but could not keep the little smile from her face. "Like Tracy just said, we did look at other way and the best way is with the Hogwarts express. Muggles can use it on their way here and back. They could all stay here for the night and travel back with the family the next morning. The Pureblood and other magical's can go by Floo".

"I will not have Muggles sleeping in the castle" Albus screamed.

"Than it is a good thing the castle is not yours, to decide such a thing," Susan said with a smile.

Albus grumbled a little and stood, "If this is all I will be going".

"Hold on just a minute CO Headmaster" Tracy called after him. "We are not done yet. There is still a little thing called payment for the great hall and the things you will use at Hogwarts".

All the others stopped in their tracks and turned back to Tracy. Albus was dumbfounded, Lucius was shocked, Snape still had his look of loathing on his face. Fudge Had a look of a kid who just didn't understand what was happening. Umbridge, however, blew her top and started to scream from the top of her lungs. The things she said would land everybody else in Azkaban. But because she was the undersecretary she was accepted from being prosecuted. It was something the friends knew by the way Amelia was held back by the other adults.

When Zanita had enough, Umbridge had found herself on one of the chandeliers in the great hall. When they looked up they could even see that she was wearing pink underwear with little red roses on them.

Fudge finally found his voice and immediately asked for Umbridge to be lowered next to him. Harry gave a nod and Zanita did it. Before Umbridge touched the floor Zanita was in front of her. "You do not say a thing. You do not open your mouth. One sound, one little squeal and you will be digging dung with the Goblins".

When Umbridge looked to the side she saw Bogrod standing there with two of his guards. Her look became pale and she instantly dropped to the floor.

Tonks who had been standing next to Bogrod could not help herself. "I'm not that ugly, are you," she asked Bogrod.

"Bogrod looked up at her. "I still think it was you. I'm the poster boy of good looks. just asked my wife".

Tonks huffed and changed her looks into that of Bogrod. She then looked at the guard behind him and asked "Is this better". Before the guard could say something. Another woman fainted just as Umbridge had done. "Tonks smiled and turned her Bogrod face back to Bogrod. "See it was you".

No, still you. Umbridge looked at you and fainted. That woman also looked at you, not at me" Bogrod smiled back. Tonks just stood there gaping like a fish. There was nothing she could think about to say back.

Everyone had listened to the byplay from the goblin and Tonks and were now turning back to each other. Umbridge had come around but was still looking a little pale around the nose.

Albus sat down in his chair and gazed at the friends. He had hoped they would not go all the way as they did at the Witenagemot. But it was clear to him they would not hold back not even in their own house. "Hogwarts has always paid for the use and the food, in the castle," Albus told them in his all-knowing way, with that little disappointment in his voice like he thought they were doing wrong.

Tracy looked at Susan and knew it was time for the same trick they used on Malfoy. Susan gave her a nod and gazed in the book. "It says here that the school is run by the payments of the ministry. That money comes from the students and their intuition for staying here all school year. The payment is sat by the numbers of days Students are at school. In that pay, there is food sleep and cleaning cost's".

"Then you have enough" Umbridge snapped.

"You would think so" Susan snapped back. This time another plan they had started to play out. It was one of the things the Adults knew nothing about and it was going to throw them for a loop. "It says here that the payments are of different amounts. Mugglborns pay a hundred Gellions, Halfbloods sixty Gelions while purebloods pay only twenty or so".

Albus dropped his head for a second time at the table. This time Umbridge who was still sitting next to him didn't ask a thing and only looked around. It was when she looked at Bogrod that he stepped aside. Behind him were the reporters of the Wizarding wireless. All this talk had been live and the Ministry was put in a bad light. "How dare you put us on the wireless" Umbridge screamed again.

"You know toad, you really should start to talk in a normal voice. All this shouting is bad for the little ears of the students" Tracy told her while Luna was keeping her fingers in her ears against the sound for all to see. Now you either start to behave or I will ask the queen of Hogwarts to remove you completely. We have just heard that tuition has been different for students of other blood. Now that will only mean that the owners of Hogwarts will be looking for ways to get the school back under our own control".

"You can't get the school back from us," Fudge said in a whisper.

"Why not minister," Luna told him from her spot. "Might it be because you are using a lot of the money you get from the students for yourselves. If we look at our payments it is bearly enough to feet the students as we do".

"We can't ask our upstanding residents to pay the full price," Umbridge told them hotly.

"No, but you can ask it of our muggle-born students because they don't know better. But then again you are doing the same with the taxes aren't you" Luna went on. Tracy just smiled because the way Luna spoke was always like it was the normal thing in the wizarding world.

Susan knew they would go one and on so she had to stop Luna. "That is something we will have to address in the next witenagemot session. Now however we are dealing with the payments for the ball. The payments we get for the students is bearly pulling us through the year. This makes me wonder how the ministry has paid for the other schools last year".

"That has nothing to do with this ball" Fudge screamed.

Susan looked up and frowned a little. "No, you are right it has nothing to do with this ministerial ball. But it will show us if you can be trusted. Because if you did not pay for that ball, Who is to say you will pay for this one".

"Albus said".

"Albus has no say in the business of Hogwarts" Susan cut him off. "Albus was only the headmaster and therefore he only had to do the day to day business that was and is related to the students. When it comes to money you have to deal with us. Before we came, it has been the board but after we got Zanita back to us that board was disconnected. The only thing they can do now is ti advice us and by looking at what they have done up and to the time we came back. It has been nothing but filling their ow pockets. Now we got back two years ago and none of us has heard any word from you. Not one word to any of us or even to the Goblins. You also did not nor have you responded to the summons we have given you".

Fudge spluttered and could not find the words to say. Umbridge wanted to say something but kept herself from lasing out when she saw Zanita looking at her. The only thing she could do now was to raise her hand and wait for her turn. Susan had seen it but looked away just like Fudge would do to them in the Witangemot chamber. It was only after five minutes that Susan looked back at her and asked her what she had to say. At first, Umbridge wanted to scream and lash out. But the presence of Zanita next to her held her back. "We have always done our business through Albus and he has always said that we were free to come because the house elves loved the work".

This time Susan had to look for words and so she looked at Harry. Harry got to his feet and walked next to her. He placed his lips to her ear and pointed his finger at the book. Susan gave a small nod and turned back to Umbridge. "Are you telling me that Albus was still doing things he wasn't supposed to do"?

"Albus was running the school so he was also running the house-elves," Umbridge told her while sticking her nose in the air.

"That is where you are wrong. You see after we heard that Albus had asked for the help of the ministry we took a closer look at the agreement".

"You can't have looked at it because it is with the Goblins and you are not allowed to look in the ministerial vault. And if you did that the ministry has the right to kill the Goblin who gave it to you".

This time the eyes from Harry lighted up and looked straight passed her to Albus before going back to her. "You never had or ever will have the right to kill a Goblin. The Goblin who showed it to me was Bogrod himself. Harry and the others knew that Bogrod had never shown them the agreement and only talked about it to them or to Narcissa who then told it to them. "The agreement was not only made for the students and the school of Hogwarts but also with Hogwarts meaning with us the descended. We had a copy in our fault and it was that Copy that told us everything. We own Hogwarts as you know. We own the school of Hogwarts as you know. Meaning we own everything that is on this land including the house-elves. Then again our house-elves are all free house-elves and they work for payment".

"That is a disc".

"Don't you even think of finishing that sentence" Susan screamed? "We deal with our property as we think is right. If you like it good, if you don't we don't care. From the day we got back we rule Hogwarts. Next year we will be taking Hogwarts back and there will be a lot of changes. No more discrimination and no more being the walk-in of the ministry. The ministry owns us four hundred galleons for the ball this year and the students who have to stay here on their invite". It was after those words that Susan slammed the book shut and turned back to the great hall.

Before she opened her mouth she looked at her friends. Daphne knew what she wanted and stepped next to her pulling Stacy with her. Slowly she placed her arm around her waist and just like Harry whispered something in her ears. She had pulled Stacy close enough so she could hear it too. Tracy nodded and took Susan from Daphne who made her way back to the others. Susan had looked around and stepped even closer to the edge of the stage. With a little smile, she looked down at the wireless that was broadcasting everything. She took the opportunity and addressed the whole of England. "In two weeks we will be having the ministerial ball at Hogwarts. Everyone who works at the ministry is invited. Everyone who has a child at Hogwarts is invited. You may all bring a date. Every Muggle will be told how and when the can arrive. We will be collecting them in the morning so they can see how and what their children are learning here. They will also be spending the night. Now we know that they will not be listening to the wireless so we will ask every student to write to them and let us know so we can help".

Everyone had been looking at Susan when she spoke to the great hall and the wireless. The family that was sitting in the back were looking At Harry and the others. They weren't looking at Susan but at the other table. The expression on their faces told the family they were missing something. It became even clearer when the looked at Luna who had stopped eating her pudding.

Susan stopped and turned to the other table. "Now we will have the ball under these demands or you will be paying Hogwarts a thousand galleons". Fudge spluttered and Umbridge wanted to scream. Lucius just huffed but didn't say a thing. Severus had done what he had done the whole time, sneering all the way. Albus spoke up and agreed with the deal before the others could say a thing. It was right after it that the table walked away all in their own direction.

While everyone in the great hall started to chat and eat the family kept looking at the friends. They weren't saying a thing and were only looking at each other. their looks told the adults enough. something was wrong and the kids knew it. It was another thing that made the adults wonder because they didn't know, what the kids already seemed to know. When they left the family started to follow. But when they got to the hallway they didn't see them at all, like they had all gone up in smoke.

It took the adults an hour before Minerva started to call them in her mind. She knew that only four could hear her but she just had to know where they were. What did surprise her was that none of them responded to her. The only one who did was Zanita and she had been walking next to her from the moment they were searching for them. When they all got together five minutes or so after Minerva had called them they were about to give up.

"Zanita you are connected with the castle. Don't you know where they are" Amelia asked?

"Yes, I know where they are".

"Minerva snapped her head to the side and just looked at Zanita. "Why didn't you tell us".

"You didn't ask," Zanita told her.

Minerva shook her head and Isabella started to laugh. "You do know that she spending way to much time with the friends," Isabella told Minerva with a smirk.

Still, it took another ten minutes before one of the adults realized they still didn't ask Zanita to show them before they finally asked. Zanita then took them all back to Potter castle where they found Narcissa. Nolwenn, Apolline and Bellatrix standing in the doorway looking at something that was happening in the room. Minerva looked over the shoulder of Bellatrix and turned around only a second later. "Who wants some tea while we wait for them".

One after the other looked over the shoulder of one of the females and also turned around. But none knew what Minerva knew when she had looked into the room before any of them. When isabella took a look she only gave a little curse word and walked after Minerva. When everyone came to the kitchen they all were gazing at Minerva. She just shook her head a little just before she spoke. "Now I do not know what they are doing but when I looked Harry told me they realized something about Albus and they were now looking for proof. I know Hermione was looking everything up together with Daphne while Luna and Susan were writing it down. Bella and Harry are telling their ideas while Astoria, Ginny and Neville were asking everything they could think of. Tracy was just sitting in the corner looking at all the ideas in e legal way. That is what the girls had told me in their minds so we just have to wait for what is to come".

It was after it they all turned to Isabella and asked her why she had cursed. "Do you all remember the papers Poppy had with her when she told us about Albus"? They all nodded as they thought back to that day. "Well, the thing they are doing now, they are doing it all in the same way as they did back then. If they do it like this then you can be sure that we will not like what they have to say when they are done".

*#*

Albus had taken them all back to his room. While he was there he just sat down and placed his chin into his hands. He didn't speak a word and wasn't even listening to the ramblings of the others. Suddenly he screamed for all of them to be quiet. Fudge lost the control over his bladder while Umbridge wanted to scream. The magic of Albus lashed out and threw her against the wall. Lucius swallowed because the only other person he knew who could do that was his Lord. Sure that Potter brat might be stronger but he still didn't control his magic without a wand. "Potter has seen through our way of playing. I could see in his eyes that he knows I have been on your side while I did everything to make it look like I wasn't".

"How did he know, how did he find out" Fudge stammered.

Slowly Albus calmed himself down and gazed at the minister. "We must have done something wrong and I know that it wasn't me". Now Albus shifted his eyes over to Umbridge and Lucius.

"You do not have to look at me," Umbridge said in a whisper.

"Don't I, you have been harassing him from the moment he stepped back into the wizarding world. I have told you all to leave him to me but none of you did that. You all just did what you wanted and it is not helping me at all".

"What did we do," Lucius said.

"Where do I start" Albus snapped at him. "Does a diary ring a bell. Or the attack in that restaurant".

"How do you know about that"Lucius asked while the blood left his head.

"There mind wasn't as closed off as it is now. Harry was like an open book but Daphne even more. Harry is still like an open book but it has been a while since I have read his mind. So I know that you could not just control yourself. Now I do not know how it ended but it is clear you could not finish the job or they would have not returned for their third year". Lucius looked down as Albus turned to Severus. "You have been harassing him from the moment he walked into the door. Now I can understand it but you have to be more careful in the way you are doing it".

It was by Umbridge that Albus gave a deep sigh. "You might have been the worst. You are doing things and aren't even thinking about it. Not only are you accusing him of things he did not do. You are not looking for ways to make him look worse in the eyes of others. You just say something hoping it works. Using a blood quill and sending those Dementors to his home. If I didn't correct the papers you would have been kissing one of them by now. Or the fact that you made students open the gate to get the Dementors into Hogwarts".

"I didn't".

"No you didn't Imperious the students, you only gave the order for the Dementors to go to that entrance". It was now that he looked at Fudge. You gave the worst of it all. How could you offend the wife of the leader of the Goblins".

Fudge just looked down as he tried to hide away the wet spot he had.

"No, for now, we have to lay low and just see what we can do when the opportunity presents it selves.

#*

At ten o clock in the evening, the friends asked the family to come to Potter castle. It was here they would speak about the things they thought were happening. One by one the family got into the room the friends had set up. You could feel the tension when you entered. It said a lot but nothing about it was good. The expression the children had told them they would not like any of it and that again told them Isabella had been right.

The last two to enter were Bellatrix and Narcissa. For Bellatrix it would be the first meeting she would attend and it made her feel uneasy. Normally she would run to Harry and snog him senseless. This time however she stopped at the door and just waited. She could feel his magic floating around the room and it wasn't as peaceful as it had always been. When she opened her own magic she could also feel the magic of the others. Slowly she closed her eyes and held her hands out. The others were watching her as she walked around the room waving her hands up and down.

"What is she doing," Isabella asked as she stepped next to Andromeda and Tonks.

"She is feeling the magic. The last time I have seen her do that was when she was nine. Charlus Potter had a big fight with Wulberga. She was pushing Sirius and Regulus towards the Dark Lords way of thinking. Sirius had run away a couple of times and always ended up at the Potters. It was always for a couple of days but this time she had gone too far. I'm not sure what happened but she had taken Sirius and Regulus to a Dark meeting. Sirius had told them about it and he had gone off.

Well on that day Bella walked in. I was the oldest and it happened at our home. Narcissa and Sirius were about eleven I think. Charlus Potter had rushed in with our aunt and James and just laid in on Wulberga. So when Bella walked in she could feel the magic and most of all the anger in it. It was then she started to feel it while pushing her own magic into her hands. She walked up to Charles and just hugged him until he calmed down enough".

Sure enough, Bella was making her way toward Harry as she felt the anger in the magic. As she walked past the others she stopped by her little self. She walked on but grabbed the hand of Bella, still with her eyes closed. She did the same with Daphne and walked on. By Harry, she just pulled them all in a big hug keeping her eyes closed. This time it didn't work as well as it did with Charles. Somehow Bellatrix could feel it and stretched out her arms. It didn't take long for Susan to realised they had to join. So without a word Susan pulled the others along and into the hug. When Astoria and Ginny stepped into it after luna and Stacy had done it the magic started to slow down. When the hug ended Bellatrix turned to the room and just said "Get ready".

Harry gestured to the table and they all sat down. He didn't say a thing and only looked at Hermione. She shook her head but he just nodded. Again she shook her head and Harry gave a little sigh. "Stuff it, Hermione," Bella said. "Albus is a piece of Shit and we all know it so just tell them".

Hermione got up and gave Bella a dirty look. Bella shook it off with the words I have seen better and Hermione laughed. "Well today we saw something, Later we realized something, now we know" She started. "Albus Dumbledore is a Dark Lord".

This was it again for this week. Thank you all for the reviews. See you all in two weeks.

Gr Winmau.