First of all, I'm sorry. I know I'm a week late. My father is in the hospital, all is well. But it did keep me from writing last week. He still is there but like I said all is well so I'm back. Now I can't promise the next chapter will be in two weeks but I will do my best.
Thank you all for the reviews.
This is a story from a fan. Harry Potter is not mine.
(BSC 5 C51) C179 Let's get things straight 2.
While the family took James away to tell him all about the things the friends had done while they had been resting. Lily hesitated to go along with her husband. She, however, was told in almost an order by Minerva to go. Minerva wasn't alone in it because she was joined by Augusta and Grandmere. With a sad look at her son, she joined the others of the family and walked after them back to the floor to go to Potter castle. Before they could get away Susan told her where to go.
"But I already know I'm going to Potter castle on the left of the hill," Lily told her. Susan just smiled as she walked away.
Nolwenn who once again had been standing on the side finally realized what they had done and how they had done it. Only Susan was the one with the secret. For everyone else, it was just a direction. Meaning everyone could still say it without knowing they had the secret to seeing the castle through the Fidelius charm. So the moment everyone had left She stepped up next to Susan and placed her arm on her shoulder. "That was really smart". Susan just smiled as she walked back to her friends as Nollwenn walked along next to her.
Students were leaving the great hall and were clearly talking about the things that had happened in the last two days. They were followed by the Members of the Witangemot who were going away. One of the most talked-about things had been the death of Pansy Parkinson and her father. For the friends, it meant they had to stand still by it and even if they had no regrets they still needed to stand still, by it. "Harry" Hermione started, "Do you think we have to put the great hall in grieving state".
Harry looked up and gave a small nod. "Yes, everything needs to be in black. It is sad but Pansy asked for it by what she did. She was clearly lost but she was also just a student. We have to think about it because all of us could go down that path for any kind of reason.
#*
So that night the banners were black and Harry stood at the front of the podium. While Harry looked into the great hall he could see that every student had been looking up. Some were clearly thinking they wouldn't do this and as they looked they knew they were wrong. The moment Harry wanted to speak Umbridge stepped next to him. "What are you going to do," she asked. Harry looked down at her and clearly wanted to snap. But after a deep sigh, he told her softly but clearly that he wanted to say a couple of words, so some of the students could take a moment of silents. "Why... you killed her" she shouted.
Slowly harry started to get mad. Bella and Daphne knew something was wrong so they stepped up next to them. They were immediately followed by Susan and Tracy who always wanted to get one over on Umbridge. When they got there they were just in time to hear Bella asking what was happening. "This toad doesn't want me to say some words so some of the students can have their moment of respect".
Harry was just finished when Umbridge shouted even harder with a Sonorus on herself. "You just killed her and now you want to speak about it". Before Harry could react he was pushed away by Daphne and Bella who made Susan and Tracy step before them.
Susan had become as red as a Weasley and just could not bring out the things she wanted to say. Tracy had a hard time keeping her back from attacking the bitch.
It was then that a very cold voice sounded from behind them making a lot of students tramble in fear. "Who do you think you are, interfering with the business of King Hogwarts". Everyone turned around and were now looking at Ginny who had just stepped between them all. "My father".
"He is not".
"Shut up you BITCH" Ginny screamed at Umbridge. "Let make it clear to you so your toad brain can understand it. Albus to many names Dumbelldora made it possible for students to learn unforgivable spells. He made it possible for students to become dark by using spells Voldemort".
"He is not back" Umbridge screamed again.
"I'AM NOT SAYING THAT" Ginny shouted over her. "He gave them the opportunity to learn the dark arts by turning his back at them. You and your ministry are giving them the opportunity to learn the dark by telling everybody is wrong while you close your eyes to what is happening around you. Something every ministry does these days. You all gave them the opportunity for your upstanding shitheads like late Lord Parkinson to let their children do those spells". Before Umbridge could say something she was silenced by a spell from Astoria who had been standing next to Ginny from the start. "King Hogwarts did what he had to do and put a stop to it. It is a shame he had to kill her but they had to. I can also tell you that there are more students who have been learning these things and my Father". And this time Ginny did give a good look at Harry. "Has shown all of us what can and will happen if you use them. It is hard to say but Pansy had a painless out. She was killed and not placed in Azkaban for the rest of her life because that would have been the other thing that would have happened. So for the Goddess well being, Shut the fuck up. Sit down and let us all think about the loss of one of our peers. It does not matter if we liked her or not, because that is not the point. This can happen to everyone if we treat people like they are expendables like Pansy did". Ginny stepped up to Harry and gave him a hug. She was followed by Astoria who did the same.
As they walked away Harry turned to Susan and Tracy as he smiled at them. "You two have competition," he said with the same smile. They just gave him a dirty look as they turned to ask for a moment of silence before the dinner would start.
#*
While all that was happening at Hogwarts, the family had been sitting around Lily, Alice, James and Frank at Potter castle. Slowly they had tolled them all they had missed. The way Harry had stood up for his grandmother. The way he made friends with all the different races. How they had been a step ahead of the ministry and Voldemort. They had shown them the way Harry had been raised and how their friends had pulled every one of House Hogwarts to the top.
While Lily and Alice had been shocked. James was still angry about the things the friends and his son had done to Albus and the ministry. He was blind to what Albus had done to Minerva and Harry. Lily was proud of the way they had taken Ginny away from Molly and how they had made her his daughter. James was again mumbling about intervening with the business of another house.
It was at that point that Frank had stepped away from James and just listened to everything else that was said. In a way, he hated it and was agreeing with the things James had been saying about it all. On the other hand, he could also see the other way. The struggle he had was in the way he had been taught by his father and mother. It was also that he was seeing that his mother was seeing the other way of it. That was the reason he knew he had to at least look at it from their side. The biggest surprise for all four of them were David, Augusta and Amelia. All three of them not only stood behind the friends. they were listening to them.
Frank was really starting to think after that while James was digging himself deeper and deeper in a hole. Frank had a turn around the moment Madeye stepped into the room and told his part about Albus and the friends. Still, it was hard for him to believe Albus could have done all this. But with everything they heard it told Frank that Albus wasn't as light as they all thought he was.
Still, James could not believe it and was slowly starting to fight with everyone around him. He was clearly stuck in the day he had died. His memories from the painting had clearly not saddled into his mind as of yet, or he was just too stubborn to learn from it. Lily had been talking to him but James just didn't listen or he just didn't want to hear anything about it. "James, just wait until my mum and Harry get here so we can hear it from their side".
James turned to Lily and looked at her like she had betrayed him as she said it. "you don't get it do you" he said. "It is not that I think he is doing it badly. It is more that he is doing it under the name Potter".
"You are still hung up at the name Potter aren't you," Lily asked him. James nodded as Lily shook her head. "You are right, I don't get it. We have been here now for hours and have listened to everything that has happened to him. Yet the only thing you take away from it has been that he is using the Potter name".
"But Lils".
"No James, you just don't get it. The moment we gave our lives for him he has been used and abused. Our wills have been locked away, just so they could place Harry with my so-called sister. They have made a house-elf of him while they did nothing. He got here learning they have written books about him, praising him while he was locked up in a cupboard. When he did came back to our world they wanted him weak and defenceless. Somehow he didn't play nice or sit up as they wanted him to. Somehow he did the things, I always wanted to do. He" and Lily stopped for a moment. "No, that is not right. They, yes, that's it. They have created a bridge between us all, while you are just sitting there complaining about the use of your name".
"Lils, a Name is everything in our world".
"Yes, it is, but here is a newsflash mister. Harry is not only Lord Potter. He is also Lord Gryffindor, Lord Peverell. On top of that, he is also King Hogwarts. The last king had been Merlin himself. After more than a thousand years he was the first to be found worthy of that title. Not Lord Voldemort, not your grandfather not even you. So if you are worried about your so-called Potter name. He has four. You are talking about Albus the leader of the light. Well, our son has the grey and they are following him and teaching him. He is not on the high horse Albus always had been".
"But Lil's".
"No James. You are only complaining but not listening. Your son is better than we ever were. We have battled Voldemort three times and only survived when we got him to a standstill. We were with the four of us against one of him. Harry has battled him three times and not only survived but he made him run. So he is better than us and doing more than we ever did".
"You say all that but I just can't believe he is that strong, if I can't do it then he".
"Get your ass to the duelling room and let's find out if your mouth is as good as you think it is". Everyone turned on the spot when they heard the voice of Harry from the Floo.
"Harry," James said.
"Don't Harry me" Harry almost yelled. "I have been standing here long enough to know and hear what your mind tells me. You only came back because you didn't want to lose your magic and it had nothing to do with me. Now I think you have not yet seen the grounds but I do not care. You get your ass into the Duellingroom and there I will see if you will be allowed to stay".
James Stuttered a little bit as he looked at the way his son was ordering him. "You just wait a minute, I'm still your dad. You are not allowed to talk to your".
"If you say betters I will not wait until we are down there to curse you" Harry snapped at him.
Lily was about to step between them but she was held back by Bella and Daphne. "Mum do something" she yelled. Minerva just shook her head as she placed a barrier between James and Lily. Lily looked at her mum as she slowly started to understand what her mother meant by it. This was something that had to happen. Harry had done the best he could. James just wanted it back and had a hard time letting it go. For Harry, it had been a number of years. For James, it was just like it was yesterday the day he lost it.
Minerva stepped behind the barrier she had thrown up motion for Bella and Daphne to let Lily go. "Mum what is he doing".
"He is being the Lord of the house and he is dealing with the last leader. James had been on top and if he had been honest and given Harry a chance he would have given him back the Lordship of the Potter without a question. James on the other hand put his foot in his mouth and kept on doing it. If you look around at the ones that were around him you can see they are all ready to help Harry if he asked for it".
Lily looked around at all the Family members and the friends and could clearly see what her mother was telling her. They were all ready to go for it if Harry would say it. "Why are they so loyal to him. We were never that loyal to Albus or the Death Eaters to Voldemort".
Minerva smiled as she watch James slowly walking towards the duelling room. "That one is easy. Albus and Voldemort will stand behind everybody in a fight. He stands in front of them. Harry is leading them by example. He will be the first one on the battlefield and the last to walk off. He will stand side by side back to back. We never did. You and Alice did, Frank and James tagged along. Who would you follow if you had the choice".
Again Lily looked at it all. She had never seen Harry in action. Wait she did and it was not that long ago. She had seen him in battle two or three days ago. A lot had happened in the last couple of days so it wasn't really that clear anymore. But she had seen him protect everybody with Neville. While the others were throwing spells at everybody. She did remember a fire birdlike creature. "Wait he was at Diagon alley that day when it was attacked". Minerva nodded as she knew what Lily was talking about. "He was really fighting them all with the help of the others. He even had" It was at that point her eyes became big and she looked at Gabrielle.
"No lily, Not Gabrielle because she will always be too young for this according to the kids," Minerva said as Lily looked up at her. "He, they are kids themselves but they just don't see it as we do. But the fire was Fleur. She had been with them from the day she could. Harry had saved her life and she will stand by them. She is dating Bill Weasly and he does not like it but she doesn't care. So there will be a fight between him and Bill shortly because of it, but again he will put them straight. So now they are doing it all and James will learn the hard way. So let's go down and watch".
#*
Narcissa had walked into Potter castle and stood in the hallway when she heard the voices. As she followed them through the castle towards the duelling room. It became clear to her who the ones were that were shouting to each other.
"You wanted to prove yourself then proof it". Narcissa heard the words and remembered that it was the voice of James. "Stop dancing around and fire back" sounded his voice again.
"I would stop that James, He will put you down". This time it was the voice of David she heard above all of them. She stopped and tried to think about who it was James could be fighting. No, he wouldn't she thought to herself as the name of Harry went through her mind. The next thing she did was to rush down the steps and to the duelling room. the voices only became harder as she rushed on. When she rounded the corner she stepped between Nolwenn and Emma. "How did this happen". Nolwenn almost jumped a foot in the air when she heard the voice of Narcissa next to her.
Emma just smiled as she pointed at James. "His mouth has done the talking and the friends walked in on it".
Narcissa shook her head from left to right. "So, he was still hung up at the name and not on the actions his son and friends had done". Both Emma and Nolwenn nodded as they kept on looking at how James was throwing everything at Harry. Harry was just stepping from left to right as he avoided every spell that came his way. Slowly James started to slow down. As his breathing became harder Harry stopped and snapped his wand into his hand. James Looked up and threw the last Bombarda he could. Harry didn't pull up a wall but just held out his hand as the spell collided with it. James taught he had absorbed it into his hand, but the family knew he had conjured a little wall wandlessly.
As James placed his hands on his knees, just looking up he saw Harry placing his wand back in his holster. He was out of breath and he wanted to say see you can't even throw a spell. His mouth opened but it closed as he saw his hand starting to glow. One thing he didn't hear but Bella, Daphne, Zanita and Minerva did was Harry asking for a big wall. The piercing hex that left the hand from Harry went straight through the wall leaving a big hole. James had stumbled back and fell on his ass as the hex went a foot past his head. The hole was as big as his fist and if it would have hit he would be dead. The mouth of James just opened a little bit as he looked through the hole seeing Harry stepping in front of it looking right back at his father.
James could not say a thing as he was only looking at his son. He could not make a hole that big in a wall that size. And as he gazed at Harry he could see that he wasn't even breathing. His look was hard and his eyes were shining like lily's would be when she was really mad. Harry stepped around the wall and walked straight at him. James put up his fist but could not give any defence when he was grabbed in the collar.
Harry used his magic as he pulled James from the ground and to his feet. In his mind, he had said it all as Daphne and Bella held out a shoelace to the family and Portkeyed away. "This was not half the power I have but keep on going and I will use it on you".
James was still out of breath as he swallowed a little. The piercing hex has told him that Harry had the power to do it. Before he could utter another word he saw all of the other leave and just started to tramble. He was afraid Harry would kill him now, now that there was no one around anymore. It was only a second later they disappeared and reappeared in the middle of a great hall. James was dropped to the ground and skidded back as he looked into the eyes of two Goblins. Slowly he got to his feet and looked around. What he saw were tables everywhere. Goblins, Veela's, werewolves and People were eating together.
Lily stepped behind him and told him to look closer at the people. As he looked at one table they all looked up. One placed a wand at the table while another placed a gun on it. The fourth laughed and he could see the fangs in the smile. "Yes, James there is a vampire sitting next to a wizard and a muggle while they are playing a card game. The friends have made a little world where we can all be together as we are. They are learning from each other. Werewolves are only wolves for one night. Vampires are only drinking blood to live. And they do not need to bite humans to get it". It was at that point that the Vampire held out a bag full of blood with a little straw in it.
"I need to talk to mum," James said as he looked at his wife. Harry frowned as he gazed back at his father. James saw the look and shook his head. "You have not found the room yet". The look of Harry said it all and James asked for snot to bring them to the room. Harry appeared before a painting that held a lot of people. As he looked up he saw a woman and man walking to the front. "Son this is my mum and Dad. Charlus and Dorothea Potter.
Dorothea looked down at her grandson and smiled. "My Lord," she said.
James looked up and hung his head. If his mother called Harry her Lord he knew he wasn't the Lord any longer. This painting held the memories of the persons. It did not create others as his and Lily's did. But the magic still knew when the true Lord of the house was standing in front of them.
Harry looked up and just didn't know what to say as he looked at the faces of his grandparents. He did not see or hear his father opening the door as the family started to walk in. It was only when he felt two hands saddling on his shoulders that there were more people walking in. Dorothea looked up and smiled. "Augusta you have gotten old," She said. Augusta didn't say a thing and only looked at her old and dear friend. "How is life doing these day's".
I finally found the Longbottom and Potter to kick us all into the right direction" Agusta said making Dorothea and Charlus smile widely at Harry and Neville. What followed was a long conversation that was ended whit the painting telling them to give them hell.
#*
As it became later and later in the day they were all invited to another party at Potter castle. It was there that the Potters and Longbottoms learned all about the family, while they saw it with their own eyes. It wasn't a big one but it was as the world should be. The house of Hogwarts was at the party for the ones that had stayed. Others had gone home for the holiday. When the Party had come to an end. The family and some friends had gone to the side room to have a little talk.
It was not long in the talk that it all came down to how Lily and Alice had done it. Alice stepped to the side as Lily took the floor. "Well, it all came down to learning the dark arts and especially the dark part of it".
Some gasped as Lily said it while the friends just smiled. Lily looked down at them and was a little taken back that they were not surprised that she and the others had learned about them. She opened her mouth but stopped it when Hermione spoke up. "Just go on because there isn't light or dark in magic only intent". The mouth of Lily snapped shut as she nodded at her in surprise.
Just as she was about to speak again they all heard a crunch sound. So as one they turned to Tonks and held out their hands. "You really have to learn to share Tonks". Harry told her.
"Says the one who doesn't give his own sister the left wing of the castle," Tonks said back as she started to hand over the Popcorn to the others.
Harry just looked at her. "You know you are the Vulgaire here right".
"Are you telling me you don't love me, your own sister" Tonks fired back as she placed her hand over her heart in a shocking way?
Harry opened his mouth and closed it again as he looked at her for a moment. "How can I even love you more you have already taken everything you can get your hands on".
"Are you saying You don't think I'm worth it. So you don't love me, me your only sister".
"He, I'm his little sister to" Astoria screamed from the side.
Lily and Alice just didn't know what to think about it while the family just smiled as they listened to it all. "I'm his big sister so he has to love me more, than you".
"So that is why you want the left-wing, not the right one".
"Noo, just the left one is fine, I don't want to look greedy to the others" and Tonks lifted her nose in the air.
Harry sniffed a little. "No not greedy at all. But what do I give my wives if you have the left-wing".
"Nothing they just want you for your money," Tonks said hotly.
It was at that point that someone grabbed Harry from behind as she placed his head between two of her biggest pillows that Harry loved dearly. "Not me, I don't want his money. I just want his tight little ass in my hands".
James dropped from his chair as he fumbled for his wand looking at Bellatrix hugging his son. As he pointed it at her the family looked at the friends. None had pulled their wands and were only looking at him. Minerva started to laugh as she gazed at James. "If you want to hex her you might point the right end at Bellatrix and not at yourself". James looked down and flipped the wand the right way around. The moment he looked up he could only see wands pointing at him from every angle.
"And here I thought you didn't love me," Bellatrix said as she pulled Daphne and Bella into the hug squeezing her breast closer together while the head of Harry was still between them. James just shook his head and dropped his wand. It was at that point he remembered Lily telling him Bellatrix had been used all of her time as a death eater. Still seeing her standing there hugging his son was surprising, to say the least. James placed his head in his hands and just shook it while the family laughed.
As the things had happened around the family Minerva told Lily it was all to loosen up the tension. Tonks was his sister and she would protect him if she could. Harry was the little brother that was always running a step in front of her. Astoria was the little annoying sister that was just loved, especially by Susan. The rest were friends but you could all so see them as sisters and brothers. You had mums. Aunts, grandmothers. Fathers they had not, Uncles yes. It was as she was telling them that she looked at James and Frank. Her look clearly told them don't be their father it has been too long for that. Both Frank and James knew they had started on the wrong foot and they better shape up or she would be hunting them down.
After a couple of moments, Lily took the floor and started all over again. She had a little smile as she saw Daphne sitting on the lap of Harry with the Bella's next to him. "As I said it came down to the dark art's. A dark Cutting curse is no different than a light one. They both hurt but one cut's deeper than the other. A light one you use on paper. Will go through a tree if you put enough power after it". She saw a look pass between a couple of them as their looks were pointed at Harry. There was a story there she had not heard yet but it had to be a good one. The way Narcissa smiled told her it had to be a real good one.
"No, the biggest struggle was the three unforgivable's. I know it is called that way but it is wrong. If you talk about light and dark those three are the lightest you can have".
Most of the family members were frowning as Lily said it. The friends on the other hand were having satisfied looks as they looked at Lily and the others. Augusta and Minerva were the only ones who knew the friends had looked into them and smiled at them. They didn't have a clue why they looked the way they did, but again they knew more than the adults. Before Lily could go on, Alice stopped her as she asked Neville why they looked the way they looked.
"Well we don't know why they are light but they are too easy to be dark," Neville told her. Again the members of the family were not understanding at all. Alice and Lily knew they were thinking the same way as they were when they thought about it. Only they did it when they were starting as unspeakable's, but never this young.
As Alice were thinking it Neville went on. "We found out that the spells weren't that hard to do. A dark Cutting curse takes a lot of power. The killing curse does not". Sirius wanted to react but Amelia stopped him by elbowing him in the side, while she was shaking her head from side to side.
Lily and Alice nodded as Lily went on. "Wel you were right in a way. The three curses are easy to do and we do not know why they are unforgivable. Sure they are used in a bad way, but that is the person you have to punish not the curse. We looked at all of them and went back in time to the day they were invented. Two of them are healing curses. The Crutiatus curse was made to stimulate the nerves. Like electricity running through a body. It was the one to stimulate body parts that had stopped working". Again they saw Amelia elbowing Sirius in the side.
"The Imperio Curse" Lily went on. "Is not a healing curse. But it was used to help people get out of a situation when they were afraid. It could also be used to help People battle their fears" Lily saw the understanding on the faces of the friends. The rest of the family not so much. "Now the last one was the most important. It was not made to heal but to end a life. That curse was made to stop the heart. If you had someone dying you could end the suffering. Later it was found out and forgotten that that curse can not only stop the hard, it can also restart it. That is what Alice had done by us. She placed our body's in status and when she could she restarted our hearts and got us back".
Poppy who had been sitting at the side with some of the Veela healers were gobsmacked by the revelation. As they thought about it she realized that they had found something that had been forgotten for so long. The idea alone could have been so helpful in so many cases. The moment Poppy looked at Harry she was brought back to the one time she had found him in St Mungus. How he had survived it, she would never really know, but if she had known this she would have had him back so much faster.
The friends had seen a little tear running down her cheek and rushed at her. The hug Poppy got from them said it all. They knew what she was thinking and they all know. Even knowing this it would have still taken Poppy to do everything she got to get him back.
It was after it that the night started to slow down. Lily and Alice had talked about how to battle the addictiveness from the dark curses by doing powerful spells. The power you needed was the thing that made you want more, Better known as Dark and hurtful spells. You would forget the result and only wanted to feel the power that you needed for every one of them. The key was to keep the reality in front of your eyes. It had helped lily and Alice to go to the hospital wing to see what the spell did. It was a way to bring you down to reality in just a moment.
Suddenly Harry got to his feet and rushed out of the room. He sprinted down the hallway right to the Floo and shouted something before he jumped in. Most of the friends had rushed after him and some of the adults. They didn't know what had happened or what he was about to do. but the last thing they heard had been Gringotts.
This was it again for this week. See you all in two weeks.
Gr Winmau.