Hey guys! This Chapter is coming out a bit early but don't worry, there will still be an update on Thursday!
To settle everyone's minds, we have gone over all of the great comments we got with your ideas and opinions on whether we should save Wormy and bring him into the fold. We have decided against it. While it would definitely be a twist you don't see often and would put all of the Marauders back together again, we didn't really set up for that in the beginning chapters and we are already doing a lot with this story so we will file that idea away for another fic.
Anyway, please enjoy Chapter 20: Keeping Up Appearances!
Harriet studied the Marauders Map intently as she sat on her bed with the Marauders lounging around her. Even with the two Marauder books to distract them the twins had been continued with their strange behavior and while she loved being around them, she needed them distracted so she could visit the Mirror of Erised tonight and make sure that Dumbledore didn't think his plans were too far off even with her dislike of his spies. Currently her mates were in their dorm room but she knew the second she left her dorm they would head to intercept her, she assumed it was a combination of Wormtail's copy of the map and the alarm charm she found three feet from her door.
*How are we going to get past your mates Princess?* James asked, *You could probably use your cat form to stay off the map but if you disarm the alarm they will be alerted just like they would if you just passed it.*
Harri bit her lip, *It is a bit of a problem. Ideally I need to just block the alarm until I get past it and then leave it up. I can't just flame near the mirror because I need Dumbledore's alarms to alert him to be being there. And I can't have Hogwarts make an extra exit from here on the off chance Hermione wakes up and sees it or Ron comes in and sees it.* she sighed and rubbed her forehead, *What I wouldn't give some of Fred's stasis powder.* she grumbled.
*The stuff you used to counter the gemini curse when you guys broke into Gringotts?* Remus asked.
*Yeah. It causes a spell to go dormant for five minutes then disappears without a trace allowing the spell to effect the item or area like normal.* Harriet said.
*Did he teach you how to make it?* Sirius asked.
*Yes. They showed me how to make most of their products so I could help if stock was ever low or if I was ever in a place where I couldn't access our stores. The knowing how to make it isn't the problem. Powders take hours to brew and then days to dry enough to be used properly.* Harri huffed, *I don't have enough time to make it. Christmas was three days ago. Dumbles will have expected me to make use of the cloak by now. It needs to be tonight or tomorrow.*
*Do you know a spell that would work the same way?* James asked.
Harri frowned and propped her head up on her hand, *The Black Ward Scrambler might work, but it's meant for full wards not trip-wire like charms, hence the name.*
*Black? I've never heard about spell. It sounds like one my mother would want me to know.* Sirius said.
"Kreacher!" Harri called.
The elf popped in on top of Harri's trunk looking much healthier than the last time they had seen him, "Young Miss be needin' Kreacher?"
Harriet nodded, "Yes, can you bring me the third family Grimoire? The one entitled Blacker Arts?"
"Yes young Miss." Kreacher said with a bow before popping away.
*Blacker Arts?* James snickered, *What kind of name is that?*
*The kind of name thought up by an entire family of Drama Queens.* Harri said, *The fifth one is just entitled Blackest.*
*Blackest? That's it?* Remus asked.
*They kept trying to one up each other with the names.* Harri said with a shrug.
*Shove off you three.* Sirius gruffed, *I bet the Potter Grimoire's have stupid names too.*
*Nope.* Harri said cheerfully, *Our family didn't feel the need to name books that would never be seen by others. They're just numbered.*
Kreacher popped back up with a thick book in his hands, "Here is Blacker Arts Young Miss."
"Thank you Kreacher, I will call you when I am ready to return it." Harri said, taking the big book and laying it out beside the map.
"Yes Young Miss. Kreacher be waitin' for your call." The elf bowed and popped away again.
Harri opened the book and quickly skimmed the table of contents until she found the entry entitled 'Black Ward Scrambler'. She flipped about a third of the way through the book and skimmed the page before giggling, *Dear Merlin I forgot that poor bastards name.*
*What is it?* James asked curiously, peeking over the edge of the book.
*Volans Pyxis Black.* Harri giggled, *Literally Flying Fish Compass Black.*
Remus and James joined in her laughter as Sirius grumbled, *Stupid naming tradition.*
*Aw, don't be like that Sirius.* Harri said, trying to rein in her laughter, *At least your name isn't that bad.*
*Nothing is as bad as Volans Pyxis.* James chuckled.
*Flying Fish Compass.* Remus said before descending into a fit of laughter again. Sirius nipped Remus' tail and the snake whipped around to hiss at him, *That hurt! Don't blame me! I didn't name the man!*
Harri rolled her eyes and focused back on Volans description and criteria for the spell, *It looks like it will work but since the alarm is not a full ward the charm may alert the twins once I remove the spell.*
*You can just leave it on until we get back then.* Sirius said.
Harri hummed as she read further, *No,* she said distractedly as she practiced a complicated wand movement, *It's a sustained spell, the further away we are the more power it will take to keep up. With the distance we're going I'll probably let it slip just as we reach the mirror. Especially since I'll need to be fully alert when Dumbledore shows up.*
*If he doesn't show up you'll be able to hold it?* Remus asked.
*Possibly.* Harri said, *But with the end of break coming he'll more than likely come as soon as the alarms alert him. He won't know for sure that I will return even with the mirrors properties so he won't want to miss his chance. Last time he would have had time since I went out Christmas night but now he doesn't.*
*You'll just have to keep hold of the spell for as long as you can and then try to make your conversation with the Headmaster short.* Sirius said.
Harri gave a short nod and closed the book, she moved to put it in her trunk in one of her extra compartments, *You guys ready?*
*You know it!* they answered.
Remus slithered into Harri's bag, while Sirius attached himself to her upper arm and James curled around her shoulders. Harri stopped in front of her mate's spell and lifted her wand, she chanted the spell and waved her wand in an intricate tangle of movements. All four watched as indigo magic flew from her wand and connected with the wall like alarm charm the twins had set up, it glowed for a bit then faded again. Harri felt the tax on her magic and nodded, *All good.* she slipped from the room and descended the stairs quickly, passing through the common room at near a run. She slid out and put on the cloak just before she closed the fat lady's portrait, she made sure it was wrapped around her completely and that silencing charms were on her shoes before she started off. Harri made her way across the school to the unused area as quickly as she could while still making it look like she was wondering around. It was a little annoying but she was determined to do this correctly.
*You took Dumbledore's tracker off the cloak right?* James asked as they went around another corner, *It wouldn't do for him to know where you were afterward if we really want to do some spying.*
*Of course I did.* Harri said exasperatedly, *Like I would let his clingy magic stay on our cloak.*
*Just checking Princess.* James chuckled.
Finally, she reached the door that lead to the mirror, she felt a compulsion drawing her toward the door and she allowed it to take her in without too much trouble, knowing last time she had went without hesitation. She opened the door and made sure to hover in the path of the alarm charm for several seconds before walking further into the room. There in the center, just like last time, stood the mirror of Erised. Harriet let the invisibility cloak drop down so her head and shoulders were visible and looked over the enormous mirror, not looking into the glass quite yet, knowing she would need a full reaction for Dumbledore.
"Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi." She let herself read out loud when she felt the old man enter silently, she dropped her hold on the ward scrambling spell. She tilted her head as if puzzled then said slowly, "I show not your face but your heart's desire." With a frown she looked down at the glass and let herself react truthfully.
Harri's heart ached as the mirror showed her her new deepest desire.
The twins stood on either side of her in their joke shop suits with huge grins on their faces and an arm wrapped around her. Behind them, as if on a riser, was all of the Avengers looking happy and healthy just as she remembered them from before, joined by the three trustworthy Marauders, her mother, and Luna. They were all smiling at her and looked so relaxed. And in front of her was a little boy, a toddler with red hair and her green eyes grinning at her as his little hand latched onto her uniform skirt.
Harriet choked back a sob and felt her eyes well up, "My family." She whimpered, Sirius and James tightened their grip on her as silent support and Remus nosed her hand. She slammed her occlumency shields into place, knowing she would have to wait until she was in a safer place to react further, and dropped to the ground in front of the mirror.
Dumbledore waited for several seconds, no doubt allowing her to take things in fully, before stepping up behind her. "Miss. Potter." He said in a kind voice.
Harri looked up and gave a soft sniff, "Oh, Headmaster sorry I just…" she turned back to the mirror, not able to conceal her fury at the man even with her mental shields in place.
"Yes, I see you've discovered the Mirror of Erised." Dumbledore said, circling behind her, "It's quite a unique mirror. It shows us nothing more or less than the deepest, most desperate desires of our hearts.*"
"It doesn't show the future?" she asked innocently.
"I'm afraid not my dear girl." Dumbledore said with a sad look. He glanced at the mirror before looking back down at Harriet, "What do you see?"
Harri let out a shuddery breath, "I see myself standing with my parents." She said softly, Not a total lie. She thought. Harri looked up at Dumbledore and saw his eyes twinkle even as a sad frown came across his face.
"I see." He said softly.
"What do you see Headmaster?" she asked with her eyes wide.
Dumbledore looked to the mirror and Harri saw his lips twitch up a little before he said, "I see myself with a pair nice wooly socks."
Harri gave a mental snort before she said, "Oh." And turned back to the mirror, in the image the twins leaned down and kissed her on her cheeks.
"I must ask you to go now Miss Potter." Dumbledore said gently, "Many have wasted away in front of this mirror just staring at their desire and I wouldn't want you to be added to those numbers." Harri sighed and stood fluidly, her eyes never moving from the mirror. She backed up several steps without moving her eyes before reluctantly tearing her gaze from it and moving toward the door. "Harriet." Dumbledore called, she looked back to him with big eyes, "I would ask that you don't search for the mirror, it is being moved after tonight and I would not want you hurt in your pursuit of it."
"Yes Headmaster." She said agreeably. Harriet stepped from the room, closing the door behind her, and was only three steps down the hall before she saw familiar figures heading her direction.
"Harriet!" they whisper shouted.
Behind her Harri could hear the door handle turning to open again; she swept forward, grabbed the twins, and drew them to the wall. She willed the cloak bigger and threw it over all three of them before layering them in notice-me-not, disillusionment, and silencing charms in parseltongue. "Quiet." She hissed just as Dumbledore came from the room the held the Mirror.
The Headmaster stepped out and looked around the hallway before starting off jauntily. Harri narrowed her eyes and followed behind with the twins sticking close to her sides, they seemed to understand the seriousness of the mission and kept quiet. They followed the Headmaster all the way back to his office where they found Ron waiting for him at the entrance. The twins glared at their brother. "Good evening Ronald, I trust you didn't have any trouble getting out this evening." Dumbledore said jovially.
"No sir. I did run into Professor McGonagall but your pass got me here alright." Ron answered.
Dumbledore nodded, "Yes, just try not to make getting caught a habit. Me letting you out past curfew too often will draw attention."
"Sorry sir." Ron said, hanging his head.
"It's alright my boy. Just do better." Dumbledore said before turning to the gargoyle, "Twix." The gargoyle jumped aside and the Headmaster stepped on the first step as they began to rise, Ron followed, and just before the gargoyle retook its place, Harri and the twins jumped on a step. Dumbledore and Ron entered his office and shut the door close behind them leaving the last three outside. Harri quickly conjured three class cups and offered them to the twins before opening the cloak just a little bit and pressing her cup to the door then pressing her ear to the cup. The twins quickly followed suit.
"….is Miss Granger?" came Dumbledore's voice.
"She's asleep again sir." Ron said, "She's been going bed right after dinner since break started. I think she's coming down with something." Fred gave a soft snort and George snickered, Harri just rolled her eyes.
"I see. I'll have Madame Pomphrey take a look at her to make sure she isn't ill." Dumbledore replied, the twins shot each other a look. "Sit my boy, sit. Your mother and sister will be with us momentarily." Harri mentally cursed when she felt the twins stiffen on either side of her. "How goes your task Ronald?"
"Bloody awful! That bint won't give me the time of day!" Ron replied angrily, "In class she's always with Longbottom and the rest of the time she's with the Quidditch team and Lee! And when she's not with anyone she always has those snakes with her!"
They heard Dumbledore make a light humming noise, "You'll have to try harder my boy, people will be suspicious if you propose to her with no prior interaction."
"What about the marriage contract!" Ron whined.
"We can't rely on that as you well know." Dumbledore said sternly, "The goblin who was in charge of the Potter accounts was caught skimming from another account and they've given Harriet's accounts to a new Goblin. If I can't persuade him to see our side, then he won't accept the contract since I'm not her real guardian."
"Then can't we just use the love potion now?" Ron asked.
"No." Dumbledore said, starting to sound annoyed, "You must try to make it natural first." They were interrupted by a whooshing sound. "Ah, Molly, Ginerva, how nice to see you."
"Hello Albus." Came Molly's voice.
"Hi Headmaster!" Ginny's perky voice squeaked, "Where's Hermione?"
"She seems to be a bit under the weather." Dumbledore said, "Now come sit, we need to go over things quickly so we can get you two young ones to bed." It was quiet for a moment before he began again, "Now, this evening Harriet fell for my compulsions that brought her to the mirror." The twins glanced at Harri who rolled her eyes again. "The girl predictably saw her deceased parents; we can use that if we are careful. It also helps that she will feel compelled to find the mirror again which will lead her right into a confrontation with Quirrell and Voldemort. Now, Molly, did you do as I asked?"
"Of course Albus, compulsions woven into her sweater and a top up of the potions in her fudge." Molly responded, "Well most of them. Some couldn't be mixed safely so you will need to find a way to top off those two." There was a sound of scuffling papers.
"Hm, the loyalty and animosity potions. I can call her into my office for a little tea time chat I'm sure." Dumbledore said, "Ginerva are you preparing for your role next year?"
"I'm reading up on all the things Ron tells me she likes in his letters. I will know enough to place myself as her more girly friend!" Ginny reported excitedly, "I've also been planning on how to distract her if she ever wants to look into one of the topics you said were bad!"
"Excellent my dear!" Dumbledore praised, "Keep it up. I will attempt to send you somethings to read as well after my meeting with her."
"Albus have you heard anything more from the goblins?" Molly asked.
"I haven't Molly. However, I do have a meeting with the new goblin that was assigned to her accounts. If all goes well your allowances from her vault won't stop." Dumbledore said, "As always though watch how much you spend until we've gotten her under control or people will question where you've gotten it."
"I hate having to pretend I'm poor!" Ron whined.
"I know my boy, the faster you get her on your arm then the faster you'll stop needing to pretend. Of course when you marry her you'll have full control of the accounts so it will be even better."
"Do your best Ronald! You're our families best chance at controlling her fortune." Molly added sternly.
"Yes mum." Ron said sullenly.
"Good. You can head back to your dorm then." Dumbledore said, "Have a good evening."
The three listening at the door pulled back quickly and the glasses vanished, "The Gargoyle is back in place." George hissed, "They'll know someone was listening if we move it."
The handle on the door twisted and Harriet grabbed her mates once again, she pressed them in the wall at the center of the stairs, "Hogwarts." She whispered harshly. Instantly they fell through the bricks like the portal at Platform 9 ¾ and they plummeted down into darkness.
The twins screamed and clutched her between them as they dropped through the shadows, Harri just smirked at their reactions. About halfway down their free fall was broken gently when something curved to catch them even as they continued to slide. Finally, they were greeted by dim light as they popped out of the slid and flew into the Chamber of Secrets' outer chamber. Harri cast a cushioning charm in a flash causing them to land on the floor gently.
The twins looked around warily even as Harri stood up and stowed the cloak, "Well that was close." Harri huffed, fluffing her hair.
"Where are we?" George asked shakily as they stood.
"This is the Chamber of Secrets." Harri said, she walked over to the open mouth of Salazar's statue, "Come over here and I'll levitate you up." She levitated herself up before levitating the twins through together, she led them to Salazar's study where Samarra was currently sleeping curled up in the center and Salazar's frame stood empty.
"Is that a basilisk?!" Fred choked even as he slapped a hand over his brother's eyes and closed his own.
Harri went over and tapped Samarra to wake her, "This is Samarra." Harri introduced, "And yes she's a basilisk. You can open your eyes; her sight won't affect you." Fred snorted and Harri frowned, she went over and took Fred's face in her hands gently, tilting it down until it was angled toward her. "Fred do you trust me?"
"Yes." He said without hesitation.
"Then I'm telling you to open your eyes. I promise Samarra's gaze won't harm you or George." Harriet said solemnly. His eyes opened and brown met green, Harri gave him a lopsided smile, "Go on. She's nice. I've been telling her all about you two."
*Are these your mates then?* Samarra asked, raising her head slightly so she could take in both of them.
Harri turned from Fred and looked up to the serpent with a smile, *Yes, this is them.*
"She's huge!" George commented, Harri looked back to see both twins opening gaping at Samarra now.
The snake was preening at George's words and Harri snickered, "Don't say that. She won't be able to move if her ego gets any bigger." Samarra hissed wordlessly at Harri who stuck her tongue out at the snake.
"How can we look at her without being killed?" Fred asked curiously, he was edging forward with one hand stretched out.
"Since I took out Voldemort who was the last of the Slytherin line I can claim the Slytherin title as my own." Harri said, "Samarra is tied into that and that gave me the ability to declare certain people immune to her eyes." She watched Fred and George move closer with a smile, "She knows not to hurt you and she loves to be petted so you can go ahead." Immediately the twins closed in on the enormous snake and began to stroke her, much to Samarra's pleasure. The basilisk let out pleased slurred hisses, Harri smiled down at her fondly as she stroked her nose.
After a few minutes of silence Fred cleared his throat, "Harriet, we want you to know that…."
"We had nothing to do with our families plots." George finished seriously.
"And we don't agree with it." Fred said vehemently.
"We would never try to force marriage or love on someone, especially not for something like money!" George growled.
"Or power." Fred scowled.
"Or whatever the know-it-all is getting out of their scheming." George huffed.
"Please believe us." They said in unison.
Harri's face softened, "I believe you." They let out shaky breaths before tensing again as Harri frowned, "You didn't really seem surprised until your mother and sister came? When exactly did you find out about your brother?"
The twins exchanged looks at her nonchalant attitude, "We heard them the day…"
"We saw you push Snape down that hole."
Harri blushed, "Ah."
*They must have seen me in my Padfoot form.* Sirius said, *I wonder when it will click for them?*
*They don't know that form was Padfoot.* James shot back, *For all they know 'Padfoot' is a yappy terrior.*
*Like hell!* Sirius snapped.
"Did you bring him down here?" Fred asked.
"Yeah." Harri rubbed the back of her neck sheepishly, "I had to make good on my threat and basilisks are very good at intimidation."
"I'll bet." George said quietly.
"So you heard them?" Harri redirected, "I didn't think they would talk about it in a place I could potentially hear."
"Yeah, that was Ron." Fred snickered.
"He's about as subtle as a dragon in tap shoes." George laughed.
Harri giggled, "Now there's a visual."
Fred snorted and continued, "Hermione got angry and tried to get him to quiet down but he revealed some of the plans in his whining."
"So we decided to make sure you weren't alone with them." George said determinedly.
"Is that what all your weird behavior was about?" Harriet exclaimed.
The twins blushed, "We just wanted to make…."
"sure you were safe."
Harri smiled at them fondly, "Thank you, but I think dosing Hermione went a bit far."
Fred looked frustrated, "Yeah, we won't be able to do it any more if the Headmaster has her checked out."
"That's not quite what I meant." Harri commented in amusement, "What about all those times when you guys split up? You guys never split up. Not easily."
George looked away in embarrassment, "We took turns gathering information."
"You were spying?"
"Yeah, on Ron, Hermione, and Dumbledore." Fred answered, "We were trying to figure out how far things went."
"We never knew the whole family was in on it." George said bitterly; Fred nodded in agreement, his face hard.
"Not your whole family. Just those three." Harri answered automatically before wincing as both twins looked to her.
"How do you know that?" they asked as one.
Harri bit her lip and looked away, "It's complicated."
The twins shared a distressed look, "Harriet, please trust us." George pleaded.
"We had no idea our family would stoop so low." Fred said in the same also desperate tone.
"We will even take vows to show you we didn't know!" George added, Fred nodded and they both went to draw their wands for the vow.
"Whoa, hold on." Harri said, walking over to stand directly in front of them and taking their arms before they could pull their wands. "It's not an issue of me trusting you two, because I do trust you. It's just that how I know really is complicated and I can't have it getting back to Dumbledore."
"We would never tell him!" Fred exclaimed.
"Not after we heard the crap he wants to pull!" George added.
Harri shook her head, "I know you wouldn't tell him intentionally. It's just…" she sighed, "Have you guys heard of Legilimency?"
The twins frowned, "Mind reading?"
Harri nodded, "Dumbledore is a master legilimens, he could pull the information from you minds easily with just a little bit of eye contact and you would never know." She released their arms, "I could make you guys special rings that would keep him out but that has a very specific feel when it stops a legilimens and he would be suspicious. So I can teach you Occlumency, which is the only full protection against a legilimens, but it will take a while."
"And then you would tell us everything?" Fred asked.
"Yeah, we'll be able to help better is we know all that's going on." George said.
Harri nodded and let herself tentatively hope, she had been prepared to not tell them of the time travel until after Dumbledore was dealt with after all. "Yes, I will tell you everything."
The twins leaned forward as smirks spread across their faces, "Then teach us oh wise one!"
Harri laughed happily and pulled them over to the seating area for their first lesson. She told them more about what Occlumency was and how it was performed before leading them through the beginning exercises. About an hour after they began Salazar showed up in his frame and helped her teach them a bit more before suggesting they go back upstairs for the night as it was already three in the morning. So they said goodbye to Samarra and left.
"I know why you guys are doing it but you need to lay off the strange behavior." Harri said as she led them up the staircase, "To much and they will catch on and inform Dumbledore. We have to act normal to keep up appearances."
"But what if they do something to you?" Fred asked worriedly.
Harri stopped at the door that led to the rest of the castle and turned back to them, "Guys, I will be fine. I have been aware of their schemes since before school started. Why do you think I never gave them a second chance and have been so stand offish with them?"
"They're rude."
"And pushy."
"And demanding."
Harri giggled, "Okay, you have a point there, but no, it was because I knew they were stealing from me and planning to use me to get more money and power."
George frowned, "Is that why you insisted that McGonagall go with you when the Headmaster called you to his office?"
Harri looked down a bit, "It was part of the reason. I didn't lie. I do have bad experiences with adult males."
Fred pulled her over to them so they could wrap her in a hug, "Is it part of the stuff you'll tell us when we learn Occlumency?"
Harri nodded against his chest, "When I said I'd tell you everything I meant everything. I won't hide anything from you two."
"Alright then." George said, stroking her back reassuringly.
With that they snuck through the castle back to their dorms, thankful that they still had two more days of break to readjust their sleep schedule and work on Occlumency without interruption. The twins bid Harri a goodnight in the common run and headed to their own dorms. Harri went up to hers and immediately drew the curtains around her bed, running her security checks she locked the curtains and finally released the wall she had put around the emotions caused by the mirror, tears streaming from her eyes.
Harri felt arms around her and a wet nose nudge her arm, she looked up to see her dad hugging her and Padfoot curled up at her side, ready to be used as a teddy bear, just beyond them Remus was watching her sadly. "What did the mirror show you that got you like this sweetheart?" James asked gently, "You know were working on getting your family back."
"My son." Harri rasped, James' grip tightened around her and Padfoot whined, "My little boy at the age he should be now. Three and a half." She threw her arms around Padfoot and buried her face in his fur to cry, she felt Remus' arms join her fathers as she cried. They held her until she cried herself to sleep before carefully tucking her is and changing back to snakes and wrapping around her protectively so they could protect her from any nightmares.
Harriet slept soundly, protected by her three fathers.
Chapter Notes:
There is no real cannon descriptions of the making of Fred and George's joke products so for any that I use or make up I will try to make a half way reasonable sounding description of the items creation. The powder would start off as a potion that had some sort of grit in it (sand or salt or something) which could absorb the potion and then dry for use.
Remember the Black Ward Scrambler for chapter 23 folks!
I told my sister to come up with a name for the Black who had created the spell and she brought me 'Volans Pyxis Black' while giggling like a madwoman so I had to add a little bit of that with the name.
In the cannon Dumbledore seems to know when Harry is under the cloak but I wanted her to be able to spy effectively so I made it that he knew the cloaks general vicinity because of a tracking charm but could actually see it. She took off the charm so he had no idea where it was once she was covered.
So... the view in the mirror. That was Harri's family; that's not to say she didn't have other friends, just that those were the most important people to her. I added her son because the mirror shows her deepest desire, not just people who are living, as evidenced by her parents showing up in the mirror before and in cannon even though they were dead.
*The italic line was drawn straight from the book! I don't own it! Never have! Never will! Its just the best description of the mirror there is! No reason to change it!
'she willed the cloak bigger'. I know it doesn't do that canonically but since its Death's cloak I figured it should have a little leeway to play with, obviously it has a limit(maybe a queen sized top sheet) but I see no reason a powerful magic object such as that one couldn't have a little bit of a resizing charm to help it fit its current owner in a way that fully honors the last Perevell brothers' request of Death.
Harri had Griphook keep her knowledge of matters private so Dumbledore doesn't know that it was her that got the last manager fired, since they are still getting money they aren't too worried at the moment either. Remember that Harri had Griphook continue and strictly monitor the payments so the ones who were stealing could either realize what they were doing was wrong and stop the payments themselves or Harri could take it all back with interest at the worst possible moment.
Could you guys image Padfoot as a little terrier instead of his big ferocious grim form? lol
Right, so the talk between Harri and the twins about the schemes didn't go exactly how I was hoping but I rewrote it like three times. This one was the best so I just went with it.
Also, Roll Credits! lol I love CinemaSins!
Right so the emotional end. Harri has had three years with her mates to mourn the loss of their child before she came back however seeing her son grown (even only as far as three years old) would be very emotional for her. I won't stress on this point but I didn't want to just leave it without Harri having some reaction. Plus, cute moments with the Marauders comforting her.
See you on Thursday for Chapter 21: Dragons and Tea!