Downstairs Remus used the fireplace to call Moody who arrived promptly to collect Wormtail. Talitha, Draco and Harry arrived with Rebastan Lestrange shortly afterwards. Moody apperated with them back to Azkaban with the promise that Wormtail would be disposed of as soon as they had interrogated him.
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Once they got back to Hogwarts, Ron and Draco were sent back up to the hospital wing. The others remained in Talitha's office.
"Harry, you've got to understand, you can't keep going off like this" Remus said, the only one of the adults calm enough to talk to him without yelling. "You know all about the prophecy, you know that you are the only one who can defeat Voldemort."
"We're here to protect you" Talitha said slightly more calmly than when they were back in Godric's Hollow. "How can we do that if you keep disappearing? The Death Eaters are after you as well. How do you think I felt when I went up to the hospital and the three of you had gone?"
"Yeah, sorry. I just didn't think" Harry muttered.
"The Death Eaters aren't your problem" Sirius told him
"It's just Wormtail…I had to…" Harry began.
"We know how you feel Harry" Remus said. They all sat in silence for a minute or so.
"Why do they keep going back there?" Harry asked quietly.
Voldemort must think it would be an easy place to lure you to. Which it was" Sirius said
"I fell for it again didn't I" Harry muttered quietly "I let him control my thoughts. I didn't fight it. It was the first time I had the dream and if I hadn't overheard that Wormtail had escaped I wouldn't have even taken any notice of it"
"But it backfired on him this time" Talitha said "He wasn't expecting you to act on it so quickly. Last time it took months of dreams before he got you in the department of mysteries. He and the Death Eaters weren't ready"
"He didn't want you to know they were there" Sirius continued "He must have thought that by making you dream of the house, you would want to go and see it. He was relying on your inquisitive nature. He never expected you to arrive knowing that the Death Eaters were there."
"He was probably planning to be there as well" Remus added
"Harry, you're one step ahead of him now. You are prepared for him to do things like this" Talitha continued "You just have to be careful. If anything like this happens again you must tell someone and not go on your own. You aren't ready to take him on yet. Yes you are powerful but you have so much more to learn before you can defeat him and it's up to us to protect you until then."
Harry nodded to show he understood. Talitha went over to him and put her arm round his shoulder
"I've lost every other member of my family because of Voldemort. I'm not losing you as well" she told him.
"What do you mean every other member of your family?" Harry asked.
"My parents were among the first to die at the hands of the Death Eaters. Well it was my mum they were after, marrying a muggle, dad just got in the way I think. In fact I don't think they'd even started calling themselves Death Eaters at that time. Then your grandparents were killed a few years before James and Lily. He's not having anymore Potters, not if I've got anything to do with it"
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Sirius took Harry back up to the hospital wing and Madam Pomfrey looked at his arm. She gave him some ointment to put on it and pointed back to his bed.
"Promise me you want go of doing anything stupid again" Sirius said to him. Harry grinned back at him.
"It's not my fault" he said "I must take after my dad"
Sirius laughed and ruffled Harry's hair
"Go on" he said "Get to bed"
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Harry woke the next morning to find Ginny and Hermione staring at him. He fumbled for his glasses and put them on.
"Harry, what were you thinking" Hermione said. Ron had already filled them in on the previous night's events.
"Anything could have happened to you" Ginny added as she sat down on the side of his bed. Harry reached over and hugged her. He could see how worried she was.
"I know. I want be doing anything like that again" He told her
"Yeah right" Ron laughed from his bed across the room. Draco snorted but didn't say anything.
"Anyway, what sort of greeting was that for the hero of the day" Harry asked trying to put on a disappointed look.
"Hey" Draco interrupted "Hero's if you don't mind. We were all there"
"Yeah and I took one on single handed" Ron added
"Ok" said Hermione with a smile "Well done you three for almost getting yourselves killed"
Ginny laughed and Harry shoved her playfully.
"You two are just jealous because you didn't get to come with us" Ron teased
Madam Pomfrey came in and told them that they could all go.
"Come on we'll still make breakfast if we're quick" Ron told them as he jumped out of bed. As he did so he caught a glimpse of himself in a mirror
"Hey cool" He said looking at his cheek "That's gonna make a brilliant scar. I can imagine it now. 'Hey Ron where did you get that scar' 'oh fighting Death Eaters' Excellent"
Hermione was looking at him somewhat in confusion at his ramblings
"It's ok I think he took a blow to the head" Harry grinned at her.
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They reached the great hall and Draco went over and sat at the Slytherin table whilst the others walked over to the Gryffindor table. No one seemed to know about what had happened the night before much to Ron's disappointment.
"I'm sure everyone will know soon" Hermione reassured him as he sat at the table trying to attract attention to the gash across his face.
Hagrid waved to them from the staff table and Talitha and Charlie walked down to see them. Charlie sat down next to Ron and picked up a piece of toast.
"How are you this morning?" Talitha asked Harry and Ron. They both nodded as their mouths were full of breakfast.
"Grea'Igottawarwoun'" Ron mumbled, spitting out bits of sausage as he did. Hermione glared at him in a way Ron had only seen his mum look. "'orry" he added
"Let's have a look then" he said and grabbed Ron's face turning it so he could see the cut. "Fred and George are going to be so jealous" Charlie said laughing "As long as mum doesn't kill you first"
"And Harry's promised he's not going to do any more stupid stuff" Ginny said.
"Well, he wouldn't be a Potter if he didn't do stupid stuff" Talitha laughed "Just as long as it's not dangerous stupid stuff"
"It's a deal" They shook hands to seal the deal
"Can you come up to my office after you've finished here, Harry. I need to talk to you about some stuff"
"OK"
Talitha grinned at them all and walked off. On her way out she stopped at the Slytherin table and spoke to Draco.
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When Harry arrived at Talitha's office, Sirius was there waiting as well. Harry smiled at him cautiously, not sure if Sirius was still going to be mad at him. Harry was relieved when Sirius grinned at him.
"I expect the whole school is talking about Harry Potter the hero by now" Sirius laughed.
"No they're talking about how much of an idiot Ron looks with that great big cut on his face" Harry told him, laughing as well. Harry sprawled out in a large armchair next to the one Sirius was sitting in. Talitha came over from where she was sitting at her desk and sat on the arm of Sirius' chair.
"Right, first things first. We haven't found a house yet so when school finishes we're going back to Moony's until we do" Sirius told him. Harry grinned . He liked Moony's house.
"Ok the next thing might be a bit more difficult" Talitha said. She paused while she tried to decide how to say what she wanted to.
"You know that Draco isn't going back to Malfoy Manor" She started. Harry nodded "How would you feel if we asked him to come and stay with us?" she continued. Harry remained silent not sure of what he thought. His initial reaction was, 'Live with Malfoy no way' but then he thought, 'well actually he's not that bad and he hasn't got any where else to go'
"It's entirely up to you Harry. We'll go with whatever you say. It's going to be your home as much as ours. It's just well I am related to him so I feel partly responsible, even though I always hated Narcissa" Sirius continued.
"And you will have to share a room with him at Moony's" Talitha added. Harry thought hard for a few minutes.
"I guess we could give it a try" he said. He was mature enough to put up with Malfoy and it would only be for the holidays. He could just imagine what Ron was going to say though.
"You're sure?" Sirius said. Harry nodded again.
"Good. Now the last thing is that we are going to get married in the summer once we've sorted a house out"
Harry grinned, that was the best news he'd heard in ages
"Moony's going to be my best man" Sirius said proudly. Harry's smile dropped slightly when he heard this.
"We've got a better job for you" Talitha said as she noticed Harry's reaction "As the last remaining Potter it's you're job to give me away". Harry's face lit up again
"And we're going to ask Ginny and Hermione to be bridesmaids.
"And Tonks" Sirius added
"Oh yeah and Tonks as long as she can walk down the aisle without falling over" Talitha laughed.
There was a small tap on the door and Draco's head appeared around it. Talitha beckoned him in. He walked across to where they all were and leaned on the back of Harry's chair.
"Good news Draco we think we've found you somewhere to live for the summer" Talitha said as she smiled at him. Draco looked up in anticipation.
"We want you to come and live with us" Sirius said "Harry's agreed as well"
Talitha went onto explain everything before Draco made his mind
Draco looked puzzled for a few seconds and then laughed.
"If anyone had told me this time last year that I would be going to live with Potter, an escaped convict and a werewolf I would have hexed them"
"I take it that means you agree" Talitha asked, laughing with him
"And it's cleared, back from the dead, escaped convict" Sirius said proudly.
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A/N ~ Haha! The possibilities for my next story with Harry and Draco living in the same house and sharing a bedroom!!!! *evil grin*
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Once they got back to Hogwarts, Ron and Draco were sent back up to the hospital wing. The others remained in Talitha's office.
"Harry, you've got to understand, you can't keep going off like this" Remus said, the only one of the adults calm enough to talk to him without yelling. "You know all about the prophecy, you know that you are the only one who can defeat Voldemort."
"We're here to protect you" Talitha said slightly more calmly than when they were back in Godric's Hollow. "How can we do that if you keep disappearing? The Death Eaters are after you as well. How do you think I felt when I went up to the hospital and the three of you had gone?"
"Yeah, sorry. I just didn't think" Harry muttered.
"The Death Eaters aren't your problem" Sirius told him
"It's just Wormtail…I had to…" Harry began.
"We know how you feel Harry" Remus said. They all sat in silence for a minute or so.
"Why do they keep going back there?" Harry asked quietly.
Voldemort must think it would be an easy place to lure you to. Which it was" Sirius said
"I fell for it again didn't I" Harry muttered quietly "I let him control my thoughts. I didn't fight it. It was the first time I had the dream and if I hadn't overheard that Wormtail had escaped I wouldn't have even taken any notice of it"
"But it backfired on him this time" Talitha said "He wasn't expecting you to act on it so quickly. Last time it took months of dreams before he got you in the department of mysteries. He and the Death Eaters weren't ready"
"He didn't want you to know they were there" Sirius continued "He must have thought that by making you dream of the house, you would want to go and see it. He was relying on your inquisitive nature. He never expected you to arrive knowing that the Death Eaters were there."
"He was probably planning to be there as well" Remus added
"Harry, you're one step ahead of him now. You are prepared for him to do things like this" Talitha continued "You just have to be careful. If anything like this happens again you must tell someone and not go on your own. You aren't ready to take him on yet. Yes you are powerful but you have so much more to learn before you can defeat him and it's up to us to protect you until then."
Harry nodded to show he understood. Talitha went over to him and put her arm round his shoulder
"I've lost every other member of my family because of Voldemort. I'm not losing you as well" she told him.
"What do you mean every other member of your family?" Harry asked.
"My parents were among the first to die at the hands of the Death Eaters. Well it was my mum they were after, marrying a muggle, dad just got in the way I think. In fact I don't think they'd even started calling themselves Death Eaters at that time. Then your grandparents were killed a few years before James and Lily. He's not having anymore Potters, not if I've got anything to do with it"
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Sirius took Harry back up to the hospital wing and Madam Pomfrey looked at his arm. She gave him some ointment to put on it and pointed back to his bed.
"Promise me you want go of doing anything stupid again" Sirius said to him. Harry grinned back at him.
"It's not my fault" he said "I must take after my dad"
Sirius laughed and ruffled Harry's hair
"Go on" he said "Get to bed"
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Harry woke the next morning to find Ginny and Hermione staring at him. He fumbled for his glasses and put them on.
"Harry, what were you thinking" Hermione said. Ron had already filled them in on the previous night's events.
"Anything could have happened to you" Ginny added as she sat down on the side of his bed. Harry reached over and hugged her. He could see how worried she was.
"I know. I want be doing anything like that again" He told her
"Yeah right" Ron laughed from his bed across the room. Draco snorted but didn't say anything.
"Anyway, what sort of greeting was that for the hero of the day" Harry asked trying to put on a disappointed look.
"Hey" Draco interrupted "Hero's if you don't mind. We were all there"
"Yeah and I took one on single handed" Ron added
"Ok" said Hermione with a smile "Well done you three for almost getting yourselves killed"
Ginny laughed and Harry shoved her playfully.
"You two are just jealous because you didn't get to come with us" Ron teased
Madam Pomfrey came in and told them that they could all go.
"Come on we'll still make breakfast if we're quick" Ron told them as he jumped out of bed. As he did so he caught a glimpse of himself in a mirror
"Hey cool" He said looking at his cheek "That's gonna make a brilliant scar. I can imagine it now. 'Hey Ron where did you get that scar' 'oh fighting Death Eaters' Excellent"
Hermione was looking at him somewhat in confusion at his ramblings
"It's ok I think he took a blow to the head" Harry grinned at her.
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They reached the great hall and Draco went over and sat at the Slytherin table whilst the others walked over to the Gryffindor table. No one seemed to know about what had happened the night before much to Ron's disappointment.
"I'm sure everyone will know soon" Hermione reassured him as he sat at the table trying to attract attention to the gash across his face.
Hagrid waved to them from the staff table and Talitha and Charlie walked down to see them. Charlie sat down next to Ron and picked up a piece of toast.
"How are you this morning?" Talitha asked Harry and Ron. They both nodded as their mouths were full of breakfast.
"Grea'Igottawarwoun'" Ron mumbled, spitting out bits of sausage as he did. Hermione glared at him in a way Ron had only seen his mum look. "'orry" he added
"Let's have a look then" he said and grabbed Ron's face turning it so he could see the cut. "Fred and George are going to be so jealous" Charlie said laughing "As long as mum doesn't kill you first"
"And Harry's promised he's not going to do any more stupid stuff" Ginny said.
"Well, he wouldn't be a Potter if he didn't do stupid stuff" Talitha laughed "Just as long as it's not dangerous stupid stuff"
"It's a deal" They shook hands to seal the deal
"Can you come up to my office after you've finished here, Harry. I need to talk to you about some stuff"
"OK"
Talitha grinned at them all and walked off. On her way out she stopped at the Slytherin table and spoke to Draco.
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When Harry arrived at Talitha's office, Sirius was there waiting as well. Harry smiled at him cautiously, not sure if Sirius was still going to be mad at him. Harry was relieved when Sirius grinned at him.
"I expect the whole school is talking about Harry Potter the hero by now" Sirius laughed.
"No they're talking about how much of an idiot Ron looks with that great big cut on his face" Harry told him, laughing as well. Harry sprawled out in a large armchair next to the one Sirius was sitting in. Talitha came over from where she was sitting at her desk and sat on the arm of Sirius' chair.
"Right, first things first. We haven't found a house yet so when school finishes we're going back to Moony's until we do" Sirius told him. Harry grinned . He liked Moony's house.
"Ok the next thing might be a bit more difficult" Talitha said. She paused while she tried to decide how to say what she wanted to.
"You know that Draco isn't going back to Malfoy Manor" She started. Harry nodded "How would you feel if we asked him to come and stay with us?" she continued. Harry remained silent not sure of what he thought. His initial reaction was, 'Live with Malfoy no way' but then he thought, 'well actually he's not that bad and he hasn't got any where else to go'
"It's entirely up to you Harry. We'll go with whatever you say. It's going to be your home as much as ours. It's just well I am related to him so I feel partly responsible, even though I always hated Narcissa" Sirius continued.
"And you will have to share a room with him at Moony's" Talitha added. Harry thought hard for a few minutes.
"I guess we could give it a try" he said. He was mature enough to put up with Malfoy and it would only be for the holidays. He could just imagine what Ron was going to say though.
"You're sure?" Sirius said. Harry nodded again.
"Good. Now the last thing is that we are going to get married in the summer once we've sorted a house out"
Harry grinned, that was the best news he'd heard in ages
"Moony's going to be my best man" Sirius said proudly. Harry's smile dropped slightly when he heard this.
"We've got a better job for you" Talitha said as she noticed Harry's reaction "As the last remaining Potter it's you're job to give me away". Harry's face lit up again
"And we're going to ask Ginny and Hermione to be bridesmaids.
"And Tonks" Sirius added
"Oh yeah and Tonks as long as she can walk down the aisle without falling over" Talitha laughed.
There was a small tap on the door and Draco's head appeared around it. Talitha beckoned him in. He walked across to where they all were and leaned on the back of Harry's chair.
"Good news Draco we think we've found you somewhere to live for the summer" Talitha said as she smiled at him. Draco looked up in anticipation.
"We want you to come and live with us" Sirius said "Harry's agreed as well"
Talitha went onto explain everything before Draco made his mind
Draco looked puzzled for a few seconds and then laughed.
"If anyone had told me this time last year that I would be going to live with Potter, an escaped convict and a werewolf I would have hexed them"
"I take it that means you agree" Talitha asked, laughing with him
"And it's cleared, back from the dead, escaped convict" Sirius said proudly.
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A/N ~ Haha! The possibilities for my next story with Harry and Draco living in the same house and sharing a bedroom!!!! *evil grin*