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Tangled Relations

Chapter 16 - To Grandmother's house we go.

The next morning Harry and Severus each packed a bag with some clothes and accessories.

"Ready Harry?" Harry nodded. "We'll be taking the knight bus. It shouldn't be a very long trip unless there are too many other passengers. Just be sure to stay close."

"Yes sir."

The ride was bumpy as usual. About half way there Harry saw his uncle sneak a sip of a calming potion. About an hour later the bus pulled up in front of an old dilapidated looking house. "Here we are. Isn't it great?"

Harry glared at his uncle. "Is there something I'm missing?"

Severus grinned wickedly back. "Charming place isn't it? My mother didn't only charm people to look different."

Harry chuckled and followed his uncle to the door. His jaw just about hit the floor when as he took in the richly decorated entrance hall. The house was incredible. While he continued to stare a house elf took his belongings up stairs.

"I'll give you a tour later. My mom is probably in the kitchen. Usually the house elves cook but she has a special dish she likes to make me for Christmas. Wait out here while I go in. She still doesn't know who you are yet. I just hope she doesn't faint."

Harry didn't wait long. A tall elegant lady with silvery, gray hair and emerald green eyes entered the hall. Harry smiled warmly at her.

"Harry... Harry Potter? You're my grandson?"

"That's what I'm told. It's a pleasure to meet you ma'am."

She hugged him tightly. "Oh it's so good to finally meet you. I see your mother did very well on the charms I never would have guessed." She said, grasping his chin and turning his head side to side, checking him out. "How are you with charms Harry?"

Severus smiled and placed a hand on Harry's shoulder, "He does very well in charms. In his third year he performed a corporeal patronus and in his fourth year he managed to summon his broom, which was in his dorm, from about two hundred yards away, outside."

"Very good Harry, you seem to have inherited the Nolan family abilities. That would be my side of the family. We are descended from Rowena Ravenclaw herself."

"Really! That's amazing. No wonder I find charms so easy."

His grandmother smiled, "You are a very powerful wizard Harry. I can almost feel the power radiating off of you. I'm willing to bet that you aren't very good in potions."

Harry and Severus both smirked, "No, I'm not. Much to my uncle's dismay."

"Well Sevvy has always had more patience than most. Speaking of potions, you need to start washing your hair better Severus. Those potions of yours are ruining it. Harry, I'm sorry to keep you standing here in the entrance. Let's go have a seat by the fireplace."

Severus gave Harry a glare as if to say 'If you call me Sevvy I will hex you.'

Harry just grinned back and followed his grandmother and sat next to his uncle on the sofa. She handed him a package. "I'm not sure if you'll like it. Severus wouldn't tell me who you were so I didn't have much information to go on but given who you are I think it will do you well to have it."

Harry carefully unwrapped the box. Inside was a ring unlike any he had ever seen. It had three bands; a gold one, a silver one, and a bronze one.

"Harry dear, this is a charm ring. There are certain charms that you can place on each band. If you are ever without your wand, you can hold out the hand with the ring on it and say one of three charms you have put on it. It helps to focus the charm much like your wand does. With what I have heard about you maybe you should make the patronus charm one of them. The other two can be anything you want. Perhaps a shielding charm and some type of offensive charm would be good."

Harry gave her a hug. "Thank you so much. It will certainly come in handy. My enemies seem to have a thing with removing my wand as soon as they capture me."

Severus put a hand on Harry's arm, "well, lets hope you don't need it too soon."

Harry then handed her the box with the broach in it. As she opened it she gasped, "Where did you find this?"

"A jewelry shop in Hogsmead."

"You don't know do you? This broach used to belong to my grandmother. I think it had been passed down through the family. Thank you so much. My mother searched for this for years and never found it."

"I'm glad you like it. I thought it would match your eyes because Uncle Severus said they were just like mine."

She gave him a little squeeze, "It's perfect. You are just such an angel."

Harry's face turned pink before Severus spoke up, "I wouldn't quite say an angel if you mean an angel that the rules don't seem to apply to."

"Now, now Sevvy you know you broke your fare share of rules in your day."

The evening went on much like this, bantering back and forth. The three of them talked about everything from charms to quidditch and all about the Nolans and the Snapes, who are related to Slytherin himself but not directly. It was the most wonderful Christmas holiday Harry had ever had. He had a real family now. And they seem to really care for him. Harry slept peacefully the next few nights not even thinking about Old Voldy.

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