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Chapter 26 Fights, Secrets and Tricks
Dear Bellatrix,
J. Owen is perfectly healthy. He is very curious and he already learned how to crawl. It is hell for those watching him. Your cousin and niece adore him to know end. I can already tell your cousin is plotting ways to spoil the kid rotten. I know your cousin is ready to settle down now and have kids, I can see it in his eyes. There is someone who he has been seeing in the past couple of months who I think he is pretty serious with. Maybe you could come to the wedding if they have one? I'm joking
Sorry I wrote to you so late. I've been busy fighting your Lords armies and saving people lives.
I guess I'll tell you about your son. J. Owen has heavy lidded violet eyes, just like you. What few hair he has is black and sticks up a lot. Definitely my hair. It looks like most of his features will be from me...hope you aren't to disappointed.
You know it would be hard hiding who the father was from Voldemort. 'Bellatrix your son looks familiar. He looks like the damn-boy-who-won't-die-and-keeps-ruining-my-plans. How is that possible?'
Hope he isn't to mad at the fact that he couldn't take Hogwarts yesterday. Especially since his main opposition was a bunch of students and house elves. Try to stay out of his way because he'll be cursing people left and right at the failure.
I guess that is al I have to say. I'll write you again, don't worry and maybe next time I'll include a picture of him. Try not to kill or torture anyone if you can.
Dad of J. Owen
Harry walked across the once green lawn of Hogwarts. It was the day after the Battle of Hogwarts, at least the first one to come in the war. Katie was back in her dorm. She was getting ready for her NEWTS, which she will be taking in a month.
They weren't together anymore because they both agreed that with Katie away playing Quidditch for the Hollyhead Harpies and Harry here at school for another year, the relationship would most likely not work. Of course they both still had hopes that when Harry graduated they could get together again.
Harry walked around a small crater that lay in the lawn. Many craters of different sizes lay across the lawn. Scorch marks and dead grass decorated the majority of it where spells hit and armis walked. There were still patches of green here or there, though it was few. Several trees by the edge of the Forbidden Forest were knocked over, laying on the ground.
When he was a safe distance from the gates of Hogwarts he pulled out the Manor portkey and activated it. Hogwarts had an anti-portkey spell activated over it. He was going to see his son, who always seemed to calm him down. He wish he could say the same for the occupants of Potter Manor though. He was running Mrs, Weasly, the nurse Harry hired, and several other people there ragged. And the infant could only crawl! Of course there were magical protections around the house to keep him safe from falling down the stairs and what note. Harry wish he could do th same thing for Tonks, who fell down the staircases there several times.
He found his son crawling quickly though the living room. He picked the boy up in his arms. "There you are" he said, tickling the baby in his stomach. The baby gurgled as Mrs. Weasly entered the room.
"I can't take your son anymore. He is just as bad as your father and Sirius were when they were teenagers!" she said exasperated.
"Yeah but he is so much better looking!" he joked.
"Oh you make jokes because you're the only one he is calm with, at least as calm as this boy gets" she huffed.
"Don't worry Mrs. Weasly, I'm sure he'll make it all up to you when he turns one and starts calling you grandma" Harry told her.
"He better" she muttered, a small smile on her face. She shook her head at the two Potters before walking out of the room.
"You've been giving Mrs. Weasly a hard time?" he asked his son, grinning. James just gurgled again, with a smile on his chubby face. Harry laughed before setting James on the ground. He picked up the stuffed stag(same one he had when he was a baby. Remus rescued it along with the other stuffed animals from the Potter house in Godric's Hollow when he got there on Halloween night. For those of you who also read my other story you should know about them.) on the ground and handed it to the infant to play with.
He watched his son for the rest of the day before heading back for dinner. Hugging Mrs. Weasly and kissing his son on the head, Harry flooed to the Three Broomsticks and continued to walk to Hogwarts. On his way to his dorm he heard the familiar voice of his school time rival. It seemed he was talking to someone. When Harry was able to make out what they were saying they were finishing there conversation and all he heard was "Ginny Weasly"
Harry peeked around the corner and saw a dark hooded figure walking off down the corridor and Malfoy was still there. "Tale Sannhet" he whispered, pointing his wand at Malfoy.
Malfoy seemed to be in a trance. Harry walked up to him "Hello Ferret" No response, "Good it worked" Malfoy's eyes were gazed over and his mouth was opened a little bit.
"What do you know about Ginny Weasly?" he asked him.
"She is the cute red headed Gryffindor. Pureblooded, but has a disgraced family. She possesses Slytherin qualities and is easily manipulated." Malfoy said, his voice monotone.
"What do you mean easily manipulated?" he asked.
"I was able to convince her, quite easily I might add, that the only way Potter would sleep with her was if he was jealous. I told her and who not to make him more jealous then me, his school rival. Of course she quickly accepted the offer, but I told her tell Potter you can up with the plan yourself because he doesn't like me. She fell for it and the rest was history." he replied, tone same as before.
"What are your plans with Ginny Weasly?" he asked.
"I...." he never got to finish though because the spell wore off. "What are you doing here Potty?" Malfoy sneered, his tone icy.
"Just leaving" Harry replied walking away. So now he knew why Ginny was so stupid. But he still didn't care, he didn't really like her that much. Plus if she was stupid enough to fall for that he didn't want to be with her. However he was concerned with Malfoy's plan with her. He would have to keep an eye on her.
"Ron!" he said entering his dorm.
"Yeah mate?" Ron asked, coming from the bathroom.
"Wanna help play a prank on Malfoy?" he asked
"Do you have to ask?" Ron questioned him, grinning.
"Didn't think so. Lets go!" Grabbing the Marauders Map Harry and Ron left the dormitories. Luckily Malfoy wasn't back at the Slytherin Common Room yet. It seemed he went to the prefect bathroom because he was exiting from there.
They quickly raced down to the prefect bathroom. They saw Malfoy rounding the corner, so they went after him. The blond hair Slytherin turned around when he hear footsteps.
"What are you doing Weasel and Potty?" he asked sneering.
They both dived at the blond haired boy as he let out a girly scream. They dragged him into an empty classroom. Harry left and came back levitating a suit of armor. "No!" Malfoy shrieked when Harry and Ron started to dress him up in the armor. A few jinxes and spells later and they were done.
Grinning at each other, the two Gryffindors went down to dinner. They sat down and piled there plate with food. Soon the doors burst open and there in the doorway was Malfoy. Dressed in a suit of armor that was colored red and gold and dancing the cha-cha.
"Who did this?" Professor Snape asked as he tried to get the curses off his pupil. However two thirds of the Golden Trio did a spell that would make the dancing Malfoy last for 2 hours. They would do it more but they decided to show mercy on the Slytherin... not! They just didn't feel like having a dancing Malfoy for 24 hours.
"One, two cha-cha-cha" Harry said as he got up and walked next to Malfoy. "One two cha-cha-cha. Oh yeah cha-cha-cha" Harry started to follow Malfoy's lead. Ron got up and stood on the other side of Malfoy and started to do it too.
"Cha-cha-cha" Harry and Ron said together. Neville, not wanted to be left out of his friends fun, got up and joined them.
"They're crazy" Dean said to Seamus.
"I know...lets join them" Seamus exclaimed, as he got up, followed by Dean and joined the dancing quartet. Members of the D.A. got up and went to join their leader and several of there teammates.
Soon a more then half the Great Hall was doing the cha-cha. Hermione got pulled in by Ron, Professor Dumbledore was chuckling as he joined his students. Sirius and Remus jumped up and stood next to Harry. Some of the nicer Slytherins joined in but the majority of there house didn't. Professor Snape was muttering about idiots as he walked back up to the staff table and continued to eat his dinner.
"Cha-cha-cha!" they all yelled. Draco stopped dancing. "Spell wore off" Harry said. He also stopped dancing as did everyone else. "So Malfoy who cast this spell on you?" he asked him innocently.
"You know who did it Potter" Malfoy said.
"Yes I do. It was Colonel Mustard in the dining room with the candlestick" Harry told them.
"What?" most everyone asked. Only a few of the muggle-borns knew of the game Clue.
"Shut up Potter. Professor Potter and Weasly ambushed me, dragged me to an empty classroom, forced me into this suit of armor and did several spells so the armor was red and gold, I couldn't speak and I had to dance the cha-cha for two hours" he explained, glaring at Harry and Ron.
"What a fun full two hours it has been too!" Dumbledore exclaimed. "I always liked ballroom dancing. Some of it goes great with chamber music you know" he added.
"Potter, Weasly detention with me for a week starting tomorrow" Snape said.
"Sorry Professor but I got detention Monday and Tuesday for that time I glued Zacharias Smith's books shut. And for the rest of the week I got detention for making Moaning Myrtle flood her bathroom, then I froze the water and went ice skating instead of to class." Harry explained to him.
"Then you have detention next week Potter" Snape snapped.
"Remember when I blew up the restriction section in the library?" Harry asked him. "Well I got detention for two weeks and I'm not allowed in the library anymore"
"Yes you should be lucky no books were destroyed during that. Fine the three weeks from tomorrow. Unless you have detention?" Snape sneered.
"Let me check." Harry pulled out a small notebook and started to flip the pages. "Nope no detentions" he said.
"Harry I forgot you had that many detentions! That is a month worth of detention!" she said disapproving.
"Your dad would be proud" Sirius said coming up behind him.
"Yeah he holds the detention record for most detentions of any student at Hogwarts. Over 2,500. I think it was 2,567" Remus said.
"That is a lot!" Harry said, impressed.
"We go to school that long?" Hermione asked.
"Well for 10 months you are here so that is what 303 days a year? Then there are vacations if you choose to go home. So 303 days a year for 7 years is 2,121. Remember he had two a day sometimes." Sirius told her, using his brain.
"Yes, in third year he had one every day except the first day. Sometimes he even had twice a day, that is how bad it got. I remember he had to clean the dungeons on Graduation Day, and he was Head Boy" Remus explained.
"Yeah, I had one every day in third year. Sometimes two" Sirius said. "I had most detentions a student ever got in one year. Even during vacations we had detentions. Of course I got a trophy for most detentions in one year and James for most detention of a Hogwarts student ever, We both have a lot of trophies in there actually."
"And for some reason he was still Head Boy. Most reckless student yet he has many awards for doing good things" Remus told them.
"I still maintain that the letter for Head Boy was meant for me but went to him by mistake" Sirius said pouting.
"Give it up already. That was 20 years ago!" Remus exclaimed.
"Actually it has been 18 years." Sirius reminded him.
"Wanker. We got class" Remus muttered as he walked away.
"Yeah Remus is right." Sirius said.
"About you being a wanker? Cause I agree too" Harry told Sirius.
"No I meant about class, you prat" Sirius said.
Harry started to walk to class when Hedwig landed on his shoulder with a letter. Hedwig was very happy since the birth of her children. She gave birth to the babies at the end of January, beginning of February. They were 2 months and Harry and Ginny already had owners for them when the owls were old enough. The oldest one, which was older then the youngest by 20 days, he gave to Mr. And Mrs. Weasly since Errol had died a couple of weeks ago.
He gave the second oldest to Hermione since she was always borrowing Hedwig or going to the school Owlery for her letters. The third and fourth oldest Ginny gave to two of her friends. Harry gave the fifth oldest to Neville, hopefully to make up for Trevor who disappeared over a month ago. The sixth one he gave to Ceres Malfoy.
The littlest Malfoy was getting along fine now that Harry kept Draco off her back. She made friends with the other Gryffindors and Harry found out she had a talent for Transfiguration and Charms. She wasn't that good in Defense Against the Dark Arts but Harry tutors her.
The seventh one he gave to Gabrielle Delacour as a birthday present. The eighth went to Sirius because Remus hated him always asking for his owl. The ninth one went to Dumbledore because he requested one. The tenth one was very small for its age, so Harry decided to take it. The eleventh one they agreed to let it be a Potter Manor owl.
He untied the letter and saw that it was from Fred and George. They were asking him as their silent investor to come to a dinner they were having to celebrate their shop in a week. It said that many important people would be there. Harry wrote 'Alright I'll come' on the back off the parchment and sent it back.
When Harry was walking to Care of Magical Creatures he saw Rom send off an owl. "Twins invite you too?" he asked him.
"Yeah. They said they want their and I quote 'Ickle Ronniekins' there to celebrate this great occasion. Told me I could bring someone" Ron said.
"Yeah me too, but I have no clue who to bring"
"Bring who where?" Hermione asked coming up behind them.
"Just to bring someone to the twins dinner party" Harry told her.
"What dinner party?" she asked.
"The one the twins are having. Didn't you get an invitation?" Ron asked her.
"No" she said sounding hurt. Ron pulled her into a hug.
"Probably because of last year. Remember you threatened them and preventing them from giving free samples to first years and the like"
"If you want Hermione you can be my guest" Ron told her.
"Alright" she said sounding better.
"'Ello there you three" Hagrid said as he greeted them.
"Hello Hagrid" they chorused.
"Wha' are you guys up to?" he asked.
"Nothing Hagrid" Harry said. Hagrid gave them a suspicious look. " I swear" Harry told him.
"Alrigh then"
The night of the party came fast. Professors Dumbledore, McGonagall and Flitwick were all invited, along with Sirius and Remus. Several otther students like Katie and Neville were also invited. So they all had to take three carriages to Hogsmeade. Once they arrived Harry put out his wand arm and called the Knight Bus.
"Welcome to the Knight Bus..." a voice said as a young female stepped off.
"What happened to Stan?" Harry asked the pretty girl. He remembered seeing her around in Hogwarts. She had brown eyes, brown hair tied in a ponytail and an upturned nose .
"He quit because he was offered a job at the Ministry" she told him. "Do I know you?"she asked looking at him closely.
"Oh you know I get around a lot" he told her.
"It's Harry Potter for pete's sake!" Ron told her annoyed.
"Oh it is you. Thought I recognized you from somewhere." she said.
"And I can say the same" Harry said, looking at her closely.
"Graduated last year, Hufflepuff" she explained.
"As much as I'd hate to break up this lovely conversation I'm afraid we must be going" Professor McGonagall snapped.
"Yes Professor" Harry and the girl said. Every one climbed on board the bus. They all went up the stairs to the second and third decks of the bus but Harry stayed on the first to talk to the girl.
"Where you guys heading anyway?" she asked.
"Oh yeah I forgot to tell you. Diagon Alley" he told her.
"You hear that Ern!" she asked the driver off the Knight Bus. The old man nodded his head signifying he had.
'Bang!' Harry fell forward out of his seat. The former hufflepuff, who was holing onto a pole was laughing at his misfortune.
"So what is your name again?" he asked her.
"Tara Smith" she said holding out her hand.
"You related to Zacharias?" he asked her. 'Bang' This time Harry was able to grab onto something before he fell.
"Yup. I heard you glued his books shut"
Harry grinned guiltily. "Don't worry he is such a prat at home" she told him.
"So I don't have to pretend to be guilty anymore to get on your good side?" he asked her.
"Nope" she responded. 'Bang' Harry found it smarter to hold on to something for the rest of the ride as he quickly grabbed onto something aain.
"Excellent"
"I expect you'll be seeing a lot of me in the future" she told him.
"So you can read my dreams from the future huh?" Harry said, grinning. 'Bang' Harry seat slid forward some.
Tara blushed and smiled shyly. "No I'm going to be an apprentice under Madam Pomfrey" she told him. "I'm started in August"
"Why are you working under Madam Pomfrey?" He asked her.
"Well she is one of the top healers in the country. She has been working for over fifty years, thirty of them at Hogwarts and I heard she wanted to retire. She said a certain student with untidy black hair doesn't help either." she explained.
"Not my fault no matter what I do I get injured. So when your apprenticeship is done you'll be Hogwart's new healer?" he asked her.'Bang!'
" Yup. I'll be training under her for three years." she explained. 'Bang!'
"Three?" he questioned
"Well if I went to school instead it would be four years." she told him.
"Diagon Alley!" Ern yelled.
"Well this is my stop. Good bye for now" Harry told her, pecking her on the cheek. She blushed again as the others came down from the upper decks.
They all piled off the bus and walked into the Leaky Cauldron. "So Harry you enjoy the ride?" Sirius asked.
"Yeah"
"Let me rephrase that. You enjoy flirting with that pretty girl?" he asked him grinning.
"Yeah" Harry responded again.
"That a boy" Sirius ruffled his hair, making it look like he just got off a broom. It was very similar to when his father ruffled his own hair.
"Now I believe the event is being held in Traditional Dragon" Dumbledore said. They all walked pass the bright red store that was home to the Weasly's joke shop and too a big diner with a dragon moving around and the name in its body. It wasn't a fancy place because the fancy places wouldn't put up with Fred and George but the owners of restaurant were big fan of pranks.
When Harry entered he saw many tables with bright colored table cloths littered the room. At the front was a long table with several chairs. "We are up there mate" Ron said pointing to the long table. Fred and George sat in the middle of the table, facing the crow. On the right of one of the twins sat Mr. and Mrs. Weasly. On the other side sat Charlie and a black haired woman. Next to them was Bill and Fleur Delacour. Ron, Hermione and Ginny took the seats next to Mrs. Weasly. Leaving the seat next to Fleur Delacour open for Harry.
He sat down and made his greeting with Bill and his veela girlfriend.
"How you doing Harry?" the Curse-breaker asked.
"Alright I guess."
"Good to hear" he seemed to be looking at him before asking "Harry, you ever consider getting a earring?"
"No" Harry admitted, glancing at Mrs. Weasly, who sometimes he swear had werewolf hearing.
"You should get one" Bill urged.
Fleur looked at him. "Oui, eet would look tres bon on you"
"Uh thanks I guess" Harry muttered shyly. "Ladies and gentlemen" said one of the twins as they both stood up.
"Boy and Girls" the other said.
"And everyone else in between"
"We'd like to thank"
"you all for coming."
"Right now let us"
"All just enjoy dinner" Fred or was it George? Anyway they finished their little speech and food appeared on the table.
Harry noticed that only where he sat there some French food. Fleur said something about at least them serving her proper food. Harry tried some of the French stuff. It was alright but in his opinion it wasn't as filling as English food.
When everyone had finished dinner and desert the twins stood up and did a little speech. Thanking their parents for having such wonderful pranksters as sons, thanking their siblings for being test subjects. Thanking their professors for helping them achieve their knowledge for the pranks. Thanking Harry for giving them the money they needed to start the shop.
Then they had people come out and start demonstrating some of the pranks they came up with. Harry noticed several of the people in the crowd. He saw Viktor Krum, Rita Skeeter, and the guy that owned Zonkos.
The tables were all moved to the side of the room and a bunch of shelves came in with free samples of the twins products. Many people got up to try the samples. He saw Ron was one of those people. He glanced down and saw Viktor Krum walking to Hermione. She didn't seem to pleased judging by the loo on her face. They walked out through a door that lead outside. Harry got up and followed them.
When he reached the door he saw them standing by a fountain a good distance away. He would have to get closer to hear anything. However that was not the case.
"Come on Her-my-o-knee" Viktor said, still having trouble pronouncing her name.
"Leave it Viktor" Hermione said. "I'm already seeing someone"
"But Her-my-o-knee I love you. We vere meant to be toge'er don't you see" he asked her his english seemed to improve because he only a had a slight accent.
" I love someone else Viktor I'm sorry" she told him. She went to walk away but he grabbed her arm.
"Who is it?" he hissed. "Is it that Potter"
"No, it Ron" she told him, struggling with her arm.
"That redheaded one! Her-my-o-knee I am more of a man 'en him" he stated.
"Viktor let go you are hurting me" Hermione pleaded. Harry decided now would be a good time t step in.
"Hello you guys" he said with false pleasantness in his voice. Viktor didn't let go of Hermione's arm.
"Harry don't do anything rash" Hermione said sensing that he was about to kill Viktor.
"I won't do anything rash" he promised.
"Why the hell are you here Potter?" Krum asked.
"Well since Ron is busy trying out free samples I'd figure I'd step in and make sure some ugly duck doens't hurt my sister" he explained.
"Get out of here Potter" Viktor snapped. "Her-my-o-knee is mine."
"Take your arm off her" he told the Bulgarian seeker.
"I can do vhat ever I vant" Krum stated, sneering at him. Harry could tell he tightened his grip by the wince of pain on Hermione's face.
"Ok now I'm gonna do something rash" Harry punched Viktor in the face. The duck-footed wizard stumbled backwards before lunging at Harry. They fell backwards, Krum landing on top of Harry. He started to throw punches at Harry's face. The black haired teen head butted Krum in the nose. Pushing Viktor off of him, Harry rose to his feet. He jabbed the foreign wizard in the nose with his left hand. Viktor was already bleeding from his nose but when he punched him Harry heard a light 'crack.' Harry right hooked Viktor in the cheek and finished it with a powerful uppercut.
"Harry!" Ron said as he ran outside with the twins and a bunch of reporters around them. "Why did you hit him" he asked gesturing to Krum who lay unconscious on the ground.
"Ask Hermione. I was just coming to her aid." Harry told him before walking off. He went back inside and walked over to the shelves of free samples. He was dared by Sirius to eat one that looked like someone threw it up. No one knew what it did because there was no isgn telling you and people were to afraid to try it.
Laughing as people gathered to see what it was Harry put it in his mouth and started to chew. It did taste like puke and it was very rubbery, it reminded him of gillyweed. He swallowed the nasty thing and suddenly he felt nauseous. Next thing he knew he was bouncing on the ceiling. Just like Aunt Marge was doing his summer before third year.
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"What do you guys wanna do when you graduate?" Hermione asked Harry and Ron as they were sitting in front of the fire in the Gryffindor Common Room.
"Well I have no clue. I wanted to be an Auror but I didn't take potions. Maybe I'll play Quidditch or work for the Ministry or something" Ron replied.
"I have no clue want I want to be either. There are so many possibilities. I think I'll either be a healer, researcher for a company or do something for the Ministry." Hermione said. "What about you Harry?"
"If I survive the war I'll round up all the Death Eaters that are left. Then I'll probably play Quidditch for a couple of years. After that I'll join the Aurors or something. This way I have a break of chasing and fighting Dark Wizards." Harry explained.
"Harry you'll survive the war don't worry" Hermione reassured him.
"Whatever you say Hermione. What ever you say" Harry muttered under his breath. "I'm going for a walk"
He walked out of the portrait hole and started to go down the corridor. He had no clue where he was walking, he just let his feet direct him. He wound up making his way down to the Entrance Hall. When he went to open up the main doors leading outside he saw something sitting on the ground.
Walking over to it, he bent down to get a better look. It was a note talking about plans for Death Eaters attack. Thinking this would be useful he went to pick it up.
"No Potter know!" Snape screamed, as he burst through the main doors. But it was to late Harry grabbed the parchment and was taken away as he felt a familiar and now dreaded tug behind his naval.
Chapter 26 Fights, Secrets and Tricks
Dear Bellatrix,
J. Owen is perfectly healthy. He is very curious and he already learned how to crawl. It is hell for those watching him. Your cousin and niece adore him to know end. I can already tell your cousin is plotting ways to spoil the kid rotten. I know your cousin is ready to settle down now and have kids, I can see it in his eyes. There is someone who he has been seeing in the past couple of months who I think he is pretty serious with. Maybe you could come to the wedding if they have one? I'm joking
Sorry I wrote to you so late. I've been busy fighting your Lords armies and saving people lives.
I guess I'll tell you about your son. J. Owen has heavy lidded violet eyes, just like you. What few hair he has is black and sticks up a lot. Definitely my hair. It looks like most of his features will be from me...hope you aren't to disappointed.
You know it would be hard hiding who the father was from Voldemort. 'Bellatrix your son looks familiar. He looks like the damn-boy-who-won't-die-and-keeps-ruining-my-plans. How is that possible?'
Hope he isn't to mad at the fact that he couldn't take Hogwarts yesterday. Especially since his main opposition was a bunch of students and house elves. Try to stay out of his way because he'll be cursing people left and right at the failure.
I guess that is al I have to say. I'll write you again, don't worry and maybe next time I'll include a picture of him. Try not to kill or torture anyone if you can.
Dad of J. Owen
Harry walked across the once green lawn of Hogwarts. It was the day after the Battle of Hogwarts, at least the first one to come in the war. Katie was back in her dorm. She was getting ready for her NEWTS, which she will be taking in a month.
They weren't together anymore because they both agreed that with Katie away playing Quidditch for the Hollyhead Harpies and Harry here at school for another year, the relationship would most likely not work. Of course they both still had hopes that when Harry graduated they could get together again.
Harry walked around a small crater that lay in the lawn. Many craters of different sizes lay across the lawn. Scorch marks and dead grass decorated the majority of it where spells hit and armis walked. There were still patches of green here or there, though it was few. Several trees by the edge of the Forbidden Forest were knocked over, laying on the ground.
When he was a safe distance from the gates of Hogwarts he pulled out the Manor portkey and activated it. Hogwarts had an anti-portkey spell activated over it. He was going to see his son, who always seemed to calm him down. He wish he could say the same for the occupants of Potter Manor though. He was running Mrs, Weasly, the nurse Harry hired, and several other people there ragged. And the infant could only crawl! Of course there were magical protections around the house to keep him safe from falling down the stairs and what note. Harry wish he could do th same thing for Tonks, who fell down the staircases there several times.
He found his son crawling quickly though the living room. He picked the boy up in his arms. "There you are" he said, tickling the baby in his stomach. The baby gurgled as Mrs. Weasly entered the room.
"I can't take your son anymore. He is just as bad as your father and Sirius were when they were teenagers!" she said exasperated.
"Yeah but he is so much better looking!" he joked.
"Oh you make jokes because you're the only one he is calm with, at least as calm as this boy gets" she huffed.
"Don't worry Mrs. Weasly, I'm sure he'll make it all up to you when he turns one and starts calling you grandma" Harry told her.
"He better" she muttered, a small smile on her face. She shook her head at the two Potters before walking out of the room.
"You've been giving Mrs. Weasly a hard time?" he asked his son, grinning. James just gurgled again, with a smile on his chubby face. Harry laughed before setting James on the ground. He picked up the stuffed stag(same one he had when he was a baby. Remus rescued it along with the other stuffed animals from the Potter house in Godric's Hollow when he got there on Halloween night. For those of you who also read my other story you should know about them.) on the ground and handed it to the infant to play with.
He watched his son for the rest of the day before heading back for dinner. Hugging Mrs. Weasly and kissing his son on the head, Harry flooed to the Three Broomsticks and continued to walk to Hogwarts. On his way to his dorm he heard the familiar voice of his school time rival. It seemed he was talking to someone. When Harry was able to make out what they were saying they were finishing there conversation and all he heard was "Ginny Weasly"
Harry peeked around the corner and saw a dark hooded figure walking off down the corridor and Malfoy was still there. "Tale Sannhet" he whispered, pointing his wand at Malfoy.
Malfoy seemed to be in a trance. Harry walked up to him "Hello Ferret" No response, "Good it worked" Malfoy's eyes were gazed over and his mouth was opened a little bit.
"What do you know about Ginny Weasly?" he asked him.
"She is the cute red headed Gryffindor. Pureblooded, but has a disgraced family. She possesses Slytherin qualities and is easily manipulated." Malfoy said, his voice monotone.
"What do you mean easily manipulated?" he asked.
"I was able to convince her, quite easily I might add, that the only way Potter would sleep with her was if he was jealous. I told her and who not to make him more jealous then me, his school rival. Of course she quickly accepted the offer, but I told her tell Potter you can up with the plan yourself because he doesn't like me. She fell for it and the rest was history." he replied, tone same as before.
"What are your plans with Ginny Weasly?" he asked.
"I...." he never got to finish though because the spell wore off. "What are you doing here Potty?" Malfoy sneered, his tone icy.
"Just leaving" Harry replied walking away. So now he knew why Ginny was so stupid. But he still didn't care, he didn't really like her that much. Plus if she was stupid enough to fall for that he didn't want to be with her. However he was concerned with Malfoy's plan with her. He would have to keep an eye on her.
"Ron!" he said entering his dorm.
"Yeah mate?" Ron asked, coming from the bathroom.
"Wanna help play a prank on Malfoy?" he asked
"Do you have to ask?" Ron questioned him, grinning.
"Didn't think so. Lets go!" Grabbing the Marauders Map Harry and Ron left the dormitories. Luckily Malfoy wasn't back at the Slytherin Common Room yet. It seemed he went to the prefect bathroom because he was exiting from there.
They quickly raced down to the prefect bathroom. They saw Malfoy rounding the corner, so they went after him. The blond hair Slytherin turned around when he hear footsteps.
"What are you doing Weasel and Potty?" he asked sneering.
They both dived at the blond haired boy as he let out a girly scream. They dragged him into an empty classroom. Harry left and came back levitating a suit of armor. "No!" Malfoy shrieked when Harry and Ron started to dress him up in the armor. A few jinxes and spells later and they were done.
Grinning at each other, the two Gryffindors went down to dinner. They sat down and piled there plate with food. Soon the doors burst open and there in the doorway was Malfoy. Dressed in a suit of armor that was colored red and gold and dancing the cha-cha.
"Who did this?" Professor Snape asked as he tried to get the curses off his pupil. However two thirds of the Golden Trio did a spell that would make the dancing Malfoy last for 2 hours. They would do it more but they decided to show mercy on the Slytherin... not! They just didn't feel like having a dancing Malfoy for 24 hours.
"One, two cha-cha-cha" Harry said as he got up and walked next to Malfoy. "One two cha-cha-cha. Oh yeah cha-cha-cha" Harry started to follow Malfoy's lead. Ron got up and stood on the other side of Malfoy and started to do it too.
"Cha-cha-cha" Harry and Ron said together. Neville, not wanted to be left out of his friends fun, got up and joined them.
"They're crazy" Dean said to Seamus.
"I know...lets join them" Seamus exclaimed, as he got up, followed by Dean and joined the dancing quartet. Members of the D.A. got up and went to join their leader and several of there teammates.
Soon a more then half the Great Hall was doing the cha-cha. Hermione got pulled in by Ron, Professor Dumbledore was chuckling as he joined his students. Sirius and Remus jumped up and stood next to Harry. Some of the nicer Slytherins joined in but the majority of there house didn't. Professor Snape was muttering about idiots as he walked back up to the staff table and continued to eat his dinner.
"Cha-cha-cha!" they all yelled. Draco stopped dancing. "Spell wore off" Harry said. He also stopped dancing as did everyone else. "So Malfoy who cast this spell on you?" he asked him innocently.
"You know who did it Potter" Malfoy said.
"Yes I do. It was Colonel Mustard in the dining room with the candlestick" Harry told them.
"What?" most everyone asked. Only a few of the muggle-borns knew of the game Clue.
"Shut up Potter. Professor Potter and Weasly ambushed me, dragged me to an empty classroom, forced me into this suit of armor and did several spells so the armor was red and gold, I couldn't speak and I had to dance the cha-cha for two hours" he explained, glaring at Harry and Ron.
"What a fun full two hours it has been too!" Dumbledore exclaimed. "I always liked ballroom dancing. Some of it goes great with chamber music you know" he added.
"Potter, Weasly detention with me for a week starting tomorrow" Snape said.
"Sorry Professor but I got detention Monday and Tuesday for that time I glued Zacharias Smith's books shut. And for the rest of the week I got detention for making Moaning Myrtle flood her bathroom, then I froze the water and went ice skating instead of to class." Harry explained to him.
"Then you have detention next week Potter" Snape snapped.
"Remember when I blew up the restriction section in the library?" Harry asked him. "Well I got detention for two weeks and I'm not allowed in the library anymore"
"Yes you should be lucky no books were destroyed during that. Fine the three weeks from tomorrow. Unless you have detention?" Snape sneered.
"Let me check." Harry pulled out a small notebook and started to flip the pages. "Nope no detentions" he said.
"Harry I forgot you had that many detentions! That is a month worth of detention!" she said disapproving.
"Your dad would be proud" Sirius said coming up behind him.
"Yeah he holds the detention record for most detentions of any student at Hogwarts. Over 2,500. I think it was 2,567" Remus said.
"That is a lot!" Harry said, impressed.
"We go to school that long?" Hermione asked.
"Well for 10 months you are here so that is what 303 days a year? Then there are vacations if you choose to go home. So 303 days a year for 7 years is 2,121. Remember he had two a day sometimes." Sirius told her, using his brain.
"Yes, in third year he had one every day except the first day. Sometimes he even had twice a day, that is how bad it got. I remember he had to clean the dungeons on Graduation Day, and he was Head Boy" Remus explained.
"Yeah, I had one every day in third year. Sometimes two" Sirius said. "I had most detentions a student ever got in one year. Even during vacations we had detentions. Of course I got a trophy for most detentions in one year and James for most detention of a Hogwarts student ever, We both have a lot of trophies in there actually."
"And for some reason he was still Head Boy. Most reckless student yet he has many awards for doing good things" Remus told them.
"I still maintain that the letter for Head Boy was meant for me but went to him by mistake" Sirius said pouting.
"Give it up already. That was 20 years ago!" Remus exclaimed.
"Actually it has been 18 years." Sirius reminded him.
"Wanker. We got class" Remus muttered as he walked away.
"Yeah Remus is right." Sirius said.
"About you being a wanker? Cause I agree too" Harry told Sirius.
"No I meant about class, you prat" Sirius said.
Harry started to walk to class when Hedwig landed on his shoulder with a letter. Hedwig was very happy since the birth of her children. She gave birth to the babies at the end of January, beginning of February. They were 2 months and Harry and Ginny already had owners for them when the owls were old enough. The oldest one, which was older then the youngest by 20 days, he gave to Mr. And Mrs. Weasly since Errol had died a couple of weeks ago.
He gave the second oldest to Hermione since she was always borrowing Hedwig or going to the school Owlery for her letters. The third and fourth oldest Ginny gave to two of her friends. Harry gave the fifth oldest to Neville, hopefully to make up for Trevor who disappeared over a month ago. The sixth one he gave to Ceres Malfoy.
The littlest Malfoy was getting along fine now that Harry kept Draco off her back. She made friends with the other Gryffindors and Harry found out she had a talent for Transfiguration and Charms. She wasn't that good in Defense Against the Dark Arts but Harry tutors her.
The seventh one he gave to Gabrielle Delacour as a birthday present. The eighth went to Sirius because Remus hated him always asking for his owl. The ninth one went to Dumbledore because he requested one. The tenth one was very small for its age, so Harry decided to take it. The eleventh one they agreed to let it be a Potter Manor owl.
He untied the letter and saw that it was from Fred and George. They were asking him as their silent investor to come to a dinner they were having to celebrate their shop in a week. It said that many important people would be there. Harry wrote 'Alright I'll come' on the back off the parchment and sent it back.
When Harry was walking to Care of Magical Creatures he saw Rom send off an owl. "Twins invite you too?" he asked him.
"Yeah. They said they want their and I quote 'Ickle Ronniekins' there to celebrate this great occasion. Told me I could bring someone" Ron said.
"Yeah me too, but I have no clue who to bring"
"Bring who where?" Hermione asked coming up behind them.
"Just to bring someone to the twins dinner party" Harry told her.
"What dinner party?" she asked.
"The one the twins are having. Didn't you get an invitation?" Ron asked her.
"No" she said sounding hurt. Ron pulled her into a hug.
"Probably because of last year. Remember you threatened them and preventing them from giving free samples to first years and the like"
"If you want Hermione you can be my guest" Ron told her.
"Alright" she said sounding better.
"'Ello there you three" Hagrid said as he greeted them.
"Hello Hagrid" they chorused.
"Wha' are you guys up to?" he asked.
"Nothing Hagrid" Harry said. Hagrid gave them a suspicious look. " I swear" Harry told him.
"Alrigh then"
The night of the party came fast. Professors Dumbledore, McGonagall and Flitwick were all invited, along with Sirius and Remus. Several otther students like Katie and Neville were also invited. So they all had to take three carriages to Hogsmeade. Once they arrived Harry put out his wand arm and called the Knight Bus.
"Welcome to the Knight Bus..." a voice said as a young female stepped off.
"What happened to Stan?" Harry asked the pretty girl. He remembered seeing her around in Hogwarts. She had brown eyes, brown hair tied in a ponytail and an upturned nose .
"He quit because he was offered a job at the Ministry" she told him. "Do I know you?"she asked looking at him closely.
"Oh you know I get around a lot" he told her.
"It's Harry Potter for pete's sake!" Ron told her annoyed.
"Oh it is you. Thought I recognized you from somewhere." she said.
"And I can say the same" Harry said, looking at her closely.
"Graduated last year, Hufflepuff" she explained.
"As much as I'd hate to break up this lovely conversation I'm afraid we must be going" Professor McGonagall snapped.
"Yes Professor" Harry and the girl said. Every one climbed on board the bus. They all went up the stairs to the second and third decks of the bus but Harry stayed on the first to talk to the girl.
"Where you guys heading anyway?" she asked.
"Oh yeah I forgot to tell you. Diagon Alley" he told her.
"You hear that Ern!" she asked the driver off the Knight Bus. The old man nodded his head signifying he had.
'Bang!' Harry fell forward out of his seat. The former hufflepuff, who was holing onto a pole was laughing at his misfortune.
"So what is your name again?" he asked her.
"Tara Smith" she said holding out her hand.
"You related to Zacharias?" he asked her. 'Bang' This time Harry was able to grab onto something before he fell.
"Yup. I heard you glued his books shut"
Harry grinned guiltily. "Don't worry he is such a prat at home" she told him.
"So I don't have to pretend to be guilty anymore to get on your good side?" he asked her.
"Nope" she responded. 'Bang' Harry found it smarter to hold on to something for the rest of the ride as he quickly grabbed onto something aain.
"Excellent"
"I expect you'll be seeing a lot of me in the future" she told him.
"So you can read my dreams from the future huh?" Harry said, grinning. 'Bang' Harry seat slid forward some.
Tara blushed and smiled shyly. "No I'm going to be an apprentice under Madam Pomfrey" she told him. "I'm started in August"
"Why are you working under Madam Pomfrey?" He asked her.
"Well she is one of the top healers in the country. She has been working for over fifty years, thirty of them at Hogwarts and I heard she wanted to retire. She said a certain student with untidy black hair doesn't help either." she explained.
"Not my fault no matter what I do I get injured. So when your apprenticeship is done you'll be Hogwart's new healer?" he asked her.'Bang!'
" Yup. I'll be training under her for three years." she explained. 'Bang!'
"Three?" he questioned
"Well if I went to school instead it would be four years." she told him.
"Diagon Alley!" Ern yelled.
"Well this is my stop. Good bye for now" Harry told her, pecking her on the cheek. She blushed again as the others came down from the upper decks.
They all piled off the bus and walked into the Leaky Cauldron. "So Harry you enjoy the ride?" Sirius asked.
"Yeah"
"Let me rephrase that. You enjoy flirting with that pretty girl?" he asked him grinning.
"Yeah" Harry responded again.
"That a boy" Sirius ruffled his hair, making it look like he just got off a broom. It was very similar to when his father ruffled his own hair.
"Now I believe the event is being held in Traditional Dragon" Dumbledore said. They all walked pass the bright red store that was home to the Weasly's joke shop and too a big diner with a dragon moving around and the name in its body. It wasn't a fancy place because the fancy places wouldn't put up with Fred and George but the owners of restaurant were big fan of pranks.
When Harry entered he saw many tables with bright colored table cloths littered the room. At the front was a long table with several chairs. "We are up there mate" Ron said pointing to the long table. Fred and George sat in the middle of the table, facing the crow. On the right of one of the twins sat Mr. and Mrs. Weasly. On the other side sat Charlie and a black haired woman. Next to them was Bill and Fleur Delacour. Ron, Hermione and Ginny took the seats next to Mrs. Weasly. Leaving the seat next to Fleur Delacour open for Harry.
He sat down and made his greeting with Bill and his veela girlfriend.
"How you doing Harry?" the Curse-breaker asked.
"Alright I guess."
"Good to hear" he seemed to be looking at him before asking "Harry, you ever consider getting a earring?"
"No" Harry admitted, glancing at Mrs. Weasly, who sometimes he swear had werewolf hearing.
"You should get one" Bill urged.
Fleur looked at him. "Oui, eet would look tres bon on you"
"Uh thanks I guess" Harry muttered shyly. "Ladies and gentlemen" said one of the twins as they both stood up.
"Boy and Girls" the other said.
"And everyone else in between"
"We'd like to thank"
"you all for coming."
"Right now let us"
"All just enjoy dinner" Fred or was it George? Anyway they finished their little speech and food appeared on the table.
Harry noticed that only where he sat there some French food. Fleur said something about at least them serving her proper food. Harry tried some of the French stuff. It was alright but in his opinion it wasn't as filling as English food.
When everyone had finished dinner and desert the twins stood up and did a little speech. Thanking their parents for having such wonderful pranksters as sons, thanking their siblings for being test subjects. Thanking their professors for helping them achieve their knowledge for the pranks. Thanking Harry for giving them the money they needed to start the shop.
Then they had people come out and start demonstrating some of the pranks they came up with. Harry noticed several of the people in the crowd. He saw Viktor Krum, Rita Skeeter, and the guy that owned Zonkos.
The tables were all moved to the side of the room and a bunch of shelves came in with free samples of the twins products. Many people got up to try the samples. He saw Ron was one of those people. He glanced down and saw Viktor Krum walking to Hermione. She didn't seem to pleased judging by the loo on her face. They walked out through a door that lead outside. Harry got up and followed them.
When he reached the door he saw them standing by a fountain a good distance away. He would have to get closer to hear anything. However that was not the case.
"Come on Her-my-o-knee" Viktor said, still having trouble pronouncing her name.
"Leave it Viktor" Hermione said. "I'm already seeing someone"
"But Her-my-o-knee I love you. We vere meant to be toge'er don't you see" he asked her his english seemed to improve because he only a had a slight accent.
" I love someone else Viktor I'm sorry" she told him. She went to walk away but he grabbed her arm.
"Who is it?" he hissed. "Is it that Potter"
"No, it Ron" she told him, struggling with her arm.
"That redheaded one! Her-my-o-knee I am more of a man 'en him" he stated.
"Viktor let go you are hurting me" Hermione pleaded. Harry decided now would be a good time t step in.
"Hello you guys" he said with false pleasantness in his voice. Viktor didn't let go of Hermione's arm.
"Harry don't do anything rash" Hermione said sensing that he was about to kill Viktor.
"I won't do anything rash" he promised.
"Why the hell are you here Potter?" Krum asked.
"Well since Ron is busy trying out free samples I'd figure I'd step in and make sure some ugly duck doens't hurt my sister" he explained.
"Get out of here Potter" Viktor snapped. "Her-my-o-knee is mine."
"Take your arm off her" he told the Bulgarian seeker.
"I can do vhat ever I vant" Krum stated, sneering at him. Harry could tell he tightened his grip by the wince of pain on Hermione's face.
"Ok now I'm gonna do something rash" Harry punched Viktor in the face. The duck-footed wizard stumbled backwards before lunging at Harry. They fell backwards, Krum landing on top of Harry. He started to throw punches at Harry's face. The black haired teen head butted Krum in the nose. Pushing Viktor off of him, Harry rose to his feet. He jabbed the foreign wizard in the nose with his left hand. Viktor was already bleeding from his nose but when he punched him Harry heard a light 'crack.' Harry right hooked Viktor in the cheek and finished it with a powerful uppercut.
"Harry!" Ron said as he ran outside with the twins and a bunch of reporters around them. "Why did you hit him" he asked gesturing to Krum who lay unconscious on the ground.
"Ask Hermione. I was just coming to her aid." Harry told him before walking off. He went back inside and walked over to the shelves of free samples. He was dared by Sirius to eat one that looked like someone threw it up. No one knew what it did because there was no isgn telling you and people were to afraid to try it.
Laughing as people gathered to see what it was Harry put it in his mouth and started to chew. It did taste like puke and it was very rubbery, it reminded him of gillyweed. He swallowed the nasty thing and suddenly he felt nauseous. Next thing he knew he was bouncing on the ceiling. Just like Aunt Marge was doing his summer before third year.
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"What do you guys wanna do when you graduate?" Hermione asked Harry and Ron as they were sitting in front of the fire in the Gryffindor Common Room.
"Well I have no clue. I wanted to be an Auror but I didn't take potions. Maybe I'll play Quidditch or work for the Ministry or something" Ron replied.
"I have no clue want I want to be either. There are so many possibilities. I think I'll either be a healer, researcher for a company or do something for the Ministry." Hermione said. "What about you Harry?"
"If I survive the war I'll round up all the Death Eaters that are left. Then I'll probably play Quidditch for a couple of years. After that I'll join the Aurors or something. This way I have a break of chasing and fighting Dark Wizards." Harry explained.
"Harry you'll survive the war don't worry" Hermione reassured him.
"Whatever you say Hermione. What ever you say" Harry muttered under his breath. "I'm going for a walk"
He walked out of the portrait hole and started to go down the corridor. He had no clue where he was walking, he just let his feet direct him. He wound up making his way down to the Entrance Hall. When he went to open up the main doors leading outside he saw something sitting on the ground.
Walking over to it, he bent down to get a better look. It was a note talking about plans for Death Eaters attack. Thinking this would be useful he went to pick it up.
"No Potter know!" Snape screamed, as he burst through the main doors. But it was to late Harry grabbed the parchment and was taken away as he felt a familiar and now dreaded tug behind his naval.