H P Boy who livesYear 7- Summer
Chapter 29
The solution
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James discovers why Harry is acting the way he is and comes up with a solution to the problem one that all of you are going to love.
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Harry stood in front of a statue of the Gryffindor house symbol.
"I wish to enter the family wing." He glared at it.
The majestic statue came to life. "The young prince is in trouble again, I see." It actually looked amused.
"Yeah, so what's new...?" Harry grumbled. "Do I get to enter or what?"
"Ones temper is always ones liability." It growled as it gave him entrance to the wing.
"Tell me something that I don't know!" Harry stalked into an area that he had yet to visit. It really felt like a home and not a room in the castle. He was standing in an entryway where marble steps lead up to more floors. Harry walked further into what was not a wing, but like walking into Lazy Meadows.
The main floor consisted of a study/library, a Common Room area with huge stone fireplace, comfortable overstuffed chairs, a very comfy looking sectional sofa and picture windows that provided a breathtaking view of the countryside. The room screamed of the comforts of home. Another room looked to be a place where they could hold DA meetings or study groups if they wished. The only thing that it lacked was a kitchen area. "This is nice." Harry left the Common Room to head to the second floor that evidently was Remus & Gene's floor. "I get it each couple is getting their own area." He headed up the stairs to the third floor Charlie & Tonks were on that one. Up the stairs, he went again Sirius & Jenna were on the fourth floor, more stairs and he found himself at his grandparent's quarters. He went further up the stairs and found where he would be staying. He was standing in front of massive double doors with a plaque that read Lily, James, Harry, Hermione, Draco, Ginny, and more all dwell here. Family are always welcome others enter at your own peril. And More? What did that mean? He wondered.
A door opened and he found himself hugged by his mother.
"Come in and see where your new home is going to be for a while." She pulled her reluctant son into the family quarters, which in itself was like a home.
The fact the castle could create something on this scale was mindboggling to him. "This wing is amazing it's like a home inside a castle."
"That's the idea silly. We wanted you to have a sanctuary away from school. Here I'll give you a tour." She showed him the first room near the entrance. There were areas to complete their homework, and even a computer area. "The next one is the one that James thinks will be you boy's favorite." She smiled.
"That would be the game/entertainment room." Harry was amazed at how much this room resembled Lazy meadows entertainment room, only this one contained their video gaming systems. Harry was grinning from ear to ear maybe this wouldn't be that bad after all.
"Then there's a Common Room with fireplace where we can all spend time together and the picture windows give us a lovely view." Lily was happy that he was pleased with his new home.
"This has another floor to?" He had notice there were stairs when he had entered the family quarters.
"It has three floors, ours is on the first one, the girls are on the second, and you boys are on the top floor. The layout is like what you had in Lazy Meadows, only you have more room." James walked into the Common Room. "The best part is that you can stargaze out on the terrace if you want to."
"I was out of line a while ago and I'm sorry." Harry managed to get out an apology.
"I think what the two of us need is to go rough it out in the wilderness for awhile. It'll be a good male bonding experience for us." James revealed his master plan.
"Roughing it, as in camping?"
"Camping wizarding style my boy is very different from muggle camping." James reassured him.
"I know…" Harry felt the loss of his friend hit him again. "We used a wizarding tent when Ron..."
"We went to the Quidditch World Cup!" Ron walked into the room very much alive. "Your dad figured out what was wrong. Talked to his ring that would you believe has King Arthur in it? Who then contacted Merlin, and here we are." Ron found himself tackled by Harry. "I take it that you like your surprise." He hugged him back.
"Ron!! You're alive!!" Harry blinked back tears.
"Yeah, I know!" Ron had tears in his eyes as well. "Luna and Cedric are alive too, so just may solve your Cho problem."
"This is so great!" Harry was truly happy again.
"Did I say the two of us? I meant Ron, Arthur, and Draco as well. It's going to be a male bonding trip." James found himself tackled by his son.
"You're the greatest dad in the universe!" Harry was showing them a side that they had yet to see, him being truly happy.
"I love you too son." James hugged him back. "We're gonna take off bright and early. That'll give Ron time Monday and Tuesday to be with Molly and Arthur. That way he can take the Apparation test as well."
"Oh yeah, that." Ron looked uneasy about taking the test again.
"It's not bad Ron, besides second times the charm." Draco was carrying Hermione.
"It's good to see you, Ron." Hermione was tearing up.
Ron walked over and took her out of Draco's arms. "Good to see you as well brat. Do ya think that you can stop hurting yourself now that I'm back among the living?"
Hermione hugged him. "I'll try big brother."
"Big brother," Ron grinned over at Harry. "I kind of like hearing that little sister."
"No hard feelings, Ron?" Draco was uneasy about this new turn of events and didn't know where he fit now.
"No hard feelings, Draco." Ron grinned. "Try to relax. You're with friends now, who aren't gonna toss you out because the whole gang is back together again. I mean we're gonna be brothers when you marry my baby sis, so you can't be all edgy around me. I do remember you making amends a while back ago now relax."
"In that case I challenge you to a game of Quidditch in the game room." Draco grinned.
"Oh, you are so on. I'm so gonna kick your ass." Ron gave Hermione to Harry. "This one belongs to you."
"Are you ok now?" Hermione smiled up at him.
"Yeah, I'm really ok now." Harry twirled her around and she laughed. "I think I might have a problem getting all of my stuff up here without magic, but other than that I'm great."
Lily elbowed James in the ribs. "Your father has something to say to you about that."
James raked his fingers through his hair. "You're off the hook for now. Although, there is still no map, no cloak, and the only money you will get is the money that comes in from your partnership with the twins, because that was a good decision on your part. Consider that your allowance, but remember what you take out doesn't just magically reappear like the old one. I believe you owe Cedric Diggory 500 galleons for his half of the winnings, which I have already taken care of, and this is the key to your new vault." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a golden key.
Hermione took it from him. "I'll take that."
"So Hermione's already controlling the money I see." James chuckled.
"Now that Ron's back the two of them will be going off to Hogsmeade to buy useless junk like wizard cards, the items at the joke shop, or more sweets than they can handle." Hermione gave him the look.
"I spent my last Galleon on you, but you do have a point." Harry kissed the top of her head. "What you say we sic Franc, Beau, and Regina on Ron and Luna."
"Do you think that he would survive intact? I just came from there and let me say that he has wandering hands when he's measuring you."
"Now James, he's as harmless and as much of a genius in fashion as he ever was." Lily chided.
"I thought that you, Jenna, and mum were in bliss." James pulled her to him for a kiss.
"Wow Mum you look great." Harry noticed that his mother had undergone a Franc/Beau/Regina makeover. "Not that you needed it." He added hastily.
"Thanks honey. Wills met us there to check in and to see how the two of you were doing." Lily snuggled in James arms.
"Did he tell you about our case of muggle money?" Harry walked over to the couch and got comfortable. He wasn't about to tell them that he was getting light-headed or dizzy.
"We visited the London museum with Andrew and he liked the Ancient coins, so much that he wet himself when he saw them. Each is worth millions of dollars in muggle money. I think that we have that covered for awhile an American fellow named Trumps has been interested in the coins. Evidently, he is some sort of eccentric billionaire. It amazes me how much muggles value those coins." James settled Lily on his lap in one of the big overstuffed chairs.
"10 seventeenth century Spanish galleons are worth 3 million pounds, so anything BC would be worth a great deal more to a collector." Hermione was happy and content in his arms. "I know why you got us settled on the couch. You're dizzy again aren't you?"
"I may have been feeling a little light-headed, but I'm fine, now that I'm resting with you in my arms." Harry closed his eyes.
"Or could it be the back rub she was giving you a little while ago helped as well?" James chuckled.
"I was wondering why he stalked up here without a shirt smelling of herbal ointment. Now I know why James came up here looking shell-shocked. He must have thought..." She smothered a giggle. "At least the two of you won't end up front page news like we did, but then you did get caught rolling around in the grass didn't you."
"Hello everyone do you know where Ronnie went?" Luna asked in her usual dreamy serene tone.
"He's probably in the next room playing video games with my Dragon." Ginny rolled her eyes. "He's in bliss now that he can still have his toys."
"I really thought that Ronnie would be raiding the kitchens by now." Luna curled up on the couch.
"Luna? Aren't you excited about seeing your dad again?" Hermione smiled at her.
"Oh, you don't know do you?" Her dreamy blue eyes widened in surprise.
"What don't we know?" Harry frowned.
"Dad died two days ago on an expedition to find a Pegasus. It was quite sudden and they really don't know if The Quibbler is going to go on printing or not." Luna seemed rather calm about the loss of her dad.
"Oh, Luna I'm sorry. You must be just crushed." Hermione gasped.
"Yeah, you adored your dad." Harry felt his happiness subside a little.
"The reason Ronnie and I haven't been around much is because I've been able to spend time with dad, before it was his time to go. He died doing what he loved, searching for the unexplained, and that means he was happy. I know that he and mother are together now." Luna played with a strand of her long blonde hair. "I guess the paper is my responsibility now, but Ronnie has a plan that involves the twins and he says that it's going to be all right."
"Luna, you're a part of our family now and we will help you with whatever you need." Lily got up and gave her a hug.
"I'd like that." She wasn't used to being hugged by a motherly type except for Ron's Mom. "It's good to know that I have family."
"That's right Luna, welcome to the family." Harry and Hermione smiled.
"I third that and by the looks of it the twins are expanding their empire to newspapers too." James walked over and hugged Luna. "Looks like I have four daughters now."
"RON!!" Molly raced into the room.
"Molly dear, remember that Harry has a concussion, so try to calm down." Arthur saw that Harry was lying on the couch.
"Harry dear!!" Molly raced over to the couch to where Harry was resting.
"Hi Aunt Molly, I'm fine." Harry was hugged around the neck. "Ron's in entertainment room with Draco. It's right behind you."
"I was so worried that one of my boys was hurt on the day that they were being honored." She still had a hold around his neck.
"My son is going to be fine. You might want to let him go so he can breathe." Lily growled. "Your son, that would very much like to see you, is in there."
"Lily you look lovely and James you look so handsome. I don't mean to meddle, but he has been mine since second year and I'm rather protective of what's mine." Molly kissed Harry on the cheek then walked over to the two of them.
"I appreciate all that you have done for my son, but as you can see he is safe and sound with his mother and father." Lily's eyes flashed with temper. "I as a Healer can make sure that my son is all set for when term starts."
"Uh, Lily darling," James could feel that her temper was on slow boil. "She wasn't saying that you couldn't have junior back."
"No of course not! We're thrilled to have all of you back with us and he needs this chance to be with the two of you!" Arthur seconded James remarks.
"You know the both of you can share me." Harry could see a standoff in the making.
"Share you? Don't be silly Harry dear, you will always be one of mine, even though you have your parents now." Molly smiled sweetly down at Harry and then at Lily. "You are always a part of our family."
"Mother, I think they know that you think of him as a son, but he's theirs, and you act like he got hurt under their watch." Ginny frowned at her mother.
"He wasn't even under their care for two hours and look at what happened. Not that I don't understand after all they were just getting their parental feet wet again." Molly put her foot in her mouth.
Lily narrowed her eyes at her. "Are you insinuating that I can't take care of my son or that we failed as parents again!? Harry happens to be a very brilliant young wizard, who can damn well take care of himself, and has taken care of himself long before you ever laid eyes on him! He does tend to run into situations, but that's just something that he got from his father!! He did not get hurt, because of anything that James or I didn't do! He got hurt rescuing Hermione's baby brother and sister from ARAGOG and MOSAG!!" She stood up a good six inches taller than Molly's five foot four inch frame.
"That was because of a spell from James and Sirius' bag of tricks that Frank Longbottom taught the kids!!" Molly placed her hands on her hips.
"Molly, what in the name of Merlin has come over you!!" Arthur shouted in outrage. "Harry is their son! We are not taking him away from his parents! They are our friends or don't you remember that!"
"I'm merely pointing out that mistakes were made!" Molly growled.
"I can't believe I'm hearing this! You two should be happy to see each other, not clawing at each other, because you don't wanna share me! I love the two of you equally and that should be enough!! I love both Dad and Uncle Arthur the same way!! My god you're acting like you're fighting over someone who doesn't have the ability to take care of himself!" Harry had heard enough and attempted to end the conversation, which instantly caused his head to start splitting again.
"ENOUGH!! All that you're doing is causing him stress that he does not need nor want!! So stop it or I will make you stop!!" Hermione had Harry's wand in her hands. "I'll end this right now!! He belongs to me and I dare any of you to challenge me on that issue!"
"I second that motion. Please take a shot at challenging her in a temper. We'll all be happy to visit you in both in St. Mungo's. He's all grown up, not some first year! My gods by the way the two of you are going at it, one would think that he was daft in the head or something!" Ron was standing in the doorway of the entertainment room. "I can't believe that you, who have always said that you wished that his parents were back in his life, now regret that it happened!"
"Oi! Did you just call me mentally challenged or something!?" Harry opened one eye to glare at him.
"Ron that's not what I..." Molly's voice caught at the sight of her son.
"That is exactly what you were doing. You know as well as I do that Harry does what he wants no matter what parent is watching over him. If there's a rescue mission Harry's right there to lend a hand. That's just Harry." Ron walked over and hugged his mother. "I know that it took you six years to officially bring him into the fold, but having his parents back doesn't mean that you won't be in his life anymore. I mean he's my best mate."
"I thank you from the bottom of my heart for watching over my baby, but he's my mine, and I have so much time to catch up on with him. You can still be in his life; no one is arguing that fact." Lily blinked back tears. "I know that you love him like your own, but you can't take him he's mine."
"Aunt Molly you're so lucky that she didn't turn you into a donkey or something worse because Mum is expecting a boy and a girl in April and Aunt Jenna is expecting a girl as well." Harry thought that they needed to know that little detail.
"So that's why Ron, Luna, and Cedric couldn't be brought back like the rest of you." Arthur walked over to shake James hand. "Congratulations on the little ones."
"Thanks Arthur." James grinned. "Junior over there figured it out for us."
"Why do you keep calling me that?" Harry growled. "I am Harry James not James Harry Jr."
"I didn't wish to saddle you with James Harry the second, so we compromised and switched the name around to Harry James." Lily explained. "But to James you've always been Junior."
"Actually, it's Prince Harry James Merlin Evans Potter-Pendragon if you want the official royal version." James watched Harry's mouth hang open.
"Hermione's is Lady Hermione Anne Diana Spencer-Granger." Lily surmised that Hermione had never told Harry that.
"I like Harry or Harry James if you're toasted at me, is fine thank you. I think I might be able to get use to Junior." Harry did not like his full name. "My god no wonder Voldemort zeroed in on me!! You added Merlin to my name!"
"I like Hermione or Hermione Anne if you're mad at me." Hermione didn't like her full name being made public.
"Wow you two got saddled with some names didn't you." Ron smirked.
"You're one to talk Ronald Bilius Arthur Weasley." Luna smirked.
"Oh really, Lunette Serena Diana Lovegood," Ron grinned.
"I love my name." Luna smiled.
"Well Draco's is let me see if I remember it all Draco Sirius Lancelot Black." Ginny joined in.
"Like yours is better Ginevra Molly Elizabeth Weasley...wait a second it is better." Draco pouted.
"I just want it known that this however awesome, completely reeks of favoritism, and I just know that it's gonna come back and bite us all in the ass seventh year." Harry decided to change the subject to something more important.
"Wonder Boy does have a point." Draco raised his brows. "But I love this place hands down over the dorms."
"It'll keep them off Draco's ass, so that's a good enough reason for doing this." Ron put in his two cents.
"But he's not Draco Malfoy. He's his long lost hidden good twin brother, who came, and killed his evil twin." Ginny spoke up.
"Oh yeah, about the story that you guys came up with...Nice try, but you blew it when he went and made that speech at the celebration about how much of an ass he was. That showed that it's a change of heart, and not a change of body that happened." James shook his head. "You have to learn that to spin a story like that you have to jointly agree to one story not three."
"Dad we're talking about Draco, not running for office." Harry rolled his eyes.
"I know that we'll get far more done here than in the dorms. There are fewer distractions and we can still do our duties as Prefects and Head Boy and Girl." Hermione had her say.
"So are the tweebs gonna be staying with us or what?" Harry frowned.
"The twins are going to be with their fellow first years and they are not tweebs they have names." Lily frowned at her son.
"Look at me, Hermione, and Draco then say that again." Harry closed his eyes to ward off his pounding headache.
"Ok this chat is over. Harry has a headache again." James saw him wince when he closed his eyes. "Arthur you and Ron are invited on a camping trip, which means you ladies have free rein of the castle till Monday. Feel free to shop till you drop on me. That leaves you both Monday and Tuesday to spend time with Ron, Luna, and Ginny. That should give junior time enough to heal."
"Two days?" Draco pouted. "I guess I can study for my Apparation exam."
"I think my head is gonna fall off." Harry truthfully came clean about how he was feeling.
"Camping?! Are you looking at him? He fell off his broom twice today! Is it really safe?" Ron frowned.
"You fell off your broom? Not possible. Did someone capture it on film?" Draco teased.
Harry took his wand back and pointed to Draco's feet. "Incendio." He snarled in a strained voice.
"You have to learn how to take a joke!" Draco hopped up and down he was suffering from a mild hotfoot. "Would someone please douse me foot!"
"Aqueductus," Harry then soaked him with the counterspell. "There you go."
"Harry James, knock it off!" Ginny squeaked because she was also soaking wet.
Draco took in the view before someone threw a blanket on Ginny. "Thanks mate you got Ginny wet too."
"Glacius Maximus." Harry then made him a Popsicle. "Cool off."
"I...Knew...that...was...coming..." Draco sneezed and his teeth were chattering.
"Imagine what he would do to you if he were awake." Hermione giggled.
"No thanks... I wish to live." Arthur was thawing out Draco.
"He really did sleepwalk through sixth year didn't he?" Ron couldn't believe how aware Harry was in his sleep.
"Had a plan didn't I...Should have left it to Hermione." Harry yawned cuddling Hermione to him like a teddy bear. "Mine."
"Oh yeah, you know what he wants." James shook his head.
"He isn't wearing a shirt." Ginny finally noticed Harry's lack of clothing. "Why isn't he wearing a shirt?"
"Nurse Hermione probably gave him a back rub." Draco was once again dry.
"Oh, you could say that and then some." James chuckled.
"Oh yeah, and she's all mine." Harry smiled.
Dobby appeared on the couch. "Dobby was wondering if family would like dinner up here or down in the Great Hall."
"Anywhere! I'm starving!" Ron's stomach growled loudly and everyone laughed.
"Master Ron we make favorites for you and Mistress Luna." Dobby hopped off the edge of the couch to go over and hug Ron's leg. "Welcome back Dobby missed Master Ron."
Ron reached down to pat Dobby's head. "I missed you too Dobby. Now please feed me before I pass out." He groaned.
"Dobby make it better." He snapped his fingers and tables appeared loaded with food. "Dobby fix meal for other teachers now." He vanished.
"YES!! Food!!" Ron made a beeline for the tables.
"That's our Ronnie." Molly smiled.
"Did someone mention food?" Fred and George walked into the family quarters. "We're famished after working on the shack."
"Hey little bro save some of that food for us," George raided the tables.
"Yeah, we need all the energy we can get to renovate the shack." Fred growled.
"It's gonna be brilliant when we finish." George had plans for that shack.
"The place is loaded with every vile creature you can think of. It's a DADA Professors dream. You need anything Uncle James?" Fred looked over at James.
"Sure, I'll take a dozen of each creature, except for a boggart and Doxie I'll only need one of them since one is enough to demonstrate what they do and how to counter them. I might just bring the advanced classes there for practice or something." James checked that off the mental list that he had on what he would need to teach DADA. "I would also like to say that you have brilliantly carried on the Marauder legacy and that Sirius and I are proud of you."
"We tried our best to keep up the tradition and the map was a brilliant tool for us to use to achieve our greatness." Fred stated with pride. "There's a little section of Portable Swamp, our brilliant creation in our honor, in the fifth floor corridor of the East Wing."
"Yeah, we've been working on a map of our own for the business, but we can't seem to get it right." George frowned.
"It does the insulting beautifully, just won't draw the right map. I mean who wants the layout for Buckingham Palace or Parliament." Fred growled between taking bites of chicken.
"Wills..." Harry answered in his sleep.
"Oi Harry, I was wondering where you were." George spied Harry and Hermione on the couch. "What did ya say about our map?"
"Wills would kill for that map, but he isn't going to get it, so ignore what my sleeping lion is muttering." Hermione arched a brow at them.
"I'll keep that in mind." Fred grinned. "It keeps drawing maps of important muggle locations nothin that we care about."
"If he's sleepin why's he answering our questions?" George took a closer look at Harry.
"Harry does that all the time. He did it all through sixth year." Ron was on his third helping of food.
"Ronald Bilius Arthur Weasley, you are going to make yourself sick!" Molly stalked over and took the plate away.
"I haven't eaten in two months give it back!" Ron was ready to hurt anyone who denied him his food. "Oh gods! I don't feel so good." Ron held his stomach, which was protesting the food that had been forced into it.
"Up the stairs second door on the right," Lily pointed to the stairs.
"Thanks!" Ron raced up the stairs.
"Luna there's a vial of pink potion on the counter make sure he takes some." Lily saw that Luna was heading up the stairs after him.
"I'll do it." Molly rushed passed Luna.
"He's my Ronnie." Luna sat down on the stairs and pouted.
"I'm so gonna kill Ron." Harry muttered in his sleep. "He got to have cookies."
"WHAT!?" Hermione, Draco, Ginny, Fred, George, and Arthur all stared at Harry.
"It's not like what the six of you are thinking. Well, yeah, it is, but when you're dead there are no circumstances to worry about. When you're dead that's it and you go on from there. Now that they're alive the same rules apply to them as they do with the four of you." James tried to explain the situation.
"What James is trying to say is that what happened on the other side doesn't count as the same thing here." Lily tried to salvage the situation.
:You're one to talk. What about you and Hermione sharing certain dreams? That is the same as what Ron and Luna did. By the way your welcome you ungrateful pup!: Merlin went back to sleep.
"Bullshit energy or physical same frickin thing." Harry grumbled. "First-Grandpa tried to explain it... That isn't helping anymore than the two of you trying to explain the situation." He pondered a comeback to what Merlin had growled at him. :Thanks and no it isn't the same and no amount of spinning it will convince me.:
"We get more from him asleep than we ever did awake." George grinned.
"Watch your tongue young man." James growled. "Asleep or not there are ladies in the room."
"Ok then this is what I think of your explanation." Harry let go of Hermione long enough to flash him the usual sign.
"No more Hermione for a while." James used his wand to lift Hermione out of his arms and over next to him and Lily. "I'm gonna break him of that habit."
"Hermione likes the view this way anyway." Ginny smirked.
"Uh-huh I never tire of the view." Hermione had a dreamy look on her face.
Harry opened his eyes and looked around. "What's going on where did Hermione go?"
"No way!" Fred and George gaped at him. "No frickin way!!"
"When did you two get here?" Harry sat up and stretched his sore muscles.
"When he's talking in his sleep he doesn't remember unless he wants to." James narrowed his eyes at his son. "Do you Junior."
"Nope," Harry smelled the food. "Food! I'm starving." He vaulted off the couch and raided the tables.
"I think that from now on I'm gonna stop at seconds." Ron came down the stairs and sat down next to Luna. "I know how you feel, but its back to reality now." He cuddled her in his arms.
"Yeah, welcome back to the land of cold showers and sleepless nights Mate!" Harry was sitting next to Hermione sharing the food on his plate with her. "By that way if you even try to do what you could do on the other side, its two days in Azkaban. I just thought you might wanna know."
"Two days in Azkaban?" Ron gulped his eyes widened in terror in response to his statement.
"Yeah, that's the time that you do if you break the cardinal rule of no cookies before marriage." Draco nodded.
"Got it," Ron gulped again.
"Good." Draco and Harry looked over at each other and smirked.
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Chapter 30
Roughing It
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