H P Boy who lives Year 7- Summer
Chapter 40
What the hell were you thinking?!
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The fall out continues as more of the family finds out about Hermione and Harry's adventure...George tries to say he is sorry to Trista.
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Wills was still getting over what his father had just told him on his mobile. His Grandfather, Uncle, his uncle's mistress, and her two grown kids had all died an hour ago, after they had left the palace to head back to Hogwarts. This was enough information to floor the four of them. But the fact the two grown children could have killed his Uncle Alex and Aunt Katherine, had they not lost control of their car, and crashed into an orchard affected him even more. All of which had changed his life forever. He was now the 'Man Who Will Be King' the heir to the throne. "My fate is sealed." He sighed in defeat.
"Your fate has always been the throne, big brother." Henry rolled his eyes at him. "So don't go all melodramatic on us about this."
"I know that, but now I'll have media and press on me 24/7 again." Wills grumbled.
"Don't worry about a thing. I'll protect you from those nasty men and their cameras." Rory growled.
Wills looked over at Rory and chuckled. "I have no doubt that you will, my flame. It's just that I don't wish to subject you to all of that just yet."
"You're of both worlds now. Which means that you can use that to your advantage by going into area's that Muggles can't." Dromi reminded him.
"There ya go, Wills." Henry brought Dromi's hand up to his lips and kissed it. "My angel is right we have a safe haven now."
Dromi blushed.
"We're talking the American vipers also known as television media. The Insider, Access Hollywood, ET, E, Extra, Showbiz Tonight, Primetime Live, 20/20, Barbara Walters, Geraldo Rivera, Good Morning America, The Today Show with Matt and Katie...the list is endless!" Wills buried his face in his hands and one of the pups went to cheer him up with puppy kisses.
"Even Rad wants to cheer you up." Rory kissed Wills cheek and Rad gave her puppy kisses too. "That tickles, Rad." She giggled.
"You don't get it, Rory! Those shots that they snapped this evening when we left the palace with the pups will be front page news! They'll be biting at the bit to get snaps of the two of you now!" Wills tried to get her to understand while trying to fend off, Lady, the other pup.
"If baby brother is correct, we get married in three years or so and then five years after that you're about to be crowned King." Rory was calm as can be. "I'm not a timid little door mouse and can keep the Muggle media in line. I am of Pendragon blood; it's only natural to protect what's mine."
"You're absolutely right, my love. Those sharks aren't going to know what hit them." Wills kissed her on the temple.
"Don't dwell on what's to be. You need to live everyday as it comes. After all, isn't that your mantra, big brother?" Henry picked up Lady and set her in his lap. "Hey, Dan." He tapped on the glass divider. "We need to make a quick stop before we reach the castle. The pups need a potty break."
The divider vanished, "Not a problem mate. We're two minutes from Hogsmeade, so we shall stop just outside town." Dan smiled at him.
"Hey, Dorothy. I don't think we're in Kansas anymore." Wills caught sight of a ginormous rainbow about half a mile in front of them and that was the first thing that popped into his head.
"Whatever do you mean by...?" Rory's eyes widened, as they got even closer. "Oh, my stars it looks like a corporal rainbow, but that isn't possible."
"The Weasley twins are up to mischief again." Henry grinned.
"Mischief?! That's going to be very hard for a Muggle to miss! It's at least fifty feet in height and reaches clear to the main gates of the castle!" Dromi couldn't believe her eyes as they pulled to a halt in front of it.
"It's wicked out there. Best make it quick with the pups." Dan didn't seem at all daunted by the rainbow beacon in front of them.
"Oh, I'd say by the looks of this storm, Mum or Dad must be upset about something. I wonder what baby brother did this time." Rory temporarily calmed the storm raging above Hogsmeade. "All set. Now be sure not to let the babies mark the rainbow. It could be bad karma or something." Rory glanced down at Wills.
He was glaring down at his slacks in disgust, because Rad had piddled on them.
"Oh naughty, Lord Radcliffe, he could have you flogged for that offense." She smothered a giggle.
Wills clipped the lead on his collar and exited the limo. "This day just keeps getting better and better." He grumbled under his breath.
Henry, who had already started walking Lady around, wisely eased off on saying any cheeky comment that had instantly popped into his head. Instead he focused on the beacon in front of them. "I was a prat, Paint my world TMM." He read aloud the message that flashed across the apex of the rainbow.
"It looks like one of the twins fancies our Trista. He must have muddled it up completely to risk the wrath of the Ministry." Wills mused.
"Trista Melanie Monet is TMM? She's the complete opposite of him." Henry eyed his brother as if the day had finally caused him to go crackers.
"She's twenty and so is he, both are Hogwarts alumni, no sorry she is and he dropped out. Plus it has GLW there on the corner of the flashing sign. George was the only twin fourth year that wasn't written as having a date for the Yule Ball. More likely Trista is George's version of our Ducky." Wills stated his case to his dumbfounded brother.
"Reducio!" Dromi used her new wand to shrink the Rainbow, so it could easily sit on someone's lap. "That is just too darling of an object to let them come out and destroy."
"That's amazing detective work, big brother. You got all of that out of one object and it took Hermione to open your eyes about Dad or all that info on Mum's death." Harry arched a brow at him.
"Shut it, Henry Charles." Wills picked up Rad and went back to the Limo.
Dromi conjured a pretty glass box for the rainbow and set it inside it. "Come along, Henry Charles. Rory temporarily displaced this part of the storm and it's starting up again." The wind once again began to howl its ominous tone, lightning slashed across the dark sky, and the first drops of rain began to fall.
The two of them made a run for the Limo.
A horseless carriage pulled up beside them and Charlie got out of it. "Hi ya, Danny, nasty night for traveling round these parts." He got into the front passenger side of the limo. "Uncle James and Aunt Lily are in moods and so the storm." He glanced into the back of the limo. "Thought you lot might wanna ride all the way up to the castle instead of flounder about in this mess."
Dromi smiled at Charlie. "Let's see that's a Thestral drawn carriage, so you must be Charlie Weasley."
"That I am, lass. Sorry, I haven't been around to introduce myself. Its just that Hagrid's job is endless especially this time of year." Charlie winked at her flashing a winning smile.
Henry, having never been jealous over a girl in his life, was experiencing the urge to deck Charlie. "What happened to living in Romania and studying dragons?" He snarled.
Charlie's eyebrows shot up in surprise at Henry's reaction to him. "I joined the Order and met my Dora, as for the dragons I'll take you into the forest tomorrow and show them to ya if you want."
"Charlie is engaged to Tonks so relax, little brother." Wills chuckled.
"That's right. I'm completely devoted to my own firebrand. You must be Prince Harry the younger brother of Wills." Charlie grinned.
Henry's scowl turned into a grin. "Call me Henry, it's my given name, besides having two Harry's around is a might confusing."
"I doubt that you get into as much trouble as my little brother of sorts, but Henry it is." Charlie noticed a break in the storm and jumped at a chance to get them all settled in the carriage. "I'll get your things while you two get Rory and Dromi into the carriage."
They said their goodbyes to Dan and then made a dash to the carriage.
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Lily rounded up everyone and they all gathered in the Common Room awaiting twins and their prince's arrival.
"I popped into the Family Owlery, off our star watching tower, this morning to check on Hedwig and found her in one of the nesting boxes with Aristotle watching over her." Harry finally managed to relay to Hermione what had been in the back of his mind all day. "My Hedwig is gonna have owlets."
"No wonder he's been so ratty every time I send him off with a letter. He doesn't want to leave his family." Hermione was putting some ribbon on the baskets containing the kittens.
"Hedwig has been snubbing me or so I thought for a week now, so I brought her up a treat as a peace offering, but now I know that she's just been distracted by her new mate." Harry tried to ignore the scathing looks that Ginny and Luna were shooting their way.
"Wills is going to be in a mood now that he will soon be officially crowned the next in line for the throne of England." Hermione could just imagine her cousin's current mood.
"Then I'll try to keep my poker face on. It's hard enough trying to ignore the glares coming from Luna and Ginny." Harry glanced down at the map in his hands to check on the arrival of the birthday girls. "Mum, they just entered the Grand Staircase so it shouldn't be long now." He told his mother.
Instantly the torches in the Common Room died down and darkened the room. It was almost impossible to spot the thoroughly soaked owl that was perched outside on the windowsill. Draco was the only one that had noticed him and went over to let the poor thing in. "You look like Hermes, so that has to be a Howler from Hermione's parents."
The owl was clutching a scarlet red-letter in its talons.
Hermes delivered the letter to Hermione by landing beside her.
"Hermes? What on Earth are you doing...?" She cringed when she saw the Howler that he had dropped in her lap.
"Talk about your bad timing." Harry watched as it floated in front of her face and then burst open just as his sisters, Wills, Henry, Charlie, and the Pups entered the Common Room.
Alexander Granger's furious voice roared at them...
HERMIONE ANNE DIANA AND HARRY JAMES MERLIN! WHAT WERE THE TWO OF YOU THINKING? HOW COULD YOU PULL A DANGEROUS STUNT LIKE YOU DID THIS EVENING!
YOU COULD HAVE GOTTEN YOURSELF SPLATTERED ALONG THE ROAD, HARRY JAMES!
OUR LIVES ARE NOT WORTH RISKING YOUR OWN! THE VERY NOTION THAT THE TWO OF YOU USED THAT TIME DEVICE TO CHANGE ANOTHER EVENT IN TIME NEARLY MADE YOUR MOTHER HAVE A STROKE!
WE WATCHED THE FOOTAGE OF THE ACCIDENT ON OUR NEW DIGITAL RECORDER! THAT'S HOW WE KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT YOU TWO PULLED!
IT WAS HARRY ON THAT CONFOUNDED FIREBOLT OF HIS THAT DISTRACTED THE DRIVER BEFORE IT COULD HIT OUR CAR! NOW WHAT IS DONE IS DONE, BUT IF YOU EVER PULL A STUNT LIKE THIS AGAIN I SHALL BE VERY PUT OUT!
The Howler paused and turned towards Rory and Dromi.
Katherine and I wish you girls a very happy birthday and boys we are sorry for your loss and the headache that is now going to be bestowed on you both.
Then it turned back to Harry and Hermione.
WE WILL SEE BOTH OF YOU ON WEDNESDAY AT THE TRAIN STATION!
Finally, the Howler ripped itself up into a thousand pieces.
Harry felt all eyes in the room focusing on them and said. "Uh, surprise and Happy Birthday."
Dromi calmly walked over to her brother and looked down at him. "You never do anything without good reason, but there are some things that aren't intended to be changed. In this case you were lucky there was no real harm done. You must understand that had you been killed, it would have drastically altered the time stream. You mustn't tamper with time, baby brother; it can cause horrible ripples in the time stream."
"I just want to say that I have gone through more dangerous things on a broom. For instance first year at age eleven, had I not been a natural on my broom my first game of Quidditch could have been my last, for the second task to get to the sorcerers stone when all of those keys were attacking me. Had I not been a natural flyer I would have been impaled and died. Second year, when Dobby tried to help me by jinxing a bludger during my match with Slytherin, which would have seriously injured me with more than a busted up arm had I not been an expert on the broom. Then third year against Hufflepuff during nasty weather conditions, I managed to play cat and mouse with the Dementors because of my skill on the broom. All of these can be viewed or read about in the books and two of them on DVD." He paused for a moment to see what everyone's reaction was and they were all still glaring at him.
:Harry, maybe you should stop.: Hermione did not like the looks that they were giving them.
"More then... Okay I've got more. Fourth year when at fourteen I summoned my Firebolt the same exact broom that I used today and flew brilliantly during the first task of the tournament and outsmarted Empress to get the fake dragon egg. This got high marks by everyone who witnessed it. Fifth year not much with the broom unless you count when Mad Eye nearly froze my ass off on the way to Number Twelve, after the first game of the year Toad Bitch banned me for life from the game. Sixth year I could catch the snitch in a little under two minutes, was Quidditch Captain as well, and all of that with having to kill Tom Riddle running through me brain all the time. So, you see everyone, I knew without a shadow of a doubt that I could do that maneuver with the broom and not get dead." Harry was getting peeved because they were all still glaring at him.
:It's not working Harry, so drop it while you still can.: Hermione hissed.
Harry ignored Hermione and pressed on. "I took a calculated risk to protect a world and home that I don't wish to be discovered by the Muggle World. I care about my people that much." He reached down by his feet and picked up a basket marked Dromi and thrust it at her.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! SORRY THAT I RUINED MUM AND DAD'S PRECIOUS SURPRISE FOR THEIR DARLING LITTLE ANGELS!" Something snapped inside him as years of enduring Dudley's Birthdays flashed in his mind.
"THIS IS LIKE DUDLEY'S BIRTHDAY ALL OVER AGAIN! I'M SO NOT IN THE MOOD TO ENDURE ANOTHER ONE LIKE IT! SO, MOTHER, YOU CAN TAKE YOUR PRECIOUS PARTY FOR MY SISTERS AND SHOVE IT! I'M SO OUT OF HERE!" He threw the map at Hermione vanishing Merlin style in a blinding flash of turquoise and gold light.
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"Harry has only had three Birthday parties in his seventeen years. That being his first birthday, his sixteenth, and his seventeenth years. Where as, his sisters have had you both for exactly sixteen years this Halloween. He had to endure his cousins birthdays complete with innumerable presents for fifteen long years. So I would say that all of this fuss over the twins has dredged up bad memories." Hermione set the map down, so she could pick up the other basket, and carried it over to Rory. "Happy Birthday, Rory. Now if you don't mind my prince needs me." She went in search of her prince.
Draco hastily picked up the map, tapped it with his wand, and whispered. "Adventure accomplished." To clear it.
Lily was bawling on James shoulder. "I'm a horrible mother!"
"We aren't horrible parents, sweetheart, just clueless about our son." James comforted her.
"The thing is that Harry would never say that in a million years." Ron was puzzled by Harry's actions. "It's just not his thing to be selfish like that."
"He's just had a long trying day, besides everyone cracks eventually." Draco stowed the map in his pocket.
"What all of you are forgetting is the two of them still have the memory of her parent's deaths in their minds." Minerva knew exactly what was peeving her nephew. "It stung to be scolded about saving his godparents lives."
"They risked everything to save Buckbeak and Sirius and that was at the age of thirteen. It does not surprise me in the least that they chose to do the same for her parents." Albus wasn't the least bit angry or put out about their actions. "I believe that it's beneficial that he's finally allowing his feelings to show. Our Harry has been emotionally reined in for so long that we are finally seeing some of how he truly feels and this is very healthy for our boy."
"Harry put the Wizarding World and its people above his own life. Which is as the true heir to the throne should act. It takes true bravery, courage, and character to do these things over and again since the age of eleven. In a way today was just another day on-the-job for him." Stephen was proud of him.
James instantly saw red. "Damn it father!! He doesn't have to do all of this alone anymore! He isn't alone anymore, because he has all of us! We aren't going anywhere! He's stuck with us for an insanely longtime! The way this world treated him during his fifth year was UNFORGIVABLE! They deserve to be outed to the Muggles for that offense alone! They were going to throw my boy in Azkaban for defending himself against the Dementors that TOAD BITCH sent after him! I say that we need to be outed so they can learn to fend for themselves! My son should not have to continually bail their sorry asses out all the time! It's not fair to him or Hermione! Those two deserve to have a happy stress free life!"
"No offense Uncle James, but Harry'd be bored out of his mind without any action or excitement in his life. He's just too used to it now." Ron made the mistake of opening his mouth.
Lily let him have it. "Then he can bloody well get unaccustomed to it!"
"ENOUGH!" Rory shouted to make herself heard. "Saving people comes as natural as breathing to Harry and that's never going to change! Now as for this party, well, it was a wonderful thought, but you should have known after everything that went down today, that it might cause an inverse reaction in baby brother."
"He'll come down after he stops brooding. Right now what our boy wishes is some space for a while. He did this all the time at number twelve." Sirius walked over to Henry and took Lady out of his arms. "Now this is more like it a pup is the perfect pet."
"Why don't we turn this party into a celebration in honor of all of us being together as a family?" Anna suggested.
"Smashing idea, Grams!" The girls hugged her.
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Harry stood in what would eventually be his brother and sisters nursery. "What's up with me? Why did I go ape shit about my sisters party? It has to be the day getting to me." He went over and sat down on the window seat. It was then that he saw there was another ginormous rainbow shining like a beacon in the distance. Focus on making it up to the parents and then kill the twins. Harry felt the signs of a tension headache building between his eyes.
"Harry, you did nothing out of line." Hermione walked into the room. "They were tactless for even going through with this party."
"I was a prat in front of my parents, friends, and family! I ruined my sisters' birthday party and to top it off I'll be hauled in when the twins are brought in for breaking every bylaw that we have!" Harry's day was just getting worse by the second.
Hermione walked over and looked out the window. "What were those two imbeciles thinking?! That is over fifty feet tall and part of it is on the castle grounds! Unless they have an anti-Muggle device on it they're going to be tarred and feathered by your grandfather!"
"No, really ya think!" Harry rolled his eyes at her. "That isn't important, but making this up to my parents is!"
"In my search for you I found Trista. She looks smashing by the way..." Harry glared at her so she got back on track. "Well, anyway, she's on your sisters' floor setting up a studio for them."
Harry pulled her onto his lap and kissed her. "Brilliant thinking as usual, angel mine! You just gave me a smashing idea about how I can make this up to my parents."
The two of them ported up to the studio.
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Trista kept her mind off seeing George again by arranging her friend's studio.
"So what if he's handsome and successful. He's still the same court jester that he always was." She surveyed the space that had the perfect light for an artist's studio. She had set up two worktables on opposite sides of the room. "It's not much, but it's a start."
The easels were stored in a cupboard with all the paints, brushes, canvases, and other supplies that took up one wall of the room.
"Not much? It looks top-notch to me." Harry and Hermione appeared behind her.
Trista was startled out of her thoughts. "Your highnesses... I didn't hear either of you come in."
"He's now Merlin-in-training, so he doesn't Apparate like normal wizards. In fact he has moved beyond using the wand. He is right though this is a wonderful studio." Hermione smiled at Trista. "Trista, it's just Harry and Hermione, not your highnesses."
"Aren't the two of you supposed to be down at the party?"
"We got a Howler just as my sisters walked in." Harry was honest in answering her. "So after pleading my case to everyone, I told off my parents, and left."
"We saved my parents using a Time Turner that I got fifth year from the Dept of Mysteries. My parents didn't like our method of preventing their premature demise. So they sent the Howler." Hermione sat down in a chair.
"I can see why you would wish to change your parent's fate. I can also understand how an event like that would eventually lead to the discovery of our world. One would think that they would applaud your bravery for preventing that." Trista frowned.
"I flew my old Firebolt across a Muggle Sport Utility Vehicle's hood at 150 mph, while said car was going at least 105mph, so it wouldn't crash into her parent's car." Harry explained more of why everyone was cheesed at them.
"In that case my advice to you would be to focus on your studies and to stay away from bad influences like George Weasley or his twin. They're nothing but trouble… Now as for how to make nice again with your parents, might I suggest that you give them these?" She walked over to a trunk and opened it. "I finished them a while ago." She got out two paintings. The first was of Harry and Hermione barely at the age of one and almost two chasing after a snitch that playfully buzzed around them. The second was of Harry, Hermione, and Draco as babies toddling after bubbles that James and Sirius were conjuring for them.
"I was gonna ask if you would paint a mural for the twin's nursery both here and at Sanctuary, but this will work just as well." Harry was amazed at the detail of her work.
"Oh, I'll do that anyway, but that will be with Rory and Dromi." Trista with a wave of her wand went about gift wrapping the two paintings. Then she handed one to each of them. "These should get the two of you out of boiling oil."
"Trista did George do something horrible to you?" Hermione blurted out.
"You see when you happen to be in the same class year and House as the Weasley twins and are a shy timid little door mouse, you don't leave school without a few scars." Trista went about giving the studio one last going through before going down to tell her friends.
Bandit streaked into the room and into her arms.
"That's Bandit, seeing as we have the pups, please feel free to take him home." Harry suggested.
Lily and James stood in the doorway.
"He really seems quite taken with you." Lily was holding the box containing the rainbow in her arms.
James was cuddling Rad in his arms. "Yes, I insist that you take him home. He's ¾ Kneazle, so he'll be the perfect companion for you."
"Of course I'll take him home. He's adorable and I do get lonely at my studio." Trista cuddled him close. "May I ask where you acquired the rainbow case? It really is truly lovely."
"Actually, we came up here to invite you three downstairs to the family gathering and to give you this. It's a smaller version of the one that's larger-than-life outside on the castle grounds." Lily walked over and set the glass case on one of the tables. "Dromi shrank it and put it in this case for you."
Trista looked carefully at the case and read the message. She felt like throttling George or kissing him, it was a moronic yet endearing gesture on his part. "How big is the one outside?"
"Oh, it's about fifty feet high and the length of it reaches from Hogsmeade to the castle lawn." James grinned.
"The nerve of that brat... If he thinks that this, or what's outside will soften my heart towards him... After what he did then he is..." She walked outside onto the terrace, saw the rainbow, and sighed. "Probably right...Oh, George you big goofball that's a beautiful apology."
"What did that boy do to resort to groveling like that?" James stared at the rainbow and then at her.
"That's between George Lionel and me. Harry has something to give and then say to you. Come along Hermione we'll ask Professor Dumbledore if he can arrange to have the other one sent to your parents tonight." Trista and Hermione left them out on the terrace.
"I'm sorry about my behavior downstairs in the Common Room. I never act that way and I hope that this makes up for it." He handed his mother his peace offering.
"Take Lord Radcliffe while I look at your peace offering with your mother." James set the pup in his arms.
"Hey, there Rad." Harry cuddled the pup in his arms. "You're named after a very brilliant young man." Rad licked his face and Harry laughed.
"Oh James, this makes up for all of those snaps that we lost. I remember the kids spending hours chasing after your conjured bubbles." Lily was beyond touched by his gift.
"Trista is a master artist to recreate this moment in time. If she had a snap of this then maybe dad has more and we can rebuild our album again." James loved the gift.
"Gramps has spies everywhere, so odds are there's more where this came from. Hermione has a painting of her and me chasing after a snitch. Oh andTrista, Rory, and Dromi are going to paint murals for both the nursery here at the castle and the ones in Sanctuary. I also forgot to tell you that I bought loads of toys for the twins today." Harry was feeling good about himself again.
"Shall we go downstairs and join the rest of the family. I believe that Wills got Alex to send a video file of your stunt through the computer. There's food and cake for all, so what do you say that you join us." James smiled at his son.
"I'd like that." Harry smiled back. "The family gathering that is, not watching my stunt. I mean seeing it will give me nightmares, doing it was more than enough." Harry chattered away at them as they went down to join the others.
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Chapter 41
I will never do it again!
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I do not claim any of JKR's characters only that I love being able to create my own kind of mischief with her beloved characters. I do not claim any other things that are owned by other companies that I may mention once and a while in the stories...Although the original characters and ideas are mine and I loved creating them. So please review if you wish but try not to flame me too badly.
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