"Of course they can. I will see you latter at school, Draco. May you have a pleasant summer, at least what is left of it. Come Aunt Petunia everything is done here and I wish to get home before Uncle Vernon gets home. We will have to have along talk with him. Good Day." Harry said as he held out his arm for Petunia to take and they left the room.
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Chapter Four : The Talk
Back at Privet Drive
The car pulled into the garage. After the garage door closed both occupants got out. Harry went to the trunk and started to pull out crates full of paper and Petunia went inside the house. When all the crates were out of the trunk Harry started to move them into the house. After Harry had all the crates in the house he looked at the time, it was Four in the afternoon.
"Aunt, Vernon said that he would take the bus today right?" Harry asked.
"Yes, When I told him that I needed to go to the doctor and get groceries he told me to take the car. He should be back in two hours if he is still trying to pretend that he has his job. Why did he hide this from us?" Petunia asked as she sat down on one of the kitchen chairs.
"Vernon is a proud man. For what ever reason he lost his job he is still a proud man. He most likely thought that he could find another job before anybody found out. He is much like the yangsidhe in that, family is everything to him, you chose well in your mate. Hopefully he can overcome his dislike of magic and accept his family now. If not then I will take care of our family as is our way." Harry said to Petunia.
"So the collective memory of the yangsidhe is comeing back to you. Once the shock wore off from this morning I started to wonder why you were being so nice. Then that child removed the curse block on me and I knew. We are yangsidhe and family is everything to us. It is the duty of the head of the family to protect the family. Right now you are the head of the family. My actions of the past I..." Petunia said and was interupted by Harry.
"What is past is past. You did not have access to the memories and I only had a vague feeling about them. The spell Dumbledore had me under could have done so much more damage then it did. What is done is done though. Now we go on." Harry said.
"Of course, Lord, what of your job?" Petunia asked.
"I am certain they can find someone else to clean up the construction site. It is not like a person has to understand more then how to use a wheelbarrow and a shovel. I only got the job so I could get out of the house and now I have more improtant things to do. Like sort through all these papers. Griphook said that he put folders of my properties in here somewhere." Harry said as he started to look through the crates.
"Is there anything that I can do?" Petunia asked.
"Not really. How about you call the Polkiss house and see if Dudley is there. He should be home when Vernon gets here. He has just as much right to know about this as anyother, if not more since it will affect him to." Harry said. Petunia nodded and went to phone around for Dudley. Harry looked around at the kitchen, his crates in the corner, dinner still had to be made, and his aunt would be on bed rest soon. Harry thought about how he was going to deal with all of this, of course, "Dobby!"
Harry was suddenly tackled around the knees. "Mr. Harry Potter, Sir. You called Dobby and Dobby here." Dobby said. "What can Dobby do for Mr. Harry...Sidhe." Dobby said when he looked at Harry. Dobby's ears dropped and his eyes grew wide.
"Dobby, I am a yangsidhe, not sidhe. Do not fear me, please. How have you and the other children of water been?" Harry asked.
"We have been fine, young child of fire. Why have you asked me here?" Dobby asked.
"I need aid. Would you and your chosen be willing to help me?" Harry asked.
"You will follow the old ways?" Dobby asked. Harry nodded. "I will get Winky. We should be here shortly." Dobby said.
"Thank you Dobby." Harry said as Dobby popped out of the room. Harry waved his hand at the table and the things for the bonding ceremony of fire and water appeared. Two candles appeared at the ends of the table with two bowls between them. All that was needed was one other person for the ceremony. Harry went to get Petunia.
"Thank You!" Petunia said as she hung up the phone. "Dudley was at the Polkiss house. He will be home in about fifteen minutes." Petunia said to Harry.
"Good. We will have time to do the ceremony before he gets home." Harry said as he led Petunia into the kitchen.
"Ceremony? What... Oh, the ceremony of bonding. You have invited children of water into our house. Thank you. I will change into formal wear." Petunia said. She waved her hand and changed into a formal kimono that had four layers. The inner layer was peach, then ice blue, then lavender, and the top layer was lilac. Her obi was royal purple and her outer layer had a crane and water lily motif on it in gold. She waved her hand at her hair and it went up into a bun with gold and silver combs in it. As she finished two pops were heard.
Dobby and Winky arrived. Dobby had changed out of his collection of socks and hats into a formal kimono in aqua green with a harbor motif in foam white. Winky had changed out of the dress that she got from Crouch to dismiss her into a two layer formal kimono. The inner layer was sea blue and the outer layer was sea green with a reed motif in foam white. Both parties bowed to eachother and went to the table. Harry and Petunia took their places by the candles while Dobby and Winky took their places by the bowls. Ten minutes latter the completely silent ceremony was complete. Harry talked with Dobby and Winky about their duties to his family and asked Dobby to warn the tjisidhe of Malfoy Manor about Angel. Just as Dobby went to Malfoy Manor the door opened and Dudley came home.
When Dudley saw his mother and cousin he freaked. It took several minutes to calm him down but once calmed they all sat in the living room and talked about everything that happened that day. Over the course of an hour they talked about the doctor's appointment, the grocer's, Diagon Alley, The Will, and Angel. After that Dudley came to accept the changes and started to ask question about his yangsidhe heiritage. They answered his questions as well as they could. Then they settled down to wait for Vernon to come home.
At six o'clock the door opened and Vernon came in. "I am home. I have had a hard day at work today." said Vernon from the hall.
"Oh.. Really?" Petunia said from the living room. Vernon stopped taking his coat off when he heard her speak.
"Uncle, please join us?" Harry said from the living room.
"I can explain!" Vernon said.
'WE are all ears in here." Dudley said from the living room. Vernon realised that they had found out. He finished taking off his coat and went into the living room.
"What have you done to my family, Freak" Vernon yelled.
"You married into My family. Aunt Petunia was very upset this morning when she found out that you lost your job. You said that you could explain. After you tell us how you lost your job I will tell you about all this." Harry said to Vernon while indicating his ears.
"You had better. The depression happened. They had to cut back. They cut the workforce down to a quarter of what it was. Over half the management went, I was the last to be fired. It was between me and the bosses son and he is still there. I thought that with my qualifications I would be able to get a new job fast. I have been looking for the last month and a half. I am so sorry that I did not tell you earlier." Vernon said to the room.
"I guess it is now my turn..." Harry said and over the next half an hour explained everything to Vernon.
"So your yangshe and a half she took a curse block off my wife, and my future children are the king and queen of the magical world. And to top it off the person that was suppose to teach you how to deal with all the business stuff that you own did not teach you." Vernon said after Harry finished talking.
"Yes that pretty well sums up what I said. Umh.. If you can not say Sidhe then you can just say Elves. We are Fire Elves, Winky there is a Water Elf, and Angel, the girl I told you about, is a Sky Elf, half Sky Elf. Now Winky what is it?" Harry said to Vernon and Winky.
"The Healer is at the door. Should I let him in?" Winky asked.
"Yes Winky. I took the liberty of hiring a personal Healer for Aunt Petunia." Harry said.
"That is good. How about we have supper and then we can talk about your learning business management." Vernon said as he got up from his chair.
"Sounds good to me." Harry said as he also got up and helped Petunia up from her seat. They went into the dining room and met the Healer. He introduced himself as Healer Cormwell and insisied on doing an exam of Petunia. After three minutes he confirmed everything that Madam Pomfrey had said and informed them that he was quite happy to take the position of personal Healer to Petunia. They all sat down and ate supper. After they had finished eating Harry and Vernon went into the living room and started to go through all the paperwork that Harry had brought back from the bank. They found personal letters from Harry's friends, printouts from muggle companies that Harry owned or had large investments in, deeds to properties that Harry handed to Petunia after checking them, and copies of Sirius' Will and The Potter's Will. When Harry saw this he was out raged. It took everybody there to calm him down enough to find out what got him so mad. When they asked Harry just handed them the Potter's Will tho read.
They read the will and were shocked and out raged themselves. "According to this we were not to meet untill you turned eleven, after your first year. You were suppose to stay with one of those people at the will reading or your godfather. That man that put you with us knew about this and still went against your parents wishes. What should we do about this?" Petunia aksed.
"He knows where we live. We will be moving in the morning. I can use magic now so I will shrink all the stuff in the house. Aunt Petunia look through all those deeds and pick one. That will be our new home. Thankfully Vernon lost his job, so Dumbledore can not find us by following him home from work and Dudley will not be going back to Smeltings. I will have him enrolled in Eton by September. Now if you all do not mind I have some letters to write." Harry said to everybody in the room.
"Of course." Everybody said. Petunia went over to the stack of deeds and started to look through them. Vernon kept sorting out the papers, finding more deeds and personal letters. Dudley went to his room and started to sort out his stuff. Healer Cormwell went into the kitchen to talk to Winky and Dobby about special diets for Petunia and Dudley. Harry took out ink, quill, and parchment and started to write letters to his friends explaining to them why he did not write them sooner. He also looked through the Potter's Will and started to write to the people that were to get something from it. He found the needed deeds that were to go to other people and, after copying the will, he placed the letters in envelopes. He called Hedwig to him and sent the letters out.
"I have found a property that willl suit our needs." Petunia said.
"Lets see." Harry said holding out his hand for the deed. Petunia handed over the deed and Harry looked it over. "Hm... Yes this will do. You picked a Manor that has quite afew wards already in place and Dumbledore would not know about this place. Thank you aunt. Healer Cormwell could you come out here please." Harry said.
"Yes Harry what do you need?" Cormwell asked.
"Do you know where this is?" Harry asked as he handed over the deed.
"Yes this is the old Evens Manor. It is right next to Malfoy Manor." Healer Cormwell said.
"That is where we are moving to in the morning. Now it is late so everybody that needs more then two hours of rest better get to bed. We have a busy day tomorrow." Harry said and everybody went to their beds.
Malfoy Manor - six o'clock p.m
The Kight Bus dropped off four people at the enterance gates of Malfoy Manor. They started to walk up the driveway, the sandy-blond haired and blue eyed woman with them looked around in awe. The Manor was white marble with statues and fountains in front of it and hedgerows lining the drive. As they got closer she could see that it was three stories tall with a double door made of oak. 'This place is huge' she thought.
"Welcome to my home Candy and Angel." Draco said to the woman and a girl with her.
"Your home but.." Candy said.
"I will explain later, Ok." Draco said. Candy looked at Draco and nodded. They entered the manor and saw all the house elves in the entery hall. The house elves told them that they were informed about Draco coming home and would have supper on the table in thirty minutes. Candy and Angel were led to their rooms to freshen up.
Thirty minutes later they were in the dining room. Sitting around a table that could easily hold fifty people around it. Angel was at one end of the table with four house elves sitting with her. The rest of them were sitting at the other end of the table when the food appeared. They all ate their fill and when the dessert appeared they started to talk.
"Dragon what is this all about?" Candy asked.
"My name is Draco Malfoy. I just found out that my family has a little something in its family coda that says that if a present Lord can not continue in His duty for a month or more then His heir becomes Lord. My father was the Lord a little over a month ago my father was arrested, my father is the type to through money to make things go away, my mother knew about this thing and when I was injured and stayed in the hospital my mother removed all the family money from the bank. What mother did not know was that father made me empty my personal account into the family accounts so when she emptied the accounts she thought that I still had my own money and she went into hiding. You know the rest." Draco said to Candy.
"Ya... So where were you?" Candy asked Narcissa.
"After making certain that Draco was taken care of at the hospital. I went to the bank and took all the money out. Then I got a room at the Severed Hand. I know that place makes the place that you were staying at look like a luxury hotel but it was the last place your father would look for me if he got out. I kept up with the news, if he got out I was going to pick you up at your godfathers and we would go some place, and start over. You see in our culture the only way to get out of a marrage is if your husband wishes it or the head of your family allows it. My husband is the type that does not give up his possessions and I was his possession. I know that you were Prostitutes and in away so was I. Now we can put that behind us and start over." Narcissa said. They talked for alittle while longer and then went to bed.
Order Headquarters - nine o'clock p.m.
Almost all the Order was there only two more order members and they would be ready to talk about the will. Those that were already there were talking amonst themselves when the last two members came in.
"Where have you two been?" Dumbledore asked. "I called for the meeting three hours ago."
"The Ministry was informed about the Empirial line showing up again. So for the past five hours we have been going over Royal protocol and getting fitted for our new uniforms. Tonks and I are hungry, tired, and would like to get to our beds but we are here." Shacklebolt said as he and Tonks sat down. Molly put dishes in front of them and they started to eat.
"Very well lets..." Dumbledore started to say as Hedwig flew in.
"That's Hedwig, Harry's owl with a stack of letters." Ron said as Hedwig landed in front of Hermione to remove the letters.
"Do not touch those they maybe trapped." Dumbledore said.
"If it was any other owl but Hedwig I would agree with you but this is Hedwig. She would not allow anybody to touch her letters without her getting hurt first." Hermione said as she untied the letters. "Since she was not hurt these came from Harry. Now I will hand them out. Red envelopes... well this one is for Severus Snape, Remus Lupin, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, The Longbottoms, and Moody. Normal envelopes.. for Ron, Ginny, Me, Neville, and Luna. Those two and the Longbottom letters will have to be forwarded to them. A grey envelope for Dumbledore. Last but not least two blue envelopes for Shacklebolt and Tonks." Hermione said as she was handing the letters out. Shacklebolt and Tonks stopped eating as soon as they heard the colour of their mail and snached the letters away from Hermione's hand. They opened the letters quickly and read through them.
Both Tonks and Shacklebolt got up and took out their wands. "Dumbledore do you wish to read your letter?" Shacklebolt asked. Dumbledore looked between the two Aurors and picked up his letter. He broke the seal and started to read the letter. "Albus Dumbledore you are under arrest for High Treason by the order of the Lord Regent. Will you come quietly?" Shacklebolt asked as Dumbledore finished reading.
"And if I do not?" Dumbledore asked.
"Then by dawn, Your family will be arrested, the press will have the story out, and you will be hunted by everybody in the wizarding world. If you come quietly your family will not be bothered." Shacklebolt said. By this time everybody was quietly talking amonst themselves and those that got letters from Harry were reading their letters. The letter resipiants had looks of shock and out rage on their faces as they read.
Dumbledore looked around to see if he had any support in the room. He realised that everybody now knew about his actions. Severus looked at him as if he were a potions mistake and he knew that Severus was told about his stopping the money for his research. Molly, Auther, and Remus looked like they were going to start screaming at him. Moody had his wand out and pointed at Dumbledore. The children looked at Dumbledore like he was Umbridge, with disgust clearly writen on their faces. "Very well I will come Quietly. Shall we go Mr. Shacklebolt and Ms. Tonks." Dumbledore said as he got up from his chair.
Tonks put magical restraints on Dumbledore and they left the room. Everybody talked about the letters for another two hours and then went to bed.
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