Lord Harry Potter
Day 11 Dinner for ten anyone?
Everyone met the next morning at 8 am for the usual breakfast in the small dining room where Hedwig flew in with the Weasley's reply.
Dear Harry, We'd all be very happy to come for dinner and Ginny adds that she would also like to accept your invitation to stay. I expect she's a bit bored actually, what with the twins always at that shop of theirs and everyone else away. Looking forward to dinner.
With love Mrs Weasley
"Well that's really good news, Ginny's going to stay with us after tea, William we'll need a guest room made up for her please." Asked Harry
"We'll probably need to get her a dress for the ball too Harry." Hermione said with a glance at Ron.
"More shopping, no, please no more, I'll start to go all fruity." Groaned Neville
"It's alright Neville we don't have to go, the girls can take Ginny by themselves next week and we'll do something else too." Harry said "Well I think we might be able to finish the house today, set Rose fixing in the gallery and the elves in the bathrooms please William and maybe Mary in the cupboards, well handle the last 2 guest rooms ourselves.
"Off course Sir, and I've organised those people to see you at 10 in the large office." Said the butler
"Oh I forgot about them, could you fetch me when they arrive please William?"
"Yes Sir"
The friends started their usual cleaning and had only trouble with a rather large burn in the floor of a room.
"It isn't coming off Harry" Luna admitted
"What isn't…oh maybe Mrs Other might know a charm later"
At 10 William announced "Your guest have arrived Harry" and so Harry went to meet them while the others continued on the room.
"Mr Potter this is Mr Trench your Lawyer and Mr Count a accountant." Introduced the butler
"Thankyou William, that will be all, Please Sit" Harry indicated "The reason I've asked you here Mr Trench is for you to give a better overview of my estate, as I am at a loss to find the documents, and Mr Count I wish to hire your services to help manage my finances, If you'd like to start Mr Trench."
"It's Doug, Mr Potter, and well obviously the estate entails quite a lot not just this Home but also the 1000 acres encircling it which have been leased ever since the house was vacant, but that's really a very small part of your estate, there's quite a lot of money tied up in shares and bonds around £1,000,000,000 which brings an income of around £40,000,000 per annum. There's also a summer residence in the Isle, "Glenwise cottage" and a town house in London where the family spent there winters there's a few cooperate investments of land, the farmhouse on that far hill you can see through the window, around 10 of the cottages in the village of Glenwise and an apartment building in Bath. There's a art collection in storage and some valuable items in Her majesties treasury Jewels and the such while there's also the bank accounts, a trust of, £20,000,000 that is locked in if you ever go bankrupt. Your personal account you already know about while there's also a larger one with the income over the last 5 years. Oh and a race horse was also an asset but it passed last year. That's it I'm afraid heres the documents, anyway if that's all I must be going it's a long drive back and all.
After managing to close his jaw Harry said "Yes... that's fine thankyou very much, that was very ah informative"
Mr Trench exits. Leaving a very shocked Harry and Mr Count.
"We'll Mr Count I thought I would need your services, but it appears I was wrong, I might need to hire your whole office" Harry admitted.
"I see that Sir, I defiantly see that." Mr Count said
"Well I better make some decisions, first I think ill need a credit card and a debit account, with a £100,000 and ah, a household account for Mr While and Mrs Other to manage the place with, put £100,000 in that too. Do you think also you could hire a stock broker to manage the shares? That's about it for now, I think I need to lie down. Thankyou." Harry managed.
"Offcourse sir, offcourse, I'll do that right away." Came the reply before the man stumbled out of the room still, clearly a bit shocked as well.
Harry started talking to himself "We'll really the 30 million was shock enough after living in a cupboard for 11 years, but a billion in shares lord spare us, what the hell am I going to do with 40 million a year." He was still mumbling 30 minutes later when William came to announce Lunch.
"Is everything alright sir?" enquired the man
"I suppose, just a bit of a shock you know, I knew I was wealthy 2 weeks ago but this, how will I spend it"
"If you will forgive me Sir, I have never come across anyone who gave that response."
"Yes, I suppose not many people do react this way do they. Oh well Lunch you said?"
"Yes Sir"
"Right oh"
After sitting down at lunch Hermione asked "Are you alright Harry you look a little pale"
"Oh I'm fine Hermione I doubt I could be anything but fine from now on" came Harry's odd response to which Hermione only worried more.
"Well we finished the guestrooms Harry." Neville Said
"That great and Thankyou for helping you guys it would have taken years without you"
"Your welcome Harry, we were happy to help and it has had its good points." Luna said "Our clothes arrived form London not long ago and I've never worn such nice things, designer labels, Gucci, Prada, and Chiffon. Yes it was defiantly worth it."
Laughter followed Luna speech and soon Harry recovered from his shock.
"So what are we going to do this afternoon?" asked Ron
"I don't know" admitted Harry "Anything you want"
"Cool, well then how about that play station 2 you brought Harry?" asked Neville
"Yeah sure, play station tournaments all afternoon then" Harry added happily
After managing to set the thing up, Harry bet Neville at a fighting game while Ron watched nervously before having a go himself and managing to beat Harry, 2 hours later he still wouldn't stop until Hermione had a go and thrashed him. "What, I have one at home" she admitted. Everyone had a good time pigging out on junk food and relaxing until 4 when Mary announced that dinner would be at 6 and advised them to get ready now so they could meet the Weasley's in the parlour before dinner.
When Harry arrived in his room he saw the new clothes over the back of a chair and decided to wear some smart pants and a blue shirt and when he came back down to the parlour he noticed he wasn't the only one. Ron had a new shirt on over some jeans and Neville had green shirt and cream pants while Luna had gone with a smart black top and white skirt. Everyone commented that Hermione wasn't down yet until they saw her at the top of the stairs where she stood in a light white summer dress with her hair out to which you could have heard jaws drop.
"Bugs will fly in if you don't shut your mouths" Hermione said as she reached the bottom step.
"Hermione WOW" said Luna said simply "WOW"
"Mary helped with the hair and I thought I'd try it, You don't think its to much?" She asked shyly
"NO" Said all three boys. Hermione laughed.
"It's absolutely perfect" Harry said offering his arm "You look…wow"
"I was hoping" she mumbled as he led her to the parlour and at 5 pm the Weasley's arrived including Molly, Arthur, Ginny, George and Fred.
"Welcome, It's great to see you" Started Harry
"And its great to see you too? How have you been? Where is that Son of mine It feels like I haven't seen him in weeks" asked Mrs Weasley.
"Over here Mum" Ron said from beside the fireplace.
"Oh my you do look very smart, don't you, and you boys too you didn't have to dress up for us." She added
"We thought it'd be fun to wear some of our new clothes to dinner."
"It is nice to dress up once in a while isn't it" said Arthur
Luna told Ginny "It's alright to leave the suitcase there, William will take it to your room later."
"O.K thanks… who's William?"
"The butler" Neville said simply and went over to help Fred and George close there mouths after seeing Hermione.
"Wow Hermione WOW" Said Fred.
"I'll say" came George
"OH boys stop staring at Hermione, though you do look very beautiful dear" she said to Hermione.
AT 6 William came and announced that dinner was served to the great shock of Mrs Weasley and upon entering the dining room and viewing the cutlery service of 8 pieces she stumbled slightly to her chair which Mr Weasley helped her to as Ron drew the chair for Luna, Harry for Hermione and Neville to a shocked Ginny.
Mrs Weasley recovered enough through the first course and was soon telling Luna about Charlie and the Dragons in Romania. Mr Weasley talked to Harry about the ministry.
"Well you know Dumbledore was running it through the war after Fudge fled, but as soon as it was over he said he wouldn't do it again for the world so now Madame Bones is acting as minister until the elections next week. Swamped as anything, huge surprise, offcourse no one thought Fudge really did anything, never saw him write a letter. He delegated a lot apparently but Bones is trying to do the world, if she's not careful she'll breakdown by tuesday. Huge jumble though the election no ones come forward for the job well Percy has obviously and Dumbledore put my name in, though I don't stand a chance old McConk's running but he's an unspeakable so no one knows who he is, Mad Eye's getting a look in been reappointed with honours though I expect you've heard that, Kerry Roak from the office of sports and Jeremy Fitz from the Auror department. Smallest list of candidates since the 1700's. You'll all have to vote next thursday too, now that your of age.'
"Really, where do we go to vote?" asked Neville
"Oh, anywhere really, all the owl offices, the three broomsticks, the ministry and the leaky cauldron." Arthur answered
Hermione was chatting with Ginny about all the cleaning they did and the shopping trip the girls were going to take next week. After they'd had a desert of chocolate mud cake Mrs Weasly asked William who had cooked.
"Winky the house elf is our cook ma'am, though the housekeeper made the cake, her specialty actually." Came the reply
Harry invited everyone for coffee in the Lounge where Mary had lit a fire and William spelled the tea trolley to pour itself.
Molly whispered to Ron "How many people actually work here?"
"Oh well there's the 3 elves Winky cooks, dobby helps Harry and Trixie is a maid, then there's a Gardner, repairer, housekeeper and butler." Ron answered and Mrs Weasley asked William for a small brandy for the shock at 8 pm the Weasley's bid goodbye and flooed home. Soon after everyone went up to bed exhausted from their day.