Chapter 11: Interludes at Grimmauld Place

Molly Weasley was sitting in the kitchen at headquarters fuming over her former sons and daughter's behaviour when Kingsley Shacklebolt walked in carrying a large pile of papers.

"Ah Molly, where are the reminder of the order? A meeting must be called immediately!"

"Kingsley? I shall fire call them immediately but what is so important?"

"You'll see! Oh and don't worry about Tonks, Remus, Bill, Charlie and Severus they have already been informed."

"Very well." She said and left to fire call the others. The members of the Order of Potter walked in soon after she left, though Sirius, James and Lily were under invisibility cloaks.

The other members of the order arrived shortly after and Dumbledore himself stormed in 5 minutes later.

"Kingsley what on earth possessed you to usurp my authority and call this meeting?"

"I called this meeting due to certain matters concerning my client that need to be resolved."

"Client? What client? You work for the ministry don't you?"

"Harry James Potter. And in reply to what you asked, the young man himself hired me this afternoon as his personal bodyguard and assistant."

"Very well, what matters concerning young Harry need to be resolved?"

"Firstly, would Mr James Potter, Mrs Lily Potter and Mr Sirius Black please reveal themselves? Thank you! Now enough of that! I bring proof: blood tests done upon Messrs and Mrs Potter this afternoon by one Severus Snape. I also bring forward Mr Black's accounts of certain events that occurred in the last 2 years that only he, Mr Potter Jr or you, Professor Dumbledore could have knowledge of."

"So they are Lily, James and Sirius? Well that's wonderful. Its brilliant to see you. Now where is Harry he must go back to the Dursley's where he is safe!"

"Safe? Safe? I'll show you safe you stupid …"

"Lily calm down let me take care of this. Anyway, this brings us to our second issue. After Mr Potter received a copy of Mr Black's will several interesting facts came to light. Mr Potter, assuming that his TRUST fund and Mr Black's own funds were his only source of income, wrote to Gringotts to enquire about the state of his finances. You'll be amazed at what he found. His PERSONAL goblin, something he never knew about I might add, sent him a copy of Mr and Mrs Potter's will and an inventory of all his assets. I'm sure all of you can picture Harry's face when he finds out that not only is he the richest wizard in the world but that his parents expressly stipulated that he was not to go to the Dursleys. Mr Potter knew her sister hated magic and that her husband had been abusive to his little sister and didn't want her son anywhere near them. Furthermore, if Sirius Black or the Longbottoms were unable to take him in, he was to go to Amelia Bones, a distant relation on his father's side, Remus Lupin or Andromeda and Ted Tonks. It was also specifically stated that upon Mr Potter's 11th Birthday he was to be given full access to ALL his vaults, not just his trust fund. Furthermore, on this issue, it was stated that Albus Dumbledore was at NO time to be given control over the Potter Fortune."

"What is this nonsense? Lily and James did not write that! Of course they would wish me to control the boy's money until he was of age!"

"You talk as if we weren't here Dumbledore! And for your information, that was the last thing we wanted! The only people we trusted with the Potter fortune were the afore mentioned proposed guardians of Harry."

"James now is not the time! The 3rd issue we have to address only indirectly involves Mr Potter. Mr Potter and I were in a meeting earlier with Bill, Charlie, Fred, George, Ron and Ginny; well you can imagine our surprise when a howler from a certain member of this order was delivered. It appears that the Weasley children have all been disowned and that as far as Molly Weasley is concerned the only child she has is Harry James Potter. I'm sure you can imagine the devastation the Weasley children felt a this and the horror and anger Mr Potter felt."

"Well they were so irresponsible and they don't deserve to hold the Weasley name. And Harry IS my son as far as I am concerned. It is what he always should have been since he became friends with Ron."

"But he's not your son and he never will be! He's MY son and I fought my way back here to earth for the sole purpose of being his mum. You have NO RIGHT to take that away from me! He's my baby boy not yours! Did you give up your life for him? Did you come back here for him? Was it your face he always longed to see or your arms he always wanted to be held in? Did you bathe him and change his nappies? Did you sing him to sleep at night when he was a baby? No, it was my arms and it was I who did all those things! He is MY son not yours!"

"Well you weren't there for him after the Triwizard fiasco were you!"

"No and neither were you! You let Dumbledore send him to that hellhole where he never got the love he needed! You aren't here for him now! You aren't the one whose arms he ran to after he got back from the Diagon Alley fiasco yesterday are you? No! I am!"

"Enough Lily! As I was saying, Mr Potter was horrified by the fact that Molly Weasley could do that to her child and he was even firmer in his affirmation that she could never be his mother. Anyway, moving on, I have here 7 sets of forms concerning this unfortunate matter. The first sets are papers Harry took out against Molly. They are a set of restraining orders stating that she is not allowed within 50 metres of him unless he is accompanied by one of his parents. The other six sets are papers signed by Mr and Mrs Potter adopting the 6 former Weasley's into their family. They are also signed by Harry as head of the Potter Family, due to the fact Gringotts and many other Wizarding establishments are unlikely to accept the fact that his parents have returned. Harry now has the family he has always longed for and is very happy."

"What? Why would Harry do that?"

"Because Molly he doesn't want to be manipulated anymore and he wants a family! Furthermore, he sees past your affirmations of love and sees only greed for his power and fortune! He now has both of the before mentioned wishes and is free from your greedy hands! Now moving swiftly on to the last issue. As of tonight I hand in my resignation from the Order of the Phoenix, as do James, Lily, Sirius, Remus, Tonks, Bill, Severus and Charlie. You will be allowed to use this house for your meetings but will be expected to pay 4 galleons a month to Mr Potter. This money will be put into his newly created war orphans fund. Thank you for listening tonight and goodbye." Kingsley said and left the room closely followed by the remaining members of the Order of Potter and apparated back to the Manor. They left behind a shocked group of adults who broke out into an uproar just as the Potters and their family apparated out. However what none of them knew was that Fred was there too hidden under the invisibility cloak in order to help supporters to Potter Manor if indeed there were any!