Chapter 6: Acceptance and Strategies
Lord's Black and Potter apparate back inside the Black's Townhouse and see Dorea and Melania talking to their portrait selves. They look up and ask what did you find out and where is Harry? Charlus just walks over and hands her the parchment with Harry's lineage tests on it and starts to speak, when Harry pops in with a smile on his face. Harry looks at his grandfather and says the first thing we need to do is look at the wards on all of the Potter and Black properties and bring them up to war time protections. Arcturus gets a grim look on his face and asks Harry why when we aren't at war, Harry simply reminds Lord Black, you weren't at war this morning in the alley and almost were the first casualties! Lord Black simply states point taken, Harry says, Lord Black we need to go to the ward room here and at Potter Castle and reset the wards. Harry asks if it will be alright if he adds to the wards when they do this because he has lost his family once and he'd be damned if he was gonna let it happen again. No one noticed but the live version of Dorea Potter had a huge smile on her face!
Dorea and Melania say at the same time,"Can this test be true, can this be real? James and Lily have just married, they haven't had a child yet? Lord Black laughs and says yea, that's what Charlus said and Sharpeye just laughed and said isn't magic a wonderful thing! Arcturus then says to Harry yes, we will go to the ward room and bring up the most powerful wards and reset the ward book on who can get in to the Black properties, and whatever wards you feel necessary to add by all means do it, I will not see Melania or Dorea threatened again! Secondly Arcturus says, from now on unless we are in a formal setting you will refer to to as Uncle or Arcturus. Melania then joins in and says you can call me Auntie or Melania, of course this leads Charlus and Dorea to add that they are Grandfather and Nana. Harry readily agrees but adds I will call each of you by your formal names when others are around that do not yet know my secrets, it wouldn't do for certain people to know who I am yet, all the while looking and smiling at Charlus and Dorea.
Now that you all know I am who I say I am and also know that I have a war to win what should I do first? Arcturus replies first we need to get the ones who attacked him and Melania in front of the Wizengamot full of veritaserum and find out all they know and put them in Azkaban. Harry tells Arcturus that this may not be possible as under the current law they would have to agree to being administered Veritaserum because they are purebloods, and they will not agree to it. Harry says they will claim they were Imperios'd and not in control of themselves, as they will say only a fool or a person under the imperious spell would attack Lord Black in broad daylight! Arcturus realizes the truth in what Harry says, and asks Harry does he have a plan? Harry says he does but to kill six Lords right after they had been "controlled" to attack Lord Black would be to suspicious. It was at this moment that the Black in his Grandmother Dorea came out to play. Dorea still has Harry's lineage test in her hands and she says we need to use this. We all know that what Harry said is true about them getting away with the attack and will try again in the future, so we need to plan how we deal with these fools. Dorea asks Harry if he has his Lordship rings from his future self and Harry holds up his right hand and the Peverell rings appears as does the Potter and then Black rings. Dorea says first thing you need to do is claim your Peverell Lordship ring here and your permanent seat on the Wizengamot at the next meeting in one week, that will give you leverage and power and it will also help the Black and Potter seats and yes Charlus you and Arcturus are gonna have to pay more attention to what is going on! They both groan at the same time but realize there are things happening that they need to be aware of. Binks pops in right at this moment and says suppers be beings ready in ten minutes so they needed to head to the dining room. As they are chatting while eating supper Dorea tells Harry that he should go to Gringott's and claim his Head of House Peverell Ring and make sure he has a copy of the test on him for when he goes to the Wizengamot. They continue to chat and ask questions of Harry for the next thirty minutes or so when Arcturus says it has been an enlightening day albeit a day that has changed them forever and will continue to change their families and the magical world of Britain! Arcturus asks Charlus and Dorea if they would stay the night and let Harry reset the wards at Potter Castle tomorrow before they return home just so Dorea and Charlus would be safe. They readily agree but they also state they are gonna insist on James and Lily staying at the castle so it would be best for now if Harry could stay with Arcturus and Melania to keep his cover. Harry says he can stay at one of the other properties but Melania was having none of that as she not only wanted him close as her nephew she felt safer knowing he was there. They all then retired for the evening to rest, read, or just contemplate what has transpired. Dorea though is hard at work on a plan to get even with those that have wronged her family! The death and destruction those houses are gonna feel with be remembered for centuries if she has anything to do with it, and no one will even think her the mastermind!
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A/N's: I do not own, lay claim to, or make any profit off of anything Harry Potter! JKR owns Harry Potter and all that entails, I just play in a very small sandbox! Also, this is my first try at writing anything other than a small sports column!
