A/N: thank you all for the reviews; I really like them, even the not so positive ones. I do however would like some more information. I do appreciate your opinions but I would also like to know why. You can always send me a pm. I'm not saying that I will be agreeing with you. But I promise I will listen. I can only learn.
Harry potter is not mine this is a story from a fan.
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With a little over two days to go Harry was bending over a very big piece of parchment. Even if he was very happy whit Sirius back at Potter castle, he had a lot of other things to do. One of those things was his wife to be that was in Azkaban. He had an idea to make her life a little better. The only problem was he had to keep it all to himself and between him and Snot. The other problem was to make a plan to get into Hogwarts; it was not only him but also Arabella, his friends and all the other members because they wouldn't let him go alone. And on top of that he had to do it without Albus knowing about it and that was a major problem. With all those portraits in the castle, there wasn't a way to get by them without being seen.
The simple way was to pop into the castle with the help of the house elves. But the problem with that would be that Albus would be warned by the wards that are around the castle. So that idea was a bust.
James did remember a special tunnel that went from the shrieking shack to the castle. Sirius had the same idea but he remembered a tunnel from Zonko's to the castle. The problem with this however was that the friends never went to Hogsmeade so they didn't know what James and Sirius were talking about. But it had also been the only two ideas that had some chance of working.
As Harry was rubbing his eyes he glazed at the clock. It was only one more day before the ritual had to start, if not they have to wait another year. But then they couldn't be sure that the ingredients Arabella got would still be fresh enough. No, the one day they had was not long enough.
As Harry went on whit his planning he didn't see the looks Bella and Daphne were throwing on him. Both of the girls were looking at him with wonder and a fare bit of pride.
Amelia and Isabella were looking at the girls and Isabella told Amelia about the pride feeling she felt coming from the girls. So they decided to sit down with them and ask what they were doing. "So Girls is there something you don't like about your future husband now that you have him" Amelia asked them very softly.
Daphne and Bella were both a little startled but they didn't show it to them. Daphne turned her head a little to Amelia but kept an eye on Harry.
"Are you going to tell us what you are thinking or is it a secret" Isabella asked them just as softly as Amelia had done.
The girls didn't answer immediately but kept looking at Harry, it was Bella who started to talk first. "We were just talking about Harry and also how lucky we are to have him. If we only think about the things he went through in his life. And after all of that he still remains sweet and loving towards us, even if he himself doesn't see it that way. He is always protecting us and even saying sorry even if it isn't his fault. We have seen it so many times, he doesn't think he is better than anyone ells. No, if we would let him he would always tell he is less. Above all he is a friend to everyone and not only humans, carrying all the troubles of everyone on his back and he just doesn't complain about it".
It was after those words that Bella held her tongue and Daphne went on. "The last time he saved us was at the restaurant. Now I have never seen or hear of a wizard that was that strong when he was so young or so mad. I know my father has trouble fighting him but this time he would have lost within a second. It was after that fight the he again felt that he was responsible for the hurt we were feeling. Responsible for what that animal named Lucius has done to us and to his wife Narcissa. We know that it was not his fault but still he felt responsible for it. Then there were the things Lucius had done to him, but those things he didn't care about. He did care that my little sister didn't see his scars. This time it wasn't because he was embarrass about them. NO, he didn't want to hurt her when or if she saw them".
Just like before Bella took over from Daphne without a word. "He has always been like this with everyone. Even when it was the two of us he always took the hard road. When someone was being hurt, he would go and help them. He would not only do it for me but also for those who couldn't do it for themselves, even if it meant that he would end up with the beating. He will help anyone even if he doesn't know them".
And again it was Daphne who took over. "It is also the way he brought us all together. It was clear from the first moment you saw Hermione, she would be bullied because she is very smart. He took care of that by just taking her into the group just like he had done with all of us. Neville couldn't make any real friends because his grandmother is very protective of him and very scary".
Both Amelia and Isabella had to suppressed a giggle.
"But he also took in Susan who had almost no friends, because her aunt is the head of the DMLE. Most parents would just send her away because they were afraid of the law, or of the assumption that Susan would spy for her". Daphne didn't see the hurt look Amelia gave her as she told them that little bit of what they didn't know. "I myself didn't dare to make any friends because as an heir I had to be a proper lady. It also meant that the friends I made had to be the good ones or the name Greengrass would be disgraced. But then there was Harry who just put us all to gather and sat quietly in the corner of the compartment. Whit that one gesture he gave us all what we wanted the most, Friends".
Daphne had a little smile as Bella took it over. "It was a little later on the first trip with the Hogwarts express that Harry did what he always does. He stood eye to eye with Draco Malfoy and protected us. Just like he always does and always will. He did it with Ginny; he does it every time with me when Voldemort attacks my mind. All because it is the way he is".
Daphne took the hand from Bella and squeezed it a little and went on. "He gives and gives but never ask for anything in return. But just when you think you have everything behind you we find Lady Hogwarts and he goes and does what he does best and helps her".
As both girls let out a sigh Bella said. "All this and still there are so many people that want to hurt him, just because he is the boy who lived. Still he stays sweet and caring for all of us".
"Just look at the way he is with my sister" Daphne said. "If I look at the last two years and Bella at the last five, there is nothing else we could do then love him. It is the one thing he gives us even if he himself things he is not, that just makes us love him even more.
With those final words both Amelia and Isabella knew what both of the girls had meant by the words they said. Harry had touched them in the same way. His selflessness and willingness to put himself in danger made them love him just as much. Even if it was stupid in the way he did it. The thing that gave him even more points was the way he handled the situation with Ginny. Sure it had been all the friends to gather but it still was his name that was on the line. No he was a real gentleman while any other boy would do things they didn't dare to dream about.
As Bella and Daphne started to help Harry, Isabella and Amelia went over to the other room to talk a little bit more.
It was two hours later that Bella and Daphne dragged a reluctant Harry to bed. Tomorrow would be the day they went to Hogwarts, plan or not. But before that could happen Harry had to go to Gringotts because he had promise that to Lady Hogwarts. It had something to do with Hogwarts being his and because she had used the magic of Hogwarts to protect him. Frankly they didn't understand that bit at all, but it would be the last thing they had to do before they gave her a body.
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The next morning at ten o clock Minerva said goodbye to Harry Bella and Padfoot. She herself would go to Hogwarts to try and get Albus away from that place for one final time.
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Daphne and Susan who had arrived early that morning started to get the things together they would need at Hogwarts. They were helped by Remus who had a break from his job at Arabella's store. He could not help long but he did do the heavy lifting and brought the heaviest stuff into the hallway where house elves would take it to Hogwarts. The one thing that always puzzled them was that Remus was always trying to avoid talking to Harry. He did say things but it was always very short and very little.
Slowly the others would start to arrive. First there were Neville and his grandmother. Augusta just dropped Neville off immediately went after Minerva.
Next was Amelia who had gone to gather Hermione and her parents. Finally there was Isabella after she had brought Astoria away to have a sleepover by a friend.
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Bella held the hand of Harry as they made their way through Diagon alley. Padfoot was jumping around them just being happy to be outside. As they entered Gringotts Harry was immediately recognised by most of the customers in the bank. But as people started to walk towards Harry, the Goblins started to guide them to the office of Bogrod. Fortunately for them nobody seemed to recognised Sirius.
In the office of Bogrod it was a completely different story. The moment Padfoot walked into the office he was held standing with an axe at the back of his head.
The goblin holding the axe only growled at Sirius but didn't say anything. "Well Harry do you think I have scared Sirius enough or should I let the guard keep the axe there a little longer" Bogrod whispered in the ear of Harry.
Harry looked a little bit surprised but then remembered that Bogrod had been friends with his mother so he would know the Animagus form of Sirius. "I don't know Bogrod; you never know it is still a dog".
Sirius looked up at Harry and showed his teeth.
"Bad Dog" Bogrod said as he lifted the axe away with a hand of his own.
"Say Bogrod, how did you know it was Sirius" Bella asked after the guard had left the office.
Sirius smiled at them when he turned back in his human form. "Well Bella Bogrod knows I'm Padfoot because James and I have taught him how to be one himself".
"Really" Bella almost screamed. "What animal are you".
As soon as she said it Sirius fell from his chair and held on to his ribs from laughter.
Bogrod looked a little angry but also with a little smile. But then again a smile on a Goblin wasn't really a calming thing. "Sirius you do know that I can ask one of my Goblins to go to the ministry".
This made sure Sirius sat up on the floor but held his hands on his mouth and sniggered on.
Bogrod turned his head to Bella "Bella the day I found out what animal I was, was not a nice revelation".
Bella frowned at Bogrod and Bogrod smiled a little wider. "Bella No one really knows what kind of animal they become. Sure you know if you are a dog or cat or a big animal like an elephant. Now I knew I would be a small animal and I was hoping for a scorpion".
"And are you".
"No Bella I'm not, I'm a stick insect".
So Harry and Bella accompanied Sirius on the floor.
Bogrod had to wait for almost ten minutes before he could go on with business. He did however make a mental note to never ever mention his Animagus form again.
"Harry, friend of Goblins. What is it I can do for you today".
Harry looked at Bella and smiled broadly because he knew that he knew something Bogrod didn't. "Well Bogrod my dear friend, I want to have another inheritance test done. I recently learned that because of Magic my family has grown much bigger than we originally thought. I even learned that there are things that even the Goblins don't know and I only found that out a couple of weeks ago".
Bogrod raised one of his eyebrows and looked at Harry with a calculating look. Harry didn't avoid the look and gazed right back into the eyes of Bogrod. It was a little Battle they often played and it was a thing that gained respect with Goblins. The gaze Bogrod received was enough to know that Harry wasn't pulling his leg. From the bottom draw of his desk he took a new piece of parchment and another knife. The knife was a little different than the one he had used before.
Bogrod saw the eyes of Harry looking at the knife and knew he had to explain. "This knife is a little different then the other knife. As you know we took a little bit of blood to look at your heritage. Now with this knife we do the same but will not only take blood. No, with this knife we will also take a little bit of your magic".
Harry nodded and took the knife from Bogrod. As he cut his finger he could feel a little pull on his magic. Slowly his blood dripped on the parchment and he could see words appearing.
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Harry James Potter.
Lord of the ancient and noble house of Potter.
Lord of the ancient and noble house of Gryffindor.
Lord of the ancient and noble house of Peverell.
Heir to.
Heir to the ancient and noble house of McGonagall.
Heir to the ancient and noble house of Slytherin.
Heir to the ancient and noble house of Hufflepuff.
Heir to the ancient and noble house of Ravenclaw.
Heir to the ancient and noble house of Hogwarts.
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The words had just appeared on the piece of parchment when the small ring of house Gryffindor appeared on his finger. A little startled he laid his hand flat on the table so they all could see it. Just as he laid his hand on the table three other rings appeared on his finger.
As they all came a little closer they saw the four rings merge into one bigger ring. "That is the crest of Hogwarts" Bella said in a near whisper. The bigger ring disappeared again and a small one replaced it.
It was now that Harry knew that it had worked just like Lady Hogwarts had told him. If he did the inherits test again he would be Lord Hogwarts.
Bogrod sat on the other side of the desk and was shaking his head. Never in all the time he was at Gringotts had he seen rings with a mind of their own.
Harry took the knife from the table and asked Bogrod for another piece of parchment. Slowly he cut his hand and again felt the pull on his magic. As he watched his blood dropped he looked at the words that were appearing on the parchment.
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King Harry James Potter of Hogwarts,
Lord of the ancient and noble house of Potter,
Lord of the ancient and noble house of Gryffindor,
Lord of the ancient and noble house of Peverell,
Lord of the ancient and noble house of Slytherin,
Lord of the ancient and noble house of Hufflepuff,
Lord of the ancient and noble house of Ravenclaw,
Heir to,
Heir to the ancient and noble house of McGonagall,
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When his name was revealed he had to gasp for breath. Bella looked over his side at the parchment and let her eyes go wide.
Sirius started laughing. "I don't know what it means but it's going to be one hell of a story".
The only one who hadn't responded was Bogrod. His eyes were wide and his mind was working overtime. He in contrast to the others knew what it meant and also what it would do to Harry when it all came out in the open. He also knew what it would mean to his race of Goblins. Slowly he stood up from his chair and walked around his desk.
Harry who had saw the movement stood as he saw Bogrod walking to him, His mind wondering what it all meant but stood because it was the polite thing to do.
Bogrod was slowly walking towards Harry. As he came in front of him he dropped down to one knee then the other. He bended forward with his head to the ground and stretched out his arms to the feet of Harry "Your majesty of the realm of Hogwarts. Welcome back between us, May you rule the land and the lake on it". Slowly Bogrod lifted his head as he looked at Harry.
Harry still didn't know what it all meant and bend down to help Bogrod back to his feet. As he watched Bogrod go back to his seat he was wondering why he had become a king and not a lord like he thought he would.
"Harry I know it is strange and a lot to take in. I however have heard of a legend about the king of Hogwarts. It said it was Merlin who was the first and only king. Now the legend was past between seer after seer and it said that after Merlin another king would rise but it didn't say when or how. I myself have heard the story from my grandfather and he told me that when the new king should come, we would all become equal again. We Goblins must bow to said king and be loyal to him for it will make us great again. Then again it does not mean that you are king of England or even the magical world. It has something to do with the grounds around Hogwarts but we don't know anything about that".
It was after those words that Harry left the office with the parchment of the inheritance test pressed in the pocket of his one good cloak.
In the hall way Bella and Harry waited for Sirius to settle his own business with Gringotts just thinking about the thing that had just happened.
It was almost an hour later that Sirius had finished his business . Many of the Goblins looked very strange when they saw Bogrod padding a dog as it walked out of his office. Together they made their way over to the entrance to then make their way to the leaky caldron. At the entrance they saw Lucius arguing with another customer. He hadn't seen Harry and Bella sneak passed him but they heard him saying. (I'm a pure blood so it is my right to go first). When they got to Ollivander they turned around but they couldn't see Sirius anywhere.
Suddenly Bella pointed her finger in the direction of Lucius and said. "No way, he wouldn't would he".
"Yes he would" Harry answered her.
There in the entrance of Gringotts stood Padfoot. The guards of Gringotts were looking the other way just so they could keep the little smirk from their faces.
Padfoot was standing next to Lucius, his back leg high up in the air and doing what dogs did best.
The next thing they could see between there watery eyes was Padfoot running towards them and Lucius yelling because his dress robe was wet and a little yellow.
*#*
When Harry and Bella travelled to Gringotts Minerva made her way over to Hogwarts, while she sat down at her desk with Augusta next to her, who had arrived a little later. She thought about the things they had to do. But the one thing that was on her mind was how to get Albus out of the castle. If she would be able to get that done then they wouldn't have to sneak in later that night.
It was around noon when Albus walked into her office next to her classroom.
Augusta who saw him coming in without knocking went over to the side and let Minerva deal with Albus on her own. It was over an hour in their conversation when Albus said what he wanted to say. "Minerva, I really have to talk to you about Harry".
The moment he said Harry the lips of Minerva became extremely thin and her eyes narrowed. She didn't say a word and was waiting for what was to come. The only thing she did was to make a fist under the table and squeezed the house rings of Potter/ Prosper and Gryffindor.
"Minerva, when I had a long talk with minister Fudge. As you probably know Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban".
Minerva didn't look up when Albus said those words. She knew that he was very tight with Fudge. Well it was more Fudge who thought they were tight. Albus was just playing him for the bumbling fool he was. It was something she wanted to tell him but he was still her boss and without her job Harry would be all alone.
"Well because of that we have decided to protect Hogwarts by placing dementors on the outside of the wards. We will do this for the students and Harry". Albus told her.
Minerva nodded and played along with what Albus was telling her. "What do they have to do and why, must it be Dementors".
"Well me and Fudge".
Minerva smiled a little to herself. If Hermione would have heard him saying that, she would have said Fudge and Me Headmaster in her own little teacher's way.
"Have decided on Dementors because we know that Sirius is very afraid of them, they will be patrolling the perimeter outside of the wards and if they see Sirius they have a kiss on site order" Albus gave a look out of the window and said. "Now I have heard that you do not like it if I bring the dementors here, but they are the best option for us".
Minerva didn't say a thing but kept looking at Albus. The last thing she wanted was Dementors in the school or even near the school. But if they would be kept behind the wards of the castle it would ease her feelings a bit. She also knew that there would be no way for her to stop it if Albus said that it would happen, he was the headmaster and he had the final decision. Slowly the gears in her head started to turn around. In her mind there had to be a good solution but she could not find it.
Suddenly she felt her hand heat up. With a quick glance at her hand she saw the Gryffindor house ring disappear. What it meant she didn't know but knew that Harry had to be in the office of Bogrod. "Albus you know I don't like those creatures being so close to the school. But if you want them there then". It was now for the second time that her hand became warm. With another quick look she saw that another ring had appeared on her hand. At the first look she didn't see it but by the second look she saw the coat of arms from Hogwarts. This had been the thing she had been waiting for. Her grandson had done it and had become Lord Hogwarts.
"Minerva you were saying" Albus tried to say when he felt another vibration going through the castle.
Lady Hogwarts felt her magic increase when the ring of Hogwarts appeared on the hand of Minerva. So the first thing she did was to glide into the office of Minerva. The moment she came into the office she could hear Albus asking what Minerva was saying.
Minerva almost jumped out of her chair when she heard the voice of Albus. As she looked up she saw lady Hogwarts floating behind Albus. Her face full of joy almost made her smile but she kept her face tight.
Albus turned around to see what Minerva was looking at but he didn't see anything so turned back again.
"O Yes Albus, what I was saying. I do not like it if those creatures are near this school but if you insist that they be here than I will go and get my Grandson, his friends and the family over here to learn the Patronus charm. It is that or he will not be attending Hogwarts this year".
With a sharp look Albus looked at Minerva. He could not tell if she meant it or not. The last thing he wanted was a year without Harry Potter in Hogwarts. He had to get Harry back in his control and if he wasn't at Hogwarts he could forget it. "If you insist Minerva".
"Yes I do" she snapped.
"Well in that case, I think I have to tell it to the minister, so that they could do magic during the holiday" Albus told her. "Yes I will do that and I will do it first thing this coming Monday".
"No, you do it today and you do it now. If not Harry will not be attending this year, the patronus charm is a very difficult charm to master and they need all the time they can get".
After opening his mouth Albus was about to reply.
"If I were you I would be going Albus. Tonight I will bring them all here. So please leave now because I still have a lot to do".
Albus got out of his chair and left the office, leaving a smiling Minerva sitting behind her desk. As he walked down the corridor he knew that the influence Minerva had on Harry was way bigger then he wanted. But Harry being at Hogwarts could be his saving graze. The only thing he had to do was to keep Minerva away from Harry by giving her a lot to do and then he would have all the time in the world to manipulate Harry into doing it his way again. So students at Hogwarts without there guardians would not be a problem at all for him.
"Alright I can do that, I will see him tonight after dinner and will be back tomorrow morning" Albus said as he walked out of the door.
Minerva looked up and rolled her eyes at him, something he didn't see.
Lady Hogwarts saw the look Minerva gave Albus and immediately looked very worried as she looked Minerva in the eyes. After a couple of minutes Lady Hogwarts took it upon herself to tell her worries to Minerva. "Minerva, do you really think that my master will be able to learn that charm before the school will start in September. It's after all a very hard curse to learn, many adults don't even know how to do that charm".
Minerva didn't look up but kept her focus on the paper she had in front of her. "Lady Hogwarts, when you have your Body, you will be able to learn all there is to know about your master and my grandson, with the help of the sorting hat. Until that time you do not have to worry about it. I can however tell you that if he and his friends have to learn it fast, they would be able to do it before tonight. I tell you this because it is not only the trust I have in them, but it is also how good they are".
Lady Hogwarts heard from the tone Minerva had used that Minerva didn't want to talk about it. So she did the only thing she could do and left her alone. There was however one comment that kept going through her mind. "Lady Hogwarts, when you have your Body, you will be able to learn all there is to know about your master and my grandson, with the help of the sorting hat". Could it be true, would her master be able to create a body for her, would he be the first to not just use her but really help her, was he really that good. Was he really the good boy she heard about, or was he more the boy the headmaster and that potions Professor were always talking about? The arrogant boy who was thinking he owned the whole world.
There was so much she was asking herself as she made her way through the castle. While she floated through the empty corridors she didn't see the four house ghosts that were following her. The moment she looked to the left she was a little startled when she saw the daughter of Rowena Ravenclaw floating next to her.
"Is it true Lady, Is Lord Hogwarts really among us".
The Lady floated ahead and nodded slowly.
"What is the matter Lady, are you not pleased, is it not the Lord you wanted, or is he just like the last one who could talk to snakes the one you didn't want to be the Lord".
Lady Hogwarts stopped Floating and looked down at the ground. "I-I don't know... And I don't know if you all already know or seen him, it's just not as easy as I thought it would be".
The four house ghosts looked at the Lady but didn't ask her anything. Even the Bloody Baron kept his mouth for ones in his ghostly life.
"Our new Lord is only twelve years old, sure in five and a half day he will be thirteen but still he is so young. I don't know if he could be the Lord off this castle at his young age. The other thing is the boy himself. I know that he is my master but are the stories about him real. Is he the boy they are whispering about, or is he the boy they are shouting about".
Again the four ghosts didn't do anything and were waiting for the Lady to continue. The surprise however was the fact that Lady Hogwarts was doubting herself and in all these years at the school this had been the first time they saw that. What did surprised them the most had been the hope she lay in the boy. Normally she would have laid her trust in the headmaster or the other adults in the school. The last adult had been the headmaster Albus Dumbledore, but he had ignored the Lady completely. He had been the one why she had lost her faith in the adults and went for this solution.
"Dear Lady, who is this boy they are whispering about" Helena Ravenclaw ask the lady.
Lady Hogwarts kept looking at the ground as she mumbled her answer. "It is Master Harry, Master Harry Gryffindor/ Potter" while she started to float again she didn't see that the ghosts stayed where they were. When she saw that they didn't follow her she turned around. Her house ghosts were just floating there all looking at her with astonishment. "What, why are you just floating there" she asked while she was looking at them.
"Dear Lady" Sir. Nicolas started. "Do you have any Idea who the mother of this young Lord is".
Her eyes were starting to get a little bit misty. "I have heard that her name was Lily Evens, She had been one of the brightest students that have ever walked these corridors".
The ghost of Helena Ravenclaw could not help herself and started to laugh loudly.
Lady Hogwarts looked at her accusingly.
Helena saw it and gave a little giggle. "I'm very sorry my dear Lady but I think you have to know something".
(This will be in a later chapter).
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As Harry together with Bella came stumbling out of the fire place, they had a hard time to remain standing.
It was only a second later that Sirius came out of the fire and started to laugh again.
The moment Bella and Harry looked at him they lost it and dropped to the floor as they were holding there ribs because they were hurting a lot.
Everyone at Potter castle had ran into the hallway and looked at the scene in front of them.
Bella was the first to get a hold of herself and saw that everyone had arrived, even the parents of Hermione were there. The only one that was still missing had been David. It wasn't long after that that Bella told them about the thing Sirius had done to Lucius while she was still holding her ribs.
"I don't want to hear this anymore" Augusta said out loud.
Neville looked at his grandmother. "But Grangran it's funny".
"Yes it is, but I would rather look at it in a pensieve" Augusta told it to an empty room.
"Grangran, What are you standing over there for" Neville shouted from next to the Pensieve.
"Watch it young man" Augusta chuckled and made her way over to the pensieve.
It was three minutes later that they all came out of the Pensieve and laughed like they hadn't in a long time.
Harry had been the only one who hadn't gone over to the Pensieve. The moment he wanted to, he saw three owl's sitting on the windowsill. As he took the letters he got a feeling of nausea in his stomach. While he took the first letter he instantly knew he had picked the wrong one.
As the others came back in to the room still laughing they saw Harry standing at the table bend over a letter. His look told them that something was really wrong. Bella and Daphne didn't hesitate and made their way over to his side. As they pulled him into their arms they ask the same question at the same time. "Harry what's wrong ".
Harry didn't say anything but handed them the letter he was reading. As Daphne took the Letter she saw Harry walking to the other side of the room. Bella stood next to her and looked over her shoulder and whispered. "This is not going to be good if he looks like that". Daphne nodded and started to read the letter out loud for everyone to hear.
To Lord Harry James Potter.
It is with a lot of regret that I have to inform you of something my wife has recently done. Without my knowledge she took it upon herself to go to the ministry and made an attempt to put me out of the parenthood of my daughter Ginerva Molly Weasley. She did this with the sole purpose to get sole custody of our daughter. With this act she made it publicly clear that she does not respect the agreement as they are written in the slave agreement between our houses.
I do realise with this being out in the open, I have personally broken the agreement to keep this out of the open. By the actions of my wife I myself cannot protect my daughter any longer in the way I wanted to do.
The reason for this is the fact that my wife has been talking to the morning Prophet. She has told her version of how you made my daughter into your slave. Now I do not know when the Prophet will print the story but it will not put you in a good light. The little play we did on the platform to protect my daughter for when she got home is being used in the opposite way. Her goal is to get her daughter back.
After this incident I did have a long talk with my daughter. As you know she will never choose her mother. She also doesn't want to lose me, but she did ask me to ask you the next thing.
She wants to be put in your protection and is repaired to be a full time slave if she has to. We are of opinion that she will have a better life with you as a slave than her as her daughter.
Now we do know that my wife will stop at nothing to get your money, if she has to use her daughter again she will. So if you let me I will sign over my daughter to your protection to do as you please. With this I hope I can fulfil the life debt my daughter owes you.
I will also tell my side of the story to the morning Prophet but I don't think it will help you so if or if I should not do it, I will leave that up to you.
But because of her mother I don't think it will help you at all.
Arthur Weasley.
Ps: As Lord of my house, I ask you if I could align my house with your House and make my house part of the ancient and noble house of Potter.
Daphne looked over at Harry and had little tears in her eyes. The plan that they had made together had been for the benefit of Ginny, it had the sole purpose to keep her save when she was at home. But with this there plan had backfired on them. Harry had only one of two choices. He could go publicly and give Ginny back to her mother, or he could go public and take her as his personal slave.
Harry got up from the spot where he had been sitting and went over to the office. An office he was starting to see as his and not only the office from his father. "Amelia, Mom could you two please come with me. I really need your help right now and that of my lady's".
It was on moments like this that he had to be the Lord of his house, His grandmother may act like his guardian but he was still the real Lord of house Potter. It was this reason why he could do everything he had to do and with the situation with Ginny he had to do it all by himself.
Isabella watched as Harry made his way to the office. She could feel his feelings of despair and hopelessness. It was at these moments that Isabella had a real hard time with it all. Here was a boy way too young to go through things like this. He held his head high and was a proper Lord when he had to be, but that was the point, why did he have to be this Lord and why now.
Isabella felt the feelings of despair increase when Harry stepped through the door. It didn't help him that Sirius was screaming that it wasn't right that Harry had made a slave for himself.
"How can you do a thing like that? How can you make a slave of that young Girl? Are you going dark already" he screamed over and over again.
"Stop that you mangy mud" Daphne screamed back at Sirius. "How dear you compare Harry to that, that hideous figure called Voldemort".
"I never said that".
"Oooo yes you did. We are only twelve and you are already asking him if he is going dark. Guess what Sirius, if you didn't go after Pettigrew you could have been there for him and prevented all this mess. But No, you had to be the selfish bastard you are".
Sirius looked at Daphne as if she had just killed his puppy.
"Just let it go Daphne" Bella told her with a dirty look at Sirius. "That dog does not know what is good for him. He is also as stupid as he looks. But the day my older self gets out of Azkaban I will tell her this, and then we will see if he can still scream at a kid without knowing why we did it".
Isabella followed Harry into the office and had a little smile on her face. Bella was about to hex Sirius and she was hoping she would.
Sirius was spluttering and looked over at James and Lily. James was looking sad but Lily was giving him looks that could have killed him if she had the power. And Sirius had no doubt in his mind that if Lily was still alive he wouldn't be.
When the three of them came out of the office Harry was still feeling down. There were still two letters lying on the table that were waiting for Harry. However Harry didn't feel like opening them anymore, he was just afraid to read another letter like the one he had just got.
Bella didn't wait for Harry to open the letter when he felt like it so she took one of the letters she knew had been written by Grandmother Mini. It was with pride that she told they could go to Hogwarts because Albus would be away for the night.
Harry again went back into the office where he hung up his coat and added the name of Ginny to the book. He had completely forgotten the piece of parchment that was still in the pocket of that coat.
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Everything had been fixed, everything had been done. So it was three hours later that the whole family was waiting in front of the gates of Hogwarts.
When Minerva came down to get them she immediately told them why Albus had gone away. The adults didn't like the idea of Dementors at the castle but the kids just didn't know what they were so they didn't really care.
As they went into the castle Harry immediately took Arabella down to the secret chamber, when he asked for some stairs because Arabella asked him to he was very embarrassed when they appeared, because he hadn't thought about them the first time he went down.
Hermione who had come along was laughing as she pulled Harry down the stairs.
While Harry took Arabella and Hermione further down the corridor under the ground towards the chamber. The others went over to the Gryffindor common room to put their things away. That was also the place where Sirius would hide for as long as he was at Hogwarts.
When Harry had brought the rest down to the secret chamber, they could all see that Arabella had already begun with the ritual that would start on midnight that night, something that would still remain a secret for Lady Hogwarts for just a little longer.
It had been the first time for many of them to see the secret chamber. Only Amelia and Isabella had been in the chamber before. So when they all saw the dead Basilisk they had to take a deep breath.
"Look Sirius" Bella snapped. "That is the little snake Harry had to kill to get Ginny to safety. It was only because the way her mother and Albus had drove her to lay all of her emotions into a cursed diary, that she was in this situation in the first place. If Harry hadn't done what he did, who is to say we would have been able to stand here at all. And after all that you think that Harry is going dark".
Sirius just looked with open mouth at the basilisk while he got deadly stares from Bella and Daphne but also from all his other friends.
Minerva who had walked over to Sirius pinched the bridge of her nose "I don't think I really want to know why Bella and Daphne are looking at you in that way now, am I. I don't even think I want to know why the others are looking at you as if they smell something really foul".
Before Sirius could say something it was Daphne who snapped at Minerva. "No, that is something you don't want to know". The moment she said it she realised what she had done. "I'm really sorry Grandmother Mini, but Sirius has compared Harry to a junior Dark Lord in the making for taking Ginny as his slave".
Daphne again had some tears in her eyes and Bella took over. "The most disturbing thing was that he didn't even have the commonsense to ask why Ginny had become his slave".
"Leave it Bella He is a dog and you cannot teach an old dog new tricks. I do know one thing, if he makes another comment like that again I will personally help Bellatrix to give him hell when she comes out of Azkaban, godfather or not".
Minerva gave a sharp nod at Daphne while she turned back to Sirius. "Now I know you still have some lines to write for me and I'm really thinking to make you do them. But then again if my new Granddaughter Bellatrix Black comes out of Azkaban I might even join her in hexing your sorry ass".
A/N: This was it again for this week, See you all in two weeks.
Gr. Winmau.