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Chapter 7

For a Costa Rican hospital, it wasn't that bad, and he had enough visitors to keep him entertained. His favourite had to be Sarah Harding, Dr. Harding's daughter, she'd come down to see her Father who had been waiting to return to the island before it had been closed down. With everyone stranded she had been spending time with the whole group, wanting to know what had happened. He liked her, she was his type, adventurous, smart, pretty…what more could you ask for? His leg was better off than expected, thanks to Harry and Nym, but it still hurt, and they were saying he might need a cane. He'd need to see a magical hospital once he got home to see if they could do more, he was too young to need a cane.

When someone knocked on his door, he hoped it was Sarah, instead, a man entered at his call, dressed in a conservative suit with brown hair and eyes, starting to head towards portly…not anyone he knew.

"Dr. Malcolm?"

"Yes…."

"Ted Tonks, Barrister for the Potter family," Ted introduced himself and Ian relaxed, this must be Nym's Dad. "How are you doing?"

"Better than I thought I would," Ian sat up more fully, "thanks to Harry and Nym, your daughter?"

"Our only," Ted agreed as he took a seat. "Harry has been very worried about all of you stuck here, especially you."

"It's not too bad, though I will be visiting a specialized hospital once home."

"How would you like a transfer to a private hospital in Miami?" Ted offered with a grin. "All medical care paid for, including transport."

"Why?"

Ted flicked his wand, setting wards up so they could speak in peace. "The plan is to have you transferred to our guestroom, my wife is a Healer and will see to your needs. While Harry had no part in the accident, his family is a major investor in InGen and he wants to ensure everyone is looked after. He is attempting to purchase the islands for their protection and intends to do so magically as well as with technology."

"Heard the locals wanted to burn it all."

"Apparently they do but technical the animals are the property of InGen and they have not given permission for their destruction. The government is wary of angering so many wealthy people. Instead everything's been turned off and all humans evacuated, leaving the animals to roam free," Ted explained, he had helped the InGen lawyers with that work, to ensure the animals were left alone for now.

Ian lay back and considered what that could mean. With magical defenses in place, it would keep the animals contained on the island… "Islands?"

"Ah, yes, apparently most of the breeding was actually done on a second island, Isla Sorna or Site B, part of the Las Cinco Muertes. Hurricane Clarissa did a good job of wiping things out over the last week from what the military has reported."

"Hit here hard enough, thought the hospital was going to go down," Ian admitted, it had been the worst storm he had ever been through. "I've had lawyers in here, threatening silence on what happened."

Ted nodded, "Understandable, InGen doesn't want what happened to get out. It could bankrupt the company if they aren't careful, and honestly, the news of dinosaurs being back probably isn't something the non-magical world is ready for. Denis Nedry has been charged with corporate espionage and officially listed as missing. Donald Gennaro has been listed as killed in an animal attack and there is already talk of his family suing InGen, as are the family of Joffrey Brown whose death caused the inspection. Separate to those cases Harry has sent both families funds to help out."

Ian listened to Ted's explanation, he had planned to go public on what had happened, the InGen goons' threats hadn't helped any…but what he said make sense. He knew there was no magic involved, he was actually very good at sensing magic even if he didn't have enough himself to be counted as magical. The same reasoning for magic hiding could be applied here and he sighed. "I'll keep quiet to the press," he finally agreed. "Do you know if the other kids are alright?" He'd been worried about all of them, but no one would tell him anything, he was relieved Harry and Nym were fine but what about the others, especially Tim, he was the youngest and may not deal too well with what had happened.

"The Murphey's? Back home safely and enjoying the rest of their holidays. I know their Grandfather has ensured any medical aid they need is fully paid for."

"Good. So how soon can I get out of here?" Ian asked, and Ted nodded.

"As soon as all of the paperwork is done. I'll see you soon," Ted stood and left the room, going to check on the other survivors. They were all happy to hear that the four 'kids' were all back home safe and recovering. Ted knew Harry didn't consider it recovering, unlike his last two years at Hogwarts he had never been in life-threatening danger at the Park, plus he now had Hermione to distract him. They would be heading to Disney World next week and he wanted this all done before then. Everyone received funds from the Potter accounts, not to buy their silence but because Harry felt it was the right thing to do.

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Harry grinned the portkey dropped Dr. Malcolm right on the bed Aunt Andromeda had prepared. He was soon changed into comfortable pajamas and knocked out so that she could go to work, starting with vanishing the shattered bones in his leg. Harry shuddered at the sight and left, rubbing his own arm at the memories of what that felt like. He went next door to see Hermione, happy that despite no longer living in the same tower, their houses were next door to each other. Thanks to help from Gringotts the Grangers would be able to practice in America and Hermione had been enrolled in the same school as Harry.

Today they were going to the beach and he had a bag of food, towels, money, anything they might need. Hermione and her Mother, Emma, soon came out and they drove to the beach where she watched as her daughter happily played in the surf with a friend. She had never seen Hermione so happy as since she had started Hogwarts and made friends with Harry. She was proud that Hermione had stood by him this last year, even with people blaming him for something he hadn't done. It had felt like they were losing their daughter as she was sucked into the magical world, Harry and the Tonks had given her back to them and helped them start a new life away from the bigoted European magicals. Now they could save her Hogwarts tuition to ensure she could attend a good university, they had tried to pay for some of her magical schooling, but Harry wasn't letting them, he was paying all magical schooling costs. Watching them she had to wonder if maybe one day it would be Hermione Potter, but she didn't dwell on it, they were still very young, too young to think of such things.

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Ted frowned as he read the message Madam Bones had forwarded, they wanted Harry to at least to testify at Snape's hearing. He didn't want Harry back in England for even a second, it was too risky. They had gotten enough complaints through to push for a criminal trial, something Dumbledore had always squashed. He was being charged with abuse over his treatment of non-Slytherin students and endangering the magical world. When Amelia had begun digging, she had found the number of Healer and Auror trainees had plummeted because they lacked the required potions marks, several other industries lacked trainees as well because of that but those were the two most vital. Snape wasn't protected by Pureblood privilege either, as a half-blood, he couldn't refuse Veritaserum. He was being kept in isolation and on flushing potions to ensure he hadn't taken precautions against the potion.

In the end, he took the message down and showed it to the family, they would decide what to do together. So far, their move had remained quiet, Harry would be missed come September but hopefully not before then. If he went back, they risked people realising Harry no longer lived there.

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Amelia opened the package to find a note from Harry Potter himself along with several sealed memory vials. While the memories would help, especially coming from him, she had hoped he would testify in person, especially as she planned to put Dumbledore in the Defendants chair right after Snape. She had to get both men convicted fast before more gold could exchange hands. She knew Malfoy was trying to get his old friend free and others were working to free Dumbledore as well. It didn't help that the Minister listened to whoever had the most gold and was trying to block her, thankfully the Wizengamot had already agreed to at least Snape's trial so that couldn't be stopped, but the verdict could be bought.

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"Aunt Andromeda?" Harry asked one day as he watched her brew, learning from observation.

"Yes, Harry?"

"How exactly are we related?"

"Your grandmother was Dorea Black, she married Charlus Potter and they had one son, James, your Father. She was my Great-Aunt, through my Grandfather Pollux Black."

"So, I'm related to Malfoy as well?" He grimaced, and she laughed.

"Afraid so."

"Do I have any other relatives?"

"Not on the Potter side, the family was once large but centuries of fighting Dark Lords has killed them off. I wouldn't know about your Mother's side. As for the Blacks, there is the Malfoy's through my sister Narcissa, I have another sister, Bellatrix as well as her husband and his brother but all three are in Azkaban for life, they were Death Eaters." Here she hesitated, there was another Black he had the right to know about. "The last Head of the House of Black was Arcturus Black III, my several times Great-Uncle, he only died two years ago. There is one last Black left…Sirius Black, Arcturus' Grandson…your Godfather."

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Ian grinned as he slowly walked out of the house and into the back garden, it felt good to finally be up and about, he knew he would have been down a lot longer if he'd stayed in Costa Rica. He loved magic, he just wished everyone could benefit from healing potions. He found Harry and Hermione sitting at a table in the shade, working on school work. He walked over, and Harry grinned, moving in for a hug, happy to see him up. "So, what are you working on?"

"Maths," Harry answered, and Ian grinned.

"Want some help?" he knew they were both at least two years behind their age mates due to Hogwarts. Soon the three of them were lost in a world of equations as he taught them what for him was the basics. Alan had mentioned Harry wanted to become a paleontologist and also wanted to get into a good high school once he was caught up, so he saw nothing wrong in pushing the two beyond what they were expected to know. He spent a whole month working with the kids and even Nym on their non-magical studies before he had to return to work at the University, but he made sure they had all of his contact details before he did. He was surprised to find he was sad to leave the little family, he didn't usually do well with families, it was why he'd been married several times.

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Amelia sighed and stared into the fireplace. Susan was safely upstairs asleep, but she was seriously reconsidering sending her back to Hogwarts after everything that had come to light in Snape's trial. The things he had admitted to…and he had been let off all those years ago, all on one man's word. That was another reason to send Susan elsewhere, despite their best efforts Dumbledore had gotten off with a slap on the wrist. He had kept his position as Headmaster but lost the others. Did she really want her niece at that school?

Then there was the letter from young Harry. Apparently, no one had ever told him everything about his parent's deaths, until now. Now that he knew the truth, he wanted records on the event and Sirius Black…records she could not find anywhere. She'd already known there was something fishy about his placement with his relatives, but it seemed there was something off with the whole week of Halloween 1981. It was an undocumented mess thanks to the mass trials and confusion of Voldemort's 'death'. There were so many holes in the records it wasn't funny. All she had found on Black was his old Auror record, arrest record and transfer to Azkaban. She didn't want to go there and interview him, but it looked like she would have no other choice. She would have to act quietly though; Fudge and his Undersecretary were making a lot of noise over her departments' actions at Hogwarts and with the trials. The fact they had managed to stay in power angered her as well, but the Malfoy gold had charmed too many.

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Harry stared at the paperwork in front of him, Ted reading over his shoulder. He was shocked, he'd been trying to buy the two islands in order to protect the animals and hopefully open a park one day. In front of him instead was the paperwork for the whole Muertes Archipelago, not just the two islands he'd been aiming for. What was he going to do with six islands? Although Isla Pena was very small, maybe too small to really do anything with?

Harry looked at Ted who nodded so he picked up the quill and began to sign the mass of paperwork. When he was done, he rubbed the back of his hand as he put the quill down, it was done, he now owned The Muertes Archipelago fully. It was crazy. He'd be thirteen in a few days and he now owned six islands and could do whatever he wanted with them. It was a little scary, but it meant the dinosaurs were safe.

Ted nodded as the paperwork vanished, accepted magically. How many teenagers owned their own Archipelago? Harry didn't know that it had taken dropping his name to get the sale, the Costa Rican government had been very wary of selling any land they owned but especially those islands due to the dinosaurs. It had taken the fame of the Boy-Who-Lived and the Potter's trusted name to put the sale through. He knew Harry hated his fame, but the boy had agreed to its use if necessary. Thankfully that had also ensured a fair price, the Grangers had chipped in a little, as had he, but the bulk came from the Potter vaults. It was a very good thing Harry's money was so wisely invested or the purchase could have come close to bankrupting him outside of his trust fund.

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Sirius Black Free!

Black not the Potter Secret Keeper!

Pettigrew Alive and the Real Traitor!

Hermione shoved the paper at Harry who stared in surprise before grinning. He had family, a Godfather, and a best friend. His life had never been so good. He didn't like the fact that his parents' betrayer was still out there somewhere, but it was also really good to know that the man they had trusted with his well-being had not turned against them.

"Are you okay?" she asked when he remained quiet and then he looked up and grinned at her, making her smile back.

"This is…. great. I…" he didn't know how to explain what he was feeling, and she got it, hugging him.

Nym walked into the room and grinned at the sight. "Guess you've seen the paper then," she flopped down on the couch and they pulled apart, Harry blushing slightly.

"Hermione brought it over," Harry answered his cousin.

"It'll be great having Siri back, he used to come around when I was little," Nym admitted.

"What's he like?" Hermione asked as she settled next to Harry.

"Life of the party, always smiling, pulling pranks…just…. Azkaban is not a good place guys. Have you learnt about Dementors yet?" She asked seriously.

Harry looked at Hermione who frowned but then shook her head. "No."

"They're dark creatures, used to guard the prison. They drain hope and happiness out of the air around them... Get too near a Dementor and every good feeling, every happy memory will be sucked out of you. If they get close enough, they deliver the 'Kiss'…they suck your soul out, leaving an empty husk behind," Nym explained quietly, hair going dull and lank as she did.

"And they use them as prison guards? That has to be a violation of every human rights law there is!" Hermione snapped.

Harry shook his head, "This is the British Wizarding World Hermione, do you really think they care?"

"Rest of the Wizarding societies aren't much better," Nym warned. "You have to know Harry, after so much exposure… he, might not be entirely…."

"Sane?" Hermione offered and Nym nodded.

"Either way he'll be in St Mungo's for a while," Andromeda said as she joined them, a tray of drinks floating beside her. She was carrying a cake platter, with a massive cake on it, candles burning. "Happy Birthday Harry," she smiled as Ted, Dan and Emma joined them, Harry staring with wide eyes. The party might be small, but he loved it, and the gifts he received.

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Harry stood on the beach of the northern shore of Isla Matanceros, the third largest of the six islands, Isla Nublar was only ever so slightly bigger though. The largest two had dinosaurs roaming freely on them and Isla Pena was too small to count for much, but that left three islands for the plan he had been considering since he had decided to buy the islands. It was ambitious and maybe a little crazy, but he had seen how bigoted and backwards the British magicals were and the US weren't all that much better, no one was. But he owned these islands, no country had any power of them.

"It's beautiful here," Hermione told him as she moved to stand beside him.

"It is…think you'd like to live here?" he asked, glancing at her and she frowned.

"What?"

"I own all six islands Hermione, they aren't a part of any country anymore which means…."

"Not beholden to any countries laws…muggle or magical!" her eyes were wide in shock.

"Yep. We can make our own laws here, if you want to stay?" he then hit the sand as Hermione threw herself at him with considerable force, hugging him tightly.

Ted laughed as he saw them, and Dan looked at him. "Harry must have told her the islands are his, free of any countries laws and then said she can stay here."

Dan frowned but Emma gasped and then shook her head in amusement. "I hope you'll be helping there. No matter how smart, they are still just children and I am not sure I'd leave lawmaking to them alone."

Ted chuckled. "I think we could all help there."

"How is Mr Black?" Emma asked, changing the topic as Nym took off after the two younger kids, the three playing happily while the adults moved to sit in the shade.

"Healing. He's nowhere near as bad off as we thought he would be. It helps that Remus Lupin has reappeared, the support of a friend and the knowledge he has to heal to see Harry means he is a very cooperative patient," Andromeda chuckled. They had removed him from St Mungo's as soon as they were sure he wouldn't drop dead from the stress of the move, not trusting the British system to keep him safe when a lot of people wanted the man dead or back in prison. Amelia had helped, signing off on the necessary paperwork. When Lupin had appeared, shocked by then newspapers, it had been easy to whisk the two men away to a private hospital on the Spanish coastline in order to ensure their safety and isolation from people like Dumbledore who wanted Harry back at Hogwarts. Once declared sane and fit they would be brought over to either Florida or the island, depending on how long it took and whether or not they had made the permanent move yet.

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Harry grinned as Bill walked over, shaking the eldest Weasley boys' hand. "Hermione, this is Bill, Ron's eldest brother. He got me from the Dursley's and he works for Gringotts as a Curse Breaker."

"Hi," Hermione's smile was a little tense, their friendship with Ron had vanished after Ginny's death. The redhead was still insisting on blaming Harry, no matter what anyone else said.

"My baby brother is an idiot. We all know who was at fault for what happened, and it wasn't Harry," Bill assured her before looking around. "Wow, this place is amazing." He'd been to a lot of places for work but this one had to be one of the nicest.

"Thanks."

"So Gringotts will be warding six islands for you?"

"I bought them from Costa Rica. We have big plans," Harry grinned, and Bill laughed, not surprised to hear that, before introducing the rest of the team. It was going to be tricky work, protecting the islands without keeping non-magicals away. He also wanted to ensure no dinosaurs could leave the islands where they were living. No ward scheme was perfect, especially as he was hoping to one day open the parks to the public and would have a mixture of beings living on the other islands, but it was better than nothing.

A month later building began on Isla Matanceros of a sprawling home on one of the few beaches, it would be the Potter home once completed, although technically the Tonks, Grangers, and hopefully a Black and Lupin would be living in it for the foreseeable future.

The rest of the island would take detailed, careful, planning. He wanted eco-friendly buildings, running off the same geothermal energy Hammond had the other two islands using. Solar power too would be used since being tropical they got a lot of sunlight. They didn't want to ruin the beauty of the island, they wanted the town to blend in with it. Plans for a seat of government, prison, hospital, branch of Gringotts, shops, offices and even a school, had to be finalised and then various housing options as well, from studio apartments to sprawling large family homes. Similar towns would be built on the remaining two islands as well, although on a smaller scale. Maybe a holiday resort could be built on Isla Pena one day?

A new name for the six islands was chosen and registered, The Muertes Archipelago would now be known as the Sanctus Islands, the Sanctuary Islands in English, because that was what they would be, a Sanctuary. When they were ready paperwork would be sent to the UN and to The International Confederation of Wizards, but they weren't ready for that yet, it could be a few years until they had the population, government and trade deals for others to recognise them as a sovereign nation.

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The portkey deposited the two wizards on a beach and they stared around at the jungle in front of them. It was beautiful, and they could hear the wildlife nearby.

"Hi."

They both turned to see a young teenager… the spitting image of James except for his eyes, they were all Lily. "Harry…" Sirius breathed, taking a step towards his godson. He'd grown up without him, he had missed so much. Harry grinned shyly and moved towards him until Sirius was on his knees in the sand, his arms around Harry who hugged him back. Remus smiled as he watched the reunion but then he glanced around, seeing a young woman watching them, her hair a bright bubble-gum pink, that had to be Sirius' cousin Nymphadora. She grinned, and he walked over to join her, he could greet Harry later, Sirius needed this time with his Godson first. Harry had been almost all Sirius had talked of for weeks and Remus knew the thought of seeing the teen was why his friend had recovered as well as he had. He didn't begrudge him that, he knew he had betrayed Sirius when he had believed the press and abandoned him, thinking he had betrayed James and Lily.

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By the time school started for the new year the house was almost completed but with no schools in place on the islands they continued their schooling in the States as originally planned. Plans had been finalised after a lot of consultation with various companies world-wide and construction was to begin on the first town within the month. The work would be done in stages since they weren't expecting a large population at first.

Harry had even gone to visit John Hammond, with Ted at his side. They had spent several days discussing what had gone wrong with the park and what should happen. Hammond had admitted some on the board were trying to take control of InGen from him, to exploit the dinosaurs.

"Well I own all six islands now, does that help?" Harry asked, and John started before chuckling.

"You own the land lad; the dinosaurs belong to InGen. I leased the islands from the Costa Rican government, so I assume that lease has passed to you." They both looked at Ted who shook his head.

"Technically right now those dinosaurs are illegally on your land. We can easily draw up a new agreement for you to continue leasing the land or you can sign the current dinosaurs over while keeping the rights to their genetic information," he assured him. "Next to yourself, the Potters are the largest investors in InGen. There is little the board can attempt that between you and Harry can't be vetoed."

"Agreed," John looked at the young teen, he was smart, loyal, wealthy...a lot like he had been as a young man. "I believe Mister Tonks that I need to write up a new will."

Ted nodded, and they went to work while sending Harry off to explore the house. John didn't know about magic, not yet, but he was non-magical so a magical will was not needed. The will had to be worded carefully and safeguards to protect Hammonds' family, especially his daughter and grandchildren were put in first, as well as safeguards for Harry, to keep as much attention from him until he was of age as possible. Not that John planned to die before then, but you never knew. And there was another young man, though older than Harry, who he would also be leaving things too, young Simon also had great potential.

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Padfoot raced down the beach chasing the laughing children through the surf. This was the best Christmas he could remember, instead of the snow and cold of Scotland or even London they were on a tropical island, enjoying sea, sand and sun. Harry had hit a growth spurt and was now taller that Hermione who was beginning to fill out. Nym was finally getting over her clumsiness…except around Mooney which was hilarious. He had no complaints with that, Remus deserved some happiness and Nym didn't care about his furry little problem or the age gap. Larger age gaps weren't too much of a worry to magicals anyway since they tended to age slower and live longer. Remus was a good man, he would be a good match for her, especially now that he was not living month to month and wearing shabby robes.

The Potter house was finished and amazing, they all had private suites with amazing views. Being on the far side of the island meant they couldn't hear or see the construction work that was still ongoing. Even if he ever moved out of the Potter house he would live on the island. The fledgling constitution they had all been working together on ensured that bigotry and buying your way out of trouble would never happen. Harry had been embarrassed when they had all voted for a monarchy with him as King. The Potters had always been an honourable family, they trusted him to do what was right, despite his age. He should not have to really worry about the role until he was older and the island nation more established, for now it was more of a ceremonial title than anything.

They were all looking forward to moving to the island permanently, but they needed the town and more importantly the school up and running for that to happen. Two of their magical tutors had signed on to teach potions and transfiguration but they wanted a fully inclusive school that taught magical and non-magical students and subjects. Ted had some leads on possible teachers, but they needed to be able to cover at least all the core subjects. Andy had agreed to serve as Matron until they found someone else. Sirius was pulling everything out of Britain which meant Remus didn't have much to do so he was thinking of pushing him to teach, he'd be marvellous at Defence or even History.

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Filius frowned but accepted the letter and opened it, eyebrows rising as he read the formal letter within. It was an offer for a position in a newly established school, but not just as a teacher, they wanted him as Headmaster. It was a tempting offer, the pay was considerably more, and it even came with a house, not just quarters within the school. Before 91 he would have tossed it aside immediately but ever since Harry Potter's first year… he had not been happy when Dumbledore returned as Headmaster, his faith in him destroyed by his actions, or lack thereof during the Chamber of Secrets fiasco. One of the students had died and two more had left not just the school but the country. The signature at the bottom made it even more tempting…. Edward Tonks. Harry Potter's solicitor and guardian unless that had been transferred to Sirius. Another thing he was angry with Albus over, he had known the man was innocent but allowed him to remain in gaol to keep control of Harry, something Minerva had let slip the other night at supper. She claimed not to have known but. he had to wonder…once she had championed for her students, now she blindly followed Albus. Then again so had most of the staff.

This last term though Filius had been careful to do his best for the students, even if the Headmaster did not agree. He had tenure, Albus could not simply fire him, and being half goblin already ensured he would never rise beyond Head of Ravenclaw. Not that he was happy with his Ravens at the moment. He had known young Ginny had a friend in his House so when the school reopened, he had decided to approach her and make sure she was handling her grief well. He had been shocked and enraged by what he had found and Ravenclaw had quickly moved into negative points, the Prefects stripped of their badges.

He was concerned for his students and the school if he left. At least Snape, Filch and Binns were long gone, already making the school safer. But he worried who would take his place as Head of Ravenclaw, the only two alumni and therefore senior in line for the position were Irma Pince and Bathsheda Babbling and neither woman would stand up to Minerva let alone Albus.

The school had changed since young Ginny's death, Harry leaving and the court cases. Taking the offer meant no more Molly Weasley, the overbearing woman was forever sending Howlers to either staff or her remaining children over their behaviour, despite the fact the twins had grown up a lot since their sisters' death. Ronald was the problem, without Hermione and Harry to pull him along his grades had plummeted, all he ever wanted to do was eat, sleep and play chess. He may be the first student to fail and be kicked out in centuries and was the cause of much lamenting on Minerva's part.

Maybe he should write back and see if they needed other staff and perhaps students, there were several who would like to leave and continue their studies elsewhere.

TBC…

So, a major change here. I decided with Harry's thoughts on her earlier and her inaction then it didn't make sense for them to ask Minerva to be Headmistress.