A/N Thank you all for the reviews, Harry Potter is not mine this is a story from a fan.

A helping hand.

C34 making preparations part 1.

Silvia watched as Andrea drove out of the street with Harry Potter next to her. She felt the arms of Alex going around her waist as he laid his head on her shoulder. "Are you going to help her?" Alex asked softly.

Silvia sniffed a little. "Well I have to but if I'm honest I don't want to. I have to face the family that didn't want me. The only one who wanted me was my aunt Dorea but she had been killed by dragon pox and on that day I lost all the family I ever had".

Alex waited for a little and hugged his wife closer. "Harry is your family; he is also the last part of your aunt Dorea".

"I know" Silvia answered, "But I still have to find my head of house and convince him that I have to be reinstated. The only trouble I have is that as far as I know every member of the black family, except for one Andromeda Tonks are all death eaters or followers of that dirtbag.

If one of them is the new Lord Black I haven't got a chance in hell to take him in. He would never let a squib back into the family especially not when that squib wants to take care of the defeater of their Lord. Let alone be his guardian".

Alex didn't answer but just hugged his wife a little closer.

*#*

The morning after the meeting Amelia did the first thing she had to do. As the head of the DMLE, she was the one person who could ask for the new law against child abuse. She was sure that Fudge and Lucius would only name it and then toss it under the carpet the moment they could.

However, as the head of the DMLE, Amelia had the right to explain why she wanted a new law. It was agreed that she would tell about the possible abuse of the boy who lived. But that she could do nothing about it now was because it was still legal in the magical world so that was the drawback of it all at this point in time.

This was a long shot but it was the one shot they had and Augusta would be the first one to agree with it and to then ask for a second. If they had a second it would go to a vote and the New Law could be discussed to be worked out to a full law. So Amelia did what she had to do and went from office to office to find some head of house. She needed a second person to agree with her for a vote and this was the time to do it. Fudge was in his office with Lucius so he would be busy for another two hours.

"Miss, could you help us".

Amelia heard someone asking from her side. She turned around and saw a man and a woman walking up to her. "Yes, what do you want"?

"Could you tell us where we could find the office, of records" the woman asked.

"Sure," Amelia said. "Just go down the hall take the last corridor to the right and it will be the second door on your left".

Thank you was all Amelia heard as the couple walked away. Something told her the man looked familiar but she wasn't sure why.

"Amelia" she heard again. As she turned she saw Michel walking towards her.

"Hi, Michel" she called back.

"Sorry I'm early but I have an appointment later on so I thought I try now".

"That's okay, let's go to my office so I can tell you what we are planning to do and in what way you could help us".

"I'm not interrupting anything am I," he asked.

"Not really, I was on my way to some offices and I would go to the office of records as a last resort but I can do that later," she told him as they stepped into her own office.

*#*

"Are you ready my dear" Alex asked as his wife put on her coat.

"No Alex I'm not. But I have to" Silvis said with a sad look in her eyes.

Alex gave a soft smile and a little sigh as he placed his arm around her. "Let's go and see if we can have a grandson".

This time it was Silvia who smiled and walked to the bus stop to go into London. They stepped out and walked around a corner to a telephone booth with a defect sign on it. Silvia stepped in and dialed Magic. Together they went down the hallways and were looking for a particular office.

"Miss, could you help us," Silvia asked a woman as she passed them.

"Yes, what do you want"?

"Could you tell us where we could find the office of records" the woman asked.

"Sure," Amelia said. "Just go down the hall take the last corridor to the right and it will be the second door on your left".

"Thank you" Silvia called over her shoulder as they started to walk down to the one office they wanted to visit.

Alex knocked on the door and waited for the sign that they could enter. In the office was a young Lady who was there to help them. Ten minutes later the both of them walked out the office and down to the cafeteria to have a small bite so they could look over the papers they had just received.

*#*

Amelia said goodbye to Michel and made her way to the one office she wanted to go. The office of records was an office where she hoped to find a way around the will of the Potters. She knew that Sirius wasn't the secret keeper but the will was the only thing that told them that particular fact. Now because of the fact that the will was sealed, she needed another way to prove it.

"Hi Amelia, what can I do for you today," the young Lady behind the desk asked her as she walked in.

"Hi Linda, Could you get me the records of the Black Family, I need to look at something the last fifty years will do".

"Sure Amelia, you are the second one who asks about them today".

"Really who were the others and why did they want them".

"They were a man and a woman, I think they were a couple and they wanted to know about acting Lord Black," Linda told her.

Amelia was a little startled and snapped without even wanting to. "When was this and where are they now".

Linda looked up at her a little surprised. "It was what an hour ago. I heard them say that they would go to the cafeteria and look it over".

"Did you ask for their names".

"No, this is free information. It's the family tree of the Blacks and nothing more".

Amelia took the folder and ran out of the office and straight to the cafeteria. She rushed through the door as she passed a man and a woman who were on their way out.

Amelia rushed pass them and started to look around. It was quiet with only some people here and there. There weren't any couples and it was then she remembered the couple she had passed on her way in. She ran out again straight to the atrium in the hope the head them off.

*#*

Silvia sat down and started to look through the papers while Alex went to get them some tea and a bite to eat. The moment he returned he saw the frustrated look on the face of his wife. "What is it my dear," he asked softly.

Silvia looked up at her husband. "I'm not in any of the papers so I have no claim to ask for any information on the head of house. The only things I have are these papers and this will have to do. It is the only way to find my head of house".

Alex nodded. "Drink your tea and eat your sandwich. We will go and see what we can find out at home".

Silvia gave a sharp nod and drank her tea as she put the sandwich in a napkin and placed it in her hand back with her papers as they left the cafeteria.

On their way out they almost ran into the woman they had asked for directions but didn't think much about it. They walked on down to the atrium and left the same way they had come up through the phone booth.

*#*

Amelia rushed down the row of floo's and looked if one of them had been activated in the last thirty seconds but saw nothing. It was then that she saw the phone booth come down and knew the couple had left for Muggle London and there would be no way to track them.

A/N this was it again at this time. See you all in the next chapter.

Gr. Winmau.