A/N: Here is the next chapter finally for this story... Hope you all enjoy it!
Disclaimer: I don't own HP!
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Minerva McGonagall was in the Great Hall eating a late lunch with Albus, Severus, Filius, Pomona, Poppy, Septima, and Hagrid when several owls flew in with two of them going straight to her. She was surprised to see a Special Edition of The Daily Prophet. Her eyes narrowed when she recognized the writing on the letter to her. She put the letter down though in favor of seeing just why the Daily Prophet decided it needed to put out a Special Edition.
Her eyes widened when she saw the headlines of the paper.
Founders heirs found and they have taken up the mantle of their Lordship and Ladyships.
Daphne Greengrass is Lady Hufflepuff, Susan Bones is Lady Gryffindor, Luna Lovegood is Lady Ravenclaw, and Harry Potter is Lord Slytherin!
The heir to the Pendragon, Le Fey, and Emrys families found!
Harry James Potter no longer just the Boy-Who-Lived! He is now Lord Harry Potter-Peverell-Black-Slytherin-Le Fey-Emrys-Pendragon.
"Dear Merlin" she breathed out.
Albus looked up at that and over at Minerva. "What is the matter, Minerva?"
Minerva turned her head to look at Albus. "Look at your newspaper, Albus."
Albus frowned, but did as he was told. He paled even as his eyes widened in shock. "How did he find out? I made sure not to tell him."
Minerva's eyes narrowed at Albus and she hissed "What do you mean that you made sure not to tell him? Are you telling us that you kept Harry Potter's heritage from him, Albus?! You do realize that you could get into trouble for that don't you? What in the bloody hell were you thinking, Albus?!"
Albus swallowed had at the look not only in Minerva's eyes, but in everyone else's eyes as well. "I was going to tell him when he was older, Minerva. I just thought that he was too young to deal with it all. Although I didn't know about the Slytherin, Emrys, Le Fey, Davidson, Pendragon, Matheson, or Peverell lordships. I did know that he was the heir to the Potter and Black families. I was only trying to protect him."
Minerva shook her head. "Don't even try that line on us, Albus. Now all of us can understand why he didn't act the way that he should of. Did he even get the Muggle-Born packet since he was Muggle raised or did you decide that he didn't need it? Severus, in your first class with Harry did he know how to chop, dice, or simply cut the ingredients they had to use? Did he understand why he was doing what he was doing? I know that I had to correct the way he was holding his wand and even his quill."
Severus shook his head. "Even to this day he has difficulty with preparing the ingredients. I just thought that he didn't much care about following the directions, but now I can see and tell otherwise. Now that I know or at least suspect he didn't get the Muggle-Born packet than I can suspect that he also didn't get the extra reading materials that he should have so that he would know what to expect when it comes to Potions and how to prepare the ingredients in the way that they call for."
Albus frowned. "Harry isn't Muggle-Born so he didn't need the Muggle-Born packet."
Minerva scoffed. "Harry Potter is Muggle raised, Albus, unless you have forgotten which I seriously doubt since you made sure that everyone knew he wasn't being raised in the Wizarding world! How dare you keep his heritage and birthright from him?! Not only have you opened yourself up for legal trouble, but since Harry, Lovegood, Greengrass, and Bones are all Founders heirs and have become emancipated you have left yourself open to censor from them because of how you have run this school! All of us have tried to tell you that the stunts you have been pulling is wrong, but you didn't listen to any of us. So help me, Albus, if either of those four start asking us questions we have to answer truthfully unless we want to lose our jobs. I for one refuse to lose my job because you think that you know better than anybody else!"
She grabbed the letter that was addressed to her and stood up. She wasn't surprised at all to see that Severus, Poppy, Pomona, and Filius all stood up with her. She glared once more at Albus and then stormed out of the Great Hall with the other four following her. She led the way to her quarters and motioned for them to come in and sit down. Once she was seated herself she looked at her friends and sighed. "Albus really has messed up big time and it is going to be left up to us to clean is mess up. Any suggestions?"
Severus pinched the bridge of his nose. "I will owl Potter and see if he is up for a meeting with us all. The reason I will be the one to owl him is because I owe him an apology. If I had known that he didn't know even the simplest of things when it came to Potions I would have pulled him aside and taught him one on one just to make sure that he learned everything that he should have before the first class."
Poppy sighed. "I want to do a full in depth medical scan on Mr. Potter. I never did one before because Albus assured me that he had, had one before he came to Hogwarts for his first year. I also want to do full medical scans of all years to make sure that nothing was missed about any of our students."
Minerva nodded. "I think that, that is a good idea, Poppy. If I know Harry like I think, I do the first thing he is going to do is even the playing field so to speak. He isn't going to let those that have been bullying people continue to get away with it. Filius, Severus, and Pomona, we will need to make sure that our houses are in order. I also think that it would be a good idea to write down lists of what changes we would like to see brought about here at Hogwarts."
Pomona smirked. "Maybe we will finally be able to get rid of Binns and get someone who will actually teach something other than Goblins Wars to our students. I also think that Wizarding Studies/Culture needs to be added back into the curriculum and mandatory for first year up through third year Muggle-Born and Muggle raised students. However, on that aspect I think that Muggle Studies needs to be revamped and mandatory for Purebloods first year through third year."
Minerva summoned a quill and parchment and started writing the ideas down. Once she had those wrote down she looked back up. "Any other suggestions?"
Filius cleared his throat. "I have always thought that we should hold one or two classes on teaching Muggle-Born and Muggle raised students on how to properly write with a quill. They all also need a refresher course in writing their essays in their own words and not using the words in the books verbatim. We need to see that they are understanding what they are reading."
Pomona chuckled. "I think that we should also restart the Professor's assistant programs to help cut down on some of our own work loads. There is no reason why our most promising students in year six or seven cannot help us grade the homework assignments of years one through four."
Severus cleared his throat. "Don't forget that Albus has decided to host the Tri-Wizard tournament here this year. We will need Potter, Greengrass, Lovegood, and Bones here before school starts to go over the wards especially with Durmstrang coming here. It isn't that I'm worried about the Durmstrang students bringing Dark objects onto the school grounds, but I am worried about Karkaroff attempting to bring something dark onto our school grounds."
Minerva scowled. "I told Albus that it was a stupid idea to begin that tournament again. I have no doubt that somehow Harry's name will end up in the Goblet of Fire. Every year so far he has had to face something or other since he's came to Hogwarts."
Filius shook his head. "Then we'll have to do our best to make sure if the lad does end up in the tournament that he has support. We will not let a repeat of his second year happen again regardless of what Albus tells us to do. You do realize that Harry can now overrule anything and everything to do with our world do you not? He has veto rights on everything because of who he is heir to. Not that I think he will use those powers unless it is to benefit everyone in our world."
Severus nodded. "I have a feeling he will be using that power to finally clear Black's name as well as make things better for Lupin. We should work on getting that list put together as to make everything easier for Potter and the other three when they do come here."
Everyone nodded and got to work. They wanted to make things as easy as they could for their four students.
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Harry had just finished writing his letter to Sirius when a pop was heard. He turned his head quickly and what he saw made him jump off of his bed. "Sirius!"
Sirius laughed and caught Harry as the boy threw himself at him. "Pup!"
Harry wrapped his arms around Sirius and hugged him as tightly as he could. "I was just getting ready to send a letter to you. What are you doing here? How did you get here?"
Sirius kissed the top of Harry's head and with his godson still in his arms he led the way back over to the bed Harry had been sitting on when he showed up. "I remembered you telling me about Dobby so I called for him and asked him to bring me to you if he could. I knew that you were going to need me as soon as I read the Special Edition of the Daily Prophet. Pup, are you okay? I know that you hate being in the spotlight."
Harry shrugged as he burrowed into Sirius' side. "I'm fine now that I'm away from the Dursley's and no longer under Dumbledore's control. I let Ragnok out me to the Wizarding world so that I can clear your name much easier had I tried to do it before everyone knew just who I was and what power I held. Believe it or not Luna Lovegood, Susan Bones, and Daphne Greengrass have all been a good help. Luna's father, Susan's aunt, and Daphne's parents are more than willing to help us should we need it. Are you alright, Sirius? I don't want you being here to bring you trouble."
Sirius sighed and shook his head. "I'm right where I need to be, pup. We will need to talk to the others, but that can wait until later. Right now I want to spend some time with you. Where are the others by the way? I have a feeling they didn't let you come back here by yourself."
Harry chuckled. "I'm not sure where they are exactly. I gave them a quick tour of the Manor which I didn't know until I got the information from my Head of House ring when the Goblin's were taking the horcrux out of my head. I still have some healing that needs to be finished, but having the horcrux taken out drained me of everything pretty much."
Sirius scowled even as his eyes flashed with anger. "We will be talking about that later, Harry. Right now you need to rest some. Come on let's lay down for awhile."
Harry smiled shyly as he laid down with Sirius on his bed. Within two minutes both him and Sirius were out like lights. They didn't even stir when Luna popped her head in to check on them before going back to join the others.
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Luna excused herself from everyone an hour after they arrived at Potter Manor and went to check on Harry. She wasn't surprised at all to see Harry asleep in his bed with Sirius Black beside him. With a smile on her face she quietly closed Harry's bedroom door and warded it before making her way back to everyone else. "Harry won't be joining us for a couple of hours. He is currently sleeping like he should be."
Daniel Greengrass quirked an eyebrow. "What aren't you telling us, Luna?"
Luna smiled serenely. "Just that he with the person he needs to be with the most at the moment. I'm sure that they will join us later on."
Daphne's eyes widened in surprise. "Sirius is with him then?"
Luna nodded. "They are both asleep. We will have to make sure that they have food waiting on them when they wake up and come down."
Daniel's mouth dropped open when he realized what Luna and Daphne was talking about, but then he closed it and nodded. "We will make sure that there is food for them. If Sirius Black is already keyed into the wards then it means that Harry trusts him implicitly. He will be safe here."
Xeno nodded. "We'll need to get him some clean clothes and robes though."
Luna smirked. "Not a problem, daddy. Dobby will be bringing clothes for Sirius later today."
Susan chuckled. "That elf is scarily devoted to Harry that is for sure. Alright let's get back to work."
Everyone nodded and did just that.
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Amelia was still smirking an hour after she left the Minister's office. She was now on the way back to Fudge's office with the papers that would clear Sirius Black once and for all. She knocked on his office door once and then walked in. She ignored Delores Umbridge and put the papers down on Fudge's desk. "Sign those, Minister."
Fudge quickly read over them and then signed them before handing them back to Amelia. "You will make sure that it is known that Black is free and clear to the press, Amelia?"
Amelia looked at Fudge in surprise even as she nodded. "If that is what you want, Minister."
Fudge nodded. "I'll hold a more thorough press conference tomorrow. Please let Lord Potter-Peverell-Black-Slytherin-Le Fey-Emrys-Pendragon know that should he need anything I will help him in whatever way that I can."
Amelia nodded and then turned on her heel and walked out of the office. She was almost to the elevator when she heard Umbridge shrieking in fury and smirked again. She couldn't wait to let Harry know that Sirius was free and clear of all charges. She went back to her office once again and wrote out the press release and sent it to the Daily Prophet. She really couldn't wait to see people's reactions to a second Special Edition newspaper.
A/N 2: *grins* I had a lot of fun writing this chapter... lmao... Hope you all enjoyed it! Click the button and let me know what you think!
