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Harry Potter
Up Yours Dumbles
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Chapter Four
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One month before just after the kids returned home from school, Molly had gathered her brood as she watched her prize for her daughter thrown in his uncle's car. With a last look, and thoughts of all his money would soon belong to her and her daughter. She would have to memory charm Ron to forget about it once it was in their hands and Potter would be dead. She thought she had it made when she ensnared Arthur and then after she found out they didn't have the money she thought because his mother had been thrown out of the Black family because she married a blood traitor. She had started planning when her oldest had been born and had a candidate in mind when her son left the country to work for the goblins. So that plan was folioed so she concentrated on Charles and intercepted the contract for him to play Quidditch professionally and go to work in the ministry but Charley fled the country as well so she turned her attention to the youngest pair when Ron became friends with Potter on the train as she hopped he would. He kept everyone away from him until October when the mudblood joined them. No matter she just altered her plan after seeing how smart she was and decided she would be doused to find Ron her love interested. She then potioned Potter to feel strong attachment to Ginny the following year but in small doses but that blasted diary almost ruined it and she had to start again.
Third year she started slipping the potions into snacks she sent the kids which included Hermione and Potter but Hermione never ate them and gave them to Lavender which she didn't know. Forth year came and that blasted tournament and Harry being drawn into it and Ron turning his back on Harry and getting the whole of Gryffindor to follow his lead which led Hermione to abandon him as well. Ron on her orders was ordered to apologies to Harry but Harry refused it and told him to go take a flying leap off the tallest tower of the castle without a broom.
Molly waited until Arthur had gone to work, the twins were degnoming the garden and Ginny was at the Lovegoods before she dragged Ron up to her bedroom and silenced the room before turning on him and yelling, "WHAT THE HELL WER YOU THINKING? YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO PLAY AT BEING HIS FRIEND BUT YOU DECIDED TO TURN THE WHOLE HOUSE ON HIM!"
Ron was pale as he listened to his mother yelling and he felt a trickle of urine run down his leg which set his mother off once more.
"You are a disgusting pig. I should just transform you into one and drop you on a pig farm," Molly sneered.
"I'm sorry mum I was following the Headmasters orders. Turn the house against him and after the first task cozy back up to him but he wouldn't have anything to do with it. Mum, I really tried," Ron replied in fear.
Molly looked at her son and snapped out, "The headmaster is not a part of this family. He has no say on what you do. You have ruined two years of work."
Run hung his head as if in shame and thought of the two hundred galleons in his secret stash in his room that the headmaster had paid him, "I'm sorry."
"Sorry doesn't cut it. Go… go help the twins," Molly snarled in anger as she would just haft to hope the magic of the marriage contract worked until she could think of one that would make it work, but even Dumbledore wasn't sure if it would since he had never seen the Potter charter which was locked away in the family vaults which Potter knew nothing about.
Going back down stairs, she when to a secret compartment in the kitchen to gather a certain gold key, because they needed things for the house until they moved to headquarters and the cleaning supplies were a necessity as Albus had said the house was a mess. When she opened the compartment and started moving things around she couldn't find the key and hoped the boy hadn't recalled it with the magic built into the key. With a growl she would have to use their own funds until Albus could get the key back so they could withdraw more gold from the brat's vaults. It wasn't like he was going to need it after he confronted 'he-who-could-not-be-named' and died by his hands.
Going to the door, Molly hollard out for her sons to come in as the floo flared and Bill came through.
"Bill!" she hurried over and hugged her oldest, "Could you watch over the twins and Ron while I run to Diagon Alley. We need supplies," she asked.
"Sure mum, I have about an hour to spare before I need to pack. I have a special mission for my bosses and I'll be gone for a month, but after that I've been guaranteed a permanent position here in country," Bill replied.
"Where are you going?" she asked worried.
"Can't say. I am under oaths not to say anything," Bill replied.
"Does it deal with you know who?" she asked.
"No just bank business and I can say this, they said I'll be traveling to all the branch offices to check some things out due to how good I am at wards. So I'll be safe," Bill replied.
"Oh how wonderful," Molly said and then hugged him tightly, "I won't be long. We just need some house hold supplies I noticed we were low on."
"Take your time. Where are my brothers and sister," Bill asked.
"Ginny is with Luna at her house and your brothers are degnoming the garden," Molly replied as she summoned her purse and stepped through the floo.
While his mother was shopping, Bill went upstairs and packed his belongings as he had been ordered to including all his books. Everything went into a trunk that he had bought in Egypt and then was shrunk down and placed in his pocket. Rushing back down the stairs he filled a glass with his mother's lemonade and headed out to the garden and found his brothers in a game of who could toss the gnome furthest.
Fred was the first to spot him and holler out, "BILL!"
Bill smiled and waved as he walked over and sat in his father's chair, "How you three doing?" he asked as he took a sip of his drink.
"We are," Fred started.
"doing great," Greg added.
Bill thought and knew they were up to something and then turned to his youngest brother, "What about you?"
Ron shrugged and replied, "Ok."
Bill frowned at his comeback and then said, "How was school?"
"Ok," came from Ron and the twins said, "Fantastic."
"Well don't mind me. I'm just your babysitter until mum gets back. You three better get back to work," Bill suggested.
The three went back to work with Ron grumbling the whole time. An hour later they were sitting in chairs drinking lemonade waiting on their mother and chatting but Bill noticed that Ron was distracted and he couldn't figure out why. He told them of his upcoming job and that he would be gone for thirty days and then he would be back working in the Diagon Alley Gringotts training a new curse breaker. When his mother returned he kissed her cheek and headed for the floo and was stopped by the twins. They asked since he was going to different parts of the world if he could look for books on pranks for their shop. They gave him fifty galleons and he told them he would look but couldn't promise on how much time he would have. Flooing out of the house he arrived at the alley and headed for work where he took a portkey to Boston to do some checks on the bank wards. He found that the branch wards were at full power with no tampering and was released to explore the Magical Way of Boston and he quickly found a few books for his brothers. His next stop was Seattle and then Mexico City. This went on for nine more days and then he found orders to report home and to a Bloodthirst.
"Ahh come in Mr. Weasley," Bloodthirst said and then introduced him to the others in the room.
Bill was wondering why he was here when Bloodthirst started speaking.
"Today the six of you will be entering the Time Dilatation rooms. You have each been hired to teach two teens everything you know about courses you excel at. Mr. Weasley you will be doing Runes and Arithmancy, Mrs. Holmes will be DADA and Healing, Mr. Dwight, Transfiguration. Mrs. Lanlock will be teaching Potions, Herbology and Muggle Studies. She is an American muggleborn Potion mistress and holds patents in fifty-nine new potions. Mr. Brindle will be teaching Charms teacher. Thorncrusher here will be teaching both Estate Management and Enchanting. We also need a volunteer to teach Astronomy and we will let you decide who will do that. You all will be teaching to the ICW courses to these two teens so they can take their OWLS and NEWTS at ICW standards so we obtained their course books and master books for all of you. You will spend fifteen days in there but an actual fifteen months will go by for you all. Each of you will be paid fifteen thousand galleons with a thousand galleons up front so you can buy what you want. You have six hours until you will report to the rooms but you may want to be early. Remember your oaths, do not speak of this to anyone," Bloodthirst ordered before handing each of the humans a large sack before escorting them out of the office and turned to Thorncrusher, "is the trunk ready?"
"Yes, packed with all the books that were on the list as you ordered," Thorncrusher replied.
"Good, I'll leave it to you. Remember not a word to them until they meet their students. We don't want anyone to know," Bloodthirst grinned.
Thorncrusher nodded and went to his office and home to pack up what he would need.
The five human employees left the bank and went shopping for the items they would need. They quickly started filling up pockets with shrunken bags as they went. Bill hit the ice cream shop and bought multiple one gallon containers of ice cream and he placed them in his multi compartment trunk in the cold room so they would stay frozen. He thought he had enough to last a year. Checking the time he had forty-five minutes to head for the bank. He didn't realize he had almost run into Harry Potter as he was heading to the time room to unpack.
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Harry and Daphne watched the clock by the exit door of the time dilatation rooms. In five minutes it would shut down for good. Looking to Daphne, he smiled at the sixteen year old and thought she looked gorgeous. She was wearing pale blue robes that matched her eyes. Her long blond hair was in a milkmaid braid that Mrs. Holmes had shown her how to braid a few months back and Daphne knew that Harry loved the lock on her. Leaning over he kissed her cheek and smiled when she turned to face him.
"Almost time, love," Harry replied as he looked down at his future wife.
Looking up into Harry's bright green eyes that no longer needed glasses, she replied, "I know. I can't wait to see my family."
Daphne couldn't believe how tall Harry was now. Originally, when they'd started, he was five foot five and weighed just eight stones. He was now six foot four inches and weighed almost seventeen stones. He had really worked at building his muscles in the muggle style gym that the goblins had in the chambers with the help of Mr. Dwight and Bill Weasley.
"I know, for them it's been fifteen days but for us, it's been fifteen months," Harry replied as he hugged her.
In their pockets were their shrunken trunks and a new one as a gift from Thorncrusher containing the library they had been using during their stay in time dilation. A beeping noise caught their attention and they looked at the clock together as the timer hit twenty seconds remaining, as it slowly clicked down the beep got louder. Finally, a buzz sounded, and the door locks clicked to open. Stepping out through the door, they found Bloodthirst waiting for them, with a cart behind him.
"Welcome back Lord Potter, Miss Greengrass. I see the healing worked wonders for you Lord Potter. You now look like your grandfather Charles Potter, in height and bearing."
"Thank you, Bloodthirst. Are the Greengrasses here? Daphne is so desperate to see her family," Harry replied as they stepped into the cart.
"They arrived twenty minutes ago. I also have your passport, green card and other documentation for you both, which you will need when you go to the United States. Miss Greengrass, your mother brought your wedding gown. Your friend Tracy and her family are with them as well. I have a portkey that will take you all to Gretna Green, where you will get married," Bloodthirst said as he put the cart in gear.
Ten minutes later they arrived at Bloodthirst's office and walked into find the Greengrasses and Davis family. Astoria yelled out and slammed into her sister as Angela and Cyrus stood up. Before they could walk over Tracy Davis was hugging her best friend and none of them could believe how much the two had changed. Harry reached out and offered his hand to Cyrus who shook it and then Angela was hugging him.
"You look so much healthier now," she said.
"Yeah, you're not a scrawny Gryffindor now," Tracy snarked from where she was hugging her best friend.
"Thank you, Miss Davis," Harry replied as Astoria hugged him.
"Lord Potter, first we need to have you and Lord Greengrass sign the contract," Bloodthirst said as he set the contract on the table, "This is a blood quill and will use your blood to sign the contract. It's only used on contracts. Use for anything else could result in your vaults being seized, and your life being forfeit to the Goblin Nation."
Harry and Cyrus quickly signed the contract and Bloodthirst healed both their hands as he pulled a rope out.
"Lord Potter, this rope is a Goblin portkey and will take you all to Greta Green. If you hurry, you can hit the shops and get some wedding clothes that will fit Lord Potter before your five o'clock wedding. It will also bring you all back here afterwards," Bloodthirst said as he held out a rope that looked about five feet long, "This is a map of where you need to go for your wedding and the nearby shops."
"Thank you, Bloodthirst," Harry replied as he took the rope and map.
"The activation word is Marriage," Bloodthirst said once the portkey was out of his hands.
Everyone grabbed the rope and Harry touched it with his wand and said, "Marriage," and the rope turned blue and they vanished in a swirl of blue light.
The nine of them appeared in an alley inside Gretna Green, and they followed the map to the shops. Harry and Daphne were quickly outfitted; Harry in a tux, and Daphne in the wedding gown that Angela had brought with them.
After getting clothed properly, they walked to 'Headless Cross' and entered the "Famous Blacksmith's Shop" for their Anvil Wedding. There they met the priest and his wife.
Daphne vanished into a side room while Harry, Cyrus, two year old Angus, and Mr. Davis went into another where they also got ready. At four forty-five they were in the chapel. Mr. Davis and Harry stood at the anvil with Angus standing next to the priest holding a pair of black boxes.
Harry waited for Daphne to come down the aisle to stand in front of the anvil with him, behind the anvil stood the priest and his wife who was smiling away. The priest would give the blessing of their marriage, while she bore witness. Even though it was a muggle style wedding, both the priest and his wife were witch and wizard, and were sworn to secrecy as to whom they were marrying. Mrs. Davis was waiting with a camera to take photos of the wedding so everyone had photos to remember by.
The music changed and Harry looked to his left to see Tracy coming towards them then Astoria and soon Daphne was coming towards him wearing a white gown with a veil that covered her face and went down to her ankles in the back. She had her right hand on her father's arm as they walked. Twenty steps later she came to a stop next to him and her father lifted the front of the veil and he was once more looking into her blue eyes.
"We are gathered here to marry this man, Lord Harry James Potter to Daphne Ophelia Greengrass in front of the Anvil of Marriage. A marriage is a sacred thing that two who love each other can do. Who gives this woman to be married to this man?"
Cyrus stood up and replied, "Her mother and I do."
"So be it," the priest said. Taking the offered rings from young Angus, he sent the boy to his mother. He handed the rings to the two teens who slipped them on, and then he wrapped a golden wire around their joined hands.
Clearing his throat, he started speaking, and in Scottish he said the following vows.
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"Blessed be this union with the gifts of the East as magic and the couple take their first step,
"Communication of the heart, mind, body and magic,
"Fresh beginnings with the rising of each Sun and magic will enrich the home,
"The knowledge of the growth found in the sharing of silences and the building of love with magic,
"Blessed be this union with the gifts of the South that shall bare witness of a long life,
"Warmth of hearth and home and magic will bless this house to a larger house with children,
"The heat of the heart's passion and magic will allow the life of the two to grow,
"The light created by both to illuminate the darkest of times will allow magic to protect them,
"Blessed be this union with the gifts of the West and the safety of home in magic,
"The deep commitments of the lake and magic will strengthen the wife's resolve,
"The swift excitement of the river and magic will encourage the man to be ready to defend,
"The refreshing cleansing of the rain like magic will wash away all fears,
"The all encompassing passion of the sea along with magic will build their lives,
"Blessed be this union with the gifts of the North and magic will bless the birth of the children,
"Firm foundation on which to build a home that magic shall bless."
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When each line he finished, he lightly tapped the hammer and a golden band of magic shot from the anvil to wrap around Harry and Daphne.
Finishing the vows he gave the anvil a resounding blow that reverberated throughout the village, announcing that a marriage had taken place. "Lord Potter, Lady Potter with the power vested in me by the Goddess and Scotland, I pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss your bride."
Harry and Daphne leaned in and kissed each other as the golden wire vanished into their bodies, sealing their marriage in magic.
The priest then said the final line, "Ladies and Gentleman, I give you Lord and Lady, Harry and Daphne Potter of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Potter."
The wedding party left the "Famous Blacksmith's Shop" and headed towards a restaurant that was circled on their map. Entering, they were quickly seated at a large table where they would enjoy their dinner. At seven that evening, they wandered out of the restaurant and used the portkey to go back to Bloodthirst's office.
While they were gone, four suitcases had been supplied by Bloodthirst, with new clothes for both teens. Both Harry and Daphne quickly changed into muggle clothes and packed the items they had worn into their suitcases to take with them. A small chest the size of a jewelry box was handed over, containing a gift from Bloodthirst. They were told to open them when they reached their new homes. In addition to their new credit cards, he then gave over the files that he had promised, including new identification papers and their marriage certificate, dated one month before. Then he handed them another folder that was red, along with a platinum colored time turner.
"When you get to where the time turner takes you, give that folder to Thorncrusher. It will let us know to set up the time rooms for your use. Lord Potter as of today your vaults have been transferred to the Seattle Gringotts office and only the two of you have access. In the case that holds all your records there are also your tickets for your plane and your cruise aboard the Nordic Empress. You will leave from Fort Lauderdale for your seven day cruise. When you get back you have an appointment with the Chevy dealer whose name and address are on the top paper in the case. There you'll pick up your Suburban that we purchased for you. The check books and credit card that are in the case are connected to Wells Fargo. They're a muggle bank we deal with in the United States. We have deposited in your account six million US dollars. There are also traveler checks for ten thousand dollars for your use as well. Your account manager at Gringotts of Seattle is Boneknife. Good luck and Goddess bless you both!" He then handed a large black photography case to Harry and said, "In this case are a pair of Nikon FM-10 35mm cameras, with multiple lenses, filters, flashes and tripods and several hundred rolls of film in ASA speeds of 100, 200, 400, 800, and 1600, as well as slide film."
They both thanked Bloodthirst, and took the offered portkey that would take them to within walking distance of Heathrow International Airport. There they would catch a flight to the United States. The nine walked into a side room, hugged each other and offered to send them a portkey to bring them to their new home during Christmas. Both Tracy and Astoria had already been enrolled at Salem, where they would complete their fifth and second years, respectively, while both families would set up homes outside of Boston. Cyrus and Lord Davis would withdraw all three children from Hogwarts at the end of summer, once they were in the United States, so Dumbledore wouldn't be able to stop them from leaving.
They had Cyrus shrink their luggage with a time stamp of fifteen minutes and then Harry wrapped the platinum chain around their necks. With a final goodbye the two of them vanished from the room and arrived thirty days in the past. Before they could move the door opened and a goblin they recognized stepped in.
"Who are you?" Thorncrusher asked.
"Thorncrusher, it's good to see you. I have a folder for you to give to Bloodthirst, and this time turner to return to the Goblin Nation as ordered by Bloodthirst," Harry replied as he offered the folder to the goblin along with the time turner.
Thorncrusher took the two offered items and was about to ask who they were again when Harry pulled out a rope and said, "We will see you again in fifteen days, Thorncrusher. May your enemies' gold fill your vault, and their blood wet your sword."
Holding the new portkey, Harry said the activation key and they vanished from Gringotts and appeared in an alley that had a permanent notice me not cast on it, that allowed them to arrive and walk into the airport where they headed for British Airways terminal to check in.
Harry stopped and looked around for hopefully the last time to see the United Kingdom until the war was over and both Voldemort and Dumbledore were gone.
"What's wrong love?" Daphne asked.
"Just looking around at our former home and what this means," Harry replied.
"It means a new life for us," Daphne said as she kissed him on the cheek.
Harry looked at Daphne and smiled, "Your right."
Turning he looked once and said, "Up yours Dumbles. You and this war, my family has paid enough. Come on love we have a flight to catch."
Daphne smiled and picked up the handle of her carry on and they walked to the boarding terminal where they were escorted onto the plane and into first class.
The flight lasted fourteen hours to the Fort Lauderdale airport, where they would be met by a limousine and taken to the cruise ship to begin their honeymoon. By the time they arrived in the United States, both of them wanted three things, decent food, a shower and a bed. After gathering their luggage they headed for the exit where they found a young girl in her mid-twenties holding a sign up that said 'Potter.'
Eighteen minutes later they were dropped off, just before four o'clock, and they quickly boarded the ship and headed for their suite that had been set up for them. While Daphne showered, Harry ordered a light dinner for both of them. It arrived while Harry was taking his shower. Six rolled around and the big liner was pulled away from the docks and headed out to sea. They were able to watch it from the stateroom just below the bridge. As darkness fell, Harry carried his wife to bed where they made love for the first time.
The next seven days was spent cruising around the Bahamas and seeing the sights. Then they were back in Fort Lauderdale where they took a cab to the Chevy dealership. There they picked up the vehicle that Bloodthirst had ordered for them. The big Suburban was light green with all the amenities including a winch mounted to the front bumper and a trailer hitch that had a 6x12 box trailer. The vehicle and trailer were already registered and the tank was full. Bloodthirst had come through, and the vehicle had been magically modified. The gas tank on the vehicle had an expansion charm and weightless charm on it. It had the capacity to hold five hundred gallons of fuel. The trailer had magically enchanted appliances, two fridges and deep freezers, which had the same charms on them. There were also three cabinets that they could walk into. Inside the trailer was the items that Harry had placed on his list of items to acquire, including a pair of snowmobiles, carts for them to tow, two four wheelers, a complete workshop for wood, and a comprehensive automotive tool set. Also included were several rifles, ample ammunition, two crossbows and two Martin Pro Series Scepter bows, multiple arrows and several quivers.
They pulled out of the city after stopping to get a Rand McNally 1995 Road Atlas, as well as stocking up on books to read at a large book store called Waldenbooks. Harry and Daphne spent several hours there, exploring the store. They eventually walked out with eight hundred dollars worth of muggle books. The next eleven hours saw them traveling up the center of the state on "Florida's Turnpike" towards highway I-10 where they would turn west towards Mobile, Alabama. In the console between their seats were their drinks and a container holding two hundred dollars in quarters, for tolls. Stashed inside a paperback book were twenty, one hundred dollar bills for gas. They had left Fort Lauderdale at eleven and by six they found a small inn, in Ocala. After eating dinner at a restaurant called Huddle House they headed to bed and were up by five the next morning.
They had breakfast at the same place. Harry tried the biscuits and gravy with eggs, bacon and toast while Daphne had pancakes. She also snitched some of the biscuits and gravy and really liked them. She decided to find out how they were made and spent fifteen minutes talking to the waitress and after explaining she had never had them before, being from the United Kingdom. The waitress wrote down how to make the gravy so she could make it for them.
Stopping at a store called Publix they bought several hundred dollars worth of groceries and then put them in the trailer inside the magical freezers and fridges and pantry, before activating the stasis charms on them to keep everything fresh. They planned to do this all the way across the country, because from what they'd read in the price guide for where they were going in Alaska, the prices were astronomical due to the shipping fees.
They were on the road by six and by noon they were traveling over the Jubilee Parkway when Harry cried out.
"Bloody hell!"
Harry was looking to his left and had spotted a huge ship at anchor and by the size of the guns it could only be one type of ship.
"HARRY!" Daphne said as she looked at her husband, "What was that for?"
"Look," Harry replied as he pointed to their left.
Daphne did and saw the huge ship. Confused she asked, "It's a ship. What of it?"
"It's a battleship!" Harry replied and then he saw the sign that said Battleship Park and Tours.
"I want to see it!" Harry said as he put the right turn blinker on and merged to the right as the exit for the park came up.
"Really? Now? We have a long ways to go," Daphne said.
"Honey, that's history. We British built the first one and called it the HMS Dreadnought back before the First World War. I thought they were all gone," Harry said as they exited the highway and turned left and headed under the freeway to the park.
"Oh, all right," Daphne replied seeing how excited he was.
They pulled into the park and parked the car near the front entrance. Readying their cameras, Harry started snapping pictures of the armored vehicles and airplanes as they headed for the front doors.
Daphne spotted the tubular looking ship and asked, "What is that?"
Harry looked to where Daphne pointed and replied, "That's a submarine. It can travel and hide underwater. They were used to sink other ships during the wars."
They paid the admittance fee and went aboard the ship. Taking pictures of everything as they went. After touring the ship they went to the submarine and found out its name was the USS Drum while the battleship was the USS Alabama. Daphne took one look inside and said she wasn't going in. By two pm and after seeing all the exhibits they went through the gift shop and bought a ton of items. Most were on ships, books on World War Two that Harry found exciting, multiple models and a dozen large mugs. Some had the Alabama on them while others had the Drum. They thought they would make good Christmas gifts.
By three they were back on the road and met up with Alexander Jones. He gave them a small box of fifty memories. These memories were of fishing on the ocean, and how to run a boat, including marine engine and hull repair plus a few surprises for Harry. They left Mobile and headed west on I-10, towards the junction with I-12 taking it to I-55, where they were to meet Craig Whittleson in Hammond for more memories that dealt with welding and heavy machine repair along with large scale farming.
Craig put them up on his thirty-five acre farm for the night. The memories given were of farming and hunting. The next morning, after a southern breakfast, they were back on the road, going to Jackson, Mississippi, where they were to meet Diana White. They had dinner with her and her family. Diana only had a few memories, but important ones, as they were of preserving food for the winter and harvesting a garden. A few more were from her husband on wood carving, hunting, and cleaning a kill.
Spending the night with Diana and her husband Josh, had them on the road at seven the next morning. They headed straight up I-55 bypassed Saint Louis on I-270 and took I-64 to I-70. I-70 was a straight run into Kansas City. By eight that evening they had found a motel to stay at in KC. It took them most of the next morning to find the magical alley where while Daphne shopped and Harry bought a new wand from the local crafter. The wand was blackthorn with a thunderbird tail feather. After getting his new wand, Harry headed for the sub branch of the Ministry of Magic of North America, and registered to take his OWLs on the 19th of June. It would take five days to take all the tests he signed up for.
At eight am, Daphne dropped Harry off at the Ministry, and headed back to the alley for more shopping including a makeover. She'd had Harry's and her old wands put in their vault where Dumbles couldn't find them. Her new wand was cherry with the ground bone and venom from a bloomslang snake. While Harry took his Herbology and DADA tests, Daphne hit a few local stores and a large mall she'd found. She would pick Harry up at five, after putting everything in the trailer including more clothes for Harry, and some winter clothes for them both that she'd picked up on clearance. They would spend the rest of the week either shopping, relaxing at the motel; or, in Harry's case, testing.
At six in the morning of the 26th, they headed southbound from of Kansas City. They found a small piece of Route 66 as they went through Baxter Springs on their way to I-44. I-44 took them to Oklahoma City, where they joined I-40 for Arizona. Three days later, they watched the sun set over the Grand Canyon, and fell in love with the location. They planned to come back and camp for a few weeks one day, but for now they headed to LA where they spent two days at Disney Land. From there they took US Highway 101 to the Golden Gate Bridge. They continued on 101 up the state, through Oregon, and into Washington. They stopped multiple times to see the sights because Daphne couldn't take her OWLs until July 3rd, in Seattle.
On July 2nd, while Daphne studied, Harry found that there were no direct ferries to Nome and that everything had to be transport and he was given the companies name and had a container for the Suburban reserved. He watched them load the container with the vehicle and trailer and then sealed it. Thirty minutes later the container was swung aboard the ship heading for Nome with a cargo of mining equipment and tons of food supplies. He then apparated back to the hotel room, gave a sleeping Daphne a kiss and then later he took her out to dinner.
On July 3rd, while Daphne took her first tests and Harry explored the downtown stores. He found several hobby stores, and bought about fifty new model kits and supplies. Some were plastic and some wooden. His biggest find, literally, was a six foot long Radio Controlled Lancaster bomber that he couldn't wait to start building. He got subscriptions to all the RCA magazines and had them sent to his Gringotts mail box along with picking up as many books on model building he could.
On the morning of the ninth, they packed everything into their trunks and luggage. They shrunk the trunks and then they took a cab to SeaTac, to fly from Seattle to Nome Alaska on Air Alaska. They flew out at 6 pm, landed in Anchorage Alaska at 8:30 pm, and spent the night at a nearby motel with a wakeup call at five. Their next flight was at 7 am and they landed at 8:30 in Nome, Alaska where they took a cab to a nearby motel. The cost of the flight was just over fifteen hundred, but both thought it was worth it to be so close to their new home.
Harry and Daphne rested in their hotel room for the rest of Sunday. Harry checked on the ship, and it would dock late on Tuesday morning. They figured they could get the vehicle and trailer by early Wednesday morning, and head to the DMV where they would have to register the car and get their state licenses. On Tuesday, they did head to the DMV, but found out they would have to register the ATVs and Snowmobiles as well. So they picked up the books to take their driving tests, and registration forms for all the vehicles. They would have them filled out and ready to go. In the paperwork that had been left in their trunk, was their new address so they were set that way. They also went to an insurance company and had state insurance put on all the vehicles at the maximum amount, and they paid for a year on each with automatic payments. Wednesday afternoon, they were at the shipping port and watched as their container was found and opened. The vehicle and trailer were unloaded and checked over. They opened the trailer and a few preset charms had the fridge and freezer looking like expensive furniture and a notice me not charm had it set that it was a normal trailer size with the furniture in the front and the ATVs and Snowmobiles in the back. Both passed inspection from the port authority.
Harry had also put on his head of house ring and slipped Daphne's on her finger as well before heading to the DMV to take their tests and register their vehicles. With them they carried their paperwork along with their new Social Security cards, green cards and anything else they thought they might need. Two hours later, the vehicles were registered and they had brand new licenses so they could drive legally in the State of Alaska.
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Bloodthirst was in his office when a sheet of parchment glowed, and caught his eye. It told him that Lord Potter and Lady Potter had finally put their rings on. He set up a plan for the next day to visit Hogwarts, because Dumbledore was still out of the country.
The next morning, Bloodthirst, Solicitor Devon Blackshire, and twenty goblins headed up the path from Hogsmead towards the Wizarding School. Clutched in Bloodthirst hand was a scroll of reclamation to claim the carcass of the basilisk that Lord Potter had slew in single combat. Approaching the gate he reached up and sent his magic into the gates to summon the keeper of keys.
Inside the school, the ward alarm inside Professor McGonagall's office went off, telling her they had visitors. Since Hagrid was away on a mission for the headmaster and Professor Dumbledore was in Geneva at the emergency ICW she headed out of the castle to the front gate, where she was shocked to see a man and twenty-one goblins standing in a light drizzle.
Coming to a stop she asked, "Can I help you?"
"Hello, Professor. Long time, no see," Devon said.
"Devon Blackshire, Ravenclaw, class of seventy-four if I remember rightly," Minerva replied.
"Yes, Ma'am. I am here to serve papers for the Goblins. They are here to harvest a class fifty creature that was slain two years ago," Devon said as he held up a folder.
Minerva opened the gate, let them through and then closed the gate.
"Follow me. We can speak in the entryway where we won't get soaked."
They walked towards the castle and were soon inside the entryway, where she turned to face them, "Now what is it you need, and what class fifty creature are you talking about," she asked.
Bloodthirst stepped forward and offered her the scroll, "In nineteen ninety three, Harry Potter slew a Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets. This was a one on one battle with no aid. The corpse is his. He has hired Gringotts to render down the corpse and sell it."
Minerva took the scroll and opened it. Reading through the sale of the beast she said, "I'm not sure if I can allow this."
"Ma'am you have no choice," Devon replied as he handed her a copy of the sale to Gringotts, and a copy of the stated law.
With a huff, she read the law and with thin lips she replied, "Then I have no choice. Please follow me."
Minerva led the party to the 2nd floor bathroom. One of the goblins went to the center sink and found the carving. With a hissed command to open, the sink slid out of the way. The goblin spoke again and stairs formed. They descended down into the depths of the castle, to a passageway covered in bones. With a flick of her wand Minerva vanished the bones, and they started walking following a map drawn by Lord Potter. They found the shed Basilisk skin and two of the goblins packed up the skin while the rest of them removed the blockage and shored up the passageway before they walked on to the circular door, where the goblin hissed his open command, again. As they stepped into the room Minerva gasped as she saw the length of the dead snake.
Minerva cursed in Gaelic as she looked upon the corpse. She started to fall to her knees as her legs gave out. Devon quickly conjured a chair for her, and guided his former teacher to sit in it.
"Thank you, Mr. Blackshire. By the Goddess! He faced that?" she said in shock.
"Yes, Ma'am," Devon replied.
"When he comes back, I'm going to give him a thousand points for bravery," she mumbled.
"Ahh … speaking of that, I have this for you," Devon said as he opened the folder and pulled out another sheet of parchment and handed it to her, "As Lord Potter was declared of legal age by the ministry last year, he has withdrawn from Hogwarts and left the country to heal. Will he back? I don't know. Where did he go? I don't know. Will he be in contact? I don't know. I do know he has a Gringotts mail box and can send and receive mail through it."
"He cannot withdraw!" Minerva replied as she took the parchment and started reading, "Oh, dear. The headmaster is going to be very upset."
"Well, he shouldn't have forced Lord Potter to participate in the tournament. He could have stopped him within the first twenty-four hours and withdrawn him but he didn't. He forced Lord Potter to compete and a young man has been murdered," Devon replied as the goblins went to work on the corpse.
The one who spoke Parselmouth went up to the huge 30 foot tall statue of Salazar Slytherin, and commanded the statues mouth to open. Two Goblin Warriors went up to the opening where they found a half dozen more shed skins, and a gold and bejeweled statue of a snake, which glowed with foul magic. They didn't know it then, but they had found the curse that was tied to the DADA's teaching position.
Several hours later, the goblins left the Chamber of Secrets and closed the entrance. As they headed out of the castle, they met Potion Master Severus Snape.
With a sneer he asked what the goblins were doing there. When he found out he started cursing Potter and the goblins, and demanding the processed corpse which they refused as it belonged to Lord Potter. The insults covered everything the Snape hated about Potter and his father but the goblins ignored the bitter man until he said something that really pissed off Devon and he looked at the man and sneered back.
"I would cease, in case Lord Potter demands satisfaction for your part in his parents murder," Devon ordered and then said, "The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches ... Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies ... And the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not!"
Snape went pale and his eyes darted to Minerva, who was looking at him with thin lips, "How do you know that?"
"That's all I know of the prophecy. Only Potter knows the whole thing, and he also knows that you told Voldemort about it, and set Voldemort on his parents and on Neville Longbottoms. One set of them is now dead, and the other is in a comatose condition. I wonder what Madam Longbottom would say if we mentioned it to her how it was your fault her son and daughter in law have laid in the hospital since the attack on them? I think she would call a blood feud down on you. Don't you think so?" Devon replied.
With those words, Devon the goblins left the ancient castle. Inside, Snape fled back to his quarters to stay out of Minerva's sight, while Minerva went to her office and wrote up a report and sent it by elf to Dumbledore. It would be six hours before Dumbledore arrived to question her on what happened, and another twenty minutes after that, to summon the order for an emergency meeting.
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Harry and Daphne would spend the night once more in Nome and at eight am they would head to the highway and towards Teller. It would take an hour and half, to travel the seventy miles to Teller. They would then find the access road that would take them to their two story home. They pulled into the front yard and came to a stop. They stared at the beautiful homestead. To the right of the house was a massive barn and to the left another. The difference was the barn to the left had a corral around it that had three cows munching on grass while the right one didn't. Later they would see behind the house, three huge greenhouses and a heated chicken coup. The elves met them outside and were dancing with joy as their masters arrived home. They quickly started unpacking the trailer and their luggage. Books went into the library; hobby stuff like the models went on to shelves in one of the spare bedrooms for now; the big screen TV and stereo were set up in the living room using magical plugs that drew power from the lay lines that crossed under the house. Daphne had found them in the third trunk from Lily's vault and more were purchased in Kansas City magical way when Harry was taking his OWLS. The fridges and freezers were placed in the pantry with the other freezers and fridges, while the canned goods were stored on shelves. Then the trailer was moved to the barn on the right. The snowmobiles were unloaded next to the back door of the house, and covered with a tarp. The ATVs were placed in the barn with the wood working and automotive tools before the trailer and Suburban were backed inside and disconnected.
While Daphne was setting up their home, Dobby and Happy gave Harry a tour of the property and the outbuildings. With the help of Happy and Dobby he set up the wood and auto shop how he wanted them. Then using car ramps he drove the Suburban up onto them, where he proceeded to give the vehicle the oil change it desperately needed, since they had driven across the country to LA and then from LA to Seattle and from Nome to Teller. When finished he used his wand to scourgify the stains away, and then put all the tools back in their place.
Going back outside, he looked around once more and then said to the two elves, "We need to locate a lot of seasoned deadfall wood for firewood. I would also like to plan a smoker so we can smoke fish and game."
"We will find wood, master…" Dobby was about to say more when Winky popped in.
"Master, Mistress has dinner ready," she said.
"Thank you. Please let Daphne know I'm coming," Harry said and then turned to Dobby and Happy, "Gather a bunch of wood that needs to be cut up, and place near the barn. Tomorrow I'll start cutting it up with the axe and chainsaw. Just don't overwork yourselves."
"We won't, master," the two male elves replied.
Harry headed into the house where the smells of a cooked dinner caught his attention. He found Daphne placing a pan of lasagna on the table along with garlic bread and a fresh salad.
Looking at the food as he sat down, he said, "That looks good."
Daphne blushed, "Thank you."
The two spent dinner in a light conversation and then they retired to the living room where they watched a movie on the TV. They chose Star Wars because neither had seen it before. At nine, they took a shower together and then retired to bed where they made slow love.
The next morning found Harry standing in the second floor living room looking out at the bay where the waves were gently crashing against the beach. Daphne found him there sipping his morning tea, and he put his arm around her and gave her a kiss.
After a hot breakfast of what Americans call Oatmeal, with toast, Harry went to the work shop and found the axe and chainsaw that Craig Whittleson had suggested he buy. Stacked by the barn were thirty dead trees. Using the chainsaw he cut one of the trees up into chunks and then stood one chunk on end and started quartering another section of the trunk while Dobby summoned the split pieces and stacked them. Dobby tried to offer to do the cutting with magic but Harry explained that he needed the exercise by orders of his healer.
He worked until lunch, when Winky popped in with a sandwich and cold drink. Quickly eating his meal he spent the afternoon cutting the rest of the wood up into smaller sections for the wood stoves and Dobby stacked them in the wood shed for use in the house when he had enough cut up. Otherwise Dobby and Happy were three miles away in a large clearing where they cut down the tall grass turn it into hay for the winter. The hay would be shrunk down and stacked in the animal barn after it dried. The days went by while Daphne and Harry worked, and when his birthday rolled around they drove to Nome to register Harry for hunting after he passed the hunting exams and registered his firearms.
On August fifth while scouting around on his broom with a disillusionment charm he spotted a large male brown bear and landed on a hill overlooking the bear as it pulled salmon out of the river that ran into the bay. Harry pulled his Winchester M70 out of its case on his back and settled the rifle on the bear as it fished. Taking a deep breath he slowly let it out and stroked the trigger and the rifle tried to jump but Harry held it on target and the bullet hit the bear in the side and penetrated the heart. It dropped instantly and Harry slipped his rifle in its case and flew down to the corpse. Calling Dobby and Happy he had Dobby take the bear to the house and into the butchering room that was on the property. Dobby asked if he wanted him to start processing the body and Harry said yes. He then turned to Happy and said he was going to summon some of the fish for the freezer. With a quick summoning spells they soon had fifty salmon on the river bank, which Happy would pop back to the house so they could be processed. He then flew home to Daphne and put his rifle away and then proceeded to the processing house where he found Dobby preparing the meat and hide while Happy and Sally were working on the fish. Inside the house Winky was attending the cleaning and taking care of her mistress. Over the next two months, Harry would eventually kill twenty caribou, a Bull Moose, a Musk Ox and a Wolverine. With the freezers packed with meat, the smoker made and curing some of the meat into smoked meats, and a large boar pig. Harry had teleported down to the Jackson Mississippi where he went hunting with Diane's husband. The pig was taken back to Alaska by house elf and then Harry returned home as well. During this time, Daphne spent time canning away fruit and vegetables for winter. The first snowfall came on October 13th, and didn't stop all winter long. During this time Daphne's pregnancy progressed to where she would spend most of the time relaxing after they found out it was going to be twins and they were due in early April.
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Back in England, Dumbledore arrived at #4 Private Drive looking for Harry Potter with several members of the Order of the Phoenix. They were looking for clues on where Harry could have gone and all they found was a letter on the desk addressed to Dumbledore basically telling him to take their war and shove it. It was during this time when a pair of Dementors attacked the house and were driven off by Kingsley and Tonks. A letter then arrived expelling Harry for casting the Patronus Charm which was soon overturned when Kingsley and Tonks reported to Amelia Bones that it was they who had cast the charms to drive off the Dementors, which led to the arrest of Delores Umbridge. The next day it was reported in the paper how she tried to murder Harry Potter with the foul beasts. Dumbledore also reported that Harry was missing and had been missing for a month. Additional stories printed were the reports that Sirius Black was not the Potter secret keeper and that he was thrown in prison without trial, and they had a memory of Peter Pettigrew telling Harry that it was him that did it. A third story reported Harry being emancipated and taking up his lordship and leaving the country since they had slandered him in the new ministry paper. The forth story reported that what happened at the final task was reported, but Fudge denied it was possible to come back from the dead. The people were on the fence on the topic until one night.
Voldemort was not happy and moved up his plans to rescue his followers and obtain the prophecy, so he could know what it said. On the night of September thirtieth he moved forward, and gained the orb but was spotted by Fudge and Amelia Bones.
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