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: Thanks for your review. Yes, Draco is now the heir of Black. Sirius and Harry talked about it and as Draco no longer has the Malfoy money and Harry has more than enough Potter money Sirius has edited his will. Harry is the only Potter.
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Chapter 82
Remus hadn't felt so relaxed in over fifteen years. In fact, even at Hogwarts, he was never this relaxed. Yes, of course, with that thought he missed his lost friends, and the innocence of age, but he was happy living with Sirius and Harry. It was almost like Lily and James were wherever Harry was, watching over them all. It made Remus feel like he had a pack, a full, real family.
He very rarely got to relax and truly recover after a full moon. Sirius refused to let him go any longer without being treated so he had gotten his house elf to wait on him hand and foot. He was ready to be moving around now, but Sirius still kept the house elf close to his werewolf friend.
Remus wanted to be there for Harry in this test, thing. However, he was a werewolf, and couldn't risk being too close to the ministry. He hated the fact that he was prevented from being there for his pup; of course, the boy wasn't a child anymore, bit Remus couldn't help but think of Harry as a child.
The little elf handed Remus the daily paper and a cup of Peppermint tea. He sighed at the front page. It was a very weak argument but Fudge was trying to discredit all the Tri-wizard champions. And anyone who supported them. Remus had never been the biggest fan of Fudge; this made it even worse. This was Harry they were talking about.
It hadn't even been an hour since Sirius and Harry had left when suddenly without any warning a horde of gingers came bowling through the floo. They were followed by a Veela and two blonds. A small group of brunettes, and well, from the looks of it, everyone Harry knew.
"Hey, Professor Lupin." Young voices greeted him before they began to hang banners in the house. To the corner an old woman was comforting a coughing boy. They all just began working, leaving him on his armchair; still in his lounge clothes as well.
"Ah Remus dear, where is your kitchen?" The oldest ginger woman asked.
Remus remembered this woman and her brothers from the Order of the Phoenix, all those years ago. "Umm, that way…. Molly right?"
She nodded her thanks and beckoned a group of the children to follow her. Only one of them Ginger like herself, there was a second girl with red hair however it was a different kind of red. The final girls were both varying blonds.
"Umm what is actually going on here?"
Molly stopped and smiled at him. "Didn't Sirius tell you? He invited us to plan Harry a birthday party."
"No, no he didn't."
"Oh, sorry." Molly shrugged seeming not in the least bit surprised. "Sirius thought because Harry has been under a lot of pressure lately, a party might cheer him up."
"I suppose it would." Remus just shook his head; Sirius had explaining to do. Remus rolled his eyes and moved to help Oliver wood with the banners.
Luna, Ginny, Fray and Genevieve were trying to bake like muggles in the kitchen; it was not going well. The two little house elves were not in the least bit impressed.
It took much longer than they expected for Harry and Sirius to arrive home. After half an hour of being finished setting up, the party was already in full swing. It was all Molly could do to keep the children away from the birthday cake. Of course, Molly had ensured it would be edible, and had kept the twins away from it.
Draco hid from Ron as he discussed the Herbology summer essay with Neville. Despite his good grades, Ron couldn't help but make fun of nerdy talk; it was practically an integral part of the Weasley genes. Only Percy had escaped it.
Ron himself was bragging about his new job to Dean and Seamus; he flooed to the Hogsmead Olivander branch every weekend. Hermione was talking with Cho and Gwendolyn about something or another. Oliver and Cedric were talking with Charlie Weasley who had recently arrived for a family visit. Fleur and Bill were getting on like a house on fire.
In fact, the party was going very well even without Harry. Remus was the only one who looked confused when the door knocked. Everyone else moved into 'surprise' positions.
Remus however had known Sirius Black for twenty-five years give or take. Since he had gotten his apparition licence Remus had seen him use a door only once. This was likely not Sirius and Harry.
Of course, Remus was right. It was not Sirius. When he opened the door, it was a very confused looking teenager in the doorway. He looked nervous.
"Are you okay young man?" Remus wasn't one hundred percent sure he was here for the party as he held a bunch of very red-pink roses to his side and a large suitcase at his feet.
"Umm does Harry live here?" The boy asked; he had a heavy accent and looked a bit deshrivelled.
"Yes. Are you here for the party?"
"Yes." The boy nodded quickly. Remus was going to ask about the flowers or the case but let it be and invited the boy in. Harry had strange friends it saved time not to ask.
"Viktor you're here." Fleur floated up and hugged the taller boy. "I thought you were in Bulgaria."
"'ello Fleur. I couldn't miss this." Viktor told her through the hug. "Where is the man of the hour?"
"'es not back yet." She asked. "Ou are des roses for? Not for Harry I presume."
"Umm well." Viktor looked to a very nervous Hermione. "There's-" He stopped; struggling to speak. He took a breath. "Hur…mio…nee." He spoke the name with a lot of care, trying to get it right.
"You're not here for Harry's party, are you?" Hermione held her bossy tone; it came out usually when she felt threatened or on the verge of being upset. Draco and Ron moved instinctively to glare at the boy, not even realising what they were doing. Protecting their friend and sister, even without their own consent. Of course Harry would do the same; even many of the other party guests were watching Viktor cautiously.
"Yes, I am." He said proudly. He then pulled his case to him and opened it up to pull out a flat book sized box. "Where should I put 'is?"
A little male house elf appeared. "I will take Master Harry's present."
"Okay." Viktor dropped the box into the house elf's waiting hands.
Cedric didn't quite see the tension between the ex-couple. "Viktor, why do you have a suitcase?"
"Oh umm I am finking of having a holiday down here. My parents and I had a bit of a difference of opinion so I'm staying out of their vay for a vhile."
"So you left the country?"
"Veeell-" The usually stern faced seeker looked uncomfortable.
"They didn't kick you out because of me, did they?" Hermione had the same worry as the incident in first year with Draco and the Slytherins. She was angry at the boy but didn't want him to be suffering because of her.
"Nut exactly. They said iv I do not break up with you they'll disown me… So naturally I told them they can shove their money up their rectum. Then you ran off and vouldn't talk to me. So..," Viktor paused and looked at the girl; as if there wasn't another soul in the room. "So I went to find you but you were not at the hotel, they said you left and I naturally got annoyed. I went to shout at my баба и тя каза, че някои неща. Така че аз дойдох да гледам за вас и-" (1)
"Viktor darling." Fleur stepped in. "Calm down. You need 'o speaks English for 'Ermione."
Viktor cleared his thought. "Sorry Hurmione."
"Someone in your family…" Fleur offered helpfully.
"Yes My… Grandmother-" He stopped and changed his direction. "Hurmione, I came to look for you. To England; or whichever British country this is. I am bad at Geography." He looked around now as he spoke. "Cedric and Fleur told me of Harrys party. I might have come anyway. I just wanted to apology's."
"Vikt-"
"I was wrong." He said suddenly. "I shouldn't have let them say… You were right. Some people think very wrong. I won't even try to stop you from fighting that thinking. I never realised how bad it was till then. Till I could see it."
There was a lulling silence as everyone waited for someone else to speak.
Then suddenly, a crash echoed through the house. Sirius Black and Harry Potter apparated into the living-room.
Everyone turned to look at the sound; Molly Weasley gasped in Horror.
(1) "grandmother and she said some things. So I came to look for you and"
(I DO NOT SPEAK BULGARIAN; TAKE THIS INTO ACCOUNT. I am a military brat I can speak -some but lacking- French, Italian, German and a little Spanish. These languages I can let myself be held accountable for, I do not speak Bulgarian and have used a translation app. Apologies.)
AN: Hope you all like this chapter. I really enjoyed writing it and I'm sure Celran enjoyed betaing to. If you want to know what he was drawing i'm sure he'll tell you if you PM him or something.
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AN:... See you all next week.
