Title The Fake Professor / / / Rating T
Warnings Contains mild swearing in this chapter
-The Fake Professor-
Previously on The Fake Professor…
"Won't be long until we head home!" Rose asked Albus, who was working on his essay for Professor Chang. "Do you know if Uncle Harry is still inviting us on Boxing Day?"
"Yes Rosie, dad is. Professor Longbottom, Frank and Alice are also coming around too!" Albus replied.
"Maybe you could try flirting with Frank again!" Arthur teased his cousin, bobbing his tongue out.
When they left Common Room after doing a lot of studying, ready for the winter examinations, they found a large fir tree blocking the corridor ahead. Two enormous feet sticking out at the bottom and a loud puffing sound told them that Hagrid was behind it.
"Hi, Hagrid, want any help?" Albus asked, sticking his head through the branches.
"Nah, I'm all right, thanks, young Albus."
"Come on, cheer up, it's nearly Christmas," said Hagrid. "Tell yeh what, come with me an' see the Great Hall, looks a treat."
The hall looked spectacular. Festoons of holly and mistletoe hung all around the walls, and no less than twelve towering Christmas trees stood around the room, some sparkling with tiny icicles, some glittering with hundreds of candles.
Albus knew that he would have to speak to his father about the Chin Chang situation during the school holidays, but little would he expect the holidays to bring up one surprise…
Number 12, Grimmauld Place, London, England
26th December 2017
The winter holidays had gone fast for Albus and the latest batch of Hogwarts intake, but no matter how many times Albus tried to get his father alone, he was unable to do so.
Albus had noticed, however, that his father, godbrother Teddy, his Aunt Hermione and Uncle Ron, and his mother Susan, had been spending several days seeing each other in the study in Grimmauld Place, making arrangements for things that were closed door and had anti-eavesdropping measures.
Not even a supply of Extendable Ears from Weasley's Wizard Wheezes had gotten through the Auror graded blocking spells and anti-eavesdropping measures, including some from the Black Family Grimoire that Teddy had applied to the room.
One of the days of the holidays, Albus saw his Uncle Ron open an envelope that an owl which was unknown to him had delivered, the quintet being headed to the office for one of their frequent discussions as soon as Ron opened the envelope.
Things came to a head, however, on Boxing Day, however, when his father had told a joke to his Uncle Ron, one which fell flat on its head.
"That's it Potter"! Ron snarled across the room, reaching for his wand, "You brainwash my sister into falling in love with you, you don't take responsibility for your kid's misbehaviour and you try and chat up MY wife at work when was meant to meet up with me for lunch!"
"Ronald! Harry wasn't chatting me up." Hermione said, stepping in front of him, "My team has been working quite closely with the Auror Department to stop this Cruciform group before they attack people! Now will you calm down and behave yourself?"
"I don't have to listen to a filthy, jumped up, bushy haired Mudblood like you." Ron snarled, pushing her aside. Harry and Ginny reached for their wands.
"You are never going to be forgiven," Ginny said, her eyes flaming at the attitude of her brother, "How dare you call my friend that name. You are nothing but a foul, loathsome, evil little cockroach. And for your information, 19 years ago, Harry and I fell in love, again."
Ginny went up to Ron and slapped him. "And for your information Ronald, if you didn't actively encourage my son to play up by giving him stuff like the exploding coal," she continued, Ron nursing where his sister slapped him, "We wouldn't be blaming anyone. But as you did encourage him, you need to take a share of the responsibility."
"Don't you dare lecture me on responsibility." Ron shouted, his temper risen higher than what everyone had expected, "You and Potter get all the fame in this household, and what do I get. I get a sodding Order of Merlin, 2nd Class, whereas him, he gets an Order of Merlin 1st Class because he's Harry freaking Potter. And you, you got famous for being Harry Potters wife!"
"You wouldn't be like this if you hadn't downed a whole bottle of Firewhiskey." Ginny screamed. Albus, Rose and Scorpius walked in, shocked at what Ron was doing.
"Gin," Harry said, calm and collected, trying not to let his emotions show to his wife, "I don't think the kids, or Hermione needs to see this. I suggest you take them to The Burrow now to see Molly as Ron needs to calm down."
"I don't need to calm down Potter!" Ron snarled, his grip on his wand getting tighter. "I am fed up of you telling me to calm down, or interfere in my family's business."
"And you," Ron continued, turning to face Scorpius, pointing at him, "If you, Malfoy, so much as even touch my daughters hand, or any other part of her, and I will make it so you were never born! Do you understand me?"
Ron stomped out of Number 12, Grimmauld Place with Harry in pursuit. "Still following me Potter?" Ron shouted.
He disapparated from the Square, intent on one destination, leaving only a piece of parchment on the ground. Harry ran to pick it up, and gulped…
…It was the calling card of The Cruciform.
Albus was unaware, however, that despite the argument, other things were in play…things that his father had planned since a certain meeting…or that his mother Susan had stepped out of the house under a disillusion charm…
-The Fake Professor-
Coming Up in Chapter 10 - The Day After The Argument…
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Type Multi Chapter / / / Status WIP
Distribution FFN, AO3, GryffindorTom Online
Story ID 066 / / / Publish Date 13/03/2017