Professor Dumbledore and some of the members of the Order of the Phoenix, were at 12 Grimauld Place clearing it out, which was a big job after years of neglect, when he found a box with a letter and locket inside. He immediately recognised the locket as belonging to Salazar Slytherin, he also felt the darkness surrounding it, if he was not mistaken this was a horcrux, now if only he could figure out how to destroy the horcrux without destroying the locket, then all would be well. From the research he had been doing he knew that Fiend-Fire, Basilisk venom, and of course how could one forget a soul-bonding, (not that they happen very often,) would destroy a horcrux and of course the first two would also destroy the container for the horcrux as well; "maybe the goblins could help, they have a different type of magic to humans and they do a lot more curse breaking than most witches or wizards including me." with that thought he decided to go see them forthwith.
"Molly, Arthur can you come to the lounge room please" he called out not knowing where in the house they were. After they had turned up, he explained what he had found and that he was going to go see the goblins immediately and garner their help.
Once he arrived at Gringotts he asked to see Griphook and showed him the locket, Griphook recognised it immediately and waving his hand over it and muttering under his breath as he determined the dark magic embedded into it, he turned deathly pale, "why did you bring this to our bank, Chief Warlock? You should know that we don't allow these abominations into our bank."
"I am sorry Griphook, but I was hoping the goblins would be able to destroy the horcrux, without destroying the locket, as it is a significant historical item, and all such items belong to the people not to an individual, if you could rid it of the abomination and any protection that Voldemort put on it, then we would be able to display it at Hogwarts for all to see."
"Leave it with me Chief Warlock and we will see what we can do, I won't promise anything at this time, but we will try. We will also wave any fees as it is the duty of all magical races to eliminate soul anchors when ever we find them."
Professor Dumbledore then thought a bit "you know
Griphook I wouldn't be surprised if Voldemort left others, with some of his more trusted death eaters, it might be wise for the bank to do an audit of all vaults, and of course then if you found another one you could remove the abomination within it and no one would be the wiser, that's assuming of course that you can do it without destroying the object it is inhabiting."
"I like the way you think chief warlock, are you sure your not part Goblin, we could also eliminate any dark objects within the vaults, of course only those that are 'proscribed' by the Ministry of Magic, we could then charge them a fee for the service, it's not as if they could complain after all," chuckling at the idea of charging the death eaters for destroying their own property. With their business completed, Albus rose made the formal Goblin farewell then left the bank.
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Sirius Black was sitting quietly with his fiancée, thinking about how much had changed since he had been released from Azkaban, he never thought he would be able to say it, but life just couldn't get any better than this. The fire flared green and Albus Dumbledore stuck his head out of the flames, "Sirius can you spare me a few minutes please?"
"Certainly Professor, come on through and make yourself comfortable," Sirius replied.
Albus stepped out of the fireplace and bowed slightly to Sirius and kissed the back of Amanda's hand and wished them both a good morning, he then got down to the reason he wanted to see them, "I was cleaning out Grimauld Place this morning and came across a box which contained Slytherin's Locket, which Tom Riddle had made into a horcrux, with it was this letter, I thought that you would want to read it as soon as possible," he then handed over the letter to Sirius for him to read.
After reading the letter Sirius broke down and started to cry, "My brother, Regulus, turned against the dark lord and stole his horcrux. He didn't embrace the dark arts like we thought." Amanda his fiancée hugged him and offered comfort where needed, reminding him that he too had been thought to be a death eater and what a wonderful person he really was and just because Regulus had the dark mark, really didn't make him evil, just misguided and at least he realised his mistake before he killed anyone, offering him that little bit of hope. She really didn't want Sirius to think that his brother might have murdered someone before he had his change of heart.
Sirius had really loved his younger brother and was quite distressed when he had joined the dark lord, now however, he was elated to find out that he had not only turned his back on that, but had actively fought against him, even to the cost of his life. It is hard to explain how someone could be both sad and happy at the same time but he was, sad that his brother had died and that at the time they were estranged, but happy that he had seen the error of his ways and did something about it, Sirius could now put that particular ghost to rest.
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Harry was sitting on the couch in the owners tower with Hermione leaning against him, when Hedwig flew onto his shoulder and took up residence there, making sure that the pesky dragons knew who was boss, causing Harry to smirk at her antics.
Harry started talking to her, "you are a beautiful and smart girl, I'm sorry I haven't been giving you much attention lately, I've just been so busy, but I promise that I will see you more often." Hedwig then stroked her head against his hand and gave his finger a playful nip.
Harry with Hedwig on his right shoulder and his Bronze miniature dragon Rí Dóiteáin on his his left, was idly stroking Hedwig's head while thinking about all the changes that had happened to him, since he had received a beating at the hands of the Dursleys. It was quite amazing really, not only was he free from the Dursleys, he had found out that he was a wizard, made some great friends, was a Duke and filthy rich and the icing on the cake as far as he was concerned was meeting Hermione. He really loved his Hermione, even though he was only eleven years old and had never known love until he met her, he knew that what he felt for her was love, pure and simple.
He was also thinking of the future, he knew with out a doubt that he would have to kill Tom Riddle and eliminate his death eaters. He didn't like that it was necessary, but knew all the same that he would have to do it, so he would just have to become the most powerful wizard ever, he wasn't being arrogant or conceited it was just a fact of life and if he wanted a good life for his Hermione and friends, then that was what he would have to do.
"Harry, while I agree with you that you have to become the most powerful wizard ever, you must remember that your not in this alone, Neville, Luna and I, are going to become as powerful as possible so we can help you." Hermione thought to him
"I know that but I was just setting things straight in my head." Harry mind spoke back to her adding a mental shrug, "it doesn't bother me that much, Voldemort actually died years ago but wasn't decent enough to pass over, we will have to find out how many Horcruxes he made and destroy them, then we can deal with Riddle once and for all." Harry then fell silent and stroked Hermione's hair with one hand and Hedwig with the other, it was so relaxing that it wasn't long before he fell asleep.
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On his first day back at school, Draco Black was sitting with Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle, he was explaining everything that had happened to him over the holidays, including his ties with Harry Potter and how wrong he had been about Harry and especially Hermione, she truly was the greatest witch of this and probably any generation. His two friends heard him out and then told him that they had been talking over the holidays about everything they had learned and had come to understand, that the four at the owners table would be the most powerful wizards of all time and that they would be fools to align themselves against them, (they were not as stupid as they looked, but rather kept their own council). "We are glad that you came to this conclusion as well, because we still wanted to be your friends. Unlike you though, we didn't have the courage to challenge our fathers, but if push came to shove we would rather fight against them than against those four," they said indicating Harry and the others at the owners table. We did however mention what we had learned to our mothers who are not death eaters and they were sympathetic and we think that they will try and change our fathers minds, however I don't like their chances, as both our dads have done some terrible things in their service to the Dark Lord."
Draco and his friends were settling in well now they were back at school, they could be seen laughing and having a good time, gone was the arrogant strutting peacock who was constantly bullying the others, he was actually turning into quite a nice guy. He did have a run-in, with one sixth year in the middle of the Slytherin common room, who was calling him a blood traitor, but he put him in his place when he pointed out that for all his purity of blood, Hermione who was much younger and a muggle born and Harry who was a half blood were far more powerful than he was, and if blood was so important, why wasn't he the magically stronger person, he also pointed out that if he kept on the way he was going, he would end up face down in a ditch somewhere, with his so called superior blood soaking into the soil with no-one to carry on the family name. The sixth year student not having an answer, turned and muttering to him self, walked away while rubbing his left forearm. A few of the others who were listening in on the conversation, appeared to be giving his comments considerable thought, though a good proportion of them were still quite vocal in their support of the dark lord.
Not long after the incident in the Slytherin common room, Draco was walking down a lonely corridor when he walked straight into a fist, Theodore Nott was glaring at him, "Your father wanted me to tell you, that he is terribly disappointed in you, and told me to give you the following message, so you know how much of a disappointment you are," Nott then kicked him in the face breaking his nose, four kicks to his ribs broke all of them on one side and broke his sternum as well, he kicked him once in the nuts and walked away, "he told me to tell you that next time he would kill you, so you better come back to be a proper pure-blood and stop mixing with blood traitors and mudbloods." Fortunately for Draco, Susan Bones came by not long afterward and raised the alarm.
The next morning Draco woke to find himself in the hospital wing, with Madame Pomfrey hovering over him, helping him to sit up, she gave him a headache potion, "There you go that should make you feel better," she proceeded to wave her wand over him muttering to herself all the time, "everything seems to be on the mend, I will keep you in here for the rest of the day, but you will be released in time for dinner, now lay back down and get some rest." Madame Pomfrey then went back to her office, and Draco lay back down.
At lunchtime Susan Bones went to the hospital wing to see Draco, "How are you feeling Draco?" she asked with concern evident on her face.
"Actually not too bad, Madame Pomfrey gave me something for the Headache, which has now gone away and my other injuries are mostly healed. She said I would be out of here in time for dinner tonight. Thanks for helping me Susan, although seeing how I treated you last year I don't know why you would bother," he added.
"I couldn't just leave you there like that, no-one deserves that sort of treatment." she looked down, a faint pink tinge coming to her cheeks, "You have treated me better, since you came back from the Christmas break and I kind of like the new you."
Draco reached out and put his hand on hers which was resting on the edge of the bed, "I like you too," he mumbled blushing as well, "I would like it if we could be friends." he said hopefully.
"I would like that too," Susan said smiling at him, "a new year and a new start with new friends," she said raising one eyebrow as if questioning him.
"A new year and a new start with new friends." he agreed.
When Harry, Hermione, Neville and Luna, heard about what had happened to Draco, they went to visit him in the hospital, where they asked him if he wanted to move into the owners tower with them and sit at their table for meals, but Draco refused saying that he wouldn't be intimidated by Nott and his group. He told them about what had happened with Crabbe and Goyle and what they said when they had visited him earlier in the day, "Harry I spoke with Vincent and Gregory and they want to align themselves with house Potter. Would that be alright with you?" he asked.
Harry looked at Draco for a second or two, "You don't do things by halves do you Draco? If they want to align with me then I would be both pleased and honoured to accept them, if you find anyone else that wants to align with us then let me know and we will talk with them. OK?"
"Thank you Your Grace, I will let them know to contact you as soon as I get out of here." after Harry and his group left, Draco smiled contentedly and went to sleep.
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The first year at Hogwarts was fast approaching its conclusion with exams looming, Hermione was madly organising study and review sessions for their small group of friends, which included the Weasley twins, Susan Bones, Hannah Abbott, Cho Chang and Cedric Diggory, had also started studying with Harry's group. It was manic at first, as the core group of Harry, Hermione, Neville and Luna were all studying for their OWLs, (Ordinary Wizarding Levels) which was the equivalent of doing three years in one. Hermione's mum and dad reigned the group in, telling them that they could over study and if they didn't know it by now, then the extra studying really wouldn't help, besides they could always sit the OWLs next year and still be way ahead of where they should be.
Two days before the exams, they were ordered to put the books down and forbidden to touch them again, until after the end of term. Hermione was angry with her parents at first, but Harry agreed with her mum and dad, in the end she realised they were right and they spent the rest of the time just relaxing.
The day before the exams started, while everyone was in the great hall for lunch, a house elf appeared in front of Harry.
"Oh Harry Potter sir, Duddy is so sorry, please forgive Duddy, he promises not to do it again, please Harry Potter sir, please forgive Duddy."
The little elf latched on to Harry's leg and started sobbing, much to the amusement of the all in the hall. Just as Harry was about to question Duddy, Ozhar the head Hogwarts house elf popped in and dragged Duddy off Harry and popped out with him.
Harry was stunned for a few seconds then bellowed, "Ozhar bring that elf back NOW!" Ozhar popped back with Duddy in tow, "Ozhar is sorry Your Grace, Duddy is bad elf and shouldn't have come here."
Ozhar if any elf wants to speak to me they are allowed, please leave him with me and I will call you if I need you any more."
"Thank you your Grace," Ozhar then bowed low his nose almost touching the floor, which was strange as Harry had told them just to do a small bow for propriety sake, to keep just within the traditions of the wizarding world. Ozhar vanished with a slight pop.
At the staff table, the headmaster was interested to see what would happen, when Harry learnt who Duddy was.
Harry knelt down to be on the same level as Duddy, then with concern and compassion in his voice addressed the little elf. "Duddy tell me what I need to forgive you for and I will let you know what I will do about it then."
"Duddy is so sorry Harry Potter sir," the little elf sobbed, "I is sorry I beat you up, I is really sorry Your Grace Harry Potter sir." he then started wailing and banging his head on the floor.
The great hall was silently hanging on every word, as the drama was unfolding in front of them.
Harry stopped Duddy from hurting himself, he couldn't understand what the elf was talking about as he had never been beaten by a house elf, he was thinking furiously trying to work out what was happening, finally he realised that if you eliminate the impossible, then whatever is left no matter how improbable must be the truth, so he was left with only one conclusion, "Duddy... are you Duddley, my cousin."
Duddy started nodding his head wildly and sobbing even more, unable to talk he was so distressed.
"Ozhar!" Harry called, when the elf appeared Harry asked, "Is this elf my cousin Duddley and if so how did he become and elf."
Ozhar bowed low "Your Grace, it is your cousin Duddley and I changed him into an elf on the orders of the headmaster, because of the way he treated you. It was his punishment, Your Grace."
Harry was shocked by this news, "You can change people into elves?" he asked.
"Yes Your Grace, but only I can as I am the King of the Elven nation."
Harry bowed to Ozhar, "would Your Majesty please change him back and I would like to talk to you in private after I have finished with this matter."
The staff and students alike were stunned, not only with the fact that the king of the elves was able to change people into elves, but also with the way Harry had bowed to him and called him Your Majesty.
With a click of his fingers Duddley was changed back to a human, Ozhar being considerate of the sensibilities of the witches and wizards in the hall, had simultaneously changed the dirty tea towel Duddy had been wearing, into a wizard style robe.
To say that Duddley was not the same as he was before, would be the understatement of the century. He was now a slim muscular young man, he didn't even have the rolls of extra flesh that is normally associated with large amounts of weight loss, amazing what exercise and proper eating can do for a person. After King Ozhar had changed Duddy back into Duddley, he stood to the side and disillusioned himself.
"Headmaster, why did you order my cousin to be changed into an elf?" a rather angry Harry asked.
The Headmaster stood bowed to Harry, "Your Grace, it was as punishment for his actions in beating you and tormenting you for nine years."
"What happened with my aunt and uncle?" Harry asked, concerned that if he did that to a child what would he have done to his other relatives.
"I took all your memories and made them relive them over and over again, as if it was them that was experiencing your torment. I would have sent them to Azkaban where the Dementors would remove all good memories and make them live their worst nightmares, but that would probably kill them being they are Muggles." answered Professor Dumbledore, with no remorse for what he had done.
Harry with tears running down his face stood glaring at the headmaster, "Let me get this straight, YOU ARE TORTURING THEM? You don't see anything wrong with that professor?"
"No, they tortured you, so I punished them."
Hermione stood beside her boyfriend and whispered, "Harry you realise that Sirius was in Azkaban for nigh on eight and a half years, without even a trial."
Harry went white at this, then addressed the headmaster, "It amazes me that the wizarding world tortures people on a regular basis, when the muggles who you all despise as being uncivilised, gave up doing that over a hundred years ago, it's barbaric. If the magical world can regularly do that to it's citizens, then how are they any different to the death eaters. Headmaster you will go and undo what you did to my relatives and bring them to me here at the castle. I want to talk to them as soon as possible." Harry then turned and with his entourage he took Duddley to his quarters.
Harry slumped into his favourite chair by the fire with Hermione sitting on his lap, "How could they do that to people? I don't understand it, here I thought that the wizarding world would be better than the mundane one, but it isn't, they're much worse, where in the normal world individuals may do terrible things, at least it's not institutionalised, here it seems to be acceptable to the whole society."
Hermione's father spoke up "I agree with you that it is intolerable but you must remember that they have been isolated from the rest of the world for hundreds of years, basically they are still in the middle ages. It will be your generations job to bring them into the twentieth century. Don't forget that in many countries governments still systematically torture their citizens, deplorable yes but it still occurs."
Harry was listening carefully to what Hermione's father was saying, "Your right, it will be our job, but we need to make the wizarding world more advanced than the mundane, they should lead the way." Harry paused and thought a bit, "I think that God gave us these gifts so we could help the rest of the world, instead of lagging behind it." Harry looked to Dan, "Thanks, I needed the kick in the pants."
Neville spoke up "I guess that means that instead of criticising, we should lead by example and show the rest of Magical Britain how they should behave."
The others nodded in agreement at this, it wouldn't be an easy task, but it needed to be done.
"Your Grace, what is going to happen to me?" Duddley asked.
"Firstly Duddley, when in private you can call me Harry, Hermione you address as Lady Ravenclaw. Her parents," Harry said indicating Hermione's mother and father, "are Mr and Mrs Granger, and these are Neville Longbottom and his girlfriend Luna. Neville and Luna are our advisors, so you will treat them with respect, as a matter of fact Neville will one day be Earl Neville Longbottom."
"Harry, is everyone in the magical world a Lord or a Lady?" a bewildered Duddley asked.
"No only a few of us are," Harry replied distractedly, as he was thinking of what to do with Duddley, "now as to your other question, I will pay for you to have private tutoring to make up for the time you lost while you were an elf, and you can stay here for a while, as I'm not sure what will happen to your parents and aunt yet."
Duddley looked embarrassed at first, "Thank you Harry, you know the funny thing is, I quite liked being an elf and using magic."
Hermione was shocked at this, "Are you saying you could use magic while you were an elf?" she asked
"Um yes... er Lady Ravenclaw." Duddley stuttered.
Hermione was biting her bottom lip as she was thinking, "Harry, Duddley shouldn't have been able to use magic even as a house elf."
"Why not Mione" a bewildered Harry asked.
Hermione thought a bit more, then entering into lecture mode "Well Harry to be able to use magic, Duddley would have to have a magical core, and I really don't see how Ozhar could have created that. Sure he could transfigure Duddley to look like an elf, and even be subservient, like the elves are, but to give him a magical core, I really don't think that is possible."
Harry called Ozhar to him "Your Grace called for me?" Ozhar asked while bowing low.
Harry returned the bow, "Your majesty when you changed Duddley into a house elf, did you create a magical core for him?"
"No Your Grace, I just transfigured him and unlocked his magic," he replied, "and Your Grace you shouldn't bow to me and call me Your majesty, just call me Ozhar."
Harry looked Ozhar in the eyes "As king of the Elven nation it is your due, therefore I must call you by your honorific, another matter, you should not be serving as a house elf any more, as king you should be bound to all the elves and draw your power from them, and you should rule over them the same as the leader of any other nation. I therefore request that you provide a suitable replacement as head Hogwarts house elf and that will release you to look after the needs of your people."
Ozhar was dumbfounded at what Harry was saying, "May I come to you for advice Your Grace? I have been watching you since you came here and I think you could really help me to be a good King for my people."
"Certainly Ozhar any time you need help, just come to me and I will see what I can do, If I don't know I will ask someone who does. Oh, one more thing before you go Your Majesty, do you know why Duddley's magic was bound?" Harry asked.
"He did it himself, Your Grace, probably because he was afraid to use it in front of his parents." Harry thanked the Elven King and after he had left looked to his companions for some guidance.
Luna was the first to speak, "Well that changes things, I suppose he should attend Hogwarts next year,"
Harry addressing Duddley asked him if it was true that he had bound his magic, and whether he would like to come to Hogwarts to learn how to use it properly.
Duddley hung his head in embarrassment then mumbled, "I remember once doing something strange and dad gave me the only beating I ever had, he said your freakishness was rubbing off on me. After that I never did anything unusual again, it was then that I started beating on you. I thought that if I did that dad wouldn't think I was a freak. At the time I didn't realise that he was the freak, not you." Tears were running down his face, "I truly am sorry for what I did to you, I was just scared."
Harry stood up and went over to his cousin and placed a hand on his shoulder in support, "It's ok Duddley, I understand and it's all in the past now." Harry then looked at Hermione's mum "After the exams, could we go to Diagon Alley and get Duddley kitted out? We could go to Gringotts and get him a vault, then get him a wand and anything else he needs,"
Emma Granger smiled at Harry, "I'm really proud of you Harry, a lesser person would just want revenge but you showed compassion, that is what the magical world needs to learn, it doesn't mean you need to be a push over, as Theodore Roosevelt once said, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.'" She smiled again at her future son-in-law (as there was no doubt that that was what he was) "After the end of term we will go to Diagon Alley, and over the summer break your tutors can teach Duddley first year work, so that he can start next year with his age group. That's all providing we can come to some arrangement with the courts and his parents."
"Thanks, that sounds like a great idea, what do you think Duddley?" Harry asked his cousin who was looking at them wide eyed.
"You would do that for me?" he asked in disbelief.
"Of course we would, you're family after all and that's what family does."
"Thanks Harry, I would like that very much, but I can't see mum or especially dad allowing it," he replied dejectedly.
"Oh I think I can sort out your parents, after all they have to show that they have reformed, or they will go to gaol for child abuse and attempted murder, they still may, I don't know, but seeing that I'm a Duke, I should be able to sway the courts into allowing me to become your guardian, or if not me some adult in the magical world." Harry raised one eyebrow to Dan and Emma hoping they would offer.
Dan Granger nodded to both boys, "We will petition the court to be given custody of Duddley, if it looks like it will be necessary. Now I think we have talked this all to death for now, so why don't you lot go outside in the fresh air, and relax. Remember what the Bible says; 'Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.' So let's not trouble ourselves with tomorrow's problems. Now go." Dan said trying to lighten the mood somewhat.
The Golden Four as the students had been calling Harry and his group, with Duddley in tow, went out into the sunshine and relaxed by the black lake and watched the giant squid as it played with students who were swimming, tossing them into the air, all were having a great time.
Before the exams were to start Harry and Hermione had a meeting with the examiners, where they swore magical oaths, that they would not cheat in the exams, but would shut down their mental links to each other, then at the end of each exam they would cast a spell to show that they hadn't cheated, the oaths were entered into the official records, so no-one could accuse them of cheating in the future. The four of them had slightly different exams than the others, in their cases each exam was broken into three sections, one section for third year, one for fourth and a final one for their OWLs, after five days of rigorous examining they were finally finished and everyone was ready for the holidays to start.
The headmaster had yet to produce the rest of the Dursleys, so Harry told him to bring them to him when he finally found them and not to take too long about it, he still got angry when he thought about what they were going through.
The Golden four decided to catch the Hogwarts express back to London, ostensibly to allow Duddley to have the experience, but in reality they wanted to take it as well. After breakfast the next morning everyone made their way outside to catch the carriages to Hogsmead, where they were to catch the train to platform 9 ¾, they would then portkey to their individual homes, with Duddley going with Harry.
The five of them boarded the first coach which belonged to the Hogwarts owner's, the coachwork was a highly polished burgundy, with gold inlay and had the Hogwarts coat of arms on the doors, the upholstery was pale blue with bronze piping and had the Hogwarts coat of arms on the back seat cushions.
"Harry, what is pulling the carriages?" Duddley asked, as to him it looked like there was nothing there.
"They're called Thestrals, they are black, skeletal, somewhat reptilian, carnivorous, winged Horses." Luna answered.
"They are also invisible unless you have seen death, both Luna and I saw our mothers die, so we can both see them," Harry added, "the rest of us can see them because we all saw Percy and Penelope die, "they are quite friendly really and if you are polite to them, they will let you ride them."
"Mind you, it is very scary if you can't see them," commented Hermione with a shudder, "and it is quite gruesome, to watch something invisible eating a cow, they don't exactly have good table manners."
"Better than Ron's table manners though," chuckled Neville causing the others to join him in laughing at Ron's expense.
When they arrived at the Hogwarts Express, they noted there was another carriage added for the owners, it was a beautiful burgundy coach with gold trim, the Hogwarts coat of arms was on both sides of the carriage and the interior was upholstered in blue with bronze piping, with the Hogwarts coat of arms on the back cushions, just like the coach that took them to the station. It also had two offices one with the Gryffindor coat of arms on the door and the other with the Ravenclaw one.
"Bit over the top don't you think Hermione?" Harry asked.
"Yes it is, but I suppose it comes with the job, at least we will be comfortable." she answered then smiling broadly added, "Ooh we even have somewhere to study." The others chuckled at this, only Hermione would be excited about studying.
The trip to Kings Cross Station was uneventful, all too soon, they had arrived and it was time to go to their own homes, Harry gave Hermione a chaste kiss on the cheek as a goodbye, Neville did the same with Luna, then Neville, Luna and Hermione activated their portkeys and vanished, Harry told Duddley to hang on and activated his portkey as well.
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