Chapter Ten – Of Ministries, Queens, Armies, and Shopping
Thanks to all who reviewed the last chapter, I don't want to give too much away but I will say this, after much deliberation and after the NUMEROUS reviews from the last chapter, I have decided this will NOT be a slash story. While this may disappoint some of you, many more people spoke out HEAVILY against slash. While I may not have a problem with slash myself, I just feel I would be letting a lot of people down. Furthermore I'm not sure of my capacity to WRITE slash, so with the many opinions against it and my own limitations in mind; I've decided to go for the safer way. Also note that I am not British and have not served in the British Army therefore I do not know how things work and while doing a ton of research, I still will twist this to my own purposes on occasion.
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Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.
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== Wednesday August 21st 1996, Castellum Uranicus, Unplottable, Scotland ==
Harry awoke at 0400 on the 21st, preparing for yet another day of training and another Wizengamot meeting, this one to decide whether to decide to impeach Cornelius Fudge as Minister of Magic. Harry on the other hand had other plans for the day, including announcing his first four seneschals to the Wizarding world. The last week and a half had been a tornado of activity as the house elves had finished erecting Severus Snape's cottage, and had build a perfect replica of the Tonks home on the inner grounds of Castellum Uranicus. Severus had already moved into his cottage, alongside Tonks, Moody, and Remus moving into the guard towers on the grounds.
Harry had also had the house-elves busy harvesting the perfectly preserved basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets. They had harvested enough hide to create about 4000 suits of armor that Harry had an ongoing deal with one of the premier armories in the country. He had already had many members of his courts sized and ready to be outfitted with their suits of armor that Harry had custom designed for his army, and would present them on the shopping trip they would be taking.
He had also formally brought Andromeda Tonks and the Tonks line back into the black family, formerly giving them the name Tonks-Black, in addition Harry had found that Severus carried a small amount of Ravenclaw blood in his bloodline and formerly brought Severus into the Ravenclaw family.
In addition to these he had formerly given Remus a place in the Potter line.
After contemplating all of these changes and more, Harry finished a lot of his Paperwork and proceeded to begin his training for the day.
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== Later that day, Wednesday August 21st 1996, Outside the Wizengamot Hall, Ministry of Magic, London, England==
Harry followed Andromeda, Severus, Arthur, and Remus, flanked by Tonks and Mad-eye, who were all surrounded by his Goblin Bodyguards through the atrium of the Wizengamot Hall of the Ministry of Magic. Many people where already inside waiting for the meeting and the heralds were guarding the doors of the chambers, ready to announce who came first. Harry approached the Heralds and slipped a piece of paper to the lead herald with the titles of all of the individuals who needed to be announced in his party. The heralds stepped up into the door and began his proclamation, stilling the conversations in the Hall.
"HEAR YE! HEAR YE! Announcing the party of the His Excellency, Harry James Potter, the Honorable Lord of Potter, Black, Draven, Simmons, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor, and Merlin!
"Announcing first, The Most Honorable Marquees of Hogwarts, Seneschal of the Ravenclaw line, Marquees Severus Tobias Snape-Ravenclaw." A calm hush fell over the gathered Lords and spectators as Severus, in his formal Ravenclaw Seneschal robes walked to Harry's box. The only person not calmed seemed to be Cornelius Fudge who could be seen sputtering at this announcement.
"Announcing second, Her Right Honorable Duchess of Diagon Alley, Seneschal of the Black Line, Duchess Andromeda Druella Tonks-Black." Again the crowd was silent, but many of the dark-oriented families could be seen fuming at this.
"Announcing Third, His Right Honorable Duke of the Ministry of Magic, Seneschal of the Potter Line, Duke Remus John Lupin- Potter." At this many where shocked and Fudge began sputtering again.
"Announcing fourth, His Right Honorable Duke of Hogwarts, Head Seneschal of the Lines of Potter, Black, Draven, Simmons, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor, and Merlin, Department Head of the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts, Duke Arthur Septimus Weasley." At this most of the crowd was shocked.
"And finally, announcing the Lord of Hogwarts, Lord of Diagon Alley, Lord of the Ministry of Magic, Lord of the lines of Potter, Black, Draven, Simmons, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor and Merlin, His Excellency Lord Harry James Potter-Black-Draven-Simmons-Ravenclaw-Hufflepuff-Gryffindor-Merlin."
At this Harry swept into the hall and sat at his seat in the box, the crowd again began speaking until Amelia Bones; Chief Witch of the Wizengamot came out and called for order.
"I hereby order the twenty-four thousand, eight hundred and seventy-fifth meeting of the Wizengamot to begin. Chief Witch Amelia Bones, Regent of the Bones line presiding." The Herald intoned, signaling the meeting to begin.
Madam Bones spoke up, "Before we begin the agenda to this meeting, does any person here have business they wish to put forth?"
At this Cornelius Fudge stood.
"The chair recognizes Minister-Lord Fudge." Bones intoned in a bored voice.
"Lords and Ladies, Gentleman and gentleleladies, I am outraged by Lord Merlin's appointments. Frankly having a werewolf as seneschal to one of the oldest lines is preposterous enough, but appointing said werewolf as Duke of the Ministry of MAGIC? Furthermore Lord Merlin appoints a known death eater as a seneschal of one of the FOUNDER'S lines, and to add insult to injury he appoints same DEATH EATER to be MARQUESS of Hogwarts! For any of you who do not know what this means, by Hogwarts Bi-Laws this means that Severus SNAPE" At this the minister was yelling Severus Snape's last name and spitting, "is now third in line for control of Hogwarts! I move that Lord Merlin be censured and removed from these chambers until he corrects these grievous errors."
At this the room was in a uproar until Chief Bones restored order again, after the room had calmed down, the Lord of a dark oriented family, the Rosthberts, stood. "I second the motion!"
Harry just laughed as Amelia asked him for his defense, "First of all, the Wizengamot has no power for such an action, besides the point that Severus Snape is NOT a death-eater. In fact this own body cleared him of charges due to the fact he was a known spy of Albus Dumbledore, if this is not enough proof I present you with this evidence, Seneschal Ravenclaw please step forward." At this Severus stepped forward into the light and Harry asked him to reveal his forearms. All those present were shocked when no sign of the dark mark appeared on his forearms.
Fudge was sputtering and fuming in anger, "This is obviously a fake, the real Snape had the Dark Mark, and I have seen it! Furthermore what of the Werewolf, not to mention what right do you have to call yourself the Lord of this Ministry or to name a Duke of this ministry!" Fudge said with a smirk.
"As Lord of Gryffindor I not only inherited ownership of the Ministry of Magic, but should I chooses to exercise the authority granted to me by the Charter of this Ministry, I would be able to circumvent and control this ministry, so I will appoint whom I want as the Duke. Furthermore, while at one time Marquees RAVENCLAW-Snape did carry the Dark Mark, I was able to erase it when I was convinced of his desire to retire from spying." Harry informed the Wizengamot which sent the room into chaos again, many afraid of losing their power.
Fudge again sputtered, "I demand you recant your treasonous statements! You do not own nor do you have the ability to circumvent this Ministry! If you not recant I will have you arrested for TREASON!"
Harry spoke again, with a deathly calm in his voice, "Minister Fudge, you are an incompetent fool. You swore to uphold the charter of this ministry and you didn't even read the entire thing? The charter of this ministry, which proper name is not the Ministry of Magic, but rather the Minister FOR Magic, was put in place on 4 December 1043, by Edward the Confessor, one of the last magical Kings of England, though it is rumored that at least one of the current princes is magical from his mother's line, his father, the Prince of Wales, and many of the previous Kings and Queens being squibs. That Charter, reinstated 30 years later by William I, or better known as William the Conqueror states that the Head of the Gryffindor line is the equivalent to the King of England in all matters in the magical world, and as such, should a blood heir, or one he later bestows said title to decide to they may reign as the King. I quote from the charter itself, "The Ministry For Magic must report to the Lord of Magical England should that Lord wish to take his birthright. The Lord of Magical England is to report directly to ruler of England on all matters of Magical interest. If such a Lord has not claimed his birthright it is the job of the Ministry for Magic to rule Magical England but the Minister must report to the non-magical person in power.
"A similar charter, with a few wording changes was handed down from Her Majesty the Queen when she assumed power again, reaffirming my power. However no one in this ministry has seen fit to follow the newest charter, though it explicitly states that the QUEEN or ruler of Britain shall have the power to oversee all parts of her kingdom, both Magical and Muggle.
"Therefore citing these charges, I believe our later business can be avoided. As Lord of Magical Britain, I hereby order that Cornelius Oswald Fudge be stripped of all titles, lordships, and to be removed from Office as Minister of Magic immediately, I furthermore order him to be arrested on charges of Corruption, treason to the crown, and misuse of power. Furthermore I order that the Ministry for Magic appoint a new minister with all haste, and that the Minister shall report personally to me so that I may advice the Queen on matters pertaining to her Kingdom. Furthermore I order the immediate imprisonment of one Dolores Umbridge for misuse of power, corruption, treason to the crown, and harming of the Lord of Magic, sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in Azkaban. I also repeal legislation against werewolves and other magical creatures, providing them with the same rights as any other in Magical Britain. From this point forth the Ministry of Magic shall operate in all others matters as it normally would, save those which the Queen, I I, or the Duke of the Ministry of Magic shall overrule this body."
At this the aurors arrested both Fudge and Umbridge and hauled them away, while the Wizengamot stared in shock at the scene, after a bit, Chief Bones again gained order and spoke again, "Does anyone else have any business in these chambers?"
At this Harry stood, "Due to the fact I have conflict of interest in this next matter, I intend to petition the Wizengamot for the official stripping of power of the Malfoy line from one Lucius Malfoy and one Narcissa Malfoy, on the count of being a convicted Death Eaters, furthermore I ask that I be granted custody of one minor, Draco Lucius Malfoy, and be named Regent of the Malfoy line until such a time as I feel it appropriate that he assume the Head of that line."
One of the darker family lords stood, "By what right?"
"Due to the fact that I am the Lord of the closest family to the Malfoy, being that Heir Malfoy is one half black through his mother's line."
The same Lord stood again, "You are the same age as Malfoy Heir, how do you believe you can be his guardian?"
"By the fact I can correct his wayward teachings gained from his DEATH EATER parents, furthermore should it be necessary I am willing to place him with the Duchess of Diagon Alley, his other closest relative, Andromeda Tonks-Black, who has successfully raised her daughter as one of the finest aurors of this ministry, I would as his Lord still be regent." Harry said, sneering at the dark oriented lord.
At this the ministry discussed this at length and agreed to Harry's proposal before nominating and electing Auror Kingsley Shacklebolt as Minister, largely due to the support of Dumbledore and Harry before dismissing for the day. Harry and his entourage went out before Harry flooed home.
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== Later that day, Wednesday August 21st 1996, Queen's Chambers, Buckingham Palace, London, England==
Her Royal Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, was sitting in her chambers inside Buckingham Palace when an Owl flew through the open window, carrying a letter in its talon's. Needless to say this quite shocked the queen who called for her Secret Service. After the secret service had checked the letter and the owl for poisons, explosives, and any dangerous substances, they handed the letter to the Queen and exited the room.
The queen noticed the letter was addressed to her and opened the letter,
To Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom,
From, Her most loyal subject, Lord Harry James Potter-Black-Draven-Simmons-Hufflepuff-Ravenclaw-Gryffindor-Merlin,
May it please your Majesty the Queen,
I stand ready in all things to your majesty's bidding, and it is my most unfortunate duty to reveal things which Your Majesty should have already been informed of. As of late a large portion of your Kingdom has seen fit to keep you unapprised of events within your kingdom. I must reveal to you certain things that may very well scare you.
When you assumed power, one of the documents you affirmed and resigned gave certain powers to myself should I accept and come into my inheritance, that of oversight of the Magical portion of your Kingdom, before now ruled solely by the Ministry For Magic, under the conditions that the minister report to your authority. While the former Ministers did follow this directive, they have not kept your chosen go-between apprised of recent events as they should have. It is my unfortunate duty to fill you in on said events. Recently a reoccurrence of a magical terrorist element, namely a group who calls themselves "Death Eaters" has come back into being under the directions of the Dark Lord Voldemort, many of the unexplained deaths and disappearances can be blamed on this group.
The letter continued to fill the queen in on recent events and Harry himself until Harry began to inform her on how he felt best to deal with the situation.
Your Majesty, all hope is not lost. As of recently I came of age and took up the duties I am fortunate to possess as the last Heir of the Gryffindor lines. I fired the last Minister of Magic and overruled many of the dictates of the Ministry which I felt hurt our people and have reminded the Ministry and the ruling body of my authority that is mine through the directives you have put in place and that they need to report directly to me and to the Prime Minister ALL events so that I may advise you better.
As the one who is prophesied to kill Tom Marvolo Riddle, I ask for your assistance and invite you to claim what is rightfully yours by law, the Magical Kingdom of Britain. My request is that I be allocated certain resources from the muggle military to be formed into a new unit for use in the Magical Kingdom. While many witches and wizards may see muggles as harmless fools to do with as they wish, I realize that this is not the case. We are equals and though Witches and wizards may have certain natural offensive and defensive weapons, no magical protection exists against bullets, bombs, or other technological advances, and those muggles trained in these arts may be able to keep peace. I humbly ask Your Majesty's approval to form a united Magical Muggle regiment under my command, as many of my peers and even those who outrank me in years respect my authority in the magical world, and I know that with your approval the men you would place under my command would undoubtedly follow my leadership, while I would earn their respect through combat.
While I know that due to the fact that you would need parliament's approval for a wholly recognized unit, I believe that if the Prime Minister was apprised of events that I have apprised you of that you could call for all volunteer unit for the defense of England's shores. I ask that you personally prepare parliament for the war that is upon our shores as many already know of our world and would defend your claims should you apprise parliament of the actions I have set forth and the reasons behind them in a closed session that is classified.
I have honor to remain, Madam, Your Highness's most humble and obedient subject,
Lord Harry James Potter
Lord of the Lines of Black, Potter, Draven, Simmons, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Gryffindor, and Merlin
Her Majesty's Representative to the Ministry for Magic
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== Later that Week, Saturday 24th August 1996, Castellum Uranicus, Unplottable, Scotland ==
Harry had received a letter back from the Queen that Friday, and it seemed she had taken his considerations to heart. She had gone before a closed session of parliament and had been granted the right to muster a company that was then placed under his command. This company had two platoons of infantry, and one of armor that the Queen had granted him, including one Challenger II tank, and multiple humvees for the use of the unit to be manned as he saw fit. He had already had George and Fred Weasley figuring out a way to power these vehicles with magic and ward them against most curses using ward stones, and they were doing an admiral job with the cars he had given them. He had also been granted the rank of Major.
All this had been told to him via letter, but today he had a meeting with the Queen of England. During this meeting he would also meet his men. Since he had begun to form this plan he had also studied military protocol. For the meeting Harry had decided to wear his new Dress Uniform, with the addition of his Familial Cloak. Today he was to meet with the Queen and escort her to an emergency meeting of the Wizengamot. Arthur, Severus, Andromeda, Remus, and the Goblins decided to meet him at the Wizengamot meeting, already seated when he arrived.
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== Later that day, Wednesday August 21st 1996, Queen's Sitting Room, Buckingham Palace, London, England==
After having apparated to Buckingham Palace, Harry had been searched, searched again, and searched again. He was finally on time for his meeting with the Queen, was announced and was sitting across from the elderly women.
"Your Majesty, It is my honor." Harry greeted the Queen.
"Sit, Sit. Dispense with the formalities Mr. Potter." The queen said, pointing to a seat across from her.
"As you will, Your Majesty."
"So, what should I be concerned with for this meeting today?"
"Your Majesty, I only mandated it so that you could confirm that you do in fact rule both the Muggle and Magical world. I want your ministry to feel the same."
"Should there be any danger?"
"Sadly, yes, Your Majesty. Many of the Lords support Voldemort, though not in way in which we can harm them or arrest them, therefore they may attempt to harm you. I ask that you allow the men you have placed under my command, plus my own goblin guards to protect you. In addition it would be wise to have secret service present."
"Very well, shall we proceed then?" The Queen Asked.
"As you will, Your Majesty." Harry responded
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== Wednesday August 21st 1996, Outside the Wizengamot Meeting Chambers, Ministry of Magic, London, England==
Harry and the Queen had then been introduced to Harry's men, who were surprised that they would be led by one so young, but many agreed to withhold judgment of the Major until they were in battle. Harry had already made an impression by placing command of the different elements in the Lieutenants and Sergeants under him, and often listening to them during the drills that had proceeded this morning.
After this affair, Harry and the Queen had been driven to the Ministry with a full secret service and military detail. The Secret Service, who had already been dressed as wizards for the affair, were already in place inside the Wizengamot as Harry, his men, and the Queen awaited to be announced.
The Herald then proceeded to announce Harry's men.
"HEAR YE! HEAR YE! Announcing The Queen's Royal Regiment of Hogwarts."
At this Harry gave the order for his entire company to split into two columns of fifty and to march and place themselves at regular intervals in the position of attention along the through fare that led to the center of the stands that housed the Wizengamot. His men quickly followed out his command in a manner that would make any commander proud, and did it in such a way that everyone inside took notice.
Once all hundred men were inside, the Herald prepared to announce Harry.
"HEAR YE! HEAR YE! Announcing the His Excellency the Lord of Hogwarts, Lord of Diagon Alley, Lord of the Ministry of Magic, Representative of the Her Majesty the Queen, Major in Her Majesty's Armed Forces, Commander of the Queen's Royal Regiment of Hogwarts, Lord of the lines of Potter, Black, Draven, Simmons, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor and Merlin, His Excellency Lord Harry James Potter-Black-Draven-Simmons-Ravenclaw-Hufflepuff-Gryffindor-Merlin."
At this Harry briskly marched forth to the front of the hall and did an abrupt about-face towards the doors, he took out his sabers, and ordered, "COMPANY! PRESENT ARMS!" The entire 100 men presented their rifles smoothly.
At this the Herald finally announced the queen, who was being escorted by three secret service members dressed in standard muggle clothing.
"HEAR YE! HEAR YE! Announcing Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Magical Britain, and of Her other Realms and Territories, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith."
Minister Shacklebolt gave his seat to the Queen, as she sat, and nodded to Harry. Harry spoke up, "Your Majesty, your men await your orders."
"Major, stand down your men at parade rest." The queen spoke formally.
"Aye, Aye, Your Majesty." Harry said, turning again to face his men.
"Men, ORDER ARMS! PARADE REST!" Harry spoke out the commands, and then did an about face.
"Major, you may take your seat in these chambers." The queen spoke.
"Aye, Aye, Your Majesty." Harry spoke as he smartly walked to his booth, where his Seneschals and Goblin guards already sat.
As Harry Sat, Amelia Bones, chief witch of the Wizengamot, who already was seated turned to the Queen, "Your Majesty, would you prefer to lead precede over these chambers today?"
"No, I am here to observe and speak." The queen answered with a wave of her hand.
Madam Bones nodded to the Herald who loudly proclaimed.
Amelia Bones, Chief Witch of the Wizengamot came out and called for order.
"I hereby order the twenty-four thousand, eight hundred and seventy-sixth meeting of the Wizengamot to begin. Chief Witch Amelia Bones, Regent of the Bones line presiding." The Herald intoned, signaling the meeting to begin.
"Do any members have any business to discuss before the convener of this emergency meeting speaks on his business?" Madam Bones asked those present.
After a bit of silence, she turned to look at Harry, "Lord Potter-Black-Merlin, you asked for this meeting, would you lie to speak?" Madam Bones asked.
Harry stood and nodded, "Thank you, Madam Bones. As of this moment, I ask that everyone here present who wishes to retain their Lordship or Ladyship, swear an oath on their magic and life to serve the queen, the crown, and the people of Magical Britain and to furthermore do their best to protect all three. Should you choose to not to do so you would retain your vote but be moved to the commoner voting bloc, and be stripped of all titles and styles as they only exist for as long as the crown shall deem your line worthy."
Theodore Nott Jr., who was now Lord of the Nott stood, "I WILL NOT SWEAR SUCH AN OATH! It's preposterous. Our families were given our lordships by the Ministry of Magic! I will not bow down to a filthy muggle!" Having spoken those words, Nott jumped from his seat and rose his wand, and pointed at the Queen, "AVADA KAD-" As Nott had been in the middle of speaking those fateful words, two loud bangs startled the crowd of wizards, only Harry, His men, The Queen, and the "wizards" that were secret service members in disguise were not shocked at the sound then the sight of two holes appearing in Nott's forehead and the back of his skull spraying on those around him at the time. At this site, the whole crowd grew crazy until Madam Bones was able to quiet the members and crowd as Aurors removed Nott's body from the chambers and the doors were locked and sealed again.
Draco Malfoy stood. "The Chair Recognizes Lord Malfoy." Madam Bones spoke.
Draco began to drawl with anger upon his face, "Lord Potter, what is the meaning of this hideous display?" He asked.
Harry stood to respond, but the Queen also stood to answer, "Lord Malfoy was it? The meaning of this is quite simple, those wounds were caused by protectors of mine who carry muggle weaponry and were aiming to protect me from, what was it again, the Killing Curse?" At this the Queen paused,
"I came before you today to announce a few things that will change. It was brought to my attention that I have been neglecting a large portion of my kingdom, and I intend to rectify this. Lord Harry James Potter-Black-Merlin etc etc shall have my full confidence to rule as my regent in Magical Britain in my stead. Any actions against him will be the equivalent of High Treason against the Crown and punishable as such.
"A group of muggles, under the command of Major Potter, also Known as Lord Potter-Black-Merlin etc, will begin to serve as my eyes, ears, hands, and feet within the Magical Kingdom. They will outrank but have the same authority as your Aurors. In addition Major Potter shall have the authority to grant similar privileges to anyone who wishes to serve in the armed forces and they will be placed under his command.
"Furthermore, I am hereby making it law that being a marked death eater shall carry a minimum sentence of 20 years in prison, and which you will be interrogated under mandatory veristarium for all knowledge you possess and any other crimes which you will be tried for as well. I will not allow those who kill, rape, torture, and destroy others and our way of life to prosper."
At this most of the crowd hushed and realized that things were coming to head. Throughout the next few hours many of the lords and ladies swore the oath, or a variation of it. Some of the lower lords in the dark fringes like Crabbe and Goyle did not swear the oath and were moved to the Commoner voting area where those who did not have lordships but still could vote for various reasons sat.
After the long day, Harry rode with the queen back to Buckingham Palace, bid her ado, and portkeyed his hundred men, their vehicles, and weaponry, to Castellum Uranicus where he had them set up camp until barracks could be built in the outer courtyard. He gave them strict orders that the manor was off limits to all under the rank of Captain and Captains should only enter the first and second floor to see others under Harry's command in the Hogwarts army unless requested to come to another floor.
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== Wednesday August 28th 1996, 12 Grimmauld Place, UNPLOTABLE, London, England==
Harry arrived at 12 Grimmauld place at precisely 0900 for the day's shopping trip. Today he wore his lordship cloak, his finest dress robes, and was carrying his military uniforms shrunk into the pockets of his robes. He also was carrying his multi storage trunk shrunk in his pocket for carrying everything they would pick up today.
Soon the Weasleys, Andromeda and Nymphadora Tonks, Mad-eye, Remus, Severus, and Hermoine, were all present and ready to go so Harry portkeyed them all to the portkey area of Diagon Alley. Harry quickly led the group through Knockturn Alley, down the Alley and into another alley that was labeled Turning Alley. He quickly led him into an unlabeled but large shop and waited for the shopkeeper to come out. Soon after a large man came out from the back sweaty and dirty. "Wha' can I do for ya?" As he saw Harry and his company he quickly changed his attitude and gave a large smile. "Masta' Harry! Here for your first set of armors, no?"
"Yes, Mister Gray." You should have the ones for those here ready, yes?" Harry responded.
"Aye, Milord. Let's get the younguns ready first." Mister Gray responded, signaling Ginny, Ron, and Hermione forward.
As Mr. Gray was bringing out suits of armor Harry was explaining them. "These suits of armor are a design I made myself with the help of Mr. Gray. The outside is a titanium-steal-aluminum alloy is woven into acromantila silk. This allows the alloy weave to absorb or reflect more spellfire, and is also the only substance known to be impervious to muggle bullets and explosives. It also gives the armor the appearance of a solid metal vest and pants, but leaves it quite flexible. The next layer down is baskilisk Hide, further allowing the armor to absorb spellfire. After this is a layer of full acromantila silk allowing the comfort to feel through. All in all the clothing is about 1 ½ inches thick. Suits of armor have been made for every one of you in different designs. All of these suits are spelled for comfort and allow for a growth of up to 6 inches in any direction." Harry explained.
Mr. Gray then showed off Hermione's, Ron's, Fred's, George's and Ginny's suits of armor. All of them had their name on the left breast region in deep crimson lettering that seemed to be solid. On the back of the "vest" was a large crest of Hogwarts and above it "ARMY OF HOGWARTS" was displayed proudly.
After Mr. Gray was done with those three, he brought out four more suits of armor, and presented the first to Remus. Remus' suit had a large POTTER crest on the back, with Seneschal of Potter Line. On the front left breast Remus Lupin-Potter was displayed and on the right pocket was the Ministry of Magic logo, and above the logo it said DUKE OF THE below the logo it finished MINISTRY OF MAGIC.
The next suit of armor he presented to Severus Snape whose armor bore a large RAVENCLAW crest on the Back and proclaimed his position as Seneschal of the Ravenclaw Line. On the front left pocket it gave his name like the others, but on the right the crest of Hogwarts was displayed with his title Marquees of Hogwarts.
The third suit of armor was given to Andromeda Tonks and followed the same pattern. The Black Crest appeared on the back and displayed her position as seneschal of the Black line. On the front left breast her name appeared, and on the front right a small image of Diagon Alley appeared and named her the Duchess of Diagon Alley.
The fourth suit of armor was dusted in gold to give it a golden appearance and was for Arthur Weasley. On the Back it simply read HEAD Seneschal and showed all eight of Harry's family lines in a 1-2- -3 -2 pattern. The first was of Merlin, then Gryffindor and Ravenclaw, followed by Hufflepuff, Simmons, and Draven, and finally Potter and Black. On the front Arthur's full name appeared in black on the front left breast. On the right breast the crest of Hogwarts appeared with DUKE OF HOGWARTS appearing below the crest.
After having all of them put on the armor, Mr. Gray brought out more armor. All of these were designed the same way and had a picture of Castellum Uranicus on the back, with GUARDIANS above the picture and the name of the armor owner on the front left breast. These sets of armor went to Mad-eye and Tonks.
After both of them were dressed, Mr. Gray brought out another set of armor; this one was painted a deep black color and on the back carried all eight of his family titles in wording surrounding small seals. The majority of the back was taken up with the symbol of the British Armed Forces. On the front left breast pocket it simply said "Potter-Black" and on the right it had the insignia for Major.
Harry put his suit of armor on under his robes and then thanked Mister Gray before slipping him plans for what the Queen's regiment's suits of armor would need to have on the front and back and warned him not to sell anything close to similar to this to anyone else or else he could be charged with treason.
After this portion of the shopping trip was done, Harry led the group back to Madam Milkin's and had them fitted for dress robes that followed the same designs as their suits of armor. He also pulled aside Madam Milkin and gave her the muggle designs and patterns for the army of Britain and asked her to design similar attire in self sizing acromantila silk, with an initial order of 200 of each. Madame Milkin stated she would and said that it would cost roughly 1 million galleons due to the amount of uniforms and the rarity of the materials desired. Harry agreed and after the others brought their things up after they had been made three hours later, Harry paid for the group, costing him over 1.5 million galleons.
After this trip, Harry gave permission for Ron and Ginny to purchase new brooms, and Severus to purchase new potions ingredients. In addition everyone got quills, inks, books, and other things. At the end of the day, including his future order from Madam Milkin's, Harry had spent 4,009,873 Galleons, 5 Sickles, and 2 Knuts. He quickly proceeded to portkey them back to Castellum Uranicus, and to the new location of the Burrow, where they sat around and recouped from the many events of the day.
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Thanks again for all the wonderful reviews. I hope you like this chapter, it again is one of my longer chapters as without Authors note it about 6000 words, and is my longest chapter page-wise. I put a lot of research and effort into this chapter and hope you like it. The suits of armor and the Queen's Royal Regiment will play an increasingly large role in the future.
My question for this week is which of the following should be Harry's animagus (please choose 2 mythical, and 2 normal animals each or add if you can think of others you would like to see, but I need two of each kind)
MYTHICAL
Baskilisk
Acromantila
Griffin
Unicorn
Hungarian Horntail Dragon
Phoenix
Chimaera
Manticore
NORMAL ANIMALS
EAGLE
dog
SNAKE
PANTHER
LION
Squirrel
cat
Wolf