Harry Potter and the Delightful Dilemma
By: Sheltie
I don't own Harry Potter
A/N: decided to try something a bit different to begin this chap. Hope you like.
Chapter 9
Tonks was amazed how her life had changed so drastically. She was a fully trained auror and good at her job. Her dueling skills were excellent and she was great had going undercover due to be a metamorphmagus. When she was asked to go with the Minister to arrest a dangerous criminal she thought this was a career opportunity of a lifetime. When she got to Hogwarts she was shocked that the criminal was one Harry Potter. She threw down her badge as a sign of defiance. Afterwards she was scared of what she'd do without a job, but like the old muggle say goes; when one door closes another opens. She was offered a job as Harry's bodyguard and personal trainer. Since she being an auror she'd know how to be fit and ready for combat.
She helped trained Harry and his girls and she got along great with them all.
"Tonks, can I talk to you?"
Tonks turned and found herself staring at Remus Lupin. Her heart began beating faster. Merlin, she had never liked a guy so much. Though Remus was older than her she didn't care. He had a way about him that made her go all aquiver inside.
"What can I do for you Remus?" she asked after she got her voice back.
"I need you to deliver this letter to Harry. Tell him it is from Snuffles" Remus said.
Tonks gave Remus an odd look, but took the letter.
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"I've had it!" Daphne screamed.
This caused the rest of the girls jump since Daphne's outburst was quite unexpected.
"What is it Daphne?" Luna asked.
"We've been looking for a way to hear the prophecy and there's nothing in these books. I say smash" Daphne said.
"But we don't know if we'll hear it if we do that and if we do that and we hear it then that would be our only chance" Padma argued.
"Why can't we smash it anyway? I mean, we know what the prophecy is" Parvati asked.
This caused the room to become silent. It was so quiet crickets could be chirping and it would be the loudest thing.
"Why didn't any of us think of that?" Susan asked out loud.
"We were so busy trying figure out this thing that we totally forgot that we already knew what was inside it" Hermione groaned.
"All this time we wasted on something we already know" Penny groused.
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Voldemort sat back wondering if he was able to implant thoughts about the Department of Mysteries into Potter's head. He wasn't sure if he succeed since the boy had amazing mental shields. He wasn't sure how the boy got them so fast, but he wasn't able to read any of the boy's thoughts anymore like he used to.
What also didn't help was that he had no spy inside Hogwarts anymore with Severus gone. He needed a new spy and fast. He needed to know what was going on in the school so he could plan his next move.
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Harry sat back relaxing, his girls were done with their research project on the prophecy and now they had it in a glass case as sort an odd ornament. Harry had no idea why they chose to keep it, but when asked Padma said, "Well it is not everyday that we have something from the Department of Mysteries, so might as well keep it."
This seemed strange for Harry, but knew he was outvoted.
"Harry?"
Harry turned and found Tonks looking at him.
"Hey Tonks, what can I do for you?" Harry asked.
Tonks handed him a letter.
"It's from Snuffles" she said.
Harry got a grin on his face as he ripped open the letter and read it. He smiled and nodded. An idea was forming in his head, but he needed the expertise of his ladies to help him. He clutched onto a pendant that was around his neck. Daphne and Hermione had created a bunch of pedants for the whole group that would alert them if anyone needed help. They'd look at the pendant when it started to get warm and vibrate. On it would say who was calling them and then the pendant would guide them to the person.
There was a flood of girls entering the quarters all out of breath.
"We got your call Harry, what's wrong?" Penny asked.
"I got an idea that I need your help with" Harry said.
"You called us for that?" Parvati asked not looking happy.
"What's with the letter Harry?" Hermione asked.
"It's from Snuffles, and it's why I need your help" Harry said.
Hermione knew who Snuffles was right away.
"What's your idea?" she asked excitedly.
"Hold up, who is Snuffles?" Daphne asked.
"Snuffles is Sirius Black, my godfather" Harry said.
All the girls except for Tonks knew the story of Harry's third year.
"Could someone please explain what in Merlin's name is going on?" Tonks shouted.
This jarred everyone else out of their state. What happened next was Harry telling Tonks what happened his third year with Hermione filling in for part that Harry either skipped or forgot. Once done Tonks was stunned.
"You actually produced a corporeal patronus?" she asked in awe.
"Um, yeah" Harry said.
"And it actually scared off hundreds of Dementors?" Tonks asked.
"Yeah" Harry said.
"Bloody Merlin, why am I even teaching you? You have more power than Dumbledore, heck maybe even Merlin" Tonks said.
"I may have a lot of magic, but I don't know how to handle it. I need to learn how to use it and control it so I can take down Voldemort and Dumbledore" Harry said.
"You me we Harry" Padma said.
Harry looked to see all of his girls were in total agreement with what their 'sister' was saying and like her they wouldn't take no for an answer.
"Um, right we, that's what I meant to say" Harry said.
"What does the letter say?" Susan asked.
Harry held it out.
Dear Pup,
First I must say congratulations on scoring so many hot babes. You make me so proud that you inherited my way with the ladies. Or is it sad that you have more girls than any one man could ever. I mean, come on pup leave some for us. Okay, with that out of the way I'd like to set up a meeting with you and your ladies so we can talk. I've read everything in the paper, but I'd like to heard it from you. Please sent your reply by way of my lovely niece.
Sirius
"So what do you think I should do?" Harry asked.
"I think you need to talk to him Harry. Sirius is the rightful head of the Black house and with him by your side you can make some major changes to our world" Daphne said.
"I agree with Daphne that you should meet with Sirius. I think my aunt might like to be apart of this talk since that could help get him a trial" Susan said.
The other girls were in agreement so Harry penned a letter and gave it to Tonks to give to Remus, who'd give it to Sirius.
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Sirius sat back thinking what he'd ask his godson to do when Remus came in.
"Harry's letter" the werewolf said.
Sirius snatched it from Remus' hand, ripped it opened then read it. He grinned as he finished.
"Moony, I think it's time to take me for a walk" Padfoot said.
Remus rolled his eyes, but nodded.
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Ginny sat stirring the cauldron one more time as she looked over the directions just to make sure it was done right. She had to make sure that this was right. Her whole future rode on this potion.
"Is it done yet, it's been two days" Ron whined.
Ginny flashed a glare at her brother telling him to be quiet. Ron did, but pouted.
"It's done Ronald, now all we need is to put a bit of hair in it" Ginny said.
"Why?" Ron asked.
Ginny sighed. She had explained this part to her brother several times and still he had yet to remember it.
"Because Ronald. The hair will tie the potion to us. When we feed it to Harry and the beaver they'd get hooked on us. Harry to me and the beaver to you" Ginny explained.
"Oh" Ron said.
"Now, we've got to figure a way to get them to take the potion" Ginny said.
"Why don't we slip it to them in their goblets?" Ron asked.
"Because Ronald, we don't sit together anymore. They have their own table and it would look suspicious if we walked up there" Ginny said.
"So, what should we do?" Ron asked.
Ginny sighed. She hated that she had to think of everything. Why couldn't she have a brother who had a brain, well, a brain that functioned on more than just Quidditch, food, and chess.
"We need to find an elf that will give this to them" Ginny said.
The elf plan didn't go well at since no elf in the castle would do what the two redheads wanted. They were very suspicious of the two and what they might have planned for their master.
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It was two days later and Ginny had devised a new plan. She just hoped it would work. Harry would have times during the day he'd be in the Gryffindor common room away from his girls. She took this opportunity to feed Harry her potion.
"Harry?" Ginny asked.
"What do you want Ginny?" Harry asked a bit coolly.
"I just wanted to apologize for my behavior. I was wrong to do what I did to you and to call the girls around those names. I'm sorry" Ginny said with mock sincerity.
Harry eyed Ginny weighing how honest the little redhead really was. But what Harry didn't know was Ginny slipperier than the twins. She could tell a lie with a straight face and people would believe because she could put in enough mock sympathy or whatever emotion she needed for the situation.
"Apology accepted Ginny" Harry said.
"Thank you Harry, here are some chocolates for you as a gift" Ginny said.
"Thanks Gin" Harry said.
Ginny handed Harry a box of chocolates that she had heavily laced with love potion. Harry placed them in his pocket and went back to relaxing. Ginny frowned that Harry wouldn't eat them right away, but decided she could wait a bit longer.
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Ron's mission of giving Hermione her love potion was harder since Hermione was always around at least one of her sisters. But Ginny coached him through what to say and how to act and hoped for the best. Though the redhead knew that it would take a miracle for Ron to actually follow through flawlessly.
Today Hermione was with Penny and Parvati. The three were doing some interesting research. This had nothing to do with school or Voldemort. No, Parvati thought they should had Potter robes to wear when they weren't in classes. Her reasoning was that they should show the school who they belonged to and were under the protection of even though most of the school knew. Penny thought that was a good idea and dragged Hermione into it.
Ron approached with more confidence since he saw who Hermione with. He didn't know Penny at all and what he knew of Parvati was she was an airhead like Lavender. So he thought this was going to be easy. Speaking of Lavender, he had an idea that once he had Hermione he could still have Lavender too. If Harry could do it then he could too.
"Hi Hermione" the redhead said.
Hermione immediately went for her wand and Parvati had to stop her from hexing the redhead. Though why she did she wondered about.
"What do you want Ronald?" Hermione growled.
"Um, I wanted to give you something as an apology. I was a prat and shouldn't have treated you like that" Ron said.
Parvati and Penny looked at one another. Warning bells were going off in their heads. Hermione's were going off too, but she decided to play along.
"Thank you Ronald" Hermione said.
Ron pulled out the brightly colored box and placed it on the table then left. Ginny had told him to give Hermione the box then leave so not to cause any trouble and mess up the plan. She also threaten to hex him badly in his private if he didn't follow this part.
Once gone Hermione, Parvati, and Penny eyed the box cautiously. Penny levitated the box into her bag then sealed it.
"We best go back and test these" Parvati said.
"Daphne has a kit we can use" Hermione said.
With that the three girls left the library.
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Malfoy reread the letter from his aunt just to make sure he had everything correct. He had to succeed in this mission he was given. If he did then his lord would reward him greatly. Already Malfoy dreamed of all the wealth and treasure he'd get and if he did it well then he'd get his mark. He very much wanted that. He rubbed his forearm where the mark would be placed. Yes, he could not fail, but in his mind the mission had no chance of failing. This would be easy.
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Harry was walking back to his quarters feeling good. He had under his arm the box of chocolates that Ginny had given him. He looked inside before he left and saw that there a few of his favorites, but he didn't have any. He thought he'd share them with his girls. Girls loved chocolate.
"Hello my lovelies" Harry greeted as he entered.
"Hello Harry" they all chorused.
"What do you have there Harry?" Luna asked.
"Oh just a box of chocolates" Harry said.
"Chocolates, where'd you get chocolate?" Susan asked.
"Ginny gave it to me. It was a part of an apology" Harry said.
"Harry, could we see the chocolates?" Fleur asked now very suspicious.
Harry sensed the change of attitude in the room and handed the box over to Fleur.
"Did you eat any?" Fleur asked worriedly.
"No, I thought I would share them with you all" Harry said.
"That's sweet Harry, but I'll never have anything that was given to you by Ginny Weasley" Padma said.
Before Harry could ask why the three girls from the library came bursting in.
"Daphne, we need you potion testing kit quickly" Penny said hurriedly.
"What, what's wrong?" Daphne asked.
"Ronald gave me this box of chocolates today in the library and we need to test them" Hermione said.
"Ginny gave Harry a box of chocolates. This is mighty suspicious" Susan said.
The three girls from the library looked at Harry, who nodded. Something was definitely up now.
"They are definitely up to something. We need to test those chocolates now" Parvati said.
Daphne rushed up to her room to get her kit.
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"So it is done?" Ginny asked.
"Yeah, I gave them to Hermione" Ron said with a nod.
"Did she eat one?" Ginny asked.
Ron shook his head.
Ginny scowled.
"No matter, we'll just have to wait a little while longer" the little redhead grumbled.
"But I don't want to wait" Ron whined.
Ginny smacked her brother in the back of the head.
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"So it's confirmed?" Fleur asked.
Daphne nodded.
"Yes, both boxes are heavily laced with love potions, but from what I am getting from the readings I've got is that this is a Class A love potion, not to mention that all the chocolates are covered so much with the foul potion that it could be fatal if anyone ate more than just one" the Slytherin said.
"Class A, what is Class A?" Penny asked.
"Love potions are classified into three classes. Class C is very weak love potions or lust potions. They are hardly effective and you usually get them off those Witch Weekly advertisements since they pose no real threat. Class B are stronger love potions or lust potions that can and will affect you. Their effectiveness on you varies in degree by the dosage. Class A is the most dangerous since it could be fatal to the person. They're not too common like Class C, but they are very deadly since old families used to use them in the old days in snaring certain people to marry a family member" Susan said knowledgeably.
"Yes, but what I'd like to know is how the little Weasley made this one. This love potion is only in books that would be in the Restricted Section and I highly doubt any teacher would give her access to the book the potion is in" Daphne said.
"I have a hunch that Molly is the cause of this" Hermione said scowling.
"Why do you say that?" Parvati asked.
"She told Ginny and I the summer before my third year how she used a love potion on Arthur. She played it off as a lark of some kind. But I wouldn't put it pass Ginerva to actually do something like this. She's crafty" Hermione said.
"What are we going to do?" Penny asked.
"We'll take these to my aunt. I'll bet their fingerprints are all over these boxes" Susan said.
"Harry, you can charge them for attempted poisoning of a head of an ancient and noble house and you adding the charge of attempting to poison a charge under your watch" Daphne said.
"Okay, lets do it" Harry said.
"I'll sent these to auntie, by the way Daphne, where did you get that kit. Only aurors and healers are supposed to have those?" Susan asked.
"My dad has connections" Daphne said.
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Amelia was looking at the papers in front of her. Snape had sung his head off even after being sentence thanks to a little help from a truth telling potion. She was looking at the list of Death Eaters and was frowning. She had no idea how infested they were and now looking at it made her in dire need of a shower. To think she was good friends with a few of these people. She needed to move carefully on this or else their world might collapse.
She was glad that this was the only problem she had to deal with since this left her plate full. Unknown to her was an owl carrying more shit to add on to the pile.
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Dumbledore was pacing in his office thinking. He needed to find a way to get Harry back. He sighed and decided he had to move up some of his plans. It was the only way to get Harry back. He'd tell Harry about the Horcruxes. But he'd hand out the information only if Harry let go off this foolishness and vow to be loyal to him. Yes, this would just fine. Dumbledore was now sitting back in his chair sucking on a lemon drop. Everything will be coming up roses for Albus Dumbledore.
End of Chapter
A/N: sorry to those who I promised that this chap will be the demise of Ron and Ginny. I had it planned and when I started writing it, but didn't go the way I expected it. I had to draw it longer than I hoped, but I think I wrote some good stuff for it. So next chap will be the demise of Ron and Ginny. I swear it will. Also, you get more information on what Malfoy's mission is. Oh, and the talk with Sirius will probably be in the next chap if I can fit it in. And for some who asked about the prophecy, I mentioned it in the first chap, so that's how they know. Thanks for reading and please review.