Harry Potter and the Delightful Dilemma
By: Sheltie
I don't own Harry Potter
Chapter 12
"I can't it anymore Ginny. I'm going to take what is mine" Ron said furiously.
"Don't be stupid Ron. Do you know what will happen if you charge in now?" Ginny asked.
"Yeah, I'll finally get what I want" Ron said stupidly.
Ginny sighed. She had had enough of her brother's whining. If he wanted to get himself killed or whatever then it was no skin off her nose.
"Fine, do whatever you want" she said.
"I will" Ron said.
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Harry sensed something had changed with his ladies, but he wasn't sure what it was. All he knew was when he looked at any of his ladies they'd give him a smile that he wasn't familiar with. He was somewhat scared at what they were thinking. These were very smart ladies and he knew that whatever they had planned for him he could not escape from. But that didn't mean he wouldn't try some how.
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Amelia glared at Fudge as he sputtered about sitting in his chair.
"It can't be true Amelia, it just can't be" he whined.
Amelia groaned inwardly as she felt a headache coming on. Why did the Minister have to be such a wimp?
"It's true Cornelius. Not matter how you look at it" she said.
"There has to be some mistake" Fudge said whining still.
"No, there's no mistake. The Lestranges are gone, so is Snape, and all the rest of the Death Eaters that we had held there. Not to mention the Dementors have left too. Right now Azkaban has barely enough guards able to hold the prisoners there. I can't spare any of my aurors since I need every one I have on hand to protect our citizens" Amelia said.
Fudge moaned as he laid his head in his hands. His fingers weaved through his hair. This couldn't be happening. At first he thought Amelia was joking when she told him before, but the look on her face was total seriousness. Besides, he's known the woman for quite a while and knew she never joked about things like this.
"I need to speak to Dumbledore" the Minister said finally.
"Cornelius, are you sure that is wise?" Amelia asked.
"Why do you ask? The man always gives me good advice" Fudge said.
"Cornelius, you know that Lord Potter and Dumbledore are not on very good terms. If you go to Dumbledore you might alienate Lord Potter" Amelia said.
Fudge froze. He knew that Dumbledore was a great wizard, but a lot of the wizarding world was looking to the Potter boy for help.
"What do you suggest Amelia?" he asked in a defeated tone.
/Scene Break/
Ron finally found his chance. He cornered Hermione when she was alone, which was a rare occurrence. Mainly since she always had one of her sister around her, but today wasn't the case since they were all busy with other things.
"What do you want Ronald?" Hermione asked with a glare.
"I'm getting what is mine Granger" Ron said as he stepped closer.
Hermione took a step back and felt her back hit the wall. She swallowed, but she wasn't scared at all. She knew Harry would save her.
"Ronald, you do remember what I told you right?" she asked.
Ron ignored Hermione as he used his arms to pin her in.
"Time for me to get what is mine. I'm so going to enjoy this" he said smirking.
He then used one hand and began unbuttoning Hermione's blouse. Hermione prayed deeply for Harry and her prayer was answered.
"Get your filthy hands off her Weasley" Harry growled.
Harry's wand tip was pressing in the back of Ron's neck.
"This is none of your business Potter" Ron said not looking back.
"Hermione is under my protection, which means this is my business and this is your final warning. Get your hands off Hermione" Harry said firmly.
Ron ignored Harry and with that he felt the tip of Harry's wand press harder into his next and it was getting hot. The tip of Harry's wand was glowing.
"I will only tell you one more time Weasley, take your hands off Hermione" Harry barked.
Ron does and he slowly moves acting like he was giving in, but with quick moves he pulled out his wand. He got to the point where his wand was still pointed to the ground. Harry tossed Ron against the wall with a flick of his wrist then pinned him there with another flick. He then fired off two curses at Ron with a stunner being the last spell.
Hermione was amazed that Harry didn't leave any marks on Ron let alone letting him live. She was also very curious to what spells Harry used since she never heard of them before.
"Come on Hermione, lets go" Harry said in a slightly calm voice.
"What did you do to him Harry?" Hermione asked.
"When we're back, I don't want to explain myself several times" Harry said.
Hermione pouted, but waited.
"I will tell you that Hogwarts let me know you were in trouble and she gave me the quickest route" Harry said.
Hermione nodded and thanked Hogwarts for her help.
/Scene Break/
Back in Harry's quarters he gathered all of his ladies and told them what happened. The ladies were worried and asked how Hermione was. She smiled and told them she wasn't really scared since she knew Harry would be there to save her.
"So Harry, what did you do to Ronald?" Luna asked.
"I fired a few spells that I found in the Potter library" Harry said.
"Okay, but what were the spells?" Parvati asked.
"I fired one to make him impotent, which I read was a permanent thing. I then used another that whenever Ron ever felt aroused his thing would shrink instead of it getting bigger, then last I stunned him" Harry said.
This amazed all his ladies.
"You're kidding, right?" Padma asked in shock.
"Nope, and that shrinking one is permanent too, I think" Harry said.
"You've got to teach us those" Daphne said firmly.
"Of course my loves" Harry said with a smile.
He of course wasn't thinking that they could and probably would threaten to use them on him in the future. He just wanted to make sure his ladies knew how defend themselves.
/Scene Break/
What happened to Ron spread and he claimed that Harry attacked him without provocation. Of course this was utter bull and Harry and Hermione presented their story. Harry also added that he was within his right to kill Ron for attack Hermione since she was under his protection.
Dumbledore made Ron back off since he didn't need this publicity at all.
"Harry, you do know that you can charge Ron for assault on one of your vassals?" Susan asked.
"I know, but he wouldn't be able to try this again so no fear" Harry said.
"Harry, you should nip this in the bud before anyone else thinks they can take advantage of you. You need to make an example out of him" Daphne said.
Harry sat back and thought for a bit.
"Sue, get in touch with Amelia. I know she has a lot on her plate, but she needs to know this" he said.
Susan nodded and rushed off to write her letter.
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Ginny shook her head when she heard what her idiot brother did. He was lucky that Harry didn't kill him. She knew that Harry would be utterly protective of those whores of his. But she knew she would be safe. Harry would never harm her.
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Percy Weasley strolled into the Minister's office with his head up and his usual stick up his ass.
"What can I do for you sir?" he asked promptly.
"I need you to do something for me Weasley" Fudge said.
"Anything sir" Percy said.
"You had a previous relationship with one of Potter's women, right?" Fudge asked.
"Uh, yeah, I did" Percy said.
"Good, good. I need you to go and talk to her and get her to get Potter to cooperate" Fudge said.
"Yes sir" Percy said then left.
Outside Percy groaned.
What am I going to do? he thought.
/Scene Break/
Penny looked at a letter and frowned.
"What's got you looking like that Penny?" Parvati asked.
"I got a letter from Percy. He wants to meet me" Penny said.
"What do you think it is about?" Padma asked.
Penny looked around the room and saw that all eyes were on her.
"I'm not sure what he wants. He doesn't say" she said.
"Something doesn't feel right. I think it might be a trap of some kind" Daphne said.
"So, we can have Tonks go with her and watch her back" Padma suggested.
"I think one or two of us should go with. Never hurts to have a few extra wands" Hermione chipped in.
"Fine, Penny, did Mr. Pompous Stick Up The Ass tell where to meet you?" Harry asked.
Penny shook her head as she grinned at Harry's nickname for her ex. The other ladies giggled.
"Okay, have him meet you in Three Broomsticks. Tonks, Fleur and I will be there with you Penny. Susan, find out the next Hogsmeade weekend before Christmas break. We'll do it then" Harry said in a commanding tone.
All the ladies agreed and they smiled at Harry's taking charge mode. It was hot.
/Scene Break/
Percy looked at the letter he had and nodded. He went and told Fudge about the meeting and he authorized it.
On the day of the meeting Percy was sitting in a private room waiting for Penny. What he got surprised him. In came not only Penny, but Harry, the pink-haired auror, and that girl who was in the tournament.
"What's going on here, I thought I was going to have a meeting with Penelope not all of you" Percy said standing up.
"Easy Percy, you didn't think we'd let Penny come here all alone now did you?" Harry asked with a quirked eyebrow.
Percy's ears were a dull red, but he sat down.
"Good, now what is it you want to talk about Percy?" Harry asked.
"I'm here as an envoy for Minister Fudge" Percy said puffing out his chest.
Harry and Penny rolled their eyes. They were used to Percy's pompous nature.
"Okay, what does Fudge want?" Harry asked.
"That's Minister Fudge Potter" Percy said sternly.
"Might I remind you Percy that I am Lord Potter" Harry said with a smirk.
Percy scowled. He hoped that this meeting would be between himself and Penelope. He knew how to handle her, but with this he didn't know how to act.
"What's the matter Percy, frustrated?" Penny asked reading her ex like a book.
"No, why would you say that" Percy said defensively.
"Because you have that look on your face when you didn't get what you want and are trying to find your advantage again" Penny said.
Percy cursed himself. He forgot that she knew him quite well too.
"So Percy, what does Fudge want from me?" Harry asked.
Percy shot Harry a look that meant he didn't like how Harry was disrespecting the Minister.
"Minister Fudge wants to have a talk with you Potter about important matters," he said.
"You mean he wants me support him since his numbers are down and needs a boost," Harry said.
Percy was steamed.
"Look Percy, I don't care for the games your boss and his staff do. They dragged me through the mud and for what. For me to come crawling back whenever they feel like it? No way, I am Lord Potter and will not be bought for any price nor threaten or swayed any way" Harry said firmly.
Penny and Fleur were looking at Harry with lust in their eyes and they'd jump Harry if they could. It was their surprising willpower that kept them at bay.
Percy saw the look in Penny's eyes and knew he never saw that kind of look on her face when she looked at him, ever. He was angry at this. How did Potter get Penelope?
"What did you do to Penelope?" he asked furiously.
"I didn't do anything Percy. She came to me since she knew I was the better wizard, I guess" Harry said with a smirk.
Percy left the room fuming while Harry was laughing with Tonks and the ladies.
"That was hilarious" Fleur said.
"I thought he as going to pop a blood vessel" Penny said.
"Come on, we should go tell the others" Harry said getting up.
Penny and Fleur nodded and followed with Tonks bringing up their rear.
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When the other ladies heard about the meeting they laughed and begged for a memory. Harry promised them to show 'em on over Christmas break.
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Christmas break soon came and Harry along with his ladies headed to the train. It was decided that they'd spend this Christmas at the house they spent the summer at since that was ready for use still. So they headed off giving Sirius and Remus the address.
Once back at the house they settled in their rooms and began going over how they should decorate the house. Hermione of course tried to take over the meeting, but Harry kept her from being bossy.
Their first objective was to get a tree. They went to a tree lot, but came up empty. They went to several others and nothing. It wasn't til they were all tired and wanting to go home for the day when they found the right tree. Harry paid for it and with the help of some shrinking charms and a few notice-me-not charms they got the tree home and in the living room where they revered the shrinking charm.
The next step was decorating. They all had fun putting ornaments on the tree as Christmas music played. Hermione had several CD's and a boom box.
They found that minor magic didn't disturb muggle electronics. It was big magic. The spells that too a lot of magic to use. They were the ones that ruined electronics.
After the tree was decorated they went around the house and soon the whole place looked like a tasteful holiday card.
"Ladies, you did an excellent job" Harry complimented.
"Thank you Harry," they said.
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Amelia sat in her office looking at all she needed to get done. First was the Death Eater break out. She needed to get a handle on those. Next was the potions that her niece had sent in. She had more than enough to nail the two on this, but knew she had better talk to someone before going forward. After that it was a trial for Sirius Black. The problem with that one was how to do it in a sneaky way. She needed to think about that. And lastly, it seemed the youngest male Weasley tried to assault Hermione Granger, who was under Harry's protection. She could deal with easily, heck; she could connect this with the potions thing. She just needed to talk to one person. She called her secretary in.
"Can you have Arthur Weasley brought here please?"
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Arthur was busy working when he got the word. He was confused as to why Amelia Bones wanted to see him. But knew it had to be important. He knew the woman would never call on him for a frivolous matter.
"You wanted to see me Amelia?" Arthur asked poking his head in.
"Yes Arthur, come in" Amelia said.
Arthur did and sat down when Amelia motioned for it. Once seated Amelia slid two folder over to Arthur. He looked in them and his eyes bugled as his skin paled. This couldn't be happening? This had to be a joke, right? After he finished reading both very detailed reports he closed them with shaky hands and slid them back over to Amelia.
"Arthur, you're a good man and I hate doing this to a good man. So that is why I am showing you these things. You know I can't sweep this under the rug. I just wanted you to know, as a courtesy," Amelia said.
"I thank you Amelia. I had no idea to tell you the truth. I wish this wasn't real, but I know you and know you'd never joke about this. Please tell me what Lord Potter is going to do" Arthur said.
"Lord Potter just wants to be left alone. He respects you and your family, though a few not as much now," Amelia said.
Arthur nodded.
"I will do my best to keep this as tight as I can, but you know as much as I do that this place isn't airtight at all" Amelia said.
"I appreciate it Amelia. I know that Lord Potter is only doing what is best. I have no anger towards him, just my children. I never thought they could do such things," Arthur said sadly.
Amelia nodded as she watched the broken man leave. She felt for him.
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Christmas was getting closer and excitement was building. Harry ventured out of the house with Remus as his guard along with a certain black dog to shop for his ladies.
"Harry, you know you've got the hardest job in the world shopping for eight girls," Remus said.
"Ladies, Remus, they're ladies" Harry corrected.
"Right, sorry. Ladies. But you still have the hardest job" Remus said.
"Really, I think it'll be easy" Harry said.
Remus shook his head. He pitied Harry. He only had Tonks to shop for and that was hard enough.
"Come on, lets get this over with" Remus said.
The shopping took a long time since Harry was very picky on what to get each of his ladies. It wads decided he was going to get each lady two presents, one muggle and one magical. Remus shook his head. What the hell was Harry thinking?
/Scene Break/
The ladies had decided to make this the best Christmas Harry had ever had. They talked about all their holiday traditions they had and decided to combine them as well as make a new one of their own.
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It took four days for Harry to get his shopping done and when he was and the presents wrapped the tree had to be magically expanded just to hold them all.
"Why so many presents Harry?" Susan asked.
"I got you all two each" Harry said.
"You didn't have to do that Harry" Daphne said.
"Wanted to Daph" Harry said.
"Harry, will you come help me with something" Penny shouted.
Harry nodded and rushed to help Penny. She was hanging some garland that had come undone when that was done Penny pulled Harry into a deep kiss.
"What was that for?" Harry asked breathlessly afterwards.
"Look up" Penny said.
Harry did and found mistletoe.
"Merry Christmas Harry" Penny said then left.
Harry shook his head and walked off.
This seemed to be the trend. Harry would be called away by one of the ladies in need of help of some kind then after the help was done they kissed heatedly and every time mistletoe played a role. Now Harry wasn't complaining since he loved kissing all of his ladies. Plus, they were very creative in each kiss. He never seemed to expect them no matter how many he had gotten.
"You're one lucky pup" Sirius commented.
Harry grinned like a fool.
"Yup" he said.
Harry and Sirius were enjoying some hot chocolate one cold winter day. Remus and Tonks were off looking around the house admiring the Christmas decorations.
"Harry, we want to play outside. It's snowing" Parvati said.
"Then go" Harry said.
"But it won't be fun if you don't join in" Parvati pouted.
"Throw in the towel pup, you're done for" Sirius said.
Harry sighed and knew Parvati was one second away from bring out her puppy dog look.
"Fine" he said.
Parvati clapped her hands and skipped off to tell the others.
Sirius made a whipping sound.
"You'd be too if you had eight of the most brilliant witches" Harry said.
Sirius laughed as he watched his godson walk off to get ready to go outside. Now where was Remus and Tonks at?
End of Chapter
A/N: okay, part one of holiday done with. Part two will be in the next chap along with some other stuff. Thanks for reading and please review.