Chapter 14

"Ugh" Harry said as he plop down on the couch. School had started a couple of weeks ago and he just wanted it to be over.

"What's wrong kitten?" asked Logon as he sat beside the pouting kitsune. Since classes had started Harry had opted to go without glamour unless he was going out and while Logan would not admit it on pain of death he found him cuter that way.

"I hate school, there is too much work and I feel like I am always trying to catch up."

"Well that is to be expected since you haven't been in a regular school since you where eleven. Still you are doing really good and catching up rather faster than expected, soon you will have an easier time of it." Logan said trying to soothe his kitten.

Harry for his part looked at Logan with big bright eyes. "If you say so." Suddenly Harry got an intense look on his face. "Logan we are dating, aren't we?"

The Wolverine was definitely caught off guard but he answered none the less. "Yes kitten" he said in a tone that implied a 'duh', "why you ask?"

"Because we haven't gone on a date for a very long time, what are you going to do about it?" Harry said with a pronounced pout and a mischievous glint in his eyes. And now that Logan thought about it he realized that his kitten was right, all of their resent outings had been with Harrys friends or even with Teddy and not them alone.

"Well today is Thursday so why don't we go out tomorrow evening?"

Harry's smile was radiant "Ok"

Is there somewhere you wanted to go? Or do you want me to pick a place?"

"Mmm, well not really"

Logan took a slightly pensive look and said "Ok I think I have something in mind."

Harry looked at him expectantly "Aren't you going to tell me?"

"No it's going to be a surprise." Harry looked at him with a pleading look that made Logan melt inside but he stood firm and did not give him even a hint, he wanted to surprise his kitten.

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'Knock, knock'. Came the sound at the door and Harry could barely keep himself from running to the door. Today was his date with Logan and he could hardly wait. He had been in a state of nerves all day and had even gone as far as to try a dozen of outfits before settling for some black cargo pants, a dark gray shirt, a black jacket and gray convers. He hoped he looked ok and appropriate for wherever place Logan was taking him to, since he never told him where they were going to.

"Hello kitten, you look amazing" Logan said as he gave Harry a quick kiss and looked him up and down. To him Harry always looked ravishing but since they were going on a date Harry had taken more care with his appearance making him look incredibly beautiful to Logan.

"Thanks, you look good too." Harry answered with a light blush staining his cheeks. Logan had blue jeans, a black t-shirt and a leather jacket, all in all he looked rather sexy.

"You ready?" asked Logan

"Yea we can go." Turning slightly around he said. "Bye Andromeda, bye Teddy be good, ok?"

Teddy gave a slight giggle and with a big smile said "I will uncle Harry" and Andromeda just smiled. "Have fun boys."

Logan just nodded to the both of them giving a brief smile and lead Harry out.

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Harry could not believe his eyes, Logan had brought him to the last place he would have expected. He had told the gruff man in passing that he had never been in one of those carnival and fun fair places and hinted he wanted to visit one but did not think Logan would actually take him to one. It had been in one of their talks about their lives to get to know each other and Logan had been talking of some of the odd jobs he had taken one having been as a crew man in a carnival, mostly doing heavy lifting, Harry had thought Logan would have forgotten about it.

Logan for his part was watching Harry with a pleased smile in his face. He could see the happiness and curiosity in his kitten's face. He knew Harry had not had the best of childhoods and he had promised himself to make sure Harry got to experience all he might have missed.

"Oh Logan this is great!" Harry said turning to Logan with a big smile on his face.

"Glad you like it Kitten. Where first?"

"Let's go try some rides." The smile never leaving Harry's face as he dragged Logan from ride to ride. Harry was acting like a little kid in the amusement park and Logan was actually enjoying seeing his mate so happy and carefree.

While some of the lines where rather long Harry was enjoying himself to the fullest. After dragging Logan to some of the rides like the Kite Flyer, the Kamikaze, the Super Shot, the Rock-n-Roll and the Tilt-a-Twirl while screaming and laughing all the while Harry decided it was time to try some of the foods.

"Logan! I want a cotton candy, caramel corn and some shaved ice." Harry said looking at Logan eagerly. He had never really had the chance to try the kind of foods you would find here and he was eager to sample them.

Logan gave him an assessing look but immediately caved in to Harry's begging face. "Of course Kitten. But you have to eat something besides candy." He added looking at Harry sternly, he was still too small and skinny for Logan's peace of mind.

Harry pouted a bit but immediately brighten. "I have never tried a corn dog (me neither) we can get one first, to the candy, please?"

"Let's go." As Logan ate his own share and watched Harry eat his first corn dog he thought he would do anything to protect that bright smile. But their test tasting did not stop there Harry got his cotton candy, caramel corn and shave ice but he also got anything else that caught his attention as they walked around.

As they walked around looking for what to do next Harry saw the biggest and cutest teddy bear he had ever seen. The bear in question was light brown, dark eyes and a big dark brown bow around its neck, and it was the prize at one of those games where you had to knock a pyramid of (rigged) bottles. "Logan." The pleading in Harry's tone made the Wolverine stop.

"Yes?" He asked not sure what had caught his Kitten's eye.

"I want that bear." Ha said while pointing at the biggest prize in the stand. Harry had never had his own stuffed animals as a child and a part of him still wished he had that favored teddy bear parents got little kids to chase the nightmares away at night.

"Ok" with that Logan went to the stand and pointed to the bear to the man manning the game who gave him an amused smile but let him try, to get the bear you had to knock the three pyramids a task that was normally impossible but Logan's added strength and incentive saw him winning the price soon enough much to the astonishment of the man.

"Thank you! Thank You!" as Harry said this he gave Logan the longest and deepest kiss they had shared so far and took the bear in his arms leaving a slightly dazed Logan behind.

By the end of the night Harry won a smaller panda bear for Teddy in the water guns game and Logan won him a black kitten with big green eyes in the strong man game saying it reminded him of Harry. They ended the night with a ride in the Ferris wheel and neither could remember feeling happier.

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As the Floo Connection died out Percy wondered not for the first time of the fruitlessness of his endeavor. When he had been assigned to reach out to the national community in his search for Harry Potter he had thought he was finally going to make some progress, no such luck. He had gone to the Department of International Magical Cooperation in the Ministry and got in contact with representatives of the different nations and that's when things went south.

He found all kinds of responses from formal but polite, cold and indifferent to downright hostile in some cases. It soon became apparent that Britain was in very bad standing in the international community, such response made him leery to go directly to the ICW since he knew that the new Supreme Mugwump, Akinori Saito was not fond of Britain as he had been Dumbledore's number one opponent in the confederation.

He was truly despairing at this point, it had been weeks and Potter was no closer to being found. He took a deep breath and went to try again. He threw some powder in the fired and stated in a clear voice "Departamento de Cooperación Mágica Internacional Ministerio de Espaňa."

While translator spells worked well to actually speak with the representatives he had to actually learn the flood directions in their language with the right pronunciation or it would not work, which just brought him more headaches.

"You have reached the Department of International Cooperation in the Ministry of Spain. My name is Eva Campos how may I help you?" The witch said with a bright smile.

As a middle aged witch appeared in the fire Percy did his best to give her a charming smile. "I am Percy Weasley from the British Ministry of Magic." While she did not stop smiling you could see it had deemed some at the mention of the British Ministry but if Percy noticed this he did not show it. "I am reaching out in behalf of my Ministry to ask for assistance in the search of our national hero Harry James Potter."

The witch could see that for all of his air of politeness and friendliness Percy was tired and desperate and felt sorry for him. Thanks to the an ICW newsletter all countries where well aware of Britain's latest blunder and added to that was that Harry Potter not only was no longer a British citizen but he was quickly gaining not only international citizenships but there where countries that had granted him immunity and asylum to protect him from Britain, countries which included the US.

Looking at Percy straight in the eye she gave the only answer she could give, "The Spanish Ministry cannot offer assistance in such endeavor." She could see how Percy's demeanor fell and could not help but take pity on him. "You will not find any nation willing to help you finding Mr. Potter. A number of nations will not be willing to help since no nation would be willing to give one of their own citizens up when they had done no wrong. Nor on the same tangent will the other nations spend resources hunting down someone that had committed no crimes and represents no risk to their people especially to help a country that had earn nothing but international contempt."

Percy's eyes grew wide. "But Mr. Potter is a British citizen!" and as much as it pained him to admit it he did not understand what his country had done to be seen to badly internationally.

She gave him a penetrating look and simply said. "You should look into Mr. Potter's citizenship status. Also you ought to look into international policy and resent history, make sure it comes from an ICW approved source and not the watered down and censored drivel found in Britain. Have a good day." With that she cut the connection leaving a shaken Percy behind.

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It took Perce with the help of two of the archivists five hours to find Harry Potter's file, the archive was such a mess that finding anything was a huge undertaking. When he finally managed to locate the file what he found made him pale and be extremely reluctant of informing the Wizengamot of his findings. The was a session of the Wizengamot in half an hour where he was supposed to inform the member of the progress made so fa and he was sure they were not going to like it.

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"Members of the Wizengamot as you all well know I have been task to keep this esteemed body inform of the progress made in the search of Harry Potter. Today I am the bearer of surprising and unpleasant news." At this murmurs broke around the room but he waited until they quieted to continue. "As you all know this last week I spent it trying to reach out to the other ministries to gain their aid in the search of Harry Potter within their borders. It all seemed like a completely useless endeavor since each and every one of them refused to help. When talking to the representative of the Ministry of Spain it all seemed to go exactly the same way and again help was refused. But the representative, Mrs. Campos, seem to take pity on me an imparted me with some knowledge and advice."

"She rather politely informed me that reaching out to the other was pointless since after a communication by the ICW and some other facts I did not discover until later all ministries had decided to not help. She also advise me to search into Mr. Potter's citizenship status, it took some digging but I finally stumble upon the reason no help is forthcoming." He took a fortifying breath knowing this was not going to be well received. "Mr. Potter has not only acquired multiple citizenships worldwide but he has also dropped his British citizenship, making him no longer a subject of our laws."

He had not even finished when a cacophony of noise exploded all around him. Most members of the Wizengamot were beyond furious with the news.

Meanwhile Minister Shacklebolt and his supporters sported small smiles. Kingsley also paid close attention to what was being said around him so that he could prepared those involved. As he listened two plans of action became predominant. A big part of the Wizengamot wanted to still drag Harry back from wherever he was at and used the list of citizenships they had found on file as a starting point to find him. Another sentiment that was starting to be heard by this same group was the desire to make amendments to the original bill to include Order of Merlin second class not only to try and put pressure on the savior but as a plan b if their original plan did not work.

Kingsley personally thought they were a bunch of morons that where going to cause an international incident, not that they were listening to this arguments since according to them the other nations where trying to steal a national hero. They were not even taking into account that it was Harry himself who dropped the citizenship because of the ridiculous and bigoted laws they kept pushing forwards.

Kingsley just resigned himself to listen to more stupidity for the rest of the session, but he knew nothing would get done that day. The old bigots would need time to regroup, prepare and bribe before the next meeting to be able to push more of their idiocy forwards. Of course by doing this they were digging their own grave since it gave him chance to collect enough evidence against them to bring before the International Confederation of Wizards and the International Magical Office of Law. All ministers that felt their government was too corrupt and was not following international guidelines could summit their case to the ICW and the IMOL, if they could back their claims with evidence.

In his case the only reason the international community had not forcefully occupied Britain yet for their blatant disregard of international laws and standards was because he initiated the process the moment he became minister. Britain had been left alone before mostly because of the wars and Dumbledore's interference but since he was no longer in the picture Britain was no longer protected from the backlash of their actions.

By initiating the full audit into British affairs himself he was extending an olive branch and demonstrating the strength of his character. There was a reason no minister before had started the audit themselves. All questioning made by the ICW and the IMOL was made with veritaserum and truth spells and all of those working for the ministry in any capacity would be investigated and interrogated, including himself as minister. Britain would soon be forced into a rude awakening they would not like. He also knew that one of the first items in Akinori Saito's agenda was to completely reform the British justice system and substitute the archaic laws for the international laws as it should have been according to previous treaties.

He shook his head of all his thoughts and paid more attention to what was being said around him. It would not do for him to miss something of importance.

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