A Texas Ewing
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.
He belongs to J K Rowling. I don't own the Dallas Characters or South Fork Either.
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Headmistress Minerva McGonagall was astounded. "A Texas Ewing!" she exclaimed. "How did we end up with him?"
"He's Muggle-born," said her assistant, Hannah Abbot Longbottom.
"He's J R 's grandson," exclaimed Minerva. "Even though J R was a Muggle, the British and American Aurors kept a file on him. He would have drawn more attention if it had not been for Voldemort."
"J R is dead now," said Hannah. "John Ross the fourth did not ask to have him for a grandfather."
"Those Texas Ewings left a black record," said Minerva. "J R's father was known as Jock Ewing. He pulled a some shady deals and used questionable tactics. J R picked these up and refined them. His brother Gary had a drinking problem. He was arrested and charged with murder twice. I don't think Gary did the murders nor did the courts but he had a habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Bobby was the better of the Ewing men. He's very old now. John Ross and Christopher were wild in their youth. They are tamer now."
"Oddly Jock Ewing died mysteriously while on some mission for the United States of America," said Hannah. "He is legally dead but no body was ever found. He'd be dead by now! His son commonly known as J R was dying of cancer but was shot to death in Mexico. An arch enemy of the Ewings, Clifford T. Barns, is in jail in Mexico for killing J R but there is now doubt he did it. If Barns is freed there will be trouble for the Texas Ewings no matter where they are. This Barns is like some sort of Muggle dark lord. Plenty of people in Texas wanted to be shot of both Barns and J R.
"I know we do not have a good attitude about John Ross and his situation is not going to be easy," said Hannah. "We must not lose sight of the fact that our John Ross is guilty of none of these types of offences. Intelligence reports show our John Ross does not like the fighting that goes on at South Fork or Ewing Oil. He spends a lot of his time with the cattle at South Fork. We must give young John Ross a fair chance."
"Perhaps Potter and his sons should approach our Ewing wizard. They have no preconceived ill will towards the Ewings," suggested Professor McGonagall.
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Hannah's words made Professor McGonagall feel more tolerant. She visited Hermione. Hermione asked for both the Barns and Ewing files. James Sirius Potter, a new Auror brought the files in.
"The Ewing file has been pretty much inactive since J. R. died, other than noting that Clifford T. Barns was believed to have killed J.R.," said James. "The most recent notation is that there is doubt as to whether or not Barns is the actual killer. Bobby was never a man we were interested in and Gary despite his weaknesses and arrests was uninteresting. Gary was alcoholic and unlucky. He has a daughter named Lucy still alive. Lucy has had an unhappy life."
"The Barns file is downright ugly. Digger Barns was a lush who started a family feud with Jock Ewing over Ellie Southworth. His son, Cliff, continued the feud and made it uglier. Barns was every bit as dirty as the Ewings and many say worse. He bombed a gas rig and made it look like Christopher Ewing's fault. A lot or people got hurt. That is why I say he is a Muggle dark lord."
"John Ross Sr, Christopher, and Bobby were involved in the Capture of the Death Eater Travis Dolohov, a cousin to Antonin. Travis Cruciated Bobby. J R and Christopher shot him and nearly killed him. I could pay a visit to old Travis," offered James.
"Do that," said Professor McGonagall. Hermione nodded in agreement.
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James Apparated to Aberdeen and flew to Azkaban on his broom. He went to the warden's office.
"Good afternoon, James," said the warden. "How may I be of service to the son of Harry Potter?"
"I wish to speak to the prisoner Travis Dolohov," said James.
"Travis was paroled by your Aunt Hermione. he has to live as a Muggle among Muggles. No wand, no magic. I'll get his address."
The warden gave James the Address on a piece of parchment and James flew on his broom back to Aberdeen, Apparated home to put his broom away and get some Muggle clothes.
Travis was living in Little Whinging, Surrey and working for Grunnings.
James went up to Number Five Privet Drive which was where Travis lived. He knocked on the door.
"James, I didn't do nothing and I don't want no trouble!" said a frightened Travis.
James noticed a definite Texas drawl.
"You aren't in trouble," said James, "but I do have some questions about the Texas Ewings. One of their sons is a Muggle-born wizard and he's going to Hogwarts."
"Merlin what is this world coming to, James!" Exclaimed Travis, as he opened the door. "I could hear J R yelling because his grandson is a Muggle-born. J R's more Muggle than Vernon Dursley!"
"J R has passed away," said James. "John Ross and Christopher are still alive. John Ross's son John Ross Ewing the fourth is a Muggle born wizard. You speak with a Texas drawl. How long were you in Texas?"
"Jock hired me as a hand at South Fork," said Travis. "It gave me Muggle money, shelter and I was happy there. I'd left England and sworn I'd never come back. I was angry with the Dolohovs. My uncle had a Squib son he dumped in a Muggle orphanage. I came to Texas and called myself Travis Bryant. It was a good life. I was happy.
"Then one day I was rounding up strays on the far corners of the ranch. Vodemort's recruiters talked to me and I told them to get off South Fork and never come back or I'd send J R after them. They were hesitant. After I pulled my Muggle gun and shot one they took him and left. It would not be the last I'd see of them."
James was very interested.
"Go on Travis," said James, "did you see them again."
"Oh yes they wanted a piece of the Ewing fortune," said Travis. "They also said I was a traitor to my kind. J R knew of them and hated them more than I did. One night he and I killed a bunch of them and buried them on the Krebs property. Ray had abandoned years earlier it after he and Jenna Wade broke up."
"That explains the unidentified skeletons on the property," said James. "Bobby honored his mother's request not to drill on South Fork. Christopher and John Ross bought the property Ray Krebs had left on the market. Though that property had been part of South Fork it was no longer part of South Fork and John Ross and Christopher drilled there. The skeletons were found during the drilling."
"They got some oil. There was nothing Bobby could do and he was not sure he wanted to do anything. They were going to sell the oil to West Star so Bobby had Ewing Oil buy it. It is still being pumped. Ewing Oil is still buying it. I am currently negotiating to sell Ewing Oil some Grunnings drills."
"Fascinating," said James. "You and J R destroyed a number of Death Eaters sent to the United States."
"The Dark Lord came to South Fork personally and J R shot him," said Travis. "He just healed himself and threw the bullet back at J R. Muggle that he was, J R shot the Dark Lord again. They all Disapparated. I told J R they would be back. J R bought some big illegal Muggle weapons to destroy Voldemort if he ever came back."
"How did you become a Death Eater?" asked James.
"Lucy and I were secretly sweethearts," said Travis. "The Death Eaters found this out and used Lucy. I had to break off with her and do their bidding or they would Curse her. I broke off and Lucy was distraut. Bobby and J R fought about it but in the end Bobby threw me off the ranch while J R was over in Knots Landing up to something about his brother Gary."
"Another Death Eater Cursed Bobby but I was the one who got shot. When I came around I was in the hospital ward of the Ft. Denton Maximum Security wizarding prison. The trial was short. I got life at Azkaban. When the war ended I was transferred to Azkaban and released last year after I convinced your Aunt Hermione of my story."
"What was the Curse?" asked James.
"The Cruciatus," answered Travis.
"Why didn't you tell this until now?" asked James.
"Who would have believed it?" asked Travis. "By the way I go by Travis Bryant here."
James left.
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James Apparated to Hogwarts and told Professor McGonagall everything.
"It could be a fantastic lie," said Professor McGonagall. "If it is true Travis has been done an injustice."
"John Ross and his dad are going to Diagon Alley with Hagrid tomorrow. We actually started that with my dad. If there could be trouble Hagrid can take care of things now. He's a fully qualified wizard new oak wand and all. There could be a problem about a Texas Ewing going to Hogwarts. Hagrid will keep both John Ross Ewings safe."
A/N: I made some changes so I can merge the story with Dallas 2012 which I found on Netflix. It will not entirely agree with Dallas 2012 but when Cliff Barns came back into the story I knew there would be story making fireworks.