Well, it's been a long time, but here we've got the next part. Hope you'll like it. You know what I am to ask for... so :)
An evening of August 11th at Grimmauld Place number 12 wasn;t very pleasant. Harry was worried about the disciplinary hearing the next day and everybody around seemed not to understand him. What was even more frustrating Jenny wasn't there! Harry knew his aunt for just a little while but still, he wanted her presence.
'You should go to sleep Harry' Mrs. Weasley said to him 'Tommorow is a very important day, and you have to be ready. Arthur will take you to the Ministry early in the morning.'
Harry just nodded and climbed up the stairs to his and Rons' bedroom. Tomorrow is an important day indeed and the rest of his life depends on it. Harry heard a little knocking and saw that someone is opening the door. He didn't feel for a conversation with Ron or Hermione so he tried to look like he is already asleep.
Jenny went into Harry's bedroom and sat down on his bed. She reached her hand and pat Harry's hair making them messier than usual.
'I know you're not asleep Harry' she said quietly 'Do you wanna talk about it?'
'Not really.' Harry said harshly without opening his eyes.
'Sure, that's your choice.' Jenny nodded sadly 'It's gonna be ok. I know that you and the Ministry are not in a good place right now, but it's gonna be fine. Just remember to say only the truth and answer the direct question. No ifs, buts or ors, ok?'
'Why?' Harry asked angrily finally looking at her
'It looks like you are not sure of what are you talking about. Every time you'd use but you give them a way to call you insecure or unstable. That's how it works. And it is you, The Boy Who Lived once upon a time, and The Boy Who Lied according to the Ministry now.'
'I didn't lie' Harry told angrily again ' He is back, and..'
'I do believe you.' Jenny told shortly. 'But it doesn't matter right now, they simply don't want to believe you.' She looked at him and patted his hair once more. 'Try to get some sleep. I'll see you in the morning and we will see. I will be in the Ministry a little later than you and Arthur but I'll be there for a hearing.'
Harry didn't even respond and turn away. Jenny smiled sadly and went back to the kitchen.
Inside the room, she saw Regulus and Sirius talking quietly with Remus, Jenny closed to them and hugged Regulus's back. She didn't say a word. Her husband put his arm around her and lay his palm on her baby bump. Soft touch was extremely calming for Jen.
Sirius and Remus were staring at them a little jealous of what the two of them had.
'Where is Jamie?' Jenny asked 'Did Al already get here and took him somewhere?'
'Nah' Regulus answered ' Jamie is in the living room with twins, Kali and Arthur. They are trying to turn on the TV I bought earlier.' He laughed under his nose 'By the way, Sirius, can you imagine moms' reaction on muggle TV in her precious living room?'
Sirius just let out his usual barklike laugh.
'Anyway. Al is not here yet. But Emily called me and she is asking when she and Tommy can come to the HQ.'
'Right, we didn't vote about Tommy's presence in the Order yet. We have to do this rather quickly. He doesn't like his father's idea but still, if anything would happen he would be a dangerous opponent.'
'Dumbledore will be here tonight so you can ask him.' Remus says slowly 'I have to talk with him myself so…'
'But you are tried Baby' Regulus whispered 'You should go to sleep'
'But I need to talk with Dumbledore…'
'Let's do this. Right now you'd go put our daughter to sleep, ok we would go put our daughter to sleep. ' he added when Jen poked his ribs 'Later I will wait to see the professor and I will wake you up. Or just talk with him myself. Deal?'
Jenny shook her head and kissed Regulus lightly.
'Deal. I'll go get Kali, meet me under your mom's portrait.'
In the living room, Kali was sitting on the floor and giggle. James was trying to plug TV into neighbours electrical wires while in wizarding house there was no electricity… obviously. Fred and George were sitting near Kali and whispered to each other and Mr. Weasley was doing everything to help Jamie. With no success. Jenny went into the living room and stopped for a second.
'How's that going?' she asked after a while drawing everybody's attention.
'Mommy' Kali jumped up and run to Jenny who hugged her and kissed her forehead.
'I could use some help.' Jamie started ' but I can only thing about Tommy who could help. Or Uncle Nate. But neither of them is here…'
'You can always call Nate and asked what to do' Jenny advised. 'Or wait a day or so, cause we are going to talk to Professor Dumbledore tonight and asked him about Tommy. I everything will go as we plan, he'll come here soon enough.'
'Uncle Tommy will come here?' Kali asked enthusiastically 'That's great. I have so many stories for him. Do you think he knows as much as I do about this house? 'Cause Uncle Sirius was telling me stories and everything...'
'I'm pretty sure Uncle Tommy have no idea about this house Princess. Let go, it's bed time.;
'But mommy...'
Kali was laying between her parents with a big smile on her face. She loved that moment when Mom and Dad were home with her. At the edge of the sleep she whispered to her parents:
'I love you so very much.'
Jen hugged her daughter tighter and closed her eyes whispering.
'We love you even more Kalliope'
'And we'll always love you and your little brother.'
Regulus added softly. When he was sure Kali is already asleep he stood up kissed Kali's forehead and Jen's mouth and went downstairs to the kitchen.
Dumbledore didn't appear until 4 am in the morning. He poped up and came to the kitchen in hurry waking Regulus from his nap.
'It's good to see you professor' Regulus started drawing Dumbledore's attention. 'We need to talk.'
'We will talk Mr. Black, but right now I really have to have a word with Arthur.' said Dumbledore calmly
'I'd rather we talk now. My pregnant wife is concerned about her friend, and we have to know if he is permitted to come here or not. I really don't have time or energy to argue about it, cause I'm waiting here for you for at least few hours.'
'It's about... '
'Tommy O'Shea. Voldemort's son. We want to invite him over, but we obviously need our permission to do so.'
Dumbledore looked at him seriously and pulled a card out of the pocket of his crimson cape.
'Here is an invitation. But please be extremely cared for with it. Don't let anyone else see this card. This is the only way to find us here.
'Perfect. Did we really need to wait that long for this piece of a paper Professor?'
Regulus went out of the kitchen without waiting for Dumbledore's response and climbed upstairs to his bedroom. He put the card on the table and slipped into bed.
Ministry of Magic was wonderful. When she got here, Jen didn't have time to look around because she was in hurry to get to Harry's hearing and tell what she had to tell. But now, after the hearing both she and Harry took their time to admire everything in the lobby. Arthur and Dumbledore vanished somewhere so Jen and Harry were alone in the whole bunch of people in the lobby.
'So, you are free now. What would you say about going to get some ice creams?
'Yeah, that would be perfect!' Harry replied happily 'I'm so much relieved now. I was worried that... they could take away my wand and kick me out of the school.'
'I would take you to Ilvermorny. It's as good as Hogwarts and we wouldn't have to give a shit about the Ministry' Jen whispered so nobody around could hear her. 'And I would manage MACUSa, so...'
'With what you would manage MACUSA Jennifer?'
the witch with a long blue hair and gray uniform.
'I don't think it's you business Caroline. But if I wold needs someone's help... I would definitely come to you.' both of them laughed a little ' This is my nephew Harry, Harry, this is my friend from MACUSA, Caroline. She is a head of the department dealing with contacts with no-majs.'
'Nice to meet you Harry' Caroline smiled and shook his hand. 'Good to see you here Jen, but I have to go. Let's be in touch. I have some hot gossips for you from the office.'
'That's great. Call me when you'll be free.'
Jen parked her car under the building she and Harry stayed a while ago.
'Ready to meet new people?'
'Who are they?' Hary asked quickly getting out of the car
'My friend Tommy O'Shea and Jamie's sister Emily.'
'Oh ok.'
'Knock knock, we are coming in' Jen told loudly opening the door. 'I really hope you are not in the middle of a bed wrestling right now.'
'Yeah very funny' the man told coming out of the bedroom and buttoning his shirt. But if I were you, Potter, I wouldn't go there now. Milly will join us in a while.'
Jen looked at a man seriously
'Tommy we were talking about it, She is too young to...'
'Stop it, Jen. Emily is an adult now, and she knows what is going on.' For a while Jen and Tommy were looking at each other and then the man smiled and turned to Harry. 'Hey, I'm Tommy O'Shea. I'm pretty sure you are Harry Potter, Jens' nephew, right?'
'Yeah' Harry answered and shook Tommy's' hand. 'Nice to meet you'
'You too. Come on, I'll make you some tea or something, and we will wait for Milly to join us.'
'I'm ready' a happy voice said and a tall dark haired girl joins the group in the hall. She kissed Jen's cheek and grabbed Tommy's. 'I heard you are Harry, Hi, I'm Emily, great to finally meet you.'
'You too.' Harry smiled and everybody went to the kitchen.
After some more time spent on a small talk, Jen told everybody about the invitation from Dumbledore.
'So it's a chance to fight him one day?' Tommy asked focused on Jen.
'I think it's a high chance for it. But right now you have to gain their trust etc. So you have to meet them.'
'Let's go!' Tommy smiled.
