After their meeting with the queen, Harry, Ginny, and Albus traveled to Gringotts where they informed the Goblin Nation about their plans the next day. Mackrack informed Harry that he would be in attendance tomorrow along with delegations of the main vampire coven of Great Britain and the largest pack of werewolves.
After they returned to Hogwarts, Harry called for a meeting of the Council of Magical Brethren of the Forbidden Forest where he explained what would happen the next day and why it was being changed. After the meeting, which lasted longer than it should have, Harry and Ginny played Host and Hostess to the victory party to end all victory parties at Hogwarts.
The party lasted until the early hours of the morning with many barrels of mead, firewhiskey, butterbeer, and Goblin made wine consumed. On top of that, there was bourbon, scotch, ale, an American alcohol called Jack Daniels Tennessee Whiskey, a Mexican alcohol called Tequila, vodka, and a large selection of muggle soft drinks.
Everyone over the age of seventeen was drunk. Albus and Minerva wound up dancing on the staff table with Arthur and Molly Weasley. Surprisingly both couples were excellent dancers and kept it very-very clean.
Frank and Alice Longbottom, Remus, Dora, Fleur, Bill, Kingsley Shacklebolt, and his wife Karen we all sitting in comfortable chairs in the corner talking about lost friends, the past, and the future.
The rest of the Weasleys were in various states of unconsciousness. Charlie and his longtime girlfriend were snuggled up together in their own little world, Percy and Penny were laughing with Cho Chang and few of the other students. Fred and George were the life of the party with their Wheezes and other products.
However the youngest Weasley male, his wife, the Potters, and the younger Longbottoms were not in the Great Hall. After most of the guests left, they excused themselves and headed to the Lord and Lady of Hogwarts' Suite. As they left, Harry asked the elves to make sure that everyone made it to their beds in one piece. Once they arrived in the suite, everyone changed into comfortable clothes and then settled down in front of the fire where they stayed up for a few more hours before falling into an alcohol induced stupor, each one holding their partner.
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The sun rose of Hogwarts and straight into the eyes of one Harry Potter. The amount of alcohol he had drunk the night before came back to haunt him. Suffering from the world's biggest headache, Harry stumbled towards the bathroom in his bedchamber where he hoped a nice hot shower would wake him up.
Right before stepping into the shower, Harry saw a small bottle and a note on the counter.
Harry Potter Sir!!!
Wes Elves be knowing that yous and yous frinds being drinking a lot last night and so wes made hangover potion.
Enjoy
Gabby
'I really do love these elves.' Harry thought as he climbed into the shower.
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Two hours later Ginny, Albus, Arthur, Hermione, Ron, Filius Flitwick, Fred, George, Remus, and Minerva all were standing around the entrance hall, waiting for Harry to appear. Each of them would be representing a family during the Wizengamot later on that day. Just as Ginny was beginning to mutter something about her Bat Bogey Hex and other parts of the anatomy, Harry stepped thru a portal that he created a moment before.
"Sorry I'm late. I had to speak to the Queen and the Minister." Harry looked around and saw everyone was somewhat awake, if not a little hung-over. 'I see some people didn't spot the hangover potion.' Harry thought.
"Gibb!" A small house elf appeared in front of Harry. "Gibb, I need eleven hangover potions and eleven of my new and improved pepper-up potions please."
The elf disappeared with a small pop.
"While we are waiting for the hangover cure, I can explain what is going to happen today. Once we are all sober, we will proceed to Madam Maulkin's where we shall be fitted with new formal dress robes. These will have your family crests and whatever house you are representing today, along with the Order of the Phoenix Crest, the ICW Crest, and the Hogwarts Crest.
"After we are all fitted, we will all apparate to Buckingham Palace where we shall then serve as escort and honor guard for the queen. The sovereign has a private entrance to the Ministry of Magic from within Buckingham Palace. Once we arrive in the Ministry we will head straight to my office where I am to hold an informal tea with a few select members of the Wizengamot and Ministry Department Heads. Once we have embarrassed any who invited themselves to the tea, we then escort the sovereign to the Wizengamot where all hell will break loose. Once the Wizengamot session is completed, we will escort the sovereign back to Buckingham Palace where we have an invitation to dinner. All of our spouses are invited as well as a few others."
By the time Harry was finished, Gibb had returned and distributed the potions to everyone who immediately felt better. Once everyone was ready, Harry opened a portal and stepped thru it, with the rest of the group right behind them.
The portal opened into a private office in Gringotts Bank. At the doors stood two guards who bowed to Harry and the group as they passed. They quickly took an alternate exit from the bank and headed straight to Madam Maulkin's.
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After getting new robes for everyone, the group took a portkey to the Magical Entrance to Buckingham Palace. Since Voldemort's defeat, Harry stopped calling using the term 'Wizarding World'. He now used the term 'Magical World' which made more sense.
After arriving at Buckingham Palace, Harry and the others approached the throne room where Queen Elizabeth II was waiting with Prince Phillip, Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince Harry. After formal greetings, and more personal greetings, Harry led the queen, her entourage, and her honor guard out of the throne room and down a hidden staircase down into the catacombs beneath Buckingham Palace.
However, unlike the rest of the catacombs beneath Buckingham, these catacombs were very well cared for. They were clean, well lit, and free of all forms of debris. There were also murals, paintings, and tapestries on the walls.
"The Ministry of Magic's House Elves keep these areas of the Palace clean. They also renew the concealments charms and wards so that unsuspecting muggles do not enter." Harry said as they continued their descent.
After descending thru three more levels of catacombs, the group arrived at a rather large double door. In the center of the two doors was the Official Crest of the Ministry of Magic, just above it was the Royal Crest of the House of Windsor. Harry asked everyone to remain where they stood as Harry approached the doors. "I, Lord Gryffindor, Harry James Potter Lord Protector of the Realm of Magical Great Britain, am here to escort Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to the Ministry of Magic for a session of the Wizengamot of Great Britain." The doors groaned as they opened, revealing a portal behind them. Harry escorted the queen thru as the rest of the group followed.
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After dealing with those members of the Wizengamot and the Ministry who attempted to brown nose with the queen, it was finally time for the Queen to open the Wizengamot. As per tradition, all of the members of the Wizengamot were seated, the Minister of Magic and her department heads entered next. Since this was a formal event, each and every member of the Wizengamot and the Ministry were introduced by one of the official criers.
Finally, the only people who were not seated were Harry, the queen, and the honor guard. Finally the official crier for the Wizengamot spoke in a loud voice, "Introducing Miss Hermione Jane Weasley, Regent for the Ancient and Most Noble House of Flamel; and introducing Mr. Ronald Bilius Weasley, Regent for the Ancient and Most Noble Azkaban."
Hermione and Ron entered the Wizengamot Chamber together and walked to their respective seats. Because they were representatives of the Lord Protector of the Realm's different families, their seats were close to the high dais where Harry and Albus' seats were.
The crier then announced the next two members of the honor guard, "Introducing Mr. Filius Foghorn Flitwick, Regent for the Ancient and Most Noble House of Ravenclaw; introducing Mr. Fredrick Fabian Weasley, Regent for the Ancient and Most Noble House of Slytherin."
After they seated, the crier continued, "Introducing Mr. George Gideon Weasley, Regent for the Ancient and Most Noble House of Hufflepuff; Introducing Mr. Remus John Lupin, Champion of the Ancient and Most Noble House of Black."
Like before, the crier waited until George and Remus were seated before he continued; this time he took a large drink of water from a goblet one the House Elves had given him "Introducing Lady Dumbledore, Minerva Mary McGonagall-Dumbledore, Matriarch of the House of Dumbledore, Chieftainess of the McGonagall Clan of Scotland."
Minerva entered the chamber in her formal robes with insets of her clan plaid. On her hip, like the rest of the honor guard, she wore her family sword. As she entered, she gave many members of the Wizengamot the stare she had cultivated in all of her years teaching. Many of the people in the Chamber clinched, remembering to well what that look was usually followed by, detention and a lose of house points.
After Minerva took her seat to the right of the Chief Warlock's the crier moved on to the next person to be introduced "Introducing Lady Gryffindor, Ginevra Molly Potter, Matriarch of the Ancient and Most Noble Houses of Potter, Gryffindor, Azkaban, Black, Flamel, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin and the Lady of Hogwarts."
Ginny entered the Wizengamot Chamber wearing her formal dress robes with her sword on her hip wearing the Ravenclaw Diadem on her head and carrying herself like the warrior princess she truly was. She took her seat; her seat was to the right of Harry's seat as Lord Protector, directly above the seats of their family. Once she was seated, she nodded her head towards the crier who prepared for the really long introductions.
"All rise and witness, Lord Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Head of the Ancient and Noble House of Dumbledore; Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot of Great Britain; Defeater of the Dark Lord Grindelwald has arrived."
Albus entered the chamber in his robes carrying his sword on his hip like Minerva, Ron, Ginny, and the others. However he also carried in his right hand his staff. This brought about a lot of murmuring from the members of the Wizengamot and those in the visitors section including Princes Phillip, Charles, William, and Harry.
As Albus approached his seat, Ron, Minerva, Hermione, Fred, George, Filius, Remus, Ginny, Bill, Fleur, Dora, Arthur, and those people whom had been given staffs, grasped them in their hand wand hand and poured magic into them, making the capstone of each staff glow.
The Crier, who had been rendered speechless by the display of magic he had just witnessed, cleared his throat and prepared to introduce the second most important who would be in sessions today.
"Introducing Lord Gryffindor, Harry James Potter, Head of the Ancient and Nobles Houses of Azkaban, Black, Flamel, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Potter, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin; Leader of the Order of the Phoenix, Lord of Hogwarts, Defeater of the Dark Lord Voldemort, and Lord Protector of the Realm of Magical Great Britain."
When Harry entered the Chamber, he was in the middle of a pack of animals. Two Golden Griffins were in front, with a Wild Unicorn to his right and a War Unicorn to his left. Behind him were a lion, a badger, an eagle, and a serpent whom represented Hogwarts. On his right shoulder sat his owl Hedwig and another bird, a phoenix on his left shoulder. Flying overhead was Fawkes who immediately landed on Albus' shoulder.
He too was wearing his formal dress robes in Gryffindor Red and Gold with his sword securely on his hip and his staff in his right hand. The emerald on top of the staff pulsated with an inner light that made his eyes sparkle as well.
Harry approached his podium on the Dais and banged his gavel. "Chief Warlock, as per my right as the Lord Protector of the Realm, I hereby wield my authority over this session of the Wizengamot our sovereign ruler."
Trumpets sounded as the hangings in the Wizengamot Chamber changed to the Official Crest of the Queen.
The doors opened and two Goblin Warriors walked out a thick red rug. Once it was done, the Crier spoke in his loudest commanding voice "All Rise. Announcing Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith."
The queen made her entrance and walked to her throne which sat above the position of the Lord Protector of the Realm. Once seated, the chamber quieted down and waited on beaded breath as she placed her glasses on and made her way to the podium.
"Lords and Ladies, Gentlemen, and all Magical Folk within the Realm of Great Britain; I hereby declare this session of the Wizengamot of Great Britain open."
After a round of applause, the queen continued, "Today is the day when everything begins to change. For far too long the magical world has remained stagnant and decrepit. The following laws and actions will become law immediately…"