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4th March, 2011
Harry wasn't looking forward to leaving Kurt so soon. He hated lying as well. One point of prestige for the goblins was that they had never screwed up with anyone's accounts, well, except the time in his first year when Voldemort broke in, and again, when he, Hermione and Ron did it about a year back. However, Percy had floo-ed him to inform him of the fact that an agenda against werewolves was gaining more and more followers in the Wizarding World and that some of them were taking Harry's name while doing it. According to him, they proclaimed that Harry had left the country because he didn't want to take care of a child whose father was a werewolf.
Harry was obviously enraged, but Penelope had told him to calm down. She informed him that saying something in a fit of rage would only increase the fact that he hated the kid but was trying to be politically correct for the masses. He then told her to get a group of trustworthy people together and help him figure out what was the next step to take. However, he knew the first step he had to do was go back to London. He could Floo back and forth all day, but he couldn't risk the fact that Teddy might grow up in an environment of people who hated him. He also couldn't hide the fact that he was out all day if he told that to Kurt. So, he informed Ron that he would be back and would he tell Molly to please not make him stay at the Burrow. Ron happily agreed on the condition that Harry would let him crash at Grimmauld Place. So, a plan was made.
5th March, 2011
As Harry floo-ed out into the kitchen of the Burrow, the only thing he could think was, "Why can't I ever land straight?" He literally slid onto the middle of the kitchen floor and took the opportunity to laugh at himself as he heard a riot of laughs around him. A bulky hand pulled him up, and he recognized it immediately as the hand of his best friend and brother, Ron. He hugged Ron tightly, only to be pulled away by Molly. The next five minutes continued in a flurry of hugs as he got pulled and pushed around. Everyone was there. Bill had come back from work early, George and Fred had closed up early, and Ron, well, Ron had to go back for a night shift, but he said he could stay for dinner.
Over a big pot roast and plenty of vegetables, he discussed the laws with Arthur.
Arthur scratched his head as he said, "It came out of nowhere, which makes me think someone thought the whole thing out. It must have passed on from word-of-mouth, because no one was aware of it, not even my usual guys."
George laughed as he said, "My dad has guys who report to him. That sounds so great."
Percy said, "I told Penelope to break the news to you so you won't blow your handle. In the case that it's bad news, you won't shout at her, seeing how she's pregnant."
Harry nodded. "When can I meet Teddy anyway? Have any of you spoken to Andromeda?"
Ron replied, "I spoke to her, asking if she needed Auror protection for the house. She told me that she's fine as her house already has enchantments put there by Remus and Tonks. She said Thursday should be when you should meet him, because, well, you know."
Harry knew very well. It was the first birthday of Remus after he had passed away. He knew Andromeda didn't have that good an opinion of Remus at first, thinking he was too old for Tonks. However, she had slowly warmed up to him and this birthday would be a toll on her. Taking Teddy away for the day would distract her enough to mourn in private.
Bill said, "In my opinion, you need to start counteracting these allegations about you almost immediately. We don't have time for a proper defence as they have already started posting opinions about you. It's not as bad as when Voldemort had come back and they had started the smear campaign against you, but it's close."
Molly tut-tutted at them. "I know this is important, but do you have to discuss this while having a nice dinner? We can discuss the same points once we're done, right?"
Everyone nodded to the Weasley Mum as they stood up and started clearing the plates away. In the meantime, Ginny was helping her Mum levitate the various desserts onto the table. There were a variety of pies, treacle tarts, brownies, hand-churned ice-cream, and the list went on. Everyone looked at Molly with shocked pride, who blushed a bit. "I just wanted to go all out for Harry. He might just decide to stay in America forever and never visit here again."
George deadpanned, "I wish you gave us that sort of welcome. I feel the love, Mum."
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10th March, 2011
Harry had been cooped up with people the whole day: giving interviews, trying to get a trial for libel, approaching the people who started the propaganda. Needless to say, when he got a free day, he immediately put his head into the fireplace at Grimmauld Place, throwing Floo powder in for Pearl Cottage, where Andromeda and Teddy were staying. He looked into their kitchen as Andromeda fed Teddy applesauce. Harry looked on fondly at his godson who was sitting in a high chair. The kid spotted him first and his hair rapidly changed colours from red, violet, neon blue, yellow, olive green, till it settled on Harry's unkempt, messy black hair. He shouted, "Hawwy!"
Andromeda turned around in surprise and smiled at Harry. Harry asked her, "Is this a bad time for me to come visiting? I can come later."
She said, "No, no, come over. You can have the job of bathing Teddy while I go buy groceries."
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More Teddy in the next chapter! Tell me how you feel!
This was supposed to be one month of whole events in a chapter, but life got in the way. Do you want me to do a Kurt-side in Lima and Harry-side in Britain for the next few chapters? Please let me know, because I have to write the next chapter accordingly.