"Harry, my dear boy, I believe it is best for you to not contact your friends for the duration of your stay. They go to Durmstrang and study dark arts, therefore unsafe to be around your sister." Dumbledore said as Harry and Ashley arrived out the order member's where in the room including Lily and James, Molly and Arthur as well as Tonks, Kingsley and Mad-eye Moody.
"With all du' respect sir, y'all have n' control over m', Ah'm old enough ta make m' own decisions an' no one 'ere has any guardianship over m' am m' own person not ya puppet like doofus over there so don't even try changing m' mind an' ta b' honest Ah don't giv' a shite 'bout m' so called sista"
"Well why are you here then?" ex-auror Moody growled out at Harry who lent against the wall refusing the seat offered to him because it would give dumbledore control of the conversation.
"Ah'm here because m' Aunt, ya kno' the person wh' gives a shit about m' more than her sister, wants m' ta give Lillian and James a chance plus Ah have this really little person here called a brother, ta be honest Ah probably care abou' 'im mor' than any of y'all do so that's why Ah'm here. Not because y'all say Ah have ta b', I don't giv' a flyin' pig's ass 'bout the inheritenc'. M' brother is family and Ah'm going stick with 'im and if that means Ah have to put up with bastards,bitches and old coots than so be it!"
"No contact you and that is final, Harry James Potter!" Lily screeched, reminding Harry of his owl, Hedwig.
"Look ya 'ho! Ya'll have no control over m' so if Ah wanna go see m' bloody friends than Ah can."
"Calm down. I'm sure your friends wouldn't mind giving you time to bond with your family"
Harry growled, this was getting boring, do they not understand that he would never abandon his friends even for the summer?
"M' friends are m' family. Do ya not fuckin' understan'? What will it take ta get ya ta leave m' alon'? All Ah want ta do is go out, have some fun an' tak' Ashley shoppin' again because ta be quiet frank the clothes he's now would b' better ta give to Ripper"
A tug on Harry's trousers alerted him to the small body next to him trying to get his attention.
"Harry?"
"Yeah Ash?"
"Who's Ripper?"
"Ripper's Marge's totally awesome dog kiddo. You'll love 'im"
Dumbledore cleared his throat tired of being ignored by a teenager who was not as important as him. Harry glanced at him once then went back to listening to Ashley chatter excitedly about meeting Marge and her dog,Ripper.
"Why don't you go get ready? You have a ball to go to at 6'o'clock"
They were shown to Harry's room in the potter suite, Harry had his own room whilst Ashley shared a room with Jessica. Ashley's half of the room was bare giving a sterile feeling. Jessica's half was messy, really really messy.
Not the Oh-there's-a-few-things-on-the-floor messy, it was the OMG!-are-you-sure-there-isn't-anything-living-in-there messy. The type where you aren't sure whether you should even attempt to wade through the mess because something might just jump out and eat your feet. Toys where everywhere, dirty clothes strewn all over the place, Harry puked a little in his mouth, he saw something he never wanted to see ever again.
'I think I saw her underwear!!'
Harry's hands twitched, urging him to clean the room that didn't even look like it had a bed in there. If was a bed then he couldn't see it underneath all the junk Jessica insisted that she needed or she would die without. He controlled the urge to take everything and bin it, knowing it would take to long. He vowed inside his head that he would do that at least once with in the next month and half he was staying in the Potter's house, it wasn't humane to make Ashley share a room with Jessica's bomb sight. Who knows what he would catch from it.
Harry turned and walked down the hallway to his room where Ashley was jumping up and down on Harry's bed. Ashley didn't notice Harry as he lent against the door frame watching the childish display of innocence. Harry sighed reminded strongly of his sister, Sadie, he wouldn't see her for another week of torture. The Potter's had planned balls and interviews to celebrate the fact that Harry was supposedly 'back'.
'Yeah, back in hell more like it'
Lily's voice carried through Harry's wing of the manor, she couldn't actually get into the wing itself, Harry had warded it as soon as he had the chance. He had too many slightly illegal items for the law-abiding Potters, even Ashely had a secrecy charm on him, along with protection and anti-tracking charms which Harry had put on him when he warded the Wing.
"Boys, I hope your getting ready, the ball starts in half an hour"
'Drat! We've not even started!'
Harry stalked into the room, grabbing Ashley around the waist, lifting him off the bed. His giggles echoed in the room as Harry filled up a bath and scrubbed him clean, getting rid of all the mud that had collected on his hands and face like it does on all 4-year-olds. He pulled Ashley up so he was standing and wrapped a towel around him, drying him off. Harry pulled underwear - mini-boxers, the silk ones Harry had bought earlier in Madame Malkins whilst buying the clothes for the Ball, he had bought a whole wardrobe of clothes behind the Potters back. No doubt if they knew they would either not except them or except them and when Harry left again they would take them off Ashley leaving him with nothing again. Harry smirked, they wouldn't get the chance to take them away after Harry left - not because they didn't know about them,but because when Harry left Ashley was coming with him provided Ashely and Sadie got along, even if they didn't he wouldn't leave Ashley in this Hell. He was sure Lightning's family would like another child but were unable to have another, so they treated all of Lightning's friends as would be delighted to have Ashley, that Harry knew for sure.
Harry grabbed the robes he had bought Ashley - blue ones with a silver trimming, not to elaborate but not too simple either, a sign of Ashley's social standing as a member of the Potter family.
'No doubt he will have a mountain of marriage proposals when he's older'
Harry never did because owls could never find him but that would soon change when he arrived at Hogwarts. He grimaced not looking forward to Hogwarts at all - living with Fake all the time 24/7? Not looking appealing at all. He slipped Ashley's arms into the pale blue under-robe, slid the sky blue and silver outer-robe on top and then added a pair of black Italian loafers - mini-sized of course - onto Ashley's feet and the four year old was ready. Harry had got dressed after a shower that he had before he bathed Ashley - an odd experience at the least, it turns out no one had ever bathed the four year old, only the house elves had which gave Harry further proof that Ashley shouldn't stay here when he left, Ashley had to come with him.
They flooed to Malfoy Manor from Harry' personal fireplace, which was also warded for his private use meaning no one could track who he visited, with only a few minutes to spare. Harry didn't bother to check weather the Potters had left and they didn't bother to check weather Ashley and Harry left. To them if Ashley and Harry where late then it was their own fault, Harry was 16 - old enough to bring Ashley to Malfoy Manor on time if not then he suffered the consequences unlike Jessica when she made the Potters twenty minutes late because she didn't like the dress she didn't like the dress she was wearing, apparently it was too much like Hermione's dress which was a complete different style and colour.
