A/N- I Do Not Own Harry Potter.
Chapter 7
"Diffindo!" Draco shouted, throwing the cutting curse at Harry.
Harry didn't even block the curse. He simply sidestepped it, and the next five curses Draco sent. Then he turned his wand towards Draco and whispered, "Fenris Lupa."
A large gray wolf erupted from Harry's wand and charged Draco. Draco hesitated a second too long before he tried to aim his wand at the wolf.
The wolf jumped onto Draco, knocking the blond down and pinning him. Before the wolf could actually bite him Draco started screaming, "I FORFEIT! I FORFEIT!"
Harry smiled as the wolf vanished from on top of Draco. His smile widened when he noticed that Draco had pissed himself.
Ragnok walked up to the combatants, he looked disgusted. Whether or not he was disgusted by the smell of piss, lack of blood, Draco's cowardice, or all three, Harry couldn't tell.
The old Goblin looked down at the blond boy and sneered. "You have lost and forfeit any claim now or in the future to the title of Lord Black. I Suggest you leave this bank before you offend Mr. Potter or Ms. Granger's proxy. I know for a fact that the proxy went easy on you."
Draco didn't need to be told twice and quickly rushed out of the room. Narcissa remained seated in the gallery, rubbing her temple.
Mrs. Malfoy stood up, but instead of following her son, she walked up to Harry.
"Forgive my son," Narcissa began. "He does not know proper respect."
Harry answered Narcissa, thankful for the voice altering charms on the the cloak. "No apology is necessary Mrs. Malfoy. I wanted a chance to test that spell, and although I did not get as far as I wished, your son provided me with the opportunity."
"Thank you, you are most kind. Could you pass along a message to Lord Black for me?"
"I can pass along the message, I give no guarantee that he will listen."
Narcissa sighed. "I know the Malfoys have not given Lord Black any reason to trust any of us. But I am a Black, not a Malfoy. I wish to speak to him about divorcing my husband."
"I will pass along the message. You will receive a message by the end of the week."
"Thank you. Give Lord Black my regards." With that Narcissa Malfoy walked out to find her son.
Hermione stood up and walked over to stand next to Harry. She remained silent as they walked over to the Weasleys.
"Mrs. Weasley," Harry began, "I wonder if we might steal your daughter for a moment. We have a message for her from Mr. Potter."
Mrs. Weasley smiled at the man in front of her. "Of course, we'll be waiting outside the room." She turned and Glared at the Twins as they left the Goblin's dueling chamber, before following them out and leading the rest of her family, minus Ginny out. Andromeda and Nymphadora walked out with Remus. But not before Remus sent a wink towards Harry.
Ragnok looked at the trio of Harry, Hermione, and Ginny in front of him. "I'll meet you two back in my office," he said to Hermione and Harry. Then he too turned and left the three alone.
Ginny eyed the two cloaked figures with apprehension. If it wasn't for the supposed message from Harry, the love of her life, she would have left with her mother regardless. "What was the message you have from Harry?"
Hermione pulled her wand and stunned Ginny. before the younger girl could protest. "Sorry Ginny," she said, "This is for your own good." She pulled out a syringe filled with an antidote to all love potions. She rolled up Ginny's sleeve and injected her with the potion.
"That it?" Harry asked.
"Until she wakes up. We should probably have your Mum take her to the Twins."
"Mum!"
Lily appeared in a ball of flame. "I see you got Ginny separated from her family," Lily said sadly. "Molly Weasley is an unfit mother if we had to resort to this."
"I know Mum," Harry said. "I wish it didn't have to come to this, but there was nothing else we could do. Can you take her to her brothers flat?"
Lily nodded her head before flying over and perching on Ginny. "I'll see you two later tonight," she said. Before flashing away with the younger girl.
Harry turned to Hermione. "What are we gonna do now, Molly's waiting just outside that door for us."
"We ignore her," Hermione said simply. "That's more than she deserves after what she's done.
Harry smiled and kissed Hermione before walking out to face Mrs. Weasley.
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Ginny groaned as she opened her eyes. The last thing she remembered was talking to the two strangers in blue. One had stunned her. She sat up.
"It's about..."
"...bloody time..."
"..you woke up," Both twins finished as they rushed over to their sister.
"Fred? George? What am I doing here?" Ginny asked.
The Twins looked at each other for a moment before answering. George ran out of the bedroom, leaving Fred. Fred began to speak seriously, something that seriously scared Ginny.
"Ginny," Fred began. "how much do you remember of the last year?"
"I remember the D.A., Umbitch, the Department of Mysteries, and..." Ginny's eye's widened. "Oh my god, Luna!" She looked at her brother and grabbed his shoulders. "WHAT HAPPENED TO ME?" Ginny sobbed.
Fred hugged his sister. "Mum, probably with Ron's help, has been keeping you dosed with love potions."
"I left Luna," Ginny cried into his shirt. "I left her with no explanation at all. I showed no signs of my feeling for her. How can she forgive me?"
"It's okay Gin, it's not your fault. I'm sure she'll understand."
Ginny shook her head. "But what if she won't even listen to me?"
For once in his life, Fred Weasley didn't know what to say. He just sat still holding his baby sister as she cried for herself, for Luna, and for her own mother's betrayal.
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George walked out of the bedroom and into the sitting room where Harry, Hermione, and Lily sat.
"How is she?" Hermione asked, genuine concern in her voice.
"She's awake," George said. "Fred will explain what's happened to her."
"Why not both of you?" Harry asked.
George smiled as he sat down. "If we where both in there, it wouldn't help her. We'd be finishing each other's sentences, purely out of habit. She needs one person speaking normally, not two people speaking as one."
"I understand," Harry said. "Do you think she'll want to join our little organization?"
George snorted. "Lesbians and gays are treated just as bad if not worse than werewolves in wizard society. I'm sure she'll join. And she'll be a valuable asset."
"Do you want her to stay with us, or can she stay here with you?" Hermione asked.
"We have the room here," George said. "I just ask that you keep an eye on her at school. I'm sure Ron is helping Mum."
"I know he is," Lily said, drawing the attention of the three humans. "Ginny can be trusted, Ron cannot. Ron caught Luna and Ginny snogging at the end of Harry's fourth year and wrote Molly who began dosing her with love potions when she got home and sent Ron love potion's every week to give to Ginny at school. Also he's insanely jealous of you Harry. I doubt he'll be happy when he finds out your dating Hermione."
Harry and Hermione looked down, realizing that they had just lost their best friend.
George just looked at Lily in shock. "How do you know these things?"
Lily just chuckled.
"Don't ask George, she enjoys messing with people's minds," Harry said.
Harry and Hermione stood up to leave.
"Oh," George said, as he stood up. "Before you leave, me and Fred had our forms chosen." He walked of and came back with two boxes. "I'm gonna be an erumpent, Fred wants to be an acromantula"
Harry raised an eyebrow as he took the boxes from George. "You guy's aren't gonna be the same animal's?"
George shook his head. "We can sell the things our creatures produce to help fund our shop, we figure it would be good to be different for once."
"What materials did you get?" Hermione asked.
"Horn of erumpent and fang of acromantula."
"Have two names picked out when we come back. And write in the journal if anything comes up." He shook George's hand.
"No problem." George said.
"We'll have the potion's with us when we come back," Hermione said.
Lily perched on Harry's shoulder and Hermione placed her hand over her foot. In a flash of fire the three where gone.
George looked over to the room Fred was walking out of.
"She cried herself to sleep," Fred explained. "Harry and Hermione leave yet?"
George nodded.
"Damn, guess I'll just have to send a message in that journal they gave us."
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Neville Lonbottom re-read the letter Harry had just sent him.
Dear Neville,
Thank you for helping me out in the Department of Mysteries. I'm sorry that Bellatrix got away.
I have something I would like to discuss with you, but would like to do it in person. If you are interested, send a reply with Hedwig, and a date you are free.
Harry
Neville looked up at the snowy white bird that delivered the message and smiled. "What's Harry up to this time," he said to one in particular. He quickly penned a reply and sent it off with Hedwig.
He had a feeling that this was going to be an interesting year.
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Luna Lovegood had both a great and horrible year. It was great because she made several new friends. It was horrible because Ginny had essentially dumped her. Contrary to popular belief, Luna was not Loony, she just acted like it to throw off others. She had only been her true self around two people Ginny Weasley and her father.
But last year, Ginny had just stopped kissing her. They had been experimenting since second year, and decided to actually be a couple after the Yule Ball in third year. But when she got on the train at the beginning of last year, Ginny had not been interested in her anymore. She was still friendly, but no longer romantic.
Luna admitted that she had laid the "loony" on a bit thick last year, but she was hurt. Even when she comforted Harry after the Department of Mysteries she hadn't dropped all of her loonyness.
Luna jumped when a ball of flame erupted in her room. Suddenly Harry Potter stood in her room with a phoenix perched on his shoulder. "Hello Luna," Harry said sadly.
"Harry," Luna said normally. She closed her eyes and when she spoke again it was in her spaced out voice that everyone was used to. "May I ask why you are here?"
Harry gestured to her bed. "May I sit down?"
"Of course."
Harry smiled and sat down on the bed. "I don't know how to say this Luna, but Ginny has been dosed with a love potion since last summer."
Luna's eyes widened in realization and she dropped the loony act. "Is she okay?!"
Harry nodded. "Hermione administered the antidote. She's staying with Fred and George at the moment." Harry paused. "She's afraid you won't forgive her for suddenly dumping you, even though it wasn't her fault."
Luna stood up. "I want to go see her, now!"
Harry smiled as he looked up at Luna. "I hoped you'd say that."
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To say that Remus was pissed was a massive understatement. The disappearance of Ginny was causing quite the uproar. The fact that Molly had given her own daughter love potion weighed heavily on his mind.
"Someones target the kids," Moody growled. "First Harry and Hermione, now Ginny. Ron, Longbottom, and that Lovegood girl are next."
"Quit being so paranoid Moody," Remus said. "The kids aren't in any danger."
"How can you say that?" Molly yelled. "Three children are missing, and you claim they're not in any danger!"
"They're safer than they would be here," Remus mumbled under his breath. The potion Harry and Hermione had given worked. He was now able to change into a werewolf at will, and keep his mind. It was taking every bit of his control not to change right now and maul Molly. She was almost constantly on his nerves.
This was going to be a long meeting.
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Lily was very happy. She had finally found where the rat Pettigrew was hiding. Currently he was living in Spinner's End as Serverus' servant. She was very happy. Her, Harry, and Hermione could take out two birds with one stone.
Her where the two men she deemed most responsible for Harry's upbringing aside from Dumbledore.
It was time for them to feel the vengeance of a mother. And compared to Lily Potter, even in Phoenix form, a mother grizzly would seem like a puppy.
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A/N- Sorry it's taken so long to update. I've got caught up reading other stories, plus I've been working on the next chapter of Friend, Mentor, Soulmate with a serious writers block for that story. I'll try not to get distracted so easily in the future.
