Pridepack Chronicles
Chapter 2
A/N:
Here's chapter two guys WARNING THIS DOES CONTAIN UNDER AGE SMOKING please review as I am still starving
Disclaimer: I do not own the Harry Potter universe
Chapter 2:
The Birthday Dinner
That Sunday; Harry, Sirius and Remus flooed into Malfoy Manor in Wiltshire, it was a grand place befitting it's occupants, no sooner had Harry stumbled out of the fireplace both of his aunts showered him with affection and being the typical eleven year old boy he was highly embarrassed by it all and Sirius was grinning at the boy's discomfort
'A little help' Harry asked to which the old dog shook his head 'no way mate it's funnier to see you squirm' he said, finally Draco Malfoy – Harry's cousin and best mate rescued him 'mum, aunt Meda, how come you never shower me with affection like that' Narcissa looked at her son 'awww Draky poo is feeling left out' she said as she made a move to hug him thus freeing Harry 'run Harry, lets escape to my treehouse' and both boys ran through the large manor, 'Those boys, honestly Sirius they remind me of you and James' Andromeda said 'yeah but the difference is that aunt Druella's way of affection was to crucio me' Sirius said dryly,
'Harry knows he well loved' he said Narcissa smiled 'you've done a great Job Sirius, you know Lily and James would be proud of you' she said and the four adults paused for a moment until Remus asked 'so Sirius when did you say Amelia and Susan were arriving?' he asked Sirius looked at his watch 'in the next ten minutes I imagine, they were still getting ready when we left' he said, just then Ted Tonks and Dora came through the fireplace 'sorry love' he said as he went to kiss Andromeda 'but Dora is a difficult person to wake' he said.
Dora scowled 'well it's not my…..oh hello Proffess….I mean Remus' she said as her whole demure changed when she saw Remus who shifted uncomfortably, Sirius was trying very hard not to laugh until Narcissa elbowed him in the ribs.
Harry and Draco ran into the kitchens where Dobby saw Harry and gave him a hug 'master Potter, Dobby has a gift for you' the house elf said as he went rifling through his pocket of his grand uniform and took out – a pair of quidditch socks 'here you go master Potter, Dobby made those socks himself' he said clearly proud of himself
'errr thanks Dobby, you did a errr great job' he said then the elf became emotional 'master Potter it is Dobby's honour to serve you' he said and he went back to his duties Draco was laughing 'I swear mate that elf loves you more than mum and me' he said 'come on I've got something to show you' he said as they trudged out to the gardens where there were peacocks all over the place 'What is it Draco you want to show me' Harry asked but his cousin remained silent until they reached the tree, both boys climbed up the ladder, the treehouse looked small on the outside but the inside was a large as a bungalow, with two bedrooms a bathroom and even a small kitchen and a fireplace that was connected to the floo network, Harry was raised in the wizarding world but was still amazed by what magic could do 'wait here a moment' Draco said as he ran off to one of the bedrooms, Harry sat down and made himself comfortable, Draco returned to the living room seconds later holding a pack of ten cigarettes, grinning like a Cheshire cat 'come on take one' he said Harry did 'cheers mate' he said 'I've always wanted to try these, since I saw Sirius, Remus and Dora smoking them' as he took one, Draco lit the cigarette for him and did the same to his own and took a drag, he watched Harry 'are you going to smoke it or watch it mate' he said Harry took a small drag but coughed immediately 'that happens for every first timer' Draco said 'you'll get used to it eventually' Harry finally stopped coughing and took another drag this time he didn't cough 'how long have you been smoking then' he asked Draco 'since I turned eleven in the May I nicked them off the gardener he's a squib so that's why they a muggle brand' he said nonchalantly 'so any way its Hogwarts soon, got any ideas for pranks yet?' he asked Harry who looked thoughtful then replied 'there's a teacher there his name is Snape, he went to Hogwarts with my parents, Sirius and Moony, apparently he's a right git according them and Dora said he favoured his own house Slytherin' Harry said the last word with such venom 'he was bad enough towards the Hufflepuffs but he really hates Gryffindors she said, he's quite favourable toward the Ravenclaws however' Harry said 'but I want to see him stew first before we prank him' he said with a grin, Draco looked excited 'yeah we should get a few slimy Slytherins too' he said but Harry looked thoughtful, he couldn't hate too many Slytherins after all his aunts Cissa and Andie were Slytherins and they were the nicest people any one could ever want to meet even his great uncle Abraxas who held Harry in high esteem was great and he was a blood purist and thinking of Abraxas 'hey Draco is your granddad coming over I hope he is' he asked,
Draco rolled his eyes 'god yeah I forgot you've got old Abe wrapped around your little finger' he said smirking as he took another Drag of his cigarette he found that Harry had already finished with his own 'blimy you smoke really fast' he said, Harry smiled cockily 'aww is ickle Draky poo too slow he said as his blond cousin took an aim at him and both boys wrestled each other.
Back in the manor the adults were having a serious discussion about Voldemort, by this time Abraxas had arrived and Amelia and Susan had just come in through the floo, Sirius went over to greet them 'hello Amelia' he said as he gave the redhead a quick kiss on the lips 'Alright Susan' he said smiling at the girl, she too would be starting Hogwarts this year 'Hello Sirius, where's Harry and Draco?' she asked 'they're up in the treehouse, do you know your way' Sirius asked, Susan nodded she gave quick hugs to her mum and Sirius and ran off to find her "stepbrother" and his cousin.
Both Adults went and sat down as Narcissa looked worried 'You mean to tell me that Bellatrix and Rodolphus were behind the attacks in Cheltenham last week?' she asked 'but I thought they were in exile somewhere in Europe? I know their children have been and are due to go to Hogwarts, one of them Persephone – I think her name is - is going to Hogwarts along with Draco, Harry and Susan this year' she said
'They are in Europe' said Sirius 'and all of the Lestrange children have or are due to go to Hogwarts, why I don't know, can't Dumbledore block them from going there?' he said 'I've heard things about the oldest one; Titan Olympus Lestrange, he's a mini-Voldemort in the making, the auror office are hunting him down, he's the one who attacked the Longbottoms
In 1986 when he was just seventeen, him along with Fenrir Greyback'
At that name Remus stiffened and his face became contorted with rage 'That…beast' he said 'still ruining lives I see' he said trying to keep calm, Dora put her hand on his hand as of she was trying to soothe him
Everyone in the room nodded 'what I wouldn't give to be the one who cast the killing curse on him' Remus said, even Sirius was shocked that the normally calm Professor was talking like this, but couldn't help agreeing with him, Greyback was the one who bite Remus when he was six years old because Thomas Lupin (Remus's father) had said something against Greyback.
Andromeda brought the subject back to the Lestrange's 'It seems that like Voldemort, they're operating things from a far distance, I suppose that's why they sent their children to Hogwarts so they can have eyes and ears to whats going on in the British wizarding community' she said, Abraxas nodded in agreement 'yes Meda you are right on that point' he said 'I warned Lucius not to join that Half-squib!' he said 'but what does he go and do, he joins him, with claims he'll clean up the wizarding world, he's killed off fourteen pure-blooded families in the last twenty years not to mention he's more or less made the veela race half-extinct! And many Muggle-born witches and wizards with huge potential wiped out!
The population of the wizarding community in Britain alone was in 1966
Twenty five thousand and that is including half-breeds, by 1986
The population is now at a very dangerously low level at just seven and a half thousand wizards, witches, half-breeds etc etc, and that is just within a twenty year gap, Voldemort or Tom Riddle as we should really call him has single handedly brought the wizard race to the brink of extinction and it's going to get worse' all the adults nodded and Amelia spoke up 'I blame the Bagnold administration of the seventies and early eighties, she didn't have a clue, she listened to Dumbledore far too much for my liking
He was against aurors using unforgivables on death eaters and so was she we were hugely outnumbered and Bagnold didn't do enough, remember the Battle of Greenwich Park back in December 1979?' Amelia said 'it was just me, Sirius, James, Lily, Remus, Marlene, Frank, Alice and the Prewitt twins against fifty death eaters, Voldemort himself was there and was in a battle with Frank and Lily, I sent over one hundred patronues to the ministry headquarters whilst hiding behind a tree in the middle of a battle I had just given birth and Lily and Alice were pregnant so it was highly dangerous, it took nearly thirty minutes before anyone acted and thankfully Barty Crouch Snr responded to the patronus sent to his office and he sent forty more aurors, we made some great arrests that day' she said 'but unfortunately both Gideon and Fabian Prewitt died that day no thanks to Oliver Nero, but guess where Millicent Bagnold was? She was at Dolores Umbridge's house having dinner with her husband and she ignored all our patronuses' Amelia was shaking with rage, and Sirius put his hand on her shoulder after a pause Remus spoke up 'anyway enough war talk it's Harry's birthday after all' he said cheerfully or at least he was trying to sound cheerful, the others nodded in agreement and started talking about happier things.
After Susan left the living room she went to the kitchens and saw a big Chocolate birthday cake that said:
HAPPY 11TH BIRTHDAY HARRY, it was the most decadent cake she ever laid eyes upon, she tore her eyes away from the cake and ran to the treehouse where the boys were still wrestling, Susan couldv'e sworn she could smell tobacco smoke in the air, and sure enough she saw a cigarette butt on the floor 'hmm hmm' she said holding the used cigarette, both boys stopped wrestling and saw what Susan was holding, Draco was the first to speak 'hi Susan, damn that squib mother has told him a thousand times not to smoke in here' he said trying sound as innocent as possible
Harry straightened himself out 'errr yeah me and Draco would never smoke it's such a horrible habit' he said, but Susan knew better
'oh dear oh dear what would mummy and Sirius say about this dear stepbrother' she said teasingly 'errr well you don't have to tell Susan' Harry said nervously and Draco nodded hopefully, Susan however let out a laugh 'don't be silly of course I won't tell mum has a soft spot for you and Sirius would most likely raise your allowance for your little act of rebellion' she said as she rolled her eyes 'so looking forward to Hogwarts?' she said
'yeah….' Said Harry
'of course we…..' said Draco
'are…' continued Harry
'think of all….' Draco said
'the pranks…..' Harry said
'the lessons….' Draco continued
'the Forbidden Forest' they both said at the same time, poor Susan had a headache after that display 'ok could you please stop finishing each others sentences please…..god boys…..where's Regina?' she asked,
Draco shrugged 'dunno, up in her room probably sulking over because I'm off to Hogwarts and she doesn't get to go for another three years or the fact she fancies Harry' he added smirking
'Draco eurrgggg' Harry said disgustedly 'I like my girls that have reached the age of double figures' he said Susan decided to join in the fun 'Oh sure Harry' I've seen you in Hogsmeade that time 'there you were strutting down the street and winking at any girl that walked past you' poor Harry blushed 'come on lets get inside dinner will be served soon' he said and the three children ran back into the manor.
Sure enough Dobby was serving dinner and Remus was just about to get the youngsters, Harry grabbed a baked potatoe, a chicken fillet, buttery greens, carrots and finally his favourite his Treacle tart, then the presents came Draco gave him a Box of Bertie Botts every flavour beans, Nymphadora gave him a watch, which could also function a watch that kept track of people apparently they had a grandfather clock that functioned like that at the Weasley house, Abraxas gave him en encyclopedia of defence against the dark arts, Narcissa gave him dress robes from Twilfit and Tattings in Diagon Alley, Andromeda and Ted gave him a doorknob, at first Harry was confused but Ted explained to him that this doorknob could create doorways to anywhere you wanted to go it was a prototype as a new form of magical transport, Andromeda said it could be used as a quick shortcut to get from one class to another, Ted said it was a great way to prank a few teachers and Slytherins, to which everyone at the table laughed though it didn't go down to well with Andomeda and Narcissa, Susan had given him a pack of chocolate frogs, Regina (who had come out of her sulky mood) gave Harry a bouquet of flowers from the garden, theses flowers would never die and lasted forever acoording to the eight year old girl, this act confirmed to Draco that Regina must fancy Harry, Remus bought him a new trunk that had different compartments and locking charms, Sirius had given him a mirror which could be used to contact him if Harry needed to talk to him all he had to do was say his name and he would answer, Sirius would keep the mirror on with him at all times and last but not least Amelia and Sirius had given the best present of all it was papers – adoption papers all Harry (and Susan) had to do was sign their names at the dotted line and they would becomes members of the Black family by Blood, Harry felt tears sting his and Sirius gave the boy a one armed hug 'thanks….Sirius and you too Amelia' he said 'Your welcome cub, I couldn't do this before because I was single but now that Amelia and I are getting married…' everyone burst out with 'congratulations' and 'when did you decide this' Harry was happy, he always though of Sirius and Amelia as his parents but always felt guilty but now he really was a Black which meant that he really was related to Draco, Nymphadora and the others but most of all He was now Sirius' son.
A/N: That's chapter two done, my longest so far, sorry for the scene with the adults talking about Voldemort but I thought I'd take the opportunity to establish the history of the AU version of Harry Potter
But next chapter will be…..THE HOGWARTS EXPRESS! Where we'll meet Ron, Hermione, Neville and Luna and others oh and please review I'm still starving and I can't die of hunger