Chapter thirty two

'Harry, stop scaring the children,' Molly scolded, but ended up smiling.

'Actually it's good they saw that mum, it will make them think twice about breaking the law, if they did, they'd be facing Harry for real,' Bill grinned, 'I can tell you right now, I wouldn't like to be facing him if I was in trouble.'

'You only saw a small bit Bill, if you ever saw him interrogate someone or he was protecting dad, then I think you'd run away,' Ron shrugged.

'So how come Charlie has never seen this side of you then, you have tied him up,' George smirked.

'We keep our professional and personal lives separate. So at home I don't see Harry as an auror, just as my partner. But I can't wait to see it.'

Harry laughed, 'I might use some of my techniques on you baby, I'm very good,' Harry said seductively.

'Alright, enough, all of you,' Arthur said in amusement.

'That sounds like our daughter,' Angelina smiled and hurried up the stairs.

'So there's another child here?' Kate asked.

'Yes, my daughter Roxanne,' George smiled, 'She's only four months old,' George looked over at Harry as his wife came down stairs, he laughed when Angelina placed his daughter in Harry's arms, 'Never fails, Harry gets to hold my daughter before me.'

'She's so cute,' Harry grinned down at the baby girl with a mass of black hair, 'She's going to be beautiful when she's older, you'll need to watch all the boys with her.'

'With you as her uncle, Harry Potter, saviour and hero, then head auror, Ron as an auror as well, I don't think any boys will be stupid enough to go near any of our kids,' Bill smiled at his three children.

'They get to see me at Hogwarts from this year as well. I'll make sure that all the students know who my nieces and nephews are.'

'Oh Harry, don't go scaring all the students,' Hermione said but with amusement in her voice.

'I might not understand or know everything. But just seeing Harry before, I don't think any of you have anything to worry about. I wish I could do the same with the young men that come calling for Dawnie,' Brian gave his daughter a small smile.

'A lot of it is perception. As aurors we all train to put on a very serious and threatening side and most times that will work for us before we need to resort to spells or potions to do our jobs. It takes a lot of training to learn that, but we all do.'

'Even though I heard what you said before Harry, you're so relaxed now. Do you think this threat could be real?' Molly asked.

'At the moment it's just a rumour, but Seamus and the others are investigating now. We'll know more once they've spoken with a few people. We get tips all the time that the minister might be in danger, sometimes by the end of the day we know it's not true. We just have to act and do our job until we know for sure. But to relieve your worries Molly, I don't think this threat is real. What we were talking quietly about is the person who made the threat, it seems it was someone that Arthur went to school with. From what the others found out, he wasn't into anything dark and has never done anything wrong. But as I said, we take this seriously until it is proven false.'

'Well, that does make me feel better Harry, so thank you and I know you aren't supposed to go into details, I appreciate that you did.'

'I know how worried you get Molly, but we make sure Arthur is always safe and remember, you have been my parents for a lot of years, I'm not going to risk anything happening to you, to any of you.'

'There you go mum, the saviour has spoken, we're all safe,' George smirked.

'Oh George, you are asking for it,' Ron chuckled.

'Harry won't do anything to me, not in front of the kids.'

'I could do what my father did to Snape, I'm sure the kids could handle seeing that.'

'Don't you dare Potter,' George glared, 'Sirius told us about that, I do not want to show the family jewels to everyone, including my parents.'

'We've seen them George,' Arthur said straight faced.

'When I was a kid, not as an adult.'

'What are family jewels dad?' Fred asked.

Everyone laughed seeing the look on George's face, he was trying to work out how to tell his son what he meant.

'Go on George, explain to your son,' Harry chuckled.

'Yeah, you brought it up, you need to explain sweetheart,' Angelina said then laughed.

'Okay, well, there's only one way to explain it isn't there,' George rolled his eyes, 'See what you started Potter.'

'I didn't do a thing George, but if you keep calling me those blasted names, I will do what my father did to Snape, that is a promise and you know I always keep my promises.'

'Dad, what are the family jewels?' Fred asked again.

'Okay,' George sighed, 'It's your private parts Freddy, what uncle Harry was talking about was his father as a student at Hogwarts didn't like Snape, another student. One day they went to hex each other, but James Potter was faster. So he had Snape hanging by the ankles then James used a spell and took Snape's pants off, in front of everyone, students, boys, girls and teachers.'

'Oh,' Fred looked over at his uncle, 'You always levitate uncle Charlie, do you take his pants off?'

Everyone around the table laughed, 'Sometimes I have Freddy,' Harry grinned, 'But usually I just hoist him up by the ankles.'

'Like you did that day we met, to show me magic.'

'Yep, your dad could have done anything, but he likes to hang me upside down. He knows I can't beat him, so he goes with that all the time.'

'But you're so big,' dawn said.

'I'm strong, but when it comes to magic, no one can beat Harry. He's fast, his powerful and very precise so he never misses. So if we ever have any type of disagreement, there's no use me trying magic on him, usually I give up and go into another room and ignore Harry until we both calm down.'

'If that argument is still going by the time Harry gets to work, he's always training in our training room, usually with two training wizards, that depends on how upset or angry Harry is,' Ron explained.

'So that day in court, is that what you did Harry?' Ginny asked softly.

'I went to, but Charlie wouldn't let me go,' Harry shrugged.

'When he left you here that day, after he found out about Evan, he went into the training room and worked with four training wizards. Not one spell touched Harry, we all stood at the door watching.'

'So I only rate two training wizards?' Charlie asked looking put out which made everyone laugh.

'You've never gotten me that angry Charlie, just a bit pissed off, so two.'

'What are training wizards if you don't mind me asking?' Brian asked.

'To explain how you would understand, there like robots in a way, but magical ones. We can set them to fire any spell or hex and even set them to get faster after a certain amount of time. That's how aurors train, we need to dodge spells, cast spells fast as we move about, aiming at the training wizard the whole time. Even though all of us are trained and have been aurors for a long time, we still train two to four hours every day, unless something comes up.'

'We don't always use a training wizard, we sometimes will go up against the other aurors. After we first finished training with the wizard, Harry will get us up against two, three or sometimes four at a time. It's tough, tiring and painful, but it's so we can get faster and never lose our edge,' Ron explained.

'We go up against the worst witches and wizards out there, sometimes there could be twenty at one time and maybe only five or six of us together. So we have to know how to fight a lot of enemies at once. One thing I'm teaching all the aurors now is how to fight two handed, a wand in each hand.'

'You never mentioned that Ron,' Hermione said.

'Harry only just started us on that a few days ago. But were also making sure no one knows so our enemies will get a surprise. Harry is the only one that can fight with two wands.'

'Something you never told me love,' Charlie raised his eyebrows.

'I wanted to perfect it first, it's something no one has ever done before. I spoke with your dad about it a few weeks ago to see if I needed to have any law passed or changed for it to be allowed, we don't, thank merlin.'

'I'm going to have to go and watch you one day, I would love to see two handed fighting,' Charlie said.

'We could give you a small demonstration now, well, Harry could, with a few of us firing spells at him. It might be good for everyone to see Harry,' Ron shrugged, then moved his eyes towards his mother who Harry noticed still looked worried.

'Okay, let's do it. So we'll have Ron, Hermione, Charlie, Bill, do you want to have a go?'

'I'm in, I think this will be good, so just the four of us against you?'

'Yes, I can handle four easily with two wands.'

'So Harry will need to borrow another wand,' Charlie said.

'Use mine,' Arthur said and handed his wand to Harry.

'Thanks, okay, let's go light up the yard and do this. Evan, just know it'll be fine and they won't be using any dangerous spells, just stinging hexes, okay?'

'Okay, as long as you'll be okay dad, but I know uncle Charlie won't hurt you.'

Harry smiled, 'No, he won't,' Harry handed little Molly Weasley to George.

The group made their way outside, then lights were hanging all over the yard. Ron, Hermione, Charlie and Bill made a circle with Harry in the middle. Molly and Arthur kept all the kids to one side, while the adults stood around.

'Dad, give us the count will you?' Ron called.

'Alright, one, two, three, duel,' Arthur called.

Everyone stood transfixed as Harry rolled, dodged while he fired spells from both wands at Charlie, Bill, Ron and Hermione. Everyone but Harry got hit before Ron called a stop.

'Blimey, they might be only stinging hexes, but they still hurt,' Hermione said rubbing her arm, 'Did you get hit at all Harry?'

Harry shook his head, 'No, sorry, you just have to get faster.'

'Very impressive Harry, you make me feel safer already, don't you think Molly dear?'

'Yes, I feel a lot better now, thank you for the demonstration Harry, very impressive.'

Harry grinned then handed Arthur his wand, 'Your wand is heavier than mine, so that was a good test.'

'Dad,' Evan stared up at his father.

'Yes,' Harry knelt down in front of his son.

'Could you teach me to fight like that?'

'I could if you really want me too. Now as you can't use magic out of school, we can practice without wands. It takes a lot of concentration and you have to get used to a few bruises.'

'Why would you want to learn that Evan?' Ron asked.

'Well, after hearing about dad, then what you do as aurors, I might like to follow after my father, be an auror. What better teacher could I have than dad, the head auror and the saviour?'

All the adults laughed as Harry screwed up his face, 'He's got you there Harry, if he was going to learn how to duel, who better than you,' Charlie pulled Harry into his arms.

'I get that, but stop with the blasted names, can't I be just Harry,' Harry, Charlie, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Lee, George and Angelina all said just Harry at the same time, making Harry scowl and everyone else laugh, 'Yeah, I know I always say that, but it's true. Anyway, I could use a drink.'

'Let's go in and everyone can have a drink or tea, whichever you want,' Arthur led the group back inside, extinguishing the lights as he went.

The whole family including the Grangers and the Gibbs all had a wonderful time at the Burrow. The Grangers spoke with the Gibbs and explained how they were not magical and how it does take a lot to get used to knowing they couldn't be part of their daughter's life, not the magical life. The Gibbs were starting to understand, but they did get to see that Evan's family were all very nice people. But they also got to see just how powerful Evan's father was, so they knew he would protect Evan even with his life. So they were starting to be a bit more comfortable knowing their son was going to be part of a world they knew nothing about or could be part of.