Chapter 15—Party time
We started the summer break by heading to Freichfras Manor for a few days. All of our families were invited to Slytherin Manor next week. We wanted to get to know the new place and the elves. They had been working hard on the Manor as it was in disrepair, all twenty bedrooms. The view was fantastic if you like to watch the cold ocean slam against the rocky shore.
The only two ways to get to this Manor was this dedicated 'floe' which my wives, I and Ragnok were authorized to use. The other was as my Shadow Leopard. Of course the elves just went wherever they pleased so I was not counting them.
The elves did a great job on the Slytherin Manor feast. Hermione's parents had to be port-keyed in which impressed them, the port-key and the Manor. Fleur and I sat on one end of the room and everyone else sat on the other. Fleur's allure was controllable but is usually forced down, so any distraction would set it off to some existent and some male were just too susceptible.
The wives all went home with their parents when the parents thought they had spent the right amount of time, I of course went with Fleur to France.
~"You know that they are all getting older and will be expecting you to…"
~"What nut thought up this wife per Lord Title stuff?" I wondered
~"Some lord with two titles, and don't forget there is the second wife clause and concubines are allowed."
~"And magic binds marriages for life, while that is nice I hope all the girls don't decide to all jump me one night. I would never make that two hundred year mark."
~"Don't worry you have Hermione as the scheduler, woe unto someone who messes up her schedule."
That got us both laughing, which got strange looks from Jean.
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No one knew if Voldemort was back or not, the rumors said yes but we got something even worse at Hogwarts, Umbridge. With Snape on one side and Umbridge on the other, school was not worth living. Orion took the brunt of Umbitch, the Wesley twins I contracted and ended up paying to keep her life miserable. I also gave them a couple of thousand galleons for their joke shop when they left school. They only lasted a few months and they blew the school up and departed.
Unbitch is what the school called her and no one was learning Potions, nor DADA,so I had Ragnok schedule our Owls and hired a potion master for an idea, if Umbitch looked like a frog then she should croak like a frog. Ragnok took it a bit farther which was suitable for me and the entire school. Well maybe not for the teachers but on that I was not sure.
Refusing to go to her detentions, scheduling our OWLs and just being Umbitch, we got her attention. After she got her powder she would have our revenge. Untill then it was itching powder, rashes, or things jumping out of her soup. Dumdum, was gone from view and maybe from the castle. So the fun started with a large, "Croak!"
Ragnok had upgraded my suggestion that she should croak like a frog when she came in contact with the powder. He now had her a bull frog for twenty-four hours. Clapping or laughing always started now with the sound of, "Croak!" Madam Pomfrey's now had a special tank for her when she,"Croaked". We insured she had the powder before each OWL test so she could not interfere.
By the Christmas break she had hired Draco and most of Slytherin as her "Inquisitorial Squad".We of course had all had passed our OWLs and were working on NEWTs. Orion had started a dueling club of sorts. He was not good in the spell department, his spells were weak, not on target half the time and easily shielded. I guess compared to nothing or Umbitch he was good.
Draco as the head of the "Inquisitorial Squad" was a riot. At first it was just pushing their weight around but it escalated to taking point and giving detentions. I was just having the time of my life zapping them with miniature lightning bolts to their bums. This was especially rewarding when they were in the middle of terrorizing some first year of even roughing up a student. This caught on quickly with the students and it became almost impossible to find the "Inquisitorial Squad"except in the hospital wing. That got Snape to grumbling and making salves and ointments for boils, rashes, and hair that wouldn't stay on someone's head.
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The elves had the Manor all decked out in Christmas spirit and trees. After a super dinner we all sat around the tree and called in all the elves. Each elf got a present and a thank you for service to the house. Finally it was just my wives and I and a couple of bottles of wine and the stupid alarms go off. I again dispatched an elf to the DMLE as I remember about the 'floe' from last time.
"Hello, I'm Auror Tonks, may I come through?"
After seeing a her badge we allowed her to come through the 'floe', which apparently had not been tampered with.
"I have alerted Madam Bones and dispatched Aurors to the bounder's of your Manor. We should have information shortly."
"Thank you Auror Tonks, maybe a glass of wine or something else while we wait?" I asked.
She took the wine but her hair turned a different color when Amelia's head appeared in the 'floe'. I authorized Amelia's entry.
"Harry, in trouble again I see, and with the best Auror for getting in trouble with, Merry Christmas Auror Tonks."
"Madam" was Tonk's reply.
"So what's happening this time?" I asked.
"Well believe it or not you are going to cause quite a stink at the Ministry. We found what was left of a group of Dementors; we know that because two were still there when we arrived. Your wards are quite lethal as it destroyed those leaving only pieces of cloth to show their passing."
"And that make me cause a stink at the Ministry, how?"
"All Dementors are under Ministry control. If they are not the public would panic. So who authorized them to leave Azkaban and attack your Manor?"
"Well my wives and I are on the top of the dung list for Dumbledore and Umbridge. Fudge is after my brother Orion but I don't think he knows I am alive."
So everyone toasted Christmas with a glass of wine and Amelia and Tonks departed.
"Harry it's my turn tonight and I have a surprise I want to give you" Hermione purred and so it started with each of my wives. After a couple of rotations I was asking for a boy's night out.
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The rumor at breakfast was that Umbitch was taken by the Centaurs or she was sent to Azkaban. Either way who cared.
Apparently Hagrid was hiding his half-brother in the Forbiden Forest because for some reason he went berserk and was chasing a herd of Centaurs around the castle. Hagrid's hut was knocked half off its foundation, and is now tilted half off, half on the foundation. The green houses took the main damage in broken glass and stepped on plants. That was on the tour list for many of the students.
Then the Dailey Profit comes in and it seems that a group of Hogwart's students led by The-Boy-Who-Lived broke into the Ministry. It is now just two days before summer break, so the Great Hall is all abuzz and looking for missing students. When the Headmaster stands, it quieted the Hall as everyone thought he would tell us all the gory facts.
Albus "always looking for another middle name" Dumbledore stands up from his majestic seat at the head table and blares. "Mr. Harry James Potter you are here-by ordered to appear in front of the Wizengemot on the 15th of August of this year. Official written notification will be sent to you within the next week."
That was a let down for the Hall as a whole suddenly big dumb Orion opens his mouth, "Your going to get yours now you thief." Well the Profit did say, and there was Orion so the Hall decided to go and ask what Dumbledore had not provided, information. To say it was a mob would be exaggerating but Orion had to be rescued by the teachers.
I now had a good idea where Dumdum was when he was not here this year; they were going after my vaults. Well I was wrong again but not by much.
~"So Harry are they are going to try to get our vaults?"
~"We will make them work for them and ask Ragnok if we can be there for the great turn over of the vaults."
~"Oh, yes, please."
~"Clue the girls in and keep them calm, there isn't much they can do to me."
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The summer was ok but overshadowed with the Wizengemot appointment. So we set up a plan. All the wives would be together at Freichfras Manor. I would relay what was going on to Fleur but under no circumstances were they to panic or do anything stupid like try to rescue me or some such. I asked Ragnok to attend also just so he didn't get anything second-hand.
August the 15th arrived and so did I at the Wizengemot. I was immediately slapped in magical suppression hand cuffs. They drug me in front of those attending and read a list of bogus charges. How did I plea? "Not Guilty".
"Harry James Potter you are convicted of all charges. All vaults attached to Lord Potter, Lord Mordred, Lord Slytherin, and Lord Gryffindore are-here-by confiscated and a warrant will be issued to the Goblins to do so immediately. Further because of your conviction Harry James Potter you are stripped of all the titles and benefits associated with Lord Mordred, Lord Slytherin, Lord Gryffindore and Lord Potter. Further you are to be confined until transport can be arranged to Azkaban for your ten-year sentence Harry Potter. Have you anything to say for yourself Harry NoName?"
That was a long trial, from the time I said "Not Guilty" to being convicted must have been ten seconds. I thought that speedy trials were always the best, cut down on the fear and waiting for the final decision.
I was about to start a long dissertation on their stupidity but just laughed to myself. This ended quickly as someone ripped my sleeve down, cut my arm and collected some of my blood. I again was going to start when they just dragged me out of the room and threw me in a cell, with not even a bandage for my cut arm. Collecting blood was bad magic in the magical world, then it dawned on me, all my properties could be entered if they had my blood. Again I was not entirely right.
~"Well dear, it was more than I thought but less than they could do to me, see you for lunch."
~"Hurry dear; we will not be happy until you are safely here."
I never thought that they would go this far so I didn't put up a fight, they could have the vaults and even the titles but what they pushed through, well they were going to pay while I watched and laughed. The first thing was the magical suppression cuffs, they didn't like the surge of electricity they got and fell to the floor, lightning is an element not magic. The cell of course was poorly lit and I change in the shadow and arrived at the Manor for lunch.
The girls patched me up and I told my story. What was so funny was they convicted Harry James Potter of all the crimes and sent him to Azkaban, I am Harry NoName. Actually I am Lord Caradog Freichfras in the official sense with a vault full of gold and valuables, and businesses.
Ragnok 'floed' in:
"Harry you old Goblin you, did you catch who they sent to Azkaban? And who they convicted of all those crimes?"
"Yea that Harry James Potter sure is in deep dung, glad I'm Harry NoName."
"Right, now I have scheduled for tomorrow afternoon the official turn over of you vaults to? Hay, did you catch who was awarded those vaults?"
"Bet Dumdum gets them" Hannah chuckled.
"Over Orion's dead body I'll bet", Susan said.
"You might both be right" Hermione joined in.
"Tomorrow I do the turn over if they have the warrant, do you want to be there as a civilian lawyer consultant."
"Ragnok I would not mess this for the world, I just wish the girls could be their."
"They can if they will stand behind some one way rock we can put up."
The girls were ecstatic and everyone agreed, glamour charms all around and after the cinema, a great meal at the Dragons Nest in Diagon Alley, we were in anticiipation of the next day's fun.