The Power He Knows Not - Muggle Style
By ChupacabraTamer
All characters belong to JKR. Thank you for letting us play in your sand box.
This takes place starting on the train ride at the end of GOF. Cannon divergent. New powers. Pissed off and powerful Harry. HP/HG
Warning: Some violence involving minors. If you don't want to read it please find something else to read. You can't read a HP story without there being some violence.
Also: These are 15-year-old teenagers. There will be some physical interaction on HP and HG part. This in no way condones the behavior as much as acknowledge it's existence. I'm just recording what's happening to them. They are writing this for me. Again if this bothers you please feel free to find something else to read.
Chapter 9 – The Quibbler
"I'm sorry girl. I didn't know it was going to be that heavy." Harry apologized. Hedwig ruffled her feathers in a 'you should have known it was about you' attitude. Thankfully he was saved as Dobby arrived with a plate of bacon and a large glass of water. Dobby held them up to Hedwig so she could choose. She gently climbed on Dobbys arm and drank some and then started eating.
The table laughed at the antics of the bird towards her owner but they understood that she loved him and it was just her way.
Harry opened the paper to the following headlines. 'Harry Potter Criminal or Victim?' 'Where is Harry Potter? Not in England!' 'Ministry Let Abusive Muggles raise Boy-Who-Lived'
As there were several copies Harry handed them out to everyone at the table and he and Hermione started to read the Quibbler. Harry wasn't sure he liked the 'Abusive' headline but he could see it would be effective.
A silence descended around the table as everyone started reading as soon as they received a paper. It seemed that Luna decided that everyone should have their own paper which would account for Hedwigs annoyance with him.
Harry Potter Criminal or Victim?
Is the boy-who-lived the criminal that Minister Fudge and the Wizengamot claim? We at the Quibbler had an exclusive interview with Harry Potter and others that paint a different and much more believable picture. Such as what magic was used to kill his relatives? Specialist at St. Mungos agree that the Dementors Kiss is the only likely cause. But if the Dementors are controlled by the Ministry then how was that possible?
Did someone in the Ministry send the Dementors to Harry Potters summer residence? If so why? "Harry Potters patronus is the brightest and most powerful patronus I have seen in my life" reported professor Flitwick. "Harry Potters patronus chased away the group of dementors trying to kiss Sirius Black. It almost blinded me." said another trusted student that wished to be anonymous for fear of the Ministry reprisal as they have been attempting against Harry Potter and Professor Dumbledore.
We also have seen the memories of the events after Harry Potter touched the Goblet of Fire. After having an unspeakable verify that the memories were untampered, along with the unspeakable, viewed the memory Harry Potter provided. Harry Potter and Cedric Diggory together touched the Goblet of Fire and were portkeyed to a graveyard. The graveyard in question was in Little Hangleton. Immediately on arriving Peter Petigrew, yes that Peter Petigrew and he is not dead, arrived and killed Diggory with the killing curse. Potter was used in a dark ritual to resurrect the Dark Lord.
We, along with the unspeakable, saw in a verified memory that 1) Peter Petigrew is alive and 2) He-who-must-not-be named has a body again. When questioned the unspeakable agreed that it was possible for the ritual to accomplish returning the Dark Lord to a body. He-who-must-not-be-named has returned.
Below that article there was
Sirius Black innocent and imprisoned for 12 years
What happened that night between Peter Petigrew and Sirius Black. It would seem that Petigrew is not dead and therefor the incident that has created the kiss on sight order is in question. The unspeakable checked ministry records and did not find a record of Black ever having a trial.
It begs the question, How did Sirius Black end up in Azkaban without a trial? Also Black is Harry Potters Godfather. Does the Minister have a vendetta to end House Black? If so to what end. The Quibbler discovered that Lucius Malfoys son, Draco, is the closest blood relative in the Black lineage. If Sirius were to be kissed then Malfoy would inherit the Black fortune. Is Lucius Malfoy whispering in Minister Fudges ear and greasing his palm?
The articles went on and did a very good character assassination on both Minister Fudge and the Ministry as a whole. Harry only read a little of the article about his relatives. It was painful to read and he was not happy it was out there but he knew it was necessary to paint the Ministry as manipulating or at the least incompetent. As he laid down the paper and closed his eyes he felt Hermiones hand find his and squeeze it. He ventured a look at her as she was reading the article and he could see silent tears flowing freely down her face.
"Harry I didn't know. I'm so sorry." She whispered to him so no one else at the table could hear.
Harry squeezed her hand a couple of times. He didn't trust his voice right then.
"Harry. I" Sirius started only to be cut off by Harry.
"I really don't want to talk about it. It's out there. The only reason I told Xeno and Luna was they said it could help. Please. Let it go" Harry said as he got up and walked out of the kitchen.
Hermione rose to follow only to be stopped by her father.
"Pumpkin. Harry probably needs a little while to deal with this. Give him a couple of hours then go find him." Daniel said.
"He's right. I've seen that look in James eye and we all learned to follow at a distance and wait." Sirius said "He would eventually calm down and we could approach and soon all would be good again."
Hermione nodded and sat back down as Dobby brought her a fresh cup of tea.
"Mistress Hermy Dobby follow Master Harry and watch. Dobby get you if needed."
"Thank you Dobby. You really are the best elf ever." Dobby blushed and popped away.
**FTR**
Harry had come back later that morning and he joined the other teens in their training. Nothing more was said however everyone could see something was different with Harry. He was more intense for lack of a better word. He was more focused also. He took in what was said and made the corrections as directed. He was also much more quiet than normal. They all just continued as waited to let him process everything.
Later that evening as Harry and Hermione were heading to bed. Hermione stopped in the hall to kiss him goodnight when Harry pulled her into her room and closed the door. They sat on the bed while Harry looked at the floor.
"Why can't I be more like you?" Harry started.
Hermione not knowing what he meant. "Like me?"
"You suggested dropping Fudge in the middle of the Atlantic. You wanted to torture the bad guys to get information. I couldn't even call the life debt to eliminate those scum that tried to kill us even knowing all the bad things they had done to others." Harry was almost shouting.
"Why. I don't understand. What's wrong with me." He said. Finally collapsing into her lap holding her around the waist as the tears started flowing. Hermione just stroked his hair and waited for him to calm a little. Just being there for him.
After a while Harry sat up and looked at Hermione
"I guess I'm more cut like my father Harry. I understand that these people will never change and we either act or they will continue. Also, I've never been in that position yet. I know what I want to do but I'm not sure I could really do it. Although I would have had no problem shooting the people that were trying to kill you. If I had thought about it I would have switched to real bullets also."
Harry nodded.
"Would you have called the life debt if you could have?" Harry asked.
Hermione closed her eyes and with a deep sigh replied.
"I thought long and hard about that after. I really wanted you to do it and eliminate them or take their magic." She said.
"Why didn't you say anything?"
"Because it was your decision and you would have to live with it. Yes, I would be responsible to a degree if I convinced you to kill them but I would still be able to tell myself I didn't do it. Truthfully I don't know what I would have done. I would like to think I would be able to make that decision and call the life debt. I really want to believe I could do that if I had the choice. But until it's my decision I won't know for sure. What I do know is that those men that attacked us would have been fine with killing a couple of teenagers and not care. Then they would continue causing more good people harm or killing them or worse. I guess in the end I would weigh what they did and realize I was in the position to save the next person from them. Those men would have hurt a lot more people if they weren't stopped. In a round about way I guess I would have done it after some thought. I'm sorry Harry." She said.
"Don't be." Harry wrapped her in his arms.
"They could have killed you. Maybe this time we stopped them but you are right. Given the chance they would do it again and maybe the next guy wouldn't be as lucky as me with my awesome warrior girlfriend to save his skinny ass." Harry said.
Hermione laughed. And squeezed Harry tightly and they fell back on the bed together. Just happy to be holding each other
Harry whispered into her hair. "You saved me the other day. I won't let you down next time."
"Harry you didn't let me down."
Harry put his finger on her lips to shush her. "I feel like I should have done something different. Please just accept that and let's move forward. OK?"
She nodded against his finger. When he nodded back she smiled and licked his finger and rolled away laughing. The tension was broken and Harry grabbed at her as she tried to escape. Only succeeding in getting her foot he pulled her back towards him and rolling on top of her he pinned her shoulders to the bed.
Leaning down he gently kissed her on the lips and as she tried to add heat to the kiss he stopped. Looking into her eyes he had to admire her chocolate brown eyes and how intimate it was to just look into her eyes. Then he got a devilish grin and licked her nose.
"Yuck!"
Harry jumped up and while running out the door yelled behind him "Good Night Hermione my love" and he was gone.
Hermione looked at the closed door where her boyfriend had just been in shock. Harry had said 'my love' to her. She smiled to herself wiping the saliva off her nose. She would have to work on an appropriate response. He did end it with 'my love' though.
** FTR **
The next morning Hermione awoke earlier than normal when she noticed a rhythmic light drumming in her ear that was against the pillow. As her senses connected with her consciousness she realized she was hearing a heart beat. That was when she realized she was sleeping on Harrys chest. The heart beat was calming and the warmth was inviting her to go back to sleep. She checked and her hands and his were in semi appropriate places. Nothing that would be approved of in public but also not to bad if her mother walked in on them.
When she next awoke she was alone in bed and Harry was no where to be found. Arriving at the breakfast table she found everyone except Harry already eating. She joined them as asked about Harry.
"He was finishing up as I arrived and said he was heading down to the beach to practice." Sirius said "Is everything alright Hermione?"
"I think so. He was beating himself up last night about his decision about Regis and his gang. I tried to reassure him but…" Hermiones voice faded away.
William and Sirius shared a look and understood what Harry was putting himself through.
"I just wonder if I should have suggested something but I didn't want him to blame me for that decision. I also wanted. No. I needed him to decide what was right for him to do. I would have supported him no matter what but I just felt he needed to make that decision without pressure." Hermione said while adding fruit to her porridge and a little cream to her tea.
"That must have been a good conversation considering where I didn't find you this morning." Emma said with a smirk.
"Mom" Hermione almost whined "We didn't start that way. I went to bed in my own bed last night. I don't know how I ended up there."
"Dobby heard Mistress Hermy moving and talking in sleep. Master Harry sleeping soundly so Dobby move Mistress Hermy to Master Harry so you both sleep. Is Dobby bad elf." He said starting to pull his ear.
"No Dobby you did good. If it helps them sleep than it is ok." Emma said.
Dobby smiled. "Thank you Mistress Hermys mother."
The table chuckled as they returned to eating. As if scheduled Hedwig arrived and dropped off a letter for Harry and a couple of the Daily Prophet. Not finding Harry at the table she hopped over to Hermione and held out her leg. Hermione removed the bundle and Dobby popped in with water and bacon for Hedwig. She hopped on to his arm and they both disappeared.
The letter set aside the group pulled out the Prophet and passing it around and started reading. There was much silence and then slowly a chuckle started and in no time out right laughter from the group. It would seem that the Quibbler had done a better job than could have been hoped.
While this happened a tawny owl arrived and stopped in front of William. He removed a couple of copies of the The Wizarding World News. Apolline offered the owl some bacon from her plate and it gladly took the piece and flew out the window.
William passed a copy to Sirius and opened the other. Both men were flanked by the rest of the group reading over their shoulders. The Wizarding News front page was a collective bashing of the British Ministry of Magic and their treatment of the Boy-Who-Lived. They had also referenced the articles from the Quibbler and reprinted them as a special section included for their readers. There was also a public offer from the French Ministry and Beauxbatons for Harry Potter and Sirius Black of sanctuary If they requested.
After the news had been consumed and they all finished their breakfasts Hermione decided to find Harry and let him know what was happening.
"Dobby" Hermione said.
"Mistress Hermy called for Dobby. How can Dobby be of service to Master Harrys mistress Hermy"
The collective chuckles from the table reminded Hermione that she should only call Dobby when she is alone in the future.
"Dobby. Where is Harry and is he doing ok?" She asked.
"Master Harry is still at beach saving our world from nasty bolder that William said was bad." Dobby said.
William laughed at that as did Sirius.
"You mean that the bolder we never managed to get removed. William what did you do?" Apolline said mockingly.
"I just told him we wanted it gone sometime. I didn't tell him that the magical excavator couldn't move or destroy it." William shrugged.
Hermiones eyes opened. "You what? You know he will take that as a personal challenge to removed it."
"It will be good practice for him." Said Sirius with glee in his eyes. "Let's all go see how he's doing."
"You men." Hermione shook her head in exasperation "You realize if he hurts himself I will find you two." Hermione jokingly threatened.
Apolline looked at Hermione and gave her a high five and Emma joined in. The men were hoping that Harry was ok after the trio of women made for the door. The men followed slowly hoping for a head start getting away from the trio of Valkyries if necessary.
"Grab my arm if we need to escape quickly" Sirius said to Daniel.
There was no need for them to worry. When they cautiously approached the stopped women on the bluff above the beach they could see what caused them to stop. Harry was on the beach with his shirt and trainers off and just relaxing in the sand. The giant bolder was almost gone. It had been the size of a small house and partially underwater. Now it was a pile of rubble with most pieces no bigger than Hermiones favorite Hogwarts, a History book. That and one large piece the size of a thestral carriage.
"Great Merlins balls." Sirius exclaimed.
The women turned to Sirius. He was about to apologize. "I believe that is an appropriate response" Apolline said.
William muttered a low "Merde"
"Sirius. How?" Hermione asked.
"The Goblins said he would be more powerful. I know the Potters had some interesting family magics but James could never talk about it with us. I would guess the combination has something to do with this."
"He looks calm." Hermione said.
They all agreed and the adults left Hermione to approach Harry alone.
"Harry" Hermione said tentatively as she approached. Harry had his feet buried in the sand, leaning back against his hands which were also buried in the sand. His head back and eyes closed. He was the picture of relaxed.
His eyes opened slowly and he rolled his head to the side looking at Hermione. His smile was relaxed and welcoming.
"Everything ok?" Hermione asked as she sat beside him.
"It's all good. You?"
"Yup, all good. You missed the Wizarding World News and the Daily Prophet this morning. It looks like you can go back to England without worrying about the Ministry. Not sure about Dumbledore but Fudge will be busy for a while." Hermione said "Just curious how did you reduce the bolder to" she pointed to the pile of left over rock. "That?"
"Remember when I put on the family rings?"
Hermione nodded. "And slept for two days."
"Part of that time was learning about my family magics. I hadn't tried any of the more powerful spells yet. After our talk last night I realized I needed to up my game." Harry did the air quotes things and Hermione nodded.
"You really don't need to worry." Hermione started.
"But I do. I thought about what happened with Regis and his gang. Then I thought more about what could have happened. The number of possible outcomes were daunting and many of them ended with one or both of us not coming out of it alive or very seriously injured."
Hermione tried to interject that is wasn't his fault and it didn't work out that way.
"Please. Let me finish. I got you into this. I know you choose to be with me but in the end I'm the one that is the primary target for Voldermort. Which means I need to be that much better and more" Harry thought for a minute "Decisive in my actions to keep you and anyone around me safe. I can't be the good little boy anymore. I need to be a warrior and I need to get there fast."
Harry finished in almost a whisper "I will not lose you or anyone I care about by being like Dumbledore and believing someone will repent and be good. They need to be" Harry sighed "They need to be removed from the game. Like the beaters nailing a goalie or the other seeker."
Hermione waited to be sure that he was finished then launched herself at him. Thanks to his seeker reflexes he caught her and they tumbled to the ground as she held him tightly and gave him a serious snog. Finally breaking the kiss.
"You don't need to be anything but what you are and thank you."
They made themselves comfortable as Hermione removed her trainers and stockings and like Harry burrowed her toes into the sand.
"Harry. Not that I'm complaining but why are you only half dressed?"
"It's part of the magics I learned. I can try to explain some of it but other parts the family magics won't allow. The direct contact with the earth helps with the Potters magic. It's almost elemental in nature I think. That's about the best I can do. Want to see it in action?" Harry said.
Hermione nodded.
"You need to have your trainers on and be standing. I'm not sure how it effects anyone near by but I don't want to risk you getting hurt."
Hermione replaced her stockings and trainers and stood back up the beach on a rock that Harry had pointed to. She didn't see Sirius looking over the edge of the cliff. He must have been getting worried and came to check on the teens. He didn't expect to see what happened next.
Harry walked barefoot about fifty meters from the last remaining bolder. He shrugged his shoulders and snapped his wand out of the bracelet that Hermione had created for him. He was so fast neither Hermione nor Sirius could track it. Sirius watched on in fascination as Harry quickly let loose with a slight flick of his wrist and a stomp and a bolt of energy flew from his wand towards the carriage sized bolder. What happened next had both Sirius and Hermione in awe.
The bolt of energy struck the bolder and nothing happened for a few seconds. Then the bolder flashed bright and expanded to about three times it's size. The flash was blinding and then it imploded back into itself smashing the now carriage sized bolder into pieces the size of a small paper back novel. A strange violet wisp of smoke rose from the last bit of rubble but neither teen noticed.
Harry turned and smiled at Hermione. The look of concern on her face stopped him.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
She pointed to the ground at his feet. "Are you ok?"
He looked down and saw the steam rising from the ground around him. His feet had deep red veins on them which led to the ground and tendrils of sand were raised following the veins from his feet. They expanded for about 3 meters all around him and fanned out like lightning bolts or tree roots.
Harry lifted his right foot and the tendrils all vanished, dissolving into the ground and becoming the wind blown sand again. He looked closer at his left foot and the tendrils weaving away from it. Then lifting his foot they too vanished.
"Huh. That wasn't mentioned. I learned …" Harry tried to tell Hermione what the magic did and his voice became garbled.
"Harry. I couldn't understand you. You sounded like you were under water or something like that."
"I'm sorry Hermione. That's probably the family magic stopping me. It's a spell to render earth for making pots. The other historical use was to over power it as an offensive spell and that is what I tried. It seems to have worked."
"Yes. I can see that. William was telling us before we came down here that the magical excavator couldn't remove it or reduce it. William had told you about it as a challenge to test your magic. It would seem that you passed that test." Hermione said.
Harry shrugged. "Yes. It seems so."
Hermione decided to change the subject before Harry went down the road of 'this is not normal'.
"You need to see the news this morning. It looks like the Quibbler did it's job. Almost the entire wizarding world is riled up about the British Ministry of Magic and how they are treating you. You and Sirius have public offers of sanctuary from France. The World Wizarding News hinted that other countries would also be willing to provide you two sanctuary. Beauxbatons made their offer public for us to join the school at anytime." Hermione said.
Harry nodded. "I'm so happy for Sirius. I'm glad the articles helped. I'm still not sure I want to go back. The more I think about it I'm not sure I want to deal with the Ministry or Dumbledore. But if Tom is going to make his move I think we are better able to deal with them than anyone else. What about you?"
"I'm with you Harry. Where ever you go I'm going too. I agree that we are better outfitted to deal with them until they figure it out. Maybe we need to up our game on delivery and get some more outside help."
"Delivery?" Harry asked.
"Yes delivery of our portkeys and stasis wallets. I need to talk to Bloodcrusher. I have some more questions about the Goblin runes and the stasis part of it."
"So we need to go back. I'm still not sure it's safe for us yet."
"I have an idea on that end. Let's find Sirius as it would involve his help too." Hermione said.
The two of them headed out of the beach and towards the manor. Sirius had made it back to the breakfast table several minutes before them and briefly explained to William and Apolline what Harry had done. He hadn't heard the explanation but he saw the speed and delivery of the spell and was still in awe.
"Wow. That is some family magic. I would hate to be on the receiving end of that." William was saying as Hermione and Harry walked in.
"Receiving end of what?" Harry asked.
The adults looked back and forth and Apolline took up the conversation. "We saw what was left of the bolder and Sirius was watching you cast the last spell. It sounds very impressive."
Harry shrugged "It was something I learned about my family magic and I tried it. It would seem it's very effective on boulders. I wonder if it would work on giants and trolls?"
The group were stunned into silence.
"I would imagine it would stop them pup. Voldermort did use giants, trolls, werewolves, and many other creatures in the last war." Sirius said "A little zap like that would probably stop a couple of them."
"Zap. Almost like a lightning strike. If you could get a group of them in water it would probably kill or at least knock them all out. Is that why you wanted me in my trainers and on the rock?" Hermione asked.
"Yes. I knew it was a kind of electrical charge I just didn't realize it would be that powerful?"
"You blew apart the rest of the bolder. That thing was huge." William said.
"I took it piece by piece. It was probably thirty blasts that took it to where it was when Hermione came down. I over powered the last one with as much power as I could to see what would happen."
"How do you feel? Did it take a lot out of you?" Hermione asked.
"A little bit. I could probably cast another dozen or so before I would have to rest." He said.
The witches and wizards looked on with a little awe as they realized just how powerful Harry had gotten.
"That's good to know Harry. Would you like some tea while I run my idea by you and everyone?" Hermione asked.
"Actually I'm a little hungry. Dobby." Harry said.
"The Grea .. What can Dobby be's doing for Master Harry?"
"Nice catch there Dobby. I could use some more breakfast. Maybe half what I normally eat please."
"Dobby is happy to serve. Master Harry has rid the beach of nasty boulder. Dobby be's right back."
"Nasty boulder?" Harry asked.
"Nasty Merman magic in boulder. Dobby could feel it before. It gone now." and the little elf popped over to the cooker and started work.
"Anyone know what that is about?" Harry asked.
No one knew but Apolline was going to talk with the Veela council about the strange occurrences around the boulder.
"Gentlemen." She said addressing Sirius, William, and Daniel "I've been thinking."
Cups and mugs where placed back in their places and total silence fell around the table. The entire group gave her their undivided attention.
"Right. Umm. I was thinking about our next move. As in what to do if or when we return to England. Daddy I remember you mentioning not to show your hand too much right away. Keep them guessing about what you have in your arsenal. With that in mind I think we should bring in some more help in thinking outside the box. As in both muggle and wizard boxes." She said.
"My thoughts are the we have the wizard from the previous war." As she pointed to Sirius.
"We have the amazing officer from her majesty's service." she pointed to her father.
"And last but not least we have the top wizarding police officer in France." She pointed to William.
"This is impressive and amazing to have this much talent and diversity in one place and thank you all for the help you have provided to us. My point is you all are focused in your areas and with your help we are making amazing strides in preparing for the upcoming war." Hermione said.
"Hermione we love you but get to the point. You have an idea and are afraid to step on our toes. We can take it if it will help." Daniel said. The rest of the table nodded at his words.
"Ok. I think we need more marauder and or prankster ideas. Something that neither muggle or magical would ever think of. I think we should introduce the twins to Padfoot." She said looking at Sirius.
Harry was shocked for a second. Then an evil grin started as he looked at Sirius's confused face. Harry started laughing and couldn't stop for several minutes. Anytime he would look at the confused face of Sirius and the stern countenance of Hermione he would start up again. Although Hermione did start to grin a little more each time he looked at her.
"I think you broke him." Sirius said.
"Pumpkin. Which twins are you suggesting." Emma asked.
"Mother. Really? I'm talking about the Weasley twins. They are almost rabid pranksters and from what I've seen they are very talented. Much more so than their grades reflect."
Harry had recovered by that time enough to talk.
"Hermione please remind me to never get on your bad side. Your idea is the most amusing and evil thought I think you have ever had." Harry said to Hermione and turned to the group "The twins are everything Hermione said and more. I may have also provided them capital to start their joke shop."
"What?"
"After the debacle that was the Triwizard Tournament was over and I was the winner I really didn't want anything to do with the prizes. I think McGonagall took the cup when I left it behind. If so I really don't care. The money bag I gave to Fred and George. They tried to refuse but I threatened to toss it in the Black Lake so they took it. I bet if we sent them a letter and included an offer to meet Padfoot. They would jump at the idea."
"Harry. How do they know about Padfoot?" Sirius asked.
"The Marauders Map. They found it and were using it for years. They decided I needed it more than they did and gave it to me the other year. The creators of the map are their heroes so offering to introduce them to one of the original marauders would get their attention. The big problem would be Molly. She would squeal to Dumbledore immediately if we sent a letter and I don't doubt that she would read any and all incoming mail." Harry said.
"Elf mail." Hermione said.
"That would work. Plus if we signed it Padfoot they would know how to read the rest of the letter." Harry said.
"You trust these two?" Daniel asked.
"They have never doubted me nor done anything but help. I think if asked they would be happy to keep our secrets and help. I think they would find it a rollicking good time really. I can only imagine the look on their faces when we show them what Hermione created. Then open the floor to any ideas to prank the Ministry, Death Eaters, and Tom himself. They will probably stay awake for days just coming up with ideas. Give them the option of going after Snape and I just hope the castle is still standing when they are done." Harry said.
"He's right. As long as we can get around Molly we should be fine." Hermione said.
"What do you three think?" Hermione asked looking at the three older men around the table.
After some thought the three came to a consensuses and nodded.
"You are right that the opposition will figure out how to combat your new invention eventually. It would be a good tactic to have options on delivery and if these two are as brilliant as you say then I think it would be a good idea to bring them in. Do you think they would have a problem coming to France for the rest of the Summer?" William asked.
"I would hate to impose on you more." Harry said.
"Truthfully this has been a great summer. You helped remove one of the worse criminals in France. You provided me with the tools needed to clean house and get Malfoys influence out of the French Ministry. All that and you have provided us." William said pointing to the other men at the table "With the opportunity to help train you and enjoy your company." He added waving towards Apolline and Emma.
"If you can arrange it safely the twins are welcome to stay here." William said.
"Just as a precaution do you have an out building that you don't care too much about?" Harry asked.
Hermione chuckled "Yes. Somewhere they can work on potions and ideas where the blast radius won't effect anyone else."
William and Apolline blanched a little as they realized the pair of them were serious. "We have that old shack over the hill. You may have seen it as you ran the obstacle course. It's at the very back of the course."
"That would be perfect. Padfoot and I will take a look at it after we send the letter to them." Harry said.
Parchment and ink arrived beside Harry and his empty plate was gone.
Hi Fred and George,
We are doing fine. Don't tell anyone you have heard from me and Hermione.
We just wanted you two to know we met up with Padfoot and we will see you soon.
Harry and Hermione
(The rest was under the Marauders password)
Guys we could use your expertise with a few things. I can't elaborate here but if you are willing
to leave the Burrow for a few weeks we can supply you with a place to work and a new idea to work with. Also it will be open season on a certain dungeon bat and a few others we so wish we could
get to but never were allowed.
If you want to join us pack and let the elf know and he will bring you to us.
Thanks guys and if you don't want to risk it don't worry.
Thanks,
Harry and Hermione.
Harry explained to the rest of the table "The last part of the letter will be hidden under the same charm as the Marauders Map and I am hoping they would figure out how to make it visible."
Sirius and the others approved the letter and Sirius then performed the charm to hide the last section.
"Dobby can you help get this to Fred and George Weasley for me? They may also want to come back with you so you will need a boost from me."
Dobby looked at Harry and was about to object and thought for another second. He shook his head in exasperation at his master and stepped forward taking Harrys hands. Harry felt the pull on his magic and opened himself up. As before Dobby was glowing a little when he released his hands. Dobby looked at Harry with concern in his eyes.
"I'm fine Dobby. Really even after the boulder and this I'm feeling like I'm ready to go again."
Dobby nodded.
"Remember to only deliver it to one of them when they are alone or with each other. If they need you to erect a privacy shield so they can talk please do so. However, You are not allowed to tell them where we are. I'm sorry they will have to take that one on faith."
"Dobby be going and getting devil twins." He smiled a kind of crooked smile and was gone.
Sirius shook his head at the little elfs antics. "A most interesting elf there Harry."
A/N: This one took a bit of time. Being summer and all I took a couple of trips. Bringing in the Devil Twins just hit me while on vacation as the ultimate pranksters now with a super powered weapon. I'm thinking this will be loads of fun for everyone not in their way.
Thank you for keeping on this journey with me.
ChupacabraTamer