Ch. 4
Harry felt the tug behind his navel as he whirled around. "Bend your knees on landing." Sirius shouted. Harry just nodded and hung on. Right before landing, he bent his knees and he came out standing.
"Good." Harry muttered as he stood straight. "Where are we?"
Sirius pointed up as he caught his breath. Harry looked up to see the marble structure associated with Gringotts. "Great. Do they know how to contact Hermione's parents?"
"We're supposed to go in and see if the goblins have located them." Sirius said as they walked into the bank and queued up.
It took a while to get to the front of the queue. When they did, the goblin looked much friendlier than in London. "How may I serve you?" He asked.
Sirius looked at the nameplate. "Master Gripslate, we need to talk to a goblin named Master Bowslang. He said he would have some information we need. My name's Sirius Black."
"Of course, Mr. Black. Please wait here." He got off his chair and went looking for something.
"They are much friendlier here." Harry remarked softly.
"Yes. They don't have the horrible relations with humans that they do in Britain." Hermione returned. "The wizards here are much more progressive than in England."
At that point, Gripslate came back. "Follow me please." He stated as they followed behind. They came to a door that was obviously an office. "Master Bowslang will see you now." He bowed as he opened the door.
Sirius walked in first, followed by Harry and Hermione. They sat down where indicated by the wave of the Goblin's hand. "Well, Mr. Black. I am glad to see you got here properly. I have all the information here in the folder." He handed a slim folder over to Sirius before Sirius gave it to Hermione. She dug right in. "You'll see that the Wilkins' are in a suburb of Sydney called Bondi. They are still in the home that Miss Granger bought them. There is the address of the dental practice they own. There is also a reservation at a wizard/muggle run hotel in downtown Sydney for a two room suite for a week. You can check in there after this. It is already 8.00 pm. The portkey to the hotel is reusable and there is a portkey to the Wilkins' house that is also reusable. If you need anything else, do not hesitate to call on me."
"Thank you Master Bowslang. I was afraid I would have to do all this when I got here. I was sure that a week wouldn't be enough time. Thank you so much for everything." Hermione said enthusiastically.
"It is no problem Miss. We here in Australia know what happened last week and wanted to show our gratitude by doing all we could for the Heroes of Hogwarts. Don't be surprised." He admonished at their surprise. "We heard both your speeches in the Wizengamot." He continued. "You three have our respect. You are true warriors."
"Thank you, Sir." All three said as they bowed their heads.
"Now go on to the hotel. Do not forget we are here to help." He said as he led them out of the office.
They stood off to the side of the bank and portkeyed to a very nice hotel. "Wow." Harry said as he looked around like a kid in a candy store. It was a very elegant hotel. "Wish we could've stayed at a place like this last year." He smiled at Hermione.
"Yeah. Five-star hotels, finding a horcrux every other day and home by Christmas, yeah?" They both laughed as she parroted Harry from last year.
"What are you two laughing about now?" Sirius asked as he handed a key over to Harry and they went to the lift.
"Nothing. Just talking about last year." Harry sniggered.
"We have two bedrooms with a sitting room in the middle." Sirius informed them. "The keys work for both bedrooms. I'll take one, you guys take the other." Sirius looked at Harry. "Do not do anything she doesn't want to, understand?" He asked firmly.
"Yes sir." Harry mock saluted. Then he looked more serious. "I know. I would never."
"I know. Just protecting my girl." Sirius said as he put his arm around Hermione.
She just looked up at him. "I can take care of myself!" she said hotly as they went into the sitting room.
"I know but you saved my life, twice and I've grown fond of you. I try to protect those I care about." He replied calmly as they all sat.
"Fine. I'll let you—this time." She returned as she sat down with the folder from Gringotts.
"Sirius, she's going to be gone in her own world for a while. Why don't we unpack and come back out for a nightcap before trying to sleep?"
Sirius nodded thoughtfully. "Makes sense." They got up to do their own thing.
While Harry was unpacking, he was worrying about how the Grangers were going to react when they got their memories back. And what if they didn't? That would devastate his Hermione. Gods he hoped that didn't happen! She had already lost her best friend, Harry didn't want her to lose her parents too.
Then there was the worry of what her parents would think of him as a suitable boyfriend. He knew that Hermione had told them everything about their adventures at school, so they knew he was a danger magnet.
He couldn't help the feeling that he shouldn't be here, that he knew they'd hate him and that would hurt Mione. He wouldn't let her choose him over her family. She had what he'd always wanted—parents that loved her. He would not make her choose.
Finished with his unpacking, he went back to the sitting room. Sirius was laying on the divan and Mione was in the same spot but with the papers spread about. He noticed that they were actual paper and not parchment. When he commented on it, Mione replied "Yeah. I've never figured out why magicals don't use paper and pen." She agreed.
"It's because it's too muggle and the purebloods think muggles are savages and can't invent anything they can't." Sirius answered the unasked question.
"Well, I'm taking paper this year." Harry stated. "We should talk to the muggleborns we know before school starts and get them to do it to. Force the change we want."
"Sounds like a good idea." Sirius approved. "Maybe we can get the Wizengamot to do it too."
"Yeah." Harry definitely liked the idea of a three-ringed binder rather than clipped together sheets of parchment. "I'm going to head to bed." Harry got up. "Are you coming Mione?"
She looked up from her papers and put them in their folder. "Yeah." She said as she got up. "G'night Sirius." She said as she pecked him on the forehead.
When she finally got into bed a little while later, Harry was waiting. "You want to talk about why you studied that file for so long?" He asked.
"I'm just worried I won't be able to fix the memory charm on my parents." She sighed as she cuddled into her raven-haired boyfriend.
"Mione, you're the smartest witch of our age. If anyone can do it, you can." Harry told her confidently.
"I hope you're right." She looked at Harry. "Could you just hold me?"
"Of course." He took her more securely in his arms as he quieted down to sleep.
Sunday 10 May 1998
Harry woke up in a panic the next morning. It's late. Why didn't I wake up? Where's Teddy? He thought as he sprung out of his bed. He went through the door to the sitting room and was halfway through when he stopped dead as he realised Teddy's not here; I don't have to rescue him from Sirius. He turned around and went back to his own room chuckling a bit at the fact that he was so used to getting up with his little man. He climbed back into bed as Mione mumbled. "Teddy's not here love."
"I know, just sleep." He pulled her onto his chest and fell asleep soon thereafter. Later on, he woke up again and noticed there was no weight on his chest. Then he heard the shower running. Ah, she must be up, he thought. He got up and put his clothes together. He went into the split bathroom to brush his teeth and shave. As he was done, Mione came out and pecked him on the cheek as she went into the bedroom. "Morning love." She called as she passed him.
"Morning." He returned as he went into the shower/toilet area. When he was done, Mione was just sitting on the newly made bed stock still. Realising what was going on, he sat down next to her. "Hon, I know you're scared but you can do this. I have faith in you." He consoled her.
"What if they're mad at me? What if they hate me for messing with their minds?" She asked softly.
"Then we'll explain why you did it and why it's important." Harry said simply. Harry noticed that she was beginning to relax as Harry kept talking in a very even voice.
"I suppose we should go soon." Mione said as she got up and took Harry in a hug. "Thanks love." She whispered.
"Are you calmer?" he asked, knowing the answer already. She nodded as they walked into the sitting room. "Hey Sirius, ready to go?" Harry asked.
"Aren't you going to eat something?" He asked as he nodded to the muffins and other breakfast foods sitting on the table.
"No. I don't think either one of us are hungry." His Godson replied.
"Okay. I looked at the picture and address of the house. I can apparate us there." Sirius took their arms and popped to the side of the house. "How are we going to get inside for you to do this?" He asked.
"I've got an idea." Hermione began striding around the house and knocked on the door. As her mum came to the door, she stopped herself from throwing herself into her mum's arms.
"Hello. Can I help you?" she asked with a smile.
Harry nudged Hermione. "Yes." She squeaked. "We are planning on buying around here and were wondering if we could look at your place to get an idea of what these places are like."
"Of course." She opened the door wider and turned away from them.
At that point, Hermione pulled her wand, pointed it at her mum and said the spell 'restituere memoria'. Mrs. Granger turned around slowly, as she looked at Hermione, she ran to her. "My baby girl. My baby girl." She kept repeating as she hugged her tightly.
"Mum" Hermione asked. "Do you remember me?"
"Of course, I do. How could I have forgotten you all this time?"
"We'll explain everything Mrs. Granger. Where is Mr. Granger?" Harry asked.
"In the kitchen making breakfast. Come on." She waved at them to follow her. "I assume you have to do the same thing to him?"
"Yes ma'am." Harry returned. They came into the kitchen quietly and Hermione did the spell again.
Mr. Granger was looking away from them when the spell hit. He stopped dead, looked around and yelled "Emma! We're missing Hermione. Where is she?" as he turned around fully. As he saw his daughter, he put his pan back on the hob, turned back to his daughter and demanded hotly. "What the hell did you do to us? Why am I living in Australia? Where have you been? What are you doing here now?" he rattled off. Just like Hermione, at least she comes by her question rants honestly, Harry snickered to himself.
Emma came over to him, put her hand on his arm and explained. "Why don't we all eat and Hermione can tell us what happened? I assume this has to do with the war in your world?" she crooked an eyebrow at her daughter.
"Yes mum." She replied with her head down. A few minutes later, after a very awkward silence, they sat down to eat.
"Hermione, would you please introduce us to your friends?" Emma asked.
"Oh yes. This is my boyfriend Harry Potter and his Godfather Sirius Black." She introduced.
"Didn't you stay at his home a few summers ago?" Emma asked.
"Yes, right before fifth year."
"Welcome to Australia to you both." Emma said as she shook their hands over the table. "I'm Emma and this is my husband Dan."
"Your boyfriend?" Dan asked.
"Yes Daddy. I am eighteen after all. In both our worlds, you have no say in who I see." She rolled her eyes at the stare he was giving Harry. Harry, for his part, was standing up to the scrutiny well.
"I know exactly how old you are young lady." Dan growled out.
"Dan stop this right now!" Emma scolded her husband. "She is allowed to have a boyfriend if she wants. And I told you it'd be Harry." She smiled at the pair as they blushed deeply.
"At least it's not that rude redhead." Dan grumbled. At that, all three guests laughed. "There's a story there, isn't there?"
"Yeah. I kissed him during the battle and he thought that made me his girlfriend."
"Why don't you start from the beginning?" Emma asked. "Why did you move us here and change our memories. Then fill us in on your year."
"Okay." Hermione agreed as she filled her plate with scrambled eggs. "You know the war had started. They were hunting muggleborns and slaughtering them and their families wholesale. I knew there was no way on earth you would agree to leave without me. However, I needed to help Harry on the mission Professor Dumbledore had set him"
"And I really needed her. She is the smartest witch of our time and I knew I needed her help." Harry inserted.
"Anyway, I knew you'd always wanted to live in Australia, so I moved you there."
"Okay. Moving us makes sense. Why erase our memory?" Dan asked.
"Because if you ran into Death Eaters, you couldn't tell them where we were." Hermione replied.
"Would they come here?" Dan asked skeptically.
"To kill Harry Potter's best friend's parents? Unfortunately yes. They would use you against her and by extension Harry." Sirius informed them.
"So what happened after you got us settled?" Emma asked.
"Well, I went to the Burrow." Hermione began to fill her parents in on the year they missed.
When they got to arriving at Grimmauld, Sirius told a bit. "We had all left the Burrow in a hurry but Tonks, Remus and I got back first. We just stayed up waiting for those three to show up. Rem and I were pacing the house while Tonks was muttering to herself."
"We eventually got there." Hermione said as she took over and told how they found Mundungus and found out where the locket was. "So. we began planning how to get into the ministry while we were wanted fugitives." She took nearly the entire morning and most of the afternoon to tell her story with Dan getting the Scotch out around four as they talked about the Battle of Hogwarts.
"So how'd you two start dating?" Emma asked when they got to the morning after.
"Well, I told him I loved him when we woke up after our nap." Hermione answered.
"So, have you made any other plans?" Emma requested.
"I bought the Tilgate property next to yours and plan on being your neighbours." Sirius supplied.
"We're moving into that house in separate bedrooms." Hermione said. "Tonks is furnishing that place while we're gone."
"That's the one with two smaller houses on it, right?" Emma recalled.
"Yeah. We can move in there when we have a family." Harry smiled at Hermione.
"Well, if we're going to be moving back in the next week, we better pack this place up and shut down our office." Dan sighed, it was a lot of work to accomplish in one week.
"Dad, why don't you and I make dinner and we'll start packing and moving tomorrow." Hermione got up as Dan nodded and followed along.
That night, and every night that week would be spent getting to know each other. During the days, Sirius and Harry would pack up the Granger things into trunks they'd bought in Magical Sydney. Meanwhile, the Grangers would work and Hermione tried to find other dentists for their patients.
During the evenings, they would either go out to dinner as a group or cook at home. Dan and Sirius went to the pub a few times to watch football. By the time they returned to England, Sirius was as big a fan as Dan. Dan was also a huge fan of Quidditch by the time they got home. Every night the three guests would portkey to their hotel.
Wednesday 13 May 1998
On Wednesday night, Dan invited Harry to the pub for a drink. Harry knew something was up when Sirius didn't come with them. They got settled into a booth with peanuts and drinks when Dan started interrogating Harry.
"So what are your intentions towards my daughter?" He began.
"I intend to marry her sir." Harry replied a little warily.
"Just when are you going to ask her?"
"Hopefully, this summer."
"Do you have enough money to support a wife?" came the next.
"I believe so. From what Sirius tells me, my dad didn't have to work if he didn't want to. I'll be going to the bank to figure that out when we get home."
"Do you want children?"
"Yes. But that's a little personal." Dan didn't seem to mind that answer because he went on.
"What are you going to do with your life?"
"I'm not sure yet. I'm thinking about college after Hogwarts. All I know is I don't want anything more to do with war."
"Good lad." Dan replied. "You ever played pool?"
"No sir."
"Well, come here and I'll teach you." He said as they made their way over to the tables. Harry let out the breath he's been unconsciously holding during the interrogation and began to relax. After that night Dan and Harry became much closer.
Friday 15 May 1998
On Friday evening, the Granger house was completely packed. All the trunks, one for each room, were shrunk and stored in Hermione's beaded bag. Their house and business both had offers on them and would close in the next month. The Grangers stayed in a room at the hotel for the night. They were all up at six o'clock that morning and portkeyed from Gringotts Sydney to Gringotts London at 7.30 Sydney time.
When they got to the portkey point near Gringotts, all five sighed. "Back home." Sirius muttered. They looked down the street to see familiar shops: Madam Malkins, Flourish and Blott's and others. "Why don't we apparate the Grangers to their home, then we can meet up tomorrow afternoon after everyone wakes up?"
"Sounds good." Dan agreed. "We can stay up for several hours unpacking and then go for a nap in the morning and be able to sleep regularly tomorrow night."
HP
After dropping the Grangers off, the little family apparated to their entrance hall. This was the designated apparition point in the house. Sirius had set a few others up throughout the property as well but hadn't told anyone yet.
They heard a squeal from upstairs, then pounding on the stairs as Dora came down with Teddy. "You're home!" she screamed as she handed Teddy to Harry and hugged Hermione. "I'm so glad to see you. This place is too big for just us." She said as she hugged Sirius and Harry in turn.
"Teddy, your mum is weird." Harry whispered conspiratorially to his godson.
"And you love me anyway." She said as she wrapped her arms around him. "As you see, I put a bench for taking off shoes and a table to put wallet items on in here. Let me show you around. Dobby and I have been very busy this week." The kitchen was decorated tastefully in a wine theme. The sitting room was done in formal Victorian furniture.
"Wow!" Harry breathed as he walked into the larger drawing room. "This is brilliant Teddy." It had three separate seating areas. One had a large telly with a PlayStation. One had a kid's corner with a toybox, swing and a bouncer. One was next to the fireplace and was simply to sit and talk. As the telly and the fireplace were on opposite sides of the room, you could have a normal conversation and someone else could watch the television. "Did you magically make this room bigger?" Harry asked.
"Yep. It's three times the size it was." Tonks grinned.
"Come on Sirius, let's look at the office." Harry waved him back to the sitting room.
"You don't have to go through there." Tonks pointed to the door on the wall next to the fireplace. "I extended that as well." She grinned. "Surprise! There's enough room for you both to spread out."
They walked in and it wasn't just the large room they were planning on. There were two large oak desks with name plates on them. There was a seating area near the fireplace. There was a bay window near the French doors to the backyard. And, of course, the bookshelves. It had a hardwood floor with a Gryffindor red rug in the seating area.
"I turned the other suite like mine into a full library." She said as Hermione, who'd been following along very quietly, took off to the new library.
Harry, Sirius and Tonks laughed at that as they turned to go upstairs. Bypassing the 1st floor, they went to the second. They found Hermione in a very large room with stacks of bookcases and tables. "This is great." Hermione enthused. "I can bring my library over tomorrow and organise it in here."
They went up to the third story attic which now had a pool table, dart board, bean bag chairs and a bar. There was a stereo in the corner next to a telly. Another fireplace and seating area was at the far end of the attic.
"Well, this is amazing." Harry said as he looked at his asleep Godson in his arms. "I'm going to put this little man down for bed and go to sleep myself." He began to walk to the door.
"I should probably go to bed as well." Tonks replied as she followed her son.
"Do you know what time it is Tonks?" Harry asked as he laid Teddy down.
"Around 12.30, why?"
"Just curious if I'll get to sleep."
"Yeah. You've got issues with the time difference." She sighed as she headed to her room. "I'll see you later today Harry."
"Sure." He waved as he left for his own room.
HP
Downstairs in the kitchen, Sirius and Hermione were having hot cocoa. "There is nothing better than hot cocoa to help you calm down to sleep." Sirius sighed as he closed his eyes while he enjoyed the beverage.
"Yeah. I know."
"How are you doing with finding your parents, sweets?" Sirius asked lazily, not wanting to show how concerned he was.
"Well, I'm doing great. I haven't spent a lot of time with them these last years, so it's been fun getting to know them again. I really like that Harry, you and Dad get along. That makes life so much easier."
"I know you were worried when they went out that first night together." He smiled.
"How'd you know?"
"It was obvious when you began pacing after they were gone for two hours." He laughed as she grinned embarrassedly.
"Yeah, I was terrified they'd hate each other." Hermione laughed. "It was really funny when they came home and Dad was 100 sterling lighter." Both Sirius and she laughed.
"Yeah. We know not to play Harry at pool for money now."
"How're you doing Sirius? You've gone from Azkaban to being a fugitive to being cooped up in Grimmauld to free in a few years and you've lost both your best friends." Hermione was concerned about his mental health.
"I think I'm surviving. Having Teddy and Harry here helps. I need something to occupy my time or I think about all the horrors I've been through. It's why I was so depressed at Grimmauld."
"Would you like to go see a mind healer? We call them Psychologists in the mundane world." She was concerned.
"I don't want to see a wizard but I suppose I should."
"Why don't you try a magical but if you don't like it maybe we can find a squib or muggleborn that practices in our world." She suggested gently.
"That sounds like a good plan. Sometimes you surprise me Hermione. You have this amazingly big heart AND a big brain." He got up and sat next to Hermione. He then took her in his arms. "I don't think you realise it but I truly do think of you as my Goddaughter. You saved my life because it was the right thing to do. You don't understand how rare that is." He held her at arm's length and kissed her on the forehead. "Thank you for taking care of my son when he needed it most."
"You're welcome" she smiled at the man she was beginning to think of as her favorite Uncle. She got up and said softly. "I think I'm going to bed now." She went up to her room and eventually fell asleep.
Saturday 16 May 1998
Saturday and Sunday were both very relaxed days. Everyone had lunch together—even the Grangers—on Saturday. It was after lunch that Emma asked to see the whole property. She had only been in the Pavilion once or twice for parties and wanted to see the rest. It was also a good time to have a talk with her daughter.
"So, do you plan on living here the entire summer?" Emma asked as they toured the house.
"Yes Mum." Hermione replied carefully. "I am almost 19. I've fought in battles. I need my own space. It's why we moved here. I want to stay close to you so I can see you without living with you. When Harry and I have kids, we'll move to one of the other houses so we're separate but close enough."
"So you're serious about him then?"
"Yes mum. Watching him being brought from the forest dead was a wake-up call. I realised, I had been settling for Ron because then I wouldn't lose Harry's friendship if anything went wrong." She responded as they went outside. They walked out of the kitchen onto the stone patio that went out past the balcony upstairs so that it would get some light. Off to the left there was a walkway to the indoor pool. "We should buy an outdoor kitchen to put out on the patio," she muttered, putting it on her mental To Do list.
They walked out to the larger house. "This one is nice." Emma said. "Very open." They walked around. "So what happened with Ron? I know you kissed him during the battle. What happened afterward?"
"Well, he got jealous. Told Harry he was stealing Ron's girl. Basically, made an arse of himself." Hermione sighed. "Then at Charlie's funeral, he refused to be a pall bearer because Arthur had asked Harry. So, Arthur took his place instead of sitting with Molly, which is why they'd asked Harry—Arthur didn't want to be a pall bearer at his own son's funeral."
"I can see that." Emma went into the kitchen. "Oh. This is big!" She turned around. "I like this." She remarked as they went out the back door and onto the third house. As they left the third house after looking around, Emma said, "I guess you haven't seen them since the funeral then."
"No. I was thinking of inviting most Weasleys, Neville and Luna over for Quidditch tomorrow because they'll have the goals up today and Harry will be anxious to play."
"You really think they'll get the pitch set up today?" Emma asked incredulously.
"If Daddy had your permission to put a football pitch on our property, do you think it'd be installed in a day?"
Emma snorted. "You know your father. Of course."
"Well Sirius and Harry are the same way about Quidditch and they have magic to help." Hermione snorted as they came back in the main house's kitchen and saw Sirius and Harry setting out with several medium sized boxes. "You just got back from Quality Quidditch?" She asked.
"Yep." Harry replied on his way out.
"We're going to go set the pitch up now." Sirius was beyond excited. "Come on Harry!" He yelled from near where the Pitch would be. Harry gave Hermione a peck on the cheek and hurried out with a big grin on his face.
"Men!" Hermione and Emma said simultaneously, then broke into laughter. Dan came over a few minutes later and brought the wizards beer as they worked on the Pitch together. Although Emma, Hermione or Tonks didn't even think of going out there while the construction occurred, they could hear riotous laughter as they sat on the patio and drank tea.
"You know Hermione, if you want everyone to come over tomorrow, we should order that outdoor kitchen today to see if it can be installed by tomorrow." Emma suggested.
"Then let's go." Hermione looked at both her mum and Tonks. "You can bring Teddy." She added for Tonks. Teddy was sleeping in the papoose she was wearing.
"Great. Let's go." Tonks smiled.
Sunday 17 May 1998
Sunday was an eventful day because The Madhouse, as it was called because that was its floo designation, played host to all alive Weasleys except Ronald, along with Percy's girlfriend Audrey, Neville, Augusta and Luna.
When everyone arrived, they all headed to the pitch where there were 12 Firebolts and 2 Nimbus' awaiting play. Neville and Hermione stayed out while the rest played four on four. No beaters and one less chaser.
While Neville and Hermione were watching the game, the older generation were seated near the pitch in the picnic area next to the outdoor kitchen next to the Pavilion.
"So now that you're back from Australia Sirius, are you going to join Wizengamot on a regular basis?" Augusta asked.
"Yes." Sirius grumbled. "I've got to take over from my father and try to right my family legacy."
"They decided to reorganize Wizengamot seating this week."
"How?" He asked skeptically.
"Well, if the head of house is deemed a death eater, the house is automatically stripped of its seat and cannot regain a seat for five generations."
"That's bold. Who suggested that?" Arthur asked.
"I did. I'm tired of the same evil families being cut all this slack."
"So what's happening to their money?" Sirius asked. "That's another way we need to bring them down."
"This hasn't been decided yet but I and a few others are proposing that each family of a death eater with an heir old enough to take on the Role of Head of House be fined half their vault and the heir for five generations gets access to only a portion of their money. My suggestion was 10%. People are leaning towards 50%. The vaults with no heir are cleaned out. And those with a not-of-age-heir gets 5%. Again, people are leaning towards 25%."
"What happens to the confiscated money?" Dan requested.
"That goes into a fund designed to help both muggles and magicals get back on their feet and to fund the government."
Sirius grinned. "Malfoy money being used to help muggles restart. Awesome!"
Everyone laughed. "There are going to be lots of empty seats on the Wizengamot and we have no idea how to fill them." Augusta warned. "I believe that is the next big battle that we'll have."
"Speaking of battles, I was thinking about having Ted Tonks teach Harry about his Inheritance this summer. What it's made up of, how it's used, all that stuff. Would you like him to work with Neville as well?" Sirius offered.
"I'm assuming that is Andromeda Black's husband?"
"Yes. I hired him to take over the Black account when I realised how undermanaged it was. The Goblins were just letting it sit, so while we were in Australia, he was familiarizing himself with our accounts and is planning to teach Harry."
Augusta took a moment to think about it. "If you wouldn't mind, that would be helpful. Neville doesn't seem to want to learn it from me. Maybe if he learns from someone outside the family he'd listen."
Emma laughed at this. "A child never behaves for their parent as well as they will for a stranger. It's that unconditional love thing. They know you'll love them even if they misbehave. They're not sure about anyone else. At least that was my mother-in-law's theory."
Augusta laughed. "Yes. That about sums it up."