Thank you all for the reviews. Harry Potter is not mine this is a story from a fan.
(BSC 5 C48) C176 Settling a couple of issues.
James had just Apparated back into the great hall and threw a spell at Severus Snape. The spell he threw was an overpowered cutting curse and was stopped by a shield. The first thing James did was to look at Harry. But Harry didn't have his wand in his hand. What he did see was Zanita holding up her hand. Somehow he thought she had been the one who had pulled up the shield but she shook her head slowly from side to side. So he looked on and saw Albus standing there with his wand pointed at Severus.
Albus had seen the curse heading towards Severus and knew he had to protect him. The last thing he ever thought was that James would attack one of the Order. "James why did you do that," He asked shocked by what he had seen.
James was shaking with anger as he looked at Albus. "You have been to the castle haven't you". James didn't really need an answer because he already knew the answer to the question. "You do know about the painting of us but you did not know it recorded memories. It is a painting the grows on as long as the runestone is charged. Now I have just been back to Potter castle. It was hard to see and to look around because everything inside me told me to get out of there. But I was allowed to get the memories so I know all about it". It was now that he turned to Harry. Forgive me, my Lord. I know I will not get the Lordship back. But if you let me I will represent you in the chamber".
Harry looked on and just didn't know what to say. So he sat down and looked on as James turned back to Albus and Severus. "I have just received the memories of mine painting and I have learned a lot. The one thing I have learned most of all is the life of my son and the part you two have played in it. Now you can step aside and let me handle him or I will go through you".
"James think about the greater good" Albus pleaded.
James just shook his head. "No Albus, there was one time I did. There was one time I thought you wanted the same as my son and his friends. Now, however, I do not believe you still want it. You have changed along the line and not in a good way. Him, however, has not changed at all," and James pointed his wand at Severus.
Albus looked between the two. On one hand, he needed Severus more than James. But on the other hand, it had been James that paid all the cost for the order. The last couple of months he had to do it himself. "James".
James didn't wait and threw another spell at Severus. Again there was this Protego spell and as he looked at Albus he saw that he had not been the one who had done it. As he looked for the one who did it another spell rushed his way. He could not avoid it and before he could do something a wall appeared between him and the spell. As the wall dropped he saw someone standing before it with his back towards him. James could say nothing and just looked on. There was a power coming from this person a power he had never felt before.
"Step aside Potter and let me at him" Molly screamed at Harry who was standing between them.
Harry just shook his head slowly while his eyes were looking straight at Molly.
James did not know what he could do and looked around. He saw Molly standing in front of him. From her words, he had heard that it was Harry that stood between them. Somehow he did not think Molly could do it by herself and so he started to look for people who would help her. To his surprise, he looked at Severus and Albus but they were at wand point by other students. James knew that some who were standing close to Albus and Severus were the friends as all of them called them. But as he looked at the stance he saw even more wands pointed at the adults. Some students were not joining in but he could not see that they were from one house. No, as he took a closer look he saw that most of the students were from all the houses. "James you step down now". James heard the words and looked at the back of his son. As his fatherly instinct kicked in he wanted to reject and take over. But the power from his son told him not to do it. So he did the one thing he had to do and stepped back. While he walked closer to his own seat he could see that the students were still standing there holding their own.
"Tell me Molly why did you save Severus Snape," Harry asked as a small smile crawled onto his face.
"I do not have to explain myself to you" She snapped.
"That is where you are wrong Molly Weasley. As you know your husband has aligned his house with that of mine. By you attacking my dad, you placed an attack on my house. Not the protection of Severus I can understand that. Why Severus I can not but, a protection spell I can. The attack however is one thing I can't and will not tolerate".
"What is it to you" Molly snapped again.
"You are a member of our house, if you like it or not you are a member. You became a member when your head of house Mr Weasley aligned his house whit that of mine. Now for you protecting a Wizard is nothing to be ashamed about, still, Severus I do not know about. You, however, attacking a Member of the house is. So I want to know why you protected Severus, why you attacked James Potter. But I also want to know from House Weasly what the house wants to do about it".
Molly started to stutter as she was looking for words to say. She knew Arthur had aligned his house with that of Potter. As she looked from Harry to her husband she knew she had to say something. "Let me help you a little, and this is going to hurt me more than you think," Harry said. "As Lord of my house, I have the responsibility to keep it neet and away from discrediting it in every possible way. You, Molly, have done it the night your husband was attacked. That is the thing I want to know and I want you to tell it or I will".
Molly was slowly turning red from anger and shame. She knew what she had been doing with snape. She had been doing it from the last war until now. She even taught that Ron could be his son. A blood adoption and a couple of Potions had turned him into a Weasley but still, it could be his. It was now that she had to come clean and if she did not Harry would do it. "I... I" Molly started.
"You what" Harry snapped. The moment Harry snapped Luna got to her feet and walked over to Bogrod. Most of the members were following her with their eyes as she whispered with the leader of the Goblins. When she kissed his cheek most shivered by the thought of it. Bogrod snapped his fingers and one of the young Goblins rushed off. "You what" Harry snapped again as it took him too long for her to answer him.
Molly swallowed and looked down. "I... I... I had an affair".
"You had," Harry snapped again.
"Alright, I still have" Molly snapped back.
Arthur walked to the floor and stepped next to Harry, he looked down at him and thought hard. In the eyes of Harry, he saw that he was sorry that he had to do it like this. He also saw that he had to protect his house. James might be running against him but James was still a Potter. His house was aligned so Harry had to also keep house Weasley from hurting house Weasley and house Potter. As he gazed from Harry to Molly he knew it was over. The idea she had someone else was heartbreaking but it had been something he had suspected. "Who Molly, who".
Molly looked down and knew she could not go against her husband. So she mumbled Severus and Arthur knew it was not just an affair. When he asked how long he already knew the answer. So as she told him that it had been going on from before the war he looked at Ronald. Arthur would not say it but Ronald had always been different from all his other kids. Slowly he shook his head and looked over at Harry. "My Lord, because you have saved my life I ask you to put an end to my marriage and do with Molly what you want to do".
Before Arthur could walk away Harry called for Andromeda to take him along. He knew Andromeda would take care of him and not let him get lost in his mind. With a smile, he also saw Ginny rushing to her father. The moment she wanted to hug him she stopped and looked over at Harry. Harry just smiled and told her to go on. The hug he saw was one he would never forget. On paper, Ginny was his but as he looked on he saw how it was supposed to be. Ginny was with her real father and if he could he would keep it that way. The problem he had now was what to do with Molly Weasley.
Before he could say something Zanita stepped next to him and told everybody they would have an hour to themselves. They had been here for over two hours so they needed a break. The food they had while they were at the gathering of the Witangemot was well received. But now they had time to take a little walk over the grounds, a break they all needed. Molly wanted to rush off but Zanita kept her there with a spell. So as everyone started to go outside for some fresh air the friends huddled to gather for what to do next.
#*
Voldemort had been sitting on his throne. All of his Death Eaters were now staying at Malfoy Manor and some at the manors of his other Death Eaters. Harry had really done a number on his safe house and it frustrated him that he did not know how he knew. He could not ask Narcissa because he was afraid of what she would tell Potter. He hated it but she was using the stupidness from her husband to her advantage. He could not blame her because he did the same thing. He was using all of his Death Eaters just to get what he wants. Most of it was money but also other stuff. One of them was Lucius being buddy, buddy with Fudge.
As he gazed out of the window from his throne he thought about it all in his mind. In the last war, he wanted someone to fight back. Now that there is one who is doing it, it is the last thing he wanted. This Potter was giving him a bigger fight than he liked. So he had high hopes that James Potter and Frank Longbottom could get their Lordships back so he had less of a fight.
Bellatrix had been telling him something about Goblins but stopped when Severus told him it wasn't true. Why did he listen to Severus when Bellatrix and Narcissa were making better judgements. Slowly he shook his head and pulled out his wand. Bellatrix had been away on some training. Meaning she was molesting Muggles. So he had to do the same. Only he had to do it with the rest of the Death Eaters.
#*
Everyone started to walk back into the great hall. None knew what the friends were up to but Harry was radiating Magic. It told the students that they were going to play. As the friends were standing by the two thrones. everyone else was looking at Arthur and Ginny who came walking into the great hall hand in hand. It was clear that she had missed her father. To the members, it said that Harry wasn't this slave master Albus and Fudge made him out to be. It also raised a lot of questions about the fact if Voldemort was back or not.
As everybody found their places, the friends stepped to the middle. Harry was smiling a smile that told the family one thing. "Tonks, hand over the Popcorn" Minerva said as she held out her hand.
"Wahf Youf".
"Yes, I know that you always eat Popcorn when it gets like this. But you have to learn that you have to share" Minerva told her as she motioned for the popcorn.
As Harry stepped up to the middle of the floor he slowly looked around. Students were looking on as the Members knew something was up. "Members of the Witangemot" Harry started. "What I'm about to do is something that has never been done before. I do not like it but sometimes I have to do it because it will protect my house". It was after those words that Harry pulled out a piece of paper. As he started to read two people became pale. As Harry read on Lucius and David realized they were the ones who were the targets. Harry read on and everybody knew that it was the marriage contract between him and Daphne. "This contract was made before the one between Draco and Daphne. Lucius had done something I do not like and I want him to pay for it. He has used an Imperius on David".
"You can't prove that" Umbridge screamed.
"Shut up Bitch" Susan screamed back. "This is house business and he," She said as she pointed at Lucius. "He has done wrong and was about to do line theft".
"Still if it was not my business, what is it to you".
"I'm a part of the Hogwarts Bloodline. Meaning I'm his sister and his house is part mine" Susan snapped back.
Harry frowned a little but he did not show it. The one thing he knew was that Susan and Umbridge had hate for each other. A hate that was even bigger than the one between Amelia and Umbridge. So he just waited and went on when Umbridge sat down. After another moment he called David, Lucius and Draco to his side. All of them knew they had to come down but something told them it wasn't a good thing to do. The next one he called was Bogrod.
Most Members were looking os they knew this could go bad. The fight between Harry and Lucius was well known. There even has been some talk about a disagreement between David and Harry. But there was no one that could really tell what the reason for this was. When they were all standing on the floor Harry took out another piece of Paper. Slowly he put it on the table next to the one between him and Daphne. "Today I have the solution for this problem. What I have here are the two contracts for the hand of Daphne Greengrass at this point in time. Now the only one thing I could do to keep the contract from Lucius getting in the way is to kill Draco".
All members were starting to whisper. The things that were heard were things like, Is he going to kill him. Is he going to kill all of them? These were the things the friends had counted on and were slowly looking on as they kept on waiting. Augusta stepped next to Susan and just had to ask what they had planned. In a whisper, Susan told her the plan and saw how Augusta started to smile. "If you pull this off, you are even better than I think you were".
"My lady is that a compliment".
Susan rubbed her bum as Augusta started to walk away. "You know better than to show your cheek to her" Daphne said as she laughed a little.
"Don't remind me?" Susan said as she rubbed her bum over and over again.
It was now that they waited long enough and Harry went on. "Now I could do this all by myself. Yet it is all about the will and honour of Lady Daphne Greengrass. So As her intended, and she as the future misses Potter/Gryffindor I will give her the right to do this in my name". Harry stepped to the side and let Daphne step to the middle.
Daphne had no idea what Harry was on about. He had only told her some of the steppes she had to do. Susan and Bella had told her it would be fine. Hermione and Neville had stood by those words. It was that Luna had told her to go with it that she did it. If not she had not done it before an explanation. Slowly she took the contract between her and Harry. It still wasn't signed by her father. The reason had been to save her and Harry. If he had signed it All three of them would have felt the punishment. Bogrod still had the power to validate the contract but up until now, he had waited. As she placed the paperback she lifted the other one. This was between her and Draco. Internally she was still mad at her father but could do nothing about it. Again she placed it back and looked up at the members and at Harry.
He had told her something about Molly, himself and her father. But as she looked at the contracts she just didn't see what her friends had seen. "Lord Potter has asked me to tell his ruling on Molly. I do not know what it is but here it goes". Daphne started. Again she looked over at her friends who motioned her to go on. "As future lady Potter/ Gryfindor I ask Molly to step closer. As the Lord of your house has ordered, My Lord has the right to rule about you. Your cheating has placed my and your Lord in shame. So as for the punishment, Lord Potter has ordered your marriage to be terminated as off, right now. The second thing for you to do is to become his slave for the next year".
Molly started to scream as Members were starting to whisper. The Dark side looked at Lucius and asked if he knew this could be really be happening. Lucius could not answer them but he did look for the eyes of his Narcissa.
Narcissa was told to look over at her husband and had to smile. She was the one who knew all about the ways and she also knew she had to help Daphne. So slowly she got up and walked down to the floor. House Hogwarts had seen her in action and were slowly starting to sit closer to the edge of their seats to see more. Narcissa stepped next to Daphne and looked at the two papers. Slowly her eyes became bigger and bigger. Suddenly she dropped them and turned on the spot. With big steps, she walked over to Harry who just waved his hand up and down. None knew what he had done but they soon found out. The only thing they saw was Narcissa screaming at Harry who just laughed at her. They could not hear it but they saw it. Narcissa pointed at him. at Lucius, David and at Draco.
The moment she walked back the silencing ward dropped and they could hear Harry laughing as she walked back. Daphne saw that Narcissa was frustrated and wanted to ask what happened. Narcissa looked at her and gave a deep sigh before she said. "Your friends are really stupid or extremely smart".
Daphne snorted a little. "I'm not sure if you could call what we do smart. Daring yes, sneaky, definitely, suicidal most of the time".
Narcissa showed her a small smile and turned to the members. "Let me make it clear. Molly Weasley has placed shame on her own house and the house of Potter. Lord Weasley has the right to give her the punishment. Now because Lord Weasley has aligned his house with the house of Potter. He also has the right to ask Lord Potter to handle the punishment as he sees fit. So the slave punishment is just to make her pay for the shame she has put them through".
Narcissa stopped, as Daphne went on. Now according to Lord Potter, Lord Greengrass has an open punishment he still has to repay".
David snapped his head up and looked at Harry and then at Isabella. The first thing he thought about was the dinner he had to pay for. But then again that was for something else he had done. Then he taught about the punishment he had as a rat. Still, that had been Daphne and Bella. Harry had never punished him so he just had to take it. So David gave a nod to Harry and looked at Daphne to go on. "The punishment for my father is off two parts. The first part is he has to take Molly the slave into his own house as a slave of house Greengrass".
David shook his head. The last thing he wanted was to deal with Molly. So he shook his head but he knew he had to do it. "The next part is to make her the deal to adopt her as his daughter by blood and he has to do it right now".
David took a step back as Lucius looked on. Lucius knew Harry was up to something, he didn't know what but he knew he was. He gazed over at his wife and she just had to laugh a little. "If Lord Potter has no room or need for a slave, He could put his slave into another house or with an aligned family".
#*
Voldemort had still been waiting at Malfoy manor. The time went on and on but there had been no news from any of his Death Eaters. Something must have gone wrong or they would have been here right now. How hard could it be to get some kids out of some Witangemot chairs? He could not call for any of his Death Eaters because they would not respond while they were there. The junior ones that were at the home did not show themself. After a couple of curses from his side, none wanted to show themselves again.
#*
Augusta was sitting in her chair. David had walked down to the floor. So his chair had been occupied by Isabella. As David was ordered to take Molly as a slave she knew what they were doing. "No, they are not going to try that are they".
"Try what" Isabella snapped from beside her.
"Just watch it will be good if it works," Lily told her from behind her, making Isabella jump.
David took Molly as his slave and slowly turned pale by the thought of it. What in Merlin's name was he going to do with her as his slave. As he was lost in his thoughts he almost missed the words Daphne told him next. "Now we do need the help Of Bogrod for the next bit of the punishment of Lord Greengrass". David snapped his head down and looked at his daughter. Why, whatever for, how do you mean you need Bogrod, were the thoughts running through his mind. "As for that Punishment, Lord Bogrod is here to see to the Bloodadoption of Slave Molly as the Daughter of Lord Greengrass".
Lucius just stood there looking on. James had made his way back to his Lily and sat down next to her. He shook his head. "What are they up to" he whispered.
"Your son and his friends are throwing their tricks back at them," Lily told him. "This is something I have learned in the last couple of days. "The friends are everything Augusta and your mother were".
"No,".
"Yes, James. They are doing it all and they are even more daring than Augusta and your mother. We both know that your father and the late husband of Augusta were not the brains behind the Witangemot sessions. The friends are doing everything they can just like Augusta and your mother did. The worse thing is they do not come out swinging. They come out striking for blood, Plus they can sit on revenge more and longer than any of us. What you see now is something that happened over two years ago and today it is payback time".
"But for what," James asked.
"Line theft of the Potter tree" Lilt told him.
"David?".
"No, Lucius Malfoy".
"But Narcissa is there helping them. Isn't she going to doublecross them".
"No James, Narcissa needs Harry harder than they need her. So she will do everything she has to, to get what she wants".
"Are they".
"Yes, they are using her, just like she is using them. They both know it and they are all doing it knowingly for themselves and for the other. This time however they have done something you would not believe. It even surprised the old Battleaxe over there" and Lily pointed at Augusta. James looked and was surprised to see the old Battleaxe hanging almost over her table looking at what the friends were doing down on the floor.
All the members were looking on as Bogrod was making his way to the floor. None knew what was happening but one thing was sure and that was that it would be something good. While they all looked at Bogrod they almost mist Zanita floating a piece of paper to each and every one of them. It was now that Susan stepped up next to Daphne and took the floor. Fudge wanted to protest that he had not called upon her, but with a look of Amelia, he stopped. "Now before we go on with the dealing of Lord Greengrass, we will be settling a couple of things" Susan started. "As you all know Harry had taken Ginny Weasley as his slave. We did it because slave Molly was abusing her at the time. Now we will not get into any explanation but what you have in front of you are the rules of the Slave contract between Lord Potter and Lord Weasley".
Members started to read the rules and looked surprised as they read them."As you all can see it was never our intention or that of Lord Potter to have Ginny as a slave. This piece of Paper we wanted to show you all the day we wanted to explain ourselves. That, however, was stopped by Albus and Minister fudge. So before we go on We wanted to put this straight".
Some members started to nod in agreement while others were still looking on in doubt. "Because Slave Molly took it to the papers with the help from Albus and some others. It was because of that, that we had to take Ginny Weasly as a real slave. Now according to the old ways what we have done the first time was allowed".
Every member looked over at Narcissa and saw her nod. Now they all knew Narcissa knew it all, so there was no doubt Susan was telling the truth. "Because of the Slave contract, Ginny was not allowed to stay at Hogwarts. The first way she was, in the second she was not. So because of that Lord Potter had to make her his daughter giving her back her life. This meant that she would lose the one person she loved above anyone else, Her real father".
Every Member looked over at Ginny who was still sitting close to Arthur and looking on. They saw Arthur had a hard time but he would pull through so to say. "As you all can see it was the one thing that was troublesome for us. So Arthur aligned his house with the house of Potter. It made a connection so Ginny could keep on seeing her real father. Lord Potter is only the father on paper and he does take care of her in every way he has to. Still, when it comes to personal things he could never be the father. He could never take the part that never belonged to him. So Lord Potter never did anything to separate that bond, he only did the things he was allowed to make it even stronger as you can see for yourselves" and Susan pointed at Arthur and Ginny.
"What are they doing Isabella said as she looked at Minerva and Lily. "Just watch," Lily said as she looked at the smiling face of Luna Lovegood. "They are on the right track".
The moment Isabella asked that question Fudge and Umbridge asked the same question to Albus. Albus just looked on. He knew a lot of the old ways but what the friends were doing was even outside of his knowledge. They were using them in ways none had ever done before. "I don't know, I know they are up to something but I do not know what. I never seen the contracts I heard of them but I have never seen them".
"But Albus why do they need Lucius. If they just kill Draco they would have been done with it" Umbridge told him.
Albus knew Umbridge was right. Most of the time it was handled that way in the old days. You had a double contract you just kill one or the other and be done with it. Albus shook his head and stood from his spot. Slowly he made his way to the little table with the two contracts. Just as he was about to take one of them he was smacked on the hand. "Never learned to ask if you wanted something," Luna said from his side. Albus was startled and looked at Luna as he rubbed his hand. "It is normal to ask before you just take something" Luna scolded him before she handed him the contract between Draco and Daphne. At the same time, she took the other one and told Tracy to keep it away.
Albus looked at it and did not see anything wrong. The contract was clear, So nothing was keeping them to duel it out so to say. "I don't see what Harry is playing at," he said.
"We know," Tracy answered him. "It is why we are doing it and you are looking on from the sideline". Albus opened her mouth as Tracy just looked at him.
Before he could say anything Luna pulled the contract from his hand. "Now get back to your seat and keep on looking on. we do not need your help today or tomorrow".
Every Member had heard what Luna said and almost doubled over when they saw her pointing to his chair. Most of them could not laugh because of the shock at what she had done. The students on the other hand didn't have that problem and almost rolled out of their chairs.
Daphne and Susan had stopped as most of the members took in what they have done. The moment they wanted to go on Albus step towards them. Harry stepped behind them but was pushed back when they saw Tracy and Luna going to the old man. Like many of the students, they did not have the problem and laughed along. So after a couple of minutes, both girls looked around and Susan went on. "As you can see we never took Ginny away from her family. It had been parts of her family that made us do it. The worst thing now is we can not give her back. Albus and the minister fudge stopped that. So because we placed Molly with Lord Greengrass, Arthur Weasley can be a bigger part of the life of Ginny".
With this, they had cleared the air of Harry dealing in slaves. But that was just one part. So as Susan stopped, Daphne went on. She took a piece of paper from Bogrod and read it out loud. "Now as we have told you all. Making Molly a slave to house Greengrass was just the start. Lord Greengrass has an even bigger debt to pay. So by order of Lord Potter, Lord Greengrass has to adopt slave Molly as his daughter". Daphne snapped the paper down and looked over at Harry. None could hear what she was thinking but the one who could raise their eyesbrows. ^What the hell. How could you do something like this^?
^Just do it, It is the only way for us without any murders^.
^I do not want another sister^ Daphne snapped.
^It is only for a day or so, maybe even less^ Harry told her.
Daphne shook her head but her look was clear. If you are wrong I will kill you slowly. So she held out a hand to her father and knew it was time to see what Harry was up to. David took the paper from Bogrod and signed it. Bogrod took it back and read it out loud. Most of it was standard but the last line was the kicker so to say. "Hereby Slave Molly will be known as the eldest daughter of Lord Greengrass".
The paper that had just been in the hand of Albus was placed back on the table. It glowed bright and stopped with a flash. Lucius who already was pale took the paper from the table and looked at it. The lines were clear Draco had to marry the eldest daughter of Lord Greengrass. When one or both were of age the marriage contract should be executed on the spot. Draco walked to his father and asked what is happening.
"It is easy Draco," Harry told him. "Your contract was with the eldest daughter of the Greengrass house," Harry smiled as he said it. Slowly he took his own contract from the hands of Tracy and looked back at Draco. "Mine says It is between Daphne and me. Now because my Contract was with both our names I had the right to kill you. Yours only said the eldest daughter. So to make it easy, I just gave you the eldest daughter fulfilling both our contracts".
Draco looked over at Molly and was about to run away. "Stop him Zanita" Harry screamed. Zanita snapped her fingers and Draco was glued to the spot. She smiled as Harry stepped closer to Lucius and Draco. "There is still one part of the contract that we have to address".
Lucius first looked at Draco before he looked over at Harry Potter. "This is none of your business any longer".
This time Harry didn't smile. He looked at Lucius as he stepped a little closer. "You made it my business the moment you made that contract with David. Now I know I can't prove you placed him under in Imperio or any kind of potions. But we both knew you did and that you would do it again if you needed to. But never ever do it again to me, my family or any house that is aligned with me. I will take you down over and over again. Before you say to try it. Let me make another thing clear. It is not an if, Because I will and I will be bringing hell with me" Harry pointed over his shoulder.
Lucius looked and saw the friends standing there He wanted to open his mouth but stopped when Bella spoke harsh and full of anger. "You ones sneered at me that you could only hope we the friends would be always there to save the day. Next time we will not be looking for a way out of it, we will kill".
Every member looked on as they heard the words the friends had said. None knew what to think or how to react. But it was clear like all the other times before it. You mess with the friends and they will attack. Lucius turned on the spot and was about to turn away when Harry spoke again. "Mr, Malfoy, we will marry Draco and Molly in forty minutes. They both will be locked up because it is clear the both of them will try to make a run for it. After it, we will be handling some other business So let us all have a couple of minutes to ourselves".
With those words, Harry left the floor and didn't look back as he walked out of the great hall followed by his friends.
This was it again for this time, see you all in two weeks.
Gr Winmau