At breakfast Hadrian and Sirius talked about Hadrian's plans to clean the Peverelle cabin.
"Would you like to come help?" Hadrian asked Sirius.
"I would love to, Hadrian, when do you want to leave?" Answered Sirius.
"After breakfast" said Hadrian, "I don't know what shape the cabin will be in so I want to get started as soon as possible."
After breakfast Hadrian went to the study and retrieved the Peverelle cabin portkey. Then he headed up to the attic, the only place portkeys could leave or arrive from in the house.
In the attic both Hadrian and Sirius grabbed the portkey and Hadrian muttered the family motto inscribed on the portkey, "Magisters De Mors." With that Sirius and Hadrian were whisked away.
When they landed they both coughed as a cloud of dust puffed into the air. Looking they found that they were in what looked like a floo room. It contained a large fireplace, a few chairs, couches and tables. Everything was covered in a thick layer of dust. Luckily it looked like all the furniture had been covered in drop cloths before whoever was here last had left.
"Well I guess here is as good a place to start as any," said Hadrian and began casting scourgify around the room.
Sirius moved further into the cabin and began starting the next room. The cabin consisted of three floors, the basement, the ground floor and a second floor. The basement contained the floo room and a potions room. The potions room was well stocked with many potions ingredients under a strong stasis spell, some of them even looked to be hundreds of years old.
As they moved to the second floor they discovered a large den with many paintings that for some reason weren't moving.
"Why aren't the paintings and portraits moving?" Asked Hadrian.
Sirius examined a painting of some deer in a field, and answered "It's been hundreds of years since anyone was here. The paintings are probably just asleep. You can wake them up by pushing some of your magic into them."
As they moved on from the den they found a small kitchen, they cleaned there quickly and didn't find anything unusual.
The last room on the ground floor was a large study. This room was very interesting to both Hadrian and Sirius. On the wall behind a large desk was a map of the property. Studying the map showed that the property that the cabin sat on was far larger than Hadrian had expected. It also mapped out where different potions ingredients could be found. Looking closer Hadrian noticed that there were several things moving on the map. He squinting, he leaned forward to try to make out what was moving. In leaning forward he accidentally touched the map and jumped back in surprise as the map zoomed in on the area he touched. After a few minutes the map went back to normal. Trying again he touched on a group of moving dots, and discovered a herd of centaurs.
While Hadrian studied the map, Sirius was busy exploring the extensive bookshelves. Most of them contained books that would typically be found in a study, such as financial ledgers. But a few were ancient and rare, possibly even the only ones in existence. There were books on potions, history and magic theory. But the most exciting find were the journals. They went back centuries, maybe even thousands of years before the statute of secrecy was put into place. It took them a few hours but eventually they managed to pull themselves away from the study and ascend to the second floor.
There were only two rooms on this floor. The first was a large bedroom, with the second being a bathroom. The bedroom contained the largest bed that either of them had ever seen. It also contained a chest of drawers, a wardrobe and a trunk. Both the chest of drawers and the wardrobe contained clothes. Going through them they seemed to be very old and outdated, but in good condition. They decided to bring any clothes back to Grimmauld Place to go through later. The trunk contained extra bed sheets and blankets that would fit the large bed. The bathroom was not that unusual, apart from the large tub that could really be considered a small pool. It took them all day but eventually they managed to clean the whole cabin and return to Grimmauld Place just in time for dinner.
Albus Dumbledore sat in his office pouring over a very special map was meant to let the school headmaster know when any of the students used magic outside of school. He had hoped that Harry would use magic, and the map would alert him to his location. So far there had been several incidents of children using magic, but none of them had been Harry. He knew that Harry had used magic, after all one of his trinkets that he had monitoring the boy had gone off several times already, however the map had never shown him where the foolish boy was. Just as he was about to give up, two owls flew in and landed on his desk. One was the standard ministry owl, the other he had never seen before. He opened the one from the ministry first.
Albus,
Sirius Black will have a trial on August 12 at 8am. If Sirius is having a trial, his godson may show up.
Kingsley Shacklebolt
Dumbledore grinned, surely the potter boy would want to see his godfather finally proven innocent. If he went he could convince him of the importance of returning to his relatives. He may have to make sure that the Wizenmogot understood that everything with Sirius was a big misunderstanding, after all things were so confusing at the end of the war. He needed to make sure that everything went according to his plan. After all, anything for the greater good. Next he opened the second letter.
Headmaster Dumbledore,
It seems that you have taken several items and galleons from my clients vaults. Please return the Elder wand, Gryffindor's sword and 14,000 G to my client Lord Hadrian Potter. If action is not taken in the next two weeks legal action will be taken
Sincerely Jacob Brown
Albus growled upon reading the letter from Jacob Brown. How had Harry found out about his vaults and that he had taken anything from them? He closed his eyes and sighed he would just have to show Harry that what he had done was in his best interest, and impress upon him that he was his magical guardian and that he knew best.
At the Burrow the Weasleys and Hermione were just finishing up breakfast when four owls flew in and landed in front of Molly Weasley, Ron, Ginny and Hermione. Molly opened her letter first
Mrs. Molly Weasley,
It has come to my attention that you have removed 2,000 G from my clients vaults. Please return the galleons to my client Lord Hadrian Potter. If my client's money is not returned within two weeks legal action will be taken
Sincerely,
Jacob Brown
Molly frowned and told the children in her care to open their letters. If they had received similar letters she would need to notify Dumbledore immediately. Ron was the next to open his letter.
Mr. Ron Weasley,
It has come to my attention that you have removed 1,200 G from my clients vaults. Please return the galleons to my client Lord Hadrian Potter. If my client's money is not returned within two weeks legal action will be taken.
Sincerely,
Jacob Brown
"Mum, what's this?" asked Ron.
Molly patted him on the back "Don't worry about it dear, I'm sure it's just a misunderstanding. Dumbledore will take care of it."
Hermione was next to open her letter.
Miss. Hermione Granger
It has come to my attention that you have removed several items and galleons from my clients vaults. Please return 1,200 G and all Grimoires taken from the Potter and Peverell vaults to my client Lord Hadrian Potter. If my clients items and galleons are not returned within two weeks legal action will be taken.
Sincerely,
Jacob Brown
Hermione frowned down at the letter "Lord Hadrian is Harry isn't it. How could he do this? He should know that I deserve those grimoires, after all it's not like he could use them, he never even tries to do his homework. And why would I return that money, he clearly owes us for all the trouble he's put us in. I'm going to write him a strongly worded letter that should put things to right."
As Hermione left the table to write her letter Ginny opened her letter.
Miss. Ginevra Weasley,
It has come to my attention that you have taken 600 G from my clients vault, as well as having an illegal marriage contract with my client. Please cancel the marriage contract and return the 600 G to my client Lord Hadrian Potter. If no action is taken within two weeks legal action will be taken. I would like to inform you that the marriage contract that you have with my client could be considered line theft. This means that if legal action is taken you could be looking at a hefty fine and a stay in Azkaban.
Sincerely,
Jacob Brown
"Mum" Ginny shrieked, "this says that I can't marry Harry. You promised that I could. Doesn't Harry love me?"
Molly bustled over to her daughter and hugged her. "Don't worry Ginny, I'm sure that Harry does love you and wants to marry you. This is all just a big misunderstanding. I'll let Dumbledore know what's going on right away and I'm sure that he'll fix it."
As Molly hurried over to the floo to inform Dumbledore of the events of the morning, no one noticed the twins slipping away to write their own letters to Harry.