As Harry followed the three witches into the taproom of the Leaky Cauldron, he heard the noise that heralded the presence of the Weasleys. Smiling ruefully, he stepped forward. Tom was smiling at the antics of the twins as they 'enhanced' Ron's tale of their adventure in Egypt.

"Hey Thom." Harry leaned on the bar. "Have you told Molly the good news?" He handed the bar man the stamped recite.

"No. You know how they are about charity."

"I just paid for the rooms. The twins need one room, the adults another. Then singles for me, Susan, Ginny, Ron and Hermione." Harry turned to watch the closest thing he had to a family. "They still have to buy their own food."

Ron was reaching the crescendo of the story when Scabbers made his appearance.

Harry saw red…

Before he knew what he was doing, he drew his wand, and fired the Animagus reversal hex at the rat.

It blasted the rat off the table, and before he hit the floor, he was a human.

"Hello, Petey." Harry Potter smiled. It was not a nice smile. "I have so much to thank you for. Let's start with James and Lily Potter."

A red bolt from Arthur's wand stunned the man. "That's unsettling."

Harry took a deep breath. "Susan. Call the Director. Tell her that the worm has turned."

"I am not your secretary."

"No, but other than throwing open the Floo and shouting 'Black'…" Harry smiled at the lass.

"You so owe me, Potter.." She turned to the Floo.

"Harry Potter." Arthur turned to look at the lad. "Just what is going on here?"

"Have you guys eaten yet?" Harry ordered two butterbeers as he Joined the family. "To repay you for last summer, I have arranged for your boarding here until the morning of the First. There are a few things you'll need to know. When you headed out to Egypt, it was front page news. A copy ended up in Sirius Black's hand and he recognized an old friend. Someone everybody thought was dead." As the two butterbeers landed before him, he passed one to Susan as she sat beside him.

"What about Hannah?" The strawberry blonde asked.

"She can order what she wants. As can Hermione. The Weasleys are on their own, but I heard you say you wanted a butterbeer before bed."

As the two witches ordered their drinks. "As I was saying. Front page news, in the Hand of Black. A friend believed dead…" Harry sipped his butterbeer. "He learns that his friend is at Hogwarts… where I am. His Godfather's Oath drives him to find me. We end up in his Family Townhouse and he confesses everything to me. He teaches me what I need to know as a respectable member of our society. Black is now in DMLE custody and a trial is planned for noon on the First."

The Floo bloomed green as a black man in African tribal print robes under his red dragonhide robes

He was followed by the Director walking a black dog. A witch with a gray braid, and a man that looked like he was half gargoyle.

"Mr Potter." The Director tugged firmly on the dog's lead. "What is it now?"

"I asked her to relay the phrase 'the worm has turned'." Harry stood and rounded the table to stand over the stunned former rat. "I guess that the memo got lost."

The stone faced auror rolled the man over. "Well I will be Alus's butt boy, it's Peter Pettigrew. I thought he was killed by Sirius Black."

"That was the plan." Harry sneered. "Let an innocent man hang for the crimes of another."

"Runcorn. Take that man into custody. Keep him under wraps until the morning of the First." The Director tugged on the leash as the dog growled at the stunned man. "I expect that this is the last of things." She glared at Harry.

"No promises, but I will try to keep everything down on my side of things. With our shopping tomorrow, we are looking at a full day." Harry was a little smug.

The Director snorted and led the way back to the Floo.

HPWQ

A regal eagle drifted on the winds in the setting sun. Seeing his destination, he folded his wings, first one then the other so he dropped in a barrel roll, before snapping open allowing him to show off as he drifted across the garden and in through the window to perch on the back of the empty chair as the family sat around the table.

Mother and Father exchanged looks, before looking at the female eagle on the perch in the corner.

The male eagle extended its leg. Tied to the jesses was a small scroll.

Mother took the scroll. No sooner than she was away from the bird, the female broke from the perch… only for the male to follow.

Reading the scroll, Mother smirked. "It seems that Hannah has made a new friend. They were swinging through the shop and she went to speak to him. Susan's Friend decided that keeping the two birds apart was cruel. The Male is now Hannah's personal bird. Also Hannah has been kidnapped until the First. We are to send her trunk to the Leaky Cauldron."

"And who is she staying with?" Father went defensive.

"Susie. One Harry Potter has entered talks with her and asks for Hannah as her chaperone. He has the Weasleys for adult supervision, but…"

"Mackie!" The Father turned his head and called out. When the Elf with a narrow yet elongated chin appeared nearby, he smiled. "I presume that Hannah has packed most of her things for school." The Elf nodded, his ears flapping. "Then she needs you to take her trunk to her as well as the note Mother is going to write."

While the Elf was fetching the trunk and Mother was writing a note, he counted out a few coins and placed them in a small pouch.

A few minutes later the trunk was away and Father was carrying his wife over his shoulder to the bedroom.

HPWQ

Once everyone was settled on the benches around the long central table in the taproom, Harry refilled the butterbeer in front of Susan, Hannah and himself. Hermione was drinking tea as she was reading her first book.

"Ron. I cost you your pet. For the past two years you were a good friend. Tomorrow, after our shopping, you will accompany me to the pet shop of your choice and I will replace him. Unless you want to wait until next summer. Think on it. Scabbers was a good rat… but Wormtail will have his day in court or face the Wrath of House Black."

Three of the Weasleys perked up.

"Harry…" Arthur started.

"Do you know of the Godfather's Oath?" The redhead Patriarch paled and nodded. "Then you know what happens when you break it. And Sirius used House Black's version."

Arthur turned and called for a Firewhiskey.

"Harry, did you just say…" the twins began to chorus.

"Mischief Managed."

That shut them up.

Susan clucked her tongue at Harry. "Is it always like this with you?"

"No." Hermione turned the page of her book. "Sometimes it gets rowdy."

The Weasley students snorted.

Harry just grinned. "So… has everyone eaten?"

"Everyone but Ron has eaten their fill." Ginny replied.

"So… that's a yes. Good. I have a couple of birthday gifts. Susan. I am sorry but I don't know you well enough to have a proper gift for you. But I did leave something on your bed."

Harry grinned at her, before twisting to the side. "Dobby." The Elf popped up. "I had two gift boxes, and the pairs of gloves, from my bed. Fetch."

A double pop announced the arrival of the two boxes. Harry peeked in the first before handing it to Ron, the other went Ginny. Two pair of gloves were tossed to the twins.

"Ron, gave me a gift last year and so I owe you one and one for the year before. This also covers the last two years of Christmas gifts." He turned to Ginny. "I was reminded that you had a birthday this month as well. This should cover any back log I owe. You are the sister of my brothers in all but blood. That makes you my sister too."

"A Dragonfly?" Ron shouted. He looked at Harry. "Why?"

"One, you need a good broom. Two, Someone needs to put Wood I'm his place." Harry smiled at the ginger. "Three, now you can try to keep up."

"A Nimbus 2000?" Whispered Ginny. "But…"

"How can you play for the House team if you keep having to barrow your brother's brooms." Harry smiled at the lass. " Besides we need a backup Seeker. How many games have we lost because I was visiting Poppy?"

"You call her Poppy?" Hannah asked.

"I see her more often than I do our Prefects." Harry grinned. "Last year after the whole basilisk thing the twins transfigured a brass plaque that reads 'This Bed is Reserved for Harry James Potter,' and fused it to the bedframe. They somehow charmed it to reflect spells that would undo it. After twenty minutes, she decided it was more trouble to remove than it was worth."

The twins preened at the recognition of a prank well played.

The adults just shook their heads in defeat and amusement.

HPWQ

Sue and Hannah entered the room Harry had said was for her… and froze.

There in the center of the bed… a cat carrier holding a black kitten kneazle.

"Did you not promise your Aunt you wouldn't buy a cat?" Hannah asked.

"Harry." Sue looked over her shoulder to watch the boy guide Hermione to her room as the brunette was cooing over the Ginger Brute. "He did say he left my birthday gift on the bed." She smiled.

"And as you will have the school year to bond with her…" Hannah followed her best friend to the bed to coo over the little fur baby.

HPWQ

The five witches touched down in the foyer of a great Manor house.

Padma was quick to catch her twin. Her very pregnant twin.

"Pav… when we left, you were only carrying a single of six months." She walked her to the sitting room.

"Paddy, we have known it was twin girls since our third month…" the pale twin staggered to recliner.

"Temporal causality." Hermione walked in carrying a wine bottle. "Changing the past had some effects we could not anticipate. As twins, you are predisposed to having twins yourself." An Elf she did not recognise popped up and set four empty glasses on the coffee table, along with a glass filled with a mix of apple juice, pumpkin juice, and cranberry juice.

As she poured the wine, Hermione smiled at Pavarti. "As we are from a different timeline, let's start with the Basics." She sat on the sofa across from the recliner. "Why Granger Estate?"

"Because Dark Lord MoRon has claimed the Potter Estate Taboo. Only by renaming the Estate under the Maiden name of the First Wife, were we all to save it. And you had to use a Time Turner to do that."

"So… just to confirm, We are married to Harry?" Daphne entered the room, having removed her top, she kissed Pavarti as she collected her wine glass and sat on an ottoman before the fire.

"Yes." The pregnant witch was very pleased with herself. "In fact, only because I was used as our Lord's shag toy… the night before he went to meet his drinking buddy from School, I ended up in this condition. I get to carry on the Potter bloodline. We are hoping that you can save him."

"I am not wearing that leather top again." Susan entered. While Daphne's tight and firm breasts were of the B cup and the top was more for Social niceties, Sue's D cup demanded that she wore one to carry her massive bust."

"While we wait for the lines to recharge, I can get you fitted properly." Hermione smiled at the strawberry blonde, before kissing her as Sue cuddled up next to her. "I was strapped for time. The dragonhide bikinis offered us a level of protection that rivals the dragonhide robes of the Aurora of the time we were at. I will make you a better fitting top… if only because it gives me the chance to handle your tits outside of play or comfort."

"It's always the quiet ones." Pavarti smiled. "The Bookworm is a sex crazed nympho, the Ice Princess is an exhibitionist, and the Swot is a sexual deviant." She sipped her juice. "Not that I am complaining, mind you."

"No. You are just a fat whore who leaves the Estate without telling anyone." In walked a scarred Lavender.

Hermione frowned at the battle scarred blonde. "Lav. I know the mission the five of us went on was a success. But something happened… in our late time you were an Alpha Bitch for our Dark Lord's enforcement. While I am pleased to see you… I was hoping that you would come away untouched."

"I was doing well. Pavarti and I had started our cosmetics company, I was dating Weasley, and then about five years ago, right after he was dismissed from the Cannons, and he took the job at the Ministry, he demanded that I sell my shares of the company and give the money to him. As his wife my job was to keep his house and children. Harry defended me, so when declared himself the Dark Lord, he sent Teddy to kill me. The lad was able to fight the Imperio long enough for me to escape to here. You did what you could to repair my face, but the Werewolf Curse had taken hold. Harry, fresh from shagging my best friend into goo, he followed the clues, first to Teddy, and then to MoRon. Not knowing that Weasley had turned on us…" she trailed off with a sniffle.

Paddy folded her into a hug.

"Okay." Hermione sighed. "We always knew Ronald was a prat. We need to find out where and when he went completely over to the dark side. I expect he removed Harry as both proof that he was a power, and to prevent Harry from stopping him."

"His second act was to send in firsty with a poisoned bottle of Sherry for Sybil. Hermione was quick to bring the Wards up to War Footing. Which in turn brought Hogwarts to Combat Status." Pavarti reached out to catch the hand of her best friend.

"Lord Weasley had Cast him Out, but he challenged for the right to Keep the name and killed Arthur." Ginny entered the room, a Holyhead Harpies Training Jersey barely covering her thighs, flashing her ruby red knickers as she sat beside Sue and cuddled with the bigger witch. "William declared that while he was allowed to use the name… he and his Line were forever cast from our Line. Percy stepped forward and cast him the Prewett line as well. That's the last any of us have seen him."

Hermione sipped her wine. "Okay. Check out Ron's past, back to second year. I doubt it was any one single thing but it triggered in the last five years." the witches around her nodded. "Now to the important thing right now… who is sleeping where?"

TBC