She quickly replied, "They will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law."
"Each of those was an attack upon someone under my personal protection, Madam Bones," he said. "Each of those was an attack on someone under a relationship agreement to me, personally. Each of those was an attack on the bonded of a Lord of a Noble and Most Ancient House.
"When you say they will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, you know what that means, don't you?"
Again, she winced. "Yes, Lord Potter. The Veil."
That had quite a few students suddenly give gasps of shock.
"All those who sent those," he said, again giving a flick of his fingers towards the owls, would only have found out about the relationship agreement of Heiress Presumptive Daphne Greengrass of the Noble and Ancient House of Greengrass to me, had to have read of it in yesterday's Daily Prophet.
"If you had read the article, you would have also seen the warning given in the article about the consequences of attacking either myself or Heiress Greengrass. Therefore, they do not have the excuse of not knowing what would happen if they attempted such harm.
"If they do not confess and willingly accept full punishment, I will have their names and I will face them on the duelling piste!"
She gave a firm nod back and said, "Yes, Lord Potter. I understand. I shall have a report back to you of whom were involved and how they pleaded while interrogated."
"And also please make sure Lord Samuel Greengrass also receives a copy of that report."
Again the single nod back, "Yes, Lord Potter."
Harry just stared back for a moment before he spun away and stalked back to the Hufflepuff table.
As he did so, he heard Bones say with a sigh of relief, "Right. Analyse the entirety of that. Just like last time, direct to a linked auto-quill. Then we're going to put trackers on each and every owl, if we don't already know the identity of the sender, and send them on their way without their loads. Let's be about it, peoples."
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For the rest of the day, students gave Harry and, through him, the others of the next generation of the Alliance quite the wide berth. If anything, it was even worse that when the school thought him to be the Heir of Slytherin. However, this time that wide berth was justifiably earned.
Charms had the five Gryff's and 'Puffs of their group sit together again. And, after a quick word to Hermione, had her make sure Justin Finch-Fletchley joined them again. He was wary, but the boy did join them.
At morning tea he received mail, all the mail collected that morning that was for him was returned by the aurors. There was only one, from Ted. Since it wasn't marked urgent he decided to hang onto it until he could read it in private.
After morning tea he was off with Hermione to Ancient Runes, where he joined up with Daphne again. As his now bonded it was no surprise she sat on his right, while Hermione sat on his left at their table of three.
The next period was a 'freebie', where they returned to the apartment and worked on the two assignments of the day. It was also when he pulled out the letter from Ted to read.
A quick read through - it wasn't long - and he was handing it off to Hermione with a smile. Daphne was in class.
After she read it she looked back to him with a smile he knew meant she was happy for him. When she then slid across and sat on his lap to give him a hug and a short snog; he knew she was really happy for him
"So, Potter Cottage has been fully restored," she sighed.
"Yup," he happily agreed. "And all it's furnishings."
Curious, she asked, "Why did that take the longest? I thought the building, itself, would have taken more time than the interior."
"The magical items in the cottage," he replied. "The building wasn't enchanted, other than to have a minor expansion charm on it. But, many of the interior fittings and such had some pretty powerful enchantments on them. That was what took them time to complete."
"And what are you going to do with it?" she asked.
"After taking a good long wander through it... possibly, even a few good long wanders through it... I'm going to have the furnishing stripped out and put in the vault and put it back into stasis. It'll make a lovely wedding present for our first born."
The grin she gave him back could power the strongest of Patronuses
At lunch, Harry was still stared at with a little fear of those outside their group. But it at least meant they all were finally beginning to understand what it meant to be in a school with One of the Seven; and not just the few purebloods of high enough standing and knowledge to know.
After lunch it was the double of DADA, shared with the 'Claws. With no 'Claws in their group it meant Harry, Hermione and Neville sat together, as always.
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When class finished Neville scuttled off to ensure 'his two' were safe and would also be escorting Daphne back up the apartment for Harry.
When they arrived, the other boy didn't even stick his head in the door to say what he done. It was left up to Daphne to explain it.
"He feels he owes you a debt he could never repay, no matter how hard or for how long he tries," she explained.
"I know," he sighed. "But, he really doesn't. I helped his parents because it was the right thing to do; not because it got me the gratitude of the House."
She said, "Many would have done it just to have a house of One of the Seven beholden to them. That you did not do it for that purpose, rather because you thought it the right thing do, shows the strength of your character, Harry."
"Hmm," he mutter-grunted. It was the sort of verbal nod he gave when he was acknowledging what he was told, but didn't didn't really want to be told in the first place.
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