That earned Dan another kiss on the forehead from his daughter. "That man who was torturing mum is a personal friend of the Minister, and his gold helps dictate ministerial policy. The shit will really hit the fan when he's found, in full Death Eater regalia and with an unforgivable curse the last thing he cast, dead in our house. Harry legally took away everything he owns - property, goods, gold - Malfoy lost the lot. We did the same to the richest Death Eaters in Britain, they're all now paupers. That's why we wanted to get you and mum out the country. They managed to get through the wards we had on our house, forcing us to fight."
"I've never seen anything like what he did to your mum. Will she really be ok?"
"That curse has every nerve ending in your body registering pain. Using it on someone is a one way ticket to prison. Poppy has given mum a potion to sooth those nerve endings. She's also under a dreamless sleep potion, mum will sleep through most of the healing. She will be sore when she wakes, some pain relief potion should see mum able to get up and about. Then we need to talk about what happens next, and you need to listen to our advice."
A gentle knock at the door saw Poppy coming from her own room and intercepting the couple who were standing there.
"We just wanted to see how Hermione's parents were?"
"Five minutes then, and keep things as quiet as possible."
Ron stepped in with Millie and suddenly had a tearful Hermione wrapped around him. "We were worried our friends would be staying back from us now."
Ron was smiling as Hermione then hugged Millie too. "Never going to happen, you should know better. When I told Bill it was Malfoy who gave Ginny that diary, he wanted your address so he could go and have a kick at the body. The gang's all behind you, one hundred percent. Sirius and Remus are talking with that blonde architect while Sprout deals with those other two professors. What I'm trying to say is we're good, so you can take your time and fix things here. Just having Bill around is already making Ginny feel so much better, thanks for that."
Squeezing Ron's shoulder in thanks for their support, Harry then passed on information he wanted everyone to know. "Thanks for that, mate - we've had quite the day. Malfoy was torturing Hermione's mum with the cruciatus curse, her dad was in a body bind and being made to watch. He said Parkinson would rape Emma, while Malfoy couldn't wait to get his hands on Hermione to show the mudblood her proper place. Hermione and I can't pretend we're sorry they're now dead, we're just happy the four of us got out of there alive."
Hermione was nodding in agreement. "We had arranged with Remus and Sirius that they would provide us with some training when we got here. Things have been so hectic though, there simply aren't enough hours in the day..." With a wide smile, Hermione was broadcasting to Harry how they could solve their problem.
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Sirius was very impressed with this young architect, and not just on a professional level. Francesca Rossi was a stunningly beautiful woman - and Sirius hadn't seen too many of them in the last decade. Remus was taking reams of notes, things he would need to ask Harry about, when Harry walked in the door.
"Shouldn't you be with the Grangers?"
"I am, but I can spare you an hour - then I need to get back there."
A grinning Sirius caught on at once, while Remus' relief was palpable. They were dealing with sums of money here Remus could hardly imagine, let alone be comfortable spending someone else's.
Francesca was soon getting the answers she needed, and found this young wizard to be very decisive. Harry on the other hand couldn't believe they hadn't thought about the institute having a pool, something they definitely wanted. They were done well within Harry's hour, and Francesca said she had more than enough to work with. She would go and prepare an initial set of drawings, perhaps even a scale model, before returning to present that to the rest of the staff. With a set of rough drawings, they could start to order building materials while the staff worked on the fine details of the plans. If they wanted this building up and ready by September, this was the only way it could happen.
As Francesca left, Harry could now concentrate more on Hermione's meeting which wasn't going as well as his. Their bond was still there when they used Hermione's time turner, though thankfully just with the Hermione who travelled back in time with him.
Harry entered the meeting just as an enraged Professor Vector was getting ready to storm out. Seeing Harry gave the professor a new target for her ire.
"A thousand years of history and you want to piss all over it! You're not even fourteen, yet Harry Potter knows better than everyone else. You can take your job offer and stuff it. I'm staying at Hogwarts, and going straight to Albus to tell him what you're up to."
"That is your right, and the portkey Gringotts provided will take you back. I need to do one thing first. Brutus, cold you ask Poppy to join us?"
As the elf popped away, Vector tried to push past Harry. Left with no option, he cast a body bind spell on the professor. "I'm really sorry about this. If Poppy gives you a clean bill of health, you can leave the institute immediately - with a formal apology from House Potter for this treatment."
Poppy soon arrived, giving Harry and Hermione funny looks since she passed them in the infirmary coming down here. "Poppy, can you check the professor for compulsions? I suspect our old friend has been up to his usual tricks."
Running her scans, Poppy's brows were soon furrowed. "I'm finding a compulsion but this time I think it's a new trick. There's something in her pocket I don't want to touch..."
Since they were rapidly running out of time, Harry used his ring to levitate a scroll from Professor Vector's pocket. Bathsheda recognised it immediately.
"That's the job offer from Hogwarts, I've got an identical scroll sitting on my desk at home."
Pomona was livid. "Dumbledore's putting compulsions on items now. I suppose it saves him having to personally visit and cast it on you himself. Septima, we have a Gringotts curse breaker staying with us at the moment. I want to get Bill Weasley to examine this and give his opinion." As Harry released his spell, Filius led a now confused Septima into another room - away from the scroll. Minerva went in search of Bill while Harry and Hermione really had to go, their hour was up.
Thinking they had just witnessed a casual display of wandless magic, Pomona and Bathsheda were left wondering just how powerful Harry Potter was.
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