Emma got the message her husband was sending, they would never threaten anyone again because they were now dead. She felt her daughter's hand slipping back into hers and Emma gave it a squeeze to indicate she understood and accepted what happened. "I need to apologise for putting you both in that position, I simply didn't believe people like that existed anymore."
Before they got to say anything else, Dobby arrived to say they had a visitor. "Bones lady is here. She be early for meeting but says very urgent she speaks with you."
It wasn't difficult to guess why she was here, they might as well get this over with. "Can you show her up here, Dobby, and see if Remus and Sirius are available?"
Nodding, Dobby popped away while Hermione was explaining to her parents exactly who Amelia was. With Emma not yet fit to leave her bed, the meeting would have to be held here. More chairs were moved around her bed so everyone could be seated. Seeing Hermione still holding Emma's hand, Dan moved to the other side of the bed and took his wife's free hand in his.
A shocked glance from Emma had Dan responding. "We need our entire family today, we'll face this together."
Dan's words had Hermione calling for Harry to sit on her other side, he promised to do so after greeting Amelia. While her parents were actually holding hands, Hermione was sure they noticed her mentally communicating with Harry. It also gave her a crazy idea. Harry liked the idea, but suggested they deal with the problems in front of them first.
Amelia arrived, accompanied by Sirius. Harry showed her to a seat just as Remus walked in too. He told Poppy she was welcome to stay before sitting next to Hermione and holding her other hand.
From the display of family unity in front of her, Amelia could tell they were expecting bad news - and she had plenty of bad news to give them.
"Ok, let's get right down to it. A display of accidental magic from the Grangers' home last night saw the Ministry send an investigative team there. They found Draco Malfoy kneeling beside his dead father and Edmund Parkinson - who was also dead. Two pure-bloods killed by muggle methods in a muggle home has the Ministry in meltdown. Fudge was ready to order a squad of aurors to drag the Grangers into the Ministry, and I heard Dumbledore telling him they needed to revoke your lordship - he claimed you were out of control."
"What Dumbledore means is I'm out of his control. Fuck, could this be any messier?"
Hermione not only felt Harry's anger, she shared it too. "Harry, I know we didn't want to fight the Ministry, Dumbledore and Voldemort at the same time. I don't think we have an option now. We have to hit back, and hit hard..."
"Miss Granger, I don't know that you can do that..."
Harry was all over Amelia, instantly ripping Fudge's entire argument to shreds by providing information that changed everything. "The heads of House Malfoy and Parkinson illegally entered a warded Potter property and, in full Death Eater garb, used an unforgivable curse to attack members of my family who were living in my property at the time. House Potter stands ready to declare Blood Feud against these houses. The recognised Steward of House Potter will deliver the relevant documents to the Ministry of Magic today. Amelia, can I ask how they got through those wards so quickly?"
A totally shocked Amelia answered without even thinking. "They used wardstones, highly illegal and a certain stay in Azkaban if you are even in possession of a set."
This set Hermione off. "All that evidence against the attackers and Fudge wants to sweep it all under the carpet by going after my parents. Harry, I think Italian citizenship for both of us just shot right to the top of our to-do list. I also think we need Luna in here. Hell, let's invite everyone. If we're going public with this, let's get it all out in the open."
Sirius and Remus both tried to talk them down from this, but could soon see they were wasting their breath. Harry at least tried to explain their stance on this matter.
"We're being boxed into a corner, our only option is to come out swinging and punching. I don't want the first time our friends know about this to be when they read about it in the Quibbler. We're asking people to change their jobs, change their very lives, they deserve to know what's going on. We're not Dumbledore or the Ministry, no compulsion charms and no lies here."
No one was surprised when Hermione backed her betrothed. "Our friends' support over what happened yesterday meant the world to us. Again, we're asking them to uproot their lives and follow us out of Britain - they deserve to know why."
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