Chapter 4: Huh? and Gringotts
(A/N) AU. Well slightly. Harry & 'Mione don't go to Rons house (cos i dont like the twat) and continue working on the Animagus forms (I know I spelt it Animangus previously don't rub it in) and learn to prank from the Marauder Guide. They also become masters at Transfiguration, Charms and potions.
Great ways to prank people- think of the possibilities. Malfoy the Ferret, Ron the pig, Ginny the cow... Dumbledore... well I'm not sure yet... maybe a meercat (dont ask why lol) and molly the sheep (she practically follows Dumbldore around like Ginny does Harry). Potions, well, had infinite possibilites. Can you imagine ol' Dumbles with no hair and beard? Or Ginny? Or a bowel-releasing potion for Malfoy... in the middle of the Great Hall? It would be ROFL all round!
Sorry for not updating sooner. My dad thought it'd be a great idea to not let us on the internet or the computer for a couple of days, hence I couldn't update.
At 10:35am, after breakfast, Harry and Hermione began to glow a pale white colour. All four of them were in the living room resting before more talks later in the day. This signified the completion of the soul-bond and now they were joined, feelings could be felt by the other person. Dan and Emma suspected that they would complete the bond but didn't expect the glow, hence the screaming Emma, waving a frying pan around dangerously trying to find the source of the apparent attack on her daughter and her boyfriend/ soon-to-be husband.
It was all quite amusing watching Emma but Dan had stepped in, covering his laughing with coughs and pointed out the peaceful look they had about them. He finally managed to calm down his wife, enough for her to put the pan back and to sit down.
The had found out the hard way that interfering with the soul-bond completion had amusing, but painful, consequences. Dan poked Hermione in the shoulder only to be tossed back, much like a ragdoll and went face-first into his seat, which he had slipped off groaning.
When he got up, she couldn't blame him for holding his face in his hands. Thrown at that speed you were bound to have the chairs patterns imprinted, in red lines, on your face for a while. It had to sting a little. But it was funny for Emma, how laughed at her husbands
The two recovered five minutes later. Both were happy and generally glad. Harry because he had Hermione and couldn't be forced into love with love potions. Hermione because she was with Harry and he was hers now.
Later that afternoon the goblin procession that included the goblin Sharptooth, the fifty-four other guards. They came to the porch of the mansion, met by Harry, his new wife, Hermione and her parents. Dan and Emma stayed at the doorway whilst the goblin, Sharptooth moved Harry and Hermione away. Sharptooth greeted the new Lord Potter with a friendly handshake. "Good afternoon Mr. Potter." He greeted, smiling.
"Good morning, Sharptooth. It's Harry, Sharptooth, just Harry." Harry returned the greeting. "Say hello to the new Mrs. Potter." he said, pulling Hermione forward. She was blushing lightly, being introducted as Mrs. Potter after fancying/ loving Harry since the troll incident in first year. She hadn't had big ideas; she wasn't expecting Harry to like her that way, in return. But he did, he had admitted it, which had overjoyed her.
Realising she needed to greet the goblin she moved in front of Harry and took Sharptooth's hand in her own and shook it. "Good afternoon senior goblin."
Said goblin smiled at them. To Harry he asked. "So you decided to go through with the bonding process? Good... You can come to Gringotts to finalize you emancipation and take your place as Head of the Family of House Potter, House Gryffindor and House Ravenclaw. It'll be a bit of a mouthful speaking your full title after it's done, so I suggest taking one surname."
Harry looked at Hermione, thinking. "If it's ok with Hermione, since we're together, I'd like to keep my name." Hermione nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, it's good with me." She was quiet for a second then. "You realise we share the same initials don't you? Harry James Potter and Hermione Jane Potter. H.J.P."
He smiled warmly at her, her heart began beating a bit faster. Sharptooth cleared his throat, wondering how many more times he would have to do that with this new couple. "The rest of your guard is here." Motioning behind him. "We need to sign some papers with a blood-quill." He searched in his pockets. Finding the item he was talking about he held it up. "These are illegal." When their faces went stony he quickly carried on. "Unless you signing emancipation papers or other important magical documents. In this case it's your promises. Signing will prevent you from breaking it off until formally notifiying a senior Teller."
Harry nodded at gently placed his arm round Hermione. "Come on, let's go inside and deal with it in there." A cold wind streamed through the air, it had to be un-natural; half an hour ago it was a beautiful summer day, a beautiful clear sky with the threes gently swaying had turned into a cloudy, grey, lifeless and cold area.
The goblins, Harry and Hermione, realising the danger, moved to Dan and Emma. Dan and Emma were clueless and couldn't see Dementors, they would think the weather was being funny or that it was magic. They weren't far off. Both parents could see their child and in-law running towards them waving their arms; motioning for something. They rightly assumed that something was wrong and went inside, standing right next to eachother, frightened.
One hundred metres outside the outer wards were being tested. Dementors had appeared, not many, only a few. They were chasing after something that much was certain. Harry turned, from getting Dan and Emma inside his house, to seeing a small figure of a man moving away fast, with the dementors floating closer to him. Quickly deciding to do something, Harry shouted. "Expecto Patronum!" The only known way to get rid of a Dementor. Prongs sprang from Harry's wand and charged into the Dementors, cathcing them with his antlers. The goblin's, having no spells of their own to get rid of Dementors, only being able to ward areas against the vile creatures.
The man stumbled over to Harry, who was in a protective circle of nine goblins. The goblins took him in and moved him to their camp to be interrogated. Sharptooth grabbed Harry's attention again. "Harry, we need to visit Gringotts. Albus Dumbledore is arriving there to make sure something like this doesn't happen."
That shocked Harry out've his frozen state. He quickly moved to Hermione to ask if she wanted to come, to which the answer was an obvious 'yes'. Hermione took her husbands hand and came over to the goblin. "Can you take us there now please?"
Sharptooth nodded, grabbed their hands and used the goblin Apparition to bypass the Potter Mansions wards.
The trio landed in the confrence room to dicuss the emancipation. Apparently the goblins were expecting Harry and Hermione to go through with their bond. There were two goblins on either side of Director Ragnok, goblins, Harry presumed, were advisors.
"Good morning, young Harry. Please take a seat." Ragnok snapped his fingers and a comfortable looking chair appeared. Harry thanked him before sinking into the chair, shuffling to get into a comfy position. Hermione took the seat next to him.
Ragnok stood. "The meeting for the emancipation request by Harry James Gryffindor-Ravenclaw Potter or in short Harry Jame Potter. The Mr. Potter requested this to get himself removed from his abusive relatives who treated him like a house-elf." Stressing certain points to get his view across. "He also is under the manipulations of Albus Dumbledore, who has illegally imprisioned Mr. Potter's innocent, legal godfather. Mr. Dumbledore illegally proclaimed himself Mr. Potter's legal guardian while not giving Sirius Black a trial." The advisory goblins were scowling at Dumbledore.
Ragnok took a breather and asked for water and gave a cup to each goblin and one to Harry and Hermione, before continuing. "Mr. Dumbledore has also signed illegal marriage documents for Harry James Potter and Ginerva Molly Weasley, using his apparent status of Mr. Potters magical guardian." The four goblins were straining their urges to rip and gut Albus Dumbledore and were trying bloody hard.
Harry and Hermione were white at Dumbledore's list of offences, and Ragnok wasn't done yet. "Albus Dumbledore's earliest offence was placing Mr. Potter with with Aunt and Uncle." The words were spat out, menacingly. "He placed him there to set up illegal blood wards to guard Mr. Potter. While these were efficent they did nothing to help inside the house. Mr. Potter was subject to malnutrition, beatings and mental beatings. According to Mr. Potter he was called a 'freak' on a daily basis, until he began believing it."
The goblins were besides themselves. Their knuckles gripping their chairs, until their hands were bone-white. Most of the goblins were imagining they were crushing Dumbledores throat or other painful places.
Ragnok sighed and spoke to the goblins on either side of him. "The list carries on, my friends." He looked at Harry, who was holding a crying Hermione. "To prevent a waste of time I will not carry on listing offences. We," he indicated the goblins and himself. "have brought the three Head of Family rings for you, Mr Potter. Mrs. Potter," Hermione sliently thrilled at being called Mrs. Potter. "will obtain the Lady of the Potter Family ring. The other Families didn't make one for the Lady." He responded to Hermione's questioning look.
Harry spoke, hand clutching his head from the infomation. His Occlumency foldering all the new infomation. "Do the ring's show at all times?"
A goblin to Ragnoks immediate left responded. "No. They remain hidden unless you purposley show them to someone. In addition, the Ravenclaw and Gryffindor rings will automatically merge into one ring. They will seperate on your order."
Ragnok rubbed his forhead. "Take the rings if you wish Mr. and Mrs. Potter. The benefits will be multiple and will be explained if you take them."
Harry and Hermione looked at eachother, then at the four rings in front of them. One was red and had a lion on it, obviously Gryffindors. A purple ring with a golden eagle, Ravenclaws and finally the Potter rings. Each had a silver background with a deep purple trimming round the edges and a blood-red sword down the middle.
Harry was the first to speak when they took their eyes from the rings. "What do you think?"
Hermione smiled. Taking care not to bare her teeth, a sign of disrespect amongst goblins. "Let's see. Get you away from the Dursleys, out from under Dumbledores thumb and I get to keep you to myself." He grinned at her, her heart softened. "It will also prevent you marrying Ginny."
Harry went pale at a thought. "God!" The goblins and Hermione jumped at his raised voice. "Mum... Ginny... similar looks... shit..."
The goblins and Hermione paled as well. What Harry was trying to convey was Ginny reminded, and looked slightly like, Harry's mum Lily Potter. That just wasn't right. Pretty disgusting.
Hermione looked at Harry, who wasn't feeling well. "I think for that reason alone we'll be taking those rings." At her words Harry leaped up, startling the goblins, and grabbed the three rings he was supposed to wear and jammed him onto his finger. They re-sized to fit his fingers perfectly. Hermione was chuckling at the eagerness on his face.
The Gryffindor and Ravenclaw rings blurred and changed into a light purple with a red trimming. Hermione smiled at him studying the rings and took her own from the table. Ragnok and the other goblins were sharing glances smiling slightly at eachother.
The goblin on Ragnoks far right stood and spoke. "Congratulations Lord and Lady Potter. You're both offically emancipated. You are both above the Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery, furthermore you have control over all the Potter holdings in the various stores, magic and muggle." He looked at Harry. "You, having married Hermione Jane, have negated the marriage contracts set up by Dumbledore. It is likely he will try and overturn your emancipation, which he can't. If you handle things correctly and get a trial for Sirius Orion Black, and get Dumbledore placed in Azkaban." He grinned ferally at the idea.
Hermione looked thoughtful. "Can you draw up a list of Dumbledores offences? Getting Sirius a trial won't be easy but when he does, proving his innocence should be quite easy." Harry gave her a questioning look, so she listed why. "Vertiserum, Magical oaths and your parents journals, which detail their change in secret-keeper."
Harry nodded, it would be quite easy to help his godfather. "Ragnok can you send a letter to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement? Keep it vague though. Point out that I would like to speak with the Head of the Department to get a trial for Sirius Black."
Ragnok nodded and motioned for one of his advisors to write up the letter. "I will dictate as follows. To Madame Bones, Head of the DMLE. I, Ragnok Director of Gringotts wizarding bank, on behalf of Lord Harry James Potter have a request. Lord Potter understands that his godfather, Sirius Orion Black, never recieved a trial despite much more violent Death Eaters recieving trials. Lord Potter searched through evidence and can prove that Sirius Orion Black is free of guilt. Mr. Albus Dumbledore must not be present for this meeting since he was the one to places Mr. Black in Azkaban without a trial, which Mr. Potter believes is very suspicious. Good Day, Ragnok, Director of Gringotts Wizarding Bank."
"Thank you Ragnok." Harry gave his thanks. "I would like to go back to Potter Mansion. Please inform Madame Bones to meet me at The Three Broomsticks in two days at 1:00pm."
Ragnok nodded to another goblin who wrote it down and sent it off. "It's done Lord Potter."
Harry chuckled quietly. "It's still Harry. May I call you friend?"
Rangok looked stumped for a second, before he recovered. "You may, Lor- I mean Harry."
Harry smiled and took Sharptooths arm, who promptly apparated out've the bank into the living room of Potter Mansion. Dan and Emma leapt off the sofa and engulfed the two teens in hugs. Pulling back from her hug with Harry, which was rather comfy, and Emma asked. "What was that outside? Where did you go for half an hour?"
Harry smiled at took her arm and moved to the sofa and sat next to her."Calm down Emma, it's okay." He gave her a hug. "The chill you felt was a group of creatures called Dementors, they are disgusting creatures who suck all the happiness from the world and force you to re-live your worst memories."
Emma was naturally curious, like her daughter. "What did you re-live?"
Harry changed from being strong to looking vulnerable. "I- I relived the moment my mum gave her life to s-save m-mine." Tears were gently falling. Hermione sat on his other side and wrapped her husband in a strong hug, tenderly kissing away the tears. "It's ok Harry. It's fine." She was quiet while he hugged her back. "We can carry on trying to finish the Animagi potions and learning from your parents okay?" The change in his mood was immediate.
The next two days were filled with learning pranks and various other subjects. Hermione and Harry were eager to learn proper potions not 'Instructions are on the board. You have two hours' since it was a crap teaching method. Harry was also learning all about what came with being owner of Hogwarts castle. It was very interesting.
He learnt a lot of interesting things. For example, he found that he could sack teacher's who were un-fit or improper in their conduct. He also learned that Hogwarts was a sentient being; after the Founders had put so much of their magic into the building, it had evolved into something more.
The Animagi potion was going very well, although it had to simmer for a couple of days before adding the final ingredient and then having to leave it for two weeks, which left them a week to practise before going back to school on september first.
It was 12:55 pm and Harry, Hermione accompanied by her parents entered The Three Broomsticks for lunch with Amelia Bones or Madame Bones. The director of the DMLE was enthusiastic in her response. She, having known Sirius from school, didn't believe that he was capable of betraying James and Lily or going bad.
At exactly 1:00pm the head of the DMLE entered the pub and spotted Hermione and Harry, who were looking at her, and walked over to the pair. Giving small smiles the two teens motioned for her to sit down. "Good afternoon Madame Bones. From you being here, I trust you are interested in helping Sirius?"
"I am, Lord Potter." She replied, remembering his elevation in society, before continuing "Can I see this evidence? And what was that about Dumbledore having offences?" She inquired.
Harry smiled at her, her heart softened, and motioned for the waiter for three butterbeers. "Well, we don't have the evidence here right know but you will see it. Same thing with the Dumbledore situation. For now enjoy the drink... You have eaten?"
Bones nodded. "Yes, thank you." She took a sip of her butterbeer and spoke. "Shall we go?"
Harry and Hermione nodded and called. "Dobby!" A quick crack later and the elf was in front of them. "Can you take us to my home please?"
The ever-eager elf nodded and grabbed Harry's hand, which was link to Hermiones, and took Amelia Bones' in the other. A pop and the pub had three less humans and minus an elf.
Back at Potter Manor said peoples arrived in the living room, much to Dan and Emma's shock which they quickly recovered from. Amelia Bones looked at the two of them. "We haven't been introduced. I'm Amelia Bones Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement." She held out her hand, which they took.
The two parent Grangers smiled nervously. Dan spoke first. "We're Hermione's parents. Nice to meet you."
Harry rushed upstairs with Hermione leaving the two adult Grangers to talk with Amelia.
Upstairs the two teens were rushing, after making sure the Animagus potion was still going well, around their shared study grabbing proof. Sirius's documents and Dumbledore's loaded their arms. Carefully they made their way back downstairs to talk.
What they saw was Amelia Bones, ex-auror, Head of Law Enforcement chatting to Dan and Emma like they were best friends.
Harry and Hermione walked into the room and set down the piles of paperwork they had done. Amelia looked at them, then looked at the amount of paper as if to say 'you've got to be kidding me'. Sighing in realisation that this would be a long day.
(A/N) Again i'm so sorry for not updating sooner. My step-dad thought it would be a great idea to keep me off the computer for two days so I couldn't write or update.
The chapters will keep coming though. I'm just sorry I couldn't give a A/N sooner telling you why I wasn't updating, but then I suppose you wouldn't have liked me about giving an authors note.
The next chapter will have some Dumbledore bashing and Sirius's trial.
Chapter 5: Creation and Sirius's trial
(A/N) A big thanks to all the reviewers. Glad to hear you enjoy my story. One of the reviewers mentioned something about copying the evidence a simple Geminiocopying spell will do this. This chapter is about 1,500 words bigger than average.
Also another bit of the AU part is that Remus (one of my favourite characters – bloody furious with JK for killing him off- *mad face*) Lupin also known as Moony is still the DADA teacher. I reasoned it out trust me.
1. All the parents are from his generation and knew him at school. At school he was well-mannered, kind and friendly. True they didn't know of his affliction or 'furry little problem' but I think that they'll look past that to the kind person they knew.
2. Moody was supposedly the 'best auror the ministry ever had'. Wormtail is damn near usless with a wand and Crouch Jr who had been in Azkaban for a while and under the imperious curse for a while isn't likely to have his head on straight. SO I don't see how a partial mad-man and a usless rat can beat Alastor Moody.
(Disclaimer) You can't be serious? If I was JKR (and had a sex change *not a happy face*) there would be no Ron/Hermione EVER because it's simply gross. Hermione Jane Weasley *vomits*. I would also need an insane amount of money. I don't a 14 year-old with under $100,000 is gonna be able to buy Harry Potter.
Madame Bones had spent the rest of the day there. From 2:00pm until 10:00pm she sat and read the massive amount of documents, and wasn't happy with what she found. Some of them were speculations on the part of Harry and Hermione about Sirius being placed in Azkaban without a trial and wondering if Dumbledore wanted Sirius out've the way so he could gain Harry's trust.
Another speculation, which was indefinitely more severe, was if Dumbledore placed Harry with the Dursley's so Harry would be more willing to ask for help and be pliable. Dumbledore had, according to the goblins, used illegal blood wards to provide protection. He apparently forgot that Vernon and Petunia had a phobia of magic which would lead them, when they found Harry doing 'freaky things', to beatings and lack of food.
The illegal gaining of Harry's guardianship was enough to place Dumbledore in Azkaban, which, was essentially useless. If Sirius could manage it and be only three-quarters of Dumbledores's full power, which was considerable, Dumbledore could leave at will.
So Amelia had left after much more reading than she had planned, she hadn't planned to do any in reality, and set up a trial for Sirius's innocence. The Wizengamot was definitely against the idea, except those that had known the man, but when Amelia said she had proof they reluctantly agreed. Well... she didn't say she had proof exactly... she said she had a written demand from Lord Harry James Gryffindor-Ravenclaw Potter. The Wizengamot's, as one, members jaws' dropped to the floor scrambling to agree to the knew Lord Potter; hoping to try and get into his good books.
It was laughable what they were attempting. Agreeing to get into his good books, not realising they were the reason that they were the reason Mr. Black used to be in Azkaban. Nonetheless the demand worked and Harry got his trial for his godfather. They set it in one week.
Harry was laughing at the Wizengamot when Amelia, who now knew of the Fidelius Charm on Potter Mansion, reported to him that his request/ demand had been granted. Hermione was chuckling with him, while snuggling on the couch watching Amelia Bones's head as it spoke to them.
"Those silly buggers!" Harry laughed. "I'll have to knock them down a few before they realise a few things, though I am glad that you will be in charge of the trial and not Dumbledore." He spoke to Amelia.
He had had meetings with the goblin Sharptooth earlier who had informed him that Dumbledore had set up a 1,500 galleon transfer to the Weasley family per month. Harry thought Dumbledore was insane. Had the old crack-head never thought that Harry would try and find out? That Harry would never want to learn more? He had requested that the goblin cease the transfers and return all the money that was taken, which was considerable. Well it wasn't much of Harry's 195 billion-galleon fund, but 250,000 galleons could easily pay for twenty-five houses well-sized houses.
Harry had only been lazy at school because of his past experience. In his muggle school he had more or less been Hermione in boy-form. Intelligent, bookworm and friendless because of the first two reasons. Not to mention Dudley and his herd of pricks. Frighteningly unintelligent, dim-witted, slow, overweight. Everything that Harry wasn't.
With Harry's marriage and emancipation he was free from the Dursley's putting his cleverness down and hurting him mentally and physically. Now he had a great set of people he considered father and mother figures and a fabulous influence in the form of his new wife, Hermione.
He loved Hermione, he told her so every night, though he was new to the whole love business he tried his best to be good for her, something he thought she apperciated. With positive influences on his life and knowing the deception that was most his life, Harry was dying to learn as he once had.
Hermione had been overjoyed that Harry, deep down, was as clever as she was just didn't show it. He didn't want to be put in the spotlight and had been beaten if he had done very well in class. That was then, this was now. She was seeing the true Harry; the one who loved reading and learning, the one that loved and cared for her openly and the one that made her feel wanted and needed.
Amelia's head had left the fireplace for sleep. Hermione was wondering when it would be her turn for sleep. Harry opened his drooping eyelids. "C'mon all, let's go to bed. God knows most of us need it. Come on 'Mione, dear." Harry didn't use words like that often; it simply wasn't him to do that, always prefering her name to 'baby, love, babe' or any other word based along those lines.
Hermione mumbled incoherently into his shoulder, where she was currently resting her head. Harry leaned down, so his mouth was at her ear. "I love you, 'Mione. Come on we need to go to bed."
So they did. Well... Hermione mumbled more and Harry lifted her up, glad of the muscles he had developed working for the Dursleys.
Hermione lay on top of Harry, drooped over his chest, running her fingers gently over his well-developed abdominal muscles; staring into his captivating emerald eyes. "So beautiful..." He murmered, playing with her hair gently. He couldn't believe he hadn't noticed Hermione before and hadn't considered her for a girlfriend when she was the only girl who had made a true effort to get to know the real him and not the boy-who-lived.
She blushed lightly and smiled warmly at him. "Thank you Harry." Then came the change in subject. "What are we going to do for the goblins and Dobby?"
His hand made it's way to her cheek and tenderly began stroking with his thumb. "What do you mean?"
"Where are they going to live? We, or you, have an insane amount of money we could use some of it to build them a small villiage. We have over one hundred acres of land, this place could become a small wizarding village." She was getting excited over her idea.
Harry looked thoughtful. "Yeah it could, couldn't it? Have a small, close together village. Goblins, house-elves and humans. I don't really fancy any dark creatures so we can ask the goblins and elves who will occupy the place to set up wards; since they have stronger warding magic than we do. You're my wife Hermione, you own everything I do. "
Hermione yawned and settled her head on his chest. Harry smiled lightly. "I think it's time to go to sleep for the night."
No reply came.
The next day they set their idea into motion, calling Ragnok asking for materials and giving him their idea. The goblin Director of Gringotts was happy to learn that they planned on giving equal rights to all members of the small community.
Building designs were drawn up by the goblins, who also wanted to open a small Gringotts branch, and buidling materials were brought in. Harry and Hermione had found that house-elves were very willing to help Harry after his saving Dobby. Their eagerness was not lost on Hermione but that didn't mean she enjoyed making them work.
Harry had attempted to calm his wife down and offered pay and days off. Simply put, it didn't go down well. The elves were all over Harry begging to know what they had done wrong and what they could do to make up for it. Hermione watched on as her husband, oh how she loved being able to use that word and Harry was the reason, tried to reason with the elves.
Eventually she had realised her husband wasn't getting anywhere and finally stepped in and told them to calm down and get back to work. She hadn't liked telling other intelligent life-forms what to do but found that house-elves lived and breathed work.
Going back inside from a trying three hours of work Harry, hand-in-hand with Hermione, went back to Potter Manor. The Mansion stood tall and proud, overlooking the surrounding countryside and beautiful gardens. It was currently home to six beings and two visitors. Harry, Hermione, her parents; Dan and Emma, Sharptooth and Dobby were residents. Madame Bones and her niece, Susan Bones, were irregular guests.
The two teens opened the door and moved to the kitchen for a quick bite and something to drink. Dobby, as alwasy, was ready and had one of Harry's favourite muggle foods; a dish called 'eggy-bread'. God damn it tasted good. There was also a can of coke each. Dan and Emma, who were previously dentists before getting 250,000 galleons which was £2,500,000, were not impressed with their daughters sugar intake.
Harry and Hermione excused themselves from the table and went to the Potter Potions Wing to add the final ingredient to the Animagi potion. "Lets do this." Hermione began. She seperated the potion into two different vials and added twenty-five grams of powdered dragon claw, from the stores, into the solution which changed into a light blue colour. Harry did the same for his.
Taking his potion from him, Hermione placed it on a rack hanging over a small fire. They needed two weeks for it to simmer now, and a week after that was back to school. It wasn't a pleasent line of thought for the both of them. Learning Dumbledore's manipulations, Ron's inferiority complex and Ginny's love-potions did not make it a good idea to think about school.
They would have to get new friends, most likely Luna and Neville since the two knew Harry rather well. Hermione had heard of 'loony' Luna Lovegood and the rumors of her being severely bullied. Harry's natural need-to-help people came into play when she explained it on the couch, back in the living room.
"I'll talk to professer Flitwick about it." Harry stated. "If he doesn't do something, which is unlikely, I will have to use my position as Heir of Hogwarts to do something about it." Harry had come to terms with the power he would wield over many, many people. While he was horrorfied by the thought of controlling the school but it did help him when Hermione had pointed out it was better him than someone like Malfoy.
"Good... what i don't understand is why she didn't say anything about it sooner." Hermione wondered. Her brain quickly processed the thought. "She must have been worried that the whole thing would escalate. It happened to me when I was in muggle school." She sniffled slightly. The torment of the girls and boys in her year ridicluing her had never left her.
Harry moved right against her and gently kissed her soft lips. Hermione's thoughts immediatly left and she returned the kiss.
They sat on the sofa, snuggling, watching the fireplace and the dancing flames that occupied it. Lethal beauty. Harry thought as he gazed at the fire. The flickering flames flared slightly and died back down. Mesmerising was definitely the right word in this situation.
Hermione was first to speak, moving closer to Harry from under his arm. "I wonder what animal we will be..."
Harry nodded into her hair, which smelt like vanilla; delicious. "Me too. I'm hoping for a animal like Padfoot. I definitely don't want it to attract attention and be large, only large enough and fast enough to fight I i have to. Maybe something slightly more vicious than Padfoot."
Hermione took Harry's words in like a sponge and an animal popped into her head. "A wolf would sounds perfect for you. They don't fight unless they must; prefering to save energy for hunting purposes. They're related to the dog family and are more dangerous than a dog, even Padfoot."
Padfoot was a very large black dog. He stood, on four feet obviously, at just over a metre. He had broken Ron's leg, which the red head still hadn't forgiven, by tugging overly hard. Padfoot was definitely a strong, dangerous animal. Much like the person he represented; Sirius. Said person survived thriteen years in Azkaban and kept his sanity, unlike many of the other prisioners who went insane from over-exposure from Dementors.
"Yeah, it does sound like a good choice. If I could reach Padfoot's height, it would be nice." Harry commented on Hermione's idea for his animagus form.
"Not to mention wolves are very beautiful, have a playful nature and are warm at night." Harry laughed at the last part, taking the hint. They hadn't gone to sleep the way they usually did last night and Hermione found herself cold without Harry's arms round her.
Hermione was thinking of how nice it would be to have a soft, furry wolf that she could cuddle up to... as long as the molting thing didn't get out've hand... hmm, she'd have to work on that. A thought struck her. "We have a soul-bond right?" Harry nodded in affirmative so she carried on. "Would that have any effect on our Animagus forms?"
Harry thought about it. He had read in his parents' journals that they had a soul-bond as well. Idly he wondered if they had a portrait in this house or another that he now owned. He remember he owed Hermione an answer.
"From my mother's diaries she was a doe and my patronus, which was my father's form, I think it might affect the transformation. I just hope it goes straight the first time and we can do it from then on."
The rest of the week passed with the building of small village. Considering the sixty goblins and hundred house-elves that had come there, they needed very little room. Elves didn't grow over three and a half feet and goblins didn't go over 4 feet. Which was fortunate.
They decided to open shops selling goods that were specific to their race. For example the Potter house-elves, which came from their various houses, brewed potions better than any other and far more potentcy with some of the potions. The blood-replenishing potions brewed by elves generated twice the amount of the average wizard-made one.
Fortunately no-one was bothering the villiage while it set up. It was part of the Fidelius Charm that surrounded the entire Potter Mansion and the grounds. No-one could bother them.
The goblins had set up a smaller version of Gringotts bank at the small settlement. All the materials used were the same and the goblins had begun constructing vaults with their knowledge that no-one else was privy to. They set up a vault for the house-elves that lived and worked in the area and for themselves.
They had the foresight to, just in case, build a wizarding bunker. It had so many wards on it and had enough space and resources to last two-hundred beings just over half a year in it. The wards were not all good; some of them were lethal and seriously hurt as a goblin, who volunteered to test them, found out. He had only done so when Ragnok and twelve of the Goblin Nation's best healers were watching him.
He had been violently thrown back, unconscious, with broken legs and a cut that started on his upper thigh and finished at his ankle. The healers had healed him quickly as possible and forced an elven bloody-replenishing potion down his throat. The goblins and elves that had warded it told the goblin he was fortunate; the wards randomly chose which bone to break, it could've easily been his neck or ribs.
No-one except those that were allowed through the wards went near them again. Wise, huh?
Today, however, was the trial for Harry's godfather, dogfather or surrogate parent. Sirius had been owled the Mansions location and recieved a letter demanding he come quickly.
Sirius and Buckbeak landed on the gravel leading up the drive. He stayed on Buckbeak's back because of his broken leg after falling off from a flying accident. Siriuc inwardly chuckled, it had been a stupid mistake joking with the Hippogriff. As soon they were ten feet in the air Buckbeak had tipped to the left, startling Sirius and caused him to fall off.
Sirius had grumbled but was happy that someone could still joke around... he never insulted Buckbeak again.
He saw Harry, Hermione, two elder people; who he assumed was Hermione's parents, a goblin and a house-elf. Buckbeak moved towards them, he was happy to see the two-legs with black-hair again. Harry reached for Sirius. "Hey Sirius! How have you been?" Harry was very happy to see his godfather.
"Pretty shit actually." Sirius joked. "I insulted Buckbeak, here." He patted Buckbeaks side. "And he decided to throw me off the next time we took off." He laughed. After he calmed down he asked. "Anything interesting on your side Pronglet?"
"A lot. I got emancipated, married, built a village, learning to prank Marauder-style and I'm learning to be an Animagus with Hermione." Harry laughed at Sirius's face as he slowly processed Harry's words. It quickly turned to shock.
Sirius's face brightened. "I take it your reading 'The Marauders Guide to Pranks and What to do if they go wrong'." He mentally went through the list. "You're married? To whom?"
Harry pulled Hermione in front of him and wrapped his arms round her waist. "This beautiful girl. Hermione Jane Potter."
Sirius smirked. "Bet she's the cleverest wtich of her year aren't you Hermione? And have a great love for books?" She nodded. "Like grandfather, like father, like son! If only James and Lils could see you two." He finished, a little sadly. "And what do you mean building a village?"
Hermione leant back into Harry and explained. "Well we signed a load of paperwork at Gringotts a while back and we're now friends with the Director Ragnok. He spent us sixty goblin warriors to protect us so we decided to build them and the house-elves that work for us a small village to purchase unique goods and a Gringotts branch has opened."
Harry nodded at her words. "Now Sirius there is someone we want you to meet."
Sirius moved round Harry to see Hermione's parents. He strode over and grasped their hands in a strong handshake. "Hey!" He peered at them acting like a pureblood-bigot, though not quite as bad. "You two seem ok... I guess I won't kill you... yet."
The two Grangers whitened as he fingered his wand. Harry kicked his godfather in the arse, who grabbed his right buttock and began massaging it. "Stop it Sirius." He told his godfather off before turning to Emma, who was hiding behind Dan and he didn't look much better. "It's fine you two, really it's fine he loves messing people around. Sirius... have you used your wand for anything yet?"
"Nope! I realised that if I ever got a trial the first thing they would do, except shoving a litre of vertiserum down my throat, is check my wand." Sirius replied. "Hence why I haven't healed my broken leg."
Hermione whipped her wand out and said. "Episkey!" Sirius groaned as his leg made a cracking sound as the bone healed. "There you go all better." She said sweetly. Harry leaned down and kissed her cheek and gave the answer Sirius was trying to get out.
"Thanks for helping him darling." She smiled at Harry's words.
Harry called. "Come over here Amelia!" She came over grinning like a maniac.
Sirius stopped and whipped out his wand and pointed it at her. "One more step..." He threatened.
"Sirius, you're very good with a wand but I'm not here to place you in jail." She replied. She didn't seem to happy.
"You betrayed me..." He said sorrowfully. His head drooped.
"I tried to get you a trial... I knew you couldn't have done that to James. Dumbledore wouldn't have it. I tried, please believe me." She returned in an upset voice. Harry and Hermione were shocked... what was this? Apparently Sirius and Amelia had err... something going.
He sighed and raised his head. "Of course I forgive you. I know you aren't the Chief Warlock... I'll be talking to Dumbledore and he will not like the talk. Come here." He opened his arms and Amelia walked over to him and gave him a strong hug.
Hermione, moved by the unfolding scene, decided for a timely interruption. "We have got you a trial Sirius."
The man looked at her amazment in his eyes. Holding Amelia still he double checked he heard right. "Did I hear correctly or is the insanity finally creeping up?" He asked, hardly daring to believe it.
"It's true." Harry confirmed. "Let's get you inside. I will need to take your wand Sirius. They're likely to snap it at the sight of ' a deranged mass-murderer" His godfather laughed and handed his wand over to him. Harry carried on while walking towards the house, holding Hermiones hand. "We have the floo open for five minutes and your trial begins as soon as you arrive."
"Are you sure the evidence is indisputable?" Sirius asked nervously. He definitely did not want to go back to Azkaban. Or be snogged by a Dementor.
"Definitely." Harry replied, confidant. "We also have enough evidence to get Dumbledore in Azkaban, but we figured that was pointless."
Sirius smiled. They walked to the porch and opened the door. Sirius already knew his way around, being invited over so oftenly by James over the years. "I'll go to the living room while you get everything then." He left with Amelia at his side.
Harry and Hermione rushed upstairs to their study to grab all the considerable paperwork before charging downstairs again. They met Sirius and Amelia who were standing by the fireplace with a handful of floo-powder. Harry and Hermione passed half their paperwork to Sirius and Madam Bones, grabbed a handful of floopowder themselves.
Harry conjured the Potter crest for Sirius, the crest went on the shoulder of his robes. Taking care to make sure that the paperwork didn't fly all over the place when they arrived at the courtroom they cast a stasis charm on the documents.
They nodded and, as one, threw their floo-powder into the fireplace, which flared green. Harry and Hermione informed Sirius of their destination. They stepped into it and called out. "Ministry of Magic, courtroom 13!"
The Wizengamot was chatting away to themselves about various topics; new bribes, pureblood laws but above all they were talking about Sirius Black and his trial scheduled in five minutes.
Their fire erupted in magical green flames and four people stepped out. Lord and Lady Potter, who wore their formal robes; made by Dobby earlier that day, Sirius Black and Amelia Bones. The head of the DMLE moved to talk her place as her judge over the court.
"We are gathered today to witness the trial for Sirius Orion Black. Mr. Black how do you plead?" She asked him. Sirius was sat in the chair and looked like he didn't have a care in the world.
"Not guilty." He replied in a calm voice.
"The charges are as follows: Mr. Black betrayed the former Lord and Lady Potter to their deaths on October 31st 1981. After said betrayal, Mr. Black supposedly killed Peter Pettigrew and thriteen other muggles. The court calls the defense forward."
Harry stood and walked until he stood next to Sirius, looked down at his godfather and smiled. "With my godfathers premisson I suggest using Vertiserum and a magical oath of truthfulness. What do you say Sirius?"
"As long as they only ask relevant questions. I, like everyone else, have things to hide." A few Wizengamot member shook their heads, but most agreed with Sirius. They called forward the Ministry potioneer and placed three drops into Sirius's mouth.
Harry began the questioning. "Name?"
"Sirius Orion Black." His godfather replied in a monotone voice.
"Were you the Potter's secret-keeper at the time of their death?"
"No." Murmers filled the court and were quickly silenced by Madame Bones. "I was the obvious choice for secret-keeper... my thriteen years in Azkaban prove that." Guilty faces were round the court. "I gave the secret to Peter Pettigrew because he wasn't a likely choice of secret-keeper."
"Do you need more proof of my godfathers innocence?" Harry asked.
A short, fat toad-like woman stood up. "Occlumency can be used to sever the effects of Vertiserum."
"Too true." Sirius laughed, startling the court. "However there is only fail-proof way for me to show you I'm innocent."
The toad-woman smiled smugly, thinking she had won. Far from it. Sirius stood, suprising the court. "Harry can I have my wand to take a magical oath?"
"Of course." Harry dug into his pockets and presented Sirius's wand and handed it too him. Sirius grinned at him. "I, Sirius Orion Black, do hereby give my oath that I never betrayed James and Lily Potter to their death nor did I kill Pettigrew and thriteen muggles." A flash of white light enveloped Sirius.
When it cleared he wasn't dead, nah; he was grinning like a cat that got the cream. "Since I'm not dead I spoke the truth."
Amelia was about to agree when toady stood up one more time. "Hem hem." She smiled sweetly, it looked hideous. "I believe Mr. Black tha-"
"What more do you need? The last thing to possibly do, even though I've given a magical oath, is let someone check my wand." He handed said wand to an Auror who had moved to his side.
"Priori Incantatem." The Auror spoke. The runic symbols of Sirius's last spell came up. The Auror recognised it as a stunning spell. The deep-voiced Auror informed the court. "His last spell was cast on November 2nd 1981. It was a stunning spell, presumably for Mr. Pettigrew?"
Sirius nodded. Toad-woman gave up. Amelia called for a vote. "All in favour of clearing the accused of all charges?"
Upon careful count over two-thirds of the court raised their hands. Seeing overwhelming numbers for Sirius's clearance, Harry slienty whooped. Amelia noticing the numbers proclaimed. "Sirius Black you are cleared of all charges."
The now free-man stood up and hugged his godson and in-law-god daughter, Hermione who had rushed over to congratulate him. Harry back from the hug and raised a hand sliencing the court.
"I have one more issue to present. It is quite a read as Madam Bones found out." The court members were curious to what the new lord had to say. "I have evidence of Mr. Albus Dumbledore, whose name is too long for his own good, has been manipulating my life. The evidence is on my seat, a moment please." He moved to his chair and grabbed the six-inches-high pile from his seat.
"This details everything about Mr. Dumbledore's invlovement of my life and the consequences of what he has done." The courts interest was sky-high. Harry cast a very powerful copying spell, creating enough copies for all the members of the Wizengamot. "Geminio Maximus." and used a banishing spell to send the papers to the members of court.
"You will want to place Mr. Dumbldore in Azkaban, which is pointless since he could escape, I suggest dis-allowing him: I want no contact with Albus Dumbldore without my magical guardian, Sirius Orion Black, beside me."
Amelia smiled. "That can be arranged, my Lord Potter. See you later."
Harry, Hermione; who had been suspiciously quiet and an overjoyed Sirius. He was free, he could re-take everything. His lordship, watch Harry grow, watch his godson and his wife become Marauders and Animagi. Not to mention seeing Amelia again, he had been there for her when she had lost her husband and she had seen him as the best man to be in her life.
Susan Bones was in for a suprise when she was introduced to the Potter Mansion the next day. Amelia had put their shared house up for sale and was interested in joining the new Potters and Black at the Manor.
Chapter 6: Meeting, potions and fun
The next morning what was left of the Bones family apparated at the Potter home. Amelia and a nervous Susan walked down with very different expressions.
Amelia couldn't wait to see her daughters reaction to Sirius Black. She was, naturally, grinning madly at the thought and couldn't wait to see him mess her around. She had demanded he didn't terrify her though or she'd force feed him Buckbeaks poop. He didn't look happy at the thought of eating poop. Especially a Hippogriffs mess.
Susan was worried. Her aunt had a freaky grin on her face which suggested a trick. But this wasn't, it couldn't be. A massive mansion stood in front of her, obviously a lords house. She was hoping desperately the lord was kind and friendly. She was almost begging, inwardly, that this wasn't a meeting to set up a marriage contract.
Sirius was sitting on a chair that was stuck to the wall just above the door with a sinister grin on his face, holding a transfigured balloon filled with near-freezing water. Harry and Hermione walked in and nodded to him... they couldn't wait to see him prank Susan. They knew that Susan was a shy person from Hufflepuff house and were eager to befriend her and help boost her confidence. A small joke couldn't hurt.
They decided they wanted to befriend people from each house. They didn't have the usual house preduices only preduices against those that were preduiced. They had a good few people that were going to be invited over before the last week of the holidays was out.
Susan Bones from Hufflepuff, Luna Lovegood and Padma Patil from Ravenclaw, Daphne Greengrass and Tracey Davis from Slytherin. Gryffindors were open but only to those that could live with being around the 'slimey snakes'. Maybe Harry could use some of his power over Hogwarts to get them their own private dorm's.
Fourth year overall looked like it was going to be an okay one. They'd break all ties with the Weasley Family except Fred and George. They were hoping to gain a lot more friends. The two youngest Weasley's were likely to get themselves in a twist, but really; who cared?
Harry opened the door and stood back so the two new residents to his house could enter. Amelia and Susan came through the door and were met with a cold water bomb from Sirius. They did the natural thing; they screamed, loudly. Harry, with Hermione wrapped in his arms in front of him, was chuckling at his godfather.
Sirius jumped to the ground, using a wandless levitation charm to prevent getting either of his legs broken again. He laughing his usual, bark-like laugh at the girls.
Susan screamed at him. Sirius commented dryly. "Damn, I knew I looked good but that hasn't happened in a while."
"You... your Sirius Black! Auntie don't let him hurt me!" she cried out.
Sirius did his best scotsman impression. "ooh aye lass. I ain't gonna be killin' yeh jus' yet alrigh'?"
She screamed at him when he came close, towering over her. Then she noticed Harry and Hermione behind Sirius laughing quietly. "You two!" She screeched. "You put him up to this?" She forgot about Sirius momentarily. Sirius came dangerously close to Susan, nodding to Amelia. "Rarrr" He quietly growled in her ear. She screamed and tripped over. Sirius began laughing again.
"So... what up with this?" Susan asked. "He." she pointed at Sirius. "Is supposed to be a mass-murderer what he actually is, is a mass-clown."
Sirius barked a laugh again. "Too true. I'd say I'm sorry for messing with you, but I'm not really." He grinned.
Harry intervened. "Good morning Susan. Sorry for my juvenile godfather, he loves playing jokes. Welcome to Potter Manor seat to the Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Potter." He grinned. "Great! Now the formalities are over I can be me again."
Susan smiled shyly. "Hello Mr. Potter. Thanks for hav-"
"It's just Harry, Susan. It's good to see you." He smiled warmly.
She clasped her hand in front of her; she was nervous. "Thanks Harry. How was your summer? And isn't Hermione a muggle-born?"
He smiled again, his arms tightening slightly round Hermione. "My summer was pretty bad until my relatives left and Hermione came round to say 'Hi' and well... let's just say the rest was highly interesting. Hermione and her parents are staying round because me and Hermione are together. I got emancipated and became the Head of... ugh I hate saying the full bloomin' name. I'm the Head of The Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Potter. Quite a mouthful." He grinned rakishly causing Susan to blush lightly.
"So you are a lord now? Cool. My family has the same status as your's in the hierarchy. We don't have a Head of Family, the position's for the men." She grumbled good-naturedly. "Otherwise Auntie here would be Head of Family."
Sirius looked at Amelia who was caught in the act of looking at him, they both looked away a red tinge appearing on their cheeks. They talked about that later.
The rest of the week went by happily. Sirius played more pranks on them, until Amelia finally drank a hair-loss potion and wasn't happy. In fact she gave him a massive wedgie... he was sore three days afterwards. Harry and Hermione became quick friends with Susan; she had, with their help, gained much confidence.
When Amelia and Susan found out about the Animagi potion, Susan was eager to take the potion with Harry and Hermione; but was unfortunately shot down because school was approaching. Amelia understood the Potters' need not to be registered in case Voldemort ever returned and with two encounters with Voldemort under Harry's belt the possibility of him coming back was rising.
Sirius had great fun pranking and being pranked by Harry and Hermione and sometimes Amelia and Susan. On one occasion Sirius had been hung from his ankle and, since he didn't wake, they brought him over to his bathroom and filled it with cold water and ice cube and dropped him in it. He squealed like a frightened pig, much to the couples amusement.
He never picked on Dan and Emma because they "couldn't do anything back" as he had put it, so it was a great suprise to him when he found out that muggles had pranking items to. They had placed something called 'stinkbombs' in his bed along with itching powder. He wasn't a happy mutt the next day.
He got Harry and Hermione back when he used an enlargement charm on their feet, stopping when their feet were triple their normal size. They wore clown shoes for the rest of the day. Just to make Sirius happy.
Sirius had gone to Hogsmede when the news came out that he was innocent and had been re-instated as Lord Black. At Hogsmede he had brought the whole Zonko shop and was in the process of getting a Zonko's in Diagon Alley. Needless to say the kids were happy and the parents unimpressed with Sirius's immaturity. The magical children praised Sirius and the Weasley twins were hailing him. It had been highly amusing for Sirius when the two red heads had bowed to him on the street. They were all over him for idea's when he revealed he was 'Padfoot' from the infamous Marauders. They both came out with their noses transfigured into carrots and a T-shirt saying 'Pranked by a Marauder' both were grinning crazily.
Sirius had also gone and collected all of Harry, Hermione and Susan's stuff for school. Hermione hadn't even touched the books and had focused on learning more from the Potter library.
However today was the day before school came. Harry and Hermione were preparing to take the Animagus potion, both were very excited about their forms. They had decided that a wolf was definitely the most likely and couldn't wait to try it out.
The group made their way towards the potions lab for Harry and Hermione to take the potion. Sirius was eager to give the new Marauders their nicknames. The pair themselves were rather nervous but understood to relax and let the potion do the work and afterwards they should be able to change at will. Well they needed to form their animagus form in their mind and will themselves into the form, apart from that they were set after taking the potion.
"Well this should be interesting." Sirius commented, when the two teens took their potions. They were very nervous about all of this but were looking forward to it as well. Sirius looked at Susan and Amelia. "You two ought to leave, they might be a dangerous animal." The Bones' nodded and left through the door. Sirius turned to his godson and his wife. "Let's go to the transformation room."
Apparently Sirius knew more about this house than he is letting on. Harry spoke while holding Hermiones hand and walking towards the 'transformation room'. "What is this room for? Besides the obvious 'transformation' bit?"
Sirius scratched his head. "I left my family in fifth year to live with the Potters, who were kind enough to take me in. Remus lived in an area that was filled with muggles so he moved here with his parents. The Lord and Lady of the time were Charles and Elizabeth Potter, were very sympatheic to Remus and built a room adjacent to the potions lab to keep him in during his problamatic time of the month. You might think it was rather dangerous putting Remus near potions and it was, however Liz had made a calming potion for Remus with potentcy like you wouldn't believe and it worked. Remus never went crazy in there."
"What about the room itself? Was it warded and strong enough to hold a werewolf?" Hermione asked, curious about the room. The trio stopped at a door.
"Naturally" Sirius replied, opening the door; grunting with the effort. "This place could and still can hold anything short of a full-grown Hungarian Horntail which is a breed of dragon." He walked inside, with them following. "I'm going to transform into Padfoot and hope to god that you two are the same size as I am so I can keep you in check." He transformed and a massive black dog replaced the man.
They nodded and downed their potions. They felt like their body was melting and growing in some area's while lessening in others; they remembered the Marauders' words from their book on the transformation.
'Be calm and let the potion do it's job. Fighting against the sensation will harm your body and possibly have dangerous side-effects.'
Neither were willing to risk any side-effects so they relaxed into their new forms. Harry quickly realised he had four paws and a tail, he began checking himself over making sure he still had all the right bits.
Hermione was much the same and only slightly smaller than Harry but that was natural; the height of the person the same affect on the creature. She, however, was trying to twist her body so she could see her back end to gain an idea of what she was. She saw fluffy legs and tail. White, black, grey were the colours that made up her fur.
The potion wore off and the pair climbed to their feet. Sirius transformed back into his human self, grinning madly. "Want to know what you two are?"
The nodded vigorously, eager to know their forms. "Hermione was right about you two. You're both wolves. Grey wolves, usually found in Canada if I'm not mistaken. Almost the same height as me in Padfoot form. You both still have the characteristics of your human formed. For example you both have the same eyes." He looked at Harry. "You don't seem to have the usual glasses marks round your eyes like Mcgonagall does. I'm not sure why so don't ask. I'm going to show you your forms okay?" They nodded.
Sirius used picture-conveying Legilimency on both of them so they could get what they look like. After five minutes of them studying the image he removed the two wolves from their heads.
"I imagine you could do it again if you want. Try and change again." At his order, Harry and Hermione closed their eyes and pictured their wolf form and willed themselves to change. The same melting sensation overtook them and they were on four paws again.
They saw Sirius standing over them, he motioned them over. He began stroking the soft fur, running his fingers over their back, scratching gently. "Can you two understand me?" He asked softly. The wolves nuzzled eachother then licked Sirius's face. Wiping his face of the wolf-spit. "I'll take that as a yes. C'mon let's go and show Am and Susan." He walked with the two wolves to the door and opened it. Together the trio moved through the potions lab, through the halls and into the living room.
Am and Susan squealed at the sight of the two wolves led by Sirius. The Marauder grinned. "I give you... The Lord and Lady Potter in mutt form."
Swapping their form back to their human self they scowled at Sirius and were struck by the same idea. "Let's have some fun!" Sirius grinned at Harry's suggestion and transformed. Harry and Hermione concentrated for a second and followed his example. Before they could play Susan came over and scratched behind their ears. Both wolves were enjoying themselves very much and arched further into her hands. She realised their enjoyment and began teasing, slowly lifting her hand higher and higher.
Wolf-Harry growled and attempted to stand on two feet. He accomplished it but quickly fell with a yelp. Susan giggled at Harry, she knew it was him because the same startling green eyes he had in human-form were with him.
Hermione didn't try what Harry did and tried a different tactic. She laid down on the carpet and put her paws over her muzzle and whined. Susan couldn't resist and went over to begin scratching again. Harry followed her example and curled up beside his wife and whined with her.
Padfoot barked to gain their attention and made head motions towards the door. The wolves got up and followed the large black dog. Amelia and Susan followed them to watch them play. The black dog led them to the front door and realised they were being followed. Padfoot whined and scratched the door conveying his need to get outside.
Amelia and Susan had a great time watching the dog and wolves play fight and chase eachother around. It was highly amusing to watch Sirius chase his tail, trying and failing to catch it in his jaws. The spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing near the pool, occasionally dipping in, and lounging on benches in the sun. Hermione was against Sirius jumping into the pool as a dog, but it didn't stop him; when he did he found a gyser of ice cold water spurt upwards. Needless to say he got soaked and was unhappy for a while with everyone laughing at his mis-fortune.
A loud thunderclap startled them and the rain began falling heavily; they forgot they had wards around the house against the weather and ran inside. They all went to their rooms, changed and came back down to rest in front of the fire. Sirius ran into the storeroom under the mansion and grabbed a box which he transfigured into a TV so they could watch it for a while.
Sirius, Amelia and Susan only knew what a TV was because of Hermione and her parents, who had been quiet recently, who had told them about TV. Sirius, Am and Susan couldn't be blamed for their ignorance... they were purebloods after all, idiocy comes naturally with some people when shown new things.
They sat and ate a small plate of fish and chips the elves had made for them while watching the bad TV shows. Sirius had been talking about previous pranks, causing laughter to echo throughout the room and had been contempleting his godson's and Hermione's animagus forms and nicknames for them. He thought he finally had it. "Hey you two!" he called across the lounge. "Come with me I have your nicknames ready!" Eager to learn their nicknames Harry and Hermione rushed to follow him out the room.
In the hall, Sirius turned to face the two teens. "Welcome to the Marauders... Tails and Claws." He smiled at their names. "Harry is Claws or Pronglet, Hermione is Tails. Now to increase the knowledge a bit..." He began to explain the Marauder tradition of welcoming people back at the start-of-tern feast. He also informed them of the Marauder code. It was, simply put, to get back at anyone who hurt you, fellow Marauders and your friends.
Sirius grinned. "Give them hell from the previous-generation of Marauders. For Moony, Padfoot and Prongs. Let the new age begin! Claws/ Pronglet and Tails. I can't wait to hear Moony's shocked voice that new Marauders are around."
Harry looked at Sirius oddly. "Don't people know who Prongs is?" Sirius shook his head. "Good. I'll give old Snape hell." Sirius looked like christmas had come early, learning from the Marauder Guide was a plus to their ideas...
Later that night they packed and prepared everything in their new trunks.
(A/N) I can't describe animals very well but go here: . to see what I'm trying to show.
Hope you enjoyed the animagus transformation, I described it as best as I could; but I'm not a hardcore fan and don't learn everything.
To B. Oots, Oh and Dumbles isn't getting a trial per say. He gets taken in by the Wizengamot and immediatly given a warning and a magically-binding restraining order to keep him away from Harry UNLESS Harry has his magical guardian (Sirius) with him.
NOTE: next chapter will have Molly, Ron and Ginny bashing. ALSO the story will slow down soon because I'm going to get a job and buy a laptop so I can update faster. During my work days I intent to spend as many hours as I can working so I can get the laptop quicker.
Don't worry it shouldn't happen for a while. Loopy.