Chapter 17: Reunions and Revelations
At number 4 Privet Drive, Vernon and Petunia Dursley were sitting in front of the biggest television in their street, feet up, glass of wine in hand and bemoaning the quality of programs available. All things considered a perfect evening!
The perfect evening rather quickly went pear shaped due to the unscheduled interruption of about a dozen evil looking creatures with the longest knives they had ever seen. They effortlessly threw Vernon into a wall and kept him there by means of a goblin sword under his chins.
As the goblins began their search, the contrast between Dudley and Harry's bedroom caused their mood to darken, but when they found his old bedroom under the stairs - all hell broke loose!
A seriously pissed off goblin can do a lot of damage, but if you multiply that by twelve and drop them into the middle of a muggle house the result is utter carnage.
The goblins portkeyed out of Little Whinging with both Dursleys in tow and without a word being spoken, less than five minutes after entering.
At number 4 Privet Drive not one item inside the house remained intact and no pieces bigger than a matchbox could be found – the destruction was total.
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The bearded old man in the Granger's back garden only required a fishing pole to conform with the muggles idea of a garden gnome, a six foot garden gnome maybe but a gnome none the less.
Albus Dumbledore was loosing his patience. As well as his job, his position as Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards and the Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot, his Order of Merlin, First Class - NO! He could save this. He was Albus bloody Dumbledore after all – the most powerful wizard of his time. All he needed was the little mudbloods parents, that would get him the mudblood, and through her Potter.
He could do this, though what he could do without is the twenty goblin guards, in full body armour with weapons drawn, that had just appeared. Ah well, time to go – shit! anti-apparition wards so emergency portkey it is – deep shit! anti portkey wards as well.
"What can I help you with this fine night?" he said while spotting a gap in their lines. He decided to make a run for it as, once outside the erected wards portkey travel and apparition would be possible.
He drew his wand and fired stunners into the goblins while running through the gap, suddenly the ground wrapped around him and he was underwater. Having dropped his wand he found the more he struggled the more entangled in this strange ground he became, with freezing water trying to enter his lungs blackness overtook him. Albus Dumbledore had never seen a pool cover before.
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The group arrived back in Gryffindor apartments to be greeted by a cleaner, but no less frustrated Sirius Black, who looked to have worn a groove in the carpet pacing up and down.
"Harry Potter! You are not moving from that spot until you tell me what the hell is going on."
A smiling Harry, with his arm around Hermione's waist couldn't resist winding up his now scrubbed and brushed godfather. "OK! short version, we're married, voldie and all his minions have kicked the bucket and your pardon should be through by tomorrow! Any questions?"
A stunned Sirius couldn't seem to get his mouth and brain to connect but did manage to croak, "are you serious?"
Quick as a flash Emma replied, "I thought that was you, I'm Emma and this is my husband Dan."
Sirius Black proceeded to do something he hadn't done in many years, he roared with laughter before grabbing Harry and Hermione and dancing around the room. His laughter was infectious and soon everyone joined in.
Harry's comment of, "way to impress the in-laws Sirius," started the whole scene over again.
The all ended collapsed into the various sofas and armchairs spread about the room with Hermione in her usual position on Harry's lap.
Emma asked, "where exactly is here and why aren't we at home?"
Hermione was about to explain when a large cat bounded onto her knee, demanding attention just as a snowy owl landed on the back of their chair and affectionately nipped Harry's ear.
"Crookshanks, Hegwig how did you get here?" said Hermione, while scratching a now purring cat behind its ear.
Harry just looked at the elves and it was a rather subdued Dobby who supplied the answer.
"Your trunks were moved into the master suit and your familiars were brought here for their protection," he said.
He turned to Dan and Emma, "you will find some of your belongings in the first guest room. When they were collected a certain Albus Dumbledore was seen sitting in your garden, waiting on you returning home we presume."
Godric chose this moment to make his presence known to the astonishment of the Grangers. "Until order returns to the wizarding world this is the safest place in Britain. There will surely be some retaliation attempts and, as muggles I'm afraid you will be easy targets."
"Mum and dad Godric is right, they would use you to get to us. We're all going to have to sit down to discuss the future but not tonight please, we all need a good nights sleep before tackling anything else."
Emma went straight into mother mode, "and just where will you be sleeping young lady?"
"MUM! I shall be sleeping, and I mean sleeping with my husband. We shared our first kiss today and are not ready to go beyond that yet, but we just can't bear to be parted."
Harry had his arms round his now blushing wife, "Hermione and I can already share thoughts, emotions and magical power. With one kiss, Voldemort and his death eaters were wiped out. We all need to know a lot more about this bond before we unintentionally destroy Britain!"
Sirius couldn't help it, he just couldn't do stern parent and the thought of little Harry destroying Big Ben just cracked him up and he was nearly on the floor with laughter.
Dan was clueless how to handle this situation, the standard 'hurt my daughter I kill you' doesn't really apply when the boy in question can slam an armed magical policeman, who insulted Hermione into a wall just by looking at him.
He almost chuckled at the thought of what he would do to anyone who dared to try and cause her harm.
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