Imprisoned in the Past

Peverell Beach House, Cornwall, 10/3/1982, 07:38

Harry groaned awake he had rolled in his sleep onto his damaged shoulder and awoke with a start.

Harry had gotten to sleep a few hours ago.

After what felt like an eternity of taking the armour off of the right side of his body he had crawled into bed and fell asleep almost as soon as his head hit the pillow.

"Are you okay?" Bellatrix asked sleepily.

"Not really, last night didn't go as smoothly as I would have liked," Harry answered honestly.

"Did you get Greyback?" Bellatrix asked propping herself on her elbow and looking at him.

"Yes, I completed the job but it was closer than I would have liked," Harry admitted.

"Did he bite you?" Bellatrix asked worriedly.

"He bit my armour," Harry answered as he rolled onto his back wincing when he jarred his shoulder.

"So you're not a werewolf then?" Bellatrix asked curiously.

"No, the armour did its job," Harry assured her.

"Good, the last thing I need is you chewing up my slippers," Bellatrix said with a giggle.

"Thanks, Luv," Harry said closing his eyes and trying to relax.

"So how badly are you messed up?" Bellatrix said as she climbed out of bed.

"Pretty bad, my shoulder is a wreck and I messed up my leg when I was knocked off of my broom," Harry said tiredly.

Harry heard her leave the room and walk downstairs, he had just started relaxing when he heard the door open and not long after a weight settled on the bed beside him and pulled the covers back exposing his bare chest.

"I am not in the mood, Bella," Harry mumbled out.

"That's a shame," came the voice of Narcissa from above him.

Harry's eyes snapped open to see her running her wand over his left shoulder her face screwed up in concentration.

"You did some basic healng on yourself I see," Narcissa said absentmindedly.

"I fixed the dislcation in my shoulder and regrew the bones in my forearm but that's all I knew how to do," Harry said quietly feeling a bit flustered at her close proximity.

"You have three torn ligaments and muscle damamage in your shoulder joint and a broken collarbone, this looks excruciating," Narcissa said as she started casting spells to reduce the inflamation.

"It's much better than it was last night," Harry assured her.

"Did you take any potions?" Narcissa asked as she started healing the muscle.

"Just skeli-grow," Harry answered.

"Good at least you know not to mix potions, drink this," Narcissa said handing him a vial filled with blue liquid.

Harry complied popping the cork with his thumb and drinking the potion in one trying to ignore the bitter taste of the runny liquid.

"Ugh, what was that?" Harry asked in disgust.

"That was a muscle repairing potion, you need to take a dose three more times today," Narcissa instructed as she started running her wand over his chest.

"I said to heal him not crawl into bed with him Cissa," Bellatrix exclaimed irritably.

"It is easier to work like this," Narcissa said distractedly as she focused on Harry's side.

"Fine," Bellatrix huffed and retrieved one of her morning sickness potions from her noghtstand.

"You also have two broken ribs, brace yourself the mending charm will be uncomfortable," Narcissa warned before casting a spell when he nodded his understanding.

The spell struck his side and he heard two loud cracking sounds followed by searing pain in his side that made him hiss in surprise

"I can give you a pain reliever in about eleven minutes," Narcissa said as she continued to run her scans over his stomach and then his other shoulder.

"Is there anywhere else that you're injured?" Narcissa asked when she couldn't find any more injuries on his upper body.

"My right leg, it hurts to walk," Harry answered without thought and yelped when she flipped the covers off of him.

"Cissa!" Bellatrix exclaimed.

"I have to see the affected area to treat it, how was I to know he sleeps nude," Narcissa replied innocently as she began scanning his leg with her wand.

Bellatrix scowled but let her carry on noticing the swelling around Harry's kneecap was quite noticeable.

"You have a hairline fracture and more torn ligaments in your knee," Narcissa said as she cast the spell to mend his broken leg.

"How long until I can walk on it?" Harry asked as she finished the spell.

"It should be fine by afternoon, it's nowhere near as bad as your shoulder," Narcissa assured as she cast another spell over his leg that had the swelling reducing before his eyes.

Narcissa flipped the covers back over him before digging in her healer's bag and handing him another vial of the blue potion.

"Drink this, I have to give you a double dose to heal the leg," Narcissa instructed as she got up from where she was sitting beside him on the bed.

Harry noticed she was wearing another one of her skimpy nightgowns, it looked as if Bellatrix had dragged her out of bed to come over here and heal him.

"Thanks, Narcissa, I feel a lot better," Harry said gratefully.

"Bella said you got the job done," Narcissa asked curiously.

"Yes, Greyback is dead and Lord Gamp will soon wake up and find the beasts head in bed with him," Harry said softly enjoying the tingling feeling in his shoulder and kneecap as the potion did its work.

"Excellent, I will inform Aunt Cassie at once," Narcissa said making her way out of the room.

"A bit of warning would have been great," Harry said sleepily.

"Yes, Bella is sorry you can punish naughty Bella for this later," Bellatrix said in her little girl voice.

"What time is your appointment?" Harry asked curiously.

"Two o'clock with Healer Miles," Bellatrix said softly.

"Good, I should be healed up by then," Harry said as he dosed off.

Harry woke up again a few hours later and climbed out of bed, his leg felt just fine so he decided to take a quick shower to wash the nastiness from last night off of him.

When he stepped out of the shower he noticed this shoulder was covered in bruising just like his forearm.

He decided that he needed to get back in the habit of physical training, he was entirely too slow last night and very early got himself killed.

He had woken every morning to run and do callisthenics exercises before his trip to the past, but since his three months in Azkaban, he had gotten lazy and hadn't restarted the routine.

He would have to nip the problem in the bud if he was going to continue these types of jobs.

Harry stepped into the kitchen and took a seat, not thirty seconds later a full English appeared on the table in front of him and he dug n with vigour.

Jangles was a little over eager but very good at taking care of him and Bellatrix.

"Good you're up, Cissa flooed earlier to tell us we are having dinner at her house tonight," Bellatrix said coming in from the deck.

"Damn, she works quick," Harry grumbled.

"Yes, there is a good chance she has a stake in the job you did last night," Bellatrix said taking a seat across from him.

"I have been thinking about taking my exams again so I can get a legitimate job," Harry said between bites of mushrooms.

"You should, then I won't have to worry about you staggering home half-dead again," Bellatrix said very seriously.

"I underestimated Greyback last night," Harry admitted.

"You won so it doesn't matter," Bellatrix said with a shrug.

Head's Office, Hogwarts, Scotland,10/3/1982, 11:32

Albus sat behind his desk staring at the missive from his secretary from the ICW.

Last night someone killed number five on the most wanted list. What was so disturbing about that was the last night was a full moon and number five was a werewolf meaning the bounty hunter killed him while he was fully transformed.

The report indicated that the man who put Greyback down was named Harry James Peverell and had been hired by the Blacks to deal with the problem.

The man's name gave him pause, the Peverell line was thought extinct, the Peverell line was ancient and famous for creating the very wand resting on the desk beside him.

There was also the fact that he was working for the Blacks. Little Harry Potter was in the care of Lord Black something he had been trying to change since Sirius claimed his guardianship back in July.

The blood wards on Privet drive had already collapsed meaning the boy no longer considered his aunt's house his home. He had planned for the boy to have the home of his aunt as a sanctuary of sorts that Harry could hide from the wizarding world until he began his education.

Sirius had rejected the idea and taken Harry from his aunt's home and Albus was powerless to stop it. He had been trying to use the position of Harry's Guardian he had claimed when Harry's parents were killed last year but James and Lily had named Sirius as the boy's godfather trumping any claim the headmaster had over the boy.

Truthfully Albus was regretting clearing Sirius' name even though he knew it was the right thing to do. Since Sirius had been exonerated he had claimed his lordship and effectively made young Harry untouchable as a ward of an ancient and noble house, the wizengamot would not interfere with matters of an old family.

Now, this morning he saw proof that the Blacks had a new ally. There was also fact that the Peverells were closely related to the Potters, the Potter's had a Peverell heirloom they passed from father to son for centuries now.

Albus glanced at the prophet looking over the final piece of information that had been troubling him since he discovered it.

It was in the social section of the paper that announced marriages, births, and deaths in the pureblood families.

To Be Wed

The house of Black is pleased to announce that Harry James Peverell is to wed Bellatrix Druella Black on the thirty first of October, invitations will be sent out on the second week of October.

It had a picture over the article of a dark haired man walking arm in arm with Bellatrix towards the camera with the ocean as a backdrop.

Albus would not pretend that Mr Peverell marrying one of the most feared death eaters of the last war didn't unsettle him. Then there was also the fact that they both would be very close to young Harry in his formative years.

He would watch this matter very closely as Peverell was an unknown entity as of yet, though if last night was any indication the man was very dangerous.

St. Mungos, London, 10/3/1982, 13:56

Harry stepped out of the fireplace and waited as Bellatrix stepped out behind him. She was wearing standard black robes today and looked completely composed though Harry could see hints of nervousness in her eyes.

"Relax Bella," Harry whispered n her ear as he led her to the reception desk.

Bella gave him a small smile as they arrived at the reception desk.

"Can I help you?" the blonde witch behind the counter asked looking up.

"Yes, Bellatrix Black has an appointment with healer Miles at two o'clock," Harry answered politely.

Harry glanced at the nametag on the woman's lime green healer robes which read, O. Nott.

"Go up to the fifth floor third corridor on the right," Healer Nott said before writing something on her clipboard.

"Thank you," Harry said as he led Bellatrix to the staircase.

"She's one of Cissa's friends," Bellatrix said when they started climbing the stairs.

"Explains how Narcissa knows so much about healing," Harry said thoughtfully.

"No, she learned healing out of necessity. After she married Lucius she had to heal him after raids and after he had been punished," Bellatrix explained as they turned on a landing.

"She does good work," Harry said.

"She was always good at healing spells," Bellatrix shrugged as they walked past the third floor landing.

"Why don't they have a lift set up here?" Harry asked.

"Poor building planning," Bellatrix said with a shrug.

"I'll say, the maternity ward is on the fifth floor," Harry said with a shake of his head.

"Doesn't matter I'm having a home birth," Bellatrix said matter of factly as he passed the fourth floor landing.

"What?" Harry asked in surprise.

"It's traditional for purebloods to have their children at home," Bellatrix said as they started climbing the final flight of stairs.

"So are we going to have a midwife?" Harry asked curiously.

"No, Andromeda and Cissa will help me," Bellatrix said as the reached the door to the fifth floor.

"Okay," Harry said trying to process that.

"It will be fine, Harry," Bellatrix said reassuringly as they turned down the third corridor and began reading the names on the door until they found one with the placard that read 'Healer R. Miles' affixed to the door.

Harry knocked smartly on the door and heard a feminine voice call out, " come in."

Harry opened the door and allowed Bellatrix to enter, the room was a fairly large white room with a hospital bed in the middle, off to one side was a thin brunette in lime green healers robes she looked to be in her mid twenties sitting behind a desk making notes on a clipboard.

"Ms Bellatrix Black?" Healer Miles asked looking up from her desk.

"Yes, this is my fiancee Harry he will be staying for the exam," Bellatrix said.

"That's perfectly alright dear, hop up on the bed and we can get started," Healer Miles said cheerfully.

Bellatrix walked across the room and took lay down on the bed giving Harry a nervous smile.

Harry watched as the healer ran her wand over Bellatrix and made notes on her clipboard, when she cast the final spell there was a pink blue glow over Bella's stomach.

"Excellent your babies are developing as they should for the first trimester," Healer Miles said gently.

"How far along am I?" Bellatrix asked.

"Ten weeks according to my scan," The healer said.

"Did you say babies as in more than one?" Harry asked just processing what the healer had said.

"Yes, Ms Black is having twins," Healer Miles said matter of factly.

Harry listened with half an ear as the healer wrote Bellatrix out a prescription for vitamin supplement potions and scheduled another checkup for the tenth of December.

They were going to have twins as in two babies at the same time! How were they going to handle two screaming children? He didn't know anything about babies and now they would be raising two.

He suddenly had the mental image of two little girls that looked a lot like Bellatrix riding his firebolt through their living room while he ran after them.

A tap on his shoulder brought him to reality and he looked over to see Bellatrix looking at him curiously.

"We can go now, are you alright?" She asked him curiously.

"Oh, okay," Harry said walking out of the room in a daze.

"What's the matter?" Bellatrix asked as they walked down the hallway.

"Twins, she said we're having twins," Harry said dazedly.

"Yes, from what Healer Miles said we're having a boy and a girl," Bellatrix said happily.

"Oh, I guess I'm just getting a bit nervous," Harry admitted as they started walking down the stairs.

"I am too," Bellatrix said softly.

"We'll handle it together," Harry said as he took her hand.

"Together," she agreed with a smile.

Malfoy Manor, Wiltshire, 10/3/1982, 17:46

Harry and Bella stepped out of the fireplace and were greeted by Tonks of all people.

"Hello Auntie Bella, Harry," Tonks said excitedly.

"Hello Tonks," Harry said with a smile.

"Aunt Narcissa wanted me to lead you to the dining room," Tonks said happily.

"Then lead the way," Harry said in amusement.

"What did you break?" Bellatrix asked shrewdly.

"I accidentally knocked over Aunt Cissa's vase," Tonks said quietly.

"Hmm, the last child that broke something of Cissa's ended up tied up in the forbidden forest," Bellatrix said thoughtfully.

"It was never proven I had anything to do with that," Narcissa said as they stepped into the dining room.

"Either way count yourself lucky she just made you play house elf," Bellatrix said with an evil grin as she took the seat Harry had pulled out for her.

"Don't worry dear, I will just make you clean the dungeons if you break any more of my things," Narcissa said sweetly as they all took a seat at the table.

"Harry saw Andromeda sitting next to Narcissa and Cassie was sat in her usual spot sporting a content smile when she saw Harry.

" You did very well Peverell, Lord Gamp seemed extremely eager to come to the table this morning," Cassiopeia said happily.

"I'm glad, did Hans contact you about the ones I captured?" Harry asked curiously.

"He did, they are now part of my labour force," Cassie said smugly.

"Have you taken your potions?" Narcissa cut in.

"Yes, I took the last one before we left. Thank you for patching me up," Harry said sincerely.

"Oh it was my pleasure dear," Narcissa said with a smirk.

"The funds have been transferred to your vault and I had Hans file the paperwork with the ICW so they will forward the bounty on Greyback to your vault within the week," Cassie said in a business tone.

"Thank you, I hope now the potions company can get back to business as usual," Harry said.

"Oh it will, I also obtained a five per cent stake in Gamps supply company as a concession," Cassie said with a wicked grin.

"How did you manage that?" Andromeda asked in surprise.

"I may have hinted that my associate would visit him again and take a head instead of dropping one off," Cassie said smugly.

"That would have been much easier, Gamp didn't even ward his home," Harry said with a shake of his head.

"Oh he does now, he had Gringotts at his home first thing today setting up wards," Cassiopeia said in amusement.

Before Harry could say anything else the food appeared on the table.

"So Bella how did your examination go?" Andromeda asked after she fixed herself a plate of prime rib and roast potatoes.

"It went well, though Harry was a bit surprised to learn we're having twins," Bellatrix said with a grin.

"Oh my, that's wonderful news!" Narcissa exclaimed in surprise.

"You two are going to have your hands full," Andromeda said knowingly looking at her daughter.

"Our children will be better behaved than that little monster of yours," Bellatrix protested.

"Hmmm, you had better hope so," Andromeda replied with a smirk.

"Hey, I'm not a monster!" Tonks exclaimed indignantly.

"Of course you're not, dear," Andi said patronizingly making Harry snort into his glass of juice.

"Your mother was quite a delinquent at your age, Nymphadora," Cassie assured the girl.

"I was not," Andi protested indignantly.

"No? I seem to recall you and Bellatrix getting the idea to steal your mother's wand and to animate your toys to run around your room," Cassie said.

"Oh, this should be good what happened?" Harry asked eagerly.

"All they managed to do was set the room on fire, If Cygnus hadn't gotten there in time, the whole manor would have burnt down," Cassie explained.

"Really," Tonks asked gleefully.

"Yes, Cygnus was so mad he sent all three of them to stay with me for the summer," Cassie explained.

"Huh, I guess Tonks isn't so bad after all," Harry said with a chuckle.

"Just you wait Harry, any spawn of Bellatrix is bound to be trouble," Andromeda warned.

The rest of dinner passed quite peacefully, Narcissa seemed to be relaxing about the wedding much to Harry's relief.

Harry enjoyed his meal listening to the women chatter away and realized the silver lining in having twins, he would finally have another male with him during these gatherings once his son got old enough.

Peverell Beach House, Cornwall, 10/10/1982, 17:43

Harry was waiting for Sirius, tonight was his stag night, Bellatrix had gone to stay the night with Cissa and Andromeda as she was having her hen party tonight as well.

Harry was kind of nervous about what Sirius had cooked up for tonight as he had been pretty cagey when Harry would ask.

The fireplace flared green and Sirius stepped out wearing jeans and his biker jacket.

"Good you're ready, we're going muggle for tonight so let's get this show on the road!" Sirius exclaimed happily.

"You still aren't telling me where we're going?" Harry asked.

"Not true, we're meeting the boys at the three broomsticks and walking from there," Sirius said cheerfully.

"Oh bugger," Harry sighed as he followed Sirius to the fireplace knowing that Sirius had all manner of debauchery planned and praying there was nothing that could get him in too much trouble.

Peverell Beach House, Cornwall, 10/11/1982, 13:47

Harry woke with a splitting headache, he groggily stretched his arm and hit what felt like another person.

Harry's heart rate went through the roof when he looked to the left and saw the back of a very feminine shaped head with familiar platinum blonde hair lying on the pillow beside him.

'Oh shit!' Harry thought frantically as he tried to remember what happened last night and how he could have been drunk enough to sleep with Narcissa.

He remembered Sirius introducing him to a pair of aurors Williamson and some trainee auror named Proudfoot. Ted Tonks and Alastor Moody of all people were there as well.

They met more aurors at the dance club Sirius took him to and everyone drank large quantities of Bicardi.

He could vaguely remember going to a strip club and then being bought glass after glass of Patron, that's when his memory went a bit fuzzy.

Harry did remember Sirius getting up on the stage and dancing on the pole to raucous applause from the other patrons.

Harry tried to ease his arm out from under his partner and almost succeed when an explosion of confetti erupted out of his partner followed by earsplitting fireworks and the woman he thought was his future sister in law jumped from under the covers revealing it was a training dummy with a blond wing and exaggerated feminine features. The dummy started pole dancing on his bedpost just like the strippers from last night as the fireworks continued to erupt.

Harry lay back on the bed and sighed in relief, Sirius got him good with that one but it was so much better than the alternative.

The bedroom door burst open and a shocked Bellatrix stood there staring at

the large breasted training dummy dancing around the tall bedpost at the foot of the bed.

Finally, she recovered her wits and drew her wand ending the loud squealing fireworks and causing the dummy to freeze and turn to look at Harry.

"Good morning," The dummy said in Sirius' heavily slurred voice, before the dummy collapsed to the floor.

"What did you get up to last night?" Bellatrix asked incredulously.

"I have no idea," Harry groaned out.

Bellatrix came around the bed and ripped the covers back exposing his nude form to the chilly air of the room.

"Good, you didn't break the infidelity clause," Bellatrix said before releasing the covers and stomping out of the room.

'And thank god for that,' Harry thought tiredly before stumbling out of the bed.

Harry took much longer than usual in the shower as his head felt like a herd of hippogriffs was stampeding around. After he put on some clothes he finally entered the dining room and took his normal seat.

A plate of food and a vial of hangover potion appeared in front of him on the table and Harry gratefully downed the potion before digging into a place of shepherds pie.

About halfway through his late lunch, he heard the 'woosh' of the fireplace and Bellatrix entered the room looking quite pleased with herself.

"Good you're up, how are you feeling?" Bellatrix asked as she took a seat beside him.

"Better, the hangover potion is kicking in," Harry said between bites of food.

"And to think all we did at my hen party was go to a spa and then Andi took us to a muggle strip club," Bellatrix said with a shake of her head.

"We went to one as well though Sirius was the only one who did anything stupid though," Harry said with a chuckle.

"My cousin is a degenerate, I will be paying him back for that dancing training dummy," Bellatrix said with a smirk.

"That was a horrible way to wake up," Harry said ruefully.

"I just went to fill Cissa in on the prank," Bella said gleefully.

"Oh bugger, he's going to end up tied up in the forbidden forest," Harry chuckled.

"With any luck," Bellatrix agreed.

"There is some good news," Harry grinned.

"What's that?" Bellatrix asked.

"I get to set up his stag party," Harry exclaimed with an evil grin.

"If he makes it to his wedding after Cissa's done with him," Bella pointed out.

"She can't be that bad," Harry reasoned.

"Don't be surprised if she approaches you to carry out her vengeance," Bellatrix said with a smirk.

"I don't know if I can, I'm entered into a contract with house Black," Harry replied ruefully.

"Bugger, you're right," Bellatrix griped.

"Come on let's go for a walk on the beach, this nice weather won't hold out much longer," Harry offered as he stood up from the table.

"Okay, maybe we can go for a swim," Bella exclaimed excitedly.

"Okay," Harry replied happily as he led her out of the house.

Ministry of Magic, London, 10/13/1982, 07:28

Harry stepped into the lift and pushed the button for level six, the department of education was on the international floor for some reason.

He had set up an appointment last week to take his exams, this was the earliest he could start taking his O.W.L's.

He had been advised that he couldn't take his N.E.W.T's until the results for his O.W.L's were documented, so he probably wouldn't be able to start those until after he returned from his honeymoon.

He had decided that he needed to find a real job instead of doing odd mercenary work.

Harry knew he had made more on the Greengrass job than he would have in a decade working for the auror corp.

But he couldn't do those kinds of jobs forever, he needed steady employment if for nothing else than to explain where his income was coming from.

He could still do the odd job on the side if he needed to but he had to keep himself busy somehow.

The lift dinged and the grates opened onto the floor, Harry was amused to notice that the lift was brand new. Apparently the ministry wasn't taking any chances. They had also shut down the first two lifts entirely clearly concerned about a repeat of the Malfoy 'accident'.

Harry stepped out into a wide corridor with plain blue carpet on the floor and began walking down the hallway occasionally passing officials moving in between offices until he came to the door with a placard on it that matched the name on his confirmation letter.

Griselda Marchbanks

Wizard Examination Authority Examiner

Harry took a calming breath and pushed the door open, he stepped into a small lobby with old armchairs arranged around a table that had a few magazines, off to one side of the room sat a reception desk, a woman in her early twenties was sitting behind it and looked up when he stepped into the room.

"May I help you?" The woman asked cheerfully.

"Yes, I have an appointment to take my O.W.L examinations with Madam Marchbanks," Harry replied politely.

"I will let her know you're here, what is your name, sir?" The woman who according to the nameplate on her desk was named Cherry Underhill asked him.

"Harry Peverell," Harry said.

Cherry marked something down and then got up from her seat and walked through the door to the right of her desk.

Harry took a seat in one of the armchairs and picked up a magazine knowing he would be waiting for a while.

About half an hour and two magazines later the door opened and cherry spoke, " Mr Peverell, Madam Marchbanks is ready to see you."

Harry set down his magazine and thanked the receptionist as he stepped through the door into a large almost empty room.

There was a desk with an ancient looking woman seated comfortably, Harry recognized her from the time he took his exams in the future.

There was a smaller desk set in front of her desk with an exam laying face down, as well as a quill and a pot of ink.

"Good morning Mr Peverell, I am Griselda Marchbanks and I will be running you through your O.W.L examinations for the next week. You will be sitting two exams a day so this will be quite tiring," Madam Marchbanks explained.

"Yes ma'am, I am prepared," Harry assured her.

"Good, we will start with the core classes and first on the docket is transfiguration please take a seat," Griselda continued indicating the smaller desk.

Harry took his seat and waited for more instruction.

Griselda leaned down and grabbed a large hourglass from the floor and set it on her desk before speaking.

"You have two hours to complete your exam," She said as she flipped the hourglass over and called out, " Begin."

Peverell Beach House, Cornwall, 10/18/1982, 17:45

Harry stepped out of the fireplace and collapsed into a chair completely exhausted, he had done his history of magic exams last just like before and had crammed all night last night for it.

Though he didn't expect a high mark in the subject, as long as he got an acceptable he would be pleased.

"How did it go?" Bellatrix asked coming into the sitting room.

"It went okay I suppose, I am dreading taking the N.E.W.T's, though those won't be quite as long," Harry said laying his head back on the couch and closing his eyes.

"We might have to reverse our dirty teacher fantasy," Bellatrix said thoughtfully.

"That sounds like fun," Harry said cracking his right eye to look at her.

"Good, Jangles has dinner ready," Bellatrix said taking his hand and leading him to the kitchen.

Harry was actually feeling quite proud of himself having taken care of his first hurdle. He had a nice long break before he was due to take his N.E.W.T's.

'Then all I have to do is figure out what job I want,' Harry thought wryly as he took his seat at the table.