Remus' mouth snapped shut, knowing better than to argue with an upset female. "And while you take him away from me you are going to be trying to get him laid as much as possible with random women… and I am supposed to just be okay with this!?"
"No… not 'okay' but maybe accepting? We missed out on over a decade of his life Hedwig, we failed him time and time again and then he goes and protects us, helps us…" Sirius faltered, before an idea came to his mind. "We will make you a deal though."
"And what " the white-haired girl scowled, "could you possibly offer me in return for allowing this?"
"We will convince him to take a vacation with you next year. Just the two of you."
The girl fell into silence. This was something she had wanted for years now, to be away from everyone else, to just pretend it was the two of them, that maybe they were newlyweds or just a romantic couple.
"I…"
"Anywhere you want Hedwig, hell we will pay for it and keep everyone else out of your hair. We will answer his mail, do his summer homework, and take care of everything."
The two men looked almost desperate, and the beauty sighed. 'It is for Harry… and he deserves some time with them, maybe even a break from me…'
"Fine…"
The Marauders grinned.
"BUT, I am going to hold you to this. Anywhere I want for two weeks next summer."
"We promise, we will have to sort out the exact date with cub, but I am sure we can convince him."
"AND, one more thing."
Glancing at each other the older Wizards nodded slowly. "This is a vacation for the three of you, which means I better not hear about him being dropped off somewhere while you two morons chase skirts."
"Of course not, pup will be our number one priority I promise."
"He better be…"
...
"Lucius"
The blonde bowed slightly, but stopped short of declaring his allegiance, there would be time for that later once the Dark Lord had returned. There could only be one true master of the world, and it would undoubtedly be one of the two he served. For now he only had to keep up appearances, such as arriving when summoned.
"I have two tasks for you."
"Of course, what can I do?"
"First," the teen slipped a small journal from his cloak and presented it to the blonde, "A list of changes you are going to being pushing through the Wizengamot. Do not worry, all of them will benefit your public appearance greatly. You will choose one and have it passed by the end of the summer."
Malfoy nodded, before pocketing the object. "And the other?"
"How are your connections with the guards at Azkaban and the DMLE?"
....
"My Lord you came!"
Harry forced himself not to roll his eyes at the youngest Malfoy's declaration. "Yes Draco, I told you I would this summer did I not?"
"Well I mean yeah but… it is just awesome that you did!"
"You realize I am not spending the entire summer here correct?"
"Yeah, but… bugger just come inside already!" the blonde exclaimed, before grabbing his friend's arm and pulling him into the mansion.
"Ah, Mr. Potter it is good to see you again."
"You as well Lord Malfoy. I hope I am not interrupting anything."
The man merely shook his head, "Of course not, unfortunately I do need to leave, there is a meeting at the Wizengamot concerning several new laws and I wish to be there to support them."
A raven-haired head nodded, "I wish you the best of luck."
With that the man left, leaving only the two boys and Narcissa Malfoy alone.
"Draco," the woman's voice called out, earning the teen's attention, "Please go and finish unpacking from school."
"But mommmmmm."
"No buts, you may spend time with your friend afterwards, this is your punishment for not doing this when you came home last week ."
The boy promptly sulked off, leaving only two, plus Hedwig, in the room. It was at this point that the older woman slowly paced around the boy-who-lived, examining him. "You may have them both fooled, but not me."
"Oh?"
"I can see how weak you are, how childish. My son seems to believe that you will rule the world, my husband is beginning to believe him as well. I, however, am unconvinced."
"I wasn't aware I cared whether you were convinced or not."
The woman sneered, "You are a stupid boy, a child who has no idea what kind of world this is. You think that you are in control when in reality you are just as stupid and ignorant as any other child. Your fate is to be swept away in the tide just like so many others who believed themselves better than they truly were. You are not worthy of the title of 'Lord' and I will see to it that my husband and son see this."
Harry stared back, face expressionless and silent until he shrugged his shoulders, "Whatever you think is best. If you will excuse me, I would like to unpack for the short time I will be staying here."
...
"Welcome Lord Pup to the fabulous newly christened 'Hall of the Marauders'!" Sirius triumphantly proclaimed as the trio, along with Hedwig on his shoulder, entered Grimmauld Place. "Ahead you will notice a rather large hole in the wall, soon to be filled with… well I would like to place a giant portrait of some half-naked woman but Moony here keeps telling me no…"
"Padfoot, as hilarious as I think it would be to replace the portrait of your dead mother with a woman who constantly strips for guests I don't necessarily think that is the best option…"
"Awww come on, what could be better than that!?"
"Scenery, something calming and yet expansive that shows change, either seasonal or time. Perhaps a sunset or sunrise."
The two men glanced over at their godson, who had taken to glancing around the rest of the entrance. "Uh… pup?"
"Yes?"
"Why…"
"Because if you ever hope to bring home a female to your house the first thing she should be seeing is not another naked female on your wall, especially if you hope to keep her in the house for more than ten seconds."
The Black Lord blinked a few times to process the information, before hastily grabbing a nearby quill and piece of parchment, "What was that about a sunset again?"
"Anyways… cub we have finally finished remodeling which puts us at seven total bedrooms, you can have first choice of…"
"I assume the two of you have already chosen? I can pick from the remaining five."
"But pup… we declared you our 'Lord' for a reason and…"
"And it is your house. I am not the Dark Lord Padfoot, I have no intentions of taking anything from you or making such demands. Keep the rooms you want to have, I grew up with virtually nothing, so I will be content with any room at this point."
Hedwig flew off his shoulder, shifting back to her human form and clutching his arm a second later. "So long as the bed is big enough for at least two people… do any of the remaining rooms have attached baths? Because we had one back at Hogwarts and it was practically a delicacy ."
"At least two eh? Plans on having company stay over sometime pup?"
Harry shrugged, before gesturing for Hedwig to pick out a room for them and earning a happy giggle from the girl. "Always plan for the unexpected Padfoot, you know this."
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