Chapter 25 - Third Year (Part 2)

Luxor, Egypt - August 22, 2003

After finishing work, Percy and the twins returned to Egypt. This week had been oddly quiet at the Burrow. They didn't miss Molly, Ron, and Ginny's whining, but they did miss the rest of the family.

The twins stopped by Peverell Manor to say a quick goodbye to Hadrian after work, and off they went, back to Egypt. They didn't like being away from him, but they also knew that their dads needed them. Hadrian had encouraged them to go and be their for their family, that just made them love him more.

When they arrived at camp, the only people they found was their fathers and Charlie. Bill was still working in one of the closed off tombs. And Molly and the two youngest had gone into town to, 'get back to civilization' in their words.

"Hello."

"Hello."

"Hello." Fred and George said. They were excited to see their fathers again.

"Hello boys." Arthur smiled at his twins. They really did remind him of what Fabian and Gideon were like when they were younger.

"Hi dad. Don't mind the twins. We just came from visiting Hadrian, I think their still over excited from seeing their crush." Percy said, looking at the twins. They didn't look embarrassed at all, if anything, Percy thought they looked smug.

"I understand." Arthur said as he smiled at the 15 year old boys. He could only attempt to understand young love, since he couldn't remember experiencing it himself. "Welcome back boys. Let's try to have fun this weekend."

The rest of the evening was spent having fun for the boys. That was until Molly and the youngest two returned. After almost a full week of being in the country, they still hadn't acclimatized to it. They were all still complaining about the heat and almost everything else around them.

"What are you three doing back?" Ron asked as he looked at his older brothers.

"Well, this is a family vacation." Percy said.

"We came back," Fred said.

"To visit our family." George said.

"And we are glad," Fabian said.

"That you did." Gideon grinned at his nephews. They were just so much fun sometimes, or, all the time.

"And just where will you three be staying while you're here? We really don't have room." Molly asked. She really didn't think that Ron or Ginny would be willing to share their room with anyone else.

"We borrowed,"

"A tent from Remus." Fred and George said. In truth, Fred and George had purchased a basic three person tent. There were two bedrooms, a kitchen dining room, a bathroom, and a living room. It wasn't top of the line, or even close to it, but it would do for them.

"And just why do you three know Remus well enough that he would loan you a tent?" Molly asked the twins.

"He's our,"

"Boss." They responded.

"Remus manages the shop where the twins work." Arthur told Molly.

"You work for that man?" Molly didn't like that. Remus had already proven himself to be nothing but another dark creature, she didn't like her twins working for him.

"Yes." The twins said as one.

"Good, then Percy can share a room with Charlie and then I can have my own room." Ron said. He was glad they had a second tent now. He could move into the other tent and then he wouldn't have to deal with any of his stupid parents stupid rules.

"No." Percy said. "The tent we have only has two rooms. And Fred and George are taking one, and I'm taking the other. Charlie is just fine in the room he already has."

"But I want the room. Mum, tell them. I get the room."

Before Molly could say anything Arthur stepped in. "No, Ron. There's no point in switching rooms now. We are only going to be here for two more nights, we are going home Sunday evening. The twins and Percy will stay in the tent they borrowed, and you will stay in our tent."

Ron frowned, but for once, he didn't immediately cry to his mother. Over the past few days his older brothers, Bill and Charlie, had kept referring to him as a baby whenever he cried for his mother when he was denied what he wanted. He didn't want to have them do that in front of the twins because he knew they would never stop doing it. Instead, he just settled with glaring at his brothers and father.

In spite of Ron and Ginny being unhappy about the rooming issues, everyone managed to have fun during the rest of the weekend. Sometimes, when they momentarily forgot why they were mad, even Ron and Ginny started to enjoy themselves.

Since they had already visited most of the tombs in the area, and Bill had the weekend off, Bill took everyone around to show them other sites all over the country. It ended up being a lot of fun, and even educational.

The Burrow - August 25, 2003

With the end of their vacation, Molly knew that she needed to do something. Harry needed to be removed from Sirius and Remus's custody. They were keeping him from being friends with her babies, and stopping him from becoming the hero he was meant to be.

And, since no one else seemed to be doing anything, it was up to her.

It had been Charlie that had given her the idea. He had mentioned the Sea Cliff House. She thought it was absolutely ridiculous that those people that ran that place thought it was ok to expose those children to the likes of a Malfoy, but there was nothing she could do for those children. But, it did give her a starting point.

Sitting down at the table, Molly wrote out an anonymous report of child abuse on Remus. If the Department of Child Welfare was even slightly good at their jobs, she was sure they would find a lot of reasons to remove Harry from that house.

Once he was removed, she would apply for custody. She was sure, given her status as a good light witch, and her connection to Albus Dumbledore, she would quickly be granted it.

She was going to write up abuse accusations against Remus, Sirius, Severus, and Sebastian everyday until Harry was saved from them. She just needed to make sure that no one knew it was her, she was going to have to wait until after she had custody to let anyone know that it was her that saved Harry. The last thing she needed was Sebastian Prince-Peverell knowing, he would make her life difficult, and both Severus and Sirius would take it out on her babies when they went back to school.

Malfoy Manor - August 30, 2003

This year the end of summer party was being held at the Malfoys. Even though it was at a different house, the same people were invited, but happily, both the Prewett twins as well as Marlene were there too.

Just after arriving, Marlene took Hadrian, Bill and Remus aside and warned them to keep their mouths shut. She had stared each of them down for a moment before rejoining her husband over with some of the other adults.

Both Hadrian and Remus had chuckled, but Bill was more than a little confused.

"What was that about?" Bill looked between Remus and Hadrian.

Remus smiled and looked to Hadrian, he knew more about this from Bill's perspective. "Bill, look at Marlene and turn on your magic sight."

Bill did as he was told and pushed his magic into his eyes. Looking at Marlene, Bill could see two different kinds of magic. One, was a calm blueish colour, but the smaller of the two was a mix of swirling colours. Still not completely understanding, Bill looked back at Hadrian.

Bill took a step back as he gasped in pain, his hands shooting up to cover his eyes. Pulling his magic back, he blinked away the bright spots from his vision. In the moment he had looked at Hadrian, he had seen a blinding swirl of colours.

"Why does Marlene have two cores?" Both Hadrian and Remus just looked at Bill, both raised an eyebrow. Then Bill put it together. "Oh. Oh. Wow. Ok, she doesn't want us to spoil the surprise."

Bill smiled. He was happy for Marlene and Regulus. After everything they had been through in the last decade, they deserved some good in their life. And what would be better than starting a family.

"But, why is the babies magic swirling like that? On that note, why does your magic swirl too, Hadrian?" Bill asked.

"It's the Black family gift." Remus told him with a laugh. He had been able to smell that Marlene was expecting as soon as she had come up to them. Like Bill, he was happy for her and Reg. He knew that Reg had been wanting to be a father for a while now.

Bill looked to Hadrian, just to watch as Hadrians dark hair slowly shifted to Malfoy blond before fading back to his natural black.

"You're a metamorphmagus." Bill was slightly stunned, he hadn't even known. "How did you get the gift. I thought the gene was passed down through the Black family?"

"It is." Hadrian smiled. "I think I got it because of two different things. My grandmother, Dorea, was a Black, and it also might have come from when Sirius blood adopted me when I was a baby."

Bill nodded. He was slightly surprise that Hadrian was a metamorphmagus and he hadn't known, but it did make sense to keep it a secret. It was the perfect way for him to disappear if he was ever in danger. The fewer people that knew the better.

The three males all smiled at each other before they went their separate ways. Remus went over to head off his troublesome daughters and their friends who were slowly sneaking off towards the hedge maze. Bill went over to where his fathers were grabbing a drink. And Hadrian returned to his place between the twins.

When everyone sat down to a late lunch, Marlene and Regulus happily informed everyone else. Like Hadrian, Bill, and Remus, everyone else was just as excited.

"What are you three grinning at?" Regulus asked when he saw the looks the three other men were sharing.

"Oh, nothing." Remus smiled. "Just thinking about how much fun you're gonna have with this little one."

"What do you know that we don't?" Marlene gave Remus a hard look.

While Marlene was looking at Remus, Regulus watched as his eyes flicked over to Bill, and then Hadrian. "What do you two see? Please, tell me it's not twins. I don't know if this family will survive another set of twins."

"Hey!" Came the voices of the multiple sets of twins sitting at the table.

"No, it's not twins." Bill smiled.

"Then what is it. Can you tell the babies gender or something?" Marlene was confused by the smiles, but she knew that she couldn't trust them.

"No, magic is magic, regardless of gender." Hadrian said. "Let's just say… That little one is already taking after the Black side of the family."

It took Regulus only a moment. "Not another metamorphmagus?"

Bill and Hadrian just looked at him and smirked.

"What is that, three in this generation. The Black family gift has been dormant for over 4 generations, and now we have three in one generation?" Marlene sighed.

"Actually," Sirius looked at his sister-in-law, "this little one brings us up to five."

"Five?" Arthur asked, looking around the table.

"Well, we of course have the twins, Athena, and Ares. Then their is Andromeda's daughter, Nymphadora. Although, she only has a partial form. I think it is because Andy was disowned while she was pregnant." Sirius said.

"What do you mean, partial form?" Charlie asked. "I went to school with her, she was able to change herself."

"I've seen Nymphadora shift, she struggles with it and it causes her a little pain, she is also extremely clumsy, like her body can't accept itself. You've seen the twins, changing themselves is as easy as breathing for them. Their magic responds instinctively to what they want." Sirius explained.

"With the baby, that's four. So who's number five?" Marlene asked.

Instead of answering, Sirius looked to Hadrian. Once everyone turned to him, Hadrian started shifting the colour of his hair like he had done earlier. While most had known, a few, like Arthur, the Prewett twins, and Marlene hadn't even had a clue about Hadrians abilities.

"You're a metamorphmagus?" Arthur gasped. "Why don't more people know. It isn't something that you can keep quiet. Everyone knew about Nymphadora within a week of her starting school."

"People don't know because I don't advertise it." Hadrian explained. "I only use it around those that know me best. And, even then, I only use it to hide. It makes it so that I can disappear in a crowd. It's more useful for me if I keep it quiet."

"That's true." Charlie nodded his understanding. "Everyone knew about Nymphadora because she was constantly showing off. It makes the gift almost completely useless for her now because everyone knows about it."

"Just make sure you have the baby in St. Mungo's." Lucius sighed as he remembered when the twins were born. "I can't even count how many peoples memories I had to modify when the twins were born. I had to stay up for the full 24 hours we were at the hospital."

Everyone just laughed at Lucius's memory. He might complain about it now, but he had been thrilled to tell them all about it when they had first brought the twins home.

The Bubble - August 27, 2003

Nymphadora Tonks was a woman on a mission. She was going to make Charlie Weasley fall in love with her if it was the last thing she did.

She arrived at The Bubble in her auror outfit, so she knew no one was going to get in her way. It had only been a few weeks since she had finished her training period with Mad-Eye. She was now a junior auror. The only downside, was that once she had passed her final test, Mad-Eye had been forced to retire.

Amelia Bones said that it was because his contract had been completed, but Tonks was sure that Amelia and Rufus Scrimgeour had forced him out because they knew that he was a threat to their power. Mad-Eye, was much better than them, and they knew it. They must have just wanted him out of their way so that they could keep their positions. Not that Mad-Eye would ever be content as a stupid paper pusher like them.

Walking down the hallways, she followed the directions some random worker had given her. She really didn't understand why there even was a place like this. Why should anyone want to protect acromantulas or occamy. They were dark and dangerous creatures that served no purpose. It was one of the reasons the ministry advised people to stay away from them.

Eventually, she came to the dragon enclosure that the worker had said Charlie was supposed to be working at. Although he also said that Charlie would be on a lunch break, so there was no guarantee he would be there.

But Charlie was there.

And he wasn't alone.

Tonk's hair turned fire red in her rage as she saw that Charlie was standing inside the enclosure, the two dragons off on the other side, and he had someone pinned against one of the trees.

Getting a little closer, making sure to be quiet so he wouldn't notice her. Looking from the new angle, she could clearly see Charlie, the man she was supposed to marry, making out with another man. His hands sliding up and under the other mans shirt, while the other man ran his fingers through Charlie's dark orange hair.

The two separated for a moment to catch their breath and Tonks almost screamed. It was that stupid keeper that had been obsessed with Charlie when they had been at school.

As the two went back to kissing, Tonks stormed out. Just wait until she told Molly Weasley. That would set Charlie right.

She was just going to have to make sure that Charlie knew what he was doing was wrong. He would have to grovel a little before she would agree to go out with him after this, but there was no doubt in her mind that Molly would ensure she and Charlie were together by Christmas.

Peverell Manor - September 1, 2003

When the morning of September first finally arrived, Hadrian was moving slowly. Normally, they hurried to the platform so that they could get there before everyone else, but not this year.

Fred and George had warned them that this year, Molly, Ron, Ginny, and Hermione had all made plans to arrive at 10 exactly. They were planning on cornering Hadrian and starting to try and talk him into switching houses.

His papa had written to Edna and Tony and requested that they ward the compartment for them this year. They would be arriving later, and using the crowd as a barrier to protect Hadrian. Because of that, no one was in a rush.

Granger House

Hermione was looking forward to this year more than any of the others. She hadn't been able to do magic in over a month, and she still wasn't over her anger about that. Soon enough she would be back at school and able to do all the magic she wanted.

There was also the fact that they could finally make Harry transfer to Gryffindor. Once he was in their house, she was sure that they would be able to get control of him. Between her, Ron, and Ginny, Hermione was sure that they would have Harry behaving like a proper hero by the end of the first month.

Just before 9, Hermione and her parents left to go to the platform. They would arrive on the muggle side 10 minutes before it opened, this would allow her to keep an eye on everything since she had no doubt that Ron and the others would be late, like always.

The Burrow

For once, everyone was up and getting ready well before 11. Molly had even forced Ron and Ginny out of their beds at 8:30. As much as they had argued, Molly had held her ground.

Arthur had taken the morning off from work so that he could be there, and he was thrilled. For once, he was going to get to take all of his school aged children to the train at the same time.

Fred, George, and Percy just sat back and watched everyone. Like usual, they had made sure they had packed everything the night before, and their trunks were stacked next to the floo. They all knew what the rush was truly about, but seeing how happy their dad was, they couldn't be too angry. They knew Hadrian wouldn't let them anywhere near him, so it really didn't matter how hard they tried to get close to him.

Even with them being up so early, they still ran a little late as they left the house.

At 10:05, everyone flooed to the platform.

Platform 9 3/4

Hermione walked through the barrier at exactly 10. She was able to watch as the train slowed to a stop. Smoke puffing as it was finally still.

She had her father load her trunk on the train and said goodbye to her parents, before taking her place at the same bench she had used the year before. When the Weasley family came through the floo only a few minutes later, she was more than a little surprised. Sure, they were late, but they were a lot earlier than she would have thought they would be.

Arthur looked around smiling. It really did seem that what he had been missing was his friends. Now that Fabian and Gideon were there, he didn't have that hollow feeling in his chest. Sure, he would still miss his children, but he knew that everything was going to be ok.

"Everything ok dad?" Came Percy's voice.

Arthur turned to look at his son. He couldn't believe that this was already Percy's last year. It felt like only yesterday that he and Bill had been convincing Percy that he shouldn't try to go to Gryffindor. Now, his little boy was in his final year, and head boy too.

Arthur had been so proud when Percy had received the head boy badge the month before. This was their second head boy in the family.

Percy had changed so much over the years. Although he was still bookish, he was also more outgoing. Because he was in Ravenclaw, he was around many people that liked books just as much as he did. This had allowed him to make a few very good friends that understood him. Arthur had no doubt that if Percy had gone to Gryffindor, he would be very different. Although there were plenty of good people in the lion house, he knew that more than likely, Percy would have been alone most of the time without any good friends. Arthur was beyond happy that Bill had noticed his little brothers struggles with which house to go in to, if he hadn't, things would have been very different for Percy.

"Everything's fine Perce." Arthur smiled. "I just can't believe this is your last year already. I'm so proud of you, you know that, don't you. How much I love you?"

Percy went and hugged his dad. "Of course I do. You love me as much as I love you."

"What do we have here?" Fabian said as he walked over with his brother and the younger twins.

"The epitome of cool, hugging your father." Gideon laughed.

When Arthur went to pull away, Percy didn't let go. He didn't care what anyone else thought. Rather than saying anything, he just held out one of his arms, inviting the others into the hug.

Fabian and Gideon both jumped forward and joined in the hug. It felt so natural to be so close with their family. Fred and George looked at each other, smiling, before they too joined in the hug.

Completely ignorant of the family hug behind them, Molly was talking with Hermione and her babies.

"So, he hasn't arrived yet?"

"No. But the platform has only been open for five minutes." Hermione said.

"Where is he?" Ginny whined. She wanted to see him again, she had missed him so much this summer.

"Don't worry baby girl, he will be here soon. Just remember, once you get him in your compartment you're going to need to convince him to get resorted. If you can't get it done today, you will need to work on him this year. As of this evening, he can get resorted at any point from now on." Molly reminded them.

"We know mum." Ron sighed. "You've told us that all summer."

"Then you will be sure to remember." Molly snapped back. She really was starting to wonder if she might have made a mistake with Ron, he just didn't listen like he should.

The four of them looked away from each other to start looking for the arrival of Harry.

Just after 10:30, like they had planned, Hadrian and his friends arrived on the platform. The Longbottom's were the first to arrive. Seeing the male Weasley's, they made their way over to them.

Percy, Fred, and George had already put their trunks in the front compartment so they were just hanging out with their dads while they waited for the others to arrive. Alice, Frank and the kids were all welcomed into the group quickly.

The Malfoy's came through the floo next. But before they could go and join Arthur and the boys like Alice and Frank had, Hadrian came through with his family.

Walking towards his friends, Hadrian had his fathers and uncles on either side, Lucius and Narcissa were just behind him, and Draco and the girls were in front of him leading the way. Hadrian didn't even try to stop himself from laughing at just how overprotective his family was, but it also filled him with joy as he knew that he was loved.

As soon as they reached the group of friends, Fred and George quickly took up their places on either side of him. Draco immediately pulled them into a conversation on the new classes that they would be taking this year.

Molly watched as Harry arrived, once again surrounding himself with dark wizards. That poor boy. His life must be awful with people like that. She really couldn't imagine that people like that could ever be good and loving parents.

But she was also angry. She and her babies only wanted what was best for him, and he was being so ungrateful. Once she had custody of the boy she would correct his insolent ways.

Hermione, Ron, and Ginny all got up and started heading in Harry's direction. But they kept getting blocked by the other stupid people on the platform that were running around. There were just so many people in their way.

Hermione and Ron knew what they needed to do. Headmaster Dumbledore had even come to visit Hermione the week before and gave her a potion that she was to give to Harry. She was going to get them all a bottle of pumpkin juice, and hide the potion in Harry's. Once he drank it, the headmaster had assured her that Harry would start to do what he was told, like he had always been meant to do.

Ron was just excited that everyone was going to finally learn that Harry was his best friend. Sure, Ron actually didn't like Harry all that much, he was just such a loser, with all his books and studying, but putting up with him would be worth it. He was going to be famous, and he was sure that as soon as people learned more about him, they would see that he was even better than Harry and start celebrating him instead.

Ginny went to call out to her Harry, she was sure that once he saw that she was there waiting for him, he would leave those other people and come over to greet her. He would probably even give her a hug, and maybe even a kiss. Then everyone would know that they were meant to be together.

But, just as she was opening her mouth to call out, another voice called to him. Looking over, Ginny watched as Loony Lovegood walked towards her Harry. Ginny almost screamed as she watched Harry go over to the freaky girl and wrap his arms around her.

Everyone could see. Her Harry, the man she was going to marry, hugging another girl.

That was it.

She was going to have to fix this.

Over the summer she had been working herself up so that she would have the courage to talk to Harry more, now she didn't have a choice. She was going to have to get over her shyness so that she could take her rightful place at his side. But he was going to pay for not only cheating on her, but doing so publicly.

But what she was planning for Harry was nothing in comparison to what she was going to do to the loser, Loony Lovegood. That girl was going to regret the day she was born for trying to take what belonged to Ginny.

After greeting Luna, Hadrian led her and her parents back to his family and friends. A few more quick goodbyes, the leaving students making sure they hugged everyone, they started to move towards the train.

Luna was their look out, and she kept them all up to date on exactly where Hermione and the others were. When they started to get close, Hadrian slipped in front of the twins and behind Neville and Draco, so he was completely blocked from their sight, and shifted his appearance. He lighten his hair to a dirty blond, made his eyes brown, and made himself grow a few inches.

Being completely unrecognizable, Hadrian separated from the others and headed towards the front of the train. It was easy enough to slip through the crowds of people.

Nem stayed hidden in one of her inside pockets. She knew that she couldn't be seen until they were safe in their compartment. She didn't want those awful humans finding her bond mate.

Reaching the compartment, Hadrian went in. But the compartment wasn't empty.

Edna looked over from where she was waiting. She had wanted to make sure that Hadrian made it to the compartment safely.

"Excuse me, but this compartment is already full." Edna said to the boy that had come in. She was surprised as she looked at the boy. Over the years she had made it her business to memorize the faces of the children that went to the school, but she had no clue who this boy was, she had never seen him before.

"I know." Hadrian smiled as he let his magic relax and he changed back to his original looks.

Edna was stunned as she watched the strange boy become Hadrian. "How?"

"Black family gift of being a metamorphmagus." Hadrian told her. "Although I hope we can keep that quiet. I prefer to keep it secret. It gives me a way to disappear if I have too."

After assuring the boy that she would keep his gift a secret she went to her compartment to start getting everything ready for when they left the station.

Alone in the compartment, Hadrian sat down in his place and pulled Nem out to give her a belly rub.

While Hadrian was heading to the compartment, the others were heading towards the back of the train. Luna let everyone know that Hermione, Ron, and Ginny were still following them, so everyone was sure that Hadrian was safe from them.

Luna and Neville split off when they were about half way down the train, and Draco went his separate way shortly after. They were going to be getting on the train, and then making their way to the front. Ensuring that they weren't being followed. Percy had already left their little group to go and start his head boy duties.

Just as Fred and George were about to get onto the last train car, a hand reached out and grabbed Fred's shoulder.

Turning around, they saw the other three that had been following them, Ron had been the one to grab Fred.

"Where did Harry go?" Ron demanded.

"Harry who?" George smiled.

"Harry Potter." Hermione rolled her eyes.

"I don't know a Harry Potter, do you twin of mine?" George looked playfully to Fred.

"Nope. I don't know any Harry Potter's brother dear." Fred smiled back.

"Don't be stupid." Ginny huffed. "Harry Potter, the Boy-Who-Lived. He was just with you, I saw him."

"There was no Harry Potter with us." Fred said.

Hermione growled slightly. "Harry Potter. You call him that stupid name, Hadrian. Where is he?"

"Oh, you mean our dear friend, Hadrian Potter-Black." George gave the mouthy girl a pitying look.

"We were confused by you calling him a name that isn't his." Fred said.

"As for where he is."

"Probably on the train."

"He is going to school after all."

"I mean honestly Eunice, it isn't that hard to learn someones name." Fred said looking at Hermione.

"Yeah, just ask Elmer and Ethel." George added, looking to Ron and then Ginny.

A few of the students walking by that heard the conversation chuckled lightly. Amongst those walking past, was Blaise Zabini and Daphne Greengrass. They both liked Hadrian well enough and knew just how much he hated being called Harry.

"Those aren't our names." Hermione snarled as she stomped her foot.

"Doesn't seem to bother you when it's you," George said.

"Calling people by the wrong name." Fred finished just as they turned away and got on the train. Grinning at the other students that had heard their conversation with the annoyances.

Once they were all in the compartment with Hadrian, Fred and George took great joy in telling the others about their conversation with the annoying trio. They all agreed that it would be fun to refer to them by the wrong names until they started calling Hadrian by his proper name.

Just after Edna had dropped by to give everyone their lunches, Luna looked up. A beautiful smile on her face.

"Everything's changing."

"What's changing little moon?" Hadrian asked.

"Everything." Luna smiled as she looked around. "Something has happened that has given the chance for new life for so many."

None of them knew exactly what Luna meant, but they were excited. Something had changed, and although they didn't exactly know what it was, it made luna happy, so they knew it must be a good thing.

Hogwarts, Headmaster's Office

After the train left, Molly had things to do. She watched as Arthur left for work with her brothers. Once she was sure they were gone, she flooed directly to the headmaster's office.

Albus had requested to meet with her this morning. But, Molly wasn't sure what it was about. She didn't think that it was about her babies, after all, they hadn't done anything wrong. The only thing she could think that it might be about was Harry.

It had been over a week now since she had started filing her abuse reports, and although Harry arrived with those men again, she was sure that soon enough he was going to be taken away from them. Once that happened, she knew that she was going to get custody of the brat.

As soon as she arrived in the office, she saw that Albus was sitting at his desk, but he wasn't alone. Andromeda Tonk's was also there. Seeing that neither of them had anything in front of them, she quickly made them tea and grabbed a few of the biscuits that she always made sure were available in the office.

After serving the tea she looked at the others. "Albus, Andromeda. What is this about?"

"We have a problem Molly." Albus said.

"Dora came to me the other day. She was devastated." Andromeda was clearly angry about something upsetting her daughter. "She told me that she had gone to The Bubble to visit Charlie a few weeks ago. He was with someone."

"What do you mean? Charlie isn't seeing anyone. I've been encouraging him to stop by the auror office and spend some time with her." Molly still wasn't over the fact that Charlie hadn't done what she had told him. "The foolish boy isn't currently listening to me about it, but I'm sure I will be able to make the boy see sense, but as far as I know, he is single."

"Well, he isn't." Andromeda said. "Dora saw him making out with a boy named Oliver Wood that is a Gryffindor seventh year. She spoke with one of his co-workers, and Wood apparently went to visit Charlie during his lunches, everyday he was working, for weeks."

"WHAT?" Molly was furious. How could Charlie do something like this to her? She had found him the perfect girl, and he was throwing it away for some boy. He was just to much like his father, he must have gotten those proclivities from Arthur. "Don't you worry, I will set that boy straight. I will get to work on the marriage contract by the weekend. And, don't worry, I will make sure that that foolish boy stays faithful to her. Dora deserves that."

Molly left the office in a huff. Charlie was planning to come to The Burrow for dinner tonight. She was going to have to set him right.

The Burrow

Just as the train was pulling into Hogsmeade Station, Charlie was arriving at The Burrow for dinner with his fathers, and unfortunately, Molly. Charlie smiled as he walked into the house, the first thing he heard was his fathers laughing together. This was how things should have always been. His three fathers happy and together.

Looking at them, it was clear the three men had been cooking. All three of them had traces of flour in their hair and on their cheeks. Thankfully, it appeared that Molly was off somewhere else in the house.

When the casserole and fresh bread Arthur and the twins had made was done, they all sat down to eat, Molly joining them in a huff. It was clear Molly had worked herself up into a state, but none of the four men wanted to be the one to set her off, so they just ignored her constant huffing.

Arthur had just served the dark chocolate brownies with raspberry topping, when Molly had finally had enough of waiting for one of the men to have the decency of asking her what was wrong.

"Charles Septimus Weasley. What is wrong with you?"

"You are going to have to be a little more specific. Because right now, after such an amazing meal, and with this dessert, I'm actually pretty amazing." Charlie said, taking a large bite and enjoying it despite Molly's rage.

"Who do you think you are? Cheating on your fiancée." Molly glared at the boy, completely ignoring the brownie in front of her. She knew that there was no way it could ever be as good as any dessert she would make, so she wasn't going to eat something that was probably disgusting.

"Fiancée? I don't have a fiancée. And, I'm not cheating on anyone." Charlie was confused, what was she on about now, a question that Arthur also wanted answered.

"What are you on about Molly? If Charlie had gotten engaged I think we would all know. Not to mention, he isn't a cheater."

"Andromeda came to me today, Dora is inconsolable that you are treating her like this. She saw you with that boy. How could you do something like this to such a sweet girl?" Molly demanded, her voice raising in indignation. "You are going to go over to her apartment this instant. You are going to apologize for treating her like this. And you are going to propose to her properly, I will take your Gringotts card and get an appropriate ring, and you are going to make an honest woman out of her. And, most importantly, you will never see that whore again. Do I make myself clear?"

It took Charlie a moment to work through the woman's insanity. "Are you out of your mind. That's it, isn't it, you've finally gone over the edge and completely cracked, haven't you.

First off, don't you ever call Ollie a whore again. Oliver is my boyfriend, not some whore. And, I am not going to stop seeing him just because you've flipped your lid.

Second, I have never, and will never, ask Tonks to marry me. She's just some random girl that I went to school with. I don't like her, and I never will. She is no one to me, I have never even kissed her.

And, third, obviously, given the fact that I'm dating Ollie, I'm gay. I like men. I know that Tonk's can change her appearance, but it isn't the same. She doesn't have anything I want.

So, let me make this perfectly clear. I am not engaged to anyone, let alone Tonks. I am not going to get engaged just because you've demanded it. I am going to continue to see Ollie for as long as I want. And, there is absolutely nothing you can do about it."

"How dare you speak to me like that?" Molly shrieked. She knew she should have taught him better when he was a child. "You will do as I tell you young man or I will be going to Gringotts tomorrow and writing up a marriage contract that will stipulate that you are never even to lay eyes on that whore again."

Charlie froze. Could she really do that? He had never studied marriage contracts, so he really didn't know.

"No," Fabian snarled as he got up from where he sat at the table, moving to stand in-between Molly and Charlie.

"You won't." Gideon copied the movements of his twin.

"For a marriage contract to be valid you need multiple things that you will never get."

"First, as Charlie is of age, he would need to willingly sign the contract for it to be valid. And I think we know the likely hood of that happening."

"Second, all legal parents must sign. And there is no way Arthur would do that to any of his children. Is there?"

Arthur looked to his friends before smiling at his son, before turning to glare at Molly. "Never."

"And, thirdly, only the oldest and strictest marriage contracts, also known as absolute contracts, can control ones behaviour. And it is only the 'wife' who's behaviour can be controlled. As the male, in an olde magic marriage contract, Charlie would have complete control over the girl, not her over him."

Molly froze for a second. That couldn't be true, could it? The marriage contract between Harry and Ginny was valid, wasn't it? It didn't matter, they were meant to be.

"You two have no say in this. Charlie is my son, and as such he will do as he is told. He will Marry Dora, or I swear, I will fully disown him from this family."

Everyone gasped at that, full disownments weren't something that was ever taken lightly. It stripped a person of everything to do with their original family, including the last name. A disowned person was called No Name as a last name. It was a mark of the worst kind of shame to have been fully disowned.

Arthur waved his wand in a sweeping gesture over his head, and there was the sound of a thousand locks clicking closed.

"That is it. I am done. As of right now Molly, you have one week to get your things and move out of my house. This marriage is over.

Who do you think you are threatening my son like that? Given the choice between him or you, I will always choose him.

I have sealed the house. You will only be able to take what is yours. You will not be able to take anything else from this house.

I will be filing for divorce as soon as possible."

Charlie started to panic. As grateful as he was for how much his dad clearly loved him, he couldn't have him filing for divorce, not yet. They still hadn't found a way to reverse the ritual yet.

If his dad found out that he had never been married to Molly, it would lead to questions. If he or Charlie's other fathers learned that they had been married, he would lose them. He needed to at least buy a little time.

"Dad, as much as I think you are right in getting that… Woman, out of this house, I think you should take a little time with filing for divorce. Emotions are running high right now, and I think you should take a little time and let your head clear before doing anything to rash.

Take some time, think everything through, find a good lawyer, and then make a list of everything you need and want. Especially anything that involves custody of the younger kids. They need to be protected even more than I do.

Maybe, bring them home in a week or two and explain things to them. This isn't something they need to learn from a letter."

Arthur thought about what Charlie said. He was right. As much as Arthur wanted everything done now, he needed to think of his kids. He had no doubts that Percy, Fred and George would be ok with the divorce, but Ron and Ginny would be another story all together. More than likely, they were going to throw the biggest fits they could. This needed to be handled in the least upsetting way possible for them.

"Thank you Charlie. You're right. I am going to take a few weeks and work everything out, but I will be filing the divorce papers by the end of October." Arthur turned to a stunned Molly. "And you are not going to do anything that will upset the children while they are at school. We will call them home in three weeks, so they have time to settle in at school again, and then we will tell them together. You will not just send them a letter. It will just distract them, and they need to focus on their school work right now, Ron is just starting his new classes and needs to be able to pay attention. Do you understand Molly?"

Mollys look of shock turned to one of outrage. Of course she would never do anything to upset her babies, that was always Arthur that did that. "Fine. I won't tell my babies anything to upset them. And I will be here in three weeks to tell them with you."

With one last huff, Molly stormed out of the house, back straight and head held high.

Charlie quickly turned to his dad when a thought hit him. "Dad, you need to write a letter to Gringotts. It would be just like her to go and clear out your vaults. I'll take the letter personally so you don't have to wait for Maggie to fly there."

Arthur just nodded, still a little stunned that he had finally done it. The harpy was gone. "Yes, yes. I guess I should, although, it really doesn't matter. With Mollys inability to handle money responsibly I put a limit on how much she could take out. She is limited to less than 1000 galleons per month. But, I guess it would be better to stop her from taking anything."

Arthur went up to his office to get a piece of parchment and wrote out a letter requesting that Molly not be allowed access to his vaults. Over the years, his financial manager had encouraged him to protect his money. He had found evidence that Molly had been systematically syphoning money off and adding it to her own private account. Because of that, he had suggested that Arthur open up his own private vaults, and that he limit the amount of money that was in the family vault. The family vault was self refilling to 1000 galleons every month, the exact amount that he let Molly use, everything else went into a separate vault that had a higher level of security. He had made sure that he had final say on what happened with the money in that account.

While Arthur was upstairs, Charlie turned to his other fathers. He asked them to keep his dad calm and happy while he was away. He was going to pack a bag from his apartment and return to The Burrow for the night, so he told them he would probably be gone for an hour.

They had, of course, agreed. They were furious with Molly for treating Charlie that way. Moving forward, they both brought their nephew into a bone crushing hug. Even with his own mother treating him so terribly, and even threatening him, all he cared about was protecting his dad.

Gringotts

After his dad returned with the note, Charlie quickly flooed to Gringotts. Going forward, he got in line to speak with one of the tellers.

Reaching the teller, Charlie greeted him formally, like Bill had taught him, and then he handed over the letter.

Teller Lark loved to stall and take up as much time as he could whenever he had to deal with a rude witch or wizard, but this one was different. This wizard had greeted him properly, so Lark knew that he would help this wizard to the best of his abilities, manners were so rare these days in wizard folk. Opening the letter, he looked over it critically. After a quick scan, the letter proved to be genuine.

With only a few quick notes, and a flash of goblin magic, the requests were carried out. Molly Prewett no longer had any access to any vault under the name Weasley. The letter referred to 'Molly Weasley', but the goblins magic recognized that as a false name used by one Molly Prewett.

When the goblin informed Charlie that it was done, Charlie made sure to thank him properly before leaving.

He had been just in time. As Charlie stepped into the floo, he saw as Molly herself dashed into the bank.

Molly dashed into the bank as quickly as she could. Getting in line in front of one of the only tellers that was working this late in the day, she waited impatiently. As it was the first of the month, she knew that there was 1000 galleons sitting in the family account. She was going to use that money to rent a hotel room until she could sort everything out.

There was no way that Arthur could divorce her, especially since they weren't actually married. She was going to have to talk to Albus, she was sure he would be able to sort everything out. He would be able to bring Arthur around to their way of thinking.

When it was finally her turn, she demanded that the goblin bring her down to the vault.

Lark almost growled. Oh, how he hated self important, rude, humans like this one. Looking at the key she handed him, he almost grinned. Molly Prewett. It looked like that polite wizard had gotten there just in time.

Lark took great joy in telling the rude witch that she had been barred from accessing the account she wanted to get into. Although, it took him almost 20 minutes to do so.

Molly was enraged, and if it hadn't been for the other people in the bank, she would have made sure that disgusting goblin knew it.

Since she couldn't use that money, she took out some money from the account Albus had set up for her. She hated having to spend her own money, but she didn't have a choice.

Molly was going to spend the night at the Leaky Caldron, and then go and see Albus in the morning so that he could fix Arthur.

12 Grimmauld Place

After leaving the bank, Charlie flooed directly to 12 Grimmauld Place. Arriving in the main hall, he waited until Kreacher came to get him.

Regulus and Marlene were curled up on one of the couches in the library.

"You two are just so sickly sweet." Charlie smiled at them.

"You're just jealous." Marlene smiled back.

"Well of course he is, I'm just too gorgeous." Regulus laughed.

Both Marlene and Charlie just rolled their eyes at him. Marlene muttered about hoping that the baby didn't inherit the Black family modesty that both Regulus and Sirius had.

"Ignoring him, what is it we can do for you this evening Charlie?" Marlene asked as she sat up. "Would you like some tea?"

"No thanks Marley." Charlie sat down across from them and looked to Regulus. "We have a problem. Dad is planning to file for divorce by the end of October. We have to figure out how to fix this."

"What happened?" Regulus started to panic like Charlie had. "I thought we would have more time than this. I'm not even through a quarter of the books, and without Percy, I'm moving even slower now."

"What's wrong with them getting divorced?" Marlene was confused, she knew just how much Charlie and his brothers didn't like the way Molly treated their father. She herself had been furious when she had learned about the love potions.

Charlie looked to Marlene, realizing that no one had told her what had happened. "They can't get divorced because they aren't married."

"Yes they are." Marlenes confusion grew stronger. "I was at the wedding. I remember them getting married."

"No." Charlie said. "My dad married Molly's brothers, Fabian and Gideon. Fabian and Gideon our our fathers. Just after the twins were born, Molly and Dumbledore used some kind of ritual to make my fathers forget that not only were they married, but that they were our fathers. Molly used a blood adoption on us to make us her kids.

The ritual messes with peoples perception and alters their memories. You might remember dad marrying Molly, but that is the ritual making you see her rather than my other fathers."

"That bitch." Marlene was furious. Just who did Molly think she was doing something like that to people as kind as Arthur, Fabian and Gideon.

"Earlier this summer we got a hold of Albus's darker library, and I have been searching for the ritual that they used so that we can counter it, but I haven't found anything yet." Regulus told his angry wife.

"So why don't you just tell everyone what happened?" Marlene asked, she had never been one to beat around the bush. If you wanted to say something, you should just say it.

"Because the ritual is designed to protect it's caster. If any of the three of them discover that they were married before we can counter the ritual, it will kill them." Regulus explained.

"What?" Marlene was horrified.

"If dad files for divorce, he will learn that they were never married, which will cause a lot of questions, because he clearly remembers the wedding. If he started trying to figure it out, which he will, we risk them finding out the truth." Charlie's voice was laced with just some of the fear he felt.

"Perception…" Marlene whispered. She had just caught a fleeting memory. "I remember something."

Regulus watched as his wife started to pace. "What is it that you remember love?"

"A book." Marlene said. "It was just after I joined the Order. I had gone to give my first report to Albus. He was in his office, just him and Molly. There was a book on the desk, as soon as I walked in, they slammed the book closed.

It was odd. I was surprised to see them with a book like that, I could almost feel the dark magic pouring off it. Albus told me that a member of the Order had been cursed and they were trying to find the counter. But their behaviour was off.

It was only a few months after that that Molly announced at one of the meetings that she was pregnant."

"What did the book look like?" Charlie asked hopefully.

"It was dark, but not black." Marlene's eyes went unfocused as she tried to remember so far back. "There were veins of brownish red through it. It looked like poorly treated dragon hide. And… There were two interlocking runes on the front. They were… They were…Control. The first one was the ancient Sumerian rune for control, and the other was… Perception. I remember wondering what kind of curse would involve those two runes."

"I know that book." Regulus gasped. As a fully fledged Unspeakable, he was able to retain his memories about what was in the DOM better than those that were just visiting. He couldn't give any specifics with out permission, but he could speak in generalities, so long as he didn't talk about what he was working on. "When Perce and I were unpacking the crates, Percy had grabbed a book just like that and said that it told you everything you needed to know about the man based on how he treated his books."

"So that's probably the book that has the ritual in it. How soon can you find out?" Charlie was excited. They were possibly closer than they had ever been to saving his fathers.

"I can…" Regulus looked to his wife.

"What are you looking to me for?" Marlene snapped. "Get moving. I am perfectly capable of being home alone. I'm pregnant, not dying. Arthur, Fabian, and Gideon need you, so get going."

"I love you." Regulus kissed his wife before dashing off to grab a few things before he flooed to the DOM.

Charlie thanked Marlene for everything before he flooed home to his fathers.

Marlene smiled once the boys were both gone.

"Kreacher?"

"Yes Mistress Marley" The elf popped in immediately. He had taken to doting on her ever since he found out she was pregnant.

"Looks like it's just the two of us for the night. What do you say to making us some smoothies, and I'll get the cards, and we can play some poker?"

Kreacher grinned as he popped to the kitchen to make the smoothies. He did so enjoy a good game of poker with his Mistress Marley. Master Regulus had just never managed to pick up the finer points of the game.

Hogwarts, Entry Hall

As Hermione walked through the front door and into the school, she was immediately called over by Prof. McGonagall. Telling Ron and Ginny she would join them in a few minutes, she followed her favourite professor.

"Is something wrong professor?" Hermione asked once they were alone.

"Not at all, Hermione." Minerva gave the girl a small smile. She might have proven herself to be difficult, but Minerva wasn't going to give up on the girl, she was sure if they could just get the girl focused on the right things everything would work out. "I went to the Headmaster with your request about being able to take more electives, and he has found a way that you can take all the electives you want."

"Really?" Hermione beamed.

"Yes. Hermione, this is a time turner." Minerva pulled out the tiny hourglass that Albus had gotten decades ago. There was no way they would have been able to get approval to have one now, but since they already had this one, they could use it as they wished.

"What does it do?" Hermione gently took the little object.

"When you are wearing it, and you turn the little hour glass over, it will take you one hour back in time." Minerva smiled at the stunned look on the girls face. "But you must be careful. Terrible things can happen to those who meddle with time. You must never see yourself. And, no matter what, no one else can know that you have that.

We were only able to arrange to get the one, which means no one else has one. The last thing any of us needs is one of the other students getting jealous. The headmaster and I were only able to arrange this one because you are such a promising student. And, when I say no one, I mean no one. Not even Mr and Ms. Weasley can know about this. Neither of them understand secrecy the way you do.

Any other questions, Ms. Granger?"

"No questions professor." Hermione slipped the turner around her neck with a smile. "Actually, I was wondering if you could pass on a message to the headmaster for me. I want to thank him, and you, for doing this for me, but I also need to tell him that things once again didn't go as planned.

We were at the platform early enough this year that we saw Harry arrive, but we weren't able to get close to him. Ron and Ginny's brothers, Fred and George, blocked us from getting to him. By the time we finally managed to get away from the twins it was too late and Harry had disappeared again.

The three of us tried to search the train, but Percy stopped us before we were even half way through. So I wasn't able to get the potion into him. I'm sorry."

"Those boys." Minerva huffed. She was still extremely glad they weren't in her house, because she didn't want to have to deal with them, but on the other hand she wished they were, Pomona refused to deal with them properly. "It isn't your fault Hermione. I understand just how difficult the older Weasley boys can be.

I will tell the headmaster about what happened. Don't worry, we know that you did everything you could."

With that, they both slipped out of the room.

Hermione went into the great hall and took her place between Ron and Ginny. If the two of them sat next to each other, they argued.

Minerva went directly to where she knew the first years would be waiting for her. She would tell Albus about what Hermione said after the sorting was complete.

Headmaster's Office

Like had happened in his first year, Hadrian had once again received a note requesting he come up to the headmasters office just as the feast was finishing.

And, once again, he went up to where Flitwick and his papa were. But this time, his Uncle Sirius came with them when they went up to the office.

Up in his office, Albus paced. He needed to regain control of the boy. He believed that he had finally found a way to regain control, and he needed the boy for that.

When the death of his brother was announced, Albus had managed to spin it expertly. He had played the roll of loving brother that had done everything in his power to try and keep his little brother on the path of the light after the deaths of their parents. Although he made sure that no one knew that his father had died in Azkaban and his mother had been killed in a burst of accidental magic from his sister. To the public, he was a loving and supportive big brother, that continued to care for his brother even when he did bad things.

With the good press once again, he was sure he could get the public on his side to fix the dark creatures law. The attack on the Sea Cliff Home had come at the perfect time for him. The only way it could have been any better was if at least one of the children had been turned or killed.

Albus already had plans to challenge the changes that Sebastian had made to werewolf rights. They had proven themselves to be nothing more than disgusting, violent animals.

Once he showed that Sebastian had risked the lives of children, he was sure the public would turn against him. Without the support of the public, the man would fall. Albus would then be able to bring up all the different laws that he had made or changed. With Sebastian being proven to have bad judgment, he was sure that he could get them overturned.

If he had Harry at his side, it would go even quicker. By turning Harry away from the man, it would show the public that even his heir didn't trust him.

Albus had already collected the paperwork needed to declare a Lord unfit to lead a family. If Harry challenged Sebastians right to lead the Peverell family, Albus was sure he would be able to sway the Wizengamot to vote in favour of the boy. Harry would then be able to take the lordship, and Albus knew that he would be able to convince the brat to declare him his proxy. That would give him his power back, and it would also allow him to become Chief Warlock again.

Minerva arrived and told him that she had just seen the brat picking up the note that he had sent. She went to stand by his desk.

Having her their reminded him about what she had told him during the feast. Albus was once again annoyed that the brat had avoided his pawns. And, the fact that he spent so much time with the Weasley twins was concerning. Those boys were just more trouble then they were worth. The brat shouldn't be friends with anyone like those boys.

When the brat finally arrived, Albus was excited. Then he saw that not only had Fillius and Severus come, but so had Sirius. This was a set back, but he was sure he could make it work.

"Ah, hello my boy. Lemon drop?" Albus smiled as he made his eyes twinkle as Hadrian took a seat.

"No, thank you headmaster." Hadrian took his usual chair with Flitwick to his left. His papa and Uncle Sirius were leaning against the wall to either side of where he sat.

"What is this about headmaster?" Fillius asked. He knew that the headmaster was far to interested in his student, so he knew he wasn't going to like what was coming.

"It has been brought to my attention that you are in need of a re-sort." Albus twinkled extra hard as minerva turned to grab the hat. It had been enchanted to put the boy into Gryffindor immediately.

"No I'm not." Hadrian gave a quizzical look, although he had known this was coming. "I am perfectly happy in Ravenclaw, and I have no intention of being re-sorted."

"Now, my boy, I'm sure you are just fine, but a formal request for a re-sort has been filed, so there is no choice, it will be carried out." Albus said as Minerva started to make her way over to where the brat sat.

"And just who filed that request Albus." Severus growled as he cast a shield over Hadrian so that the hat couldn't touch him. "Hadrian clearly didn't file one. And I know neither Sebastian or I filed one. What about you Sirius? Do you know who might have filed that request?"

"Nope. Neither Remus nor I would ever file something like that without letting the rest of you know." Sirius smiled. "We all know that Hadrian is happy where he is, we would never try to force him to switch houses."

"Get that shield off the boy." Minerva snarled at Severus as she tried in vain to try and force the hat past the shield to reach the boys head a foot below.

"No." Severus said blandly. "Hadrian has said he does not want to be re-sorted. And none of his guardians filed for a re-sort. Therefore, Hadrian is not being re-sorted."

"That is enough." Filius snapped as he brought out his wand and sent the sorting hat back to its pedestal. "There will be no re-sort tonight. As none of his family filed a request, and Hadrian has said no, then the answer is no.

I will remind you both, for a re-sort to be valid, all heads of house must be present. Even if the hat had re-sorted him, it would be completely invalid. Now, I am taking my student back to his house."

Filius got up and escorted Hadrian out of the office, but both Severus and Sirius remained behind.

"Just what did you two think you were going to accomplish?" Severus snarled as he stalked forward.

"Don't you speak to us like that Severus Snape." Minerva snarled back. "Harry needs to be re-sorted. And he will be."

"No. And my name is Prince-Peverell, but then again it is obvious that you struggle with remembering names." Severus said, forcing himself to remain calm. "Hadrian has said no, so the answer is no.

Besides, he doesn't need to be re-sorted. He is happy in his house. He gets top grades, has lots of friends, and isn't being bullied or getting into trouble. There is no need for him to change houses."

"He is in the wrong house and you know it." Minerva said. "Isn't that right Sirius. You know that James and Lily would want him to be in Gryffindor."

"Lily maybe, she always was a judgmental person, but James would love Hadrian just as he is." Sirius said. "I still don't know why James even married Evans. Sure, he had a crush on her when he was younger, but then he got to know her. James used to say that Lily was the worst representation of what a muggleborn was. She was a rude, judgmental, prejudicial, little know it all that thought she knew better than those that had grown up in this world.

I know for a fact that James wouldn't care which house Hadrian was in, because he used to tell me that when Hadrian was a baby. All he wanted was his son to be happy, like any good parent would.

Hadrian is a Ravenclaw, and he will remain a Ravenclaw until he decides to change. I will not let anyone try and force him into changing."

With all that said, Sirius walked out of the office.

"Who does he think he is?" Minerva huffed.

"He is Hadrian's god father. He is acting like a god father should and protecting Hadrian from people that clearly don't care about what he wants." Severus said, smirking slightly as Albus and Minerva both jumped slightly, they clearly had forgotten that he was there.

"We just want what is best for the boy Severus. Surely you can see that he needs to be a Gryffindor." Albus tried to regain some of the control he had lost over Severus. "This war isn't over, and he needs to be ready for when Voldemort returns."

"If, and I do mean if, that man returns than it has nothing to do with Hadrian." Severus said. "He is a child, not an auror. Only those that are pathetically weak would rely on a child to fight their battles for them.

Now, I have a house meeting to get to. But I will remind you two of something. You are both still on probation. There are proper procedures that you are both required to follow in regards to re-sorts. And, if you attempt to force Hadrian to switch houses like that again I will personally file a complaint with the board and request that you both are fired for the emotional abuse of a child."

Severus turned and left the office, cloak billowing.

Hogwarts, Headmasters Office - September 2, 2003

After having breakfast at the Leaky Cauldron, although it was nothing like she was used to making, Molly flooed to Albus's office. She had spent most of the night trying to think of all the ways that Albus could fix Arthur.

"Albus, Albus, are you here?" Molly called as she walked into the office.

Albus looked up at the woman's annoying voice. He had been having a calm morning going over some of his ICW paperwork.

"What can I do for you Molly?"

"It's Arthur." Molly broke down in sobs.

Albus was confused once again. What could have happened now? "What has happened? I thought you were going to talk to Charlie, what does that have to do with Arthur?"

"That's it. I sat Charlie down and was working on convincing him to get together with Nymphadora. I had almost gotten him to agree when Arthur just snapped.

He started yelling at me and calling me a terrible mother. He is kicking me out. I have a week to get my things out of the house. He says he's going to be filing for divorce by the end of October. Where am I going to go?"

"Why the wait?"

"He says that he is going to find a lawyer and get everything in order before filing. He says he doesn't want to do anything that will upset the children. Albus, you need to fix him. Make him come back to me. Surely you know some kind of spell that will give me back my husband?"

Albus really didn't understand this woman. Their marriage had been in name only for years, and she hadn't tried to change that, now she was acting broken hearted because he wanted a divorce.

"Calm down Molly dear. Just give me a moment, there is something that I need to check. I will be right back."

Molly sat alone in the office and cried for about five minutes before Albus flooed back in.

When Albus came back, he had everything worked out. Despite Molly acting like they needed Arthur, Albus knew that the man was a liability rather than an asset. He needed to go.

When Arthur filed for divorce, he would discover the truth, and then he would die. And that was something Albus could accept. He really didn't need the man.

To ensure that, Albus was going to make Molly believe that he could fix everything, and then just let her believe that Arthur had discovered the truth before he could get everything set.

Albus had gone to his cottage in Godric's Hollow. He was going to have Molly move into the cottage for the few months it would take for Arthur to die, then she could move back into The Burrow. The best part of this plan was that when Arthur died, so would Fabian and Gideon. That would give him and Molly access to the Prewett money and properties. Up until the return of the twins, Molly's Aunt Muriel had maintained control. Although Molly would have primary control, Albus knew that it would be easy to make Molly give him most of the money.

James's body was still in the basement under spells to keep it from decomposing, you never knew when you would need to have access to the body of a dead Lord. So he had just sealed the basement off completely, leaving no trace that it even existed.

"Thank you for waiting for me Molly dear." Albus gave her a kind smile. "It will take me a while to get everything together to fix Arthur, so I have opened a little cottage that I own in Godric's Hollow. You can stay there while I work everything out."

"Thank you so much Albus." Molly sighed. She had known that Albus would know what to do.

"There is no need to thank me Molly dear. I would request a bit of a favour from you if you wouldn't mind?"

"Of course Albus, anything."

"As I'm sure you know, my brother was recently killed when his pub burned down. Aberforth never did look after his things properly." Albus put on a sad face. "The clauses in the insurance he had on the place make it so that the only way to get the pay out is if the pub is rebuilt.

I personally don't want to own a pub, so I was thinking about maybe making it a pub and restaurant. My old friend Dedalus Diggle has offered to help me get it built, and run it since I don't have the time, but I was wondering if you would help. I have looked over Dedalus's ideas, and I think it needs a woman's touch."

"I would love to help, Albus." Molly gushed. She really would like that.

It would allow her to be in Hogsmeade a lot, so she would be able to watch over her Ronnie whenever he came in on a Hogsmeade weekend. Molly knew that she would be able to make this restaurant the best one in the country.

A few minutes later, after Albus gave her a little more information on what he wanted from the restaurant, Molly flooed to the cottage he had arranged for her.

Department of Mysteries

It was just after lunch that Regulus finally had what he needed. He was exhausted, and starving, but he had finally done it. He had found the counter to the ritual that had been used on Arthur, Fabian, and Gideon.

Now, all he had to do was get permission from Unspeakable Chronos to inform the others of what he needed them to do. It was easy enough to do, but then came the hard part. Getting everything ready.

The ritual itself was actually fairly easy, but the prep-work for it wasn't. He was going to need three different potions, that would all take over a month to brew, they were difficult potions that needed down to the second steps, and required extremely rare ingredients. The ritual also needed to be preformed in a magically neutral area. Regulus figured that the goblins would have a room that would work for what they needed. The ritual also needed to be preformed under a full moon.

Regulus figured, that if they could get all the ingredients for the potions, and everything else was timed right so they wouldn't need to restart anything at any point, they could preform the ritual during the full moon on October 10.

After getting permission to tell the others, Regulus flooed home.

Wizengamot Chambers - September 8, 2003

Albus was, for once in a long time, excited as he made his way into the Wizengamot chambers. He had everything ready, and all his people knew what they were to do. Sebastian Peverell was going to fall from grace today.

Taking his seat, Albus glanced over towards where he knew Sebastian would be sitting. The man was right where Albus had expected he would be, but he wasn't alone. Both Amelia Bones and Gerald Greengrass were speaking with him, Gerald in particular looked extremely happy.

Only a few minutes later, Gerald called the session to order. After going over the minutes from the last session, Gerald made an announcement. "And now, there are some new proxies that have been assigned."

To Albus's horror, he watched as Sebastian stood up.

"Indeed Chief Warlock." James grinned wolfishly. "I have the honour of announcing that I have been selected as the proxy for the Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Slytherin." The entire hall broke down in chaos. This meant that every single house of the Hogwarts founders was active. There was also the fact that Voldemort himself had claimed that the seat was his, although he had never come into the chamber to take his seat. "I have also been selected as proxy to the Most Ancient and Most Noble House of LeFey." At this, the few members that had remained calm started to freak out. "As per the instructions of the Lord of both houses, the seats will be assigned to the Neutral party."

It took several minutes of Gerald constantly banging his gavel to regain some semblance of calm. "So noted Lord Peverell. Magic has accepted the assignment of the seats."

But, before Gerald could move them on to the next topic, a voice shouted out from the back of the light section. "That is the seat of You-Know-Who. He is a supporter of that monster."

James stood up, making sure that those in the press section had a good view of him. "I assume that the seat you are referring to is the Slytherin one. I can assure you, that man is not, and has never been the Lord of Slytherin house.

Just because some mad man once made a claim, does not make it true. I could claim that trees are made of marshmallow fluff, and as much fun as that might be, it does not make it true.

Yes, the man who called himself Lord Voldemort did indeed claim that he was the heir to Salazar Slytherin, but you might have noticed that he never provided any proof.

According to the immaculate records that are kept by the goblins, on November 24, 1963, a man named Tom Marvolo Riddle, under the alias, Lord Voldemort, did attempt to claim the Slytherin Lordship. He was unsuccessful. The family magics tested him, and found him unworthy of the title."

Once again the chamber broke down in a chaos of shouting. Those in the dark that had served the man were furious that James was publicly insulting their master. The neutrals wanted to know more about Tom Marvolo Riddle. While many in the light were still accusing him of being in league with Voldemort.

It took another 10 minutes for Gerald to once again regain order. Rather than tolerating their bickering, Gerald pushed forward with the itinerary. They went over a few basic proposals, before the light had calmed down and was ready to move.

It was Lady Griselda Marchbanks that spoke first. "Chief Warlock, I feel that we must address and reverse the normalization of werewolves. As we all know by now, on August 12, the Sea Cliff House was attacked by a pack of rabid wolves.

The normalization of werewolves was due to the use of a potion that would allow them to be in control, it is clear the potion is failing. If the potion does not work, and the wolves are once again attacking children, I feel we have no choice but to reverse the changes that this body has made, and acknowledge that although it was done with good intentions, those that supported it were wrong."

Hearing all that, Amelia nodded to Gerald, signalling her desire to speak. Edgar had retaken his place as Lord of House Bones, so Amelia served only in her position as head of the DMLE. Although she could only vote on anything that was directly connected to law enforcement, she could still give proper context to what had happened.

"It seems Madam Bones, head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement wishes to speak." Gerald announced.

"Thank you Chief Warlock. I feel that it is my duty to provide context to what Lady Marchbanks just said.

Yes, it is true that on August 12, a pack of 16 rogue werewolves did attack the Sea Cliff House, but the rest of that statement is incorrect.

No child was attacked that night. This is thanks to other werewolves. You see, many other werewolves saw or heard some unsettling things, and they sought help from my department. Because of the reports that we received, we knew well in advance of the attack.

The children were quietly moved out of the house, and sent on vacation out of the country at the private manor of a member of this body. At no point were any of the children in danger. Once the children were gone, a trap was set up.

It is because of the changes in the laws that we received the reports in time. Back when my department was forced to practically hunt them, none of them would have reported what they were seeing and hearing out of fear of what would happen to them. Since the werewolf community has started to feel safe reaching out to law enforcement, those children were saved, and the attack failed.

All 16 of the attackers are now in Azkaban, as we all know, given the fact that we sentenced them only two weeks ago.

16 wolves, not the entire population of wolves. We should not fall back into the habit of judging a group based off of the actions of it's worst members. There are witches and wizards that kill, but we are not judged off of their actions. It is a double standard to do so to others.

Also, the potion did not fail. The pack that attacked was that of Fenrir Greyback, a well known murderer. Greyback forbid every member of his pack from taking the potion. When taken, the potion works perfectly, but you can not expect a potion to work if it has never been taken.

I feel that we need to look at what happened that day as a good thing. Because we are showing kindness and compassion to those of another race we were able to stop an attack and save the lives of innocent children. And that would not have been possible under the old laws."

Amelia took her seat after that.

"With that in mind, I call a vote on the overturning of werewolf rights and normalization within our society. All in favour?" Gerald looked around, he knew immediately the vote would fail. "All opposed?" Gerald smiled as he saw the voting board show the clear winner. "Opposition has majority. The rights of werewolves will not be overturned. The normalization of the status of werewolves stands."

Albus was stunned. It had failed. And not even because of anything Sebastian had done, but because of Amelia Bones. She had just completely destroyed everything he had planned.

What was supposed to happen was that the werewolf rights were to be overturned. That would then be used as a basis to overturn other rights that had been given to dark creatures, as those that had proposed the bills had been shown to have faulty judgement.

But no, Amelia just couldn't keep her mouth shut. Now Albus was stuck. He couldn't call the other laws into question unless there was another attack.

After the meeting ended, James got up and was on his way out when he was bombarded with questions both by his fellow Wizengamot members and reporters. Everyone wanted to know who the Lords Slytherin and LeFey were, and if they were Voldemort.

James just laughed, promising that Voldemort was not the lord of either house. He explained that he currently didn't have permission to disclose who the Lord was, but he would let them know when he had permission.

Then questions turned to Tom Marvolo Riddle. James gave the reporters a sad look.

"I can't tell you if evil is born or made, but I do believe that the boy that monster once was, never stood a chance. If you want to know more about him, then I would recommend you do your own research.

He grew up at a place called Wool's Orphanage in London. He was born December 31, 1926 to Merope Gaunt and Tom Riddle Sr.. I will warn you, it is a tragic tale, both for him and the rest of us."

James walked away after that, answering no more questions.

The Burrow - September 19, 2003

After finishing up their classes on the third Friday since school started, the five Weasley children at Hogwarts flooed home. They had been told they were going home for the weekend weeks before.

Percy, Fred, and George were excited. Charlie had used Remus's contact mirror to call Hadrian and had him let him speak to his brothers. When he started with telling them that Arthur had finally reached his limit and kicked Molly out. They had all cheered quietly, although they still had the same fears as Charlie had had when Arthur had first said he was filing for divorce.

It had been Percy that asked what it had been that had finally been to much for their dad. When Charlie had explained about Molly's threatening to disown him because he was dating Oliver, he had gotten the response of blind fury from his three younger brothers. That woman had no right to treat their brother like that.

After calming his brothers down, he gave them the best news they thought they would ever hear, Regulus had found the counter-ritual.

All three boys shouted out in joy, cheering as they hugged each other, they were getting their dads back. Luckily all three of them took warding, so they were hidden and silenced so no one would notice their joy.

Now, they were home. Ron and Ginny with them.

Ron was excited to be home again, school had gotten so hard. He had chosen to take four electives this year, and there was just so much work involved. The classes he had decided to take were alchemy, care of magical creatures, arithmancy and ancient runes. Other than care, everything was just so hard.

In alchemy, they hadn't even gotten to go into the lab yet, and the professor, Prof. Zarno, had said that they wouldn't be doing anything practical until after christmas. Ron had been annoyed with that, it was supposed to be a fun class, but it was just more book learning. Ancient runes and arithmancy were awful, all it was was symbols and math, and he was supposed to make sense of it all. The only reason he stayed in the class was because they were required to take them if he wanted to get into spell crafting in fifth year. The only half way decent class was care. At least in care they got to do something other than just read, although there was still a lot of books in that class to. And they hadn't even gotten to see anything more interesting than a crup. Plus, Prof. Kettleburn, was a crazy old man that was missing plenty of body parts including an eye, half an arm, and part of his leg.

With all the extra classes, he had so much homework, especially when it was added to what he was doing in his other classes. Ron really hated just how much work he was expected to do. But at least he was home for the weekend and could relax.

Ginny was happy to be home, but she was also sad that she wouldn't be able to spend the weekend with Harry. Over the past three weeks she had repeatedly tried to get close to him, but so far, they had missed each other.

She had barely even managed to start to punish Luna for trying to steal her Harry. So far, she had gotten a few more people calling her Loony, but many had stopped again because they kept getting detention. She herself had had to spend last weekend in detention because she had 'accidentally' dropped a container of dragon dung fertilizer over the freak, it hadn't even been worth it because Prof. Gisborn, the second year herbology teacher, had managed to pull her wand and stop any from getting on Loony.

Arriving in the kitchen, Molly and Arthur directed the children to sit at the table. Percy, Fred, and George sat next to each other on one side of the table. Ron and Ginny both whined, they wanted to go to their rooms.

"We have an announcement to make." Arthur said in a soft voice. Over the past three weeks he had worked through a lot of how he felt about everything that had happened, and he knew what he needed to do.

"What now?" Ron whined. He just hoped there wasn't some new lost member of the family coming out of nowhere to make his life harder.

"After a great deal of thought… You're mother and I have decided that we are separating." Arthur broke the news. Molly had told him that he would be doing it since she wasn't going to look like the bad guy to her babies when she had done nothing wrong, in her opinion.

Percy, Fred, and George just nodded in agreement.

Ron, for what might have been the first time in his life, took a moment to think before he reacted. If his parents separated then it meant he got twice the allowance, twice the presents, and two rooms. That seemed like a good deal for him.

Ginny started to whine immediately. "But I don't want you to split up."

Arthur decided to try and cut her off before she really got going. "Well, I'm sorry Ginny, but this isn't up to you. It is already done. I will be filing for divorce next month. We love you sweetheart, but we can not be together anymore."

"But I want you to be, so you will be." Ginny said in a demanding voice. Like she would be able to get what she wanted just by saying it.

"Don't worry baby girl." Molly crooned to her daughter. "Everything will be fine. I am looking for a new home for us already. The place I'm staying right now only has one spare room, but it will all work out, I'm sure."

Ginny just huffed and glared at her mum. She didn't want them to separate. She didn't like it when anyone made a major decision like this without talking about it with her.

Arthur was surprised by just how well the kids were taking it. He had known how his older boys would handle it, but he had expected a lot worse from the youngest two.

"So, you're all ok?" Arthur asked.

"Of course." Percy said, speaking for himself and the twins. "We honestly have been expecting this for a while. Given everything we have learned over the years we know a lot more about what's going on than anyone would expect."

"And just what's that supposed to mean?" Molly demanded, looking towards Percy.

"You lived in a house with seven children, five of whom were and are, rather inquisitive. And, let's just say, you aren't as good at hiding your potions as you think you are. The older kids have all known about that for years. I mean, I think the twins had everything figured out before they even started their first year." Percy said, the twins nodded their agreement.

"What are you talking about?" Ron asked his brother.

"Don't worry about it Ron." Arthur said. "It doesn't have any real affect on your life. It's just about some issues your mum and I have had for the past few years."

Molly was furious. They had known. Now she knew just why the older children were so disrespectful, they thought they knew what was going on. Really, they didn't. They were just kids. Those potions were the best thing that had ever happened to this family.

There was a soft knock on the door and Fabian and Gideon walked in carrying take out from a muggle Chinese place that they had found.

"We brought dinner." Fabian announced.

"Everything ok here?" Gideon asked.

"Everything is just fine." Arthur smiled at his friends. "Ohhh, did you get any of those dumplings I love. Really, who knew that yak could taste so good?"

Fabian and Gideon just laughed at their friend.

When Molly was getting ready to leave was when things got dramatic. Molly had at first tried to convince Arthur that she should stay the weekend while the kids were there, but Arthur had refused. He didn't want to start backing down even slightly. Their marriage was over, and he would never let her back in the house again.

Then, after that little fight, that had been held just outside the backdoor in the garden, was over, both Ron and Ginny wanted to go and spend the weekend with Molly. They were both sure that since she was no longer with their father that they would be able to make her get them all the things he had denied them.

But Molly had told them that there was only one extra bed at her place. Both Ron and Ginny had had complete meltdowns. They both wanted to go with her so that they could get what they wanted first.

After a half an hour argument, Arthur had had enough. The children would stay at The Burrow until a schedule could be worked out. Since neither could agree which one would get to go first, then it would be up to him and Molly. He and Molly would work out a custody agreement for when they came home for Yule.

Molly had been furious that Arthur had said that the kids would stay with him, but at the same time she was glad. There really wasn't room for them at her place. The cottage that she was in was clearly only meant for one. And, none of the kids things were there, and there wasn't any room for them. She was just happy that Albus was working on fixing Arthur. Soon enough she would be back at The Burrow with her babies and her loving husband.