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Breaking Ties	By : babyandi11 Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Draco Views: 28618 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 5
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Harry decided it would be best if he stayed at Grimauld Place. He wanted to be close by in case there were more questions. He was woken up abruptly the next morning by Ginny dragging him out of bed.
“We have a problem.” She said as she hauled him down the stairs.
As he rubbed the sleep from his eyes, he looked around the kitchen. His jaw almost hit the floor. There were letters everywhere! A veritable mountain of them covered the kitchen table, and more were arriving.
“Morning cub. These were waiting for you this morning. Molly has directed all the Howlers to the fire place.” Remus said, a small smile on his face.
“Where are your glasses?” Sirius asked, just now noticing the lack of them on Harry’s face.
Everyone turned to him, surprise registering on all their faces. None of them had even noticed Harry didn’t have his glasses last night when he came by.
“Don’t need them anymore. I got my eyes fixed.”
“Well good for you! It’s about time you did something just for you!” Sirius crowed, slapping Harry on the back.
Harry smiled, pushed a pile of letters away, and dug into the pile of pancakes Molly placed in front of him. As he ate, he watched bird after bird fly in. He was happy to see that the Howlers were few and far between. His smile grew as he saw them sent straight to the fire. He was finishing up when he saw the Ministry owl fly through the window.
“Oh, this can’t be good.” Harry groaned as he took the letter. The bird flew off before he could even offer it something to eat. Harry opened the letter and groaned again.
“What is it?” Molly asked.
Harry passed her the letter and heard her harrumph in displeasure.
“Well, don’t leave us hanging Molly! What is it?” Sirius demanded.
“It says here that unless Harry takes back what was printed in the Prophet, the Ministry will have no choice but to issue a warrant for his arrest.”
Pandemonium erupted in the kitchen. As everyone talked, Harry went to lay his head down, only for it to land in a pile of letters. With a sound of irritation Harry waved his hand sending letters flying. Everyone watched as they made a neat pile at the end of the table.
“Sweet! How did you do that?” Fred asked.
“I don’t know. I was annoyed at the letters so I told them to behave over there.” Harry lay his head down on the table with a sigh.
“What are you going to do about the Ministry?” Ginny asked as she rubbed his shoulders.
“I’m going to drink my tea and then I’m calling Lord Malfoy to come over.”
“Over my dead body will he set foot in here!” Sirius bellowed as he leapt out of his seat.
“He is my legal advisor Sirius. He and I are on good terms and he has been helping me get my properties ready to be safe havens.” Harry sighed again.
“If you don’t want to see him then don’t be here when he arrives. I will not have fighting going on between the members of my team when we are trying to end that nonsense.” Harry was fed up with the childish behavior.
“Besides, he is going to vouch for you at your trial. I’m pushing to have one set up for you to clear your name.”
Once again everyone was talking at once. Harry stood and walked out with his tea.
“I’ll be in the study flooing Draco if you need me.” He called out, smiling as he heard Sirius cursing under his breath.
Harry sat down in the study and finished his tea before he floo called Draco.
“Good Morning Harry.”
“Not really Draco. I’m swimming in letters this morning.”
“It could be worse. They could all be Howlers.”
“True. Thankfully those have been few and far between this morning.”
“What can I do for you Harry?”
“I need you and your father to floo to Grimauld Place. I received a missive from the Ministry and it is unnerving to say the least.”
“I’ll let father know and we will be over shortly. Make sure your floo is open to us.”
“I will. Thanks Draco.”
The boys disconnected and Harry went back to the kitchen.
“I need the floo and wards open to accept Lord Malfoy and Draco in. They will be here shortly to help.”
Molly gave a curt nod and went to adjust the wards and floo.
“Well, we might as well start sorting letters. We need to look for any that may be cursed, pranked, or filled with something nasty.” Hermione stated.
With a groan the teens started sorting. Sirius had slipped away. He didn’t want to be there when the Malfoy’s showed up. They had barely made a dent in the mountain when they heard the study floo activate.
“I’ll be right back.” Harry said as he went to get the Malfoy’s.
He returned shortly, followed by Draco and Lucius. Everyone greeted each other before the Malfoy’s joined them at the table. Draco jumped in and started sorting letters with the others while Harry showed Lucius the Ministry letter.
“They are full of shit. Legally they cannot arrest you for publishing anything in the Prophet. If that were true, several Ministry officials and even a few journalists would be in jail by now. Do not fear Lord Potter, this will be dealt with accordingly.” Lucius stated as he glared at the letter.
“And how, pray tell, will that be?” Harry asked as he fiddled with his sleeve.
“Stop fidgeting, it is unbecoming. As to how I plan to deal with this, I plan on filing a lawsuit against them in your name for infringement of your freedom of speech. That should get them to retract the warrant quickly.”
“One more thing, do you think Narcissa would be up to teaching all of us etiquette? Since I fear this group will be the main faces seen, I think we all could use the lessons. Also, I think it’s time I updated my wardrobe.”
Lucius smiled, “Cissa will be more than happy to take you shopping. I will ask about your friends joining you for your lessons starting tomorrow.”
Harry thanked him and went back to helping his friends sort through the letters. Any they found that were cursed, Lucius dealt with. He removed the curses and set them in a separate pile to be looked at more closely later. Only a few of the letters held pranks, the twins dealt with them. The rest of the letters were open and separated by those who supported Harry and those who thought he was a traitor. It was dinner time before they were all finished and the Malfoy’s took their leave.
“This is insane. It’s like half the world can only see black and white while the other half sees in shades of grey.” Harry said as he helped clean up from dinner.
“That’s the way the world work cub.” Remus replied as he started the kettle for evening tea.
Harry was just finishing up when he saw Draco’s owl fly in.
Harry,
Mother says that she would be pleased to teach all your friends as well. They are to join you in lessons starting tomorrow. She also wants to know if next Saturday would be good for you to go shopping.
Regards,
Draco
Harry smiled, he wasn’t going to be alone anymore during the torture Lady Malfoy called etiquette classes. He informed his friends that they were going to class with him in the morning and they were to be at Malfoy Manor by nine am. He bid them all good night and flooed back to his inn room. When we had settled, he saw a letter waiting for him on the desk.
Lord Potter,
On behalf of Lucius Malfoy’s request, I have looked over your properties. Potter Manor was protected by wards and only needs a good cleaning to be serviceable. Evans Manor, though protected by wards, has been uninhabited for generations and the wards have started to break down. It needs a few minor repairs and a deep clean to be serviceable. All other properties have house elves assigned to them that have been maintain the wards and maintenance of the homes. As of right now they are livable. Thank you for trusting me on this. If you need any other properties examined, please let me know.
Your Servant,
Marcus Franklin
Retail and Properties Examiner
That night Harry went to bed happy. The next day he would be moving to Potter Manor with his team and, with the help of Lucius, get Evans Manor set up as a hide away. The other homes he would have set up as needed. With a smile on his face, Harry drifted off to sleep.

Over the next couple of chapters things are going to speed up a bit. We will see Harry move in and get a make over and then I'm going to do some time skipping to the start of the year.
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