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The Phoenix Rises	By : greenwizard11 Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male Views: 44621 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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In the morning Molly took the kids up to the drawing room to
help her clean.� The first ting they
tackled was the doxies in the curtains.�
It took most of the morning and it was soon lunch time.� Harry got to meet Kreacher when the nasty
little house elf tried to sneak in mumbling nasty comments rather loudly.� Hermione kept insisting he wasn�t in his
right mind and they should be kind to him, but it was hard to feel anything but
contempt for Kreacher.

�What are you doing Kreacher?� came Sirius� voice from the
hallway.� He and James were heading
upstairs.�

�Cleaning Master,� Kreacher answered as he bowed low to the
floor.� James snorted and held back a
laugh, upon which Kreacher made a nasty, not quite under his breath, comment
about blood traitors.�

�Away with you!� Sirius shouted.� �You were no doubt trying to take something
else; the tapestry I�d bet.�

Kreacher denied it and continued his mumbling.� �That�s it,� James growled and grabbed the
rotten house elf by the arm and swung him hard into the wall a few times,
causing the house to shake a little.�
Then he tossed the creature out of the room.� Kreacher flew over the railing and landed at
the bottom of the stairs with a thud.

Sirius chuckled and shook his head.� �Feel better?�

�A little,� James grumbled.�

�That�s horrible!� Hermione shouted.�

James sighed, really not in the mood to deal with her.� �Hermione, the only reason you have a problem
is because it�s a house elf.� If it was a
wizard saying those things you�d be first in line to go after him and you know
it.�

Hermione�s cheeks reddened, but she went quiet for a moment.� Then she started to say something and James
stopped her.� �Don�t give me that line
about how he�s not right in the head either.�
You�d be surprised how lucid he is when he doesn�t know he�s being
watched.�

Hermione gave up and angrily plopped down in a chair with
her arms crossed.� Molly brought up a
plate of sandwiches.� The Weasley boys
dug in, but Hermione had apparently lost her appetite, and Harry was busy
looking at the tapestry.�

�It looks old,� he commented.

�It is,� Sirius said as he stepped up behind his
godson.� �It has almost every member of
my family on it.�

�Where are you?� Harry asked, scanning the bottom.

Sirius pointed to a burn hole.� �As I said, almost every member.� The blood traitors are burned out and
forgotten.�

�You�re related to the Malfoys?� Harry asked when he found
Draco�s name.

Sirius nodded.�
�You�ll find all pure blood families are related to each other through
blood or marriage.� Since pure bloods are
dying out it doesn�t leave many options to those who insist on keeping their
blood pure.�

�Are you related to Dad?�

�Yes,� James answered.�
�I think I told you I looked into my family tree when I found out who my
parents were.� Sirius and I are third
cousins.�

�What about Lucius?�

James and Sirius looked at each other.� �Should you tell him or shall I?� Sirius
asked, trying hard not to smile.

�Let�s just not go there,� James mumbled as he averted his
gaze to his feet.� �We�re okay with it.�

Harry let it drop, but he couldn�t help wondering.� If his dad and Lucius were related, that
meant he and Draco were related.

The days at Grimmuald Place
seemed to slip by.� Harry spent his days
either cleaning or playing games.� As it
turned out, James knew quite a few card games, and the two of them tried to
teach Ron and Hermione.� Draco even
played with them when he came with his father.�
His favorite card game was Hearts.�
James was a skilled poker player, and Draco learned never to play him using
real money.�

One evening Harry made his way down to the kitchen and found
his dad lying face down on the table wearing only a pair of sweatpants.� Sirius was seated at the end of the table and
Lucius was standing to the side lightly brushing over James� back with a
feather duster.�

�Just keep in mind that there are children present,� Molly
grumbled while she tended to dinner.

�Who needs sex,� James mumbled in a muffled tone without
raising his head.� �This is so much
better.�

Sirius chuckled and started lightly running his fingertips
down the soles of James� feet, causing him to whimper and twitch slightly.�

Harry cleared his throat and stepped into the room.� Lucius threw the duster away and it clattered
on the floor near the corner.� �Why�d ya
stop?� James whimpered and reluctantly got off the table.�

�I�ve ironed and pressed your clothes dear,� Molly said to
Harry as she started cleaning off the table.

That was when it really sank in for Harry.� The lump in his stomach came back.� Everyone else noticed and James helped him to
a chair.� �It�ll be all right,� James
tried to reassure his son.� �You were
defending yourself.� Fudge might not see
things that way, but it isn�t up to him.�

�Who�s going with me?� Harry asked in a flat tone.

�You�ll be going to work with Arthur in the morning,� Molly
answered.� �You�ll wait in his office
until it�s time for the hearing.�

Harry didn�t eat much, and hardly said anything the rest of
the night.� He was sent up to bed early,
which was fine with him because he wanted to be alone anyway.�

Despite not getting much sleep, he woke at six.� He continued to lie in bed and stare at the
ceiling until Molly came to wake him for breakfast.� He was surprised to see James, Sirius, Remus,
and Tonks waiting for him in the kitchen.

�We had to see you off,� Sirius grinned up at him from the
table.� He elbowed James whose head
rested on the table, a little puddle of drool by his mouth.

�Ow�.� James hissed.�
He sat up, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.� �You know, there really should be a law
against making people get up this early.�

Remus chuckled and shook his head.� �Getting up bright and early isn�t so bad.�

�Bite your tongue�� James grumbled, accepting a cup of
strong tea from Molly.

�Thanks for the effort anyway,� Harry gave them a weak
smile.

He couldn�t eat breakfast either.� He managed to down a small glass of orange
juice when Molly insisted he have something.�
He felt like he was going to be sick when Arthur announced it was time
to leave.� Everyone hugged Harry goodbye
and saw him off.�

The house was full of tension while they waited for
news.� They all knew that if everything
went as it should all would be fine, but they didn�t trust Fudge.�

They didn�t expect to hear anything until mid afternoon, but
Harry was brought back after just few hours.�
It seemed the time of the hearing had been moved up.� Thankfully Harry had been able to make it and
was only a few minutes late.� The best
news of all was that he had been cleared of all charges.� Harry also told them that as he and Arthur
were leaving he�d seen Lucius talking to Fudge.

Lucius came by after lunch.�
�Hello beautiful,� he smiled and greeted James with a kiss.�

Harry got up and put his plate in the sink. �So, what were
you talking to Fudge about?� he asked boldly.�

�I was gathering information,� Lucius answered.� �And James, I would like to see you
upstairs.�

Molly watched the kids, particularly Fred and George, to
make sure they didn�t follow James and Lucius to listen in to their
conversation.�

James followed Lucius into the bedroom and shut the door,
spelling it so they wouldn�t be overheard.�
Such precautions were automatic with the twins around.� �All right Lucius, spill,� James sighed as he
took a seat on the bed.

Lucius sat down beside him.�
�As I�m sure you know, Fudge is very displeased that Harry�s been cleared.� He had high hopes of having Harry tossed into
Azkaban.�

James nodded.� �Yes, I
think that much is obvious.�

�Well�� Lucius continued.�
�I went to Fudge today under the guise of
bribing him as usual, and I got him to talk about it.� I honestly don�t know how Severus does
it�� Since I�ve gotten to know Harry I�ve
become fond of him, but I had to stand there and listen to all those horrible
things�� Somehow I managed to not only
listen but agree.� Anyway, Fudge thinks it�s
high time the Ministry took back control of Hogwarts.�

�Isn�t it the Governors job to monitor the goings on at the
school?� James asked, not liking the way the conversation was going.

Lucius sighed.� �Yes, it�s
been that way for a long time, but most of the Governors are in Dumbledore�s
pocket; even after recent events.� Fudge
knows this and doesn�t like it one bit.�
He thinks Dumbledore is going to try and turn the students into soldiers
so he can take over the Ministry.�

James rolled his eyes.�
�That�s insane!� Did he say what
he plans to do about this?�

Lucius nodded.� �He�s
going to choose the next Defense against the Dark Arts teacher and send them to
Hogwarts as a Ministry representative.�

James� eyes widened.�
�Are you fucking serious?�

Lucius sighed and lay back on the bed.� �I wish I weren�t.� You do realize the potential problems this
could cause?�

James crawled over to lie beside him.� �I have a few ideas.� What are we going to do about it?�

Things seemed more peaceful the rest of the summer.� Now that Harry knew he was going back to
Hogwarts he was much less tense.� Given
what he knew, James wasn�t so sure that was a good thing.� He hadn�t told anyone what Lucius had
divulged.� He didn�t see any need to
worry Molly further.� She was practically
falling apart as it was.

School letters came out a bit later than usual, due to the
fact that Dumbledore was trying to fight Fudge.�
He�d tried desperately to find another teacher for the vacant position,
but no one would take the job.�

Molly took the clean laundry and went upstairs to get the
kids� book lists so she could go out and get everything for them.� She came back down moments later
beaming.� �Guess who�s a Prefect!�

James tensed a little. ��Who?� he asked.

�Ron!� she practically squealed.

James let out a deep sigh and relaxed.� �Oh gods, don�t ever scare me like that
again��

Lucius rolled his eyes.�
�You are not normal�� he commented.

Sirius raised an eyebrow at him.� �And you just noticed this?�

Lucius chuckled.� �No,
I noticed about five minutes after I met him.��
James grinned up at the blonde and fluttered his eyelashes.� �

The kids came down just then.� Ron looked like he was on cloud nine, but
Harry looked upset.� Molly decided that
instead of a normal dinner that night they would have a celebration after she
got back from Diagon Alley.�

�We�re you a Prefect Dad?� Harry asked his father.

The water Remus was taking a sip of was suddenly sprayed all
over the table.� James motion to Remus
who was cleaning it up.� �Does that
answer your question?�

�No, we were too busy causing trouble,� Sirius
chuckled.� �Remus here was the Prefect
along with your mother.�

Remus nodded.� �I
think Dumbledore chose me because he hoped I�d rub off on my two best
friends.� I failed in that though.� I was horribly corrupted by them instead.�

�James has a talent for that doesn�t he?� Sirius
commented.�

�Well Draco is a Prefect and I�m thrilled about it,� Lucius
said.� �More thrilled than Draco it seems.�

�I don�t envy that kid,� James sighed.� �Those Snakes aren�t very forgiving.�

Harry seemed to cheer up as the evening wore on.� James had an idea about what was bothering
him.� Everyone had expected Harry to be
made Prefect.� The fact that Ron was a Prefect
had completely blindsided everyone, including Ron.�

James caught Harry on his way up to bed.� �Be happy for your friend,� he said softly.

�I am�� Harry insisted.

James raised an eyebrow.�
�Come on Harry, I know better.�
You expected to be Prefect, though I don�t know why.� You�re infamous for getting into
trouble.� Yes, I know Ron gets into
trouble with you, but you�re kind of the leader.� Remus was always getting into trouble with
me, but he was made Prefect.� He said
himself it was probably only to help keep me in line.� I don�t know why Dumbledore chose Ron, but
whatever the reason, this is his thing.�
Remember last year when he was upset about always being in your shadow?�

Harry nodded.� �Yeah,
I guess you have a point.�

�Of course I do�� James smiled.� �I am a genius.�

Harry laughed and James gave him a fake hurt look.

Suddenly they heard a scream coming from the drawing room
upstairs.� They ran up with a few others
right behind them.� Molly was huddled in
the corner sobbing, and Ron�s lifeless body lay on the floor.�

As soon as James stepped into the room Ron�s body
transformed into a large spider.� James
shrieked and dove behind Remus shoving him forward.� �Kill it!�

Remus rolled his eyes.�
The boggart turned into a full moon and Remus sent it spinning
away.� �A full grown wizard who�s faced
all kinds of things� screams and runs from a spider�� he mumbled under his
breath.

James frowned.� �Those
eight legs are creepy!�

Lucius pulled James close.�
�Don�t worry my love, I�ll protect you from the spiders.�

�At least somebody loves me�� James grumbled as he and
Lucius headed off to bed.� �
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