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Independence Day	By : Tumshie Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Harry/Hermione Views: 41288 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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Chapter 5: Journals and Romance

Over the next few weeks Harry settled into a routine, he
worked in the garden every 3^rd day and was grudgingly fed by his
Aunt and Uncle. On the days he wasn�t working he read his father and mother�s
books and practiced the new spells, charms and shields, absorbing the
information like blotting paper absorbs ink. Once a week he visited Hermione.
He also built up the courage to read his mother�s journal.

Dear Harry,

This is a journal of your life from the day my pregnancy
was confirmed until the day you are getting married. If you are wondering how
your name appears on the top, well I left it blank until you were born. Please
read and enjoy and share this with your beloved.

Mum

Nov 13^th 1979

It�s been confirmed, as I suspected the reason I�ve been
feeling under the weather is I�m pregnant, I can�t wait to tell James he will
be over the moon, and no doubt hold a party to celebrate.

Nov 23^rd 1979

What a night, we partied until dawn with the old crowd, a
double celebration, Alice announced her pregnancy too. She was going to keep it
a secret for now but decided to tell us. Her estimated due date is the same as
mine, the end of July.

July 31^st 1980

Lils has asked me to write this as she is too tired.
Harry James Potter entered the world today after 9 hours labour, kicking and
screaming and giving his mother a hard time, Lils is happy but exhausted, both
mother and baby are healthy, Sirius, Remus and Peter all paced the floor with
me, and have had a chance to hold Harry, Peter�s nervousness must have rubbed
off on Harry as he bawled as soon as Peter touched him.

Harry skimmed the journal noting interesting entries:

March 30^th 1981

Harry performed accidental magic today, his favourite
cuddly toys �Paddy and Moony� were drying in front of the fire and he levitated
them into his playpen beside him, he also levitated �Ratty� into the fire, I�ll
have to replace it again. I�ve lost count of the number of times I�ve had to
replace it. Poor Peter has no idea, but James, Sirius and Remus think it�s
hilarious.

April 15^th 1981

Harry did it again, Peter dropped by on his way out to
meet his �friend� for dinner. Harry peed on his new dress robes, that boy
definitely doesn�t like Peter, he squirms every time Peter holds him and has
been sick on him on numerous occasions.

April 20^th 1981

James and Sirius are going to be the death of me, I left
them to babysit Harry and when I came back they had him on �Prongs� back riding
round the garden. While I was talking to James, Sirius turned into Padfoot and
Harry levitated him into his playpen. Harry�s not-so-accidental magic is going
to cause us problems.

June 15^th 1981

James and I were in the kitchen discussing
plans for Harry�s birthday party, Sirius was teasing Harry in his �Padfoot�
form when we heard a puppy yelping and Sirius� voice saying �Bloody Hell Harry,
how am I going to explain this to Lils? She�ll hex me to shreds.�

As I was about to lay into Sirius about
swearing in front of my baby, I was rendered speechless, there on the floor was
a black puppy with the most astonishing green eyes and no Harry in the playpen.
Sirius explained that as he had been hiding from Harry he suddenly felt small sharp
teeth nipping at his tail. When he looked round a puppy was attacking him. He
could tell from the scent that it was Harry and had turned back to his human
form so he could see what had happened.

Harry the puppy, what next. We really
need to get his magic contained before he does something dangerous.

June 20^th 1981

Finally the answer to Harry�s Animagus
problem, we have had to put a memory charm on him and have placed a timed block
on the part of his magic used to control Animagus transformations. The block
will drop when he reaches his 14^th birthday. It wasn�t a moment too
soon as we had found him as �Prongs Jnr.� The day after he was �Snuffles� as
James and Sirius had nicknamed the puppy, due to the noise he made when
sniffing his way round the room. We took pictures of course and they are held
securely in the Potter Vault.

July 31^st 1981

Harry�s birthday, what a fantastic day,
the Longbottoms brought Neville, as it was his birthday yesterday, the two boys
seem to get on. The Patil�s brought their twins, the Bones� brought Susan, the
Abbott�s brought Hannah. The Weasleys couldn�t come as Molly is pregnant again.
Dumbledore invited himself and Sirius and Remus were here as usual. All in all
it was a good day, Harry behaved impeccably apart from turning Susan�s hair
green when she wouldn�t give him �Paddy� when he wanted him. I didn�t like the
look on Dumbledore�s face when he saw this.

August 18^th 1981

We�ve gone into hiding at the Potter�s Summer Cottage at
Godric�s Hollow, only Dumbledore and the Marauders know where we are, it�s a
real shame as Harry and Neville had started playing together, now Alice and
Neville can�t visit and we can�t visit them. Peter is our secret keeper, I know
I shouldn�t write it down but this journal is charmed to only allow Harry and
me to read it unless one of us gives permission.

October 30^th 1981.

James has updated his will and each of us has written a
letter for Harry, both of us are really worried, Voldemort is getting stronger
and closer all the time. Both sets of Harry�s grandparents have been killed, my
parents in a �car accident� but the Potters were murdered by Death Eaters. I
worry each time James leaves for work, why doesn�t he give up and take over
running the family estate, why must he be so Gryffindor.

In the bottom of his mother�s trunk was a Muggle sketchpad,
there were drawings of Harry, James, Lily and the rest of the Marauders and of
a girl with bushy hair. Under the sketches the name Hermione was written with a
question mark beside it, the drawings ranged from her as a baby to a teenager.

There was another baby sketch that took his breath away, the
baby had Hermione�s features but Harry�s eyes, this was the only one in colour
and below it was written the name Lily Jane Potter.

During his visits to the Grangers, Harry and Hermione had
taken time to get to know each other even more. They talked about their early
lives and school, they also had some fairly heavy snogging sessions but had
gone no further than being topless together and some gentle stroking of each
others pubic area. Harry had also shown Hermione his mother�s journal but not
the sketchpad, he wasn�t quite sure how she would react to it. He knew he had
to show her one day, but decided that to show her too soon into their
relationship would strain things between them.

At last the 31^st July arrived, and a nervous
Harry met the Grangers outside the Leaky Cauldron at 10:30 a.m. They made their
way to Gringotts. On entering the bank, Griphook intercepted them and led them
into a small conference room.

�Mr. Potter, as requested we sent out the notification
letter to all the beneficiaries of Mr. Black�s will including yourself on the
20^th of this month. As you anticipated, a letter was returned
stating that you were unable to come and were to be represented by someone you
trusted.�

Harry�s face took on a grim look, he asked for and was given
a cloak laced with Goblin �notice me not� charms. Anyone looking would see
someone wearing a cloak but would find themselves totally disinterested in the
wearer, the Goblins had designed it to allow them to carry out work the
Wizarding and Muggle worlds. All anyone would remember of the wearer was that
they were average height, average build and average looks.

Harry and the Grangers followed Griphook into the larger
conference room they had used on their first visit. Around twenty seats were
set out in a curve facing a conference table. The table faced the rear of the
room and Harry had arranged to sit behind it. Anyone entering would assume that
he was an employee of Gringotts, there to witness any documents that needed to
be signed.

The room began to fill, first Draco Malfoy and his mother
entered. He spotted Hermione and started muttering about Mudbloods, his mother
put her hand over his mouth and explained that talking that way at a will
reading could cause him to be disinherited. He stopped talking but if looks
could kill Hermione and her parents would have died on the spot.

Remus Lupin came in with another three people, Harry
recognised Tonks and assumed that the other two people were her parents. Then
the Weasley�s entered, well Arthur, Molly, Ron, Ginny and the twins, they
acknowledged the others sitting there and took their seats.

On the stroke of eleven Chief Solicitor Pickwell entered
with Solicitor Slinkhard who was carrying what Harry recognised to be a
Pensieve. The Pensieve was placed on the table and the two Goblins took their
seats behind it. As Pickwell was about to start the proceedings the door flew
open and Dumbledore hurried in waving a sheet of parchment.

�My apologies everyone, but I was delayed. I am here to
represent Harry Potter. Here is a document giving me Power of Attorney to act
on his behalf.�

Harry rose and asked quietly. �When did Mr. Potter sign this
document, Headmaster Dumbledore?�

�On the 21^st of July, the day after he received
your letter, if you would let me show you, he has stated that he doesn�t want
to benefit from a death he thinks he caused and has asked that everything due
to him be put at the disposal of the Order of the Phoenix�

During Dumbledore�s speech Harry had removed the cloak,
everyone apart from the Grangers and the Goblins looked on in a mixture of
disbelief and astonishment.

�Is that so, Dumbledore?� Harry asked, �In that case why am
I here?�

Dumbledore suddenly felt the temperature in the room drop
and could feel the waves of power flowing off the person who had been
interrogating him and realised that the now uncloaked person was Harry. His
face took on a deathly pallor and he turned to leave but found his way blocked
by Tonks, Remus and the four adult Weasleys. He tried to Apparate, forgetting
in his panic that Apparation was impossible inside Gringotts.

While all this had been going on Pickwell had summoned some
of the bank guards and when they arrived he ordered them to place Dumbledore in
a cell until after the will had been read.

Everyone sat down and Harry joined the Grangers in front of
the table, Pickwell restarted the procedures.

�As is stated in Wizard Law, all those named in this Will
and who are not present, or represented by proxy, are will be disinherited.
Does anyone stand proxy for Bellatrix and Rudolphus Lestrange?�

No one.

�Does anyone stand proxy for William and Charles Weasley�

�We do� answered Molly and Arthur and handed over letters
signed by their eldest sons.

�Does anyone stand proxy for Lucius Malfoy?�

No one.

Narcissa and Draco were furious, if they had said they were
going to stand proxy for Lucius, Bella and Rudolphus they would need to have
letters, and letters would prove that they were in contact with known Death
Eaters and that would have left them open to arrest.

�Let it be known that the aforementioned persons are hereby
disinherited and can make no claim on the Noble and Ancient House of Black. Now
Mr. Black, or to be more accurate Baron Black left his Will in the form of a
Pensieve recording which we will now play to you. This Will was witnessed by
Alastor �Mad-Eye� Moody and Solicitor Slinkhard of Gringotts and was made on
the 15^th April this year. For those of you who are unaware, we know
Baron Black is dead because his Will was charmed to activate on his death. I
will now start the playback.�

Pickwell touched the side of the Pensieve and a silver mist
appeared over it and gradually formed into a miniature of Sirius, Everyone but
the Malfoys choked back a sob and tried to compose themselves.

�Well� said the recording, �if this is being played I must
be dead, I can only hope that I was kicking Death Eater ass at the time or
preferably I was ninety and have been shot by the father of twenty year old
triplet girls for impregnating his daughters, one can but hope, but down to
business:�

�I, Sirius Orion Black being of sound mind hereby make the
following bequests. I formally adopt Harry James Potter and give him the rights
of the Heir of Black, Harry the solicitor conducting this reading has the
adoption papers all you need to do is place your thumb in the box by your name
and everything is legal.�

Pickwell paused the recording and Slinkhard pushed the paper
toward Harry and he placed his thumb in the indicated box, he felt a prick on
the pad of his thumb and when he removed it noticed some blood being absorbed
into the parchment.

The recording was restarted. �This adoption should have
taken place after Lily and James died. I had it all organised but Dumbledore
sent me after Pettigrew before I could get Harry�s thumbprint. Sorry, pup, but
he got me good, but you are free of his manipulations now.�

�To Draco Malfoy, I leave my collection of navel fluff, I
think you deserve this as it was you and your kind who made sure I had the time
to collect it.� Slinkhard passed a small wooden box over to Draco who grabbed
it and smashed it to the floor. �To my dear cousins Narcissa and Bellatrix, as
your husbands have broken the terms of your marriage contracts I now declare
you divorced. In addition, I also declare that you are cast from the House of
Black, I declare you are without name and family.�

Narcissa rose up and stormed out he room dragging Draco
behind her. �You�re a dead man, Potter� shouted Malfoy as he left.

�Yeah, yeah heard it all before� said Harry in the most
disinterested voice he could muster.

The recording was restarted. �To my cousin Andromeda I
reinstate you to the House of Black, the dowry that was your entitlement will
be paid to you with interest. I also leave you Black Cottage on the Isle of
Skye. I know it is the property you like most. Ted, I know you would refuse any
material gifts I would leave you, so I only ask that you continue to love and cherish
Andy and Nymph. To Nymphadora Tonks I reinstate you to the House of Black. I
also leave you the name Mary, but only if you want it. A dowry will be set up
for you as is the tradition for the Daughters of Black. In addition I leave you
my oldest surviving friend, Remus Lupin, take care of the old wolf, I know you
both care for each other as I have been advising you both to make the first
step. I also leave you No. 42 Black Terrace in Stirling, Scotland, fill those
rooms with little Lupins.�

�To Remus Lupin, I leave the building known as the Shrieking
Shack in Hogsmeade. I have bought it and had it renovated for you so you can be
near to Harry while he�s at Hogwarts. I also leave you 150,000 Galleons and the
title of Harry Potter�s Godfather. Please take over my duties and look after
him in the way James and Lily would want. I also leave you all my clothes, they
are charmed to adjust to the size of the wearer, we can�t have the Godfather of
a Baron looking scruffy. I also leave you �Mary� Tonks, take care of her for
me.�

�To Arthur and Molly Weasley, I know you don�t measure your
wealth in Galleons, but in the love that your family has for each other. As a
family (except Percy the Prat) you have welcomed Harry to share the love you
have for one another. I leave you 200,000 Galleons. Use it to do up The Burrow
and set your children up when they marry. Include Percy if he manages to
forgive himself and come back to the family, he wants to come back but is
missing his Gryffindor courage.�

�To Ron Weasley, I leave � my shares in the Chudley Cannons
and my collection of antique Racing Brooms, remember they can�t be flown but I
know you will appreciate them, by the way you will have enough shares to have a
seat on the Board of Directors of the Cannons when you come of age.�

�To Ginny Weasley, I leave � my shares in the Chudley
Cannons, again you will be entitled to a seat on the Board. I wish I could
leave you Harry but he belongs to another. I also leave you a dowry of 25,000
Galleons.�

�To William and Charles Weasley I leave 10,000 Galleons each
for accepting Harry as a surrogate brother.�

To Fred and George Weasley, I leave my shares in
Filibuster�s Fireworks. This amounts to 40% of the company.�

�To Hermione Granger, I leave the Library of the House of Black
please do with it as you see fit, there are books there that will help Harry on
his quest, but there are also books that should be destroyed, take Moony and
Moody�s advice. I also leave you Harry Potter, you are the foundation on which
he builds his courage, the anchor that keeps him secure, I only hope he has
realised this and has finally asked you out.�

�To Roger and Jill Granger, I leave you Harry Potter to be
his guides in the Muggle World as Remus is his guide in the Wizarding one. He
is a fine young man and is besotted with your daughter (as you may already
know) I also leave you 50,000 Galleons to use in your dealings in the Wizarding
World.�

�To Harry James Black-Potter, yeah mate you gain another
name, I leave the remainder of the Black estate, in addition to the wealth
there are shares in many Wizarding businesses, you now own the rights on
Butterbeer and the Firebolt Broom Company along with many others, I also
declare you emancipated in both this and the Muggle World, the papers will be
filed as soon as you sign them.�

�Now everyone don�t mourn me and don�t join me too soon.
Harry I am watching over you, look at the old Dog Star and raise a glass in my
memory.�

Slinkhard stood. �All bequests have been transferred to the
proper places, those that have been left properties can collect their keys from
the secretary in the main office. Miss Granger the Black Library is held at No.
12 Grimmauld Place, you can leave it in place with the permission of Baron
Black-Potter or move it where you wish.�

�Now, Mr. Potter, you are entitled to inherit the Potter
estate what do you wish done?�

�Please can I see the list of Trustees for the Potter
Trust?�

�Certainly have a seat and I will send Griphook for it.�

�One other thing, my father mentioned a Chief Teller
Holdfast as being our family accountant, is he still here?�

Slinkhard shook his head, �I�m sorry, but Holdfast was
killed shortly after your parents died, Dumbledore appointed a Wizard to the
post, A Mr. Aberforth.�

Harry felt his blood begin to boil, but Hermione�s touch on
his arm calmed him. �Slinkhard, do nothing at the moment, I am too angry to
think straight, all I ask is that you do a full audit on the Potter Trust and
let me know when it is complete. I would then like to have a meeting with the
auditors and plan our strategy.�

�Certainly, it may take some time but I will let you know
immediately the audit is complete.�

�Thank you� Harry turned to the others, �I�ve booked a
private room in the Leaky Cauldron, everyone is invited for lunch, I also want
to talk to everyone about a memorial for Sirius.�
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Chapter 5: Journals and Romance

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