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A second chance to get it right	By : KusanoSaku Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Hermione/Fred Views: 6059 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I don't own the Harry Potter franchise so I'm not making any money writing this. If I did, Ginny would have died instead of Fred.

Chapter List
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Title: A second chance to get it right
Pairings: Fremione, SeamusxGeorge, DennisxAstoria, BillxFluer, OliverxPercy, ViktorxCharlie and references to DracoxHarryxBlaise, MichaelxGinny and RonxLavender
Rating: M
Summary: Side-fic to Be Careful What You Wish For. Follows Fremione and SeamusxGeorge's second chance at love. The rebirth of WWW and their growing families.

Chapter 4
Their father had been rather remote, more so then usual…
He’d always worked a lot, especially since their mother seemed to have no ambition besides bearing as many children as she could and thus overstretching his monthly pay from the Ministry.
He made no move to contact his parents or their mother; he wouldn’t even leave the settee unless Fred pushed him into the shower.
At his request, Harry had sent one of his elves to remove as much of his father’s things as they could.
Fred was kicking his dad into the shower yet again, something was needed to wake him up and a family get together was just the thing.
All his kids were alive, minus the one he’d never met, everyone living but Ginny and Ron would be invited to a family dinner.
He planned to cook something grand, sort of a thanksgiving that they had all survived the battle.
He sent invitations to Bill, George, Harry and Percy.
Fred planned to floo to Romania to invite Charlie and his Viktor in person…
He’d heard enough of his dad’s questions and being suspicious had spoken to Bill who confirmed that Dennis was their half-brother. Then Bill reluctantly told Fred about the scandal of his conception and how their mother had used a lust potion on their dad as well as Amortentia to steal him from their Uncle Gideon. Gideon had slept with their dad twice after that and bore Colin and Dennis in separate conceptions. Then he’d memory-charmed himself to think he was a Muggle named Creevey and a widower.
He wasn’t going to invite Molly, Ginny or Ron but he did want their Weasley grandparents.
He’d visit them in person too and ask if they’d come.
Harry had offered Baskerville Hall as the location and since most of them lunched here at the shop it wasn’t hard to let them know the change of location.
XoooooX
Percy was helping Madam Pince, whose real name was Prince rebuild the library and try to repair what was left of its contents. They had to send many books to the Fortescue family to repair...
It was a painstaking job and well, not everyone could get along with Irma due to her abrasive personality.
The sound of footsteps in the near silent library startled them both, the other staff knew enough to call out their names so they could recognise them.
That meant it was someone they didn’t expect and it put them both on edge, so they immediately took up a defensive stance.
Then Kingsley Shacklebolt stepped in front of them
Irma wrinkled her nose, “Next time Minister announce yourself so we don’t hex first and ask questions later.”
Kingsley looked sheepish, “Noted. Can I speak to you Percy in private?”
Percy frowned as he followed the interim Minister, “Why? I’m through with politics.”
Kingsley snorted, “I don’t want politicians, I want someone who I can count on who knows them and doesn’t give a damn. I need someone who will do the right thing, I want someone who can be dedicated to justice.”
Percy scowled, “After my track record in the Ministry, how can you expect that from me?”
“You may have had a misguided loyalty but you tried to do the right thing. I want that, I want you to be loyal not to me but to the law, to justice and I want you to inventory all of the cases in the Department of Magical Children. I want to make sure that all of the war orphans were placed properly. One has already been brought to my attention, an orphaned pureblood girl who had two living relations: a cousin that was of age and an uncle who was erroniously sentanced to Azakaban. The girl sent to a Muggle orphanage where she seems to have been abused.”
Percy felt obligated to agree, after learning that Harry was mistreated not only by his Muggle relations but also by people like Delores Umbridge he had felt guilty for his unwitting assistance. She’d been found guilty under veritaserum during her second trial of sending Dementors to eliminate Harry, even though he’d been the one to fetch Harry’s file of incidents of Underage Magic infringements. The Orders had gotten him off the first time, he still felt guilty about it. How would they have won the war if she’d succeeded? He sighed, “When I finish, I can come back here right?”
Kingsley nodded, “If you agree to be an outside investigator to audit any Department I ask you to.”
Percy groaned and then smirked, “On one condition.”
Kingsley frowned, “What would that be?”
“You officially name my brother Bill as the liaison to the Goblins, he had a big hand in smoothing things over after the Battle of Hogwarts right? You still haven’t appointed anyone and I’m sure since Creswell had to go on the run and is presumed dead, you still need one.”
Kingsley smirked, “You’re a shrewd negotiator.”
Percy snickered, “I was in the Minister’s office and I did work under Barty Crouch before that in his last Department.”
“Agreed. I’ll be informing Bill myself.” Kingsley nodded.
“I know at least one of the Centaurs in the forest is open-minded, perhaps you should talk to them as a Minister for Magic and ask just what you have to do to get someone to really work in the Centaur Liaison office. If they will agree to make someone their speaker, then you can have the liaison at Hogwarts. Something like an ambassador has a consulate in the country they are sent to.”
Kingsley frowned, “You really shouldn’t have retired, you’re a natural politician. If they agree, since you’ll already be here I’ll just appoint you. Then you’ll have two incomes, I’m sure you can arrange your meetings with the centaurs around your teaching schedule.”
Percy gulped, “You can’t be serious, what will people think if I’m a Liaison and so is Bill?”
Kingsley smirked, “That politics runs in the family. If your dad keeps up working like he is, he’ll be promoted from his position as Head of Office for the Detection and Confiscation of Counterfeit Defensive Spells and Protective Objects.”
“Promoted to what?” Percy’s nose wrinkled in confusion.
“To either Head Auror to the Head of the Department of Magical Law. Probably to Head Auror, I think Head Hit Wizard Prince might be the later. He’s had more seniority and well, he’s extremely loyal to the Ministry- not to its face but to the ideals that it is supposed to represent.” Kingsley clarified. “Then comes the arduous task of investigating Prince’s prospective replacements…”
“Head Auror first probably, he was an Auror in the First War, then he’s been the Head of two minor Departments in Magical Law Enforcement. When Prince decides to step down, if Dad’s still in the Ministry and you’re still Minister then you can ask if he’d be willing. Though following Bones would be difficult.” Percy said warily.
“That’s settled then.” Kingsley chuckled, “Tomorrow, is a Saturday. The Department should be empty. I’ll have clearance for you arranged and an escort from my personal Security staff; Old Hawk Dawlish, unlike his son he’s fanatically loyal to the Office of the Minister for Magic and a top-notch Auror. He would be glad to clear out corruption, after his inability to prove or prevent Scrimgour’s murder he’s been chopping at the bit for something juicy. This would go a long way into healing his pride. Hawk was my mentor when I joined the Aurors, so he’ll do this for me.”
Percy grinned, “Then I’ll see him in your office first thing tomorrow.”
Kingsley nodded, “You are welcome to inform Harry after you start, that you the one auditing the Department. Try not to be obvious that’s what you are doing, I want the person who placed Greengrass illegally identified and punished. I want to know if there are more, if only Harry and the rest thought to look for more magical children when they rescued Greengrass but she was I suppose in desperate need of care so I can’t fault them for failing to do so.”
Percy bid Kingsley goodbye and went to rejoin Irma in their library repair work. His audit could wait until morning.
He was still worried about his relationship with Oliver, given his brothers’ attempt at an intervention to keep him for hurting Oliver because he kept breaking up with him because of a witch and then pursuing a relationship with him when the relationship with the witches ended. He did love Oliver, they were best friends in school and Oliver was passionate in bed so he always enjoyed their sex life but being bonded to a man had never been how he expected to end up. Knowing Oliver wanted that and had been putting off his father’s wishes that he bond to continue the family line…
Which of course meant that he’d be carrying the child, and Percy had never considered that.
The more he thought about those kids made him wonder, if there were orphaned magical babies would blood adoption satisfy Oliver’s father until he or Oliver were ready to discuss babies? Not that he was ruling them out but to you know take the edge off the need for them?
Percy was still unsure he could be in a permanent relationship with Oliver, he didn’t even know if his dad would be accepting of him in a relationship like that.
Charlie never came out and neither had George…
Sure Viktor Krum was interested in Charlie and George was tentatively seeing if a relationship with Seamus Finnigan would work when the bloke had a son from a previous relationship.
He knew his mum wouldn’t accept it…
He hurt her enough when he cut the family off after he was hired to work in the Minister’s office.
Knowing that his brothers weren’t really speaking to her at present: well Charlie, Bill, Fred and George, did his absence matter when it was most of them?
Percy might be able to negotiate politics or argue why cauldron thickness must be within a safety margin to prevent the cauldron from weakening and ruining potions but when it came to interpersonal relationships he was at a loss.
XoooooX
Being the boss, well one of the bosses made it easier to slip out like this.
Fred liked that; with George overseeing all product production, Bill taking care of their investments, Hermione working in the office, and himself charged with overseeing the sales floor stocking; the store was getting closure to its re-Grand Opening.
Verity had been rehired of course and had gone back to restocking, Percy taught them the memo charm from the Ministry and anytime their production team finished a run of product they sent a memo to Verity who picked it up and either added it to the floor or the stockrooms.
Fred kissed Hermione’s cheek and then threw some floo powder calling out, “Wellesley Hall, Godric’s Hollow.”
Then he was tugged through the floo system to his Grandparents’ home.
Stumbling out in their receiving room, where he was met by one of their elves.
“Yes Master Fred?”
Fred grinned, “Is granddad in?”
“Master is being in library, Master Fred.”
“Good, and Gran?”
“Mistress is being in her parlour.”
“I’ll stop and see Gran first. Which way was it?” Fred asked jauntily.
It wasn’t until after his return that Bill dragged him here; his grandparents whom he’d never knowingly met had paid for his funeral. Though his grandfather had admitted to being a customer to check out the shop, seeing the family name had made the old guy curious.
The elf was only too happy to show him the way.
His grandmother Cedrella was an imperious woman, who reminded him strongly of Andromeda. Her hair was silver now and Dad should have moved here after the letter from Gideon.
“Two ears, you must be Fred.” Cedrella said by way of greeting.
Fred smirked, “Yep, I was arranging a family get together. To give us all a chance to meet Dennis, he thinks we’re just cousins. It’s up to dad to figure out how to deal with it, thought you’d like a chance to meet him. He’s a cute kid, trying to make up two years in one by the way. Might want to thank Old O’Shanesey for taking him in, they hid both Colin and Dennis there. Even accepted Colin when they thought he was Muggleborn, you’ve got a great-grandson through Colin. Since George is seeing O’Shanesey’s heir I’ll see if they’ll bring him so Teddy has someone to play with.”
“You’ve got this all planned then.” Cedrella chuckled, “Maybe you missed your calling.”
Fred gave her an ‘aw shucks’ look, “Well, we’re all sort seeing someone with the exception of Bill so it would give you a chance to vet possible family. With the likes of a Greengrass, Viktor Krum, O’Shanesey’s heir, Oliver Wood and my Hermione; I hope you’ll approve. Of course, Dennis and Asteria Greengrass aren’t official yet, they both have wounds from the war to heal but they’ve got family to help them through it. Coincidentally, Mum, Ron and Ginny are not invited to my party. Not that they’ll be missed.”
“I never approved of her,” Cedrella said sharply, “what she did to Gideon and Arcturus was dreadful. I am glad that most of you have turned out not to be disappointments.”
“With the exception of Ginny and Ron, I would say the rest of us were rather high achievers.” Fred smirked.
“Which we are all proud of, though we shouldn’t have let that women keep us out of your lives.” Cedrella admitted stiffly.
“You helped out where you could: you bought Charlie and Bill wands, donated to Charlie’s dragon preserve, patronised our shop, put in a word for Percy with Crouch and funded Bill’s Cursebreaker apprenticeship didn’t you?” Fred grinned.
“Even if we weren’t there for Arcturus’ children, we can be there for your children.” Cedrella said politely.
“Of course you will: there is Colm already, Bill’s daughter and mine, thought I’m not sure how welcoming you’ll be to Ginny’s or any children Ron has with Lavender.” Fred shrugged.
“If they don’t continue embarrassing this family, I am sure that we’ll take an interest in their children.” Cedrella replied.
“Well it’s off to pass the invitation to Granddad. It’s two on Sunday at Baskerville Hall formerly known as Grimsby.” Fred said giving her a rakish salute before sauntering out to find his grandfather’s study.

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