I was 'oping I could speak to Mr. Brown," Mr. Delacour started as they walked out of the room off of the Great Hall. "Also Mr Lupin."
"Of course," Harry replied. "They're both still in the same place they were."
"I've been following ze Daily Prophet," Mr Delacour continued. "Ms. Skeeter's articles were not what I expected zem to be."
Harry looked over at Fleur and smiled and then he turned back to his bond mate's father. "That was entirely your daughter sir."
"We can discuss it soon Papa," Fleur said as both she and Harry looked around to make sure no beetle was in sight. They led the Delacours into Myrtle's bathroom.
"Hi Harry," Myrtle said as she saw the group come in the bathroom. "Good luck tonight."
"Thanks Myrtle. Can I introduce you to Mr. and Mrs. Delacour? They are Fleur and Gabrielle's parents." Harry asked. "Sir, Ma'am, this is Myrtle. She's been a big help this year. She helped Fleur and me during the second task, helped me with my egg and she played a huge part in dealing with Rita Skeeter."
Alain Delacour had been taken slightly aback to be introduced to a ghost, but he was a natural politician and immediately acknowledged the greeting. "Thank you for ze 'elp you provided my family Miss Myrtle."
"It's nice to meet you. I liked helping them; they are the only people who treat me well."
"I hope I treat all my friends well," Harry said.
Fleur took the opportunity to hiss the opening command and they watched the wall open.
Though she had felt her husband's shock when Gabrielle had done the same thing in front of him, watching her eldest daughter hiss in parseltongue still amazed her mother. Before she could comment though, the wall sunk out of the way. Soon the group made it to the Chamber of Secrets.
When they entered the chamber, they found Remus and Sirius around the table staring intently at the the Marauder's map.
"I don't see any more charms," Remus was saying.
"But it still shows him there, so there's got to be another one," Sirius replied.
"What's going on?" Harry asked.
"Still trying to break Moody's confundus," Remus replied looking over at Harry for the first time and noticing the Delacours. He quickly got to his feet and walked over to them "Welcome back sir. I apologize for not noticing you to start with," As he shook hands with Alain, his eyes wandered to the beautiful half-veela by his side. Trying not to stare he fought to get his eyes back to Mr. Delacour. "And this must be your lovely wife?"
"Remus Lupin, my wife Apolline; Apolline my dear I would like you to meet Mr. Remus Lupin."
Apolline held out her hand and Remus accepted it. "Bonjour Madame. Comment ҫa va?" He asked in greeting.
"I'm fine Mr. Lupin. Thank you."
"And ze gentleman who is still staring at you my dearest is Sirius Black," Alain continued with mirth in his voice.
It was only after Harry walked over and shook his godfather did his eyes return to focus. He looked sheepish at the Delacours before apologizing. "I'm sorry sir...er…uh...nice to meet you Madame."
"A pleasure to meet you as well Mr. Black, at least in 'uman form. I've 'eard many things of you from my 'usband."
"You know from your godson's bond zat I cannot keep secrets from my wife Mr. Black," Alain said when Sirius looked at him quizzically.
"Of course. I'm still getting used to it I guess," Sirius replied. "Merlin help any lady who gets in my head."
"Yes the echo would be terrible for the woman," Remus agreed. "Such a hollow place."
"Hey..."
Alain smiled at the pair before turning his attention to Remus. "Ze background check on you is complete Remus, outside of some interesting remarks in your school records, everything else is acceptable. You might 'ave to explain any activities you participated in when you a member of ze Phoenix Order during ze war but nothing appeared in a criminal manner. Can you be in my office in Paris a week from tomorrow to conduct ze interview? Zat is if you're still interested in ze position I mentioned to you earlier in ze year."
"Yes sir. I am definitely still interested sir," Moony replied. "As for those remarks in my school records I can only say that I probably deserved a lot more than what is actually there and you know Dumbledore lead the Order of the Phoenix. We had strict orders to what we could and could not do."
"Yes," Mr. Delacour said and was about to say something else but let the subject drop. He then turned to Sirius, "What are your plans for ze coming months Mr. Black?"
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