"Uhm my Lord…"
Harry glanced up at Draco Malfoy, who stood in front of him, his head downcast and his arm extended forward, holding a letter.
A letter addressed to him.
The boy-who-lived took it, before slowly opening and scanning the contents, earning the attention, and silence, of those nearby.
"Pup?"
The boy-who-lived gave a humorless chuckle, "It appears as though Lucius Malfoy wishes to invite me to spend the summer with him and his family." If it was silent before, it was deathly so now, with none wanting to interrupt the rage that now covered the faces of Remus and Sirius. "I suppose I should go, would be rude not…"
"ABSOLUTELY BLOODY NOT!"
Harry Potter blinked, before blinking again, confused at the outburst by Sirius Black. "Pardon?"
"You heard him cub, the answer is no ." Remus spoke up, standing to walk next to his best friend, who had risen in fury.
The teen slowly stood, his eyes locking onto those of the two men. " Excuse me? Who the hell do you think you are ?"
" We " the Animagus growled back, " are your godfathers, and we are telling you no ."
"And you forget that you swore loyalty to me . That means you do what I say." the boy replied, his eyes flashing in annoyance.
"And we do, we will follow you through hell and back Harry, but we are also your godfathers, and as your godfathers we are telling you no ."
Most of the room had taken more than a few steps back, to distance themselves from the impending, and undoubtedly one sided, fight.
"And if I tell you to shove your opinions where the sun doesn't shine?"
"Then…" Remus glanced over at his best friend, before receiving the silent confirmation, "we will have no choice but to ground you."
If the atmosphere wasn't so tense Draco Malfoy would have burst out laughing. Who in the world thought they could ground the most powerful Wizard alive?
The three men stood staring at each other, neither side backing down… until, amazingly enough, Harry's shoulders drooped, and gave a nod. "Fine… I assume that I will be allowed if you accompany me or speak to him first?"
Sirius blinked in confusion, along with his best friend. Neither had expected the boy to give in. "Uhhh yeah that will be okay."
The teen nodded, before rubbing at the bridge of his nose, suddenly looking old and tired .
"Pup? Are you… okay?"
"Just… tired."
"Go get some rest. You didn't have much sleep last night and if rumors are true a certain group of girls has been running you ragged all year. Just get some sleep ." Several of said teens looked away guiltily at the command, and the knowing glance by the Werewolf.
Harry nodded at Remus' order, before slowly making his way towards his room, followed by Hedwig, who locked the door behind them.
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Harry Potter destroys Dark Lord!
For once the Potter heir was contemplating whether he had made the wrong choice or not. Sure, having Voldemort destroyed while the entire world watched was helpful in the long term, but currently it was proving to be a bit… irritating.
"Exactly how many award assemblies do you think I am going to be put through?"
Sirius grinned like a mad man, "Considering what you just did, and the fact that women practically faint when you glance at them? I would say at least ten before the end of summer."
A groan escaped the boy's mouth, before he closed his eyes in annoyance, "Do you think I could just… skip them all?"
Another laugh from nearby echoed through the room as Remus looked over another 'official invitation'. "You probably could but then they might start getting intrusive… well more than they already have been."
Therein lied another source of annoyance, the reporters. Dumbledore had been forced to setup a Ward around Hogwarts just to keep the press from trying to sneak in. It had been a rather humorous sight, watching Filius chase a member of the press out of his classroom after the man had snuck in, thinking that Harry had been in the room at the time.
"Bloody hell… if I had known it was going to be this much of a pain I would have just let the man go and killed him in a year or two…"
"Yeah, but then you wouldn't have a stack of provocative photos to… enjoy ."
Harry rolled his eyes, the number of 'proposals' he was up to had passed triple digits within the first twenty-four hours, and that wasn't counting his classmates, whose stares had become far more blatant since the end of the Tournament.
It was at this moment that a certain lovable blonde decided to chime in, "Oh, don't be too distraught my Lord, I heard that the wait list for your attention has grown quite long lately. You will have so many girls to keep you company."
The boy groaned again, "Maybe I can just start living under the invisibility cloak…"
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"Hey uh… Harry? Could we talk for a second?"
Said boy gave a nod to the Auror, before leading her to his room for privacy. "What can I do for you Tonks?"
Shifting a bit, the older woman gave a sigh before sitting down on his bed, "I don't like what is going on… there has been a change in the department and it just… it feels wrong ."
"Oh?"
Tonks nodded, "It doesn't feel the same as when I first started, I don't feel like I am helping people anymore… just going through the motions and being given orders by politicians."
"And you don't like that." He noted, earning a nod.
"I hate it, I became an Auror to defend the weak, to protect people and now…"
Harry sat down next to her, "You are feeling conflicted with what you are doing here and at your job?"
Her head snapped up in shock, "What? No! No, it isn't that, it is the Ministry. We are being ordered around, chasing whispers and ghosts like we are their personal servants or some bull. Then there is the half who are trying to cover their own asses or investments and it's just… I'm getting so sick of this."
"You need a vacation, time to get away and just have some time to think."
The Metamorphmagus nodded, "Yeah, I think you're right… say, aren't you taking a vacation this summer with Hedwig?" He nodded, earning a grin from the woman, "Well then, why not take another?"
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