"I know, and I'm proud of you. I just don't want people to get mad at you if they think you're fibbing," Hydrus said. "Anyway, Hermione is a witch, but she doesn't know that, so you can't say anything unless you see her do accidental magic. Then you bring her to me or Sirius and we'll explain it to her and her parents."
"Is she really?" Harry asked excitedly and then his face morphed back into the confusion. "But why can't I tell her?"
"Well, the law says we can't tell her unless we see her do something magical," his uncle stated.
"That's 'tupid," the boy protested.
"I know, but it's the law," Hydrus agreed, not correcting the mispronounced word.
"Otay, can I go play now?" Harry asked. Grownups had too many stupid rules to learn.
"Yes, but if you have any questions come and ask any of us," Hydrus sighed, this didn't go the way he wanted. He was expecting more questions, but four and a half year olds had the attention span of a gnat.
"Otay," Harry said as he got down and ran up the stairs, until his uncle yelled at him and then he slowed down and made his way to his room.
"So," Sirius said as he claimed the recliner, "that's your plan, telling the Grangers that Hermione is a witch as soon as you see magic. Do you plan on telling Grace? She's not family to the girl so technically you'd be breaking the law."
"I know and it'll only be if we start something romantic that I'll tell her. She's a good person, and I'd like to get to know her better," the immortal sighed as he ran his hand down his face. Dating a non-magical was always touchy. The laws about it were confusing at best. He'd have to get in touch with his lawyer to make sure when and what he could tell her, if needs must.
"And if she's the one to see the magic?" came the gentle inquiry.
"I guess it depends on how she reacts," the dark-haired immortal said with a shrug.
"I guess we'll have to wait and see."
"How's the gambling going?" Hydrus asked, changing the subject.
"It's going good," the dogman answered, letting it go. "We're making a killing."
"Great. Do the goblins suspect anything?"
"No, not yet, they haven't figured out that we set up a ring," Sirius said with a mischievous smile. He felt it was a great prank on Gringotts.
"Wonderful," Hydrus said rubbing his hands together in glee. "We might want to back off for a while and do some gambling in the non-magical world. Then come back to the goblins later." He didn't want to start a rebellion, though he had faith that if one started this new and improved magical community would be victorious. Then new treaties would be made and maybe a human bank could be set up. One more thing to set up with the solicitor.
The rest of the day was spent leisurely, with only Remus doing any work. Hydrus received a call from Grace that night after the kids were in bed. The couple talked all night, telling about their lives. Hydrus did let her know bits of his unsavory childhood, without mentioning names. She just thought it was a bad orphanage. There were lots of secrets on his side, she could tell just from the missing information in his story. But she decided that they really didn't know each other well enough to divulge such things. By the end of the conversation they made tentative plans for a lunch date.
As time went on they got closer. They even utilized the London flat a few nights they had alone, mostly for home movie nights and cuddling. The nanny never asked the immortal why he had a separate flat. She came to the conclusion that all the men used it to get away from everyone. Hydrus confirmed that theory when he told her they couldn't go there, because Sirius and his girlfriend would be using it that night.
Hydrus met the Grangers, he liked them a lot. They were very professional, and worried about their daughter. He did bring up child counseling once, they said they'd think about it and the subject was dropped. He learned from Grace that they were seriously discussing it if Hermione's time at school went bad, which was a major relief to both of them.
Months passed and Hydrus was shocked that the nightmares didn't return. He gave credit to Grace's calm demeanor as his new anchor. Soon it was Harry's birthday. They talked to all the families they had play dates with and decided to go to the park near Hermione's house and have a party. There was a picnic area off to the side of the playground that had a few barbeque grills, so they'd set up there. Each magical family was sat down and it was explained that there were going to be non-magicals at the party.
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