"I don't remember anything after leaving my common room" Bellatrix retorted heatedly.
It was then that she realised what had happened.
"He didn't" she growled angrily.
"I think he did" Harry replied certainly. "This was signed in September" he explained, picking up and gesturing to the parchment.
"I told you I didn't remember anything" Bellatrix pointed out irritably.
"Yeah, well I didn't expect this" Harry returned waving the contract in front of him furiously.
Bellatrix just folded her arms and scowled at him. "Forget it" Harry sighed as he burnt the last piece of parchment that alluded to the unwanted unions. "You're free now so it really doesn't matter, now if you'll excuse me I have a duel to prepare for" he finished seriously.
"You don't think you can actually win do you?" Bellatrix questioned disbelievingly. "He's a bloody world champion" she reminded him.
Harry paused at the door but didn't turn back.
"He's a duelist, I don't duel" he stated flatly, before exiting the room and the house.
"What does that even mean?" Bellatrix asked irritably.
"It means he's a fighter" Arcturus answered proudly. "I wouldn't underestimate the boy" he advised.
"I know a little of what he's capable of" Bellatrix agreed in reply. "Why would he defend us though? It doesn't make sense" she added confusedly.
"Because he's a better person than you will ever understand" Dorea whispered sadly, her eyes firmly on the door that the boy had just exited from.
"Will he be ok?" Narcissa asked the woman worriedly.
Dorea sighed.
"Harry has seen and done things that you wouldn't believe" she explained. "Even I'm not sure of his full abilities but I think Dolohov and the rest of them are in for a rude awakening, you all saw him in the Great Hall after James was attacked" She reminded the three girls.
"He's terrifying" Andromeda concluded succinctly.
Dorea nodded. "I've seen him train once and I was blown away by what I saw and what he can do, I've been too scared to go in again since that day" she revealed seriously. "But he's my son, I'll always believe in him but it will never stop me fearing for him" she finished emotionally.
"Can he really produce a patronus?" Bellatrix asked curiously.
"He can" Dorea confirmed. "But I think that is one of his lesser skills, he is a very dedicated wizard so I imagine there is very little he can't achieve if he sets his mind to it" she added confidently. "Now I have to go and make sure he is ok" she informed them. "Thank you for our invitation Arcturus" she said formally as she reached the door. "Oh, and Pollux, if my son dies because of your stupidity, I will make every single day you have left a complete misery" she told the man coldly before exiting the house. "I already plan to" Arcturus growled. "You should feel damn lucky that the boy was here if not I would be killing you right now".
Pollux swallowed deeply and stormed from the house clearly furious of how the day had gone for him.
"What are we going to do?" Druella asked sadly.
"That is entirely up to you" Arcturus answered. "You are family and you are welcome in any of our homes, and thanks to Potter you will always have that freedom, I trusted your father too much and gave him much more freedom than I should have" he sighed exasperatedly.
"Are you joking?" Walburga shrieked, clearly coming out of an unusually shocked state. "The boy just cost you your chance to join the elite of society in greatness" she screeched.
"Orion, shut your wife up, or I will" Arcturus commanded his other son. Orion simply nodded and took the woman by the arm and led her from the room.
"We have a hell of a debt to the Potter boy" Arcturus muttered.
"Yet, he clearly wants nothing" Melania pointed out.
Arcturus nodded.
"He knew what he held in his hand and he burnt it like it was nothing, he could have had anything he wanted from us'" he whispered disbelievingly.
"What do you mean Grandfather?" Bellatrix asked.
Arcturus turned to face the three girls and smiled warmly at them, pleased that the problem had been solved at least.
"The boy essentially bought those contracts and could have honoured all three if he chose to, demanded a ridiculous sum for them or just kept all three of you as slaves" explained gravely.
Bellatrix shook her head.
Potter had held her and her sister's fates in his hands and simply gave it up for nothing. 'More to him than I can even understand. He's either an idiot or just an amazing person' she mused, her heart warming at the kindness he had shown her and her family, a small smile making it's way to her face.
She sighed and shook her head.
'He hates me' she reminded herself sadly. Druella noted the expression on her daughter's face and she herself shook her head amusedly. 'So dense and stubborn' she sighed inwardly. (BREAK) Dorea followed Harry back to Potter Manor and arrived in time to see him entering the front door in the distance so she rushed to catch the teen up.
She entered the house to meet Charlus who was frowning confusedly in the entrance hall.
"Is there something I should know about?" he asked.
Dorea nodded and swallowed deeply.
She explained everything that had happened and when she had finished Charlus sighed and dragged his hands through his hair.
"Harry has experienced the man before, he nearly killed one of his friends not long before he came here" he informed her, speaking of Dolohov. "He at least has an idea of what he is up against".
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