"What the fuck?!" Was the first thing Sirius blurted out as Arcturus Black walked into Sirius's room and sent a hex at him the second they had locked eyes, Sirius had barely managed to duck under it. "What the hell?" Sirius said as he dodged another.
"So...you flea bitten idiot, are you ready to explain to me why this home - the one that I have very graciously allowed you to live in, rent free I might add! - is now housing several red headed imbeciles and will be open to various more?" Arcturus said, his voice somewhere between questioning and growling. "Rent free as well!"
"Oh, it...seemed like a good idea at the time." Sirius said in a slow voice.
"Right...well you clearly don't deserve to breathe or breed, so stay still so I can fucking kill you!"
"Oh look, he survived." Jet commented when Sirius walked into the kitchen with his hair and clothes looking burnt. He sat down as if nothing was wrong.
"So...good talk?" Harry asked innocently, though the effect was ruined by his smile. That particular smile earning him a glare from Sirius.
"It was quite honestly only the fact that in exchange for opening the house we'd be getting information on Voldemort and help with improving the wards that stopped him from doing worse." Sirius said, wincing slightly as he shifted in his seat. "Crazy old man." He said under his breath as he rubbed his ribs.
"Where were you three?" Ted asked when Harry, Roman and Angela entered the kitchen for dinner. The Weasley's were there along with the Tonks family, all were sat down at the table including Mrs Weasley who was slightly put out at not being able to cook since the elves had already cooked the food.
"Practising." Harry answered as he sat down at the table along with Roman and Angela, Roman winced in pain slightly as he sat down while Angela took great care to slowly sit down. Harry, on the other hand, sat down in an almost casual manner with Thor perched on his right shoulder while Jet was wrapped around Harry's left arm.
"Are you alright?" Ginny asked Roman, having noticed his discomfort.
"Oh, I'm fine." He waved her off. "If I'm not fine soon then a couple of minor healing spells will help."
"Healing spells?" Ginny blinked. "What did you guys do?" She asked.
"Angela and I fought Harry, two on one, he still won." Roman admitted.
"You've been using magic?!" Mrs Weasley blurted out in a surprised voice.
"Oh, I forgot to mention?" Sirius spoke up. "The trace doesn't work in this house, the wards here block it."
"We can use magic?" Ron said with a grin, so for he and Ginny were the only members of the family who weren't allowed to use magic since now even the twins were of age.
"No, you cannot!" Mrs Weasley cut off any response. "I don't care what wards are on this house, you and Ginny will not be using magic." She said in a firm voice.
"But Mum..." The two youngest Weasley children began, only to be interrupted.
"No buts!" Mrs Weasley quickly cut the two off.
"Thank you for the pre-dinner entertainment." Harry said in a dry voice before Jet climbed down from Harry's arm and onto the table.
"Must...m...must you bring that...snake of yours to the dinner table?" Mrs Weasley said, leaning back as far as she could without getting up.
"Yes." Harry replied but didn't elaborate more than that.
"You should have been there, Ginny." Roman spoke to Ginny. "Me and Angela together and he managed to beat us both, almost easily."
"You both put up a good fight," Harry responded. "but I'm improving at an impressive rate, if I do say so myself."
"I can't help but agree." Angela nodded, rolling her neck as she did so. "It's impressive how good you've gotten. It's easier to count the parts of my body that aren't sore."
"Perhaps Harry could kiss those parts better." Tonks innocently suggested.
"Nymphadora, don't be so crude." Andromeda admonished.
"Don't call me Nymphadora." Tonks said, glaring at Andromeda.
"Should I kiss those parts better?" Harry asked Angela with a grin.
"That's entirely up to you," Angela smirked. "you don't even have to wait for me to be in pain next time."
"Good to know." Harry smirked back while Mrs Weasley looked very disapproving but thankfully managed to refrain from commenting.
"Good morning everyone," Professor Dumbledore said when he arrived the next morning. "how are you all?"
"Perfectly fine, sir." Harry answered. "And what about you?"
"As well as I can be, my boy," Dumbledore said with a small chuckle. "I am rather surprised to find that Mrs Black's portrait has decided to not scream at me like she had previously done."
"Harry has managed to persuade her not to, thank Merlin." Tonks replied.
"Ah excellent," Professor Dumbledore said before turning to Lord Black. "it is good to see you again, Lord Black."
"Well, the mongrel didn't seem to think it was important to ask my permission before letting other people enter and ward MY property." Lord Black said, sending a withering glare to Sirius.
"Ah, I am terribly sorry." Dumbledore said, nodding in understanding. "May we still use this property?" He asked hopefully.
"Yes," Lord Black grunted. "the idiot gave his word and Black's don't go back on our words."
"Even if we sometimes wish we could." Harry added under his breath.
"Besides, these improvements to the wards will benefit me so it's not a complete loss." Lord Black said, more to himself.
"Excellent then," Dumbledore smiled. "now before we start we should decide on who the secret keeper will be, if it is acceptable then I am willing to become the secret keeper."
"No." Harry and Lord Black both spoke at the same time, they looked at each other with a little bit of surprise.
"Why not? There is no better person to be the secret keeper than the headmaster." Mrs Weasley frowned.
"Shut it." Harry and Lord Black said at the same time, only to blink and stare at each other with surprise again
"Oh crap, there's two of them." Ted whispered to Andromeda.
"This is my property," Lord Black spoke up. "I decide who is going to be the secret keeper."
"As is your right," Dumbledore nodded. "do you have someone in mind or do you wish to make yourself the secret keeper?" He asked.
"Actually..." Harry spoke up with a grin on his face. "...I know someone who could be a great secret keeper."
"I'm not sure it would be the best idea for you to be the secret keeper," Dumbledore began speaking in an apologetic voice. "you are still required to attend school and..."
"Not what I meant," Harry cut him off. "Dobby, Flipsy." Harry called and the two elves popped into the room. "Take your pick." Harry said as he gestured to the two elves.
"House elves?" Professor Dumbledore asked in a curious voice.
"Loyal as shit and hard to catch." Harry shrugged. "Besides they can ask approval from myself and Lord Black before letting anyone else in, also who is going to suspect a house elf when there are so many other options?"
"Hmm, clever." Dumbledore said approvingly before turning to the elves. "Now, which one to choose? Which one of you would like to be the secret keeper? This is a very big responsibility and will greatly help your master a lot."
"Kreatcher would be willing," Kreatcher said as he popped in behind the two elves. "Kreatcher would gladly..." Flipsy cut Kreatcher off with a punch to the face, sending the elf to the floor.
"Flipsy is willing." Flipsy said before turning to Dobby. "Dibs." Flipsy said with a grin.
"Damn." Dobby said under his breath.
"Expelliarmus!" Ginny and Roman shouted, two red spell beams shot out of their wands and towards Harry who dodged out of the way of Roman's beam and swatted away Ginny's spell. Harry flicked his wrist, silently sending a pair of ropes towards the two.
Harry had spent a lot of time working on his silent casting when he wasn't practising flying, Harry had no doubt that silent casting would be a great weapon in his arsenal. Harry knew that silent casting would be something that would be learnt in sixth year but he was rather impatient, not that anyone could blame him given that he had the worst dark lord of all time chasing after him.
Ginny and Roman sent two spells at him, Harry blocked both before twirling his wand and shooting out a jet of water that knocked Ginny off of her feet, Roman looked towards her and Harry quickly took advantage of that distraction to hit Roman with a body bind, Harry followed up with a disarming spell to Ginny, sending her wand out of her hand and into Harry's own.
"Not bad." Ted said with a grin from his seat on the side of the room. He was sat with Thor perched on his head while Andromeda was sat next to him with Jet resting in her lap.
"You did all of your spells silently!" Andromeda told Harry with a grin. "That's amazing!"
"He has killed a manticore and a dragon in the same day, I would think silent casting would be a step down at this point." Roman said from his position on the floor. "By the way, can you let me go please?" He asked.
"Sure." Harry said before he raised his wand and waved it, freeing Roman before a second wave dried up Ginny.
"Thanks." Ginny said before Harry tossed her wand back to her.
"You're welcome." Harry said as Roman climbed up to his feet. "I..." Whatever Harry was about to say was cut off by the sound of a crash from upstairs. "...well, Nym's probably back." Harry shrugged before they all walked upstairs. They had barely gotten out of the basement when Mrs Weasley spotted them.
"What have you been doing? I...Ginny! Have you been using magic?!" She demanded to know upon seeing Ginny's wand in her hand.
"Yeah, I was helping Harry practise." Ginny nodded. "He does have you-know-who chasing after him you know, besides it helped me learn a lot."
"Ginny, the fighting will be left to the adults and if I catch you using magic again then I am confiscating your wand!" Mrs Weasley said in a firm voice.
"Mrs Weasley, it's fine, we were supervising." Ted responded.
"It is not fine!" Mrs Weasley hissed. "I do not want my daughter to break the law and..."
"You are literally part of an illegal vigilante organisation." Andromeda reminded Mrs Weasley, cutting her off. "Besides would you rather her know how to defend herself or would you rather be a .."
"Stupid bitch!" Tonks's voice was heard from the kitchen.
"Oh Tonks sounds upset, I don't like that." Harry frowned before walking past Mrs Weasley with the others following him. They entered the kitchen where Tonks threw a plate at a wall, causing it to smash into pieces.
"Nymphadora, I..." Andromeda began, only to be interrupted.
"DON'T CALL ME NYMHADORA!" Tonks screamed angrily, looking the very picture of rage with her narrowed eyes being the same colour as her hair which at this point was a raging red. "I..." She found herself interrupted as she was hit by a calming charm. She blinked and looked at Harry who had slowly lowered his wand.
"Better?" Harry asked hopefully.
"Better." Tonks said with a heavy breath as she sat down. "Thanks."
"Anytime, now who do we have to kill?" Harry asked, as he walked over and patted Tonks on the back.
"I lost my job." Tonks said, her voice was barely loud enough to be heard.
"You what?!" Harry, Ted and Andromeda blurted out at the same time.
"Yeah," Tonks growled, "my dream job, the job I worked so hard for and I lost it."
"Why?" Ted asked as he walked over and rubbed her back. "What happened?"
"That Umbridge bitch walked up to me and told me that I'm fired for some bullshit reason about abusing power!" Tonks snarled. "Apparently the other aurors had told her that I've been abusing my position."
"That's horrible!" Andromeda said, looking halfway between upset and angry on behalf of her daughter.
"Though of course 'Umbitch' gave me the option to keep working there if I was 'willing to help keep an eye on certain delinquents'." Tonks said while gesturing to Harry.
"She wants you to spy on me?!" Harry blurted out angrily.
"Yeah, I refused and I lost my job!" Tonks growled, images of her torturing Umbridge rushed into her mind.
"I...I am sorry, Tonks." Harry said in a quiet voice as he kneeled down in front of her. "They're doing this because of me, I..."
"Shut up, Harry." Tonks said with a roll of her eyes. "They're doing this because they're cowards, when you've been proven right then I have no doubt that I will be able to get my job back then, if I even want it back. It's fine."
"No, it's not and right now, Umbridge has made herself a spot near the top of my shit-list." Harry said, wondering if he could 'forcibly volunteer' Umbridge into practising some new spells.
"Whatever happens I am not eating that pink woman, she looks disgusting." Jet spoke up.