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\par Harry Potter}{\insrsid10187046 woke at seven o\rquote clock on the first of September, }{\insrsid15039641 t}{\insrsid10187046 wenty-}{\insrsid15039641 s}{\insrsid10187046 eventeen. Big day! }{\insrsid3999416 Albus Severus }{\insrsid6178721 Weasley-}{
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\par }{\insrsid5908211 Then a stroll to the Aurors\rquote Office and some gentle shuffling of papers.}{\insrsid1705813 Severus would probably be }{\insrsid1801594 in the Education Department}{\insrsid1705813 }{\insrsid1801594 slogging away at the }{
\insrsid6642625 P}{\insrsid1801594 romotion of Excellence in Education. Harry would pop in to say hello. Severus, thin-lipped and sour-faced as ever, would look into Harry\rquote s eyes and Harry knew he would be thinking: }{
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\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5908211 {\insrsid5908211 Today was Sunday and Harry\rquote s work-ethic, which had relaxed during the school holida}{\insrsid11417696
ys, would kick in tomorrow, but today was a day of }{\insrsid11684692 pleasure}{\insrsid11417696 . He stretched luxuriantly and was aware of a damp cheek. He had dribbled in his sleep. A tummy rumbled under his ear and}{\insrsid2425222 ,}{
\insrsid11417696 as he shifted his head, he caught the fishy whiff of a cum-soaked willy. }{\insrsid2425222 Lovely, lovely Damian!}{\insrsid5908211
\par }{\i\insrsid2425222\charrsid2425222 Damian!
\par }{\insrsid2425222 Harry pushed himself up and kissed Damian\rquote s lips, shaking his shoulders roughly.
\par Damian stirred and mumbled: \lquote Morning, Harry. And I still love you!\rquote
\par \lquote Damian! it\rquote s seven o\rquote clock!\rquote
\par Damian was on his feet in an instant.
\par \lquote Bugger! I should\rquote ve been gone an hour ago. Neville\rquote ll kill me! Those Jabbering }{\insrsid15889276 Fairyweeds need to catch the morning sun!\rquote He scrambled into his clothes.}{\insrsid2425222
\par }{\insrsid15889276 Harry laughed: \lquote Bad plan going to bed early! We should have known we\rquote d wake up at t}{\insrsid15149984 hree}{\insrsid15889276 in the morning!\rquote
\par \lquote And I\rquote m glad we did, even if Neville }{\i\insrsid15889276\charrsid15889276 does}{\insrsid15889276 kill me!\rquote
\par }{\insrsid11684692 He slipped on his trainers without lacing them, gave Harry a fierce kiss and hug}{\insrsid14185249 ,}{\insrsid11684692 and went downstairs to the Vanishing Cabinet. Before the door closed, he shouted }{
\i\insrsid11684692\charrsid14185249 I love you!}{\insrsid11684692 Harried echoed the call and heard the solid clunk that meant Damian had a fi}{\insrsid6178721 fteen-}{\insrsid11684692 minutes walk to their bedroom at Hogwarts.
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\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14496981 {\insrsid14496981 He went down to the Phoenix }{\insrsid11547528 R}{\insrsid14496981
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\par As usual, he turned to the wall on his left and waved to the photo of his mum and dad. They were laughing and waving }{\insrsid3160066 back }{\insrsid14496981 at him. He scanned }{\insrsid14374819 the rest of the photos\emdash
friends who had died in the great struggle\emdash forever loved, forever missed. Fred, Remus, Tonks, Mad-Eye}{\insrsid11547528 , Colin}{\insrsid14374819 ; Sirius, }{\insrsid11547528 Harry\rquote s}{\insrsid14374819 godfather; Cedric who }{
\insrsid11547528 had }{\insrsid3160066 loved Harry.}{\insrsid14496981
\par }{\insrsid14374819 There was also }{\insrsid11547528 a }{\insrsid14374819 photo of Regulus Black, who Harry had never met, but who was honoured for his courage and sacrifice in bravely attempting the task eventually accomplished by Harry.
\par Dumbledore\rquote s portrait was empty\emdash his image snoozing in the twin portrait at Hogwarts.
\par }{\insrsid11547528 There was one other portrait: Luna had excelled herself in painting a Muggle oil of Dobby the house-elf.
\par
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11547528 {\insrsid11547528 Harry sat down at the huge table. There were places laid for four. \lquote Breakfast, please!\rquote he called.
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11547528 {\insrsid11547528 Two house-elves carrying trays came in.
\par \lquote Ah!\rquote said Harry, \lquote Morning Tilly! Morning }{\insrsid13329617 Conky! New week, new faces!\rquote }{\insrsid11547528
\par }{\insrsid13329617 After Voldemort\rquote s defeat, it turned out that the Hogwarts house-elves didn\rquote t actually belong to Hogwarts, but owed unbreakable allegiance to Harry. Elves have their own magic and Harry suspected that the elf he}{
\insrsid3160066 really}{\insrsid13329617 }{\i\insrsid13329617\charrsid13329617 did}{\insrsid13329617 own, Kreacher, had orchestrated a secret switchover.
\par As the elves laid out the food, the immaculately tea-towelled female asked: \lquote Is the beloved Damian Fay, }{\insrsid15149984 best-}{\insrsid13329617 beloved of the highest-beloved}{\insrsid15149984 -of-all}{\insrsid13329617 Harry Potter}{
\insrsid11276414 tending?\rquote }{\insrsid13329617
\par }{\insrsid11276414 \lquote }{\insrsid15149984 N}{\insrsid11276414 o}{\insrsid15149984 , Tilly, he\rquote s at Hogwarts. Now sit down, the two of you and tuck in!\rquote }{\insrsid11276414
\par }{\insrsid6178721 The e}{\insrsid15149984 lves always looked uncomfortable }{\insrsid11929436 when}{\insrsid15149984 eating with t}{\insrsid15670823 heir master, but Harry insisted. He}{\insrsid15149984
hoped that over the years they would get used to it.
\par Elves are masters of }{\i\insrsid15149984\charrsid11929436 Cordon}{\insrsid15149984 }{\i\insrsid15149984\charrsid11929436 Bleu}{\insrsid15149984 , but their }{\insrsid15670823 own }{\insrsid15149984
eating preferences are extraordinary: while Harry enjoyed orange juice, sausage, bacon, egg, toast and tea, }{\insrsid11929436 the elves were feasting on Scandinavian smoked fish, dog-biscuits}{\insrsid9924995 and}{\insrsid11929436
artichokes washed down with beetroot-juice.}{\insrsid15149984
\par }{\insrsid11929436 Kreacher had served Harry for a long time, but because he was old and doddery, another house-elf }{\insrsid1061421 had been}{\insrsid11929436 appointed on a weekly rota }{\insrsid11168463 to help out at Grim}{\insrsid11753416 m}{
\insrsid11168463 auld Place. When Kreacher passed on to be laid to rest next to Dobby, his rival}{\insrsid11753416 ,}{\insrsid11168463 then hero, the rota was expanded to two-a-week and number twelve, Gri}{\insrsid11753416 m}{\insrsid11168463
mauld Place must have been the cleanest house in London.}{\insrsid11929436
\par }{\insrsid6178721 He chatted to the elves who assured him that }{\insrsid13781110 H}{\insrsid6178721 ogwarts was ready for the new term.
\par }{\insrsid11168463
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10489479 {\insrsid10489479 After breakfast, Harry went into the sitting
room next door and selected a disc of his beloved Mozart to play on a battery-operated music centre. He and Damian used to listen to Muggle radio, but not any more: the music was just as good}{\insrsid853138 ,}{\insrsid10489479
but the people who told you what you had heard and what you were going to hear had been replaced with}{\insrsid853138 self-important}{\insrsid10489479 }{\i\insrsid10489479\charrsid10489479 disc-jockeys}{\insrsid10489479
: irritating accents and timbres offering meaningless gabble and gratuitous opinions.
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5908211 {\insrsid10489479 He scanned the }{\i\insrsid10489479\charrsid10489479 Prophet}{\insrsid10489479 and the Muggle }{\i\insrsid10489479\charrsid10489479 Times}{
\insrsid10489479 .}{\insrsid6178721
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6178721 {\insrsid6178721
\par The front page of the }{\i\insrsid6178721\charrsid6178721 Prophet}{\insrsid6178721 read:
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5908211 {\insrsid6178721
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6178721 {\b\i\fs28\insrsid6178721\charrsid6178721 Percy Weasley Slams Ministry Bureaucracy
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5908211 {\insrsid6178721
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14944348 {\insrsid6178721 Harry thought: }{\i\insrsid6178721 Pot and kettle!}{\insrsid6178721 At least it wasn\rquote t cauldron bottoms!
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5908211 {\insrsid6178721
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13194778 {\insrsid6178721 Inside, he read:}{\insrsid8337298
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8337298 {\insrsid8337298
\par }{\b\i\fs28\insrsid8337298\charrsid8337298 HP Plea over Voldemort Clubs
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5908211 {\insrsid10489479 }{\insrsid8337298
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14944348 {\i\insrsid8337298\charrsid13194778 Harry Potter continues to press for greater powers of investigation and tougher penalties for those caught.
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5908211 {\i\insrsid8337298\charrsid13194778 His }{\i\insrsid16279883 Best Friend and }{\i\insrsid8337298\charrsid13194778 boss, Head of Aurors\rquote
Department Ronald Weasley, said: \'93Harry\rquote s right! People treat these clubs as a joke, }{\i\insrsid853138\charrsid13194778 but }{\i\insrsid8337298\charrsid13194778
organisations for the half-baked offer excellent cover for competent, evil people. The Muggles are ahead of us in realising this. Harry found a Muggle newspaper article marking sixty years since the death}{\i\insrsid14382749\charrsid13194778 of the}{
\i\insrsid8337298\charrsid13194778 ir}{\i\insrsid14382749\charrsid13194778 }{\insrsid14382749\charrsid13194778 Chief Witch-hunter}{\i\insrsid14382749\charrsid13194778 . This was a man who had been quite correct: there }{\insrsid14382749\charrsid13194778
were}{\i\insrsid14382749\charrsid13194778 Reds under the Bed, }{\i\insrsid8337298\charrsid13194778 as Muggle slang has it, }{\i\insrsid14382749\charrsid13194778 but not the ones }{\i\insrsid13194778\charrsid13194778 he was going for}{
\i\insrsid14382749\charrsid13194778 : the }{\insrsid14382749\charrsid13194778 real }{\i\insrsid13194778\charrsid13194778 Reds}{\i\insrsid14382749\charrsid13194778 }{\i\insrsid3160066\charrsid13194778 appeared}{\i\insrsid14382749\charrsid13194778
as American as pumpkin pie\emdash or should that be blueberry pie?}{\i\insrsid13194778\charrsid13194778 \emdash I must ask Hermione.\'94}{\i\insrsid853138\charrsid13194778
\par }{\insrsid13194778
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14944348 {\insrsid13194778
Harry smiled to himself: everyone was touchy about loss of personal liberties, but they were also keen for wizardkind to be ahead of the Muggle world in this area.
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5908211 {\insrsid13194778 He and Ron were becoming politicians!
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13194778 {\insrsid13194778
\par }{\insrsid14944348 He flipped a few pages and could not resist reading:
\par
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14944348 {\b\i\fs28\insrsid14944348\charrsid8337298 P}{\b\i\fs28\insrsid14944348 otterwatch, With Rita Skeeter}{\b\i\fs28\insrsid14944348\charrsid8337298
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13194778 {\insrsid14944348
\par }{\i\insrsid14944348\charrsid2899562 HP has been spending the last week of summer with the Weasley clan. Our correspondent reports an outing to }{\i\insrsid11883108\charrsid2899562 a Muggle recreation grou
nd. Sadly, glamorous Head of Muggle Relations and mother of six, Hermione Weasley did not appear\emdash We gather that Number Seven is due in a fortnight.}{\i\insrsid16279883\charrsid2899562 Good luck, Hermione!
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid16279883 {\i\insrsid16279883\charrsid2899562 At the recreation ground, HP and his family picnicked and played on the Muggle rides. T
hey also played the Muggle games of Boules, Footboules and Unfanged Frisbees. Our correspondent reports that HP is at risk of losing his }{\insrsid16279883\charrsid9915353 Rear-of-the-Year}{\i\insrsid16279883\charrsid2899562 title to his niece Victoire!
\par }{\i\insrsid13241267\charrsid2899562 On Wednesday night, HP and his Best Friend Ron Weasley joined their friend, the famous wood-carver Dean Thomas, on what they called a }{\insrsid13241267\charrsid9915353 Boys\rquote Night Out}{
\i\insrsid13241267\charrsid2899562 . Readers may remember that Dean was once arraigned for allegedly causing a Muggle to trip up in the Upton Park}{\i\insrsid15866403\charrsid2899562 area of London. No evidence was offered and Dean retained his blamel
ess character.}{\i\insrsid13241267\charrsid2899562
\par }{\i\insrsid15866403\charrsid2899562 HP and the two other wizards went to a Muggle pub. They drank Muggle beer and played an incredibly dangerous Muggle game that involves throwing sharp steel-tipped }{\i\insrsid15497438\charrsid2899562 weapon}{
\i\insrsid15866403\charrsid2899562 s at each other. Our correspondent fled}{\i\insrsid15497438\charrsid2899562 ,}{\i\insrsid15866403\charrsid2899562 but waited outside and heard much uproarious laughter and unintelligible comments such as: }{
\insrsid9915353 \'93}{\i\insrsid15866403\charrsid2899562 Dean, you toe-rag! You swerved that!}{\insrsid9915353 \'94}{\i\insrsid15866403\charrsid2899562
\par On }{\i\insrsid15497438\charrsid2899562 leaving the pub}{\i\insrsid10447084\charrsid2899562 , HP}{\i\insrsid15497438\charrsid2899562 and the two other wizards walked homewards with their arms around each other\rquote s shoulders.}{
\i\insrsid671174\charrsid2899562 They were singing a Muggle song. Our correspondent heard snatches and gathered that it was about twenty-four young girls who were lost at sea when a ship called Venus was sunk by a}{\i\insrsid10880119 faulty}{
\i\insrsid671174\charrsid2899562 engineer\rquote s wheel. A}{\i\insrsid5855970\charrsid2899562 s}{\i\insrsid671174\charrsid2899562 they entered the Protected }{\i\insrsid5855970\charrsid2899562 Zone, one of the wizards called out \'93It\rquote s
Jimmy time!\'94\emdash presumably }{\i\insrsid2123310 a}{\i\insrsid5855970\charrsid2899562 reference to HP\rquote s eldest}{\i\insrsid15670823 son}{\i\insrsid5855970\charrsid2899562 .}{\i\insrsid15866403\charrsid2899562
\par }{\i\insrsid5855970\charrsid2899562 Meanwhile HP\rquote s Best Friend, Muggle Herbology }{\i\insrsid13781110\charrsid2899562 expert,}{\i\insrsid5855970\charrsid2899562 Damian Fay,}{\i\insrsid13781110\charrsid2899562
was observed with Professor Neville Longbottom in a Muggle garden centre in Norfolk. They were kind enough to invite our correspondent
to join them for a cup of tea and to participate in forty-five minutes of discussion on botanical matters which, I fear, would be too complex to interest our readers.}{\i\insrsid5855970\charrsid2899562
\par }{\i\insrsid13781110\charrsid2899562 Finally, today, as everyone knows, is Hogwarts Express day. And }{\i\insrsid14902925 among the two hundred, or so, students returning by rail will be }{\i\insrsid13781110\charrsid2899562 TWO of HP\rquote
s children! But Potterwatchers beware! The Triple As will be out in force!
\par }{\insrsid13781110
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2899562 {\insrsid2899562 Harry smiled. }{\insrsid2123310 Rita knew just how far she could go before The Triple As }{\insrsid10880119 sorted her out}{\insrsid2123310 .}{
\insrsid14944348
\par }{\insrsid2123310
\par The Triple A organization had begun when Jimmy Peakes and }{\insrsid5340996 several }{\insrsid2123310 other Hogwarts pupils took to wearing badges bearing three capital As.}{\insrsid5340996 The significance was:}{\insrsid2123310
\par }{\insrsid5340996
\par }\pard \ql \li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid6840151 {\i\insrsid5340996 Anything for Harry Potter
\par Anytime for}{\i\insrsid5340996\charrsid5340996 }{\i\insrsid5340996 Harry Potter}{\i\insrsid5340996\charrsid5340996 }{\i\insrsid5340996
\par Anywhere for}{\i\insrsid5340996\charrsid5340996 }{\i\insrsid5340996 Harry Potter}{\i\insrsid5340996\charrsid5340996
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2899562 {\insrsid5340996
\par The prime meaning of }{\i\insrsid5340996 Anything}{\insrsid5340996 was sexual: Danny Jorrocks had made Hogwarts a hotbed of male bonding.
\par
\par Within a few months, the badge appeared amongst the girls }{\insrsid10880119 at Hogwarts }{\insrsid5340996 and spread further throughout wizardkind.
\par
\par It was Luna Lovegood who had had the brilliant idea of formalising the Triple A concept and giving Harry the }{\i\insrsid5340996 Anything}{\insrsid5340996 that he wanted most: to be left in peace. When a few autograph-hunters and hair-snippers }{
\insrsid14884257 had been }{\insrsid5899639 S}{\insrsid14884257 tunned, the message was clear: }{\i\insrsid14884257\charrsid10880119 Don\rquote t touch Harry! Don\rquote t approach Harry! Don\rquote t even stare at Harry!}{
\i\insrsid5340996\charrsid10880119
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14884257 {\insrsid10880119 Kind Luna! She had given Harry a life!}{\insrsid14884257
\par }{\insrsid10880119
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10880119 {\insrsid10880119 Harry folded the newspaper and raising his eyes}{\insrsid8128968 ,}{\insrsid10880119
knew that he would soon be in tears. He looked at a framed business card that was hanging on the wall:
\par
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\b\fs36\insrsid938815\charrsid938815 AAA
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\intbl\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\pararsid10880119\yts15 {\insrsid938815
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\intbl\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\pararsid938815\yts15 {\i\fs28\insrsid938815\charrsid938815 for}{\insrsid938815 }{\fs36\insrsid938815\charrsid938815 Harry Potter}{\insrsid938815
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\intbl\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\pararsid10880119\yts15 {\insrsid938815
\par }{\fs32\insrsid938815\charrsid8128968 Member: Colin Creevey (Posthumous)
\par
\par Membership No. 000000000000000001
\par }{\insrsid938815
\par
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\intbl\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\pararsid8128968\yts15 {\i\fs32\insrsid8128968\charrsid8128968 Support HARRY POTTER!}{\fs32\insrsid938815\charrsid8128968 \cell }\pard\plain
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\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30 \cltxlrtb\clftsWidth3\clwWidth5387\clshdrawnil \cellx5279\row }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10880119 {\insrsid10880119\charrsid5340996
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8128968 {\insrsid8128968 Everyone who saw this was moved. Ron, M}{\insrsid8128968\charrsid8128968 ember }{\insrsid8128968 000000000000000002, }{\insrsid15670823
always had a lump in his throat}{\insrsid8128968 }{\insrsid14902925 when he opened his wallet. }{\insrsid15670823 Ron}{\insrsid14902925
, like the other low-number members, always carried his card and the charms against loss, damage or theft were the most powerful that the wizarding world could provide.}{\insrsid14944348
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5908211 {\insrsid13194778
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13194778 {\insrsid14382749 A string quintet came to an end and Harry }{\insrsid14902925 dried his eyes}{\insrsid14382749 , donned a sports jacket and p
icked up his wand and Invisibility Cloak. }{\i\insrsid14382749\charrsid14382749 Constant Vigilance, Potter}{\i\insrsid2643063 !}{\insrsid14382749 , he }{\insrsid2643063 said to himself}{\insrsid14382749 , as he }{\insrsid2643063 did}{\insrsid14382749
every day.
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5908211 {\insrsid14382749 \lquote Going out now, friends.\rquote he called, \lquote Out for lunch, back for }{\insrsid14902925 romantic }{\insrsid14382749 dinner}{
\insrsid14902925 with Danny}{\insrsid6169151 , please.}{\insrsid14382749 \rquote
\par }{\i\insrsid6169151\charrsid6169151 Anything for Master!}{\insrsid6169151 came from the back of the corridor.
\par }{\insrsid14382749 He strolled to the front door and entered the street openly}{\insrsid620280 , remembering }{\insrsid2643063 a time }{\insrsid620280 when }{\insrsid5453509 such an action}{\insrsid620280 would have been instant death.}{
\insrsid14382749\charrsid14382749
\par }{\insrsid15889276
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4416801 {\insrsid9915353 H}{\insrsid5899639 e}{\insrsid9915353 lit a cigarette. }{\insrsid13068531 Autumn seemed to }{\insrsid4416801 have }{\insrsid13068531 arrive}{
\insrsid4416801 d}{\insrsid13068531 suddenly that year. The morning was crisp and golden as an apple}{\insrsid4416801 . As Harry walked the mile or so }{\insrsid3160066 by}{\insrsid4416801 the}{\insrsid13068531
rumbling road towards the great, sooty station, the fumes of car exhausts and the breath of pedestrians sparkled like cobwebs in the cold air.}{\insrsid4416801
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4416801 {\insrsid4416801 The station brought }{\insrsid2643063
its own memories. As he strolled through to platform nine and three-quarters, he remembered a great black dog who had once accompanied him. As he saw the beautiful arches, he remembered that this was whe}{\insrsid8152383 re}{\insrsid2643063
he had spoken to Dumbledore when they were both dead.}{\insrsid4416801
\par }{\insrsid14902925 He was early, but there were quite a few people on the platform}{\insrsid5005077 . He nodded and smiled at a few Triple As. He was feeling slightly blue but had no time to cheer himself up before the best cure for melanc}{
\insrsid7292415 h}{\insrsid5005077 olia in the world hit him. Literally! There was a great thump and a pair of arms bear-hugged him. Without looking round, he knew he\rquote d been Creevied!}{\insrsid2643063
\par }{\insrsid9915353 \lquote Harry!\rquote }{\insrsid5005077
\par Several Triple As lowered their wands}{\insrsid3950528 as Harry turned and hugged Dennis back with a soppy wet kiss.}{\insrsid1724721 Dennis stepped back and flashed his badge a t the Triple As, calling out: \lquote Mine\rquote s smaller then yours!
\rquote }{\insrsid5005077
\par }{\insrsid1724721 Amid general laughter, Dennis re-engaged with Harry, shouting in his ear: }{\insrsid9915353 \lquote }{\insrsid5005077 Harry}{\insrsid3950528 , isn\rquote t it great! Your Albus and our Louise starting together at Hogwarts and it\rquote
s a brilliant day isn\rquote t it? And we\rquote ve told her it doesn\rquote t matter what house they\rquote re in \rquote cos it means less now and Danny showed us houses are only colours really.}{\insrsid15803635
And Louise is really excited and so are the littl\rquote uns\emdash \rquote }{\insrsid5005077
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4416801 {\insrsid15803635 \tab }{\insrsid9915353 \lquote \emdash Move over, my little treasure! Let me get at that gorgeous lump of Voldemort-stuffer!\rquote
Mandy clutched Harry tightly and }{\insrsid13846192 kissed him hard. Then she turned to her husband: \lquote I can taste your }{\insrsid1724721 cocoa}{\insrsid13846192 ! You stuck the tongue in didn\rquote t you?\rquote }{\insrsid4416801
\par }{\insrsid13846192 \tab Dennis tried to ins}{\insrsid5453509 in}{\insrsid13846192 uate himself, saying: \lquote No, but it\rquote s a good idea! Let me try!\rquote
\par \tab Mandy was having none of it: \lquote Geroff! Kids! Watch! Your mum\rquote s kissing Harry Potter! ... Ooh, Harry! You\rquote ve still got a lovely arse! How do you keep it so firm? You must tell Den! He\rquote s getting all flabby!\rquote
\par \tab \lquote Mum, behave yourself!\rquote said Louise.
\par \tab Mandy stood herself down, then said: \lquote Harry you won\rquote t beli}{\insrsid7292415 e}{\insrsid13846192 ve this but when I was in Ravenclaw dorm, we used to lie awake for hours talking about your arse!\rquote
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3569608 {\insrsid13846192 Harry believed it. Mandy had told him this many times before. He changed the subject and said: \lquote Hell}{\insrsid3569608 o Louise.
Nice to see you again. I hope you get to love Hogwarts as much as I did.\rquote }{\insrsid13846192
\par }{\insrsid3569608 \lquote Have you met all the kids, Harry?\rquote asked Dennis
\par \lquote I ... er.\rquote
\par \lquote Let me remind you. Line up kids! ... This is Louise Colin Danny Harry Creevey ... Paige Colin Danny Harry Creevey ... Ro
bert Colin Danny Harry Creevey ... Malcolm Colin Danny Harry Creevey ... Circe Colin Danny Harry Creevey ... Edward Colin Danny Harry Creevey ... and my own lovely bab ... J}{\insrsid5453509 aiden Colin Danny Harry Creevey}{\insrsid3569608 .}{
\insrsid5453509 \rquote }{\insrsid3569608
\par Harry shook hands with them all, then said: \lquote Good job we\rquote re early!\rquote
\par \lquote Yeah, I set the alarm early in case Den wanted to}{\insrsid13451406 \emdash well, you know what men are like!\rquote }{\insrsid3569608
\par }{\insrsid13451406 Harry knew that it takes two to tango. He remembered Dennis telling him, in the early days of their marriage, that he and Mandy had never managed to have an uninterrupted meal!
\par \lquote First-day feast, Harry!\rquote said Dennis, \lquote Are you seeing Danny?\rquote
\par \lquote Yeah! Candlelit dinner!\rquote
\par \lquote Do you want some company after dinner?\rquote
\par }{\insrsid1724721 Mandy grabbed his arm: }{\insrsid13451406 \lquote Oh no you don\rquote t, Dennis Creevey! I wouldn\rquote t let you anywhere near Danny! He doesn\rquote t need a wand: he just looks at a pair of trousers and they\rquote re off!\rquote
The thr}{\insrsid14704620 ee of them roared with laughter, Mandy taking the opportunity to squeeze Dennis\rquote bottom and whisper audibly: \lquote I}{\insrsid13382049 like}{\insrsid14704620 a good handful though!\rquote }{\insrsid13451406
\par
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13451406 {\insrsid6642625 They chatted away until}{\insrsid10035589 there was }{\insrsid5117211 a}{\insrsid10035589 commotion and they saw }{\insrsid7292415 that a crowd of }{
\insrsid5117211 Quidditch fans were surrounding Oliver Wood.}{\insrsid13451406
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15231259 {\insrsid5117211 \lquote I\rquote d better go and say hello.\rquote said Harry, and with }{\i\insrsid5117211\charrsid5117211 see-yer}{\insrsid5117211
s, he strolled towards Ollie. He would have loved to have quizzed Ollie about last year}{\insrsid15231259 \rquote }{\insrsid5117211 s }{\i\insrsid7560893\charrsid7560893 Prophet}{\insrsid7560893 }{\insrsid5117211 headline: a
photograph, apparently of five Muggle girls, was captioned: }{\i\insrsid15231259\charrsid15231259 Oll Girls? I Woodn\rquote t Be}{\i\insrsid5899639 t On}{\i\insrsid15231259\charrsid15231259 It!}{\insrsid15231259 Now was not the time, }{
\insrsid14704620 b}{\insrsid15231259 ut some time when he was not surrounded by family and fans ... For the moment he just called }{\i\insrsid15231259 Hi!}{\insrsid15231259 , touched fists with Ollie and nodded to his
wife, whose name he could never remember.}{\insrsid3569608
\par }{\insrsid14704620
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14704620 {\insrsid14704620 He thought that he might as well go back towards the barrier and wait for Ginny and the children.}{\insrsid6642625
A few more families passed through the barrier}{\insrsid7217419 .}{\insrsid6642625 }{\insrsid7217419 H}{\insrsid6642625 e nodded to some, said hello to others}{\insrsid7217419 ,}{\insrsid6642625 }{\insrsid7217419
then there appeared a beautiful girl of seventeen. Harry was going to enjoy this: the rainbow Crocheron family had arrived.
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7217419 {\insrsid7217419 He counted one, two ... up to ten. Then Cho Crocheron appeared closely followed by Michael Crocheron. He looked fondly at them. }{\insrsid15039641
What a splendid example to wizardkind\emdash to all humans!}{\insrsid5453509 It was extraordinary to think how different }{\insrsid7560893 things}{\insrsid5453509 might have }{\insrsid7560893 turned out}{\insrsid4916424 : At one time}{\insrsid7471345 ,}
{\insrsid4916424 }{\insrsid7471345 Harry}{\insrsid4916424 ha}{\insrsid7471345 d}{\insrsid4916424 been passionate about Cho and his wife-to-be about Michael.}{\insrsid14704620
\par }{\insrsid4916424 In two thousan
d and five the Muggles had introduced what they called Civil Partnerships. The wizard community, so long convinced of their forward-looking attitudes, had immediately followed suit, though giving the institution a more palatable name: }{
\i\insrsid4916424\charrsid4916424 Marriage}{\insrsid4916424 . People who married were called by the non-gender-specific word }{\i\insrsid4916424\charrsid4916424 Lifers}{\insrsid4916424 , whose Muggle meaning }{\insrsid7471345
was unknown in the wizard world.}{\insrsid4916424
\par }{\insrsid7471345 Cho and Michael had been among the first males to be married and immediately set about adopting and raising Muggle-born witches and wizards of whom there was a huge supply, thanks to Hermione Grainger.}{\insrsid12722541
\par
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12722541 {\insrsid7471345 In the old days, the less-promising Muggle-borns were ignored by a Ministry biased towards pure-bloods. }{\insrsid3767071
These unfortunates, often abused by their alarmed parents, often written off by the Muggle state organs gradually lost their magic until it finally petered }{\insrsid13382049 out }{\insrsid3767071 altogether\emdash }{\insrsid15670823 usually}{
\insrsid3767071 under a flood of drugs and alcohol.}{\insrsid15039641
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7217419 {\insrsid3767071 In nineteen ninety-nine, a new girl in the }{\insrsid13259330 Ministry was steered to the }{\insrsid3767071 Muggle Liaison Office}{\insrsid13259330
\emdash perhaps someone had said: }{\i\insrsid13259330\charrsid13259330 She\rquote s Muggle-born; so she can deal with all that }{\i\insrsid1724721 crap}{\i\insrsid13259330\charrsid13259330 .}{\insrsid13259330 }{\insrsid3767071
Hermione Grainger had recognised the scale of the }{\insrsid13259330 lost-children }{\insrsid3767071 scandal and, with a vigour previously used to fight for house-elves, had set about changing the Ministry\rquote s policies and practices.
\par Inertia and }{\insrsid3683863 passive}{\insrsid3767071 resistance within the Ministry had been overcome }{\insrsid3683863 instantaneously when the new Minister announced to the assembled MLO: }{\i\insrsid3683863\charrsid3683863
I have thirty newly-recruited witches and wizards and thirty existing staff awaiting redeployment. I will speak to you again in one week. If progress is not satisfactory, you will all be immediately dismissed.}{\insrsid3683863
A brave union rep had raised workers\rquote rights and the Minister told him: }{\insrsid3683863\charrsid12722541 Any}{\i\insrsid3683863\charrsid12722541 , I repeat }{\insrsid3683863\charrsid12722541 any}{\i\insrsid3683863\charrsid12722541
bias against Muggle-borns indicates Death Eater sympathies}{\i\insrsid12722541\charrsid12722541 and the only right Death Eaters have is to a fair trial.}{\insrsid3767071\charrsid3683863
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4416801 {\insrsid12722541 \tab
It was all a bluff, but the mention of trials carried the day, and within three months a few of the MLO had been weeded out and the rest were as enthusiastic as Hermione.}{\insrsid4416801
\par }{\insrsid12722541
\par Michael and Cho }{\insrsid3479740 looked fantastic. So far, they had about thirty adopted children, half a dozen of whom were }{\insrsid13259330 currently }{\insrsid3479740
working for the Ministry. Harry had seen how happy they were and remembered his own happiness when he had been translated from the Dursleys to Hogwarts.}{\insrsid12722541
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3479740 {\insrsid3479740 Harry chatted for a few minutes, learning that there were four Crocherons to be loaded on the train. Then he saw something and said: \lquote
See yer, Cho! See yer, Michael! I\rquote m on play!\rquote
\par }{\insrsid8147785
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8147785 {\insrsid8147785 A dark-haired boy of about eleven charged through the barrier. He saw Harry and pushed his trolley, }{\insrsid7560893 laden }{\insrsid8147785 with }{
\insrsid7560893 a}{\insrsid8147785 new }{\insrsid13382049 owl cage perched on a new trunk up to Harry}{\insrsid6445352 then ran round it to }{\insrsid13382049 cuddle}{\insrsid6445352 his father}{\insrsid13382049 , shouting: \lquote DAD!\rquote }{
\insrsid8147785
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13382049 {\insrsid4403998 A second boy, }{\insrsid6445352 a year older than the first, repeated the performance: \lquote DAD!\rquote }{\insrsid13382049
\par }{\insrsid6445352 The two boys cuddled Harry and he squeezed their shoulders, smiling at the thought of the spectators who might assume that he hadn\rquote t seen his sons for years. In fact it had been just sixteen hours since }{\insrsid1724721
they had had a}{\insrsid6445352 goodbye cuddle.
\par There had always been a little friction between the two boys and Harry hoped }{\insrsid2053105 that their love for him }{\insrsid6445352 might unite them }{\insrsid2053105 more in the future. For James\rquote
first year, he had kept a low profile at the school by being an absent parent like any other, despite spending most nights sleeping at Hogwarts.}{\insrsid6445352
\par }{\insrsid1724721 This year, though James and Albus}{\insrsid2053105 would have Uncle Damian and Uncle Neville looking down on them fondly from the staff table}{\insrsid1724721 , should }{\insrsid5986532 Harry}{\insrsid1724721 show himself more?}{
\insrsid2053105 Perhaps a once-a-month tea for the three of them, or the five of them? He would talk to Ginny.
\par As he thought of her, }{\insrsid12482226 his beloved wife, shaped rather like her mother,}{\insrsid2053105 appeared through the barrier, hand in hand with his }{\insrsid12482226 beloved daughter Lily Luna who appeared in a }{\insrsid7560893 sulk}{
\insrsid12482226 . They were followed by a tall, incredibly handsome black man who, with lithe movements, was pushing a trolley full of pot}{\insrsid7292415 }{\insrsid12482226 plants. Finally}{\insrsid1187750 ,}{\insrsid12482226
came a chubby, affable man hand in hand with }{\insrsid811765 Harry\rquote s}{\insrsid12482226 youngest son Remus Ronald}{\insrsid1187750 Weasley-Potter who, fittingly for his name, had the family red hair.
\par As Harry kissed Ginny, with James and Albus still clutching him, }{\insrsid12006452 he said \lquote You look sleepy darling!\rquote
\par \lquote I was up all night; or those two were!\rquote indicating Neville and Dean, who smiled at each other.
\par }{\insrsid1187750 Lily }{\insrsid5986532 had been bursting and }{\insrsid1187750 said}{\insrsid5986532 , obviously not for the first time}{\insrsid1187750 : \lquote I want to go with Al.\rquote
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1187750 {\insrsid1187750 \lquote You\rquote re not old enough.\rquote said her mother.}{\insrsid13068531
\par \lquote It won\rquote t be long, and you\rquote ll be going too,\rquote Harry told her.
\par \lquote Two years,\rquote sniffed Lily. \lquote I want to go }{\i\insrsid13068531 now}{\insrsid13068531 !\rquote
\par }{\insrsid1187750 Harry eased his sons away and bent down to talk to his daughter: \lquote Do you know, those were the very, very first words I heard your mother say.
\par }{\insrsid4288866 \lquote They were, too!\rquote laughed Ginny.}{\insrsid1187750
\par }{\insrsid13068531 }{\insrsid4288866 James was murmuring to Albus, who responded. }{\insrsid13068531 \lquote I }{\i\insrsid13068531 won\rquote t}{\insrsid13068531 ! I }{\i\insrsid13068531 won\rquote t}{\insrsid13068531 be in Slytherin!\rquote
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13068531 {\insrsid13068531 \tab \lquote James, give it a rest!\rquote said Ginny}{\insrsid4288866 , \lquote It\rquote s }{\i\insrsid4288866\charrsid4288866 New}{\insrsid4288866
Slytherin, anyway.\rquote }{\insrsid13068531
\par \tab \lquote I only said he }{\i\insrsid13068531 might}{\insrsid13068531 be,\rquote said James, grinning at his younger brother. \lquote There\rquote s nothing wrong with that. He }{\i\insrsid13068531 might }{\insrsid13068531 be in }{\insrsid811765
New }{\insrsid13068531 Slyth\emdash \rquote
\par \tab But James caught his mother\rquote s eye and fell silent.}{\insrsid5986532 Then, catching sight of a friend, he grabbed his trolley and vanished down the platform.}{\insrsid4288866
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5986532 {\insrsid13068531 \lquote You\rquote ll write to me, won\rquote t you?\rquote Albus asked, capitalising on the absence of his brother.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13068531 {\insrsid13068531 \tab \lquote }{\insrsid5986532 I\rquote ll write e}{\insrsid13068531 very day, if you want }{\insrsid5986532 me}{\insrsid13068531 to,\rquote
said Ginny.
\par \tab \lquote Not }{\i\insrsid13068531 every }{\insrsid13068531 day,\rquote said Albus quickly. \lquote James says most people only get letters from home about once a month.\rquote
\par \tab \lquote }{\insrsid5986532 I}{\insrsid13068531 wrote to James three times a week last year,\rquote said Ginny.
\par }{\insrsid5986532 \tab \lquote I only wrote once a week,\rquote said Harry.
\par \tab \lquote Harry! For shame!\rquote said Uncle Dean, \lquote I wrote twice a week.\rquote
\par \tab }{\insrsid13068531 \lquote And you don\rquote t want to believe everything he tells you about Hogwarts,\rquote Harry put in. \lquote He likes a laugh, your brother.\rquote
\par \tab }{\insrsid5986532
\par }{\insrsid15082333 People were coming and going around them. Through the mist appeared three figures: A tall, gangly man, whose elegantly coiffed red hair rested on his shoulders}{\insrsid2108095
, was wheeling a little tot. Holding on to the push-chair was a pretty little dark-haired girl.}{\insrsid15082333
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2108095 {\insrsid2108095 \lquote Hi, Rose!\rquote said Albus, sounding immensely relieved.
\par Rose Luna Weasley, who was already wearing her brand new Hogwarts robes, beamed at him.
\par \lquote Hermione resting?\rquote asked Harry.}{\insrsid5986532
\par }{\insrsid2108095 \lquote You must be joking!\rquote said Ron, \lquote She\rquote s at the Ministry finishing her report on }{\i\insrsid2108095\charrsid2108095 Reduction of Obliviation Requirements Arising from the Demagicked}{\insrsid2108095
. One of the latest cases\rquote ll make you laugh: Narcissa Malfoy bought an air conditioner instead of a fabric conditioner.\rquote
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4148737 {\insrsid4148737 Dean }{\insrsid3549522 chuckl}{\insrsid4148737 ed: \lquote When I was doing that carving for the Pendle Social Club, they told me Old M
an Malfoy spends all his time playing a Muggle game called Crown Green and all the other players call him }{\i\insrsid4148737\charrsid4089888 Hitler}{\insrsid8607332 \emdash }{\insrsid4148737 the Muggle Voldemort.\rquote
\par }{\insrsid8607332 Ron said: \lquote You can\rquote t get a Camelopard to change its spots!\rquote
\par }{\insrsid4148737 They all laughed and }{\insrsid8607332 Ginny said: \lquote How many have you lost on the way}{\insrsid13636354 , dear brother}{\insrsid8607332 ?\rquote
\par Ron told her: \lquote None! They all wanted to come but I\rquote ve left them with Gramps. He\rquote s got hold of something called a Ronco Buttoneer. }{\insrsid13636354 He says they were sold from a }{\insrsid8607332
shop called Grot specialising in the Muggle equivalent of Dark Magic. }{\insrsid4148737 How\rquote d you get here, Sis?\rquote
\par \lquote Two taxis.\rquote
\par \lquote I drove! Hermione couldn\rquote t believe I\rquote d passed the Muggle driving test. She thought I must have Confunded the examiner.\rquote
\par \lquote Always a good judge of character!\rquote said Ginny.
\par \lquote As a matter of fact, I }{\i\insrsid4148737 did}{\insrsid4148737 Confund him,\rquote Ron whispered to Harry, as together they lifted Albus\rquote s and Rose\rquote s trunks and owls on to the train. \lquote
I only forgot to look in the mirror, and let\rquote s face it, I can use a Supersensory Charm for that.\rquote
\par }{\insrsid13068531 Back on the platform, they found Lily and }{\insrsid4148737 Albus}{\insrsid13068531 having an animated discussion about which house he would be sorted into when they finally went to Hogwarts.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13068531 {\insrsid13068531 \tab \lquote }{\insrsid13636354 As for you, Rosie, }{\insrsid13068531 If you\rquote re not in Gryffindor, we\rquote ll disinherit you,\rquote said Ron}
{\insrsid8607332 to Rose}{\insrsid13068531 , \lquote but no pressure.\rquote
\par \tab }{\i\insrsid13068531 \lquote Ron!\rquote }{\insrsid4148737 snapped Ginny, \lquote Hermione\rquote d kill you!\rquote }{\insrsid13068531\charrsid4148737
\par }{\insrsid15499101 \tab Lily }{\insrsid13068531 laughed, but Albus and Rose looked solemn.
\par \tab \lquote He doesn\rquote t mean it,\rquote said Ginny, but Ron was no longer paying attention. Catching Harry\rquote s eye, he nodded covertly to a point some }{\insrsid13636354 twenty}{\insrsid13068531
yards away. The steam had thinned for a moment, and three people stood in sharp relief against the shifting mist.
\par \tab \lquote Look who it is.\rquote
\par \tab Draco Malfoy was standing there with his wife and son, a dark coat buttoned up to his throat. His hair was receding somewhat, which emphasised the pointed chin}{\insrsid7560893 , but he was as handsome as ever.}{\insrsid13068531
The new boy resembled Draco as much as Albus resembled Harry.}{\insrsid7560893
\par \tab Draco had been Demagicked in 1998 and had married a Muggle. In one sense, the Death Easters had been right: blood is }{\insrsid4089888 blood and t}{\insrsid7560893
he Malfoys had produced a wizard. Harry had lost his last trace of vindictiveness after the fall of Tom Riddle, but }{\insrsid10429198 enjoy}{\insrsid4089888 ed}{\insrsid10429198 the irony of Draco sending a Muggle-born to Hogwarts.
\par \tab }{\insrsid13068531 Draco caught sight of Harry}{\insrsid10429198 \rquote s gang }{\insrsid13068531 staring at him, }{\insrsid10429198 and waved cheerfully, with one quick glance at Ron\rquote s middle.}{\insrsid13068531
\par \tab \lquote So that\rquote s little Scorpius,\rquote said Ron under his breath. \lquote Make sure you beat him in every test, Rosie. Thank God you inherited your mother\rquote s brains.\rquote
\par \tab \lquote Ron, for heaven\rquote s sake,\rquote said }{\insrsid10429198 Ginny}{\insrsid13068531 , half-stern, half-amused. \lquote Don\rquote t try to turn them against each other before they\rquote ve even started school!\rquote
\par \tab \lquote You\rquote re right, sorry,\rquote said Ron, but unable to help himself, he added, \lquote don\rquote t get }{\i\insrsid13068531 too}{\insrsid13068531 friendly with him, though, Rosie. }{\insrsid10429198 We can\rquote
t have you marrying a Muggle-born!}{\insrsid13068531 \rquote
\par }{\insrsid10429198 \tab This time Harry had a go: \lquote Ron, you\rquote re Head Auror. We grown-ups can have a laugh, but the kids }{\insrsid4070305 are a }{\i\insrsid4070305\charrsid4070305 tabula}{\insrsid4070305 }{\i\insrsid4070305\charrsid4070305
rasa}{\insrsid10429198 and we don\rquote t want them joining a Voldemort club!\rquote
\par \tab \lquote Sorry }{\insrsid4070305 again!\rquote said Ron and touched his Triple A badge.}{\insrsid10429198
\par }{\insrsid13636354 \tab \lquote And anyway, little Scorp\rquote s a Damian fan before he\rquote s even met him, which is the best possible start for a first-year.\rquote
\par }{\insrsid4070305 \tab }{\insrsid13636354
\par }{\insrsid13068531 \lquote Hey!\rquote
\par \tab James had reappeared; he had divested himself of his trunk, owl and trolley, and was evidently bursting with news.
\par \tab \lquote Teddy\rquote s back there,\rquote he said breathlessly, pointing back over his shoulder into the billowing clouds of steam. \lquote Just seen him! And guess what he\rquote s doing? }{\i\insrsid13068531 Snogging Victoire!}{\insrsid13068531
\rquote
\par \tab He gazed up at the adults, evidently disappointed by the lack of reaction.
\par \tab \lquote }{\i\insrsid13068531 Our }{\insrsid13068531 Teddy! }{\i\insrsid13068531 Teddy Lupin! }{\insrsid13068531 Snogging }{\i\insrsid13068531 our }{\insrsid13068531 Victoire! }{\i\insrsid13068531 Our }{\insrsid13068531 cousin! A
nd I asked Teddy what he was doing -\lquote
\par \tab \lquote You interrupted them?\rquote said Ginny. \lquote You are }{\i\insrsid13068531 so}{\insrsid13068531 like Ron -\lquote
\par \tab \lquote - and he said he\rquote d come to see her off! And then he told me to go away. He\rquote s }{\i\insrsid13068531 snogging }{\insrsid13068531 her!\rquote James added, as though worried he had not made himself clear.
\par \tab \lquote Oh, it would be lovely if they got married!\rquote whispered Lily ecstatically. \lquote Teddy would }{\i\insrsid13068531 really }{\insrsid13068531 be part of the family then!\rquote
\par \tab \lquote He already comes round for dinner about four times a week,\rquote said }{\insrsid4089888 Ginn}{\insrsid13068531 y. \lquote Why don\rquote t we just invite him to live with us and have done with it?\rquote
\par \tab \lquote Yeah!\rquote said James enthusiastically. \lquote I don\rquote t mind sharing with Al - Teddy could have my room!\rquote
\par \tab \lquote No,\rquote said }{\insrsid15499101 Ginn}{\insrsid13068531 y firmly, \lquote you and Al will share a room only when I want the house demolished.\rquote
\par }{\insrsid15499101 \tab \lquote I\rquote d better get these loaded.\rquote said Neville, yielding little Remus to his mother. He kissed everyone and laid hold of the pot}{\insrsid7292415 }{\insrsid15499101 plant trolley.\rquote
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15499101 {\insrsid143116 \lquote Neville!\rquote said Harry, \lquote What do you think you\rquote re doing?\rquote }{\insrsid15499101
\par }{\insrsid143116 \lquote Sorry lads!\rquote
\par Harry, Ron, Neville and Dean formed a huddle for a few moments, breaking off to shout: \lquote HOGWARTS!\rquote
\par There were answering calls along the platform as Neville set off towards the front of the train.
\par }{\insrsid11165477
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11165477 {\insrsid13068531 H}{\insrsid11165477 arry}{\insrsid13068531 checked the battered, old watch that had once been Fabian Prewett\rquote s.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13068531 {\insrsid13068531 \tab \lquote It\rquote s nearly eleven, you\rquote d better get on board.\rquote
\par \tab \lquote Don\rquote t forget to give }{\insrsid4089888 your love to Uncle }{\insrsid13068531 Neville }{\insrsid11165477 every single time}{\insrsid4089888 you see him and remind him that we all love him}{\insrsid13068531 !\rquote
Ginny told James as she hugged him.
\par \tab \lquote Mum! I can\rquote t give a Professor }{\i\insrsid13068531 love}{\insrsid13068531 !\rquote
\par \tab \lquote But }{\insrsid4089888 he\rquote s }{\insrsid13068531 you}{\insrsid4089888 r uncle!\rquote }{\insrsid13068531
\par \tab James rolled his eyes.
\par \tab \lquote Outside, yeah, but at school he\rquote s Professor Longbottom, isn\rquote t he? I can\rquote t walk into Herbology and give him }{\i\insrsid13068531 love }{\insrsid13068531 \'85\rquote
\par \tab Shaking his head at his mother\rquote s foolishness, he vented his feelings by aiming a kick at Albus.
\par \tab \lquote See you later, Al. Watch out for the Thestrals.\rquote
\par \tab \lquote I thought they were invisible? }{\i\insrsid13068531 You said they were invisible!}{\insrsid13068531 \rquote
\par \tab But James merely laughed, permitted his mother to kiss him, gave his }{\insrsid10104410 sister, }{\insrsid13068531 father}{\insrsid4089888 and Dean}{\insrsid13068531
a fleeting hug, then leapt on to the rapidly filling train. They saw him wave, then sprint away up the corridor to find his friends.
\par \tab \lquote Thestrals are nothing to worry about,\rquote Harry told Albus. \lquote They\rquote re gentle things, there\rquote s nothing scary about them. Anyway, you won\rquote t be going up to school in the carriages, you\rquote
ll be going in the boats.\rquote
\par \tab Ginny kissed Albus goodbye.
\par \tab \lquote See you at Christmas.\rquote
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11165477 {\insrsid11165477 \lquote }{\insrsid13068531 Bye, Al,\rquote said Harry, as his son hugged him. \lquote Don\rquote t forget Hagrid\rquote
s invited you to tea next Friday. Don\rquote t mess with Peeves. Don\rquote t duel anyone \lquote til you\rquote ve learned how. And don\rquote t let James wind you up.\rquote
\par }{\insrsid11165477 \lquote Bye, Albus,\rquote said Dean, as he received his hug.
\par }{\insrsid13068531 \lquote What if I\rquote m in }{\insrsid4089888 New }{\insrsid13068531 Slytherin?\rquote }{\insrsid11165477 whispered Albus.}{\insrsid13068531
\par }{\insrsid11165477 Dean}{\insrsid13068531 crouched down so that Albus\rquote s face was slightly above his own. Alone of Harry\rquote s three children, Albus had inherited }{\insrsid4089888 Harry\rquote s eyes}{\insrsid13068531 .
\par }{\insrsid11165477 \lquote Albus Severus,\rquote Dean}{\insrsid13068531 said quietly, so that nobody but Ginny }{\insrsid11165477 and Harry }{\insrsid13068531 could hear, and }{\insrsid11165477 they were}{\insrsid13068531
tactful enough to pretend to be waving to Rose, who was now on the train, \lquote }{\insrsid11165477 Harry}{\insrsid13068531 named }{\insrsid11165477 you }{\insrsid13068531
for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man }{\insrsid11165477 there\rquote s ever been.}{\insrsid13068531 \rquote
\par \lquote But }{\i\insrsid13068531 just say }{\insrsid13068531 -\lquote
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13387093 {\insrsid13068531 \tab \lquote - then }{\insrsid11416666 New }{\insrsid13068531 Slytherin will have gained an excellent student, won\rquote t it? It doesn\rquote
t matter to }{\insrsid11165477 any of }{\insrsid13068531 us, Al. }{\insrsid11165477 Harry! come and tell Albus about your Sorting!\rquote
\par }{\insrsid13387093 Harry crouched down next to Dean.}{\insrsid11165477
\par }{\insrsid13387093 \lquote Albus, }{\insrsid13068531 if it }{\insrsid3549522 really }{\insrsid13068531 matters to you, you\rquote ll be able to choose Gryffindor over }{\insrsid11416666 New }{\insrsid13068531
Slytherin. The Sorting Hat takes your choice into account.\rquote }{\insrsid13387093
\par }{\insrsid13068531 \lquote Really?\rquote
\par \lquote It did for me,\rquote said Harry.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13068531 {\insrsid13068531 \tab He had never told any of his children that before, and he saw the wonder in Albus\rquote
s face when he said it. But now the doors were slamming all along the scarlet train, and the blurred outlines of parents were swarming forwards
for final kisses, last-minute reminders. Albus jumped into the carriage and Ginny closed the door behind him. Students were hanging from the windows nearest them. }{\insrsid11416666
There must have been a general sense that the Triple As would allow some latitude at such a moment, for a}{\insrsid13068531 great number of faces, both on the train and off, seemed to be turned towards Harry.
\par \tab \lquote Why are they all }{\i\insrsid13068531 staring}{\insrsid13068531 ?\rquote demanded Albus, as he and Rose craned round to look at the other students.
\par \tab \lquote Don\rquote t let it worry you,\rquote said Ron. \lquote }{\insrsid11416666 They\rquote re terrified of the Head Auror}{\insrsid13068531 .\rquote
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7343624 {\insrsid13068531 Albus}{\insrsid10104410 and}{\insrsid13068531 Rose laughed. The train began to move, and }{\insrsid13387093 the three men }{\insrsid13068531
walked alongside it, watching }{\insrsid13387093 the }{\insrsid3549522 sweet little}{\insrsid13068531 face}{\insrsid13387093 s}{\insrsid13068531 , already ablaze with excitement. }{\insrsid13387093 They}{\insrsid13068531 kept smiling, and waving}{
\insrsid13387093 until the train had vanished.
\par \lquote It\rquote s like a little b}{\insrsid13068531 ereavement}{\insrsid13387093 .\rquote said Ron}{\insrsid13068531 , }{\insrsid13387093 as they walked back to join Ginny}{\insrsid10315861 , }{\insrsid10104410 Lily, }{\insrsid10315861 little Remus}{
\insrsid13387093 and }{\insrsid7343624 Helena Molly}{\insrsid3549522 , gur}{\insrsid2901187 gling in her push-chair. Come on Sis and Bros! Let\rquote s drown our sorrows in a Muggle coffee-shop.\rquote }{\insrsid13068531
\par }{\insrsid2901187 \lquote I\rquote ll give it a miss, Ron.\rquote said Dean, \lquote When you}{\insrsid1977298 \rquote re}{\insrsid2901187 self-employed, you don\rquote t cheat the boss. Back at seven, love!\rquote
And with kisses all round, he set off towards an Apparition Point.
\par
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1977298 {\insrsid6913571 Ron lead them to a coffee-shop which offered a baby-changing room. At Hermione\rquote s insistence, Weasley babies had their nappies chang
ed without use of magic. }{\insrsid3489697 Dupes of a}{\insrsid6913571 Muggle charlatan, whose name was always misprinted as Dr Freud}{\insrsid10104410 ,}{\insrsid6913571 had led her to believe that this would improve parent/offspring bonding.}{
\insrsid2901187
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10104410 {\insrsid10104410 While Ron was doing the biz, Ginny told Harry: \lquote }{\insrsid1928002 All those children! }{\insrsid10104410 I feel broody!\rquote
\par \lquote What\rquote s }{\insrsid1928002 that mean, Mum?\rquote }{\insrsid3489697 asked Lily.}{\insrsid10104410
\par }{\insrsid1928002 Harry laughed and said: \lquote It means more little brothers and sisters for you!\rquote }{\insrsid10104410
\par }{\insrsid1928002 \lquote Yes please! And Remus wants them too, don\rquote t you sweetheart.\rquote
\par }{\insrsid3489697 Remus, looked up from the toys on his table: \lquote Neville!\rquote }{\insrsid1928002
\par }{\insrsid3489697 \lquote Definitely bonded!\rquote laughed Harry, \lquote And I bet Nev never did any nappy-changing!\rquote
\par \lquote Up for it, Harry?\rquote asked Ginny.
\par \lquote Yeah, of course! I\rquote ll talk to Damian about }{\i\insrsid3489697\charrsid3489697 Ways and Means}{\insrsid3489697 . And Danny\rquote ll help like he did last time.}{\insrsid6767792 I\rquote m seeing him tonight.\rquote }{\insrsid3489697
\par }{\insrsid13636354 \lquote Of course\emdash first night feast!}{\insrsid11762915 Find out how Nav\emdash you know}{\insrsid2765851 \emdash }{\insrsid11762915 \rquote s doing.\rquote }{\insrsid6767792
\par }{\insrsid11762915 \lquote Navsegdapottrovsk Centre for Mysteries and Education!\rquote said Ron, who had returned from the bonding session. \lquote And I know what\rquote s it\rquote s doing: ruining my hearing. Hermione\rquote
s always moaning about it.\rquote
\par \lquote Fair does, Ron, }{\insrsid14962398 lots of }{\insrsid11762915 Jorrocks money\rquote s on offer for any witch willing and capable of setting up a girl\rquote s school.\rquote
\par }{\insrsid14962398 \lquote Yeah, but you know what women are\emdash present company excepted\emdash no, dammit\emdash specially present company!\rquote }{\insrsid11762915
\par }{\insrsid14962398 Ginny smiled demurely: \lquote Danny\rquote s in my }{\i\insrsid14962398\charrsid14962398 very}{\insrsid14962398 good books for the next few weeks, Ron, otherwise the bat bogeys would be driving you mad by now.\rquote
\par Ron smiled too: \lquote Going for another, then? Can\rquote t have too many and that\rquote s one thing we }{\i\insrsid14962398\charrsid14962398 are}{\insrsid14962398 agreed on!\rquote He took his sister\rquote s hand.}{\insrsid3489697
\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7343624 {\insrsid80247 \lquote Funny how it\rquote s all turned out isn\rquote t it? I can\rquote t get used to being an uncle\emdash
let alone a dad; and as for being Head Auror ...\rquote }{\insrsid2901187
\par }{\insrsid80247 Harry took Ron\rquote s other hand: \lquote You were always the leader. Hermione had the brains, I had the luck, but you were always our rock.\rquote
\par Lily sniffed: \lquote Ugh! You old people are always going }{\i\insrsid80247\charrsid80247 soppy}{\insrsid80247 !\rquote
\par \lquote Soppy.\rquote said Remus.
\par }{\insrsid416482 Harry raised a hand to brush away a tear. He touched his scar.\rquote }{\insrsid80247
\par }{\insrsid416482 \lquote Harry! Your scar!\rquote said Ron, in some alarm.
\par \lquote Ron, my scar hasn\rquote t pained me for nineteen happy years!\rquote
\par }}
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