The rest of the summer went by in a blur for Harry, he never had so much fun in his life. Well most of what he did was fun, inviting not only his closest friends to Black castle but students from many other houses at Hogwarts. He had tea with the minister, tea with the school governors and tea with several prominent families throughout magical Briton. His birthday was a blast, both he and Neville decided to celebrate together and so there were two days of parties at Black manor that involved games, lots of food, dancing and swimming. Harry became friends with Susan Bones, Marietta Edgecombe, and Blaise Zabini, the leaders of their year in their houses at Hogwarts. Draco may have been the most vocal of the Slytherins but it was quiet confidant Blaise who ruled his year.
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Remus marveled at the changes in Harry, he was more confident, happier and stronger than ever before. He knew the prophecy as Dumbledore, in a move that pleased and shocked Remus in a good way had taken Harry to the ministry to get the prophecy. Harry had listened to it thoughtfully and he came to an interesting conclusion, he believed the prophecy had already been fulfilled! Still he would not let his guard down and if Voldemort or Riddle as he called him now came back he would deal with him along with his death eater friends. He was turning into the kind of young man a nation could rally behind and Dumbledore was pleased to see this and had even commented to Remus on this. They both knew that darker times where ahead but at least Harry and his classmates would all be prepared to face whatever was thrown at them at this time.
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Harry landed with a thud and bump and took a step or two and managed to stay on his feet. The fact that Neville had gracefully walked away from the portkey did not bode well for Harry's cool factor. Neville might have been a bit clumsy still but he had to show Harry up in this and he had practiced hard. Harry got his first good look at the narrow valley surrounded by craggy mountains covered in heather and small trees. Tents dotted the landscape and though the land was owned by Harry the ministry was doing all it could to keep the witches and wizards to keep the magic to a minimum. Harry grinned as Ron, Fred and George and the rest of the Weasleys including Molly (Harry had begged her to come as the tickets were on him) came up to him.
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"So this is your land then?" Molly asked Harry.
"Yes, I was not aware it was this large though, I mean on paper it does not look so big." Harry said looking toward the entrance to the vast enlarged cave where the stadium was at. "You should thank Ron for all this, if not for him we would not be here."
"I didn't really do much." Ron said turning nearly as red as his hair, yet you could tell he was pleased. "It was all sums really."
"Well I am proud of you Ron, you are a smart young man." Arthur said causing Ron to grin at his father's praise "come let me show where the tents are set up."
They followed Arthur through the magically enhanced tents, most of which had started out as standard army green four man tents. Most still looked ordinary on the outside but on the inside Harry knew they would have at the least a living room, kitchen, dining area, a bathroom and some bedrooms. He was still getting used to wizard space and realizing that muggle physics laws did not apply to the magical world. He was in fact more accepting of this than a wizard or witch not used to the muggle world trying to work with muggle physics. They came to two tents each the same on the inside with living room, kitchen, dining room, one large bathroom and three bedrooms.
Discover moreGoth SubcultureScience Fiction & Fantasy FilmsBooksFiction genre guidesAnime"I love magic." Hermione said from the entrance to one of the tents.
"Hermione when did you get here?" Harry said grinning.
"Not long ago, my parents are going to be watching at home and I brought a camera to follow the match." Hermione said holding up a camera in what looked like a large gray plastic soccer ball. "I was able to order it from Iceland."
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"I love the new laws." Arthur said, "it's about time the ministry realized we had to change to keep our world safe."
"I agree dad, too long have we followed the outdated notions of pureblood superiority, we have to change to survive." Ron replied.
"Good point Ron." Harry said then added, "okay who are you and what did you do with Ron?"
"Oi you are unkind!" Ron said glaring at Harry who was grinning at him clearly teasing, "I have to study hard, you know that, learning to be a steward is hard work! Master Dawlish is a harsh taskmaster, very nearly was not going to let me have this week off."
"He has you studying lots of things not related to the Steward job." Hermione said, "why books on Magical genetics?"
"Well to counter the wrong views many purebloods have on magical genetics and the like." Ron replied. "I asked master Dawlish why and he said I needed to be very well rounded as a Steward."
"And he is right, for now you have some time off, enjoy it!" Remus said coming up.
"Someone say enjoy the day?" Sirius said coming up, "Padfoot wants to play fetch!"
Hermione pulled a Frisbee seemingly out of thin air, it was a nice bright red with yellow edges. Hermione threw the Frisbee high and far and Sirius morphed into Padfoot, Hermione took out her camera mounted into a sphere and tossed it into the air so her parents could watch Padfoot show off. It was a two way camera magically enhanced of course to float, follow Hermione and let her communicate with her parents and let them enjoy the Quidditch cup from a safe distance.
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Later that evening Harry walked to the Quidditch stadium with the rest of the fans. He had seen the plans for the stadium but this was the first time he would see it himself. It was built much like models of muggle soccer stadiums he had seen and could hold an hundred thousand people. There were escalators that were powered by magic that took them to the top of the stadium where the best seats where and Harry settled into his seat and looked around. There was a lot to look at, there were two large screens that looked a lot like TV screens on the long sides of the stadium. The Quidditch pitch was lush green grass and the hoops looked like they were made of gold. Harry was clad in robes over his muggle attire as he was the owner of the lands and of course had to show the right image.
He was not surprised to see the Malfoys take their place in the top box. What did surprise him though was the fact that Severus Snape was with them. Harry was not expecting this at all and neither for that matter was Remus. He knew that Severus had not come to the Quidditch world cup in the last timeline and he wondered if Lucius had thought it would be nice to bring him. Lucius regarded the Weasleys coldly and took his seat careful to mind his tongue around Harry on his lands. Severus regarded Sirius coldly then turned his cold gaze on Harry. Harry grinned and Severus just stared at the boy but Harry found he could not help but like Severus even if he was a bit harsh at times to him.
"Professor Snape I am glad to see you!" Harry said grinning, "so glad you were able to make it, who are you going for sir?"
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"I was thinking Bulgaria, they have an outstanding team." Severus replied stiffly.
"Good choice professor." Scrimgeour said softly as he came up to stand by him, "I am sure the Bulgaria minister would be pleased to hear that."
"They have Krum, he is quite the seeker." Severus said.
"So how did you get a ticket to the world cup Snape?" Sirius asked. "Doing a few favors?"
"Typical Black still so uncultured" this got Sirius to growl at Severus, "if you must know someone has to watch the headmaster."
Remus stared as Albus Dumbledore came into the box clad in bright blue robes pounced with golden stars, moons and planets with matching hat. Things had really changed for him to be here and no doubt Lucius had at the very least bought Severus his ticket. Dumbledore was chatting away in Bulgarian to the Bulgarian minster and both seemed to be sharing a joke at the moment as they were smiling and laughing. Harry was impressed at the ease with which Dumbledore moved from one language to the next. Of course Harry knew that Dumbledore spoke over 150 languages (it helps when one is well over one hundred years old and has a photographic memory, a good reason for a pensive). Harry on the other hand was mastering French, German, Latin and Greek. He was surprised at how easy languages came to him but he supposed his being able a Parselmouth had something to do with it. Dumbledore saw Harry and smiled a warm comforting smile as things were truly working out well for the lad!
"Ah Lord Potter it is so kind of you to host the world cup on your land." Dumbledore said formally.
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"It was nothing sir, I had the land and it was not being used sir." Harry said then blushed as Severus glared at him, "really sir it was Ron who helped, I er owed taxes, a lot of taxes and well if not for him I would not have been able to rent my land to pay them."
"So the mighty Harry Potter is not so perfect after all." Severus said softly glaring at the boy.
"No sir, far from it." Harry said, "I am just an ordinary boy who happened to survive a killing curse because my mum saved my life by loosing hers. We need a Lily Evans Potter day not a Harry Potter day."
"Indeed?" Severus said really looking at the young teen.
"Yes but because she was not a pureblood…"
"Alright Harry let's not speak politics today." Remus said quietly as Lucius was about to enter the conversation, "I believe the match is about to start as well."
It was and Scrimgeour nodded to an average height man clad in bright yellow Quidditch robes with black stripes that were stretched over a once powerful frame. He walked up to the edge of the box, put his wand to his throat and his voice filled the stadium at once. Harry had his Omnioculars and both he and Draco spent most of the match watching the seekers intently. Both learned a lot just by watching and would spend hours practicing the moves they saw (out of sight of their parents or guardians of course) and use them against each other the next time they played a match. The boys were grateful for the magical herb provided to help them against the effects of the Veela though Harry still found them highly attractive to say the least. He was a full blooded teen age boy after all. The match was violent, exciting and the best match that Harry had ever seen. In the end Krum caught the snitch but Ireland won 170-160, just like in the last time line.
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However, much to the relief of Remus things did not stay the same as the last timeline. After the match was over and the stands had cleared the after party got underway. Remus knew there were death eaters here and he hoped that the centaurs that had offered services to watch the little valley would keep any from doing anything foolish. The forbidden forest was really part of a larger forest that extended right up to the edge of the Potter property, given to the Potters in ages past for saving the life of a young centaur maiden. They in turn did not mind helping out the Potter family now and this was rare (at least in European nations) for centaurs to be so accommodating to any not of their noble race. Remus followed Harry and Sirius to the large tent set up for the rare few allowed to this elite party. In fact if not for Sirius demanding it Remus would not have even been allowed to come as Lucius may tolerate the werewolf but really did not want him around him or his family and Remus could not blame him. He was after all a deadly dangerous creature after all even if it was only once a month.
He looked around the magically expanded interior of the tent amazed at the marble floors and tapestries on the wood paneled walls. There were long tables at one end of the hall that were loaded with food and drink and tables to sit at directly across from the "doors" of the tent. There was even a large fireplace opposite from the buffet tables with a real fire in it. Remus knew that all the work on this had to cost a pretty Knut as it would take a talented team of spell crafters, artisans and the like weeks or months to come up with a hall as fine as any in a palace. Remus was sure that Lucius owned this as most party tents were a simple more affordable affair. Harry was doing his best to not look as impressed and awed as he was as he was trying to act the Potter lord he was. Things had indeed changed and Remus hoped that things could stay this peaceful at least for the next few years.
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I am trying to change things here a bit as the timeline has changed by the things Remus has done already. There was no attack at the world cup because it was on Harry's land. Having the centaurs here well that was just a bit of fun on my part and I hope I did so in a way that makes since. I would imagine too that certain kinds of magic would be hard to do, just because Hermione can make an expanded bag and said she used a charm we don't know exactly what kind of equations and such she had to use even in wizard space to make something as big as she wanted. Remember she took Athermancy in cannon and Harry and Ron did not? That and ancient Runes and one of those had to help her if not both.