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52Chapter 48

Remus POV

It was late in the evening when someone knocked on the front door of the house. Sirius who was half asleep on the couch next to him jumped up at the sudden sound then grumbled under his breath about annoying redheads. Remus chuckled and got up and opened the door, and Sirius' assumption was correct only instead of the twins like he had expected there was also Bill, Charlie, and oddly enough Percy, who was looking down at the ground. Probably not sure he was welcome.

"Come in." Remus moved out of their way as the brothers all made their way inside the house and headed straight for where Sirius was seated.

"What's up?" he asked as they all entered the room.

"We think we found what Albus is after," Bill said, dropping down on the couch next to Padfoot.

"Really" his mate asked, "what is it/"

"A book," Charlie said, then cleared his throat, "A grimoire actually, the Perevell family Grimoire."

It took him a second to understand why that was a big deal. Then he remembered just how protected the old family grimoires were. One that old, he swallowed, could have some powerful and nasty spells.

He dropped down into one of the chairs,"what kind of spells does it have?" he asked looking at Bill.

"Can't even imagine." he heard Sirius mutter.

Bill had to have heard it too because he snorted, "we didn't take too much of a look. Figured it was Harry's and wanted to see if he wanted to look through it first." Bill stopped and looked over at Charlie, Remus wasn't positive but he looked concerned and nervous. "It's not all we found."

"Bill." Charlie hissed, shaking his head at his brother.

Remus shared a look with Sirius, who just shrugged his shoulders.

"What is it?" he asked, looking at Charlie this time. Because it was clear whatever it was made Charlie more nervous than his brother.

"Dragon bones." The dragon handler whispered, glaring at his brother.

Remus was confused. Dragon bones were rare, sure, but that didn't explain the two older Weasley's reactions and from the frowns on their three younger brother's faces they didn't understand it either.

"Charlie?" Sirius said moving to stand next to the man. When he put his hand on the younger man's shoulder Charlie let out a breath.

"They," there was a choked off sound, "I don't know. There was magic around them, something I've never felt before." Remus actually heard the redhead swallow, "I was drawn to them."

"Drawn to them how?" Percy asked the doorway in which he still stood.

"Like I had to throw him across the room to get them away from him," Bill said moving closer to his brother.

"You think the headmaster knows about them?" Fred asked.

"No.'' Charlie replied shaking off both Sirius's and Bill's hands. "I think it's just one of many powerful objects in the manor that we can't let him find out about." Charlie looked at Remus, "It's the book. It has to be. The Potters are known to be descendants of the Peverell family. Think about the stories that go with that name?" He sounded a little excited, "defying Death, the Hollows, and that's just the more popular ones. There are stories about some of the most powerful spells we use today that came from them. If the headmaster believes that, if he even suspected the Potters might have ended up with the Grimoire-"

"He'd kill for it." the twins cut him off.

"Hell." Siuirs said before he summoned a bottle of fire whiskey and some glasses.

The room fell silent as Padfoot handed out drinks.

"We have to read it." he said after finishing his glass, the others all looked at him.

"We need to see what's in there, see what the Albus could be after," he looked at Charlie, "I'd also like to look at those bones. Dragon bones are powerful magical tools. I've heard of them being used to strengthen potions, guide the magic in wands, or used as containers for very powerful spells. But I've never heard of it drawing someone in like that. I want to see if it was the bones or some magic worked on them."

"I'll go with you." Bill said, "but Charlie can't be there."

"Bill -" Charlie tried to protest.

"No," Bill cut him off, "let us look at them. If we can't figure them out I'll take them to the goblins, but you can't be there. We don't know why they called to you, and not me, and I don't want to take the chance that if something happens to them you are affected." Charlie looked doubtful but nodded his head.

"How do we tell Harry?" George asked.

"I'm heading back to Hogwarts tomorrow. I'll pull him aside and tell him." he said, already plotting out how he was going to get his godson alone, well not alone, because Draco was always with him, but how he would get the two of them alone to tell them what the Weasleys had discovered.

Harry

Harry and Draco spent every night together in the Room of Requirements only sneaking away early in the mornings before anyone noticed they were gone. The bond between them grew a little stronger every day and now if Harry needed to find his mate all he had to do was think about it and a tugging sensation led him to Draco.

Blaise had thought it was the greatest thing ever and tried to get them to play hide and seek in the castle, Draco had turned and glared at his best friend until the Italian pouted and whispered, "nevermind."

That didn't stop the Slytherin from finding Harry throughout the day and asking which direction Draco was in. Harry just as amused as Blaise always pointed out the correct direction before returning to do whatever it was he was doing.

When he wasn't entertaining himself with Blaise or Draco, Harry was gathering everything he needed for the articles he wanted released. He was also writing back and forth with Amelia Bones about her investigation into the Headmaster. While she hadn't found much, she had found, with a few hints from Harry, that the Headmaster's handling of Hogwarts wasn't just unsafe but violated several laws set in place by the Founders. His systematic dismantling of the classes he demanded were dangerous or unneeded as well as cutting down the staff and student acceptances all went against the school's charter. While it might not be enough to have the man arrested it would be enough to get him out of Hogwarts.

Amelia had the paperwork ready, however she wasn't sure how to get around the Ministry. Neither she nor Harry wanted another Umbridge. Which left both of them researching what would happen if the headmaster was forcefully removed from the school.

Harry had found no evidence of a headmaster ever being removed, well except for Dumbledore in his second year but that was a suspension not a full removal. At the time Professor McGonagall had temporarily taken over. Amelia felt that with everything going on that wouldn't be possible. McGonagall didn't have the backing or support to fight for the position and with Voldemort back, the Ministry would most definitely try to take over, stating that it would be for the good of the students.

Finally he had asked Draco to talk to Severus about it, the blonde had come back in a cheery mood and told Harry that his fathers would handle it, all Amelia had to do was fill the paperwork. Harry had glared at his mate until Draco had pulled him into a kiss. After he sent off a letter to Amelia asking her to push through the paperwork and that the rest would be handled.

Sneaking back to the common room early the next morning he found Ron asleep on the couch. Clearly his ex-friend had been waiting up for him, but had fallen asleep. Harry was tempted to hit him with a hex Blaise had taught him, instead he walked up the stairs to their room.

Later that day he, Draco, and Blaise were headed for the library, Draco had something he wanted to look up and refused to tell Harry or Blaise what it was, when they bumped into Remus.

"Oh, good, I was looking for you," the werewolf said with a smile, before he led them off to a classroom and sealed with a wave of his wand.

"Bill and Charlie found what Albus is after." Harry's heart almost stopped beating.

"What is it?" he asked.

"Have you heard of the Peverell's?" Harry started to shake his head then stopped. Seamus had read a book back in first year. Harry remembered his friend talking excitedly about the three brothers that supposedly outsmarted death.

"They were brother's right?" he asked, looking at Remus.

His godfather nodded, "Bill and Charlie found their family grimoire inside Potter Manor."

"Bloody hell." Blaise muttered.

Harry wasn't sure what was so special about a book of spells. But from the worried looks on both Blaise and Draco's faces he figured it wasn't something he wanted the headmaster getting his hands on.

"What do we do?" he asked.

"Me and Bill want to look it over, along with a few other things found inside the house. For now Dumbledore can't get passed the wards so we don't have to worry about him getting the book yet. However, it might be a good idea to move it to the cottage. He doesn't know about it, so if somehow he finds a way past the Manor's wards he wont find." Harry nodded his head.

"That's a good idea, although I don't think he will be worried about the Manor for a while." he grinned when Remus raised an eyebrow, the man clearly knew Harry was up to something because he was smiling. "Amelia plans to have him removed, hopefully in the next day or two."

"He will be too busy fighting he and the governors to go to the Manor." Remus said chuckely, "clever."

"What else did they find?" Blaise asked and Harry turned to see his friends eyes bright as the slytherin was clearly excited about what else could be inside Potter Manor. Remus must have seen it too because he started talking about some books and artifices Bill had told them about.

They all sat and talked for a while before Remus had to excuse himself, after they headed to the library where Draco got lost in a stack of books, Blaise worked on homework, while Harry read through an inheritance book the twins had found in the cottage and sent him. It was the same book his father had lent him in the past and while he had already skimmed through it once, back then, he now was able to take him time and actually process some of the information he read.