Chapter 036

On the other hand, she was intrigued. What could possibly be so important that he would ask her to swear a magical oath before they had even brokered an agreement?

It was her curiosity over that single question that ultimately won out.

"Very well," Andromeda replied as she took out her wand and placed near her heart and prepared to speak her oath. "I will need to know who you really are before I can take the oath."

"Right," Harry sighed, slowly raising a hand to pull down the beanie. His messy black hair fell free, the lightning bolt scar on his forehead showing prominently between choppy strands of raven-colored hair. He looked at the now shocked Andromeda with a slight smile. "My name is Harry Potter."

It took the woman a few moments to regained her wits. She recovered from her shock much faster than he expected her too, and before long was exuding the same aura of professionalism she had before finding out his real identity.

"I can see why you want to remain anonymous. I do not know why you are here, Mr. Potter, but I am sure there would have been an entire article speculating about it in the Daily Prophet by tomorrow morning should the knowledge leak."

"You are correct about that," Harry told her with a nod. She was only half right however, as it wasn't that Harry wished to keep what would happen here a secret, just that he wanted to be the one in control of when everybody learned of what took place this day. "Can you take that oath now, please? I would like for us to get down to business."

"Of course," Andromeda cleared her throat and once more pointed the wand at her heart, before reciting her magical oath. "I, Andromeda Tonks, do hereby swear on my magic to keep all the secrets of Lord Harry James Potter and uphold his confidentiality to the highest degree before, after and during the course of our business. So mote it be."

A brief flash light emitted from her wand, letting the two know that the oath had taken hold. Setting her wand on the table, Andromeda folded her hands in front of her on the desk.

"Now then, Mr. Potter, perhaps you can explain to me what it is you need a Solicitor for."

Harry nodded and reached into the small nap sack he was carrying on his back. Andromeda raised her left eyebrow when he placed a book on the table. It was one of the many books about him, this one was dubbed, Harry Potter and the Princess' Curse.

"I have just recently discovered that this book along with sixteen others were released between the years 1984 and 1989," Harry began, taking a moments pause to regain control of the anger he felt. Even now it was difficult not to be angry about this. "These books are completely false. I do not know what the wizarding world assumed I was doing or where I was after Voldemort's (Andromeda flinched at the name but Harry ignored her as he continued) demise, but the truth of the matter is that I was living in the muggle world with my mum's relatives, and have only rejoined the magical community a short while ago. I did not even know these books existed, much less given the people who published these stories permission to use my name in their work."

Another pause followed as Harry took a calming breath.

"These books are not the only items that bare my name on them," Harry continued softly. "I've found everything from action figures, to brooms, to advertisements, all of which have claimed that I endorse their products."

"And you want to take legal action against the companies that have used your name without your consent," Andromeda said, getting a nod from the young man. She leaned back then, letting her posture relax slightly and folded her hands in her lap. "This is a very unique situation you have found yourself in, Mr. Potter. If the person presenting me with this case were anyone other than yourself and a few other people, I would not be able to do much."

"Because of the publishing law of 1955, right? The law that states 'all stories used for entertainment purposes need not contain factual information or require consent of the person or persons in question,'" Harry said, surprising Andromeda. He smiled at her. "Don't think I didn't come to you prepared for this. There is a reason I waited so long after entering the magical world before I scheduling an appointment with you. I've done extensive research on all laws pertaining to the problem I am presenting to you."

Gathering her wits about her, Adromeda said, "if you have studied all of the laws, then does that mean you know of the one pertaining to the heirs of pureblood families?"

"You mean the pureblood media protection act of 1743, which states that 'without documented proof that could be verified in front of the entire wizengamot, there can be no slander or misprint of information about a noble, pureblood family.' This law also implicitly states that it is impossible to use the name or image of the person in question without their express permission to do so, so long as they belong to a pureblood family that has been given the title of a Noble House."

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