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Addendum: Written Conversations
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Date: Third Year, Mid June
Sebastian OWENS: Hello readers so today we have a special treat for you all. Don't we Vivian.
Vivian CARPENTER: Yes, we do Sebastian! For today we are honored to be joined by none other than Lord Harry Potter himself.
Harry POTTER: Thank you for such a pleasant welcome.
Owens: And Lord Sirius Black.
Sirius BLACK: It's a pleasure to be here.
Carpenter: And finally, current Hogwarts Defense Professor and long time Potter High Seneschal, Remus Lupin.
Remus LUPIN: Thank you Ms Carpenter, Mr. Owens, for this opportunity.
Owens: Its us who should thank you all for coming here today. *A clearing of throat." Right then so let us begin with a relative simple question, Lord Potter, why did you choose now to speak to the press.
Potter: *He chuckled* That's actually not as simple as you would think. That said, well, with Sirius free and my recognized parent-approved guardian I decided that this was a perfect time to speak up.
Carpenter: Speaking of that, Lord Black, although you have spoken to the press before, is there anything that you have to say about what happened to you.
Black: I don't wish to dwell on it. The Ministry said sorry and have provided me great benefits for the miscarriage of justice. Instead I want to look towards the future, to be the best mate and godfather I can be.
Potter: And High Chancellor, don't forget that, you need to be the best High Chancellor you can be.
*To our readers who focus on matters other than politics a High Chancellor is someone who oversees the Ministerial and Wizenemgot operations for a Lord with the House Rings of more than one Great House.*
Owens: Well thank you for that lead in, as it was my next question. Lord Potter, you mentioned Lord Black and Professor Lupin are your High Chancellor and High Seneschal respectively. Does this mean you lead multiple Houses?
Potter: Yes. Next question.
*Dear readers, at this point there is a smile which leads to a bit of laughter, one that both interviewers shared in.*
Potter: Sorry, I couldn't help myself. I'm have Potter, of course, which I got from my father obviously. I am also the designated Lord of Valerius, due to the blending of bloodlines. Then there is House Vidan, who I have thanks to my mother's lineage.
*At this point Vivian Carpenter interrupts. *
Carpenter: Lord Potter, pardon me, but are you saying that the Lady Lily Potter had magical ancestry. I thought she was a muggleborn.
*Lord Potter gives a sly grin at that*
Potter: Honestly, we all did. In fact, it wasn't that long ago that I learned of her status myself.
Owens: Lord Potter, are you willing to describe her heritage?
Potter: I am, yes. Her parents, my grandparents, were a Tobias Vidan and a Rosemary Parkinson. *At this point there is a poignant pause.* The match was not entirely approved by their families and so they ran to the muggle world and changed their name to Evans.
Carpenter: When did the Lady Potter learn of her status?
Potter: I don't entirely know, though evidence points to either the end of her time at Hogwarts, or right after it. *At this Lord Potter gives a grin* Rewinding a bit, there are a few more Great Houses I wanted to mention, for you see I have the Lordships of House Gryffindor, House Slytherin, and House Ravenclaw.
*Dear readers, if you were present for the interview then you would have been able to hear a pin drop, that is how silent it got. *
Owens: Wow, Lord Potter, that's quite amazing. But also, a bit shocking, how did you get three of the Founder's Houses?
Black: He is a Potter, and we all know Potters intermarried multiple times over the millennia with those of House Gryffindor.
Carpenter: Of course, but that doesn't explain the other two.
Lupin: Well Ravenclaw comes from the ancestry of Lily, as we of course just learned.
Potter: As for Slytherin, well, I defeated the last so-called Heir. *There is a pause.* Though I do not feel as if that is something we need to go over now.
*To those readers who might not be up on recent history, the event he is talking about happened twelve years ago when he defeated He Who Must Not Be Named and became the Boy Who Lived.*
Owens: I can understand that, and we wouldn't want to dwell on sad stories. Which is why we will be changing the topic of conversation slightly. Professor Lupin, how was it being both a Professor of Defense at Hogwarts and the High Seneschal this past year?
Lupin: Tiring. *Much laughter.* But also, amazing and so worthwhile. It has long been a dream of mine to get called by Headmaster Dumbledore with the offer to return to Hogwarts to teach. I am just glad that it is only a one-year contract, for I don't think I could have done it longer.
Carpenter: Oh, is there a reason for that?
*Dear readers, we would like to make note that there was a long bit of silence at this point. One which also saw Lord Black taking Professor Lupin in a hug and Lord Potter reaching to grip Professor Lupin's hands.*
Lupin: Yes, it has gotten out that I am a Shifter with a wolf aspect.
Owens: By the lack of surprise on the faces of your fellows, would I be accurate in saying you two knew?
Black: I have known since our Third Year at Hogwarts. I did not care then, and I do not care now. Remus Lupin is one of the best people I have ever known.
*Once again dear readers there is a slight pause. *
Potter: I know as well. In fact, I was informed even before he became my High Seneschal.
Carpenter: Pardon me Lord Potter, you knew, and you hired him anyway.
*Readers, I must make note of the fierce look that came upon Lord Potter's face at this point.
Potter: YES. In fact, I have never been so sure of anything than I was that he deserved the position.
Carpenter: So, what would you say to those that question the fitness of a Shifter to lead the day to day of a Great House.
Potter: That they are quite ignorant and that I am grateful that they have no say in who I appoint.
Owens: Professor Lupin, may I ask how long you have been a shifter?"
Lupin: Since I was four years old.
*Fellow readers at this point there is a slight pause in the interview before it picks up again.*
Carpenter: Professor Lupin, parents will want to know, what did Hogwarts do to protect students on the nights of the full moon.
Lupin: Though I have been taking the Wolfsbane Potion for the last few years my chambers at Hogwarts were warded to keep me inside. That said, a few hours before moon rise I often flooed to Potter Manor where the wards were long set up to stop me from going places I shouldn't be.
Owens: Its good to have a boss with such large secured lands to relax at, isn't it?
*There is some laughter at that*
Potter: I should mention that since I have learned of the issues Shifters such as Remus often face. I created an organization called Potions Provisions. Its a nonprofit which specializes in providing low-income individuals with access to certain potions that would increase quality of life.
Lupin: As of this moment there are over a thousand registered individuals from all over Albion.
Carpenter: That is quite impressive Lord Potter. So, does this organization serve more than just Shifters?
Potter: Of course. In fact, as of right now the list covers eight different conditions and states with hope for more to be added.
Owens: That is very humanitarian of you Lord Potter.
Potter: How could I not help those who need it, especially considering my access to resources.
Black: That's Harry for you, always thinking of others and how to make their lives better.
Carpenter: Before we finish this if there was one thing you would each say to those who have concerns what would it be.
Black: That kindness is not a trait of magicals only and that we should never judge someone based on the vagaries of birth or unlock.
Lupin: That Shifters like myself are human and should be treated with the same respect given to any other human.
Potter: I would say that how one treats others says more about oneself than it does the other and that one should never demean someone based on what they are.
Owens: Thank you for coming here and speaking to us today.
*At this point dear readers, the interview ends with the three making there way out of our offices and onto Diagon Alley.*
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"We are family!" Pansy says to Harry later while the year is gathered in the covenant section.
Harry chuckles, "As much as I am family with the Blacks, Malfoys, and Weasley."
"Nope," Pansy says after tilting her head in thought, "we are in fact much closer. Please expect a letter from my grandfather Basil Parkinson, who’s the brother of your grandmother Rosemary. I think he might want to talk to you about her."
"Oh," Harry says with a blink, he then smiles, "Well I am quite open to hearing from him, learning anything about my extended family is amazing to me."
She just grins.
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"You left out a lot of your Houses?" Fred comments a bit later as they and Harry are relaxing after some fun.
Giving both men a grin Harry says, "What they don't know I can use against them later."
"How sneaky, our little Harrykins is growing up!" George states.
Only to get a snort from Harry, "Please if I wasn't 'growing up' as you put it we wouldn't be having this much fun." A pause then a grin, "Now bend over I want to see if you two taste different!"
Which gets some grins, before they move to follow.
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"So how do you think the interview went?" Harry asks Charlie the next time they had their mirror call.
"I think you did well." Charlie says with a grin. "I especially like how you hit them with a number of bombshell revelations. Which will make it hard for them to overreact to any one of them."
A wide grin on Harry's face, "Oh so our plan worked, great." A chuckle, "Between us it was Remus who came up with most of it, though Sirius was the one to put a bit of sneak into it."
"It was great Harry," Charlie says. He then tilts his head, "Oh, that reminds me, I need to tell you what happened here when people read the article."
A slight grin, "Do tell?"
"Well we were all together in the common room having a meeting breakfast when the mail arrived. A hush began to come over the room as people began reading the interview. It was at that point my copy arrived, not that I was surprised."
A laugh, "Well you did know about it after all."
"Yeah exactly." A grin. "So while the others were focused on reading the paper I was looking at them. I wanted to see reactions."
"Oh really, anything spectacular?"
Nod. Nod. "Very much so. So my one friend Rhett jumped up pumped his fist in the air and said, 'yes! We have representation!' He then giggled and ran out of the room."
A blink, "Oh wow. So do you know why he did that?"
"Yes, so it turns out he is a Shifter, lyx. Him seeing a wolf shifter in such a position was see inspiring." A pause. "The fact that he learned who established Potions Provisions didn't help him keep his calm."
A long pause. "That's actually really amazing. Wow. Just wow." Another pause, "So how did everyone else take it?"
"Pretty great actually, though nobody else caused a display. Honestly we have a good bunch of people here."
Charlie then smiles and nods at what he just said before changing the subject a bit, as the two begin talking about other aspects of their lives.
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