THE HOGWARTS ROUGES

CHAPTER TEN:

Harry sat at the large table one side of Sirius with Danielle on the other in Gringotts thinking of the still solemn yet thoughtful Dudley back at the Greenwood home as Sirius filled out page after page of paperwork. Collecting Harrys stuff from the Dursleys had been both hilarious and terrifying in equal measure. The Dursleys had tried to call bull on Sirius's release as he pulled out adoption papers for Harry. Fighting had broken out earning calls to both the police and for an Ambulance, in the scuffle Vernon had pulled out a gun and shot at Suzanne missing her entirely and hitting Petunia in the back. Almost a week of intense police interrogation and waiting at the hospital had ended up with a dead Petunia and Vernon awaiting trial for second degree manslaughter. Sirius and Suzanne had agreed that Dudley going into the system would do more harm than good so he was adopted by Suzanne. In the chaos Dumbledore had turned up and tried to interfere earning a wash of hexing and a solid bruise on his face from the slap Suzanne had given him.

The chaos of the past week had turned Dudley from the resident bully into a silent non-responsive teenager. All he did was punch at the punching bag in the garage and eat not even a third of what Danielle and Harry would eat Harry worried that Dudley would explode at the wrong time and both he and whoever triggered him off would get hurt, especially if it was one of his friends, as such Harry and Danielle had run some interference giving Dudley enough space to go over everything in his own time.

"Lord Black" A goblin named Burchoke announced from the Door "Lord and Lady Malfoy are here with their son as well as The Weasleys with their youngest son"

"Thank you Burchoke let them in" Sirius replied shuffling the last of his papers to the goblin at the end of the table as Burchoke did as he asked

The Malfoy and The Weasley parents entered the room with looks of destain shot to each other. Ronald and Draco however both looked down trodden and tired looking, Harry had a feeling neither of them had much sleep and the pranks played on them didn't really help much. For once Harry was happy to have admitted to being behind half the pranks which let his friends off the hook both Ron and Draco would have completely wilted if all the rouges were here, Danielle shared a look with him which revealed she felt exactly the same.

"Will your allies joining us Lord Black?" Lucius Malfoy asked as everyone was finally seated and introduced

"No Lord Malfoy" Sirius replied rather serenely gesturing a hand to both Harry and Danielle either side of him "Both my godson and Miss Greenwood admitted to the third of the pranks committed to your children we have prove they did"

"Are they to be punished?"Molly asked with slightly narrowed eyes before being nudged by a frowning Arthur

"They will be punished yes" Sirius replied shifting in his seat "Due to a family emergency however it has been delayed for a week"

Molly nodded but kept her tongue, harry then knew that Arthur had asserted his authority over his banshee wife.

"May I ask why Heir Potter and Miss Greenwood administered the pranks?" Narcissa asked earning a slight frown from her husband

"I would like to know that too" Arthur added sounding like he was trying to keep even tempered and his voice calm

"The pranks we administered were retaliations for their bullying of us and students who are our friends" Harry said aloud after being gestured to by Sirius "We did stop by Christmas however"

"We were having trouble form other students and teachers at the time" Danielle continued their story having agreed to a set timeline with the others on the train ride home to minimise damage between the families as possible "They were pranked only twice by us then...we're not sure who else pranked them I believe they were bulling other students at some point"

"Thank you for telling us Miss Greenwood" Narssisa said with the bow of the head before turning to her son with a parental look that said it all '

"So do you Ronald" Arthur said a frown on his normally jovial face "I offer an apology of my own too for not knowing and disciplining my son earlier"

"So do I" Lucius said a flash of surprise in his eyes at mirroring a Weasley

"I thank you and accept your apologies Lord Malfoy, Mr Weasley" Sirius replied with a tilt of his head "I am sure however if you had found out earlier you would have disciplined them without their fellow students resorting to pranks"

Both men nodded and shared a look that they would have done so regardless of what affiliation they were...proving to harry both men loved their sons and wanted what was best for their children and wanted the best out of them too.

"My allies and I have decided to offer a compromise with you so this wouldn't happen again" Sirius said continuing the session in the way it was decided by the adults "We will sign a group letter to the headmaster and have our children in completely different classes from your own and have Hogwarts completely limit their contact unless it is the great hall where the teachers are we wish for you to sign as well so the protection is for your sons as well as ours and any retaliations or pranks from any of them then they will be punished equally"

Both parents looked at each other as if debating amongst themselves and each other the validity of the letter and if the other parents would sign

"May we read the letter first?" both Arthur and Lucius asked at once causing Sirius to chuckle slightly

"Of course" Sirius replied handing over copies freely whilst retaining the original with the signatures of himself and their allies.

Not five minutes later the letter with all the signatures was winging it to Hogwarts in the claws of a Gringotts owl. The Malfoys and The Weasleys shook hands with Sirius after extracting a promise that any reply would be forwarded on if necessary. Both couples nodded to each other before leaving the room and going about their lives, Harry and Danielle shared a look of relief before tensing again as Sirius stood up.

"Thank you for your time Master Burchoke" Sirius said handing over the paperwork for filing "I will see you again next week"

"Of course Lord Black" Burchoke replied sliding the paperwork into a file "Heir Potter Miss Greenwood"

"Master Burchoke" Harry and Danielle echoed standing up and bowing in sync before following Sirius out of the room

"The moment we get home you guys are grounded" Sirius said as they headed to the apparition point "Until we go to Diagon alley halfway through August"

"Yes Sirius" came the combined reply from Danielle and Harry both had decided from then on they were going to be responsible for their actions intentional or not.

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