Harry Potter and The Lightning Child

Chapter 10

Dumbledore was currently in a meeting with Minister Fudge and Amelia Bones, the head of the DMLE. Dolores Umbridge was standing in the back, with a quill and clipboard. They had gone over all the necessary stuff and the meeting had needed.

Dumbledore was particularly looking forward to going back, he had to make last minute changes to the timetables and now most of the classes had all four houses attending at a time. It was hard work but it had to be done to deter Harry from the Slytherin's and show him that the Gryffindor's were better.

Dumbledore never expected Harry to be a Hufflepuff, a Gryffindor yes, but not a Hufflepuff. Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws were neutral in the Slytherin and Gryffindor rivalry, they stayed out of it as much as possible. If Harry was a Ravenclaw then Dumbledore would be a bit more worried about him leaning towards Slytherin, but he was a Hufflepuff, disappointingly. And as everyone knows, Hufflepuffs aren't really that important.

"Now that we have all that out of the way, we can relax" Fudge sighed

"Indeed" Amelia Bones nodded "I plan to go home and start writing a letter to my niece, I miss her dreadfully, though I take comfort in knowing that Harry Potter will be there along with her friends to keep her safe"

"Ah yes" Dumbledore said "I've noticed that she is also friends with Neville Longbottom and Daphne Greengrass" Dumbledore spoke with the hope that he could lead the conversation in a way that would allow him to get more information about Harry.

"Ah yes" Amelia nodded "those four have been friends for the longest time, Henry Potter had decided to introduce them one by one to young Harry when he was younger, they all hit it off and now they are practically family."

"Ah yes, that reminds me" Fudge smiled "Harry Potter is at Hogwarts, perhaps I could arrange a meeting with him"

"A meeting?" Amelia asked

"Yes, imagine how good the ministry would look if we were to be seen with the boy-who-lived"

"An excellent idea Cornelius" Umbridge smiled that girly smile

"I disagree" Amelia said, Dumbledore was about to put his foot down but Amelia had beaten him to it "if I was you then I wouldn't bother Harry"

"Why not?" Fudge asked, a little put out

"Because if you bother him then you risk bothering Henry Potter" Amelia said with a hint of warning in her voice "and I don't think you'd want to do that"

"I'm sure Mr Potter won't mind too much" Fudge replied

"I know Mr Potter a lot better than you" Amelia reminded him "and the one thing that man does not appreciate is people bothering his family"

"Understandable but surely he wouldn't object to a simple meeting" Fudge argued

"I did my job and warned you" Amelia shrugged "if you wish to ignore it then do so at your own peril"

"Mr Potter is a ministry employee" Umbridge interrupted "he should be honoured if the minister choses to see his nephew. And if he doesn't then he'll simply need to be reminded whom he works for"

"Ha" Amelia laughed "good luck with that, from what I know about Henry Potter, the job is more of a hobby for him"

"Hobby?" Dumbledore repeated

"Yes, hobby" Amelia nodded "he doesn't need the money with how big the Potter fortune is, he's also the inventor of the werewolf cure and had set records with his newts tests. He could very easily work anywhere he wanted, I know that he has a standing offer to work for Gringotts. Besides, he's not in much risk of being fired."