A Taste of Magic

Chapter 102: 102nd Course - On Track

"Thought I would find you here," Andromeda snorted, walking into the kitchen at Grimmauld. "There usually is no reason for you to be out of bed this early on a day off."

"I slept over last night," Dora said with full cheeks. "Less of a commute that way."

"Indeed," Andromeda said, deeply amused. She kissed Dora on the forehead and hugged Harry and kissed him too. "Good morning, love!"

"Good morning, Auntie Andi!" Harry replied, hugging her tightly back. "Full plate?"

"Please," Andromeda smiled. She sat beside Dora and took one of Dora's pieces of butter fry bread, ignoring her daughter's outburst and glare. She munched on it and smiled when Harry gave her a very full plate of full English breakfast and Harry added two more pieces of bread to Dora's plate. "Mmm, delicious as always."

"Thanks Harry," Sirius smiled when he walked in and Harry set a plate in front of him. "How'd you think you did on O.W.L.s?"

"I think I did pretty good," Harry said. "Thanks again for all of you coming to help tutor."

"Of course, that's what family does," Sirius said, hugging him. "It's actually kind of fun. Not something I'd do as a career but I might continue to do it through the year. Even after you leave school."

"The Headmaster will appreciate it," Harry said. He sat down to eat with everyone too, moving his bacon and sausages to the side of the plate for Hedwig to take some despite her own plate having food on it.

Sirius devoured a whole fried egg in one big bite, chewing and swallowing. "I'm pretty much done with my work stuff so I can focus on being a proper chaperone for the Showcase. I'm actually in charge of the escorts and chaperones."

"Really? Why?" Dora asked cheekily.

"Probably because Andi will be there too," Sirius said and Andromeda nodded with lordly grace. "But also because I apparently helped manage a few extra contributions here and there, especially from the prominent Pureblood families still at Hogwarts. They've actually let me do most of the official work for them. Their revenge for convincing them to stay I'm sure."

"Sorry," Harry grinned.

"Eh, you're forgiven if you give me more eggs." Sirius smiled when Harry put another fried egg and a spoonful of scrambled eggs. "You're forgiven! But I don't mind. It helps me feel important."

"You are important," Harry frowned.

"I know, but I also like feeling it too," Sirius winked.

Andromeda rolled her eyes. "Who are the final escorts?"

"You and Ted, me, Remus is a teacher so he doesn't count, Primrose and Tina and Adele are representing the recovering Purebloods, Alastor, Ariana, Bill Weasley is coming as one, and Steven Li who's an older cousin of your friend Sue. Oh and the Flamels of course."

"There's going to be an Auror team," Dora said thickly through a mouthful of mushroom and tomato. "Boss' Boss Lady is coming as Team Lead. Me, Kingsley, Proudfoot, and Vance round out the team."

"Wow, that's pretty big, right?" Harry asked.

Sirius nodded. "There's going to be a lot of people at the Showcase so the Ministry thought it would be good to have a full Auror team as both protection and appearance. Some of the Department of Education people will be showing up too but they have their own arrangements and protection details. I think Fudge is going to try and make an appearance."