Blood

Home Sweet Home

Once arriving at Deans house we find that he and Lee are nowhere to be found. "They must have already gone through." Harry says, leading the way into the living room and greeting Mrs Thomas. "The boys said to be expecting you two! Dean said they were going to hang out for a while so you two feel free to help yourselves to the fireplace." She says with a smile, directing Harry and I towards the bucket of floo powder attached to the mantle of her fireplace. "You go first and I'll follow." Harry says, stepping out of the way and pushing me towards the bright green powder. Taking a deep breath I gather a handful of floo powder and throw it into the flames, watching them turn a vibrant green. "Keepers Post!" I shout, stepping into the flames. When I emerge on the other side it's in a large, luxurious, sitting room. "Love?" A deep voice calls from another room, a deep voice I'm very familiar with. "It's me Olly!" I shout back, stepping to the side so Harry won't crash into me when he comes through.

Right about the time Harry comes sprawling onto the sitting room floor, Oliver Wood emerges into the sitting room. Concern is etched upon the face of the former Gryffindor keeper as he scans me with his eyes. "Why didn't you tell me you were going to get Harry? I could have gone with you... I'd have loved to have gotten my hands on that little friend of your cousins." Oliver says, crossing his arms over his chest and flexing his muscles. "It was fine, Olly, Dean and Lee took care of it." As I talk to Oliver I notice Harry, holding his head and looking between the two of us slack jawed. "I take it I'll need to have Pipky prepare the south tower for Harry?" He asks, eyeing my brother with a smirk. "Unless you want him sharing our bedroom then yes, Love." Oliver rolls his eyes and Harry's eyes widen further than I thought possible. "Mione, We're only going to be here for a few weeks anyway." At this, the other three boys in the room turn to look at him like he's stupid. "Did you already forget she graduated early? I know it's been a long summer but come on Potter."

"Miss Potter I have the opportunity of a lifetime for you. I'm going to offer you the chance to graduate this year under the strict condition you begin working for Auror Shacklebolt at the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, 1st of September 1996." Professor Dumbledore offers as I sit before him and Head Auror Kingsley Shacklebolt in his office, both of them looking at me expectantly. "I'll do it."

"Harry, have you already forgotten my job offer at the ministry?" I ask, raising an eyebrow to tell him to play along. "I was hoping you'd rejected it last minute to return with your favorite brother." He jokes, finally pulling himself off the floor. "You're my only brother, Harry." I deadpan causing Oliver to snort behind me. "While you're off at school with little Ronnie, losing Gryffindor points and giving McGonagall grey hairs, Mione will be here with me... all alone in this big castle." He teases Harry with a smirk, not noticing the way Harry and I both pale significantly. I suppose this timeline me isn't exactly shy with her lover. "Don't go making me an Uncle yet, Wood, I'd at least like to finish school first." Harry shoots back, straightening his clothes and squaring his shoulders.

"No promises mate, as soon as she lets me put a ring on her finger it's on." Oliver grins before snapping his fingers and turning to address a small house elf when she appears. "Pipky, go prepare Harry's tower and then clean up the library for Mione." He smiles affectionately at the small elf as she walks excitedly around him to hug Harry. "Master Wood has told me so much of my Mistresses brother, young Master Harry, Pipky is pleased to serve Master Harry!"  With one more excited hug the elf snaps and is gone, as are all Harry's belongings. "Wood, how about you take Dean and Harry on a tour of the castle while Mione and I head to the lab?" With a small smile I watch as my brother and his friend go off on a guided tour while Lee and I head towards my potions lab. "The twins are going to be excited to see what we've been working on!" Lee exclaims, practically dragging my through the corridors. "I don't think we should sell the twins the rights to these." I say, remembering what exactly Lee is going on about.

Over the summer Lee and I managed to merge healing potions and muggle jello, making the potions not only much more manageable to take but also taste better. Lee wants to sell the rights to Fred and George, but I think we should market our product to St Mungo's and other Magical Hospitals. "Then buy me out." Lee says flatly, finally pulling me into the lab and taking a seat on a stool in front of a simmering cauldron. I weigh my options carefully, knowing that I'm going to have to make Lee a hell of an offer. The Potters are inventors, I know for a fact that they invented Sleekeazys Hair Potion... that's how they made their millions. "How much do you want?" I ask, adding a handful of elderberries into the cauldron to flavor the jello as Lee stirs in the potion. "Twenty Five Hundred Galleons." He says, looking at me with a raised eyebrow. Damnit Lee, he knows what he's doing. A galleon is approximately worth twenty five muggle dollars- so he's asking for about six hundred and twenty five thousand in muggle currency. "Deal." I say without a second thought. That'll hardly take a dent out of the Potter vaults, and it'll be worth it in the long run.

"You're not even going to talk to Harry first?" Lee asks, surprised. "It's none of his business, and I'll be able to replace it quickly once I start selling to magical hospitals around the world. I'd wager that Hogwarts will be the first place to test our product, and once word gets out Hogwarts is using it Mungo's won't be far behind." Lee looks at me thoughtfully, thinking out his next move carefully. "You'll be able to market towards the ministry too, the Department of Magical Law Enforcement would happily try them out in the field." I grin, realizing Lee is finally starting to think the way I am. "You sure you want to see your half?" I tease nudging his shoulder as I pour some of the jello into moulds to cool. "I don't think I will now that you've got me thinking about it... it'd be rather foolish." He grins, putting the moulds into the cooling cabinet. "I'll set up a meeting with Dumbledore for the day before school resumes." Glancing at the calendar I take note that school starts back in exactly two weeks, which gives us two weeks to load up on stock and see what else we can potentially market to Hogwarts.

"Pleasure doing business with you, Potter."

"I could say the same to you, Jordan."