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Chapter XVI -«A house does not rest upon the ground, but upon a woman.»-

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Chapter XVI

-«A house does not rest upon the ground, but upon a woman.»-

Monday, 20 December 1971

CEP's POV

Harry accepted the small jewellery box and opened to see his chosen gift.

"Abraxas told me that He doesn't celebrate it." Aunt Genevieve said and Harry nodded. "I don't believe that will stop you, will it?"

"He can either accept my gifts or stop His courtship." Harry retorted. "Will there be any Ball this winter?"

"On the 25th." Aunt Genevieve agreed as she stored Harry's new jewellery over a commode by the side. "Want me to try to book-up something for the New Year's Eve? See if He accepts?"

"Can I invite the Blacks, Nott and Snape? I won't suggest Lily Evans, knowing you would have a heart attack."

"For the Yule Ball?" Aunt Genevieve asked and Harry nodded. "Who is on your friend group?"

"Hera Black, Sirius Black, Sissy Nott, Severus Snape, Lily Evans, Remus Lupin, James Potter and Peter Pettigrew." Harry put in. "Besides Ron, of course."

"Hera and Sissy?" Aunt Genevieve wondered as she set up the jewellery on show.

That was a massive diadem that he would have to wear one day...

"Megara Black and Sylvine Nott."

Aunt Genevieve looked back and then back to the earpieces that she was hanging on a popping up head bust alongside the diadem.

"Does He know who your friends are?"

"My friends sit with me at the Slytherin's House table." Harry agreed, going to set up his gift in the bedside table's drawer. "He even made certain to warn every Slytherin student that I'm out of touch. So if before they used to ignore me, then they literally brought my 'Gryffindor' and 'Ravenclaw' friends to move onto the Slytherin's House table."

Aunt Genevieve nodded. She walked towards Harry's bed and a rectangular box popped up on it. Harry looked uncertain as the woman opened it to show a robe in light-grey colour and the Peverell's crest over the heart in black.

"I got you new dress-robes in your family colours." Aunt Genevieve put in and Harry groaned internally. "Try it on for me to see if it needs any adjustment."

Harry sighed and pulled his robe over his head and then took out his inner-trousers and t-shirt off, before he accepted the dress-robes' black inner-trousers in silk that had been hidden under the dress-robe and he hadn't seen them before, putting them on. He accepted the sweatshirt and started to put it on but it didn't pass his arms.

"It's too small, Aunt Genevieve." He argued and gave it back.

The blonde woman walked to Harry's commode and looked through his inner t-shirts and sweatshirts, before she picked one in dark-grey and gave it to Harry.