Chapter 167: CH 167
Harry picked up a usual haul, without the cheap and homemade sweets and jumper from the Weasleys, this year. He also watched carefully as he and Sirius gave each other a direct look as he passed Harry's gifts to both girls. Harry, feeling quite pleased with himself, watched as both opened their gifts at the same time and saw the earrings and necklace chokers within. He'd bought them when he was with Ant and Matthias and the girls were off with Cele and Deece during their shopping within the Alley.
Both girls looked completely dumbfounded by the gifts, at first, before Daphne softly said, "Oohh... Harrrry!" They then both attempted to snog him to within an inch of his life before both Ant and Matthias directly and pointedly cleared their throats as their wives unabashedly grinned and Sirius was trying not to laugh. All three teens were blushing as they separated.
Giving his own throat a little clearing cough, Harry said, "I thought you might like them to wear for tonight." "They'll be perfect," gushed Hermione, again looking down at the earrings and choker within its velvet-lined box.
"Mmm," hummed Daphne with a verbal nod in agreement, still looking down at her own earrings and choker.
Remus even stopped in to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and was immediately invited to stay for a while and enjoy Christmas lunch. He told them what he'd been up to since they last saw him at Hogwarts, and how he was, yet again, looking for work.
For what looked like it might have been an often offered offer, Sirius offered Remus access to 'The London House' at Grimmauld Place for him to stay; and Remus gratefully declined, yet again. Trying to reduce the embarrassment... or add to it, he knew not which... Harry said to Sirius, "He probably has a secret girlfriend he doesn't want you to know about yet, Padfoot."
With his eyes alight with glee, Sirius turned to Remus and asked, "Is that it, Moony ol' mate? You've got a secret giiirrrlfriend?"
Blushing... Remus stammered back, "N-no, no! Nothing like that. No!"
Remus asked Harry for a quiet word after lunch, and they stepped into the entrance hall for a few minutes.
"What did you want to talk to me about, Moony?" asked Harry.
Harry could see his other honourary uncle thought it was a difficult matter to discuss and took a few moments to compose his thoughts. Eventually, he sighed and asked, "Harry, do you suddenly dislike Dumbledore? Has he done something that's greatly offended you?"
Harry stared back for a few moments before he replied, "That depends. Is it you asking; or, is it you asking on his behalf?"
Confused, Remus asked, "Does it matter?"
"Yes," he replied, almost coldly. "It's time for flat-out, straight-up honesty, here, Remus. So, is it you asking, or did he ask you to ask on his behalf?"
Still somewhat confused, but now quite aware this was something important to his cub, Remus quietly but honestly replied, "It's me asking, cub." Allowing the tension that he didn't realise he had been feeling to ease out of his body, Harry said, "Then, yes and no. I've recently put a great deal of thought into what's been happening in my life, both before and after starting at Hogwarts, and have come to understand that Dumbledore has been responsible for almost all the bad things that have happened to and around me.
"He is responsible for ignoring the wishes of my parents in where I was to be placed if I was orphaned; he is responsible for not checking up on me to make sure I was being well cared for while under the abusive hands of my muggle aunt and uncle; he is responsible for knowingly and continually sending me back to an abusive environment when both I and Madam Pomfrey made him aware of the condition of my health, when I arrived at Hogwarts as an eleven year old; he has illegally, and with full understanding of the law, often cast Legilimens upon me; he has known Snape does the same thing; he blocked me from receiving any mail from someone not on his personal approval list, and that included Gringotts; he is partly responsible for Sirius not being given a trial, and being sent straight to Azkaban; he is responsible for Sirius not getting a trial when he escaped, when he had it in his power to do so; he was supposed to be responsible for looking after my family's financial holdings until I was emancipated, and didn't do it, causing great financial harm to me and mine; he attempted to use compulsion charms on both myself and my bondmates to force our compliance, and was caught red-handed in the act; he had both Hermione and me loaded up with tracking charms left, right and centre, and some of those were blood-based, which is illegal; he is aware the Weasleys attempted to secretly dose me with love potions keyed to Ginevra, and loyalty potions keyed to Ron, plus other things, and then allowed them to return to the school; he then attempted to pervert the course of justice and get them all off when I forced it to trial; and there's quite a bit more. However, those are the ones I know for sure and am willing to talk about.
"He is actively working towards trying to control me through: Withholding information from me, such as the true wealth of my holdings; why Riddle is still trying to kill me and why he's trying to control me; attempting to guilt-trip me into staying a student at Hogwarts and giving up my hard won emancipation; illegally and in direct contravention of my parents' wishes, maintaining magical guardianship over me; using the portraits, ghosts and house elves of Hogwarts to spy on me; trying to stop me from leaving the school grounds as is my right; trying to butt into my House business, including attempting to put up listening charms in a sealed and warded room where I'm involved in House business; plus others.
"He is absolutely terrified I'm going to take myself, my bondmates and Daphne's little sister and transfer us all to another school outside of Britain; and won't say why he's terrified of that.
"The man has a very frighteningly unhealthy interest in me. I do not like it, and will no longer tolerate it. Because of his known actions, at least, I consider the man my personal enemy and on my personal enemy list. And, anyone doing his bidding, is automatically added to that list when I learn who they are.
"There are far, far too many people who think the sun shine's out of that whiskered wanker's arse; and that he can do no wrong. He has people convinced to do the wrong thing all because he says it's for some undefined amorphous 'Greater Good', and will never tell anyone what that supposed greater good actually is. I fully intend to get as far from him and his greasy clutches as I can, as soon as I can.
"He has all these people under his control through that little illegal bird club of his. And they, too, are quite happy to break the law for him if he asks. That included Sirius; though, not any more. I consider those people also on my enemy list. So, if you're in that club, resign from it or consider your honourary uncle status revoked. If I had thought he'd sent you here to spy on me, I would not have hesitated to take you down, through whatever means necessary, and throw your arse head first through the Floo into the Three Broomsticks.
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