Harry Potter The Final Straw

Stuck between a rock and a hard place, Dora did the only thing that she could think of and asked, "Would you promise to not tell anyone who I was with today? The ramifications would be a major blow to our plans if it got out and would probably drive the goblins into Voldemort's camp."

Amelia studied the young auror for a moment as the silence stretched on into the realm of uncomfortable. After a few more moments, she said, "I promise that I won't tell a soul about who you were escorting to Gringotts today."

"Harry Potter." Dora said as she dropped the proverbial bomb on Amelia.

Letting out a low whistle of air, Amelia leaned back in her chair and looked at the ceiling while she thought about Dora's statement.

She knew that there would be a mass panic if it were publicly known that Harry Potter was removing large amounts of gold from Gringotts because he didn't trust the goblins.

Then it all seemed to click together in her mind as she thought over what Auror Tonk's relationship was with Harry Potter. "You're mother is a Black isn't she?" Not waiting for an answer, Amelia ploughed on, "Your parents were recently registered as Harry Potter's guardians, and Albus Dumbledore doesn't know about the change yet."

"Yes, ma'am. That's correct. Sirius adopted him recently, so he is now technically a Black. We didn't want to leave any legal loopholes that could end up with Harry being placed somewhere that wasn't safe." Dora said gravely as she considered the ramifications of Dumbledore or worse, Malfoy, getting their hooks into Harry's guardianship.

"What happened to Harry's muggle relatives?" Amelia asked shrewdly.

Smiling in appreciation for the Dursley's suffering, Dora proudly said, "They signed over guardianship immediately once they were told about being watched by witches and wizards all of the time. We moved them to Australia where they unfortunately ran afoul of the local police. The last I heard was that Vernon Dursley was doing some time in jail and had lost his job. Petunia was looking for work and their whale of a son was forced to attend the local public school."

"And who are Harry's muggle guardians now? The Grangers?" Amelia queried perceptibly.

"Please keep that quiet. We don't want that getting out and putting them in more danger than they are already in." Tonks pleaded.

Amelia nodded in agreement but she wasn't fooled. She knew that Hermione's parents were under heavy protection. "I will need to speak to Mr. Potter about what happened at Hogwarts yesterday. He isn't in trouble but we are going to need his testimony to secure our case against Draco Malfoy."

"I'll see what I can arrange and get back to you, ma'am." said Dora honestly.

"Thank you, Auror Tonks. Please keep me posted on the goblin issue. As of right now that is your primary case and you are to only report to me." Amelia said with a hint of dismissal in her tone.

As she stood up, Dora said, "Yes, ma'am. I'll keep you informed if anything develops." Without a backwards glance, she headed out of the Ministry intent upon heading back to headquarters immediately to find out what happened in Knockturn Alley."

Andromeda, Sirius, and Harry arrived back at the Granger's house about thirty minutes after they left Diagon Alley. They had hopped in a cab and had the driver take them on a tour of London to lose any pursuers before apparating back to the house.

The moment they were in the kitchen, Harry turned to his two escorts and said worriedly, "What happened?"

"We don't know yet." Andromeda said worriedly as she slumped down into one of the kitchen chairs.

Sirius answered Harry's unspoken question, his voice grave, "I'm not sure, Harry. I saw Moony moving towards the entrance to Knockturn Alley right after the goblin went in. That's all we know at this point until we visit headquarters and chat with everyone else."

When neither adult seemed to be getting up, Harry prompted, "Well? Why don't you head over there and find out?"

Silently, Sirius stood, patted Harry on the shoulder as he walked by, and said softly, "I'm just glad you are alright. Please get one of the elves to take you back to Hogwarts while we head over to headquarters and find out what happened."

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