"It's a conscious decision, I decided that Hermione is my mum and as long as she's happy with that then nothing will change it. I want Molly to be part of my life but if she can't accept that then I'm sorry but I love my adoptive parents and have no desire to change."
"Ginny, who else knows about this?" asked Bill
"Just the five Potters and you two, I will tell Neville but only after Dumbledore's dead"
"Five Potters?" enquired Percy.
"Mum, Dad, Dobby, Winky and me" she could see the look of surprise on her brothers faces, "Dobby and Winky are Potters, they even wear Potter wedding rings. Both would kill the old goat for what he did to me, their very protective of us all."
"Did you check if it's true?" asked Bill.
"All the facts he told me checked out, we didn't do any parent tests because as far as we're concerned I'm Ginny Potter."
Both brothers had trouble accepting this explanation and felt she should have tests so Ginny laid it on the line for them.
"Did you know that I'm a Friend of the Goblin Nation? On the board of Stag Industries? Three Weasley brothers work for us and I'm sure we could increase that number if any of you are interested." Neither brother knew what to make of these developments. "As Ginny Potter my opinion counts, Stag Industries will not only change our world but have a major impact on the non magical world as well. Ginny Weasley would be baking cookies with a woman she doesn't know while waiting on a man who sold her coming home from work."
She could see the protest start so continued with her rant, "let me make you a promise, in the future if any Weasley sells one of my nieces they will have me to deal with!" while speaking Ginny had wandlessly and silently levitated Percy four foot above the sand. "At this moment in time the four strongest magical beings in the country are Potters, I hope to make it five before becoming a Longbottom."
She gently lowered a shaken Percy back down.
"I wont say the surroundings played no part in my decision but Sirius was living in a cave eating rats so he could be near Harry. That's the way I feel about being a Potter, and there's no way I would give that up without a fight."
While both brothers thought they'd never seen her happier neither had ever seen her more determined and the power she just displayed was frightening. If she could do that wandlessly then her famous bat boggie hex would probably remove heads.
Bill put his arms around her, "Ginny I agree with Harry and the choice should be yours, and our only concern is that it was your choice which we can clearly see it is."
Percy and Bill took an arm each as the three redheads made their way towards the house. Percy looked at his sister in a new light, "we will support your decisions Ginny Potter and eh, about those jobs?"
Bill and Ginny burst out laughing.
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The main hall was packed with elves, wizards, witches and even goblins here to offer support for two young elves, Dylan and Freda, who were holding each other while sitting together on a large armchair.
Harry and Hermione were there in dress robes, Hermione holding on tightly to her husband. Winky had actually to take her work away from the distraught witch and explain it wasn't her fault, but Hermione still felt like a failure. She was now sure that a shield charm could be made to protect from the curse but nowhere was there any hint of being able to break the enslavement. Unless the elf was given clothes by the wizard who cast the spell they would remain property of their master.
The hall was silent except for the two elves on the chair; they were quietly talking to each other while waiting on the inevitable. The bravery shown by the young elves while awaiting death was remarkable. Both suddenly started shaking and shouted together, "we will not obey, we would rather die free!"
Dylan and Freda stopped shaking as their bodies relaxed into each other, they had faced death the same way they faced life, together.
Dobby and Winky came forward and placed their hands on the young elves heads before Dobby spoke, "anyone using this curse against an elf will incur the wrath of the Elvin Nation, we declare a blood feud against the Dumbledore brothers."
Most wizards and witches in the hall were shocked; the mild mannered house elves had just declared a blood feud on one of the greatest wizards who ever lived.
Harry and Hermione came forward next and placed their hands on Dylan and Freda before Harry spoke, "the Noble and Ancient House of Potter wholeheartedly supports our friends of the Elvin Nation in their action against this curse. House Potter declares a blood feud against the Dumbledores."
Sharp intakes of breath could be heard all over the hall at Harry's statement but looks of disbelief accompanied Ragnok's walk towards the bodies of Dylan and Freda.
The leader of the goblins placed a hand on each of their heads before turning to make a statement to those present, "The Goblin Nation fully support our elvin friends in their action against this curse. The Goblin Nation declares a blood feud against the Dumbledores."
The die had been cast, anyone using this curse would have the elves, goblins and house Potter down on them. The wicked witch of the west could skywrite the curse above Diagon Alley (Surrender Dorothy) and no one would use it. The unforgivables cost you life in Azkaban, using this curse cost your life.
Rose Parkinson had planed on running her expose of Dumbledore in tomorrows issue but it would now be part of this story. It highlighted just how much impact the Potters have had on the wizarding world when the death of two elves was front-page news in the Daily Prophet.
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