321 Harry's Tears
Albus Dumbledore is the chief magician of the Wizengamot, a wizard's court where all wizards who have committed a mistake are interrogated, and a member of the Wizengamot, dressed in a fuchsia robe with a delicate silver embroidery on his left chest, votes for whether or not the person is at fault.
Peter Pettigrew will be judged here, once again.
Fudge and his lieutenant/chief Umbridge are said to be senior members of the group, and while Mycroft thinks it might be a bit of a hassle to meet them, as it wouldn't be good for him to be in the Wizengamot as they call a Muggle, he believes Dumbledore can handle it all.
In addition, Mycroft had to make sure that Peter Pettigrew would eventually return it to them, and he was too worried about the wizarding world, as there had already been two violent incidents in a prison alone, and he was worried about when he would receive another message of Peter Pettigrew's escape.
So instead of believing in the wizarding world, Mycroft actually believed in his own side of the ability.
The trial of Peter Pettigrew was in January of 2013, before Hogwarts had yet to start, and Dumbledore needed to get it done before the school was fully opened. During this time, Harry, Ron, and Hermione had already written to Ron, who was shocked by the incident, and Ron said that his brother in the Ministry of Magic, Percy Weasley, did not seem to be so positive about Fudge.
Percy became an assistant to the Ministry/Minister of Magic in the second half of 2012, and this official position sounds like a part-time close confidant of the Ministry/Minister of Magic, and Harry has met Percy a few times before, always following Fudge like a secretary.
Percy fell out with the family because of Fudge's affairs, and although he didn't move out, the relationship was very stiff.
He wouldn't tolerate anyone saying bad things about his subordinates, but Ron said that this time they were whispering about Azkaban when Percy overheard them, and if it had been before, he would have come over and argue with them, but this time he just looked at them and left.
Ron said that maybe Percy had discovered something, or had seen something clearly.
After reading Ron's letter, Harry asked his brother Harold, who still had some impressions of the young wizard, in his words, just a blind pursuit of power, but people don't seem to be a bad person, and they are a little eager to get things done, which is very common.
Harry looked at Harold with an old-fashioned look and tried to rub his cheeks, today was the day of Mycroft's trip to the Wizengamot, followed by Anthea. Given that Harold was about to leave for a study tour, McCroft tried not to give him too many tasks.
He wanted Harold to have a happy student life.
"By the way, has the school side been decided?"
Harold nodded, putting his phone and computer aside, leaning against Harry as if he were relying on his brother's little brother. He said helplessly: "It's all done, I also bought a villa very close to MIT, hired a housekeeper and a nanny, and don't need to worry about food, but after all, it's the United States, I'm actually worried about Tony...... You should know what happened before. β
Harry had also heard about what had happened before, Tony's biological father actually found here, it is said that he is still a very authoritative person, in fact, they went to the United States is equivalent to temporarily getting out of the protection of the family, and Mycroft's power is too big to really care about what happened across the ocean.
So when they got there, the only thing they could rely on was each other.
"We should all respect Tony's choice in this matter, and no matter what Tony's last name is, he is still our Tony."
Harry didn't know if he was enlightening himself or Harold, who was about to go to school with Tony, Raven hugged one of Harry's arms, and she whispered to Harold, "I saw that Tonnnny looked into the Stark family before, but he really didn't seem interested at all." β
Harry tapped Raven's head, "Going to peek at Tony again." β
"I just care."
Harry rubbed Raven's red hair, their little princess was the prettiest blue today, lying warm in her arms. Harry couldn't remember how long it had been since Raven had been what she was now, she was getting better at controlling herself, and she would never be the same again when she fell asleep.
"Tony is mature, you don't have to worry."
Harold stretched, and if anyone dared to hurt Tony under his nose, Harold promised that he would use all his strength to protect his little brother. Although Tony does seem to be more mature than Merlin, it doesn't prove that he can be bullied casually.
If it's something Tony doesn't want to do, no one can force/force him.
Harry was talking and laughing with his brothers, and learned a few things about their new school from Harold. Given that Harold and Tony were leaving at the start of the winter semester, Hannibal and Will, who were going to skip a grade, decided to enjoy a few years of high school like normal children.
They didn't choose a public school, they chose the school closest to their home.
Harold also gave Hannibal the phone number of the driver and some related people, and they tried to keep some things separate from McCroft's people, and Harold had just a group of people who could use it in this regard.
And by the time of next summer, Raven will also start junior high school life, and they need some necessary people around them.
Harold would have arranged everything properly even if he left, but because of Tony's affairs, he reined in his business in the United States and did not annex it as aggressively as before. According to what he had found, the Stark family had a lot of cooperation with the government, and it would have been easy for them to do anything to Harold's company.
Harold didn't think Howard Stark was a good man, after all, he was in the official arms/arms business, didn't he?
Since Howard thinks that he is Tony's guardian, it is very likely that he will use some small means to drag his child back to his side.
How could Harold not be guarded.
Speaking of which, Hannibal has been observing Harry's recent state, Harry secretly asked him for a test after he came back, no matter how Hannibal looked at Harry he didn't look like a dual personality patient, he changed many ways to stimulate Harry, but Harry gave the same reaction as he was usually familiar with.
So even Hannibal could only end up with the answer that Harry didn't have a dual personality.
She didn't tell Harry that she was secretly observing, and judging from what she said about her situation later, Harry's inadvertent mention of some of his concerns about the future should have touched Harry's strings, but Harry's performance didn't change in any way.
Hannibal sat there touching his chin and had many thoughts in his mind, such as magic and Harry's hallucination.
Will looked at the computer, then glanced at Hannibal, who was indeed worried about Harry.
Tony ran out of the room, he went to the kitchen to walk around Reestrade with Merlin, and then dragged Reestrade by the corner of his clothes and said coquettishly that he hoped Reestrade could send him and Harold, anyway, this trip would take more than half a year, and he would be homesick.
Merlin grimaced over there that Tony was a baby who hadn't grown up, and even coquettishly asked Dad to send him to school, and said that he was homesick.
Adhering to the excellent tradition of the Lestrade family, Tony began to expose Merlin, "I miss home?! I don't know who said in the two-way mirror that he wanted to go home for Christmas, and he hugged Dad during the summer vacation and kicked Mycroft out to sleep on the couch. β
Who wouldn't expose it, anyway, their family has always been like this, their brothers can only be bullied by themselves, and if they are bullied by outsiders, they will bear the anger from the Lestrade family. Merlin immediately pounced to cover Tony's mouth, but Tony was much quicker to react, and he immediately ducked behind Lestrade when he saw Merlin about to pounce.
Lestrade was preparing dessert for them, and when Tony shook him like this, he pinched Tony's cheek with his floured hand and said, "I rejected Tony's request to live with me." β
Tony sighed, immediately hugged Reestrade and said, "Dad, how can you go back on your word, you promised me to let me sleep next to you for a few days." β
Lestrade looked at Tony who was jumping and winked at Merlin on the other side, Merlin covered his mouth and snickered, and then let Tony bully him, and said that he was a child who didn't grow up, obviously himself!
Lestrade asked Tony and Merlin to put the little dessert in the oven, and he went to warm up a glass of milk for his imps, and when he went out, he saw Saul and Loki napping on the balcony. It was just the best time for the sun, and Thor and Loki were asleep with their eyes closed on the thick carpet.
Lestrade put the milk aside, took off his shoes, picked up the blanket from the couch, and quietly walked over to Thor and Loki, covering them with the blanket, and the living room gradually fell silent. Raven was the first to run over, she pounced barefoot to Lestrade's side, and the red-haired and blue-skinned Raven looked at Loki's intimacy with obvious intimacy.
She rubbed down beside Loki and yanked at the corner of Loki's coat.
The carpet had only been laid two years earlier, and since Tony sometimes liked to lay on his stomach on the floor/play with his computer, Lestrade and McCroft discussed it and laid a thick carpet in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, enough for the whole family to roll on it.
Raven and Tony also cautiously came over, Merlin and Tony lay side by side on Lestrade's lap, and then the two of them faced each other face to face, you poke me and I pushed you, and then covered my mouth and shook my shoulders to prevent myself from laughing.
Harold was already a little sleepy, and he was going to go back to sleep, but seeing that his Dad and brothers were here, he went over to find a comfortable place and snatched some quilts from Loki and Saul to cover them.
Will closed the computer, he tilted his head and stood up and took Hannibal's hand, Hannibal knew what Will meant, and went to have a good time, but he didn't actually like to be too close to people, the more normal it was.
Hannibal smiled as Reestrade patted Tony and Merlin on the head and pulled the quilt against Raven's body. Will turned his head to look at Hannibal, the smile was genuine, and Hannibal found his own warmth here.
He dragged Hannibal over, and Will knew that Hannibal wanted to go too.
The two of them didn't lie down, just sat quietly watching the traffic outside the floor-to-ceiling windows.
Harry was the last to come, and he rubbed his eyes, and the image felt warm no matter how you looked at it.
Lestrade beckoned to Harry, who took off his shoes and walked barefoot, how long had it been since they had gathered around Lestrade like this. Harry sat very close to Lestrade and looked at his father, the man he respected most.
Lestrade was originally silver-haired, but I don't know why it seems that Harry can tell the difference between silver and white hair now, and it turns out that I don't know when their Dad is also old, and he is no longer the hot-blooded little cop he used to be.
Harry lay down, tugging at Lestrade's hand and looking at the calloused on his hand.
He pressed his face to Lestrade's palms, which were no longer as delicate as before, covered with calluses and wrinkles, but the only thing that remained the same as when he was a child was that these hands were still so warm.
Harry closed his eyes, wondering if the sun was so warm at noon today, he wanted to cry a little.
Feeling the wetness on his hands, he pinched Harry's cheek, Harry has always been a strong child and rarely cries, and he has been so sensible since he was a child, and sometimes he feels distressed. He knew what kind of responsibility he needed to shoulder as his elder brother, and he knew that he should protect his younger brother.
There are some things in school that are not good news, and Lestrade also feels this, and he doesn't want them to worry.
"I will always be your supporter, and you will always be the driving force for me to become stronger."
The little ghosts of the Lestrade family closed their eyes when they heard this, Harry buried his head in his arm and gritted his teeth and began to cry, in fact, he has experienced a lot this year, isn't it, there are some things that only he can carry by himself, maybe in the eyes of outsiders, each of them can hold up a piece of the sky, but by Lestrade's side they are children.
Hannibal turned his head away, and Greg Lestrade was the first and last man who would say this to him, and he held Will's hand tightly. Will looked at Hannibal with his back to him, wondering what he was thinking, would it ...... Cry? Like Harry is now.
Will didn't know what to say, it turned out that there were really people who treated them as children, someone who was strong for them, just to protect them, and that person also told them that no matter what kind of grievances they suffered outside, he was their backer.
That's why Hannibal likes this home so much, and sees him as the last harbor of his soul.
Will wondered if God thought he owed him and Hannibal before, so that they would wake up with their memories and meet this man?
Will also closed his eyes and leaned himself towards Hannibal's place, would he be laughed at if he cried now......
When McCroft came back, he felt that the house was quiet, and this time was the time for afternoon tea, shouldn't it be lively? Could it be that those bear children in their family have changed sex today?
After he changed his shoes and entered the room, he saw the scene in front of the window, he was stunned and did not move forward, but went to the bedroom wearing only socks, and he took out a single-lens reflex camera to completely preserve this scene.
Lestrade opened his eyes when he felt someone approaching, and Mycroft stood not far away smiling at him, and the bear children of their family had not yet woken up, and did not know when everyone was asleep, including him. Lestrade thought that it must be the sun that was so warm today that he was so obsessed with it.
Mycroft tiptoed the camera aside, bowed his head and exchanged kisses with Lestrade.
He looked at the children who were sleeping in strange shapes, and he was smiling, and Merlin had Tony's legs on his stomach, and Merlin was frowning all the time, probably having nightmares. Raven was lying in Loki's arms and drooling, and Mycroft thought of Loki and others waking up and blowing up, Loki's whole person leaned on Thor, and Thor opened his mouth and snored without being affected by Loki at all.
Harold slept very well, Hannibal and Will were facing each other like twins, and Harry had rolled to the side, his hands on the stall as if he were looking for something.
Mycroft smiled and sat aside, not in a hurry to do anything else, but followed his lover to look at the group of bear children.
The two of them interlocked their fingers, did not speak, and did not make more intimate movements, but it was precisely because of this that Mycroft felt calm and happy, he was not a person who liked the kind of vigorous love, in Mycroft's opinion, love is actually home after all.
He likes the atmosphere of home, maybe there is a person who can give you vigorous love, but he can't give you a home.
"How's it going?"
Given that none of the little angels in their family had woken up, they both kept their voices down as they talked, and Lestrade asked McCroft about the Wizengamot court today, and how Peter Pettigrew was doing.
Mycroft shrugged, "The man has been brought back, and Peter Pettigrew confessed to everyone about Voldemort's return, as well as everything he had done, and the names of some of the Death Eaters. β
Mycroft was amused by the panicked expressions of those who thought they were in control, there was no lie in such a courtroom, so even if Fudge didn't want to believe it, he had to admit Voldemort's return.
And all that she's done before...... In fact, they are just destroying their future.
"Malfoy ...... too"
Mycroft shook his head, he had taken Harry to see Pettigrew before and he had done something to him, Pettigrew couldn't name Malfoy, and Snape. It's time not to let Malfoy be a spy or a Death Eater, either of them would be a danger to them.
"I've already arranged it, and no one knows about it."
Lestrade nodded, if it was McCroft who thought of it, there was no need to worry.
"Dumbledore told me that Fudge would probably announce his resignation in a short time, and that it would be best for him to hold his last face."
Rather than being ousted after Voldemort came back in the open, it is better to voluntarily give up his rights at this time, at least to leave a good impression in the hearts of some people.
"After Fudge steps down, are you sure that the one you support will come to power?"
Mycroft nodded, "Because there are very few people who can take over the Ministry of Magic at such a special time other than him, I thought the concern is that his relationship with Dumbledore is not very close, it is obvious that we can't fully trust the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic, the Battle of London has taught us a lesson." β
Mycroft said a lot, if they really choose to believe a person, they will choose Dumbledore instead of the Ministry of Magic, at least the people in the Ministry of Magic still value power, although Dumbledore has a lot of ideas and means, but in general he still cares about the development of the little wizard and the entire wizarding world.
So he did want to trust Dumbledore more than the Ministry of Magic.
Lestrade made a silent gesture to McCroft as he watched the bears move, and he tugged at the man's tie and bit him on the lip, "Okay, you can also close your eyes and rest for a while, and when the little ones are about to get up, you said you can't be quiet before dinner." β
McCroft looked at his fiancΓ© and nodded, he closed his eyes and leaned on Lestrade's shoulder, smelling the faint smell of men's perfume on his body, inexplicably reassuring.