Minister Cornelius Oswald Fudge was not a happy minister, as he walked around his desk, which was overflowing with letters, looking on his guest: “Will you please answer why I was not informed about the existence of an Empire named Jurai and that Harry Potter is a member of its imperial family”?
The head of the Department of Mysteries looked on the minister with a slight frown: “Sir, you are not classified for information about Jurai, and for the status of Lord Harry Potter, we had no intelligence regarding his mother’s family. The former lady Potter, née Evans, was assumed to be of purely muggle background. I regret that her family has not been examined in total, but there has never been reason to do that before now”.
Fudge said: “And if I am not cleared, who is, if I may ask?”
The head answered: “The Prime minster, I and my counter parts in the muggle civil service, Sir”.
Fudge, pointing to the letters on his desk, said: “And how do you think I should be able to answer all these letters then? I even got an owl from Lord Malfoy to my own home before breakfast. I want some answers. Prepare a brief I can send to the members of the Wizengamot. Include anything about the Evans family background. And the Empire of Jurai, and its Imperial family. Is there any marriages contract for the Potter boy? How much money is in his vaults and so on? Everything you have”.
“Sir, we will do our best, but due to the sensitive nature, it must be limited. Jurai is not to be trifled with and absolutely no one disturbs prince Masaki and his family”, answered the leader.
Fudge said: “Why not, what can they do?”
“Everything and beyond. If the minister remember the disturbance there was some time ago in the Time Room” said the head.
Fudge answered: “I was informed that nothing had happened”.
The head laughed: “In our existing timeline, no Sir, since they changed our timeline. Don’t ask me how they did it, since what they did should be impossible, and we don’t know what it was, that they changes, since we have no memory of it. We only know something fundamentally has changes on a macro-level due to the changes in the crystal bell jar in the Time room”.
Fudge said: “Give me what you can; I need to be seeing doing something”.
“Yes, minister”, said the head and left the office. Fudge went to his bar and took a bottle of his best and a glass. It would be another one of these days. The Triwizard Tournament should have raised his approval rating, not create another fine mess, as his late squib uncle would have said. Funny the way, he had thoughts about his squib uncle lately.
Scene shift
Lord Malfoy, who was sitting in his office, put the file he had been reading on his desk and put his hands behind his head, leaning back in his chair. So much work, so much money, a lifetime spent on controlling the society of English wizard. This was even worse than the mess with Lord Voldemort. Talk about trying to ride the tiger. That foolish boy has this time not just changed the flow of the game, but the entire game.
Maybe he should just drop it. Maybe he should retire. Greece is a nice place, lot of magical sight, tolerant of sexual preferences and he could get some hobbies, grow daffodils. But his hobbies were manipulation, corruption, extortion and seduction as it was for all of the Malfoy line.
How could he get in this new game? If he had a daughter as Narcissa had suggest instead of a son, then yes, but at that time he had been confident, that a son was the best way to ensure the Malfoy legacy. Hmm, his son, there was potion for that kind of problems. How then to engineer a deadly situation.
Wheels started to spin. It was good to be part of the game one more. Narcissa would understand it was for the best of Draco.
Scene shift
Lady Malfoy, née Black, who was standing in the boudoir, put the file on her table and went out on the balcony, which gave a good view of the grounds. She could see one of the peacocks by the fountain. It reminded her once again of her husband. She probably had to do something or her husband would make a mess out of it again. Maybe it was time to terminate her tolerance of Lucius and his hobbies.
If she had a daughter the plot would have been easy, but she had a son, and the wealth that was Malfoy would be his. Unfortunaly her son was also a bit arrogant and stupid. If she had not bribed the Sorting Hat, Draco and his servant would probably have been sorted in to Hufflepuff.
And Draco had annoyed that Potter boy again and again. If Potter came to rule Earth. Or that Jurai Empire. Rulers were known to remember. Potter had to get another, more positive view of Draco, fast.
Hmm, the Potter boy was young. She was probably not young enough to become a companion, even if she would be a very good Empress. But who ruled the king and emperors, their wife’s or their mistress? This way she didn’t have to get into a deadly situation with him. No, let other run the risk, while you reap the benefits. After all young men needed training and older women were quite the rage she had heard. She had always looked good in black. That and her riding whip. Had to start up softly with him. Now, how to arrange a meeting?
Scene shift
Madam Malkin went through her orders. She loved it when the fashion changes fast, as it resulted in more galleons, and especially when it changes in such an interesting way.
Oh, another leather west, in black this time with accessories in the form of 10 meters of chain, also black, with a permanent feather-light spell and a bull-whip, in black with silver nits. She did know that girl; she was a dear but had some serious challenges regarding her weight and maybe some of her compatriots would be evil enough to suggest that she reminded of a hag, instead of politely mention that she had big bones.
Maybe she should send the order with some kind word of encouragement and some tips & tricks of how to catch a boy by the use of a whip. Her husband had never complained about her weight, her looks or how she used her whip. Dionysus bee praised.
Scene shift
Gryffindor common rum had a rather low level of noise than normally, which could be cause by the fact that most of the present girls - and some boy’s - was following a conversation between Hermione and Ginny.
Hermione, who was sitting in a couch and petting Crookshanks, said: “No Ginny. That you have been rescued by Harry doesn’t mean that you can be sure to marry him”.
Ginny who was standing angry before Hermione responded: “But he did rescue me from a deadly situation just like you”.
Hermione took a deep breath: “I will spell it out for you. That you have been rescued only create a life debt from you to him. Turning that into the single foundation of a marriage is very bad. You must be able to communicate, you must have some shared beliefs and some shared interest, including a sexual interest in each other”.
Ginny started to blush, as she said: “Sexual interest in each others?”
“Yes”, said Hermione, “Modern marriages are based on the romantic idea of love, not on the alliance of families, which still seems to be having some effect in the world of wizardry. Marriages based on love require sex as a value in itself, not for the sake of progeny. Remember that Harry as other boys in his age’s group is just starting to develop their sexual preferences, as we girls are normally one to two year ahead of them.”
Ginny said: “Sexual preferences?”
Hermione continued her lecture in a common room, which was now completely silent: “Yes, preferences. Harry will probably develop a preference for specific attributes in girls; many boys develop preference for the size of breasts, or back-end, neck, hair and so on. Typical a preference or a set of preferences in a boy is based on his first experiences of a sexual nature”.
Ginny asked: “So if a hag like Millicent gave him the first experiences, he would have a preference for fat girls?”
Hermione frowned as she answered: “Millicent is not fat; she is larges for her ages because of her bone-structure. You should be more considered in your langues. And yes, there are guys who love larges girls. And remember it isn’t even sure that Harry will be interested in girls, he may develop a sexual preference for his own sex”. Collin started to smile, as he head that
Ginny said: “Uh, what are we to do about it, then”.
Hermione answered: “Que sera sera. But I am willing to help you and any others who need help in learning the tradition of Jurai, since it is important in a marriage to respect each other’s cultural background. I tried the library, but they had no books on Jurai, not even in the restricted section. I then looked for books about Japanese culture, since prince Masaki and his companions should be in Japan, but the Rawenclaws had gotten there first, so any books about Japanese culture is lent out for the next 2 weeks.
Hermione’s lecture created many thoughts among the listeners and were quickly spread to the other houses, in several difference versions, of cause.
Scene shift
Rawenclaw Tower, the Research Council.
“You think we can get research grants out of the Ministry for that?” asked the youngest members of the council”.
“Yes”, said Davies as he smiled and continued: “If we play this right, we have a new bear in the forest to sell to the tax-payer”.
The other nodded. Since the fall of Voldemort, grants had dried out; instead the money had been used on frivolous thing like hosting the World-Cup and now the Tri-Wizard Tournament.
Davis said: “We have to ensure that there are many loose ends in the news, which force the politician to address the problems described.
The first years are going through the book, there was in the library. Then there are the materials in our library, which the second years are checking. We have received promise of material from friends in the Department of Mysteries, who will ensure that any ideas are brought on the table. The third years are stand-by for checking that”.
The youngest member raised her voice again: “Any possibilities of grant for study in Japan out of this? After all, they have several magical universities”.
Davis answered: “God point. We should get it in as a proposal for the Wizengamot next budget meeting. Any other ideas?”
The youngest asked one more question: “What if any of us want to research the curse or blessing on Potter?”
Davis smiled once again as he answered: “I would say that is a good study object. Come up with a plan and we discuss it.
I am personally using the opportunity granted by the Tri-Wizard Tournament to study the effect of Weela on the human male, courtesy of the Department of Magical Games and Sports, after I suggest that the Weela presence by the World Cup had a negative effect on the play. 100 galleons for 10 pages of thing we know”. General laughter could be heard from the members.
Davis also laughed and said: “If that was all, let get busy designing our bear. Remember that our new bear must be dangerous but defeat able or tamable, if we just get the resource to do the research. Do it well, this is our ticket to grants”.
The council ended its meeting. There was research to do.
Scene shift
Daphne Greengrass looked upon her fellow female snakes, who was trying out different sort of dresses, which according to the rumors should be the dress used by the female partner in a Jurai marriage. She had to accept that Millicent was doing it quite well, as Millicent had attracted the eyes of several of the boys who normally wouldn’t look at her. She would have to pick her brain latter discreetly. Legilimency were after all such a useful skill.
Her source mentioned that the prince has said “female companions”. That indicated a group marriage between the prince and several females in order to ensure the best chances of strong children. She quite approve of the goddess way of thinking. It was quite Slytherin. So she had to accept to be one of many, but that didn’t matter, as long as she was the first lady.
Potter thou seemed to be immune to poisons, maybe because the different potions he regularly got poisoned with, canceled each outer out or had caused Potter to developed resistance against them, or he had some really nifty spells to detect their presence in his food and drink and vanish them, since several girls had been trying to get his attention since the matter with him being the heir of Slytherin.
She after all earned good galleons on providing Amortentia and other potions of god quality, of cause quite legal to deliver, in her discreet service to the unsure girl – or boy, so she had quite good intelligence about who were poisoning who, for what reasons. Information’s that also earned her a galleon or two from interested parties from time to time.
Draco was now making noises about doing something against Potter. His grand schemes normally failed miserably and so, she stayed away from them as much as possible, unless they benefited her with either money or fun, preferable both.
Her little sister had actually been quite taken with the looks of Draco on the train station this year. Maybe she should start poison him up, so he would fall for little Astoria in time. The fortunes of Malfoy would provide well for her sister.
On the other hand, she quite did like the sound of “Empress Daphne” and in that case, her sister could become more useful for her. After all, marriages between nobles in a family alliance were one thing. Another was the marriages of state between royal houses.
But how did she arrange for a situation where Potter could save her from a deadly situation, without running any risk personally? Were there special magical conditions required in a deadly situation to create a binding between a Jurai prince and a companion?
She had to check up with her sources, if they had gained some insight into the questions, before she made her plot. Good preparation was half the job.
Scene shift
The commando rum for a better tomorrow, also known by the name of “Hufflepuff common room”, was silent, as Diggory gave the situation review for the new day at the meeting table:
“Our plan to expand Hufflepuffs reputation, influence and values worked well, since we succeeded in confounding the Goblet of Fire, so it only could choose a Hufflepuff as the representative of Hogwart. How Potter then got entered was mysterious, but the following situation, where Potter was identified as a member of a family, who are blessed or cursed by a higher being, explain some of the histories regarding “the boy who lived”. While our original goal no longer can be reached, the new situation creates much larger possibilities for Hufflepuff.
To not raise suspicion we have leaked several different version of what happened into the Hogwart rumor mill. Likewise we have allowed the Rawenclaws to borrow all material from the library, since we expect that Rawenclaw as usual is not able to keep any relevant information back, as they can’t resist the opportunity to show off”.
“Thank you for your review, leader Diggory” said the great leader. Is there anyone who has anything to contribute?”
A finger was raised. “Yes, agent Abbott”, said the great leader.
“I have a muggle cousin, who is what they called an Otaku. That means he is a fan of Japan comic and animation. I have read some of his comics. A lot of them are about a boy who is abused by several girls”, said Abbott.
“Yes”, said the great leader: “The authorities in Japan have always been more relaxed in upholding the secrecy laws of ICW, claiming that magical girls and certain objects and rituals are an integrated part of japans cultural heritages. Agent Abbot, please see if you can get more information on the subject from you cousin”.
The great leader looked on the agents and leaders, while continuing to talk: “As leader Diggory said, the situation with Potter opens the doors to new possibilities. Some of you will be asked to approach Potter. Agent Bones, due to the size of your breast and you hair color, I think you may the first to try to get into a deadly situation together with Potter. But remember, take care. All of you, take care, and remember, what we do is for the common good”.
All agents and leaders bowed their heads, as it echoed through the room: “The common good”
Scene shift
Dumbledore stood by the bed in the infirmary, looking on the sleeping Harry. He turned to Madam Pomfrey and asked: “I thought Harry had been released this morning?”
Madam Pomfrey: “The poor dear was, and everything went well until after lunch”.
Dumbledore asked: “What happened then?”
“He went outside to get some fresh air after his meal. Unfortunately he ran into the study group Miss Ganger had just organized in cooperation with Miss Bulstrode on the use of bull-whips” answered Madam Pomfrey.
Dumbledore said: “And?”
“Well, when he saw them, he screamed “The Universe is out to get me” and collapsed. I think it is best that he get time to get this out of his system, rather than using a pepper-up potion on him” said Madam Pomfrey.
“Very well, I leave him your capable hands then” said Dumbledore and left the infirmary. Dumbledore reminded himself, that he had to award Miss Ganger and Miss Bulstrode 10 point each by dinner, for their co-operation across houses.
Madam Pomfrey smiled as Dumbledore left, went over to her table and started to open the package she had ordered. Yes her hands were rather nice, strong and very flexible. The whip fitted her hand very well.
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