Chapter 1

Jade regarded the factor of the Von Strang holdings with dislike.

Martin Scheimig was oleaginous to her but he had the eyes of a bully and he spoke eagerly of how he managed to get maximum rents for minimum outlay.

"Very well, Herr Scheimig, you have presented me with the accounting as I have asked; and now I believe I can dispense with both your services and the two enforcers I apparently employ through you" she said.

Scheimig goggled.

"But Fraulein Von Strang…"

"FRAU Baronin Professor Von Strang und Luytens if you please" said Jade firmly. "I and my husband will administer the estates until such time as I have found someone who suits me better."

"Your father never had any complaints when he was still alive" said Scheimig sulkily.

"As Freiherr Attila Von Strang, whose blood I prefer to forget flows in my veins, looked like a half troll, smelled like a half troll and had as many wits as a half troll I doubt he could even spell the word complaint" said Jade coldly. "I dispense with your services; my husband will see you off my premises. I will collect the next rents myself and undertake an inspection also. You had better hope that your costing of minimum outlay does not include leaving buildings in a dangerous state otherwise you will be subject to a law suit from me to make that good; or alternatively you could try to reach the border before I find out and catch up with you. Good day."

The stern looking man with a scar down the left hand side of his face got up and edged the erstwhile factor out of the room.

"He is efficient enough; why have you fired him, Frau Professor?" said the lawyer, Lothar Schlange.

"Because he enjoys bullying my tenants, Herr Schlange" said Jade "And that is something I abhor. One has noblesse oblige towards one's dependants."

"Most of these scum are but goblins, Baronin" said Schlange.

"Excuse me? And what part of noblesse oblige do you fail to understand? You are of such undistinguished blood that you do not perceive that there is an obligation to all? Perhaps I shall be seeking a new Anwalt to deal with my legal affairs too" said Jade. It was quite fun to be Nefrita Von Strang and all sneeringly hochgeborn at those who were bullies to their underlings; but to sack factor and solicitor both was a bit radical. She needed to have this Schlange kept well under her thumb until she was ready to find a better legal representative. She had a financial advisor already; Ruprecht Schutzmann was happy to come to work independently for a witch who not only did not mind him being civil to goblins but actively encouraged it. He had asked if he might employ Torik the Counter as an assistant, and Jade had every intention of sending Torik to collect rents in the future. After he had calculated how much needed to be spent on making good the buildings she apparently owned now. But she wanted to see for herself; and would take Ruprecht and Torik with her as well as Wulf. And probably Torik's cheeky son Alrik who was capable of finding out a lot, and maybe his friend Fyra who was the daughter of a goblin called Neric.

She had Neric on her pay roll too, in Munich's Koboldstrasse, as an intelligencer and to seek out children deserving of a place in the new school she would be setting up not the coming academic year but the one after.

Ruprecht was personally loyal to her too; his little sister had been Jade's fag and she had confided in him that Nefrita Von Strang was a fiction but that the English wanted to help equality in Germany without embarrassing the German people by pushing in too obviously. He had accepted that enthusiastically; had not the English helped out surreptitiously when Odessa moved in on the German Ministry of Magic, and helped to create a new order with a bit more even-handedness then had ever been done before? And now he might claim Torik as a friend too, and know that his children would be educated, either in the school of Herr Professor Snape whose daughter Jade was, or in the new school that was to be set up. He sat and tried not to sneer openly at the stupid lawyer.

Jade had a few things to do over the holidays – there was to be the ritual to put the ghost of Seth Carter into his cremated bones to be reborn as Seth Dumbledore; and the weddings of the year at Malfoy Manor, where the true heir to the Von Strang property, Erich, was marrying his Tala. Erich wanted nothing to do with the Von Strang inheritance; he preferred to be Erich Snape, oldest adopted son of Severus and Jade's much loved brother. He had a half brother and sister; but Erwin was too busy working as a freelance curse breaker to want to administer properties, and Helga would not leave school until she completed her NEWTs this year. And Jade proposed to make over disposable assets to all the true Von Strangs, even though none of them cared that much.

There were others Jade was fond of who were getting married; Dimsie Burke to Lee Nuffield, Harmony Bloom to Percy Weasley; and Lionel Dell unofficially to his three women, and his cousin Grigs to Cholaka. It was nice to support friends. But she would stay only for the ceremonies; which would not be long after they chanted up a true body for Seth.

And she might visit some properties first.

Jade went first to view the tumbledown cottages that were those of the estate workers on the actual Von Strang estates, who farmed and provided food and basic essentials. Most of the tenants here were low born wizards; and a few goblins. The spirit seemed neighbourly as she observed from a distance, largely because under hardship, they could hardly afford not to be. The cottages were in poor repair.

Jade whistled to a small boy who was driving geese.

He ran over, pulling his forelock.

"Gracious and noble witch, what is your wish?" he asked.

"First tell me your name, small gooseherd" said Jade.

"I am called Hasso son of Anselm, noble one" said the boy.

"Well then Hasso son of Anselm, who must surely be Hassi to shout to in fond exasperation, tell me; are all of this village of the Zaubervolk or do muggles reside also?"

"Well, Gracious Lady, it depends how you will muggles define" said Hasso.

"I would define muggles as those who can do no magic at all" said Jade.

He brightened.

"Then there are in the village no muggles; but there are those, most indeed, who have very mixed blood. Once they do say the village was all muggle but the lords of the castle have used village girls and their blood is in us all therefore that we can all do some; though of course we are not permitted wands."

"Excuse me? Not permitted?"

"The lords have never permitted wands for mudbloods, Gracious Lady, any more than for goblins" said Hasso.

"Well, my lad, that is about to change!" said Jade "Go forth straightway unto every villager, human and goblin, and bid them assemble in the square unless that they be sick or of great eld when their fellows shall bear tidings; tell them that the recently proven Baronin Von Strang und Luytens wishes to address her people."

Hasso almost fell over in shock and bowed very low before dashing off, his geese forgotten.

Jade absently confunded them and herded them together so they should not wander off. Hasso might collect them and lead them from their light compulsion not to wander far without guidance.

She made her way to the village square; and delicately walked up non-existent steps and seated herself demurely in mid air to await her dependants.

They hastened fearfully to bow and curtsey in a display of grovelling that horrified Jade. She used the sonorous charm to ensure her voice be heard by all.

"A simple greeting of courtesy is all I require good people of Strangsdorf" she said. "I am Nefrita Von Strang und Luytens; here too is my husband with our son, your heir" she indicated Wulf with Ralph in his arms. "I come to make myself known to you; and to tell you my plans. First of all, I shall send my new factor, Herr Schutzmann and his assistant Herr Torik amongst you to find out what needs there are in your dwellings; that seem to be many at first glance. The factor previously employed is an inadequate and a bully; and I have fired him. Should he come round here it is my will that you throw him in the pond and send him on his way with good wooden field clogs."

"Excuse, gracious Baronin, but he has a wand" ventured an ageing worthy.

"And as soon as I may I shall send a wand maker to equip you all too" said Jade. "It is as yet the law that only educated goblins may bear wand; but if any goblins on my lands will put in time to study to the level considered acceptable, then they shall too win that right. I purpose to turn the castle into a school; a school for those whose blood is not pure to however many generations Durmstrang demands; and friends of mine from Durmstrang and from England will come to help me teach. This will take some time; and two friends of mine shall oversee the changes. They look like this" and she cast up an illusion of Annett and Mortimer.

"He is part goblin!" someone gasped.

"One quarter" said Jade "His parents were married; such is not unknown in England. Mortimer holds five NEWTs, the equivalent of ZH's; he is well qualified to teach. Naturally I shall give priority to my own people in school; it is my hope that in a generation all the people here will achieve at least a level of a new exam, the ZAP, the Zauberkunst Allegemein Prüfung, which is the equivalent of the English DOE, a general attainment in five subjects to a level a year or so below ZP's. This is the level required for a goblin to hold a wand. ZP's may be taken alongside as well of course; but since the school will not open for a whole year, you are of course more concerned about the state of your roofs and the woodwork of your door and window frames; and I am concerned that I look and see what appear to be outside privies and I have from the map of the village no map of drains. Have you then vanishing charms in your toilets?"

"No Frau Baronin, only earth that we dig out to fertilise the land" said the same aged worthy.

"Hmmph" said Jade "And not so good for the growth as animal manure; though no reason not to place an engulfing charm to pile all ordure, including that shovelled out of byres into a good silo to rot down and mature for better use as fertiliser. That I can see to readily once your cottages are improved. Have you indoor water?"

"No Frau Baronin; we must go to the village pump" said the old man.

"Iniquitous! I knew the old fool thought he was a medieval despot, but I did not know how much!" said Jade angrily "All cottages will have faucets with water summoning spells on them and too a dial to turn for a warming charm. It gets cold here in winter; hot water on tap to wash in is an essential, no point wasting cauldron space on the fire that could have stew on the go. It won't go to boiling – for safety reasons, in case children play with it. You will have to boil water for drinks and cooking as everyone does" she added "Good worthy, how are you called?"

"I am Guthlac the toothless" said the old man.

"Toothless? Come to me" Jade walked down her invisible steps "Open up, Guthlac" she said.

The old man did so obediently. Jade tutted. There were several painful looking rotting stumps.

Jade used a medical vanishing on the rotten teeth and performed a quick transfiguration to his jaw.

He gasped.

"This will be a little painful for a few days; even as it is for a baby for a number of weeks" said Jade "Though I have made the way for your new teeth to come through easier and I have speeded up the growth for I wager you will prefer a higher level of pain for a few days and be able to eat steak by the end of the week than to have nagging discomfort for weeks. You will teeth even as an infant does for a full new set of teeth; the old poisoned stumps I have sent away."

Guthlac knelt and kissed her hands.

"Baronin, now I need not expect to die of starvation, but as you not mind me speaking out, yet will I do if you will it!"

"No need of this kissing my hands!" said Jade "Is it not my duty of care to my tenants? And I am angered to think that you have expected to die for want of a simple medical transfiguration! I am glad someone will tell me like it is; and I thank you! When you all have wands, simple medical spells will I teach; and now I had better move amongst you all and see who else has problems that need healing!"

And then she was moving among them, stopping suddenly by the pregnant woman to lay a hand on her belly and concentrate.

"It does not hurt!" gasped the woman.

"You will not now lose the baby and he should be healthy" said Jade. "Moreover, with good midwifery spells you will be at no risk at the birth as you were before; is anyone here capable of midwifery spells?"

An older woman curtseyed.

"Frau Baronin, I try; but without a wand it is hard" she said.

Jade looked at her in interest.

"What is your name?" she asked "Few of us are capable of casting without wands; I am intrigued by one who has learned to do so on her own."

"I am Mechtilda" said the woman. "I am born of the last two pure muggles; they are dead. HE hunted them. I was young then; just thirteen. I determined that I would not be helpless."

"Quite right Mechtilda" said Jade "The previous Baron was a nasty piece of work; it shames any who bear his blood. But as I suspect at least half the village is in that situation from one degree or another, we declare him an evil that is gone and move on from it. I will have you a wand soonest; I am no expert but as you have bent without breaking I suspect that willow with griffon mane core will do you just nicely. Griffons are notable for their bravery and tenacity. I know the symbolism at least" she added. "I will send a wand maker for everyone but you shall have – no, you shall use my wand in the meantime until one is made for you" she handed it over "To heal as you may. You shall walk with me and I shall be careful to use the incantations that are necessary so you may learn. I am rather good at medical transfigurations; and I rarely need to use a wand. Because I am THAT good" she added. "See this child with the twisted hip? That is simple to do; come little spatzi, let me see thy problem" she said running a hand down the child's body. "Point the wand and say 'Specialis Revelio' Mechtilda; that is the revellaspell and it will show you much. See the brown line there that tells you that the little one is malnourished? The hip is twisted, see on that pattern there, because the spine itself is twisted. So you will not heal the hip directly, but by concentrating on the spine and where it meets the pelvis" Jade absently drew out a picture of the child's skeleton in mid air "And here lies the problem. For such, it will hurt the little sparrow less if we make a chant, that also needs not a wand, though a wand may help those unfamiliar with the skill."

Quickly, Jade devised a straightening chant and called upon any who could recall the words and hold the rhythm to chant; and soon the spine straightened and the child stood up taller.

"And you must exercise but not too much, little sparrow" said Jade "Because you must strengthen the muscles. You have learned to run crooked; you must learn to run straight and in a year or less you will run as fast as any of your friends and learn to carry any load you need to also."

Mechtilda was overcome. She had never held a wand before; but she could feel the coursing power in it, knew that with this, when Edhild came to her time she would have no difficulty saving her life!

And Jade passed on amongst the villagers healing what was necessary; standing stock still and gazing at one woman and circling her and chanting with deep concentration until the woman cried out, covered her eyes and then uncovered them again.

"Why – I did not realise that I saw so little!" she cried "And – and my head does not hurt! Oh Frau Baronin!" and she fell to her knees.

Jade heaved her up.

"It was a growth on the brain" she said "BEYOND you, Mechtilda, without serious study; and I would like you to study in the school to be a proper healer for the village if you are willing."

"Oh Baronin! I would give anything for such a chance!" cried Mechtilda.

"Good; now I need to know how many are literate?" asked Jade.

"Why none of us, Baronin: what peasant needs to read?" said old Guthlac.

Jade snorted; placed her hand on his head and transferred full knowledge of how to read and how to teach it to him; and on due consideration did so to Mechtilda too.

"Guthlac, you are the village schoolmaster" said Jade "I will pay you to instruct all children and such adults as wish it for two hours every day; and for the adults, when they might fit in such time as they may. How can I teach them magic when they are of an age to learn if they cannot read?"

"One needs to read to learn to cast spells Gracious Baronin?" asked Guthlac.

"Most certainly; any idiot with a modicum of magic can manage some spells, even as any idiot can cast seeds upon the ground, yet it takes skill to see that they are properly broadcast, on good ground that has been properly prepared, and then guarded from birds and pests, and kept free of weed" said Jade "Any idiot can throw off simple charms, but without study of the reasons behind each spell, it is hard to progress to a higher level, or to invent a spell for a particular task in hand. There are books to be read and the teachers too must read essays their students write to see if the children have understood what they are taught or only nod politely for fear of speaking out. And there will be so many spells to learn, if they are not written down, it is hard to learn them and remember which one to use in any situation; for the learning is intensive. One looks back and says to one's self 'ah, that is a useful spell I shall use it to remind myself how good it is' and then it may become second nature. Chants too often must be written down; the length of words in them is important and designing them carefully is imperative. I have been chanting a long time; mostly in healing magic, so I could easily find a healing chant for both the small one and this woman with the tumour; even as you will glance at the sky and know how long it is until it is going to rain. You scarcely have to think. For a twisted spine, nor hardly do I. For a tumour, that was harder and you must have noticed I had to concentrate. I think I can say without boasting most people would have had to prepare a written chant taking some quarter of an hour or so to calculate. I calculate rapidly in my head."

"If I may say so, my dear" interposed Wulf "Most people even those trained in chanting would not have a clue how to begin healing a tumour; you forget just how experienced you are" he looked at the villagers "The Frau Baronin is probably the most skilled witch you will ever meet as well as just about the cleverest person I have ever met. She WILL protect you all; and I add my word that you would be foolish to play upon her good nature and her shock that you have lived in conditions inappropriate for beings to dwell in. You will all shortly be much more comfortable; take advantage of my wife and you will live to regret it. Prince Gerhardt of Odessa went out of his way to irritate her so she turned him into a pig. It was inappropriate at the time to kill him; she waited until it was appropriate. We were at the battle that overthrew Odessa, and my wife dictated terms concerning fairness to the muggleborn and mixed bloods and goblins. Your freedoms are down to her. Do NOT betray that. I too will take that amiss."

"You are fierce in my protection, dear one" said Jade.

"I saw a few sly expressions that you did not that in your compassion as you looked at those who needed healing" said Wulf simply "I know whose faces they were; and I will watch you. This village will be wealthy ultimately for its growth when it is also a service village for the school; with shops selling school supplies and the sale of treats too to the children. Any who do not work together for the good of all might just find that they do not get to stay to share that prosperity. We shall not have those who try to exploit their fellows, for trading on the Frau Baronin's good nature is theft from the rest of the villagers; do NOT forget that."

There were sudden thoughtful looks on the faces of the villagers; and some swung round to look at – to no surprise to Wulf – those whose expressions he thought sly.

THEY would be dealt with if they tried to go too far!

It was a monumental task; and this was only the least part of what needed to be done with Jade's holdings!

Almost she despaired; but she squared her shoulders. It COULD be done; and with determination it WOULD be done. At least she had addressed health problems; and that had won the hearts of her dependants here to give them incentive to pull together to start with rebuilding projects.

oOoOo

The rebuilding was underway, and Jade had to return to England for the big ceremony.

Myrtle's loo was full of people; more than a hundred blood kindred now, all ready to bleed for the little boy cruelly deceived and bullied into committing suicide for the crime of being a wizard. Among them were Jade's friends from Germany, the blooded she had brought in from those she had met in Durmstrang. Draco also turned up with three extra people; and Jade recognised one as Clovis Gierek, the boy who had moved into being a friend on the edge of her group in Durmstrang, who had helped with the labour pains of a house elf by wearing voluntarily a cursed item Jade had made. The elf beside him – who had now a tall form – looked like the same elf, allowing for being clean and well fed; and she had an infant with her so….

The child had red hair, not the blondish hair of German elves; and looked to be half breed; which he had not been when he had been born.

"I figured," said Draco, "That if Lydia could chant Perceval Filius Harry into being truly Albus' son I could do so with Clovis Gierek junior here."

"I freed Tildi like you suggested" said Clovis to Jade "And brought her to England; and I found out just how badly elves in Durmstrang are treated – nothing but straw to sleep on, a communal room, and raped until pregnant when old enough to have a child. And sometimes used by boys in the school too. I was disgusted; and now she has self respect I can see that elves are not by nature as we see them. And Herr Lucius Malfoy has spoken to me on the futility of racism; so I stand as Vissy's father. She" he blushed "She asked if she might name him after me as I had been kind to her; because masters name babies normally. And – well, I couldn't but take an interest in him when I had taken the birth pangs; so….well, Tildi and I are together now, and Draco thought the blood group would protect her and Vissy when I go back to teach."

"Well!" said Jade "I remember muttering to myself that you were deep; that's remarkable Clovis, and I for one will be GLAD to have you for a brother. Vissy better go to Prince Peak or Hogwarts."

"Give the kid a chance to get a few teeth before you assign him a school, Jadie!" laughed Draco.

oOoOo

The date was the anniversary of Seth's death by suicide. They had but to wait for the time.

"Ready people" said Hermione.

"We have two minutes in hand; must use the loo!" said Krait, diving into a stall.

"Krait! What ARE you like? Couldn't you have gone before you came?" scolded Hermione.

"She's pregnant again" said Jade laconically. "You can't really reckon for when sprogs stick an elbow into your bladder."

"WAY too much information" said Gorbrin.

Sephara and Lynx, also pregnant – more so indeed than Krait – nodded wisely at Jade's words and Hermione sighed. There were sounds of flushing and Krait emerged to wash her hands with a beatific smile.

"Ahhhh, Pisto!" said Jade.

"Flushed with success" added Seagh.

Various people tapped them on the back of the head with two fingers.

And the ceremony went ahead; Severus and Krait presiding over the huge stone cauldron into which all the carefully calculated ingredients went, including the love-given blood from all the blooded to rebuild blood and flesh and bone for the little ghost; and Albus reached in for the final sacrifice of flesh, losing his hand for the life of his new son. Jade was as emotional as anyone; smiling across at Abraxus and Myrtle, for it had been Abraxus who had suggested usurping the particulars of Voldemort's rebirth ceremony for his beloved Myrtle. And her cousin was unashamedly crying and holding Myrtle tight.

And Severus had an ebony had for Albus to replace the one boiled away; and he and his new son must sleep it all off.

oOoOo

And when everyone was recovered there was a big feast for all the group in the Great Hall. The few Durmstrang youngsters, whose visit had been arranged under the guise of a cultural exchange, and the mixed Prince Peak and Hogwarts youngsters were each surprised to find more similarities than differences between them; and part of the cultural exchange seemed to be a giggling exchange of descriptions of secret passages. Zlatko and Zlatka, Xanthe and Xanthippe were busy discussing Marauding with the Belle Marauders – Assim and Darryl having been dragged onto the junior table for that purpose – with a view to doing it all properly. They were learning a sufficiency of complex jinxes, from what little Jade overheard, for her to be certain that next year at Durmstrang, life would NOT be tedious.

And the younger ones were listening avidly.

"When are we going to establish Marauding in Beauxbatons?" demanded Lilith loudly.

"If it becomes necessary" said Jade "And not until. Now then! Better to establish Marauding in the free school; and when it's been going long enough I expect Mortimer will go back as an old boy and lecture on how to be a flaming nuisance and solve the world's problems and kill dark wizards in your spare time."

Mortimer grinned lazily.

"Oh I'm too busy chatting up Anett" he said. "She and I are going to be teaching school together with Jade and Wulf some day so I might as well chase down the best girl in the world before she finds another live one."

Anett flushed but looked pleased.

"Well, I'm afraid I rather hoped you'd be feeling that way" she said "Because when Von Frettchen proposed to me I told him I already had a boyfriend and that my boyfriend was actually in the same age range as me, not old enough to be my grandfather."

"It'd have been a precocious pair of ancestors to make him your grandfather" said Jade, judiciously "He's forty something. Which would have been fine if you loved him but otherwise is a bit gross."

"Am I your boyfriend?" asked Mortimer.

"Well I should hope so as I've claimed you" giggled Anett "And Von Frettchen all put out because I prefer a part goblin nobody to a duke, ass that he is."

"He doesn't realise that you are discerning, intelligent, and with er, deucedly good taste" said Mortimer, trying to sound like Hawke.

"He doesn't understand, really, how love works, poor fool" said Jade. "One day he'll fall in love and it'll probably be the making of him."

"How many times does that make Lucius made then?" said Lynx.

"Well he's still short a dozen wives or so" quipped Jade.

"I'll bite" said Lynx.

"It'll be awful" warned Fabian.

"But funny" added Senagra "Go on Jade; short a dozen wives?"

"Yes; he needs sixteen" said Jade "Four richer, four poorer, four better and four worse."

Groans preceded bread rolls being thrown at her and the juniors declared virtuously that it was the grown ups having a food fight, not them!

oOoOo

Jade was delighted that the ceremony had worked; she had had every expectation that it would, especially now the bloodgroup was so large; but it was always nice when things went according to schedule.

She spoke privately to Clovis and asked him how he was finding helping Draco; and Clovis answered with enthusiasm. Had he not been doing so well Jade would have suggested he help out Mortimer and Anett but he seemed to have struck up a real friendship with Draco and Harry.

"I also went briefly home to talk to my dad" said Clovis "And he was a bit shocked at first but he and mum ignored convention to wed because dad is Polish and ran away with a German heiress; so he was amenable to me telling him I had to be true to myself. He is interested to see how well elves may adapt to being free so he is to visit England now there are less travel restrictions. It is a relief to know I can always go home if I need to; I would have to choose my wife and child over my father if it came to that."

"Of course" said Jade "And it is good when there is even cautious understanding. So many people are casually racist, believing the stereotypes because they have no other exemplar to replace them; and so often the stereotypes are reinforced by learned behaviour. I'm not sure how well some of the wizards and witches ineligible for Durmstrang but not actually muggleborn are going to adapt to any half goblins; in Germany from what I understand, half breeds only really happen as a result of the using of a goblin prostitute by a wizard who can't afford a human prostitute. There are those half breeds who look less goblin I think who marry humans and give rise to quarter bloods and less like Mortimer; who may even look more goblin than their half-bred parent. But as low born humans and pure bred goblins have few to look down on, I fear that there will be some racial tensions if we have any part-bred."

"I suppose you'll just have to explain firmly that people are people the way Draco did for me" said Clovis. "He helped me out a lot, and Mr Malfoy too, over coming to terms for feeling protective and then more than protective towards Tildi."

"You done good, brother" said Jade.

oOoOo

And then there were the weddings; and it rained at first, but not as long as it rained on a gatecrasher whom Gorbrin jinxed to have her own thundercloud.

And the weather did not matter; Jade's friends and bloodkin were all so deliriously happy no idiots who made disapproving noises about anything – as some did – could spoil it.

And Jade herself dropped the odd jinx for spiteful comments about Lucius hosting a wedding for the daughter of a jailbird like Dimsie, or about Lionel's excess of women, and how one of them and the bride of his cousin were goblins!

Jade, in common with sundry of her younger siblings and Lucius' assorted offspring was out to make sure that no ill natured comments spoiled the day of those they loved; and if Molly Weasley disapproved in principle she still laughed when Jade told her that she had made Anne McMillan Diggory's farts fluoresce and flow more or less continuously for making a poisonously sweet query to Percy about being the first of his brothers to marry an actual witch not a foreign fey, mudblood or goblin.

Molly was very protective of her sons; and her daughters in law, and was indignant on Fleur's and Hermione's behalf as well as Garjala!

And then Jade was off back to Germany to see how dire her city apartment blocks and businesses were.