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Harry Potter
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Tired of it.
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Chapter Twelve: The New Life
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Auror commander Jim Patton walked into the cell block and looked at the ten men and women of the British Auror who were force being held.
"Well, ladies and gentlemen. What am I to do with you?" Jim said as the leader of the two teams stood up and started ranting.
"LET US GO! HOW DARE YOU ARREST US! DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?" Ron Weasley snapped out in anger.
Jim wiped his face and looked at the man, "I don't care who you are. You broke the law! You appeared in a mundane area and started throwing spells around. You broke the Statute of Secrecy. You came in to my country, illegally, and tried to kidnap a family here on vacation. You did not present a valid warrant …"
"We have a warrant…" Ron shouted out.
"A piece of paper saying you are stealing children from their parents, just because they refuse to send their children to Hogwarts, is not a valid warrant.. The McDuffie's have committed no crime…"
"They left England without permission," Ron snapped out as he grasped the bars of the cell.
Jim cast a quick wandless silence spell on the loud mouth.
"Leaving England without permission? Is England now Nazi Germany?" Jim asked and seeing the look of confusion on most of the two teams of Aurors he cleared up what he said, "Nazi Germany was a dictatorship in the forties. It was responsible for World War Two and the deaths of millions. They controlled everything of the people's lives. What to do. Where to live. Who your friends were etc, etc. Now, the McDuffie's have valid passports from the non-magical British government. They can go where they want, when they want; and there is nothing the British Ministry of Magic can do about it! I want you all to think of what you have done wrong and why you will be expelled from the United States of America. You all are lucky you're not being charged under the Patriot Act and all of you shipped to Guantanamo Bay as terrorists. You people better realize that the United States is at War and what you did you could be charged as such."
Jim turned and walked away leaving the British Aurors standing and sitting there in shock except for the team leader who was still silenced and screaming his head off but no one could hear him.
Six days later after many talks with the British Magical Government, Jim returned to the cell block with the British ambassador to the British Ministry of Magic and an American Unspeakable. As each door was opened, the unspeakable stepped up and pressed a rod to the cell's occupant and it glowed.
"Ladies and Gentleman, as I promised the British ambassador, he will escort you home. Do not return to this country. Your magical signature has been recorded by Unspeakable Mallis, and will be added to the border wards. If you come into our country within the next six years you will be arrested and sent to prison. I hope you have finally understood what you have done wrong," Jim said as he looked at the British lawmen.
Everyone but the leader nodded his or her head and then Jim said, "The McDuffie's have been granted asylum in our country. Their children are no longer your responsibility. Also, Harry Potter has been granted asylum if he should appear. Stop your vendetta of trying to control a man who just wants to live his life. Goodbye."
Jim turned and walked away as fellow agents started pulling the British Aurors out of their cells, to lead them to the portkey center to be evicted from the country. He wondered how the Potters were doing on their way north and he knew that when they got to Seattle that they would be met and handed their new papers that had been rushed through the magical immigration department.
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Harry stood at the wheel as he guided the Blessing north along Central America, their target was fifteen days ahead and thirty-four hundred miles up the coast. They were heading to Los Angeles where they would refuel and replenish the ship. Then they would head back out to sea, to Seattle, Washington. They should be near their new home in twenty days. By the time they tied up in Seattle, Hogwarts would have started, and the hunt for his family would intensify. As the ship proceeded on auto-pilot, Harry opened the folder to their new home which he had purchased.
The home was a three story house with nine bedrooms, five baths on five acres just outside the city limits, and looking out over the bay. It had an attached garage for five vehicles, a work shop and several outbuildings on the property. The cost of the house was three point nine million dollars, but he thought it was worth it. Ian said he could have the place warded in seventy-two hours after they moved in.
Looking at the pictures of the giant log cabin style home, he smiled and thought Katie would love it. He hadn't told her about the house. It was an early Christmas present to her. Closing the folder, he slid it back into the drawer to the right of the command chair. The drawer held the maps the ship used for navigation if the computers went down.
On the fourth day of their journey the trip turned a little rough as a storm barreled across their path. Below decks, the children were kept calm using a few calming draughts while Harry, Angus and Ian took turns keeping the ship on course for Los Angeles. They had reduced speed to ten knots and twenty-nine hours later the storm had passed and the ship burst through the edge of the storm front onto clear skies and semi calm waters. Dolphins surrounded the ship, leading the way north for them.
Eight days later Harry guided the Katie's Blessing into the Los Angeles docks where they tied up. Harry decided the family would spend a week in the basin going over the ship, cleaning, stocking and preparing for the trip up the coast to Seattle. During this time Katie took the kids to the parks around LA and they had a blast as they said at Disneyland while Angus JR. went nuts at Universal Studios Hollywood. On a clear Wednesday morning, the Blessing released her moorings and headed out to sea once more and headed up the coast, not knowing that the ship had been spied on from shore and a message sent back to England.
The trip up the coast of California was exhilarating, and the kids had a fun pointing out the cars driving up and down what the Americans called Highway One. Two days later, Harry brought the Blessing into San Francisco Bay, so the kids and Katie could see the city. They tied up for the night and Harry took the family to dinner at one of the dock restaurants, and then Angus and Ian took the kids back to the boat while Harry and Katie went to Ghirardelli Square and walked the Palace of Fine Arts. On the way back they went down a street that had a lot of entertainers and art galleries. They watched as a painter worked on a new picture and picked up several works of art that they found. Harry picked up a painting he fell in love with, it was a female Siberian tiger relaxing in a tree. Katie had smirked as she knew the real reason behind the purchase and then they headed back to the ship where they slept until the next morning. At noon they left the harbor and headed for Seattle which was a four days away at nine knots.
The trip along the coast of Oregon was rough due to an early storm coming in from the Gulf of Alaska but they soon were outside the entrance to Strait of Juan de Fuca and heading towards Seattle Washington.
Harry was at the helm as they headed east along the coast at seven knots. Seattle was six hours away when the town of Port Angeles Harbor came into view. Harry decided to screw going to Seattle, and headed into towards the harbor entrance. Grabbing his microphone he called the harbor master's office and asked for docking, refueling and emptying of the black and gray tanks which was quickly granted.
Thirty minutes later, Harry was tying up to the dock he'd been led to by the harbor boat and he went ashore to speak with the harbor master's office and paid the fees. He was surprised to find Auror commander Jim Patton waiting outside the office for him when he came out.
"Jim! What are you doing here, and how did you know I'd be here?" Harry asked the blond auror as he walked over to the man and offered his hand.
Jim shook Harry's hand and replied, "Computers flagged your ship when you requested docking and I came binging you gifts."
"Gifts?" Harry asked confused.
"Yup," Jim replied and the suggested, "Let's head to your ship so I can speak to everyone aboard.
Harry led Jim up on to the ship and down to the galley where Katie was just pulling lunch out of the oven for the kids.
"Hello, Jim. What brings you here?" Katie asked as she dished up the fries and fish sticks for the kids.
"I brought you gifts!" Jim said as he held up his briefcase.
"Well, let me feed the kids and we can sit and talk," Katie said as her father and grandfather came into the room and quickly filled their mugs with tea.
Katie set the plates of food down in front of the children and sat down at the table with Kathleen and slowly fed her some fish sticks that had cooled off.
Jim pulled opened his case, and pulled out a large manila folder. With a smile he opened it and started passing out the paperwork he'd brought.
"These are your residence cards, work permit cards, and fishing permits for you and the Katie's Blessing. You have also been granted citizenship under asylum due to the British Ministry wanting to kidnap your children. We also set up a permanent docking space in Seattle for you to dock there but I transferred it to here when we saw on the computers you headed here," Jim said as he watched the smiles appear on their faces.
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Headmistress Minerva McGonagall sat at her desk rubbing her forehead. The headache had returned full force when she looked at the name of a missing student. Why the name of Angus McDuffie was causing them so many problems, she didn't know. Standing, she exited her office and headed for the hospital wing, smiling and nodding to the students as they rushed past her heading for their classes.
Minerva pushed the door open and stepped into the empty hospital room and called out, "Poppy?"
The Hogwarts school matron came out of her office and saw her boss rubbing her forehead. Pulling out her wand she asked, "What's wrong Minerva?"
"This damn headache is back," Minerva replied as she sat down on one of the beds.
Poppy started waving her wand and frowned as the results came back. Casting a few more spells she huffed, "You have a spell on you that is causing them. Do you want me to remove it?"
"Yes," Minerva replied as she rubbed her forehead.
Poppy quickly removed the curse and was shocked when Minerva's eyes went wide. "What is it Minerva?" Poppy asked.
"Harry Potter," Minerva cursed as she headed for the door and out of the room.
"What about the lad?" Poppy asked.
"He cast the spell on me. He is Ian McDuffie," Minerva said.
"Ohhh!" Poppy replied and then a second later she asked, "What are you going to do?" as she thought of the young man she used to treat for injuries.
"I don't know," Minerva replied as she headed for the door.
Minerva knew she had to report the sighting to the ministry so she headed for her office. As she climbed the staircase to the head's office she stopped as she realized that if she reported the findings that she'd be setting the aurors onto him. Pushing the door open to her office she walked to the desk and sat down to think. A few minutes later she decided to screw the ministry and not report them because he seemed happy with his new family.
"Who would have thought he'd be a fisherman," she said as she turned to her paperwork.
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Harry looked at the cards and then at Katie and smiled, "We're home love."
"Not until we get a house, and get the kids settled in and you find a crew for the Katie's Blessing," Katie replied as she patted Kathleen's back.
"Already have one," Harry replied as he pulled out the shrunken folder and enlarged it. "In fact; it's just outside of Port Angeles. I was going to dock the ship in Seattle, but I said screw it and pulled us in here."
Katie looked at the pictures of the house and then leaned over and gave Harry a lip searing kiss and said as they parted, "It's beautiful."
"Not as much as you," Harry replied.
Jim waited and then said, "I enrolled Angus in the Mount Rainier Magical School and explained to Headmistress Margareta Hollanders that Angus had just arrived in the country and you and your family were still moving into your home. She gave me the book list for Angus and you can get everything you need at Magical Pioneer Square in Seattle."
Harry reached over and offered his hand and said, "Thank you."
"You're welcome Mister Potter, Mrs. Potter." Jim said as he stood up and looked at his watch, "Now I must be going but there is a map in the folder on where you need to go along with the list."
With that, Jim gave a twist and vanished. It would not be the last time they saw their new friend.
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Harry Potter leaned back into the chair as the woman across from him adjusted her dictation quill and waited for the interview to start. Picking up his glass next to him he took a sip and looked to his left at his wife of fifteen years and smiled at her. The last year had been hard on the family as they'd had to bury Angus when he passed away in his sleep. He was buried out back of the house in a crypt that he had the Dwarves of North America construct.
"Thank you for offering us this chance to interview you Lord Potter," Madeline White said as she leaned back in her chair.
"Thank you for having me, Madeline. My wife and I love your column," Harry replied.
"Thank you. Now down to business Lord Potter," Madeline said as she looked at the well tanned handsome man.
"Fire away," Harry said.
The interview lasted ninety minutes and covered a variety of topics except for where he was living, what he did for a living and his wife's former name.
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All over the United Kingdom, from the lowliest magical house to the mighty Hogwarts, thousands of owls descended onto the country delivering a special edition newspaper from the United States. The issue was from the New York Magical Times and was paid for by Harry Potter to be delivered to everyone magical, in the UK.
Hermione looked up as the morning owls descended into the great hall, dropping off an unfamiliar newspaper. Opening the paper she gasped as she read the title and in her mind she said, 'Oh Shit!'
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New York Magical Times
Harry Potter speaks out!
Madeline White
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Today, I had the great pleasure of speaking with a national icon forced to flee his homeland. His name, Lord Harry James Potter. This is his story after the defeat of the Dark Lord Voldemort in the United Kingdom. Why was he forced to flee, well you will read why in his own words. You will read how he fell in love with his boss's daughter, married and started a family. Which I have to say since I met them, his children are the most well behaved witches and wizards I would ever want to know and a joy to know especially their youngest. We will not give you his wife's name, his children's names or her family name to protect them from retaliation by the British Magical Government. My questions will start with my initials of MW and Lord Potters will be HP. He also gave a magical oath that all his answers were true and then cast a lumos spell to prove it at the end.
MW. "Thank you for offering us this chance to interview you Lord Potter."
HP. "Thank you for having me, Madeline. My wife and I love your column."
MW. "Thank you. Now down to business Lord Potter."
HP. "Fire away."
MW. "Why did you leave the United Kingdom?"
I will say that Mr. Potter looked over at his wife before answering and smiled with love in his eyes.
HP. "The biggest reason was the Ministry wanted to micromanage my life, by saying what job I was to do. Who I was going to marry and when. My finances were to be turned over to them to manage. I refused. The second reason was Molly Weasley telling me that since I had slept with her daughter I was going to marry her. I never slept with her and at the end of this story I will give an oath on my magic at that. So on a clear August day I set out to see my homeland for the first time by riding the rails and using a bike. It was in Portsmouth where I ran into a ghost of one of the most famous British historical figures and he gave me some sound advice and a reason to live my own life. That figure was Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté aboard the 100 gun ship of the line, HMS Victory..."
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Time Line
2015 Harry gives interview to the Magical Times, sends copies to every magical house in the UK
2014 August 4th, 89 year old Angus Ian McDuffie passed away in his sleep in Port Angels..
2012 Harry leaves England with his family and settle in Port Angels and Angus enters Mount Rainier Magical School
2012 Hermione and Minerva show up at the McDuffie house to invite Angus to Hogwarts
2009 Teddy enters Hogwarts, sorted into Hufflepuff
2007 August 19th Kathleen Jennifer Potter-Black-McDuffie
2005 April seventh, Remus Fredrick Potter-Black-McDuffie is born
2004 Lily Dorea Jenny and Ian Charles James Potter-Black-McDuffie are born
2004 Katie's Blessing is launched and Harry takes his family to Australia
2003 The Katie-Jane is hit by lightning, Ian retires as captain. Katie-Jane catches fire
2001 June 3rd, Angus Sirius Potter-Black-McDuffie is born
2000 Harry marries Katie, search intensifies for Harry
1999 Harry proposes to Katie
1998 Harry is hired by Ian, Harry stars dating Katie
1998 Harry leaves the Magical World due to the Ministry and Molly Weasley.
1998 Andromeda files a restraining order against Harry and Hermione to stay away
1997 Book 7 Voldemort finally defeated,, Sirius and Dora die, Teddy is born Harry and Hermione are appointed godparents
1996 Book 6 Dumbledore dies
1995 Book 5 Harry's Trial and persecution, Sirius dies
1994 Book 4 Voldemort is resurrected, Cedric murdered
1993 Book 3
1992 Book 2
1991 Harry rejoins the Wizard World. Book 1
1981 Katie McDuffie is born
1981 James and Lily Potter are murdered. Harry is dumped on the Dursleys. Sirius in prison, Remus vanishes
1980 Harry Potter is born
1980 Seventeen year old Ian McDuffie buries his mother and twin sister
1974 Ian and his sister Kathleen are sorted into Ravenclaw
1963 Ian and his twin sister Kathleen are born to Robert and Jean McDuffie
1945 Jennifer Hollister is born
1946 Robert McDuffie is born, Angus buys the Whispering Winds
1927 Gretchen McDonald is born
1925 Angus McDuffie is born in Peterhead Scotland
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Final Edit By TeNderLoin
Harry Potter™ is a registered trademark and copyright (©) of JK Rowling and all that crap. The only thing mine is the idea and several characters. Everything else is hers including all the money...