After the dementor attack, Harry found a surprise waiting for him in the next safe house. It was in Hedwig's claws.
She looked rather pleased with herself as Harry read the letter with growing disbelief.
"Dear Mr. Potter,
We of the International Confederation of Wizards would like to formally meet you in person. We would like to assure you that no one from the British Magical Community will be in attendance without your approval first. It has been noted with growing concern that Britain's Magical Community has fallen so behind the mundanes that it would take a catastrophe for them to even remotely begin to catch up to the rest of the world.
We would like to discuss your opinion on the matter, in the hopes that we might drag them kicking and screaming into the present.
In exchange for meeting us, we will grant you and your companions diplomatic immunity anywhere outside of the British Magical Communities and the opportunity for you to properly catch up to your magical education. We would also grant your companions a safe haven should the mundane world prove to be too difficult to live there safely.
Sincerely..."
Heero read the letter over Harry's shoulder, to his annoyance.
"What do you think Heero?"
"Take the offer. But only if we're allowed to bring at least one of the Gundams."
"Fine by me. Mind if I bring Sirius with me to this little meeting?"
"Sirius Black, known convict?" asked Quatre.
"He was never convicted of anything, so how could he be a convict?" quipped Duo with amusement.
"How will he react to us?" asked Wu Fei in concern.
"He's my godfather. He would never do anything to put me in danger willingly. Think of him as an older version of Duo, only he can turn into a dog at will," said Harry, enjoying the look of horror from three of the pilots.
Duo on the other hand cackled with evil glee.
"Why not? Is he a good shot?"
"Wand wise? Probably. He was in the last fight against the guy who keeps trying to kill me, and he was my dad's best friend. Gun wise... I think it would be better to keep him away from guns."
Sirius grabbed Remus and took the port key out of the Order. Dumbledore didn't react fast enough to stop them.
The two landed in an ungraceful heap in front of an amused Harry. Sirius was the first to react to the sight.
"Pup!"
"ACK! Sirius, get off me! Your breath reeks!" said Harry, laughing. Sirius had tackled him as Padfoot.
It was Remus who registered the laughing to his left. A brunette boy with a foot long rope of hair was cackling like well...Sirius or the Weasly twins.
"So these are the guys you wanted to bring in?" said the boy with evident amusement.
"Yup. Padfoot and Moony. The last two true Marauders. I can't wait for Wu Fei and the others to meet them..." smirked Harry.
The boy cackled even more.
"Pup, why did you bring us here? Dumbledore could trace your magic straight back to us!"
"Not if we're about to leave anyway. Heero said it was alright to bring you once we were about to leave."
Sirius grinned, and kept one arm around his godson. Duo watched the exchange with approval.
Thanks to his usual antics, he had successfully managed to break Harry of his flinch whenever he was touched.
"You might want to turn into Padfoot. That way we can clear you outside of Britain."
"So I won't have to stay in that house? You have a deal!"
Heero looked at the two newcomers with suspicion until Duo gave him the all clear. When he had thrown an arm around Remus, he had actually used his own brand of magic to search for weapons. He found nothing aside from a wand, which Remus handed over without protest. Sirius had already promised to remain as Padfoot until his name was cleared.
He had already surrendered his wand to Duo to keep from being shot at.
Quatre poked his head outside the door with clear confusion on his face.
"Duo, why do I keep sensing two of you down there?" he asked.
Harry burst out laughing.
"I told you Padfoot was an older Duo!" he finally managed to get out.
Duo grinned with clear mischief, which had Padfoot wagging his tail in approval. His pup made the most interesting friends!
Of course Padfoot was clearly torn between sleeping in Harry's lap or beside Duo.
When Remus chose to sit next to Harry to discuss his studying, he decided to go with Duo. Who soon had the escaped 'convict' on the floor with his back leg going completely nuts.
Heero, having clearly decided that neither were a threat worth worrying about, flew them to the agreed upon location. The ICW had agreed to take them to the warded location which Dumbledore no longer had access to without setting off the security systems.
Even if that meant that one of the infamous Gundam suits would have to be taken with the boys. They at least accepted the boy's paranoia.
Daniel Weber was waiting patiently for Harry and his group to arrive. Harry had already mentioned that he was bringing Sirius Black, who was willing to submit to veritaserum in order to prove his innocence.
Harry walked up with the five boys that OZ was so determined to get their hands on.
Heero Yuy, codename 01. Duo Maxwell, codename 02. Trowa Barton, codename 03. Quatre Winner, codename 04. And last but not least Wu Fei Chang, codename 05.
Each of them had become infamous both in the mundane world and the magical.
Mostly because at least three of them were from well respected and powerful clans.
Though the last one didn't know about that fact.
Sirius Black shifted from his canine form, and Duo Maxwell handed over the wand he had confiscated.
Daniel looked amused, and said "Since I'm sure we all want to get this on the right foot, I suppose we should clear Black before we proceed."
It took forty minutes for them to clear Sirius. Harry and Remus were on pins and needles the entire time.
Daniel walked to them with Sirius behind him, without shackles. He was grinning like well...Duo after he had successfully escaped Wu Fei's wrath.
"Free?"
"He's cleared. Though now we'll have to issue an arrest warrant for Pettigrew. I doubt Fudge will be able to do anything when we have our team look over the case," smirked Daniel.
"So why did you send for me?"
Daniel looked at Harry, his eyes serious.
"You, Harry Potter, are one of the rare people in England who can actually make a change in Britain's magical communities. You have more power than you realize, yet you've never even considered using it to do harm. You rarely use your fame for anything, which is surprising."
"I hate this stupid fame. If I had my way, I would rather have my parents than be known for something I didn't do."
Daniel's smile was at least somewhat warm.
"And that is precisely why we can trust you to help us. We only want your opinion and advice, not your fame or the like. You have seen a side of the magical communities few ever experience, and it's well known that you have the backing of many with Creature inheritance."
Harry looked at Remus with confusion.
Remus sighed, and said "Whenever Dumbledore sent me out to recruit the werewolves, they made it very clear they would never follow him. Especially after last time. However, when they learned I was not only connected to you, but considered part of the family they said they might follow you."
Harry blinked.
"Okay...?"
"In here Mr. Potter," said Daniel.
Harry felt like he was under a microscope as several wizards and witches from all the countries he had ever heard of (and a few he hadn't) looked at him with expectation.
His only relief was the fact that none of them looked at him like Harry Potter, boy-who-lived. But rather like Harry Potter, a half trained British wizard who had seen more than enough of his magical community to spot problems no one had ever considered.
Harry sat down, and felt some measure of comfort that Sirius was right next to him, with Remus beside the old hound, and the pilots all arranged themselves near him.
It was Sirius who broke the ice.
He turned Daniel's hair bright pink without using his wand. Harry couldn't help the giggle that came out. And just like that, all the tension that was in the room vanished while Daniel glared at the former convict.
Finally, a witch from Italy asked Harry to describe the British community as he had seen it. He didn't need to speak about the people, but the way it had looked to him.
"Well, in my experience the British are almost completely backwards. If you went to Hogwarts and announced that man had been to the moon already, the only ones who would believe you would be the mundane born and a scant few half bloods. The people in the magical community are little more than sheep, with the exception of the Aurors or people who deal with magical creatures all day. There is a definite discrimination against anyone who isn't a pure blood, and those with creature inheritance are looked down upon. The wizards and witches claim that any with certain traits are Dark, even when there is no evidence to support it..."
As Harry continued to describe the British communities, he could see a few nodding in agreement. It was when he spoke of Minister Fudge that a few people actually grew annoyed. But not at Harry, but rather the Minister himself.
When Harry compared the man to an ostrich, a few people snickered, agreeing it was very accurate description.
In a span of a few hours, Harry had told his part to the others. Then one of the American wizards asked the pilots to describe why they were fighting their war with the mundanes.
Surprised, the five looked at each other, then came to a silent consensus.
Naturally, Quatre had been elected to speak.
Quatre told them about the unspoken oppression in the colonies, and how the governments of the Earth looked down on the colonists. How OZ had tricked them into killing the only people who could have stopped the war before it went too far.
How the Gundams had been created to represent the colonies, in the hopes that they could end the conflict by taking out the military around the globe.
Without the military to harass or oppress the colonies, the need for a revolution costing millions, if not billions of lives would be gone.
Many were nodding, seeing the strategy. By taking out the military assets, they were reducing any real opposition and opened up the way for peace.
Too bad not many saw it that way.
About an hour later, when Quatre finished, the wizards left to discuss certain things. Harry would have felt nervous...if Sirius and Duo hadn't taken it upon themselves to lighten the mood.
They really shouldn't have left them all alone with no one to stop the two pranksters. Duo and Sirius left plenty of pranks on the seats, naming whoopie cushions filled with stinkpellets.
When they returned, it didn't take long for the sound of fake farts to fill the room.
Daniel coughed, though a few people were cracking honest grins and trying to hold back their snickering.
Finally Daniel spoke.
"Since it is clear that the British have been left to their own devices for far too long, we have decided that in order for Britain to thrive, we must first root out the corruption in England. Starting with the Ministry. Certain practices are frowned upon by this body, particularly placing too much importance on bloodlines."
A witch looked right at the pilots, with a faint smile on her face.
"We believe you boys have been fighting alone for far too long. Which is why all of you are to be granted asylum in the magical community in any country you find yourself in. Should you need help, you may call upon the nearest Magical Police force, and any mundanes you ally yourselves with with not have their memory erased for being exposed to magic."
Quatre beamed at her. He knew for a fact that most of the Magnuacs were mundanes.
Harry spoke up and asked if anyone could keep an eye on the circus that he and Trowa belonged to. Finding out that there was an independent circus who helped mundane born and squibs get a job appealed to the ICW.
They left the secret location, and the first thing Harry did was crash on the couch, Sirius on the floor in his canine form.
With the promise of aid from the magical communities, the war against OZ and it's false promise of peace started to turn in the favor of the Gundam Pilots. Because most of them either had magic or was aware of it, every time they went to a new country they gained access to classes that interested them. Wu Fei was very surprised to find out that his clan was in fact still around, just quite a bit smaller because of the explosion on L5.
Things really took an interesting turn when Relena retook her position as the ruler of the Sanc kingdom.
"That won't last very long," said Harry.
"What makes you say that?" asked Sirius.
"With her popularity, it's only a matter of time before OZ tries to overrun the Sanc Kingdom. They don't want peace at all. What they want is total domination of Earth and the Colonies, and they aren't afraid to start a war just to get it. Relena will try to promote peace, but at this point the only thing that will bring actual peace is if OZ is taken out...and the Gundams are finally destroyed. Or at least taken out of the picture permanently," said Harry.
"He's right. The Gundams are too well known as machines of war. If peace can actually be obtained, we would gladly destroy them to prevent another war from being created," said Quatre.
"Or you could disguise them using magic. So long as it isn't public that they still exist, then no one will try and steal them," said Sirius. He saw the pain in Quatre's eye when he mentioned destroying the Gundams.
"How is that even possible?"
"Well I don't know about yours, but Trowa's Gundam is actually rather receptive to magic. I think the metal is conductive," said Harry offhandedly.
"Gundanium is conductive of magic?" asked Heero in surprise.
"I cast a few repair charms on the hull, and not only did it absorb the magic, it really took to it," said Harry.
"Right, we need to test this..." said Duo.
It didn't take long to find out that Harry wasn't joking. Gundanium, for some bizarre reason, was extremely receptive to magic. Harry even took a small chunk of it that had broken off and cast a spell that normally required a wand with it.
Not only did the spell perform perfectly, but it was stronger than it should be normally.
At least this solved the problems they had been having with wand magic.