Family Dynamics

"Good evening." Dumbledore said as he arrived in Number 12 Grimmauld place where Sirius greeted him.

"Blood traitor!" Walburga Black began screaming at him as soon as she saw him. "Filthy excuse for a wizard!"

"Good evening to you too Mrs Black." Dumbledore said calmly as if he was not being shouted at by a painting of a dead woman.

"Harry!" Sirius called when Walburga began shooting out more insults.

"What is going on?" Harry asked as he came down the stairs. "Are you alright Lady Black?" Harry asked the painting, Walburga stopped glaring at Dumbledore and turned to Harry.

"I am perfectly fine." She said, she did not look happy but was far more calmer than before. "Have you been studying?" She asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Of course." Harry nodded. "I must confess that it is lot less boring than I expected it to be."

"That is good," The corner of her lips lifted ever so slightly into a smile before returning to her usual frown. "I will test you on what you have learnt."

"Very well but if you do not mind, can you please wait until later before testing me? Professor Dumbledore is here and the sooner me and Sirius finish our business with him the sooner he can go." Harry said in a polite voice. Walburga glanced at Dumbledore and sniffed before turning back to Harry.

"Very well, I shall test you later." She said.

"Thank you, I will just close the curtains for you and..." Harry found himself cut off as more people arrived, namely the Weasley family. Arthur, Molly, the twins, Ron and Ginny. Hermione was also with them for some reason or the other. This had the effect of sending Walburga into another rant.

"Filth!" She screamed at them. "Blood traitors! Mudbloods! In the noble house of Black! I shall..."

"Lady Black!" Harry said loudly, interrupting her. "I shall handle this, there is no need for you to be disturbed. I will close the curtains and you can test me later, agreed?"

"Agreed." She said eventually, though she was still glaring at Dumbledore and the rest.

"Lovely." Harry commented before closing the curtains.

"Who was that?!" Mrs Weasley demanded, 'what a rude woman' she thought. Mrs Weasley could not understand why anyone would scream like that, especially at her.

"That is my lovely mother." Sirius said, rolling his eyes at his mother's behaviour.

"She seems..." Hermione paused, trying to think of the right word. "...charming."

"More like a pain in the ass." Sirius said under his breath.

"I could not help but notice that she seems rather fond of young Mr Potter here." Dumbledore said, though it was clearly more of a question.

"I don't know about fond," Sirius snorted. "I don't think she is fond of anyone. Though she does seem to tolerate Harry."

"I know what people want to hear." Harry said. "And we should all go before we disturb her again."

"Right, let's go." Sirius said quickly, not wanting his mother to make another appearance. "Follow me." Sirius said before leading everyone into the kitchen.

"Should I assume that the rest of the order is coming here?" Harry asked.

"Most of them anyway," Sirius answered before Dumbledore could. "a few of them can't make it today so will be told the location tomorrow. Like Remus, he would come if today wasn't a full moon."

"Alright, now forgive me for the dumb question and all, but what is Hermione doing here? I don't think she is part of the order."

"Miss Granger will be staying here for the remainder of the summer." Dumbledore explained. "While I understand that you two are no longer friends, it is possible that others may not care or believe that fact and try to get to you through her. Same with the Weasley's." Harry was about to respond when the floo flared and several order members arrived, one of which included Tonks.

"Harry!" Tonks said before rushing over and pulling him into a hug. "I am so sorry!"

"You are forgiven, sorry for what though?" Harry asked, feeling more than a bit confused.

"This morning when you said you were tired because you had fought a dark wizard, I thought you just meant like throwing a couple of disarming and fourth year spells and not actually getting hurt too much! I didn't think that you ended up fighting in something out of an action movie!" Tonks said as she let go of him.

"It's fine Tonks." Harry replied.

"Potter." Moody said, limping towards Harry. "You were mighty impressive, you ever consider becoming an auror?"

"That is what I wanted to ask." Kingsley said. "I think Bones would kill to have you as one of her aurors, what do you think Potter?"

"I think I am far too young to think about my career yet." Harry replied. "But auror does not really sound like something I would do, it sounds like there is too much paperwork."

"There is." Tonks sighed. "A disappointing amount of it is paperwork."

"You think anything more than five minutes is too much." Kinglsey pointed out.

"Because it is." Tonks replied. Several members arrived as they talked, until eventually most of the members were there, apart from Snape and a few others.

"I can't help but notice that Snape is not here," Harry replied. "the lack of depression was one clue, the missing horrible smell was another."

"Harry, show some respect." Hermione admonished.

"Hermione, get a life." Harry rolled his eyes. "So Dumbledore," Harry said before anyone could respond. "we going to do the charm now or what?"

"Yes Harry," Dumbledore nodded. "I will perform the charm now. Now I will make myself the secret keeper, now everyone may feel uncomfortable but I assure you all that it will pass as soon as I tell everyone the location."

"Hold up, you are going to be the secret keeper?" Harry asked.

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