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ThrawnCA committed Oct 10, 2024
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<p>“You can always snog her to shut her up,” Fred quipped.</p>
<p>Ron paled, then turned and stomped away. Ginny, who’d been collecting empty tea containers from Katie, Alicia, and Angelina, gave Fred a glare. “That was rude,” she snapped.</p>
<p>Harry quietly gulped down the last of his tea, savouring the warmth, before handing it to a silent Neville. Harry noticed that Neville and Luna both made a point of detouring widely around the brewing Weasley confrontation.</p>
<p>“…could have stayed up in the stands, warm and dry, but instead he comes down to deliver some hot tea, and then you go and embarrass him,” Ginny concluded, her face starting to match her hair.</p>
<p>“… could have stayed up in the stands, warm and dry, but instead he comes down to deliver some hot tea, and then you go and embarrass him,” Ginny concluded, her face starting to match her hair.</p>
<p>“She’s got a point there,” George said quietly.</p>
<p>Fred turned to his brother, looking shocked and betrayed.</p>
<p>“We’ll lay off Ron — with respect to Hermione,” George said to Ginny as Madam Hooch blew her whistle again, signalling the time out was over. He handed her his thermos along with an unresisting Fred’s. Ginny blinked, clearly shocked to see the twins break ranks, and made her way back to the stands.</p>
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<p>“Do you mean to tell me that your household wards <em>destroyed</em> a group of Dementors?” McGonagall asked in a shocked voice.</p>
<p>Arthur nodded. “My eldest boy, Bill, works for Gringotts. He says the goblins have really come up with some impressive advances over the last decade.”</p>
<p>Harry perked up suddenly, as though he’d been struck by an idea. “I’m sure if we ask, we can get the formula for the Dementor-repelling enchantments.” He looked over at Dumbledore. “If you still have authority over the Hogwarts wards, no one can complain if you upgrade them. Especially if it’s to keep the students safer and prevent any more… accidents, like today?”</p>
<p>The old man didn’t quite smile, but his eyes had a definite twinkle. “I wasn’t aware that such advances were available,” he said affably, “but if we can obtain the formula, I believe the Hogwarts staff will be more than up to the task of incorporating it into the existing wards.”</p>
<p>The old man didn’t quite smile, but his eyes had a definite twinkle. “I wasn’t aware that such advances were available,” he said affably, “but if we can obtain the formulae, I believe the Hogwarts staff will be more than up to the task of incorporating them into the existing wards.”</p>
<p>Harry nodded slowly. “I think Hermione may have it in her notes, but I’d better owl Goldfarb. As it’s directly related to protecting the trustee, he can probably transfer funds to cover licensing the ward design for Hogwarts.”</p>
<p>“But if your friend already has the formula, can’t we just use that and get it over with sooner?” Mrs. Weasley asked, frowning. Harry realized she’d just had a very direct demonstration of how Hogwarts could, in fact, be less secure than The Burrow. That couldn’t have been pleasant for her.</p>
<p>“But if your friend already has the formulae, can’t we just use that and get it over with sooner?” Mrs. Weasley asked, frowning. Harry realized she’d just had a very direct demonstration of how Hogwarts could, in fact, be less secure than The Burrow. That couldn’t have been pleasant for her.</p>
<p>“We could,” Harry agreed, “but I’d rather be fair to the goblins. Goldfarb has been very scrupulous in his dealings with me, and I’d hate for Bill to get into trouble if his employers thought he had a hand in this. I trust Goldfarb not to cheat me.”</p>
<p>“Trust is a rare commodity in dealings between Wizards and goblins, Harry,” Dumbledore warned, though he seemed to be smiling a bit under his beard.</p>
<p>“I don’t see why,” Harry replied with a slight chill to his voice. “He’s never been less than fair with me. That puts him ahead of the Ministry and several other parties in my book.”</p>
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