35. Not So Secret Secret (3)

Andromeda had a disgruntled look on her face. I was trying not to laugh at her expression as she sat on the couch, and seeing one of the pillows nearly swallow her wasn't helping.

We heard hurried sounds coming from the stairs, and to my complete surprise, he came with an expression that almost took me, almost, by surprise to see me there. "So it's true? I have a half brother?" he skids inches from running me over.

"Yes" I reply directly as Andromeda studied his expression. He seemed to know what he was doing as it looked like he was really in between confusion, sadness, joy, anger and many other things.

Of course I was curious about this, but it could wait, there would be new opportunities for what came next. So I continued.

"And now you have an important choice. Do you want to continue with Dumbledore as your magical tutor or would you rather switch to our cousin Andromeda here?" I point to the beautiful woman beside us.

"I don't care, it could even be a naked cat, anyone is better than them." he points out the curious Dursleys, eavesdropping on the conversation from the doorway.

"Make up your mind, and if you choose the cousin, you can choose to live with her, or with me. Although she comes over every day anyway." I say shrugging.

"So I choose Lady Andromeda as my guardian, and I'm going to live with you. There's a lot I want to know and ask." His expression was animated, for the most part, but concern and insecurity were visible in his eyes.

"So, just go pack your things, we're moving now. Nina and Lena will help you with that and take you to our place. Nina will give you the address and take you. When we get there, we can sit and talk in peace. I'll be waiting."

I hold Andromeda's hand, who Apparates with me to her house.

There, I say hello to Ted and Dora, and head to the fireplace, arriving home a few seconds later. In the meantime, I saw Harry's trunk appear and soon after, Harry himself, with an empty cage.

He notices my look, and says still with an eager face. "I let her fly, she's been trapped too long, she knows how to find me." so I helped him settle on the couch, so he could recover from the elves apparition.

Despite being softer, for an unaccustomed person, it's still a pretty inelegant thing to do. After a while, when Nana brought him some well-sweetened tea to calm him down, I began to explain the events so far.

It didn't take long because he was also accompanied by the prophet, which his uncle Walrus couldn't stop him from receiving, nor Dobby. Yes, the elf has already done his trick, so after my long explanation, he wrote a letter to his friends, which our elves insisted on delivering.

Then I proceeded to explain the next steps of the plan, explaining how the Ministry had illegally usurped Harry's possessions, turning his house into a visitation point, and preventing him from perhaps finding family belongings.

Also, there was no compensation for this, taking away a child's home, the memories of loved ones, to profit from the image of hope that such a place nowadays provides.

And on my side, how the current Ministry, through illegal and immoral methods, used a truth potion on an arrested man who, until today, has not been tried, being dropped in Askaban without any pretext.

In addition to never paying the rent corresponding to the land where the Ministry is located, belonging to the Black family, where only a symbolic monthly amount was charged, never paid.

But that still had to wait a while, as the Daily Prophet was still in the wings of the Ministry, and it would be the very tool of deterrence they loved so much that would shatter their peace.

Harry was very willing, as it was very nice of them to expose his family without thinking about the consequences, now, it was time to bite them in the ass, and in the pocket, where it hurt a lot.

Cornelius Fudge always cut money from Aurors, claiming that it was an area of the Ministry that would not need high payments, as it was a job to be done out of love, of course, everything he cut from there, went into his pocket.

That's why I wanted the Prophet, it would be very quick to remove him from the Minister's chair and put in someone capable, and our Amelia Bones was very capable. No wonder, I was preparing to make this happen, but only 2 years from now.

I need to make Fudge very desperate for his tricks.

I think I became very attached to Harry, with those almost 10 years on his mind, seeing him as my real little brother, so now that I know my targets, I'm going to shoot to knock down, no mercy.

Changing the subject, Harry received a letter from the Weasley family that they would be going to Diagon Alley the day after the letters with the materials arrived. He quickly answered them, saying he was looking forward to it.

He asked if I would like to come along, but I argued that it wasn't the time yet, I needed to do some things before I could meet that family. I have nothing against them, quite the contrary, I just think they could have a little more ambition, and I'm talking about Mr. and mrs. Weasley.

But I think I know how to do this.