Harry Potter: The Witty Wizard

"Come, Hermione," said her mother. "You're about to discover what these secret evening meetings have been about. Just, please; just don't lose your temper and take at least a moment to think about what you're hearing."

Hermione rose and followed after her mother, with the menfolk quickly and already rising. With Sirius leading the way the womenfolk followed the menfolk to the office. She was now both completely confused and not a little worried.

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"A bloody Betrothal Agreement?!" she screeched, leaping to her feet from the chair she had only moments ago sat upon. "Have you lot lost your bloody senses!? Is that what all this has been about?"

"In order; yes, no and yes," replied Harry.

Standing there gaping like a fish, incredulous at what she'd just heard, it dawned on her that her mother must have also known of this. She spun on her and screeched, "You're in on it!"

Her mother frowned back and firmly said, "Hermione! That's enough."

As she stood there still shocked to her socks, Harry walked over to her and firmly said, "Hermione, I trust you. Do you trust me, as you previously stated?"

Clamping her mouth shut as she visibly reined her temper in she venomously asked, "Why?"

"To put it simply; to keep you safe," he replied.

"Safe for you, you mean," she snapped.

"No, safe for you!" he firmly rebutted. He gave a sigh and said, "Think it through, Hermione! Stop reacting in outrage and think!

"Do you honestly believe your parents would be involved in something like this, concerning you, if they don't think it benefits you? Do you think that poorly of them you would think otherwise?"

Now confused again because she could see the logic of his argument, she replied, "At the moment... I don't know what to think. But... a Betrothal Agreement?"

"Then, in such a situation, shouldn't you be trying to gather more information so that you can then figure out the answer?" he asked. "We're trying to give you that information, but we can't if you're not willing to listen!"

Confused and wanting to be angry, wanting to rage at them all, but also wanting the information as to why they would consider this, she stood there for a few moments trying to figure out what to do.

Monica, seeing the problem, took charge. "Hermione; sit down. You will listen. You will not 'back-chat'. You will gather information, as Lord Potter suggested. Then you may rant and rave at your father and I, if it's still your desire to do so. BUT... you will not be rude to our guests."

Hermione glanced down at her mother, back to Harry, to Ted and Wendell, back to her mother and snapped, "Fine!" And dropped herself back into her chair before folding her arms across her chest in a huff and glaring at anyone she noticed looking at her.

Her mother gave a nod and a smile clouded by tension at Harry. Harry gave a satisfied nod, before returning and sitting back in his own chair on the other side of Ted.

"Excellent," said Ted. "That went as I have come to expect."

Hermione just glared even more at him, but didn't say a word.

Monica gave Ted a wry smile before turning to Hermione. "Alright, dear; I'm going to start to tell you what's going on because, believe it or not, this all started as a result of something you've told me."

When Hermione looked back in surprise, Monica smiled and said, "Don't seem so surprised. As I reminded you earlier I do pay attention, you know."

When her daughter gave her a very brief but silent head nod, she continued, "It was you, who first told me about Betrothal Agreements. And it was you, who first told me about the Houses and the treatment of muggleborns..."

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After a good hour, Hermione began to calm down to the point she could see exactly why her parents had reached the decision to do this, why Sirius also thought it was good idea and why Harry was willing to 'subject' himself to one to protect her.

Knowing she was going to lose this argument over half an hour ago, she was still digging her heels in anyway. "It's my choice!" she declared.

"Legally, no," replied Ted. "By our laws, the laws you willingly subjected yourself to by consenting to attend Hogwarts, it is your magical guardian's choice."

"I don't have..." then she stopped, frowning. "Do I have a magical guardian?"

"Yes," he replied. "Every child in Wizarding Britain has a magical guardian. For those who have a magical parent, or are already existing wards of at least one magical, it is that person who remains their magical guardian when they attend Hogwarts.

"For muggleborns, their magical guardian is their Hogwarts Head of House, once they are sorted into their Houses. Until that time, it is the Head of the Office of Wizarding Children's Services at the Ministry.

"Because of Lord Potter causing staff at Hogwarts to be fired or otherwise, there currently is no Head of your House, Gryffindor. Therefore, by rights the guardianship passes to the Deputy Head of the School. You would then think that, since there is no Deputy Head, it would pass to the current school Head, Headmistress Lady Marchbanks.

"However, the law does not specify that. It only states that in the instances where there is no Head of House for guardianship purposes, the Deputy Head fulfils that role until the position of Head of House is refilled.

"At present, your Magical Guardian is still listed as Minerva McGonagall. However, both that she is no longer Head of your Hogwarts' House and the Wizengamot have ordered she is not to be in authority over a child ever again, that then means you do not have a magical guardian. And yet, the law states you must have one.

"So, that puts you currently in a 'grey area' within the law. A grey area, Lord Black here is asking you if he can fill."

Sirius gave a nod to Ted and said, "Hermione, Harry has discovered something regarding the law that has everyone who now knows of it, worried.

"Basically, by the Hogwarts Charter, Minerva McGonagall should never have held the position of a Head of House and as Deputy Head at the same time. It was a breach of the Charter.

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