CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE: ABOUT AIRPLANES
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10th, 1996 – RAF Pottersport, Charenwell.
Arthur Weasley's introduction to Charenwell was an eye opener to say the least. Raised a British Pureblood, although not from a family that thought such things were a distinction of note, he was well accustomed to the practices and culture of magical Britain. As a Ministry Official in Law Enforcement, he was also well versed in the law in general and the law in particular within his area of expertise which was the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office. In his primary job, he was tasked with dealing with Muggle things that had been magically altered. By law, such things were highly regulated when used within the magical community and illegal should they cross over to the Muggle either by accident or design. For all intents and purposes, Arthur had to deal with what he considered the worst magicals: those who indirectly caused harm to Muggles for no reason other than they could. If he were a Muggle, his job would be most analogous to one who dealt with computer hackers and such who crippled innocent users simply because they could and, in the worst cases, because they could profit from it. For Arthur, as fascinating as the Muggle World was, there was a line. A magical was a magical and a Muggle was a Muggle. Crossover between the two worlds was dangerous as it risked exposure of the Magical World and violation of the Statute of Secrecy. He knew his job and the very existence of the Ministry itself was primarily to prevent Muggles from learning that magic existed and that there were people who could do magic. He had thought and hoped he and others in similar jobs had been successful. He had never really considered that there might be another way.
When he had managed to get word to Bill about possibly leaving England and learned that Bill and Fleur had moved to Charenwell, Arthur knew only a few things about the place. First and foremost, he knew it was a magical country that had been thought as a myth or children's tale. Apparently it was quite real, if also quite well hidden. Second, he knew that Harry Potter was somehow connected with that country. Maybe others missed it (certainly his ex-wife did, either that or they chose to ignore it) but Arthur specifically recalled Harry being introduced as the Duke of Charenwell at the reading of Sirius Black's Will. Finally, if Harry was at this Charenwell place, then Ginny was too. Arthur knew he might never see his daughter again – he had ceded her to Harry willingly and was not so out of touch to know what fates might be in store for his only daughter – but he had also hoped that Harry was cut from a different cloth than most of the flesh peddling types and maybe he would treat Ginny well and just maybe allow Ginny to see her father again. Fortunately, his communication with Bill recently had told him his hopes had been realized. Bill saw her at least once a week and spoke with her frequently enough. While Ginny was not pleased with why things had happened and probably would never forgive her mother for it, she was happy with her new life or a least that was what Bill had told him.
Bill had also told Arthur that one could not apparate to and from there, but that told Arthur very little. Most witches and wizards could not apparate at all or chose not to except in dire need. Of those who did routinely (such as himself) apparition over large bodies of water was at best problematic. Some said water affected range. Arthur never tried to find out and was just as convinced that blind apparition over water was just too dangerous. It was dodgy enough when on tried it over land. To hope you could pass over the sea and land somewhere solid without actually having been there before was probably asking too much. Most people never tried crossing water and the one place where it was done on anything approaching regularity was up north between Scotland and Ireland.
The fact that he could not Portkey there was also not surprising. International Portkeys were highly regulated by both of the countries in question. Portkeys had near global range and could land a user within feet of a destination. Past usage had proven it was a useful tool for thieves, assassins and invading magical forces, consequently there were all sorts of treaties restricting their use across frontiers. In was not generally known in Britain – then again British Magicals were not the international travelers their Non-Magical countrymen were – but there were countries out there that had banned all international portkey use except on invitation or official business; the Confederation of North America being a prime example having banned such use when they decided to break with Europe altogether not long after their non-magical neighbors had succeeded in doing the same thing.
But Bill had also mentioned something about Charenwell having and International Floo connection that had been shut down. Despite what many might think and as small as his office was, Arthur's job crossed borders. His office was also tasked with tracking down and retrieving British made enchanted Muggle artifacts that had left the country. Mostly this meant coordinating with other magical governments. On occasion someone from his office had to actually travel overseas. This job usually fell to Perkins as he was older and had far more vacation time saved up so he usually took his wife on holiday when one of the foreign excursions presented itself, particularly if it was somewhere remotely interesting to a magical tourist. Having an international floo connection meant two things to Arthur. First, Charenwell had a Gringotts branch and was therefore recognized as a legitimate magical realm by the Goblins. Second, it had to be both a member of the I.C.W. and the European Trade Consortium. But the shutting down bit bothered Arthur. The impression he had was that Charenwell had shut its connection or at the very least had restricted the connection to and from Britain. This was not a usual course of events and he knew it. The last time he was aware of such an action was during the last Wizard War when Europe had closed or restricted such travel with Britain in the hopes of containing that problem. Arthur quietly wondered whether Charenwell's action was isolated or part of a general restriction imposed against Britain due to the renewed Death Eater activity.
The first real indication that this Charenwell place was somehow different was not the transportation arrangements themselves. True, despite his curiosity Arthur had never actually flown on an airplane. There never had been the need. However, it was not like a wizard on a plane was wholly unheard of. Muggle Borns had no issue with such conveyances and a fair few magicals with non-magical spouses or children had been known to use them as well. Even Aurors and the like had done so when duty required; usually when their transport to and from a foreign country needed to be off the magical books for security reasons. Thus the mere fact Bill had arranged for Arthur to fly alone did not seem wholly out of the possible.
But it was at that Gate in London when Arthur began to receive strong hints that this Charenwell place would be different. Including himself and Poppy, there were ultimately fifty passengers waiting for the plane. All fifty were either magical or knew of magic which could hardly be considered a statistical coincidence. The flight crew clearly knew of magic as well as all passengers were instructed to place all magic objects into a pouch which was placed in a special bin at the back of the plane. This included all wands. The plane was painted red with white markings and writing. On the tail a large "AC" was painted in script above a much smaller set of a letters and numbers, none which made any sense to Arthur. Once on the plane, however, he saw that "AC" stood for "Air Charenwell." A brochure in the seat in front of him explained further that Air Charenwell was the flagship airline of the Duchy of Charenwell with charter service (only) to Paris, Madrid, Marseilles, Brussels, Amsterdam, Milan and Rome and new services opening to and from London, Dublin and Edinburgh. It further stated that it claimed to be the world's first and only magical airline. Whatever surprise he had at a magical airline was further compounded upon his arrival when he learned that his daughter was a pilot in training.
Still, although somewhat different, Arthur was sure that magical life in this Charenwell would not be that much different than England. Their "airline" only catered to magicals and those in the know, it seemed. Surely a magical could learn to fly a muggle plane without revealing their true nature. Arthur could not know that without magic it would be several weeks in not months before Ginny could expect to be where she was as a pilot.
At the airfield, Arthur gathered up his things and his wand and waited as Ginny changed from her flying clothes. Having been told this was a magical country, his limited experience suggested otherwise. They had travelled here on a Muggle airplane and the building he was waiting in, which had a sign that said "Flight Operations" outside, looked very Muggle indeed. He might not know the proper words, but the place had electric lights and the bloke at the counter was clearly talking to someone of a muggle communication devise – a telephone. Poppy was seated on a couch along the wall and told Arthur someone was picking her up.
Ginny soon returned dressed in a very Muggle looking outfit in that it was a dress and sandals and not a robe and boots which would have been considered "proper" attire for magical places such as Diagon Alley, the Ministry and Hogsmeade back in Britain. She was accompanied by two other young women who she introduced as Tabatha Black and Stacey Potter, two of Harry's other wives or bondmates. It turned out they were also Poppy's "ride." Arthur and Poppy followed the teenagers out the other side of the building to what looked like a Muggle car park and to a Muggle vehicle called a Land Rover. The girl introduced as Stacey was apparently the driver.
Everything looked Muggle to Arthur. In addition to cars and phones, he could see the wires strung between poles that carried electricity. Perhaps the country was more "magical" than Britain, but it sure looked Muggle.
"Bill said this country was very magical," Arthur began.
"It is," Ginny replied.
"But a car? Why not Floo?" Poppy asked.
"You can't see anything using the Floo," Ginny said verbally rolling her eyes. "We're heading to Pottersport for lunch before driving to the Manor. Best way to see things really," Ginny said. "Well, maybe a broom would be better but not all of us fly that way and besides, this is an operational airfield and a broom here would be dangerous to its rider what with the planes and all. You might see some when we leave the restricted air space."
"See some?" Poppy asked. "But what about the Muggles?"
"We don't call them that," Stacey said. "They're Non-magicals here and they know all about magic so most of those secrecy laws you know about don't exist at all."
"But ekeltricty…?" Arthur began.
"Electricity," Tabatha said. "Yes, we have that as well. We have telephones, television, computers and any other technology that is more useful, more efficient or better than magical substitutes. We still use owls for letters, but we do have FedEx for packages and such. They say it's the best of both worlds and without a lot of the baggage magical Britain is stuck with."
"Only thing missing are some decent magical schools," Ginny said, "but Minerva's working on that."
"Do you mean Professor McGonagall?" Poppy asked.
"Professor Potter might be more accurate," Ginny said, "seeing as she's the second wife in House Potter."
"Excuse me?"
"Who's she married to?" Arthur asked.
"She's been the bound Concubine of the Head of House Potter for fifty-three years," Ginny said. "Harry inherited her and…"
"But how can they be married?"
"Same way I am," Ginny replied. "The same way Stacey is the fourth Lady Potter, I'm the fifth and Tabatha's the fifth Lady Black. Harry's allowing our bonds to reach full maturity. As it stands for now we are kind of in between. We're not truly concubines for now, but that bond is not fully mature which means if he dies, we can become concubines again. But give it a few months and we'll be Potters or Blacks for the rest of our lives."
"How?" Arthur asked.
"It will certainly be the case once we have his kids," Stacey said.
"You're…?" Arthur began.
"Don't know yet," Ginny said. "But I hope so."
"You're not even fifteen!" Arthur said.
"First, I will be tomorrow," Ginny replied. "Second, if you think this will interfere in my studies, it won't. Minerva says she has it all worked out. Even if I am going to complete the bond and have Harry's child soon, I will also complete my education. Minerva' confident we will all finish early. Besides, Daddy, by giving me up this was an option. In fact, given what usually happens back in Britain, this is the best you could have hoped for. I am a wife to Harry and not a slave as I might have been for just about anyone else. Okay, I'm one of twenty-five wives – if you include his Blacks – but a wife nonetheless. And I'm damn proud of it. I've gotten to do all sorts of things I'd never have done otherwise like learn to fly airplanes…"
"And we met the Queen and Prime Minister," Stacey asked.
"Queen?"
"Of Britain," Stacey added.
"I missed out on the Queen," Tabatha noted. "That was the day before I came. But they're right. If you had told me about any of this a month ago I would have said you're mad. Slavery and harems in this day and age? But done properly, it seems to work. Then there's this whole coven thing."
"Coven?" the two adults asked.
"The Muggle Queen?" Arthur added after a second.
"Yep," Stacey said. "To both, really. It seems House Potter has been allied to the Crown for centuries and Her Majesty visits every year. There was a big to do up at the castle when she arrived with a ball and everything. As for the coven thing, we're still researching that and what all it means. We know we're in one and that ours is not the only one either in the history of House Potter – although it's been a couple centuries since the last known one – or at this time. House Longbottom and the three Weasley Houses are covens as well."
"But that's dark magic," Arthur began.
"Rubbish!" Tabatha said. "It's anti-pureblood magic since the coven bond does not seek or promote blood purity. You're government labels any magic that does not promote Purebloods and Wizard supremacy 'dark' and as covens by their magic does not distinguish roles by gender and allow all members to have a voice as it were, it does not support the Pureblood Wizard world view, hence it must be dark."
"There's not a lot about covens in print in Europe," Stacey added, "at least not that you can order. Parvati and Padma…"
"Who?"
"They're sisters," Ginny said. "They're from India and were at Hogwarts with us."
"Oh."
"Anyway," Stacey continued, "they've ordered some books on the subject from India but they haven't arrived yet. Fortunately, some of the Potter ladies of the past kept very extensive journals so we do have some information about what a coven entails."
"It can best be summed up as the sum being better than its parts," Ginny added. "As that bond matures, we all become more powerful and more magical…"
"And more skilled," Tabatha added.
"… than we could ever hope to be otherwise. We are all bonded to Harry by love of some kind and through him; we are bonded to all his other ladies. This bond includes a combining of our magic in a way. All of us will be more powerful than before although we can't say by how much. If one of us knows a magic, the rest of us can learn it very quickly. Minerva is using that to tailor our educations. She thinks even the youngest of us can complete their magical education in as little as three years start to finish because of that aspect of our bonds."
"Is that all?" Poppy asked.
"That's all we know for certain," Ginny said. "We know the magic bit is true. It's how we test for a coven."
"Oh?"
"In our case, we tested by doing a patronus charm. True, a few of us know it and could do it before, but most had never done one. They all managed on their first or second try."
"And don't forget," Tabatha said, "we all have the same patronus."
Ginny nodded. "We think that's related."
"What is it?" Poppy asked.
"Harry's is a Stag so all of ours our does regardless of what they were before."
"And quite powerful ones at that," Stacey added. "Oh! You might want to take a look around. We're coming up on Charlestown. It's got a farmer's market that's wonderful and this area is probably the largest magical plant – er – farming region in Europe if not the world. Something like eighty percent of the food you ate in magical Britain comes from Charenwell and we are the largest supplier of potions ingredients in Europe for certain. Then again, since we don't have to hide everything from Muggles, we can grow acres and acres of stuff instead of just what you can get from a small greenhouse."
"We have those as well," Ginny said. "We'll be passing them. We also grow a lot of plants that need climates different than what we have. Charlie's checking out the dragon farms on the other side of the Island…"
"Charlie?" Arthur asked.
Ginny nodded. "He arrived yesterday apparently as a – um – offering of good faith?"
"What do you mean?"
"Wasn't it in the papers?"
"I wouldn't know," Arthur said. "Haven't bothered with the papers in a couple of weeks."
"Oh. Well about a week ago the Hungarian Horntails fled the reserve in Romania after burning the Keeper village to the ground. They took Charlie and Tatiana with them…"
"Tatiana?"
"Charlie's wife and Consort," Ginny said. "They met at the reserve and apparently the dragons liked them and brought them with them when they left. The lot of them arrived here yesterday around dawn. Harry had a long talk with their queen who was, apparently, the dragon he faced in the First Task and the flock is now hanging about and settling in."
"Flock?"
"Thirty-six of them," Ginny said.
"You have thirty–six dragons out and about?" Poppy asked.
"No, just thirty-six Horntails," Tabatha said. "There's about a hundred and fifty Charenwell Reds in the rookery offshore."
"What's that?"
"The dragons native to these islands," Tabatha said.
"They're pretty cool," Stacey added, "although I've never been close to them. The Horntails look scary and probably are if riled, but seem nice enough."
"Just so you know, as Duke Harry is allied with the Horntail Clan as well as a herd of hippogriffs. We have two hippogriffs and a Horntail at the Manor right now."
"Why?"
"They keep an eye on things around and about," Ginny said. "The ones at the manor are there to relay messages to their kind and to us from their kind if the need arises."
"That and they'd scare the living hell out of anyone who wanted to cause any mischief," Tabatha added.
"So Charlie's here too?" Arthur asked after a long pause.
Ginny nodded. "And Fred and George," she added. "Bill works for Gringotts out of their Charenwell Branch in Pottersport. Fred and George are setting up business here. Charlie's been hired to work with our three groups of dragons. We also have a hybrid breed that is bred for dragon stuff. Apparently, we are also the largest supplier of dragon stuff in the world and that's without hunting any in the wild."
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10th, 1996 – Potter Manor, Charenwell.
Throughout the afternoon, Arthur wondered whether and to what extent Ginny was having him on. They indeed went to Pottersport and ate at an outdoor café on Front Street looking out over the harbor. It served sea food, another Charenwell specialty apparently and was quite good. It was odd. Everything looked Muggle, but it was clear as well that magic was in the open. What was odd was it was less noticeable than in places like Diagon Alley. Arthur began to think that because they did not have to hide it at all, there was no need for the people of this country to show it when they could. The table was set with magic and their meals appeared magically. There were magic shops on Sir Galahad Street and High Street, but loads of non-magical shops as well. If Arthur were to guess, there was more shopping available than in Diagon Alley and apparently there was another large shopping district in a place called Port of Darby over a hundred miles to the east.
The girls were apparently well known to the people, or at least well recognized. The people were friendly and not as obsequious as the class oriented magicals back in Britain. They even met the shopping expedition from the Manor while showing Arthur and Poppy High Street. It was an enjoyable afternoon in many ways, although for some reason no one talked about the airplanes.
They then drove to the Manor, up the bluff and past the castle, which Ginny said was now the seat of the government although technically it still belonged to Harry. They drove through the fields and hills, through Potter's Vineyard where Ginny pointed out Martha's were Harry took his family to brunch every Sunday morning. Eventually, they drove up the drive to the manor itself.
It was impressive, to say the least. Arthur could not begin to imagine how large the places really were. It was larger than any manor he had ever been to. Sure enough, there was a dragon on the large lawn looking bored and two hippogriffs flanking the main entrance. The creatures seemed unconcerned by their arrival. Then again, three of the people lived there and the other two were obvious guests. The inside of the Manor was even more stunning. Arthur and Poppy were shown to guest rooms in the large new wing called Black House by and elf and then escorted to dinner.
Dinner was a large affair as all the Houses were in attendance. Arthur was not sure which was a larger surprise. Harry truly did have twenty-five wives and they all seemed happy. The truth was he had not seen this side of Ginny since before first year. The moody girl was gone and the talkative, smiling girl he missed was back. Bill was there with Fleur and his other wives as were Fred and George. Arthur was certain it would take weeks to get all the names straight. Charlie was there as well with his wife Tatiana. Arthur sat with Ginny during dinner as well as Katie Bell and the Patil twins who spent most of the time talking about covens. Poppy sat with Minerva at another table. Arthur still found it hard to believe that she was married to Harry.
After dinner, the whole crowd followed Harry to a large room that reminded Arthur of a cross between Courtroom 10 at the ministry and an auditorium. Harry and others took their seats at a large, horse shoe shaped table while Ginny led Arthur to the gallery of seats behind. They were joined by a few people Arthur knew. He was surprised to see Remus, Kingsley and Moody there. He was even more surprised when they were joined by what looked like members of the Muggle Military.
"Right then," Harry said. "I guess we begin with the attempted invasion."
Remus stood and gave a description of the Ministry's failed invasion attempt going over the events in detail. Arthur was stunned that the Ministry would try such a thing. Apparently, he was not the only one.
"So let me get this straight," one of the military types said, "the British magicals tried to invade and got their ass handed to them?"
"In a manner of speaking," Kingsley said. "They sent thirty six imposters posing as the young ladies Lord Potter requested. Twenty of those were marked Death Eaters. The Death eaters and four others died crossing the ward line. Of the remaining twelve, nine have requested asylum and the other three have asked to be allowed to relocate here with their families. Those requests were granted. In addition, the ministry sent an additional fifty witches and wizards on brooms in an attempt to follow our planes. Only one made it here alive, ironically she's the daughter of the Minister for Magic and has also requested and been granted asylum. Twenty-one of the others never returned and are presumed dead, although I can't say if any of them were marked. That's forty-five of eighty-six dead and thirteen having either defected or are considering it. Their total losses stand at fifty-eight. As for the Death Eaters, we've rid Azkaban of their connection and their Operations side lost two thirds of its remaining effectives. Voldemort's got six trained wands left, nine if you include three who are still recovering from the July 1st attacks."
"You can add the two high level Death Eater moles Potter and Tonks killed in the Ministry with Umbridge," Moody said. "The Death Eaters took a hell of a hit."
"Must be nice," one of the military types said. "Just sit behind the wards and nothing can touch you."
"It's not that unusual a situation," General Churchill said. "While it wasn't magic, the Yanks had the same advantage for ages. In both World Wars they were impervious to attack for all practical purposes."
"And Pearl Harbor?" another asked.
"Was a colony, for all practical purposes," Churchill said. "What was there? What did the Japanese achieve? They sunk or damaged eight antiquated battleships, six of which were back in the war within two years. They did not dent the Yanks ability to build up its forces. For the Yanks, they could build their forces at their leisure and not waste much on defense. Took 'em a bit to see that but when they did they even abandoned their coast artillery and sent those soldiers off to the fight. The trick for them was getting their armies to where they were needed and keeping them there. The situation here is analogous. Charenwell can raise a force without worry about invasion, but that force is of little use here. The trick will be getting it to where it's needed."
"And the hit team? Was that necessary?"
"The Ministry is led by arrogant gits," Remus said. "They are so full of themselves it's disgusting. The hit team was sent to deliver a message: we can get you. Hopefully, they'll stop the silly games."
"And if not?"
"As you said, the trick for us is getting to them. They can't get to us."
"And going there is risky to say the least," Harry added. "We were lucky. We sent a largely untrained force at them and came out ahead – and I include myself in that. It could easily have gone pear shaped. Next time – and unless something changes there will be a next time – I don't want to rely on relative amateurs."
"Hence our presence," General Churchill said.
"And recruiting," Remus added. "As of yesterday, we have close to two thousand volunteers enrolled and that's excluding our ladies who are already in training or slated to begin in the next month or so."
"Better than I hoped," Harry said. "Honestly, I was expecting the bulk of the recruits to come from the evacuation."
"General," Remus said, "we may well be looking at between eight and ten thousand for the Army when all is said and done. Six for certain. We also believe we will exceed the manning needs for the Air Force."
General Churchill nodded. "We'll plan for that possibility, but until they're in the pipeline, we can't count them. We can handle those numbers given your timeframe. You're still not planning a large scale assault before 1998?"
"Not unless events force it," Harry said. "My guess is this past week has made that date more certain than less."
"Fair assessment," Kingsley said. "Voldemort will need a year or more to recover from this summer and even then he's lost a lot of experienced people. Bodies and wands can be replaced, experience is much harder. Realistically, it will take years to get back to where he was just two months ago. Then again, the Ministry took a hit as well. He might not need to be as prepared to be effective as he once was."
"So, in all probability, we have eighteen months?" Air Vice Marshall Graham asked.
"That appears more realistic than it did a week ago," Harry nodded.
"Might help us big time on the technical side," Graham continued.
"You're not pushing those engines again…"
"No Milord. Some of my tech boys have been talking with your Twin Terrors. After that magical range enhancement your ground crews showed us, we're thinking magical stuff and those two have some ideas."
"Cant' say they'll work," Fred began.
"But we'll give it a go," George added
"What sort of ideas?" Harry asked.
"Oh this and that," Fred said.
"All of this is mostly thinking now," George added. "Aside from the Potions factory that it."
"Potions factory?"
"Yep. Got some cool ideas from a Muggle book and stuff. We figure a lot of potions can be made on a line or some such. Instead of a Potions Master making a pint here and a pint there, we're pretty sure we can set up an operation that'll pump it out in gallons and gallons."
"Won't even need a Potions Master except as a senior tech supervisor," Fred said. "Most the operation can be run by people with far less training."
"Muggles even," George said. "But we were already thinking 'bout that before we came here."
"We now have the means to make it happen, what with these defense contracts and such."
"But we got newer ideas."
"Such as?" Harry said.
"Ward bombs and shells," George began.
"Assuming we can get them to work."
"They go boom and either drop a ward or throw one up."
"Magic guided bombs," Fred added. "We adapt a muggle smart bomb to home in on a magical signature…"
"Like a ward," George said.
"We nicked a ministry ward stone from their detection grid during our little trip the other day," Fred said. "We're hoping it'll prove useful. At the very least, we might find a way to take the grid down in places in less time."
"At most, we might be able to tap into it and collect information…"
"Or turn it against them."
"No idea if it'll work…"
"Replenishing ammo boxes," Fred said placing a small, black box like thing on the table. "This is a magazine from one of the Muggle rifles the army will get," he said looking at some notes. "The F1A1 it's called. Was standard issue for the Muggles until recently and they got loads of them. This box holds the bullets and feeds them into the rifle somehow. That bit's not important. The box holds twenty rounds of … NATO 7.63 millimeter. Not much."
"What if it held … oh … five hundred rounds?"
"What?" a few voices asked.
"We think we can set something up that would turn this into a magical conduit," George said. "We can't make bullets from nothing magically. You'd still need them stockpiled somewhere. But we think we can make this feed from a larger stock of bullets."
"And where would those bullets be?" a colonel asked.
"Can't say yet," Fred replied. "We think if we base it on portkey arithmancy, they could be here in Charenwell, at least until this box summons one to replace the one just loaded."
"Otherwise, a few miles," George said.
"The key thing being the soldier would have a couple thousand rounds at the ready, not a hundred or so."
"And there other things as well."
"It could simplify certain of the logistics," another soldier said.
"Not to mention increase unit firepower," another added.
"Basically Milord," the general said, "any one of their ideas is a potential benefit to your combat forces."
Harry nodded. "Drawbacks?"
"We'd need a large plant and facilities for both development and production," Fred said.
"And it could well distract us from our joke shop."
"But for a good cause."
Harry nodded. "Right. Whatever you need, but try not to waste time on an idea that's not about to work."
"You footing the bill?" Fred asked.
Harry shrugged. "I seem to be footing it everywhere else."
"Thanks, your Dukeness," Fred said.
"You won't regret it," George added.
Harry nodded. "General?"
"Force multipliers," he said. "While we hope the Lord Mayor is right in his estimates, we are working under the assumption that your ground forces will number between four and six thousand. That's four to six battalions and probably more, not much at all really when you consider the size of the prize."
"Pardon my ignorance but battalions?" Harry asked.
"Right," the general replied. "We're not going to set you up as a carbon copy of our own army, you lot being magical and all and not being organized to stop tanks and the red hoards pouring over the North German Plain. Your Army's basic unit will be the infantry company, a hundred sixty-six men in four platoons of forty with a small command section. Three platoons will have four squads of foot soldiers and can include up to four light machine guns. The fourth platoon will be heavy weapons and support: machine guns, mortars, rockets and sappers.
"We envision three possible Battalion configurations: Light, Medium and Heavy. A light Battalion would be three companies, plus a command section, signal and medical; five hundred and seventy men. A medium section, most likely your Paras, would add and artillery section and number about eight hundred. A heavy Battalion would add Engineers and a support company and number about a thousand men. Given what we know of your enemy, your battalions may well be your largest combat unit, although we might consider Brigade as well, but we'll make that recommendation when it is feasible and necessary."
"What would be a Brigade?" Harry asked.
"A Brigade would be any combination of two or more infantry battalions under a single combat command staff with additional support units. You'd probably include engineers, more artillery and a field hospital. We're trying to make you lot as flexible as possible because even though your bad guys will not have a large order of battle, even at the Lord Mayor's numbers, it's still an awful lot of ground to take and hold. Anything that enhances their combat effectiveness is welcome."
Harry nodded. "Ireland," he growled changing the topic.
"What?" a few voices asked.
"It's been bothering me practically since Her Majesty asked for our help," Harry said. "Ireland that is. It's part of magical Britain and therefore part of the objective. Yet only the counties in the north are part of non-magical Britain. Most the island is not and that part has no relation with our world that I'm aware of. What we did the other day in Wiltshire, we couldn't hope to even try in Cork. The British Muggles let us in. I can't say the Irish would be as accommodating right now. That is the problem. We might be able to send Battalions into Britain. But were we to try the same thing in the Republic of Ireland we might well find ourselves at war with the Muggles. Yet to do nothing, and we leave a huge area where our enemy can retreat and we can't easily follow. Not without risking a much wider war than we are willing to fight. I don't want to risk that. Moreover, taking Britain will be hard enough. Ireland would add a whole separate campaign to our already full plate. We need to figure out a way to take it out of the equation without involving a major military effort if possible."
"You don't have the same concern about the Continent?" General Churchill asked.
"Not at the moment," Harry began.
"This past week, we had significant discussions with the French Minister for Magic who was visiting and the Ambassadors from Magical Scandinavia, Spain, Portugal and United Germany," Remus said. "While they are not absolutely closing their borders, they will be imposing travel restrictions that would effectively deny the enemy aid, support or refuge on or from the Continent. After Thursday's little excitement, it is a fair bet the I.C.W. will impose even more stringent restrictions. But the Duke is correct about Ireland. It is part of Magical Britain and such restrictions cannot be imposed at this time."
"The good news about Ireland is that it has never been a major source of support or recruitment for the Death Eaters and generally ignores the Ministry so far as such is possible," Kingsley added. "My experience is they would prefer that the rest of us stay on our side of the Irish Sea."
"We have eighteen months at least to figure out a way to safely ignore Ireland," Harry said. "I don't expect an answer today. I just want you all to start thinking about it.
"Next item on my list … the Evacuation. Minerva and Dora have accumulated sufficient responses that, given the current state of readiness both here at The Manors and in Jamestown and given the current state of our little Airline, we can begin the evacuation. The first flights will leave London Monday. One flight a day will carry families of the wives and three will be dedicated to other evacuees for now. We hope to be up to ten flights a day by September.
"Next up, the thirty-six concubines we brought over from Britain on Thursday. We need to find them homes and I'd prefer not to take on any more if possible. Suggestions?"
"I've been talking with Tatiana and my brothers," Charlie said. "We'd be willing to help."
"Oi! Who's we?" Fred asked.
"I meant Tatiana and I would be willing."
"I'll take some more if need be," Remus said. "Although as Lord Mayor, I would prefer they all be Charenwell girls."
"We'll help as well," a female voice said. It was Alice Longbottom.
"We will?" Frank asked.
"We're already a part of this, Frank. Our son has or will have nineteen ladies to care for; surely we can help as well."
"Fine."
"How do you lot afford…?" Arthur began before he wondered if he was even allowed to speak.
"The Duke is providing financial support to the extent needed," Hermione said. "Housing will be provided and allowances for food, clothing, children, education and other support. Their welfare is his concern and ours as well. True, we do expect the Heads of Houses to seek gainful employment, but they should not need worry about supporting their households. This … program … is not for the – er – pleasures and appetites of men, rather it is for the welfare of those women."
Arthur nodded. "I … well, that is … I've left my home, career and what passed for a wife. Arguably, I have nothing better to do with my time."
"I'm sure we can find something for you, Mr. Weasley," Harry said.
"I just want to help."
"So you're willing to take on a few of these women under the conditions we specify? You do know what those conditions are, don't you?"
Arthur nodded. "Ginny and the boys have told me. I'll help if you ask it of me."
"Shouldn't say that unless you mean it, Dad," Fred said.
"I mean I want to help," Arthur said.
Harry nodded. "Right then. Hermione?"
"A moment please?" she replied.
Arthur turned to Ginny. "What's this?"
"Hermione's been the one – um – arranging who gets how many," Ginny said. "I heard Fred call her the Witch Bitch, once. Not being mean, just a crude way of saying what her unofficial role in this is."
"Oh. I'm surprised she'd take part…"
"Things happen," Ginny shrugged. "The more she's learned about this, the more she wants to help girls like them. She was the one who convinced Harry to take on additional 'wives' after all, although Harry has made it clear she gets to explain it to her parents when they arrive."
"They're coming?"
Ginny nodded. "Monday."
"Um…"
"Okay," Hermione announced. "Here's the deal. Nine girls each to the four of you. Each of you will take at least one non Charenwell witch. I think it's best if they are bound first as they don't have the luxury of having family to visit. Please let me know when you want the others to arrive so we can contact them. Daphne?"
"Yes Hermione?" the other witch answered.
"You think you and your sister might be up for a shopping trip Monday? The ten girls from Britain probably need it."
"Why not tomorrow?" Daphne asked.
"Ginny's birthday," Hermione said.
"Oh yeah. Sure."
"Great!"
There seemed to be a break in presentations. Ginny turned to her father. "You really are going to take those girls in?"
Arthur nodded.
"You do realize what that means, right?"
"Um…"
"The full bond is the goal, Daddy. You will have to accept them as full partners in all things. You will be expected to sleep with them and father their children and…"
"I understand. I'm not saying I'm not concerned about it, though. After what happened with your mother…"
"The one advantage the bond has is trust, Dad. What happened with Mother cannot happen under these bonds. From the start, they will not be able to hurt you intentionally or betray you at all. Once the bond matures to the next level, it will work like that both ways. It's quite wonderful, actually."
"And Consorts, does this preclude a Consort?"
"You'd think it might," Ginny replied. "But it does not. Remus was already Love Bonded to at least some of his ladies when Stephanie became his Consort. Fred and George had two Concubines each when Alicia and Angelina became their Consorts. I don't know if those bonds were Love Bonds yet or not. Harry was Love Bonded to three Blacks and Two Potters when Luna became his Black Consort. The only requirement there seems to be she initiates it and you have the position open."
"Did the Consorts know?"
"Of course. Moreover, in the cases of Hermione, Fleur, Susan, Alice and now Tatiana, they had to approve of the other bonds before hand."
"Can I ask you a personal question?" Arthur continued.
Ginny snorted. "You can ask."
"Are … are you happy?"
Ginny looked at him and smile.
"I'll be honest, Dad. At the time, when you turned me over to Harry at Gringotts I didn't know what to think except my life was over. I was right about that bit. My life as I knew it was over. Fred, George and especially Bill and Fleur talked to me a bit just before Harry bound me to him and told me it was not what I thought it was and they were right too. I was disappointed in you that day. I still hate Mother for what she did to our family. Yet, because of her, I'm here. Harry, Hermione, Luna and the others in our large family all gave me far more of a chance than I deserved and have gone out of their way to let me be a full member of their family – our family. Okay, it's not at all what I wanted a couple months ago. I wasn't sure about Harry. He was a possibility only. What I wanted was romance, wedding and all that. Kind of skipped the romance bit, but Harry is making that up to all of us because he really never dated any of us, not even Hermione. Each of us gets a date with him – and another of his girls – about once a week and birthday's – like mine tomorrow – is our time with him. As for the wedding, I kind of had something similar at the ball for the Queen, but Harry's even willing to do that for us if we want. I have more friends now than ever. I'm closer to my brothers than ever as well. I'll get to finish my education, fly in the Air Force and do whatever I want with my life. Harry makes me feel special. Don't ask me how he manages that with twenty-four others and a betrothed, but he does. In a way, as hard as it was at the time, that day in Gringotts was the best day in my life because it led to where I am now. Yes, Daddy, I believe I'm happy."
"Do you think I…"
"I know you'll do right by those women, Dad."
Arthur nodded as he noticed Minerva McGonagall getting up as the talking around him ceased.
"Our final bit," Harry said, "will be an overview of our continuing education for those of us in the various families here at The Manors."
"Right then," Minerva said. "In addition to my job for the government as Head of Educational Development where our mission is to open up a magical school system for all children in Charenwell beginning in the Fall Term of next year, I have also been asked to come up with an educational program for the Families, those being what are imprecisely referred to as Harems. The goal of that planning is to continue the magical education of the Duke, Lord Longbottom and all the wives and Concubines associated with the Houses Black, Potter, Longbottoms, Lupin and all Weasleys. In addition, as many of the families of the various wives and concubines are relocating to Charenwell and the new town called The Manors – just down the road from here – and as most of those families have children who either are attending a magical school or are supposed to start a magical school this fall, the program I've been asked to prepare must necessarily include them. Finally, this program must also address and assist those among us whose educations were cut short when they became Concubines. I believe we have a program that is flexible, will allow for all students to achieve the best possible education in the shortest possible time and will allow them to sit for their I.C.W. examinations.
"It is also a bit of an experiment.
"First of all, rather than try and staff a program that provides for seven separate years of instruction, what I have devised is one that covers the same material in three separate levels: Basic, Intermediate and Advanced. Students completing the Intermediate Level of instruction will sit for their O.W.L.s; those completing the Advanced Level will sit for their N.E.W.T.s. All three levels will offer and require their students to take Charms, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Herbology, History, Potions and Transfiguration. Basic and Intermediate Levels will also require Astronomy. Intermediate and Advanced Levels will require Arithmancy, Ancient Runes and Care of Magical Creatures. The Advanced Level will also require a basic Healing course. We will not be offering either Muggle Studies or Divination."
"Why not?" Arthur asked.
"Divination is a waste," Minerva said. "One either has the talent or they do not. If a student has the talent, we'll work with that. Otherwise there is plenty of resource material available for them to read at their leisure. As for Muggle Studies, here we are fairly integrated and, as there are no secrecy laws in effect, it too is of little utility. In case you've not been told, Arthur, there's not a Muggle in the country who is not well acquainted with magic.
"Anyway, Advanced Level courses will be offered to all students who completed courses through the end of their Fifth Year regardless of whether they sat for the O.W.L.s and regardless of their marks. From what I have been told having spoken with every potential student here and having access to materials – er – liberated from the various schools in Britain, I don't see that as a significant problem. Regardless of Level, the class sizes will be small. The largest class will have only about twenty students. As I have also arranged at least two instructors for most of our offerings, I feel that the additional attention will overcome most difficulties and while I do have a schedule I am confident that many of our students will finish ahead of schedule. Assuming they stay on the schedule, those starting off at the Basic Levels can expect to sit for their O.W.L.s in June of 1999 and their N.E.W.T.s in August of 2000. Those students in the Intermediate Levels will sit for their O.W.L.s in March of 1998 and their N.E.W.T.s in May of 1999. Finally, those in the Advanced Levels this fall will sit for their N.E.W.T.s in October of next year. I have already received preliminary approval waiving O.W.L. requirements for the Advanced Levels for those taking such levels beginning this year only.
"Okay then Basic Levels. All students who are either eleven years of age on or before September 1st of this year or have completed First or Second Year Courses will be in the Basic Level. I have also offered former Third Years the option of taking basic levels if they choose and a few have. We have fifty-one basic level students and they will be divided into three sections of seventeen students each. They will be taking Astronomy, Charms, Defense, Herbology, History, Potions and Transfiguration.
"The Intermediate Levels will be all other former Third Year Students and all of last year's Fourth Year Students. In addition to continuing the Basic Courses, they will all take the three 'elective' Courses: Ancient Runes, Arithmancy and Care of Magical Creatures. There are thirty six students in the Intermediate Level. For Charms, Defense, Herbology, Potions and Transfiguration, they will be in three sections of twelve students. For Astronomy and History, they will be in five sections of seven to eight students. For Runes, Arithmancy and Care of Magical Creatures, they will also be in five sections, but they will be joined by Advanced Level Students who did not take those courses before. Including those advanced students, those sections vary from ten to eighteen students.
"Finally, the Advanced Levels. These are all students who have completed Fifth Year. There will be eighty-four students taking Advanced Levels in Charms, Defense, Healing, Herbology, History, Potions and Transfiguration divided into five sections of sixteen to seventeen students. Those who completed Fifth Year work in Runes, Arithmancy and Care of Magical Creatures will continue in the Advanced Levels in five sections ranging in size from four to ten students. The others will be placed in the corresponding Intermediate level courses."
"How can you move them forward so fast?" Arthur asked. "You're talking N.E.W.T.s in a little over four years for a child who never held a wand before!"
"Good question," Minerva said. "The I.C.W. minimum standards are three hours of Potions, Charms, Transfiguration and Defense per academic week and two hours in all other approved courses for a minimum of thirty eight weeks per academic year. That's five hundred and seventy class hours before your O.W.L.s in the Big Four, three hundred and eight for the other first year courses and two hundred and twenty-eight for the electives. This fall, we will only be running half days to accommodate the flight training. Even so, each student will receive two and a half hours of instruction in all their course per week. That's forty-two and a half hours for the fall for all courses. In the spring, we go to full days with five hours per week in the Big Four and three and a half in all the others. They will have a hundred and thirty-five hours instruction in the Big Four this spring and ninety-four and a half in all others. Next fall, their full day loads will be eight-five hours in the Big Four and fifty-nine and a half in all others. Basically, because their class days will be at least half again as long as they were and they will have at least six extra weeks of class each calendar year, they can easily pace ahead of the rest. To be honest, given other factors I believe most will actually finish ahead of this schedule."
"Still, it seems a bit much."
"There are several factors working in our favor," Minerva said. "First of all is location. The school has been built on a line running from Black House to The Manors Lake and is half way between the two. Almost every student either lives here or will live in The Manors, and can easily walk to the school if they choose. It will also be accessible by Floo for all students. Thus, the students can live at home throughout the year and still have access to the facilities as if they boarded there. Given the family arrangements of most students, boarding is not an option.
"Second are the facilities. Excluding faculty facilities, the school has three potions labs, three greenhouses for herbology and a connection to the greenhouses in Charlestown for field work, two classrooms for creatures and a floo connection to the National Preserve for field work, nine classrooms for spell work and ten other classrooms for Astronomy, History, Runes, Healing and Arithmancy. The entire facility will be under a special time charm during the academic day. Classes start at nine and end at four, but fourteen hours will pass for faculty and students during that time so there will be breaks for them. And in case you're wondering, unlike a time turner this charm is neutral. Neither the students nor their unborn children will age at an accelerated rate so no worries there. We also have an extensive library on site as well as an infirmary although we hope the only need for the latter will be for maternity checks and maybe the occasional delivery. There are also some large lounges, recreational rooms and study rooms for students to use between classes and a large dining facility for lunch.
"Most critical of all is the size of the faculty in relation to the student body. There will be a hundred and seventy-one students attending when classes start in a couple of weeks. At Hogwarts, for example, there are twelve professors total. That's one for every 33 students and that number is deceptive. I taught all Transfiguration Classes. I had around two hundred and eight-five students through their O.W.L.s. This fall, we'll have 20 professors. That's one for every eight students. In the Spring, each level will have its own professors in its courses. The most any one professor will need worry about are the eighty-four students in some of the Advanced Levels, that's less than I was responsible for as Head of House. It will be much easier for us to attend to students needs as there will be more of us to go around. Likewise, the Basic Level students do not have to worry that their Potions Professor is dealing with his O.W.L. students. We think this will inure to the benefit of all."
"And training and operations?" Air Vice Marshall Graham asked. "Even when they complete training, it never really stops. Not if they want to do any good over the battle area. They'll need several hours a week at least."
"We can adjust the school wards to allow that additional time to meet both needs come spring term."
Arthur listened to additional discussion on other topics, namely the situation regarding dragons and hippogriffs, but for the most part he was left thinking about all he had learned that day. He had a feeling that in the long run coming to this country was going to prove to be the best decision.
A/N: RELATIONSHIP SCORECARD:
If you didn't read the Intro, you missed that. This is so you can keep up with who's with who and how.
Key:
Names in Italics = OC
Gr – Gryffindor, Hu – Hufflepuff, Ra – Ravenclaw, Sl – Slytherin.
SG – St. George's School, PE – Prince Edward School, SA – St. Andrew's, SP – St. Patrick's, SD – St. David's.
(Number indicates last year completed. No number means they finished all seven years.)
P = pregnant.
Harry James Potter, age 16.* HOUSE POTTER
1. Hermione Jane (Granger) Potter, age 16 (Gr-5); CONSORT.*P - boy/girl (twins).
2. Minerva Grace (McGonagall) Potter-Black, age 68 (Gr).P - girl.
3. Astoria Lynn (Greengrass) Potter-Black, age 14 (Sl-3).*
4. Ginevra Molly (Weasley) Potter-Black, age 14 (Gr-4).*
5. Stacey Marie (Campbell) Potter-Black, age 17 (SA-5).*
6. Laura Teresa (Oliver) Potter-Black, age 21 (PE-5).*
7. Rhonda Kaye (Lester) Potter-Black, age 17 (SD-5).
8. Katie Alice (Bell) Potter-Black, age 17 (Gr-6).
9. Padma (Patil) Potter-Black, age 16 (Ra-5).
10. Sally-Anne (Perks) Potter-Black, age 16 (SG-5).
11. Erin Faye (Sullivan) Potter-Black, age 16 (SP-6).
12. Eleanor May (Bromstone) Potter-Black, age 13 (Hu-2).
HOUSE BLACK
1. Luna Celeste (Lovegood) Black, age 15 (Ra-4); CONSORT.*P
2. Dora (Tonks) Black-Potter, age 22 (Hu).*P – girl.
3. Mallory Michelle (Grant) Black-Potter, age 39 (Hu).P - boy.
4. Daphne Renee (Greengrass) Black-Potter, age 16 (Sl-5).*P
5. Tabatha Simone (Collins) Black-Potter, age 16 (SA-5).*
6. Fiona Michelle (Simpson) Black-Potter, age 22 (SD).*
7. Karen Maria (Green) Black-Potter, age 18 (PE-5).
8. Constance Maria (Plumber) Black-Potter, age 16 (SG-5).
9. Parvati (Patil) Black-Potter, age 16 (Gr-5).
10. Kathryn Marie (O'Fallon) Black-Potter, age 16 (SP-5).
11. Laura Elaine (Madley) Black-Potter, age 13 (Ra-2).
12. Cathy Alicia (Abrams) Black-Potter, age 12 (Hu-1).
1. Narcissa (Cissy) Black, age 33 (Sl-5); Coven Bonded.
2. Gabrielle Collette Delacour, age 9; Veela Bond.
Bill Weasley, age 25.
1. Fleur Patrice (Delacour) Weasley, age 19; CONSORT.P – girl.
2. Mary Ellen (Howard) Weasley, age 18 (Hu-5).*P - boy.
3. Samantha Christine (Johnson) Weasley, age 17 (SG-5).*
4. Peggy Louise (Nolan) Weasley, age 17 (9/6/78) (Hu-6).*
5. Elizabeth Olive (Nolan) Weasley, age 14 (Gr-3).
6. Lana Catherine (Powell) Weasley, age 22 (SA).*P
7. Carla (Masterson) Weasley, age 20 (PE-5).*P
8. Donna Lynn (Roselle) Weasley, age 19 (SG-5).
9. Christine Celine (Paulson) Weasley, age 17 (PE-5).
10. Mandy (Brocklehurst) Weasley, age 16 (Ra-5).
11. Wendy Seline (Hendricks) Weasley, age 15 (Gr-4).
12. Agnes Gabrielle (Martin) Weasley, age 15 (Hu-4).
13. Morgan Laura (Carlson) Weasley, age 14 (Hu-3).
14. Francine Sally (Broadmoor) Weasley, age 14 (Ra-3).
15. Wanda Helen Parker, age 13 (Gr-2).
16. Bonnie Faith Carter, age 13 (Hu-2).
Neville Algicyrus Longbottom, age 16.*
1. Susan Marie (Bones) Longbottom, age 16 (Hu-5); CONSORT.*P – boy, girl (twins).
2. Amber Selma (Harker) Longbottom, age 33 (Sl-5).*P - boy, girl (twins).
3. Penelope Ann (Clearwater) Longbottom, age 20 (Ra).*P
4. Annette Lucille (Harper) Longbottom, age 24 (SD).*
5. Deborah Leigh (McLean) Longbottom, age 20 (SA).*
6. Miriam Olivia (Riley) Longbottom, age 18 (SG-5).P
7. Amanda (Kennedy) Longbottom, age 16 (SP-5).
8. Hannah Suzanne (Abbott) Longbottom, age 16 (Hu-5).
9. Patricia Faye (Abbott) Longbottom, age 14 (Hu-3).
10. Megan Allison (Jones) Longbottom, age 16 (Hu-5).
12. Leanne Lucille (Tinker) Longbottom, age 17 (Gr-6).
13. Lavender Sue (Brown) Longbottom, age 16 (Gr-5).
14. Natalie Mae (McDonald) Longbottom, age 14 (Gr-3).
15. Cho (Chang) Longbottom, age 17 (Ra-6).
16. Su Li, age 16 (Ra-5).
17. Morag Coleen (McDougal) Longbottom, age 16 (Ra-5).
Fred Weasley, age 18.
1. Alicia May (Spinet) Weasley, age 18 (Gr); CONSORT.*P
2. Verity Nicole (Smith) Weasley, age 21 (SG-5).*P – boy.
3. Danielle Louise (Carter) Weasley, age 20 (SG-5).*P - girl.
4. Victoria (Vicki) (Peters) Weasley, age 17 (Ra-6).*
5. Rachel Francine (Peters) Weasley, age 15 (Ra-4).*
6. Coleen (Harrington) Weasley, age 23 (SP).*
7. Elisha Susan (Stout) Weasley, age 21 (SD).P
8. Helen May (Ivey) Weasley, age 20 (SG-5).
9. Caroline (Folsom) Weasley, age 18 (SD-5).
10. Annette Maria (Barnes) Weasley, age 15 (Gr-4).
11. Simone (Fanning) Weasley, age 15, (Hu-4).
12. Jessica (Jessie) (Bates) Weasley, age 14 (Gr-3).
13. Jennifer Lynn (Faulken) Weasley, age 14 (Hu-3).
14. Patsy (Tennyson) Weasley, age 14 (Ra-3).
15. Mary Simone (Tennyson) Weasley, age 14 (Ra-3).
16. Megan Anne Albright, age 13 (Hu-2).
George Weasley, age 18.
1. Angelina Olivia (Johnson) Weasley, age 18 (Gr); CONSORT.*P – boy.
2. Shelly Ann (Parker) Weasley, age 22 (SG).*P - girl.
3. Ellen Suzanne (North) Weasley, age 20 (SG).*P
4. Alice Melissa (Jenkins) Weasley, age 17 (Hu-6).*
5. Roberta Elaine (Larson) Weasley, age 25 (PE).*P
6. Georgina Emma (Parker) Weasley, age 22 (SG).*
7. Eileen (O'Malley) Weasley, age 21 (SP-5).
8. Isabel (Tate) Weasley, age 19 (SA).
9. Tammy (Grey) Weasley, age 15 (Hu-4).
10. Pamela Ray (Adams) Weasley, age 15 (Ra-4).
11. Selene Adams, age 13 (Ra-2).
12. Betsy (Watson) Weasley, age 14 (Gr-3).
13. Elaine Lucinda (Manning) Weasley, age 14 (Hu-3).
14. Michelle Eliza Graham, age 13 (Gr-2).
15. Alice Paulette McGregor, age 13 (Hu-2).
16. Morgan Laura Carpenter, age 13 (Ra-2).
Lord Mayor Remus John Lupin, age 36.
1. Stephanie Mia (Rogers) Lupin, age 24 (SG); CONSORT.
2. Sarah Michelle (Hanson) Lupin, age 21 (SG).*
3. Amelia Renee (Carpenter) Lupin, age 21 (SG).*P
4. Tara Frances (Marks) Lupin, age 20 (SG-5).*
5. Christy (Matthews) Lupin, age 19 (SG).
6. Ellie Beth (Mitchell) Lupin, age 18 (PE-5).
Frank Longbottom, age 41.
1. Alice Maria (Pierson) Longbottom, age 40 (Ra); CONSORT.P
2. Sandra Ellen (Butler) Longbottom, age 24 (SP).*
3. Veronica Helen (Riordan) Longbottom, age 23 (SP).*P
4. Gretchen Lee (St. James) Longbottom, age 21 (PE).*
5. Marie (White) Longbottom, age 19 (SD).
6. Carol Matilda (Timmerman) Longbottom, age 17 (SD-5).
Charlie Weasley, age 23
1. Tatiana Maria (Ivanova) Weasley, age 19.
Arthur Percival Weasley, age 46 (4/12/50).