"Come in and be quiet for a few minutes, would you?" he quietly asked. "I'll just go wake Andi."
"Ted, there's no need," said Sirius.
"Yes, there is," he disagreed. "Besides, she has a 6.00am start today, anyway. She wants to get a couple hours in at the hospital before she has to go to the Ministry for the Meeting of the Wizengamot."
As Sirius led the Longbottoms in, Ted went to the master bedroom.
Less than ten minutes later, while the Longbottoms and Sirius were waiting quietly on the lounge and chairs, he was leading a dressing-gowned Andi into the lounge.
Andi took one look at them, while the three were rising to greet their temporary hostess, and exclaimed, "Morgana's saggy tits!"
Frank laughed while Alice simply smirked back. She quietly said, "Good morning, Andromeda."
Sirius was grinning his head off.
Andi suddenly whipped her wand out and was casting as she came forward. However, none of the casts were offensive in nature. She was firing off detection charms like they were going out of fashion.
"Andi!" exclaimed Ted.
"Shoosh!" she snapped, during a pause in her casting.
Going first to Frank she walked around him while still casting. When she seemed satisfied she spun about and turned her wand on Alice. A long few seconds later, she stepped back and said, "Sweet Merlin! It is you; it is you both!"
"Happy?" asked Frank, a little wryly.
"How?!" she barked in shock.
"Someone figured it out and set the snitch flying," replied Sirius, grinning. "Wanna guess who?"
Andi stood there, scowling, still quite shocked, but thought it through. Then her eyes widened and she looked in new shock at Sirius.
"Harry?!" she exclaimed in disbelief.
He laughed, "Right in one!"
After Andi had calmed down again, she called their house elf to make tea for them all. Then it set about preparing breakfast.
While they were talking and waiting, Ted and Sirius took turns telling both the Longbottoms and Andi what had been going on of late. Most of it was for Andi's benefit as Frank, with Alice's added commentary, told them about Harry's letters to them.
"It's clear to us why he said he was supposed to go into Slytherin," said Frank. "But, we can also tell he would have done brilliantly in any of the four houses.
"He has the cunning of a Slytherin, the smarts of a Ravenclaw, the loyalty of a Hufflepuff and the quaffles of a Gryffindor. He's the perfect Hogwarts student."
While Ted and Sirius snorted in amusement at his description of Harry's Gryffindor traits, Alice smacked him on the arm. "Be polite," she mock-scolded him.
Andi was still coming to terms with this latest revelation.
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After breakfast and Andi left for work with pleading from all four of the others she not tell a soul about the Longbottoms just yet - she wouldn't - Ted and Sirius talked about a slight change they wanted to make to their plans.
"I think we should bring Madam Bones in on this," said Ted.
"And I agree," said Sirius.
Frank nodded and said, "Harry's last letter to us said he'd hinted to the point of obviousness that we'd been cured and we'd put in an appearance at the Wizengamot before lunch." He then chuckled and said, "He also said that first thing in the morning was before lunch, so he hadn't misled her."
That had even Ted chuckling as Sirius laughed.
'The question then becomes," said a grinning Alice, "When?"
Ted quickly checked the time on the wind-up kitchen clock and said, "She's normally in the office almost right on 8.00am. As today is a meeting of the Wizengamot, with a trial right before, I'm guessing she'll be in at about 7.00am."
"Which means she'll rise at about 6.00am," nodded Sirius. Checking the time, himself, he added, "In about... fifteen minutes."
"What time is Harry likely to get up?" asked Alice.
"He's an early riser," replied Sirius. "Him and his house elf have a sort of fake competition about who's going to be first down to the kitchen to cook breakfast... he's a brilliant cook, by the way... but, of course, the elf always beats him."
"He cooks, too?" asked a surprised Alice.
"He didn't write to you about that?" grinned Sirius. "He doesn't cook, Ali; he turns food into art!"
"He's very good, Alice," said Ted. "It's a privilege to be invited to dine when he's the chef."
"Is there anything this young man can't do?" asked Frank.
"Apparently, not if he sets his mind to it, no," replied a very proud and still grinning Sirius. Suddenly, he said, "Actually, thinking of the time, he's probably up."
Sirius suddenly whipped his mirror out of his pocket and said to it, "Prongslet!"
While the other three watched on, the mirror blurred for a few moments before it cleared with Harry's face appearing. Of course, for the Longbottoms, this was the first time they'd seen the young man. No one had thought to send in photographs with the Longbottoms when they went into the chamber.
"Mornin'!" Harry drawled. He appeared quite awake.
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This morning, Harry had donned his invisibility cloak to try and sneak down to the kitchen. But, before he even managed to pass the end of the kitchen counter, Dobby called, "Good morning, Master Harry!" He had his back to Harry, at the time.
"Damn it!"
Dobby turned with a grin on his face; but, on turning around, couldn't see his master at all.
"Master Harry?" he asked, confused.
He knew his master was 'right there' but couldn't see him or even sense him. He just knew.
Suddenly, with a swish of his cloak, his master appeared, scowling back.
"Powerful magics, Master Harry!" he exclaimed.
"Yeah, yeah," his master moped, turning around and walking back out.
He knew his master wasn't unhappy or angry with him - house elves knew these things - but it amused his master and was a little fun for him too, so Dobby wouldn't complain.
However, it would be a cold day in the Halls of the Dishonoured before his master ever caught him out.
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Harry had only just returned upstairs with the intention of taking his morning shower, when his mirror buzzed.
'Of course," he muttered. "Why didn't I think of that?"
Picking it up he quietly said, "Padfoot." And the mirror cleared.
"Mornin'," he drawled, trying to act cool.
"Good morning, sleepy-head!" his godfather chirpily greeted him.
Harry gave a snort and said, "You know, Padfoot; this will probably be the only day you'll ever get up before me. So, yuck it up while you can."
Sirius laughed and asked, "Dobby beat you to the kitchen again?"
"Sawn-off little gremlin!" he mock-scowled.
As Sirius laughed Harry could also hear other laughter in the background.
"Alright, Padfoot," he said. "Enough of the niceties. Let me see them."
"What?" mock-exclaimed Sirius. "Your dear, sweet godfather not good enough for you any more?"
That was as far as he got before the mirror took a dizzying quick spin.
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