Unlikely Heroes: Fallen feathers, mirrored scales
Dealing with the Woods
Title: Unlikely Heroes: Fallen feathers, Mirrored Scales
Pairing: Future DracoxHarry
Fandom: Harry Potter
Summary: A battered Boy Who Lived finds his world come crashing down when his name comes out of the Goblet of Fire. Shockingly, the only ones to come to his rescue are those he'd believed were his enemies. CreatureFic Sub!Harry
Notes: I know this title isn't as epic as that of StarlightxMassacre's Rise of the Dracken: The Scaled bits but I did my best. This is not quite a side fic but will show parts of the story that didn't make it into the main story line for whatever reasons. Hopefully this is answer questions or fill in gaps.
Chapter 29- Dealing with the Woods
December 19, 1994Perhaps, living in Hogsmeade was a really bad idea.Aberforth hadn’t realised that his brother had bought The Hogshead pub from the Wood family or that they had first claim in a sale.He bit his lip as he sat nervously across from Dowager Lady Cassiopeia Wood.“So you want to sell The Hogshead.” She glared at him.Aberforth shifted nervously, “Yeah and buy a house. I know that there’s bad blood between my family and yours but I’m sure you’ll agree that a pub’s no place for a girl. I’m getting too old to run a pub anyway. We just need a small place, I’d like to put enough away to leave her decently off if anything happens to me. She’s thirteen and she’s been tossed away by her Prewett relations and disowned by her supposed Weasley family. I understand the reasoning but that don’t mean I have ta like it.”“You can have the house that Minerva McGonagall’s dithered about selling. She’s finally decided that she needs to if only to cover her ex-husband’s medical expenses. We bought it for a paltry sum but I am willing to trade it for the Hogshead and an agreed upon amount of galleons. A third of which will be deposited into a trust vault for your daughter and the rest will be for you. I suggest that you consider investing Mr. Dumbledore.”Aberforth sighed, “I plan to. I have some money saved but not a lot. I never expected to be responsible for anyone but myself…I figured I’d work myself to death and then my possessions would go to Albus’ godson.”“Only now there are those with Dumbledore blood,” Sancus mused, “Even witches who are close in blood can inherit if they bond to a wizard. There is no guarantee that even in a mixed gender bonding that boys would be born, especially in a family like the Lovegoods or the Greengrasses.”“Who are the closest in blood?” Dowager Lady Wood asked.“Albus can’t have children, at this point Ginevra is the only close descendant we have and our sister is dead. Aside from Ginevra, we’ve got Albus’ godson but I’d like to avoid that. Mother was an only child, thus it would be best to look at my father’s relations. Aunt Honoria joined the Flint Family; they had one kid Julius who bonded to Faolan Lupin. Aunt Elaine was bonded to Janus Greengrass and they had twin daughters Sigune and Phoebe. Sigune was Ariana’s friend and she was Cindy while my sister was Ari. Phoebe wasn’t close to any of us though she ended up with a Prince, Valarian Prince. Cindy bonded to a Macmillan, Kinny Macmillan I think.”“I’d say the closest in blood is probably Lyall Lupin…” Sancus mused.“I’m none too fond of my daughter’s family.” Cassiopeia Wood muttered darkly, “Is Lyall still around?”Sancus chuckled, “He’s still associated with the Department of Magical Creatures if that’s what you mean. He’s Professor Lupin’s grandfather actually.”Aberforth chuckled, “That settles it then, provisionally if Ginevra has no sons to inherit then we’ll grant the estate to Professor Lupin. Perhaps, then he’d consent to creating a wand for my daughter.”“Why would a thirteen-year-old girl need a new wand?” Sancus frowned.“Really? Give it some thought; like that Prewett wench did anything for her supposed children. All of her supposed children ended up with used wands.” Aberforth retorted.It would be hard to decide who was the more disgusted: Sancus or Dowager Lady Wood….What do you think? Outstanding? Exceeds expectations? Acceptable? Poor? Dreadful? Troll?
Chaos Lady - What do you think about Aberforth now? Is he still doing alright? Sorry it's been over a year *hides*
Meechypoo64 - I don't know if you're still watching this story but here you go! You'll be able to see how Ginny reacts to her puppy Griff when they meet. Aberforth knows too much about obsessions that are allowed to get out of control and when trauma isn't dealt with properly, so I don't see him wanting let the mistakes of previous generations of Dumbledores ruin Ginny's future. He'll find a good mind healer for her and promised they'll go together. While he didn't keep his promise of letting Ginny help him pick out a house or her puppy, he will keep that one. He wants to give her a safe and stable place to live so keeping the pub even for a short time while she's in his custody would be irresponsible and he's honestly trying to be a good father even if he thinks he's too old...