It seems Harry and Hermione's luck was still with them. When they got to the floor where Umbridge's office was, she was seen walking towards the minister's office. Hermione and Harry slipped the cloak on, Harry used the imperius curse on the secretary. The moment the woman left, to go to the bathroom, Harry slipped into the office while Hermione kept watch.
Just as they were leaving Harry removed the curse from the secretary then Hermione used a memory charm to make the woman forget the last half an hour.
'Dobby,' Harry called as he sat Hermione's room where she was teaching Harry ancient runes.
'Master Harry called Dobby.'
'Yeah, you know some of our plans, one is to get that dark diary when Lucius Malfoy slips it to Ginny Weasley. I overheard Draco Malfoy talking about the hidden room under the drawing room. Do you think you could get in there?'
'Dobby can still access all of nasty old masters house, Master Harry.'
'Okay, what I want you to do is see if the diary is there. Find out if you can place it in the protective bag we have and bring it here. If you can then we can deal with those three right now and we can get right away from here and everyone that is trying to manipulate us. If you can't, then we'll stick to the original plan. But I don't want you in danger Dobby. Use your magic, make sure that there isn't some type of charm that lets him know someone is in the room or touched any of his things.'
'Dobby knows what old nasty master uses to protect his dark objects Master Harry, so Dobby will be safe.'
Harry smiled then summoned the bag, 'Take this, it's for the diary. I really don't want you touching it unless you have no choice. Please be careful Dobby.'
'Dobby be careful Master Harry.'
Hermione waited until Dobby left before she took Harry's hand in hers, 'If this works then we can leave, for good.'
'Yeah, so even though I would like to stay close to Neville, it's not possible. But he is close to Dean and Seamus now, he's also close to some of the kids from other houses.'
'He was like us Harry, he just needed a friend. Now he is acting how he should have if his grandmother and uncle hadn't scarred him with their belief he wasn't as powerful as his father. We'll keep in touch, with letters, but its best if he can get close to people his own age.'
'Yeah, it is. With Ron repeating first year he won't be in the same dorm room as Neville so he won't be able to bully Neville. I doubt Neville would let him though, not now. He told Ron off the last time he tried to stop Neville from being close to me.'
'With Ron in first year again, he will have a lot of students on him about repeating. I doubt he will worry about Neville when he has to put up with talk about repeating.'
There was a loud pop and Dobby appeared smiling and holding up the bag, 'It was easy Master Harry.'
'Fabulous Dobby, just brilliant. We get Sirius to destroy this then send that bastard to hell where he belongs,' Harry took the bag but hugged Dobby, 'You are brilliant my little mate.'
Dobby burst into tears before he popped out making Harry chuckle and Hermione smile.
'It's time to end him Harry, for your parent's, for Neville's parent's, for all the people he hurt.'
'It is, then we can go enjoy our holiday but also work on where we want to live.'
'Yes, we can. And really, it doesn't matter which country we go to, we'll be together, and away from here.'
Harry and Hermione held hands as they headed downstairs, 'You two look happy, and relaxed,' Emma said.
'Yeah, more than you normally do. So what gives pup?' Sirius asked.
Harry held up the bag, 'The diary.'
'How in the name of merlin did you get that?'
'Dobby, he was able to access the hidden room that Malfoy used for all his dark stuff. I asked him to look, also to check to make sure there wasn't any charm that would alert old Lucy that someone was there. If it was safe for Dobby, then he could place it in the enchanted bag. You just need to destroy it Sirius, then we can do the same with the orb. Voldemort will go to hell where he belongs.'
'Let's do it at Grimmauld place. I can protect the other houses but that place needs to be destroyed.'
'What about the stuff in there Sirius, don't you want to keep some of it? They were your family,' Harry said.
'When I got the locket I took a couple of things that used to belong to regulus when he was a boy, before he was influenced by my parent's. There's nothing left in that house that I want.'
'It's your call Sirius, and if that's what you want to do then we support you,' Dan said.
'Then why don't you three men go do that while mum and me work on some plans for our holidays, which starts tomorrow,' Hermione said giving Harry a smile.
Emma waited until the men left before she sat beside her daughter, 'Okay, what's up Hermione?'
'Nothing really, but I was curious if Sirius has said anything about dating or woman in general.'
'He admits he wants to, but he's nervous. It's been a long time, but last time he had his best friends around him, he also had Lily Potter. She gave him advice when it came to woman. I think Sirius will settle down and date once we've left England. He's like Harry in many ways, they can't really relax and it's because you're both here and people like Dumbledore will continue to interfere. Neither Sirius nor Harry has had a good life and the people who should have cared and helped them turned on them or betrayed them. Sirius is wary, it will take time for him to feel comfortable spending time with someone who isn't in the know.'
'We have become better at acting younger, so even if Sirius does find someone and they get close we'll always make it seem like we're just more mature than kids our age. No one picked up on anything at Hogwarts, even with all the staff watching us.'
'Then if Sirius meets someone he won't be worried they might get suspicious. I believe Sirius will relax more once we leave here.'
'I'm sure you dad and Sirius have spoken about where we might go. Harry and I just want a good life away from all the bigoted purebloods that run this country.'
'We've talked about Australia, since you did say we went there in your other time line. America and Canada are two more we spoke about. Since you and I speak French and French is spoken in Canada along with English, it would be easy to adapt. We would just have to teach your father, Sirius and Harry.'
'It would help if we could spend a few months in each country so we can see which one suits all of us. I know that might be difficult, we might end up liking different countries.'
'That's true, but I doubt we could take a whole year before we need to settle in and find work.'
'It's more than possible,' Hermione smiled, 'We made a lot of gold while we had the stone. Harry and I knew we would have to leave, so having extra money would give us the time to settle in. We could take a year or two if we want and we'll still have enough money to get set up once we find which country is suited to all of us.'
'Then we'll talk it over with your dad and Sirius tonight. What about Neville?'
'We're going to visit him and explain, but not until we're back from our holiday. We want him to know that we'll still see him occasionally, during the summer holidays, his summer holidays. Buying a port key is a lot cheaper than buying plane tickets, and it's faster. But I have a feeling that Neville is going to have quite a lot of friends in the coming year. We'll always write and keep in contact but I doubt we will see each other very often over the next few years.'
'I noticed the change in him by the time you left for Hogwarts. I believe young Neville will be just fine. Now, the cabinet's, what are you planning on doing with those?'
'We're going to retrieve the one at Hogwarts, keep them both. Once we find out which country we like, then we can decide if they will get used or not. The most that will happen is when Sirius wants a quick way to visit. If we can buy a big enough property, then have two houses built, with the cabinets acting as a passageway, we can remain close but all of us can have some privacy as well.'
'We make sure the property we buy is enough for three homes. You and Harry will eventually want your own place. It's just now because you look like twelve year olds. Once you look about sixteen, no one will think twice if you move in together.'
'We want to get married as soon as we can. Now I know the age of consent in England and Australia is sixteen. America and Canada is eighteen. If we decide on America, then we'll get engaged at sixteen, live together then married at eighteen. If it's Australia then we'll stay with you and dad until we marry at sixteen. Are you and dad planning on buying another dental practice?'
'We're still discussing that. We probably will, we both enjoy our work. We just want to be able to have a few more days off and longer holidays.'
'Then if you buy your own you can make sure you have enough staff to cover when you want time off.'
'It would be the best if we owned it, so yes, we probably will. We have a year or so before we have to decide. How about we get lunch started so when the men return everything will be ready?'
Hermione nodded then joined her mother in the kitchen. She never took the time to learn how to really cook last time. Now, she wanted to be able to make wonderful dinners for Harry when they did end up with their own place. Hermione knew Harry could cook, since the Dursley's made him, but she wanted to be able to as well.