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Dumbledore's Army and The Alchemist's Secret - 2. Number 12, Grimmauld Place

It was almost the middle of the night and soft silence hung around at Number 12, Grimmauld Place. After the war, Harry made so many changes to the house that it was almost unrecognizable now. Dean had helped in remodeling the whole place and it turned out that he was so good an architect that he was given the task of rebuilding the parts of Hogwarts that were damaged in the war. The family portraits of the Blacks were removed and so was their furniture. The kitchen was turned into Harry’s study and the second floor was expanded magically and made an indoor Quidditch pitch for Ginny to practice at home. The first floor now housed six bedrooms and the ground floor held a kitchen, drawing room and a small hallway. Only when the three storied house looked as inviting as The Burrow did Harry agree to move in and start a family. Ginny rechristened the place as Fawkes Crest since she thought the whole house was reborn after being almost razed down. After the kids arrived, Ginny had t...

Dumbledore's Army and The Alchemists Secret - 1. The Potters

‘Harry, Kingsley is here!’ called Ginny as she opened the door to let Kingsley Shacklebolt in. ‘I am coming, coming. Just a minute’ called Harry back as he hurried to the living room tucking his wand inside his pocket. ‘He has been up all night, Kingsley. You have been keeping him so busy with work’, complained Ginny as she served tea and hot scones to Kingsley. ‘Its not me, Ginny dear. Its just Harry. He has been working like a maniac round the clock’, said Kingsley sipping the tea. Harry chuckled a little as Ginny forced a scone into his hand and started filling his cup with tea. This was the third Sunday in a row when he was expected to go to work and Ginny wasn’t pleased about it. ‘So what’s our Egyptian Counterparts saying?’ asked Harry accepting the tea cup from Ginny. ‘Same as usual. They found signs of dark magic. So they believe that Jamal Ud-Din is involved. They want us to help them catch him, since they believe that all the dark stuff he smu...