Dean sat at his desk at work. He and Penny hadn't spoken to Y/N since the meeting where Y/N had attacked them. Things had been hard at home, Penny was crying a lot, Dean was snapping a lot. It had been a really tough few weeks. He threw himself into his work to try and escape his marriage difficulties.

He currently had six ancient parchments spread out in front of him. He and Bill were heading to Egypt in May for two weeks, and they were hot on the trail of a massive haul.

Lots of treasure for the Goblins, handsome commissions for the two of them, but most importantly difficult curses to break.

Dean was the best curse breaker in the world for a reason. He was damn good at his job.

He was pulled away from translating hieroglyphics by a knock at his door. He called for them to come in and a sneer-wearing Goblin did so.

"Dean L/N?" the goblin asked.

"Griphook we've worked together for two years. You know my name you crazy bastard" Dean chuckled.

"Official Gringott's business Dean. Have to follow formalities. Dean L/N?"

Dean sighed. "Yes I'm Dean L/N".

"You've been served. Have a good day" Griphook said as he handed Dean a rolled parchment sealed with the Gringotts seal.

"Yeah you too". Dean answered angrily as Griphook walked out of his office and shut the door. He opened the letter and was stunned.

Dean L/N
Senior Curse Breaker
Gringott's Bank

You are hereby summonsed to appear at Gringott's bank on 27th November 1993 at 10:00am. Should you not attend your account at Gringott's will be frozen. Non-attendance may also impact your employment at Gringott's Bank.

At this time you will also be required to bring all possessions belonging to one Y/N L/N that are currently located at 4/61 Cavendish Close, St. John's Wood, London, as these have been seized by Gringott's Bank. I thank you in advance for your co-operation.

Yours

Marruk
Senior Counsel
Wizard-Goblin Legal Department
Gringott's Bank

"What the actual fuck?" Dean muttered to himself. "What the hell is going on?"

—~—

Y/N and Hermione were sat at dinner with Lavender at the Gryffindor table. It had been a quiet day, but Hermione's mind was still racing from the events of the previous evening.

She would be Lady Granger in a little under a week. Her family were now millionaires. Her boyfriend almost a billionaire, and he left instructions in his will that if anything happened to him she would be the head of his house, which would then be called the Noble House of Granger. She prayed with all her heart that day never came to pass.

To say she was struggling to process everything was an understatement. She smiled looking at her boyfriend though, he was finishing off his second serving of duck breast and vegetables without a care in the world. He was currently also laughing at Gizmo, who had woken before his nightly feed and was currently trying to stuff a shiny teaspoon in his tiny pouch.

"Gizmo... no!" Hermione spoke sternly to her 'baby boy'. "We mustn't take things that don't belong to us!"

The Niffler looked down sadly and put down the spoon before climbing up on Y/N's neck to sulk in his hood.

"Make me be the mean parent" she giggled to her boyfriend. Y/N chuckled:

"Sorry love. He's just so cute I have a hard time saying no to him."

Lavender was laughing at the pair of them.

"You two are hopeless you know that. Just simply adorable. God help you when you have one of your own!"

The couple smiled at her statement causing her to smile back.

"Well in a few years when we do and I have to be hardarse daddy at least our child will have fun Aunty Lav to get in trouble with" Y/N chuckled.

Lav got teary eyed. That didn't happen often. She was a bit of a toughnut.

"You really mean that Y/N. Aunty Lav?" She smiled.

"Of course we do" Y/N smiled back and Hermione nodded and added:

"You're like a sister to both of us Lav. You're family"

She got even more choked up but this tender scene was quickly interrupted by screams and shrieks around the Great Hall. The three friends looked up. The girls were horrified. Y/N chuckled.

What appeared to be a large reptilian bird-like creature had flown into the great hall and circled before flapping it's wings and hovering in front of Y/N, three feet above Lavender's head, as she employed the duck and cover method. It had a four foot wingspan and a head with a mouth full of sharp teeth that looked far too big for its body.

"Hey Nippy, got something for me?" Y/N asked to a number of shocked faces and gasps around the Hall.

The creature made a sound between a squawk and a roar and released a scroll from its talons which fell into Y/N's hand.

"Thanks bud. Here you go!" Y/N smiled, grabbing a handful of sausages off the platter in the middle of the table in his large hand and threw them up in the air, the creature catching them and swallowing them whole.

"You've got a long flight back, want some more?" Y/N asked.

The creature squawked again and Y/N grabbed an even larger handful and again flung them up in the air. The creature swooped and grabbed them all once more before flying out of the hall at a great speed.

"Baby what was that?" Hermione asked still shocked at what she had just witnessed.

"That was a creature called a Dimorphodon. They're native to Hungary where Grandad is from. That was Nippy, he's Grandad's pet."

"Oh so that scroll is from- Ok. Not very subtle" Lavender said, still trying to readjust her hair after her fright.

"Yeah well Grandad isn't a subtle man" Y/N chuckled.

"Runs in the family" Hermione whispered quietly.

"Sorry love, I missed that" Y/N said with a chuckle and a smirk at his girlfriend.

"Nothing baby" she smiled and kissed him. "What did your Grandfather say?"

Y/N wiped his hands and opened the scroll, holding it so Hermione could read with him:

Grandson,

I've had a couple of visions of great importance. If you haven't already done so start teaching Hermione the Patronus charm. Also dust out the old bubble headed charm, you need to go diving in the Black Lake and start building a relationship with the MerPeople. I can't stress this enough. Don't forget to visit the Centaurs either.

I'm hearing great things on the grapevine about you. Not only are you putting angels and demons in their place you handed both your brothers their own backsides. Proud doesn't begin to describe it. You are definitely a Grindelwald my boy.

Take care and give my best to Hermione. I look forward to meeting her. Write back soon.

Love
Grandad
⏃

"Wow" Hermione said as she finished reading the scroll. "I know everything you said but I didn't expect Gellert to be so... caring."

"Yeah it was a nice surprise love. Not at all what I was expecting. He's really trying hard to make amends, you know."

Y/N smiled in pride and read the scroll again, Hermione beyond ecstatic to see her boyfriend this happy and she leant over to place a kiss on his cheek.

"Well we've got a busy weekend ahead of us, love" Y/N said as he placed the scroll in his pouch.

"Do I want to know?" Hermione giggled.

"On Saturday we have Gringott's at 10, the Puff/Claw Quidditch match at 11, then I need to disappear for a bit. On Sunday after Ghoul Studies we'll both go down to the Reserve, ok?"

Hermione nodded and heard her boyfriend in her head.

I'm gonna make a deal with the Dementor in the enclosure so that you can learn the Patronus in a real setting but not be in harm's way. On Sunday when we go in there I'll start teaching you.

Hermione nodded. "So when are you going to go see the Mer-People?"

"Probably start next Tuesday after classes, see how Saturday morning goes though. If it's in an official capacity I might hold off..."

-If the visit is as the Archduke I'll commission a suitable gift for her highness-

"... given how full on Sunday will be and then Monday afternoon I have training with Patroclus."

Hermione nodded, she was getting better and jumping so quickly from verbal to psychic communication. She replied:

"The idea of not hunting was to give you a break to concentrate on school, you know"

Hermione smiled but also wore a furrowed brow. She worried about her boyfriend so much. He was always on the go and making moves with something. The guy just couldn't sit still.

"I know love, but what can you do? At least I haven't had any broken bones in the last week" Y/N chuckled.

Hermione smiled back before suddenly looking noticeably nervous:

"There was one more thing. You remember how McGonagall mentioned in class about taking the names of those staying at Hogwarts over Christmas next Monday?"

"Yes?" Y/N answered, wondering where this was going.

"Well I was thinking, how about we stay at my house over the break? Harry will be guarded by the teachers and I really think it would do you good, get away from magic for a couple of weeks and just have some family time. You know my parents absolutely love you."

"Yeah, going to prison as a distraction just to keep their daughter safe is definitely a good way of winning them over" Lavender chuckled sassily. Y/N smiled at her before looking into Hermione's eyes:

"You know what... let's do it love. That sounds fantastic."

"Really?" Hermione squealed in excitement. "I didn't think you would agree."

"Well Harry will be guarded like you said, and it's been go go go since I got back from Grandad's in the summer. We need a little quiet couple time, just the pair of us with your parents- and you, when you want to come over, Lav" Y/N smiled.

Lavender smiled back as Hermione hugged her boyfriend again. She was now so excited for the coming break.

After dinner they went to the common room and just sat in front of the fire in a cuddle, talking with their three friends. With the exception of the tension between Y/N and Ron it was a really lovely quiet evening.