"My brother's name is Geoffrey. Geoffrey Greengrass."
Shocked silence. The Granger girls didn't know of the family, but Harry, who had been getting lessons from Morgan for the last few months on different aspects of Wizarding history and many of the important families recognized the name. Morgan was surprised as well, though she was much better at hiding it behind a mask of indifference.
Harry was the first to speak. "Your brother is Duke Greengrass? That means your pretty much Wizarding Royalty!"
This surprised the Grangers who said as much.
Harry continued to explain, "The Wizarding world here in the Greater Isles as its called, is ruled by the Royal Family. Aiding the family are seven other families whom hold the title of Duke. They are the Bones, Longbottom, Black, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Cornwall, and Greengrass families. Underneath them is the Wizengamot, which is comprised of fifty-six Lord families. They, along with the Minister for Magic act as a balance of power between each of them. There is a ministry for each country in the Kingdom. They include Wales, Scotland, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, India, Hong Kong, Canada, and a segment of countries under one Ministry known collectively as the Middle East Region. The Middle East, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia are separate in the non-magical world, but still remain colonies in the magical world. The seven Duke families rule over seven different groups of these countries all under the rule of the Magical King's family."
Hermione was the first to say something. "How do you know so much about all of this? Why do you know so much about this? Where can I learn about this? Does this mean we are Royalty too?" She would have continued to ask questions, except her mom stopped her telling her to "Slow down." Hermione was of course embarrassed and blushed bright red, quietly saying sorry.
Harry just smiled and answered. "I know so much because Morgan has been teaching this to me almost non-stop since I met her a few months ago. I know all of this for reasons we will explain in a little bit. I'm sure Morgan would be willing to talk to you about it, plus she has tons a really cool history books! I don't think your Royalty per say because your dad was disowned by his parents, unless your brother brought you back into the family?" Harry directed the last question to Dr. Granger.
"He did not. On the other hand, he said if any of my children were magical, he would bring us back into the family for my children's protection in the magical world since it is not a kind world to muggleborns."
Kate had been troubled for some time about something, which Morgan noticed and asked her if she had a question.
Kate answered, "I couldn't help, but notice that one of the Duke names mentioned was Bones. Do you know anything about them?"
Morgan quickly caught on. "Does this have anything to do what you were about to say before John came home?"
Kate nodded her head and said, I was never very close with that family, but their dad, who is my uncle, has the last name of Bones. He was my mom's brother. My cousin's names are Edgar, Amelia, and Andrew, but Andrew was one of the two who died a few years ago. They said it was a car accident. His wife was killed along with their son. Edgar had died only months before along with his wife. They were also in a car accident. Their daughter Susan was taken in by her aunt, Amelia. They remain rather separated from the family to this day.
At this, Morgan smiled. "You are in fact related to the Duke family of Bones through your mother's, brother who was the Duke of House of Bones. That means your mom was a Bones as well though a squib if my guess is correct. What was your father's last name?"
Kate answered, "Wright."
Morgan nodded her head, "Wright is the Hufflepuff family main descendent family. It was thought to have been extinct since they were all squibs. They have been squibs for many generations. Hermione here is the first Wright whom is magical. I think it's the mix of the Wright, Bones, Greengrass, and Draven blood in her that explains why she will be able to use magic. Draven from John's mother's family in case your wondering."
The Grangers were naturally all shocked by this, so Morgan and Harry left on this note with a promise to visit from time to time.
Over the next few months, Harry and Hermione continued to meet. John approached his brother who, after meeting Hermione and learning of Kate's heritage, reinstated John into the Greengrass family. John decided to take the name again to help protect his daughter in the magical world. Kate also met Amelia for the first time, which in turn opened up connections with the Bones family.
Harry would go along with them with Morgan allowing him to meet Daphne, Astoria, Susan, and their friends Hannah and Tracy. Daphne was a very aloof girl, while her sister Astoria, or Story as she told her friends to call her, was bright and bubbly like Daphne's friend Tracy. Only Harry seemed to be able to bring out a hidden, inner Daphne, which made even Tracy a little jealous. On the other hand, this made Tracy happy to see a new side to her friend and one that seemed far happier at that. Inner Daph (a name only Harry ever called her) always had a small smile on her face as she used her cunning, with Harry, to prank the other girls. Harry was happy to have finally found a sister figure in his life and Daphne was happy to have found a prankster like her and a brother to boot. After learning about Harry's father, they both agreed to take the name The Marauders: Second Generation. Hermione was always closest with Harry and Harry with her, but she was also very close with Story, who was like the little sister she always wished she had. Tracy and Hermione were also very close, since they both prided knowledge more than the others. They could often be found in one of the families' libraries going through giant tomes.
Susan and Hannah were rather shy, but very sweet young girls who mainly stuck together without completely distancing themselves from the others.
Morgan encouraged the Duke Greengrass and Lady Bones to start taking more active roles as the Dukes they were meant to be. They in turn aided Harry in preparing to be Duke Potter since they still didn't know he was also Prince Pendragon. In fact, not even the Greengrass' previously Grangers didn't know of that role yet. Soon, the Duke family of Longbottom was approached as well, which gained the support of the Lady Dowager and Neville. Neville was a very shy boy, but Harry felt that was because he grew up alone. Harry felt it would only be so much time before Nev loosened up around them. He seemed closer to Susan and Hannah because of his shy nature.
The only Duke family not included in these meetings was family Black. The current Head was in Azkaban, which after talking with Morgan, Harry knew he had to free the innocent man. He was just waiting for enough evidence and the right time.
The friendships formed continued to grow over the next few years. They would be friendships that would last a lifetime and beyond.