Chapter 98:
1st September 1992, King’s Cross Station, London
As he had suspected, Harry had spent the better part of his morning calming down both Sirius and Remus, who both decided to have nervous breakdown at the thought of Harry being so far away and in Dumbledore’s grasp.
"I’ll be fine. I have allies in the castle, both Filius and Snape are trustworthy and, hell, Lucius is on the Board of Directors. Nothing bad will happen," Harry said as he forced the two men towards the parlour and, more importantly, the main Floo system. It was almost ten and he didn’t want to keep his friends waiting.
"Fine, fine, no need to push," Sirius said, letting Remus go through the Floo first.
"You know, I think the Blacks have a family seat on the Board of Governors," Harry said, thinking of a book he had read.
"We do," Sirius confirmed before taking a handful of powder and disappearing. Harry followed after him, stumbling as he landed at the station.
"Will you take it up?"
"Maybe. Although there is a seat, I would still need to be recommended by a current member."
Sirius was becoming more active in politics since Harry had freed him; although he didn’t have a passion for it, he knew that making allies would benefit him and Harry. However, as he had never bothered to pay much attention to his father’s lessons, and the fact he had run away before they had gotten to the important political strategies, Sirius was pretty much playing blind. His name and natural charisma, and the fact he and Lucius had a rather strong alliance, were the biggest draws he currently had. He was lucky there hadn’t been a formal full Wizengamot session yet. While all members were invited to vote in trials, full sessions were called only four times a year with the next in autumn. He had already had many different proposed bills sent to him as he was now an active member and he honestly didn’t know how people could find any joy out of this. All the reading and the scheming was boring to him, however, for Harry, he would do it.