Harry entered the room and found both McGonagall and his daughter drinking pumpkin juice. McGonagall was trying to make some kind of conversation but Lizzy just sat there with a scowl on her face, obviously she was still not pleased with being removed from the house.
McGonagall sighed, giving up on changing the subject, �don�t worry about your father, he�ll sort out the problem and be here before you know it.�
�I know that he will be alright, those bastards won�t scare him.�
�Lizzy, please mind your language.�
�Dad!� She jumped out of her seat and hugged him but when she pulled back she was scowling. �Why�d you send me out? I could have��
�Lizzy, I don�t want the ministry or Dumbledore to see you as a threat, I don�t know what they would do if they did.�
�Dad I can take care of myself.�
�I know you can but you shouldn�t have too.�
Lizzy continued to scowl for a moment longer before her expression softened to just a look of annoyance, �So what did they say?�
Harry rolled his eyes, �Well they continued to complain for awhile, until I silenced them and told them if they wanted to continue to fight then they could do it on the street.�
�I�ll bet they liked that,� Lizzy said, copying her father�s gesture.
�Let�s just say they weren�t to impressed, but it worked.�
McGonagall interrupted before he could continue, �You silenced them!?�
�Yeah we worked out this morning that I can do some wandless magic, although I haven�t tried to do anything else yet, other then my Animagus form.�
�Well I can�t say I�m surprised, you were always a very powerful wizard, had you worked harder in class you could have easily been top of your class.�
�I doubt that, remember Hermione was in my classes.�
�Yes but Hermione worked very hard for her grades she earned them.�
�True, she lived with her nose in a book.� He agreed.
�Dad you haven�t finished telling us what happened.�
�Oh right, they complained that I hadn�t taken a ministry escort with me to the Weasley�s but really I had been around three ministry officials for most of the day so they didn�t have any reason to remove me from the village.�
�Good,� Lizzy said with a strong nod.
�I just have to inform them next time I leave, so I told them that my visits to The Burrow would be frequent and I would be there for Christmas.�
�Harry you really shouldn�t provoke them. Many of the people in the ministry were Death Eaters who pleaded the Imperius curse.�
�But I thought they changed the rules so anyone even suspected of being a Death Eater couldn�t enter the ministry?�
�They did but as always, money speaks in volumes louder then the law.�
�Ahh. Professor, no matter what I do or don�t do they will always want me dead.�
McGonagall directed at him the look she usually reserved for highly annoying and disobedient students.
�Fine,� he relented, �come on lets go home.�
�Yes, I have lessons to prepare for,� she agreed.
�Shall we walk you back to the castle?�
�No I will be fine.�
They left the pub, and headed in the direction of the house and castle. Bored Lizzy ran forward and did a cartwheel and two flips up the road.
�Show off.� Harry yelled after her. Both adults smiled at her antics.
�Professor,� Harry said after a moment, �thank you. Its nice to know there are still people I can trust at Hogwarts.� With those words they went their separate ways.