"What is family?" That was a question Harry James Potter always asked himself as he travelled back from Hogwarts after his third year and discovered Ron was a spy for Dumbledore on him, Hermione was just as furious when she learned and Ginny had hexed him so bad that he ended up in the hospital wing "that was a good set of hexes, Gin" Hermione complemented the youngest Weasley.
"Thanks, had some practice with Fred and George" she grinned and looked at Harry who was sitting silently and staring out the window "Harry, you alright? You've been quiet since you got that letter from Gringotts" Hermione asked "yeah, just read it" he said, handing the letter over to Hermione.
Hermione read the official letter aloud:
Dear Mr Potter,
We have taken notice of an abnormality in your accounts and, after an extensive investigation, have discovered you were entitled to hear your parents' will as soon as you were eleven. This being said, we have looked at the magical signature and have found it to belong to one Albus Dumbledore.
We hope to meet you at 5 o'clock when the Hogwarts Express returns to London's Kings Cross.
Sincerely,
Director Jareth
Hermione looked at Harry "we'll help cause a distraction from the Dursley's" she said, Ginny grinned at her friend. Harry was a little wary of that grin, she was planning something Fred and George style "did someone say" "they need a distraction caused?" Speak of the twin devils "yeah, Harry needs to be at Gringotts at 5. You two and Ginny cause something small so Harry and I can slip away?" Hermione asked "your wish, my dear Hermione" "is our command, dear little friend" with that, the twins walked off to plan on causing trouble for their friends when they got back to the station.
The train pulled to a stop and as Harry appeared through the barrier, he saw Vernon and Petunia arguing with Mr and Mrs Weasley about Harry's wellbeing with staying with them. Hermione smirked as she pulled harry to the station entrance and hailed a taxi for the two and headed to the Leaky Cauldron. "Hermione, why're you doing this?" Harry asked "because you're my friend" she said "thanks, I could use a true friend" he said as they pulled over and paid the driver's fare.
Tom gave them free rooms and they set off up Diagon Alley to the large white building at the top of the alley "hi, I'm here to see Director Jareth" Harry said nervously to the nearest teller "ah, Mr Potter. Director Jareth is waiting in his office" the goblin said as another came to lead them to the director and King of the Goblins "Griphook, is that you?" Harry asked "a pleasure to see you again, Mr Potter" the goblin said as he took them to a large and warmly office "Director, Mr Potter and his friend, Ms Granger" Griphook bowed "thank you Griphook, you may leave now" Jareth said to him.
Griphook left and Harry sat in front of the Goblin King, though why a human was the king of the goblins, Jareth smiled at Harry as he took him through the legal parts of his parents will and what he had inherited "Christ, didn't know I had that much" he said as a young woman in a strange blue suit with an amber sash thing came in "Director" she nodded "why, if it isn't young Ms Tracy. Have the younger Master Tracy's blown something up?" He asked, the woman laughed gently with a smile.
"Not this time, I got a letter concerning something about my father. Something about my mother's family" she said "ah yes. I do remember, it is about your cousin" the woman looked confused "may I call my brothers?" She asked "as long as Master Gordon and Master Alan behave" the woman grinned "don't worry about that. Scott and Virgil can control them" she assured Jareth.
Ten minutes later, four boys walked in the room. They all wore the same blue suit like the woman, except they were varied in style and had different coloured sashes, one looked like a scuba diver. "Director, we usually don't come straight from a rescue and Jo never usually comes off 5" the one with the blue sash said "understandable, Master Scott. But there is a family member of yours that will need all five of you" the five looked at each other confused "who?" The one with a red sash said.
"A Harry James Potter, the boy next to you, Master Alan" the five looked at Harry "got your hair colour, Virg" the one with a yellow sash grinned "shut up, Fish Boy" the one with a green sash said "boys, time and a place" Jo berated them "Jo…" he complained as she frowned at him "who are all of you?" Harry asked "family" the one with the blue sash said, they each introduced themselves as Scott, Johnna, Virgil, Gordon and Alan Tracy. They were also International Rescue, Johnna was often away from her siblings due to her Thunderbird being in space, but she maintained regular contact with her siblings on Tracy Island. She had an AI that she created by accident on 5 after an incident that almost cost Johnna her life, but she'd convinced the AI to stay as company for them both.
Scott signed for custody of Harry and the five siblings were non-too pleased about the treatment Petunia and Vernon had given Harry for twelve years "maybe we should leave them a little present…" Alan grinned at Gordon "you go, bro's" Johnna smirked "Jo, you're actually encouraging them?" Virgil said "not like I haven't before" she smirked "wait…you were involved in that prank when 2 got painted pink?" Virgil glared "nope, I just saw the footage and how could I have? I'm in space for Christ's sake" she said, as the five siblings left with Harry to Thunderbirds 1, 2 and 3. Johnna had to take Thunderbird 3 with Alan as Harry bid goodbye to Hermione and they left for Little Whinging "you two sure about this?" She checked with Alan, who nodded at his only sister.
"It's payback for what they did to Harry" she paled a little as Gordon and Alan slipped into 5 Privet Drive and caused a little chaos for the Dursley family when they returned home and grabbed the remaining things out of Harry's room that they deemed worthy of him being a Tracy. "Alright, International Rescue, let's go home" Scott said as Alan and Gordon joined them at the rendezvous point and they took off for Tracy Island "well…where am I gonna live?" Harry asked Virgil as he piloted Thunderbird 2 back to their island home and base "with us on a private island" Virgil said.
Gordon was dozing in the seat next to Harry "what's the island like?" He asked "beautiful, trust me. You'll like it better than that cramped space that you used to call a room" Virgil said as Gordon muttered something about his grandma's cooking "oh, heads up. Grandma Tracy's cooking is bad most the time" Virgil warned "I heard that, young man" Virgil blushed as Gordon jerked awake and laughed at his brother "hey, remember that rescue where Scott ended up almost like Jack outta Titanic?" Virgil snorted "yeah, and we annoyed him with singing My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion on the way back?" Virgil and Gordon broke down laughing "tell me about it, I liked that rescue" Alan grinned "hey, come on. That wasn't funny!" Scott protested "sorry, boys. I overheard that whole trip, it was funny, Scott" Johnna laughed "JO!" The four boys protested "that's not cool, Space Case!" Gordon muttered "what was that, Fish Face?" Johnna threatened "nothing, John" Gordon protested.
"Nice one bro, hope you like 4 another colour" Virgil gave him a sympathetic glance as he piloted 2 back into its mountain side hanger "whoa, what a day!" Gordon groaned as he stretched and went to change back into his usual clothes "same here, hey Gords, give me a hand will ya?" Virgil said "yeah" Gordon came back over and heaved the other side of Harry's trunk "need a hand or two?" Scott and Alan came over from 3 and 1's silo's and grabbed the other two bags that they had grabbed from Privet Drive "you really don't have to…" Harry began "Harry, you are family and we care about family" Johnna said as she came over in a checked shirt and a pair of jeans, she had quickly changed out of her Thunderbird suit in the pod for 5 and walked down to give her brothers a hand.
Grandma Tracy was making dinner as her five grandkids came in with a boy with messy black hair "is this my other grandson?" She asked "yeah, Grandma. What you making for dinner?" Virgil asked, still a little red from his comment earlier "lasagne" she said, the five kids perked up "I love grandma's lasagne" they helped Harry get his room ready while Johnna talked with Grandma Tracy "he's far too thin, was he neglected?" She asked "badly, Grandma. They even had locks on his bedroom door according to Alan and Gordon" Grandma Tracy wasn't happy "help me with dinner will you, John?" She asked "sure, Grandma" Johnna made up seven salads and had just pulled out two more trays of garlic bread when Scott came back in "he settled in okay?" She asked, putting the baguettes on the board and pushing her auburn fringe out of her face "yeah, he's gonna be a little overwhelmed with everything, but we're here to help him through" Scott said. He began setting the table for seven and the younger four joined them in the dining room "mmm…that was delicious Grandma" Gordon burped with his hand over his mouth "'scuse me" he apologised "sign of good food" Johnna joked.
They soon yawned and all went to bed, Johnna went to bed a little later after going to Thunderbird 5's pod to check on EOS "you doing alright on you own up there?" She asked the AI "I am fine, John. You need rest" Johnna smiled and headed off to her own room on Tracy Island. She woke to hear a boy cry out in fear, she dragged herself out of bed and walked to Harry's room, she was sure he had woken up from a nightmare as Alan hadn't had any since Jeff went missing over four years ago "Harry...you alright?" She asked, walking in and sitting at the edge of his bed "Johnna, I'm sorry...didn't mean to wake you up" he said, Johnna rolled her eyes "it doesn't matter, Harry. I'm used to it, Alan used to have bad nightmares after my father went missing when he was twelve and in his second year at school" she explained to her little cousin as she tucked him back in and made sure he was alright before she went back to bed "he okay?" Virgil asked her, Johnna turned to her younger brother "yeah, bad dream" she told him.
Johnna woke in the morning and glanced at the calendar on her bedroom wall "right, 30th July. Harry's fourteenth birthday tomorrow" she said as she got up and ready to head back up to Thunderbird 5 "you going back to 5 later?" Gordon yawned as the five siblings came in followed by Harry "yeah, but maybe after dinner" she said "can I go up with you?" Harry asked, Johnna smiled "maybe sometime during the holidays" she said. Harry nodded and as he ate his breakfast, Virgil talked quietly to Johnna "his birthday's tomorrow, right? What say we throw him a Tracy-style party?" Scott looked over at his second and third siblings "what you two planning?" He asked "Harry's fourteenth birthday party" Johnna said, Scott got the same cheeky twinkle in his eye that Gordon and Alan got when they were planning a prank on him, Brains or Virgil.
As the day wore on, Harry found himself being more and more involved with the antics of the Tracy family, what surprised him was the fact Scott, Johnna, Virgil and Gordon had magic the same as him "heh...I still remember dad's face when Scott got his Hogwarts letter, Dad thought Gordon had played a prank on him" Virgil said when he spotted Harry with his homework "huh...you're like me? A freak?" Virgil raised an eyebrow at him as he sat down "who told you that?" He asked "Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon" Virgil rolled his eyes "of course they would. Jealous of the fact you have something they don't" he said, Johnna came in and asked what they were talking about "it seems dear Aunt Petunia thinks the lot of us and Harry are freaks" Johnna snorted "yeah, she's just jealous about the fact mum and Aunt Lily had something she didn't" Johnna agreed.
"Where's Alan and Gordon?" Virgil asked "being chased by Scott. They painted Thunderbird 1 neon pink and I got the proof" Johnna said as she showed Virgil a holographic photo of an extremely bright pink Thunderbird 1 "let me guess, they did the same with 2?" Virgil groaned "yeah, luckily my bird's in space and I'd probably kill Alan if he even tried to repaint her" Johnna said as Virgil went to kill his younger siblings "that often?" Harry asked, Johnna nodded as she took the seat Virgil had vacated in his haste "more or less, don't tell Virgil I had something to do with his Thunderbird being repainted" she winked "my dad would have loved you" Harry told his second oldest cousin.
Just then, a klaxon went off "Internationall Rescue, we have a situation" Johnna called her siblings "1 and 2 got put back to normal" Scott glared at the younger two, who grinned at him "EOS, what's happening?" Johnna asked the AI on Thunderbird 5 "a large sink hole has developed near the headquarters of the GDF" she said, Johnna looked at Scott "should be enough for Thunderbird 1 and 2 to handle" he said "I'll head back to 5 and Harry, I'll take you up there" she said, walking to the pod that took her back to her precious Thunderbird "whoa, that's...that's...beautiful" Harry said as they travelled into space and Johnna had a hold of Harry so he didn't float in the moving pod.
"There she is, Thunderbird 5" Johnna said as Harry saw the pod move up to a large space station "confirm, the sinkhole's expanding to the GDF?" Johnna was talking to an AI and Harry was in awe of the view from Thunderbird 5 "confirmed, I did contact Colonel Casey" EOS told her "Colonel, is Thunderbird 1 at your location?" Johnna asked the woman "Scott is here, John. Thank you for asking. We hope Virgil and Thunderbird 2 will be able to stop this sinkhole" she said "we will, Colonel" Johnna confirmed as Harry saw how easily Johnna was focused on the mission at hand and how quickly they completed it "like it up here?" Johnna asked, Harry was sat on a bench looking at the planet below "it's amazing, I understand why you prefer space than your brothers" Johnna laughed as she sat next to him "I do like spending time with them" she told her cousin.
All too soon it was time for Harry to go back to Hogwarts, he'd had an amazing birthday with his family and spent a weekend with the Weasley's at the Quidditch World Cup final, except for the Death Eater attack that brought International Rescue to the scene with evacuations, when he saw Alan get on the train with him "um...Alan?" He said "oh, John and Scott forgot to tell you, I'm starting my sixth year" Harry grinned "glad to have some family with me" he said as Johnna and Scott lugged his trunk on board and Gordon and Virgil lugged Alan's on as well "you two sorted?" Johnna panted "yeah, see you at Christmas sis" Alan said. Johnna have them both a hug goodbye and left with Gordon and Virgil "Scott?" Alan and Harry asked "i'm teaching you two with Alastor Moody this year" he said, Scott was taking the first years to Harry's year. Moody was taking the upper classes and that included Alan's year with the Wealsey twins.
The two brothers kept in contact with Tracy Island and Scott sent Thunderbird 1 and 3 to Hogwarts in case they were needed for a rescue and that Scott and Alan could respond quickly "Scott, what about International Rescue while you and Alan are at school with me?" Harry asked as Hermione, Ginny, Neville and surprisingly Malfoy joined them "don't worry, got it sorted" he assured his baby cousin as Harry introduced his friends to his oldest and fifth oldest cousins "you're related to the Tracy family? How?" Hermione asked "turns out my mom and their mom were sisters" he said as Alan nodded off on Scott's shoulder "jet lagged, Sprout?" Scott teased "I'm awake!" Alan jerked awake "hey, if you need sleep, then sleep. I'm not getting the mamma hen lecture off Johnna next time I speak to her if you haven't gotten some sleep" Scott warned him.
"She's a mamma hen" Alan grumbled "what was that, Alan Shepard Tracy?" Scott grinned as his holo-phone of Johnna was on and she was frowning "don't deny it, I've got four mamma hens" Scott looked at his brother "that's it, Alan. 3's going blue next time we're home."