Beta'd (21 NOV 2013) : chimaera198
Fanfic : Harry Potter
Author : KiraIqa
Title : Change My Own Fate
Warnings : AU, OOC, TIME-TRAVEL, LANGUAGE, MASTER-OF-DEATH, CHARACTER-BASHING (most likely), CHARACTER-DEATH (some), SLASH (absolutely) , HET (probably), SEXUAL-CONTENT (some), HAREM / MULTI-PARTNERS (probably), MPREG (maybe)… more later if any.
Possible Pairings : James/Lily, James/Sirius, Harry/Cedric, Harry/Many
Summary : After the war, Harry visits Gringotts to find out he was betrayed. Feeling betrayed and alone, he found a spell to take him back in time to set things right and take revenge on those who betrayed him. But not all goes his way when Harry is involved. Harry ended up in a different alternate universe as a baby and he doesn't know it. Or does he?
Disclamer : I own nothing of Harry Potter and its characters. I don't make money from writing this. All of Harry Potter and its characters belongs to JK Rowling.
A/N : Read the warnings before you read this fic. If you don't like what the warnings say, then don't read any further. I don't want to hear complains when the warnings did warn you what you might read here. So you've been warned. For those who want to read further, please enjoy!
I've decided to not beta any other chapters until the story is finished. If there is any mistakes, please bear with me or let me know. Thanks.
Thoughts (This is thoughts speech)
= Rune = (This is a Rune)
## Gods Speak ## (This is when gods/goddesses/celestial beings speech)
Truth Speak (When speaking under Veritaserum/Truth Serum)
Change My Own Fate
++ Chapter 1 ++
2 months after the defeat of Voldemort
Gringotts Wizarding Bank,
Black & Potter Finance Management, Room 208
Harry James Potter was trying to control his magic from flaring because of his temper. The reason for his temper was a piece of parchment in his hand. The seemingly harmless piece of parchment was handed to him by his new Gringotts account manager. The goblin in charge of his vaults and the finances of the Potter and Black families. His old account manager did not survive the destruction of Gringotts when he and his best friends (soon to be ex-best friends) escaped on the dragon.
After the defeat of Voldemort, he, Kingsley, who was the new Minister of Magic and the owner of Gringotts, Ragnok negotiated a deal to avoid a goblin war because of his actions that caused the destruction of Gringotts. Using the old laws of conquest, Harry was allowed to absorb the vaults of any dead Death Eaters, if they had no relatives to claim them. 10% of those vaults was going to Gringotts, 30% to the Ministry and 60% to himself. They signed a contract and a few documents after agreeing on the details. Gringotts handled the transfer of the vaults and they told him that they would let him know after they had settled everything. That was why he was here, in Gringotts now, being told something he did not know. Something he doubted he wanted to know, but also something he had to know. To think that the deal with Gringotts brought this discovery to light.
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The new account manager, a goblin by the name of Hamlock, was twitching slightly from the increase of magic in the room. Hamlock hated being the bearer of bad news but this discovery was not something he could just ignore. It was necessary for Mr Potter to know. When he was first assigned as the Potter and Black account manager, he was happy at the chance to handle all the wealth that comes with that account; especially with the new vaults that were being transferred to Mr Potter.
But when he was looking through all the documents and account ledgers that were left from the previous manager, he had found a horrible discovery. Thievery of millions of Galleons from the Potter account, and then later the Black account by one Albus Brian Wulfric Percival Dumbledore. The previous account manager was fired but as always, magic of Gringotts recorded and updated any transactions and filed them into their folders.
"Let me get this straight. Dumbledore had the old Potter's account manager fired and helped himself to my fortune after sealing my parent's will and naming himself my magical guardian. Then he somehow got his hand on my signature as well as my magical signature and contorted this piece of crap paper stating that he will have all that I own once I die. And should I survive and he dies, one Molly Weasley will get everything after I marry her daughter. And because of the war and Dumbledore's power and position, no know knows about this because he buried his actions well using his position as Chief of Warlock... that is until you were hired?" Harry growled.
"Yes, Mr Potter." Hamlock said, twitching slightly as another large flare of magic radiated from Mr Potter. Mr Potter himself was gripping the chair rather strongly. So strongly that it left marks on it; all the while glaring at the piece of paper in his hand.
"Tell me everything!" Harry demanded.
Hamlock bit back a sigh as he settled down to explain to Mr Potter what he had found after looking through the Potter and Black fortune and finances. It was going to be a long day for both of them.
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Son-of-a-bitch! That freaking BASTARD!
Harry stormed into his room after ordering Kreacher to bring up the wards to maximum strength. To deny access to anyone and disable the floo. He really did not want anyone to interrupt him. He had never felt this much rage, not even when Voldemort was still alive and trying to kill him. He really wanted to torture someone to death. Particularly one Albus Too-Many-Freaking-Names Dumbledore who manipulated him his entire life, who stole from him from the very beginning, who possibly might be the one who created Voldemort and caused this freaking war that cost so many people their lives.
Fucking bastard. I wished that I was the one to kill him instead of Snape.
Looking back, he could see the signs of how Dumbledore manipulated many people, asking them to die for him without being obvious. He was responsible for ruining so many people's lives. His life, his parent's, Sirius's and Remus's life, Snape's life, heck even Voldemort's life. Because he could bet his whole fortune that Dumbledore had a hand in the making of Voldemort from a young Tom Riddle.
And then there were the Weasleys and Granger. Fucking hypocrites. Harry did not know if all of the Weasleys were involved in this but he wouldn't be surprised if most of them knew about it. Blast them all, those bastards.
I wish I could go back in time to have revenge on bloody Dumbeldor– Wait! Time-travel! Now that's a fine idea!
Harry felt a sudden glee at the thought of revenge on the old coot and rushed to the Black Library.
"Kreacher! Bring the dinner to the library once you're done! Then help me find books on time-travel!"
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12 Grimmauld Place
Black Family Ritual Room
Harry carefully finished the last rune in the circle he had drawn. He had been preparing for this spell for the past month and the last thing he wanted was to mess up now. Many people had tried to get in contact with him during the past weeks but he couldn't be bothered to talk to anyone when he could be researching and preparing for the time-travel spell. The only contact he had was with Gringotts and Andromeda.
He went Gringotts to make his final will; as a back-up, just in case. His will stated that all of his fortune will be left to his godson Theodore 'Teddy' Lupin, with Andromeda 'Andy' Tonks nee Black as regent. She would be perfectly able to take care of the fortune until his godson is of age. He had left them a letter explaining what he was about to do and what he had found out about Dumbledore. He had warned Andy about the Weasleys and Granger as well so that she would be prepared and well aware of the situation before she was confronted by those traitors.
He even thought about their safety. Should both Teddy and Andy were to die suddenly; all his fortune - the part that isn't entitled - will be given to various charity organisations around the world and the entitled properties and items will be given to those who have the closest blood connection to the Potter and Black families. Harry really doesn't care about what will happen to the British Wizarding World. After what he has been through because of them, he just doesn't give a damn. Let them solve their own problems for once.
Harry ordered Kreacher to serve Andromeda after his death. That's right, his death. The spell requires him to die in body, mind and soul so that magic could take him to where he wanted to be. He re-created and modified a spell from one of the many Old and Dark spell books lying around in the Black Library. If the spell works correctly, he will return to his younger body from age 1 to 5 years old with his memory intact. In theory, the books says that should anyone go back in time more than a few years, reality will splinter and it will become an alternate universe altogether.
What he is doing will turn back more than 10 years' worth of time, so it is likely he will end up in another universe. The books also said that with all universes, many main events are the same no matter what universe he landed in. But other books stated that things might also be vastly different. Still the same yet vastly different at the same time. It was so confusing to him.
Shaking his head, Harry walked towards the center of the circle to begin the spell. He cut his palm using his wand and let the blood drip around the drawn circle. When the blood made a full closed circle with him inside it, it glowed slightly, throwing of a red glow in the room.
= MIND =
= BODY =
= SOUL =
= MAGIC =
Runes inside the circle began to glow bright, pulsing brighter and brighter till he had to close his eyes. Harry concentrated on getting his magic to take him across time back towards the past and started chanting the spell before saying the final spell to finish it.
"Avada Kedavra!"
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(Harry's POV)
He was floating in something that is light but at the same time dark. He knows that he should be afraid but it felt comforting to him. Where was he? What was he doing here? And who exactly was he? It was as if he was covered by a thick cotton wool looking out of a murky glass panel to find the answers he wanted.
## YOU WISH TO TRAVEL THE PAST AND RIGHT THE WRONG? ##
Eh? Is that what he was doing? Vague impression of being betrayed floated to him. That's right, he was betrayed. So that was why he wanted to travel to the past. To fix things.
## YOU CAN NO LONGER TRAVEL THIS LIFE BUT WE SHALL GIVE YOU ANOTHER INSTEAD ##
Another life?
## BUT EVERYTHING HAS A PRICE. FOR THIS GIFT, WE SHALL TAKE YOUR MEMORY OF THIS LIFE TILL SUCH A TIME IS NEEDED. ##
Eh? Ehh? EHHHH?
He suddenly felt a deep tug on his soul and darkness surrounds him once more.
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(Normal POV)
In another universe, Lord Death, Lady Fate and Mistress Magicks took the wish of one Harry James Potter and took him to their own universe.
Their universe's Harry Potter who was only one year old was sick with high fever and died for a few seconds but the soul has already passed Lord Death's realm. So they took the other Harry Potter's soul to replace theirs and block out his previous memories.
They made a Guardian for him to guide and guard him. To help him when there is a need.
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James Potter was glaring at the wall, trying to keep himself from punching it. Lily was sobbing heartbrokenly where she had collapsed on the seat outside of the emergency room at Saint Mungo's. The last they heard before the doors of the emergency room closed is that Harry's heart had stopped beating.
He ran his hands over his hair in frustration, taking a deep breath trying to calm himself, preventing himself from breaking down like his wife. He needed to be strong for both of them.
Harry baby, please be ok!
James remembered how he found Harry.
(Flashback)
James suddenly woke up from his sleep, feeling uneasy. Casting a Tempus, he saw that it was around 3am. He wondered what could have woken him up. From the baby monitor spell, he did not hear Harry fussing or anything. Feeling the wards around the house, there was nothing that would alert to any signs of trouble. Looking at Lily, he saw that she was asleep. He decided to check on Harry just to make sure nothing was wrong.
Walking towards Harry's room, the uneasiness he felt increased. Looking down at Harry, he saw from the moonlight that fell through the window that Harry's face looked too flushed and red. Panicking, he quickly picked Harry up. He felt the hotness of Harry's body through his clothes.
"Lily! Harry's having a high fever!" James shouted to wake Lily up. Lily ran into the room, looking panicked with her hair mussed from sleep. She ran a basic diagnosis spell on Harry and paled at the result.
"James! We need to get Harry to Saint Mungo's now!"
They rushed to put on their clothes and flooed to Saint Mungo's where Harry was rushed to the emergency room immediately.
(End Flashback)
James had tried to wake Harry up when they were dressing but Harry did not even move. Only the movement of his son's chest moving up and down showed him that Harry was still alive. No matter how much he tried calling his son's name or gently shaking him, Harry did not wake up.
The opening of emergency room's door made both Lily and James look up. They saw a Healer walking towards them.
"Mr & Mrs Potter? I am Healer Redcliff and I am the one in-charge of your child. We were able to get your child's heart beating again when he flatlined. We already took care of the fever but we would like him to remain here overnight just as a precaution."
James sighed in relief, Harry is alright! He should let Sirius and the others know about this.
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Halloween 1981
Godric's Hollow, Under Fidelius Charm
Baby Harry was whining restlessly as he sat in front of his parents in his playpen. He fussed and banged his toys around him to get his parent's attention. He had a feeling that something bad was going to happen and wanted his mommy and daddy to know. But his mommy and daddy was talking and not paying attention to him.
Outside, there was a storm brewing and lightning flashed through the window. Baby Harry thought he saw something scary outside and began crying in fright.
"What's wrong baby? Did the storm frighten you?" his Mommy said and came to pick him up to cuddle him. He sobbed against her chest as she rocked him gently. "Poor baby. Come on, let's get you to bed." His mommy hummed his lullaby to him as she climbed up the stairs.
KNOCK-KNOCK!
"I'll get it Lily! Must be Padfoot or Wormtail." his daddy called to his mommy.
"Wormtail wha− ! LILY RUN! IT'S HIM!" daddy shouted loudly. His mommy gasped and ran toward his room. Baby Harry screamed; he was frightened. Why was his mommy crying? Why was his daddy shouting?
BANG! Thud! The sound of something heavy falling on the floor could be heard from downstairs.
"James!" his mommy whispered brokenly as she clutched him tightly to her chest.
His mommy ran inside his room and closed the door. She then kissed him on his forehead and put him in his crib. "Harry, Mummy loves you! Daddy loves you! Please remember that."
Mommy stood and faced the door just as the door blasted open.
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Please, please let them be alright!
Sirius panted as he ran out of the Ministry to the apparition point. He was so scared for James, Lily and little Pronglet. Lily, who was studying to be a Charm's Mistress, made an alarm devise on their emergency Order portkey that will alert them if any of them is under attack. And just a few minutes ago, James and Lily's alarm went off.
Reaching the apparition point, he apparated to Godric's Hollow only to find he was to late. The Dark Mark was floating above the house.
"No. No!" Sirius whispered hoarsely to himself. He ran to the door that was left wide open. What he saw next made his heart stop for a moment. James, in a puddle of blood his own blood, the walls around him splashed red. Sirius dropped to his knees beside him, without thinking of the blood that is now coating the front of his robes. "James!"
He reached out with shaky hands to check if James is still alive and found a weak pulse. Nearly collapsing in relief, Sirius rushed to the fireplace to floo Saint Mungo and the Auror office to get more help. After inviting the emergency medi-wizard in to help with James, he made his way upstairs to search for Lily and Harry, hoping that against all odds they could be alive.
"Oh Merlin! Lily! Harry!" Sirius shouted as he saw the fallen body of Lily through the blasted door of Harry's nursery. He saw that one portion of the roof has collapsed narrowly missing the upturned crib. He checked on Lily only to find her dead and moaned in grief. He quickly checked on Harry hoping that he is still alive.
"Harry! Harry please!" Sirius pleaded as he took Harry into his arms. He gently patted the small back in his arms and was rewarded with a small cough from Harry. The cough quickly became a wail and soon Harry was crying loudly in his arms. "Oh thank Merlin! Thank Merlin!" cried Sirius.
"Black!"
Startled by someone calling out his name, Sirius whirled around holding Harry tightly with one hand and pointing his wand at the person with the other. He saw Alastor Moody and Frank Longbottom in their Auror robes by the destroyed door.
"What happened here Black?" Moody questioned him as he made his way into the room. Frank made his way to Lily to check if she was still alive and shook his head at Moody to tell him that Lily Potter did not survive.
"Lily made a charm to alert us if any of us is under attack. The charm sounded a few minutes ago and I apparated here only to find the Dark Mark over James's house. They were supposed to be safe! We switched Secret Keeper to keep them safe. That fucking rat Pettigrew sold them out! I'm going to hunt him down!" Sirius growled, hugging Harry even tighter to him, causing the boy the cry harder.
"Sirius! Sirius calm down! You're hurting Harry!" Frank said, trying to keep Sirius calm, seeing that he had a tight grip on the baby in his arms. "Give me the baby Sirius. You don't want to hurt him."
"NO! You cannot have him!" Sirius shouted, pointing his wand towards Frank. Frank froze and slowly backed away from the man. Moody eyed him silently with narrow eyes.
"Black! Potter has been moved to Saint Mungo's. I suggest you go there to have the baby looked at." Moody said to him in a firm growl. Sirius stared at him uncertainly. "Go now! Time is wasting!" Moody ordered and Sirius rushed out of the room with Harry in his arms and flooed to Saint Mungo's.
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Sirius fell out of the fireplace in Saint Mungo's and quickly made his way to the reception area. There were already many people there trying to find their way to their loved ones. There must have been a series of simultaneous attacks in different areas while Voldemort went to James's house.
Damn that traitorous rat. I'll hunt him down later. For now, I need to find James and have Harry checked out.
Sirius asked for James Potter's room and told the welcome witch behind the desk that baby Harry needed to be checked out too so they should sent a healer to James's room. Harry had calmed down and was only whimpering slightly but Sirius was still worried about him. He did not know what was done to him and hoped it was nothing too serious. He quickly made his way to James's room.
He entered James's private hospital room to see a medi-witch attending to his friend who was still unconscious. Sirius quickly made his way to sit beside the bed and turned Harry to face his father.
"Da-da!" Harry said as he reached out to go to his father's side but Sirius tightened his hold on him.
"Shuush Harry! Your daddy's sick and needs his rest. Wait for him to wake up okay? Then we can play with him." Sirius said to Harry softly as he gently patted him on his head. Harry leaned back against Sirius and slowly drafted off to sleep.
A healer entered through the door and walked towards them. He greeted the medi-witch and they discussed James' injury before turning to speak to Sirius.
"Is he going to be alright?" Sirius asked worriedly, looking at James.
"I am Healer Falls. Mr Potter is in a healing coma right now. We ran some tests on him to find out what spells he was hit with. There were some unknown curses but our spell experts are analyzing the spell residue as we speak. We are just waiting for the results. Now, I heard that young Harry there needs to looked at?" Healer Falls asked. He directed Sirius to the corner of the room and tapped his wand on the wall to activate a cushioned table and told Sirius to lay Harry on the table. Harry whimpered slightly as Sirius put him down but did not wake up from his sleep.
Healer Falls started casting diagnostic spells on the sleeping toddler and frowned at the results. He casted a few more spells before taking out a mild healing potion and a mild sleeping potion that is safe for babies and spelled it into Harry's stomach.
"Well? How is Harry?" Sirius said anxiously, fidgeting as he watched the healer working over Harry.
"A dark spell was cast on him. The scar on his forehead holds a darkness that is concerning. It seems to hold some sort of unknown entity. I will have a specialist take a look at it and will order a cleansing. Harry will need to stay here for the time being. He can stay here in this room with his father as this is a private room. I'll order a crib to be moved here and have a Medi-Witch on stand-by here as well." Healer Falls said as he took out a notepad with a Saint Mungo's symbol on it and wrote down the admittance of Harry James Potter in Noble Room 24 that is to be shared with his father James Charlus Potter. He wrote down his diagnostics, his remarks, as well as orders that needed to be carried out. Pressing his magical signature into his initials on the bottom of the note, he then pressed the note on a section of the room that has the hospital's symbol and a light flashed before the paper w gone to the Co-Od room. (A/N:- Communication and Order Room. Read AN below for more info)
A few minutes later, a staff member of Saint Mungo's came with the ordered crib and set it up at one side beside the hospital bed. Healer Falls carried Harry towards the crib and laid him down to sleep. Another healer came into the room just as he laid Harry down.
"Healer Hastall, this is Sirius Black, Harry's godfather. Mr Black, this is Healer Hastall, a specialist for Unknown Possession of Spirits and Entities or UPSE in short." Healer Falls introduced them to each other before explaining the situation to Healer Hastall.
"I can't treat Harry even though you are here Mr Black. This type of healing needs consent from both you as well as his father since he is still alive. We will need to wait for Mr Potter to wake up. In the meanwhile, I will research on what the type of entity, that is in Harry, might be." Healer Hastall said as he casted spells on the sleeping Harry and wrote down notes on his own notepad. Sirius sighed but nodded in agreement. He wanted what is best for Harry but it is still James's decision.
When the healers left with the promise of getting a stand-by medi-witch to be in the room, Sirius went back to sit on the chair beside James's bed. He stared at the wall as he thought about what had happen. Lily gone, James injured and Harry possibly possessed. Not to mention Wormtail becoming traitor and betraying them. He have to get Moony here and apologize for suspecting him. Moony must have been still tired after yesterday's transformation and is probably in bed under a sleeping potion. After getting Moony here, he will hunt that traitor down like the rat he is.
Before he could get up to contact Moony, a medi-witch and Frank walked in.
"I am Medi-Witch Tapp, I will be here on stand-by until stated otherwise. Auror Longbottom here has requested to talk with you." The matronly looking medi-witch said rather stiffly to him before walking to a corner and tapping the wall with her wand to produce a chair and what looked like a chart-like thing and ignored them.
"Black, I am under orders to take you in for questioning. Will you come with me easily and cause no problems?" Frank said using his Auror-business tone.
Sirius sighed once again before telling Frank to wait for him to give some last minute instructions to the medi-witch. Sirius told the medi-witch to contact Remus Lupin and let him know to be here when visiting hours are open. He then instructed the healer that under no circumstances anyone would be allowed in besides the staff unless it is him, Sirius Black or Remus Lupin.
The Noble Rooms have a ward that will key certain magical signature into the room, thereby allowing only those people in. Harry was James's son and with him being Harry's godfather, he was included in the room. Sirius keyed Remus in before following Frank out to be questioned. He hoped that nothing bad will happen to them.
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Department of Magical Law Enforcement
Auror Office, Interrogation Room
Sirius sat slumped in the hard metal chair in the Interrogation Room that he was dragged in. He was searched for any suspicious items and all of his possessions that was on him were confiscated, especially his wand. He looked warily at the two people who were standing across from him, separated only by the metal table. Head Auror Alastor Moody and Auror Frank Longbottom, his colleagues now turned his interrogators.
Ever since Frank dragged him here, they did nothing but staring at him. Sirius guessed that they were waiting for an approval to use Veritaserum for his questioning. Frank was not meeting his eyes and Moody was giving him the evil eye. He had a bad feeling about this, something was not right.
He startled when the door banged open and a young Auror, just out of auror training, came running in with a vial of said Veritaserum. Sighing, he had no choice but to submit himself to the interrogation. Frank approached him cautiously with the serum while Moody kept a close eye on him, his wand not wavering from his person. After they administered the serum, Sirius felt a numb calmness washing over, his body slacked and his eyes glazed over.
"What is your name and age?"
"Sirius Orion Black, 22 years old."
"Are you the Secret Keeper of the Potter family?"
"No."
"Did you switch Secret Keeper?"
"Yes."
"Who is the Secret Keeper of the Potter family now?"
"Peter Pettigrew."
"Why were you at Potter house? And what happen after you arrive?"
"The charm that Lily made for us sounded and alerted me that the James and Lily were under attack. I apparated to Godric's Hollow to see the Dark mark over James's house and a part of the house had collapsed. I rushed into the house to see James in a pool of blood. I checked on James to find out if he was still alive. He was. I flooed Saint Mungo's and the Aurors. Then I went to check on Lily and Harry. I found Lily dead in front of Harry's crib. A portion of the roof that collapsed had narrowly missed hitting Harry crib. I found Harry still alive and took Harry in my arms. Frank and Moody found me then. We argued and Moody ordered me to take Harry to be checked at Saint Mungo's. I arrived at Saint Mungo's with Harry and – "
"Stop! Are you a Death Eater?"
"No."
"Are you in liege with Voldemort? Do you support him?"
"No. No."
"Longbottom, administer the antidote. I've heard enough." Moody said from the corner where he stood. The newbie Auror stood near him with a standard Auror recording quill and parchment that was commonly used in Auror interrogations.
Sirius shook his head to clear away the effects of the truth serum and sighed in relief at the truth being known. The truth being that he was innocent in all this. He overheard Moody ordering a search and capture warrant for Peter Pettigrew and the papers for his release. Sirius warned Moody and Frank that Peter was an unregistered rat animagus so that that rat bastard would not get away.
Moody warned him not to go after Peter himself and to keep close to the Potters so that if anything were to happen, he could be found. Sirius was just glad to be released. Even though he did not get to capture that rat himself, he could still help James and Harry. He can't wait to get out of here to check on them and see if James had woken up yet.
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Saint Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies & Injuries
Noble Rooms Ward, James & Harry Potter's Room
James slowly came to consciousness and he felt as if his whole body was run over by a hippogriff. Groggily, he tried to remember what happened before being hurt but he could not make sense of anything courtesy of the head-throbbing headache he was experiencing. Slowly, he tried to move his arms and legs to make sure that they are still there and working before he slowly inched his eyelids open.
Wincing slightly at the soft light in the room, he lifted his head cautiously. He vaguely recognized the room as the Noble Rooms Ward in Saint Mungo from his previous stays when he was injured as a child. His slight groan was heard by the medi-witch in his room and soon he was administered a pain-relief and a headache potion, making his pain and headache fade to a dull throb in the back of his mind, even though it was still there.
"What − !" James coughed to clear his throat before continuing, "What happened to me?"
The medi-witch looked at him disapprovingly before giving him a glass of water with a straw. James drank the water, grateful to wet his dry throat.
"Mr Potter, I am Medi-Witch Tapp. I will call your Healer and he could answer your questions." said Medi-Witch Tapp. Before he could question the medi-witch further, she swept out of the room to find said Healer.
Sighing to himself, he carefully raised himself to a sitting position and took note of the blood-stained bandages around his chest. Looking around, he saw a crib near his bed and saw Harry asleep in it.
"Harry!" he gasped quietly, not wanting to wake him up. Just as he was contemplating how to get up to take a look at Harry, two men wearing Saint Mungo's Healer uniforms walked through the door.
"Mr Potter, good to see that you are awake. I am Healer Falls and I am the one in-charge of your healing while you are here. This is Healer Hastall, a specialist healer for Harry." Healer Falls introduced himself and his companion.
"Wait what specialist? What's going on? Where's Lily? The last thing I remember was getting attacked." said James in near panic. Where's Lily? Where's Padfoot? Oh Gods, Wormtail is the traitor! Must apologize to Moony for doubting him.
"Calm down Mr Potter! I will explain everything to you if you calm down." said Healer Falls. James nodded and took deep breaths before relaxing back on his bed. Taking one last look at Harry to make sure he was still fast asleep, he gestured Falls to start explaining.
James sat shell-shocked at the words that came out of Falls mouth. Lily did not survive the attack, Harry was cursed by an Unforgivable, the killing curse but managed to survive it. Harry was also being possessed by an unknown entity that is housed in the scar caused by the curse. And he, he was cursed by an unknown curse that caused the slow healing of his injuries. The unknown curse will also cause him to fall in a coma-like state as a side-effect of the curse.
Healer Falls explained to him that the results they got back from the unknown spell were not good. The unknown spell will cause him to fall into a coma-like condition where he might or might not wake up from again if he falls asleep. Their experts and the Unspeakables have been alerted and are now aware of the curse and are trying to find the counter-curse but they did not know if it is possible.
After explaining that, the room was filled with awkward silence while the healers waited for James to process all they have said. Meanwhile, James was having a mild breakdown while repeating what was said in his mind to make himself get used to the fact that Lily was gone, he was spell damaged and would fall into a coma and Harry, who was the only survivor of the Avada Kadavra curse, has something possessing him. He would probably have many problems even after he is cured. James covered his face with his hands.
"So, I am going to fall into a coma because of this unknown curse? What do you suggest I do?" James said looking tired and wary. The two healers exchanged a look before Healer Hastall spoke, "Mr Potter, we suggest that you make arrangements for your son Harry and make your will just in case you might not wake up at all. We need you permission and signature to start Harry's healing for the possession. We suggest you floo your lawyer."
"I – " James stopped to collect his thoughts before continuing, "The Potters don't have any close relatives left. Harry and I are the last of the Potters. If I were to die, Harry will be alone and I don't want that to happen. I will floo my lawyers to make arrangements for Harry. There is something you should know, Harry has another parent that is still alive. Lily is not able to have children so we agreed to a plan where I would have a child with another and we would transfer the pregnancy to her after it was safe. The other parent didn't want to know that he was involved after the pregnancy was confirmed so he asked to be obliviated. Lily blood-adopted Harry after the birth. Both Lily and I decided that if both of us were to die or were unable to take care of Harry, we would break the spell over Harry to reveal his parentage and his other father will remember. His other father along with his family will take care of Harry." James felt ashamed and embarrassed at telling his life story to two strangers even if they were his and Harry's healers.
"I won't judge you Mr Potter. We are here not to judge, but to help you and your son. And you don't need to feel embarrassed as many of our patients also did the same as you. It's just something that is known but not discussed in the Pureblood circles." said Healer Falls. "May we know who the other father is?"
James hesitated before answering, "Lily and I casted a secrecy spell. We cannot reveal his name until we have told him personally, be it face-to-face or with our Wills. I will have to tell him and break the spell on all the information on Harry. After the spell is broken, Harry's name will change and his other father's name will be included in all official records by Magic's will."
"I understand," Healer Hastall said, nodding his head. He then proceeded to pull Harry's hospital documents from his pockets and asked James to sign them. James looked over the documents carefully and noted that Sirius has already signed them before he himself signed it, approving Harry's healing. The two healers left after giving him permission to use the floo on this floor at the end of the hall and telling him that they would be back after making necessary arrangements for Harry's cleansing of the possession and dark magic.
Healer Falls also left some pain and headache potion on the side table as well as some pepper-up potion to keep him awake long enough to settle his affairs. Seeing that he was given the OK by Healer Falls to move around, James slowly stood and made his way to Harry. Stroking Harry's messy hair, James leaned towards his baby boy. Gathering his magic, he whispered to his sleeping son the passcode that will break the blood-glamour that hides his other parentage, "Aperio Familia" (A/N: means Reveal Family)
He watched as Harry's features changed slowly, not disturbing the sleeping boy, who only stirred slightly throughout the whole change. He stroked Harry's hair once again and kissed his forehead before straightening and walking out of the room to floo his lawyers.
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James only had to wait for a few minutes after his floo call before his family lawyer and his Gringotts manager arrived at his hospital room. After explaining to them what has happened so far, he gave instructions so that Lily could be buried in his family plot. He was incensed that Dumbledore had tried to get Lily be buried in the public cemetery at Godric's Hallows and that he used his position in MOM to try and get Harry after James was admitted into Saint Mungo's.
James and his lawyer looked through Lily's Will to make sure that everything is in order. He let them know that he will let Harry's other parent know about Harry thus breaking the secrecy spell. He also made a slight change in his Will stating that Harry will receive all of his possession in the event that he were to die or if he was unable to take care of Harry because of the curse, Harry will get everything on his 17's birthday. Should he be declares by his healer of not being able to taking care of Harry because of the curse, his other father and his extended family will take care of Harry and teach him the pureblood ways and culture. Under no circumstances would Albus Dumdledore be able to take custody of his son as Harry still has family that could take care of him.
After settling things with his lawyer and Gringotts manager, he made sure that Lily's Will would be read and that should his healer declare that he would not wake up, the arrangements that he made for Harry will be carried out. James made sure that no one, not even the Wizengamot could block or seal his instructions for Harry, seeing that many people would like to get their hands on Harry.
After they left, James leaned back on his bed and let out a sigh. He felt tired, he swears he could feel his body trying to shut itself down. James took one of the pepper-up vials that was left on the side table and downed it without a second thought. He still had stuff to do before he could sleep, perhaps for eternity, but for now he still had things to do first.
"Da da! DADA!"
James looked towards the voice that was calling him. Harry was indeed wide awake and standing in his crib calling for him with his arms wide open telling his dad to pick him up. James chuckled before standing. He picked Harry up to bring him to his bed. As he settled back on his bed, he looked closely at Harry to see the changes that had been revealed after breaking the blood-glamour.
The last time he saw Harry without the blood-glamour was when Lily blood-adopted him, they cast the blood-glamour on him when he was only one month old. Before the blood-adoption, Harry had slightly wavy black hair and his eyes were hazel coloured that has some grey in them. After the blood-adoption, Harry took on Lily's green eyes and his eyes turned into the colour of sea green with some hazel and grey in them. When they applied the blood-glamour on him, Harry's hair turned into messy Potter hair and his eyes lost the hazel and grey colour in them.
But now, Harry was back to what he looked like before the blood-glamour. His hair was not the messy Potter hair anymore but only has the waves in them. His eyes were back to their sea green colour with hazel and grey in them. Even his facial structure was more like his other father's that James's, more lean more define.
James combed Harry's hair with his fingers as he watched Harry play with his toes as he babbled to himself in baby-talk. He called for a house elf to bring him a bottle of milk for Harry and some light food for him. As he was feeding Harry his bottle, Remus ran into his room, face pale, looking tired and his clothes in a mess.
"James! What happened?" Remus asked before coming to a stop beside him. As he took a breath, he stopped to look at Harry who was in James's arms. "What− How− James, why does Harry look and smell different?"
"Moony my friend, I have many things to explain to you. Come, sit." James said smiling wanly at his friend and he gestured towards the chair beside his bed. Remus staggered towards the chair and sat, all the while not taking his eyes away from Harry's new features. Harry's scent and face looked familiar to him even now but there were changes that he knew but it couldn't be. James wouldn't, would he?
"James, explain!" Remus said, his voice harsh with emotion.
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Sirius stumbled out of the fireplace at Saint Mungo's. Looking around, he made sure that he was at the right hospital ward. He then made his way towards James's room. As he walked through the door, he saw that James was awake with Harry in his arms and Moony was sitting beside the bed.
"James! You're awake?! And Moony is here too!" Sirius exclaimed joyfully.
"Shuush Padfoot! Harry's asleep." James said quietly, smiling at the sight of Sirius who was bouncing with happiness. Remus was also smiling at the sight. Sirius keeps reminding them that he was just an overgrown puppy, even at times like these.
"Ok! So the pup's asleep is he? Anyway James, how are you? I mean, with Lily and all. Did the healer tell you about the curse?" Sirius asked James without stopping for breath.
"Whoa Sirius! Just breath, I'll answer your question so don't worry." James said. "The healer did tell me about the curse and I have already made arrangements with my family lawyer and Gringotts manager. I don't have much time left. I can feel myself slipping away right now. Remus, can you call my healer. I need to talk to Sirius alone." James looked at Remus, conveying that he wanted some time alone with Sirius.
"Sure James. Don't worry, I'll look after them for you." Remus promised and he hugged James tightly knowing that this was probably the last time he would see James awake.
"Wha−! What's going on?!" Sirius stammered as he watched Remus exit the room. He looked back at James to see that he was looking at him seriously. James told him to sit on the chair that Remus has vacanted.
"Sirius, I have something to tell you. This is serious so don't interrupt me because I don't have much time left." James said. Seeing that Sirius was paying attention, James took a deep breath and while looking him in the eye, he began to tell Sirius what he and Lily planned once upon a time.
"Sirius, don't go after Wormtail. Let the other Aurors do their job. Your job is to take care of Harry. Be there for him because Lily and I cannot. So please, promise me that you will take care of Harry for me. There is also something that you need to know. Lily was barren and we came up with a plan to have a child. I was to have our child with another before transferring him to Lily to carry. I'm sorry that I have to break our promise Sirius. Forgive me. Remember Our Love!" James said, saying the words that would trigger Sirius's forgotten memories and break the spell that was casted on him and Harry to conceal the fact that Sirius is Harry's other father.
James saw Sirius holding his head with his hands, slumping in his seat as memories surged his head. He sighed and lay back on his bed knowing that he was falling into a coma and there was nothing to stop it. Kissing the sleeping Harry one last time, he closed his eyes and felt himself slipping away.
I'm sorry Sirius! Please take care of Harry!
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Authors Note:-
Hi all! The stuff about Saint Mungo's, mostly I made them up. Hospital rooms have cool functions that the healers and medi-wizards/witches can use as they are staff there. There is also a communicating/ordering section so that the staff can use to have things done fast and so they do not forget and stuff. Cool right? Also, the specialist for Harry, I made that up completely. You can't find it anywhere in Harry Potter. Most of the things that I've wrote about Saint Mungo's is my own make believe so don't expect me to explain them, they just are.
Please excuse any typos or errors as I have no time to beta it. I will beta it on a later date, maybe after I complete this. Anyway, look forward to the next chapter and please review to let me know what you think about this fic. I want to update long chapters so it might be a while before I update the next one but I'll try to make it soon.
See ya next time!