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Harry Darling and the Philosophers Stone
CHAPTER ONE
Harry Potter was sitting in the ruins of his home, his parents, James and Lily Potter, had just been murdered by Lord Voldemort and Harry had just become the first person to ever survive the killing curse.
A man with already greying hair ran through the destroyed house and found the 1-year-old in what used to be his nursery, Patrick 'Tripp' Darling picked up the crying toddler and held him close before quickly apparating out of the ruins when he heard the roar of a motorbike drawing near.
A second later Tripp and Harry appeared in the large 50 story building that Tripp, his wife, Letitia, and thier 5 children all lived in.
" It's okay now, Harry. Your safe here." Tripp murmered comforting words into the young boys ear.
" Tripp, I just heard, is Harry alright?" Letitia asked walking up to the pair as the elder stepped out of the elevator on the 3rd floor of The Imperial.
Tripp slowly walked over and lay a sleeping Harry down on one of large white couches before sitting on another one, Letitia next to him.
" I found him just before one of Dumbledore's followers came and could take him." He replied never taking his eyes of the infant across from them.
" Then we must make sure Dumbledore never get's his hands on him." Letitia said and Tripp nodded understanding what she was saying. " James and Lily wouldn't want thier only child to be left at the mercies of Dumbledore or Petunia."
Tripp stood up, walked over to a desk by the wall, opened the draw and removed a long wooden box before nieling next to Letita who was waiting for him next to Harry.
Tripp reached into his long over-coat and took out his long dark brown wand, He opened the box, picked up the long thin dagger that was bonded to the entire Darling family and carefully cut the palm of his hand open before handing it to his wife who did the same.
Tripp carfully made a small cut in Harry's right hand before placing thier bloodied palms togather and raising his wand over them.
" I, Lord Patrick Brian Jeremy Andrew Darling, Invoke the Darling family magic to bond Harry James Potter to my paternity. I, Patrick Brian Jeremy Andrew Darling, bond Harry James Potter to be my son, by blood and by magic, forever may it be!"
" I, Lady Letitia Karren Winchester-Darling, invoke the Winchester family magic to bond Harry James Potter to my maternity. I, Lady Letitia Karren Winchester-Darling, bond Harry James Potter to be my son, by blood and by magic, forever may it be!"
At the end of the two ceremonies a bright blue light surrounded the three of the and the two adults knew they had succesfully performed the ritual bonding Harry to be thier son.
10 YEARS LATER
11-year-old Harry was sitting in one of the games rooms in the Imperial racing against his older brothers Patrick, Brian and Jeremy on the latest Playstation console.
" Harry, my boy, your letter from Hogwarts came today." Tripp said walking into the room with said letter in his hand.
Harry put the game on pause, jumped up and ran over to his father, taking the envelope he held out for his youngest son.
" Thanks, Dad." Harry beamed, ripping it open as Tripp ruffled his hair.
" Hey, let's go to Diagon Alley." Jeremy said standing up and leaning against the back of the arm-chair he had previously been sitting in.
" Not right now, Harry has a fencing lesson in 20 minutes, but we can go after that." Tripp replied and Harry ran out of the room to get ready for the lesson so they could go to Diagon Alley to get his school suplies.
An hour later Tripp, Letitia, Harry, Karren, Jeremy, and the family lawyer and friend, Nick George, as well as Nick's 11-year-old daughter, Kiki, were all standing by the fireplace that was hooked up to the international floo network.
Letitia stepped forward first, took a handful of floo powder, threw it into the blazing fire making it turn green, before stepping forward into the emerald coloured flames. " Diagon Alley!" She called and disapeared into the flames, reapearing in the Leaky Couldron in London, England.
When all seven of them finally arrived at the Leaky Couldron they walked together to Gringotts, the bank for wizards that was run by Goblins and that the Darling family owned 99 percent of - the goblins owning the other 1 percent.
After leaving the bank Tripp, Letitia, Harry and Kiki went to buy everything the two would need for Hogwarts, Jeremy went to Quality Quidditch Suplies to get a new racing broom for his little brother and Nick went to talk to the Headmaster of the school that none of the family trusted at all, Albus Dumbledore, Karren following him.
" Miss Darling, Mr George, wonderful to see you both again." Professor Dumbledore greeted the pair as they walked up the grounds to the Castle that was the school.
" Professor Dumbledore!" Nick shook the ancient man's hand and Karren waved. " As I am sure your aware, the Darling's youngest son will be starting Hogwarts this year."
" Yes, several of the teachers are quite anxious to meet young Harry, and I have to say I am one of them." Dumbledore said, his blue eyes twinkling as he led them through the castle to his office.
" The family will be taking the usual precautions with Mr Darling and are insisting that whatever house he be sorted into he have his own quarters for safety reasons." Nick said emphasising 'Mr Darling' and liking the man as much as he had when he attended the school when he was younger - which wasn't at all.
" Yeah, we also want the same precautions taken with Kiki." Karren spoke up for the first time.
" What-?" Nick started to asked but his ex-girlfriend cut him off.
" With your conections to the family she's in as much danger as Harry."
" Miss George and Mr Darling will have thier own quarters with regular password changes - made by them of course - as well as daily checks for curses and other unwanted enchantments or devices on thier clothes, books, equipment and rooms by some of the school's house elves." Dumbledore said, his eyes twinkling in over-drive.
" The family will be providing the elves to do the checks." Nick corrected and the old wizards eyes seemed to dull just a tiny bit before he nodded in agreement.
An hour later Nick and Karren finally left the school they along with the rest of Karren's siblings had spent seven years of thier lives. As the two were heading for the entrance hall Karren suddenly got an idea and changed direction.
"Karren, that's not the way out." Nick called after her before realising she wasn't going to leave the school at that point in time and running after her. "Where are we going?"
"Hello, Mr Olivander." Tripp greeted his old friend as he, Letitia, Harry and Kiki walked into the wand shop.
"Good day, Lord Darling, Lady Winchester-Darling, Master Potter and Miss George." The old wandmaker said comming out from the back of the store. " Custom wands for the two of you, I presume?"
"Correct!" Tripp said and the four of them followed the old wandmaker to the back of the store where all the Darlings' wands were made.
"Place your wand arm over each of the woods and slowly move along until you feel a pull towards one or more of them." Olivander instructed and did as he was told and hovered his right hand over the different types of wood used for making wands. After about twenty minute Harry had selected the Yew and Oak woods, Phoenix tears, Dragon heartsting, Unicorn hair and Basilisk venom for his wand.
Another half an hour and Kiki had Willow wood, Unicorn hair and Phoenix tears for her wand and Olivander went off to make the wands specially and the others left the small shop to meet up with Jeremy, Karren and Nick for lunch.
" Check it out, Dudes." Jeremy said taking a pamphlet out his pocket and showing Harry and Kiki. " The Nimbus 2000, its the fastest broom in the world, zero to 100 in less than a second..." As Jeremy and the two kids talked about the new broom and Quidditch Tripp and Letitia started a conversation between themsleves as Nick and Karren played games with each other under the table.
" Albus is going to try and make the hat put Harry in Gryffindor and split him and Kiki up." Letitia stated and her husband nodded. " But if Kiki is anything like Nick she will be in Gryffindor if Dumbledore's meddlings don't work."
" And he will also try to break up thier friendship with young Draco Malfoy. But as long as they don't use any of the more... Compromising spells on the old manipulater they shouldn't get in too much trouble for ignoring his manipulations." Tripp agreed and thier conversation continued for the next hour.
" Hey, lets go get you guys a couple of pets." Karren said at the end of lunch and the seven of them made thier way to the Magical Menagerie. When they walked into the animal store Harry imediately wen to the back where the snakes were hissing in thier tanks.
" Which of you will be best suited for a Darling?" He asked in Parseltongue and the snakes started a mexican wave type of bow before starting to answer.
" I am a magical Brazzzillian Boa Constictor."
" I am a magical Egyptian Rattlesssnake."
" I am an Amazonian Anaconda."
" I am a Black Bassilissk decended from Ssalazar Ssslytherin'ss Bassilissk."
" What issss your name young one?"
" It isss Cyprussss, Massster."
" Okay, Cyprusssss I am going to go pay for you would you like to ssslide up my arm for now."
"Thank you, Masssster."
Harry walked over to the tank with the young Basilisk in it and let Cyprus wrap around his arm before walking back to the front of the shop to pay for it. At the end of the day Tripp went to collect the newly made wands from Olivanders before they used the floo network in the Leaky Couldron to get back to the United States.