Harry started laughing, he couldn't help it. He wiped the tears from his eyes as he regained his composure. "I am sorry, could you repeat that as I think I must have heard all of you wrong."
"We want to start your training to defeat You-Know-Who." Dumbledore had his hands together, resting on his lap.
"Honestly, Harrison, I thought we taught you how to listen." Lily Potter was annoyed. She didn't like this idea at all.
Harry let out a few chuckles as he looked at their faces. His parents, sitting in the pair of high-back chairs they always sat in when they were in the Order's headquarters. He was usually only dragged here when people started to wonder where their other child was. His twin brother glaring at him. His brother, Matthew, didn't like this new development. The Hogwarts staff, well, in reality, it was just McGonagall, Snape, Black, and Lupin. The rest of the Order included the Weasley family, some Aurors, and a handful of others. Those who supported the Potters in everything.
"I have spent the last seven years listening to how wonderful Matthew is, how amazing, how smart, how talent, while I didn't even know you knew my name. I mean it wasn't until last week I actually heard you use it."
"I am sure it's all a misunderstanding." Dumbledore dismissed Harry's concerns as usual. "Now, Kingsley, Mad-Eye, Sirius, Remus, Severus, and your father have all agreed to train you."
"No Let me set the record straight here. First, I was disowned by the Potter family when I was sorted into Slytherin. So while I still have the unfortunate last name of Potter, I am not part of their family. We won't even mention the Dursley family. Second, Snape can't stand me, so I know he didn't volunteer to train me. I have spent the last seven years listening to all the snakes being told they are a family and take care of each other."
"Exactly, family-" Dumbledore inserted.
"Wrong. Care to tell them what you told the Slytherin students about me?" Harry looked Snape, who was clearly furious at being in the meeting.
"I am sure we can work it out-" Dumbledore tried again.
Harry laughed. "No, we won't. You see I have spent the last seven years in this school loathed by everyone. My Head of House informed everyone I was there to spy on them for you and James Potter. Therefore, since I was a spy for the Potters and the Headmaster, my disownment was just a "ploy" to get more information. While the other three houses viewed me as a traitor to their Savior and his parents." Harry glared at the Gryffindors in the room. "You lot certainly did the Marauders proudly, didn't you? Those weekly lessons on prank hexes, jinxes, and curses will serve you well."
"It was just creative high jinxes." Dumbledore commented.
"Third, when I did better on my OWLs than my twin and Granger, I got accused of cheating by every single member of the staff here, including my own Head of House. I had to retake them that day, and when I still achieved the same results, I was given truth serum. How did James put it? Yes, his words were, there is no way a pathic excuse of a wizard could beat his son's scores. Lily, of course, was the one who demanded the truth serum."
"I told you he wouldn't help. He is just like his father, selfish, and arrogant." Snape sneered.
"That is my cue to leave." Harry stood up. "I would say good luck, but I wouldn't mean it. I do hope you have a better plan than relying on Matthew."
"You will sit down and do as you're told." James commanded.
"Sorry, not your son. I am a graduate of Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft. Here is a huge deal breaker for you, I am an of age wizard now." Harry walked to the door, stopped, looked over his shoulder. "The really pathic thing about this whole mess is if one of you had actually cared about me, I might have stayed and helped."
Harry was kicking back on the beach, enjoying the sun, when a shadow fell over him. He opened his eyes. "Snape."
"Potter." Snape arched a brow. "You are wanted back in Scotland."
Harry let out a snort. "I hope you didn't buy a plane ticket for my return because I am not going back to Scotland."
"I am aware. However, your father called in my life debt." Snape was actually furious with the whole Order and their schemes. He was sick of what Dumbledore and Potter were doing. He was especially sick of Matthew Potter and his attitude. He loathed Lily Potter and her fame-mongering.
Harry sat up. "What did the idiot do?" He knew his family was stupid, but he hoped they didn't do anything that would ruin his new found freedom. Snape glared but pulled up his sleeve to show his left arm. The dark mark was gone and in its place was a lightning bolt, with HP inside of it. "I think you better explain because whatever task he gave you to change your mark and bringing me back to Scotland would be two different things." He was now actually hoping Dumbledore didn't do something extremely stupid.
"I don't believe I mentioned returning to Scotland." Snape summoned a chair and sat down. "Your father and Dumbledore proved to be bigger idiots than I believed possible."
"Why doesn't that surprise me?" Harry knew how awful his family was. "Wait, you aren't being caustic, demeaning, or even sarcastic, what happened?"
Snape inhaled. "It's a long story, do you want to speak of it here or go and get comfortable elsewhere?"
"Might as well go inside and get something to eat, I have a feeling I am not going to like what you're going to tell me."
Snape looked around the little bungalow; it was cool, inviting, and open. He made himself comfortable on a brown wicker couch. "So how bad?" Harry sat in his favorite chair, a light tan wicker chair.
Snape wasn't sure how to respond to that question. "It will depend on what you decide." His whole life now depended on what Harry decided. He knew the boy wasn't like his family and he wasn't sure how to explain everything, but he knew he would have to.
"What did the morons do now?" He was a bit surprised at his own attitude toward Snape. He never truly hated the man, he actually understood why the man was the way he was. There wasn't a person in his life that didn't use or abuse him in some way, especially his father and Dumbledore. The Marauders were cruel. He had endured what Snape endured without his life being threatened all the time by Death Eater, Voldemort, and anyone who hated Death Eaters.
"Since they haven't had the official ceremony for graduation, Dumbledore decided that meant you were still a student and as such, he was your magical guardian."
"How? I thought it was the Head of House?" It was official the lemon drops were rotting Dumbledore's brains. He wondered if Dumbledore's grey matter was actually now yellow.
"No, we are considered to be absentia parentes, until the parent or guardian arrives during a time of crisis."
"Great, so as my magical guardian he is ordering my return?" Harry was wondering how legal this was actually. The goblins would be able to find out for him.
"Worse. Dumbledore, Black, and Potter worked out this plan. The first part of it was Dumbledore allowing you to be adopted into the Black family."
"Great, so the Flea-Bitten Mutt is now the Head of my Family?" How stupid was his family? How was he even related to them?
"No, not legally, as they didn't have your blood so they could only do a verbal acceptance, you would need to return before your next birthday for it be enforced. Now, if you return after the year, accept it, you become official Black Lord, not the heir because you can call on a magical judgment based on trying to do an illegal blood adoption. It's not a well-known law, and I think they are counting on us not knowing it. Granger, I believed researched it. Now, Dumbledore and Potter decided it was time to call in my Life Debt." Snape snarled.
"What Life Debt?" So his father and Dumbledore expected him to believe their latest plot.
Snape explained about the prank by Black, almost getting attacked by Lupin, and how James arrived at the last minute and pulled him away.
"That isn't a valid one unless they-" Harry inhaled. "No, they didn't?"
Snape nodded. "Dumbledore and Potter used guilt and got Black off. They said it was my word, a half-blood against two high-ranking pure-blood families." He worked hard on keeping the bitterness out of his voice over the years, but he knew he wanted to make Black pay.
That sounded like something Dumbledore would do to protect his Lions. Harry wasn't surprised by it. He had seen Dumbledore try and get him to bend using guilt. Harry closed his eyes. "So you will lose your life if I don't return?"
"Yes, in a way. The exact wording he used was pure Gryffindor. James stated, "I am binding Severus Tobias Snape to Harrison James Potter. He will provide a way to bring Harrison Potter back to Scotland."
Harry smirked. "Oh, the loopholes. I do believe it's time for us to collect some debts."
Snape grinned. There was a reason why Gryffindors and Slytherins didn't get along. They spent the rest of the night discussing the different events over the last seven years at Hogwarts. There was a lot that Snape didn't realize Dumbledore had done. Harry had explained how often his twin and his friends would use the library and how they weren't quiet about anything. Granger wasn't very subtle about she also researched. They began their own plans and research.
Two weeks later:
"Look, honey, they even arranged for us to have a driver." A tall man pointed to a guy holding a sign with his name on it. The man had dark curly hair and wore glasses, metal frames and round in shape. They had just collected their luggage from the baggage claim area.
"I can't believe we won a two week trip to Scotland." The wife, a little shorter, had red hair and carrying a baby. They approached the man holding the sign.
"Mr. Potter?" A taxi driver asked.
"Yes. We weren't expecting a taxi to be waiting."
"I have orders to bring you to a place called the Leaky Cauldron and your party will be waiting for you."
"Oh, how wonderful." The woman gushed. "Can you believe it, Harry? We are finally here Scotland."
"Severus, do you want another Mimosa?" Harry was pouring himself one. They had been busy the last two weeks. They had looked through a lot of research and people.
"Yes." Snape was reading the latest issue of "Potions Monthly" and working on his tan.
Harry handed one of the Mimosas to Snape. "The plane should have landed two hours ago."
"I do hope Harrison and Donna Potter enjoy their time in Scotland." Snape took a sip of his Mimosa. "We should have found a way to get pictures of their reactions when Harrison Potter shows up at the Leaky Cauldron." He knew Black and Potter would pitch a fit in the Leaky Cauldron; Dumbledore would do his grandfather act, as he tried to figure out what happened.
Harry sat down, picked up his book. "I can't wait to see their reaction when we show up next year."
A year later:
Harry and Severus were sitting in Black Manor when a howler arrived. "HARRISON JAMES POTTER, HOW DARE YOU? YOU HAVE NO RIGHT BLOCKING ME FROM MY ESTATES. THE NERVE, REMOVING ME FROM THE BLACK FAMILY. YOU OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF. I DEMAND YOU FACE ME, AND THE CONSEQUENCE OF OUR ACTIONS. Your parent and I are very disappointed in you." Black's voice filled the room, and the Howler tore itself into pieces after it finished.
"I was expecting more flare with a side of a temper tantrum." Harry banished the ashes. He passed Snape a cup of tea.
"I am sure he had one in Gringotts, the Ministry, and Hogwarts." Snape passed over the biscuits. "We need to bring these back home when we return." They had been enjoying catching up on all the news they had missed while they were gone.
"When do you want to go back home?"
"Tomorrow?" Snape answered. "I believe we have created problems for all of them. After all, they, without the Black seats, lose their political alliance."
"True. You want to take scuba diving lessons with me when we get home?"
Snape thought about it for a few minutes. "That does sound interesting. We can also see what potion ingredients we can find in the ocean."
"True."
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Severus saw the Eagle Owl sitting there on the window sill, waiting for them. He walked closer to take the letter but the bird started screeching. "What is that noise?" He heard Harry enter the kitchen. They were both wearing soft white cotton lounge pants and were deeply tanned.
"Someone's rude Eagle Owl who won't let me take his letter." Severus pulled out his wand, he was going to kill the bird.
"Severus, stop." Severus glared but obeyed. He watched Harry approach the bird, who suddenly held out his leg. Harry took the letter, placed it on the table and began to cast detections spells on the letter. He did it again in Parseltongue, nothing. "It's clean."
Severus looked down at the letter. "The writing is familiar." They knew this letter was going to change everything for them.
"Any idea?"
Severus picked up the letter, turned it over to look for a seal. "Malfoy." He showed Harry the M on the wax seal.
"Why are they writing to me? Draco and I didn't exactly get along." Draco actually had tried to make life as difficult as possible for Harry, until Harry had bested Draco a few different times in duels.
Severus didn't comment. Draco had tried to make Harry's life miserable. He knew Draco was the one behind making sure Harry was always in some duel in the common room. Draco, as well as the others in their year, had tried to best Harry, but Harry proved more than once that he was more than a match for anyone. "No, idea. Unless it's Lucius and he is doing it on the orders of the Dark Lord."
Harry opened the letter. He handed the letter to Severus when he was finished.
Dear Lord Black and Severus:
I am writing on behalf of a mutual friend of Severus' and mine. He has been impressed by the deeds that have reached his ears. I was instructed to inform you that you are welcome to return to the United Kingdom at any time.
If you wish to return, please inform me, and I will arrange the international port-key for you. Your arrival will be kept in the utmost secrecy and be assured that former Headmaster Dumbledore will never learn of your arrival or your location from anyone in our alliance.
Lord Lucius Malfoy
Minister of Magic
Severus started laughing. Harry waited until he calmed down. "What is so funny?"
"Your seat assignment must have destroyed the complete light alliance, not just the Potter-Black alliance like we thought. Dumbledore must have aligned all of the light seats to the Potter-Black alliance, and since Black is the older house, all the seats switched to the neutral faction, eliminating the power the light side had." Dumbledore, he knew, would do anything to get them back under his control. He was a bit surprised they hadn't seen any Order members on their beach.
"Oh." Harry sat down on the floor. Severus had been teaching him about politics and other things that weren't covered in the Hogwarts course selections. Harry had even signed up for courses at the local muggle community college.
"Their own plan totally wiped out Dumbledore and his cronies hold over the Wizengamot." Severus started laughing again. "Can you image his face when he realized that. Potter and Black must have made quite an interesting tantrum when they found out."
Harry started laughing. "Can you see Matthew? I'm the Boy-Who-Lived, what do you mean I don't have any seats any longer? I am heir Potter. I can picture him stamping his feet and then run to Lily crying his heart out because he won't get to wear any Wizengamot robes. He had them all designed and ready to submit to the tailor for our 18th birthday."
"That is what must have triggered the reveal. He must have gone to the goblins to claim his inheritance, tried to take his those seats, as an heir he would have been able to sit next to his father."
"I wonder if they will leave the Weasley chit at Hogwarts?" They both knew that the Weasley family didn't even try to learn the pureblood customs. They also knew that Ginny Weasley was eager to marry the Boy-Who-Lived.
"She wouldn't be able to pass any pureblood customs classes, I know she wants to be Lady Potter. She mentioned it enough times." Harry laughed. "She is going to hate being married to my dear brother now."
"They are to be married?"
"Yes, Lily and Mrs. Weasley worked up this marriage contract after they found Weaslette in a closet with Blaise. Blaise bragged about taking her. Matthew got caught with Lavender Brown by Finch, coming out of the Charms closet, both were barely dressed. Peeves was chasing them, screaming about catching them doing something dirty. Lily and Molly had a fit. It was Dumbledore who suggested the marriage contract."
Severus started laughing again. "You do realize if they lost the seats, you might be able to claim them back with the Peverell line. Since you can, the goblins wouldn't have revealed that aspect until you do. They would only be able to use the Potter family and the trust vault."
"We never did inform them of that did we?" The Potters and Blacks were going to be wiped out. He couldn't wait to see it happen. The best part was that Dumbledore, Potter, and Black would get the blame if they weren't already.
"No. I expect we will need to listen to a few howlers when you remove the Potter vaults. I do believe Lord Black that we shall be returning to England?"
"Yes, Severus. I do believe it's time for some deeply needed revenge." Harry smiled. Time to return and make his former family's life hell.
"I couldn't agree more. I shall answer Lucius, you might want to write to Ironclaw."
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Severus and Harry landed in Malfoy Manor formal sitting room. "Lord Black, I welcome you to Malfoy Manor." Lucius bowed. "May I present my wife, Lady Malfoy." Narcissa gave a deep curtsy.
"Lord Malfoy, Lady Malfoy." Harry bowed, Harry stepped forward, taking Narcissa's hand and gave it a brief kiss on the back of her hand. Severus remained behind his Lord. "Severus Snape, my vessel." Severus bowed.
"Severus, it is a pleasure to see you again." Narcissa moved forward toward Severus now that all the formal stuff was over.
"Pleasure is mine, Narcissa."
"I have arranged for rooms in the East Wing. The elves will take your luggage."
"Thank you."
"Our other guest is waiting for us in the sitting room. Lunch will be served in thirty minutes." Lucius informed them as they began walking towards the sitting room.
"I am curious, how did you two manage to remove Dumbledore from power?" The Dark Lord asked. It was after lunch and they were settled in the garden gazebo.
Harry explained what happened, and Severus showed his new mark. The Dark Lord leaned back in his seat, thinking. "The rumor of you being a Parseltongue, is it true?"
"Yes, when they disowned me from the family, they removed me as the heir. I am older. When they learned I was a parseltongue, they freaked, shipped me off to my aunt and uncle's house. Needless to say, that didn't sit well with the relatives, but you would be surprised how quickly they were revamped their attitude towards me after several visits from snakes. I shall never get over the screams my dear aunt screamed as one of the snakes taught my uncle a very important lesson after the man hit me. He was in the hospital for a week. They had a hard time finding a counter to the poison. I learned magical snakes have a lot of useful poisons."
Severus knew Harry was leaving a lot out of the story. He knew the whole story. It wasn't even the first or second time the man had beaten Harry. The snake only attacked after Vernon Dursley almost killed Harry. He knew that Harry was presenting this story in a very Slytherin way, show no weakness, but show strength.
"Muggles." The Dark Lord hated them.
"They have their uses, they are very creative." Harry answered. "It's why we need our world kept separated. They have ways of recording things and reviewing them numerous times."
"I believe that is something we can discuss later. As you aren't the first one to inform me of their advances." The Dark Lord responded. "I am interested in what you are planning on doing now that you are Lord Black."
"Actually, Severus pointed out something very interesting, something that they don't know yet."
Severus grinned. "We can wipe out Black and Potter."
"How?" Lucius perked up.
"Harry is also Lord Peverell. He can claim back vaults of both families, bringing them back into the Peverell line, thus cutting off Sirius Black and the Potter family. We didn't originally do it because Ironclaw explained that since Matthew was technically underage, being not even 18 at the time, we would have to leave the trust vault for the brat. We didn't want to give away anything, so we left the Black vaults alone. However, now that they are almost 21, Harry doesn't have to do it."
"We agreed with Ironclaw it would also make good leverage if Dumbledore tried anything. Now, since he doesn't have any power, why not remove any funds he might be receiving from the Potter and Black. I did limit the amount that could be withdrawn during a year. Ironclaw would inform them it was part of the charter, to keep them from emptying any vault."
"The Potter brat is in Aurors training. Potter and Black have been working on keeping him in the program. At first, the two of them threatened to quit when Lucius became the Minister. Dumbledore clearly talked them into remaining. Weasley and Potter passed the entrance exam in June, they failed last year. Granger is trying to get a job in the Ministry but has been denied, she wants jobs that are above her skill level. She actually applied to be the Secretary of the Magical Creature Department. She is also attending some muggle university." The Dark Lord knew Harry Potter was the key to getting rid of the remaining light faction.
"So is my brother married to the Weasley girl?"
"Yes, last year. She is pregnant." Lucius couldn't keep the scorn out of his voice.
"I hope he wants to live at the Burrow." Harry grinned. "I wonder how well Mrs. Weasley can knit a cloak?"
Everyone was aware of the Weasleys jerseys. It had been an ongoing joke in Slytherin since Bill Weasley attended. Arthur had worn a few to the Ministry and soon it spread to all of the magical worlds. "When do you plan on doing this?"
"I was thinking it would be a nice welcome home present for me and Severus. I have arranged to have a meeting with Ironclaw tomorrow."
"I would like for you to align your seats with the dark faction. That would do more damage to Potter and Black Alliance."
"I believe we might be able to work out a deal." Harry glanced at Snape, they had been waiting to finish ruining Dumbledore, the Potters, Black, and the Order.
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Dumbledore started cursing. He threw the first thing he could reach into his hands and threw it across the room. He heard the sound of breaking glass, he closed his eyes briefly, then slowly glanced to see what he broke. He groaned. He broke the huge bow window, letting in a vast amount of water, due to the raging storm. The wind was causing some of his possession to be thrown out the window. He pulled out his wand and repaired the window and remaining stuff.
"What happened?" Lily Potter asked from the doorway. The woman lost her red hair and her green eyes were now a dull hazel, he wasn't sure how it was done. He would never find out now.
"That BRAT!" James Potter stormed into the room. "We're broke!" James had the biggest difference. His hair was now a ratty brown, his complexion was filled with acne, and he was about Lily's height now. He also seemed to be gaining weight. Sirius, he thought, now looked a lot like James, reflecting the Black and Potter intermarrying.
"Yes, I am afraid James has the situation correct." Dumbledore whined a bit, he knew. He was wondering when all his plans went wrong. He tuned out James ranting to Lily as he thought. He had to find a way to defeat Tom, but now all his plans were ruined because he had ignored the oldest son of the Potters. How did that blasted boy do it? He knew the legality of the situation, but how did he not see that boy being able to do it.
He knew it wasn't all Severus', for Severus had treated the boy the way he wanted him to be treated. He had informed Severus about the boy being his spy. He needed the boy to be isolated from everyone, as he had originally planned for the boy to be cannon fodder until he found out he could speak to snakes. He couldn't have anyone aligned with him that had that dark trait. Granted he wasn't happy that the boy went to Slytherin, but it did make isolating him easier.
He had been furious when the boy had escaped, it had taken a few weeks to find out where the boy was, then he had to get Fudge to agree with him that he could remain the boy's guardian. He had a bit of trouble getting James to agree to his plan about the life debt.
The idea of using the life debt would have solved two problems for him. Severus would return with the boy, the boy would have fought Tom. Tom would have killed the boy and Severus for betraying him. That would leave him with just Matthew, who he knew would die for them to be able to defeat Tom. The boy was barely above Filch in power. Longbottom ranked a bit higher. He knew he would step out at the correct time. Meaning after Matthew's death, of course, and kill Tom. That would have given him more glory and power. No one would challenge him, again.
If that had worked, he would have had complete control over the Wizarding World. He would have control over the Black and Potter Alliance, well, technically he already did, but he wouldn't have had to listen to Sirius and James whine. He had a plan to have the three of them kill themselves, after all, the stress of losing the Potter boys would have been too much. Everyone had listened to the Potters and Black praising Matthew. Everyone knew how they doted on the boy.
Sirius would be easy to push into killing James and Lily, and he would use Sirius' wand to kill him. He would then control everything. It had taken years to align all those seats to the Potter and Black Alliance. It had taken years to get the Potters and Sirius to blindly follow him. He did have to thank Sirius for that. The man was such an idiot, he really believed he got away with almost killing Severus. That little plot sealed James and Sirius to his side.
He had actually thought his plan worked, when he got a message that Harrison Potter was returning, via a Muggle plane. He had arranged for the entire Order to be at the Leaking Cauldron when Harry was due to arrive. Oh, they greeted a Harrison Potter, but who was a squib, and not even related to the Potter family. The man was actually a Lestrange family member. It turned out when they did a genealogy test on the man, that about six hundred years ago, a squib was removed from the family and became a Muggle potter, hence the last name. He wanted to kill someone.
They had spent the next year looking for the Brat. He had to find him and get blood adoption legalized. He had spent a lot of time and money trying to find the boy. Nothing. The kid wasn't in Europe and he didn't have many connections outside of Europe.
He had the entire Order searching for the boy. He even used some Death Eaters, he leaked out a few choice pieces of information, hoping that Tom would respond and find the boy for him.
For the year, he worked on gaining more Lords and Ladies into his Alliance. As he knew as soon as Harry returned, he would need to step up the war and get Tom to kill the boy, but at the right time. He needed to get everyone in the Ministry and Wizengamot afraid of what would happen if he wasn't in charge. He had been working that angle for over 20 years and it still worked. So he didn't need to fix that part of his plan.
As the year date drew closer, he could tell that Sirius was getting nervous. Very nervous, and if he was honest with himself, he had been too. He wasn't as worried as his three pets were because he knew the boy didn't know anything about Pureblood laws, or even customs. James and Sirius didn't follow them and didn't teach either of the boys. Harry, being in Slytherin, he had been a bit afraid he would learn them. He informed Severus of Harry being a spy for him, he knew the man would make Harry's life even worse for him in Slytherin, all because of how James and Sirius still treated Severus. It was why he allowed it to happen. He needed Severus to be seen as mean and cold. It enabled him to use Severus to do his dirty work.
Needless to say, he almost killed a few people when he learned what the boy had done. Harry Potter had taken his 40 years of work and destroyed everything by doing something he hadn't expected. The boy claimed his Lordships, invoked the judgment of Lady Magic, then proceeded to remove James, Lily, and Sirius from the families. Harry only left them with the Potter family vault and Matthew's trust vault. The boy sealed all the Black, Peverell, Gryffindor, Le Fay, and Evan properties.
Dumbledore knew that Lily didn't know she was actually a Pureblood. Her mother was a witch, she had been attacked by some Death Eaters, and became pregnant. Dumbledore had carefully arranged an adoption for her, giving Lily to the squib line of the Evan family. Her mother died in a raid a year later, with the Prewitt twins. He couldn't remember the woman's first name, but she was a Le Fay and a second cousin to the Weasley family. He thought it was a nice little end finally tied up.
He glanced at James who was still ranting. He looked down at the parchment in on his desk. They were currently staying at one of the smaller cottages in the Dumbledore estates. He wanted to curse again. Three years, the boy hadn't done a thing. He had been working on building up his status, his power, and now the boy destroyed it all again.
All of his Alliance now was assigned to the Dark Fraction, and there wasn't a thing he could do about it. "I can't believe we are poor."
"What?" Dumbledore snapped his attention back to those in the room.
"Yes, Harry reclaimed all the Potter vaults, since now that our precious angel is now 21, the little rodent closed the trust vault, and reclaimed everything."
"I don't understand how! We disowned him." Lily was sitting in a chair and had been clearly crying.
"The Potter fortunes come from the Peverell and Gryffindor lines. What I don't understand is why they are listing him as Harrison James Le Fay Gryffindor Peverell Black Evans."
"What?" Lily looked a bit surprised. "My last name?"
"Yes, I don't get it." James was indeed confused. He wished he had paid attention to his parents when it came to the Pureblood laws.
"He isn't listed as a Potter, so maybe he had to take that name?" Lily ventured to guess.
Dumbledore didn't reply. He had to think of a way to get money. The Potter and Black fortunes were lost to him. He was thinking when he heard his name. "Sorry, I was lost in thought. What was your question?"
"How are we going to keep paying for Matthew's lessons? He needs them if he is to become an Auror."
Matthew was barely surviving Auror training and he had used every connect he had to get the boy admitted to the program. Dumbledore watched as James poured himself another glass of whiskey. He wasn't sure how to answer Lily's question. James, however, provided a solution for him. "He won't be continuing. I am not having my son work with Death Eaters. We will have to train him, here, privately. Get him ready to face You-Know-Who."
"I believe that would be best. Voldemort has clearly taken control of the Wizengamot, Hogwarts, and the Ministry." Dumbledore hated to say that. He had lost his precious school. Malfoy was now the Headmaster. Most of the staff were those associated with the dark, none but Malfoy was marked. He didn't even have a say in Wizengamot because he would be forced to vote whatever way the new Chief Warlock wanted. He really didn't like the fact that Augustus Rookwood was now the Chief Warlock, with his second being Thorfinn Rowle. They were still Unspeakables and knew all the old forgotten laws, so he hadn't been able to find a way around the new power in his Alliance.
He had to get control over Harry, was all he could think of. However, he also knew that the boy assigned the seats in such a way that unless he tested clean of potions, and outsides influences, the seats couldn't be changed. He knew that had to be Severus' idea.
He regretted forcing James to bind Severus to Harry now. Clearly, Harry was using his Slytherin abilities to control Severus, and Severus had to obey. He also should have made James clear the life debt request with him. When he reviewed the memory of what James had requested, he realized that Harry had taken advantage of the loopholes in it, and Severus would have to obey the boy. He knew Severus was a Slytherin as a Slytherin could get, but he also knew the two of them hated each other. That had to be why Severus didn't inform him of any of the plans. He knew he had Severus under his thumb and knew the man wouldn't dare disobey an order, or do anything that would upset his greater good plan. He had trained Severus well.
"We need a plan." James crashed into a chair and promptly blacked out.
Dumbledore sighed. "Lily put him to bed."
"Yes, Albus."
He watched Lily levitated James out of his home office, and looked at his chessboard. Nothing was making sense. His pawns were broke, two were drunks (James and Sirius), one was an outted werewolf, one was a young man with barely any power, he wasn't even going to think about the dysfunctional Weasley family. Oh, he had control over Arthur, Molly, Ron, and Ginny, but the rest left as soon as they could. He had hoped the marriage between Matthew and Ginny would bring more power back to him, but now he was going to have to find a way to support everyone and his side of the war. He was also wondering how the soon to be born Potter would be taken care of. Harry didn't need to give a trust vault to the child.
Jobs, they needed to find jobs. He would have to get in touch with some people to find them suitable jobs.
Harry was in the library reading when Severus entered the room. He had a letter in his hand. "It seems we got a response, Harry."
Harry looked up, closed his book, and patted the seat cushion next to him. For the last two years, they had been in a serious relationship. One that he knew would surprise people. "Oh?"
Severus took his place next to Harry, the letter still in his hand. "Lucius and Augustus reported that everything is done in the Ministry and Wizengamot."
"Good." Harry gave him a kiss, which Severus eagerly returned.
"Merlin, not again." Draco voice filled the room. "I would like to be able to enter the library at least once without finding you two kissing."
"Ah, Draco, where is the fun in that?" Harry held out his hand, and Severus handed him the letter. He looked at the seal. "We got a letter from Gringotts."
Draco eagerly took the seat across from the duo. When they had first returned, Draco had tried to pick on Harry. That lasted about a minute before Harry tossed Draco out the door, and gave Draco his own personal rain cloud for the day. After that, Severus and Harry informed Draco about Harry's past and what really happened. Soon every single Slytherin from Harry's time at Hogwarts was over the house, along with anyone who was on the dark side of the war. All learned the truth about what had been happening for the last ten years (remember 7 years at Hogwarts, and 3 years before they returned to Britain). Needless to say, the Dark got a lot more people when people heard the truth.
Harry opened the letter. He read it, he was a bit puzzled. "I didn't know I had the Le Fay and Evans titles." Harry continued reading. He started laughing. "This is precious."
"What?"
Harry stopped laughing, as Severus was trying to remove the letter to read it. "It turns out two years ago, when we removed Black from the Black family and the Potters from the Peverell and Gryffindor lines, Ironclaw discovered something interesting. He had to research it, so when I removed them from the Potter lines, I stated, I remove them from all lines. I also stated that I claim all lines, I wasn't specific, so when I did that, I removed Lily from the Le Fay and Evan lines. I became the Lord of the two lines."
"So she isn't a Muggle-born? Dumbledore had to know."
"Ironclaw discovered something very interesting." Harry handed the letter to Severus and Draco was reading over his shoulder.
"Oh, this is going to make his name worthless." Draco stated.
"Yes, and I believe it's time to speak to Tom and Lucius. We want to make the most out of the fact that Dumbledore arranged the adoption of Lily and didn't tell her."
The three shared a grin. Dumbledore was going to be facing some legal issues now. Withholding inheritances was a very serious crime, especially when the crime was committed against an old family like the Le Fay. "Ironclaw says there is something else he wants to speak to you about."
"Yes, it is concerning you." Harry answered. "I wondered why you never got the Prince title."
"I was disowned."
"Uncle Severus, you couldn't have been. You are the last one. Your mother was the only child of two only children, who were also two only children. You are the direct heir. Your grandfather may have disowned your mother when you were born, but not you."
Severus thought for a moment. "Have we read all the seats in the Black and Potter Alliance?"
"No, and I believe it's time we reviewed it."
"I can help. Father and Mother made me learn all the genealogy of every family."
"Harry, I just got the weird letter from Ironclaw about your seats and the Prince family." The Dark Lord entered the library. He knew he would always find Harry there as the boy was trying to learn all the knowledge that Dumbledore had blocked at Hogwarts.
Harry grinned. "You want to make Dumbledore look worse than the most common of criminals?"
The Dark Lord looked at the three smirking faces and knew he was going to love this idea. "I believe I will enjoy that."