Summary: Caelum Ophiuchus Hadrian LeFay the bastard child of James Potter and Regulus Black has lived his life in obscurity and solitude. That is into the day he receives and invitation to attend Hogwarts. What secrets await him? And will he ever discover the true meaning of his mother's sacrifice.

Disclaimer: I do not own nor do I make any money through the usage of said characters, Harry Potter it is the sole property of J.K. Rowling and other affiliated companies.

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This story has been in the works for a very long time. In the beginning, I based his personality off several fictional and non-fiction characters and as he developed, I added new components to his persona. When I first published it, I was devastated by the lack or response and the negative comments of my portrayal of him. However, they did have a point I was completely inexperienced as writer, hopefully this new version shows you more depth.

I've recently noticed that a gross majority of my stories are Angst ridden, as far as I am concern Happily Ever doesn't exist and it just doesn't happen by snapping your fingers. The journey to happiness is long and riddled by many perils, those of the heart, the mind and soul.

So, I scrapped and rewrote it several times, after reading the story "Death of Today" by Epic Solemnity. It inspired me to rewrite the story and hold true to the persona that I gave this version of the boy-who-lived, known of that naive angst-riddled hero we all know so well.

He's cold, malicious, overall the perfect little Pureblood, but he's also a child. His books, his knowledge are barriers he's built over the years to protect himself, so begins the tale of Caelum Le Fay, the Bastard.

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I based the title and his whole character off the treatment Bastard children would receive in the Olden days. Back then, they were known either as Bastards or as Whoresons, in most cases they were shunned by their fathers and were meant to inherit nothing. Although illegitimate children turn out to make the most of their lives, going as far as to surpass all expectations.

Defect of Birth, a former Roman Catholic canon law was a loophole in regards to legitimizing a child. It could be remedied in four ways. The first being a marriage between the two parents before the birth of said child. The second a recsript by the Pope, meaning the Pope must verbally approved the child legitimized. The third by way of religious profession, I'm not sure about this one but there are a wide stream of possibilities. One of which being the child is to induced into Priesthood or the parents and the final by Dispensation.

The only way a Bastard child would receive a percentage of their sires estate, is if said sire acknowledge their existence. Which rarely happened unless, he had a really understanding wife or no other possible heirs.

Different countries had different laws for Bastards; in Wales, illegitimate children had the same rights as legitimate children going as far as to be included in their father's inheritance. Thankfully though many countries have abolished such laws but this is the Wizarding World were talking about, they are far behind the muggles in regards to their laws and mannerisms.

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