He could be anything he wanted, all he had to do was apply himself and work hard. That is what he had been told his entire life and that is what he believed. For that reason, Harry Potter found himself in Hufflepuff house.
The day of the sorting found his mother, Lily Potter resident Dark Arts professor surprised but extremely happy that her son was in a house known for loyalty and hard work. His father, James Potter who was an Unspeakable was also extremely pleased. They both had known that Harry had high aspirations for his life. From a young age he knew what he wanted. A life of wondering, freedom to go where he pleased, study the past in peace, and also a bit of adventure. "Growing up on Indiana Jones will do that to you…" would be his mother's response when other's questioned why young Harry wanted to be a Curse Breaker.
As the years went by, Harry showed an aptitude for his chosen field, taking to runes, dark art, and mathematics (a combination of muggle mathematics and arithmancy) like a fish to water. The one thing that always worried his parents was his lack of social life, for what little social life someone in a boarding school could have. Harry always had trouble making friends but did have a couple. Bill Weasley, whom wanted to do something with runes in the future, was a study partner from Gryffindor and there was also Bill's younger brother, Charlie whom was in love with dragons. Other than lack of friends and seemingly lack of interest in the opposite sex, Harry performed admirably in school. He never did play any sport seriously as he lacked his father's skill with a broom.
Soon came graduation, Harry being in the top 5 percent of his graduating class passed with honors. He even scored a distinction in Runes and Mathematics. As that step in his life ended, Harry was accepted to the Stanford University for archeology. This was a portion of his life that seemed to stretch forever to both Lily and James as Harry was gone to the States for over 8 years. The only time they had seen Harry was at his graduation 5 years prior and that is when he started his doctorate studies. His letters home indicated that he was always doing great, his studies were taking him all over the world and that he would be done with his degree soon.
Finally the day came and it found James and Lily standing in the audience as the doctorate candidates were presented with their hard earned degrees. Harry looked the spitting image of his father but with his mother's eyes and at the age of 25 would be receiving a degree that most people double his age did not possess.
They had all celebrated that night, both Harry's graduation and his younger sister's acceptance into Hogwarts. Unlike Harry she had no idea what she wanted for her future and Harry had always told her that made her smarter then him. Little Eve would always giggle and hug her older brother.
Once back on British soil and at the Potter residence, Harry immediately began looking for employment. After what seemed like months but was actually a couple of weeks, he was hired by a company called Iverson and Sons Inc. The company was a globe expanding firm that was interested in excavating ancient tombs and learning anything of cultural and magical interest. They used all research to fund medical, technological, and scholarly advances in all parts of the world. Harry was immediately taken with the motto and soon moved out of the Potter home and into a flat near the company in Central London.
This was the opportunity he had been waiting for his entire life. The job allowed him to travel the world and dig up amazing sites. His favorites were always the African sites. Consequently they were the most dangerous. His mother's Dark Arts training had seen him through them all. He had made a name for himself in both the magical and muggle world. He had been the one to discover that a lost tribe in Kenya had in fact managed to subjugate the precursor to the deadly Nuduu cat and when the tribe was wiped out, the cats in a rage absorbed the magical essence in the air and had become the beasts that roam the Sahara Desert. In the muggle world he had discovered a new civilization that worshiped the bones of the long dead Tiatnoboa in South America.
All this travel had made Harry not want to settle down, much to the disappointment of Lily whom wanted grandchildren. Harry was actually a bit of a ladies man, James and Sirius were so proud and Remus kept his pride to himself each time they found out about a new girl, not that there were a lot. Only 5 to date and it had been 4 years since Harry had started his travels. It wasn't that bad considering Harry was catching up on dating now instead of in his youth.
This all brings us to the present situation in the Potter house. Eve was sitting with her brother going over some runes notes for the coming year, her 5th when the fireplace flared green and out walk Lily Potter and Ron Weasley. Ron was practically the mirror image of Bill at 15, tall and lanky, looking awkward in his own skin. "Hi Eve…" he trailed looking down slightly, "you ready for today?" Eve, whom Harry new his sister had a crush on the ginger, nodded and kissed her brother's cheek before grabbing Ron's hand and dragging him out the door. "We'll be back later bye!" was heard before the door shut.
Harry just shook his head before hearing a cough. Starring at him was his mother with an arched eyebrow. "No mum… I am not going to get married anytime soon." This was his go to response to the look. "But sweetie…" "Mum I like my life how it is and let's be honest. Which woman is going to stay with me when all I do is travel?" Lily had heard this before and sighed. He was right of course but she still was looking forward to grandbabies soon! "Fine… anyway that wasn't what I needed to talk to you about. Your father needs some help with an ancient site and the ministry is contacted your firm to hire you for this job." She fished out a folder from the stack of files on the coffee table. "This is all the info we were able to get. The place reeks of dark magic rituals so they called me in. My full report is there as well."
The tone his mother was using was that of a colleague and Harry treated her as such. "Ok let's see what we've got…" He opened the files and flipped through them. 'That's some nasty magic… blood magic… necro magic… necro?' he thought slightly alarmed. "Necro magic? Mum tell me no has touched the site?" "Of course not, they went poking around but no one actually touched anything. We need an expert. That is you." She didn't sound too happy about his expertise needing to be used in such an obviously dangerous work site but he was the best.
"Alright… I'll contact Iverson and set up a date. Guess I'm headed to the Gobi Desert!" Lily frowned slightly, "Don't need to sound so happy…" Harry just smiled and kissed his mother's cheek. "Cheer up mum it'll be fine!" "For your sake you better hope so!" Laughter was left in the wake of green flames.
"Minister we have received the response and the company is sending Potter to us in a few days" was the report the young interning witch gave the current Minister Amelia Bones. "Thank you Cho, please see that preparations for his assignment are done and call Commander Black and Unspeakable Potter. I have things to discuss with both men…" "Right away minister" Cho, a pretty Ravenclaw of Asian descent who was a shoe in to do well in politics, stated and started her task immediately.
Amelia Bones was a powerhouse and everyone knew it. She had the political clout of the Bones family name and the magical power of someone close to the now 10 years passed Albus Dumbledore. The only person more magically powerful then her was the deceased warlocks apprentice Tom Riddle. Though that would change in the future, her niece, who attended Westfield was gaining in magical prowess and had garnered the attention of Riddle. She was the front runner for his apprenticeship and would do the family proud. As she was distracted, Amelia almost missed the entrance of the two men that together could battle her to a standstill. James Potter was her top Unspeakable, his area of study was destruction magic, magic's for the battle mages and he was an expert in using them. Sirius Black was another story. He was highly intelligent when it came down to strategy and was a high ranking field commander for the battle mage group that handled special ops with their muggle counterparts, the SAS.
"Gentlemen. Please sit." Both men sat and eyed her warily. Amelia Bones had risen to the top of the mountain and the rumors were that she had stepped on a few 'bones' to do so. Both men would not become another stepping for her ambitions. "The operation code named Dusk is happening. We will need both the battle teams and strike team's ready deployment. Commander Black are your forces ready?" Sirius nodded, "yes mam' all battle teams are prepped and waiting take off orders. The strike teams are also in route and should be at Center Base within the next two hours." "Good, Master Potter what of the chanters?"
James handed Amelia a folder containing Unspeakable profiles. "Those are the men and women chosen. All are the best and most experienced in chant circles and dark magic. My wife and son will also be on site so we should be fine." He hoped so anyway, chanters were the Unspeakable black ops group. Versed in the dark arts and rituals, they were only brought in when the foulest of magic's was used. "Good… Very good. Let us hope then that this is nothing but remnant magic and nothing more…" Both men nodded hoping the same.
Malcom Iverson was a stocky young man, only coming to about 5 foot 8 inches, he was a head shorter than the two men walking beside him. One of the two men was Harry Potter, who joined the company the same year Malcom took the reins from his father. The other was Bill Weasley, whom was recommended by Harry as a backup Curse Breaker. Malcom had read Weasley's profile and was impressed. Outside of private firms like Iverson's, where breakers get the most experience, Bill Weasley had obtained an impressive amount of firsthand knowledge on some of the scarier curses in Egypt. "Harry are the drop ships ready?" Harry leaned over the rail on the cat walk the three were trekking and said "Yeah boss… we really gotta give these things a name… drop ship just sounds too manufactory-ish…" "Well when you come up with a name that didn't sound like it came out of a video game" Harry just sniggered and the three stopped while each took a turn going down the narrow stairs. Once at the bottom floor, the three loaded up into the drop ship and as the back hatch closed, they felt the repulsion engines ignite and lift the ship into the air. The pilot looked back "20 minutes to deployment zone sir. Might want to buckle up. It's gonna get bumpy today!" The three sat down and started to discuss the upcoming assignment. "Ok Bill, Harry is used to our operations involving a hell of a lot of muggle tech." Bill nodded "I can see that. I've never seen anything like this craft…" "It works better then magical transportation to these sites. Muggle tech doesn't scramble around chaotic magic but if you get close enough your magic will go haywire" Harry explained, "better to use muggle tech from the get go and use as little magic as possible." Malcom took over from there, "We deploy two days' time, and you'll get some weapons training and basic gear fitted for this assignment. Potter you got the detail schematics of the monument?"
Harry clicked a button on the wall behind him and a hologram of the satellite infrared imaged building clicked to life in front of the three. "Defensive runes are located in a cluster around the three sides other than the obvious entrance to the site. The site entrance is a real runes monster. From Professor Potter's report there are some extremely complex animation runes and no sign of a control rune…" Bill's eyes narrowed, "The control rune must be inside then. Those animation runes are another defensive mechanism." "Agreed, Potter we will be analyzing the runes from the air first and if we can find any opening into the building that is safe, take it" Malcom's face was hard, "I do not like the energies coming from this site… it is troubling."