Onward With Life

Harry Potter was anything but a normal boy, from his lightning scar to his wild black hair. Everything about the boy stood out. The boy only had two wishes in life, one was to be completely ordinary, and the other was to be with his mother and father. Of course both those things could never happen. His parents were dead and he was The-Boy-Who-Lived. He vaguely remembered living with his muggle aunt and uncle, The Dursleys, and his awful whale of a cousin, Dudley Dursley. However that all changed after his sixth birthday.

*FLASHBACK*

Today was his birthday; he was finally six years old, not that the Dursleys remembered. He was perfectly content to spend the day locked up in his little cupboard under the stairs. The Dursleys had gone out to lunch and left Harry to do some cleaning around the house. He was completely alone, and as there was no sound coming from the house, the sharp knock at the door caused Harry to jump a few feet. Now normally Harry wasn't allowed to open the door if the Dursleys weren't home, but something was telling him, that today he should open the door.

Harry opened the door to find a tall, regal looking man with hair that was almost as dark as his. He had proud aristocratic features, not unlike Harry's. He had bright blue eyes that seemed to sparkle with mischievous thoughts. The man was obviously in shock when he looked down to see a young boy answer the door; he had obviously been expecting an adult. When the man finally spoke, Harry found that he had a voice full of deep rich laughter. The man said "Excuse me sir, but are Mr. and Mrs. Dursley Home?" Harry had replied that they had gone out to lunch to which the man asked "If I may ask what your name is?" Harry looked at him questioningly and said "My name is Harry Potter, sir". The man was quite startled, like he had not expected that name, but he was well aware of who the boy was. Once he had gathered his thought he said "Hello Harry Potter, my name is Sirius Black and I am your Godfather."

Harry just stood there in shock; no one had ever told him anything about a godfather. However, if he thought about it really hard he could see the man, Sirius, in the recesses of his memory. He could see Sirius's face like he was holding him in his arms. He could see the man play with a stuffed dog, stag, and what would seem to be a werewolf. Harry realized that he had been staring at the man for a few minutes. He looked the man in the eyes and said "I remember you". Sirius looked genuinely surprised by the statement. Harry then proceeded to let the man inside.

*END FLASHBACK*

Harry had been living with Sirius for almost five years now; his eleventh birthday was a few days away. He was excitedly awaiting his Hogwarts letter; he couldn't wait to go to the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He had been plied with stories from Sirius and Remus. He had seen the memories in his godfathers pensive; his father had been jovial and mischievous. James, Remus, Sirius and the forgotten one had been the marauders, playing pranks on the entire school including the teachers. Harry pointed out that they had been horrible they had been to one student in particular, Severus Snape. Sirius hadn't been particularly proud of that, he put on his big boy pants and went and apologized to Severus. To say Severus had been surprised was at the least a huge understatement. Once Severus had recovered from the shock, he asked Sirius why he was apologizing, Sirius said "For my Godson."

Severus contemplated what had just happened for a long time. He eventually came to the conclusion that whoever Sirius' godson was, he must love him a lot. And since Black had apologized he decided to swallow his hate for the man and treat his godson like any other, so long as he obeyed the rules and respected his elders.

Sirius returned back to his family home where he had left Harry with Remus. Tomorrow was Harry's birthday, and Sirius had a surprise for him. Harry woke up early on his birthday and ran into Sirius's room and started to jump on the man's bed. Sirius started to roll off the bed and yelled as he caught himself on the bedpost. He glared at the boy before remembering that it was indeed Harry's birthday. He groaned and told Harry to take a shower while he got ready for the day. He then sent Dotty the house elf to start breakfast so that it would be ready once they were dressed and ready to go.

Thirty minutes later the boys were sitting in the kitchen scarfing down an excellent breakfast. Harry had no idea what was going to happen today. Sirius had summoned Harry's best robes with the Potter crest that signified him as the Scion of the Most Ancient and Most Noble of Potter. Harry grabbed Sirius' arm and side-along apparated to Diagon Alley. Harry wondered what they were doing as they walked towards Gringotts bank, however he stayed silent. They walked inside and went up to the head Goblin where Sirius proceeded to ask the Goblin some questions in Gobbledygook. The Goblins eyes widened in surprise but he eventually and motioned for Harry and Sirius to follow him. They went around the stand and followed the Goblin through a maze of corridors and hallways until they reached what had to be the oldest room in the building. As soon as Harry stepped through the doorway he could feel the room thrumming with power. Harry knew what the room was; it was where they tested magical inheritance and all sorts of things. The question was why he was here, he already knew that he was the heir of the Potter Family, what else could there be.

Harry turned and looked at Sirius with questioning eyes. Sirius looked at him and took a deep breath.

"Harry, you know that your father and I were like brothers. However since I was not of the Potter blood, there were things that he could not tell me. Family secrets, basically. We are here to see if there are any secondary titles that you might hold. And also to have you legally adopted as my son. Now your name would only become hyphenated, and you would go through a blood adoption ritual that would give you access to the family magics. Though since we already look similar, it won't change your appearance, but mostly because I don't want it to. Do you want to go through with this Harry?"

"Of course I do, Sirius. You've been like a father to me for the past five years. I would love to carry your family name and take it away from that delirious child Draco. You know how I feel about him."

Sirius turned to the Goblin with a joyous look on his face and asked him to get the inheritance ritual ready. Harry would undergo one ritual to find his inheritance from the Potter side and then once after the adoption ritual to see his Black family inheritances. The goblin motioned for Harry to lie day in the middle of a rune circle. He took a knife and pricked Harry's thumb and dripped the blood into the carved runes. Somehow the blood spread throughout the entire circle of runes, which started to glow a bright magnificent red. A minute later the glow faded and a parchment appeared on a small table. Harry stood up and went to grab the parchment. As he read the sheet his eyes widened in shock. On the piece of paper there was a list of names:

Potter

Evans

Gryffindor

Slytherin

Peverill

Ravenclaw

Mr. Hadrian James Potter, you are the scion and sole heir of all these houses, though only the Potter's, Evans', and Peverill have left any monetary inheritance. However all of the family's left you property to inherit. Though you do at this point own three quarters of Hogwarts and surrounding grounds.

Sirius seemed shocked to say the least; his godson practically owned all of hogwarts. He looked at the goblin and motioned that they were ready for the blood adoption ritual. Both men sat on two stone chairs that were covered in runes, hands clasped over a bowl. The goblin pricked both of their fingers and let the blood drop into the bowl. Once the blood had sufficiently mixed he started to chant in ancient Gobbledygook. A red and purple glow surrounded the men, and light flared out to signify that the bond was now bound by blood and magic. Harry was now Hadrian James Potter-Black.

Harry went back to the inheritance rune circle and repeated the process. The parchment now said:

Potter

Black

Evans

Gryffindor

Slytherin

Peverill

Ravenclaw

Hufflepuff

Malfoy

Hadrian James Potter-Black you are also the heir of the Black, Hufflepuff and Malfoy families. You completely own hogwarts and all surrounding land. The Malfoy name is yours by inheritance through Sirius because Lucius Malfoy has broken the marriage contract that was arranged for Narcissa Malfoy nee Black, as per the terms you are the Malfoy heir and Draco Malfoy is now a son of the house of Black and will only be the heir if you, Hadrian, do not have any children.

Harry was beyond stunned, he owned Hogwarts?! Draco Black was now his cousin, well he had been a cousin but now they were more directly related then they had been. He had so many questions; none of them were going to be answered by a piece of parchment. Harry had studied the family tree and the old Pureblood laws, even if he was only a half-blood. Even that was in question, now that he had been adopted by a pureblooded Sirius. Harry turned and looked at Sirius, who motioned that he wanted to be followed. They walked into a plush sitting room where they sat down in some nice comfy arm chairs. Harry had a feeling that he was in for a long talk.

Sirius took a deep breath and looked at Harry. "Harry, there are many things that we must talk about. Firstly you must start going by your given name, Hadrian. You were named after a powerful roman emperor, embrace it. Secondly, yes, you are now officially a pureblooded wizard. Next the only people who will know about the whole Malfoy business are Narcissa and Draco. By now they should have noticed the name change. They will have to live with us now, and I expect you to treat Draco well, even though he was raised differently than you. Lastly you are now a prince in in this world, and all technicalities a prince in the muggle world as well, you are higher in line for the throne than your counterpart Prince Harry."

Hadrian just sat there in shock, he was a prince? He looked at Sirius with wonder in his eyes. He had the power to change the Wizarding world and more than that. However, there were so many obstacles that he was going to have to face, most he was not ready for. In the corner of the room two goblins were conversing, they believed that their prophecy was about to start.