The Legacy Of Harry Potter
Darkness In Our Midst—Legacy part 1
NOTICE—For those who have read this before (due to an old review, I know some of you re-read this unfinished series), it is now not only finished but updated!
Based upon the books/movies only of the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. Also have used the video games mostly for technicalities such as hidden areas at Hogwarts that could be good for the Marauders' Map.
I have tried to pick out all the canon from books/movies so ... here's hoping!
I no longer use Pottermore as I am rather tired of all the changes that keep happening; not only to the website but also the "updated" info that has contradicted the books on more than one occasion. Pottermore & Harry Potter Wiki are only referred to for technical things such as birthdates, spell/potion lists (ingredients included), wand lore, place names & full names but nothing more than that.
Furthermore, books over movies. If something on film contradicts the books & I am unable to merge the two problems, I will go for books. (example: Harry did NOT break the Elder Wand!)
Books over movies over internet, then lastly video games mostly for mostly aesthetics of Hogwarts.
Team Charlus/Dorea NOT "Euthanasia" & "Flea Market". Charlus/Dorea appear in the OOTP movie on the Black family tree. The other two do not & I'd rather not think of old terminal people whenever that other rather horrid name is used lol Apart from the name thing though, the technical background of James Potter's parents will remain the same.
This series has finally been rewritten. (For the last time as I am finally satisfied with it.) Don't worry, the essence of each part will still be intact more or less; I am merely changing the inconsequential stuff for more 'canon fact' themes (such as removing characters I had who actually weren't at Hogwarts at the time &/or writing in scenes we know happened now) based upon all scenes from books & movies. I have also slightly changed the point of view of the "Legacy" series from 'anyone & everyone' to 'as foretold by the Marauders, namely Remus Lupin' & 'edited by Harry Potter' as a 'book form' to Harry, then Teddy.
Other then that the essence of the original stories will still be seen.
I'm still keeping the silver vs. werewolf thing. This is one thing I can NOT accept from JKR. Ya just ain't no moon mutt if silver don't hurt ya. I'm sorry but that's just the way I am. LOL Besides, it is never stated in the actual books (not that I remember) or movies (certainly not) that silver does or does not affect Lycans & neither did Remus & Peter ever meet in life again anyway so whatever.
Disclaimers: I own Philip & any owl pertaining to the Firefall breed. Feel free to use Firefalls if you wish, so long as you cite me here. They look similar to & are slightly larger than a Snowy. Males are predominantly black with the red outline & females are smaller than males & predominantly brown with the red outline. Philip however, don't use. He's becoming my little special thing & I'm quite attached to the little guy & rather not share him. Sorry.
Anyway, I don't own anything else….sadly.
AN: Part 1 of a series. (will be over 7 parts, with the first 7 parts for each year of the Marauders)
The Legacy Of Harry Potter (aka "Legacy") starts from Year 1 of the Marauders & ends with Deathly Hallows, using MWPP point of view. "Legacy" is based upon the few flashbacks to the Marauders Time from books & movies.
PLEASE READ THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF MY PROFILE BEFORE READING THIS STORY. THANKS! : )
Summary: In 1971, Hogwarts invites four unassuming students who become a legacy.
Darkness In Our Midst
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(1) The Legacy Of Harry Potter
Prologue: September 2009, Hogwarts Express
After waving frantically to his Grandmother & Godparents standing on Platform 9 & ¾'s until the train went into a curve, the eleven year old boy settled on his seat. His hair flickered from his usual black, to ginger, to a dark royal purple before settling back again. He pulled the great package his Godfather had given to him out of his bag & began tearing it open.
Inside was a large manuscript. Checking the inside front cover, the boy noticed with a gasp that it had been written by Remus Lupin. Under it was a note that said it was edited by Harry Potter.
Along with the manuscript were two letters, a spare bit of parchment—old, very old—& a small notebook. The boy put aside the two books & old parchment to read the letters first. One was an old letter, again written by Remus Lupin. The other was a new one from his Godfather. He started with the old one. In surprise, he dropped the letter after reading the first line. The date! Though he had only been a couple weeks old at the time, that date haunted his whole life. He picked it up once more & began to read.
~~On the evening & night between May 1 & 2 1998
Harry, you & I barely have time to talk & it's mostly my fault. I did my best during your third year while I was your Dark Arts Professor at Hogwarts to make up for those 13 first years of yours...lost to me.
You know the gist of the truth. You know what I am; what my three friends—my pack—were, Animagi (unregistered to this day I might add). You know about the Map. I'm still trying to figure out how the Weasley twins managed to break its code.
What you don't know is the full story of how the four of us came together. How you came to be.
I fear we are all running out of time. As you suggested, you know that I did return to Tonks & Teddy. My pup is currently sleeping (finally, grr) for the night in his crib next to his mother. I however can't sleep. There is evil about. I don't even know if you're still alive or dead. None of us do. Or your two friends, Ron & Hermione, either. There have been precious few sightings of all three of you. Part of me feels as if we will never meet again.
Therefore, I turn to one of my lesser-known talents: writing. Fortunately, as one of Muggle-blood, I'm more familiar with a computer. My typing skills are legendry in my family. Yes I have blatantly revealed to you how I hate scratching away with a quill. No I don't care! Bite me...yes tongue firmly in cheek here.
First off, I must apologise to both you Harry, as well as myself. I had plenty of years to go to Private Drive to meet you & tell you all. I honestly did check up on you throughout your first eleven years but I was in a great depression. Seeing you...hurt. Hurt even more. I was already in unbearable pain of a heavy heart. The only thing preventing my suicide; which by the way, I've never told anyone that before, was watching you grow up; albeit from afar. Bear in mind, at that time I thought my entire pack was dead, including poor Sirius whom I hated all those years for what he—didn't—do. I considered him dead to me at the time. I am ashamed now to admit that I never even went to visit him. Not even to finish him off myself seeing as how the Dementors were useless. I came close once, but never went that final step. Of course, I am now beyond words of relief he survived that terror. Hindsight is a cruel bitch!
Either way, that does not excuse my abandoning the one & only fawn born to my pack for all those years—but it's the only excuse I have. Though I would have been unable to adopt you due to my condition—you know how I can be. I know you watched me with Sirius during our last couple of years with him. Sirius was the only one brave—stupid?—enough to do the things he did with me. But for not even going into that playground you often visited to talk to you, I am truly sorry & will bear the guilt of it for the rest of my days.
Days I feel will be few if this Second War gets any worse! Dear Harry where are you?
As you know, I was bitten by Fenrir Greyback when I was four years old. Fenrir & my father had an altercation of which I knew nothing about until much later. My parents & I both fretted that I would never go to any school due to my condition. I was originally supposed to go to "Beauxbatons Academy of Magic" in France. It was Dumbledore however, who rescued me. Had he but known what terrible thing I had done barely the night before he first arrived on my doorstep; I doubt he ever would have offered a place at Hogwarts. As it stands, to this day—no one—until now—Harry I never told anyone. I fear it may alter your view on me. Please understand it was an accident. I must come clean with this incident now before it is too late.
Starting about that time, as well as using information found in journals of my friends, I have written down the story of the Messrs James "Prongs" Potter, Sirius Orion "Padfoot" Black, Peter "Wormtail" Pettigrew...& of course myself, (I hope you have the life & time to read it.)
Yours truly,
Messrs Remus John "Moony" Lupin~~
The boy sat still, letter in his lap, for several minutes. He couldn't believe what he just read. Finally, he put it back into the old envelope (after re-reading it a few more times) & put that into his bag. He picked up his Godfather's letter.
~~September 1 pre-dawn, 2009
Well my dear Godson. In a couple of hours will be your first day going to Hogwarts. I feel it is time I bequeathed this book to you. It was written by your father, Remus "Moony" Lupin. Inside, you'll find his old letter to me along with the book, a small jotter, as well as an old blank piece of parchment. When I say old, I MEAN old! Be extremely careful with it. Do not lose it or use it. Keep it safe for now. (You'll understand later.)
When you have finished reading "Legacy" let me know & I'll lend you my very special cloak.
By the way, these writings were originally intended for me; but since they are penned by your own father & tell his life story, I see no other option but to at last allow you to read what truly happened. This is for your first trip to Hogwarts. Just a quick note, these writings are second edition. I have added in my own memories viewed from a Pensieve of one Professor Severus Snape. Memories I personally obtained in those horrific final moments in May 2, 1998. Your father wanted the whole story out. Now it is.
Anyway, after that day—well, you know the rest. You grew up with your Grandmother & I. You learned your father's native language. I married Ginny. We're starting to have kids of our own & well…yeah this conversation is officially over your head. "sly smile"
Now you're growing up & heading to Hogwarts. Are you up yet? I'm coming up there!
Anyway ... ... I hope this answers many questions you have of your parents. I also hope it'll help you understand why it's hard for us to talk about them. I only have one thing left to say before closing; despite reading what your father wrote, I do not view him differently. Several of us had suspected such an incident for many years so it came as little surprise.
For now, enjoy your first term. Make friends. We'll see you at Christmas break.
Love,
Your Godfather, Harry Potter. Ginny Weasley-Potter.
(OK I'm officially coming up there! WAKE UP!)~~
Teddy Lupin smirked. He hated getting up in the morning. It had been all Harry Potter could do to drag the young Metamorph out of his hole; literally, for Teddy had an instinctive habit of burrowing under his blankets. The Lycanthropic gene from his father may lie dormant in him, but the habits of Remus still showed through in his son.
He glanced through the notebook next. It was an original work, written in the hand of mostly Sirius Black. Occasionally, two other handwritings appeared, one for James Potter & the other for Peter Pettigrew. It contained firsthand accounts of how to raise & tame a werewolf pup. Towards the end, only Sirius Black had written more, continuing to add anything that came to mind about taking care of a full-grown werewolf. Teddy flipped through it, fascinated by the notes. On closer inspection, he found a few lines by his own father.
'Really guys? A trail of chocolate? I'm not THAT addicted!' A reply from Sirius Black was written underneath. 'Liar.' Teddy laughed. One of few things he had been told about his parents was when people teased him for always eating chocolate. Teddy soon found another one. 'Guys I am your Alpha! I'll hiss if I want to. Deal with it!' James Potter answered that one. 'Ooh, suffering a little PMS are you? Pre-Moon-Syndrome?' After that was a cross-eyed icon drawn in along with the words, 'You're so funny Jim, I forgot how to laugh.' Peter's reply came underneath. 'Guys, quit fighting. This is for scientific research only!' Remus was on him like white on rice. 'A science experiment, am I? Last time I checked Wormtail, you'd make a better lab Rat than I!' Peter's scribbled 'La firm!' came next, after which was a correction by Remus. 'Le ferme, genius. It's 'le ferme'. Merlin help us all!' Sirius wrote as Merlin, 'Sorry, I'm busy!' Several laughing faces were drawn after that.
Teddy eventually put the notebook into the bag along with both letters. He picked up the largest item in the package next; the manuscript written by Remus & then edited by Harry. After a shuddering breath, he began to read. It was time to learn firsthand all about the father he never met.
Teddy only managed to read the first few chapters before coming across the thing his father had kept hidden all those years. Unlike Harry Potter & everyone else, it came as a shock to the young boy riding the train to school for his first time. He closed the book quickly & laid it beside him, thinking hard. He couldn't get the image out of his head.
The trolley of candies & small lunches came by & Teddy finally looked up from his corner. He noticed three other children in the same compartment as he was for the first time, two girls & one black boy. When did they get here? The four of them bought handfuls of various sweets from the trolley. Teddy put his book into his bag along with the rest of the things from the package. He soon struck up a conversation with them as they all became hyperactive on candy.
The train finally pulled into the Hogsmeade station for Hogwarts School. Teddy followed the other first years to the boats where one large man helped them all climb in. Hagrid took one long look at him before mentioning how much like his father he looked, apart from the black hair. Teddy quickly turned the color to a bright orange, earning some laughter from other students & a grin from Hagrid who said, "Just like your mother though." As he helped Teddy Lupin into the next boat, Hagrid hoped that the boy wasn't too much like his mother. Above all else, Nymphadora Tonks-Lupin had been widely known to be the clumsiest person in the whole wide universe & how she had ever managed to become an Auror (Dark wizard catcher for those not in the know) was beyond anyone's comprehension.
Teddy & two of his friends, one girl named Selena & the boy, Derek, ended up in Hufflepuff while their other friend, Sheila, went to Ravenclaw. Headmistress Minerva McGonagall said a few words & welcomed the newcomers & then the feast began.
Stuffed to bursting a couple hours later, he found himself somehow inside the Gryffindor Tower. After finally settled down in bed, Teddy pulled out the book again & began to read a bit more.
