DISCLAIMER
First and formost, i don't own Harry Potter, and i am not getting paid for this, all hail to the mighty J.K.Rowling for giving us a wonderful world to explore,
SUMMARY
Hi, this is my first attempt at letting others see what goes on in my head concerning the harry potter universe, soooooat the moment this is just basic, this story is based after the 5th book, and total disregards HBP and DH, Harry learns something that will change his life forever, loses friends, gains new ones, i am looking for a beta reader so if your interested please send me a message alsot comments are wanted, constructive critisim is welcome but flames will be ignored, no point in insulting each other now is there, there may seem to be ideas in hear from other fics, if so sorry to those authors, but his is how it's appeared in my head, and while this chapter is short, it will get longer and much more indepth
thanks
Inumbratus
Caster of the Shadow
On with the show...
The Power of the Shadow
Harry Potter, The-Boy-who-Lived, Saviour of the Wizarding world...'and the killer of loved one's and family members,' Harry thought bitterly to himself. Lily and James Potter, Cedric Diggiroy, Sirius Black, 'all dead because of me.' Sitting alone in his room, on Privet Drive, Harry could not help but think of how much he had failed, everyone, and night after night he was kept awake by these very thoughts.
"GET DOWN HERE BOY!!" Yelled the large lump of a man, Vernon,
"better face the music..." said harry as he left his room, "yes uncle vernon?"
"How dare you tell those freaks that we've been treating you poorly, we've done more than enough to look after you, clothed you, housed and fed you, all the time being a burden to this family, i will not stand for it do you hear??" exclaims vernon in an outraged voice.
"sorry uncle," harry queitly says, "i can't help it if the others notice that i'm malnourshied and wearing clothes that would look baggy on an elephant" the last part fo his statement dripping with sarcasim now as harry starts to gain momentum, "however if you allow me to eat properly, i'll keep them informed that i'm being treated wonderfully, hell, i'll even stay in my room, leaving only for meals, the bathroom and a small trip outside the house for about an hour in the evening, how does that sound to you?"
"Fine, but now more than 2 hours at night, and your back before 8pm, am i understood?"
"yes uncle" said harry, already making his way back up to is prision, "can life get any worse?" he asks out aloud, not knowing that karma had a surprise install for him. As he enters his room he notices that Fawkes is istting on the end of his small bed, with a note clutched in his beak, "Hello Fawkes, got another 'enlightning note from Dumbledore there?" askes the boy as he takes it out of his beak, Fawkes lets out a small note of sorrow, before dissapearing in a brilliant flash of flame, harry smile's while opening his letter, then quickly truns to a scowl of anger as he reads the contents...
Dear Harry,
Hello my boy, i'm hoping that this note finds you well and safe, i would like to firstly once again offer my deepest apologies for waht has happened this past year, the loss of a loved one is most hard to bear and would never wish this apon you dear boy, however, i feel that i should point out that had you applied yourself more to the studdy of Occlemancy with Proffesor Snape then this whole incident could have been avoided. With that past i shall now move onto the arrangements for this year, unfortuinatly due to an unforseen circumstance, namely the blood protections around your home, i will be unable to allow you to leave Priviet Drive until the start of the next school term, as you age the blood wards be have become more and more dependant on you staying there to allow them time to recharge to there full strength, this is a small side affect to your coming of age, as at the age of 16 the wards will then only last for one more year, before failing, this being said i'm sure that i should be able to arrange a small day visit to the Burrow for your birthday, but you shall need to return within 6 hours. Also due to security risks you will be unable to send and recieve mail via owls, it it to dangerous as they could be intercepted in flight, so i will require that you send Hedwig along to either myself, the Weasly's or to Miss Granger, i know this will pain you Harry but i feel that just to be on the safe side she should be elseware, you do have a small habit of breaking the rules. Once again Harry i am sorry for what happened to Sirius, but take comfort that he is in a better place now, happier than he ever was before,
Yours Sincerly,
Abuls Dumbldore, Order of Merlin, First Class, Supre...
"DAMN THAT MAN!!" Sreams Harry in an outrage, "how dare he blame my not studing hard with Snivillus as the reason for Sirius' death!! and keeping me here? locked up and unable to reach the outside world? there's no way i'm sending Hadwig away, she's my only faithful friend," the room around harry starts to rattle with the amout of raw power harry is putting out, the shadows darken, and Hedwig watches her master, with an almost knowing look, "Wha...? Whats happening to me??" Harry begins to feel like the pressure around him start to loosen, ever so slightly, then with a final roar of anger and power, it snaps, leaving harry with a sense of freedom that he has never felt before. "Wow..." he quietly whispers, "that feels so much bette..." her stops mid-sentence, spoting the new occupant in the room, "Sirius??" Harrys questioning voice is almost not heard by the other man,
"Hiya pup..." smiles Sirius, before harry promptly passes out from shock and exhaustion "Well that didn't go down to well..."
Several hours later harry awakens on his bed, slightly confused, then the previous events come rushing back to him, he jumps out of bed and slumps to the floor, "damn...why do i feel so weak?"
"Well it could be that your just a weakling, or it could be the massive amout of power you expended to break the charms around you" says a smileing Sirius...
"how? how can you be alive?"
"i'm not pup, we're actually in your mind at the moment, i only appeared before you so i could gain access to your mind"
"oh i knew it was to good to be true,"
"i'm sorry harry, i really am, and i don't want you blaming yourself for my death like that good for nothing Dumbledick" Harrys mouth is hanging open, shocked at hearing Sirius speak like that, "oh don't be fooled Harry, he isn't a saint, infact thanks to the wonderful woman sitting over there, i've learned quite a few things about the esteemed headmaster," harry looks over in the corner that houses his small chair to find a beautiful woman dressed in simple but yet wonderfully elegant white robes, smileing at him,
"Hello harry, i've been looking forward to this day, even thoug it should never have had to happen,"
"Um, Hello ma'am..." harry trails off, unsure of what else to say,
The woman smile and say with a small, melodius chuckle, "My name is Incendiaria Prius(1), But for ease please call me Diaria, i am here to allow Sirius a chance to explain that which you need to know,"
"Oh, ok Diaria," harry smiles, "soooo, whats new Sirius, aside from being dead??"
"well, now that i actually get to it, i relise that i'm no good and the break-it-to-em-easy approch, so i'll have to be blunt, your not Harry James Potter, you never we're,"
"WHAT??"
"Harry, your father was made sterile, thanks to a dark spell from Snivellus, they found out about it one year after schoold finished, and they came to me, asking for help,"
"ummm ok, sooo what happen...wait, No Way!!"
"i'm sorry harry, but yes, it's true, your true father, is me, however this wasn't what we were expecting. You see Harry, your mother was gifted in charms, well no, i lie, you mother was the best witch in charms that hogwarts had ever seen, according to records, she would have rivaled Rowena Ravenclaw herself if she could have been allowed more time to study. She developed a charm that would combine my DNA and Jame's magic, within one soul, for a period of 12 hours, and then after you we're born she placed the other half of the spell on you to force your body to take on the same charistics of James, but it's a three part charm, that required one of the two donating parents blood to compleat the change, making you wholy James son," Sirius exlplained, "but but neither your mother, or myself got the chance to complete the spell, as such the charm fell away, and you became my son by blood and magic, Jame's son by magic"
"you mean to tell me that i have to dads now?? wow, way to screw with my head Sirius"
"i'm sorry harry but it's true," said Diaria, getting up and sitting next to harry, "and that's part of the reason why Sirius is hear, he needs to give you a new name, and you need to accept him as your father by blood, then we can get onto the real reason as to why we are hear..." she says, in what is becoming a more and more familiar tone to harry,
"That's right kiddo, you get to become a new person, cool, isn't it??" says a now smileing Sirius
"ok Siri...i mean dad, man it's gonna take some getting used to calling you that, what's my new name?' Asks a now curious harry,
"hang-on pup, how come you not exploding in rage all over the place?"
"doing that got you killed sirius," sates the boy softly,
"NO! it didn't harry, Dumbledor got me killed, but we'll get to that later, firstly..." Sirius clears his throat, and takes a serious look at harry, "I, Sirius Orion Black, Family Nomen 'The Black Dog of Orion' being of sound my and increadable body, do hence forth proclaim that the man formally known as Harry James Potter, from this day be called 'Umbrae(2) Orion Black, Family Nomen 'The Black Shadow of Orion' by word, by blood, by magic, so it is spoken, so mote it be," instantly a dark auror swirls around harry, and he can feel the phisical changes to his body as it takes on the charistics of his true father, at the same time he feels his magic call to him, finally free of it's improsionment. Moments later, Umbrae stands before them, having grown to a formidibal 6 foot 4 inches tall, he finally speaks
"I feel strange, different, my magic is pulsing within me, i have never been able to feel it like this," says Umbrae, in a much deeper voice that sounds like power controlled, "and my body is different, i don't remember being this tall"
"i'm afraid thats my doing Umbrae, i have allowed your body to grow to this height to allow for the training to come, you will need to work on you muscle strength and size, as well as you magical core, it will take time and effort, however you should be able to accoplish it, and as for you magic, well, it's never been free like this before..."she trails of, slightly sad, "for Dumbledore had placed a power binding curse upon you, hoping to turn you into a magical time bomb that when set off, would kill you and Tom Riddle, leaving him to take the glory of once again saving the wizarding world, but we'll come to that later, for now i will cast another charm upon you to make it appear that nothing has happened, you are not yet ready to show the world who you truly are, for that to happen, Harry Potter must die"
"very well Diaria, i'll think of something, however, i think for the time being i would lke a chance to leave here,"
"yes, the time will present itself soon Umbrae, you will wake up, looking and sounding like Harry Potter, and you shall be in Grimuld Place, there is not much i can tell you but when the time is right, you will be brought to a safe haven by a close friend," she stands up, moving away and heading for the door,
"Hang-on!!" calls Sirius, "what about the other thing??" he asks,
"thats your job to tell him you mutt," she says,
"oh yeah, sorry. Umbrae, you should know this before i leave, be cautious of you so called friends, you have lees than you think but you will gain more, i can only speak in code here but beware the temper and the book, they are your enemy, the healer and the paranoid one suspect that something has changed, tell them noe lies, the pink and furry one are in your coner, and watch for the man of the earth and the woman who see's more than others, they are your greatest friends, the bat will try and harm you while the beard will try and control you" he says after giving a final hug to Umbrae, "now i have to go with feathers over there,"
"i heard that mutt, your getting a major bath when we get back"
"oh no, not again," cry's sirius as Umbrae starts to figure out the feathers comment, he wakes up in a small room, feeling rotten,
"Welcome back Mr. Potter, not even two weeks out of school and your back in my care, tell me, do you enjoy scaring me half to death?" questions madam Pomfrey before forcing him to drink anlot of nasty potions, 'well, lets see how this works out,' he thinks to himself, smiling as he awaits the interrogation from the Headmaster of Hogwarts...
well as i said, it's only a small start, there will be heaps more to come, and i say again, i am looking for a beta reader for help, and comments are welcomed, flames ignored,
till next time,
Inumbratus
Caster of the Shadow
