This will be said only once. I do not own Harry Potter, or the world he was written into. All recognizable characters and locations are owned by J.K. Rowling. All others are a product of my over active imagination.

4 June 1996

Ministry of Magic

The Death Chamber

Looking around Harry noticed that his godfather was in trouble, be was laughing and taunting Bellatrix while casting spell after spell at her as she moved with an odd grace and returning fire.

Worried Harry moved to help but saw something in Bella's eye and fear griped him and he started running to his godfathers side.

'mundi SCHISMATICUS' (world splitter) Bella yelled and a black and silver burst of light left her wand and raced at Sirius.

But Harry was faster, with a burst of speed Harry pushed Sirius out of the way and to safety but wasn't so lucky himself as the light struck him in the chest and with an 'omph' was blasted backwards.

The last thing harry saw was the arch that was in the room when they had entered passing overhead and then darkness claimed him.

Unknown date

Unknown location

"Hay wake up! Young man what are you doing sleeping on the floor?" a voice called out to Harry as a hand shook him. "Get up. I don't have all day you know? But then just because your special doesn't mean that I can spend all my time with you!"

Harry opened his eyes and felt fear enter his heart again when he found himself on the floor and looking down on him was a man that he had never seen before. And with his last memory being in a battle at the DOM, and being hit by that spell he knew he was in trouble.

Getting up harry looked at the man. The man looked old. That was the only way to put it. Old.

The man was wearing odd red robes with an interesting golden trim with black runes flashing on and off that slightly scrolling along them, he looked to be no more than 5'8 and with black hair braided down his back, and with the oddest eyes you could ever see.

They were golden and slitted.

"Well young man? Got a name? It's only polite to introduce yourself even if I know who you are." the man said

Shaking his head Harry smiled "Harry. Harry Potter sir" and held out his hand to the man.

"Well Harry, Harry Potter" with a smile the man took his hand and helped him up. "Looking as you were never meant to be here I think there are a few things you need to know. But first. My name is Lord Antayis, Head of the Royal line of Red. Not that it means anything to you, to your world I have been gone for far too long, but maybe you can help with that."

The man turned and walked over to a table that grew out of the floor.

Looking around Harry could say that there was nothing hear, or there, or to put it mildly anywhere. They were nowhere, the only think around as far as he could see was him and Antayis, oh and the table.

Following Antayis, Harry looked at the table and saw it was covered in runes that moved and scrolled across the surface.

Antayis noting the look spoke again "This is my work table, yes it's magical and very very useful to me. NO TOUCHING!" the man yelled as Harry moved his hand to touch the flowing runes, but snapped his hand back.

"Sorry"

"No Harry you shouldn't be, but try to be more careful, the table is special and you are far to young to understand it and it would hurt you because you are not ready to understand. But that is not important."

Moving to the other side of the table and with a tiny smile Antayis sat down on a tall wooded chair that appeared out of nowhere and smiled as a second chair knocked harry into sitting.

"Now I think information is in order. Harry. Fist things first, the last thing that you remember was the arch right?"

"Yes"

"Now the arch is a link to the boundary of this world and others, unfortunately it was locked and when ever someone tyred to pass through it the died. Everyone. But. You."

Looking at Harry to see if he was following smiled when he spoke "So I'm not dead?"

"Well yes and no. Yes you are dead meaning that you can't go back to your world and take up where you left off. And No meaning that doesn't mean you can't go to the next. But the odd thing is that, there was a problem with bringing you here, and not letting you pass on like your other soul did."

"Other soul?" harry asked

"Yes. On the night that (smiling) Voldemort, tried to kill you a small peace of his soul broke off and hid inside your scar. But when you passed through the arch you two were pulled apart and you came here without him."

Antayis sighed "When that happened you were locked out of your world because of a stupid prophecy. But on a happier note that give me an option that wasn't open to me before. Your help if your willing"

Harry looked at Antayis and tilted his head slightly "What do you mean, you want me to help you with something?"

"Yes, well in most worlds I have been unable to visit any longer due to what I have become. And don't ask it would just make your head hurt. But lets say that I have become a kind of caretaker. And my job has become more and more difficult of late."

"So you want me to... what?" Harry asked

"I need you help with a world like your own. Well to be exact, it's almost exactly like your own, to be truthful there is even a version of yourself there. But like all different worlds there are a few things that are different."

"Like what?"

"Well for starters your parents didn't die. And your godfather never went to prison. Your a girl. Voldemort didn't die but escaped, wounded and has been hiding till he..."

"Wait.. what?" Harry interrupted

"What what?"

"My parents are alive? No wait you said girl right? In this world you need help with I'm a girl."

"Yes they and you are. But remember that this world is different. What i need your help with in this world is that I have been unable to influence it, like yours due to old enchantments that prevent me from doing so. But I am a master of Loopholes and what I have been able to find is that since 'I' can't that doesn't mean I can have someone else do it for me."

"Why... why me?" Harry asked

"Well to be blunt your special, your the first soul that I could get transferred here, and you also have an unusual ability to focus."

"Focus?" Harry wondered

"Yes, have you noticed that when you concentrate on you kind of become quite single minded? Your personal training of yourself and your friends qualify. But that's not really the point but a bonus. The point is that I need help in this world and I am hopping that since I can't send you to your own home, you might be willing to help me."

Antayis looked at Harry waiting. But didn't have to wait long.

"Since there is no other option available I think that I can help, not too sure how but I can always try."

A grin split Antayis's face "Brilliant! But there are a few things your going to need to know. First you can't take your wand since there can't be two identical wands in the same world."

"But if I can't take my wand then how do I... you know help if I can't do magic?"

"I never said that you wouldn't be able to do magic, but your right the world would look at you as an oddity.. hummmm" Looking thoughtful and flash of an idea hit Antayis

"I got it. How about i give you a new one? I know how about Emit's old staff. Yes. That would be perfect." Lifting his right hand and closing it on nothing a tall 7 foot staff appeared.

The staff was 7 feet in length of a black wood so dark that it seemed to draw the light into it, but was interesting about it was that it was capped with a golden Tri-claw holding a 'Dragons Eye Diamond'

Antayis twirled it and the staff shrunk, but to be more exact is shifted too, into a wand of 11' of the same black wood but with silver filigree.

Antayis extended the wand to Harry and said "The Staff of Emit, can turn into a wand at will and back again at the owners command. But the really cool thing is it's core. Emit was playing with many, many cores, and found that liquid cores seem to offer an unusual benefit to the wand or staffs owner."

"What kind of benefit?"

"Well this staffs core is of a unfinished substance you encountered in your first year at school. It's a liquid Philosopher's Stone. The unfinished substance would normal be unstable and unusable but when placed as the core of a focus made from Yggdrasil wood then it becomes useable like the stone would be but with an additional function.

That function is that the power links directly to the owners core. And like all links, it grows with use. The benefit is that the more you use the wand or staff then the stronger you become. Unfortunately I can't use it because my magic if incompatible with mortal Foci, but you on the other hand can."

"That explains why you are offering it to me. But what about the power of the stone itself, can it make the elixir? Turn metal to gold?"

"Yes to both. Now that I have armed you I am thinking that you might be a little unequipped."

"What do you mean?"

"Well power without the knowledge is a double edged sword with no hilt or guard. Now I know book learning is not your forte so I can offer you something else. You will find that when you enter the world proper you can no longer use the name Potter since tho you are, you must not be, or the confusion would be great, I offer you the use of my family name and offer you my Head of House ring." looking at Harry a little worriedly felling a little scared Antayis held out a oddly silver-platinum like ring with a red runic pentagram repeated across the outer and inner sides of the ring.

Harry looked at it "What would that mean? I mean between us, I mean?"

Smiling sadly "Well it would mean that you would join my family and through the ring I could instruct you and even if you were willing I could even converse with you. Out in all the world the five families are dead. But their legacy and powers remain even after a few millennium. It would be like it was in your world, you would be without true family but with knowledge that you could speak with me. On the up side you would gain knowledge of all wizardry law, and history. I know its not much but it's all I can offer, guidance when needed and what tools I can."

"You offer me power and a chance to belong to a family, and you think it's little" Harry smiled

"I would be honoured to join your family and help in anyway I can."

The grin from Antayis was heart warming, as Harry took the ring and placed it on his right middle finger.

Antayis looked with pride at the new member of his family 'Harry Red'

"Now Harry there are a a few other things to tell you before you leave to live your life. First the wand being linked to you, you are always inconstant contact with the Elixir of Life, meaning you will never grow old and die," Smiling at the look that passed over Harry's face " Yes you are almost immortal but remember you can still be killed it just will take a hell of a lot more to kill you. Like a beheading.

Second as you have no possession in the new world do not fear using all the magic you can think of. You can't be tracked or even traced.

Third is that the world is falling apart, even if the populations of magical and non refuse to see it or stop it. You might want to see if you can help, besides your new wand won't let anyone else detect your use of magic unless you want them too.

Fourth and I know this is a little long winded but remember to have some fun. My family not unlike the Potters, I always liked a good joke, live your life, be happy, but always remember that your are this worlds caretaker, and that tho you are nearly immortal there are many people that will try to use you for the power and influence you have on your finger."

Harry nodded and looked at Antayis "So I understand what you want me to do, but not how?"

"I leave that up to you. I know you don't like people telling you what to do. And I know I don't, so we have another thing in common. But since you will be entering a new world or an old one with a few changes, I think it would be best to start off, with building the 'family' name back up.

You will find that the magical races, will recognize the 'Royal house of Red' but most humans will not, with a few exceptions. The goblins still have a vault with the family name but all that's in it is a few weapons, but nothing else, I never thought to put any gold aside since I could make anything I needed so unfortunately you might want to start there."

"Ok I think that I can work with that," Harry said thinking " I was wondering when you send me could you send me back in time to 1991 in the world, so I can watch over my old family, I know its odd but I still feel connected to them."

"I can do that but I can't make you younger. You will still be 15 years old, but if you want I can send you back to 1991."

"Yes please, it will give me an advantage to know what will happen for the next four years so I can build up what I will need to make the world better before Voldemort."

"Listen Harry you know that since this world is a little different there might be some changes to the world as you move through it. You know. You will make ripples but other than that I can tell you that the history or future doesn't change easily. She's a little difficult to handle so you don't need to worry too much, but I think it would be safe to change a few things that you think will help."

"Ok Antayis what do I have to do?"

Looking at Harry he smiled "Just wake up...

February 31 1991

Leaky Cauldron

Table in the corner

'Lord Harry Red' an annoying voice buzzed

Harry looked around the tavern and thought to himself 'did it work?'

'tempus maximus' harry whispered after drawing his new wand from his pocket as he stood up, the date floated above the tip, and smiled.

'Now that I'm back, I think I need to get a job'"why?" Antayis's voice asked harry

'Well I need gold to live in this world so i need a job'

"Well remember that if it's just gold you want then why not make it?"

'How do I do that?'

"Well gold is easy just use the wands core"

'That's easy, but where do I get the metal to change, and how do I get the goblins to take it without telling them how I got it?'

"Easier. There is always a garbage problem in the muggle world why not use that. The ring will teach you the spells"

With a smile Harry walked out of the tavern and with a small flash of golden light disappeared.

Appearing at the city landfill Harry was hit by the rank smell of the garbage he found himself standing in.

"Eww. Well that was easier than I thought."

Harry thought that since he was going to go to the goblins with everything he made why not have a little fun with it.

Drawing his wand, Harry found spells running though his mind as he moved his wand trough the air in an arc. Slowly he could see cans, wires, nails, broken tools, and even a few things he couldn't identify lift from the ground and drift over to him, and as they drew near, with a flick they melted and flowed together into blank bricks.

It took harry only a moment to notice that after a few passes of his wand he had a pile of thirty bricks. Looking at them and taking a guess taped the top brick at his feet, and saw a ripple affect passing from the point of contact slowly turning all the bricks to solid gold.

It wasn't till he lifted his wand did he notice that there was a imprint on the bricks of a runic pentagram. Harry didn't think that it would really matter what was marked so didn't think anything of it, and lifted one of the bricks and found that is was a good 30 lb.

Harry wondered how he was to get the bricks to Gringotts, an idea hit him and he transfigured a piece of cloth on the ground into a bag, then sticking the tip of his wand into it expanded it to fit the bricks into it. Then after placing the bricks into it enchanted it to be feather light.

Looking around he noticed that it had only taken about an hour of his time, and thinking that with a little practice and a little planning he could gather more then a hundred bricks in an hour of work.

With a smile Harry lifting his bag transported himself back to the Cauldron and with a quick wave of his wand removed all traces of the dump he had just come from.

Walking in and moving strait to the door leading to the alley he found himself behind a young girl and who appeared to be her mother.

"Mom I want an owl, that way I can send you letters everyday!" Smiling at her mother the little red head was bouncing on her toes as her mother taped the bricks to open the passage.

"Ok. Ok. Ok. Yes we can get you an owl, but you have to behave, remember that." the older red head said as the bricks twisted and turned opening a doorway into the alley.

Both turned to Harry as he spoke up "First year at Hogwarts?"

The older woman turned quickly to face him, and the little girl tried to hide behind her, but peeking out at him.

"Yes" The woman said "Jasmine here will be starting come September." She looked at him with a thoughtful expression on her face.

"Oh excuse me for not introducing myself" with a small bow Harry winked at the young girl who blushed slightly "my name is Harry Red."

The woman held out her hand for Harry to take at witch he gently took and brushed his lips over her fingers in a pure-blood greeting.

"Lily. Lily Potter, and this is my daughter Jasmine Potter. A pleasure to meet you but we have much to buy today. And we need to stop at Gringotts."

"Well then let me not keep you Lady Potter, for that is my destination as well." Harry could barely keep the joy of seeing his own mother alive and talking to her from his voice, but the smile grew when he herd her name.

It only took a few minuets, but for Harry it was a happy time talking of unimportant things from the weather to what house Jasmine might be sorted into, till they arrived at Gringotts.

Looking at the building a little nervously Harry walked with the Potters through the large doors nodding to the two guards, but the moment he passed through the door a chime rippled through the lobby and a silence slowly descended as every goblin stopped and looked at the three who just entered.

It was only a moment before there wasn't a sound in the whole lobby, till they heard the fast foot fall of a goblin as he moved from the desk at the far end of the lobby.

This goblin was better dressed than the others and was the only one armed that wasn't a guard.

Bowing the goblin addressed Lily "Lady Potter I am sorry but the three of you must come with me. You three have triggered a warning throughout the building and the wards have been activated. I am sorry but there is very strange magic at work here."

The goblin turned to Harry and if he didn't know any better he would think that the goblin would be sweating bullets as he addressed him "Sir, I know you not but since you entered at the same time as the ladies you will accompany them to the waiting room till this is sorted out."

"You name sir?" Harry asked

"My name is Head Teller Bloodpick"

"Then Head Teller Bloodpick, I can solve your mystery without inconveniencing the Lady Potter and her daughter." And with a lopsided grin he continued "I am Lord Red."

The silence changed instantly to one of fear and awe, the moment he spoke, and with a quick glance Harry could tell that every goblin had paled and the guards stood straighter and griped there weapons tighter with worry.

Bloodpick took a step back and bowed almost in half "Lord forgive me. It has been to long."

"That maybe. Please have the Ladies taken care of for they have a long day ahead of them and I have inconvenienced them enough, then I think you can help me with a little transaction."

"As my lord commands." and with a snap of his fingers a goblin came running to lead the Potters who were looking at Harry with questioning looks, away. "If you would follow me to the next room my lord I will see to your needs."

Harry followed the goblin across the lobby with every eye in the room on him, both goblin and human. Then through a door next to Bloodpicks desk to a privet office, Bloodpick closed the door and offered him a seat.

"How may I help my lord?"

"I am in need of funds but I know my vault has no liquid assets so I have brought some that I need transferred to galleons and deposited."

"It will be done my lord, if you could show me, I will have it done before you leave."

With that harry handed over his bag and smiled at the look of pure greed that grew on Bloodpicks face when we looked in.

"My lord. I am not current on the figures but how much do each..."

"30 lb each with 30 bricks that would be 900 lb of solid gold" Harry supplied before he could be asked

"Well it's been over a hundred years since a wizard brought in bullion"

"I would like it converted then minus your fee the remainder deposited. Also I shall need a way to transfer additional bullion at a different time without having to travel here."

"It can be arranged for a fee that all you have to do if place your bullion in the container provided and then if will be transferred to us here and the balance will be added to you vault."

"Then have the container brought, and that will be all for today. For time is money and gold doesn't grow with idle hands. I will be needing 20 galleons please have it ready with the container." as harry stood up Bloodpick finished writing and the parchment disappeared. "May you gold shine, and your vault swell Bloodpick."

Too stunned to reply Bloodpick bowed to harry and walked with him back through the lobby, where he again was watched by everyone.

At the door another goblin came up and handed harry a silver draw bag with a red runic pentagram upon it, and explained "This is a personal money pouch, you may draw strait from you vault with this, and as requested there is an enchantment that if you placed the 'products of you labour' inside it will be transferred here." and without waiting for a reply the goblin bowed and left quickly.

"Good day Bloodpick" harry said and walked out and with a flash Harry transported himself back to the dump he left not 2hr ago.

Harry looked around and seeing no one began casting charms, notices-me-nots and muggle repelling.

Satisfied Harry looked down as he transfigured a piece of wood into a platform to stand on then another piece into a comfortable chair it sit on, then cast a small air freshening ward around it.

Harry spent the next hour looking around from his chair as metal object flew from the area around him and turned into bricks piling up around him, there was so much junk in the area that caught his eye as it flew by that he was starting to have fun.

If it wasn't for the fact that his stomach growled at him to tell him it was empty he might have sat there all day looking at things. Harry stood up and looked at his brick piles he noticed that his early estimation was of, way off.

There must have been more metal in the area than he thought because he thought that he should have had around a hundred bricks but what he found was a little staggering. He had over 600 bricks piled up next to his platform.

With a smile Harry tapped the stacks and watched as they to changed, slowly but surely into gold. Then opening the bag Harry flicked his wand at the bricks and one after the other they flew up and disappeared into the bag.

Then feeling a little tired and more than a little hungry Harry travelled to the cauldron, and after a quick cleaning spell entered and sat at one of the tables.

It was only a moment when tom the bartender came over to harry "Sir, what can I get you?"

"Well lunch would be great, what ever you have would be great, as long as it's hot and plenty then it can't go wrong, and I'd like a butterbeer to go with it if I can Tom."

"Sure thing, I'll be right back." and he was.

Setting down a platter with 3 thick slices of roast beef, floating in a dark rich gravy and roasted potatoes next to a few green and yellow sprouts, Harry smiled "That will be 5 sickles and 4 knuts, will that be all?"

"I'm on town for a time, and need a place to stay. Do you know where I can find an inn?"

"Well right here. Its 1 galleon a night, with breakfast included."

"That will be great, I'll pay for the week." with that Harry payed and started on his food.

After getting a key from tom, and a few butterbeers for the road Harry flashed back to his platform.

Standing on the platform Harry thought that if he was going to be here longer than he might be better off setting up a better base of operation.

Thinking what he would need Harry got an idea that the platform and chair would need some improvements.

First walking from corner to corner along the outer edge he started to draw runes. As he was drawing Harry felt that what he was doing should be a little scary. He never learned runes in school and here he was enchanting a transferred platform to be permanent, with a barrier to keep out the smell, and self cleaning. But remembering what Antayis said about his ring, went with the flow.

Second he enchanted the chair with runes as well, making it permanent, with a temperature control.

Next he transfigured a table next to the chair and then a foot stool. After marking them with runes too Harry sat down to relax and think as he set the spells to make more bricks.

Harry wasn't too sure but making bricks and turning them to gold was nice and did reduce the pile of metal garbage in the dump but did he really want to spend all 8 months before September sitting here? Not really but without the gold he knew that his options were a little limited.

Harry conjured a roll of parchment, and a quill to start making a plan for the next few months.

Time passed and before harry knew it the sun was starting to set. Getting up and looking to see the piles of bricks next to his platform sighed as he saw the huge stacks, and even noticed that they were slowly sinking into the garbage under them. With a tap and flick he turned them into gold and sent them to the goblins.

Stepping of the platform harry shrunk it and everything on it, and was a little surprised when the chair, table and stool stuck to it. Lifting it and putting it into his pocket flashed to the cauldron then after a quick meal headed up to his room.

In his room Harry thought well tomorrow I guess I put some of my plans into action. And after undressing harry climbed into bed and was asleep before his head hit the pillow.

XXXXX

Morning came around, and with a grown harry got up and after getting dressed went across the hall to the facilities. After a shower he went downstairs for breakfast.

After eating he pulled out his scroll and then conjuring another made a list for today and this week.

trunk for personal use

new cloths

work cloths

supplies for work

visit bank for balance

lunch

return to dump

After the list harry got up and walked out back and headed off to get his trunk. It took only a few minutes to get a seven-lock trunk, for a staggering price of 2300 galleons. Then with a little trepidation Harry entered Madam Malkin's for his new robes.

"Can I help you sir?" a young woman wearing a formfitting black robe.

Smiling "Yes I need several new robes, for different functions, along with shirts and slacks, socks and undergarments."

The woman looked him up and down and licking her lips smiled predatory motioned him to stand before the mirror and picked up a piece of blue string with a golden not at each end, "If you would stand here I'll take you measurements."

Harry stood there for a good half hour as she poked his arms and legs and measured everything. After that she started asking questions.

"I want the very best material. It must be strong and durable, and I will need cleaning, fitting, mending, comfort, and temperature enchantments on everything. I will need 4 full sets of robes, and 6 of everything else." and after paying the woman and promising that he would be back later to pick up his cloths Harry beet a hasty departure.

Harry moved to the next item on his list, and visited Allies Arms & Armour.

Entering Harry first saw the racks of vests and shelves of leggins and gloves, before a voice to his left brought him back.

"What can I get for you young master?"

"I need some protection equipment for work. I will need 3 sets dragon hide gloves 1 red, 1 black and 1 green, 2 pairs of dragon boots, 2 full stets of armour, 2 battle robes one set each black and the other red, 2 silver daggers & sheaths, I will need every enchantment you can place on them."

"Well sir that we can do, but it will take time, the gloves, boots, and daggers I have now but everything else will have to be made to order."

moving to the counter to look at the daggers on display said "I understand, when they are done owl me and I will come and pick them up myself, now I'd like these two daggers" Harry pointed to to twin silver fang daggers.

"Nice choice, those beauties each have a combat enchantment on them to burn the victim with dragon venom, at the same time inflict 3 times the damage they would normally do. You understand that they must be registered to you personally because of the enchanted weapon laws."

"Understood." Harry paid the price after a little shock at the high price tag, then signed the registration papers.

Harry put his purchases in his trunk and headed to to cauldron shop to get 6 cauldrons, then went to the

Apothecary to get ingredients, he went throughout the store and bought some of everything, then when he went to pay for his things asked for order forms so that he could owl for anything else he might need at a later date.

When Harry left the shop and was walking up the street to the bank he was stopped by a woman he had hoped to never have to meet.

Rita Skeeter.

"Well if it isn't our mystery Lord in the flesh? You have everyone talking about the display at Gringotts yesterday, who could our mystery Lord be? Humm? Friend to goblins, and preferred costumer, is all they are saying. Doing a bit of shopping? Visiting friends? Lovers?" as the barrage of questions kept coming Harry wasn't able to get a word in but did notice that an acid green quill was flying over a roll of parchment, then just as he opened his mouth again to say something a large flash from a man next to her to a picture with his mouth wide open.

Snapping his mouth closed he walked past her and quickly into the bank. With her on his heals.

As before when harry entered there was a chime rung throughout the building and again everyone turned to look at him with Rita following and still talking.

"Bloodpick!" he called "there seems to be a problem with your ventilation, I think you might want to speak to your maintenance crews, there is an odd rancid tang of open mouthed sewer."

Bloodpick smiled openly as Rita snapped her mouth shut and glared at harry, "Yes my lord, if you would come with me to my office I think you will find the air in there cleaner."

It only took an hour to find out his current balance and ask Bloodpick to look into finding him an apartment for him to stay in, along with a few investments in the non-magical world.

"Nothing fancy but I need a place that I can have a little privacy. And I don't want to stay at the cauldron."

"I understand. Is there anything else?"

"Yes I know that gold that sits one grows moss, so I would like to plant some for the future. I will be adding to my vault and I would like to add some things to a portfolio if I can. I would like you to slowly and I do mean slowly buy shares in the company's in the non-magical world."

Looking a thoughtful harry continued "I want you to pay 2 or 3 points higher than the going rates so that people are willing to sell but nothing higher. I would like weekly updates. I wish to have a controlling interest in the companies if it can be done."

Bloodpick looked at harry "You understand that by doing this you will make some people angry when they find out. And you must understand that we can't keep it secret forever? We have contracts with the people like Teen Witch Weekly to have updated on the rich and powerful, and I can say if you keep up with the deposits and with the purchases you will rank on there charts buy the end of the month."

"Just where would I place?"

"Well if my guess would be right it would be around #498 of the lower bracket 500."

"Interesting but not really all that important. I guess there are 3 brackets?"

"5 to be exact." Bloodpick explained "from bottom to top, is the Lower Bracket with 500 ranks, Mid Bracket with 300, High Bracket with 100, then the Wealthy Bracket with 50, then the Obscenely Wealthy Bracket with 10."

Chuckling harry asked "How long do you think it would take me to make OWB?"

"Not for at least 200 years. It would take quite a lot of time to go from where you are to climb that high, there are only 10 families on that list."

"Well I was just wondering. Thank you Bloodpick I think that is everything for today."

With that Harry left seeing that Rita was waiting for him just outside the bank flash to the dump before she could say or do anything.

XXXXX

The week passed and on Friday he got a letter from Bloodpick saying that he had found an apartment that Harry might like, and that the address was just outside the cauldron in muggle London, so magic would have to be limited.

At the bottom of the letter there was a list of the companies that he now have some stock in,

Quickie Convenience 1%

McDonalds 1%

Nike 1%

Harry made the trip to the apartment complex that Bloodpick had mentioned and after a quick inspection found it quite lovely, open and clean, with 2 bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom, and a large living room. And the price was not a problem, but when he found out that the building was non-magical he said he's take it on a 3 year contract (he paid for it in full, in advance).

Harry moved in on Saturday, and unpacked his trunk, setting up a potion lab in the second bedroom, after many enchantments.

First thing were runes places on the doors and windows. Then started to ward the apartment like a fortress.

Anti-Apparition, Anti-Port key, Silencing, Flame-freezing, to name a few.

Last it was detection wards, alarms, and shields.

If Harry's wand didn't hide the spells cast till the shields were in place, then the ministry would have known that there was a new player in town and he just built a fortress just outside Diagon Alley.

After the shields Harry almost collapsed from exhaustion, and after a long hot shower he curled up on his new bed and didn't wake up till noon Sunday, from hunger.

Sunday Harry went shopping to the local supermarket and filled his new pad with food, then making a stop at the cauldron ordered a large supply of butterbeer.

Late Sunday Harry made a trip to the Apothecary, to stock up on potions, mostly pepper-up potions, if he was going to do a lot of casting it was good to have them on hand.

Monday came around and Harry felt it was time to head back to work (the dump). After resetting his platform and casting the spells he found that he didn't need to concentrate much to maintain the spells so his mind started to wander.

An idea struck Harry and he smiled. Looking around he spotted a glass bottle. With a poke and flick the bottle transfigured into a vial and then set it on his table.

With that done harry summoned a single grain of sand and enlarged it to the size of a football. And with care and inspiration started carving runes into it.

Finding. Attracting. Changing. Forming. To list a few.

After that he shrunk the grain of sand back and placed it into the vial. Then enchanting the vial with Gemino but inverted so that whatever was placed inside would be duplicated, shook the vial until it was full of sand.

With that done Harry cancelled his spells and after turning the bricks to gold and sending them to Gringotts, lifting the vial up and looking around spotted another glass bottle.

"Glass" harry said and tipped the vial so the runic sand poured out and started to drift, after a moment Harry could see that the enchanted sand was working as it scattered on the wind in every direction.

As the sand drifted Harry could see that it was also sinking into the piles of garbage every few feet, and it took only a moment for the ground starting to shake and rumble.

Harry quickly sat down in his chair as the piles of garbage started to shift and bottles, jars, pains,and shards of what was once glass lift up and start to drift towards him and together.

After twenty or thirty seconds after the objects lifted out of the piles they had all come together and merged into a monstrous ball of metal that landed and sunk 5 feet into the ground just off the platform.

Shaking at the success, Harry quickly poked the ball and the mass rippled and turn golden, then with a slashing motion Harry changed it all into uniform bricks with his mark on them.

With a final double flick, the bricks floated into his bag.

Harry felt that he was on a roll so to speak, and that if he wasn't careful he would empty the dump before the end of the month. (not that it was a bad thing)

'tempus' Harry looked at the time 12:38

"Well that was a good days work. I think that it would be good to think about taking a break, I wouldn't want the goblins to think I'm over working." he smiled at that.

With that smile Harry flashed to his apartment then walked over to the cauldron to a late lunch, planning to go to the Prophet to get a subscription, to their paper and a few mags as well.

When we entered he noticed at once that the noise level dropped notably.

After sitting, tom came over quickly and bowed "Greetings my lord, what can I get you today?"

"Lunch would be grand, I would like 2 hot beef sandwiches and a cold butterbeer, and the paper if you have one free"

"At once my lord"

Harry was getting a bad feeling.

A moment later Tom returned with the sandwiches and a paper.

Sighing harry opened the paper and saw on the from page was a picture of himself standing with his mouth opening and closing like a fish and a look of utter confusion on his face.

Mr Mystery or Lost Lord

by Rita Skeeter

It has been a week and no new sightings of our new mystery man.

There have been many people with unanswered questions.

Who is he? Where did he come from? How old is he? Is he single?

Or even better whats his name?

No one who knows is talking not even the goblins. All this reporter could get from them is,

that the new lord is currently under the age of majority and working.

You heard it right working. A young Lord of a House no one can identify, or will identify,

is working for his living and if my sources are correct he is currently on TWW Lower Bracket,

listing of #343.

Yes Ladies #343 meaning he has money, looks, and connections.

But what connections we can only guess, this reporter can only speculate but,

there are only questions and no real answers, not even the ministry knows.

Yes, we even tried with them to locate and identify our new mystery man,

and all we can get from them is an "I'm sorry but the person you are looking for,

in not registered with our ministry"

So for all you out there, there is a new Lord in Town and looking for a place to rest,

his weary head.

Harry was shocked while he ate, and but the time he was finished his sandwiches and the paper he was laughing out loud.

Putting down the paper and placing a Galleon down strolled into the Alley with every eye in the pub on him.

No sooner had he entered the Alley then he started hearing whispers.

"There he is"

"Good Lord he is good looking"

"I wonder what his name is?"

"Do you think he's go out with me if I asked"

Harry almost tripped when he heard the last one but kept on moving towards the Daily Prophet building to get his subscriptions.

Harry entered the building and found that it was in a mess, people moving and bumping into each other, many writing or typing, and everyone trying to talk over each other.

Harry shaking his head walked over to the front desk and saw a beautiful woman sitting at the desk reading a book. With a quick glance at the cover he noticed that it said Standard book of spells Grade 7.

Harry cleared his throat and spoke up "I would like to get a subscription, to you paper, and to a few mags, could to tell me what ones you offer?"

Without looking up the woman replied as she pointed "That's easy, the form is to the right with a listing of everything, please use the quill provided, and fill all the information into the best of your ability."

Smirking harry turned and took one of the forms and began filling it out. He places and order for the Prophet, Teen Witch Weekly, Duel Masters, and Ministry Monthly. Then returning to the woman with the completed form.

"I am done how much?"

Holding out her hand but still not looking at Harry, took the paper and after a quick glance replied "9 galleons, and that will cover you for the year. Mr?"

As Harry put the coins on the other side of the book so she had to look up, and smiled and winked when her eyes widened. "That would be Lord Red. And have a nice day."

Harry turned and walked out with the stunned witch still blushing sitting with the form still in her hand.

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Grabbing the coins she ran to the editors door and banged on it, till it opened "This had better be good Miss. Sanders."

"He was here, got a subscription, and mags" she bounced

"Who?"

"The Lord, we have been looking for the past week!" she squeaked when he grabbed the form.

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Harry walked back home, but no sooner than stepping through the door than he noticed an owl sitting outside his window. Walking over to it and getting the letter, Harry wondered who was sending him letters. He didn't know anyone in this world yet, he was here only a short time.

He was really surprised when it was a letter from Hogwarts, and started to get worried that Dumbledore was trying to get him to go to school since he was outed to be underage. But was only half right.

Dear: Lord Red

I would like to extend an invitation to you to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, come this September. The school term begins on the first of the month, where by the students arrive by train from Kings Cross station at noon. I would hope you will be joining us this year, as there is no record of you attending any school we can get in contact with. I hope to hear from you soon so that a place can be made for you.

From

Minerva McGonagall

Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts

Harry smiled, this would be great. He could attend the school and see how Jasmine fared in her first year. And also see all his old friends and maybe even meet and make new ones.

Taking a page from the stack next to the phone, and wrote back telling her that he would be delighted to attend but that since he was 15 years old that by there schooling he would be in there 5th year.

No sooner than he signed it with a touch of his ring to seal it than it disappeared in a flash of golden light. "humm interesting"

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Minerva was sitting at at her desk in her office when there was a flash of golden light and a letter landed onto of the notes she was writing for the coming year.

Lifting the note and seeing an odd crest in the wax on the letter opened it to see who was sending a letter using such odd methods.

To Lady MaGonagall

I would be happy to attend your school, as I am 15 years of age, and by your standards I would be in your 5th year. But due to the fact that I do not know how long I will my staying in Britain it would make joining you as one of your students full time. If you and your headmaster are willing I would be willing to visit your school come the start of term and with permission do independent studies with a paid yearly tuition of coarse. If this is acceptable please respond with a touch of your wand on the seal and I will be seeing you come September.

Yours,

Lord Harry Red,

Head of the Royal House of Red,

MaGonagall looked at the letter with a little trepidation at the signature, but never hearing of the house of Red, figured that he must be a first generation wizard with the gold to make people overlook that fast that there were no royal houses. Then thinking that what he asked was acceptable taped her wand to the seal and the letter glowed, then returned to normal.

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The week passed slowly with Harry settling into a daily schedule,

5am – wake for run

6am – shower and breakfast, and read the Prophet

7am – go to the dump make gold and send to goblins

noon – lunch, new place each day.

1pm – return to dump

5pm – home, shower, dinner

6pm – go through the mail (Harry was starting to get 10-20 letters daily) respond in needed, file everything

8pm – bed

Harry knew that when February came to a close, that he needed to go see a doctor, for a physical. It wasn't that he wasn't feeling well, it was so that he could see any progress he made both magical and non. So After a shower, dressing and a quick breakfast, Harry flashed to St. Mungo's.

The lobby of St. Mungo's was to put it plain, crazy. There were people running, and pushing everywhere. People with bandages and canes tried to keep out of the way as people were carried off on stretchers levitated by healers moving people out of the lobby so there was more room for the new arrivals. The noise rose and fell as people came and went, but it was the smell that started to get to Harry as he stood there.

Burnt flesh. Sulphur, and something else that seemed to poke at Harry's mind as his ring tried to identify it.

"What happened Auror?" a Doctor came over to Harry in a rush.

Blinking Harry remembered he was dressed in his red robes today, and that the Auror Corp wore almost the same.

"I'm sorry but I'm not an Auror. My name is Lord Red."

"My Apologies my lord but there seems to have been an accident and there hasn't been anyone around to tell us what happened, all the wounded are unconscious or in shock, and we haven't been able to get any information from them. And when you showed up I saw red and thought. "

"That is all right. Is there anything I can do to help. I have some knowledge in the healing arts." harry slipped in.

"No my lord that wouldn't be proper or safe, we don't know what happened and if anything happened to a lord, then I don't know what would happen. As well if you are not fully trained then you might do more harm than good, sorry but I really need to get back to work." and with that the doctor moved off to get another person on a stretcher.

Muttering "Like hell I'm not helping" harry turned and looked around the room and saw leaning against the wall was a group of little girls that looked lost and scared. Harry moved quickly over to them and knelt and held out his hands palms up "are you ladies alright? Not hurt are you?"

A girl with blue hair looked at him, "Our parents and in the next room." she sniffed trying to hold back her tears, "We came to get a healer but they are all busy and the one you were talking told us that. That he had done everything he could. We don't know what happened. They are hurt. They need help. Why didn't he help?"

The 3 others with her started to cry when she asked that, and Harry's heart nearly broke. "If he can't I might be able to. Here now show me to them."

A girl with flame coloured hair took him hand and pulled him to a side door. On the other side of the door harry could see there were over sixty beds with people on them, and from what he could see, he knew why the doctor couldn't help them.

With a sad expression Harry turned to the 4 girls, each one of them having taken a hold of him, and said "I'm sorry Ladies but there is nothing anyone can do." he knelt again and took the crying girls in his arms and held them. "I know this will hurt, and be hard. Life is cruel. But you parents are gone. The healers can't help, and neither can I."

Their cries got harder and they shook, and when the girl with green hair spoke his heart shattered and tears fell down his face. "What will happen to us? Where will we go? What do we do?"

Harry made a decision and knew it was wrong, but his heart told his head to shut up. "I can give you a place to stay. And tomorrow you ladies can make a choice. Come I'll take you to my home." and with nod from them flashed them to his apartment.

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Arriving at the apartment Harry led them to the kitchen table where he conjured 4 new chairs for them and had them sit while he made them something to eat, and drink. Looking at the girls closely Harry noticed that they looked well enough (no wounds that he could see) but their clothes were in tatters and the girls were filthy.

"Ok ladies I will be right back, finish your food, and I'll be only a second, or two." Harry moved to his bedroom, and looked at the bed. It was large enough for him but if they were staying than he'd have to move out of the room so they could use it. And after drawing his wand he started to cast, first the bed changed into bunk-beds and split so that a pair was on the left wall and another on the right with the window between, then turning to the closet, banished all his cloths to his trunk, knowing he would have to take them shopping for cloths tomorrow.

Harry moved back to the kitchen where the girls had just finished and were looking around his living room. Conjuring 4 bath robes (one red, blue, green, white) handed them to the girls.

"The shower is in there" Harry pointed "After you have cleaned up and changed I think you should have a rest, we can talk when you are more settled. I have fixed up a place for you to sleep, or at least rest, in the room next to the bathroom. If you need anything I'll be right here just call out or come and get me."

The girls looked at Harry like he was crazy but moved into the bathroom, and closed the door, and a moment later Harry could hear the water running. And was grateful that he had enchanted the bathroom with more that just hot and cold runes on the shower. This way they all would get hot shower.

Turning to the table after grabbing a stack of parchment Harry began writing. A list of things the girls would need, leaving space for anything the girls would want to add, then started a letter to Amelia Bones, the head of the DMLE.

Ms. Bones

I am writing to you because I find myself in a little trouble at the moment, and I hope that you will be able to help. This morning I took a trip to St. Mungo's and found a site that would put most people off. I was in the lobby and came across 4 young ladies in need of some help, and when I tried to give aid found that they were looking for aid for there dead parents, do to that fact that they were alone, and without anyone around that could help them, I have offered them a place to stay till other arraignments can be made. I would like you, to know where they are and to find out what my options are for them. At the moment I am making them temporary ward of my house, until such time as arraignments can be made.

Yours

Lord Harry Red

Head of the Royal House of Red.

After the letter disappeared, Harry had the feeling of being watched, and looked up. There he found all 4 of the girls looking as him in surprise for the way the letter had just disappeared.

"Magic?" Harry tried to explain with a lop sided smile, but grinned when the 4 burst out giggling at his antics. "Is there something that you need?"

The red head spoke with a slight smiles in her voice tho she looked down at her bare feet as if she had done something wrong "um well. We were talking and we um don't even know your name, and wanted to. Um. Know. Whats going to happen to us?"

"oh." Harry looked surprised "I'm sorry, my name is Harry. Harry Red. And I.." he was cut off by the gasp from the girls as they all looked at him like he had grown a second head.

"Your him." the green haired girls gasped out

"Who?" Harry wondered

Blue answered "The mystery Lord with more gold than god." and at the end slapped a hand over her mouth as she went red, Harry noted that they all blushed as he burst out laughing.

"Well I don't know about that. But I have a little put aside for tomorrows." and burst out laughing again when red said "Your eyes even shine like Dumbledore's is said too" and she blushed and quickly looked at her feet again.

Taken a little aback Harry asked "Well now you know who I am. May I know who you young ladies are?"

It was the fourth girl that spoke and as she did her hair that was a silvery-white seemed to glow with her words "My name is Pearl, and sir these are my sisters. Ruby" she pointed to the red head, "Jade." She pointed, "And Sapphire, we were named for our hair." she seemed to run out of steam, as she saw the twinkle in Harry's eyes.

"Now that we are friends, is there anything that I can help with? It has been a long day and I know that you should be resting. But I do have a few mags on the table next to the couch there if you want to read something." Harry pointed and the girls looked.

Ruby walked over to the stack of mags and took the top one and quirked her eyebrow "Teen Witch Weekly?" and she looked at harry like he was something you found under a rock.

"What? I got it to find out how people see me? I heard from the goblins that I would be featuring in the mag and I thought that I should know what everyone was thinking. And the fashion tips couldn't hurt. But if you want a book I'm sorry but all I have are those mags, I have a library but nothing to put on the shelves."

Pearl moved over the to stack and lifted a small wooden box, that had 6 small tear shaped crystals in it. "What are these? They look like tears of some kind."

"Well they are only tear shaped but very special magical objects, I made for an experiment in rituals. You see those are Phoenix Tear Crystals." looking from girls to girl explaining, "What they do is gather natural sun and moon light, turn and store the energy in them for later use. But since size and quality affect the amount of magical energy they can store right now they can only store enough energy to cast a simple 'lumos' once."

"Is there a was to make them larger so they could store more power?" this came from Jade when she walked over to Pearl to see into the box.

"Yes but to do that someone needs to feed them. Tho they are not alive, they can be cultivated by a witch or wizard that is willing. What they have to do if pour there own magic into the crystal, and it will slowly grow first in size then in quality. Would you ladies like one?"

The girls perked up at this and all said "Yes please!" and Harry continued "But I should tell you a few things. First is that when you start to grow the crystals they will link with you. That means that only you can use the energy that they store, also you are the only one that can feed them. But a word of caution the energy that you feed them will tire you out, as tho you were casting spells, running, or working at the gym."

"What do we do?"

"First all of you take one and set the box down, then sit and hold the crystal you want in you hands cupped like so." Harry showed them how to hold the crystal that it's point was standing upright. "now look into the crystal and hold the image in you mind and try not to blink, you will start to feel the crystal warm slightly, that is normal and it means that your are linking with the crystal. You will also start to feel a little tired, when you do I think that you should stop for the day, because you are already emotionally drained and the..." Harry didn't get to finish as all 4 crystals glowed a bright light each marching the girls hair colour, then flashed brightly and died and the girls passed out from the drain on their magic.

Harry could only smile, "Just like I am. Never doing anything by half."

Harry moved to check they were alright and sigh when he found them breathing, and with a shake of his head Harry drew his wand and levitated the girls to their room and place them on their beds, and after covering them with a blanket walked out and closed the door smiling at the way that the sleeping girls seemed to curl around their crystals like they were stuffed animals.

When Harry returned to the kitchen table there was a letter waiting. Harry looked at it and saw that tho is was addressed to him it was the seal that caught his eye. MOM was surrounded by ivy and two wands crossed behind the letters.

"Odd. Why would the Minister be sending a letter to me? And with my return seal that I sent to Ms. Bones" Taking the letter Harry opened it and what he read confused him. He was being requesting to come to the ministry and to bring the young girls with him, at 7am tomorrow. "Humm sighed buy Umbridge. I wonder if Fudge knows about this, or better yet Amelia. Well I think that we can make it but I think that a little planning is in order." and with that Harry went to the potions lab to get a few things ready for tomorrow.

At 5am Harry went out for his run after a quick look in on the girls, and when 6am rolled around Harry returned and when he opened the door was knocked off his feet by 4 crying bodies.

"Where did you go?" "Why did you leave us?" "I was so scared!" "Please don't leave us!" Harry looked a little confused and worried as he tried to comfort the girls as they held onto him crying.

"I'm sorry girls, I just went out for my morning run, I'm so sorry for not leaving a note or something, but it slipped my mind. I am so so sorry. And no I'm not going to leave you. You girls can stay as long as you want." looking a little pained on the floor Harry spoke up. "Um girls as fun as being on the floor and having the life hugged out of me, I really could use a shower."

Sniffling Ruby said in an strained voice "Yes. Yes you do." and Harry chuckled as they got off him, and when he moved to the bathroom had to turn and tell them that he's only going into the shower and that there was no window for him to climb out of, and smiled as the girls blushed and rubbed there tears away.

After a quick shower Harry with a towel around his waist and towelling off his hair walked out of the bathroom and heard a squeak from the girls room. With a quick look Harry saw Pearl standing in the door and looking at him in shock, Harry not thinking ducked quickly into the potion lab to dress and get the girls gifts.

When he came out he found the girls a whispering in there room and headed into the kitchen for breakfast after setting the table with the 4 gifts.

"Um Harry?" Sapphire called from the door. "Um we kinda have a question. Um there are no girls cloths here. What are we to wear we can't use our old cloths since we can't find them and you only gave us the bath robes. We don't want to bother you but we were just wondering.." she petered off when Harry laughed and pointed to the 4 bundles sitting on the table as he started putting down the breakfast sandwiches he just put together.

"I have a small gift for you 4, these are special robes for today, and we can go shopping after we talk with the Minister today."

"You got us presents?" she said loud enough for the others in the hall listening to come running.

"Just a little something to keep you warm and safe today since I burned the cloths you had." at the look of fear he got from the girls he went on. "I would not have my most hated enemy wear cloths like that so I feel as your temporary guardian to provide for you." and was rewarded by 4 smiles that warmed his hart.

After they all ate the girls took there bundles and headed back to there room to change while harry waited for them in the living room.

After the girls came out Harry was struck speechless, till the girls started giggling. They were a vision of beauty, they had there hair down there backs so that the new robes Harry had given them were on full display. They may be only ten or eleven years old but he could tell that they would be heart breakers when they grew up.

The robes were almost form fitting, but tastefully cut, and a bright red. There were patterns of flames embroidered along the sleeves and hem, and over there harts was a gold and silver Phoenix wings spread holding a Harry's new house crest. The Runic Pentagram.

Harry could feel the protections that he had placed in the robes working and smiled at the girls after returning to himself. "Well its great that they fit, and by the look on your faces you like them. So they are yours for as long as you want them. They have my house crest so that anyone that looks at them will know you are under my protection, now we have only a moment or two before we have to be at the ministry so please hold my hand and I will flash us there."

At his words the girls blushed but moved closer when he lifted his hands, and each took one, two on each side of him. And when they blinked they found themselves standing in the main lobby of the Ministry of Magic.

"uh hum" Harry turned to that hateful sound and found himself looking at Fudge. But behind him with 4 Aurors was Umbridge.

"Greeting young man," Fudge spoke "I would like to thank you for returning the Ministry's property, you will be rewarded for you quick think.."

"What Property? I assume sir that your the Minister?" Harry interrupted already knowing that his comment was going to annoy Fudge.

"Yes. I am. My name is Cornelius Fudge. And I was referring to the veela behind you."

"You will have to enlighten me as to how they are your property?"

"Not the Ministers but the Ministry's, young man!" Umbridge.

"Woman I was talking to Fudge here, you should be silent when your betters are speaking!" Harry snapped and she closed her mouth with a snap. "I know they are veela but because of that, it doesn't mean they belong to the Ministry."

"Young man, yesterday the veela slave Market, in Flesh Ally was attacked. All of the survivors minus 4 were recovered when at midnight last night the Wizengamot, met and put through a bill saying that all free veela that are in the UK are the sole property of the Ministry until they are sold." the Minister leered are the girls. "I and the Aurors behind me will be taking them into custody till we can make arraignments for them to be sold."

"Well Minister," Harry didn't like the look Fudge was giving the girls "There is a little problem with that since they are not free as you call them. In the letter that I sent to The head of the DMLE, I have placed them under my protection, for as long as they wish to be. They have told me they have no family so there is no reason for me to turn them over if they wish to stay then they can."

Fudge turned red with anger "Young man.."

"Minister!" Harry spoke with a voice of command "I am Lord Harry Red, Head of the Royal House of Red" There was a gasp from a grey cloaked figure that had just come off the lifts and had been walking slowly to see what was going on. "And Speaker of the First Circle, these entitle me to more respect than you have been showing me."

"Now see here, mister" Fudge was getting more and more angry as he kept being from the girls. "These veela were registered in the market as slaves, and when the market was destroyed, that freed them from there control, but that only freed them till the ministry decided that they shouldn't be left to just roam around the country and, corrupt people with there ways."

"Sir are you saying they have worked some magic on me? That I can not make decisions for myself? I think that you should chose you next for carefully, for they will have far reaching repercussions. And for the last time you will address me as my lord, or Lord Red."

"Are you telling me that you will not hand over the fugitives?" Umbridge asked

"Do you want to go with the ministry?" Harry looked at the girls and with and shake of there heads turned back to Umbridge. "No, they do not wish it so they will stay with me, under my protection until they wish otherwise."

"Aurors arrest this man for obstruction of the law, and theft from the ministry!" Umbridge roared

As the Aurors took a step forward with there wands drawn, Harry's voice rung out with power "HOLD! If you attack me or my own then I will take it as an act of war, and take appropriate action, to defend ourselves."

"Stun him!" ordered Umbridge

'Stupify' yelled 4 voices just as the figure in grey yelled "NO! STOP!"

The Aurors stopped in shock when the spells struck H21arry and he was pushed back only a foot. And his face hardened, and the ground started to shake, as the air started to grow cold. All the light in the lobby dimmed and the shadows all around started to twist and writhe as tho alive. "For this attack upon me and mine, I call Magic to bare witness." Harry's voice deepened and filled the room with power.

Everyone could feel it. A Feeling that one gets when there was someone unseen listening, and listening hard to every word spoken.

"I Lord Harry Red, Head of the Royal House of Red, Speaker of the First Circle, Declare War upon The British Ministry of Magic. Until my death or their surrender, So I have Spoken, So. Mote. It. Be."

There was a rumble and the whole ministry shook and dust and plaster fell from the ceiling as the feeling left, and a glow surrounded Harry as his vow to hold of him, and if anyone was looking a lesser glow surrounded the 4 girls as they looked on in awe.

Harry was angry with the Ministry, but didn't want a fight with the girls there so he took a step back from the Minister and held out his hands to the girls and when they took hold flashed out of the Ministry

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"You fools." the man in grey whispered into the silence the filled the Ministry's Lobby after harry had flashed out. "You stupid stupid fools. You have no idea what you have done."

Umbridge turned to the man in grey "Speak up Unspeakable. What are you talking about?"

"You Attacked THE Lord Red. The oldest Family still alive. Older then even our records. That family that you attacked without thought has brought us to war. AGAIN! You have no idea what he could do to us."

"What are you talking about?" The minister demanded "There is no Royal house, and there never has been. I have looked into the records last week, and found nothing."

"That's because his and 4 other houses make up The First Circle!" the unspeakable started to shake in anger at the minister and his under secretary. "Only The Royal house of Red is left. The others have all died out or changed their name. The last time the Lord Red appeared was to give his blessing to his great-grand daughter when she wished to take her husbands name and not him take hers as was their way back then." then unspeakable turned from Umbridge to Fudge, "The harm you two have caused is incalculable. If the war begins the deaths could and most likely will happen will be on your heads."

A man wearing a grew cloak like the first but with silver trim appeared, "The Unspeakables stand as one. We stand in the shadow between light and dark. We are Neutral. We will take no part in this war, let the pain of leadership fall upon those who struck the Lord Red and his, we do not defend nor condone their action. Until the time that the Magical United Kingdom surrenders or is wiped from the face of the earth the Unspeakables shall not be seen or heard from, from this day forth you are on your own."

"Wait one question!" One of the Aurors asked "What was the last name? What did she change to when he last appeared?"

As the Unspeakables walked into the shadows lining the walls and disappearing one word whispered but everyone heard.

"Emrys"

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Back at the apartment Harry fell into the chair across from the couch and the girls sat on the couch. All 4 looking at him, waiting.

"I'm sorry girls. I didn't know, and I'm sorry to have dragged you into this."

The girls looked at Harry and Pearl Asked "What do you plan to do now? We can't stay here, not with you at war with the UK."

"Well I always wanted to go to France." a lop sided grim slowly grew on Harry. "But what do you 4 think about France? I know there are other veela there, you would be able to talk with your own people or even live there with them if you want. I know it will be dangerous staying with me but I can give you 4 enough gold to live on and if your willing we can send owls.."

Harry was interrupted buy Ruby and Jade "No!" cried Ruby, "You said we can stay with you until we chose otherwise and we all chose you. You told us you would take care of us. We have no one else." from Jade as tears started to fall down all there faces. Then Sapphire spoke just above a whisper "Please don't send us away. We Promise to be good."

Harry looked into their eyes, and said "Ok. If this is what you want, than we will stay together." with that said the girls jumped across the small table, and hugged harry. "Come I need to talk to a goblin, then we will move to France, I hear they make good cheese." with that they all stood up and held hands, with Jade whispering as the others giggled "Cheese... boys!"

Harry flashed them to Gringotts.