Disclaimer. I do not own these characters they are the property of J.K. Rowling.
(Note) This is my first ever Fan-Fic, It is an AU storyline spanning events between The Order Of The Phoenix, and The Deathly Hallows. This is a Dark Harry AU and it is a Harry Potter / Bellatrix Black pairing fanfic, which I have discovered to be my favorite pairing. I intend this to be an M-Rated Fanfic.
(Note) I am aware that there are no paragraphs and that grammar isn't the best. unfortunately the app I use to write my chapters has a troublesome habit of deleting my paragraph breaks. I do plan on going back through and fixing the issues.
Chapter One
Harry sat in the smallest bedroom of Number 4 Private Drive, looking over the official document from Gringotts deep in thought. It had been a mere month since the death of his godfather, Sirius in that catastrophe of events within the Ministry Of Magic's Department Of Mysteries. The letter from Gringotts had explained Harry was to attend the reading of his Godfather's Last Will, something he wouldnt have to go through with if Harry could have gotten to Rudolphus Lestrange fast enough.
For some unknown reason, Harry was no longer troubled with accepting his Godfather's murder, it was perhaps, he reasoned that he was simply used to being alone and was no stranger to death, having escaped his own demise at least half a dozen times by age 15. A flicker of light outside his slightly misty window, suddenly snapped him out of his thoughts, and realizing it was now dark and street lights had lit up, he looked down at his watch, noticing it read 10:00 pm.
A sudden hoot from the Snowy Owl in the cage over on his desk gained his attention, and sliding off of his bed he stumped on over to the desk where his best friend and the only real friend he had left stared at him impatiently with her unblinking amber colored eyes. Harry then spoke to her, while unlatching her cage door, "Go on girl and enjoy the night hunting."
He then went over and opened his bedroom window. Hedwig hopped over to the window, nipped his hand affectionately and took flight into the darkened skies. Harry watched her until she disappeared from view then reflected upon the letter from Gringotts, remembering the will-reading was scheduled to take place the following day at 11:30. So with nothing else to do, Harry set an alarm for 9 am and went to sleep.
Harry awoke precisely when his watch alarm went off at 9, headed into the bathroom and showered, dressing himself in plain, semi-formal muggle attire, before throwing on a black traveling cloak, and headed downstairs into living room, seeing his Aunt, Uncle, and Cousin having a late breakfast as it was a Saturday. They paid him no real attention and didn't bother questioning him as to where he was going even though it was obvious that he was going somewhere.
Though before Harry got out the door his Uncle Vernon growled at him in his customary manner saying "Boy you better not be gone long we are going to be leaving this evening and we expect you to watch the house while we're away. Harry nodded turned back to the door, rolled his eyes and set out. Harry stepped outside the house and went around back to the shed and grabbed his broom, a Firebolt X it had been intended as a birthday present from Sirius for Harry's 16th Birthday, but as fate would have it, Remus Lupin had given it to Harry ahead of time as Sirius had died before he had a chance to give it to Harry as planned.
Harry made sure nobody was watching and cast the disillusionment charm upon himself and the broom before kicking off the ground and flew top speed (around 290 KPH / 180 MPH) all the way to Gringotts Bank, landing lightly on the marble front steps of the wizarding bank, he checked his watch, and saw he was 15 minutes early. The Goblin gaurds on duty stood aside curtly, and allowed him entry.
As he walked down the impressive hallway taking in the sounds of many Goblins working, counting money and dealing with clients. Harry gave a passing glance at the familiar bronze plaque which reflected off of the highly polished bank floor, reading "If you seek beneath our floors, a treasure that was never yours, thief beware you have been warned..." Continuing on his way over to a Goblin named Gornuk, who was presently sitting over at a corner of the long desk on the far right of the hall.
Harry approached and addressed Gornuk, "I am here for the reading of the last will of Sirius Black" Gornuk looked down at Harry and, reaching for a thin metal tablet and a small needle like knife stated, "Identification procedures require that I ask you to submit a few drops of blood onto this tablet." Harry accepted and pricking his finger on the needlepoint of the knife allowed three drops of blood to spill onto the thin tablet, his blood interacted with the runes on the metal and then, Harry James Potter, appeared on the tablet in glowing blue letters before fading from it.
Satisfied Gornuk stated, "right this way Mister Potter." Harry followed The Goblin into a smaller side chamber from the Banks main hall. As they entered Harry took notice of a number of other people, including Molly Weasley and her sons Fred and George, as well as Bill and Charlie and her daughter Ginny. Harry also noted, Narcissa Malfoy and her son Draco, as well as Remus Lupin and Hermione Granger.
Gornuk stood up at the desk at the head of the room and stated, "Now that everyone is here we may begin the reading of the Last Will and Testament of Sirius Orion Black." placing a Pensive on the corner of the desk and emptying a vial of silvery substance that was neither solid nor liquid, into the Pensive. The Goblin tapped on it, a transparent image of Sirius rose up out of the pensive and began speaking.
"As you all know, I'd been locked up in Azkaban for 12 years with nothing but those cheery dementors for company" Sirius began rather sarcastically with a smirk "Lousy Chess players that lot. anyway being in Azkaban for so long gave me time to think, this war is getting to be a load of utter bollocks and despite my restlessness and craving for excitement I decided I needed to make up my will while I still had the chance.
I, Sirius Orion Black, last male of the Black Line, being fairly sound of mind and very gorgeous body state my Last Will and Testament. To my longtime friend Remus John Lupin I leave a sum of 10 Million Galleons in the hopes that self-sacrificing arse will buy himself a new wardrobe of nice clothes. Remus that raggedy patchwork quilt you call a cloak went out of style our 4th year in Hogwarts." at this Lupin grinned and Molly shook her head smiling and said to Lupin 'always a joker some things never change.'
"To Molly and Arthur Weasley, I leave a sum of 15 Million Galleons. To Fred and George Weasley I leave a sum of 5 Million Galleons each, and knowing Harry will be glad to retrieve it from my vault for them, I leave the Marauders Book Of Mayhem I know you boys will find it great fun to read through as the next-generation Marauders. To Bill Weasley I leave a sum of 5 Million Galleons. To Charlie Weasley, I leave a sum of 5 Million Galleons and my collection of rare Dragonscales theres quite a few exotics in the collection Charlie I think you'll like em.
To Ginerva Weasley I leave a sum of 2 Million Galleons in the hopes that she will think of me fondly as an Uncle of sorts.
To my cousin Narcissa Black-Malfoy, I leave a sum of 2 million galleons knowing it will likely still not be enough to buy her wanker husband a better personality. "this statement earned many chuckles and snickers among the room, Narcissa merely sat blankly seeming not expecting to have inherited anything from her cousin. "To that little Scorpion Draco Malfoy, I leave a sum of 500 Thousand Galleons in the hopes he won't go and spend it all on Hair Gel" Draco at first opened his mouth then closed it before rolling his eyes, more assorted snickers from Fred George and Ginny followed this as Sirius continued 'To Hermione Jean Granger I leave a sum of 1 Million Galleons knowing the brightest witch of this day and age will put the money to good use.
Lastly To my Godson Harry James Potter, I leave the rest of the Black Family Fortune which totals to a sum of 5 Billion Galleons, and all of the House Of Black Family Properties, including Number 12 Grimauld Place, Black Manor and the family estate in Wales. I also leave to Harry my Enchanted Motorbike, in the hopes he will think fondly of me while flying it. Finally as the last male of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Black, I as is within my power and legal right as Lord Sirius Orion Black, hereby declare my Godson Harry James Potter to be an emancipated adult. I know he will want to get away from those horrible muggle relatives of his as soon as possible.
Additionally I Lord Sirius Orion Black, last of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Black, hereby nullify the marriage contract between my Cousin Bellatrix Black, and Rudolphus Lestrange. She may be a dark woman and greatly feared witch, but she was never happy in that marriage and even she deserves a chance to find true love.
Finally I would offer a warning to my Godson, do not trust Dumbledore Harry, he isn't as Saint like of a man as the History books make him out to be.' with that last statement being said, the Goblin Gornuk tapped the Pensive again and the image of Sirius flickered once and disappeared.
While everyone else was getting ready to leave Gringotts and making small talk about their sentiments of Sirius, Gornuk approached Harry, and said to him. "Mr. Potter, all of your inheritance can be accessed immediately, though you will need to submit yourself to a small test, to see whether or not you can claim the Title of Lord Black, as you are now the eldest male within the Black Line, however indirectly.
Mrs. Malfoy's son cannot claim Lordship over The house of Black as he is not of age, but with your Godfather's will granting you emancipation, you are legally of age to do so. now if you'll follow me to my personal office I can ready the test, and we can determine if you are indeed to become the next Lord of the House Of Black." Harry nodded to Gornuk and walked with him to his office.
Thinking over Sirius' cryptic warning regarding Dumbledore. Harry stood in front of Gornuk's desk while the Goblin retrieved a small box made of fine black leather undoubtedly made from the hide of some exotic magical beast. placing it into Harry's hands the goblin explained 'to open it simply place a finger on the lock a small needle will puncture your skin and a drop of your blood will calibrate the lock and allow you to open it.' Harry nodded and proceeded without incident.
Opening the box, he retrieved the ancient signet ring, noticing the Band was made of the exotic metal Ebonite, and had a fairly large Sapphire sitting on a silver inlay, and studding the top of the band either side of the Sapphire were 3 finely cut Rubies. Harry examined the ring and decided though it looked slightly dark and had a black aura about it, it was a beautiful ring.
Gornuk then retrieved a small silver basin that had a number of runes etched on its sides and an unusual looking potion in it, and stated "now Mister Potter, simply place the ring into the potion within the basin, and using this ceremonial knife make a cut on the bottom of your wrist so your blood spills into the potion. The runes on the side of the basin will react to your blood and the ring and if you are the Next Lord Black, the runes will glow in a golden color." Harry did as instructed slashing the knife across his wrist without flinching.
As Gornuk lightly tapped Harry's wrist, sealing the cut, the runes on the basin suddenly lit up with a golden glow. Gornuk then looked at Harry with a satisfied expression saying "well Mr Potter, it seems you have been accepted as the new Lord Black of The most Ancient and Noble House of Black." Harry slipped the signet ring onto his right ring finger and the ring adjusted itself to fit Harry perfectly.
Harry then asked Gornuk if any other goblins were available to take him to his vault. Gornuk, called Griphook into his office and asked him to take Harry to the Black Family Vault. Griphook took Harry to the Vault Cart and gave Harry an enchanted bottomless bag to store his gold. The ride through the massive unground labyrinth of caves always gave Harry a rush he greatly enjoyed the seemingly perilous high speed ride.
Once they reached Vault 976, Griphook instructed Harry to place his palm on the door, having done so, a needle point spike peirced his hand and accepted his blood signature allowing Harry to open the door. From the Ancient Family Vault, Harry found a pair of daggers named Ivory and Ebony.
Ebony was a dagger made from the rare exotic black metal known as Ebonite, muted silver swirls decorated the black blade and a small Ruby was set into the base of the hilt. Ivory was a dagger similar in appearance to Ebony, but it was made of hardened whale-bone Ivory, and had a small Sapphire set into the base of its hilt.
Harry decided to take the daggers with him and noticed they had also been inscribed with three permanent runes two of which were the same, a rune that greatly increased the velocity at which the blade traveled when thrown a second rune that caused temporary paralysis when the blade impacted on a living target. Ebony's third Rune was a Rune of Burning, while Ivory's third rune was a Rune Of Freezing.
Harry also found the Black Family Grimoire an ancient tome that held the secrets of the Black Family ancestral magics and Harry would be very keen on studying them. Harry found himself drawn to an extremely old wand of immense power, made from Ancient Ebony Wood, with the shard of a Basilisk Fang as its core, 14.5 Inches long and of a sturdy composition, the wand felt even better fitting to Harry than his Holly and Phoenix Feather Wand, as he retrieved it from its ancient Elder-Wood case and carefully removed it from the cases black velvet interior, he gained a sense that told him this wand was indeed ancient and of immense power, the wand itself ready to serve a new master.
Harry collected a few thousand Galleons before departing from Gringotts. Flying back to his muggle relatives home, Harry had time to think, and now his mind made up, upon returning to Number 4 Private Drive, Harry immediately went up to his room packed all his belongings, including his Firebolt X (which he merely placed into the pocket of his cloak), The Marauders Map, his Invisibility Cloak, as well as several new sets of robes, cloaks and spell books (The Lost Art of Necromancy, Mastery Of The Dark Arts, Secrets Of Blackest Sorcery, 1000 Hexs Curses and Jinxs, and Studying The Forbidden Arts)
Harry had finished packing his things into his school trunk. Shrinking it with the Reducio charm, placed it into his robe pocket, and called to Dobby, who appeared in Harry's room though thankfully without the usual loud crack resulting from elven apparition. Harry instructed Dobby to take Hedwig in her cage, to Black Manor, which Dobby happily agreed to stating to Harry in his squeaky voice, "I be's greatly honored to be's of service to you Master Harry." Harry then went downstairs and was immediately asked by His Uncle, who noticing Harry had his traveling cloak on and was again walking for the door growled irritatibly at Harry, "where are you off to now boy? I told you we'd be leaving soon and you'd be watching the house!"
Harry replied without making eye contact with his Uncle "I've been made a legal adult by magical law, and I have inherited properties from my Godfather and I am now moving out and into my new house. Find someone else to babysit the place. Harry's Aunt Petunia shot him a nasty look, as Vernon's face turned a dangerous shade of red. Rumbling bad temperedly at Harry "I don't know where you got this preposterous idea of yours but you will stay and mind the house as you've been told!"
Harry rolled his eyes at his Uncle and made to pass him to reach the door but Vernon blocked him, while his muscular cousin Dudley slipped out through the back door running off to the gym like he always did when Vernon was in a rage. Vernon's face now a sick shade of purple a bulging vein throbbing in his temple "BOY YOU WILL MIND ME OR I'LL BE TAKING A BELT TO YOUR SORRY ASS!!!" He roared, Harry's eyes narrowed dangerously as he dropped his voice to an aggressive snarl pulling his wand out and leveled it with Vernon's face wickedly. "I am now an adult by wizarding standards and there's nothing stopping me from hexing you into a thousand miserable pieces. I am getting my things and I AM LEAVING."
Vernon swallowed fearfully and automatically allowed Harry to move past him while Harry glanced back at his muggle aunt and uncle "Don't bother writing to me, I never want to hear from any of you again." Harry then stepped outside cast a disillusionment charm on himself pulled his Firebolt from his pocket, returned it to normal size and took flight heading to Black Manor.