Warnings: Dumbledore bashing, Manipulative! Dumbledore, siding with Voldemort-fic, fake Prophecy, child abuse, Powerful! Slytherin! Dark! Political! Independent! Harry, Slytherin! Dark! OC characters, Mpreg
Pairing/s: RL/SB, SS/FemOC, (THIS IS AND WILL NOT BE A HP/GW and not a HP/HrG)
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters created and owned by JK Rowling. I only own Regulus and Liliana.
Dream
Chapter Beta'd by Miss C Riddle
Chapter Two: Family?
Gringotts Bank, London
All three parties apparated in front of Gringotts Wizarding Bank. Gringotts was a snowy white building that towered over the other little shops.
Standing beside its burnished bronze doors, wearing a uniform of scarlet and gold, was a-
"Harry, this is Gringotts Wizarding Bank; its run by Goblins," Minerva explained as they walked up the white stone steps toward him. The Goblin was about a head shorter than Harry, he had a swarthy, clever face, a pointed beard and, Harry noticed, very long fingers and feet.
He bowed to the creature as they walked inside.
Inside they were faced a second pair of doors, silver this time, with words engraved upon them:
Enter, stranger, but take heed
Of what awaits the sin of greed,
For those who take, but do not earn,
Must pay most dearly in their turn.
So if you seek beneath our floors
A treasure that was never yours,
Thief, you have been warned, beware
Of finding more than treasure there.
A pair of Goblins bowed them through the silver doors and they were in a vast marble hall. About a hundred more Goblins were sitting on high stools behind a long counter, scribbling in large ledgers, weighing coins in brass scales, examining precious stones through eyeglasses.
There were too many doors to count leading off the hall, and yet more Goblins were showing people in and out of these.
Then Harry's eyes fell on a small girl with long messy black hair and cobalt blue eyes.
"Severus." Professor McGonagall greeted, leading Harry over to the blue eyed girl and intimidating man dressed in all black.
"Minerva, I thought you didn't have to a student today?" Severus replied, facing his co-worker.
"Well, it seems like Mr. Potter's Muggle family didn't tell him anything," McGonagall explained, sounding resentful.
Lily looked at Harry curiously, taking in his appearance, from the clunky glasses trying unsuccessfully to hide his vibrant emerald eyes, to his shoulders sticking out from the neckline of his too-big shirt, and his mess raven hair going in every way.
Lily's narrowed at the sight of a large bruise on his shoulders- one that looked a lot like the ones on her arms.
"Papa," Lily whispered tugging in Severus's robes - Snape kneeled down so she could whisper into his ears, "Papa, I think that boy is abused or neglected... he's too skinny for our age and he has a lot of bruises on his shoulders. Those clothes are second-hand like mine but way too big."
"Mr. Potter, what happened to your shoulder and why you wearing those clothes?" Snape asked turning to McGonagall and Harry.
Harry's face flushed as he pulled the huge shirt over his bruises.
"My Uncle - I accidentally let a Brazilian boa constrictor free at the zoo and I had to be punished for my freakiness. These are my clothes; they used to be my cousin's. He's a lot bigger than me Sir." Harry explained.
"They are impoverished then, the Muggles who look after you? Petunia and her whale like husband," Severus asked curiously.
"No, they do quite well for themselves, well enough to buy their son Dudley anything he wants. They just don't like me much. They think that even these hand-me-downs are a bit too good for
me, actually. I stopped caring a long time ago," Harry shrugged.
"I told Albus, that we couldn't leave you there. But he wouldn't listen to me, he said you would be safe," McGonagall huffed out.
"I knew Petunia hated wizards... but to do this to her nephew!" Severus stated remorsefully.
"What did they tell you about your parents?" McGonagall asked suddenly.
"That my drunk of a father got himself and my whore of a mother killed in a car crash when I was a baby. But I only survived the accident because I'm a freak and I have the scar to prove it." Harry said lifting up his fringe and revealed the lightning bolt scar. Snape and Minerva face flushed with fury even Lily's eyes widen. She took a step forward and pulled him into a hug, he stiffened when those arms pulled him close but slowly relax into the embrace.
"I'm Liliana, Liliana Snape," Lily smiled pulling away.
"I'm Harry," he replied, smiling.
Lily was a nice he had never had someone notice those small things about him. Professor Snape and McGonagall lead them up to the front desk only for Harry to freeze at the sight of a sandy brown hair man.
Flashback:
A four-year-old Harry sobbed noiselessly, his cries silenced by a thin, worn blanket pressed to his mouth - muffling his voice. Why do I have to have these dreams?
A pair of innocent green eyes gazes up crying out babyishly, "'oony! Paddy! Pup!"
Remus smiled at the small child who is a year old trying to say his nickname from the Marauders. Sirius places a small blue eyed baby into the playpen Harry was in and watched the two hug.
"Pup!" Harry cried trying to wrap his arms around the small boy. Both babies giggling.
The dream always ended with a flash of green and Harry waking up with a massive headache. The four-year-old allowed his thoughts to wander back to his parents. Like the third uncle he could never remember their names - though he longed to know them many times more. Harry lay back on the thin mattress in the cupboard under the stairs with a smile on his face; thinking of them. He loved the family inside his head. Maybe his father was names Prongs, and he had uncles named Moony and Padfoot. Maybe one day they would come for him.
End Flashback
"M-Moony?" His voice should have been too low to hear not even Lily heard it and she was right next to him. But the sandy haired man and the blue-eyed boy had heard him. The man's eyes widened into unprecedented size, and mouth hanging open in shock. The boys reaction was just as instantaneous but full of delight. Regulus recovered first and ran over to Harry.
"You said my Dads name," Regulus said.
"Wait your Dads name really is Moony? But…Moony... he's only... only a dream. He's…Y-you're not real... only a dream..." Harry stuttered.
"B-But," the man stuttered helplessly. "You were only o-one year old..."
"Harry, do you remember this man?" Minerva said turning to Harry.
"I had dreams when I was younger. He was in them," Harry said before looking closer at Regulus. "They were both in them."
"Harry, this is Regulus Black. He is…your god-brother," Minerva explained.
Harry's jaw dropped, Lily giggled and closed his jaw for him.
"Don't want to catch flies."
Severus and Minerva pulled Remus over to the side to explain what has happening with Harry. Regulus, Harry, and Lily took a seat; waiting for them.
"So you're my god-brother," Harry finally said looking over at Regulus.
"In the flesh, the name is Regulus Orion Lupin-Black. Papa just calls me Pup or Reg. You and I are going to be the best of friends," Regulus smiled.
"What am I then? Chop Liver?" Lily sneered.
"Regulus, this is Lily," Harry said introducing the two.
Regulus looked carefully over the girl then grinned.
"Yes, I do believe we'll be friends as long as you're not in Gryffindor. That's my dad's old house, but I don't like it very much. I'm going to be in Slytherin like Uncle Regulus," Regulus said proudly.
"What are Gryffindor and Slytherin?" Lily asked Harry who shrugged.
"They are houses at Hogwarts. There are four: Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor, and Slytherin. Ravenclaws are all really smart and love to learn more than anything; Hufflepuffs are loyal and hard-working and everyone basically underestimates the Puffs - Gryffindors are all about being brave and daring which I don't mind... But Slytherins are about traditionalism to the old ways of name which is what see people can see; they are also intelligent, resourceful, and cunning. My parents where in Gryffindor with yours Harry, but my whole family (the Black family) were in Slytherin. My great-great-great Grandfather Phineas Nigellus Black was Headmaster of Hogwarts."
"Well... Slytherin does sound good. It'll be Slytherin or Ravenclaw for me. What about you Harry," Lily smiled.
"Slytherin, I mean have been resourceful and cunning my whole life- it'll be the only fit. I mean I'm smart but there's more to leaning in my life."
Next Chapter- Reg,Lily, and Harry met their Fourth Marauder. Harry and Lily go to Snape's House (not the one on Spinners End.)
Harry- Is more like Sirius with out the picking on helpless students.
Regulus- James Duh!
Lily- Remus :)
?- Peter but not Peter more like a Hufflepuff vision of Peter. Like fiercely loyal but still kind of timid and shy. I'm between Neville and a boy name Oliver Rivers that I found from Harry Potter and Me. I'm kind of leaning more to Neville just because it easier to turn him against Dumbledore.
