Title – One Mistake leads to Happiness

Chapter – One

Author – xxxiliveforthefuturexxx

Beta – None

Summary – When Harry's name came out of the Goblet and the Minister agreed to his participation that agreement sealed more then just Harry's participation in the tournament. It also sealed his status as an adult in the Wizarding World.

Disclaimer – I, xxxilivefortehfuturexxx, in no way own Harry Potter. The lovely books and movies belong to their respective owners, I am only using their characters and planning on giving them back how they were. Well, most of them anyway.

Main Characters - Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ronald Weasley, Fred Weasley, Geoerge Weasley, Oliver Wood, Lee Jordan, Katie Bell, Alicia Spinnett, Angelina Johnson, Molly Weasley, Bill Weasley, Arthur Weasley, Lucius Malfoy, Albus Dumbledore, Severus Snape, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks, Draco Malfoy, Blaise Zabini, Theo Nott, Neville Longbottom...

Couples –


Dear Mr Potter,

It has come to our attention at Gringotts that you have been officially emancipated by the Ministry on the account that they did not stop you from competing in the Tri-Wizard Tournament which means that they have now declared you an official adult in the Wizarding World and the Muggle one.

Due to this we would be grateful if you could come to Gringotts as soon as possible so that we could explain everything about your heritage. Your family name, your parentage and most importantly your inheritances.

You may bring Headmaster Dumbledore or someone else with you if you would like. We will await your arrival at Gringotts.

Grugrass,

Potter Family Account Manager


"Acid Pops." Harry snapped out the password to the Gargoyale that stood at the entrance before quickly walking up the spiral staircase and towards the office of Albus Dumbledore.

"Professor Dumbledore?" Harry called out as he knocked on the door, hoping that the man was inside and not walking around otherwise he would have to use the map to find him.

"Come on in Harry." The elder man called from behind the door and Harry let out a soft sigh, pushing the door and stepping inside. Noticing that Dumbledore was not alone but with Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape he just nodded his head in greeting at the two men before walking towards the desk where the Headmaster was sat and passed him the letter that an official Gringotts owl brought him.

"May I go?" Harry questioned the man as he stood straight in front of the desk.

"Of course you may Harry." Albus said with a smile before turning to Lucius. "Lucius, do you think you could accompany Harry to Gringotts? I think that he may need your expertise on this."

"On what if I may ask?" Lucius questioned with an arched brow.

"Due to me being in the Tri-Wizard Tournament the Ministry has declared me an adult." Harry said when Albus looked at him to have him explain. "And because of that I need to go to Gringotts and collect my inheritances and everything else that I need."

"Ah... Of course I'll go." Lucius murmured softly. "When would you like to leave?"

"Preferably now." Harry said with a wince. "I'd rather have the protection of my families in Hogwarts at the moment then walk around without any protection whatsoever." He shook his head, his eyes slipping close.

"How are you holding up Harry?" Albus frowned, waving a hand at Severus when the man opened his mouth to probably say something scathing.

"How do you think I am holding up, Grandpa?" Harry questioned with a snort. "My friends abandoned me, Gryffindor house, apart from the Quidditch Team, are shunning me, the Slytherins are being worse then before, the Ravenclaws are neutral towards me, the Hufflepuff's are down right scathing... The only respite I get is when I come up here to talk to Phineas or you, when I'm with Viktor in the Durmstrang ship, when I'm with Fleur in the Beauxbaton carriages or when I'm down in the chamber of secrets."

"I'm sorry Harry." Albus sighed, shaking his head sadly.

"It's okay." Harry smiled. "And that's why I want to go and get all this sorted. At least with my family rings I will be protected."

"That is true." The aged headmaster stared at Harry before leaning back and waving the boy towards the floo in the office. "Go ahead and floo to the Leaky Cauldron I'll send Lucius right along after I have a few words with him."

"Okay." Harry smiled as headed towards the floo. Grabbing a handful of floo powder he threw it down in the fireplace while calling out "Leaky Cauldron, Diagon Alley!".

As soon as the spinning sensation stopped, the teen stepped out and move towards one of the empty tables to await the blond haired male.


The three men watched Harry disappear before Albus collapsed in his chair and sighed, rubbing his face with a hand.

"Poor boy..." The elder man murmured softly.

"Poor boy?" Severus sneered. "I think not. He's probably cheering and jumping around inside at the fact that he can finally be an adult. Just like James."

"Severus!" Albus finally snapped at the Potion's Master, getting tired of the constant scathing and downright nasty remarks about the boy. "I've had enough! You will cease your remarks about that boy this instant! He did nothing to warrant such attitude from you."

Severus blinked shocked eyes, his mouth opening and closing in shock at the words from the elder male.

Albus ignored the shocked Potion's Master before turning to Lucius.

"When you finish with Harry at Gringotts could you please take him to St Mungo's?" Albus asked. "Have them do a full check up of the boy."

"Of course." Lucius nodded. "May I ask why?"

"I want to know what sort of damage the Dursley's did to him." Albus said.

Lucius' eyes narrowed at that before he nodded his head.

"I'll have them do a full check up. Don't worry." He stood up from where he was sitting. "Now I better go before the boy gets worried."

With that the man flooed out of the office.


Harry worried his lower lip as he stared at the floo, wondering when Lucius would come. He wasn't worried that the man would just leave him stranded there but he was worried that it would take long for him to get there.

He breathed a sigh of relief though when he saw the floo flare green and the aristocratic man stepped out, strolling over to Harry with a small smile upon his lips.

"Are we ready to go Mr Potter?" Lucius questioned.

"Please, call me Harry." The raven-haired teen said as he stood up, nodding his head. "Mr Potter makes me feel like Snape is going to hand me detention for no reason whatsoever."

Lucius' lips quirked at that and he just shook his head. His friend really was a stupid man to think that it was Harry's fault everything happened in his past.

"Come along then Harry, we don't want to keep the goblins waiting and we don't know how long we'll be there." Lucius said as he led the way out of the pub. "I was also told to take you to St Mungo's. Albus asked for a full check up to be done on you."

Harry just nodded his head and followed the man out, his brows furrowed.

It didn't take them long to get to Gringotts nor did it take them long to be led to the office of Grugrass.

"Mr Potter," The goblin behind the desk in the office nodded his head. "Lord Malfoy. Welcome. I'm Gurgrass, the Potter family Account Manager."

"It's nice to meet you Gurgrass." Harry bowed his head in greeting, smiling sheepishly when a shocked look was sent his way by the goblin though the sheepish look quickly turned into a pout when the goblin chuckled.

"And you as well Mr Potter. Please sit down." Gurgrass peered at the teen. "Are you fine letting Lord Malfoy sitting in on this meeting?"

"I am." Harry nodded his head. "I have only been in the Wizarding World for four years. I do not know much about anything. I'd rather have someone with me who knows what they are on about then being ignorant."

"Okay." Gurgrass nodded his head before pushing over a piece of crisp white parchment and a golden ceremonial dagger. "If you could please prick your thumb and let five drops of blood to drip on the paper then we can begin."

Harry nodded his head and took the dagger, pricking his thumb without even as much as a flinch before letting five drops of blood to drip onto the paper. Sucking the thumb into his mouth, he watched, pretty fascinated as the blood was absorbed into the paper before letters began to appear.


Name: Harrison James Potter

Born: 31st July, 1980

Age: 14

Mother: Lillian Marie Potter nee Evans (Dead)

Father: James Charles Potter (Dead)

Godfather: Sirius Black, alive

Godfather: Severus Snape, alive

Godmother: Alice Longbottom, alive, Permanant resident of Janus Thickney Ward in St Mungos

Godmother: Narcissa Malfoy nee Black, alive

Sibling: N/A

Due to Inherit: Potter, Gryffindor, Peverell, Ravenclaw, Moran, Black

Creature: Dark Veela

Magical abilities: Double Animagus (blocked due to Horcrux), Occulumency (blocked due to Horcrux), Liglemency (blocked due to Horcrux), Parsletongue (unlocked), Accelerated Healing (blocked due to Horcrux), Magic Sight (blocked due to Horcrux)

Other: Horcrux


"Umm... What is a Horcrux?" Harry asked, blinking shocked eyes when he recieved two sharp inhales from the goblin and Lucius.

The goblin snatched the paper off the table before swearing quite beautifully in Gobbledegook.

"I will have to call in one of our Curse Breakers to take care of that Horcrux in you Mr Potter." Gurgrass said, his eyes narrowed. "Please wait here for a moment while I go and see which one of them is available at the moment."

As soon as the Goblin left Harry turned wide eyes onto Lucius.

"Mr Malfoy? What is a horcrux?" Harry questioned.

"...A Horcrux is a very nasty piece of very, very dark Magic Harry." Lucius lectured the teen. "It is a piece of a soul that has been ripped in half from the original and has been placed in something. It seems that this is how the Dark Lord has survived."

"A piece of soul you say?" Harry's eyes narrowed before they widened. "The Diary!" He breathed out, horrified. "That diary that Ginny had... That... That was his horcrux as well."

"Yes." Lucius nodded his head. "I was hoping that after I had given it to the girl she would've handed it to her father or gave it to Dumbledore however I certainly did not except her to start writing to it."

Harry leaned back in his chair before jumping when the door opened and the goblin walked in with a very familiar red-head.

"Bill!" The raven-haired fourteen year old jumped out of his chair and tackled the red-head who hoisted him up into his arms.

"'Ello Harry." Bill smiled at the short teen, walking further into the room. "Gurgrass was just telling me that you need my help. What for?"

"...Umm..." Harry bit his lip and looked at both the goblin and Lucius. "I... I have a Horcrux in me. C-Can you do anything?"

Bill's eyes widened before he collapsed in the chair, turning Harry so that he was sat straddling his lap and his eyes focused on the scar on Harry's forehead.

"I want you to relax Harry." Bill instructed as he held onto the teen. "This might startled you a bit as I will be letting a sliver of my magic latch onto yours so that I may find out where the parasite is hiding."

"Okay." Harry nodded his head before relaxing in the red-head's lap, wondering how this would work.

When he felt the foreign magic try to latch onto his own he instantly knew it was Bill and coaxed his own magic to take a hold of Bill's.

Unknown to the raven haired teen, the three occupants of the room were watching him with wide eyes as slowly Harry's own magic started appearing.

"That's it Harry." Bill murmured. "Now let my magic do the work. You just stay relaxed."

With that said the raven-haired slouched and giggled slightly as he felt Bill's magic move through his, searching for the Horcrux.

It was no more then five minutes later before the magic disappeared and Harry's magic gave off a disappointed air before it was pulled back into the raven-haired teen.

The teen opened his eyes and stared at Bill with a tilt of his head.

"Well, the good news is that the Horcrux has not latched onto Harry's magic or his soul." Bill said. "The bad news is that the horcrux is in actual fact a piece of debris that has been stuck in Harry's forehead for the past thirteen years. I can get it out but it will hurt as I will have to cut open the lighting bolt scar."

"I'm fine with that." Harry said. "I have pretty high tolerance of pain." He grinned at the red-head, making Bill let out an amused snort.

"Would you like me to do it now or after you have finished your business?" Bill questioned with a quirk of his brow.

"After." Gurgrass said. "I'd rather have young Harry focused."

"Got it." Bill stood up, with Harry still in his arms before letting the raven-haired down. "Please call me when you are finished."

With that the red-head left with a bow of his head and Harry sat back down in his seat, a pout on his lips though it quickly disappeared.

"Where were we?"

With that the two other occupants of the room chuckled.

Trust Harry to do a complete emotion change in a matter of seconds.


A/N: Okay, here is the second story idea I have. It's probably been done many times and is quite probably over-rated but oh well... *shrugs* Anyway, tell me if you like it or not... I'll see how it goes and then I'll think about whether to write the full story.