Chapter 3
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Diagon Alley, July 18, 1976.
Harry started and turned in shock. Sure enough, it was his mother. And there was James (he refused to call him father) accosting her. Lupin was absent again but Sirius and Peter were flanking him. Harry smirked imagining what would happen if he knew that his son was standing a few feet from him.
Harry then turned to his mother to study her. Maybe he was biased but she was perfect. She was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Her lustrous red hair fell in waves past her shoulder. She had a sharp and slightly aristocratic nose. Her lips had curved in annoyance but somehow even that made her look cute. She had a willowy, hourglass figure with slender legs that most girls would kill for.
But the feature that immediately caught his eye was her facsimile, his own emerald eyes. They shone with fervor and, Harry realized with a start, hatred as she looked at James. Her eyes were narrowed as she looked at him. It was clear that given the choice she would be anywhere but near him.
"What do you want?" Lily asked in annoyance.
"Lily Flower! Why do you always try to avoid me? Come on give me a chance. I will prove to you I am not as bad as you think."
"You are an arrogant toerag and stuck up pureblood. Others might be fooled by your demeanor but I won't be. And don't even think of asking me out on a date. I would rather go out with the giant squid."
"I know you are still upset over the incident during the OWLs but that was just an isolated incident. Seriously he deserved it." James said earnestly.
"No one deserves that shit, Potter. You just proved what I said. You don't care about others feelings. You only care about your own selfish desires. According to you other people exist just to amuse you. I am fed up with you. If you don't stop bothering me, I'll take it to the authorities. You won't like it. I mean it."
"Lily, I think you are acting irrationally. James honestly likes you a lot. Why don't you believe him?" said Sirius.
"Well, I don't. Haven't I made myself clear enough to you fools? What will it take for you to stop bothering me?"
"A Date." James suggested.
"Argh." Lily cried out in frustration.
Harry checked if his glamour was in place and moved towards them.
"Excuse me. But are these guys bothering you?"
Four heads swiveled towards him in surprise. James' eyes tightened perceptibly as he looked at Harry. "What's it to you. We are her classmates. And you mind your own business."
"Oh! I didn't know you were her friends. I was under the impression that you were accosting her." Harry said with a straight face. Sirius' hand twitched towards his pocket while James' face hardened. "What a bunch of pricks." Harry thought.
"They are indeed accosting me and they are most certainly not my friends." Lily said glaring at them.
"Please. It is rude to act in such a manner. It is unfitting for wizards of your standard." Said Harry calmly, trying to adopt Dumbledore's grandfatherly voice.
"You mind your business and get lost if you don't want to get cursed." Sirius snarled. He was always hotheaded.
"I really can't walk away abandoning the fair maiden. Can I?" Lily blushed at his comment. He ignored them and turned to Lily. "Do you wish for me to escort you, milady" Harry said with an exaggerated flourish.
Lily giggled at his antics. "Really, it's not a problem. I can take care of myself."
"I am sure you can take care of yourself." Harry said, switching to normal speech. "I came to the alley alone and would like some company, unless you are uncertain about me."
Lily thought for a second and said, "Yes, sir Honorable Knight, I would be delighted to be escorted by you. By the way, my name is Lily Evans." She offered her hand to shake.
"Pleased to meet you. I am William Blake." Harry said the first name that came to his mind. He cursed himself for not thinking of a name before. As he raised his hand, he sensed a movement behind him. With incredible agility, he pulled his wand from his robe pocket and shouted Protego. A curse hit his shield with a gong and was reflected back. By now Lily had her wand aimed at the marauders too. The curse missed Sirius, who most likely cast the curse, by mere inches.
"It's cowardly to attack a man's back. You guys are worse than I thought. Cowards!" Harry said furiously.
James bristled at his words and raised his wand. "That one was a freebie. The next time, I will start cursing back. You won't like it." Harry said in an ominous tone.
"And don't forget me. I know more curses than either of you. Think before you do anything." Lily said equally furious.
The groups glared at each other for a while before the marauders turned and left but not without scorching glares that promised retaliation. Harry hoped they would act soon, so he could teach them a lesson in humility.
"Argh! I can't believe them. Just when I think they can't get any worse they just prove me wrong. Arrogant bastards!" Lily exclaimed before looking shocked at her own language.
Harry chuckled and asked "Just who are they?"
"The arrogant prat who cursed you was Sirius Black. The sniveling rat-like fool was Peter Pettigrew. The other guy who was too full of himself was James Potter. They call themselves the marauders. They have another friend called Remus Lupin, though he's a much nicer guy that these idiots."
"You seem to know quite a bit about them." Harry pointed out knowing that he was lying through his teeth.
"All of us are sixth years at Hogwarts. They are Gryffindors and I am a Ravenclaw." Lily said.
Harry nodded in reply. "By the way, where do you go to school? I have never seen you at Hogwarts." Lily asked.
"I never went to any school. I was taught by private tutors. If I went to school I suppose I would be in my sixth year at Hogwarts." Harry delivered a perfectly fabricated lie.
Lily nodded at him and asked him, "I have never heard of any Blake family before. Are you muggle-born perchance?"
"I am a half-blood. My mother was a muggle-born just like you."
"How did you know I was a muggle-born? I never said anything about it." Lily said sharply suddenly on guard.
Harry cursed himself for his slip. He tried to think of an excuse but couldn't come up with anything. So he decided to go with the partial truth.
"Well, actually this is not the first time I have met them. A few days back I was sitting in the leaky cauldron when they were talking about a mudblood named Lily." Harry raised his hands defensively as he saw she was about to give a sharp retort. "Their choice of words, not mine."
Lily growled in anger but still looked at him in suspicion.
Harry knowing she needed more to trust him decided to tell her the entire conversation. After all she had to know it to protect herself. "Actually I had an ulterior motive to approach you. I thought you might be the girl they were talking about. I wanted to warn you about the conversation I overheard."
Lily looked at him with a calculating expression and nodded at him to continue.
"They were discussing about a love potion that James wanted to give to you." Lily drew a sharp breath. "Apparently Dumbledore made it. It would make you completely devoted to James. Though I gathered it won't affect your senses as he needed a trophy wife to stand by him."
Lily gritted her teeth and ground out "Dumbledore! Why would he want to help the prat?"
"Maybe because he belongs to a powerful pureblood family. Or maybe because they are related. Who knows?"
"Why should I believe you? For all I know you could be a deatheater in disguise."
"I have no reason to lie to you. I just wanted to help you. I could never turn my back and ignore anyone in your situation."
"Well, forgive me if I don't believe you."
Harry nodded understanding her predicament. "I hereby swear on my magic everything I said to Lily Evans about the conversation is true." He intoned. "There do you believe me now?"
Lily nodded with wide eyes then her face softened. "You didn't have to do that. A pensieve memory would have sufficed."
"Well, I don't have a pensieve at hand and I wanted you to trust me. That was the quickest way I could think of."
Lily tilted her head to one side and asked "Why is my trust so important to you?"
"I don't know. I just felt this inexplicable connection to you. I just wanted you to trust me."
Lily curved her lips in an angelic smile and asked, "Is that your best pickup line?"
Harry blushed at her words. Lily let out a throaty laugh at his response. "Thanks a lot for mentioning it to me. I will be on the lookout from now on. Also it looks like my opinion of Dumbledore was correct. I always felt he hid his true self behind the kindly grandfather image he portrays."
"Power corrupts." Harry said with a shrug.
Lily nodded at that. "Now enough morbid talk. You said you were going to escort me. So shall we, my Knight in shining armor?"
"Definitely, milady." Harry said as he held out his hand to her.
As they walked, arm in arm, down the alley, Lily pulled him towards an ice-cream parlor. "Have you ever tasted the Banana Fudge here? It's heavenly."
Harry took her advice and ordered the same. Lily was right. It was heavenly. The ice-cream melted in his mouth. He took a careful look at lily as she ate. She looked so carefree and full of life. It felt great to finally see his mom. But it bothered him that what he felt for her wasn't like how a son would. He felt attracted to Lily in more of a romantic way. He would need to be careful of that.
Lily saw him looking at her and arched an elegant eyebrow. "Are you checking me out Mr. Blake?"
Harry flushed and stuttered in response. Lily let out a chuckle and said "William, you are too easy to tease."
"Well, blame my upbringing for that. I never had a lot of exposure to the opposite sex. In fact this is my second date. My first one was an absolute disaster."
"Oooh! Is this is a date, William? I don't recall you asking me out." Lily said teasingly.
Harry blushed and stuttered, "I… I meant… Oh! Crap. Shoot me and put me out of this misery."
Lily couldn't control her chuckles. Finally controlling her chuckles she smiled at him. She laid her hand on his and said "Relax William. If you want to make this a date, I am all for it."
Harry smiled and said, "I would like that." Lily beamed at him in response.
"What the fuck am I thinking? This is my mother. I can't go out on a date with her. This is wrong on so many levels." A voice shouted in his head. "No. She is not your mother. Your mother died fifteen years ago. This is just a beautiful girl you are attracted to. Give it a try." Another voice said. Both voices started arguing inside his head. Harry took calming breaths and concentrated to banish the voices.
"By the way call me Harry. That's what my friends call me. Besides William seems a mouthful. It's William Harry Blake." Harry explained at her questioning look.
"So, what do you learn from your private tutors." Lily asked.
"They cover a variety of subjects from Charms to mind arts. But I seem to have a penchant towards Defense and Mind arts. What about you? Which is your favorite subject?"
"I am really good at potions though my favorite is Charms. I plan to become a charms researcher for the ministry. So what are your plans?"
"I was thinking of an auror. Also my tutors think it would be better for me to attend school for the next two years."
"Oh! That would be great. I hope if you come to Hogwarts, you will be in Ravenclaw."
"As long as I am not in Gryffindor." Harry said.
Lily chuckled at that and said, "I can't wait to introduce you to my friend Marlene. She will whip you into shape and bring you out of your shell. She can be such a tease." Lily said with a giggle.
Harry flushed and asked her, "Did you come to get your school supplies?"
Lily shook her head. "I haven't got my OWL scores yet. So I don't know what books to get. I came to pick up some books at Flourish and Blotts. What about you?"
Reckoning he had lied too much already, Harry decided to tell the truth. "I came up against a ritual that revealed a person's innate abilities. I needed some ingredients to make a potion for it."
Lily's eyes widened at that. "That sounds mighty useful. Can I perform the ritual too?"
Harry thought for a second. "I think so. The ingredients are pretty rare to get. In fact some of them can be bought only in Knockturn alley. I came here to buy them. But there are no negative side-effects according to the book."
Lily nodded at him and said, "When can we perform the ritual?"
Harry shrugged and said, "Anytime we want. It's not a big deal. It doesn't require any ritual circles nor does it produce any flashy effects. It just involves us drinking the potion and dropping a few drops of blood on a parchment. It's basic as far as rituals go."
Lily nodded and asked, "So now you are headed to Knockturn alley." Harry nodded. "It's pretty late. I think I'll leave home. I will floo from the Leaky Cauldron."
Harry stood up as Lily rose. "We will do the ritual day-after tomorrow if you want. I am sure we can get a room in Leaky cauldron to perform the ritual."
Lily's eyebrows rose. "Don't you think we are moving too fast?"
Harry sputtered in response. Lily laughed at him and rose on her tiptoes to kiss him on the lips. "See you on Tuesday." She called out and left waving him.
Harry for his part could only wave back at her numbly. He couldn't believe he had kissed his mother. Well, she had kissed him but that didn't change the fact. She is not my mother, he argued with himself. He shook his head and walked to wards Knockturn alley.
Merlin Manor, July 18, 1976.
Harry arrived in the entrance hall. He took the ingredients and left them in the potions lab. He found Bella in the sitting room. She was lounged on the sofa reading the prophet. He scowled at the hated newspaper.
He had found about the state of the war from Bella. Voldemort was currently targeting the muggle-borns and some selected half-bloods. The ministry which was filled bigoted purebloods refused to waste resources on an apparently minor threat. Harry's blood boiled at the blatant bigotry. He would show them.
Bella upon noticing him scooted over to make room for him. She kissed him on the lips fully before snuggling into his side. Harry thought he enjoyed the physical affection part very much. He was new to this but reckoned he could get used to this.
"Did you get all the ingredients?"
Harry nodded and told her about meeting Lily in the alley. Bellatrix said "Harry, you need to stop worrying about how you feel about Lily. Remember, this is not your timeline. She is not your mother. She is just a girl your age."
Harry looked at her in surprise. "You wondering how I knew about that?" Bella asked. Harry nodded. "Harry, we are bonded remember? I would be sorely disappointed if you forget about it considering the process involved. For my part, the sex was bloody brilliant." Bella said as she licked her lips seductively.
Harry blushed and asked, "Why do all the women keep teasing me?" Bella let out a laugh in response.
Then she turned serious. 'I set up a meeting with Cissy and Alex. I asked them to come to the shrieking shack tomorrow morning. I told them that I had instructions to deliver from the dark… sorry, Voldemort."
Harry nodded at that and said, "Prepare the potions for the rituals. You will perform the ritual along with the new recruits once we bond them. I promised to perform the ritual with Lily."
Bella nodded in response. "All right, I will do so." Harry stood up. "I am bit tired. I will turn in. See you in the morning." Harry bid Bella good night.
"Damn it. I was looking for some nice shagging tonight." Bella said softly but not soft enough that Harry couldn't hear. Harry chuckled and said "Later Bella, later." and went upstairs.
Shrieking Shack, July 19, 1976
Harry and Bella were waiting for the two female deatheaters to show up. Harry asked Bella "What do you know about these two?"
"Well, I was closer to Cissy than Andy when I was young, well as close as we can be as a Black I guess. Cissy was always the brilliant one of the three of us. Of course, as Blacks we were expected to be the top of the class. Cissy is also an expert in politics. She knows how to outmaneuver even the most manipulative of people. That is why I think she will be an excellent asset for us. But in spite of her brilliance, she always needs someone to look up to. She can never be independent on her own.
"As for Alex, I have known her since childhood. She's a year younger than me. Well, she can be a handful at times. She's perhaps the most powerful witch on the dark side. She is not as brilliant as the black sisters but her knowledge of the dark arts is unparalleled by anyone but Voldemort himself."
Harry nodded thoughtfully. "Yes. I can see how useful they would be to our cause."
Just then, they heard a two popping sounds a little away from them. Bellatrix silently made her way to the opposite side of the woods and then made her presence known to them. Alex noticed Bella and started walking towards her as Cissy followed her.
"Bella, I haven't seen you in a while. You had another of your escapades, didn't you?" asked Narcissa in a slightly disapproving tone.
Bella shrugged and said, "Well, we all have our failings. Mine is that I can't sit still for a long time. I am trying to learn patience."
"Well, I hope the dark lord doesn't mind your escapades." Alexis said.
"If he did he would have made me realize it quite painfully"
As the women were talking, Harry slunk behind them silently and aimed his wand at Alexis and cried Stupefy. The women turned quickly in his direction. But caught by surprise, Alexis was hit directly by the stunner. Narcissa raised her wand to curse Harry. But she fell to a stunner from Bella. Harry incarcerated both of them as Bella made portkey to the manner. Both of them grabbed the unconscious deatheaters and portkeyed to the manor.
Merlin Manor, July 19, 1976.
Harry levitated the two women to his bedroom and laid them on the floor. He nodded to Bellatrix and asked her to take care of Alexis while he enervated Narcissa. Narcissa woke up slowly and looked about wildly. Then she noticed the two standing before her.
"What are playing at, Bella?" she snarled viciously.
"All will be revealed shortly." Bella said calmly and motioned to Harry. Narcissa guessing, partially, what would happen to her began to struggle. Harry grabbed her chin and forced her to look at his eyes and cast Implimens. He could feel the familiar link forming. Soon he pulled out of her mind to find that she had stopped struggling. Warning Bellatrix to be on guard, he removed her bindings and held out his hand. As she took it, he guided her towards his king sized bed.
While Bella was an attractive woman, her muscles were hard and it was obvious that she was athletic. But Narcissa was a beauty in the classical sense. Her blond hair fell down to her shoulders and framed a very attractive face. Her lips were parted slightly as she looked at him with desire having guessed what he wanted.
Harry had discovered earlier that he could feel what his partner wanted from him while making love due to the bond. As tenuous as the link was, he could feel her desire. He pulled her to him and kissed her passionately. His lips moved and slowly traced her jaw line. Feeling particularly impatient, he banished her clothes. She gasped at the sudden feel of cold air on her body. He made her lie down on the bed and tied her wrists to the bedpost. He then summoned a quill from his desk.
He banished his clothes and started running the feather lightly, down her body. He slowly slid the feather down her neck and towards her cleavage. She shivered at the sensations she was feeling. He slid the feather in circles around her breast, gradually reducing the circle until he was circling her nipple. All the while he played with her other nipple pinching and twisting it. She gasped at the sensations and writhed in sweet agony.
He slowly slid the feather down her tummy and circled her belly button. She started to breath raggedly. He spread her legs slowly and ran the feather along her inner thighs. She started to moan uncontrollably. Then he ran the feather along her slit and started to circle her clit. She was writhing under his ministrations. "Please" she begged.
"What do you want me to do?" asked Harry calmly wanting to see the normally unflappable Narcissa lose control completely.
"I want you to fuck me. I want your seed in me. Please." Narcissa begged. Harry smiled at her words and felt her slit with his fingers. He saw that she was sopping wet with his ministrations. He moved to claim her lips in a scorching kiss as he positioned his arousal against her slit. He slowly slid into her marveling at the heat and pressure he felt as her wetness enveloped him. She gasped at the sensation as she wrapped her legs around his waist trying to bring him closer. Harry started pumping slowly and all the while pinching and playing with her nipples.
Though she stretched to accommodate him, she was incredibly tight and he could feel himself losing control. He gritted his teeth and started pumping into her faster and faster. He angled himself and gyrated his hips trying to increase the pleasure. She gasped and writhed about indicating that she was close. He released a nipple and started to finger her clitoris. Finally, as he gave a particularly painful tug to it, she came as a scream was ripped from her throat. Her walls clenched tightly around him and he climaxed, shooting streams of semen into her.
He lay for a minute and trying to catch his breath. He then slowly raised his head and looked at his audience. He saw Alexis had woken up and was staring at them. It was clear that the woman was aroused at the sight of their lovemaking but he could also sense fear from her. The look in her eyes as it conveyed both fear and arousal made him hard again. He untied Cissy and told her to move.
He walked to Alex and took her chin in his hand and cast the Implimens spell to bind her. He then untied her and led her to his bed. Feeling too impatient he vanished her clothes and laid her down on the bed. His breath caught as he took a good look at her. She was built like a supermodel. Her body was perfectly proportioned and she looked incredibly sexy as she looked at him with lidded eyes.
He moved to cover her placing his hands at her sides. As he lay poised over her, he started kissing her. He slowly kissed his way down her body paying particular attention to her nipples. She gasped and pulled his head closer as he slightly bit a nipple. He moved down her tummy mildly blowing on her belly button causing her to shiver with pleasure.
He parted her legs and started kissing her inner thighs. Alex, feeling too impatient tried to move his head closer to his womanhood. When Harry resisted and muttered "Patience…" she growled in annoyance. Feeling he had played around enough, he licked along the length of her slit. She shuddered and bucked as she felt him nudge her clitoris with her tongue. He inserted a finger inside her as he played her clitoris with his tongue. As he added another finger into her, the pleasure was too much for her as she came violently.
Allowing no time for her to catch her breath, he slid into her swiftly causing her to catch her breath. She started breathing raggedly as he pumped into her. The cascading pleasure she felt quickly drove her over the edge and soon Harry followed as he dumped into her with a grunt. He collapsed over her breathing hard. He turned to look at Bella who was smiling at him.
She walked to him and said "Take rest. I will be down in the sitting room." As she turned and walked out of the room he rolled off Alex and pulled her to him. As he dozed off he could feel Cissy snuggling into his back as her hand snaked around his body. He dozed off feeling very content at that moment.
Harry woke up to an insistent shaking to find Bellatrix was the one waking him. "Wake up. We have quite a few things to discuss." It was then he noticed that he was the only one in bed. The other two had apparently woken up. He padded downstairs after throwing on a robe to cover his nudity.
He found the two lounged on the sofa. They rose to greet him as they noticed him. "Hello Harry. Bella has been kind enough to fill us on everything we need to know. I have to say it was quite an interesting story." Alex nodded in affirmation.
Harry smirked at the understatement. He never expected any resistance from them as the bond took care of it. Having seen the results with Bella, he was quite confident of the bond. He took a seat facing them.
"Now that Bella has you up to date on everything, I will clear any doubts you might have." Harry said.
"Well. I do have several and I know that you can't clear everything. I doubt you know the answers to those questions. But tell me, you being here definitely is going to create a paradox."
Harry thought for a moment calmly before saying "Yes, you are right. I was afraid of that for a moment. But based on my knowledge of the future so far everything is in track. No one knew if any of you had bonded, so as long as we keep it hidden we could stray from creating a paradox. The greatest challenge will be limiting my involvement with my mother to a minimum. Now that I know that my father…" He paused for a minute. "James had been such a bastard I have a hard time from killing him. The thoughts of him laying hands on my mother makes my blood boil."
"Harry! You should be careful. You can't interfere in their relationship. If you are not born, then the entire timeline would be torn apart." Bella said vehemently.
"I know Bella but I can't help how I feel. If I had known this would be the condition I might have never made the jump. It's maddening to know what will happen and unable to stop it." Bella nodded thoughtfully at that. "Besides I think I already interfered a bit."
Bella looked at him sharply. "What did you do Harry?"
"I told her that James was going to feed her a love potion."
"Oh! Harry, Why did you that? You know what is at stakes. It could destroy everything. You really need to be careful."
"Dammit, I know. But that doesn't stop me from feeling bad. I wish there was something I could do."
Cissy laid a hand on his arm. "We will think of something Harry." Harry didn't believe her but nodded in thanks for her kind words.
"Now let us look into things that need to be done immediately. I want both of you to undergo the power enhancement ritual. Then the three of you perform the talent revealing ritual. I still mean to keep my promise to Lily." He added in response to Bella's look. She nodded in response.
The three of them padded to the potions lab where Bella had brewed the necessary potions. She gave a couple of vials saying it was for the ritual he wanted to perform along with Lily. Then they disbursed to the training room.
First Harry drew the ritual circle for the boosting ritual and had the two perform it. Then Bella handed the potion for the revealing ritual to Cissy and Alex and took a vial of her own. All of them drank it and winced at the vile taste. Harry passed a parchment to each woman. They used a knife to prick their forefinger and let a drop of blood fall on the parchment. The parchment glowed and writing appeared on the parchment.
They took a look at their parchments and passed it to Harry. Harry received the parchments and glanced at Bella's parchment first.
Natural Occlumens
Animagus
Apparation
Affinity for Transfiguration
Wandless Magic
"You are a natural Occlumens. That would be bloody useful for hiding secrets. No wonder your shields got so strong in a short amount of time. Hmm... Animagus, Apparation, Affinity for Transfiguration. No surprise there. What is your Animagus form by the way?"
"I am a Hawk. I am unregistered of course."
Harry nodded. "The biggest advantage is perhaps the Wandless magic. I haven't noticed you perform it before."
"I have never been able to perform it before. I don't know how I came to acquire it suddenly." Bella replied.
"I think it is a side effect of the power boosting ritual. Both of us have it too."Alex said.
Harry looked up at her in surprise hearing that. He glanced at Cissy's parchment.
Apparation
Affinity for Healing
Empathy
Wandless Magic
He then glanced at Alex's parchment.
Apparation
Animagus
Affinity for Transfiguration
Partial Wind Elemental
Wandless magic
He looked at Alex questioningly. "What is this about an elemental?" Harry asked.
"Oh. They usually cover that in your NEWT year. No wonder you haven't heard about it. Let me explain it to you.
"You might have heard Ollivander say that your wand was suited for a particular type of magic. It is actually the user and not the wand that determines it. Since the user chooses the wand we choose a wand that is attuned to that type of magic. Every person has such an affinity. We do not know how that affinity is determined. Perhaps it is determined at birth.
"Whereas that affinity is common to all, elemental affinity is less common. A wizard may feel more comfortable using a particular elemental magic such as Wind, Air, Fire or Water. Most people possess only a partial affinity towards an element. Full elementals are much rarer and require a great deal of raw magical power."
"Is there any way to determine a person's affinity?" Harry asked.
"The person will know it instinctively. You will find it much easier to cast a particular elemental magic than another. It's not a closely guarded secret either. People make no secret of what elemental they are. And you don't need to register with the ministry either. It's a magic common to all. A non-elemental can match you in power if he trains sufficiently. You just have an easier time."
Harry nodded. "Do you know of any full elementals?"
"Well, Dumbledore is an earth elemental and Voldemort is a fire elemental. I did my schooling in Beauxbatons. One of my classmates there named Apolline Cotillard was a full water elemental."
Harry registered that information when Cissy asked, "Are you going to Apolline's wedding?"
"I don't think I will. We were close but as my ideals took a definite change we drifted apart. Besides I don't like that stuck up Delacour guy she is marrying."
Harry's head shot up at that. "What did you say his name was?"
"Delacour. Jean Delacour." Alex said.
"I knew their daughter. She was a fellow contestant in the triwizard tournament. Is your friend a part Veela?" Harry asked.
"Yes. She was a half-veela. Her Mother was a full Veela." Alex replied.
"Yeah, I remember Fleur mentioning about her grandmother being a Veela." It was then he noticed Bella's thoughtful look. "What are you thinking?"
"I just had an idea." Bella said slowly.
"What is it?" Harry asked.
Bella shook her head. "There is something I want to make sure. I will tell you when I know the result." Seeing him hesitate she added "Trust me."
Harry nodded in return and turned to the other two. "I trust you both are proficient in Occlumency." Harry asked. When they nodded in reply he said "I want your shields to be impenetrable. Learn how to project false memories to the front of your mind. Bella will work with you."
Seeing both nod he said "Notify me about Voldemort's plans immediately. We can think of a way to counteract his plans without affecting the future.
"God! When I made the jump I hoped to make everything correct. I just never suspected everything to become so completely messed up."
Cissy laid a hand on his arm to comfort him. "We will think of a way Harry. Your efforts won't go to waste." Harry nodded wearily.
Harry suddenly recalled something Sirius had mentioned. "Bella, what can you tell me about Regulus?" Harry asked.
Bella thought for a second and said "Well, He is a decently powerful wizard. Good in studies but definitely not one to lead. He was forced to join Voldemort by my mother. He's not in Dumbledore's camp either but didn't want to go along with Voldemort's mindless killing either. Why do you ask?"
"I remember Sirius telling me that he was killed my Voldemort for trying to betray him. So perhaps we could get him to join us."
"Hmm. But let us be careful. He is a very cunning fellow. He was a slytherin for a reason." Harry nodded hearing that.
"Very well Ladies, I will be in the library. Call me if you need anything."
Harry walked to the library and moved to the shelf containing books on various rituals. Harry's eyes fell on a book without a title. He had noticed it the first day itself. It seemed to draw him. Knowing that he shouldn't trust such an object, he had avoided it. But today, he felt he had to read it. He felt that it would help him a lot. He didn't know why he got that feeling but decided to trust his instincts.
He picked up the book and turned the pages. He could see that the book was full of dark rituals and spells long since forgotten. Some of them were quite nasty and vaguely resembled voodoo magic.
It was then his eyes fell upon a particular page and looking at that page, he felt like he had been hit by a lightning. His eyes roamed over the page and one could feel the wheels turning in his head as he processed the information.
"Holy Shit." His whisper was the only noise in the deathly quiet room. He quickly grabbed the book and sprinted from the library. As he left the library he failed to notice a shadow move within the depths of the library. It glanced towards the shelf were the book had been and nodded almost self-satisfied.
