July 31st 1991, Gjirokastra, Albania
Quirinus Quirrell was angry he had been following all the clues he could find in hopes of finding the elusive Lord Voldemort. Now he was staring out a window looking down at the streets of Gjirokastra when he noted a shade moving just on the outskirts of the light and darkness. He was so caught up in watching he did not when someone enter the room.
"Good evening Mr. Quirrell. I do hope you are not going to be a problem." Said the deep voice. Quirrell spun to attack the intruder only to find himself petrified and bound before the figure walked over and removed his wand. "Now that we have this problem taken care of why don't we sit down and have a little chat." the man told him as he took a seat. Quirinus decided that he would so as told and sat down once he was released from the spell. He was stunned as he saw the shade slide into the room and knew he was in more trouble then he had originally thought.
"Greetings half breed, I hear you have been searching for me." The shade shrilled sending tremors down Quirinus's spin.
"Y Ye Yes, I have been l l lo looking f for th th the o o one c called Vo Vo Voldemort." Quirinus stuttered in fear.
"Are you an idiot? I mean you can't be such a stuttering fool if you teach at Hogwarts. Yes I know who you are, you are going to be my way of getting inside of Hogwarts this year. That fool Dumbledore has something in his possession I want and I want to get my hands on the one who did this to me this year." The shade whispered.
"I am not one of your death eaters, I will not be part of that evil." Quirinus stated firmly.
"Oh you think it is the battle between good and evil do you. Such a worthless thing. There is no good and evil there is only power and those who take it. You would be surprised to hear what you precious headmaster has done in the name of power. He has taken a small baby and made him the most known figure in history for surviving an attack. Yet no one has ever seen him. I wonder what happened to the boy since our last encounter. I mean if he beat me why is he not around for everyone to see. I will tell you why. He is hidden so that Dumbledore can hide him and bring him out when he is ready for him to die the proper death." Tom ranted.
"What are you talking about? Harry Potter is being trained and has done a lot of things already." Quirinus said in a quiet voice.
"Ah yes being trained and doe things even before being seen. And yet no one knows what he looks like. Has it not entered your little mind that you all are being lied to?" Questions Tom.
"Why?" was all Quirinus could think to ask.
"Why not? Look at me, I am a by product of the old fools meddling. He never listened to me when I was at that blasted school. Never helped me out of thought I might need some type of comfort or love. Such pitiful things there are. I am a result of the old fool and I will make him pay for it right after I get rid of the brat. Yes I will kill Harry Potter, but only I can do it. You will help me get sorcerers Stone and then I will be truly immortal and I will have my body back so that I can kill the both of them and rule the world. I will teach the muggles how to show proper respect for Wizards." Tom yelled.
"I I I th Thin wi will b b be g g going n n now." Quirinus said as he tried to stand up. He realized that he was way over his head and should have never come here in the first place. He was not even aware that the shade had slide over behind him and was stunned when he felt a presence enter his mind. He fought to maintain himself, but could feel himself losing the battle. He closed door after door as he retreated deeper and deeper into his mind hoping that one of his traps wold work and stop Tom from taking over his body. After twenty minutes Quirinus Quirrell was no longer in control of his own body and for all practical reasons died in Albania. The told man stood up after her realized that his master had taken control of the weakling and walked out the door.
It took Tom several hours before he was able to fully control Quirinus's body. Once he was able to move around comfortably he began to work on his plans to get his hands on the sorcerers stone. He knew that from what information had been gathered that Nicholas Flammel had given the stone to Dumbledore for some reason. He thought this was strange as he had never heard of the Flammels ever giving something so precious to another as it was able to produce gold from lead and make the elixir of life that kept the two alive.
July 31st 1991, Tonks Home Scottish Marshlands Scotland
Back in Great Britain in the Scottish marshlands, three women were in the process of getting even with one Harry James Potter. His last prank had them colored purple for the better part of six hours and they still did not know how it happened. Nymphadora (Just call my Tonks) Tonks slowly opened Harry's bedroom door and peeked in to see if he was still out and smiled as she nodded her head to her two accomplices. Three wands appeared in the doorway as they each started their separate incantations. Just as they finished the bathroom door opened and Harry stepped out and smiled as the three women turned to look at him.
"Good morning Dora, Cissy and Aunt Andi. What are you all up to?" He asked with an innocent smile on his face. When they heard a scream they all turned back to see their handy work take hold of the other man in the house. Harry started laughing and ran for everything he had as the women turned on him and started firing tickling hexes at him. Del was waiting at the bottom of the stairs with a brand new Nimbus 2000 broom as he watched his young charge fly down the stairs before handing it off then laughed as his young charge ran out the door and immediately mounted his broom and sped off. Snapping his fingers he disappeared with a small crack. The women could not help but laugh as Sirius Orion Black came flying out of the bedroom looking like a cross between and female elf and goblin with pink skin and a message written on his face that stated 'I LOST'.
"You did this? How could you? I thought we had a truce between us. I mean come on I have not pranked any of you in months." He asked in a dejected squeaky voice.
"Umm Cousin, I think we all got pranked this time and the enemy has fled the area." Gasped out Narcissa Black in between laughing spells. Once everyone was under control once again they tried to reverse the spells unsuccessfully only to start laughing again when they realized that the spells had been tampered with. Sirius was not a happy camper as he knew that he was stuck for several hours looking the way he did and started mumbling about pay back.
July 31st 1991, Hogwarts Castle, Hogsmead Scotland
At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Minerva McGonagall was going over letters to the new students when she came across the one name she had worried about for the past ten years. She happily put everything together before noting that there was no address on the envelope and decided to take it to Albus Dumbledore to see what was the meaning of this when a strange feeling came over her. She could not figure out what was wrong but knew that she had to keep this a secret for now and just slide the letter in along with the list for first year students. Sealing it she tied it to the leg of her personal owl before watching the owl leave out the window then went back to taking care of the rest of the list. By time she was done she had completely forgotten about the letter to Harry Potter and moved on to eat lunch.
"Ah Minerva, just coming to see how things are going for the new students this year. Everything in order?" He asked with a twinkle in his eyes.
"Yes Albus, Why ever would you think there was a problem? All the letters are on there way and I have spoken with a few other professors to set up Muggle born orientation at Diagon Alley already." She informed Albus. He nodded his head and looked at her a moment as if waiting for something as she turned away from him and headed to the great hall to get something to eat. He seemed to smile as she walked away when he realized that she was never going to break his memory charm making her forget she belonged to Harry Potter as decreed in his grandfathers will. Now all he had to do was keep the brat at his abusive relatives house and hope for the best.
July 31st 1991, 12 Grimmauld Place London England
At 12 Grimmauld Place Bellatrix Black was preparing for a special day, she was finally going to end her servitude to that bastard Voldemort. She ha been proven innocent in front of the entire Wizengamont and paid restitution to the Longbottom family in the only way she could. It had been a hard four years but she had persevered and now she would take the last step towards being free of the taint of death eaters. She looked around her room and smiled at happier days when she was always getting in trouble for her rebellious ways. She had researched the oath she would need to take in order to lose her freedom and also remove the taint of the death eaters on her left arm. Nothing else had worked and from what everyone said it was a link to other death eaters and the Dark Lord. With this knowledge firmly in place she stepped before the fire place and grabbed a pinch of floo powder and tossed it in.
"Andi's retreat." She called out as the green flamed blazed before she stepped through and traveled to her older sisters house. She stepped out and smiled at the room as she felt the love in the house. She also heard the laughter coming from upstairs as she saw the dart of Harry flying out of the house and smiled deeply.
"Hello? Where is everyone?" She called out. She was surprised when Cissy came flying down the stairs and wrapped her arms around her before giving her a quick kiss.
"Hey Bella, want to help us capture a wayward boy?" Cissy asked her with a twinkle in her eyes.
"What did he do this time?" She asked as she shock her head.
"Oh no you have got to see this." Cissy told her as she dragged her upstairs to the guest room. Upon opening the door Bella lost it and felled to the floor laughing her ass off.
"Merlin's tits I knew that would work but damn I thought you all were going after Harry." She cried out in laughter. The three women just looked at Bella as she flopped around on the floor while Sirius just stood there stunned.
"You did this? How in the world did you come up with this?" He asked.
"Oh it is just a modification of the spell you taught Harry last month. You know the one that turns skin purple." She said as she gaped for air. She did not notice the chill that settled in the air as the three women looked at Sirius.
"So Bella, are you telling me that Sirius has been helping my lovely little Harry with pranks aimed at us?" Andi asked in a sweet voice while she stared straight at Sirius. He gulped as he realized that he was in deep trouble and tried to figure out the best way to escape would be before he felt the ropes binding him.
"Oh sure, you know if it wasn't for all of you starting this prank war he would have never learned half the things he has pulled." She replied and then realized what she said ad apparated out as quickly as she could. She heard the screams from upstairs as she popped outside and ran towards the quidditch pitch and grabbed a broom to fly around with Harry a bit while the others figured out what they were going to do.
Harry and Bella flew around and played with the snitch and quaffle for several hours before they headed back to the house.
"Hey Bella, can I ask a question?" Harry asked in a contemplative voice.
"Sure Harry what you want to know?" She asked
"Why don't I ever get to meet other kids my age?" He asked plainly after thinking a few minutes.
'Ah..well..you see the problem is that you are in hiding. You remember us telling you about your parents and their death?" She asked to which Harry nodded his head. "Well see the problem is that there are a lot of death eaters lose still and they want you dead so that when their master returns he will be pleased with them. Plus the Headmaster at Hogwarts would try to take you away from us if he ever knew you were free from your relatives house. I know you still have nightmares about how they treated you and we have been very busy teaching you everything we know so that when you show up you can be as safe as possible. The good thing is that you are the same as Nymphadora and can change your appearance so that will hide a lot of your bulk. You should also remember that we have to get you into Gringotts quietly so no one knows you are there until after we get your family stuff settled." She continued to explain as they entered the house.
"Harry? I need you to come into the parlor please." Sirius called out. Harry knew it was serious as he heard the tone of voice from Sirius very rarely in the last five years.
"Coming." Harry called out as he headed that way. Bella followed him and was surprised at what she found upon entering. Everyone was dressed in formal robes and stood around Sirius.
"What I going on Sirius?" Harry asked in a concerned voice.
"Harry, we have tried numerous ways to get information released about you and have been blocked at every turn. This has created a problem for us until recently when Cissy found an ancient right of inheritance. As a result we are going to do that right now so that we can accomplish several things today." Sirius said in a firm voice. Harry just nodded his head s he looked at everyone. Bella had moved to stand next to the adults and Nymphadora and looked at him.
"Harry, I found this in a very old law book and realized this was the answer to our troubles. All you have to do is pull your wand out and say what is on this parchment." Cissy said as she passed the parchment over to him. Harry nodded his head and took the parchment and read it a few times to make sure he knew what to say before he pulled out his wand and held it out in front of him pointed at the ceiling.
"I, Hadrian James Potter, being the last surviving member of the Most Ancient and Most Noble house of Potter do hereby except my inheritance through blood, conquest, written agreement and vows of Life debts. So Mote it be." He said in a solemn voice. He felt kinda weird once he finished the proclamation as he felt something break within him and felt like he was warm all over before it kept getting hotter until finally he felt like his body was going to explode. He did not see the golden aura that surrounded him. As his eyes rolled up in his head a burst of magic exploded from his body and threw everyone in the room against the walls as it traveled outwards throughout Great Britain.
Poppy Pomfrey was having tea with her best friend Minerva McGonagall when they felt a wave of pure magic course through each of them releasing the memory charm placed on them. With a flash of light Minerva felt a weight she had not felt in may years since her Master had passed away. She was stunned and began to cry as Poppy rushed to her side and hugged her tightly.
"Do you know where he is Minerva?" Poppy asked in a quiet voice.
"Yes, will you come with me?" Minerva asked.
"You know I will my friend. We have been friend a very long time and I would never leave you aloe like this." Poppy whispered to her as she stroked Minerva's hair.