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You're a Big Brother
"I have sisters. How is that possible? My parents were in hiding. I was only one when they died." Harry was confused. Surely they would have waited until he was a bit older, or until after the war, how did he have sisters? More importantly, where were they?
"Actually Mr Potter, it's quite common for young couples to conceive another child mere months after their first is born. Your sisters were born on the eleventh of August Nineteen Eighty One and were hidden with different families just one month later." Sharpclaw started to shuffle through the papers on his desk, looking for something.
"Then was my dad an only child?" Did he have anymore family that he didn't know of.
"Yes." Harry seemed to deflate "But your grandparents were in their thirties when they had him. You tend to slow down with age." Harry didn't know exactly what that meant.
"Why so old?"
"Arranged marriage. Neither family wanted it, but the Potter heir was a bit of a loose cannon. He wouldn't settle down. Your grandmother was the same, her and her twin sister. They were Blacks and your grandmother was the lucky one. Her twin married the heir of the Malfoy house. Her daughter, Celeste, married into the Lovegood house and incidentally, is the woman who took in one of your sisters. Your oldest younger sister, Lily Selene Potter, now goes by Luna Celeste Lovegood." Sharpclaw was now looking at some documents.
"And my youngest sister? Who took her in?" Harry was eager to know everything possible about his family. It was strange, knowing he actually had one, but he couldn't wait to meet his sisters and all his cousins.
"Rose Marie Potter goes by Ginevra Molly Weasley, taken in by Molly Weasley."
"How do you know all this?" He was curious. His parents had been in hiding, no one should know what happened.
"The same way I have your parents will's Mr Potter. It's my job to know. I need to know every Potter by blood and every heir to the lines, both senior and junior, so that I can distribute things accordingly in the event of a death without a will. My brothers the same, but with the Black family line. Now may I continue?" Harry had the decency to look a bit embarrassed at butting in. But Sharpclaw didn't look angry at being interrupted, nor was he impatient to get going again. He looked sad that this was how the boy was finding out. Contrary to popular belief, goblins were not heartless. They were passionate about war and violence maybe, but not cold and hard. They could feel happy and sad and love. Sure they could be a bit sadistic, but so could everyone.
"The Twins are to have accounts set up with an allowance of five thousand galleons to be topped up yearly on their birthday. On their seventeenth birthday that amount is to become fifty thousand, again to be topped up yearly, on the stipulation that they still get jobs. I gift them each their own house for when they leave Hogwarts. They are close to each other in the same small village in the north of Wales. Gringotts will have the portkeys.
Harry is to have the same conditions for his vault until he becomes head of house, when he will inherit the Potter vault, on the stipulation that until his twenty first birthday any major transactions must be verified by Gringotts and that he doesn't squander the family fortune. I also bequeath to Harry all of my journals. I leave to him two homes. Potter Cottage in Godric's Hollow and Potter Manor in the midlands. I leave him all of the Potter family heirlooms and all of the Marauder heirlooms. And I leave him a letter.
To Sirius Orion Black I leave five hundred thousand galleons and my family, look after them.
To Remus John Lupin I leave five hundred thousand galleons and a small cottage near Devon.
To Peter Paul Pettigrew I leave five hundred thousand galleons.
To the last three I leave a stipulation. That if any of them hurt or betray my family, or are branded by the Dark Lord then they get nothing.
Signed James Charlus Potter
Witness Lily Rose Potter nee Evans
Witness Sirius Orion Black"
Sharpclaw put down the will and picked up the first of two envelops sitting on his desk. He handed it to the young boy.
"Might I suggest waiting until after your mothers will to read it." The boy closed his eyes and took a deep breath before nodding for him to start.
"The Last Will and Testament of Lily Rose Potter nee Evans.
"I, Lily Rose Potter nee Evans, being of sound mind and body, do hereby proclaim this to be my official Last Will and Testament, as written on the seventh of October Nineteen Eighty One, as witnessed by James Charlus Potter and Sirius Orion Black.
If both my husband and I have passed on, as I believe we will, Harry James Potter will go to Sirius Orion Black. As soon as is possible his sisters, Lily Selene Potter and Rose Marie Potter, are to join him. I leave my children all of my books and I leave my daughters the family jewellery. I also leave them any money I may have left and a letter.
Signed Lily Rose Potter nee Evans
Witness James Charlus Potter
Witness Sirius Orion Black"
Once again the goblin put down the will and picked up a letter, the second one, and handed it to him.
"We'll give you some privacy."
Both goblins got up and left the room through a side door. For a few minutes Harry could only look at the letters in his hands. He decided to read his fathers first. He opened it up and unfolded the letter within. With shaking hands he read.
Hello son. If you're reading this then I'm dead and while I hope that your mother is with you, I fear she is not. Do not hate us for leaving you son, for I'm sure we died fighting, for you, for your sisters, for everyone. Remember us as we were, fighters till the end. Look after your sisters and make sure Sirius looks after you all, and Remus, he needs people around him. I will see you again my son, you, your sisters and all of your friends, for I know you will make many. There are three journals that I left you. The first is my Marauders prank journal, for I was an amazing prankster. The second is my Animagus journal. An Animagus is a witch or wizard that can turn into an animal. I could turn into a stag. I used to say it was because I was proud like one, your mother said it was because I had a big head. The last is my Auror journal, you see I became one after I left school, Sirius did too. I hope they help you. I love you my son, and I love your sisters. Tell them that I love them, that I didn't abandon them and that I wanted to bring them back to us. I have left instructions with the goblins that you are to be taught everything as soon as you arrive there. Everything including why Voldemort was after us, why he was after you. Goodbye my son.
Harry had the beginnings of tears in his eyes. He quickly got the other letter and ripped it open. As he read the tears finally fell from his eyes.
Hello my children. If you're reading this then I'm dead and your father too most likely. I just want to say I'm sorry for not being there, for not watching you grow up. I can't be there for you, but you can be there for each other. Look after each other. I love you all so much and it broke my heart to see Lily and Rose go. Such beautiful babies you were, and I will never get to see you grow into beautiful, smart, confident young women. And Harry, such a handsome boy, I will never get to see you become the charmer your father only thinks he is. I love you all my children and I hope to see you again someday, hopefully with lots of grandchildren. Goodbye my children.
Harry couldn't stop the tears, his parents loved him and were torn away and he had sisters and never knew. His life could have been so much different. His sisters' lives too. His parents could have had lives, if it wasn't for this Voldemort. If he hadn't already killed him, sort of, Harry would swear vengeance upon the twisted man.
The tears slowed and finally stopped. The side door opened and the two goblins came back in. Harry wiped his with his sleeve before turning to face them. Sharpclaw came forward.
"What would you like us to do regarding your sisters?"
Harry looked at the letters still in his hands. He looked up with determination on his face.
"Bring them here. They have to know. They've spent seven years with their respective families. I won't split them apart. So bring a guardian too." Sharpclaw turned and headed back out of the room to see to it. Harry thought about what had happened in the last week and smiled. He had family.
In the next chapter we shall be meeting Harry's sisters. Be patient Harry/Hermione fans as Hermione won't come in for a few more chapters yet.
