"AWW!" exclaimed Fate, causing them to jump away from each other, both red like a tomato. "Now because that's all done and over, let's continue." Fate said turning to Carina.
"Now Carina, what have you decided to do about your identity?" Fate wondered, but Harry had this weird feeling Fate already know the answer to the question.
"Yes!" Carina announced with conviction. "I'm going to take my real family's name."
Fate nodded her head while saying, "I knew you would, I suggest you take your mother's maiden name, using your father's name would be too conspicuous for you to use, especially in Britain."
"I agree." The last thing that she wanted to happen was them finding out about her (real) father. This got Harry interested, but he knew better than to interrupt right now, unless he wanted to get hexed by Carina seven-ways to Sunday.
"So what is your name going to be?" Fate questioned, bring Harry out of his thought.
Carina gave her a smile and announced, " My name will be Lyra Athena LeCroix."
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"Okay, I get the LeCroix, because that's your mother's maiden name, but what about Lyra Athena?" questioned Harry. She turns to him, and gave him a look that just scream DISBELIEF mixed with a little bit of ARE YOU REALLY THAT THICK HEADED.
"Really Harry. You have no idea why I picked Athena as my middle name?" Carina questioned in an incredulous voice.
It took awhile for Harry to remember, but when he did he felt like the biggest idiot in the entire universe, this one AND the original one. 'How could I forget? UGH!' he questioned himself, while also contemplating if he should hit himself on the head for being SO stupid. However, decided against it as it will probably make him stupider.
"You used your alias as your middle name. Athena, Goddess of Wisdom and War." Harry replied, "I can't believe I didn't see the connection."
Carina just smirked at the revelation.
"Wait." Harry said
"What is it Harry?" Carina questioned.
"That still doesn't entirely explain why you chose the name Lyra?" Harry revealed.
Carina just looked at him in skepticism then shook her head. "Lyra is the name of the Lyre Constellation, whose principal star is Vega. And Since Vega is my adopted parent's surname, I thought it would be appropriate." she drawled in way that reminded him of a certain snarky potion master.
"Sorry I didn't know." Harry replied, while turning scarlet in embarrassment, which nearly rivaled the famous Weasley Red.
Carina once again looked at him in disbelief. "Seriously, you didn't know that?"
"Yeah!"
Carina just shook her head again. "We learned that in Astronomy, Harry."
"Oh!"
"Yeah. I can't believe you really didn't remember that."
Harry ducked his head in embarrassment, once again turning Weasley Red. He really didn't remember.
Hey it wasn't his fault, he had a lot on his mind throughout the years; the Philosopher's Stone, the Basilisk, a convicted murderer after his blood, the tournament, Umbitch, Horcruxes, and Voldemort. Well that, and also it was very late at night and he was tired from his escapades. Although, he will never figure out how Hermione followed him through practically every escapade and still became the best in the year. Ones of life's mysteries he guess.
"Anyway..." exclaimed Fate. "So its decided your new name is Lyra Athena LeCroix."
Carina, I mean Lyra, nodded her head.
"I'm assuming that you want the your family legacy. If you claim it, this dimensions Carina can't claim it because it will be yours. Are you ready to make that decision." Fate asked softly.
Lyra sighed softly before looking up at Fate with the fire of conviction in her eyes.
"I lived my entire life, thinking I was one person, only to find out it was and as the same time wasn't true. I was Carina Vega, daughter of two amazing archaeologists. But after I found out I was adopted, I became two people. Carina Vega, a muggle-born student, who is one of the best in Hogwarts, and now Lyra LeCroix, the last heiress to not one but two legacies. I battled with what to do in Limbo, and I made my decision. In Limbo, I couldn't decide who to be, I couldn't be both, it was impossible with the histories of my family, so I had to choose." She stared into Fate's eyes, "I know you, Destiny, Love, Wisdom, and everyone else said it didn't matter, but to me it did. I have been struggling with this since you told me. However, I know what I have to do. This gives me the perfect opportunity, and I don't regret it at all. I want to claim my family legacy." Lyra announced confidently.
Fate smiled at this, and waved her hand; making Lyra glow once more. Then, Fate shifted her gaze to Harry.
"Harry, I know that you know that you can't be Harry Potter anymore, so that's why...,"
At that point, Harry's survival instinct kicked in. 'Why do I have a BAD feeling about this?'
"...we are going to create you a whole new identity." Fate said with a mischievous smile.
It turns out that Harry's instinct was right on the money.
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'UGH! This is taking forever!' Harry thought as Fate and Lyra argue over Harry's new name, legacy, and everything else in between.
"I like the name Lucas." Fate voiced
"No Way! Harry looks nothing like a Lucas. He looks like a Derek." Lyra replied
"How about we use a name that is close to my original name. That way I can remember and if the teachers call on me, it won't take forever for me to acknowledge them." Harry shouted over the squabbling women.
Both of them quieted, before starring at him, then back at each other, then back at him again, before launching into names that are close to Harry. Harry just gave a groan and slumped down into the seat again.
"Harrison would be perfect for him!" Lyra suggested.
"No! Harold is a better name!" Fate argued.
"UGH!" groaned Harry. What did he do to deserve this!
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Finally! After the endless torture of hearing two women bicker at each other. One of whom is a GODDESS, and the other can out-stubborn Hermione AND Ginny; COMBINED! They finally picked out a name: Hadrian Hades. However, they still haven't figure out his surname and legacy. So in other words, they are still fighting.
"Evens, his last name should be Evens. You know after his mother." Lyra said (more like yelled)
"NO WAY! It is too close, they will get suspicious." Fate replied (hollered)
'This must be what hell is like. Having to listen to women quarrel and can't leave is worse than the cruciatus curse.' Harry thought. He looked at the animals in the cabin with them to see if they were as bored as he was.
Hedwig and the phoenixes flew out the window and were Merlin-knows-where (lucky birds). The snakes were on the window ledge, sleeping and soaking up some sun (how can they sleep with the bickering). The little kitten was looking back and forth between Fate and Lyra, before looking at him, meowed cutely, and curled up to go to sleep (Aw! Fate was right, the little thing is a cutie).
"OH!" Lyra screamed, scaring Harry out of his wits. "I remember a line that married into the LeCroix's." She said with enthusiasm (another way of saying "practically screeching")
"I have never heard of it in our dimension, so I researched it in Limbo. It turns out that it is a very old pureblood line, that died out in the war with Grindelwald. The only heir is suppose to be a squib that got disowned. I believe the name was Hyswell."
"Oh! I get it now! Have him be the heir to the Hyswell line, this way we have a name, he has a legacy, and we have the great name of Hadrian Hades Hyswell.
"Exactly! Isn't it perfect!" Lyra exclaimed.
" All righty then! Harry will get the Hyswell legacy, also I'll add that you are the heir of Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Ignotus Peverell, and Merlin Ambrosius Emrys or as you know him Merlin. Oh this is so exciting!" She screamed as she waved her hand, making Harry glow.
"I've been wondering this," questioned Harry; I mean Hadrian after the glowing had stopped. "I was wondering how Carina; I mean Lyra, is the heiress to Slytherin. I thought that Voldy was the only heir."
"That is easy." exclaimed Fate. "Salazar Slytherin had two kids, a son and a daughter. The son became head of the house when Salazar died, while the daughter, though she was of Slytherin blood, married another man, and was forgotten. Many thought that Old Voldy was the descendant of Salazar's son, but he was actually the descendent of Salazar's daughter. He is technically an heir of Slytherin, but, unfortunately, wasn't able to claim the title of Lord Slytherin. Why do you think he went spouting he was the heir of Slytherin, but never got the Lordship?"
"Next, is the fact that Lyra is the heiress to Ravenclaw. I thought that the line died out with Helena Ravenclaw, Rowena Ravenclaw's daughter."
"Ahh! Many have thought the Ravenclaw line had died out, but it didn't. When Helena ran to Albania with her mother's diadem, she met a muggle born wizard there. At first, she didn't give the man a second look; however, after a while she start to notice him. He was a handsome man, polite, smart, kind, insightful, everything you could want and find in a man. Helena began to notice this, and after talking to him and getting to know him, she fell in love. However, after a night of passion, the man was killed by a wizard, who was jealous of him because he had the beautiful Helena. Needless to say, Helena got her revenge on the wizard who murdered the love of her life. She soon found out that she was pregnant. Six months after giving birth to her daughter, Helena had gotten word of the Baron trying to find her. She gave the child to the man's parents to care for, before she ran with the diadem into the forest, where as you know, was killed by the Baron himself. The Ravenclaw line lived with that child, and after a few generations, the Ravenclaw line mixed with the Slytherin line."
"That makes sense. Also, I've been wondering why are you giving me such a long legacy, making me the heir to Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Peverell, and Merlin, and the fact that Lyra is the heiress to Slytherin, Ravenclaw, La Fey, and the last descendent of the France, Spain, Italy, Greece, China, and Japan magical royal family. It makes me wonder how much of it is true, and how much a certain goddess is changing." Harry commented.
"Okay okay, you caught me." Fate exclaimed, putting her hands up, while she turned to Lyra. "Your birth parents are really a witch and wizard; however, you were only the heiress to Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw, and France's magical royal family. So... I thought it will be fun to see what happens if I give you the heirship of so many powerful families!"
Hadrian and Lyra just sat there gaping at Fate.
"Now, now don't give me that look." Fate reprimanded, "You have no idea how boring it is to go with millenias without talking to someone from the mortal world. All we do in Limbo is work, no fun, sure every century of so we have a free day, but it's not the same, I mean we only talk about work..."
The two start to tune Fate out as she started to ramble about her lack of free days, to her job, to other gods and goddesses.
'I wonder how this universe will be different from the original? Neville is the boy-who-lived, that alone must change a lot! I mean it's Neville is the nicest person he knows (aside from Luna, if you can see past her loony-ness), and I can't see how Neville can do all those things I did.' Harry thought. Meanwhile...
'If I am the heiress to so many powerful families, then that would mean I would have a large pull in the magical community, add the fact that I am in the grace of the different elders of the magical creature community... This is going to be fun!' Lyra smirked as she let her Slytherin side show.
"...So I'm SORRY that this is the only excitement that I get in centuries. Nothing fun EVER happens. So sue me if I want to see what happens if I give you two the most power in the magical community." Fate huffed reaching the end of her rambling before she slumped back and pouted.
With that the two turned their attention back to the pouting goddess.
"Anyway... so now you know. But since I'm the goddess here, you can't do anything about it. So just go with the flow." Fate shrugged at the two silent teens.
"So before I leave, I want to tell you a feel things. First, Don't worry about houses, vaults, and stuff like that. Because of your legacy and what-not, you don't need to worry about all that. Second, the "official" story on why you are transferring to Hogwarts is that, you guys were homeschooled before a death eater raid struck your hometown and killed your parents and the majority of the townspeople. The "unofficial" story is you went to this amazing private school only the best of the best gets into, graduated early at the top of your class; however, you heard the about the multiple death eater attacks, the rumors about Voldemort coming back, and the fact that the Triwizard Tournament is coming back. Thought all of that was VERY suspicious, and decided to go to Hogwarts to make sure no 'funny' business happens. Finally, you can always call me with the Fate card, and I and all the other gods and goddesses, if you need them, will come running." Fate said before she disappeared in a bright flash of light that blinded the both of them.
Finally! Exams are OVER! Also I finally finished a new chapter! WAHOO! I am also working on Nightwing Legacy, and a few ideas for new stories. I will try to upload more chapters as soon as I can. Thanks for being so patient.
Ta! Sapphire