Author's Notes

Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening everybody.

Finally I got out the third chapter of my story. I have tried to incorporate all the suggestions given to me by my reviewers. I hope that this chapter is up to your liking. Firstly let me thank all my reviewers for their support and positive remarks. I would like to reply to some of the concerns mentioned by them.

Bob-san mentioned the story is too light and bubbly:

I must admit that was/is my failure as an author. I let my own character bleed into my writing and it affected my story as a whole.

Secondly the authorities ignored the fact that the two girls were Crucio'ed:

Well the Aurors saw nearly a dozen people killed and two girls beside the man who killed them. Obviously they were more interested in knowing more about the cloaked figure. And please don't forget, Dawlish is a death eater in disguise, so he would naturally be wanting to know more about the person who killed his friends and try to harm him.

Finally: There was no standing for Lily and the possible need for medical care.

Unlike the other curses, The Unfogiveables actually bypass any defense and directly target the nervous system.

1)The Imperio affects the Cerebellum, which causes the person to follow whatever the caster commands.

2)The Killing curse, shuts down your Medulla basically stopping all activities leading to your death.

3) The Cruciatus does not actually cause harm to the body, rather it stimulates the nerves in the afflicted area causing pain to the individual.

As a result the only remedy to a Cruciatus is some Pain relieving potions and the loving care of family and friends. There basically exists no exact counter/remedy/medicine to the Unforgiveables, that's why they are called so.

I admit this is pure conjecture on my part and it may or may not be true based on the Harry Potter Verse but the logic holds at least in this story.

Moreover, Lily Potter was know to be one of the brightest in Potions in Hogwarts, rivalled only by Snape. In all Lily was an accomplished Witch who held the record of being the best in Charms and Arithmancy in Hogwarts since Voldy's times and bested in potions only by Severus Snape.

To an anonymous Guest

I would like to thank you foremost for your review. Though the idea of a Harry who is overpowered is indeed the basis of this story. As you pointed out Harry single-handedly led a war against Voldy and his minions. Something even Dumbles couldn't do. That should give you an idea of Harry's magical prowess. As for the reason I gave Harry the 3 Magical Transformations, he had completely renounced his claim over the Hallows, which basically meant he would no longer get the benefits of being Master of Death and could never use a Hallow again. To compensate this, Death had to give him Animagus transformations that could give him the same effects as the Hallows provided him with. eg: Immunity to Killing curse due to his Pheonix transformation, and few other powers that emulate the abilities of the Hallows.

Finally, He never knew he was going to a new world until he agreed. Before he met Death as Life, he thought he was going back to the same world. That is his Grifindor foolhardiness led him to accept the situation without getting all the detail.

Lastly to all the reviewer who noticed, this story is inspired by I'm still Here. Kudos to those who made the connection, and for those who have not read I'm still here, you should read it. It's a very nice story with a great storyline, only its updates are too infrequent.

That's all in response to the reviews, now I had asked which all girls would you like Harry to be involved romantically with. Here are the current standings as it is after review No. 25)

Fleur Delacour - 6(1)

Daphne Greengrass- 6

Tracey Davis- 4(1)

Susan Bones- 4(1)

Sue Li- 4

Jasmine Potter- 3(3)

Luna Lovegood- 3(1)

Hermione Granger- 2(1)

Nymphadora Tonks- 2(2)

Penelope Clearwater-1

Hannah Abott- 1(1)

Gabrielle Delacour- 0(2)

Lavender Brown- 0(1)

Ginny Weasley- 0(1)

The numbers in brackets are the no of people who either wanted them in a relationship with another character, or did not want them to have a relationship with Harry. In case of a tie, the girl with the lesser no of negative wants will be selected. So as per the current standing the Harem is as follows

Daphne, Fleur, Sue, Tracey, Susan, Luna and Jasmine.

Now Finally we move onto the story. Hope you like it, and please don't forget to Read and Review.


CHAPTER II:

HERITAGE

When a person apparates, they feel as if they are squeezed through a straw. If you would ask Harry at this instant if he disapparated as some of the Aurors believed he did, Harry would vehemently disagree. Harry felt as if his body was being pulled apart, stretched to its extemum before he finally collapsed onto the ground. He slowly got up to his feet, looking around. He appeared to be on the banks of a lake, inside a forest. He slowly walked towards the lake and scooped some of the water to relieve his thirst.

Now that the adrenaline had worn off, Harry felt very tired and tried to crawl towards one of the trees and rest his back against the tree. As he was about to close his eyes however, he heard the rustle of grasses, the sound slowly coming closer to him. With instincts that had been honed in nearly 10 years of constant war, Harry jumped to his feet and drew out his wand pointing it in the direction of the source of the sound.

But though his mind retained his skills, his body simply was still that of a 14-year-old. He collapsed on the ground the last thing he saw was blonde hair and silver eyes.


Harry opened his eyes again to find himself resting against one of the trees, food and water were placed before him and a blond girl was sitting at the edge of the Lake. He slowly got up so as to not to disturb the girl, but it was for naught.

"Relax Harry Potter, you have nothing to fear." The girl said, slowly turning to face Harry.

Harry was shocked to see Luna, but then he was struck by her words, more specifically the name with which she had addressed him. As far as he knew he had told no one his name yet.

"How do you know my name?" Harry asked her cautiously.

"The Wrackspurts told me, though they were a little confused since it seemed that you had recently changed your magical heritage or parentage." Luna replied.

Harry stared at her for a while before laughing.

"You are really something else, you know that Luna." He told her while laughing.

A pained expression momentarily passed across her features but it was gone almost as soon as it appeared. Only Harry's past experience with her made him notice it and caused him to frown slightly.

"What is the problem Luna, did I offend you in any manner?"

''Oh no Harry Potter, you did not offend me." Luna said.

Harry could see that she was trying to hide her emotions from him. It would have worked if it were any other person, but he knew her very well. After all, she was one of his only friends who had believed in him throughout the years. Though this Luna was not the Luna he knew, they were apparently not very different. It made him think what all things in this world would be exactly the same as his own.

"You cannot lie to me Luna, though you may not know it I've known you for a long time. Now tell me what is bothering you?" He asked, a little more forcefully this time.

"Oh It is nothing you have to worry about Harry Potter, what you said was true. I know that you and I have met you before and know you quite well, but that's the thing, I've never met you before. Do you get what I mean. It doesn't matter even if you don't understand though. Everyone says that I'm weird, do you know they call me Loony Lovegood in school. They also- "she was cut off when Harry engulfed her in a hug.

''I'm so sorry Luna, I didn't know about that." Harry said hugging her. He mentally berated himself for forgetting that despite all of their similarities this Luna was not the confident young woman he had known. She was just an insecure teenager.

"You must never let anyone put you down Luna. You are different because you are special. You have a gift that is extremely rare even in the wizarding world."

Luna immediately stiffened remembering almost similar words told to her by her mother a little before she died.

Flashback

A nine year old Luna ran to her mother and hugged her from behind.

"Momma, I saw pretty colours in the air, there are also many colours moving about your body. You look pretty surrounded by red and black colours, Momma."

Pandora was shocked before she smiled brightly and hugged Luna.

"My precious, you are a very gifted child. You have an ability that is quite rare in the wizarding world. When you are a little older I'll explain it to you, just remember that you're my precious daughter. Now do you want some ice-cream?"

Luna happily nodded her head and jumped into her mother's arms as she laughed and carried her into the house. As they were entering the house Luna looked over her mother's shoulder and saw a black cloaked figure standing where her mother just stood carrying a scythe in his hands. Luna rubbed her eyes and looked again only to find him missing.

Two days later, Pandora Lovegood was found dead in the same spot due to an explosion caused while she was conducting an experiment.

Flashback end

"Remember Luna, what you have is a gift that is passed down genetically, exactly like the ability of speaking Parseltongue. You have received Mage Sight. Its an ability that allows you to see the very Nature of Magic and experience it like no one else can. These Wrackspurts are actually Magic at its very essence. You truly are special Luna." He said slowly letting go of her.

He watched Luna carefully. For sometime she was still, before a smile slowly grew on her face.

"Thank you Harry Potter, now I feel better." She said "would you like to stay at my house for a while?"

Harry was shocked at her invitation. He considered it in his mind for a while

'Her house is quite big if it the same as the one she owned in my world. Moreover, her dad is the owner of the Quibbler, it could help me get up to speed with the events in this world. And I need a place to stay at least until the school term starts, which is still a little more than a week away.'

He looked at Luna and answered "Thank you for your offer Luna, I would be glad to stay at your home,at least until school starts. By the way, please do not call me Harry Potter, that name would cause several problems if anyone were to come to know about it. My name is now Harry Slytherin."

Luna smiled at him before leading him towards the home. As they approached her home Harry grew quite melancholic, remembering the last time he had come here. He had beennh nearly captured by the Death Eaters, but he couldn't fault Xenophilius for that. His daughter had been kidnapped and if Harry himself was in the man's position, he might do the same thing too. Luna opened the door and let Harry in before closing it behind herself.

"I'm home" she said.

After a couple of seconds, a voice answered her, "where have you been all this while Luna, as soon as we returned from the Quidditch World Tournament you left the house and then didn't return for nearly 5 hours." Xenophilius asked as he walked down. "And who may you be young man?" He asked noticing Harry.

Before Harry could answer him Luna cut him off.

"This is Harry Slytherin. When I arrived the Wrackspurts urged me to go to the lake that is on the edge of our property, there I found him unconscious, I called the elves to get some food and water for him and waited till he was awake."

Xenophilius eyes bulged out when he heard Harry's family name.

"Slytherin, my boy, do you have any relation to the founder, Salazar Slytherin?" Xenophilius asked.

"Yes he was my ancestor."

"But I thought that the now extinct Gaunt family were the direct descendants of Salazar Slytherin."

Harry froze, having completely forgotten about Voldemort's family, which were descendants of Salazar himself. Mentally he cursed himself for his slip, before a small smile crept up his face as he thought of how he could get away with it, and if Voldemort's family was shamed all the better. Silently congratulating himself for coming up with this idea in such a short time he replied.

"The Gaunt were actually descendant from Salazar himself, but they were not descendant from his wife. The Gaunt were actually the product of Salazar's tryst with a concubine, while the House of Slytherin was passed onto his children from his wife the House of Gaunt were descendants of his through his concubine. The Gaunt also served another purpose, while his true heirs stayed hidden from the Wizarding Society as a whole, the Gaunt represented him in the Wizarding World. Salazar was a proud man and he could not bear to not be seen as a powerful, irrespective of how long it had been since he passed away."

Xenophilius slowly nodded his head at Harry's explanation. It was quite common especially in the days of the founders to have multiple wives and concubines, but never had he heard such a story.

"But why did you hide yourself from the world all this time? Surely, you could have shown yourself at some point or the other." Xenophilius asked him.

"It was simply because of irrational fear of the other Wizards and Witches." Harry replied now fully into his own story "The founders were Wizards and Witches of phenomenal power, each of them had a special trait that could be passed onto their descendants, like Salazar was a Parselmouth, Rowena had the gift of Mage Sight, Godric had Duellist insight and Helga was a Metamorphagus. As a result, their children were more powerful compared to your average wizards. Hence they were seen in fear by the other wizards and often killed. To protect themselves many of the families changed their names and went into hiding, for a while. Before everything calmed down." Harry paused to gather his breath before continuing.

"From Salazar, in addition to the ability of being a Parselmouth, we inherited his pride. It would not allow us to change our last name just in fear of those who were below us. So, we went into hiding, secretly training and continuing our line until today." Harry finished with his explanation. As he looked towards the others he saw that Luna had a look of complete surprise and slight elation on her face, he guessed that she had realized her family line, while Xenophilius looked contemplative.

"Then why have you shown yourself now," Xenophilius asked Harry ''you could have continued to remain annonymous?"

Here Harry thought for awhile and decided to tell the truth, a part of it at the least.

''I've come to change the way people look at Slytherin. The Noble House of Slytherin is seen as a snake pit by the others. And what's most disappointing is that they are not wrong. With the amount of backstabbing, treachery and betrayal that's going on in the house, it really has become a snake pit. Moreover, I'm the last of the Slytherin, so I've decided to change the way the world views the Slytherins, and the only way I can do that, is, to join Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and change the House of Slytherin from within. That is why after all these years I have decided to reveal myself to the world." Harry paused to let it all sink in, while he had no doubt Luna would know that most of it was made up, he could only trust her not to reveal the truth to anyone.

"And that is why I have a favour I've got to ask of you. You see, because we were so out of touch with the Wizarding World I do not know much of it, and Luna told me that you publish a newspaper. If you don't mind, could you let me stay in your house and browse through your archives, so that I would be able to bring myself up to speed with the World.

Xenophilius thought about it for sometime. While letting someone browse through his archives was not a very big deal, letting an unknown man stay in his house was dangerous. But if he really was a Descendant of Slytherin then he would have a favour over a person who was undoubtedly a very powerful individual in the World, both Magically and Politically. Finally, he answered.

''Okay, Mr. Slytherin. I'll agree to your requests on one condition. I need to know if you really are who you say you are, so we shall go to Gringotts where you shall take the identity ritual to confirm your identity. Is that okay with you?"

Harry nodded, Xenophilius smiled before extending his hand out to Harry for a shake, hesitating just for a moment, Harry accepted it.

"When shall we leave for Gringotts?" Harry asked Xenophilius.

Xenophilius cast a spell to tell the time, and looked over at Harry, its past midnight now, tomorrow early morning we shall head over to Gringotts. I also have to buy Luna's Hogwarts supplies and if I'm not mistaken you also require it, don't you?"

Harry gave a small nod.

"For tonight you can stay in our guest room, but please be warned I do not trust you fully so I would have my House Elf keep an eye on you. You do realize I have to be careful after the events that took place at the Quidditch World Cup."

Harry nodded giving him a small smile.

"I agree with your concerns Mr. Lovegood,"

"Well then Harry Slytherin, if you follow me I could show you to your room." Luna said to him. Walking towards the steps she paused a bit to check if Harry was following her then climbed it. She climbed another flight of steps before stopping at the third room to the left. She opened the door and let Harry enter. Slowly closing the door behind him. Harry gazed upon the room, though it was not a very large room, it appeared cozy and comfortable with a queen size bed, a full length mirror, a dresser and some chairs. Luna slowly walked forward before sitting at the edge of the bed.

"So what you said before, is it true? The fact about special traits passed on genetically from the founders." Luna asked him in her dreamy voice.

Harry gave a small sigh before he too walked over to the bed and knelt down, he looked straight into Luna's eyes and said

"Luna, what I said is indeed true. You are a direct descendant of Rowena Ravenclaw, through your mother. Your mother also had the Mage Sight, but before you were old enough that she could explain it to you she died, otherwise I'm sure she would have helped you with your sight. As far as I'm aware now, in the entire world there is only one person who can help you with your Mage Sight."

"Who is it?" Luna asked Harry.

"The daughter of Rowena Ravenclaw herself. She right now is a ghost and inhabits the castle of Hogwarts. She is more popularly known as the Grey Lady. If you ask her, she could help you to learn more about your Mage Sight."

"Thank you Harry Slytherin," Luna said before getting up and heading towards the door, but before she could exit she heard a soft vice from behind.

"No thank you Luna, for helping get a house to stay at. No one usually invites a perfect stranger to their home without any reason."

Luna paused at the door before looking bac at him with a dreamy smile and said, "when I saw you I felt as if I have known you for years, and you seemed to be a good person when I talked with you. That is the reason I decided to help you."

She then closed the door before leaving a stunned Harry behind. Harry slowly got out of his shock and started quietly to chuckle to himself. The sentence she had uttered now triggered a memory of a similar sentence told by her at the very beginning causing his chuckles to increase.

'Only you Luna, only you are capable of seeing beyond even the realities. Truly Mage Sight is a scary and wonderful thing to have.'

With that Harry went to sleep in his room, placing a locking charm on the door.


The next day the entirety of the Lovegood family together with Harry had an early breakfast consisting of Ham and eggs.

"So are you ready to go to Diagon Alley Mr. Slytherin"

"Yes Mr. Lovegood, though could you call me just Harry"

"Okay, but then I insist you call me Xenophilius."

Harry nodded, before all three of them took some Floo powder and stepped into the fireplace one after the other.


Diagon Alley was usually a busy place but after the events of the Quidditch World Cup and considering that it was barely dawn Harry found himself in a very empty street, only a few witches and wizards could be seen here and there. Harry's expression became pained as he remembered the last few years of the war, where Voldemort had killed nearly all the magical populace that opposed him, whereas Harry had killed most of the Wizards that supported him. Leaving magical places like Diagon Alley mostly empty.

A hand placed on his shoulder brought him out of his nostalgia.

"Are you alright Harry." Xenophilius asked him worriedly.

Harry forced himself to smile and nodded to Xenophilius, "just a painful memory."

Xenophilius didn't question him further but led them to Gringotts, as they approached one of the tellers Harry had to force himself not to laugh. It seemed as if fate had a sick sense of humour.

"So this is Mr. Slytherin, who has come to take hold of his assets. Do you have your key Mr. Slytherin?" Griphook asked after listening to Xenophilius introducing Harry peering at him over his spectacles.

"No," Harry replied.

"Then I'm afraid the only way for you to access your vaults would be to do an inheritance test, and the only person who is authorized to do that is our leader Ragnok, you would have to meet him."

Griphook called one of the goblins and said something to him in Gobbledegook. The other goblin nodded and turned to them.

"Follow me" he said curtly and led them to a room. He knocked once on the door before entering the door. He and the Ragnok exchanged some words in Gobbledegook, before he nodded to him and left the room.

"Now it seems that young Mr. Slytherin wants to access his vault, but does not have his key. This would require us to conduct an inheritance test to see if he really is who he says he is, in addition to that we would charge a nominal processing fee. You must however be aware that the results of the inheritance test are considered legal proof of you claim and no sort of Polyjuice or any other spell or potion can forge the inheritance test. Any deception caught by the test is punishable by a sentence is Azkaban. Are you sure you want to continue?" Ragnok grinned evilly at him.

Not perturbed by the efforts of the goblin at intimidation he calmly answered "Yes, yes I am"

Ragnok seemed impressed at Harry's boldness, he took out a piece of parchment and a blood quill out. He placed both of them in front of Harry.

"This is a standard lost key form. You have to sign the form at the designated place. The form contains a spell that will trace your ancestry, and based upon your heritage it shall give you the keys that rightfully belong to you."

Harry nodded and lifted the blood quill, and read through the form. Seeing everything was in order, he signed it with the blood quill.

Harry felt the pain as his signature appeared on his arm, but it disappeared soon after. Everyone's eyes turned to the piece of parchment as it began glowing. After a couple of seconds, three keys appeared on the parchment.

As they watched words began to appear on the parchment below the place he had signed.

Harry Slytherin,

Heir: Most Noble and Ancient House of Slytherin

Heir: Noble and Ancient House of Gaunt

Heir: Most Noble and Ancient House of Peverell

All the people in the room were shocked at the words revealed through the parchment. Harry guessed the first two, but he did not think that he would belong to the house of Peverell. After all the Potters were directly descendant from them. He expected them to have the ownership of that account. He quickly schooled his features into a calm expression, showing nothing outside.

Ragnok though appeared indifferent outwards, inwardly he was silently thinking about all the gold that would come into circulation by opening the ancient Vaults of Slytherin and Peverell. He gazed at Harry with a contemplative look.

Xenophilius was flabbergasted. After spending years looking for the Hallows, he not only found a person who was the Heir of the house that once possessed the Hallows, but the same boy was apparently the heir of two other Noble families, one of them being the family of a founder.

"Mr. Slytherin, it appears as if your heritage is far richer than you had expected. Here are the keys to your account." Ragnok said getting up from his seat and peering at Harry through squinted eyes.

"Can we visit our accounts?" Harry asked the goblin.

"Gopplechoke" Ragnok called loudly, a stout goblin entered the room after sometime. If you would please escort Mr. Slytherin and Mr. Lovegood to the vaults, while I finish the paperwork to re-open the vaults. Also please explain Procedure GT 828 to Mr. Slytherin"

Gopplechoke nodded before leading both of them to the goblin carts. Gopplechoke nodded at one of the goblins who were manning the carts, before he turned to face them.

"Mr. Lovegood, please follow Bogrod to your vault. Mr. Slytherin will be escorted by myself."

Xenophilius reluctantly followed Bogrod into the tunnels. After they had left Gropplechoke turned to face Harry.

"Mr. Slytherin, the three vaults that you are the rightful owner off have not been used for several centuries at the very least, the only exception being the Gaunt Vault. As a result, several spells were placed on them to ensure that their contents would be kept safe, both from the ravages of time and from any vault robbers. As a result, we would have to break the curses placed upon them before you would be able to safely enter them. So if it is alright with you, you could withdraw money from the Gringotts Vault 3, and when your account is finally open once again we can take the gold from it."

Harry thought for a few minutes about it. It was not as if he had anything to take from the vaults and the only reason he had come to the bank was to get some money for himself and get his identity verified. He nodded to the goblin who took Harry to one of the Vaults near him and opened it. Harry saw that it was filled with Galleons. It was a huge vault and Harry couldn't even see the other side of it due to the vastness of the vault. He quickly grabbed a couple thousand galleons placing them in a purse having an undetectable expansion charm on it, before turning back to Gopplechoke

"Shall we head back now?"

The goblin nodded and led Harry out of the vault, locking it behind him. They both headed back to the entracnce of the Vaults and waited for the cart containing Xenophilius to return. After some time the cart came up containing Xenophilius.

"Harry, I'm so sorry I was late." Xenophilius said as the cart came to a stop ''I was unsure if I should take some extra Galleons in case a Nargle steals them from us. They are known to be very mischievous creatures."

Harry being used to his usual eccentricities paid him no mind while the other two Goblins gave him a look and led them outside. Once they reached the main Hall of Gringotts, Harry thanked the Goblins and headed outside followed by Xenophilius, leaving two very surprised Goblins behind.

"Perhaps you should go buy your stuff, while I buy Luna's. You would need a full kit wouldn't you? Let's meet at the Leaky Cauldron once you finish your shopping, you know where it is right?"

Harry nodded and headed off to do his purchases, the streets still quite empty allowing him to shop quickly. He looked at the Firebolt placed in the shop window with fondness, before he shrugged and bought it as well. He bought every single thing that he would need and some books in runes and Arithmancy which he felt would be useful. After finishing his shopping, he headed back to The Leaky Cauldron.

The pub was just like he remembered, it looked like nothing much had changed in the pub for over a decade. Though he could see that the mood in the pub was quite cheerful, rather than the moroseness that used to exist in the future. He could see that most of the seats were filled. Despite the lack of people out on the streets it seemed that nothing short of a Wizarding Civil War could dampen the atmosphere in The Leaky Cauldron. Most of the patrons of the bar wore cloaks, hiding their identities. There was a slight smell of alcohol I the air along with the smell of smoke. Walking further in, he saw the barkeep Tom, behind the counter taking orders.

Seeing Tom there Harry felt another surge of emotions, not unlike the one he had felt when he saw Luna again. Tom had been one of the last of Harry's friends and had provided him shelter during the times Harry had rested in between one of his Death Eater Hunts. Harry put on an indifferent mask and approached the counter, ordering a couple Butterbeers for himself, as he waited for Xenophilius to arrive.

While Harry was having his second mug of Butterbeer, Xenophilius walked into the pub.

"I hope that I haven't kept you waiting for long?" Xenophilius enquired.

"No, not very long," Harry replied

"Very well, shall we return then?"

Harry nodded and gulped down the remaining of his Butterbeer before standing and following Xenophilius to the fireplace. Both of them Floo-ed to his house where Luna greeted her father with a hug and a kiss. She then ran over to Harry and dragged him to his room. When Harry entered his room and saw its state he was stunned. He slowly turned towards Luna and looked at her for sometime.

"Luna," he began softly "what the Hell DID YOU JUST DO?" he shouted towards the end.

Author's Notes

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