A/N: Chapter edited 3/4/17
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.
{Parseltongue}
Harry and his new siblings appeared in a field among sheep. Taking a moment to orient themselves, they took deep breaths while trying to gather their thoughts before finally sitting up; they looked at one another and promptly started to laugh.
"Voldemort has tried everything to become immortal and the secret is to annoy your grandfather?" Draco could not maintain his characteristic smirk as he held his stomach while tears rolled down his face.
"You have to admit Harry," Hermione giggled "it is quite funny and unexpected; wizards have spent untold centuries trying to find the secret to immorality and we have achieved this by annoying Death to well…death."
Harry just laughed with his new family and took in the changes in his siblings. They had retained most of their prior looks, but because of the blood adoption they had performed, they now had features that were shared among all three of them. Their noses were all more patrician like Draco's, their cheek bones had changed to look more like Ignotus Peverell, Hermione's hair was less bushy and had more defined curls. The most startling change was that Draco and Hermione both now had killing curse green eyes that matched Harry's perfectly. They were all dressed in simple black robes, courtesy of their new grandfather, so that they would be dressed appropriately when they reached Gringotts.
They finally got control of their laughter and sat looking around at the sheep grazing in the field; still unable to stop smiling.
"We better head off then. The sooner we get to the bank, the sooner we can settle into one of the estates that Grandfather told us about and the sooner we can make plans. Plus we need to get wands soon. I can call the night bus without one and do some wandless magic, but I do not want to be without one for long." Draco and Hermione both nodded at Harry's suggestion and got to their feet.
The trio took turns brushing the grass and dirt from each other before walking among the sheep until they reached the nearby road. There, Harry held out his hand, and with a loud BANG the night bus arrived. After a frantic ride through England, where they were proud that they managed to stay in their seats, they reached the Leaky Cauldron. They paid the night bus operator with the few coins that had been in the pockets of their robes before they made their way into the pub that hid the entrance to the Wizarding world.
The pub did not seem any different to the three teens; it was still just as dark and grimy looking as it had in their prior timeline. They ignored the stares of the customers as they walked through the main room of the pub to the courtyard in the back that housed the entry for Diagon Alley. Harry quickly opened the entrance by using his finger to focus his magic in place of his wand.
The alley was a welcome and beautiful sight for the three siblings; they stood quietly for a moment taking in the bustling activity. It had been mostly abandoned before they had been killed, but right now it was a hive of activity and there were families everywhere. They looked at the familiar shops as they walked along the alley knowing that a shopping spree was in their future.
Hermione was particularly excited about the clothes they could get from muggle London. She told the boys of past shopping trips she had made to vintage clothing stores and how wonderful it would be to not have to search for a vintage style that she loved. The boys were both amused at this and a little bit frightened of what clothing they may have to wear from this time period.
They paused as they passed the Daily Prophet where they saw a paper on display that showed the day's date as June 2nd, 1977.
As they moved closer to the bank, both Harry and Hermione noticed that the people in the alley would briefly seem to glow as they walked past. It was a bit distracting as each person seemed to have different colors or brightness to them. Every time they would catch a glimpse of the glow, it would disappear just a moment later.
"Um…Draco?" Harry seemed thoughtful and a bit confused as he scrunched up his nose.
"Yes Harry?" Draco raised a brow at his new brother.
"Why are people glowing?"
Draco came to a stop before grabbing their hands and pulling them to a quiet corner in front of Potage's Cauldron shop. "You can see the auras? He asked quietly.
"Oh is that what that is?" Hermione said with interest. Death did say something about you having that type of Family Magic." Hermione was now looking at everyone in the alley with interest.
"Yes, you will be able to choose when you see them soon. It's a fairly easy gift to control. Alright then, focus on someone and just…relax…take a breath…and…will the color to surround someone." Draco waited until the other two nodded that they could see a person surrounded by their auras. This process took Harry and Hermione about fifteen minutes of concentration. "Alright then. The colors denote power. The lowest magical would be red followed by orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and then the most powerful would be violet. It is said that violet can glow the brightest and can look almost white, where a squib will be a dark brown with maybe a bit of red in it to show that they can't use magic. Muggles don't glow at all."
"So, we are basically seeing an outward manifestation of magical cores." Hermione stated with satisfaction as she realized what the auras represented. This would come in handy. She looked over to her brothers and gasped at how bright they glowed. "Well, I guess there is now doubt that we should be powerful…you two are very bright and are definitely edging into white."
"What? I have never even seen a wizard that was indigo." Draco concentrated on his siblings and was amazed to see that Hermione was right. "Even Dumbledore was only green with a bit of blue. Harry was a bit more of a true blue right before I died."
"Well…apparently being related to Death has perks." said Harry with a cheeky grin. Harry was thinking of all the ways that this skill would be helpful to them while at Hogwarts. His smile faded as he thought about Hogwarts. "Draco? Were either of your parents able to see auras?" That could possibly cause problems.
"No, I was the first person in the Malfoy family to show the ability in four generations." Harry and Hermione took deep breaths of relief. They would not want anyone to be able to 'see' how powerful they were.
After a almost half an hour where Harry and Hermione managed to gain enough control so that they could consciously decide when to see auras and to stop them from showing, the trio decided to continue on their way to Gringotts.
As Hermione and Harry passed the poem upon entering Gringotts, they snickered at the memory of the dragon they had escaped upon. Been there and done that. Hermione thought with a wince at the memory of being so high in the air on yet another creature she had no hope of controlling. They would have to find out where the Hufflepuff cup was located since Bellatrix would still be in school at this time and had not been told to guard it yet. Hermione was determined to not have to try and ride a dragon to safety again; she still hated to fly with a passion, mainly because every time she did fly, she was in danger and riding some magical creature.
The three went directly to an empty teller and bowed their heads in unison. "May your gold multiply and your enemies fall." Harry spoke in a steady voice just as his grandfather had advised.
The goblin was astonished at the traditional greeting. "May your vaults multiply and your enemies be destroyed. How can the Goblin Nation help you three today?"
"We need to take an inheritance test. We were told by our father that we would have unclaimed vaults located here and that upon his death we should come to claim our inheritance before we apply to Hogwarts." Draco drawled.
"Very well. Follow me." The goblin hoped off his stool and motioned for the trio to follow him through a doorway behind the counters. They followed the goblin through a dark hallway to an office that said Brodlig: Head of Inheritances and Wills. Upon entering they again nodded as one to the goblin seated behind the desk and issued their greeting.
"These three wish to do an inheritance test Master Brodlig."
"I see. And who might you three be?"
Draco stepped forward and nodded to the goblin again in respect before he began the introductions.
"I am Draco Peverell; this is my sister Hermione Peverell, and my brother Harry Peverell." It was obvious that Draco was pleased with introducing his siblings for the first time.
The two goblins both had looks of shock on their faces for a moment before they could compose themselves.
"We shall see, that line has been thought to be extinct for centuries and the vaults unclaimed." Brodlig said with a grin full of sharp teeth.
Hermione spoke this time. "Our family has always known that the vaults were here and that they would be safe in goblin hands until such time as we would come to claim them. Our father insisted that the time would be now as he could no longer see to our care." Her voice was soft and as cultured as any Pureblood lady. Death and their grandfather had made sure that Harry and Hermione would be able to fit in just as well as Draco would as their heirs and as the heirs of an Ancient and Nobel House.
The goblins continued to be amazed at the polite respect shown by the wizards and witch before them. They certainly acted per the old traditions like the Peverells once did. Most of the old Pureblood families had forgotten or simply discontinued with the traditions that had been used between the Goblin Nation and wizards, which the goblins found to be an insult. Pulling out a knife, bowl, quill and parchment, Brodlig placed the items on the front of his desk.
"For the inheritance test, I will need each of you prick your finger and let seven drops of blood fall into the bowl."
They each stepped up to the desk and followed the instructions according to their original age. They had already decided on their birth order when they had decided that they would celebrate birthday on July 31 as Harry had never really celebrated his birthday before. None of the three so much as flinched as they ran the knife along their fingers and ensured that the correct amount of blood was provided. Once they had all finished Draco and Hermione turned to Harry to heal their fingers, as he was stronger with wandless magic. The goblins noticed the wandless magic but said nothing.
Brodlig then picked up the quill and placed the tip into the bowl. The blood of the three was pulled into the quill with an odd slurping sound. Once the blood was all contained inside the quill, Brodlig placed the tip of the quill on the parchment and let go as it began to write.
Brodlig's eyes widened at the information on the finished parchment.
Draco Tartarus, Hermione Hecate, and Harry Hades Peverell
Born: July 31, 1960
Father: Ignotus Helios Peverell Mother: Bia Annette Nettles
Vaults Owned:
Vault 12: 6 Billion Galleons, 3.8 Billion Sickles, 4.2 million Knuts
Vault 13: Family heirlooms. Value: Unknown.
Estates Owned:
Peverell Manor: Yorkshire
Peverell Cottage: Bath
The Hall: Devonshire
"Well now, everything is in order. I have your new keys for the two family vaults here." Brodlig pulled six gold keys out of the drawer in his desk and handed two to each of the siblings in front of him. He then pulled out cards that looked like muggle credit cards and moneybags that had been spelled to be bottomless. "These will allow you make purchases directly from your vault in the muggle world and the bags are warded so that they will only allow the three of you to access your money. Your vaults and keys are automatically keyed to your blood once the inheritance test completes."
Brodlig then pulled three small black boxes out of another drawer in his desk. "These are the family rings. This one is for the oldest, and denotes that you are the Head and the Lord of the family." Draco took the ring and placed it on the ring finger of his right hand. With a small flash, the ring resized as it recognized Draco as the first Head of the Peverell family in centuries. The ring was white gold and the sides were designed with black roses where the stems were climbing the band of the ring to end with an open bloom that had petals set with onyx. The open onyx petals surrounded the main stone, which was an emerald that was bright enough that it matched their eyes. When Harry placed his ring on his finger Brodlig explained that his was the heir ring, which would be replaced with a family ring when Draco produced an heir. Hermione's family ring was a more delicate version of her brother's. "The Peverell rings are goblin made and are charmed to protect you from mild curses and will heat up if they are near some potions. Here is a list of curses and potions they are keyed to protect from." The list was handed over to Draco. "Would you like to see your vaults now?" Draco nodded respectfully; he had never seen the goblins act so courteous before, even to his father.
The three nodded as one again and followed the original goblin that had shown them to the inheritance office. After a bracing ride that caused all three to have windblown hair, the three disembarked and were lead to their money vault first where they scooped handfuls of money into each of their bags. It did not even look like they had taken anything from the vault when they were finished as coins filled almost every inch of the space in the vault. They then walked a short distance to the next vault and looked in awe at the books, trunks, and priceless artifacts that were organized around the room.
"Right then," Hermione was always the most organized. "The family wands should all be located to the left in a black case, and then we will find trunks that we can use for school as these look much nicer than what the stores will have, and then we will just pick a few things that we would like to take with us now, alright?"
The two boys nodded and moved to the black case that was on the left wall. Draco opened the doors and found family wands of all types that had been used by Peverells throughout time. There were also three very new wands with a letter resting on top . Harry grabbed the letter and read aloud.
Children,
I thought you may be wondering about your new middle names. I thought that it would be fitting for you to have names so that you would know, even if no one else does, that you are Death's Heirs. Tartarus was the Greek god of the Depths of the Underworld and is also the place where souls are judged after death. As the Eldest I thought this was fitting for Draco. I Choose Hecate for Hermione as it is the name of the Greek goddess of magic, witchcraft, ghosts, and the undead. I thought that it was a lovely name for a lovely girl. And for the youngest, Harry, I choose Hades, the Greek god of the dead and ruler of the underworld. You are a part of the family of Death, and these names shall remind you of your new family and that we will be here always.
We also felt that you should all have new wands; although you may have found matches with the family wands, these will suit you much better. As you know there is nothing is stronger than a wand made by death. The elder wand is now just a wand as the stone is now just a stone and the cloak is just a cloak; none are Deathly Hallows. All three of your new wands have two types of wood; Elder and Yew, which was taken from the same trees at the same time. All three contain my own and Death's blood as the cores. They are identical as you are triplets. They will never change their loyalty like the original Hallows could. They will be loyal to you in this life and the next. Use them well.
We decided that you three, as our heirs, should also have cloaks provided by Death. It simply did not seem right that the Potters had enjoyed one of his cloaks for so long and his own heirs go without. Your new cloaks will be found in the three black trunks that are sitting right beside this wand case. Your initials are on each trunk as they have been made for you; Hermione, yours is the one that has the black roses etched around your name. The black rose is a symbol of death and very beautiful. This will keep you and Harry from getting your trunks mixed up unless he is purposefully being irritating. Take anything that you desire from here as it is yours.
We will be watching you. I am sure that you will do great things and provide Death and myself with great entertainment.
Be well my grandchildren,
Grandfather and D.
The three shared a look and then pulled their new wands from their places in the wand case. White and silver sparks shot from all three as the triplets held their new wands for the first time. They were very powerful and sent warmth through their bodies as the wands connected to their magical cores. Three identical smirks appeared on the sibling's faces.
"Well now, why don't we start filling those trunks?" Harry quipped happily.
They filled their new trunks with books on all their school subjects; they also found some books on subjects that were no longer offered at Hogwarts like Enchanting, Spell Creation and Elemental Magic. Hermione was like a five year old given free rein in a candy store as she packed away books. It was a good thing that each trunk had three lockable compartments as she was placing books in each of the trunks to be sorted at home. Each found Jewelry that they liked and packed away for themselves; Hermione had found a very lovely set of hair clips that matched the design on their rings. After an hour spent looking through their vault and packing things away to take to their new home, they were ready to hit the shops.
Once they had shrunk all three trunks they took another bracing ride in the cart that made Draco fuss with his hair for a moment after they were back on solid ground. Once he had finished getting himself together, the trio all nodded in unison to the goblin they had approached upon entering the bank.
"May we ask the name of the goblin that has helped us today?" Harry asked.
"Gorshank. It was an honor to serve the Lords and Lady Peverell today." The goblin said with respect and a small bow to the three teens. A few of the customers looked at the teens with interest at having garnered the respect and deference of a goblin since such a thing was rarely seen.
One gentleman was clearly recognizable as a Malfoy, specifically Draco's grandfather; Abraxas Malfoy watched the goblin bow to the three teens but could not over hear the conversation from his place across the room.
"Orion," he drawled to his companion, a man with black hair and silver eyes. "Do you know who those three are?" He gave a slight nod in the trio's direction.
Orion Black was also looking at the trio with interest. "I have no idea. They must be purebloods and wealthy to have garnered such treatment from the goblins." Both men continued to watch as the trio spoke to the goblin for a moment before they before they received another short bow. The siblings smiled at the goblin as they nodded their heads together in respect before turning and leaving the bank. Both men waiting at the counter were left wondering about the three teens as they completed their business.
Once the trio was back in the alley, Draco led them into Twilfitt & Tatting's first thing. There he proceeded to order stylish new wardrobes for each of them. He made both Harry and Hermione spend time trying on different styles and colors of robes and wizarding wear before deciding on what colors and styles suited them best. Draco arranged for most of the clothing to be picked up the next day by one of the siblings or an elf, if there was any located at Peverell Manor. He also made sure that each of them were dressed properly to be seen in wizarding public before leaving the store.
Draco wore a dark silver robe with black embroidery around the edges. Hermione looked beautiful in her cream fitted robe with green vines and black roses embroidered into the fabric. Harry wore what seemed to be plain black robes at first glance, but hints of green could be seen when he shifted. Draco had the seamstress add bright green embroidery to make the green in his robes stand out a bit more. All three were dressed to perfection and were the subject of speculation among those that had decided to visit Diagon Alley for their shopping. Everyone wanted to know who these three young people were.
The trio purchased many of their school supplies while stocking up on things that they knew that they would need for the rest of the summer. Books on animagus training and laws were bought from Flourish & Blotts. They were happy to see that Mr. Flourish had not died and was still happily serving customers in his store. They had known his son as he took over the shop when his father had died in the first war, and he had hated having to deal with customers.
They stocked up on quills, inks, and stationary at the stationary store and bought almost every type of ingredient available in the Apothecary.
Draco then led them into Knockturn Alley, were they made sure to stay together and to stand tall and proud. Draco was adamant that attitude was extremely important when entering Knockturn Alley. As they passed through the alley, a few disreputable characters would start to approach the well-dressed teens, only to back away at the identical Avada Kedavra green glares.
They were able to find some rare potions ingredients as well as some that were only "slightly illegal". Harry and Hermione shared a grin at how excited Draco was over those ingredients. He had always been good at potions and was looking forward to experimenting like his godfather had.
In Borgin and Burkes they were happy to find four books written in Parseltongue that all three could read. The first was a potions book written by a descendant of Salazar Slytherin, two were on wizarding culture by unknown authors, and the last was a book called 'Parsel Spells and Spell Creation' that had been written by Salazar Slytherin himself. Draco had nearly lost his composure at his find, but was able to mask his excitement enough that he was able to bargain with Mr. Burk for the 'unreadable' texts. They found some more books that none of them had ever seen before from a small bookshop they found tucked away in a corner of the alley. Some detailed old family wards that few knew how to create anymore.
Knockturn Alley was also where they purchased wand holsters. They were spelled against the summing charm and could be triggered to release the wand by pushing a bit of magic through the holster. The trio thought that this was much better than a password as someone could easily silence them and it would take practice to break the silencing charm both wandless and silently.
Though they were being very productive and buying things that they needed, they spent hours going from shop to shop, spending money and having fun that they had been denied while fighting a war that their elders had placed on their shoulders.
Hermione took delight in leading the boys into muggle London where she outfitted them all in stylish vintage clothing that she would have died for in her previous life. The boys allowed her to pick all the muggle clothing as she was so excited. Draco had to admit that she had great taste when it came to muggle clothing and that she made sure that he and Harry both looked good.
Hermione made sure to take Draco in to some shops where they looked at muggle technology and items that muggle children played with since his parents had never taken him into the muggle world. He became completely fascinated with a Rubik's Cube that Harry happily bought for him. Harry then had to drag Draco by his elbow around the rest of the department store until Hermione confiscated the cube and told him he could have it back at home. A blush stained Draco's cheeks as he pouted for a few moments. His attention was quickly caught by a television that was on display. Draco was amazed that even in the 70's; the muggles were not nearly as backwards as he had been raised to believe.
Harry and Draco stepped into an ally way to shrink more of their many bags to place into their pockets after yet another store. They had to do this a few times while they had been shopping. Hermione was still playing around with her ability to see auras and was startled to see a few murky brown glows coming from people close by. She had noticed that there had been at least one person glowing brown in almost every shopping district they had gone to that day. One of the murky brown glows was being followed by a very short yellow glow.
"Draco? Murky brown denotes a squib right?"
Draco looked up at the question "Yes, why do you ask?" He finished with the bags and joined her at the opening of the alley they had retreated to. Harry came up on Hermione's other side.
"It's just that we are nowhere near Diagon Alley right now; we haven't been near the alley for a few hours now. But, Draco, I have seen quite a few murky browns auras today while we have been in muggle London. That one there is being followed by a very pretty sunshine yellow." Hermione said with a slight nod of her head at the mother and son that had stopped to look into a window of a toy store.
"I never thought that there were that many squibs. I haven't spent any time in muggle areas and haven't made a habit of looking at random people's auras though. Mainly I checked to see how powerful people I knew were." He looked at the magical child and squib across the street thoughtfully. "I guess it does make since though. Most purebloods would cast squibs out of their families and send them to live in the muggle world when they were not able to do magic. I don't think they ever bothered to keep track of what happened to them. They simply just disappeared off the family trees." Harry nodded as he thought about the Black family tree at Grimmauld Place with its many members that had been blasted off the tree.
"Hmm." Hermione hummed to herself. The boys could see the wheels starting to turn in her head. The boys pulled her along as they began to walk and figured that she will clue them in to whatever she was thinking about whenever she worked out whatever theory had popped into her head. Harry was sure that it was going to involve extensive research. "I think I will probably want to make a trip back to Diagon Alley when the students are coming in for their supplies." She eventually stated with no further explanation.
They returned to the alley as they had just a few more stops to make in the Wizarding world. One was to St. Mungo's where they had one of the healers fix Harry's eyesight and inoculate him for wizarding illnesses since he had never had them before. Hermione had been inoculated on her first trip into the wizarding world with McGonagall. Harry was mostly excited that he would never again have to stumble around looking for his glasses or worry about losing them in a duel.
They then went to the Eeylops Owl Emporium and purchased a handsome black Eagle Owl that bonded with Draco, though he insisted that they would all use him for correspondence. Draco named him Ares. They would have to Owl the headmaster for positions with the seventh year class soon.
The last stop was to the Magical Menagerie where they looked for familiars for Harry and Hermione. Hermione found a sleek black cat that she quickly bonded with and named Eris and Harry found a beautiful black mamba that insisted that he be chosen. He decided to name his familiar Charon since they seemed to be sticking with Greek deity names. They had Ares, the god of war; Eris, the goddess of discord and Charon, the ferryman of the underworld.
As they paid for their new familiars, the clerk looked at the three black animals with a small bit of apprehension. Both the cat and snake had been hard to sell as they were aggressive and would allow no one to touch them and the owl looked just as menacing. When she voiced concern for the cat and snake the trio just smirked and handed over the necessary coins without saying a word.
With their purchases in their pockets and their familiars held close in their arms, they each grabbed onto the small metal ring which the goblins had turned into a portkey to take them to their homes. Draco made sure everyone was ready and then called out in a clear voice "Peverell Manor."
