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Chapter Four

Plans Never Survive Engagement

Harry looked at the four female that were left in the room with him. All of a sudden there was a squeal of joy and the four went into a football type huddle. While they were occupied, Harry looked around the office. A couple of pops were heard as house elves came and went, repairing the wall and window to the office. Distant pops informed him that the fountain was being repaired and the body removed.

Harry couldn't place his finger on what was wrong in the office. There were too many book shelves. And the range of books was too vast for the man intelligence. Ok, they could have belonged to his father but the placement were too mosaic. Arcturus came back with the Aurors, "What the Bloody Hell is going on here" a younger Amos Diggory yelled as he walked into the office. Harry also noticed a younger looking Fudge with him.

"As I told you over the Floo, Lord Eveningshade here saved my life when my cousin drew his wand. I do not wish to press charges and as of the old law, he is now part of the family. He may take up the position that is now vacant" Arcturus said.

He needn't have gone too far in his explanation. Fudge stopped lessoning and Diggory gave the typical nodding as Arcturus mentioned the old laws. Arcturus turned to Harry with a small smile on his lips, waiting for a reply. "If I may have a couple of days to think it over, I'll give you my answer then" Harry replied.

"Well that's all well and good, but I suppose you will be baring the body in the family crypt?" Amos asked.

"Yes unfortunately" Arcturus said with a heavy sigh, "he wasn't the strongest wand in the shop or smart enough to keep his mouth shut."

"Well then, we will write up the report and you can come by tomorrow to sign it. Lord Eveningshade, until tomorrow" and with that Amos started to leave.

"But Sir, aren't we going to arrest him for murder?" asked Fudge.

"Have you got Flobberworms in your ears, the old laws are in effect. We really have no authority here except to write the report so they can sign it. Now shut up and get moving." Amos said. He turned back to the room at large. "Once again, thank you my Lords". As he turned he mumbled "how the hell he ever got a job in the Ministry I'll never know" shaking his head.

Arcturus took Harry's hand "welcome to the family Lord Eveningshade" he said.

"Actually My Lord, the name is Lord Harrison Evan Eveningshade Merlin Gryffindor Slytherin and I already have a wife for Merlin. I will need wives for each of the other titles I have as well." Turning to Bellatrix he said, "I'm sorry for deceiving you in such a way. Please forgive me and I hope you will still become my wife" he said as he looked around the office. "In fact, if you will swear a magical oath, I will give up some of my secrets" he said as he looked each in the eye.

"Now you don't have to agree right now but I will understand if you decline all including the marriage contract" Harry said as he bowed to them and turned to leave.

Harry felt someone grab his sleeve and spin him around. At that moment he saw stars as that someone slapped him across the face. Stumbling back and hitting the door jam, he looked in wonder at the very angry young women with violet eyes. Rubbing his cheek, he started to say something but was cut off. "You stupid son of a bitch. Do you think you can just initiate a contract, cause a murder, protect a Lord and just walk out? If you think you're getting off that easy you're out of your mind. I have a wedding to plan, I want to meet this wife of yours and you will take My Lords offer of the position in the family. Or so help me you won't need to worry about future wives, because I'll cut it off. Do you hear what I am saying?"

Harry stumbled to his feet with a shock expression on his face. This woman had fire, much more than in the future. Of course she was used and abused and made to do thing she would never do if she wasn't being controlled. Once the sound of giggling made its way into his brain, Harry bowed to Bellatrix "of course My Lady. What the hell was I thinking? I am your's to command" he said.

With a sly smirk on her lips, Bellatrix said, "well not in all things. I of course like to be just a little submissive."

Harry, with shock once again in his eyes just smiled as Druella spoke "Bellatrix, how could you say such a thing. I can't believe you said that," the shock evident on her face.

"Oh Mother, I know that Father was a sick sadistic son of a bitch, but whenever he got into one of his moods we could hear your moans all over the house." At that Druella turned as red as a tomato and sputtered with indignation.

"I guess the acorn doesn't fall far from that tree," Arcturus said getting a round of giggles from the younger girls. Trying to get things back on track, Arcturus cleared his throat and said "be that as it may, we still have a few things to do. Harrison, we will discuss your proposal and get back to you. Bella, when would you like to have the wedding and which sir name will you take? Druella start making a guest list for the wedding. And Andy and Cissa, I know you have boys bussing around you all of the time, but do not encourage anyone until they are investigated. We may be dark but we are not barbarians. Now go and get started with the tasks at hand." He clapped his hands and the family started moving.

Harry watched as the ladies split into groups of two. Druella and Bellatrix were comparing notes on dates and guests. Andromeda and Narcissa were giggling and sneaking peeks over their shoulder at Harry.

"Now that the women folk are busy, let us get down to business. I, Arcturus Orion Black, do swear on my life and magic to never divulge any information given to me by Lord Harrison Evan Eveningshade, So mote it be."

"So mote it be" repeated Harry. He looked around and cast many privacy spells around the room. "Ok, before I start anything, I, Harrison Evan Eveningshade do swear on my magic that what I will say until the privacy wards are removed is the truth as far as I know, so mote it be"

"So mote it be" repeated Arcturus.

"Now to start with, my name is Harry James Potter and I was born in July of 1980. My parents were killed by the most evil dark lord of all time on October 31st 1981 while I watched. The murderer then turned his wand on me but for some reason his killing curse bounced back at him and destroyed his body, which ended the first Wizard War. I was abused by my mother's family until I reached the age of 13 when I took up my inheritance. The second Wizard war started in June of 1995 when the most evil dark lord ever gained a new body.

The second Wizard War was not going well for the Light side and the Dark Lord started to kill Mundanes and they retaliated. They wiped out 95% of the Wizarding population until just a small portion of wizards were left. It finally came down to the Dark Lord, 15 of his Death Eaters, as they were called, and myself. They finally tracked me down and surrounded me. They shot me with 15 killing curses and I ended up here in 1967. I immediately went to Gringotts to try and get some help. They performed an identity test, an inheritance test and an ability test, in return they asked for information of future business transactions. And that is the nuts and bolts of my life up until now," Harry said and sat back to lay his head back. "I don't even know why I'm telling you all of this" he mumbled.

Arcturus sat there digesting the information he was just given. If this was at all true then this man would know what had happened to each and every one of them, or at least have an idea.

"Well, it could be that you needed someone from this time to get the lay of the land and just be able to talk to. Or I have a charming personality that just won't let you lie to me. It could be anything really. I have a question Harrison, can you tell me anything of the family?" he asked.

"Well I did see the family tree tapestry a few times. Some within the family were dedicated to a group called the Death Eaters and most of them were killed for not completing a mission or for not supporting the Death Eaters. I think that is why you were dead by 1991. Just know that Cygnus died before you just like now but in 1979. Your grandson, Sirius, speculated that the leader of the Death Eaters, who's called by the name Lord Voldemort, killed him after a raid went bad." Harry said with a sad look in his eyes.

"By the sound of it you have been through a lot. But now that you're here, maybe we can change things a little … Ay. What do you say?" Harry looked up at the man but still had that sad look in his eyes.

"Not to sound ungrateful, but it still won't be the same. But I will try my best to make a life in the here and now. If you will be willing to help?" he said with just a small glimmer of hope in his eyes.

"You bet, but you have to survive the wedding first. And as you can see, Bellatrix can be a handful" Arcturus said with a hint of a smile.

Harry looked down while thinking. In barely a whisper he said, "That maybe why Cygnus and the LeStrange incorporated those spells into the marriage contract" and heard a gasp. Looking up he saw a very angry man in front of him.

"They did what?" he said barely above a whisper, with a growl at the back of his throat.

"Well, when I became the Lord of House Black" another gasp. Harry raised his hand to stem off any reply. "I voided the marriage contracts for both Bellatrix and Narcissa, due to the stipulation of a second child being name a Black to carry on the name. Well the LeStrange brothers were gay and only raped women to get their kinks off of the terror they could produce from the act. Lucius Malfoy only had one child and never touched Narcissa again. Now I think he was also gay but when we finally took him down, he had about twenty young boys and girls in his dungeon. And most were more dead than alive" Harry said looking anywhere but at Arcturus.

Arcturus thought about that for a few minutes then looked at Harry, "So Bella was under spells to keep her subdued and loyal and Narcissa was a trophy wife. Harry how did you become the head of my house?" he asked.

"Well I am a Black through my Grandmother, Dorea Potter nee Black but it was Sirius that made me his heir after he escaped from Azkaban" he heard another gasp and looked at Arcturus. "Yeah, he was framed for my parent's murder. It was the same night that Voldemort disappeared and one of his Death Eaters killed twelve mundanes and escaped. Any way as I was saying, I became Lord Black after Sirius fell through the vail in the Department of Mystery. A few years later while hiding out at Grimmauld Place, and very bored, I went through all the parchment and was able to void the contracts. That evening I got an Owl from Bellatrix asking for shelter from the Death Eaters. I damn near throw it out, but something just wouldn't let me. So I wrote her back and we meet in a place I could control. She pleaded her case and I took her in. to make a long story short, we became lovers and a year later she was captured and murdered" he said at a whisper.

"If I had known that I would have killed him myself. I had heard there was quite a fight over the contract but then Bella consented to the marriage. They must have put her under the Imperius Curse to make her sign the contract. It's a shame we can't revive Cygnus so I could kill him again" Arcturus chuckled slightly. "Well now that Bella is safe, what do we do about Malfoy and Narcissa?" he asked.

"I'm not sure what you want to do but I would love to kill him straight out. He's nothing more than a parasite on the Wizarding World his whole life. His ambition is to be the ruler of the Wizarding World from behind the scenes. But then he hooked up with Voldemort and his dreams went up in smoke. If we could only get him to our side, he would make a worthy ally. Maybe we can change his mind about following Voldemort! What do you think?" Harry asked his new benefactor.

"What would you suggest Harrison" Arcturus asked.

"Well we could hit him with the facts about Voldemort. He is really Tom Marvolo Riddle, a lower half-blood due to his father being a muggle. He grew up in an orphanage where he was tormented by the older kids and wishes to punish the muggle world for it. He also hates the wizard world for their views on blood. Besides he's just a power hungry bastard who would not share the power with anyone. More of his followers died by his hand then by the enemy. Once they take his mark, they are just his slaves" Harry said as he droned on about Riddle.

Arcturus was shocked at this revelation. "Why did any of them join him in the first place" he asked.

"Because they are bunch sick sons of a bitch who love to kill, torture and rape for just the fun of it. They think that just because they are purebloods, they can get away with anything. I need to start making plains to counter act most of the devastation that Riddle does between this time and mine" Harry said while in deep thought.

"What can you do to counter act what Riddle does" Arcturus asked while staring at Harry.

"Well I know most of his inner circle and we just eliminated his deadliest Death Eater" Harry said.

"Who are you talking about and what are Death Eaters" Arcturus asked curiously.

"Riddle called his minion Death Eaters due to the amount of deaths they had caused. The answer to your first question is Bella" Arcturus gasped "The only thing I can think of to turn her from what she is now and what she wound have been are very dark spells placed on her marriage contract. They made her a loyal and fanatical Death Eater. She was the most feared of the bunch" Harry finally wound down with a sad look in his eyes.

"What can we do" Arcturus asked.

"I have been thinking we need an army of our own. From what I remember, most of the Pureblood squibs joined the armed forces of Great Britain due to their oh so loving families disowning them for not have magic. We could but an advertisement in all the British papers asking them to join us" Harry said with a thoughtful look on his face.

"I have some other prospects I'm going to look into but that is for another time. Right now we need to get those advertisements in the papers" and he waved his hand producing the writing materials.

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The next day in all the papers was the following advertisement:

For a magical opportunity for those Pure of Blood, to reunite with their past to make a better tomorrow. Your vision of the past are needed to help the future and to reinstate the lost. If interested, send your resume to PO Box 17 1/2, Withernsea, HU19 2WG in care of Harrison Evans

Harry looked over the ad and wondered if it would attract the people it was meant for. Even though the Black's were considered a Dark family they still supported the crown. Arcturus walked in at that moment and Harry folded the paper. He laid it on the desk so the ad was front and center. "Well I hope this draws the right type of resumes" he said.

Arcturus looked at the ad and nodded, "what do you think would help target the right audience" he asked.

"We could make to where just squibs can see it, like a Fidelius Charm or a Muggle repelling Charm." Harry said.

Arcturus said, "The Fidelius charm would keep everyone from seeing it, but the Muggle repelling charm just might do the trick. It would have to be a ritual to affect all the ads in all the papers. Druella is very good at that kind of thing. We'll give her the parameters and let her research it. It may cost us something but I think it will be small. Anything else pressing at the moment?" Arcturus stood and turned to the door.

"No My Lord Black, just getting use to this office and its responsibilities" said Harry as Arcturus stopped at the door looking back at Harry.

"Well in that case, I'll let you get back to getting settled. I'll let you know what Druella finds out and what sacrificial price it will be. If you would keep working on the list of investments for the future we will get the goblins to keep an eye out for opportunities. Good night Harry" he said before leaving.

"Good night My Lord" Harry said to the empty room.

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