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Headmasters Office

Everyone was stunned. While the gods were known, it was extremely rare for them to appear in person. The last known sighting of one of the gods had been 500 years before, and that was in South America. Albus could not remember the last time one of the Celtic Gods had made their presence known in person.

All the people and portraits in the room knelt and bowed their heads towards the gods in the corner. Fawkes however flew over and landed on Cernunnos's shoulder singing loudly in excitement. Both gods looked at the Pheonix and smiled while they listened to his song.

"Lord Cernunnos, Lady Morrighan, to what do we owe the pleasure of your visit?" asked Dumbledore "It has been quite a long time since mortals were last graced with your presence."

Looking around the room Cernunnos replied "We felt that your stupidity had gone on for long enough and that it was time for us to intervene in order to save a life and keep the peace"

Everyone in the room looked at each other. That was not the response they were expecting from the gods. And the scorn they could hear in his voice surprised them.

"Keep the peace?" asked Cornelius at the same time as Madam Bones asked "Save a life?" and Albus queried "Our Stupidity?"

The Morrighan looked at them "Yes, much as it goes against my Nature, keep the peace. The last thing we want is for another Pantheon to declare war on the Isles Wizarding Community because of their stupidity." Hearing this everyone in the room paled "We also wish to ensure that a life is saved that would have been lost without our intervention and so we are lifting the restrictions that we previously imposed."

"Restrictions?" questioned Sirius, speaking up for the first time during the meeting.

"Yes, at the request of the Shinto Pantheon of Japan we placed restrictions around the Isles preventing anyone, magical creatures included, from finding someone that they wished to protect"; continued The Morrighan. "Based on the knowledge that we had at the time, we were more than happy to comply with their request. No one in the Isles had justifiable grounds for finding the person in question as you had all abandoned him years before."

"But why?" demanded James "He is our son, and we wanted him found and bought back home where he belongs!"

"Where he belongs?" queried Cernunnos, "If he belonged with you then why did you abandon him on the word of an old man and forget about him for 7 years? If he meant anything to you he would have been with you his entire life, not when it was convenient to you."

"We thought we were doing the right thing, protecting him" said Lily in response.

"If you were protecting him, then why did you not do the same for Rose when she was born? Why did you rejoice when she came along and give no thought to your oldest? Why did you not bring him back into the family then? Obviously any concerns about safety had passed if you were willing to bring a new life into the family, one even more defenceless than him" accused The Morrighan.

Neither James or Lily could answer her. They had no idea why they did not think to bring Harry back home when Rose was born. They did not think of Harry at all until his unaddressed letter was bought to their attention by Professor McGonagall.

"The only reason we are going to lift the restrictions and enable you to contact him is because if he doesn't compete in these Gladiatorial Games of yours, he will lose his Magic and more than likely his Life. This would result in various Gods and Beings of the Shinto Pantheon coming to Hogwarts and razing it to the ground. This would then lead to a war among the gods, which I am sure we all would like to avoid." stated Cernunnos. "They still might come to have words with you about Harry being involved in this event anyway, but at least Harry will still be alive when they do."

"Please, can you tell us where Harry is? Is he happy?" asked Remus Lupin. He didn't care about any issues the gods had with James and Lily. All he cared about was that Harry was happy again after the suffering he had gone through with the Dursleys.

"It will be up to Harry whether he wants to tell you where he is currently living. What we can tell you is that he is happier than he was and looking forward to his life again." Replied Cernunnos.

At that Remus smiled in relief. His Cub was happy.

"You may now carry the letter to Harry Fawkes, however I recommend you arrive outside his place of residence and fly in rather than flame directly into his presence. Doing that could have some fairly bad results for you, and the letter" The Morrigan asserted. "The people he is living with are rather protective of their charges and would take very badly to you suddenly showing up out of nowhere. At lease if you fly in there is a good chance you will be able to deliver your letter peacefully."

At this, all in the room looked worried, where was Harry staying that the arrival of a Pheonix the personification of a light creature would earn a violent response. The only lead they had was that he was in some way involved with the Shinto Pantheon and while they were mostly based in Japan, that was not the only place they could be found.

Albus quickly drafted a letter to Harry and his Guardians explaining what had happened and the need for him to come to Hogwarts or risk losing his magic. Rolling the parchment into a scroll and sealing it with the Hogwarts Seal, he passed it to Fawkes and watched as he flamed away.

Turning back to the Deities that had been watching the process he said "Thank you for lifting the limitations you had placed and allowing us to contact Harry. We can all hope that he will respond and return to his family where he belongs and continue his education here once the tournament is over."

Instantly they could all tell that he had said the wrong thing. The temperature in the room plummeted as the Gods looked at him with disgust.

"And what makes you think that we have done this so that Harry could come back to his 'Family'? They have not been his family for the last 13 years, why should they have the chance to start now? They gave up a Magical Child to you without any regret, you gave him to the worst sort of human possible and promptly forgot about him. Why on earth would he want to come back here voluntarily?"

"Please, he is our son and we want to make things right" pled Lily upon hearing The Morrigan. "We know we made a mistake, but surely we can make things right?"

"How? You didn't even think of him until you were reminded when his letter came. Where were you when his 'Uncle' was whipping him for accidental magic? Where were you when your 'Sister' was bashing him with the fry pan for burning the bacon at five years old? Where were you when his 'Uncle' threw him over a cliff and left him for dead in a foreign country because they didn't want to deal with him anymore? After all, there had been no oversight from the Magical world, no one cared what they had done to him before why would they start now? That is what he thought when he attempted to kill your son!"

Everyone in the room paled when they heard about some of the life Harry had led with Lily's sister. While they had been aware of the abuse after they had gone to retrieve Harry, they had not been aware of just how bad it was. All were wishing they could have tried the Dursleys in front of the Wizengamot, that way they could have them in Azkabahn. They would have to settle for what they had achieved at least. Both Vernon and Petunia were in prison for life for the assumed Death of Harry Potter. Dudley had been sent to a home for delinquent boys so they could try and deprogram him from the beliefs of his father.

"It was really that bad?" asked Dumbledore "I asked Arabella to watch him, she never reported any of this to me."

"Of course not, the Dursleys kept it all inside the house. What good is having a watcher in the next street when they can't see what is going on inside the house? Harrys magic always ensured that he was able to function normally after being let out of the cupboard they kept him in. He still has the scars, but at least he could function." Cernunnos stated. "His Magic is the only reason the boy survived as long as he did. If not for that he would have been dead within 12 months."

"Neither the Potters and their friends, nor Dumbledore could believe that they had failed Harry so badly. All in the misguided belief that they would be keeping him safe and away from Danger. James and Lily could not believe that they had listened to the old man when he had made his suggestion. They should have kept Harry with them, loved him and ensured that he was OK. They had done that with Rose when she had come along, why couldn't they have done it with Harry. Albus could not believe he had gotten it so wrong. Family should love family, it was a fundamental tenant of his beliefs. To have gotten it so horribly wrong, what else had he gotten wrong he wondered.

"We are not only here to lift the restrictions we had placed on you, but we are here to deliver punishment for your failures" stated The Morrigan coldly. "To have so badly failed one with Magic is anthema to us. All with magic should be treasured no matter who they are. There is no such thing as blood purity, there is no such thing as a 'Muggleborn'. All magic comes from the Gods and we decide who receives it. To segregate and belittle like you have been is to belittle the Gods. All so called 'Muggleborns' can be traced back to a family line through Squib descendants. All magic must come from somewhere. The Gods blessed the lines with magic, some lost it for generations due to their failures, but it will always come back."

Everyone in the room was shocked by this statement. Surely they were wrong, but The Morrigan was also the Goddess of Magic, it had to be true. This would rock the wizarding world to its very foundations when it came out, and come out it would. There were too many portraits present for it not to. Some could already be seen leaving to spread the words they had just heard from the Goddess. Some of those in the portraits had been priests and believers while they lived, they would spread the word from the Goddess to everywhere they had a frame and to all their acquaintances.

Cernunnos stepped forward "James Charlus Potter, you have been gifted with the Animagus form of a Stag, a creature that is special to me. For your crimes against you Eldest Son and Heir, that ability is being locked away from you. No longer will you be able to take on any form other than your own. No longer will you know the joy of running in the forest in your animal form." At the end of his statement, Cernunnos waved his hand at James. He screamed and fell to his knees as the phantom form of his Animagus was ripped from him. The stag looked back at him then turned to Cernunnos, bowed its head and disappeared from the room. James was left on his knees weeping as the God turned away.

"The Morrigan stepped forward "Lily Marie Potter nee Evans nee Slytherin," all in the room gasped and looked shocked upon hearing the Morrigan address Lily as such. "You too were gifted an Animagus form. Had you undertaken the process you would have achieved the form of a Raven, a creature of significance to me. For your crimes against your eldest son and heir you will never be able to achieve this form. Also, you will never be able to access the Slytherin family magics now that you know of them. They are locked to you forever." With the wave of her hand Lily fell to the floor as the phantom forms of both a Raven and a Basilisk left her body. Bowing to The Morrigan both creatures faded from view.

Both Gods turned to Dumbledore. "Albus Dumbledore, for your crimes against the one you know as Harry James Potter you are stripped of all of your positions except Headmaster. Maybe now you will be able to focus on what should have been your primary concern all along, the safety of the students in your care. Should you fail again, you will be stripped of that position as well" stated Cernunnos. "Also Albus, I will be taking back my wand. You are not worthy of holding it, I will ensure it goes to the one it was always meant for when they are ready for it." Albus' wand was stipped from him with a wave of The Morrigans hand. With it went the power boost he had enjoyed by being the Master of the Elder Wand.

Turning back towards the corner they had come from both Cernnunos and The Morrigan started to walk away, preparing to leave as the portal that had bought them to the Headmasters office re-opened.

As they were getting ready to depart, Cornelius felt he had to raise one question. "Why have you done all this? Harry Potter while the Heir to the Noble and Ancient house of Potter is no one special. He is not Damien Potter, he is not The Boy Who Lived. Surely he is more important than someone who has been missing for so long?"

The gods looked back to the Minister with disgust. "Trust us, we know exactly who he is."

With those last words, they entered their portal and disappeared.

James and Lily Potter were on their knees crying in pain for what they had lost, everyone else in the room was stunned by the actions of the gods and what it could mean moving forward. How would they handle it when the Muggleborns found out what The Morrigan had said about the origins of their magic? Would there be a glut of people going to Gringotts for an Inheritance Test to see what family they belonged to? How would the existing families react to suddenly finding our they had more members? Would there be any of the extinct lines being renewed?

All this and more was running through their heads, but one of the dominant questions was, What had The Morrigan meant by that last comment regarding Harry Potter. Just what was he to the Gods that they would go to these lengths for him?

Another chapter down, for those who are constantly asking, we will meet Harry in the next chapter and find out where he has been living.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter/