Chapter 4 – Marriage, Magic and Goblins
23rd May 1984 (harry age 4)
The next two weeks shot by for young Harry, Diana visited practically every day and her and Bruce's relationship went from strength to strength. The League after one week of merciless teasing had settled down somewhat but still Clark or Wally chucked in the odd comment, Harry came to their defence saying he didn't see Lois around which promptly shut Clark up. A month after their first visit to Thermyscira the Wayne Family plus Diana and Dick who wanted to see the island as Harry had spoken most highly of it, set out tin the Batwing for the Island.
Harry stepped off the plane and was instantly embraced by Helena and then Hippolyta who both had smiles on their faces. Bruce and Diana left the plane hand in hand which didn't go unnoticed by the surrounding Amazons "Diana it's wonderful to see" Hippolyta said her voice filled with happiness and love "and Bruce how are you not tired of Diana" she jokily said Bruce just chuckled and Diana levelled a mock glare at her Mother.
"Harry darling why don't you go and practice your sparring, we have grown up things to discuss" Diana said giving Harry a small push towards Helena "okay have fun planning the wedding" Harry shot back, the three grown-ups stared at the young boy in a mixture of shock, annoyance and embarrassment "how did he know" Diana whispered "is it possible to hide anything from him" she continued talking to herself.
Finally notice her mother's pointed look she said "i think this is best to discuss in private" Diana said firmly "It's hardly private know" Bruce mused " oh what until I get my hands on him I'll make sure he'd wished he'd never said those words" Diana grumbled to herself following a amused mother.
Three hours later they rejoined Harry on the training field whilst he was in a fierce duel with Helena and another Amazon, he was weaving in-between the whistling swords with astonishing speed, over the past few weeks Harry had been practising hard with his time ability and he could now slow time down 10 times what it would normally be however for this duel he was limiting it by two times as he still wanted to improve with his sword.
Ducking a blow he vaulted over the sword kicking at the attacker and successful disarming her, he was too slow however to block Helena's sword which struck the cross-guard of his sword and knocked it out of his hand, resorting to his last weapon he swung in to a rather sloppy karate kick (after all he'd had only a weeks training with Bruce) which the amazon successful blocked causing him to fall to the floor in a cloud of dirt.
The surrounding amazons politely applauded while Helena pulled Harry up before bowing to each other and walking off the training field. "Harry was it I took you about using Martial Arts moves" Bruce said in a chiding voice "don't use them until you have fully grasped them otherwise you could badly hurt yourself" Harry said in his posh teacher voice as he tried to imitate, Bruce had found it amusing the first few times before it began getting annoying.
"Harry it's important" Bruce said seriously "you could have hurt yourself very badly their what if you had landed on your next" Bruce continued pushing the point Harry looked down at his feet and mumbled an apology.
Bruce smiled turning to Diana removing a box from his pocket and kneeling before Diana, those of the Amazons who Diana had told of Human culture recognised the movement and gasped.
"Diana Prince will you marry me" he asked sombrely, tears could be seen in the corners of Diana's eye's as she "yes Bruce" before kissing him, Bruce siding the ring on her finger. Staring around Harry could hardly think of a more romantic place to propose to the one you love, with a joyous heart he observed his parents in all their love.
Watchtower
The Wayne Family entered the Meeting room aboard the Watchtower to find it half fall, league members were spread sporadically around the room. Zatanna spotting them hurried over "Bruce, Diana, Harry its wonderful to see yo..." Zatanna stopped as something caught her attention "OH MY GOD" Zantarra screeched attracting the attention of the League "is that a ring Diana"
This last sentence caused a flurry of movement as the whole league conversed on the four "who's the lucky guy" Clark joked while Diana was surrounded by Black Canary, Supergirl and Zatanna. Needless to say the main topic of conversation of the league was Bruce and Diana much to the two's embarrassment.
The Wedding was planned to be small private affair away from the prying eye's of the media who were having a field day at the news that the greatest bachelor of Gothan was set to marry. As the day of the wedding drew near both Harry's parents became increasingly anxious and nervous, Harry found it wise to keep out their way as they had a habit of snapping at him. Taking refugee in the Wayne library he read all the books he could lay his small hand on about marriage.
31st September 1984 (Harry age 5)
Harry surveyed their surroundings he was back on Thermyscira for the third time, this time it wasn't just the Wayne family but the main members of the league Superman, Green lantern (Hal Jordan), Flash, Aquaman, Martain Manhunter, Atom, Plastic Man and Green Arrow as well as few of Bruce's personal friends Barbara Gordon, Dick Grayson, Alfred and Bruce's old friend Lucious Fox.
Harry was quickly kidnapped by Helena who was pleased to see him and she challenged him to a quick spar, keen to improve his skills he quickly kitted out and joined her on the sparring field, they sparred for well over twenty minutes and several of the League wandered over to watch, superman being his usual joking self shouting at him to 'move his two left feet' as he elegantly put it.
The wedding itself went with out a hitch and the entire island celebrating the union, Harry enjoyed the party and tried a few of the stronger drinks slightly disappointed and confused when they didn't affect him so he put it down to his body not being advanced enough.
It was with a heavy heart that he set back off to Gothan, Bruce and Diana were planning to travel the world for their honeymoon and so Harry would be left with Alfred and Dick for the three weeks, there was a advantage thought Alfred would be less busy while the master was away so he might be able to get Alfred to instruct him in cooking. Hugging his parents goodbye he boarded the plane that would take him home.
September 1985 (Harry age 6)
A year later and Harry was with his family on a business trip to London, Bruce and Diana had returned from their honeymoon with joyous hearts, their bond of love deepened. Diana upon learning Harry wanted to learn the finer art of cooking spent many an afternoon with him in the kitchen, the two found it a way to communicate on subjects they otherwise wouldn't voice.
Harry proceeded with his Martial arts training and after a year he was able to hold his own against dick for 30 seconds but was instantly defeated when duelling his father, Harry had began experimenting with several of the gadgets Batman used and he spent much of his time tinkering with them along with an old version of the Batmobile. Without his fathers knowledge he altered the exterior design to be black and Emerald green coiling like it was bathed in flames. After spending several weeks studying books on advanced engineering Harry began practicing theories he'd read from the books on the engine trying to fine tune it to the best of its capibilty
he tuned the engine and added several boosters as well as adding or upgrading several gadgets.
He also practised his technological skills that he was taught by his father and surprisingly Barbara by shielding a system and then trying to hack it, each time he found it harder and harder trying different approaches until he reached and impasse were he could improve on the shielding much to his pride.
Harry was pulled out of his train of thoughts as he noticed something of interest, the shopper seemed to be missing a shop their sight sliding from the toy shop on one side to a bookshop on the other totally missing a building between the two. Deciding to investigate further he quickly told Alfred to stop the car after telling him he would call when he wanted a pick up he hurriedly crossed the road and finally caught the name of the building 'The Leaky Cauldron'
He stopped in his tracks The Leaky Cauldron the name was blessing and a curse it reminded him of his previous life as a Potter. It was a blessing as he needed to learn how to control his magic and he couldn't remember where the Leaky cauldron was.
Clearing his mind he quickly entered sliding between the table before slipping out the back to meet a stone wall 'great now what was he to do' he silently cursed himself, thinking of no answer he absent-mindedly tapped the correct bricks with his fingers and jumped back in shock when the bricks began rearranging themselves.
Both pleased and confused by the effect his hand had on the wall he hurried through and down the street mulling over the possibilities 'could it be that he could do wandless magic as the wall recognised his hand when usually it only recognises wands'. Deciding that he would test to see if he was wandless when he got the chance he climbed the steps to at a time entering Gringotts home of the Goblins and bank of Wizarding kind.
Striding up to a free Goblin he quickly scanned the Goblin bypassing the shield around his mind searching for the correct Goblin greeting "Greetings Great Goblin may your gold ever flow" Harry said, the Goblins drooped his quill in surprise and looked at the small boy with a curious glint in his eye.
Noticing he had the Goblins full attention he continued "I would like to try for my inheritance" the Goblin blinked before croaking "very well follow me" he said before disappearing behind the desk and leading Harry down a long corridor before knocking on a large oak door "Silvertooth a young human here to see you" the Goblin said "thank you Griphook that is all" a older Goblin wearing spectacles said his eye's showing wisdom of long years.
"what can I do for you master..." "Harry" Harry supplied before continuing "and may your gold ever flow" he continued, the elderly Goblin froze in shock before breaking into a smile "its been many years since I last heard the Goblin greeting from a wizard" Silvertooth said his visage becoming sad. "I wish to take the test of inheritance Master Silvertooth" Harry said his voice continued evenly "oh" the Goblin said surprise clearly on his face
"very well its not often for one so young to test for inheritance" said Silvertooth reaching for a stone bowl "if you would drop three drops into the jug it will tell us" Silvertooth simply said. Harry did so and the drops of blood seemed to be consumed by the bowl before a scroll materialised above the bowl, Silvertooth grabbed the piece of Parchment and began t read before paling and stuttering "I'll be back in a minute Mr Wayne" before half running to the door .
Intrigued harry picked up the parchment and began to read
Name: Harry Bruce Wayne
Jason Merlin Evans
Harry James Potter
Age: 6
Sex: Male
Classification: Human
Occupation: Master of Magic
Political standing: Head of Merlin, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Slytherin, King, Davidson and Clayton families.
Family: Lily and James Potter (Biological Parents), Bruce and Diana Wayne (Blood adopted Parents), Sirius Black (Godfather).
Ancestors: Merlin, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Slytherin and Wayne
Heir of: Merlin, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Slytherin, Wayne, Potter and Black.
Claims: Merlin Title and Vault (Potter and Wayne Side), Gryffindor Title and Vault (Potter Side), Ravenclaw Title and Vault (Potter Side), Hufflepuff Title and Vault (Wayne Side), Slytherin Title and Vault (Wayne Side), Davidson Title and Vault (Wayne Side), Kings Title and Vault (Wayne Side), Clayton Title and Vault (Potter Side), Amazon Vault (Wayne Side – set up secretly by a Amazon, non of the amazons knew about it) and Heir of Hogwarts and Hogwarts Vault (Wayne and Potter Side).
Secondary Claim: Dumbledore Title and Vault (4th – Potter side), Flammel Title and Vault (2nd – Potter side), Longbottom Title and Vault (5th – Potter side), Black Title and Vault (primary claim when current Head dies)
Abilities: Elemental of Fire, Air, Earth and Water (primary element fire – allows teleportation like a phoenix), Master of Time, Mindscan, Mindshield, (like Legillimency and Occlumency but different can pass Occlumency shields), Flame teleportation, Beast-speaker, Seer, Wandless/Staff spell casting, Parseltongue, Shadowtongue, Pyretongue, Metamorphmagus, Shadowmagic, Parselmagic, Multi-Animagus, and Swordsmanship.
Animagus forms: Dragon – Hungarian Horntail, Phoenix – Shadow Phoenix (allows shadow ability – transport anywhere from shadow to shadow), Basilisk, Dire Wolf, Gryffin, Thestral, Sphinx, Pegasus, Golden Eagle, Ladybird, Eagle owl and Acromantula (Makes puzzles riddles and runes easier)
Harry scanned the scroll in shock he knew that he might have a few magical abilities and connections to other wizarding families but he hadn't expected this. How was the Hogwarts founders linked to the Wayne family after all they were non-magical the only plausible answer was that they had produced a squib somewhere in the line and rather than say in the wizarding world they had left it changing their name and hiding their ancestry.
He was pulled from his train of thoughts by the opening of the oak door and entrance of Silvertooth with a ancient goblin judging by the wrinkles. Bowing to the Goblin he offered the greeting to which the Goblin smiled and croaked "ahh it has been many years since we have had a wizard who knows the Goblin greeting, I am Ragnock the Head Goblin, may I as how you knew it" The ancient Goblin asked. Harry looked sheepish before answering
"I searched Griphook for the correct Greeting as I didn't know it and though it impolite" "but isn't it less rude to not know the greeting than search a persons mind" Ragnock pressed the point "NO I would never violate someone's inner thoughts as I would be abusing my power, I only wished to convey my respect for the Goblins" Harry finished looking slightly ashamed, Ragnock scrutinised the young human before breaking into a smile his pointed teeth gleaming
"you truly are a remarkable person Mr Wayne, you have great power yet you understand right and wrong and you try to be polite to a race that the majority of Wizard-kind despise and treat as dirt" Ragnock seemed to ponder something "I understand you must have a reason apart from claiming your inheritance, if you would tell us what it is we may be able to help you with your aims as well as teach you about Goblin culture and customs which haven't been taught to a human for several decades" the Goblin continued.
Harry pondered it before a question presented itself "and what would you like in return Master Ragnock" this statement caused the Goblin to chuckle "we would greatly appreciate if you could help defend our few remaining rights and if possible improve upon them, your relations to these powerful political families makes you in important person with great political power" Harry silently mused over what the Ragnock had said before nodding "I would have helped you anyway but any teaching of Goblin ways I would greatly appreciate".
"Well then let us proceed Silvertooth" Ragnock barked, the younger Goblin set eight boxes on the table. Opening each revealed a gleaming ring each with a different symbol cut into the front "these are the rings of each house they will deem you worthy of whether or not you are worthy to bear the title". "what happens if they don't accept me" Harry asked feeling his heart sink slightly but his confidence and determination didn't waver, the goblin only grinned toothly before removing the first ring that of Merlin.
The ring was a thing of beauty it was made of pure gold, a sapphire was set into the ring a dragon in flight was etched into the hard diamond with amazing precession "it took the dwarves three weeks to complete the jewel" Ragnock said as though he had read Harry unasked question. Ragnock set the ring on Harry's third finger with great care before retreating, the ring flared to life and a blinding blue shot from the Sapphire.
"what the hell just happened" Harry asked blinking rapidly trying to regain his sight "that meant the ring accepted you congratulations you are the first person the ring has allowed to claim the title, I would suggest you keep it quiet for the time being as many will try to sway you to their side and others will try to eliminate you, to avoid detection family rings had the ability to become invisible the wearer only had to wish for the rings to disappear and they would. Harry did as the Goblin suggested and the ring vanished from sight, Harry could still feel the cool touch of the metal.
They continued through with the other rings and all had similar reactions, Ragnock mentioned he had never seen such strong reactions to a claimer. Completing the ring ceremony Harry turned to Ragnock "Ragnock I need to purchase supplies from Diagon alley but at present most would ignore me could you perhaps supply be with some way of appearing older" Ragnock only smiled.
Two hours later Harry stepped out of Gringotts and was momentary blinded by the sun, under his disguise of a tall middle age man with long blond hair and sharp brown eye's he had to admit the Goblins had worked wonders he could now move freely around and be able to buy all the purchases required, he mental made a note to thank the Goblins next time as they had poured the spell into a small silver phoenix necklace with allowed him to change appearance instantiously as well as not have to cast magic with he only knew the theory for.
First stop was Trent's Trunks as he would need somewhere to place all his purchases. Entering the shop he was met by a tall blond man "how may I help you sir" he said his face boystrois " I would like to have a custom made trunk, money is no issue" The young man practically exploded upon hearing the second part of the sentence "here you are Sir this brochure will tell you all ooptions available for your trunk" Harry quickly flicked through the booklet, " I would like a seven compartment design. the first floor fro storing Personal items, the second as a library, the third as as general storage space, the fourth and fifth combeined to make a living area, the sixth a duelling zone and the seventh as a potions lab.
The young assistant was busy scribbling down the instructions "and what spell protection would you like" Harry turned to the section on security and general spells "I would like the usual strengthening, self-repairing, Waterproof, Fire Protection, muggle repelling and notice-me-not spell on the trunk as well as blood identification for allowance of access.
"certainly sir a trunk like this will take 2 weeks to complete we ask for a 15% deposit now" the man said finish writing Harry's (Jason's) name, Harry simply withdrew the amount from a bottomless bag connected to his Vault. "would you like the trunk delivered or will you collect it yourself" the assistant asked quill poised ready to note the address "no i'll collect the trunk myself" Harry simply said before turning and heading for the door "good day".
Harry's next stop was Flourish and Blotts were he brough all the books the Goblins suggested as well a few more that caught his attention. Exiting the shop 20 minutes later and 300 hundred Galloens lighter he contiuned his shopping spree with a trip to madam malkins were he aquired several sets of robes, the better to blend in. He brought four standard black robes as well as 2 emerald green, 1 blood red and 2 sea blue. Dropping his purchases in his trunk which he swiftly shrunk he hurried up the cobble streets to Olivander's, diverted by the Magical Menagerie .
Entering the shop Harry was assaulted by a variety of noises, sounds and smells. Wrinkling his nose at the smell he quickly covered the shop. Not finding anything of interest he headed out only to spot a large snow white barn owl sitting in a cage just inside the door, the owl was watching him with large amber eyes.
Harry strode over to the owl, reaching up he gently stroked the owls plumage, the owls amber eye;s half closed in pleasure. Deciding Harry took the cage up to the kiosk after all an owl would be useful as it would allow him to send letters to people if need.
Exiting the shop Harry continued on up the street back towards the wand shop close to the archway. Entering the shop he found it to be deserted, ring the bell three times he sharply turned as he felt the presence of someone directly behind him. He came face to face with a white haired man who had a look of surprise on his face no doubt due to Harry's quick reactions.
"don't do that" Harry hissed his palm outwards ready for any sudden movement "sorry about that, usually the customers jump in surprise makes the day more entertaining" Ollivander said a sad smile on his face "now what can I do for you Mr..." "Evans, I wish to acquire a wand". The old man simply grunted turning to the shelves, picking a box from the shelf he presented the wand to Harry "10 1/4 inches, oak contains the core of Unicorn hair".
Harry grasped the wand which instantly produced a blast of sparks setting the filing cabinet opposite on fire, the wand itself began smoking before cracking down the middle and exploding outwards knocking Harry and Mr Ollivander of their feet. Harry hit the desk falling oqwardly on the far side, poor Mr Ollivander on the other hand hit a pile of wands causing the lot to fall on him half burying him.
Harry staggered to his feet and painfully hobbled over to Ollivander and began to dig him out of the pile of boxes. 5 minutes later and Ollivander was able to stand whereupon he was rounded on by Harry "what happened, why did the wand explode" Ollivander seemed in shock, Harry shock him snapping him out of it. "that has only ever happened once before and that was in a legend, when Merlin first went to test for his wand the wand did a similar thing" "what you mean blow up" Harry said smiling "yes that was the reason he bore a staff as no wand could control that amount of power, to be able to harness your power we must construct you a staff".
Harry followed the eccentric wizard between the rows of boxes careful not to dislodge any as he didn't want to be buried under hundreds of boxes. Ollivander stopped before a blank of wall waving his hand in a intricate pattern, the wall glowed a blinding blue before a oak door materialised. Opening it Harry was met by a large room containing a dozen desk holding a variety of wand ingredients from unicorn hair to dragon string heart. "well we'd better begin i have a feeling that you will not be an easy customer to craft a staff for" Ollivander said his eye's sparkling in anticipation.
"To find the correct wood I would like you to walk along the line of wood pick up any pieces that feel correct" Ollivander said his voice breathless, Harry approached the wall running his hands along the many types of wood. He stopped twice first to pick a branch of holly and then right at the end a branch of Yew which caused the old man to gasp "never in all my years Mr Evans the two pieces of wood you have collected surprised me, Yew and holly are opposite woods for you to pick a piece of each suggest that you can handle the opposites of everything".
"now if you would pick the core from your wand" Ollivander said bouncing slightly on the balls of his feet, Harry turned to a different wall which housed a variety of core a few he could recognised Unicorn hair, Phoenix feather and dragon heartstring. This time Harry found to core materials for his wand, a feather from a Phoenix and a heartstring from a dragon.
Ollivander practically bounced over to a desk in the far corner setting the wand materials on the desk "now we construct your staff"
An hour later Ollivander sunk into the chair his face showing his pleasure, Harry tentatively reached for the staff. As his hand closed around the staff he felt a feeling of completeness and warmth spread through him, waving the staff a plume of sparks shot out of the end accompanied by a 'BOOM' as if a cannon had been fired. "well Mr Evans it seems the wand is has chosen you".
Harry was only half listening as he examined the staff, it was a masterpiece the staff was a mixture of light and dark brown runes were sketched up the side of the staff, for shrink (to make it appear like a wand), unbreakable, self cleaning and many others to help with the transfer of power. "I am pleased Mr Ollivander this wand feels perfect to me but I must have your wizard oath that you will never reveal anything of this conversation as this information could be dangerous, its either that or I burn the memories out of your mind and believe me that's painful".
"Mr Potter I will take the oath of silence" as he finished the sentence he found the end of the newly crafted staff just under his chin "how did you know" Harry hissed "Mr Potter that is my secret but to set your mind at rest i'm the only person with they skill no to the oath 'I Elvinda Ollivander hereby swear on my magic that I will not reveal Harry James Potter-Wayne is Mr James Evans or that I have crafted him a staff. On this oath of magic, I keep the secret'".
Magic swelled around the two sealing the oath, Harry nodded to Ollivander "Good day Mr Ollivander" "Good day Mr Evans" Harry didn't hear Ollivander whisper "we can expect great things from you Harry James Potter-Wayne, the true chosen one.
Notes
- Harry can still claim inheritances from the potter side after his disownment just not the Potter line itself
- Master of Magic means Harry not only has Magic but he is the Master of Magic, he can control and bend magic to his will unlike normal Wizards, Highest wizard standing