A/N Usual Disclaimer: I own nothing, only the plot is mine!!
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OMG I AM SO SORRY EVERYONE!!! I UPLOADED THE WRONG VERSION OF THIS CHAPTER LAST NIGHT. SUPPOSE IT'S WHAT I GET FOR UPDATING WHILE HALF-ASLEEP. THIS CHAPTER I WROTE FOR LAUGHS, AND FORGOT THAT I SAVED IT IN THE NORMAL FORMAT. SO SORRY, REPAIRING AND RELOADING NOW!!
Harry and Hermione were anxiously waiting for the Goblin Healers to finish talking to each other and let them know the results of the in-depth scan the pair had just been under.
She looked at him, brows furrowed in worry. She wasn't sure she liked how long it was taking the Healers to converse. Their voices were escalating in volume. 'I wonder what that's about? They do not seem happy. Note to self: Don't annoy a Goblin Healer. They're scary.' She thought to herself.
The Healers finally turned around to face the pair. "I am Healer Smyte. We are dreadfully sorry for the amount of time it has taken us to let you know of the results of our scan My Lord and Miss." One of the Healers said respectfully. "We came across several very strong blocks upon the both of you by the same person. I am very sorry to tell you that a certain Albus Dumbledore has placed some severely limiting, and in some documented cases, lethal blocks on you." Gesturing at his colleagues, he continued "however, we were discussing how best to remove the blocks without risking any damage to come to the two of you." They were watching the teenagers closely for any reaction that would cause them concern.
Harry and Hermione looked at each other furious.
'I can't BELIEVE that.. that.. there's no name for what he's done to us' was running through both their minds unbeknownst to the other.
"Excuse me Healer Smyte?" Hermione asked. "Could you give us a list of the blocks we have? And if we could talk to our companions while you decide the best course of action for us?" she continued politely, yet with a hint of anger.
The Healers were not offended by her anger. Far from it, hearing the anger in her voice proved to them that she was not someone to be trifled with. In their minds, Dumbledore had done more than enough meddling in affairs that weren't his, and it was about time someone brought him up on it. These Healers were not going to stand in this young woman's way once she was done at the bank. Wordlessly, Healer Smyte walked over and handed her the list with a bow.
Reading of Blocks of one Lord Harry James Potter:
Blocking done by one Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore
90% Magical core block – (block allows another 15% to be accessed when under high amounts of pressure)
100% Meta-animagus block
85% Natural Healing block
70% Photographic memory block
20% Parsel magic block – (block has been eroding over time)
100% Natural Occlumency skill block
100% Natural Legillimancy skill block
100% Phoenix familiar bond block
Hermione blanched when she saw the magical core block. If Harry was powerful at only 10% and at the most 25%, she didn't want to be on the other end of his wand when he had the full 100%. She wordlessly handed the sheet to Harry with a mixture of awe, shock, and sorrow.
Everyone was furious at the strength of the blocks on Harry, no wonder the healers were worried about how best to remove them.
'It's a wonder I survived this long with only 5% of my natural healing abilities' thought Harry. 'I'd be long dead from treatment at the Dursleys otherwise.'
Hermione picked up her sheet with trepidation. 'What if there's an irreversible block on me?' She worried. Plucking up her Gryffindor courage, she looked down at her list of blocks.
Reading of Blocks of one Hermione Jane Granger:
Blocking done by one Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore
80% Magical Core block
100% Permanent Glamour Charm (as opposed to a timed-release Glamour charm)
100% Metamorphmagus block
100% Animagus block
60% Natural Healing block
2 months of Obliviated memories
Oh, now Hermione was fuming. No-one messes with her mind without her permission, whether she knows what is happening or not. Silently ranting to herself what she's going to do to Dumbledore when she next saw him, she thrust the parchment into Remus' hands.
The three men looked at her sheet. Very quickly they looked up in shock. They were all thinking the same thing. How could Dumbledore do this to them?
Harry looked up to see that Hermione had moved to stand in the corner of the room facing away from them. Her shoulders were shaking slightly. Quietly moving towards her, he walked up to her and placed his arms around her. He was surprised with his action, he didn't typically initiate contact, but some instinct was telling him Hermione needed him and he was happy to comply.
Leaning into his embrace for a moment, Hermione soon gathered herself, and broke away from him. "Healer Smyte? Have you decided on the best course of action yet?" she queried.
"Yes Miss Granger, we have. If you and Lord Potter could please come and stand back in the Rune circle for us, we will start with the least dangerous blocks, allowing your bodies to acclimate to the skills before we undo the power block, and your obliviated memories, but if Lords Black and Lupin could step outside again please? We would like to contain the magic in the room." The Healer stated.
Two Hours Later
It was a disoriented Harry and Hermione that woke up on the floor of the Rune circle, being calmly watched for reactions by the Healers.
Hermione was the first to stand, she had had the least amount of blocks on her, and her Magic didn't take as long to assimilate with her body and the rest of her core. Remembering that she had been under the effect of a Glamour Charm, she was mindful of the changes to her body. She felt as if she had grown taller, and had been graced with an hourglass figure. 'Before I look in a mirror and pick apart whom I look like, I want to ask if the Heritage Ritual can be done here' she thought grimly. Looking over at Harry, she noticed that he had grown taller as well. It seemed his Natural Healing ability had corrected all the neglect that had been forced on him during his stay at the Dursleys.
"Healer Smyte, is it possible to perform the Heritage Ritual here?" she asked quietly, shocked at the musical nuance her voice had acquired. Glancing at Harry, it appeared he was surprised as well.
"Of course. The only requirements of yourselves is a small blood sample dropped on specially charmed parchment, which we have here. If you two would like to come over here?" She asked them.
They both walked towards the healers without any hesitation. Reaching the healer's, they were each handed a piece of parchment, and a dagger.
"If you could please place 3 drops of blood on your parchment. You have each been given a sterile dagger, as we do not wish for samples to be contaminated, since it would defeat the purpose of the Ritual." Said the Healer.
Looking at each other, Hermione was the one to speak. "On the count of three then Harry?"
He nodded. "Healer Smyte, if you could count to three for us?" Harry asked politely.
"Certainly," came the reply. "One… Two… Three."
On three, Harry and Hermione both pierced their finger to place three droplets of blood on the parchment. Removing their hands from above the parchment, they found that the small nick was healed instantly.
"Well, this will take a few minutes to be completed, so if you would like your companions to be in here when your Ritual is ready, they may enter the room now." Said Healer Smyte.
Nodding, Harry replied in the affirmative. The doors opened and Remus and Sirius entered.
"Moony, Padfoot, we've just done the inheritance Ritual, we're just waiting for the results, and then I'm hoping that enough time will have passed that we can have the magic block removed. Is that correct Healer?" Harry said, directing his question towards the healer.
"Certainly Lord Potter" was the response. Turning to the two adults in the room, she asked them "Lords Black and Lupin, am I correct in assuming that the will reading suggested you undergo the Inheritance Ritual as well?"
Remus nodded, "You would be correct Ma'am"
"Well, would you like to perform the Ritual now? We have spare supplies here." She asked.
Sirius looked at Remus, who was nodding, then at both Hermione and Harry. Getting an affirmative from his best friend, his godson, and Hermione, he answered "Yes please Healer."
"Please step over here then, pierce your finger on the dagger, and drop 3 droplets of blood on the parchment."
With a nod of acceptance, the men quickly did as asked, then stepped back towards Harry and Hermione. They took this opportunity to take a look at Hermione, to see what the removal of the glamour charm did for her.
Sirius almost blanched looking at her. He could see exactly who her parents were. But without the confirmation of the Ritual, he wasn't going to say anything, just in case he was wrong. He didn't want to be the one to get anyone's hopes up just to find out it wasn't true. Looking over at Harry, he couldn't be happier. His godson was finally looking healthy. A nicely defined mixture of James and Lilly. No-one could accuse him of being James' clone anymore. Not with the defined cheekbones of Lilly's, along with her smile and of course her eye colour.
Remus saw Sirius' reaction, but couldn't place why. Hermione suddenly looked very familiar, and his wolf agreed with him, but he didn't know why. She was beautiful. But his wolf was telling him he knew her. He didn't understand how though. Harry was a gorgeous mix of Lilly and James, two of his best friends. He was happy that Harry finally looked healthy. His eyesight appeared to have been repaired as well.
Hermione and Harry were unfazed at the looks they were getting, they knew they had changed, and were content to stand there and be observed.
Suddenly, the Healer called out to them. "Your Rituals are ready to be read my Lords and Miss."
Excitement appeared in all four sets of eyes. Together, they walked over to the healers and were handed the parchments. By unspoken agreement, it was decided to read them aloud to each other.
Harry read his first
Inheritance Ritual Performed for one Harry James Potter
Paternal: James Charles Potter:
Heir to the Ancient and Noble House of Potter
Heir of Godric Gryffindor
Maternal: Lilly Rose Potter nee Evans
Heir of Merlin
Heir of Helga Hufflepuff
Magical: Tom Marvolo Riddle – (occurring at the age of 15months)
Heir of Salazar Slytherin
Harry was looking in open mouthed shock. He was the heir of three of the four founders?? He couldn't believe it! He looked up at everyone else. Hermione looked as though she was going into shock, her brain whizzing around to find a certain piece of information.
"Harry" she said breathlessly, "did you know that you can take over Hogwarts? You are the heir to three of the founders. In Hogwarts a History, it's stated that the Heirs may at any time claim ownership of the school with three heirs. Since you are heir to all three, you don't need to contact any other heirs."
As she was beginning to ramble, Harry interrupted her. "'Mione love, I know you're excited about this, but can we talk about this at home? I'd much rather like to know everyone else's results as well." He said gently.
Blushing, she replied "sorry Harry, I got a bit carried away." He smiled at her and waited for Sirius to read his out.
Inheritance Ritual Performed for one Sirius Orion Black
Paternal: Orion Black
Heir – Now Head of the Ancient and Noble House of Black
Maternal: Walburga Black nee Black
No inheritance, married the family holding the Lordship.
Everyone, including Sirius blanched a little at that. It was known that his parents were cousins, but it was another thing to have written proof of it, and to know that the House of Black contained no other inheritances. But Sirius was happy, he could just relax and be a Marauder!
(a/n I don't know what Remus' parents names are, so I'm just going to make something up.)
Inheritance Ritual Performed for one Remus John Lupin
Paternal: Michael Simon Lupin
Heir – Now Head of the Noble house of Lupin
Maternal: Louise Elaine Lupin nee Prewett
Heir of Arthur Pendragon
"Heir of Arthur Pendragon, as in King Arthur?" Remus stammered out. Hermione was opening and closing her mouth, but no sound came out. Sirius looked like he was expecting Remus to say 'Joking' and Harry, well Harry was still trying to work it out. Suddenly he beamed and said cheekily
"Well at least I'm not the only one as the Heir to someone famous"
Everyone had a good laugh at that, and turned to Hermione to hear hers.
Inheritance Ritual Performed for one Hermione Jane Granger – (note: Adopted name, not true name)
Paternal: Remus John Lupin
Heir of the Noble house of Lupin
Heir of Arthur Pendragon
Maternal: Sara Eileen Snape
Heir of the Ancient and Noble House of Prince
Heir of Rowena Ravenclaw
Hermione looked at Remus in shock, but also with a look as though she hoped it were true, but expecting to be told it was all lies.
"Baby? My little 'Mione?" Remus asked with tears in his eyes. His wolf suddenly understood why she looked so familiar. She was his daughter.
"Wh-Why was I adopted?" She asked so quietly, Remus almost couldn't hear it.
"You were stolen from us at 2 months of age." Came the same quiet almost inaudible reply. Hermione ran at Remus and leapt into his arms.
"Daddy" she cried, breath hitching, fighting to hold back the tears.
Moony was over the moon in happiness, his inner-wolf howling in joy, he finally had his baby girl back. "Shhh sweetie, let it out, you can cry, I love you." He crooned sweet nothings at her while she wept.
All this time, Harry and Sirius had both been standing there looking dumb. Their jaws had dropped and Harry was looking in disbelief. But then he took a good look at them together, and he almost hit himself, it was quite obvious that Hermionehe corrected himself, was Remus' daughter.
After closing his mouth, Sirius started dancing a little jig around the room, he was right! He knew that she was his best friend's daughter!
"'Mione sweetheart, I'm so happy you found out who your parents are" he said. Harry nodded his head in agreement, holding his arms open for her to run into. She hit him with such force he stumbled, and only just managed to stay on his feet.
Collecting herself, and smiling at her father, she faced the healers, who at that point had been completely forgotten, and were observing the group.
"Healer Smyte, I think we're ready to have the last blocks removed now please." She said.
"Certainly Miss Lupin." She replied. "If Lords Black and Lupin could please exit the room again."
With a hug for each child, and whispers of luck, they left the room to wait.
Turning to the two still in the room, the Healer stated
"This will probably hurt a lot, we're breaking bonds that should have been broken years ago. You will probably fall unconscious as the power is freed through your body. This is nothing to worry about, but we will be standing here in case there are problems."
Nodding, Hermione replied "Thank you. Could we please get this over with?"
With a few sentences in Gobbledegook that neither understood, both Harry and Hermione were suddenly thrown to the floor with the power of the magic surge going through them.
'Owwwwww, this is going to leave a bruise. Merlin I feel sick.' Was Hermione's first thought. She was soon trying to work out the order of the memories that had been returned to her. She saw one. 'No, it can't be true. No. I'm not going to let this be true. Mummy? Please don't be dead. Please.' This was all she could think. Her memory consisted of a bright green flash, and her mother falling to the floor. 'Maybe I should have asked Rem-no Dad what happened to mum before I got my memories back. How could that BASTARD have done this to me?' In between feeling sick and upset, Hermione was fuming at what that old manipulative COOT had done to her family.
Nearby, Harry was going through similar thoughts. 'Merlin, I really do have a lot of power. I can just feel it bubbling. Wanting to be let free. Going to have to ask Siri how to get better control. Don't like this feeling. Oh. Going to be sick'
Suddenly, a bucket appeared next to each of them. Just in time too, as they both reached over to retch into the bucket.
Standing up, using each other to lean on, they thanked the Healers and walked towards the doors. Before they could leave, Healer Smyte came up to them.
"Miss Lupin, Lord Potter, please take this advice. We recommend that you do not use your magic for 2 days while it settles in your body and core, and then for a week only use small amounts of magic to get used to how much power you have. I must say that doing otherwise may cause damage to both your body and magic."
Smiling gently at the healer, Harry was quick to say "Thank you Healer, we will endeavour to do as you say. We would like to thank you and your companions for all you have done for us today."
A voice, previously unheard, from the group of healers that remained in the background piped up, "you are most welcome Lord Potter and Miss Lupin. It was a pleasure to be able to get one over that 'old coot' as you call him. Please send word to Gringotts if you require our help in the future."
They walked out the door to meet their family. Hermione smiled to herself 'I have a true family now. I won't be treated like dirt anymore.' Unknown to her, Harry was having similar thoughts, at finally being free of the Dursleys and being given the chance to live with his Godfather. The way he was supposed to.
Giving Sirius and then her dad a hug, she told Remus, "I want to know what happened to mum when we get home. My memories tell me one thing, but I want the truth. I won't accept my memory as the truth until you say so."
Remus looked horrified. He didn't know that she had been there to see. Just as Harry had. Nodding to her he replied, "Sure 'Mione. As soon as we get home ok?"
Remus looked to Sirius and asked, "shall we go to the house on the Marauder Estate? Prongs made sure it was covered in the best wards. And I don't think Dumbles knows about it."
Sirius quickly agreed, and the group left the bank and apparated to their new home.
AGAIN
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