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AN: Sorry for the long wait and thanks for all the kind reviews.
Real life's been a bitch these days and I've been busy taking care of sick family members.

Penny is wise: Nope, currently not planning to let the parents know about his past.
Star Iron: Thanks, yes, think of it as an alternative to the commonly used phoenix flaming and I also had an awesome idea based off that element for a battle mage spell that is from a manga i read.
tchizek: I don't like dark and angst either


24 DEC 1986 – Yuletide Eve family lunch, Potter Manor

Minerva McGonagall, Deputy Headmistress and transfiguration mistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry sipped her cup of excellent hot Ceylon tea as she relaxed in the easy and comforting atmosphere of gossiping friends and the company of her favorite ex-students turned pseudo family. She's currently in the midst of a yuletide lunch, sitting outdoors at a table placed on the extensive Potter Manor grounds, around the table sat the Potter family and their closest relatives and friends. A glance around the table and you could easily see Lords and Ladies of Ancient and Noble Houses, Wizengamot members, Auror captains, Hogwarts professors and others from all walks of life.

Currently at her end of the table where the ladies were gathered chatting about a variety of topics ranging from the latest Witches' fashion to the newest updates in Transfiguration Today or Premiere Potions or they were simply coo-ing and gaga-ing at the latest additions to the Potter and Black family.

Iris Lilith Potter, born on August 30th this year is currently sleeping peacefully in a tightly wrapped bundle in Lily Potter's arms while Elara Noctis Black, born within minutes of Iris, lie in her mothers' arms sleeping peacefully as well. Septima Black née Vector, ex-spellcrafter in the Department of Mysteries before she married Sirius Black in June of this year, beamed happily at her sleeping daughter in her arms before responding and discussing motherhood with Dorea, Lily and Elena.

Minerva smiled tenderly at the twin bundles of joy before turning her attention back to Molly Weasley and reassuring the red-headed matriarch that her 2 eldest sons currently enrolled in Hogwarts are doing well in their transfiguration classes. Opposite Minerva sat Mrs Arma Lovegood and Amelia Bones discussing about the latest breakthroughs in transfiguration and the carry over effects on spellcrafting which was interesting and loud enough to drag Minerva into their discussion while Molly went to join the other women in extolling the beauty and cuteness of the new baby girls.

On the other side of the table, the men of the gathering sat and toasted Sirius and James belatedly for their newest family members and in the case of Sirius, constant ribbing at him finally settling down. They soon dissolved into chatting about their children, politics, the ministry, their children, undiscovered creatures, marriage, their children, to name a few.

Through all of this, the constant background melody of happy laughter of children could be heard. The big group of children brought together by their parents' friendships and family ties includes the Weasleys (Bill, Charlie, Percival, Fred, George, Ronald and Ginerva), the Greengrasses (Daphne and Astoria), Tracy Davis (brought along with Daphne), Susan Bones, Hannah Abbott (brought along with Susan), Nymphadora Tonks, Luna Lovegood and last but not least, the Potters (Harry, Primrose and Leo) were playing together in a mixture of chaotic concoction. The older kids, Bill (14), Charlie (13), Percy and Dora (10), Fred & George (8) were playing 3 on 3 quidditch with a quaffle and 2 chasers and a keeper per side on borrowed guest brooms from Potter manor within a warded area where they could not rise higher than 15 feet and the ground was heavily spelled to give a soft landing should any of them accidentally fall.

The younger children branched out, some were playing tag with each other running around on a warded area similarly spelled to break falls and prevent injuries while others were sitting in a shaded area on a flower bed making accessories out of the flowers and chattering away. High pitch squeals of laughter erupted as Daphne (6) successfully evaded Hannah's lunge and ran away towards Tracy with Hannah hot on her heels. Ron's and Prim's (5) laughter joined in as they ran around in circles to prevent getting caught by Hannah.

Harry looked up at the sound of Prim's giggles and smiled in her direction as she caught his eye and waved happily before turning and running away from a chasing Susan. He turned his attention back to Luna (5), Ginny(5) and Astoria (4) who were sitting beside him chattering away with girlish wonder about the wondrous creatures Mr Lovegood had told Luna about while their little hands worked to thread the flowers into bracelets or garlands that Harry had shown them. Harry expertly twisted and secured the flowers into a small bracelet and looped it onto Leo's (2) tiny arms successfully distracting the little toddler from whatever it was that he was putting towards his mouth to bite on. Leo gaggled happily at his big brother waving his flowery wrist around gleefully, distracted by the bright colors and flowery smell floating in the wind. Luna, Ginny and 'Tory paused in their incessant chattering to ooh and aaah at the little boy before starting a new conversation on the pixies living in the garden of the Lovegoods' home.

Harry smiled at the younger girls and Leos' cute antics while hugging Leo and repositioning him on his lap before asking politely for a cup of juice from Mippy, one of the Potter house elves tasked to look after the children. The elf which is about the same size as little Astoria bounced happily and nodded his head before accomplishing the task given to him by Young Master Harry with a single snap of his fingers.

Sipping on the juice, Harry leaned back on his arms and let Mippy take over looking after Leo as the little toddler crawled out of Harry's lap and started exploring the flower bed and the laps of the girls. Harry mused over the events of the last few months.

It had come as a big surprise to Lily and the Potter children when Sirius brought Septima Vector over for a weekend dinner at the Potter Manor a few days after Harry's animagus incident in February. They had known each other since Hogwarts but had reunited during an auror assignment with the DoM and had fallen in love over the course of their work partnership. James, Remus and the elder Potters were apparently in the know about Sirius dating Septima. Of course, the Potter family as a whole was fully accepting and supportive of the serious relationship between the two since they were clearly and deeply in love. Septima brought out the better part of Sirius and curbed his marauding ways while Sirius brought out the fun and humorous part of Septima and was hopelessly in love with her that all other women paled in comparison. It soon became a joyous celebration when both Lily and Septima announced that they were pregnant and a double celebration when Sirius and Septima announced their engagement and later marriage within months.

Due to the fact that Septima Vector came from an old pureblood family and was a former Slytherin to boot, their marriage satisfied the Blacks' family by-laws and Sirius was redeemed in the eyes of his mother for being a proper pureblood and marrying true and she re-instated Sirius back into the family line (although Sirius was never formally disowned nor did he give a damn about his mother). Lord Arcturus Black formally named Sirius as his Heir soon after. The wedding was an extravagant pureblood affair and attended by almost the entire wizarding world. That was about the last time in a long while that Sirius and Septima saw his mother or Lord Arcturus as after the wedding, Sirius and Septima did not bother to keep in contact with his mother and moved to stay in one of the Blacks' many properties, a manor out in the countryside instead of Grimmauld Place where Sirius' mother was staying. On the other hand, Lord Arcturus simply continued with his very private and out of the public's eye lifestyle and did not meet his Heir for any particular reason. They kept in contact by owl mail where Arcturus sent instructions and lessons to Sirius on how to conduct himself in public and in the Wizengamot as well as political lessons on the current climate. As to the direction that Black house should move in the future, Arcturus in a surprising move, told Sirius to do as he deem fit once he becomes Lord Black.

After the wedding, Septima quit her job in the DoM to be a stay home wife and she could be seen almost daily at the Potter Cottage getting to know the Potter family better (as their husbands are like brothers) and soon she earned the affectionate term of "Auntie Tima" by the Potter and Greengrass children. When the duo pregnant women got into their third trimester, James decided to move the family back into Potter Manor so that there was always someone there to look after Lily and the children (elder Potters or the Potter elves). Septima soon moved into Potter Manor as well for company as although she has Black elves to look after her in Padfoot's Place, there are no other human company except for her husband. It was surprising for both families when both Lily and Septima went into labor at nearly the same time and Healers with mid-wife experience were summoned to Potter Manor for them. Remus nearly had to stun Sirius when he almost went hysterical due to anxiousness of the coming birth of his first child. James, having had the experience of 3 children nearly broke his ribs laughing at Sirius and did his best to calm and reassure him, with plenty of help and dire threats by Remus of course. The two ladies gave birth to their beautiful daughters within minutes of each other early in the morning of August 30th. Harry was the first of the Potter children to lay eyes on the newborns, he instantly fell in love with his youngest sister and almost-sister. Iris Lilth Potter unlike her older sister who has black hair and green eyes is a lovely tiny replica of her mother from her red hair to her green eyes. On the other hand, Elara Noctis Black had the black hair of her father but the pale blue eyes of her mother. Both bundles of joy were warmly welcomed by their new family and Remus was soon sworn in as godfather to Elara.

By the gifts of magic, i.e. 2 doses of 5 potions later, Lily and Septima were returned to their pre-pregnancy glory and the well wishes and congratulations from relatives and friends soon poured in.

An interesting event happened a few days after the new births in Padfoot's Place, Sirius almost had a heart attack when his morning post triggered their security wards and delivered a cursed bracelet from his mother for Elara. Apparently the baby bracelet was a Black family heirloom and was cursed in a way that acts as a security for the baby that wears it. When worn, the bracelet will protect its holder by turning whoever dares hold the baby into a stone statue if they are not from the Black family or not a Black house elf. Septima was understanding enough not to send a howler to her mother-in-law and made sure that Sirius lock that bracelet securely in their family vault with the understanding to return it to the Black main vault or Sirius' mum after a few years so as to not insult her.

On his magic front, after hard effort and numerous trials, Harry finally gained some semblance of control over his magic output and spells. Although he is still not at his best golden ratio, it would do for now until his magic channels and core matures or grow stronger. He has also started on his plan to slowly reveal to his family his true powers by constantly performing low-level magic often in the form of accidents. Harry started his plan when he turned Sirius' hair electric blue early one day during breakfast in Potter Cottage as a prank retaliation after Sirius keep teasing Harry by repeatedly hovering his toast out of his breakfast plate and his reach when Lily was not watching. Of course Harry threw in his acting skills by obviously "screwing up his face in concentration" before casting the color change charm on Sirius hair as well as making sure the duration of the charm doesn't last too long. Although he did upped the prank by making sure nobody else could remove the charm by increasing the density of the magic power pouring into the spell. James, Remus, Lily and Septima were laughing too hard to cast any counter spells while Sirius wasted time asking about the reason for their laughter before conjuring a mirror and then laughing his head off at himself. That first time, the color change only lasted 15mins before it wore off and no one was the wiser.

Sirius teased Harry again a few days later and this time, Harry changed his hair bright pink and the color stayed there for half the day. Bringing hilarity to the auror office that day and setting the needed foundation for his plan in the minds of the adults around him.

Harry also started teaching Primrose the basics of magic manipulation and wandless magic by playing games with her using wandless magic. He slowly and patiently guided Prim through the initial steps and principles of Intent, Will & Determination which was heavily helped by the fact that Primrose was so young and therefore pure of mind, and she did not had any pre-existing knowledge of magical theory or limitations. They played a game of catch whereby they hovered and sent a small and light weight toy ball at each other. In the beginning it was hard going and seem impossible for Prim to send the ball to Harry by magic, she usually couldn't help herself and use her hands to catch and throw instead. Harry happily took it all in stride and continued to patiently guide Prim to feel her magic and to guide her magic into manipulating the toy ball so as to continue the game. After several months of daily game sessions, Primrose with a one-minded track of determination not often seen in young children managed to gain sense and control over her budding magic prowess. She became well versed in the game of "catch" and from there Harry started playing other similar games but with the use of magic. Soon Prim could do simple levitation, hovering, banishing and summoning within the capabilities of her small but growing magical capacity.

The sight of the 2 eldest Potter children smilingly sitting apart from each other and throwing and catching toys at each other using magic only, with Leo clapping and giggling between them became a common sight in Potter Manor. At first the adults thought it was just the common occurences of accidental magic in young children but as the games of catch became more often, they realize that Harry and Primrose were most probably actively using magic consciously and wandlessly to boot. This shocked and impressed the adults and after questioning the 2 children where they got answers of variants of "don't know, we are just playing catch", Lord Charlus decided to leave the discovery of the children's wandless abilities as it is and to not tell outsiders of the family about it. This helped advance Harry's plan of letting the adults think of him (and Primrose) as simply gifted. He further enhanced this image by starting to read his parents' and grandparents' magic spell books and personal notes for their first year in Hogwarts. He did his reading quite visibly and noticeably by the adults and even read them out loud to Primrose whenever she tagged along or got bored of her own reading. Each time after reading certain first year spells, he made sure to use those basic spells in prank retaliation against the marauders, solidifying his "gifted" image and he nearly always avoided any retaliation by running behind Lily, Septima or Dorea who always took his side against the marauders and then blowing raspberries at the poor marauder. Primrose always giggled at his antics and tried to emulate her beloved big brother but she only had a success rate of one out of every ten tries each time she tried one of the spells her brother showed her. This was still an amazing feat of magic for a 5-year-old and their family were extremely proud and protective of the two of them.

Harry's current self-imposed project was to further his abilities in elemental manipulation. Due to his magical animagus form of Kirin, he has a cross over basic ability to manipulate lightning and he has currently advanced to the level where he can wandlessly cast a lightning bolt from his hands or give a highly charged electrical discharge from his body but he was still unable to get to the levels of lightning manipulation of his old world where he could cast battle mage level magic lightning or travel via lightning which was an impressive alternate form of travel to apparation. His main problem was the lack of a training area as battle mage level magics are battlefield area magics that had the potential to end a battle or the war. These magics were more frequently in use back in the time of the goblins wars and had fallen out of use or knowledge in modern times. He only learnt this due to his private tutoring under the Flamels back in his old world and had only used it sparingly and only in pitched battles against hordes of Dark creatures and Death Eaters.

Harry gave a soft sigh over his current predicament in his private studies before he was roused out of his musings by the soft slap of Leo's tiny palm against his cheek. Looking down with his eyes, he unconsciously grinned at the sight of Leo climbing up his torso and standing on his lap. He happily hugged the toddler who babbled happily at him and looked around at his playmates.

The other kids were mostly just as before, the older group were still flying around shouting raucously on their brooms, Daphne's tag group were now resting in a shaded part of the ground near his stand of trees drinking juice and chit chatting with one another, while the girls from his group are currently sitting by the lake side splashing their legs in the cool water.

Soon, his grandmother gave the call for the children to return to the manor and wash up, Harry carefully stood up and walked over to the manor while carrying Leo.

A few hours later, after an extensive bout of "Merry Christmases", the other families all flooed or apparated home from Potter Manor. Only the entire Potter family, the young Black family and Remus stayed for dinner. Harry and Primrose spent some time after dinner ooh and aah-ing at their adorable baby sister and baby Black. Although the two babies soon drifted off into sleep. They spent the rest of the time before bed time playing with Leo at the foot and watchful eyes of their grandparents while the adults drank a little wine and danced to the festive songs playing over the wireless. The Blacks flooed back to Padfoot's Place after the dances and soon they were herded off to sleep where Prim sneaked into his bed again and used him as a hug pillow.

Harry, snug and warm, slowly drifted off into sleep thinking of his loving family and friends and vowing to always protect this place where he belongs.

Yuldtide – 25 December 1986

"MERRY CHRISTMAS! WAKE UP HARRYYYYYYYY!" squealed Primrose as she bounced on the bed right beside Harry's sleeping form while poking intermittently at his ticklish spots along the side of his torso.

"Urghhhhh, too early Prim..." groaned Harry as he tried to wiggled away from his boisterous sister, an action that is very hard to accomplish due to the constant bouncing.

"IT'S TIME FOR PREZZIES! WAKE UP HARRYYYYYYYYY!" continued Prim as she stopped her bouncing and tried tugging Harry up from the bed. "... it's too early Prim..." groaned out Harry as he allowed himself to be pulled to an upright sitting position, opening his sleep addled eyes, he saw the adorable sight of a cute puppy-eyed Prim pouting at him with palms clasped together as if in prayer. Huffing a small sigh of resignation, Harry surrendered to the inevitable and told Prim to go wake their parents while he freshen up. With an immediate brightening of her features, Prim nodded eagerly before running out of their bedroom and towards their parents. Chuckling at the sound of his sister's cute squeals, Harry made his way to his bathroom.

Harry soon made his way down to the manor's family living room where his grandparents and parents were already seated smiling lovingly at Prim's antics.

"Harryyyyyyy hurry uppppppp" whined Prim as she gestured energetically at Harry, Harry swiftly made his way over and plunked down beside Prim.

"Can we start yet?" asked Prim as she looked at her parents beseechingly.

Dorea smirked at her cute grand daughter's antics as she cradled her youngest grandchild while Lily gave the go ahead nod while cuddling Leo and James smothered his laughter at the soon flying pieces of wrapping paper.

Looks like Prim got a pretty great haul this year thought Harry as he looked on with a wide smile at Prim's energetic demolishing of the wrapped presents. Once Prim finished with the last item which was another version of a stuffed unicorn from Sirius, she looked up grinning widely with a healthy glow to her cheeks from her recent activity and said "your turn!"

Harry grinned back at her and accepted the first package passed by her before tearing away the wrapping paper just as enthusiastically as Prim was.

A short while later, Harry smiled happily as he sipped his hot chocolate while waiting for the call to breakfast which was in the midst of preparation by the Potter elves. A pretty good haul for me too, better than last year in fact thought Harry as he looked at the pile of new toys, clothes and a brand new Cleansweep 3 in front of him which is much better compared to last year where he only got toys and children books which after a week, ended up in Prim's toy box.

Harry reached out for the broom and grinned as he felt its lines with his hands and marveled at his first real broom in this world. Feeling a dip on his side on the sofa, he turned his head and looked into the bright eyes of his mother.

"Harry honey, I know you are excited about your new broom and can't wait to try it out but we have to set some ground rules before you can fly it." started Lily as she smiled at the sight of her first born "First, this broom is an actual broom unlike your other training brooms so you are to have adult supervision whenever you want to fly this broom. Second, we have set some parental spells on the broom so that it cannot go above a certain speed or height but I do not want you to push its limits either. Third, you are not to let the other kids, including Prim fly on your broom unless they have their parents' permission as well as your fathers' or mine. Understand?" Harry nodded happily but Prim having heard about the third rule, gave her patented puppy eye look and whined "Mummy..."

"Awww don't do that princess, you will just have to wait a bit longer until we are sure you won't fall off the broom" replied Lily as she hugged Prim lovingly to her bosom. Prim, unable to get her way for once, pouted at Harry as he blew her a raspberry. Soon after, the call to breakfast came and the Potter family went into their dinning hall for an excellent English breakfast.