Ok guys here is seven. Sorry it took so long but I've been reading other fanfiction. Again none of these characters are mine so you know. Enjoy the long awaited chapter seven for me.
They arrived at an apperation location close to Gringots and headed down Empire Alley. Empire Alley was the private business district of Diagon Alley, it was mainly filled with the offices of solicitors and real estate agents. There were a few high quality jewelers and offices of other specialized employers like architects and publishers. All in all up was a pleasant wide set alley with well kept buildings and bright open spaces.
The law offices of Martin and Lawrence were about a city blocks length down the alley. They were in a two story light gray stone building with plenty of windows. Upon entering the office they heard loud voices coming from one of the offices. They quickly made their way towards the back so that they could hear what was being said. Someone was in Jasper's office with both he and Jacob and was demanding information on both Harry Potter and the Heir of the founders. It took a minute before they heard something to determine the persons identity.
"I am the headmaster of Hogwarts and I demand to know the heirs identity. There are several things in the founders vaults that need to be in Hogwarts." they heard in Dumbledore's voice
"We will explain this one last time headmaster, we are under oath to keep our clients identity a secret. He has discussed with us that he would reveal himself by the end of the summer but for now he wants his privacy. As for Harry Potter he is none of your business. You are not his guardian and you have no authority over his life. You are simply the headmaster of the school his parents went to. Now if that is all we are busy and we ask you kindly to leave our premises." Jaspers voice commanded.
Harry was slightly shocked, so far Jasper was the calm one. For him to sound so forceful was not at all what he was expecting. Motioning to Luc and Sev he had them follow him into Jacob's office. It was about ten minutes later that they heard Dumbledore leave and were joined by Jacob and Jasper. They discussed how to handle Sirius's restitution. They were instituted as the Black family solicitors and Harry handed them the papers that Sirius had sent to insure that they would file Narcissa and Bellatrix's disownment. They decided to wait a while to announce his heir of the founders status, but they would meet with the board towards the end of summer and demand several new classes and updates on several old ones. As they were finishing up an owl from Augusta Longbottom arrived in response to the missive he had sent earlier. It asked them to drop by around 4pm which gave them about an hour. They headed out to Diagon alley and browsed till time to go.
Upon arrival at the Longbottom estate they were ushered into a parlor by a house-elf. They were joined by Augusta and Neville who both wore the Longbottom colors of grass green and bronze. Neville was dressed similarly to Harry with a tunic type shirt but he was wearing linen pants instead of leather and the Longbottom crest. By the end of fifth year Neville had grown tall and confident, he had replaced all of his baby fat with muscle and his shyness with confidence. It was disconcerting for Harry to see him so shy and chubby once again. Lady regent Longbottom was the first to speak after ordering drinks and biscuits.
"Young Lord Potter I must say the letter you sent has me puzzled. It is a bit disconcerting to be calling a child a day younger than my grandson by a Lordship title. The gossips are having a field day over the fact that you freed your Godfather and have been seen running around with Lord Malfoy, no offense meant, and with Severus Snape. Both of whom are known to be branded with the Dark Mark. I will withhold judgment on the matter until you explain you reasons." Augusta finished and sat waiting for an explanation. Harry shared a look with Sev and Luc, they had decided honesty was the best policy with the feared Lady Longbottom.
"Well madam Longbottom first let me thank you for hearing me out. First let me assure you that while Lucius was a loyal follower of Voldermort in the first war that is not so now. Lord Malfoy's allegiance has changed because of his son. You see his sons mate is a muggle born witch. I have extracted an unbreakable vow from him that he will side with me in the upcoming war. That brings us to the reason I am here, this may be a bit hard to follow so if you need me to explain anything feel free to ask. First off know that Voldermort is not dead. He was ejected from his body and is in spirit form but he will eventually regain his body. When he regains his body we will enter a war much deadlier than the first. He will come for me and any who defied him in his last reign. What I am going to tell you now must not leave this room. I am the founders Heir. I understand that is a bit shocking but it is true. Now there is a little known fact about Hogwarts that I am about to share. There were originally five houses. The fifth house is the house of Merlin, they are the school protectors. As heir it is my duty to reopen Merlin house. It will be a relatively small house but when Neville attends Hogwarts he will be a member of Merlin house. What I am doing is getting all of those who will be in the house and starting their magic training early. They will be trained in pure blood customs and in several other branches of magic. They will be taught all of Hogwarts curriculum and several other things as well, such as animagus training, sword fighting, languages, healing magic, government, hand to hand combat, battle magic, and many others. I have special permission for any I chose to have join me to get their wands early and to practice magic while underage. It will be a type of boarding school, they will stay with me during the week and come home Friday evening. They will return Sunday evening for the next week. I will cover all of their expenses including wands and clothing. Since Neville is Heir apparent for the Longbottom Lordship he may wear your family colors and crest but I he will also wear the crest of Hogwarts. I will be having clothing made when they come for the first day. My seamstress will get everyones measurements. Do you have any questions?" Harry finished.
After discussing a few of the particulars and insuring that if Neville was needed at home he could come home Lady Longbottom agreed. She was his hardest sell so far. They left and headed for the Lovegood's who as Harry expected were the easiest to convince. Luna herself answered the door and after telling her father that the narggles demanded she follow Harry was permitted to attend.
Lucius was left with the job of getting the Zambini boy Blaise. He assured that Blaise would be there when ready. The only one left was Amelia Bones, Harry decided he would deal with her tomorrow. They all headed back to the lair by portkey. Upon landing they were met with the sight of both Dudley and Draco getting spanked. At first it looked as though Lucius was going to step in and stop it but then he saw Sirius's face as he was spanking him and let it be. Remus was dealing with Dudley. When they were finished Harry spoke;
"Will someone please explain to me what caused this little display?"
Sirius responded first "Well Bambi, the boys were playing chase and somehow while Remus and my backs were turned they had called one of the elf's, apparently young Draco has been taught to abuse elf's, he and Dudley began to beat the poor thing. We stopped it before they hurt the poor thing to bad but when we were going to just explain what they had done wrong and give them time out they decided they didn't like being punished. You would think neither had ever been punished, they threw such a fit that they deserved a good few swats and that is what you walked in on."
"So it was just going to be a timeout and then they threw a fit and made it worse?" Lucius verified.
"Precisely Lucius. Tell me have you never swatted Draco? I know from Harry that Dudley has never been punished but surely Draco has?" Remus questioned.
"I have not been the one in charge of my sons punishment before. I always left the task to Narcissa but from the way you say he was acting then I cannot imagine that she has been raising my heir properly. I cannot say I agree with treating the elf's as friends but for him to attack an elf for no reason is entirely inappropriate. I will be forced to take his discipline in hand now to ensure he is raised in a manner befitting the Malfoy name. If he is to become Sirius's heir as well which I do not know yet as it has not been discussed then I will have to ensure he behaves properly for not just one but two houses."
"Well it is supper time so we can eat and then Lucius and I need to talk" piped up Sirius.
They all made their way to the dinning room where they met up with Petunia who was dressed in one of her new gowns. After a dinner of lamb chops and roast potatoes they separated to their own things. Harry assigned Draco and Lucius each a room and left the boys with his aunt and one of the elf's after strict instructions that they under no circumstances allow themselves to be harmed by the boys or anyone else in the manor. Harry Remus and Severus headed off to the library and Sirius and Lucius headed to Sirius's room to discuss their upcoming bond. Once ensconced in his room with the original contract between them the began to talk.
"Well I disowned Narcissa today and one of your house elf's showed up not long before you guys got back, incidentally that is what distracted us from the boys and let them hurt the other elf, but your elf Dubby or something said that Narcissa had tried to order the elf's to block you from the wards and they refused then she tried to take things that weren't hers when she was packing they stopped that as well. She finally just took her stuff and left they say she flooed to the Lestrainge house. It has been empty since they were placed in prison, I imagine she will stay there and play queen of the castle for a while. Apparently she tried to contact your solicitors before she left and they told her that they had been informed of her new status and of the fact that she was no longer Lady Malfoy and they were not to take orders from her. They informed her she had been cut off from the Malfoy vaults and all she had was her inheritance vault but they weren't certain if she would be able to access it with her not being a black either. I will leave her that vault but nothing else and have sent word to the goblins to reclaim all of the Black heirlooms and just leave her with the gold. I imagine she will be most upset but I don't really care." Sirius finished with a smug smirk.
Lucius told him of the days events and that he would be visiting the Zabini house hold the next day. Draco and Blaise already spent their weeks together playing and learning the things they would need to know for Hogwarts so it would be a simple matter of Lucius informing the elder Zabini's that he had found someone who would take the boys and train them in a boarding school like environment. They would not argue and once Blaise had been explained things he would keep the secrets. They finally got down to the bonding contract. Lucius spoke first.
"The original contract demands conception of an heir within a year of the bonding date. Narcissa had Draco and then refused to provide me with anymore children. I will not demand a set time frame but if you are amenable I would like more children."
"I have no children obviously and Harry is my heir. I would enjoy having children of my own. I believe two to be a good number. If we were to have two more within a five year period I think it would be acceptable. As it is they will likely not attend Hogwarts with Draco. Also I refuse to lose the Black name so the first born from our union will succeed me as the Black Heir and go by the name Black. Is that acceptable to you." Sirius asked?
"That is acceptable providing you take my name or we at least hyphenate or names. Now as you know I am a veela and we are rather sexual beings. Narcissa refused to allow me to her bed and resulted in me taking a lover on the side. I know for a fact she slept with others, I want to add a fidelity clause to the contract but in doing so you will be forced to share my bed at the very least twice a week. I would prefer that we share bedrooms always and that you not look upon on unions as a chore or a task. I want a loving relationship between us. If you do not think you can do this let me know."
"I think Lucius that a fidelity clause is acceptable. I too would prefer that we share chambers. Now Harry has offered me the use of several of his elf's to clean out the Black estates. I will be having the main house in London burned to the ground. The others will be stripped of anything dangerous and refurbished over the course of the next year. I will be buying my own elf's within the next few weeks to take over but that will have to wait till everything else is caught up and going. I suggest we mainly stay here with everyone during the week and we can retire to the Malfoy manor on weekends, at least till the Black homes are in acceptable condition. If we stay here we will not only be teaching the students but also learning form books of the founders themselves."
"That is fine Harry and I discussed that already. Since we will be here most of the time at least for a while I can send most of the Malfoy elf's to help with the Black homes and that will help finish it earlier. Now when will our ceremony be?"
"Well if you think you can wait we can hold one in about a month or so that will be considered appropriate in the eyes of society. If you find you cannot wait we can simply call for a master of ceremonies tomorrow and have one done quickly." Sirius offered
"With our names it will be a huge event and everyone will want to attend there is just under a month till the children return to school I say we have the wedding on August 31 right before they return, with our names and money we can have everything ready in time. I will plan the ceremony and you can help your godson and deal with getting your estates back in order. Also with his little time control device we can get everything done within one day on our part. If you can talk the lawyers into spending one day under the devices influence by the time you are back at normal speed you will have had a month to go over your accounts and such and can activate any changes when you return to regular time." Lucius informed him.
They discussed a few other items in the contract and finally after a brief discussion on wether to maintain their virtues fell into bed together.
The following week passed quickly for the group. The discussion with Amelia Bones went much the same way as it had with the Weasley's but eventually after much debate Susan was permitted to attend the following Thursday. Harry had managed to meet with Olivander and gain his services to make custom wands for everyone and had insured that the seamstress's would bring enough help and supplies for everyone. He also managed to acquire a litter of seven wolf cubs all pure black and two litters of black panthers and even a two spotted leopard kits. There were twenty all together. Each would be bonded to someone and they would grow together. Harry knew he would bond with one of the panther cubs as he had before. Remus and Sirius would both take a wolf. Fred and George would get the two spotted leopard kits. They would never be as large as the panthers but they would be good for the twins.
He worked in the lab with Severus on potions they would need and made sure to finish the touches on the manor. He also had his Dojo built and had the greenhouses fixed up. He had the stables built and bought horses and a few thestrals and hippogriffs and even a few Abraxans which were large winged horses. He hired a few stable hands and found a permanent healer and a martial arts instructor. Finally it was Wednesday night and he Sev, Remus, Lucius, Sirius, and oddly enough Petunia were in the war room after the boys had been put to sleep discussing the last few necessary items. Harry had finally brought up a question that had been plaguing him the entire week.
"Alright guys I know this is going to sound odd but it is a necessary question. Now I know I have told you of the twins and that we were mates what you don't know is that without a potion my elfish heritage might not have come out. It is recessive. My elf magic was a great help last time. Neville and Draco and a few of the others have mates as well. Now we could always get our wands and such and then in a few months gain our creature inheritance but that would require getting new wands and retraining ourselves with a new level of magic. I think it would be easier to awaken our creature inheritance when they get here before they get their wands and begin training what do you think."
"I think it is a fine plan. I imagine when they get here you will immediately be placing the manor under time displacement?" Remus queried.
"Yes that is the plan. I have spoken with Olivander and with the seamstresses and they have all agreed. They will be bringing all necessary supplies and equipment. I figure that I can speak with everyone and if they agree I get an oath and start the device, we can take the potion to awaken our creature selves and then our clothing measurements can be taken. They are bringing ten people so we ensure they can get everything done and then move on to the bonding and Olivander. If we do the familure bondings and wand building and clothing in groups we should be able to finish in time for diner. The seamstress's will have the night to get at least one outfit a piece and in the morning we can go over training plans and schedules. By the time we are back on normal time and they go home for the weekend we should all know each other well and be able to be apart for a week end and not start over."
"Well Bambi sounds like you have it all planed out. Jacob and Jasper will be here to. Do we have enough rooms for everyone?" Sirius asked
"Yea we do. All of us kids will have our own room and you and Luc are sharing Remus, Petunia and Sev each have a room so that makes Fifteen rooms taken by us. Olivander gets a room as does the head seamstress and Jacob and Jasper and then the others will be residing in the servants quarters above the stable with all of the other workers. It will leave a few rooms empty but not many. Healer Mikael resides in the same building as the infirmary that I had added to the grounds so he is there if we need him and sensai muzuki has an apartment above the Dojo. We have plenty of space."
"Well it sounds like a good plan to me how many days will you have under time displacement with the two oldest before they return to school." Lucius asked
"Well they are getting here tomorrow which is the ninth and we will have one day of displacement and then they go home for the weekends and then I will get tree days a week for two weeks which will be the twenty-sixth or so. Luc and Siri's bonding is on the thirty-first so I was going to let them all have relaxation time from the twenty-sixth to the thirty-first so I get roughly seven months of time with the and a few days more. Hopefully I will be able to get them to where I need them. I will be sending them things to learn while they are at school as well. I hope by next summer everyone else will be at their level. I imagine they will likely be past their level unless I can find a way so that when the others are home for they weekends they will come for a day under displacement. They will have a fireplace in their common room so they can floo even if it is just for a few hours real time that is like a week in displacement time. It will ensure the others don't get too far ahead."
They covered a few other things such as the fact that Arthur had agreed to Harry's job offer and the manor. They would be moving with a contingent of five elf's the next day and by the time Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred and George went home on Friday evening it would be to a whole different home. They were selling the Burrow and Harry couldn't be happier. Finally all the planning was finished.
"That sounds fine Bambi. Well I don't know about you but I'm nackered so I am heading to bed. Goodnight all" Remus said and shuffled out of the room. He was followed by everyone but Petunia. When they were alone Harry waited for her to speak.
"Harry I have a question or two." she timidly said.
"Go ahead aunt, what did you need." he responded
"Well for starters will I be learning what all of these kids will or will I be learning something different. And if I do learn something different what will it be?"
"You will be learning most of the same things all the way up through regular Hogwarts curriculum but after that if you want to learn anything else you will need to let me know. You will be studying with the students unless you don't want to. While they are studying muggle things like math and science which you already know you will be working ahead in your magic training. Does that sound alright with you. Oh and you also are not required to do the martial arts training or weaponry that we will be doing. If you want to learn you may but you don't have to." She said it was fine and they parted ways and went to their respective beds.
When Harry woke the next morning Buttercup had drawn him a bath already. Everyone would be arriving after breakfast and Harry wanted to be in Time displacement by lunch. He hurried through his morning ablutions and rushed down to the breakfast room. After a quick breakfast he rushed to the library to ensure that they had been hung up properly. They consisted of a single portrait of each of the founders. The only ones in existence that were animated and had their memories up to and after Salazar had already left Hogwarts. They each appeared around thirty in their paintings. He had had several blank canvases put through out the manor so that they could move and watch and teach. And he had one large one with a picture of the Lake at Hogwarts so that they could all sit together and visit.
He informed them that today was the day that everyone arrived. They talked and he told them that they would all be coming to the library first so he could tell them and if everyone agreed he would set the device. When they were finishing up he felt the wards react, a few minutes later the Weasley boys were led in by an elf. Harry instructed the elf to inform his Aunt and cousin and everyone else to come to the library and then introduced himself. He got the usual shock over being the boy who lived and then Bill stepped up.
"I would like to thank you for giving my dad a new job. He is really happy that he gets to leave the ministry. I am not sure exactly why we are here cause they said that you would tell us but I just wanted to say thank you." one by one everyone else trickled in. When everyone had finally arrived he stood up on a stool that had been placed out for him and got everyones attention. He sent out the seamstress's and Olivander and sent petunia with them to help them set up. When they were gone he turned to address everyone else.
"Hi guys, as most of you know I am Harry Potter. Now you are all here for a reason and I am going to explain but before I do I need each of you to swear an oath that what I am bout to tell you you wont tell anyone. Most of your parents know what I will be telling you. None of it will get you into trouble and if you don't like what I have to say then its not a problem we will simply erase your memories and send you home." Most of them looked apprehensive but the Weasley boys and Luna immediately swore and a light left them and sunk into Harry. The others seeing the five boys most of them older and the blond girl all swear without hesitation all added their oaths as well. Once they had done so he instructed them each to take a seat and began.
"As I said before I am Harry what I didn't tell you is why you are here so let me begin with giving you each an oath in return. "I Harry James Potter do hereby swear on my magic and my life that what I am about to tell you is the truth as I know it."
A silver light left harry and split entering each person who did not yet know what he was going to say. Once that was finished he began speaking.
"You may not believe me but we have all met before. Most of you I have known for several years. That is the truth what is also true is that I did not meet any of you until I was eleven. I have already lived once. Until just over a week ago I was twenty one years old and had just ended the second war of Voldermort. Hermione was one of my best friends all through Hogwarts along with Ron Weasley."
And so it went he told them of the incidents through his schooling and how each ended on his side he told them each how they had been a team. He told them about their life's and their deaths. He told them of the war and what they could expect if they joined him now. That he would teach them all he knew and they would learn a lot he did not know yet. When he got to the part about creature inheritances and mates Charlie interrupted.
"So we have mates. How does that work?" So he told them about the potion to release their creature inheritance and how the Weasley's did not have one but three of them had mates and the others had someone special. Finally after about two hours of his story and questions they were finished. Immediately they began discussing whether to join or not. Harry sat back with the adults and grabbed a butterbeer that one of the elf's had brought. Suddenly Luna's eyes began to glow and he voice took on an echoing quality as she began to speak. All the others stopped talking to listen.
The shadow warrior has come back
His destiny has been decided by the fates
His success rests in his allies
Alone he will lose his path and his heart
But together they will save the world
His destiny has grown
No longer does he simply fight against the snake
Now his loss will bring about the end of magic
If the Shadow fails all hope is lost
If the Shadow succeeds peace will be born
Balance has been lost to fear and hate
The Shadow brings peace and equality
His only hope is with his friends
Alone he will fail
The glow receded from her eyes and her voice returned to normal. The look on everyones face was shock. Harry had never heard Luna recite a prophecy before she had seen things and then told him and she had known things but this was a first. Fortunately her words had shocked everyone into a decision. They all stood and stepped in front of him. One by one they swore to stand by him and do as necessary.
Severus handed out the creature potion to all that had a creature including Harry. With a bottoms up they all swallowed and blackness took them.
Alright everyone please review. I know where the next chapter is going I just have to get it typed up so hopefully in the next day or two it will be out.