Chapter 7- Returning one and finding two

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Sirius bought a female house elf, Tilly, to attend to me and then at my insistence he had the Goblins erect wards. The wards on Grimmauld place were so tight that a cockroach couldn't enter without Sirius or my approval.

"So what are we going to do now Tiger?" Sirius asked as he transformed into Padfoot without knowing my Animagus form. As I got my share of doggie licks from Padfoot so I couldn't pass it up, I transformed into my Nemean Lion with the golden fur. I may have been in a smaller version but Sirius took off yelping and it was later that afternoon before he left his room. While I was still grumbling about the Fates sending me back so far into the past they did leave me with Magic. Magic enough to maintain a hundred pranking wars with Sirius.

Even with the constant pranking war boredom started to settle in on the house after a time so Sirius and I went to work making life miserable for everyone. We started laying the groundwork in many areas as even I had a foreknowledge, even without Luna being around.

We slipped over to France and the Goblin bank and made them ecstatic when transferring my Galleons after the inheritance test. Sirius decided that it was a good idea and transfer all of his money. We left the English vaults open as there was still a trickle of galleons coming in from investments within England. Besides the French goblins wanted an absorbent amount of Galleons to transfer furniture, armor, etc.. Since Sirius was my guardian he initiated paperwork, at my insistence, to emancipate me, the paperwork was filed with the French ministry. I then used my prior knowledge over future trends and invested in computer companies etc. Actually my investment in the numerous companies was quite heavily. After all they had done quite well last time around.

"Harry you sure you wanted to open a Barclays account in England?" Sirius seemed to be confused.

"Sirius money from all these different companies will be coming in different currencies. With the goblins conversion rate being horrendous I'll let Barclays do the converting as they won't be taking that big of a cut. Besides you know the magical community's opinion about Muggles. Do you honestly think their going to look for my money into Muggle bank?"

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We then started traveling the world and finally we popped over to Russia for my wand. I would wait until I needed to go to Hogwarts to get my Holly and Phoenix wand. For some reason I could not find nor contact the Flamel's. At this point in time I figured there was no point in looking up the Lovegoods as I was only approaching four years old.

Sirius and I were in Italy and were indulging in an ice café. We had large bowls of ice cream, cherries and whip cream while we discussed our next series of moves.

"Look, I tried to go to Hogwarts as a Black but they knew immediately I was Harry Potter. So I think this time I'll just go there as Harry Potter and prank the living daylights out of them."

"So when are you going to talk to your bond mate?"

"I really don't know Sirius. She is at least a year younger than I am and we are assuming that in this timeline nothing has been changed. By me running off the way I did, she may not want anything to do with me. Speaking of running when do I start my physical training. That's another thing to put on the list. We need to schedule an appointment with a doctor to find out when I can get back in shape without hurting myself."

"I've been worried about the timeline also Harry. Neville Longbottom has been given credit for eliminating Voldemort. The Daily Profit has been touting Dumbledore's theories on how that was done but we both know he has still been hunting for you."

"Apparently he needs somebody that the public can relate to and can be touted and pointed to as a great hero. Is he using that for only the public or is it for political gains, I have no idea Sirius."

"He knows that prophecy, he knows Voldemort went after the Potters making you the Boy-Who-Lived and not Longbottom who is now the Boy-Who Vanquished. You are right that Dumbledore appears to needs a body he can control or manipulate but for what end purposes?"

"Being this young has too many drawbacks and problems for where I'm heading. At least we have years to come up with a plan to handle Quirrell and the phony Philosopher's Stone and of course Dumbledore."

"Quit being a spoiled sport Harry. We've got the gold how does Disneyland in America sound?"

That started another year-long rampage across the North American continent for me with Sirius leading the way.

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I was not able to postpone my talk with the Lovegoods as I needed to provide the warning about Luna's mother's upcoming death. Hopefully Luna would have remembered and that death would be prevented.

"Harry James Potter! It's about time you showed up, where have you been?" Luna had her hands on her hips and looked like she was about ready to curse me into oblivion or worse give me a Molly Weasley tirade. Not bad for a kid.

"I…err…um" my attention was diverted to Mr. and Mrs. Lovegood as they started laughing. The next thing I know is that Luna tackled me causing both of us to fall to the floor and she started kissing me. Sirius joined the Lovegoods in their laughter.

A bit later in the living room, "So Luna do you remember everything?"

"As far as I can tell Harry, yes."

"I wonder if…"

"Yes I know who she is, the Barbuncles have told me so."

My mind was trying to outrace my thoughts. The basic question was what do we do now or where we go from here?

"Why we come live with you Harry now that I know where to find you."

Before I could say anything coherent Xenophilius jumped in to explain, "After Luna's strange story we went to the Goblins and they had confirmed Luna was in the process of bonding. It's difficult not to believe when a story comes out of one-year-old's mouth in perfect English. Morag MacDougal parents have also had the Goblins confirm this so it's up for discussion when you will meet to further the bond.

"But I've never met the MacDougals!" It was what I said but not what I knew and all I could mumble was, "And she's Morag MacDougal!"

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The next morning at breakfast, at Grimmauld place, Luna explained what the Barbuncles had told her about what would have happened in the future in our past lives.

The tale was that it was the February task and nothing was happening as we were just standing by the lake. It seemed like everybody believed that I would not be returning to Hogwarts in the next year. Morag MacDougal who I just happened to run into me at the lake and of course Luna recognized her as my second bonding mate.

"That was the path that we were on before the Fates interfered. Apparently when we took the Portkey you headed off to the Fates and I phased out and found myself at home with mommy and daddy a number of years younger."

Luna knew that I had disappeared during the Portkey back to Hogwarts. That's where I picked up the story to the point where I found myself in my crib in Godric Hollows.

"So that's why the Barbuncles were so confused and the nargles were running in circles."

"Are you two crazy? You cannot expect anybody to believe a story like that, that is complete Tosh." Morag yelled as Sirius ushered her into the kitchen. Apparently they had been listening to our story in the doorway.

"Oh you will if you hang around Harry long enough. What you need to do right now is give Harry a big kiss on the lips to find out how happy the world is forever more." Luna giggled as she dragged me to my feet. I would've bolted from the room not been for Luna's firm grasp on my hand.

"He's, he's an enemy to my clan! Clan MacDougal has had a feud with the Potter line for hundreds of years. It wasn't enough to take all of the land for Hogwarts but they stole the land and now the Potter's own most of Hogsmeade. Now somebody's implanting false memories in my head about a different life."

With me locked in place and Sirius pushing Morag Luna was able to grab her hand. This started a warm feeling seeping into my body. Luna continued to push or pull until Morag was close enough for me to give a quick peck on Morag's lips. Between Perenelle's exclamations in the library I knew a little bit about forming a bond. I hoped that this peck on the lips got us at least to a point where she wasn't going to kill me in my sleep as I hadn't noticed any silver glow surrounding us.

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It was about three days later when Morag stopped by and emphatically stated, "This coming weekend you will be staying with me and my parents Harry Potter!"

I couldn't wait to meet Morag's parents…yeah right!

"So is the Scottish feud still on Morag?" I asked trying to make light conversation.

"Just because the land was in Scotland did not make me a mallacht (cursed) Scott, you dumb…Go hifreann leat!" (Go f *k yourself).

How the hell did I know she was Irish and of course the next weekend I got to hear a lot of the Gaelic being hurled at me, at least that's what I think it's called. Only in the magical world I thought.

Its one thing to be threatened about hurting their little daughter but when it comes out, "Go n-ithe an tochas thú!" And you have to go to their little daughter to find out how you have been verbally cursed. (May you be eaten by an awful itch!) Well tell me about it!

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Time got to move along as Luna, Morag and I got to know each other. Our hormones had not yet kicked so we related as friends having an ultra-great time following Sirius around the world. Then it got time for me to start my serious physical training. Stanima in a dual was important as was speed of movement. Sirius brought in a varied amount of physical trainers and martial arts experts. So while I knew a lot of this already my young physical condition caused me to get beaten up by my larger physical trainers. Meanwhile my mind got overloaded by my female companions. Mentally talking between ourselves was another area the training needed to be conducted. Sirius just stayed on the side and laughed a lot.

And we did have fun from skiing in the Swiss Alps to surfing in Hawaii. Soon time had fled and I was again surprised as all three of us got our Hogwarts letters. Sirius gathered us all up with his special trunk which was full of galleons from France. So it was off to Diagon alley for robes and school supplies. The girls had already picked out their rings from the hundreds in the Potter vaults. The rings also had to be accompanied by necklaces and earrings etc, etc.

"No Sirius I don't want a standard school trunk I want that special one in the corner. It's got three bedrooms, a common room, a kitchen and a library. Also I want that icebox with a years worth of food."

"Why may I ask you think you need a trunk like that?"

"Sirius I have a family to protect and as you know and I've been to Hogwarts before. If the girls and I need to disappear there's not a lot of people that would be looking for us in a trunk in a dusty closet. With all security features there are on the trunk not very many people are able to get to us once we get in the trunk."

I was happy that I was able to get a hold of an owl which I named Hedwig in the pet shop. The girls were not interested in getting a familiar. The girls however were interested in getting a lot of clothing. The ice cream shop did get some attention but getting our wands pretty much wrapped up the rest of day. It seemed that Ollivanders had no Holly and Phoenix wand and I ended up with a Spruce and dragons heart wand. It would make a good backup wand as my Russian wand was way better. Tilly popped all of our purchases to Grimmauld place while the four of us went to McDonald's for a burger or two.

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The Hogwarts express got a little unusual right off as our compartment got filled with Luna, Morag, Hermione, Susan, Hanna, Daphne, Tracy and Muah.

This time around Hermione followed Susan who had been showing a book to Hannah. Hannah had seen Morag and wanted to say hello. Daphne and Tracy were trying to hide from the blonde haired twit Malfoy. Luckily we are all eleven year old size and fit in the compartment.

The sudden lurch of the train told us it was 11 o'clock and we were off to Hogwarts. It was only minutes later the door of our compartment slid open and Ron Weasley asked, "Have you seen the Boy-Who-Vanquished? Longbottom's supposed to be on the train somewhere. I just got to see his black forest wand." He looked around and saw all the girls, made a funny face and just left.

"Think the fan boy will make an impression on the Boy-Who Vanquished?" I chuckled.

"Oh Ronald is just trying to get some fame even if it's just as the Boy-Who-Vanquished sidekick. He's quite jealous you know."

"How would you know?" Shot out of Hermione's mouth.

"He is a next door neighbor that I know." Luna responded.

Our conversations continued but for some reason Hermione departed the compartment in a huff a bit later and avoided our group for the rest of the train ride.

"The slug Weasley is going to have a rude awakening isn't he Harry." Morag giggled, "Imagine waking up and finding out who you really are or not." Morag had been fully briefed on Luna and my lives, well mostly.

"Are you inferring that Longbottom is not the Boy-Who–Vanquished?" Susan asked aghast, "Or are you talking about Weasley? You shouldn't..."

"Go hifreann leat!" Morag was a little bit more direct than I. (Go to hell!)

Further discussion was interrupted by Draco Malfoy sliding open the door. "Have any of you seen Longbottom?"

"You'll have to hurry Draco or the other fan boy is going to get to Longbottom first." You could almost feel a chill emanating from Daphne towards Draco.

"Nobody asked you for your two knuts Greengrass."

"Will you take your arrogant ass and get lost." I figured I'd add my two knuts since Draco wasn't on my favorites list since forever.

"You definitely don't look like you can take the three of us on mudblood."

I just snap my fingers which pushed them into the corridor. After closing the door I sealed it tight with a wave of my hand. Not bad for 11-year-old, I thought.

I was sure that the timeline was changing. I also hoped that it was not going to be anything drastic. We just had to stay clear of a DADA Professor and watch out for Dumbledore. Dumbledore would be sure to be asking a lot of questions. If he believed that Voldemort was vanquished he had to associate it with the Potter's deaths and not some made up story he made over Longbottom. All in all I knew that this could be one easy year, all I had to do was avoid three people most of the time and my school year would be Easy-peasy.

"Firs' years! Firs' years over here!" And then there was Hagrid. Sirius had not been able to get much information from Dumbledore or Hagrid on how much Hagrid remembered that fateful night. It turned out that Hagrid remembered absolutely nothing after he walked out of the destroyed house. I just had to chuckle, trying to imagine the look on Dumbledore's face if Hagrid had told Dumbledore that an eighteen month old had stunned the half giant…

"No more'n four to a boat!" Hagrid called and I knew the timeline was definitely changing. Daphne and Tracy grabbed one of the boats with Susan and Hannah. As I was helping Luna and Morag into the boat Longbottom charged up and pushed Hermione out of the way. I couldn't help myself as I pushed a little bit of magic at Longbottom and him into the lake. I attempted to help Hermione but she again huffed and entered another boat while Dean Thomas entered our boat as the fourth occupant.

Hagrid snatched up the soaked Longbottom and chunked him in one of the other boats next to Hermione and then yelled, "Forward".