Chapter Nine

Fury of the Bumblebee

Over the next few days Harry continued going through his memories in the evening before he fell asleep. Harry had discovered many memories of his dad which Harry loved because it was the closest he would ever get to knowing the man who had birthed him. Not even Lucius' anecdotes could compare to what he was seeing. Lily wasn't around often which made Harry suspect that Lily had known of Harry's parentage and James being controlled. This didn't surprise Harry too much considering what he had seen of Dumbledore's ability to manipulate people.

At the same time Harry was still going through any and all books that might give Harry some lead as to what the second task was but so far he had no luck. Harry was getting increasingly nervous considering it was less than a month until the first task.

On Thursday evening Harry noticed that the two Weasleys he hated and Granger were attempting to sneak out without him. Harry flung on his cloak and slipped after them careful not to make any noise. Harry wasn't really surprised when they came to the Headmaster's office.

Harry followed them onto the moving staircase which opened to reveal Dumbledore. The three traitors entered and found seats on the opposite side of Dumbledore. Harry stayed silent just inside the door ready to make a run for it if it turned out that Dumbledore noticed he was there. Luckily Harry had removed the tracking charm on the cloak which had allowed Dumbledore to know where Harry was whilst under the cloak.

Harry noticed that Mrs Weasley was also there looking angry about something. It was then that Harry noticed that there was a Gringotts letter open on the desk. Harry smirked realising that they were about to find out that they owed Harry a lot of money for their thieving ways.

'Professor Dumbledore,' said Hermione politely. 'I take it this is about Slytherin.'

'I have recently received a letter from Gringotts,' Dumbledore explained. 'Your mother Mister and Miss Weasley and Miss Granger received the same.'

Lord Dumbledore,

It has come to our attention that Manager Godbod has been embezzling money from the Potter vaults that belong to Heir Apparent Hadrian Salazar Slytherin. The misplaced money is requested to be returned to the Potter vaults with a five percent interest. The money that has been spent by Lord Dumbledore along with the interest will be removed directly from the Dumbledore vaults.

Your magical guardianship over Heir Apparent Hadrian Salazar Slytherin has been terminated owing to the fact that Heir Apparent Hadrian Salazar Slytherin's sire, Lord Thomas Marvolo Slytherin, is not deceased.

It has also come to our attention that an illegal marriage contract between Ginevra Molly Weasley and Heir Apparent Hadrian Salazar Slytherin has been drawn up by Lord Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore and Molly Enid Weasley nee Prewett. This has been dissolved as Heir Apparent Hadrian Salazar Slytherin's sire who is Heir Apparent Hadrian Salazar Slytherin's magical guardian and Head of House has not approved of the contract.

If you have the money in gold and wish to pay your debts sooner please contact the new manager of the Potter vaults Manager Blackclaw.

May your gold flow and your business be plentiful.

Yours sincerely,

King Ragnok

Head of Gringotts Bank

'I have one too,' hissed Mrs Weasley. 'Our personal vaults are completely closed and the money from the vault. Luckily we never placed Slytherin's money in the Weasley family vault as Arthur would ask questions.'

'Miss Granger's personal vault has been emptied as well,' Dumbledore said sounding angry.

'Is there any way to get the money back?' demanded Hermione angrily.

'I'm afraid not,' Dumbledore sighed. 'I'm afraid it's up to you Miss Weasley as the marriage contract has been dissolved you'll have to woo him.'

Dumbledore took a bottle of some potion that had a strange sheen to it. He handed one to Granger and the other to the Weasley girl. Harry couldn't believe that they were so openly talking about drugging him.

'This is Amortenita,' Dumbledore began.

'The world's strongest love potion,' interrupted Hermione seemingly without being able to help herself.

'Indeed,' agreed Dumbledore. 'As the marriage contract has been dissolved. Then the only way to get control of him is to make him fall completely in love with one of you so that he'll either marry you when he comes of age or he can impregnate the other so you'll get control through the child after we kill him.'

'Why does it have to be Ginny?' demanded Ron. 'She's my little sister. Not Slytherin's whore.'

'Be quiet Ron,' Mrs Weasley spoke sharply.

'We shall of course share his money and seats equally,' Dumbledore added. 'We have to make it look natural so it won't be until after the Second Task that you start dosing him.'

'Why?' whined Ginny. 'I want to be Lady Potter now!'

Harry rolled his eyes even if she had started drugging him now they wouldn't be able to get married until Ginny was at least seventeen which was over a year for Ginny as the girl was only fifteen now. Getting Ginny pregnant wouldn't help any either. Harry shuddered at the idea of his and Ginny's children. They would be a mock of red heads running riot. Ginny would probably insist on calling any son she had Albus.

'In the second task the champions will each have to find a hostage the merpeople have taken,' Dumbledore explained.

Harry's eyes widened at this suddenly very glad he had followed the traitors. Harry couldn't even swim as Dumbledore and the traitors were sure to know. The Dursleys had got Dudley lessons when he was younger although they'd stopped them when Dudley had started bawling as it had been too hard work to do half an hour of exercise and that he was missing his favourite programmed. They hadn't even bothered with Harry probably hoping Harry would drown.

'If it was Miss Weasley nobody would be surprised if they bonded over such a harrowing experience,' smiled Dumbledore cruelly. 'And Harry got up the courage to admit to liking his best friend's little sister. Mister Weasley will of course be very happy for his best friend and little sister finally getting together as Harry's the only person you trust with your sister.'

'Only a month,' the bint said cheerfully.

'You three better get back before Harry realises you are gone,' warned Dumbledore.

'He won't,' scowled Weasley.

'What Ron means Professor,' Granger sent a scathing look at Ron, 'is that Slytherin has been desperate to find any clue as to what the egg. He hasn't even tried holding it under water.'

'Miss Granger you should help young Harry out,' Dumbledore suggested, 'and just happen to find a book that describes Mermish above ground.'

'Of course, sir,' Hermione smiled brightly.

The three students well four students left. As they were leaving Harry pick pocketed Ginny of the love potion. Hopefully it would take Dumbledore time to make the next batch of potion unless he had any more of it hanging around. If Harry was lucky Ginny wouldn't even notice until she came to use it after the second task.

Harry ran straight to the library getting there far before Hermione thanks to his extensive knowledge of the castle's numerous secret passage way. Added to the fact the castle recognised him as the Heir to two of the founders so was willing to help him whilst it recognised Granger and Weasley as the enemy of an heir.

Looking around the library Harry was surprised to see how full it was. He saw the other four champions with books out. Apparently they were researching methods the same as him. Cedric had a book on forgotten charms frowning. Fleur was browsing the charm section too. Viktor was looking at the complex transfiguration section.

Harry still under the invisibility cloak looked over Viktor's shoulder it seemed that the older boy was planning on transfiguring himself. Harry didn't even bother to do that as he was only a fourth year and had nowhere near the amount of magical prowess to even attempt so much as partial body transfiguration.

Fleur and Cedric were looking at the same spell something called the Bubble Head charm. Harry thought that the spell looked simple enough all he had to do was learn how to swim. He wondered who could help him with that.

Harry slipped off his cloak and sat with a copy of a book that contained details of the bubble head charm. Hermione came in and saw what he was looking at with shock. Of course she covered up the shock very quickly.

'What's that you're looking at?' asked Hermione.

'The bubble head charm,' Harry said with a fake smile. 'I realised that the screeching matched what a Mermish sounds like outside the water.'

'Oh good,' Hermione said with a smile Harry wouldn't have previously known as fake. 'So what are you going to do?'

'The Bubble Head charm looks good,' Harry said brightly. 'It's simple enough. I'll have to practice it a bit and learn how to swim.'

'You don't know how to swim?' asked Hermione and Harry could hear the hidden disdain in her voice.

'The Dursleys never saw fit to have me taught,' Harry stated coolly.

'Oh,' Hermione said. 'We'll have to practice in the lake.'

'And I can listen to what the clue is and practice the bubble head charm too,' Harry said cheerfully.

As it was Harry didn't practice much with Hermione but when Saturday came Harry portkeyed out of his bed where Lucius was waiting this time fully clothed. Harry had brought the egg like Lucius had requested last week.

'Merpeople,' Lucius said.

'I know,' Harry said. 'I followed the Weasleys and Granger to Dumbledore's office where they spoke about it.'

Harry then spoke about what he had overheard in Dumbledore's office, his pick pocketing of Ginny Weasley and finding the Bubble Head charm. Then he admitted that Harry didn't know how to swim because of the Dursleys.

'You don't know how to swim,' Lucius said shocked. 'Come on then.'

Lucius dragged Harry down to the bottom floor and into a heated conservatory where there was a large swimming pool. Somehow Harry wasn't even surprised. The bottom of swimming pool was patterned into a picture of a mermaid. There was a deep and shallow end.

'I taught Draco to swim here,' Lucius commented.

Harry raised an eyebrow in a very Snape like manner, 'are you really comparing me to your son?' asked Harry.

Lucius shot Harry a scathing look whilst he stripped naked. Harry followed suit stepping gingerly into the shallow end of the pool feeling slightly apprehensive. He remembered bath times with the Dursleys before he learnt to bathe himself. They basically involved Petunia dunking him the lukewarm, left over water from Dudley's bath. Harry would hold his breath whenever he went under and pray to god that Petunia didn't drown him.

'Harry,' Lucius said gently.

'Huh,' Harry said unintelligently.

'You alright?' asked Lucius.

'I prefer showers,' was Harry's remark.

'How's Occlumency going?' asked Lucius.

'I'm a natural,' Harry smiled. 'I'm currently sorting through my memories.'

'Any closer to find out what happened at Godric's Hollow?' asked Lucius.

Harry shook his head, 'I'm doing so every spare moment I get but it's taking time. I'm at four months old. Don't tell Snape but I think Evans knew. She barely spent any time with me and when she was with me she glared at me like I was evil incarnate. Dad didn't seem to notice and whenever anything happened that he didn't agree with Evans would make him a cup of tea and he'd suddenly agree with her.'

'Sounds like he was on more potions than you,' frowned Lucius.

'They just needed to keep me away from certain people. Dumbledore would have to change all of dad's views when he took him over to the Light,' Harry said.

Lucius nodded and began teaching Harry how to swim remembering how he had done so with Draco although it was very different. At some point in the night they ended up having underwater sex but neither Lucius nor Harry was complaining about that.

They listened to the clue under the water which with what Harry had overheard was easy enough to figure out. The merpeople would take a hostage where the champions would be given an hour to find it. Harry did think they were exaggerating over the "it won't come back" bit. Harry doubted Dumbledore would care if people died in the competition but the Ministry would as it would look bad for them if someone who hadn't volunteered for the Tournament ended up dying. Plus Ginevra Weasley was too valuable to Dumbledore as a tool in getting Harry's money and seats from him.

Over the next few weeks Harry became a much stronger swimmer. He'd never be an athlete but he could easily spend an hour under the water with a bubblehead charm on him. Harry found out that as long as he had magical strength the bubblehead charm would last which meant even if he took longer than an hour he wouldn't end up dying or something.

He'd also begun practicing different defensive spells as there were all manner of different creatures in the lake some of them were Dark spells which Harry found took him a lot less time than learning the Patronus charm. Lucius was quick to explain that the Patronus was a Light spell with him being the child of the Dark Lord he was more naturally suited to Dark magic.

Lucius had informed him that he would be coming to watch the tournament as a wealthy donator of the tournament but it was really in order to watch Harry perform. Harry's only answer to that was to ask him if Lucius hadn't seen Harry perform enough. Lucius slapped Harry's bum slightly at this remark.

Meanwhile Harry sorting his memories was coming on in leaps and bounds. It wasn't until one night three days before the tournament did Harry reach the night he most wanted to remember. It was Sunday evening and he was sitting up in bed about midnight when he realised what day it was he was remembering.

Flashback starts

Daddy was producing different colours smoke from his wand causing Harry to giggle and laugh at his Daddy. Harry clapped as Daddy produced a Slytherin green cloud causing Mummy to scowl from where she was standing.

Then there was a large crash as the door was blown open. Mummy and Daddy looked towards the door. Daddy clutched baby Harry tight to his chest, paling because of what Harry didn't understand. Daddy spun on his foot the way Harry knew Daddy would when they were going to meet Daddy's friends.

But this time nothing happened; no popping noise, no new faces, no Uncle Paddy or Moony, no Nevvie. Daddy looked scared but determined gripping his wand tightly that he had just been using to entertain his infant son.

Mummy wasn't looking at them but had instead had made something silver come out of her wand. She then stood back as though she had been expecting this to happen for a long time. Harry was scared he didn't know why his parents were acting like this.

'Lily there's a pipe outside Harry's nursery,' Daddy was talking fast. 'We need to climb down it with Harry and get out of here now. Move!'

Daddy ran up to Harry's toy room with Mummy following close behind her pretty red hair flying about her head. Harry wanted to reach out and grab it but mummy didn't like it when Harry did that leading to Harry being smacked for being bad. Daddy quickly barricaded the door with magic but then Mummy said something and the pipe exploded.

'Lily, what did you do?' yelled Daddy.

Mummy looked disgusted at Daddy, 'Dumbledore will get me out!' she said confidently. 'You will die you filthy whore! I liked you when we were teenagers! I broke it off with Severus in attempt to get you to look at me! Did you ever see me? No! You were too busy whoring yourself off to the Dark Lord. Tell me did he let his Death Eaters play with you?'

Harry didn't know what Mummy was talking about but he knew it was bad. Why was Daddy scared? Why were Mummy and Daddy angry with each other? Why were they shouting at each other? Who was coming up the stairs?

Daddy looked completely confused clutching his head in pain. Harry had seen Daddy do this before but Mummy made Daddy a cup of tea and he was alright again. The scary hairy silver man bought medicine for his headaches.

'What the hell are you talking about Lily?' demanded Daddy.

Then the door burst open standing at the door was a man with black hair and unlike Daddy's black hair it was neat like Uncle Moony's. The man had hard dark brown eyes and skin paler than Mummy's. The man looked sad but he wasn't shouting. Harry reached out to the man.

'Harry don't,' Daddy said clutching him tight.

Mummy looked disgusted at Harry wanting to go to the sad man. At Harry's opening his arms to the sad man the sad man no longer looked sad but angry. His eyes flashed red for a moment before turning his red eyes on Daddy.

'How could you James,' the man hissed.

'How could I what?' demanded Daddy. 'Stand up against oppression against someone as inhumane as you!'

Daddy placed Harry in his cot. Harry stood up holding onto the bars of his cot looking at the red eyed man, Daddy and Mummy and the scene that was unfolding. Daddy had his arms flung across the cot to protect the child behind him.

'You betrayed me James and I want to know why!' hissed the red eyed man.

'You mean the fact that I'm not a blood supremacist!' Daddy shouted.

'You believed the old fool over me,' hissed the man his eyes getting redder. 'After everything we had you believed him over me!'

'Everything we had!?' Daddy said. 'We had nothing!'

Harry heard the stranger's cry of rage and pain at what Daddy had said. Harry didn't understand what was going on and was scared. Why wasn't Mummy helping? Why was Daddy being mean to the man?

'Petrifcus Totalus,' the man shouted.

'Pongs, Dada, Pongs,' Harry tried to call for his Daddy.

Daddy didn't move and Mummy hadn't even reacted to Daddy falling. The man whose eyes were now dark brown again was looking down at Daddy pain in his eyes. He didn't even react to Harry's shouts for his Daddy.

'Now James you are going to feel my pain as your love,' he turned cold eyes on Mummy, 'and your future are ripped from you. I've never killed a child before. You know I don't hurt children but for your bastard child I am willing to make an exception.'

'Dada, Pongs,' Harry called.

Harry was still begging Daddy to get up but he wouldn't move even though Harry could tell he was alive; he could feel it and could see Daddy's eyes moving desperately. The man who hurt Daddy advanced on Mummy. Mummy now looked frightened and betrayed.

'Dumbledore will come he promised to save me,' Mummy was saying.

The bad man smirked, 'Dumbledore wouldn't come for you slut, Avada Kedavra,'

Mummy fell on the floor but unlike Daddy her eyes didn't move. She stared blankly up at the ceiling as the man approached Harry. Harry looked into the man who hurt his family's eyes. But Harry wasn't scared of the man in fact he felt more trust in the man than he did in Mummy. The man looked at Harry in disappointment as though what he had hoped for what he daren't hope for had been proved to be hopeless.

Deep down Tom had hoped that James' child was his child but alas that was not to be. Unbeknownst to either Harry or Thomas Slytherin Harry's magic was instinctively reaching out to the child's father recognising it as his sire. And Tom's magic accepted Harry has his own, accepting Harry as his only Heir.

Neither noticed as green eyes stared into hazel eyes but the magical bond between parent and child that formed between all magical children who had magical parents the first time the child and the parent met had just been formed making it impossible for Tom to hurt Harry magically which is what caused Voldemort's down fall.

'Avada Kedavra,' Tom whispered.

The green light sped towards Harry but then Tom's magic recognised his heir's magic. Tom's magic refused to attack Tom's child so the Killing Curse with nowhere to go backfired into Tom Riddle. The conjoined forces of magic caused a magical explosion which was enough to purge James Potter of the powerful mind altering substances in his blood as James was the third member of the family that had been forced to tear itself apart. Usually Memory Charms are irreversible but with the amount of family magic in the air between Harry's magic recognising his sire, Tom's magic recognising his only heir, Tom attempting to kill his heir and their magic responding there was an exception made for the Bearer of the Slytherin heir.

The explosion also had the effect to rip the man known as Lord Voldemort from his body with a mighty scream Harry began crying. He was hurt by the man he instinctively recognised as safe and Daddy wasn't getting up and Mummy was gone. At the same time as Tom's life force left his body the Body Bind on James Slytherin nee Potter failed.

'Tom,' he whispered.

A scream tore through the house as Voldemort left the building. James stumbled up grabbing Harry wiping the blood from the lightening bolt scar that marred his beautiful baby boy's forehead. He looked at the woman who had kept him away from his lover. He couldn't feel pity for the woman who had helped to destroy his little family.

It was then that the man that James hated most appeared in the rubble. Albus Dumbledore had come to take the child to hell expecting both parents to be dead. Not realising that no matter how much James had hurt Tom, Tom would never be able to harm James. People might say that Lord Voldemort didn't know love but they would be wrong. Lord Voldemort knew exactly what love was.

'James?' Dumbledore asked in surprise.

'How dare you?' whispered James fury lacing his every word.

Tom would have waited. Tom would have pretended that he was still in Dumbledore's thrall. Tom would have waited until the opportune moment occurred and strike his enemy dead. But James wasn't Tom. James wasn't a Slytherin. James was a Gryffindor to the core. He wore his emotions on his sleeves and at the moment he wanted nothing more than to destroy the man before him even though he hadn't the power or the know how to do so. But one day Tom would come for the man who had destroyed their family and enact vengeance.

'How dare you come here after setting up Tom's downfall by his own son? How dare you show your face after kidnapping me before either of us knew I was pregnant? How dare you after keeping me locked up for the duration of my pregnancy! Couldn't risk your little weapon being aborted because of putting potions and spells onto the bearer!

'Evans fucking Evans wearing glamour's and telling everyone we were married when I'm already married! Who was it you had running around pretending to be me whilst I was pregnant!? I'm only lucky I named him before you drugged and obliviated me to believe this fucking charade. Now let me go so I can find my husband, explain everything to him and return him to full power so he can destroy you!' James shouted.

'Dada,' whispered Harry frightened to hear Daddy shout.

'It's okay, Hadrian,' whispered James.

'I can't do that,' Dumbledore said gravely not understanding why the spells and potions had failed. 'I need your son to be my weapon!'

'He'll never be yours!' James roared causing Harry to start. 'No matter what you do to me even kill me one day Hadrian and Tom will find out the truth and then it will be the end of you!'

'Avada Kedavra,' Dumbledore flicked his wand at the father.

Harry was left crying in his dead father's arms as Dumbledore walked away knowing that Daddy wasn't coming back. Harry would forget of course being only fifteen months old but one day he would remember. Then Dumbledore would go down.

I have always imagined Prongs to be Harry's first word but Rs are hard for children.

Again I thank everyone for their kind words of encouragement. Just to let people know who were unhappy with the changes that Ao3 is remaining the same. If you want to find the original story go to Ao3 under the same author and title.