Chapter ten

Harry was lying on the rug on the floor reading one of the books he found on wards. He had started to get interested in wards ever since he found out that there were lots of different types used in the magical world. He heard footsteps, he looked up to see Madam Bones and Sirius step into the room.

'What happened?' Harry jumped to his feet.

'He will not go to jail, he put up a lot of good arguments, but he did lose his three jobs. He has also been ordered, magically, to stay away from you. He cannot write to you or ask someone to speak with you on his behalf, nor have them pass on anything to you. He is forbidden to go near Hogwarts and Hogsmeade.'

'When I get the Black manor finished it will be warded, I might even go as far as do the fidelius charm.'

'So I could return to Hogwarts, if I want to?'

'You could, but you sound like you are unsure, why?' Amelia asked.

'I was talking to Auror Grey, she sort of confirmed my suspicions about something. There have been a few times at Hogwarts where I almost died and every year something dangerous seems to happen. Auror Grey thought I should tell you about all of these things because it seems like someone, probably Dumbledore, set these things up, we're just not sure why.'

'If I had not been found innocent, Albus would try to get full legal rights over Harry. The trouble with that is he would not be able to touch your money nor have access to the Gryffindor vaults. So if it's not money, what else would he want?' Sirius asked.

'What do you mean about the Gryffindor vaults?' Amelia asked.

'James told me he was the last remaining heir to Godric Gryffindor, Harry is now. Those vaults have been around for nearly a thousand years, they gain interest all the time. Since James was already wealthy he never bothered to touch that vault. I do know that if two or more heirs were found and agreed, they could control Hogwarts, in every way, even over the governors. One would not be enough. Lily did some research, but one day she just dropped it. She found a scrap of paper buried in a book that belonged to her great grandmother, it had the name Helena Ravenclaw written on it. Lily was a muggleborn, her great grandmother was a muggle.'

'There is speculation that muggleborns come from witches and wizards who lost their magic, they became squibs until magic was forgotten. It happens due to inbreeding. If and I'm not saying I'm right, but if Lily Evans family did come from magicals then there is a chance she was a descendant of Rowena Ravenclaw. If that is true then Harry would have the power to control Hogwarts.'

'Excuse me Ma'am, but Harry also defeated Voldemort as a baby. Voldemort was the last descendant of Salazar Slytherin,' Auror Grey said.

'So by right of conquest Harry would now be the heir of Slytherin, three founders. So whether or not Lily is related to Rowena Ravenclaw, Harry still holds the titles of heir to two of the founders. That is enough to take control of Hogwarts and also control those two vaults.'

'Do you think that's what Dumbledore was doing, trying to keep me from finding out or trying to kill me?'

'Unless I can get some type of evidence, I could not question him. But,' Amelia turned to her auror, 'Go to Hogwarts, I want everything that was in Albus Dumbledore's rooms and office sent straight to my office. I will remain here until Auror Jamerson turns up.'

'Yes Ma'am,' Auror Grey smiled at Harry then left the house.

'Now, Sirius will be staying here but he will also be repairing his home. For now even though I know you would probably like to get out of the house, it would be wise to remain inside.'

'I don't mind Ma'am, I feel safer than I ever had and I've been able to relax for the first time in years. But we were talking about other things, like life debts, Peter Pettigrew owes me one. I was hoping Voldemort did since he used my blood to get a body back, but he was technically alive without my blood, even if he didn't have magic.'

'If Peter Pettigrew does own you a magically binding life debt then you can call for him to surrender. I would need to see your memory of how this debt is owed.'

Harry looked at Sirius, 'Um.'

'It's fine pup, I already told Amelia about when we confronted Peter. I explained we were going to kill him, without remorse or hesitation.'

'I think most people would have felt like killing if they had been in the same situation.'

'Okay, I just didn't want Sirius or Remus to get in trouble.'

'They won't, so put the memory in a vial, I will look at it later. If Peter comes in rather than dying he may give us some information on where the death eaters and Voldemort are hiding.'

'I'll get the memory, but there was one more thing and Auror Grey said I should tell you about it. Most people in the magical world have no idea about muggles or what they can do, not unless they are muggleborns or raised in the muggle world like I was. Hermione told me that the muggle studies class is like one hundred years behind where the muggles are now. It's about satellites and bombs. We have things like wards, but they have satellites that work on technology. If you were to enchant something it would need to be the satellites not the places. They can pinpoint a person on the planet even though they are up in the atmosphere. They have camera's that can take pictures, if one of their pictures picks up a place that they can't see when they are standing in front of it, they will probably think it's a terrorist, which means they might just bomb the place. Also, my uncle, he often said we should be put to death, if he got into Diagon alley, he would blow it up. We know muggleborns can bring in their parent's, but what if one of them was only trying to find out more, to help the muggle army or something.'

'I see, so these satellites could show Diagon alley, but they would also know they can't see it if they were standing right at the entrance. They would see Hogwarts and Hogsmeade in their pictures, but they would not see the complete castle only a ruined castle, they would also not be able to see the town. I think we have a serious problem, thank you for telling me Harry. I will take this straight to the unspeakables, they study our wards so they can make them stronger. Let's get your memory of Peter, hopefully we will be able to find out where they are hiding.'

Harry removed his memory, placed it in a vial then gave it to Madam Bones. They spoke for a while longer until another auror turned up.

'So the muggles have all that stuff?'

'Yes, I don't know a lot, like I said, they didn't like me being in the same room with them. Sirius, who knows I'm the last descendant of Godric Gryffindor?'

'James did not like people finding out, so only the marauders knew and Lily of course.'

'Which means Voldemort could know. Peter would tell him if it got him onto Voldemort's good side, not that he has a good side.'

'You're probably right, if he does know then to control Hogwarts he would need to kill you. He would take back the heir of Slytherin, then he would also take the heir of Gryffindor, by conquest.'

'Okay, so we know he wants to kill me, but why would Dumbledore?'

'We're unsure if he wished you dead pup, he may just wanted to stop you taking control of Hogwarts.'

'No, the things that happened at Hogwarts, I could have died and most reasons I didn't was down to luck, or help from Hermione and Ron. It's like when I stabbed the diary, he had my wand, Ginny was dying, yes the basilisk was dead and Fawkes saved me. But if he finished sucking the life out of Ginny he would have been back, young, healthy and powerful, and he had my wand which is the brother to his wand, it would have worked perfectly for him. I have no idea why I stabbed the diary with the fang.'

'Something or someone gave you those feelings, if I was to guess, I would say it was Lily. We still have no idea why you survived that night pup, all of us, apart from Albus, agree that it has something to do with your mother. She was brilliant at charms and ancient runes, it's not farfetched to believe she came up with some type of protection charm for you.'

'Has anyone been back into the house since that night?'

'The order did to retrieve their bodies, and that was done the following day. Remus told me not long after I escaped on Buckbeak.'

'Do you think there might be something in the house that would explain it?'

'It's possible, Lily did experiment with charms, she would write down everything, go over everything. She was not going to cast anything until she was sure it would not harm anyone, especially her family. Now since they only bought the cottage a few months before, her notes may be at the manor. But if she was working on a protection charm she would have kept her notes with her.'

'Another thing I don't know, manor.'

'You have a few homes Harry, the manor is under very old enchantments, only Lord Potter can find it, then it is up to you to take others in. You cannot take the title of Lord Potter until you turn seventeen. But when it's safe to get out and about, I might take you to the beach house. There is also a house in Tuscany, Canada, America and I think there's one on one of the Hawaiian islands, but I'm not sure about that one.'

'Was I an accident?'

'No, pup, no, Lily and James planned to have you, the first of many. Let me tell you that when Lily told James she wanted minimum of six children he almost fainted, he was almost as pale as a ghost. Lily just stood there smirking as James fell to the floor. It was hilarious to see James speechless.'

Harry smiled, that had been one question he always wanted answered, now he had.