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The Return

James had been at the Ministry when the magical surge had been felt and with it the news that the Lovegoods had returned. As soon as he had heard this, he had immediately followed the group of Aurors and Unspeakables that were apparating to the location of the Lovegoods residence. Everyone that had tried to apparate the location found themselves deposited 650 meters away from the edge of the walls. There seemed to be a very powerful barrier that prevented anyone from approaching the Lovegood manor.

James was no exception as he found himself trying desperately to gain access but with no success. Seeing as there was nothing he could do, he started observing the rest of the people that were gathered here. A smile crept on his face when he saw the familiar white beard that belonged to Albus Dumbledore. He pushed his way towards the old man, hoping that he had some answers on what was happening, or what to do.

"Hello, Albus. Do you know what is going on?" James asked after tapping on Albus' shoulder, who was at that moment having a heated conversation with one of the Unspeakables.

"Ahhh, James my boy, it's no surprise seeing you here." Albus said with a smile before he continued, "I am afraid that I have as much information as the rest of the people. The only thing I can gather is that the one that cast this barrier is powerful, and I do not expect any of us to gain access unless who ever cast it allows us access."

Albus couldn't help but feel sorry for the man in front of him as he saw his face go sad. He could remember how hurt he was when Sirius had disappeared. James had been a mess the days that followed, and seemed to blame his older son, later disinherited. So Albus could imagine how anxious James must have been to see Sirius or know of what happened to him. A deafening silence filled the area, James and Albus looked around to identify the course, and soon they discovered what had caused the silence. Six figures were approaching them from the Lovegood Manor.

As the figures approached, James could identify Lord and Lady Lovegood, their daughter and heir Luna Lovegood and he couldn't help but smile when he saw Sirius Black. The woman and young boy to the left of Sirius he couldn't identify, and from the scrutinizing look that Albus was shooting at them he guessed that he didn't know them either. There were murmurs among the people gathered around as to what would transpire. When the six were almost at the barrier, they stopped. Lady Lovegood took several steps forward and the crowd that had gathered quieted down as Lady Lovegood with her hand motioned that she wished to speak.

"I know that many of you have questions, and I promise that we shall answer them to the best of our abilities at the given time. We will hold a press conference outside the Ministry in two days where we shall give our story and where you shall have time to ask questions. Till then we would prefer that you left us alone. Thank you." Lady Lovegood stated. As she turned to leave, noise grew from the crowd each shouting something. All she did was ignore them as she joined the other five as they walked back to the manor. However they all stopped when a voice they all knew very well called out to one of them.

"Sirius my friend, where are you going? Come home with me, we have missed you…" James said, but stopped due to the stare that Sirius shot him.

"I may have been your friend at one time, but let me make it clear among all these people. YOU ARE NO FRIEND OF MINE ANYMORE. I know that you may have a hard time understanding this, as you have people kissing your ass all the time, so I will try to make things clearer for you. Come after me again and you shall regret it." Sirius said, anger showing clearly on his face.

Albus could see the anger rising in James eyes and he had to hold back the man before he did or said something that they would come to regret later. Placing a hand on James shoulder,

"There shall be enough time to take care of things later on. This is not the place or time." Albus said to James, pushing some magic into his voice to make sure that James got the message.

As Albus turned his eyes at Sirius he could help but feel sad as he watched the hate in Sirius' eyes. He also did not miss the gentle squeeze that the woman gave to Sirius' hand, or the smile that lingered on the young boy's face. The crowds began to disperse as they watched the six return to the manor, indicating that as of the moment, there was nothing more that would happen. Various reporters left in a hurry, no wonder to ensure that their newspaper was the first to report on what on what had happened. Seeing as there was nothing else left to do here, with a nod to James, Albus disappeared with an almost silent 'pop'.

Albus sat in his office deep in thought for the second time that day. The latest events added more questions to the many of the questions that he previously had. This was going to be one interesting year. The fact that the Lovegoods had returned at this time must have been some sort of indication that something major would be going down this year. The other thing that disturbed him was the identity of the woman and the young boy that had accompanied them. He was a hundred percent sure that he had never seen them before, but given by the silver white hair, he assumed that they had to be relatives of the Lovegoods. But something kept nagging him at the back of his mind. The only other people known to have used the rune that had led to the mysterious disappearance of the Lovegoods were Petunia Dursley now Petunia Evans and Harry Evans. He had a high suspicion that the two unknown individuals were the two, but he had to wait, see how things played out. For once in a long time, Albus felt anxious and excited. He couldn't wait for the press conference. Grabbing a lemon drop, he exited his office and started for his quarters for some good night sleep.

Meanwhile at the Lovegood manor, everyone was silent. What had transpired between James and Sirius had was not a surprise, but their concern was as to how, Sirius had been affected by the encounter. Xenophilius placed a comforting hand on his friend's. The encounter with James seemed to have opened up old wounds, causing Sirius to react in a way that he hadn't expected. The look he got from his wife indicated that it was best if they left him alone and so, placing his hand on his daughter's shoulder, Xenophilius led the Lovegoods towards the stairs.

Petunia looked at Sirius with a look of concern on her face. She walked over to him, and capped his face.

"Sirius, you have to get a hold of yourself. Whatever happened, happened. Harry was more hurt by them than us, and you can see he still kept his cool. A time will come when they will pay for everything. Until then, I would advise that you stay clear of any confrontations." Petunia said to a Sirius who now seemed to be calming down.

Harry on his part just had a smile on his face. 'Things were going to be interesting this year.'

He coughed a little interrupting the passionate kiss being shared between his mother and the man that had gone from being his god father to father. He smiled when he saw Sirius smile sheepishly.

"Sorry to interrupt, but we need to put the next phase of our plan into action. By now, the old man may have already guessed as to our identity and at the moment, it's too early for him to know. We should confuse him a bit. Mother, I think it's time we paid a visit to some friends of mine?" Harry said his smile firmly on his face.

"Can't we wait until tomorrow?" Sirius asked in a pleading voice indicating his displeasure at Harry interrupting his make-out session.

"I'm sorry S dear." Petunia said in a flirty voice, before continuing, "Harry is right, we have to get things ready. Do not worry we won't be late, so it's alright if you decide you can wait up." She said with a wink.

Harry on his part had placed the most disgusted look he could master but it seemed to have no effect on the two. He gave up with a sigh as his mother placed a hand on him, and they disappeared in a white light.

Ragnok was currently seated in his office as Head Goblin at Gringotts, going over some papers as he sipped from his cup of Goblin tea. Whatever was on the papers didn't register on his mind as like many individuals in the wizarding world, had his thoughts occupied by the return of the Lovegoods. Though unlike many in the wizarding world, he was not as interested with the Lovegoods but more with the other two unaccounted people that had returned with the Lovegoods or as they had come to be known, mysterious two. It's uncommon for a Goblin of his status to investigate such matters, but when he had been informed of the Lovegood's return, he had decided to go there personally.

So when most of the crowd had had their attention directed towards the known four. He had his attention directed towards the other two. From the woman he could garner nothing, but from studying the young boy, he was positive that the boy was Harry Evans. So, when he felt a familiar magical presence approaching, and the indication that someone had slipped through the Bank's wards he was not surprised. Neither was he surprised when a woman accompanied by a young boy of about 11 years appeared in the middle of his office. All he did was smile.

"I have been expecting you." Ragnok said calmly.

"Well I thought I would surprise you, but from the way you were scrutinizing me earlier, I guessed you had figured." Harry said smiling at the head Goblin. "But I hoped you hadn't, it would have made this visit all the more interesting. Anyway, I needed you to help us with something."

At that moment, several goblins burst into the Head Goblin's office fully equipped to fight the intruder(s). The head goblin immediately shot up from his chair and in goblin, ordered them to stand down. The Goblins seemed hesitant to do so, suspecting that something may have been done to Ragnok, but when they saw the woman in front of them wave her hand ever so slightly and their illusions fade, did they stand down. In front of them stood a woman in green robes that matched her emerald green eyes and black hair that ran all the way down to her lower back. Beside her stood a young boy, whom they all knew too well, the heir to the ancients vaults.

At that moment, another goblin burst into the office. "Sir! Sir! The ancient vaults have activated!"

There was some murmur amongst the goblins in the room that ended as abruptly as it had started and they all shot glances at the head goblin and Harry.

"Well about that, would you mind keeping it secret for the time being? The Lovegood's arriving today, and the vaults going active the same day, it wouldn't be hard for people to place two and two together. And as it is, I do not want people linking the arrival of the Lovegoods to the activation of the Ancient Vaults." Harry said to the goblins in general.

After a nod of agreement the goblins left the room, leaving only the initial occupants of the room. Harry and Petunia each took a seat at the request of the head goblin, who also sat after the two had sat down.

"Well, ehh…" he paused and look inquisitively at Harry. "What should I call you? Mr. Evans? Mr. Harry? I have an inclination that Mr. Ancient will not suffice?"

Harry couldn't help but chuckle at the goblin's attempt at humor. Who would believe that the cold-faced beings that were in charge of Wizarding finances could be jovial at times even attempt some dry jokes?

"Harry will be alright." Harry informed the goblin. He then continued to lean closer to the goblin, "So here is the plan…"

Two Days Later

Nearly everyone in the wizarding would was excited. In a few hours the Lovegoods would be holding a press conference, shedding light on one of the greatest wizarding mystery of the century. The Potters more so as they were trying to get they friend back. Well James, Lily on her part was not very enthusiastic about Sirius' return. He had betrayed them by decided to sell them out to the papers, and were it not for the incident with the Lovegoods, the story might have been published.

'Well it's not like that would have made an impact at all.' She thought.

Anyway, it had devastated her to see how James had been hurt when Sirius had disappeared, and so afraid that James would fall back to the same condition if Sirius didn't come back, she decided that she had to be there for him. Straightening up Jerome's black expensive robes, she walked towards James and hugged him from behind.

"We will bring him back James, do not worry." Lily said to James.

Albus shot out of bed with speed not expected from an individual his age. Something unusual had happened, he was late. The time charm indicated the meeting would be starting within the next twenty minutes, he would have to be extra fast to ensure that he was not late. Well thanks to magic, fifteen minutes later, Albus was ready and at his office. Throwing the greenish powder into the flames he stepped into the green flames.

The six individuals that were the cause of all this excitement in the wizarding world were currently having breakfast. Xenophilius on his part was trying his best to hurry up things, but his family seemed in no rush.

"Relax dear, it's not like the press conference can begin without us." Ramona told her husband.

With a sigh, he sat back down and continued with his breakfast. Luna looked up at Harry,

"Is everything set?" Luna asked.

"Yes the goblins completed preparations yesterday, so we all remains is for us to play our part." Harry stated.

It was fifteen minutes later that the six disappeared in a white light and appeared outside the ministry where people were waiting for them anxiously. Walking up to the sitting area, they each took the seats that had been set apart for them. Sirius on his part made sure to seat as far away from the Potters, deciding to seat on the far edge, Petunia and Harry next to him. The minister stood and walked to the podium and gave his welcoming speech. He then proceeded to invite Lady Lovegood who had been chosen to speak on behalf of the six. Xenophilius squeezed his wife's hand as she stood up to walk to the podium.

"I would like to thank you all for coming here today. I will try my best to answer the questions that you may have. After this, we would greatly appreciate it if you would leave us alone to live our lives as normal wizards." Ramona said, before she paused and looked at the crowd that had started to make noise. She rubbed her arm the way she did when she was nervous and then continued.

"I know the first question is what happened to us? Well the answer to that is that I discovered an ancient rune during one of my researches into ancient runes. According to the texts, this was a rune capable of allowing time travel, to the future or the past. I had not mastered the rune, and so unfortunately or fortunately for us, we traveled to the past but myself was unconscious for over five years after using the rune. When I regained consciousness, I awoke to a very different world than the one I had left. An ancient civilization existed at that time, and from what we could gather, it was several millennia before the beginning of our civilization. They were at the peak of their civilization in both magic and science." Ramona paused when the crowd broke into murmurs after she had said science. She continued,

"I know that it may be hard for you to understand, but at that time, wizards and muggles worked together for the advancement of their civilization, and together they achieved great things."

One of the reporters shouted out her question over the noise that had broken out, "Well, they couldn't have achieved much; else they could still be alive at this time. Working with muggles, what kind of crap are you trying to sell us?"

"Do not jump to conclusions Miss Rita." Ramona said trying hard to hide her contempt for the reporter. She continued,

"When their time came, they left our space something that could only be achieved by combining magic and science. In fact the rune that we used is a combination of the two. So it was from them that I mastered the working of the rune. I know that there are those of you who may want to gain access to knowledge about the rune, 'This knowledge shall only be accessible to you only at that time that the world shall be ready for such knowledge'. From what I have seen, the world is not yet ready."

She could only smile when she saw the faces of some of the ministry officials gathered around when she said that. She knew that they would try their best to gain access to information on the rune, but she had an ace up her sleeve.

'Let them try.' she thought with a smile.

A male reporter shouted a question at her, "And who are the mysterious two?"

Ramona couldn't help but smile, the 'mysterious two, huh.'

"Ahh… Well I'm not the best person to answer that question, since I have only known them for the duration that I regained my consciousness. Now the best person to answer that I guess is Sirius Black." She said and then proceeded to her chair and at the same time Sirius rose to the podium followed by the 'mysterious two'.

"Unlike my friend Ramona, I had a great time there. It was during my time there that I met this two, my fiancé Zaria and adopted son Elijah Black." Sirius smiled proudly.

The noise was deafening, but was only stopped when several goblins appeared and walked towards the Minister. They whispered something to the Minister who sprang to his feet followed by his security detail and some Ministry official. Albus who had overheard what had been said to the Minister rushed towards the Potters.

"Albus, what is going on?" Lily and James shouted at him as they so him heading their way.

"Lily and James, you have to come with me. According to the goblins, the rune in the inheritance chamber has activated." Albus told them.

Lily grabbed Jerome and followed Albus and James to the direction of Gringotts. The reporters had gotten news of what had happened and so there was a commotion as people started running towards Gringotts.

"I guess this is our cue mother?" Harry said to Petunia currently known as Zaria.

Since all attention had been diverted from the Lovegoods, it was easy for the two to sneak out unnoticed.

There was a high level of anxiety and excitement exhibited by the individuals currently occupying the inheritance chamber. The two expected arrivals were the greatest mystery of the century, and most reporters thought that their story was more juicy compared to the Lovegoods. So the room grew quite as the glow on the rune grew brighter. All of a sudden, there was a bright white blinding light and every one had to shield their faces. When the light cleared, and sight had returned to their eyes, they all gasped as in the middle of the room stood a hooded Lady dressed in black battle robes and a young boy of about eleven stood next to her. The boy was dressed in some sort of green hybrid between robes and a trench coat, but was still hooded. As if on cue, they proceeded to lower their hoods to reveal a pair of piercing green emerald eyes and jet black hair. The only difference being that the hair on one was shoulder length and on the woman, it reached her lower back.

"Hello former family? Long time no see." Harry said looking in the direction of the Potters. When his face met Albus' he had to smile. "Seems you have not changed much, Old Man."

There was a commotion as one of the goblins pushed his way through the crowd headed for the head goblin.

"Sir! Sir! The Ancient vaults have gone online." He shouted. Noise erupted among those gathered as soon as the goblin had shouted this.

This incident indicated that the arrival of these two had led to the activation of the vault, meaning that one of them was the heir to the vault. This was when the unexpected happened. Ragnok the head goblin with a smile on his face walked towards Harry and when he was a few feet away from him, he bowed at Harry, as did all the goblins in the room. Harry waved his hand indicating that they all stop the bowing.

"Welcome back my Lord, my Lady." Ragnok said smiling at the two. Everyone in the room was shocked by the reaction of the goblin and more so the fact that he referred to them as Lady and Lord.

"It's good to be back Ragnok…"Harry said but was interrupted by James Potter.

"You, why the hell are you here?" James said his voice full of anger.

"Is that the way to talk to your ex-son? I hoped that you had missed me a little. Well seems you haven't changed. Well this will make my payback all the more fun." Harry said with a smile on his face.

"You little piece of shit, what the hell do you think you can do? Do you know who the hell you are messing with?" James shouted growing more pissed as he noticed that Harry was paying zero attention to him. He almost jumped at Harry but was stopped by Albus.

Albus' face shot up when he heard Petunia talking to Harry. "Will you be okay to handle everything here?"

"Sure thing mother." Harry said as he allowed his mother to kiss him on the forehead.

"Okay then, I guess it's time to put your uncle and cousin out of their misery?" Petunia told Harry.

"Hey mother, you should give Duds a second chance. He was a kid and all, but if he hasn't learnt his lesson, it's one less evil soul in the world." Harry said as he watched his mother disappear.

"What the hell is going on?" the minister asked, having been quite this whole time.

Nobody replied to the Minister, but were attentive when the head goblin begun talking to harry.

"So I believe that you will be visiting your vault now?" Ragnok asked not surprised by the noise that erupted.

"What vaults as far as we can remember, the muggle has nothing." Came from the crowd.

"You think that you are insulting me by calling me a muggle? By your behavior muggles are more noble than you right now." Harry said, knowing the effect that his words had on those gathered. Some people tried to approach him, but found out that they couldn't get any closer to him. Those that tried to curse him found themselves badly manhandled by the Goblin guards.

"Ragnok, I will be going to my vault now. I wonder how it has survived all these years." Harry said and proceeded to follow Ragnok out of the chamber. The crowd proceeded to follow Harry and the goblin but couldn't follow them as they entered into the magical carts.

Moments later, a huge magical wave was felt by every being within Gringotts and its surrounding. It was several moments later when there was shouting heard among those gathered at the Lobby.

"This is impossible!" someone shouted.

People rushed to the Lobby all asking one thing. "What happened?"

Nobody spoke all they could do was point to the display. Everyone that looked up all gasped. In glowing blue light read this words.

'The Ancient Vaults – Vaults Zero. Owner Harry Evans'.

Chapter 11 is done!

I did it kinda hastily, but I hope you will still enjoy.

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