The Savage Life Keeperoliver Chapter 12
James and Lily were still in shock over Doc's statement. He wanted them to give up Harry to be his heir. To change his name from Harry Potter to Clark Savage III. They owed their lives to Doc, and would do anything for him. But to give up their only child was not something they were willing to do.
Lily walked to Doc, and placed her hand on his arm, "Doc, if you would ask any thing else of us, we would do it gladly, But, to ask us to give up our only child, is something we can not, or, will not do. Please understand we owe you so much, and it hurts us, when you ask one thing from us, and we won't comply."
"Lily, I understand completely. I hold no grudges against you or James. What I ask, is incomprehensible. It should never be asked to give up one's child, for such a selfish reason. Please forgive me for making you and James feel so selfish. It is I who should be feeling Bad. And I am. I can't believe I asked that of you. I know how close you both are to Harry. I will carry on with I must do, and I will never approach you three again. I dishonored the name of Savage and for that, I must leave you all, to face my own demons."
"No, you will not. No one knows what was said, and no one has to find out. It will be our little secret. But, I think I may have a solution to your problem, if you are willing to listen to it?"
"What would that be Lily? I am willing to listen to anything that may bring me an Heir. I have been stupid for the last 40 years. I was married once, and I loved her dearly. She gave birth to my son. She died a short time after giving birth, and my son died at the age of 18. He never did achieve the level of training that Harry has. He wasn't a disappointment, don't get me wrong. I loved him, but, he was not like me, he was like his mother. He wanted to heal people, not fight them. That was the reason he died, helping those who were not able to care for themselves. It was a plague that was devastating a tribe of natives in the Congo, of Africa. He had discovered the source of the plague, and had discovered a remedy, but, was unable to perfect it, before he lost his life to the illness. Monk and I finished his work, and the tribe honored my son, by creating a life like image of him, and erected it in the middle of their village. They have stated that it has saved their tribe three times, since erected. Once by a stampede of Elephants, and twice by attacking tribes. Oh, sorry about that, starting to ramble there, and losing track of what we were talking about. You said you may know a solution to my Problem?"
"Yes, Doc, if you are willing to go with me to a village not to far out of Devon. There is a place I would like you to see."
"Lead the way, dear lady."
Lily laughed at her friend for the endearment he used. She whispered to James what she was going to do, and he beamed a smile to her.
They then went to Minerva's office, and Lily asked if she could use the floo to visit Flamel House. Minerva knew what she was talking about, and smiled. "Please Lily, and Doc. Be my guest."
When doc landed, he started walking immediately, to avoid falling on his face. Something he learned from a long time ago. He entered a fair sized that was evidently used for gatherings. The chairs were lined up in a semi-circle, like those in a theater, with one chair sitting facing all the others.
Lily led him to an office that was Rather small, but, comfortable looking. Behind the desk, sat an elderly woman, who looked up at her new arrivals. "Can I help you?"
"Yes Mrs. Carry, you can. You may not remember me, but my name is Lily Potter, but you would remember me as Lily Evans."
"Of course dear, I remember you. You use to help us on weekends some fifteen years ago. What is it I can help you with Child?"
Lily blushed at being called a child, but, carried on, "Mrs. Carry..."
"Please dear, call me Agatha."
"Ok, Agatha, my friend here, is looking for someone, and I was hoping you could help us?"
"Who is it he is looking for?"
"An Heir. To carry on his family name. If he can find the right person that is."
"Well, shall we go visit our family then."
Doc was never one to show his emotions, but, right now he was showing one, Confusion. "I don't wish to seem rude, but, could some one please tell me what this is all about?"
Lily giggled at Doc's confused state. "Doc, this is Flamel House. It is an orphanage for Magical children. It is the only one in England that is strictly for Witches and Wizards. What I am hoping is you can find the one child that you can adopt, that will bear your name."
Doc dropped back a step. "Lily, I don't think I can do that, with me being a 'Muggle', as you put it. That and the fact, that I am single. Thank you for trying to help, but, I don't see how this could be a solution to my problem."
"If I may call you Doc. You would be surprised at what can be accomplished in the magical world, if you are deemed as acceptable." Agatha finished when she saw Doc nod his head at her asking him for permission to call him Doc.
She led them upstairs, and called for the children to come and greet a visitor. There were ten children who came out. They introduced them selves to Doc. As they passed Doc, he watched them all, and greeted them as well. He stopped when he met a set of twins, A boy and a girl. Their names were John and Mary Smith. They were about four years old, both with golden blond hair. The boys hair was close cut, and fit his head like a helmet. The girls was long, past her shoulders, and slightly curled. Doc greeted the rest of the children, but when he was done, he asked about the twins. Agatha brought the two back to her office, and told Doc about their known history.
"Well Doc, there is not really much to tell you. The twins were found in the middle of a village that was destroyed by Death Eaters. They were the only survivors, and that was only because when a near by building collapsed, they were trapped under the debris. They were protected from the rafters, by two crossed telephone poles. A miracle, really. There were no adults around where they were, and the blood samples of the dead were matched to those of the children, but there was no finding the parents. That was a year ago. Would you like to talk to them?"
"Yes please Agatha."
When the two children were led into the office, Doc asked the boy, if he would like to sit on his lap, and if the girl would like to sit on Lily's lap. The children agreed and got them selves comfortable.
Between Doc and Lily, they gained the trust of the twins, and then Doc asked the big question, "John, Mary, would you both like to be my children?" Doc held his breath, waiting for their answer.
John looked to Mary, and she nodded her head. He thought about it for a minute and then answered, "If you take both of us, then yes sir, we would like that very much. But, if you only want one of us, then the answer is not. We are twins, and would like to stay together."
"That is the only way I would do it. I could never separate twins. Agatha, what will it take to bring these two into my family?"
"Approval from the MoM. Do you have any contacts there?"
"Would the Minister work?"
It was Agatha's turn to be shocked, "The Minister of Magic?"
"Yes, but, if that is not acceptable, then would Albus Dumbledore work?"
Agatha almost fell out of her chair. "You know Professor Dumbledore?"
Lily was laughing, which caused Mary and John to start laughing.
Agatha gathered her self, "Could you please contact either."
Lily figured it would be easier to contact Albus than the Minister, and floo called the Headmaster. Albus answered right away, and she told him of what was going on. He talked to Agatha, and then he was asked to come through to properly conduct the business.
Albus came through, and witnessed the adoption papers, and signed them as chief warlock of the Wizengamot. The entire visit took two hours, and Doc left with the twins, as his children.
He renamed them as Clark Savage III, and Fatima Monja, after his wife.
When they arrived back at Hogwarts, they were attacked by more people than they realized were there. Every one of the enrolled students were there, asking questions. Thw twins were held by every one of them briefly, making the twins skitterish at first, but, as they got used to it, they began to enjoy the attention.
Clark and Fatima became celebraties in the house for months, Fatima had her named shortened to Teema, and Clark became 3PO, after a movie character. Draco was once again lost, as he didn't even know what a movie was. Remus and Sirius knew, it was time to introduce muggle technology to the wizard world, starting with a VCR, a television, and some movies.
Doc helped with the problem of getting the devices to work in the castle. He had a generator set up in the lower level of the wing, and magic blockers around the Muggle equipment. They were even able to get a pop corn machine to go with the movies. Every on was welcome every friday evening for movie night.
Draco, Ron, Luna, Tracy Neville Daphne, Anthony, Arthur and Molly were sitting front row at every movie. Draco had never seen anything like it. It was so real looking. When he finally figured out 3PO, from Star Wars, he laughed his arse off. 3PO sat right beside him and Tracy. "Hey there I am. This is great. I wish we had one of these in the Flamel House. Sis, isn't this awsome." 3PO had pop corn thrown at him to hush him up, and he laughed at every one, but, he quieted down, so the others could enjoy the movie.
Teema and 3PO began their training with the morning run, and meditation. Doc did not push them hard, as he did Harry. They loved the run, always finishing ahead of most of the older trainees, because of their energy level. They were impatient with the meditation part, as they were to full of energy to sit too long. They soon learned patience, and began to make Doc proud. The two were fast learners, and were very powerful.
Doc and Monk missed Ham very much, and wished he could see the twins. He didn't admit it often, but, Ham loved children. They got over the loss of their friend eventually, as they knew it was a part of their life style to expect the loss of one of their members.
Albus became a fan of the twins, as he watched them go through their training. He saw the young Clark become stronger each day. Teema was often seen with Hermione and Ginny, reading in a corner. They were soon joined by Tracy and Daphne. Albus felt good that the twins had found a place for them selves, and were loved and cared for like they were, and wished the other children were as fortunate as them.
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The end of the first year was here, and the kids were preparing to leave for the summer. Lily and James had purchased a home, for the group of friends, who were more like Family. They called it a house, but, it was an estate. It had 14 bedrooms, six baths, two kitchens two living areas a huge finished basement, with another kitchen, and bath, as well as two more bedrooms and a living room. Sirius and Pat were the recipients of the basement. 3PO, and Teema shared a bedroom for the time being.
There was a full size swimming pool in the back, and a large yard, surrounded by 8' high hedges. Pat loved this, as she loved to sun bathe, usually sans clothes. She did this when the kids were gone, other wise with a very skimpy bikini. She really hated tan lines, and refused to use tanning beds.
It was a muggle estate, so it was fully equiped with all the utilities. It was in a good neigborhood, with friendly neighbors, though not too close They continued with the Friday night movies, and they connected the floo with the floo network, it was set up in a separate room, in case neighbors were visiting. They would explain that they were just visiting.
Every morning, the Brigade got together for their training, and ran the entire length of the housing area four times for their five mile run. After about two weeks, they were joined by some of the local kids, and some of the parents.
Harry, Neville, and Ginny shared their birthdays, since they were so close together. Ginny and Harry were getting very close now, and would often be seen walking the back yard, and losing them selves, to reappear twenty minutes or so later. 3PO, and Teema would go looking for them, and come running back, laughing, being chased by Harry. They would start making faces, telling every one it was gross, what they saw. It was only kissing, but to a four year old, that was gross.
Hasrry and Ginny had a problem with one of the girls in the neighborhood, as she had an instant crush on Harry. Her name was Romilda, and she was a year younger than Harry. Antoher problem, was explaining Harry's height and build to the neighbors. 12 years old, and he was 6' 7" and weighed 250 lbs, with not an ounce of fat on him. Romilda wouldn't take the notion that Harry and Ginny sort of liked each other, and tried her best to get Harry to notice her, even to the extent of wearing short skirts and revealing blouses. This was enhanced by her wearing bras stuffed with toilet paper. Harry and Ginny laughed, when one day, she could be seen walking around the block, with toilet paper hanging out of the back of her blouse, making it look like she had a white tail.
At he end of the summer, it was hard to explain to their neighbors that they would be gone until next summer because of their going of to teach school. They told them that they were Professors at a very exclusive school.
One week before heading back to school, they went to Diagon Alley to get their school supplies. They broke off into pairs, and each went to a different location, so as not to tie up the business with too many students. Harry and Ginny were walking past one store, called Eylops Owl Emporium. Harry looked in the window, when a beautiful white owl caught his attention. The owl saw Harry, and it's eyes got huge, and started fighting it's restraints to get to him. Harry decided to enter the store, and ask about the owl in question.
The owner said she was an evil owl, that would not let anyone near her. He had tried to sell her a dozen times, but once they got close to her, she would hiss and start flapping her wings. Harry asked if he could try, and the owner said, "I would not if I were you, I saw her when you first stopped, and she started in right away. Usually she waits till you get near her, before she starts in." Harry just shrugged his shoulders and walked up to the predator. "Hello there pretty girl. Are you looking for a home? Would you like to come home with Ginny and I? We have a nice home, with plenty of room for you to fly around in."
The bird looked to Harry and Ginny, and rather then hiss, she cooed. Harry walked up to her, and started to scratch her neck. She closed her eyes, and rubbed her head against his hand. "How much do want for her?" Harry asked the owner.
"If you want her, you can have her, but the cage will be 5 galleons. I'll give you 2 bags of treats for her. I have had her far too long. It will be good to get rid of her."
"A deal then, and I would like five more bags of treats also. It's a long school year, and I want to make sure I have enough for her." He got the owl, the cage and seven bags of treats for seven galleons. He didn't realise that a Snowy owl usually went for fifty galleons, as they were quite rare in the wizarding world. They were too hard to train, and were very violent.
They returned to the estate, and Harry sat down, with the owl in front of him. "What should we call you pretty girl. Do you like the name sparkle?" The owl roughed her feathers in distaste. "Ok then how about Blanc, which is French for white?" Nope, "Well, what do you suggest?"
The owl, flew to the library, and came back with a book titled Greek Gods and Goddesses. The owl then opened the book, and found the name she was looking for. She looked back up to Harry and Ginny, and hooted. Harry looked at the name, "You want to be named Athena?" Again no.
Ginny looked down on the book, and noticed that the Goddess Athena had a familiar named Hedwig, and she was a Snowy Owl. "Harry, I think I know what she wants as her name. Do you wish to be called Hedwig?" The owl cooed as if to say thank you.
Harry looked at Ginny, then at Hedwig, as that is what she wished to be called, and gave up. "How did you figure that one out, Gin?"
"Well, when she refused Athena, I read on, and found out Athena had a femiliar named Hedwig. She too, was a Snowy Owl."
Harry looked back to Hedwig, "Are you this Owl, Hedwig, are you Athena's familiar?" Hedwig didn't say anything. She just looked back at Harry. She turned to Ginny, and Blinked her eyes. Ginny blinked back at Hedwig, and then let out a laugh like she had never done before.
Hedwig became a part of the family.
