Disclaimer:
Don't own anything. Parallel to real life is AU, that includes all royals, castles and any laws of physics, nature or society. It's magic!
Parallels to other stories are not intentional.
I'm a simpleton. Don't over think my story.
Emrys=Harry James Potter
Liam= Emrys' butler
Emrys is grandson to the Queen by way of Lily Evans. Lily Evans is the Queen's daughter.
By the time he finished his bath, he just wanted to go to sleep.
"Master Emrys, it's 20 to. You still need to get dressed and the dining hall is about 5 minutes of walking leisurely and 5 minutes of stairs."
Emrys went out. He dressed quickly with the help of Liam while Maria dried his hair.
"Sorry for taking too long in the bath," Emrys said.
"Technically, it's my duty to wait on you. It's of no consequence, I know you were distracted." Liam replied. Emrys gave Liam a grateful smile.
Emrys arrived first. He sat on the chair and waited. Then the doors opened to welcome the Queen. Emrys stood as was customary.
"Good evening Grandma." Harry said somberly.
"Good evening Emrys. How was your day?" The Queen cheerily asked. She was met with a rather pensieve and thoughtful Emrys.
"Eventful. I learned a lot of things, some of which are hard to accept." Emrys said bitterly.
"Like what?"
"It was Dumbledore's fault. All the wards were his and the idea of sending me to the Dursleys was his. There's also apparently a vault for the Duke of Magic. It had a sizeable sum of money and a lot of journals, as were the five other vaults."
Dumbledore will pay! No one messes with the royals. The Queen thought. She thought Emrys would appreciate not having to talk or think about Dumbledore so she chose to focus on something else.
"Five?" Grandma Liz asked with apt curiousity.
"Yeah. One is for the Potters. The other four are the vaults of the four founders of Hogwarts."
"Do you have to go there then?" the Queen asked with a slight bit of worry. It was Dumbledore's turf, after all.
"I don't know. I don't think so."
Emrys willed the rings to show and stared at them missing the surprise from his grandmother's face.
"You're wearing a lot of rings, what are they?"
"The coloured ones are the founders. This is the Potter's. This is the Duke of Magic's. These two are my wands."
"Interesting. I didn't know they could turn into rings."
"I didn't know either."
"How did you know then?"
"They... um... told me." The Queen was shocked. Silence filled the hall.
"You don't believe me. Next thing I know you'll be calling me freak," Emrys mumbled under his breath, except the Queen heard it, thanks to the acoustics of the room.
"Emrys, don't say that. I was just shocked and amused. Lily was never able to turn her wands into rings, nor could she talk to objects, yet you could. Everything special seem to happen to you. That's not freak-ish, it's special and I'm honoured to have you as my grandchild."
Emrys stayed silent. The Queen stood up causing Emrys to flinch. It didn't stop the Queen from hugging Emrys.
"You'll always be my grandchild." Emrys stiffened but eventually leaned into the hug.
"Thank you," he said silently. "Where's grandpa?"
"He'll be here in a few minutes." The Queen said. Just then the door opened.
"Your Majesty, the Duke sends his regrets as he cannot attend tonight's dinner. The chef has suggested we convene to the breakfast hall." said a housekeeper. The breakfast hall was a smaller room.
"Alright. Emrys, come along." Her majesty ordered. Emrys obeyed and was suddenly wrapped around his grandmothers arms. After a few seconds she withdrew from the hug but kep her hand on Emrys's shoulder. The servant opened the door and suddenly there were pops which made Emrys jump.
"Surprise!" shouted Princess Camila, Prince Philip, Prince Harry, Prince William and Prince Charles.
"We meant to celebrate your birthday, but a lot of things happened. But we still wanted to, so here you go," Prince Harry explained. Emrys was surprised. Everyone else was beaming. Guess Grandma was in on it too, Emrys thought. (Emrys= Harry James Potter; Prince Harry=Prince Harry)
"First, dinner, then sweets, then presents!"
Dinner was filled with happy smiles and good-natured chats.
"Uncle, can royals invest?"
"Of course."
"Do you have investments?"
"Planning on investing?"
"Yes."
"We can discuss this at a later date. I'll give you some tips. I gather you've seen your portfolio manager?"
"Yes. They double as solicitors."
"How does it look?" Charles asked out of curiousity.
"Apparently, I have twenty properties, 15 billion in shares, 3.9 billion equivalent pounds of cash."
"Wow Emrys, that's more than I have." Harry said.
"Nevermind that, that's more than I have," Charles replied in awe.
"If it comforts you both, that's more than what I have," the Queen replied.
"It's only because our money is in gold. So their equivalent in the non-magical world is high. The rate is about 100 pounds to one galleon."
"Still Emrys, that's very impressive."
"I don't really understand how I inherited those 4 other vaults either. I'm not planning to touch it since the interest pays for a fund that keeps the exchange rate low. I'll try and not touch the Duke vault either."
"Who is giving your advice?"
"The Potter solicitors and Liam."
"Emrys, trust Liam. He's very smart about everything actually," Charles said.
"I do." Emrys said with a hint of pride. Emrys liked Liam. He was very dependable in almost everything.
"Do you like reading?" Charles asked.
"I actually do. I'm glad I have access to books now," Emrys replied. He felt a slight pang of guilt and anger from Charles.
Emrys yawned several time that evening, but he tried his best to hide it. Liam decided to take pity on him.
"Your Majesty, if I may?" Liam asked.
"Speak Liam."
"I think it is time to close the party. Young master is quite ready to fall on his feet." Liam whispered. The Queen looked at his grandson who looked happy but tired.
"Tell everyone discretely to bid their goodbyes and convene to the tea lounge if they wish to stay. I don't want Emrys to feel sorry for being tired."
Oblivious to Emrys, Liam approached the rest of the royal family and told them of Emrys'... predicament.
"We have to go back to London now, Emrys. We'll see you soon, ok?" William said.
"Thank you for the party. You really did not have to," Emrys replied.
"We wanted to," Camilla said lovingly with a hug. They gave their hugs and left (for the Tea Room). Prince Philip hugged Emrys goodnight as well. He was going to go to the tea room while the Queen tucked Emrys in.
"Thanks for the party, Grandma," Emrys said as he drifted off to sleep under the loving arms of the Queen. Once she was sure Emrys was sleeping, she went to the Tea Room and had lovely discussions with the rest of her family, most of them about the new addition.
Emrys woke up early again the next day.
"You wake up too early for someone so young. Sleeping more would do well for your healing and your... height." Liam pointed out as Emrys came out from the shower.
"It's not like I'm forcing myself to wake up. I just do! It's a habit!" Emrys said irritably.
"I apologize." Liam said in reply. It was obvious that his charge wasn't happy.
"What's on the day's agenda?" Emrys asked curtly. His mind has processed just how twisted his life was. "And you never did explain the Chosen One thing to me."
"As Lady Lily said, you are the centre of a prophecy. The prophecy about you being the only one to defeat Voldemort, or You-Know-Who to many people, is not widely known. Ranglois' comment about the Chosen One is because you are the boy-who-lived. When Voldemort attacked your parents, he also attacked you with a killing curse, except it didn't kill you. It rebounded on him and rid the world of Voldemort. I don't think it's permanent, judging from what your parents said in their wills."
"20 years of peace..."
"Yes. Anyway, today, you can do whatever you want. I'd suggest opening your presents, reading, or exploring the castle. Her majesty and his royal highness, the duke of Edinburgh are going to London on official business. They told me to let you rest for today." Liam said as Emrys dressed.
Emrys went to the pile of presents. He hid his excitement and surprise. He'd never had a party before, much less proper presents.
Camilla and Charles gave him a game console while Harry and William provided the games. Philip and Elizabeth gave Emrys a photo album of her mom and her experiences. Emrys looked through it, feeling a sense of nostalgia. The last page held a picture of Lily holding Emrys with James' arm around her waist. It reminded Emrys of Lily's trunk. He went to it and ran his fingerws He was surprised when it opened. Inside were a lot of old garments, another photobook and several journals. It was nice to finally have something of his parents'. Emrys vowed to look at them later as he saw an owl bearing a letter. He untied the letter and touched the letter.
"Master no!" Liam exclaimed as Emrys was transported to Merlin-knows where.
nightwing27: Thank you very much(x11^_^). Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Yes, craziness will occur. And Yes, he will find someone. Draco is one (though, not for many chapters away [a year in the story's timeline]). I love Luna's character… she's just so adorable, being her Luna-tic self
Lezia: Mango Melon please ^_^ Many more names to come(woops; But, I wanted Emrys to have a new life…). I'll write who's who in the beginning of every chapter if that helps. Elves' child is so sweet.
MrsSnape2u: Before I started this story, I read many Severitus. He grew on me ^_^.
farwalker: Thank you. I was cautioned by Lady Evans Potter about making him too powerful so I decided to just give him money. ^_^
ObsidianFrost: When you have that much money, you have to be generous or they'll be taken away from you. That's what I think. ^_^ Define "too bad". "Too bad" chapter coming next week ^_^
Lady Evans Potter: Same reason he can speak with the goblins. There's still a hole I have to fix with that ability. I don't quite know how to fix it yet. But… hmm… I don't want to spoil it. Thanks for you insight on how to fix "super Harry" without totally rewriting what I have so far.
Fez8745: Thank you very much. I'll try to do my best (yes, there's no try, just do or don't… but school gets in the way).
Black Winged Vampire Angel: Hello, my fellow Angel ^_^. Eventually people will know. I haven't quite fully figured out how to handle that. As far as I know, I offered no explanation on how they knew and how the aftermath was handled, but I think I'll figure it out by the time I post the chapter for it… Hopefully… I'll try my hardest.
Sunny: Thank you. I was worried that it was a typical story.
Hanzo of the Salamander: Aww, your review is not unique anymore. I kinda miss those hearts. ^_^ I can't do them on my netbook (I probably could but haven't figured out how).
athenakitty: Harry sent a polite letter saying he's not going to Hogwarts as he wrote a letter to accept the offer of another school. I'll probably not include Marge and Ripper. Or maybe I can. What do you think? I think child abuse is child abuse, royal or not. Yes, they'll be taken care of. He's already eating better under the watchful eyes of his grandmother, Loen (The Queen's butler) and Liam. But he'll still be smaller than his male peers, for now.
Should I get a beta? Anyone want to beta?