Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter and never will, everything belongs to the brilliant mind of JKRowling. I do not make any money off of this piece of writing and never will.
Title: Biology
Characters: Harry Potter (AKA James Toland), Julie Reynolds, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, Severus Snape, AlbusDumbledore, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, Adam Weasley, Maple Weasley, Robert Denton, Gaius Malfoy, and Ophelia Vivas
Rating: M
Pairings: Harry/Severus, Ron/Hermione, Remmy(Remus)/Reese(Sirius)
Genre: Drama
Words per Chapter: 1,658
Warnings: AU from book four on, het, slash, Muggle world, violence, language, post-war, hiding Harry, life left behind, and the standard whatever else this demented author thinks up.
Summary: The war ended and Harry Potter disappeared. Years later, a young secondary school science teacher runs into some people from his past. The life he had will be changed forever as they try to drag him back into their world.
Notes: As people have commented on the whole alcohol comment back in the beginning of the story this is an explanation. The whole no alcohol comment came from both research, and also having vegan friends that could answer any questions that needed asked. All of them said no alcohol, though I do know of vegans that do drink. However, for James, the whole alcohol thing comes as, he won't drink it as he doesn't want to take that particular risk. He just lumps it in if people ask him what vegan is so that he doesn't have to explain that part as separate.
Chapter 50: To the Ministry
James sighed as he stepped out of the floo at the Ministry of Magic. He found it a little strange that he was actually at the ministry. He was here because he had been summoned. He had found the letter lying on his table next to an owl when he had entered his rooms. He had stared at the bird for a moment. It seemed to stare back at him before flying out of the window. He found it a little odd that it had stayed there without the letter tied to its leg. He shook his head and assumed that someone had changed how the mail was delivered. The letter, however, had been telling him to come to the ministry. He was a little worried about what he was being summoned for. Yet, the only good thing about the summons was that he didn't have the headmaster trying to force someone to accompany him.
James reached the witch that registered wands. She looked up from a magazine. Her eyes practically bugged out of her head at the sight of James. She stared at him without saying anything for a bit. James stood there waiting for her to say something. She seemed intent on staring at him. James mentally sighed and pulled his wand out of his sleeve. He was a little nervous about handing over his wand, but he knew that he needed to. She saw the wand and seemed to snap out of her stupor. "I'm sorry sir, name and purpose?" She took his wand and proceeded to register it like she was supposed to. She did wait for James to answer her. The truth was that James was really wishing that he had used the phone booth entrance instead.
James gave her a small smile. "James Toland and I was summoned to see the head of the family affairs department." She nodded and proceeded to conjure up a badge with that information on it. James took both his wand and the badge from her. He then nodded to her and walked off. He pinned the badge to the front of his robes.
He stopped at the lift and waited for it. The letter had told him what floor and room that he needed to go to. He was glad for that, though that was only because he had never been to the family affairs office before. The lift arrived and he walked in with other people. He continued to think as he gave the destination to the operator like the other people did. James had to shake the thoughts about how the person kept everyone's floors straight out of his head. He focused on the lift doors right as something smacked him in the back of the head. He turned and saw one of the memo airplanes that he had seen years ago. He shook his head. The lift eventually stopped at his floor. He quickly got off with a couple of other people. James sighed as he looked around to find the place that he was searching for. He saw the room number that he was looking for moments later. It was only a couple of doors away. He began to make his way towards that door. Letting out a slow breath, he finally reached the door and knocked on it.
Someone on the other side called for him to enter. He did so. There was a receptionist sitting there and she looked at him. She stared at him with the same expression that the lady at the first desk had given him. James kept himself from sighing, though it was difficult. She swallowed after a moment. "Hello, do you have an appointment?" James pulled the summons out of his pocket and handed it to her. She read it over and her eyes bugged out of her head yet again. She handed the letter back. "I'll let Mr. Vincent know that you're here." She quickly stood up and rushed off. He found her antics amusing. She came back moments later. "Mr. Vincent will see you now." James nodded to her and walked into the room. The door closed behind him thanks to the woman.
He looked at the person in front of him. "Mr. Vincent?" He was careful to word the name as a question. After all, he didn't know of anyone that had had the last name of Vincent. The man turned around in the chair and smiled at James. He was a kind of average looking man. His hair was a dishwater blonde and he was a bit on the heavy side. Other then that, James didn't really notice much else about him.
The man gestured for James to sit down. "Hello, Mr. Toland. I'm glad that you were able to come on such short notice. There were a few things that I had wanted to talk to you about years ago, but that was when you were still under the name of Harry Potter. However, you disappeared before I could do that." James nodded. He was willing to admit that he had taken off and changed his name rather quickly. He had wanted to disappear. He then shook the thought out of his head.
He focused on the man in front of him. "What is it that you wished to speak with me about?" He was going to remain as polite as possible. The man was being polite and even acknowledging the fact that he was now named James Toland. That fact meant that he was willing to work with the man for a bit.
The man cleared his throat. "The reason that I wanted to speak with you is about a couple of wills. These wills belong to your parents and also to Sirius Black." James stared at him in shock. He hadn't expected that. He sat there. He was waiting for something to happen. Mr. Vincent nodded. "All right. The bit about this is that your parents sealed their wills until you reached the age of eighteen. This was only valid if they had died before then. The goblins can have the wills read to you. They can also have the one for Sirius Black read as well. However, there was a letter that had arrived on my desk and told me of a few stipulations in regards to your father's will. There was another letter that was addressed to you included with the one I received." He handed a piece of paper over to James. James frowned as to what it could be. He looked at the name at the bottom of the letter. The paper had the signature of James Potter written upon it. He took a deep breath and started to read the letter.
Dear Harry,
I know that this will be a little strange for you to read. However, I had a reason for all of this. You need to follow through with what I'm about to tell you. I know that if you're like me, you would want to ignore this, but please don't. There are some stipulations in regards to the Potter family inheritance that you need to know about. Sirius knows of these stipulations and so what I have to say should be old news. Yet, I want to make sure in case things do not go as we want them to.
Here is the one rule that the family follows no matter what: do NOT marry into the families of Weasley, Prewett, Lestrange, and Beaufont. If you do, you will be automatically disowned thanks to the family's magic. There's a reason for this rule, which I will explain. The Weasleys, while a good family, have had issues when combining their blood with Potter blood. It has caused Potter children to suffer some sort of disorder that usually always causes the child to die. We know it's because our families have incompatible magic. That reason is the same for the Prewetts as well. Then again, we have a little bit of bad blood when it comes to that family. The reason for that is because a Prewett woman kept killing her children in order to kill her husband and steal the family money. It has caused a bit of a rift between the families, though not one that has caused a blood feud. When it comes to the last two families, there have been some very bad disagreements for the past thousand years or so. It has caused our families to not trust each other. Anyways, that's all I have to share with you. Well, minus this one last piece of advice. The last piece of advice is that you should just marry the person that you love. That's all I truly want for you.
Love,
Your Father, James Potter
James stared at the letter. He wondered what that was all about. He knew that he had dated Ginny in school, but that was something that had been expected of him. He hadn't dated her because he had been attracted to her. He could admit that she was good looking and might have liked her as a girlfriend. Yet, that would have only worked if he was straight. He shook his head and looked at Mr. Vincent. "Thank you for this. I shall go to Gringotts and have them read the wills as soon as possible. Is there anything else that you needed to speak to me about?" The man stared at James for a moment before shaking his head. James then stood up. "Well, I hope you have a good day, Mr. Vincent." He then walked out and thought about what he had read. He would need to talk to Reese and Remmy as soon as possible. His curiosity had been sparked thanks to the letter and he wanted to ask them some question. After all, he knew that he could always count on them, which was exactly what he needed.
A/N: Well, here's the chapter. Looks like there's a new development in James' life. Hope that you all enjoy. Later.
