Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs to J. K. Rowling and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim belongs to Bethesda Softworks. I'm simply an author who loves playing around in fictional worlds. I do not make money from this nor do I want to. I write these stories for myself and for others to brighten their day.

Warnings: Male/male relationship with sex. Male/female relationship non-explicit. Killing, gore, and some torture.


Book 4

Finding a Home

Harry looked around the small kitchen. It was built after goblin standards so it worked just fine for Winky. He wouldn't be cooking though. Everything was a knee height for him. Winky had made sure that his things were all ordered in the small living space. He wasn't sure how long he would stay. It depended on how fast he could find land.

"Is there anything Master Harry would like?" Winky asked.

"Not right now dear," Harry said. "Dinner in two hours would be good. You can make whatever you'd like."

Winky smiled. "Of course Master Harry," she said.

Harry settled down in a sofa. He raised a hand and summoned his schoolbag so he could start on his summer homework. He wanted to be done with that as soon as he could. There was so much else he wanted to do. Earlier that day he had walked out of his Aunt's house for the last time. He was never setting foot near Privet Drive again. He placed A History of Magic down and picked up a roll of parchment. So much had happened since his return to Earth and yet it all seemed pretty lame in comparison to what he'd been through back in Skyrim. He'd gained new friends though. Fleur, Fred, George, Neville; they were all people worth knowing. He was glad he'd picked things up with them. He was also pretty glad he'd dumped Ronald. Not that he'd really done that. It was more like they had drifted apart. He'd known it would happen though. As he had gotten more interested in learning, Ronald had been pushed aside since the redhead wasn't all that interested in working hard. Strangely enough he had more time on his hands to do whatever he wanted now than before. He had spent loads of time with Fleur and the twins.

He finished his work on the Giant Wars that Binns wanted though he wasn't sure how the ghost graded papers, but he would write it either way. As he packed the book away Winky entered the living room. "Dinner is ready Master Harry," she said.

"Great," Harry said. He got up and walked over to the kitchen. "You will join me right," he said.

Winky's eyes widened. "Master Harry wants Winky at the table?" she said.

Harry nodded. "Come here and sit down dear," he said. Then he moved his collar to the side. "Bo nau Malqo hi vis bo um ol hi med - come on Malqo you can move around as you like," he told his little dragon.

Malqo crawled down his arm and jumped down on the floor. He grew in size and wandered off.

'I need to find a better place for him to live,' Harry thought. It was neither safe nor smart of him to carry a little dragon with him. He dug into the steak and potatoes that Winky had made. He would worry about the dragon problem later.

Winky cleared the table off after they had finished. She was happy. He new Master was so kind. He really appreciated her. She still missed Master Crouch, but she didn't want to lose Master Harry. 'Old Master wouldn't want bad Winky back anyway,' she thought. Master Harry didn't think she was bad though. He didn't hate on Mater Crouch like Miss Granger would, but he didn't think Winky was a bad elf.

Harry settled down in the living room of his small apartment after supper and started on his Potions homework. He thought he might as well get that one out of the way since he liked it the least. The written work wasn't that bad though it focused on exactly the things he actually enjoyed. It was late as he placed everything down to go to bed. He had received a notice a few days earlier that Gogil had found him several different pieces of land. He would be heading up the next day to take a look at what the goblin had found.

He ran his hands through his hair as he sat down on his bed. This was the first time since his return where he had to actively seek people out to be with them. Before now just being at Hogwarts had meant interacting with people. Now he could completely choose not to. He knew that wouldn't be healthy for him though. He wasn't a loner. He needed other people. Maybe not all that many but he couldn't be alone.

He got ready for bed and settled down his mind still going a mile a minute. The mandrake leaf he was supposed to keep in his mouth for a month to find out what animal his animagus was was tucked under his tongue so it wouldn't get in the way. He hoped that Fred and George would manage too. He'd even talked to Fleur about it, and she'd decided to join in on the crazy idea. At least it was just for a month.

Green eyes closed slowly.


1st of July, 1995. Saturday

Messy black hair turned brown as Harry moved a comb through it. He would have to be Kato for the summer. It was the only way he wouldn't be discovered. People didn't need to know what he could do. Too many would be afraid of him. Scared of what he was capable of, they would probably do something stupid.

His eyes changed colour to amber as well. People knew his eyes way too well; he couldn't walk around like that. He had an appointment with Gogil at ten o'clock. 'Half an hour,' he thought as he looked down at his watch. It would take him awhile to get up there so he was thinking he should probably get going. 'I need to figure out a way to apparate,' he thought. He could probably make a shout that worked to do the same thing. He would have to work on that.

The hallway outside his apartment was lined with torches. He was deep down beneath Gringotts. To get back up he would need to take a lift. His apartment was located in the Magun quarters beneath the bank. He was in the less expensive part of the quarters mostly because he was moving out soon enough. He'd been offered a really luxurious place originally, but he'd said no. Why get a nice place when he was leaving anyway. He wanted a place above ground. He didn't like being stuck beneath the earth.

The lift took him up to the surface. He stepped out of the lift and started heading up towards the marble parts of the bank. Only the building above ground was made out of marble. He bid several goblins good morning as he walked up to Gogil's office.

The white-haired goblin looked up at him as he entered. He pushed a file forward and went back to whatever papers he was working on. Harry grabbed the file and sat down. He sorted through the papers slowly. There were a lot of potentials, but he could discard several just by looking at the papers in his hands. Gogil had done a really good job. Then he found it. Forest and near a lake. Technically it was in a nature reserve but since no non-magicals would know, and he wasn't going to make much of an impact on the environment it would work out just fine. He stood up and walked over to the desk. He placed the papers down in front of Gogil. "I like this one," he said. "I would like to see it for real."

Gogil looked down at the file. He nodded. "It is a good choice," he said. He was gad that his client and clan brother was efficient. He'd picked one not a bunch of pieces of land. He stood up and walked around the desk. He held out a small stone. "Touch this and well leave," he said. He waited until the young human had placed his palm against in the orb before he activated it. The normal hook behind the navel settled in and they were pulled away from the office.

They landed in an open area. Grass grew beneath their feet and trees stood in the distance. Harry turned around slowly and trailed his eyes over the treeline. "The lake is on the other side of the trees there right?" he asked.

Gogil nodded. "Right beyond the trees," he said.

Harry walked through the tress and looked out over the lake. "Is the path here going to created problems?" he asked. "This is a hiking rout that non-magicals use."

"We can handle that," Gogil said. "It won't harm them and they will believe that they have walked this path. You will be left alone."

Harry hummed. "Well I guess that is good," he said. "I don't doubt that you can manage something that will be fully functional. Goblins have the upper hand on keeping non-magicals from knowing about them. Humans tend to get lazy since they blend in fairly well." He looked around. "Can you make the wards stretch out over the water?" he asked. He would really like that.

"Yes definitely," Gogil said. "We should mark how big you want it to be though. A circle is easier to handle from a ward perspective since it usually spreads from a mid point out. I will get some proper warders involved in this. You are going to have to talk to a carpenter for the build of the house I'll set all of that up for you as soon as I can. We'll mark your land out now though so I have something to show them."

"Sure, you have a map?" Harry said.

Gogil pulled a map from his briefcase He spread it out and showed Harry where they were. South of the lower part of Ennerdale Water. There was a low mountain to the northwest. The area was beautiful with the water and the hills. The little mountain and the forest. It sort of felt like home to Harry. It reminded him of How Lakeview Manor had been located. It was just further south so there wouldn't be as much snow.

He returned with Gogil to Gringotts and they sat down to plan exactly who the manager needed to contact so his house could be built. The ward team would be first and he would have to go through with them exactly what kind of protections he wanted around the house. He'd have to go over that himself as well so he'd be prepared.

"I can probably get you the warding team this afternoon," Gogil said. "I'll handle the payments don't worry about that. If you get stuck haggling with all of them you'll never get anywhere and some of these guys will completely try to screw you over since you don't know how much their services are worth."

"Thank you Gogil," Harry said. "You will send me a message when you have a time?" he asked.

Gogil nodded. "I will. Now get lost so I can get to work," he said.

Harry chuckled as he walked over to the door. He walked out and headed back down to his apartment. He sat down by the kitchen table and started drawing. He wanted a house similar to Lakeview Manor, but he wanted the rooms to be sectioned off better. He also wanted the first room you entered to be a bit different. 'It should show my professions I guess,' he thought. It would also have to serve as an apparition point. He didn't want people to be able to apparate just anywhere on his grounds. The back room that hadn't really served as anything back at Lakeview Manor he would turn into an Enchanting Studio. It would probably become a bit bigger than the original house. He didn't need a greenhouse so that would probably become two bedrooms. The tower would have its own staircase on the outside and wouldn't be accessible from the inside on the upper floor. There would be two bedrooms upstairs and a living room. He wouldn't have the huge hole for no reason like Katla and Ra'shall had.

He only needed a rough sketch for the carpenters they would have to figure things out either way so there was no point in him giving them more than a guideline. He finished up and had some lunch.

There was a knock on his door and Winky opened it. She showed Ivor the Head of Clan Tarnok in to the kitchen. "Master Harry there be Mister Ivor here to see you," she said.

Harry looked up. "Ah, Clan Head Ivor," he said as he stood up. "To what do I owe the pleasure?" he asked. "Please take a seat."

"You told us that you know how our inventions of old worked. I am interested in the plans," Ivor said after he'd sat down.

Harry nodded. "I will show them but like Keening I believe this is something that everyone has a right too. If I am to show that I suggest that you gather whoever wants to see it and has good reason to see it because I don't want to have to do it more than once," he said.

Ivor nodded slowly. He guessed he should have anticipated that considering just how the young human had handled the Keening situation. He stood up. "I will gather the others together. When can we hold the meeting?" he asked.

"Gogil of Clan Magun handles my schedule right now. You'll have to ask him," Harry said. "He'll know when I'm free."

Ivor nodded. "Thank you for you time Harry of Clan Magun," he said.

"You honour me by coming yourself Ivor Head of Clan Magun," Harry said with a bow. The goblin left and Winky showed back up with a note from Gogil.

Harry looked down at it. The warders were ready to meet him in half-an-hour. He would have to get a move on. He gathered his papers up and headed out of the apartment. He went on autopilot up to Gogil's office. His mind was going over what he needed. "Good day noble goblins," he said as he entered the office. There were five goblins in there with Gogil. He sat down with them and placed his plans on the table. "I'm open to suggestions on all of this since you are the experts," he said. "But I have a list of effects I want active." He handed his list to one of the goblins. "I want the area protected against non-magicals without any harm coming to them. I would prefer to be unplotable. I want it to be protected, but you know better than I what would be best. I don't mind animals and magical beings or creatures to get in, but I'd prefer if witches and wizards would stay out."

The goblins smirked. It would seem like this human agreed with them when it came to the wand waving human monkeys. They looked over what the young human wanted. It all looked fairly logical. Some of it might be a little difficult. "Is this it?" one of them asked.

"I have some things I want connected to the house as well," Harry said. "It is a separate list." He gave that to them as well. "It can't be done until the house stands though," he said.

"No but we have to take this into consideration," a female goblin said. "How we design the wards will change with what is supposed to be within the wards."

"You are supposed to build his wards like he was a goblin not a human hiring you, Issa," Gogil said.

"Of course," Issa said. "You are planning on adding things yourself young human? We have heard you are adding magic to the vaults here."

"I would like to yes," Harry said. "It will be increasing security mostly. Unlike the vaults I don't want to make it impossible for others to get in. I will probably add my protections directly to the walls of my house. I'll strengthen the building and make it harder to break into."

She nodded and thought about it for a moment. "That should work fine with the ward stones we will place. The main stone has to be in the middle of your ward. You can either hide it or let it show. Wizards and witches prefer hiding our work."

"I'm sure we can keep it safe and let it show," Harry said. "It has to be down by the water if it is going to be centred. Does it have to be a perfect circle or can it be an ellipse?"

Issa nodded. "It can be. It is the smooth motion of the edge that is necessary," he said.

"And the water won't be a problem?" Harry asked.

"Not at all," another goblin answered.

"Good, Gogil will handle the money side of this. I'm not in a hurry, but I would like it done as soon as possible," Harry said. He leaned back as the goblins started discussing things in fast Gobbledegook. He couldn't follow them, but he didn't mind. He looked up as a knock sounded through the room. He stood up and met Gogil's eyes. He signalled that he'd check what it was. "Yes?" he said as he opened the door.

There was a goblin standing outside. "You wouldn't happen to be Kato Peverell," he said.

"I am," Harry said. He stepped out of the office. "You have dealings with me?" he asked.

"My client would like to hire you to increase the security on her vault," the goblin said.

"Of course," Harry said. "Is she here now?" he asked. He received a nod. He opened the door again and summoned a contract for added security from the pile that Gogil had behind his desk. "We can go to her now," he said. He followed the goblin down to another office. There was a formidable looking older woman in there. In her lap there was a bright red handbag. She wore a hat with a stuffed vulture on top. It stirred something in Harry's memory. A picture of Severus Snape in that hat hand with the handbag. This was Neville's grandmother.

"This is my client Lady Longbottom," the goblin said.

Harry bowed. "Ma'am," he said. "I am Kato Peverell. You requested my services?"

The gray-haired woman studied him for a moment. "You must be quite the something to have impressed the goblins young man," she said. "I can't say I have heard the name Peverell before you are from Britannia young man?"

"Yes ma'am though I grew up travelling around. I came back to Britain just recently," Harry said. "The Peverell Family's male lines died out a long time ago. I have claimed the name as a rightful heir."

Augusta nodded slowly. "That would explain it," she said. "So you can secure my vault better than what the goblins have already secured it," she said. "I am told that this is a good thing to do."

Harry nodded. "It will ensure that no one but members of your family can access your vault," he said. "It is optional of course, but something like the break in four years ago can't happen to your vault if I secure it," he said.

Augusta studied the young man for awhile. She was still unsure if this was worth it. Spending money on securing an already secured vault seemed a bit over the edge to her. Her little Frank would tell her to do it though. Torak was suggesting doing too, and the old goblin had never led her wrong before. "I want this, what does it cost?" she asked.

"Four hundred galleons ma'am," Harry answered.

Augusta raised an eyebrow. "I take it there are several gentlemen that have paid you that much. We'll say two-hundred and fifty galleons," she said.

Harry nodded. "Sounds good," he said. He placed the contract down and wrote the cost in before presenting it to her. She looked it over and signed before handing it back. "It will be done next time I come by?" she asked.

"Yes, I'll go down and do it now ma'am," Harry said. He stored her magic in one of his gems so he could use it and then he asked for the goblins name before he headed back out of the office. He walked down to the main floor so he could take the cart down to the Longbottom vault. He closed his eyes and focused on what he was after. A blue streak led his way down. He stopped by the vault and got out. This was the first time he was down there with no goblin. He walked up to the door. The Longbottom vault was pretty far down. He started carving runes into the door. As he finished carving, he gathered his breath. He pulled the magic he'd taken from Lady Longbottom to himself and shouted.

Green eyes moved over the cave as a roar echoed past him. 'I don't have the energy to deal with a darn dragon now,' he thought. He moved and sat down by the vault door. He could hear wings moving closer. A big green dragon with golden horns flew in. "Zu'u hon rein - I heard a roar. What are you?" the dragon said. "Hi los nid dovah - you are no dragon."

Harry tilted his head back. He pulled magic from one of the gems by his belt. "Zu'u los Dovahkiin ni dovah - I'm a Dragonborn not a dragon but that doesn't mean I'm not of dragonkind," he said.

"You are just a little, jul, human," the dragon said. "Just because you know dovahzul it doesn't make you dov."

Harry breathed in slowly. "Feel the power of my Thu'um," he said. He stood up. "Fus ro dah," he shouted. It wouldn't harm the dragon but it would push him back.

Malqo spread his wings and flew out in front of his monah. "Don't hurt monah," he roared as he grew in size in front of Harry. He flew up and lightning shot from his wings.

Harry placed a hand against his head. His vision was blurring. "Winky!" he called out.

The little elf showed up with a pop. Harry could see her blurry form moving up to him. Her voice sounded like it came from a badly tuned radio.

His eyes closed and he knew no more.


2nd of July, 1995. Sunday

It was the soft sound of light feet moving about that brought Harry back. He reached up and rubbed his eyes. 'I over did it,' he thought. He still felt exhausted. He needed to eat. The covers fell down into his lap as he sat up.

The sound of feet stopped. "Master Harry must stay in bed he is not feeling well," Winky said. She walked up to the bed. "Master Harry needs food. Stay there." She moved out of the room and into the kitchen.

Harry smiled softly. He shouldn't have gone down on his own.

"Is monah alright now?" Malqo asked. He climbed up on the bed and curled up. "Monah fell asleep."

Harry nodded. "Drey seik dovah - did the mean dragon hurt you Malqo?" he asked.

"Nid, no monah," Malqo said.

"Good," Harry said. He turned to the door as Winky walked in with a tray. She placed it down over his legs. "Master will eat up," she said sternly. "Winky is cleaning. Master won't do anything stupid now." She looked at him with a firm glare. "Master was good to call his Winky but Master needs to be more careful," she said.

"I'll remember that Winky," Harry said. He looked down at the tray. Fruit salad and eggs with a glass of milk and some porridge.

The 'brunet' stayed in bed until well past midday. He finally got up to take a shower and change clothes. He started on his Charms homework. If he couldn't do anything else then he was at least going to do his best to finish his homework off. He wanted that done as soon as he could since he didn't want to have to worry about it later.

Malqo curled up next to him and fell asleep.

They stayed like that throughout the rest of the day. It was calm and quiet. The scratching of Harry's quill and Winky moving around cleaning slowly were the only noises vibrating through the air.

4th of July, 1995. Tuesday

Two days later Harry was walking up to the Heart of Gringotts. He had recovered fully from his meeting with the Romanian Longhorn. He would have to travel down there and deal with the dragons some day. He needed to be able to go down there without having to fear for his life. He entered the beautiful hall. There were a good amount of goblins in there. He walked into the centre of the room. "Is everyone here?" he asked.

"Everyone that should be here," Gardock, the Head of Clan Zoldark, said. "You can begin."

Harry nodded before sitting down. He closed his eyes and breathed in slowly. He slipped into his mindscape where he kept the models of the machines the Dwemer had built a long time ago. He raised his hands palms up and conjured a spider illusion. His eyes opened. He really hoped that they wouldn't take too long with every piece.

Several goblins walked forward and started studying the spider.

"This doesn't really help us," one of them said. "We can't interact with this."

Harry shook his head slowly. "Just note down what it is supposed to look like. I can pick it apart piece by piece for you," he said softly.

The goblin looked up at him and nodded.

The goblins moved back. "Can you make it move?" one of them asked.

Harry nodded and the spider started walking over the floor. He moved it like he'd seen them move back on Nirn. Then fake lightning shot from the sphere on its head. He was going to show all they could do.

"Thank you," one of the goblins said.

Harry moved his hands apart and the spider was pulled apart in mid air. The parts were held still so the goblins could sketch them down. He held it until they were done. Then he pulled the inner part of the spider apart and told the goblins what everything was just in case they didn't know. He moved from the spider to the sphere. The bigger they went; the harder it would become. He was glad that he had stored magic in his enchanting gems. He might need those.

It took the goblins awhile to understand just how everything fitted in the sphere, but once they had caught on they were all for it.

As Harry moved on to the centurion, he could feel his magic running low. He grabbed onto one of the diamonds hanging from his gem belt. He released the magic from the gem and pulled it to himself. He watched the goblins as they talked to each other excitedly. They obviously liked the centurion the best.

He didn't agree his favourite was the spider. It could do so much and had a lot of potential. Hopefully at least one goblin would see that.

When the goblins were finally done, Harry was breathing heavily. He felt like shit, but he was glad they had gotten it over with. He called Winky and asked her to bring him something to eat. He would have to take it easy for a few days. At least he hadn't exhausted himself this time around. Doing this so soon after messing with his dragon magic wasn't the best of ideas. He left the excited goblins to themselves and headed back down to his apartment. He wasn't all that interested in listening to them. He couldn't understand what they were saying anyway.

He ran his fingers over Malqo's head as he entered the apartment. The little dragon was happy he was back again. Harry hadn't brought the little dragon with him since he knew he would use up a lot of power, and he didn't want Malqo to think he was in danger and attack someone.