Chapter 1

Harry Potter was sitting in his room. A few hours after the Dursley's went to sleep, he was still reading his book, trying to absorb as much of it as he could when a street light went out, then another, and then another. Harry looked up and down the street through his barely open window. All the lights leading up to the Dursley's were put out too. His instincts were screaming at him that something was wrong. He forced himself to calm down and think rationally, he crept across his room and shut his light off. It would make it look like he was going to sleep when he looked out his window, observing the surrounding area, seeing and remaining unseen. The nearest streetlight went out and his wand was immediately in his hand.

"What the fuck are you doing? Get the damn cloak back on!" He heard someone say loudly. Harry looked in that general direction and saw three legs and a hand, the limbs quickly disappeared. The only thing that would make that happen was an invisibility cloak. Harry rushed over to his trunk and grabbed his invisibility cloak and fastened it around his neck and put the hood on. He strained to hear anything else from the invisible people.

"Everyone else should be here within ten minutes our lord will be showing up later, wants to kill the boy." One of them said in a hushed voice. Harry was thinking quickly about what he could do. A minute later it was decided what he would do. Harry went downstairs and out the back door and around to the front. He listened to their whispers to locate them, they were about 10 feet in front of him. Harry readied his wand.

"Accio cloak," Harry whispered and the cloak was pulled off the two intruders.

Harry quickly sent two disarming charms, a water conjuration spell, and a freezing spell. The Death Eaters fell to the ground frozen with a sheen of ice over them and Harry put the invisibility cloak back in them. Harry was waiting for five minutes when an owl came swooping down and dropped a letter in front of him, assuming it was the notice telling him he used magic underage and that ministry official will come by soon. Not two minutes later three people apparated onto the street in front of Harry, three more followed just a second after, all were wearing Death Eater garb but the first three didn't wear masks, two of them looked like brothers and the last one who was in the middle was Lucius Malfoy. Harry smiled at the thought of what he was about to do to Draco's dad, hopefully sending him to Azkaban.

"Confringo" Harry shouted. The curse shot towards the group of Death Eaters, the unmasked Death Eaters dove out of the way but the explosion still caught them and they were thrown a couple of feet. As for the other three, the curse hit them head-on and their bodies were ripped apart, limbs went flying and blood was everywhere. Harry stood shocked at what he just did, the destruction he caused.

He just killed three people. He could barely believe it.

"Avada Kedavra" A jest of sickly green light flew by him, frightening him out of his thoughts. Then a blasting curse hit ten feet away from him, sending him off his feet. He hastily took the cloak off because it would just get in the way now. He cast another water conjuring spell to distract the last three Death Eaters.

"Expulso!" Harry said after standing up quickly. The spell shot toward the group of three and slammed into one of the brothers' chests with an audible crack. Two spells were sent towards him immediately after, he hastily raised a shield but the first spell broke it, sending Harry staggering and the second one hit him in his left arm breaking it. Harry screamed out in pain and fell over, he sent out a flash of light and scrambled behind Uncle Vernon's car, cradling his left arm. The cracking sound of someone apparating into the area was heard by Harry and the Death Eaters. The two Aurors were standing at the front door and saw Harry hiding behind the car. They were about to ask him what he was doing when a spell flew by them and roped the door off its hinges, Immediately raced to behind the car with Harry.

"One of you get out of here and tell the ministry that Death Eaters are attacking Harry Potter. Go Now." Harry said. An exploding cure flew by and went through the doorway, there was a loud bang and the back part of the house crumbled, leaving the other half teetering without support. One of the Aurors looked at the half burning house and disapparated and the other nodded at Harry and stood up and started casting, with Harry right behind him. The Auror started casting stunning spells, Harry was casting spells that would distract and make the Death Eaters uncomfortable. A killing curse was sent they're way and Harry ducked but the Auror raised a shield and the curse hit him, killing him instantly. Harry moved to the other side of the car and stood up and quickly pointed his wand.

"Reducto!" Harry sent the spell flying at the Death Eater standing beside Malfoy. It zoomed past Malfoy and hit the other Death Eater, disintegrating him. Lucius sent a stunner but Harry blocked it and sent one back. Lucius redirected it back at him and sent another spell at him. Harry only had time to block the stunner and was hit with the second curse, a gash appearing diagonally from his right hip across his chest making him stumble back. Another spell hit him, breaking a few ribs and sending him through the open doorway into the Dursley's. Voldemort and reinforcements appeared at the same time as a squad of Aurors and a battle broke out, waking every person in the neighborhood up if they weren't already woken.

"Did you actually believe, or were truly stupid enough to think, that you stood a chance against us?" Lucius Malfoy said as he was walking slowly toward him, raising his wand. "Crucio!"

Harry screamed out in agony as soon as the crimson spell hit him. The pain was so intense, so all-consuming, that he no longer knew where he was... white-hot knives were piercing every inch of his skin, his head was surely going to burst with pain. The pain stopped and Harry stood up with a struggle.

"You are the last one of your little group Malfoy, it's a pity you aren't amongst the dead. Although, you seem to be the most incompetent Death Eater so you still being alive may be a blessing in disguise." Harry said with a grin. Lucius raised his wand.

"Now don't be too hasty Lucius. You know who gets to kill the boy." A voice hissed. Voldemort slowly appeared out of thin air.

"Of Course, My Lord," Lucius said with a bow and slowly moved out of the way.

"Prepare to die, Harry Potter" Voldemort said, lifting his wand and Harry stood straight and looked him in the eyes. His defiance seemed to make Voldemort mad.

"Avada Kedavra." The jet of green light shot out of Voldemort's wand and raced towards Harry. Time seemed to slow down, Harry barely the sounds of Aurors coming into the house. The curse hit Harry and he was sent spinning through the air and everything went black.

His world tilted and he was standing upright, looking into a mirror and it wasn't him looking back. Well it was but this Harry looked different, he was a bit older, with his jaw and cheekbones more prominent, giving him a gaunt like look, he had a haircut, a new scar on his face, his eyes were colder and he was wearing expensive clothing. His world tilted again and he fell through the mirror and into a long dark corridor Voldemort was slowly walking towards him with his wand in his hand. Harry turned and ran, Voldemort chased him while laughing maniacally. Harry kept running and the corridor ended abruptly and he fell off an edge into a choppy, wild ocean. He was sinking deeper and deeper no matter what he did to get to the surface. He sank to the bottom of the ocean and then past the ocean floor and then he was standing once more in front of an apple tree. The calm image was disturbed by a Thestral flying in and landing in front of him. He slowly reached out to touch it and as he was about to place his hand on it the Thestral faded into dust and then the apple tree along with it and he plunged into darkness. It was dark for a while and then there was a flash of lightning and it jolted Harry awake. He sat up quickly, he heard people scream but he ignored it.

He couldn't remember his dream, he knew it was important but he couldn't remember, the more he tried the more his head hurt.

"Harry?" A tentative Hermione said. "Can you tell us what happened?" That's when Harry took a look around the room. Ron and Ginny were here too, Harry found himself not wanting them here right now. He ignored Hermione's question and swung his legs over the edge of the bed and stood up.

"Harry! You're not supposed to be up, you need to lie down." Hermione said.

"I'm fine." Was all he said. Hermione rushes over to hug him but before she could he turns away.

"Just leave me alone, please," Harry whispered with his back facing them. Ron and Hermione slowly made their way out of the room.

"That includes you, Ginny," Harry said and then she too left. Once she was gone he took a look around the room, he was In St. Mungos. There was a glass of water and a newspaper from the Daily Profit on the desk beside the hospital bed, he grabbed a glass of water and drank it in one gulp. He looked at the newspaper and something caught his eye, he grabbed the paper and looked at it closely and what he saw shocked him. The paper read 'July 17th, 1997'. The Death Eaters attacked on the 26th of June. He was asleep in a hospital for 21 days. He dropped the paper on the floor and sat on his bed with his hands in his lap and his head down. The door to his room opened again and a Healer walked in.

"Aww, you poor thing, you must have seen the date on that newspaper." She said when she saw the newspaper on the floor. He couldn't stand the look of pity.

"I'm fine. Are you here to check up on me?" Harry said.

"Yes. If this check comes back and says you are fine then you will be free to leave." The Healer said. She waved her wand around him muttering spells as she did.

"You are free to leave Mr. Potter. I must say, you made a spectacular recovery. Broken left arm, broken ribs, concussion, sprained ankle, and magical deprivation. You were pretty much a crippled squib. Fixed you up good though, magical deprivation can't be treated, the person needs to slowly recover, which is curious because it only took you a few weeks to recover. People are waiting for you in the lobby." The Healer said and then walked out of the room.

"You need a haircut," Remus said when Harry walked into the lobby.

"Yeah and some clothes," Harry said, looking at the hospital gown.

"Yeah, you grew a bit while you were in the coma so the healer took you out of your clothes and put that on you," Remus said. "Also you're owls came, so I guess we'll go shopping today." Remus grabbed Harry and they apparated into Diagon alley, they walked to Gringotts and entered the grand, snowy white building. Harry and Remus made for the counter.

"I'm here to gather money from my vault, and now that I'm thinking about it, I have a few questions," Harry said.

"All of that can be taken care of with the family estate manager. Name please." The goblin said.

"Harry Potter."

"Fairclaw will be with you in a moment." Then waited a minute as a goblin walked around the counter to Harry and Remus.

"I am Fairclaw, we will go to my office before going down to the vaults, follow me," Fairclaw said.

They followed Fairclaw through one of the doors, down the hall, turned right and his office was the first one on the left, the goblin let them in and they all took a seat.

"Now. I hear you have a couple of questions, what are they?" Fairclaw said.

"I was wondering if my parents made a will and if Sirius Black made one." Said, Harry.

"Yes both of them did. Why were you not informed of this by your guardian?" the goblin said.

"Well, the Dursleys wouldn't know about that stuff."

"Not your muggle guardians. Your magical guardian, Albus Dumbledore."

"I didn't even know there was such a thing as a magical guardian. It being Albus Dumbledore would explain why I know nothing though."

"Sounds like Dumbledore is not fit to be a magical guardian. We don't even know if he is supposed to be your guardian as the reading of your parents will have been put off. We can go ahead and read the wills now if you like." Fairclaw said and Harry nodded.

Last will of James and Lily Potter. Potter Cottage. This is the last will of James and Lily Potter, and it hereby revokes any previously made will or codicil.

Executioner: Fairclaw of the Goblin Nation.

Our only heir is Harry James Potter and should both of us die Sirius Black will gain guardianship.

We leave everything to our heir Harry James Potter.

Signed: James Potter. Lily Potter.

Last will of Sirius Black. This is the last will of Sirius Black, and it hereby revokes any previously made will or codicil.

Executioner: Gringotts.

I make Harry James Potter my heir. Possible by me being Harry Potter's Godfather and guardian and Harry Potter having Black family blood as his Great Great Grandmother is Dorea Potter nee Black.

I leave all Black family assets to Harry James Potter.

"I Fairclaw name you Lord Black, I will now give you your family rings. You are one of the most powerful wizards in Britain now." Fairclaw said with a grin. He handed Harry two rings.

"The Potter Family ring is Gold with Red Beryl as the center gemstone. It will detect if a poison in a glass your about to drink. A few of your ancestors were great potion ears. The Black Family ring is Platinum with Green Emerald as the center gemstone. This allows you to pick up anything that is owned by the Black family, bypassing all the deadly enchantments. It also gives you the ability to summon a Black family knife from the Black family vault." Fairclaw said.

"Thank you Fairclaw," Harry said and put them on his right hand. He looked at lupin who had a shocked expression on his face.

"Now. Onto the matter of your guardian. He was not mentioned in any of the wills so he was not supposed to be your guardian. You have no living person able to be your magical guardian unless the Ministry provides you with one. Dumbledore is not trustworthy because he hasn't done his job as a Magical Guardian and I trust you don't want Ministry approved guardians." Fairclaw said and Harry nodded.

"Then I suggest you try for emancipation," Fairclaw said.

"No. Harry, you're not allowed. You're only sixteen. You aren't responsible enough. Dumbledore wouldn't want that because you could put yourself at risk." Remus said.

"Emancipation it is, Fairclaw," Harry said.

"Great. I will personally attend to this matter. You will be emancipated as soon as possible. In the meantime let's go to your vault." Fairclaw said. They took the cart all the way down to Vault 687, the Potter family vault. Harry went inside with the pouch provided by Fairclaw and put multiple handfuls of Galleons in it. Then they went to Vault 711, the Black family vault. Harry looked around, not intending to take anything as he already has money. He saw a bookshelf and made a note to come back for them when he had a safe place for them. They took the cart back up and bid their farewells after converting some Galleons into pounds for the muggle world, they left Gringotts and walked to Madam Malkin's for his clothes. When they were done there they walked to Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour and got ice cream.

"I still don't understand why you bought so much expensive clothing," said Remus

"I would have gone to Twilfit and Tattings but I don't think I need to spend that much on clothes, Yet. I did offer to buy stuff for you but you said no," said Harry, who was wearing his new slim-fitting summer robes, in beige color.

"Let's go get you a haircut now." Remus said when he finished his ice cream."I know a decent place in Diagon alley that I can take you too."

"We should go to a barber in the Muggle world. I have a feeling they are more knowledgeable in this particular skill." Harry said.

"Well alright then, where do we need to go," said Remus.

"Fitzrovia Barbers, do you know the place?"

"I've walked past it before."

"Perfect." Remus grabbed Harry's arm and apparated them to Fitzrovia Barbers. A simple looking place.

"Hello, what can I do for today?" said a pretty black-haired girl around his age.

"I need to get my hair cut as soon as possible, do you have any open spaces?" Harry said.

"There is an open spot for thirty minutes from now." The girls said.

"I'll take that one then," said Harry.

"Name?"

"Harry Potter." She wrote his name in a book.

"Would you like a drink while you wait?" She asked.

"Yes. We'll have two beers. Corona with a lime in each." Remus said. Harry felt something appear in his pocket. The girl hesitated but went anyway. She came back a minute later with them opened and with lime in each. She handed them to them and then went to cut someone's hair.

"You know, Moody would be on our asses for taking an opened drink," Harry said, amused. Remus laughed and nodded. Harry reached into his pocket and took the thing that Remus put in there. It was an id, for him. Harry looked at Remus with a raised eyebrow.

"I figured I would start acting like one of those fun uncles, I haven't been in your life and I want to be and I know you won't accept a parental figure," Remus said.

"I'm sixteen," said Harry.

"And yet, I trust you with it more than adults. You're also rarely in the muggle world so you can't do that much damage."

"What's with the muggle beer anyway."

"Your dad liked it." The girl waved Harry over to one of the chairs.

"What do you want?" The girl asked.

"I want an undercut with a textured crop, the fringe will be pushed to the right. No fade, I want it to be disconnected and sharp. And get rid of that patchy thin beard." Harry said immediately.

"That was very quick and specific. I agree with you on the beard, why didn't you just take it off." She said.

"I was in a coma for a month, I woke up today. I didn't know what I wanted until you asked. That haircut has a meaning that I'm not sure of yet." Harry said.

"Wow. Well, it is an older haircut, similar to military haircuts, it was supposed to prevent lice between soldiers." That spooked Harry. A haircut meant for war, wonder what that means.

"Why did you give me the beer?" Harry asked while she got the electric hair clipper.

"It's not the worst thing anyone our age has done, you'll be able to buy your own next year anyway."

"I'm sixteen but thanks for the compliment," Harry said with a smile. She didn't say anything and started shaving the sides and back of his head. Harry watched as seemingly his entire head changed. The hair on top was about three and a half inches, the textured look kept his hair messy and his sides were almost completely shaved off.

"We should have done a before and after pic." The girls said. "It looks good, I wouldn't have expected that with how your hair was before."

"Yeah, it's different, I love it though," Harry said.

"Good because that'll be forty pounds." Said the girl with a grin. Harry took out the money and gave it to her at the front counter.

"Thank you," Harry said. He and Remus left the barbershop and decided to go for a small walk before going back to Grimmauld Place.

"So, how does it feel to be one of the most powerful wizards in Britain," Remus asked.

"I don't feel any different. I'm not nearly as powerful as I will be when I'm emancipated." Harry said.

"You shouldn't have done that. People are gonna be angry when they find out." Remus said.

"People were gonna find out I don't have a real guardian. Then the Ministry would appoint one and I don't think the order would like that, especially if it was Lucius Malfoy." Harry said.

"That is true I guess. I still have to tell the order tonight though. It's time to go to Grimmauld Place." said Remus. Harry nodded, He was silently dreading that meal though. Remus grabbed Harry and they apparated to Grimmauld Place and walked in.

"No one goes in Sirius' room," Harry said.

"We haven't been in it. The rooms that we cleared for you, Hermione and the Weasleys are on the second floor. You and Ron, Ginny and Hermione, Fred and George. Two to a room. Everyone is on the second floor. We haven't cleaned any higher still. Someone will call you down for dinner." Remus said. Harry nodded then went up to the second floor and into his and Ron's room. He fell onto his bed and the day caught up to him and he was asleep in a few seconds.