Fascinating. Absolutely fucking fascinating.
Those were the four words that crossed Lord Voldemort's mind as young Severus Snape started to inform him of some bullshit prophecy.
"I-I only heard the first part, but Dumbledore caught me listening!" Does this kid even use soap to wash his hair?
"So this will endanger my position as ruler of the wizarding world?" He asked as he petted Nagini.
Severus nodded vigorously. This kid seriously needs to calm down. The only ones who were interested were his death eaters. They were currently in a meeting in an abandoned manor that Voldemort now lived in.
"My lord! We must kill whoever compromises you at once!" Bellatrix spoke up.
"How can a baby do any harm?" He asked them. "Wouldn't that enact the prophecy if I fight it?"
"We should take precautions. Allowing the prophecy child to live would give them time to train!" Lucius stood up and many agreed with him.
Lord Voldemort looked at his followers who were so eager to kill a few infants. His goal was to become the greatest wizard to live not listen about some crazy lady claiming she was a seer.
This would not pass though, it seems it made his death eaters rowdy and they would be restless if he did nothing. "Silence" They all quieted down. "Show me all the children who fit the description"
He ordered one of his smarter death eaters, Lucius Malfoy. "At once, my lord" He stood up and left to go to wherever the hell he gets his information.
"Now, as we wait, let me tell you a funny story of when Nagini first met a kneazle" Immediately she hissed.
My lord, please, this story is much too embarrassing. He dismissed it and jovially told his uninterested death eaters, who'd rather much kill infants instead of hearing about Nagini.
-After Lucius came back-
"...And then Nagini cowered above the tree and wouldn't slither down until the kneazle was out of sight!" He finally finished with a laugh.
Many forced laughs came around the death eaters at the table to the dull and boring story of a snake.
Malfoy had stood by as he waited for his dark lord to finish his story. "My lord, I've come back with birth records. It appears only young Harry Potter and little Neville Longbottom seem to fit the description" Bellatrix let out a snarl at the name 'Longbottom'.
It appears that since the Longbottoms are purebloods and recently converted from neutral to light it made Bellatrix even angrier.
The Potters have disgraced their name to the light side a long time ago.
"I'd like to volunteer to kill the Longbottom child!" Bellatrix shouted out as if we're some kind of 'dibs'.
"No, no. I'll go to the Potters first then the Longbottoms" Lord Voldemort informed them.
"Besides, they did disgrace me thrice and it would do better if I personally killed them"
Lord Voldemort dismissed the meeting and kept Malfoy, Yaxley, Pettigrew, and Snape around. "I shall strike at All Hallows' Evening"
"Any reason why?" Lucius asked him.
"To set the scene. It would be ten times spookier on the scariest night of the year" The three death eaters could not work out their Master's logic. "And I want to avoid Bellatrix's ball" She is loyal, yes, but very annoying.
All three men made sounds of understanding.
It was at that night where it was decided that the Potter family must die. Even if Heir Potter was not the so-called prophecy child the family did scorn him three times.
It'd be like killing two birds with one stone, except that the second bird might not disturb him but who wants loose ends?
They waited three weeks for the date to come. Well, not really waited since they kind of killed and attacked a mass of muggles and muggle-borns while they were at it.
Finally, Halloween came. No one except Pettigrew assisted since they were getting drunk at the Lestrange ball.
Lord Voldemort put on his cloak and met with Pettigrew outside of Godric's Hollow. "Just read the paper and it's going to appear—"
"I know how Fidelius charms work Pettigrew. Give me that" He snatched the paper, to which Peter gave a squeak, and memorized the address.
Soon a new house appeared out of its muggle neighbour's houses. It was a two-story cosy little home. Too bad he'd have to destroy it.
Lord Voldemort broke down the extra wards surrounding the house while destroying a few windows and whatnot. This, of course, alerted the stupid Potters.
He heard a muffled voice of a man yelling. Is he really that scary?
When he entered he was immediately greeted with a turret of spells. James Potter was ready to fight him, what a funny little man.
"Rude, don't you know how to greet your own guests?" Potter paid no mind to his words and instead was spitting out more spells. "Avada Kedavra" Potter dodged it much to Voldemort's fury.
Four more killing curses and he was done.
The Dark Lord turned to go upstairs since he could hear babies wail. Have they not heard of silencing charms? Seriously, it's like they want to be found.
Finally, he arrived upstairs. The wailing stopped and there were three doors to choose from.
The closest one was a bathroom. The second one was presumably the main bedroom. He walked up to the third.
A woman with dark red hair was ok the floor quietly crying. "Please, not my baby kill me but not him" She pleaded.
He never understood a mother's love. Maybe it had something to do with him being an orphan, probably not.
"Move, you stupid girl," He told her as a warning.
"No, please! Spare him!" She begged him.
"Avada Kedavra" The Potter did a little gasp before dying.
Two down, one to go. He looked at the little boy. He was nothing special. The Potter baby had woken up due to the commotion and started to fuss.
"I was an orphan. Don't worry, you won't be for long, you'll get to see your parents very soon" As if the baby could understand the words it scrunched up his face. "I hate crying babies. Goodbye Potter, Avada Kedavra"
For one split second, Voldemort was triumphant. For one split second, he had nothing to worry about, not his reputation with his followers or a prophecy.
After that one split second, it all went to shit. The green light bounced back directly to Voldemort's face which had contorted to the facial expression of horror and realization.
His body disappeared to black ashes, yet he was somehow still alive.
Meanwhile, Hecrate was watching the whole ordeal closely. The mortal had killed her daughter! She fumed with the fact that she couldn't interfere and kill the man properly right then and there.
Blessing Harry was also against the rules since he was related to her. Training him was also against the rules also because he was related to her. Besides, the blessing is earned and this baby already has Zeus's blessing.
Zeus made a bet that whichever wizard survives the killing curse will get a personal blessing.
Hecate listed out her options until she found a loophole. She can't train him because she's a goddess, but what if one of her apprentices, aka one of the most powerful wizards and witches, train him?
The goddess flashed into the Potter home and picked up the baby. She heard a door slam open from downstairs. "Hello, little Harry" She cooed.
He held out his pudgy little hands and started grabbing her hand. "We're going to get you somewhere safe. Say bye-bye to your home"
Harry made baby sounds. Footsteps followed the stairs and she immediately flashed away from there.
She took reappeared in front of a grey stoned castle with six floors in total and multiple turrets and towers.
This would be Harry's new home.
Lady Hecate had taken in six apprentices.
They went by the names Salazar Slytherin, Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, Morgana La Fey and Myrddin Wyllt Emrys otherwise known as the great Merlin.
Salazar, even after a thousand years, was still salty that he personally taught Merlin and had no recognition for his hard work. He taught Merlin how to properly lie and manipulate which, mind you, took months!
Godric felt the same way for he tutored King Arthur when he was young in the art of swords.
He had to put up with an angsty teenager just so he wouldn't get a seat at the round table?
Now for Rowena, her apprentice was Morgana La Fey. Imagine her reaction when Morgana was conquering Britain until she had to run off with fucking Merlin! She didn't care if Morgana was dark, neutral, or light as long as she succeeded. Merlin didn't take her down, he took her out.
Helga held no grudges. Except for that fucking bitch Delilah who stole her fucking secret recipe and took credit for it! Delilah was no apprentice, but just a lowly cook until she stole from Helga. Guess who invented stew? Not Delilah!
Merlin, however, was living his best life (Other than being bullied by Rowena, Salazar, and Godric). He convinced Hecate to keep Morgana immortal as well. Wizards and witches still adore him and he has endless knowledge to feed off of in this castle.
"For the last time Merlin, where the fuck did you put my fucking diadem, you stupid cunt!" Rowena yelled at him.
"Up your arse," He told her making her gasp.
"Who stole my polyjuice potions?!" Salazar entered the living room.
Morgana watched amused at the scene unfolding before her. Rowena was arguing with Merlin and Salazar accused everyone of breaking into his potions lab.
Right when Rowena cast a bat-bogey hex at Merlin, the real Merlin appeared. "Hello everyone. Is that me?" He asked pointing at his duplicate having bats come out of his noise painfully.
Salazar used a reverse spell on the bat Merlin.
Soon his hair turned from black and cropped to brown curls, his eyes from hazel to blue, a narrow elvish face to more rounded with a chiselled jaw, and from skinny to more fitter and muscular.
"See? Problem solved" He walked over to Morgana with his book and kissed her forehead before sitting down.
"Shut up Merlin!" The three founders said at the same time.
With their immortality, it included youth. Everyone was thirty, at the peak of their age.
"Where's Helga? She's usually here to stop you all from fighting" Morgana spoke.
"She's handling the devil snare in the forest from spreading. It could potentially kill creatures living there" Salazar informed her.
They were all gathered in the living room. It had a touch of both modern and ancient. A flat-screen 60 in. tv with a real rustic fireplace right underneath it.
The couches we're from medieval times, but there were lightbulbs except for the chandelier.
Many animal heads were currently hanging on the wall due to Godric and Salazar going hunting.
They all felt a familiar presence enter their tranquil home as soon as Salazar finished explaining where Helga was.
All five of them went to the entrance hall to greet Hecate. When they arrived, however, an unexpected surprise awaited them.
"Hecate! How lovely to see you—what is that?" Morgana asked her immediately as she looked at the bundle in her arms.
"A baby" Merlin stopped Morgana from making a comment like, 'I can see that'.
"Is it yours?" He asked her.
"No, he's my grandson" She looked down at the little infant.
"What is that creature doing here? What of its parents?" Salazar did not take well to children.
"His name is Harry and he is an orphan. Lily Potter died. Harry is a prophecy child, survived the killing curse, therefore, bearing Zeus's blessing. Since I can't train him you all will" She looked around for the one person who's most likely capable of doing that. "Where is Helga?"
"In the forest handling Death Snare she's going to transport it to its new home in Germany," Godric said helpfully.
If Helga is off doing that, she looked at the rest of her apprentices, one of them will have to take care of the baby.
Godric is not even up for consideration. Salazar probably doesn't know how babies even function which leaves to the couple or Rowena.
Merlin and Morgana. They lived for a thousand years yet not one child. "Congratulations, it's a boy. You guys are temporary parents!" Hecate dropped him into the arms of Merlin who looked quite startled.
Honestly, Merlin didn't even look that powerful with his elvish face and mischievous demeanour.
"This is absurd! You keep it, Morgana" Merlin gave her the baby.
"Oh just because I'm a woman I get to keep it! Well, guess what idiot, she said 'Parents' as in plural. You guys really should've listened to me when I suggested adding English classes in the Hogwarts curriculum" Morgana put Harry back in Merlin's arms.
Hecate watched the thousand old couple warily. They acted as if they just got together within the month.
"Enough! This is not a game of hot potato! You guys should be grateful I'm bestowing you this responsibility. Besides, didn't you say you were getting bored getting with only books and the others, Merlin? Now you can take care of a baby!"
"Good going you twat" Morgana muttered under her breath.
"Oh shut up. Fine, we'll do it. Only until Helga comes back. I don't want to be stuck with this thing for too long" Harry cooed and pulled at Merlin's little red scarf. "Stop it, this is very valuable"
"I think he likes you" Hecate gave a small smile.
"He does?" Morgana, Salazar, Rowena, and Godric all said in an incredulous tone.
"You're supposed to be on my side" Merlin pointed out at Morgana.
"There is no 'my' side, only 'our' side. Some husband you are" Merlin rolled his eyes and put a hand around her shoulders.
"Well, why don't we go to our room to our bed and—"
"Hey, there's an infant in this room!" Godric called out.
"And his name is Godric" Salazar chuckled. "It's too easy"
Godric was about to complain until Rowena spoke up. "You walked right into the trap that you made" He couldn't argue with that.
"Flirting and insults aside, I won't be able to visit Harry as much due to Ancient Laws, but please do tell me his progress. Good luck!"
"Goodbye," She finally flashed away from there.
"Good riddance" Salazar mumbled.
"I say we lock it in a room and leave it there for the house elves to adopt it" Merlin suggested.
Morgana swatted him on the head. "Stop joking around. I swear Godric is a bad influence on you" She willingly took the baby this time.
"It can't be that hard. You feed, water, and clean him" Salazar told the couple.
"Harry requires paternal and maternal love too, though. So you can't just treat him like some plant. He is one year old and three months so I figure that he already had said his first words and can most likely walk" They looked at Rowena stunned.
"Helena Ravenclaw? I did have a daughter, you know. You all had children. You guys also raised them, right?" A few coughs. "You guys didn't raise your own children?!" Morgana and Salazar looked elsewhere.
"I did, Gareth and Ferguson were sparking bright young men and—"
"No one cares, Ric. Besides, Terence could take care of himself. I was busy" Salazar explained poorly.
"Don't tell me you didn't even know you had a son and you didn't even mention your daughter?" Merlin questioned which was met by a blank look.
"What?! I never had—how do you know I had a daughter?" He asked Merlin.
"Well, you see...Morgana's son had married her before he bared my name so there is an existing La Fey line" Morgana smirked as Salazar gasped.
"The Slytherin line is tainted!" He exclaimed dramatically.
"Oh for fuck's sake Salazar, you didn't even know about your daughter, why should you give a fuck now?" Guess which word was Rowena's favourite.
"Fuck?" They all looked at young Harry. "Fuck. Fuck!"
"Okay, no one curse around Harry" Merlin told everyone.
"Who's a little bastard? You are! You are! Yes, you are" Godric tickled Harry making him laugh. "Little bastard"
That laugh soon turned into a cry. Babies are weird.
"He's crying because of your face," Morgana said helpfully
"How do we stop it from crying?" Merlin asked Rowena.
"You really have to stop calling a living human an 'it'. Harry is either sleepy, hungry, disturbed, has a bad diaper, or wants his mother. He had a year to bond with her which is either unfortunate or fortunate" Merlin leaned to look at Harry in Morgana's arm.
"How do we know if i—he is any of those things? Babies are much too complicated" At that instant, Harry decided to projectile vomit in Merlin's face as he came closer.
Some of it got into his mouth. "It tastes...lemony" He said.
For a split second everyone laughed at Merlin's unfortunate fate and Harry joined too.
A/N:
Just a little introduction, nothing much. Anyways, Percy will probably enter in Harry's life on chapter three or four. They might be a bit OOCish since their life has been altered but I'll try to adapt. Please give me constructive criticism, this is my first crossover and fanfic.
Thank you for reading!