Harry James Potter, Age 28, was tired and shitless scared for the first time in his life. His godchild was attacked because of him recently while trying to do Christmas shopping by some unknown adversary. Theodore who was a metamorphic like his mother and unknown to the entire world. He was luckily saved by a nearby stationed auror but the damage was done. Theodore was still shaken because of that. He had 6 children currently including his godson, who was now his blood adopted son and he had already lost his wife Ginevra Molly Potter neé Weasley a few months ago in another attack.
Theodore was the only one he took out on Christmas for emergency food shopping as food was almost gone in the home and Christmas crowd could hide them, or so he thought, but even that proved to be damning.
No one knew who was attacking and killing a person at a time related to Harry. Someone wanted Harry to be an orphan too badly as everyone in the wizarding world knew that killing Harry was next to impossible.
Attacks first started with Weasleys getting killed one at a time. First they lost Percy and his pregnant wife Audrey in an sneak attack at ministry by poison in their food while having lunch in cafeteria. Then George Weasley who was engaged to Angelina was killed while walking towards his shop after a lunch date by a quick green flash from some shop's rooftop.
Then came the heavy blow of losing Molly and authur, they were killed by poison as well.
No one knew how as everyone was now very careful with what they consumed.
Then came heaviest blow of losing his best friends, their entire family and Charlie who was staying in Ron's guest room after funeral of his parents and siblings. They all, Ronald, Hermione, Rose, Hugo and Charlie were bombed with their home. They didn't even had bodies to bury.
Bill had relocated to France next day with his family, his wife and 2 children But even that couldn't save them. They were also killed by someone unknown by bullets of all things. At this point everyone knew Wealseys were being targeted but they didn't know why. But when Ginevra Potter and Andromeda tonks were attacked and killed while disguised and shopping for groceries in the muggle world, all the hell broke loose. Harry thought it was extremely fortunate that all the kids were at home at that time.
Even before losing his wife he had gone to gringotts to liquidate his entire estate to leave Britain after the death of George. It was taking months but He wasn't alone now, his family came first, he had to secure future of his children and they were safe meanwhile in his home which was unpenetrable.
He had left his job as an senior Auror after the death of Molly and Authur when ministry declined to provide protection to rest of the Weasleys. They weren't just important enough and only a handful of people were killed. Harry had suspected corruption a highest level. Till Kingsley was minister everything was alright, but killings started when Kingsley stepped down after 8 years since war. Then within an year Weasley named died in British Isles.
He was planning on going to America across the pond with his remaining family. America didn't had goblin operated bank so he would need to establish himself there from strach. He had planned and even thought of registering the whole family under different name there for protection of his kids. He couldn't even leave his children behind to scout the country or area where they would live in future beforehand so on the spot planning it was.
Harry James Potter and his 6 children had their entire lives packed in a few bottomless schoolbags and trunks. Harry had gotten a few enchanted bags as a gift from Hermione for his job. He used them wisely now while remembering and mourning her.
Everything Weasleys, Tonks, Potters and Blacks had left was packed to relocate and in Harry's pocket except bags his children carried on their backs. He had an illegal but safe portkey to transport his children discreetly to the new world.
Everything which was even remotely connected to Harry was sold by goblins in last few months since George's death except grimmauld place where they all lived under very heavy wards and a modified fidelius charm. It didn't exist in either muggle or magical world now so it was safe for now.
Harry's heart wept as he sold the burrow after emptying it for anything and everything. As he packed it he mourned for all the people he had lost so suddenly. But he was older and wiser now as well, no matter what he would save his children atleast. They weren't immortal like him.
Kreacher had died a few years ago and harry had released 2 elves he had contracted a few months ago after death of Andromeda and Ginny just an hour before his portkey was ready to go after modifying their memories of the last few months. He didn't want any link which could be traced back to him.
He had transfigured all his children in small snakes and applied a sleeping charm on them. Very heavy heartedly he put all 6 of them in an unshakeable terrarium which was generally used for his pet snake. He had released his pet snake awhile ago when he had found his twins hissing to it and trying to free it with their little hands.
All ready Harry potter held a spoon in his hand which was his portkey to a new life.
As Harry James Potter held onto the spoon 2 minutes before it's activation, all ready with his children in his one hand and portkey in other and everything else on his back, there was a sudden flash of fire and familiar soothing song of the phoenix coming from some distance.
In 2 minutes before his departure his mind had gotten a major information dump via phoniex song and with a expression of horror he was spinned backwards with flashes of light, sound and memories.
As Harry opened his eyes he felt intense pounding in his head like someone had attacked his occumulancy barriers with full power, still he first checked his children with standard diagnostic spells still in their little snakey forms in terrarium. They all were asleep and alright, Next he checked the Bag on his back, and it was as he had packed it.
He checked his surroundings for any immediate threats but found himself in a very familiar clearing in forbidden forest at the edge of Hogwarts apparation wards. He could see remains of a runic rituals and immediately waved his wand to clear out any and all signs of magical presence. He knew Fawkes bought him here for a very specific purpose and after many years he felt a purpose like his teenage years.
A tempus showed him a date and he knew deep down that he won't be able to stop anything that could drastically change history and his current circumstances and dependents didn't allow for much time to set things in motion.
His tempus spell was clear, it was 23 December 1980. Prophecy was already in motion as it was uttered a few days ago. He won't be able to stop written deaths of far reaching nature. He needed to adopt wait and see approach even if his heart wanted to go and see his alive parents. With a jolt he realised that he was older than his parents by many years.
With a heavy sigh, he stood up. His children needed to be settled properly and he had read war history enough to know what places to solidly avoid if he couldn't take any steps before 31st October or didn't know about where he was enough.
He transfigured his coat back into the standard wizarding cloak he was wearing before getting ready for the portkey and apparated to a muggle alley near leaky caldron and put a notice me not spell on himself. His bag and terrarium holding his children went into deep pockets of the cloak.
Diagon alley looked far from cheerful at the height of war, it reminded him of his 6th year but far more dreadful, people were minding their business and moving into fast paced close knitted groups.
Aurors were patrolling the alley and a glance at knockturn alley told him that it was almost desserted at 11 in the morning. He made his way to the gringotts, where he could see the line forming to its magestic gates. It would take precious time dealing with goblins.
Memory dump from Fawkes told him that his name was now Henry Grey and he was a recent widower like in his own timeline. He still didn't know if this was a parallel universe or alternate universe having read and learnt time and space travel theories during his 2 years long liason with unspeakables.
His mind was still aching something hard from the information dump he had received from that bloody chicken who had sent him merlin knows when and how. He sorted a few memories while half alert waiting in the line in gringotts. He focused on dealing with goblins in his memories and sorted that he was Lord Henry Grey now that his father Charlus Potter, regent of Grey Family estate passed away recently. He had left estate management to his father who was a genius at handling family affairs and he had rather spent time with his wife travelling and studying. He didn't had any children with his late wife but his children could pass as her kin as she was a Prewett.
Ginevra was half Prewett and he knew just by looking at his memories that , that bloody chicken hadn't taken his children into consideration or it didn't knew that he had his children with him when transporting him.
He felt memories between his occumulancy shields which were not settled and he knew it would take a few days to settle in his mind slowly.
He would need to register his children muggle way and then register them in magical world slowly as not to get intense notice on them. War was atleast good for something. Hiding children till they reached Hogwarts age was not uncommon and was widely practiced in backwards magical world. Heir was given special care and privately tutored under oath sworn tutors till they received their Hogwarts letters. This practice had taken hike during Grindewald war as his general were famous for abducting young children to make their parents follow their demands. And wizarding world was incredibly slow at update.
Another Good thing was anyone who knew anything intimate about Henry Grey was dead, hell he himself died here 2 days ago in a raid in Somerset district when he was shopping with his wife. He knew all this because he had studied Potter family history intensely when his children were due to tell them all about their lost family as stories growing up.
Henry Grey was declared dead 5 years later as was custom in ministry when body was not found and person was declared missing. Due to that loophole in estate management office in ministry and gringotts many people who had previously hid during war were able to come forward and insert themselves into the society after war easily. Bloody cowards, but he himself had a family to care for so he couldn't exactly point fingers right now.
A glance at prophet held by person in front of him in line told him that wherever he was was similar to the current time in his own timeline. A major mixed town was attacked a few days ago and attack in Somerset was a turning point at which war had became too bloody. 60 people died there and several bodies were unidentified till the war stopped for good.
After waiting for almost 1 hour his turn came and he asked for TurnClaw, his Family's manager. He was sent to another goblin who was a few tall tables away. He went to the goblin and asked to be taken into family vault where he could atleast gain family ring and access to the properties.
TurnClaw took him deep down and he was reminded of his visits into Potter and black family vaults back in home world. He put his hand in his pocket to keep terrarium holding his transfigured children steady. Transfiguration and charms done by elder wand won't unravel and he was atleast content to know that something was right.
A few minutes later TurnClaw instructed cart manager towards the specific vault and we reached at the level holding Grey family vault. It was as gaudy and overdone as Potter and Black vault.
Knowing protocol at such situations, I just nicked my finger and threw blood at a the door and then a TurnClaw put his finger in lock after which the family vault opened. He took only the document chest, portkey chest and the Lord ring from the jewelary box and left the vault. He would need to haul both medium sized chests till he was at gringotts steps as wand magic was banned due to war inside gringotts currently.
After leaving the gringotts , leaky caldron was the next stop. He booked a room and asked for a light meal to be sent there. He needed to study documents fast and determine where he and children could stay till the war was over.
After about 2 hours of study a townhouse similar to grimmauld place but in different upscale area was chosen. Henry Grey was living with his wife and parents and step parents in the family manor which was well known in the ministry. This town house was purchased via muggle means for his squib sister but wasn't used ever as his sister married before she could live there or grandmother in other timeline. His family was fucked up by all the inbreeding like all other pure-blood families. After getting portkey from the chest determining the location he checked out and left the caldron.
In the same back alley he activated the portkey and appeared in a dusty welcoming room just inside the main gate. He sent his senses outwards and felt some flimsy wards surrounding the property. He made his way to the living room and after an overpowered cleaning charm which took care of white sheets on minimal old furniture and dust, he took out his sleeping children.
He put them on floor one by one and cancelled the transfiguration. After that he put them on couches spread in room and lifted sleep spells from them. They would now wake up naturally in few hours till he could make the place habitable. Placing wards and alarm spells which could put gringotts wards to shame he made his way to look for some big enough room where he could sort out stuff he had for children.
A ballroom was what he found first, and he declared it big enough. After that he started leaviating and undoing shrinking charm from the trunks and bags his bag was holding.
After finding the trunks holding bedrooms, kitchen and living room stuff he made his way to first floor which was a few connected rooms with shelving and they were studies and libraries. He left them for another day.
Next floor held 3 decent sized bedrooms and a decent bathroom. After cleaning rooms and bathrooms decently he arranged furniture for his 2 big boys. His youngest was too young for whole room and needed more intimate care as he was only 1 and few months old.
Next floor received same treatment for his all 3 girls and layout was same.
His kids were independent from the young age and liked being unique even if in his eyes they would always be same so each of their rooms had unique taste.
Now Theodore Remus Grey, metamorphic extraordinary, his legally blood adopted son previously Theodore Remus Lupin-Potter was 10, soon turning 11 and almost ready to leave the nest. His first child who he was caring for since he was mere 18 and had no idea what to do with life, when he didn't even had a girlfriend. Teddy as he was called preferred his father's apperance and sported black hair and Green eyes maximum time.
The child who had stolen Ginny's heart and for whom she left her promising career as a professional quidditch player. Not that he ever saw regret on her face, only love and care.
His lovely daughter Dorea Lucy Grey was 8 and very creative metamorphic just like her elder brother. She was his and Ginny's first biological child not that they ever treated any child different. But by far She was most like Ginny, sharp, sweet and athletic. Being eldest in girls gave her authority over even her elder brother and she was able to handle all of his kids with mere gaze like Andromeda. She favoured Andromeda's looks as well, curly brown waist length hair and brown soulful doe like eyes.
Next were his precious parselmouth twins Miriam Lilian and Naomi Holly, 5 years old, who were almost copies of their decreased uncles Fred and George in nature but looked like angels like their grandmother with deep red evans hair and light orange-red Weasley hair with Green eyes. Their only mildly differentiating feature was their hair color. He had caught them trying to free Zeb his pet snake a few months ago and grounded them for a week. He would have melted by their sweet innocent expression if he hadn't known them too well.
Their brother Jameson Sirius was an angel in comparison, at 3 years old he was by far his quietest child. Curly wild Black hair and hazel eyes, parselmouth like his twin sisters and favourite of his eldest sister who went out of the way to love him. Story time was his favourite and he was loved by every person he came in contact with.
Last and most recent child of his who was not able to receive much of their mother's time was Jaques Harvey, Metamorphic like his eldest siblings who was still in rainbow stage. His face was perfect mixture of Harry and Ginny. At tender age of 1 and 2 months he was loudest and most excitable child.
If he had calculated correctly , this child was the one who was going to be in baby Harry's grade with kid forms of his best friends. Hope they could get along, he prayed to himself and don't get into too much mischief.
He cleaned, dusted and arranged the rooms lost in his thoughts. His precious kids, last memory of His previous life and family members, whom he have lost too soon like all others in his life. As he charmed the walls to the liking of his children he mourned his decreased loved ones.
Next floor was master bedroom, attached bathroom and a small room which could be used as nursery when required. And he was going to require it even more as Jaques was just going into toddling age soon. He needed to baby-proof the whole house as well. For now he arranged a nursery and playarea for youngest member of their not so small family.