Harry was bent in half, laughing at his godfather who was currently laying flat on his back heaving breaths. They had just finished running two miles around Potter Manor's training room when they decided to take a water break. Instead of drinking water, Sirius decided to just flop onto the floor.
"How are you not dying right now?" Sirius asked.
"I've had a year to get used to it," Harry answered, holding a hand out to help Sirius up. They walked over to the magically powered minifridge that was Harry's latest muggle-wizard hybrid. Harry sipped his water but winced when Sirius gulped his water down. "You're going to get sick doing that," Harry warned just as a knock came to the door. Harry waved his hand to open the door and Ragnok walked in. "Greetings Ragnok," Harry greeted.
"Greetings Obscurus," Ragnok answered back. " Some of Gringotts' other account managers were hoping you could deliver some letters to some of their customers since they don't seem to be getting them. "
" Not a problem ," Harry said, nodding his head and happy to help the race that took him in. " Have them send the addresses to my mirror organized by student and non-student. I will do the students first since they only have a week before Hogwarts starts. I'll be over at Gringotts after I clean myself up. " Ragnok nodded and they said their goodbyes before Ragnok left.
"What's going on, pup?" Sirius asked.
"It sounds like there are mail wards around more people," Harry said. "I'm probably going to spend the rest of the week delivering letters since I'm able to go through wards thanks to my animagus form." Sirius nodded to this, remembering how Harry said he had a mail ward because of Dumbledore. " You , however, will be having your hour of exercise with Nismey." Harry smirked at Sirius' groan. Nismey was one of the younger Potter elves that took health and exercise to an almost extreme level. The Goblin trainers almost looked like cuddly teddy bears compared to Nismey.
Harry made his way out of the training room before calling Nismey, setting her on Sirius to finish his exercise for the day. Harry snickered when he heard a yelp from his godfather before running to his room to shower and change into his uniform. His uniform consisted of black dragonhide under armor and boots with black flame and spell repellant soft cotton turtleneck and jeans. As always, he wore his Zaffre blue headband to not only keep his hair out of his face but to hide the faint lightning bolt scar that was still just slightly visible. Thankfully, with a Goblin strength scar cream, his scar should be gone in another few months. With a Floo travel later, Harry found himself in front of Ragnok in the lobby. Ragnok handed Harry the two large stacks of letters before sending him off with his mirror buzzing with the list of addresses. It was going to be a long week.
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Obscurus, in fox form, padded into Longbottom Manor, looking for Augusta Longbottom's office. It had been a long two days and this was his second to last stop to make for the day to finish off the letters that needed to be given before September 1st. Harry was just about to pass the dining room when he noticed that the two Longbottoms were eating dinner. So Harry changed direction and trotted over to the elder Longbottom and gently pawed her knee to get her attention. Augusta looked and gave him a small smile when she noticed who it was.
"Hello, Obscurus," she greeted, getting Neville's attention as she took the letter from his mouth. "Would you like to join us for dinner?" Neville gasped when Harry morphed back into his human form.
"I would greatly appreciate that, Regent Longbottom," Harry said, giving her a bow. "I seemed to have forgotten that it was dinner time while working on my most recent mission."
"H-Harry?" Neville asked.
"You were always perceptive, Neville," Harry said, giving the shy boy a smile. "I've been going by Obscurus lately to ensure no one knows it's me."
"Have you finished your apprenticeship, then?" Augusta asked.
"Yes. I finished it earlier in the summer, not long before getting sent to Egypt for a mission. Did you know that Ron didn't even recognize me? I think the Twins suspected something was off with me, other than the obvious young age to be traveling alone."
"Wow, what do you work as?" Neville asked, gaining confidence.
"I'm an assassin in the ABHD at Gringotts. Although, lately, I've become a delivery boy for letters from Gringotts that have been blocked." At this statement, Augusta's focus turned to the letter he delivered to her.
"Do you know who's been blocking them?" Neville asked.
"If it was the same person who blocked my mail, it'll be Dumbledore."
"Do you know why the Goblins would want my grandson to take an Integram Hereditatem Test?" Augusta asked.
"Probably to see if there are any blocks or compulsions on him. I had several myself."
"Please let them know we'll be there at 9:30 tomorrow morning."
Harry took out his mirror and sent a message to Griphook, who would get it to the Longbottom account manager. He did the same thing throughout the day when he had to shift into human form for the Muggleborns and their parents, with the exception of the Grangers.
"What's that?" Neville asked, fascinated by the mirror.
"It's kind of like a two-way mirror except it has more options to it," Harry explained. He showed them how it works and how they could get them at Gringotts. After dinner, Harry promised to visit again when he is finished with the rest of his deliveries before apparating to Hogsmead.
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Remus walked into his office to double-check his lesson plans when he saw a familiar fox sitting on his desk with a letter in his mouth.
"Hello, Obscurus," Remus greeted before cautiously reaching out for the letter. "Thank you," Remus said when the letter was in his hand.
Obscurus nodded before hopping off the desk, leaving Remus to read his letter. Harry had just exited the front doors of the castle when Remus came skidding to a stop beside him. The 13-year-old waited for the werewolf to catch his breath before he spoke.
"Can you take me to Algor, my account manager, please?" Remus asked. Harry stared at Remus' desperate and shocked look on his face and nodded. They made their way to the gate before Harry shifted into his human form and grabbed Remus, apparating them to Gringotts. Remus watched in fascination as Harry bowed at the guards in respect and the guards bowed back. As they walked into the bank, Remus realized that Obscurus made sure that he was positioned in a way that kept his scent away from the werewolf's strong nose. It didn't take long for Harry to reach the Healer Wing, having sent a message to Griphook to get Algor while they were walking. Healer Naglok took overlooking over Remus while he waited for Algor to show up. Harry whispered into Naglok's ear before leaving the room, getting a curious look from the werewolf.
An hour later, Obscurus returned to the healer wing to check on Remus' progress, finding the same spells, blocks, and potions on him as Sirius with the added block to merge with his inner wolf. Remus, having just finished his cleansing, glared at the results with glowing gold eyes only to be distracted by Sirius Black rushing into the room and surprising Remus with a hug. As Sirius caught Remus up on everything that's been happening, Harry took a seat in a nearby chair to await his own introduction.
"Sirius, we need to find Harry," Remus said after Sirius finished telling him about his escape from Azkaban. Sirius started snickering at his friend, stopping the werewolf's rant before it could start.
"Hi Moony," Harry greeted, smirking as the professor began gawping at the teen.
"Harry?" Remus asked, getting nods from both Harry and Sirius.
"He's so smart, Moony," Sirius gushed, making Harry blush at the praise. "He's already finished his OWLs and NEWTs with straight O's in his 15 subjects. He's also been experimenting with Muggle devices to try to convert them to Wizarding devices. He also finished his apprenticeship in about half a year for the Assassins and Bounty Hunters Department in Gringotts. He's brilliant, Moony." Harry fidgeted in embarrassment, not used to this treatment, before pulling out two mirrors.
"One of these is for Snape," Harry said, handing them to Remus. "I've added extra runes and spells to them. So long as you keep them on your person, they will ward off any and all harmful and mind-altering spells with the exception of the Killing curse. It'll even slowly purge your systems of anything but what would take a 15-minute purge here would take a full 24 hours with the mirror. They can also be used as a two-way mirror but there are several differences."
Remus took the two mirrors as Harry took his own mirror out and sat on the bed, his side pressed next to Remus' side while Sirius scooted his chair closer to them. Harry smiled and relaxed as his family surrounded him. Harry showed Remus how to use the Internet, Music, and Contacts apps to call or text on the mirror. He also showed Remus how to use the recently developed app called Books. All they would need to do is open the app, place the mirror face up on the book they want to save, and push 'Record'. Depending on the size of the book, it could take anywhere from five seconds to an hour to save the book to the mirror. It also allows the user to find passages based on references. Harry hoped that one day each student would have a mirror the size of a single book with copies of their school books saved onto their Mirrors so they don't have to carry so many books and they can't lose their books when using the mirror.
After showing Remus how to work his own mirror, Remus gasped in surprise when the platinum back of the mirror engraved itself with 'RL'. Harry just smiled and hugged Remus before the werewolf said his own goodbye to Sirius and left for Hogwarts.
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'I Love Rock 'N Roll' by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts played from Harry's mirror as he tinkered with his latest project in his workshop at Gringotts. He preferred using his Gringotts Workshop purely because if something went wrong, Harry would have help sooner than if he used his workshop at Potter Manor.
Harry's most recent project is supposed to be used as a sort of security camera for homes that show potential abuse. The project was commissioned by the head of the DMLE a few days after Regent Longbottom managed to push through his reforms of getting abused magical children from their caretakers, using his own case as an example. They're still working on getting a primary school set up so that Muggleborns could learn about their world earlier in their life. It also had a side benefit to reducing house rivalry and making sure all of the students were on the same page, theory-wise, when they reached Hogwarts.
However, Dumbledore was being a pain about it and refusing to allow it to go through, claiming that Harry Potter doesn't agree with it and that everything is fine as is. Harry really was tempted to show up to a Wizengamot meeting just to show that he fully supports the Magical Primary school. However, Harry decided to call in his own 'weapon' to get Dumbledore to move out of the way and get the people involved.
" Ring Ring. Ring Ring. "
Harry stopped what he was doing and stared at his mirror as it cut off '(Don't Fear) The Reaper' by Blue Oyster Cult to… talk… to him.
" Ring Ring. I'm really ringing down here. If you could just pick up the phone if it's not too much trouble. Please. Thank you. Ring Ring. In case you forget. "
Harry picked up his mirror and saw that it was Griphook calling him. Harry's brow twitched in annoyance.
' Dammit, Sirius! ' Harry thought, already coming up with his own retaliation prank. " Hello, Griphook. Is it time for the meet already? " He asked in the Goblin tongue.
" Yes, Obscurus. Meeting room 8 ," Griphook answered.
" I'll be there momentarily ," Harry said, then hung up. He washed his hands before checking his white button-up and black dress trousers before pocketing his mirror, turning off the lights, and leaving the workshop. It didn't take him long to reach the meeting room and smiled when he saw Rita Skeeter sitting patiently in one of the chairs. "Hello, Ms. Skeeter." Harry greeted, holding a hand out for her.
"Hello," Skeeter returned the greeting. "I'm afraid I never caught your name."
"I'm Harry Potter, ma'am." Harry internally laughed as her eyes widened and tried to see past his fringe. "Now, before we get to the fun part, we need to talk business. Specifically, a certain, shall we say, bug problem?" Skeeter reeled back as if she was slapped. "Now, don't worry, Ms. Skeeter. I don't intend to reveal you to the ministry. However, you should know that within the last year, one of the things I asked my account manager to do was get a majority of shares from every publishing company in Wizarding Britain. Keep that in mind should you choose to write something about me without my consent."
"I understand, Mr. Potter," Skeeter said warily.
"Good. Now we can get onto the fun part." Harry gave her a shark-like grin.
