AN: Chapter 2 we get to meet Andromeda for the first time, and Harry gets some of his affairs in order. It's also my first attempt at world building.
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AN: I was advised that my original disclaimer wasn't specific enough so that's my stand alone disclaimer!
Gringots Bank, Diagon Alley, London, 6/19/1970 21:30
Leaving the cart he took to his new vault 50,000 galleons and some change poorer (not to mention the 125,000 he deposited)
Harry paid to have his new identity pushed through, he now had his original O.W.L's and N.E.W.T' scores back dated three decades, his Apparition License and his new name legally making him Hadrian Ignotus Evans (along with his birth certificate and his new birthday or birth year rather, which was now 1947 ).
The goblins pushed all these documents through their Ministry contacts gold changed hands (His Gold!) and he got his official confirmation letter welcoming him to Britiain from the Ministry of magic representative one Herman Jones over seer of magical documents at the Ministry before he even finished signed the documents for a lease on a small vault in his name (guess he should be thankful for Ministry corruption). He had tried to take the name Peverell but two others in this time took primacy James and Fleamont Potter were still alive and he did not need to draw their attention and taking a name they were directly decedent's of would be a good way to do that. Luckily the sizable amount of gold in his trunk was around 250,000 Galleons so he didn't have to enter the Potter vaults which also would draw problems. He would have stored more but a measly quarter million was the max the trunk would hold with extention charms and still be shrinkable.
Still he wasn't rich yet but there was a goldmine slumbering in the chamber of secrets so he wasnt to worried even when he seen the prices for houses the goblins could purchase for him in the folder of available properties he had requested from Long Blade.
Flipping through the very detailed discriptions of homes that fit his criteria he finally found the one he required, it was a 30 acre plot of farm land, with a 3 bedroom house and a few out buildings in durham county. 30,000 Galleons plus another 7,500 for warding which of course would be done by the Goblins over the main house only (It would be ridiculously expensive to ward 30 acres).
Harry didn't know what would happen next, what he would do tomorow or next week, but he knew for a fact that the past is set in stone more or less with his case being the exception. Hence traveling back in time was relatively simple. The future on the other hand was fluid each step he took since arriving in the past changed the future, so moving forward in time was not feasible if not possible in the first place. It most certainly would be inadvisable to try. He already knew there was no going back to his time line (because he basically erased it when he arrived in the past) and he wasn't sure if he was sad or thrilled by that.
After storing a goodly amount of gold in his new vault he was ready to get out of Gringotts, All he needed was to sign the closing papers at the main desk and pick up his new keys. Harry was thinking of other problems he would need to solve soon as he walked toward the lobby. One set of problems solved he chuckled to himself, but now he knew how much it cost to set up a new life
'New Identity 15,000 galleons, new home 30,000 galleons, warding 7,500 galleons, new vault 25 galleons a month, finally getting to leave Gringotts... PRICELESS!'
"Is there any other business you wish to handle Mr. Evans?" Long Blade asked Harry as he arrived in the bank lobby. Harry pickup the blood quill and started signing as he answered his accountant "no Long Blade I believe Ihave spent enough time here this evening. I will contact you about a possible sale soon enou. ."
Harry was cut off by a hysterical shriek coming from a woman two tellers to his left, he jerked his hand in surprise so badly his final flourish of his signature extended to the main body of the deed for his new home. Which meant he had a huge bloody line across his forearm courtesy of the Quill mirroring his signature.
He felt the familiar sting the blood quill always left behind before his signature vanish from his wrist and forearm, the paper flashed blue and Harry turned to find the source of the commotion completely forgetting about Long Blade.
Gringotts Bank, Diagon Alley, London, 6/19/1970, 22:07
Andromeda Tonks was having a very bad day. It all started after going to St. Mungos for a health check, after three weeks of morning sickness. Only to happily find out she was two months pregnant, the good part of her day ended when she traveled a floor down to 'Spell Damage Ward' where her husband Ted Tonks was working as a trainee Healer.
Upon making an inquiry with the receptionist on the fourth floor "Janus Thickey" ward she found that Ted was in the break room he was on lunch break. Following the directions given she soon found an oak door with the words "Employee's Only" printed on a brass placard affixed to the door at eye level. Ignoring the placard she pushed the door open only to freeze in shock at the sight before her.
A man she recognized as Ted Tonks her husband of 3 months even though he was facing away from her, was standing with his pants dropped to his knees thrusting backward and forward with vigour into a woman, judging by moaning sounds rising and falling in tandem with his thrusts. She could only make out the legs of the woman since they were spread apart wider than Teds, she was obviously bent over the back of the couch in front of her husband moaning in wanton lust.
She was still frozen in shock, 'how could he do this to me? I gave up my family, my respect in Pureblood society.' Her shock seemed to abate and a new much more volatile emotion pushed it's way into her.
ANGER 'I'm not going to let him get away with this' her thoughts were interrupted by what to her ears was the sound of his treachery reaching completion. They both seemed to be panting coming down from orgasmic bliss and for both of them a very painful reckoning.
The woman pushed herself up letting her robes drop back down and turned to face Ted. She was pretty enough probably 5' 2" if she had to guess slightly busty with curly blonde hair blue eyes though her face was plain and had slightly crooked teeth. Andromeda ' inspection was interrupted when the eyes of the woman "Mariam Strout" if she remembered correctly, widened in shock when they met her own grey eyes narrowed in Barely restrained rage.
Ted seeming to catch his lovers reaction after pulling his pants up spun around only to see his wife looking directly at him and by the tight line of her lips, narrowed eyes almost glowing with malice and her rigid posture, wand held so tightly in her hand her knuckles stood white a contrast to her darker almost Mediterranean tan skin. He suddenly had a haunting memory of Bellatrix back in his fifth year when she had seen him with her sister. The only difference he could see was Andromeda had dark chocolate brown hair, her sister had raven black hair, other than that Andromeda looked just as terrifying right now.
"Well husband I see you enjoy your job very much" Andromeda's deadly calm voice sent a chill of fear down his spine he suddenly realized however different she may seem to her family she was still a Black. "I-I c-can explain Andy, i-it just sort of happened" Ted stammered out fear gripping his chest, Andromeda hissed and her wand slung up faster than was thought humanly possible and blasted Stout into the wall behind her. the woman didn't have time to react and crumpled into an unconscious heap. "It's a good thing you work in a hospital, you and your whore will definitely need some assistance" with that she fired a castration he barely avoided "please Andy I'm sorry it was a...Ted was cut of from begging as the couch he was cowering behind exploded launching him into the wall next to his mistress. "Don't Lie To Me! I saw you fucking her not two minutes ago! You unfaithful treacherous Mudblood!" She shrieked sending deadly spells that he was just able to roll away from, though a nasty cutter aimed a little high made a deep gash form on his lower stomach. Ted screamed in agony and collapsed from the kneeling position holding the wound tightly as he landed face up on the floor. "Please Andy I'm sorry, Don't hurt me anymore" he begged her. Andromeda stalked over to her fallen husband the way she moved reminded him of a hunting cat "I lost my family for you, I lost the friends I had, no Pureblood will look at me without disgust because I choose to be with you! You cheating basted! I gave everything up for us and what do you do to repay me? I should kill you where you lay" Andromeda progressively got louder in her rant and came to a stop staring down at her Unfaithful husband who seemed to scared to say a word. Sighing she forced herself to calm with liberal use of occlumency in a almost robotic voice she told him "I'm divorcing you, I'm glad you are a Mudblood because I can do it without your consent. By the way I'm pregnant thats why I came here to see you, and I will have no problem getting full custody." "Andy please I promise it won't happen again, I swear please don't do this" Ted was begging now "I didn't do this you did" she said holding back tears she holster ed her wand the pulled her wedding ring of her left hand and tossed it at Ted before turning on her heel an leaving the room her soon to be ex-husband pleas falling on deaf ears.
/C.o.t.R\
A teary-eyed Andromeda entered Diagon Alley around 8:00 pm and went to her favorite place to think 'Fortescue's Icecream Parlor' she ordered a double fudge sundae she sat at a table outside and watched the alley empty, the fudge and the summer air helping regain her bearings some what. 'Where am I going to go. I can't go back to my parents, my father said he would kill me if he ever laid eyes on me again. I still have my trust vault so i can rent a room at the leaky, i also have my personal account so maybe its not so bad' her thoughts were interrupted by a handsome extremely fit bloke dressed a skin tight tee and camo pants of all things passing her on the way to what she thought was the bank. before she could get a veiw of his bum she was confronted with the visage of her sister. "Whats a blood traitor like you doing showing your treacherous face here, and to top that I find you ogling some mudblood, who doesn't have the decency to not wear that muggle garbage in view of his betters" Bellatrix hissed at her. "I was enjoying my ice cream. What do you want a pick me up before you go muggle hunting, why are you here bothering me anyway?" before Bella could retort an even more unwelcome voice broke in "Don't speak to that worthless blood traitor Bellatrix we have an appointment to keep, I'll deal with you soon enough" Cygnus stated the last part obviously directed at her. With a contemptuous scowl from her father and a sneer from her sister the both stalked away heading for "Knockturn" if she was not mistaken. sighing her mood once again ruined she rose and made her way to Gringotts.
/C.o.t.R\
Andromeda finally found an open teller and handled to worst part of her reason for being signing her divorce papers which were very simple the magical marriage is a bond sworn by oath between to people if the other person violates the oaths then the party wronged gains primacy over the divorce proceedings since her husband's violated their marriage bond she was able to claim all there properties, monies, and take full custody of any children the had as a result of the marriage.
signing the dotted line she actually felt the marriage bonds fall it saddened her but, life goes on. "Now Ms. Black how do you want the assets handled" Pain Bearer asked quill poised to take notes "All are vaults are mine as is custody of my unborn child, he can keep the apartment" she stated. "Very well any other business you need taken care of?" the Goblin asked after writing down how the divorce was to proceed. "Yes I need to no know my personal vault balance and my trust vault balance ad well" she stated. The goblin turned a few pages and then looked up at her " Your trust fund was closed as of January first of this year all monies contained within it were transfered to your joint vault as of March eleventh of this year after your marriage to Mr. Tonka your balance then was 25,000 galleons, as of today there is 22 galleons 9 Sickles and 4 knuts" the Goblin stated.
"WHAT" she shrieked hysterically at the goblin "where did all my gold dissappear too?"
Andromeda asked frantically out of the corner of her eye she seen the man she was ogling earlier in the alley look over at her from two spaces down in both concern and mild annoyance. She asked the goblin "where has all the money gone?" paying no mind to the man staring at her, she thought frantically about what she would do without money after all she was homeless. That wasn't even cosidering she had a baby on the way. her thoughts were interrupted by the goblin clearing his throat "Ms. Black according to our records your ex-husband withdrew a thousand galleons almost every Friday since March, unfortunately we can not reclaim this money because it happened during the marriage and was in your joint account vault" Pain Bearer stated calmly almost and then asked "if there is nothing else I have other matters to attend to" taking Andromeda's stunned silence as confirmation she was done the Goblin slid from his seat leaving only the man who was watching her and herself in the lobby.
"are you alright miss the man" asked her snapping her out of her shock "I am perfectly fine thank you" she said not even convincing herself "Yeah pull the other one I can tell you aren't fine" she scowled at that statement "whether I am or not it's certainly no concern of yours, who the hell are you anyway?" she snapped. "Harry Evans, and I overheard your ex husband drained your accounts" he stated calmly "It's rude to eavesdrop, why do you care anyway not much can be done about it now" she sighed deflating before his eye as tears finally fell from her eyes with a sigh Harry reached into his pocket and pulled out a leather pouch containing a few thousand galleons (his personal spending money) and pressed the pouch into her hands walking past her toward the door
. He barely made it two steps before she asked him "why are you giving me this? You don't even know me" " Looks like you need it he replied over his shoulder as he walked through the door and exited the bank. Andromeda stared at he door he left through for a few minute before snapping out of her shock. Feeling the pouch in her hand curiosity got the better of her and she gingerly untied the strings pulling the pouch open she gasped there had to be well over three thousand galleons in there. For the first time that day she smiled at the kindness of a complete stranger, and the curiosity ' Who was this Harry Evans'