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Chapter 5: Discussions and Demands
Tuesday June 27th, 1972
Bellatrix woke up the next morning to the smell of breakfast being cooked.
"Good morning, Harry. Where'd Lord Slytherin go?" asked Bellatrix walking into the kitchen.
"He had some things to take care of. He said he'd meet us at Black Manor." said Harry.
"This smells amazing. Who taught you how to cook?" asked Bellatrix.
"My Aunt Petunia started making me learn when I was 7 years old. She taught me a little, but mostly I am self taught." said Harry.
"You were cooking when you were 7?" asked Bella trying to hold back her shock.
"Along with all the rest of the chores." said Harry.
Bellatrix was about to ask more, but Harry stopped her. "I promise we'll talk more about my past childhood when we have more time, but we need to eat quickly and go to your grandfather's house so we can get ahead of this." said Harry setting the breakfast down on the table to which Bellatrix quickly loaded up her plate.
"This tastes better than it smelled." said Bellatrix after swallowing a large bite.
"Thank you, Bella. After your grandfather and I meet with Dumbledore, what would you like to do tonight?" asked Harry.
"I was thinking about that and I think with as busy as you are going to be with everything that we should switch to your original plan and have you spend the night with Andi or Cissy. We'll figure out longer times once things are more normal." said Bellatrix.
'What's normal?' thought Harry before asking, "Are you sure? You don't have to give up your time."
"I'll have my time. I just think this will work out better and you need to talk to Andi and Cissy about your past and where you came from also." said Bellatrix.
"How do you think they'll take it?" asked Harry.
"I really don't know. The three of us are so different sometimes it's hard to believe we're sisters. I'd be more worried how Lord Black is going to take it." said Bellatrix.
"I thought about that last night and I don't think he'll have any problems. It might even answer some questions I'm sure he's had about me." said Harry.
"I have questions of my own, but we have the whole summer." said Bellatrix.
"It might take longer than that to get through everything." said Harry going back to his breakfast.
Black Manor
Harry and Bellatrix stepped through the floo and found Lord Black with Croaker.
"You have a lot of explaining to do, Mr. Potter." said Arcturus.
"Of course, Lord Black." said Harry.
Harry said goodbye to Bellatrix and followed Arcturus and Croaker to the office.
"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't void the marriage contracts right now, Mr. Potter." said Arcturus as soon as he sat down.
"While I don't really care much about using my titles, if you're not going to call me Harry you will refer to me as Lord Peverell." said Harry.
Arcturus was silent for a while before speaking.
"I apologize, Lord Peverell. Croaker has assured me that legally you are the Lord of House Peverell, but I don't like being lied to whether unintentionally or not." said Arcturus.
"I apologize, Lord Black. I had not intended for anyone to ever find out about who I was. I'll answer any questions that you have and Andi and Cissy will be told as soon as possible. That is if you decide to keep the marriage contracts active." said Harry.
"The contracts will remain active, but I want to be told everything. I believe Croaker here has only scratched the surface in telling me about you." said Arcturus.
Harry was about to go into his story, but was interrupted by Twinkle.
"Lord Black, Lord Slytherin is in the sitting room." said Twinkle.
"Bring him here. We'll continue this conversation later." said Arcturus.
Twinkle brought Lord Slytherin in and was dismissed.
"Lord Slytherin, it's good to see you looking well after what you went through last night." said Arcturus.
"All the thanks go to Croaker for his quick healing when he found me and to the healer he brought with him." said Tom.
"I have many questions for you, but right now we need to figure out what we're going to do. You were able to convince some of the most powerful and dangerous pureblood houses to join your cause only to have them take over and try to kill you. You sold them on the idea that they could rid themselves of the Muggleborns and take their rightful place above everyone that they see as below themselves. Which is of course, everyone." said Arcturus.
"It wasn't hard to do. The blood purists would've found a way to start this war on their own eventually. I just sped up their plans it seems." said Tom.
"Croaker has told me what he knows from Lord Peverell, but I don't understand it all. Would you explain why things are happening differently, Lord Peverell?" asked Arcturus.
"I will try, but first may we please dispense with the Lord business. I apologize for the duplicity, Lord Black. I beg your forgiveness and ask that you please refer to me as Harry. The same to the both of you." said Harry.
The three of them agreed and Harry continued.
"The truth is I don't understand fully why things are different. In my time Tom was Lord Voldemort, the most dangerous Dark Lord since Gellert Grindelwald. In the 1970s he personally led the Death Eater's on several attacks in both the Muggle and Wizarding Worlds. His attacks weren't limited to Muggles and Muggleborn either, but to pureblood families who didn't support him. Arcturus, how many pureblood houses are there currently?" asked Harry.
"That's hard to say as a lesser family can become a pureblood family after so many years of having only magical blood in their line. If you are talking about Ancient and Noble Houses there are currently 25 Ancient and Noble Houses, most prominent are the Black's, Potter's, Bones' and Longbottom's. There are hundreds of houses that are Ancient or Noble." said Arcturus.
"When I started Hogwarts in 1991 there were only 10 of the Ancient and Noble Houses left. I was the last of the Potter's, a girl in my year named Susan Bones along with her Aunt Amelia were the only ones left in the Bones' family and Sirius was the last of the Black family. I don't have the exact numbers, but there were a lot of houses that were completely wiped out." said Harry.
"That's unbelievable. If what you are saying were to even begin happening we would fight back. The Ministry would've done something." said Croaker.
"From what I understand the Ministry buried its head in the sand until it was too late. There were people who fought, but they were in the minority. Dumbledore started a group called The Order of the Phoenix to fight against Voldemort. In the end nothing that they did helped." said Harry.
"So in the time you left, Voldemort had been active for over 20 years?" asked Tom.
"No. On October of 1981, Voldemort attacked my family. He killed my mother and father before trying to kill me." said Harry.
"How did you survive?" asked Arcturus.
"Nobody knows completely. Voldemort used the Killing Curse and it rebounded upon him, but something kept him from dying fully." said Harry.
"The Horcruxes." said Tom.
"When I first scanned you, you showed signs of a soul fragment that you no longer carried. The Voldemort in your time must've had several Horcruxes and the remaining piece was so damaged that it attached to you when he attacked you as a baby." said Croaker.
"I don't even see how he was able to make more than one. The one I made while I was still in Hogwarts made me sick and I would never make another one." said Tom.
"He was completely evil. In my fourth year of Hogwarts, Voldemort had possessed a baby and at the end of the year a ritual was performed to bring him back to life fully. I fought him as best as I could with only being a fourth year and I made it back to Hogwarts and told everyone that Voldemort was back. The Minister didn't want to believe it and for a year everyone trashed me and Dumbledore. At the end of the year I, along with five of my friends went to the Department of Mysteries to save my Godfather. It turned out that I had been tricked by a vision from Voldemort and my Godfather wasn't actually there. Instead there were several Death Eater's and we fought them. The Order showed up along with my Godfather, Sirius Black. We were winning then one of the Death Eater's, Bellatrix Lestrange, stunned Sirius and he fell into what Croaker told me was the Veil of Death. I ran in after him and ended up here." said Harry.
"We'll discuss Bella killing Sirius later along with the missing parts of your story, but how is it that things are different here? If you had just time traveled they would be the same, but obviously Tom isn't the same as he was in your time." said Arcturus.
"I've had some people in my department researching it and we've come up with nothing so far." said Croaker.
"Well I don't know any more than you officially, but in my time there was a show called Star Trek that had an episode that involved a mirror universe, an alternate universe as it were. There were the same people and it was the same time, but there were differences in personality and events that had happened." said Harry.
"We have that show here too and it's awesome." said Tom.
"I guess we don't have to worry about you becoming the most dangerous Dark Lord since you love Muggle television." said Croaker sarcastically.
"So you traveled back in time and to another universe that was similar to yours?" asked Arcturus.
"It's only a guess, but it's the best explanation I can think of. As far as I know I can't go back and if my universe still exists then most likely Voldemort will take control completely with me gone. I can't dwell on that though and the only thing that will help me is to make sure as many people as I can are saved during this war." said Harry.
"You can't save everyone, Harry." said Arcturus.
"I'll do my damndest to try." said Harry.
Arcturus nodded.
"With Harry's knowledge of the Death Eater's attacks, we have a start on how to defend ourselves." said Croaker.
"You forget that with things being different, the majority of Harry's knowledge is useless. He can tell us names of Death Eater's, but then so can Tom." said Arcturus.
"I can fight." said Harry.
"I don't doubt that you can, Harry, but think about this. You are an 11 year old at this current time. Even with your knowledge that only goes up to fifth year your magical core is not developed enough for the type of magic needed. While there will be attacks most likely, I think the first battles will be political as the Death Eater's try to bring their beliefs into law in the Wizengamot. You will be useful there as Lord Peverell since you will have a proxy able to vote for you. Hopefully we can end this before you are old enough to have to fight. Until then enjoy your second chance at a childhood and learn to love my Granddaughter's." said Arcturus.
"I'll do my best. Croaker mentioned talking to Dumbledore. Are we going to tell him everything?" asked Harry.
"No. While I believe Dumbledore to be a powerful ally, I wouldn't trust him with that information. Croaker, Tom and I will visit Dumbledore tomorrow and talk to him about the Death Eater problem. You will be left out of it for now. You deserve to have as normal of a time at Hogwarts as possible. It's almost lunch time so why don't we head into the dining room and then you can talk to the girls a while before you and Bellatrix go back to your flat." said Arcturus.
"Actually with everything going on, Bella suggested that I take Andi or Cissy for a night and plan on the longer stays later." said Harry.
"That's an excellent idea. I'll let Cygnus and Druella know." said Arcturus as they left the office.
When the four of them got into the dining room they saw Bellatrix limping to the dining table. Harry hurried over to her and helped her sit down.
"Bella, what happened?" asked Harry.
Bellatrix didn't answer, but looked at her father. Harry drew his wand.
"What did you do!?" yelled Harry.
"I punished my daughter. It's of no business of yours." said Cygnus.
"It is my business though. What was she punished for and how was she punished?" asked Arcturus.
"She disobeyed me and was punished in the "family way"." said Cygnus.
Arcturus knew what the "family way" was and called for Twinkle.
"Twinkle, bring Bellatrix a potion to help with her Cruciatus exposure." said Arcturus.
"You Crucioed her!?" yelled Harry.
"What I do to my daughter is none of your concern." said Cygnus.
"She is my fiancé! Everything that happens to her, Andi and Cissy is my concern! You will not touch or curse any of them again!" yelled Harry.
"And what are you going to do to stop me?" asked Cygnus.
Harry leveled his wand at Cygnus and then lowered it.
"I won't come down to your level. Lord Black, I demand that Bellatrix, Andromeda and Narcissa Black be allowed to live with me so they are no longer in danger from their father." said Harry.
"Now see here you…" started Cygnus.
"Shut up, Cygnus! Lord Peverell, I grant your request. Girls, after lunch you will leave with Lord Peverell and live with him. Twinkle will pack your things. I do hope you will visit me often." said Arcturus.
"I assure you that you can see them as often as you and them want." said Harry.
Lunch ended and the girls went to their rooms to double check that everything was packed. As always Twinkle did an excellent job. Cygnus tried to start an argument again, but was sent away by Arcturus who then pulled Harry to the side.
"I understand that you're having a manor built, but are currently staying in a two bedroom flat. With my Granddaughter's living there I will be sending someone over to expand your flat tomorrow." said Arcturus.
"Thank you. I'll see you in a couple days to discuss what happens with Dumbledore." said Harry.
After they flooed out Arcturus laughed thinking, 'I didn't know who to feel more sorry for. Harry or the girl's.'
Author's Note: Here's the next chapter, finally. Updates are going to be intermittent. I am hopefully starting a new job next week and I'm going to try to figure out a regular writing schedule. For those that are reading Dragon Legends I am working on the new chapter to that story and hope to have it ready sometime tomorrow. Thank you for those who have stayed with me.