Harry Potter: The Way Back to Family

by blcoachmac

The War is over. A devastated Harry has just hunted down the last of Voldemorts followers, but not until he had killed Harry's last link to sanity, his last wife Luna Selene Lovegood Potter. Harry is ready for this life to end so he could be with his family again. But Death isn't finished with Harry just yet and this time Death is gonna lend Harry a hand!

Harry Potter:The Way Back to Family

A/N's: I do not own, lay claim to, or make any profit off of anything Harry Potter! JKR owns Harry Potter and all that entails, I just play in a very small sandbox! Also, this is my first try at writing anything other than a small sports column!

Prologue:

October 14th, 2000, 2 years after the final battle where The Dark Lord Voldemort was killed by Harry Potter. The devastation and death that he had caused was to the wizarding world as what WWII was to the mundane world. Harry Potter has just had the last thread holding him sane taken from him! I am sorry, Hermione, Daphne, Tracey, Susan, and My Little Moon Luna, Sirius, Remus, Tonks, Aunt Andi and all the others I failed! All that I have ever loved or those that loved me have been taken, Harry thinks of putting his wand under his chin and joining his family! What will happen to the savior of the Wizarding world?

A/N's: I do not own, lay claim to, or make any profit off of anything Harry Potter! JKR owns Harry Potter and all that entails, I just play in a very small sandbox! Also, this is my first try at writing anything other than a small sports column!

Chapter 1: Pain of Loss

Oct 14, 2000

Harry knelt beside what was left of the body of Cordelle Peters, a little known wizard who supported the pure blood traditions. He had stayed below the radar of the aurors and DMLE in general. That is until he killed Luna Selene Lovegood Potter, the last of Harry's five wives for no other reason than he was he was jealous that the pure bloods were losing most of their power after the war. Harry with Caladbolg(a sword capable of killing entire armies if they are arrayed in front of him, or slice the top off of mountains, the purple arc unstoppable) the sword of his famous ancestor Fergus mac Léti Potter(a Celtic legend), strapped across his back. Harry had lost all his family during the war against the Dark Lord Voldemort and his Deatheater's, or by being used by the supposed leader of the Light, Albus B.W.P. Dumbledore. Harry's wives, Susan Bones(Lady Bones), Tracey Davis(Lady Slytherin) , Hermione Granger(Lady Peverell), Daphne Greengrass(Lady Black) had all fallen either in battle or to assassins during the war. Luna the last of his wives and a seer had remained beside Harry through it all only to be killed by the killing curse as she went to meet their accounts manager at Gringott's. Luna didn't let Harry know that she had saw this in a vision. She knows Harry has a power that he hasn't found yet, and if he does he can right the wrongs that happened to their family and to the wizarding world in general. Harry just needs to find the way and have faith he can do it. He needed a reason to take the chance that will be offered. Harry is tired, he is hurting beyond any threshold humanely possible. Harry has avenged the killing of Luna and now he is ready to quit, to rest, to die and join his family in his next great adventure as his hated former mentor Dumbledore talked about!

Harry stands, casts an incendio on the remains and apparates back to Potter Castle, his unplotted, heavily warded ancestral home. Hello Master Potter says Claymore the head elf of the Potter's, hows can I be of helps right now? Please run me a bath and bring a bottle of firewhiskey to the ensuite! Harry sinks into the bath and drinks straight from the bottle, not bothering with a glass as he plans on emptying the bottle to numb his pain. Harry finishes the bottle and drifts off to an restless unconsciousness. A light draws Harry's attention, he wonders if he is dreaming or has he drank himself to death? As Harry walks towards the light a figure moves towards him with a warm glow around the hooded robe the figure is wearing. Harry can't make out if it is a man or woman, or any features under the hood. Harry asks where am I and am I dead? The robed figure stands there for a minute as if measuring his worth and finally asks, do you want to be dead? Are you ready to move on and end the line of your ancestors like this? Harry, his heart breaking tells the person as he assumes it is a person whether he can make them out or not, says I have done my duty to my country and without my loved ones I have no reason to stay, I am ready to join them in the peace that I hope awaits us at the end of our life. The figure asks Harry, what if you had one chance to go back and save your loved ones, save your world from most of the devastation, terror and death that you lived through, Would you take such an opportunity, would you be willing to do the things that you would need to do, could you make the right choice not the easy choice and save so many innocent lives? What if you were given powers on top of your already amazing gifts to even the field or maybe give you and advantage to end the darkness before it can destroy so much? I can give you that Harry but here is the catch, you have to be able to do what has to be done, you will have to make choices that you have hesitated to take previously, if a soul has to be taken to prevent an innocent dying can you make the right choice and not the easy choice? Is this a task you wish to attempt? If so you will be able to change the previous time line and create a new history, you will be able to save your loved ones, you will be able to get help from those that were before you, you will be able to have all the knowledge you have now taken back with you. You have to decide just how far you want to go back, what you want to change, who you would task with aiding you, who you want to save, who needs to be eliminated whether they have committed the evil they would have done if left to their own desires. You have to decide what tools and items you will need to have with you. You will have to have a plan and be ready when you arrive to take action.

You need to decide before I can give you any more information because none of what we have discussed matters if you remain here, all will be made clear if you decide to wake. Harry thinks for a minute before he speaks, you state that I am being given the option of staying here and letting my family lines die out or I can take this chance to go back and have not only the chance to change things but have the knowledge, power, help and weapons I currently have? Harry asks who are you, GOD, and will I be sure of accomplishing the goals I set for myself? The robed figure chuckles and says no, I am a lesser GODDESS, you can refer to me as Loralei or Lora for short, I have been tasked with giving you and therefore the world a chance to change the life of people who deserved better but were used, abused, discarded and denied the life they were destined to live. Harry remembers his Little Moon telling him that he would one day have a chance to save them all and make the world a better place, is this what she saw, is this what she was talking about/ is this what she said he was destined to do? Harry smiles to himself, the first smile he has had since before Luna's murder. Yes he decides, yes I will take this chance and I will make those bastards pay in blood, I will take everything from them, their lives, their families, their money, their so called pure blood supremacy. If they have children that survive I will take them and make sure they don't turnout like their sires or they too will die! I will make Britain a better place or I will take my loved ones away to a place of safety where we can be happy and leave the others to their fates. Lora smiles at Harry and says, when you wake go to your Black Family grimoire, there will be instructions there for you. Use the time wisely, prepare, get your mind in a place of surety, conviction and dedication, because once the ritual starts you have to hit the ground running to accomplish the things you want to happen! Good luck Harry, may your enemies bleed out on your blade and may their gold line your vaults and may your family prosper for eternity.

A/N; Remember this is my first time writing so review and like, comment or ignore just let me know what you think!

A/N's: I do not own, lay claim to, or make any profit off of anything Harry Potter! JKR owns Harry Potter and all that entails, I just play in a very small sandbox!

Chapter 2:

Preparation for Ritual

Oct. 15, 2000

Harry knows he needs a good night sleep before he locks down Potter Castle, and moves on to the ancestral home of the Blacks, BlackMoor Castle. Claymore, Harry calls and the little elf pops right beside her lord, Lord Potter be callings Claymore, what can Claymore be doing for the great Master Potter? Claymore, Harry says, I need you to lay out some fresh clothes for the morrow, have breakfast at 6 AM and wake me at quarter 6AM. We have lots to do, I want you to lock down the castle when I leave tomorrow and take care of my ancestral home till I come home with your mistresses again! Claymore looks at Harry in awe and says, Master, Claymore's mistresses have gone on, what do you mean, new mistress? Harry pats his beloved elf on her head and says no Claymore, I am either gonna bring them all back with me or you will have to wait on the next Lord Potter to claim the castle, but I will promise you now that I will be back! Claymore smiles and says Master Harry will bees bringing them all home!

Master Harry, Claymore bez waking you up, breakfast is ready and your clothes are here! Harry goes to the bathroom and takes care of his morning rituals and heads to breakfast. He then tells Claymore if what I plan to do works I will bring them all back and you will have a nursery full of children to look after and Mistresses a plenty to fuss over. Harry then silently apparates into Blackmoor Castle! Harry walks toward the Lord Black office and presses his Lord's ring to the signet and feels the wards accept his prescence and enters. Harry walks to the wall behind his very ornate and expensive desk and places his hand against the top of the picture of his great Uncle Arcturus Black. He feels the slight prick of a pin that takes a drop of his blood and opens a hidden wall which reveals a pedestal with a old, thick, black grimoire that holds all the Black Family magics. Harry walks to the pedestal and there is a sealed envelope on the grimoire with Lord Black in old Celtic print laying on top! Harry opens the letter and it states:

Lord Harry James Potter-Black-Peverell:

You have the chance to change the past and right the wrongs that were never supposed to happen. Life and death were tampered with and you have been given the chance to repair this travesty and injustice. Use all your cunning, intelligence, the assets at your disposal wisely. Know that not only will you physically be able to travel backwards but your soul will be in the same place in two different bodies until they merge. Read and understand the ritual completely. Prepare not only your current body but your future self for the recombining of your soul. You will lose neither strength, power, knowledge or abilities at the merger on your 17th birthday. Look at page 376 for the Aman Cara Sein ritual, follow it to the letter, plan for everything you might need, carry all the knowledge you can, all the weapons you will need and the hopes and dreams of those who are present, those to come and more importantly those you have lost with you and don't waver, falter or fail!

May Morrigan be with you!

Lora

Harry reads over the ritual and finds that it is one that will take patience to draw the runes and the perfect 5-star pentagram, knowing he can make it work. He places the note between the pages of the grimoire and closes the hidden wall. Harry takes a seat in his office chair and leans back, he has some thinking, planning and notes to put down on parchment. He calls the BlackMoor Castle head elf Binks and tells him to get parchment, ink and quills which Binks snaps his fingers and they appear on the desk. Then Harry tells Binks to bring some sandwiches and tea, they have lots of work to do. Binks is all to happy to serve his master and he is back in minutes and asks Master Harry what he will do now. Harry begins to tell Binks his plans and how if it works he will be back with all his mistresses, family and friends. But they had work to do before anything could begin to happen. Harry starts to write of the things he will take with him as he travels back to before he won the war but lost all that mattered to him.

Weapons:

Holly and Phoenix Feather Wand

Elder Wand

Invisibilty cloak

Resurrection Stone

Caladbolg - sword of the GODS

Head of House rings

Copies of both his parents and Sirius's wills

Specialty made Wand holster

It was at this point that Binks spoke up and said Master Harry, yous will need help of others when yous goes back there. Yous needs to takes friends with yous. Harry looks kindly at his elf and says Binks I wish I could take you with me but I need you to stay here and guard Black Manor. Binks looks so happy that his Master needs him to protect the castle but Binks says nos Master Harry as he looks up to the portraits of his Uncle and Aunt, Arcturus and Melania, they cans bes advising yous on things. Harry looks at Binks like he has grown two heads and says Binks you are brilliant! We need to stop here while I speak with Arcturus because he is a master of planning, deceit, cunning and distributing vengeance while Aunt Melania is the voice of sanity and reason. Harry leaves the Lords Office and asks Binks to bring the portraits to the great room on the first floor. Harry asks Binks to bring some tea and snacks.

Arcturus, Harry says, please wake up we need to talk. I need advice and we need to plan for the return of House Black to its former glory, Arcturus pictures groans and says who is waking me and it better not be that no good nephew of mine Sirius! Harry smiles at the mention of his godfather and says no Uncle it is me, Harry James Potter, Charlus and Dorothea's(Dorea as she was called) grandson, James and Lily's boy, the current Lord Black and the last remaining male of the Black line that hasn't been killed or kicked out of the family. I need your help. For the next two hours Harry tells Arcturus of all that has happened, how Andromeda was the last of his nieces that were still in the family and the death of her daughter during the last battle at Hogwarts. Of how Bellatrix had accepted the Dark Lord's brand and was a slave to a half blood. Of how Narcissa hadn't been marked but followed obediently for the sake of her piece of shit son, Draco, who currently resided in Azkaban, and her DeathEater husband, the deceased Lucius Malfoy! Harry wondered if she could be saved and reinstated to the family, that would have to take a back seat to the other things that to Harry were more important. He tells him of his defeating the Dark Lord Voldemort, of losing his wives to deceit and murder, of Bellatrix killing Sirius, of how Regulus wasn't a traitor he was made out to be and how he now intended to perform the Anam Cara Sein ritual and go back to right the wrongs done to their family. Arcturus frowned for a few seconds and then asks Harry did he truly believe in what he had just outlined and did he think that one as broken mentally as Harry was would be strong enough to pull it off? At this point Arcturus' wife Melania looked upon her great nephew with kindness in her face and said Harry, this is a extremely dire ritual that you are talking about using and the chances of you being able to do it is very slim. If it fails your soul will be lost forever. Harry tells her he is sure he can do it and that he will not worry about the consequences of failure because without Hermione, Susan, Daphne, Tracey and Luna he was lost anyway! Harry states that Potter's are known for their stubbornness, Blacks were known for their cunning and deadly temper and he would use both to return his houses to glory once again! It was at this point that Arcturus gave a devious and scary smile and said go get Charlus and Dorea's portrait and let us get started!

Later that afternoon after Harry had went to Potter Castle and retrieved his grandparents portraits and they all had a reunion of sorts since Arcturus, Melania, Charlus and Dorea as she was called were best friends. Arcturus tells Harry to start at the beginning and leave nothing out as Charlus was a deadly fighter and Dorea was great at financial planning and also could be very devious and cunning at getting even at those that have wronged her family, she was a Black after all! Harry tells them of how Voldemort had all but wiped out both the Black and Potter lines. He tells them how after killing Voldemort at the last battle of Hogwarts, the remaining supporters had ambushed and killed his wives. How he had hunted them all down and killed them and how he was ready to die but he had had a dream and met a Robed figure called Lora and was given a chance to go back and change what happened and save his loved ones.

They were talking late into the night when Dorea says Harry, what are your restrictions on this task? What can you take with you, how far back can you go, what are you allowed to change and can you eliminate them before this takes place? Harry says he will see if he can gets answers when he goes to sleep. They talk for a little while longer and Harry decides to turn in and tells his family he will see them in the morning.

Harry goes to his bedroom and does his nightly ritual and climbs into bed. He calls Binks and asks him to bring him a sleeping potion which Binks does in a snap of his fingers. Harry downs it and settles in for a few hours sleep. Harry finds himself standing in his Lord's chambers and can tell he is in a dream standing before him is Lora. She asks Harry if he has made up his mind and Harry says can I ask a few questions? Harry asks what can I take with me, what am I allowed to change, how far am I allowed to go back, will I be strong enough to accomplish the task, and can I eliminate the Death Eaters before the commit any more atrocities? Lora doesn't hesitate and tells Harry, you can take anything you have to help you complete this task, you can go back no farther than 2 years before your parents were killed. You can have your weapons and all your knowledge, any books or family items that will help you. Harry tells Lorathat he accepts the offer and that he will accomplish this or he will at least be with his family in the next life. Lora tells Harry that he has more help than he realizes, he has more resources than he knows and he is overlooking some thing that will be clearer as he starts this journey.

A/N; Remember this is my first time writing so review and like, comment or ignore just let me know what you think!

A/N's: I do not own, lay claim to, or make any profit off of anything Harry Potter! JKR owns Harry Potter and all that entails, I just play in a very small sandbox! Also, this is my first try at writing anything other than a small sports column!

Chapter 3: Preparation and Conviction

Oct. 16th, 2000

Harry wakes and does his morning ablutions and calls for Binks. He asks Binks to prepare some bacon sandwiches and tea and bring it to the great room where his Grand Parents, Aunt and Uncle are waiting. Harry enters and bids his family good morning and that he had a visitor during his dreams and has clarity on what he is allowed to do. He tells them he can take any weapons items, family knowledge, family heirlooms he can carry. He also can eliminate the evil bastards as he sees fit and that he can go back 2 full years before his parents were killed. Harry sees his Grandmother get a feral grin on her face and she tells Harry to go and gather what he feels he needs and to came back to them and they will have a preliminary plan for the new timeline. Charlus and Arcturus look at each other and smile and they both say Bloody Hell Dorea already has a plan and some people are in dire trouble. They know giving a Black a second chance could only be bad for those that wronged her or her loved ones! Harry collects his gear, his wands, his sword, his cloak, his rings, his heavily enchanted leather duster that he had started to wearing when he acquired Caladbolg. It also helped make him look more intimidating than his 6'3', 225 pounds would normally look. Harry brought the family grimoire and parchment with the spell on it to the great room. His Grandmother Dorea tells him to sit and listen to her idea. Dorea tells Harry that he will need help when he goes back, so he needs to go to BlackManor and request a meeting with Arcturus and Melania, the day before they were to be assassinated. Then get them to call Charlus and herself to floo over for a family meeting. Harry asks his Gran how will he get them to believe he is who he says he is? Dorea tells him they will tell him something only the four of them know so that will at least get them to listen. Then ask them to go to Gringott's and do a linage test to prove he is who he says he is so then they can use the family pensieve to show his memories, he may also have to bring out their portraits ,she states she hopes they will still work as he brought them back with him. Arcturus has come up with using the day Charlus and Dorea told him they wanted to officially court during their 7th year at Hogwarts as no one knew that but them. Dorea gets a serious look and tells them all that she has a plan to not only get even with those that have decimated their family but to also strip them of their gold, vaults, Wizengamot seats, and any power they might have had, and then Harry can eliminate them. If all goes as she hopes then her portrait self, her physical self, Melania and her portrait will lay out a time line while the men contact those they trust and start to gather allies. Harry asks his family if there is anything that they can think of that he may need to get for them from the family vaults or properties before they go back. They all tell Harry to make sure he has what he needs because they will have access to their properties and vaults when they go back or he will have access through his rings whether their physical selves believe him or not. Arcturus and Charlus have always been thought of as great warriors, politicians, tacticians and ruthless businessmen, but the real power, the real threat to others were the Black females, they are compassionate, friendly, but bloody scary where their families are injured or threatened! People that have known the Black's and Potter's for years have either forgotten that or believe they have risen past the two Most Ancient and Most Noble houses, they are about to get a refresher course.

A/N; Remember this is my first time writing so review and like, comment or ignore just let me know what you think!

A/N's: I do not own, lay claim to, or make any profit off of anything Harry Potter! JKR owns Harry Potter and all that entails, I just play in a very small sandbox! Also, this is my first try at writing anything other than a small sports column!

Chapter: 4

Oct.18th, 2000 Going Back!

It has taken the better part of two days for Harry to gather the things he is taking with him, getting the ritual pentagram a runes perfect. Harry shrinks everything he is taking with him and places it in his bottomless moleskin pouch even the portraits. He then calls Binks and tells him to bring up the wards to war settings and to take care of the place until the family returns in force. Harry is amazed that this spell " Aman Cara Sein" is able to carry not only him but all his items back in time, normally one has to be naked but when Fate and Death get involved nothing is impossible.

Harry gets a firm picture in his mind of where he wants to return too. He chooses to appear in Diagon Alley on Decemeber 1, 1979, thirty seconds before Arcturus and Melania are attacked by ten DeathEaters for not supporting he-who-must-not-be-named. He plans to stay disillusioned until the DeathEaters apparate in and then cast anti-apparition and anti-portkey charms, shield his Aunt and Uncle and then deal with the trash.

Plans made, all items gathered, Harry went to the ritual room and set the pentagram ready, powered up the runes, positioned himself inside the pentagram and told Binks, he would see him soon and to immediately put the wards up, take care of the castle and wait!

December 1, 1979

It is a beautiful day in Diagon Alley, people are shopping and going store to store. Lord Arcturus Black and his wife the Lady Melania Black are making their way to Gringott's for their monthly meeting with their account keeper Sharpeye. Suddenly a man in black appears right in front of them and tells them to get down as he puts up a Protego Maximus Superius shield around them. Arcturus starts to protest and pull his wand just as there are 7 pops as people in black robes and masks appear surrounding them. The man in black silently cast anti-apparation and anti-portkey spells, then turns to face the closest of the masked men and smiles.

The masked attackers start firing all types of deadly spells at the Blacks only to see them repelled and they then start sending spells at the man in black who nonchalantly slaps them away or transfigures objects to intercept them. After all their attacks have failed they try to apparate away only for it not to work and then the leader screams use the portkeys! They all grab at their collars on their robes only for nothing to happen! They start to panic as the man in black(Harry) then says my turn. The man in black slams his hand on the ground sending a massive Concursor Superioratis spell at the masked men. The concussion blast knocks all of them off their feet and renders them unconscious!

Arcturus looks on in awe as the man in black helps Lady Black to her feet. He brushes her knuckles with his lips and tells her it is his pleasure to meet her. The man in Black then yells at Lord Black to break him out of his stunned state and tells him to help him unmask each one of the masked men, lifts their left sleeves of their robes, and make sure he knows who each and every one of them are! Lord Black tells the man in black, I should kill them all right now for attacking like cowards and trying to kill his wife. The man in black tells Lord Black it will be taken care of but not to kill them yet. It is at this moment that pops are heard all around and Aurors(the magical police) appear and ask what happened. The man in black tells Lord Black to tell them what happened and make sure he knows everyone of the masked men. He tells Lady Black they would see him soon and then apparates silently away before the aurors ever get a look at him. The lead auror a man named Scrimgouer asks Lord Black what has transpired and who was the man who just left the scene of the crime? Lord Black tells Scrimgouer that he and his Lady were headed to Gringott's when they were attacked by the 7 attackers in masks and that someone intervened on their behalf and saved their lives. Lord Black could have handle three or four of the attackers but probably not while keeping his wife safe. One of the aurors interrupts their conversation and tells Scrimgouer he better see who was under the masks. The lead auror goes over to the still unconcious but now manacled attackers and says well this is gonna cause some problems. The seven attackers were identified as Vincent Crabbe, Sr, Thomas Mulciber, Sr, Avery Goyle, Amycus and Alecto Carrow, Theodore Nott, Sr, and Evan Rosier. Six of the men were members of the Wizengamot, the Political body that makes the laws of the magical country, and they had just tried to kill the Lord and Lady of an Most Ancient and Most Noble house.

Barty Crouch, Sr was the head of the DMLE(Division of Magical Law Enforcement. He was having a semi quiet day but that was fixing to go to hell in a hand basket. A crow patronus flies into his office and relays a message from Auror Scrimgouer that he needs to get to Diagon Alley now! He rubs the area between his eyes and says what now? He stands and yells for auror's Shacklebolt and Dawlish to come to his office, as soon as they are there he tells them to grab hold of the towel he had in his hand and they portkey away to Diagon Alley.

He walks into the face of a very irate Lord Black. Lord Black has now gotten himself into a rage that only blood will satisfy but he remembers that the man in black said to wait. Lord Black though is past caring right now as he is furious his wife was attacked by cowards. He tells Chief Crouch that he wants justice or he will get it himself one way or another. Crouch tells him that they will be tried and justice will be given, and the aurors all side-apparate the manacled people to DMLE headquarters.

A/N; Remember this is my first time writing so review and like, comment or ignore just let me know what you think!

Chapter 5: Meeting the Blacks and Potters

Lord and Lady Black enter Gringott's and tells the teller that they would have to reschedule their meeting to another day as they were heading home after a near fatal attack outside the bank. They then apparate to their townhouse at 24 Cheshire Dr in Chelsea. As they appear a house elf named Binks is waiting and is asked to bring some wine for Lady Black and some of Ogden's finest for Lord Black, cause he is still fuming! A simple gong is heard as the wards let those inside know that someone is at the door. Binks answers the door and he looks at the man standing there and says, I oughts to knows yous but I's not right now. Please enter and I will take yous to Lord Black. The man in black enters and follows Binks to the parlor and there comes face to face with his Aunt and Uncle. He knows that this can go sideways in a hurry so he Griffyndor's up and takes Lady Black's right hand and gently brushes his lips across her knuckles and introduces himself. Hello Aunt Melania and Lord Black! Boom! The look of shock on her face and the look of wariness on Lord Black's makes him nervous but he says can we all have a sit and let me tell you about myself and why I did what I did in Diagon Alley. The man in black then says Lord Black before I start would it be possible to contact Charlus and Dorea Potter as this will also impact them, I would like to only go over this once and it will likely takes the rest of the day if not longer. Lord Black walks over to the fireplace and throws some powder in and yells Charlus we need to talk. A minute or so later the fire turns green and the head of Charlus Potter is seen and asks if he and Dorea can come through. As Charlus and Dorea come through the floo Harry just stares and drinks in the sight of his Grandparents.

Lord Black offers refreshments to his guests and tells Charlus and Dorea what happened earlier that day in Diagon Alley. How they were going to Gringott's when this young man appeared out of nowhere and told them to get down, he then put a shield around them just as seven DeathEaters attacked them. Lord Black tells of the unbreakable shield that was placed around them and then the anti-apparition and portkey spells he silently cast. Then he described how this young man totally wiped the floor with the attackers, knocking them all out and unmasking them. Lady Black then tells the Potters who the attackers were. Dorea, we were attacked by 6 sitting Lords of the Wizengamot, Lord's Vincent Crabbe, Sr, Thomas Mulciber, Sr, Avery Goyle, Amycus Carrow, Theodore Nott, Sr,, Evan Rosier, and Carrow's sister Alecto, if they will attack us in broad daylight then no one is safe. Lord Potter, always the one to see big picture, says first we find out who your savior is, then we decide how to settle the debts those seven bought today! They all look at the man in black and tell him we appreciate your intervention, but just who are you and why did you do what you did? The man in black stands and says, I am going to remove the glamour from my face and while you don't know me you will recognize the similarities we share.

First I will give a vow to show you I speak truly and then I need a vow from you to not reveal what I tell you to anyone until I give you the go ahead. This has to happen because what I am about to tell and show you is gonna be hard enough for you to believe but others will never believe and will band together to destroy our families. Lord Black asks why should we vow anything to you when we do not know not who you are, where you come from, or what your agenda is? It is Dorea who interjects that since they know who this is and since he saved their lives a vow of secrecy should be the least they could give as repayment for saving her brother and sister-in-law. Harry then pulls his wand and says, I, Harry James Potter, swear on my life and magic that what I say today is the truth, so I say so mote it be! He then lit the tip of his wand with a lumos spell. They all then state the vow that, "I (name) swear on my life and magic that I will not repeat what is said here today to anyone unless given permission. So I say, so mote it be!" The man in black drops the glamour and says I am Harry James Potter, Charlus and Dorea's grandson and Lord and Lady Black's nephew! I am from the future and I have come back in time to save my family from the Dark Lord Voldemort and his goons! Of course this doesn't go over well as Harry figured. Charlus states since I have only one son, James, and he just finished at Hogwarts and is only 19 and just married, there is no way he could have a son much less one older than he is! Lord Black takes it even further and says while you do have a few of the Black traits, I know every Black for at least three generations and I don't know you! Lady Black ever the voice of kindness and reason says, he did say he was from the future and that he had come back to save his family which evidently we are, we at least need to hear him out. Harry states like I told you I am the grandson of Charlus and Dorea Potter, I am the son from the future of James and Lily Potter, nee Evans. Lord and Lady Black, I came back to the time right before you were assassinated so that I could save you. Both of you have been such a great help to me and I could not but come back far enough to save you. Lord Black says we don't know you so how could we have been any help to you? Harry smiles and says, let me open my trunk and show you! Harry opens his trunk and pulls out two small wooden squares and without his wand silent enlarges the portraits. At first there is nothing but a blank canvas and Harry feels a little nervous before the color starts to come in the portrait and then both Lord and Lady Black and Lord and Lady Potter appear. The four living people looking at themselves in the portraits are stunned. Lord Black in the portrait speaks and says shut you damn mouth before you catch flies and listen to the boy, what he has got to say and do will save our families and end the devil who calls himself Lord Voldemort. He will need your and our help(wait he looks at Charlus's Potrait and snarks can we really help ourselves at the same time? Portrait Dorea tells him to shut it they have important things to talk about!) and to prove he is who he says he is ask him a question that only you would know the answer to? The living Lord Black asks his wife to step across the room and they whisper to each other about what they could ask that no one could know. The live version of Charlus walks over and whispers, just ask him where and when me and Dorea asked for permission to court. They all agree that is a good question and they walk back over to the portraits, and

Lord Potter asks Harry, if these portraits are real, and you are who you say you are then tells us where and when me and Dorea starting courting. Harry smiles and says Arcturus, Charles and Dorea were in the Slytherin common room when Charlus asked permission to court Dorothea Black, during their 7th year at Hogwarts and that Dorothea threatened Arcturus's life if he refused! Charlus grinned and Arcturus frowned and said she didn't really threaten to kill me, but he laughed at the end. Lady Black(Melania) speaks and says ok, now we know some of this we need to put these thoughts and doubts to rest.

Harry says to them all, I think it would be best if we went to Gringott's and had an inheritance test done to prove who I am and where I fit into the family, it will also give you confidence in knowing I am here to do what I have stated! Lord Black, Lord Potter and Harry agree to go to Gringott's and get the tests done while Melania and Dorea talk with the portrait to get more information for themselves from themselves!

Gringott's December 1, 1979 afternoon

Harry under his glamour again with Lord Black's and Potter in front of him enter Gringott's Bank. They walk up to the open qeue and Lord Black asks to speak to the account manager of the Black's account. The goblin slips out of his chair and disappears behind a door only to reappear a minute later and says follow me. They are lead down a long hallway and down a long flight of stairs to a room with a golden encrusted door that had a sign on it that says Sharpeye, Black Account Manager! They are shown inside and offered seats and refreshments. As Sharpeye enters the room they all stand and Lord Black says, good afternoon Sharpeye may your enemies die on your blade and their gold line you vault! Sharpeye replies, well met Lord Black may your enemies quake at your name and their women serve you at your leisure as he grinned at the three men. How my I be of service to you today? Lord Black speaks and says we need a lineage test, inheritance test, and age test for this young man here. Sharpeye looks at Harry and says it seems I should know you but with these tests it will prove whether you are truthful or whether you face goblin steel today, Harry just smiles. Sharpeye starts to gather some parchemnt out of his desk and the reaches for an ornate silver bowl and a short wicked goblin dagger. Before he can tell Harry what to do Lord Potter speaks up and asks if Griphold, the Potter Account Manager could also watch this? Sharpeye tells them that time is money but since this could affect the Potter accounts he would call Griphold! Sharpeye tells his attendant something in goblin(Harry smiles cause he speaks goblin fluently) and soon Griphold enters the room and sits to the left of Sharpeye. Sharpeye then speaks to Harry and says you will need to put 20 drops of blood in this bowl and then I will add this lineage potion and we will see who and what you are. Jarry takes the blade and slices it across his palm just deep enough to draw blood and lets the required number of drops fall in the bowl and he then makes a fist and his palm is healed. Sharpeye mixes in the potion and then he asks Harry to take the red quill(Harry knows what this is, especially after Umbridge) and signs his name across the top of the parchment that Sharpeye had slid across the table. The page starts to fill in and Lord Black, Lord Potter, Sharpeye and Griphold all stare in astonishment:

Name: Harry James Potter-Black

Father: James Charlus Potter

Mother: Lily Jade Potter: Nee Evans

Grandfather: Charlus James Potter

Grandmother: Dorothea Alsa Potter: Nee Black

Godfather: Sirius Orion Black thru Godfather ritual

Godmother: Alice Marie Longbottom, Nee: Davis thru Godmother ritual

Official titles:

Lord Peverell of Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Peverell

Lord Slytherin by right of Conquest

Lord to be of Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Potter

Heir to be of Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Black

Future Lord of Unnamed Houses by Right of Conquest

To say that Lord's Potter and Black were surprised would be an understatement. Lord Potter looks at Harry and then Griphold and says can this be true? My son doesn't have a child yet? Sharpeye interjects that blood is never wrong and isn't magic a wonderful thing! Lord Black asks Sharpeye for a copy of the tests and tells him they are through for the day as time was money and they had other places and things to do!

A/N's In this story Alice Longbottom is a Davis, the Aunt of Tracey and Lily's middle name is Jade, my choice!Remember this is my first time writing so review and like, comment or ignore just let me know what you think!

I do not own, lay claim to, or make any profit off of anything Harry Potter! JKR owns Harry Potter and all that entails, I just play in a very small sandbox! Also, this is my first try at writing anything other than a small sports column!

Chapter 6: Acceptance and Strategies

Lord's Black and Potter apparate back inside the Black's Townhouse and see Dorea and Melania talking to their portrait selves. They look up and ask what did you find out and where is Harry? Charlus just walks over and hands her the parchment with Harry's lineage tests on it and starts to speak, when Harry pops in with a smile on his face. Harry looks at his Grandfather and says the first thing we need to do is look at the wards on all of the Potter and Black properties and bring them up to war time protections. Arcturus gets a grim look on his face and asks Harry why when we aren't at war, Harry simply reminds Lord Black, you weren't at war this morning in the alley and almost were the first casualties! Lord Black simply states point taken, Harry says, Lord Black we need to go to the ward room here and at Potter Castle and reset the wards. Harry asks if it will be alright if he adds to the wards when they do this because he has lost his family once and he'd be damned if he was gonna let it happen again. No one noticed but the live version of Dorea Potter had a huge smile on her face!

Dorea and Melania say at the same time,"Can this test be true, can this be real? James and Lily have just married, they haven't had a child yet? Lord Black laughs and says yea, that's what Charlus said and Sharpeye just laughed and said isn't magic a wonderful thing! Arcturus then says to Harry yes, we will go to the ward room and bring up the most powerful wards and reset the ward book on who can get in to the Black properties, and whatever wards you feel necessary to add by all means do it, I will not see Melania or Dorea threatened again! Secondly Arcturus says, from now on unless we are in a formal setting you will refer to to as Uncle or Arcturus. Melania then joins in and says you can call me Auntie or Melania, of course this leads Charlus and Dorea to add that they are Grandfather and Nana. Harry readily agrees but adds I will call each of you by your formal names when others are around that do not yet know my secrets, it wouldn't do for certain people to know who I am yet, all the while looking and smiling at Charlus and Dorea.

Now that you all know I am who I say I am and also know that I have a war to win what should I do first? Arcturus replies first we need to get the ones who attacked him and Melania in front of the Wizengamot full of veritaserum and find out all they know and put them in Azkaban. Harry tells Arcturus that this may not be possible as under the current law they would have to agree to being administered veritaserum because they are purebloods, and they will not agree to it. Harry says they will claim they were imperiused and not in control of themselves, as they will say only a fool or a person under the impreious spell would attack Lord Black in broad daylight! Arcturus realizes the truth in what Harry says, and asks Harry does he have a plan? Harry says he does but to kill six Lords right after they had been "controlled" to attack Lord Black would be to suspicious. It was at this moment that the Black in his Grandmother Dorea came out to play. Dorea still has Harry's lineage test in her hands and she says we need to use this. We all know that what Harry said is true about them getting away with the attack and will try again in the future, so we need to plan how we deal with these fools. Dorea asks Harry if he has his Lordship rings from his future self and Harry holds up his right hand and the Peverell rings appears as does the Potter and then Black rings. Dorea says first thing you need to do is claim your Peverell Lordship ring here and your permanent seat on the Wizengamot at the next meeting in one week, that will give you leverage and power and it will also help the Black and Potter seats and yes Charlus you and Arcturus are gonna have to pay more attention to what is going on! They both groan at the same time but realize there are things happening that they need to be aware of. Binks pops in right at this moment and says suppers be beings ready in ten minutes so they needed to head to the dining room. As they are chatting while eating supper Dorea tells Harry that he should go to Gringott's and claim his Head of House Peverell ring and make sure he has a copy of the test on him for when he goes to the Wizengamot. They continue to chat and ask questions of Harry for the next thirty minutes or so when Arcturus says it has been an enlightening day albeit a day that hs changed them forever and will continue to change their families and the magical world of Britain! Arcturus asks Charlus and Dorea if they would stay the night and let Harry reset the wards at Potter Castle tomorrow before they return home just so Dorea and Charlus would be safe. They readily agree but they also state they are gonna insist on James and Lily staying at the castle so it would be best for now if Harry could stay with Arcturus and Melania to keep his cover. Harry says he can stay at one of the other properties but Melania was having none of that as she not only wanted him close as her nephew she felt safer knowing he was there. They all then retired for the evening to rest, read, or just contemplate what has transpired. Dorea though is hard at work on a plan to get even with those that have wronged her family! The death and destruction those houses are gonna feel with be remembered for centuries if she has anything to do with it, and no one will even think her the mastermind!

A/N; Remember this is my first time writing so review and like, comment or ignore just let me know what you think!

A/N's: I do not own, lay claim to, or make any profit off of anything Harry Potter! JKR owns Harry Potter and all that entails, I just play in a very small sandbox! Also, this is my first try at writing anything other than a small sports column!

Chapter 7: Rings and Things

December 2, 1979

Harry wakes at five a.m. And goes for his morning workout this will be a shorter run, after transfiguring his jeans and t-shirt into something more comfortable. He knows that today will be one of those days as he not only has to go to the bank but also shopping for some clothes even though he brought some with him in his trunk, The clothes from the year 2000 didn't go well with the clothes from 1979. After his 45 minute run he heads back in and lays out his clothes for the day, showers and heads down to fix his breakfeast. Binks is already there and ask whats can I get for Master Harry, sir? Harry gets a bacon sandwich and a couple of eggs over easy, Arcturus comes in as Harry is eating and asks if he needs any company as he goes into Diagon Alley? Harry tells him that he is going to Gringott's to get his Lord Peverell ring although he already has the one from the future and then going to Harrod's to get some clothes. He doesn't anticipate any trouble because no one here knows who he is as of yet, he knew that was gonna change and probably sooner than he wanted but he would make it work. Harry apparates right outside of the Three Broomsticks and heads up the street to the big marble building that was Gringott's Bank. Harry walks up to the open queue and asks to see the Potter Account manager Griphold, the goblin looks up and asks if he has an appointment and Harry says Griphold will be glad to see him, let him know that Lord Peverell, Heir Potter and Heir Black is here to see him. The goblin sneers at Harry and says you say three people want to see the Potter Account Manager two of which are not named Potter so what are you trying to pull? Harry sneers right back and says all three are me and Griphold nor Ragnok will like me to be kept waiting! The goblin's eyes rose and he says wait here and if you are lying you will not like shoveling dragonshit! Roughly two minutes later the goblin returns and ask Harry to follow him, he is led down the hall to a large gold plated door that has a name plate above it that says Potter Account – Manager Griphold! Harry is escorted in and seeing the older goblin seated behind a huge ornate desk says may your gold grow and your enemies fear your blade and Griphold replies may your vaults overflow and the blood of your enemies drip from your blade! How may I be of service to you today Heir Potter? Harry asks Griphold who is the account manager for the Peverell account? Griphold scratches something on a piece of parchment that suddenly disappears and after a few seconds it reappears is a flash. Griphold tells Harry that the Peverell account has been dormant for so long it no longer had and account manager and it's vaults had been sealed til an heir came forth.

Harry asks Griphold if he could take over the Peverell account as he was in charge of the Potter accounts, Griphold states that Harry would have to redo the heir test to prove he is who he claims to be even though he was there when the lineage test was done. Harry thinks silently yea you just want the extra 5 galleons for the tests but when Griphold hands him the dagger he pricks his finger and lets 3 drops of blood fall to the parchment, in no time it started to read:

Name: Harry James Potter-Black

Father: James Charlus Potter

Mother: Lily Jade Potter: Nee Evans

Grandfather: Charlus James Potter

Grandmother: Dorothea Alsa Potter: Nee Black

Godfather: Sirius Orion Black thru Godfather ritual

Godmother: Alice Marie Longbottom, Nee: Davis thru Godmother ritual

Official titles:

Lord Peverell of Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Peverell by mother's line

Lord to be of Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Potter by father

Heir to be of Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Black chosen by Godfather

Future Lord of Unnamed Houses by Right of Conquest to be determined

Griphold opens a drawer in a cabinet that appears behind his desk and takes out a exquisite black box and sets it before Harry. Griphold opens the box and there is three rings on green velvet, a Lord's ring, Lady's ring and a Heir's ring, he asks Harry to place the Lords ring on his right middle finger and if the magic accepts him he will be Lord Peverell(again!). Harry slides the ring on his finger, there is a short glow and the ring sizes automatically to fit his finger and Griphold says welcome back to Magical Britain Lord Peverell! Griphold then reaches back into the cabinet and pulls out a thick set of files, he says these are the Peverell accounts are you sure you want me to handle them? Harry says it will be quicker and more efficient if you do and since all I need today is some galleons out of my vault, some converted to pounds I will wait for you to get acquainted with my holdings and areport from you. Griphold tells Harry that he will be issued a card that is directly tethered to his vaults and can be used in both the wizard and Mundane worlds, Harry accepts the card and asks Griphold one last thing, how long before the Ministry of Magic(MOM) will know of the Peverell Lordship being taken up? Griphold says most times it is automatic but he could delay it a few days but no more than two. Harry asks if he would do that and bid him a good day. Harry leaves the bank and goes to Twill Fitt and Tatting and orders two sets of the finest Acromantula Silk green and black robes with the Peverell Crest on the left breast, and a new pair of black dragonhide boots. Harry pays the two hundred and sevent five galleons and the sales lady says they will be read in three hours. Harry wanders around Diagon Alley for a bit seeing it like it was when his mum and dad were going there, not much had changed he saw from when he was in Hogwarts. He was hoping to make better changes han those that happened during the war he fought! Harry goes to Quality Quiditch and does some window shopping and then to Fortescue's to get a hot chocolate while he waits. He eventually goes and picks up his new robes and shoes shoes and wonders if Binks would come to him so he quietly calls BINKS and a second later Binks pops there and Harry tells him thanks for coming and would he take his purchase back to Black Manor? Binks tells Harry he will come whenever he is called and he is always happy to help! Harry smiles as Binks pops out of sight and he then apparates away himself to just outside of Harrods in an alley beside a parking garage. Harry makes sure no one is looking and he walks to Harrods and does some more shopping. He buys 3 pair of jeans, two pair of trainers, some work out gear with CHAMPION logo on the clothes. He then buys a couple of button down shirts that were either black, blue or a hunter green and a t-shirt that had a spaceship with the word BOSTON above it. Harry wasn't sure what it meant but it looked good! He then apparated back to Black Manor and found a group of very angry Grandparents and Aunt and Uncle!

Flash back! 2 hours earlier!

Lord Black and Lord Potter were sitting in the Lord's Office at Black Manor talking about Harry, their newfound nephew and grandson and his unbelievable yet true story of time-travel. Thet were also talking about how easy he had taken down seven of the so called dark lord's attack dogs with little effort. Meanwhile in the parlor Lady Black and Lady Potter were talking with their portrait selves from the future about Harry and what had happened to their families. The murders of James and Lily, the abuse that Harry had suffered, the sticking of Sirius in Azkaban without a trial or any evidence, the murders of Harry's wive's, of Andromeda's husband and daughter, the pure evil that resided in a daughter of the family Black, Bellatrix, the manipulations of Dumbledore and of so many of the so called pure-bloods that bowed to a half-blood maniac! The ladies all agreed that they needed a plan to weed out the dark-wankers minions, both physically and financially,, starting with the people who funds most of these atrocities. The ladies know that without gold then all that is left is lies and evil men! Lady Potter nee Dorea Black knows how to play that game, as she was taught from birth to never let someone sit above the Black family, and it was time to show what she had learned in spades!

It was at this time that a low powered gong sounded throughout Black Manor which let them know that a letter had arrived through private Gringott's mail delivery. It was an expensive but necessary box allowed official mail to be taken to Gringott's and be delivered to it's recipients without anyone being allowed to their home through apparition or the floo network. This very secure and the safety of Melania and Dorea was always at the front of Charlus and Arcturus's minds. It was this letter from the Ministry of Magic that had set off the ruckus that was going on in the home.

Lord Black is irate, what the hell do they mean that no charges will be filed and that they were all found innocent by a by a claiming the were under the imperious spell? Why were we not called as witnesses or at least let know a trial was happening? Dorea tries to calm her brother down and she point blank tells him that this smells of Lord's Selwyn and Malfoy's spreading their gold around to keep their friends out of Azkaban. Arcturus says that Minister Bagnold will have a very interesting Wizengamot meeting next Tuesday! Harry walks is and asks what happened?

End of flashback!

A/N; Remember this is my first time writing so review and like, comment or ignore just let me know what you think! I do not own, lay claim to, or make any profit off of anything Harry Potter! JKR owns Harry Potter and all that entails, I just play in a very small sandbox! Also, this is my first try at writing anything other than a small sports columns.

Chapter 8: Information, Blood Feuds and Honour Duels

Dorea asks Harry if he got his Lord's ring and his shopping done? To which Harry confirms he had. She then asks Harry how much of their conversation he had heard and Harry says he came in at the point where there would no trials for the ones that had attacked Arcturus and Melania. Harry says he is not surprised as this was something that happened all the time in his future time. He tells them that the use of the Imperious defense kept many Death Eaters from Azkaban and that Minister Fudge would take a bribe from of pedophile and call said criminal a saint if the gold went in his vault. Arcturus responds that is is no wonder that the magical world ended up like Harry had told them. Arcturus says he would like to challenge them all to either a Blood feud or an Honour Duel to get satisfaction but while he is sure he could take any one of them as could Charlus but to get them all would be a challenge and it could lead the end of the Black line if the worst happened. They had to go about this the right way. This is when Dorea looks at Harry with the most serious face he had ever seen on anyone not named Hermione Granger or Bellatrix Lestrange, and she asks him just how strong and deadly are you? Could you take those seven down at the same time without the element of surprise you had a few days ago? What if it were 10? 12? Then she asks Harry a question that caught him off guard even after all he had been through in his life. If I(we) come up with a plan that could end the bastards that attacked our family are you willing to do what would be necessary to take control of those family lines and take those assets away from He-Who-must-not-be-named and his Death Eaters? Harry hesitates for a second and his mouth moves but no words come out, and then he says I'm not sure what your asking but if it is can I live with myself after killing these murderers and rapists then yea I can do that with no remorse! Melania says if we go the blood-feud route you would have to kill everyone in their families, the Lord, Lady, children, and next of kin with the likely hood of also having to kill those aligned to then that come to their aid. While a blood-feud entails a duel between the Lords or their champion and the winner can claim everything the other has, Lordship, wizengamot seat, vaults, debts, properties, wife and children, which therefore effectively take that house out of play in the political arena unless the winner decides to use the seat or put a proxy in it's place. Harry looks at his Grandfather, Grandmother, Aunt and Uncle and asks what is the best route to choose and would they approve him being their champion because he did not want to lose his family again? Harry says, I ask this not as disrespect to to you or Lord Black, who says either Uncle or Arcturus, because I know how good both of you are with your wands or neither would hold the title Baron. But, because of the surprise and unknown quantity that I am. They don't have a clue as to who or what they would be facing and besides I have fought more than that more times than one could count and also Voldemort and his fanatics at least six times in the past being victorious each time.

Dorea speaks and says I can see the benefit to that and I approve, if the others do. I have a plan of how to antagonize them to the point of accepting a Honour Duel, but I really don't want to kill wives and children if they are innocent with a Blood-feud. But also Harry there is something you need to know and this is something only you can decide and agree to if we go with the duels. At this point Arcturus, Charlus and Melania and looking anywhere but at Harry when Dorea says, Harry if you challenge them and they accept, once you defeat them, you will have to magically claim their Lordships and all that entails, it will be a unbreakable vow and will force some things of you. Harry eyes narrow and a wary look comes over his face as he asks what sort of things? I know I will have to claim the Lordship, Wizengamot seats, vaults, debts and such but what else will be asked of me? Dorea says Harry once you have claimed all of that and magic accepts you as the Lord of that house, if there is a Lady of the house you will have to claim her also. Do you understand what that means? I will explain as best as I know how as this has never happened in the Potter or Blacks ever. It has happened to other houses the last being about 240 years ago, What happens is you claim the Lady of the manor and then you can dictate her responsibilities, how much she can access the vaults, what rights she can assert on your behalf since you will be her Lord, you also can claim any of age female child as a concubine or mistress as she is not your daughter and you also set how, when, where, and if the children of the house are educated, or allowed to survive, you can name your heir to the line or let the line die, or absorb it into one of your other houses. You see Harry this isn't something to do lightly but with He-who-must-not-be-named attempting to take over and his followers willing to do all the evil they can to innocents, then the benefits might just outweigh the costs and if we win, then our family can change the path of wizarding Britain!

Harry calls for Binks who immediately pops in and Harry asks if he can get a full bottle of firewhiskey and four glasses as they all need a drink or three! As Harry is pouring the four glasses, his being a double, he says I have only ever loved my wives. I have never touched another woman in that way and I don't know if I can or even if I would want to. Dorea moves over besides Harry and pats his knee and says, I know this isn't something you want to do, you have that much of the Potter and Black pride in you. Once we and I mean we even though you will be the vanguard all of us will be with you through it all. I need you to understand some of the more backward, dirty, and despicable ways of the old blood lines that was used to keep everything in the males hands. If you don't claim these women and by default their children after claiming their Lordships the women and daughters can be claimed as chattell and used with no repercussions while the sons will be less than roques and scum. Melania says Harry, from what you have told us and what we have seen through your mrmoties you would never be unfaithful to your wives. That you would never force yourself on a woman but in this case your wives haven't been born yet so you won't be cheating on them and this in it's on way would be a mercy to those women whose houses you have claimed. Harry says that is barbaric but he is not surprised this hasn't been stopped as he remembers all the bigotry that was still prevalent during his previous timeline, but he says now I might be able to change some of that!

Dorea says this is what I have think we should do and each of you think of how better for them to react and therefore allow Arcturus in his roll as Lord Black challenge the bootlickers to an honour duel. First when Minister Bagnold asks if any new seats need to be claimed Harry will claim his Peverell seat, this will cause a commotion as it has been dormant for hundreds of years. Harry you need to make sure you have the proof from Gringott's with you, also keep your affiliation with any of us back until Arcturus get's them to swallow the bait. The ministry will want to overrule a bloodfeud as it will wipe out entire family lines, and while they are still arguing that we hit them with the honour duel against each one! They will jump at this as Lord Black will demand justice and it will be one or the other. After they accept, and it is sanctioned that is when you Harry will make you presence felt, you can raise your wand and ask for the floor. Once this is granted, you can stand and say that since you are distant kin to the Black Family, and in no way disrespecting Lord Black as his prowess with a wand is known, etc. etc, that you would like to stand as his champion for these duels, you could even ask for multiple opponents at once to make them even more bold and accepting. Once the duels are accepted only death or surrender will satisfy magic and the duel be settled. Honour Duels require seconds said Charlus after he had listened to all the previous comments, I will stand as your second as they attacked his brother in all but blood and his sister-in-law, Harry eyes flash all of a sudden and says I knew I was forgetting something. Charlus asks him what and Harry says the day of the Wizebgamot Meeting, that morning, it's the day that you and Nana were murdered by four death eaters on your way there. Actually it was right outside the ministry building! If me stopping the attack on Uncle and Auntie doesn't alert them then I may be able to take out four more. Are you all up for a bit of a fight, or rather really a prank cause we know where and when they are gonna attack and they don't have a clue? Lady Potter looks at Charlus and tells him we need to send Claymore to James and Lily and tell them to go to Potter Castle and do not leave until we are back and explain some things to them! Claymore pops in and says I hear Mistress Dorrie and I will go!

A/N's: I do not own, lay claim to, or make any profit off of anything Harry Potter! JKR owns Harry Potter and all that entails, I just play in a very small sandbox!

Chapter 9: Potter Attack and Wizengamot

Monday, December 3, 1979

It is a few minutes after 11 A.M., as Lord and Lady Black and Lord and Lady Potter are casually but very alertly walking down Diagon Alley towards tne Ministry of Magic for what will turn out to be a very enlightening and entertaining Winter Solstice Meeting. Harry is right behind under his cloak waiting for the attack is expects to come, he knows he is prepared but then so are the two battle hardened warriors with him, Lord Arcturus Black and Lord Charlus Potter are war heroes in their own right and will be of great help if needed, The Ladies are on the right hand side of their husbands when suddenly four loud pops are heard and then Harry's shields go up, Charlus and Arcturus round on their attackers only to see a wide area concussion blast hit the four attackers. They are rendered unconscious and bleeding from their noses ears and mouths. Charlus walks over after making sure his wife and Melania are fine and binds and stuns them again. Lord Black is removing the masks from the four when Aurors suddenly arrive with wands drawn and yelling what happened. The aurors look upon the four unmasked men and Auror Dawlish well look who we got here, Rudy and Rodolpho LeStrange, Thorfinn Rowle and Corbin Yaxley. Lord Black interrupts the aurors s they are cuffing the attackers and preparing to take them in and says as a Lord of a Most Ancient and Most Noble House I demand satisfaction as I am sure Lord Potter feels the same as our wives were threatened again! This leaves the aurors in a quandry and Auror Dawlish presses his shield and asks for the Head of the DMLE to come. In just a few minutes four more aurors appear along with Barty Crouch, Sr, who asks to be filled in on the situation and he is not pleased when he hears of the attack. Barty knows that both Lord's Black and Potter know the laws of Ministry but also they both know the old laws and that is what Auror Dawlish tells him that Lord Black has claimed. Lord Black and Lord Potter both tell Head Crouch that they want the four attackers to be brought into the Wizengamot Meeting before they are charged or processed. They will be addressed after the new business is dealt with, which should have set all kinds of alerts off in Crouch's head but he just tells the aurors to secure the four in the holding cells and await till called. Harry under a glamour then appears besides His Nana and Aunt and they all three smile, so far so good. They then head towards the Ministry and Dorea says let the fun begin!

Ministry of Magic Chamber 15 minutes later:

As all the members have entered and taken their seats Chief Warlock Dunbledore says lock the doors and they slam shut and are magically sealed so no one enters or leaves until the session is over without his authorization. No one pays attention to the man sitting in the visitors section between Lady Black and Lady Potter. Chief Warlock Albus Wulfric Dumbledore always sped through this part of the meetings because there was never any newly discovered Wizards or Witches found to claim seats that were dormant. He was ready to request that this part of the meetings only be done every other monthly meeting. Today was gonna change his way of thinking greatly, but what he wouldn't realize to much later was how much this would change his and all of wizarding Britain's lives!

I call the Winter meeting of the Wizengamot to order and ask if there is any new New or Old Houses that have been claimed? He was just about to call for the rereading of the last meeting when Lord Black raised his wand and says rather loudly that the Heir of Peverell has been found and he has claimed his Lordship and house, both confirmed by magic and Gringott's! Chief Warlock Dumbledore looked like he could have been knocked over with a dusting hex, he stammers and asks if the new Lord Peverell is in attendance and to step forward to be judged by magic to prove his claim to the Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Peverell. For a few deathly silent seconds no one moved but then the man who was sitting between Ladies Potter and Black stood to his impressive height and confidently strode toward the front of the chamber and said I am here to claim my seat in this auspicious group and leave my mark on this chamber! I, Harry Peverell, do claim by magic and by blood the title of Lord Peverell, thus may I be judged, so I say so mote it be! There was a soft shimmer of light that gathered around the young man that soon cascaded into a flash of light that blinded all who had kept their eyes open. Then the Lords Ring appeared on Harry's right middle finger and autosized to fit his finger! Harry then turned to the Chief Warlock and wanted to smirked right in his face for what he had allowed and done in Harry's previous life, a life he was determined to change! There were murmurs and quiet conversations being had as soon as the light died down and many wondered which faction the new Lord would cast his lot with. There would be many a gasp and head shakes when after the Chief Warlock told Lord Peverell to take his seat amongst his peers as Lord Peverell strides over to where Lord Potter was seated and a new seat appears besides Lord Potter that is cushioned and looks comfortable but has an ornate "P" in the crest at the top of the seat in a dark green with silver trim. This puts him in the moderate faction with the Potters who controlled where most of the votes followed his lead.

Chief Warlock Dumbledore doesn't have time to puzzle on this new Lord because he has to continue the meeting. He asks Head of the DMLE Barty Crouch, Sr. if there are any cases, trials or new matters to discuss and Crouch answers not at this time as no new crimes had been committed and no criminals apprehended but there were ongoing investigations in a number of areas including so called dark creatures causing problems in Magical Britain, muggleborns being targeted and other minor issues. The Chief Warlock says it sounds as though you have everything in hand when there was a cough and a wand raised! Chief Warlock Dumbledore looks towards the sound of the noise in the chamber and sees Lord Black with his wand raised, he knew of the attack on Lord and Lady Black and was hoping that the DMLE's investigation would be enough to appease Lord Black but he knew better. Dumbledore concedes the floor to Lord Black who casts a sonorus charm on himself and his aura immediately changes and the people in the chamber know that the old Lord Black was now confronting them! Lord Black looks at where Crouch and Minister Bagnold is seated and says my Lady and I was attacked in broad daylight, by masked and marked followers of the Dark Lord and I hear that no charges will be levied, no trials under veratiserum given, are the lives of innocent Lords and Ladies worth so little or did enough gold change hands to make this go away! Minister Bagnold jumps to her feet and says I resent the assault on my Ministry and my character and I am sure that DMLE Head Crouch feels the same way! I demand... and before she could get another word out Lord Black raises his voice and states I have the floor Minister and there is very little in the way of character and morals in this body! I have one simple question and this I will have an answer to or their will be repercussions, is this body gonna seek justice for Lady Black? We had seven people, six who hold seats in this chamber and the sister of one of those attack a Lady of House Black and no one cares? These cowards can come after me, but to attack my wife or family I demand justice! DMLE Head Crouch stands and says Lord Black I personally asked each one of these men on their honour if they did this and they all say they were imperiused at a private function or this would not have happened. Lord Arcturus Black 's countenance dropped to a deadly smirk and said vehemently these cowards have no honour! At this point the Chief Warlock says since this has been investigated and no proof could be given that they weren't imperiused and since no Lord or direct family member could be given the truth serum without consent then the matter was settled.

No one saw the smirk that lifted Lady Potter's cheek as this was what she had said would happen and what she had counted on and now Lord Black would throw the whole Wizengamot into turmoil! Lord Black then states since this chamber will not police it's own and protect the innocent wizards and witches of this chamber, I will seek justice through magic itself! A hush hit the chamber like a Thunderbird's lightening strike! I am challenging each of these attackers to an Honour Duel to defend my wife and family, they have three options from this point, option one-immediately testify right now under veratiserum to prove their innocence, option two-accept an honour duel to the death against the House of Black's Champion, or I will declare a blood feud and will call all allies of House Black both in Britain and from the Continent. I know for a fact that is the one option none of these cowards will take. Make your damn choice! The Chief Warlock starts to speak but the Minister Bagnold jumps up first and says there is no need for violence and I know we can take a little time and calm down, Dumbledore says violence is not the answer and we all can see how these actions would not help our kind! Lord Black raises his voice once more and looks directly at Lord's Vincent Crabbe, Sr, Thomas Mulciber, Sr, Avery Goyle, Amycus Carrow, Theodore Nott, Sr,, Evan Rosier, and Carrow's sister Alecto and asks you have heard my challenge, I am Lord Black of House Black, answer or I declare a Blood-Feud starting tomorrow, get your affairs in order! Lord Mulciber had had enough of being called a liar and a coward even though both were true and he states I accept your Honor-Duel and will pad my vaults with Black gold and make your women my concubines, then one after the other the other five accept! There was a sudden blue light that lit up the chamber as magic accepted the vows and Dumbledore, Bagnold and Crouch hung their heads at what was to come, there would be PureBlood lines extinguished because of this. If they only knew what was yet to fall.

Lord Black looks each one of the seven attackers, Lord's Vincent Crabbe, Sr, Thomas Mulciber, Sr, Avery Goyle, Amycus Carrow, Theodore Nott, Sr,, Evan Rosier, and Carrow's sister Alecto, and states House Black demands the Duels to take place in three days in the Dueling Pit below the Ministry. The opposing party gets to name the time and would have been able to set the rules for spells but Lord Black had already claimed a duel to the death so that was bound by Magic itself. Lord Carrow sneers and snarks since you are so eager to die the duels will start at noon, and then says you may kill a few of us but we will eventually kill you and your line!

It was at this point that Dumbledore trying to regain control of the meeting asks if there is anymore business and it was then that Lord Potter stands and asks Head Auror Scrimgeour to please bring in the ones who attacked him and Lady Potter right before the meeting. Chief Warlock Dumbledore looks dumbfounded while Minister Bagnold asks just what is going on, when Head Auror comes in with Lord's Rowle, Rookwood who is a employee of the Ministries Unspeakables, Scabior and Rowle. Auror Scrimgeour addresses the Minister's table and says these four attacked and were then captured by Lord Potter while defending his Lady right before today's Wizengamot meeting! The Chief Warlock then demands to know why he or the Minister weren't informed and is told that they were already in the meeting by the time his aurors got them from in the street and to the holding cells! Barty Crouch, the head of the DMLE, then interjects that these men need to be interrogated before they can be brought before the Wizengamot, but he is interrupted by Lord Potter. Lord Potter says he won't waste the Wizengamots time with interrogations and investigations, he witnessed their attack, he fought off their attack, he unmasked each one and saw the Dark Lord's mark on each of their left arms! He then looks at each one and repeats what Lord Black had said earlier; I challenge each of you cowards to an Honour Duel, to defend my wife and family! You have three options from this point, option one-immediately testify right now under veratiserum to prove their innocence or guilt, option two-accept an honour duel to the death against the House of Potter's Champion, or I will declare a blood feud and will call all allies of House Potter both in Britain and from the Continent, and like Lord Black, I know for a fact that none of these cowards will take up that option. You have tested my patience beyond all reason and I now seek retribution, chose now! Lord Rowle who considered himself a very talented duelist spoke first and with a confident tone said I accept your challenge, then the others followed suit and again there was a Blue light that settled over each of the combatants and a loud gong sounded and their vows were accepted by Magic itself. Lord Potter speaks again and states that since the pit will be in use three days hence they might as well save the ministry time and money by holding the duels on the same day! Minister Bagnold who by this time is white as a sheet and Dumbledore who is seething at how this meeting went pearshaped, in order to show some authority says their duels will take place thirty minutes after the noon duel.

With all that was happening, and now all the talking being done by those in the audience, no one noticed the newly seated Lord Peverell leave his seat and walk towards Lord Black and say, Lord Black, I humbly ask that I be allowed to represent the House of Black in these duels with these honourless scoundrels. A pin could have been heard at this point! Lord Black looks Harry in the eyes and asks are you sure, and Harry responds rather loudly, yes, I am sure that I want to take your place in these duels, and if you don't mind asking your sister's husband if I can be allowed to face those four also. I promise on my life and magic not to let House Black or House Potter, suffer any embarrassment or loss, so mote it be! Again a blue light surrounded Lord Peverell and magic accepted his oath! The Minister of Magic(MoM) speaks and says Lord Black you know that if Lord Peverell is defeated not only does he lose everything but so do the House of Black? Before Lord Black can respond Lord Potter says I also accept Lord Peverell as House Potter's champion! The noise in the chamber gets wild and only the Chief Warlock hears Harry tell Lord Black, thank you, Uncle, I will make you proud!

A/N; Remember this is my first time writing so review and like, comment or ignore just let me know what you think!

A/N: I don't own anything relating to Harry Potter, but I might add a new character later to lighten the darkness!

Chapter 10: Family Recall and Fight plan

Chief Warlock Dumbledore doesn't move from his seat for a few minutes after the close of the debacle that was the Wizengamot Meeting. He is pondering who this new Lord is and why has Lord's Black and Potter seen fit to claim him as their champion. He knows there is something bigger in play here and he doesn't like being in the dark! It is at this moment that minister Bagnold turns to him and asks Albus what happened and how do we stop this? This very well could turn into a bloodbath and stretch all across the wizarding world? How could we not know that the Peverell line wasn't dead, not even the Unspeakables knew this! The Chief Warlock removes his glasses and rubs the narrow spot between his eyes and says Millicent I don't know, I just don't know and it seems there are wheels turning that none of us were aware of and I feel it isn't gonna be a painless lesson to learn! At this point Lord Black stands before Minister Bagnold and asks her permission to use her private floo back to Black Manor because of the likelihood of trouble before the duels. She agrees and leads the way as Lords Black and Potter with their Ladies and the mysterious Lord Peverell following. Miinnister Bagnold asks if there is anything she cold do or offer to stop the impending deaths, even though she knew magic had accepted the duels and people would lose their magic if not fulfilled. It was Lady Potter who answered, they were given choices, your ministry know what they attempted to do, now they will face justice by magic itself, and when magics champion, Lord Peverell here, ends these family lines then maybe some of you will see the threat they and their master pose to all of us! I recommend you not try to intervene or change anything that has been set in motion! They then grabbed a little bit of floo powered told the Minister good day and stepped in the green flames to Black Manor.

Lady Black calls for Binks nd asks that he bring some light refreshments to the parlor and she then invites the Potter's and Harry to sit for tea and cakes. As they are seated and are served, Lord Black confronts the elephant in the room and asks Harry how he plans on defeating eleven trained DeathEaters in one day! Harry says I have a plan but first we need to recall all of our immediate family home behind the walls, wards and safety of Black Manor or Potter Castle. Lady Potter informs Harry that James and Lily should already be at Potter Castle but calls for Claymore who confirms they are there but are eagerly awaiting answers to why they were summoned. Harry at this point tells them that Sirius, Remus Lupin, Andromeda, her husband Ted, and any other close family member or friend that could be targeted be allowed sanctuary for the time being. Lord Black tells Harry that Andromeda had been cast out of the family for marrying a muggle and she couldn't be brought back, Harry's face hardens a little and asks who kicked her out of the family and Lord Black says her father did. Harry then asks isn't it only true that the Lord of a family can kick someone out and by right reclaim if he wishes? Ladies Black and Potter's eyes open wide and say Harry is right but we think there is more to him and Andromeda than we know. Dorea asks Harry was he close to Andi as she was called and he says, she saved my life and as Lord Black I reinstated her, Ted, and her daughter, Nymphadora(but when she is born please don't call her that) who by the way will have one of the Black Family traits, she will be a metamorphagus! I love Andi like a mother and she helped me care for Dora's son Teddy(my Godson) after Bellatrix killed her and Remus. Those are just some of the things I intend to change, Tonks will not die! Dorea asks if there is anyone else that they need to contact and Harry says not at the moment but to tell James and Lily that whatever they do, they are not to bring Peter Pettigrew behind the wards at any Potter or Black residence! Harry also has an idea that could save some trouble so he asks Lord Black is there anyway to annul Narcissa Malfoy's wedding to Lucius Malfoy and reclaim her bride's dowry which was used to fund Voldemort's war. This would cause Voldemort troubles but Harry knows Tom will get funding somewhere but every galleon denied was a help! Harry also knew after he locked down the vaults of those he would duel in three days that would also be less galleons for bribes and attacks!

Lord Black tells Harry that he knew of no reason he could use as Lord Black to annul Narcissa's marriage as it would have lasting repercussions on House Black's reputation. Lady Black(Melania) interjects well most marriage contracts have clauses in them that can be used to annul the marriage if certain things happen or fail to happen, and Harry must know something we don't to suggest this, It could be infidelity clauses, not enough children clause's, spousal abuse or any number of things, and while Lord Black didn't write the marriage contract but he as Head of House Black can get a copy! We would need that copy of the marriage contract to see if any reason has been included to annul it and then meet with her to see if she would even want to! Some are happy to live a pampered life oblivious to what is going on until it bites them in the arse. Lord Black calls Binks and asks him to go to Grigott's and find Narcissa Malfoy nee Black's marriage contract to Lucius Malfoy and bring it to him. Binks pops away and Lady Black looks at Harry and states you already know there is a reason to annul Cissa's marriage don't you? Harry says yes I do but it will be her choice to step away from the DeathEater, rapist, thief, and murderer. In his previous time-line she had become enamored with the lifestyle that the Malfoy money granted her right up until her son and husband were killed and the Malfoy money was gone. He hoped she could be saved as that would mean one more family members survived Voldemort's insanity! Binks is back after a few minutes and apologizes for taking so long but the marriage contract was hidden in the vault of Cygnus Black and not put in the Black Family vault as was proper. This immediately causes Arcturus's eyes to narrow and ire to rise.

A/N's: I do not own, lay claim to, or make any profit off of anything Harry Potter! JKR owns Harry Potter and all that entails, I just play in a very small sandbox!

Chapter 11: Collecting Family

Lady Black calls Binks a asks him if he can find Andromeda Tonks nee Black since she had been kicked out of the family? He says yes Missus, if she has Black blood I can be finding her with ease. Melania tells him she wants to send her a letter and for him to wait on her response, she asks for quill and parchment and when Binks

returns she writes:

Dearest Andromeda;

I know this must be as big as a surprise to you receiving as it is to me writing this. There are things going on you need to be aware of. Lord Black and I ask that you and your husband Ted floo to Black Manor tomorrow night at 6PM to meet with us and let us explain what has happened and more importantly what is likely to happen. Andi, I know things have been hard for you but we still love you and you don't know it yet but there are others that love you also. Please accept this invitation and come, you won't regret it. We never agreed to you being disowned and kicked out of the family but your mother and father were insistent and we didn't do you justice by not getting your side and for that we are sorry. Binks will wait on your reply!

Love;

Lady Melania Black(Auntie Mel)

At the same time Lady Potter is writing a similar letter to James and Lily Potter telling them to contact Sirius and Remus and get them to Potter Castle and wait on them to come collect them at 6PM tomorrow evening. We will answer as many of your questions as possible then, just have them there and be ready. She then calls Claymore and sends him with the letter.

It was now that Lord Black sits and asks Lord Potter and Harry to join him as he reads thru the marriage contract of Narcissa Malfoy, nee Black. It has the normal marriage language, she has to be kept in her heretofore accustomed manner and as such she was granted a dowry of...Lord Black's eyes were livid, never has a dowry been this high except for a Princess of the crown, a million God Damn galleons! I will kill my brother and his bat-shit crazy wife! Lady Black sternly says language please and continue reading, I am sure Harry here has a very clever plan to retrieve those galleons, destroy Malfoy and hurt the Dark Lord all at the same time! Lord Black's still seething but continues to read and says that in order for him to annul the wedding and reclaim the dowry, Narcissa herself, and any children there would have to have been infidelity, abuse, or jail time. So far none of those could be proven so just what was Harry's plan? Harry asks Lord Black if Lord Malfoy had ever set foot in one of House Black's properties, Harry would never allow Malfoy into Black Manor. Lord Black says no that Narcissa nor Lord Malfoy had ever been in any of the Black properties except her parents home and their vacation home in Venice. Harry just smiled and asks Lord Black if he felt he would like to join in a prank that not only could get the galleons back from Malfoy and thus Voldemort, but also free his niece from a future hell, but stick it to his hated sister-in-law! Lord Black smiles and says I think I could be convinced but this sounds like something Sirius would do, Lord Potter speaks up and says yes and James and Remus would be right there with him! Harry lays out the plan, after Thursday's honour duels, Lord Black would send a message to Lord and Lady Malfoy requesting a meeting to discuss the future and the changes that would now take place in the Wizengamot after the loss of so many dark family votes. Malfoy would see this as an opportunity to maybe guide some power back towards himself. Harry knew Malfoy would never pass up this opportunity. Harry asked Lord Black to make sure his pensieve was available and that Lucius Malfoy's name was on the one-off list of the visitors allowed to whichever property they used. Lord and Lady Black grinned at the same time as Harry's plan clicked in their minds, once Malfoy accepted the invitation and entered the property of his own free will then he would be magically and honour bound to speak the truth while there, they knew that Malfoy would think his mind arts would keep him safe but the Black's had been around almost as long as the Potter's namely since around 1014 A.D. and their magic was stronger by far! They had plans ready and felt confident as Harry had already shown these Deatheaters were no match for him, but no plan survived first contact with the enemy or did it?

Tuesday, Dec 4 6 PM: Black Manor

Andromeda and Ted Tonks step into the floo at the Leaky Cauldron as their flat in muggle London didn't have floo access and ask for permission to enter Black Manor. Lady Black is waiting and grants access immediately. Andromeda and Ted are nervous as hell and Lady Black senses this and reaches over and wraps Andromeda into a fierce hug that is slowly returned and says Andi please feel welcome here and welcome home and winks at her. Ted's shoulders relax a little but he still has to face Lord Black. Lady Black leads them into the parlor where Potter's are awaiting James and Lily's arrival with Grayclay. It is just a few seconds later that Grayclay pops in with James and Lily and then repeats it with the arrival of Sirius and Remus Lupin. Lord Black welcomes everyone to his home and has Binksbring light drinks in because dinner would be served at seven. He then says there are things that have happened, are happening and things we have learned that are gonna lead to dangerous and painful times but if they stay the course and stay together then they would be fine. Lord Black looks at Andromeda and tells her she is as beautiful as ever and he can still laugh at the times she and her sisters would get up to all mischief. She gives a short laugh but speaks up and says Uncle it is great to see you and Auntie again after these few years but I am no longer a Black, why am I here? Lord Black's demeanor changes and says to her that things are more important that the dribbles of some maniacs neophyte like Walburga Black and family is one of them. He explains that he had someone explain to him how wrong it was as to what had happened to her and wanted that fixed and after listening and agreeing he wanted to offer her her place back in the family and all that entails if she wanted it. Andromeda looked at her Aunt's Melania and Dorea and smiling and then at her husband Ted who nodded his head and she responds to Lord Black with, Uncle it is my most fervent wish to welcomed back into my family but I can't in good conscience ever call my blood parents mother and father again. Lord Black shakes his head and says I can understand that but this offer doesn't involve your parents, I, Lord Black am offering this and it comes with all the benefits and costs that entails. Do you want to be a Black again? Andromeda smiles and says yes, Lord Black, I Andromeda Tonks nee Black do request to be reinstated to House Black with all benefits and obligations that it entails. Lord Black states that a proper dowry would be deposited in Andromeda's vault as well as access to her Black Family account! She was hugged by everyone especially her aunts. She was perplexed by the hug she got from the broad shouldered young man she felt like she should know but knew she had never met! Lilly just stares at Harry but doesn't say anything, but she feels a closeness passing ot off as family she listens to the others. Dorea sees the look of confusion on Andromeda's face and say's Andi let me introduce you to your cousin who recently arrived from the mainland. I would also like to introduce Harry to Lily, James, Sirius and Remus. They all shook hands and passed pleasantries for a few minutes when James asked Harry where he was from and how long he was staying. Lord Potter speaks up and says it was found during an inheritance test that Harry was Lord Peverell, the first in over two hundred years, as well as kin to the Black's and Potter's. The others were amazed but Dorea says there is more they all should know and that is the reason they were all there and would be staying at Black Manor or Potter Castle.

Lord Black says we have things to discuss and things to let each of you know, especially why James, Lily, Sirius, and Remus were gathered and secluded behind the wards of our family homes. Andromeda please don't feel slighted at not being summoned sooner but after the Lord and Lady Potter were attacked..."WHAT". James and Sirius jumped up and said together. Lord Potter told them both to sit down and they will hear the story but not to interrupt again until it was told. Lord Black starts again, Andi we knew you would be safe until you were brought back to the family because of your parents stupidity, so we felt we could wait a few more days. There are He-who-must-not-...to hell with it, Voldemort has his bootlickers trying to scare people to donate to his cause or have them killed. Lady Black and myself were attacked three days ago in Diagon Alley by seven of the swine but we were saved by Lord Peverell, who took down all seven in seconds. I could have fought off two or three and Melania could have held her own against any one of them but together without Lord-Harry's intervention we would have died. Then Monday right before the Wizengamot Meeting Lord..Charlus and Dorea were attacked by four more bootlickers, again Harry intervened at the right moment and agin captured the criminals.

Lord Black says at this point I think Harry should take over the rest and what we are gonna do about it. Harry says first, I am Harry not Lord Peverell or any of the other titles that I have attached to my name, Lord and Lady Black and Lord and Lady Potter both nod as if to say don't say any more yet! All eleven of those scum that attacked our kin were captured and turned over to the Aurors where they were summarily released because they claimed to be Imperiused and by law they could not be forced to testify under veritaserum because they are Pure-Bloods. James starts to say something but Harry raises his palm and says just wait and listen. Monday at the Wizengamot Meeting I claimed my Lordship of House Peverell after being presented by Lord Black, who then says I'm Uncle Arcturus unless we are in a formal setting. Harry says, Uncle Arcturus presented me and we thought some of the members were gonna have a stroke when I sat between Auntie Melania and "Auntie" Dorea. It threw them off their game as I was between a Black and a Potter.

Now here comes the fun part, after I was confirmed and seated and old whisker face asked for any legal items and the Minister and Head of the DMLE said everything was fine and nothing to be concerned about when Uncle Arcty stood up and asked about no charges being filed and got the bullshit about the Imperius claim. Lord Black then told them all if he couldn't get justice for Lady Black in court he would get in one way or the other and challenged them all to an Honour Duel(he named everyone who attacked them}, testify under veritaserum or he would declare a blood feud! Of course Minister Bagnold and Dumbledore argued against the use of violence but we will have justice. After things started to settle in the meeting Lord Potter asked to speak and he then brought out the attack against him and Lady Potter and he issued the same challenge to those four(he names the four who attacked them also), they too having little choice because a blood feud would see their houses destroyed accepted. Sirius looked at James and almost as one said, how will the two of you, Lord's Black and Potter, fight eleven wizards and survive, Sirius says I know you are both very deadly but those are some of He-who-must-not-be-named best fighters. Harry continues and says they won't be in the duelling pit, I will, I will kill each and every one of them. But I have a plan that will get them all in the pit at the same time, and I hear you two(James and Sirius) are very good yourselves and always love a good prank, are you interested? James and Sirius look at each other and say together, to get a chance to kill the bastards who attacked our family, yea count us in! Harry says I will do the killing, I just need you to help me piss them off and get them to agree to get in the Pit all at the same time against us three. Your job will be to shield me for about twenty-five seconds, I will teach you a shield that will stop any spell, even the three unforgivables. Harry looks at Andromeda and says, Mrs. Tonks you don't know me but as a member of the Black family I trust you implicitly and by proxy that goes for your husband, I would like to ask that either you or your husband sit in the Peverell seat as my proxy in the Wizengamot. I will not tell you how to vote all that I ask is that you oppose anything that could benefit Voldemort or his cronies, especially Lucius Malfoy, and his ilk. Adromeda looks at Harry and asks Lord Peverell I notice you call he-who-must-not-be-named by Voldemort, why is that. Harry smiles and says Andi, if I may have leave to call you that, you are a true Black. I call him by either his christian name which is Tom Marvolo Riddle or his made up moniker Voldemort, he is neither a PureBlood nor a Lord. He is the bastard son of Merope Gaunt and a muggle Thomas Riddle, she used a love potion on his father and let the potion wear off after getting pregnant thinking he would love her. He was a dashing young man and well to do while she was poor and rather plain even though she came from a pureblood family. Once Thomas Riddle realized she was a witch and had potioned him he left and she ran away. She died shortly after giving birth to Tom and he was raised in an orphanage before Albus Dumbledore brought him to Hogwarts and he started his descent into madness! I will kill him but first I will destroy all his followers! James says you sure seem pretty sure you can do all this when Lord Black says, I saw a little of what he can do and believe me those eleven that attacked us and Lord and Lady Potter will die Thursday. Andromeda says Lord Peverelll, Harry, I think it would be best if I sat proxy in your seat as it will cause less turmoil and Ted is really busy with his practice, that is if it is alright with Uncle Arcturus. Harry looks at Lord Black who nods and says that is great, Andi, you will sit in my seat and Mr. Tonks, who them speaks up and says call me Ted, I would like to hire you as my solicitor for House Peverell, send your retainer fee to Griphold, at Gringott's and he will see you paid. Lord Potter then speaks that it is getting late and that Lord Peverell, James and Sirius have a prank to prepare for tomorrow.

A/N; Some of Harry's acquaintance's may die in this fic, all of those he primarily went back to save will survive. This will get brutal shortly so buckle up! I don't own or profit from Harry Potter!

Chapter 12: Marauders Fight Again!

Wednesday Dec. 5

James, Remus and Sirius arrive at Black Manor at eight AM, Harry is already in the practice room and has worked up quite the sweat! They go down to the training room and Harry tells them that they will spar with him for a while and then he will teach them the Protego Maximus Superior shield. The two marauders like to think they are very good at fighting together and as Aurors they are formidable but they soon learn that the one stalking them today is the Apex predator. As soon as they are ready, Harry tells them to start and they sent stunners, confrigo's, body binds and other non-lethal spells at Harry but he bats them away and says, I thought you two were formidable? Remus is laughing his ass off on the side! They seem to get more serious but almost immediately they are hit from nowhere and are laying in the floor when Harry rennervates them. James looks at Sirius and asks is he really serious, and Sirius says no I'm Sirius but he is frigging scary! Harry helps them up and conjures a ice cold butterbeer and tells them, for tomorrow all I need you to do is shield, I will take their magic making them squibs then I will kill each one. I don't want your hands dirty in this and I will teach you the magic you will need to survive and protect your families in the future, just help me get them all in the pit at the same time! The rest of the day was spent practicing and perfecting the shield and resting and talking about flying, quidditch and pranks. That is until Lady Black and Lady Potter arrived.

Lady Potter ever the planner and plotter tells Harry and the three to meet them in the parlor as they have some things to talk over. Harry, James, Remus and Sirius are sat in the parlor when Dorea starts, what you are going to attempt tomorrow is dangerous to not only the Black's and Potter's but to every family that is not aligned with Voldemort9yes, if Harry can say his name so can I!) Once and I have complete faith in you three, I have seen what Lord Peverell can do and I know that James and Sirius can handle themselves extremely well, together you three will be a maelstrom over a small boat in the ocean! It is what happens after that we need to be prepared for. James, you and Lily as of today are not to go out in public without either me, your father or Harry knowing, Sirius and Remus same with you except Lord and Lady Black must know. I have already told Andromeda to pack her things and move herself and her husband here. It is gonna be dangerous until after tomorrow afternoon and any Black or Potter will be a target until then, especially for Andromeda once it is found that she is restored to House Black. Once this has been settled in the dueling pit hopefully it will slow Voldemort's attacks and it will drain off some of his remaining support other than idiots like Lucius Malfoy, but Harry says he will deal with him. Harry speaks and says Malfoy is a dead man walking and I will save Narcissa if I possibly can. Sirius asks why would he save her since she is married to the deatheater scum and Harry says, she is a Daughter of House Black, she is my cousin, she is yours and James's cousin, family is everything, if it is possible to save her I will, if I can't or she refuses then she will meet the same fate that Bellatrix has coming for her! For whatever reason James and Sirius looked at each other both thinking this is one son of a bitch I would not want pissed off at me! Dorea then looks seriously at Harry and says, Harry you remember what I told you about what you have to do when you kill these Heads of Houses and claim the Lordship of each house? You realize your responsibility to the women and children and what will happen to them if you don't fulfill your duty? Harry looks at his Grandmother and then at his Aunt Melania and lets out a long breath, yes, I know my responsibilities and I will fulfill them once. I will them give each a mandate to follow and then their own choices will either save them or destroy them. Dorea just nods her head, she knows what burden lay on his shoulders! Lady Black gets into the conversation and asks just how do they expect to get all eleven in the pit at the same time? Sirius starts and says it's all a matter of the right language with PureBlood snobs and James interjects and we both know how to get under their skins, we made a habit out of riling up Malfoy, Crabbe, Goyle, Knott, Rosier and a few of the others. They will think it child's play to be eleven on three! Binks pops in and says dinner was ready in thirty minutes, and Lord's Potter and Black walk in and asks are they ready for tomorrow? Harry says nonchalantly I am as ready as I can be with these two with me, maybe I should have asked Remus he seems more level headed but one must make do with what one has. Sirius and James look at each other and say, I think we have each just been insulted. Everyone got a laugh and started walking to the dining room for dinner. After a sterling supper of roast beef, seasoned potatoes, and steamed vegetables, with a fine Black Family Vineyard Red wine Harry said he was going to retire a little early and maybe converse with some old friends, James, Sirius and Remus thought he meant writing letters, but the others knew h e was going to talk to his families portraits he brought back with him.

Harry goes to his room and says Nana, Grandfather, Uncle and Auntie, tomorrow I will strike my first blow to end the war before it starts. He fills them in on all the plans they have and just like the living Dorea Potter his Nana says Harry remember your obligation to the innocents of the families you are gonna take over. Again Harry says, you never change Nana because your younger self has told me the same thing 3 times, she looks smug and says I am always right!Arcturus says Harry once you are in that pit, from the moment the shields go up, you are at war. They will not abide by rules and they will take any shortcut or use anything against you so be prepared. I wish me and Charlus could be with you and he was about to say something else when Harry says if all goes to plan I will have two in the pit with me against all eleven at the same time. Charlus gets a grim look on his face and asked who will be with him and Harry says my Dad and Sirius!If a painting could have facepalmed itself Dorea's would have but she says they are very good duelers so at least you won't be alone. Harry says all they have to do is piss them off and them throw up a shield although I will have a shield up that neither will know is there, then I will kill them all nd you and so many others will be avenged! Aunt Melania says not avenged Harry, we will have been saved, you have a huge burden to bear, please don't lose sight of who and what you are. War changes people and you have a good heart, don't lose it on revenge add to it with the love of those you care for! Then Harry gets a solemn look on his face and asks his Nana Dorea, I won't know how to deal with the widows of these families and how to bring them back into the new house, I will need guidance and I don't think I would feel comfortable talking to your living self, will you help me? Dorea looks at Harry with all the love in her heart and says always Harry, I will always help my precious grandson! Now get some rest and do what is needed tomorrow! Lord Black says Lord Peverell as your Uncle, and as your family I could not be more proud of you. Lord Potter says Harry, whatever happens tomorrow I am so proud of you and the man you have become, kill each one of the bastards that killed your grandmother for me! Aunt Melania, Lady Black, always soft spoken and loving tells Harry to do what he must and come back to them whole and that she loves him! Harry went to bed and had a peaceful nights sleep, readying himself for the fight that would happen on the morrow!

A/N: I don't own Harry Potter or any part of the series, it belongs to JK Rowling.

On to the fight, slaughter, massacre, bludgeoning, or whatever bloody scenario one could think of!

Chapter 13: Time to Kill!

Thursday, Dec. 6

There were forty aurors stationed around the ministry the morning of the scheduled Honour Duels. Minister Bagnold wasn't gonna have any trouble spilling over outside that would put her ministry in a bad light. Chief Warlock Albus Dumbledore had arrived early in hopes of talking both sides out of this fight, using his tired old lines of violence never solves anything, everyone deserves a second chance, or why can't we all just get along. Of course none of it had an ice cubes chance in hell of stopping what was gonna happen in a short while.

All the deatheaters arrived together around half eleven and were boasting of what they were going to do, how they were going to do it and the fun they will have with all the Peverell, Potter and Black fortune's the innuendo of what fun they would have with the family members went unsaid but threatened. The families of the eleven were escorted into the viewing chambers after being checked for wands. All got deathly quiet as Lord and Lady Black, Andromeda and Ted Tonks which drew stares were seated. Then Lord and Lady Potter, and Lily Potter with Remus Lupin but not James were seated beside them on the same row. Lord Mulciber looks up and yells, what neither of you want to be down here when we slaughter your so called champion? He may get one or two of us but we will eventually kill him and then you! It was at this point that Lord Peverell made his appearance. Harry was dressed in his black Dragonhide armor, his thick leather duster with Caladbolg disillusioned on his back.

Harry starts to speak but it seemed time stopped when he heard a sweet voice that he hadn't heard in over a week. In front of him stands Lora and she says Harry today starts the fight to return that which was lost, right what was wrong and kill those that need killing! Harry smiles and asks Lora you sure have been quiet lately, and she says, well I have a lot of things to do and you seemed to be about your business. Now send these assholes to hell where they should have already been. I will be talking to you soon, remember do not hold back, do not show mercy, do want needs doing, good luck Harry, but luck has no part here!

Lord Nott snarls at Harry and says Lord Peverell, your about to be the shortest named Lord in history, I'm gonna enjoy dolling my wife and mistress up with your gold! No one saw the look of disgust on his wife's face in the viewing area! Chief Warlock Dumbledore interrupts and says quiet, there is no need for vulgarity in front of those present to see this barbaric fight. While I can't stop it, I will at least have decorum here. Aurors step in between the parties until it is time! It was now that another person arrived on Lord Peverells end of the pit and laughs at Lord Nott, every one recognizes it is Sirius Black! Sirius asks out loud did he get his sir name for Nott being up to the task, Nott being stiff enough under pressure or just Nott good enough period? Inquiring minds want to know! Lord Nott screams after they get thru with Peverell he would be next, not knowing this was the exact comment Dorea had expected and she had advised Sirius to strike with the all-in challenge while they were angry. Sirius looks at those on the opposite end of the pit and says we have the pit scheduled for all day, why don't we make this quick and easy! Why don't all ten of you LORD's step in the pit at the same time since it will magically expand to give everyone one room and let's say Lord Peverell, my self and one more if we can round one up will fight all of you at once? Of course if ten PureBloods are afraid of a Half-Blood, a Blood-Traitor and a walkon we could go one on one till Lord Peverell has slaughtered each of you! This was more than Evan Rosier could stand and he yelled try to find one more fool to get in here with you and we will kill all three of you, but we are eleven not ten! It was at that time that James Potter stepped out from under his invisibility cloak and smiled at them with a feral smile of a Lion that has just caught the gazelle! I will be glad to help kill the men that tried to kill my parents and my Aunt and Uncle!

Lord Peverell then speaks, I know there are ten Lord's in the pit but there is also one witch. I prefer not to kill females so I offer her this one chance to walk out and hope her brother wins because after I kill him, I will deal with her as the Lord of her House! Alecto Carrow screams at Harry and says I will be in the pit with my brother and my friends, we will destroy you, and then the Black and Potter families! This ends today, we should have killed you earlier! Harry then says to James and Sirius be prepared for them to jump the count, shield only, let your magic flow out of you and accept it's gifts. I will do the rest, do not move forward after the casting has started! Minister Bagnold puts her wand to her throat and casts a sonorus charm so all could hear her, the duel will start in five minutes, at straight up noon, Head of the DMLE Barty Crouch, Sr will give the signal to begin, this is the last opportunity for anyone who wishes to leave to do so. She waits two minutes and says bring up the shields, which the aurors do and combatants prepare to fight! Lord Peverell doesn't slip his wand into his right hand, instead he reaches across his left shoulder and draws the largest sword any of those present had ever seen a man wield! The DeathEaters start to laugh and start yelling you will never get close enough to use that cumbersome thing! Where did you learn magic, in the backwoods chopping firewood? At thirty seconds before noon Crouch started counting down and he got to 15, 14, 13..10, Harry started chanting and Imihaku Mana Pono(this is an old Maori spell, that strips the magic from those it is cast on, once cast it doesn't stop until all magic is from the victim and transferred permanently to the caster),over and over while James and Sirius whispered the Protego maximus superior and brought up their shield, just as Harry expected the Deatheaters jumped the count at 2 seconds and started firing are sorts of curses from unforgivables which are allowed in a duel to the death, to bone breakers, bone crushers, organ liquifiers, to blood boilers and blood thickeners. Nothing got threw the shields and Lord Peverell kept chanting, the deatheaters had started to notice that their spells were getting weaker and weaker. Many knew their own strength and knew that something wasn't right, they weren't near their core limit yet but some wasn't right. Lily Potter was biting her knuckles as she watched the deatheater spells being stopped by the shield in front of her husband, his best friend and the strange yet familiar man called Lord Peverell! It was then that some of the members of the audience could see that the many were not wearing down the few, in fact they weren't even making them cast spells yet that they could see! It was then the first to fall to his knees was Igor Scabior, then Thorfinn Rowle followed by Alecto Carrow who had lasted longer than two of the Lords! In short order the rest went to their knees, Lord's Crabbe, Goyle, Mulciber, Nott, Amycus Carrow, Rosier and lastly Lords Rookwood and Dolohov! They were on their knees without a spell hitting any of them. The spectator gallery and the Table where the Chief Warlock sat with Minister Bagnold and DMLE head Barty Crouch were stunned. The wives of some of these Lords were watching quietly in hopes that their husbands would be ended today, while a few were scared for what was to come!

Everyone outside of the pit thought that the fight was over but the Lord Peverell drops the silencer spells and speaks loudly, this is a duel to the death, get off your knees and fight like the so called superior beings you consider yourselves! Either get up and fight or I will kill you where you stand, there will be as much mercy here today as you have shown the muggle born you have murdered, the mercy you have shown those women and children of PureBloods whom you consider blood traitors, or the mercy you would have shown Lord's and Lady's Potter and Black! Lord Peverell then casts his first spell as he rips off the left sleeves of each of their robes to show the mark of the Dark Lord! As the audience gasps and the head table sucks their breath, Harry starts walking towards Lord Nott who hasn't moved since he went to his knees, Harry puts Caladbolg back in his shoulder sheath and says to the crowd these men do not warrant the sullying of my blade with their cowards blood! Harry binds Nott with ropes and lifts him off his feet, he whispers in his ear, this is for trying to kill my family, this is for killing my wife, none of you will walk away from here today and I will end your lines! Harry reaches to his hip with his right hand and pulls a goblin made knife similar to a kabar and rams it under Notts chin and thru his brain! Harry drops the former Lord Nott to the ground and starts toward Lord Carrow, Sirius and James yell at him that they are beaten, but Harry tells them to stay put, in here there is no mercy, there is no sympathy only death and those who can dispense it. These men and one woman made their choice and today they pay for their choice not only with their lives but with their families, vaults, and properties! Harry reaches Amycus Carrow and he whispers to him this is for the first years you tortured in the future as Harry slits his throat and drops him on the spot! The viewing chamber is getting loud with the screams of family members and with the wretching of the people throwing up everywhere. Lord Peverell never hesitates as he slits the throat of everyone of the deatheaters(telling each why they are being slaughtered), until there is no one left but Antonin Dolohov and Harry! Harry steps up to where Dolohov is on his knees and grabs him by his robes and drags him to his feet, he whispers to Dolohov and says your death won't be as fast nor as painless, today I repay you for what you would have done 25 years into the future to my Hermione, from where I came from! Dolohov tries to yell but Harry has silenced him and Harry throws him back five feet and conjures his flame-whip. Dolohov tries to catch his balance but Harry wraps the whip around Dolohov's right arm and slices it off cauterizing the wound as he does so! Harry then does the same to the left arm, then he hits Dolohov with the flaming whip repeatedly across his back and sides until finally Harry whips it around Dolohov's neck and removes his head! It is over, all eleven of the deatheaters are dead, ten head of houses dead, ten seats on the wizengamot vacant in a matter of minutes.

Harry turns and calls for James and Sirius to come beside him, then he looks at the officials table and says loudly, I administered the justice that you should have, I have avenged many innocents who never would have died if you had done your job, today, this moment by Right of Conquest, and by right of our Ancient Laws and Magic, I claim lordship of House Knott, of Houses Mulciber, Carrow, Dolohov, Scabior, Rookwood, Rowle, Goyle, Crabbe, and Rosier! All of a sudden a loud thrum was heard and Lord Peverell was glowing as Magic judged him and his claim of Lordships, then on each of his fingers the Lords Ring of each house appeared on his hands! As Harry drops his hands to his side and he hugs both James and Sirius, thank you for having my back Sirius just snorts and says yea you really needed us! I just can't wrap my head around killing men and women who are beaten, and Harry says what would they have done to your Aunt and Uncle, to Lord and Lady Potter, this war will have no place for mercy, either you give no quarter or you stay behind the wards at Black Manor or Potter Castle. I don't expect any quarter and I sure as hell won't be giving any, I will kill every deatheater and Voldemort supporter I can! Harry didn't realize it at the time but the shield and silencing charms had come down and everyone in the chamber heard every word he had said! DMLE Head crouch yelled for the aurors to arrest Lord Peverell for murder since he killed them after he had disarmed them. Lord Black stands and speaks Director Crouch you have no authority in this matter, this was a duel to the death and the deceased had every opportunity to kill my nephews, all three of them, the crowd started murmuring all three? Lord Peverell gave them a fair fight, he fought under the rules of the duel and our own laws, he will not be punished for winning and besides I think you, the Minister and the Chief Warlock better look to your own lives as now Lord Peverell has 13 votes at his disposal in the Wizengamot, his own 3 plus the ten he just got through the new Lordships! Minister Bagnold about choked as she told Crouch to be quiet and that no one would be arrested as no laws were broken and surely they could all work together to make the wizarding world a better place, strangely Albus Dumbledore was quiet! Lord Peverell then says as he starts to walk out of the pitch, I will aid those who fight tyranny, I will aid the innocents who can't fight for themselves, but I will utterly destroy those who harm innocents and those who willingly stand by and let those things happen!Regardless of who it is and what title they carry as he looked directly at the Chief Warlock, he left the pit and headed towards his family!

A/N: Anyone who didn't get the fact that Harry let the world know he can do wandless magic at an extreme level, are now aware! This Harry will be brutal, he will also kind to those who deserve it.I don't own Harry Potter or any part of the series, it belongs to JK Rowling. In this chapter Lord Peverell will explain a little to his "family", and start to deal with some of the Lordships he has taken.

Chapter 14: A Lull and Consolidation!

Lord Peverell, James and Sirius make their way to where the Blacks, Tonks, and Potters are waiting, while everyone makes a hasty retreat from their path. No one wants to get in the way of the three men who just destroyed a third of the wizards on the Wizengamot with little effort! Lord Black looks at the three and says well done, we will talk back at the Manor. Harry says that is good because he needs a shower, fresh clothes and a drink, James and Sirius readily agree. Lily grabs James and hugs him like he had been gone for months, Lady Black and Lady Potter both hug the three and say yes we have much to discuss and Harry you have much yet to do today, but let's return to the Manor and prepare the path.

The path through the ministry was open as everyone got out of the way as the retinue of Lord's Peverell, Black and Potter made their way out before apparating back to Black Manor. Harry, James and Sirius all went to their ensuites and showered and dressed then came back down. Binks had provided beverages and snacks and all the ladies were gathered on the sofas while the men were seated around fireplace. Arcturus starts the conversation with the three duelists and tells them how great a job they did and that they should be proud of protecting the honour of their houses. He also asked Harry why he never pulled his wand, just his sword but even then didn't use it? Harry tells them all that the magic he used was an old Tribal spell he learned during his travels to the South Pacific. There is no wand movements necessary as the power of the caster and the intent of the spell does the work. Lilly then asks just what did it do because all she could see was James and Sirius's shielding and hearing Lord Peverell chanting. Harry looks at Lily a little long before he says Lily, I am Harry, I will always be Harry to you and all those in this room. Dorea and Melania smiled at one another, they knew this was going to get tougher before it got easier if it ever did! The spell I used is called Imihaku Mana Pono, it basically drains the magic from those it is cast upon and strengthens the magic of the caster! Lord Potter states that would be rather handy in a fight but Harry says not only in a fight but forever, the magic stays with the spell caster and those fighting with him or her! James speaks up and says what... how...it supposedly makes me stronger too? Harry says yes, if you were to check your core right now it would show you it has grown. Sirius says a person could get crazy on that spell but Harry tells him no, there is danger in the spell as it will strip the magic from any who use it for evil or trying to steal magic. Magic can tell the spellcasters intent and will respond with help or with vengeance depending on the situation. In this case I already knew what it would do so I used it, now those who would dare to attack any of you or our loved ones don't know what I can and this and will think twice before confronting us.

Dorea says Harry, we need to set up a schedule of meeting with the Lady's of each House you claimed today. Since they can't come through the wards here at Black Manor or at Potter Castle, maybe it would be best to get Gringott's to set aside a room and meet with each Lady there to determine how to proceed. Harry agrees and asked if Aunt "Dorea" and Aunt Melania would sit in the meetings with him since they knew at least some of the women and give advice and guidance as they were the Matrons of their houses and would know best how to run and maintain a House. Lord Potter speaks up and says Harry, send Grayclay Gringott's and let him see about arranging a meeting room where you can meet with each Lady and also the account manager of each house. Arcturus says this would be quicker and also once the room is arranged Harry, being the head of each house could just call the house elf of each house to deliver a message for the meeting. It was here that Andromeda and Lily asks why Harry had to meet with each of the Lady's of each house and Dorea answers her. Dorea says Lily, Andi, what happened today has grave consequences on the women and children of those houses. Harry by fighting and killing the Lord of each House is now head of those Houses, follow me so far, they both nod. By right of conquest everything that belonged to those houses is now Harry's, the vaults, the properties, the debts, the Wizengamot seats and the women. Andi knew this but had somehow let it slip through her thoughts as she was still thrilled to be back in the House of Black, but Lily being a muggleborn says so now those women are his to do with as he pleases, basically chattel, whores, slags? Dorea says in a way yes, but Harry is to honourable for that. He will do right by the one's who deserve it and have not caused harm to innocents, but to those who have aided and partook in their husbands crimes, they will be punished either by being disowned and kicked out of their families or executed if found to have broken faith with the new Lord. Lily says that is barbaric and they all agree but Melania says until we can change the minds of more people in the Wizengamot nothing will change and today Harry struck a huge blow to that body. She continues Harry alone controls 13 of the votes, that is a fourth of all votes, add in those he is allied with and he can change much with just a few more houses joining him!

Harry asks for Grayclay who pops right in and asks how he may serve, Harry says thank you and asks if he would go to The Perverell Account manager Griphold, and see about renting a meeting room for a day. Then Harry tells Grayclay, to send a message to each account manager of the houses he took over today, House Goyle, Crabbe, Rowle, Dolohovo, Rookwood, Mulciber, Carrow, Nott, Rosier, and Scabior and let them know I want to meet with the widows of each family or the Lady of each House. Grayclay pops out and Binks lets them know dinner is ready and the yall move to the formal dining area. Different conversation are going on around the table when Charlus asks Harry if he will be taking up any seats on the Wizengamot or will he assign a proxy as he did with the Peverell vote. Harry quickly says he won't be taking the seat and would like to divide the votes up. I was hoping to throw a little discord amongst the sheep by putting a few wolves in the midst, I was hoping that Aunt Melania and Aunt "Dorea" would take a few of the proxies, and that maybe some of the Houses I have won have some women like those of House Potter and House Black who will lead their houses better now that they will have some say in how they are run. You know make them feel they are worth more than arm candy and baby factories, let them show that they are more than they are given credit for. Andromeda smiles and says, Oh, I like him, Ted you better watch out! Dorea said that sounds like a great idea and they will all listen and watch the meetings and see who if any could be trusted for that!

Grayclay pops back in and tells Harry, Lord Peverell that Gringott's had approved him leasing an office and that each of the Account Managers of his new Lordships had agreed to send owls to the Lady's or Heirs of each house to meet their new Lord. The meetings were scheduled over five days and two hour each was allotted for each. Griphold had also sent along a meeting schedule and list of who Lord Peverell would be meeting with. The meetings would start on Saturday at ten in the morning, there would be a two hour break between meetings for Lord Peverell and the Account Managers to legalize the changes. The meeting order would be set according to the rank of the houses with House's Nott, Mulciber, Goyle, Rosier, and Rowle being Ancient and Noble Houses, while Houses Crabbe, Carrow, Dolohov, Rookwood and Scabior were just Noble Houses. Harry asks Lady's Potter and Black what they knew about the Lady of House Nott and Mulciber and what he should expect? Lady Black, Harry Aunt Melania answers Lady Nott, Elizabeth or Liza nee Wincombe was a beautiful and vivacious young lady in her Hogwarts days. She was always kind and would help just about anyone who asked, that was until she was betrothed to Lord Nott, who forbade her from socializing with, befriending any, and securing her away from any but the Pure Blood friends he had. There is one child a girl Candace three years old. Aunt Melania then tells Harry she may be one who can help them if she hasn't been beaten down to just follow whatever the PureBloods are spouting, I would recommend saving her if you can or at least setting her up with a stipend and let her have one of the smaller properties as long as she swears fealty and loyalty to you as Lord. The Notts are wealthy, not like the Black's and certainly not the Potter's, I'm not sure about the Peverell wealth but since it is one of the oldest families I am sure you are provided for, so getting this away from the DeathEaters and Voldemort will benefit us all. Harry looks at Aunt "Dorea" to see if she was gonna add anything and after she nodded Harry says, I can work with that, now how about House Mulciber? Aunt"Dorea" takes this one with a sneer and says, Lady Mulciber, Miriam(Miri) nee Waverly, is twenty years younger than her Lord was. She was betrothed to him at thirteen, and married at seventeen, many believe her family was basically forced to sell her for some perceived slight or debt. She is a sullen looking thing who rarely ventures out unless she was at some function her Lord wanted to show her off at. Fortunately there were no children as of yet so this is one that I think can easily be handled if gently. Andromeda then says Miri was in Ravenclaw a year below me, she didn't care about what house you were in only that you were a good person. I would love to see her given a new hope even if I didn't really know her well! Harry speaks to Lord Potter and Black and asks, what to do with their vaults and properties? Should I move everything, should I leave it in the vaults they are in, should I kept the Account Managers or let Griphold and Sharpeye take them over? Arcturus and Charlus step aside for a few minutes to discuss their thoughts and when they return Lord Black says, Harry we would advise leaving the vaults like they are except changing the locks to require blood to open, if you let any of the Lady's retain access give them a stipend to manage the Manor and living expenses, renew the bonds with any house-elves they have sworn only to you and to follow your orders until such time you have trust in the Lady. Harry nods and says thank you, that is a huge help and good advice, it will be better if I can at least work with some of these Lady's instead of disowning them and casting them out or worse having to kill them. Lord Black looks at Harry and then in his Lordly voice asks Lord Peverell, you do know your duty to the house you are now Lord of am I correct? Harry pales a little but in the same manner answers, yes Lord Black, I know my duty to House and Magic, I will seal it with each as soon as I can. Lily asks what do they mean by duty to House and Magic, as he is Lord and his word goes? Lily being a muggle-born doesn't realize what is being talked about, and then asks Lord Peverell would you really kill the women of those houses? Lord Black starts to speak, but Dorea says, brother it is best that I answer this as you tend to be a little on the blunt, crude and straight to the point side. Charlus quips yea, better her than you, James or GOD forbid Sirius get involved in that conversation! Dorea tells them to be nice and then she looks at Lily and says that Harry has certain responsibilities to the Houses he claimed. In that, I mean he as Lord has to see to the everyday running of the house, the financial needs of the house, the welfare of those in the house, and he has to claim the Lady of the House at least once to consummate the House or disown the women and any children so they can't claim or inherit anything from the house. That would also throw those to the wolves so to speak as they would have no protection from wicked Lord's or wizards, no funds to provide for themselves so Knockturn Alley would get an influx of 'fresh" women who would have to do anything to survive. So while this seems brutal and barbaric, Harry has put himself in a situation that many wizards would love to be in, that is being in control of all this money and having all these women who basically are at his every call. Lord Peverell will do his duty to the houses he feels he can save, to those that he and we as he has asked Lady Black and me for guidance don't feel that way about the Lady's will be dealt with in a manner fitting the way they have treated others. They can't hide anything from Harry, he can read them like a book leaving it unsaid that he is a master legillimens. Harry bids everyone a good night and heads up to his bedroom. Soon everyone has said goodnight and retired to their suites when most heard Lily say James we need to talk, I need to know everything you might have to do when your become Lord Potter, and I mean everything, because there isn't gonna be but one woman in this relationship. Sirius and Remus heard James yelp as Lily slapped him in the back of the head as he was going up the stairs! Then Lily says and no comments from the pea-nut gallery you two or I will be hexing you, silence was heard from the two frightened marauders!

A/N: The meetings begin, Harry even after being married to 5 gets nervous!

A/N: I don't own Harry Potter or any part of the series, it belongs to JK Rowling.

Chapter 15: Meetings and Consequences!

Saturday 8 Dec. 10AM

Gringott's Bank Meeting room

Lord Peverell is sitting in a meeting room under his invisibility cloak deep inside Gringott's Bank awaiting the arrival of the Lady Nott. Griphold is sitting with Lady Black and Lady Potter and as he grins at them and says it is never dull around him is it? They both smile and say that they haven't had a calm moment since the minute that young man came into their lives! Lady Potter says but we are so thankful Harry did because otherwise we would not have survived. Since that moment we have come to love him as our own, and we claim him as both a Potter and Black and he will always have the support of both our houses. That is why we are here today, to support Lord Peverell through this transition from head of one house to head of many. To help him discern who he can trust and whom he may have to deal with in other ways. Lord Peverell asked us to guide him through these meetings and give advice on how to deal with the Ladies and any children he either has to claim or disown. This as you know is a terrible burden as to Lord Peverell family is everything! Griphold responds that to every Goblin family means everything also. At that moment there was a knock on the door and Griphold says time is money and we have a limited amount of both. Lady Black then tells the person to enter.

A woman of medium height, with blonde hair, and very nice looking enters with her head held high, but one could see the nervousness and maybe even a little fear in her eyes. She says I am Lady Elizabeth Nott, widow to Lord Nott , I have a 3 year old daughter named Candace. I thought I was to be meeting my new Lord, Lord Peverell? Lady Potter stands up and walks around the table and offers her hand which Lady Nott takes for just a second as Lady's do. She says I am Lady Potter, Matron of House Potter and this is Lady Black, Matron of House Black, now that all the pleasantries are dispensed please sit and let's talk a bit. Lord Peverell has set aside 2 hours for this initial meeting and we don't want to waste his time as well as Griphold's time. Lady Nott, Dorea starts may I call you Elizabeth all the propriety makes these conversations dull and I know you are wary and probably frightened as to what will happen to you and especially your daughter. Lady Nott says please call me Liza and yes I am scared and unsure of my and my daughters future, as you know Lord Peverell not only claimed House Nott by right of conquest but also my grandfathers house, House Rosier also. Harry almost blew his cover under the cloak as he had not realized this yet, just how much did these houses intersect! So if I am disowned or kicked out of the family, neither my daughter or myself will have anywhere to go or anything in which to go there with. I came here with the knowledge that I at best would end up as Lord Peverell's concubine or worse end up on the streets with little to earn a living but my self. We all know what happens to women who are kicked out of their houses and even worse what happens to their children. Lady Black speaks and says call me Melania when not in public or formal places, but what you would be willing to do if it could be arranged for you and your daughter to be provided for, protected, and if in the future you wanted to marry again Lord Peverell would see to it? Lady Nott says that would be wonderful and she would give anything to have that happen but she has grown up in the same world as they have and there are no endings like that for women who have been won during duels! Lady Potter says call me Dorea as you would call Lady Black Melania, I know of the ways of the male wizards, but believe me when I tell you that Lord Black nor Lord Potter would use you like that nor would they see harm come to you or your child unless you had harmed innocents or threatened our families. Lord Peverell is from both of our families, he is honorable to a fault, loyal to his own detriment and supremely deadly when any of his friends and family are threatened. I can clearly state that there isn't anything he wouldn't or it seems couldn't do to protect those he loves, Melania gives a very unlady like snort but quickly composes herself. Now Dorea asks Elizabeth what is your beliefs on Blood Supremacy and how do you feel about the Dark Lord's attacks? She responds I have never believed in one's blood making anyone better than anyone else, I was betrothed to Theodore Nott without my approval but as a daughter of House Wincombe I had no say. I did my duty to my House but never once had a choice or a say. I will not lie and say I didn't ever have some good times but after Theodore took his mark I was an after thought, someone to be used and to do as I was told. I stayed to myself and took care of Candace. As far as the maniac that is the Dark Lord, if I never have to hear his name again it will be to my benefit! I am afraid of what will happen now that the Nott's vaults won't be opened to the Dark Lord and if he will send his followers after me and my daughter, if I had somewhere to run I would but I can't as my magic ties me to House Nott and now to House Peverell until I am either released or killed. Lady Black looks at Lady Potter who looks at an empty corner of the room where Lord Peverell appears from seemingly out of no where. Harry steps up to Lady Nott and bows slightly and says it is a pleasure to meet you Lady Nott, I am Lord Harry Peverell, Harry to my friends. She stands quickly and curtsies and says my Lord! Harry takes her right hand that she offers and he brushes his lips across them and says it is nice to meet you but I wish it was under better circumstances, but let us see if we can't make those circumstances real! She tells Harry to please call her Elizabeth and asks what happens now? Harry said I heard every word you said to my Aunt's, I want you to know that I trust them explicitly and they can speak for me at any time. Did you tell the truth that you never harmed anyone, nor believed in the lies the Dark Lord(Harry rolls his eyes) or his bootlickers espouse? Elizabeth says I will take a vow that I spoke the truth my Lord if you require one. Harry tells her that will not be needed, but he asks her what does she want for her future? Elizabeth looks to the Lady's in the room and they nod at her as if to say, speak what you want it will be fine. Elizabeth says I would like a home to live and raise my daughter in, I would like to know she will be provided for and given a good education and hopefully one day pick the man of her dreams to wed, not one that is forced on her. I would like to have enough money to give her what she needs to grow and prosper and sometimes to take her places and show her things. None of that was possible before even though Lord Nott had the money and now it's not possible because I don't belong anywhere! She starts to tear up when Harry touches her hand and says, you want nothing more than any parent wants for their children and themselves. Every mother should want their child taken care of, spoiled a bit even, that is what a parent is supposed to do. That is what mine wanted for me but they were killed when I was a babe of 15 months, I will not deny that to any other if it is in my power to help it. In this case it is within my power. Harry looks to Griphold and asks him to call the Nott Account Manager to come to the meeting for a few minutes. Griphold scribbles something on a parchment and it disappears into the air. A minute later an other Goblin comes in with folders in his hands he says my name is Grimjaw, how may I be of service to the new Lord of House Nott, Lord Peverell? Harry asks how long would it take to get a complete report on all the vaults and holding of House Nott? Grimjaw says I have a preliminary report here but to get a complete report would take 2 days as the former Lord Nott had granted access to some of the holdings to others. Harry tells him to cancel all contracts, debts, and access to any one not in the room at the present time. Elizabeth looks up at that statement and tells Harry, Lord Peverell I have never had access to the Nott Family vaults, the former Lord Nott handled everything and I was given a bag of galleons each month by our house elf as ordered by Lord Nott. Lady's Black and Potter sighed deeply and one could see the anger in the blazing green eyes of one Harry James Potter, LORD PEVERELL was angry, so he basically kept you a slave in your own home? You were treated below a house elf except when he needed to put on the facade of a PURE BLOOD NOBLE Family, Harry almost yelled? Elizabeth seeing that Harry was not mad at her but at how she had been treated had tears dripping down her face. Harry asked if she wasn't raised to know how to handle her house business by her family before her betrothal and she answers of course all of us are taught our duties and at this Lady Potter says that is true. Harry asks Elizabeth how much would she need to see to the day to day running of her house and to the welfare of her daughter? Elizabeth looks at Harry and says my Lord, I think I could run my home on 300 to 350 galleons a month but that would leave nothing set aside to prepare for Candace's future. Harry looks at his Aunt's and asks them what do they think would be a suitable stipend for a Lady and her daughter to live comfortably on? Lady Black says that she doesn't know Nott Manor but is sure it isn't near as large as Potter Castle or Black Manor, she would guess that somewhere around 900 to 1100 galleons a month just for the house, yards, and animals if any, and then another 250 to 350 galleons for Elizabeth and her daughter. Harry ponders a second and then asks Grimjaw, what is the vault balance in the former Nott vaults and could it support these costs? Grimjaw opens a folder and flips thru some parchment and says the current monetary balance is 3.85 mil galleons, 96 sickles and 12 knuts. He says the account could stand those withdrawals with no problem for quite a while but the account had been limited in earnings because the former Lord Nott ould not let him invest the galleons outside of wizarding culture. Lord Peverell tells Grimjaw, that stops now, there is galleons to be made everywhere and to limit ourselves just to the wizarding world is stupid. I want you to get together with Griphold and Sharpeye and invest half the vaults in the same places as the Peverell account. Grimjaw gets a feral grin and says it will be done immediately. Harry also tells him to get Lady Elizabeth a money pouch tied to the account of which she could access 1750 galleons a month and more if she had his consent. Grimjaw snaps his fingers and a money bag appears which he hands to Lord Peverell. He asks Elizabeth will this be sufficient and she just nods her head in shock and says of all the things I came here today expecting this wasn't on the list! I don't know what to say or even how to act? Lady Black smiles at Elizabeth and says we told you at the beginning that this young Lord was nothing like any you had ever seen, be loyal to him and you have nothing to fear, but betray him and well you have seen a little of what the can do. Harry them clears his throat as time is drawing to a close and says Lady Elizabeth, as that is what I will call you until we find a more suitable last name for you, I know we, me and you still have a few things to do to draw our dealings to a close, Elizabeth blushes and says yes my Lord, but if you have any house elves can you call them. Elizabeth says we have two, Tami and Sami, she calls them and they pop in, she tells them that this is their new master and they will answer to him, they look at Harry and ask how they may serve. Harry asks them who they are bonded to, and they say they were bonded to House Nott but since Lord Nott was no more they being needing to rebond to new Lord or they will die. Harry asks them if they will be loyal to Lady Elizabeth and Lady Candace if he bonds with them? They both nod repeatedly and Harry kneels down and puts his hand on first Tami's head and then Sami's and performs the bond with them. They immediately look stronger and fresher than they ever have! Elizabeth looks at Harry and then the elves and asks what did you do, I have never seen an elf change so much with just a bonding. Tami speaks up and says we be bonded to a very strong and kind wizard, he allows us to draw on more magic, we's be stronger and healthier than ever before. Harry then asks Elizabeth if it will be alright for him to visit her home on the following Thursday to finish their business and give both her and him time to prepare? She says yes Lord Peverell, my home is your home for as long as you require or allow. Harry takes her hand and says Lady Elizabeth, it will never be required of you but once, then anything after will be of your choice but know I belong to another. He then tell the elves to do their jobs well, but to take care of themselves also to always know where Elizabeth and Candace are and if any danger arises get them to safety immediately regardless of what happens to the house. Harry asks them if they can find any of the Peverell properties and they say if Lord Peverell allows they can go to any of the properties as they can feel where they are since they are bonded to him. Harry smiles and says then I will see you Thursday go back to what you were doing. Harry thanks his Aunt's for their help and then helps Lady Elizabeth to her feet, he goes to kiss her knuckles but she hugs him and in tears says thank you so much, I came here expecting to at best be a bed warmer for a normal wizard or homeless and leave having someone I hope to at least be a friend, provider and protector, thank you Lord Peverell. Harry says to Lady Elizabeth, I was taught by the best to always do the right thing not the easy thing and I feel this is right, please enjoy your day, take Candace for ice cream at Fortescue's, go buy some things for both the of you. I will call for and elf on Thursday and they can alert you before my arrival. I also want you to know that I will be having the Goblins checking your wards and bringing them up to my standards for your protection, I will also be giving you a portkey in case you need to escape if a deatheater thinks you are easy pickings and the elves are tied up.

As soon a Lady Elizabeth is out of the office Harry tells Grimjaw, I want her wards checked and brought up to House Black standard and take the cost out of House Peverell accounts. He then asks his Aunt's if they wanted a quick lunch before the meeting with Lady Mulciber. Griphold tells Harry I have other work to do before lunch and he would see them back at the next meeting, Harry thanks him and he leaves. Lady Potter then tells Harry how proud she is of the way he handled the meeting and agreed with everything he did. Lady Black was angry that Lady Nott had been treated like a slave and was glad Harry had showed her a kindness she probably hadn't seen since she was a little girl if even then, she too told him he had made them proud. But, now it was time for lunch and preparation for the next meeting.

Gringott's Meeting Room 1PM

Meeting with former Lady Mulciber

Harry, Lady Black and Lady Potter returned form their lunch and had sorted out the things they wanted to speed up with the coming meetings. One was that 2 hours was too long at one time and another was that some of these women did not chose the life they were forced to live. They didn't know that the woman that was about to come through the door would make their blood boil to the extreme. None were prepared for what Lady Mulciber was about to drop on them!

Harry hid under his cloak just as there was a knock on the door. Griphold answered and bid the young lady to enter. Griphold did the introductions, introducing both Lady Black and Lady Potter to the former Lady Mulciber. Lady Mulciber asks them to call her Miriam or Miri if they prefer but please don't ever call her Lady Mulciber or any name that had Mulciber attached to it. She says I thought I was to meet with Lord Peverell today to see his disposition of House Mulciber and all it's assetts, me included as that all I ever was. I was a commodity to show, I had no say in what I wore, what I thought, how I was allowed to act, I never had any money of my own and was never allowed to manage the house I was supposed Lady of. If I displeased my Lord I was starved, beaten, used, denied clean clothes and bathing. I was blessed that I bore no children even though I was punished monthly for not bearing an heir yet! I feel anything Lord Peverell has planned for me could only be an improvement as even a slag in Knockturn Alley is allowed food, water, clean clothes and baths.

Lady Black asks Miriam to please call her and Lady Potter, Melania and Dorea. She then tells the young woman she has nothing to fear from Lord Peverell and he will do right by her if she is honest and loyal to House Peverell. Like in the first meeting they asked her what her thoughts were on the state of the wizarding world and her thoughts on blood purity. Dorea asks her point blank did she support the Dark Lord and immediately Miriam says absolutely not, she states she lost her family shortly after having been betrothed to an old pervert and her inheritance taken from her by Lord Mulciber as a dowry. She tells them she is sure he had her parents killed after signing her away, she also feels they were forced as her mother and father loved her. Miriam then asks if Lord Peverell would be joining the meeting or were they there to dispense the Mulciber House in his name? Melania smiles and tells her that Lord Peverell had been there the whole time and Harry removed his invisibility cloak and introduced himself to her.

Lady Mulciber, Miriam as I heard you asked to be called in here, it is a pleasure to meet you, she holds out here right hand as she stands and says my Lord, I am at your service. Lord Pevererell says for now he is Harry and he has heard everything she has said and that from this day forth her life would be of her choosing. Harry asks if Griphold could get the Mulciber account manager in there with all the Mulciber holding., which he snaps his fingers and parchement is sent away towards the door in a flash. It is only moments before there is a knock and another Goblin enters. He introduces himself as Whiplash to all the people in the room except Griphold which surprises Harry, who asks if this is the first time he had meet Lady Mulciber? Miriam speaks here and tells Harry that she doesn't know anything of their holdings or finances. She was never allowed a stipend or any control over the daily running of House Mulciber. The house elf to House Mulciber handled that when Lord Mulciber was involved in his other affairs. Harry asks her to call the elf and see if he would come to her now that he was the new Lord of House Mulciber. Miriam calls Tody come to me, they wait for about a minute and the elf never shows up. Harry is starting to lose his patience and he says Tody, come to your new Lord now! Immediately there is a loud pop and Tody is there. How can Tody's be serving new master today he asked? Harry asks Tody who are you loyal to and who are you bonded to? Tody says I was bonded to Lord Mulciber and him only, I was to do only what he said and ignore the Lady but I always wanted to help her. She deserved better but I was bonded to Lord Mulciber and had to do his biding, I know Lady Miriam deserved a female elf of her own to look after her since she came in the house so young! Harry asks if Tody still wanted to be Lady Miriam's elf and his eyes lit up yes I would and I knows a female elf that needs work if Lady Miriam and Lord Peverell wants another elf. Harry asks Miriam if she would like a personal elf and she looks in wonder at Harry and says that would be nice but since she doesn't know what is going to happen to her that might be problematic. Harry tells her to let him worry about the details.

Harry asks Whiplash if he has other accounts that take up his time or was the Mulciber account his largest? Whiplash says he has many accounts but the Mulciber account was large but not like Malfoy's, Potter's, Black's and certainly not like the Peverell's. Harry nodded and decided then to look into the Peverell account more closesly when he had more time. Harry asks how many properties did the Mulciber account contain and what was the fluid status of the monetary holdings? Whiplash opened his folders and said the properties were three, the Mulciber Ancestral home, a vacation home in Hastings and a getaway home in Torquay. The liquid assetts in the Mulciber vaults was 4.6 milliom galleons, 16 sickles and 25 knuts. The total estimated value of the account was just short of 9 million galleons. Harry says that is more than enough to take care of all of her needs, he asks Whiplash to set up a 1750 galleon stipend a month for her needs and like Lady Nott if there is a need for more she can request it of him. Harry also asks Whiplash to co-ordinate with Griphold on some investment opportunities that will make the account grow at a better rate and to set up new locks on the vaults and properties that were tied to Lord Peverell. Miriam is looking at Lady Potter, Lady Black and Lord Peverell like a child looks at Santa Claus on Christmas! She couldn't believe what she was hearing, she was going from being basically a bed warming slave to a mean, perverted older man to actually being someone who got to make decisions for herself. Harry then says in a somber voice, Miriam I know all this has come at you fast and you feel overwhelmed, but I want you to know that as of now, you are an independent lady, you will make your own choices and you have access to funds to see you through your life. There is one thing we have to do together to fulfill your bonding and keep your name but after that anything else between us will be because we choose to, not just me and you certainly will not be forced! I would like you to pick a residence to live in and it will placed in your name, your stipend will go into a seperate vault in your name, anytime you need anything you can send Tody, or owl me, if you can't reach me, send a letter to either of my Aunt's as they have authority to speak in my name. Is this satisfactory or is there anything else you would ask or need? Miriam has tears rolling down her face, she says I don't know what to say, I never dreamed that I would be free again, that I would be able to choose my life. Lord Peverell I will be loyal, faithful and place myself under your care and guidance. I would ask that I be under your protection, and Harry tells her as soon as she picks her residence it will be warded so that only people he allows or she trusts will be admitted. She chooses the residence in Torquay and Harrys tells Griphold I want it warded immediately. Harry then tells Tody to call his female elf friend and in pops a big, big eared she elf, Tody says this be Starry, she is being a free elf and be needings work. Harry asks Starry if she would like a new mistress and Starry says oh yes, I would love a new mistress to look after! Harry bends down and places his hand on Starry's head and bonds her to himself and says Starry from this day forward you are to be Lady Miriam's personal elf, you will obey her as you would me, if she is ever in danger you will get her to safety at Peverell Manor immediately and then come to me, I will be giving Lady Miriam a portkey to get her to safety if you are occupied. Harry then tells Starry to get her some material and make her and Toby something proper to wear with the Peverell crest on them so people will know the part of the Peverell family, Toby and Starry are almost crying, they say yes, Master and Harry says none of the Master stuff, I am Harry. Harry asks Miriam if she needed to return to the Mulciber Ancestral home to get anything and she says she needs to get a few of her things from her family but it wouldn't take long, so Harry tells Tody and Starry to accompany her and get what she needs, then take her to the residence she chose and help her get settled. Harry then stands and helps Miriam to her feet, kisses her knuckles and tells her, since we have met and magic has acknowledged my Lordship we have a short window of time to fulfill my obligation to get your honour, please send one of the elves to me with a suitable day and time for me to visit. I will set aside the time for us to make the day as comfortable as possible. Miriam curtsies and says thank you my Lord, I will be at your service. Harry leads her to the door and Lady Miriam leaves a lot calmer and safer than she had felt in 10 years!

Harry then runs his fingers through his hair and says that's 2 down and 8 to go, and I know some of them will be with women who are bigots unlike these two. Lady Black nods her head and Lady Potter says yes, I know a couple that will pose a problem but with you as their Lord they either have to do as you will, or be disowned, put away, or you have the right to execute any who are disloyal to your Lordship. Harry sasy I won't murder anyone but those that I know are evil and I won't kill someone just because they are bigots, but I will keep them away from spouting their nonsense to others. Harry speaks to Griphold and tells him to contact all of the account holders of all the houses under his banner now, he tells him to lock down the vaults, with only him having access to enter and giving each Lady the same stipend as he had the Lady's Nott and Mulciber until he can meet with them. Harry also tells Griphold to meet with each account holder and go over the accounts and make sure they are solvent and to take advantage of the investment opportunities such as especially the muggle companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Berkshire Hathaway, and Apple. Harry then tells his Aunt Melania and "Nana" it has been a long day, it is time to go back and let everyone know what happened and rest for the meetings on the morrow, they were sure to be as unpleasant as the meetings today were enlightening.

Black Manor

Upon arriving at Black Manor everyone met in the parlor and went over all that had transpired that day. Lady Potter says she thinks Harry handled the House business extremely well and that she believes that given time those two young women could grow into confident and powerful Matrons of their houses. Harry says I have been thinking, neither of those ladies say they want anything further to do with the houses they were bargained in to. So is their a way for them to keep control of their titles and seats on the Wizengamot while being allied with me? Everyone looks to Charlus and Arcturus as they will know the way the titles and Wizengamot are handled, and Arcturus says he thinks it is possible if the women were the last of their line and their seat was absorbed into the house of their husband's. Charlus adds but to make their case stronger they would need a strong backer, I mean the would need a Lord willing to fight for them and their seat. They could become Vassals to and Most Ancient and Most Noble House, say House Peverell, House Black or House Potter. But by doing it that way the vassal house becomes indebted to their Lord, they must support the Lord in everything he does, and they are at his beck and call at all times. The Lord's oath to the vassal house is to make sure they are safe, protected, healthy and provided for in times of troubles. It surely would work with House Mulciber as they absorbed House Waverly and the young lady was the last of her house and her parents were murdered as soon as she was betrothed. Charlus adds that he also believes that House Nott could be reverted back to House Wincombe as there are no more Nott's who could claim or inherit, and since there is only Lady Miriam and her younger sister still alive in the Wincombe line she too could reclaim the Wincombe Title if she were to have the same scenario as Lady Waverly. Lord Black tells Harry, before you make up your mind you need to talk to these ladies again, make sure they can be trusted, and make them swear and oath of fealty and accept the vassal ship pledge. Then I believe with the votes you now control in the Wizengamot and the allies that House's Potter and Black have in our alliances this can be done! Aunt Melania tells them that they have a lot to think about and ponder but it will be best if Harry retires and gets a good night's rest because tomorrow's meeting will not go as these did, Lady Goyle can be as sweet as honey going down your throat or slit that same throat in a single heartbeat. She saysshe would like Andromeda to accompany Harry and Lady Potter to the first meeting as that would definitely throw Lady Goyle from her game, what with having to sit in the room with a woman who married a "muggleborn" and also with Lady Dorea Potter nee Black! Harry smiles and says I am proud I was born into this family, you all are great and I love you all. Harry then says he was gonna speak to their portraits and fill them in and get their ideas and then turn in for the night!

Harry goes by his Grandparents, Lord and Lady Black's portraits and gives them the short version of the days meetings and that he was meeting with House Goyle and House Rosier the next day. His Nana Potter tells him that Lady Goyle nee Parkinson at one time was a nice young woman but she was raised by Dark Families. She tells him that there still may be some kindness in the woman but be wary, the woman who raised the son he killed in the future isn't the same woman yet, feel her out and make your decision. If you feel she has any redeeming qualities you can put her into one of the smaller properties and let her live out her life as long as she takes a vow to never harm in any way House Peverell or it's allies. If she refuses you can lock her in the dungeon for the rest of her days, kick her out of the family to be Arabelle No-name, or just execute her as a traitor to the Lord of the family. Remember you are the Lord and she must answer to you. They all agree and tell Harry they are proud of him and tell him to retire for the night. Harry then goes to his bedroom and calls for Binks who pops in and asks what he can do for Master Harry, Harry tells him I'm just Harry, but could you get me a glass of juice while he takes a shower. Of course Binks says as he pops out and then right back in. Harry gets out his night clothes which is basically his boxers and a t-shirt, he then goes in the shower and stands in the hot water for 15 minutes letting the warmth loosen the muscles and tension from the days events. Harry feels the hair on his neck start to rise and he looks around in the shower for anyone because he is sure no one could get into the Manor with intent to do harm. He see no one but still feels he is being watched, even weighed and maybe measured, but he finishes his shower, gets his towel and steps back into his bedroom. He is shocked to see an almost ethereal woman sitting or maybe even floating on the edge of his bed. Harry recognizes her and says it is good to see you Lora but couldn't you have waited until I was dressed? She smiles and says where would be the fun in that and your face was funny, but we needed to talk and so here I am. She tells Harry that his duel with the deatheaters was boring, he needs to add a little flair to his killing of these monsters. She says any one can bind someone and cut their throat, but to make them suffer for what they did to others before killing them or making them execute themselves in front of their co-conspirators now that will cause them to fear you! Harry says ok, I get it, more pain, a little more brutality, but isn't being dead relative. Once I kill them they are just as dead and can't hurt anyone else, Lora gets a somber look on her face and says Harry these animals slaughtered women, children and innocent men for no reason other than they disagreed with their position. These animals slaughtered everyone you loved, remember that, use that, you have to be as ruthless as you can 's face darkens and he says all those who had a hand in killing my family will suffer before they die and Lora says Harry they all did. Everyone you re gonna kill either directly or indirectly were responsible for your losses, some never raised a wand at any of them and yet they were some who never raised a wand to defend the innocent either, they all have to pay the price, they are all complicit. You have started to take out the trash, you are doing good, if you start to stray I will rein you back in, remember you are my instrument of justice here and I will help you succeed. Harry runs his hand thru his still wet hair as says I understand, I will get rid of Voldemort, his followers and those that allowed such evil to go unchecked when they had the power to stop it! Lora says now you are getting it, when Harry says Lora, I have a question that we haven't discussed and I haven't figured out how I will do it, how will I merge back into my younger body when my task is done? Will this part of me stay separate and live a separate life or do you have a way of merging me with my younger self. What about my memories, how will my younger self deal with all the memories this me will bring into the equation? Lora smiles and reaches to touch Harry's face, Harry expects to feel a chill as the hand of Lady Death lightly touches his face but instead he feels warmth in the touch, she says Harry you both will be part of a greater whole and when combined you will be whole again. You are a master occlumens and can compartmentalize your thoughts, you will know what to do and as to when, you will merge shortly after completing your task or by your seventeenth birthday at which point your younger self will be mature enough to do what needs to be finished. I am proud of you and I will be with you all the way, you are my hand and you are justice, wear these banners proudly and do what needs doing, do the right thing not the easy thing! Lora disappears and Harry thinks well damn that's gonna keep me awake a while!

A/N: Some of the future fights will last a little longer as Harry will be more brutal. Some people who became players later in the story will be eliminated early!

A/N: I don't own Harry Potter or any part of the series, it belongs to JK Rowling.

Chapter 16: More Meetings

Sunday, Dec. 9th 10 AM Gringott's Bank

Harry sits in the corner under his invisibility cloak, while Andromeda Tonk's nee Black, Lady Potter, and Griphold sit awaitintg the arrival of Lady Goyle. None of them think this meeting will be near as pleasant as the one's the day before ended up being. At 10 AM sharp there was a knock on the door and Griphold bids them enter. In comes Lady Goyle along with the Goyle account manager Thinbrow. Andromeda stands and welcomes Lady Goyle into the meeting, sending a message that while she is the lowest ranked female in the room she is above Lady Goyle in Lord Peverell's eyes. She says, I am Andromeda Tonk's nee Black and this is Lady Dorea Potter of the Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Potter. We are here to begin the meeting with the Lady of the former Ancient and Noble House of Goyle. Lady Goyle's eyes narrow and she debates to herself how to respond as she knows she is on the defensive here and doesn't see the Lord that not only killed her husband but 10 others with little to no effort. She decides to play it coy and smooth. I am Lady Arabelle Goyle nee Parkinson, I present myself as requested by my new lord, Lord Peverell, I assumed I would be meeting him here to negotiate the absorption of House Goyle into House Peverell. Lady Potter then speaks and says first we need to be clear on a few things, one, there will be no absorption of House Goyle into House Peverell, two, there is no negotiating, Lord Peverell won the Lordship of ten houses by Right of Conquest and by Right of Magic. As of this moment you live and breathe on his word or I might add on our, mine and Lady Tonk's word as we are here in Lord Peverell's stead with all authority of his name. Lady Goyle, the life you knew is now over, the pure blood doctrine that your husband spewed and the one to who he bowed to ended the moment Lord Peverell slit Goyle 's throat in the pit! You have few options, we are here to give them to you, beware anything you say can and will determine how you are situated in the future. Lady Goyle starts to lose her composure at being told she was as of now property and had no say in anything that happens to her, that her "Blood" meant nothing to her new lord, and that her actions would fall in line with Lord Peverell or she would be dealt with in a way that she wouldn't survive. Lady Goyle smoothes the front of her dress and says sweetly I would like to continue this meeting when Lord Peverell is here so that I can make my plea for my house to him personally, she left no doubt as to her meaning and what she would be willing to do to keep her standing.

Harry removes his cloak and surprises Lady Goyle when he says, I am Lord Harry James Peverell, Lord of House Peverell, Conqueror of House Goyle. You on the other hand are former Lady Goyle, what you retain or remain will be decided in the coming hours and maybe a few future meetings, but rest assured that your life has changed and for you it won't seem for the better. Lord Peverell, she says please call me Arabelle in private and once we come to a more formal arrangement I would gladly accept you call me that at all times except when formal occasions require. Andromeda asks Harry, Lord Peverell if she may speak and Harry says of course my cousin your input and advice is always welcomed. Andromeda then looks at Lady Goyle and says, Arabelle if I may call you that, you seem to be under the impression that you have some say or sway with Lord Peverell here. Let me inform you of some facts and maybe we can start over and you will realize just where you now precipitously stand and you can re-evaluate how you wish to proceed. As of Thursday gone, there is no House Goyle, Lord Peverell is now Lord over a house that will never have an heir, it will never inherit it's seat on the Wizengamot unless Lord Peverell chooses to place one of his children there. Any child you bear will never inherit the seat, house, vaults or properties, those all belong to Lord Peverell now. Your choice now is to decide if and how you want to live out the rest of your life, you are still a relatively young witch, you know we live longer lives than non-magical people, so Lord Peverell here could if he wished execute you for being a member of a conquered house, he could claim you as spoils and use you as a concubine or worse. He could lock you in a dungeon to live out you days, or put you in a hovel magically warded so you can't leave and have a house elf bring you just enough food and drink to survive, or he could marry you off to a muggle and bind your magic, he could sell you to a brothel in Knockturn Alley, in other words you belong to him. So again I warn you chose what you say and do wisely and know you can not keep secrets from your Lord, he can compel the truth from you. The look on Lady Goyle face had went from quiet confidence to out right fear, she now knew her life as the proper Pure Blood Wife was well and truly over. She though had to try one last time, Lord Peverell I can be of use to you, I know all the Pure-blood families, I know their strengths and weaknesses, I know who you can trust and who you can't. Harry looks at her with a sarcastic smile and says even though I am relatively young in years I am sure in who I can trust and can't trust. I trust my family and no one else, there is even those who share blood with me that I will kill before this war is over, but those who choose blood purity over what is right will die by my wand or blade. Harry asks her to call all of the house elves bonded to House Goyle, she does and a smallish, sickly little female elf pops in. She is looking around nervously and Harry asks her her name, she says I be Rubi, I belong to house Goyle how may I serve, she winced as if expecting to be scolded or worse. Harry kneels and tells her I am Lord Harry Peverell, your new Lord, are you bonded to Lady Goyle or the former Lord Goyle? She says I was bonded to former Lord but was told to follow Lady's orders too! Harry asks her if she want to be freed or if she wanted to rebond to him and work for House Peverell, she looks at Harry and says Rubi doesn't want to be free elf, Rubi wants to work and she will bond with new Lord!Harry kneels and asks her to come to him which she does and he bonds her to House Peverell, Harry then asks her to get her some material and make her a uniform of green and silver with the Peverell crest on the chest. The little elf seemed to be taller and healthier right before their eyes, she says Rubi bes happy to serve Lord Peverell.

Harry looks at Griphold and Thinbrow and tells them to go over the Goyle accounts and make sure they are solvent, make sure the house can be kept up to House Peverell standards until he decided what to do with all the Goyle estate. Harry asks if there is sufficient galleons to set up a stipend so the house can still run smoothly and Thinbrow says yes, it is a Ancient and Noble house with 3.6 million galleons, 12 sickles and 15 knuts in the vault with a total value of over 4 million galleons in gold and assets. Harry tells them that he wants Rubi to have access to the vaults so the house can function and any thing over 700 galleons a month has to be approved by himself. Lady Goyle starts to speak but sees the looks on Andromeda's and Lady Potter's faces and decides that she should be quiet for now and hope for a better understanding when Lord Peverell can to claim Lordship and her, she wasn't gonna hold her breath on a good outcome. Harry tells Lady Arabelle to return to the Manor , do not leave the grounds and await his calling Rubi with a time to formally meet at the residence. Harry then tells Rubi to lock down the floo and wards and await his summons, she is to do the things necessary to keep the manor running and cook and clean as needed but do not respond to

orders from Lady Arabelle if they would hurt House Peverell. Rubi bounces on her toes and says it will be as master says, Harry says I don't like the word master, just call me Harry!

After a break and a short lunch , Andromeda, Lady Potter, Harry and Griphold were seated in the meeting room waiting on the Lady of House Rosier to arrive. Lady Potter had done some research on Lady Iris Rosier nee Prince and found that she was very reclusive. She was 31 years old, and had suffered 2 miscarriages and never got over the loss of her children. She was barely able to function much less fullfil her duties as a Pure-Blood wife was supposed to, everyone knew that the former Lord Rosier was quietly looking to have her put away and remarry to gain an heir. Lady Potter had informed Harry of this during lunch and told him to treat this one with care as she thought she could harm herself if it went badly or be a help with some of the younger women that Harry was now in control of if they could bring her back to a normal reality.

There was a knock on the door and in came a defeated woman, a woman who looked like death was waiting for her and she would welcome it. This time Harry didn't sit under his cloak, this time he was right there. Harry stood and walked over to the Lady and said I am Lord Harry James Peverell, Lord of House Peverell and now Lord of House Rosier, it is a pleasure to meet you. She looks up and does a slight curtsy and holds her right hand out to which Harry takes it and slightly kisses her knuckles. Harry helps her to her seat and then returns to sit beside his cousin and grandmother. Lady Rosier introduces herself and says to please call her Iris, and that she presents herself to her new Lord to position her however he wishes. She says she knows she has very little to bring to the table to be an asset with her being over 30 and unable to have children. She tells Harry that she will follow her Lords wishes until her time is over and that she doesn't need much to survive. She says her former husband never let her be involved in any business so she doesn't know what they had and the elves were only allowed to shop for her and he always gave the orders to what she wore. Harry interrupted her before she could say another word, he tells her to call him Harry in private and Lord Peverell when the need arises but to never put herself down again. She is a witch and deserves to be treated with respect and dignity. He asks Andromeda if she would be willing to help Iris with a Lady's day out, and to help her understand the things she would need to know to manage her house. Harry was determined this one would not be another casualty of the war. Harry asks for the Rosier account manager to come and Griphold sends a message to Goldeye who was waiting outside the door. Harry introduces himself as Lord Peverell and the new Lord Rosier, he asks Goldeye for the accounts status and is told that the accounts are in great shape with over 8.8 million galleons in total assets. Harry tells Goldeye to lock down the vaults so only he or someone with his approval could enter. He wanted Lady Iris to get a monthly stipend of 2500 galleons with a card to access her funds. He wants the wards on the house upgraded and asks if there was a way she could get a portkey straight to House Peverell or the Gringott's itself if she was threatened? Andromeda tells Iris that her life was about to change and while she might not be able to have children naturally there were many children who had lost orphaned and needed a

mother to take them and love them as her own, but first she needed to get herself in a position to not only take care of a child but herself also. Harry wonders if there was some help either magically or in the non-magical worlds that could help her have children, magic is a wonderful thing and he thinks there should be a way, but that is a matter for another day.

Iris says this all sounds great but as of right now I am nobody, I have no house, I have no family to take me in and I am totally at the mercy of a man who can dispose of me at his leisure. Lady Potter tells Iris that she is definitely not a nobody, she is Lady Iris Prince and if anyone has a problem with that she will find a place for her in House Peverell, Potter or Black and no one will question her. Harry just smiled and said I sure am glad I am in this family cause I sure would hate to be on the other side. Harry asks Iris if she has an house elf and if so to call him/her. Iris says Pun and there is a quiet pop and there stands an female house elf neatly dressed in a jumper with the Rosier crest on it. Harry asks the elf if she was bonded to House Rosier or to the Lord or Lady? Pun says she was bonded to House Rosier but now needs new master as the Lord was dead. Harry asks if she wanted to bond with him and become a House Peverell elf, she nods repeatedly. Harry kneels down and puts his hand on her head and says the incantation and Pun accepts, Harry says you are now bonded to House Peverell, you are to follow the orders of myself, Lady Potter, Lady Black, Lady Tonk's and Lady Prince. Harry tells her to do a good job and take care of Lady Prince and that he would be visiting soon as he and Lady Iris had some unfinished business and to lock down the residence and get Lady Iris to House Peverell at the first hint of trouble. Pun pops away and Harry asks Lady Iris if she has any questions or needs anything done today? She says that she would like it if Lady Tonk's would visit her for a few hours because she hadn't had anyone to converse with in ages and she would like to get caught up. She hasn't had any friends since she left Hogwarts and it gets lonely in the Vineyard. Andromeda tells her that would be fine and she would send a Black Family elf to set up a visit, but they would definitely being going on an outing! Andromeda thought this might be a good time to bring Miriam and Liza along also to maybe form a bond, get them out of their shells, and find friends for the first time in along time. She knew Harry would be all for it. They ended the meeting right there and Harry told Iris he would be in contact soon and enjoy her time with Lady Tonk's! After Iris has left Harry says that's 4 houses situated only 6 more to go, when Dorea says maybe only 5 because as of right now House Carrow has no one that we can find that is able to claim inheritance or ownership. Harry says that would be a blessing but he remembered that in his original time there were a pair of Carrow twins who were cute but very quiet and reserved. So there had to be one out there that no one knew of yet, but that was a problem for another day. They were ready for a rest and dinner and Griphold had other business to conduct, he was sure he was getting to a point that he would have to give up all of his other accounts and deal with the Potter and Peverell accounts only!

A/N's: I know this is drawn out, but again this is my first attempt. I am gonna speed up the disposition of the acquired houses in the next chapters as some of the women are so entrenched in the pureblood mantra they can't be saved. Probably won't kill them but we will see if any have totally left the reservation and have to be put down. Start of the eradication of the Horcruxes but working on an idea that may either kill the soul shard or force them all back together making Tom mortal again!

My disclaimer! I don't own Harry Potter or any part of the series, it belongs to JK Rowling

Chapter 17

Dec 9th , after the days meetings!

Harry goes back to Black Manor with his Andromeda and Grandmother. The trio ask Binks for some tea with Harry getting Earl Gray, and the Ladies getting Chamomile with cream. They all enter the parlor and meet with Arcturus, Melania, Charlus and their portraits. Dorea explains Harry's interaction with the wives of Houses Rosier and Goyle. Harry states that he will do all in his power to help the former Lady Rosier as she has suffered greatly under the thumb of her former husband, but Arabelle Goyle would learn her life has changed or her life expectancy will be short, Harry leaves no doubt that he isn't gonna tolerate pure blood bigots and troublemakers to remain in any property, business, or assett that he owns. Arcturus tells Harry that what he does with the Houses he has conquered is his own decision but to not do anything to drastic publicly, keep everything in house and close to the vest as other Lords may want to retaliate in fear of him challenging them and taking their place. Harry agrees with this train of thought and says there is one that he wants to remove from play sooner rather than later but that house has a daughter of House Black as Lady. Harry says I want to remove Lucius Malfoy as soon as possible and bring Narcissa back home, she deserves better and if she ever has a son maybe he will be better that the evil, spoiled little shit he was. Harry asks Arcturus and his Nana to come up with a way to get them into one of the Black properties under the guise of a family meeting where all questions have to be answered truthfully under the Black Family magic. Harry tells them of all the atrocities that Malfoy had done in his prior life and that some of them he had already done now, to be able to get him under the family magic and answer truthfully and have the Black Family deal with him while letting Narcissa see who it is she was married too, this would also hinder Voldemort as it would take away much of his funding as Narcissa's dowry would be reclaimed by House Black. Harry also wonders if he can get Bellatrix under the Black Family magic as she can't harm her Lord, Arcturus, but being as crazy as she is already even without yet being in Azkaban is to much of a risk. She and the LeStranges will have to be put down.

Harry asks Andromeda if they could call the remaining Lady's of the houses he had assumed Lordship over could be brought together at once and she and Nana Dorea feel them out on their beliefs and expectations. If some could be reformed he would meet with them and try to help them, if not they would end up like Arabelle Goyle and be sequestered until they realized it was his way or else. His Nana answered and says they could do that and could have them all meet at Gringott's for about 30 minutes each and could do that in one morning. Harry tells them that they have complete authority to speak for House Peverell in matters concerning those houses and to make sure each woman understood that this wasn't a negotiation but their being told their new station and requirements in their life.

Lady Potter(Dorea) says she will send a letter to Griphold and ask that the remaining Ladies be at Gringotts the next day to meet with Lord Peverell's advisors. Attendance is mandatory by order of their Lord Harry James Peverell, they should be prepared to give oaths to House Peverell and it's Lord, and receive further instructions on meeting Lord Peverell. Harry agrees that this would work and he will be available after their meeting to speak to the ladies one on one. Harry needs a day to himself and he also needs to meet with Griphold to see where his wealth would be best used to grow. Now that he had access to the gold that Voldemort was gonna use he would put it to good use, while also taking care of the people he was now responsible for.

What is Voldemort doing?

Harry tells the ladies he wants them to discuss how they will handle the remaining women while he, and Lord's Potter and Black need to discuss the lack of reaction by the Death Eaters and Voldemort, Harry will not call him Lord as he is a half-blood devil! After getting the three of them some of Ogden's Finest Harry asks what do they think of Voldemorts lack of reaction? Charlus says if he were to hazard a guess it would be Harry had stunned him with the deaths of so many of his insiders as well as the loss of so much funding. He also states that he expects a response soon and for it to at some of their family or friends. Lord Black says that with all of us safe behind the wards of Black Manor, the Potters safe inside Potter Castle, Longbottoms safe at their estate, other than getting Andromeda, Ted, Nymphadora, Sirius, Remus and Narcissa if possible there are few targets of opportunity for Voldemort to target. No one knows who Harry really is so that leaves just the immediate family of the Black's and Potter's. Harry calls for Claymore, who pops right in and is told to take a message to Andromeda,Ted , James, Lily, Sirius, and Remus to get inside the wards of either Potter Castle or Black Manor and stay there till told otherwise because they maybe targeted and to listen to no one else especially anyone who thinks they would be safer somewhere else like Dumbledore. Harry is glad that the families of his future friends are safe for right now as they haven't done anything to draw attention to themselves.

Monday,Dec 10th, Gringotts Bank

Griphold, Sharpeye, with Andromeda, Lady Potter and lady Black were seated before 10 AM waiting on the former Ladies of Houses Rowle, Crabbe, Rookwood and Scabior to enter for their meeting. As of yet there hasn't been a person found that could stand in for the House of Carrow, so that would be dealt with another day. There was a soft knock on the door and each of the ladies entered escorted by their account managers. Lady Victoria Rene Rowle nee Perkins was sat on one side of the table with Hornshaker, House Rowle's Account Manager who had a thick folder holding all the assetts of House Rowle. She has one son, Victor who is nine. Then came Lady Louise Elizabeth Crabbe(28), nee Carter, with the Crabbe Account Manager Bloodeye, who also had a folder in his hands. Lady Crabbe also has one child a daughter, Ada Blake who is three. The Crabbe vault held 3.5 million galleons, 67 sickles and 22 knuts, and the total estate was worth over 4.6 million galleons. She was followed in by Lady Eleanor Anne Rookwood(41), nee Harris and the Rookwood account manager Sharx, he like the other Account Managers had the portfolio of the House he manages. She had one surviving son , Ronald(21), she hoped tha Lord Peverell would show him mercy as he wasn't as deep into the purity bigotry as his father. The Rookwood Estate had 6.8 million galleons, 44 sickles and 27 knuts in their vault as well as owning 2 different properties Rookwood Manor and an place called El's Retreat. The net worth of House Rookwood was 8.4 million galleons. The room was getting crowded and there weren't enough seats to fit the remaining two Ladies, they were provided refreshments and asked to wait for these to finish and then they would be escorted in to meet with Lord Peverell's signatories, they all agreed to wait but really had little choice in the matter.

Lady Tonk's stands and introduces herself and Lady Potter, she also introduces Griphold and Sharpeye. We are here this morning in the stead of Lord Harry James Peverell, the new Lord of each of your former houses. He has tasked us with assessing your talents, your beliefs, and the benefits of keeping you under the protection of House Peverell, which would eventually include the protection of House Black and Potter as Lord Peverell is a member of all three Houses. I hope this clears up any doubt as to how powerful Lord Peverell really is. He took down the Lords to your former houses without so much as a strain and he will be eliminating the rest of the DeathEaters and their so called Lord Voldemort who is no Lord and is in reality a half blood, born from a muggle and squib. That is who your husbands had tied you and your families future too. Now you basically belong to Lord Peverell to do with as he pleases. You have no say in what happens, but what you do have is a chance, one chance, to make an impression on him to prove you are worthy of his mercy and grace. Lie to him, play games with him and he will be as decisive with you as he was your husbands, do I make myself clear? This isn't some jumped up pure blood rising above his station, this isn't a man who is looking to gain a group of witches to use as he pleases, this is a man who knows what he wants and what he has to do to accomplish it. You can either do as he asks and live your life quietly without harming others or you will find yourself in a position where death is your best option or being on your back in Knockturn Alley as worst. Andromeda looks at each woman who has a pale sheen on their faces and she sits down.

Lady Potter then stands, and says, well now that we know where you station is at the moment let me tell you some good news. Lord Peverell is a kind man to all those that deserve it, he has met with four of your counterparts and three of those now are safer, better cared for and have access their vaults and more control over their lives than they have ever had. The fourth as of now is confined to her home with a stipend to support her and a Peverell elf to tend to the home and it's Lady. Lord Peverell hasn't decided yet what her future will be as she is fully ensconced in the blood bigotry that has ruled our world for far to long. Your futures can be like the first three or like the last or even worse. You have decisions to make on how you will act, comport yourself and your children if you have any or you will find yourself without a home, family, income or any way to care for yourselves or your children. Each of you will give a vow of fealty to Lord Peverell and House Peverell and it's allies, namely House Black and House Potter when Lord Peverell meets privately with each of you. Your elves will be freed and if they want they will rebond with Lord Peverell and each will be given rules on who to obey and what they have to do. Do any of you have any questions on what has been discussed here today? Do any of you have anything that is pressing at this very moment, do you fear for your safety? They all looked shocked at what has been said but Lady Rookwood asks if they would have access to their vaults for daily needs and while she looked sorta pale she asked if Lord Peverell would be using Lord of House privilege to claim each of them to his new Lordships? Lady Potter knew what Lady Rookwood (Eleanor) was asking and knew it was also on the minds of each of the women, but Elanor was the oldest of the women and was scared for her future. Lady Potter says in this I can't speak for Lord Peverell, but it has been discussed and he has stated that he would not throw anyone out of their lines unless they refused the vows he would ask. So to answer your question, yes, he will do that if you want to not be houseless, homeless and at the mercy of other wizards who no doubt would claim you as spoils. Lady Crabbe asks when should we expect to have a private meeting with Lord Peverell and will we get time to prepare for his arrival? Lady Potter says that it will be within the next three weeks as Lord Peverell wants this put to rights as soon as possible. She say I would also like each of your Account Managers to stay after you leave as Lord Peverell wishes to streamline the accounting and thus have Sharpeye and Griphold take over managing all of these accounts, this has been approved by Ragnok, Gringott's head and Clan Cheiftan. Lord Peverell will send an elf to set a time for the private meetings, until then each of you will have a monthly stipend of 1550 galleons to run your house if it requires more send a owl to either Griphold or Sharpeye who will contact Lord Peverell.

This will conclude today's meeting until you hear from Lord Peverell or one of us, good day and really think hard about what you want your future to be, like I said Lord Peverell is a good man but he is a hard man, life has made him so, do not test him, you will no pass the test! The Ladies all leave but the Account Managers remain for a brief meeting and an arrangement to turn over all files pertaining to each houses accounts.

After a short break where Lady Tonks and Lady Potter could visit the powder room and get some refreshments and the Goblins could do the same they were soon back in the meeting room to deal with the last two houses, Scabior and Carrow. There was a knock on the door and the Account Manager for House Scabior Grishnar led Lady Emma Ada Scabior, nee Jones inside who had a frightened look on her face as she had seen the looks the previous women left with. She hadn't had the chance to speak to any of them so she had no clue as to what was gonna happen. Grishnar speaks and says I assume that House Scabior accounts will be handled by either Griphold or Sharpeye now, they nod in his direction and he says here are the files and since time is money I have other work to do. As he is leaving, Carrow Account Manager Trizick comes in with folders in his hands but also leading a frightened young woman who is dressed like a muggle into the room. Trizick says we have just this morning found the only heir left of the Carrow line, Lady Alexandria Adalaide Carrow(22), she is a non-magical daughter of Armond Carrow who was sent to live with some squib relatives that her vile Aunt and Uncle did not know. That is what took us so long to find her. Here is the account files and all the information we have on House Carrow, Lord Peverell would be wise to be very careful going on that property without having it cleansed first, the Carrow's were known to leave nasty wards and spells on things there. He then handed the files to Sharpeye and took his leave.

Lady Tonk's smiles at Lady Carrow and says I am Andromeda Tonk's, Lord Peverells signitarie and this is Lady Potter, also Lord Peverell signitarie. He has tasked us with meeting you here today and discern how he will distribute the remains of House Carrow. Lady Carrow says excuse me but I don't have a clue as to who any of you are or what is going on. She says please call me Alex, and why am I here? This makes Lady Potter's awareness skyrocket and she asks if this is Alex's first time in Gringott's? She says yes it is. Dorea asks her if she has ever been to Diagon Alley to which she replied she remembers going there when she was little but she has lived in London most all of her life and she didn't know she had any relatives left in Britain. Lady Potter thinks this is gonna be hard, but Lady Tonk's steps up and says, Alex, this is gonna be difficult for you to believe but you are the last remaining member of House Carrow, a house that was pretty much ended last week when your Aunt and Uncle were killed in an Honour duel with Lord Harry James Peverell. He then became your house's Lord. He took control of all assetts, claims, debts, and people in that house. In magical Britain he basically could do with you as he pleases and you have no recourse. Lord Peverell of course is an honorable man and would not do that to you but there are things you need to know and things that could and will affect you at a later time. She asks Sharpeye look over the Carrow Account's and then let Alex please see them. Sharpeye gets the file out for the vault and property and hands them to Alex. Alex looks flabbergasted as she sees that the account has 4.8 million galleons, 29 sickles and 17 knuts in a vault and a house that pushes the total value to 5.7 million galleons. She says is this mine or does Lord Peverell own this now as well as he can claim me? Lady Potter says relax Lord Peverell will meet with you privately and between the two of you something will be worked out. I am sure you are gonna like what is to come, but I need to inform you that if you want to keep your name a vow of loyalty to House Peverell will be required and Lord Peverell would have to claim you to keep you in the family, but again that is for you and he to work out. Today though, like the other women from the houses he now controls, you will be given a key to the Carrow vault, you are allowed to draw 1750 galleons a month as a stipend from the vault., to which she gasps as this is more money than she has ever had! If you have need of more then send a letter to Sharpeye or Griphold and they will inform Lord Peverell of your needs. Lord Peverell will send an elf to alert you as to when he and you will meet and where. I am sure he will not let you enter Carrow's Nest until it is thoroughly checked and safe. I also suggest you get your key and a money pouch at the counter before you leave as 1750 galleons is a heavy sum. Since you live in muggle London you may want to exchange it for pounds before you leave the bank today. Dorea asks Andromeda if she has anything to add and she shakes her head but says, Alex your life changed today and I would like to think for the better, Lord Peverell will like you I am sure and he takes care of those he likes. Griphold says Lady Alex, you are new to this world it seems, be glad it is Lord Peverell that will be explaining it to you and not Lucius Malfoy or a LeStrange! You are a very lucky young lady! Lady Alex is walked to the door and a guard escorts her to a teller, and that leaves one!

Lady Emma Ada Scabior had to sit and listen to the last thirty minutes as a muggle was introduced to the magical world and told she would be under the protection of Lord Peverell without so much as having a history to brag about. She hoped for a similar outcome but knew her husbands past was gonna be a troublesome issue, that and her nineteen year old son, Wilson, whose better than anyone attitude could be their downfall. She could adapt to whatever belief that Lord Peverell would require as she didn't believe the hippogriff shit that her former husband espoused. Her son was a different, he believed everything his father said and she didn't think she could change his mind. First she had to save herself before she could try to save her son. Lady Tonks says since we are the last here please call me Andi and Lady Potter says call her Dorea, Lady Scabior tells them to call her Emma and that she hopes that things could be as pleasant as what she had just witnessed with Lady Carrow. Andi says that will depend on your answers to a few questions, a background check done by Gringott's and a private meeting you will have with Lord Peverell. I understand you have one son, Wilson, age nineteen. Emma says yes I do and he has been under his father's thumb for far to long and I hope to be able to make him see that all people are equal and deserve to be treated respectfully. Andi says we have heard and will take that under advisement but you will be judged as an individual just as he will. Remember to be truthful and not try to play games and Lord Peverell will do right by you, but do not make him and us your enemy. I know you have heard of how House Black and House Potter deal with enemies, it would do you well to remember that Lord Peverell is both a Potter and a Black! Any thoughts of maybe beguiling Lord Peverell died right then, she would do as he asks and be loyal to her new Lord. Dorea asks her if she is in need of anything at the moment, if she safe for the moment, and that she too would have a stipend of 1750 galleons a month with the same stipulations as Lady Carrow. One of the Potter or Black elves will come to her and let her know when Lord Peverell would be free to meet with her and finalize her place in House Peverell if she had one. Andi tells her it would be a good idea to lock down her floo to others and make sure the wards were active just in case, and that Lord Peverell would be looking into ensuring her safety after their meeting. With that the meeting ended and they left Gringott's to head back to Black Manor but before they could get to Gringott's apparition room they were hailed by a voice neither wanted to hear, Lucius Malfoy called and walked over to ask if it would be possible for them to get a message to Lord Black and Lord Peverell that he would like to meet. Andi and Dorea looked at each other cautiously and said we can do that, when would said meeting take place and where. Lucius feeling very full of himself any day this week and I am willing to meet at their convenience. Andi smiles and says we will be glad to pass the message on and please ask Cissy to accompany you if possible, I would so love to catch up with my sister! Lucius says I am sure she would enjoy that, not knowing that he was being played when he thought he was the gamemaster!

Back to Black Manor!

Harry had spent the morning training, albeit more like dismantling James and Sirius with Lord and Lady Black and Lord Potter watching. They were giving Sirius and James some pointers but it didn't matter as they were still getting their asses handed to them no matter what they did. Lord Black had put up silencing charms and he asked Charlus, I wonder how James would feel if he knew that it was his son that was kicking their arse like this? Charlus laughed and said James would be pissed but rolling on the floor laughing at the huge prank his son had pulled. Melania then says it is great that Harry can do what he does and we owe him our very lives, but even after everything he has told us and shown us, I am so sorry for what he has had to go through. The losses, the battles, the killing, the betrayals. How can he still be the person he is after all that? Charlus sips his drink and looks at both Melania and Arcturus and says, Harry is a Potter but also a Black, he puts family first and will not surrender. He puts the meaning in Via Ballatoris(the way of the warrior) and Toujours le coeur Pur( always pure of heart) on his sleeve and wears it as a badge of honor, the Potter and Black family motto's are what carries and sustains him. He has done us proud, now we must show we are worthy of his sacrifices and rise to his standards. We have to plan and sort how best we can help Harry stop the destruction of our families and at the same time save our world from the maniac that so many are following. Harry has done an admirable job so far and has took many of Voldemorts allies and funding but he will raise more. We need to start in the Wizengamot and cut the legs from under some of his followers, strengthen our own DMLE. Arcturus says it is also time for the Black family to once again get involved in both politics and the defense of their homeland. I think it is time I called the entire Black family back together and tell them as Lord Black what is expected of them as Black's and either they join with us or they will be disowned and kicked out, this includes Narcissa, and Bellatrix although I fear Bellatrix is beyond any salvation, death maybe the only mercy left for her at this point. It also is time I put my animosity towards our sister aside Dorea and recall Cassiopeia back home. She will not be happy with me disrupting her life on the continent but she has talents that we could use and once she meets Harry I am sure she will want to help mold him into what a proper Lord Black should be since she has been slightly disappointed in me! It was at this point that Dorea and Andromeda enter the dueling room and overhear the last of the conversation. Dorea smirks at Arcturus and says what do you mean a proper Lord Black, he is a Potter you know and will one day be Lord Potter. Melania smiles and says who knows maybe he will be Lord Potter, Lord Black, Lord Peverell and whatever other House he claims, remember he did show us his five wives from his previous life. They all look at each other and go silent!

Harry, Sirius and James come out of the dueling pit to greet the others and Harry asks his Grandmother how the meetings went. Dorea sniffs and tells them to get cleaned up and meet them in the parlor, James says he needed to get back to Potter Castle and check on Lily, so Harry and Sirius went to their respective rooms for a quick shower and change. As they enter the parlor Andromeda gells Harry that the meetings went basically as they anticipated and that the only surprise was that a young lady was found that was a squib born to the Carrow's brother and hidden. Harry was told that she knew nothing of magic and was scared, but that she was told everything she needed to know until he met with her and that she was allotted the same stipend as the others. Harry was pleased and said he would send one of the elves to the women soon. But first...

Harry drops a bombshell!

I have been thinking Harry tells all those gathered that it is time I talked to my parents. They deserve to know the truth and that one of their best friends is a traitor and another of their friends is so loyal to Dumbledore that he would let their son be tortured and abused without question just because the old goat-molester said so. He also didn't question Sirius being sent to prison for thirteen years just because Dumbledore said it was best. James and Lily needed to be included and understand what lay ahead! Harry is actually surprised that they all agreed that keeping secrets from family for whatever reason wasn't good and could only undermine the bond they had for each other. Arcturus tells Harry that is also the reason he was gonna bring his great-aunt Cassie back to Britain, she could help Harry and the family. Harry was pleased they all agreed and he had a feeling of surety as he saw the family coming together!

A/N: Harry brings James and Lily in and tells them who he is. Harry shows them his memories. Sirius gets serious and actually begins to behave like a Black, family loyalty above all others. Cassie makes and appearance and Harry meets with Ms. Carrow and Ms. Knott.

A/N; I do not nor will I ever own Harry Potter!

Chapter 18: The Potter Reveal

Tuesday,Dec 11th, 1979

After breakfast at Black Manor Harry asks Binks if he would contact Lord and Lady Potter, James and Lily Potter and Sirius Black to please come to Black Manor. He pops away to Potter Castle to ask for them to come for a meeting with Lord Peverell. Harry sends Claymore to get the Tonk's, Harry feels this is everyone that needs to know the whole truth at the present time. Arcturus asks Harry if he is prepared for the possibility of James and Lily not believing him. Harry says, I am, but I will save them never the less. It was about 15 minutes later that Binks returned with the Potter's and Sirius, while Claymore arrived with the Tonk's. Harry has the portraits of Lord and Lady Black as well as Lord and Lady Potter set up in the parlor with covers over them and also has his penseive ready to show memories. Harry has the wills of James and Lily that they hadn't even wrote yet as well as Sirius's will that named Harry Heir Black. Harry, Arcturus and Melania all greet the new arrivals and escort them into the parlor, Dorea sits on a couch with Charlus right behind her, as Melania sits beside her with Arcturus behind her. The Tonks take a seat to the right of them, while Harry asks James, Lily and Sirius to sit across from the others where all could see him and the potraits that he was gonna display. Dorea says Lord Peverell, Harry, Lily is 3 months pregnant and that what he is about to share could upset her so be very careful and explain everything just as he had explained it to them. James looks at his mother and says you know what this is about? You know who this Lord Peverell really is and his connection to our family? Charlus speaks and says yes son, your mother, myself and Lord and Lady Black know who Harry is and it is gonna shock all three of you but it is his story to tell. I just ask you all to be patient, let him finish and then ask your questions, he can backup everything he is about to tell you and we had Gringott's verify it.

Harry takes over and says first, my name, while you know me as Lord Harry James Peverell, I am actually Harry James Potter, son of James and Lily Potter, Godson to Sirius Black and Alice Longbottom. I am from the future, I will be born July 31, 1980 and will be orphaned on October 31,1981. I was given the opportunity to return to this time to save my family and right some terrible evils that are about to take place, the first two being Uncle Arcturus and Aunt Melania's murder and the murders of my Granparents. Lily ever the brilliant one she is says' say I believe what you are saying because it is to unbelievable to not be true, James and Sirius yell WHAT? You can't be serious, you think any of that can be true? Lily looks at them like they are stupid and says have you overlooked the elephant in the room, and Sirius says 'what elephant"? And Lily says that is a muggle term that means there is something you are overlooking. Sirius says oh, well what is it? James start to look at Lily and she smiles at him and he says, think Sirius, if there wasn't some truth to this then Mum, Dad and Uncle Arcturus and Aunt Melania wouldn't be sitting here so calm. Sirius looks around and says so there is truth in this and they all nod. Harry then tells them that what he is about to tell them all has to stay between them for now and that he will have some hard truths for them and it is gonna be hard for them to accept them but he will show them his memories in the pensieive. But first here is a copy of the blood and lineage tests from Gringott's that I did in front of Lord Potter and Lord Black. Harry hands them to James and Lily with Sirius coming to stand over their shoulder to read it:

Name: Harry James Potter-Black

Father: James Charlus Potter

Mother: Lily Jade Potter: Nee Evans

Grandfather: Charlus James Potter

Grandmother: Dorothea Astra Potter: Nee Black

Godfather: Sirius Orion Black thru Godfather ritual

Godmother: Alice Marie Longbottom, Nee: Davis thru Godmother ritual

Official titles:

Lord Peverell of Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Peverell by mother's line

Lord to be of Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Potter by father

Heir to be of Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Black chosen by Godfather

Future Lord of Unnamed Houses by Right of Conquest to be determined

James and Lily look at one another while Sirius mouths gapes like a fish out of water. Lily looks up at Harry and says how and why? Harry kneels down and takes her shaking hand and says let me tell you my story, then I will show you the same memories I have shown the others already, and then tell you where we go from here.

I was born July 31, 1980, you and dad were great parents, I was loved beyond words, we had a great time and Padfoot was always there playing with me. Sirius interupts and asks you know my animagus form? Harry says of course, you are a grim, dad is a buck, Moony is a werewolf and the reason you died is a rat. Mum patronus is a doe. Sirius shook his head and says why would Peter be the cause of their deaths? Harry says I will get to that but there is another that betrayed all of us just as much and I know dad believes everything Dumbledore says but he plays games and doesn't tell all he knows. As you know the Divination Professor at Hogwarts retired, two months from now Dumbledore is going to interview Sybil Trelawney for the position, but instead of doing it at Hogwarts he chooses to do it at the Hogs Heade in a private room. While doing the interview the soon to be Professor Trelawney gives the first of two prophecies that involve our family and Voldemort, James and Sirius wince at the name, and Harry says don't do that, it is just a name and he is no lord, he is a half-blood born from a squib and a muggle, by the name of Tom Riddle. Dumbledore knew he had been followed but he didn't even set silencing charms or privacy wards and a deatheater, Severus Snape heard the first 3 lines of the prophecy and was caught by Dumbledore's brother and threw out of the inn. The prophecy read..

"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches... born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies... and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not... and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives... the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies..."

Snape then runs to his master and that puts him after the two potential children it could be, me and Neville Longbottom. Voldemort attacks our home in Godric's Hollow on October 31, 1981 and kills both of you and casts a killing curse at me that rebounds against him and destroys his body but he has made horcruxes to keep him tied to this plane. Sirius arrives after and finds me in my playpen and is so distraught and angry that he hands me to Hagrid and goes after Pettigrew and gets tricked and thrown into Azkaban for 13 years. James asked what the hell were we doing in Godric's Hollow when no one can penetrate Potter Castle? Harry says Dumbledore convinces you to go there even though Mum was against it, you pulled Lord of Family over her to get her to follow Dumbledores advice, I believe he memory charmed you dad or confunded you, if my Grandparents would have still been here that would have never happened as Grandfather would have never let you follow Dumbledore's advice. Charlus says you got that right, I haven't trusted that charlatan ever, and James you have really admired him for no good reason. Peter Pettigrew was made secret keeper of the Fidellus Charm that Dumbledore cast over our home, so he knew Sirius didn't betray you but he let Sirius rot in prison for 13 years just so he could control me, the Potter seat on the Wizengamot as he had himself named as my guardian in spite of your will specifically saying otherwise. Mum to make it worse, he placed me with the worst people possible, Lily shakes her head and has tears flowing and asks did he put you with Vernon and Petunia? Harry says yes and I was abused and starved for 11 years. I will show you the memories. I know you haven't made a will yet, but here is a copy that I brought back with me.

August 1, 1981

Last will and Testament of James Charlus Potter and Lily Jade Potter; nee Evans. Being of sound mind and body and under no compulsions or potions do hereby declare:

I, James Charlus Potter do hereby leave to my wife Lily Jade Potter nee Evans control of all Potter assets until our son and Heir, Harry James Potter reaches the age of maturity.

To my brother in all but blood, Sirius Orion Black, I leave 500,000 galleons just because, ut please grow up and make an honest woman of Amy! Please take care of Harry and Lily if something happens to me, you are his Godfather and I know you will honor that vow.

To Remus Lupin, I leave 500,00 galleons, buy some new clothes and and place to live. You are a good man and don't let your furry little problem dictate your life. Also look after Lily and Harry.

To Peter I leave 300,000 galleons to use as you need unless you have turned traitor and sold us out to Voldemort as our secret keeper.

To Minerva McGonagall, I leave 100,000 galleons and as Harry's GodGranmother please watch over him as he comes to Hogwarts!

To my son Harry, I love you and if you are reading this then Peter betrayed us and I didn't get to see you grow to the fine man I know you will become.

To Lily the love of my life, I am sorry if something has happened. Raise Harry to be the best Lord Potter he can be.

I, Lily Jade Potter nee Evans, leave all my earthly possessions to my husband and son, James and Harry. I leave my love and heart to you both. James please make sure Harry gets all my journals he will need them.

If something has happened to me and James, then know that Peter Pettgrew was our secret keeper. Not Sirius Black!

Custody of Harry should go to in order:

Sirius Orion Black, Godfather by ritual.

Alice Longbottom, Godmother by ritual.

Amelia Bones, friend and trusted ally to House Potter

Minerva McGonagall, GodGranmother.

By no means is Harry to be given to my sister, Petunia Dursley nee Evans or ever be near her husband, Vernon.

Signed;

James Charlus Potter

Lily Jade Potter nee Evans

Witnessed by;

Albus Wulfric Brian Dumbledore

James, Lily and Sirius stare at the paper and then at Harry. Lily asks Harry how...how is this possible? Harry tells them of all that happened, his life, his battles, his wins, his losses, oh his so many losses! He tells them of winning the war and of his defeat of Voldemort, his marrying five of the most special women in the world and how each was taken from him, Luna being the last and after the war was over. He tells them of tracking down their murderers and killing all of them. Then of meeting Lora, the Goddess of Death and the opportunity she gave him to come back and balance the scales, to right the wrongs that an evil person who cheated her caused. Harry tells them of the ritual, the preparations, and of all the help his grandparents, Aunt and Uncle have been. Harry tells them that he will stop the war sooner than last time and he will save his family. I have already started taking apart his inner circle and cutting his financial support. I will have no mercy on any of his followers, starting with Pettigrew, he dies as soon as I see him, then Lucius Malfoy is next, then I will work down the list of the rest of them. Voldemort has no idea of what is coming and neither does the great manipulator Dumbledore. Lily looks at her son from the future and says Harry you can't become an emotionless machine, you have to live for more than killing! Harry looks at his mum, kneels and says, Mum, I am what life has made me, but there is something you haven't thought of yet. I am who I am because of all I have told you, the baby, your Harry will not have to live through what I did so I will be better because I will eventually have been raised by you! Raise me to be strong, teach me all you can before I am eleven, on my eleventh birthday our split souls will reunite and your Harry will inherit all my skills, all my memories, all my pain, all my loves, but he will also be who you have raised him to be, the best of both worlds, a loving son and a deadly foe, and a future Lord Potter-Black-Peverell! Harry asks his parents is there anything they wish to know? Sirius chortles and says this could be the greatest prank of all time and he was glad that he and James would be together in it with Prongslet! James asks Harry is it truly necessary to leave Remus out of everything as he has been their friend for years, but Harry says Remus may be your friend but he will kept no secrets from Dumbledore and will always hesitate to do what is needed! Lily spoke up and said if Harry doesn't trust him and he has reason to from what he has told us then we keep this to ourselves. She then asks Harry if they could see some of his memories thru the family penseive, Harry agrees and the rest of the day is one memory after another. Lily goes from one extreme to the next, crying, laughing, screaming, cursing, almost going after Dumbledore and Snape before being restrained by James and Sirius, but she really lost it after seeing what Petunia and Vernon had done to her little boy! James just smoldered, his Potter rage seething just below the surface, but knowing that he was gonna avenge everything that happened to not only his son, but his wife, himself, Sirius and the rest of their family and friends. Sirius for once looked like a Lord and he says, James, Harry, Lily, Andi and Uncle Charlus and Aunt Dorea, And Grandpa and GrandMum, whatever we have to do, I will see it thru and may everyone that has harmed our family burn in hell. It was at this point that Arcturus speaks and says we can't wait for others to strike and then react, Harry has given us an advantage and cut their numbers but we need to continue to cut Voldemorts support and that of his followers off at the knees. Charlus asks Harry if he has a plan for the next strike at Voldemort and Harry says he would like Lord Black to set up a meeting with Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy under the pretense of strengthening House Black. Then Harry as Lord Peverell will lead the conversation to DeathEaters and how they could benefit House Black's political future since it has now aligned with House Potter and Peverell. Harry says I want him under House Black Property and under guest rights where Lucius is Magic bound to tell the truth. Sirius starts laughing and says damn Harry you like to play rough, Lucius will have a bloody coronary trying to keep from answering those questions and someone better keep a wand on Narcissa as she will defend her husband, Harry says don't be so sure after she hears some of the answers he gives to questions I have. She may be back in House Black shortly along with her dowry and interest! Arcturus tells them he will send an owl that night and have a meeting set up in 2 days. Harry agrees to this and states that this will give him, James, Lily, and Sirius time to set somethings up for Pettigrew, Dumbledore and in a small way Remus. They retire to the dining room for supper and Binks once again outdoes himself. After supper, Lord and Lady Potter return to Potter Castle as Charlus wanted to reset the wards and check on some things, he also had a letter to sent to Gringotts regarding their wills and the wills of any future Lord Potter. No one would ever be able to stop the reading and execution of a Potter will! Dorea tells Charlus that she wants the jewelry from the Potter Family vault that prevents compulsion charms and can detect potions and poisons for themselves, Harry, James, Lily and Sirius and she then calls Claymore and asks him to go tell Melania to do the same from the Black Family vaults. They will not be caught unawares and unprepared again.

Wednesday, December 12th

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