Chapter 9

Albus Dumbledore was pacing furiously in his office at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He had just apparated back from his vacation early from his Estate. Albus's monitors and alarms started going off a few weeks ago – their sole job was to track Harry Potter's over holidays and summer breaks. Albus called Severus Snape from his office to see about calling an emergency Order meeting.

Albus Dumbledore was sitting in his prestigious headmaster chair and clasped his hands together.

"Ah Severus, please come in, would you care for a lemon drop?" Albus asked pleasantly.

"What now, Albus? You better have a bloody good reason why you flood me in the middle of the night." Severus snapped.

"Harry Potter is officially missing as of this evening." He sighed and stroked his long beard.

"I'm afraid Harry Potter is currently no longer living at the Dursley home. We need to get him back!" Albus exclaimed rustling his robes and banged his knuckles on the headmaster's desk urgently.

Severus Snape almost rolled his eyes at the Headmaster's controlling behavior of the precious Boy-who-Lived. If this were indeed true, then he now owed Minerva M. 20 galleons. They bet last holiday whether or not Mr. Potter would officially run away. Severus bet that he didn't have the backbone for it and would stay, Minerva stated otherwise.

"Well have you sent out a search party yet?" Severus asked impatiently. He could give a damn if the headmaster's precious boy went missing for the summer.

"No, I'm calling in a few members to start searching the nearest muggle towns and possibly London, England" Severus Snape raised an eyebrow.

"Really, you think Potter took on a jolly vacation or something? If you haven't noticed Albus, the boy has grown up over the past year. He stopped hanging around the lazy Weasley boy and actually pays attention in classes." Severus winced as he just gave the golden boy his first ever compliment.

Albus frowned and replied, "Is there someone in particular that he has been hanging out with between classes that you have noticed?"

Severus replied, "Other than the Know-it-all, he seems to be building a relationship with two girls from my own house, surprisingly enough."

Albus stroked his beard and asked, "Oh and who might that be?"

"I believe he has created a little study group with Daphne Greengrass, Tracey Davis, and Hermione Granger." He supplied curious now how the headmaster would react.

Albus shook his head, too afraid to start picturing his plans falling apart already. He specifically placed that boy with his muggle Aunt and Uncle who were under maximum compulsion charms to treat the boy poorly so he could develop his passivity to him. Albus also placed the boy at the Weasley residence so he could be eventually introduced to the youngest, Miss. Weasley, whom he thought he could start a marriage contract. The Weasley family were diligent Order members and quite poor in the eyes of the pureblood elite and could benefit from the boy's extensive financial holdings.

Tired of a lack of response, Severus stood up and prepared to take the fireplace back to his private quarters. Albus nodded and let the man go, he would call up a search party for the following weekend, hitting all of the hotspots around England that Mr. Potter might be inclined to visit.

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The Greengrass manor was quiet on Wednesday morning. Their house elves were currently hard at work as usual and the two youngest girls of the manor, one Miss. Daphne Greengrass and Miss. Astoria Greengrass were still in their large bedrooms just waking up for the day.

Daphne Greengrass groaned as she opened her eyes, it was still Wednesday, maybe she could convince her mother with Astoria to go shopping. Not that she needed anything, but one could always find something of interest. Daphne pulled back her dark purple comforter with matching purple sheets and walked to her private bathroom. Her bathroom was designed specifically to her tastes, it contained a beautiful tub with magicked water spouts for different water pressure abilities as well as a standing shower.

Daphne yawned and glanced at herself in the mirror, her usual sleek blonde hair was a terrible mess. She shook her head and grabbed her brush. Daphne's brush wasn't your typical muggle brush, it was a gift from her mother one year for Christmas. It not only straightened your hair it also contained different spells to which style you wished for your hair on any particular day. Once her hair was properly straightened, she then decided on a high bun. Daphne gave her command to the brush and waited until her hair magically fell into place. She was blessed with fine features from an early age so she didn't particularly need or care for makeup as some girls did these days.

She finished her morning routine and decided on what to wear. Before she stepped into her walk-in wardrobe, Daphne glanced at her silver nightstand and saw her linked diary actually glowed. Smiling for the first time that morning, she hopped on her bed and grabbed it to read his first entry.

After reading his note, Daphne clutched the diary to her chest tightly leaked a couple of tears. Despite all the official contract stuff they signed with her parents, it warmed her heart to know that Harry Potter really did love her. She wasn't really sure why yet, as they were both so young still. But, there was one thing that Daphne now knows for certain, their future marriage wouldn't be in vain.

Daphne quickly went to her study desk on the right side of the room in front of the window and penned her reply.

My Dearest Harry,

I am pleased you remembered our diary! Your summer sounds like a lot more fun than being stuck with those horrible muggles. I have heard of Bellman's Hideaway and have only been there once a couple of years ago. It's a nice place, quite larger than Diagon Alley. I am pleased that you found two familiars, they sound amazing and I can't wait to meet them.

I am so happy that you are now living in the Potter Manor. You deserve to live there after living with your rotten Aunt and Uncle for so long. Your training sounds hard, but keep going, I know it will pay off later!

Love, Daphne

Pleased with her short but sweet response to Harry she closed her diary and tucked it away in her study desk. Daphne then changed into some light airy casual gray robes for the day ahead.

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Harry Potter woke up on Friday morning with a groan. He just began training under Elfridge's new regimen and he felt like shit. His muscles were screaming at him and his mind was stretched with intense occlumency training. Eflridge did warn him that he might be 'sore' for the next few weeks. If Harry was honest with himself, he felt like a herd of elephants ran over him.

Harry pushed himself to sit up against the headboard and winced. Out of habit he reached over to the table to grab his glasses, then remembered that he didn't need them anymore after his full-body healing rituals at Gringotts. He found a note and opened it, it was from Elfridge…

"Take these potions daily in the morning for pain, nutrition, and magical core strength".

Harry grimaced and downed the potions one after another, they all tasted terrible. He pushed himself out of bed and freshened up in the washroom. Sighing he stretched his sore muscles which felt remarkably better after the potions. He went to the wardrobe and grabbed a black muscle t-shirt and gray-washed jeans. On second thought he grabbed a jean jacket as well, deciding to go full-muggle today. He grabbed his rucksack and remembered he put the Potter Trust in it last night. Harry made a mental note to explore the old family tome later today. He then unlocked his multiple compartment trunk that he set out on the foot of the master bed and took the stairs down to the living quarters.

After he opened the door to one of the spare bedrooms he was met with a very angry cub wolf, Theia, and his handsome phoenix Vale. Theia growled a bit before sniffing him over and thumping her tail on the carpet. Harry made sure to kneel down and opened his arms before she leaped in and attacked him with licks.

'I am sorry Theia I waited to long to break you guys out of my trunk'. Harry mentally spoke between his familiar bonds.

Theia replied, 'Well we raided your food storage so, you'll have a mess to clean up as punishment!'

Harry chuckled and continued giving his little cub attention. He then glanced up at Vale who looked down at him a bit snobbish and fluffed his wings.

Vale simply stated, 'Take me out of this infernal trunk even with expansion magic I miss the open sky.' Harry smiled and gave them the low down on the Potter manor where they would be staying for now. He then granted them permission to use a guest room and he would have one of the house elves check up on them for meals.

Vale just rolled his eyes, if possible for a phoenix and through their mental link, 'let me outside you moron, so I can hunt for my food!' Harry winced at the loudness of Vale's reply and agreed. They headed out of the trunk and Harry called Pippy to take them to a guest room near his master suite. He told her that they were both allowed outside when they need it and they would respect the boundaries of the manor wards.

Harry Potter ate a quick hearty breakfast consisted of eggs and pancakes today. He then found a note from Elfridge that told him to take a morning jog in the gym before heading down to the library. Harry took off towards the gym looking forward to his studying later.

After reading through most of what the Potter Manor's library had to offer on Ancient Runes, Dueling, and spell casting Harry slipped into his mindscape and used his library nestled in the forest he created to organize all of the new material he memorized with his editec mind. Harry then decided to take a breather and open up the original beautifully leather bound Potter Trust that he'd been itching to read ever since he laid eyes on it.

The Potter Trust Grimoire

The Family Tree

Family Legacy

Family Magic

Family Alliances

Family Spells and Enchantments

Family Assets and Estates

It was well after midnight when he finished reading The Potter Trust grimoire, Harry Potter had to refocus his Occlumency shields and allowed himself to unleash a torrent of emotions he held back ever since he arrived here at the Potter Manor. So many secrets had been kept from him, now he had proof that it was indeed intentional. It took Harry several minutes to calm his emotions down and focus on what he found out about himself and his family.

Harry was not really surprised by his father's familial side, however, his mother's side was a whole different story. It appeared that even she didn't know about her ancestral lineage until her marriage into the Potter Family. Her knowledge came with her own lineage test and found that the last living heir of the Ether line married the last living heir of the Rae line. Orla Ether and Kieron Rae were the latest descendants of both their lines and married for self-preservation. Their last magical heir descendant was named Leon Rae. After him, their line nearly died out until one day, a squib Martha Evens, gave birth to a powerful muggleborn girl, Lily Evens.

As ancestral legend goes, Orla Ether, a uniquely gifted witch dominated the late 1800th century in her specialized fields. She was gifted in Ancient Runes, Charms, Enchantments, and Potions. Orla Ether earned two Mastery fields one in Charms and the other in Ancient Runes. She made her living off of selling her textbooks and research on these subjects. It was quite rare at the time for a woman of her stature to make waves in wizarding academia and profit from it. In addition, to her own wealth, Orla Ether inherited the large portion of her vault and family homes from her father, Hector Ether. She was the only living heir to receive it since her mother was unable to produce anymore children. Her father was a gifted politician with an affinity for magical law. He was an esteemed warlock of France's Wizengomet chambers and held various positions of political power close to their Minister of Magic during his career. He used his monetary gains wisely and invested in magical businesses that took off in the later years.

Kieron Rae, on the other hand, was quite an extraordinary wizard. His power levels were off the charts during that era. Kieron Rae was a powerful fighter, joining in the elite ranks of specialized operational units to protect the civilian population in different regions throughout Europe. Kieron had metamorphic skills, shadow magic affinity, natural mind magic affinity, and a unique elemental ability with fire.

Well that explains a lot, Harry thought to himself. He definitely started to feel a physical and magical change already with his body and magical core as he strengthened his muscles, and gained weight. The potions would help over the next few weeks to strengthen his magical core, going through the rune ritual ceremony with the goblins helped remove the blocks, but his core was still weaker than what it should be. Due to his poor childhood upbringing, Harry didn't receive the proper care and nutrition he needed to grow up and turn into a man.

The furthest known ancestors on Harry's mother's line also explained how he inherited the rest of the special abilities that were blocked by Albus Dumbledore. This made him wonder how special his mother truly was. He decided that he could talk to Etheridge tonight at dinner to decide on the next training regime to finish out the summer months.

Harry read several other texts that night to get a head start on the next set of training regimens. He covered the basics of shadow magic which fascinated him, the natural ability to learn how to filter through shadows and bend shadows to one's magic which can be helpful in fighting an opponent at night. Then he read basics of Ancient Runes again, this time practicing the different symbols by sketching them out on parchment. He got only got to one book on enhancing one's magical core when you're young until he called it quits.

Harry called one of the house elves and she popped him to the dining room so he could have dinner with Elfridge. He was quite getting used to teasing the poor old Elf. He was so strict with everything, Harry couldn't help it. Harry just chuckled when Elfridge took off his glasses and set his new training schedule in front of Harry for the last summer month.

"You know Elfridge…you could just be my grandpa if you keep up with the old glasses act" Harry smirked as he took the first bite. Elfridge groaned, this boy was James' Potters son through and through.

"Well, Mr. Potter, that might cost you extra tomorrow!" He grinned toothily.

Harry frowned and arrogantly replied, "Bring it on…grandpa!" He made sure to get an early nights rest, he would surely get his workout in over the next few days.

Dear Readers, Thank you for waiting patiently for this update. I will make another update in October as well since I'm a little behind schedule. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. The next chapter will include more intense training and a bit of fun!