Disclaimer in Chapter 1. Will change if necessary.

The next day Harriet woke up cuddled between the three Marauders in a pile of pillows on the back porch. As she leaned back into the form of Padfoot, her father, who had decided to change back before they slept, tightened his arm protectively around her waist. Remus, who had changed back when the moon went down, was on the other side of Padfoot his arm slung over the grim and his fingers latched lightly onto her tank top. Relaxing in the puppy pile Harri reviewed the day before and began to plan the rest of her day.

Yesterday after another crying fest and Remus apologizing to Sirius for believing he had betrayed James they had all turned to her for the answers. She had shut that down quickly, explaining that it was a long story and claiming that they had already gone through emotional upheavals today as well as the fact that they had a full moon to stay up for later. They reluctantly agreed but made her promise to tell them tomorrow. Agreeing to that, they had moved to the dining hall for a large, late dinner. Harriet made sure all three men got nutrient potions, having glared at them until they drank them. After dinner Harri had sent Griphook a letter asking him over for lunch instead of dinner as the story was very long. Later there had been a small spat when she had followed them outside for the full moon, they had wanted her to stay inside and stay safe. Harri had simply rolled her eyes and pointed out that she already had an animagus form to run with them and if for some reason they really did find danger her secondary form was the most equipped to handle it as the rest of them were out of shape. That had got her a bit of pouting but they eventually agreed. They had run and played all night before coming back around five to pile together and sleep.

Casting a quick tempus, Harri found that it was ten in the morning. Giving a quiet curse, she changed into Godiva and slipped from the pile. She watched for a second to make sure that the others weren't disturbed before she ran into the Manor and up to her room. She quickly showered and dressed in her new robes, before twisting her hair up into a bun and making her way down to the kitchens. Half way there, Hedwig swept down to perch on her shoulder mid-step. Harri took the letter and nodded, reading Griphook's acceptance and his promise to arrive at half past noon. Once in the kitchens Harri was greeted by the house elves, she informed them of the company coming over for lunch and warned that he may end up staying until dinner before grabbing a quick breakfast and leaving for the labs.

Seeing that it was eleven, Harri decided that she had just enough time to brew the dementor recovery potion. "Who knew I would be spending so much time in the labs." Harri huffed as she brewed, singing to herself as she went. She added buying herself new electronics and warding them to work around and be charged by magic to her list, she could really use some tunes to brew to.

Just as she was bottling the potion up and setting the vials down in the carrying case, the lab door burst open and three panicked Marauders charged in. "There you are!" James exclaimed, "Do you know how scared we were? We woke up and you were gone! No note! Nothing!"

Harriet raised an eyebrow at them, "You were sleeping. I let you sleep." She cast a quick tempus and saw that it was a quarter 'til noon. "I was about to come wake you anyway."

"What are you even doing?" Remus asked, "You were up with us the whole night. You should have slept too."

Harri rolled her eyes, "I don't sleep much more than five hours, six on occasion but even then that's rare. You want me to sleep more than that I have to be injured in some way, shape, or form." She plucked one potion free from the box before closing the lid, "As for what I'm doing." She walked over to them with the case and held out the vial to Sirius, "I just finished brewing the potion that will help Padfoot with the lingering dementor effects."

Sirius took the vial carefully as they all stared at her, "That's a really advanced potion." Remus murmured.

Harri nodded and gave Sirius the case, "So don't waste my work. Take them every twenty-four hours until their gone and you should be right as rain."

"Best godkid ever." Sirius sniffed.

Hari snorted but gave a small grin, "Also I need you all to clean up and be presentable. I called one other person to hear the story, he will be here for lunch in about forty-five minutes."

"Um, escaped convict here." Sirius said, "Remember that?"

Harriet waved that off as she left the labs with them scrambling behind her, "Griphook won't say anything. Client confidentiality clauses. Plus, no one knows either of you are free. I made simple golems and left them in your places, in the next couple days they will wither away and die and the world will think your dead." She stopped at the stairs and pointed up them, ignoring the three bewildered expressions. "Go clean up." Her eyes twinkled mischievously, "If you do as I ask I will bring you the rat."

"Peter is still alive?" They all growled.

Harri nodded, "Yes, but everyone thinks he's dead. He's hiding in his rat form. If you go get cleaned up for company, I will bring him to you. The world already thinks he's dead, he won't be too missed."

"Deal!" Sirius said happily, sprinting up the stairs with his potions clutched in his arms.

Harriet raised a questioning eyebrow at her father and Remus who quickly climbed the steps too. "Aren't we the ones who are supposed to be taking care of her and bribing her for good behavior?" James grumbled as he disappeared in his room, Remus merely laughed.

Thirty minutes later found the three Marauders bathed, shaved, and dressed up, standing in the receiving parlor impatiently. Harriet swept in a couple minutes later in a nice Gryffindor red knee length dress that had a gold belt around her hips and wearing a nice red set of low heels. Her hair was a bit more tamed as well and she had a hair band in place to keep her hair from her eyes. In one hand she held a small brown leather journal and in the other she held a small cage that had a rat in it.

Harri smiled as she took in the cleaned up men, "Excellent." She set the rat cage on the table, "As promised."

The three instantly surrounded cage and looked at the cowering rat, they knew that form all too well and could see the fear in the rat's eyes as it took in their faces. "Hello there Peter." Sirius growled.

"How wonderful to see you again." Remus said in a low voice, Moony showing through.

James chuckled as Peter panicked and began searching for a way out, "No way out of this one traitor." He grinned, baring his teeth, "We'll have to play with you later." Peter passed out in fright. James rolled his eyes and called for Plimpy, when the house elf appeared he handed her the cage, "This rat is Peter Pettigrew. He was the one who betrayed us to Voldemort. Please make sure he won't escape. We will be talking to him later. He'll only need enough food to keep him alive."

Plimpy bowed, "Yes Master. I make sure nasty rat be stayin' put." She disappeared in the next instant.

"Well that should be fun." Harri said dryly.

James blushed in slight embarrassment before clearing his throat, "So who is this Griphook coming over? He sounds goblin."

Harriet sank into a chair by the floo and settled her hands on her lap, "He is a goblin. He is the new manager for the Potter accounts as well as all the other accounts I am set to inherit."

James frowned, "What happened to our old one?"

"He was stealing from us and sealed your and mom's wills without due cause. I replaced him with a more trustworthy goblin." She brushed imaginary lint off of her dress, "I understand why he didn't execute yours now but he didn't execute mom's which I know clearly states that I was not to, under any circumstances, be sent to live with the Dursleys but that is what happened."

"What?!" James shouted, "You lived with Petunia and that whale she calls a husband?!"

Harri giggled at her dad, "I called him a whale too." she nodded, "Yes, I lived with them and their little pig of a son. I'll get into the details when Griphook is here but the highlights are they hate magic and attempted to beat it out of me. They told me all my life that you and mom were killed in a drunk driving incident. They told me that you were a jobless deadbeat who corrupted mom." She got a dreamy look in her eye, "Boy did I love rubbing your title in their faces when I left. It was almost as satisfying as ruining them is sure to be."

James was torn between outrage, worry, and a healthy bit of amusement at his daughter's last statement. "Don't think this talk is over." James warned as the floo flared to life.

Harriet smiled as she stood, "Of course not dad." She turned and greeted the Goblin who came from the flames.

Griphook stepped forward and shook her hand, "Greetings Heir Potter, may the gold be flowing in your favor today."

"And may your enemies tremble before you this day." Harriet returned with a close lipped smile. She swept her hand toward the three Marauders who were looking at the exchange in surprise, "May I introduce you to my father Lord James Potter who you recently took over accounts for, Lord Sirius Black who you also have taken over for, and Remus Lupin one of my Professors from before." Remus looked slightly confused at his introduction but relaxed when she mouthed 'later' and shared greetings with Griphook.

Just as they began to move toward the dining room, the floo flared to life again. Everyone tensed in anticipation but Harriet relaxed seconds later as a familiar blond form popped from the flames. "Luna!" she called happily as she embraced her adoptive sister, "I wondered if you would show at some point. Did that Nargles fill you in?"

"Oh yes sister dear." Luna said in her usual dreamy tone, "The Nargles have been filling me in on some very interesting stories all this week." She looked over to the males who were watching her curiously, "Harriet there seems to be a quite large Wrackspurt infestation."

Harri nodded seriously, "Yes, I thought there might be. We were about to eat lunch while I clear those buggers out. Would you like to join us?" The blonde nodded, Harri smiled, "Everyone this is Luna Lovegood, heir to the house of Lovegood and my sister in everything but blood. Luna this is my father, my godfather, my uncle, and my account manager." Luna bowed to each male in turn, surprising them when she greeted them with their full titles.

With that, they moved into the dining room and sat at the large table, with the Marauders sitting on one side and Harriet sitting in the other, between Luna and Griphook. Lunch appeared and Harri waited until everyone had what they wanted on their plates before beginning.

"I guess I should start with my Dursley years, they're easiest to explain." Harriet said, "After the attack that night Hagrid showed up and took me away, he drove me to Privet Drive where he handed me off to Dumbledore, who in turn left me on the Dursley's doorstep. When Petunia found me in the morning she read the letter that made the next ten years of my life utter hell." Her eyes got a little glassy, "I never found out exactly what the letter said because the source I found out from was in less than perfect condition when I performed the slightly less than legal legilimens on the muggle. I did get the gist of it however, they were being paid monthly to keep me ignorant of the wizarding world and to beat and mistreat me until I was a perfect little victim in need of a hero who I would surely look up to and be loyal to for saving me." She spat the last part, her gaze so far off that she didn't see the Marauders horrified and murderous looks; to her left Griphook was looking grim. It wasn't until Luna put a hand on her shoulder that she shook herself slightly and continued, "I was kept in a cupboard under the stairs and treated no better than a Malfoy elf. When my accidental magic sprung up the beatings were so bad I was close to death. The last one happened when I accidentally made the glass in a zoo exhibit disappear when Dudley wouldn't stop taunting a snake, I ended up setting the snake free and trapping Dudley in the habitat when the glass reappeared. The beating after that one was particularly bad as I put their precious Duddikins in danger. I was so very close to death after that one. That's where this gets a bit complicated."

Harriet finally looked up to see the three men's faces and gave them a small smile, "Calm down. I'm not going back to them, I was until I was of age to be emancipated but after my age results I'm sure Griphook and I can rewrite the family scripts to allow my soul age to be taken into account. Plus, right now I've terrified them into doing my bidding. Once it's safer, I'll put the rest of my revenge in motion."

"I don't know whether to be worried that you obviously seem mostly over your treatment or proud that you are thinking with such a Marauder mentality." James said weakly.

Harri laughed, "Let's go with the second. The first will be explained." James nodded, "Anyway, as I was saying. After the last beating is where things get complicated. I'm sure your wondering how I could have been kept ignorant of the wizarding world and be this young yet already have multiple animagus forms, can brew like a master, use legilimency, and have a good handle on wandless magic. It's because technically I'm twenty-five. Fourteen years in the future I was in a battle; everyone was dead, my friends and adoptive family were all dead around me, my soulmates had been killed the day before, my son had been killed three years before that, I didn't have anything left to live for. I had accepted I was going to die but, not knowing it was an option or even possible, I wished I had seen the manipulations earlier and had been able to protect my mates and family better. My secondary animagus, my ice phoenix, Glacia forced our first burning day and used all of the extra power to send us back in time to a point when our body was already weak so we could merge together. Which happened to be a week ago after the last beating." She looked around so see everyone wearing bewildered expressions, except Luna who was nodding like she had heard all this before. "Which of course leads us to now. Where I am about to tell you all about the last time I lived the next fourteen years."

There will still be an update on Thursday! This is just an extra posting I'm doing for my birthday!