Hariel Potter (age 17)

Once the guest had vacated the house there was a sudden flurry of activities as the house was ready to go under a shutdown. She asked Kreature what he wanted to do and in a whisper, he had answered that he wished to return to Hogwarts. So with her blessing, he was sent to work at Hogwarts until the end of his time.

Then the plan was put into motion. The goblins were contacted, ward-masters were hired and the house was selected. The plan was for Hariel and the kids to move in first with Mortimer acting as their guardian and then Severus to join them at a later date.

Of all the houses that had been in the portfolio, Hariel had ended up choosing a small chalet in northern Yorkshire. It was near the beach and in a complete muggle area. Hariel had chosen that place for that exact reason, it'll be good for her children to know how to navigate both worlds.

{And personally? she simply wanted to see the purebloods flounder and cringe at the modern technology, not that anyone needed to know that}

The story they had concocted was that Mortimer was the uncle who had ended up getting guardianship of three kids after their parents had ended up being murdered in the terrorist attacks that had struck them. And they knew the locals won't question it because people had ended up losing someone or other during the past few months.

It took them collectively 3 days to settle in the 5 bedroom, 3 bathroom and kitchen, the house was 3 storied and had a basement that was the half cellar and other half was the potions laboratory. The whole floor plan was open and airy. Hariel enjoyed opening the windows in the morning and napping with kids on the rug while the sun shined on them softly. ('It was a beautiful way to soak in vitamin D' she defended herself when others found out.) When things aligned just perfectly Luna and George would join them in the napping. Severus adored the Sunroom and ordered her to put comfortable sitting upholstery in the room, enough that they all could sprawl without crowding him.

Despite the fact that Mortimer was 'death' himself he enjoyed something similar too. He adored draping himself on the roof like a cat and just enjoy basking in the sun. He had tried to bring the kids to the roof only once and had been given a lecture he'd never forget by Hariel once she had gotten her heart to calm down a bit. The audacity of someone screaming at him was like an ache somewhere, but he had felt warm with the happiness burbling in his soul as she fretted around him and the kids.

Once they were properly settled in Severus was bought in and settled in the largest room after the master bedroom. To make sure he didn't go insane with boredom he was supplied with whatever books he wanted, needed, or straightforward demands when he was engrossed in his work. Delphini didn't exactly like being with him but Teddy adored him. He would calmly lay beside him with Fawkes and play with his feathers and allow the immortal bird to preen his hair.

Two weeks after they had settled in properly the Malfoys and Weasleys together threw a small house warming party that went on all day. Neville, George, Hermione, and Luna arrived at 7 in the morning to help decorate for the party. Hariel simply warded her door and ignored them until noon. Surprisingly the party was in full swing when she finally stumbled into the sitting room.

Blinking at them she looked around to check on her kids and then shuffled to the kitchen to eat something. Hermione followed her in and gave her the plate of breakfast Molly had prepared. Once she was slightly more awake she hugged and kissed everyone and simply enjoyed the happy thrum of her magic.
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When Hariel had accepted to become the anchor for death's soul; she had just blindly accepted the offer without truly thinking of the true consequences. So when her hair started changing very slowly she had freaked out, her roots had started turning a deep blood red. And matching her, Delphini's hair grew streaks of blood-red and now Delphini had two-toned hair.

And that wasn't the only thing that changed. When she confronted Mortimer he had confessed that she will slowly and gradually go through a massive change, and in the next year, she would look very different from what she looked now. He was absolutely gleeful at the changes as death was rarely ever stagnant and changes meant her body was actually accepting the changes and the power that came along with being the true Master of Death.

Then she was given a thick tome to read and he vanished into the ether not to be seen for a week.

When she opened the tome at night, her eyes popped out at the name. It was The Grimoire of the House of Fey. It was The Grimoire of the House of Fey. She carefully leafed through the grimoire and had pulled an all-nighter to read through one-quarter of the thick tome. The next morning she had gleefully waved in Severus and got him to accept the title of 'Uncle Sev' in exchange for getting to read through the tome. Then with a wide grin, she told him that he was a grandfather to both of her children and then flounced out of the sunroom to take a nap.

She then saw the biggest nerd pile in the Sunroom that evening. Severus, Kingsley, Hermione, Draco, Luna, and George were all sitting and carefully trying to copy parts of tome and failing massively. It had started a spontaneous spell crafting session which will allow them to copy parts of the Grimoire or any book that had anti-copying spells on it

This set a pattern for her and her sudden increase in workload. She now had to study for her ladyship duties, her NEWTS, and the Grimoires that Mortimer kept pushing on her. It was surprisingly liberating when she studied for something that would be worth her tears, blood, and sweat.
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When Death had settled and anchored his soul to the soul of one Hariel potter he had set off a chain of events no one could have predicted. The timeline had splinted and the dimension had shifted.

Just enough that an Ogama Senin had gotten a brief look into a newer timeline. He had seen the revival of the fallen, he had seen families found and made, he had seen the eyes of the saved, but above all, he had seen his summoner happy.

He had seen the look of devotion Jiraiya had given the lady and had seen the same emotion reflected back in her eyes. Oh, there were going to be ups and downs but the glorious savior of the world was going to enchant everyone around her and change the whole.

So he sent summons for Jiraiya, perhaps it would be better to tell him that the prophecy he had was null and void, and then maybe just maybe he must forget to tell him about the new and changed future. He must find his entertainment somewhere and where else is better than the world-changing events.

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Hello, my darling readers. I sort of updated this chapter without any proper editing.
I wish to apologize for that but I was in a mood and it wasn't really fair to anyone.
Life just makes us like that I suppose.
Hope you have an amazing day.
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