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Dear Petunia Dursley nee Addams,
Regretfully, I must inform you that your little sister and her husband were murdered as of 7:15 am on October 31st. They were in their cottage home in Godric's Hollow when a magical terrorist attacked. Your sister, and brother-in-law, the late Lord, and Lady Potter were brave soldiers in the war that has wrecked our world for many generations now. Sadly their opposition to our current magical terrorist in the front lies drew his personal attention to them. We have left their only son, the sole heir to the Potter family, in your capable care. I expect you to raise the boy but not to spoil him. His name is Harry James Potter. His father's family is all but dead and you and your husband are his only remaining family on young Lily's side.
Harry Potter is very special in our world, more so than your sister and her husband ever were. He is the first person to ever survive the spell known as the killing curse. In addition to surviving, Lily's son managed to defeat the terrorist known as the Dark Lord Voldemort. He is now hailed as a hero for killing the largest threat of our time. However, it is my belief that the Dark Lord is not, as everyone believes, dead. Even if he were, his followers, of which there are sadly many, are out for vengeance. It is therefore imperative that young Harry lives with you and your family to secure the blood wards I have placed around your home. These wards will not only protect your home but your family as well.
Once you accept Harry James Potter into your home you will be safe from attacks from both sides of the magical war currently tearing apart the world. We are counting on you and your husband to raise Harry Potter to be humble and obedient. Harry is now expected to defeat The Dark Lord Voldemort (the dark wizard who killed Lily and James) and put an end to the war in our world. He is to do this by killing him at the cost of his life. The sooner he does this the better for all of us. We are counting on you, Petunia and Mr. Vernon Dursley, to raise Harry Potter to accept his fate.
I ask of you, my dear girl, that you do not tell the boy of his fame in our world, of his parents or of the magical world itself. In fact, it is of the utmost importance that you do not treat Harry James Potter with any kind of love or affection whatsoever. You will find the more meek and submissive you can make the boy, the greater the reward. In either case, you will begin receiving payments of at least 5,000 pounds per month. If you ever start to waver in your conviction to hate him and his kind, simply remember that Lily was able to go to a magical school just like you wanted, land a rich husband that could get her anything she wanted and became extremely popular both in school and at home. Remember that your parents always praised Lily more than they ever praised you or even cared for you.
With all my regards,
Albus Percival Wulfric Albus Dumbledore,
Member of Britain's Parliament
The headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry school of Witchcraft and Wizardry
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Location: Midgard, Russia, Moscow,
Date: Saturday, November 2end, 2000
Time: 8:15 am
POV: Rosemary Amethyst Addams, aka Natasha Alianovna Romanoff, The Black Widow
Age: 23,
Species: Witch
Rosemary Addams crushes the letter her sister Petunia just faxed over in her grip and wills herself not to cry. She nearly succeeds only to hear the sound of a heart-wrenching sob come from her own mouth. She's spent many hours listening to her sister and brother in law praise Albus Dumbledore over lunch, dinner or simply biscuits and tea. For him to have written about them in such a cold and distant manner-. To wish such a thing upon the child they died to protect-. She kills people for a living and she isn't even that heartless!
The man, basically, told Petunia to neglect and treat Lily's child as less than family. Like… like he is worthless! The baby's name isn't even Harry James Potter! And why would Tunnie be jealous of Lily and hate magic?! Even with all the compulsive spells and potions, Hadrian and subsequently Petunia's side of the family were doused with Petunia could never hate magic. She's a witch for Circe's sake!
When she called to take time off work this wasn't what she was expecting to deal with. She knows three weeks won't be enough time to deal with the mess Albus Dumbledore and his ego have made. Since it was the first time she requested time off work since she began working for 'S.H.I.E.L.D' she wasn't quite sure what to expect. Her former employers, 'The Red Room', never took too kindly to any requests and had to be forcefully reminded why they always gave in to her demands.
To her surprise, S.H.I.E.L.D quickly granted her request for time off and she was even given paid leave. Now Rose and her family have a power-hungry Britsh Headmaster to deal with. As she reads through the encoded email Petunia sent following the fax, Rosemary begins to plot. Once she has a plan in place she gets dressed in her finest wizarding and muggle attire. She takes care to double-check her safe house for anything left unpacked. She won't be returning here tonight. She has a plane to catch. Right now though she is on a tight schedule.
According to Petunia's email, whoever left little Hadrian with her did so overnight during a blizzard, forgot to leave any form of identification in addition to getting his name entirely wrong in the incriminating letter. Additionally, Petunia's small family of three and their one-year-old nephew Hadrian were all doused with slow-acting compulsion and personality altering potions and spells. Petunia emailed the entire family about the criminal actions taken against them while at Gringotts bank healing, talking with lawyers, and working on rectifying the situation the day before. Rosemary, her brother Lord Gomez Addams and Gomez's wife Lady Morticia Addams will be meeting Petunia and her family along with everyone's lawyers at Gringotts bank today.
As Hadrian's godparents, and Lillian's siblings, Rosemary and Gomez legally needed to be notified of Lillian and James's deaths. The fact that they weren't notified set off more alarms than the underlying threats in the letter Petunia faxed and emailed them copies of. There's also the case of whether Gomez will want to blood adopt Lily's baby boy. If such a thing can even be done with a demigod. In any case, the magical and human guardianship records need to be officially switched over to herself, her brother Gomez, and Gomez's wife Morticia. From what she understands the demigod guardianship has already been switched over to the three of them from the Gods perspective. As the magical world recognizes any action taken by the Gods as Law, the fact that they still have not been granted guardianship reeks of some form of cover-up.
As an assassin and spy, she can not safely raise Hadrian. Gomez and Morticia easily can. Additionally, she will be able to visit much more often. If the situation were different and Gomez and Morticia were unavailable she'd gladly take her nephew in. Hel, she'd gladly take both her nephews and her niece in if the situation ever arises. She has three days a week off work. She even gets one month off work every three months with her new job. She has already been splitting the time she has off between Lillian and Gomez. What with Fester being MIA and Petunia desiring as little contact with them as possible. Now Rosemary will simply have more time with her niece and two nephews. They are family after all. And nothing is more important to an Addams then family.
Location: Midgard, United States of America, New York, New York, Cemetery Ridge, #1 Cemetery Lane;
Date: Saturday, November 2end, 2000
Time: 12:00 pm
POV: Narrator
Lady Morticia Addams and Lord Gomez Addams are dressed in their finest wizarding battle attire. Morticia's battle tunic and leggings are made from willingly given black Hydra leather and Ukrainian Ironbelly scales won by right of conquest. Gomez's battle tunic and leggings are made from the same but in shades of black and green. Morticia straps two sabers to her back and her preferred sword to her side as Gomez does the same. They have already armed themselves with a number of well-hidden pistols, knives, and daggers. In the event that it comes down to their deaths, it will be a fight to the death. No Addams dies willingly despite their instinctive longing to be among the Glorious Dead. Lillian warned them that a variety of monsters from different pantheons and thus different realms will be out for young Hadrain's blood. They must be prepared for any situation.
This is a family outing as they are retrieving family. Thus Mama and Lurch are in the next room preparing the children, having already dressed in their own battle gear. Cousin Itt and Thing are also dressed and in the spare vault testing the emergency portkeys to ensure they still work. Rosemary is in her room preparing for battle the same as Morticia and Gomez. No one knows what to expect but they are all praying for the best. Right now however they're running late. Rosemary, Gomez, and Morticia were delayed by having a meeting with King Ragnarök and scheduling a purge and cleansing for the whole family at the local branch of Gringotts Bank.
Whoever left little Hadrian on Petunia's doorstep did so overnight during a blizzard and forgot to leave any form of identification. In addition, they have his name entirely wrong in the strangely threatening letter they left with him. Petunia already took time out of her holiday to make a trip to the bank herself to notify them of the custody change. While there, she found herself, her family, and Hadrian under a plethora of slow-acting spells and potions courtesy of one Albus Dumbledore. Naturally Petunia had them all undergo a purge and cleanse. She then emailed the entire family about the distressing situation. After Rosemary, Gomez, and Morticia arrived back from the bank, everyone had a good old fashioned mock duel to relieve their stress. Now they are preparing to retrieve young Hadrian.
"Ma chérie, are you ready for a fight to the death." Gomez asks stalking forward "To battle the unknown and come out victorious? Laughing in the face of their confusion when they see your crimson smile?" he asks wrapping his arms around his beloved wife and spreading kisses along her pale neck.
(Ma chérie -French- my dear,)
"Oui mon amour," (Oui mon amour -French-Yes my love,) Morticia says shivering with pleasure as she's spun around.
"Tish, that's French!" Gomez says joyfully before leaning in for a passionate makeout session.
"Gomez," she purrs breaking from their kiss. "We must retrieve Hadrian today. We mustn't allow them to think for a moment we don't want our nephew."
"They wouldn't?!" Gomez gasps
"They may," Morticia says taking Gomez's hand and gracefully standing before continuing "if we do not hurry along. Now come along, alskling," (alskling -Swedish- darling,)
Location: Midgard, United States of America, New York, Long Island Sound, Half-Blood Hill, 3.141 Farm Road, Camp Half-Blood
Date: Saturday, November 2end, 2000
Time: 8:15 am
POV: Aurea
Age: 23,
Species: Wind Nymph
While the many house-elves finish cleaning up the kitchen from their fabulous lunch, Aurea moves back to checking their charges temperature. According to the house-elves aiding her and her friends, such low temperatures are normal among the Hindu Gods and their children. Or rather at least Hadrian Frey Peverell and his mysterious father. This child, however, is only 1/4th Hindu 1/4th Norse and 2/4ths Roman and Greek. Aurea is used to raising Roman and Greek demigods. Among the Roman and Greek demigods, it's simply not normal for a child to have an internal body temperature of 32 degrees Fahrenheit. In her experience, only snow is so cold.
It's not that such knowledge would upset her. She is by far accustomed to the various species of the universe. The issue is that she doesn't want their charge to become ill or die on them. From what knowledge she has gathered of house-elves over her centuries of life they simply can't survive on their own. Even if they have access to an abundance of magic at their disposal they would go mad or work themselves to death without something or someone to direct their focus. Not to mention she would be both out of a job and out of King Hade's favor. No one sane wants to be out of the favor of the ruler of their Dead.
After triple checking all the provided books regarding Hindu Gods' health and biology she feels marginally relaxed. Apparently their young charge is among those considered warm-blooded of his race. This is likely due to his mother's Greek and Roman blood being mixed with his father's royal Asgardian and royal Hindu blood. She feels a bolt of pride and reassurance that such temperatures are safe for the royal Hindu Gods to have. Despite being rare the Hindu royal family has historically had children with those of other pantheons throughout their existence.
With the reassurance that their sleeping charge is at a healthy temperature, she returns to her silent reading on frost giants. She and her fellow nymphs have become determined to learn as much about the other pantheons as possible in case a situation such as this arises again. It is not her place however she still believes it foolish that the Olympian Gods managed to legally ban themselves from seeing their own children after birth should they not be born immortal. Poor Prince Hadrian Frey Peverell, a child of two gods, has fallen victim to that law. But again such things are well above her pay level.
Location: Midgard, United States of America, New York, Long Island Sound, Half-Blood Hill, 3.141 Farm Road
Date: Saturday, November 2end, 2000
Time: 8:15 am
POV: Lady Morticia Addams nee Frump
Age: 23,
Species: Vampire
Lady Morticia Addams nee Frump gazes admirably at the spell work woven into the signs promoting visitors to 'pick their own strawberries' as Lurch drives her family up the distastefully named Half-Blood Hill. From what she is able to gather the signs are a part of a series of elaborate illusion wards, protection wards, and defensive wards. The wards are designed to hide the true appearance of the land behind the fences. Despite holding the power to see through such spellwork she decides not to. It would be improper to do so without invitation especially as the spell was woven by family. She would recognize Lillian's spellwork anywhere.
Soon enough they arrive at 3.141 Farm Road on Half-blood Hill. To one side of the road is a gateway into what must be the warded camp on the other side is a small convenience store and restaurant combo with a rainbow spelled overhead. Morticia smiles faintly recognizing Rainbow Organic Foods and Lifestyles. The R.O.F.L. is one of her favorite magical and mundane stores despite its colorfully dressed clientele and rainbow decor. She buys most of her family's food there. Their favorites are the freshly caught eels and fresh yack meat and milk. She was introduced to the store by her sunny disposition twin sister Ophelia Frump and a mutual friend. She had her reservations however she now shops at the R.O.F.L. co-op regularly. She is even a co-owner of the store.
"Guuouah." (Zombie for 'We've arrived'.)
"We're here? Are you certain?" Gomez implores of Lurch as he stares at their surroundings in confusion. Morticia is equally skeptical as they are quite literally in her preferred grocery store's parking lot.
"We were told to meet them at our local grocers?" Morticia asks for clarification.
"Gurauah." (Zombie for 'Yes'.) Lurch confirms parking the family Packard in the parking lot to the side of the rainbowed building. The building itself is painted in a striking rainbow with deep black shutters.
"Well, we've come this far. We may as well see it through." Morticia says prompting everyone to begin filing out. Mama Addams hops out with the aid of their zombie butler Lurch, Pugsley enclosed safely in her arms. Rosemary gracefully follows slipping out on her own while still holding onto one year old Wednesday. Rose is followed out by Cousin Itt who happily begins chattering about the nearby Montauk Beach. While sunny 'Montauk Beach' is known for its breathtaking storms. Meanwhile, Morticia waits patiently for her husband and bonded Gomez to get out. She knows Gomez prefers to be a gentleman and help her get out. Gomez offers his hand and helps his beloved wife and bonded out of the 1933 Packard V-12.
Location: Midgard, United States of America, New York, Long Island Sound, Half-Blood Hill, 3.141 Farm Road, Rainbow Organic Foods and Lifestyles.
Date: Saturday, November 2end, 2000
Time: 8:30 am
POV: Mr. Itt It Addams
Mr. Itt Addams happily bounces his babbling niece, one-year-old Wednesday Addams on his lap enjoying their conversation on snakes while rocking the sleeping infant Pugsely's Addamses basket. While he entertains the children, his cousin Lord Gomez Addams, father of the two little devils currently in his care, is across the room talking with camp half-blood's camp director. Across from him, Rosemary is on the phone with their boss at Shield. Meanwhile, on the opposite side of the room, Lady Addams and her mother Lady Frump are discussing the dietary needs of demigod children with the goddesses Demeter and Iris.
As a spy, he's both been taught and trained in multitasking while focusing on three or more conversations. From what he's gathered, their late cousin Lady Lillian Peverell's son and heir, Hadrian Frey Peverell, will be needing a lean yet healthy diet but can easily eat as many sweets and fats as any child even if it is unwise for him to eat too many. The Olympian Goddesses do not know much of the Hindu or Norse pantheon's dietary habits however they make a binding oath on their blood, their magic, and their godhood to learn more without prompting. The Goddess Isis continues on to say she does know the Norse tend to prefer yak and goat products over cattle. At this, the Goddess Demeter pipes in that the Hindu are a primary vegan and vegetarian society even if there are some exceptions.
While Morticia and Lady Frump have that conversation, Rosemary is arguing with Director Fury. Their boss is concerned over why both of his top two spies have taken a vacation leave due to a family emergency. Apparently despite having their blood on file S.H.I.E.L.D wasn't aware of their blood relation. Itt was originally dealing with the issue. Rosemary took the phone before he could say something he would regret. She's managed to explain far more than Itt was able to in a shorter period of time too. From the sound of things, Director Fury seems to be coming around and even begrudgingly offering S.H.I.E.L.D's aid should they require it. Rosemary has already asked for a rain check on the offer which director Fury has foolishly agreed to. You never give a spy open permission for a favor.
Therefore it's with a smile that Rosemary hands the phone to him. "I've already faxed him the letter we received from my sister. Explain what you feel comfortable with." Rose states.
Before he has a chance to do so, Director Fury is cursing on the other end of the line. "Are you under attack?" Itt asks confused.
"No," director Fury denies "I'm just pissed off at the mess that has landed in my lap. We should have been notified of this development sooner. S.H.I.E.L.D is an international government agency. We are well aware of the magicals and the Gods. When the heir to the Potter and Black families went missing we were naturally notified." By the time Gomez gets permission to enter the tastelessly named 'Camp Half-Blood', director Fury has already disclosed that Albus Dumbledore's name is on the international watch list. Apparently the man was the driving force behind the two world wars in both worlds.
