Title: The Coven of Number 16, Magnolia Crescent

Author: P.L.S.

Rating: Mild chunky salsa with scoopable Fritos

Disclaimer: I own nothing really, because I could care less if you decided to take this and plaster your name on it. I write for my own enjoyment, to get rid of stereotypes in fandoms, or to fill a gap in.

Summery: Harry never got his Hogwarts letter, but he is magical. He is taken in by his best friend's mom and taught how to focus, listen to the unseen, and do yoga. Then Hogwarts finds the young spirit healer and yogi...

[Chapter Four- Meeting the Emperor]

And the reviews are in! Shouted Kat as she dashed into the kitchen where Severus and Minerva were chatting and trying to be civil.

Can I hex anyone, or did they give our young prodigies the praise the earned? Severus asked. Kat laughed.

My, Aunt Al really has you whipped. Kat grinned at Minerva who snorted into her mug of tea. Severus ignored them as he opened the papers.

If Cam doesn't win some kind of award for this, the world is blind. Severus said after he poured over three papers.

I admit, while the topic was rather odd, it was a brilliant bit of work. I had no idea muggles had such replacements for magic, those levitation bits were amazing. Minerva said. Severus nodded.

It was a simple pulley system I built, nothing fancy except for the fact that I figured out how to hide it, with Cam's help. Severus glared at her.

What potion? he asked in a low and dangerous tone.

Chameleon Mirror. she answered meekly and Severus smirked.

Good, the kid wasn't a total fool. That is biased on a muggle paint mixture, and very explainable. Severus said, Go fetch the healer and reader, okay, Kat? Kat jumped up and saluted.

Sure thing. and dashed out of the room.

They are very good for you, I've never seen you so happy. Minerva said. Severus turned to look at her.

All of them challenge me in every way, yet they make me feel as if they'd have no one but me. Severus admitted.

Good. I have to admit, seeing you get hugged by James Potter's child was different though. Minerva smirked a bit as Severus sighed.

He's no more Potter's than I am my father's. The boy is brilliant to be sure, but he refuses to see anyone as less important than himself and would give up anything to make anyone happy. He needs to be protected by all of us for that reason. If it weren't for Cameron and Kat, he would have followed me to Hogwarts when I came to fetch him. Severus said with a frown.

Why didn't he come? asked Minerva. Severus scowled.

The boy is a healer, a spirit healer to be precise. If he damages his own soul with the wanton spilling of blood, he loses his gift, and maybe even his life. Healing is what he does, you and Dumbledore have no right to ask him to give it up. He gets pure joy from helping others who are ill, just as much as he gets from the love in this house. I will not let you make him into a warrior. Severus looked tired and Minerva looked ashamed.

Severus, it was foretold that he has to kill You-Know-Who or be killed. Minerva said just as Cameron walked in.

Rubbish. The dark one can't get Harry or Severus anymore. Kat and I made sure of it. Why can't you wizards get smart and hire a hit man or drop a bomb on the dark one? asked Cameron, If I had you pick between your magic and saving the people who abandoned you at the doorstep of a family that abused you for twelve years, what would you pick?

Now you know... Minerva started and Cameron glowered at her.

They beat him, they starved him. You didn't have to see him, see his bloodied and bruised face. You didn't have to listen to his denials and his claims that he earned being locked in a cupboard for three days without food or water. And now you ask him to kill for you? What right, what bloody right have you got to ask a healer to give up his pure soul? I've done the readings, this was all preventable, it is your fault, the sage's fault that the dark one lives and kills. It is your fault Severus needed the dark one's protection to survive school. It is your fault Kat had to summon the Ouroborous to mask and block Severus, and St. Michael to protect Harry from the leaching powers of the dark one. Those are two of the strongest order of spirits, they could have killed her. Cameron sank into the embrace that Severus offered.

Easy, I won't let them. Severus said softly, I will die before I let them take Harry. Cameron wiped away a tear.

That's another thing I'm scared of. The sage, he's talked himself into trusting a trance seer, something that one must distrust at all cost. In trance you can only see into the next week at best, but this one saw into the future decades and thus should be ignored. Cameron said.

How do you know this? asked Minerva. Cameron smirked.

I've been trying to read through Harry's past and future for years, this turned up last week in a rune casting session. If a reader is persistent the runes can spell out your past like a book. he said with a smirk that Minerva later swore was taken right off of Severus's face. Silence fell as Harry's voice drifted into the kitchen.

...easy. I mean after reading a few different histories, even I could see that he was still hurting after Rasputin was killed. You know that Rasputain was Grinelwald's teacher and a fellow member in the Order of Shadows, so why didn't anyone see the danger of him wanting revenge. And the Crimean War hurt Russia more than anyone would admit, in fact in World War One Russia was going to stab Britain in the back and side with Germany, but Lenin came into power and pulled them out. Harry said in a calm voice.

So why did you choose that episode of history? asked Albus's voice. Harry laughed.

The challenge. It was one of those things you either fowl up completely or you leave the world breathless and caught up in the show. Besides, the story needed to be told. Harry said and Albus chuckled, Anyhow, if this gets out into your world, you'll lose your mystic status.

Quite right, so I trust you won't let Severus talk you into letting a wizarding company produce the play.

Forget it, sir. I know for a fact you wizards haven't the money to pay for the rights, or the skill to pull off the performances the rest of the worlds is used to. Cam wouldn't allow it to be fouled up by your people. You'd edit it to death too.

Why do you say that?

I read the books, sir. Your people are scared of knowing that darkness can live in anyone, of knowing that the boogiemen in black are just like the heroes. They haven't a clue that the dark one was an abused child who only got the love he wanted from the Shadows, and from darker families. They still see in black and white. The play is a dark gray that they would find painful. Harry said as they walked in, So, Severus, Kat tells me that the reviews were good.

Is she always that exuberant? asked Albus. Severus sighed.

Cameron said with a smile on his face again.

As for the reviews, see for yourself. Severus tossed a rolled up section of the London Times to Harry who caught and unfurled it with a flourish.

Read it out loud. Cameron requested.

An unusually powerful original play opened in Stonewall Secondary in Little Whining, Surrey just last night. Written and directed by two sixth formers and best friends, it is easily the most unique of plays that this reporter has ever seen. Dark Serenade revolved around the plots of wizards during World War II and how a whole magical world revolves just under ours, influencing, tipping scales, and ensnaring non-magical leaders in plots and wars. Grindelwald, a powerful dark wizard, played by one of the writers, elevated Hitler to his leadership role, and in exchange he uses the Germans to get revenge on communist Solvet Union who killed the Romanov family and and the dark wizards that aided the family. This play adds mystery and shows that more moves our history that mere mortals have ever dreamed. The complexity of the plot and the sheer ingeniousness of the writers should be enough to get anyone to see it, but to add to that the cast was superb. Everyone of the characters was so convincing that I was half afraid that the tragedy was real and that one of the Dark Knights of the dark wizard Grindelwald would turn the Killing Curse upon me as well. Harry read.

Oh, my. Minerva said, Harry, you do look like him. Cameron blinked.

What? Look like who? asked the boy. Harry looked just as confused. Albus sighed.

Harry you look like Grindelwald. I wonder why. Never the less, you boys missed a detail in your play, Grindelwald had a son and a daughter with a woman who went into hiding after the invasion of Russia. Albus said.

Huh? Oh, right. Cameron smiled, That woman, Petrovich, right?

She changed her name and gave the children up for adoption. The boy was adopted nameless, but he was given the name of his adopted father's grandfather. Severus, would you like to tell them the rest? asked Albus. Severus shrugged.

Fine, my grandfather was Grindelwald. he said and Cameron beamed at him.

You do fit right in! My dad was a terrorist, but he got caught and killed in Iran. Mum said her dad was some kind of killer too and claims it's a family curse that she broke by having me. Harry's somehow related to you and the dark one, I'm still thinking it's magically, not biological, and Kat is Kat! Cameron hugged Severus and ran out of the room.

Er, Cam's a bit excitable as well. Harry said breaking the stunned silence.

And he's your apprentice? Minerva asked Severus who snorted.

Of course, Harry couldn't brew a healing draft to save his life and I refuse to even let Kat hold a match. Blasted brat would blow us all up just to see if some crackpot physics theory was right. Severus said caustically, Harry grinned at him.

We all love you too, Severus. Harry chirped.

Bloody epidemic in this house. Severus muttered darkly as he discretely took out his wand and cast a Laughing Hex on Harry who waved his hand in front of himself to construct the shield that would repel the hex. Albus and Minerva were struck dumb as Aileen walked in and held up a crystal that aborted the Jelly-Legs Jinx that Severus aimed at Harry but bounced off of the shield.

Sorry about that. Severus said as he scowled at the smiling boy. Aileen laughed.

No worries, it's why I carry around this. she tossed the crystal to Severus who drained the magic and gave it back. Aileen then noted the stunned looks on the two Hogwarts professors countenances, Oops, Sev-darling. You hit them with Bewilderment Jinxes. Severus blinked.

Not me. Oh, right. Harry, we forgot to tell them that my trying to hex you is a pastime of ours and that you wordlessly and wandlessly create shields, wards, and blessings. Harry laughed at Severus's mad look in his eye. He was enjoying the whole experience.

You and I both know we didn't forget. After you told me all about unshakable Albus, I had to test it, and so did you. Harry said.

True. But now you let them in on something they'll want to use. Severus said. Harry smiled sadly.

I need to help them.
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[Emperor- long trips that will be unpleasent and unprofitable]