Hello and thank you all for reading this far. We are now moving onto book two and I must say I really like how this book turned out personally. If you feel the same let me know. If you don't please tell me why. Please note that characters may act ooc. I am not a Ron fan so do not expect to much from him. That said I would like to officially tell you I have this fic's first pairing please stay tuned to find out more.
The first few days back home had been an adjustment. Rose found herself waking early in preparation for lessons that she did not have, not that she minded being up early. Often when she woke up she would make breakfast for Kingsley , just because she enjoyed doing so.
When Kingsey left for work Rose would do some homework, that she had tons of or she would fly around in the enclosed garden. Timbur returned just a few days after the holidays started he had no letters which led Rose to believe hers had been delivered. She felt a little put out that Mr Lupin had not replied but she hoped he would be in contact now he knew she was alive.
Saturday rolled around and Kingsey came home early from work. He found Rose playing with potions ingredients in the lab. Something that Kingsley now allowed her to do as long as she did it safely.
Once he had her put the ingredients away he took her to Diagon Alley. They needed to stop by Madam Malkins. Being invited to a Lords home meant that Rose herself needed to dress like the Lady that she was, this was something Kingsley had not prepared for since Rose did not know her heritage until recently.
Once an appropriate dress had been acquired Kingsley stopped by the Leaky Cauldron to pick up an expensive bottle of fire whiskey. Though Kingsley had not been invited to many Lords gatherings he knew it was polite to bring a little something for the host.
Rose, who had not been taught much about how noble Lords hold court in their homes, had been questioning Kingsley during their shopping trip trying to find out just what would be expected of her.
"Harry being the Male is the heir to the potter fortune but as a daughter of a Lord you would still have grown up as Lady Potter until such a time Harry marries." Kingsley had told her, surprising Rose and making her mentally note that Harry needed to know this.
After a short stop by the Potter vaults to remove a simple necklace with the potter crest on it the pair headed back home to get ready for the evening event. Once both Rose and Kingsley had dressed appropriately they took the floo over to the Greengrass Manor.
Stepping out on the other side, Kingsley and Rose were greeted by the Lord and Lady Greengrass. Rose blushed slightly as Mrs Greengrass curtsied Rose and Mr Greengrass kissed her hand.
Daphne off to the side started laughing seeing how uncomfortable the gesture had made her friend. Not knowing how to respond, Rose curtsied to the Greengrass's.
"Welcome to Greengrass Manor Lady Potter, Mr Shacklebolt. We have the elves preparing a fine feast for you today. Kingsey, why don't we head into the lounge while Miss Rose spends time with our daughter."
Rose, thankful that he had offered this, started to walk over to Daphne who pulled her into a light embrace and smiled.
"I am sorry that made you uncomfortable. My Dad likes to do things properly."
"It is okay, it caught me by surprise. I wasn't raised like this so it seems a bit much."
Daphne couldn't help but laugh once more and started to lead Rose up to her bedroom.
"So this is my bedroom. Astoria is in the next room down, no doubt when she realises you are here she will come to hang out with us."
"Your sister really wants to go to Hogwarts doesn't she?"
"Well that is true but she wants to talk to you because you're the heiress to the potter line."
This information made Rose blush slightly.
"Well Harry is technically the heir not me."
"In our society until Harry marries the Lady heiress so you're going to get a lot of attention when the truth comes out."
"That sounds like a lot of hassle please tell me you're going to keep my secret"
"You know I will. Besides Dad sealed the secret using magic"
The conversation switched to lighter conversation for a short while and like Daphne had said Astoria had joined them shortly after. Daphne thankfully calmed Astoria and instead of a questioning it was just a friendly meal together.
It was about a half hour before the designated eating time when a chime rang through the house. This had Rose pretty confused but both Greengrass girls stood up and started walking out of the room.
"Someone has just entered our floo we need to greet them. Come on, we may as well wait downstairs anyway." Daphne added turning around to face Rose.
With this Rose stood and headed with the Greengrass girls to the floo. By the time they arrived downstairs The Greengrass seniors were greeting Marlene and Capella, Capella was currently looking around excitedly. When she saw Rose she ran over and hugged her.
"Rose it is good to see you again. Is Harry coming? Mom did not know"
"I doubt that the muggles would allow him to come, to be honest Capella."
Capella frowned for a moment before looking at Daphne and Astoria. She quickly curtsied and smiled at them.
"Nice to meet you both I'm Capella Black"
The reaction of the two Greengrass's was rather funny to Rose both had frozen and looked at Capella stunned.
"I didn't know that Lord Black had a Daughter" Daphne stated recovering first.
At this point Marlene had removed herself from the host to see what her daughter was doing. Seeing the shocked looks on the Greengrass's faces she hid a laugh and started to talk.
"I promise my husband is innocent. And yes we had a daughter as you can see."
"I did not know you had been invited here too Marlene." Rose stated looking at Marlene and smiling.
"Well we weren't strictly speaking invited, however when Kingsley told me you would be having this meeting I asked to join."
At this Rose started to laugh a little. Daphne and Astoria looked a little shocked like this sort of thing did not happen often.
After Daphne and Astoria recovered from their shock they suddenly realised that this lady was a Lady too and they curtsied politely to Marlene.
"Enough of that ladies. I never stood by all that" Marlene laughed before taking Capella's hand and leading her over to the Greengrass seniors.
"I think dinner's nearly ready, we should take our seats at the table." Marlene added as she led the way.
Rose and the Greengrass girls followed Marlene into the dining room. The room was a long, High ceiling room with a table that looked to seat around twenty. It was far to gran in Rose's opinion but she took the seat offered to her by Daphne.
Once everyone was seated food appeared onto the plates and small conversation was made while the group ate the starters provided by the elves.
The adults were talking about the wizengamot which the children did not care too much for and instead started their own conversations. They learnt that Capella was ten and would be joining Hogwarts this year since her birthday was the 26th June this made Astoria huff since she would not be joining until the year after.
Capella living in America was a topic of conversation for some time during the meal. Once the girls got Capella talking it was hard to shut her up. Luckily the other girls at the table did not mind and enjoyed listening to her stories. Apparently her mom had taught her quite a bit about magic and she would no doubt excel at Hogwarts.
By the time dessert had been cleared the group moved to the sitting area. Rose knew enough about social behaviours to know that this is when the true conversation would get started. The adults had their Firewhiskey and Elvish Wine and were sitting comfortably ready for a long chat.
"I would very much like to know why the heiress to the Potter line was listed dead" Mr Greengrass asked once everyone was sat down.
Rose felt a little uncomfortable answering questions from the super imposing Lord Greengrass; he had an air of nobility that radiated from him. Kingsley thankfully started to answer for her.
Once Kingsley had informed Lord Greengrass he seemed to take a moment to process the information. He then turned to his wife.
"That action he took seems awfully illegal right?"
"Well claiming someone is dead when they are not may not be illegal but depending on the Potters will placing Rose with Kingsley may be. Placing Harry with the muggles too if the will has specific people the Potters were to be left with."
Rose took this moment to look questioningly at Kingsley.
"My parents had a will?"
It was Lord Greengrass who responded first.
"Oh most definitely. Most lords and ladies make one and amend it when they have children. The world the way it was most people had a will."
Rose looked once more to Kingsley.
"I unfortunately have not been informed of a will Rose. If there is one It would be in the hands of the goblins"
"I will need to see that too." Marlene spoke up after sitting quietly and listening.
"It may have information about the Potters secret keeper"
The conversation ended for a while as the people in the room processed the information. Looking at the clock the time read eight pm.
"You know" the lady Greengrass started looking at the group. "The goblins may actually still respond to a letter. Many noble dark houses do business at night."
This information seemed to intrigue Marlene and Kingsley, Though it seemed not to be news to Mr Greengrass either.
Deciding it was worth a shot Rose penned a letter to the goblins.
"Add a few drops of blood in a vial" Lady Greengrass told her once the letter was done.
Rose looked a little shocked being told to add blood but once added to the vial the Lady Greengrass cast a spell on the vial.
"This spell informs the goblins the blood was given by the owner and was not unlawfully taken. It isn't a commonly used spell these days since most people talk to goblins in Gringotts but like I mentioned some dark families still use it. My family was particularly dark. One reason why I left."
With the letter sent off, conversation turned to Sirius Black. This conversation interested Rose and Capella and they were listening intently to talkies of Sirius and James in school.
"The Potters wanted to use Sirius as a secret keeper. A secret keeper is able to hide a secret so only they can tell it. In this case it was the Potters location. Sirius decided he was the obvious choice and asked the potters to use Pettigrew instead. They did as he asked but in secret when he found out Peter betrayed us he went to catch him. I don't know what happened after that except that my husband is in Azkaban."
As Marlene told this story Capella laid into her mothers arms feeling sad hearing this story again. Her mom had told her the story and she refused to believe her dad was a murderer.
As the conversation lulled once more an owl flew into the room. A dark parchment with a gold seal was dropped in Rose's lap. Rose picked it up and looked at the gold seal the letter was from Gringotts.
Opening the golden seal two pieces of parchment fell out. One was another darker scroll sealed in gold and the second looked to be a normal letter. Rose read that one first.
To the respected Lady Potter
We are glad to know that you are now aware of your heritage
We were quite surprised when you came in last year
And saw that you did not know who you were. It is
At that time we would have shown you the will
Alas we were not allowed until you knew who you were.
Please find enclosed the sealed last testament of
The lord and lady Potter.
Yours respectfully
Ragnarök - Gringotts Manager
Rose handed the letter around so that the people in the room would know what was said without having to tell them, she was feeling exceptionally nervous to open the will.
After a moment to recollect herself Rose took the sealed will and attempted to break the seal. As the seal broke the seal flashed green. This made Rose look up at the Greengrass's.
"It is a spell that makes sure only you or your blood can open the will" The Lord Greengrass answered.
With this explanation out of the way Rose pulled the parchment open.
The Last Will and Testament of Lily and James Potter.
This will is written by Lilly and James Potter while both are sound of mind.
Article 1.
500,000 galleons are to be given to Remus Lupin and
our thanks for being Rose's godfather.
500,000 to be given to Marlene black and our thanks
For being both our children's Godmother.
As per his request no galleons are to be given to
Sirius Black Harry's Godfather. However we give him the
house in Godric's Hollow.
The rest of our possessions are to be split
Between Harry and Rose at the age of Legality.
Article 2.
Before we went into hiding we made Peter Pettigrew our secret
Keeper. If we don't make it out of the war it was due to his efforts.
Article 3.
Should we both Die before our children reach the
legal magical age the following chain of guardians is as follows.
Sirius Black
Marlene Black
Remus Lupin
Frank & Alice Longbottom
If for some reason all of the above cannot,
Or will not look after our children it is our request
That a light sided wizarding family is approached to
Raise our children in the world of Magic.
Our children are not to be placed with my sister
She does not respect our world. She has
No respect for our family.
Signed Lily Potter (Nee Evans) and James Potter.
It took Rose a few attempts to read the entire will. Each new bit of information seemed to stun her and make her question what she knew. She had known she was wealthy but to give away hundreds of thousands of Gallons was unheard of.
Rose looked up to Marlene. "So you are my godmother. I didn't know that."
"Yes I am your godmother and Lupin your godfather. Sirius claimed Harry since he was born first, Marlene laughed a little as if remembering this event.
"Harry and I, we should be living with you and Capella? That's what it says here."
Rose handed the will over to Marlene a little slowly, not sure how to react to the news presented.
The Greengrass's who were watching silently chose this time to speak up.
"You know we have a seat on the wizengamot as do you Mrs Black as Sirius' proxy. We could try to fix this with a copy of the will."
"I Don't think that Albus would let you do that. He also sits on the Wizengamot but he also has a lot of power." Kingsley spoke up for the first time in a while.
"He seems to have a plan for Harry. Or at least that is the feeling I get from all the secrets."
"This will and testament will start the process of making it right though I guarantee that. I will reach out to Augusta too. She is the Longbottom proxy since the Lord and Lady lay in St Mungo's" The Lady Greengrass spoke sounding quite confident.
It was at this point Capella let out a little snore making everyone jump a little and look over at her. No one had noticed she fell asleep and the groups started to laugh a little upon hearing her.
It was decided that the group would split up here and head to their separate homes. Rose has been offered to sleep over and had declined this time wanting to go home and process the new found information.
The next morning Rose woke up. She desperately wanted to talk to Harry but did not think it was a good idea to tell Harry this news in a letter. She headed into the Kitchen and was given a cup of coffee.
"Kingsley, will you take me to see Harry? He needs to know this"
"If I take you you cannot let anyone else know. Albus has requested no wizards go near Harry's home."
"I won't tell anyone, King but Harry needs to see this will and know we are working to fix it." Rose responded quietly, silently pleading with King.
"We will apparate to his neighbourhood, be careful you don't get seen by Arabella Fig she reports everything to Albus."
"I wish I had a cloak like Harry's right now" Rose commented dryly as she took in this information.
After the two had eaten breakfast Kingsley side apparated Rose to surrey.
"I cannot go near the house right now the wards will alert Albus an adult wizard was there. He lives at number 7 Privet Drive. Take this map"
Looking around Kingsley conjured a map and handed it to Rose. With that done Kingsley apparated to work and Rose started walking to Harry's home. The way that all the houses looked the same here was a little unnerving for Rose but she followed the roads leading to Harry.
Arriving in Privet Drive Rose couldn't help but slow down and take in the area that Harry had grown up in. It was fairly easy to find number 7. Just as Rose was about to knock on the door she remembered that her aunt would not act nice to her according to Dumbledore.
Rose decided to look around the house slightly aware that she looked super suspicious. Looking inside she could see a boy that looked far too overweight. After a few moments watching she saw Harry come down the stairs, his clothes hanging off of his body.
Rose tapped on the window and ducked when she saw the big boy looking over. She waited until he looked away to knock again. This time Harry walked over to the window to look out. As Harry leaned out Rose whispered "boo"
Harry fell onto his bottom and swore quietly. After getting back up Rose could hear Harry make an excuse to go outside. It took a few moments but then Harry was beside her.
"Harry, what are you wearing?" Rose asked, unable to stop herself.
"These are his hand me downs." Harry rescinded dully and pointed to the other boy in the house.
"That's our cousin Dudley. Not that I am not happy to see you but why are you here?"
"I was at the Greengrass home and we managed to get a copy of our parents' will. Clearly I am paraphrasing but Its a long story and I don't want to get caught here. Here read this. It's only a copy so you can keep it but look"
While Harry read the information provided by Rose, Rose started to look around her Aunt's garden. The garden was well kept but that isn't what caught Rose's attention, she couldn't help but feel like someone or something was looking at her from within the bushes.
She was brought out of her musing by Harry prodding her hard in the chest.
"Hey, what are you looking at?"
Rose looked at him and let out a small cry of surprise.
"I thought I saw someone in those bushes. Careful where your poking"
This comment made Harry blush and look away, inadvertently making Rose Laugh.
"Harry, you want to get something to eat with me? This place gives me the creeps"
Harry looked at the house and then back to Rose. He knew they would never allow him to go but he did not particularly care about that right now. He did care however that he had no money in this world.
"I haven't got any muggle money"
"Oh well don't worry about that. I will pay. Since we are both Potters I am using your money anyways. Though I recommend getting some galleons changed to pounds if you're spending a lot of time in this world."
Harry was listening a bit unsure but he couldn't deny her logic. With the decision made they both headed away from the home and started looking for someplace to eat.
As the two walked not much was said, It was a little awkward but Rose knew she had just dropped a lot into Harry's lap.
It took about fifteen minutes to find a café and the waitress gave Harry a funny look clearly not happy with his state of dress. Rose Ordered sandwiches and coke before harry could complain about money and smiled at him cheekily.
"You read the will right. You're not going to believe this but Sirius and Marlene had a daughter and she seems really interested in meeting you."
This comment made Harry look at Rose a little shocked and it was hard to understand what he was thinking.
"I don't need another person looking at me because of what happened" He finally said quietly.
"Oh I don't think it is about that. She grew up hearing how close her dad was to ours. I get the feeling she wants to be our friend."
The conversation died out a little as the two enjoyed their food. Harry in particular seemed to be enjoying his food. This made Rose curious but she knew better than to ask.
"Daphne's Dad said he was going to present the will to the Wizengamot today and start the process of us living with Marlene. She seems really nice"
"What is a Wizengamot?" Harry asked, confused.
"It is our court system" Rose commented looking around to make sure no one was listening, thankfully no one seemed to care what two pre teens were doing.
"So how does that work?" Harry asked genuinely curious.
"Well all the major families have a seat including ours even though no one sits on our seat. Though I guess you will one day. The people on those seats vote for all the important stuff that goes on I guess."
Harry, who wanted to learn everything about the magical world was hooked listening intently.
"Wait why will I sit on it not you"
"There are two reasons, one Is I am female and the males do business of state and two is your older if even only by very little" Rose took this moment to get milkshakes from the counter and without asking got Harry one too.
"The only problem for us right now is Dumbledore sits on the court. He seems to want you to stay with the Aunt."
"Did he tell you why I have to live there?" Harry asked hopefully.
"Not really he just said you were safer there but I don't know why sorry. I will ask King and Marlene" Rose told him hoping to lessen the blow.
"Thanks Rose It really does suck here"
"Yeah I kind of got that feeling." Rose replied.
"How did you get here by the way? Don't you live up north somewhere?" Harry asked, wanting to break the silence that had formed.
"Mhm we live way up north but Kingsley can apparate"
"What is apparating?" Harry asked, causing Rose to look around again.
"It is kind of like teleportation I suppose. With a strong understanding of where you want to end up you can use your magic to get there. Well that's the best I can explain it anyways. When one becomes good at it you can take others with you. I did that with King"
"That sounds like a useful skill, when do we learn it?"
"I am not sure actually, maybe after we sit our OWL's that's the end of fifth year." Rose told him.
"Even if you don't know it, there are ways of getting around. The way I am going home is a bus that's silly fast and a bit of a roller coaster ride. You summon it by holding your wand arm out"
Rose could tell Harry was hanging on every word. It felt good to be telling him about the world he now lives in.
"Got some more time today? We could go to Diagon Alley. There is something there you are gonna want to get." Rose told Harry who instantly wanted to go despite knowing how much trouble he would get in from the Dursleys.
"I don't really care what they think right now lets go" Harry said showing just how excited he was.
"I knew there was some Slytherin in you too." Rose commented laughing. With a wave to the waitress the two left and headed for a less busy street.
"Where are you taking me?" Harry questioned as Rose was looking for a quiet area.
"Well I can't exactly pull out my wand in front of muggles now can I. I am finding somewhere quiet." Harry nodded and followed Rose. It didn't take long to find a quiet place and looking toward Harry Rose lifted her wand arm.
Harry looked up and down the street then to Rose. She could tell Harry was starting to think he was being pranked when a loud bang echoed through the buildings and a triple decker purple bus stopped before them.
"You should see your face, Harry. That was great" Harry was not used to being teased, blushed a little and followed Rose onto the bus.
The good thing about getting on the night bus at this time was that it was empty. This meant that they arrived in London after just a short ride.
"How do the muggles not notice a big purple bus flying down the street?" Harry questioned when they got closer to the Leaky Cauldron.
"Muggles don't notice nothin'" the train conductor commented before returning to his newspaper. This comment made Rose laugh.
"He isn't wrong, they will ignore anything magical so they can continue their lives."
The two Potters left the bus and made their way up to Gringotts. When they got there Rose made Harry exchange some money so he did not forget and then asked to see Ragnarök.
The visit with the goblin was short and Harry left with a brand new Nimbus 2001 the same as Rose. The rest of the day was spent shopping for things that neither needed but wanted. Rose had tried to get Harry to buy some clothes that fit but Harry refused claiming it would just make the Dursleys question where he got the money and he wanted to keep it a secret.
After a full day in Diagon alley Harry returned to Surrey and Rose her home just outside of York.
an: this is actually one of my longest chapters for this fic, I was tempted to add more but I felt that it may drag on for some peoples interests. Hope you like the setup to book 2.