Chapter 7: More Revelations!
The entire group watched as Harry took 14 keys out of his pocket. Albus took them from him and was shocked, "Harry, these are Gringott keys. Why do you have so many?"
Harry smirked, "The keys are for the other members of my family. Willow gets 6 keys, Buffy and Dawn get 3 and Professor Snape gets 2."
His father looked startled and was about to ask why but Harry held up his hand to stop all of the questions. He listened intently to a whistling sound and the others started to hear it too. They looked at each other with a confused expression on their faces when the Fearsome Four started to smile. Harry said, "There are a few people that we would like all of you to meet."
They all turned to the area that the sound was coming from, they gasped when they saw 7 figures becoming solid. A light washed over all of them and when they blinked, the 7 figures were fully formed. Sirius gasped, "Lily, James?"
James nodded, "Yes Siri, it is us. We'd also like to introduce you to Rowena Ravenclaw, Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Salazar Slytherin and Merlin."
Everyone stood staring as the five figures stepped forward as they were named. Salazar smirked, "It is nice to be introduced to my family for once." He turned to Ginny, "Ah, you are my newest magical heir. I would like to thank you for using these powers and knowledge properly, not like what Riddle had been using them for."
The ones that hadn't known that turned to her and she grinned sheepishly. Minerva shook her head, "Can anyone explain who the vaults belong to that go along with the keys that Harry has?"
Merlin nodded as he took the keys, "Yes, these keys are used for the vaults of the Salazar, Godric, Rowena, Helga, the Potters, and myself."
Harry smirked as the others looked surprised yet again at that revelation. Sirius growled, "Why do those three get keys to the Potter vaults? They aren't Potters after all," he said pointing to Harry's sisters.
SMACK!
Everyone looked at Harry in surprise, as he hit Sirius and watched as his eyes flared black in anger. Lily walked up to him and started to calm him down. He sighed, "Sirius, why don't you realize that they are my sisters and therefore, you should be accepting them into the family. Besides, it isn't as if my mother tricked James into making this decision."
Sirius snorted at that and James sighed, "He is telling the truth Sirius. When Lily found out that she was pregnant she told me who his father was. She also told me about Willow and that the two of the kids would have the same father. After Harry was born, we cast a spell. It was called Familia Revelus and it would reveal all of Harry's family members. We wanted to know if he had any other siblings, other than Willow."
Lily continued, "That was when we had found out about Buffy. We had made a decision that if we lived and we found Buffy, that we would take her in, as long as she didn't have her own home and family. Even if she did, than she would always be welcome in our home."
James said, "Simply put Sirius, she and Willow, as well as Dawn, are Harry's sisters. That makes them our daughters too. Which is why they have the keys to my family vault, as well as their own, which they will be getting in a weeks time. They have also inherited any of our family lands and any manors that we own. We had rented out a few of the houses, so they will also get the money that is coming in from that."
Sirius sputtered in shock and Severus looked surprised. Lily said, "It didn't matter whose children they were, they are still Harry's sisters and Harry is our son, which makes them members of the Potter family, even if they aren't by blood."
Salazar had to stop Sirius from hitting Severus, so he said, "Harry, why don't you take Severus into the potions lab? You can show him around in more detail."
Harry nodded and the two of them walked off. Severus sighed, "What am I supposed to call you now?"
Harry looked at his father, "Just call me Mr. Evans if you want. At least the Evans name would be neutral, until we have all come to an understanding. I know that we haven't exactly gotten along, but if you remember, the other three and myself were polite and never said anything rude about you, starting in our 2nd year. At least, we didn't until you insulted us. Then we acted rude in order to keep up appearances. I do know that this is a lot to take in at once, but please, do not turn your daughters away."
Severus nodded in understanding, than asked, "What did you do with the basilisk that had been down here?"
Harry laughed and took him to the potions storage room and showed him all of the ingredients. He said, "We took out the useful parts at the beginning of our third year and destroyed the rest. It is hard to believe that the ingredients are still fresh after 4 years."
Severus looked at him in confusion when he saw different textbooks, "I remember that Danielle came to my personal storeroom and after she left some of by books were gone. What happened to them?"
Harry smirked, "She took them, brought them down here and we made copies of them. After the copies were made, she returned them to where she had found them while you were to distracted to notice what she was doing."
Severus started to shake his head in annoyance, "She can definitely be very annoying, can't she?" He took a deep breath and turned towards his son, "Harry, I can't promise you anything, but I will promise you that I will try to be a part of your family. I don't know what will happen, but I don't want us to keep hating each other and if that means that I have to try to be civil to Black, than I will."
Harry looked at him suspiciously and decided that his father was telling him the truth. "Thank you," he said.
They turned around and walked back into the main area where Sirius was sitting dejectedly. He looked up at them and said, "I am your godfather Harry, so I will try to remain civil with Snape, if that is what you want."
Harry smiled and thanked him. Merlin coughed to get everyone's attention and they turned to him. He smiled, "I believe that these belong to all of you." He said that as he started handing the Gringotts keys to the proper owners. He turned to Giles, "There is also a vault in Gringotts that has money, books, weapons and other things for you to use. The money can be used to get any items that you need to rebuild the Watchers Council."
Rowena smiled as she turned to the Weasleys, "I will not have any arguing about what I am going to say, is that clear?" They looked around and than nodded. She handed them another key, "I am giving you this key because you deserve it and because I consider you to be my family since you have become Harry's family. Please, take it and no arguing."
They nodded as Arthur took the key from her. The seven ghosts looked around at each other and they all smiled sadly.
Godric said, "I am very sorry, but we do have to leave you now."
Helga continued, "Remember what I am about to tell you. Never forget each other, always protect each other, love each other, and for some of you, just try to get along for other peoples sake. Also, remember that no matter what you do, we are proud of you and we will always be watching down on all of you" She said the second last part as she turned to look at Severus and Sirius.
They both had the decency to look ashamed as they nodded to her in response. James and Lily hugged their son and daughters before they left after thanking the Weasleys for taking Harry into their family. The seven of them left in the same way that they had first come. Hermione looked around the room, "Well, what do we do now?"
Harry smiled gently, "Well, we do still have to show them another room that we had found when we were in our fifth year."
His family turned to look at him and he smirked at the questioning looks on their faces. He led the way out of the Chamber and up the stairs. They were in the bathroom waiting for him while he said, "In the name and honour of Salazar Slytherin, I ask that you close." The sink closed behind them as they left Myrtle's bathroom and they started walking through the halls.
