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Chapter 5

The Potter Mansion was a huge building consisting out of three wings. The main wing which was also called the West Wing was where visitors usually spend their time and where the guest rooms were situated. Moreover the second floor of the west wing was one huge library there was nothing else besides books on that floor.

In the east wing were the family quarters. The south wing however was the most interesting part of the house. The south wing was basically one huge indoor pool.

When Kaden stepped out of the fireplace he found himself standing in a huge entrance hall. The floor was made out of white marble and a huge staircase was leading up to the first floor.

Looking around Kaden's eyes finally fell on a beautiful woman with long wavy brown hair and warm brown eyes.

"Welcome my dear. You must be Kaden. My husband has already told me a lot about you." Kaden was stunned by the warmth in the woman's voice. Finally shaking himself out of his stupor Kaden smiled slightly at her and bowed. "It is my pleasure to finally meet you Mrs. Potter. My name is Kaden Vans."

"No need to be so formal my boy, call me Rose."

Nodding Kaden watched as the flames in the fireplace flared green again and Ben Potter stepped out, a huge smile plastered on his face.

"Ah I see you two have already met. Now why don't we show Kaden his new room and then we'll go fetch Charlie from the Pitch to introduce the two of them."

With that Ben led him to the eastern wing of the house.

"Your room is on the second floor, I hope you don't mind." When they finally reached his room Kaden looked around shocked.

His room was... well huge would be a good word to describe it. It was about the size of the Dursleys whole ground floor only that it was a single room. Staring at it in awe Kaden turned towards Ben and Rose with a smile and hugged them.

"Thank you it's great." At this Ben smiled sheepishly. "Well, you'll have to thank my wife. She prepared it. I hope you don't mind the colours?" Shaking his head Kaden smirked slightly. The room was held in mostly green and silver colours. Slytherin colours.

"It's perfect." Was all he said.

"Well why don't you leave your things in your room for now. You still have to meet Charlie." Ben began and soon Rose continued. "Charlie is ten and will attend Hogwarts next fall. He's such a fine boy, a bit Quidditch fanatic but a fine boy. You'll love him, I'm sure..." Rose continued like that until they finally reached the Potters outside Quidditch Pitch. Yes, the Potters had their own Quidditch Pitch.

Standing on the ground Kaden craned his neck to look up into the sky. There flying on the fastest broom available at the moment was a young ten year old boy with messy black hair. He was wearing a set of Quidditch robes and was at the moment going through a series of Quidditch moves for Chasers.

After a while Charlie finally noticed them and landed on the ground next to them.

"Dad!" The small boy shouted before launching himself at the smiling Ben.

"Hey kiddo." Ben said ruffling Charlie's hair. Kaden watched them with a smile on his face. What would it be like to have a father? That was when he remembered that Ben was soon going to be his father.

"Charlie I want to introduce you to Kaden." Ben suddenly said. Looking at Charlie Kaden's sliver eyes locked with Charlie's soft brown ones.

"Hi there." Kaden said feeling anxious however that feeling vanished as soon as Charlie smiled at him. "Hi, nice to meet you. Do you play Quidditch? Are you any good?"

Smirking now Kaden nodded. "Do you have a broom for me? You won't believe me if I only tell you about my skills." He asked the Potters.

"You can have mine, here." A now slightly intrigued Charlie said while handing Kaden his broom. Smiling Kaden thanked him before taking off leaving three gaping Potters on the ground because of the way Kaden flew. It looked so natural, as if he was born to be in the air and on a broom. After going through a few feints and loopings in the air Kaden landed again smiling slightly at the awed expressions on the Potters faces.

Charlie was the first to come out of his stupor. With huge eyes he began to look at Kaden in awe. "That was great. Where did you learn how to fly like that? Do you play Quidditch? What position do you play? ..."
"Charlie calm down. Leave Kaden some time to answer your questions." A chuckling Rose Potter interrupted her sons tirade.

Scratching the back of his head Kaden smiled down at Charlie. "Well, I'm a natural flyer and I play Seeker." "Really. Wow that must be great. Seeker. I prefer to play Chaser though." Charlie spoke up again.

"Well, why don't we head inside for a cup of tea." Ben suggested while steering everyone inside the mansion again.

The Potters spend the rest of the morning getting to know Kaden better or rather Charlie spend every free minute grilling Kaden with questions about Quidditch and Hogwarts until Ben stopped him and told Kaden that it was time to leave for the Ministry.

It was about lunch time when Kaden and Ben flooed to the Ministry of Magic together.

Without wasting time Ben Potter led Kaden swiftly through the huge building to the Department of Family Affairs.

It was a small department with only about five employees all of which were working together in one room of average size. Their desks were so crammed full with various papers, files and important documents that it was a wonder that they still seemed to know where everything in their chaotic working place seemed to be.

Upon entering the office Kaden and Ben were immediately greeted warmly by an elderly man.

" Kevin Thomson, long time no see." Ben said smiling at the man. Thomson had short grey hair, blue eyes and a toothy grin. "Ben Potter. I would have never expected to see you coming to my department. What can I do for you?"

"Kevin may I introduce you to Kaden Vans. Kaden this is Kevin Thomson he is the head of the Department of Family Affairs and an old friend of mine." Smiling at the man Kaden shook his hand. "It is a pleasure to meet you, sir."

"So what brings you here today Ben?" Smirking Ben sat down in one of the available visitor chairs. "Well, isn't it obvious. My wife and I want to adopt Kaden here."

"I see." Mr. Thomson said looking thoughtful. "Alright I'll go gather the necessary papers. It may take some time so just sit back and relax for now." Nodding Ben did just that and was soon joined by Kaden.

It was early in the afternoon when Kaden and Ben finally left the Ministry building again. Once outside in the fresh air Ben looked at Kaden smiling brightly. "So what does it feel like to be a Potter?" Smiling slightly Kaden looked up into the sky. It was true. He was a Potter again. Ben had insisted that Kaden changed his last name to Potter – again :)

Seeing Kaden's blissful expression Ben didn't need to hear his son answer out loud.

"Well, come on. I wanted to show you our family vault. I'm not sure if you have seen it before." "Family Vault?" He really had never seen it before and neithr had he heard of it before. Ben however didn't answer him and just smiled and led him away.

Once they reached Gringotts his father walked directly up to one of the goblins. "I want to go down to the Potter Family Vault." Nodding the goblin got into one of the carts waiting for Ben and Kaden to join him.

The Potter Family Vault was nothing like Kaden had expected it to be. First of all there was a huge amount of gold which to say the truth Kaden had expected but other than that the vault was filled with all kinds of heirlooms.

"The Potter Family Vault is surrounded by a very old protection and warding spell." Ben said as soon as they had both entered the vault. "Only those who are of the Potter blood can enter it. If anyone else tries it they will die. My wife for example won't be able to enter this vault ever because she isn't of our blood." Nodding Kaden looked around the vault once more. "It's huge." He finally said. Chuckling Ben took his time before answering. "That it is, that it is. The Potters are one of the oldest wizarding families in Britain after all. It is even rumoured by some that our family is related to one or more of the founders of Hogwarts. Some say that Gryffindor was our ancestor while others think that it was Ravenclaw. To tell you the truth. I haven't been able to confirm even one of those rumours there isn't enough evidence remaining today that could prove those rumours." Nodding Kaden walked through the vault still looking at everything in awe. Finally in the far corner Kaden stopped like dead and stared at something in shock. Seeing this Ben walked up to him.
"Kaden? What's wrong?" Getting no answer Ben looked at where Kaden was looking and started to laugh.
"Ah, I nearly forgot about that. One special thing about the Potters is that somewhere along our line one of our ancestors has been possessed by making invisibility cloaks. I believe his name was Jeremiah Potter. He didn't have a real job instead he used his time to make one cloak after the other. By the time he finally died he had finished over 200 invisibility cloaks. His son Jacob Potter then put all of them in the Family Vault. Since then every Potter child gets his or her own Invisibility Cloak once they enter Hogwarts. As you can see there are more than enough here. When one Potter dies his or her cloak is put back into the Family Vault. It's one of the Potter family traditions. Take one." At this Kaden looked up sharply. "Huh?" "I said take one. You are a Potter after all. It's long overdue that you get your cloak." Nodding Kaden carefully picked one of the cloaks up. It was just like his fathers old cloak. Smiling he ran his fingers over the silky material.

"Beautiful isn't it." Ben stated while watching Kaden admire his cloak. "Alright I think we should head back to the Mansion now. I'm sure that Rose is already worried because we are taking so long."

Once back at the Mansion Rose welcomed Kaden with a motherly hug. "Welcome to the family Kaden." Hugging her back Kaden smiled. Finally he had a family.

Later that day Kaden and Ben were sitting together in Bens office talking.

"So tell me about your friend what was his name. Ah... right Alastor Moody." Looking up Kaden smiled at his father. "Well, I don't know what to say. Moody is a great friend and a true character. And... oh shit." He suddenly exclaimed his eyes widening a bit.

"Kaden? Is everything alright? Do you need ..." "Everything is fine Ben." Kaden tried to reassure his father. It still felt strange thinking about someone as his father but on the other hand it also felt good to finally have someone to call a father.

"Kaden, obviously something is not right. Tell me, ... please." Ben tried again in a calm and reassuring voice. Sighing Kaden knew that he had to tell Ben about Moody or rather that Moody had discovered where Kaden had come from. Bowing his head Kaden began to tell Ben about what Moody knew.

When he was finished Kaden glanced at Ben out of the corners of his eyes. To his surprise the older Potter didn't seem upset instead Ben had a thoughtful expression on his face.

"So Mr. Moody knows everything about... let's call it your past?" Nodding Kaden finally looked up again. "And he wants to become an auror?" Again Kaden nodded. "Yes, it's his dream and well... he'll become one hell of an auror in the future." Kaden added as an afterthought a smile gracing his face.

"So you can vouch for your friend that he won't throw away the chance I will be giving him?" Smiling Kaden nodded again. "Yes, I trust him with my life. He will become a great auror in the future, believe me Ben. And well, how should I put it... He will be needed in the future."

This time it was Ben who nodded. "Alright I trust your judgement on this Kaden, after all you should know the future best." Ben said with a smile on his face.

The rest of the weekend Kaden spend with either Charlie or Ben. Charlie soon came to him for advice and practically begged Kaden to show him a few Quidditch moves. Whenever he was together with Ben Kaden talked to him about all kinds of things. Among them were his and Moody's duelling sessions.

"So you two usually spend some time duelling each day after dinner?" Ben asked him after Kaden had told him about the duelling session.

"Yes, we usually push ourselves to our limits and try to improve our skills like that." Nodding Ben leaned back against the wall. "Well, what would you say if I would give you and your friend private lessons in defence and the other obscure branches of magic once we are back at Hogwarts?" Stunned Kaden smiled at Ben. "Do you really mean it?" "Sure, would I have proposed it if I didn't mean it." "Thanks Ben." Kaden said while hugging Ben.

Sunday soon arrived and Kaden and Ben had to return to Hogwarts again. Standing in front of the huge fireplace in the Entrance Hall of his new home Kaden smiled sadly at Rose and Charlie. "You know I am going to miss you both." He spoke softly. At that moment Charlie launched himself at Kaden. "Kaden, don't leave me, please?" Smiling sadly down at his younger brother Kaden ruffled his hair affectionately. "Don't worry kiddo, I'll be back for the Christmas holidays."

Nodding Charlie finally let him go. "Alright we'll be back at the beginning of the holidays, see ya." With that Ben Potter disappeared in the fireplace shortly followed by Kaden.

Once Kaden stepped out of Bens fireplace at Hogwarts he was immediately assaulted by Moody. "Kaden, how are you, old boy." Moody said in an for a Slytherin at least uncharacteristic show of affection.

Glaring at his friend Kaden took a step back. "Old? I'm not old. I'm technically not even born." He finished with a smile on his face. Punching Kaden playfully Moody turned to Ben. "Sir, it's good to have you back."

"Why thank you Mr. Moody, it is good to be back too. Now if you two will excuse me I have to inform Headmaster Dippet of your new name Kaden." Nodding Kaden watched as Ben left the room. "New name?" Looking up Kaden smiled. "Yeah, I told you they wanted to adopt me. Let me introduce myself I'm Kaden Potter." "Congratulations mate. Well, what are you waiting for… tell me everything." Moody said while letting himself fall into one of the chairs that stood in Bens office. Smiling Kaden sat down too and began to tell Moody everything that had happened in great detail. When he was done Ben finally returned to the office. Seeing them still there the older man smiled at them. "You're both still here. That is good. Now I'm not sure if my son has told you this already Mr. Moody, but I have agreed or rather proposed to teach the two of you in defence and a few other obscure branches of magic. So what do you say?"

"Thank you sir it is a honour for me that you are willing to teach me .. I mean us." Moody said smiling at Professor Potter.

"I thought so. Alright we will meet each day after dinner in my office and I thought that we could start with our first lesson now."

"Now?" "Yes, do you have a problem with that Kaden?"

"No, I just thought we would start tomorrow or so."
"Then don't think so much." Ben said with a smile on his face ignoring Kaden's glare.

"Alright, first I want to see how good you two are at duelling." A wave of Bens wand later the office was empty. "Alright you can start whenever you are ready."

Taking up a position opposite of Moody Kaden took out his wand. Bowing slightly Kaden made sure that his eyes never left Moody in case the other attacked him while he wasn't paying close attention. Soon enough Moody shot the first spell at Kaden, it was a simple stunning spell. Moving out of the way Kaden retaliated with a body bind curse, a simple spell too. And with that their duel started. Slowly they began to increase both the strength and the level of their spells until they reached seventh year spells.

By that time Kaden was sweating and blood was running out of a cut on his right upper arm where a cutting hex had hit him because he had lost his concentration for a short second.

"Alright, that is enough. You can both stop now. I have seen enough." Ben's voice drifted to them.

Half an hour later the three of them were sitting in Ben's quarters talking about their future lessons.

"Alright, I don't think you two need any advice on duelling. Frankly said you two are great duellers." At this both Kaden and Moody smiled at each other.

"Now about those lessons. I thought you two might be interested to learn a bit more about the more obscure branches of magic. I thought that we could maybe cover Occlumency, Legilimency and if you have that down I thought that you'd like to become animagi." At this both boys gaped at their teacher. "Animagi? But I thought that you had to register if you wanted to become one." Moody said. Ben didn't answer at first and instead only smiled at them with a mischievous twinkle shining in his eyes. Catching on Kaden spoke up. "You want us to become unregistered animagi? Are you sure?"
"Of course I am sure. Now we'll meet again tomorrow after dinner and I'll start teaching you everything you need to know about Occlumency."

On their way back to the dungeons Kaden and Moody ran into Dumbledore. "Ah Mr. Vans could I have a word with you?" Nodding Kaden motioned Moody to go on without him before turning to face Dumbledore.

"Professor Dumbledore?" "I take it your stay with the Potters went well?" Looking at Dumbledore Kaden couldn't help but notice that Dumbledore's normally twinkling blue eyes were now devoid of their twinkle and seemed cold and suspicious.

Ignoring this for now Kaden smiled at his teacher.
"Yes it was sir. Rose has welcomed me warmly and Charlie is a bright young child. I'm sure he'll love it at Hogwarts next year." And then after a pause he added. "By the way sir, I'm Kaden Potter now. Ben and Rose adopted me on Friday afternoon. I believe he informed the headmaster of this upon our return a few hours earlier today." At this Dumbledore's eyes narrowed marginally but enough for Kaden to know that the man was glaring suspiciously at him while trying hard not to do so.

Sighing Kaden ran a hand through his blue hair. "Sir, may I ask you a question?" At this the twinkle returned to Dumbledore's eyes. "You already did, but you can ask me something else if you want." Smiling at the typical Dumbledore response Kaden looked directly at Dumbledore. "Sir, why do you mistrust me?" "I don't ..." "Yes you do and you know it. Sir, believe me when I say that I am a firm supporter of the light side. I may be a Slytherin but I am also a Potter."

"That you are, that you are." Dumbledore muttered while looking at Kaden as if he had never seen him before. "But then again, why is there such a mystery concerning your past?" This was said so quietly that Kaden almost missed it.

"That Professor Dumbledore I am unable to tell you." "And why is that so?"

Smiling slightly at this Kaden looked out of a nearby window. "It is something between the DoM and myself. I am sorry but unless you discover the truth on your own I am unable to talk to you about it." With that Kaden turned away and continued on his way down to the dungeons. Why was Dumbledore so mistrustful of him? He wasn't a dark lord and would never be one.

A/N: ok that was it.

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