Authors Note: JannaKalderash gave me the idea for what happens in this story.
Harry's family vault was sort of a let-down after Dad's but it did have a magical photo album that had pictures of him and his parents. His father pointed out a few magical artifacts that would be good to examine later and they went back to where Maze was showing the Goblins her moves and Mum was discussing police work with an elderly Goblin who seemed enthralled with her conversation.
Harry noticed that his Dad had something in his breast pocket he kept checking very carefully. He wondered what it could be. He hadn't noticed Dad finding it, but the place had been huge and he had been distracted by all the interesting stuff.
He slide up to his father's side and said, "Dad what do you have in your pocket?"
Dad smiled, "It's something from another reality. Not truly dangerous, like the dinosaurs, but it might be a worthy member of our extended tribe."
Then Lucifer walked over to the Goblins and smiled.
"I have something that will take care of your problem with the magical community forbidding you the use of wands."
Ragnock sat up.
Lucifer took out one of the boxes he had retrieved from his vault. "These are magic rings specifically made to carry magic like a wand. They are a little less precise than a wand, but also they tend to store magic like a battery, making them stronger than any wand."
He calmly handed Ragnock the box. "They are made of Mithril, which is rare, so don't waste them. Take one for yourself and give them to your generals. You have my permission to try to duplicate them. No magical will even notice jewelry, and the magical ambiance would see normal to them, but they are very different from most magic rings. They are built for protection and are very lethal."
This almost started another party, but Lucifer begged off and popped his family home to the Lux.
There, he started a fire in one of the fire places, and placed a tiny egg in it.
Mum's eyebrows raised, "What is that?"
"A pet, my love, " said Lucifer.
"Not a dinosaur?" she questioned, Harry had talked about the dinosaur eggs.
"No," he smiled at her, "Dinosaurs could endanger our friends, and we can't have that. This is something the earth hasn't seen before."
Then he sat down and gestured to Harry, "Come Son, Chloe, we found a picture albums of Harry's original family."
Chloe smiled, "Wonderful, can we look through it with you, Harry?"
"Oh yeah." Harry sat with a parental unit on each side, and Maze peering over his shoulder.
The first picture was of a pretty girl with long red hair. "I would say that must be your birth mother," said Lucifer, "She's lovely,"
The pictures changed to pictures of the lovely girl and a young man with glasses. "Probably my birth dad," said Harry. The figures in the photo's waved to them and blew kisses. There was even one where the two kissed each other.
"Ewww," said Harry. "Kisses can be so gross."
Lucifer chuckled and Mum smiled. Maze snorted.
He turned the page, this was a series of wedding pictures. His parents looked happy.
"Well, this disproves that they were alcoholic bums, like Aunt Petunia said, without the evidence from the vaults," said Harry thoughtfully, "They don't looked even slightly drunk, and the wedding was probably expensive. They look like nice people and she's way prettier than Aunt Petunia."
The pictures had things written on the back, "Lily and James Potter," read Lucifer. "So now we know their names."
Then they saw a picture of Lily with a baby bump and a happy expression on her face. Further pictures were of her and his Dad and Mooney and two other men. One he instinctively didn't like and the other was the crazy man that his angelic uncle and aunt were working on, per Mrs. Edward's instructions.
The baby pictures made Harry cry. He looked so loved and happy. Mum pulled him on her lap and kissed his head several times. "You had great parents and I'm sorry you lost them. I also very glad you are part of my life, Harry Morningstar. You are part of my heart now."
Lucifer hugged him and Harry felt like it was all worth it to have a real family now.
The next day at breakfast everyone was there. Harry made waffles, and Dad made tons of bacon and omelets. Uncle Dan made fresh squeezed orange juice, Mom made pancakes. Uncle Amenadiel and Auntie KynKyn, aka Kynerath sat the table and washed dishes. Eating was new to Auntie KynKyn but she really liked it. . Auntie Maze teased Trixie.
It was a nice meal and Harry enjoyed being surrounded by family.
Then when they cleared the table, Dad asked them all to wait. He took out the different rings from his vault. "These are rings of power. They have protective magic and communications modes. I would like everyone to have one. They will automatically resize to fit your fingers."
Uncle Dan started to leave, but Lucifer motioned him back. "Dan you are part of the family and I want you protected as well. We need to save one of these for Mrs. Edwards."
He gave one ring to Harry and it looked a lot like his own ring. Harry put the ring on and felt everything change. He gasped. He could see magic more. He was always aware of his Dad's power but now felt more of it. He could see Mum's aura clearly now and it was beautiful. She outshone the two angels, and they were like beautiful stars. Harry wondered if his Dad knew how damaged and yet beautiful his own aura was, but didn't say anything. Dad was shy that way.
Maze got a ring that made her give them all her evil, "I'm going to have such fun" smile. Trixie's ring was as bright as her smile. Mum's ring was made of glowing stones and when she put it on, she gasped, "I think I can see magic now," she said.
Lucifer looked very pleased. "I'm going to step out of the room and communicate with all of you separately. Yell out when you know I'm talking to you."
He left and then Harry heard his father's voice whisper to him, "I love you!"
"I love you too Dad," Harry hollered.
Chloe laughed and said, "I'm not going to reply to that one".
Trixie squealed.
Maze hooted and then smiled.
Amenadiel laughed and said, "I hear you, brother,"
Auntie KynKyn blushed and yelled, "I am glad I met you, too, big brother."
And Uncle Dan smiled, and yelled, "Thank you, Lucifer, I hear you too."
Then a loud cracking noise was heard.
Lucifer raced through the room to the fire.
Curious everyone followed.
On the hearth of the fire place, an egg was rocking. Lucifer smiled and went to the kitchen where he collected a bowl of raw chicken livers.
Soon there was another crack and a part of the shell broken away.
"You promised me this is not a dinosaur, right?" said Chloe nervously.
"Darling!" objected Lucifer, "I never lie. It's not a dinosaur. It's a dragon."
Everyone stopped and stared at Lucifer.
"Yes, a real fire-breathing dragon. But the little one will never grow very large, only the length of a forearm, and they will be a wonderful pet for Trixie. They have many abilities that will prove useful in protecting her."
Trixie began to jump up and down.
Another piece of shell broke way and a small lizard snout poked out. Then eyes. Finally the creature began to shake the egg shell pieces off and sat there creeling with hunger.
"Quick Trixie, feed her from the bowl. It will bind her to you."
Trixie grabbed the bowl and fed the frantically hungry creature. It ate hungrily until its stomach began to bulge out and then gave a loud burp and began to purr.
Trixie was delighted and began to pet it.
"It's golden," she said, softly, "Can I name her Goldy?"
"Whatever your heart desires," said Lucifer fondly.
The creature was very affectionate now that it was fed and rubbed its head against Trixie's hand, obviously enjoying the contact.
"Where did you get this?" Amenadiel asked, "It was in stasis in an old vault I"d forgotten about. It's from another dimension where they are bred to be large, but this little one deserves a home with people who love her. She is also a queen, so she may have eggs. I don't know if they will be viable, but she will always have us."
Trixie's eyes were shining. 'Goldie is beautiful."
"She'll grow rapidly now and be very hungry. Chicken livers will serve as good nutrition for her. I'm afraid she will always want raw meat, although she might like meal worms and bugs as well."
Everyone was invited to pet the little dragon and Harry was very pleased that his sister had such a cool pet. He wished there had been a second egg, but knew if he wanted a pet, Dad would give him one.
Dad put a hand on his shoulder. "I'm going to be bringing home a hellhound for you as a pet. It will defend you very fiercely, but it will also be totally loyal and never hurt you. They are the only things from hell that I actually miss."
Now Harry had some bad experiences with the Dursley family and dogs, but he trusted Dad and smiled as he petted the little dragon. Life was so interesting.
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In London's Heathrow airport, a portly man entered an airplane headed for New York and then Los Angeles. He had sniffed money in the air, and he was going to get some. He deserved it for putting up with the little freak.
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The next week at school seemed boring to Harry after all the excitement of Thanksgiving and visiting the Goblin bank Gringotts. Apparently you could reach your vault no matter what country you entered the bank from. Each bank was a portal to the vaults. Really cool magic.
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At the Lux, Lucifer was feeding Goldie and explaining to her that her bonded human was at school and missed her very much. He was also making plans to visit his old jail and bring back some of his beloved pets. Chloe had gone to work alone today, so he could keep the little lizard fed, although she promised she would call if she needed him. She was officially off duty until the special commission completed their findings and found the guilty.
He hummed to himself and mentally used his ring to check on his extended family. All appeared well.
Chloe was doing paperwork, Dan was asleep in bed, still worn out from his brush with death, Trixie and Harry were studying, Maze was beating up a bounty. Yes. Life was good.
Goldie began to make needy noises and he brought her some more chicken livers.
"You and I are the oldest creatures here, yet I think we are the youngest too," remarked Lucifer softly. "And like you, I don't think I really lived until I got here and gained this family." The small creature gave a very rude burp and then walked unsteadily to Lucifer's hand and rubbed against him affectionately. He stroked the tiny dragons back with one elegant fingers and watched her eyes close, hypnotized until she fell asleep.
