Letters from the Dead
Albus Dumbledore sat behind his large desk in his cozy little office before him sat one piece of parchment:
Mr. Albus Dumbledore, The life magic on the last will and testament of Sirius Nigellus Black has expired and as such we at Gringotts Wizarding Bank are fulfilling the last wants and wishes of Mr. Black. You need only sign the bottom of this parchment and send it back with your answer and or questions if you have them. All vaults and contents will be transferred over to you. See attachment for copies of funds and/or properties left to you by Mr. Black.
As all order members are required, I made a will and if you are reading this then I have left this adventure and proceeded on to then next one. I am happy to be seeing my friends again but I regret leaving him in this world without some one to guide him and show him how to have some happiness in life. I hope you have told him of the prophesy concerning him by now and he has had time to deal with the grief of my death before he gets anything else loaded on his plate. I have asked Remus to look after him if he needs anything and I have also asked Harry to look after Remus. They will both need each other and I ask you to give Remus some time away from the order to cope and help Harry cope. I have given Harry most of my worldly processions and assets to do with what he feels best. To you I leave the sum of 1,000,000 Galleons in a vault at Gringotts set up for you to use for the order and there expenses. I ask that you use this to win the war the best way you see fit. I also leave you creature please keep him away from Grimauld Place and do as you see fit with him. Good luck I know we will win this fight I just don't know when.
Sirius N. Black
Albus sat there shifting uncomfortably Sirius hadn't mentioned the Property of Grimauld Place and if it belonged to Harry then he would have to talk with him as soon as possible about the order using it still. Dumbledore didn't know what else to say to Harry at the time so he waited in sending his letter. He had promised Harry some news about what was going on in the Wizarding world but so far Voldemort had been lying low and hadn't been that active lately. It would only be a matter of time though before the terror strikes started again and then he would be able to send the letter.
Remus Lupin sat around the fire at number twelve Grimauld place a tear in his eye as he read the letter an owl just dropped for him. He would have given anything to have his last true friend back, his last link to his childhood. All that was left now was Harry his best friends' son. Sirius asked him to look after him and that was what he was going to do. Tomorrow he would have a go over and have a long talk with Harry and hopefully they could become the friends he and his dad used to be. He stretched out and went up to his room thinking about all the happy memories he had with his friends instead of all the death he had seen around him in his short life. He fell asleep remembering all the good times and the ones to come with Harry and his friends.
I had been four hours since Harry had been found by his Aunt and he had a wicked headache, he slowly opened one eye and saw and his Aunt Petunia and Dudley talking quietly by the door of his room. He closed his eyes again and concentrated on what they were saying, I hope he wakes up soon, so much to tell him, so many regrets. For the next hour and a half Harry lay there afraid to move his aunt and cousin hadn't left the room yet and it was starting to worry him. They had never shown him any concern before and now all of a sudden they were talking about him like they actually cared. Slowly he sat up in his bed trying to relieve the tension in his back he got half way up when they both jumped towards him. He recoiled and curled up into a ball last time his relatives jumped up towards him they were beating him with a belt or there fists.
"Harry are you alright, how do you feel," his aunt asked. "What happened to you, I found you in the garden this morning and you were just lying there, we couldn't tell if you were dead or alive. Here these parchments were in your hand when we found you. I'm sorry to hear about your godfather is there anything we can do to help just let us know, well Dudley and I anyway. I would avoid your uncle though, he lost his job yesterday and he thinks that it is somehow your fault. We both wanted to talk to you Harry I told Dudley all I know about the Wizarding world and what has been happening. Dumbledore has been keeping me informed over the years about what you have been doing by normal post of course so Vernon has no clue. I know you should stay here because of the blood protection given to you by your mother but according to your letter from Sirius you are now a legal adult and you can go where ever you want. I don't really understand the laws he wrote down but they appear to be old, I hope you will keep in touch if you do leave us."
"What," Harry screamed "Wizarding laws, Legal adult what are you talking about?"
"It's right here Harry, on the second piece of parchment, see it for yourself."
He hadn't gotten to the second part of the letter yet after reading what Gringotts said he just froze up till the lightning struck him.
Dear Harry if your reading these, then I have died. I am so sorry I never got the chance to give you a proper home or a loving family to come home to each year. There is so much I wanted to do with you and so much I had to teach you. I know about the prophecy Harry and I want you to ask Dumbledore to tell you what it says if he hasn't already. You will play the biggest part in the war against Voldemort and his followers. I want you to prepare for this battle but give yourself time to have fun and friends as well. Your friends and other are what we are fighting for so let them help in this battle you are not alone and I think a certain redheaded witch will stand by you till the end of life so hold on to her when you finally get the chance she is a keeper that one. Well my death isn't all bad news I will be joining your parents and all my other friends that have left this world for the next. I will say hi for you and we will all be watching you from the heavens so if you look up and see my star twinkling madly then know that I am with you and I always will be. Also because I being your godfather was killed and your parents are dead as well you are now a legal adult in the Wizarding world. I was stuck at Grimauld place all year and after all the cleaning was done I got pretty bored so I spent a lot of time reading. I found some old law books when I was reading and found a particularly interesting section in one basically it states that if a wizards parents die as well as his godparents then he will become legal age at fifteen instead of seventeen. Your godmother was Lily's best friend at Hogwarts unfortunately she was killed in the first war with Voldemort right after you were born. Gringotts should have already sent the paper work for you to sign so you now will have inherited the potter family vaults as well as your family properties and other stuff. You will have to go to Gringotts to find out how much its worth and what it is because no one has been able to enter the vaults since your parents and they didn't use very much of it. I believe were one of the richest families in the world right now but combined with the assets in the Black family vaults your worth is now doubled. I have given Dumbledore one million galleons for the order as well as given Remus one million galleons. I ask that you take care of Remus for me and I have asked him to take care of you as well you may both need each other in the coming war as well as in life. Family needs to stick together in these kind of times I ask that you split some of my money up and distribute it how you see fit tell people it was from Sirius Black and try to get my name cleared. I would have you give some to the Weasley's as well but I didn't know whether to give it to them individually or as a family, you can decide. You now own Grimauld place I ask you to let the order use it still but that is up to you. I have asked Dumbledore to get rid of Kreacher and do with him as he wants. All you need to do is send this back to Gringotts and they will make it official. On your next visit you can visit the vaults and transfer the money were you see fit. Again I wish you good luck and don't forget to have a little fun. With love
Sirius Nigellus Black
Harry sat there open mouthed as he reread the letter for the third time, if it was true he could go anywhere he wanted he could do magic. He looked up and saw his aunt and cousin staring at him as if waiting for an answer. He remembered the question she asked and said he would keep in touch if he left but right now he had a lot of things to think about. They left the room and he sat back down on his bed. His owl hooted above him on her perch and he reached up to stroke her soft white plumage. She nipped his hand playfully and he could hear her asking him if he was alright? He looked up and smiled as he hooted back "never better" she fell off her perch and seconds later she was in Harry's hands. She was hooting like mad at him for the next ten minutes as Harry hooted back his answers and told her the story of what happened when he was unconscious. He asked her about getting other animals to talk with and to help him and she hooted back saying he had better remember who comes first. He hooted back a thank you just as his bedroom door burst open.
"WHAT IS ALL THIS RACKET BOY IF YOU CAN'T KEEP THAT RUDDY OWL QUIET I WILL BURY HER IN THE BACK YARD. DO YOU HEAR ME BOY, WHY ARE YOU SMILING BOY." Vernon raised his hand to strike Harry but inches away from his face his uncle froze. He waved his hand around the room putting up a silencing charm so no one else would hear what was going on. "Now uncle it is time we had a little talk" Harry said through clenched teeth. He walked over to his desk signed a piece of parchment and hooted to Hedwig to take it to Gringotts Wizarding bank. She took it and flew out the window he watched as she disappeared out of sight. Turning back around he saw his glasses lying on the desk he picked them up and placed them in his uncle's front pocket.
"Here you can have this back uncle I no longer require them to see. He waved his hand at the front of his clothes and they shrunk to fit him. You see uncle I can use magic now outside of school and if you so much as say one more negative thing about me there will be hell to pay. I didn't cause you to loose your job and if you treated your coworkers half as well as you treated me I can see why they fired your ass. Now you have two options you can either ignore me completely with would be fine by me or you can try to fight me and I will not hesitate to kill you. Do you understand me uncle with the snap of my finger you could be dead have you seen the newspaper lately have you seen the mysterious deaths. They were done by wizards, evil wizards. It would only take a second and you would be dead. I have never used this curse before but in your case I might make an exception. However using this curse is punishable by life imprisonment in Azkaban the Wizarding prison. But there are several worse ways to die you know, he concentrated for a second and where he once stood was a huge lion it let out a load roar then the lion changed into a bear, and then a giant snake wrapped itself around Vernon squeezing him gently. A second later Harry was back and his fingers were wrapped around his uncle's throat he let out a low growl and said, "Stay away from me from now on I will do as I please." The door opened and Vernon found he could move again ran out the door got in his car and drove as far away from privet drive as he could. Petunia and Dudley came up minutes after they saw Vernon speed away asking what happened and where Vernon was going.
"We had a little talk uncle Vernon and I and I think we reached an understanding he will be back but I don't think he will bother me anymore. They both nodded and left the room Aunt Petunia saying "dinner would be ready in about twenty five minutes."
He sat down on his bed again breathing deeply trying to calm himself. As he was sitting there he found himself running over the knowledge he had been given. There was so much of it he started on building his Occlumency shields and dividing the knowledge up in his mind. He made doors to everything in every category imaginable he somehow knew what he was doing thanks to the knowledge and his pace quickened until everything was sorted. He looked around in his mind he put up locks and sensors that would only allow him access to his mind and would keep anyone else out he also put up sensors to alert him when someone else was trying to enter his mind or scanning him for something, he mixed techniques taught to him by the wizards, the goblins, and the house elves. Until he had everything protected the best he could he put up a transfer station that would transfer any thing he saw or read into the correct category and when he finished that he collapsed on his bed. The magic he had just used drained him a little and he was a little dizzy. Well I guess I need to practice everything I know so it won't drain me so much when I use my powers. I need to go shopping as well to get the things I need for training. Also I will need some weapons I can't always count on my powers to help me. Godric Gryffindor's sword would be nice he though and in a flash of golden red light the sword appeared before him. Wow he though how did that happen he reached out and picked up the sword again it glowed golden in his hand and began to speak to his mind.
"For years I have waited for one my descendants to call on me, I was created by Merlin with the help of the Lady of the Lake. For years my descendants have called on me in there time of need and I have aided them the best I could. I give them my knowledge and teach them to fight but only if there hearts were pure. You have called on me twice now and I will aid you as long as you need me, for you are the last of my creator's descendants. "Wow," Harry said, "Thank you." He held the sword high over his head and he felt the knowledge pouring into him he started to dance with the sword as the knowledge continued to pour into him. He was receiving knowledge of martial arts, as well as swordsmanship and other skills he had never heard of. As the dance continued he felt great amounts of power flowing from his body into the sword then back again as the sword taught his body what it needed to know and his magic bonded with the sword. His body felt like liquid as he completed the dance and he collapsed onto his bed again drained from all the magic. He woke up several hours later rested and peaceful he looked at the clock on his stand and realized it was ten at night. He went back to sleep practicing spells in his mind all night long tomorrow he would go shopping and it would be a very long and interesting day.
Albus Dumbledore sat behind his large desk in his cozy little office before him sat one piece of parchment:
Mr. Albus Dumbledore, The life magic on the last will and testament of Sirius Nigellus Black has expired and as such we at Gringotts Wizarding Bank are fulfilling the last wants and wishes of Mr. Black. You need only sign the bottom of this parchment and send it back with your answer and or questions if you have them. All vaults and contents will be transferred over to you. See attachment for copies of funds and/or properties left to you by Mr. Black.
As all order members are required, I made a will and if you are reading this then I have left this adventure and proceeded on to then next one. I am happy to be seeing my friends again but I regret leaving him in this world without some one to guide him and show him how to have some happiness in life. I hope you have told him of the prophesy concerning him by now and he has had time to deal with the grief of my death before he gets anything else loaded on his plate. I have asked Remus to look after him if he needs anything and I have also asked Harry to look after Remus. They will both need each other and I ask you to give Remus some time away from the order to cope and help Harry cope. I have given Harry most of my worldly processions and assets to do with what he feels best. To you I leave the sum of 1,000,000 Galleons in a vault at Gringotts set up for you to use for the order and there expenses. I ask that you use this to win the war the best way you see fit. I also leave you creature please keep him away from Grimauld Place and do as you see fit with him. Good luck I know we will win this fight I just don't know when.
Sirius N. Black
Albus sat there shifting uncomfortably Sirius hadn't mentioned the Property of Grimauld Place and if it belonged to Harry then he would have to talk with him as soon as possible about the order using it still. Dumbledore didn't know what else to say to Harry at the time so he waited in sending his letter. He had promised Harry some news about what was going on in the Wizarding world but so far Voldemort had been lying low and hadn't been that active lately. It would only be a matter of time though before the terror strikes started again and then he would be able to send the letter.
Remus Lupin sat around the fire at number twelve Grimauld place a tear in his eye as he read the letter an owl just dropped for him. He would have given anything to have his last true friend back, his last link to his childhood. All that was left now was Harry his best friends' son. Sirius asked him to look after him and that was what he was going to do. Tomorrow he would have a go over and have a long talk with Harry and hopefully they could become the friends he and his dad used to be. He stretched out and went up to his room thinking about all the happy memories he had with his friends instead of all the death he had seen around him in his short life. He fell asleep remembering all the good times and the ones to come with Harry and his friends.
I had been four hours since Harry had been found by his Aunt and he had a wicked headache, he slowly opened one eye and saw and his Aunt Petunia and Dudley talking quietly by the door of his room. He closed his eyes again and concentrated on what they were saying, I hope he wakes up soon, so much to tell him, so many regrets. For the next hour and a half Harry lay there afraid to move his aunt and cousin hadn't left the room yet and it was starting to worry him. They had never shown him any concern before and now all of a sudden they were talking about him like they actually cared. Slowly he sat up in his bed trying to relieve the tension in his back he got half way up when they both jumped towards him. He recoiled and curled up into a ball last time his relatives jumped up towards him they were beating him with a belt or there fists.
"Harry are you alright, how do you feel," his aunt asked. "What happened to you, I found you in the garden this morning and you were just lying there, we couldn't tell if you were dead or alive. Here these parchments were in your hand when we found you. I'm sorry to hear about your godfather is there anything we can do to help just let us know, well Dudley and I anyway. I would avoid your uncle though, he lost his job yesterday and he thinks that it is somehow your fault. We both wanted to talk to you Harry I told Dudley all I know about the Wizarding world and what has been happening. Dumbledore has been keeping me informed over the years about what you have been doing by normal post of course so Vernon has no clue. I know you should stay here because of the blood protection given to you by your mother but according to your letter from Sirius you are now a legal adult and you can go where ever you want. I don't really understand the laws he wrote down but they appear to be old, I hope you will keep in touch if you do leave us."
"What," Harry screamed "Wizarding laws, Legal adult what are you talking about?"
"It's right here Harry, on the second piece of parchment, see it for yourself."
He hadn't gotten to the second part of the letter yet after reading what Gringotts said he just froze up till the lightning struck him.
Dear Harry if your reading these, then I have died. I am so sorry I never got the chance to give you a proper home or a loving family to come home to each year. There is so much I wanted to do with you and so much I had to teach you. I know about the prophecy Harry and I want you to ask Dumbledore to tell you what it says if he hasn't already. You will play the biggest part in the war against Voldemort and his followers. I want you to prepare for this battle but give yourself time to have fun and friends as well. Your friends and other are what we are fighting for so let them help in this battle you are not alone and I think a certain redheaded witch will stand by you till the end of life so hold on to her when you finally get the chance she is a keeper that one. Well my death isn't all bad news I will be joining your parents and all my other friends that have left this world for the next. I will say hi for you and we will all be watching you from the heavens so if you look up and see my star twinkling madly then know that I am with you and I always will be. Also because I being your godfather was killed and your parents are dead as well you are now a legal adult in the Wizarding world. I was stuck at Grimauld place all year and after all the cleaning was done I got pretty bored so I spent a lot of time reading. I found some old law books when I was reading and found a particularly interesting section in one basically it states that if a wizards parents die as well as his godparents then he will become legal age at fifteen instead of seventeen. Your godmother was Lily's best friend at Hogwarts unfortunately she was killed in the first war with Voldemort right after you were born. Gringotts should have already sent the paper work for you to sign so you now will have inherited the potter family vaults as well as your family properties and other stuff. You will have to go to Gringotts to find out how much its worth and what it is because no one has been able to enter the vaults since your parents and they didn't use very much of it. I believe were one of the richest families in the world right now but combined with the assets in the Black family vaults your worth is now doubled. I have given Dumbledore one million galleons for the order as well as given Remus one million galleons. I ask that you take care of Remus for me and I have asked him to take care of you as well you may both need each other in the coming war as well as in life. Family needs to stick together in these kind of times I ask that you split some of my money up and distribute it how you see fit tell people it was from Sirius Black and try to get my name cleared. I would have you give some to the Weasley's as well but I didn't know whether to give it to them individually or as a family, you can decide. You now own Grimauld place I ask you to let the order use it still but that is up to you. I have asked Dumbledore to get rid of Kreacher and do with him as he wants. All you need to do is send this back to Gringotts and they will make it official. On your next visit you can visit the vaults and transfer the money were you see fit. Again I wish you good luck and don't forget to have a little fun. With love
Sirius Nigellus Black
Harry sat there open mouthed as he reread the letter for the third time, if it was true he could go anywhere he wanted he could do magic. He looked up and saw his aunt and cousin staring at him as if waiting for an answer. He remembered the question she asked and said he would keep in touch if he left but right now he had a lot of things to think about. They left the room and he sat back down on his bed. His owl hooted above him on her perch and he reached up to stroke her soft white plumage. She nipped his hand playfully and he could hear her asking him if he was alright? He looked up and smiled as he hooted back "never better" she fell off her perch and seconds later she was in Harry's hands. She was hooting like mad at him for the next ten minutes as Harry hooted back his answers and told her the story of what happened when he was unconscious. He asked her about getting other animals to talk with and to help him and she hooted back saying he had better remember who comes first. He hooted back a thank you just as his bedroom door burst open.
"WHAT IS ALL THIS RACKET BOY IF YOU CAN'T KEEP THAT RUDDY OWL QUIET I WILL BURY HER IN THE BACK YARD. DO YOU HEAR ME BOY, WHY ARE YOU SMILING BOY." Vernon raised his hand to strike Harry but inches away from his face his uncle froze. He waved his hand around the room putting up a silencing charm so no one else would hear what was going on. "Now uncle it is time we had a little talk" Harry said through clenched teeth. He walked over to his desk signed a piece of parchment and hooted to Hedwig to take it to Gringotts Wizarding bank. She took it and flew out the window he watched as she disappeared out of sight. Turning back around he saw his glasses lying on the desk he picked them up and placed them in his uncle's front pocket.
"Here you can have this back uncle I no longer require them to see. He waved his hand at the front of his clothes and they shrunk to fit him. You see uncle I can use magic now outside of school and if you so much as say one more negative thing about me there will be hell to pay. I didn't cause you to loose your job and if you treated your coworkers half as well as you treated me I can see why they fired your ass. Now you have two options you can either ignore me completely with would be fine by me or you can try to fight me and I will not hesitate to kill you. Do you understand me uncle with the snap of my finger you could be dead have you seen the newspaper lately have you seen the mysterious deaths. They were done by wizards, evil wizards. It would only take a second and you would be dead. I have never used this curse before but in your case I might make an exception. However using this curse is punishable by life imprisonment in Azkaban the Wizarding prison. But there are several worse ways to die you know, he concentrated for a second and where he once stood was a huge lion it let out a load roar then the lion changed into a bear, and then a giant snake wrapped itself around Vernon squeezing him gently. A second later Harry was back and his fingers were wrapped around his uncle's throat he let out a low growl and said, "Stay away from me from now on I will do as I please." The door opened and Vernon found he could move again ran out the door got in his car and drove as far away from privet drive as he could. Petunia and Dudley came up minutes after they saw Vernon speed away asking what happened and where Vernon was going.
"We had a little talk uncle Vernon and I and I think we reached an understanding he will be back but I don't think he will bother me anymore. They both nodded and left the room Aunt Petunia saying "dinner would be ready in about twenty five minutes."
He sat down on his bed again breathing deeply trying to calm himself. As he was sitting there he found himself running over the knowledge he had been given. There was so much of it he started on building his Occlumency shields and dividing the knowledge up in his mind. He made doors to everything in every category imaginable he somehow knew what he was doing thanks to the knowledge and his pace quickened until everything was sorted. He looked around in his mind he put up locks and sensors that would only allow him access to his mind and would keep anyone else out he also put up sensors to alert him when someone else was trying to enter his mind or scanning him for something, he mixed techniques taught to him by the wizards, the goblins, and the house elves. Until he had everything protected the best he could he put up a transfer station that would transfer any thing he saw or read into the correct category and when he finished that he collapsed on his bed. The magic he had just used drained him a little and he was a little dizzy. Well I guess I need to practice everything I know so it won't drain me so much when I use my powers. I need to go shopping as well to get the things I need for training. Also I will need some weapons I can't always count on my powers to help me. Godric Gryffindor's sword would be nice he though and in a flash of golden red light the sword appeared before him. Wow he though how did that happen he reached out and picked up the sword again it glowed golden in his hand and began to speak to his mind.
"For years I have waited for one my descendants to call on me, I was created by Merlin with the help of the Lady of the Lake. For years my descendants have called on me in there time of need and I have aided them the best I could. I give them my knowledge and teach them to fight but only if there hearts were pure. You have called on me twice now and I will aid you as long as you need me, for you are the last of my creator's descendants. "Wow," Harry said, "Thank you." He held the sword high over his head and he felt the knowledge pouring into him he started to dance with the sword as the knowledge continued to pour into him. He was receiving knowledge of martial arts, as well as swordsmanship and other skills he had never heard of. As the dance continued he felt great amounts of power flowing from his body into the sword then back again as the sword taught his body what it needed to know and his magic bonded with the sword. His body felt like liquid as he completed the dance and he collapsed onto his bed again drained from all the magic. He woke up several hours later rested and peaceful he looked at the clock on his stand and realized it was ten at night. He went back to sleep practicing spells in his mind all night long tomorrow he would go shopping and it would be a very long and interesting day.