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I had more then half of Chapter 22 finished and was going to post it with this one, however my keyboard started to get all fucked up and my computer shut down on me. Right now I stole my brothers keyboard so I won't be bale to fix the huge typos that were created.
Chapter 21 Potter Manor and Surrounding Environs
"Do you know wha the magical world's problem is?" Harry slurred to Ron after chugging the half a bottle of firewhiskey and stumbling down to the common room. "They exthpect creatures to ffffight for them, but the creatures, they don't wanna fight for wizards. Who would? Wizards treat em like shit. Ya . . . ya gotta asks em to ffight with you, as equals. Then ya gotta treat em like equals. Ya know wha aye mean mate...righ?"
"Of course Harry" Ron reassured his mate. Harry gave a crooked smile to Ron before falling forward, off the couch and on his face. The cut on his cheek which was covered in dry blood opened up again and his wounded right arm gave a throb of pain. The drunken Harry laughed like there was no tomorrow, his face full of red carpet.
Ron signaled to Neville who came over and helped Ron lift Harry up. Together they dragged the bloody and bruised teen to the Hospital Wing, where he should have gone in the first place.
"I feel like I got hit trampled by a herd of hippogriffs" Harry muttered as he clutched his eyes shut to help block out the abnormally bright morning sun. He turned his head away from the bright beam of light and opened one eye cautiously. "Bloody hell! Not the bloody Hospital Wing again!"
"Mr. Potter!" Harry winced as at the high-pitched noise as the sixty-four-year-old healer came rushing from her office. "You should have been brought here in the first place! Cut on your cheek, mangled flesh on your right arm, shattered elbow, broken nose, bump on the back of your head, and a heavily bruised back."
"Is that all?" Harry asked. "It's like playing a game of Quidditch!" Harry chuckled but then grimaced in pain.
"This is serious Mr. Potter! Whenever you suffer an injury, you are to report directly to a hospital not get drunk!" The healer pushed six vials into his hand. "Two pain killers, a sobering potion, one to strengthen your elbow, it is still weak after I fixed it last night, one to make sure your flesh heals properly on your right arm and one to make sure nothing scars"
Holding his nose Harry chugged down all six of the potions, a bigger grimace accompanying his face then the last.
"May I leave now Madam Pomfrey?" Harry asked sweetly.
"Fine but . . . " Without even waiting for the nurse to finish her sentence, Harry bolted out of the Hospital Wing. He arrived at the Gryffindor common room where walking in from the portrait he saw a ragged looking man, with greying brown hair and golden eyes and a big black dog.
"Remus! Padfoot!" Harry grinned at the two Marauders. "What are you two doing here?" he hugged them both as he asked the question. The common room was basically empty, most at breakfast. Hermione and Ron were sitting on a couch to the side of the werewolf and animagi.
"We're here to take you to Potter Manor" Remus replied. "We asked Dumbledore, and he has agreed. You're excused from all your classes today"
"Ruff!" Padfoot wagged his tail, his tongue lolling out the side of his mouth.
"How are we getting there? How do you get there? Where is it?" Harry was bursting with questions about his ancestry home.
"We'll be taking a portkey. Padfoot and I have been over there dozens of times in our teen years and Dumbledore was good friends with your great-grandfather, your grandfather and your father" Remus held out a lemon drop.
"I thought wards were going up to block portkeys from leaving and entering the school" Harry said, staring at the slightly sour candy.
"Only portkeys made by the headmaster can pass through them" Remus explained. "Ron and Hermione are coming too, if that is ok with you of course"
"Of course they can come!" Harry said enthusiastically "Now let's not hesitate any longer!" Harry eagerly placed a finger tip on the small candy. Ron and Hermione did the same and Sirius, stood up on his hind legs and placed his tongue on the candy.
"Ew!" Hermione wrinkled her nose as the tongue covered all three of their fingers.
"Wool socks" Remus spoke it clearly. His face also crinkled in disgust as his friends antics. A pull behind their navel gave Harry the knowledge that 'Wool socks' was the password to activate the portkey
Several seconds later they landed on a beach, facing the sea. Harry wiped his finger on his robes to get rid of the dog slime. Looking ahead he only saw the sea.
"Where is it?" he asked.
"Turn around" Remus said, amused. Turning around Harry was met with a white marble stone wall that stretched the length of the beach and rose to a height that would make giants jealous. To his left was a wide white marble road that led through a pair of gold gates, guarded by two marble statues, one a golden griffin and the other an augurey. On the other side of the wall he could see the top of hundreds of trees.
Remus and a now human Sirius led the three teens to the gates. "You're going to have to open them yourself Harry. Only a Potter or a family house-elf can open the gate" Remus explained. "Just go over to the griffin and place your hand on its face"
Harry did as he was told and watched in amazement as the gate opened with a near silent whoosh. The white marble road continued forward, cutting through the forest that stood on either side of it. They walked down the road, shrouded in the shadows of the trees.
"So how did things go with the head of the Blacks?" Harry asked Sirius.
"Fairly good. Out of the four other heads two of them offered to help and the other two swore to remain neutral. The head of the American branch, which is the largest out of all of them even here in Great Britain, as well as the head of the Australian branch have both agreed to lead the Order of the Phoenix in their respective countries. They of course are still under Albus's command. The French head was the hardest to convince to not join Voldemort, but it was managed and the head of the Jamaican branch, which is the smallest, has asked to remain neutral." Sirius explained.
At the end of their discussion they came through a clearing and saw Potter Manor in all its glory in front of them. The road they traveled on continued on for another hundred feet or so before splitting into a circle, which the front steps of the house came out too. A large fountain was in the middle of the circular part of the driveway.
The fountain was carved out of white marble. It was of a wizard, a merman and a centaur. However, unlike the one at the Ministry of Magic, the two creatures were not gazing at the wizard in awe.
The wizard was clad in armor, a sword in his right hand, pointing at the sky and a wand in his left, handing to his side. The man stood erect and proud, his helmet off and the recognizable messy hair of a Potter, even though in stone, upon his head. The centaur had its to front legs off the ground and both of the legs were bent, though at different angles. A bow and arrow about to be fired were in the half-mans hand. A look of determination was on the centaurs face. The merman rode a hippocampus, like Harry's third animagus form. One hand held the reigns while the other clutches a trident that was raised above the merman's head is if to strike at something in front of it. A look of confidence was on the sentient beings face.
Looking at the people beside him, he noticed that Ron was looking at the house in awe, respect and envy. Hermione was looking on in awe and interest and the two Marauders had smiles on their faces as if they were finally home again.
The Manor was split into three sections, the Center was four stories high and had a cellar and a basement, the West Wing was three stories and the East Wing was three stories as well. The Center, was the original building of the house. It was an early medieval style building made of weather worn light grey stone. Two big ebony colored doors stood out in the center of the building and magical animals decorated stained glass, which could be found in gothic arched windows that littered the sides of the house. The Center was where all the work and recreational buildings were. The two wings were built in later years probably late-medieval, you could tell from its dark timber frame. The same weather worn light grey stones were part of this building as well. The two wings were only occupied by bedrooms, bathrooms and common rooms. Balconies were attached to every bedroom, except for those on the first floor of course. The same stained glass windows decorated these outer walls as well.
Sirius all but ran up the steps and pushed open the doors. He ran into the house, with Harry and Remus on his heels. Ron and Hermione joined them in seconds. As soon as they entered the house, they found themselves in a stone corridor with plush red carpeted floors and solid brass two-light wall brackets lining the wall. The corridor was lined with several doors and another corridor that crossed its path. It stretched from the front of the house to the back where doors, half the size of the front ones, that were mostly glass panes set in an oak frame, opened out to the backyard of Potter Manor. The other corridor, the one stretching from the sides of the house led to large oak doors that led to the ground floors of the two wings and was decorated in the same way.
To the right of one just entering the house was a large piece of parchment that appeared blank. Pointing at it, Remus explained. "This is where we got the idea for the Marauder's Map. Tapping it with your wand and saying "Potter Manor" you get a bird eye view of the whole area. Then by tapping on areas the map zooms in. By tapping on the house you just have to pick which section of the house and what floor. Dots appear with names to show you who is where and all that jazz"
Harry pulled out his wand and tapped the parchment speaking the password "Potter Manor" Potter Manor could be found on an island three miles of northern coast of Wales and a fair amount of miles south of the Isle of Man. The island was in the shape of a dilapidated shoe. Two and a half miles at the longest point and one mile at is widest. To the south was a long stretch of beach/sand, stretching the whole southern length of the isle and about twenty to forty feet inward. The west and northwest as well as the east and northeast coasts of the island were all covered in thirty feet high cliffs with jagged rocks at the bottom, barely seen sticking up over the waves of the sea. The northern coast was a stretch of beach/sand that went twenty feet inward. Huge jagged rocks in a half circle formation stuck out of the sea and protected the northern beach from any form of boat looking to land on its shore.
A forty feet high wall, fifty feet inward stretched the length of the southern coast, protecting anyone from entering from the south without the owners consent or knowledge. A golden gate was in the middle of the wall. The gate was guarded by the two marble statues, the golden griffin and the augurey. A marble road ran from the start of the coast and through the gate. Halfway to the manor the road split into two, forming a circle with a fountain in the middle. A magical bridge could connect the marble driveway of Potter Manor to an off road in the north of Wales. Two large grouping of trees, called the Forest of Centaurs, was found on the island, on both sides of the driveway. Besides the small clearing where the driveway rode through, the forest stretched the length of the wall. The forest separated the area at the top of the cliffs from the rest of the island.
A Quidditch pitch was behind the West Wing and a huge pond, which was connected to the sea by an underground waterway that came out of the east cliff's lay behind the East Wing. A large garden lay in an indent in the forest to the west. Greenhouses could be found at the edge of the forest to the west. A paddock and stable were inside the forest to the east.
The forest was inhabited by a friendly clan of centaurs who offered their protection to the Potter family and vice versa. The merpeople who lived in the big pond and the sea surrounding the island had the same pact with the Potter family that the centaurs had.
Remus explained the story to him. It involved a group of dark wizards who discovered the island and enslaved the centaurs and merpeople. It also involved a small group led by Oedipus Potter and his son Noah who defeated the dark wizards, claimed the island as there own and freed the two sentient beings, who in return of their gratitude swore an oath of protection to the Potter family.
Not really caring about how is family got the island and wanting to explore the house of his ancestors Harry quickly shut the map and opened the first door to the left. The door led to a ballroom complete with a polished wooden dance floor, wooden paneled wall and a stage for a band to perform. There was a door to the right of one who just entered that led to an lounge, which also had a door in the Entrance Hall.
The lounge had the same polished wooden dance floor and walls as the ballroom. However two large golden throw rugs covered most of the floor. A group of chairs made out of ebony and the same golden material as the rugs was placed in one corner of the room. Two doors to the left of entering from the ballroom led to two separate bathrooms. The door to the right of one entering from the entrance hall and opposite one coming from the ballroom, led to the other corridor that led to the wings. Through that door one found another across from them.
This door led to a huge dinning room that was the size of the Great Hall at Hogwarts. A table, slightly bigger then the head table was against the far wall from the door coming from and leading to the Entrance Hall, twenty expensive and comfortable chairs made out of beech and red silk faced the room. Two small tables were on either side of the door that opened to the corridor that led to the wings. Four long tables, barely smaller then the house tables at Hogwarts were perpendicular to the head table. The four long tables had seventy of the same comfortable chairs as the head table, thirty-five on either side and the two smaller tables had sixteen, eight on each side.
The first door to the right lead to study with drywall painted dark blue. The floor was carpeted with a dark silver rug. A large square table with drawers full of quills, parchment and ink sat in the middle of the room. Eight chairs made out of ebony were around the square table.
The only wall that didn't have a door was lined with bookcases full of Charms books. A door opposite the one from the Entrance Hall led to an office and the one to the left of the one from the entrance hall led to a floo lounge.
The office only had the one door leading to the study. It had mahogany wooded floor with drywall painted a dark green. A big desk, a small bookcase and five big cabinets all made out of mahogany were in the room. Along with the desk, bookcase and cabinet were three chairs. One was behind the desk and two in front of the desk. The one behind was big and fancy looking, it was made out of mahogany and dark green silk. The two in front of the desk were similar to the one behind ti except not as fancy.
The floo room was the only room that was not rectangular in shape. It had three doors, one to the Entrance Hall, one from a study, to the right of the Entrance hall one and one to the corridor that leads to the two wing corridor. The room had a black plush rug and fancy wood paneling. A series of four, black silk couches was arranged in a square at one side of the room. A coffee table sat in the middle. On the other side of the room, away from the doors was three big fire places. The three fire places were the only ones one could use to floo to and from the house.
The missing part of the floo room, the part that would of made it rectangular was used to house a large wooden spiral staircase. If there was an intruder in the house, anyone who stepped on the staircase and was not keyed into the stairs would find themselves on a slide. Much like what happens to boys at Hogwarts while trying to go up to the girls dormitories.
The final door to the right side after coming in from the front door, led to the indoor pool. Complete with a diving board, two slides and several ladders to get out, the Olympic size pool was a rather impressive sight. A sauna as well as two bathroom were in the corner of the far side. Lounge chairs were lined up against the right wall. A door leading to the corridor which led to the two wings took up the right wall as well.
The second floor of the Center consisted of eight rooms. The first floor of a two story library was at the front of the house. A staircase that ran through the room led to the second floor of the library. Small armchairs were at the edge of every row of bookcases, so one could sit and read. The bookcases were made out of ebony, the floor was a plain brown color and the wall not covered by bookcases was stone. There was only one door to the entrance of the bottom floor of the library.
There was an infirmary at the back of the house, opposite the library. Six beds lined each side of the far wall and twelve beds occupied the middle, back to back. On the far side of the room was a large set of shelves that held many potions, ointments and other such medicine supplies. In the corner of the room is a pair of bathrooms. Everything in the room was white, from the floor to the ceiling, from the beds and their sheets to the shelving.
A potions lab with a storeroom was also at the back of the house. The storeroom walls were lined with shelving housing every potion ingredient known to man, and some that weren't. The work station of the lab was a black marble counter top, stoned counter. The stone counter had drawers that had vials, balances, flask and every other thing a potion master needed including six mortar and pestles, each made from a different stone. A cabinet sat against one of the walls, housing dozens of cauldrons in different sizes and made out of different material, from pewter to titanium to gold. On opposite sides of the door sat two shelves, where one put their completed potions.
A music room was next to the potions lab. A grand piano was the main attraction of the room. Though there was more instruments then just that. Saxophones, violins, cellos, trumpets, flutes, acoustics, banjos, and trombones littered the room. The drywall was painted a brilliant gold and the floor was a light colored wood.
Two offices were at the front of the house. The office that had a door leading to the corridor had a dark colored desk with a matching cabinet and a matching bookcase. A large comfortable chair sat on one side of the desk as two other, smaller chairs sat on the other side. The second office, the one with the door leading to and from the study had a black desk at opposite sides of the room. A matching bookcase sat behind each desk, as well as a big, fancy chair. Two smaller chairs sat in front of each desk as well. Both offices had a black carpet with blood red walls.
The study on the second floor, look almost similar to the one on the first floor. A large square table with drawers full of quills, parchment and ink sat in the middle of the room. Eight chairs made out of ebony were around the square table. The only wall that didn't have a door was lined with bookcases full of books, though these were Transfiguration and not Charms. Instead of a silver rug with blue walls this study had a forest green rug and brown painted drywalls. Three doors, one leading to a office, one to the sitting room and one to the corridor occupied three of the walls.
The sitting room, the only room on the second floor not a rectangle, was occupied by two pairs of a pair of chairs with a dark side table between them. In a corner was too couches, against the wall and a coffee table in front of them. A small fireplace was next to one of the couches. One could firetalk with this fireplace, but not floo.
The main staircase was in the same place on the second and third floors that it was on the first (duh).
The third floor house the only room in the house one could have a lot of fun in. The muggle room was one of two rooms in the house that ran on electricity. A wide-screen television(Well wide for 1996) sat against the far wall, a VCR and hundreds of movies piled on top of it. A huge refrigerator and freezer sat a few feet next to the television. A stereo and hundreds of cassettes sat in the corner. A ping-pong table, a foosball table, a air hockey table and a billiards table occupied the middle of the room. A desk with a computer sat against the wall, opposite the stereo. Posters of famous muggle bands, famous muggle celebrities and famous muggle movies littered the stone wall. The room was carpeted with a plush grey rug and a disco ball hung from the ceiling.
The second floor of the library was the same as the first. A staircase that ran through the room led to the first floor of the library. Small armchairs were at the edge of every row of bookcases, so one could sit and read. The bookcases were made out of ebony, the floor was a plain brown color and the walls not covered by bookcases was stone. There was only one door to the entrance of the top floor of the library.
The study of the third floor was different from the two on the floors below it. For one, the room and the table were both longer. Second the room was not a rectangle because of the main staircase. Thirdly the chairs were a little bit smaller and packed closer together. The desk still had
tons of drawers full of quills, parchment and ink. The chairs were still made of ebony. However there was also more shelving, these full of books on strategy and tactics, as well as books that went over in detail famous wars fought in both the magical and muggle world. The walls were a swirl of gold, bronze and silver and the carpet was a deep purple. A small fireplace, used for firetalk, sat in a corner. On one side of the wall there was two doors, each leading to a pair of identical offices.
The two offices both had three desk and each desk had a big fancy chair behind it. Six chairs were between the three desk of each office, two in front of each of the desk. In the two far corners of the rooms sat L-shaped bookcases. The colors of the two offices were the same as the study.
The last room on the third floor was a dueling chamber where two, wide dueling platforms sat. Three racks of different weapons sat against one of the walls. The floor and walls were both stone but the platforms were constructed out of wood, covered with a thick white material.
The fourth and final floor of the Center was very interesting. The front corner of the west side of the house was actually a small garden on the roof. There was no ceiling and only two walls. The other two sides where the third and fourth wall would of been was occupied by a three foot metal wrought fence. A walkway ran along the length of both the fencing and the walls. The center of the area was a circular walkway with a small fountain of faeries, that gave of a dim light at night, in the middle. From the circular walkway eight other walkways broke off from it and ran to the out walkway, that framed the walls and fences. Four connected with the middle of each of the four sides of the outer walkway and four connected with the corners, resembling the British flag. Between the walkways were dozens of flowers. Multi colored lilies, roses, tulips and petunias as well as sunflowers decorated the area.
The master bedroom of the house was across from the garden. A large king size bed made out of mahogany and done in dark silver sheets and emerald colored comforter with matching pillows was against one wall. Two matching mahogany night tables rested on either side of it. Across from the bed a plush dark green couch sat in front of a nice size fireplace, that allowed one to firetalk. A mahogany desk sat at the far wall with a comfy silverish upholstered mahogany chair. A shelf with various photos of different Potters and their friends sat on one of the walls. The floor was carpeted in a lighter shade of green then the comforter. The walls were a shining silver. The room looked positively Slytherin, something he didn't expect from his family. Though his family colors were green, silver, gold, black and white. Which was a rarity among families, seeing as how most had only two or three. A door leading to a walk-in closet stood in the corner. At the opposite corner was a door leading to the bathroom. All of the bathroom was done in black marble, which included the floor, wall, toilet, sink, shower and large jacuzzi like tub. All the faucets, handles, knobs and other such things were done in gold. The bathroom was done in two other colors of his family crest.
The room next to the master bedroom was a safe room. The door, which was actually a sliding stone wall, could be locked from the inside and the door would blend in with the rest of the wall to all those on the outside. Two bathrooms resided in a corner. Dozens of old cots with spells to make them comfortable littered the room. A large cabinet stored with non-perishable food and water stood in a corner. The Runes that held the wards of the house and property together and strong were all tied to a large sapphire that sat in a corner in a small box, hidden in the rock. A small bookcase full of books was against one of the walls, for entertainment. A small screen in the stone showed the corridor outside of the room.
The last room on the fourth floor of the Center was the gym. The gym was the second room to run on electricity in the house. It was filled with various muggle machines and contraptions such as treadmills, exercise bikes and steppers. Tons of free weights and bars littered the room. There was a padded bench that folded so it was perpendicular, one could sit on it and do curls, or bench press and even work on his triceps to name a few things. Various machines with changeable weight and pressure along with simple things like elastic bands, a medicine ball and a bar for pull-ups and chin-ups could be found in the room.
All the floors for the two Wings were the same, except the floors of the separate wings were line reflected from each other. Entering the wing from the center you were faced with an L-shaped corridor. Two doors, across from each other were a little way down the hallway leading to a decent size common room. Three doors, on the other three walls could be found. The one across from the one that led to the corridor led to a bathroom. The other two doors led to the medium size bedrooms.
The bedrooms consisted of a queen size bed, a wardrobe, a desk and chair and two night stands on either side of the bed. The bathroom had a tub, sink, toilet and shower. The common rooms had a series of couches and chairs forming three sides of square around a square coffee table. The fourth side is where a small fireplace was.
Continuing down the corridor and making the turn one was presented with another door. This door led to another common room, which then led to another bathroom and two bedrooms. Going down the rest of the corridor, one came to a small bend that led to the fourth door in the corridor, which led to the fourth set of common room, bathroom and two bedrooms. There was a total of forty-eight bedrooms, not including the master bedroom, in Potter Manor.
The room were decorated with nothing but tapestries and muggle paintings. The Potter's had been involved in hundreds of wars in their lifetime. To have a portrait in a room that was being used by war, was giving the enemy an opportunity to spy on them. The Potter's were slightly paranoid wizards, not as much as the Black's or Mad-Eye but paranoid none the less.
The only room that was occupied by a wizarding painting was the saferoom on the fourth floor. All of the heads of the Potter family had a portrait up there, even his father. A tapestry of the family tree could be found in the master bedroom.
There was only four house-elves working at Potter Manor, the others had died out due to old age and without their masters consent to reproduce three house-elves was all that was left. Blinky was the oldest male, Pinky was the only female, Inky was middle-aged and Clyde was still a teenager, being born before his parents had left Potter Manor for Godric's Hollow.
After the tour was done everyone was eager to explore the house. After examining the room his father had used when he was a boy, Harry was eager to look at his family tree. When he got to the master bedroom, he looked at the tapestry.
Several important names on his direct line jumped out at him. Julius Potter was the first British Minister of Magic. Nathan Potter was the first to discover the Thestrals. Jeremiah Potter became Lord Grindewald. Samuel Potter defeated the Dark Witch Belinda in Spain. His father was one of the few who dueled Voldemort and survived.
Several other names also jumped out at him but for different reasons. Opal Delacroix was his great-grandma seven times removed. Unless he was mistaken Delacroix was a vampire clan name from Bulgaria. Nátulcien PalantÃr was a Wild Elf name and she was his great-grandma three times removed.
Looking at it, Harry was surprised to see that his family branched into two. The Potter family rarely had two sons and the few times they did, said son most likely died before having a family of his own. However six hundred years ago one Gregory Potter did indeed have a family, in fact the man's family continued all the way down to the bottom, where Harry's name also rested. Francesco Poteri married a woman named Lucinda and they had three kids, Francesco Poteri Jr, Isabella Poteri and Feleti Poteri. All of them were alive today, and they were all distant relatives of his.
What came as an even bigger surprise was, while carefully looking at his father and mothers name he noticed, to the right of his mothers name, stood Michelle Potter. That wasn't the surprising part though, for he knew he had an aunt. What was surprising was what he found underneath the name.
Running to the doorway Harry yelled "Remus!" as loud as he could. He waited a couple of minutes and when Remus didn't come Harry called a house-elf. "Blinky!" A house-elf with wrinkled skin, large ears with a chunk missing from his left one and a long nose appeared.
"What can Blinky do for young Master?" Blinky asked, bowing low.
"Can you please tell Remus that I need to see him in the master bedroom, tell him it is urgent"
"Yes sirs!" Blinky bowed low again and disappeared with a near silent 'pop' Harry waited a few minutes before Remus and Sirius both ran into the room.
"What is it Harry? Has something happened?" Sirius asked quickly.
"Look" he pointed at the spot where his aunt's name stood. Remus glanced at the name on the tapestry.
"Harry, you already know you had an aunt remember..." Harry cut Remus off.
"No look!" he pointed again at the name, more specifically the names lack of date of death.
Remus looked again at the name. This time more closely. The werewolf stumbled back as if shoved.
"I...no it...I mean." Remus stuttered, his eyes wide. "She is alive! But...she didn't contact us. What if..."
"No" Sirius said sharply. "There is another reason, one different from the one you are thinking Moony. Trust me. We'll tell Albus to cancel all plans he has for us and we'll look for her." Sirius glanced at his godson.
"Go to Dumbledore. We'll be fine by ourselves" Harry promised. Sirius nodded before steering Remus out of the room.
Harry felt a feeling of happiness rise in him. His aunt might still be alive, a family member, his actual family member might still be alive. He had to push down the emotion though. They were at war and Harry still had preparations to make.
"Blinky! Inky! Pinky! Clyde!" Harry shouted. The four house-elves appeared.
"Yes sirs?" they asked in unison, bowing low.
"Blinky I want you to find a trusty contractor. Tell him I am going to want to meet with him in two days. Inky go find Hermione and Ron and tell them to meet me in the third floor study. Pinky tell the Centaurs I would like to meet with their chief in an hour and Clyde tell the merpeople, I want to meet with their chief in two hours"
The four house-elves left to fo their masters bidding. "Dobby!" Harry wasn't sure if it would work but was put at ease when with a 'pop' the unique house-elf appeared in front of him.
"Harry Potter sirs has called for Dobby?" the house-elf asked in awe.
"Dobby, I need to ask you two things. The first is, how is Winky doing?" Harry questioned.
"Winky not doing good sir. Other house-elves not like Winky at all sirs" Dobby stated.
"Do you think Winky would do good if she had a home to take care of?" Harry asked.
"Yes sirs. Winky is one who needs a house to clean sirs!" Dobby said, excitedly, catching Harry's drift.
"Then Dobby, if you would please fetch Winky I would like to ask the two of you an important question" Dobby nodded his head eagerly before disappearing and the reappearing seconds later, Winky with him.
"Dobby says Harry Potter sirs would like to see Winky sirs?" Winky questioned.
"Winky, Dobby I would like to ask both of you if you would like to work for me and become my house-elves"
Winky squealed loudly, before latching onto his legs in a hug. Dobby stood there, his eyes wider then usual and whispering "Harry Potter sirs has asked Dobby to be house-elf" in awe.
"Then do you accept?" Harry asked, amused.
"I accept!" they both said. Harry felt a small tingle run through his body.
"Dobby, seeing as how you are a free house-elf I would like to offer you the same salary you get at Hogwarts, a day off every other week and you are free to wear what ever your heart desires."
"Thank you Harry Potter sirs! You are to kind to Dobby. Dobby is unworthy!" Dobby looked like he might start crying.
"Well then." Harry rushed on "I guess you can go tell Dumbledore you both found a new master. It shouldn't be to much of a trouble since neither of you were actually bonded to the school nor anyone else and Dobby is free. When you are done with that I want you both to find a furniture store in Diagon Alley and talk about buying as many of the things on the list I'm going to give you as you can" Harry took out a piece of parchment and a self inking quill before scribbling the following down.
'Cot. Side table. Lamp. Small table. Wooden chair. Blanket. Pillow. All white.'
"Pile them in the safe room when you come back" Harry instructed, handing them the parchment. Dobby and Winky nodded eagerly before disappearing with two identical 'pop's.
Seconds after the two house-elves went to complete their jobs the other two of the Golden Trio came into the room.
"Inky said you wanted to see us Harry?" Ron asked.
"Yeah. Sirius and Remus left on personal business, so we'll have to get to Hogwarts on our own." Harry started. "However the real reason why I asked you to come up here is because while exploring the house and examining the area I have decided to set this up as a safe-haven/headquarters for the war. Which means we'll need tons of wards to set up. That is where you come in Hermione, you are a million times better at researching the Ron or me. You'll have to look up tons of wards we can use during the war. I hope you don't mind"
"Not at all. I've always been interested in wards anyway. This can finally be my excuse to start looking into the subject deeper." Hermione stated.
"Good. There should be a good amount of books in the library on the subject." Harry pointed out. The bushy haired teen nodded her head. "Now on to more grim matters. I think this should be the headquarters for the Order I want to make."
The revelation that Harry wanted to make an order shouldn't of come as that big of surprise to his two friends, after all his actions as of late had suggested such a thing, but it was still shocking news.
"The third floor study and the two offices will be perfect for our needs. However I want a separate training area. Which is a project I have the twins on, though they don't know it yet. I also want you to do something Ron. I need you to come up with battle plans for Hogsmeade based on different scenarios. Like how many Death Eaters, which creatures they bring with them, where they attack from and so on I'd like to have them before the second Hogsmeade weekend. I'm going to alert the owner of Honeydukes of the passage in his cellar and then ask if I can ward it. Remember Ron, this Saturday you have a meeting with the Ancient Families. You guys can stay here if you want or use the floo and travel to Dumbledore's office if you want to go back to Hogwarts but I have to go talk to some centaurs" With that said Harry bid his friends goodbye before walking out of the room.
Several minutes later he was by the edge of one side of the forest standing by himself. The quiet thudding of a horse hoof hitting loose soil entered his hearing range and Harry peered into the forest.
A centaur with a wrinkled face, greying hair and blank looking eyes appeared from the edge of the forest.
"You're blind!" Harry gasped out before he could stop himself.
"I am aware of that Mr. Potter" the old centaur said calmly.
"Sorry" Harry said, feeling bad. "Thank you for meeting with me."
"Anything for a Potter" the centaur replied.
"I just wanted to tell you that sometime in the near future, many other humans might be residing here for safety. I know humans are not the kindest of creatures that walk this world but there is a war going on in the outside world. One that will cost millions of lives, both human and other. I would also like to know if other creatures could share this forest." Harry explained
"Long ago we centaurs were brought to this island as slaves by wizards. For thirty years we knew nothing but to follow the word of a wizard. And then suddenly during the day, another group of wizards came. Shouts were traded, lights flashed and in the end two men who look remarkably like you and all your other ancestors were the only ones alive. They freed us from our imprisonment and claimed this island as their land. They even let us stay here and live in the forest without having to deal with many other wizards. It was a blessing, one that we have found hard to repay. I am the last of the foals who were alive during that time and I fear that this will be the last chance I have to repay the debt to your ancestors. As long as our home is not taken, our food is plenty and we are not bothered then they can roam our forest" the old centaur chief finished, nodding his head.
"Thank you..." Harry trailed off, not knowing the centaurs name.
"Pylenor, young wizard, my name is Pylenor" the old centaur turned around and cantered back into the forest.
'Centaurs sure are odd' Harry thought as he walked to the backyard. 'At least the centaurs here are friendly then that lot in the Forbidden Forest. Oh shit! I'm arranging a meeting with the merman and I can't even talk to them'
Cursing his stupidity Harry called for Blinky. The old house-elf appeared before him, bowing low. "Blinky, I forgot I do not know Mermish" Harry said, nervously.
"Why not go underneath water to talk master?" Blinky asked.
"I didn't think of that" Harry said, feeling stupid "But it would be easier for me to stay on land"
"Do not worry master." Blinky assured. "After two hundred years of service to the Potter family I have picked up the language. If Master James was alive he would of taught it to you at seven, like his father has done to him and so on"
"Thank you Blinky, I am grateful you are my house-elf" Harry praised. Blinky swelled up with pride at the compliment and walked with more confidence to the edge of the lake with Harry.
A tall merman with a long green beard and a necklace made of shark teeth tied to a seaweed type vine, rose from the water.
"Tell him I am honored that he would meet with me and I am sorry I can not speak to him in his own language but I promise I will learn the language soon. I hope I do not disrespect him and his people" Blinky translated in the high shrieking of Mermish and the merchieftainness responded.
"He says that he knows of your situation and no disrespect is taken. He says it is an honor to have another Lord Potter live on this island"
"Tell him I say thank you" Blinky did the translating and the merman bowed his head. "Tell him that this island will become a safe-haven for the upcoming war that started. Tell him it will be under a charm that makes it invisible to those who do not know its location."
Blinky did the necessary translating and the merman answered. "He says he knows of this charm and that it has been placed on this island before by your ancestors. He says it does not effect his kind because his merpeople already know of the location and a merpersons brain is harder to manipulate then a humans"
"That is very good. I wouldn't want some of his people to go somewhere, only to come back and realize they can't find the island. Finally tell him that if anyone is swimming in the pond, then leave them but if he sees anyone trying to exit or enter through the underground tunnel, capture them and bring them to me" Blinky translated for Harry again in the high pitched language of mermish. Again the merchieftainess nodded his head to Harry. "Thank you for meeting me" Harry held out his hand, without waiting for the translation, the merman grasped Harry's hand in his own before disappearing in the depths of the pond.
"Thank you Blinky. You have been a great help" Blinky bowed before disappearing. Harry walked back to the castle and to the floo room where he saw Hermione struggling with about fifteen books.
"Do you need help Hermione?" he asked amused.
Startled Hermione jumped a foot in the air, dropping all of her books in the process. She clumsily got her wand out of her pocket and turned to face Harry "Harry!" she said flustered. "You scared me"
"Do you need help?" he repeated.
"Yes. I managed to find ten books on wards" Noticing Harry's look she added. "And there was five books I just couldn't resist picking up. I hope you don't mind" Harry looked at the titles of the five other books she took. 'Rune Magic' 'The Human Anatomy: A Guide to How the Human Body Works' 'A Healers Guide to Healing' 'Light Arts' and finally 'Blood Magic and Sex Magic: Two Powerful Forms of Magic'
"Hermione, what are you doing with this one?" Harry asked sharply, pointing to the book.
Hermione looked confused. "I thought I would look up on conjuring animals" she responded.
"What? With that book?" Harry was confused as well.
"With a book called 'Animal Conjuring' I think so" Hermione answered, now getting upset.
"You can't take that book" Harry told her. "I see a different title, so something is wrong here. And I think the title I see is what the book is about"
"What title do you see?" she asked eagerly
"That is for my eyes only. There must be a charm on here to distinguish what type of people read this book, and if you are not one of those people then I will not break the casters work" Harry responded. That and he knew if he told Hermione she tell Dumbledore who would then probably go through Potter library, remove the books he thought Harry shouldn't own and then keep a sloe eye on him. Two things he did not want to happen.
Hermione seemed a bit miffed at this but didn't say anything. Harry took almost all of her books and placed them in a bag he transfigured from a loose piece of thread, he ripped off of his robe. Thanking him, Hermione stepped into the fireplace saying "Hogwarts, Dumbledore's office"
Harry followed her, after tucking the book on blood and sex magic into his pocket. Shouting the name of Dumbledore's office, he stepped into the fireplace and several seconds later wound up falling out of the fireplace. He got up and brushed himself off.
"Still haven't gotten used to traveling by floo I see" Harry looked up to see a chuckling Dumbledore sitting behind his desk.
"Why is wizarding travel so horrible?" Harry asked the old mage.
"It is one of the great mysteries of life. It took me forty years to be able to stop stumbling out of the floo and another five to not fall after a portkey" Dumbledore said, a dreamy expression on his face. "Now I'm afraid you must get back to your common room. It is fairly late after all. But before you go, lemon drop?"
Harry approached the Fat Lady, a lemon drop in his mouth. Hermione, who left Dumbledore's office a minute before he had, was giving the portrait the password "Death Muncher" she said clearly. Harry jogged ahead and walked behind her into the common room before shutting the portrait.
"There you guys are!" Ron ran up to them, a newspaper clutched in his hand. "You won't believe it!"
"What is it?" Harry asked.
"Fudge has been kicked out of office! A vote for a new Minister of Magic has been held already!" Ron said excitedly.
"What? They can't do that! They need to have a meeting of the full Wizengamot in order to decide!" Harry said angrily.
"Well is looked like they just did. Who won?" Hermione pressed.
"Andros Savage. Was a high-level Auror. Suspected of being a Death Eater but there was no solid proof" Ron said, reading from the paper. He handed the Daily Prophet to Harry who looked at the photograph of the new Minister of Magic. The man was massive with blond hair and had a severe look upon his face.(1)
"The old D.A. is having an emergency meeting during lunch tomorrow. It is time we get some new recruits. During the morning I'll be approaching a few Slytherins a feel are trustworthy. No one is to object"
(1) For this new Minister of Magic I've combined two different characters mentioned in HBP. One was mentioned in Chapter 8, the other in Chapter 27.
I think I've just seen what Voldemort is suppose to look like for the movie. Let me tell you, he looks funny and it isn't "hahaha that is hilarious" funny, it is more like "what the eff is that?" funny. He kind of looked like a wannabe goth with freakish bright red where the white in the eye should be.
Encyclopedia of Spells I Will Be Using But Are Not Used in Canon.
It is not much but hopefully I'll add maybe a dozen or two more to both categories.
C- Color: At least all the colors I know of. Sometimes two spells can be the same color, though hopefully this is rare.
F-Form: Ray, jet, beam and shaft are basically all the same thing, just different ways of saying it
M-Movement: only described in those that have a noticeable movement
Spells The Have Incantations
Abscido-small extremel hot sharp metal disk flies out of the wand. Minor Dark Arts(C:Bright red and/or orange F:metal disk)
Acuo-Causes sharp pain in area it hits Minor Dark Art (C:brownF: beam of light)
Adgluti Coniveo- Sticking charm that glues someone's eyes shut(C:pink F: thin jet of light)
Bussato Fuori- Causes target to go blind for thirty seconds (C:Indigo F:shaft of light)
Chute- Minor stunning spell, only lasting for twenty minutes (C:Yellow F: beam of light M: jabbing your wand in front of yo
Circum Linngua -Cuts out targets tongue (C:greenish-blue F:shaft of light)
Confringo-Breaks every bone it hits Middle Dark Arts (C: light grey F: thin jet of light)
Cuor Coniv-Causes target's eyes to start bleeding (C: sickly green F:shaft of light)
Delectat Immani-Causes target to feel immense sexual pleasure (C: pink and red swirls F:jet of light)
Diffringo-Shatters every bone it hits Major Dark Arts (C: dark grey F: thick jet of light)
Douleur Pied- Causes a stinging pain in the persons foot (C: light grey F: shaft of light)
Electrify- shocks person severely, like sticking something metal in a socket Minor Dark Arts(C: white F: bolt)
Expello- powerful blasting charm, this one can only be blocked by shields that offer physical protection, not magical (C: violet F: beam of light)
Flamen- powerful blasting charm. (C: off white F: jet of light)
Flavilla- when the sparks collide with human skin the spark cause the skin to boil. Border line Dark Arts. (C: silver F: sparks)
Inflatus- multiple powerful blasting charm (C: navy F: several ray of light)
Kugelzauberei- creates a hole the size of a snitch in whatever it hits Borderline Dark Arts(C: silver F: thin jet of light)
Laisser Tomber- An invisible force lifts target ten feet into the air before dropping them.(C: sage F: small beam of light)
Leve Escudos- destroys shields (C: light blue F: wave of light)
Muskel Desido-Causes any muscle it hits to deteriorate(C: brown F:long beam of light)
Peelsotog- makes target go into deep sleep (C: blue F: mist)
Potente Multiplo Stupefy- fires seven stunners (C: bright red F: several beams of light)
Praerod Lupus- beam of light that takes the shape of a wolfs mouth. Whatever it hits is like it being bit by a wolf Minor Dark Arts (C:azure F: beam of light shaped like a wolf's mouth)
Saigner Nez- makes the targets nose bleed (C: crimson F: ray of light)
Recutio-shield that rebounds spells back at caster (C:indigo F: square light)
Retexo-shield that can reflect most spells (C:
Sevanouir- causes target to faint (C: maroon F: jet of light)
Vegg- shield that blocks physical attacks (C: transparent purple F: dome of light)
Vertiges- causes the target to become dizzy. (C: mudish brown F: thin beam of light)
Volare Indietro- An invisible force pushes the target backwards. (C: pink F: shaft of light)
Zauberauw- releases a beam of raw, powerful magic (C: depends on wizard F: huge ray of light)
Silent Spells
Ador Funis- Ropes that fall form the sky and bind whatever is in it's circumference (F: ropes M: wave wand in a circular motion above one's head)
Adnecto- flames that wraps around whatever it is aimed at (C:purple F: flames M: slashing movement from high right to low left)
Adnecto Rudens- A rope that wraps around the first thing it touches. (C: purple F: flaming rope M: slashing movement from low left to high right)
Cogitatio Ter Defigos- Created by Harry there are three kinds of this spell. To make them different ones has to put much thought into it.(M: making an 'X' in the air with your wand then jabbing your wand forward where the center of the 'X' is) One causes a throbbing pain where ever it hits (C: black F: Giant 'X') One knocks out who ever it hits (C: white F: Giant 'X') One blast whoever it hits (C: orange F: Giant 'X')
Malleus- like hitting someone with mallet (C: orange F: jet of light M: flick of the wrist)
Scutica- A whip (C: red F:whip like light M: bring wand arm over heart and then fling it out in front of you)
This is the finished version of it because I will be using "Spells & Creatures" by Daimen Darkstar for all future spells and any other things listed there that I find interesting.