Enjoy the chapter and do read the note in the end.

P.S. I wrote this chapter half drunk, so please don't mind some unique additions. They will be there in this chapter only as major pov.

(A few weeks earlier, the day after Harry and others left for France)

When Harry, Daphne, and Junior returned from France, all of them were tired. Sirius' diagnosis had taken the entire day, with the healers coming to the same conclusion as Ted Tonks and Mr. Davis. So it was decided that Sirius would stay at the Delacour Manor for the next year while his treatment went on. It would ensure a safe place for him to stay while away from the Ministry of Britain. As Bill was staying in France for a few days, the other three had decided to return the same evening.

The following day, Andromeda Tonks arrived early, informing Harry and Daphne about two people she would like them to meet. The atmosphere between them was still a little tense, but with Teddy accompanying her, no one said anything. The first person that she wanted them to meet was a pureblood Witch named Abigail Winters. She belonged to a cadet branch of House Kama, which itself had gone extinct during Voldermort's reign of terror. Her only family member alive was her younger brother, who was going to enter Hogwarts this year. Abigail was introduced to Andromeda when she mentored Tonks in her first year and was now opening her own attorney office. The Tonks matriarch explained that the witch was quite efficient in handling legal matters, as she had been the one to manage House Kama's affairs for her brother, who was the heir presumptive. The second person was Ansh Singh, a muggle-born who had passed out of Hogwarts two years after Lily and James Potter. After not finding any job in a magical world, he had returned to the muggle world and joined his brother in the construction business. Slowly, he had combined magic with the standard practices and was now running his own business of building houses with the use of magic. With the Purebloods and Ministry using the goblins for the construction projects, he was limited to muggle-borns as his client until now, but Andromeda promised that he was the type of worker they were looking for. Daphne, who had been listening silently through all, leaned forward when Andromeda paused.

"Essentially, both of them are amateurs."

"Yes, but they can be trusted, are excellent in their fields, and will cost far less than the usual players in the market."

In the end, it was decided that Daphne, Jonathan Greengrass, Andromeda, Jean, and Tonks would meet with Abigail at Potter Manor, while Harry, Natalie Greengrass, Tacey, Ron, and Sue would meet with Ansh at what was going to be the Marauders point. The other time travelers, who had also taken the residence at Potter Manor, for the time being, agreed to it while Harry and Junior cooked breakfast along with Dobby. Sue and Tracey also proposed a dedicated time for the training of younger ones on weekends which everyone agreed to.

By the time Harry and others were getting ready to leave, all the time travelers had gained their younger selves as companions for the day's events. It was clearly pre-planned as they all saw Ronnie sending a thumbs up to Hermione after the elders agreed to their arguments. While Harry and others flooed out, Daphne welcomed Abigail Winter in the Manor. The pureblood witch was already nervous, which worsened after seeing the party waiting for her. Daphne spoke up as they all sat down in the parlor.

"Ms. Winters, Andromeda suggested your name for the position of a permanent solicitor, which we are in need of. However, before we begin, I would like to know that if you are in contract with any other pureblood family as a retainer."

Abigail shook her head.

"No, Ms..."

When no reply came, she continued on.

"I do have a few clients, but none of them I am in a binding contract with."

Daphne nodded before looking at his father, who drew out a contract made by the goblins. Abigail looked over it, finding out it was a standard no magical disclosure contract for anything she would learn in the next six hours. After glancing at Andromeda, who nodded, she signed it with Lord Greengrass countersigning it.

"Thank you, Ms. Winter. Now, my name is Florence Potter."

It had been decided that all the time-travelers would go by their middle name in public.

"I am Harry Potter's sister-in-law. So, should you agree to it, you would be handling all the matters for House Potter, House Black, House Peverell, and House Slytherin, and before you say anything, the known retainers of all these Houses would be soon losing their business with their respective employers."

Abigail had a lot of experience in overwhelming situations while managing her brother's affairs, but this was too much for her. Thankfully, the people sitting around her waited for her to get her composure back without any comments.

"I.. how..?"

"You will learn everything once you accept working with us, but before that, we would like to know what about your past experience in handling legal matters."

While Abigail Winters worked through her shock and started speaking, Harry, Junior, Natalie, Tacey, Ron, Sue, Ginger, Ronnie, and Brat were waiting at the boundary of Sirius's plot for Ansh to arrive. While there were no wards on the area, a wooden fence was laid down to mark the land. Natalie had gasped at seeing the expanse of the land and its location. However, they didn't have to wait long, for soon, a tall man of Indian descent appeared some distance away along with a woman.

"Mr. Jaime Peverell, I assume."

Harry nodded, for that was the name Andromeda had mentioned on the letter to Ansh informing the location and time to meet.

"This is my wife, Mitali."

The introduction was done, which was interrupted when the newcomers thanked Junior for Voldermort. Ansh continued as Junior fidgeted a little.

"I don't mean any disrespect, Mr. Potter, but whatever happened that night, it ended a reign of terror for us. I understand it might not be you but your parents that did something, but you are the only one we can thank for it. Please do not consider us your fanatical fans, as the stories that came about you before your arrival at Hogwarts were a little unbelievable. Rather, take it as sincere gratitude from two people who might be dead today if not for what happened that night. You lost your parents that night, but their sacrifice made it possible for a large number of children to grow up rather than be killed in their childhood. The entire muggle-born community of the last two decades remembers what Potters did, and should you ever be in need, all you would have to do would give a call."

Junior was silent for a few seconds before replying.

"It was not me, but my mother, Lily Potter, who did it."

"Then you have our thanks as her child, Mr. Potter." Mitali, who was as tall as her husband, commented in a soft voice.

Once the rest of the introductions were done, Harry and Natalie explained a bit about what they were looking for. While they didn't mention anything about the shopping district, the plans for demolishing the old, dilapidated farmhouse and construction of a new building that would host the restaurant in one part were discussed. Ansh displayed a keen mind, quickly catching up with what Harry wanted. They discovered his wife Mitali was a ward specialist working with Gringotts on a contract basis, so the discussion covered the security measures too. After he learned that Harry would be the owner and the name behind it, the price that Ansh offered was relatively low. Natalie couldn't help but enquire about it as she, along with others, was suspicious that he was doing it was Harry as a favor.

"That's less than a fraction of rates the goblins offer, Mr. singh. May I know the reason behind it?"

"The rates that I offer are only a little low than my usual, Mrs. Greengrass. The reduction is for a small area that I would like to rent out from Mr. Peverell near the restaurant."

"Ohh, what for, Mr. Singh?"

"We have a friend from Hogwarts who had earned her mastery in enchanting. Unfortunately, she is not able to get a shop space in Diagon Alley. This restaurant would draw a large crowd solely due to Mr. Potter, if not for anything else."

"You want to open a shop here?"

"Yes, Mr. Peverell."

Ansh frowned as his prospective employers shared a smile as if there was an inside joke.

"Give us some time to think about it, and we will send you an owl with our answer, Mr. Singh."

The couple became a little down-faced after that and left soon after. Sue and Ginger too apparated away with Natalie, leaving Ron, Junior, Harry and Ronnie behind. While Ron took his younger self on a walk, Harry escorted Junior towards the village. He had planned to bring his younger self here later on, but the opportunity had come much earlier. He pointed towards the graveyard as they walked past it.

"This is where their graves are, Junior. There is no point seeing them as we know they are empty. The markers just have their name, date of birth and death, our house words, and the quote 'The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.'"

Junior had a serious expression on his face as his eyes moved over the graveyard gate.

"Why that quote? And what is our House saying?"

"It is the same thing; Death will always be the last enemy."

As they approached the center of the village, the memorial obelisk shimmered into the statues of James and Lily holding a child in their arms. Junior eyes were fixed on the face of both figures while tears glistened in his eyes.

"This memorial is special, Junior. It is not because of who it is about, but because it was constructed from a fund created by muggle-borns of that time. It was their gratitude to all three members of the Potter family for ending the threat of Voldermort. Nither the Ministry nor any Pureblood had any hand in it. So every time you feel anger at our parents for fighting and dying, thereby leaving us alone, remember this memorial and think how many lives that night saved."

Harry smiled as Junior flinched.

"I know it is not supposed to be, but both of us can't help feel it. I refused to use the resurrection stone to talk to them, claiming that it was not right. None but Daphne knew that it was because of my anger at them. At some level, I blamed them for everything that happened to me, and I know you do too."

Junior nodded a little; his eyes still focused on the statue. Then, after staying for a minute, Harry guided them towards the House. It was completely covered in vegetation, but they could see the blown-up roof on one side.

"Is that..?"

"Yes, that was the room where it happened. We won't be entering the House yet. It's not structurally safe. When I did it in the future, the staircase dropped from below, pulling the sidewall on top of me. Once Ansh's employment is finalized, we can have him take a look at it."

"Why is it in this state?"

"The Ministry decided to convert it as a memorial without any permission. However, it is still ours, and we can claim it back once Voldermort is done for. Now come, there is one last thing you need to see."

As they approached the boundary, a wooden plaque rose from the ground. While Harry knew what it was, Junior jumped back in alarm, relaxing only when he read what was written. While there were fewer messages on it than the last time Harry had seen it, they were still quite a lot of them.

"It may not seem like it, but there are people out there that believe in Harry Potter, Junior. The titles that you have are not just for show; they mean something."

"But.. I want to be just Harry."

"Unfortunately, that can never be so simple, Junior. Even if somebody else is known to end Voldermort when he comes back again, people will still look up to you for guidance and hope. There is also the matter of our family legacy. Potters have never been simple people; our father was the Head Boy, Quidditch captain, the unofficial head of Marauders, and finally the leader of his Auror Squad; our mother was perfect for two years and then the Head Girl. Do you think people like them would have been content with us being just Harry?"

Junior once again didn't reply, his eyes switching between the wooden board and the House.

"You can do whatever you want, Junior, but I believe we owe a debt to our parents that can only be paid by making sure that their sacrifice was not in vain."

While Harry was talking to his younger self, Daphne was doing the same with Munchkin. She had been waiting for the younger witch to approach her, and once Abigail had left, Munchkin had asked to speak to her.

"So, what do you want to know?"

Munchkin was silent for a long time as Daphne waited patiently. The younger witch was going to enquire only what she had no answer to.

"How do I behave with him?"

The question was something she was expecting, but the answer was complicated to give.

"Harry hates two things the most. One if anything bad happens to his loved ones and the second if someone tries to manipulate him. Do not lie to him, ever. He will listen and maybe forgive if you hide anything, but if you lie, he will never forget it. What happened with his relatives has left him with shallow confidence in personal relationships. He will always be insecure in private, even if he doesn't show anything. He is very possessive, but he will never show it. Should it feel like to him that you are being happy somewhere else, he will not disturb or interrupt no matter how much it would hurt him. If you are using him in something, inform him before he learns it from something else. He is clueless about things you will never expect. Tell him whatever you feel because, at this age, he has no idea about relationships beyond friendship. Forget about the plans you have made to increase House Greengrass's influence; Harry Potter will never like it. He is a quintessential Gryffindor with some very ruthless Slytherin traits. He has ambitions, but he will not work for them without caring for the cost. Do you understand what I am trying to say?"

Once again, Munchkin fell silent.

"I think I do..at least I hope so. What about my friends and housemates?"

Daphne relaxed a little in her chair as she opened a parchment to write a letter to Gringotts.

"You don't have any friends except Tracey, and the inter-house enmity won't be a problem for long. However, once Voldermort is dealt with, Hogwarts is going to face a lot of changes. The relationship between houses is one of the few things Harry is quite keen to change."

A confused look appeared on Munchkin's face.

"How? Hogwarts is under the Board member's management."

"So they think, and it might be, but above everything, Hogwarts is the property of the founders, and we know all four of the heirs."

As realization dawned upon Munckin's face, Hermione was getting a crash course on a range of topics in the library of the manor as Jean continued filling parchment after parchment.

"... we can go to Madam Pomfrey to adjust your tooth. There is no point asking our parents because they will never agree to a magical procedure of something they are used to performing by their own hands."

Hermione, who was a little shaken after Jean's intense lecture about reducing her bossiness, the mentality of always being right, and understanding the reason behind why it usually happened in the Wizarding world, decided to ask the one thing that was she was most uncomfortable with.

"What about Tracey? I mean, I never looked at girls..."

Jean paused at that and relaxed a little on her seat.

"Tracey and I became closer when we both were in a complicated phase of life, Hermione. I never knew the happy Tracey that you see in her younger self, at least not personally. By the time I met her properly, she had lost all the innocence and cheer and had become the cynical person you see now. I can give you no advice about her, as her younger self and my Tracey are two very different people. In fact, out of all of us, she was the one who changed and maybe suffered the most too."

Seeing the frown that appeared on Hermione's face, Jean decided to open some of her partner's secret, knowing the younger witch would take it to her grave.

"After Voldermort returned in our fifth year, Tracey, being a half-blood, had her life turned into hell in Slytherin. However, it never turned physical due to her association with Daphne, at least till what would have been our last few months of the seventh year. Then, with Daphne being busy with her family issues and very few muggle-borns left to torture, the Carrows and Purebloods turned their eyes towards the half-bloods."

She waved her hand as an expression of horror appeared on Hermione's face.

"No, she was never assaulted sexually, but she was tortured, humiliated, and much more. Along with a few other half-bloods, she was forced to sleep on the floor in Slytherin's common room. The Carrows forced her and other half-bloods to act as servants for other purebloods, which I regret to say more than a few purebloods took advantage of, and not all were Slytherins. Her wand was snatched away in the name of research; she was forced to wait for dinner with other half-bloods until the purebloods were done eating, act as a volunteer for all the dark curses that Carrows taught..."

Jean paused before shaking herself, regretting saying more than she wanted.

"What I mean to say, young Tracey is someone I don't know, Hermione. If you want to know her, you would have to do it yourself."

When Hermione remained silent for a long time, Jean focused back on her work. Finally, after a few minutes, Hermione spoke up again.

"So...a spell specialist.. what is it?"

Jean smiled a little as she conjured a notepad and pen before passing them to her younger self.

"Start writing everything you need to know to become one."

Smiling wistfully at the excited expression on Hermione's face, Jean started speaking.

After Harry and others had returned that evening, all the time travelers, their younger selves and guardians, and the Tonks family met up for dinner. Andromeda passed around the details about Abigail and Ansh, and after a heavy debate, it was decided that those two would be selected to work with. Since the time travelers would be spending most of their time at the Marauder's point, the guardians of the children also agreed to let them arrive there every day. The Weasley children would also be joining them there except Ginny, who was leaving for France with Bill for a two-month-long mind healing therapy. The Delacour's had agreed to let both brother and sister stay with them after learning what had happened in the Chamber of Secrets incident. The youngest Weasley had hesitated initially but had then agreed after thinking of it as spending time with her eldest brother. The next day Harry had met up with Ansh, agreeing to his proposal and directing him to set up an office area from which they would work out of. Once Ansh and his wife had left, Harry and Daphne had used their family magics to restructure the entire ground and remove all the vegetation. Ansh, after signing the contract that Abigail had prepared and learned about their plans for Marauders point, had suggested setting up a public Quidditch field that one could use after becoming a member of a club. Using it as an opportunity to teach their younger self more about their family magic, Harry and Daphne had cleared the ground before making three side-by-side pitches with their own stands and team rooms. Ron had taken up the responsibility of setting everything up with an excited Ronnie following right behind him.

Harry and Daphne had also met up with a team of curse breakers sent by Bill, with whom they were in discussion with to clear an old and small country house belonging to House Black. It was the site they had decided to set up the Orphanage at, but it had to be deemed safe before they could start anything. Abigail had also been tasked to start looking for prospective employees and the legal requirements that would be needed for the Orphanage and the Marauders point. Seeing her swamped up, Mitali had come to her rescue by suggesting a list of names of Muggleborns who she could employ. Jonathan Greengrass had been the one to provide the initial capital, as the time travelers had yet to gain control over their house vaults. With Junior limited in the amount of money he could withdraw and Sirius not in the condition, they were also unsure how the Goblins would react.

In the end, Harry had gone with the ignorance strategy. He and Daphne had refused to inform the goblins anything except claiming to be Lordship of House Potter and Black. As the rings both of them wore were genuine, the goblins could do nothing but grant them access to their vaults, but they were still keeping an eye on the matter. Since Gringotts never informed the Ministry about what happened in the Bank, their secret was safe for now. Daphne had maintained a stronghold on Harry for their entire duration in Gringotts, for her husband's feeling for them was nearly as bad as the Dark Lord. Things had almost gone to hell when Harry had found that he had an entire vault filled with his parent's money and things, something which they had never learned about in the future. It was clear that the Goblins had taken it all in the future for Harry's break-in at Gringotts. She had to force him to calm down, after which they had gathered the entire content of the vault except for money in a trunk and left the Bank.

The following two months continued in the same pattern. The time travelers would daily leave for the Marauders point in the morning with their younger selves and an increasingly expanding team of muggle-borns, half-bloods, and a few purebloods joining them. Once the meeting with Abigail was done, Ansh and Mitali would pass on the work that was needed to be done. Their initial plans for the Marauders point changed as things progressed, with rentable Ballrooms, a highly customizable Marriage chapel, and other things joining in. At Dumbledore's advice, who would usually visit once a week, the plan for a single alley had been abandoned; instead, Ansh, after consulting with the Headmaster and few others, had come up with a circular design with six alleys, each divided into four tiers, with all of them converging at the central point. Harry had rejected the suggestion to let Gringotts open a branch there, so it was left empty for now. Daphne had also bought the plot surrounding the Marauders point as the expansion continued.

The day the construction of the first Alley started, Brat had come up with an idea of a dueling ring. This suggestion had brought many arguments for support and against, with it being rejected after Dumbledore's visit. The old Headmaster had pointed out that while the Ministry would not be able to deny a proposal for a new shopping alley with sufficient backup, a dueling ring would require a permanent presence of a member of DMLE, which could give an opening to the Ministry. The Headmaster had smiled smugly after Abigail had confirmed his opinion and then went off to discuss some spell theories with Jean.

Teddy had also been a frequent visitor to the Marauder's point and soon became the reason behind the following two proposed addition. After Andromeda had absently commented about childcare, Hermione's mother and Molly Weasley had proposed adding something that would work as a pre-Hogwarts school and Daycare. Abigail had wailed about the number of documents and permissions she would have to handle as the plans kept expanding. The time travelers and decided that everything would be kept silent for a year, and once Voldermort had been dealt with, they would use the disturbance in the Ministry to get the Marauders Point the legitimacy. It would help that with no specific department for things like this, all they would need for most of the permits was the Minister's agreement, and they had a lot of Blackmail on Cornelius Fudge.

Junior, who was going to be the face of the project, was having the worse time among all the younger selves. Along with the training from Harry, he was also taking daily lessons from Munchkin and Natalie Greengrass on politics. After a discussion with Harry and Daphne, the two Greengrass women had focused on teaching him observation skills and behavior only. When Munchkin had commented that she would be handling the rest of the work for him, Junior had blushed and runoff, making his irritated betrothed chase after him.

With all this happening, time passed quickly, and soon the day of the Quidditch world cup arrived. The Marauders' work was paused as Ansh and Abigail were given a break along with their team while the time travelers planned for the night after the final match. They were going to make the first significant change in the timeline and wanted to avoid as many possible repercussions from it.

Hey everyone. I apologize for such a long gap and thank everyone who has still stayed with the story.

I managed to somehow sneak my way in one of the premium Masters college in my country this year and thats the reason behind my absence. Those sob's deserve everything said about them, as I have run ragged in past few months, sleeping less than 3 hours per day average. But finally, the pressure has lessoned a little and I finally got time to think and write.

This chapter is just a little something I cooked up in an hour while I try to remember everything I had planned. So from next chapter, the story would pick up a little pace.

Once again thank you for staying with the story.