Chapter 5: Swords Cross
A/N: DAMN, it feels great to be back! I know you guys missed me... so here I am.
Anyways, this chapter isn't actually the first new thing I've dropped on here since putting up the Intermission chapters (which will be removed from the other fics that I put them, once I get ready to publish a new chapter for those fics), that honor goes to the 'debut' chapter for the revamped edition of my old Dragon Ball Z/Animorphs fic Saiyan Animorph (the first of the crossover fic epic Legends of Earth).
Been a little busy on this end (playing Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle and watching the Disney+ lineup of Star Wars shows does tend to be a viable distraction, along with the Disney+ acquisition of Marvel's Defender-verse from NetFlix).
But fear not, for I got new things to bring you guys, most notably more chapters for this fic and the Harry Potter/Star Wars fic Ways of the Force.
Enough of that, time for some action!
Chi-Chi and Gohan stepped out of the Floo in the Leaky Cauldron dressed in their finest.
Chi-Chi dressed in a dark blue Chinese style dress with a long sleeved white shirt beneath, her hair tied in a bun.
Gohan wore a pair of black slacks and a white button down shirt, his hair as spiky as ever, and a long ponytail tied to mid back level, his raven black eyes constantly scanning for somebody drawing a wand, and thanking Babba for teaching him to sense magic.
"Should we wait for Harry or go on in?" Gohan asked
"We'll go in" Chi-Chi replied "I want to see how Dumbledore reacts to me being back in the country"
"Will he be surprised?" Gohan asked as they crossed Diagon Alley
"Most likely" Chi-Chi answered "The last time I saw him was after your father died the first time"
"So for all I knew I could have had a brother waiting for me when I got back from fighting Vegeta?" Gohan asked
"If the old man hadn't interfered yes" Chi-Chi replied as they entered the bank.
"You realise Harry isn't going to be pleased with you Albus" Minerva McGonagall said as they waited for the meeting to begin.
"It is for his protection Minerva" Dumbledore said "And besides, I do not believe he is ready to hear the will, Sirius was very dear to him"
Minerva simply glared at the wizards back but said nothing.
Mad Eye Moody looked towards the door as it opened.
And in stepped Chi-Chi Son, flanked by a tall teen with wild spiky hair, who closed the door after her.
Minerva frowned as she examined the face of the woman "Chi-Chi?" she asked "Chi-Chi Gung?"
"It's actually Chi-Chi Son now Professor" Chi-Chi said with a warm smile "It's good to see you"
"Minerva please" Minerva said "I haven't been your professor in seventeen years" looking around Minerva asked "Where's your husband? If I can ask"
"Dad died" Gohan said "In nineteen ninety one"
"I'm sorry" Minerva said
"Where's Harry?" Gohan asked
"How do you know Harry, Mr Son?" Dumbledore asked as he turned around.
"Did you really think that a few wards would stop the son of James Potter from carrying out an objective he put his mind to old man?" Chi-Chi growled "Harry and I have been communicating for a week, and when this meeting is concluded I intend to take him back to China with me"
"How do you know he will agree?" Dumbledore asked, still playing the part of the kindly headmaster
"Because he agreed five days ago" Gohan said "And if you try to enter my mind without my permission one more time wizard I will snap your spine"
The old man quickly retreated after seeing the look in the teens eyes, the look that promised a painful death
Gohan smiled as the old man turned away and he muttered "Score one for Vegeta Lessons"
A moment later Crackthorn entered the office and took his place at the desk on the north end of the room.
"On this day" Crackthorn began "Tuesday the 9th of July nineteen ninety six we are here to hear the last will and Testament of Sirius Cassius Black heir of the most Noble and Ancient House of Black, witness, Madame Amelia Bones, head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement …before we begin let us call a roll of those present…"
"Albus Dumbledore…representing the Order of the Phoenix"
"Present" Dumbledore answered.
"Minerva McGonagall, representing Gryffindor House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry"
"Present" the cat Animagus replied.
"Master Auror Alistair Moody…representing himself"
"Here" Moody grunted, his blue glass eye still spinning as it observed the room.
"Chief Auror Kingsley Shackbolt, representing himself"
"I'm here" Kingsley called.
"Arthur and Molly Weasley, representing the Weasley family, and Ronald and Ginerva Weasley"
"All present" Molly said.
"Fredric and George Weasley, representing Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes Inc."
"Present" the twins answered together.
"Ruberus Hagrid, representing himself"
"'ere" Hagrid boomed from the back of the office.
"Remus John Lupin, representing himself, Mr Lupin I need to speak to you on another matter after this meeting by the way"
"That's fine" Remus replied.
"Andromeda Tonks, representing herself, and her daughter Nymphadora"
"I'm here, but my daughter isn't" Sirius' cousin replied
"Narcissa Black Malfoy, representing herself and her son Draco Severus Malfoy"
"Present" the Black daughter replied
"Chi-Chi Son, representing herself"
"I'm here" Chi-Chi replied as she smiled to Remus and Hagrid.
"And finally, Harry James Potter, representing himself"
Dumbledore stood up at this and said "I'm afraid Mr Potter has expressed no desire to attend this mee…"
"That's funny" a voice interrupted from the door "I was under the impression that I had a mouth of my own to answer my questions"
At this everybody looked towards the door, to see a rather beat up looking Harry Potter leaning slightly against the door frame.
His hair was a mess, there was a cut running beneath his left eye and along his cheek towards his ear, it was still bleeding, there was a cut running along his right side which he had his hand pressed against, his hair was messed up, the denim jacket he was wearing was torn and cut in several places, including the shoulder, where there was blood flowing from a wound just below the shoulder joint.
Harry took a step into the room, ignoring the wave of dizziness from the blood loss and said "I am perfectly capable of speaking for myself Crackthorn"
"May I ask what happened to you Mr Potter?" Bones asked
"Four death eaters were rather insistent that I die as I left the Blood Wards in Surrey" Harry replied as he brushed away the slowing trail of blood running down his face "I was forced to…decline in order to make the meeting"
"For cryin' out loud Harry you need a healer" Tonks said as she entered the room
"I said it on Wisteria Park, Tonks" Harry growled "And I'm saying it again, piss off. But if you're that eager to see me without a shirt on you can patch me up while we do this"
"You look like hell Harry" Gohan said as Harry dropped into the seat beside him ignoring the blushing Tonks.
"You should see the other guys" Harry chuckled as he removed his jacket showing the burn mark on his chest where the killing curse struck.
"What's the burn?" Chi-Chi asked as she opened his shirt to assess the cut along her godson's right flank
"Killing curse" Harry winced as Chi-Chi began to apply some medical salve shekept with her to the wounds "It was me or the metamorph, I figured since it worked once, why not try again"
"Just don't go for a third time" Chi-Chi said as she used bandaged his left arm "You know they say it's the charm"
"Yeah" Harry nodded "Strike three and all that…we done?"
"Just about" Chi-Chi said as she buttoned up her Godson's shirt and smoothed out his hair. Then she used a cleaning charm to remove the blood and a repair charm to fix is shirt and jacket, it was his favourite after all, a gift from Chi-Chi that had belonged to Goku.
"What happened mate?" Ron asked
"I ran into some Deatheaters" Harry shrugged "They ran into my fist…the last one I hit probably landed on the far side of Surrey after that kick to the balls, the rest are probably being put back together at St Mugno's by now"
Ron simply groaned as Dumbledore stood up and looked at Harry "Why did you leave the wards when I specifically told you not to?"
"Because outside of Hogwarts you have no control over my life old man" Harry growled "If you were to induct me into the order, which I don't give a shit about anymore by the way, I might have considered doing what you said, a year ago I wouldn't have questioned you, but after you caused my Godfather's death, I've decided to re-evaluate my position in the magical world"
"What do you mean Harry?" Tonks asked
"I mean Nymphie dear" Harry said with an evil grin "That once this meeting is over, I'm cashing my chips in and dealing out of this war of yours"
"So you're just going to run?" Draco Malfoy sneered from his place at the far side of the room.
"When did I say that?" Harry asked "I'm just putting some plans into motion to help me make Voldermort, Pettigrew and Lestrange regret the day they fucked with my family" then Harry looked towards Crackthorn and said "Put those papers through that we discussed Crackthorn, give the letters…twenty four hours before you post them, and I want you to arrange five box tickets to the Asian Quidditch League Finals in Katsuragi between the Shanghai Serpents and the Tokyo Titans next month"
"Of course Mr Potter, may I ask what names are to go on the tickets?" Crackthorn asked
"Myself, Chi-Chi Son, Gohan Son Goten Son and...Trunks Briefs" Harry replied
"What?" Ron demanded "You're going across the planet for a Quidditch match with a bunch of strangers without me?"
"Firstly" Harry began "They aren't strangers to me, Chi-Chi is my Godmother and secondly you can't stand the Asian league"
"You can't just walk away from your education Harry" Dumbledore interrupted
"Who said he was?" Chi-Chi asked "I'm a certified teacher, I'll have Harry ready for his NEWTs in Ancient Runes, Arithmancy, Charms, Defence, Herbology, Potions and Transfiguration by next June"
"Can we get on with this?" Bones asked "I have a department meeting in an hour"
"Agreed" Harry said as he looked at Crackthorn "Get down to business"
"Of course" Crackthorn said as he read the papers before him "The manner in which Mr Black's will is recorded is very different to that of a normal written will"
"How so?" Harry asked
"It is typical practice for the Blacks and several of the older pureblood families to create an interactive record of themselves, which can be viewed once and once only" Crackthorn said "This is used so that the will can be irrefutable and the Ministry cannot interfere"
"So Sirius used this thing to create an echo of himself" Harry said "Like a living memory"
"More or less" Crackthorn said "Have you encountered this type of magic before?"
"I've had the displeasure yes" Harry replied "Voldermort's diary, which contained a memory of his sixteen year old self, found it's way into the possession of a student in my second year, thanks to Lucius Malfoy, and possessed the student in order to release Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk, I killed the snake and destroyed the memory, although I almost died in the process"
"I see" Crackthorn said as he opened the box on his desk "Perhaps we should get down to business"
"Agreed" Chi-Chi said "As much as I trust Piccolo, I'm not sure how long he'll be able to keep from turning your brother to bloody sugar high chunks"
"I give it another hour" Gohan chuckled as a silver light emanated from the box on the desk.
Harry clenched his fists at the light hit the ground and formed into an image of Sirius Black standing with his arms folded and a sheet of parchment in his hands.
"Hello folks" Sirius said with a warm smile "Looks like everybody I've invited is here, right down to the feller of the greasy hairball"
"Come on Sirius" Chi-Chi laughed "You broke his nose twice too, Lily broke it…five times"
"But the time you head butted him made sure that Snape's nose would never go back to the way it was" Sirius countered, then he looked at Gohan and said with a smile "Based on the hair and the eyes I'd guess this is yours and Goku's boy, where is he by the way?"
"He passed away in ninety one" Chi-Chi said with a sad smile about six months before my second son was born"
"Ah shit" Sirius groaned "I liked him, he was a laugh in the half"
After a few moments Sirius sighed and looked at Narcissa and Draco as he said "Cissa, before I set this will up I made arrangements for Bellatrix to be removed from the family and restored Rommy's rights as a Black to her, before I do anything else you and your son have a choice, renounce Lucius as your husband and the sire of your son, and your marriage will be annulled on the condition that you both swear never to side with Voldermort, if you agree to these terms then stick around, if not, then leave and no longer consider yourself a child of the Black bloodline"
Narcissa looked at Draco and after speaking for a few moments said "I accept your terms cousin" then both Narcissa and Draco swore an oath on their magic never to side with Voldermort, and bound the oath with their blood.
"Fantastic" Sirius said "Make the arrangements Cracky"
"Yes Mr Black" Crackthorn said.
"Down to business then" Sirius said as he clapped his hands together "On this day, whatever the date is, I Sirius Cassius Black, of the most noble, boring and ancient house of Black, being of sound mind, shut yer trap Moony" Harry smiled as Sirius caught the snort Remus gave "…and body, do declare this my last will and testament, and do declare that I am under no moral or mental, beyond the bloody cabin fever I'm suffering from thank you very much Dumbledore, impediment"
After a pause Sirius groaned and said "Christ that was boring. Let's get down to the fun stuff. First I'll do the Bumblebee, then Gryffindor, then Hogwarts, Hagrid, Rommy and her kid, then Cissa and the Amazing Bouncing Ferret, Chi-Chi, Mad-Eye, Kingsley, the Weasley's, the next Generation of the Marauders, Moony and finally my dear little Godson Harry"
"Don't call me little" Harry growled "Or I might just decide to speculate the fair of a near death experience so I can kill you again"
"Bring it on kiddo" Sirius grinned "But some other time, I've got things to take care of, first, to Albus too bloody many names Dumbledore I leave this gesture" then Sirius gave Dumbledore the finger "And a promise of an eternity of suffering when you get up here or the hell you put me and my Godson through over the last years, if you want to keep using my house as your little club house you'll have to ask the new owner"
Dumbledore simply looked at the image of the bane of his existence, he should have put wards up to keep the fool locked in his bedroom.
"To Minerva McGonagall I leave two things" Sirius continued "The first is an apology for seven years of near heart attacks, I swear it was James and Moony's idea to fill your office and your quarters with catnip"
"I seem to remember you laughing your ass off along with the rest of them for that gag Black" Chi-Chi said
"Catnip huh?" Harry asked "Thanks for the idea"
"You do Mr Potter and I'll have you in detention till you collect your pension" McGonagall said.
"The next little item I'm leaving you Min" Sirius said "Is a trust vault that will keep Gryffindor on good Quidditchgear until long after Harry has retired, somewhere in the region of…50,000,000 galleons I think should suffice"
"Next" Sirius said "To the History department at Hogwarts I leave the Black Family Tapestry…if you guys can get the bloody thing off the wall at Grimmauld without destroying it…and to the potions department I leave all of the rare potions ingredients in my mother's basement potions lab. Probably a few million Galleons worth of rare plants, both in the stores and in the elf sustained hydroponics lab, you should get Sprout to look at that"
"To Ruberus Hagrid I leave, or more specifically return ownership of the Hippogriff, Buckbeak, who is very much alive and living in my mothers room at Headquarters, feed Kreature to him before you take him back to Hogwarts. And I also leave you the Black Family stocks in the Bahamut's Breath Dragon Reserve in Romania, the Loch Ness Sea Serpent Reserve in Scotland, and the Am Shere Griffin Reserve in Egypt"
Hagrid wept loudly at the back of the office as Sirius said "Don't be like that Hagrid, remember the time in my seventh year, me and James got wasted during the full moon? You saw me and Prongs staggering along beside Moony, I don't think I ever heard you laugh more than when the three of us woke up the next morning, McGonagall wasn't sure who had had the worse night, me and Prongs, or Moony"
Harry glanced towards Remus with a raised eyebrow and laughed.
"Next" Sirius said "Andromeda Tonks, my dear little cousin. As the last heir of the Black family it's my duty to welcome you, your daughter and your husband back into the Black family and I've made arrangements for what should have been yours when you married Ted and had Nymph to be yours, I'm also leaving you each twenty five million Galleons, don't spend all of it on strippers Nymph" Tonks blushed madly as Narcissa smiled.
"To little Cissa and Draco, as far as I know your mother had a vault set aside for you after Draco was born, but she was killed in the crossfire of an Auror raid on my Uncle's manor when Draco was one, so I'm having that vault signed over to you…not sure what's in it"
"To my old friend Chi-Chi Son, I leave the controlling stocks in the Tokyo Titans and a full Quidditch set for you and Gohan, I seem to recall him almost breaking my hand once with the beater bat he got his hands on, so see how he does on a broom"
"To old man Mad-Eye Moody, I leave my dad's collection of dark detectors and a nice collection of wand substitutes, including a cool wooden leg with a wand core, and some strong manticore hide robes that belonged to Harry's grandfather Colonel William Potter, he left them to me after he was killed fighting Voldermort in nineteen seventy one"
"To Kingsley Shackbolt I leave a selection of Muggle and Magical weaponry and wand substitutes from the family armoury and some battle robes, Hungarian Horntail I think, all of it in a trunk with your name on it"
"To Molly, Arthur, Ron and Ginny Weasley I leave the total sum of 10,000,000 galleons, but only because we are old friends Molly, what you agreed to do to Harry is unforgivable…opps, did I say that out loud? So sorry Dumblydore"
Harry frowned as he looked towards Dumbledore and the Weasley's while Chi-Chi whispered something in Gohan's ear, and after a moment the teen nodded.
"To Ron, I leave stocks in Quality Quidditch supplies in Diagon Alley, and to Ginny, I leave my stocks in Flourish and Blotts, although you'll have to share with Hermione since I'm leaving her half"
"Next, to the Junior Marauders, I leave a trunk that's currently stored in my room at Headquarters with a brass rendering of a dog on top, it contains some things that'll put your business through the roof. And I'm also leaving you my controlling stocks in Zonko's, buy them out and you'll be the rulers of the prank business"
"To my dear old buddy Moony, I've made arrangements for you to get an unlimited supply of wolfsbane from the Apocathery…you're also getting the place in Scotland that James' dad left me, and 60,000,000 Galleons, so get out of those bloody rags of yours and start looking respectable"
"And finally, to my Godson Harry James Potter, firstly, since I had no children it is my duty to name the next leader of the Black family and my Heir. And for this appointment I have decided to place you Harry…even when you were a baby I felt as if you were my own son and I can say with pride that I am as proud of you as any father could be and I'm certain that James is too"
Harry struggled to choke back the tears that threatened to fall as Sirius said "Now this entails a lot of things. Firstly as the heir of the Black line you inherit the name of Black, which, once you put on the family rings, will make your legal name Harry James Potter-Black, and would legally emancipate you as an adult, which means no more Dursley's and no more summer restrictions, you can even learn to apparate if it take's your fancy. It also gives you control of all the finances, investments, properties and possessions that haven't been passed out here today, including HQ. Crackthorn has the ring, and I'd suggest that you let the goblins handle the finances for you, they do good work"
After a few moments of Harry taking in what he had been told Sirius said "Well folks, that's it, the Black's goodies have been divided, this sphere'll run out of juice in about five minutes so I'll say my final messages. Remus, I need you and Chi-Chi to look after Harry for me, get him ready for Riddle or Dumbledore will send him off to the slaughter house and I swore to Lily I would never allow that. Harry, I'm begging you, don't trust the old man, make your own decisions for Merlin's sake, I don't want to see you again until you're an old grey man surrounded by as many grandchildren as you can sire…goodbye…son"
"Goodbye…dad" Harry whispered as the light from the sphere faded, but he let no tears fall, he was through crying and feeling sorry for himself.
Harry stood up and looked at Crackthorn "I'll sign the papers now Crackthorn, my parents papers included"
Dumbledore stood up and said "Harry I think you sho…"
"What I should do is none of your business" Harry snapped "What is my business is the return of the twenty six point six million Galleons you stole from my parents vault"
"WHAT?" McGonagall roared
"The order was Bankrupt after the war Minerva" Dumbledore defended quietly "And besides, the money would have returned within a month"
"It doesn't matter whether the money returned or not" Harry growled "You betrayed my parent's trust and took advantage of them and the Goblins intend to make you pay for it" then Harry looked at Crackthorn as he signed the last of the papers and said "Where is the Potter family ring?"
"Right here Mr Potter" Crackthorn said as a red light emanated from Harry's wand, then the Goblin set two rings on the desk in front of Harry, both were gold, the Potter ring was adorned with red rubies on either side, and a Phoenix engraved in rubies and topazes at the top. The Black ring was gold as well, with the image of a dog similar to Padfoot in black diamond, with emeralds at either side.
"If you put both rings on your right ring finger the rings will combine" Crackthorn said "It will complete the merging of the Potter and Black Families"
Harry smiled as he slipped both the rings onto his right ring finger, after a few moments there was a flash of light and in place of two gold rings, there was only one. the ring had a cut ruby on one side and an emerald on the other, in the centre of the ring rested two animal heads, a phoenix pointing towards his thumb, and a grim pointing to his smallest finger.
"The merger is complete" Narcissa said as she stood "By your leave my lord"
Harry simply nodded "If you need to contact me do it, through Crackthorn" then as Narcissa, Draco and Andromeda left Harry rounded on Dumbledore
"Now to deal with you old man" he said with a sneer.
A/N: Uh oh... someone's in trouble. Who's ready to see the fireworks between Harry & Dumbledore? Trouble always seems to find Harry, eh?