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Harry stood there in Ragefist's office, in utter shock as he stared down at the offending parchments. He wasn't sure which one was the worst to be honest. The spells and potions were concerning but not the most shocking. Nor was the embarrassingly long list of inheritances and properties. No, the truly shocking thing was that he was not Harry James Potter.

Reaching out, he picked up the parchment containing his family tree and stared. Trying to rationalize what he was reading.

Family Tree

Birth Name: Corvus Antares Black

Parents:
Father: Regulus Arcturus Black - Deceased (James Charlus Potter via blood adoption - Deceased)
Mother: Evangeline Guinevere Potter-Black - Deceased (Lily Josephine Potter nee Evans via blood adoption - Deceased)

Grandparents:
Paternal Grandfather: Orion Black - Deceased (Fleamont Potter via blood adoption - Deceased)
Paternal Grandmother: Walburga Black - Deceased (Euphemia Potter via blood adoption - Deceased)
Maternal Grandfather: Fleamont Potter – Deceased
Maternal Grandmother: Euphemia Potter - Deceased

Paternal Relatives:
Sirius Orion Black (Uncle) - Deceased
Narcissa Malfoy nee Black (1
st cousin once removed)
Lucius Malfoy (1
st cousin once removed via marriage)
Draco Malfoy (2
nd cousin)
Andromeda Tonks nee Black (1
st cousin once removed)
Theodore Tonks (1
st cousin once removed via marriage)
Nymphadora Tonks (2
nd cousin)
Bellatrix LeStrange nee Black (1
st cousin once removed)
Rodolphus LeStrange (1
st cousin once removed via marriage)

Paternal Relatives via Blood Adoption:
Evangeline Guinevere Black nee Potter (Aunt) - Deceased
James Charlus Potter (Uncle) - Deceased
Harry James Potter (1
st cousin) - Deceased

Maternal Relatives:
James Charlus Potter (Uncle) - Deceased
Lily Josephine Potter nee Evans (Aunt via marriage) - Deceased
Harry James Potter (1
st cousin) - Deceased

Maternal Relatives via Blood Adoption:
Petunia Jacqueline Dursley nee Evans (Aunt)
Vernon Byron Dursley (Uncle via marriage)
Dudley Byron Dursley (1
st cousin)

He felt as though his world was turning upside down and inside out. His entire life had been a lie. All he could hear was ringing in his ears. His magic had begun swirling around him, crackling with agitation. He just continued to stare down at the words scrawled across the parchment. He had been lied to his entire life. His name wasn't even his name. How could this possibly have happened? He was a Black by birth. He was never Harry Potter. He was Corvus Antares Black, born of Regulus Black and... Evangeline Potter. Sirius, his beloved godfather, was actually his uncle.

As his thoughts raced, his magic began to condense, becoming an almost touchable wall of anger and confusion.

"How…." The young Gryffindor said, his voice shaking with barely controlled rage. "How did this happen?" Finally pulling his eyes away from the offending parchment, Harry looked up at the goblin, his green eyes luminous with power and rage. "How can this be real?"

"I am not certain, however rest assured that we here at Gringotts will not stop until we find the answers." Ragefist stated gravely. The goblin grabbed a quill and scribbled a note before motioning for one of the guards by the door to take it. Speaking quickly in gobeldygook before waving the guard off. "I am sending for the managers of the accounts and estates included in your inheritance." He said turning back to Harry "I will find answered." He finished venomously.

"Harry?" asked Neville softly, getting his friend's attention. "What is it?"

Silently, Harry passed the parchment over to him, Hermione moving over to read along with Neville. "I am not Harry Potter."

Hermione and Neville both stood in shock at the words they were reading. "Corvus Antares Black. You're not Harry Potter, but Harry Potter's cousin. How does something like this happen?" asked Hermione. "We didn't even know that Sirius had a brother."

"What does the rest say?" asked Neville, holding his emotions in check until all the news had been delivered.

Nodding them forward, Harry motioned for them to read the other two parchments. The two stepped up to read what was written about the inheritances and current magical effects.

Lordships:
Potter (Blood and blood adoption)
Black (Blood and named heir)
Le Fey (Blood through the Black line)
Peverell (Blood through the Potter line)
Gryffindor (Blood through the Potter line)
Slytherin (Magical inheritance through right of conquer)
Ravenclaw (Blood through Le Fey Line)

Inheritances:
Potter estate and vaults (Properties include Potter Manor, 23 Godric's Hollow )
Black estate and vaults (Properties include Black Manor, 12 Grimmauld Place)
Le fey estate and vaults (Le fey Castle, Brynmoore Glen,)
Peverell estate and vaults (Properties include Peverell Manor, Grimm's Hollow)
Griffindor estate and vaults (Properties include Gryffindor Castle, Godric's Manor, Lion's Landing, Hogwart's School for Witchcraft and Wizardry)
Slytherin estate and vaults (Properties include Slytherin castle, Darkwood Manor, Hogwarts School For witchcraft and Wizardry.)
Ravenclaw estate and vaults (Properties include Ravenclaw Castle, Raven's Nest, Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry.)

The blood drained from Neville's face as he read. This was not good, not at all. Turning his attention to the spells and potions currently in effect on Harry, he was not surprised in the slightest considering what the family tree had revealed.

Spells:
Praesidium – Regulus Black
Compulsion – Albus Dumbledore
Obliviate – Albus Dumbledore
Modify Memory – Albus Dumbledore

Potions:
Faciem domus – James and Lily Potter
Familia Vinculum – Regulus Black, James Potter, Lily Potter

Neville wasn't surprised that potions had been used to bind Harry to the Potters as well as his appearance altered to match theirs. As the heir of a noble house, Neville had been taught certain spells as part of preparing to take his place as Lord Longbottom.

"Harry, the Praesidium is a spell crafted by Merlin for use by the noble families and only the noble families." Neville began to explain. "My Gran told me about it. It's the strongest protection spell in existence and requires the blood of a noble line to cast. And this, Familia Vinculum, means family bond. It's the potion used for blood adoptions."

"Blood adoptions?" Asked Harry, slightly confused. "Why would blood be needed for adoption?"

Neville sighed softly, mild frustration filtering into his mind. "You should have been taught this from birth. And considering the lines you are heir to, how you ended up with Muggles is a mystery and a travesty." Taking a deep breath, Neville began to explain further. "Faciem domus" is a potion used to give one the appearance of their adopted family. And yes, blood is necessary. In the magical world, an adoption isn't just a matter of legal proceedings. The family literally brings the child into their family with blood. Drops of the adopting family's blood is added to the potion and then the potion is administered to the child. Their blood becomes part of the new member of the family, forever binding them together."

Harry nodded along with this information, understanding the mechanics of what was done to him but one thing still stuck out. "And this?" he asked pointing to the Compulsion spell administered by Dumbledore. "What is this?"

"A Compulsion spell is used to compel someone to do something they wouldn't otherwise do or to discretely control someone. An Imperius curse would be too blatant and obvious, compulsion is more subtle and harder to identify." Said Hermione, her voice tight with emotion. "Dumbledore's way of controlling you under the radar."

"And the Obliviate…?" Harry said, trying to hold himself together in the face of all this new information. "Why would I need to be obliviated?"

"The Dementors." Said Neville. "They make you relive your worst memory. And yours… you said that you heard your mother, Lily, screaming, heard your parents, the Potters, dying. What if that wasn't your worst memory? It was used as well as modify memory to make you forget the real memory and implant the fake of the Potters? True, if this information is correct, you would have been there that night, but what if your worst memory was of your real parents?"

"That would explain quite a bit." Said Ragefist, speaking for the first time during this conversation.

"But why would Dumbledore do this to me? I know he's meddling and nosy, but why the need to hide this, even from me?" Asked Harry in frustration.

"Because he needed a weapon." Stated Neville bluntly. "I'm sorry Harry but we all here know it's true. The real Harry Potter was dead and he needed someone to be his weapon and you were there. So convenient for him to use to his needs. He knew you were obviously not the real Potter Heir but he needed not only his weapon but the Heir to the Potter and Peverell lines so he could control those Wizengamot seats."

Harry was almost radiating with anger by the end of Neville's speech. "So my life, everything I am and everything I know, is all a lie…" Harry surmised.

"Not everything Harry." Hermione said, placing a gentle hand to his cheek. "We are real. I am here. Neville is here." She said comfortingly. "Your name may be a lie, but those of us that love you are not." The young Gryffindor said, emotion clear in her voice. "I refuse to let you believe that you are any less or different than you were when we walked in this office. You may not be Harry Potter, but you are still the strong and wonderful man you were half an hour ago. Nothing in these pages changes that." She finished passionately.

Taking a deep breath, Harry nodded and turned his head to place a soft kiss on his girlfriend's palm. "I love you."

Turning to face Ragefist, Harry steeled himself. "I need to rid myself of these potions and spells. Do you have any information on how to go about that or who I need to contact to get it done. I was told by a reliable source not to trust anyone but my companions here with me, the source themselves, and the goblin nation."

"We can provide this service. We have the means to purify you of spells and potions. Usually this would be quite an expensive endeavor but I feel as though this bank is partially at fault for not uncovering this sooner. Let us do that first. We have much to do."

"Yes and we must do so quickly. We must be out of Diagon Alley my sunrise." Harry said, taking Hermione's hand and squeezing it, a sign of his emotional turmoil.

"Then let us begin. We will free you of the current magics effecting you then we can aid with the other legal matters. Follow me." Ragefist said, standing and heading toward the door.