The Peverell Legacy

A/N: I own nothing, especially not HP. Welcome to another fanfic, Italics are for thoughts and Bold is for spells. Here's chapter two, enjoy! Updates will be slow as ideas come to me.

Chapter Two: The Burrow and beyond

Harry and Padma were inside the house he'd found. She was cradling the sleeping Harry Potter in her arms. "You look very natural with him." Harry said as she held his younger self in her arms.

She smiled, "What can I say? He's better company that you." She teased him before leaning and kissing the top of the baby's head. "So, in order to free Sirius, we need Wormtail. Do you suppose he's made it to the Weasleys yet?"

Harry thought for a moment, "He should be. At the very least we can check." He went to his desk and sat down, "I have an idea for how we can get him."

"I can't wait to hear this." Padma said as she the baby down on a soft cushion, applying a wandless sticking charm so he wouldn't wriggle away. "What is your plan?"

"We go in and say we are unspeakables. You say that we've discovered an unregistered animagus." Harry said, "Then we stun him and take him to Azkaban."

Padma stepped over beside him. She smacked him softly, "Harry, did you forget that Arthur Weasley works at the Ministry. My department isn't that big, at any time there are less than thirty of us. He most likely knows who works there. Besides, the only witch in the department at this time is Pandora Lovegood."

"Next," She said, "if you waltz into the Burrow and tell them you've found an unregistered animagus, he'll hear it and scarper off." She looked at the desk as she began to think. "I think we should go to the Ministry and see Arthur first. Tell him what we are."

"So, tell another person that we are time-travelers?" Harry said quizzically, "I thought we weren't supposed to let anyone know."

"Harry, if someone knew there was a murderer sleeping in your child's bed, would you want to know?" Padma asked him shrugging. "We make him promise not to reveal anything. It would be a fair trade I think."

"So, we go to the Ministry and see Mr. Weasley?" Harry asked. When Padma nodded he wrote it down on the checklist he had created. "See Arthur about Wormtail. Then go to the Burrow?" He said as he wrote.

"Yes. Then after we've captured Wormtail, we have Arthur send a message to Amelia Bones. She will be very interested in the former hero-turned-Death Eater and the Death Eater that wasn't."

"Speak to Amelia." Harry nodded, "Alright. We'll start tomorrow morning." He looked at the clock on the wall, "It's too late to do all this today." He stood up and drew her into his arms, "We are having dinner with the Tonks family today, d'you think Tonks has forgiven you for 'stealing her man' yet?" He teased.

Padma laughed, "When Andromeda took me to the market, she informed me that Nymphadora is very cross that an 'old woman' is living with you.. I think she might forgive me around the time 'James Peverell' is old enough to get her interest."

"You are not allowed to use my younger self as a bargaining chip to make Tonks like you." Harry said, to which Padma merely laughed and released the baby from the sticking charm and scooped him into her arms. The young Harry burped quietly at the jostling.

"He's so adorable." Padma said kissing his head.

Harry scoffed, "So, baby-me is adorable when he burps, but when I do it I'm an 'uncivilized jackas- ow!" He winced as she smacked him with her free hand.

"Language. Also, a baby burp is cute, whereas your lager belch isn't." She pointed out with a smirk. "Right, grab his diaper bag and let's go." Without waiting, Padma walked out of the study with the baby in her arms.

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"So, how did the two of you meet?" Andromeda asked Padma as the two witches stood in the kitchen, Andromeda poured them both a glass of wine. This was their moment to spend while Ted had dragged Harry upstairs to his private office to show him his collection of vintage dueling holsters and the baby Harry was being used as a dress-up doll by Tonks.

"We went to Hogwarts together. He was dating another girl when he wasn't fighting Voldemort. After they broke up after his seventh-year, he was working as an Auror and I had just started at the Department of Mysteries." Padma looked at the wine but didn't drink any, "We had a mission in Moscow together and after we racked up about six life-debts apiece for each other, we figured it made more sense to get married."

"How romantic..." Andromeda said with a wry grin, "You tell it so well."

"We were in Moscow for six months. Six months he was the only person I knew I could trust and vice-versa. We grew very close when we weren't dodging dark curses." Padma said, "I meant it when I said I loved him."

"I was teasing you." Andromeda pointed out, "You and Harry are an interesting couple to me just out of the circumstances that I met you two." She meant it too, Andromeda had never thought it was possible to travel back in time like this, but here they were.

"Could you do something for me?" Padma asked after a moment, "Before I left, I had found out I was carrying Harry's baby...could you perform a diagnostic charm for me?"

Andromeda nodded and performed the spell. At the soft pink glow, she smiled, "It seems you have a healthy baby girl inside you."

There was a knock on her back door that drew the two witches attention. Andromeda walked towards it with her wand in a low ready stance. "Who's there?" She asked.

"It is your sister." Came a clipped voice, "I have no interest in being in this disgusting muggle village, so kindly allow me inside."

"Charming." Padma muttered to herself. Ignoring her, Andromeda opened the door. In stepped a twenty-six year old Narcissa Malfoy wearing black robes and a veil so that no one could see her as she entered her estranged sisters home.

"Here is the book you wished for." She said placing the book onto the counter. "The diary of Tom Riddle."

"The Horcrux of Voldemort, you mean." Padma said. "I'll be back in a moment, I'm going to get Harry for this." Padma walked out of the room, leaving the two Black sisters alone.

"So, where did Lucius have this hidden?" Andromeda said, "Wine?"

"No. Thank you, I do not wish to stay any longer than I must." She looked at the unassuming book, "Part of his soul is in there and Lucius had it on the bookshelf in his study." She curled her lip in disgust.

Padma returned with Harry. This surprised Narcissa as he looked very much like a man who was supposed to be dead, "James Potter?"

"Hadrian Peverell, Mrs. Malfoy." Harry said, "Harry if you prefer." He looked at the leather-bound book, "That's the one." He turned to Andromeda, "You may want to leave the room. I need to destroy this."

"How do you plan to do that?" Narcissa asked him, "Horcruxes are supposed to be nearly indestructible."

Finally, Harry had a moment where he could be the superior one. Adopting a very Padma-like smirk, he drew his wand and aimed it at the book, "There's technically two souls bound to this. The first one is of Myrtle Warren, you may know her better as Moaning Myrtle, the other, much smaller, is the fragment of Tom Riddle, otherwise known as Voldemort."

He began to concentrate, "Since the part we need to destroy is a soul, I'm going to use a spell that can do just that." That got a reaction from the Black sisters, where Padma looked appraisingly at him.

"Avada Kedavra. It is easier to contain than fiendfyre, and we don't have access yet to basilisk venom. Good choice." She nodded, "I'm staying to watch."

"As am I." Andromeda said, "From what you've told me about these things, it's possibly the only chance I'll see this sort of thing in my own home...thank Merlin." She added as an afterthought.

"If this is indeed a Horcrux, I want to watch its destruction. Lucius will have to answer to me if it is." Narcissa said, "I refuse to have part of that thing in my house with my son."

Harry summoned up the hatred he had for Voldemort with the two words and a flash of green light, the book was rendered inert. A terrible screech had erupted at the moment that the spell hit the book. "That's one down. Next we need Sirius to get the Locket and the Cup." Harry said before turning to Narcissa, "Voldemort gave this one to Lucius. He gave another to your sister Bellatrix, and another he hid, but it was taken by the Black House Elf on the orders of Regulus."

"Lovely exposition." Padma said evenly, "Mrs. Malfoy, you have just played a role in the final destruction of the most dangerous being in recent memory."

Twice now Harry thought to himself.

"You are welcome to stay for dinner, Narcissa." Andromeda offered, "I haven't seen you in a very long time. You may act like you will need to burn these robes, but I have missed my sister."

"I- very well." Narcissa said after a moment. In truth, before the day Andromeda was taken from the family tapestry, she and her sisters had been nearly inseparable. Narcissa had deeply mourned losing her. But, she had her pride. She would not beg forgiveness for something she hadn't had a part of. At any time prior to the message regarding the diary, Andromeda could have sent word and Narcissa would have-

She would have ignored it. Their parents teachings had taken root in her mind. Internally sighing, Narcissa looked at her oldest sister, "I- I have missed you as well."

While the dinner would be awkward, it was at least the beginning of something. Back at their home that night, Harry and Padma lay in their bed. "That's twice Narcissa Malfoy has defied Voldemort. We keep involving her and Draco can be the hero of the wizarding world." He said, laughing at the thought.

"Her husband is a piece of shit." Padma mused, "Did I ever tell you about the time he tried to get me removed from the Department?" She stretched languidly in their bed, "He thought he could intimidate me into leaving when I investigated some items confiscated from his private study." She pressed a kiss to his cheek, "Everyone thinks they are an alpha male until the castration charms start flying."

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Arthur Weasley hadn't expected to see a young man who looked this much like James Potter walk into his office. Nor had he expected the young man to give an Oath revealing himself as a time-displaced Harry Potter. "You mean to tell me that Scabbers is-"

"Peter Pettigrew. Former Order of the Phoenix member who turned traitor and allowed Voldemort into the hiding place of James and Lily Potter." Harry finished for him. "We need your help in capturing him and freeing Sirius from Azkaban."

"We trust you Mr. Weasley." Padma said, "However, due to events that happened prior to our arrival, we do not trust Molly with this news. We need you to keep this secret for us."

"I don't like keeping things from my wife." Arthur said frowning, "but I will help you. James and Lily were good people who deserved better. If the betrayer of the Potter family is at my home, then you have my permission to cross the wards."

"Thank you sir," Harry said, shaking Arthur's hand. He and Padma left the office and made their way to the apparation point so they could leave for the Burrow.

The pair arrived in the front yard of the home that had once been Harry's first glimpse at what he believed a healthy family life was like. Now that I know the truth...He thought with a sigh. Molly Weasley was, far from a warm and loving woman when riled. Harry had riled the woman quite a lot when he'd broken up with Ginny and even more after he'd begun dating Padma.

Things had been said. Things that didn't need to be repeated in Harry's opinion. "Please be calm." He said to Padma as he prepared to knock on the door. "She hasn't called you anything yet."

"Harry, I already won. I'm your fiancee, I'm carrying your baby. Plus her daughter hasn't been born yet." Padma enjoyed the look of surprise on his face for a moment before telling him more, "I found out before coming here. I was concerned that time travel could have affected the baby, so I didn't tell you until I spoke to a healer. Andromeda confirmed it for me."

"We're going to have a baby?" Harry said stunned, "Well shit, now I have to save the world don't I?"

Padma laughed and took his hand, "We have to save the world dear."

Harry knocked on the door and after a moment, Molly Weasley opened it. "May I help you?" She asked them.

"Mrs. Weasley? My name is Auror Henry Evans and this is-" Harry began before Padma interrupted.

"Unspeakable Priya Stanhope. We are here because Arthur Weasley has given us permission to cross your wards in search of some unusual magical readings." Padma said, not looking at Harry or his raised eyebrow.

She ended up liking my idea after all. He thought, internally pleased by this thought.

"What sort of 'unusual readings'?" Molly asked the pair, "I haven't seen anything out of the ordinary." She looked at the two of them, "Do you have any proof?"

Reaching into his robes, Harry drew out his old badge. "Auror First Class." He said showing it to her.

Padma merely drew her wand and traced a complicated pattern in the air, "Unspeakable designation Alpha Eight Six." She said, causing the pattern to light up.

"Now then, if we could come inside?" Harry said to Molly who nodded and allowed them inside. "We are here because we found evidence that a hero of the wizarding world is hiding from dark wizards here."

"Peter Pettigrew, though at the moment he is hiding in his animagus form of a brown rat." Padma completed for him.

"A rat- do you mean Scabbers?" Molly asked them.

Harry nodded, "If Scabbers is missing a finger on its paw, then that is the rat we are looking for."

"Percy! Please come down here and bring Scabbers with you!" Molly turned and shouted. A few moments later a little red-haired boy came downstairs with a squirming brown rat in his hands.

"That's the one right there." Harry said, "Percy, would you mind setting your rat down for us please?"

Scabbers squeaked as the little boy did as he was asked and made a break for it. Padma flicked her wand, revealing the man who had robbed both Harry's of their family. "Hello Peter, my name is James Evans, I am an Auror. We have been looking for you."

"F-for me?" Wormtail said shakily.

Padma nodded, "Indeed we have Mr. Pettigrew." Nearly too fast for Padma to follow, Harry stunned the man.

Molly was shocked, "What are you doing?" She cried out, "You said he was a hero!"

"He isn't. He was the secret-keeper for the Potters. No one could have found them without his help." Harry said, "Now he's going to Azkaban where he belongs."

Harry used his wand to levitate the unconscious man. "Mrs. Weasley, this man is one of those most responsible for the tragedy that befell the Potters." He looked coldly at the still form, "If I had my way, he'd be dead already."

Once outside, Padma transfigured Wormtail back into a rat and placed him inside of a glass bottle. Charming the bottle to be unbreakable, she placed the bottle inside the pocket of her robes and then the pair vanished, reappearing at their home. Harry prepared to floo call the DMLE while Padma withdrew the bottled rat from her pocket and placed him on the desk.

"If we didn't need you alive..." She began looking down at the rat that had woken up at some point during the apparation and trip into the house. She smiled coldly, "I wouldn't try changing back. The bottle is unbreakable, it would be such a pity if you were to force all of your mass through the opening. It's rather tiny and would probably hurt a great deal."

She tapped her finger on the side of the bottle, "Between you and me, I would love to watch you ooze out the top like toothpaste. You deserve pain and agony. But dying is too good for you."

She smiled softly, "I hear footsteps. Harry is coming back. I hope you enjoyed your freedom. It's over now."

Inside the bottle Wormtail squeaked in terror as Harry and a tall stern woman stepped into the room. "That's him?" Amelia Bones asked.

"Yes ma'am." Harry said, "That is the real betrayer of the Potter family."

"And how do you know that?" She asked, "For all I know this is a ruse to have Peter Pettigrew killed and Sirius Black free to take over where his master left off."

"Silencing charm on the bottle please." He said to Padma. She tapped her wand and suddenly Wormtail could hear nothing. But he could read facial expressions. The man who looked like James Potter was holding his wand out. There was a bright flash, and then the rat looked on as Amelia Bones' face went pale and she turned to glare at his glass prison.

Outside the bottle, Amelia was trying to make sense of what she had been told. This was Harry Potter from literal decades into the future. But he'd given an oath on his life and magic that he was who he said and that he was telling her the truth.

"Mr. Potter, I will take Pettigrew to one of our secure holding cells. Once we have a full testimony, I promise that Sirius Black will be freed from Azkaban on my authority as the newly appointed Director for the Department of Magical Law Enforcement." Amelia said after a moment.

The bottle was lifted and Harry watched the tall auburn-haired woman walk out with the rat. You'll be home soon Sirius. He vowed to himself.