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 three, enjoy! Updates will be slow as ideas come to me.

Chapter Three: Padma releases her inner Slytherin

Sirius looked shocked. The man who had saved him from Azkaban was nearly a dead ringer for James Potter. Except for a small scar and green eyes that reminded him of a different Potter. He'd come with a small attache case and the contents, along with a small bottle containing a familiar looking rat had spelled his freedom.

"Who are you?" He asked as they waited for the boat to arrive. When the man just smiled Sirius asked again, "Who are you? How did you do this?"

"Don't worry Padfoot, all will be explained once we take you to see Harry." The stranger said with a smirk that reminded him very much of James.

"How do you know that name?" Sirius asked, beginning to panic slightly. "Shit. You're a Death Eater aren't you?"

Harry laughed, "No, I am definitely not a Death Eater." He patted his case, "What I am, is a man who knew you were innocent and took the appropriate steps to fix the problem."

"So, who are you then?" Sirius asked a third time.

Harry took pity, "My name is Hadrian Peverell. I represent the interests of Harry Potter." He explained, "My fiancee, Padma will be waiting for us to discuss how we will proceed with your status as Harry's godfather and mine as his legal guardian."

While Harry explained what he could to Sirius, Padma was handling business of her own. A small brown bird sat on the window of Bellatrix Lestrange's cell watching the mad witch. Bellatrix looked up at the bird, "Hello little one...why don't you come closer" She said, holding her hand out to the little bird. The bird turned its head and stared at her before hopping into her cell and then in its place was a caramel skinned woman with straight black hair.

"Hello Bellatrix, my name is Padma," The unfamiliar witch said drawing her wand before Bellatrix could move and binding her to her bed. "I think you and I need to have a little chat."

"Nimble little thing, aren't you?" Bellatrix said testing the tightness of her bindings, "The Dementors will have fun with you." She added after finding them too tight to move.

"They would but I have something for that, it's a spell a friend of mine worked out before I came to see you." Padma said casting another spell on the bars of her cell, "If they get too close it will be as if a patronus was cast."

"You must be an unspeakable, friend of Rookwood's?" Bellatrix asked her, "Or did I kill someone you cared about and you want some revenge of some sort?"

Padma frowned, "You haven't killed her yet. But you would have, if everything stayed the same, in another seventeen years or so. That's why I'm here." She pointed her wand and uttered the Killing Curse. Padma looked at the corpse before her and then removed the bindings before changing back into her animagus form and flying back out. That's for Cho...She thought as she left Azkaban Island.

Cho Chang, one of her closest friends during her time at Hogwarts had been murdered by the Snatchers during the winter of ninety-seven. During her time in the Department of Mysteries, Padma had found the records of whom had been directing the squads in their hunt for 'undesirables'. Bellatrix Lestrange had been the one commanding them, now she was dead and the world was that much safer for it.

She apparated back to Watchbell Street and picked up the little Harry Potter from Andromeda. "Time for you to meet an idiot." She said, placing a kiss on the toddler's forehead, earning a giggle from the boy.

"I take it that means Harry is on his way with my erstwhile cousin?" Andromeda said, "Nymphadora will loving having Sirius back with us again."

Padma nodded, "We'll send him over to see you after I'm done with him. I have quite a few words for him." She paused then, unsure if she needed to tell Andromeda what she'd done. "I- I killed Bellatrix today." She admitted quietly.

"I wish I felt sad, or angry that you killed the woman who was once my closest friend," Andromeda admitted, her gaze locked upon a picture on her bookshelf. Picking it up, she brought it over to Padma, "But she considered me the enemy from the day I fell in love with Ted. You've already told me that she would have killed the rest of my family. I just pray that wherever her soul ends up, she stays there."

Padma took the baby back to their house next door and waited. The boat to Azkaban was notoriously slow, so she knew she still most likely had a few minutes before Harry and Sirius arrived. She decided to use that time to good effect. Setting Harry in his nursery, she began to cast cleaning charms around the house.

Padma felt the wards in the backyard. Harry must be back she thought as she made her way downstairs to the backdoor in the kitchen. Sure enough, she saw her soon-to-be husband and his godfather in the yard. Opening the door, she stepped outside, "So, the dog-father returns." She said looking at Sirius before kissing Harry. "Harry is in his nursery, kindly keep all earth-shattering revelations to the study, that's where the silencing charms are."

Harry looked at Padma for a moment, "Are you going somewhere?" He asked her.

She shook her head, "Not yet. First and foremost I want to say one thing," She drew herself up to her full height, which brought her to roughly the height of his chin, "How dare you put your stupid desire for revenge before your responsibility as Harry's godfather! Do you have any idea the kind of life he would have had because you had to get into a wand-measuring contest with Peter Pettigrew?"

"I was trying to capture him, to bring him to justice!" Sirius said, trying to defend himself.

Crack! Much like Harry, Sirius how knew how strong Padma's left hand was. Sirius held his cheek as Padma glared at him, "You saw the man who betrayed your best friend as more important that keeping their only son safe!" Harry stopped her from slapping him again by placing a hand on her arm. She pulled away roughly and then stepped back, "I'm going out. I will return after he's left." She apparated away, leaving the two alone in the yard.

"I'm sure you'd like to see Harry Potter," Harry said to the man, "the nursery is upstairs, follow me." It was an awkward silence as they walked inside the house. "She's right you know," Harry said quietly, "Number Four was a horrible place."

"He was only there for a short time, it couldn't be as bad as all that-" Sirius began, but was interrupted when Harry stood in front of him.

"It's me. Sirius. I'm Harry just as much as the little boy in the nursery is." He lifted his fringe, showing the now faded scar.

"That's impossible- I- h-how?" Sirius sputtered, trying to make sense of it. It couldn't be true, but then he noticed that those eyes were, in fact, Lily's, that he had James' hair, and that the scar, while nearly invisible now, was the same lightning bolt he'd seen on his godson's forehead.

"My best friend was trying to repair the time-turner his girlfriend used in our third year, incidentally that's the year we first met." Harry said, "It exploded and I woke up at Grimmauld Place. Padma used a ritual to find me and came here. Since then we've been making sure that our future never happens. I want this Harry Potter to grow up happy and loved."

"What happened in that future?" Sirius said, "What was so bad that you've been doing everything you can to change it?"

"Everything." Harry said, "Come on, I'll explain in the nursery." With that, Harry led Sirius upstairs.

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Accidents happen, that is a sad but true fact of life. In the case of one Lucius Malfoy, his accident was that he fell down the stairs. With a knife. Said knife fell with him in such a way that he stabbed himself thirty-seven times. Accidentally.

Narcissa and Padma sat in the parlor while the House Elves busily cleaned the floor of the remains of the Death Eater. Narcissa sipped her tea slowly, "This is a lovely brew I picked up from a shop in Chelsea. Lucius would have never approved of my going into a muggle shop." She said to Padma, "Would you like a biscuit?"

"Yes please," Padma said taking one off of the tray, "Jam sandwich, lovely." She nibbled the treat, "So, what will you tell the Aurors?"

"Nothing. Lucius absconded with a portion of our vault and left seeking signs that the Dark Lord was still out there somewhere." Narcissa replied choosing a gingersnap for herself. "We will need to arrange a play date for your James and my Draco at some point."

That caused Padma to nearly inhale her tea. I can't wait to tell Harry that one she thought, "I'll talk to Harry about it." She said, "It will be good for both of them to have someone their own age."

Narcissa sighed as she set down her tea, "So, tell me something; your Harry resembles James Potter a great deal, are they related somehow?"

Padma nodded, "In a very round and about sort of way, yes. The Peverells and the Potters are connected."

"Peverell is a very old name, your Harry should leverage it." Narcissa said, "Once you are more settled, will the two of you be looking into work?"

"Possibly, though I think I'll stay with James until he's ready for school. Harry though, knowing him, he'll look for work at the DMLE." She omitted the word again from that statement, "He's always going out and trying to save the damned world."

"Brave, if foolish. He was a Gryffindor I take it?" Narcissa replied to that as she finished her gingersnap.

She nodded, "He was. The bravest idiot I've ever met. I fell in love with him when I saw him take the head off of a werewolf in Moscow." She smiled at the memory, "It wasn't even a cutting spell, it was meant to be a stunner, but he put too much magic into it."

Narcissa raised a slender eyebrow, "An...interesting way to begin a courtship."

Padma laughed, "He's a wonderful field agent, right up until he gets angry. He's not great at controlling his emotions. When we captured Wormtail everything was going perfectly up until he broke script and stunned him." She said to the blonde witch.

As the two witches continued their conversation Padma kept thinking back to Harry. She wanted to have their wedding as soon as the other Horcruxes were dealt with.

"Now, about the reason I actually invited you over." Narcissa said, "You knew what the Diary held. You knew where Pettigrew was hiding. Who are you two really?" She looked at the tea, "I could have used veritaserum, I did not because you earned my trust. You saved my son from potentially losing himself if he'd ever found that Diary."

"We are lost people, lost in time. We found ourselves here and we want a better world, that's all." Padma said, unwilling to name who she and Harry were.

Narcissa accepted that after a quiet moment, "I can accept that. After all, I am on speaking terms with my sister again." She noticed Padma's face fall slightly, "Did you have a sister?"

"I do. She's probably very cross that I came here without telling her. That's assuming that our time even exists anymore. Luna wasn't very clear about if our timelines were parallel or interwoven." Padma's eyes widened, "Luna! I almost forgot the promise I made when I arrived. I need to send a letter to her mother."

Narcissa thought for a moment, "I wish my eldest sister wasn't- well the way she is I suppose. I largely ignored my husband's activities and didn't take part in them. Bella reveled in them."

"She did unforgivably horrible things. But she's your sister, so I understand missing her." Padma said, "Were the two of you close?"

Narcissa nodded, "Bella was my best friend. In her own insane way, she protected me from the other Death Eaters. They knew better than to mess with her sister, lest she pay them a visit. If you were on good terms with her, she was very loyal if not especially loving. The loss of Andromeda hit her very hard." Narcissa stood up and turned away, looking at the same picture she'd seen at Andromeda's house. "Three sisters, inseparable from the moment each of us could walk. One ran away to be with the man she loved, one threw herself headlong into the dark arts, and then the youngest one hid in a loveless marriage until someone came along and showed her just how dangerous her hiding place was."

"If Bella ever gets out of Azkaban, and she finds out what I've done, she'll most likely try to kill me." Narcissa admitted quietly, "But I had to. Draco couldn't be in a house that held a piece of that bastard."

"She will never leave Azkaban." Padma assured her, "It's impossible to escape from."

"So is time travel beyond what a time-turner can provide," Narcissa replied looking at the picture before setting it back down.

Padma went to reply but a silvery stag appeared beside her, "Padma, Sirius went back to Grimmauld Place. We miss you, come home." Harry's voice said from the mouth of the stag.

Padma rose from her chair, "I should get back." She said drawing her wand, "I need to do some shopping for my wedding, would you like to accompany Andromeda and me?" She asked.

"I would like that," Narcissa said. Padma nodded and then vanished with a soft crack.

Narcissa went upstairs to the nursery and picked up her son. Draco stirred a bit and then settled back into sleep. Draco hadn't been an easy birth, the Black family never had easy births. Each baby was a gift, they were taught. He was worth murdering Lucius. He was worth earning the ire of her sister. He was worth everything to Narcissa.

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Padma and Harry were in bed. It had been a long and trying day, but it had ended well. "Padfoot is terrified of you," Harry said with a laugh as he pressed a kiss to his fiancee's shoulder.

"As well he should be." She replied curling into his side, the chill of her feet touching his leg causing him to flinch slightly. "If you hadn't stopped me I would have slapped him again, and most likely a third time."

Harry kissed her hair, taking in her scent, "If he had raised me, what's to say I would be the man you fell in love with?" He asked her quietly, "I am everything that I am in response to the life I lived."

"Don't you try to get philosophical with me Potter." Padma said rolling her eyes, "You failed out of Divination, remember?" When he began to laugh, she elbowed him. "Keep it up. Laugh at me again and see if I tell you what Narcissa asked me."

His curiosity piqued he couldn't help it, "What did she ask you?" Harry asked.

Padma snuggled in deeper before replying, "She is interested in making this a triad. She says she found both of us very attractive." When Harry sputtered she began laughing. "You make this far to easy Potter."

"I hate you."

"No, you love me." Padma replied smugly, "I'll tell Narcissa you said you'll think about it."