AN:Hey this is maticore I am writing this to say that I do not own neither properties of either the Fate nor the harry potter works but I do hope you do hope you enjoy the story.
Return of the Guardian
Chapter 3
Altrouge Brunestud was known by many monikers one of which was the Master of Blood and Contract. If she had known what that title had entailed back when she had been given it she would refused it point blank. Despite her being one of the most infamous of the twenty seven dead apostle ancestors she for all intents and purposes was not that blood thirst her power to enforce contracts gave her the knowledge of every contract forged so she had come to a deal with the magical banks that she would inform them is a contract was broken and they would keep her supplied.
This was mutually beneficial as small towns disappearing in blood lust was bad for business in their eyes as the magical communities would send hundreds of aurors after her only to die since the only spells they have that is strong enough to scratch her is Fiend fire and they are not going to use that now are they?
But this was a special occasion she usually just sent a notification via familiar to the head of the bank but this contract that had been severed was personal. It was the last of her mortal descendants. True she had never actually introduced herself to them but she had kept an eye on how the clan was doing and she was pleased with them up until that meddling old fool started interfering . A Long line of warriors fighting against the evils of the world to fall because of the idiocy of one man!
So here she was at Gringotts to claim the Vaults as the founder of the Clayton's also known as the potters and hopefully mitigate any damage that has been done. Walking in the two guards bowed deeply in a VERY respectful manner immediately causing the witches and wizards in the immediate area to wonder who she was. Walking straight past the queue of waiting people causing a few shouts of indignation she addressed the head Goblin on duty "Good evening, Master of coin and blade" she said as politely as she could ignoring the irate magical s behind her
The head Goblin looked up and with a raised eyebrow and a smirk said "Good evening mistress blood and Contract " the furore behind them was starting to die down now. "i wish to talk to some one about some information that has come to my attention" she stated this caused the other eyebrow to rise "and will this information be of importance to the people as your usual information?" at this her head tilted in thought before she replied " yes but the reason is that this one has more personal connotations." This caused the a head nod with "i see it is of great importance then" before getting off his stool and putting up a note .
"follow me please" the head Goblin asked as he lead her deeper into the bank. It always amazed her no matter how many times she had been here she could not remember her way she assumed it was a bounded field created to cause a slight confusion over those not tuned to it.
She also had to admit that the goblins where fantastic artisans she had some of their work at her home her bracelet was one of their pieces a mithril and emerald set engraved with runes that helped with controlling her bloodlust.
She might not like Arcuids overly childish ways but she really should get the girl one her life has been soooo much simpler since she got it. No more struggle to find a source in time to not go insane with the lust, just taking enough blood to sate her apatite which was surprisingly not much.
Finally arriving at the Directors office she was bowed through the door and then announced "Sir Altrouge BruneStud to see you" behind the desk was an Elder goblin. She had rarely had to do business face to face but when she did it was almost always with him as a high profile client he wanted no mistakes so he did it personally.
"Ahh miss Brunestud how may Gringotts help you?" asked the Director in his usual congenial manner. "You can help me with two things First as you probably suspected I am here to inform you that a contract has been breached." the directors face congealed at the very thought of it occurring.
Goblins are a honourable race, Your word is your life to them so to break a contract is to loose your honour, to loose your honour is a fate worse than death as you are cast to the outskirts of Goblin society, no healers will aid you, no smiths will see you, and you have no chances of finding a mate. The only way of recovery is an act of great valour an thus the recovery of honour.
"Which contract?" The director growled "Fidelius" that one word explained everything to the Goblin. While the Fidelius was a charm it in essence creates a contract. Using the contract magic that is enforced by Altrouge it then uses the Kaleidoscope to create a small pocket dimension in which the object is hidden. That is why every time a fidelious is used both Zelretch and Altrouge know of it they are essentially the gate keepers to the spell it is why it is so hard to cast You are requesting them to guard your property.
"This Means that one Peter pettigrew has led tom Marvollo riddle onto the property of James Potter and Lilly Potter and Illya Potter. Though the last I checked on them they had their daughter under a glammer charm a powerful one too." She added almost whimsically
"and might I add why you where checking on them milady?" asked the director whilst taking notes about the names and contracts that where broken "hmm? Ohh yes I am the matriarch of the Clayton line I am here to lay claim so that no unsavoury individual tries to do so and to find out if any of the family survived the attack." At this the Directors jaw almost hit the floor.
The Clayton or the potters as they where now known had always had a patriarch and a matriarch but the matriarch had always magically shown up as occupied but never by whom it was one of the greatest mysteries of the family. It was impossible you would need to be immortal to he a matriarch for that long so they had just ruled it as a quirk of the family magic's and made it that the wife of the lord was the matriarch (acting) and moved on. This explained a lot Red eyes occasionally popped up in the potter line. And despite being known fore their runes and arithmancy what really shined was when they combined the two into contract magic or magical constructs. The family was truly ingenious .
Once over his shock he quickly called the account manager for the Potters and a lineage test since it was a more in depth one they were using runic parchment rather than a blood bowl so that they could trace it. Dropping the blood onto the parchment it started to form the words and lines interconnecting watching the web weave its way down the massive piece of parchment all the way down until it hit one Illya Potter. Even that name was weird as under it in brackets was the name (Illya von einzbern) this caused a quirk of an eye brow from Altrouge but she ignored it for now as the goblins went over the sheet. She sat back and enjoyed her tea.
Xxxxx
Kiritsugu arrived at charring cross with the small child wondering if this was really the right place only to almost immediately be proven that it was by a bright purple triple decker bus appearing and people getting off and walking into a small dingy pub. Almost immediately afterwards the bus took off and disappeared. Taking the hint that this was the right place he headed to the pub assuming it was the entrance to the community, a front if you will. Once he had entered he looked around most of the people where flat out drunk from what looked like celebrating. Seeing the man behind the bar he ask for help getting into the alley.
Once in he headed to the Massive marble building. Tipping his head to the guard he headed inside and looked around it was like almost any other bank aside from the fact that it was run by strange creatures deciding to wing it he went to a teller beside a tall man with a long beard who was just leaving. He didn't know why but he looked familiar.
He stopped at the teller and assessed himself before he spoke " excuse me I am new to the community so I apologize If I unknowingly insult you in my ignorance of your ways" he said with a slightly bowed head "but down to business is their a way that I can talk to someone in private as I have some questions that are best asked in a private setting." this had the tellers interest "follow" with that they headed to a small room off to the side.
"now what are these questions?" asked the goblin with interest. Kiritsugu centred himself and then "while I was doing my job I watched a wizard and witch abandon a child at the side of the road I was wondering if it was possible if I could adopt it and have it get a health check?" the goblin nodded "this is possible but we would have to check the childes heritage to make sure that there are no more suitable guardians you understand this?" asked the goblin as he was pulling out a sheet of parchment.
"you will need to drop some blood from the child onto this" commanded the goblin once it was done the goblin called for a messenger to summon some one so kiritsugu was to wait luckily the child was asleep and he was supplied with some refreshments.
When the door opened a set of six guards walked in " You will come with us!" they demanded to his shock and horror. Did they know who he was? Would they kill him for the clock towers bounty on him just before he cleared it? Following they lead him deep within the building and deep underground. The route twisting and turning through corridors that ended up looking the same but different. At the end of the journey he found himself looking at a pair of massive Golden doors that depicted great battles. As the doors opened he saw one of the most horrifying sights in his life... a smiling Altrouge Brunestud. He fainted.
Xxxxx
Altrouge had not laughed so much in a long time. The feared magus killer. The man who could get a magus no matter where they where Fainted at the sight of her. She guessed she should be happy at the compliment that her reputation was still going as strong as ever.
Picking up the little girl (despite the fact that she still looked like a little boy) and cuddled her close letting her cuddle in to her shoulder in her sleep. Carefully and gently she overloaded the spells that where on the girl. She couldn't help but admire how much like Arturia she was. The blond hair the facial structure. She didn't know what colour eyes she had but it was almost inconsequential at this point.
She guessed that she would have a proper heritage test done not just a family test when this mess is sorted because this likeness was just scary. Stepping forward she kicked the magus killer in the side to wake him up.
Spluttering and mumbling he sat up only to look at her and froze again "well magus killer I guess I must thank you for retrieving my grand daughter." she said calmly. And sat down while looking at Illya as she slept. It was here that Kiritsugus brain reset "wait what? Grand daughter?" he spluttered. She looked at him with an amused expression. "did you honestly expect me to be on this earth for this long and not have at least some descendants? Its just hard to find someone who will look past the fact that you are an dead apostle ancestor and actually love the person." at this a longing look came across her face.
"Any way it is the reason why I have always been taking care to watch over my descendants people I can love unconditionally even if they don't know who I am. They just know of me as the mythological matriarch but I was always there." She explained sadly before turning serious. "Now magus killer I have a job for you" the turn around was so jarring it almost took him by surprise. "The young lady on my shoulder is the heiress to the Clayton line My line I will not have her just anywhere. While I can drop by and help teach her I cannot be a mother figure that much is obvious. So I want you to be her father. I want you to teach her if you require resources contact me I will procure them. My friends the goblins are going to give you both a check I need you in the best of health so you can defend her. I have also given the goblins details of your ….exploits. They might have the occasional recovery job for you." at this the director nodded he was very happy to have such an asset he just needed to make sure he was healthy, he had heard about those abominations the grail wars.
"Now that that is done I have claimed access to all Vaults associated with the family. A little later in life we will have her check for any other heritages." and with that she placed Illya down in a basket and left her to sleep and let them get to work.
Xxxxx
It had been a couple of days and the mass celebrations had finally died down enough for the wizengamot to convene. Now you see most people when they hear about the high court of the wizards the Wizengamot they think about wizened old men discussing important topics of magic. In actual fact the vast majority of the time they are discussing topics such as pewter cauldron thickness and other such trivial things it is because of this that the majority of the members do
not even bother to show up for most of the meetings and this allows people to sneak laws through by informing people who would support them to show and force them through.
It is because of this that the British government is considered the most corrupt in the world. It was at the end of the meeting that Albus Dumbledore put forward a motion.
"My dear members of the respected and honoured peerage I call your attention please . I would like to put forward that Since the guardian ship of Harry potter can no longer go to his appointed guardians I request that it be given to me as the Chief warlock and head master who better to look after the child who saved our nation from near disaster." proclaimed Dumbledore his eyes sparkling madly
as muttering broke out a young voice echoed through out the room. "Well Albus Perhaps the matriarch of his family?" asked the voice at which every head whipped around to find the source only to see a girl that looked fifteen walking down the audience gallery towards the floor.
"young lady This is no time to be making jokes everyone knows that the Potter matriarch is a myth." proclaimed Albus with an air of superiority.
"Is that right then I must be a myth then and this ring on my finger must not be real?" Altrouge asked almost innocently smirking at the looks of shock on the faces. "If you are who you say you are I must demand your identity madam" barked a Hitler lookalike from the benches.
"Are you sure about that there is no going back if I do" she announced getting a annoyed look from many in the stands. " Very well but I will only do so if you have the head unspeakable hear to verify." At a nod a runner was sent to get him not long afterwards a man in a dark grey cloak came walking in "now why have I been sumo..." his sentence stopped the second he saw the smiling and waving Altrouge. The hall heard the man gulping.
"well now that my verification check is here." she said with a giggle in her voice. "My name is Altrouge Brunestud. The Eclipse Princess of the black blood, Vampire princess of the dead apostles or the Master of blood and contract take your choice they all work." this had the hall practically pissing themselves up until a woman in a pink cardigan shouted "ahh so the Potters are not human that explains a lot!" with a smug vindictive smirk on her face.
That was until Altrouge looked at her she quailed " listen here toady it has been over two thousand years since I had my son and he was born human with none of my abilities except magic and none of you can complain each of you have have magical creatures in your families somewhere. The family of bad faith, sorry I mean malfoy is Famous for the amount of veela that are in it. The blacks had a veela. Same with the greengrass. The Dumbledores have giants blood in them, your own family has creature blood in it so to make an example of the potters you would need to make an example of three quarters of this membership." this made everyone extremely nervous especially those that espoused blood purity.
"now" Started Altrouge "why is Sirius Black in Azkaban?" she was not expecting the reply she got "the traitor sold out the potters!" screamed someone from the crowd, "Okay how can some on sell out someone under the fidelius if they aren't the secret keeper?" this confused everyone but the unspeakable was looking nervous. Dowager Longbottom asked her just the right question "what do you mean not the secret keeper everyone knew he was the secret keeper!" she demanded forcefully
"Well you see when you use the Fidellius you don't actually do much most people mistake it as a kind of invisibility or advanced ward. Its not." Starting to pace knowing she had them intrigued. What the Charm is is Contract magic. The caster creates a contract for protection, this contract then forces everyone but one person the person responsible for the contracts use to forget." It was here that the critical question was posed "How do you know this?" the voice was familiar, too familiar, " Sister is that you?" at that a blond woman bounced out of the small crowd and down next to Alt "we were bored and wanted to see what you were up to!" the blond beamed. She thought over what her sister had said and groaned The old man was here she heard the clunk of his walking stick "hey gramps" she said dismissively "any way to answer Arcs question I know this because to enforce the contract you invoke two powers the power of the second true magic kaleidoscope to create a pocket dimension in which the protected item is stored, and the master of contracts to over see the usage and execution of the contact." she waited and mentally counted before she heard the dowager mutter an expletive
Albus was about to tell the Dowager off when she continued and explained why she swore. "So what you are saying is that every time we use a contract you know it? And that every time we use a Fidelious both you and That old man behind you know it?." this time it wasn't Altrouge that answered but the Unspeakable "That is correct madam Longbottom" This shocked them to the core as they were essentially handing the keys to their homes and families directly to vampires.
"Any way Since I don't trust you lot to put your right leg in front of your left as matriarch of the potter line I Lock down the most ancient and most noble house of Potter until such a time as it is reinstated if it is reinstated by a lord or lady of blood of the house." at that a white flash encompassed the the room and then Daedalus Diggle was dumped into the middle of the room looking terrified.
"And what where you doing on the Potter house seat?" Altrouge all but demanded the man who wet himself at the tone and flashing fangs. "i.i.i. Was told to be the potter proxy by Dumbledore" The man stuttered out then ran for the nearest exit as altrouge turned her glare on Albus.
"Give me one good reason not to charge you with line theft?" she said quietly "i am the chief warlock and head mugwump and head master of Hogwarts" was the mans reply to which she just tsked and turned away glad she had already taken care of everything she needed to and along with terrifying the wizards as well as the unheard threat that only an idiot would not hear of "attack my grand child and die!" she strode from the chamber with her smiling sister and a chuckling zelretch and headed of to the Emiya estate She had bounded fields to set up and an heiress to protect.