A/N: unmarried witches are referred to as 'Madam'
Married are referred to as 'Mrs' if they are not married to anyone of title or 'Lady' if married to a Lord
Witches who have an heir ring are 'Heiress'
Witches who have a Lord ring are 'Lady'
Untitled wizards are referred to as 'Mister'
Wizards with an heir ring are 'Heir'
Wizards with a lord ring are 'Lord'
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Geekymom: thank you I'm glad to hear that you are enjoying it.
Grin like the Cheshire Cat:. Yeah, I hoped you liked the twist though, I couldn'y just have James' line be wiped out – it'd break my poor little heart.
Crankypants16: I know you're all eager to see Sirius free and this chapter will start the beginning of the process ;)
TheGirlWhoSawImagination: Yup, totally agree though I've got to admit I was a little unsure of how Sofia's role would play out at first but I've got lots of ideas now and I do believe you are rather accurate with your hypothesis', next time I'm doing a plot twist I'll have to make it much harder for you to guess XD… As for your last two questions you'll have to wait and see…
MarilynT: yes it does ;)
Child of Dreams: that's awesome! Is that a Pottermore Patronus or the one you think you fit the most?
Eldersprig: Yes, Voldemort will be in this book and I know, I totally agree XD, my poor little Crow he's got two powerful Lords after him! Don't worry, whilst Dumbledore is motivated in getting money it is not his main aim; his aim is power, that's why he wanted control of the Potters and wanted Corvus.
MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE SPIN OFF IF YOU LIKE, IT'S ABOUT HOW SIRIUS AND CERES FIRST MET!
The Black Heir
Chapter 6: the middle line
January 10th 1986
HARRY POTTER MISSING; NEW POTTER HEIR!
An anonymous tipper has disclosed to us that Harry James Potter, the saviour of the Wizarding World has gone missing from his home in Surrey! It is yet to be discovered if it was kidnapping, if he went voluntarily or if our saviour is deceased but Aurors who travelled to the Surrey home has confirmed his vacancy.
However, that does not mean the Potter line has ended. During his bachelor party deceased Lord James Potter had drunkenly married squib Meissa Malfoy and sired twins before he left her to 'marry' Lily Evans.
Their two children, Sofia Florentina Potter and Sebastian Tiberius Potter were born on January 1st 1980 and are six years of age; once Sebastian reaches the age of fourteen the soon-to-be Potter Heir (a title that is not normally claimed until one's seventh birthday) will take up his title as Lord Potter.
The dowager Lady Potter, Madam Sofia and Mister Sebastian all currently reside at Malfoy Manor with the dowager Lady Meissa Potter's parents, Lord Abraxas Malfoy and Lady Aurora (Malfoy) Gaunt, as well as with Heir Lucius Malfoy and his wife Madam Narcissa Black along with their son Mister Draco Malfoy and the son of Ceres Black nee Malfoy and Mister Sirius Black: Mister Corvus Black.
Turn to page 4 for the life story of former Lord James Fleamont Potter
Turn to page 6 for the life story of dowager Lady Meissa Auriela Potter nee Malfoy
Turn to page 8 for Malfoy Family History
Turn to page 11 for Potter Family History
Turn to page 14 for the mystery of Mister Corvus Polaris Black
Turn to page 16 for Lords, Ladies and Heirs
Turn to page 20 for the incarceration and disownment of Mister Sirius Black
Turn to page 23 for the disappearance of Harry Potter
February 3rd 1986
Almost a month had passed since Meissa, Bash and Sofia had been found and all were currently residing at Malfoy Manor; 'Dumbledore, it's all Dumbledore, old coot' Corvus' Aunt Cassie had declared. Though that was merely a suspicion for there were as many friends as there were enemies of the families of Malfoy and Black, even Potter.
As it turned out Bash and Corvus were quick to become great friends, Corvus was friends with Sofia too but the outgoing girl preferred to explore outside of the manor (something that had gotten her into trouble more times than he could count and something that reminded many of the members of the families who had known James Potter greatly of him).
However Sofia wasn't the only one with a mischievous streak. Sebastian was quick to show Corvus all the ways of muggle pranking and the two boys drove their grandad and Corvus' Aunt Cassie up the wall when they were together, laugher filling the air as they left.
Draco merely scowled at the two as he walked past; refuting all of Bash's attempts to befriend him. The platinum haired boy was most unappreciative of Bash's attempts but both Corvus and Bash had decided it was time that the Malfoy boy had some friends.
Not that they were surprised as to why he didn't have any.
Today was a special day for the mischievous duo as they were to claim their Heirships.
With the life attempt on the last remaining Potter heirs and Cassiopeia's paranoia about Dumbledore as of recently they had decided to give them their Heir rings early as the normal age was seven.
As they were getting ready to go to Gringotts they could hear the adults still discussing what the Daily Profit's paper had been on almost a month ago, none of the adults had let any of the children so much as glance at the paper but it was clear that whatever was on it nobody in the family was at all pleased to see.
When they headed downstairs Meissa, Abraxas and Aunt Cassie had been the ones decided on to escort them to collect their rings – even if grandmother Walburga had thrown a fit over the arrangement.
"Come on," Abraxas urged as Sofia joined them, insisting that she couldn't be holed up in the manor for a moment longer, "now the story is in the papers you lot will receive a lot of attention.
While Corvus had most defiantly adapted to his new life within the past month and a half he was still not fully confident with lots of attention on him – after all, the attention that he had obtained whilst living at number Privet Drive was nothing to be bragged about; he was seen as as a mere delinquent to be looked down upon.
When Abraxas inquired as to who wanted to go first Sofia was quick to volunteer herself earning a chuckle from their nana and a, "she'll be in Gryffindor that one."
"You say that like it's a good thing, Aurora," Aunt Cassie had complained with a frown. Aurora shrugged,
"My bestfriend was a Gryffindor at Hogwarts and was one of kindest and bravest people I knew."
"Yes," Aunt Cassie had muttered as she had approached the fire place to head directly after Sofia to make sure she was there and in the right place, "that is quite their problem."
Grinning amusedly at the older women's argument Bash followed through after Aunt Cassie, followed by Meissa who was then followed by Corvus and, finally, Abraxas.
TBH-TBH-TBH
When the ensemble had arrived at Gringotts they were in a private room where in which a goblin – Fangnog – greeted them and called in two goblinds, holding out ring boxes, presenting them to the two boys.
"Are these the Heir rings to Potter and Black?" Abraxas checked, earning a nod from the goblin in confirmation. Normally presenting the rings would also require the Lord of the Houses in question to be present but James Potter had died in '81 and the Black Lord, Arcturus Black, had a sever bout of Dragon Pox at the current point in time thus Meissa represented the Potters and Cassiopeia the Blacks.
The goblin handed the Potter box to Meissa and the Black box to Cassiopeia, both opened the boxes (Abraxas had had to teach Meissa the protocol beforehand as they were still searching for a way to retrieve the eldest Malfoy's memories), presenting the ring to either Heir.
Corvus could see clearly that the Black and Potter rings quite contrasted one another; Corvus' was platinum with a beautiful, glimmering onyx stone in the centre, upon the band was the writing: tonjours pur which he had been told translates from the French words into the English always pure.
Meanwhile, from what he could see of the Potter one, it was a shining gold with rubies encrusted all around it, though he could not read any mottos from here.
As Corvus slid it onto his finger he felt a burning where his scar was, as if someone was fighting it before he let out a ear-splitting scream and fell to the floor.
TBH-TBH-TBH
"I can make animals do what I want without training them, I can make bad things happen to people who are mean to me – if I want."
"I can talk to snakes too, they whisper things, is that normal for someone like me?"
"Tom Marvolo Riddle."
"I am the Heir of Slytherin."
"I came across a rather rare piece of magic… A horcrux."
"AVADA KEDAVRA!"
"To split your soul seven times."
"AHHH!"
"Those born under the potion of Amortentia, they can never love."
"Rise, my Knights of Walpurgis!"
"I am Lord Voldemort."
"We shall rid the world of any impurities. You, my army, shall be the Death Eaters."
"Kill the Potters, the prophecy must not come true, and the Longbottoms for good measure."
"Move away silly girl!"
"AVADA KEDAVRA!"
"I cannot be killed."
Corvus woke up with a start within some sort of a hospital, a goblin hospital he assumed when he saw the goblins all running around doing various jobs.
When he looked to his left he saw Abraxas staring at him in utter relief, looking as if he hadn't slept in several days.
"Why did I blackout? Did the ring not accept me?" Corvus questioned the last part worriedly, knowing what a shame he would be if he had been rejected by the ring, remembering the searing pain unlike anything else he had felt before – even worse than Vernon's puches.
"Don't worry," Abraxas, his grandad, reassured him, the relief of seeing him awake never leaving his normal schooled face, "it did not reject you, there was just a… problem linked to your scar; we are not 100% sure what it is yet."
"More than just a little problem, Lord Malfoy," a medi-goblin stated, "Heir Black is a horcrux."
Corvus heard his grandad's sharp intake of breath as the older man turned to the goblin, "is there a way to get it out?"
"Yes," the goblin stated, "but it seems to have been residing within him for years therefore it will leave a mark, he will at the very least possess all of the horcrux holder's memories and will not be able to cope with that at such an age without being skilled in the area of occlumency."
Abraxas nodded, looking more than slightly concerned as the goblin informed him of this.
"What is a horcrux?" Corvus inquired, slightly fearful of what the answer would be considering his grandad's reaction to the information.
Abraxas grimaced, "it is when somebody splits their souls and puts it into objects or people tying themselves to this earth and making them essentially immortal."
"And I'm one?"
Abraxas hesitantly nodded, still seeming to be processing the information himself.
The older man seemed to come to a decision, "I will have Walburga begin to teach him occlumency, the woman/banshee is more than skilled in that area, if I bring him back here when he is judged well enough at the skill will you be able to remove the blasted piece from him?"
Nodding the medi-goblin informed him, "he will have to be more than 'well enough' in that area though, Lord Malfoy, he must be brilliant at it to be able to push the memories aside; and it would also help if we knew whose soul we were dealing with."
The duo turned to Corvus who screwed his face up for a moment – willing himself to remember something from the shards of memories he had got.
"I believe his name was Tom Marvolo Riddle, though he calls himself 'Lord Voldemort."
Hope you enjoyed this chapter , Who is your favourite Harry Potter character? (Mines Bellatrix (sorry not sorry XD) and Sirius)