A/N Not my sandbox. Thank you JKR.
Chapter 6: Forming Family Connections
Chase was panicking. Then, Harry remembered what his mother told him in the letter and said, "Sorry, Chase. The Potter and Black Sanctuary is located on the steep side of Tre Clime Di Lavaredo."
Immediately, Chase calmed down as the structure formed around him. A confused Harry asked, "Why were you so scared?"
Chase led him out on the balcony and then pointed his head down. "That was my view before you told me where we were."
Harry nearly shat himself and gulped. "Sorry, Sensei."
"It is not your fault. Lily should have warned you to tell me ahead of time that we were portkeying into a fidelis."
Harry chuckled. "Maybe she thought it was funny to not tell you.
Chase growled and said, "No, that would have been your father and godfather. I will get Sirius back once he is out though."
Harry said, "Mum said this place was an escape for you and your family, me and my family, the Longbottoms, Madam Bones and her family, and Sirius Black, Aunt Andi, Uncle Ted, and Tonksie if we really needed to get away. She said Sirius had to stay in one of Aunt Andi's spare bedrooms so she could keep an eye on him otherwise the rest of us would never have a moment of peace. The other bedroom was in case we ever needed to bring someone else here.
"I do not understand though. You and I are family, aren't we? I did not think either of us had anyone else."
"Perhaps in the future that changes and your mother knew that. Do not worry. For the time being I will sleep in one of your guest rooms.
The two then then explored the entire place and found that it indeed was an escape. It was clear that his parents and their friends had extensively expanded and modified each of the six bedrooms. Each had a master bedroom, four guest bedrooms, a nursery, a sitting room, a formal study, a kitchenette, and several bathrooms. In addition, each had a large (read several acres) room that ranged from jungle to desert to grassland to temperate forest to Mediterranean to tropical beach. Harry's suite had the tropical beach.
In addition to that, several of the rooms also had classrooms. Chase's "bedroom" had a dojo. The Longbottom's had a transfiguration room and a set of six herbology greenhouses. The Bones wing had a dueling ring, and a defensive magic and sparring training room. The Black wing had rooms for etiquette, history, finance, law, and various crafts. Harry's room had classrooms for astronomy, potions, charms, and transfiguration. His room also had a setup with a TV and a cassette player. The final bedroom also contained classrooms for runes, arithmancy, various languages, alchemy, and several other rooms that Harry could not understand the purpose of yet.
Both men were very tired at that point and were unsure what time their bodies were at right then.
They made a quick dinner in the stocked pantry in the main kitchen and then each showered and prepared for bed.
Harry was unable to sleep, so he spent his time looking around the room with the television present. He sat down on the desk and was surprised to see that the first drawer he pulled open was full of papers. He lifted the papers out and read what his parents had written.
"Based on your mother's premonitions about the future, we purchased stocks from around the world through non-magical bankers. Each packet of stocks represents actual holdings in real companies that do quite well between when we die and when you need them or turn 18. If you reach 18, we left you with instructions on which to sell as several will fall unto hard times around the year 2000. Keep these stocks out of ANY bank, magical or non-magical. Read the following sentence. Rip off this part of the paper and burn it."
Two sets of double barred lines isolated the sentence in question. As Harry read the sentence, a closet along the outermost wall appeared. Harry then read the sentence in his mind again, thinking about what it said, "The Potter and Black family combined heirloom vault is contained in the western most closet of the Family Sanctuary."
Below that, but still within the barred lines, it continued, "We protected this vault against magic, fire, water, electricity, lightning, and everything else we could think to ward it against. No goblin, gnome, or dwarf can get within 30 feet of it without experience deadly consequences. Place the remaining stocks and bonds that we left out for you in here."
Harry entered the closet and was amazed at what he found. The inside was as big as a large warehouse and stacked floor to ceiling with thousands of items. Immediately to his right was a file cabinet with a drawer open and a written note saying, "Put the stocks and bonds here, Harry."
Harry wondered just how gifted a seer his mother had been.
No longer feeling tired, Harry opened his mother's trunk and began reading the letter that she had left to him. Her trunk was all about preparations for Harry and the things she had put in place to help protect him. The one he liked the most was the key chains of keys. Each key was a portkey to a different location. She had left keychains labeled, "Potter Holdings," "Black Holdings," and several labeled "Magical Destinations" each paired to one that read "Non-Magical Destinations." Those paired sets had sub-headers reading: North America, Central America, South America, Oceana, United Kingdom, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Northern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Indian Subcontinent, South East Asia, Eastern Asia, and Extremes. Each key ring consisted of multiple, colored keys. Purples were for accommodations, blues were for magical districts, greens were for potions ingredients, yellows were for financial institutions, oranges were for foci builders, red were for law enforcement, white were for impressive libraries, blacks were for darker magics, and neon colors were for specialty magic (blues), herbology (greens), astronomy (yellow), and important historical sites (pink).
Lily also included, attached to her letter, two vials of a blood-based abilities potion that listed all Harry's family, abilities, and relationships between the two. Lily stated, "The next piece of parchment is the one we did for you on 1 October 1981. When you notice this does not match with what Gringotts has shown you before, you know that they are not on your side. Provide this as proof to Amelia Bones and Madam Marchbanks."
Harry looked over the document and was amazed to see that it was quite different from his Gringotts summary.
This one read:
Harry James Potter
Date of Birth: 31 July 1980 Current Age: 1 Year, 62 Days
Heir of the Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Slytherin
Heir of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Black
Heir of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Potter
Father: James Charlus Potter
Blood Adoptive Father: Sirius Orion Black III
Blood Adoptive Father: Arcturus Polaris Black
Mother: Lily Marie Potter née Evans
Sworn Godfather: Sirius Orion Black III
Sworn Godmother: Alice Piper Longbottom née Holly
Blood-brother: Neville Francis Longbottom
Special Abilities:
Air Magic (From James Charlus Potter, 100%)
Animagus (From James Charlus Potter and Sirius Orion Black III, 90%)
Combat Magic (From Arcturus Polaris Black, James Charlus Potter, Sirius Orion Black III, 62%)
Creature Affinity (From James Charlus Potter, 95%)
Dark Magic (From Arcturus Polaris Black, Sirius Orion Black III, James Charlus Potter, Lily Marie Evans née Black, 81%)
Divination (From Lily Marie Potter née Evans, 71%)
Earth Magic (From Neville Francis Longbottom, 27%)
Healing (From Lily Marie Potter née Evans, James Charlus Potter, 43%)
Mental Arts (From Arcturus Polaris Black, Sirius Orion Black III, 88%)
Metamorphmagus (From Sirius Orion Black and Arcturus Polaris Black, 40%: limited to facial and hair changes.)
Parselmagic (From Lily Marie Potter née Evans, 42%)
Parseltounge (From Lily Marie Potter née Evans, 100%)
Plant Affinity (From Lily Marie Potter née Evans, Neville Francis Longbottom, 52%)
Transfiguration (From James Charlus Potter, Arcturus Polaris Black, Sirius Orion Black III, 85%)
Wandless Magic (From James Charlus Potter, Arcturus Polaris Black, Sirius Orion Black III, 85%)
Wandlore (From Lily Marie Potter née Evans, James Charlus Potter, Arcturus Polaris Black, Sirius Orion Black III, 42%)
White Magic (From James Charlus Potter, Lily Marie Potter née Evans, 79%)
Several hours later, Chase woke up and felt that something was wrong. He checked in Harry's room and found that the child had not made it to bed yet.
His point me spell led him to another room in Harry's suite of rooms. However, homenum revelio did not further point to where the boy was.
Slightly panicked by the boy's disappearance and his own feeling that something was wrong, he shouted out, "Harry! Where are you? What is wrong?"
A bawling Harry Potter appeared to just appear out of nowhere and ran and jumped into Chase's arms.
Once Harry had calmed down, Chase asked, "What is the matter?"
"My mother left me a document that the Gringotts blood analysis should have matched. It did not. Remember someone saying that Dumbledore's plans appeared to have plans in them?"
"I do."
Harry handed Chase the document and then cuddled against him, quickly falling asleep.
Chase easily spotted what had made Harry so angry and scared. Harry was the Heir to the Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Slytherin. Sirius was his blood adopted father and so was Arcturus Black. Even more interesting was that Neville and Harry had a formal blood-brother bond.
Chase knew Harry was extremely gifted with his magic for his age. He also knew that keeping blood bonded pairs apart from each other weakened both substantially. He knew that Augusta Longbottom would be out for blood when she saw this and almost felt sorry for whatever idiots in the ministry had permitted this oversight to go on for ten years.
Chase shook his head, set the parchment down on the desk that Harry had been sitting at and carrying the young man back to his bed.
The next morning, Chase woke and cast tempus. Seeing the time and adjusting for them being in Italy, he realized that they were still 98 hours in the past…so four more days.
Harry woke an hour later to the smell of a large breakfast. He made his way to the kitchen/dining area and sat down just as Chase put the food on the table.
"I am sorry about last night."
"Harry, you never have to apologize for having feelings or needing to vent with me. It does not bother me and it should not bother you either.
"Now, we have four days and one hour before we return to our time. What do you think we should do with our time?"
"Well, I think I should learn more about my powers and my family. I also think that I should learn more about the combined heirloom vault that my mum mentioned. I can let you in there today and we can both look around."
"Let us start with your powers and see what we can find out."
Chase summoned the parchment he had left on the desk in the television room and caught it as it flew into the room.
"I did not look at this last night beyond seeing that Neville is your blood brother. That is extremely important: separation from each other is likely hurting both of you emotionally and magically."
Harry nodded and said, "Yes. That was one major thing. The other was that both Arcturus Black and Sirius Black both blood-adopted me."
That had caught Chase off guard and he looked confused for a while the night before. This morning, he thought about it and said, "They wanted an airtight case that you were the next rightful Lord of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Black. If Arcturus blood adopted you, then you would be even higher than Sirius in the line of ascension. I think it was another way to ensure that Sirius was just a placeholder and nothing more until you ascended to the Head of House."
"I guess that makes sense. The goblins must not have known about the blood adoptions. Neither the wills nor any other documents we found mentioned it. Still, I think today would be a good day to look around and see what all my family had planned. It is hard to believe that I had so many people who cared about me."
After they finished breakfast, Harry washed he dishes while Chase cleaned up the rest of the stove.
When they walked into the heirloom vault, Chase felt overwhelmed. There was too much there. They would never be able to explore it before they got back to regular time.
"I wish we had a guide here to help us."
"I agree, Sensei. I wonder if Misty could help us?"
Just as soon as he had finished it, Misty popped into place and, before them, grew into the form she would have in the future.
"My master called me. I do not understand how. My master and mistress are dead and I have not met the young master yet for him to rebind me."
"Hi, Misty. I am Harry James Potter. We will meet 'for the first time' (Harry used air quotes) in three days and I will rebind to you. I guess that my desire for your help made the bond transfer back in time with us to you."
Misty looked confused, but said, "If you say so, Master Harry."
"Trust me, it will be alright. However, when we meet in the future, you need to look like your former appearance and then when I bind you, transform into how you look now. I changed the bonding ritual and it had a major difference on you."
"Yes, Master Harry. I can tell the difference already. I am much stronger than I ever remember being and my control over my magic is much better than it has ever been before. What did you do?"
Chase cut in here and said, "Harry, I think it would be a good idea if you did not tell her. That way, she would not have to act surprised at what you say in the future, but you would get her natural reaction. We do not want to clue anyone in that we have traveled back in time."
"Agreed, Sensei. Misty, I apologize but you will have to wait three days for me to bind you to find out. I promise you; it is nothing bad."
Misty concentrated on Harry and then said, "You are the son of Mistress Lily, Master James, Master Sirius, and Master Arcturus just like you are supposed to be. However, there is also another presence present in your magic. I cannot name it, but it does not seem positive. I will gather a clan of house elves to be available when you return to the future so that you can deal with it as soon as possible."
"Thank you, Misty. Both Harry and I would appreciate that."
Harry shook his head and said, "I am so sorry. I do not know where my manners went. Misty, this is Sensei Byrton Adam Chase, my friend, pseudo-guardian, and teacher. Sensei is a title that we in place of master."
Misty looked skeptical at that, so Harry asked her to follow him to the defense room. There, he made quick work of ten of the training dummies that, thankfully, Misty was able to repair.
"Master Harry is very dangerous for his age!"
"Thank you, Misty. I am and that is all due to Sensei Chase."
"Master, Sensei Chase, I must thank you for watching out for the young master when none of us could find him."
"Please, Misty, call me Master Bryton, Sensei, or Sensei Chase. Any one of them is acceptable to me."
Harry had bowed to Chase before and after his demonstration, so Misty repeated that bow and said, "Thank you, Sensei."
Misty then said, "You need to call the Black family elf that served Master Arcturus to come to you. His name is Luyten. He was so proud when Master Arcturus renamed him something astronomical like most of the Black family did with their children."
"Luyten, the Acting Lord of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Black calls you."
Instantly, an elf that looked even worse than Misty had popped in.
Harry looked at Misty and said, "Misty, I must speak with Luyten on matters of House of Black Business. Could you give us privacy, please?"
Misty nodded her head and said, "I will not eavesdrop Master Harry. I want to be surprised by what you say to me. I shall start something for lunch and then we can work."
After Misty had popped out, Harry continued, "Luyten, would you like me to bind you to me and through me to the House of Black?"
Luyten, who had been shocked into silence at the sight of Misty, an elf he had known for years, replied in a deep and almost painful sound, "Yes, Master Harry. Luyten can feel Master's magic and can sense Master Arcturus and Master Sirius have each gifted you with part of their magic. You are the true heir."
Harry then pulled out his wand and tapped Luyten on both shoulders and finally on his head as he recalled, "I, Harry James Potter, Acting Lord of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Potter and Acting Lord of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Black accept you, Luyten the elf, as my Head Elf for House Black, as part of my family, and as friend from this day forward. So long as you continue to look after my family interests, you shall draw the necessary power from me, my properties, and from wild magic so that you can carry out your duties to the best of your ability. So I say, so mote it be."
As with Misty, pale green outline covered Luyten, who was more stoic than Misty had been but still showed signs of awe. He said, "I, the house elf known as Luyten, accept Master Harry James Potter, Acting Lord of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Black, as my master, family, and friend."
Again, the room was flooded with a golden light. When the light faded away, Luyten was still standing there, but looked to be about a third the age that he had been before. He had also grown several inches.
"Thank you, Master Harry. What can Luyten do to serve you?"
"One moment, Luyten. Misty! When you are free can you join us in the heirloom vault?"
In his mind, Harry heard Misty's reply of, "Yes, Master. I just need a few minutes to finish preparing lunch so that it will be ready when you need it, if that is okay."
Concentrating on Misty, Harry thought, "Can you hear me this way?"
"I can, Master Harry."
"Good. We shall have to see what distance this method of communication can work over. In the meantime, continue what you are doing and join us when you can."
"Yes, Master Harry."
Harry then caught a stray thought from Misty of, "I wonder if Master Harry will let me pursue a relationship with Luyten. I want to teach him proper English, get to know him and spend time with him, and maybe have a baby with him."
Harry replied, "Misty, I have no problem with that at all. Would you like me to tell Luyten that he can spend his free time with whomever he wants, including you?"
Harry could feel her blush through the mental link, but Misty quickly recovered and said, "Yes, please, Master Harry."
Turning to Luyten, Harry said, "I do not know if you have anyone special in your life. However, I want my elves to be happy. As such, so long as you do not betray any family business or secrets, you are free to spend your free time with whomever you want, including my other elves such as Misty."
Luyten's eyes bugged out at that. "Luyten thinks Misty is the most beautiful elf ever. Luyten wants to have family with Misty."
"I think she would be open with that. To help that alone, I ask that you permit Misty to teach you proper English grammar, writing, and basic maths."
The poor elf looked like he was going to faint. "Master Harry would let an elf get an education?"
"Of course. The more educated my family and help are, the better they can help each other and the family."
Luyten ran and hugged Harry around the waist as he sobbed.
"Master Arcturus was a good man who treated Luyten well. But even he thought learning to read and write would cause us to get uppity with him."
Luyten looked up at Harry and said, "My son, Struve, was taken from me when Master Arcturus died and was renamed Dobby. His current master beats him severely and I fear for his health. Can you help him?"
Harry did not hesitate and said, "I call the Black family House Elf Dobby, formerly known as Struve to me."
At once, a burned, disfigured house elf popped in front of him and bowed low with his nose leaving a trail of blood on the floor where he dragged it as he prostrated himself.
"Dobby has heard Master's call, although Dobby does not know who Master is."
"Rise, Struve, elf of the family Black and look at your master."
Struve did as told and stared at Harry's face recognizing the scar and the eyes and said, "Master is Harry Potter, Sir. Harry Potter, Sir, is the greatest person house elves have ever known. Before the defeat of He-who-must-not-be-named, house-elves were treated like vermin. Most of Dobby's friends and family have a better life now that the evil one is gone. Dobby thanks the Great Master Harry Potter, Sir, for his greatness and goodness. Dobby just wishes that he had a better life."
Then Dobby grabbed a nearby weapon and started banging his head against it, crying, "Bad, Dobby! Bad, Dobby! Worst, Struve! Worst, Struve! Master Harry Potter, sir has called you by your former name. No longer Dobby, now Struve again. Dobby will remember."
It took Harry a moment to recognize what was going on and once he did, he removed the weapon from Struve's hand and commanded him, "Stop this nonsense at once!"
Struve stopped immediately and looked up at Harry with fear in his eyes, expecting a much worse punishment.
Harry drew his ceremonial dagger from his side sheath and repeated the process of welcoming Struve back into the House of Black as an elf, a family member, and a friend.
Struve became too emotional until his father put his hand on his back. Only then could he accept.
After the transformation was complete, Harry asked Struve. "How is Narcissa Malfoy née Black doing? Is her marriage happy? Is she happy?"
"Dob…Struve thinks Mistress is unhappy. Mistress at most sees Master Draco one time per day during breakfast, brunch, or lunch and has no significant role in his life. Mistress cries a lot. Dob…Struve takes care of her, gives her calming potion, puts her to bed, and invites Mistress' friends to visit sometimes. Mistress feels hopeless. Dobb…Struve can feel it. Struve does not think Mistress can last much longer without some change."
Chase was appalled. "Harry, I knew Narcissa Black when she was at Hogwarts. This sounds nothing like her. She was a social butterfly. Even though she was the Queen of Slytherin at Hogwarts after her betrothal to Lucius Malfoy, she still interacted with people from all houses. Granted, she did not openly accept muggleborns and half-bloods. However, she did not bring herself low enough to insult us. She just avoided where we would be. Your mother was an exception. Lucius was suspicious that Severus Snape was trying to get into Narcissa's bed so he forbade her from getting potions help from him. Ironically, Snape was the second-best brewer in the class. It just came naturally for your mother. Narcissa then approached your mother and would come to her weekly sessions for help on potions. She never said a word to any of the rest of us and Lily informed the rest of us that we were not to engage her unless she started the conversation. Ironically, she ended up being the third-best brewer in the class, beating me by two points. Not that I am bitter."
Here, Chase, had chuckled.
"My point is, Narcissa is a far better person than her husband and needs our help."
Struve was nodding his head. Suddenly his eyes got big and he looked around for something to hurt himself with.
Harry caught this and said, "Struve! I absolutely forbid any of my elves from intentionally hurting themselves or another elf. If you think an elf needs punishment, you come to me for now. I will decide the appropriate punishment, if any. Over time, Misty and Luyten will learn my acceptable punishments and will be able to issue orders to the rest of my elves. Right now, our relationships are too new. Do you understand?"
"Yes, Great Master Harry Potter, Sir. Dob…Struve comes to Great Master Harry Potter, Sir and Luyten when he thinks he should be punished. Great Master Harry Potter, Sir will decide punishment. Luyten will know what do to if Dobby forgets in future."
"That is essentially correct for now.
"I need a piece of parchment and a quill."
Luyten snapped his fingers and handed Harry the two items.
Harry then wrote out,
Greetings Narcissa, daughter of the House of Black in good standing.
I am writing to you with good tidings. On 1 August, I, the new Acting Lord Black will reveal myself in the Wizengamot chamber. Your soon-to-be-ex-husband will make a stink about it and claim that my documentation is fraudulent. To prove that I am legitimate, I will threaten to throw you and your son Draco out of the family. Your idiot-soon-to-be-ex-husband will call my bluff, so I will annul your marriage for cause and then call all debts and penalties to the House of Black due immediately.
I let you know this because, I do not want you or Draco to be there when he returns from the meeting. At that point, I will have neutered him and he will have nothing to lose by attacking you.
Ask Dobby (his real name is Struve) to reveal his actual self to you. I have accepted Dobby back into the House of Black under my leadership. He will speak with my authority once he reveals himself to you. He will order any remaining Black elves to bind and restrict the Malfoy elves. The remaining elves will then box up everything you want from Malfoy Manor and shrink it down so that you can carry it with you. I suggest that, before the meeting starts, you remove as much Malfoy money as you can so that your soon-to-be-ex-husband will not readily have any funds available to seek retribution.
If you do not have enough elves to help you out, call Misty and Luyten. They will be listening for your call and will help where they can.
After you are ready, take this portkey to a private property where I have already added you and Draco to the wards. I will meet you there later that night and help you escape the country until you feel it is safe to return. DO NOT PAY for Draco's Hogwarts education. I am hiring private tutors for myself and they will gladly take on Draco. We can let Madam Marchbanks know that my tutors apply not just to myself, but also to Draco. I will give you parchment that Draco can sign and file with the Ministry to begin his education as Draco Black.
If you have any questions or concerns, Dobby can find me at any time. I call upon familial magic to forbid you and Draco from sharing this info with anyone else.
Your family,
The Acting Lord Black
Chase read the letter and said, "That sounds very good. Where are you going to send her?"
"Apparently, I have a villa located in a non-magical area of Cordoba. We can look at it right now and then decide if it is appropriate for Draco and Narcissa."
By that time, Misty had popped in. She said, "Master Harry. Your parents created that villa as a perfect escape for you and your mother. It will require some changes, but they should be able to fix it up to their standards rather easily. However, it is under a fidelis so you must tell the secret to Sensei."
"The Potter Villa in Spain is located just outside of Cordoba on the dirt road to Seville."
Harry held out the portkey to Chase. Once both were actually touching the key, he said "Cordoba Seville," and the two disappeared.
Moments later the house elves arrived at their side to find the entire place under a stasis charm.
Misty took charge and said, "Struve, there is a magical shopping district in Seville right across the Río Guadalquivir from la Estación de Autobuses Plaza de Armas. In there is an international food store that carries common foods from all over the world. Stock the pantry with Mistress Narcissa and Master Draco's favorite foods, especially their comfort foods."
Once Struve had left, the other two elves packed up everything Potter and left the place completely bare. Misty then used her magic to expand the bedroom, nursery, closets, and other rooms to give them both a place to stay with enough room to bring all that they expected Narcissa to bring with her.
Struve returned before they finished and helped expand several other areas. Struve commented, "Mistress Narcissa has suffered for long time. Dob…Struve expects Mistress will take EVERYTHING that she can. Especially, when Dob…Struve tells Mistress where evil master hid all the items he bribed the goblins to let him take from the estate of Master Arcturus."
Harry asked, "Is there anyway those can be moved ahead of time without Lucius knowing about it?"
Struve nodded his head. "Dob…Struve can make copies of everything and pop them out one at a time. Plus, Struve is the one who polishes all them because they attack the other house elves' magic. None of them are true Black elves."
"Can you mask the arrival and departure of other elves from the Malfoy elves and from Malfoy himself?"
"Struve can.
Harry sighed and said, "This will probably be exhausting."
"All house elves of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Black come to me now!"
Harry was surprised to see that such an infamous family only had ten elves when his family that consisted of just him had that many.
Harry had each elf introduce themselves, who they worked for, and what they did for that person. After each made their introductions, Harry took them into the family under him.
The elves ordered themselves in alphabetical order, per Harry's instructions. Aquari went first, stating that she served Cassiopeia Black, who was the Black family's master spy. She gathered blackmail and intelligence on each of the Black family enemies (and friends because a friend today could be an enemy tomorrow). Cassiopeia was so successful because she had Aquari breed with so many elves: each of Aquari's half children were sworn to serve the intelligence gatherer of the House of Black, but were not to come back to the family unless Cassiopeia herself called them. Harry was furious about that and instructed Aquari that she never had to do that again and that if Cassiopeia had problems with it, she could take it up with him.
Next came Ceti, who was the Black family elf included with Bellatrix for her marriage to Rodolphus Lestrange. Her speech was short. "Alls Is does bes keep Lestrange Manor cleans and neats for when Mistress and Masters return."
The third elf to introduce himself was Groombridge, who faithfully served Cedrella and Septimus Weasley.
Fourth came Indi, who served Charis Crouch née Black until her death and know served as Winky to Charis' son and grandson, Bartemius Crouch, Senior and Bartemius Crouch, Junior, both of whom lived at the old Crouch Cottage.
Chase asked her a question. "I thought Bartemius Crouch, Junior died in prison. Is he still alive and living with his father?"
Indi ignored him, so Harry asked the question.
"Yes, Lord Black, that is correct. But Indi is not supposed to betray her Masters' secrets."
"You did not betray your masters' secrets. You reported it to their Head of House. It falls under my duties to know major things like that. Otherwise, how can I protect the family?"
Indi started sobbing. "Indi was a good elf, loyal to the Black family. Then Master Barty renamed Indi Winky and she became a bad elf, hiding things from the Black family. Indi is ashamed of Winky."
"No, Indi, you did not. You did what you had to do to survive until you could be there when the Black family called on you, like I am now. Think of Winky as a mask you put on to accomplish your true goals and responsibilities."
Indi started sobbing, so Harry went on to the next elf, waiting her for to calm down before he welcomed her back into the House of Black under his leadership.
"Kreacher was Cygni. Now, Kreacher is Kreacher. Kreacher is all alone. Mistress died in May. Kreacher tried to complete Master Regulus's last orders. Kreacher could not. But Kreacher is forbidden to tell the family. Kreacher knows not what to do. Kreacher not worthy of the name Cygni."
Harry thought about that and then said, "Kreacher, what if you were to tell the story to Indi? She is not part of the Black family yet, but will be soon. If you told her, you would not be betraying your master's order. Then, she could share it with me once she becomes a Black elf again. Then, you can go back to being Cygni."
Kreacher thought about it. Then, he pulled Indi aside, put up privacy shields and told her the entire story. Throughout it, he cried and tried to hurt himself, but Harry's first order that they were not hurt themselves without his permission stopped him. After twenty minutes, he was done and had fallen asleep. Indi pulled down the wards, walked up to Harry and said, "I am ready, Master Acting Lord Black, sir. Yous needs to know this NOW."
Once Indi was back in the family, she said, "Indi bes thinking this bes VERY SECRET. Onlys Master and Head Elves bes knowing."
Harry said, "Sensei is my most trusted advisor. He can hear this too."
Indi then spent fifteen minutes relaying the story from Kreacher. When she finished, Harry stood up, walked out of the privacy field she had cast, walked over to Kreacher, and pulled him into a hug. "You were extremely brave, both times, Cygni. Welcome back to the family, you have more than earned the right to keep your original name."
He then performed the ceremony on Cygni. When he finished, Harry said, "Cygni, please bring me the locket."
Cygni popped away and then returned almost immediately.
"Dob…Struve has felt this magic before. Similar magic is in bad Master's personal study on a bookshelf."
"Can you get it without arising suspicion?"
Struve popped out and popped back in again with the book.
Ceti also said that she had felt the magic before. Without waiting for Harry to ask for it, she popped into the Lestrange vault and brought it back with her.
With all three of them in front of the group, Misty started crying. "This is the same magic that is found in Master Harry's scar."
This caused all the elves to experience distress.
Harry finally called for quiet. "I have some people that I can ask about these items and about my scar. We do not need to worry about them all yet, except that I can hear them calling to my scar to release them, so we need to hide them. Three elves quickly popped out and returned with lead boxes that each contained an iron box inside. After they placed the three items in a separate iron box, Harry could no longer feel them calling to him and the elves all felt better, like a heavy load had been lifted off them.
Harry ordered, "NO ONE is to work on anything involving those objects by themselves. If you find another, you are to get another elf to help you, put it in one of those boxes, and then bring it to me."
The elves nodded as one.
"Good. Then, let us resume from where we were before the excitement."
"Kruger is Kruger. Kruger was assigned to Mistress Lucretia Black before she married Master Ignatius Prewett. Mistress Lucretia protected Kruger from evil harpy daughter, Molly. Kruger no obeys her, but sometimes protects Mistress' grandchildren. Mistress mostly stays home now after the deaths of her sons, Fabian and Gideon. Kruger keeps flowers fresh, meals prepared, teas ready in case friends stop by."
Lucaille continued, "I serve Mistress Callidora Longbottom. Since her grandson, Francis Harfang Longbottom been permanently incapacitated, Mistress do nothing. Mistress gladly let Dowager Longbottom take over."
"Luhman works for Mistress Melania. Mistress mostly stays in bed, but she sometimes meets with Mistress Lucretia, Mistress' daughter. Luhman works with Kruger, but is not very busy. He can help elsewhere when needed. Mistress gave him permission."
"I am Ross. I work for Master Lycoris Black. Master Lycoris has a degenerative disease that preventing his body from working. However, Master is extremely intelligent and capable of performing significant feats with wandless magic. I keep Master comfortable and takes notes on what Master discovers so that he can publish them. I can speak, write, and read proper English, but Master prohibits it outside of his rooms so that everyone thinks he does his research and writings on his own. Master also uses a pensieve, though I must guide Master's finger in the memory for it to work."
After Harry invited him into the family, he said, "Ross, you do not need to pretend that you cannot speak, write, or read proper English around me, Sensei, or any of the house elves. If someone else is around, I suggest you obey your master, but we all know the secret, will keep it, and will help you if you need help keeping it."
He then looked at the present elves and said, "That is an order that you will keep it secret that any of you know how to speak, write, and/or read proper English. Misty and Ross will take turns teaching you. They will split up the tasks as they see fit based on how much time they have. Now, I believe we have one final introduction."
"Wolf serves Master Marius Black. Master Marius is very private man, especially after Master's father, sister, and brother died. Master still meets Mistress Cassiopeia sometimes. Master believes Black family no hope for future, especially with Master Sirius in prison. Master will like new Lord Black."
"Luyten, Sensei, and I need to talk for a few minutes. Please pack up everything here that is not Black property and bring it to my location." With that, Harry and Chase portkeyed back to the combined Potter-Black heirloom vault. Luyten appeared a second later.
The elves quickly packed the Potter things in conjured boxes and transported to the combined Potter-Black heirloom vault in Italy.
However, the elves respected the privacy bubble that Luyten had raised and did not intrude.
Inside the bubble, Harry asked, "Luyten, is there a place that we could have a Black family meeting that is not on British soil but that each of the family members will be able to access?"
"Yes, Master Harry. The family owns Château Saint Martin and Spa in the French Riviera. The current so called 'owners' have signed a contract to do certain things that are to our benefit. The top floor is hidden under the most extensive wards available, including some very dark and very illegal ones. It used to be a place of meeting as well as a general escape for all Blacks by blood. However, it has not been used that way in over twenty years. All living members of the House of Black with the possible exception of Mistress Narcissa will remember coming to it. They will also see that you calling for a meeting there is a confirmation that you really do hold the title."
After Luyten told Harry the secret and showed him which portkey to use, the two humans and eleven elves transported themselves to the château. Once they were there, Luyten showed Harry to the Master Suite and the Master Study. In there, Harry found an extremely expensive looking gold tipped quill, a bottle of ink that had gold bits suspended in the ink, and the fanciest parchment Harry had ever seen.
Harry wrote out nine orders for a family meeting, specifically excluding Bellatrix. He also specified to Callidora that she could not invite Neville or Augusta to come along because, as he put it, it would ruin the surprise he already had planned for them. Similarly, he prohibited Narcissa from bringing Draco. He used Black family magic to prohibit any of them from saying where they were going.
He scheduled the meeting to take place the evening of 31 July 1991, although Harry did invite those of them who lived alone to stay for the night, if they wanted. He also apologized for the short notice but said that, "Goblin deceit has led me to this time and place, so I intend to make the most of it and help prepare the family to come out ahead because of it."
The other Black family elves departed with their missives, although Ceti stayed to help Harry, Chase, Misty, and Luyten.
The five ate a nice lunch that Misty had prepared ahead of time and then got to work exploring the heirloom vault.
Ceti was the one who found the portraits and screamed for everyone to come to her. When they arrived, she was bouncing on her feet. "Master Harry, sir, may I activate them?"
Harry gave her permission and she let her magic flow into the portraits. The portraits of James and Lily Potter and Arcturus Black awoke rather quickly. The one of Sirius Orion Black did not wake. Ceti looked disappointed by that, but Harry assured her, "Sirius is still in Azkaban and alive. If you want, you can conjure a bowel, blanket, bucket of warm water, towel, scrub brush, and soap and try to take it to him. Just make sure it all vanishes before the wardens make their rounds."
Ceti looked down the ground and said, "Ceti does this for Master Sirius and for Masters and Mistress. Ceti gives the nicer things to Master Sirius because she knows he is innocent. Ceti even slips him chocolate frogs sometimes to help fight evil dementors."
"That is good, Ceti. I know it is your duty to take care of Bellatrix and the Lestrange brothers so long as Bellatrix remains in the family. I am glad that you have been helping to take care of Sirius. If your mistress or other masters order you not to help Sirius, you are to disobey her order or any order she give to hurt yourself. You are also to ensure that she cannot hurt you."
Ceti had looked up in the middle of that and was smiling. "When will Master Sirius be removed from Azkaban?"
Harry said, "I believe late the night of 31 July or in the early hours of 1 August."
"Ceti will take him food, now then and will start to feed him up and give him chocolate so that he is able to understand what is going on and does not do something stupid."
Harry sighed, but said, "Yes, given what I have heard about my godfather, that is a good idea."
He then heard a snort of laughter from the portraits. Turning, he saw Lily rolling her eyes, but smiling; James laying on the ground rolling around in laughter; and Arcturus just shaking his head.
For the rest of the afternoon, Harry spoke with the three portraits.
He found out important things. First, his parents had updated their memories as of early in the morning on 31 October 1981. Second, Arcturus had updated his memories an hour before he had died. He had taught Luyten how to do so and before he went to sleep, he would give Luyten his memories.
All three were amazed at how well their elves looked. When Luyten explained that Harry had accepted them as an elf, a part of the family, and a friend, that the magic bond between them was much stronger and now went both ways. Normally, there is a small drag on the owner of an elf. However, each elf could now send Harry energy if he needed it. The Potter elves would be able to once Harry accepted them as well.
Arcturus was amazed. "Mention this to Lycoris. I suggest keeping it a Black family secret. However, he will be able to figure out how we can use it to the best of our knowledge."
Surprising Harry, Arcturus then spent the next twenty minutes catching up with Luyten.
Harry's parents were very glad that Chase had found Harry and had taken him in under his wing. Lily said, "We said made that list of seven people each, but really, we originally had lists of eight people each. Bryton and Penny overlapped on both of our lists."
Harry sighed and said, "I wish you would have stated that in the will."
"Why is that son?"
"Because right now, everyone thinks all the names are either equal or in a ranked order and Sensei and Dr. Smoothling were at the very bottom of the list."
James sighed and said, "I guess we really did not think that one through very well."
Lily, however, said, "Harry, sweety, do you see that smaller frame over there?"
Harry looked and saw a small frame hanging between Arcturus and his parents that had a table with six chairs that also contained writing supplies and stacks of parchment. It also contained five large desks covered in books and papers and matching bookcase for each desk.
"You mean this one?" Harry asked as he pointed to it.
"Yes, son. That is the one. You can take that one with you so we can supplement the will as needed. Any combination of the three of us can come and it does not take but a second for us to hear you call us and to appear in that frame, no matter where in the world it is."
The next day, Harry had Misty bring all Potter elves to him. He bound Dusty, Dewy, Rainy, Cirrus, Frosty, Flash, Gale, Storm, and Sky to him. He then instructed them to begin preparing the estate grounds for use soon.
"You will all need to appear in your previous state when Remus Lupin comes to visit. Misty, you will need to remind me when you meet me that I need to do the same thing to the others."
A while later, Harry and Chase were speaking with the portraits.
"Do not worry about what is or was in the heirloom vaults in Gringotts. They are all fakes. Well, that is true except for three things. They have the real Cloak of Invisibility, a special time-turner that is on its last legs and only has the juice to go back about another twenty years of time, and a regular time-turner from the Potter vaults. However, everything in the Black family vaults is fake and everything else in the Potter vaults is fake."
Lily laughed before continuing, "Dumbledore has always coveted the master Potter pensieve. James made a fake and filled it with urine. All it does is soak anyone who tries to watch a memory of it in urine that will not come out of the clothes and will require at least an hour of scrubbing to get off the human body. It took Dumbledore six tries before he realized something was wrong. Then, when he tried to pull out his memories, all he got was a stream of urine in the face. It was priceless."
Chase stage whispered, "Your father corrupted your mother. Be careful, she has gone to the dark side."
Harry started giggling. He then asked, "Which of you had the bright idea of not telling me to tell Sensei about the secret for this location."
James started laughing. "Did it work? I had a camera fixed on the spot Lily said he appeared in. There should be film to capture it. Did it work? I want to see."
While Lily said, "Who was I to mess with destiny."
Chase muttered, "I hate all you all."
Over the next several hours, Harry, Chase, and the three portraits planned. Their planning started with what Harry and Chase had experienced so far.
When Harry described the moment that he caught Dragonflame in a lie, Lily said, "THAT WAS IT! I could never figure out what caused that branch point. I always saw two paths but I never saw what differentiated between the two. In all them, I could see there was a time where there were two of you. However, one of them ended bloody and just outright horrible with Dumbledore and Voldemort joining forces and taking over the world together until the remaining nations struck them down by nuclear weapons that ended up destroying the world itself.
"The other ends with the destruction of Gringotts. However, I never saw a decision point which decided what would lead down that different path. In the first path of total destruction, you never met with us.
"In the path you are on now, you still need to make several decisions, but most of the possible outcomes result in the destruction of Gringotts, the opening of a Bank of the Gnomes branch in London and in Hogsmeade, and the improvement of relations between our government and the non-magicals.
"Part of it has to do with the horcruxes or soul containers. Whatever you do, do not take them in to Gringotts ever. They were waiting to drop the bombshell when you got back that you had lost the entire Black fortune and all Black accounts because you housed a horcrux within Gringotts bank. Before you enter Gringotts again, you need to remove the soul container from your head.
"I happen to know from my brief stint in the Unspeakables that Croaker and Phoenix are both studying the abominations. You need to speak with Croaker and tell him that Flame sent you. To prove it tell him, 'The codeword is divergence.' He does not doubt my psychic abilities but he knows that I am not always right because I see branches. This will prove to him that I was correct about this instance.
"Also, you need to know that his goal is to make seven horcruxes. Right now, he has that many, but he does not know that because you were accidental. Luckily, in all the futures I saw with him, he will not make another horcrux for at least two to three years. You have time to find the others and destroy the other two."
"Do you know what they are?"
"A house ring that will kill Dumbledore if he tries to get it and a crown made by Ravenclaw herself that, if the worst comes to be, will be destroyed by fiendfyre when part of Hogwarts is irreversibly damaged. However, at that point, you will need to kill a magically enhanced snake that is his last horcrux. Unfortunately, I never saw where any of the horcruxes were located. I only saw the effects their destruction caused."
"Now then, about Nymphadora teaching you potions. I FORBID IT! Severus is brilliant at potions but has no patience as a tutor or teacher. Almost everything she learned is wrong. I will teach you the correct and proper way to do potions, including appropriate safety methods. If you both work with me, you will end up with outstanding scores on your exams."
"That reminds me, the goblins kept your original time turners and gave you fakes back. Fortunately, behind my picture, you will find two 12-hour (half days), one 24-hour (one day), and one 168-hour (one week). Theoretically, with them, you can turn back to before you were born. I do not recommend attempting that. I suggest that you repeat a week every week so that you can keep your classes current and then only use the 12-hour or 24-hour time-turners if you have an exceptional need, like making sure you get enough sleep and study time to ace your potions, charms, transfiguration, enchanting, runes, and arithmancy exams."
Harry stared at her for a moment, then turned to Chase and said, "I am glad to see that she has got her priorities straight. Do not worry about the end of the world…but if you miss one question on that potions exam, my foot is going to come out of this portrait and kick you in the…"
"DO NOT FINISH THAT SENTENCE, YOUNG MAN!"
Chase and James were laughing up a storm. Even Arcturus seemed amused. He saved Harry, though, by adding, "Of course, son you can also use them to stop catastrophic events as well."
James continued with, "Now, with that in mind, you will need to update your tutoring schedules. When Lily first thought of this, we decided that you should have weekends off. To accomplish that, every second Friday night you experience, you will turn back time. The first time through, you will do your magical education and your two proxies will meet with you daily to discuss anything you should be aware of. Right before you go to bed that Friday, you will take a de-aging potion that will de-age you exactly one week per drop. You will then go back in time to attend all your classes at your nonmagical school, still homeschooled but you will have the full time. That will also give you a chance to catch up on correspondence that you need to write due to your positions, so that you can spent an appropriate amount of time on it, but still get it to Andi and Chase on time. It will also give you time to spend with Sirius until he fully heals."
Arcturus picked up from there. "In my time, understanding the non-magical world was not as necessary as it is in your time. We all know that you got mediocre scores on some of the G-C-S-Es, I think they were called."
"Yes, grandfather. I hope it is okay that I call you grandfather. I can call dad my dad, Sirius my father, and you could be grandfather, papa, or pa. Which do you prefer?"
"Honestly, I am happy with grandfather. It shows respect for my additional experience, but it still acknowledges a closer link than we would have had without the blood adoption."
"Baby, tonight, I want you to use your occlumency and meditation exercises tonight to write down all the questions that you can remember from each exam you took. Then, go back in time, register at the school under a pseudonym, and take the exams again, this time do a switching spell to exchange the names on the documents so that you get credit as Harry for the full points and credit as …"
Harry asked with a smirk, "Parry Hotter?"
"Ugh. Boys. You know what I mean. You will need to come up with a different name."
"Would it not be easier for me to go back, sneak in under my invisibility cloak to get a copy of Harry's exam papers, turn back several hours, grab Harry and turn back three weeks so the three of us could study?"
"But you did not experience that. That would change the timeline."
"Did we not already at least partially change the timeline?"
Arcturus responded as the sound of reason. "Harry, your gift assessment indicates that you have a strong natural ability towards divination. We need to check your gifts now that we know you have a horcrux in your scar. Misty, please bring the potion."
Misty popped to the back of the room, grabbed a vial, and popped back to Harry.
"Drink half of this, pour the other half onto this piece of parchment and wait, Master Harry."
"Thank you, Misty."
Harry did and the group watched as his document reformed at just after 8:00 PM.
Harry James Potter
Date of Birth: 31 July 1980 Age: 11 years, 5 days
Acting Lord of the Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Slytherin
Heir of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Black
Heir of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Potter
Father: James Charlus Potter
Blood Adoptive Father: Sirius Orion Black III
Blood Adoptive Father: Arcturus Polaris Black
Mother: Lily Marie Potter née Evans
Sworn Godfather: Sirius Orion Black III
Sworn Godmother: Alice Piper Longbottom née Holly
Blood-brother: Neville Francis Longbottom
Extended, partial possession: Tom Marvolo Riddle a.k.a. I am Lord Voldemort
Special Abilities:
Air Magic (From James Charlus Potter, 100%)
Animagus (From James Charlus Potter, Sirius Orion Black III, Tom Marvolo Riddle 100%)
Combat Magic (From Arcturus Polaris Black, James Charlus Potter, Sirius Orion Black III, Tom Marvolo Riddle 98%)
Creature Affinity (From James Charlus Potter, Tom Marvolo Riddle, 96%)
Dark Magic (From Arcturus Polaris Black, Sirius Orion Black III, James Charlus Potter, Lily Marie Evans née Black, Tom Marvolo Riddle, 99%)
Divination (From Lily Marie Potter née Evans, Tom Marvolo Riddle, 88%)
Earth Magic (From Neville Francis Longbottom, 40%)
Fire Magic (From Tom Marvolo Riddle, 42%)
Healing (From Lily Marie Potter née Evans, James Charlus Potter, 26%)
Lightning Magic (From Tom Marvolo Riddle, 15%)
Mental Arts (From Arcturus Polaris Black, Sirius Orion Black III, Tom Marvolo Riddle, 100%)
Metamorphmagus (From Sirius Orion Black and Arcturus Polaris Black, 40%: limited to facial and hair changes)
Parselmagic (From Lily Marie Potter née Evans, Tom Marvolo Riddle, 98%)
Parseltounge (From Lily Marie Potter née Evans, Tom Marvolo Riddle. 100%)
Plant Affinity (From Lily Marie Potter née Evans, Neville Francis Longbottom, 52%)
Transfiguration (From James Charlus Potter, Arcturus Polaris Black, Sirius Orion Black III, Tom Marvolo Riddle, 92%)
Wandless Magic (From James Charlus Potter, Arcturus Polaris Black, Sirius Orion Black III, Tom Marvolo Riddle, 100%)
Wandlore (From Lily Marie Potter née Evans, James Charlus Potter, Arcturus Polaris Black, Sirius Orion Black III, Tom Marvolo Riddle, 47%)
White Magic (From James Charlus Potter, Lily Marie Potter née Evans, Neville Francis Longbottom 89%)
After Harry read the document, he said to the portraits, "Well, it looks like I gained a lot from Riddle's horcrux. Will that all disappear when it is destroyed or removed? Also, what exactly do the percentages mean?"
Arcturus answered, "I will start with the percentages. Zero percent means that you cannot possibly learn this topic without someone guiding you. Generally, the test does not indicate any abilities with less than forty-percent capacity. Fifty percent means that you can learn about half of the possible magic related to this topic without someone training you. 100% means you can learn the entire discipline on your own without any guidance. That does not mean that you will not have to read, study, and practice to master the field. It just means that you do not need a formal tutor."
Harry nodded his head and said, "I understand. Right now, I am at 100% for the mental arts, but I have never been able to read anyone's mind. The same is true with wandless magic. I can do A LOT of wandless magic. However, I cannot learn a new spell without hours of practice and reading about the particular spell."
"Exactly. Now, I do not know what impact removal of the horcrux will have on your aptitudes. However, I am fairly certain that it will not dimmish your existing skills."
"Thank you, grandfather."
"Now, grandson, your affinity for divination is 88%. I image that you have a set of serious instincts that you trust automatically?"
"Yes, grandfather. I cannot defeat Sensei in combat because I am not strong enough yet to block his attacks completely. However, it seems like I can almost sense what he is going to do next, even when he is behind me."
"Good. Trust those instincts. What are they telling you about going back in the past?"
"Sitting the exams at the same time is a much greater danger. I will be caught."
"What are your instincts telling you about coming face-to-face with yourself and essentially kidnapping yourself to go back in time?"
"I will attack me, or other me will attack me. I will have to show other me that he is not missing his exams, but really is three weeks into the past. I will have to show him the portraits so that he can see how real the more complex magics really are. I mean Sensei told me, but a lot of it sounded too farfetched. I never even hoped for the possibility a portrait of mum, dad, or even any of my grandparents might exist. Seeing proof that it is possible, will convince other me to listen to what I have to say. I also intend to bring Sensei into the loop as well."
"Why?"
"Because, dad, something tells me that we will need to set up the school before my birthday and to have already invited Susan Bones, Hannah Abbott, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Dean Thomas, Neville Longbottom, Fay Dunbar, Anthony Goldstein, Lisa Turpin, Tracey Davis, Daphne Greengrass, Blaise Zabini, and Draco Malfoy. There is also a younger student who needs help that if I do not help, I feel like she will die within three years. I think of her as a "moon child of love."
"As much as I hate to say it, there are others that my mind is screaming at me not to invite."
"Who are those people, honey?"
"Some Granger girl; Ron, Ginny, Fred, and George Weasley; Seamus Finnigan; Some Lavender, some twin girls, two boys that my mind screams should be called "Dumb and Dumber"; a boy whose father I met but have not actually spoken to (the father, I think Nott was his name, gave me the creeps); a Millie Bully?; Parkinson; someone that makes me think of McDonalds; Smith; Corner; an Irish boy; and Wagon. Some of them are really clear, others are not."
James commented, "Well, I think that was enough to give me some hints. The Weasleys are the children of Molly Weasley née Prewett and Arthur Weasley. They will all kowtow to Molly as she rules that house with an iron fist."
Arcturus added, "Cedrella Weasley née Black and Septimus Weasley are Arthur's parents. When Arthur married that beast, Cedrella begged me to cut him off from the Black line. He and each of his children were entitled to a trust fund that refilled to 10,000 G each year before I cut them off. Cedrella and Septimus both thought that the beast would spend all that on herself and keep her kids in poverty, so we cut them off. We also found out later that she had used love potions on the man. There is a blood feud between the Blacks and Molly Weasley née Prewett, but it does not extend to the children or the grandparents only to her for what she did to Arthur."
James continued, "Dumb and Dumber probably relates to the Crabbe and Goyle boys. Their fathers could have been described that way as well. Millie Bully probably refers to Bulstrode. I think I recall the Bulstrodes having a daughter named Millicent. The Parkinson family cannot be trusted.
Lily chimed in, "I think the girl might be a Lovegood. Her mother was an unspeakable with me and she told me that her daughter would be a moon child born of love. Is there anything else you can tell me about her?"
"When I think about her, I see things I have never seen before: creatures, lights, magic flows."
"Oh, dear. It sounds like she got the full gifts of both of her parents. Not good. Yes, honey, you should invite her to come to your school."
They talked for several more hours about the planning of his private school. In the end, they decided that, instead of using Lily's pad for everything, they could use Marauder's Haven. It was unplottable, was a hideout where very few remembered it even existed.
Then, Harry, Chase, and Misty turned in for the night. In the morning, the three got up, dressed, put the four portraits in a trunk that contained a three-bedroom, one nursery, three-bathroom flat, stocked it with food, returned to Privet Drive just long enough for Harry to gather all his school books for all sixteen subjects that he wanted to take for GCSE, put those in the trunk. Chase and Misty then entered the trunk. Harry shrunk the trunk down, put it in his pocket, put all four time-turners on his neck and turned back 1 full week. He then followed that by using the 24-hour, followed by both 12-hours. He would repeat this four times and then use the weeklong turner again. Harry repeated this process until he arrived back on 1 April 1991, about one week before the exam started.
Then, he stunned his other self with a wandless stunner, stuffed him in the trunk, and turned back to 31 Dec 1990. He quickly drank the appropriate amount of potion.
Harry then made his way to Chase's dojo. Chase met him in the doorway and invited him to the back office. "You are not usually this early."
"I know. That is why I came now. I need to ask you. Have you ever heard of a time-turner?"
"I have heard of them, but they are incredibly rare. Why?"
"Between the Black Family and the Potter Family, I have several time-turners. The future did not look so bright, so I am back in time to change it."
"You cannot do that, Harry."
"I already have. Please, come into the trunk with me and let my mom and your older-self explain it. I think they have a better understanding of this than I do."
Chase came down the stairs and saw the other stunned Harry on the couch. In anger, he turned around and practically shouted, "Is that my Harry?"
The other Chase came into the room and set up the portrait that the other three could visit and said, "Not exactly. That is your Harry from thirteen weeks in the future."
New Chase sat down and said, "I think I have a headache."
Harry chuckled and said, "No, that will happen when Harry #3 gets here in about ten minutes."
"Why do I need to know this?"
"You need to explain to YOUR Harry that this is possible so that he is not totally resistant when I wake him up in about twenty minutes. Tell him to trust his instincts and feel what they are telling him about what is happening."
"Can I leave? I will tell him that this morning. However, I need some time to process this myself before I see you both again. Can I leave and come back tonight?"
"That would be fine. Do you have a corner you can put the trunk in?"
"Of course. That will probably help Harry as well."
Current time's Chase sat current Harry down and explained about time-turners. At the end, he said, "Apparently they can be combined someway to go back further than their limits." He pointed to the trunk and said, "It will not be today, but come 2 April, I will discuss that trunk with you. It will prove to you beyond any doubt that I am telling you the truth. Remember that I put it here on the morning of New Year's Eve."
Current Chase sat current Harry down at the table and they celebrated another year completed with their annual tradition of hot chocolate and wizarding crackers.
Then, they went into the dojo and sparred for an hour before Chase ordered Harry to shower and get back to the Dursleys to help Petunia set up for Vernon's business party that night.
It was clear that Harry, Chase, and Petunia all thought the idea was tacky: a business party for the new year where all you did was talk about work? In reality, though, it ended up doing very well every year. From the deals made that night, Vernon met his entire first quarter quota and, usually, about half of his second quarter quota. Vernon also held a similar party on the 182nd day of the year or the 183rd day of the year, depending on whether it was a normal or leap year. Either way, the party on 1 July often took care of most of his third quarter and fourth quarter quotas as well. The clients appreciated the sentiment and it also was a great day to party after the end of the second quarter as well.
While they had been sparring, Harry brought middle Harry out and showed him around. He gasped and said, "I remember this day. This is the day Sensei told me about time travel and that this chest would prove it to me. How? Why? How?"
Harry escorted his younger version back in the trunk and decided to refer to himself as Senior when talking to his younger self. He thought of the middle version as Junior and the youngest version as Baby, which really seemed to tickle his funny bone.
Chase and Harry then sat Junior down and told him about all the shit that hit the fan that year.
"In the end, consulting with mum, dad, and grandpa, we felt that it was better for you to start off on a much better academic footing. So, when school resumes 7 January, either you or I will go in to the office and change our examination requests to include all sixteen examinations that you want to take."
"But that is too much! How am I going to ever review all that material?"
"Junior, you have already reviewed most of it. You now have nearly four months to continue reviewing before the exams begin.
"Now, when I grabbed you this morning, I also grabbed all your review materials and books. We each have our own room. I put your stuff in your room. You can continue to study with that. I also brought a lot of other things back with me that we can use to help you study more."
For the next almost four months, Chase worked on building both boys' physical strength as well as improving their weapons handling and wandless magic. Senior was doing much better than Junior with the wandless magic, but as he reminded his younger self, "I have already lived through the summer and an extremely stressful entrance in to the wizarding world."
During that time, twice per week, Chase would take Harry to see Penny Smoothling. After an oath of confidentiality, he told her EVERYTHING, including the time-travel. When he first mentioned that, she clearly did not believe him. He laughed and said, "Is there another room we could go to that was not in use for the past hour?"
She ended up giving him an extra hour of counseling for free. Since Chase was the one to bring Harry to her, the two of them started chatting again as well. Soon, Chase would disappear a few evenings each week to go on a date with her.
One night, Penny came back to the trunk with Chase. She sat Junior down, sat across the coffee table from him, grabbed both of his hands, stared hard into his eyes, and said, "What the Dursleys did to you IS NOT YOUR FAULT. You did NOTHING wrong. You were too young and you had NO OTHER CHOICE but to do as you did to survive."
Junior broke down bawling, just like Senior had earlier that week. It took all three of them comforting Junior before he could get himself back under control, nearly an hour later. Really, he did not even get himself under control, he fell asleep. After that, Penny would stop by and see Junior once per week and let him talk about what he wanted to talk about.
Other than that night, Junior was doing great though. By the end of the third month, neither of them could catch the other up on a mistake they had made with regards to studying. In the end, Junior sat the exams for five of the last seven class days of April and most of the first ten days of May. That summer, the two continued to spar excessively, building up both of their abilities. They would also battle with their summoning charms.
By the end, both Harrys could summon all their weapons from at least 20 yards away without problem.
Throughout that time, Chase had visited Marauder's Haven and agreed with Lily and James that it was perfect for a school. For one thing, it already had two dorm rooms. Apparently, when all four of the Marauders were in trouble, they would split themselves between the two dorms and go to war. Each dorm had rooms for twenty pairs of beds so they could booby-trap the other nineteen.
Chase spent an entire month removing all the traps except for the upper two floors of each dorm. He thought those would be good practical experiences or the kids. Although he had promised himself that the first time he saw Remus, Sirius Black, or Peter Pettigrew that he was going to kick each of their asses. The purple with neon green polka-dotted hair would not go away for a month.
It was also clear that Marauder's Haven was something more before the war ended. They had all had great hopes and plans. The Haven itself sat on 2,500 acres in the middle of nowhere. However, those acres were set up as if they would become a new wizarding community.
The store locations were clear because there was a street longer than Diagon Alley filled with shops. One entire building labeled, "Tiger Lily Creations" was already fully stocked with potions and enchanted items. Three doors down sat "Pettigrew Clothiers, which already had thousands of items prepared. Two doors beyond that shop you found "Marauder's Enterprises," a fully stocked joke shop. On the opposite side of the street was Marauder's Royal Credit Union, Alice's Wonderland (a herbology nursery with quite impressive specimens), Longbottom Security (a warding company for apartments and places in non-magical neighborhoods), and several food shops. Remus Lupin clearly had planned on starting a bookstore. That bookstore would now become the school and town library and bookstore. Chase hoped to quadruple the size of the building's inner dimensions and add four additional floors to the building.
That particular building had a rear entrance that opened up into the heart of Marauder's Haven, the location of the future school. In a great circular area that covered about one square mile (approximately 2.59 sq. kilometers). It contained dozens of pens, each the size of 0.95 acres with walkways between them. These were the locations of the pens for various animals, all which were empty, except Chase was fairly certain that he had seen a beautiful unicorn stallion looking back at him in one of the pens. When he turned to get a closer look, though, the pen was empty. Misty informed him that they had all been moved to the grounds of Potter Manor to ensure that there was a sufficient concentration of magic that as many as possible of the elves would survive.
James and Sirius were obviously planning to start a joke shop to rival both Gambol and Japes and Zonko's. They had a massive set of potions equipment, large rooms filled with things to charm or transfigure, several greenhouses, a large astronomy tower that also served as the owl tower. Lily's influence was already clear as well. She had a series of buildings setup for each of her preferred areas of magic, much like Lily's pad, just on a larger scale. The place already had soccer and quidditch fields set up. In addition, it had a room with a massive television that Chase was pretty sure had been enlarged without damaging the electronics. He really wanted to know how they had done that.
However, with the rather large electronics room, he would be able to set up a computer lab with printers, typewriters, and several other office machines so that the students could get a better handle on non-magical life. He also had three telephone lines installed.
It appeared that Peter Pettigrew had contained all his ambitions within his shop.
It was clear that Frank Longbottom and several of their other friends also used the facilities from time to time: there was pseudo-dojo with wrestling mats, a boxing ring, and several dueling pits and rings, all with seating for up to thirty people. This was especially true as it appeared that several of the "sporting and betting" locations were well used.
Harry had already bound the Potter elves back to him. The elves had restored the greenhouses and brought the main animals back to their cages and special environments, which the animals both appreciated and hated. Sort of a, "Yea! I get to be in my natural habitat" followed by a, "Oh, hell no! It is too small!" The only exception to that was the small herd of unicorns, which preferred the small paddock they had that was away from everyone and everything and contained a portal that allowed them to go back to Potter Manor any time they wanted, explaining why Chase was certain that the stallion had been checking him out.
In the end, Chase ended up installing those portals for all the creature pens and their temperaments improved so much that you did not need Hagrid to control them.