Hello AGAIN! I made Chapter 4 now...wow...4 chapters in 2 days, that MUST be an accomplishment for me...Anyways, now we learn what's with Ib's parents...and Ib and the others learn more about Harry...
Mary and Ib just looked at Harry with shock. Finally, Ib turned to her mother. "Mom...there's a LOT that needs explaining here...Since when could you use magic? How long have you hidden it?... … ...Am I able to use magic?"
Ib's mother sighed, and pulled up a chair. Sitting down, she began, "I've always been able to use magic. I just decided to never do so...I'm what the Wizarding Community calls a 'Pureblood': my entire family tree is made of wizards, witches, or other magic users. My family line, in fact, stems from the Peverell Line, which died out centuries ago, but lives on in other family lines, such as the Potter and Gaunt lines. This means that I'm actually Harry's distant relative…" Ib's mother chuckled a bit. "My full maiden name is Ilona Iolanthe Sindile. The Sindile line separated from the Potter line several generations ago."
Ib then took a moment to process the knowledge, before turning to her father. "And...you?"
"Huh? Oh, no, I'm not a Wizard, I'm what the magical community call a 'Muggle', essentially someone who can't use magic. When I asked your mother if I could marry her, she revealed her secret to me. When I told her I love her, even though she kept this secret, she accepted my proposal," Ib's father replied, "Since then, I decided to learn about the magical community, so that I could go with your mother when she went on her more magic-based errands."
Ib nodded. "Alright," she replied, "But still...am I able to use magic at all?"
Ilona chuckled. "I think so, Ib...A lot of the strange stuff that happened here...That was actually your magic waking up."
"Really?" Ib asked. Her mother nodded.
Ilona, then, turned towards Mary. "This is also why I knew something strange was up when we met you…" she said, "So...I mean no offense, but no more lying: please tell me who you REALLY are…"
Mary shuffled a bit. "Uhm...mom...that's...kind of...a sensitive subject for her-" Ib began.
However, Mary interrupted her. "Have you...heard of the artist Guertena Weiss?" she asked.
Ilona sat there, thinking for a moment. "I think so...in the mid-late 1800's, a wizard from Germany who painted paintings he magically enchanted with life. However, due to different laws in magical Germany, his paintings were painted with a spell that gave the paintings sentience, and created an alternate world for them, allowing the paintings to become real people if they were replaced with another person's life. However, if people born real people left the fake world, their memories would be modified to remove memories of the false world, although specific stimuli can restore those memories. However, if someone IS replaced in that world, all knowledge of them is change, either so that they were believed to have died or so they didn't exist in the first place...Why do...you...ask… … ...Are...you…" Mary nodded, a sad expression on her face. "...I...take it this is the true fate of Vernon Dursley…" Ilona asked.
"I saw him beating Harry...I…I just couldn't handle it…" Mary cried, "For almost a century, I had been there, alone. Only one painting even cared enough to talk to me, and even then, she spent most of her time doing her own thing...It wasn't until Garry and Ib appeared in the Fabricated World last week that I finally got true friends...then, first time they visited me, we saw Vernon beating Harry, and...I lost it...I destroyed his rose, killing him...it wasn't until after that that I realized that I finally had the life needed to replace me in there…"
Ilona knelt down in front of Mary...and hugged her. Shocked by the gesture, Mary couldn't hold her tears in anymore, and cried into Ilona's shoulder.
Harry was in tears as well, over what Mary had to go through. He then came over and hugged Mary too.
They sat that way for a few minutes, before, finally, Ilona let her go.
"You feel better?" Ilona asked.
Mary smiled and nodded, wiping away her tears, prompting Harry to let go. "...Yeah…" she replied. Harry then yawned. "Don't worry Harry, we'll just continue talking here, you can take a nap while we talk…" Harry nodded, and fell asleep. Mary then picked up the kid and carried him to a couch, and laid him down, before returning to the others.
When Mary got back, Ilona then asked, "Well...what are you going to do now, Mary? And how will you introduce yourself from now on?"
"I'll probably stay with Garry...And in terms of my name, I'll probably go with 'Mary Weiss'..." Mary replied, "I DO see Guertena as my father...so it's only right I take his surname as my own, isn't it?"
Ilona nodded. "I can see that..."
Ib then said, "So...you know magic...and Harry's famous in the magic community...But...why is Harry famous?"
Ib's mother sighed. "You see...to understand why Harry's famous, you must understand who 'He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named' is…"
"You mean Voldemort…" Garry deadpanned.
Ilona flinched, and Mary's and Ib's heads jolted in Garry's direction. Ilona then asked, "How do you know-"
"I'd rather that remain secret for now…" Garry replied, "Either way...I already know the story…"
Ilona paused for a moment, before responding, "Very well...anyways, as I said, 'He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named' was one of the darkest Dark Wizards of all time, and years ago, he threatened Magical Britain. However, one day, he attacked the Potter family, killing James and Lily Potter. However, somehow, when he tried to kill their son, instead, 'He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named' died. To this day, no one knows how it happened...but because of what happened, Harry is credited with saving the whole Wizarding World…" Ib's mother sighed. "Personally, I think more happened there, but everyone else believes it was something Harry himself did…"
"I agree...while I agree Harry may have been a catalyst to Voldemort's-"
"Why do you say his name? Don't you know there's actually a spell on his name?" Ilona stressed, "I'll be frank: were it not for the Taboo curse on the name, I'd call him by it too, but the Taboo actually brings down magical defenses…"
Garry's eyes widened. "Oh...I never knew…Anyways, even if I agree Harry may have been a catalyst to You-Know-Who's defeat, I don't believe he did it himself…" Garry looked at the sleeping boy. "He's too young…"
Ilona nodded. "My thoughts exactly...That being said, you all would be in danger if You-Know-Who's followers discover you have Harry...as such, I'd suggest you move somewhere safe...If you all need a new place, I'm sure Yavin and I are willing to let you move in. We have plenty of room…"
Garry looked at Ib, who gave Garry a hopeful expression, an expression mimicked by Mary when he looked at her. Garry sighed. "Alright, very well...I'll need help moving stuff though."
Ib's father nodded. "I can help with that…" Yavin replied.
Garry smiled. "Thanks...we should get home, so we can start packing."
"Alright...just call when you're ready to move," Ilona said.
"We will, thanks for this," Garry replied. He went over, picked up Harry, and he and Mary left.
Dumbledore was looking over some papers when Mcgonagall entered. "Ah, Minerva, to what do I owe the pleasure?"
"What about the fact that Harry's aunt has been arrested for Child Abuse a week after he and his uncle disappeared, and I just found Harry in the care of a young man with lavender hair and a blonde girl only a few years Harry's senior who visited the Fabricated World made by Guertena Weiss?" Minerva asked.
"What?!" Dumbledore exclaimed, his eyes wide. Then, his head drooped. "I should have listened to you…" Dumbledore muttered. Then, he looked at Minerva. "How does these two treat Harry?"
"I haven't gotten a good look, yet, but they seem to treat him with tender care, from what I've seen…" Mcgonagall replied.
Dumbledore thought for a moment, before replying, "Well, then I guess I'll have to interview the young man myself...do you have any idea who it would be? Lavender hair is not a common trait…"
Mcgonagall thought for a moment, before an idea popped into her head. "Albus...you remember the graduating class from last year? One of the few Muggleborn Slytherins to ever appear at Hogwarts, and one of the fewer to remain here for all 7 years?"
Dumbledore nodded, and replied, "Yes, but why-...you believe it is him?"
"Yes, I do," Mcgonagall replied, "And if it is?"
"Then if so, I will definitely need to speak to him...and to see if he has the support needed to raise Harry…"
Looks like there's probably more to Garry than meets the eye...Are Dumbledore and Mcgonagall really talking about him?
One thing: It IS Mary who's 'raising' Harry...but since Garry's the adult, everyone's treating it as if he's the one raising Harry...