A New Life
3. Inheritance
Sirius' eyes shot open as he was shoved to the floor. He groaned and got up. Two faces greeted him, already dressed and hyper. Then he realised what day it was. Today was the day that dad was going to tell them of their inheritance. Of course it would only be Harry and James getting the inheritance since he wasn't a full Potter. His smile faded and the other two boys noticed. They guessed what it was about.
"Don't worry Siri, I bet the inheritance isn't that good anyway" They said at the same time. Sirius just nodded with a sigh, then he got a grin on his face. He shoved the twins outside and shut the door in their faces. Sirius grabbed some shorts and a plain top and had just got them on when the door burst open again. James ran forward and took his left arm while Harry took his right and they dragged him downstairs.
Harry sat on the middle stool at the breakfast bar while James took the right and Sirius the left. Diane served them up bacon and egg and they sat in silence until Harold came down. "Hey Dad" they chorused, around mouthfuls of bacon sandwiches. "Hello boys, right today I am going to tell you your inheritance and Sirius?" Sirius looked up from his plate. "You have got the inheritance"
Sirius looked astonished while Harry and James had huge smiles on. "How? I'm not a full Potter" Harold looked at him sternly. "You will always be a full potter Sirius and it's because when we did the blood binding ceremony you got my blood in you which has the inheritance blood in it. Plus you have James and Harry's as well which means you have 3x the inheritance so yours is just as strong as us."
Sirius nodded. "But Dad you said three what about mum and Kiera, surely they have inheritance too?" Harry asked. Dad shook his head. "No" Harry nodded as Sirius spoke up again "What is our inheritance Dad?" All 3 boys looked up expectantly, even James, who had zoned out of the previous conversation, choosing his breakfast instead of listening in. "Well, you're Elementals" All of the boys looked shocked.
"Elementals?" "Yes. An elemental has a control over one of the six elements; Earth, Fire, Water, Air, Electricity and Light. Elementals are very rare. There are only 6 every thousand years, so you may not be an elemental but your kids, grand kids or great grandkids might. It depends where that 1000 years drops. I am not an elemental. The Potters are always one of the elementals though not many are.
An elemental has a mate who is also an elemental, these are soul mates. Also an elemental is a natural animagus, and as an animagus they get a distinguishing symbol that is their mates symbol and colour. Your own symbol shows up as a birthmark in human form. Now we need to find out if you have a mark. Go upstairs and see if you can find one." Harold instructed them. The three boys ran upstairs and returned 10 minutes later.
"I found it!" James said. He pulled up his shorts to show a lightning bolt on the outside of his right leg. Harold nodded and turned to Harry who was staring at James mark "Harry did you find yours?" He nodded and pulled up his shorts to reveal a lightning bolt mark just like James' but it was on the outside of his left leg not right. "Sirius?" Sirius shook his head. "No worries. Now we know James and Harry are, you are too. Come here a second"
Sirius went up to Harold where he looked on the back of his head. He found it behind his right ear, it was a crystal . "Ah here we go. Sirius your mark is behind your right ear" He gave Sirius a mirror and angled it so he could see Harold. Then he held a mirror behind his left ear so Sirius could see his mark. "Right now, the reason I told you today is because your mother and I have decided you should find out if you have it and if you do to activate it now"
The boys looked at him and grinned. "What do we need to do?" said James. "Nothing much, there's a square of cloth behind the picture frames on the mantle. Bring it here and we'll activate them now." The three boys raced off, soon returning with the cloth
HARRY POV
We race back to dad with the cloth. I hold it out to him and he takes it, unfolding it gently. It has a silver knife wrapped inside. On the cloth is a water droplet, a grey lightning bolt, a fire, a rock, a symbol of wind, a ball of what looks like light and all of them are gathered round a Celtic circle. "Right, who wants to go first?" I look at James and Sirius and shrug my shoulders. "I will" Dad nods at me.
"Right slice your palm with this knife and let a few drops onto the circle in the middle." I take the knife and slide it across my left palm. I wince and cradle it to get a few loose drops. I turn it over the circle and let them drip onto it. The picture of the water droplet glows and water fills the cut on my palm. When it goes there is only a faint scar left. I clean my blood off the knife and turn around. Jamesie reaches for it and I pass it to him. He takes my place and drags the knife across his left palm. He puts the blood on the cloth and the lightning bolt flashes. A bolt of lightning strikes his palm and when he brings it away I can only see a faint scar like mine.
Sirius takes the knife off James and cleans the blood off. He places the knife on his palm and slightly gives pressure. When he takes it away he doesn't put it over the cloth. I step up and lay my right hand on his left should, James doing the same on his right. I smile at him and he turns back to the cloth. The drops of blood are sucked in and the rock moves. His cut is encased in rock and when it crumbles away Sirius only has a faint scar like mine.
I grin at him and he grins back. "Your inheritance will start on your sixteenth birthday. On your sixteenth birthday you and three others will become the elemental guardians, your kids will be elementals too. But they will be the elemental warriors and the 1000 year cycle will start again" Dad says. I nod and grin. "You're it" I shout and tag Sirius on the shoulder. I run away with James, Sirius hot on our heels.