Brazil, Amazon Rainforest
Over the world, knowledge is passed on by each snake and serpent sends their secrets to each other, all over the world for when someone needs their help, they all know the making of something great.
From the smallest garden snakes to the most venomous of serpents, this knowledge had spread along with the need to save those who speak the language of the serpents.
And one of them needed them right now, so deep within the forests of the Amazon, a snake moved thou the forest as it knew that someone needed their help, so it made haste to the one that needed them.
The snake had felt that the person needed to be saved only a few days ago, so it spent every waking moment making its way onward, moving past creatures that could kill them in their search for the person.
But this was no ordinary person that needed saving.
It was a speaker of the language of serpents, a Parselmouth.
But they knew this was the last day the speaker would be in the country, so they had to move fast.
And after the sun reached an edge of a forest, and when they had located a lot of humans looking into the woods and being led on a trail, they found them.
Or, more accurately, 'she' had found 'him'.
Her gaze settled on him, and she saw him be a young boy that had yet to reach teenhood and was a year or two away from leaving his tweens with a body that did not look healthy.
He had unkempt black hair and was unruly; that stuck up at odd ends, and looked like a bird's nest; his skin was pale, and she could see that he was too skinny.
Her eyes moved to his, and she found a bright emerald and a scar on his forehead that was covered by his hair, and from what she saw, his scar was in the shape of something.
His clothing was big on him and covered a lot of his body, but she could make out that he had bruises, scars, and burn marks.
She was tempted to burst out of the tree and kill the ones that dearly harm a speaker, and from the smell, it was the largest man there.
The man looked like one of these sea cows, but it was also bread with a human with thick, dark hair and a bushy black moustache, and he was dressed in the typical British tourist clothing.
Next to him was a woman with the face of a horse with brown hair and a smaller sea cow human hybrid with blond hair dressed in clothing similar to the older sea cow human hybrid.
She looked at them before retreating into the forest and making her way to find a beast that drew attention away from most of the people.
And she knew just the one.
She moved across the forest until she came across a large cat who looked at her, §I'm here to call in that favour,§ She told the cat.
Said cat was a jaguar.
It looked at the snake before huffing and sitting up, waiting for the information; § There are people on the other side of this forest line, and I want you to distract them so that I can sneak into their vehicle and make as much noise as you can,§ She told the cat.
The jaguar nodded as it got up and started to walk out of the forest as the snake slithered out to look at the car, as all the humans were looking at the jaguar.
Well, all bar the speaker was, so she moved slowly and into the car and looked at the speaker, who looked ready to scream, §Fear not, speaker, I am Lotis, and I'm here to aid you,§ She told him.
§Who are you,§ The boy asked her, §And who is this speaker, my name is Harry Potter,§ He added.
Lotis looked at him as she coiled her body, §Speaker is the title that we serpents and reptiles give those that can talk to us,§ Lotis told Harry as she looked over to the jaguar, §I only have a short amount of time to explain this to you,§ She described him as her eyes met Harry's.
§Why are you doing this,§ Harry asked her.
She looked at him with her unblinking eye, and they looked sad as Lotis looked at him, §While your clothing his them well, I can see bruises, scars, and burn marks over your body that has either healed or are healing,§ Lotis said to him as she looked him over, §You need a protector from the ones that harm you,§ She said to him as he looked at his hand and could see that there were faint scars and burns over them.
He looked back up at her, §What is that I need to do,§ Harry asked her as they locked eyes.
§Get an egg from the flightless bird that you humans eat and have a toat hatch it so that a protector for you can be born,§ Lotis said to him, and for some reason, the knowledge stayed in his mind,§I must be off now speaker, and I hope that you live a long life,§ Lotis told Harry before she slithered away.
As Lotis reached the ground, she looked back up at Harry, §Goodbye, Harry Potter, and I wish you well in life,§ She told him before moving back into the forest.
But Lotis was not the only animal watching Harry; a bird was resting in one of the trees above them.
It looked down at the nest it was in, but more accurately, the egg that was there with her, before nodding its eyes as its silver eyes looked at Harry again.
Her hatchling would join him when the time was right and when he needed them the most.
A Few Days Later, England, Surry, Privet Drive
When Harry and his family returned home and were shoved into his cupboard, he could feel that some of his bones were broken.
Some of his fingers and a bone in his leg.
With the words from Lotis still moving his head over and over and thinking that it was crazy what was happening, he knew he needed something.
And he just knew that one day they would go too far; he would never see them the next day.
So he put that crazy feeling that he had to the back of his mind as Harry needed protection from the ones that call themself his family, and knowing that the Dursleys were asleep, he opened the door to his cupboard.
He slowly limped into the kitchen and got close to the fridge, where he knew it had eggs; he took one, gently held it in hand, limped back to his cupboard, and closed the door behind him.
He placed the egg on his bed, looked at it, and asked himself, "Now, how can I find a toad."
§I can do that, speaker,§ Harry heard as he looked around before spotting a small grass snake looking up at him, §Are you making a protector to defend you from them,§ The snaked asked him.
Harry looked at the snake, §I am,§ Harry told the snake, who nodded before moving to a hole in the wall.
§I will be back shortly, speaker, and I will bring the toad so that you can make your protector,§ The snake said to him.
And the snake did not lie; after a quarter of an hour, it returned with a toad in its jaws with some other grass snakes like the one that Harry passed the toad over to Harry.
He placed the toad on the egg, and for some reason, the toad became still atop the egg as Harry felt something happening, §How long is this going to take,§ Harry asked the grass snake.
Another snake moved closer to Harry, §As today is a full lunar that this ritual has started, it will only take a complete turn or two,§ They told Harry, who looked at the toad.
§What happens then,§ He aked the snake.
Another snake moved over to Harry, §Then your protector will be born, but their first meal must be the toad that aided in its hatching,§ They said as Harry nodded.
§Sleep now, speaker and heal up from what they have done to you,§ The original grass snake told Harry as it moved its head and nudged Harry's.
And the young boy did as a deep sleep came over him, and within his sleep, a power deep within him moved to the broken bones that Harry had and, slowly as not to hurt him, started to heal his bones and join them back together.
And for the rest of the night, the snakes watched over him as he slept, each promising to aid him even though they did not have fangs; they would give their lives to defend Harry.
And so, for the next two days and nights, the toad sat upon the chicken egg and as the night moved onto a day that the toad seemed to start moving once more, like back before the sakes had brought it to Harry as asked the snakes to make sure that the toad dose does not move while he's away.
And when he came back to his cupboard, one of the snakes turned to him, §Your protector is ready to hatch; you may remove the toad, and you need to say the words that we told you this sun up,§ They told Harry.
He nodded as he gently moved the toad off the egg; he felt the power from within the lifeless egg only a few days ago.
§Awken ruler of the below,§ Harry said to the egg as he started to feel stupid, §with eyes that send you to the eternal mother,§ but as Harry talked to the egg in this language, it started to shake, §Awaken with the body that matches those that fly, all thou you shall not reach the heavens,§ Harry said to the egg as cracks started to form over the egg, §Awaken ruler of all serpents, awaken my Basilisk,§ Harry finished as his eyes flashed with power as with a strong strike the animal within the egg came out.
It was a pure white snake, as white as fallen snow, with a body that was long and down its body with rings that were a light shade of grey.
It looked up at Harry with, in Harry's opinion, the most beautiful golden eyes and what looked like a crown of spikes over its head.
§You must grant her a name and give her the toad so she can feast on it,§ The grass snake that gave Harry the toad initially said.
Harry nodded at the small snake as he moved his eyes to look at the small white snake, "What shall I name her," He thought as he looked at her with a few things from when he was making her stuck in his memory.
A ruler.
The blow.
A ruler of the below.
A queen of the below.
Seeing that Harry got a name, another snake looked over to Harry, §Say to this new snake I who am your maker and giver of life gift upon you your name, now feat, followed by her name,§ They told him.
§I, who am your maker and giver of life, gift upon you your name, now feat Persephone,§ Harry said to the now-named Persephone, whose golden eyes glowed with power for a moment before she lunged at the toad.
As Harry watched Persephone eat the toad, one last snake moved over to him, §She will always protect you until you die of old age when she makes a home nearby and join you in meeting the eternal mother,§ They told him.
Harry looked at Persephone as she finished her meal before going off to sleep, and he joined her.
For a month, Harry kept Persephone in his cupboard as he would have the grass snakes go out and lead Persephone out for food whenever she was hungry.
And today was one of those days, but it was the day that everything changed for Harry.
On the way back from school with his aunt and uncle, Harry knew that he would be beaten as he could feel the anger in the car.
And when Harry got out of the car, his uncle grabbed him by the shoulder and rammed him agest the car, almost shattering the window; the whole number hood watched as he yelled at Harry, "I told you, boy, that you had better get worse grades that Dudley," Vernon shouted at Harry as the neighbours looked at them.
Petunia looked around her, seeing that their neighbours were watching them, and within the house, Persephone got ready to do her job and protect Harry when they entered the door.
Her eyes may not be able to kill at the moment.
But she can petrify them so that Harry can be safe.
Back outside, an elderly woman rushed into her home to an owl as she hastily wrote a letter and handed it to the owl, "Take this to the Aurors and be fast," She told the owl.
As fast as it was, with a burst of speed, it flew out the window and was gone, and as she looked thou her window, she found that Vernon was dragging Harry into the house.
But she could see that the neighbours were talking to each other, and she hoped that the Aurors get there in time.
Persephone watched as the fat man ruffly threw Harry to the floor, and his wale of a son started to kick Harry; she felt that one more kick would break bones in Harry's body, so she burst into action.
She let out a loud hiss as the fat boy looked over at her and met her golden gaze as he seemed to freeze up, "What the," Vernon started saying before he met Persephone.
Petunia was the only one left and was being kept away from Harry before people in suits with trench coats over them burst into the house; people looked in but were held back.
They looked at Persephone getting ready to pull out sticks, but she just slithered back over to Harry as the men and woman looked at the snake, and to them, it was nudging Harry like a dog would its owner to see if they were alright.
"Madam Bones, what should we do," A dark-skinned man asked as he looked at the snake, "That's a Basilisk," He said, looking warily at the albino snake.
Madam Bones was a tall woman dressed in similar clothes to the others, but she also had a monocle looked at the Basilisk, "I know, but to me, it looks more like a pet that was defending its master," She said as she looked at the behaver, "Kingsley, I'm going to go out on a limb and see if she can understand me," Madam Bones said as she walked into the living room.
"What do you mean, Amelia," Kingsley asked as he kept an eye on Petunia.
"The moment that we came into the house, the Basikisk backed off as if knowing that we could help in some way and went over to Potter and see if they could wake him up," Amelia said as she walked over and knelt, "Basilisk, can you understand me," Madam Bones asked.
Persephone looked over to her, making sure not to meet her eyes and nodded, "First, is it okay if a healer can have a look at him," Madam Bones asked her as she pointed to Harry, and Persephone nodded, "And was there a reason that you are here," She asked as one of the people moved over to look Harry over, and the rest kept an eye on Petunia.
Persephone nodded once more as Amelia narrowed her eyes, "Was it to kill the muggles here," She asked as Persephone cocked her head, "Those without magic," She explained as Persephone shook her head.
"Persephone," Harry muttered as the albino Basilisk looked over to him, and the people in the house saw that Basilisk had a look in her eyes that said only one word.
Worry.
"Persephone, is that your name," Madam Bones asked her, and the Basilisk nodded, but she kept her eyes on Harry, "Are you here to save someone," She asked Persephone.
Persephone both nodded and shook her head, "Protect someone," Madam Bones amended as Persephone just nodded this time, "And I'm going to guess it was Harry, and you are here to protect him from these three," Madam Bones said to Persephone as she looked over to Petunia with narrowed her eyes.
"Persephone's nodding, ma'am," The Healer said as she pulled out her stick as started muttering under her breath.
"Thank you," Amelia said as she pulled out a stick, "And how is he, Healer Strout," Madam Bones asked her.
Strout sighed, "He's not good, Madam Bones, but luckily we reached him in time as I have a feeling that if we left him any longer, he would have Obscurus," She told Amelia, whose eyes became murderous as she looked at Petunia.
The people around Petsunia also looked murderous as they looked ready to kill the woman in front of them, "You and your husband are going to be put away for a long time," Amelia said as Petunia looked frightened but started talking.
"Y-you can't, as I don't have magic," Petunia said as she slowly gained confidence in her voice, "And when we brought him in, we would beat it out of him," Petunia told her as she held her head high.
"And endanger a lot of lives while you're at it," Strout yelled at the woman as Petunia looked over to her, "If he did not go to Hogwarts this September, he would have become an Obscurus that would have not only killed you and your family but hundreds of lives because of you beating it out of him," Strout yelled at her as Petunia became white as a sheet.
"W-what," She asked as Kingsley slipped cuffs onto her and led her to a parked car.
They did the same for Vernon and Dudley as they waved their sticks about before moving the two large males out the door; the people outside saw them walk over to the car, and it soon took them away.
And vehicle turned up, and it was an ambulance; as paramedics walked out and into the house, "Healer Strout, we have brought the muggle ambulance like you asked," The female paramedic said to her.
"Good, gently put him on the stretcher," She instructed them as they did so, with Persephone joining Harry.
"Ah, ma'am, what should we do about it," The male paramedic said as he pointed at Persephone.
"Famias Viderere," Amelia said as she waved her stick and formed an Ω in the air before a ring of energy burst out and washed over everyone in the house as Harry and Persephone glowed the same shade of green.
But Harry seemed to glow another colour and was seemingly answered by a burst of flames by Harry.
It was a large bird the size of a hawk, but it also looked like a falcon with red-orange plumage covering its head, wings, chest and back before tapering off into a flame pattern.
The underside and hindquarters of the bird were grey, and the tips of its long, pointed wings were black, with orange spots speckling its bottom and yellow talons extending from the shaggy feathers on its legs and its tail ends in two points and another feather sticking out of the base on each side, resembling the fletching on the end of an arrow with the long black tailfeathers marked with three yellow V-shapes
The bird also had a pointed crest atop its head and black-and-yellow mask-like markings around their silver eyes; a black beak is hooked with a yellow cere.
And it was giving off the same green glow as Harry and Persephone, "Is it a Pheonix," Strout asked as she looked at the bird.
"No, and it's not a Firebird as they are purely black with flames around the wings and have a crest of flames," Kingsley said; he also looked at the bird, "It's a Firehawk," He said before turning to Amelia, "What should we do," He asked her.
Amelia looked at the Firehawk and then at Persephone before looking at Strout, "At this moment, we can't do anything as Mister Potter is unable to talk, so we'll question him at St Mungo's," She said as they nodded as they left with one person speaking to the people outside and started questioning them as they got Harry and his animals into the ambulance and they went off.
Four Hours Later, London, St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries
Harry woke up and felt a small wait on his stomach and found Persephone sleeping there, "Good afternoon Mister Potter," Harry heard a voice from his left.
He turned his head to see Amelia sitting down and looking at him, "Ah, he-hello," Harry said as Persephone woke up.
She raised her head to look Harry in the eye and, to Amelia's shock, spoke to her, §Persephone, where are we,§ He asked his albino Basilisk.
§Were safe, and I got them as they will see justice,§ Persephone said as she looked over to Amelia, making sure not to look Amelia in the eyes, and said to Harry, §This woman is the one that has been making sure that the fire chicken and I are with you.§
Having received a look of confusion, Persephone used her tail to point to Harry's left and saw the Firehawk that was asleep before he turned to the woman that was next to him, "Thank you for bringing me here and for having Persephone with me," Harry said with a shy voice as Amelia looked him over.
Seeing that he did not mention the Firehawk was not shocking, as it happened every now and then, "So, Mister Potter, I have some questions that I need to ask is that okay," Amelia asked Harry.
Harry looked at the now awake Firehawk and Persephone, "And they say with me," He asked her quietly.
Amelia could see that Harry was a lot calmer with them here, so she nodded, "They can," She told Harry, who then nodded, "Alright then can you tell me what happened today," She asked Harry.
"Last week, we had a test, and Vernon told me that if I got better scores than Dudley, I would get beaten, not that he needed much of a reason to beat me," He said as a quill floated up in the air and started writing down everything that Harry was saying.
"So he does this often," Amelia asked as her eyes narrowed as Harry nodded silently, "Mister Potter has nodded; now, Mister Potter do you know about your familiars," Amelia asked him.
"Familiars," Harry asked her.
"Do you not know about magic or who you are," Amelia asked as her eyes practically became slits.
"No, I was always told that magic does not exist and the only thing that Vernon, Petunia and Dudley would call me a freak," Harry said as anger formed deep in Amelia.
She clenched a fist at what she was told, "How dare they do this to a child," Amelia thought as she pulled out a stick, "Do you want me to show you magic to show you that I am not lying," She said as Harry looked at her.
"What is that," He asked as he looked at the stick.
"This is my wand," She said, and after Harry nodded and moved her wand in an 'm' move, movement flowed by a small blast, and small birds were shot out of the wand.
Harry looked at them in wonder and saw that both the Firehawk and Persephone looked at the birds in hunger, "Uh, can they have the birds to eat as they are hungry," Harry asked as he looked back at Amelia.
Amelia silently commanded the birds to move closer, and Persephone shot up and devoured the bird next to her as the Firehawk did the same with the next to it.
"Now, Mister Potter can you tell me everything that the Dursleys have done to you," Amelia asked Harry, and for half an hour, Harry told her everything that had happened to him and what the Dursleys had done to him.
After Harry was finished, Amelia nodded before she looked over to Persephone, "I only have a few more questions before the healers can fix you right up," She told Harry as the young boy nodded, "Do you know what Persephone is," Amelia asked him.
"No, ma'am, as the snake that I met in Brazil, Lotis, told me of a process that would make someone that could protect and defend me from the Dursleys," Harry said as Amelia raised a brow.
"How would a snake know that you need a protector," Amelia asked him.
Persephone looked over to her, §Snakes know when a speaker is in danger or is hurt so that we can aid them in any way,§ She told Amelia, with Harry translating.
"I see, so if a speaker would need help and be always in danger, they would give the knowledge on how to make some of your kind," Amelia asked Persephone, who nodded, "That could work as the only reason why he's talking is because of her and as a way for us save face and the minister could make the exception," Amelia thought as she looked over to a haler.
Amelia shook her head before she looked back at Harry, "Persephone is what you would call a Basilisk, and yours being an albino Basilisk," She told Harry, who nodded, "And I would normally have arrested you for making her, but as you did this without knowing about the laws and she was just there to defend you from your aunt and uncle," Amelia said as Harry who looked scared at what she said had started to calm down.
"S-so, what is going to happen now," Harry asked her as Persephone got closer to him and helped him become calmer.
"I am what you would call the chief of police of our people, so as I have seen what the interaction that both you and Persephone had and with the interrogation of your aunt and uncle along with your cousin," Amelia said as Harry's shoulders relaxed somewhat, "And I would like if we can use some of your memories as evidenced and even if you say no you will be able to keep Persephone," Amelia told him.
Harry looked at Persephone before the Firehawk called Harry looked over it as it nodded to Harry, so the young boy turned to Amelia, "Alright," Harry said with a nod.
She pulled out four vials and moved her wand next to Harry, "I want you to think about the beating that had happened that had just happened," Amelia said as Harry's closed his eyes as he recalled the memory.
Amelia then moved her wand close to his temple and pulled out silver hair-like wisps before putting them into the vial.
This was done three more times as she corked the vials and put them away before pulling out another empty one, "Now I will need the memory of when you met this Lotis and what knowledge she gave you," Amelia told him as he once more gave her the memory.
Amelia nodded as she looked pocketed the vial as a healer came over, "These Healers or to help you, doctors will make sure that you are right as rain," Amelia said as she nodded at the Healer as Persephone moved so that the Healer could give Harry a once over before twisted on the spot and disappeared with a pop.
Ministry Of Magic, Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Amelia's Office
Amelia walked over before she Apparated to her office just in time for her boss, the minister of magic and his second-in-command.
Who was possibly his pet toad.
"I have heard that the Boy-Who-Lived had bread a Basilisk," The toad said as she looked at Amelia.
"Yes, and I'm going to look at the memory that he gave me so that I can see if this is a case for the law or if he was well within his right," Amelia said as her boss looked at her.
"What do you mean," The minister asked her.
Amelia pulled out the vial and placed it on the desk, "This holds the memory on the reason why he made the Basilisk and if, and that is a big if, Madam Umbridge," Amelia said to the toad as the woman looked over to her, "He will be able to keep them as they already have a Familiar bond," She told the woman.
The man nodded as Umbridge huffed as Amelia pulled out a silver bowl and poured the vial into it before all three of them put their finger into the bowl and watched as the memory of Lotis talking to Harry.
As the memory finished and they were all pushed out, the only man in the room turned to her, "Was that snake speaking English," He asked.
"As this was his memory and he could understand Lotis meaning that we can do this as his memory gave us the translation," Amelia said as the man nodded while the woman dressed in pink looked like she had eaten something source, and it pleased Amelia greatly, "And it seemed that Mister Potter did not brake any laws as it was an act of protection and defence as others would not help him," She told them.
Amelia's boss nodded as he looked at her, "So what will happen to Mister Potter now," The minister asked her.
Amelia let out a sigh, "At the moment, we can not do anything as we are waiting for Dumbledore as at the moment, he is the one that sealed the wills of both Lily and James Potter," Amelia said as if on command a man walked into the room.
He was a tall man with a long silver beard and blue eyes that sparkled and dressed in purple robes, "Good afternoon," Dumbledore said as he walked into the office, "Now then, Amelia will you explain to me why I've been called here," Dumbledore asked her.
And so she informed him of the beating that Harry had resolved along with all of the punishment and his state of being and said that the other three in the office were shocked.
And once she was done, Dumbledore looked all his age, and even then some, as a look of deep regret formed in his eyes, "What have I done," He said as he heard everything.
Amelia narrowed her eyes at him, "You were the one that gave him to those people," She asked him.
Dumbledore sat in a chair and put his head in his hands, "It was the only way that he would grow up without people coming after his fame or trying to kill him," He said as he looked at them and the three people could tell that he was telling the truth, "And once you take the death eaters out if the pitcher along with some of the light and grey families you only get a list of five people," Dumbledore told them.
Amelia sat up at that and looked at him with a raised brow, "Who was on that list," She asked him.
"The first was Remus Lupin, but with who some people are," Dumbledore said as he looked at the woman in pink, who scoffed.
"And him being a werewolf, the ministry would have him hand over Mister Potter to anyone and maybe someone that was with the dark lord," Amelia said as Dumbledore nodded.
"Then there was you, Amelia, but with you taking in your sister's daughter," Dumbledore continued as Amelia nodded.
"I would not have been able to cope with Susan and Mister Potter along with my job," Amelia said, with Dumbledore nodding.
"Then there was the Black middle sister Andromeda Tonks as she was a Black as was Mister Potter's grandmother, but Cornelius here would not have him with a member of the family a death eater was in," Dumbledore said as Cornelius looked away from him, "And then were was one of my very own professors Minerva McGonagall, but as she lives at Hogwarts during the school time and Mister Potter would not have lived a child's life as what we would want," Dumbledore told them as Amelia nodded her head.
"And with Lily's sister being the only one left, I had no choice as my hands were figuratively tied," Dumbledore told them.
The three others in the office did not say anything before Amelia let out a sigh, "Thank you for explaining this, Dumbledore and with what you have said, you will not be charged for compliance and kidnapping, but I will need you to unlock Lily and James' wills," She told him.
Dumbledore sat up straight as he looked at her, "I will do so, but may I ask what for," He said.
"I think that there could be someone that could take him in until he reaches maturity, and if we find nothing, we take him to Gringotts and have the goblins run an ancestry test so that we can house him in one of the houses that are in his family name with someone there to watch over him," Amelia told him as the man nodded.
Dumbledore nodded as he called out, "Fawkes," from a burst of flames, a swan-sized bird came into the room with bright red feathers.
Fawkes landed on a perch there was used for owls as it looked at Dumbledore, "Can you get the wills of Lily and James, please," He asked the bird.
Fawkes thrilled before flaming away as Dumbledore looked over to Amelia, "What will happen to Petunia and her family," Dumbledore asked her.
Amelia looked at all three people that were in her office before letting out a sigh, "After we put them in a cell, we could find out something about Petunia," She said as the three looked at her, waiting for the information, "It turns out she was a Squib," Amelia told Dumbledore who looked confused.
"A Squib, really, are you sure," He asked her.
Amelia nodded at him as Dumbledore narrowed his eyes, "Yes, and with how the cells work, I do not know," Amelia said as cups of tea came into the room.
"What do you by that," Umbridge asked as she took a sip of tea.
"From what I know, the cells here do something similar to that of the goblins at Gringotts with the test, and it looks for the magic in the blood," Dumbledore told her as Umbridge nodded at him.
Hey, she may not like him.
But he did have knowledge that she needed, so she would take what was given to her.
"So deep in her blood has a magic user, and that is why her cell is saying that she is a Squib," Umbridge asked as Dumbledore and Amelia nodded.
And then, after a tiny bit of talking, Fawkes returned with a golden box in his talons.
Dumbledore took the box from the bird before placing a finger on the box before the bock let out an audible click, and as he moved his finger away, the top opened, showing two rolled-up pieces of parchment.
Dumbledore pulled out the first one and looked at it, "This one is James's," He said as he unrolled it, "I, James Charles Potter, of sound mind and body, have made this final testament in case of my death," Dumbledore read as the others listened in, "I leave Moony 1,600ʛ so that you could get that help in America that you told me about. To Padfoot, I leave you the keys to Potter manner so that you can raise Harry, on the promise that you do not have him become an Animagus before his second year at Hogwarts," Dumbledore continued reading as he let a sad smile grace his face.
Amelia also had a slight smile on her face as she knew about the stag in her Aurors, but the smile was wiped off his face as his face showed fury, "What is it," She asked him.
Cornelius looked at him with a raised brow, "Albus," He asked the older man.
"To Wormtail, no Peter, I leave you nothing as I know if either or both my wife and I are dead, it was you as you that had us killed as you were the secret keeper," Dumbledore practically spat as he looked up, "So we have an innocent man in Azkaban," Dumbledore said as Umbridge looked at him.
"But he had a trail," Umbridge said, but she received looks from Dumbledore and Amelia.
"I don't seem to recall going to a trail," Amelia said as Cornelius's eyes widened as he looked over to Dumbledore.
"Neither do I," the older man said as Amelia shot out of her seat, walked over to the door, and opened it with great strength.
"I WANT THE CASE FILE OF ONE SIRIUS ORIAN BLACK ALONG WITH ALONG WITH TRAIL TRANSCRIPTS ON MY DESK RIGHT NOW," She yelled to the Aurors and ran to the archive while some kept their heads down.
She walked into her office and signalled for Dumbledore to continue, "I leave Amelia Bones 150,000ʛ to help the Aurors. And I leave Harry Jame Potter, My son; you may have the rest of what we had so that you may have a good life," Dumbledore said as he put the will down.
He then picked up the other will and read it calls but notest something was different from one will than the other.
The others saw him open both James's will once more and looked to see if he missed anything before he nodded.
"What is it," Cornelius asked him, but Dumbledore put he pointed to two parts of the wills as Cornelius started to pale, "Right Dolores, can you owl the people that have the Potter deed and have them bring it here, please," He asked the toad in pink.
She looked confused, but as it was an order from the minister of magic, she knew that she must do it, "Right away," She said as she left the office.
Amelia looked them both over, "What is it," She asked them.
Cornelius looked at her and let out a deep sigh, "It's nothing but just a mistake that I'm going to correct," He said before an Auror entered the office.
"Yes," Amelia asked him.
He stood up straight, and both Cornelius and Dumbledore could see that he was sweating as he looked at her, "Well, ma'am, we left to look for the case history that you asked for, and we did not find anything," He said as he looked at them.
Cornelius and Dumbledore looked at each other with raised brows, with one man paler than the other, "What did you say," Amelia asked him as she slowly stood up; the man looked like he was going to meet his end.
"Well, ma'am, we looked thou all the records, and the only Sirius Black that is on our files is Sirius Black, the first who had a record for attacking muggles," He told her as he looked like he wanted to run out of this office.
Amelia sighed as this day was starting to feel like a long one, "So we sent a possibly innocent man to the dementor's nest," Amelia said before looking at the man that had come in, "Thank you for bringing this to us, I need you to do one more thing before you can have the rest of the week off," She told him.
This shocked he as his boss was giving him time off.
Hell must have frozen over.
"What is it, ma'am," He asked her as she looked at the other two men in the room.
They both nodded to her as Amelia looked back up at him, "I will need you to send word to the r guards at Azkaban and to bring Sirius Black here for a trial that is long overdue," She told the man who left and did as she asked.
Dumbledore stood up once more as he looked at Amelia, "I would like to apologise to Harry for what happened to him if I could meet him," He said as Amelia nodded and told him where Harry was.
And what was with him.
"I'll owl you when we have Sirius Black here for his trail," She told him.
He nodded before he had Fawks flame them to St Mungo, where they walked in up to the closed Healer, "Do you know where I can find Harry Potter," He whispered to the woman.
She looked up to see Dumbledore and nodded, "Down the hall, third left room four," She told him before returning to what she was doing.
Dumbledore nodded as he walked down the hall with Fawks on his shoulder and thought about what he would say to the boy when he saw him.
He knew he would have to tell him about his parents and what had happened to them.
But other than that, he did not know.
Seeing that his turn was coming up, he went down another hall to find the fourth door.
And he soon found it, and he looked into the room to find a young man that looked like his father but with the eyes of his mother sitting in a met with a Healer moving a wand over him and healing his body.
On the bed with his albino Basilisk seemed to be watching what the Healer was doing while the Firehawk had spotted him, so Dumbledore opened the door and gave it a knock at it as Harry, Persephone, and the Healer turned to look at him, "Can I help you, Professor Dumbledore," The Healer asked him.
"I just came to see how young Harry was," He said as he entered the room.
"Well, he has taken well to the treatment, and we have made sure that the magic that he subconsciously sealed is being released at a healthy rate now, and it is growing," She said as Dumbledore looked at her.
"Growing," He asked as Harry looked at the Healer.
"We do not know at the moment, but he does not have to fear becoming an Obscurus anymore," She said as she looked over the cart, "I'll be back later with some potions, but at the moment, you are free to talk with the professor," She told Harry and ruffled Harry's hair.
Both noted that Harry froze when the Healer's hand was on him, and when it was off, he seemed to come back to life.
As the woman walked out, Dumbledore, "H-hel-hello sir," Harry said to him.
Dumbledore walked over to a seat that was close to the bed, "Hello, Mister Potter are you alright if I call you Harry, you can call me Dumbledore," He said as he sat down, "Sir makes me feel more than twice my age," Dumbledore told Harry as the young boy nodded.
"So why are you here," Harry asked him.
And the older man looked at Harry over before he bowed his head, "I would first like to say I'm sorry for the mistake that I had with leaving you with those monsters," Dumbledore said as Harry's eyes widened, "Yes, I left you with them, but I had no chose as the others that on a list that could have raised you were either to busy to do so or was not aloud," The old wizard told Harry.
"Wh-who was on th-the list," Harry asked as Persephone moved so that she was on Harry's shoulders to ease Harry, which was helping.
Dumbledore saw the way that the albino Basilisk moved to comfort Harry, "The first was a friend of your father, but with him being classed as a dark creature, the people of the ministry would not allow him to keep a child," He told the boy who cocked his head, "He's a werewolf," Dumbledore told Harry.
Said boy looking at him with narrowed eyes that Dumbledore had seen once before, and the eyes were not in anger or confusion but in looking for an answer, "Don't they only become the wolf on the full moon," Harry asked the man.
Dumbledore nodded, "And the night before and after, but they have control of their form on those two nights," He told Harry, who nodded.
"But why would they be a problem; from what Healer Brooks told me, was that werewolves don't hurt babies as the human part of the brain and transformation would fight stronger to defend the baby," Harry said as both animals in the room nodded.
Dumbledore took this information in, and he would make a case for the werewolves, "Anyway, the next person that was on the list Amelia Bones, who you had earlier," He told him as Harry nodded, "But like you, who had lost your family Amelia, had to look after her niece who had lost both her parents and she could barely hang onto her job with young Susan," Dumbledore told him.
"And with me, she may have lost her job," Harry said as Dumbledore nodded sadly.
"Yes, and even if she would have used the house elves to help aid her, the people that were after you would not have stopped until she was gone," Dumbledore said as Harry cocked his head while Persephone and the Firehawk looked at him, "I'll tell you and him after I have explained," Dumbledore told both animals.
They begrudgingly nodded, "So anyway, the third person on the list was someone by the name of Andromeda Tonks, but because of her family history, she would not be able to take you in," He told the boy.
§Family history,§ Persephone asked him.
Harry was about to translate for her, but Dumbledore stroked his beard, "You see, she came from a family by the name of Black, who was, while not evil per se, they just did like a certain type of person," Dumbledore told him as Harry nodded but looked amazed, "And before you ask I'm not a Parselmouth like you are I can just understand the language," He told Harry.
"Anyway, in the Black family, there were two black sheep, funnily, your godfather, who I now think was falsely accused of something and was sent to prison, and the other was Andromeda," Dumbledore told the young boy.
"But as she came from the Black family, she could not raise me, and the same could be said about my godfather as he's from the Black family," Harry said, but Dumbledore shook his head.
"You see, as Sirius was your godfather, the ministry could not do anything as he had the legal right to raise you," Dumbledore told him as Harry nodded, "Then there was a professor at Hogwarts that you will get your letter to when you reach eleven, but with you being either around people years older than you or left alone for most of the year," He told the boy as Harry nodded.
"I would grow cold to the world as I would be alone, or I would not have a childhood," Harry said quietly as Dumbledore nodded sadly.
"So your aunt was the only option, and I had prayed that she had changed and would not taker her anger at her sister, your mother, out on you," Dumbledore said as he looked down, "I am deeply sorry, and I wish that I could go back and curse my past self so and tell him what a fool he was but...," Dumbledore tailed off not meeting the eyes of anyone in the room.
Not even the phoenix that was there with him.
Persephone turned her head to look at Harry, §I think that you should expect his apology,§ She told him as Harry looked at her, §You should not hold a grudge as it will harm you in the long run,§ Persephone told Harry,
§Are you sure,§ Harry asked her as his mind kept returning to all the beating he had received over the years.
§You humans have a phase called being human, and he was doing just that; everyone makes mistakes throughout their life, and this man wishes to atone for one of them right now,§ She informed Harry, who gave a weak smile.
§When did you get so wise,§ Harry asked her as she seemed to puff up, so he turned to Dumbledore, "Well, sir, as Persephone said, you were being human, and you want to atone," Harry said as the old man raised his head to look at Harry with surprise.
Dumbledore formed a slight smile on his face as he looked at Harry and saw both the boy's parents next to him, "He has the form of James while he had the eyes and mind of Lily," He thought as he looked at Harry before he strained his back, "Now I have to tell you what is going to happen," Dumbledore said as Harry gave a shy nod.
"At the moment, with Sirius finally getting his trial, you will be staying in a flat with an Auror, and if Sirius is indeed innocent, then he will have some treatment that can help him become healthy once more," Dumbledore said as Harry nodded, "Then on your eleventh birthday you will get your Hogwarts letter, and you may come to learn about and how to perform magic," He added as Harry nodded.
Harry then looked at Persephone and then at the Firehawk, "What about Persephone and Ra," Harry asked as Dumbledore raised a brow.
"Ra," He asked as Harry used his arm to indicate to the Firehawk, "Oh, they will be able to come with you as it is your right with them being your familiars," Dumbledore told the boy.
The man looked down at his wand and then at Harry, who had a happy smile as he talked to Persephone, "Has my search to master death and searching for the greater good done this," Dumbledore thought before he pulled out his wand, "Harry can you try something for me," Dumbledore asked him.
"Sure," Harry said as he looked at the older man before looking at the wand in his hand.
"I would like for you to try to see if you have a bond with this wand," Dumbledore said to the boy.
The wand in question was about 15 inches that had a smooth, unadorned shaft and a handle formed from two conjoined spheres.
When he took hold of the wand and took it from Dumbledore's grip, he felt a warmth wash over him and a slightly clear head.
What he did not see was that his hair started to move with invisible wind as Dumbledore smiled, "This is only a small part of the apology Harry as you deserve what you are given," He thought as he looked at the boy.
And what both of them did not see was a woman with very pale skin that was practically white dressed in a full body cloak and a hood that covered her face as long black hair flowed out of it.
Her amber eyes looked at Harry as he held the wand, "I see your descendant may turn out like you, Ignotus or will he become like him," She said before two strong wings formed out of her back, and she flew off.
Back with Harry, he looked at the wand in his hand before he got ready to hand it back over, but Dumbledore shook his head, "It seems I'm right that wand belongs with you, but luckily I have another," He said as he pulled out another wand, "Now Harry I have to return to telling you some news and this time it is about the reason you was with your aunt," Dumbledore said as Harry nodded, "Now before you were born and well before your parents were born there was a boy, and his name was Tom Marvolo Riddle, and he had a similar gift that you have Harry," Dumbledore told Harry.
§Ah, you talk of the monster,§ Persephone said as Dumbledore looked over at her.
"Monster," He asked her.
§For some reason, even though I have never met him, I am a snake, and we all know one thing about him is that he is a monster,§ Persephone said as both males nodded at her, §Descended from the darker line than Harry is descended from and all snakes know that he did not care for them but only power like the egg breaker he is,§ She told him as Dumbledore stocked his beard.
He hummed before looking back at Harry, "Anyway, Tom was like any other student that I taught at Hogwarts, but that seemed to change after some years, and during his fifth year, he released a monster within the school," Dumbledore told Harry who nodded at him, "He being who he has pushed the blame onto someone else, but I managed to get that person some education," Dumbledore said as Harry continued nodding.
"He then graduated with the first of what would be his followers and would later be known as Death Eaters, but the war did not start yet," Dumbledore said as Harry nodded, "And Tom moved around Britain and to some parts of Europe spreading his influence and by the time your parents were left Hogwarts the war started," He told the boy who looked shocked.
"I do not remember what started the war off, but after a few years, people and families that I fought with went into hiding, and your parents were one such family as Lily; your mother had not long given birth to you," Dumbledore told Harry who continued nodded.
It made sense to him that you would need to hide somewhere when fighting a greater force.
"Now, before we continue with this tale, I have to tell you about a spell that allows a house to become hidden," He said to Harry.
"Ok," The young boy said.
"This is a spell called the Fidelius Charm, and it allows you to hide a location, but it needs a secret keeper," Dumbledore said as Persephone looked at him.
§So the person who had been the keeper of the secret for Harry and his parents gave the information to the monster,§ She said as Harry looked at her before he heard cruel and dark laughter in his head and a woman's scream.
"I-I remember something," Harry whispered as Dumbledore turned to him.
"What is it," He gently asked.
"Not much but a man telling someone to step aside, a woman begging for them to take her instead, followed by her scream and then a green flash," Harry said as he stared, shaking as a cold came over him, "No two green flashes," Harry said quietly as Persephone wrapped around Harry in a way to hug him.
Dumbledore looked at him sadly, "Do you want me to continue," He asked the black-haired boy, and Harry nodded, "Alright. So your both right about what happened with the man that your parents made the secret keeper betray them, and Tom found them and went after them personally," Dumbledore said as Harry looked at him.
"Why did he come after them," Harry asked him.
Dumbledore looked at him, but another voice cut them off, "I would like to know about that myself," They said as they both looked up to see Amelia standing there.
Dumbledore looked at Amelia and then back to Harry before he sighed, "Around the time your mother found out that she was pregnant with you and was nearing her due date, I was looking for a teacher for the divination classes, and to do that, we would need a special type of wizard or witch," Dumbledore told them, but mostly Harry.
"Special type of wizard or witch," Harry asked him.
"A seer if I'm right," Amelia said as she walked over to seat the other side of Dumbledore.
"That right, and when I was interviewing a woman, and she seemingly had given a prophecy during it," Dumbledore told them as Amelia narrowed her eyes, "But there was someone there, and they worked for Tom and overheard it," He continued as Amelia looked at him.
"Tom," She asked.
"Tom Marvolo Riddle," Dumbledore told her as eyes shot wide.
"You mean that the so-called hero of Hogwarts that got rid of the heir of Slytherin was the dark lord," Amelia said as Dumbledore nodded as she pulled out a notebook and wrote that down, "If you have time in the week could you come to my office so that we could get Hagrid free of his charges," She told him as he nodded.
"Anyway, finding out that Tom now knew about the prophecy, I told your parents and another family about it as they were expecting a child around as the both of you are a day apart," Dumbledore said with Amelia nodding her head.
"And with Riddle targeting the Potters, he made Mister Potter here the one who is keyed to the prophecy," Amelia said as Dumbledore nodded before a healer walked in.
"Visiting hours are over at the moment, so I'm going to have to ask you to leave," She said to Dumbledore, and Amelia nodded and walked out as Harry was settling to go to sleep.
As the two walked out, Amelia looked at Dumbledore, "How must Mister Potter has your wand," She asked him.
They both reached the entrance.
Dumbledore twisted his wand as Amelia looked around him, "What is the one wand that has been passed on and spoken in legend," He asked her.
"The Elder Wand," She asked him.
"Yes, and one does not need to battle and kill the previous owner of the wand," Dumbledore told her as she nodded, "And with him taking it from my hand as I did not put it in his," He told her as her eyes shot wide.
"So the wand sees him as its master," Amelia said as she looked into the building, "Is that a good idea," She asked him.
"Only time will tell," Was all Dumbledore said before he Apparated away with his Pheonix.
Amelia took one last look at the building before she also Apparated away.
A Week, Ministry of Magic, Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Court Room
The Dursleys stood in front of many wizards and witches as they looked down at the two muggles and an unknown as Amelia and Dumbledore walked into the room.
"All may be seated," Dumbledore said as everyone sat down, but the Dursleys stayed standing, well two of them did, but as soon as some wands came out, the other two quickly sat down, "Now then, with the case of the child abuse from Mister Potter," Dumbledore said before looking at the sheet in front of him, "No sorry, heir Potter of both the Potter and Black families," He called out as a man with white-blond hair clenched his fist.
"We of magical Britain charge you with child abuse of one Harry James Potter; how do you three plead," Dumbledore said to them as they looked up at him.
And to his shock, two cries of "innocent" came from both males of the Dursley family and a soul cry of "guilty" from Petunia.
"Alright then, we'll move to you first," Dumbledore said as Vernon and Dudley were told to sit back down.
They were, with some persuading from the Aurors, "Petunia Dursley, as you have pleased guilty, you will be moved to a separate room so that you can be given your punishment away from your husband and son," Dumbledore told her as an Auror walked up to her and walked her out.
Then the case moves on with Dumbledore overseeing the case with Amelia questioning the two Dursleys, but the man and boy do not have a leg to stand on as soon as the memories come out with each of them played and a man in a cloak with a shadowed face walked over to them.
"The memories have not been tampered with," He said, but his voice was not one could remember as it changed accent and pitch every second.
And with that one statement, both Dursleys realised what was happening, and everything that had happened in the past was coming back to bite them.
"I know you can't charge us as we don't have your stupid magic," Vernon yelled out as Dudley whimpered as he looked around him.
Why would he care for Harry, he, his friends and dad did to his freak of a cousin; he did nothing for them.
Oh, how little they both knew.
"Actually, Mister Dursley, they can as we decreed it," A woman's voice called out as Vernon looked over to her, and his face became white as a sheet.
The prime minister and the previous prime minister walked up to them.
John Major.
Margaret Thatcher.
When Thatcher saw his look, she gained a small smile, "When a person without magic is being tried, they call in the prime minister, and since it was my duty to show prime minister Major how things worked here and how he and Cornelius could understand each other better," Thatcher told him as Vernonjust kept quiet as Major turned to look at Cornelius.
"Vernon Dursley shall be sent to Stormpits Prison, as that is a new prion that we have made for those without magic but know of it," Major said as the minster of magic nodded, "His son, on the other hand, will be sent to Blackford Juvenile Holding Center, which is the same as Spormpts but for young offenders and he shall bring someone so that they can fix his state of mind," Major told him as Cornelius agreed with him and they took the two Dursleys away.
"Now for the next matter on today's agenda is the long overdue trail of Sirius Black," Dumbledore called out as both muggles walked out with some Aurors.
A man in a black and white jumpsuit was led in, and people noticed that he did not need to be pushed as he walked with an air about him before he stood in the booth.
He was malnourished and underwent man with a gaunt, sunken face, waxy skin, yellow teeth, and long, black matted hair.
"Thank you for coming, Mister Black, and I am sorry for the wait you must endure while waiting for your trail," Dumbledore told him.
He coughed a bit before he looked up at the older man, "That's alright, professor, I'm just happy I'm getting one," Sirius said to the man, but Dumbledore knew there was more he wanted to say, so he voiced his thoughts.
"I know you have more than just that," Dumbledore said as he looked at the convict.
"I'll be nice as I get a chance to say what really happened that night," Sirius told him as Amelia looked at the man with narrowed eyes, "I don't want to ruin the change that I have," He added.
"Alright then, before the case starts, do you have any wants as you are Lord Black," Dumbledore said to him.
"Yes, I want to be questioned with Veritaserum," Sirius said as people looked at each other, and Cornelius, along with another, pailed as they gained a seed of doubt in their stomachs.
Dumbledore looked down at Amelia, who nodded and walked over to Sirius, "Head back and tongue out, please, Lord Black," She told him as he did as asked.
He did so, and she could see he had a joke forming in his head but said nothing; she then pulled out a small vial and dropped three tiny tops onto his tongue.
His eyes became less focused, "What is your full name," Dumbledore asked him.
"Sirius Orian Black the second," Sirius said with a dead voice.
"What is your birth year, day and month as well, please."
"3rd November 1959."
"Now we need to know if you are truly under the effects of the potion; we need you to lie," Dumbledore said, and while he got no response from the man, he knew that Sirius understood and just as he was about to open his mouth to ask a question Amelia stepped forward.
"Back in Hogwarts, I caught you as you were changing back into your human form from a deer," She said to him as Sirius turned to her, "Is that correct," Amelia asked him.
And it looked like Sirius was fighting to say the wrong answer before he called out, "No, my Animagus form is a Grim," He told them.
"The potion works," Amelia called out as Dumbledore nodded.
"Were you the secret keeper for the Potters," Dumbledore asked him.
"I was the original secret keeper, but I talked to James and Lily, so we had changed from me to someone else," Sirius told them as they looked at each other.
"Were you the secret keeper on the night of 1981," Dumbledore asked him.
"No," Sirius answered.
"But you had said you were the secret keeper before changing it; when did you change," Amelia asked, with some people nodding.
"When the dark lord found out that I was the secret keeper, the only people that knew that were Dumbledore, James, Lily, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew," Sirius told them all as everyone whispered to each other, "So after a week of being the secret keeper me and James had changed it in secret with Lily changing it to Peter," He added.
"So Peter Pettigrew was the secret keeper that handed Lily and James Potter over to the dark lord," Dumbledore asked him.
"Yes," Sirius told him.
"Only five more questions for you; the first is, are or were you a death eater," Dumbledore asked as people lent in.
"No," Sirius told them as they looked at each other.
"Have you ever thought about joining the dark lord," The older wizard asked.
"As a spy once, but I was told to get my head out of my arse," Sirius told them.
Amelia smiled at that as she was the one to tell him that.
"What did you want to tell me before we started the questioning," Dumbledore asked him.
"How come I had no chance of a trial or being free while my cousin Bellatrix did not have either and got to walk free," Sirius asked as no one had an answer for him.
"Did you kill Peter Pettigrew," Dumbledore asked him about how things were happening today; he might as well ask the question.
And that did not stop the surprises.
"No," Sirius said.
"If he is not dead, what happened to him," Amelia asked him.
"Peter yelled that I murdered Jame and Lily, cut off his finger, blew up the street and escaped into his rat form," Sirius told them as people looked at each other.
"So Peter Pettigrew is an Animagus form, a small brown rat," Dumbledore said to them as Amelia walked over and gave him the antidote.
"Lord Black, you are now free to go, but first, I would say get yourself seen at St Mungo's to make sure that you are ready to look after your godson," Dumbledore said as he stood up.
A Week Later, Charing Cross Road
Harry and Sirius were waiting for Dumbledore as they sat at a small cafe crossing the road from a building with a sign with the words 'Leaky Cauldron'.
They both looked healthier as they and were better dressed.
Harry had burnt orange converse All-Stars with cargo pants and a black T-shirt, and a checked jacket.
While his hair was still the untamed mess it was, he no longer had any scars, burses or burns over his body part from the one on his head that the healers said they could not get rid of.
On the other hand, Sirius had changed a lot as he had a younger-looking face with his hair cut short, and it was clean, and he had a moustache and a goatee that looked neatly trimmed.
He was dressed in a grey-striped button-down shirt with a pair of black pants and a tuxedo vest, and on the chair, he was on was a dark green trench coat.
They sat with a man with light-brown hair, flecks of grey, a small light brown moustache, and green with scars cutting across his face.
He was dressed in a dark brown suit, a white dress shirt, and a dark brown tie.
"So long before Dumbledore gets here, Moony," Sirius asked the scared man.
He looked up from the paper he was reading at the black-haired man, "Well, Padfoot, Dumbledore said that he was bringing someone with him what we have Harry go thou the ancestry test with the goblins," He told Sirius as he picked up his cup of tea.
"What is the ancestry test," Harry asked him.
"The ancestry test is when the goblins a simple drop of your blood, and they then use their magic to have it run thou tests," The scared man said.
"So, like a blood test," Harry asked him.
Sirius nodded from where he sat, "You got it in one, kiddo," He said before a pop was heard; all three looked over, and Harry froze as they saw Dumbledore, but it was not the wizard that made Harry freeze.
It was who he was with.
It was his aunt.
Sirius and the brown-haired man stood up, ready to take Harry away from her, but Dumbledore held up a hand, "Do not worry; look at her wrists," He said to them.
They were two bands of metal with tiny runes etched into them, "Shadow cuffs," The man said as Sirius turned to him but kept his eyes on Petunia.
"What are they, Remus," Sirius asked the other man calling him by his real name.
"They are keyed to become tighter if she indents to harm someone, and by tighter, I mean they will cut off her hands," Remus said to them.
Sirius calmed down slightly and walked over to Harry, "I'll be with you the whole time, alright," He told the boy.
Harry did not say anything but nodded slightly as he felt slight movement under his clothes as Persephone moved so that she was in striking distance of anyone that came too close to Harry.
He got up and pulled out a small hat, but Sirius shook his head, "Your going to have to face this but don't worry, you have me, Remus and Persephone with you, and we won't let anything hurt you while we're here," He told his godson who nodded at him.
Sirius then turned to Petunia before looking at Dumbledore, "You both go in; first, we will be behind you," He told him.
Dumbledore seeing that Harry wanted to get far away from his aunt, took in a deep breath, "Harry," He called to the boy who looked up to him, "I know that you do not want to be close to her, but something as presented itself while she was in prison and if I'm right even if she would deny it she owes you," He told him as he led Petunia across the road and into the Leaky Cauldron.
Remus looked at Harry before he nodded, and the three of them walked across the road; Harry stayed by Sirius the entire time as they walked into the Leaky Cauldron.
While they only stepped behind Dumbledore, they found the place noisy but stopped when they saw who had walked in.
"Good Lord, is this," The bartender said as he looked at Harry, "Can this be, Bless my soul," He said as everyone was looking where he was looking.
"Harry Potter… what an honour," He said as people started to stand up and walk over with the bartender, "Welcome back, Mr Potter, welcome back," He said to Harry before Remus stood in front of him.
The bartender was about to comment, but Remus leaned in and whispered in the man's ear, looking down at Harry and then at the woman with Dumbledore before the ground around him.
"O' gets back, you fools, give the lad some room the breath, will you," He called out as people started to back up.
A man walked up but stopped before he could get close to Remus, "Clay Knotts, Mister Potter, and I would like to say thank you for doing what you did back then," He told Harry.
People started to nod to him as he followed Dumbledore, with Sirius and Remus taking up the rear, and they reached a wall, "I was hoping that we would not be close to anyone, but I did not account for the day drinkers," Dumbledore said with a sigh.
He then walked over to the rubbish bin, "Now Harry, you must remember this for when you come by in August to get your thing 'three up and two across'," Dumbledore said as he pulled out his wand and taped the right bricks as the wall slid open revealing an ally.
In the ally, there was a tone one shop that ranged from selling pets to ingredients to brooms, and that was only a small amount of things that Harry saw.
Sirius looked at Harry and saw the wonder on his face, "Welcome, Harry, to Diagon Alley," Sirius told him as the five of them walked out and down the road.
They passed many kinds of shops that littered the ally with sweet shops and cloth shops with book shops scattered about.
And instead of heading to one of the smaller shops that were heading for the biggest building that stood in the ally.
It was an imposing snow-white multistoried marble building at the end of the alley.
As they walked up, Harry and Petunia saw an inscription by the stairs.
Enter, stranger, but take heed
Of what awaits the sin of greed
For those who take but do not earn,
Must pay most dearly in their turn.
So if you seek beneath our floors
A treasure that was never yours,
Thief, you have been warned, beware
Of finding more than treasure there.
Petunia gulped as she read it while Harry just walked past it taking that it told him not to anger the ones that run the building.
When they entered, they found shot humanoids that looked like they were running the place.
They were short and fair-skinned, with long fingers and feet, dome-shaped heads, pointed noses, and pointed ears.
And they were dressed in suits that fitted their size with slight alterations from one to another.
"What is this place," Petunia asked as she looked around.
Remus looked over at her before looking at Harry, "This is Gringotts Wizarding Bank; the ones that run the Bank are the goblins," He said to them, but mostly Harry.
As they walked up to one goblin that sat higher than the rest so they could talk eye to eye with their customers, "Next," The goblin said as Dumbledore walked up.
"Good afternoon Brodrak," The elderly wizard said to the goblin behind the desk.
"Dumbledore," Brodrak said as he looked at the elderly man, "What can I do for you today," He asked him.
"I would like for young Mister Potter here to have an ancestry test, please," Dumbledore said as Brodrak leaned over his desk to look at Harry.
"Dose Mister Potter have his vault key," Brodrak asked, but Dumbledore pulled out the key and handed it over.
The goblin looked the key over, "Everything seemed to be in order," Brodrak said before he called out, "Droikt," a goblin with black hair that was twisted on the head like an ice cream cone.
"Yes, head goblin," Droikt asked Brodrak as he walked over.
"Can you take these five to Zaskams for an ancestry test for Mister Potter," The head goblin told Dorikt.
"Very well," He told Brodrak before turning to five humans, "Follow me, please," Dorikt told them as he started to lead them away.
"May your enemies lose their lives and the gold from their pockets," Brodrak told them as he wrote something down.
Seeing that no one else was going to say anything, Harry turned to him, "And may yours drown in their blood," He told Brodak.
The head goblin looked over to Harry with a small smile, "That was a good start, but add something about the enemy losing their wealth or money," Brodrak told the young boy but nodded, "But a good start," He added.
The five humans continued walking with Dorikt, and Dumbledore turned to him, "Well done, Harry, as people nowadays do not give the goblin greeting," He told Harry.
"How is that," Harry asked him.
Remus cupped his chin in thought, "I believe they think that they are above the goblins, but they forget that the goblins are in control of the taxes," He said as Dorikt nodded ahead them.
Dorikt stopped and looked at them as they stopped as well, "This is another free bit of information, Mister Potter, most of the purebloods like to think that we are greedy and battle-hungry, but that is not true as with how they treat us," Dorikt said as Sirius's eyes shot open.
"You do it to pay back for all in insults that you have had to endure," Sirius said as he looked at the goblin leading them.
And Dorikt gave a slight nod to him before they reached a door that Dorikt knocked on, and they heard a "Enter" from the inside.
Dorikt opened the door, and they found a female goblin behind a large round desk with a bowl in the centre, "Yes," She asked.
"Past seer, Zaskams, high goblin Brodrak, as sent these humans here so that Mister Potter can have an ancestry test," Dorikt told her.
Zaskams nodded as she looked at the humans, "Thank you, runner Dorkit, I'll see them," She told him as Dorikt let the five into the office before leaving the closing the door after him, "Now then, who is paying for this," Zaskams asked as she started to pull out a roll of parchment and placed it in the bowl, golden knife and two small bottles of green liquid.
"That would be me," Dumbledore said as he handed over another key, and Harry could see that it was slightly different from his key.
Zaskams nodded as she pulled out a box with a keyhole and a quill and quickly wrote a number on it, "That would be 626ʛ please," She asked as Dumbledore slid the key into the box turned it to the left before letting the key go as Zaskamas turned the box around and turned the key the other way, and the box opened and started to pull out coins.
And after she was done counting coins, she handed Dumbledore back his key; she then closed the box and put it away, "Now then shall we start," She said as she poured the liquid into the bowl as the parchment started to float on top of it, "Now then Mister Potter you need to cut your palm with this knife so that a single drop can fall into the potion and we can know your ancestry," She told him.
Harry then took the knife and cut his palm; as a drop of blood stayed on the blade, there was not even a scratch, but he still felt the pain.
Petunia looked at her nephew and saw that he did it quickly as thoughts popped into her mind, and she did not like them.
Not one bit.
The three other adults thought the same as Harry handed the knife back to Zaskamas, who taped the blade as the top of blood dropped into the potion.
The potion then became black and was sucked into the parchment before it was all gone, and Zaskamas pulled the parchment out and unrolled it.
And unrolled it.
It was still unrolling.
By god, it's still going.
And when she reached the end, the people in her office heard, "A'ha," From the female goblin, "Right here you are," She said as she showed the people in the office.
And it showed Harry at the bottom, "This is the first part of the ancestry test, as it will show what families you belong to," Zaskamas said as Harry nodded.
"Ok, the first, we'll start by birth," Zaskamas told them as they nodded, "From your father's line, you are descended from the Potters, obviously, a branch family of the Blacks, Peverell, Gryffindor and Ravenclaw," Zaskamas told them as she looked over the list as Remus and Sirius's eyes shot wide.
"Now for the mother's line, you are descended from the lines Hufflepuff and Slytherin," Zaskamas said as Dumbledore stroked his beard.
"Slytherin, you say," He asked her.
"Yes, and the main line form what it looks like, start with that," Zaskamas said as she looked over the scroll here; her eyes turned white for a few seconds before they became clear once more, "Lily Potter's line came to be from when Salazar Slytherin and Helga Hufflepuff had their children, they had five children, starting with Evangeline Slytherin, who had changed her name to Samantha Evens, then a set of twins with Henry Slytherin and Salazar Slytherin II," Zaskamas said as she looked at them.
"They then had another set of twins and named them after their best friends, Rowena and Godric Hufflepuff," She told them as Sirius looked confused.
"I that it was portrayed that Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin hated each other," He said to Dumbledore.
"May I continue," Zaskamas asked as Sirius apologised to her, "Anyway, when Godric Hufflepuff was found by some witch hunters and burned at the stake Salazar Slytherin the first, and Helga Hufflepuff was enraged, but as they and their two friends joined them and hunted down the witch hunters that did it and killed them but the younger twin of the Slytherin lin wanted more revenge," Zaskamas said as people nodded while Petunia looked shocked.
She was practically doing that to her nephew, husband, and son.
"Salazar Slytherin II decided if his father would not sort the muggles out, he would, and he then moved on to the muggle-borns, and he went after his siblings," Zaskamas told them as Dumbledore was making sure that all of this stayed in his memory, "After killing his twin brother, Salazar moved on to his sisters, but Rowena Huffkepuff was out of the country and Evangeline Slytherin had gone into hiding and changed her name Samantha Evens and her family as always been on the move around the UK until magic left their bodies and waiting for a child to be born," Zaskamas told them.
"Which was Lily Potter," Remus said as Zaskamas nodded to him, "And that's where Harry got his gift for being Parselmouth," He added as Zaskamas nodded again.
"That's right," She told him before she pointed to the other half of the parchment, "Now, onto the father's line, as Godric Gryffindor and Rowena Ravenclaw had two children, with one being named Godric Gryffindor II and Emma Gryffindor, and when Godric and Salazar were having there, war Emma met a young man by the name of Ignotus Peverell, and they stayed in the Peverell line for a while until there a daughter of the five-time great-grandson of Ignotus and Emma marry into the Potter line and then that leads to your father and you," Zaskamas explained to him as Harry nodded.
She then rolled the parchment up once more, pulled out a bottle of a red potion, and poured that into the bowl.
"Now to see what you have, Mister Potter," Zaskamas said as she put the parchment in the red potion; it became multiple sheets of parchment, all with information on them, "Alright then, we can start, but we can not give you anything as Gringotts does not have the wills of both James and Lily Potter," Zaskamas told Harry, but Dumbledore pulled them out and handed them over.
She unrolled them to have a look over them and nodded, "The requirements are set for you to get get the things that are in the vaults when you need to," Zaskamas told Harry before looking at the first page and nodded and moving on to the other papers, "All of this is in order know then," She said as she got off her chair and to the door, "Follow me," She told them.
They got up and followed her as she led them to another door; she knocked on the door and walked in, "Accountant Griphook," Zaskamas asked.
"Yes, past seer," A brown-haired male goblin said as he spotted the people behind her, "What is this about," Griphook asked as he looked the humans over.
"I have just gone thru the ancestry test with Mister Potter, and here are the results," Zaskamas told him as he handed over the sheets of parchment before turning to Harry and the others, "Accountant Griphook, will go thou the rest with you," She told them as she walked back to her office.
They walked into the office and took a seat while Griphook looked over the sheets of parchment, "Alright then, so my, I have the key to Mister Potter's vault so that I can make some changes," Griphook said as Dumbledor handed him the key.
"Alright then, I start with the mount in the Potters vault, not counting your trust vault," Griphook told them, but mostly Harry, "Now, in the Potter vault, after we take out the money that is being sent to Mitster Lupin here and to Amelia Bones, we have 31,048,676ʛ, but that will keep going up as with the business you own, the Black you have the heirs right of access meaning that you have 6,085,540,496ʛ and like the Potter vault the amount will keep going up," Griphook said as he looked at the next part of the list, "Moving on to the Peverell with the amount of 622,410,602ʛ and they only have one business that still is sending money into that account the Daily Prophet, with the number of shears that the Potter family have along with the amount that the Black family have you now own 75% of the Daily Prophet and you know can start fixing that rag you people call a paper," Griphook muttered as Harry, and everyone else blinked.
"That's actually good, as I can now look thou their employees and get them out of curtain hands," Sirius said as a smile formed.
Harry nodded with a shy smile on his face at that.
"The Gryffindor vault is 15,000,000ʛ which is the same for the Hufflepuff vault and the Ravenclaw vault," Griphook said as he brought everyone back to him, "While the Slytherin only have 216,000ʛ left in their vault after the dark lord almost spent it all," He said to them and looked at Harry.
"So, Mister Potter, what do you want to do," Griphook asked him.
Harry opened his mouth, "Well..."
Four Months Later, King's Cross Station, Platform Nine and Three-Quarters
Harry sat in a carriage with plush red seats connected to the large red, 4-6-0 steam engine that went by the Hogwarts Express, with Persephone over his shoulders as he waved at Sirius, Remus and Petuina, who waved at him.
Next to him was Ra as he looked at the new animal that Harry had got when his letter arrived on his birthday.
It was a snowy owl that had feathers that had primarily white with some black parts and amber eyes that Harry had seen that he had seen somewhere before.
Harry had called her Hedwig, and for some reason, she loved it when Harry gave her a name, but he did not know why, and he was cut off from his thought when the train's whistle blew, and the train soon started moving.
He soon heard the door to his garage open to three people, with the first being a boy with long blond white hair and pale but healthy skin dressed in a suit.
Next to him was a girl with shoulder-length black hair and brown eyes; she was dressed in blue jeans and a dark purple top with a band that Harry had not seen before.
And then the last was also a girl with short black hair and green eyes that nearly matched Harry's own eyes, dressed in similar clothing to the other girl, but she had a leather jacket on.
"Can we sit here as everywhere else was full," The boy asked as Harry nodded his head, "Thank you, I'm Leonidas Malfoy, but please call me Leo," He said to Harry, who nodded.
"I'm Alexandra Lestrange, but Leo calls me by my shot part like Alex," The girl with the purple shirt said.
"I'm Alex's little sister Delphini Lestrange, but I like being called Delphi," The last girl said before looking at Persephone, "And you have a snake too are you a Parselmouth too," Delphi asked Harry, who nodded.
§Mike out here and say hello,§ Delphi hissed before turning back to Harry, "This is Mike," Delphi said as a snake poked its head out.
Mike was mainly covered in black scales but had several markings on his body with yellow hexagon markings that ran from the head to his tail, small yellow bumps where it touched the ground, and various purple scar-like marks.
Mike had two elongated red fangs and fierce red eyes protracted from his upper jaw, and his tail was partially red and had a blade-like shape.
§Hello Mike,§ Harry said as Leo and Alex looked shocked while Delphi looked excited, "And I'm Harry Potter; it's nice to meet you, Harry said, shocking them more.