Power of the Mage: Blast to the Past
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When the portal opened the five kids fell to the floor while the adults looked on in amusement. When they got up off the floor they looked around in wonder.
"Woah!" Haru breathed.
Albus chuckled. "This is my home. This is where you will be staying for the summer before you go to Hogwarts. Now, Lily, could you please lead them to their rooms? Sirius, Remus, I assume you remember where your guest rooms are?"
Sirius scoffed. "Of course we do Albus. What do you take us for?"
"Idiots." Lily muttered.
The kids giggled while Sirius pouted. Albus smiled at the scene. Suddenly Albus remembered something.
"Sirius, Remus. There is an opening for a Defence Professor. I was wondering if both of you would take the position."
Sirius and Remus accepted the position at once.
Albus clapped his hands. 'Good, good. Now, on the full moons…"
"Oh!" Irrisa exclaimed. "I forgot to tell you grandfather. We found a cure for Lycanthropy!"
Albus' eyes widened. "A cure? That's wonderful. This means that Remus is cured?" Remus nodded. "Wonderful. Now the ministry can't argue my choice. Do you have the instructions on how to brew the cure?"
Irrisa nodded before she realized something. "How did you know it was a potion that cured Remus?"
"I guessed."
"Figures." Irrisa mumbled. "Yes I know how but I seem to be the only one who is able to brew it successfully, besides Salazar of course."
"If it is needed, would you be willing to brew it for me?"
"Of course."
"Also Severus Snape, our Potions Master and Professor would probably like to know about this cure. Now, Lily. I'm sorry to say that I had to hire James for the History of Magic position. He had the highest marks in that course in years and besides, no one else would take the job."
"It's alright grandfather."
"Why did you have to tell mom?" Harry asked.
"Lily is the Muggle Studies Professor."
"Oh. Does that mean you will be teaching us?"
"If you take my class. When do they register for classes grandfather?"
"We can do that later tonight. First off, we need to make a trip to Gringotts to access their vaults. We also need to buy modern clothes for them to wear. Until we get robes for them can they boys borrow robes from you Sirius?" Sirius nodded his consent. "Lily, may the girls borrow robes from you?"
"Of course."
Now, lets show them their rooms, get them changed, and head out."
"Come on guys. Follow me. Your rooms are upstairs." Lily gestured for them to follow her.
The kids followed Lily upstairs while Sirius went to get three sets of his robes for the guys to wear. Lily opened the second door on the right of the staircase.
"This is the girls room."
The walls were done in a light blue color with matching sheets. All the girls frowned at that.
Irrisa commented, "We have to change the sheets and stuff to match our own colors. I couldn't stand with having that color for a long time."
The other girls agreed. After looking around the room a little more they headed to the boys room. It was done in dark forest green. Harry seemed to like it a lot but the other boys commented on how they needed their own colors as well.
"The boys room is closer to the stairs just in case something happens and someone is able to penetrate the house. This way whoever it is has to go through the boys to get to the girls." Lily commented.
Everyone nodded. The next second Sirius popped up, scaring Lily. "Sirius! You know I hate it when you sneak up on me!"
Sirius grinned. "That's why I do it. Here are robes for the guys. Albus wants to leave as soon as possible."
"Alright. Guys, go get changed please. Girls, please come with me."
Lily led them to her room where she handed them some robes. The girls immediately went to change. Once they were done, everyone met back downstairs.
"Do we have everything we may need?" Albus asked.
"What about their Hogwarts list, so we can get their things?" Remus asked.
"Since we haven't gone over with them on what classes they want to take there is not point."
"Oh. Then we have everything we need." Remus answered.
"Now kids, we are going to travel by floo powder. Since it is relatively new, you've never travelled by it before. Watch us first then follow." Albus stepped forward, grabbed a handful of powder from the container on the mantle, and threw it in the fire as he stepped in. He then called out "Diagon Ally!" and was gone in a flash of green fire.
Lily stepped up next. "Diagon Ally!" She was gone.
Sirius and Remus motioned for the kids to go next.
"This way if you get lost in a different grate one of us can follow you and bring you to the right one." Remus explained.
One by one all of the kids flooed to Diagon Ally. Once everyone had arrived, Albus led them out the back door of the Leaky Cauldron. He tapped some of the bricks on the wall and an archway appeared.
The teens gasped as they got their first look at Diagon Ally. The adults shared a knowing look before they headed the group over to Gringotts. When the goblins had noticed who had entered, their eyes widened and they bowed to the group of teens. Various customers were confused as to why the goblins were bowing to a group of adults and teens. They didn't even realize one of the adults was Albus Dumbledore.
A goblin came forward, bowed, and asked them to please follow him. He lead them to a room and asked them to wait for a few moments while he went to get his superior. Several minutes later the head of the goblins, Ragnok, entered and bowed.
"Welcome, heirs. It has been many years since we were told of your forthcoming. I welcome you to Gringotts."
"We are happy to be here." Irrisa took command. "We would each like to visit our respective vaults and them visit the heirloom vault."
"Is that all you require?"
"There is one small thing. Could you please ask the goblins to refrain from bowing to us whenever we come to Gringotts. It is nothing against the goblins but we are trying to stay low. I don't expect we will be able to stay low for long but we would appreciate it if you could inform them."
"I understand. The goblins will know this by the time you return from visiting the vaults. Griphook!"
One of the goblins standing outside entered the room, bowed at the teens, then asked politely. "What may I do for you?"
"Take the heirs to their vaults. Afterwards, come see me."
Griphook nodded and gestured to the teens. "Follow me please, Lords, Ladys"
Griphook led them down to Helga's vault first. Everyone was awed at the detail and items within the room. When Sakura first entered she stiffened at the overflow of power entering her but soon relaxed as it melded with her. Sakura then noticed that there was a podium in the middle of the room and made her way towards it.
The healing medallion that Helga said would be there was there as well as a shrunken set of journals. Sakura enlarged the first journal and gasped as she realized they were Helga's personal journals. There was a not addressed to her from Helga but she decided to look at it later. She grabbed the journals and medallion and left the vault.
The next vault they were led to was Rowena's. Upon opening the vault, Syoaran also felt in the influx of power and waited until it had melded with him. He then made his way straight to the podium where there was another set of shrunken journals and Rowena's invisibility cloak.
Godric's vault wasn't much different. After Haru had gained his power, he went to the podium. Unlike the other's, Godric's sword was not on the podium but on a weapon's rack near the far wall. After grabbing Godric's journals he headed over to the sword. He debated how he was going to carry the sword out of Gringotts and around Diagon Ally when the sword shrank itself into a necklace. He smiled before placing it around his neck and left the vault.
The last founder's vault they went to was Salazar's. Harry, just as the others, grabbed the journals off the podium and grabbed Salazar's broadsword, complete with waist strap, and left the vault. The last vault they visited was Merlin's. It wasn't as fancy as the others but it was still a wonder to see. Unlike the others, after retrieving the journals she left the vault. She didn't take Merlin's staff as she remembered what Merlin had told her.
When they left Gringotts they were happy to notice that the goblins had been told as none of them bowed to them as they passed. Those customers that had been there when the goblin's bowed shrugged it off as their imagination. Once they were back out in the ally, the kids started bouncing on their feet.
"Where are we going first?" Haru asked, hyper.
The Adults chuckled. "We're going to head over to Madam Malkins: Robes for All Occasions so that we can get you some proper robes."
As they entered the shop, Madam Malkin walked over to them. "Albus, what a pleasant surprise. How may I help you?"
"I'm not here for myself today. These teens need a full wardrobe."
"Let's get started then." She flicked her wand an each teen was getting measured by a floating measuring tape. Once the measurements were complete she led them to a color rack.
"You may pick the color of your robes and the trim for each set. Start with the basics. What do you want for your basic robes?" Madam Malkin asked them.
Each teen took their time looking and then they all conversed with each other. They finally turned back to Madam Malkin.
Harry spoke for them. "We all want basic black robes but we each have a couple different colors of trim we want. I have four colors of trim I would like to get and I want three sets of black robes for each. The colors of trim are green, silver, red, and blue. I also would like two sets of black cloaks for each. "
"Madam Malkin started to chart everything down using a quick quotes quill.
Haru spoke next, "I also want three sets of black robes for each color trim. Red, gold, bronze, and purple please. Could I also get two sets of cloaks for each one?"
Once Haru was done Sakura spoke up. "I would like blue, gold, purple, silver. Three sets of black robes for each please. Same thing as Haru, two sets of black cloaks for each set. "
Syaoran followed his sister. "Royal blue, bronze, silver, and red trim. Three sets of black robes for each, please. Again, two sets of black cloaks for each combination."
Irrisa finished up the order for the basic sets of robes with, "Silver, green, gold, and purple; three sets of black robes each please and thank you. I would also like two sets of black cloaks for each. "
Once Madam Malkin made sure their basic orders were taken down she asked them what else they wanted.
This time, Syaoran started with his order. "Could I get two sets of royal blue robes with silver lining with two sets of cloaks of the same combination. I would also like two sets of red robes with bronze lining with two sets of cloaks of the same combination."
Sakura ordered "Two sets of purple with silver lining with two sets of matching cloaks and two sets of blue with gold lining with two sets of matching cloaks."
Haru followed with, "Two sets of robes and cloaks of purple with gold lining and two sets of robes and cloaks of red with bronze lining."
Seocond last Harry ordered, "Two sets of robes and cloaks of green with silver lining, red with silver lining, and blue with silver lining."
And lastly Irrisa ordered, "Two sets and cloaks of gold with purple lining, purple with silver lining, green with silver lining, and purple with gold lining."
Once the quick quotes had copied their orders down Madam Malkin calculated how long it would take.
"This order will probably take me at least an hour to complete because of the size of it."
"We'll return in around and hour, hour and a half to pick up the order." Syaoran informed her and they left the shop and headed to the Magical Menagerie. There were many different types of animals; cats, rats, snakes, owls, toads, etc. There were also many different magical animals suck as magical snakes, kneezles, there was also one phoenix at the back of the room.
Haru walked over to the little silver wolf that was whining at him. He kneeled down to eye level with the wolf and smiled when the wolf gave him a grin and panted at him. Haru chuckled. "Hey little guy, you seem lonely."
The wolf gave a bark. Haru laughed. "Don't worry, you won't be lonely for long." Haru went up to the counter to buy the little silver wolf.
At the same time, Syaoran and Sakura were drawn to two different types of birds. Syaoran was drawn towards a raven that had a bluish tint to it while Sakura was drawn towards a small snowy-white owl with amber eyes. (A/N: Couldn't leave Hedwig out, could we:P) Both Syaoran and Sakura brought both animals up to the counter to purchase them.
Harry and Irrisa were wandering around the snakes, grinning at what the sankes were hissing until one snake caught both their attention. A little viper was curled up, muttering.
+Oh shut up already! It's not like they can hear you.+
Harry smirked and kneeled down to speak to the snake. +They are annoying aren't they? It is funny what they say though+
The little viper quickly raised it head to look Harry in the eyes. +You speak?+
+I do. What might you be called?+
+I am not called anything. The man at the counter didn't see fit to give me a title.+
+Would you like me to name you?+
+Yes please. I would like to be something other than snake. It can get annoying when you want to get our attention… you call snake and all of us turn and hiss what?+
Harry and Irrisa snorted with laughter. Harry hissed back+That would be funny to see but not funny if it includes you. How about the name Plue?+
+Hmmmm. I like it. I am Plue.+
+I'm glad you like it.+
+Are you going to take me away from here?+
+Would you like me to?+
+Yessss.+ The snake hissed in pleasure.
Harry reached into the tank and let plue slither into his shoulder. Harry and Irrisa then went to the counter to pay for Plue before they left the store. As they were walking down the street five minutes later Harry turned to Irrisa.
"Why didn't you get a familiar?"
Irrisa shrugged. "I felt a pull but I couldn't find where it was coming form so I gave up. I'll find one eventually."
Harry shrugged as they entered Florish and Blotts.
At the same time, a flash erupted inside Dumbledore's house.
An hour or so later, they left the book store with several bags each of shrunken books.
"We have to fill our book shelves don't we?" Harry said cheekily at the adults who looked at the amount of books they bought with wide eyes.
They then headed over to the apothecary. They were in and out quickly as there were very few ingredients that they didn't already have. The last store they entered was the stationary shop. They each got a couple of raven feather quills and Irrisa also got a phoenix feather quill. They each got he standard red, black, and blue ink as well as a different color for each of them.
Harry got a green ink, Haru got silver ink, Syaoran got baby blue ink, Sakura got purple ink, and Irrisa got a color changing ink. Besides the regular parchment they each got another color. Harry got green parchment, Haru got red parchment, Syaoran got blue parchment, Sakura got yellow parchment while Irrisa got gold and purple parchment.
Both Irrisa and Sakura got parchment with borders as well. Sakura got parchment with multicolour designs that swirled while Irrisa got parchment with blue roses that bloomed. Once they paid for their items, Albus led them to Florescue's Ice Cream Parlor.
"We have a few minutes before we have to return to Madam Malkins. I need to explain to you what's going on. Tonight you will be alone at home. We, the adults, need to go to an Order meeting. I hope you can take care of yourselves until we return?"
"Of course!" The teens intoned.
"Now, Madam Malkin will be waiting for us."
They arrived at Madam Malkins several minutes later.
"Ah, your back. Now, your orders are ready. As you are aware, your order was very large and as our thanks for purchasing so much I have added an extra set of each outfit for you."
"Thank you so much Madam Malkin, you are very kind." Harry bowed and kissed her hand.
The adults rolled their eyes while the teens snickered at Harry's antics.
Madam Malkin blushed, "It was nothing. I hope you will return when you need new robes."
"You can count on that, madam."
They gathered up their order and left the shop.
"Where do we go now?" Syaoran asked.
"We need to head back home as we have that meeting to go to soon." Albus answered.
They headed back to the Leaky Cauldron to use the Floo network. Albus grabbed a handful of floo powder and called out "Dumbledore Manor" and he was gone. Soon after, they were all gone from the Leaky Cauldron. Once they arrived at Dumbledore's manor, they all noticed that Fawkes (who wasn't there when they arrived form the past) was back from wherever he was, with another unknown phoenix.
"Hello, Fawkes. Who's your friend?" Albus asked his friend. He blinked and his eyebrows raised when Fawkes chirped to him.
Albus turned to Irrisa. "Apparently the new phoenix has come to see you."
Irrisa was confused. She slowly approached the unknown phoenix when she felt the same pull she had felt I the menagerie.
Irrisa gasped, "This feeling is the same one I felt I the menagerie! Does that mean this is the phoenix that was in the shop when we entered but had left shortly after?"
That is correct, young one.
Irrisa jumped. "It spoke!"
Albus chuckled. "When a phoenix bonds with someone they create a mental bond. This allows you to communicate."
Irrisa turned to the phoenix and tried out the communication. I am honoured that you have chosen me. What should I call you?
You are very polite child. I am known as Serena.
Irrisa turned to the group. "She told me her name is Serena."
At that moment the clock struck 7:00pm. Albus then ushered the adults towards the fireplace.
"We must get going. We will talk to you when we return."
The adults then flooed to Hogwarts while the children went to their rooms. Albus, Lily, Remus, and Sirius arrived at the order meeting right on time. Albus took his place at the head whereas Lily, Remus, and Sirius sat beside each other, beside Alastor Moody. James was glaring at Lily, Remus, and Sirius.
"So I see your back. What went wrong?" He sneered at the other two marauders.
Remus, the ever calm one, answered him. "Yes we are back but nothing went wrong."
"Then why are you back?" Alastor asked, curious.
Remus looked at Albus who nodded. "We are back because the chosen one is fully trained."
Voices broke out around the table.
"Finally." James snapped. "They can take over now. Who is it?"
James had been asking that question over and over again throughout the 12 years since the prophecy was released.
Albus cut in, "We still will not release that. It is up to the chosen one to divulge that information when they feel they are ready."
James scowled and shut up. Sirius was amused at James' anger.
"Now," Albus said, "The chosen one will be at Hogwarts this year, as well as the chosen one's friends. This also brings me to the subject of the Defence Against the Dark Arts post. Sirius and Remus have agreed to take over the post…"
"What about Lupin's condition?" James said, scathingly.
"That has been taken care of. Now, since there is nothing else to be discussed, you are dismissed."
James was the first one to leave the hall. Soon everyone had left, letting Albus, Lily, Sirius, and Remus to floo back to Albus's manor. When they arrived they noticed that the children were sitting in the living room playing exploding snap.
"Ah!" The cards exploded in Harry's face. The kids laughed.
"I see you found something to do. I want to talk to you about what classes you are going to take."
"We've already talked to each other and we all want to take the same classes. Could we please take Transfiguration, Potions, Charms, History of Magic, Muggle Studies, Defence Against the Dark Arts, and Care of Magical Creatures."
"That's a lot of classes…"
"We know. We can handle it, we have, after all, are used to Salazar gruelling us."
Albus chuckled. "I can guess. Then tomorrow we will finish getting your school supplies."
"Can we also go to a furniture and bed store? We each want to personalize our rooms."
Albus looked to Lily and Lily just shrugged.
"Why not? They're going to be here a while."
"Then tomorrow we'll shop again. We better get to bed though. I'm pretty sure we're all tired." Remus concluded the conversation.
They all went to bed.
The next morning the kids were up early. They were used to getting up early to train and they were going to have to get used to being able to sleep in. Once everyone was up and had eaten breakfast they headed to Diagon Ally.
They first headed to Florish and Blotts to get their textbooks that they would need before they headed to the furniture store. They headed to the dresser section first. They all decided that they like the cherry wood dressers the best. The girls ended up getting dressers with mirrors on top.
"Typical." Haru muttered before he was slapped on the arm by Sakura and Irrisa.
They then all headed over to the bedspreads. They each got a set in their teacher's (the founders/merlin) color. Harry got green and silver, Haru red and gold, Syaoran blue and bronze, Sakura yellow and black, and Irrisa purple and gold. After that the girls headed over to get some shelves for their books and various things while the guys went to pay for their items.
Once everyone had paid they then headed back home. When they returned to the manor they were shocked to realize that it was already suppertime. After eating they set up their rooms before they headed of to bed. The kids were already excited to go to Hogwarts in a few weeks time.
A/N: I'm so sorry it took me sooooo long to update. This was 12 pages long so des that help make it up to you? I'm trying to start on the next chapter for you. Hope you like this one. Again, please review!