Part 2
Hari smiled as he walked down the path through his forest to his lake.
It had been two years and he had done so much. He had also gone to the demon world and learned more about his powers.
If anyone who had seen him before saw him now, they would not recognize him. He was still beautiful, but now his raven black hair had streaks of red, blue, green, red, gold, and white in it. It also now reached to the ground if he let it out of its long braid. He was even more beautiful and he was taller, though he knew he would always be short. He also ate regularly now and so had lost that emaciated look.
He was nine now, and he knew every spell and potion in the wizarding world. He knew how to use soul energy as well and had mastered it a year ago. He had also mastered all the weapons in both the human and the demon world, and had learned to play every instrument that existed in both worlds, he really loved music. And all his friends loved his music so he learned more for them. He had gotten so many creatures to come to his forest once it had grown. He had used his powers to make the trees grow faster. He loved all of his creatures and they loved him. He knew that all of his animal friends were very dangerous to normal people, but to him, they were just his cute friends. His dragons' eggs would hatch soon, and his phoenixes' eggs would hatch soon too. In fact, many would soon be born. He was so excited!
He smiled as he walked past a shadow tree. He had learned early on that his shadows needed his help if they wanted physical forms. All he had to do was give each shadow a drop of blood and they'd be able to take physical form whenever they wanted. Because of what he was, he had created a small pond filled with his blood and had told all his shadows from both worlds to come and take a drop each. Now, they could all take physical form when they wanted. They had been so happy that they had created a special house for him. The house had been made by his shadows and his plants. The trees had pushed their roots under the lake and up, and then they had made the foundation of the house. Then the shadows had taken vines and created warm and powerful walls for the little house. They had made the house so that it could grow or shrink if he asked it to. The house was alive and it was his friend. The shadows had also created steps that could dissolve and form when he wanted them to. And all of his animals could use them to visit him if they wanted, even the dragons could visit. His favorite things about the house though, were the beautiful singing flowers.
When he had been seven, he had taught all his friends to sing, all the plants and animals and all his shadows. They had loved singing, but the plants-especially the flowers-loved it the most. He loved his house, and he put all of his books in a room that became his library.
Hari ate meat and he ate vegetables, but he planted all his plantable food and bought all his meat from both worlds. He could not bear to kill one of his animals. Hari was happy with his life, and he was glad that he could visit his godfather whenever he wanted. Hari smile as he saw the blue lake that was the heart of his forest. He was so happy he had so many friends. And he had made many magical and demon friends as well. He was glad with that, and his first friend, had been his godfather.
It had taken a year before Sirius was freed of all charges by the wizard council, but it had taken only a month before he was taken out of Azkaban and put into a room at Saint Mungo's. He had been in Azkaban for a while, but he still had his sanity and his health. But Azkaban had still affected him and he would need someone to help him heal. That someone was Remus Lupin, who rushed to him as soon as he learned that Sirius was out of Azkaban. He had never believed that Sirius had truly been guilty. He had been searching for Pettigrew all that time.
Sirius had thanked him for saving him, but Remus had said that it hadn't been him. They had both wondered who it had been, but they had not found out until Sirius was freed of all charges and aurors had stopped watching the house Sirius and Remus were living in. Sirius would not step foot in Grimmauld place, so he and Remus had bought a new house with a big forest behind it and no neighbors for miles.
On the first day without aurors, they had received a letter asking them to come to the center of the forest. The one who had delivered the letter had been a black phoenix with white tipped wings. They had debated, and eventually decided to go. They went to the clearing with the phoenix flying alongside them. They had reached the clearing and the phoenix had flown to rest on the lap of a boy with long black hair with stripes or red white and green in it. Resting its head also on the boy's lap was a large horse-like creature with a blood-red horn on its forehead. It had been a war unicorn. People thought that they didn't exist! But there was one being petted by a small boy in a clearing!
''You can bring all your friends with you. You can all live in my forest with me and all of my other friends. I even have other unicorns you might like. And I'm positive my shadows will like you too.'' The boy said in a sweet and quiet voice. He ran his fingers through the fir red mane. Of the war unicorn. He raised his and saw Remus and Sirius. They both saw his green eyes at the same time. They had only ever seen such green eyes once before in their lives.
They came to a realization at the same time. ''Hari?'' they both asked at once.
The boy-Hari, smiled at them happily. ''Hello Padfoot, hello Moony.''
Sirius had to felt like he needed to hold onto something. He knew that he would fall if he didn't try to stop himself.
''Is there somewhere we can sit down?'' he asked. He knew it was a stupid question, but he was trying to lighten the mood. Because if he didn't, he might pass out from what he had been told. Hari, Hari was alive, and he was right there in front of them. Was he dreaming? Oh Lord he hoped not.
Hari smiled at them. ''You can sit with me, the ground here is very soft.'' He said, nodding across the war unicorn.
Sirius followed Remus toward the place Hari had nodded at, across the war unicorn. They sat down in front of Hari and were in for another surprise. The Hari in front of them looked nothing like Lilly or James Potter. He had James' hair, and his green eyes were from Lilly. But that was all. Where James's hair had been wild and curly, Hari's hair was long and full of soft curls and waves. His hair was much darker than James' as well, and his eyes were much more beautiful. His eyes were like warm forests glowing in a dark and cold night. But strangely enough, his eyes seemed to hold shadows as well. He was a beautiful child, but he looked nothing like his parents.
Lilly and James had both been tall people, but Hari was rather short and had a delicate appearance. He also wore strange flowing clothes that were midnight black, with a large black robe held by a white sash at the waist and open from the waist down. He didn't wear any shoes.
He was still Hari. ''Hari, how?'' Remus asked. How had Hari known about Sirius? Dumbledore had said that Hari didn't know about the wizarding world.
Hari smiled at him, running his fingers through the unicorn's mane while his other hand gently stroked the phoenix's feathers. ''When I was seven, I came into my inheritance. I found out about what I was. I was told by letters written by my parents that I was a demon from both of them.'' He said, humming along with the phoenix as it started to sing under his fingers. ''One of the letters told me about Gringotts and how I could get there. After coming to terms with the new knowledge, I went to Gringotts and found out about very much. The goblins were really nice and they told me all that I wanted to know about the wizarding world.'' He stopped at Sirius' incredulous look.
''Are you saying that the goblins at Gringotts were actually nice to you?'' he asked skeptically. ''I don't believe it.'' He was as stubborn as a child.
Hari smiled at him. ''The goblins are really very nice. It's just that wizards treat them with distrust and fear, so they do not really like wizards. But I treated them as equals so they showed me the same respect. Actually, they like me also for the fact that I can speak their language and because of my demon blood.'' He said kindly.
Sirius was about to say more, but Remus covered his mouth. ''I believe Hari has a story to tell us. Why don't you wait until he's finished before asking your many questions?'' Remus asked sternly. When Sirius nodded, Remus turned back to Hari and nodded with a smile.
Hari smiled back. ''After finding out about my many titles and vaults, I took all the books in all of my vaults out and had them taken to where I could read them all. The books were about everything from spells and potions to dragons and griphons. I learned every magical spell first, and then I learned about all the magical creatures. It was very easy with my photographic memory and it was easy to learn the spells without a wand.'' He said happily. '' I found out about Sirius when I first went to Gringotts because my mother had written about my godfather. She had said that I was supposed to be living with you, and I wanted to know why I wasn't. So I asked the goblins and they told me about what had happened and how you had been arrested on a false charge.'' He said darkly. It seemed he didn't really like what the wizards had done to Sirius.
The thought gave Sirius a warm feeling inside.
''I had my shadows tell me what had really happened and had then had them find Peter Pettigrew. The filth was hiding as a pet rat in the home of some people called Weasley. My shadows took him and after stunning him, I sent him to some good aurors with a note telling what had really happened. They had turned Peter back to human and had used veriteserum to get the truth. Then they had freed you of all charges. It might have gone faster if Fudge was not the minister. He really did not like admitting his mistake.'' He said with distaste. He didn't really like Fudge; he was a corrupt and lazy wizard as well as minister.
Sirius couldn't hold it in. ''what if they hadn't let me go?'' He asked impulsively.
Hari looked at him darkly. ''Then I would have had my shadows take you from them and then I would have had them teach Fudge a lesson.'' His voice was low and dark.
Remus believed that he would have too. But there was something he wanted to know.
''Hari, you said your shadows. Who exactly are they?'' He asked, leaning forward.
Hari smiled at him. ''I'll show you.'' He said, holding out a hand.
As Remus and Sirius watched, the shadows around them seemed to come alive. They became darker and they watched as they flowed toward Hari's hand. They sat on his hand, and began to morph. A few seconds later, a strange red eyed kitten with two tails sat in the palm of Hari's hand.
They were stunned.
''This is one of my shadows. My shadows can tell me anything they see, and shadows see everything. So it was easy to find out what had really happened to Sirius. My shadows can also take me anywhere that shadows exist and they can also bring me anything. So if they hadn't let you go, I would have had my shadows in Azkaban take you from there and bring you to my forest. You would have been safe there since no one except my shadows and my animals can enter it.'' He said. He looked at them and tears filled his eyes. He laughed. ''Heheh. I'm glad; I never knew that I had other family besides the Dursleys. But now I've met you both, and I'm just so happy.'' He smiled, burying his face in the unicorn's mane and laughing.
In that moment, Remus and Sirius both realized, that though he looked different then they had expected, that was Hari and they were at last able to speak with him and spend time with him. They were happy.
After that, Sirius tried to get Hari to live with them, but Hari said no. he didn't really like the wizarding world after learning so much about it. And he especially didn't like Dumbledore, not after finding out that the old man had known Sirius was innocent and hadn't tried to help.
He did love Sirius and Remus very much, but he would not live in the wizarding world. Remus and Sirius understood, so they let it be. And they were amazed when Hari took them to his forest. They were awestruck at its beauty and at the plants and animals that lived in it. There were such things like blood drinking vines and heart eating flowers. And the animals! There were wolves, phoenixes, unicorns, hypogryphs, serpents, basilisks and more. Hari told them that his forest had every creature that had ever existed. He also said that his forest was growing. Eventually, it would hold millions of animals.
Hari told them about how he was an Elemental and a Shaedow prince. He enjoyed his time with them, and he had fun learning more about the demon world. But even though he had so many friends, he was a little lonely. After all, he was only eight years old, and like most eight year olds, he didn't have any friends his own age. He needed to play with other children his own age.
But it took a while before he was able to meet another child. But when he did, the two of them became great friends. It happened, when Hari heard a child who had gotten lost in a small forest. The child's name was Draco Malfoy.
Draco Malfoy was scared. He was lost in the small forest that was behind Malfoy manor. He had gone into it after his play snitch had flown into it. He knew that his daddy and mommy had told him never to go into the forest alone, but he had wanted to get his toy back. It had been a gift from his daddy for his birthday. He had loved it, but now he had lost it.
He couldn't tell his daddy, so he had gone to the forest alone to get it back. He would be a big boy. At least, he had thought so. But now he was lost, and he was cold, and he was scared! And after sitting down on a fallen log in a clearing, it was no surprise that he started crying. And because he was crying with his eyes closed, he did not see when a boy appeared in the shadows of the clearing and walked toward him. But he did hear it when the boy spoke.
''Hello. Who are you?'' Draco looked up with tear stained eyes and saw the prettiest boy he had ever seen in his entire life.
Now Draco was a beautiful child and he knew it. He had fine white blond hair that was soft like silk. He had pale skin and had large light blue eyes on a princely face. He was a pure blood, and as such, he had thought that pure bloods were the most beautiful of all.
But when he looked at the boy in front of him, he knew he was wrong. He knew that he was nothing compared to the creature in front of him. And he knew that he was safe with him.
The boy smiled at him and Draco realized he had not answered the question.
''Oh, um, my name is Draco. Who are you?'' he asked shyly with a small smile.
The boy sat next to him on the log and smiled. ''My name is Hari.'' He said softly. He was much smaller than Draco. ''Why were you crying?'' he asked. There was real concern in his eyes.
Draco looked down before looking back at Hari. ''I got lost. I was looking for my toy, but I got lost and couldn't find my way back.'' He started to cry again.
No, he was a Malfoy and Malfoy's did not cry! He especially didn't want to cry in front of Hari.
''I can find your toy for you, and I can help you find your way home too.'' Hari said, looking at him sadly.
Draco was happy; Hari could help him get home. But wait, why was Hari sad?
''Why are you sad Hari?'' he asked, scooting closer to the smaller boy.
''Because, I wanted to play with you. You see, I have lots of friends, but there are no other children for me to play with.'' He said, shrugging his shoulders. ''It gets a little lonely.'' He finished quietly.
Draco was quiet for a moment, but then he put his arm around Hari's shoulder and pulled the smaller boy closer. He had a stubborn look on his face.
Hari looked at him in surprise.
''We'll play together then. You can come with me and I'll ask my mommy and daddy. We'll be best friends and you can meet Blaise and Pansy and Crabb and Goyl. They're my best friends too. The six of us will be best friends and we can all play together.'' He said happily, smiling brightly at Hari.
Hari smiled back. He was excited; he would be able to play with Draco and his friends. He couldn't wait!
Lucius Malfoy stood behind his house worried beyond belief. And what father wouldn't be worried? His son Draco-his eight year old son-had gone into the forest alone and he still hadn't come back!
Draco could be lost or worse, he could be hurt.
That was it, Lucius was going after him. It would only take one tracking spell and he would know where Draco was.
He was about to walk toward the forest, when he saw something coming out from the trees. His eyes widened when he saw his son and some magical creature by his side. Lucius had never seen anything so beautiful!
Draco saw him and began running toward him, pulling the creature along by the hand. When he reached his father, he grinned and Lucius could see that his son was excited.
''Daddy, look! This is my new friend Hari.'' He said, looking at the smiling boy by his side. He looked back at his father. ''Hari helped me find my toy in the forest and then he helped me find my way back home when I got lost.'' He said quickly before stopping to take a breath. Hari was looking at him in amazement. ''Can Hari come over and play? Please daddy? Hari is lonely; he doesn't have any other kids to play with. So can he play with me and pansy and Blaise and Crabb and Goyl? I promise I'll be the best friend ever!'' he finished in a rush.
Lucius was stunned; he had never seen his son act in such a way. In fact, he had never seen his son so excited.
He looked at the other boy-Hari-and thought about it. The boy was obviously not human, but he had helped Draco so he wasn't dangerous. At least not at the moment. And he didn't see why it would be bad for Draco to have such an obviously powerful friend.
So he smiled. ''I don't see why not.'' He said finally with a sigh.
''Yay!'' Draco yelled, jumping up to hug his father before running off to the house with Hari in tow. Before he could go too far, Hari stopped and looked back at Lucius. His green eyes held such power in them that Lucius felt awe.
''Can my animals play too if they visit?'' he asked Lucius softly.
Animals, what animals? Lucius wanted to know, but he believed they couldn't be dangerous if they belonged to a child. So he said yes, and then watched as his son dragged his new friend away.
He smiled and shook his head. Today had been a strange day.
Narcissa Malfoy loved Hari from the moment she saw him and made no effort to hide it. She then took him to the floo and went somewhere for what seemed like forever to Draco.
Lucius was worried; his wife could shop literally until someone dropped. So when the two of them arrived and Hari was still standing, Lucius let out a held breath.
Soon, the boys went off to play outside and Lucius and Narcissa talked. They were in the middle of a conversation, when they heard Draco yell. They got up and headed outside. What they saw when they left the house, made both of them wide eyed.
Because there in front of them, were three unicorns. A red war unicorn, a Black Death unicorn, and a white unicorn.
Lucius was stunned; he had thought that war unicorns and death unicorns were extinct!
Narcissa was stunned as well; she had never seen such beauty in all her life!
The two of them could only watch as the unicorns lay down and allowed Hari and Draco pet them.
When Hari saw them, he smiled and waved them over. When they reached him, he smiled at them. ''You can pet them.'' He said as Narcissa knelt with Lucius.
They were both full of wonder as they tentatively petted the magical creatures.
''How?'' Lucius breathed softly.
Draco smiled at him. ''They're Hari's.'' he said happily, wrapping his arms around the white unicorn.
Lucius' head snapped up. ''Hari's?'' how did they belong to Hari?
He looked at the small boy who smiled at him. ''They're my animals, and they all live in my forest with all my other friends and my shadows.'' He said, running his fingers through the War unicorn's mane. ''And they came to play with us.'' He said smiling as if having unicorns as pets was the most normal thing in the world. And perhaps to him, it was.
From then on, whenever Hari came over to play, his animals came too. And so many of them were creatures that were the most magical of creatures. And so many of them had never been seen by humans or wizards before. There were even black phoenixes and blue dragons.
Draco loved his friend, and when his other friends met him, they loved him too. But they always wondered who and what Hari was. And they wondered more than anything else, where Hari went when he left.
Sometimes Hari visited after weeks away and sometimes he came the next day. But he never stayed and he never told them where exactly he went. He just said he was going ''home'' but never where home was.
It was a little frustrating, but after a while, it was forgotten. After all, Hari let them see his pets and he let them play and ride with them. Plus, if the kids ever had any questions, Hari would know the answer. Hari knew everything! And he was their friend! He was their special friend and they were always happy when he came over to play. They were happy, even if they didn't know most of the things their friend did. And it didn't matter that they didn't know what their friend was. They still loved him.
Hari loved them too, and he was very aware that his friends were becoming very good people. And they would not be prejudiced. He was happy, to spend his free time with his friends. After all, he had already learned everything about what he was, he had learned about his powers and his rights as both the last Elemental and the last Shaedow. He had a lot of power in both the human world and the demon world. But both worlds didn't know who or what he was. They also didn't know where he was, except for Sirius and Lupin. But Hari trusted them and he knew they would never tell about his forest. So he was happy to live in his forest. He believed that he would always be in his forest, but he was wrong. He was very wrong.
End of part 2