Chapter 5 Orion Island
Disclaimer: All Canon Characters are not mine. They are the property of JK Rowling. If something looks familiar it's not mine. It's someone else's. This is my first story so... You can criticize me. I know that I am not a very good writer, but I wanted to give it a shot because I read so much that I just had to do this.
Summary: Harry takes a good look at his life and realizes that he is being used and manipulated so he takes control with the help of some friends be they goblin Slytherin or Ravenclaw Vampire or Werewolf. Harry plans to unite everyone under a fair new government.
Next few Chapters
Chapter 6 True Friends
Chapter 7 Dumbledore and Voldemort Troubles
Chapter 8 Meet the Professor's
Chapter 9 Time Turned Back
Chapter 5 Orion Island and Black Castle
Harry woke up the next day in the north tower. Harry's room was done in green silver and black, much like Slytherin colors. His bed was an elegant queen size four-post bed, not unlike the one he used at Hogwarts. The sheets were of Acromantula silk and felt like liquid to touch. To the right there was a desk with a mirror above. The stone floor was covered in and elegant emerald and silver Oriental rug. To the left was a window where light streamed in from the morning sun. Harry walked over to it and looked out. The view was amazing the Ophiuchus forest stretched for miles in both directions. In the distance you could see two identical mountains. Harry could see a dragon rise up and circle one of the mountains. In the center between the mountains was an enormous lake. When Harry looked to the east he saw the Achermar River coming out of the forest and run down the valley and over the cliff in to the Sea. In the valley Harry saw the extensive gardens and greenhouses. But before Harry could explore he had to organize all his purchases from the day before and everything he got out of his vault.
I need to sort through everything I purchased and everything I took from both the Potter and Black Vault. This is going to take a while and I am going to need help.
"Dobby"
"Yes Harry Potter sir what can I does for you"
"I need your help sorting through everything I purchased yesterday and what I took from both the Black and Potter Vaults."
"Yes Harry Potter Sir I help."
It took about three hours to take care of everything. First he took out all four trunks that he stored the items that he took from his family vaults. Then he took out the new apartment trunks that he bought from CHROMATICS TRUNKSAND SATCHEL. Harry separated his out of the 20 apartment trunks he had so far. (Not including the ones the twins had been given in the past couple days.) He planed on getting many many more in the future. Harry had 34 people coming to his house and he needed them all to have an apartment trunk
From the Vault trunks, Harry first took out all the contents that were in his godfather's Vault. Then Harry took out the Maraurders trunk along with both his parents trunks and placed them by his bed. Harry would deal with them later that night. After that Harry took out all four wands that he took from his parents vaults and placed them on his bed. Next Dobby and Harry counted all of the rings bracelets necklaces and jewels that he took from the vault and sorted them on the floor After a thorough examination Harry took one necklace to put on one ring. the necklace was a plain platnium chain inlaid with black dimaond very elegand and suited Harry well. the ring harry took was of obsidian inlaid with small emerals around the band. Dobby placed all the rest of the jewlrey in the Jewelry room on the tenth floor. The large pile of jewels soerte on the other side of the room amounted to a small fortune. Dobby Popped them to the jewlry room as well.
After the jewlry Harry and Dobby examined the Weaponry that Harry took from the Vaults and what he bought at BORGINAND BURKES. They counted everything and came up with a lot more than Harry anticipated. Harry came up with four Swords, twenty six daggers, twelve throwing knives, and twenty throwing stars. Harry kept one dagger, and Dobby popped the rest to the armory, which was right next to the dueling chamber on the ninth floor.
One of the most time consuming of the day was that both Harry and Dobby counted all of the books he took from both vaults and that he bought in FLOURISHAND BLOTS. The total came to about 10,000 books. Harry told Dobby to place all the books that were not already in the Black Family Library in the Liibrary and every book that he had copies of to put them in the library in his apartment trunk.
Harry counted the animals he brought from the vaults. He organized them all in to one trunk shrunk it and placed it in one of his pockets. He decided to let out all the animals in the garden down by the valley. Harry placed the two most important items on his bed, the Phoenix egg and the mix breed Basilisk. While all the eggs and baby animals were placed in the secand comparment of his trunk. In the end he had three empty trunks for when he went and searched the Griffindor, Slytherin, and Rosslyn Vaults right before his godfathers Will reading in three days time.
Once the organizing was, finished Harry asked Dobby for some breakfast. Dobby escorted Harry from his suit to the grand dining hall. Upon entering the hall Harry realized the Dining Hall was easily the same size as the great hall at Hogwarts. The walls were an elegant dark alder wood. The ceiling displayed the star constilations. the most striking in the hall were the masive windows in the back of the room. much like the library the back was a mastive window but insted of seeing the sea the window opened up to the Valley and the gardens. Looking around Harry found Neville off to the left. Neville waved him over, so Harry went over to eat breakfast with him.
He gracefully sat down next to Neville and started to eat his breakfast. They talked about random things and what they planed to do when everyone came and where everyone was going to sleep. They found out last night that the Castle could easily hold around a thousand people comfortably. He had no idea if the castle would be filled by the time Voldemort would be dead. He did plan to give all his allies an offer that if they wanted to live at Orion Island they could until the war was over. Harry also planed on using Black Castle as his home base for the war. He still had a lot to go over and think through. Only time will tell. About half way through breakfast he decided to see what Neville wanted to do that day.
"So… Neville. What are you planning to do today?"
"Well I was planning to visit the gardens and the Greenhouses to see what they were like and then I was going to search the Library. I have never in my life seen such a large library I bet that you have almost every book in existence in there."
" It is pretty big isn't it. That sounds great. I need some fresh air and it will be cool to see the gardens. I am excited to see what they look like. I would love to see the variety of rare and interesting books I have in the library. We are going to be spending lots of time in there this summer and maybe in to the school year depends on if we are going to be able to come here while at Hogwarts. I haven't decided how we are going to work that out. We have lots of time for that later "
"Cool Lets go"
The walls leading to the valley and gardens were adorned with flowers of every color and they glowed and glittered lighting up the hall way and plants of every kind. The door was engraved with an exquisite burgundy rose. Walking out the door Harry found himself assaulted with every kind of flowery smell imaginable.
Harry walked out the door and down the steps on to the bright green grass. The steps down to the valley was adorned with grass and the railings were thick with vines. Trees outlined the garden in a graceful manor. Hedges outlined paths and every color flower was sprinkled around to give it that feel of elegance. Fountains of the Greek gods and goddesses were placed spaciously throughout. The center fountain was a depiction of the hunter and fierce warrior Orion. He stood proud with his bow pulled back and his sword by his side. At the eastern edge of the garden is where the Achermar River flowed and where a little valley could be seen. Harry saw all kinds of magical and mundane animals grazing and drinking peacefully. He took everything in and was amazed at the size of his gardens and fountains it was a sight to behold.
"Come on Neville this is AWESOME. Its my own little mystical world here on this island hidden away from the world. I love it here I can be myself. I wonder what it will be like with everyone here. Will I still have time to relax and be myself or will I be burdened with our efforts with the war. I don't know yet. Come on lets go check out the green houses."
"Sure Harry lets go." Neville looked around and saw that it was amazing. He was proud that Harry believed in him and that he could be one of the first people to witness this miraculous sight. He eagerly followed Harry in to see what was in the green houses.
And Neville followed Harry to the left up against the castle were six different greenhouses. All the green houses were bigger inside than they looked on the outside. The first green house housed most of the flowers and decorative plants that were growing and getting ready to be planted in the main garden and down by the sea shore where Harry and Neville entered the castle the night before. The second greenhouse was the training green house or the class room Harry had asked the elves to create a green house were the master herbalogist that was coming could teach in a safe environment. It housed plants that could be dangerous if not taken care of properly but also none that could kill. these plants would only be to help to teach all the people that were coming the next day. The third green house was were the less dangerous potion ingredients were being grown and taken care of. the fourth green house was were the more dangerous potion ingredients were being grown and only experienced herbalogist could enter if not taken care of properly they could kill you. Most were deadly poisonous. The fifth and sixth greenhouses were for growing food. There wasn't much room in the little valley outside to grow food so the house elves built the fifth and sixth greenhouse bigger on the inside than on the outside and decided to make them each a huge garden that could grow enough food to feed over one thousand people not that he was going to need that much soon.
After looking at the green houses Harry noticed that by the river there were many animals and went to say hello and great them. There were many different types of mundane animals such as elk and deer as well as some rabbits. He realized that this would be the perfect opportunity to let out the animals that he gatherd from the Black and Potter vaults, so one by one Harry let out all the animals two of each one female and one male. He let out the Aethonon's, Griffin's, Hippogiffs, two pair of Kneazle kittens, Threstles and Unicorns, and Fire Horses and two adult snigets. He left the baby eggs in his trunk for safe keeping.
As Harry walked up to one of the does to pet it, he heard a voice in his head.
Hello child you seem troubled
Startled Harry had forgotten that he now had the ability to speak to animals as one of the gifts of his Gryffindor heritage. He realized that it was the doe that was talking to him in his head.
I am Harry replied with a weary sigh my godfather just died and I know it was my fault even though everyone has been telling me that it wasn't. I know that he went to the Department of Mysteries by his own choice but if I hadn't gone then he wouldn't have had to go and he would still he hear with me. I have this guilt that keeps eating at my soul and I can't let it go.
Its ok child I have the ability to see the thoughts and emotions of those around me and I can tell from your memories that it was not your fault. It was the fault of the one you call Voldemort and the one you call Dumbledore. I hope you can start to let your guilt go. you have a long summer ahead of you and there are some beings in the Ophiuchus forest that you need to meet. They are the protectors of Orion Island and they would be happy to meet you child of prophecy. They are two dragons and a basilisk. Don't be afraid of them. It is time that I go child. I believe we will meet again soon. My name is Adya call for me and I will come.
The doe left a startled Harry behind and an interested Neville. He didn't realize that Harry was talking with the doe so he went to go pet one of the other animals around one happened to be a little crup puppy. Neville rubbed his tummy and the crup succumbed to his gentle rubbing. When Harry finished talking to the doe he looked somber and forlorn, but also he looked like he had let something off his shoulders. He turned to Neville with a sigh and asked if they could look in the library. Neville wanted to keep looking at the gardens and take in the sight so Harry left him there and went to the library alone to search and see what it was all about.
Harry walked down the five flights of stairs to get to the first floor of the Library. He rememberd ot being big but he didnt realize that the library was five stories high . Each floor was on the side of the cliff it went deep in to the side of cliff and as more books were brought to the library over the years the deeper and bigger the library was.
Standing in the middle of the Library Harry remembered how last night he noticed there was an ancient old book on top of a pedestal. Harry found that the Black Family Crest was imprinted on the old leather bound ancient book. Opening it Harry carefully read the inside cover
Family Library Index of the Ancient and Noble House of Black on Orion Island
In this book you will find the name of every subject of magic in this library
People not of Black blood can use this index to find the section that they wish to find and a map of the Black Library in Black Castle on Orion Island
"Please list what is on the first floor"
Harry looked at the book again and found that new writing had appeared.
Books
History of all Magic and the History of all Nonmagic
-Sectioned off by country
- Sectioned off by species
Time Rooms
Index Books
Blood Index Books
Fireplace
Harry was a little confused by what the book said so he just decided to look around the first floor and found that the shelves where fillled with Hisory books just like what the book said. They were orgonised by country then by magic or nonmagic then by the species of magical creatures and thier history in that paticular country. Harry Didnt even get half way though with the first floor when he decided to see the forest he could search the library later besides didn't Adya tell him so find the protectors.
The west door on the nineth floor which was the ground level on top the cliff, lead out to the Ophiuchus Forest. The floor and the walls were a deep dark brown. Trees and animals were engraved on the walls. Trees of every kind adorned the walls with animals slithering and crawling up the trees. There were birds of all sizes and breeds with cats large and small and dogs both mystical and not. There were a couple unicorns, hippogriffs, and a herd of threstles while a Basilisk adorned the background. There were some foxes and squirrels scurrying on the ground. It made it seem like you were already in the forest the animals and trees were colored as if they were real. Then you came to the doors which had a huge tree engraved in the center.
Once the door opened Harry found himself at the edge of the Ophiuchus Forest. Above Harry was a huge portico with vines wrappped around the arch. these vines were not ordinary vines they were alive and had a mind of thier own. if some one untrust wothy or if some one who is not sapose to be there approaches the door the vines will come alive and kill the person or animal that dared enter thier domain. Harry who had been told of them by Dobby introduced himself to the vines and gave them a sample of his blood so they would know that he wasnt an enemy. To the left was a very small open stable with only a few wild horses drinking water by a little pond. Harry saddled one up and road in to the forest.
While ridding Harry noticed that the forsest was very old and full of memory. The deeper Harry went in to the forest the thicker the trunk and the more wild it became. There were places where the Achermar River ran through with little valleys here and there. Spread sporadically throughout the forest were places where little pond and lakes could be seen. The most amazing thing about the forest that Harry could tell was the sheer number of different animals that he encountered. Every magical and mystical animal you could think of was in this forest. Not only that but there was every mundane animal that you could think of in this forest as well and they all coexisted peacefully. The Forest had not been touched in over seven hundred years. Harry was amazed by the very wild and untamed look of the forest. It was amazing some of the tree trunks were as wide as a small car.
Eventually after about an hour Harry had a good idea how extensive the forest really was. He met many of the animals and talked to them with his new ability of beast speak. He found out that the island had always housed rare and precious mystical and magical animals since the time it was grown. The Black family always took care of them until Alexander Orion Black's children turned dark and passed on. Harry discovered a centaur herd living in the forest. They greeted him with kindness unlike the centaur herd in the Forbidden Forest. These centaurs unlike many have not been touched and hurt by the humans of the world and the last one they spoke to was Alexander Orion Black who told them to expect a child of prophecy and they were to teach him there ways and their customs to help their brothers on the main land. Harry promised to come back and learn their ways soon in the future and to bring his friends with him.
As Harry moved on deeper in to the forest he discovered… a valley where he met two of the protectors of the forest two dragons. Each dragon lived on one of the mountain peaks of the Gemini Mountains. They had seen Harry riding and came to investigate who he was. Having not seen a human for over 700 years they were interested in who he was. Arien and Jedda are mix between a Hebridean Black and a Norwegian Ridgeback. They both were full grown dragons thirty feet in length. Both were jet black with bright purple eyes. The ridges on their backs were spiked silver. You could clearly see their fangs were the venom was when the dragons opened their mouths. They were clearly a Black creation.
Greeting child of prophecy we are the dragon protectors My name is Arien. I am a female while my companion here is a male named Jedda. Although we could not talk to Alexander the last Lord Black we could understand him and he told us about how you would be coming at the new millennium. It has been a while and we are ready to help you in any way that we can.
We were told to meet you by Adya. She might not have told you but she is a powerful spirit guardian that can take any form she desires. She is the ultimate protector and mother of Orion Island and the animals here. She will look after you and your loved ones when they come here to train. We will look for you in the future.
They looked at each other and took off back to their respective mountains. Harry not knowing how to respond mounted his horse again and headed back to Black Castle. On the ride back Harry thought about Adya the spirit guardian of the forest. Clearly Orion Island was older than he thought or at least the forest. There were many things about this island that he had yet to discover.
It was late when Harry arrived back at Black Castle. going up to his room Harry thought about what awaited him there. Just that morning Harry took out both Lily and James school trunks and adult trunks as well as both of Sirius trunks as well as the marauders trunk, but the one thing that made his eyes water was that he was going to finally read Sirius Letter. Harry knew that the letter would explain some of his questions. His head was reeling from the thought of officially being Sirius son. He always hoped that one day he and Sirius would escape the world and go live somewhere together away from the war and sadness that had plagued both their lives. He hoped that Sirius would be declared free and not have to hide all the time behind Dumbledore's shadow. Sirius death hit him hard because Harry had to face the fact that none of this would happen. Then there was the prophecy. He Harry had to face Voldemort or die trying. As hard, as Sirius death hit Harry it was the wakeup call that he needed in order for him to do what was necessary to fight this war. Taking a deep breath he started to read the letter.
Dear Harry
My Son, I am sorry that I am not with you . If you are reading this letter it means two things one that i an dead and the other that i have not told you the truth of your parentage. Yes James and Lily are your parents. They made me Godfather and could not be more proud of the man that you have become. I hope that by now you know but if not there was a prophacy made about you before you were born.
THE ONE WITH THE POWER TO VANQUISH THE DARK LORD APROCHES—BORN TO THOSE WHO HAVE THRICE DEFIED HIM—BORN AS THE SEVENTH MONTH DIES—AND THE DARK LORD WILL MARK HIM AS HIS EQUAL—BUT HE WILL HAVE POWER THE DARK LORD KNOWS NOT—AND EITHER MUST DIE AT THE HAND OF THE OTHER FOR NEITHER CAN LIVE WHILE THE OTHER SURVIVES— THE ONE WITH THE POWER TO VANQUISH THE DARK LORD—WILL BE BORN AS THE SEVENTH MONTH DIES
Lily and James came to me for help. They wanted you to be able to full fill your destiny. I came up with a plan. I would blood adopt you in to the Black Family. At the time i had no girlfriend. i had been a ladies man at Hogwarts but never really settled down. Black blood has a little seer in it and i somehow knew that i would never father children. i didnt want the black fortune to fall in to the hands of Bellatrix and my cousins. Most of all i loved you Harry more than anything. Even though you wernt mine i wanted you to be mine. I knew that the Black Blood was powerful and it would help you to full fill your destiny. The Black seer blood is powerful and has helped many Blacks over the centurys. i thought that it might be able to help you. James and Lily agreed to let me Blood adopt you using the Rite of Adoptio making you aficially a Black. The great thing about blood adoption is that you gain qualitys of that family over time until you reach the age of magority. the longer you have been adopted the more time the adopted blood has to intigrate into your magic. Because you were adopted only days after your birth in all rights and privlages you are a Black. Becuase you were so small and just a new born only two traits manifested themselves outright. Your hair and your eyes. Your eyes which were exactly like your mothers changes to a metalic silver green. i was very surprised your mother must have a very strong magical background for that to happen because all Blacks have silver eyes its one of the traits and i asumed because of the power of the Black Family magic that your eyes would be silver. I always belived that Lily was to powerful for a Muggleborn witch but i never said anything so it remained a mystery. The Next trait was your hair. It stayed unruly but it calmed a little and became a deep jet black from before it was a dark brown almost black. We knew that we knew that we could not let anyone know that i had blood adopted you so we did a blood glamor James did it so that all the Black traits would be Potter traits. The blood glamor is the srongest and logest lasting glamor. It would last even in the event of their death. i was sad when i saw your Black traits meld back in to Potter traits, but i knew that one day you would where them proudly for all the world to see. If your reading this than that means that i never get to see you my son as you truely are ment to be, a mix of Black and Potter, and your mother the lovely Lily Evens Potter. Your Mother was brilliant she put terms in to the Blood Glamor. The blood glamor would brake if you put on the Black Family head ring or on you sevententh bitthday. i am going to asume that you put on the Black Family Head Ring. This unlocks all of your dormant Black Powers that had just been in the background lerking only coming out when you realy needed them. Your Black blood has become sucha part of you that you are the only true Black left. Harry my son know that my death was not your fault. I dont know what happened or how it happened but i dont want you blaming yourself. i hope to have died protecting you. thats all i ever wanted. to love and protect you. Live Harry Live for me and fight in my name. Remember those that love us never truely leave us. I will always be with you watching over you in the stars.
Your Loving Father
Lord Sirius Orion Black of the Ancient and Noble House of Black
Finishing the letter Harry knew that he had found the closur that he had been needing since Sirius death. It still hurt to think of Sirius and Harry didnt belive that would go away anytime soon, but Harry found peace with himself. He knew that Sirius loved him and he wanted to honor him by fulfiling his last wish. Harry would Live and Love and at night when he would feel lonely he would look at the stars and smile because Sirius was watching over him.