A/N
Cast:
Unless stated otherwise the cast from the movies represent who portrays what character in the story (Dan Radcliffe as HP etc.)
William Everett: Henry Cavil
Eleanor Everett: Diane Kruger
Serena Everett: (red headed) Scarlet Johansen
Daniel Granger: Jude Law
Emma Granger: Kate Mara
Trigger Warning: Child Abuse
Chapter 1: Heartbreaking Discovery
4 Years later
Eleanor could be considered part seer for her prediction of the Granger and Everett families becoming close. Since that first day in primary school, Will and Hermione were as close as siblings. Spending nearly every day together, and with the aid of Doogy, Hermione didn't have to spend days after school alone if her parents were swamped at their dental practice.
Serena to this day is the only living soul that can call Hermione Hermy and live to tell about it, the 2 girls became very close after Serena started calling her that, being unable to pronounce Hermione properly. Hermione thinking it was cute coming from the girl.
Goldie had grown more from the young adolescent Hippogriff into a fully grown one that almost mothered the 3. Hermione was shocked when another untamed grey Hippogriff flew down from the sky and bonded with her without preamble. This new Hippogriff she called Narnia, for the shared love of the books between her and Will.
Will continued his mundane education and worked with his mum to catch Hermione up on what she needed to know. A couple years prior having met another girl from a friend of his mother, a Luna Lovegood, who likewise joined the duo in lessens, even in the mundane schooling. The fun little blond eventually became his betrothed thanks to the way they seem to fit together.
Will was currently in a Gringotts training room with his account manager's clan mate who was teaching him how to properly wield a blade, as one was found in the family vault that was necessary for him to attain the rank of Heir then Lord to his house. So the group figured it would be best for him to know how to wield it.
Hackclaw was like a drill sergeant with him as he made Will go through the motions, "Back straight, thrust, parry, slash! I'll make a Warrior of you yet!"
Will at first didn't like Hackclaw, why Gutclaw had him do this was baffling to him. But over time he began to respect his mentor. That was also 2 years ago, presently he was going through the motions as gracefully as a true warrior, his practice blade seemingly dancing in his hands.
Hackclaw blew his horn, this stopped all training in the room, other young goblins who were also training stood up straight with their weapons pointed in safe directions as Hackclaw states, "William Forest Everett, 2 years ago your mother and my cousin asked me to train you, here we are now. You have skills, you just need to hone them. I hereby declare you competent with a blade."
This earned cheers from the other youngsters present, Will bowed to his teacher, "Thank you Hackclaw, that means the world to me."
He earned a rare smile from the goblin, "I'm sure. While I am not able to present you a blade of our make as a graduation gift, I can however do something else."
He pulled out a box and opened it to reveal a set of armor seemingly made of white leather with golden colored highlights. Will gaped at the color of it, it was almost a pure white. He ran his hands over the smooth leather and asked, "Dragonhide?"
"Indeed, from an Opaleye that was too old to serve, her hide will provide you the mobility I see you need and the protection you require should you ever need it. Though I get it would be more ceremonial in purpose. This set is for you and is enchanted to grow with you out of the reserves we have set aside for it. When you reach full height the rest will be sold off." What he didn't tell the boy is that his mother commissioned the armor for his birthday.
Will bowed again, "Thank you for this kingly gift, honorable Hackclaw. I will wear it with pride."
Placing the lid back on the box Hackclaw continues, "My cousin awaits you in her office to take you down to the family vault to collect your ancestral blade."
With a nod, Will hangs up his practice blade and heads off to the refresher before his meeting with his account manager.
*TFR*
He had celebrated it yesterday but today, June 21st he was of age to claim his rightful place as Heir to the Reborn Ancient and Noble House of Everett, a house that survived through Squibs until his father manifested magic.
When Will stepped out of the refresher and saw the armor laid out for him, so he put it on over his underclothes and looked in the mirror provided, he cut a fine figure for an 11 year old boy, long golden blond hair that went down to his shoulder blades, kept out of his face by a copper circlet. He stood at a sizable 5 foot 1 inch, quite tall for his age. The cloak he put on had a red underlining that gave a stark contrast to the pure white of the other side and made the armor pop just that much more.
Satisfied with his appearance, he made his way to Gutclaw's office where his mother and little sister awaited him. As he stepped in he was assaulted by his little sister slamming into him.
"Hey Will, happy Birthday big brother!"
He smiles down at her, "Thank you sis." He turns his attention to his Mother and Gutclaw, "Shall we?"
Receiving 2 nods of approval, the quartet head toward the rails with 2 guards who escort them. Serena clung to his side the whole way down, looking a little green by the time the ride was over.
Gutclaw steps up to the door and turns back to the trio, "Vault three-hundred and forty-three, Everett Family vault. Step up to the door and place your hand on this." She indicates an outline of a palm print. He does so and feels a sharp pain as the door takes a sample of his blood. He steps back as a key generates in front of the goblin, "It accepts your claim, you now own the full vault's contents. Come come."
The goblin steps into the vault followed by Will and his mother and sister. The torches light up as a literal mountain of gold is illuminating the wall. There are various portraits and mannequins with various clothing or robes from times long since passed, but Will's eyes lock onto the sword that lay in a scabbard on a table, when he grasps the sword it feels like electricity passes through him without the painful shock. A glow starts to emanate from the blade in the scabbard so Will draws it to reveal a pure crystal blade that seems to shimmer in the torchlight with a pale white light. Upon drawing the sword, a ring forms on his finger. A simple gold band with his house signet on it. A sword and quill crossing over a book.
"That is the Heir ring to House Everett, you now have the responsibilities to match," Gutclaw informed them. "I shall draft a notice for the Wizinegomot stating that the young Heir Everett has claimed his ring and claims his place on the council with his mother acting as a proxy until he is able to handle the politics himself."
Eleanor helped Will latch the sword onto his belt and sheathe it, "That will be fine Gutclaw, and thank you for making those arrangements."
With that they all piled into the cart and made the journey back to the surface world.
*TFR*
Later that day Will placed his armor and sword into the trunk that his mother got him the day before as an early birthday gift. He checked to make sure he had all his books in the library section and double checked his robes. When he knew everything was in order he headed out to the barn to spend time with Goldie and Narnia until Hermione and Luna arrived.
The dress was muggle since Hermione insisted on going to the Zoo today of all days, something about feeling like they would need to be there. He was petting Goldie when she looked him in the eye before reaching back with her beak and plucking a feather from her wing and dropping it into his hands.
"Mum said we can custom order our own wands, are you saying you want this to be the core?"
A playful chirp emitted from the golden beast as if in affirmation, so Will placed it in his coat's inside pocket just as he heard a voice behind him. "Very smart these creatures are aren't they William?"
He smirks as he recognizes the voice of his betrothed, Luna Lovegood, "Indeed my moon, Goldie is uncommonly intelligent among her kind." He turns to face her and grasps her hand kissing her knuckles. "How are you today Luna?"
"It varies from moment to moment," she shrugs, "I still miss my mum, but I have you, Serena, and Mrs. Everett to keep me company when those blues hit me. I don't even want to think what I'd be like without your companionship."
She kisses him on the cheek as she pulls him out of the paddock and into the sunshine.
*TFR*
When Hermione and her parents arrive the group all sits down for a tea and cupcake snack, courtesy of Doogy before they head into the muggle world. The Zoo that Hermione chose had a very extensive reptile house. They didn't get to see it very well however as when they entered the building they say a small bespectacled raven haired boy being smacked by a man easily 5 times his size.
Eleanor and Will recognized the boy immediately from the stories that they read to Serena. This boy was Harry Potter. Upon seeing the large fat man lay finger on the boy she leaps into action, "What the hell are you doing to that boy you brute!?"
The man turns his purple raging face to the outsider and barks, "Punishing my freak of a nephew! Who the hell are you!?"
"I am a registered nurse and I can see the abuse heaped on this poor boy!" She looks at Harry, "Honey do these people hurt you?"
"Do not answer that, Boy!"
Harry flinched at the tone of the man, he was about to close in on himself when he felt a soft hand take his. He turned to see a girl with sparkling brown eyes and a cascade of curly brown hair. Somehow this girl gave him the strength to look at the woman and nod.
Will, Luna, and Serena also surround him as Hermione starts whispering to the boy.
Eleanor turns her ire up a notch, "I know just who this boy is, and when word of his abuse gets out, you won't have a hole deep enough to hide in. Just who the hell are you?" She turns on the woman who was obviously the mother of the fat boy wrapped in a towel behind them, "What kind of mother are you? A child is a child, not some freak to treat abysmally."
By this point the constables had made an appearance, "Ma'am, what is the situation?"
Taking a deep breath, "This boy was being assaulted by this man who should have never had him. My husband worked with his parents in a special anti-terrorist force and was murdered by said terrorists. This boy, Harry James Potter, is a child of two of his co-workers who were also murdered. I remember James and Lily well, and they would be turning over in their graves at seeing how their little boy is being treated."
The constable had taken a knee to get down onto Harry's level, "Son do you know these people?"
Harry was still holding Hermione's hand when he shook his head, a newfound courage in him blooming, "No I don't, but they have been nicer to me than I can ever remember. Please don't make me go back with those people."
"You will come back with us and you will be punished, boy, for your insolence!" the man barked.
Eleanor had stepped back from the group and sent a silvery kitten from her wand toward London, her task complete she entered the fray again with a new woman by her side a few moments later, "There will be no more punishments for this boy. I know Harry is close to 11 but he looks more like 8 or 9! I told you I'm a nurse, I can see that poor Harry here is badly malnourished!"
"I concur," the new woman wearing a monocle added as she sent the constables on their way with the wave of her own wand, "My name is Amelia Bones, I work with the Police and Child Welfare. I happened to be scouting this zoo for my niece and her friends when I saw this commotion happening."
The man and woman who still haven't introduced themselves went ashen with this news, "Now see here, misbehavior needs to be punished! This boy is a troublemaker and a liar! His parents were nothing more than drunken whoring layabouts that died in a car crash!"
This angered Amelia as well, "James and Lily Potter were wonderful people who had their lives cut tragically short due to the acts of Terrorism. Do not besmirch them in my presence again." She took a deep breath, "I have seen enough, Eleanor, I'm sorry to cut your day with the kids short but young Harry needs to be taken to the hospital, then you take him to your home till we find a more permanent solution for the poor boy."
Harry perked up, "I don't have to leave with them?"
The hope in the boy's emerald orbs was heartbreaking to the women present. Hermione never once let his hand go even as Eleanor told her to. She ended up having to take all the children with her as they moved in a group around Harry. The boy had never known companionship in all his life now had this group who would be an inseparable group of friends.
Madam Bones stayed behind watching them leave before turning back to the trio still standing there and she would not let them be until she had some answers.
*TFR*
When the group entered the lobby for St. Mungos, Eleanor had to take Harry from the group to get examined by a healer. Harry was confused, didn't she mean doctor? When the healer, a woman named Andromeda Tonks saw the boy she had been looking for for near a decade, it took all her professional training to not cry as she examined the boy in question.
"Harry, My name is healer Tonks, I've been looking for you for a long time."
He looked into the soft grey eyes of the woman talking to him and felt something he didn't know to name, later he would call it safety. "Who hid me then?"
With a sigh, she answers "Don't worry about it anymore dear, your safe now and judging by the way you came in, you've friends to look after you now. I'm going to need you to lay back and let me do some scans okay?"
He nods as he lays back on the mattress.
*TFR*
Will held a crying Hermione as she talked with Madam Bones, she was the only one of the group that got Harry to talk before coming to the hospital.
Luna held onto his other arm as he comforted his friend.
"-Privet drive is where he told me. He is so broken…."
Madam bones was in full Auror mode, Dictaquill writing every word spoken. Eventually Eleanor came back out with Harry's Medical records from St. Mungos past and present.
"How bad El?" Amelia asked?
A tear escapes her eye as she answered, "It is an act of providence that poor lad hasn't become and Obscural. Both physically and mentally he is a mess. We can fix him Physically, but Mentally he needs a Mind Healer…. Badly."
"I have enough here to charge that old bastard with Gross Negligence, Child Abandonment, Endangering a Minor, and a plethora of other nasty deeds. When he is ready he needs to go to Gringotts and claim his Heir ring. That at least should help shield his mind from the old goat." Amelia was in a near state of rage at how poorly this boy's case was handled. "The W.C.S. has a single page in the welfare of one Harry James Potter, and all it says is that Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is Harry's Magical Guardian…. I've already checked the receptionist in to the mind spell ward to check for whammies."
Hermione finally has the composure to ask, "Can I go see him?"
Eleanor grasps her hand as an answer, "Lets go dear."
Luna looked at Will and asked, "Who do they mean by Old Goat?"
"Most likely Dumbledore."
Serena curled up into Will's side after taking the seat Hermione just vacated, "Brother I'm tired, read me a story will you?"
Will chuckled as he reached into his pocket and pulled out his newest book that he had been reading and read aloud, *"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort." *
*TFR*
Harry was starting to wake up, he remembered Healer Tonks 'Andi she asked to be called,' waving a stick over him and him feeling better from hurts he had forgotten about. As bones realigned and healed properly. She then gave him a series of drinks 'Potions' from Healer Everett, some tasted dreadful while some tasted fruity. He didn't remember much after he drank the purple one that tasted like grapes.
He opened his eyes and started to shift around, that's when a strange little creature materializes out of thin air. "Master Harry, is you being ready for Breakfast?"
"Uh… Yeah I guess, but first who and what are you?"
"I's be Doogy the House Elf, I be serving the family of Everett, Mistress Ele asks me to be taking care of yous while mistress and young master is being away."
"Where are they? And where am I?"
"They be taking care of business at the wizzymott, while you are is being here in their home."
A tray of food appears in front of Harry with all the morning fixings and another potion vial, "What is this, Doogy?"
"It is being your potion yous must be drinking every day for a month, young master, yous need it to be getting healthy."
As Harry started eating, little did he know that in London, his future would be shaped by the very same wizzymott meeting Doogy's mistress and master was attending.
*TFR*
Eleanor and Will (Dressed in his armor with sword at his hip) were set to go into a type of battle that neither felt ready for but knew they must fight. The doors open and the pair enter. All eyes turn to Lady Everett and the young Warrior as they enter the Wizinegomot Chambers.
Madam Bones nods to them as they take their seats, both Will and Eleanor locking eyes with the warlock with the long white beard, the very man they seek to topple today, Albus Dumbledore!
A/N
If you want a good visual for the Opaleye dragon leather armor, look at the art of Leif from the Fire Emblem video game series.
Harry's childhood was anything but wholesome, with the inclusion of the Fantastic Beasts movies, it became clear to me that Harry could have easily become an Obscural. A scary thought.
I used an Excerpt from the Hobbit book here, all rights to that story belong to their respective owners, I use it only as a notable fantasy novel Will would read.
I wanted to thank a Fic Writer named zugrian, he took the time to read the prologue and gave me a few pointers that I hope to employ in my future chapters. If you have the time, check out his story "We're in this Together" as it's a good read, thanks again man!