AN:
[Mind speak] (used for Beastspeak)
*Elvin*
"Glomerian"
#Gobbledegook#
~Mermish~
!Dwarfian!
Vaults and Beginning Training Under Gringotts
When they stepped on to the cart that would lead us to the vaults, Harry thought he would have some fun,
#Ragnock, How fast can the cart's go?# he asked with a innocent face expertly covering his grin.
#Oh..# Ragnock replied smugly, #That depends on how much we like the customer customers that annoy us it goes break neck. For pleasant customers we tend to keep it fast but gentle which would you like?#
#I would like to see just how fast this cart can go# said Harry his grin slipping out of his control.
"Ok everyone please sit back" said Ragnock as a bar appeared out of nowhere to hold them in their seats with a similar one appearing at Ragnock's single seat. James and Lily who had been in the carts before paled and asked a simple but terrifying question.
"Why are their bars? They weren't here last time." Asked Lily fearfully,
"Well, your son very kindly offered to test how fast the carts can go so I had thought we best be safe I can take them away if you like." Ragnock asked in mock concern seeing a grinning Harry in the corner of his eye.
"NO! I mean no thank you the bars will be fine" screamed a pale Lily as she grabbed James hand and gripped it tightly.
"Well here we go" and with that the cart shot forward, pushing the occupants deeper into their seats with the air pushing against them their lips being parted comically by the wind rushing against them pushing them open revealing their teeth. But all this was could be ignored what couldn't be ignored was a whooping Harry who had his right hand raised in the air while laughing hysterically even though his left arm was loosing circulation from the scared Lucy's grip. When the cart eventually stopped, every one exited the cart with James looking green and falling to his knees kissing the ground with a pale white Lily glaring at a laughing Harry as he helped Lucy stand out the cart. When Harry finally stopped laughing and looked around he saw that they were at the end of the track but there was still a wide expanse of tunnel in front of him.
"So where do we go from her Ragnock?"
"Its at the end of this tunnel but stay close or one of the defences protecting the 5 vaults in this area will activate."
"What defences actually protect these vaults compared to the others Ragnock?" Harry asked curious as to what special care these vaults received since he owned most of them.
"Well there are actually a few additions by Merlin himself that even we goblins don't know. This was his floor; he helped us to start the bank and kept our women and safe during in civil wars. So we gave him 10% ownership of the bank and this floor. That is what you now own so you should know you can add protections and vaults to this floor when you are more advanced in magic and feel you want to. But back to your question along with the protections on the other vaults and Merlin's protections, there is also a dragon a sphinx and a chimera on this floor that belong to Merlin and are blood bound to his family so they will obey you since you are of his blood." The knowledge that there were three very dangerous animals down here made Lily pull James closer and Lucy move closer to Harry. Just as Harry was about to say he saw a vault they heard an enormous roar reverberate through the tunnel ad a pitch black dragon with two curved horns on its head and claws on its wings landed in front of them and Ragnock told them not to move. Harry thought he would try his luck and try to talk to it.
{Hello, I am Harry Descendent of your last friend for whom you protect these vaults what should I call you my friend?} Harry asked as he stepped forward and bowed. The dragon considered him for a terrifying minute and then bowed back and gave his reply.
{I am called Shadow wing. I am honoured to once again meet one of my old friends descendents it has been many years since any have ventured here.} The dragon said with a mournful tone.
{Well Shadow wing that will not be the case any longer, I will be visiting my vaults regularly so I will make sure that I take some time to talk to you and the others. Where are the others? Can I meet them?} Harry replied.
{Yes. you can meet them if you follow me we will go and see them. The will be happy to have someone other than each other to talk to again.} The walked for about ten more minutes when they finally came across the two talking to each other, arguing who had to take over watch for shadow wing next.
{I say it is your turn Silvia. I did it last week my butts still numb from sitting on the cold ground at the tunnels entrance.} The chimera said with a glare at the sphinx that Harry assumed must be Silvia.
{That is not true it was two weeks ago Charles. I on the other hand did it last week and I have not spoken to Shadow in ages it is my turn.} Before they could continue Shadow Stepped between the two.
{When you two are quite finished, we can…}
{SHADOW! What are you doing away from the entrance we have not left that entrance unprotected in the last five century. What if someone tries to get in to the vaults?} Silvia asked, While Charles just stood there shocked he had never known the dragon to leave his post early. He was the only one who could be relied on to never miss his time on guard and never complain.
{Well if you had let me finish} Shadow said with a scowl, {I was going to say we can get everyone introduced to the vaults new owner}
{HA, New owner I will not allow it some greedy wanna be trying to claim the name of our great friend. NOP…E, Not happening I wont allow Lord Emrys name to be besmirched by some political do da trying to make a name for himself using the respected Emrys name. It's not happening they will have to get through me to entre the vault." Charles said with a murderous look on his face, while Silvia Just nodded along. They had sworn to protect these vaults for Merlin after he saved them and allowed them to live with him for a century. When they found out about his vaults, they had been only too happy to offer to protect them as payment. After much protesting by Merlin saying, they did not need to repay him he finally gave in and allowed them to stay down here to protect his most treasured belongings.
{Ah But my friends he is not any of those things he is the one that Lord Emrys spoke of he is able to speak to us and has shown his worth by being respectful to me and he even bowed and asked my name. If he were any of those things, he would have just asked for me removed by the goblins. He is even here with an elf and the goblin king that shows he is accepting of the other races} Shadow said with a little pride in his voice.
{I would like to speak for and defend my being myself if I could Shadow Wing} Harry said stepping around the dragon so he was in front of the two majestic animals. He bowed to them both and spoke.
{I am Harry and I apologise if you think I offend the noble name of Emrys, But I do not mean to take from the name in anyway. In fact I mean to restore it I have already ensure sanctuary is re opened and when I return I will reopen the entirety of Emrys Manor and begin to take in injured beings of any race to be treated as it once was. I will be visiting the vaults regularly so I will inform you of everything I am doing and you can judge for yourself if I am up holding Merlin's name if you think I disgrace it in any way I will willingly allow you to strike me down.} Harry said this all with his head bowed so he had no way of knowing that all three creatures were looking at him with shock and respect on their faces. Silvia stepped forward when he was finished and spoke, breaking the silence left after his speech.
{Rise youngling, My friend Charles and myself were hasty in judging you, but you must understand we have had many people try to claim this vault to benefit their selves most turn back when they see one of us at the entrance but the few who get passed do not make it to the vault. Over the years we lost hope that you would come it has been so long since Merlin told us you would come we apologise and would be happy to call you friend as long as you stick to your beliefs.} Silvia said all this with a smile, and stepped to the side to allow Charles a clear view as he began to speak.
{As Silvia has just said I was hasty and I apologise what you have just said has gave me hope that my old friends name will return to its proper place of respect in the united world as it used to and I too will happily call you friend for a price of course} Charles said with a cheeky grin.
{The price to be called friend is great you may not be able to fulfil my requirements to be place in the same category as Merlin.} Charles warned in a mournful tone, as Silvia and Shadow began to protest. Charles began to speak again this time in a serious tone.
{To be named friend you must…..} Harry leaned forward to make sure he did not miss this important piece of information it could mean the difference between life and death.
{You must bring me a big Juicy steak each time you visit. Merlin always brought the nicest steaks for me.} Charles said with a face-splitting grin as Silvia and Shadow banged their heads against the tunnel wall. Harry on the other hand released the breath he had been holding with a chuckle that turned in to full-blown laughter. Ragnock who was gifted Beastspeak by Merlin so he could talk to his guards if he ever needed to come down here had been quietly explaining what they were saying let out his own breath with a chuckle as James did the same but James' Laughter just got worse till he was on the floor struggling to breath.
"I wonder if we could get him in the Marauders. That has to be one of the best pranks I have ever heard." James gasped out. Lily and Lucy just shook their heads although they were both still pale white at the thought of Harry being killed.
{You have a deal Charles, I would have done that anyway but I think I need to make this place a bit more comfortable for you all if you will all be staying here it would be better if you had a more comfortable place to stay next time I visit I will bring some supplies. Now I really need to visit my vaults as it is getting quite late and we have other places to visit. It was nice meeting you all.}
{You too Harry I look forward to seeing you again with my steak} Charles said with a wink as the others said bye and went back to their places.
"Well let's get moving," Ragnock, said as he began to lead the rest of the way to the end of the tunnel.
When they reached the last or first door depending on how you wanted to refer to it. They stopped it was a metallic looking door with the Emrys Family crest in the centre.
"Now Harry this door was charmed by Merlin himself there is no key only the Lord Emrys and those bonded to him may enter if any other try they are turned to ash. To enter you simply walk through the door it will allow you to pass if you are who you say you are, so you have nothing to worry about."
Harry nodded and stepped forward and placed his hand on the door when it just passed straight through he smiled and stepped over the entrance.
Emrys Vault
When Harry stepped over the entrance, he felt very strong magic wash over him that he assumed was the wards on the door. When the vaults contents came in to view Harry had to stop and gawp at what he was seeing he stood in what looked like the entry way of a manor with doors on each side and one in front of him, each labelled with what he assumed must be the contents. To the right the doors read as follows;
- Armoury
- Books
- Scrolls
- Potions
On the left they read;
- Robes
- Furniture
- Magical Components
- Galleons and paperwork
The door in front of him was strange it had no label but looked to be made of gold. He decided to investigate that door first when he touched the door he jumped back as Merlin appeared in front of him.
"Hello Harry, I am not actually here I recorded this memory and set it to activate when you touched this door if you are anything like me your curiosity will have gotten the better of you and you will have come to this door first if you have good if not, oh well. Through this door you will find two things first you will find my stone that I will have told you about when I told you about the prophesy but I will remind you. Inside is a true philosopher's stone that completely stops aging unlike Flamels stone that merely turns one year in to ten making it seem that they are not aging. With this stone, you can turn any base element in to its most complex form for example; instead of just lead to gold, it will turn coal to diamond and things like that. Now what you must do when you entre this room is put a drop of blood on the stone that will put you in your prime condition you core will be in its prime and so will your body now don't be fooled you will still need to train to keep yourself in this condition. You will only need to do this once, the stone will be bound to you, and only you will be able to use it. You can make anyone you bond to you immortal by making them put a drop of blood on the stone it will make them immortal but will not do anything else for any but you. When you bond the stone and get in to prime condition, you will gain another ability. You will be able to change your age forward and back to not arise suspicions as to how you aged about 23 years in a few hours. The last things I need to remind you of are: one you must make your own staff that shrinks to wand size and not buy one you will have too much power for any generic wand made. You will need multiple cores and probably woods too. In the armoury, you will find my staff's choose whichever suits you best for now, I have left my crafting research with my staff's so that you can find it easily. This will probably be one of the first things you want to do, but do not rush it take your time it is an extension of your being that you are making. Finally, in this room is a collection of magical animal eggs, in on or two of them you will find your familiars these animals will bond with you and live as long as you do. They will protect you to the best of their abilities and will be your continual companion that will always be there for you no matter what. Use the stone first as it will make your magic easier to read for the familiars in their eggs. Well that is me done I recommend that when you raid the vault of its books and scrolls that you start on the bookcase closest to the door and work right to left from the bottom to the top as they are sorted in order of complexity easiest or introductions at least at the bottom advanced stuff at the top. Goodbye Harry and good luck I believe you can be greater than even I was." With that, Merlin was gone. Harry just stood there for a few minutes before snapping back to reality and walking through the door. Only to again, stop in shock he was in a circular room with a raised platform with a pedestal and stone in the centre. The walls lined with many, many different eggs some large some small, all of them different colours he stepped up to the pedestal and an athame appeared in his hand. Getting the meaning, he sliced the tip of his finger and the athame vanished leaving a drop of blood on the tip of his left index finger, He tilted the finger and allowed the blood to fall off on to the stone. To Harry the blood fell in slow motion until it hit the stone and a platinum coloured beam of energy shot from the stone into Harry making him gasp and collapse to his knees clutching a hand to his chest whilst the other kept him from falling completely. After a few seconds, there was a final burst of pain this time he felt it was his magic building and building wanting to be released and he could not stop it, he screamed as a massive golden aura exploded from him along with a shock wave that shook all of Diagon alley. With that, done darkness claimed him.
Outside of the Emrys vault a few Minutes Previous.
"How long do you think it will take him in there?" James asked no one in particular but Ragnock answered.
"I do not know no one has ever seen inside of that vault except those who Merlin got to help him to move his belongings in to it when it was created."
"Well we will just need to wait we know he has two things to do at least. I think it will probably take around half an hour to an hour so we might as well get comfortable." Lily said whilst looking for somewhere to sit she found a flat rock sticking out from the wall and had only just sat down then the entire tunnel shook violently.
"I didn't do anything!" Lily rushed out as he leapt to her feet. James would have chuckled at the situation if not for the fact he had just noticed a golden light beginning to emanate from the vault door to encompass the tunnel before retreating, back in to the vault door out of sight.
"What the bloody hell was that?" James asked in part awe, part fear.
"I have an idea but if I am correct then I am thankful that I am on Harry's side" Ragnock said Eyes wide at what he had saw.
Back inside Emrys Vault.
Harry began to stir. As he came around he took account of what had just happened, then he checked he was all in one piece. That was when he realised his body was not what it was it felt big and clumsy. He stood up and looked down at him self only to see he was completely toned with a six-pack but with the body of a swimmer or runner not a body builder, oh he was strong and muscular but not overly so just enough that it made him look intimidating. He remembered what Merlin said and imagined himself a lot older and saw his hair grow and turn grey as he grew a long grey beard, he chuckled when he saw that but then imagined himself the age he was when he entree and he returned to that. He played around with that for a while before sticking to his normal age and looking around at the eggs trying to decide how he was supposed to interact with them all. That was until he saw that two of the eggs were glowing with a golden light one was the size of an eagle's egg but was blue with white lines on it. The other was about as big as his head a pure white, he went over to that one first as it was on a lower shelf and closer. When he touched the egg it cracked and began to heat up in, his had until it shattered and turned in to what felt like snow and out rolled a pure white lion cub. It was a Snow Lion he realised, He remembered reading about it when he was looking up all the different types of magical animals that had ever visited the potters wood he could not remember much about them only that they were rare and hardly ever seen anymore. He looked down at the small cub curled up in his arms and couldn't help but smile as it opened its jaws and yawned but snuggled deeper into Harry's chest. Harry chuckled and walked over to the stairs/ladder and climbed to where the other egg was when he touched it he felt the hairs on the back of his neck and on top of his head stick up as if he had just been shocked but no pain came just a comfortable tingling in his hand. There was a flash of light then in his hand rested a baby chick. When he looked closer, his mouth dropped in shock it was a lightning phoenix. It was light blue with a white stripe on each wing. Now he had a lion cub in one arm asleep and a phoenix chick asleep in his palm so he struggled down the steps and back out to the main room. Next, he went in to the room labelled robes it was quite a small room, still large for just clothes. It was about 14ft x 14ft square and had racks of all different robes. He grew a few years in age but then decided to have some fun with those outside and aged to look like Merlin and dressed in expensive acromantula silk black robes with expanded pockets. He put his familiars in a pocket each the chick in his breast pocket. He then lifted a few more including the Emrys house Wizengamont robe in case he was in need of it sooner than expected. Next, he went to the armoury to find a staff that fit him. When he entered the vault, he was so used to being shocked that he just stared around the room taking in every detail of what he was seeing. The room was large and square. On one half of the room was Staffs resting on the walls and Full body suits of armour of all kinds. On the other side, there were swords, daggers, Spears and shields. He went over to the staffs and saw that they were all labelled telling him what wood they were and what core materials they contained, along with how to shrink them down to wands. He remembered that Merlin said whichever felt best to him was the one he should take until he could make his own. So with that thought he began to pick up one staff after the other and see what happened. The first few did nothing they just felt like long heavy sticks in his hand. The next one he couldn't even tough when his hand got near he yelped and jumped back as he felt a chock to his hand he decided to be more careful and only pick it up after hovering his hand over it to see if he felt anything. After about 10 minutes and 30 staffs he came to the last one, when his hand hovered over it he could feel a warm, comfortable feeling emanating from it so decided to pick it up and see what happened. As soon as his hand touched, it he felt like he had just woke up from a month long sleep completely refreshed and energised. The staff felt light in has hand as if it was an extension of himself it was a swirling mix of grey/white and a dark blue that you could only see when the light hit it side on. At the top there was a smoky gem concealed in a prison of intertwining twig sized pieces of wood He looked down to the label to see what it was made of and what he saw shocked him, The label read ' Charmed to be un-breakable. Wood: Ebony and dragon wood 5ft 2 inches long, Core: Phoenix Tail feather, Chinese Destroyer Dragon scale, shadow hound hairs. (These cores are from my Phoenix familiar and my own two animagus forms) Gem: Uncut Smoky quartz. He could literally feel his magic flowing through his body and into the staff then back. He then read the label again and it said to shrink to wand size think wand and to re-grow think staff. So with that information he thought wand and watched as it shrunk sown to 15 inches it looked the same but the gem had shrunk and now just looked like a change in the wood colour on the wand tip. He then noticed a wand holster where the staff had been resting. He picked it up and read its label, 'Auror Wand holster; designed to conceal a wand and prevent summoning and dis-arment whilst the wand is holstered. It also has a quick draw function simply flick wrist and catch wand to return just place against holster and wand will return to its place'. Well this will be handy Harry thought. He then looked around and found what he was looking for 'Wand creation By Merlin Emrys'. 'Well hopefully I can start my new wand soon if this is how an un bonded staff feels. I will need to get my animagus forms complete before I make it though if I want it to be like Merlin's obviously it will form a better connection if it is more literally part of me' he thought as he moved on to the armours. He spent some time examining all of the armours until he reached on of the dragon hide ones this armour looked like a snakeskin with very large scales. It was pitch black and the label said that it was from an imperial horntail, one of the strongest and oldest dragons in history. The thing about dragons is their scales get stronger with age so this armour must be very strong and since most dragons are resistant to magic so must this be he removed his robe, put the armour on and replaced his robe. He decided he did not need any more weapons at the moment so he decided to move on to the next room.
The next room he entered was the scroll room he did not bother looking at what he was taking, he would have time when he got home so he just retrieved one of the multi-compartment trunks that were lined up against the wall. (he recognised them because his dad had one for his Auror duties.) He then put all the scrolls on the bottom shelf in one compartment. He did the same in the book room except used the same trunk just a different compartment. Just as he was leaving the book, room that like the scroll room looked like the room with the familiar eggs. He noticed there was a pedestal further in that held a very large tome, so he decided to investigate more and nearly died from shock at what he saw. In front of him sat a pristine book but he could tell it was old its cover was animal skin and embossed in gold writing was the words 'Emrys GRIMOUR' he decided to leave it here until he knew he could protect it better because there was not one person alive that would not kill for this book. So with that thought he left the room. He decided he did not have to visit the other rooms just now so activated the self-shrink feature he hoped was on the trunk just as he had seen his father doing with his trunk. He then put it in his pocket and grinned remembering he looked like Merlin at the moment he wondered how his parents, Lucy and Ragnock would react when they saw him. He was about to find out with that thought he stepped out of the vault to greet those waiting.
Outside the Vault as Harry exits (James POV).
James was getting impatient it had been half an hour since he had seen, the light emanate from the vault and felt the ground shake. He was getting worried he did not think it would take Harry so long to do what he had to what he had to in the vault. Just as he was about to ask Ragnock if there was anyway to communicate with someone in one of the vaults, he yelped and jumped forward just in time to catch Lily before she fell to the ground in a dead faint. "What the bloody hell happened to her?" he asked no one in particular. When he got no answer, he looked up from Lily's unconscious form to shout at Ragnock only to be met with a frozen goblin and elf who were actually gawping at what he saw just over James' shoulder with wide eyes. Cautiously James turned around to see what had shocked everyone so much. When he turned round he himself nearly fainted himself. In front of him stood none other than Merlin Emrys staff in hand robes flowing behind him the Emrys shield proudly displayed on his left breast.
"iiitt ccan't bbe" stuttered James going into a shock of his own. To make matters worse the Merlin in front of him started to chuckle a deep rumbling old chuckle.
"I am not who you think I am" Said the man in front of him. As he said this, the man began to shrink clothes and all surprisingly, the only thing not to shrink was his staff.
Present
As he exited the vault, Harry had heard a gasp and yelp when he looked around he saw that everyone was either frozen in shock or in his mums, case had fainted. He could not help it he started to chuckle, when he had calm down he spoke.
"I am not who you think I am" he said as he began to return to the age he was when he entered he was not that surprised that Merlin's old robes changed with him considering Merlin would have the same power of changing ages as he did since he had used the stone as well. When he was back to his actual age, he smirked innocently and said,
"I couldn't resist" this was too much for James he just chuckled and then fell unconscious himself.
"Can you revive them please my friend" Harry asked Ragnock, who just nodded a small smile appearing on his face again. As Ragnock went to revive Harry's parents, he was bowled to the ground by a sobbing elf.
*Lucy, What is wrong* he asked the young elf.
*I thought you had gone and I would not see you again and I would have to go back to my uncle* She said through her sobs.
*Lucy that would never happen my family would always keep you safe. Besides, potters wood is neutral territory you could stay there and my parents would have to protect you. So do not fear I will always keep you safe* he said as he stroked her silky smooth hair to calm her down.
"Thank you Harry" she said snuggling closer as she calmed down only to yelp and jump away drawing the attention of the others who had been newly revived.
"What's wrong Lucy?" Harry asked confused.
"I just felt something move in your pockets," she said confused as well.
"Oh yeah, Right, Let me introduce everyone to my two familiars'," Harry said as he withdrew his two newly awakened companions from his pockets.
[What are your names, my friends?] Harry asked them.
[I am Ariel. I swear to you my allegiance, loyalty and protection.] The snow lion said in a female voice as it bit Harry and itself, then wiped the wounds together forming a blood bond but the bond did not complete, as it knew there was still more to be connected.
[I am Elysia. I too swear to you my allegiance, loyalty and protection.] The female phoenix bit itself and rubbed its wound on both, Harry and Ariel. Elysia then dropped a tear on all three of their wounds causing a silver glow to surround all three of them, binding them together. Harry then turned back to everyone present and said,
"I would like to introduce you all to, Ariel the snow lion and Elysia the storm or lightning phoenix. Elysia, Ariel these are Lily and James my parents, my good friend King Ragnock of the Goblins and My beautiful elf friend Lucy." Harry said to a round of hello's and a blushing but smiling Lucy. Harry then put his companions back in his pocket to keep them safe and warm and shrunk his staff back down to a wand and put it back in the holster.
"Ok if everyone is ready lets move on" Ragnock said.
They visited all of his other vaults on this floor all the doors were charmed the same as Merlin's. Harry did not see a need to take anything from any of the vaults until he had read all of the books he had and learned better how to protect his belongings from theft. He said good-bye to the guardians and they then moved on to his vaults on the other floors to see what there was. The only thing he removed was some galleons from the potter vault to save them having to come back.
Once all their business was complete, they returned to the main bank floor where Ragnock stopped them.
"I would like to apologise for how you were greeted today Milord and to tell you that the reason you were treated so was because you were with Lucy. After Potters wood was closed because Merlin supposedly died and wizards stopped treating us as equals they attacked the goblins and the elves lended no aid to us we were left to perish and confined to these walls. There is a goblin town below the bank, I will show you when you begin to learn from us but the reason I mention this is that it is the same for every country we have a bank in the bank and the town below are the limit we are allowed to wander. Whereas the elves have, their forests protected from the wizards and can roam free not bothered by the wizards restrictions. The only place that all magical creatures are still respected and work around each other if not together is the school that My Lord Emrys started before even
Hogwarts it was made to teach all kinds of magic light and dark no matter the magic it was taught with no restrictions. The only restrictions was who got in, you must hold neutral or good thoughts of all magical races. Only those who already know of its location are able to attend. Your family being so old will know you also have Merlin's ring so if you think about his school you should know of its location the name of the school is, 'Ad Scientiam Sorce' or in English The source of knowledge. I think it would be a good school for you Hogwarts would not teach you what you need to know to be able to fulfil your destiny and role in life. However, rest assured you all will be treated with proper respect next time including your friend Lucy. Good luck Harry and I hope to see you again soon." With that king Ragnock gave a short bow to Harry that was returned, and headed back to his office.
"Right do we need anything else before we head home?" James asked, to which he received no's from everyone.
"Right then Lily grab Lucy, Harry you and me again." With that, they Headed to the apparition point and headed home.
Back Home
When they all arrived, it was around 2 o'clock so they asked the elves to make them a quick, late lunch to witch they provided some sandwiches and soup. When everyone was done, they retired to the library where Harry asked the elves for some food for his now hungry companions. He asked what they would like to eat and relayed their replies to the elves.
"Ariel would like some milk and Elysia would like some berries please Mindy." With that, Mindy popped away and returned with some milk in a bowl for Ariel with an added nutrient potion that is usually added for small children and a mix of small berries like blueberries and cranberries for the still small baby phoenix. When they were finished Harry took them to his room and put them on his bed with Ariel curled around Elysia to keep her warm. When Harry returned down stairs, he told them it was time to unlock the manor to its full size. So with that thought, Harry thought about Emrys manor and how to unlock it and the knowledge flooded his mind. He went to the ward room and placed a hand on the ward stone whilst extending his staff to full length. He then began to speak in a booming commanding voice,
"I the Lord Harry Emrys Do so command that the Manor of Emrys Unlock and allow access to me and my family so mote it be." THWUMP as Harry ended he smashes the butt of his staff to the ground. As he did so, the manor began to shake and groan until all went quiet. The only difference that could be seen from the ward room was the enlargement of the ward stone as they exited the ward room Harry told them to take a seat.
"Now that Emrys manor is fully restored I will tell you what it contains. The House now has 132 rooms. It has 6 floors, 35 bathrooms sadly no one but me and my bonded can enter the sixth floor it contains my study , Private library containing the rarest and most valuable books in my collection (or Merlin's old one at least), Bedroom, bathroom, Training room, Potions Lab, Wand/Staff creation room, Defence centre, Nursery and a Sitting room with bar. The rest of the house has also gained three potions labs, a medical wing on the ground floor for treating animals in need, a medical wing for Goblins, Elves, Dwarves and Humans, and extension to the library. Four extra greenhouses hosting at least 5 of every kind of magical plant, a training room that like my private one allows you to train alone with training dummies that can be set at different skill levels and different environments to help with training on various terrain and in various conditions. The rooms that were here are the first, fourth and fifth floors, the second floor hosts the second floor of the library, Potions Labs and Training rooms, along with guest rooms. The third floor is solely guest rooms for anyone living in potters wood that would like somewhere warm to sleep, there are guest rooms on the first floor for any animals that need to be kept here and anyone who cannot get up the stairs. Everything else is the same there is a dungeon but it is for storage, Containment of prisoners/intruders and a small vault filled with complete potions of every kind. ELVES TO ME" with that every elf under his command even ones he did not know about that had been working at his other properties appeared as a sea in front of him. "Now here are the
Rules that every elf that works for me must follow you will wear a uniform that has the crest of the family that owns the place you work elves working here will have a split shield housing half potter shield half Emrys, elves working on Avalon will have the Emrys shield only and so on. You will choose what your uniform looks like as long as it has one of my crests on it I am happy other than that you choose what colour and design it is. You will not call me master unless we are in the presence of anyone outside of my family and friends, as I see you all as my friends, you will all have at least one day to relax and do whatever you want. You will be paid no less than one galleon a month; each elf will have a room of their own in the place that they work it will be decorated by you and you will have to buy the things needed to decorate it. You can do this using your pay if you need anything or want anything come to me and ask. Do not be afraid to ask me anything if you are un happy tell me you will NOT be punished by me ever unless you betray me or my family in a way that causes one of us to be badly injured. If you have a question or a suggestion to make about anything be it dinner or the decoration of the place you work then I will be happy to hear it. You may all now return to work every elf will be given tomorrow off to make their uniform you will not worry about the cost. In fact it can be any colour and design but it must be made of acromantula silk of the finest quality." With that, all the elves popped away at the same time, which created a crack that sounded like the boom of thunder.
"Well now that's sorted, let's start training you. Lead the way to the training room in case there are any stray spells." For the next two hours, James and Lily taught Harry the basics about charms and transfiguration an hour of each. Once he had heard the theory he was quite quick to pick up the actual spell by the end of the two hours he had been able to levitate James and transfigure a match into a needle. Before dinner, Harry went to his new room to get washed up. When he entered his new room he gasped in awe in front of him was a massive four-poster bed that was even larger than king size it had sapphire blue hangings and sheets with silver tassels and border it looked like four people could sleep quite comfortably without being squished. Looking around he saw there was a giant carved oak wardrobe, two side tables one at each side of the bed two dressing tables and a chest of drawers in the room along with a few paintings. One panting was of a dragon that Harry had never heard of before it was a silvery blue with spikes protruding from its back and tail when he got closer it spoke to him,
[Hello young lord what is your name? Full name if you please with titles.] Confused Harry decided he should just reply then ask why,
[My Name is Lord Harry James Potter Pervelle Black Gryffindor Ravenclaw Hufflepuff Emrys. What may I ask is yours?]
[I have no name but lord Emrys thought it was funny to name me porty and it stuck so I will answer to that. I am here on the wall to guard the safe behind me the only way for you to take ownership was to tell me your full name like you just did whilst I examined your aura and magical signature. Now to entre you may make up a password in any tongue I understand every language.]
[Well since, I am the only human in existence to know it at this time I will use high goblin and the password shall be "Honour"]
[Very clever young lord] the painting said as it swung forward there was very little inside the safe just a few bank statements along with a diary and a bag of galleons. He took out the diary, set it on his bedside table, and then walked into the bathroom only to stop in shock as his mouth hit the floor and his eyebrows hit the ceiling. Inside the bathroom looked like he had just stepped outside he was standing on rocky terrain and in front of him was a large rock pool with a small waterfall flowing into it. There was steam rising from the water so he knew it was warm he could hear the sound of birds chirping and singing. That combined with the sound of the waterfall hitting the water, the night sky above and the lights from the pool made this the most relaxing place he had ever been. He supposed that would have to be the case as Merlin would have never stopped training just like he probably would never stop training so he would probably need a place like this to come to relax. He stripped down and entered the water. As he did he felt every muscle in his body relax as if he had just woke up he realised then that the water mast have a potion in it or be charmed in some way that really completely relaxed the person and their body. This would really help when he got in to a training schedule, as he was sure his muscles would ache when he actually started his training. He spent half an
Hour in the pool then reluctantly got out and changed in to the acromantula silk pyjamas that one of the elves must have left out for him once dressed he went down for dinner and everyone was already waiting for him.
"What took you so long Harry?" James asked.
"Oh nothing I was just relaxing in the nature paradise that I have instead of a bathroom. Although, I never saw a toilet Oh well I will just have to have a better look when I go back up.
Dinner went by smoothly after that and everyone headed for their own room just as Harry was about to split away from Lucy she kissed his cheek and blushed saying "Goodnight Harry" with that said she ran off to her room leaving Harry standing frozen in his place with a hand on his cheek.
Once he snapped out of it, he headed up to his room, got in to bed, and groaned in pleasure his bed must also be charmed, as it was the most comfortable thing he had ever felt. He reasoned that Merlin did this so that at the end of the day he would be able to fully relax with his pool and his bed.
When Harry got over the face, he was in pure bliss he sat up and picked up Merlin's diary to start reading before he went to sleep.
'This is the diary of Merlin Emrys. To my successor and heir, This diary was written to help you along the way to completing the role of balance it will tell you why some spells are classed as light dark or grey but really it is all to do with the intent of the caster not the spell itself. I will tell you the basics of my life and how to deal with the different races. I will also explain a bit about their magic but you will have to get one of their people to teach you the finer aspects of their magic's. One thing I will tell you now there is no limit to magic it is a limit that your mind places on yourself just because it has not been done does not mean it cannot be done they say you an only apperate about 200 miles but the earth is around 24,000 miles and I managed to do it. It was just never documented people put things down in books especially governments to prevent people trying to find ways to do the things they say they cannot. So by doing it and saying there is a limit makes most people's minds believe what they hear and not try to find a way around it. You should have access to my Grimoire, so all of the spells and accomplishments that I have ever made in the way of magic are documented in there so you have a lot of reading to do.'
With that read, Harry put the diary down and fell into a blissfully peaceful sleep.
AN:
This was longer than I meant it to be but I hope you enjoy next chapter Harry will train and ask Lucy about her life.
