A/N: Ok then I know, I know, why are my updates so slow? Answer is quite simple, 1. I've got school people, you have to give me some time after all home work does exist! 2. Lack of encouragement, I'm not getting many reviews so I really don't have much guidance in how you guys want this story to turn out. 3. While it seems like I haven't done much my outline has gone from 3 pages to 10, so while I haven't done a ton here behind the scenes has a lot going on.
The next two years passed by quickly, the children were all taught pureblood etiquette by Sirius and Narcissa, they were also taught how to control their abilities better by the founders. Slowly but surely Hermione was able to control water up to half a mile away from her she was also able to communicate with most animals but was still getting the hang of magical creatures, especially ones that worked via telepathy such as a phoenix. Harry and Rose both became masters of fire as Godric called it, being completely immune to fire as well as being able to control all fire including about 2 cubic feet of fiendfyre, something that was practiced in the most secure, fireproof room in the manor. While Harry preferred being able to control fire to fight, Rose used her ability to bind magic to items whenever possible, giving her an extra advantage in a fight. Neville was quickly able to have plants transform and manipulate them to his will but it took him a while to understand just how exactly he could communicate with plants. What was most surprising however was Neville's sudden boost in confidence when he was able to start erecting chunks of the ground as shields or to fly at his opponents. The founders all agreed that Salazar, if given the option, would gladly take Draco as an heir so they taught him what they remembered of telekinesis and the ability to manipulate air. "You see," Rowena started to explain one day during a break from training, "we all had each other's abilities but our specialties are what we passed on."
Sirius and Remus with the help of Alice and Frank quickly taught all five how to duel and be sneaky. Sadly for the adults, the children were quite good at being sneaky, meaning they were masters at pranks, "going to surpass us as marauders Moony!" Sirius had exclaimed loudly after having a collar with the name Snuffles, stuck on his neck all day. One of the best decisions the parents agreed, was to get the goblins to teach the children in the art of battle. The goblins had started immediately before they found that Harry, Rose and Neville all had their magic bound to 70% of their maximum abilities by yours truly, Albus Dumbledore. Upon discovering this, the kids all shared a look, one that was far too mature for a group of pre-teens year olds, that showed they knew they had to make sure they weren't in Dumbledore's control.
The goblins had started the training by taking them away to a room where time was slowed and you would not age but you would keep any physical improvements, such as any muscles you built but not aging physically. The mutineers were kept in the room for 1 week but to them it was 2 years they spent in the room. They became adept with their weapons and continued training upon leaving. Harry prefered a broadsword in one hand while using the dagger he had collected from the Potter vault in his other hand. Rose however, used her ability to bind magic on a staff which could enlarge and shrink into her wand allowing her to not only use it for physical fighting but also for magical fights. Draco found that he preferred using a collection of daggers, especially throwing daggers. Hermione tended to cover them with her Bow which was enchanted to always have an arrow ready to be fired. Neville preferred a sword-staff combination with a blade on each end of the weapon. They quickly became proficient fighters under the guidance of the best warrior in the nation, Master Sharpshard. Upon their leaving the room, their teacher gave them some final advice, only 6 weeks before they were destined to leave for Hogwarts.
"My students, you have trained hard, do not forget your training, instead keep it up. Inside of Hogwarts are treasures that shall aid all of you. Harry, the Sword of Gryffindor is, like everything I am about to explain, a goblin made blade, one of the finest of our art, find it and use it for a noble cause. Hermione, the Bow of Ravenclaw will never let you down if you find it, use it wisely and strategically. Neville, the Blade of Hufflepuff is similar to your weapon of choice, it is in the room of hidden things, as the heir it should come to you upon entering the room. Draco, while you may not be an heir the Daggers of Slytherin shall assist you greatly in your task, they will be given to you upon your leaving. I wish you well my students, make me proud. " With those final parting words, the mutineers were left to ponder just how strange their lives had turned out as they headed to the exit of the bank.
Alas, despite how serious the children were they also had their fair share of fun, making new friends and expanding their group. They had met many families, but not many muggle-borns purely because of how hard it was to run into them. The current Mutineers consisted of:
Harry and Rose Potter, Half-blood, Parents are Lily and James
Neville Longbottom, Pureblood, Parents are Alice and Frank
Hermione Granger, Muggle-born, Parents are Gertrude and John
Draco Malfoy, Pureblood, Parents are Narcissa and Lucius
Padma and Parvati Patil, Pureblood, Parents are Sarita and Mayur
Terry Boot, Pureblood, Parents are Dee and Albert
Daphne and Astoria(A year younger) Greengrass, Pureblood, Parents are Roxanne and Cyrus
Luna Lovegood(A year younger), Pureblood, Parents are Xenophilius and Pandora(Deceased)
Michael Corner, Half-blood, Parents are Desiree and Wren
Wayne Hopkins, Half-blood, Parents are Jeanne and Wayne
Blaise Zabini, Pureblood, Parent is Ella(Widowed)
Tracy Davis, Half-blood, Parents are Grace and Aric
Fay Dunbar, Pureblood, Parents are Dee and Albert
Fred, George(Two years older) and Ginny Weasley, Pureblood, Parents are Molly and Arthur
Susan Bones, Pureblood, Aunt is Amelia
Hannah Abbott, Pureblood, Parents are Danielle and Joe
They had an interesting group dynamic, already you could see the small differences in the group, but when it called for it they all shared a loyalty to each other that would make Helga Hufflepuff proud, which she was. None of the group knew about them being heirs, or the portraits of the founders, they also didn't know about their goblin training, despite the fact that they all had two hidden daggers on them at all times. However some of the group, more used to having to notice things, thought there was something going on that they weren't privy to. This had led to a discussion amongst Blaise, Daphne, Susan and surprisingly, Luna.
"There's something strange about them." Blaise remarked as they sat in a small circle watching the others play quidditch.
"I agree, I mean they act too serious, much like Aunty when she has an important task." Susan agreed.
"Yes, but they have a clear head, they don't have any wrackspurts around them." Luna replied with that dreamy look in her eyes.
"Haven't you noticed how they always carry those blades around? I mean, I know Harry and Rose inherited their daggers from their parents, but what about Draco, 'Hermione and Neville?" Daphne asked, adding her knut's worth. "Well, you could always ask us you know." A voice called out from behind them. The group jumped before slowly turning around where they were greeted by the five they had previously mentioned smirking at them. A quick glance at the others and Draco made up their minds, "Tell you what. Make some excuse to stay after everyone's left and we'll explain everything… well maybe not everything but as much as we can." The four nodded, confused as they watched the small "family" depart.
"Really Hermione? You had to tell them we were there? That was pretty entertaining to listen to." Neville whined jokingly.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm boring I get it. But how much do we want to show them?" Hermione asked brushing off Neville's jest.
"Everything." Harry's one word answer was enough to silence the group into shock. "I would trust Daphne with my life, and Susan is the most Hufflepuff out of the group second only to the Neville here, and if Luna were to blab who would believe her?" Harry added hastily upon seeing his "family's" shock.
"I suppose that makes sense. Especially about Daphne and Susan, I mean despite the fact that Daphne is clearly a Slytherin she's smart enough and cares enough about us to realize how bad things could be if she uttered a word about this." Rose agreed. And she'd never betray Harry if she like him like I think she does. Rose thought to herself. "That still leaves Blaise though." Neville pointed out.
"He won't tell anyone, surely you've noticed his changes since we introduced him to the mutineers, he's much more outgoing, not nearly as cold and shut off as before." Draco argued, thinking about how he could very well have ended up like Blaise if things had been different.
"Then it's decided, we tell them everything, Harry go tell Sirius and Remus, Neville, Draco, tell your parents, Rose let's drop some subtle hints about how late it's getting." Hermione decided for the group with an evil smirk on her face.
"Sirius, Remus? Umm… can I talk to you for a second?" Harry inquired.
"Sure what's up pup?" Sirius responded jovially. "Well… you see… Blaise, Susan, Luna and Daphne were talking, and they sort of suspected something." Harry started cautiously.
"And you want to tell them everything." Remus guessed. Harry nodded his head solemnly but with a hopeful look in his eyes. "Go ahead and do it, I'm sure Cissy, Frank and Alice have already agreed or are going to, so you might as well. I trust Susan and Daphne and most people wouldn't believe Luna, so go ahead." Remus finished, causing Harry to grin widely. "Thanks guys!" He called out as he ran over to meet up with Neville who also had a face splitting smile.
"They said yes!" Neville exclaimed as they approached Draco and the girls. "Awesome! Pull them over here would you? Everyone else is starting to leave." Rose said, giddy with anticipation.
Soon the 9 children were heading off to the manor talking about their excitement to go to Hogwarts in a few weeks. They entered the manor and wordlessly Harry shut the door, immediately the 5 became incredibly serious. "What we are about to tell you..." Draco started, "Is incredibly serious," Rose continued, "Should you betray this information in anyway," Neville went on, "you will regret it completely." Hermione finished. "Have we made ourselves clear?" The 5 asked as one. Frightened, the four nodded, causing sighs of relief from the fearsome group. "Follow me." Harry instructed. "Wena, Ric, Gaga, we brought some people you should meet." Harry called out. "Before we enter, we should start off with the basics." Harry began, "as you clearly can see we are much too serious for a group of 11 year olds, there are a couple of reasons but our two years with the goblins not only matured us but also the training was brutal, in a kill or be killed manner. Yes, I said two years, it was a special room that slowed time we used. We are all very adept with weapons for physical fights as well as being incredibly skilled in duels."
"3 of us, can also speak parseltongue." Hermione continued, picking up where Harry left off, signaling to herself and the twins. "More importantly however, is that 4 of us are heirs of the founders and Draco here is basically considered a heir by the founders themselves."
"Just how could you know that?" Blaise asked, his doubt clear in his voice despite his interest. "What exactly? Us being heirs or the founders opinions?" Rose asked innocently but her evil smirk wasn't lost on any of them.
"Well… both I guess."
"Shall we?" Rose asked. "We shall." Neville responded grinning evilly. It was times like these that Daphne truly thought about how easily the whole group could become Slytherins but nothing, and she meant NOTHING, could prepare her for what she saw. Suddenly, a piece of earth was flying at Harry, who simply ducked before fire shot out from his finger tips. Hermione quickly conjured a ball of water and directed it at the fire causing massive amounts of steam throughout the house. Rose and Draco who had been standing off to the side, looked at each other and soon the three children were hovering in the air while Rose started to sprout fire from her fingertips directing it at each of the three children. In a matter of seconds everyone was on the ground bowing, clearly having prepared the demonstration before.
"Well that was..." Susan started, her mouth open.
"Impressive?" Blaise offered. Susan just nodded still in shock. "Oh, goody if you were shocked by this just wait for our next secret!" Rose exclaimed in jest. "Well come on guys, we don't have all day." Hermione admonished jokingly. The mutineers entered the next room, "Guys, meet Helga Hufflepuff, Godric Gryffindor and Rowena Ravenclaw, Gaga, Rick, Wena, meet Blaise Zabini, Daphne Greengrass, Luna Lovegood and Susan Bones." Harry introduced. The four gaped at the portraits of the founders, here were the very people almost as famous as Merlin himself and Harry had just greeted them casually as if they were aunts and uncles, not 3 of the most powerful witches and wizards ever. "Lady Ravenclaw, Lady Hufflepuff, Lord Gryffindor, a pleasure to meet you." Blaise recovered, bowing deeply to each of them.
"No need for that." Godric laughed heartily. "Call me Rick, she's Wena, and she's Helga or Gaga." Godric finished pointing at each portrait respectively ignoring Rowena's "Don't call me that!"
"Now then, Harry, we know that Dumbledore has been more than a bit deserving of the term senile, can you bring us with you so that way if things go really bad, then we can sack him ourselves. After all, who's going to doubt the word of the founders?" Godric requested. "I don't see why not, but we first need to get Salazar as well as make sure this is a secret, no need to show our hand." Harry pointed out.
"Why would you want to get Slytherin's portrait and just whose heir are each of you?" Susan asked, shocked that they would want to get some one who had tried to kill muggleborns portrait.
"Please tell me not everyone is like this." Rowena groaned in a very unlady like manner. "Umm… I thought you don't want us to lie to you?" Hermione tried cheekily. "Prat." Was the only response. "Basically, Salazar wasn't against muggleborns, he just wanted to introduce them to our society sooner so that they weren't tortured or killed for accidental magic. Somehow the story was spun to become that he wanted to kill them all. As to the heir question Hermione is my great-great-great, etc. granddaughter. Neville is heir to Helga and the twins are heirs of Rick." Rowena finished.
"Wow." Was Daphne's only response, all her life she had been taught, like everyone, that Slytherin was an evil guy who hated muggleborns and here was clear living, well not living but close enough, proof that that was a lie. "Why don't you get comfy? This is going to take a while to explain, and we're gonna explain EVERYTHING." Neville offered.
They ended up sleeping over because of just how long the conversation took, with only Roxanne and Amelia learning about just what was going on. The parents weren't sure they could trust Cyrus or Ella and Xeno was just too far out there to try and explain something like this.
Hogwarts, Great Hall, September 1st 1991
Albus Dumbledore's mind raced as he saw the students enter the great hall, he was quite upset, after all, his grand plan to get Harry and Rose under his control had failed and failed hard. But here they were, and while they might not be as weak as he would have liked, he could still get them under his control, this was his field and they would play by his rules. He was, to say the least, quite shocked when he saw them chatting amicably with Draco Malfoy as well as some other student, who acted like a pureblood and muggle born at the same time. It's fine, he told himself, just wait for them to be put in separate houses and they will surely fight. As the deputy headmistress, Minerva McGonagall, started calling out names Albus studied each one thinking about how he could get them to work with his plans.
Hermione noticed that twinkle in the headmaster's eye and was easily unnerved, even moreso when she felt a slight brush of legilimency try to enter his mind, she immediately focused on how happy she was to be here, at the same time spraying a small bit of water on the other four's noses, warning them to be alert. All in all, the mutineers were evenly divided with Hermione, Michael, Padma, and Terry all being sorted into Ravenclaw to no one's surprise.
Harry, Rose, Ginny, Fay and Parvati all became lions, much to the chagrin of the other mutineers, who constantly teased Harry about being the only boy in the group to be a Gryffindor. Neville, Susan, Hannah, Wayne and Justin Fin-Fletchley, a muggleborn they had met on the train, were all sorted into Hufflepuff. This left Draco, Daphne, Blaise and Tracey to the house of snakes.
To many of the teacher's surprise and to Albus' anger, the group all hugged each other or pat each other on the back, before heading off to their own table. "Hey Fred." Harry called during the feast, "who's that professor in the turban?"
"Him? Oh that's Professor Quirrell, the new DADA teacher, apparently he went to Albania and met some vampires there, really shook him up a bit." Fred answered. As if on queue, Quirrell turned around, glancing at the twins before going back to his previous conversation with Snape, or Snivellus as Sirius called him. "I see, thanks." Harry said before returning to the food on the table which had just become desert, including his weakness, treacle tart.