Harry Potter and the Unexpected Heir
Explanations and Revelations
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From last chapter:
The Remus werewolf was slightly unconscious on the floor; the female werewolf leaned over him and bite into his arm. A few seconds later gold light was surrounding the two werewolves; it was so strong many people had to close their eyes. When it vanished a badly cut human Remus Lupin was on the living room floor, an extremely tired Lillian next to him, bleeding from her abdominals. She placed a hand over the bleeding and healed her wounds. She got up, helped Remus up and healed his wounds. Remus had tears in his eyes and hugged Lillian with all his remaining strength. People were making their way over to help Sirius, James and Lily.
James: "Well I guess that deals with the furry little problem"
James, Lily, Sirius, Lupin and many other people laughed and proceeded to the kitchen, where Lillian had a LOT of explaining to do!
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Lillian led everyone into the large kitchen; people crowded around the large table and sat down. With a wave of her hand all the dishes were gone, leaving an empty and clean table behind.
Lillian: "First of all I have grave news. I went upstairs because Penna mentally warned me that the Minister wanted to speak with me. He had very bad news. You may have noticed that Minerva is not here, she told me this afternoon that she wasn't feeling well so she remained at her home tonight. The neighbours, at Godric's Hollow, say they heard loud bangs and noises coming from her home and contacted the Auror Office immediately, however it was too late. It is with my deepest regrets that I tell that Minerva McGonagall was found..."
Harry couldn't believe what he was hearing "… dead in her living room, which showed evidence of her fierce battle with Voldermort himself" the shock came down on him and everyone in the room. Lillian herself let a tear go down her smooth face. Professor McGonagall, the teacher that Harry held most dear to the heart was dead. He sat on a chair near him, paralysed from shock.
People were gasping and crying, Lily hugged James, Sirius kept to himself, a single tear going down his cheek, Lupin held Tonks while, Ron and Hermione were in a wet, teary and locked embrace. Harry kept looking at Lillian, now fully understanding what was coming from her mouth. A tear escaping his eye.
Lillian said "I suggest a 1 minute silence in Minerva's memory and honour"
All nodded and silence reined in the kitchen. After 1 minute Lillian again spoke.
"I understand that many of you have questions about me, don't know me at all or are wondering how Lily, James and Sirius are here. I will try to explain as much as possible tonight, the unofficial Inner Circle of the Order have a hint but not the full details. My name is Lillian Clare Merlin, I am 17 years old-", "17!?" people were surprised and turned to their neighbour, checking if they had heard right. Lillian ignored the whispers and continued "As my name suggests I am the Heir of Merlin. The reason you have never heard of Merlin's descendents is because we have been in hiding, hiding ever since the time of Merlin himself. The main reason for this is because my family had a unique characteristic about them. We were for the lack of a better word Powerful. We surpassed the strongest, best wizards in history or even today by probably 1000 times. However it would create an imbalance in the magical community. The Wizarding world does not show themselves to the muggle-world because they are afraid that the muggle population will seek them for resolution of their problems. Well imagine then the Wizarding community seeking us for more powerful solutions that normal magic could not solve. So we have been in hiding, observing the world. There was not one occasion in history that made a Merlin leave our hideout to help in an event. We were vigilantes, if it came to a point the world was in peril, we would intervene." She paused, catching her breath and letting the information sink in.
"The closest was with Grindelwald, but Albus intervened in time. That was until Voldie" people were amused at her nickname for Voldermort. "We knew that he was trouble but we hoped that Dumbledore would be enough to stop him. We were wrong. He kept killing and killing. We knew one day one of us would have to intervene however Voldermort was stopped on October 31st". All eyes turned to the Potters for brief moments before they lingered back to Lillian. Harry looked up to meet his parents' eyes, a reassuring smile of their faces. "We breathed relief along with the magical world. We watched Harry grow up, we watched the Ministry evolve, we watched Hogwarts progress. Voldie came back and we were on high alert. My brother and I were the adventurers of the family. I wanted to help people with my powers, not just when it came to the dire need but from the beginning, avoid as many death's as possible, but I was loyal to my blood and kept watch. My brother however was a different story; he would go into the outside world and scolded by our mother when he returned. He would disguise himself well but thousands of years in hiding left a lot of insecurity. One day Voldermort and 200 Death Eaters found out cave, my family even powerful were outmatched. I believe it was because that day we were celebrating my mother's birthday so the wards were a bit unsupervised. It was strange, Voldermort seemed to know many our spells and counter spells, many of our protective shields and charms weren't working. I was out that day, the first time I sneaked out, the first time I broke the rules my entire family was killed". Her voice was low now, grief apparent in her tone. All were listening attentively.
"When I got back there was blood and bodies everywhere, Death Eaters and my family alike. My mother was the only alive. She had the gift of immortality but she was seriously injured. She told me what happened, glad I escaped, and she passed her gift to me and died in my arms. Later when I buried the bodies I noticed my uncle and brother's body wasn't there" with emotion in her voice she continued "I vowed that day to avenge my family, use my powers to help and save people and continue the Merlin legacy as I saw fit"
"I left Merlin Hall and travelled the world; I learned as many different cultures first hand as I could. I realised living it was much more interesting than reading or observing it. At 16 I came back to England and joined Dumbledore. I told him everything about me. Over the course of the next year I was a complete secret from the rest of the Order and the world. I went around with glamours and tried my best to gather followers. I also trained many in the Order, under the name Isabel Light" Murmurs were heard, such as 'I remember her', 'she trained me' Lillian smiled.
"Since I joined the Order only Albus and Minerva knew about my true identity. Many thought that Minerva was second in command when it came to Hogwarts and the Order, however it is not true. Albus had me as his second in command for the Order and Minerva had Hogwarts. When he died I came to lead the Order as instructed. That was nearly 1 month ago. And now we are here" she took a breath before continuing
"When I began leading the Order I had plans, cross that I have plans to make this Order as powerful and as well protected as possible. This Order is lacking… enthusiasm, it may sound strange but that is what Voldie detests, he ants to make people miserable, but we can't let that happen. So I thought why not get my gift into action. I decided to bring Lily, James and Sirius back because they are the best at their fields, Charms, Potions, Defence and Transfiguration. They can train others and have much knowledge on Voldie. Besides gloomy and depressed Harry would have no chance against Voldiemarts"
Sirius said "You got to admit, these people are nothing without Prongs, Padfoot and Lilyflower to cheer them up"
People laughed and Lily turned to Sirius, a slight angry expression on her face "I thought I told you not to call my Lilyflower!"
"You may be wondering how it is possible to bring people back from the dead. Well death is a messy business. When one dies they pass to the Death Realm, Afterlife or Heaven as muggle call it. From the Death Realm one can watch what is happening in the Living Realm to the members of their family. Once a soul has passed there is no coming back. Trying to enter it without dying will grant you an eternal stay - immediate death. The body cannot live without a soul, so I make the forced journey and ask the soul if they want to come back, if a soul does not wish to come back there is nothing I can do. However a soul was made to only travel once, so after the return journey the soul is almost all destroyed, so I give a piece of my own soul. Together they heal and make a new, exact the same soul prior to death. As I am immortal I neither die during the journey or when splitting my soul, my soul will simply regenerate itself. However very faint traces of my power may remain in James, Lily and Sirius, possible Remus, which could have some side effects" Lillian said thinking.
"Like what, do we get red hair?" Sirius asked, worried. Lily again turned to him "Is there a problem with having red hair, you used to tease me about having red hair but now your teasing Lillian too! Do you want me to hex you Sirius Black?" she was preparing to take out her wand when she noticed she didn't have one, so she changed her mind and slapped Sirius over the head, getting a 'ouch' from him.
"You won't get red hair don't worry, I think the most probably one is an extended life. The average life span for a muggle is 75 years, for a wizard is 127 years, so you will probably see you 170th birthday"
Sirius laughed "HAHAHA, sorry Prongs, sorry Lilykins, but I am not leaving you anytime soon." He said patting James on the back. Lillian smiled.
James asked "if we see our 170th birthday how many will you see?"
"Well I am immortal so I don't need to worry about poisons or death curses, as my mother was the first one to have this gift she however didn't pass on her gift to me and my brother because she was afraid that the bloodline would evolve to quickly and to a point of no return. But before that we lived until we were about 230 years old, however my grandmother lived to see her 270th."
"Wow, you'll get really old" Ron said before he could stop himself.
"Well thank you Ronald, I will keep that in mind when I am blowing my candles" she answered him dryly
"There's only one problem, how are we going to break to the Wizarding world that not only 3 people who were extremely famous are back from the death but also that the Heir to most powerful wizard ever has appeared?" Hermione asked.
Lillian looked at her for a second "Never thought about that. Bugger, the Daily Prophet is already having a field day trying to find out who the leader of the new Order of the Phoenix is. Oh well, let the truth come out. I would be lying if I didn't know the consequences of exposing the Merlin bloodline. Well it would be best to start putting up my mail control charms to be honest. But we will leave that for later. Do you have any questions?"
"I was wondering you keep on referring to gifts and superpowers, what exactly are they?"
"Well part of that is personal, but in short every generation of the Merlin Bloodline gains an extra gift. They are born with all the power of their parents plus 1 extra ability. This power was quite unstable and no doubt about it, a normal human body could not hold it without exhausting itself very quickly. So my family found a way to become stronger, we melded with magic and were able to use them to their full extent. Now where the Order is heading"
At this people sat up straighter, even Sirius had a serious expression on his face.
"You will probably be glad to know that there are no spies on the Light side and that we have a very faithful spy in Voldie's ranks." Lillian said