Harry Potter and the Unexpected Heir
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From last chapter:
"Do you want to continue with training? Or are you tired already Mr. Potter?" Lillian asked cheekily.
"I would very much like to continue Miss Merlin. Thank you!" Harry said smiling.
They carried on for the rest of the day, at noon Lillian made food appear for them (like she did at Grimmauld Place) and they continued on. Lillian went on to introducing Harry to weapon combat, which included swords, Sais, bows and staffs. She also began teaching him physical combat, martial arts as such. This would be great in a fight, seeing Voldermort and his followers completely ignored the muggle ways.
As night approached they returned to Lillian's office, completely exhausted, when they opened the door a surprise was waiting for them. William had returned.
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Harry was staring at the phoenix like an idiot in his opinion. In front of him stood the most beautiful creature he had ever seen. William's silver eyes were fixed on his green ones. His beauty rivalled that of the Unicorns. William was slightly larger than Penna and his body was covered in shining silver and white feathers, only his beak seemed to be a golden yellow colour. He stretched open his wings, silver and white shining in the morning light, which came through the open window.
Harry got closer to the phoenix; William met him halfway and touched his head to Harry's brow. Harry felt warmth inside him and instantly he felt a bond thread appear inside him, opening his eyes he noticed that William was in the process of giving Harry the largest feather on his head, which was right in the middle of his forehead. The feather fell onto Harry hand and instantly melted into his skin.
Inside him he heard a masculine voice, no doubt of his new familiar "I am William, your new familiar, my journey in finding a Lord has been long but I am glad that I have found the best candidate on Earth. A White Phoenix such as myself can only bond with a being of pure heart and as you can imagine in today's time that is not someone that you simply find in the streets"
Harry was taken back at his formality "Thank you William, Lillian had told me about you but I must say you are more impressive than I thought. Please you are my familiar, there is no need to call me Lord you can just call me Harry. Welcome to the family" Harry said in his mind.
"Thank god you said that, I don't like to call people Lord or Lady, some in my brethren think that is a certain protocol. So that means we can be friendly to each other?" William asked
"Yes I think so William" Harry answered, before Harry had time to even think the phoenix was pecking him over the head, Harry waved his arms around trying to shake off the phoenix. After about a minute the phoenix flew away and perched himself on Lillian's throne like chair, Lillian and Penna observed everything while laughing until their stomachs hurt.
"What was that for?" Harry asked out loud.
"That was for taking so long to find you" the phoenix said.
"Did you have to peck me because of that?" Harry asked
"Yes" the phoenix answered
Lillian decided that the time was right to intervene between the two new friends "William any news?"
"Yes Lillian, I found one of them, Hufflepuff's Cup is being kept at the Lestrange vault at Gringotts, its vault number 7 on the high security section. As I can pass through the wards and the goblin magic does not effect me I have checked this, it is there. However the treasure around it is charmed to duplicate and eventually suffocate anyone that touches it" the phoenix said, broadcasting his voice to both Harry and Lillian.
Lillian nodded in understanding "I will call a meeting for the Inner Circle and then we will decide to goes" Lillian focused on the people connected to her, she called out to her Inner Circle mentally telling them "Emergency meeting, meet me in my office immediately"
Harry heard the message in his head and had no doubt that others heard it too. A few minutes after the Inner Circle for the Order of the Phoenix were assembled in Lillian's office. When they first entered the room they were staring straight at William.
"Is that… that…is that…" James began
"A …White Phoenix?" Lily finished.
"Yeah mum, dad, everyone meet my new familiar William" Harry said
"I love my godson! First he gets unbelievable good looks, one heck of an inheritance, and now he gets the purest creature available as a familiar. I'm so glad I ran away from home and met you James" Sirius said dramatically.
"Very funny Sirius, now important things" Lillian began pointing at William she continued "This is William quite obviously he is a White Phoenix and has been bonded with Harry, now for the past few months he has been looking for the Horcruxes and has been successful in finding one" The people in the room stood up straighter at the mention of Horcruxes "Hufflepuff's Cup has been discovered at the Lestrange vault at Gringotts, it is vault number 7 and the treasure around it has been charmed to duplicate itself when it is touched, so no touching the treasure please. What we need are volunteers to go and fetch it" she finished.
Sirius instantly put his hand up, along with James and Lily. Harry, Ron and Hermione were just behind. Lillian looked between them.
"Wait there Lillian" Molly began "Gringotts is the most secure building in England, you can't just go in there and ask nicely to steal from the vaults" she finished.
"That is not a problem, White Phoenixes are not stopped by any kind of wards or spells, and seeing they can take three people with him at a max, William will take you right inside the vault just grab the cup touch William's forehead and you should be back in five minutes" Lillian explained.
"Why can't you go yourself Lillian? As the most powerful one of us you would be ideal to perform the task" Alastor said.
"I can't because the moment that my feet touched the ground the sensor spells at Gringotts would go off, my magical energy is too great. In this situation adults cannot go so I will send Ron and Hermione"
At hearing their names Ron and Hermione's eyes grew large with shock. They were being trusted with such an important task and they only joined the Order a few months ago!?
"Their power levels aren't as high as adults so they will go longer without being discovered. We cannot let Voldermort know we took the cup" Lillian explained
"Why can't I go Lillian?" Harry asked.
"Harry do you forget that you received a powerful inheritance just a couple of months ago, the alarm spells would go off. You can observe from William's mind if you wish. Ron and Hermione are our best options. Do you two agree to do it?" Lillian enquired.
Ron and Hermione nodded taking their wands out in preparation.
"William be careful, you two watch out" Lillian said looking at the phoenix and then at Ron and Hermione.
"Constant Vigilance" Mad-Eye Moody said
"Good luck" the rest said.
"Take care of them William" Harry told the phoenix
"I will Harry" the phoenix said. William took off from the position he was comfortably in on Lillian's chair and flew to where the two awaiting teens stood. Ron and Hermione extended shaking hands and touched the phoenix's brow, instantly they were gone in a burst of silver flames.
"Harry connect your mind to William, try to look through his eyes" Lillian said looking at him.
Harry tried to find the link inside him that belonged to William, touching it he felt the magic warm his body, he imagined looking through his eyes and finally he saw, just inside the vault.
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Ron and Hermione landed softly on the marble floor, the silver flames dispersing around them. The vault was large with so much glittering treasure that sometime they had to move away their eyes just to stop themselves from touching it. After about two minutes looking they found it, on top of a pedestal. They tried to Accio it but it didn't work.
"I have an idea, get down Ron" Hermione said.
Reluctantly Ron knelt down, Hermione climbed on him. He stood up, Hermione on his shoulders, she reached but before touching it she stopped.
"Ron what are the odds that the cup is protected with Dark Magic like the ring and the diary?" Hermione asked
"Pretty high, maybe we should encase it with something" he said
Hermione decided to encase it in a type of protective bubble.
"Got it, you can put me down now Ron" Ron put her down.
"Do you want to do the honours?" Hermione asked.
Ron levitated the cup down and they made their way to the awaiting phoenix, making sure the cup was with them they touched William's forehead and were swallowed up in silver flames.
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"They made it" Harry said just before silver flames burst in the room. Hermione and Ron had large smile on their faces, cup levitating in front of them. They set the cup on the table and stepped back, William decided that he would rest on Harry's shoulder instead of the chair and so flew towards his master.
"So what do we use to destroy it now?" Lupin asked.
Lillian walked towards the glass case that was hanging on the wall, opening it with a wave of her hand she took out Gryffindor's sword.
"Godric Gryffindor's sword was bathed in venom when Harry killed the Basilisk in his second year. The venom was soaked into the sword, making it capable to destroy Horcruxes. Who wants to do the honours? Perhaps one of the Heirs of Gryffindor?" Lillian said
James stepped forwards, Lillian handed him the sword, and he accepted it, taking notice of its beauty. He held it high in the air ready to strike down. From the cup emerged a shadowy Voldermort, he looked straight at James, evil in his voice.
"I killed you and your family; I am going to kill them again, slowly and painfully. But you can stop that join me and you shall have power" the shadow Voldermort said. James did not hesitate and brought down the sword, the shadow Voldermort screamed and the cup became black in colour.
"One Horcruxe down, four to go" Sirius said.
Lillian took the cup in her hand examined the object and by just looking at it the cup disappeared from her hand. She smiled warmly at James and nodded towards the others. She turned towards William, who was perched on Harry's shoulders.
"William thank you for finding it, do you want to start looking for the next one? But I think you deserve a break"
The phoenix nodded "I would like a break but I think I will not have too much for the next one, I feel something coming from this castle, Riddle may have hid one of Horcruxes here" he told Lillian but Harry was listening too.
"Thank you for coming, I'm sure you all have things to do, I will see you next week at our meeting." Lillian said to the Inner Circle.
Getting that it was their queue to leave the Inner Circle made their way out. Only Lillian, Harry and the two phoenixes remained.
"Lillian can I talk to you?" William asked
"Sure" she answered
"Harry I know I am your familiar but do you mind I need to talk to Lillian alone" the phoenix said through their link.
Lillian looked puzzled; Harry looked at her and nodded. He gave her a quick kiss and left. When he shut the door he noticed his dad was waiting for him.
"Ha Harry, staid behind for a little chat?" his dad said with a sly smile on his face.
"Dad I don't like that expression" Harry said
"What expression, the expression you should be worried about are the ones that were going on between you and Lillian while we were in there" James said.
Harry couldn't hide his shock 'Were we that obvious?' He asked himself.
"I don't know what you talking about" he answered.
"Of course I don't it's just I saw Ginny the other day snogging Colin Crevney senseless, and now I see you coming out of Lillian's office all happy and with that face"
"That's what you said last time"
"Last time I was referring to the face I did while thinking about your mum before I actually had her. Now you have the face I had after we were together. So when did it start?"
Harry gave in, after all his parents were ok, they wouldn't mind.
"Yesterday" Harry said
"Yesterday! I thought you were hit it off since we last talked, Harry we are gonna have to have the talk"
"No, no, not the talk dad. Please I don't need the embarrassment… besides remember my inheritance; I know everything I need to know." Harry said very fast, embarrassed at what his dad was trying to talk about. "Well I'm talking to you, so you know your mother will have to talk to Lillian. Lillian does not have any parents so I'm guessing Lily will be like she always is and she will go to talk to her" James said.
"Dad! We are fine, we don't need you to intervene, we're in love"
"I have dreamed about the day that my son would talk to me about love!" he said dramatically.
However Harry had a serious look on his face, he was thinking about what Lillian had told him. James saw this.
"Son is there something I don't know?" James asked
Harry told him what Lillian saw in her vision. James listened attentively to every word. At the end he pondered for a while.
"I think what you are doing is great Harry, you are trying your best at happiness even though the world around you is plagued with darkness. You know when Lily and I got together and we decided to join the Order we knew that we would probably not last for very long. However we fought for as long as possible and the time we had was great, we had you which made it even better. We were happy and now thanks to Lillian we have one more chance, personally I think your future will be great but you just have to fight the darkness together" James said patting Harry on the back.
Harry nodded "Thanks dad"
"You're welcome son, what are dad's for?" Harry laughed and made his way the Head Common room, Ron and Hermione were there seating by the fireplace, to Harry surprise they were kissing! They didn't even notice he was there. Perfect time to tell them Harry thought.
When Harry left Lily, Sirius and Lupin got out from under the invisibility cloak.
"I better talk to Lillian" Lily said.
"My godson is going out with a hot chick!" Sirius said
"One more worry for Harry" Lupin said.
All they could do was nod.
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Meanwhile in the Headmistress' office Lillian and William had started talking the second Harry left.
"What is wrong William? Is there something you wish to tell me that Harry cannot know?" Lillian asked.
"It's quite obvious what is going on between you two, so I think this will come as a bit of a shock. I felt the presence of two Horcruxes in the school" William said
Lilian didn't say anything; she was happy inside but knew that for William to have asked Harry to step out it was something not good.
"I felt one coming from somewhere one the upper levels of the school, the other I felt right in this room. I felt a Horcruxe inside Harry" seeing Lillian's eyes growing larger he added fast "It's possible that when Voldermort was defeated by Harry all those years ago he may involuntarily placed a piece of his soul inside Harry"
"William, are you sure?" Penna asked shock in her voice.
"Positive, it explains everything, how Harry can see through Voldermort's eyes, how he dreams of what he is doing… his entire connection to him!" the White Phoenix said
Lillian was speechless; her eyes were staring into space. To destroy a Horcruxe the container has to be destroyed too. Did that mean Harry would have to be killed?