Harry Potter and the Unexpected Heir
One more chapter here! My holidays are over today so I will have less time to post but I will try my best to update. What did you think of my last chapter?
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From last chapter:
"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?
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Lillian was searching her mind for any method that would save Harry, incantation, spell, charm anything. They had just gotten together; they would not be separated now. The two Phoenixes were looking at Lillian waiting for her to say something.
"William, Penna do you know any way that we can destroy the Horcruxe without having to…kill Harry?" Lillian asked, closing her eyes.
"Not that I know of" Penna answered
"Well… I might have an idea… but I'm not sure if it would work" William suggested uncertain.
"Tell me please" Lillian pleaded.
"Well when a phoenix bonds with a wizard a bond thread is created inside the wizard, when a wizards had friends and loved ones a bond thread is created inside them, so my theory is that Harry can have an enemy bond with Voldermort and when Voldermort tried to kill Harry he made that enemy bond thread the Horcruxe. So someone would have to go into Harry and destroy the thread, this wouldn't kill him but all connections with Voldermort would be destroyed, save the powers that he accidentally transferred into Harry as a baby" William suggested
Lillian thought for a while, evaluating all risks and actually how to do it. If she released her third limiter she would be able to temporarily enter his body and quickly destroy it, her Fire element should be enough.
"This could work" Lillian said quietly, nodding "You said that you sensed another Horcruxe in the school, where would it be?"
"I sense it someone on the seventh floor"
"There is nothing there apart from empty old classroom, storage cardboards and-" Penna said
"The Room of Requirement" Lillian said cutting her off "Of course! People wouldn't be able to find it unless they knew which description he gave the room, sly bastard"
"So what are going to do?" Penna asked
"I will talk to Harry tell him everything I can't keep secrets from him anymore" Lillian said smiling.
"Things going well I see, new boyfriend and all" William said slyly
Lillian gave him a look that made him drop any future sly comments.
"If you wish I can call him"
"No not yet, its dinner time and I am expected in the Great Hall. You may go to him if you please but don't tell him anything" Realising she was still in her dirty clothes she cast a cleaning charm on herself, closed her eyes and morphed her training clothes into her usual elegant garments. Penna flew and landed on her shoulders, Lillian caressed William's head "Thank you William you deserve a break, tell your master I will see him at dinner" she said and made her way out. The phoenix was gone in a burst of silver flames.
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Harry eyed the two kissing teenagers and interrupted them. The two hearing his 'cough' jumped a metre apart.
"Harry! I… we… well" Hermione began
"Harry mate I… we…" Ron tried to explain.
"Finally came to terms with your feelings?" Harry finished
"Yeah" They both said at the same time.
"Well I have something romantic of my own to confess. Lillian and I are a couple" Harry said, waiting for their reaction, he expected at least a punch from Ron for leaving his sister. To his surprise they both smiled.
"That's great mate, Ginny told me how you two broke it off peacefully, she told she's going out with Colin Crevney" Ron said
"I think you and Lillian will be a great couple, both of you have suffered great loses in your lives and deserve to be happy. But will you need to keep it a secret? " Hermione asked.
"Yeah for now we think its best, the Governors and parents would probably not like the Headmistress in a relationship with one of the students. Well now that is settled I will leave you two to…um… your business" Harry said. He got up quickly and went to his room, leaving a blushing couple behind.
Harry had just entered his room when William spectacularly appeared on top of his bed. The phoenix lay down on Harry's pillow and closed his eyes. Harry was happy to have such a straight forward familiar.
"Aren't you gonna say anything?" Harry enquired
"You stink" was the answer
Harry did in fact smell rather bad from his training with Lillian, only now he noticed how tired he was, his muscles were tired but it was nothing a quick shower wouldn't help. He eyed his clock, he had ten minutes to get down to the Great Hall, he removed his clothes and went to have a quick shower. When he emerged he used a drying spell and dressed up in his clean school uniform. When he was ready he eyed his phoenix uncertainly
"Are you coming?" Harry asked
"Umm I was taking a nap you know. But I will, I am hungry from my long journey and I deserve good food, you as my Lord have to feed me" the phoenix flew onto Harry's shoulder. They left his room noticing that the couple were no longer there, they probably left for dinner already he thought. The teenager and his familiar made their way to the Great Hall for dinner.
"So are you allowed to tell me why I was asked to leave?" Harry enquired
"Lillian asked me to pass on the message to go to her office after dinner" the phoenix replied. Harry nodded in understanding.
"Are you not mad?" the phoenix asked
"Why would I be? I understand that there are things she has not told me yet, so I will wait until she is comfortable to tell me" Harry replied.
"I knew I made a right choice with you. You respect others" the phoenix said
Harry smiled to himself "So what have you done so far in your life?"
"Well I hatched and right away began to learn teachings from my mother, and a few hundreds years ago I left my brethren to find a Lord, one day I was injured by an animal and I managed to find the Merlin family's hideout they took me in and I just stayed there. Somehow I felt like if I stayed with them fate would lead me to you" the phoenix said sincerely "When the Merlin family was murdered I followed Lillian, when she found out about the Horcruxes I began to help the Order to search for them. And now here I am" he finished
They were now in front of the great doors "Why do I have a feeling we are about to get stampeded on by people?"
"Probably because I am so irresistible and beautiful" William said "Should I leave you here and then make a magnificent entrance?"
"Oh yeah please do" Harry said sarcastically "Make the stares worse"
However the phoenix seemed to ignore his sarcasm and was gone.
"I was being sarcastic" Harry said in a panic, he had only known the phoenix for a while but he could tell that William liked to show off. Oh well one more dinner he thought
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Harry sat down next to Ron and Hermione; they were eating already at the end of the table (nearer the teachers). He looked up and gave a Lillian a smile, he then looked over at his parents and noticed they were looking at him, his mum, dad and godfather were talking to each other quietly and looking over at his direction, when they noticed that Harry was looking at them James and Lily went back to eating but Sirius being the crazy person that he was waved at Harry. Harry decided to keep his eyes on his food. But he kept taking side glances at Lillian and on one of those side glances he noticed that Penna was gone.
Why do I have a feeling that William pulled her into his schemes? Harry thought. Soon enough at the centre of the Hall was a burst of red and silver flames. The two phoenixes emerged from the flames and circled the room singing in their calm voices. Everyone stopped what they were doing to look at the two mythical creatures. Penna was the first to retrieve and landed softly on Lillian's shoulder. William circled the room, the pupils were anxious to know why he was here, wondering if he bonded with one of the students. They were shocked when the silver phoenix did a soft dive and landed gracefully on Harry's shoulder.
"Show off" Harry said out loud.
"Sorry but I had to introduce myself. Now are you going to just stand there or feed me?"
Harry rolled his eyes and gave give pieces of meat. There was a mass of talking in the Hall, all commenting on the phoenixes show. Harry concentrated his mind of Lillian.
"Our familiars really are show offs aren't they?" Harry said
"Penna says it was William's idea" Lillian said. To the people around them it seemed they were simply eating, they were talking through their Inner Circle link.
"Obviously" Harry said
"Can you meet me in my office after dinner?" she asked
"William told me, yeah sure" he said. He felt her retrieve and focused on his dinner.
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When dinner was finished Harry told Ron and Hermione he was going to talk to Lillian. When Harry got to the Gargoyle he was immediately let in. Lillian was seating at her desk with papers in front of her. Harry made her put down her quill and sat her on his lap. The portraits of McGonagall, Dumbledore and a few others exclaimed a few 'ahs' but they got some disapproving looks from some of the others. Lillian did not mind since they were forbidden to tell anyone, alive or dead, of what was going on in the Headmistress' office. She relaxed into his embrace.
"Is the reason you called me here the cause you have that expression on your face?" Harry asked
"When you left William told me he found out where two more Horcruxes are" she began
"That's great, where are they?" he asked
"One is in the Room of Requirement and the other… is in you"
Harry froze. Her words sinking in.
"What do you mean?" Harry said his voice failing
"William thinks that the night Voldie gave you the scar he made an accidental Horcruxe in you. It explains why you see inside his mind, how you can see what he is doing" the Merlin explained.
"It does make sense, I have been living with a piece of my worst enemy inside me" he closed his eyes for a second, trying to grasp the fact "Have you figured out how to destroy it without killing me?"
"Yes, I will go inside you and destroy it"
"Inside me!? How?" he asked confused.
"If I release my third limiter I will temporarily… fuse… my soul to yours, like that I will be able to look for it and then destroy it, we think it may be an enemy bond thread. But when I destroy it you will lose the connection you have"
"I'm glad about that; I'm tired of having nightmares and visions into the tortures that he performs. Can we do it now?" he asked hopefully
"Are you sure?"
He nodded so she took him up the stairs and into her bedroom, she told him to lie down and close his eyes. She released her third limiter and linked his hands with hers. She closed her eyes and dived into his soul.
She felt like their bodies we one. Both were vandalised by dark memories, she began searching for his bond threads and found them in his heart. There were many threads that were gold, these were for his friends and family, there was a silver one for William and a red one for Lillian, finally there it was. The enemy bond thread was an sickly colour green. She placed her hand over it and imagined Fire burning the thread to bits. She concentrated harder and the thread began to disintegrate. She felt the connection go; she decided to make her way to Harry's memories. She found memories that plagued his dreams and make him suffer with guilt of not being able to do anything. She could not simply delete these memories but she made them more detached from his mind.
She pulled back from his body and collapsed on the bed next to Harry, both exhausted. Both teenagers were asleep, their hands still linked.