Harry Potter and the Unexpected Heir
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After the revealing meeting was over Lillian sent everyone away with instructions to not tell anyone what they had heard, even their own team members (since all the people present were team leaders). Serenity followed her parents to their office. When they entered Serenity stared.
"Wow, this is nothing like in the future, its so small! In my time mum and dad share this huge desk, dad prefers to sort out Ministry paperwork and stuff at Hogwarts so that he can be near mum, Albus prefers to stay at the Ministry, but I think that's because he has an eye on Aunt Hermione's assistant, and since both departments work closely together, it creates the perfect opportunity for him"
"Ha so he is interested in someone. How about you?" Lillian asked
"I am actually" Serenity answered
Harry immediately tensed up "What's his name, year and who are his parents?"
Serenity looked at him "Are you serious? Fine! His name is Scorpious, he's an ex-Gryffindor, he works at the Ministry with his father Draco Malfoy. His mother is Valla Malfoy. Valla is Professor Longbottom's cousin"
Harry was silent for a few seconds "You… you… I refuse to allow you to go out with Malfoy's son!"
"Harry our daughter is allowed to go out with anyone she wants! You are letting your grudge get in the way of her happiness!" Lillian said, Harry backed down a little.
"Thanks mum, dad there are a lot of things yet to happen and so you know in the future you and uncle Draco are great friends, he comes around for dinner every week, his your personal assistant/advisor and everything" Serenity said.
"Draco and I are friends? Incredible… I guess there are a lot of things that will change"
"You have no idea" Serenity said
"Where do we live? In this future of yours? Lillian asked trying to change the subject.
"Oh we live at Merlin Hall; well it's been called Merlin-Potter Manor for some time now. Mum and dad have this idea to keep the family name Merlin-Potter for some time. So everyone that marries into our family will gain the surname Merlin-Potter whether they are female or male. It's a privilege to anyone actually"
"Ok I think this is too much information for one day, we are tired and it is already very late, Serenity where do you want to sleep?" Lillian asked.
"Don't worry about me, I'll have the Room of Requirement fix me up a nice comfy bedroom" She quickly planted a quick kiss on both their cheeks and disappeared in a burst of silver flames produced by Artemis who was quietly watching from her shoulders, with a large smile on her face.
The two lovers went up to bed, they changed and lay the in each others arms.
"Can you believe it? All this happened in one day, but I will not forget the Severus business" Harry said.
"Harry you heard the story I told everyone, it was directed at you as well. You have to understand Severus did what he did under orders, he spared Albus the great pain of dying from a terrible curse, a curse set by the very man he was trying to defeat"
"Its not that which bothers me, it's the fact that you felt you could not tell me" Harry said in a low voice, his arms around her waist.
"Harry I'm sorry if I made you fell… betrayed… but considering your past with Severus I thought best not to tell you, but I am no more secrets. I'm an open book from now on" Lillian said.
They were silent for a moment, "When you were falling through the air and I tried to help you and I couldn't, I felt so helpless" Harry said
"I felt the same way when every year I would see you being abused by your aunt and uncle and I could do nothing"
"You knew?"
"Its like Serenity said, every year we absorb everything that happens, once I turned 7 and saw the person destined for me the information I absorbed only became more painful to bear"
Harry felt the need to apologise "I'm sorry"
"You don't have to be sorry, if anyone I have to apologise, I could have helped you but didn't I let my family rules stop me from putting an end to your suffering"
"But look at it this way, if you would have stopped me I would not have turned out the way I did, it made me the man I am today"
"And what great man you have become. The future father of my children" she said smiling.
Harry chuckled "Four kids and counting, Minister, I see our lives don't get any simpler in the future"
"You know us, having uneventful lives would take the fun out of living" Lillian kissed Harry hard on the mouth "At least we know we get to live through the war"
"Thank God for that. Should we get some sleep, we can talk more in the morning, good thing it's a Sunday"
They were silent for a moment, 'Don't you think I should be out there helping the clean up?' Lillian asked.
'Lillian you have done enough for today, there are special divisions in the Ministry for that, what you do need to do is rest your power was drained today. Now I want you to sleep, I don't want to hear you talking about more work today'
"Ok, goodnight my love" Lillian said, "Goodnight" came the answer and the two lovers fell asleep with the power of the full moon watching over them.
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When they woke up the next morning it was 8am, they hurried up and made it to breakfast just in time for Lillian to explain to the school what happened last night. Serenity was looking at the whole hall from the visitor's seat at the very end of the table. But she seemed to be fuzzy, Harry realised that she was invisible to the rest of the hall and that the only reason why him, and probably Lillian, could see her was because they were her parents and directly fused with Merlin magic.
"Last night the truth is that Voldermort tried taking over the school. His efforts were stopped by the Order of the Phoenix and the Ministry. Last night we made a great dent in Voldermort forces and now are a step closer into winning this war" she said. The Hall erupted in applause and cheers, "However we lost great soldiers and so I ask you for a minute of silence in their memory" a wave of silence fell over the hall and at the end of the minute people started to clap. When everyone was settled down she continued.
'As the fight yesterday shook a lot of us lessons will be suspended for two days, you are to stay indoors and do not enter the grounds, not even the Quidditch area, the Ministry and the Order are examining the whole grounds and I don't want you to get in the way of Ministry officials. Take this time to rest, do homework, sleep in, revise, joke around, whatever you want, but do not go outside. But remember to behave according to school rules, when you are finished you may go to your dormitories. Good day'
She left the Hall with all the teachers in toe, the trio following behind along with Serenity. They made their way to yesterday's battle field and were met with the destruction of the place. Now in broad daylight they could see the grounds perfectly, many bodies were still scattered around the burned and turned over ground, the Minister of Magic, Rufus Scrimgeour, made his way towards the group.
'Lady Merlin I want to congratulate you for yesterday's victory, I only wish you could have warned me prior to the battle' he said
'The Ministry has too many ears listening in on conversations'
The Minister simply nodded, his eyes showed tiredness and exhaustion, he clearly was having a hard time managing the affairs of the magical world and the war.
'By the Ministry I presume you include the employees and myself'
'You can never be too careful'
'What are they doing here?' he asked pointing towards the trio.
'They are the Head Pupils and Prefect, besides they fought in the war yesterday and earned their right to be here'
'Very well whatever'
'Where are the bodies being taken to?' Sirius asked
'To the crematory, they will be burned and the ashes given to the families, if they don't have any then they will be scattered into the wind' Scrimgeour answered.
'Can Peter be fed to dogs?' Lillian looked towards Sirius, 'What? It's just a suggestion, think about it'
'All the injured have been released from St. Mungus and the Death Eaters sent to Azkaban prison, many tried to commit suicide during the night, but none were successful. Are you sure they were the only students fighting yesterday? Some say there was another with black hair and unusually powerful abilities similar to yours; do you know anything about this?'
'I can assure-' Lillian began
'That I am perfectly alright' Serenity stepped in and shook Scrimgeour's hand 'Serenity Merlin, I'm Lillian's cousin' she smiled warmly at him, the others got the impression she was used to lying.
'I thought you were the only one' Scrimgeour looked questionably at Lillian.
'So did I, Serenity showed up yesterday to help in the fight' Serenity had changed the colour of her eyes and hair to the same colour as Lillian's so that the Minister wouldn't recognise Harry's green orbs and black hair, she could easily pull off as Lillian's sister or even twin.
'Very well interrogations will start today, we all want to know what You-Know-Who is up to'
'I will leave the teachers here to help the Ministry and run the school, I will go with a selected few to Azkaban I'm sure I will be able to find out something' Lillian said.
Scrimgeour nodded 'In that case I have nothing else to do here, there will be a press conference this afternoon and you are expected to make a statement, not to mention the Daily Prophet will be here any minute trying to find out what happened'
'The wards will not let them in without my permission so they won't be able to enter, they will have to wait until the afternoon, the owl mail was cancelled today so they won't be getting any information from the inside'
'Ok see you this afternoon; do I have permission to Disapparate from the grounds?' Scrimgeour asked
'I Headmistress Lillian Merlin give Rufus Scrimgeour permission to Disapparate from the school grounds'
Scrimgeour bowed his head as he Disapparated away. Lillian turned towards her teachers.
'Ok Lily and Sirius you come with me. Professor Slughorn I need you to get your strongest bottles of Veriteserum and then come with me as well, the remaining teachers stay here and help James while he runs the school since his Deputy Headmaster'
At that moment a burst of silver flames appeared over Harry's head, William emerged and landed gracefully on Harry's shoulder.
'Last Horcrux has been located, did I miss the fight? I sensed you were in danger but I was so close to finding it that I could not return'
'Its ok William I'm alright, I missed you' Harry answered through their link
'Of course you missed me; I'm so lovable you can't live without me'
'Self-centered bird'
'Phoenix'
'Whatever, we have things to do'
'As I was about to say before William interrupted, I want to go too' Harry said,
'So do I' Serenity said 'If you try to stop me I will go anyway'
'And who the hell is this one?' William asked
'Her name is Serenity, long story, explain later'
Lillian looked at their determined faces, 'Fine whatever' she looked at William 'Have you found the last Horcrux yet?'
William projected his voice to everyone 'Yes it's at the Ministry'
'Very well Ron and Hermione you go with William, I want you to gather information, as much as you can but don't act yet'
'You can get my Invisibility Cloak from my room'
'Are you serious? You trust us with that?'
'Of course you are members of the Order'
'Cool alright, we will leave right away'
Penna landed softly of Lillian's shoulder 'Penna can you please take this memo to all the other prefects please, and then come back' the phoenix took off with the piece of parchment in her beak 'It's a note telling then to patrol and make sure no one goes outside' she explained to the people present.
William flew from Harry's shoulder and circled over Ron and Hermione.
'He will take you first to my room to get the cloak which is in a box under my bed and then he will take you directly to the Ministry, good luck' Harry explained
'Thanks mate'
'Bye Harry good luck to you too' Hermione said before the both of them were engulfed by silver flames.
Lillian nodded towards her teachers, the ones that were remaining at the school left, leaving Lily, Sirius, Harry and Lillian waiting for Slughorn to get his potions. He came back with a bag with the shrunken potions inside.
'Ready to go Headmistress'
'Ok Serenity a little phoenix help, one is not enough to take us all through the Azkaban wards'
Serenity nodded and linked her arms with her future mother as Penna came back, the phoenix nodded her head as if she was ready.
'Penna!'
'Artemis!'
And the group were gone in a mix of silver and red flames.