Harry Potter and the Unexpected Heir
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They felt ground under their feet, when the flames disappeared they looked up to see grey tall walls with no windows and heavily guarded. A prison guard made his way over to them.
'Welcome Lady Merlin, Harry Potter, Lily Potter glad to hear about your return and-'
'Albert! Long time no see!' Sirius said
'Indeed Black, I'm still wondering how you managed to escape; it would help preventing breakouts'
'Well you are going to have to keep wondering, I'm not telling you'
The man named Albert looked sourly at Sirius.
'Who is he?' Lillian asked Sirius through their mind link.
'Albert Fox, he is the man in charge of the whole island, he used to bang his metal cup on my cell bars every morning at five o'clock, I always woke up to that bloody racket and when I complained he would take my meals for the entire day, not to mention I heard several times the female guards complaining about him' Sirius explained 'Now my only wish is to shove that cup up-'
'I get the point Sirius'
Lillian looked directly into Albert's eyes 'There will be an official investigation into your behaviour and methods at work, although it will be seen into, you can consider yourself suspended from the Azkabanian Guard, please collected your personal belongings and leave the island'
The man was shocked for a moment, and then anger took over his face 'You can't do this, you have no authority over me you, I rule this island'
'This island is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Magic and the Wizengamot Counsel, and seeing as I am Supreme Head I believe I out rule you, so please leave' Lillian answered calmly.
Albert took out his wand and said 'You will pay for this whore' but before he could even think if a spell his arms were held up at his side by rock shot out from the ground and an arrow of fire was directly in front of his heart, ready to pierce the skin. Both Serenity and Harry had their hands extended towards the man, Harry controlling the fire, Serenity controlling the rock. Harry walked over to the man, picked up his wand and snapped it in two.
'Don't ever try to hurt her or insult her again or next time the arrow will not stop' he said quietly and confidently. The fire disappeared but the rock remained.
'Please arrest this man; he can wait for the results of the investigation in a cell'
The nearest officer led Albert inside.
'What a welcome' Lily said
'Let's get going we have more important things to worry about'
A woman came up to them, she wasn't older than thirty.
'Hello Lady Merlin and guests, I am sorry your arrival was marked with this, I am Carly Watson I am deputy-chief of the prison'
'Well you just got promoted' Sirius said
'Personally speaking I thank you, Fox was an annoyance to the female guards'
'Don't thank me, he brought this on himself, please can you take us to the prisoners waiting questioning today. Please if you have any concerns with other guards or even prisoners please do not hesitate to mention them or investigate them '
'Of course please follow me'
They were led through corridors, stairs and hallways. All of them were made of cement, grey was the only colour in that environment, everything looked dead, there was an occasional window, from where graves of past prisoners stood, gloomy by the dark waters hitting the tall cliff that stood beyond the graveyard. They stopped at a door which opened quickly by itself, showing them a large conference room. On the desk were four large piles of parchment.
Carly pointed towards them 'This is the name and information of all the Death Eaters that entered yesterday, we have sorted them according to what time they entered the prison, all are waiting questioning'
'Thank you' Lillian said, she turned towards the group 'I don't want you to interrogate them by yourselves, you will be in twos and I want at least three high security guards in the room with you. Professor Slughorn please give three vials of Veriteserum to each pair and then accompany Ron and Hermione when they leave. Ron and Hermione, Sirius and Lily take a pile each, Harry and I will take the remaining two, we will get through them faster'
'Lillian what about if they don't want to talk, some of the fighters have been trained to resist Veriteserum' Lily said
'You have permission to use Legimency'
'We don't know Legimency' Ron said
'Professor Slughorn does, he will help you, besides Serenity will also be going with you'
'Very well' Sirius said, he picked up the pile nearest to him and left followed by Lily. Ron followed by doing the same. When there was only Lillian, a few guards and himself, Harry took the top most paper from the pile nearest to him. He had switched onto serious mode the moment he had left for the prison.
'Lets get started, we have a lot of people to get through' he said. After a few minutes four guards came in with a bound prisoner.
'Let go of me you trash, how dare you touch the body of a pure-blood' the man said
'In here you are not a pure-blood, you are a prisoner' Lillian said, she too had switched into serious mode a long time ago.
'Who do you thi-' he began, but when he turned towards the origin of the voice his face showed terror, apparently he had heard some things about her but he quickly regained his posture and instead of terror showed mockery, 'The Heir of Merlin what have I done to be worthy of your presence my lady? Shall I bow and lift my hat?'
A guard punched him in the jaw, no one stopped him, 'How dare you filthy rat talk to Supreme Head like that!'
The prisoner spitted out his broken tooth, it bounced a few times on the floor, before lying still near the foot of the guard who punched his former owner.
'You fools really don't know what you have here do you? The ultimate source of power, over one thousand years of manufactured births into one beacon of immort-' this time it was Lillian that punched him, the man left his chair behind has he was plunged onto the concrete wall behind him, which was now broken in some areas as a result of the impact.
'Give him the Veriteserum'
The guard administrated three drops into the man open mouth. Instantly his eyes hazed over.
'What is your name' Harry asked
'Joseph Bullstrode'
'Did you take part in the battle at Hogwarts?'
'Yes'
'Did you kill anyone?'
'Yes'
'How do you know some details about Lady Merlin's family?'
'I was one of the chosen ones to raid Merlin Hall almost two years ago'
Lillian eyes opened with shock, this was the man that helped to kill his family, and suddenly the memory of her last encounter with her mother sprang up into her mind…
Her bare feet touched the soft grass of the outside world; it was the first time she was outside since she was born. She knew her mother would be furious for her to go outside, like she had been furious so many times with her brother. But she also knew that all the anger would be justified by this felling alone. It was not only the grass; it was the waxing moon on her pale skin and the touch of the wind on her arms and legs. Tonight she would attempt to use one of her unused gifts, one that she would only be allowed to use once she turned seventeen and her mother and a few others would accompany her outside solemnly once so that she could try it. She didn't care about the consequences, it was all worth it.
She striped herself of all her clothes and next to a nearby stream opened her mind into the world of nature. She expanded her thoughts and soon grass started to surround her feet and ankles, the fine branches and vines of the trees glided towards her and encircled her outstretched arms, the wind blew her red hair and caressed her face and body like never before. She was one with nature; nothing came between them, no clothes, no sounds, and no pain- wait what was that. She heard the voice of nature in her mind
'Hurry child, your family is in danger, hurry save them for you are our Chosen Family, RUN!'
She quickly disconnected with nature and materialised some new clothes over her naked body, she ordered the wind to pick her up and carry her as quickly as possible. She quickly came upon the entrance archway, on the pillars there was blood in some areas, as well as blood trailing into the deep vegetation surrounding the hundreds year old hideout. She didn't think twice, she changed into a Midnight Panther and jumped from shadow to shadow until she got the entrance hall of her large family mansion. Her granduncle was dead on the stairs; his eyes showed shock, his wand lay in pieces next to his feet. She ran outside into the back garden, where she knew most of her family should have been celebrating her mother's birthday. What she found she would never forget. Spread throughout the entire space bodies covered the floor, the magically grown grass was soaked in blood, the bodies seemed to be encircling a smaller group of people in the centre. Tears began to fall as she ran towards her fallen family. Tripping over hands and heads Lillian rushed towards the only figure that seemed to be moving.
She turned over the body of her mother, shock horror spread over her face. Her mother's insides were hanging at her side, her torn clothes soaked in blood, her chest was cracked and both her lungs were punctured, Lillian could see that a fragment of metal was stuck in her heart, which was now getting purple as the body had run out of blood to squirt out. Lillian knew that the pain her mother was going through was of impossible comprehension. Also she knew that she could not die, as she was immortal. Her mother opened her eyes, her eyes were bloodshot, her usual brown orbs were now getting light blue from the lack of blood.
'Lill-'
'Please mum don't talk, I will fix this, I promise everything will be alright, I will heal you'
'I am… beyond… healing… honey' she said, it was difficult for her to breath, however talking even almost near death was a privilege that immortality gave her.
'I'm sorry I disobeyed you, I should have been here to protect you'
'I'm …glad …you went...you…are…safe'
'But you are not' Lillian tried to heal her mother's wounds, but nothing worked.
'Listen to me Lillian…you must go… everyone else is gone… you must carry on…our family…find Albus Dumbledore…Harry Potter…help them'
'But mum you told me not to'
'You are free now Lillian…Voldermort found this place…he stole magic books…family secret diaries… forbidden notes. You can go and live your life as you imagined it' she was losing strength.
Lillian nodded, 'You are immortal mother, you will live through this, you are a strong woman'
'Lillian you have no idea… how…much…pain I am going through… I want this to end…I am giving this to you, you …are the strongest…one of us…the purest…shape our family from now on, you are the matriarch. You know how my power works…how people crave it…I'm sorry to place this burden…on you…but at least you will live…you brother…he…'
'I'm sure his fine mother, he was with me, his alive and well, his waiting outside for us, lets go, please don't do this to me'
'Oh Lillian if you knew but I will not let you live with anyone pain' she lifted a shaky hand and opened her daughter's mouth. She opened her own and a blue orb of light came out and travelled up to Lillian, entering her mouth and attaching itself to her soul, more tears came down her face.
'I love you so much mother, I will never forget you' she said, but her mother was gone, her hand lay limp over her open stomach, but in her heart she could hear her mother calm voice 'I love you too Lillian'. She hugged her mother's body, soaking her own clothes in blood; two baby phoenixes struggled to make their way towards her with their tiny legs.
'Oh Penna…William… you died too but thank you for protecting them, we will live, the life mother has given me…I will not let her down, I will travel, learn what I can and then I will join Dumbledore and defeat that monster' determined she got up and banished all the enemy bodies into oblivion. She vanished the blood and arranged the bodies of her family side by side; her mother's face was by far the calmest. Her granduncle's body came zooming from the inside; her uncle's body crossed the now weak protection barrier between the outside world and this one and entered the Merlin zone as Lillian called it. She called Starlight to her and the white horse took her to a clearing, bodies levitating behind them. Lillian dug a grave for them with her own hands only using magic to get a shovel. She cried throughout the whole process, she would have to cry all the tears now, so that she could move forward and avenge her family. She noticed her brother's body was not there, they probably took him, to torture him, and make him tell them where she was! 'Nicholas I'm sorry, I just hope for your own peace of mind, if you cant escape them I wish you a painless death, at least that'.
When she was done she wiped her tears, put the two phoenixes in her pocket and together they began their journey throughout the world.
Lillian's mind came back to the present, the room had fallen quiet waiting to see her reaction. Harry had never seen such anger in Lillian's eyes.
'You have brought up a side of me that you will not enjoy' she said, angrily but quietly. The man nearly wet his filthy trousers from the shock of hearing such resentment in her voice. Lillian forcefully grabbed the man's head and plunged into his mind, the man tried to scream but he found that his voice was gone. After a few moments she withdrew.
'He doesn't know anything, about this battle anyway. He was at Merlin Hall as well as outside the Potter cottage sixteen years ago but this time he was simply asked to show and kill.' Harry was shocked, that man had been there when his parents where killed, had he heard his mother screaming to spare him?
She bore her eyes into the prisoner's own 'You will find that your magical core is shattered you are no better than a muggle, welcome to a life without magic' she turned towards the guards who were shocked and in fear, that someone could actually take another's magical ability. 'Take him back to his cell, this monster brought out a side of me that no one wants to see' Lillian said, strongly.
'Lillian what are you going to do?' Harry asked
'Saving time; breaking my own rules. No one messes with my family. Lead me to the cells please' the head guard jumped at the command, she had heard about the power that the Heir of Merlin had, but now she was seeing it. Her eyes were giving off a powerful aura, of someone that shouldn't be pissed off right now.
They were led through corridors and stairs and came upon a long corridor, cells on both sides, as they passed them the prisoners inside shouted in pain as their memories and deepest secrets were quickly and roughly stolen at lighting speed, but even worse than that they felt their magical core being melted or broken. They were forever more mere muggles.
'Lillian this isn't you, stop' Harry said
'I am simply using Legimency to see what they are hiding, all these men and women are immune to Veriteserum'
'But remember your Legimency is more of a mental brute force stack when you are angry'
'I'm not angry…I am only slightly perturbed'
No matter what she said Harry knew she was the angriest she had ever been, she had been bottling up the pain of her family's death for nearly two years and the sudden change from a secret life to a public one did not help either. They made their way around the whole prison; the screams were ringing in Harry's ears. When they came to the last floor Serenity exited one of the doors on the left.
'Oh, your using Mass Legimency, you could have told me' Serenity plunged into the minds of the remaining prisoners on the floor 'Newbies, don't know anything. Two of them are under the Imperious, they have been liberated from the spell, and the remainder have just lost their magic. Mu- Lillian are you ok?' In all her years travelling through time and even living with her mother, Serenity had never seen such hidden anger, she could see Lillian's aura was midnight blue, almost black from so much hated, now she understood who much hatred her mother had towards Voldermort and his followers.
'I'm fine, we should leave, I will tell you what I found out from them at Hogwarts' she turned towards the new Head Guard of the prison 'They will most likely receive the Dementor's Kiss' the guard nodded.
When they were all assembled outside the walls Penna and Artemis came and took them away in burst of flame.
Lillian fell onto her chair, the pain in her heart was too great, Why can't I just let this pain go, why does it still hurt? She closed her eyes and breathed deeply, calming herself down.
'Lillian?' Harry called her softly, when she looked at him he saw that the anger had been replaced by sadness and stress.
'Voldermort has taken over one of the ancient castle north of here, it's a muggle settlement but it is heavily guarded with powerful spells, spells he stole from my family. Furthermore he has many human and non human guards around the perimeter. Just the fact that he uses my family's spells make sit harder for me to attack him' she was quiet for a while 'In all their minds there was a man, his face hidden in shadow, the men and women feared him, none know his name but his terrible, and he is indeed Voldermort's favourite'
'In our interrogations it was pretty much the same thing, they never knew the plan, they simply got time, date, and order to kill. But some did mention the mysterious man' Sirius said.
'What worries me is that most were new recruits, many of them from other countries. I fear that Voldermort may be using his weaker soldiers to test our strength and leaving the more experienced ones for the final battles. But then that would mean that this battle was no more than practise and Voldermort appeared only to make it look real and divert our thoughts elsewhere'
'We will discuss this at our next Order meeting which is tomorrow at 7pm. You may return to yours duties' Lillian said. The others left one by one, until only Serenity and Harry remained.
'Mum if you want I could numb those feelings for you or perhaps erase the memories'
'That won't be necessary, please go and rest or perhaps explore the castle'
'I think I will go and visit Uncle Hagrid then' she left.
There was silence between the two lovers for a while. Harry went to sit on the desk, right in front of Lillian. He hugged her with all his might, sensing the pain she was feeling in his own heart.
'Lillian my love please share with your pain, I hate to see you suffer alone'
Lillian was quiet and started to cry in his arms, the memory of her family's death replaying in her mind once again. Lillian did something she had never done before; it seemed that their bond evolved. She sent her memories to Harry and both shared the same pain. Harry cried too, for the part of his new family that he would never meet. He held her tighter…
And together they cried as one.