Harry Potter and the Unexpected Heir
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Harry woke up alone, the couple had fallen asleep together on the chair but Lillian was now absent from his lap. He looked around the room; she was seated at her desk, looking at the thick piece of parchment that she had shown the leader of the Vampires. He got up and kissed her hair. Lillian always smelt of some flower or fruit. Today was lavender but he could detect a hint of strawberry.
"I woke up cold" he said taking the seat in front of her massive desk.
"Sorry your blanket had some papers to sign"
"My blanket didn't tell me about Vampire Rights Laws being made"
Lillian's face fell, "It was something I was working on but then everything happened and I guess it flew out of my head. I'm sorry. Everything is still very raw anyway. I will need your help in this"
"And you have it. And its okay, the last few days have been hard for everyone"
Lillian remained quiet but she closed her eyes for a few seconds and reopened them with a slightly less gloomy face, "I'm glad you woke up. I have a meeting with the muggle Prime Minister" she handed Harry a folder.
"I thought only the Minister of Magic met the muggle minister"
"You've been reading that politics books from my personal library haven't you?" she said
"What can I say? I've read out your library and that little fellow was hidden in a corner. And the fact that it was written in your handwriting spiked my interest in learning about my future profession" Harry replied, grinning.
"Hmmm, I just left it there. I wrote it just before the attack. It was a hobby of mine. To write books I mean"
"I've been wondering about something. You said you are a Seer, why didn't you or another Seer foresee the attack?" Lillian's expression became hard.
"That's a good question. With an answer… we vowed to never use our powers on each other unless necessary. This necessity was for example during our training from our first year of age to ten. After that our powers were used for the surveillance of the world. But to be honest Harry, I think we got too comfortable; we though that no one would find us. We obviously learnt nothing since the time Gryffindor's son found our hidden out, we were lucky he was friendly, but it was only a matter of time until someone less pleasant came along"
"Okay now I understand"
The door banged open, "HELLOOOOOOO!" Serenity said as she barged in. She ran up at top speed and planted a kiss of Harry's and Lillian's cheeks, "I'm glad to see you're out of the hospital. I have good news"
"Where have you been?"Harry asked
"I was back in my time" she began to float around the room; somehow she was laying down on nothing but air, hands behind her head. "People have stopped their attempts at calling you 'Your Majesties'. Albus has finally asked the girl he likes out, they are doing well. Scorpious finally kissed me and oh yeah… your pregnant." She said turning towards Lillian, floating near Dumbledore's portrait, the old man raised his eyebrows and looked at Lillian with his eyes twinkling.
"What?" Lillian asked
"In the future I mean, your fifth child. It's a boy, dad is ecstatic his already looking at books of baby names. I try to tell him what name he will pick but he cuts me off saying that knowing the future is cheating. Oh Aunt Hermione had her fourth child too, it was a girl, and they named her Elizabeth Weasley. Uncle Ron cried when she was born. Uncle Fred got engaged believe it or not, I had to go into the future to see for myself. It was true. Other than that everything is fine. No bad guys"
"A lot happened in two weeks. So as time goes by here, your time is continuing as well" Serenity nodded "Without you there" she nodded again.
"It's okay, mum and dad know I am a free spirit, I can't stay in one place for very long without action. Now this era is cool, so much going on. I'm gonna go and visit Hagrid. Maybe I can help him with the Blastended-Shrewks" she fell to the floor, landing gracefully and exited through the window as quickly as she had entered.
"Riiiiiiight… moving on after a very brief; two minute news flash. Who does she take after? She's always moving" Harry asked
"My mother, she was very active. Umm another child" Lillian replied.
"I know you want them"
"You're right I do want them. I want a whole bunch of them" she was smiling.
"Well you are gonna get them. But moving on… this meeting what can I help in?" he opened the file that he forgot was even in his hand. "You're kidding. Really?" he said scanning and memorising the contents.
"Really, the muggle minister's daughter and son are twins and turned 11 this past November, they got accepted into Hogwarts. It turns out that they are descended from a squib. We have to go and explain to them and their parents about what will happen, usually it is the deputy head but they are public figures and he is the muggle prime minister relationships between the two populations must remain peaceful, Scrimgeour just does not have enough tact and patience to deal with this. This will take the whole day Harry, when we come back we will give an announcement to the whole school at dinner before they get the Daily Prophet, which reminds me I have to go and talk to the editor and check what exactly he is writing"
"I agree, still what are the odds that the muggle minister's children are muggle-born? Do we go now? I would like to change first" Harry said
"Sure go on ahead"
"I would like to shower" he caught her hand. She looked into his eyes, "Harry…"
"Love, I am merely asking to shower together not do anything else. I am with you because I love you, not because I only want love making"
She smiled and followed him up the stairs. Twenty minutes later they came down the stairs, clean and ready to leave. James and Lily came in.
"Are you leaving for the meeting with the muggle minister?" Lily asked
"Yes" Harry said "We should be back before dinner"
"Very well, ummm Harry is Serenity back? Your mother and I were having a walk around the castle just now and I saw her chasing blastended-shrewks, I swear I have never seen them being chased, usually it's them that do the chasing"
"Yeah she arrived this morning, she went back into the future for a visit" Harry said as he made his way to the fireplace.
"Umm Harry we are not taking the Floo network, Penna and William will take us" Lillian said and the couple were engulfed in red and silver flames.
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The British Prime Minister was a calm man, when he was little he dreamed of magic and fulfilling great deeds and be acknowledged by the people as a powerful magician and adored by everyone. When he reached his teenage years the magical fantasies seized to exist and instead he turned his attention to politics, in hopes of achieving the adoration through a realistic and actually humanly possible way. But now he reached his goal and soon discovered that the magic he so adored as a child was real and alive in his own children. He was waiting for the Headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry a name he had heard many times before from the two Ministers of Magic he had met, but never actually met the person responsible for the school. He was accompanied by his wife and two children, they were quiet definitely due to nervousness and fright.
Kingsley; his magical bodyguard had warned him that the Headmistress would come personally to discuss with him the arrangements for his twin children. However he knew little next to nothing about the school or the person that run it. They were scheduled to arrive now, he hoped they were on time, he hated when people were late. As soon as his thought was finished he was nearly blinded by an explosion of red and silver flames in the middle of his room. His children cried out in surprise. And so they arrived.
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Lillian and Harry arrived in the room exactly on time. When the flames disappeared their phoenixes went to rest on their shoulders. The muggle Prime Minister and his family stood up to greet the newcomers.
"Prime Minister, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Lillian Merlin I am the Headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. And this is my husband" she shook the muggle's hand Harry followed suit.
"Pleased to meet you sir, my name is Harry Potter I am the former Head Boy and descendent of one of the founders of the school" Harry said, he had a large smile on his face.
"Well pleased to meet your acquaintance. As you know I am the British Prime Minister, this is my wife Laura and my children Elaine and Christopher. Please have a seat." Lillian and Harry took the seats in front of his desk. The Prime Minister and his family were looking at the couple with wide eyes.
"Forgive my asking but I was under the impression that the one responsible for the school was one of more…advanced age" the muggle minister said.
"It is true I am young but I can assure you I am more that capable, I may be seventeen but in the magical community one is considered as much as an adult as you do to someone who is twenty-one" Lillian said.
"How come you are named Merlin? Wasn't Merlin an old man with a blue pointy hat?" Christopher asked.
Lillian and Harry laughed lightly.
"It is true my ancestor liked his blue pointy hats but I personally think they clashed too much with his green eyes. I am related to him Christopher. The Merlins are the strongest family in the magical community and that is why I have been entrusted Hogwarts. You will be perfectly safe"
"But I thought Harry Potter was a student at Hogwarts yet you are married. Forgive me asking but I do not feel comfortable in sending my children to a school that condones relationships between students and teachers"
"That is a perfectly understandable question" Harry began "I am no longer a student at Hogwarts, I completed my exams early last month, left school and we got married after. Lillian is my Soulmate, literally. " the half-lie flowed easily through his tongue.
"I am leader of the organization in charge of dealing with Lord Voldermort and Harry is one of my Generals so to speak. We work closely with each other and we fell in love but I guaranty you the integrity of the school was preserved, as he said, we got married after he completed his last year with maximum grades in every subject and is now a teacher at Hogwarts and is helping in the governing of the school. Now that this is set we should perhaps get on with the reason that brought us here" Lillian's tone let no space for any more questions.
"As I understand Elaine and Christopher received a letter each about a placement in the school come September next. Is there any question you have about that specific fact?" Harry asked.
"Well" Laura began "I was wondering how exactly this can happen, no one in our family is magical"
"Well your children are what we call muggle-born children. A muggle is a non-magical person. For your children to be muggle-born somewhere in the past a family member was a squib. A squib is an individual who does not have any magic but is born to magical parents. In the past, especially in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries squibs were exiled into the muggle world considered to be magically impure to be amongst the pure-blood families. However that view is not so harshly acted upon today. My own mother was muggle-born and my father was a pure-blood and they truly love each other. And to be honest there is a higher probably of birthing a muggle-born if both parents are from squib lines. So its safe to say there is a high probability that both of your families have a magical ancestor, if you want we can take you to Gringotts Bank where they will test your blood and they have a simple test where they can tell you if you are descended from one. Due to the recent wars many old families have been wiped out and if you belong to an old family it is likely you will have a vault at the bank with a reasonable sum in it" Both parents nodded, letting the long piece of information sink into their brains.
They spent the next two hours explaining about the magical community, giving a little history especially about the time when the magical and muggle communities split and hid. The children and the adults eyed the phoenixes attentively throughout the whole meeting. Lillian noticed their stares.
"This is Penna and William, they are phoenixes. They are a part of muggle mythology but as you can see they are very much real and are our lifelong companions" the two phoenixes flew to the two children and rubbed their cheeks with their beaks.
'Their skin is soft and smells nice' Penna told everyone in the room. The eyes of the muggle minister grew more if possible.
"They talk?!" he said
"They are creatures far older than us and far more intelligent. They are rare but having one as a familiar is a privilege few have. Especially William, Silver Phoenixes are the rarest breed. They pick us not the other way around."
Kingsley's head poked into the room.
"Oh Professor Merlin, its time to return to Hogwarts" he said with a worried expression on his face.
"Thank you Kingsley, what do you say about having dinner at the school? The elves are making meatloaf. I know how you love it" Lillian said
"Umm Lillian to be honest I think today is not the best of days. James sent me a message; the Daily Prophet published a special night edition. You can guess what it is about."
"Very well" she said, sighing.
"I can't believe he had the guts to publish such a thing, how did it get out?"
"Probably the students, but I wouldn't put it past Filch to leek it"
"Is there a problem?" the Prime Minister asked
"Nothing that we can't fix. Think about the offer and when you come to a decision just call Penna's name and she will inform me or you can just call Kingsley and he will tell me. In fact any more questions you have later can be answered by him; after all he was one of our most promising students" She and Harry disappeared the same way they have arrived. Kingsley eyed the muggles.
"Is there anything you need Minister?" he asked
"Do they always appear and disappear like that?" the muggle minister enquired
"Yep but you have to admit; they've got style" he answered.
A figure appeared in a burst of red and silver flames, her back facing Kingsley.
"Where is she?" Serenity asked
"Serenity what are you doing here?" Kingsley asked. Serenity ignored the stares coming from the muggles and turned around to face Kingsley.
"Where are they?" she asked
"They just left"
"Thanks Kings" and she disappeared with flames again.
"Who was that?" the muggle minister asked
"Ummm Serenity is the Headmistress' cousin" Kingsley answered and left before they could ask anymore question.