Harriet was living in a permanent, I'm bored state. She was not allowed to leave Slytherins cottage and she wasn't allowed to have friends over either. Also she was not allowed to be alone except the bathroom. It was only the third week of her summer
school break and she had already finished her homework. She couldn't go out without setting the monitoring magic alarms to notify her dad. She had no letters from her friends except the occasional stay put and don't do anything stupid from Hermione,Drago,Neville
and Ron. She wasn't even allowed to go in the garden to get some air. The situation with her dad and his paranoia was getting worse. She couldn't even rub her scar if he was around in fear he was going to put even more safety measurements up. At least
she was reading the Daily Prophet. And she was even more mad. Last year she was an attention seeking harlot. This year she was an attention seeking brat with emotionally damaged personality and violent out breaks. Wait until she got a hold of Skeeter
. And if this wasn't enough for the almost fifteen years old she had the most peculiar dreams about the man that stopped her from getting killed from Grindelwald. She couldn't stop her self from blushing every time she thought about him. All the questions
she never bothered to ask her self were coming up and she had no one to speak with. She started wondering what did he thought of her. Did he thought she was pretty? Did he thought she was such a mess when he saw her beating up Grindelwald? Was she going
to see him again? Had he a girlfriend? He had said he knew her mom and Sirius, was he an old friend? She would have to find a way to ask about him without anyone suspecting any interest from her part. She could always send him a thank you basket with
some Weasley Twins Treats. How did he managed to find an invisibility cloak? How was she going to act if she saw him him again? And like all the questions weren't enough she had dreams too! Dreams were she was the sleeping beauty and he was the knight
in the shiny armour waking her up with a kiss, dreams of how his hands were lifting her up and carrying her in the middle of the dark night. Dreams of how his lips must be filing upon hers and how her hands could reach up and mess his already messed up
hair. Dreams of how she could get lost in his warm chocolate brown she was in so much trouble. And she really hoped her mom was around.
Harriet found her freedom in her fifteen birthday. They were throwing a party for her at Sirius childhood home. At least Bella was going to be there. She could use learning some nasty curses. On the other hand Lady Black, Sirius mom was going to be there
too. The woman couldn't stop trying to get her to accept a marriage contract between her and Drago. It was disgusting really, Drago was like a brother to her. Also she couldn't stop reprimanding her every time she did something non proper, which to
Harriet's opinion was about everything she did. She didn't blame Sirius for not wanting to accept the title of the head of the family he would have to go back to leave with his mother then. Lord Black was different. He was the only one never bothering
her. According to him children were children and he couldn't waste his time with childish things. It was a bit insulting really but as long as he left her alone let him think she was still a child.
The party ended up to be a meeting between the order of the Phoenix and her dads old gang. She had some much more fun she could have on a normal birthday party. They were all seated in a huge table. Her dads friends, or at least that's what they wanted
to think,because her dad had no friends, on the right side, a bunch of dark pureblood snobs,and Dumbledore's order on the left, a bunch of light some pure blood,some half blood,and some muggle born believe anything you heard idiots. It was so funny
all this people sitting and eying suspiciously at each other. You could hear a needle drop. It was Bella and Sirius that broke the silence as they started fighting. It was about teaching Harriet defensive magic against teaching her defending magic.
When Sirius was all in about teaching her the dark arts, and didn't that had everyone at the table gaping, Bella insisted Harriet had to learn first how to escape. And Bella was the woman that managed to escape from Azkaban she definitely had a few
nifty tricks. After that everyone started shouting at each other without any reason at all. Sirius had gotten bored and he snuck them out the room without no one noticing. The were in the massive library the Blacks were famous for. Then Sirius took
a somber serious expression. "Bella is right you know, you really need to escape if things start going bad in the middle of a fight. Don't tell her I told you that. Tha she right I mean. I have a solution that could save your life more than once really
and I know you going to love it. " "What is it Sirius?" "What i am about to show you you can't tell a soul. No one knows about it and I could end up in very bad trouble. Okay?" Harriet's curiosity picked up. "I promise I won't tell a soul! Tell me
now!" He left a laugh escape him in her enthusiasm. He took a step back and in his place was a huge black dog wagging his tail. Harriet looked amazed. She stood up and she started petting him. "O Sirius only you could be an illegal animagous and
the grim to top it up. I won't tell a soul Sirius. " Sirius left out a bark and he was back at his human form. "I want to teach you too. I know you have a natural talent in transfixion and I will personally tutor you this year. But you have to keep
it a secret Harriet. It can save your life. It saved mine more than once." Harriet hadn't felt such an enthusiasm in a wile. And imagine how difficult she could make some people's lives. "I'in when do we start? Do you have any books for me? Can you
tell me the first basics? How long did it took you? I have heard it takes years! Professor Mgconaggal was trying for 6 years before she became one you know! Did you did it on your own? " "Calm down Harriet. I didn't do it on my own. It took me three
years but i started around the beginning of my second year. I was an animagous by the end of my fifth, and yes I have books,plenty on the subject I will give you some today . They are still in my old room in here. Did you said six years? Ha who knew
I was better than Minnie. As for the basics have you ever heard about meditation? I need you to start meditating every night before bed. That will help a lot you know. " Harriet jumped in his arms laughing out aloud.
Out the library Tom had a faint smile in his lips. At least he could keep her out of trouble for the next couple of years. It could take her a while until she mastered it. He had to thank Potter for his idea to make Black her private teacher. It was beneficial
for both sides really. Potter was keeping Sirius away from the field and had him to protect Harriet wile keeping both occupied and as far away from trouble they could at Hogwarts the upcoming year. And the best part of the story was that no one knew
he and Potter were behind everything.
James didn't know why he had come up with this plan. He knew it sounded weird but he just wanted to keep that young woman safe. She was so expressive. He just couldn't help but be curious as to why she wasn't leaving her true self our. That night he had
gone to her rescue he really expected a girl asking for help not a teenager beating the shit out off Grindelwald. A smart one too. She had made sure she took down,even if for a few hours,more than half his followers. It was amazing really what an
angry woman can achieve. It shouldn't surprise him having Dorea Potter nee Black for a mother he was always in his toes around angry females. She wasn't a damsel in distress like most of the woman he had dealt with in the past . She was more brave
that half the grown men he knew. Anyway the idea had come to him wile Sirius was winching about how much he had missed Harriet. Now that her father had her in a lockdown. It still surprised James the bond Sirius had developed with the girl. When Sirius
had been informed for Regulus death he had disappeared for good wile almost four years. Then one day he returned and everything was just like back at Hogwarts, like the war had never hit them. It was after his return he discovered Regulus will. And
didn't that change this. Regulus was the godfather to the Girl Who Lived and he had made Sirius the sole guardian of Harriet if things were terrible wrong. He also had forbidden Sirius to let their mother to have any involvement in Harriet's life.
She deserved a childhood he said. They had tried to convince Dumbledore to let them even visit but he refused and if Dumbledore wanted something hidden it usually stayed that way. Not that Sirius hadn't tried. He was spending most of his time trying
to find any trail on her from accidentally magic to muggle newspapers, when the truth came out about Harriet and her living situation with her muggle relatives he Remus Peter and Frank had to keep him down from attacking Dumbledore. Sirius was always
full of stories to tell about how much trouble this little girl could get in and how much she could sweet talk her way out of them she even had made a respectable file with detentions. So James had come up with the idea of Sirius teaching her to turn
in to an animagous. It was a very beneficial way making everyone happy and protecting the young woman that got his attention. Riddle had a 24 hour guard for his daughter. Sirius wouldn't get bored,and even if he did he wasn't going to start pranking
the ministry of magic, he had Hogwarts all to himself to prank. Harriet was going to learn a new useful skill and James got to hear all about it and her from Sirius without getting anyone's suspicion up. He was feeling like a dirty old man but for
the life of him he could take her out of his head. Potter luck his ass if Riddle sniffed him out he was going to be in the family tomb with the ancestors a bit sooner his father and mother could have liked, which fate could save you from the Dark
Lords fury anyway.
It was a few weeks after The Meeting,as Harriet had decided to call that disaster, she was reading the animagous books Sirius had given her. She was still in Slytherin Cottage but at least now she had visitors. Some mornings Bella could drop over to stay
with her for a few hours and sometimes she was bringing that buffalo she had for a husband. For some reason Bella had decided to teach Harriet all the old myths from the Blacks. Then some afternoons Sirius could stop by to help her with her animagous
form. Uncle Severus was passing almost every second day. He never stayed for long but he always told her stories about how stubborn and even eccentric her mum could be. With always side remarks of how her mom should have done exactly the same but
still how stupid her actions were. It wasn't her fault really, she was half a Griffyndor half a Slytherin her devious mind and her bravery were a mix made for attracting one was walking in eggshells around her. And they did it in a way
they thought she wouldn't notice. They were wrong of course. She had noticed and she was trying to break it out of them but to no avail.
Tom was in the Black Ancestral home in Orion's office waiting for Sirius. The message had came with Bella this morning. It was curious. What could he want? "Sorry we were late we got caught up in work." Black and Potter walked in and the took seats opposite
from him. "To what I own the pleasure of this meeting." He said in his usual I'm better than you face. " we have to discuss about certain people and their plans for Harriet. We got some information you need to have. Information Dumbledore decided
that it will be better known only from him. Information about Harriet's safety." He raised an eyebrow "And what made the two golden boys to come and betray the old mans plans to me? I thought you were amongst his prized order members." Both Potter
and Black give him offended looks. "I never followed Dumbledore blinded like some others do. In the first war he just happened to be my way of fighting for what I believed in. But Dumbledore hadn't been so secretive about his plans. Now he is having
us doing the weirdest things with absolutely secrecy. He wants us to protect the department of mysteries. To be on the look out for anything new coming and going x-apple-data-detectors-result="0"24/7he hinted to Arthur he needed to pay more attention to the hall of prophesies, but me and Sirius already know you and Lily knew the prophecy about Harriet. What we found after some digging is what brought
us here. Dumbledore is hiding something about the prophesy." Tom sat back thinking. He could very well take Harriet and go to the hall and let her have it. He was curious himself about the exact contents of the prophecy,Dumbledore had given him and
Lily very vague information. "I knew about the prophecy but I haven't heard the real thing. If it wasn't for the record in the hall of prophecies I had thought she had been completed. I think is time I had a private talk with the old man. Maybe I
could ask him if he had the memory saved. For me to explain to Harriet perhaps how things came out the way they did." He stood up to leave but Potter stopped him. "I think you should let your daughter know how many people tried to take her away from
her relatives and Dumbledore didn't let them. Not because they knew her living situation but because they wanted her. I think your daughter needs to know that Dumbledore isn't all butterflies and lemon drops." "Yes James is right we need to let Harriet
know. This isn't just for her filing safe anymore. She needs to understand the reason behind everything and the actions we have to take. If we keep treating her like a child she will go and find her way to trouble with out anyone noticing." Sirius
said he took a moment and then he said. "The ministry found a way to influence Hogwarts. They are sending Umbriche as a spy to make sure Dumbledore doesn't making a student army to take over Magical Britain. Her orders are very specific. She has to
pass a bill for everything she thinks it will be a dancer for Fudge. She has to keep the students under the Ministry's influence. She has to find a way to get rid of Dumbledore. She wants to take rid of of Remus because his little Furry problem. And
she wants to make Harriet a example of what waits for anyone that believed her and wants to follow her." Tom was thinking about how much he despised Umbriche at school. She was a year older than him and she always tried to get close. To close for
his liking. He had taste even as a teenager thank you very much. Sadly he wasn't in a position to pull her out of Hogwarts as making Lucious ask her out of the school with his place as a board member it could move suspicion and he could lose his most
slipery asset in Fudge's side. It was times like this he wished Lily had left him to take over the Ministry. Things could have gone so much easier if he had one of his lackeys as a minister of magic. The plan's for the course of action were set and
he left a few hours later to spend some quality time with his Little Dark Princess.
"You are doing it wrong. Again. Grindelwald won't give you a warning before he hits. Faster! I said faster! Do you call that dodging! I have killed you twice over by now!" "Your stupid bitch! Look what you did!" "Stop winching brat. Come on let's see
what you got!" "You funking lunatic I try to defend myself hear!" " trying you call that trying! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, arrrrrrgggggh." "Take that you cockroach!" Tom let out groan it wasn't even morning yet and Bella are Harriet had started sparing
already. Couldn't they at least put some silence charms up? No apparently Harriet was taking out her anger at him that way. And any other way she could find to annoy him. He took a few deep calming breaths trying to close out the ruckus from
down stairs. One in two out, one in two out, one in "CRASH" two out, one in " YOU FUCKING BITCH!" two out, one in "YOU BROKE MY NOSE! I AM COMING FOR YOU LITTLE BRAT!" two out, it wasn't working. Maybe he should go to stop them before they did
any real damage to the house. On the other side he could always apparete to his bedroom in Riddle Manor and try to sleep "BOOM, BANG, CRASH!" He hoped they hadn't started exploding the walls again. He got up got ready and headed down stairs. He could
see the graveyard from behind the house. Yep the was a wall missing. He walked into what used to be a lounge kitchen only to find a mess with broken chairs the curtains teared down broke selfs and Magical Antiques and artefacts he had collected through
the years broken and spayed out everywhere. He felt the familiar heading forming at the back on his head. He took out his wand and he started repairing the damaged bottom floor. A second later he heard a male heavy laugh and Black, he had just arrived
he supposed,took out his wand helping. After half hour of him working quietly and Sirius working with comments like "Is that blood?" "She really brought the wall down!" "That must have hurt. I hope it was Bella." And the usual "was that the goblin
made glass slipper that was lost in the twelve century?" "Is this the famous golden apple that started the famous wizardry war of Ancient Greece and Ancient Troy?" "That's a Mermaids wish were did you find this is it still working? Have you tried
them?" What was it with people and happy mornings! He just needed some coffee. Harriet wasn't going to forgive him easily if he killed her second big brother. And he needed him too. He was going to keep Harriet occupied and safe for the next few years.
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Harriet came out of the library and took a good look around. Good her daddy had put everything back together. She seriously though she had broken the glass slippers this time around. It didn't matter he said the were goblin made and they could never
really stay broken for more than a few hours. She had a good idea to take them with her this year. She could play the spoiled brat people insisted she was. It was a small rebellion against her self. She had everything and she never flaunted it
she was more famous than Dumbledore and she never used it for anything. It was time now. She was going to make everyone wish the kept their mouth shut. And in the end if they didn't care to even investigate whatever Grindelwald was back or not
what would she a fifteen years old could do. She was just going to sit back and watch as they ate their words when she was going to be all like I told you so. She was going to enjoy this year more than anything. She was lucky this year. Just as
she was ready to start looking for information about becoming an animagous she was ready to do what she was trying to avoid. Going through her dads library. The man could smell it every time she was reading a book and then started hiding everything
he thought to dangerous for her to work on with magic. He didn't have any problem letting her beat the hell out of Bella or Bella to train her so hard and teaching her Dark spells . He just had a problem with giving her some freedom. The moment
she had gotten catch with the map in her third year and the map had insulted Uncle Severus she had the most brilliant idea. Of course she couldn't act on it until she got the map back. Bella had stolen it back from Professor Lupin and give it
to Harriet. So Harriet even if forced to the Hell Of Balls Summer that year she had four mysterious misbehaving boys to fill her mind with information about Hogwarts and spells for pranks she could never have imagined. They also told her were
the Marauders Book was hidden if anyone else hadn't find it by then. She was able to find it after half a year trying, what with the tournament and everything else going around. And she had started to try and become an animagous. She had followed
the first steps they had described and she was half way meeting her animal form. It annoyed her greatly she would have to wait until she was back to Hogwarts to find more information. And then Sirius came out of nowhere to be an animagous and
to what to teach her. She really loved the man. He was the craziest super handsome protective uncle any girl wanted to have. And he always got her the best gifts. The Nimbus when she became the youngest Seeker in a century, and then the
Firebold when she crushed Nimbus in her third year. Tickets for the Quinticth Final, He sent his handsome friend to save her,and wasn't that birthday present what she really wanted desperately this year. He had helped her great. She had told him
she was in the forest in their third lesson and he seemed more than surprised. For some reason she didn't want to tell him she had needed that tiny bit of information about how to approach your animal that he give in the first lesson. She was
working on her spell memorising before she tried the transformation. She had them well in her head but she was a bit afraid to try at home. If she got something wrong and he discovered her he could keep her home all year. He had promised
and he wasn't joking,he never did. Her dad was at the newly repaired kitchen table having some coffee. It was smelling fabulous,one more thing she wasn't supposed to have was Caffeine, it was making her more energetic for her own good her dad
said. Like he knew better, not that he didn't but there was no way she could tell him that. Sirius was sitting across from him having his own cup with coffee. There was completely quiet. She wondered if she could go for some shopping today. Most
of her clothes had gone quiet tight this last months. She actually had real boobs now, and she needed a new wardrobe to put her plan in motion. She wasn't going to dress as a tomboy any more. "Daddy good-morning" she skipped the rest of the distance
from the stairs to the kitchen and she threw her arms around him. Alarmed bells started ringing in his ears. What the little monster was planning this time around? She was smiling sweetly at him looking up with adoring eyes, hugging him even tighter,
"No" he said and he stood up to move away from the manipulating dangerous child of his, he couldn't fall for the same trick again. "But daddy let me tell you first!" He give her a warning look. "You don't need to tell me anything. The answer is
still no." Harriet narrowed her eyes dangerously for only one second and then she was smiling again more bright than before. What she was planning this time around. "I want to go see grandma. It's been a month since I saw her please daddy?" Years
of living with a manipulative child and he still kept falling for the same trap , wasn't he the Great Dark Lord such a disappointment, his followers could feel if they knew how easy a little girl could play him. He knew somehow she was going to
make him regret the no he said that morning. Harriet just wanted to ask if he could ask Narcica to accompany her for some clothes shopping. If he was like that through he could always help her. She just needed to make sure she could trap him for
that trip, and grandma was always in to help her, just like her grandad. It only took a few minutes for her to find and put on some old clothes and floo to Riddle manor her grandma had a fit in the way her clothes were and after calling her dad
and having a go at him until she made sure he was going to take her for shopping. He couldn't even convince Harriet to invite Narcica in their trip. Now he knew how his father must have felt all this years ago when he was the teenager and he just
didn't hear anything and anyone. It was very annoying to have the one person that could forgive murder at him leaving having all of sudden treating him like he was the one that got in trouble. Because Dark Lord or not he was an example of a teenager
as far he was considering. "Dad that's the one come in." He turned around only to stop in his tracks. They were standing in front a woman's underwear shop. There was no way in hell his baby needed anything from there. This was for women not little
girls. "Harriet I think you have the wrong shop. This is for women darling lest keep walking." "No dad that's the shop aunt Narcica bring me. I need new bra. Actually I need more than one new bra. My old ones don't fit anymore. It's a struggle
with them they are so tight! And I can't go around with out them on can I now?" He really didn't want to go in there. Why was she doing that to him? And he really had so many things to worry about this year. He didn't had time for puberty. Maybe
it wasn't so bad. It wasn't like she was going to ask him for stiles or colours. Even she wasn't going to try and embarrass her self so she could take out her anger. It was worse. She kept picking up underwear and nightwear and even if she didn't
ask for his opinion he could see her basket. What a fifteen year old wanted with such a selection. Could she just have the plain white cotton ones? Did that Diggory boy asked her to dress like that? How he was monitoring all her post and the boy
never sent nothing more than the usual how are you and how you copying. Did she found a way to sneak out to find a new boyfriend? He needed to interrogate Diggory somewhere private. To scare the little shit to stay away from his little baby.
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