Chapter 6: Jackpot
"Well, Harry, it's a good thing you woke me then. Are you part of the small gathering of younglings gathered below me?"
Harry whirled around and in the process fell out of his perch with a startled yelp. Before he hit the ground a teacher slowed his decent and lightly caught him.
"Child you should not be climbing in the elder's oak you should not be climbing in the elder's oak, your counselor will not be happy with you. Please tell me your name and what dorm you stay in."
"Hello, my name is Harry, my dad says I don't need a counselor because I have him and Moony and my friends to help me through any difficulties left over from Vernon's abuse of me and by the way, what is a dorm?"
"What is a d⦠hold on where is your uniform?"
"Oh, I don't have one. You see I am not enrolled here. I pulsed here from La Push. In fact I am with my father Potions Master Severus Snape and my Aunt Petunia Black nee Stuart Evans looking for my sisters, they are in the custody of my cousin Perseus, maybe you know them, Elliane Phoenix & Pandora Slytherin-Corvinus?"
A young girl jumped up and hurried over to where Harry and the teacher were standing.
"I'm Pandora; does this mean you are Harry James Potter?"
"Not anymore, my name is now Harry Corvinus Evans ā Snape. I'll be back later tonight, I need to get back before my dad gets worried." With saying that harry leaned against the tree and pulsed back to the tree he had been in originally. Harry ran for all he was worth out of the forest and straight for his dad.
"DAD! I FOUND PANDORA! SHE'S UNDER THE ELDER'S OAK!"
"Harry first of all calm down. Secondly I'll notify Petunia. Expecto Patronum." As soon as Severus's Patronus was in front of them he spoke to it. "Tell Petunia that we know where the girls are at. So she needs to come on back as soon as possible." With that the doe dashed off quickly.
About an hour later Petunia appeared nearby with a loud crack. She jogged over to where they were and hugged them both. "So, where are they?"
"Harry says she's under the Elder's Oak. You should send Perseus a Patronus telling him that we are here."
Petunia took out her wand and summoned her Patronus. She proceeded to tell the large shaggy dog to go notify Perseus where they were waiting at and to come get them. The Patronus bounced around playfully than bounded off into the woods. They waited nearly an hour before a man walked out of the tree line with a huge grin on his face.
"Hey Petunia, good to see you girl. So, what brings you to our damp neck of the woods? Oh my stars, is that baby Harry? What is he, 6'3"? What in the world have you been feeding him?"
"HA HA HA very funny. This is Severus Snape, Lily's husband. We are here to reunite Harry with his sisters and to let Severus get to know Lily's girls. I know you are most likely really attached to them but . . ."
"Naw, I'm not attached to them at all. I would look funny with them attached. What would I tell people? 'Oh no these are just tumors or skin tags. Just ignore the fact they can move about on their own, talk, and are metamorphmaguses.' I don't think so. Don't get me wrong I love the little monsters but I had them surgically detached ages ago."
Harry started laughing and soon fell to the ground gasping for air in between bursts of giggles. Petunia grinned as she hugged her cousin. Severus grinned and with a hint of laughter in his voice commented that it was nice to finally find out where Lily got her wacked out sense of humor.
Once everybody had calmed down they all took hold of the port key that Perseus made from a rather large cone he had picked up off the side of the road. Without warning they vanished from the side of the care and landed on the lawn outside the gates to the school.
Harry looked on in awe at the golden vines and trees that were part of the intricately designed gate. One of the trees in the middle of the gates turned into the shape of a woman's and spoke to them.
"Welcome young ones to Karpatii Academy. Be aware that we are a family of a diverse number of sentient beings. Discrimination of any kind will not be tolerated. You shall be permanently banned from our grounds should you act on your prejudices. Several of our Staff are empathic soothsayers and know the truth from lies. By entering these grounds you are agreeing by your magic to treat all others as you want to be treated. Enter as you please."
The group walked through the gates and leisurely walked the long way to the Directors office, passing several different groups of students of different ages. Suddenly two girls ran pell-mell at Perseus and just managed to come to a halt before crashing into him. They went instantly silent when they noticed Severus and Petunia.
"Elliane, Pandora this is Petunia Black nee Stuart Evans and Potions master Severus Snape and his son, your brother, Harry. You are welcome to accompany us to the Directors Office if you'd like. Oh, no trying to confuse them by switching each other's form. It is not a nice thing to do to someone whom you've just met."
"Hello Ma'am, Sir. It is nice to meet you." The girls said in perfect unison.
Petunia smiled as she pulled both girls to her in a hug and whispered, "Please call me either Aunt Petunia or Auntie Tunie. I am glad to see the both of you girls are well. Just so you know, I have loved you both since I saw you both the day you were born. You have a cousin, Dudley. He's back in England getting to know his father. "
"Do you think we'll be able to meet him? England after all is a long ways away." Pandora asked.
"Of course you will meet him, when is the question." Harry said as he grinned at his sisters.
Severus sank to his knees in front of both girls and studied them for a minute. The girls smiled shyly at him and drew a little closer to Perseus.
"So you two are metamorphmaguses?"
Both girls grinned as they proceeded to send their hair and skin color through every color possible. Severus smiled and held his arms out. Elliane ran into his arms and hugged him as she introduced herself.
"I'm Elliane Phoenix, and I'm your daughter. That is my sister Pandora Slytherin ā Corvinus. She's a bit scared of meeting new people because when they find out whom her father is they tend to hate her. I don't think that is fair at all. It is not her fault. She didn't ask to be born with that man as her parent."
Severus looked over Elliane's shoulder at Pandora as he carefully spoke, "I know. I served him at one point, but was working to help defeat him from inside his organization. I, Severus Tobias Snape, on my very magic and life vow that I do not, nor shall I ever, hold anyone's Parentage against them. Furthermore I will treat both Pandora Slytherin Corvinus and Elliane Phoenix as though they are both children from my body just as I treat my son, their brother, Harry Corvinus Evans ā Snape. As I vow so mote it be." A bright flash of golden light enveloped him as he gestured for Pandora to come receive a hug alongside her sister. She stared into his eyes for a few seconds before launching herself into his arms sobbing her heart out. Harry grinned at the sight and then he also joined in the impromptu group hug.
