Hello people, this I guess is a very different story from what many of you have read...
So let me warn you first with a little bit of insight...
Harry has won the second war or so he thinks before he finds himself in another predicament he hadn't anticipated. Dumbledore thought that Voldemort only had the horcruxes as a key to immortality but he is sadly mistaken...The battle had not been won after all...
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Just so you know, this is mostly DH compliant!
Aww, come on, review people out there, I got only three reviews for the last chapter and it makes me second guess my decision to continue the story!
CHAPTER - 5
'Harry, the ritual requires you're blood and Hermione's as well as the baby's' Draco said as they all stood at the Potter Vault in Gringotts. They were four triangular runes inscribed in the centre of the room and in the four corners stood Harry, Hermione, Draco and the baby was placed within the fourth triangle on the floor. A circle was drawn outside the four triangles enclosing them and many runes were carved in the space between the circle and triangle. In the centre of the four triangles was a pot which was kept to collect the blood of the participants of the ritual. Since, Draco's magical affinity was dark and this was a somewhat dark ritual Hermione had decided to let him do the ritual.
Ginny and Ron stood to the sides observing with trepidation, "Ginny, you cut the baby's hand with the knife and remember to heal it when the ritual is complete"
"Harry, Hermione, you know what to do" Draco said as he tilted his head and Harry and Hermione took the dagger in their arms and cut their wrist as the blood began to flow and Ginny did the same to the baby who wailed loudly. Hermione bit her lip in an effort to keep herself from going and picking Dietrich up to comfort him.
"Step back Ginny" Draco said obviously not affected by the baby's wailing.
"Alright, tip a few drops of you're blood in the pot and the square rune marked around the pot opposite to the triangle you're standing on" Draco said and cut his own hand as his blood dripped onto the square rune and got absorbed almost immediately. He then picked up the wailing baby and dropped three drops of crimson blood into the pot and one drop on the square rune which was also absorbed before Harry and Hermione dropped the blood into the pot and the runes as well as Draco placed the baby back in the square rune.
Suddenly the baby's wailing reached an impossible high pitch and the sound began to reverberate around the walls and they all had to cover their ears up as the sound of the baby's wails were echoed across the room threatening to make them deaf. Hermione immediately stepped forward to pick up the baby but Draco shouted "No, Hermione, you can't do that" through the ringing of the baby's loud wails, it was obvious that the magic that was causing the sound to reverberate of the walls of the vault were coming from one very distraught dark Lord. Ginny and Ron stood covering their ears and Ginny finally decided to step forward and take the baby but Draco waved his hand for her to stay where she was. Hermione's eyes were leaking tears and it was the sight of them that made Harry hiss out… 'Calm down, ssson' in parseltongue and the noise and magic seemed to stand still as the baby quietened and looked around cautiously trying to spot out the voice that comforted it. Draco looked impressed and Hermione looked relieved whereas Ron and Ginny had an expression of distaste on their faces.
'Calm down…' Harry hissed out again and the comment made the baby whimper and sniffle as the tears leaked out of it's eyes.
'Let's get this over with already' Hermione said in a rushed tone, desperate to get to Dietrich and Draco and Harry nodded as they both made swirling movements with their wands and Draco recited,
'Operor vos Harry James Potter recipero Tom Marvolo Riddle ut you're cruor viniculum filius?'
'Ego recipero' Harry recited back and a green cord of magic lifted off from the pot and wrapped itself around his wrist and the baby's left wrist.
Draco then turned to Hermione, 'Operor vos Hermione Jean Granger recipero Tom Marvolo Riddle ut you're cruor viniculum filius?'
'Ego recipero' Hermione recited and a bright yellow golden cord arose from the pot and danced in the air coiling and recoiling and Ginny and Ron watched with fascination as Harry and Hermione had an expression of concern on their faces but before they could show it the golden cord swam towards the baby and wrapped itself around it's right wrist.
'Est is you're votum ut is cruor ritus exsisto kept specialis?' Draco questioned again as the magic crackled in the air as the cord of magic twisted and turned and emitted sparks.
Harry and Hermione simultaneously replied, 'Etiam'
Both Hermione and Harry felt the pull of the cord as it crackled madly before shooting off sparks into the air,
'Quos operor vos votum futurus testis illae atrum ritus?'
'Draco Abraxas Malfoy' Hermione said the first name and the golden cord extended itself and wrapped itself around Draco's hands just as Ginny and Ron came and stood on two opposite ends of the circle that contained the four triangular runes.
'Ginevra Mallory Weasley' Harry recited and the green cord pulsed before extending from Harry's arm and latching itself around Ginny's wrist.
'Ronald Billius Weasley' Hermione said and the golden thread shot off towards Ron and wrapped itself around his wrist.
'Tom Marvolo Riddle, ye be bonded in blood, soul and magic to Hermione Jean Granger and Harry James Potter as Dietrich Harrison Potter' Draco recited and all of them made a complicated movement with their wand focusing on the pot.
They felt the earth shudder with the force of the magic and the baby's wails picked up again before a smoky wisp of gold arose from the pot and surrounded the baby, shortly followed by a glittering green wisp and the two colours mixed and glowed until it formed a pale luminescent blue wisp around the baby before they all felt the magic of the baby rushing threw them nearly knocking them to their feet as the all the cords turned a luminescent blue before one big crackle and then fading off into nothing as the pot shattered and the thread of magic broke sending everyone to the floor. There were no runes on the floor to show that they had done a blood adoption ritual, only the drops of blood Harry, Hermione, Draco and the baby had spilt. Hermione rushed over to the baby and picked him up and healed his wrist before rocking him back and forth as the other's scrambled to their feet. Hermione cast the healing spell on her wrist and began to fish around in her bag for a blood restorative potion and downed them before passing it on to Harry and Draco.
She rocked the baby back and forth as she stood up and began to cradle him to her, "Shhh, calm down, it's all over now"
"Well, that was one wicked ritual" Ron said as he picked himself up and slumped against the wall of the massive vault.
"Yeah" Ginny said a little out of breath but otherwise fine.
Finally the baby dark Lord stopped crying and Hermione sat down and pulled out another small vial of diluted blood restorative potion before she uncorked the lid and poured it down the baby's mouth rubbing the tender neck to make sure he swallowed. Hermione then threw him over her shoulders and patted his back as the baby fisted Hermione's shirt in his little hand and began to suck on the fabric as he closed his eyes. The ritual had taken a lot out of all their magic and they were all in need of good rest.
Harry observed the dynamics between Hermione and Tom, no Dietrich he corrected himself before allowing a small smile to slip into his face. He always knew Hermione would be a great mother, it was him who was going to screw this up, he didn't know the first thing about being a parent let alone the parent of a dark Lord who was now his son in blood.
"Miss Granger, he's quite the cute one if I say so myself" Slughorn said as he eyed the baby nestling in Hermione's arms. Harry shifted uncomfortably, introducing the dark Lord as his son to the Professors was nothing short of awkward.
Professor McGonagall looked on in a sort of stunned awe at the baby clutched in Hermione's arms as she replied, "Yes he is" to Slughorn who was not yet done with his rambling.
"He looks so much like Mister Potter here except for the eyes" he glanced at Hermione and then said, "He doesn't have you're eyes either Miss Granger"
Poppy who was bustling around with the patients who were hurt in the war came over and took a look at the baby saying "I better check him to see if he's alright Miss Granger and congratulations to you both" she said smiling at them and Harry nodded while Hermione smiled back.
Hermione handed over the baby gingerly and the mediwitch cast a few spells on him before nodding and smiling, "He's a healthy baby Miss Granger, nothing to worry about" she said handing the bundle back to Hermione.
McGonagall finally opened her mouth to ask, "What have you named him as Mister Potter and Miss Granger?"
Harry answered this time, "Dietrich Harrison Potter"
"A good name lad, in German it means fierce ruler, how fitting for the child of the boy-who-lived" Slughorn said smiling brightly as McGonagall still seemed to be shocked to learn that Harry Potter and Hermione Granger had had a son while they were away for the whole year in exile. It seemed to be too surreal.
Harry squirmed under all the attention; it seemed that he would still be the center of attention in the Wizarding world even after he had defeated the Dark Lord Voldemort. Everyone in the Great Hall were cheering or making attempts to find him or talk to him or praise him while all he wanted was some peace.
"Well Miss Granger and Mister Potter, congratulations and I believe you can return to Grimmauld Place now, after all you have a child to take care of" McGonagall said looking suspiciously at the two of them. Harry nodded while Hermione smiled nervously when the Professor's glare didn't waver at all. They made their way out of the infirmary and Hermione immediately said "Harry, do you think Grimmauld place is appropriate to raise a baby?"
Harry looked stunned and then considered Hermione's question, it was true that the place was filled with Dark artifacts even though they had cleaned it up in fifth year, not to mention the Black's ancient library filled with books on dark arts. He did not want Tom..Dietrich, Dietrich he reminded himself, anywhere near them. One of the main reasons Riddle was able to learn so much dark magic was because of the ignorance of the Professors of Hogwarts who allowed him free access to the Restricted section and he was going to burn that book about Horcruxes right away and throw the ashes into the Atlantic ocean.
"What do you think we should do then?" Harry asked having apparently come to the same conclusion as Hermione had.
"Well, I was thinking about buying a flat in muggle London or maybe somewhere in Scotland even" said Hermione tentatively and Harry nodded, he had more than enough money to buy atleast ten manors the size of Malfoy Manor.
Hermione smiled and as usual Harry's heart soared as he looped his arms around her waist and said "You know the press is going to have a field day when they know about Dietrich, especially Skeeter"
Hermione's eyes turned dark as she frowned and said "Oh, I know how to deal with her"
"Yeah, you sure do" said Harry and they both began to chuckle as they remembered what Hermione had done in fourth year with the pesky nosy women.
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I'm probably going to jump into a year or two in the next chapter!
And translations, the source language is latin.
'Operor vos Harry James Potter recipero Tom Marvolo Riddle ut you're cruor viniculum filius?' means…..
"Do you Harry James Potter take Tom Marvolo Riddle as you're blood adopted son?"
Ego recipero – means I do or I accept
Est is you're votum ut is cruor ritus exsisto kept specialis?'- Is it you're wish that this blood adoption ritual be kept secret.
'Quos operor vos votum futurus testis illae atrum ritus?' – Whom do you wish to be the evidences of this dark blood ritual?
Etiam – yes
That's it I guess and I don't know Latin so don't blame me if the grammer or something isn't right!
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