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Here is a new chapter of DTTR. It's short but its something. It has not been Beta'ed so keep all complaints about errors to yourself and just enjoy the update for what it is.
The meeting with Augusta had taken a rather bad turn when she had been shown what had become of her beloved grandson in the past. It had taken quite a lot of fast talking, calming draughts and three days to get her to the calmness she displayed now as they sat discussing when to take over Hogwarts.
Neville and Harry had been bonding wonderfully, after a rocky start with an over protective soul mate getting in the way. Harry and Neville both still chuckled at Bill's reaction to the two of them becoming friends. Bill knew deep down that the boys would be great friends, it had taking him by surprise at how he reacted to new people being in Harry's presence.
They had decided it would be best if Harry took over Hogwarts as soon as possible. The Goblins had gotten back to them, and were completely stunned by the amount of money that had been misused from the accounts. Receipts for equipment, new books and other materials that were never purchased, and Professor Binns was still being paid a salary, at twice the rate of the other Professors, which was found to be going to Albus Dumbledore through an alternative account.
They could do nothing, until the castle was in Harry's possession, so they had decided that today was the day. Dumbledore had been called into the Ministry for a meeting and would be away from Hogwarts for at least most of the day, so they had a clear run. If they were lucky, they would be able to start implementing the changes they had been discussing, since the day Harry took his titles.
New classes for muggleborns, such as introduction to the Wizarding World and courses in etiquette and traditions. An update in muggle studies to show how the muggle world really worked, and all the advancements they had made so far. Harry also had a passion for making magic work with technology but there was plenty of time for that.
Dobby and Winky transported the group to Hogwarts front gates, then proceeded to lead the group to the entrance of the Great Hall. As soon as Harry walked through the front doors he felt the pull in him, and it guided him to the spot he needed. He turned and smiled up at Sirius, then grabbed Bills hand, some instinct guiding his action. His sliced Bill's hand and then his own and then place both their palms onto the Hogwarts seal and let their blood be absorbed into the crest.
"Why is Bill bleeding on it," Sirius asked.
"Dobby not sure, maybe it be being about the soul bond."
Hogwarts shook, and if you were looking in from the outside, you would have seen the whole castle drenched in light. As it was, inside, Harry and Bill were surrounded and the castle seemed to sigh in contentment as the power shifted into the two of them. Bill was slightly stunned as his hand heated up against the walls, he felt like his was being judged from the inside out, and was relieved to get the impression that he had past a test of some sort. It was almost as if the castle was testing him for Harry and had made an approval of him. His train of thought was interrupted by a flash of fire and the song of a Phoenix filled his senses.
Harry sighed in contentment as he felt the castle wards shift to him, the power that flooded through his body was almost too much for him to take, but just when he thought he would be overwhelmed, Fawkes was there, his song raising Harry's spirits and strengthening his resolve. The castle itself seemed to brighten and clear and a sense of well being washed over the group witnessing this event.
Harry's body shuddered and just as his eyes rolled up in his head, he heard a voice whisper in his mind, 'sleep young master, we have you now.'
Bill caught Harry as he lost consciousness, and smiled down at him, before turning to the others, his mind trying to assimilate the information Hogwarts was giving him. Sirius could see how tired he looked, "maybe we should get home so you two can rest?"
"We can rest here, follow me," Bill said as he started to walk, "the castle has set up the heir rooms for us, and has blocked Dumbledore from the castle. He now has been officially expelled from the grounds and as headmaster of Hogwarts, she is very please to have done that. She is asking me for any other request or changes we want made but I told her we would wait for Harry to wake up to discuss it." Bill seemed to be going on instinct as he lead them through the school towards a hidden door located next to the entrance to the headmasters office. The gargoyle seemed to bow at them as they passed, which was confirmed when Bill bowed back and said, "hello Rosie, good to see you."
"And you young masters," Rosie replied, causing everyone but Bill to jump in surprise, Rosie voice was a feminine sort of growling sound that was hard to describe. It was most shocking to hear for the first time, as there had been no record of her ever being able to communicate before. There were heading through the door and up the stairs before they came back to themselves, and smiled as they entered the common room of the suite. It was tastefully decorated in neutral tones with tapestries of the house colors and mottos around the room. Another shock was the pictures of the founders on the wall, sleeping soundly.
The got settled as Dobby popped out and back in again with tea and sandwiches, putting a plate together for Bill, while he laid Harry gently on the couch, then looked at him until he seemed to get the message and started to eat. "Yous be needing yous strength for Master Harry," he said before busying himself with getting everyone else tea and a plate. Everyone smiled and thanked the elf, as the settled in.
"Why did you need to bleed on the crest?" Sirius asked, it had been bugging him since Harry place Bills hand on the thing.
"Oh, apparently Harry isn't yet strong enough to handle all the wards and power that comes with Hogwarts. No one since the founders has accessed the full power of the castle and that was spread amongst the four of them, which goes to show how powerful Harry already is if he just needed me to help balance him. I wouldn't have been strong enough myself to help Harry before the bond, but he has given me a power boost, and now I have gain another one thanks to Hogwarts. It is quiet exhausting to have it happened like it did, but she is helping me adjust, Harry was just too small, and took most of the power, I just got the left overs he couldn't quiet handle. It equals out to about sixty – forty or so. Because of the bond we can share the power now, and we can both control the wards and such but Harry has the final say and can override any changes made without his approval."
Harry started to stir at that moment, and slowly sat up, "wow, what a rush," he said as he got himself vertical and leaned heavily against Bill. Dobby quickly gave him some food, which he ate ravenously, smiling his thanks to Dobby as he kept shoveling food into his gob. Once he was sate, he turned to Bill with a sly smirk, "so did you tell them that Hogwarts wants you as the new Headmaster?" Harry laughed as Bill's face flushed and he shook his head. Bill messed up Harry's hair as he chuckled next to him, "no I didn't spill that piece of information yet, we haven't discussed much other than why I needed to bleed on the crest and about the distribution of the power. Also that you have final say over everything."
"Ah well, I guess we should tell them what happened, fully." Harry said as he leaned back into Bill and sighed, while rubbing his full belly. Bill nodded and then turned to the group.
"Basically, as I said the Headmaster has been relieved of duty and banned. The wards are now being adjusted, Harry and I have requested that be set to max, without being war wards. We may need those later if the Ministry decided to interfere. It would be very stupid to do so, as Hogwarts is private property and now that it has regained its Heirs, is a sovereignty all on its own. We could close up completely and refuse to continue as a school, if we really wanted too, but since we don't, we just have to dismiss the school board, which is being done as we speak, letters are being sent out, and make a education board of our own. We decide the curriculum and the rules, which are severely lacking at the moment." Harry nudged Bill, who looked at him and chuckled softly, "alright, no soap boxes," he said as he ruffled Harry's hair.
"The wards are good, anyone who has ill intent will be repelled. So Bill," Harry turned to his soul mate and smirked, "about that Headmaster role, you will be the youngest Headmaster in the history of Hogwarts, that will get you in Hogwarts. A History's new addition for sure."
"I'm not sure I can say no, Harry, Hogwarts seems pretty persistent. What we need to do is get the heads of house in here, and have a meeting with them about the changes. They know this school better than anyone bar Hogwarts herself, so their input will be invaluable." Harry nodded along with the others, "Letters are being sent out as we speak," he said.
"What about the new board, who shall we put on it, I personally would like Sirius, Remus and Mrs Longbottom on the board, and Bill will be because of being Headmaster, but maybe we should have the heads of house round it out, since they know the students best, and maybe add the head boy and girl to be spokes persons for the school so they have a say in what they require."
Bill smile at Harry and hugged him close, "excellent idea, I love it," he said. Sirius and the rest agreed it was a brilliant idea, and started plotting away as to what they could bring up to be discussed once the heads of house arrived, which didn't take long as they were already in the castle. While they were plotting way Harry walked over to the portraits of the founders and pressed his finger against the activate button, allowing his magic to go through his hand. He pulled back with a frown when nothing happened and then laughed at himself when Hogwarts whispered he would need blood. It was a safety measure so that only the heirs could wake the them, or remove them from the wall.
"Well that would be a Gryffindor if ever I saw once," said a gruff voice, and Harry looked over at the picture of Salazar with a smile, and nodded, but then held up his hand showing off his Slytherin ring. "Oh look at that, how did that happened?" Salazar said as he turned to look at Godric, "we must have intermingled at some point, that is good new for my family. I would have to think of what became of them if they kept interbreeding like my son wanted. Pureblood, pfft, what nonsense."
Harry grimaced as he listened to Salazar, a part of him didn't want to burst the poor man's bubble. Hogwarts nudged at the back of his mind so he started to tell them the whole story of what had happened to the great line of Slytherin, leaving the good news till last. Before he could give him the good news, Salazar ranted, he was upset that he had no more blood line to thing of but was grateful that Harry was going to continue his namesake at least. "Oh no, you don't understand," Harry informed him, I do have Slytherin blood running through my veins, it comes from your daughters line, she married a muggle, once she fled from her brother. He line fluctuated for a while before it settled into producing squibs, until the Evans line, my mother was the first witch born into that line for generations, it was the only way the heir ring would have accepted me, you see. It took forever to figure it out, it was hidden so well, even the blood tests couldn't pick it up, till we discovered the truth. A new blood test with the Goblins a few weeks ago, found it after Dobby had made the information available. So we will continue your legacy and blood line the right way."
Salazar smiled at the young man in front of him, happy to know that he would see his name restored and his blood line flourish. "So in the end we did intermingle," Godric said with a gruff laugh.
They were interrupted by a knock on the door, and Harry turned to watch as Sirius opened it and greeted the new arrivals. "Minerva, Filius, Pomona, and Severus, so good of you to join us," Sirius said as he opened the door wide and lead them inside. The stopped for a second, surveying the room before continuing on to the couch, were Dobby popped in with a fresh tray of tea and snacks.
"What, exactly is going on here," Minerva asked as she eyed the portraits, and the boy who was standing in front of them seemingly to be having an enthusiastic conversation if the looks on the founders face were anything to go by. A strong silencing charm seemed to be around then as she could see Helga and Rowena laughing but could hear nothing.
Harry had resumed his conversation with the founders, letting them know who the new people were and saying goodbye so she could join the others. Minerva watched as he turned and returned to his seat and couldn't help but gasp softly as Lily's eyes stared back at her as the boy smiled. "Hello," he said, sitting down next to Bill, "I'm Lord Harry Potter Slytherin Gryffindor, Heir of Hogwarts and this is my soul mate Consort William Potter Slytherin Gryffindor." It was the first time Bill had heard his full name since the bonding and he suppressed a chuckle at the sound of it. Who would have thought, a Weasley having the name Slytherin. He imagined all his ancestors rolling in their graves.
The reaction was priceless, all the heads of house were floundering, trying to come to grips with what they had just heard, though Severus was better at hiding it. Harry politely ignored it and continued with his introductions, "You may already know, Lord Sirius Black, my Godfather, Remus Lupin, my honorary Godfather, Madam Augusta Longbottom, and Heir Apparent Neville Longbottom." Harry finished his introductions and turned to Madam Longbottom, "if you would like to continue Madam," and sat back with a pumpkin juice Dobby had brought him.
"As you know, Dumbledore has been called away from the school, so we took this opportunity to bring young Harry here to claim his birthright. I would imagine Dumbledore is laying in Saint Mungo's unconscious, as the power that Hogwarts supplies to their headmaster has been removed from him." She waiting for the group to stop talking over one another at that, before speaking up again. "If you will let me finish, before you interrupt," she said as she looked at everyone with a look that made even Harry sit back and shut up. "Being the headmaster of Hogwarts comes with many privileges including a power boost of close to forty percent, sometimes even more for those that need it. We have found out, that through the years Dumbledore had sullied his magic so much that he needed a boost of almost sixty percent to keep his image. This is why he could never take the mantel as Minister of Magic as he has always wanted. Power is what he craves and he thought Harry would be his ticket to it, but he was wrong." The heads of house were shaking their heads, all except Severus.
"You knew what he was like, Severus?" Minerva asked, as she noticed he did not look at all surprised.
"Of course I knew, I had figured it out shortly after Lily and James were murdered. But by then I was stuck between two masters, once that we knew would come back and one that used my status as a death eater against me. Which, thanks to Lord Gryffindor, he can no longer do," Severus finished as he showed his unblemished skin. "My only loyalty has always been to Lily, and the promise I made to protect her son."
After that announcement they discussed with the four heads about Hogwarts, and what they planned to do with the school and the new board. Ideas came thick and fast, and the only hiccup they had was Minerva's shock at Bill being the new headmaster.