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Flashbacks


How It Should've Been

Chapter 2: Family Reveals & A History Lesson

October 31st

"I propose that he be convicted and thrown in Azkaban for life." Dumbledore stated to the adjoined Wizengamot.

"Without a trial?" Amelia interjected from her position.

"Well he did give up the Potters which resulted in their deaths. He also worked with Voldemort. He was their secret keeper, only he could've done it. So, it's obvious he's guilty, also remember where he was found." Dumbledore pointed out.

"It doesn't matter where he was found or if he was a secret keeper because without hard evidence, as he wasn't found with a Dark Mark, it's just your word, which need I remind you is circumstantial." Amelia refuted. The rest of the remaining Wizengamot just watched the two go back and forth.

"I hardly think my word is circumstantial." Dumbledore corrected her.

"Listen, it doesn't matter who you are. You could be bloody Merlin for all I care, but your word is not law. It can be used as evidence but it can't be 'all' of the evidence. Not matter what, unless you have solid proof, it is circumstantial." Amelia remarked causing Dumbledore to sigh.

"Amelia, Amelia, Amelia. I hardly think you're an impartial governing law here. As need I remind you, isn't he your significant other?" Dumbledore questioned, making sure to put emphasis on 'I'.

"I'm capable of being professional and making professional decisions no matter who it is." She informed him. "I say we take it to a vote, as he is Lord Black. All for a trial?" She addressed the rest of the Wizengamot. Over half of the remaining boards wands glowed. "All in favor of conviction?" Less than half of the wands in the room glowed. Even without counting the votes for each person, both could see that the vote was in favor of a trial.

Seeing nothing he could do, Dumbledore nodded. "Send him to Elite Court. He will be tried. But until then, Harry Potter will be placed in Lily Potter's sister's family, the Dursleys."

"I hardly think so. If you remember correctly, they stated directly in their will that he was not to go there. Now I don't care what you say, you cannot override their will." Amelia held her ground. Dumbledore opened his mouth to speak but was cut off by Amelia, "It doesn't matter how close you were with them, they wrote their will and it will be stuck to." She left him no chance to slide something by.

Nodding, Dumbledore spoke. "Very well, Harry Potter will be placed in Samantha and Thomas Bones custody until more is decided." Dumbledore ordered. "Next order of business to be presented in this session of emergency Wizengamot." He prompted.

"So that's how close Dumbledore got to overriding everything." Sirius retold the portrait the story of events that Amelia had told him earlier.

"That old goat! How dare he?!" Lily raged.

"We trusted him." James said hollowly.

"I know, but we have Harry now. But it just seemed too simple. When he approached me outside the airport, he just let me go."

"He could've known he can't do anything right now." James suggested while Lily sighed.

"When was the last time this portrait was updated?" Sirius cut in.

"We died on the 31st so it was updated on the 30th. We did it every other day." James answered.

"So, what's this you wanted to tell me about that you mentioned in your letter?" Sirius directed at Lily.

"Right so, the ring. It's an all-black ring, it goes on the middle finger and it will readjust to fit you. When Harry turns thirteen, that's when you give it to him but until then, you wear it. The ring was something I wore. My sister wears an identical one and it's how we stay in touch. Now the b-." Lily continued but was cut off.

"I'm sorry, your sister?! The one you specifically said for Harry to not go to?!" Sirius exclaimed, interrupting her.

"No Sirius, she hates magic. I have another sister, a younger one. She's three years younger actually." She informed him. This news sent Sirius spiraling, he was shocked.

"Sorry buddy. Not many people knew." James interjected when he saw Sirius's look.

"Her names Alexandra Evans, though she goes by Alex. She's a pain in the arse and not always around. She lives in America, I believe New York to be more exact. We were always closer than Petunia and I were." Lily continued.

"Does she know?" Sirius questioned, trying to process everything.

"About magic? Yes. Alex knows about magic, Hogwarts, everything. And I know about her world as well." Lily answered.

"Her world?" Sirius asked cautiously.

"Her world. You see, my family turned out to have more than just a witch in it. Alex is special as well. Though Petunia is normal. Maybe that's why Alex and I were closest. Either way, do you know anything about Greek and Roman mythology?" She inquired.

"Very little."

"Then I'll let her explain it to you when you meet her. Now the bracelet, this you'll give to Harry if Alex tells you to. We aren't sure at this time if he needs it. Now, how the ring works is like so." She gestured, raising her hand to reveal that she had a ring almost exactly like the one he was holding on.

"So, it looks like a single band ring with an electric blue emblem etched into it that is until you tap a wand against it. Normally it only works with my wand but the ring you're holding has a few alterations to it. Though once it is placed on Harry's finger, it will belong to him and respond to only him." She paused, and at his nod she continued. She picked up her wand in the portrait and tapped the ring and suddenly the ring, while still one ring it was split into thirds and the bands were now spindles. "Now there is a part of an emblem on each of the bands. You have to spin them to match them up until the marking is whole." She did it as she explained and when it was correct, the ring connected again to become a single band. "Now normally when it's whole, it'll form back into one ring with the emblem etched on it and that's the how it contacts Alex but since I'm not alive it won't actually work." She finished.

"Why did so few people know about her?" Sirius asked.

"Because while we have our secret world, she's a part of her's, and we decided to keep it that way unless absolutely necessary and then only to you or Remus." Lily answered.

"So, when should I do this to talk to her?" Sirius asked, while putting the ring on his right middle finger.

"I would say as soon as possible. She more than likely doesn't know of our deaths yet. And getting her here while the portrait still works is important." James answered.

"What do you mean 'still works'?" Sirius frowned.

"From what you said the portrait was damaged and you had to use a reanimation spell on it. They only last so long and can only be a number of times. So, it would be good to save at least one time for Harry when he's older if he ever needs to speak to us or just really wants to. Just in case." James told him.

Sirius nodded before taking out his wand and tapping it on the ring. Just like with Lily's an outer band formed that was split into three. Spinning the bands into place, the blue emblem glowed and the outer band dissolved back into the ring and it was back to being just a black ring with an electric blue emblem etched into it. Nothing happened.

"Why didn't something happen?" Sirius asked looking up back at her portrait.

"Just wait for it." Lily assured him.

Minutes passed and Sirius resumed conversation with the two while waiting. About five minutes later, a column of fire and electricity drew their attention from the conversation. Turning to the left, fire evaporated is wisps and they could all see the person. Then the electricity also faded away. The person was dressed in a white to black gradient shirt with grey slim jeans and a pair of navy and white Nike's, along with a navy blue slim fitting racer leather jacket. The woman was looking straight at him as if observing him before her eyes flickered to his left, where the painting was on the wall. Sirius had felt like he had been under a stare similar to Lily's. The woman's eyes were the exact same color and shade as Lily's, a bright emerald green though her hair was more of a dirty blonde shade and was medium length and in a ponytail. She looked about 5'7 or 5'8. Her eyes narrowed for a second before she made her way forward to stand in front of the painting.

"What happened?" The woman, who Sirius assumed was Alex, demanded. Sirius could tell she had an American accent with just the smallest hint of British.

"Alex, we knew it may happen. Voldemort came after us. Harry was the only survivor." Lily answered looking her sister.

"When?" Alex demanded taking a deep breathe.

"Last night." Sirius answered for her. Alex nodded.

"I see you have the ring." She directed at Sirius before continuing, "I presume you gave it to him?" Alex directed this time to Lily.

"Yes, to hold on to until Harry is thirteen." Lily told her.

"You called me just to tell me or no?" She asked, looking between Sirius and the portrait.

"Um."

"I had him call you because yes you needed to know but I also wanted you to explain everything to him. What happens from there is on you two. The portrait is failing. Remember Sirius, limited amount of times. Alex, it was good to see you again, love you." Lily and James bid a quick goodbye before they became inanimate again.

Sighing, Alex turned to face Sirius. "How much did she tell you?" She inquired.

"Not much. Said you could explain it better." He explained, looking over trying to find the smallest bit of information he could find out about her.

"Right. Okay, is this the study?" She gestured to the room they were in. Sirius nodded. Walking over to an empty wall, Alex stood in front of it. "So, everything and I mean everything, your world, mine. All of it goes back to Roman and a Greek mythology, maybe sometimes Egyptian. Anyway, Chaos is said to be the creator of the universe. Chaos had a brother and sister, Order and Void. Now Order was said to have created the planets, while Chaos created the life. Void created the void. Now Chaos and Order fought when Order believed he wasn't respected and worshipped enough. They made a deal, whoever won in this fight to the death, would be the one that everyone worshiped. Chaos was winning but she couldn't kill her brother, she didn't want to. So, she banished him to the void. With me so far? I'm just giving a condensed version." Alex explained while drawing a family tree on the wall in a trial of ice that Sirius decided not to question for the time being.

"Continue."

"So, then Chaos decided to have children. Well create children. So, she created the primordials. Two of the primordials, Gaia and Uranus gave birth to the Titans. Now then two of the Titans, Cronus and Rhea gave birth to Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Hera, Hestia and Demeter. Now war waged between the Primordials and the new gods, the children of the titans. So, while Chaos couldn't help directly, she decided to have four more children. These children were given specific powers, the elementals. They could control any element. Each was said to have their own special element that they excelled at as well. They were called Masters of Elements. Now they joined the war, the gods side. The gods won the war, and over threw the primordials and the titans. They became the ruling gods. Got it?" Alex paused.

"Okay but what the hell does this have to do with anything?" Sirius asked confused.

"Just shut up and listen, so the gods had children. Zeus and Hera married and Zeus became the ruler of Olympus. The gods of Olympus ar-." Alex started but was cut off.

"I'm sorry did you say Zeus and Hera married?" Sirius interrupted.

"Yes." She put simply already knowing where this was going.

"But they were brother and sister." He exclaimed.

"Well aware, anyway the gods of Olympus as of now are Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Ares, Artemis, Apollo, Hermes, Hestia, Aphrodite, Athena, Demeter, and Hephaestus. Now there are other gods but this is the counsel. Now almost all of the Olympians have children, actually all but Hestia and Artemis, they are maiden goddesses. Now if they have a child with a mortal, then it is known as a Demi-god. Nobody knows the exact number of them out there."

"Is that what you are?" Sirius inquired.

"No, I'm not a Demi-god. I'm a descendant… of Chaos." Sirius's eyebrows shot up. "I myself am a Master of Elements. I found out when I was eight. I've learned to control and use my powers these past years and for the past seven years, I've been to bend elements to my will. We are second to only the gods and sometimes we can surpass some of their powers. Now we're extremely rare, said to be maybe one or two every five hundred years because the gene skips through so many bloodlines. It vanishes and reappears. Though if you have a Master in the family, it's possible another member is a partial. Because we're so rare, when we turn twenty-one, we're given partial immortality from the gods. So, we're immortal unless killed in battle."

"You said earlier that aside from the elements, masters have another power that's unique to them. Also, what does this have to do with the wizard world?"

"Yes, we are said to have a special ability, mine is time. I can't go back in time or go forward but I can stop it, slow it down and view parts of it. As for its connection to the wizard world, well Hecate is the Greek goddess of magic. Long ago, she blessed a group of four, two men and two women. They became the first witches and wizards. So, it's evolved from there." She answered.

"Wow, that's a lot to take in. That's why Lily said you'd decide whether or not to give Harry that bracelet. Because you don't know yet if he needs it." Sirius realized.

"Correct."

"Now what? Other than a history lesson, Lily had to have a reason for wanting you to be here, to meet me." Sirius wondered.

"She always told me that while I wouldn't be on their will, she would want me to help whoever took care of Harry. She said she still wanted me in his life. So, my guess, she wanted me here to help." Alex deduced.

"And will you?" He asked curious.

"I can't be here all of the time, but I can be around to help. I would like to have some part in my nephew's life." She answered honestly. The two were far from friends but they were on their way. There were still many unanswered questions, that needed to be answered but they would be, eventually.

You can learn a lot about a person from how they talk, how they move, what they say… and the whole time they were in that study, they were both deciding whether to trust the other or not. Just how much they information would share with the other. They definitely didn't trust the other now but they would have to eventually, especially if they had to work together.


So, a lot of the mythology is a version of the stories, but parts of it I added or created. The whole Masters of Elements stuff is my own creation. Alex is also the only other thing I own besides the plot. Thanks for the support. Hope you enjoyed and Happy reading! -DS

I will not normally upload every week. It's bi-weekly, but I really wanted to kick this off to a good start so expect a chapter not next Wednesday but the Wednesday after. The upload date will be on my profile.