Lily felt a little guilty about obliviating most of the last decade and change from her sister's mind and stunning her but she'd gone rather hysterical when Harry had sent Dudley into a military training manga. Besides, she wanted her sister to have a chance to make something decent out of herself. "Now what?"
Harry pulled the Loliblade from his backpack and slipped the bracelet on Petunia's wrist. He stepped back as magic swirled around Petunia and consumed her clothing as it transformed her from the rather unattractive thirtysomething housewife into an attractive mostly naked dark haired busty girl of thirteen. "Huh, I guess that means taking off your clothes first is a must."
James frowned at the tiny metal g-string the girl was wearing as well as the alien metal claws and strange almost liquid metal that covered most of her hands. "I'm suddenly glad that you decided to stun her."
"Yeah, I can't see her not freaking out," Lily replied.
Sirius looked away from the nearly naked teen. "She's actually cute, it's disturbing."
Hermione stepped forward and carefully removed Petunia's g-string which changed back into the bracelet form of the Loliblade as soon as it left Petunia's flesh. The claws and metal on her hands evaporated away. "She didn't change back which means our idea should work."
"I guess that means we send her to the magic academy with Merlin." Harry opened the book Merlin and His School Field Trip to Atlantis then jumped into it with Petunia.
Lily said, "I hope we're doing the right thing."
Sirius gave Lily a rueful smile. "Family is always messy."
James pulled Lily into a hug. "She'll be okay." He wasn't sure he actually believed that her sister would be okay but Lily needed to believe it.
Hermione said, "You can always check on her once we get everything squared away."
"Thanks," Lily replied.
Remus spoke up, "Not to rush things but if we're going to do this, it's getting dark and the moon is coming out."
Hermione handed the bracelet to Remus. "You should probably head to the kitchen and change into a conjured robe or something."
Remus grumbled as he headed toward the kitchen with the bracelet. "I still can't believe I'm going along with this crazy plan."
Sirius waited until Remus left then drew his wand. "Just in case."
Remus conjured a robe then set it on the counter with his wand. He quickly stripped out of his old and worn clothes and dropped them to the floor. He doubted this would actually work but at this point he was willing to try a lot to deal with his curse. He slipped the bracelet on his wrist and felt his body shrink a couple of inches as he changed into a thirteen year old girl. He glanced down in amusement at his decent sized breasts. "The person that created this was a pervert."
Sirius called out from the living room, "Did it work?"
"I'm a girl if that's what you're asking about-" Remus screamed as the moon rose enough for his curse to activate and his body tried to rip itself apart as his curse and the Loliblade fought against each other. 'He' collapsed on the ground screaming in pain as his limbs twisted and tried to twist and reform themselves in ways they were never designed to bend. Thankfully after twenty agonizing seconds he felt a wrenching in his very soul and felt something break. His screams died as the pain receded and he found that he could think. He pushed himself to his knees and felt his tail brush the counter. He sniffed and found his sense of smell even better than normal though not as good as when he was a wolf. He stopped as he realized that certain details didn't add up. He glanced back over his shoulder and noticed that he had a wolf tail though the rest of him looked human enough.
Sirius called out, "Are you still alive?"
"More or less." Remus pulled himself up using the counter for support. He still felt a little shaky but at least the pain was gone. "If I go crazy be ready to stun me." He picked up the robe and walked back to the living room.
Hermione blinked in surprise as the door opened and a cute scantily clad girl with a wolf tail and wolf ears walked in carrying a fluffy robe. "You're a wolf."
Remus replied, "It looks like it."
James asked, "How do you feel?"
"Clear headed which is a miracle."
Sarah conjured a mirror or at least the illusion of a mirror so that Remus could see what he looked like. "Not too shabby."
Remus looked at his wolf ears and tail in the mirror. "Hopefully the ears and tail aren't permanent."
"I don't know, you look like you'd make a good pet." Sirius held up his hands when Remus growled at him. "Okay, too soon?"
"Yeah, just a bit." Remus replied as he turned and looked at 'his' behind. "At least I'm a cute wolf girl…" he shook his head.
Sarah laughed. "I'd fuck you."
Hermione said, "Don't mind her, she's a nymph."
"What? She's hot. You should probably take the bracelet off."
Remus frowned, "What if I turn back?"
"If you turn into a werewolf we'll drop you with a sleep spell but I don't think you will," Sarah replied.
Remus pulled on the robe then grabbed the g-string and pulled. He sighed in relief when he didn't change into a beast as the Loliblade turned back into a bracelet. "I'm still myself."
Sarah giggled as she looked Remus over. "And still a hot wolf girl."
Harry reappeared out of the Merlin book. "Remus?"
Remus sighed as he looked at his almost but not really familiar features in the mirror. "More or less."
"At least it's a partial cure. Let's travel to the temple and get your curse broken." Harry pulled the module with the temple out of his backpack and set it on the table.
Remus tossed Harry the bracelet then turned and headed into the kitchen. "Let me grab my wand."
Harry pocketed the bracelet as he waited for Remus to get back before he reached out with his magic and pulled everyone into the book.
Remus shivered slightly as he felt his ears twitch and change as he changed back to his 'normal' girl form. "It must not be the full moon here."
James looked around with an amused smile on his face. "I can see why you like the temple."
Lily blinked as she looked around the temple at all of the naked girls. "I think you left a couple of things out of your story."
Harry shrugged innocently. "They're really good at healing people."
Hermione smiled at the cute priestess that walked over to them. "Greetings."
The naked priestess looked over the party. "What can I help you with?"
Hermione gestured toward Remus. "Can you cure him of diseases and curses, please?"
"Of course, it would be my pleasure." The priestess smiled as she looked at Remus. "For a price."
Harry asked, "How much?"
"Five hundred gold or lots of sex with her." She pointed at Remus.
Remus blinked, "What?"
The priestess grinned at Remus. "We're a temple of sex and I want to fuck you repeatedly, until you're glowing. It's been way too long since you've had sex."
Remus opened his mouth then closed it. "Ah…"
"I can pay the five hundred gold if you want," Harry spoke up.
Remus looked at the rather attractive young lady, it'd been a long time since anyone had looked at him like that and if he was honest, he liked it. "Save your gold Harry." He walked over and held out 'his' hand toward the young lady. "Can you really cure my curse?"
"Let's see." The temple priestess gestured and a warm glow flowed over Remus dispelling any curses, diseases and magic on him or around 'him' which included his conjured robes. "All better, no more curses or diseases, now let's fuck like bunnies."
Lily shook her head as the priestess led a naked Remus away. "I'm not sure if this place is cute or disturbing."
Sirius pulled his eyes off his friend's butt with a chuckle. "I'll go with disturbing."
Hermione said, "It's a bit of both. Remus should be here for a while so we should probably figure out a plan for enrolling everyone at Hogwarts."
"We could send a letter to McGonagall and say we just moved here or we could tell her the truth. I have a feeling that she wouldn't mind being thirteen again." Lily smiled as she thought about her old head of house as a teenager.
Sirius shrugged. "We should probably do that before we use the Loliblade or she'll never believe us."
James laughed. "I don't know that she'll believe you anyways."
Harry asked, "Why not?"
Lily mock glared at James and Sirius. "Your father and Sirius were pranksters in school."
Hermione frowned as her watch beeped. "That's my ten minute warning for my Mum getting home, we should head back or at least call."
"Let's head back and clean up everything at the Dursleys, I want to introduce my parents." Harry looked at James and Lily. "If that's okay?"
Lily said, "Of course it is. After that we can figure out a long term solution."
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Mrs. Granger glanced back and forth between Lily and James once the introductions and explanation was done. "Let me get this straight, Harry brought you back from the dead? Something that should be impossible even for the magical world?"
"Basically yeah." Lily wasn't going to mention the various dark rituals that were supposed to bring people back from the dead because they rarely worked out well and most required some lingering bit of soul to still be on Earth.
Mr. Granger glanced at his wife then back at Lily and James. "In that case, congratulations are in order. Do you have a place to stay?"
James shrugged. "I was planning on renting a room at a hotel for a couple of days while we make the cottage liveable."
"We have an extra guest room if you want it."
Lily said, "That would be appreciated, we're trying to limit how much we have to interact with the magical world until we've talked with a friend of ours so we can set up our new identities."
Mr. Granger asked, "What about just telling everyone that you faked your death and have been out of touch for ten years?"
James shook his head. "People saw our bodies…" he trailed off as he considered the idea. "Actually, he's right. The only one that actually saw us die was Voldemort, it's not exactly hard to create fake bodies."
Lily asked, "Does that mean we're not going back to Hogwarts?"
Sirius spoke up, "We should do both."
Harry chuckled. "A bit of magic and you could shift back and forth."
"We'd have to tell McGonagall the truth otherwise she'd hate us for abandoning Harry."
Lily shrugged. "We'd have to show her the inside of a book, something strange that we couldn't fake with magic."
Hermione said, "Science fiction would probably work the best."
Mrs. Granger said, "Or something else impossible."
Harry yawned.
Mr. Granger yawned. "I think it's contagious."
Lily said, "We should let you get to sleep."
Hermione said, "I'll show you to the other guest room."
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The goblin stared at James in shock. "You really are a Potter."
James laughed, "I wouldn't claim otherwise if I wasn't. I want two vault keys and a trust fund key and I want any other keys out there destroyed."
"That will be a five galleon fee."
"That's fine," James replied.
"Is there anything else?"
Lily spoke up, "I'd like to see a record of any transactions since our apparent death and a report on our various investments."
The goblin nodded. "That will be fifteen sickles."
Lily scowled at the goblin. "I'm starting to think that we should bank with the gnomes of Zurich."
The goblin grumbled, "Fine." as he opened the folder and showed Lily the reports.
James said, "While she's checking over the reports, I want to go to my vault and retrieve a couple of wands."
The goblin reached out and pulled a rope attached to a bell. "I'll have someone take you down to your vaults."
"Thank you," James replied.
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Sirius looked up as Harry and Remus appeared out of the book. "New clothes, new hair style and you look way more relaxed Moony."
Remus laughed as 'she' sat down on the couch. "I feel better than I have in ages. Now if I could just talk Harry into giving me the belt that would let me change back into a male, my day would be complete."
Hermione giggled. "I don't know she looks rather cute as a girl."
Harry laughed as he pulled the gender swapping belt out of his backpack and handed it to Remus. "Yeah, no, I mean he does but yeah, just no. Here."
Remus put the belt on and shivered slightly as his body changed from female to male. "How long do I have to keep this on?"
Sirius tilted his head. "I think I liked the female look more."
"It was fun but I miss being able to pee standing up."
Harry laughed. "You should be good to take the belt off."
Remus took the belt off and handed it back to Harry. "Thank you."
Harry put the belt back in his backpack. "Can you still shift to your wolf form or did you lose that when they broke your curse?"
"I can still shift." Remus shifted into his female wolf girl form then looked down at 'his' breasts. "I'd wondered if the belt would affect this form…"
Sirius laughed. "Best of both worlds."
Hermione giggled. "I'll say."
Remus rolled his eyes then shifted back to his 'normal' form. "It's better than being stuck as a werewolf."
Sirius said, "You can't tell me the temple girls didn't like your wolf girl form."
Remus blushed as he remembered just how much the temple girls liked his wolf girl form. "You're a bad influence."
Sirius gestured toward Harry. "Blame Harry, he's the one that found the temple in the first place."
Harry shrugged. "I happen to like naked girls and they're good at what they are."
Hermione looked over at the door when she heard a knock. "That's probably McGonagall." She walked over and checked the spyhole then opened the door. "Hello professor."
McGonagall glanced over at Sirius and a young man that looked suspiciously like Remus Lupin had back in third or fourth year. "What's going on?"
Sirius asked innocently, "What, we can't just call up our old professor for a friendly chat?"
"You can but did you?" She stepped inside and shut the door.
"Well… we're in a bit of a pickle…" he trailed off as Lily and James appeared out of thin air in the middle of the room. "Ah, right…"
McGonagall stared at James and Lily in shock. "This isn't funny."
James snorted. "It's good to see you too professor."
"Polyjuice?" McGonagall asked with annoyance as she drew her wand and pointed it at Sirius. "This is a poor joke even for you Black."
Sirius snorted. "I wouldn't joke about James and Lily coming back from the dead or at least not like this."
"Someone better start explaining." McGonagall stated firmly.
Harry asked, "Would you believe we used two ancient scrolls of resurrection?"
"Considering that should be impossible, no."
Lily asked, "Would it make you feel better if we swore an oath that we were Lily and James Potter?"
"Marginally… if you really are who you claim to be, how are you alive?"
Harry sighed dramatically, "Why doesn't anyone believe me?"
Hermione snickered as she walked over and hugged Harry from behind. "I believe you."
"That's because you helped me cast the spells that brought them back."
Sirius said, "I swear they really are who they say they are."
McGonagall sighed. "I think you should start at the beginning."
Harry looked at Sirius and his parents. "How much do you trust her?"
Lily said, "We trust her."
"In that case, I can pull things out of books, that's where I go monster hunting, that's where I got the gems I used to pay for my supplies and that's where I got the resurrection scrolls."
McGonagall looked down her nose at Harry then looked back at Sirius. "Did you put him up to this?"
Harry looked at Sirius. "Mum wasn't joking about you being an incorrigible prankster was she?"
James laughed. "Not in the slightest but I'd like to think we've grown up slightly."
McGonagall asked, "Is that why you still look like you did the last time I saw you?"
Lily said, "Yes."
"And you'd swear an oath to this?"
Lily said, "Of course."
"Why tell me?" McGonagall asked curiously.
"Because we need your help."
"With?"
Lily said, "We have a way to become eleven again and want to attend Hogwarts to make sure Harry stays safe and sound. You're the Deputy Headmaster and control admissions thus we need your help enrolling."
McGonagall asked, "Let's ignore the fact that you're asking me to bend the rules to the point of breaking them, what makes you think that Hogwarts isn't safe?"
James asked, "How many of the students are the children of Death Eaters?"
"A few." McGonagall admitted.
"Exactly."
Lily said, "I'll be blunt professor. We just came back from the dead. Harry is eleven, I missed ten years of his life, I'm not sending him off to Hogwarts for nine months if I can't go with him. It's not going to happen which means you either take all of us or none of us."
Sirius said, "Which means you get to explain to the wizarding public why Harry Potter isn't going to Hogwarts."
McGonagall scowled as she realized how bad that would look. "Assume for a moment that I'm willing to help, how are you going to fool the sorting hat and everyone into thinking you're eleven?"
Lily said, "We don't have to fool the sorting hat if you either 'sort' us early or bring us in late the first day. As for how we'd fool people into thinking we're eleven, ask Remus."
McGonagall turned and looked at Remus. "What do you mean?"
Remus smiled. "Hello professor."
"Remus? How?"
"An artifact that changes a person into a thirteen year old girl then a gender swapping belt. For the last two years, we're thinking of using a disguise item or possibly two special youth potions that would reduce our age by a year each."
McGonagall blinked in surprise. "Wait, you're saying you can reduce a person's actual age?"
"That's what we're saying." James smirked. "Do you want to be thirteen again?"
McGonagall frowned as she considered her options. "Assuming I believe you, I'd be out of a job if I did that though I have to admit I'm tempted."
Sarah spoke up, "Nah, the disguise items could keep you looking like your normal self. All the perks of being thirteen again with very few of the disadvantages."
Sirius laughed. "Just think of the Quidditch team, James and I were exceptional and we have the rest of summer to make sure Harry and Hermione are exceptional."
McGonagall paused as she considered Sirius's suggestion. "Considering how badly the Slytherins beat us this last year, you've got a deal if you can prove who you are to my satisfaction."
James asked, "We'll swear oaths if that makes you feel better."
"It would." McGonagall looked at Harry. "I'd like to hear more about your ability to pull things out of books."
"I can show you a couple of things." Harry walked over to the end table and picked up a clothing catalogue. He flipped through it until he spotted a cute green silk dress. "Nothing up my sleeves." He reached his hand into the catalogue and pulled the dress out of it. "And presto."
McGonagall stared at Harry in surprise. "Conjuration at eleven?"
Lily shook her head. "The objects are permanent and he can pull food out of books so I don't think his ability works the same way as our magic."
"I have a feeling that this is going to be an interesting year. Can we start with the oaths so I can put my wand away?"
"That might be for the best." James replied.
"And I'll want to hear the rest of the story." McGonagall stated firmly.
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McGonagall had been half expecting Sirius to shout gotcha or something else remarkably stupid until Lily and James had sworn on their magic that they were James and Lily Potter. Things had went from there with Harry's explanation about his strange book magic and about the various items he'd pulled out of different books and about the item they'd be using to change back into teenagers. She looked at the bracelet that Harry had handed her. "So I just put it on?"
"That's the basic idea," Harry replied.
Sirius frowned slightly as he glanced at McGonagall's wand. "You should set your wand down before you put it on."
"Why?" McGonagall asked curiously.
Lily laughed. "Because it ate Remus's clothes when he used it."
McGonagall raised an eyebrow as she glanced back and forth between Lily and Sirius. "Bathroom?"
Hermione giggled as she pointed toward the hallway. "Second door."
"Thank you Miss Granger." McGonagall leveled a glare at Sirius and picked up the green silk dress as she walked out of the room.
Lily shook her head at Sirius. "Would you have really let her use the bracelet in front of Hermione and Harry?"
Sirius shrugged. "It's not like they don't have access to a temple of sex fiends."
Harry said, "What can I say, they're useful to have around for healing and curse breaking."
Hermione piped up, "And massage, don't forget massage."
James laughed. "Right."
Sirius grinned. "Besides, Minerva is attractive as an older witch, she's bound to be smoking hot as a young lady."
"He has a point," Remus admitted.
Lily looked at Remus in disbelief. "I expect that from Sirius but you?"
"Blame teenage hormones, I do." He smirked.
James laughed. "I'd believe that except-" whatever else he was going to say was lost when he heard a gleeful shriek from the bathroom. "Looks like she's happy with the results."
Sarah said, "It's a shame that we'll be hiding her beauty behind a disguise."
"I'm glad she's happy with the results…" Lily trailed off when she saw McGonagall walk back into the room wearing the sexy green dress that Harry had pulled out of the catalogue. "Damn…"
Sirius said, "I'd wolf whistle but you'd hex me."
Remus said, "If she didn't, I would, that's my shtick."
McGonagall wasn't going to mention it but she enjoyed the attention. "I haven't felt this good in years."
"I can relate," Remus replied.
Sarah conjured a full length mirror. "Here."
Minerva studied her new reflection in the mirror. The busty girl looking back at her resembled some of her old photographs though she had to say resembled because the girl looking back at her was taller and bustier than she'd been at thirteen and if she was honest with herself more attractive. Not that she would have worn the sexy looking silk dress when she was thirteen as her father would have had a heart attack but she liked it. It also felt fantastic on her skin. She held up the bracelet. "I know a couple of woman that would love to borrow this."
"I'm sure we could work out some type of deal," Harry replied.
Sarah piped up, "Hold out for naked pictures of the girls in their new form."
McGonagall smiled slightly as she tossed the bracelet to Harry. "I think some of my friends would still go for it."
Lily asked, "What are you going to tell the headmaster?"
"Nothing, he likes his mysteries. I see no reason to rob him of the chance to unravel such an impossible story. Besides, watching him try to figure it out is going to be amusing."
James laughed. "I'm looking forward to seeing the castle again."
"Just try not to cause me as much hassle as the last time around."
"No promises but we'll try not to get caught." Sirius replied with amusement.
"I guess that's all I can ask. What names do you want registered with the school?" McGonagall asked curiously.
James said, "I'll be Harry's twin, it should confuse people but honestly the only people that know it can't possibly be true are in this room as the nurse that delivered Harry died a couple of months later in an attack."
Lily said, "Lily Potter, from another branch of the Potters."
"Sirius Black junior." Sirius smirked as he thought about tormenting Severus.
Remus shrugged. "Remus Lupin junior works."
McGonagall shook her head. "You're going to drive Severus mad."
"That's part of the fun," Sirius replied gleefully.
Harry asked, "How easy is it to slip another name onto the list of students?"
McGonagall asked, "Why?"
"I found a book that creates magic users based on choices and who is using the book or rather it creates characters. With a little bit of trickery I could probably pull someone out of the book."
"You said you couldn't pull living things out of books earlier."
Harry shrugged. "I can't but I can pull out something important to them like a favorite dress then shrink it, put it on a doll and use a magical key and cupboard to pull that person from their world or bring them to life. I'm not completely sure if it will work or not but it's worth a shot."
McGonagall frowned as she glanced at Lily and James then back at Harry. "As long as your parents don't object and you can afford the tuition, I don't have a problem slipping another two transfer students into the rolls. It might actually help confuse things."
Lily said, "I don't have a problem, it's not like we're going to be worried about money any time soon."
James grinned. "Having more people to help with pranks is a good thing as far as I'm concerned."
McGonagall mock glared at James. "Don't make me regret this."
Sarah held out a bracelet. "Here, this should let you look like your old self."
McGonagall asked, "Any side effects?"
"Not as far as I'm aware and I checked it over quite well, it's just an illusion."
McGonagall accepted the bracelet. "Thank you."
"You're the one doing a favor for us. Speaking of favors, can you make sure you sign Harry's slip for a non standard familiar?"
"Thanks for reminding me. I'll have all of the paperwork done by tomorrow."
Lily gave McGonagall a hug. "Thank you for the help."
"You're welcome. I'm sorry that I didn't listen to my gut ten years ago Harry."
Harry let his shoulders slump. "I'm not going to say living with the Dursleys was a picnic but it worked out."
Lily asked, "I'd been meaning to ask, why wasn't Harry left with Alice and Frank?"
"They were attacked a couple of days after you were, they're still in the long term spell damage ward at Saint Mungo's for exposure to the Cruatius curse."
"That's terrible."
"Barty Crouch Jr, Bellatrix and the Lestrange brothers attacked and tortured them trying to find out information about Voldemort's death."
"Neville?" Lily asked hoping that he was safe.
"He lives with Augusta."
James winced as he pictured Frank's mother trying to raise a kid without help. He looked at Harry, "Do you think the priestesses can help?"
"Probably, they can fix mental illness and curses so I don't see why not."
McGonagall's eyes widened. "You can heal them?"
Harry made a mental note to ask his father who Frank, Alice and Neville were later. "There's a decent chance that we know someone that can."
Lily looked at Sirius, "In that case, James and I will start repairing the cottage while you and Harry head to the hospital." She looked at Harry. "That is if you don't mind helping out some of my old friends."
"That's fine." Harry figured there would be plenty of time after that to look into who he was going to borrow from a book.
Hermione asked, "Is there anything I can do to help?"
Lily asked, "Do you want to learn how to repair things?"
"That sounds useful. I'll just leave a note."
"In that case, I'll go start on the paperwork." Minerva had a feeling the less she 'officially' knew about certain things the easier she'd find life.
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Harry resisted the urge to reach out and tweak the lazy security guard's nose as he slipped past the man and made his way down the hall toward his targets. 'You'd think they'd have invisibility detectors in a magical hospital but no, they can't even do that correctly.' He waited for the security guard to continue his patrol before he slipped into the room through the slightly open door where Frank and Alice Longbottom were supposed to be. He frowned slightly as he realized that they weren't alone. Sitting next to a woman that must be Alice was a kid about his age with brown hair that was probably Neville.
Neville said, "I'm going off to Hogwarts Mum, I'm not sure if I'll be any good but I'm going to try my best."
Harry waited a couple of seconds to see if 'Alice' responded but she didn't. He reached into his back and pulled out his module and set it on the table then reached out with his magic and pulled everyone in the room into the book.
Neville spun around and fumbled for his wand as he found himself somewhere else with his parents. "What is going on?"
Harry said, "I'm here to help." then took a couple of steps to the left as Neville swung his wand toward where he'd been standing.
"Help how?"
"Help fix your parent's minds." Harry replied as he turned himself visible again.
"How?" Neville asked pointing his wand at Harry.
One of the naked priestesses walked over. "I suspect by letting us heal them."
Neville blushed as he turned around and saw the very attractive naked woman. "Ah…" He forced himself to focus on what was important. "You can heal my parents?"
The priestess looked at them. "Of course, I can also clear up a rather nasty botched memory spell on you if you want."
Neville asked, "How much?"
The priestess considered several ideas then settled on gold as the boy looked a bit too young to really appreciate her talents. "A thousand gold."
Neville winced. "I don't think-"
Harry cut him off, "Done. I'll get the gold while you cure them, you know I'm good for it."
"Of course." The priestess turned her attention to Neville, "If you'll follow me, we'll fix you right up."
Neville gulped as he looked between his parents and the stranger. "That's a lot of money…"
"Don't worry about it Neville."
"You know who I am?"
"Sort of, my parents were friends with your parents. It's the least I can do. I'll explain after you and your parents are healed."
"Thank you, I won't forget this." He rushed off after his parents and the priestess that were leading them deeper into the temple.
"You're welcome." Harry headed toward the vault where he kept the gold he'd liberated from the evil temple.
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Hermione yawned as she finished swishing her wand and repaired an old half corroded lamp that had cracked in a few different places. "This isn't quite as glamorous as I was expecting."
Remus chuckled. "It's a good skill to know, if you know how to repair things you'll never go hungry. Just walk into a second hand store, buy something that would be worth a lot more if it was in mint condition then repair it and resell it to a collector or pawn shop depending."
"If that's the case why do you…" Hermione trailed off as she wasn't sure how to ask her question without offending him.
"Wear old crap?" Remus asked amusedly.
Hermione nodded. "I didn't mean to offend but yes."
He chuckled. "Mostly because I don't see a reason to waste money on decent wizarding clothes when they pretty much hate me anyways or would if they knew I was a werewolf. You also met me on the full moon, there isn't much point in wearing decent clothes that will just get torn apart if I'm not careful. I might have to work on my wardrobe now that I'm not a werewolf."
"That reminds me, we should go school shopping again."
Remus said, "I've got most of my old supplies but I'll need to update my defense and potions books and get more potions supplies. I'm looking forward to having some fun again."
"You weren't having fun?"
"My life sort of fell apart that Halloween, one friend supposedly turned traitor and was tossed into prison without a trial, one supposedly died but was actually the traitor and two of them actually died. It wasn't a good year. After that I sort of fell off the face of the world, doing odd jobs where I could to keep my hand in things and drifting."
Hermione could see how that would toss a wrench in things. "You'll have to tell us about some of the places that you wandered."
"Sure, I can also show you quite a few useful defense spells."
Hermione asked curiously, "How behind am I compared to half bloods or pure bloods?"
Remus considered the question for a couple of seconds then replied, "If the family isn't stupid and doesn't follow the ministry rules about not teaching their children magic, a bit when it comes to magic. If they actually follow the idiotic rules then you're a bit behind with some of the social crap that they know by growing up in the wizarding world. Mostly though you're better off for going to a normal school for as long as you have. We can mostly fix the social background information with a couple of weeks of training. It's not like most of the families really agree on anything other than basic conventions so it's not too hard to catch up."
"Family spells? Ancient secrets?" Hermione asked curiously.
"While there is some of that, less than you'd think because of how interrelated all of the purebloods are."
Lily piped up as she walked over, "That and a lot of the purebloods are lazy."
"Ah," Hermione admitted.
"However you're an honorary Potter so we'll be showing you quite a few interesting mostly forgotten spells if you want to learn," James said.
"Thank you, I just don't want to be behind everyone because I'm muggle-born."
Lily laughed. "Most of the purebloods don't actually practice much before they get to Hogwarts. In some cases, muggleborns actually practice more because for us, magic is neat and interesting and it takes a long time to really lose that wonder."
"How long did it take you?"
"I'll tell you when it happens." Lily replied with amusement.
Sarah said, "You should tell people that you're a muggleborn. That way when you crush their hopes and dreams by soundly beating their grades they can't fall back on your blood as being the reason you're just that much better than they are."
"Potter is a common enough name, I could be muggleborn again," Lily admitted.
Remus shrugged. "Works for me and gives me another reason to hex the Slytherins."
Lily rolled her eyes. "Aren't you supposed to be the reasonable one?"
"I'm thirteen again, so no." Remus smirked.
James said, "He was the quiet one back at school, always in the library when he wasn't hanging out with us. How times change."
"I like libraries and reading." Hermione said in defense of her favorite past time.
Lily said, "Good, I need someone to spend time with that isn't a horrible practical joker."
James glanced at the cottage that had most of a roof now. "At least the cottage is coming along."
Sirius appeared with a pop alongside Harry. "We have returned."
Harry shivered. "I hate apparition."
"It gets better." Lily replied.
Sirius held up two bags of burgers, "I bring good news and food. Frank and Alice are awake and sane for the first time in years and we had the priestess's fix a botched memory charm on Neville thus mission accomplished, let's eat."
James pulled out his wand and waved it, conjuring several chairs for the group. He looked at Harry, so you mentioned stealing people out of a book, who were you thinking of stealing?"
Harry said, "A pair of witches, possibly twins." as Sirius started passing out burgers.
Sarah asked, "Using the book that is basically a twisted and kinky self contained roleplaying game?"
"That would be the one," Harry replied before he started eating his burger.
Hermione said, "I've got a few ideas on how to get the most bang for your points. If a girl uses the book they can pick a supernatural Harry."
Harry finished chewing then said, "Excellent. From there we can jump into a world with a dragon and have them use the book with the result."
Lily frowned slightly. "Is that as twisted a plan as I think it is?"
"It might be but if we do things right we can expand our family and get some help against the dark wizards we're likely to find at Hogwarts."
"Not everyone in Slytherin is a dark wizard or witch," Lily replied with some exasperation.
Sirius piped up, "Just most of them."
Harry said, "We can work on that after lunch."
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Harry felt a creeped out and even a little queasy to see a tiny six inch green Harry Potter like creature use himself as a flying living dildo to fuck a version of Sarah inside the image on the first page of the twisted book. "That's just ugh."
Sarah giggled. "That actually looks fun."
Hermione shook her head. "No thanks."
Sarah frowned as a character sheet popped up. "Now what?"
"Now we look at possible flaws in order to get points or advantages." Hermione tapped the part on the book that had the disadvantage icon which brought up an entire window of flaws, some weren't so bad and some of them were horrific. "Okay, let's see, disfigured, cursed, missing body parts, basically anything that isn't genetic."
"How does this help us? The negative points will just carry over to the next generation."
"Not if the flaws are cured before she wins," Hermione replied matter of factly.
"I thought you said that the cure for most flaws required a quest and a lot of effort or lots and lots of experience gained from sex to buy them off?"
"That's one way to do it. The other way to do it is to cheat. If we take the book with us into the temple and then jump a priestess into the book she should be able to cure most of the flaws with a couple of spells. If we pay her with the leftover gold from the temple then it's not costing us much at all."
"That's almost cheating." Harry gave her a smile to say he approved.
Hermione continued, "That way, all of our experience will be pure profit. Then we can do an experience run and get a bunch of points. Then we bring in a silver dragon from one of the dungeon modules and let him use the book."
Harry asked, "Why a silver dragon?"
"Because half silver dragons are immune to cold and acid at least according to the Council of Wyrms set which is where we'll be going to find a silver dragon."
Sarah asked, "How are you going to get a dragon to help with this crazy project?"
Hermione grinned. "Bribery, probably a lot of it but we have gems and gold that we can trade."
Harry said, "Okay, so let's just pick all of the flaws that the priestesses can cure."
"There are also a couple of flaws that have a chance to result in free points as they have a small chance to vanish in the next generation."
"We have that luck potion we picked up in the temple, if we jump there we don't have to damage the book. This might be a good time to use it."
Sarah playfully pouted. "Making a character using a luck potion is just cheating."
Hermione laughed, "Of course it is but we're looking at our future friends and family members so it's well worth it."
"Let's go." Harry pulled his favorite module out of his backpack and set it on the chair then reached out with his magic and pulled Sarah and Hermione into the book with him. "Hermione, see if you can find out how much it would cost to fix a bunch of curses and other issues. I'll go raid the vault as I have a feeling this is going to cost a fair amount of gold."
Sarah said, "I'll come with just in case you get jumped by demons."
"Thanks."
Hermione took the fantasy creation book and headed over to talk to one of the priestesses about how much it would cost to decurse and heal her character.
