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Chapter 6-Ariana Lily Potter Dumbledore starts her new life

Ariana had trouble identifying the right disguise for her Gringotts meeting. It had to be a simple solution, because she did not have money or a wand to better her disguise. It also did not help that Lily's picture recently appeared in every newspaper throughout the country. Her various trips around the world have exposed her to many people, who have solved their problems in many different ways. She tried to think as wide as possible about the matter, writing any possible solution down.

Eventually she chose the idea to dress like a specific veela group in Eastern Europe. They covered their whole body with clothes to reduce the effect of their charm on men. The disguise made it possible for her to cover her face. It would take a while to make clothes which accurately represents their traditional wear, but it was the best she could do for now.

After breakfast, she asked the Dursleys to excuse her to run some errands. Petunia agreed to watch Harry for a few hours, if Lily would babysit Dudley on the weekend for a few hours.

Ariana looked in Lily's closet for an outfit that looks similar to what she needs. She had make a few adjustments, but was able make the changes with wandless magic. Berty tried to help adjusting the dress, but he did not know how the dress should look. She also put on high heels to give the illusion that she is taller than Lily.

Berty took her to Gringotts, where she received a bit more attention than she would have wanted, but no one approached her. Outside Griphook's office was two guards, to protect Lily Potter, if anyone should recognize her. In her letter she asked for extra protection and was thankful for their cooperation. Griphook's office was luxuriously furnished, with many ancient tomes on display. His desk was filled with documents and their was several neat stacks on another desk as well. Directly behind his chair against the wall was two clay tablets illustrating a historical Goblin battle.

After their greetings, Griphook immediately tested her blood. In fact, he already had the knife in his hand when she came into the office.

Griphook: I apologize, Lady Potter, you are who you claim to be. We are in a difficult position, because everyone think you are dead. The executor will soon ask us to release the Potter's will. How do Madam want to proceed? "

Ariana: I'm sorry for the inconvenience, but I had to put the safety of the Potter heir first, therefore I had to fake my death, when my husband died. I would like to execute certain portions of my will and make changes if I deem necessary. You can let the executor know we executed most of our will before our death, the remainder is to be handled by a third party.

Griphook: I shall get you the will, Madam.

She fulfilled most of the Potters' wishes. There was a long list of friends, which Harry had to regularly visit, after their death. She did not make her father the manager to the Potter financial assets, since she needed money. She planned to run the estate herself, until Harry is of age. Only Gringotts knew, she had taken control of the assets, until Harry is seventeen. Her father was still Harry's legal guardian and he received a substantial amount of money, as a friend of the Potters.

From the will she could learn that Lily's sister name was Petunia and her husband Vernon. The will gave the Dursleys an amount of money for Dudley's education.

Griphook: "Everything seems in order Madam Potter. Again our sympathy on the death of your husband. Would you like me to send a goblin to take you to the Potter vault?"

Ariana: "Thank you for your help and your compassion during this difficult time. I would like to visit the Potter vault room. May your gold surpass Midas' by the time we meet again."

The Potter vault chamber had many different rooms. The first room she entered was full of gold coins and jewelry. Ariana took five thousand galleons and a few pieces of expensive jewelry. The next room was full of furniture. She decided to come back, after she found a wand. The furniture could be used to refurbish their room at the Dursleys. Another room was full of books and other personal items. Ariana quickly passed this room, because her eye caught the armory.

She tested many of the weapons to see if they would match her magical core. Most weapons only gave her a partial match. A magical weapon is not as precise or powerful as a wand, but a good match would make it possible to do most spells. Magical weapons, can not shoot spells, it have to touch the object to release the spell. She found a strong match with a 19th century swordstick. She also found a crossbow, a bardiche, three magical spears and an atlatl which was crafted for the set of spears.

In her past life she did not have expensive master crafted weapons. She could not wait to take a few swings to test their worth. With a bit of exercise, she felt something coming back of who she was. The weapons was much better than the weapons she crafted for herself in the past. Most magical weapons was enchanted with a featherweight charm for long travel. She increased the size of her handbag to fit her new weapons. Taking so much stuff from the Potters' vault made her feel guilty, but it was the quickest solution to fix her money problems. Hopefully in time she could make them more money than she took.

She paid an impatient goblin, for his time. Paying the goblin lifted his spirits and he hastily drove back to the surface.

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Berty took her back to Godrics Hallow, where she stashed the spears with the atlatl, the crossbow and 3000 galleons, because she was going to a den of thieves. In her previous life, she would not have supported many businesses in the village, because she knew most of their business is illegal.

Trying to avoid suspicion she made herself and James' broom invisible with her swordstaff. She had to find the restaurant in town again and use their Floo access point. The secret village were in the mountains and could only be reached if you fly through a specific spot. The village had a secret Floo point in an abandoned building. It was only ten kilometers from the village and gave them quick access to the outside world. All the other paths to the village had magical traps to keep out troublesome visitors. James' broom's completed the ten miles in a few minutes, after which she made herself visible.

The first store she visited was a store that sold second hand wands. In her previous life she occasionally visited this shop, if she could not find a specific wand material. If the shop had a wand with the right core, she dismantled the wand and then sold the core to Ollivander and the wood to another vendor. The shopkeeper greeted her with a smile, but she could not help her customers find a wand as Ollivander did. She was just a salesperson with an interest in different wands.

Using the swordstick Ariana could sense a possible match through the use of an expert level spell. There were two wands with a strong enough match, but they were not perfect for her. She took both hoping she could refine the wands to better match her.

Shopkeeper: "I never thought I would be able to sell this one I believe it is 14 inch, made from yellow wood from South Africa with a griffin feather wrapped in Acromantula silk. The second one is 12 inch Acacia from Australia with a Augerey feather also called Irish phoenix feather."

Shopkeeper(thinking it over): "You can get them both for 250 galleons. Yellow wood is rare and expensive, you might not be able to find another one. "

Ariana: "The one is a unique wand, but I think 150 galleons is a fair price"

She eventually bought them for 185 galleons.

The next shop she visited was that of potion and potion ingredients shop. She had to buy a lot of unnecessary ingredients to hide the recipe of her unique potion. After some more haggling, they found the right price. Next was the bookstore, after a few days her life might calm down, she thought a little reading material could come in handy.

Back at Godric's Hallow she carefully dismantled the wands, without damaging it. She tested the different materials in different woods, until she found a perfect match. The right combination was the 14 inch yellow wood, with the Augerey feather and the Acromantula silk separate at the back of the handle. The first few spells basic spells did not perform as she would have expected, but as she cranked up the power the wand responded helping her cast expert level spells with astonishing power. Even when she used a few of the master level spells she knew, the wand still had more to give.

In Lily's body Ariana could feel a bit more power than she ever had, but Ariana had a stronger flow of magic from her core.

The potion she wanted to make was fairly simple to brew in a magical cauldron, but was a very powerful steroid. The cauldron had all the advance features like quick heating, assisted mixing, quick undo and a ingredient purity filtration system. In two minutes the steroid was ready.

An injection of the steroid doubles your physical strength, speed and stamina for six hours. Multiple injections were more effective, but worsened the side effects. Long term use of the steroid also had the same nasty side effects. She regularly used the steroid, when she was trying to catch stronger magical animals. She studied the potion, because it could lengthen her career, if only she found a way to reduce the side effects. Through many years of study she finally found a cure to eliminate the side effects of continual use.

(After five years of unemployment in the 1990's, giving the steroid her full attention, she made the breakthrough. The breakthrough allowed her to use the steroid without any consequences. Background information that Ariana can not remember.)

She had little knowledge about events in the future, but she had all the knowledge of Ariana-2022 spell arsenal, including the spell she designed to negate the steroid's negative effect. How the permanent use of steroids changed her life in the future, she did not know, but she was sure people would find ways to turn it into a weapon.

She tested the steroid and the spell separately, before she combined them the next day. The initial effect of the steroid was stronger than an adrenaline rush. She could not stop herself from taking a few swings with her poleaxe. She practiced several drills taught to her on her travels. Berty heard a scuffle and was surprised to see Lily move the giant weapon with such speed and ease.

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End of chapter

(I was hoping someone would ask how "Time Travel" in this story work, but here is the answer anyway, for any wondering about it. Ariana's died in 2022 and in 1982 . The original timeline is still going on even though Ariana-1982 is dead. For example Ariana's mother still remembers Ariana bringing her flowers, the day after the Potter's death. Time updates all the memories of the people she encountered and recreates important events . Ariana in Lily Potter's body may not interfere with the events that Time recreates and if she does her actions will be deleted within a few hours. Ariana-Lily Potter may change events in the future that has nothing to do with her previous life, but Ariana-1982 can not change anything.

Wizards and witches may seem more powerful in future chapters than in the original Harry Potter books, but this is my attempt to handle the wide difference of potential in magic itself. In the original books for example to weak wizards do very destructive magic, Peter Pettigrew killed twelve people with a single spell, Vincent Crabbe's used Fiendfyre, both of them are several times depicted as below average.

Ariana can remember everything up to the year 1982, therefore she has about thirty years of experience catching magical animals under difficult circumstances. She also has knowledge of Ariana's 2022 spells. She can do spells that have not been invented yet, for example enchanting a broom with the best charm commonly available in 2022. )