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Chapter 10 Sad encounters surrounding the meeting of the Marauders

Her father took two days to reply back to Ariana. He sent three letters, two for Ariana and the other for Petunia . Ariana intercepted Petunia letter, because she did not need Petunia's permission to move Harry, as her father thought. The letter explained where and when her father could possibly introduce her to Lord Black. In the letters to Ariana, they both asked her to forgive them for their absence in Harry's life. They would want to meet Harry as soon as possible.

Her father would take her and Harry to Sirius's house, where he would introduce her to Sirius and other friends of James. Everyone wanted to see Harry again, but they wanted Harry's secret guardian to keep Harry protected from the media. She replied to her own letter and Petunia's, to set up an appointment for the next weekend.

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Her Saturday morning started very early. She wanted to look her best when meeting the heir of the famous house of Black. The effect of the steroid gave her a few unflattering features, which she tried to hide as best as possible. Bert help Harry to get dressed for the occasion. She had to spell Harry's hair to get them under control.

In her letter she asked her father to meet them at the town square, under the pretense that she did not want to upset the Dursleys with a magician in their home.

She drove, as always, to a field she bought a few kilometers outside of town. This way she did not draw any attention to herself, when leaving from the Dursleys. She made sure nobody saw them and made the car invisible. The levitation enchantment lifted the vehicle four meter from the ground. While hovering in the air it was out of everyone's way.

The notice-me-not charm made it easy for wizard world to hide magic from muggles. She held Harry in a shield charm, while running back into town. The steroids may have dulled Lily's beautiful looks, but it gave her the ability to outrun any land animal without getting fatigued. Running at great speeds required greater reflexes, but with practice het brain and magic adapted. Three minutes later they met her father and uncle.

Her father and uncle waited for them in town square with a phoenix. She was thankful for his help, Phoenix flight is the gentlest way to travel with a child over long distances.

Ariana(to Harry):"Come meet your great grandfather Aberforth and his brother Albus."

Dumbledore(giving them a hug): "There is a slight change of plans, James' family found out about the meeting and wanted to meet him as well. The venue changed to the Potter castle. Don't worry, for this gives me the perfect opportunity to treat my daughter, whatever you need."

Her father apperated her to the White Cliffs of Dover(Harry followed them with Phoenix flight).

Dumbledore: "I thought we should take a look from the air, before we jump to France, with whom do you want to fly Harry?"

Harry: "The magic bird, please."

Dumbledore: "The magic bird it is."

Dumbledore changed most of his body into his magical animagus form (an eagle), but changed his legs into arms to pick Harry up with.

Abeforth(to Dumbledore flying away):"That's not what he meant, you show-off!"

Abeforth wanted to give his niece a broom, but found her already changed into her animagus form, she was an ostrich. He smiled thinking she is joking, but to his shock she took a small run and took off as well. He never thought he would see an flying ostrich, then again, in the magical world it is as simple as a few enchantments(Note 1). The miraculous view of an ostrich taking of, was nothing compared to the beauty of the White Cliffs of Dover.

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They apperated to the shores of France next and then to Paris for their shopping spree.

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At their arrival at the Potter Castle, she quickly slipped the Fidelius memory to the men who approached them, so that they could see her. The herald gave them a temporary password to pass through the wards.

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Before they went into the Castle, Sirius warned her about his grandfathers Pollux and Arcturus Black who crashed his reunion with Harry. Sirius explained to her that he was not properly trained as a Lord, so he did not know how to protect his privacy inside his grandfather's Viscounty. His grandfather Pollux used his family rings to discover Harry will be visiting Sirius and he shared the knowledge with his cousin Marquis Arcturus Black. The marquis shared the knowledge with Marquis Potter.( /Note 2 /)

The castle was decorated to create a festive atmosphere. They seemingly wanted to celebrate the return of their hero Harry. The celebration of Harry's victory had begun anew.

Once they passed into the entrance hall she found only two people who kept strong protections over their minds, a short fat man and Lord Arcturus' wife. She quickly shared her Fidelius memory with all the people with poor defenses. A short while later she drugged the other two's drinks with a confusion potion to add the memory unnoticed. Everyone was waiting for the procession to the main hall, but could not begin until all the nobility was present.

The highest nobility was Lord Black, therefore he and his wife entered the main hall first.

Herald:" The most honorable Arcturus Marquis of Cicucium."

Sirius asked Harry to come with him during the procession. The earls went next Barthlomeus Potter(first son of Mark Potter), Harry and Sirius Black.

Herald: "The right honorable Sirius, earl of Caligotene. With him the right honorable Harry, earl of Dumnonia."

Those of noble class sat together and tried to avoid the rest as much as possible. At the same table sat Sirius' wife, she looked to be a few years younger than her husband, but with her astounding beauty it was hard to tell. Lord Black interrupted the thought and inquired about her blood status and nobility.

Ariana: "First generation pureblood."

To proof her status, she transfigured her hand to take the form of a dragon's head.

Arcturus: "It is an honor to meet you domina Dumbledore. Simply marvelous, to meet the daughter of the legendary Dumbledore. A master witch in her own right. Feel welcome to take a seat."

Ariana gratefully accepted his offer, she knew nothing of the customs of the noble families, but with Harry being of noble birth, she would have to spend time in noble company.

Mark Potter(lifting Harry): "All hail, Harry, banisher of the Dark Lord. May we always treasure the peace he brought to our land!"

As time went by, her father reintroduced Harry to all of James's friends. Sirius' wife asked Ariana to sit next to her and her son Arcturus II. She told Ariana about her on-and-off relationship with Sirius during the war and how he tried to keep her out of his life, but eventually could not stay away.

Ariana thought to herself: He had to have a lot of willpower to resist the woman in front of her. Even now everyone was stealing glances at her.

When they brought Harry back, Sirius moved over to join the conversation with his wife. Harry must have reminded him of James, because it only took a few minutes, before the conversation moved in that direction.

Ariana did not understand half the events of what he was referring to, but pretended to understand.

Sirius: "Seems to me you have no idea what I'm talking about. I usually get at least a smile out of my stories, I guess you did not go to Hogwarts?"

Ariana: "Sorry, we returned to Britain when I was sixteen. Before that my grandfather hired tutors to teach me in Switzerland. I hope Albus will soon invite me to the castle."

With all the celebrations, commemorating the night the war ended, the conversation had to turn to the Potter's murders sometime. He told her about the fat man called Peter, who was so badly tortured by Voldemort that he suffered brain injuries. Peter lost the last four years of his memories that night. How he wanted to visit the Potters, only to find his two friends dead and Peter laying in a pool of his own blood, still bleeding from his eyes and ears.

Sirius: "The irony is, Peter, got the highest marks of the decade in Magic of the Mind and now… now he needs me to weave his thoughts together to get up in the morning."

Ariana could hear that she was the first person, with whom he could talk freely about the dreadful night. His wife pulled him closer into a hug. No one could really help, but they listened to his confusing stories. She was familiar with the pain Voldemort caused, he ripped both of her children from her life.

Sirius's heavy heart fascinated Harry. He stared at Sirius for a few seconds, trying to synchronize their emotions. Harry took out his xylophone and played a few low notes. Although he was repeatedly hitting the same phone his magic created different sounds to suit their sad mood.

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The interim Dark Lord heard about Harry's return to magic world. In response he planned to attack Godric's Hollow and show the world they should still be feared.

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Ariana heard powerful explosions against the wards she created around the house in Godric's Hollow. She took a quick look outside to see the damage, before she called Berty.

Ariana: "Berty, the wards is under attack! Take Harry to the Dursleys, until I come to collect him. If the Dursleys get attacked too take him to Lord Potter, if all fails take him directly to Griphook and hide him in the vault.

Ariana made a distress call to her father through a picture of her grandmother. She casted as many defensive spells as she could to reduce the damage on the wards. Luckily there was no master wizard trying to get in.

With the wards suddenly gaining strength, the Death Eaters called for more fire power. The call got answered by two members of the inner circle both master wizards. The two masters wasted no time, getting into the thick of things. The Death Eaters thought, whoever was inside would soon be dead for trying to stop the attack.

As the wards started to fail, Ariana jumped into a secret well she dug underneath the house. Being a hundred meters beneath the house she could apperate away, without worrying about her enemies anti-apperation wards.

The Death Eaters' victory was short-lived, as the ministry and Dumbledore arrived. Duels broke out everywhere with people sizing each other up according to their magical ability. The two groups was evenly matched with two master wizards each(Note 3). Both sides was littering the air with Dark magic. Everyone was trying to inflict deadly trauma with cutting spells, horrible pain inflicting spells, bone breakers, exploding body part spells and many Killing curses.

Dumbledore's rune was banishing Fiendfyre thrown directly at them. His powerful shields holding the fire away from everyone else. Moody was hot on the trail of Bellatrix, after Dumbledore helped him to get half of his master spell through her shields, his spell shot her several meters through the air(Note 4). In serious pain Bellatrix still conjured an eagle to stop her fall and it helped her to dodge the next round of incoming spells.

Ariana apperated almost three kilometers outside the village. She slowly got all her defenses at their strongest level and ran back to Godric's Hallow as fast as she could. Her arrival changed the battle dramatically, her surprise attack helped several Hit Wizards to take down their opposite fighters. The Death Eaters now realized they were outnumbered and used their portkeys to leave the battle.

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Notes

1-Normal animagus form. Basic enchantments needed for ostrich flight= featherweight enchantment for the ostrich's body, engorge for the wings, waterproof for the wings and transfiguration to create flight feathers in the wings.

2- Arcturus is the paterfamilias of the Ancient and Noble house of Black.

Marquis Phineas Nigellus Black had an earldom(given to Sirius I), a Viscounty(given to Arcturus) and two baronies(one intended for Orion and the other went to Phineas). Having to baronies he could give a barony to his second son Phineas, but later stripped him of the title and gave it to his third son Cygnus.

Lord Pollux Black is Harry's great uncle and a viscount after he received the Order of Merlin.

Sirius lives on his uncle Alphard's farm inside Pollux's Viscounty, Pollux was the firstborn of Baron Cygnus Black.

Sirius was welcomed back into the family, after he married a pure blood witch from the Moody family. With the birth of his son he was given the title Earl by his paternal grandfather.

Sirius did not try to kill Peter. Peter did not flee in this story, more about that later ..

Note 3

Dumbledore and Mad-eye Moody vs. Abraxas Malfoy and Bellatrix.

Note 4

Similar effect to Everte Statum.