Change of fate
Chapter 5
Ten year later...
Anubis woke up in his room at the potter residence to the sounds of a girl jumping on top of him and shaking him awake. "Wake up Nubi, mum and dad want you ready so that they can't take you to the goblins" Emily spoke in his ear softly; she had been born six months after Anubis was adopted by the potters. "I'm up Emily go and tell your mother and farther I will b down in a moment" answered Anubis as he got himself out of the bed, he was remarkably tall and well build for someone his age but that was only because he morphed his body to be like that because he liked how it reminded him of his old body. As he got was about to morph his clothing he noticed that Emily had not left and was staring at his chest with glassy eyed look on her face, when Anubis waved his hand in front of her face she blinked and blushed before she quickly rushed out of the room.
When Anubis came down the stairs he was dressed in his normal grey clothing with his cloak on with his hood pulled over his face, as he entered the dining area where he saw what he usually saw in the mornings. James was sitting at the head chair with a copy of the daily prophet in his hands while harry was eating his porridge at the left of him. Lily was moving towards him with a small smile on her face; Anubis noticed that Emily was looking at him from across her mother's shoulders with a small dreamy smile on her face as she looked at him. "Good morning Anubis, how are you today?" asked lily as she beckoned for him to follow him. "Anubis I know you are probably older than us mentally by a quite a bit but what I am about to talk to you about is quite a serious matter" lily said with a serious voice, as she led him into the kitchen.
"This wouldn't have to do with your daughter would it Mrs. Potter because I think you need to tell her about what is happening to her, I caught her staring this morning" said Anubis with a bit of amusement in his voice as he lent against the counter as lily got to work on some more coffee for them. Lily looked at him in the eye and that normally meant that it was not a laughing matter being discussed.
"What I am about to ask you is something that Emily desperately wants and James and me agree with it should you agree since you are an adult because of your headship of house Grindenwald. What we are asking you is..." she didn't get to finish what she had to say because Anubis beat her to it. "Marriage contract?" he asked in a quiet voice as he thought over the ramifications this might cause if he agreed or disagreed. Lily's nod of her head was all the confirmation Anubis needed before he sighed and looked out the window before he spoke again. "I would like to know the pros and cons for this agreement and why you want this to happen and I would like to hear it from her before we start anything" as he said this he could see lilies eyebrows crease a bit in concentration before she left the room to presumably get Emily, he only waited for a minute before lily walked in with an extremely nervous looking Emily as she smiled shyly at him before standing behind her mother. Anubis smiled at her innocence; it was refreshing from the amount of shit that has happened in his life like Blackwatch and Voldemort, when lily saw the small smile on Anubis's face her eyes light up with hope before he gently pushed her daughter in front of her.
"Emily I am going to ask you some questions that may embarrass you, okay?" Anubis asked in a kind voice as he looked at the young pretty girl in front of him, she had long, lush red hair like her mother, pale skin, long legs and the brightest emerald colored eyes he had ever seen. In short he was looking at a carbon copy of lily at her age.
"I...um...well...umm" stuttered Emily as she tried to speak without blushing and failed miserably. Anubis was a man, or boy in this case, of patience and he just smiled and helped her out a bit. "Okay I'm going to ask a question and all you need to do is nod or shake your head okay?" asked Anubis in a kind voice in the hopes of calming her down, which it seemed to do. "Okay, let's begin. Are you in love with me?" asked Anubis to which he got a nod in response, they continued like that for the next half an hour before he sent her away before turning to lily who was watching the whole event with great interest. "I can't find any deception in either of you and I can see the benefits we will both get from this... I accept Mrs Potter but you do realize that I want to look at the contract before I sign it" if lily could of jumped to the moon she would have done it with how happy she was.
Later that day Anubis was in a meeting with his vault manager, a shriveled goblin with beady eyes, who was about to inform him of his new lordships. "Milord, I am Blacktooth and I am your vault manger and am to inform you of your new holdings and titles. You are now head of houses Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Slytherin and Le Fay, this grants you a lot of political and economical power but I am afraid you will need a proxy to vote in wizagmont because you are not considered of age by the ministry. In addition to this is the betrothal contact between you and young miss potter who will be filling the position as head lady of house Grindenwald, she will be your first wife" said Blacktooth expecting a shocked expression but what he got instead was a raised eyebrow which said 'I already know that'. "as you are no doubt aware that you require multiple wives so that the lines can continue, I recommend both daughters of the Delacour and Greengrass families as they have massive influence in both here in Britain and France and they are in a bit of a financial crisis since the end of the war with He Who Must Not Be Named and have been looking for a ways of helping eased their problems and I think they will be open to marriage contracts with you and if you're worried on money, let me reassure you, you have enough money to buy Hogwarts twice and still have enough left to buy all the major businesses in Britain it think you have enough milord" said Blacktooth with a slight grin as he finished speaking.
Anubis was interested in the political ramifications of this and he thought it be wise to go with Blacktooth's suggestion. "Very well contact their houses and give them the offer and make sure they know who I am and what I am offering, am I clear?" asked Anubis in a dark voice, Blacktooth smiled and before he pulled out four small boxes.
Anubis immediately knew what they were and open them all, in front of him were four rings, two silver rings, one with an snake emblem on top and one with a raven on top, one gold ring, one with a badger emblem on top. But it was the midnight black ring with a dragons head with rubies for eyes that got Anubis's attention. Respectively they were the Slytherin, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Le Fay head of house rings, when he put them on Blacktooth spoke. "Milord Do you wish to create a banner for which your houses to be under". Anubis chose for a black Dragon with its wings extended with a violet background.
Anubis left his account manager to sort out sending the letters to the Delacour's and the Greengrasses; he went to meet the potters who were waiting for him to sign the contract. As he entered the Potters account managers office he was greeted by a smiling James who lead him over to a table with a piece of Parchment on it, Anubis looked at the parchment for a long time to make sure there were no hidden agreements or promises. When he was satisfied there were none he signed it, there was a flash of light and the contract into the potter vault were it would remain until the contract was fulfilled. With that they nodded to each other and left Gringotts to tell the others of what's happened.