Betrayal, Secrets, and Time
By Lyz135
Title: Betrayal, Secrets, and Time
Author: Lyz135
Type: Time-travel! fic/ Super! Harry/ Dumbledore/Weasley (minus twins)! Bashing, Lurry!ship
Relationships: Harry/Luna, Sirius/OC, Neville/Susan, Blaise/Daphne, Fred/Hermione/George, others TBA...
Summary: A few hours after the Battle of Hogwarts (book version just a bit more intense, the movie version is very anticlimactic and boring) Harry receives a letter from Gringotts, summoning him immediately. During the meeting, many things are brought to the forefront leaving Harry feeling broken and betrayed. "Savior of the Wizarding World...Hah! Nothing more than a naïve boy."
Disclaimer: I have not, and will not, ever own any rights to the characters that JK Rowling has created and used her own plot, anything you may recognize goes to the infamous author. However, I do have a few of my own characters joining the fray and a new plot. THIS IS MY DISCAIMER FOR THE ENTIRE STORY.
"regular speak"
'thoughts'
"parseltongue"
(dedication to the books in which they came from)
Lists
"Foreign Languages"
Devine Entity/Deity Speaking
A/N: Review Response below.
Daithi4377: I am happy that you have been following this story. Dumbledore is quite hilarious when there is new and unaccounted for "chess pieces," isn't he? He has always been wanting to control the 'popular vote' or 'popular opinion' since he was placed into the positions of power. It's about time there's a new 'Political Leader.' He's in for quite the shock, and Harry won't let anything happen to his beloved Guinevere—and anyone who tries will be faced with a very pissed off and over-protective husband, or two. Can't forget about Dear Markus (Neville), he's right up there with Hadrian.
Mizzrazz72: He definitely better, he doesn't know who he's messing with. It'll be hilarious when he finds out though.
Guest: Thank you for Reviewing. I'm glad you like the book, so far.
A/N: My thoughts(:
Hello Readers, I hope you all have gotten ensnared by my recent writing. I sincerely hope that you never bore of this story; but alas, sometimes people just get bored of reading sometimes. I take no offense! I hope that you all review at the end of the chapters, so that I know how you all feel about the story. I also ask that you give your own opinions of the going ons in this story. Yes, I have a somewhat formed plan on how to write this, but this story is purely for the readers. If you have an idea, and you want to see if I have the ability to incorporate it into the story, I will try my very best. I also want you all to know, I will allow any form of criticism, so long as it is not cruel and you explain why you are criticizing my works-it will definitely help to make my writing better. Besides those points, I think I'm done talking...well typing. Have a good day, and enjoy this chapter.
Also, I deeply apologize for such a long wait between these updates. I've been busy, a lot, lately and there's been no drive for me to update. I hope you guys aren't mad. Please enjoy!
Chapter 11) Wizarding Visits
"Hadrian, dear, perhaps we should all leave the castle some more. Be seen wondering around the magical world." Guinevere said as she stood beside his desk, while he worked out the proper paper work. "It would do everyone a bit of good."
"Guinevere, I don't have time right now. Please go speak to Markus about this." He heard her huff and walk out the door. It clicked sharply, as the door closed. "Bloody hell... I've gone and annoyed her again."
Hadrian shook his head as he focused back on the paperwork in front of him. Hogwarts Letters for the kids between eleven and seventeen, Wizengamot bills on all sorts of things, the drafts for marriage/betrothal contracts—I gotta let my kids make the choice between a political marriage or a loving marriage, and now I have to make plans for a special outing to get back on my pregnant wife's good side. Hopefully she doesn't exaggerate to Markus...
He worked his way through the bills, making notes and decisions based on what information the bills provided. Werewolves, should be free to work anywhere and should be adequately taken care of on the Full Moon. Elves, should be treated fairly and with respect. Vampires, should be left to their own covens and governments. Each should have their own Housing Areas. These were bills he could agree and vote on. British Heirs should also be able to choose what schooling they wanted.
He set the Letters and Contracts to the side of the desk, to be discussed with his family and Allies. That was something he had to discuss with them after making sure his mates weren't too upset with him.
What Hadrian hadn't noticed was that hours had passed since he last seen Guinevere, and he also had to plan the outing, and make sure not everyone was all together at the same time. So perhaps going in groups to the Alley and to Hogsmeade?
He sat at his desk with a Quill in his hand, and started to make a plan. He sighed. Now it's time to put it into action.
As Hadrian stood from his desk, he called for a House Elf, "Marty!" The elf popped into the room, and Hadrian smiled at him. "I would like you to inform everyone to meet in the Hall. Please and Thank you."
After that he walked throughout the castle and towards the back gardens, Guinevere's favorite spot, and stopped to watch her as she relaxed with her Phoenix. "Guinevere, I have made the plans for the outing you requested. Let's meet everyone in the Hall for further discussion. For we have a lot to discuss."
She looked up at him with an exhausted smile, and nodded. She stood slowly, with her hands rubbing her belly. "I'm sorry about storming out earlier, Hadrian. I was just upset." He chuckled and moved to her side.
"It's okay, Guinevere. Let's head into the Hall." He led her from the Garden all the way into the Hall, with a smile on his face. When he seen every one, he stopped for a second, before stating they needed to discuss somethings.
James looked at him and smirked, "What do we need to discuss?" Before his ribs got an elbow to them, courtesy of Lily.
"James, behave. It's probably important. Come sit down and talk to us, Hadrian."
Even though he was technically older, and she hadn't given birth to him, she was still his mother and he was still going to obey her. Which meant that he and Guinevere found Markus and sat beside him. "First, we need to discuss Hogwarts. And then Betrothal Contracts, and finally a visit or two into the Wizarding World again."
All the younger kids looked excited and stared at their parents, while the parents stared at each other. "Which of the children were invited to go?" Melania questioned, from her spot with her great grandchildren.
"Dad?" Hadrian looked over at Teddy and smiled slightly.
"The children who are now between the ages of Eleven and Seventeen have been invited to the school. With a personal letter from Dumbledore saying that any future children will be invited to Hogwarts." Hadrian sighed, and rubbed his forehead. "This is going to be his way of trying to get information and what not about this Family and Alliance. You have to be vigilant, and always alert."
The kids all nodded their heads and looked at each other. "It also shouldn't matter what house you're in. Because everyone will try and tell you who you can and cannot be friends with. You must ignore them, and stay strong together." Hadrian summoned the Letters from his office and started calling out names.
"Evans-Lovegood, Mariposa," she giggled as she raced forward to grab her Letter.
"Black, Caelum," he calmly leaned forward to collect his letter.
"Li, Marun," had shouted out in joy when his name was called.
"Li, Nera," had silently stood up and reached for the Letter.
"Patil, Celia," laughed in joy as she was passed her Letter.
"Davis, Dakota," chuckled when his Letter was summoned into his hand.
"Smith, Sally," scooted forward to reach for her Letter.
"Edgecomb, Jaxon" he had to wade his way through children to grab his Letter.\
"Diggory, Jessica" shrieked in joy as she bounded forward and grabbed her Letter from Hadrian's outstretched hand.
"Vox Dracones, Edward," he hardly reacted when his Letter landed in front of him.
All the kids' names that had been called, were staring at their letters in awe. Before handing the letter to their parents. Mariposa's, Teddy's, and Caelum's went to Hadrian, Marun's went to Samantha, Nera's went to Mino and Vera, Jessica's went to Jericho, Sally's went to Miguel, Celia's went to Abrahan, Dakota's went to Mikeal, and Jaxon's went to Nirvana.
All the parents looked nervous, but excited for their children. While the younger siblings of each Hogwarts student look slightly jealous. "Hadrian, now that that is discussed we should move onto the next topic of discussion." Charlus said from his seat surrounded by his family. You could see that he looked much more relaxed now that his family was safe. And the Potter name wasn't close to extinction.
Hadrian sighed and signaled for all the children to gather around him. Mostly his children, and the other children followed behind them. "I want you all to know that it is not required of you to want a Betrothal Contract. You can deny one, until the day you marry the one you love. Betrothal Contracts are there as an insurance of Alliance, Marriage, and Protection. It's a political move, but also one that could prove fruitful in many ways."
The kids all nodded as Hadrian took a breath and looked them all in the eyes, "You needn't make a choice until your fourth year at school. This will give you time to assess possible Suitors, and choose from there. It doesn't matter what family they are from, or what house. It only matters about you."
He turned to look at the eldest of the children, "Nera, Jaxon, Jessica, Teddy and Dakota. You guys are going to have the toughest decisions to make. If you choose a Betrothal Contract, you'll have to pick younger years as your Betroths, if you choose to fall in love and marry than you have all the time in the world. I promise you all, right here and now, that you will not have to marry someone you don't want to."
All the kids nodded in agreement with those terms and moved back to their original positions. Their parents were staring at the children, with looks of admiration—the children had taken that extremely well.
Guinevere stared at her husband and could see how much he'd grown over the years. He was more the Lord he should've been years ago, and less of the damaged boy he used to be. Markus had noticed the same thing, and smiled brightly at his two lovers. "Hadrian, why don't we finish talking and discussing the visits out into the world." Markus suggested as his hand rested on Guinevere's bump and his other arm was cradling Jocelyn.
"Right, so we can't all go out together. There's too many of us. We'll need to go out into groups. I'll be heading up to the castle to drop off the Letters, and introduce the new students to their new Professors." Hadrian looked at his mates, Markus stood up next.
"I'll be taking a bigger group throughout the village, mostly the little children and a few adults to keep them together. We'll be giving them a tour, and eating at the Three Broomsticks. Hopefully Guinevere will agree to go with us." He looked at his wife, with a mischievous smirk.
Charlus and Arcturus looked at each other and nodded. "We'll be taking a group out into Diagon Alley. Do some Christmas shopping and what-not. So, all those who need to do shopping and don't need a babysitter are welcome to join."
Dorea and Melania chuckled, "Most of us Older Ladies will be going on a shopping spree." The smirks on their faces left many of the men feeling afraid of being left with them. Lily shook her head fondly and leaned into James, who was shying away from his mother.
Hadrian stood up and pointed at the ten children he'd be taking with him and looked at the group before requesting Malani to join him in his visit. Markus, Guinevere, Brendon, Julius, Francis, Maliah, Xania, Seraphina, Amelia, Constance and Anna took the twenty-three younger children with them. Strapping Jocelyn, Seth, Lucas, Seline, Theodore, Brendon, Avilus, Gerald, Beverly, and Jasper to their chests. The other thirteen children held hands and were surrounded by the adults. Charlus and Arcturus was standing with their group of twenty-nine were going to be going through each of the stores of Diagon Alley at different times, in groups of five to seven.
All the groups had a portkey that would take them to their designated location. With a smile to everyone, and from everyone, they were off.
Outside the Hogwarts Gate
All the kids landed shakily on their feet, looking quite sick, while Malani and Hadrian were standing straight up and staring at the impressive gates. Which had swung open recognizing its rightful Lord, and knew that he meant no harm. He helped all the kids to steady themselves, before leading the group through the grounds and up into the Castle's Great Hall.
The professors and students that stayed at the castle over Yule Break were shocked to see the group make their way to the High Table, and stop in front of Headmaster Dumbledore. Hadrian, looked at the Headmaster while he removed the Acceptance Letters from hid pockets. "The kids desired to see the castle, and I prefer to send the Letters face-to-face."
Dumbledore took the stack of Letters and counted them, before counting all of the children. He nodded. "Very well, Hadrian. Shall we give them the tour, and speak in private?"
Hadrian scowled at him, "Albus, I don't recall giving you permission to use my first name. If you forgo your manners, it gives me the right to call you by your first name." Dumbledore looked miffed for a second before he nodded, and stood up from his seat.
"Well then, let's head out into the hallway and explore the castle." Hadrian and the group followed after Dumbledore. "Are these all the children that will be returning? I thought Lily, James, Narcissa, Severus, Remus, Frank, Alice and Sirius would return as well."
Hadrian chuckled. "No, they thought it best to take their NEWTS earlier than the end of year. Start out careers sooner and make a difference. Not that it's any of your business."
Dumbledore seemed even more putout that he couldn't get answers from Hadrian, so he turned his attention to the kids. "So how about you all introduce yourselves and tell me something about yourselves?"
Hadrian kept a blank mask on his face, but inwardly he growled in frustration. Dakota stepped forward first and started the introductions, "Dakota Davis, Seventh Year, and I grew up with all these children."
"Edward Vox Dracones, Sixth Year, and yes, I'm the eldest son of my father."
"Jessica Diggory, Fifth Year, and I've always been homeschooled."
"Jaxon Edgecomb, Fifth Year, and I prefer my books over people."
"Nera Li, Fourth Year, and I'm very protective of my family."
"Sally Smith, Third Year, and I prefer to work hard and avoid drama."
"Celia Patil, Third Year, and I like facing something that scares me."
"Marun Li, Second Year, and I'm Nera's cousin and I like to sit in the shadows and observe things."
"Caelum Black at your service, First Year, I was trained by my father and I'm the younger brother of Edward and Irish twin of Mariposa."
"Mariposa Evans-Lovegood, First Year, Irish twin to Caelum and younger sister to Edward."
Dumbledore's eyes had widened with each introduction, I have Edward Vox Dracones! But apparently Hadrian has been more active than I thought, with Caelum and Mariposa plus twins on the way! He seems to be very connected to those families—his children share their last names! And all these new students are part of the Grey Faction. Hadrian could practically feel Dumbledore's joy and weariness of his newest group of students.
Hadrian cleared his throat briefly, "Dumbledore, will you please get on with your other questions? We have places to be, things to do." Dumbledore nodded quickly, leading them up a few staircases with a few comments about the common rooms and the magic of the castle, and other such things.
As soon as everyone was in his office and he made enough sitting space, he started his questions. "How would the students like to be introduced to the school? Do they wish to be sorted in private or at the Returning Feast? Which electives will each of you be taking?"
Hogsmeade Village
Markus and Guinevere were having a blast with all of the little ones. The other adults in the group were also having fun despite chasing children around. Guinevere and Anna had taken the elder four of the group off to Honeydukes; while Markus, Brendon, Julius, and Francis took the next five eldest to Zonkos. Maliah, Xania, Amelia, and Constance took the last four of the children and let them wonder and play in the grass, until it was time for them all to meet up again at The Three Broomsticks.
Guinevere was standing next to Anna near the door as their tiny group ran throughout the store. Buying everyone's favorite candies for the Yule Break. They were running down each of the aisles and throwing a bunch of candy into the bottomless bags.
Nikole and Niklas were quickly filling up the bag they had and brought it to the desk before grabbing another one and restarting the process. Whilst Kio and Domeulus were slowly going down each aisle and stuffing candy into their two bags, so that they didn't have to go back to the desk. The clerk at the desk looked as amused as Guinevere and Anna.
"Lady Guinevere! We're almost done combing the aisles!" shouted Kio as he dashed around and stopped in front of her, with a bright smile on his face.
"Well let's pay for it, and head out to see what the other two groups are doing! Perhaps it'll be time to eat soon." She said with laughter in her voice, as Anna broke into peals of giggles at the other kids.
The guys were being kept busy with the other children. Chasing them around the store and giving advice on what to get the other members of their family. Since it was a joke shop, most of the stuff they were getting could be used to prank people. It was beginning to get fun.
Each guy was chasing one of the kids, while another one always snuck off to get something that they were steered away from. The store clerk was just watching in fascination as each of the kids took off in a sprint in different directions, leaving the adults in a mass of pure confusion before they took off after one of them.
It. Was. Pure. Madness. WHY? Why did they have to raise the children around such trouble making offsprings!? They are now little demons with perfected looks of innocence. Markus froze when a thought struck him, If McGonagall thought the Trio and the Marauders were bad, then she's gonna be pulling out her hair with the next several generations of students! He let out a cackling laugh that scared everyone near him.
Brendon and Julius were watching as Francis shot down another aisle, seeming to lose one of the boys for another one to pop up right in front of him. They sighed, and hoped that the day was close to ending.
Finally! All the shopping was finished! All the children were exhausted and had finished ravishing the poor store for Joke and Prank items.
As they left the store the men all had one question on their brains. Why are we always left with the Rambunctious Little Brats?
The entire group met up with the rest of the Ladies and the youngest of the group. Each of the adults that took kids to stores were laden-down with bags. The Ladies with the young toddlers were stifling giggles under their hands, and were rewarded with glares. The kids all gathered together to talk about what they did and then run around playing tag.
All of the children were rounded up shortly after an hour of playing together. Guinevere and Markus immediately gathered them up and herded them towards the Three Broomsticks so they could eat Lunch and then head back to the Castle.
Madam Rosmerta was looking at the group in shock before recommending a room with quite a few highchairs and enough table and seating space for them. After getting situated in the miniature dining room, they order the food and drinks.
Diagon Alley
Lily, James, Sirius, Remus, and Nora separated from the group and immediately went into the Apothecary. Ordering Brand New Clippings from each plant for each of the new students, as well as three extra clippings each for the Castle.
Severus, Mariah, Leroy, and Narcissa went to pick up the sets of books for each of the students. Starting with First Year Materials, and ending with Seventh Year Materials, for each kid. As well as any interesting books they may have found in the shop.
Charlus and Arcturus went to the Bank, to do some business. And while they did that, Alice, Iliana, Jonathon, Edgar and Marlene went into the Quidditch shop. They bought two teams worth of the newest brooms, two sets of the newest gear, a new training ball set, and the newest version of the Professional Ball set.
Xeno, Pandora,Amos, Joanna, and Cameron were at Madam Malkins buying several sets of gloves, hats, scarfs and boots for everyone. While Eric, Ysabeau, Brandon, Aife, and Oliver were at the Trunk Store buying eleven trunks that were multi-compartmental and easily travel-distance between them—each of the kids could add their own protections to the trunks.
Meanwhile Regulus and Andromeda were using their pureblood upbringing to buy furniture and food to fill each of the trunks. They had taken Ted, Keloh, and Samantha with them so they could get and carry as much as possible. Which turned out to be a lot! Especially when you had expansion charms and shrinking charms.
All the elder females had their non-busy husbands helping them on their shopping spree. They went to Muggle and Wizarding London, just to shop for clothes and accessories. They also made a stop at a restaurant to eat in, they found that the food there was absolutely delicious and ordered extras to take home to the family.
Back at the Castle
Everyone returned home at different times, the first group to return was Hadrian and the Hogwarts Students. Hadrian was annoyed that the Headmaster was trying to play chess with his children and Nieces/Nephews. But he was equally proud that they had been able to be subtle and leave the Headmaster guessing.
The next group to arrive back was the group that went to Hogsmeade. The adults all looked exhausted, and were covered in food. The children were even messier, and were instantly elf-popped to their respectful bathroom to shower/bathe. Hadrian looked at Markus and Guinevere, a question in his eyes. "Hadrian, we don't even know how it started. They're all a bunch of heathens! McGonagall is gonna have a blast." Markus said in a tired tone.
The last two groups to arrive, arrived at the same time. The Ladies' group, and the Diagon Alley group, were laden down in bags and looked utterly exhausted as they called for the elves not busy to take the bags to the extra ball-room. When they got looks everyone said at almost the same time, "There's a lot of stuff there."
A/N: Sorry about such a long wait between updates! I hope you enjoy this, even though it seems kind of choppy in my opinion. This has been the first time in a while that I have felt any real desire to write anything. Anyways, I hope you enjoy! And I hope you enjoyed Halloween, All Hallow's Eve, and Samhain.