and I quote: 'just this once EVERYBODY LIVES!'

Harry had been surprised to learn about his godfather, at first he had began to hate him but as he read the letter from his grandparents that hate transferred to the vermin that was Peter Pettigrew, they had suggested that he write to Sirius as he was busy in school and he had followed through and sent an introductory letter to him.

Sirius had been fairly intimidated to get a letter from the Flamels after all they were the ultimate power couple, to say he was shocked to learn his godson had been adopted as their grandson would be like saying the sun was 'a little warm' but he had gotten over it and accepted their offer to write to Harry to get to know him.

Harry wrote to Sirius usually twice a week, telling him as much as he felt comfortable for example he told him about his interest in ancient runes and he had started learning them on his own, Sirius responded telling Harry about his enchanted motorcycle and how he had to place the runes on the frame as any surface with flight runes on would just rip itself off the bike which had come as a bit of a shock, this was a useful nugget of info that Harry filed away, the rest of the year was spent studying and experimenting, flying around the grounds with his friends who were now getting looks as the exercise was making them quite attractive.

Brice loved the fact he was able to exercise while having the most fun he had ever experienced with the benefit he was now up to a normal level of strength, Mina loved being so carefree she didn't need to study as she could easily pass any exams since they hadn't changed since she sat them and being able to enjoy herself without some looming emergency or meeting or responsibility was just what she needed, Fleur could finally be herself as her three friends were utterly immune to her allure and she was able to actually have a conversation without people dumbing it down as for some reason they assumed attractive meant dumb as a brick.

The last few weeks Harry had inspiration due to learning the resizing charms engorgieo and reduceio and experimented with simple and carved runes, he etched a light rune sequence into a small bar of bronze and experimented with changing it's size, making it bigger had no real effect on the runes but he found he could only make it about 4 times smaller, any more and the runes wouldn't work he was itching to get back home and test out if this applied to runes that had been laser engraved and were much smaller to begin with.

The end of the school year had raced up almost unnoticed to the group, Mina was headed to her ' great aunt's' home on the outskirts of paris and there were plenty of walls platforms and buildings she could climb in cat form, Fleur was headed to her home at Delacour mansion, Harry was almost vibrating with excitement to experiment with the laser engraver, but of all of them Brice was most excited to see his parents and show them just how good a choice they had made when they decided to take a chance on this magic thing.

Adaline and Adrian Fleck waited for their son, they had left the wheelchair in the car boot, they trusted their son when he said he was now healthy but years of caring for him had become habit, they watched the students as they filed out of the carriages chatting and saying their goodbyes and began to worry a little as they couldn't see their son.

Brice, Mina, Fleur and Harry stepped off into an ally out of sight to say their goodbyes, after hugs and promises to write they split up, Harry and Mina transformed Harry flying off and Mina disappearing into the shadows, Brice and Fleur said a goodbye and headed off to meet their parents, Fleur hugged her mother and father before they vanished by apparition, and Brice walked up to his parents.

Getting worried now the Flecks began to look around for their boy before noticing a familiar young man approach them and with dawning joy they recognised their now healthy and slightly muscular son, a far cry from the thin, pale, and sickly sight they had dropped off, they began to excitedly fire off questions and Brice hushed them and made it clear they needed to be home before he could talk and headed to the car.

The drive home was quite awkward until Brice began talking about the academy, it's grounds and classes, but they noticed he didn't talk about his first friend Harry, after about an hour they arrived home and went in, Brice then took a small engraved bronze plate out of his pocket and activated it, Harry had engraved this himself and placed many privacy and protection charms on it to make sure that anything going on in their house would not be overheard and Brice told them about Harry and did agree that he seems quite paranoid but after he told them about his repeated contact with gringotts and the fact he could do things other wizards couldn't it did seem like he was less paranoid and more overly cautious, when asked about what Harry could do Brice grinned and told them Harry had taught him something that only Harry's family knew and explained how big of a deal this was to wizards and how much of a show of trust this was and swore them to secrecy, to say they were shocked when their son transformed into a hyacinth macaw would be putting it mildly.

Fleur had a much easier time showing her parents and explaining how a new friend had given her the gift of some of their 'family magics', as an experienced witch and wizard they could tell that their daughter's transformation was no simple animagus change.

Mina was passed out drunk having forgotten that she was not a hardened 60 year old witch who could down a dram of the good stuff with no problem, the puddle of drool and hangover would teach her that lesson.

Harry was enjoying himself immensely, the laser engraver could etch the runes much smaller than he could and they worked even when shrunk 4 times! Nick had been giving him puppy dog eyes to let him play with the shiny toy but had been unsuccessful as Harry already had planned his first runic creation, he first took apart the pocket watch Nick had gifted him and enlarged all the parts, some were unsuitable for engraving and were put aside but many of the cogs and internal plates were perfect and after sending a quick order to gringotts he got to work.

Nick took the package that arrived for Harry to him, neatly avoiding his wife scolding him for bugging Harry, she had married an inventor and knew how much joy the process brought him and their adopted grandson, but she still giggled when her 600+ year old husband pouted like a toddler.

When Harry opened the door he was only wearing a pair of shorts and was sweating as the engraver did produce a lot of heat, when Nick asked why he hadn't used any cooling charms,

"What and miss the authentic experience? no way!" and he grabbed the package and shut the door,

While the engraver continued it's work Harry unpacked his new outfit a pair of thick boots and trousers, a heavy overcoat, a pair of long gloves and a masked hood all in high quality dragon leather for the lining and scales on the outside, the lining had many small pockets woven in about the size of a ten pence coin, also in the package was a set of many magical cores used in wands, most he put away as they were not needed yet, the rest he began to grind up into powder following the instructions he had come across in the vault, he then placed the powder onto the leather and began enchanting a long complex spell and as he moved through the words the powder began to sink into the leather, this would be a more powerful set of foci clothes he would use for dangerous situations, and once he finished the leather seemed to shimmer as if waxed, and harry smiled it had worked, he put the clothes aside and got back to engraving.

Finally finished, Harry shrunk the parts back to their normal size and reassembled the pocket watch, he then placed the pocket watch against his wrist and it changed shape into a wristwatch so far so good. After cleaning himself off and finishing his preparations he walked into the cottage to see his grandmother sipping a cup of tea cool as a cucumber and his grandfather pacing back and forth like a child waiting to unwrap his Christmas gifts,

"Hello grandmother, sorry I haven't come out sooner but I was a little busy," he apologised,

she smiled knowingly, "Oh no problem, I know how much you boys like your toys,"

"true but it's no excuse to be rude, would you like some fresh tea or maybe a glass of cherry?"

"oh actually a glass sounds perfect thankyou," and he goes into the kitchen to get one,

"Here you are," he hands it over, "I hope it's to your liking,"

she begins to chuckle, "thankyou but I think it's time we stopped torturing Nick," and they both chuckled at his scowl,

Harry smiled and held up his wrist, "as you can see it has the ability to change shape to fit the wearer's preference, on the front is a small ring around the face which you can turn to activate different effects such as," click he vanished, "short durations invisibility," click "making yourself weightless," click "and emergency bubble head charm,"

Nick smiled, his grandson was so cleaver, "and for you gandecha, I have a little project for you," Harry handed him a book and some metal plates, "I want you to engrave any and all rune schemes into these plates you think useful for protection to be woven into my new outfit," Nick looked at him "also the best feature of the watch is this," he pressed his finger on the glass and muttered a word and in a second his outfit changed, he wore a full body suit of dragon scale armor and he almost couldn't move in it, he then changed back, "that was a full suit of ironbelly armor but as you can see it was pretty useless as it was and those rune schemes will allow me to make full use of it,"

Nick nodded, "I see lightning runes in here for each part as well as runes to increase your strength as well as stealth and flight? you know these will not work together unless they have some overriding scheme that," harry holds out a much thicker book,

"This is my idea for a rune based version of a computer, as well as an interface that should allow the whole thing to run without a problem, but as I don't have a full education in runes yet..."

Nick smiled practically vibrating with excitement, , "Ok i'll take on this project for you, it'll feel good to work on something again, and don't worry I promise not to neglect your grandmother,"

Harry laughed "who you trying to fool? you and I both know she'd kick your ass if you did!"