Chapter 8
Magical Home and a talking Potrait
HERACLES POV
It took Goblins 3 days to complete the paperwork in muggle world for our legally movement from orphanage. It will not do any good to us to completely left the muggle world without trace after the amount of study they have done. In these 3 days he read the diary of his mother. Her views gives a new perceptive how the magical world worked to me , his mother had written about how stagnant they were, how they were destroying magic with their ridiculous beliefs, how they censured magic based on their fear. He could not agree more, they still used quill and parchment, they wore antiquated clothes combined with horrid colours not noticing how ridiculous they looked, and they discriminated against the real pure magic that ran through different species.
He read about his mother's deep respect towards magical species, risking her life many times to save them from death eaters, a fact that earned respect with many magical beings. He read about the war and how utterly useless the government had been, he learnt of how deep prejudice and corruption run. Once he read his mother's journals he took a decision, he would continue working for what his mother had strived: the liberation of magic. Lily Evans had been a gentle woman who was unable to do what was necessary to achieve that ambitious goal in her lifetime. He, on the other hand, held no restrictions. Heracles believed vermin had a place at his feet and that anyone who dared to cross him deserved pain. As simple as that.
His mother also wrote about the Potter castle. She wrote about the previsions she took when she had been unable to convince his father to claim Lordship and move there. She had placed multiple wards around the cottage and had innumerable portkeys around the house in case they needed to run away. However, the boy did not understand why they needed to run and the thing that confused him the most was how was his family attacked. According to what his mother had written, they took all the necessary precautions even after the Fidelius thing as placed... Something was not right about the event and Harry swore to find out what had really happened.
Sadly, his grandparents had been murdered by death eaters a year after his parents' wedding. The reason why she enchanted the Potter house-elves to sleep in case they were also targeted. She wrote about the little guys being loyal and powerful in extreme, but they needed their Master's magic to survive... With plans forming in his mind, he had already packed all his and Aster belongings in Black family trunk and shrinked it. Ready to move out. After instructing Aster to put hand on his shoulder. He moved the House Black Lordship ring in clockwise manner and called 'Grimmauld Place'. He suddenly felt like having a hook "somewhere behind the navel" and found himself sprawled in an undefined manner with Aster on his side in also sprawled in the same manner in unfamiliar surrounding. The room by the looks of it look like living room. The place looks like Dark, dusty and cold place but the magic saturated in air is singing with his magic and giving him aura of authority which is understandable as he is Current lord of the house. After helping Aster on her feet a poping noise reached his ears. He whipped around and come to face to face with a creature which is considerably smaller than a human. He have a bulbous, snout-like nose, bloodshot eyes, many folds of skin, and white hair growing out of his bat-like ears and he is mumbling something about intruders and master. It took Heracles a moment to identify the creature in front of him as house elf. On his side Aster jumped in fright before calming down.
The old elf asked in scratchy manner," Strange Wizard feel like master but Kreatcher doesn't recognise him. Lady Wizard also feel like mistress but Kreatcher doesn't recognise her.
Who is strange master." but before he reply a loud yelling voice started coming from corridor . The source of voice of turns out to be magical potrait of a Noble looking Witch with black hair, grey eyes and high cheekbones indicating her black heritage.
When she sees us.
she asked in haughty tone," Who are you boy." After giving her a hard stare Heracles said," I am Heracles Leirion Potter Black current lord of House Potter and Black. This is my Sister Aster Dorea Potter."
She said, " Heracles Potter as in Harry Potter. You do not look like Potter. How can you be Lord of House Black. You are not from main line. You can't claim Lordship even with your grandmother being black till the age of 17 and Family Magic will not accept a halfblood as Lord till there is no choice.Tell me the truth boy."
Hearing her less than pleasing tone and deep loathing at the mention of his grandmother and his heritage. He snapped at her and said, " My mother's real name was Lilium Potter ne'e Black Evander. She was daughter of Scorpius Black who was first son of Lord Arcturus Black who was last head of House Black. So, I am first in line for the Lordship."
Saying lady in potrait is suprised is an understatement. After some interrogation from her side. She tells me to urgently got to the location of Wardstone to recharge the wards of House and return it in pristine condition. So I left Aster talking with potrait.
Truthfully speaking seeing the condition of House I decided to do just that. All around the house the lighting charms, expansion charms and several other charms are completely exausted. So as per the instructions of Mrs Walburga black I tapped 3rd book of 6th row and found hose ward details book. It took me about 1 hour and half of my magic to just restart the wards which according to house ward book is minimum requirement for working wards to link to the ley lines passing through underground. I am feeling nauseous from the presense of extremely dark object in house. So After barring entry of anyone aside from me and Aster in house. I called Kreatcher to provide some food and started walking toward the dark object that is making me nauseous. I found that the dark feeling I am getting is radiating from a locket with snake motif. Upon closer look I identified the locket as Slytherin heirship locket whose picture Ragnok showed me at the time of my first visit. But the problem is that the dark magic I am feeling from the locket is not just dark magic because there are plenty of object in the house which I can also feel are dark but they are heirloom of House Black. The locket straight up felt like evilest magic and its not a heirloom of House Black. So I called Kreatcher
and asked him about the presense of locket. The elf started wailing and muttering how he is a bad elf and failed to do his duty, how great master Regulus sacrificed himself. So I commanded the elf to tell me all about how the locket come here. So Kreatcher told me the truth as he can't disobey me.
That how Dark Lord cruelly used Kreacher, to test the defences of one of his Horcruxes according to what the Kreatcher heared , How Regulus became determined to undermine the Dark Lord. How Regulus also discovered that Voldemort had been creating Horcruxes as a way to become immortal. In 1979, he had Kreacher take him to where the Horcrux was hidden, and ordered Kreacher to switch the Horcrux locket with another locket he had brought with him. Regulus drank the potion in the basin, and was dragged to his death by the Inferi soon afterwards. Kreacher, unable to disobey his master, switched the lockets and escaped, just as he had been ordered to.
However, despite his best efforts, Kreacher was unable to destroy the Horcrux. He kept the locket in the Black family house. So after hearing the tale he decided to let the locket remain untouched until he can decipher what a Hocrux is. so Next few days are spent in finding anything about Hocrux in Black Library with the help of Aster and studying other subject like potion and Reading a variety of curses used by Black Family.In these days Kreatchers health is also increased after repairing the wards. He is fantically loyal toward Black Family but he has a adorable affection for Aster who he started following in the house telling her stories of old blacks and Aunt Walburga's potrait as Aster Called her took responsibility to make us Best of the Black and started teaching us Etiquettes, Politics etc daily. But most surprising thing that happened in these few days is finding a Fire phoenix who is playing with Aster in living room of Grimmauld Palace. When he sees me he started flying toward me and sat down on my shoulder extending a Letter clutched in his claws. I took the letter and started reading the letter with softly petting the pheonix who in turn trilled in satisfaction. The content of Letter are:~
Dear Mr. Potter,
I would like to meet you on the day of your birthday at DIAGON ALLEY for some serious discussion. Kindly bring your sister with you.
- Albus Wulfric Brian Dumbledore
I can't reject the letter of such powerful figure. So, I write a acceptance and give it to Pheonix. Who in turn playfully dived toward his sister and brusted into fire indicating his leave.
Note- Sorry for the delay and language of chapter.