Chapter 44
Charlus Potter refused to believe that his Grandson had died he was his heir for god sake he would not be defeated by the likes of Voldemort but what he had seen in the mirror indicated that Hadrian James Potter Heir of Charlus Potter had died but when Charlus had checked the family tapestry it didn't show Harry was alive rather it had a cross mark over Harry's name which had never happened in thousands of years in the History of Potter clan. So eventually everyone mourned the loss of Harry but Charlus refused to believe that his Grandson was dead which was not argued by anyone in the family who would dare to confront Charlus Potter whole world knew of his infamous temper but one Arcturus Black decided to set him straight as Dorea was too lost in her grief to confront Charlus.
"Hey Charlus" Arcturus greeted his brother in all but blood
"Arc" Charlus greeted him in an uninteresting way. Charlus Potter was the one who was considered as one of the most good looking men in his prime but now all we could see was grieving grandfather
"What's wrong with you Charlus"
"What the fu*k do you mean what's wrong with me, my grandson went missing and you guys think that he is dead!" Charlus yelled
"Look Charlus you have to accept that he is dead," Arcturus was about to talk more but he felt a wand pointing at him
"So you haven't lost your touch and I thought growing old had made you slow and weak" Arcturus sighed as Charlus sat down glaring at him
"Don't you dare tell me my grandson is dead" Charlus spat out his words
"Look understand this that WE HAVE LOST HARRY HE IS NO MORE WITH US IF HE HAD GONE MISSING WHY WOULDN'T HE RETURN HERE YOU DUMBFU! AND I AM PROUD OF HARRY HE DIED THE VERY WAY YOU WANTED TO DIE IN A BATTLE FIELD SURROUNDED BY ENEMIES AND DID YOU FORGET DEATH ALWAYS LINGERS ON WARRIORS. A PERSON IS NOT RESPECTED WITH THE AMOUNT OF RICHES HE HAS, HE IS RESPECTED BY THE WAY HE DIES AND I RESPECT HARRY GREATLY FOR THE WAY HE DIED AND DID YOU FORGET WHAT WERE THE LAST WORDS HARRY SPOKE HE TOLD NO HE FUCK! ing SPAT ON HIS ENEMIES FACES THAT HIS GRANDFATHER WOULD CRUSH THEM AND END THEIR LINE. YET, HERE YOU ARE DRUNK GRIEVING THE LOSS, YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN YOU HAVE TWO MORE GRANDCHILDREN WHO LOOK UP TO YOU" Arcturus yelled at Charlus pointing at Rosy and Thomas who were standing there shocked, whole of Potters, Blacks who had followed Arcturus, Malfoy who had quickly floo'd to Potter Castle after hearing Arcturus was going to confront Charlus and Greengrass the same reason as Malfoys had gathered around the room as they heard both greatly feared men talking and had heard loud voices from the room.
Charlus just dropped his wand on the ground and sunk into the chair. Dorea rushed into the room and Hugged Charlus from behind. Charlus stood up and embraced Dorea who was sobbing but soon stopped and stuttered
"Ha..rr..yy is .. no more Charlus, we have lost him" at which Charlus eyes were tearing he refused to let the tear fall down but the pain which he had inside of him the very thing which he always use to argue and console himself that Harry is not dead took over he gave up he didn't hold back anymore.
The whole Potter family were in a group hug when Arcturus was invited he declined after all he Earl Black these measly emotions were not for him but he soon turned away and a single tear fell from his red eyes he too joined them.
Everyone were sitting and having refreshments were sitting quite remembering Harry
"Common guys Harry would not have wanted us to be like this" Cadmus Greengrass tried to cheer up everyone
"Yes I have to avenge the death of my Grandson that bastard Tom Riddle will face the wrath of Potter clan, I will show him why the Black Dragon was feared" Charlus said in a voice which sent chills to the new generations
"Hereby I Charlus Henry Potter, Head of the Potter clan, Protector of Potter lands declare war on the tyrant name Voldemort and his little group he will face the wrath of Black dragon" Charlus declared which was followed by
"I Arcturus Black Earl of Blackmoor, Head of House Black will join the war with our brethren Potter clan" Arcturus announced
"I Cadmus Greengrass Duke of Richmond, Head of House Greengrass will join the war with Potter Clan"
"I Abraxas Malfoy Viscount of Malfoire, Head o House Malfoy will join the war with our allies Potter Clan"
"So it has been declared lets finish him off right now" Charlus stood up clearly emotional with all the memories of Harry
"Charlus we will end him but not now when the time is right we will kill him" Abraxas told him for which Charlus was about to argue
"Charlus you are Head of Potter Clan, Butcher of leningrad and the man who Grindelwald feared to fight think rationally not emotionally" Dorea told him Charlus just went into thinking
"I heard that the minister is trying to pass a bill by which he can access the wealth of extremely rich families in the time of war and emergency and this bill is being backed by Nott and our other rivals" Abraxas told
"Clearly Nott's, those bastards should have killed them off last time when we had the chance" Cadmus spoke coldly
"Even the minister knows this bill cannot be passed until we are alive" Arcturus told everyone turned to Charlus who had been thinking about something
"I think it's time for the Ancients to return" Charlus told his friends who were shocked
"You know it's not possible with the Weasleys turned Blood Traitors and Prewett gone extinct" Arcturus told
"Why are the Weasleys called Blood traitors?" Thomas asked curious about his friends being called Blood traitors, yes Ron had contacted Thomas and they were now friends not best friends.
"Weasley's before 120 years, the brother of Septimus Weasley who is Arthur Weasley's Grandfather did some really foul thing which is disgraceful for every pureblood by which they were made Blood traitors stripped of their wealth, Title" Charlus explained in the best way he could
"Were the Weasleys wealthy before they were branded as Blood Traitors and what did they do which made them so disgraceful?" Rigel asked
"Weasleys were very rich, they could rival us at wealth" Arcturus told which shocked everyone except the older generation
"It was not the whole family which did the disgraceful crime it was only one person but the whole family was punished" Cadmus told
"What did Septimus Weasley's brother do?" Draco asked clearly irritated with the play of words
"Billius weasley the brother of Septimus Weasley who is the Grandfather of Arthur weasley,went on killing spree and killed many Family members ancients by which they were branded as Blood Traitors and stripped of their Wealth and Titles, their wealth which was supposed to be added to State Treasury was not added as it was opposed by Potters and their allies as Charlus's father, Henry Potter and Septimus Weasley were really good friends, so Henry Potter was against Weasley's wealth being added to treasury and argued that they can be given the title and wealth back after they were found worthy and paid for the crime which only a "single" member of a family did" Abraxas told
"James what do you think of Weasley family as you guys are good friends with them" Charlus asked
"Arthur is an honourable man but Molly is a staunch follower of Dumbledore their children Bill works with Goblins, Charlie works in our Dragon reserve in Romania, Percy is working under minister and he kind of disowned his family, Ron is a brat and Ginny is a sweet girl" James finished
"So what do you guys think?" Charlus questioned
"We can work on it but it needs a proper meeting of all the members of Great Ten" Arcturus told at which everyone agreed
"Clearly you guys need a break from all this why don't you guys along with your grandchildren go to Diagon alley, the children will do their shopping you guys can have a get to together for old times sake" Melania suggested at which everyone agreed
"So Rosy dear you will be starting Hogwarts next year. Which house do you think you will be going into?" Elizabeth Greengrass nee Delacour wife of Cadmus Greengrass asked
"I think i will be going into Ravenclaw" Rosy replied at which Lilly and Dorea had a twinkle in their eye
Everyone had accepted that Harry had died except Rigel and Daphne who were sitting quietly.
Harry Potter's Friends were currently extremely demoralized.
Thomas, Rigel, Draco, Neville,Susan,Tracey and Daphne all sat in a compartment of the Hogwarts Express on their way to their fifth year at school, trying to distract and Neville were having a chess match as Girls read a book, Shakespeare in place of a schoolbook, this time, while Rigel and Draco were having a nap.
The only sounds in the compartment were Thomas and Neville's whispered commands to their pieces and the scrape of turning pages. Rigel sighed as he glanced up at the others, eyes sad. They were all trying to avoid thinking about the circumstances of their Family memebers after the events of the previous week. He closed his eyes to try to keep the tears from coming.
The events of the week before had been sealed into his mind, and again, he couldn't keep from remembering.
~FLASHBACK~
"Bloody hell, I can barely move..." Thomas grunted as he forced himself between a couple of shoppers, trying to make it to Flourish and Blotts but being slowed by the crowds.
"It is pretty absurd." Daphne agreed, having more trouble than her slim companions due to her curvier figure and assets.
Neville, who was only a few steps behind Rigel, grunted as he was practically shoulder checked into a shop window, once again cursing his short stature. He had really been hoping for a growth spurt by now, but it looked like it was not to be. He seemed to be destined to be the shortest boy in their year forever.
If the Group had been hoping for a respite once they reached the shop, they were sadly mistaken. While they could move more freely among the stacks of books, that really only meant that they could take slightly longer steps.
"For crying out loud, how are we supposed to get any shopping done like this?" Rigel growled in irritation as the Group moved to the side in a section regarding household magic, which wasn't as trafficked by shoppers.
Draco ran a hand through his hair. "You got me. I'll hit someone in the face if I lift my arms."
"It is quite an ordeal, isn't it?" A voice came from among the crowd.
Rigel turned and smiled as the girl came, made her way towards them, a thick book on runes in her arms. "Hello Trace. Good summer?"
Tracey nodded happily as she kissed him. "Oh yes. Daddy and I had a marvelous time out on our beach house but i did miss you"
"Oh bloody hell..." Draco said before moving forward to help Neville out of the crowd, the no longer quite so portly boy breathing heavily and catching his breath after apparently almost being squeezed to death by the crowds.
"Thanks... huff... Draco..." He said with his hands on his knees.
"Looks like the crowd's thinned out some," Rigel said. "Let's hurry and grab our stuff while we can."
"Good idea. Then we should all go to Fortescue's for ice-cream. My grandfather told me all the elders are there waiting for us." Thomas said.
The group quickly gathered their books and brought them to the counter to be rung up by the harried attendant before heading back out into the crowded street. It was a relief when they finally made it to the ice cream parlor.
They all found a large table reserved for them next to the adults Rosy was already there she waved at them.
"Geez, these crowds are horrible. It took almost forty minutes just to get me a robe." Susan as she was already there with her Grandfather
Daphne licked her spoon. "Yes, it is pretty annoying. We've only managed to go to get our books ."
"So I guess you haven't gone to Fred and George's shop yet, then?" Rigel said.
Neville shook his head. "No, not yet. Did you?"
"I haven't gone in, but I saw the building. It's just like them, loud and obnoxious." Draco said with a giggle.
Rigel snorted. "Shocking."
As they continued talking, Tracey noted the look on Rigel's face as he watched them interact, a
soft sort of smile. "Rigel, what is it?"
"Hmm?" He glanced at Tracey. "Just missing Harry here."
Everyone became quit at the most sensitive topic was brought to the table by Rigel, the most affected Harry's death besides Daphne was Rigel as Harry and Rigel practically grew up together considered each other brother's
Rigel took a bite of his never melting ice cream as the group turned to him. "I had a lot of time to think." He said. "After what happened at the wretched tournament, I had to take time to get my head on straight. I'd just lost my brother, and even if I'm not entirely to blame, I do bear at least some guilt for not being there for him."
"Oh Rigel..." Daphne murmured sadly.
"Kids think would Harry like you guys mourning over his death... Never would have wanted you guys to practice and become stronger enough to defend yourselves and I am proud of my grandson. He died an honorable death which is the wish of every potter ." Charlus said
gently, prompting nods from everyone even from the adults.
"Yes uncle Charlus i will avenge my Brother."Rigel told with determination, clearly reflecting from his eyes.
Arcturus smiled as he nodded. "Yes. That's what i expect from Harry's friends "
The group went silent after that, all lost in their thoughts, they abruptly broke out of their thinking of 101 ways to make Voldemort suffer
Which, of course, is when the sounds of multiple apparition cracks rang out, followed by the unmistakable boom of an explosion and the chorus of people screaming.
The Adults group which consisted of Charlus, Arcturus,Cadmus, Abraxas, Augusta Longbottom and Edgar Bone immediately jumped to their feet and moved towards the windows, wands in their hands.
Draco groaned. "Really? They had to pick bloody today?"
"Voldemort is way too good at fucking up my day." Thomas groused as. "Seriously, he needs a damn hobby."
"What's the plan, Charlus?" Arcturus asked as he watched people desperately try to get away, the density of the crowd working against them, offering the dozen Death Eaters a perfect target rich environment.
"Stay in cover, safety of kids is the priority,wait till Smith gets here with our men then don't hold back. Use every lethal spell you've learnt in your boring bastards will pay." He took a breath before shaking his head.
"Are we ready?" Thomas said, seething in anger
"Kids I don't want you guys to face them without training in battle spells" Charlus told them
"But uncle we can fight them" Rigel told
"Obsolutely not i will not be risking the future of our Families, what you guys are doing is suicide before you guys could think of the appropriate spells to kill them they would have killed or captured you guys" Charlus told them at which every adult nodded Charlus turned towards Thomas he told him "Thomas i want you to look after Our family learn what it means to be a Potter i wish i could teach you that but i dont think i will make it out of here so tell your Grandmother I love her" Thomas nodded tears bristling down from his eyes all otters were talking to their Heir the future of their families. Soon all the children gathered around as Instructed by Charlus who then removed his Lord ring from his fingers every adults was shocked
"What the hell are you doing Charlus" Arcturus yelled at his foolishness
"Thomas this ring has been our pride, this ring has been passed down since the founding of our family this ring has an emergency portkey which will take you to Potter's Castle even if there are anti portkey wards surrounding this area, as all of your friends have already been added to the wards it won't be a problem so take this and get out of here" As soon as Charlus said that many cracks of apparition were heard soon there were hundreds of Potter army men.
"Thomas get out of here this is an order" Charlus ordered and Thomas took the ring from Charlus "Honour Thy blood" as Charlus whispered all the teens and Rosy vanished Charlus gritted his teeth as he rushed outside as he gripped his wand, all the adults tensed before Arcturus whispered "Go, go, go" as they all dashed out, flipping one of the outdoor tables onto its side and ducking behind it, aiming his wand at the nearest Death Eaters
~Continued in next part ~