AN:/ Hello again. I would like to once again remind everyone that I do not own HP that right belongs to JK Rowling. I would like to thank as always my friend AlphaFlash for helping me with ideas and edits. Thank you as always for your comments and I hope you enjoy.
Harry woke up a few days before he was to depart for Hogwarts. He was in his large king size bed within the master bedroom of Camelot manor. He looked around the large room that was sparsely decorated. The walls were a bright white and the floors a beautiful redwood. The four-poster bed was larger than he would ever need and would sleep for comfortably.
It had magnificent red wood posts with Sapphires hanging around its bedding. The nightstands matched it sitting on either side of the bed. He got up and his feet hit the bear skin rug that lay below the bed. One on either side. He slid on his slippers and stretched. Today was the day he would be going over to Bones manor for dinner.
He rose from the bed and made his way to the large bathroom. It was a splendid bathroom that was reminiscent of a roman bath house but smaller. He went to the walk-in shower and took off his night clothes and threw them in the hamper. He stepped in and turned on the water. He stood there letting the warm water wash the remnants of sleep from him. He sighed as he went on to wash himself clean. After a fifteen-minute shower he got out and toweled dry. He then proceeded to brush his teeth.
Going into the bedroom once more he found the bed made and a set of clothes set out for him. He pulled them on and went over to the vanity mirror over the dresser. He quickly combed and bradded his hair with a practiced ease. He then went over to the large glass fish tank set off to the side of the room.
"You up Larry?" He asked looking in to see Larry coiled up. All seven heads resting splayed out over himself, with dopy Larry laying upside down no less.
One eye opened on one head. "No go away..." A sleepy voice replied.
Harry shook his head as he turned and left. "Lazy basilisk." He muttered.
He went down to the long hall lined with rooms. Overall, there were fifteen rooms not including the master bedroom within the manor set aside for family. All of them were pleasantly decorated in a similar fashion. One level below him was another ten rooms set aside for guests to the manor. Below that was the family section of the manor. This included the kitchens, family dining room, family sitting room, the library, and the head of house study. This was all contained within the west wing of the manor along with a small sunroom.
The east wing was the formal wing. This held the formal dining room, a formal parlor, along with a large ball room. One the south side of the ball room was on the southern wall of the manor and had large windows that looked out over a balcony. The balcony itself overlooked a large area of clear ground and a good-sized pond. Beyond this was a large forest that surrounded the manor on all sides. The boundaries of the forest lay three quarters of a mile in either direction. Below the balconies was a large garden with paths woven through it. It was Trixie's favorite place to be, and Harry would often find her working on it when other things did not need doing.
Harry went down to his study on the first floor and entered the room. The door to the study would only open to someone who wore either the ladies ring or the head of houses ring unless otherwise allowed in a special book that was designed for the wards of that room. It worked completely independently from the manor ward stone as a whole and had its own ward stone. The wards of the manor were something that boggled Harry's mind when he read about them in the family grimoire. Even after reading about them he did not understand half of they could do.
They were powered directly by three lay lines that lay below the estate. It mentioned that merlin himself could not break these wards with as much power was coursing through them.
He went to the desk to find the grimoire sat on it open to the last page he had been on. He had not started to work on any spells yet, but he had started reading it. The book was expansive with all kinds of information with in it. One of the most fascinating things to him was the things written by Merlin for the Pendragon families use. He wrote about how Magic was a muscle to be trained just as one might train with a sword. He also went on to tell how it was important to train the body as well as your magic as magic still. So, he had started working out again just as he had for his karate classes.
An hour later and he was deeply engrossed in his reading and only stopped by the time that Trixie had served breakfast at eight. He idly sat and picked at his food as he continued to read. Larry finally came slithering into the office and up the side of the desk. He moved so that his seven heads were splayed out above the books.
"Harry you really need to stop reading so much. While its not a bad thing to read a lot but its also not good for a boy your age to spend so much time holed up inside." The voice of Doc Larry reached his ears making him look up.
"Larry you know what's coming. You know I cant slack off." He replied as he went back to reading.
"But Harry you cant focus so much on all of that. It's still a ways off and you cant let your younger years worrying so much about it. You need to get out and have a little fun every now and then." Sad Larry said.
Harry waved off his familiars concerns. "Don't worry I will have plenty of time to worry about it latter." He said not taking his eyes off the book before him.
Larry sighed as he watched his friend go back to working on his studies. He got up and slithered off to go explore the estates grounds. Harry could be rather obstinate when he was studying. He had really doubled he's efforts to learn more when his parents died and Larry was sure it was due to grief more than anything. But he was the only person he had told as to why he studied so hard. Not even his parents knew that he was from a different timeline.
Hours went by with Harry reading in his study. A small lunch was delivered to him and the elves and snake popped in to check on him from time to time. Every time he would seem as though he never even noticed them being there. It wasn't until four when Trixie came to him and informed him that it was close to time for him to leave that he left the office. He went up to his room and took another shower. He then freshened up and put on a dark blue formal robe.
He walked down to the entrance hall where the floo was located. There he found Larry curled up on a chair waiting on him. One head rose up. "About time you got down here we are going to be late!" It said angrily.
"Oh hush he needed to look good in order to impress these people." Doc said.
"Come on now you lets get going." Harry said tiredly.
Larry just grumbled and slithered over to him. He worked his way around his leg and up under his robe. Harry moved over to the fire place and grabbed a pinch of floo powder off the mantle. He waved his wand infront of him and lit the fire with a quick word. Tossing the powder in the lit flames and turning the green he grabbed a little more as he stepped into the green flames.
"Bones Manor!" He said clearly and off he went. He was so glad that his parents had taught him how to better handle magical transport. As he felt himself start to slow he moved his right leg out slightly. The next instance he was stepping out of the fire into a rather pleasant looking entry hall.
He looked around to see a beautiful woman with black hair standing infront of him with a pleasant smile. She had Light blue eyes that seemed to sparkle in the light. She had a slight tan and her robes did little to hide her rather wonderful figure that hid beneath it. It was still odd as he remembered that he once knew her granddaughter.
"Hello you must be Lord Pendragon. I am Caroline Bones, wife of Edward, it is a pleasure to welcome you to our home." She told him.
Harry bowed slightly to the woman before him taking her hand and kissing the knuckles gently. "It is a pleasure to be here Lady Bones."
Caroline smiled a bit at him. "If you will follow me my family awaits in the parlour."
Harry nodded and followed her through the halls of the manor. It was much like Camelot manor was. It was beautiful but not overly extravagant. There were no large golden statues or anything of the sort but it was a beautiful manor. She led him to a beautiful oak door and pushed it open. In sided sat three people. Edward sat in a nice leather high back chair.
On a couch sat two young children around Harrys age. One was a taller boy with a square jaw and looked to be in his third year or at least about to be. He had The same black hair as his mother and the grey eyes of his father. He seemed as though he was rather fit and Harry could tell the boy liked to play quiditch. He sat with his head up and back straight but when he seen Harry he could tell that he was confused.
Sitting next to him was a girl his age with her mothers eyes and her fathers hair. She had sharper features than her brother and a button noise. She too sat with her back straight and head high just as her brother. Just like her brother she two held a curious and confused look in her sky blue eyes.
Edward stood up and his children followed. He took a few steps to stand before Harry. "Ah hello Lord Pendragon. It is a pleasure to welcome you to our home." He said to him as he offered his hand.
Harry reached out and shoot the offered hand. "It is a pleasure to be here lord Bones and I must thank you for the invitation." He said sounding beyond his years. If his way of speech wasn't a tell of what he had apparently been through his eyes were. However Edward didn't want to think about that. Harry reached into his robes and pulled out a bottle of twenty five year old Kentucky bourbon. It was tradition after all that upon a first time at a lords home you offer a gift. "I hope you accept this gift." He offered it to Edward.
Edward took the bottle from his young hands and looked it over. He then gained a curious look. "I am sorry lord Pendragon but I do not recognise this particular drink. Would you mind enlightening me?"
Harry smiled a bit. "Yes I appoligies this is a twenty five year old Kentukey bourbon from the states. It was my fathers prefiered drink. It is a Muggle made liquor but I hope that doesn't bother you. It was all I had that would be appropriate at the moment." It was a bit of a lie as he could have had Trixie go and get something. However he did this to see what Edwards reaction would be to a muggle item. If he was a more traditional wizard he would not be open to this and this dinner would most likely end early. If he was more pro muggle or at least muggle born he would accept it.
Edward looked over the bottle and nodded a bit a small smile creeping to his lips. He recognized instantly what Harry was doing and had to give the young lord his due on it. "Well I have no problem at all with this. Though I must admit that I hope that you have more of such a drink if it was your fathers. I could only imagine that you would wish to try it one day."
Harry smiled ever so slightly as he nodded. "I thank you for your concern and yes I do. As I said he was quite fond of it and bought many bottles."
Edward nodded before he turned to his children. "Lord Pendragon I would like to introduce you to my Heir and son Edgar Bones." He said and Edgar stepped forward.
The slightly older boy stuck out his hand. "It is an honor to meet you Lord Pendragon and welcome to our home."
Harry took the other boys hand and gave it a firm shake. "Thank you Heir Bones."
Edward nodded and moved on. "Finally I would like to introduce my daughter Amelia bones."
The girl his age stepped forward. "It is an honor to meet you Lord Potter." She said in a slightly stiff voice but not unkind.
She offered him her hand and he bowed slightly and kissed her knuckles. "It is an honor to meet you miss Bones." She gave him a very small smile as he stood back up.
Edward sighed softly. "Ah well if you don't mind could we toss all of this formal stuff now? You can simply call us by name we don't tend to fallow the old ways strictly you see."
Harry nodded with a small smile. "Yes perhaps that would be a good idea. You may all call me Harry."
Suddenly the atmosphere cheered and Edgar grew a large smile on his face. "Well I must say that I wasn't expecting a bloke about my age."
"Edgar!" Ameila reprimanded with a smack to his arm.
Harry chuckled a bit. "Yes well you should never let titles alone dictate as to what you may think of someone."
Edward nodded his head at his words. "Indeed that is a very good way to put it. You don't have to be old to be a lord."
Edgar rubbed the back of his head as his sister shook her head. "My bad."
Harry hung out with the Bones family for the rest of the night in light banter back and forth. While him and Edgar did in fact enjoy quidditch he didn't have as much in common with the boy. They did also enjoy dueling. They had been discussing the current championship matches for a bit.
The one that surprised him the most however was Ameila. They ended up having quite a bit in common much to his surprise. She also enjoyed quiditch and dueling but also poetry. She also enjoyed guardening and cooking much like he himself did. They talked for a few hours about these topics much to the amusement of the Bones parents.
Finally it came time for Harry to go home as the family gathered in the entrance hall to bid him farewell. "Harry perhaps we can sit together on the train?" Ameila asked him.
Harry nodded. "That would be pleasant. I met a muggleborn the other day that seemed nice and wished to sit together. You are more than welcome to join us if you like. I will be there early so was planning on finding a compartment."
Amelia smiled at him. "That sounds like a plan then."
"Well Harry it was a pleasure to have you here today. When you get back for the summer holidays then we shall be having you again." Caroline told the boy with a kind smile.
Edward nodded. "Indeed I agree with my wife you shall have to come back."
Harry nodded as he got ready to floo away. "That sounds wonderful." With a few more words of farewell Harry flooed away from the manor.
Edward looked over at his children and smiled as he seen them talking happily. It was good to see that they had fun. "Well now you two I beleve it is time for bed." The two nodded and said good night to their parents before they left to go to sleep.
Caroline and Edward made their way to their own bed. As they crawled beneath the sheets Caroline spoke. "He seems like a rather nice young man."
"Indeed though I wish he hadn't have had to grow up so quickly. A boy his age shouldn't have to deal with all these formalities." Edward said as he drew his wife closer.
"True but at least he seems to be handling it well." She replied as she lay her head on his chest.
"Yes, I just hope that he can make friends his age at school and learns to enjoy himself there." He told her.
Caroline smiled. "Oh im sure that with Edgar and Ameila that he will." Edward just nodded as they slowly started to fall asleep.