Chapter 5: The First Break

"So, what do you guys want to do now that we're on a break?" Harry asked Ron and Hermione, hoping they could play some exploding snap or another game while they waited to start the second video.

"Ah ah ah, not so fast, pup. We have some things we need to discuss before you go off and play." Sirius said as he grasped Harry's shoulder, turning Harry to face him. "Wh- what do you mean?" Harry asked, pretending he had forgotten the multiple "We'll talk about this later" conversations during the first three videos.

"You know what I mean, pup. You're not getting out of it. We need to talk."

"But Sirius! Can't we save those discussions for later?" Harry asked with a pleading look, only to get shot down by Remus. "No, pup, we can't. These are major things that cannot go unchecked. I'm sorry, Harry, but we can't put these discussions off. We will discuss one thing before lunch, then continue to discuss things during our next break, alright?" Harry nodded, now worried about what those conversations could entail and how they were going to go.

"I guess we'll leave you three to it," Hermione said, dragging Ron away from the small family, joining Ron's large family in their discussions of the videos instead.

Harry watched as Hermione and Ron left in jealousy, they got to go and have fun, but Harry didn't. "So pup, let's get started," Sirius said as he and Remus sat on a couch, with Harry sitting across from them in a chair.

"First things first, Harry, are you dating Blaise Zabini?" "Sirius! That was not what we agreed we were going to discuss!" "But Moony! I need to know! How would James feel if he knew I hadn't pestered Harry about his love life? Not even once?" Remus sighed, deciding that Sirius was not going to drop it unless Harry answered the question. With that in mind, as well as the fact that Remus knew they didn't have too much time to discuss everything they wanted to during this break, he nodded, looking back at Harry for his answer.

"Am I-" Harry blushed, "Am I dating Blaise?" Sirius nodded, subconsciously making a list in his head, checking off 'First name basis.'

"I- yeah, I am," Harry confessed, not noticing the shock that lined Sirius' features. "You are?" Sirius asked, almost shouting. Harry winced, which didn't go unnoticed by the werewolf of the group. "Yeah, I am. Why?" Harry had no clue why Sirius would be acting this way. Did he not approve of Harry dating someone?

"Well- I mean- I guess-" Sirius stuttered, unsure how to word it correctly. "What? Is it because he's a boy?" "No! I mean- that'd be hypocritical of me-" "Is it because he's a Slytherin?" "No, no, it's not that." "Then why is the fact that I'm dating Blaise so shocking?" Harry asked, now even more confused than he was before.

"Harry, I think what Sirius is trying to say is that- well, you're quite young to be dating someone. I mean, you're only 14 years old." Remus explained, knowing that Harry would inevitably disagree. "But that is not what's important right now. What's important is getting on with what we are going to discuss." Harry shifted nervously in his seat.

"Okay, the first thing on our list to discuss is your heritage. How much do you know about your family?" Harry had to think for a moment. What did he know about his family? Harry knew his father was a pureblood named James Potter, who looked identical to him. He had a muggle-born mother named Lily Potter nee Evans, whose eyes he had, and his mother had a sister named Petunia, whose family he lived with during Harry's childhood.

Harry told the two Marauders this much as the two sent Harry confused looks. "That's all you know?" Sirius asked, thinking about Euphemia and Fleamont Potter, the loving couple who took him in after he ran away from his parents. "Yeah, I don't know anything else… I don't know who my grandparents were nor if I had any other family members."

Remus and Sirius were stunned, Sirius could barely form words to describe what he was feeling at the moment, and most of all, he was cursing the bastards that raised Harry, who didn't let Harry know or learn things about his family.

The two Marauders explained the basics of the Potter family lineage, "Your Grandmother was named Euphemia Potter, and your Grandfather was named Fleamont Potter. They were amazing people who were very generous and caring, no matter who you were." They continued discussing Harry's Grandparents until he felt he knew them personally when they went on to talk about where the Potter family's wealth came from.

"So, Harry, you know your family is quite wealthy, but do you know where all that money came from?" Both the adults knew they shouldn't expect Harry to know much due to how Harry had grown up.

"Uhm, no, I had no clue they were even wealthy until today. So no, I don't know where all that money came from," Harry was curious about what had made his family who they were and was even more excited to learn about the people who raised his father. James Potter. The man that many people have always compared him to, both in looks and sometimes in personality.

Unfortunately, the Evans family wasn't very known by anyone in the Wizarding World because they were muggles. Lily was the one who knew the most about them. And she told James some things about her family, but not very much.

"Well, the Potter family was mainly well-known for its Pureblood status before your Grandfather, Fleamont Potter, came along." Sirius started, "Fleamont Potter was amazing at potions. He knew just what to mix with what to make the perfect potion. This, along with his business and marketing knowledge, led him to create some very successful products that people still use today."

"One of these products you've probably heard of is Sleekeazy's Hair Potion-" Harry made a small shocked noise at this, thinking about that one time during the third year when Ron went on and on about how all his brothers were talking about recently was this Sleekeazy's potion that was a "life saver" for them.

"Wait- really?!" Harry asked, shocked. Remus and Sirius just chuckled at his reaction. "Yes, pup, your Grandfather invented Sleekeazy's Hair Potion. A whole vault in Gringotts has just been collecting the profit your family- aka, you- have been making from this potion since Lily and James passed away."

Now Harry was even more shocked, he was making money from this product. "Harry, the break is about to be over, so we'll continue to talk about this later, alright?" Harry nodded at Remus, making his way over to where everyone else was starting to group up again, and sat down next to Blaise and the other Slytherin students, not minding the shocked looks he got.

Instead, he just kissed Blaise lightly before turning to the screen, which was starting to show the fourth video.

Published: 4/15/2023