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"Hello my name is Remus Lupin and I am here to see Harry Potter. Petunia and Vernon Lily told me all about you two. Is he in?" he asked Petunia who looked highly confused.

"I'm so sorry Mr Lupin I don't know anyone of that name. The only Potter I know is my late brother in law and I don't think his name was Harry unless I am mistaken of course. It is good that Lily told her friends about us" she answered as he looked stunned.

"No his name was James. I am sorry. His son was called Harry and I was reliably informed he'd been left with you at number four Privet Drive! I had to search to find you here" he said as she scowled and grabbed him by the collar yanking him inside and closing quickly.

"Ok just who have you been talking to? If you mean us harm I can have you summarily kicked out of this house! We don't know who that Harry Potter guy is. Vernon and I have twin boys Damian and Dudley who are magical but we really don't know who this Harry Potter is" she said seriously as he looked defeated.

"This is not good. I was his godfather. It was my job to protect him and look after him but unfortunately Albus Dumbledore had sent me abroad to Albania to do some negotiating with important people for him. When I returned and found out what had happened I was devastated. I asked Albus Dumbledore where Harry was and he simply refused to tell me. He implied in no uncertain terms that I'd be ruining his life were I to see him again. You have to help me find him!" he said as he burst into tears shocking Vernon and Petunia who had been watching him closely. Vernon left the room with Petunia to get him some tea and they put some truth serum Kreacher had given them for emergencies in it and mixed it well. They returned and gave him a cup. He drank it thankfully not noticing the serum in it. They saw his eyes glow slightly to show the potion had taken under affect. Vernon started to ask the questions and after he'd answered them he'd see what they could do.

"Who are you?"

"Remus John Lupin"

"What do you think of Albus Dumbledore?"

"I think he's a wonderful man but seriously misguided at times. I mean he lied to me about Harry and I can't help wondering why he would do that"

"Why do you think he's a wonderful man?"

"Because as a child I was bitten by a heinous werewolf and turned into one so once a month because of him I must change into a werewolf and I hate it. In our world I am or was until recently discriminated against heavily. That is until the new Lord Black whoever that is changed the rules for everyone like me. I am eternally grateful to him whoever he is for this wonderful chance at a normal life. Albus Dumbledore allowed me to have an education at Hogwarts at a time when no one like me was ever allowed this privilege. I am so very lucky and it is something I must never forget. He could have denided me an education but chose to be kind and d the right thing. As I said I owe him a great deal because without him I would not have been educated!" he said very seriously his voice heavy with emotion.

"We genuinely don't know who this Harry Potter boy is but I do think we may know what happened to him. If we told you would you be able to keep our secret?" Vernon asked very seriouslu.

"That depends on who I would be keeping it from. I don't think it would be a problem but it truly does depend on who I would be asked to keep it from, I can't lie to you about that" he responded casually.

"Would you be able to keep it a secret from Albus Dumbledore, Rubeus Hagrid and anyone in the ministry should they ever ask you about him?" he asked again very seriously.

"I really don't like keeping secrets from Albus given that he allowed me to have an education when no one else would have but having said that he did lie to me recently and I just can't get past it. I never thought he would have but he did and that has been a most hard pill to swallow. I just can't believe he'd ever lie and seriously wouldn't have only for the fact that he did it to my face. It is something I will deeply struggle to get over. As far as Hagrid goes he's a wonderful guy and always means well but he couldn't keep a secret even if you paid him to do so and so I wouldn't share any secrets with him anyhow. He will always mean well of course as you probably know but he couldn't keep a secret to save his life so obviously I wouldn't share it with him. As for those in the ministry I doubt anyone would ever think to ask me about it but if they did I wouldn't tell them anything and that's the honest truth" he said.

"Ok well we did find a baby on our doorstep one morning who almost died. Someone highly evil left a baby on a doorstep in the middle of winter to die. What kind of animal does that? We had been having an unusually cold time of it with global warming. I mean we even had the fire going most nights just to keep ourselves warm. We had to rush the baby to hospital and got there just in time too. We could have been on vacation! He didn't know that. We decided to adopt him and magically made him the twin of our other son Dudley. We didn't know his real name and there was no documentation stating who he was or where he'd come from. When we discovered both boys had magic we took them to the bank where they told us Damian had, had a family vault there and he was actually our nephew. I can't remember if they told us his name or not but we knew it would have been something Potter. What do you think of this?" he asked as Remus sat there with his mouth opening and closing like a fish for a while.

"I…I…I…well at least he is alright. That is all I really cared to know. As I said Lily made me his godfather and James made Sirius Black his other godfather however Sirius Black was the one who lead to their deaths. It is common for magical children to have two of each godparent like Harry did or I suppose that would be Damian now wouldn't it?" he said sounding very confused. He was still processing all he'd heard. Who would leave him on a doorstep in winter? Surely Albus couldn't have been that reckless, could he? It utterly horrified him to think of.

"What would you advise us to do magically so you cannot tell anyone about it no matter how they should try to force it out of you? We learned that Dumbledore was taking money Damian's vault and giving the money to himself and a Weasley family. We don't know this Weasley family but we did learn that neither James or Lily knew them either. We don't know why he was giving them Damian's money as we've not been able to find that out yet. He is not to be trusted and as a consequence I would not put it past him to try anything he could to get you to spill your guts, even blackmail. I mean he did give you an education when no one else would have and that can buy him a lot of things should he try to use it!" Vernon said wisely further stunning Remus who genuinely hadn't even thought of blackmail. The very idea of it repulsed him no end.

"I cannot for the life of me think why he'd do things like that. He was just too good to me and I just can't see him doing it however there were plenty of things I'd never have thought him capable of which he did. However to cover all bases I would tell you to use an unbreakable vow with me so I cannot release that information you gave me even under the influence of the imperius curse. I can tell people that we were old friends from ages ago or something and that I am Damian and Dudley's godfather as you two respected me so much or something but they don't have to know he was really Harry Potter. I wouldn't need to tell anyone that Damian isn't truly your son. It's obvious you love him and treat him as a son and that is enough for me. That is what the unbreakable vow would do. It would mean I can't tell anyone the true identity of Damian or even how he came to be in your family. What do you think?" he asked them genuinely curious as to how they would take the suggestion.

"I think that's a splendid idea. We'll do that. Do you know of any magical way we can protect our minds from mind reading? We also want to protect our children's minds too" he asked as Remus looked seriously surprised they knew this was even a thing. Clearly they'd been researching things very well.

"Yes there is occlumency which can be learned or a very expensive rune which can be placed on the skin which sinks in and disappears that protects your mind from a legillimens all of your life. It's one hundred and fifty thousand galleons a piece which is why most people don't have them. I mean most people just can't afford them and I know I certainly couldn't either" he said seriously as Vernon smiled. They had more then enough money to get those. He would ask Kreacher to buy five of them at once. He called Kreacher and asked him to buy five of those runes as Remus sputtered spitting his tea out in shock. How in the hell had they enough money for that many of them. He wondered about this until the answer came to him suddenly hitting him like a tonne of bricks.

"You…you're the new Lord Black!" he said in awe utterly floored by own realisation.

"Actually no I'm not that would be my son Dudley but for now until we are ready to debut him in your world I am for all intents and purposes Lord Black. I don't care what this Sirius Black guy did either. For now I do everything legally with the title until my son is old enough and trained enough to handle it. He still won't be in the Wizengamot until he is seventeen. For now he will have a representative whom I will be telling how to vote but when he is eleven that responsibility will be Dudley's. I mean to say that age Eleven Dudley will take over telling the representative how to vote on Wizengamot matters. Mr Graves will vote only as Dudley tells him to" he said as Kreacher returned with the runes which Remus put on both of them and his own body. He then put it on both boys who tumbled through the floo coughing. They were getting better at it everyday though so by the time they went to school they'd be pros. The runes were applied to them and then telling the boys how to do the unbreakable vow whilst holding their wands in the air Remus, Vernon and Petunia clasped hands as the questions were asked.

"Do you Remus John Lupin swear to never tell anyone about who Damian really is to anyone who should ask about him?"

"I do"

"Will you keep your knowledge of Harry Potter's whereabouts to yourself at all costs?"

"I will"

"Will you promise to double check everything Albus Dumbledore does around you or tells you to do for him?" This had been an unexpected question but he rolled with the punches anyhow and answered.

"I promise to double check everything he does or tells me to do"

"Do you promise to notify us all if he begins asking questions about Harry Potter or sets up people to search for him?"

"I do"

"Lastly will you tell anyone who should ask you about it that we made you the godfather to our twins because you were the best friend of Lily and we trusted you implicitly because of how good and kind you were to her when you always visited our home? Will you say that we became great friends that way and always maintained contact over the years and so you were a natural selection as godfather for both of our boys?"

"Yes I will do all of that I promise it!" he said as the golden threads of magic settled into their clasped hands. At the age of six years old Damian and Dudley had been told everything which had happened when they babies and were ok with it. Damian was not happy about the stolen money but was happy he had two parents who loved him dearly and was super proud to have a new godfather in his life. He would need to look into that stolen money when he got old enough to understand why it had been taken. Maybe that family were exceptionally poor and needed financial help. He was not above helping othes he just resented stealing so much. Vernon had taught him and Dudley early on why stealing is such an awful crime to commit.

"What will we do about Marge Petunia? She's due to come over you see. Oh sorry Remus. Marge is my sister. I gifted her with one of those talking portrait toys and her dog accidentally set it up on fire. She'll be here shortly!" he said sounding nervous shocked when Remus burst out laughing.

"Oh fresh! Who told you that? James? It does sound like the kind of prank he'd try and pull. They're not toys. They are ancestors. James and Lily have one in their vault they had made as soon as they knew they were in danger. I could have it retrieved for you or you can get Kreacher to do it for you and I can reanimate it for you here!" he instructed as Petunia let out a shriek of surprise and then agreed.

''You mean the vile women constantly threatening to kill us that we got from the Black London residence was an ancestor?'' Petunia asked soundng horrified as Remus yet again choked. He'd know that anywhere,

''Unfortunately yes. I knew that woman and she was vile. Sirius Black had the vilest mother of them all'' he said as Petunia nodded understanding the situation. At least now the portrait was gone and could do no more damage to anyone else. The portraits of James and Lily were brought sleeping and hung in the hallway outside the bedrooms. By this point Marge had arrived and so they all went out to lunch. It was just easier then making it at home. She was told about Remus Lupin being an old friend and the godfather to the boys and she didn't ask too many questions after that. Damian had changed the sauce on his meal with such control it stunned Remus. Marge hadn't been looking when he'd done it so didn't notice thank goodness. She opened her purse and fished out one hundred pounds giving it to each of the boys.

"I missed your birthdays again this year and for that I am sorry boys. I know it was July ninth. Here get yourselves something nice!" she smiled at them both. It had been decided to make their birthdays on July Ninth. Damian knew his original birthday was 31st of July and Dudley knew that his original birthday was 23rd June but both agreed to this new date of birth. It didn't really matter anyhow. Their home schooling was going very well indeed. From time to time Dudley would pitch a little fit about how he was tired of learning the Lordship stuff. He would be given a break every time he did this though. He was only six after all and would need several breaks to get through it all sensibly. He would then return to learning some more after a while. Summers were spent on the Ivory Coast and such gorgeous places like that. Even there they always explored everything. Damian learned how to be a Lord too so he could take over his roles one day at the age of eleven and his Slytherin one would be amazing.

He was technically already Lord Slytherin and had given the goblins permission to scour the school each summer when it was empty looking for dark objects. So far they had found that the DADA classroom had evil and dangerous wards attached to it which were extremely difficult to remove. In the end it was decided to blast the room apart completely and spend four weeks repairing it. The school wards were updated in such a way that a notebook he had been given would tell him who had entered, when they had entered and for what reason. It would also tell him if the headmaster knew about it. This would be interesting to have. He had it imbibed with his and Dudley's blood along with that of his parents and Remus so only they could view it's contents. They had found the room of requirements and were still combing through it. It had so much stuff in it that it would only be properly sorted by the time he was eleven and attending the school itself. It had hundreds of millions of items in it such as old furniture, games, school equipment, trunks, jewellery, money, wands and anything else you can think of.

So far they had eliminated all of the clothes and sweets from the room most of which was destroyed in the case of the sweets or auctioned off in a charity event in the case of the clothing. The money made from it was put in a special vault which would be used to insure that everyone attending the school could have their own new wands, clothing and books. It was openly displayed that this is what it was for. All things sold at auction would have their cost put into this vault minus whatever percentage the goblins took which was seven percent which meant that they continuously made money off of this venture and Damian was happy with all that he as the Lord Slytherin was doing for his school. He had enquired and discovered that someone called Neville John Longbottom was the new Lord Gryffindor and that someone called Zacharias Edmund Smith was the new Lord Hufflepuff. There didn't seem to be a new Lord or Lady Ravenclaw as of yet. Eventually he planned to meet up with them to see if they wanted to make any changes to the school.

Augusta was thrilled with Neville's new status and annoyed when her sons wand was accidentally broken by a careless house elf who had been punished for it. She had so hoped that Neville would have been able to use it alas he was given his own wand. Zacharias Smith knew about the other two as he corresponded with them often. They all acknowledged what Lord Slytherin had done and were happy with it. At last the school could give back to it's pupils in need. Molly had been furious her access to Potters money had stopped but delighted with this new schooling fund which allowed her children to have the best when going to school. She used it to great advantage. Each student was designated one thousand galleons per school year with the new amount being paid each September to those families who needed it. Those families names were not published much to the ire of Lucius Malfoy. What good was it if he couldn't mock these people about it? He missed being able to lord his wealth over everybody else at every opportunity he could find.

Things were shaping up to be most interesting. Dumbledore would have no idea that while they all attended the school he would only have the power there because they said he could. If they decided he could not it would go to someone else they chose. They also had control over the points system themselves and would be using it if teachers decided to be unfair. In fact if the teacher was unfair he or she would loose their house ten points and it would be well documented that the founders had taken the points off of the teacher in question for being unfair. They did hope they'd rarely have to use it though.

The Lady Ravenclaw who was eventually discovered was actually a muggleborn called Hermione Jean Granger. She had read all about Harry Potter and looked forward to meeting him one day. She had accidentally wondered into Diagon Alley with her parents one day who had been told at the bank who she really was and were shocked by it. Like the Dursleys they opted to get her lessons as soon as they could but didn't have the magic option put on their home. Instead she would go each day to a special place to learn about magic. That was number 12 Grimmauld Place where she joined with Damian and Dudley Dursley, Neville Longbottom and now Zacharias Smith who joined their tutor Ted Tonks there each week. Oh Hogwarts was in for a huge shock when these four arrived.