Before Harry knew it the first Hogsmeade weekend had arrived. On the morning of the Hogsmeade visit, Sirius walked into the castle and up to the head table in the Great Hall before many of the students had come down for breakfast.
Harry, Susan, and Neville watched as Sirius walked up to Dumbledore, spoke to him, and then walked up to Harry.
"Ready to go, pup?" Sirius asked.
Harry nodded and stood up telling his friends that he would meet them in Hogsmeade later. He followed Sirius to the edge of the wards at the gates of Hogwarts. As s soon as they passed through the gate, Sirius held out his arm so Harry could side-along apparate.
"I know you are capable of doing this yourself, Harry, but we have to keep up appearances." Harry grumbled, hating how it felt to side-along apparate. He would have to find a way to travel without apparating. He was wondering how far he could shadow travel after a little bit of training as they appeared at the apparition point for Diagon Alley.
Harry watched as wizards and witches walked in and out of shops, sometimes being followed by young children. Sometimes he would look at the various window displays as the two of them passed by the stores.
Harry slowed a little as they passed the small crowd around Quality Quidditch Supplies. There were still people, mostly young kids, staring at the window display of the Firebolt.
Sirius smiled and turned around as his animagus enhanced hearing allowed him to hear Harry slowing down.
"I was gonna get one of those for you to make up for all of the birthdays and christmases i missed, but I heard your not playing quidditch anymore."
"You're right Sirius, I'm not playing anymore. i didnt want to take the position away from any of the hufflepuff players. Besides i could care less about playing quidditch. It's the flying that I love."
Sirius shook his head in amazement. "I never believed i would hear a Potter saying they didn't care about playing quidditch.
By now they were arriving at the white marble building they had been walking toward. Once they walked through the doors to Gringotts, Sirius led Harry to the Family Accounts side of the hall and waited for an available goblin. Once they made it to the goblin teller they asked for the Potter account manager, Barchoke. They Goblin walked away for a moment and upon returning he told them that Barchoke was ready and told them to head to his office.
"Welcome Lords Potter and Black. Lord Black told me that you were going to be coming here today to inquire about the Potter properties today. Is that correct?
Harry nodded. "Yes sir."
Barchoke pulled out a stack of folders and handed them over to Harry as he told them that the Potters had properties in countries around the world.
Barchoke started with the top folder and would make his way through each one. "The family manor was located on a large plot of land just outside of Hogsmeade."
"Was located?" Asked Harry. Harry looked over at Sirius and saw that he was in shock and as pale as a Hogwarts ghost.
"During the first Blood war, Potter Manor was burned to the ground after the Death Eaters attacked and killed your grandparents, Charlus and Dorea Potter. Only one house elf survived the attack and burning of the manor, but in his attempt to save as much as he could of the portraits and heirlooms he had to many burns to survive the healing process. Most of the portraits and gierlooms are in the Potter Family Vault waiting for orders for potter manor to be rebuilt. The next largest property is the Potter Chateau located in the outskirts of Paris. Before the death of your parents, the chateau was a large wine manufacturer in France. The business has been put on hold until someone could make business decisions. The last of the major properties is the Potter Plantation in the United States. The plantation was located in Annapolis, Maryland. The Potter Plantation was a large contributor of apples, pears, and peaches for the United States. Besides those properties, you have smaller homes located in capital cities of Japan, China, Greece, Texas, Mexico, Italy, and Germany."
Harry looked over at Sirius and noticed that he was still looking upset. Harry asked for Sirius' opinion on Potter Manor before making a decision. Once his decision was made he turned to Barchoke.
"I would like Potter Manor to be rebuilt but i would like for it to be modeled after Kensington Palace. If possible i would like for it to be created with marble as close as possible to Gryffindor colors in remembrance of the house of my ancestors."
Barchoke nodded and wrote that down telling them that they could do rojo lavante for the red marble and amarillo triana for the gold marble, showing examples of each.
Harry then continued. "I would like at least 4 floors with bedrooms on floors 2 through 4. i would like the Lord's suite on the fourth floor and 3 other smaller suites on the fourth floor. After that i would like a total of 10 bedrooms split between the second and third floors. I would also like 3 bathrooms on each floor. As for the first floor i would like a formal and non formal dining room, a ball room, kitchen, elves quarters, and anything else I might be missing in a Family Manor. I would also like for a basement to be underneath the entirety of the first floor. I would like for this to be created for either training or dueling. Finally, i would like a large library on the first floor and a smaller private library on the fourth floor for the Potter Family magic."
Barchoke nodded, taking notes.
"For the grounds, I would like several greenhouses, for potions ingredients, a pool, an outdoor seating area, and a quidditch field."
Finally, if i can I would like to hire Gringotts to ward the property. I would like to have muggle repelling wards, harmful intent wards, the fidelius charm, and anything else Gringotts can add to it. I am willing to pay whatever is necessary for this."
Barchoke nodded and started to jot down numbers and a blueprint of the original manor and the new manor looking almost like an exact copy of Kensington Palace.
With their meeting done they walked back out of Gringotts and headed toward the apparition point. Harry again side along apparated with Sirius back to Hogsmeade. When they arrived Harry saw several people he knew walking into various shops.
Fred and George were walking into the joke shop with thir friend Lee. Hermione was walking into the bookstore and Neville, Hannah, and Susan were waling into the Three Broomsticks. Of in the distance, harry could see Malfoy and a group of slytherins walking toward the shrieking shack. Sirius and Harry walked into the Three Broomsticks and headed in the direction of Susan, Hannah, and Neville. Before they could reach them female voice called out.
"Sirius, is that you? I'm sorry to hear what happened. They looked over toward the voice and the saw a slim brunette woman and a little girl who looked to be about 9 or 10.
"Mary, I havent seen you since we graduated." Sirius replied. "Harry this is Mary. She was one of your mother's best friends when we went to school."
Mary smiled at Harry before saying that she never thought that she would meet the son of Lily and James. She suggested that they get together aome time and share some stories about Harry's parents.
"This is my daughter, Natalie." pointing to the little brunette girl that looked like a much younger version of her mother.
"Hi." Natalie said shyly.
"It was a pleasure to meet the two of you," Harry said. "If you dont mind, though, I am going to meet up with my friends."
Natalie and Mary nodded and Sirius decided to stay and catch up with Mary.
Harry walked over and sat down with his friends. He explained to the three of them that he had an appointment with the goblins to discuss family business and inquired about their day so far.
Susan and Hannah gushed about all of the things that Hogsmeade had to offer. The two talked about how the three of them had purchased a little bit of everything from Honeydukes. They had then dragged Neville into the clothing shops to see what was being offered. Harry glanced at Neville and smirked when he saw a slight blush forming. Harry thought he would have to ask Neville about it later.
After a lengthy lunch and a couple of butterbeers the small group left the Three Broomsticks. Harry stopped by Sirius' table and wished him well. The four headed across the street into the bookstore where they all chucled slightly to see that Hermione was still there. Hermione was sitting by the front window reading a new book. Harry glanced down and saw a large bag of books sitting at her feet. She looked up as they walked in and she waved. The group waved back and split up to look for new books.
Harry immediately walked over to the section on offensive and defensive magic. He bought books on Battle Transfiguration, Dueling Charms, and Healing. He was planning on creating an official club for preparing for the return of Voldemort. He was thinking that this time he would oppen it to any who were willing to fight against Voldemort and he was already stocking up on materials.
He went to each of his friends and told them that he had something he wanted to take care of real quick and he would meet them back at the castle.
He walked in to a shop at the end of the main road of Hogsmeade. Anyone who saw him enter thought it was weird that he had entered into a jewelry shop.
Before he had even left the shop rumors were being passed around the village. and even the castle, that there may be someone that had caught the his eye.
Not many things happened over the course of the next couple of weeks. Harry and his freinds had become closer than before and he had even managed to even more people to the list of people he considered friends. Many people were shocked to see that Harry was breaking down the barriers that revolved around the house rivalries. Having once been a Gryffindor, many people thought that he would continue to avoid and ignore slytherins but he had been seen in the company of a few of them.
Harry had known that not everyone believed in the pureblood agenda but he had been surprised to find that some of the Slytherins were friendly and had only been sorted into the house because of the ambitions that they had.
Harry had become better acquainted with the Greengrass sisters, Blaise, and Tracy.
Harry had also spoken with Dumbledore and had gotten permission to form his training group. He had also told Harry that he hadnt been the first potter that had created a group of individuals to fight for a cause. He had told Harry about the Legion that his Grandfather had been a part of during the war with Grindlewald.
With the Christmas holidays approaching harry planned to start his training group, The Shadow Legion, once everyone returned from the holidays.
AN: I wanted sonething a little different from the DA amd i didnt want to name it Dumbledore's Army or anything like that. My inspiration camr from Vikrant Utekar's Dragon Resurgence: The Potter Legacy. In this story Charlus Potter was a member of a legion called the Black Dragon Legion. My story references this legion and the name is a play off of his animagus form and eventual maurauder name.