I'm surprised at the response I got for this. I had to quickly edit the first chapter slightly to prevent continuity errors from occurring. As I wrote this chapter, I decided to change the pairing slightly, adding Fleur to the Harry/Terra pairing. So...does that mean a Terran Flurry? Anyway, that's why I edited the previous chapter.

HAMMER INTO ANVIL

CHAPTER 2:

VEELA, ESPERS, AND IMMORTALS

Harry thought it funny when his family (Tonks was an admittedly very distant relation, so he counted her as such) found out where he was staying: in a magical annex to the British Museum. They had used a Portkey to get there. His true father and Terra knew, of course, but Lily, Charles, and Tonks were astonished. Lily was also pleased, despite her wasted state, as she loved the British Museum. She was currently in a wheelchair that Charles was pushing around.

It had taken some persuading for the management of St Mungo's to release Lily into their care, and only the reassurances that they had a qualified Healer to look after her had them agreeing. They had to swear a magical oath (something Charles and Tonks had to do to Harry and the others before they could come with them), but they had been allowed to take Lily from St Mungo's. Doubtless one of the staff would be running to The Daily Prophet even as they did so, though.

He noticed his mother peering at a set of MACUSA Auror clothes that proclaimed to be those that Grindlewald wore during the New York incident of 1926, with a surprisingly realistic-looking mannequin of Grindlewald. Harry snorted quietly. He had found out more than a few details about that little incident. Magical Britain was bad enough, but there were times when the US was as bad, if not worse. France was more tolerable, but it still had its hidden dark side.

Still, if he hadn't gone to France, he wouldn't have met Terra, whose hand he was holding. Or the other love of his life, for that matter.

"Harry! Terra! Monsieur Lupin!" called out a familiar and very welcome voice. Coming towards them was the familiar form of Fleur Delacour, long blonde hair framing elegant, hauntingly-beautiful features. Like Terra's, there was something vaguely unearthly about that beauty, albeit in different ways. Terra's features were delicate and gentle, whereas Fleur's were haughty and proud. However, Fleur's expression was currently welcoming, and she embraced Harry and Terra in a hug. In French, she asked, "So, it worked?"

"Yes," Terra said. "We brought her here for protection as per the plan."

Harry nodded. "Where's our hosts?"

"Entertaining my parents and Gabrielle," Fleur said. She peered over Harry's shoulder at Charles, and chuckled. Harry turned to see Charles all but drooling, in a near-catatonic state. "The little boy is a little sensitive to my allure, no?"

"Hey, that's my brother," Harry snapped, albeit without any real anger, just a hint of annoyance. "He actually managed to knock out a Troll to save Hermione in his first year, and he helped me kill a Basilisk in his second year. Little boy or not, Charlie's got guts, and he's as good at learning magic as I am. If he was old enough, he'd be a good contender for the Tri-Wizard Tournament."

"Well, you are better than him in one regard at least. When we first met, you weren't as badly affected by my allure," Fleur said with a smile. "Shall you do the polite thing, and introduce me?"

"Of course." Turning back to the others, Harry said, "Allow me to introduce this fine woman. This is Fleur Delacour, my fiancée."

Understandably, this revelation confused Charles and Tonks, Charles snapping out of his allure-induced catatonia. Lily merely looked amused. "But I thought Terra…" Charles said.

"Charlie, you assumed," Lily said gently. "I saw Harry's relationship through his eyes before he removed…the dark magic in his scar. Technically, Harry is with both of them. But he cannot legally marry Terra. She is not actually a witch, not by our definition, but a familiar, and while Fleur is part-Veela, she counts as a witch, though you wouldn't know it with the bigotry."

Tonks, after a moment of staring, eventually said, "You look human."

"I'm using a glamour to change my appearance. And not so long ago, I actually was human, or half-human," Terra said quietly. "It's a long story."

"Can we hear it?" Charles asked.

Fleur looked at Harry. "I think our hosts want to talk to my parents a little longer, so we have time," she said in French.

They soon made their way to a library area. Harry knew that Hermione would give up her firstborn to gain access to this veritable Grand Canyon of books. As it was, he intended to invite her to here when he could get a chance. They then sat down on a number of rather expensive-looking couches, Harry flanked by Terra and Fleur on one.

"So, where do we begin? You already know I transferred to Beauxbatons after the old goat expelled me from Hogwarts. It was while we were approaching Beauxbatons that Terra, literally, fell from the sky. Not as she looks now, though. Terra?"

Terra nodded, and then said, "Please, don't be frightened." Her body suddenly flared with violet light. Harry snickered as he watched Charles and Tonks gape after they blinked away the afterimages. After all, Terra looked rather strange when she assumed her true form, to say the least.

She appeared to be nude, her skin lavender-coloured and glowing. Her hands and feet were bestial paws, and tufts of fur sprouted from parts of her body. Her hair had become a massive mane. Her face was still recognisable as that of Terra, but had a slightly more bestial air, even if she was still attractive in an exotic way. The sclera of her eyes were yellow, and they could see small fangs in her mouth when she opened them. But the effect was not actually frightening or repulsive, but endearing. Though one couldn't deny the power that rolled off her in waves.

"Wow, what are you Terra?" Tonks asked, recovering her shock first.

"I am…was half-Esper, a term given to a form of magical creature your world is unfamiliar with," Terra said, her voice slightly distorted by her transformation. "I come from another time, another world(1)."

Harry nodded as Terra reversed her transformation. "On this world, magic emanated from a trio of deities known as the Warring Triad. When they went to war, they transformed humans into their soldiers, which they called Espers. There were some humans who kept their form, and were able to use magic, and were called the Magi in that world. When the Warring Triad realised the devastation they were causing, they sealed themselves away. But humans and Espers fought, with the former trying to steal the Espers' magic. The Espers managed to seal themselves away in their own realm, along with the sealed Warring Triad, now a trio of statues. This was called the Esper Realm. For years, they had no contact with humans, and magic had mostly vanished from the world."

Terra nodded, before she added, "But then, my mother, Madeline(2), managed to enter the Esper Realm. Most Espers didn't accept her, but my father, Maduin, did. I was their child, half-Esper, and half-human. But shortly after I was born, the ruthless army of the Gestahl Empire attacked, and my parents and I were abducted. My mother perished trying to get me back from Emperor Gestahl. My father and I were taken to the Gestahl Empire's capitol of Vector and experimented upon. My father and other Espers captured before my people re-sealed our realm had their magic drained and infused into both people and technology, known as Magitek. Two of those people who had Magitek used on them were one of my best friends, and my worst enemy. The friend was Celes Chere. The enemy, though…" Terra shuddered.

"She's talking about Kefka Palazzo," Harry said grimly. "Imagine the Joker from Batman with magic powers. He was Gestahl's right-hand man, and a raving lunatic. He enslaved Terra with the Magitek equivalent of the Imperius Curse. She was freed by one of her fellow Espers, frozen in ice in a town called Narshe. I won't go into details, but she joined a resistance group called the Returners, and eventually, they had to stop Gestahl and Kefka from unleashing the power of the Warring Triad. But they failed. Kefka betrayed Gestahl, and set off a chain reaction with the Triad that devastated their world."

Terra pursed her lips. "By then, I had already discovered my true heritage, and my father showed me memories of my true past. But I was still uncertain of whether people would truly accept me. I became a guardian to a village of children after Kefka ruined our world. Eventually, with the help of my friends, I regained the will to join them to fight Kefka. By that point, Kefka had absorbed the powers of the Warring Triad, becoming effectively a god of magic, and a mad god who wanted to destroy the world out of spite and amusement. We barely defeated him, but with that defeat, we removed the source of magic from the world. The Espers began to disappear, and I was afraid I would disappear along with them. But then, something happened. I split in half. My human half remained in that world, while my Esper half left that world with the other Espers. Somehow, we ended up here."

Harry chuckled. "She, along with a LOT of Magicite, literally fell from the skies. We were literally just arriving when she hit the ground. The problem was, though, as she had been torn in half, so to speak, her Esper half needed magic to stay alive. So, in her desperation, she bonded to my magic, effectively making her my familiar. In truth, we are far more than that. Terra was my first friend in France. Fleur, eventually, became my second."

"Harry was one of the few boys who looked past my Veela heritage," Fleur said in accented English. "I was also intrigued by the difference between what your English newspapers claimed and what I saw. And…well, he defended Gabrielle from some bullies."

"Yeah, I remember the look on Draco's face when you gave him a detention for calling Hermione a Mudblood," Charles snickered. "Just wait until my father hears about this, he said. Wanker."

"Charles Potter, mind your language!" Lily snapped.

"Hey, Malfoy called you a MILF," Harry said. "Except the first letter stands for 'Mudblood'."

"I know, I saw through your eyes, and believe me, I'd like nothing more than to throttle that inbred blonde ferret until his eyes pop out. But if you're going to insult him, then at least be creative about it. Find a thesaurus or something. Instead of 'wanker', call him an onanist. That way, teachers and prefects might not take point off you, as they may not know what you said." Lily then looked at Fleur and Terra. "So, an Esper and a part-Veela. Well, Potter will doubtless be annoyed that you managed to get a part-Veela fiancée. I remember him bragging about the Veela dancer he had on his stag night."

Remus winced. "Don't remind me. I had to extinguish Prongs when she set him on fire for groping her."

Lily blinked. "But I thought he got those burns from drinking too much firewhiskey and belching. Huh. I guess he never could keep his hands to himself."

"Lily, you don't know the half of it. I'm sorry I couldn't protect Harry as much as I could have: Dumbledore threatened me with Azkaban at best if I approached him directly. Thankfully, I was able to send letters."

"You took him in when Potter disowned him and Black aided and abetted Potter. I'm still a little disappointed, Remus, but you've more than made up for it by being there when nobody else was," Lily said.

"If I didn't, I knew I wouldn't be able to look at myself in the mirror if you did somehow wake up," Remus said.

"Thankfully, Mr Lupin is made of sterner stuff," came a new voice, with a faint French accent. The man who entered seemed surprisingly young, albeit with a stern, if handsome, face framed by long black hair. "Lady Potter, or would you prefer Miss Evans now?"

"Miss Evans, although you may call me Lily."

The newcomer smiled. "Then I shall. And Mr Potter the younger, and Miss Tonks. It is a pleasure to meet you all at long last."

"Do I know you?" Charles asked. "I don't mean to be rude, but…"

"No, no, you're not being rude. I have had many names over the centuries. It comes with the territory. Let's just say that I was flattered you went to all that trouble to thwart that upstart Voldemort when he tried to steal something of mine. And in your first year, too. Though it wasn't what you thought it was."

Charles blinked. "But…that means…"

"Yes. As I have said, I have had many names. But the one you would know me best is Nicholas Flamel."

CHAPTER 2 ANNOTATIONS:

So, Harry's not only in a three-way with Terra and Fleur, but he's got a powerful ally in the form of Nicholas Flamel. Incidentally, for this story at least, I based my thoughts on what Nicholas should look like on an older Waver Velvet, when he's Lord El-Melloi II after the events of Fate/Zero. Although Perenelle is yet to appear, I thought of her as looking like Ashildr from Doctor Who, particularly the version seen in Hell Bent.

1. Terra is quoting Susan's line from the very first Doctor Who episode, An Unearthly Child. In the original untransmitted pilot version, she instead says that she was born in the 49th Century.

2. In the original English translation of Final Fantasy VI, Terra's mother was called Madonna, but the Japanese version called her Madeline.