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Гарри Поттер
Рождение Тьмы
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EricPotter97
Что, если два существа разозлятся из-за того, что их обманули, или
если старые козлы-манипуляторы посягнут на их владения, решат
немного изменить ситуацию, как это повлияет на волшебный мир?
Гарри воспитан Сириусом, Темным Гарри, пары еще не определены.
Избиение Дамблдора.
Семейная магия и политика также играют роль.
Рейтинг М на всякий случай.
Рейтинг: Художественная
литература M
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1. Prologue
AN: Revised prologue for grammar and to make things sound a bit
better. Please review letting me know what you think my goal is to
attempt to get chapter 1 uploaded at some point tonight/tomorrow.
It was Halloween night and all was quiet in the town of Godric's Hollow.
The only sound in this quaint village was the sound of children going
door to door, hopeful to get candy. Though all was not well this night,
for a man was walking through the village in a pair of dark robes—his
face hidden in the shadows of his hood.
Though if anyone did glance up and see his face, the terror they would
feel from the deep dark red eyes pale almost white face and snake slit for
a nose.
This man was a terror to the wizarding world and he went by his self
styled name, Lord Voldemort. On this night he had one purpose: to defeat
the one being who would ever have a chance at stopping his reign of
terror. As he came upon the house of his enemy, he felt the wards that
were meant to hide them snap from existence. If only the ones inside
knew what was about to come, they would attempt to run, but they were
unknowing that the one they considered a friend and ally had betrayed
them. Approaching the door, Lord Voldemort drew his wand and cast a
blasting curse, blowing the door from its hinges. The husband, James
Potter, yelled out "Lily, it's him! Peter betrayed us! Take Harry and run".
He heard the hurried footsteps of the foolish girl as she attempted to
escape, unaware of the anti-apparition and portkey wards he had erected
upon his arrival. He stepped into the house and prepared himself. James
Potter, however, was about to prove why his best course in school was
transfiguration. Before Lord Voldemort could even took a full step inside
the house, James' wand was in hand and he was transfiguring the nearby
rubble. He began by transfiguring the door into a tiger and sending it
after the so called lord. He was far from done though. He followed it up
by turning the rubble around him into blades, which he banished towards
the threat to his family. However, Voldemort's reign of terror wasn't
without reason. Before James could process it, his tiger vanished and the
blades were turned into water, immediately falling to the floor.
Voldemort then turned his wand on Potter and cast the spell he was most
famous for. "Avada Kedvara."
As a flash of green light left his wand, Potter's life force was snuffed out
and he fell to the floor. dead.
Voldemort continued his way into the house, ascending the stairs toward
his target, unaware of the danger that awaited him. When made aware of
the danger facing her child, Lily Potter, who many referred to as the
brightest witch of her generation, began researching ways to protect
young Harry. As Voldemort entered the room she had just put the
finishing touches upon the runes required to protect her baby. Upon
entering the room, he found her crouched in front of Harry's bed. Now,
Voldemort had promised her to one of his followers and he was nothing
if not benevolent towards those who were faithful. This follower had
given him the information that led him here this evening. "Move aside
girl. You are promised to another." Unwilling, she held firm in place.
"Never! if you want Harry you have to go through me." Staring at her
with his wand pointed at her "one last chance foolish girl, move aside!
Enough magical blood will be spilt tonight; there is no need to spill yours
as well." Still unwilling to waver, she held in place so Lord Voldemort
aimed his wand and cast the spell "Avada Kedavra." With another flash of
green light, she fell lifeless before her child's bed. As he looked upon the
child that prophecy foretold would be his downfall, he sneered, "after
tonight none shall be able to stop me," and with that, he raised his wand
ready to end the child's life the same way he did the parents. "Avada
Kedvara." As the spell raced towards the child, he saw his eyes become
the same color as the curse heading towards him. Everything froze and a
third being appeared in the room radiating power.
"I hate meddling fools who try to manipulate my tapestry." This being
had been referred to as many names, though the most common and the
one it preferred was Fate. As she studied the scene before her, she said
out loud "This confrontation was not supposed to happen for another 18
years! This child is no where near his equal", due to this she decided to
have some fun, for beings such as Fate were not allowed to meddle in the
affairs of mortals, with the exception of when they infringed on her
domain; she was given free reign to due as she pleased to make things
even out. As she was about to begin she heard another voice, "Sister?
What are you doing here?" She turned around, her brother appearing
before her. To the mortals he was known by many names, though he had
two that he preferred; Darkness and Death. He was born from the
darkness at the beginning of the universe and he will return to it at the
end. "A manipulative old fool set in motion a confrontation between two
that were bespoke of in one of my prophecies. Now I am balancing the
scales. What brings you here brother?"
"The snake-faced one has been attempting to cheat me and I intend to
take my due using this child as my champion." Fate looked Death over.
"it's not often we both get cheated. Perhaps there's a compromise to be
had."
Fate stared at her brother; she had one thing to say "What did you have
in mind?". With that he went to work reaching out to the darkness
around them.
"While I can't take the bastard now, I can make it so that his foe can
delay him for the time being" he took the gathered darkness and placed it
in the infant. He looked towards his sister. She laughed, "while I don't
have as much freedom as you do brother, I am forced to operate inside
the means of my prophecy and at this point the child is nowhere near his
equal." she reached within the child, taking hold of the core within which
his magic resided and allowed her power to flow into it until the core
grew to be the same size as his foretold enemy's at this point in time.
Death had one final move. Reaching out towards the artefacts that he had
given to the mortals centuries before, he grasped the mark that
represented their power upon this plain and placed it upon the child. The
two entities stepped back, "This should make things more interesting and
get us both are due." With one last modification of the mortal's ritual, the
two blinked from existence.
As they vanished, time resumed and the curse continued its path towards
the child. Voldemort smiled unaware of what had just taken place. The
runes fired up, redirecting the curse from its path towards the child and
sending it back to its caster where it struck true. Now for most this curse
would be instant death, however, in the case of Voldemort, anchors tied
him to life. The power of the curse destroyed his body, ripping his spirit
from its host. Due to the strain he had put his spirit under creating his
anchors, a piece broke off and attempted to latch onto the only living
host in the room; it was denied by the darkness placed inside the boy by
death by grabbing hold of the leech. The darkness stripped it of all, but
its knowledge, and passed it on to its host. The backlash from the
destruction of Voldemort attacked all around lighting fire to the house
and tearing most of it apart. The child began crying and screaming.
It was as he cried that a distant roaring could be heard which cut off as it
reached the house. Panicked screams, "James! Lily! Harry!" The man
known as Sirius Black came running into the house and up the stairs
towards the sound. Picking up the child, attempting to lull him he heard
another figure approach. As the figure came into view he asked, "Hagrid
what are you doing here?" The huge man replied, "Dumbledore sent me
to collect young 'Arry."
"I'm his godfather he should be with me," Sirius argued. "He will stay
with me and if Dumbledore has a problem with it he can come to me
himself!" With that Sirius walked past the half-giant and out to his bike.
These interferences set the future on a alternate course causing many
changes. Fear would be in store for most, but for those who chose to walk
with the now slumbering babe? A good prosperous life.
2. Chapter 1
AN: Wow so many follows on my story since posting, makes me
excited as this is my first attempt at a fanfic. As always I own
nothing this all belongs to the mighty JK Rowling.
As Sirius arrived back at his home parking his motorbike he looked down
at the sleeping child and couldn't help but think about if he would be
able to handle raising a child. He dismounted his bike heading inside and
called out "Vokry", this was followed by a pop and a house-elf dressed in
a tea-towel no matter how many times Sirius had attempted to get him to
wear a proper uniform, appeared before him "yes Master Black what can
Vokry be doing for you?" Kneeling down to make it easier for the smaller
being to see "Vokry this is my godson Harry he will be living with us
from now on, I need you to prepare a room for him for the night and
preferably soon as I expect I will have a visitor showing up shortly",
Vokry studied the sleeping infant for a moment before looking up at
Sirius. "Yes Master Black right away." With that Vokry popped away to
prepare the room.
Sirius stopped for a second to consider his next move when he stood up
and walked further into the house pausing at the bottom of the stairs
before continuing his way up. Upon reaching the top of the stairs he
walked towards the room bearing the plaque reading "Master Harry", as
he stepped into room he studied it for a second it wasn't much but there
would be time for that later right now he was more concerned with
getting Harry down for bed before the old goat showed up. He laid Harry
down in the crib covered him with the blanket before stepping back.
With a flick of his wrist his wand came from its holster and with a casual
flack he cast "videte locum"* placing a monitoring charm over the room
to be alerted if his charge woke up at all. He stepped from the room
dimming the magical lights as he did so leaving just enough for him to be
able to make out the sleeping form of Harry.
As he shut the door he felt his wards alert him of someone approaching.
He walked downstairs having an inkling of who it was that was
approaching. He reached the front door as the figure knocked requesting
entry. Taking his wand from his holster once more he brought it up in
defensive position, slowly he opened the door seeing what appeared to be
the headmaster on the other side. Pressing his wand against the elderly
headmaster's neck "If you're really the headmaster then tell me what
mistake did I make during my fifth year?" "You told Severus if he wanted
to discover young Remus's secret he would be at the Whomping Willow
almost leading to his death." He slowly dropped his wand but not
returning it to his holster as he stepped aside for the headmaster to enter
the house "What brings you here this time of night Albus?" Sirius
inquired of the aging man. "I've come for young Harry he must be
brought to Lily's sisters house for his own protection, Lily's sacrifice will
provide powerful blood wards which will protect them from all who
mean the young lad harm" ever so slowly so that he wouldn't be seen
Dumbledore slipped his wand down into his hand preparing to cast
compulsions to make Sirius agree with him. "No Dumbledore it was
James and Lily's dying wish for me to raise Harry and as his Godfather I
intend to do just that."
As Sirius said that Dumbledore discretely began trying to cast his
compulsions, however unseen by both men a sliver of darkness worked
its way down the stairs from Harry's room and then around and up
Sirius's back before going into his head placing shields over his head to
protect his mind from the headmaster's compulsions. Not done with there
the darkness the recognizing one of the artifacts that it helped to create
reached out and took a hold of the darkness imbibed inside the wand
beginning the process of changing its allegiance to the one who truly
deserved it however wanting to leave its current master unaware till its
new master could claim the artefact the darkness made it so that the
process would take many years. It's work complete the darkness
rescinded returning back to its host.
As Dumbledore finished casting his compulsions upon Sirius unaware
that they weren't taking hold due to the protective influence of the
darkness now growing inside Harry given to him by Death himself, he
asked again "Please Sirius I implore you to see reason the safest place for
young Harry to be is with his Aunt it is the only way Voldemort's
followers will be unable to reach him." "No Dumbledore he is my godson
and he is remaining with me and if all you came for was to try and take
him from me then you can leave." Dumbledore was dumfounded that his
compulsions didn't work however he chalked up to Sirius being raised a
Black and that his occlumency shields were stronger than he had
assumed. Standing up from where he had been sitting Dumbledore
looked over at Sirius "fine my boy I'll go but don't say I didn't warn you."
With that Dumbledore approached the fireplace "is it alright if I use your
floo to leave Fawkes just had his burning day and it's a much quicker way
for me to return to my office", seeing Sirius nod he grabbed a pinch of
floo powder he threw it into the fireplace calling out "Hogwarts
Headmaster's office".
After the headmaster left Sirius allowed himself to relax before calling for
Vokry "Vokry can you please bring me a bottle of firewhiskey please?"
After popping in and placing the bottle and a glass beside Sirius on the
table he popped away. Sirius poured himself a glass before raising it to
his lips and sipping on it, he sat there considering what he should do
knowing that things with Dumbledore weren't over and he had to protect
Harry as well as himself. It was at that point that the monitoring alert he
placed on Harry's room went off. Standing up he made his way up to
Harry's room where he wake and crying out "Mama, Mama", hearing that
Sirius's heart broke and he quickly picked him up "shh its ok Padfoot is
here." Slowly Harry stopped crying curling into Sirius's chest "pa'foo" with
that Harry returned to sleep Sirius continued to rock him for quite a
while before placing him gently back into the crib. Ensuring the
monitoring charm was still active Sirius stepped from the room before
turning and heading towards his own. Shedding his robes Sirius
proceeded to lay down and pass out the days events catching up with
him.
It was late the next morning that Sirius woke up surprised he hadn't been
woken by Harry yet this morning when he heard the young baby's laugh
echo down the hallway. Getting up and pulling on a pair of jeans and a t-
shirt he walked down the hallway and down the stairs where he found
Vokry playing with Harry with some blocks on the floor. Upon seeing
Sirius enter the room Vokry stood up "Master Sirius the little master
woke up and was hungry so Is fed him and now wes be playing with
some blocks Vokry made for him." Sirius laughed "Its ok Vokry however I
should get him bundled up as we have to go out and get supplies and I
need to go to Gringotts and find a way to better protect him from
Dumbledore trying to take him." With that Sirius picked Harry up before
casting some warming charms over the child, thinking to himself he
would have to get some clothes and nappies for him. Sirius then turned
and headed for the fireplace grabbing a pinch of floo powder he called
out "Gringotts" once the fire turned green he stepped into the flames
coming out the other side in the Gringotts lobby.
Seeing an open teller he stepped up to the counter "Hello I would like to
speak to both the Potter and Black account managers please" the goblin
looked up at Sirius with a toothy grin and asked "Who are you to see the
managers of some our most important accounts?" Sirius stared him down
"Sirius Orion Black of the Most Ancient and Most Noble house of Black"
upon realizing his mistake the goblin immediately got down from his
counter and ran around "Yes Sir mister Black right this way", and the
goblin led him down the hall stopping in front of a door with a gleaming
bronze plaque that read "Nagrak Black Family Account Manager".
Knocking twice upon the door the teller opened it before ushering Sirius
inside still holding Harry in his arms.
The account manager looked up from his paperwork behind the desk
"What is it Bogrod can't you see that I am busy?" the goblin sneered, "A
Mr. Sirius Black to see you sir as well as Lurkar." Finally looking up and
seeing Sirius in the room and little Harry in his arms Nagrak banished the
teller "go send Lurkar to my office tell him its urgent and I require him
immediately." Offering Sirius a seat which he took Nagrak studied him
for a moment before beginning, "I expected you here many years ago
Heir Black" Sirius looked up in shock from the cooing Harry "What do
you mean Heir Black I was disowned from my family years ago?" "While
your mother may have liked to think she held all the power in your
family your it was your Grandfather Arcturus Black who held the head of
house position and he never formally banished you from the family so
you are still next in line to be Head and with his passing that will now
fall to you." Sirius stared in shock as there was a knock at the door and
another goblin came in "You wanted me Nagrak?" "Yes Lurkar come in
come in Heir Black is here and he brought Heir Potter with him" the now
identified Lurkar immediately came in and grabbed the open chair beside
Nagrak "I assume you are here to claim guardianship over the young Heir
Potter, Heir Black" Sirius finally finding his voice replied "Yes yes
however I also need to be able to protect Harry." Nagrak spoke up at that
"Well the solution is simple you claim the Black Family Headship and
provided you are accepted by the family magick you can then live in the
manor behind the Black Family Wards no one has ever been able to
penetrate those and with that kind of political power none would be able
to challenge your claim for guardianship over Heir Potter." With that
Sirius instantly knew what his decision had to be "I'll do it" his resolve
firm Nagrak opened his desk drawer pulling out a bowl with intricately
carved runes and a dagger with a golden hilt, "All you have to do Heir
Black is prick your finger and let a few drops of blood fall into the bowl
from there the Black Family totem will judge you if found worthy you
will get the Black Family Head of House ring unworthy you will remain
Heir." Picking up the dagger Sirius pricked his finger allowing a few
drops of blood to fall into the bowl once 5 drops had fallen in a swirling
mist rose from the bowl coalescing into the Black family totem a Raven
which preceded to take flight and fly into Sirius who immediately felt
like every aspect of his life was being judged watching memories fly
before his minds eye going from his birth up to now. It was after what
seemed like hours but in truth was only three or four minutes that the
Raven returned to the bowl before appearing to fold in upon itself
turning into the Black Family ring.
Sirius gasped unable to believe he had been found worthy after all the
mistakes he had made in his younger years, he picked up the ring sliding
it onto his ring finger where it instantly resized to fit him. Looking up at
the goblins who had up to this point silently watched the exchange and
asked "Now for guardianship", reaching into another drawer Nagrak drew
out a stack of papers before handing a blood quill to Sirius "Sign these
and then Lurkar will sign as the Potter Family account manager and I will
sign as witness giving you full guardianship of Heir Potter as well as
making you Regent Potter until Heir Potter is able to take up his head of
house mantle." Sirius grabbed the quill and filled out the paperwork
before passing it to Lurkar who signed his parts and Nagrak who signed
as witness. The papers then flashed signifying there acceptance before
rolling up and disappearing "congratulations Lord Black you are now the
guardian of Heir Potter and also Regent Potter in the matter of Potter
Family business and the Wizengamot of which you now sit for House
Black and House Potter the paper work has been magically sent off to the
Ministry for filing." Sirius proceeded to stand up Harry having fallen
asleep by this point "Thank you for your help I will be taking my leave
now", walking out of the office and out to the front steps of the bank
Sirius touched his head of house ring portkeying to the Black Family
Manor.
AN: Whew first chapter done, confrontations with Dumbledore and
we start to see a bit of what the Darkness bestowed upon Harry by
death is capable of. Next Chapter Sirius has Harry checked over and
we time skip a bit threw Harry's Childhood.
3. Chapter 2
AN: Love all the positive responses I have received on this since
posting. As always, I own nothing Harry Potter is owned by JK
Rowling. All I own in this is my original characters.
"" Normal Talk
Parseltounge
## Beast Speak
Upon arriving at the Black Family manor, Sirius called for his house elf
and with a silent pop, Vokry appeared beside Sirius. "Yes Master Sirius,
sir, what can Vokry be doing for you?" "Vokry, this is the Black Family
manor and as far as I know it has been uncared for and unlived in for
some time. It's where we are going to be living from now on so I need
you to clean it up for me." Vokry turned and studied the manor for a
second before nodding. "Right away Master Sirius," he said before
popping away to begin his work. Sirius approached the manor doors,
grabbing the door knob so he could feel the wards judging him to
determine if he had the right to be here. In a matter of seconds, the doors
clicked open allowing him entrance. Sirius proceeded into the house and
up the stairs, stopping at what appeared to be a nursery. Pulling out his
wand, Sirius cast detection charms around the room making sure nothing
was cursed or could harm Harry. Satisfied, he walked towards the crib
laying him down before stepping from the room and casting the
monitoring charm.
Once out of the room, Sirius proceeded down the hall finding the master
bedroom which Vokry had already cleaned. He stripped down before
laying in the bed and falling asleep. Waking early the next morning Sirius
walked downstairs to where he knew the floo room to be from his
childhood. He grabbed a pinch of floo powder and threw it into the fire
calling out, "Tonks household," kneeling down and sticking his head in
the flame he called out, "Andy are you home?" Andromeda approached
the fire place kneeling down, "Sirius, good heavens what's going on?" "I
adopted Harry after the events the other night with Voldemort and I was
hoping you could give him a checkup. I know you used to be a healer
before little Nymphadora was born." Andromeda considered for a
moment before standing up. "Of course, Sirius. I'll have to bring
Nymphadora though as Ted has already gone into his practice for the
day." Sirius smiled "Great, the floo address is Black Family Manor. Give
me a few minutes to key you into the wards." Standing up from the
fireplace, Sirius turned and walked towards a section of wall, showed to
him by his Grandfather in his younger years, with a hole in it before
placing his head of house ring into the indentation. With an audible click
the section of wall slid away revealing a room. Stepping inside, he came
upon a rune covered stone and in the back corner was a book upon a
pedestal. Approaching the book and picking up the quill inside the ink
pot, he wrote down Andromeda Tonks nee Black and Nymphadora Tonks
to the list. Stepping back out of the room the wall sliding back into place
behind the fire flashed green and out stepped Andromeda and
Nymphadora.
Sirius immediately pulled Andromeda into a hug before looking down at
Nymphadora. "Why little Nymphadora look how big you've gotten!" Her
hair turned red and she yelled back stamping her feet, "Don't call me
Nymphadora! My name is TONKS!" Sirius laughed, giving her a mock
salute before feeling the monitoring charm go off. "I believe Harry is
awake! Let's head up and you can check him out." Sirius leads them out
of the floo room and up the stairs. Opening the door to Harry's room he
finds him standing up inside the crib.
Walking over and picking him up, Sirius tickled his tummy before
walking over and placing him on the changing table. Andromeda stepped
in and with a flick of her wrist her wand snapped from her holster to her
hand. With the precision of a practiced healer, Andromeda began casting
various diagnostic charms over Harry, who was giggling at the light
coming from her wand. As she finished, she reached into her purse and
pulled out a scroll of paper. Pointing her wand at the parchment, the
results magically appeared on the scroll.
Medical and Magical status for Harry James Potter
Medical Status:
Cardiac: Above Average Performance
Vascular: Above Average Performance
Muscular: Normal
Skeletal: Normal
Vision: Impaired (Currently healing at current rate will be Above
Average by age 6)
Magical Status:
Core Level: 500 Flamels*
Abilities (Tenative):**
Animagus (Multi)
Elemental
Natural Legillmens
Abilities (Permanent):
Natural Occulmency
Parseltounge
Dual-Casting
Shadowmagus
Beast Speak
Taking the results, the group headed downstairs to the dining room
where Sirius placed Harry in a highchair to be fed, then taking the seat
next to him while Andromeda sat across from him and Tonks took the
seat to the left of Harry to play with him while they discussed his results.
Looking over the results, they were both stunned. Breaking the silence,
Sirius started off. "Well he's healthy.. so that's good, but these magical
results? I don't think there's ever been anyone that powerful at his age or
someone with that many abilities. Some of these I haven't even heard
of…" he trailed off just looking between the giggling child and the scroll
holding the results. Andromeda wanting to help, remarked, "He's already
at 500 flamels and barely just 1 ½ years old! He is going to be the most
powerful wizard since Merlin himself… who was rumored to be at 3500
at the time of his death! As for the abilities, the tentative ones aren't
common, but in fact they border on the rare.. but he may not get them
all. It's the permanent ones that worry me… you know how he will be
viewed by magicals if this gets out." Sirius picked up the scroll and
studied it for a moment before throwing it into the fireplace. "Now no
one except us will know and Harry when he gets older." He looked over
to Andromeda who nodded before casting tempus. "Good heavens, look
at the time. I better get going, Ted will be home soon and I haven't
started dinner." She got Tonks up and moving before shuffling towards
the fireplace. "Tonks Household," stepping into the fire, they were gone.
Sirius turned around seeing that Vokry had popped in with food. He sat
down and began feeding Harry, who after he finished burped and started
falling asleep. Sirius picked him up and carried him upstairs to give him
a bath and clean him up before he fell asleep. Once bathed, Sirius carried
him to his room and laid him in the crib dimming the lights.
Time Skip Harry 3 Years old:
It was at three years old that Harry first started coming into some of his
abilities, namely his shadowmagus abilities given to him by the darkness
bestowed upon him by Death. He was playing hide and seek with Neville,
who Sirius thought would be a good friend his age and Tonks, who came
over regularly to play with Harry since having gotten attached to him
during his checkup. When he couldn't find a place to hide, he used the
darkness to hide in the shadows under a table. Unaware of what he was
doing, it was after not being found for 15 minutes he began to cry. Sirius
found him hiding there. Explaining what had happened and about his
shadowmagus abilities, Sirius began teaching him to control his powers
using several books he found in the Black Family Library.
Time Skip Harry 5 Years old:
It was at five years old that Harry discovered his first familiar. He was
outside playing with Sirius in his Padfoot form, when he heard what
sounded like a wounded bird cry out. Running over towards the sound,
Padfoot bounding behind him, he found a golden bird laying in the grass,
bleeding. Sirius transformed back to himself upon reaching them. "What
could have hurt this phoenix? it takes a lot to injure one.." he asked
mostly to himself while getting his wand from his holster incase there
was danger.
Harry who still didn't have much grasp over his budding shadowmagus
powers and his powers over the Dark, gasped, sensing its masters want to
help the injured phoenix. Dark tendrils extended from his body and
reached out towards the phoenix. Normally against such darkness, the
phoenix, a creature of pure light, would attempt to fight, but it was to
weak to fight and so assuming it would die gave in to dark tendrils.
However reacting to their masters will, the tendrils reached into the
essence of the phoenix and began to heal it, changing it. The golden
colors first dulled and then changed from their golden hue to black with
blue wingtips. Its work complete, the tendrils returned to Harry, who
gasped and sank to the ground from the exertion.
Sirius seeing this quickly got behind his godson to support him, as the
now changed phoenix jumped up and hopped around, studying itself for
a moment. Then flamed up; where a bright red and gold flame should
have been, it was a dark flame with a blue center. Appearing on Harry's
shoulder, the phoenix stared him in the eyes and as the phoenix began to
trill, another of Harry's abilities revealed itself #Your power has healed
me and changed me in ways my kind has never seen. I will stand by your
side.# Harry gasped at being able to understand it. #Thank you, majestic
bird. What do I call you?# Studying Harry for a moment, it thought
before responding. #Before I was known as Soleil, but that no longer
seems fitting. With my new form and my rebirth as a Shadow Phoenix, I
wish to be known as Étoile.#
Harry reached up and stroked his plumage before turning to Sirius. "This
is Étoile. He is a shadow phoenix and my new friend. He says he is going
to be by my side." Sirius unable to believe what he just witnessed,
decided to just roll with it.
Time Skip Harry 10 Years old:
It was at ten years old that Sirius had taken Harry to Gringotts for a
bloodline test to see what families he was heir of and to see the vaults. It
was there that Harry met the second of his two familiars. Upon arriving
they went to the counter and asked for Lurkar.
Once shown to his office, they were greeted by Lurkar. "Lord Black, Heir
Potter! Come in, come in! I have everything prepared for the bloodline
test," he said gesturing to an engraved bowl, jeweled dagger, and scroll.
He gestured for Harry to approach the desk. Harry did so, picking up the
dagger. He drew it along the palm of his hand, letting the blood fall onto
the parchment. Once the appropriate amount fell onto it, the cut healed
itself. Grasping the parchment, Lurkar dropped it into the bowl with the
potion, which started to fizz and bubble. Once the magic in Harry's blood
interacted with the magic in the potion, the scroll rolled itself up and
floated up and out of the bowl.
Blood Line Results for Harry James Potter
Heir to Potter Family (By blood)
Heir to Peverell Family (By blood)
Heir to Mors Family (By Magic)
Heir to Sors Family (By Magic)
Looking over the results, Harry looked up at Sirius and Lurkar. "I know
the Potter Family but Peverell, Mors, and Sors, what are those families?"
Lurkar, who was the first to recover responded "Well Peverell I am sure
you have at least heard of through the tale of the three brothers. The
Mors and Sors family, I am not surprised you have never heard of them
as it has been quite sometime since there was an heir or lord to either of
the families. They were last seen during the time before Merlin. It is said
they held dominion over Death and Fate Respectively." Harry looked up
at Sirius unsure of what to say. Sirius seeing this looked to Lurkar, "can
we go the family vaults and collect the heir rings for Harry?" Lurkar
nodded affirmative and led them out and down the carts. "We will start
with Potter and work our way from there."
The trip to the Potter, Peverell, and Mors family vault was uneventful,
but when they reached the Sors family vault that things took a turn.
Inside the vault, next to the pedestal holding the Heir ring was a second
pedestal with a green colored egg. Harry felt a compulsion to touch it. He
reached out touching the shell, which upon his touch started to hatch.
Mesmerized by the cracks, they watched as a dark green serpent with a
red stripe along its head slither out and up Harry's arm $Hello there young
one, what are you?$ Harry hissed to the serpent. Looking up at Harry, $I
am a basilisk left here for the one whose magic would bond with mine.$ It
was at that point Etoile flamed to Harry's shoulder looking at the basilisk
#Little one you must cover your eye or you will kill the small one.#
Doing so the basilisk looked at Harry $Can I bond with you, young one$,
looking between the basilisk and the phoenix Harry nodded and with that
the basilisk bit him. Sirius went to interfere only to be stopped by Etoile.
Grinding his teeth as the venom ran through him, the basilisk let up and
then Etoile flew over and cried tears into the wound, healing it. $Do you
have a name young one?$ Harry asked $You may name me.$ thinking for a
second Harry considered $I shall call you Ranua.$
Turning to Sirius after picking up the heir ring, Harry introduced his new
friend. "This is Ranua; she is my second familiar" Sirius had a bark laugh.
"A shadow phoenix and basilisk you don't do anything by halves pup."
With that they turned and stepped from the vault, ready to return home.
AN: While this chapter was a lot of fluff, it was setting the scene for
the rest of the story and setting up my version of Harry a bit more.
From here it will slowly get much darker
AN * In this story magical power is defined by Flamels this is the
chart
0-10 Muggle
11-90 Squib
91- 120 Below Average Wizard
121-220 Average Wizard
221-320 Above Average Wizard
321-499 Powerful Wizard
500+ Top level
AN ** Of the Tentative Abilities I haven't decided which of any of
these I am going to keep. I will be putting up a poll for help
deciding this one will be up longer as most wont play a part until
2nd year and later.
4. Chapter 3
zAN: I love how well this is doing for my first fanfiction. I am still
trying to figure out a writing style that works, so if anything is hard
to read, let me know. As Always I own nothing, Harry Potter is the
sole ownership of JK Rowling.
"" Normal Talk
Parseltounge
## Beast Speak
July 31st, 1991
The morning of Harry's birthday dawned bright and clear. Ever so
quietly, his bedroom door creaks open and a now fourteen-year-old
Nymphadora Tonks came sneaking in and over towards Harry's bed. As
she went to pounce on the bed and surprise Harry, he jumped up
grabbing her and pinning her to the bed. With a laugh, he looked down
at her.
"Ha! Still can't get me Tonks." Tonks laughed. Every year, she tried to
sneak in and surprise Harry for his birthday and every year no matter
how asleep he looked, he managed to jump up, surprise, and tackle her to
the bed first. While it infuriated her to no end at first, it became
somewhat of a tradition every year.
Letting her up, Harry turned around to the sound of his familiars waking
up. Ranua reached him first. Before, she used to be able to coil around
his arm, but she had grown quite a bit since her hatching and now liked
to either coil around his mid-section while traveling or when home
slither beside him.
$Good Morning Master. As you call it, Happy day of Birth.$ Harry
laughed at his basilisk's way of wishing him a happy birthday. Noticing
Tonks odd looks, he relayed what was said, and she laughed too. Etoilé
was the next to reach him, landing lightly upon his shoulder. Ever since
saving her life years ago, she had begun bonding with Harry, their magic
intertwining.
#Good Morning Young one. Another year has passed, another one I
might not have seen. if not for you.# Reaching up and stroking her
plumage, Harry smiled before turning to Tonks.
"Is Sirius up yet?"
"Downstairs waiting for us." Sirius then yelled upstairs, "Harry! Tonks!
Stop rocking the bed and get down here! Harry is still too young for
that." Having more control over his powers now, Harry split his
consciousness, allowing some of it to bleed off and create a tendril of
darkness. He led it through the shadows, down the stairs, and upon
seeing Sirius sitting at the table eating breakfast, he dumped the food
over his lap.
Pulling it back into himself, Harry laughed before grabbing Tonks's hand
and pulling her down the stairs to the dining room. His familiars
following behind. Taking a seat at the table, Vokry appeared placing two
plates in front of them. As they began to eat, they looked over at Sirius
who was using his wand to vanish his breakfast from his lap. Then there
was a tapping at the window. Harry looked over and saw that it was an
owl with a letter grasped in its talon.
Getting up and heading over to the window, Harry let the owl in and it
landed on the table, offering its leg to him. The envelope read:
Mr. H Potter
Black Family Manor
Informal Dining room
Flipping it over, it was sealed with the official Hogwarts seal. Breaking
the seal, Harry drew out the letter.
UNIFORM:
First year students will require:
Three sets of plain work robes (black)
One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear
One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)
One winter cloak (black, silver fastenings)
Please note that all students must carry name tags on clothes.
COURSE BOOKS
All students should have a copy of each of the following:
The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1) by Miranda Goshawk
A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot
Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling
A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch
One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore
Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander
Runes: A Guide to Ancient Alphabets by Delilah Silverthorn
OTHER EQUIPMENT
1 wand
1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
1 set glass or crystal phials
1 telescope
1 set brass scales
Students may also bring an owl OR a cat OR a toad
PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED
THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS
Looking over the letter Harry was confused, looking over at Tonks and
Sirius.
"Runes? I thought that was an elective in third year?"
"They made the change my first year. Supposedly, according to
Dumbledore, it will help us respect magic more," Tonks responded,
having gotten her own school list the week before. Harry was excited by
this prospect, as he had been studying from the Black Family Library in
secret since he was six. Although, Sirius was ok with him studying the
two books relating to his powers, but even then, the books only talked
about one other nameless person, who apparently was someone that the
authors said could control "beyond-magic forces", and what he was able
to do with them. Sirius wasn't ok with Harry looking at the other books
in the library.
The reason behind Sirius not wanting him to study from the library
without his consent was that the Black family had amassed a gigantic
collection of some of the darkest books on magic ever to exist. However,
since he was young, Harry had always felt that there was no such thing
as light or dark magic; magic simply existed and it was up to the caster
on how they used it.
Looking to Sirius, he asked, "Can we go to Diagon Alley today? Can we
please Sirius?" Sirius laughed at Harry's eagerness, "Yes we can go." Harry
jumped up and ran upstairs getting dressed and running back down
moments later, ready to go. Grabbing Tonks and Sirius, he dragged them
to the Floo room where he grabbed a pinch of floo powder and threw it
into the flames. "Diagon Alley!" Stepping into the flames, Harry vanished,
followed quickly by Sirius and Tonks.
Appearing in the Leaky Cauldron, Harry stepped out of the way and
turned, watching Sirius and Tonks step from the fireplace. Following
Sirius into the Alley, they proceeded to Gringotts for money. Sirius
approached a teller and flashed his head of house ring. "Lord Black to
make a withdrawal from his account." The teller looked up. "Of course,
Lord Black, right away." Stepping down from his counter, he gestured for
the threesome to follow, leading them to the carts. Once everyone was in,
he pulled the lever sending the cart flying through the tunnels. Stopping
in front the vault, he turned to the occupants of the cart. "Vault 13. Black
Family Main Vault," gesturing for Sirius to approach the door. He did so,
placing his head of house ring in the indentation. The vault door seemed
to melt, revealing mountains upon mountains of gold galleons.
Pulling his moleskin pouch from his pocket, Sirius grabbed several stacks
of galleons and dropping them in the pouch before getting back in the
cart. Signaling to the goblin that they were good to go, he returned them
to surface. Walking out of Gringotts, the first stop they made was the
trunk shop.
They were immediately greeted by a worker upon stepping inside.
"Welcome, Welcome! Hogwarts first year?" Getting an affirmative nod,
the shop keeper gestured to a plain looking trunk. "This our most popular
model with first years. It's capable of getting you through all seven
years." Harry, however, was eyeing one of the more top end models.
Turning to the shop keeper, he said, "Tell me about this one." The shop
keeper turned. "That is one of our more expensive models. It has seven
compartments. The first compartment is setup with a library with a
never-ending expansion charm. The second compartment is setup to store
your potions ingredients with a keep fresh charm applied over extending
their life span. The third is setup as a closet, allowing you to hang your
clothes up. The other four are left blank for you to setup yourself.
Additionally, the whole trunk has a shrinking and expanding charm on it
making it easier to transport."
Harry nodded eagerly at the shopkeeper's explanation. "We'll take it! Can
you make it in walnut with silver fastenings?" The shopkeeper nodded. "I
have one in the back! Give me five minutes. While I am gone, take a look
over some of the security features that we have." Looking over the list,
Harry picked out the features he wanted. Once the shop keeper came
back, he explained, "I would like the blood lock and password lock
features added on, please." The shop keeper nodded and took out a
carving knife. He carved the runes for the features on the inside of the
lid. Gesturing Harry over, he conjured a needle handing it to Harry and
instructed, "prick your finger and allow three drops of blood to fall on
this rune here," pointing to the correct rune. Harry pricked his finger,
then handed the needle to Sirius who promptly vanished it.
Sirius stepped forward and paid the shopkeeper, who then tapped the
trunk three times with wand to demonstrate the shrinking charm. "To
make it grow, simply tap it with a wand and place it on the ground."
Taking the shrunken trunk, Harry placed it in his pocket. Next, they went
to Madam Malkin's for Robes. The robe shop was the quickest stop as
most of Harry's Robes still fit. He just needed to order a few additional
pairs. Tonks's robes were charmed to change with her as part of her
metamorphagus abilities. Next, they went to the book store where Harry
got all the required books, as well as few additional books on runes and
curses.
Finally, it came time for Harry to get his wand, but as he was heading
towards Ollivander's, he was stopped by Sirius. "Not so fast kiddo. Black
Family tradition! We are getting you a custom wand; it works much
better and it's the one thing my family did that I agree with." Leading
Harry towards Knockturn Alley, they proceeded down, stopping at a non-
descript store. Opening the door and gesturing Harry in, Sirius and Tonks
followed, the door closing behind them.
An older man appeared from the backroom. "Sirius Black! Never thought
I would see you in here again after you left your family behind." Sirius
laughed, "Orion, I have always supported this tradition. My godson Harry
here needs a wand and you are the best wandmaker I have ever met."
Gesturing Harry forward, Orion studied him for a moment before leading
him to back. "The first thing we must do is find the components for your
wand. To do so you must reach inside yourself and let your magic guide
you." Harry let his magic guide him into grabbing two jars, before
turning towards the woods, where he picked up two blocks of wood.
Suddenly, Etoile flashed into the room with Ranua beside him.
Opening his eyes Harry looked towards his familiars with a quizzical look
on his face. Etoile answered him. #We felt your magic looking for cores
and wanted to donate part of ourselves to your wand young one.# Harry
relayed this information to Orion as he handed over the jars and the
woods he selected. Orion looked them over, "For cores, we have
powdered Erumpent horn, and Thestral tail hair, as well as the feather of
a Dark Phoenix and venom of a basilisk from your familiars. For woods
you selected Oak and Elder." Looking over at Harry, he remarked, "This
will be one of the most powerful wands ever made, let alone of any wand
I have ever made. Give me about an hour to complete this." With that, he
turned, collected the materials from Harry's familiars, and disappearing
into his workshop with everything.
To pass the time, the three went to Florean Fortescue's and got ice-cream.
Once the hour was up, they returned to the shop where Orion was
waiting for them at the counter with a wand box in front of him. He
handed the box over to Harry, who immediately opened it to reveal a
wand that was made of light and dark woods interweaving in a spiral.
Gingerly, Harry reached in picking up the wand. The moment he touched
it, he could feel not only his dark energies burning within him, but his
magic singing with power. Orion, seeing the display of power, nodded.
"This wand will be great for all fields of magic; most particularly
destructive and protective based magic. I can't wait to see what we get
from you, Mr. Potter." Sirius stepped forward paying for the wand.
Turning and leaving the wand shop, the three returned to the Black
Family Manor.
AN: Next chapter we see Harry interacting on the Hogwarts express,
as well as being sorted and meeting his housemates. Starting with
the next chapter Harry is going to be showing off his Darker side.
5. Chapter 4
AN: Starting from this chapter, things are going to change with
Harry. As always I don't own anything. JK Rowling owns Harry
Potter.
The morning of September the first dawned slightly cloudy. Harry awoke
with a yawn, however, as he yawned, he felt a slight pull at his magic.
Looking around, Harry wasn't sure what it was. Due to his natural ability,
Harry studied occlumency for years and it was helping him to grasp his
Shadowmagus abilities. Harry entered his mindscape, which to most it
would appear to just be a swirling, black, endless void with occasional
color, to Harry it was the outer protection of his mind. Heading towards
where he knew the center to be, Harry held out his hand, exposing a path
in the void that would reveal a system of caves. Each one led to a
different location; one was his memories, another his abilities, some were
fake with false memories inside them, and the final one lead to his
center, the very essence of his magic. Heading into that cave, Harry was
surprised when he came upon what appeared to be four creatures. Before
the pool that represented Harry's connection to his magic was a Thestral,
a Griffin, a Chimera, and an Eagle. Harry approached them cautiously. As
he got close, the Griffin stepped forward and spoke, "We are the
representation of your connection to your family magic. We felt it was
time to grant you our power and all that comes with it." Looking at them
in shock, Harry wasn't sure what to say. In all his lessons growing up,
Sirius had never mentioned this to him.
"What do you mean all that comes with it?"
The Griffin, still being the one closest to him, started,"I am the
manifestation of the Potter Family Magic. In ancient times, they were
great battle wizards, protecting those that they called family. By my
merging with your magic, you will gain this might as well. Once
practiced, call upon me in battle." The Griffin turned into a mix of gold
and red energy traveling up into the air before falling and merging with
the pool of his magic.
Next, the Thestral stepped forward. "I am the manifestation of the
Peverell Family Magic. In ancient times before the family fell they were
some of the greatest enchanters and necromancers to exist. Able to pull
the spirits of the dead back and speak with them, they were also capable
of creating objects of pure power, enhancing all who held them. With
practice, you will be able to call upon this power and with me by your
side the dead shall fight beside you." Finished, the Thestral turned into a
mix of black and grey energy which rose into the air and merged with his
magic.
Next, the Chimera stepped forward. "I am the manifestation of the Mors
Family Magic. In ancient times, the family was blessed by Death who
gave them control of the darkness that shaped the universe. The family
was wiped out by those who were jealous of their power. With me by
your side you will have an even greater control over this darkness and in
time influence the length of time that people live." The chimera stepped
back, turning into a mix of purple and black energy rising into the air
before merging with Harry's magic.
All that was left was the Eagle, who stepped forward. "I am the
manifestation of the Sors Family Magic. In ancient times, the family was
blessed by Fate giving them larger reserves of magic and the ability to
influence the fate of others. In times of need, you have already started to
use this power. With me by your side, you will be able to consciously use
this power when in battle. Call upon me in times of need to help turn the
tide." The Eagle stepped back turning into a mix of green and blue energy
rising into the air before merging with Harry's magic.
Harry approached the pool of his magic. Before what was just a swirling
mass of emerald green energy, the pool rippled, occasionally revealing
the energies that made up his family magic. Stepping back Harry backed
out of the cave, before exiting his mindscape. Waking up from his trance,
Harry looked around feeling a much stronger connection to his magic.
Harry stood, proceeding to his bathroom and preparing for the day ahead
of him.
Coming out of the bathroom, he approached his trunk, making sure he
had all his school books in the library compartment, as well as the books
he was taking to practice from the Black family library. Flicking his wrist,
Harry snapped his wand into his hand from his holster. He tapped his
trunk, shrinking it, and placing it in his pocket. He bent down and lifted
up his shirt, allowing Ranua to slither up and coil around his midsection.
Standing up, Etoile flew over and landed on his shoulder. Harry headed
downstairs to meet Sirius who was smiling. "Ready, kiddo? Got
everything you need?" Nodding, they stepped into the floo room. Harry,
going first grabbed a pinch of floo powder and threw it into the fireplace,
calling out "King's Cross Station!" Stepping into the green flames, he
vanished only to reappear and step out on the other side. He saw the
gleaming red engine that was known to all wizards and witches of Great
Britain as "The Hogwarts Express". Turning and moving for Sirius, who
came through next, they stepped off to the side to talk.
Sirius looked him over. "Are you sure you want to go through with this
pup? You're going to make more enemies than you are friends." Harry
nodded. "You read those journals too, Padfoot. What mom went through,
what she never told anyone; if the magical world refuses to change, then
I am going to make it." Nodding, Sirius stood up and hugged Harry.
"Well, then I am beside you no matter what." Breaking away from Sirius,s
Harry gave him one last once over before approaching the express.
Climbing on board, Harry searched around for an empty compartment.
Finding one, he sat down. Etoile took refuge in the overhead where she
could watch over the compartment, seeing all who entered and being
able to protect her charge. Pulling out his trunk, Harry re-enlarged it to
get a book. He picked out one of the school books before re-shrinking his
trunk and placing it back in his pocket. He began reading and eventually
feeling the movement as the train began to move.
About 5 minutes later, there was a knock at the compartment door.
Looking up from his book, Harry stood up and opened the door. A girl
with blonde hair and blue eyes was standing in the hall, "Sorry to bother
you, but I was wondering if I could sit here." Harry stepped to the side to
allow her in. "Of course, anything for a beautiful girl such as yourself."
Helping her with her trunk, they loaded it into the overhead. Sitting
down, Harry extended his hand. "I'm James Black." Taking his hand, she
replied, "I'm Daphne Greengrass, heiress to the Ancient and Most noble
house of Greengrass." Brushing his lips against her knuckle, he
responded, "A pleasure to meet you, Miss Greengrass." Harry sat back
down and returned to his book.
It was several hours later that there was another knock at the door.
Opening it, there was a girl with bushy brown hair standing there and
you could tell from the look on her face that she had been crying. "Excuse
me, can I sit here? I was kicked out of my compartment by an obnoxious
boy with red hair who said that it was being saved for Harry Potter and
he didn't want to sit with any annoying mudbloods." With a growl, Harry
stepped aside letting her into the compartment and helping to place her
trunk into the overhead. Pulling out his book once more, Harry returned
to it only stopping when questioned on the book by the girl who he had
learned to be Hermione.
It was soon after the sun had set, and night overtook the sky that the
three felt the train begin to slow down and eventually come to a stop.
Once stopped, there was an announcement. "Attention, Students. Please
leave all belongings behind. They will be brought up to the school behind
you." Nodding, the three stood up. Harry looking up at Etoile who flew
down and landed on Harry's out-stretched arm. Choosing to go with him,
the girls turned and seeing the movement, they started cooing over her.
"Aww what a pretty bird. What type is she?" Daphne asked. Harry
laughed. "She's a first of her kind near as I can tell she is a Shadow
phoenix." Hermione looked unsure, but took what he said and the three
proceeded out of the carriage.
Stepping out on to the platform, they immediately heard "First years over
'ere! First years over 'ere!" heading in the direction of the voice, they
came upon the biggest man any of them had ever seen. Once ensuring
everyone was present, he led them to the dock where there was a fleet of
boats waiting. "No more than four to a boat." Harry, Hermione and
Daphne immediately grabbed a boat and were joined by one of Daphne's
friends, Tracy Davis. "Everyone good?" Hagrid called out, then pointing
his umbrella away from the dock, the boats began to move.
Eventually reaching the castle, they all stepped out of the boats and
grouped around the doors. Hagrid made his way forward and lead them
into the castle, stopping before a set of red doors. Banging several times
before a very strict looking woman opened them. Hagrid gestured to
them, "The first years, Professor McGonagall." She nodded, "Thank you,
Hagrid. I will take it from here." Looking over the first years, she began,
"In just a moment, I will take you through these doors behind me where
you will be sorted. During your time at here at Hogwarts, your house will
be like your family, behind you at every move." She turned and opened
the doors, heading into the hall with the first years behind her.
Stopping at the front of the hall, she turned and walked to an
antechamber. She returned carrying a hat and a stool. Placing them
down, the hat on top of the stool, she stepped back and then a tear in the
in the brim of the hat opened up and the hat began to sing.
"Oh, you may not think I'm pretty,
But don't judge on what you see,
I'll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat than me.
You can keep your bowlers black,
Your top hats sleek and tall,
For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat
And I can cap them all.
There's nothing hidden in your head
The Sorting Hat can't see,
So try me on and I will tell you
Where you ought to be.
You might belong in Gryffindor,
Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve and chivalry
Set Gryffindors apart;
You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true
And unafraid of toil;
Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,
If you've a ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind;
Or perhaps in Slytherin
You'll make your real friends,
Those cunning folk use any means
To achieve their ends.
So put me on! Don't be afraid!
And don't get in a flap!
You're in safe hands (though I have none)
For I'm a Thinking Cap!" (From Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)
Finishing his song, McGonagall stepped forward. "When I call your name,
step forward, sit on the stool, and place the sorting hat upon your head to
be sorted." Unfurling the scroll. she began reading off names at which
point Harry tuned out only coming back when she got to Daphne.
"Daphne Greengrass!" Walking forward with the grace expected of a
pureblood princess and sitting on the stool, she placed it upon her head.
After what seemed like several minutes, the hat yelled out "SLYTHERIN!"
There was some light applause from the house of silver and green at the
table on the far left. Standing up and placing the back on the stool, she
walked towards the table.
Harry was about to tune back out when McGonagall called "Hermione
Granger", running towards the stool Hermione slammed the hat down on
her head, where upon it looked as if she was arguing with the hat for
several minutes before it called out "SLYTHERIN!" Harry stood there
shocked, watching her proceed over to the house sitting down next to
Daphne. Harry tuned out again until he heard his name being called,
"Harry Potter." Stepping up and placing the hat upon his head the brim
fell down and covered his eyes.
"I can't seem to locate your mind." Harry heard a voice speaking into his
head. "I'll let you in on the condition that you don't tell anyone what you
find in here." the hat laughed "I can't reveal any of what I see inside your
mind, it was a protection embedded into me by the founders." Opening
the pathway through his mind he allowed the hat in. "Well Hufflepuff is
out you only have loyalty to those you trust. Gryffindor is out as you
don't believe in bravery for the sake of good. Ravenclaw is additionally
out as you see knowledge as a means to an end. That leaves just one
option though I fear for the future of everyone by doing this based on
what I see in here, but it better be SLYTHERIN!" The last part was yelled
out loud.
No one was quite sure how to react to a Potter in Slytherin and not just
any Potter, Harry Potter, Vanquisher of the Dark Lord Voldemort.
Standing up and placing the hat back on the stool, Harry proceeded
towards the house table taking the now open seat between Hermione and
Daphne. He turned and watched the end of the sorting which finished
with Blaise Zabini another girl coming over and sitting at the Slytherin
table. The headmaster stood up, "Well I was going to give a speech, but I
feel several of you will mutiny if I do so I will simply say Fortitudo,
fidelitas, Scientia, and Gloria" He waved his hands and food filled the
table.
Harry filled his plate with some of the food in reach and he began eating
with the poise and grace of someone of his station. As the meal wrapped
up, they all turned back towards the head table where Dumbledore stood
up. "As always the forbidden forest is as always forbidden. Some of our
older years would do well to remember this. Our caretaker Mister Filch
would like me to remind all of you that magic in the corridors is not
allowed, and finally this year the third floor corridor on the right hand
side is forbidden to those who don't wish to die a most gruesome death."
Harry stared at him shocked, as did several other students. Dumbledore,
however continued on "Prefects please escort the first years to their
dormitories."
The students stood up and began exiting the hall. Two older students
stood at the head of the table, "First years over here." The three friends
stood and headed over towards them. Once they were all present, the
older students introduced themselves. "I am Olivia Malfoy, and this is
Terrence Higgs, we are your fifth year prefects. if you follow us this way,
we will escort you to your dormitories." They turned and headed from
the hall, the first years following behind them, heading down into the
dungeon. They stopped at what appeared to be an empty section of wall
between two emerald green torches. "The password to get in will change
every fortnight with the new one being posted on the Announcement
board in the common room three days before the change, the current
password is Pureblood."
Once said, the wall slid out of the way revealing the common room.
Entering behind the prefects, the first years assembled. "Here are the
rules. Outside of this house we are united. any issues you have with each
other get settled in here. unlike other houses where you have to share a
room, you get your own room here. you will be provided with the bare
minimum; the rest will be up to you to bring from home or create
through magic. Additionally, as first years throughout the year you must
prove yourselves to the older students as being worthy of Slytherin or
you shall be cast out." She turned and left leaving the first years standing
there.
A certain blonde-haired menace decided to make himself known. "So,
Potter," he sneered, "thought you could cozy up to your betters and just
join Slytherin house? well I don't think so." Malfoy pulled out his wand,
pointing it at Harry who proceeded to laugh. "I certainly don't see any
betters in front of me." Malfoy got angered at this and cast
"expelliarmus." Faster than most could see, Harry channeled his
shadowmagus powers through his body down to his feet where he surged
forward grabbing Malfoy's wand arm, directing it up towards the ceiling
where the spell flashed against it. Allowing his power to run down his
arm and into Malfoy where it quickly entered his mind making it appear
as if the room was filling with darkness. "This is my power Malfoy, you
are nothing, but an ant compared to me and if you get in my way I will
squash you." Harry pulled his power back into himself and stepped away,
Malfoy turning and fleeing. Harry laughed, "Anyone else wish to try?"
When no one came forward, he turned towards Daphne and Hermione.
"Have a good night, ladies." Harry turned and strode down the hallway
marked boys, picking one of the last dorms in the open hallway, he went
in closing the door behind him with a smirk. "Step one: complete."
AN: I am going to be posting a poll on my profile for the girls that
will be with Harry. Top 6 will be selected, this will be up for a while
as it is going to be a bit before it becomes relevant. Please review
what you think so far.
6. Chapter 5
AN: Last chapter, we found out what happens when someone
crosses Harry and as you saw he is not one to cross lightly. During
this chapter, we will begin to see how growing up magical has
advanced him.
Waking up the next morning, Harry smiled before stretching and getting
up. Walking over to the door to his attached bathroom, he looked over at
the door to his room. He stopped, turned around and walked over to his
nightstand. Picking up his wand, he pointed it towards the door and
started casting.
"Magia defendat", "Dolore hosti", "mente evaluate," allowing some of the
darkness to bleed into his spells, strengthening the effects. He nodded.
They would do for now, he could strengthen them later. Dropping his
wand back to the night stand, he turned and headed into the bathroom to
go through his morning routine.
Stepping out of the bathroom he turned to his wardrobe retrieving his
robes for the day. Donning them, he looked down at his book bag
deciding not to take it, as he wasn't sure what classes he was going to
have yet. He headed out to the common room. Seeing Olivia Malfoy
about to leave the room, he strode over to her.
"Excuse me, miss Malfoy. I was wondering if I could deign upon you to
show me the way to the great hall this fine morning." He finished with a
wink, which caused a slight giggle from the girl, who nodded her assent.
Stepping into the hallway and gesturing for her to lead the way Harry
nodded at her "after you." Following her guidance, they reached the
Great Hall where Harry immediately grabbed the seat in the exact middle
of the table. Several of the older Slytherins looked as if they wanted to
say something about him sitting there, but remembering the display from
the evening before, wisely chose to remain quiet and chose to just adjust
their seating accordingly.
Smirking to himself, Harry began serving himself food. Snape entered
through the teacher's entrance at the back of the hall. Upon sitting at his
normal seat at the head table, he looked over toward his Slytherins where
he saw where he saw that Harry was sitting in the midst of the students
of upper years.
Snape rubbed his eyes and did a double take. He was dumbfounded by
the students centering around the Potter brat like he was some sort of
leader. He thought to himself that he would certainly straighten that out
right quick.
Finishing his breakfast, Snape stood and proceeded down towards the
Slytherin table, handing out the schedules to the students. When he
reached Harry, he stopped. "Your schedule, Mr. Potter. You would do
well not to disappoint me." Nodding his ascent, "Yes sir and I would
advise you look past the outer shell or you will find yourself in for quite a
ride sir."
Snape was too shocked to say more, so he continued on down the table,
however the interaction didn't go entirely unnoticed to those around him
at the table and students quickly began to discuss the scene attempting to
understand the implications. Finishing his breakfast, Harry looked over
his schedule.
1st Year Slytherin Class Schedule
Monday:
Double Potions with Gryffindor 9 AM – 11 AM
Lunch till 12 PM
Double Transfiguration with Ravenclaw 12 PM – 2 PM
Tuesday:
Double Herbology with Gryffindor 9 AM – 11 AM
Lunch till 12 PM
Double Charms with Ravenclaw 12 PM – 2 PM
Astronomy with Hufflepuff 11 PM – 1 AM (starts week 3)
Wednesday:
Potions with Gryffindor 10 AM – 11 AM
Lunch till 12 PM
Double Transfiguration with Ravenclaw 12 PM – 2 PM
Thursday:
Double Herbology with Gryffindor 9 AM – 11 AM
Lunch till 12 PM
Double Charms with Ravenclaw 12 PM – 2 PM
Potions with Gryffindor 3 PM – 4 PM
Nodding his head, Harry stood up and headed down to his dorm to pick
up his books for the day. Being Tuesday, he picked up his Herbology
charms and potions books. Placing his books inside his bag before picking
up his shrunken potions kit from his trunk, which also contained his
cauldron, he placed them in his bag as well. Heading up out of the
dungeon Harry proceeded outside, stopping in front of the green houses.
Ever so slowly, students began to trickle in as the clock ticked closer to
nine am, at which point the professor showed up.
"Hello, Students! I am Professor Sprout, your Herbology instructor! This
year, we will be working inside Greenhouse Number Three." Leading the
way over, she opened the door letting them in. Once inside, she stood at
the front and instructed them to pair up. Quickly sliding next to Daphne,
whom he nodded at, the remaining students paired off. Once all the
students were paired up, she waved her wand at the chalkboard behind
her.
"Who here can tell me what Herbology is?" Sprout questioned, addressing
the class. There were some students between both houses who raised
their hands to answer the question. Looking over the students, she
pointed towards Hermione. "You, there. Miss…" Hermione responded,
"Granger, Ma'am. Hermione Granger. To answer your question,
Herbology is the study of magical plants and fauna along with their
properties and proper care and maintenance."
Sprout nodded. "Very good, Miss Granger! Take 10 points for Slytherin."
Carrying on with her lesson, Sprout proceeded to go over the first plants
they would be studying this year. Before starting them on their first
plant, she gestured to the plants beside her and said, "For the rest of
today's lesson, I want you to come up and take a dittany plant. Working
with your partner, I want you to write down observations about how it is
planted, its growth, and observations about what the plant looks like."
Harry went and grabbed one of the plants, placing it between him and
Daphne where they began to work on the assignment.
Eventually, class came to an end. The students were dismissed after
getting their assignment due next class; a foot of parchment on the
proper planting procedures for Dittany and what environment it grew
best in.
Stepping out of the greenhouse, Harry turned towards Daphne and
Hermione. "Let's stop by a bathroom, rinse up, and go grab some lunch."
Agreeing with his plan, the three headed to castle and headed to a
washroom to clean up. After lunch, the three headed upstairs towards the
charms classroom going in and claiming open seats together.
Professor Flitwick was a small half-goblin who was very jovial and polite
with his students. When he got to Harry's name on the registrar, he
jumped a little, almost falling off his stack of books. After finishing roll
call, he went into a spiel on the use of charms and what they could do
before introducing the first charm they would be practicing.
"The first charm we will be learning, class, is the Lumos Charm; a
relatively simple spell with no wand movements. All you have to do is
hold your wand up, as so, and speak the incantation," Demonstrating, the
tip of his wand glowed with a bright light. "Go Ahead, class. Give it a
try." With that the class broke apart with the students trying to cast the
charm.
Harry had managed to properly cast the spell on his first try before
anyone else, which caused a laugh from Flitwick. "Just like your mother,
Mr. Potter! She was a whiz when it came to charms work, as well. Take
15 points for Slytherin for excellent charms work! if you wouldn't mind
trying to help some of your classmates who seem to be having trouble."
Nodding, Harry turned and proceeded to help Hermione and Daphne,
both of whom managed to pull if off by then end of class.
Once class ended, they quickly proceeded down to the dungeon to the
common room. Seeing as Harry couldn't get into the girls dorm, they
congregated in Harry's dorm room where they finished the herbology
homework before heading off to dinner.
The next morning, after Harry woke up, he headed out to the common
room where he was joined by Daphne and Hermione, and they headed
out to breakfast. They then returned to the dungeons lining up outside
the potions classroom. While waiting for Snape to show up and let them
into the room, they were approached by a red-haired boy.
"What do you think you're doing Harry? Joining those slimy Slytherin
Snakes? You need to go to Dumbledore and get him to re-sort you to
Gryffindor, where you belong." Laughing at him, "who do you think you
are to tell me what House I am and am not allowed to be in?" The red-
head looked at him "I'm Ron Weasley. I'm your best mate." Daphne
stepped forward. "Back off, Weasley. You're embarrassing yourself." Ron
snarled, "Fuck off, you Slytherin bitch. you probably have Harry under
some mind control spell and that's why he isn't in Gryffindor where he
belongs," raising his hand to slap her, he was quickly stopped by Harry.
"Now Mr. Weasley I don't believe you were about to strike the heiress of
an Ancient and Most Noble house now, were you? Because I do believe
that the consequence for the Noble House of Weasley would be quite
severe."
Ron paled as Snape showed up. "Fighting in the halls Weasley? That'll be
15 points from Gryffindor and detention with me tonight." Ron sputtered,
attempting to put the blame on Harry and Daphne, but only proceeded to
humiliate himself more. Opening the door "in." The class proceeded into
the room taking seats, Harry, Hermione, and Daphne sitting together.
Snape began going over precautions that students should be following.
"Follow all directions exactly. If you make a mistake, you will call out for
me and seek my help in fixing it. Do not try to fix it yourself, lest you
cause it to blow up spectacularly. Additionally, in front of all of you,
there is a chart which details some of the most common interactions you
will find for potion ingredients. You would do well to memorize this."
Turning around he looked over the class "Weasley what would I get by
mixing an infusion of wormwood with asphodel," Ron truly showing off
his stupidity, "how should I know you greasy bat." Snape sneered, "tut
tut. Clearly, we didn't think to study before coming to lessons. That will
be 1 point from Gryffindor. Try again. What is the difference between
monkshood and wolfsbane." Ron this time decided to try and be funny
"one starts with an M and the other with a W." "That will be a further 2
points from Gryffindor. Now, lets see if any of my Slytherins bothered
trying to learn," looking over them he stopped at Harry. "Potter same
questions to you." "Asphodel and wormwood will give you a powerful
sleeping potion known as Draught of living death and Monkshood and
Wolfsbane are the same plant also known as Aconite sir." Snape nodded
"at least someone deigned to study before coming to my class take 10
points for Slytherin," waving his wand at the board. "The instructions for
your first potion are on the board. You have an hour. Begin."
Over the next hour, they all worked on brewing their potion. It was near
the end of the hour that there was an explosion through the room.
"Weasley! I suppose you skipped the step of lowering the heat and then
added the porcupine quills!" Waving his wand, Snape vanished the
potion, "that will be another night's detention for you to attempt to brew
it again." Turning to address the class, "Those of you who managed to
brew your potion successfully, bottle it and label the bottle with your
name and place it upon my desk for grading." Harry did as instructed
then stepped out of the classroom and waited for Hermione and Daphne
who joined him shortly after before going to lunch.
After lunch they headed to the transfiguration classroom where they sat
down. The only thing in the room was a cat sitting upon the professor's
desk. Eventually the entire class was present at which point the cat
jumped up off the desk transforming into Professor McGonagall.
"Welcome class to first year transfiguration. What you just witnessed is
known as the Animagus transformation, a particularly advanced piece of
transfiguration that is not truly covered until NEWT level classes. This
year, we will be focusing on inanimate-to-inanimate transfiguration. The
spell for which is reformabit inanimate. While casting the spell, you must
make sure to think of the changes you want to take place." Walking over
to her desk, she pulled out a box a of matchsticks. "You will be
attempting this today by trying to turn these matchsticks into needles."
As she handed out the matchsticks, Harry sat there studying his
matchstick before thinking in his mind what changes needed to be made
to turn into a needle. Satisfied with his thoughts he waved his wand over
the matchstick muttering the spell "reformabit inanimate" and where
once there was a matchstick, was now a silver gleaming needle.
McGonagall congratulated him. "Very good, Mr. Potter! Take 10 points
for Slytherin. For the rest of class, feel free to play around seeing what
changes you can make to the needle and if you feel like try to help some
of your nearby class mates."
At the end of class McGonagall dismissed them saying, "for those of you
who were unable to finish the transfiguration, I would like a foot of
parchment on what is needed for the spell."
The rest of the week passed relatively the same. With classes passing in
the same manner Harry showing off his expertise in the classes.
Saturday Morning Headmasters Office
The headmaster looked over his assembled professors, studying them for
a moment before addressing them.
"We have reached the end of the first week of classes what do we think of
the new first years? Any potential issues stand out among them,
Minerva?" Looking down over the report in her hands, "one name among
my Lions stands out in particular. Mr. Weasley does not seem to be trying
in classes at all and if this continues on its current trend then he will not
pass first year this week alone he has lost 95 points and has received 6
detentions from professors. However, to the adverse, Mr. Potter is a
gifted child managing to make most spells work on the first time no
problem, " The headmaster nodded, making notes on the paper in front of
him.
Turning towards Flitwick, "Filius ,anything of note?" Flitwick looked over
his reports "While nothing remarkable among my Ravens however I do
have to agree with Minerva. Mr. Potter is a simply a prodigy. He shows a
grasp over charms that I haven't seen since his mother."
Writing down his notes Albus turned towards Sprout "Pamona, your
report please." Sprout looked over the papers in her hands "The usual
cases of homesickness from my puffs, but nothing I haven't been able to
help them over before. Neville Longbottom shows great skill in my field
that I have never seen before."
Finally, they reached Snape. "Severus?" "My snakes are good as usual and
I must demand something be done about Weasley. He refuses to learn
and this week has managed to blow up four cauldrons. Mr. Potter
however shows adequate skill and seems to take more after his mother
than his father." The other professors looked over at Snape shocked as he
almost never gave students any kind of praise before.
Finished with his notes Albus dismissed the professors before standing up
and walking over to his window to look out over the grounds. "The boy is
far to intelligent and far to independent. He was supposed to be friends
with Weasley and be in Gryffindor. I am going to have adjust my plans."
AN: Just a reminder Poll is up on my profile to vote for the girls who
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could be and is he going to suspect the darker path Harry is going
down. Tune in next week for all this and more in Birth of Darkness
Chapter 6.
7. Chapter 6
AN: This chapter is going to start off slightly darker than most
chapter as we see the Slytherin House "Introduction".
Since its inception, Slytherin house has held the ideal that you must be
strong to survive to that end. Some of the original Slytherin students built
what was referred to as "The Pit." It was called the pit because it was
actually a secret room built in behind the Slytherin Common room with a
giant crater in the center, where two or more combatants would fight it
out, originally built as way for Slytherin students to hone their skills and
practice their dueling against one another. However, over time, much
like Slytherin house itself, evolved into the pureblood propaganda
machine it is today. "The Pit" slowly became away for the older Slytherin
students to take down the younger students who tried to go above their
position in the house.
Now, this hadn't been used in many years, mostly just serving as a way
for the house students to work out issues between each other. However,
by the end of the first week several of the older students were upset at
the way Harry came in and casually assumed he could take control and
were planning to use "The Pit" to teach him a lesson.
Entering the common room after dinner, Harry was confronted by several
older year students. "Yaxley, Carrow, Lestrange, to what do I owe the
pleasure?" Sneering down at Harry it was Corbin Yaxley who answered
him. "We're sick of a jumped up little halfblood like yourself acting like
he can run things in Slytherin house and it's time for you to see what
happens to upstarts like you," he said, gesturing for Carrow and Lestrange
who had moved into position next to Harry and grabbed his arms.
Harry let this happen with a hidden smirk as they pulled him towards the
fireplace following behind Yaxley. Once at the fireplace Yaxley took out
his wand and tapped bricks above the fireplace in a specific order, as one
would if they were entering Diagon Alley. Once he had tapped the
correct bricks, he stepped back as the fireplace swung away from the wall
revealing a set of descending stairs. Gesturing down the stairs, Carrow
and Lestrange hauled Harry down throwing him into the pit.
The Slytherin students filed in filling the seats situated around the arena
getting ready to see the Boy Who Lived get beaten by Yaxley, who had
jumped down into the pit. Harry stood up releasing his wand from his
holster holding at the ready which caused Yaxley to laugh.
Pointing his wand towards Harry, he cast "accipere captivum!" There was
brief flash and the spell flew towards Harry, who casually side stepped it
with a grin on his face. Seeing this Yaxley growled, "Frigidus sanguis!"
Once more, Harry side stepped the spell. "Come on, Yaxley. Is that the
best you got?" Whipping his wand towards Harry, he screamed "carnem
lacerare! ad genu! Mors simulare!" in rapid succession. Harry allowed the
first to hit which barely scratched him, the second he dodged, and the
third he redirected into the ground. Looking over at Yaxely, he smiled.
"My turn."
Bringing his wand towards his opponent, he cast his spells in rapid
succession. "Scutum confractus! locum tenere! ulcere sanguis! confractus
terram!" The spells flew towards Yaxley who quickly raised a protego.
The first spell shattered his protection, the second locked him in place,
the third brought his blood to a boil, and the fourth cracked the ground
around him, making it as thin as ice.
There was a flash and a spell flew from the stands, freeing him from the
hold. Grinding his teeth through the pain, he raised his wand preparing
to cast, but seeing this, Harry whipped his wand quickly casting a spell of
his design. "meus cecidit vos flagellis ignis!" From the cracks in the
ground around Yaxley, ropes of pure fire rose up wrapping themselves
around his wrists, ankles, and throat. Approaching him, Harry took the
wand from Yaxley's hand and stared him down, "Do you yield?" Spitting
in Harry's face, Yaxley turned his head "as if I would yield to a half-blood
bastard like you." Swishing his wand, Harry caused the ropes to tighten
slowly digging into the flesh of his appendages. The smell of burning
flesh was getting worse. "Second chance. Do you yield?" The pain getting
worse by the second, Yaxley looked at the crowd who was waiting with
baited breath, "I yield."
Waving his wand, the ropes dropped Yaxley to the ground, with clear
visible third degree burns on his wrists, ankles, and throat. Harry studied
his wand for a moment before taking in both hands he snapped in half
dropping in front of the defeated teen. "Pathetic," looking up towards the
stands "This is what you can expect if you challenge me, does anyone else
want a shot?" The arena was silent.
Up in the stands Hermione turned towards Daphne. "Everyone seems
more afraid of Harry after he snapped Yaxley's wand…why?" Daphne
looked shocked that she didn't know. "I forgot you were muggle-born for
a second. The snapping of someone's wand by another outside of court
proceedings, especially by someone of Ancient house to another of
Ancient house, means they feel they aren't worthy of practicing magic…
so by Harry snapping Yaxley's wand after defeating him so thoroughly,
he is openly declaring that Yaxley isn't worth studying magic further…
that he is too weak to continue in our society." Hermione turned and
stared opened mouth toward the pit not sure what to say.
Harry began walking out of the pit, stopping once he reached the edge.
"Somebody should get him to the medical wing and come up with a
convincing story about what happened. If any of this gets back to me...
what I did to him will look like child's play." He continued to the
common room where he took a seat in the chair in the middle of the
room, usually saved for the leader of the house.
As the students filed out of the pit to their rooms, Harry watched for
Daphne and Hermione, who he called over to him. "I want you guys to
know that what I did in there is going to happen again and I understand
if you don't want hang around me anymore. Though, if you do stick
around I will place you under my protection." Daphne seemed to think
for a moment "I'm not going anywhere." Hermione seemed the most
unsure having grown up in the muggle world where such violence would
get one in trouble, she wanted to turn and run. However over the past
week she had been taking lessons from Daphne in how things differed
from the muggle world and about pureblood politics and knew that
things like this could be explained away as settling house differences, "I…
I'm staying too, Daphne explained to me what being a muggle-born can
mean in the magical world and you're my first friend. I am sticking with
you."
Nodding, Harry turned back towards the fire now that the fireplace had
returned to its rightful spot, pointing his wand at his throat, he cast
"Sonorus", looking towards the rooms he said "Slytherin house let it be
known I am the leader from here on out and Daphne Greengrass and
Hermione Granger are under my protection."
He looked towards the girls and nodded "good night ladies," turning,
Harry walked to his bedroom, laid down, and fell asleep.
The next morning Harry rose and went through his morning routine,
showered and got ready for the day before heading to the common room
where he met up with the girls before they left going to the Great Hall for
breakfast. As they were finishing up breakfast, Snape approached them.
"Potter, I would like to see you in my office after breakfast this morning."
Nodding, Harry acknowledged him before turning and returning to his
meal.
Once he was finished, he promised to meet up with the girls in the
library later to work on the weekend homework before heading down to
the dungeons towards Snape's office. Knocking once on the door he stood
waiting for a response which he received in the form of Snape calling out
"Enter." Entering the office, he took the open seat across from Snape
before looking across the desk at him "what can I do for you professor?"
Snape studied him for a moment before opening his mouth to speak
"Yaxley is in the hospital wing this morning with third degree burns on
his wrists ankles and neck, yet can't seem to tell anyone where they came
from, I also noticed that Slytherin house seems to defer to you as its
defacto leader even more than then they did this past week. What may I
ask did you do?" Studying the professor's face, Harry paused to consider
before answering.
"Well Yaxley challenged me to a duel and I just showed him why that
was the wrong thing to do. Why everyone in Slytherin is deferring to me,
a lowly first year, well that's just their decision, I guess. They just know
power when they see it." Snape sputtered before releasing Harry. Waiting
five minutes to ensure Harry was gone Snape went running up to the
Headmaster's office stopping briefly outside the gargoyle to give the
password.
"Headmaster, you must do something. Potter is going dark and I feel he is
going to be worse than even the dark lord." Dumbledore laughed.
"Severus you must get over that grudge you had with James Potter! No
child of James and Lily could ever go dark especially one who was raised
by Sirius as he was who despised everything his family represented."
Snape growled before turning and exiting leaving Dumbledore in his
office to ponder his thoughts.
AN: Well, we see the beginning of Harry's Dark path in this chapter.
Harry is much more advanced. Dumbledore is refusing to believe
that Harry can go dark because of who his parents are. Snape isn't
having it, though and you will see the fallout as the story
progresses.
Just a reminder the poll is up on my profile for the girls who will be
with Harry.
8. Chapter 7
AN: My goal is to start producing longer chapters, so I am going to
attempt writing two acts in each chapter. Let me know what you
think. Little bit of a time jump at the start of this story
The Wizengamot met four times a year on each of the solstices. The
original composition of the Wizengamot of Great Britain was comprised
based on the original twenty-eight families who were chosen by Merlin
himself to lead after his passing. However, at the time, Great Britain was
a small community that only needed the fifteen families to lead them, but
as time passed the community grew and so the fifteen families started up
the Ministry of Magic. This ministry was created for the purpose of giving
the people a voice. They created the Minister of Magic, who would sit on
the Wizengamot and would be voted in by the fifteen, as well as created
a system to carry out laws over the wider Great Britain. Over time, the
fifteen added in other seats for people as more family lines began to
popup, expanding from twenty-nine to fifty-five.
Then as time passed, the Ministry needed to expand as the community
continued to grow, so departments were created with heads who reported
to the Minister of Magic who then reported to the Wizengamot. Each
department head was additionally given a seat. The voting structure was
as follows: the original twenty-eight Ancient families as the founders had
6 votes each, the twenty-six Noble families who were given seats had 4
votes each, the Ministers seat held 3 votes, and finally the department
heads held 2 votes each.
As time grew and the community continued to grow some of the original
families appeared to die off due to war, duels, disease, etc. To counteract
this, they added to noble family seats, but changed the voting structure
based on the age of your family. The remaining five of the original
families were now called the Most Noble and Most Ancient families
holding 10 votes each. The Most Noble and Ancient houses which were
comprised of the original twenty-six seats given to families held 6 votes
each, The Noble houses who were added in place of the lost twenty-three
original families held 4 votes each, while the minister and fifteen
department head's seats remained the same. However, with so many seats
and families now on the Wizengamot there was someone needed to
conduct and lead sessions, so the position of Supreme Warlock was
created who held one vote.
September 23rd 1991 Ministry of Magic Wizengamot Chambers
It was on the fall solstice that there was to be the first major shakeup
within the Wizengamot, since the last major change to seating and voting
structure when they added the noble houses. Once called into session by
Dumbledore, new business was called for. Each Session followed the
same procedure. If any of the Most Ancient and Most Noble houses had
any business they were allowed to go first.
Sirius lit up the runestone on the desk in front of him, signaling that he
had new business. "The floor is conceded to Lord Black, Lord Black you
may proceed." Sirius stood up. "Thank you, Chief Warlock, as you all
know, I sit as the Lord Black holding the seat for my family Additionally I
sit in as proxy for the Potter Family as guardian and godfather to Heir
Harry James Potter…Today I submit myself as the proxy for three
additional families, The Most Noble and Most Ancient Family of Peverell,
The Most Noble and Most Ancient Family of Mors, and the Most Noble
and Most Ancient Family of Sors."
Sirius paused as there was an uproar. By claiming the proxy of three Most
Noble and Most Ancient families he would be adding thirty votes to the
twenty votes he already held, giving him a total of fifty votes just for
himself. The most required for anything to go through was fifty-one
percent of the votes in the affirmative.
Dumbledore quelled the noise. "By what authority do you claim proxy on
these seats Lord Black?" Sirius however was prepared for this. "I hold in
my hands a signed and sealed blood test on one Harry James Potter who
holds heirship to these houses, as well as his official documents naming
me as his proxy to sit these seats in his stead." Following this statement
everyone fell silent as they knew there was no fighting this. Waving his
wand Sirius floated the paperwork up to Dumbledore, who handed it to
the scribe to look over. After confirming its validity, he nodded at
Dumbledore. "The documents are valid. You are granted the power of
proxy, Lord Black." There was a flash and three additional rune stones
appeared on his desk for each house he now held proxy for.
Dumbledore then called for any additional new business. Seeing none of
the other houses above him had any business, Malfoy signaled that he
held new business to bring forward. "Lord Malfoy, the floor is yours."
"Thank you, Supreme Warlock. Ladies and Gentleman of the Wizengamot
I hold in my hands the Great Britain Regrowth Act, which I submit before
you today for first reading. This act will change the current restrictions
on marriage. Currently under the law, a wizard is only allowed to marry
one witch, however, under this act any wizard who holds more than one
house would be required to marry two witches per house: a wife and a
consort. We in Great Britain are facing a future where we may die out.
For every one wizard, there are five witches and not enough new witches
and wizards are being born with every new generation. My act will
hopefully change this. Any wizard who doesn't follow this would not be
allowed to sit on this body and if they are the last of the primary line will
lose their right to be head of house."
Finished, Malfoy waved his wand creating copies of the act and passing a
copy to every sitting member. With no new business left to go over,
Dumbledore turned the floor to old business. "The only remaining piece
of legislature from the last assembly was from Madam Bones who seeks
to increase the funding to the Auror department. Before we vote, I turn
the floor over to her to explain once more why she believes this to be
needed."
Madam Bones nodded and stood up. "Since the fall of He-Who-Must-Not-
Be-Named, funding to the Auror department has been slashed by more
than half of what it was before his rise. With this lack of funding, it is
becoming increasingly hard to hire on new Aurors replacing the ones we
lost in the war...bringing the department back to a pre-war level. Even
now there are cases of simple breaking and entering that we aren't able
to respond to in a timely manner because we have to first pull aurors
from patrol locations to deploy them to other scenes by which point,
things can have taken a turn for the worst. This past month alone there
were five breaking and entering cases that turned to assault and battery
with two leading to death due to lack of auror response."
Finished, she sat down. Dumbledore called for any other comments. No
one made a comment. "Members, touch your wands to the runestones in
front of you light them up green for yes and red for no." Ever so slowly a
sea of red and green appeared before Dumbledore. Tapping a sequence
on his desk made a scroll to appear before him. "With a grand total of
344 votes the motion passes. Madam Bones you have received your
increase in funding. Congratulations."
With a wave of his wand, he made a gavel sound play throughout the
chamber. "Session adjourned." Watching Sirius get up to leave,
Dumbledore made to intercept him. "Lord Black, if I could have a
moment of your time?" Turning, Sirius quickly developed a frown on his
face. "Chief Warlock, what can I do for you?" Dumbledore studied his
face for a moment. "I was wondering if by chance you had read the letter
I sent you about Harry's living arrangements. I believe it in his best
interest to go and spend all or at least most of his summers with his
mother's sister."
Sirius snarled, "I've told you every year since his parents death, I am his
godfather, sworn in under the Ancient rites. He is going to live with me.
Screw whatever protections you seem to think are present. I can
guarantee there are no protections better than the ancient wards cast by
the House Black." Sirius turned and strode from the chamber stopping to
grab a dash of floo powder and throwing it in the floo.
September 23rd 1991, Hogwarts
Rising the morning of September 23rd, Harry knew it would be an
interesting day as Sirius had the first Wizengamot meeting where he
would claim proxy on Harry's newly discovered houses. Since coming to
Hogwarts, his training had been taking a bit of a push to the wayside.
However, him and the girls had finished their weekend homework, so
they would be exploring the castle. His objective in exploring today
would be to find the kitchens and also to find a place to train.
Getting out of bed, Harry proceeded about his morning routine, taking a
shower and dressing for the day. Once ready, he decided to forego his
robes as it was the weekend. Heading out to the common room, Harry sat
on the couches waiting for the girls to show up. He reflected on the past
few weeks at Hogwarts while he waited.
Ever since the duel in the pit against Yaxley, he had become the official
ruler of Slytherin house, which was unheard of as a first year in the
history of the house. While most of the changes to the other houses was
unseen and unknown, there were several noticeable changes. The biggest
of which was that no one in the house was calling muggleborns
"mudbloods." Additionally, the students in the house were being much
nicer in general to other students. There were some students who fought
this change... number one being Draco Malfoy, who believed if he threw
around his father's influence enough, he would get his way.
It was the work of his older sister Olivia and Harry that quickly turned
that around though by taking Draco into a private room where they
taught him the new pecking order. Olivia took it one step further,
showing him a letter from their father that told him to suck it up and that
if he wasn't good enough to take the leadership of the house for himself
then he should shut up and deal with it.
Eventually the girls came up from their dorms, breaking Harry out of his
thoughts. "Morning ladies, how are you doing this morning?" he inquired
of them. It was Hermione who answered as normal as Daphne hid behind
her ice queen mask, rarely speaking unless required of her. Gesturing for
the girls to go first, they proceeded up to the great hall for breakfast.
After breakfast they proceeded out of the hall and attempted to decide
how they wanted to proceed with their exploration of the castle. Harry
pitched an idea, "I think we should start at the bottom and work our way
up. If I was building the castle, I would I put the kitchens near the
bottom. Now we know it's not anywhere near the dungeons, so let's start
in the opposite corner."
Heading in that direction, they headed down the main staircase until
they reached the furthest point they could. Turning around, they started
back the way they came along the way. They passed several Hufflepuffs
who gave them strange looks. "The dorms must be around here," Harry
remarked looking around. He saw the redheaded twins from Gryffindor
walking up to a portrait of a bowl of fruit. After one of them did
something to the portrait, it swung open. Pointing out what he saw they
proceeded over and studied the portrait, noticing that the pear seemed to
be more prevalent in the picture Harry reached out to touch it. Upon
touching the pear, it giggled, turning into a door knob which Harry was
able to twist causing the portrait to swing open.
Stepping inside, they were immediately accosted by the twins "Why look
what we have here Gred, a couple of firsties in the kitchen," remarked
one of the twins. "Indeed, we do, Forge. Whatever, we didn't even go
hunting for places like this until second year, perhaps we should turn
them in Professor McGonagall." Watching the back and forth between
them, Daphne interrupted. "Well if you do turn us in then you would first
have to explain how you knew we were in here to begin with." This
caused them to laugh "She's got us there Gred," "That she does Forge."
Reaching out one hand
"I'm Fred.." one started
"I'm George and were" the other continued
"The Weasley twins; pranksters extraordinaire."
Taking their hands, "I'm Harry Potter, to my left is Daphne Greengrass,
and to my right is Hermione Granger." Shaking hands, the twins nodded.
"Well we must be off. People to prank, pranks to be made. The prankster
life you know." The twins left. Exploring the kitchens a bit and greeting
the house elves, Harry had the idea to ask them for a room he could train
in. One of the elves who introduced itself as Flopsy, nodded. "There be
the come and go room on the seventh floor."
After getting the explanation of how to make the room appear, Harry and
the girls proceeded upstairs to the room. Stopping outside the portrait of
two trolls being taught ballet, they walked back and forth causing a door
to appear. Opening the door, they stepped inside what appeared to be
replica of the Slytherin common room. Seeing the clock on the wall and
realizing that Sirius should be out of the Wizengamot meeting, Harry
asked the room for a separate room to call him.
Excusing himself, Harry stepped inside the room pulling out the
communication mirror given to him by Sirius and calling out his name,
"Sirius Black." After about a minute, Sirius's face appeared in the mirror,
"how did the meeting go?"
Sirius laughed. "As you expected, those uptight stooges were upset at me
claiming so many votes to myself. If I get a few more houses to join me I
could have a voting block all of my own, though there is one thing we
didn't expect. Lucius Malfoy introduced a bill calling for all Heirs who are
Heirs to multiple houses to have to marry two witches for each house a
primary wife and a consort." Harry stared shocked "How many people
beside myself are affected by this? Have you read the bill yet?"
Sirius thought for a second. "Off the top of my head, several. Then the
issue comes up with people like Susan Bones in your year, who while she
is Heiress to her house, she can't take over the mantle of Head of House
as the House is primarily patriarchal. So she would have to marry as a
consort or give up her house, letting it fall to a secondary branch, which
if there isn't one, the house will die off." Pausing for a second. "At first
skim of the bill it seems fairly straight forward. There isn't much he is
trying to slide through, but it does stipulate if any heirs don't take the
required number of wives or have betrothals in place by his majority,
then Wizengamot can decide for him who he ends up with." Harry was
completely shocked "send me a copy to read please." Sirius nodded before
closing the connection.
AN: I had more planned for this chapter, but had some writers block
fighting me on this chapter. The next chapter is going to continue
where this one left off with Harry training the girls in some more
advanced magic and letting his anger burn off. We are also going to
see our first view of Tonks at Hogwarts.
AN2: Don't forget the poll on my profile I am going to leave it up for
one or 2 more chapters and then I will be taking it down
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