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Harry Potter was not having a good year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He should have known that it would not be a good year when he got the ministry warning about underage magic after the odd creature Dobby used magic to ruin his uncles dinner. When he had gotten to Hogwarts that year he had tried to look up more information about house elves but there seemed to be no books about them. 

Twelve year old Harry James Potter was running from some older students again. He had seen a hint of yellow on one of the students robes and green trim on the others robes. After the disaster of the dueling club, where the whole school found out that he was a parselmouth; someone who could speak to snakes, he was being targeted by everyone. He had been chased, hexed, cursed and hit more times this week than most of last year. 

Harry never knew that speaking to snakes was evil and dark. His friend Ron Weasley told him after he told the snake not to attack Justin Finch Fletchley, a second year Hufflepuff muggleborn. After that the Hufflepuffs had taken to either running away, talking about him being the heir of Slytherin, and hexing him. The Ravenclaws were also wary of him with many of the older students either hexing him or teaching the younger years shield charms that they put up when he was around. The Slytherins were as bad as always, they loved to hex him anyways so this was nothing new. The Gryffindors to Harry’s surprise were also hexing him in the hallways and common room. 

Harry rounded a corner on the second floor and knew he needed to hide soon or he would get hurt. The older students had no problems with casting a tripping hex on the stairs, they had done so a few times already. He saw the flooded bathroom that Moaning Myrtle occupied and decided to risk it. He dove through the door, sprinting into one of the stalls. He stood on the toilet so as to not have his feet visible. He heard the students run past the bathroom and let out a breath. 

“Are you here to throw something through me as well Harry Potter?” He heard Myrtle wail. He got on the ground and turned quickly to see the ghost coming out of the plumbing in the sinks. 

“No, I was just hiding so I did not get hurt again. Who is throwing things at you?” Harry asked. He had gotten to know the ghost a little during the time he spent hiding and brewing the Polyjuice potion with Ron and Hermione.  

“I did not see. I was just in here minding my business when suddenly that book flew through me!!” Myrtle wailed. 

Harry tried to calm her down before she flooded the bathroom again. He was only somewhat successful. He went over and picked up the book. It seemed to be a black diary with the name Tom Marvolo Riddle written across it. He did not want to invade someone's privacy but he also did not recognize the name. He opened the diary and noticed that it was empty. The diary must have been charmed resistant to water because even though it was laying in a puddle it was perfectly dry. 

He got a bit scared when a drop of water seemed to absorb into the page. All the sudden there was writing in the book. He did not recognize the handwriting as it spelled out ‘ Can You please stop dripping water all over me’ . He quickly closed the diary and put it on the sink. 

“Myrtle, do you know any dairies that write back to you?” Harry asked. 

“Are you asking that because I am a girl and we all have a diary, Harry Potter?” Myrtle asked. 

“No, you were older than I am now when you died and probably knew more magic than I do.” Harry was quick to clarify. He did not want Myrtle to start crying again. 

“I do not know of any that write back to you now. Only ones that lock and can only be seen by the person who owns it. It might not be a good thing if it writes back to you.” Myrtle said. She floated closer to the diary and Harry. “Show me what you mean.” 

Harry took out the fountain pen he had stolen from his uncle before coming back to school. He noticed that quills were very similar to fountain pens but he could not write as well with a quill. He used the pen for notes and homework after making sure it was okay with Professor McGonagall. As long as he used a quill on official exams and essays then it was okay to take notes with a pen after he showed how to use it and what it looked like. 

He wrote ‘ Who are you? ’ and they watched as the ink sunk into the page. About thirty seconds later words began to appear writing out ‘ My name is Tom Riddle. What is your name? ’ which Myrtle freaked out about. 

“Tom was a boy I went to school with back before I died. He is apparently the one who found the person who used that animal to kill me.” Myrtle wailed.

“Wait, he went to school so long ago? How did you die Myrtle?” Harry asked. He knew that she was a ghost at the time his parents attended school because he had asked Ron about it and Mr. and Mrs. Weasley had known the ghost. 

“Oh it was awful. Olive Hornby had been making fun of me something terrible. She had always bullied me, making fun of my glasses. I ran to the bathroom here sobbing. I had hid in one of the stalls when I heard the door open. I was about to call out when I heard a male voice. I opened the stall door to tell the boy that this was the girls bathroom when I saw yellow eyes and then died. I never saw who released the animal, it came from that sink over there.” Myrtle wiled. Pointing to one of the sinks. Harry walked over and saw a carving of a snake. It got him thinking about the chamber of secrets. 

“I am going to need some help Myrtle. I think that is the chamber of secrets and whatever is down there is petrifying the students.” Harry said. He backed away from the sink. “While I go to the professors can you make sure nobody comes in here?” He grabbed the diary and put it in the pocket of his robe.  

He tried to think about what to do next. He knew he could not go to his head of house Professor McGonagall, she did not listen to him last year. Headmaster was an option but he was not helpful when Harry asked for help last year. He knew that the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher would not be able to do anything. He decided that he would ask Professor Flitwick, he had heard that he was fair and he was a champion dueler so he had to have some morals. 

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Harry ran down the hallways, up the stairs until he got to the Charms teachers office. He had to dodge a couple spells along the way and students running from him or screaming when they saw him. He knocked on the door to the office. It took a few seconds before he heard a “come in” from the other side of the door. He opened the door and closed it again behind him. He was breathing a bit heavy from the run and the adrenalin of the situation. 

“Mr. Potter, what a surprise. Why don’t you take a seat and relax for a minute. I will get us some tea.” the half-goblin professor said. Just jumped down from his chair and escorted the young boy to another seat. He quickly summoned a house elf, Mimsy, for some tea. 

“Professor, I didn’t know who else to go to and it all just happened and I think I found out what has been happening but Professor McGonagall wouldn’t believe me again and the headmaster is not available when I need him usually.” Harry said really fast. His hands shook a little as the adrenalin wore off. 

“Why don't you do me a favor, take a deep breath. Good, again. Okay now Mr. Potter, why don’t you start from the beginning.” Flitwick said. 

“Okay. I did not know that I could speak parseltongue before the dueling club,  there was one time I set the boa constructor at the zoo loose on my cousin but it was an accident I swear!” Harry said. 

“It’s okay. We cannot control our accidental magic. That is some very powerful accident magic as well, congratulations.” Filius said, trying not to laugh at the look on the boy's face. 

“Oh, thank you. When Malfoy summoned the snake at the club it was really mad and wanted to attack someone. It was going towards Justin so I told it to stop. I did, I promise!!” Harry said. He knew that adults never believed him but he had to try. 

“I noticed that the snake backed off. Mr. Potter I am not one of those people who think that parseltongue is dark. In fact it is often used for healing and curse breaking in many cultures. The Indian magical community for example used to worship the snake speakers. The Goblins try to hire them for curse breaking as well because the magic of parsel is so strong it can overpower many others.” Flitwick said. His father, Ragnok would love to have someone like Harry on one of the teams when he gets older. 

“I did not know that. Um, so when I spoke to the snake everyone started calling me evil and dark. Some of the older students like to hex me in the hallways, on the stairs and when they can find me basically.” Harry said. 

“Even my Ravenclaws?” Flitwick interrupted. He knew it was rude but he had to know. 

“Um, some of them. Most Ravenclaws just avoid me. Some of the older ones have taught the younger students a shield charm to use when I am around. They won’t do it in front of you and Professor Sprout.” Harry said, feeling a bit bad about ratting them out but he also knew that he was only 12 and they older students could seriously hurt him. If a professor finally took bullying seriously then that could only help the whole school. 

“I will have to address that later. Continue please.” Flitwick said, writing a note about it. He would get some proof first. 

“So I was running away from some older students this morning, I think they were Hufflepuff and Slytherin, and went to hide in Myrtle’s bathroom. After they ran past me I had a conversation with Myrtle. Apparently someone threw a diary through her and she was really upset. When I went to pick up the Diary and see who’s it was, we noticed something strange. The Diary wrote to us, it claimed to be from a student called Tom Marvolo Riddle, who Myrtle said she went to school with. When I tried writing in it, it wrote back again. Myrtle had never heard of magic like that and I have only known about magic since I was eleven.” Harry said. He took the diary out to show the Professor who was sitting forward more attentively when he heard the name. 

“Hm, The only magic I know similar is that of the mirrors that talk back but my father and some of his coworkers would probably know more. Is there anything else?” Flitwick said, he could feel that the diary was something very dark. He grabbed it and put in on his desk, away from the young student. 

“Yes, I asked Myrtle how she died, which I know is not the best thing to do, and she told me. She had been bullied by a girl in her house so she was in the bathroom crying. She said she heard a male voice and when she went to tell him that it was the girls bathroom she saw a huge pair of yellow eyes and then she died instantly. She showed me the sink that the animal came out of and it has a carving of a snake. I think that is where the Chamber of Secrets is!!” Harry said he was excited to have figured this out on his own. The professor did a double take, trying to think of all the animals that he knew that could kill someone with their gaze and paled when he thought of one. 

“Mr. Potter, do you mind if I call a few other people to get their help?” He asked. He started to write a note that he needed an urgent meeting in his office. He may have information on what happened to the students that were petrified . 

“Who are you going to ask sir? I don’t think McGonagall or the Headmasters will help.” Harry said, as if it was common knowledge the Headmasters and Deputy would ignore the students in danger. 

“I would like to call Professors Sprout, Snape, Kettleburn who is the care of magical creatures professor and some of my Goblin family.” The short professor said. 

“Oh, okay. Um you do know that Snape hates me right?” Harry asked. 

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Flitwick spent off the notes using the system the goblins had created where it is similar to when people apparate, but it is the paper or object moving from one place to another. He cast some charms to enlarge his office and created some more seating. The first to knock on his door was Professor Sprout who looked at Harry quickly then shot a questioning look at her colleague. Professor Snape and Kettleburn arrived at the same time. Snape sneered at Harry who was enjoying his cup of tea trying not to look at the professors. The floo flared green as two goblins stepped out. 

“Okay, thank you everyone for coming on short notice. I will do introductions for those of you who do not know each other. I will start with the professors, we have Professor Pomona Sprout, the Herbology professor and head of Hufflepuff house, Professor Severus Snape the potions professor and head of Slytherin house, Professor Silvanus Kettelburn the Care of Magical Creatures professor. Next to me is my father Chief Ragnok and his colleague Griphook. Last we have a student, Mr. Harry Potter who came to me with some concerns that I am coming to you all with.” The small professor said. 

“Why is Minerva not here? It seems that the head of each house is here but Mr. Potter's own is not here.” Professor Sprout asked. 

“Mr. Potter had some concerns about his head of house not listening to him. Mr. Potter, is it okay if we ask her to come? The more people here the better things will be for the outcome.” Flitwick asked. 

“Um okay. She will probably listen to you anyways, it is me she does not listen to.” Harry said, looking at the small professor. He nodded his head to Griphook, recognizing him from last year when he was at the bank. He missed the surprised look on the Goblins face, nobody could usually tell them apart. Filius wrote another note and they only had to wait about 5 minutes where he talked to his father and friend in Gobbledygook, their native language. Minerva was quickly introduced to the two goblins when she came. 

“Okay so this morning Mr. Potter came to me with a couple of concerns and questions. I am sure most of you are aware by now that Mr. Potter was revealed to be a parseltongue during the Dueling club a few weeks ago. What I was not aware of, and I hope you were not aware of, is that students have taken to attacking Mr. Potter in the hallways and in the common room. My own Ravenclaws are responsible and I will be talking with them about it later.” Filius said. The goblins grumbled about being bullied in their language, hating being bullied. Ragnok was amazed at one so young being able to speak the serpent's language, wanting to teach him some control and skills that they could use to hire him later. 

“I was not aware, I knew that some of my Puff’s were feeling uncomfortable with everything going on in the school. The Slytherin's have always bullied Mr. Potter but he usually is arguing back from what I have heard.” Pomona said. Severus sneered as usual but he knew it was true. Anything to put the brat in his place was good in his eyes, maybe now he won’t be so arrogant like his father. 

“I was not aware of the Gryffindors doing anything. I have been busy with the students being petrified and the paperwork Albus asked me to take care of.” Minerva said. 

“Mr. Potter was running away from a few older students this morning when he hid in the second floor bathroom that Myrtle Warren occupies. They had a conversation, apparently someone threw a book through Ms. Warren and she flooded the bathroom because she was upset, again. The book turned out to be a diary belonging to one Tom Marvolo Riddle.” Filius said. 

“Wait, he went to school with me, how did his diary end up in Hogwarts now?” Minerva asked. She was a few years younger than Tom but remembered him. He was a perfect and head boy, even winning an award for Services for the School. 

“We do not know how it ended up here. Now that is not the weird part. Mr. Potter and Ms. Warren noticed that when water dripped on the diary it wrote to them. They decided to try writing something in it and the diary responded. They had never heard of magic like this so Mr. Potter came to me to ask about it.” Filius said. He held up the diary and saw his father and friend immediately notice the dark magic surrounding it. Severus also reacted with the barest of flinch that without a trained eye one would not see. 

“I have not heard of magic writing back. Also the aura coming off of that is very concerning. Mr. Potter, where did you say you found this?” Severus asked. He may hate the boy but this was more important than the hate right now. 

“Someone threw it into Myrtle’s bathroom this morning. She did not see who, only that she thought the person was wearing red robes.” Harry answered. 

“We will have to look into that if someone brought that with them, how they got it and when.” Minerva said. 

“To continue onto the second half that I think may be more pressing right now. Ms. Warren decided to share with Mr. Potter how she passed away. She said that after being bullied she was crying in the bathroom when she heard a male voice. She opened the door to tell him it was the girls room and she needed to leave. The last thing she saw was huge yellow eyes. She pointed Harry to the sink the animal came out of where he found a carving of a snake, leading them to believe that might be the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets.” Filius said. 

“Dear Merlin! If it is the animal I think it is, we are going to see a lot of help.” Kettleburn said. 

“What animal are you thinking?” Pomona asked. 

“It sounds like a Basilisk. They are known as the King of Serpents because they can kill with just a look. I have never heard of one petrifying someone though.” Kettleburn said. The two Goblins were nodding along, having similar suspicions. 

“Well would it petrify them if they looked at the reflection? Like Mrs. Norris saw it through the water around the bathroom and Collin through his Camera.” Harry asked. The group thought about it for a minute and nodded along that it could be possible. 

“I will look into it and talk to a couple experts that I know from India. They have studied the snake in the past.” Kettleburn said. 

“We can also talk to our staff about it.” Griphook said. 

“If it is a snake that could explain what I have been hearing lately. On Halloween I heard a voice saying it was hungry and wanted to kill but nobody else heard it and hearing voices is not normal. But I can understand snakes. The voice came from the walls and traveled through the walls. There must be tunnels or something.” Harry said. A couple of the teachers gave him a look when he said he could hear a voice back in October. 

“That is probably what you are hearing lad. Have you heard of it since?” Ragnok asked. Harry nodded his head yes and explained he heard it usually when someone was found petrified. 

Okay let's get a group of curse breakers and snake speakers to come and consult.” Minerva said. 

“You can contact Ron’s brother Bill. He is a curse breaker who works for Gringotts. I think he is in Egypt right now though.” Harry suggested. The Professors got up to go have meetings with the students. 

“We are all going to have meetings with our houses about the bullying. Then this weekend we are going to have to keep you all in the common rooms while we try to figure out the animal. Mr. Potter, you will be staying here while Ragnok contacts the curse breakers so that you can explain to them what you found and they can scan you for dark magic.” Minerva said. 

Harry sat while everyone else talked about what they were doing. Severus did not want to talk to his students but knew that he needed to. They were not being cunning at all. 

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Harry was looking around his professor's office as the two goblins were writing something. He assumed it was a note to the curse breaking team. The office was filled with some awards that Harry was able to see were from the dueling circuit. There were also some pictures of what seems to be a younger Flitwick standing on the stage holding a trophy, some with his father from what Harry could tell because Flitwick said that the Chief was his father. 

“Mr. Potter, while we are here can we ask you a couple questions?” Griphook asked. 

“Sure. I remember you, you’re the one who took me to my vault last year right?” Harry asked. 

“Indeed I am. I was wondering why you have not responded to any of our letters?” Griphook asked. 

“I have never received mail from you, or anybody besides Hogwarts and my friends Ron and Hermione.” Harry answered. The more he thought about it the weirder it seemed because he knew other famous people get fan mail and he has never gotten anything. 

“We will have to check you for a mail ward when we scan you to make sure that the magic of the diary is not affecting you at all. We have been trying to contact you so that we can review your family vaults and get your heir ring.” Griphook said. 

“I only have the one vault that you took me to. I also don’t know what a heir ring is. I'm sorry.” Harry said. Griphook and Ragnok spent the next 15 minutes giving Harry a basic explanation about what being a heir means, his family history in its very basics and for what they knew. 

Harry also got to ask about their culture and race. He wanted to know more so he could respect their culture. He learned the proper way to greet a goblin as well as that they use their titles in their names as a point of pride. The nation has to earn their titles and they deserve to be respected. The only person about the Chief of each bank is the King of the nation, who the Wixen will never meet usually. 

“I just don’t understand why Wixen treats the race that looks after our money so badly. You could decide to just take our money and leave and there is nothing we could do about it if the wrong person made you mad enough.” Harry said. 

“You’re one of the rare wizards that feel that way lad” a gruff voice said from near the fire place. Harry whipped his head around to look at a group of five people coming through the floo. The man who spoke seemed to be in his early fifties maybe with dark brown hair, brown eyes and a few scars on his face that Harry could see. 

“Ah good you’re here. Come and sit down, we will do introductions then I will tell you why you are here.” Ragnok said. The other people came in and sat down. Harry saw the tell tale red hair that he associates with most Weasleys. 

Ragnok went down the line of curse breakers introducing them to Harry. The man who spoke is Mateo Ramos and Harry learned he is from Spain, he is 52 and he has been a curse breaker for 25 years after he got his mastery in defense and ancient runes. The next person was a woman who seemed to be in her thirties and had dirty blond hair and blue eyes. Her name is Myra Hendrix from Italy. The next person down the line is a dark skinned man who seemed to also be in his twenties. He had shaved hair and very dark eyes, his name is Maverick Lamont and he lives in Africa when he is not in Egypt with the rest of the team. The next woman was older, probably in her forties but Harry learned that judging the age of a magical is hard because they age slower. She had light blond hair with silver eyes that seemed to have a gold ring in them. Her name is Alexandra Grey and Harry learned that she is a first generation from France. The last person is exactly who Harry thought. William ‘Bill’ Weasley is a tall man with long red hair tied in a ponytail. He had a cool fang earring and tattoos. His blue eyes sparkled with happiness and mischief very much like the twins do. 

“This here is Harry Potter, he is a student here and found an object that I need your team to look at first. Then I will need you to scan him for influence and probably scan Gryffindor house because they believe the person who was interacting with the dark object was from that house.” Ragnok said. 

“Hey Harry, my brother Ron has written to me about you before. It is nice to finally meet you.” Bill said. The others quickly looked shocked by his name but quickly became professional again when they realized this may be serious. 

Harry once again told his story to the team who interrupted to ask questions this time. They asked questions about past experiences with snakes, where they learned he had accidentally released the snake at the zoo. The team had a good laugh about that as well. 

“We are going to scan the diary now. I am going to ward this corner of the office, Harry I would like you to stay behind the wards as it will keep you safer.” Maverick said. 

Harry watched from behind the ward as they ran a few tests, one had different symbols appearing in the air. He wished that he knew what it was saying because almost at once each curse breaker swore, each using different words for the most part. The two goblins were barking something in their language which many of the curse breakers also seemed to understand as they nodded along. 

“Mr. Potter we need to bring this to Gringotts and you will need to come as well. You are going to come with Bill, Alex and Maverick to Gringotts now while Griphook, Myra, and Mateo are going to scan Gryffendor tower for the other who interacted with the artifact. You need an adult to escort you and normally it would be your head of house, however you had concerns about your head of house so who would you like to come?” Ragnok said after calming down enough to address the child. 

“If Professor Flitwick could come I would appreciate that but if he is needed here then maybe Professor Bathsheda Babbling could come because I heard she teaches Ancient Runes and that is what I think the symbols are.” Harry said. He had been looking into what electives to take next year and remembered her name. He really wanted to take Runes and Arithmancy but Ron was trying to convince him to take Care of Magical Creatures and Divination. 

“Let me send a message to both.” Ragnok said. He wrote a couple notes and sent them using their messaging system. About 10 minutes later he got a note back from Flitwick that he could meet them in Gringotts after his house meeting. Professor Babbling would go with them as Harry needed some adult representation from the school. She was excited to be able to possibly see some curse breaking and detection. 

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“Have you ever used the floo before Harry?” Bill asked. 

“The first time I used it was with your family and I ended up in the wrong place.” Harry said truthfully. He was embarrassed but knew that Bill would not judge him if he was like his family. 

“Okay I am going to have you come with me then.” Bill said as he offered his hand to Harry. Harry grabbed his hand and they stepped into the fireplace together. Harry closed his eyes as the spinning began. If Bill had not grabbed him when they got to Gringotts he would have fallen again. “Are you okay?” he asked.

“I am okay, I just don’t know how you can floo without falling.” Harry said. He took off his glasses to clean them as Bill escorted him away from the floo. 

He put the glasses back on and looked at the room they came into. It seems to be an office based on the desk filled with some paperwork, filing cabinets and weapons all along the walls. Harry was looking at a pair of daggers on the wall when everyone else came in. 

“Come Mr. Potter, we are going to go to the ritual room.” Ragnok said. He lead the group through the maze of hallways, Harry got confused after the fifth turn and stopped trying to keep track. He was trying to keep up and looking at everything as he walked because there were weapons and imagery all over the walls that seemed to be images of battles. Maybe some were even the ones he read about in History of Magic. 

They walked into a stone room that had to be underground based on the path that they took. There was a table in the middle made of stone that was surrounded by what were probably runes carved into the ground. As Harry walked through the door he felt something, almost like when he accidentally walked through a ghost one time. He shivered as he felt it along his whole body. What Harry did not know was there was a ward on the door that would remove anything such as a tracking charm, glamorous, Polyjuice potion and other appearance altering substances, spells and devices. They walked into the side room to explain that Harry and Professor Babbling would stay in there and watch as the team ran their tests. 

The professor was excited and told Harry what some of the Runes meant that she could see. She explained that it was a mixture of different cultures. She explained the ones on the ground would light up when in use and most meant things like Algiz which meant protection, shield and defense would help protect the ones working and the one on the table. Uruz stands for strength, power and courage which would help the curse breakers with extra power if they need it to contain or break the curse. The elder futhark rune Ansuz stood for cleaning which would help to clean the object or person of the curse or potion. She also pointed out the rune Othala which meant heritage, ancestry and inheritance. She explained that they used that rune to do inheritance tests which he may want to ask about. There were also norse runes such as sowilo which represent strength, courage and victory. Harry thought that rune looked very similar to the mark left on his forehead and decided that he would look into it and read about it. Maybe his mother did a ritual that helped him survive. 

They watched as the group took notes and then Ragnok called for another Goblin to get a lead box. They levitated the diary into the lead box and sealed it with a mix of magic and runes. Around that time is also when the second group who stayed at the school arrived with a small red haired girl. 

“Ginny?” Bill asked quickly, going over to his sister. 

“Bill, I don’t know what is happening. These people came into the common room and scanned us all and said I had to come with them. Percy is waiting outside because he had to come with me, he sent a letter to dad so he could come too.” Ginny said, hugging her big brother. 

“We will explain in a minute, dad should be here soon because this is important. I am going to have you wait in the other room with Harry and Professor Babbling while we set up for the ritual we need to do on you. It is easy and you don’t have to be scared.” Bill said. He lead her to the room while his younger brother Percy came into the room with his Dad being lead by Ironclaw. “Percy come over here, you will stay in the room back here too while I talk to dad real quick.” 

“Bill, what is going on? I was just at work when Percy came into my office upset and frantic. He said that the group who came to the tower said they needed Ginny to come to Gringotts quickly.” Arthur Weasley asked when he saw his oldest son. He hugged him quickly while also checking him over for injuries as he had not seen his son in a while. 

“Ron’s friend Harry found a dark object at school that was being used in a way to petrify the students as you probably heard. We scanned the object and then had to scan others for who was interacting with the object. Come over to my group so we can explain okay?” Bill said, grabbing his dad’s hand to lead him over. 

“Mr. Weasley, good you're here. I am sure William filled you in on the very basics. What we found when we scanned the object, which is an old diary, is that it is what is called a Horcrux . I am sure you have not heard of them as it is rare here in England in this day and age. Now we heard from the ghost who the diary was thrown through that a Gryffindor was the one who had it. We scanned the students and found that your daughter is the one who had the diary and was possessed by it multiple times. We need to do a scan and then a cleansing ritual to get rid of any lingering effects. The ritual is safe and should not have any effects on Ginevra at all. Young Harry is also going to need to be scanned and then probably cleansed as well. Do we have your permission to scan and cleanse your daughter?” Griphook said. 

“Yes anything to help my little girl. How did she get the diary? And why did she not tell anybody? Is Harry okay?” Arthur asked. 

“Harry seems to be okay if a little shaken up from finding it. I do not know where and when she got the diary, hopefully she will tell us after this is all over. We will help dad. You’re going to go wait in the side chamber with Percy, Harry and Professor Babbling as we needed a guardian for Harry.” Bill said, leading his dad over. The group behind him set up the table as needed. 

“Ginny come here. We are going to scan you and then give you a cleansing. This will not hurt and should only feel like tingling. Then after we do the same with Harry we are going to have a talk with everyone.” Bill said, reaching for Ginny's hand. Arthur kissed his daughters head as he walked by. 

“Percy come here. Your sister is going to be okay. Bill and his team will take great care of her.” Arthur said, pulling his middle son into a hug. He knew that this had to be scary for the boy who always tried to be as responsible for everything that he could. He was probably thinking about how he missed his sister having problems. “Harry, it’s good to see you again. Are you doing alright?” Arthur asked the young boy. He did not notice how small Harry looked over the summer. 

“Hi Mr. Weasley. I am okay, it is a little overwhelming that everything is happening all at once. Is Ginny okay?” Harry asked, wringing his hands together. 

“She is going to be fine, Harry. Come here.” Arthur said, taking the small boy into his arms for a hug too. He could feel the slight shaking of the adrenalin crash combined with stress the boy is probably experiencing. 

Harry and Percy sat next to Mr. Weasley as he asked them about classes and how school was going this year. He tried to keep not only them but himself distracted from what Ginny was experiencing. He trusted his oldest son and his team but that was his little girl. Harry asked Percy about the electives and what the different careers wizards could have. Professor Babbling joined to talk about her class and what the students who take Ancient Runes can go on to do. About half an hour later Bill entered, leading a sleepy Ginny to their dad. He pulled her onto his lap and checked her over before looking at his oldest. 

“She is perfectly fine now. She did not have a lot of lingering effects so the cleansing did not take as long. She is going to be tired from the magic used and we had to give her a calming drought as she was anxious. Now Harry we are setting up for your scan as well so you can join me now.” Bill said. He knew the little boy was nervous but tried not to show it. 

“Mr. Potter we are going to ask you to take off anything you have on you that is magical and put it in the box over there. We are also going to have you take off your glasses. One of us will lead you to the bed we need you to lay on. The first thing we are going to do is a scan to see if any foreign magic is on you. Then we will go from there.” Mateo said. Harry took off his robe and glasses. He held out his hand and felt someone lead him to the table. 

“We are just going to scan you now Mr. Potter using an inheritance test. It will tell us everything from your name, heirships, money and foreign magics to your person.” Griphook said. Harry felt what he thought was magic making its way from my toes up to his hair. He could feel it tingling all up his body. 

Harry was told he would get to read the results during the meeting later. He laid there while they read through the test. He heard the goblins speaking in their guttural voices about something for a few minutes. 

“Okay Mr. Potter, we need to do a couple of things. We must first do a cleansing, then at a later date when we have the materials ready we need to do a second ritual. We do not need to worry about that one right now. The cleansing should not hurt and you will feel sleepy after due to the magic being used. Please let us know if anything does hurt.” Griphook said. 

Harry continued to lay there when he heard them start to chant. He felt his magic combine with the magic he felt scanning him and felt some areas almost as if something was being pulled from him. The majority of the pulling was coming from his stomach and head but it did not hurt. The ritual lasted almost an hour and a half due to the number of potions and blocks the team found on the little boy. 

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Bill came over to check on Harry when they finished and noticed that he had fallen asleep. He was not overly surprised as it was probably a very long day for the twelve year old. He gently picked him up and held him, noticing how light he felt. The rest of the team cleaned up the room and moved to get the others from the room. 

“If you would all follow us back to Ragnok’s office we will go over what we found.” Mateo said to Arthur, Percy and Professor Babbling. Ginny had woken up a bit during the time they were working with Harry and was walking beside him holding her dad’s hand. They walked back through the maze of hallways until they reached the office that they came in through. Ragnok waved his hand and conjured some more furniture. He created a couch where the Weasley family that is present Sat. Percy sat on one end with Arthur next to him, Ginny next to her dad and Bill sat with Harry in his lap at the other end. Professor Babbling sat in one of the single arm chairs while the curse breakers sat on the second couch. Professor Flitwick was sitting in the office waiting after completing his house meeting. He was sat in one of the smaller chairs for the Goblins near the desk. 

“Okay we are going to start with Ginevra Molly Weasley as she was scanned first and she is awake.” Ragnok said. He grabbed the papers and made a copy to give to Arthur. He looked down at the paper and was not very surprised by what it said. 

Inheritance Test Ginevra Molly Weasley

Name : Ginevra Molly Weasley

Age : 11 (D.O.B: 8/11/81)

Father : Arthur Septimus Weasley 

Mother : Molly Lyris Weasley nee Prewitt  

Siblings: 

William Arthur Weasley - 11/29/70

Charles Septimus Weasley - 12/12/72

Percival Ignatius Weasley - 8/22/76

Fred Gideon Weasley - 4/1/78

George Fabian Weasley - 4/1/78

Ron Billius Weasley - 3/1/80

Godparents : Ignatius Prewett & Andromeda Tonks 

Blood Status : Pure-Blood

Magical Guardian : Arthur Weasley 

Blocks :

None 

Potions/Compulsions:

Compulsion to write in diary (cleansed)

Heirships & Ladyships:

Heir to: 

- Weasley (seventh in line)

 Properties: 

- The Burrow, Ottery St Catchpole

(Owned by father Arthur Wealsey) 

Vaults: 

Weasley : 253 G, 39 S, and 2 K

Prewett:   25,800 G, 18 S and 395 K

*All vaults contain various artifacts, books, portraits, etc. 

Arthur did not see anything that he was surprised by. He knew that they were cleaning her of any influence of the diary so he was not shocked to see the compulsion. He did not realize that Molly’s family had that much money but he was also not completely surprised they did not offer to help them when needed. He was able to save some money in each pay check that he did not tell Molly about because she liked to spend what they got right away. He loved her but she was not without her faults. 

“As you can see we were able to get rid of the compulsion as well as the linger effects of possession. Your daughter is now healthy as she was before. Due to the nature of what we found, nothing is being charged for any tests or rituals today.” Ragnok said. 

“Thank you so much. We really appreciate all that you and the team did for our family and especially Ginny.” Arthur said, relieved because he was not sure how he would pay for the ritual. 

“Now Ms. Weasley, we need to ask where you got the diary from.” Griphook said. 

“I found it in my books when we went shopping. I thought my parents found it in the second hand shop and got it for me.” Ginny said. 

“We did not get you a diary but why did you not think to thank us if that is what you thought? And why not tell us when it is written back to you?” Arthur asked. Percy sat up a little straighter when he heard that it had written back. His dad always told them that you should never interact with something that you can not figure out where the brain is. 

“I did not want to get expelled! I have been looking forward to Hogwarts since Bill went and I did not want to get expelled when I noticed that I was missing chunks of time or would wake up covered in feathers.” Ginny said, crying. 

“Okay first of all, Gin you would not have been expelled for telling someone what you thought. You put a lot of people in danger by keeping it to yourself. Also if you knew that then you should have tried to stop writing in it, I understand there was a compulsion but it was only in effect when holding the diary until you held it so long it stuck. Also you were born the year I first went to Hogwarts so I am not sure you actually remember that.” Bill said. While he felt bad for his sister, she also put a lot of people at risk because she did not want to get in trouble. Someone could have easily died. 

“Ms. Weasley, if you had come to any of the teachers about this you would not have gotten in trouble. Take Mr. Potter for example, he came to me and he is not in trouble, in fact he was able to be helped and maybe save the students.” Flitwick said. 

“I am sorry!” Ginny said. She turned towards her dad crying. He put an arm around her and held her until she calmed down a little. 

Harry was startled awake by the loud apology and crying. He looked around trying to figure out where he was, calming down when he remembered what happened and saw the group. He was leaning into Bill's hand as it rubbed his back to calm him down. Bill was whispering what happened to explain to Harry why Ginny was upset. 

“We know you are sorry and that you may not have meant harm but I am going to have to talk to your mother and teachers about a punishment. You continued to put students in danger but we will take into account the whole situation.” Arthur said. 

“Very well. Now Mr. Potter, as your magical guardian, is not here. I am going to ask you if you are okay with everyone knowing the results of your inheritance test.” Griphook said. 

“What is a magical guardian and who is mine? I do not mind everyone here knowing. Maybe you can all help me understand it.” Harry said as he shifted on Bill's lap to face towards the room. He was really comfortable where he was and did not want to move if Bill did not tell him to. 

“A magical guardian is an adult magical who is responsible for the care and teaching of an underage magical. You have two magical guardians on your exam. Your godfather Sirius Black is still listed as your primary magical guardian and the self places guardian is Albus Dumbledore.” Ragnok said. He made a copy of Harry’s test to hand to the boy. He looked at it to see what he already knew. 

Inheritance Test For Harry Potter

Name : Harry James Potter

Age : 12 (D.O.B: 31/07/80) 

Father : James Fleamont Potter 

Mother : Lily Marie Potter nee Evans 

Godfathers : Sirius Black & Remus Lupin 

Godmother: Alice Longbottom 

Blood Status : Half-Blood

Magical Guardian : Sirius Black (illegally imprisoned) 

Albus Dumbledore (Illegal) 

Blocks :

Magical Core : 65% Blocked by Albus Dumbledore (15% Broken)

Mind : 15% Blocked by Albus Dumbledore (85% Broken)

Parselmagic : 50% Blocked by Albus Dumbledore (50% Broken)

Animagus (Multiple): 70% Blocked by Albus Dumbledore 

Eidetic Memory : 85% Blocked by Albus Dumbledore 

Wandless/Wordless Magic: 85% Blocked by Albus Dumbledore (15% Broken)

Occlumency : 90% Blocked by Albus Dumbledore (10% Broken) 

Legilimency: 90% Blocked by Albus Dumbledore (10% Broken) 

Horcrux: 90% Blocked by Albus Dumbledore (10% Broken)

All Blocks Removed during cleansing

Potions/Compulsions:

Trust Potion keyed to : Albus Dumbledore, Vernon Dursley

Disloyalty/Untrustworthiness Potion keyed to : Draco Malfoy, Severus Snape, Tom Marvolo Riddle, 

Compulsions: 

Submissive Compulsion keyed to : Albus Dumbledore, Vernon Dursley, Petunia Dursley, Dudley Dursley

Trustworthiness Compulsion keyed to : Albus Dumbledore

All Potions and Compulsions Removed in Cleansing

Heirships & Lordships:

Heir to: 

- Peverell (Father/ Magical Conquest)

- Slytherin (by Magical Conquest)

- Potter (by Father)

-Gryffindor (by Father)

(No Lordships until of age)

Titles: 

The Boy-Who-Lived

Properties: 

- Number 4 Privet Drive, Little Whining, Surrey

- Potter Manor (unplottable) 

- Peverell Manor (unplottable)

- Marauders Den (New York City)

- Slytherin’s Chamber of Secrets

- Slytherin Manor (Unplottable) 

-Gryffindor Manor (Liverpool, England

- ½ of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry 

Vaults: 

Peverell : 8,967,500 Galleons, 10K Sickles, 5K Knuts

Slytherin : 6,746,940 Galleons, 9K Sickles, 2K Knuts 

Potter : 847,649 Galleons, 15K Sickles, 10K Knuts 

(100 Galleons keyed to Albus Dumbledore every once a year from Potter Vault)

(200 pounds a month to Petunia Dursley from the Potter Vault)

*All vaults contain various artifacts, books, portraits, etc. 

“What does all this mean?” Harry asked. Bill was reading over his shoulder and was extremely mad and confused. 

“Which parts do you have questions about?” Bill asked. 

“What is a heirship? Why did I have so many blocks and potions? Why would Dumbledore do that? Why was my aunt getting paid but they said I cost too much?” Harry asked. 

“I will start with a heirship. What they mean is you are the child to your father who was Lord Potter before he passed away. You have a ring that can protect you from a lot of the spells and potions that you had on you so I would recommend getting that before we leave. Someone will give you more lessons about heir and lordships in the future, okay? I do not know why Dumbledore would block a lot of that. I also will be looking into the money that was supposed to be used for your care, if it was not I will be recalling it.” Griphook said. Arthur volunteered to help teach Harry in the future if that is what he wanted and if his guardian did not teach him. “We will go over more detail of your vaults when you come back for the second ritual which leads me to our next point.” 

“During the summer we are going to have someone pick you up from the train and take you straight here to the bank. We need to get some things and then we will be able to remove the Horcrux in your scar. It is safe and while it may hurt, it will help us find and destroy the rest of them. When they are all destroyed we will be able to say that Tom Marvolo Riddle, the self-named Lord Voldemort, will officially be gone.” Ragnok said. 

“I can be the one to pick him up.” Bill said. He knew how much his family cared for Harry and would be more than happy to pick him up. 

“Okay thank you so much. We will be ready then. We will let you all go back to Hogwarts now.” Ragnok said. 

The rest of the curse breakers left the office to go back to continue with the paperwork of the case and to secure the diary. Those going to Hogwarts started going through the floo, starting with Professor Babbling. Arthur went with Ginny, followed by Percy. Bill held Harry as they went through as the young boy was still tired and a bit weak from removing all the blocks and compulsions. Flitwick came through last after letting his father know he would try to stop in soon and talk. 

“Follow me, we will go up to Gryffindor tower where the kids can get some dinner and rest. Percy would you be willing to help look after Mr. Potter tonight until he has some more strength tomorrow? Bill can stay until he falls asleep but we want to be safe tonight.” Flitwick asked. 

“I am okay with that. Maybe both Harry and Ginny can sleep in the common room so I can watch both of them. The twins and Ron may want to join as well.” Percy said. He looked over to Harry in Bill's arms and knew that one night would be easy for him to help. He felt terrible about missing the signs because his sister needed help. 

They walked into the common room and were immediately noticed by most. The twins and Ron were running towards the group, especially when they saw their father and Bill. Arthur pulled them into a private room where he explained everything to them and asked them to help look after Ginny and Harry tonight. 

“Can I have everybody’s attention please. I am going to ask that you respect the privacy of each other and allow Mr. Potter and the Weasleys to get some rest tonight. More information will be coming to you all soon but they need to recharge after the day. Thank you.” Flitwick said. 

Bill set Harry down on the couch and sat next to him. He called for a house elf to bring some dinner for the group who missed the meal. They sat and ate together until it was time for Bill and Arthur to leave. That night Bill set up Harry and Ginny on a couple of transfigured beds. Percy, Fred, George and Ron also transfigured some beds to stay with them. Hermione tried to stay but was asked to sleep upstairs for the night until the two were feeling better. 

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***This is Happening at the same time the team goes to Gringotts**

The four heads of house left Flitwick's office thinking about the situation. Each needed to have a talk with their house right away. Pomona and Severus headed for the dungeons while Minerva headed up to her office where she will make the announcement to have all students in their common rooms. After that she would head to the Gryffindor common room. Filius headed straight for the Ravenclaw common room. 

Ravenclaw: 

After answering the riddle on the door, I ’m the rare case when today comes before yesterday. What am I? A dictionary , he entered to see something he did not expect. First year Luna Lovegood was crying over what looked like a torn picture while two upper year students Cho Chang and Marietta Edgecombe were laughing at her. 

He climbed onto the table and let out a loud bang with his wand. He immediately had the attention of all the students in the dorm. Some had the decency to look ashamed of the behavior. While others were just confused on what was happening. The Professor had designated hours he was in the common room and that was not at this time. It was at that point they heard the announcement for all students to return to their common rooms. 

“While we wait for everyone to come back I would like Ms. Clearwater to start taking attendance so I know who is here. Ms. Lovegood please bring that up here and I will try to fix it for you. Ms. Change and Ms. Edgecombe we will be having a serious discussion later and you are getting a week of detention for this instance. You will be with Filch cleaning all of next week.” Flitwick said. He pinned the two with a hard look. He was able to repair the picture that Luna had been trying to fix. He noticed it was a picture of her mother who had passed away a few years ago. It took about ten minutes for all the students to be present in the common room. They sat in the different chairs and on the floor facing him. 

“Good everyone is here. I want to start off by saying that we have a lead on what has been petrifying the students and the professors are working with Gringotts to help get rid of the animal that is causing the harm. Now that being said, there have been some serious problems brought up that we need to discuss. We all know that during the dueling club Mr. Potter was revealed to be a parselmouth. No, be quiet!” He yelled when everyone started talking about how it was evil. “Being a parselmouth is not evil. In fact in other cultures it is praised and some of the most accomplished healers are parselmouths. This is what I mean, you all immediately started attacking a twelve year old because he can speak another language. A twelve year old who clearly told the snake to back away when it stopped advancing towards Mr. Finch-Fletchley. I am very disappointed in all of you, especially the older years who are attacking a child. Things are going to change around here because clearly even inter house bullying is seen as okay, based on what I witnessed when I walked in here. From now on, every instance of bullying will be met with a detention or more depending on the severity. You are all old enough to know better than to bully someone, especially on things like being an orphan, having less money and more. This will be a school side policy. Now prefects are going to be able to enforce this and if I find out they are participating as well they will lose the badge. There is going to be a box set up by my office that you can anonymously report any bullying you witness or that has happened to you.” 

The students all looked around, some looking ashamed but some still looking defiant. Filius made a note of who those students were and would keep an eye one them. He turned around and had the two students follow him where he assigned them the detention officially and then lectured them on bullying. 

Hufflepuff

Pomona Sprout was known as a gentle, kind woman who loves plants more than humans at times. She is the motherly professor that students go to when they are feeling homesick. She had a kind nature and was proud of her puffs most of the time. This did not happen to be one of those times. 

She entered the common room and moved to stand near the fireplace catching the attention of many students sitting around. They heard the announcement and sat down to wait for others to come. Pomona asked her prefects to keep track of who is there and who is missing. She waited about fifteen minutes until everyone was present except Justin who was still petrified. 

“I need everyone to look over here please and listen. I am going to start with the good news that we have found a lead on the animal that is petrifying the students and we are working with the goblins to resolve the situation. That being said I found out some very disappointing news from a student. I was called to Professor Flitwick's office today because a student found an object that was causing the problems. The student found it because he was running away from students trying to hurt him. As you all probably have guessed I am talking about Mr. Potter. Not only are older students chasing and hurting him, but students from our house are. You all blamed him and accused him of hurting students because he told a snake to get away from Mr. Finch-Fletchley as we could see by the snake backing away. You all bullied a twelve year old boy who did not know how to protect himself, tried to protect your classmate, and found out that Parseltongue is considered dark here. Also so you all know, that ability is honored in other cultures, especially for healing. I am disappointed in all of you. We have a new policy starting, any instances of bullying will be met with detention and possible suspension. I hope that you all will think hard about your behavior and why you felt it was okay to hex a child on the stairs, until he bled, or hurt him in any way. You all started rumors about an individual you did not know. If you have any questions or concerns I will be in the common room for the rest of the night. I will also be leaving an anonymous box by my office where you can report bullying, problems, and ask questions. I hope you all have a nice long think tonight. Good night” She said, looking round at all her badgers. She saw some looked sorry, some worried about being caught and some who seemed a little confused. Susan Bones looked very guilty as well so Pomona knew she was likely one of the students bullying Harri. 

Slytherin

Severus Snape was stalking towards the dungeons. His robes flared out behind him and he walked, sneering at students as he passed them. He could not believe that saint Potter was the reason he had to have a meeting with his snakes, but he was more disappointed that they were so obvious with it. What Snape did not know is that the Slytherin’s behavior is the house that changed the lease, they all knew he was not the heir but it was an excuse to hex the boy who destroyed a lot of their parents' master. 

He heard the announcement as he reached the wall entrance to the common room. He muttered the password and swept into the room. His eyes scanned the room and noticed that most of his snakes were already there. He waited five minutes before he saw everyone. Malfoy was preening on the couch trying to make room for his followers even though the couches were taken by the upper year. If that boy was not his godson he would have no patience for that. 

“Listen up, is this now the home of the cunning and ambitious? All of you have been blatantly obvious in your bullying this year and I am disappointed. What is one of the main rules I give on the first day of school?” Snape said. 

“Don’t get caught and if we do, get caught by you.” Marcus Flint said. 

“Exactly. I just got out of a meeting where we discussed a change in the bullying policy at school because most students in the school have been attacking one student. We all heard Mr. Potter using parseltongue and instead of being cunning, you run around hexing him, chasing him through the halls, taunting him in front of others. Now for every instance of bullying caught the student gets at least one detention, possibly more depending on the severity. You are all doing absolutely nothing to improve the reputation that Slytherin house has. We knew that we are seen as dark but you are proving it to the school with your action. Now that being said we have also found what is causing the petrifications, those will be stopping and the issue will be addressed by professionals at Gringotts.” Severus said. 

“Why would you stop it? Don’t we want the mudbloods gone?” Draco Malfoy sneered. 

“Draconis Lucius Malfoy, you know how I feel about that word. You will have a detention with me tomorrow for this. It is attitudes and impulsive behavior like that that make you all look like Gryffindors in snakes skin. I expect you all to do better, use some cunning and do not get caught if you do something. Do not do anything dangerous and always defend yourself as always.” Snape finished. He looked around his students and knew that he would still have some who caused problems but they would be more secretive now. 

Gryffindor 

Minerva walked from her office to the common room, watching the students head towards their own. She nodded to a couple of the lions she saw as she went. She entered and moved to stand in front of the fireplace so she could see everyone. 

“Mr. Percy Weasley, can you please take note of who is here and who is missing?” She asked. He was a good student who always took his jobs seriously. 

“Professor, Harry Potter is not here as well as Colin Creevey but we know he is in the infirmary.” Percy reported. 

“What happened to Harry? Is he okay?” Hermione asked while Ron looked around from beside her looking for his friend. 

“Mr. Potter is currently occupied and will not be joining us for this meeting. I am going to start off by letting you all know that we believe we found the object that was enchanting someone to release an animal that had been petrifying the students. This weekend a team with Gringotts will be coming to help take care of the animal and they are currently examining the object.” She paused as they all cheered. A few asking about when they could help Colin and if Harry was okay again. “Mr. Potter is okay, he is with the team from Gringotts because he found the object and asked for help. Now all the heads of house just had a quick meeting where we discovered some troubling news. Some of you lion have turned on your own and have taken to hexing, chasing, insulting and injuring Mr. Potter due to his ability to speak to snakes. Now I was informed that parseltongue is not a dark trait and is in fact honored and revered in many cultures such as Indian culture. You have all turned on a twelve year old and one of your own.” 

“When you said our house would be like our family, I did not realize you meant like Harry's relatives and not like my own family.” Ron said. He was still mad about his friend being targeted so much he tried to push them away. 

Minerva was about to reply when there was a knock on the portrait. She went over and saw half of the curse breaking team. They explained what they needed to do so she agreed. “Students, these are some of the curse breakers from Gringotts who are here to help us. They need to scan you all for any magic that may be affecting you from the object. This will be done in private if you wish and if you are okay with it being in front of others that is fine too.” 

The team started to take students in spare rooms to scan them, finding some magic on students that was altering them in some way, making a list for the professor for later. They got to Ginny Weasley and found the signature matching the diary. They asked her to stay in the room as they would need to be going with them. They asked Percy to join them in the room explaining that there was magic affecting Ginny and they needed to go to Gringotts. 

Minerva finished the meeting with everyone else after the scans were complete and explained about the box that would be added to all the heads of house offices. She outlined the new bullying policy as well. Ron and Hermione spent time looking around trying to find Harry and now Ginny and Percy. They asked the twins who also did not know so the four of them sat together waiting for answers. 

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Griphook arranged for a group of Goblin warriors to go to Hogwarts on Saturday. They would meet with a team of wizards from the International Confederation of Wixen because they did not trust the British Ministry with the job. The team was supposed to have one parselmouth at least who would accompany them. 

They arrived around seven in the morning, flooing into Flitwick’s office where he greeted them. The group consisted of five Goblin warriors and three animal tamers from the ICW. They briefly introduced themselves before realizing that the parselmouth was not amongst them. They decided to send a note to the ICW and ask about it. They sat around talking and getting to know the problem as the staff knew it until they heard back. 

The note they received back says that the only parselmouth who would feel comfortable going to Britain was not available and the one they talked to backed out when he learned the location. They did not like to go to places where they would be harassed, criticized and possibly attacked and arrested for their ability. 

“Well, Would it be possible for Mr. Potter to just open it and stay away from the snake?” Stonecrusher asked. He was the lead goblin on his team and had earned his status through many battles. 

“We will need to ask him. We need to make a safety plan and get him some protective eye wear if we do.” Flitwick suggested. They sat down and came up with the safety plan, specialized glasses, staying away from the chamber, holding a rooster and with Flitwick and another professor at all times. They made sure that the glasses were already available and would be able to fit over the glasses Harry already wears. 

They traveled to the Gryffindor common room together as a group. Flitwick as a head of house has the password for all the common rooms just in case of emergency so he said the password that the staff have which differs from the student one. They walked in to see a few students on the couches talking and a few sitting at the table working on some homework. 

“Ah Mr. Weasley, would you mind getting Mr. Potter for us?” Flitwick asked when he saw Percy sitting at a table. 

“Of Course, is everything okay?” Percy asked as he got up. 

“Everything is fine, we just need to borrow Mr. Potter in order to get access to the pipe that will lead to the animal causing problems. This team will take care of everything else.” Flitwick explained. 

Percy went upstairs to the second year boys dorm spotting Harry still sleeping as it was a bit early. He gently woke up the younger boy and let him know that the Gringotts team needs his help. He watched for a minute as Harry stumbled around trying to find his glasses. He helped the younger boy put on his glasses. He then left Harry to get dressed, walking downstairs to let them know Harry should be down soon. 

When Harry was finally dressed in his school trousers and a Weasley sweater he made his way downstairs. His hair is a bit messier than usual and his glasses a bit askew from his eye rubbing habit. He walked over to Professor Flitwick and the group he was with, ignoring the students who were looking at both him and the group. 

“Good morning Mr. Potter. I apologize for having to wake you up. If you could just follow us to Professor McGonagall's office we will explain more but we need to make sure all students are in their common rooms for safety purposes.” Flitwick said. They moved together as a group towards Minerva’s office where they found her grading some papers.

“Good morning Filius, Mr. Potter, others” She said when her office door was opened. She saw the large group of mixed wixen and goblins and assumed this was the team that would take care of the basilisk.  

“Good morning Minerva, we just came to have the announcement that all students must be in their common rooms so we can go and have the team take care of the basilisk. Mr. Potter needs to come with us to open the chamber but then he will remain behind with me and a rooster, wearing special glasses that would reflect the gaze back on the snake itself if it came past the team somehow.” Flitwick said. Explaining for both his colleague and student’s benefits. 

Minerva made sure to ask about her students safety and got the full detailed plan before she made the announcement. They then waited about twenty minutes just doing introductions and talking. Harry was having a conversation with Kailash Kamdar, an Indian man who had heard stories of parseltongue. He had even heard of Harry’s relatives who left India such as his grandmother. That is where he got his darker skin from, he had always wondered but it never felt right to ask. 

When they finished waiting the group made their way to the second floor girls bathroom where Harry found the diary. They met Myrtle in there where she retold her story to the group, pointing to the correct sink with the snake carving. 

“Okay Mr. Potter, please put on these glasses.” Stonecrusher said. He handed Harry thick blocky glasses that seemed to form around his eyes and not let in any light for a minute until his eyes adjusted. They were silver reflective, with runes carved into the side from what he could see before he put them on. “Good we are going to have you open this for us and then stay up here with your professor.” 

Harry went to the sink where he concentrated really hard on the snake. He hissed out an open and jumped back as the sink started to move and a hole opened up. He wanted to try something else because while a slide would be fun, they could not get back up. He looked again and asked for stairs where the tunnel once more shifted and created stairs. He also decided to ask for lights and a series of oil lamps lit up in the tunnel. He stepped back next to his professor who was holding a rooster. 

The group of goblins and wixen animal tamers went down the pipe with weapons and wands out. Harry was asking his professor a few questions about the different jobs they all had and what he knew of them. He was thinking about maybe being a curse breaker, warder or healer in the future but felt he might need to leave Britain for that. He wanted his professor's opinion as he seemed to be one of the few who did not have a bias against parseltongue. 

Kailash came back upstairs a few minutes later to let them know that there is a second door they need Harry to open inside the chamber. The three went down the stairs that seemed to go on forever in Harry’s opinion. They got to the bottom where a bunch of animal bones were on the ground, but a clear bath had been made by the team. Harry saw a giant snake shed that had to be at least twenty meters long sitting off to the side. 

They met up with the rest of the team at a huge door with intricate carvings in the stone. The team was cleaning around the door while they waited, banishing bones and dirt. Harry walked up and looked for a snake carving. After finding one he was able to hiss out an open again, stepping back behind his new friend Kailash when the door opened. He looked in to see a room, dimly lit with towering stone pillars that were carved with serpents along them. There was a giant statue of a man, most likely Salazar Slytherin, with a long beard and robes. It was massive with its feet standing on the ground. Harry and Flitwick moved back towards the stairs but stayed close just in case. 

The team looked around for where the snake could be finding many possible small rooms. After looking around for a while they knew they would need the boy to help. They called him back in, asking him if he could hear anything. Harry listened for a minute and heard a noise behind the statue, almost as if it was inside the man. The team decided to examine it closer and were able to find that there was a password to open this.

Harry tired to guess again just saying things in parseltongue like open, unlock, snake, and finally Salazar Slytherin which made the mouth drop open. Harry was grabbed by his professor and rushed out of the room when they heard movement start up. Harry was close enough to hear what the snake was saying. 

“ Stupid humans disturbing my sleep. Is it the flaming one again?” Harry heard. “ Not the flaming one, a bunch of small ones. Ouch what was that” 

Harry told his professor what he was hearing in a whisper. He asked if it was possible to just move the snake and not kill it, he felt bad because while yes the snake hurt students, it was not doing it on its own. Flitwick talked into a mirror in the rough goblin language Harry had heard before. 

The group inside agreed to try and see if the snake could be moved but would kill to protect if necessary. Harry agreed to that and agreed to talk into the mirror to try and help. 

“ Snake King, please calm down. We are trying to move you someplace safe, away from the young children. What is your name?” Harry asked through the mirror. 

“ A speaker, where are you? My name is Ormr, what is your name?” The snake, now known as Ormr said. Harry wanted to know where the name came from so he asked, one of the goblins answered that Ormr is an Old Norse name meaning Serpent. 

“ My name is Harry, I am young so I am in another room in case your gaze hurts me. We want to move you to a new place where you can have more freedom and hunt for food.” Harry said. 

“ I have lowered my eyelids so you can see me. I want to see you then I would like to go somewhere else. I miss my old master but he has been gone a long time and his false decedent is rotten.” Ormr said. Harry translated for everybody. They decided to let him stand in the doorway but not come any closer. When he moved over to the door he saw the snake for the first time. 

“ Ormr, you are beautiful and very big.” Harry complimented. 

“ Thank you speaker, you are too small. You need someone to look after you better.” Ormr complained. Flicking his giant tongue to scent the air. Harry blushed red after that because even a snake could see he was small. 

“ I have not had good relatives but I have nowhere else to go.” Harry said. 

“ You will come with me. Tell the small ones that.” Ormr said. Harry once again blushed and muttered what the snake said to his professor and got a laugh out of the small man. 

“It seems that Ormr here thinks Harry is too small and needs better guardians, so he demands Harry go with him wherever he goes.” Flitwick said to the group who was looking back and forth between the snake and the young boy. They all had a good laugh about the snake trying to parent the boy. 

“We are going to have Ormr go to a preserve in India where we have another Basilisk and some speakers who care for them. Tell him we will talk about it when we see you right after school and figure out your living situation.” Stonecrusher said. He knew the most about the students' situation out of the group. 

Harry translated what was said for the snake and got the approval for the plan. Harry was blushing still when they created the portkey to a designated room in Gringotts where it was safe for the snake until they can confirm with the reserve that it is okay. Harry watched them sent the snake to Gringotts. 

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The group decided to explore the chamber a bit to see if they found anything interesting. They found a couple rooms, one was an old bedroom with dust covered furniture that seemed to be falling apart. Another room was clearly a library with preservation charms because it was clean and the books all seemed to be in good condition. There was some written in parseltongue so these may be his personal books. They found some books written by the founders and decided to leave them there for now until they could verify everything. The last room they found was clearly a potion lab that was also full of not only potion equipment but some rare and extinct ingredients. 

Harry had decided to come back here with all the heads of house to figure out what the best option is for some of this stuff. He did not want it to just waste away down here. He may hate Snape but he could make some amazing discoveries in the potion lab and maybe Professor Sprout could bring back some extinct plants. McGonagall and Flitwick can look through the books written by the founders and see if there is anything else as well. 

Flitwick went up to call down his fellow heads of house, who returned following the short man about fifteen minutes later. Harry was talking with Stonecrusher and Kailash about the preserve for Ormr. They were describing the area of India and what the other speakers' jobs are after finding out Harry is interested in exploring his skills further. 

Severus was shown into the potion lab with Pomona. He knew that this was a rare find and everything in here could make him excel in potion making. He was looking through the equipment and while most of it is fairly out of date, there was some that he had never seen, only heard of before. He knew a lot of the equipment may be used for specific preparation techniques and was looking forward to experimenting. He even found some journals that were clearly handwritten. They seemed to be half in old English and half on squiggles that he could only assume meant parseltongue. 

“Mr. Potter, can you come here for a minute?” Severus asked. He hated having to ask the child but he needed to know. He saw the small child making his way over. “Are you able to read these symbols here?” He asked, pointing to the squiggles. 

Harry looked and noticed that unlike speaking he saw the change between squiggles and weirdly structured English. It was almost like learning a new language that uses a different sentence structure than English. He explained that to his professor and read one of the sentences word for word to explain. “Like here it says, the skin is grinded by you into powder form, whereas we would say you need to grind the skin into a powder.”  Harry read a couple more lines like that where it seemed that they put actions before pronouns in a sentence. 

Harry offered to translate a couple in his free time so he could improve his skills, really wanting to experience a positive view of parseltongue like his new friends were telling him about. He grabbed one of the potion journals and told his professor he would work on it when he had free time. Severus offered to buy him a journal that would never run out of pages so that he could copy them down all in one place. Severus had to reevaluate the young teen in front of him and his attitude towards him. This was the first time he was seeing Lily show through with the passion for learning and helping. 

Pomona on the other hand had asked an elf to grab her own journal where she immediately began a list of the plants she recognized. Writing down the name, what properties she recognized, how many of each type was there and how they appeared to be stored, grown etc. She then started to draw an image of each one, she would usually take a picture but she did not have her camera. She would have to come back and take the pictures. She wanted to be able to recreate the environments before she disturbed any of the plants in order to keep as many alive as she could. She would need the books to look up the ones she has never seen or heard of. 

Minerva and Flitwick were in the library looking for any kind of organization system, or book that states what all the books are in the library. They were not able to find one so they decided to start one. Minerva sent a Patronus to the librarian Irma Pince to ask about a spell that can organize it for them. They linked a blank book they found after making sure it was truly blank. The spell would sort the books by subject, topic, and author alphabetically making it easier to find on the shelves after. They sat around waiting, looking at the titles they could see and chatting about what they had seen. 

The group finished up for the day and went back up where Harry closed the doors for them. The team from Gringotts left with Harry getting permission to write to Kailash and get to know him. Hedwig loved all the extra flying she could finally do. Griphook gave Harry a hand carved necklace with protective runes engraved in the side as Dumbledore would be coming back in the next week from the Board sanctioned suspension. 

When Dumbledore arrived back at Hogwarts it was not the warm welcome he was expecting. His professors had changed the bullying policy without his approval, that would not do. He would need to change that. He hated seeing the effect the new policy was having after seeing the number of point losses over what he considered to be childhood pranks. He would need to try and change the policy back the next year, but not until the board forgets about the events of this year. Pomona ordered mature mandrakes to help the petrified students recover now rather than wait until the end of the year. Colin and Justin were back in classes the next week. 

The rest of the year seemed to fly by for Harry. He was getting more letters from Bill Weasley and talking to him about curse breaking. He talked to Kai about being a tamer and the different cultures they have both experienced through work and their colleagues. The train ride back seemed to last forever. When Harry got off the train at platform 9 and 3/4 he walked with Ron to his family. He looked around and saw Bill there as well. 

“Come on Harry, you’re coming with me. There is even a surprise for you in Gringotts when we get there.” Bill said, holding Harry’s hand. He shrunk the younger boy's trunk and let Hedwig out to fly and meet them later. Harry waved to his friends and waited until Bill said his goodbyes as well. 

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Bill made sure to hold onto Harry’s hand while they flooed to Gringotts. They arrived straight into Ragnok’s office again. Harry tripped when he went to step out but luckily Bill had a hold on his hand still and held him up. 

“Good afternoon Mr. Potter.” Ragnok said. 

“Good Afternoon Chief Ragnok. How are you today?” Harry asked, moving to sit in one of the seats the goblin gestured to. 

“I am going well Mr. Potter. How are you?” Ragnok said, looking up at the small boy. 

“I am okay, the train ride was pretty long.” Harry said, swinging his legs around under the chair. They made small talk for a few minutes while the rest of the curse breaking team piled into the room. Ragnok had some small sandwiches delivered since Harry had spent hours on the train with only candy. 

“Okay before we begin, we have a surprise for you Mr. Potter.” Ragnok said. 

“”You guys can call me Harry” Harry said, getting up to follow the group through the hallways. They walked in the same direction as last time but once again Harry got lost in the maze of hallways. They got to a room where Harry immediately recognized Kailash. He ran to hug his friend who picked up the small boy. 

“Little man, I have missed you.” Kai said. He was holding Harry against his chest as the smaller boy hugged his neck tightly. 

“I missed you too Kai. What are you doing here?” Harry asked, leaning back to look at his face. 

“I am here to see you and we are going to be moving Ormr after your cleansing today.” Kailash said. He was excited to be bringing the beautiful snake home with him to the Indian reserve. Harry would be coming as well as Kai petitioned the ICW for custody until an issue of the will is sorted out. 

“I get to see the reserve?” Harry asked excitedly. 

“Even better, you’re gonna come home with me and live with me until next summer. We can go see him whenever we want and you can learn a bit more about what we do as tamers.” Kai said. Harry wiggled happily in his arms. 

“Let’s go say hello to Ormr and then we will get this done with. This cleaning might hurt and you might end up asleep again after.  We are going to be leaving after so the curse breakers can track the other horcruxes and destroy them. If you’re still asleep we will wake you before the portkey so you can prepare okay?” Bill said. 

Kailash carried Harry down to the room where Ormr was staying. They knocked on the door before going in to let him know he needed to put down his second eyelids. 

“ Little speaker, you are here” Ormr says as soon as Harry is brought into the room. Kai puts him down where Harry immediately goes to put the giant snake. 

“ Ormr I missed you. How are they treating you here? ” Harry asked. 

“ I am fine, little speaker. They give me good food. They have a speaker here who helps them know what I want. One of the little funny ones. ” Ormr said, referring to the Goblins as little funny ones. The giant snake likes their sense of humor, dry and aggressive, like his own nature at times. 

They spent the next fifteen minutes talking and catching up, Harry talking all about the rest of the school year while Ormr talked about the reserve they were going to. Kai interrupted them and told Harry the ritual room was fully set up. They walked together down the hallway to the familiar room. Kai moved to stand in the side chamber while Harry walked over to Bill.

“Okay we are going to start similar to last time, except this time we have a purified gown for you to wear.  You can go over behind the curtain over there and take everything off, just see my name when you have the gown on and I will come and lead you over. We will start with another diagnostic to make sure nothing else happened during the rest of the school year then we will remove the soul shard into this crystal. It will not be able to escape then my team can use another ritual to find the rest of the soul pieces while you go to India with Kailash.” Bill explained, handing Harry a pure white grown that looked very similar to a long nightshirt. Harry went and changed, making sure to take everything off and changed quickly. He called for Bill who held his hand and led him over to the ritual table again. 

The team surrounded the small boy to begin with a scan. The chanting did not take as long this time, there were no new compulsions after the cleansing, thankfully the necklace worked. They quickly began preparing for the Horcrux removal. They added another rune for soul to the table and made sure to focus on the smallest soul rather than Harry’s soul. 

The ritual took about an hour to get the soul shard detached and contained in the crystal. Harry had passed out from the pain of the soul fighting back. He did not notice as the scar on his head burst open again with a black smoke coming out while black sledge also poured out of the cut. The team directed the smoke to the crystal where they quickly locked it in the same lead box that the diary was put in. With two soul pieces the ritual to collect them should be easy. 

Bill grabbed Harry and carried him over to a cleaning bath where he washed off the cut. He felt bad because the scar of his head was not larger with a few new branches from it splitting open again. The scar now crossed his eye down onto his nose and looked more like lightning and less like a sowilo rune. He got Harry dressed in the clothes he was wearing before he changed, putting the glasses, wand and other various pocket treasure into a bag. He brought both the bag and Harry over to Kailash. 

“Thank you so much for watching out for Harry. I have grown attached to him as another younger brother so please take care of him. If you need me you can send me a letter or contact Gringotts and they can get in touch with me.” Bill said, handing the still too small boy over to the tall Indian man. His dark hair was cut short and styled well with a beard, he was wearing a traditional Kurta in dark green and gold swirls with dark green trousers. He had a kind smile and good aura from what Bill could see. They had gotten together a few times to settle custody for the summer and make sure that Kailash would properly care for Harry. 

“I will do my best to take care of him. I know from what he told me that he is super excited to see the reserve. I am not sure if he knows that I live on the reserve so I can take care of the Asiatic Lion Magical Breeds. He will get to see a lot of different magical animals and I hope to take him around mundane India so he can experience the culture as well.” Kai said, holding the boy against his chest. 

Harry stayed asleep while Kai walked down to the room with Ormr and the other beast tamers that were traveling with them. The resident parseltongue from the Indian Reserve was there to help keep Ormr calm. They all got together and held onto a wide range portkey making sure that there was a ring of the rope portkey wrapped around one of the teeth. Kai tried to wake Harry but he was still out of it from the ritual, the pain on top of the magical exhaustion from his magic fighting the soul shard left him deep asleep. The healer confirmed that Harry was healthy to travel and may sleep for the rest of the day to replenish his magic. 

The group landed in an open field where they quickly backed away from Ormr. He may be a relaxed snake but everyone gets agitated when they are portrayed. He was grumbling and hissing at those around him while the Parseltongue Abdul Kamdar calmed him down. Kai walked with Harry in his arms to the village he lived in. His roommate is actually Abdul which would be amazing for Harry to learn a lot this summer. He is not only a beast tamer but he is also an honored healer. They shared a 3 bedroom cabin, the third bedroom they usually use as an office was cleaned out and added a bed. Abdul gave permission for Kai to have Harry join them. He wanted to have the chance to mentor the child and teach him some things this summer. 

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Bill walked back to the group after he gave Harry to Kailash. He hoped he would be able to see the boy again this summer. He saw his team setting up the locator ritual that would list the locations of all the different horcruxes making it easier for them to find. 

They got into a circle, each standing at a rune that needs to be activated in the correct order for the ritual to work. After some chanting and each rune being activated the parchment and quill in the middle of the table started to move. The quill wrote out the location of each of the remaining soul shards. 

They finished the ritual then gathered around to look at the list. The goblins swore in their rough, guttural language when they saw that Hufflepuff’s cup has been in the bank the whole time. Ragnok sent a runner to get the cup which they did after making sure that the enchantments to not be able to touch it were removed. They added the cup to the box with the other two soul shards as well. 

“Okay Bill and Alex you are in charge of the one in the black townhouse. Alex comes from a squib line that changed their name years ago to Grey after the Black family disowned them. That being said, you will have the best change of entry. Bill, your grandmother was a Black so you also have Black blood.” Ragnok said. “You are looking for Slytherin’s locket which looks like this” he said, showing an image of the locket that was on the painted portrait of the founder. 

“Myra and Griphook will be in charge of the Hogwarts one. You are looking for Ravenclaw's lost diadem. Use the resources in the castle to help you.” He continued making sure to hand the information that was given to the duo. 

“Maverick and Mateo will head to the Gaunt shack where the ring is located. This one will probably have some nasty protections on it due to the nature of the ring so beware of that.” Ragnok continued. 

“If any of you need anything send me a message and I will come to help. I do not usually go out on missions and do not want to alert anyone by leaving again so soon. Good luck team.” Ragnok finished. Everyone went to discuss best strategies before leaving. Ragnok sat back and made notes on which ritual may be best to banish the soul which keeping the items from being destroyed. 

Bill and Alex ran into their first problem after they got into the house surprisingly. With their combined blood the house let them enter only to immediately be attacked by a house elf. Bill quickly stunned the elf at the same time as a portrait of a woman started screaming about blood traitors and filth being in her house. Alex had to spell the curtains shut in order to et the screaming to stop. The two looked at each other before moving forward. They scanned room by room until they found the locket in an old wardrobe. Bill levitated the locket into the magic resistant bag he carried with him. They decided to head back to the bank but first they had to check themselves for any curses or hexes. Once they knew they were clean they left for the bank making sure to note that someone should go to the house and clean it at some point. 

Myra and Griphook were having the same luck, they were immediately seen by the house elf working on the entrance to the castle and after explaining that they were looking for something lost, the elf showed them the way to the come and go room. They found a room piled high with mountains of lost goods and made a note to have a team come back and see what is there. Family items could go back to the family and everything else could be used to help fund the school again. It took them a couple hours to find the diadem but when they did it was easy to levitate into the bag they had. They made their way back to Gringotts and saw that one team was back already. 

Mateo and Maverick were having much less luck. It took them a long time to analyze and dismantle the wards surrounding the shack, including killing the snakes that were sent to attack when one ward is triggered. When they finally made it inside it was not hard to detect where the ring was. The problem came when they lifted the floor board. Mateo was quick enough to slam his occlumency shields up when he felt the compulsion. Maverick was just a few seconds too late and was trying desperately to get the ring. Mateo had to tackle and stun him so he could get the curse off the ring. After about 30 minutes he figured out how to get the compulsion off where he found a withering charm, though that was easy to dismantle. He got the ring into the bag and quickly shut it. He woke Maverick and told him everything that happened, making sure to reassure the younger man that it could have happened to even the best of them with a compulsion that strong. 

By the time they got back to the bank Ragnok had decided on the best ritual. There was no ritual to take care of multiple soul shards at the same time so they would take the soul piece out of each of the artifacts and put it into the crystal that the smallest shard from Harry was. Then they would use some of the basilisk venom that Ormr had agreed to give for this reason alone. 

Doing each individual artifact took longer than the team would have liked, especially as they had to break to eat and drink a couple of times to keep their energy up. By the time they finished the sun had set and the group was exhausted. All that was left to do was destroy the soul in the crystal, once that was destroyed the remaining soul piece left of Tom Riddle would pass on as well. The group watched as Ragnok poured the venom on the crystal and it dissolved before a black cloud flew out. It was contained by the ritual circle until it screamed one last time and disappeared. Griphook went to the record room where a new record for the death of Tom Marvolo Riddle sat with the day and time he was declared deceased. He created a copy to send to the ministry in the morning. 

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Harry woke up confused, the bed was much more comfortable than the stone table he had last been on. He sat there taking inventory of his body for any aches and pains, other than a headache he felt better than he had forever, lighter in a way. He finally opened his eyes and found himself alone in a room that was decorated with a beautiful maroon boarder with gold swirls along the top of the wall. The bed he was on seems to be full sized, with soft sheets that were a golden color. There was a dresser in the corner of the room by a door leading to what he assumed was a closet, a desk by the window of the room with a nice chair and two bookshelves full of books on the other wall. 

He slowly sat up and was trying to figure out exactly where he was when he heard a knock on the door. He called for the person to come in and saw Kailash enter. He smiled at his friend then remembered what happened, he was at Gringotts to get the ritual done and then he assumed they traveled to the reserve in India. 

“Good Morning Harry. How are you feeling?” Kai asked. 

“Good morning Kai, I am alright. My head hurts a bit. Where are we?” Harry asked. 

“We are in my cabin in the magical section of Bandhavgarh National Park, where mundane ruins are is where our wards are that keep us hidden. Located among the Vindhya Hills in Madhya Pradesh India. We will be able to explore both sides of the reserve if that is what you want. Bandhavgarh has one of the largest populations of Bengal tigers and well as hundreds of birds species and some other Indian native animals.” Kai said. He was proud of the work they had done on the reserve, both to hide from the mundanes and in conjunction with the mundane in the know. 

“From what I can see out the window it looks beautiful and I cannot wait to explore it. Do you work with a specific animal?” Harry asked. 

“I help take care of the Asiatic Lion Magical Breeds, which are very similar to the mundane version; only these lions can change their coloring to blend with the background for better hunting. The hair and whiskers are often used in potions used for changing one's appearance temporarily.” Kai said. 

“Awesome, I can’t wait to see them. Did Ormr settle okay?” Harry asked, worried about the kind snake. 

“Why don’t we go ask my roommate? Abdul is the resident parseltongue and will be helping take care of Ormr.” Kai said. He watched as Harry stood to make sure he was feeling strong enough, which it seemed he was alright after yesterday. 

“Namaste Abdul” Kai said with a small bow, his hands together with his thumb pointed up. Harry watched and did his best to learn the culture of his friend, if he was going to be living here he needed to know the proper way to greet someone. 

“Namaste Kailash, Namaste Harry. My name is Abdul Kamdar, I work in the snake area with the ashwinder and the basilisk. It is great to meet you.” Abdul said. 

“Namaste Abdul, thank you for allowing me to stay here this summer. I look forward to learning more about what you do.” Harry said, trying to mimic the stance the other two had when greeting each other. 

They sat down to have breakfast and talk where Kai explained some about Indian culture such as the way they greet each other may differ based on region and religion but that namaste is the most formal greeting and is usually socially accepted everywhere. They explained that you always greet the elders first and if you are not sure and you are able to watch someone else then follow their lead and if not then explaining you are learning the culture can help. 

The group decided to walk to the snake area so they could check on Ormr and Harry could see more along the way. Some of the other areas are further away and the jeeps are needed but the snakes are not that far.  On the way Harry got to see a few different birds and reptiles. The birds and reptiles are all free roam as long as they are not endangered or could hurt other endangered animals. 

Harry heard Ormr before he saw him. The snake was having a conversation with a smaller pale grey with a little bit of pink snake. The eyes were a glowing red that reminded Harry of the demons he saw on the shows Dudley watched over the summer last year. The snake was hidden in the corner of the cave that Ormr seemed to have chosen as his. 

“ Little speaker, you are okay.” Ormr exclaimed when he saw Harry coming. He slithered his way towards the group. 

“ Good morning Ormr. I am okay. The Goblins took away the bad magic and now I get to stay here for the summer.” Harry said. 

“ Good, you must come visit all the time,” Ormr said. 

“ I will. I am sure you remember my friend Kai and his friend Abdul, he is also a speaker.” Harry said, pointing to the men as he spoke. 

“ I talked with the speaker yesterday, he is a good one. You must learn from him, little speaker. Maybe he will help care for you. You’re still too small.” Ormr said. Abdul was smiling at the fatherly snake while Harry was blushing deep red again. Kai could guess what was being said based on the last time down in the chamber. 

They spent a while chatting with Ormr while translating for Kai when needed but he did not mind as long as he knew anything important. The group walked back for lunch where they decided to go to the mess hall so Harry could meet some of the other tamers. Harry was introduced to many new people, some who worked with just one animal and others who did general maintenance. He met a couple ward masters including one who is a parseltongue as well. He promised to take Harry around one day and show him some of what he can do. 

Harry spent the next month learning all that he could from the different workers who would take the time to teach him. He learned about different snakes, birds, cats of prey, reptiles, and more. He also learned about healing, defense and warding. He spent a few days with Kasi Blankens who is the parseltongue ward master. She taught him about the different wards they have around different enclosures, how to test wards and even taught him a basic ward for his trunk that would not let it open for anyone but those he allowed entry. 

Harry spent a week with Bill who came to visit where the two took off and explored the mundane side. Harry loved the tour in the jeep and was able to find a couple gifts to give his friends. He got Ron a set of hand carved chess pieces (the mundane kind he made sure to write), Hermione was getting a book all about Indian magical culture because he figured she would love to learn more about foreign magic. He got Mr. and Mrs. Weasley a hand made pottery set of plates and bowls done in a beautiful blue and white pattern as well as hand picked herbs and spices (including an information sheet on what they are).  He decided to pick a gift for both Griphook and Ragnok for all their help which ended up being Khukuri, hand made. The blade is curved and hence is effective in slicing without a lot of force which Harry thought the Goblins would love. He got one for each Goblin which they could either use for hand in their office. 

Harry and Kai went with Bill for a week to Egypt at the same time the Weasley family was there. Harry got to spend time with his friends exploring the dig sites and learn a bit more from Bill's coworkers. He went with Bill to the Gringotts location for an hour where Ragnok and Griphook met him so he could give them the gifts. They thanked him for thinking of them and loved the story behind the weapon. Both said they would hang them in their offices. 

“Mr. Weasley, Mrs. Weasley, I got you guys a gift to say thank you for helping me last year and for the help that you have had this year with everything going on.” Harry said, hanging them the box he wrapped in traditional Indian print paper. 

“Oh Harry dear, you did not need to. Thank you so much anyways.” Molly Weasley said. Her and Arthur opened the box where they found the beautiful hand painted pottery set. “Oh Harry dear, they are beautiful.” 

“I thought that you might like them.” Harry said, handing gifts to everyone else, glad that he had stopped with Kai later to get more. He got the twins some of the hair from the Asiatic Lion Magical Breeds for their potion making and made sure to explain what the properties were. He got Percy a book on Indian culture and law that seemed to be something the boy would like. He got Ginny a handmade charm bracelet with a griffin on it. He gave Ron the Chess set and explained that they were not wizard chess so he would have to move them. He gave Charlie a hand carved figure of a Chinese Fireball. They have a dwarf Chinese Fireball on the reserve he got to see. Lastly he got Bill a rune necklace that he hand carved and added parseltongue protection against dark magic. 

It was a great week with friends and family, getting to see what Bill does and explore another new country. He was refreshed when he got back to India. He started to learn more about the local defense techniques, runes and occlumency. He was determined to learn as much as he could. He bought a bunch of news books as well as a new trunk that has a separate library section. He was building a good library of books, including ones in parseltongue, about warding, healing, defense and more. 

The summer helped him find his love of learning again and left him both excited and dreading going back to school. He was both excited to continue to learn but dreading leaving his friends here in India where he found his own make-shift family.

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Seventeen year old Harry James Potter walked across the stage as his name was called. He had finally graduated from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry with NEWTS in Defense Against the Dark Arts, Transfiguration, Herbology, Potions, Charms, Arithmancy, Ancient Runes, and a self study in History of Magic and Astronomy. He took Muggle studies just to see if he could pass after having grown up in the muggle world. 

He smiled as he heard his friends and family cheering in the crowd. He turned to look as he shook Headmistress McGonagall's hand. He was proud to have graduated at the top of his class. His friend group had grown while a few were left behind. Hermione never gave up her need to be the best and her hero worship of Dumbledore. Her parents were informed of their daughter using a time turner in third year; nobody had known Dumbledore gave it to her at the end of second year. She was pulled from Hogwarts after she got her Owls, to be put into mundane schooling with magical tutors after that. 

Professor Dumbledore had been asked to retire after his second year when it was proven that he knew of the creature from his time teaching Transfiguration back when Tom Riddle attended. The mind healers had declared him no longer fit to run the school. Dumbledore was arrested on charges of child abuse, accessory to child abuse, illegal will tampering, illegal use of potions, and attempted line theft after everything was done. He was placed in Azkaban where he spent the rest of his life in magic suppression cuffs. 

He saw the Weasley family very easily, that much red hair in one area will always stick out, and next to them he saw Kailash, Abdul, Maverick and even Griphook attended though people gave him a wide berth. 

Harry walked back to his seat near the Patil twins and waited for the best of the names to be called. He could not wait to start the next journey in his life. He was able to secure an apprenticeship with Abdul learning about parseltongue and animal taming. He was focusing first on a mastery of parseltongue while also getting a mastery in defense. He was still a bit undecided if he would go towards healing or warding. He would get his defense mastery first as that was where many of his skills lay. 

Over the years Harry was taught new forms of defense each summer. It was Maverick Lamont, Bill’s fellow curse breaker who convinced Harry to try the dueling circuit. He got some tips from Professor Flitwick as well, as he was still in the know about who is the top and who is to beat in the circuit. Harry began to dominate the circuit in his fourth year competing internationally against some of the best, including Viktor Krum who when not playing quidditch was a top dueler, Brent Ruiz from Spain was one of the best in the world and always gave Harry a good competition as well as Zula Kendrick from Africa who was a master at using transfiguration in their dueling. 

Harry was going to continue on the circuit for a few more years before getting a job full time. He assumed he was going to be so busy learning parseltongue while getting his defense mastery that he would only compete a few times a year at the big competitions. 

Time Skip

Twenty five year old Harry James Potter was proud of all that he had accomplished up to this point. He had worked hard to get a mastery in both defense and parseltongue in three years. He then spent some time traveling to learn as much as he could about different magical cultures. He noticed so many differences from the backwards Britain to Australia who were able to integrate technology into their schooling. He purchased a phone altered to run on magic rather than battery, helping him stay in contact with friends and family. 

He had met a wonderful witch in the United States who wanted to travel with him as well. Her name is Rebeckah Axel, she has long blond hair with clear blue eyes. She was the top of her class at Ilvermorny with a masters in Runes. She wanted to go into curse breaking so when Harry traveled back to India she came with him. 

They have been dating for about two years now and couldn't be happier. Her parents were extremely proud of their daughter and loved that Harry was such a gentleman. They would always travel to the states for certain holidays. Harry celebrated his first fourth of July, even if it felt very hypocritical to him, and loved the party Beck’s parents held. They got to relax on the beach in Cape cod where Harry had purchased a holiday house after visiting for the first time. The couple fell in love with Dennis Massachusetts and the beaches there. The house was big enough to house the couple, Beck's parents and two siblings and their partners. Beck’s brother Julius with his partner Adam Adkins and Beck's sister Savannah with her boyfriend Jose Walsh. 

Harry has just finished applying for a position in America as a ward master and was hoping to surprise Beck with moving closer to her family. While Harry loves his family back home, they are each off doing their own things and they can easily get together often, but Beck is much closer to her family and Harry loves that. 

Harry pulled Beck’s dad Marion Axel aside on the fourth of July to ask for his daughters hand in marriage. He wanted his permission but also to ask if her siblings wanted to help pick out the engagement ring from his vaults. When he got permission he asked Savannah and Julius if they would like to help him pick out the engagement rings. One day while Beck was at work the three went to Gringotts where Griphook met them to lead them down to Harry’s vaults. They found the perfect ring with a Claddagh sapphire heart. The blue watched the color of her eyes and the shape of the sapphire being a heart made it perfect. He also grabbed the Potter bonding rings, with the family motto and ‘ Fortius quo fidelius ’ strength through loyalty engraved in the bands. 

The wedding was a spring wedding on Cape Cod. The garden was full of purple and blue Hydrangeas clearing a lovely path for them to walk down. Harry had asked Kai to be his best man with Ron, Bill, Abdul and the Twins as his groomsmen. Arthur and Molly were standing in for his parents tonight and they could not look more proud. Harry was standing at the alter next to Julius who was going to be conducting the ceremony. He watched as Beck’s friends and family walked down the path until he finally saw her. She looked absolutely beautiful in his white lace wedding dress. Her father was leading her down and Harry could not have stopped the tears if he wanted to, he loved her so much. The ceremony was beautiful and the reception was even better. The house was transformed to fit the guests but due to the nice weather most were outside still. 

Molly and Harry did the mother and son dance to “When Love Takes You In,” by Steven Curtis Chapman. They were both crying by the end of the song because Harry was like an adopted son to them and he found his own love now as well. The family joined in dancing and celebrating all night. 

Harry and Beck went on a honeymoon to Hawaii, a place neither of them have travelled to so far. They spent the next week on the beach, relaxing, exploring and learning more about the culture. They made sure they were careful when they made love because Beck wanted a year to get her career started before they began a family. Harry was fully in support of what she chose as he knew she worked hard for her career and is not ready to put it aside. 

Harry got the job as a ward master where he got to travel all over the US  and its territories to enhance, build, and tear down wards. Beck was working at Gringotts as a curse breaker and currently on an expedition to Alaska where Harry joined them to find out what the wards surrounding a cave system are. It was shortly after that trip the couple found out they were expecting their first child. They flew home to Cold Spring, New York, a small magical community that the mundanes travel through and stop in for the small town feel. They were close enough to New York City where they both worked out of without living in the city. 

Nine months later little Jaiden Harry Potter was born. A healthy baby boy named after Harry’s own father but using a more traditional Indian name than James. He wanted his son to be his own person and not a copy of his grandfather. The couple went on to have two more children, Kathryn Rose and Cooper Axel. 

The kids had so many different cousins that they were never lacking in family, one of the things Harry had always wished for growing up. Beck and Harr had many conversations about his upbringing and the issues that came with it. He had been lucky to have the family he created growing up to help him learn what a real family is like. 

The couple continued to work until they were old enough to retire. From there Harry began writing, he wrote about his life, his adventures and his dreams. His kids were all extremely smart and passionate, everything he could want. Jamie went on to become a professional quidditch seeker until he retired and became a professor of defense. Kathryn went on to become a master at Charms and was determined to be a spell crafter. Little Cooper went on to beat his fathers records in the dueling circuit and become a healer. 

When Harry passed away at the age of 319 he joined his wife, friends and family with open arms. He met his parents for the first time where they expressed how proud they were of him and how much they love Beck. He was able to watch his kids, grandkids and great grandkids grow up. The first of the great-great grandkids were getting bigger as well. The name Harry Potter was mentioned in the history books for more than just defeating a dark lord as a baby. He was an international dueling champion, he was a world renowned parselmouth ward master, he was a father, a husband, a son, and an overall great person who many looked up to. He would continue to watch over his family and welcome them as they joined him in the next great adventure.