Harry Potter woke up suddenly from his nightmare. After realizing he was safely in his own bed he cast a quick tempus charm he realized he had only slept about three hours. He laid back in bed and thought about his life. When he was Jason Martinez he had a normal life. His family wasn't the richest or poorest but they made due and were happy. During his sophomore year of high school his class was interrupted by a teacher turning on a TV and watching the news he remembered watching the Twin towers burn and then the second plane hitting the building. Up until that point in life he had never truly believed in evil but on that day he witnessed it. He had felt horrified and and useless but most of all he felt angry. He had to wait until his 17th birthday which gave him enough time to talk his mom into signing his papers to join the Army.
His military career started in Ft. Benning and with his attitude and intelligence was able to secure a spot in special forces selection. He had found selection to be the most challenging and most rewarding experience of his life. He had continued his military career until his demise.
Harry chuckled at the thought that his most recent deployment was supposed to be his last before he left the military. He had spent almost half of his life being a warrior, it seemed ironic that the time he decided to try being something else he died. He took solace in the fact that he had saved his best friend. He just hoped he didn't blame himself for his death. He uttered a quick prayer to whatever deity had brought him here and hoped that his family and friends would remember him fondly and move on with their lives and find some happiness.
Harry's melancholy was stamped down with a fury. His family and friends wouldn't want him to spiral just like he wouldn't want them to. He vowed that although the Death Eaters were another group of piece of shit terrorists he wouldn't allow himself to lose the last remnants of his humanity. He had ended up in this world somehow and he would be damned if he was not gonna take this second chance and run with it. It seemed his actions over the last few months had finally gotten to him. He was glad that veritaserum existed here otherwise the interrogation the previous night was wouldn't have been as easy. He had found out quite a bit of good Intel.
---Flashback---
"So Walden, now that we have established that you are not in charge here let's get to it. First question, why were you meeting Greyback?"
Walden tried to fight the serum but he finally answered, "Me an Fen were meeting cuz Malfoy had put out the word that the old crowd was gonna be meeting at one of the Malfoy's properties to find out who had killed all the ones in Azkaban. Fen thought we should get some muggles to play with after the meeting, like old times. We was going to plan where to attack."
Harry clenched his jaw at the thought of these animals attacking an innocent family just for entertainment. "I truly regret killing Fenrir so quickly now." He then moved over to an old rotting table and set up a dicta quill and a stack of parchment for the next part. He activated the quill with his wand and continued his questions. "So Lucius has called a meeting eh? What is the location of the meeting, When will it be held and who else is supposed to show at this meeting."
Walden truly tried to struggle this time but the struggle was over quickly and he answered. "We are supposed to meet at an old potions ingredients farm that we used to meet at during the days of the Dark Lord. It is located in North East of Thorn Crag on the 30th of the month. Malfoy wanted make sure that it would be the day before his New Year's Eve ball. The Ponce wants to make sure everyone knows he is rich but it's a joke since everyone already knows he is tight for money after that raid fiasco. I know Crabbe and Goyle will surely be there. Nott, Parkinson, Flynt, Avery, Selwyn, Snape and the Carrows too. I don't know who else will be there."
Harry raised an eyebrow in intrigue, "Interesting, why is Malfoy wanting to find out who killed the Azkaban prisoners? Weren't all you fine upstanding citizens Imperioused to join your Dark Lord's service. I mean you all got those cute little slave brands." 'Lets see if this fan theory pans out, if not then it will scare the beans out of him.'
Although he was blind folded and drugged that last statement had confused Walden. "We weren't given a slave brand! These marks were given by the Dark Lord himself after we had proved ourselves. These are badges of honor to show all that see em that we are protectors of the old ways and that we are above the muggles, mudbloods and blood traitors. We weren't imperioused. The Dark Lord only marked his most worthy followers, only those who killed or tortured muggles and mudbloods. He especially liked it when we had our way with the pretty ones. Dark Lord told us that his mark can only be taken willingly so we were never imperioused"
Harry was shaking in rage, the man thought the torture, rape and cold blooded murder of innocents was something to be rewarded. Harry truly tried to control his rage but he had found himself having broken Walden's toes and fingers before he calmed down. Walden was whimpering after having screamed in pain for a few minutes.
"I would like to apologise for that Walden, I lost control of my temper there. It seems our time and your usefulness has come to an end."
Walden managed to hear his kidnappers words over his whimpering and quickly tried to talk him out of killing him. "Wait! I have more information I could give ye. I know a few people in the Ministry who never took the mark but supported us in the last war I'll tell ye who they are if you just let me go."
"Hmmm... alright, so who are these Ministry officials sympathetic to your cause?"
" Mafalda hopkirk in the underage office. She gave us addresses of the mudbloods. Auror Dawlish looks the other way when he catches us in our revels. I can't remember his name but he is the one in charge of the floo network. He turned off the floo when we was attacking the blood traitors. That's all of the ones I Know, I swear!"
"Very well, one last question do you know or have you ever heard of anywhere were your group has stashed gold or supplies?"
"I...I overheard Malfoy and the Dark lord once. He said He stashed something in Malfoy's safe under the door boards in the Lord's office." 'That sucks, I already know about that.'
"Thank you for your honesty Walden." Harry then used his poisoned assassin's blade for the first time and stabbed Walden in the stomach.
"B-but you said you would let me go?" Walden stuttered out.
"I did indeed Walden, and I am letting you go... to the afterlife." Harry then watched the basilisk poison take effect and kill Walden.
Harry and his elves cleaned up, collected the parchments and quill and released McNair's corpse and after a few cleaning charms, Kreacher shrunk the corpse for ease of travel.
"Kreacher, go and dump the body in Knockturn Alley. Make sure you aren't seen then you may go home and rest." Kreacher popped away with the shrunken corpses and Harry and Dobby once again checked to make sure they left no evidence and Dobby popped Harry back to his tent where he showered and fell asleep just as the sun began to rise.
---Flashback End---
Harry acknowledged the fact that he was doing some dark shit but unfortunately his well being depended on these assholes dying, so he would take them out before he was taken out. He did some meditation and used his occlumency skills to organize his mind. After his meditation Harry felt more emotionally in control. He decided to try for a few more hours of sleep before going Christmas shopping for his friends. He had forgotten to give Hermione her custom trunk so he would send it and a letter via Hedwig. He decided to mail her gift since it would be more for her and her family instead of waiting for the gift exchange on the train. He would decide what to get Flitwick, Tonks, Neville and Luna later. His other new friends like Terry Boot, Su li, the Patil twins, Susan Bones and Hannah Abbot would all get muggle candies and magazines. He was in for a long day of shopping.
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Harry woke up two hours later and decided to get his day started. He worked out, showered and dressed. He had Dobby make him a light lunch and he wrote out his Letter to Hermione. He noticed how the girl was starting to crush on him but he just couldn't bring himself to find any of his school mates attractive due to the huge mental age difference. He knew it didn't matter physically but he just found the thought of it to be disturbing. He decided to use his letter as a way to let her down gently. He told her he was glad she was his best friend who he saw as the sister he always wanted and that she should not be held back by the magical world's rules. He told her about the trunk and it's uses and let her know that if she practiced her magic inside the trunk the Ministry wouldn't be able to find out. He put the shrunken trunk along with it's instructions into a small box he wrapped in plain brown paper and attached both the letter and present to Hedwig's out stretched leg. Hedwig was happy to be of some use and took off in to the skies.
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Harry had Dobby pop him over to the alley outside of the Leaky Cauldron and he took a taxi to a record store where he got Tonks a Black Sabbath t-shirt and Sirius a Temple of the Dog T-shirt. He moved on spoke with the clerk and he picked up a few more records and was able to get a recommendation on a good used book store nearby. Harry made his way to an empty alley and placed the bags into his expanded backpack.
He left the alley empty handed and went to the used bookstore. He got Neville a few books on horticulture and a few books on orchids. He got Luna and her Dad a few books on animals across the world. He figured they would like comparing the mundane animals to the magical ones. He got a box of bargain bin paperbacks with a wide selection for the Ravenclaw dorm along with used textbooks that had been recommended for homeschooling. He also put in an order for a full set of the encyclopedia Britannica for Flitwick and some more animal books for Hagrid, which he would pick up before he went back to school. He paid for the box of books and surreptitiously used a featherlight charm and walked out of the book store.
He walked into another alley and Called Dobby to take the box. He called another taxi and was taken to Harrod's. Harry had heard of the store and had always wanted to go. He picked up all sorts of sweets and quite a few beauty magazines for for his female friends and a National Geographics. He also picked up some more clothes for himself. He left the store and made it to a car park and found a blind spot and had Dobby pop him back to his tent.
Dobby was happy to be put on wrapping duty while Harry ate some snacks and enjoyed some of his new records. Harry knew he had a lot of planning to do but sometimes your brain just needs a break so he just listened to his music and read some books. He knew that the following day would be busy and exhausting. He had to find a way to either cast the fidelius charm or he would have to practice the obliviation charm on his aunt and uncle because he knew that if Sirius and Remus found out about his activities Dumbledore would find some way to fuck up the situation. He had come to realize that Dumbledore was less evil Dumbles and more naive and incompetent which in his opinion was just as bad if not worse because he honestly couldn't see the consequences of his actions or perceive the ill intent on anyone's part, case in point, Snape.
He continued to think as he listened to his records. He had decided he wouldn't kill the Dursleys but he would punish Vernon, Petunia and Marge. He was going to have Dudley removed from their care and have the adults go to jail. Ted had already set up the case he just needed to pull the trigger. He would do so when he was ready. He would also plan a way to get the remaining Death Eaters at their meeting and maybe have them turn on each other. He decided to go to bed early to get an early start the following day.
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Harry woke up and went through his morning routine. He had Dobby pop him over to the Alley. He had skipped on a metamorphmagus disguise and had just worn a hoody instead. He went into the bank where he was led to Daggertooth to go over some outstanding business and to go over his bank statement. They went over his investments and thanks to the Goblin's he had bought stock in a few companies he knew would get big. He also received thanks from the Goblin nation because of the chaos he had received the Goblin's were able to push through a few things in the Ministry without notice.
Daggertooth had informed Harry that he needed to go over the properties under his family names. He had Godrics hollow, which he was told had been turned into a memorial by the Ministry. They never got his opinion or permission so the Goblin's would be charging them for the property. He was told the Potter ancestral home in Wales had been destroyed. He called Dobby and had him go inspect the home to salvage what he could and burn the rest. He told Daggertooth that the property was to be kept and might have it renovated later on. He found out he had a few commercial properties in Hogsmeade. He told him to continue to rent out the properties to those who wouldn't side with any the douche lord.
It was a pleasant surprise to find out that the Peverels had a private Island near the island of Mallorca. He decided to find out if it was worth keeping so he asked Daggertooth how he could go there to check the property over. Daggertooth stated that he could organize a less than legal portkey for a fee. Harry agreed and realized that he would have to go check it out after Christmas. He and Daggertooth went over his investments and they planned for more. Harry left the bank with a better sense of his funds and was happy the Goblin's had agreed to make his money grow.
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It was Christmas Eve morning and Harry was feeling a bit anxious. He hoped his meeting with Sirius and Lupin would go to plan. If not he would have to deal with hem somehow. he wasnt going to resort to violence but would definitely keep it as an option, just in case. he went about his day and about noon he had Dobby pop him to an alley a few blocks from the Leaky. He walked to the alley and nodded at Tom before he went up to through and made his way to Gringotts to the private meeting room that had been rented out for the occasion.
Harry nodded at the guards on his way in. Although he had a hooded robe to cover him the Goblins knew who he was and led him to his meeting room. He met Daggertooth outside of the room.
"Lord Potter, Happy Yule. Everything has been prepared and as you requested. Mr. Tonks is already inside speaking with your guests."
"Happy Yule, Daggertooth. May your gold flow like the blood of your enemies. Thank you for once again aiding me in my schemes. Ted should have explained the conditions of our meeting to them by now. Did that old fool make an appearance?"
Daggertooth gave a nasty grin, "He did indeed, it was quite a shock to him when we informed he he would not be allowed to partake in the meeting. He was under the impression he was your magical guardian. He was also quite shocked when we provided evidence of his embezzlement from your trust vault. He is currently in another room dealing with our most cutthroat fraud agents. He will be delayed "
Harry smiled, "Wonderful! Now he will be spinning his wheels trying to figure out who informed me about my Lordship. That should distract him long enough to make my escape."
Daggertooth and Harry walked to the door of the private meeting room and entered. Harry saw Ted seated on one side of the table and saw two men on the other. 'They look like Gary Oldman and David Thewlis. Lets see how this goes'. Harry looked at both men and took his seat next to Ted. Daggertooth took the seat at the head of the table, "Gentlemen, let's begin."
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Sirius and Remus had been happy that Harry had agreed to meet them. Remus felt guilt at having believed his best friend had killed his other best friend and wife. He should have verified but the pain was too fresh and the following years of alcoholism and self loathing had not helped him put his priorities straight. Albus had told him he was a loving family and he figured that Harry was better off without his presence in the boy's life.
His life took another turn when found out that not only was Peter alive but he was the actual traitor and murderer. He felt another deluge of guilt when the trial of Sirius not only proved his innocence but Peter's involvement in the deaths of his friends but also in the wrongful imprisonment of Sirius. He and Sirius had made up but he still felt the guilt and the rage and disappointment behind Sirius' eyes. They had agreed to meet the pup. He looked at the boy and he felt as if he was back in that train meeting James Potter all over again.
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To say Sirius Black was a storm of emotions would be an understatement. he had spent more than a decade in prison reliving each and every heartbreaking failure of his life thanks to the dementors. Then one day he is spirited away by Amelia Bones his old coworker and ex flame to a secure location where he is finally questioned about his involvement with his brother and sister 8n all but blood and the confrontation he had with Peter.
It was a whirlwind after that. He enjoyed the meals they provided by the auror department not to mention the bed and shower. All those things were good but nothing compared to the joy of finding out his pup was doing alright. He was pissed to learn a good for nothing had tried to assault his godson but was somewhat vindicated when he learned the pup had put the creep through a table and that said creep had been jailed and was later put in Azkaban for being a fraud and obliviating people for their stories.
He was told that the rat had been found that his trial was coming up. Albus Dumbledore had avoided him like the dragon pox but he finally showed up with his one remaining friend, Moony. After many hours of screaming, and manly tears they had hashed out their differences and went back to being friends again. in the back of his mind he would never be able to get that level of trust back.
The trial was emotionally exhausting and was a Rollercoaster of emotion but he was proven innocent. The look on Lucius' face was going to become a great Patronus memory. He had written Harry throughout his time out of Azkaban but he had finally been able to arrange a meeting on Christmas eve. He was somewhat upset that he only agreed to meet him at Gringotts and with Harry's law wizard of all things but in depths of his heart he knew that he was lucky to get even that especially after being absent from his life for over decade.
He and Remus went to Gringotts, they were surprised to see Ted Tonks his cousin in-law. They were even more surprised when Albus tried to join in he was quickly taken away by some Goblins to resolve some issues. Once in the room and greeting Ted, he was surprised again by his request for an oath of Secrecy.
He and Remus were not expecting that but after some debate especially from Remus they agreed. Soon the door was opened and he saw a goblin leading a tall child who was heartbreakingly like his father but with his mothers vibrant eyes. 'James, Lilly your son is truly the best of you both'. He was broken from his thoughts when his godson's voice was heard. "Gentlemen, let's begin."
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Harry observed the men on the other side of the table. One had a small smile on his face but such guilt ridden eyes. 'Moony, you better be on my side or I'm going to guilt trip into an early grave.' The other was giving a huge grin but his eyes looked like they were a moment away from shedding tears.
"Merry Christmas, pup! You look just like your dad but with your mother's eyes." Sirius stated.
"You look good, cub. Your parents would be so proud of you." Remus added.
Harry didn't smile but nodded to both men. He then started next part of the operation.
"Gentlemen, I thank you for the compliments but I'm not here for that. We are here to determine if I will allow either of you to be a part of my life."
Sirius and Remus both want to protest but Harry held a hand up to stop anything of the sort. "The reason for the oath earlier was because, I have no reason to trust either of you. One of my parents friends has already been found to be less than trustworthy and even though you may not have betrayed their trust, you are their friends not mine.
Albus Dumbledore may have told you about my time growing up as loved and cared for by my family. It is a cauldron full of dragon shit. I grew up in an abusive home because my so called Godfather, whose sole duty is to put my care before his decide that revenge was more important than doing his Merlin damned duty to his supposed best friends son."
Sirius looked like he had been kicked in the stones and could not even look the boy in the eye because he was completely correct.
"Now Harry, don't you think thats a bit harsh, it was a difficult time and Sirius and I had lost James and..."
"Mr. Lupin, I understand that you and Sirius lost your friends but I lost my family. I will let you in on a little secret, I remember that night. I remember hearing my father yell to get my mother to run upstairs with me. The only memory of my mother's face is of her begging that pile of shit, not to kill me and to kill her instead. Then my next memory is of my Pafoot handing me off to Hagrid.
I was taken to a home where I grew up in a cupboard under the stair to be abused in almost every way possible save sexually. If you think I'm exaggerating Ted will hand over my medical files right now."
Remus and Sirius couldn't do anything but gulp at the child's cold delivery of the horrendous information. Ted then slid over the file to the men. They treated the file as if it was poisoned. They eventually opened it and read the long list of ailments and the statements from the medi-wizard. Remus felt like throwing up and Sirius was in between rage and self loathing.
"As you can see, I was thoroughly loved at my relatives care. Mr. Lupin you were not jailed in Azkaban but not once did you deign to check up on the son of your best friend. Gentlemen, do to your actions and inactions you are my debt. I never had a childhood and never will. You don't come out of that with your innocence in tact. So here we are.
I am owed a happy childhood but since I can't have that, I will ask something else from you instead. I have seen the signs, Wizarding Brittain wants me to be the Golden Messiah. Unfortunately for wizarding Brittain, I think it can go fuck itself. War is coming, the players are already amassing their forces in the shadows.
Albus Dumbledore is either to scared or too inept to do anything so unfortunately this shit sandwich falls to me. I don't want any part of this blood war but somehow or another, I'm always in the middle of these plots so as my goblin friends would say, if your enemy is making war on you, it is only polite to return the favor."
Harry then took a glass of water from the table and sipped it to parched his dry throat. Sirius and Remus were both confused. Dumbledore hadn't told either of them anything about a war but then they remembered the recent headlines and it all became clear. A dark lord was on the rise and Harry was in danger. Ted had never heard of this before so he was flabbergasted and worried. He remembered those dark days and if what Harry was saying was true it was going to get worse.
"As I told Daggertooth once before, I didn't start this war, unfortunately I'm the asshole who is stuck having to fight it. Now if you want to be a part of my life as friends, that's fine we can all walk away and pretend we didn't have this conversation, but if you truly want to make it up to me and the House of Potter then you will take a loyalty oath. Ted has the wording of the oath written out for you, if you do that we will be friends and brothers in arms for the upcoming war. I will leave you to discuss this alone."
Daggertooth and Harry walked out of the room and walked to Daggertooth's office. they both sat down in silence. Daggertooth finally broke the silence.
"If I hadn't done your inherentance stest myself I would think you were a goblin, Lord Potter. They way you manipulated them and played to their guilt and self loathing was awe inspiring, especially for someone so young."
Harry raised an eyebrow and after Daggertooth tooth had finished he gave a predatory grin. "All the things I said are true, Daggertooth. They owe me and my house for the ineptitude and negligence. You know that I plan to leave this cursed land as soon as I'm able to. If they decide to join up, they will be loyal and steadfast allies. The opening moves to this shadow game have been made, its just a matter of time until it starts back up in the light. I'm just a twelve year old boy. I can't do much but with two trained wizards by my side, I at least don't have to worry about protection."
Daggertooth gave a grin of his own, "You are truly a wonderful investment, Harry"
"Thank you, Daggertooth. So what do you think they will do? Do you think they will take the oath and join me?"
Daggertooth scoffed, "Sirius Black will do it to appease you and see it as a way to redeem himself in the eyes of your parents and yourself. Remus Lupin may not, he is Dumbledore's creature. He has always done what he has been told but you may have pressed the right buttons so his innate guilt and martyr complex may work in your favor."
The two shared a look and then a laugh. A knock was heard at the door and a goblin runner informed them that the men had come to a decision.
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Harry and Daggertooth entered the meeting room and sat down. "So what will it be gentlemen?"
Ted looked to the two men and the boy then replied. "They agreed to the oath, Harry."
The two men gave their carefully worded loyalty and secrecy oaths to the boy, with Ted as the binder and Daggertooth as the witness.
--- Three Days Later---
Harry sat in his tent going over the recent events that had occurred. After the oath binding, He and the two men sat down and got to know each other. They told him stories of his father and mother from when they grew up. He told them stories of his childhood. Sirius had taken up his Lordship to help Harry with his plots and to also take custody of Harry Legally.
Ted would file the paperwork for both the guardianship and to throw the Dursleys into jail. Dudley would go to foster care. Harry decided that people in jails killed themselves all the time and although Dudley was a bully and and prick, he was still a child and could change the adults not so much.
He was going to have to move his tent to one of his many properties but he would be moving in with Sirius and Remus in 12 Grimmauld soon. He called Dobby to pack his stuff up, and set up his tent one of the old Potter properties.
Sirius had been surprised by how well maintained 12 Grimmauld had been when he entered it the first time, he had also been surprised to find that Kreacher was somewhat civil. He didn't know that Harry had spoken to both Kreacher and Walburga into the better treatment. He pretended to meet them for the first time and moved into Regulus old room. It had been the one he had used before so no change there.
After much debate Remus had agreed to move in and was slowly getting to know Harry and rekindling his friendship with Sirius. Dumbledore tried to interrogate the two men about the meeting but they had explained that they had been forced into secrecy by the goblins as a prerequisite to the meeting. He still didn't know that Harry would be moving in with Sirius but he would when Mrs. Figg was taken in by the police for animal abuse since she had so many cats and took very little care of them.
Everything was going smoothly but he still needed to find away to the meeting Lucius was going to have. He would be able to take a lot of them out at one time. He just needed to think of a way to do it.
Sirius and Remus had been told of his activities and after a full day of debate they decided to join him. Sirius was on board just to avenge all the friends he had lost in the war. Remus wanted to run it by Dumbledore first but he was quickly reminded that if he tried to break his oath he would lose his memories of his interactions with Harry and he would be cast out from their friendship and he would end a lone wolf for real.
Harry looked at the space that once had his tent and smiled. He was getting closer to his goal. Soon he would just need to finish school and he would leave to live on his island in peace.