On August 15, he had just left the theatre after watching a movie, which he found pretty enjoyable when he heard the cry of a girl. He followed it and saw four people shoving a little girl, trying to fight and failing terribly. Harry knew their intentions by reading their surface thoughts and became quite angry, marched off them and threw their lead in the wall knocking him unconscious, then beat the shit out of the other three. He turned towards the girl who hugged him tightly, saying thank you repeatedly, and Harry felt good that he had stopped before they could even lay a hand on the girl's virtue. Otherwise, she would have been traumatized. She had red hair and blue eyes and was a beautiful girl.
"What is your name, and where are your parents?" he asked calmly to not scare the girl.
"I am Emily, and my parents died one month ago, and I was sent to an orphanage," she said, looking at him with tears in her eyes. He felt himself go still, and he understood more than others.
"Do you like living in the orphanage?" he asked her softly, to which her eyes became wide.
"N-no, the other kids bully me there, and the matron is a nasty lady," she said, looking at him tearfully, and Harry made a decision.
"Would you like to live with me? I lost my parents when I was 1, and I live alone," he asked softly, looking into her eyes. She said yes, and Harry took her to the manor with shadow shifting. She looked around wildly and then turned to him with a comical expression. He turned on the mage's sight and knew she was magical, so he explained magic and gave her the overview.
He learned that she was currently six years old, and while he was 13, he felt paternal instincts awakening inside him, and he decided to help her in every way a father could.
He decided to use the particular time turner in Salazar's study, which can revert to 24 hours. He decided there would be two Harrys now, one training and staying in the chamber and one who would take care of Emily and work like Harry in his first and second years did.
Harry grew much closer to his daughter during the last two weeks and took her to movies, which she loved, and ice creams, which she craved and asked with puppy dog eyes in front of which he was helpless. The last night, she had come in the middle of the night, awakening from the nightmare in his bedroom, and he had held her and let her sleep in his arms. He cared for her like his own child. He knew he was a teenager, but the Dursleys and Voldemort had turned him into an adult sooner.
Emily woke feeling more comfortable than ever. The last two weeks have been like a dream for her. Harry cared for her just like her parents did before they died, maybe even better, and when she came in last night, he had held her till she fell asleep, and now she felt more safe than ever in his arms.
"Em, I want to ask you something," Harry said cautiously, and she looked up at him questioningly, looking adorable as always.
"In the wizarding world, being a muggle-born witch will place you at the lowest of the society with no protection. I'm not too fond of that and want to blood-adopt you as a daughter. I will understand if you don't." his rant was cut off as he heard a squeal, and his face was peppered with kisses.
"So you accept?" and she nodded, smiling before frowning.
"I understand what you are thinking. You are not betraying them. They would want you protected and happy. You will always be their daughter," he said with conviction, and she nodded, smiling again. Harry shook his head and went to the bathroom to get dressed.
The duo went to Gringotts, both in disguise. Harry motioned Griphook to follow, who became wide-eyed at seeing the Black heir ring and followed.
"Lord Potter, what can I do for you today ?" Griphook asked
"Hello Griphook. I want to blood-adopt this young lady here," he said, motioning to Emily, who waved at Griphook without fear, who looked shocked before conjuring the bowl to do the process.
The process was completed within an hour, and Emily Lily Potter was taken on a shopping spree by her father. She bought everything she needed and some storybooks with her father's permission.
Harry took her back to Potter Manor, and they settled into their new life. Harry learned patronus on August 20 when he heard about Dementors. He thought about his mother, father, and Daughter's smile and laugh, and a black dragon emerged. To his surprise, Emily started stroking it and looking at it lovingly.
Harry jerked awake suddenly and felt a chill go through his spine.
On the train to Hogwarts, the train stopped mid-journey and He heard a woman begging and had a flash of his mother begging for his life. He was petrified in fear for a few seconds and did not want to stop hearing her voice but knew it would be disastrous, so Harry calmed down and thought of his daughter, her beautiful laugh, and his mother's voice that she was proud of him.
"EXPECTO PATRONUM," and a dragon emerged and tore the dementor apart, who let out a shriek and fell to the black dragon.
Harry closed the compartment, drew the curtains, and tried to fall asleep again.
Harry walked to the carriage and saw people pointing at him, and he ignored them. He was also done with his friendship with Ron after last year. He sat down in the great hall, and sorting began. The sorting continued until he heard the name of the sister of his crush.
"Parkinson, Evalinge." She was there for a minute under the hat, frowning, most probably arguing with it.
"GRYFFINDOR!" she looked shocked and turned to her sister, who was not looking at her, while the Slytherins glared at her. She went to sit at Gryffindor's table and saw people glaring at her again.
She went to sit at the table's edge, where no one was present. She had just sat when she felt a presence beside her and turned to see the intense and beautiful green eyes looking at her. Then, the owner turned back to his food. People were still looking at her, so he turned around with a fierce glare at the Slytherin table and saw people looking down at his glare. He turned to his left to see the Gryffindor glaring at her, so he flared his magic, which was felt in the whole great hall, and people except Evalinge shuddered at that, including Dumbledore, whose eyes were twinkling at the display. Gryffindors turned away when he turned his glare towards them. He returned to his food. Evalinge was looking at the display with awe. She had never felt safer than when the magic wrapped around her.
The dinner ended, and students were supposed to go to the Common room. Harry went to the head table, ignoring a sneering snape. He turned to Dumbledore.
"We need to talk," Harry said seriously, and Dumbledore nodded as he knew a talk was long overdue.
"Invite Professor Kitty with you," he said cheekily and left before the stern headmistress could come out of shock at being referred to as Professor Kitty while Dumbledore tried to hold in his snickers, failing quite severely, which stopped when he was met with a glare of said 'Professor Kitty' and his laughter stopped.
Harry returned to the Common Room, where Evalinge stood in the center, trying to hold in her tears while the others shouted insults at her, including Weasleys.
"You slimy snake do not deserve to be in Gryffindor," Seamus said
"She is just going to sell us. She is just a snake slut "Ron said maliciously
"You do not deserve in this house whore." Mclaggen said, smirking, thinking he did something to be proud of.
Insults stopped when a loud bang was heard, and they turned to see a furious Harry Potter, aura flaring, looking at them with narrowed eyes.
"And you do, Mclaggen. You deserve to be in this house?" Harry asked coldly to Mclaggen, who did not understand his situation.
"Yes, I am," he said proudly.
"Who all think she does not deserve to be heard?" he asked coldly; many people now understood the danger, and only ten people were looking proud in the center, including Ronald, Seamus, Mclaggen, Weasley Twins, Lee Jordan, Ginny Weasley, Parvati Patil and Percy Weasley.
"You all disgust me. Where is the Gryffindor courage to welcome any student and include her in our family, our chivalry or loyalty?" He said, looking at them in disgust. And people except the group looked ashamed as they now understood what they had done.
"Why are you taking her side, mate? Her sister is a slimy Slytherin?" Ronald asked, puffing his chest, thinking he had done something to be proud of.
"You are not my friend. Not after you stole from me last year, and no friend of mine is of that opinion," he said dangerously, making Ron pale as he did not think Harry found out about the cloak.
"As long as she is in Gryffindor House, she is under my protection. If you want to learn about my protection, take out your wands and fight me," he said, and people gulped around the room. He saw that Hermione was looking at him with disapproval. Before he could dwell on it, he saw the central group pointing their wand at him. He flicked his wand in hand and fired four petrification hexes, three stunning hexes, and three disarmers, all within 4 seconds. All the people in the Common room were stunned at such a fantastic display of magic. He nodded to Evalinge, who was looking at him like he was Merlin, and went to Chasers and Tsked.
"I expected better from you three. I hope you will not disappoint me again. You are like my sisters. That's why you are getting a chance," he said, looking at them. They looked ashamed and happy as they also considered him a brother.
"We will not disappoint you again, brother. Sorry." Angelina said while the other two nodded and hugged him.
"Leave them there," Harry said thoughtfully, leaving the Common Room to the Headmaster's office.
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