"We wanted to show you something about your heritage, Harry, Pansy, let us show you, Potter Manor" Bruce said to his son, the pair of kids were amazed by that.
"Close your mouths or a fly is going to sit in your tongue" Sirius commented which made the kids to snap out of their awe.
"Can we see it?" Pansy was the first to respond
"Of course, but first Harry needs to do something" Bruce said then he looked at Sirius who nodded.
"Harry, as of right now the Potter Manor is protected by very new and very expensive wards, this wards prevent trespassers or even muggles to find this place, this new wards were made by the Gringotts' Goblins, they teared down the old ones and made new ones but to do so they needed a wizard or a witch to latch their magic onto the ward stone, I volunteered since Ted isn't your godfather, I told them it was only a temporary attachment so they told me that as soon as I renounced the use of my magic on the ward stone to Lord Potter, you, would simply accept the responsibility to charge the ward stone, are you understanding so far?"
"Yes uncle Sirius" Harry replied
"Very well" Sirius stepped in front of the group, took his wand out of his holster, pointed at the sky and said "I, Lord Sirius Orion Black, cede the ward stone to Lord Harry James Potter, he will make sure the ward stone is fully charged and the Manor to be safe, so mote it be" Sirius said as the tip of his wand glowed, he took it back to the holster and nodded at Harry.
"Just do what I just did" Sirius encouraged his godson.
Harry did the same as his godfather, he took his bat and Thestral wand and pointed at the sky saying "I, Lord Harry James Potter, take the ward stone from Lord Sirius Orion Black, I will make sure the ward stone is fully charged and the Manor is safe, so mote it be" Harry said and the tip of his wand glowed with a more intense glow, Harry felt how something anchored into his body, well not to his body to his magical core.
"What did I just felt?" Harry said as he felt suddenly drained, his father holding him by the armpits and with Pansy looking concerned while holding his right hand, she had never seen someone transferred his magic into a ward stone.
"Are you ok Harry?" She asked and the boy beside her simply smiled at her looking directly into her brown eyes. "Yes, though a little weak"
"That was simply the ward stone taking some of your magic and changing the property, don't worry it will pass in less than five minutes." Sirius explained and then out of nowhere a tuxedo wearing House-Elf appeared in front of the group carrying a ledger of some sorts
"Good evening Lord Potter, my name is Ackley, I'm the head House-Elf of the Potter Manor, I must say that it is an honor to be here in your presence" The small Elf said presenting before Harry and the group the ledger.
"Thank you Ackley, it's an honor to be here as well, am, what is this?" Harry asked with curiosity
"This Lord Potter is a ward ledger, here you can write the names of the people that can enter the wards limits like Family, Friends or one time visitors as well as forbid anyone from entering, and those trespassers will suffer a great punishment until they leave the ward's limits." Ackley explained
"Wow, so I can write any name in any column?" Harry said as he browsed the ledger's empty pages. "it's completely blank" He stated
"Yes my Lord, after all the manor might be old but the wards are new so the ledger is new as well" Ackley answered.
"Interesting, dad, do you have a pen?" Harry asked his father who gave him a very stylish pen with the Wayne Enterprises Logo in it, Pansy recognized it as the same type of pen that Harry's father used to stab her father's hand during their confrontation on the school grounds.
The Elf looked confused at his Lord calling another man "Father" yet he did not commented on it and still held the ledger so the Lord could begin writing.
-Family:
Bruce Wayne
Talia al Ghul
Selina Kyle
Helena Kyle-Wayne
Damian Wayne al Ghul
Dick Grayson
Jason Todd
Tim Drake
Cassandra Cane
Stephanie Brown
Alfred Pennyworth
Minerva McGonagall-Pennyworth
Harry stops writing shaking his left hand "Those are a lot of names" Harry jokes
"And you haven't even started writing your family here in the ol' country" Bruce said to his son who sighed exasperated
"I know, and I could use my right hand to finish the list but honestly I think it is where it needs it to be" Harry said looking at the way Pansy was holding his hand. So Harry continued writing the list.
-Family
Sirius Orion Black
Amelia Bones-Black
Regulus Black-Bones
James Black-Bones
Alintak Black-Bones
Alnilam Black-Bones
Mintaka Black-Bones
Nymphadora Tonks
Edward Tonks
Andromeda Tonks
Narcissa Black
Draco Bl…
"Can we finish this later, seriously my hand is cramping" Harry complained
"Sure my Lord" Ackley responded but before the House elf could close the book Harry wrote five names in the column of friends, it was almost an illegible writing but as longs as the ledger and its Lord understood what they meant it was enough.
-Friends
Pansy Parkinson
Hermione Granger
Millicent Bullstrode
Blaise Zabini
Rachel Roth
"Fiu, those are all I hope, when we have more time I'll add more of them, there are several family members and friends that I left out" Harry said shaking his cramped wrist.
"Of course my Lord, whenever you're ready to add more of them just ask me for the ledger and I'll bring it to you, shall we begin with the tour, my lord?" Ackley asked
"Yes please" Harry said and the house-elf nodded them to follow them, the group did that
The Oakwood doors opened by themselves and the group saw with astonishment the neatly painted walls, the clean floors and the many upon many portraits, paintings and statues, all of them adorned with the a pallet of red or gold as well as some pale beige and with sand accents on its columns.
"The Potter manor was built when the son of Linfred of Stitchcombe was about to get marry, his son named Henry the Potter, was twenty six when he was about to marry to his betrothed Camille Peverell, both families weren't happy that they were about to get married at that old age but Linfred still built this manor so that his son and wife could have a safe place for them, over the next six generations the Potter family, as it was come to be known, became the symbol of safe heaven and power of one of the most ancient and noble of houses, during the war against the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald, the Potter Manor served as a way to protect many of the wizards that didn't wanted to be forced to serve Grindelwald's forces, then when the Dark Lord Voldemort and his death eaters started the Second Wizarding War they systematically attacked the Potter Manor killing its inhabitants in an effort to kill the boy they were after" Ackley said
"Me" Harry whispered
"That's correct Lord Potter, your parents escaped that day but unluckily your grandparents and uncles didn't" Ackley said with a somber tone
"How did you survived?" Harry asked
"I, alongside all the other house-elves, were in the kitchens of the Manor, they're deep in the basement and they're only accessible if you aparate inside of them, since no Dead Eater knew how to enter they never reached to us." Ackley explained with sorrow in his voice "I loved this family and I wanted to protect them and die fighting by their side" Ackley added, Harry instantly hugged the House-Elf who looked shocked but nonetheless returned the hug back.
After a few moments in which Lord and servant hugged they stepped back so that Ackley could continue with the tour, the elf still took a handkerchief from his jacket's pocket and cleaned a few tears from his eyes.
"The Manor, being an enchanted place, has thirty guest rooms as well as thirty individual bathrooms" Ackley resumed but Harry decided to focus on Pansy
"You know you're taking this way to easily" Harry whispered
"Well obviously I'm having an internal struggle knowing that my boyfriend is the hero of many stories and published books who is thought to be either lost or dead but also I'm a Slytherin girl, knowing this secret identity of yours only makes you even more special and as the cunning mind I have I know that it's not time to make it public" Pansy said with a strong sense of conviction.
"I like you, I like you a lot" Harry said
"I like you a lot as well Harry Potter" Pansy said
"Potter in here, for the rest of the world I will continue use my Wayne last name, who knows how many of those Dead Eaters are still out there" Harry replied
"True, I'm pretty sure many of my father's friends were amongst those Eaters" Pansy replied
"And here is the Library" Ackley said showing the wooden doors that lead to a library about a third of the size of the Hogwarts' library.
"If Hermione comes here we will lose her in this place" Pansy replied
"Yes, and in my home's library we'll lost her as well" Harry added laughing.
"Now for the main reason of all of you being here, let me show you the portrait room, here all of the Potters and their partners were immortalized on a portrait" Ackley said
"Does that mean that?" Harry gulped
"Yes Harry, your biological parents are here as well" Bruce said kneeling in front of his son "No matter what happens inside just remember that Talia, Selina and I love you as our own" Bruce was a little nervous.
"I know that" Harry replied giving his father a reassuring nod and he felt a slight squeeze on his right hand which encourage him even further.
As the boy and his entourage walked into the portrait room they could feel all the stares directed at them and whispered conversations coming from all of the portraits, Harry's stomach was trashing and turning inside his body his nervousness growing with each step he take.
Finally after what he felt like miles upon miles of steps he stood in front of the portrait of a young couple in their early twenties looking at him with glassy eyes.
The Potter couple couldn't believe their eyes, right in front of them was the living proof that their son, their little Harry had survived the encounter of the evil dark lord, Lily quickly noticed how tall he was, probably taller than James was at that age and he looked like he had some muscular built underneath his leather jacket, she noticed his short hair perfectly combed but not too serious, something she thought that a young muggle modern boy would have, he seemed healthy and in a very good shape for his eleven years, also she noticed that the boy in front of her had a green eye while the other one was blue, meanwhile James noticed that his son didn't wear glasses which he was grateful, he hated having to use glasses when he was young and the boy was holding hands with a girl that looked like a young Perma Parkinson née Higgins.
"So I guess you're my parents" Harry said to the portrait couple, his American accent was noticed by the couple
"That's right, I'm Lily Potter, your mother, and he is my husband, your father, James Potter" Portrait Lily said
"Hey son" James said not knowing how to truly address this boy who was completely different from what he would've imagined his son would look like.
The three of them stood there motionless and Harry finally said "Sorry, where are my manners? This is my girlfriend Pansy Parkinson" –Harry said
This seemed to shock his parents "Girlfriend?" Lily asked while James said "Parkinson?" like if it were an insult
"Yes she's my girlfriend, one of three actually" Harry said
"And I'm a Parkinson is there a problem with that?" Pansy said defiantly
"I'm just surprised" Lily begun saying "Your father and I didn't became a couple after our seventh year and I never dated anyone before that" She explained
"Yes, before that you hated his guts" Harry smirked surprising the portraits
"How do you know that?" Lily asked surprised "You hated my guts?" James asked
"When I claimed the Potter Lordship I was able to take something from the vault, I chose mom's diary, and her sword, and she wrote many things about you, about uncle Sirius, about professor Snape or Grandma Minnie" Harry explained
"And what did you learned about it?" Lily asked
"Well that you're the smartest witch of your age, which I never doubted it, because Grandma Minnie always told me some sort of versions of the events in your youth whenever I asked about her favorite students, for the record I grew up believing that you died during childbirth so I always kept a picture of you on my bedside table" Harry said smiling at the portrait version of his mother, the portrait looked like she wanted to cry. "And just retaking Pansy's question, is there a problem that she's a Parkinson?" Harry added
"Well nothing" James begun "But her father was, probably is, a bastard Death Eater who tried in many times either kill us or mind control us to serve his fuc--- bastard of a boss" James said "Sorry girl, I'm sure you wouldn't like to hear bad things being said about your father"
"Honestly he's an imbecile, he tried to kill Harry's dad in the Hogwarts' common grounds just because he was a muggle, Harry's dad became my hero that day because I always heard my father babbling about pureblood superiority and how Voldemort was the greatest wizard blah blah blah, but when I met Harry everything changed and saw how wrong he was about the muggleborns or half-bloods, so when Mr. Wayne stabbed his hand with a pen and broke his wand I was relieved to see that his "pureblood supremacy bullshit, that it was completely made up" Pansy explained and James was grinning in pure joy of her retelling.
"Man I wish I could've seen that" James said
"In that moment he felt pure shock of seeing that" Harry said happy
"So Pansy is your girlfriend, but you said there's two others?" Lily asked
"Oh yes, I share Harry with two other girls who are just as amazing as I am" Pansy said smirking
"Hermione Granger and Millicent Bullstrode" Harry said noticing that his father was taken aback by Millie's last name "Don't worry, Millie's father hasn't tried to kill anyone" Harry explained.
"Wow my son is quite a ladies man" James said
"I don't think so Mr. Potter, Harry never forced us or tried to woo us or anything like that, he simply was charming enough that we wanted to share kisses with him" Pansy said innocently enough but they could still see that her words were true and serious.
"Wow I've never imagined that our boy would have three girlfriends on his first year at Hogwarts, speaking of which why did you ended up on Slytherin?" James said
"James, we already talked about that, he can be in any house, we will love him nonetheless" Lily said
"Actually it was thanks to the Sorting Hat that I ended up on Slytherin, he could've placed me in any house but he thought that my skills would be better used in the snakes house, and given the fact that I'm a parseltongue speaker and I'm Salazar Slytherin's descendant it was obvious which house I belonged to" Harry smirk
"You're a parsel speaker?" Lily asked
"Yes mom, just like you" Harry said which made the portrait tear up a little.
"Sorry it's just that there's so many emotions as of right now" She said
"It's ok, really getting to meet you has been great, I can see many traits on you that I see on myself, but no offense to you guys, but I wouldn't trade the moms and dad I ended up with, they're great as well" Harry said, but seeing the disappointment on the portraits faces he added "I want to reassure you that even though I love the parents that raise me it doesn't mean that I don't want you in my life, I want to learn more about yourselves and make you proud, but right now we need to move, we have a plane to catch" Harry said
"Harry wait!" James said
"What?" Harry asked gently
"There's a cloak that has belong to our family since the time of Henry and Camille Potter, it was an invisibility cloak that had an enchantment, only a Peverell descendant can call upon it" James explained
"Why? Just out of curiosity" Harry asked
"Well it's an invisible cloak, many people including me forget where we left them, so the enchantment has been very useful, you just need to state your name, point your wand to the sky and say "I call upon the Ignotus Peverell cloak to come to its rightful owner" James said
"Sure, I guess it could serve me whenever I sneak around the castle" Harry admitted
"You what?" His father's voice said and Harry looked at the tall man in the entrance of the room who had an eyebrow raised and grimace on his lips.
"Sorry dad, I sneak around from time to time to know the secrets of the castle" Harry apologized to his father.
"Is that your father?" Lily asked
"Yes, dad come over here please" Harry called to the man who approached the boy, Lily was breathless of the handsome man in front of her, she felt like a schoolgirl with a silly crush.
"Hey, nice to meet you Mr. and Mrs. Potter, I'm Bruce Wayne" Bruce introduced himself
"I can't express you how grateful I am you have taken care of our son, I would shake your hand if I could Mr. Wayne" James said
"I have taken care of Harry and loved him like my son" Bruce said but was interrupted by Lily who had managed to compose herself
"We know, Sirius told us how you accepted him without hesitation even though you had no part on our war, for that we will be forever grateful, and seeing the handsome well-mannered young boy in front of us we can say that you have made a wonderful job, thank you Mr. Wayne, God bless you" Lily said wishing to hug the man, and even perhaps kissing him.
"You're the true heroes of the story, I may have taken Harry and raised him, but you stood your ground to defeat a powerful enemy, that earned you my respect, if there's anything you need, I will do it" Bruce offered
"Seeing Harry healthy and happy is enough, thank you Mr. Wayne" Lily said.
"Before you go Harry please make sure to summon the cloak, it's important" James said
"Sure, so I, Harry James Potter Wayne, call upon Ignotus Peverell's cloak to come to its rightful owner" Harry said to the air and a moment later the cloak appeared in his hands, its silvery look was breathtaking, Harry quickly put it on and disappeared in front of everyone with Minerva letting out an exasperated sigh.
"You just had to mention the cloak didn't you?" Minerva approached the portrait to which the portrait version of James Potter went red with embarrassment.
"Professor McGonagall, I didn't knew you were here" James stammered
"I am here because my grandson needed me and I can't believe you just let him have that powerful cloak" Minerva said
"But it's part of his heritage" James said
"I don't care young man, he shouldn't have something so dangerous" Minerva replied
"What's dangerous about an invisibility cloak?" –James replied.
The pair continued arguing and after several minutes the group decided to head back to the King's cross station where the Wayne mobile was parked on, they went to Grimmauld place to leave Sirius and the presents for all the kids and to pick up Rachel who was with the Black family and then Bruce, Harry, Pansy, Minerva and Rachel went to the Heathrow Airport.
Pansy was shocked and awe seeing the muggle side of London, she had never travelled beyond the Leaky Cauldron and her parents never took her anywhere that wasn't magical and always traveled by portkey, floo or apparition.
She was surprised of the technology advancements the muggles had and how they didn't lived in shacks on dirty roads but rather in big buildings bigger than any magical construction she had ever seen, but soon enough Mr. Wayne arrived at the Heathrow Airport and some men approached the vehicle and begun to take their trunks away. Pansy was tense seeing strange dressed men carrying her belongings but was reassured by Harry who simply told her that they were airport employees that were going to put their trunks in the cargo bay.
She relaxed at that and climbed aboard what Harry told her it was a private jet plane. The space inside was so amazing, she was completely breathless at the luxury she saw inside, the seats were big enough that she could sit right beside Harry, and what was best she could cuddle him without being interrupted by Millie or Hermione, she liked those girls, perhaps even a little more after that accidental kiss with Hermione, but she didn't want to think about that, she wanted to cuddle around her knight in shiny armor. When the jet plane begun to rush forward towards the takeoff, Pansy felt something weird in her stomach, she had flight on a broom before but being in a muggle jet plane was something else, luckily Harry felt her stiffness and he hugged her tightly.
"Don't worry, I hate that feeling as well" Rachel said without taking her eyes from the book she was reading.
"She means about the change of pressure you are feeling in your ears, when the plane begins to lift in the air we enter a denser air and pressure, it's normal, look out the window" Harry said calming her and Pansy saw how the London city became smaller and smaller until they left it behind and she could only see clouds and the sun that was beginning to set, then it was only pure ocean but she didn't cared as she decided to cuddle Harry falling asleep on his strong arms.
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A few hours later Pansy woke up when her stomach felt funny once again, she saw a grim looking city but with many lights and some sort of muggle flying devices that Harry explained to her were Police Airships.
"So this is the city you grew up in?" Pansy asked
"Yeap, welcome to Gotham City" Harry said grinning, it was good to be back home.
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Meanwhile on the 12th Grimmauld place…
The Black-Bones and the Tonks family were having a supper in honor of the arrival of their children Susan, Draco and Nymphadora so the House-Elves cook their favorite dishes.
"Thank you Dobby" Draco said as the small house-elf gave him a plate with French fries and spaghetti with meatballs.
"You're welcome Master Black" The house-elf replied before popping away.
"So as I was telling you, you should've seen me mom, I was a speed demon on the field, not one of the strikers could keep up with my speed" Draco boasted to his mother who watched him with a smile, she liked hearing about her son's days at school whenever he wrote a letter but hearing his stories made everything worth it.
"Yes, you were fast, but I was faster, and I remember that I took the football from your feet" Susan added smiling to herself as the cousins argued Narcissa's cellphone ranged as she had received a text.
She saw who had sent her a text
Talia: Merry Christmas Cissa <3
Talia: Hope to see you on the New Year's Eve Party
Reading the message of her fellow board of governors' member made Narcissa's stomach to flutter with happiness, she immediately responded.
Me: Merry Christmas Tal xoxo
Narcissa didn't know why she had sent those letters, she knew of course what they meant but she simply couldn't understand what pushed her to send them in that text. She didn't even acknowledge the fact that it wasn't Christmas already, she simply felt happy about it.