Chapter 5
“Hello Bambi. You have grown up to be so big” Lily Potter said, tears in her eyes but a smile stretching from ear to ear on her face. The mother wanted nothing but to squeeze them in a tight hug and care for them
The dam broke and her mind mentally cursed her for crying, Dursleys always said there was nothing good about her crying especially during the abusive beatings but she could not take it as she hugged her parents tightly. Her mother whispering sweet things in her ear while her father apologises for not being there for her childhood. Harriet was so glad that her wine drunk aunt who often ranted about how her dad had stolen her sister away then got both of them killed in a car crash was entirely wrong
It took several moments before Andromeda interrupted. “Now Lord Potter, mind telling me about a marriage contract between my daughter and yours signed by you and Sirius?”
James simply gulped while Lily gasped before smacking her husband on his back repeatedly with her hand until he finally relented and spoke “It started as a small prank, Sirius was gonna marry Harriet to Nymphadora to help both you and her get back into the family tree as the former Lord Black was gave up his power not long after Sirius graduated and with Regulus missing still. Except we kind of died in 1991, he went to prison and then nothing happened to let you know. Sadly we can not annule the engagement but it could be worse, she could be married to a Malfoy. So that is why Nymphadora Tonks is now Lady Nymphadora Black married to Lady Harriet Peverell-Potter-Black, Heiress of Hogwarts and Black Family”
“Gods, my name is getting long.” Harriet mumbled before saying a bit louder “How are you back though, Death did not tell me and i have not done any magic except the accidental apparition”
“Well…we thought you could tell us, we woke up not too long ago when we heard you call out to us from beyond the Veil.” Lily said softly, everyone else was listening but did not want to interrupt.
Harriet thought before her eyes looked down at her ring, she knew what did it but the how was still up to determination. “I think the Peverell ring which is the second Hallow brought you back. I was pleading for my mom to feed me like Petunia did Dursley and for my dad to give me a hug…that would explain why it did not summon Padfoot as he is not dead only in jail”
James mumbled “Not for long he aint”
Lily thought for a few moments “Necromancy is highly illegal as a dark art and you would be tried in a Ministry of Magic hearing if you were not a Lady of a Legendary House. There is a way to try but it’s risky” She turned to James “It would also solidify the us being alive for the last 10 years…only finding out Harriet was alive recently so returned to the public”
“No Lily, we do not know what could happen.” James said but Lily had already begun to whisper to Andromeda, the only magical healer they could currently trust with their situation.
“I have to agree with James, it is highly risky and I would prefer we do it at least when at my house or Potter Mansion even if the crazy Black in me wants to find out. Which, I promise I will check both of you two over as well. Speaking of, what’s it like returning to the land of the living. Merlin's sake we all mourned for you” Andromeda teased her old school friends
“Quicker than falling asleep, Andy. One moment I was punching Voldie and blocking the door, next I'm waking up on the ground 10 years in the future with my wife who I failed to protect.” James reluctantly said, still frustrated that he left his wand on the kitchen counter while his wife was upstairs alone.
“The girl’s magical guardian is currently Albus too many names Dumbledore” Grimshaw spat the headmaster’s name with venom as the goblin made some more parchment appear on his desk for Lord Potter to sign “However as your father is now here, it's a simple signature although your good for nothing Ministry might have issues. We do not care, that old fool has caused our kind and your own too much trouble since 1930s although i would remind you that your daughter is completely emancipated which means she is independent from you and free to do what she wants”
Her father immediately signed it with a blood quill and claimed his heir ring for Harriet to wear alongside her Ladyship one. “Now, I would like copies of my and Lily’s will. Dumbledore has stopped my daughter going to safe space, I would claim line theft or at least hostage but until i gather more evidence i would like you to monitor and look for any withdraws of the Potter Vaults or Vaults linking to Harriet as he might have taken some stuff from them like our family’s invisibility cloak”
The goblin nodded and the meeting ended after they received copies of their last will and testaments to prove that Sirius Black was not their secret keeper but instead Peter Petigrew was, after putting the evidence safely away in his cloak. The group with the glamour disguised Potter couple all left and they made their way to the one place all the little witches and wizards wanted to go.
The wand shop.
“Olivander’s store, there are many wand makers in the Wizardry World however he is the best” Andromeda said as she entered the slightly dark crimson building with brass text reading out the name and to her surprise ‘since 382 BC’ which would mean the wand makers came here along the Romans. Harriet heard the dingle of a bell, immediately feeling a tingle on her body as she entered the store and an old gentleman in the back rooms of the store coming out after a grumble. Long thin boxes were stacked tall against walls and the ceiling and some even unboxed wands in a pile on the desk.
“Ah Mrs Tonks, 9 1⁄2 inches long, made of Hornbeam wood, and possessed a Unicorn Tail hair core. And Miss Tonks, 10 inches made of Oak and Spruce blended wood with dragon heartstring for its core.” The wand maker and shop owner said
“Ahhh Miss Potter, I was wondering when I would be seeing you. A little earlier than your fellow students” His pale face lingered on the lightning bolt scar, it had yet to fade from the purification ritual that Death had done all those years ago. Harriet chose not to correct him with her title
“I am sorry to say to the both of you, that I sold the wand that did that to you.” He sounded genuine. Garrick Olivander soon turned and began to fetch a box off the shelf at random, he did not need to measure her arm with a tape as he had honed his skills to do it from eye sight.
"Your father favoured a mahogany wand with a dragon heartstring . Eleven inches. Pliable. A little more power and excellent for transfiguration.” James nodded as Olivander continued “ Well, I say your father favoured it. It's really the wand that chooses the wizard, of course."
“Your mother on the other hand. It seems only yesterday she was in here herself, buying her first wand and being delighted when the wands did not accept her. Ten and a quarter inches long, swishy, made of willow with a magical core of unicorn tail. Nice wand for charm work and fit her a lot especially in her later life."
“Let us get started young lady” The wand maker and shop owner said with a childish smile as he pulled out a long thin one of dark wood “Spruce, 10 inches and thunderbird feather core. Not a core i use often due to them being a North American creature”
Harriet flicked it awkwardly and a nearby vase of flowers exploded so she quickly dropped it on the counter.
“No no, not that one. How about this?” Another thing box was put on the sale desk “Apple with Unicorn tail, 8 and half inches and flexible”
One more time Harry flicked and this time burnt a nearby shelf filled with wands before her mother put it out and repaired it with a spell. Harry made sure to remember it, Repairo.
“No no, certainly not. How about English Oak, Phoenix Feather at 9 inches” The wand maker said pulling it off the pile on his desk and with a swish, the poor guy was thrown backwards onto his chair in a puff of purple smoke
“Mr Olivander, are you okay?” Harry, Andromeda, Tonks and Lily called out in a panic
“Nope nope, definitely not. What about this one” The wandmaker got up and did not seem to care that he was just flung across the room but he handed the short girl a new wand.
An enormous pile of empty boxes had already formed where no wand accepted her magic. What was most incredible was that the more the pile grew, the happier Mr. Ollivander seemed to become.
A final one was handed to her, it was made of holly, eleven inches long, and contained a single feather from the tail of a phoenix except it simply whistled when she flicked
“Curious…Very curious indeed” Olivander murmurs as he stares at the wand, he was so certain that it would have been chosen by her. A brother wand to her enemy.
She soon was given a wand of Yew, 10 inches and a thestral tail hair and phoenix feather as its core. Olivander said something about it representing death as well as rebirth. It fit her perfect but she was almost certain that the Elder Wand that Death made would fit better for her necromancy. She brought the wand for 7 galleons and a dragon hide wand holster from the recommendation of her father which Olivander still thought was a stranger.
The next up on the list of shops for Harriet while her wife, God she still felt weird thinking that, and mother in law went to get the rest of Nymphadora’s school supplies for her final NEWT year at Hogwarts. Mostly books, a bigger uniform although Dora can metamorph herself to fit into it and other bits for her courses was to get Harriet a full wardrobe especially after Andromeda explained in a hushed whisper that the clothes that she was wearing was transfigured and shrunken clothes of Nymphadora’s and that she used to wear all Dudley’s old clothes including underwear.
This was joyful was Lily was so excited to take her daughter clothes shopping however less could be said for James who conveniently used the excuse of having to go check in with Amelina Bones who Harriet learnt was the Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and the one in charge of gathering evidence to free Sirius and to put Albus Dumbledore on trial.
Lily took Harriet to Twilfitt and Tattings which was a wizarding clothing shop located in the southern side of Diagon Alley, it is more frequented by the pureblood families who were on the wealthier side. It was the place that Lords and Ladies had to go after receiving their heirship so perfect for the new Lady Peverell.
The seamstress, while shocked at the family crest on Harriet’s ring, was also very proud to create a full wardrobe, both professional and more casual wearing. A corseted dress similar to what Andromeda often wear, Acromantula silk cloak with her heirship crest on a clasp around her neck as well as shirts, skirts, a few pairs of trousers and then of course came underwear which Lily loved to embarrass her daughter but did warn her that puberty was a pain in more ways than one.
“Just wait until your chest begins to grow, then you will need a proper bra because I refuse to let the boys and girls at Hogwarts stare at you any more than they need to.” Lily kissed her daughter softly on the top of her forehead, just where the subtle scar rests.