Chapter 7
1st of June 1989
It was finally time to make him different in blood and looks. His looks were so recognizable since he looked just like James and they needed to change them the most. His magic had already changed since leaving the Potter Lordship behind. Dumbledore couldn’t find him by the magic of Harry Potter if he had a record of it.
They were going to do a half blood masking ritual and make him a little bit more Black. They couldn’t change the blood wholly because it would override his current blood and nobody wanted that.
Even a small change will be enough since the blood of his that everyone currently has won’t change. That way the old blood will turn with nothing.
The blood masking was easily and fast done. They were going to do blood adoption of some muggle woman around the age of Sirius to make her Harry’s mother. The muggle blood was stolen from blood donations after careful planning and right timing. They had found the blood of a woman who had died a week ago. That would also fit on their time frame with things.
James and Lily would still show up in his full test but since goblins were the only ones who could do the test, they knew to do the half test if someone asked a one for Harry. Half show would only show the most recent parents and that way Sirius would show as a father and the muggle woman named Isabella Miller as a mother.
The blood adoption would also change his features slightly but if they weren’t enough they would need to do a ritual to make changes.
Harry took the vial where the potion was. He would need to drink it and lay down in case the changes were drastic.
He drank the potions and sat down on the bed next to him. He felt only slightly disoriented and the feeling was over fast.
He looked in the mirror and was disappointed. He would need to do another ritual since only his skin shade had changed and he had grown a few inches to match the height of Sirius at that age.
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“Are you ready to undergo another ritual?” Galena asked to make sure.
“Yes I am. I just hope this will be the last in a while.”
“It will be since everything else is already done. And this is an easy one and won’t hurt as much. The only thing you need is a good concentration since you need to picture the changes you want to make”, Galena said.
Harry in front of the same mirror as Galena handed him another potion.
“You need to drink this and wait until you feel weird bubbling in your stomach. As soon as you feel it raise your hand and Rimrock and Boneclaw will start to chant. When you need to start picturing your new features, I will raise my hand so look at me when the chanting starts at the latest. You understood?”
Harry nodded and took the potion.
He felt a little bit weird and had time to count ten, before the bubbling started. He raised his hand and looked at Galena. The other goblins started to chant but Harry had his eyes on Galena.
Galena raised her hand and Harry looked back to the mirror. He pictured his hair slightly less curly and with more tameable curls. The colour also changed from dark brown to black with a bluish undertone. His eyes went from emerald green to turquoise and the shape changed a little bit so it wasn’t a replica of Lily’s eyes. He became paler and his cheekbones rised a little and nose became smaller. His jaw got more narrow but the ears stayed the same.
He was now nothing like James and Lily and was a perfect mix of Sirius and Isabella. Harry was sad that he didn’t look like his real parents anymore but he understood the need to look different than his birth parents.
Harry had seen a picture of the woman who was supposed to be his mother and death had shown a little bit more. Harry now had the same eye colour as Isabella and her nose and jaw. He had the same eye shape, hair colour and ears with Sirius. His skin was a perfect mix of both of their skin.
Death had also helped with fake memories of Harry and Isabella. And since Harry didn’t have scars anymore those memories were good ones.
Only his name needed to change.
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It was a meeting time with all of them.
“The golem is in its place and a team is ready to go to the Dursleys”, Silverclaw said.
“Everything else with Harry’s identity change is done except name”, Ironblade said.
“I think Hadrian Atlas Black-Miller would be good”, Harry said. “It will show Sirius’ ancestry but also shows the mother’s muggle ancestry. And Death and Life has approved the first names.”
All the Blacks showed their agreement with the name.
“We need to change your birthday so it’s not suspicious. You need to take a little bit of a permanent ageing potion or de-aging potion making you a few months older or younger. I personally recommend the permanent ageing potion. That way you can take the rest of your titles earlier”, Silverclaw said.
Harry thought it was a good idea and decided to go with it.
“I think a permanent ageing potion for about two months is good. Then after sixth year I can take the throne at the beginning of the summer and get everything ready if I want some changes to schools for the next year”, Harry said.
“You can also work from the shadows before that and make changes as you see fit”, Andromeda said looking at Harry.
“Here is the permanent ageing potion for you”, Silverclaw said, interrupting them with the vial of the potion in hand. “The potion will age you around three months so your new birthday will be at the beginning of May. You need to take the potion first and then we can change the name with a blood quill and a potion. After that we can do a new inheritance test and see that everything with your inheritance is correct.”
Harry stood up and Andromeda transfigured the chair to a bed so Harry could lay down. Ageing potions were known for feeling as if your veins were on fire and it would be better to be already laying down to not make your muscles spam from the ageing.
Harry took the vial and sat down on the bed. He opened the sealed cork and swung the whole potion on his throat and laid down. It took ten seconds and he felt like he was down with high fever. Sweat started to gather up on his forehead and he closed his eyes and started to shiver.
Andromeda transfigured her quill into a napkin and made it wet and started to wipe his forehead with care. The others were watching this silently and waiting for it to stop. It usually took only around thirty seconds until it started to get better.
After a while Harry opened his eyes and sat up still shivering slightly. Nobody could see any changes but that was to be expected since it was only a few months. There was a chance he was a little bit taller but nothing visible.
Narcissa offered Harry a glass of water which Harry took gladly.
Once the shivering had stopped, Ironblade handed Harry a black blood quill, potion and a parchment. He was told to dip the quill into the potion and then write his new name with it. The quill would take his blood and mix it with the potion, changing his legal and magical name.
Harry did as was told.
After he had written his new name down the parchment flashed gold, stating that everything had gone correctly and Lady Magic had accepted the name change.