Marvelous Return

“I think you should do mine next, it’s bound to be less surprising, my parents brought us here yearly, it was for simpler tests, but still,” Sirius told him and Ragnok nodded. 

Sirius Orion Black

Sire: Orion Black

Bearer: Walburga Black, née Black

“Yerk, really?” Clint cried out. 

“My grandparents were deep into the whole keeping the blood pure, magic takes care of most problems which could occur with close family marrying, Walburga was Orion’s second cousin. For them it was the only way to keep the Black Lordship to the Black blood, when I was still a baby they signed a binding contract for me with my second cousin Narcissa, only her elder sister running away to marry the man she loved got me out of it, breaking a contract has dire consequences, instead of suffering from my cousin ‘lapse of judgment’ they disowned her and promised Narcissa to the Malfoy Family in her place,” Sirius explained, “I ran away on the next occasion went to live with Harry’s grandparents, so my parents couldn’t force me to sign another contract.”

“That’s despicable,” Phil said angered at the idea. 

“It is unfortunately how most of the Wizarding World proceeds, contract, and arranged bonding are the norms, even among the half-blood and No-Maj-born, without a dowry and a contract it is almost impossible to bond, and it is illegal in Wizarding Britain,” Ragnok informed them. 

Blood adoption: James Charlus Potter - Brother

Harrison James Potter-Black-Lupin - Son

Magical Adoption: Remus John Lupin - Brother

“Why two types of adoption?” Phil asked. 

“Blood adoption add the bloodlines into the adoptee’s blood, a potion his given with some blood of the person adopting them. Werewolf blood has a 15% chance of turning you into a werewolf out of the full moon, I would never let them take that risk. The magical adoption requires a ritual, it’s pretty simple to do, but it only makes them their brother by choice, if they both…” Remus stopped to take a deep breath, “I can’t inherit their title even if they didn’t have any other family members, in the wizarding world blood is everything, for our laws, magical power or connections are only taken into account if you are powerful enough to be threatening to someone.”

Harry leaned in to give him a kiss and a hug. “Moony.” 

“You know, I am still jealous he said your name first,” Sirius told him with a grin. 

“It’s just easier to say, he called me mummy for days,” Remus said shaking his head in exasperation. 

Titles:

Black - Lord Presumptive

Potter - Heir - Lord’s Regent

“Okay, I know that one. My parents disowned me when I ran away, but as I am the only male of pure Black blood alive, the title returned to me anyway, but only as long as Harry is underage, as my son it will transfer to him over any of the other Black children. And as I am the only living relative Harry has I became the heir to his title. If Dumbledore succeeded in sending me to Azkaban, as Chief Warlock and Headmaster, he would have been granted Magical Guardian’s right, and thus become his heir,” Sirius explained. 

“That headmaster of yours has fingers in too many pies,” Tony said, everyone nodded. 

“He is the headmaster, Chief Warlock of the Britain Wizengamot, Supreme Mugwump of the International Conference of Wizards, Leader of the Order of Phoenix, there are rumors, people want him to become Wizarding Britain next minister,” Ragnok told them. 

“No!” The wizards said as one, including little Harry.

“The next part should help,” Ragnok said with a grin. 

Seats:

Regency:

Wizengamots - 128 seats

ICW - 12 seats

Sirius, Severus, and Remus were stunned they looked at Harry in awe. “How is that even possible?” Severus finally asked. 

“The Blacks only have 2 seats, and as far as I am aware, Charles and James only had 2 for the Potters in the Wizengamot, and 1 in the ICW,” Sirius said. 

“How many seats are there in total?” Natasha asked. 

“Hum,” Sirius hummed as he thought about it, “168 for the Britain Wizengamot, 57 for the ICW.”

Tony whistled. 

“I will not spoil little Harry’s reading but not all the Wizengamot seats are meant for Wizarding Britain,” Ragnok informed them. 

“You are just full of surprises, aren’t you, Pup?” Sirius asked as he kissed the top of Harry’s head. 

“Pri’es,” Harry said happily, “‘own Pa’foo’, P’ay ‘una.” 

“No wandering, you stay with Luna, keep an eye on her,” Sirius told him. 

“‘Kay,”  Harry said and started talking with Luna, clearly telling her all about the white Rabbit plush he insisted they brought with. Remus quickly cast a silencing charm over them, only strong enough to dampen the noise they were making. 

Magical Familiar: 

Hippogriff - Buckbeak

“Buc’y,” Harry cried out.

“Hey, Harry, you know Bucky was Captain America’s best friend?” Phil asked, he had spent time trying to get Harry to tell them who else was going to be included in this adventure but Harry kept telling him it was in the journal. Right now, Phil was still trying to figure out if there was another Captain America fanboy in the group since Harry seemed to know a lot about him. 

Harry looked at him grinned, laughed and nodded, then he went back to playing with Luna. 

“I have never seen a hippogriff before,” Sirius said, “I thought the test was supposed to reveal the name of the familiar only after you meet it.” 

“Special circumstances, which will be explained later,” Ragnok told him. 

Half-Kneazle - Crookshank 

“You always had a knack for naming stuff,” Remus said while he laughed at Sirius. 

“Ah, I feel generous, I would tell you, Lord Black came upon his familiars as they were already named, he didn’t change it,” Ragnok told them. 

“Why does he have two? Tasha only had one,” Clint asked. 

“Again circumstantial, most wizards will only have one familiar as a familiar is different from a pet, familiars are linked to the wizard’s or witch’s magic, they will live as long as their chosen wizard, they might survive their wizard’s death, but only if they chose someone else to bond to, they are generally smarter and more docile than any other animals,” Ragnok explained. “That is without taking into account the magical core level as Familiar help balance our youngsters’ core, usually the children meet them before their bonding, there is a theory saying familiars are attracted to the child’s accidental magic.”

“You didn’t read his Magical core information,” Tony noticed. 

“You will find that there are differences between Magical and No-Maj tests, I was getting to it,” Ragnok told him. 

Magical Core:

Level 62 - Blocked Level 42

“I don’t like not knowing the difference, can you tell us what these levels mean?” Tony asked. 

“I can show you but I won’t share the calculus or the detailed grid,” Ragnok said and Tony agreed, he knew pattern process, he could understand that. 

Ragnok cast a spell in Gobbledegook over the room and spheres of light rose above the magical being. Remus and Sirius bent down to keep Luna and Harry from swatting at the spheres, it wasn’t a toy after all. 

“The lighter the color, the more powerful you are,” Ragnok told them, his eyes fixed on Harry.  

“I don’t have one, which means I am not magical at all, Clint and Tony both have one I’d say Clint’s is dimmed dark gray and would explain his aim, Tony’s is dark blue but it looks a lot lighter than Natasha’s dark red,” Phil noticed before turning to the wizards in the room. “Yours are all brighter, Luna’s is the darkest but the edges are lighter, I guess it means she will grow into her core.”

“You are right,” Ragnok told him and mentioned for him to continue. 

“The three of you have similar strength but Severus’ is both brighter and darker somehow,” Phil said. 

“I am a Dark Wizard, while I am more powerful than them my core will reflect it, looking like a light in the deep sea seems logical,” Severus explained. 

“Remus’ looks like it’s fighting itself,” Clint noticed. 

“It’s the wolf, while my core is strong, I use a portion of it to keep the wolf at bay, while I would be more powerful if I merged with it, I would also be driven by animal instincts even out of the moon cycle, the wolf wants me to go and kill the headmaster for trying to hurt my cubs, but the human in me knows I’ll end up dead if I tried,” Remus told them. 

“I like mine, Gryffindor red it suits me,” Sirius told them. 

“Looks more like it’s pink to me,” Severus told him, and Remus had to admit he was right, Sirius’ sphere was way too light to be called red, especially Gryffindor red. 

“Why is Harry’s black? He is using magic already, we saw him popping from one person to another when he wants a hug, or get Luna out of the water, that doesn’t seem like something someone without much magic can do,” Tony asked. 

“There is a light halo around the sphere, it’s extremely bright,” Clint told him. 

“The spell dulled young Harry’s sphere, it would blind us otherwise,” Ragnok said and looked at them. “Think Solar eclipse, you need protections to look at it or your retina will burn. The spell is eclipsing young Harry’s sphere.” 

“Lily and James had that spell cast on him when he was born, they wanted to believe he wouldn’t be the baby of the prophecy, his sphere was bright back then, brighter than ours, but not so much, his core can’t have grown this much in a year,” Sirius said, Remus could hear how worried he was. 

“A part of our core is attached to our souls, it is how familiars, magical twins or soulmates exist, when Harry was brought back a part of his older core came with him and integrated into the younger Harry’s already existing core,” Ragnok explained. 

“So, he’ll have more frequent and more powerful bursts of accidental magic. Perfect,” Severus said with a deep sigh. Remus would have berated him, but Harry had a couple of nightmares at night and Remus wasn’t a big fan of waking up floating above his bed or having to stick the cubs to their cots, so they wouldn’t levitate too.

Potions: 

Amicae - toward Albus Dumbledore, Gryffindor, Peter Pettigrew, Order of the Phoenix

Inamicae - Slytherins, Severus Snape, Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa Malfoy, née Black, Regulus Black (broken)

“You know that actually makes sense, I never hated Narcissa, I didn’t want to bond with her, but she was a fun cousin to have, she liked to play in the dirt, though she called it gardening even though we were banned from the garden on every Black properties; then one day she came to wish me a happy birthday in the tower, and the next thing I knew we had a big row and I couldn’t stand to even look at her anymore. Lucius is different, he always acts like he has a stick up…”

“Sirius!!” Remus yelled to stop him. 

“Fine, but you know I am right.” 

“You are,” Both Remus and Severus answered. 

“We grew up going to the same stupid pureblood party, so they must have put it in early on too,” Sirius continued to complain. 

“D’aco two, sooo ‘ong,” Harry told them. 

“Oh, he did, did he? How about we try to keep the stick away from him?” Severus asked Harry who kissed Luna on the head, babbled something at her, then stood up with difficulties and took the few steps to Severus, putting his arms in the air, in the universal ‘up’ sign. Severus grabbed him and put him on his lap. 

“Draco be goo’, he pat fi’s’, goo’ la’e’,” Harry told him seriously, knowing Severus would understand since he had seen his memories of his godson. 

“Yes, I know, I was a prat, but you made him see he could change, thank you,” Severus told him, Harry leaned into him for a hug and decided to stay there for a while. 

Remus had to admit, seeing how gentle and caring Severus could be with, mostly, Harry because he seemed scared to hold Luna, was heartwarming and making him regret letting James and Sirius torment him and push him away of Lily, he didn’t deserve that, not that he ever believed he did, he sincerely hoped they could become friends.

Magical Contracts:

Innocence and Release amends - Sign by Lady Amelia Bones, Elite Auror, Britain; Theodore Levinson, Head Auror, MACUSA; Lord Sirius Black, Auror, Britain; King Ragnok of the Gringott clan

Godfather act - Lady Lily Potter, Britain; Lord James Potter, Britain; Lord Sirius Black, Lady Alice Longbottom

“That’s a lot of Lords and Ladies,” Clint interrupted. 

“Families with hereditary seats in the Wizengamot are called Ladies or Lord, their bonded partners too, but no one has been knighted by the Queen or nothing like that, these titles are about a thousand years old, and when the ministry was created they put it in the by-laws, in your world, apart from the money most of us have, it wouldn’t mean anything,” Sirius told him. “Also…” He stopped and stood up, “King Ragnok, on behalf of my companions I wish to issue a formal apology for not recognizing nor acknowledging your title, the honor, and the respect owed to a person of your station, may your venture prove fruitful and your life be long as your descendants would prove worthy of the time you spent creating them.” He said officially as everyone stood up and copied his bow as he made the apologies in their name. Harry laughing at them, his head turned in Severus’ shirt, so he could hide it. 

“Thank you, Lord Black. Your apologies though unnecessary are easily accepted, may your life be long and your family protected by the deities,” Ragnok answered bowing as well, though Remus noticed he turned toward Harry when he did. “You have offered no offenses, every member of young Harry’s family as long as they stay respectful, are not required to bow to me or mine, we are operating under a contract of friendship and service, to be seen as equals in those dealings is the right thing to do.”

“You should then call me Sirius at all time.” 

Everyone followed giving permission to the king to call them by their first name. 

Employment contract - Auror - Departement of Magical Law Enforcement, Britain Wizarding World. 

Bonding contract - to Narcissa Black - Signed by Lord Orion Black, Lady Walburga Black, Cygnus Black III, Druella Black, née Rosier. - voided by Lord Orion Black in favor of Lucius Malfoy. 

Secrecy contract - Order of the Phoenix.

“Your medical history shows several injuries, I would rather not talk about as the children can hear,” Ragnok said giving time for Sirius to decide what to do. 

“Pup, I know Severus is like a giant cuddle buddy but do you mind going back to play with Luna for a couple of minutes, we’ll take a break for tea and cookies after, and I’ll play with you for a little while okay?” Sirius asked him. 

Harry looked at him hard then back at Severus and Ragnok before he nodded “‘kay. ‘own Sev’us, p’ease.”

A full silencing charm was applied this time, though Sirius put an alarm to tell him if there were any troubles. 

“That’s going to require many explanations, please skip some of it.”

“How come we didn't hear Natasha’s medical history?” Tony asked. 

“Maybe no one wanted to be dead?”  Natasha retorted. 

“The only concern in Natasha’s medical file will be fixed by the end of the day, the rest is normal aliment in her line of work, though I meant to ask about your resistance to Veritaserum this is the first time I have heard of someone having a none natural resistance to it,” Ragnok explained turning to Natasha eager to hear her answer. 

“After one night playing Truth or Dare at Durmstrang I persuaded one of the students to brew it in large quantities, dosed myself nightly before sleep until I couldn’t feel the effects anymore,” She said with a shrug. 

“That was dangerous,” Severus admonished her, “They shouldn’t drug young girls, especially not Squibs or Muggles, Veritaserum is deadly to them, and that’s not even taking into account possible allergies or bad reaction if they gave you too much,” Severus was incensed and started to pace around the table. 

“Severus, she is fine, and it’s Durmstrang, we have no power over them, not even James and Sirius used Veritaserum for their pranks and party. You are worrying the cubs,” Remus told him, then led him back to the table. 

“We can talk about it at the tower,” Sirius told him, “I am sure Natasha will even let you test her blood to make sure she didn’t poison herself, isn’t she?” 

“Yes, of course.”

“Then back to me.” 

“Your test shows repeated use of the Cruciatus Curse,” Ragnok said, then looked at the No-Maj or No-Maj raised males, “it is one of our three Unforgivable curses, one use should have sent his parents to Azkaban for life, repeat offense or use of the curse on a child is sentenced with the Kiss.”

“What does it do?” Phil asked, looking concerned. 

“The curse affects the pain receptors, makes you feel like every nerve in your body are light on fire,” Severus explained. 

“Yeah, not going to try to test that one out,” Clint told them, clearly trying to elevate the tension. 

“It also leaves no mark on the body, which is why parents of the Darkest families use it to punish or teach children,” Sirius told them, “I started spending my holidays at Harry’s grandparents’ house when they decided we, myself, Andromeda, Narcissa, and Bellatrix, were at an age at which we could learn by practicing on the house elves tied to the House of Black,” Sirius said and as usual when he talked about his life with his family, he looked for any distraction possible, looking down at their cubs was his go-to move this time. “That is one family tradition I will never follow.” 

“I think we can all support that decision,” Tony told him as Phil patted his back. 

“Nothing is really concerning, and everything can be cured by our healers at the end of the day,” Ragnok announced. “And to end your reading, and move on to a break.”

Special Magical Abilities: 

Animagus - Grim - Padfoot

Patronus - Bird - unnamed

“Every block and potion will be taken care of after the end of the readings, with the Healers and the Curse Breaker guild,” Ragnok explained. 

“Oh, Natasha said the Animagus stuff was you turning into an animal,” Clint said excited, “can you show us?” 

“Yes!”

“No,” Severus and Remus said, making Clint and Sirius pout. 

“If you turn into Padfoot now Harry and Luna will want to play with him, and we’ll never get them to calm down after that, you know it appends every time,” Remus admonished him, and Sirius agreed.

“I’ll show you once we get back to the tower.”

“If it’s not too late, I don’t want the cubs to be over-excited before bed,” Remus told him, glaring at Sirius, but still noticing Natasha and Phil small grin.

“You finances are next,” Ragnok told them, Sirius looked around the table and nodded, he was okay with them knowing. “As Lord Presumptive of the House of Black, you are in charge of the family vault, though I have to approve every expense over 20,000 Galleons, or 96,195.12 dollars. You, also, have access to the heir vault for yourself as long as young Harry doesn’t have his own children,” Ragnok looked up at him, “I believe you are familiar with this vault?” 

“Yes, vault 521, I doubt my brother took the time to empty it after I was cast out, last time I received an account for it, there were over 6 million Galleons in it.”

“7 million Galleons, 11,350 Sickles, and 95,253 Knuts to be precise, converting to 33,672,433.43 dollars.” 

“Who would they give this much to a child?” Severus asked. 

“The heir vault for my family was opened when the first heir was born since then a quarter of a million is added when a new heir takes possession of the key, but it’s always the same vault, which is simply passed down from father to son, and since our expenses are taken care of by our parents until we are 21 and allowed to go to the Wizengamot sessions, it is used for pocket money for visits to the Alley or Hogsmeade weekend, no one can spend that much money on candies and pranks, not even me,” Sirius explained. “I think the last time someone made use of the vault was my namesake, Sirius, at the beginning of the 20th century, as he was 50 when Grandfather Phineas died he had time to make a dent into it. The other Lords either died young, had children, or at least sons, late in life, or stepped down when the heir was 21.” 

“You, of course, own your own vault, comprised of your Uncle Alphard inheritance, your wages from the ministry, and the 1 million Galleons you were all given to you by Gringotts.”

“I can wait for the explanations about that,” Severus said, glaring at Ragnok, “Gringotts and the Goblins aren’t exactly known for their generosity.”

“We can be generous with the right motivation,” Ragnok told him, looking absolutely unconcerned by his comment. 

“That makes around 2 Million, right?” Sirius asked. 

“2, 072, 235 Galleons to be precise, or 9,966,946 dollars,” Ragnok confirmed. 

Remus noticed he rounded the Galleons in the other vaults to keep it simpler. 

“On to the Potter vaults, as Lord Regent, the same rules apply, the amount you are allowed to retrieve is limited to 20,000 Galleons without my approval. As the Potter Family keeps the heir vault empty in between heir birth, you will find the traditional opening Galleons of 500,000 Galleons in the vault, 100,000 Galleons will be added yearly on your birthday, if not used the Heir vault returns to the Family accounts, an exception is made if an heir is already born when a new Lord is accepted by the family rings.” 

“Okay, so James Potter put 2.4 million dollars into a vault for Harry when he was born, then added half a million on his first birthday, which if I understood correctly was 3 months ago,” Tony summarize, “I have met trust found babes with less money than Harry has, and he is only 15 months old.”

“I don’t think you understand Tony,” Sirius told him, “Up until last week, yes Harry was probably the richest baby there is since the opening vault rarely exceed 250,000 Galleons to my knowledge, but he isn’t the heir anymore, but the Lord, we are talking about my vaults, the money going into it on my birthday is coming from Harry’s.”

“Oh shit!” Clint exclaimed and looked at Harry. 

“That could explain why this Headmaster of your wants to get his hands on his guardianship, I guess it comes with some money, I know being in charge of my accounts for three years made Stane extremely rich,” Tony said and Ragnok understanding the reference nodded. 

As promised, they all took a pause to play with the children, helping them eat a snack and drink some juice, while enjoying some coffee, tea, or hot cocoa themselves, as Tony kept pestering Ragnok and Severus with a hundred of questions. The only reason Phil wasn’t putting a stop to it, or so, he told Remus when asked, was because Tony needed to know the dangers of mixing magic and technology, especially if they all planned on staying at the tower.