I’m Harry Potter - Chapter 23

When the next day came, I went to Gringotts to meet Barrat. After a short meeting, Barrat said he could get the identification for Sirius. Of course, I swore him to secrecy. Barrat said he would owl me everything, so I left the bank and went home. When I got home, Sirius was on the couch flipping through channels on the TV.

“My account manager will owl all the papers you’ll need. Until then you stay inside, and if you need anything just ask an elf.” I said, taking a seat in an armchair.

“That’s fine, I’m catching up on TV anyway. It’s advanced a lot since I’ve been in Azkaban. When I was younger, I used to sneak out of my house to meet with James, and we would go to this muggle diner to watch TV. We thought it was so amazing that muggles could build something so magical.” He said, reminiscing.

“How about we make a deal.” I said.

“What kind of deal?” He asked.

“You teach me how to become an Animagus, and I’ll summon James here every day until you leave.” I bargained.

“Deal, summon him now and I’ll teach you later.” He agreed, and I summoned James and left the room.

Later that day when James left for the afterlife, Sirius taught me how the marauders became Animagi. It seems they used a mixture of potions, meditation, and Occlumency. They took a potion that would connect them to their inner animal. Then they would meditate to enter the mind and make contact with it. Depending on your animal the landscape that you find them in could be different. I already know Occlumency and meditation, so all I needed was the recipe for the potion. Once I got the recipe I no longer needed Sirius.

When I finally got the papers for Sirius, two days had passed. I gave him his new Identification and a bank account with five million pounds. He can have it converted to US dollars himself. After everything was taken care of, I sent him to the airport with a squad of elves to spy on him. I made him sign the contract so he wouldn’t give me any problems in the future, but who knows what he’ll get himself into. He didn’t want to take a plane, but how is he going to explain how he got into the country. Yeah, he could portkey, but he would have to register at MACUSA, and I don’t want to take the chance of anyone noticing him.

(Time skip – June 1991 – one month before Harrys birthday)

My SAS training and swordsmanship have been progressing smoothly. Telekinesis is just as overpowered as always, and my Legilimency bubble now extends a hundred feet. Adelle has grown to eight feet long and still hasn’t unlocked her eye powers. I’ve found a way to shrink her by inscribing runes onto her scales, and with the runes, she can control her size herself without needing me to do anything. I’ll have to redo it every time she sheds, but at least Basilisks don’t shed very often. I’ve also been meditating with the Animagus potion, but it’s harder to find my inner animal than I thought. I keep appearing on the peak of a very high mountain during a thunderstorm. (Author: hint)

When the time came to do the element ritual for Mimsy and Damon, I had two separate rituals set up on the left and right side of the ritual room. Mimsy could do the ritual herself because she has magic. The same could not be said about Damon, so I would perform his ritual and he would drink the potion. When Mimsy completed the ritual and drank the potion, vines rose out of the floor wriggling around her. The vines shot directly at Mimsy absorbing into her body, but it didn’t stop there. Mimsys complexion started to look healthier, and she grew a few inches before passing out on the floor.

When I finished Damon’s ritual and he drank his potion, blood from the sacrifice started circling him. The blood kept multiplying until there was almost five times the original amount. Just like Mimsy, the blood was absorbed into Damon’s body, and he fell unconscious on the floor. Mimsy has the nature element and Damon has the blood element. Exactly what you’d expect from an elf and a Dhampir. I’ll have to keep doing rituals in bulk for my elves, and now that Mimsy knows how to do it, she can set it up and guide them while I’m at school.

I’ve learned everything the Founders could teach me. Before they left for the last time, they told me that they have hidden rooms in Hogwarts where they left all their possessions. I asked them where the rooms are, but I was told it would be boring if I didn’t find them myself. Apparently, even Salazar has a hidden room that isn’t the chamber of secrets. The chamber was used as a place to put his Basilisk and a private place to train. When they left, I kept Salazar behind.

“Do you need something Harry?” Salazar asked.

“Yeah, I’ve been putting this off because it’s not my business, but I really want to know. Why did you hate muggle-borns and half-bloods?” I asked.

“*sigh* I knew you would ask sooner or later. You have to understand that those were different times. Our kind was being burned and drowned by muggles. Many witches and wizards couldn’t even defend themselves because there was no school to teach them. So we made Hogwarts, a place where young people can learn about their powers in a safe environment. After the school was built, we accepted every witch and wizard we could. Muggle-born, half-blood, pure-blood it didn’t matter.”

“After opening the school, problems started to appear related to students with muggle parentage. Not all of them, but most muggle parents thought their children were possessed by demons. Some families would accept their children’s enrollment, but most would decline. The ones that declined would usually be very abusive or even kill their magical children. I wanted to take these children from their family’s and have them raised by upstanding wizarding family’s, but the other founders didn’t agree.”

“That’s when we started having a difference in opinion on how to run Hogwarts and started bickering more and more. After a couple of years with Hogwarts being open, we had our first siege on the castle. A muggle-borns parent coerced their child into giving them the location of the school and proceeded to give that information to the church. After successfully defending against the church, I wanted to stop taking any students with muggle parents, but once again the other founders disagreed.”

“That only worsened our relationship, and every time we spoke devolved into arguments. I couldn’t take it anymore and left the school, but before I left I made Clyde the basilisk to protect the school in my absence. After traveling for a while, I missed my friends and went back to Hogwarts. We reconciled our differences and ran the school together until the last of us died.” Salazar explained.

“Why do people think you made Clyde in order to kill muggle-born students?” I asked.

“Probably misconstrued rumors spread by students that overheard our arguments.” He said.

“If Clyde was made to protect the school then why did he attack muggle-borns in 1943?” I asked, referring to when the chamber of secrets was opened by Tom.

“My guess is someone did something to him. Clyde was a very gentle snake, and wouldn’t hurt a fly if not provoked. Try and help him if you can, but if he’s beyond help please put him out of his misery.” Salazar said.

“Sure I’ll see what I can do. Thanks for all your help over the years.” I said, bowing.

“Thank you, for agreeing to help our school. It’s horrible seeing what’s become of it. When the school is back in working order, summon us so we can see it in its former glory.” He said.

“Sure, goodbye Salazar.” I said, cutting off the magic from the stone.

“Goodbye Harry.” He said and faded away.

(Author: I need help finding an image of what Harry looks like as a child and an a.d.u.l.t. Find me some and post them in the comments. They can be drawings, anime style, real pictures, etc. Remember one for chibi Harry and one for a.d.u.l.t harry. Green eyes and black hair pls. Thanks for reading.)