"You morons have three seconds to get away from me & my heiress before I start lopping off heads and claiming Houses by Rite of Conquest." The acidity of Tarot's tone could cut glass as he glared at the full Company worth of Aurors and Ministry of Magic officials.

Rose, shielded behind her elder brother, glared daggers at those who dared to make trouble for them. "Unless you are going to charge my brother and Head of House Potter with a crime you can support with legitimate evidence I'd suggest you move. Now." As much as her fingers itched to grab her wand, the firm grasp of Tarot's hand around her own stopped the dark desire from becoming reality.

"Creature scum-"

Tarot barked with dark laughter that was near maniacal as his eyes shone with dark humor. "As lovely as your ignorant, racist, xenohobic point of stupidity is, let me drop a few things on you. Number one, if you want to blame ANYONE for this monster I have become I have a very pointed and simple answer: James and Lily No-Name formerly Potter & Albus too many fucking titles Dumb-Ass-A-Door. If they didn't abandon me to the Muggles after the fall of Voldemort I would be a perfectly normal mindless Dumbledunce slave just like they are" he said with a mocking mimicry of an innocent smirk.

The Dumbledore supporting Aurors bristled at the insult to the great wizard they revered.

"Then you have to blame the muggles James & Lily No-Name put me with. Oh they tried to raise me but the contempt was there under a thin veneer of false politeness. When they realized fully they couldn't raise me properly and they remembered I was unwanted by the oh so great Lily No-Name neé Evans & her husband I was dumped at the first orphanage in Essex they could find. I was four years old at time being dumped by my aunt and uncle after my own parents abandoned me. Think about that for a minute" Tarot continued with the mockery of a smirk dropping into an unreadable scowl. "I was surrounded by invalids and the mentally deficient. Between the retards whose whole vocabulary range spanned all of four words and the autistic kids who couldn't be touched without having a screaming fit as they rocked in a corner having an anxiety attack & crying I had more stimulating contact talking to rocks and snakes. The snakes may have talked about nothing but hunting, hatchlings, mating and praising me as what they called a 'Great Noble Master Speaker' but at least they didn't spout off every thirty seconds about shitting themselves while laughing like some of the retard kids did."

Some of the Aurors, mainly the Half Bloods and Muggleborns, became entirely uncomfortable shifting their weight between their feet. The Purebloods though, they froze hearing the admission of the man, monster their minds rebelled, before them being a parseltongue.

"Then while I was in that Essex orphanage I was having more bouts of accidental magic than usual as I festered in my righteous childish fury. Do you know where that landed me? On the radar of the Umbrella Corporation. For a bunch of megalomaniacs hell bent on sowing death and destruction, they are fucking brilliant. They have weaponized everything in the medicinal realm to be deadly. They even figured out how to make zombies that make the most vicious inferi look like a newly born kneazle kitten" Tarrot continued as a sweep of his hand parted the mass of wizards and witches. "Back to the story though, my accidental magic gets picked up on by Umbrella who was trying to create the ultimate super soldier and thusly I get 'adopted' by the company only to become their lab rat."

Rose clenched Tarot's hand feeling a twitch. It was not a weakness twitch but an anger one.

"They stole samples of my blood and tried to replicate my magic with clones they artificially grown in tanks. It never worked as the clones would grow but the ability to use magic wouldn't replicate in the clone. Do you know what that did in terms of their frustration? They turned that rage into more drive to make me, a four year old child, scream in unbridled agony. I was subjected to tortures and medical experimentation that everything your fickle little cucklord did look like a fucking stinging hex! The idea of dying was my ultimate dream of escaping for two years!"

Rose saw nearly every wizard and witch draw their wand hastily as the ground cratered on front of Tarot.

"But then something happened, something that scared them all senseless. I murdered an entire facilities worth of armored guards. Men and women armed to the teeth with current & next generation firearms that should have killed me. My entire body was riddled with bullet holes and my blood was practically a miniature ocean on the floor by the time last shell casing dropped after the order to cease their fire was given. " Tarot's eyes were shadowed by his hair. "They never stood a chance. My magic was so mutated by that point, so twisted by their torture and medical experiments, that it lashed out leaving me the only surviving human entity in the underground facility. Every other human in form being was little more than blood splatters as patches of my flesh and internal organs regrew at a frightening pace & every drop of blood in the facility became my own." A sickening crunching sound filled the air and his free arm became a monstrous clawed limb. "It was my rebirth as Operative Tarot, the final destiny of all Umbrella's enemies- Death Himself In The Flesh. You call me creature scum, look in the mirror and accept your part in making me who.. what I am. Accept that Come Rose, we have much to discuss and so little time to do so. "

Rose didn't hesitate to follow her brother or blink as the monstrous limb seperated a plump pink...thing of its head as it tried to curse her brother. "As the declared Heiress of House Potter I claim the assets of… who was the toad looking pile of flesh?"

A stern looking witch tensed. "Senior Under Secretary to the Minister Delores Umbridge" she said keeping an eye on the male.

"As the declared Heiress of House Potter I claim the assets of one Delores Umbridge for House Potter under the Rite of Conquest by proxy of my brother and Head of House Tarot formerly known as Harry James Potter. So mote it be" Rose said earning gasps as she and her elder brother were enveloped in a silver flash.

"So mote it be indeed." A second flash surrounded Tarot and Rose as the older of the pair spoke. "Now, I warned you all I would be lopping heads off if you didn't get out of the way and that waste of flesh decided I was joking.. Who wants to die next?" Tarot asked with a sneer.

No one answered as the sibling pair left unaccosted.

*Gringotts Bank, House Umbridge Vault manager office*

Slashfang was far from amused as a notice popped into existence on his desk. The frumpy toad looking woman gave him a hard enough time as it was so he had no time for idling. Tearing open the notice he scanned it only to freeze as he read the contents. Then he laughed viciously as the ledgers, investment portfolio and other record notes blanked out completely. "Rite of Conquest asset claim huh? Very goblin of you Lord and Heiress Potter" he said with a bloodthirsty smile. "Anything less and her financial assets would have been the property of Gringotts considering her transgressions against The Goblin Nation."

*Unknown location within Hogwarts*

"So my beautiful Rose and your equally beautiful but enigmatic friend.."

"My name is Luna" the cheery little blonde Ravenclaw said with a serene smile on her lips. "I must confess to being a fan. Many would be, are and shall be terrified of you but I can say with all certainty I have no reason to be."

Rose coughed to make Luna focus. "Luna, you are my best friend and I do sincerely love you but your habit of rambling at times is overwhelming," she said with a kind and considerate tone.

"No, it's quite alright. Let her speak Rose" Tarot said looking at the blonde. "What makes you so certain?"

Luna leaned forward with the serene smile still on her lips still. "Number one, I am not as I appear just as neither are you or Rose as you appear at face value. You are a puzzle and I love to solve puzzles. Number two, I love Rose as not just my best friend but the sister I was never blessed with as an only child of my parents before my mother's passing. Hurting her is unthinkable to me, not just because I adore her that way but hurting her means I would all but certainly die by your hands. I may be quite air-headed as the majority of Hogwarts is concerned but the depths of my intelligence would terrify them to death if they had even half a clue how smart I really am."

Tarot leaned forward himself examining Luna closely. There was a certain absent quality to the blonde but just under it was a very familiar look, the cruel intelligence that he bore. "I see what you mean. Sister dear, I approve of your friend. You may keep her" he said in a nonchalant honest tone. .

Rose sputtered in embarrassment blushing hard at that. "Lu-Luna isn't a pet big brother!"

"Oh poo" Luna said with a disappointed tone and facial expression. "I was looking forward to making you feel good mistress. Why, I even practiced french kissing my pillow just for you. Now all that practice is going to go to waste...unless you want to be the recipient master."

Tarot fell back in his chair laughing as Rose's embarrassment grew by a million percent at the implied innuendo. "Oh that makes it, she's definitely sticking around."

Poor Rose's face was nearly as red as her namesake, her eyes peeking through her fingers. "Do-don't say stuff like that Luna!" she squeaked sounding as embarrassed as she looked. "An-anyways, you said we had something to discuss."

"Yes I did. Well, as you may or may not be aware, there is one little snafu that quite frankly is a pain in my ass. I don't mean the joke Ministry of Magic either. See, I did a little studying in my private time and I need a date."

Luna and Rose blinked owlishly. "Why do you need a date? I'd assume near all the girls save us are either scared to death of you or the snooty french witches are being cautious since you've shown a propensity to kill first, ask questions never" Luna said tilting her head.

"Between events one and two, a Yuletide Ball is a tradition of the tournament. A breather between the tension and excitement if you will. As far as I've historically read about, it always occurs Yule night. It's a huge press event and every competing champion has needed a date. The reason why? Every tournament past has had the champions open the ball with a dance hence my need for a date" Tarot said waving a hand nonchalantly like it was a trivial matter.

"That..doesn't explain why you're talking to us about it," Rose said with a confused furrowed brow.

"Silly Rose, your dear brother is asking us to be his dates" Luna said with a slight giggle.

Rose blushed again. "Won't they try to interfere? If you show up with us both us I mean" she said hastily. The thought of attending the ball could be fun but the rumors she could do without.

"I am the sole occupant of my so called magic school. There is no reputation to sully but my own and if anyone dares to question it, there are simple answers to be handed out like crack to addicts. Incest is still legal by this medieval government so kissing cousins, or siblings as it were, won't raise the eyebrows of anyone except the horrified First Gens. Secondly, you care about Luna a lot obviously which by default marks her under House Potter protections. Her being anywhere, especially at an event like the Yule Ball, without you would be highly suspect. Last, since I am the Head of House and Lord I need to keep my eye on you both for safety sakes. So we can do this the easy way or the embarrassing way."

"Question! Does the night include snogging, a loss of clothes and a big stained bed?" Luna asked raising her hand like a certain overly enthusiastic Gryffindor she heard of.

"If you mean the possibility of there being illicit sexual actions as a nightcap to finish the night off, maybe. Just not with me. I am a deviant in all facets of the word but I'm not about to have sex with my baby sister no matter how beautiful she is. The fact she adores you as a sibling figure and you return it counts that same possibility for you. But if you two want to have a go at each other… Well, who am I to stop you both? All I ask" Tarot asked with a slightly predatory smirk "is the opportunity to watch."

Rose's face went atomic red as Luna licked her lips a little at the same moment her eyes gained a glimmer of mischief.

"Sometimes watching is far more satisfying than being part of the act itself. Not to mention I am a red blooded male, girl-on-girl is hot. Especially when its 'sisters' doing the act" Tarot finished.

"We're in!" Luna said with the glimmer glowing brighter as she took Rose's hand intertwining their fingers. "Isn't that right dear sister? I mean, our dear brother is only thinking of our safety it's only fair."

Tarot snorted in laughter as Rose looked to be on the edge of fainting. "Just agree you're both coming and it'll save all three of us a world of trouble. My tease is tease unless you and Luna actually feel compelled to. In that case I was serious about watching."

Rose nodded meekly suddenly wishing she could melt into the shadows.