A/N: I'm sorry that I haven't updated in a long while! I'm back with a new chapter though… Enjoy!
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Word Count: 2,718 words
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Helga sighed as she read the results of Harry's diagnostic scan as well as the one which told her what inheritances he will come into. She had forgotten that James Potter was descended from Godric and Rowena's family lines so Harry too would be coming into all sorts of creature inheritances. "Well this was surprising to say the least. We will go over the least complicated scan first which would be what creature inheritances Harry should expect. I forgot that James Potter was descended from Godric and Rowena while Lily Evans was descended from Salazar and I. What that means is that Hermione and Harry are equally our heirs so they will share the titles with one another."
She took a sip of water as she read back over the creature inheritance scan. Harry too has five inheritances that he will come into and while three of them are the same as Hermione's two of them are different. Harry will come into a Veela, Angelus, High Elf, Drake, and surprisingly an elemental nymph. My great grandfather was an elemental nymph which is where it apparently came into play, but until now I have forgot about that. Because of everything that Harry has been through it looks like he will get his inheritances before he should."
Salazar frowned. "Helga, love, Harry is even thinner and smaller than Hermione. What is receiving his inheritances going to do to this body?"
Helga shook her head. "I can't even begin to tell you what it will do to his body, Salazar. I'm hoping that you or Severus or both of you together can come up with a brand new potion to help Harry gain the weight and height he needs quickly but safely. I'm also going to need a vial of Draught of Living Death so that Harry will sleep for several days if not a couple of weeks while I treat his body."
Godric's eyes flashed. "Just what was done to all of our grandson, sister?"
Helga closed her eyes for a minute and then reopened them. She looked right at Albus as she spoke. "I need to re-break just about every bone in his body because they didn't set correctly. That also includes breaking his back and setting it straight. The only two injuries that he has had that have healed correctly is a skull fracture and a broken nose. He has had the bones in his hands, arms, fingers, legs, feet, back, and pelvis all smashed and/or broken at one time or another. His right jaw has been broken three times as have both of his collarbones. Harry is severely underweight and malnourished that I'm not even sure he will ever grow to be as tall as he should be. His eyesight is very poor, but thankfully that can be cured with a potion."
Minerva gasped and paled even as she turned towards Albus and surprised everyone when she slapped him across the face. "I told you that they were the worst sort of Muggles, Albus! I bloody well told you, but no you knew better than I even though I was the one that had spent the whole damn day watching them before you dropped him off like a sack of potatoes. He could have died and probably would have had it not been for his magic!"
Amelia had stiffened as she listened to first Helga and then Minerva talk. She looked at Helga with narrowed eyes. "I will need a copy of that report, Lady Hufflepuff. Harry Potter's relatives if they are even his relatives since Lily Potter nee Evans is related to you and Lord Slytherin will pay for what they have done to the young man. They will not get off with just a slap on the wrist either you have my word on that."
She turned her head to look at Albus who was shaking, pale, and crying. "We will be having a talk, Albus, and I'm not so sure that you are going to like it. I don't give a bloody hell who you are, but no longer will you EVER be allowed to place a child with another person and/or family. I have no doubt that you thought you were doing the right thing, but you should have checked up on him at least once a month after you placed him with the Dursley's. You failed him, but then again so did the rest of us for not checking up on him ourselves or demanding that you check up on him in person."
Albus nodded his head. "I swear I didn't know that they were treating him like that. If I had known I would have gotten him out of there and placed him somewhere else. I know he didn't like it there, but I never thought that it was because they were beating him. Dear Merlin how can he ever forgive me for what he had to go through? How can I ever forgive myself?"
Rowena sighed and shook her head. "From what I have seen about Harry in visions that I have had is he has a great capacity of forgiveness inside of him, Albus. You will need to sit down and talk to him, but I am sure that he will forgive you because believe it or not he loves you Albus. You can't look back and change what has happened, but what you can and should do is look forward and make sure that he gets justice against those who dared to harm him like they have. We all make mistakes, but as long as we learn from them then they are forgivable."
Albus nodded. "Amelia, if you draw up the charges I will make sure that they get the highest possible sentence. They also received money for Harry's upkeep and obviously they have never spent any of the money on him so they will have to give back every single pound that they were given. They will learn why you don't mess with a wizarding child and hurt them and they will NOT like the lesson that they are taught."
Amelia nodded grimly. "Percy, make sure to record everything down that has just been said here. I do hope that yours and Lady Ravenclaw's business was taken care of sharply."
Percy nodded sharply. "I have been recording everything with a quill since Lady Hufflepuff began talking. Lady Ravenclaw gave Surrey Tribunal one heck of a story and now I am glad that she did. The Dursley's deserve everything that they are about to get and then some. Poor Harry."
Rowena smirked. "I put Sirius and Regulus Black in the hospital wing for right now. If Sirius saw Harry with the way, he looks right now we wouldn't have been able to keep him from going after the Dursley's. Poppy assured me that she could look after Sirius and Regulus and if something came up she would send word to Helga."
Severus looked at Percy with narrowed eyes. "Don't ever let Harry see that you feel sorry for him, Mr. Weasley, because he won't take to that too well. Just be there for him if he needs an ear or if he needs advice. At least now I can understand why he has a problem with people in places and positions of authority. I just thought he was bucking authority to be bucking it, but now I think he was bucking it because he hasn't been able to trust anyone that had a position of authority. I would like to know how none of his primary school teachers figured out that he was being abused. As for Black, yes he wouldn't hesitate to try to kill the Dursley's."
Amelia's eyes narrowed. "When I pull Tonks and Kingsley from here I will send them to Surrey to dig up some information. I, too am curious on if anyone saw the signs that young Harry was being abused and just ignored them or if they were paid to ignore them for one reason or another. Helga, will you be able to completely heal Harry?"
Helga smiled sadly as she nodded. "I will be able to heal him completely, but it is going to be a slow process. If I don't put him under the Draught of Living Death, he will feel every single bone that I break unless someone can come up with a spell for me to put him in a coma. I don't want him to have to feel the pain all over again from where his bones had been broken before. I hate to say it, but he has to be in pain daily with how badly some of the bones healed. I honestly don't know or understand how he got through each day without screaming in pain."
Lucius shook his head sadly. "At least now I understand why he didn't scream when Riddle put him under the Cruciatus Curse. I always wondered how he was able to not scream especially with the curse coming from Riddle. I do have a question, Helga. Will we have to find Harry his mate quickly once he comes into his inheritances?"
Helga chuckled and shook her head. "Actually we won't have to because Harry will be able to find his mate on his own and he can take it as slow or as fast he wants to. Unlike how Hermione will need you to help ground her somewhat Harry will instinctively know what he needs to do in order to ground his powers and that is because of his Elemental Nymph inheritance. Also unlike Hermione, Harry can have a same sex mate since he will be able to get pregnant if he chose to. The other thing is Harry will be able to fully access Parselmagic once he comes into his inheritances because he already speaks Parseltongue. Even now Harry can do some Parselmagic, but he will be able to do a million times more Parselmagic once his majority hits."
Salazar chuckled. "The one thing that didn't show up on Hermione's or Harry's diagnostic scans is that both of them will be able to turn into more than one animagus. Harry more than likely will be able to become several magical creatures while Hermione should be able to turn into up to five magical creatures with the rest of her forms being those of regular animals."
Minerva's mouth dropped open in surprise and shock. "A natural animagus! I thought those were just myths!"
Salazar threw his head back and laughed. "Nope they are completely true. All four of us founders can turn into more than one animal. Helga and Rowena both have three magical creatures that they can turn into along with several regular animals while Godric and I can each turn into twelve different magical creatures plus several regular animals. As long as a person knows how to discipline their minds they should and could turn into at the very least four different animals. Those that can't discipline their mind can turn into one animal, but more often than not they can't even turn into one. A person has to have a great grasp on their mind, body, and magic in order to be able to become more than one animals."
Minerva nodded. "I think I would like to hear more about it later on."
Salazar smiled slightly. "One of us will tell you all about it later on. For now, I think I will get started on brewing again. Severus, would you care to join me again? There are going to be a lot more potions that Helga will need that I didn't think that she would. Rowena, while Severus and I work on the potions do you want to see if you can create a spell to put our grandson into a coma so that I don't have to dose him with Draught of Living Death."
Rowena nodded. "I will do that, Salazar. Godric, you can talk to Minerva, Albus, Lucius, Amelia, and Percy. I'm sure that you have several stories that you can tell them to keep them entertained for several hours, my love."
Godric chuckled and smirked. "Oh I do have several stories that I can tell them, my darling wife. Don't worry about us, dear heart. I am sure that I can keep the masses entertained and if not I can answer any questions that they have. If you need any help do let me know."
Rowena grinned. "I think I can handle creating a spell on my own, Godric. The last time that you tried to create a spell you just about blew the school up I do believe."
Godric laughed as he shook his head. "I had forgotten about that. Okay if you need any help ask Helga or Salazar then. I do believe that we would like to keep Hogwarts standing for years to come yet."
Rowena chuckled. "I knew that you would see it my way, love. Alright you entertain while I get to work. Do try to keep the stories appropriate, Godric, because I would hate to see you make a bad impression after the stellar impression that you have made so far."
Godric rolled his eyes. "Wives!"
Albus laughed. "I think that all women and wives are like that, Godric."
Godric nodded and then started telling a story. He could only hope that Rowena was able to create a spell to put their grandson into a coma because he really didn't like the idea of the lad having to be given Draught of Living Death since he could end up experiencing the side effects of that particular potion up to three months after he was dosed and brought out of it.
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Salazar worked quickly and efficiently with Severus to get all the potions that Helga would need brewed and bottled up. The potion that would take the longest was the Draught of Living Death and he desperately hoped that young Harry would not have to be dosed with it. "Severus, do you know Harry well?"
Severus sighed and shook his head. "I never really got to know him because I always saw his father when I looked at him. Now that I know what I do I'm kicking myself in the ass. I should have been able to tell that he was being abused, but I never looked closely enough."
Salazar shook his head. "If I'm not mistaken young Harry is pretty well versed in glamours just like Hermione. I will talk to him about what he has went through once he is completely healed."
Severus nodded. "I will be sure to let him know that my door is always open should he need someone else to talk to. I will spend the rest of my life making it up to him that I wasn't there for him like I should have been. I knew how Petunia could be, but I never really spoke up against him being placed there. I had hoped that she had grew out of her jealousy with age, but I can see now that she hasn't grown up at all. I look forward to seeing her pay for everything she has done and then some."
Salazar smirked. "She will wish that she never laid a hand on my grandson. She will not like what she ends up going through. It is people like her, her husband, and her son that gives Muggles a bad name. I can guarantee that it will be thrown up in their faces that had they treated Harry like family that they would have been rich beyond their dreams, but since they treated him like they did and since they abused him as badly as they did that they will never see a knut of Harry's money and that they in fact have to pay him back."
Severus laughed but didn't respond. He focused on the potion that he was brewing because he wanted Harry to be healed as quickly as he could. He couldn't wait to see Petunia, Vernon, and Dudley served justice because they had brought everything on themselves. He had no doubt that they wouldn't be shown mercy once it was let known just what they had done to Harry.
A/N 2: *grins* I finally got this chapter finished... lol... Now the next chapter will skip to the following morning... Hope you all enjoyed this chapter... Click the button and let me know what you think!