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Chapter Four

Everyone woke up the next morning refreshed. After everyone was dressed, Harry asked if Caleb and his friends would take them to Boston. Soon the group of teens was heading towards Boston in Caleb and Tyler's cars. Harry had them park near where they went shopping the last time they were here.

"Harry and I were talking and since you showed us a great time last time, we thought we could return the favor," Hermione said.

"Follow us," Draco said. Draco led them to an abandoned looking building and walked around to the back.

"Are you sure we're supposed to be here?" Caleb asked.

Bini smirked, "Just keep following us."

Draco continued leading the way down the long candle-lit tunnel until they came across a large golden door. He tapped it with his wand and it swung open.

"Welcome to Gringott's Wizarding Bank," Harry said. Harry, Hermione, Draco, and Bini laughed softly at the dumbfounded faces. Sloan spotted Harry and approached the group.

"Good day Mr. Potter, anything I can help you with today?"

"No thank you Sloan, we're just passing through," Harry said to the goblin.

Draco led them through the opposite doors and out into the magical part of Boston.

"What were those creatures?" Reid asked.

"Those were goblins. You would be crazy to try and steal from them."

Draco, Bini and Harry broke away from the group and quickly headed to the quidditch shop. Hermione soon brought the boys along with her.

"You really fly on brooms?" Caleb asked. Harry nodded as they looked at the newest model broom on display.

"We have to get tickets to a quidditch game! It's the best sport in the wizarding world!" Draco told the others.

"What's quidditch?" Reid asked.

Harry, Draco, and Bini proceeded to tell them all about the finer points of them game and they soon had the others excited about seeing a game also. Hermione finally got them out of the quidditch shop and into to a book store down the street. The others were amazed at the different books in the shop. After Hermione found a few books she just couldn't live without, they headed out to see what else they could find. After visiting various shops, the group decided to grab a bite to eat and head back to Caleb's house. The whole way back to Ipswich, Caleb, Reid, and Tyler couldn't stop asking questions and talking about what they seen.

"That was amazing!" Tyler said climbing out of his vehicle.

"I know. I'm still not used to it," Harry said. Hermione nodded her head in agreement.

Caleb brought them into his house. Harry really liked the old house, while Hermione, Draco, and Bini just looked around slightly impressed.

"Everyone welcome to my home," Caleb said leading them to the sitting room.

Once they were all seated, they head a light tapping on one of the windows. Caleb, looking puzzled, went over and opened up as a white snowy owl swooped into the room.

Reid let out a yelp not expecting an animal to fly in. Draco laughed as Hedwig flew over to Harry.

"Everyone, this lovely lady is my owl Hedwig. We use owls to send our post," Harry said. Harry removed the letter from him and read it before jumping up with laughter.

"What is it Harry?" Hermione asked.

"The letter is from Sirius! Him and Remus are going to stop and visit before heading to Vegas," Harry said. Draco, Bini, and Hermione smiled widely at Harry's news.

"Who are Sirius and Remus?" Caleb asked. Harry told him all about his godfather and his honorary godfather.

"So your honorary godfather is a real werewolf?" Tyler asked.

Harry nodded, "No worries though. He's a big softie."

Harry informed the group Sirius and Remus would be arriving at noon tomorrow. After talking over what they had seen today, Harry sent a letter off to get tickets to a nearby quidditch match. Tyler had went and picked up Sarah so that she could spend time with the group of friends. Hermione was quite flustered at the teasing she was receiving from Bini, but she took it all in stride. The group of friends sat around the rest of the day sharing stories of their times at school.

Soon the night came to the close and the friends headed to their respective homes for the night excited about the guests tomorrow.

The next morning Harry was up early anticipating the visit of his godfathers. Hermione, Draco and Blaise were just excited as he was.

"Calm down Harry," Caleb said showing up.

"I can't calm down. Just wait until you meet them!" Harry exclaimed.

"Well, you still have a couple of hours until they get here," Caleb said.

"I have an idea!" Hermione exclaimed turning towards Harry. "You can ward Pogue's backyard with notice-me-not charms and you can take turns flying!"

Harry jumped up, "I knew I kept you around for a reason Mione! Draco, go fetch the brooms!"

Reid, Tyler and Sarah who had shown up shortly after Caleb looked at Hermione.

"Why didn't you just ward the backyard Hermione?" Tyler asked.

Hermione blushed, "Because wards can only be constructed by someone who is very powerful. We can all do it, it's just, no one can compare to the power that Harry has."

The others looked thoughtful at her explanation as Draco come bounding down the stairs with his hand clutched around four tiny broomsticks.

Tyler looked wearily, "Those look a little small to ride."

"Don't worry about that. They are only shrunk," Draco said giving Reid a peck on the lips.

"Blaise, can I speak with you a second?" Hermione asked quietly.

Blaise nodded as they excused themselves from the group. Once the others were outside, Hermione threw up a privacy ward just in case.

"What do you need Hermione?" Blaise asked.

"They have powers. It is different from ours, but I think we can develop a potion to counter act the effects of the aging if given enough time. I know Draco is better at potions, but we're better at research and development," Hermione said without taking a breath.

"You are a brilliant witch! We'll get started tonight. We could even ask Remus for his input!" Blaise exclaimed.

Hermione gave Blaise a hug and the duo headed outside to where the boys were already soaring across the sky. The ones that had never flown before were having the time of their life. They had been flying the past couple of hours when two pops alerted them to the arrival of the last two marauders.

"Padfoot! Moony!" Harry yelled as he leaped off of his broom and ran towards the two. He was soon sandwiched in between the two marauders. Draco, Blaise, and Hermione also gave the two big hugs in greeting.

Harry introduced the Marauders to his new friends and everyone hit it off great. They had a great time getting to know each other as the day progressed. As the evening came upon them, Harry asked if they had permission to tell Remus and Sirius about the powers they held. After giving a brief description of what the Covenant could do and the affects that it had on them, Remus looked thoughtful.

"You know, I read something about that before. It was so long ago though and it seems my age is finally catching up with me," Remus said.

"Really?" Hermione said as her eyes lit up. "I've never read anything about it. Are you sure you can't remember anything about what the book was called?"

Remus shook his head, "I'll think about it, but it was so long ago. If I remember anything, I promise you'll be the first to know Hermione."

Sirius sat lost in thought, "You know, your last names sound vaguely familiar too."

"Why would they?" Harry asked.

Sirius could only shrug. Soon night approached and Remus and Sirius left for their wizarding hotel. The group of friends were exhausted and finally headed to bed.

The next few days, the group spent hanging out with each other and having fun. Sirius even managed to get them tickets to a quidditch match that everyone enjoyed. Remus and Sirius told them of their plans of touring the world that they had planned over the next two years. The others were thrilled to hear about the exotic places they had already seen.

The group had decided to have a relaxation day and were surprised when Remus and Sirius popped in.

"Gather everyone, we have some news to share," Sirius told Harry.

It took a little longer to get everyone together than expected because Harry had found out, in a rather embarrassing manner, that Sarah and Hermione finally decided to get together. Finally everyone had gathered in the dining room. Sirius pulled out and unshrunk an old black book from the inside of his coat.

"I know you're anxious to read this Hermione, but unfortunately you can't even touch it. It's the Black Family Grimoire. I knew their surnames sounded familiar and it finally hit me. It took me a little bit to get the Grimoire and find the entry but I know why your powers are like they are. Centuries ago, five families decided they would go after the Black Family in retaliation for crimes committed against them. One of my ancestors caught wind of the plan, and in turn cursed the lines. It was a spell invented by his wife and only known to the Black's. After he cursed them and their decedents, they decided to flee England and come to the new land. This happened in 1641. You know what happened the next year if you know your history."

Everyone was staring with a gobsmacked impression on their face.

"Are you serious?" Reid asked.

Remus shot a silencing spell at Sirius as quick as he could as Sirius stood smiling from ear to ear. Harry had dropped his hands into his head and groaned.

"Never ask that question in front of him unless you want to hear some stupid pun about his name."

"We've had these powers and the affects because of something our ancestors did to upset your family," Tyler said in a disbelieving tone.

Sirius removed the silencing spell on himself, "Yes, it's all in the past. The important thing is I know how to lift the curse."

Hermione whooped for joy, "I thought Blaise and me were going to have to make a potion. Not that I don't love research, but that was something that would take a lot longer than this."

"When can we do this?" Caleb asked.

"As soon as Pogue gets back from his honeymoon," Remus answered.

"This is going to be awesome!" Reid said. The others could only nod happily.

Pogue was due to return from his honeymoon in a week's time, so Remus and Sirius said they would stay long enough to lift the curse, but they needed to head out soon after that.

One afternoon, Harry brought up the subject they all had been neglecting.

"What are we going to do about Chase?" Harry asked the group who were lying about outside. "I know we haven't brought it up since it happened, but we all know that he'll be back and that we'll need a plan of action."

"We should start making tentative plans now, but we can't really do anything until the Covenant get their full powers back," Hermione said.

"Even when they get them back, we'll still have to help them acquaint to their new powers," Bini added.

"Okay, we'll hold off, but I have the feeling all this will happen before we're fully ready anyways," Harry said.

The next couple of days the Covenant grew restless waiting on Pogue's return. They were very anxious to be able to do magic. Soon the day arrived and the group of friends were waiting outside for Pogue to show up. As soon as Pogue had stepped out of the car they pulled up in, he was ambushed with various voices greeting him and excitedly telling him the good news.

At first he was gobsmacked, but he was glad they had waited for him to get home. Once Pogue and Cate had their bags but away, the group gathered outside in the backyard so that Sirius could do the counter curse.

"Now, the curse was designed to affect the magical core and twist it where it leeched from the life force instead of the magical core itself. Plus the curse had a compulsion spell tied into it which would explain the addictive quality your magic has," Sirius explained. "Once I complete the counter, over the next few days, your cores will fluctuate as they change into how they were originally supposed to be."

"We're ready," Caleb said speaking for the Covenant.

Sirius pulled his wand out and lifted the curse individually from each member. After the counter had been performed, they had all collapsed as their cores were finally free. Harry, Hermione, Bini, and Draco levitated the others into the house where they could rest.

Sirius and Remus made sure there were no lasting effects before leaving on their next destination. Before leaving, Sirius and Remus pulled Harry aside.

"Here is the deed to a house near here," Sirius said handing Harry a slip of paper.

"Why would you get a house near here?"

"It's for you. I can tell that you already plan on staying here. You can tell by the interaction between you and your friends, especially Caleb. You deserve a happy life pup. Enjoy it," Sirius said pulling Harry into a hug. Remus gave Harry a parting hug and soon they were gone.

Hi to all my loyal readers. I haven't forgotten about you! It's just RL is a bit hectic at the moment. Most writers write as a hobby which is something I do. I would love to spend my days wasting away in front of the keyboard typing away at my stores, but that isn't the case. I'm a full time student, work full time, have two small children and I was recently married (yay!). Anyways, I write bits and pieces (a sentence or two) whenever I can, but it never seems to be enough to post. I hope you enjoy this long awaited update! More to come hopefully very soon! PA