When Harry awoke it was with a feeling of contentment that he was still coming to get used to. Life with the Dursley's had never been about his comfort and his time at Hogwarts had been marred by the snoring of his dormmates. This contentment was definitely a plus in this second chance at life, even if the Dursley's had needed to die for him to experience it. While death was never something he celebrated, even people as deserving as the Dursley's, it was something he'd been informed would happen, he just hadn't been expecting it to happen so fast or in that way.
Regardless as at the time he'd been in St. Mungo's recovering he'd been perfectly safe as had Dudley who'd been away at his own school. While that left Dudley as an orphan he wasn't petty enough to gloat even in his mind, nor did he care enough to inquire about his well-being even now. Instead he was focused on all of the other changes in his life that he honestly felt was more important than the life he'd left behind with the Dursley's.
True to his word Professor Lupin, or Moony as he'd asked Harry to call him had only lasted to the end of the school year, which had only been a week after he returned from St. Mungo's. In an act worthy of a Marauder the man had announced in the Great Hall that he would be leaving the school, then announced that he had already accepted the Stewardship for the Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Potter and Harry was only glad the man had waited for him to be there to make the announcement as the look on Snape's face had been priceless.
His last two weeks at Hogwarts had definitely been an experience. On the one hand he'd been declared exempt from his practical magic exams as he had no control of his magic, or rather they had been delayed for later in the summer. McGonagall had also allowed him to drop Divination in exchange for Ancient Runes, and Professor Babbling had informed him he'd need to test into 4th year Ancient Runes if he wanted to attend her class. While his classmates were sitting there final exams for the year Harry had taken the time to disappear to the Room of Requirement.
Once there his first act had been to summon Dobby and then he'd bonded him to the House of Potter much to the little house-elf's happiness. Following this he'd dropped into meditation, something he'd been doing during his time in the hospital to help him get control over his magic. During this time he managed to summon the Hallows to him, following directions previously given to him by Zerachiel and while the Elder Wand and Resurrection Stone had been absorbed into his body the Cloak had remained on his person.
Unfortunately the mood of the castle had been tense for his remaining time in school, not only were the students sitting exams, but the Ministry had been taken over by the ICW and the Wizengamont had been suspended. As if that wasn't bad enough Harry's return had been marred by the news that Dumbledore had died and how that had come about.
With the exception of the exams all of this had been covered in the Daily Prophet with Dumbledore's death being of such magnitude it had claimed the front page. While some of those he knew who had grown up to become Death Eaters had been quietly smug about that Harry had known it wouldn't last, there was a reason that the ICW had needed to be involved and he knew it was only a matter of time before the corruption in the British Ministry and the Wizengamont was weeded out.
While he waited and his peers were sitting their exams, however, he'd spent time in the Room of Hidden Things with his first order of business the being destruction of the diadem horcrux. He'd had Dobby retrieve one of the basilisk fangs from the Chamber of Secrets and had been all set to destroy it when he stopped. Instead of bringing the fang down on the diadem he'd followed his instincts and had instead reached towards the diadem with his unoccupied left hand and with a mental command and a pull of his magic and arm he ripped Riddle's soul piece out of the diadem.
This version of Riddle had been a few years older than the previous one he'd seen who'd still been a student. This one looked as if he was in his twenties and had swept back black hair and still possessed his natural brown eyes. He wore a black and green outfit that gave off a sense of nobility especially coupled with his still human and youthful appearance. While both of them had still been in shock about this feat Harry's other hand had brought the fang forward and buried it in Riddle's stomach despite the fact it should have gone straight through him. Like the version all during his second year in the chamber this version soon had several holes in its being shining white with light before he seemed to explode into little motes of light.
From there he'd rather quickly figured out that he'd gained the Resurrection Stone's ability to summon souls and could also interact with them. Thankfully he couldn't do that with just any soul he felt like, only with someone who was dead. He'd also discovered a more peaceful way of allowing souls to move on, an ability called Soul Funeral which with a simple tap to the head allowed the soul to move on to the next life, though he wasn't the one who judged where that was, simply the guy who sent them to see the proper agent.
This he had discovered with Professor Binns had come to him and asked him to send him on to the afterlife, as contrary to popular belief he'd known he was dead for decades, just not why he was stuck in the living world. Most ghost he knew had something that tied them to the living world and even enjoyed that existence, but Binns had not been one of them.
Thankfully the ghost had waited until the last day of testing and as such made it easier for Harry to grant the request. Following that on a whim he'd summoned Sir Nicholas and asked him if all the ghosts knew what he was. The Gryffindor House ghost had informed him that as the ghosts were tied to the castle they'd known who he was since he first arrived, a Founders Heir. He also told him that they now recognized him as an Agent of Death but had no idea how he had become such.
The ghost had promised him that he'd spread the word to not allow his secret to be told, then promised to inform McGonagall that Binns had moved on. In payment of this he'd followed another whim and using a random sword found in the Room of Hidden Things separated the final bit of flesh from his neck much to his joy allowing him to go from Nearly Headless to Headless and thus eligible for the Headless Hunt.
The next major happening had been Sirius's trial. Unlike trials conducted by the Wizengamont which were usually closed, the ICW held an open trial allowing spectators and reporters inside. The result of the trial had never even been in question for Harry, Hermione and Ron who knew the truth of the matter already. For the rest of the country however it had been explosive, not only was Sirius Black completely innocent of the crimes for which he'd been unceremoniously tossed into Azkaban for, but Peter Pettigrew a man many thought of as a deceased war hero was revealed to have been alive the entire time and the actual traitor of the Potters. Pettigrew had ended up stripped of his Order of Merlin Award and declared amongst the ICW's Most Wanted list with a 25,000-galleon bounty on his head.
While their world was still reeling from the revelations of the trial Dumbledore's funeral was held a few days later. Like in his previous life it was held at Hogwarts and unlike the last time was attended by many people from all over the magical world. Two days after the funeral marked the official end of the school year and Harry found himself aboard the Hogwarts Express. Remus met him at Kings Cross and instead of them leaving by apparition they walked out through the portal and into the Muggle World. There he had met Hermione's parents for a second time, though this meeting went much better than the first and Remus revealed the place they'd be staying that night was actually not far from King's Cross by car.
The Grangers had been invited to see it, which they agreed to as they were in no rush. Once in the parking lot they discovered they had not parked far from each other and while Hermione's things were loaded into a silver BMW 5 Series, Remus led Harry to a nearby Jaguar XJ Ultimate that belonged to his grandfather. The drive was just under twenty minutes and Harry was not the only one stunned when they arrived at their destination, Cadogan Square. The Potters as it turns out owned a 5-bedroom, 5-bathroom apartment that had been won from the Earl of Cadogan in a game of poker in 1893. It had however been enlarged due to magic and also boasted a fully functioning potions lab and a training room for spells.
The Potters had maintained the apartment ever since and it had been home to many including Iris Potter from 1929 until the time she died in 1962. The apartment was later given to his father James after he'd graduated Hogwarts and he'd lived there with Sirius and Remus for the next few years. His mother moved in about a year after they graduated Hogwarts and lived there until his parents had gone into hiding at Potter Cottage. While no one had lived in the place for the last decade it had still been maintained and renovated to keep up with the standards of the buildings surrounding it. The Grangers had been stunned at the wealth that owning such a place hinted of and had been further shocked when Remus revealed it wasn't the main house of the Potters.
Potter Manor, the ancestral dwelling of the Potters had not survived the war unscathed, and while it hadn't been completely destroyed was not currently livable. Because of this the Cadogan Square apartment had been the easiest fallback option for Harry as both Sirius and Remus knew it and they'd needed to stay there while he'd finished the year at Hogwarts, and they awaited Sirius's trial. As for Harry, he hadn't actually left the apartment much since he arrived instead he'd been hard at work studying and practicing his list of spells.
Hermione had of course volunteered to help as much as she could before she left on her vacation with her parents. Sirius and Remus had also been there to help and not just with his schoolwork but other things as well such as getting him caught up on what he needed to know as an Heir to not just one but two Most Ancient and Most Noble Houses. A part of him wondered rather darkly if he'd been the Heir of House Black last time as well and Dumbledore had hidden it from him, but he tried not to dwell to much on his previous try of life.
Shaking himself from his recollections he rolled out of bed and went about his morning business. Nearly an hour later he left his assigned room dressed rather casually in a pair of blue jeans and a white t-shirt. He was the first one down to the kitchen, which wasn't much of a surprise as the full moon had been two nights previous and Remus was still recovering. Sirius was making up for 12 years of horrible sleeping conditions and tended to sleep in more often than not. Dobby had his breakfast ready for him before he had even fully sat, and Harry was well into his meal by the time Sirius arrived.
"So are you ready for today?" questioned Sirius as he took his seat.
"Actually I think I am. I ran through all of the spells I know last night and cast them easily and the mock runes exam wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be." Said Harry.
Today Harry would actually be leaving the apartment, he would be going to Hogwarts where he would be taking his practical exams for Transfiguration, Charms and DADA. He would also be sitting his 3rd year Runes exam all of which should be done in around two hours. Following that he had his final appointment at St. Mungo's and then an appointment with the Potter Account Manager at Gringotts. During his training he really had gone through every spell he knew, even those he'd learned after his third year in his last run through.
"Well your exams should all be pretty easy for you, your more than powerful enough to cast the spells, runes is entry level so not difficult and according to Andi you've become quite the skilled potion maker." Said Sirius.
He'd never actually thought he'd be good at potions. Even his 6th year under Slughorn he'd been going through so much he hadn't really focused on it. Now however, learning the art under a competent teacher in Andromeda Tonks and not under the constant scorn of Snape he'd discovered it actually wasn't too different from cooking. It helped that Sirius and Remus had taught him Occlumency which was a completely different manner than Snape had and after reading the book and the exercises on the subject that Sirius had provided he could only conclude that Snape rather than teaching him to build defenses had instead been tearing down what was already there.
They took the floo directly into McGonagall's office and Harry was immensely satisfied when he was able to step out calmly instead of being launched out or falling over. He was greeted to the presence of not just McGonagall but Flitwick and Remus as well. Remus had stayed on the campus leading up to his transformation as not only was it isolated and there were already safeguards in place, but Madam Pomfrey had demanded it. Apparently the ICW was working on a cure for Lycanthropy and Remus having been newly revealed had been convinced by the pair of wizards working the project. As for today he was there in his capacity of DADA professor thanks to a loophole that McGonagall used, since he was the teacher of that class when Harry had received his extension. Once the greetings were over McGonagall pulled the rooms attention to herself getting straight to business.
"Mr. Potter your exams will begin as the following. First with Charms for which Professor Flitwick will have you cast five spells. You can however cast one more for extra credit after the first five have been completed and scored. Following that will be Defense Against the Dark Arts for which you will cast three spells. Once again after the completion of the third spell you will have the chance to cast one more for extra credit. Finally for Transfiguration you will cast another five spells with extra credit offered after the completion of the first five. Any questions?"
"No professor." Said Harry getting a nod from the woman who returned to her seat behind the desk while Flitwick approached.
"Alright Mr. Potter let's start with the Cheering Charm."
After successfully casting the Cheering Charm it was followed by the Levitation Charm, Banishing Charm, The Full Body Bind and the Counter Charm. For extra credit Harry went with something simple with the Locking Charm. By the time he was done Flitwick was smiling brightly and Harry wasn't even winded. When Flitwick moved back to the seat he vacated Remus turned to face him, obviously still tired.
"If your ready cast the Freezing Spell into the cauldron there."
Turning to his left he found a small cauldron and walking over to it found it was full of water. He cast the Freezing Spell easily managing to freeze almost the entirety of the water when he called for him to stop. Next was the Seize and Pull Charm which was cast on a teddy bear on top of nearby closet and pulled it to him. The third spell was the Boggart Banishing Spell which he used on the Boggart that was emerging from the closet turning it into Lucius Malfoy with the face of a ferret.
While Harry was undergoing his third year final exams Madam Amelia Bones was walking through the halls of the Ministry. The halls were quiet and mostly empty as the Ministry had been shut down for the last few weeks while the ICW conducted their investigation. The only office that had been active in that time was the Floo office, and even then none of the regular staff was operating it. As she had been the one who'd made the call the ICW agents had offered to keep her in the loop, but she'd declined as she wanted everything done by the book, something which raised the opinion of her for the agents and their supervisors. As such Amelia had been home and spending time with Susan for the most part, with the exception of the first week after school let out when she'd taken her niece on a vacation to Hawaii.
She had actually been at home lying in a hammock enjoying the summer sun and a good book when the floo call came in requesting her presence. She had taken the floo directly to her office and from their had been making her way to the Ministry's executive conference room where she had been informed the meeting would be had. Entering the office she found she was not the only one called as the heads of the Department of Magical Transportation (D.M.T) and the Department of Mysteries (D.O.M) were both present. After exchanging tense greetings with them all she took the seat marked for her and waited for several minutes before five people entered two of whom were Hopkins and Stathilis, the two agents she'd met at the very beginning of the process. As the entered one person passed out files to each of them before taking their own seat.
"Thank you all for coming. For those of you who do not know me, my name is Jasen Woodard. I am the Head of the ICW's Department of Magical Law Enforcement."
The man was clearly American which was given away by his accent. He was dark skinned with short cut black hair, tall easily over six feet in height and looked to only be about forty, which meant he could be up to 65-70 years old depending on how he maintained his health and how powerful he was magically. His clothing of choice wasn't anything that would have been worn by someone in Magical Britain as instead of wizarding robes he wore a regular black suit with a white dress shirt and a slim black tie.
"You will be pleased to know that we have wrapped our investigation into the British Ministry and your Wizengamont. Unfortunately our findings are not good, the levels of corruption were simply staggering and each of you had members in your departments that were compromised."
This didn't really surprise Amelia or any of those who'd been called in. All of them had figured it would be bad, it's not every day that a countries Ministry was shut down after all, even temporarily.
"The folders you were given contain a list of names from your departments and the crimes they've committed. All of them will be facing incarceration and as such will be terminated from their positions. There were many others throughout the Ministry however those in your Departments were the most troubling."
Amelia had to fight to withhold a grimace, she had twenty names listed for her department and hadn't even seen the crimes yet.
"As you have no doubt noticed your Minister is not in attendance, that is because he and his undersecretary have already been taken into custody and interrogated. Those interrogation have helped us immensely in our bigger investigations. This is where you all come in."
As Woodard finished all of the British department heads were curious though it was not him who spoke but rather Hopkins.
"Today there will be a series of raids on the dwellings of many people of interest. While some of them are not currently in the country, we know where they are and that is being handled by another team. As for the action here, Madam Bones you will need to supply a force of Auror's to augment our own, Director Cassowary will be shutting down the Floo connections and erecting portkey wards."
At this Amelia spared a brief glance over to the Head of the DMT who was noticeably uncomfortable with that. Over the years she'd come to know Sylvia Cassowary quite well and she knew that woman was not a fan of violence or confrontations if she could help it. That said she was also a very model person, rule abiding and was quite effective in her job.
"Director Croaker has already helped us quite nicely. With his aid and that of some of his people we have created multiple ward busters that will help us take down the wards and capture our people of interest." Said Hopkins
"Any questions?" asked Woodward
Harry had passed his exams, not only that but his scores had put him in the top five of his class overall. He'd flown through the practical's for all but Runes and scored the highest possible in his wand subjects. That had been offset by his grades on his written tests and while still good had brought down his position as several people scored better in the written exam than he had. As such Harry was quite happy when they left Hogwarts and taken the floo into St. Mungo's. He was currently sitting in an exam room waiting for the Healer to return after his testing. Sirius was in a completely separate room undergoing his own testing as was Remus.
He'd been surprised to learn that the Ministry wasn't the only place that had caught the attention of the ICW, and that St. Mungo's had garnered their own attention from that body. He didn't know any of the specifics but considering what he remembered of things from his last try at life figured it couldn't hurt having an ICW presence there. He had no idea that the staff of St. Mungo's were considered horribly out of date in their techniques and the ICW had forced updated training on them, nor that several healers, mediwitches and mediwizards had been arrested, as such when the story was released he wouldn't be the only one surprised.
At the moment he was actually going over what he remembered from his 4th year, he knew there would be changes but was had no idea how small or massive they would be. One thing he was certain of was that the Tri-Wizard Tournament would definitely be happening once more, but would Crouch Jr be able to infiltrate and put his name in the Goblet of Fire once again? That he was trying to seriously avoid, he knew Jr had been discovered during the summer by Bertha Jenkins but had been caught and severely memory charmed. As such he had Dobby quietly shadowing the woman in an effort to protect her from her fate. He wanted to tip off the ICW but hadn't met Crouch yet and didn't know enough people in the Ministry that he would be able to impersonate.
Regardless he was preparing himself for the possibility that he would once more be forced to participate in the tournament. That said what would he do in the aftermath of his name coming out of the Goblet? He knew he hadn't handled that well the last time, he hadn't truly confided in anyone but Hermione and folded into himself again when the school turned against him. He'd never defended himself or even tried to clear his name and in hindsight he knew he could have easily done so with a Magical Vow. As for the rest of the year he would have access to the Hogwarts Library including the Restricted Section and the Room of Requirement that he intended to take complete advantage of. He'd also need to learn to dance, the Yule Ball had been a complete disaster and he'd really upset Parvati, luckily she'd understood when he'd talked to her after the fact and apologized, at least after she got over her immediate anger and stopped ignoring him. He didn't know if he'd ask her again though, she was certainly pretty enough but he couldn't get the image of Hermione in her dress out of his head for the life of him.
His thoughts on that however were interrupted as the door opened and admitted a Healer, obviously from the ICW as he wasn't wearing robes but was dressed as a doctor from the hospital show that Sirius liked, including the white overcoat branded with the ICW crest. He'd actually met him earlier and he'd introduced himself as Dr. Dheere, he was of Indian descent but told him he was Canadian when he'd asked about his accent. His original healer from his first stay Healer Fallow was apparently on vacation.
"Sorry for the wait Mr. Potter, I was actually double-checking your records." Said the man.
"There was nothing bad right?" questioned Harry.
"Not bad, at least not for you. Your records indicate you with an MPI score of 483. When we retested you today the score came out much higher and we couldn't figure out why. It turns out the Mediwitch who took your score initially did so expecting it to jump up once your core settled after the removal of the bindings. Your actual score is 683." Explained Dr. Dheere.
"Is that good." Questioned Harry
"Its certainly impressive, especially since you've not come to your magical maturity yet." Said the man only to get a look of confusion from Harry.
"Ok, you know about puberty right?" questioned the doctor getting a quick nod causing him to chuckle.
"Right so think of magical maturity like puberty only for your magical core. As children our cores are in a constant state of development and the maturity is when your core changes from a child's core to that of an adult. Much like puberty it causes your body to undergo some changes to take advantage and handle the power more fully. Commonly this results in an overall enhanced body which is why magicals live longer than non-magical people and why we maintain our youth for so long. Granted that's if you keep your body healthy, otherwise your magic will be used up in maintaining your health." Explained the doctor getting a nod
"What about bonds, does more magic make them more powerful?"
"That depends on the context. Take for instance a Familiar Bond that a wizard has with a pet. Instinctively we are able to understand and somewhat communicate with a familiar with the bond in place. Animals however are relatively simple and they tend to establish those bonds themselves. The Twin Bond is one shared between twin children which allows them to understand each other deeply, so much so that it's thought that they share a soul. That of course is not true because if one died the other would as well, however theirs is a magical bond that allows them to connect mentally despite whatever distance between them.
Then there is the Mate Bond which would be of more interest to someone your age. This one is the one most witches read about, romance books call it the Soul Bond or Marriage Bond and romanticize it. As it's proper name however its about mating, it doesn't grant instant love, let you share souls or make you instantly married. This one is established when two magical fields interact and resonate with each other resulting in the bond. It's basically Magic's way of saying 'this is who you should have kids with'. Of course I'm not surprised your interested in that one all things considered." Said the man.
"What do you mean, all things considered?" questioned Harry.
Here the doctor paused and regarded him for a second. He'd forgotten that he wasn't in India or one of the other more progressive territories. Furthermore Magical Britain had been pretty much ran and shielded by Albus Dumbledore for decades. They were a rather isolationist country and while his current patient was curious he looked like a rather innocent kid. He remembered when his own children had been that way and had fallen into the trap of just answering the questions like he had for them. He had a feeling Britain was due for a rather major shake-up now that the ICW had control and did a mental shrug as he'd already know about it in most other countries and it would most likely go into effect in Britain soon.
"I shouldn't be saying this because I don't know how things will turn out. For now I'll just say that there is a certain Act that the ICW has been dealing with for decades that was being constantly blocked from becoming an international statute. Many countries have already adopted it but yours is one of the major holdouts and if things go as I suspect it will affect you this year based on your age. Your having a high magical score gives you a better position thanks to it." Said Dr. Dheere.
Harry felt his stomach sink, Dumbledore had been the Supreme Mugwump of the ICW for nearly 70 years. He knew Dumbledore had been rather set in his ways and always believed that he and he alone knew the right path so he could believe the man had been blocking the ICW in major ways. He remembered Fudge had removed Dumbledore from his position as Britain's representative to the ICW when Harry was in his 5th year, and nothing had happened, but he wondered if that news simply hadn't made it to Britain and they'd been too occupied with Voldemort to notice.
Harry managed to put his worries to rest by the time they headed to Gringotts, though not before he jotted down a quick note and sent it to Hermione via Dobby to warn her. He hated to interrupt her on vacation and doubted the law was active in France considering what Fleur was like when they first met but hadn't wanted to take any chances of his best friend being caught flatfooted. He'd also asked Remus to inquire about it when they met up and the old wolf had looked just as wary as he was when he explained things.
Things at Gringotts had gone well, especially since at this point he hadn't broken in to the bank and out on dragon back at this point. Once there Sirius named him officially as the Heir of House Black and he'd done that House Ring which combined with the Potter Heir ring and allowed him to choose which one showed. He'd gone further by annulling Bellatrix's marriage and reclaiming her dowry plus interest since she'd never had the required number of children. Because of the penalties he effectively took command of House Lestrange and after seizing the fortune declared the house extinct since both brother were serving life sentences in Azkaban. He'd also requested the goblins go through the vault for dark artifacts before anything was moved, something Harry had talked him into the previous day.
He knew the goblins would discover the horcrux in the Lestrange Vault and wasn't worried as he also now knew that they had ways of purifying such things. That meant 3 had been taken care of leaving the locket, ring and Nagini, considering that one in his scar hadn't been allowed to travel back with him. The locket and the ring he decided to leave in play until after old snake face was resurrected. Once that happened he was going directly for the locket at Grimmauld Place and would likely send Remus after the ring.
After the meeting with the Black Account Manager they met with the Potter Account Manager like Sirius there was a lot that he would need to catch up on. As far as finances went he was quite well off as apparently he was a multi-millionaire. That fortune would be added to once the goblins got to Hogwarts to render the basilisk as apparently it was his by right as the person who slayed it, though they would need to arrange a time with McGonagall to go there and Harry would need to be there as the only person who both knew where the Chamber was and how to open it. What had been more important in his mind had been the properties, more importantly the restoration of Potter Manor. Unfortunately Gringotts could only rework the wards, but they did get a recommendation for an architect to inspect the place. On the plus side they discovered that there were several other properties House Potter owned and while most were in other countries and those close were collecting rent there was one available besides the apartment.
Apparently his father had secretly had a house built for his mother as a wedding gift which he dubbed Lily's Retreat. It was located in Sandbanks an affluent neighborhood in Poole, Dorset on the south coast of England. While Potter Manor was in Wales his father had purchased the property so it would be close to where his new wife's parents who unfortunately died not long after the purchase. The property with just that information had tugged at him and after a description they'd immediately decided that was the place they'd live.
That led Harry to the property he was now calling home. The house itself was actually 28,618 total square feet situated on a 2.2-acre private island, that his father had apparently created himself which made since considering it was surrounded by palm trees. It boasted 11 bedrooms, 15 full bathrooms, a 5-car garage, two pools one of which was a 98 foot long south facing pool with spa and cold plunge. It also had an indoor spa with massage room, hair salon, steam room, and sauna. It had a lighted tennis court with a viewing pavilion, a huge library with hardwood flooring, a bar with wine fridge, beverage center, and humidor cigar display. An Entertainment Room with fireplace, wine refrigerator, billiards table, and movie lounge. A home gym with a weight room, cardio room, wet bar, and fireplace. Two boat docks with lifts, viewing platform, wine room, elevator, and large playroom with beverage station. Loggia with full outdoor kitchen, fireplace, and pool bar. It also had three laundry rooms with washer and dryer, and four kitchens one of which was a chefs kitchen split between the three wings of the house, the Guest Wing, the Owners Wing, and the Chef's Kitchen Wing.
Those were however only regular portions, as it also boasted a magical training room, a potions lab and a ritual chamber. It was also warded to hell the only things missing being Fidelis and Muggle Avoidance wards. He understood that though since it had been built to accommodate his mothers non-magical parents, so them being unable to see it would defeat the purpose. That said no magical could visit the place unless invited and they knew were it was, there was no Floo connection, Portkey's were warded against, anti-scrying wards, owl redirection, elf avoidance. It even had wards that stopped the weather from affecting it negatively, hurricane, tsunami, earthquake nothing was touching it. Honestly Harry had no doubt that if it had been ready when his parents went into hiding this is where they would have been. It was breathtakingly beautiful, and Harry vowed he'd never allow the place to be sold, even if it was currently worth $200 million.
After magically claiming the place he'd added Dobby and the rest of the Potter Elves to the ward book exception list. He also added Sirius and Remus otherwise they'd have never found the place again once they tried to leave. They were actually in the loggia enjoying the sun and the view when Hedwig swooped down with a copy of the Prophet which caught his attention as he didn't have a subscription and Hedwig thanks to their bond knew to avoid it. As such he knew immediately that something had happened as the only time she brought it to him was when something major happened. After relieving her of her burden and giving her some affectionate pets she flew off to explore allowing him to turn his attention to the paper
ICW RAIDS PROMINENT PUREBLOODS
"They went after the Death Eaters!" exclaimed Harry in shock catching the attention of both Sirius and Remus
"Early this morning under the command of the ICW's Head of the DMLE the homes of many prominent citizens of Magical Britain were raided. The raids which took place simultaneously saw the arrests of many the most prominent being Lucious Malfoy, Thaddeus Nott, Patrick Parkinson, Antonin Dolohov, Vincent Crabb Sr. Thomas Avery Jr. Victor Greengrass, Walden Macnair, our current Minister Cornelius Fudge as well as his senior undersecretary Deloris Umbridge. Also arrested was Severus Snape the current Potions Master at Hogwarts and Bartemius Crouch Sr the current head of the Ministry's Department of International Magical Cooperation. Reasons for the arrests have not been given but trial dates for those mentioned have already been set beginning this upcoming Monday." Read Harry before dropping the paper which was quickly snatched up by Sirius
"Dobby can you get us the Wizarding Wireless please?" asked Remus to the empty air
For several moments it was still before the wireless appeared despite the fact that Dobby never even appeared himself. Turning it on Remus searched until he came to what he told them was an international news channel.
"…quite honestly I'm not sure how anyone could truly be surprised. The situation in the UK has been trending downwards for decades, the fact that the ICW felt the need to involve itself so heavily after the initial situation involving Sirius Black was resolved speaks volumes. If anything this has been a long time coming and the untimely passing of the Supreme Mugwump only sped it along.
"True enough Levi but you have to admit there's never been an international operation this large before."
"No but there's never been a terrorist group so deeply embedded into a countries government before either Jan." retorted the man.
"How'd you know they would cover it?" questioned Sirius
"The station is protected by the ICW and as such covers subjects on a worldwide basis. Things that are buried locally or not even brought up are discussed on this station
"In other more wide-reaching news the ICW met today for their regularly scheduled assembly. Mathias Brunner of Australia has been elected as the new Supreme Mugwump winning 62% percent of the vote. As is tradition the body was allowed to bring two issues to the forefront to be voted on immediately. The first was brought forth by Egypt's Raneem Bahar which was a standardized curriculum for all schools going forward incorporating muggle subjects. The vote just barely passed at 51%." Said Jan
"Well Hermione will be happy, though I don't know how they think we'll be able to fit even more on our schedules than we currently do." Said Harry
"It's not that complicated, you only spend four hours a day in classes anyway. The Board will definitely have to hire more teachers to cover the new subjects and since this is mandated by the ICW they'll have no choice." Said Remus.
"What if they refuse?" questioned Harry.
"They won't they'd risk losing their accreditation with the ICW which would destroy the schools reputation. Not only that but the ICW may force its closure in retaliation." Said Remus.
"The second issue he brought to the forefront was the Legacy Preservation Act brought forth by Rafail Primellis of Greece. Surprisingly after a lengthy debate the Act passed with 60% of the vote."
As the man Levi said this Harry and Remus shared a look something that did not go unnoticed by Sirius.
"For those of you who need a bit of a refresher the Legacy Preservation Act was first proposed by Japan's Wakino Yoshi in the aftermath of World War 1. It was rejected and has been reworked and rejected several times over the last 70 years. Over the last 50 years several individual member countries have adopted a version of it." Said Levi.
"Stop smirking at me idiot." Said Jan causing Levi to snort in amusement
"For those wondering the specifics of the Legacy Preservation Act in its international form will be shared with each individual countries Ministry within the week. The effective date worldwide is August 1st so I'd advice you all to stock up on necessary supplies. Trust me you'll need them." Said Jan
"Just in time for the World Cup."
"Remus." Said Sirius
"I'm already on it Padfoot." Said Remus
Harry, however, was pale as he suddenly remembered that the magical population was far less than it should be. Zerachiel hadn't given him any details and he suddenly wondered how they planned to go about fixing the issue.