Chapter Sixteen - Growing Up

Harry looked at the papers of his relatives and ancestors after taking the blood test, something he was very anxious about since seeing his family tree for the first time after living alone as a dog was something he wanted to finally free himself from that past.

 His parents, Lily Potter and James Potter, he took out a photo that his cousin gave him and looked at the moving faces of his parents with a smile and smiled as he began to cry, although he quickly dried his tears, it did not mean that they stopped and continued to come out. 

 'What would my life have been like with them?' he asked himself as he tried to imagine himself and his parents in different situations in his life, something he knew wouldn't happen because of Voldemort and Dumbledore.

 Because of those two idiots who believed in a prophecy, he lost his family, one because he was afraid that a baby would kill him, which ironically almost turned out to be true, while the other caused not only the death of his parents but left Neville Longbottom's parents in a coma and now dead, all because the old bastard wanted to see which one was the child of the prophecy since both his parents and Neville's parents fought Voldemort three times and then died at the hands of his son.

 Harry's gaze furrowed in anger and he began to feel vengeance for both of them, but his cousin's hand on his shoulder calmed him down enough to not break down in anger.

 He then continued looking at his family line and found his grandparents, Charlus Potter and Dorea Potter nee Black, who Dorea was Walburga's aunt who was her cousin's grandmother, even if they were distant, the magical blood was strongly connected and made them third or fourth cousins. Then there were his next ancestors all the way to the founder of the Potter house, Linfred of Stinchcombe, and he is also a descendant of Ignotus Peverell, the original wearer of the Invisibility Cloak given to him by Death, who his father was married to one of the heirs of Gryffindor.

 If Harry hadn't learned all the necessary things during this time and also the fact that his mind had been greatly developed by the healers, he wouldn't have understood even half of the family connections, but apparently, he was still a Gryffindor, Peverell and Potter, something that his cousin had told him made him a very important character for the magical world, more than he already was.

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Several months later

 After seeing that he had some marriage contracts, which explained to him that this was usually how family payments were used in the Middle Ages and that it was sometimes used today, for example, alliances, important contracts, and some deeper things that his cousin would explain to him later. Also his family residences and businesses, something that he had many, which included several castles, everything finally ended after a while and they returned home. -"I'm glad my second favorite magical nephew is back"- said Petunia with much affection while hugging Azrael -"I'll immediately prepare milk and pudding for both of us, it won't be long"- after smiling at us, she went to the kitchen

 -"It's creepy every time I see her"- Azrael told me with an exaggerated shiver, that made me laugh out loud since it was true, it was so disconcerting for him to still see his now loving aunt who adored that her nephew has magic unlike her pathetic non-magical son

 -"Yes, although I would have liked it to be real and not a spell"- Harry affirmed with a little regret in his eyes, he even if he enjoyed this a lot, in his heart he would have wished it was as real as it looked

 -"Relax, Harry, soon you will have your own family that will truly love you and it will not be an illusion."- he affirmed confidently, that made me smile happily since I was really hoping for that

 -"You are my family too, Azrael."- he laughed when I told him that and affirmed

 He and I went to my big room, I sat on the bed and leaned back on the pillows while he sat on the comfortable sofa.

 -"And, speaking of family,"- he said and then continued -"you should know that you have three important last names, three last names that you will have to distribute to your future wives."-

-"Wives? Will I have many wives, Why?"- Harry asked without understanding

 -"Just like me, who am Black, Gaunt, and Slytherin, I must have at least three wives who will carry one of the three surnames so that our heirs, that is, our children, carry the surnames that will then spread so that our families prosper greatly"-

-"Oh, so since I have three surnames that have great weight in the magical world, it is necessary that I be able to bring them back to the world"-

 -"Something like that, but it is not a mandatory need, that is totally up to you, you can have three wives or just one, after all, if you decide to have only one wife and have three children, your children will inherit your surnames. Remember that we already talked about women and that they are not as the men of the magical world see them"-

-"I know, Azrael; After all, Aunt Narcissa is amazing, I don't know how she hasn't taken over the magical world by herself hahaha"- her cousin had told her that machismo in the magical world was very strong, but although her cousin was not a feminist, it did not mean that he did not see the potential of women and how incredibly strong-willed and tenacious they were.

 Although he also explained to her an important thing about machismo and feminism, women could very well carry the weight of the world, but the problem was that they could not fraternize intimately with each other as a united sisterhood. He explained some things about their extreme differences, envy, jealousy, superiority and other complicated things that made a group of women come to fragment sooner rather than later due to their sense of vanity.

 While, on the other hand, men always had a hard time uniting at first due to their pride and joint survival instinct about who was the alpha male, but after the initial differences were overcome, men would achieve a brotherhood of unity and companionship that would overcome any adversity together without caring about their appearances but their pride.

 He also taught her the 5 priorities of women and men.

 Men: 1, their children. 2, their wife. 3, their home. 4, their work. 5 themselves

 Women: 1, the r children. 2, herself. 3 your home. 4 your work. 5 her husband (the last two vary depending on her husband, it could be the other way around).

 It was all due to the survival instinct of man and woman with which they were born since the first humans.

 Men protected their offspring, their women for family love and to continue with their offspring, a home to protect them, their work to bring food to their family, and their own protection in the end.

 While women were their offspring, their own protection to survive and protect their offspring, a safe home for their protection and that of their children, and the last two vary depending on whether their husband was efficient in his duties or insufficient and help herself, so, if her husband was efficient, her husband became the fourth, but if not, he became the fifth.

 Although of course, that was mostly for a large percentage of people and only a minority broke that rule of the 5 priorities.

 That was something that Harry kept deep in his mind and understood how things mostly worked regarding having a partner or several, since in the end if he had a Harem or not, his duty was clear, or at least, what his mind managed to understand.

 -"Well, what are you going to do with these 5 marriage contracts? It's up to you if you want to take them all, reject them all, wait and meet them, or simply force three of them to fulfill them."- Azrael told him and Harry didn't really know what choice to make, although he knew he had plenty of time to think about it.

 -"What's your opinion, Azrael?"- he asked him to get his opinion -"What did you choose?"-

 -"Hmp, that's my business, but what you should know is that as the head of your house, you should know that your own choices will be the final ones and that there will be laws within them, you can force them for the good of your family or your own benefit or you can simply wait and see how things develop. You should know that you do not have to care about the opinions of others in your choices, but remember that you have an image to maintain and if you want to change it, then you must change it subtly, as Lord Potter, Peverell, and Gryffindor you should know that, from now on, your actions will reflect the future of your family."-

 -"entity, liar, and a master of cunning."-

 -"Yes, she told me that we were going to her friend's house, I think her name was Adrastia Zabini, she said that she could help me with a private matter regarding my growth."-

 -"Uh-oh."- Azrael muttered with a shiver

 -"Uh-oh how funny or Uh-oh am I going to die."- I asked him seeing his expression.

 -"Uh-oh don't worry, you'll be in good hands, Adrastia is... you'll meet her soon; anyway, see you another day."-

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 On the other hand, with Hermione and her three new friends and apprentices like her from Azrael, they were together in a park enjoying the day

 Hermione had had something she had always wanted since always, female friends, friends with whom to share time together, secrets, normal talks, and happy moments that she would remember fondly

 She couldn't believe that an encounter with a magical boy gave her everything she had always wanted, it was so... magical, that it made her have fun every time she thought about it. It was great to have friends who understood her and were like them, outcasts who were protected and helped by the same boy who taught them to protect themselves and be like sisters, and each one of them was unique and interesting. 

 One was quite liberal, and honest and always said what she thought without really caring if her honesty offended anyone or not, her name was Britney

 Then there was Christina, she was quite friendly and nice, you could easily get along with her from the first minute and it seemed like everyone would love her if they met her

 Lastly, there was Beyonce, she was the one she identified with the most since she loved studying and learning, she found something unique about books

 -"So, when we go to this magic school, which house will you guys choose to go to?"- Hermione asked them

 -"Hufflepuff, definitely. That place will be perfect for me."- Christina said happily without hesitation that it would be her perfect house

 -"Obviously, Ravenclaw"- Beyonce rolled her eyes amused, something the others knew since her intelligence and love for learning was obvious

 -"Well, obviously I'm not a brainiac like her, I'm not nice enough to be in the best friends club, and hanging out with a bunch of snobs isn't my style, so yeah, I'm definitely going to Gryffindor."- Britney said after her quick little monologue

 -"Oh... it'll be sad to part ways, I was hoping we could all be together, you know, united."- Hermione said sadly, she didn't want to be separated from her friends at school, not to mention the house rivalries she learned there were from Azrael's explanation

 -"Come on, don't be like that, Mione. Just because we're in different houses doesn't mean we have to separate, not talk to each other, and fight, we're friends and that won't change anything"- Britney told her and her other two friends nodded, that made Hermione start pouting and shedding tears of happiness

 -"By the way, you didn't tell us which house you were going to, Mione."- Christina said

 -"Of course, I will probably get Ravenclaw... although–" she told them and then she muttered the last bit unsure and blushed a little

 -"You want to go to Slytherin to be with Azrael right?"- Britney said bluntly

 -"Hey!"- Christina and Beyonce told Britney, while Hermione blushed even more

 -"What? It's obvious that Mione likes him..."-

 -"No, that's not true!"- Hermione exclaimed, covering Britney's mouth so she couldn't finish saying what was obvious to the four of them

 -"I'm not denying what Bri said, but let's just say it's a little obvious"- Beyonce mentioned without any problem, to Hermione's embarrassment

 -"It's not like that, Beyon, really! I don't like him"- Hermione murmured shyly

 -"Awww, how romantic, it's like the Princess stories, was it love at first sight, Mione?"- Christina asked amused

 -"You too, Chriss? I thought you wouldn't make fun of me?"- Hermione pouted, making her laugh at her embarrassment

 -"Ugh, pathetic, your talks disgust me, girls in love? Please, you're girls, what would you know about love?"- a girl on a bench near where they were together growled

 When I turned to see who it was, something the others did too, I froze when I saw her, it was Tanya "cursed" Degurechaff, why was she here? Did she follow her everywhere to torment her?

 She still remembered what happened after she attacked her with magic and grabbed her arm right where she was bitten by it, she had thought that she had overcome her and had overcome that mark that she made when she defended herself, but it turned out that this girl was much worse than she thought.

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Right after Hermione attacked Tanya

 -"You moron, do you think you're funny?"- Tanya came at her furiously the next day of school, the day she wasn't supposed to go to school since she wasn't attending on Friday, although apparently she made an exception

Hermione didn't tell her she was coming, she was supposed to attack her on Thursday and then she would have 4 days to see her again until the following Tuesday, but here she was

 -"I... I don't know what you're talking about"- I muttered in fear looking around, there was no one

 -"Do you think I didn't see the damn lightning bolt that came out of your direction hitting me? Do you think I'm an idiot?"- when she said that, I froze

 I remembered one of the words Azrael mentioned when he learned magic and it was that non-magicians couldn't see magic, therefore, they couldn't see the rays of light from spells, but the fact that she could see it meant that... Tanya had magic

 -"You think that because you have magic now you can get rid of me"- she pointed with her hand and threw a white ray at me, when it hit me it felt like a nail was buried in my body, it was a stinging spell.

 I fell to the ground when she began to throw several of those at my body. Obviously, I couldn't resist crying and Tanya became even more cruel

 -"I bet you thought that with magic everything would be easier now, how pathetic you are."- she grabbed my face and forced me to look at her -"Tell me, you thought I wouldn't harass you anymore, right? You thought that Tanya wouldn't want to hit you again for this, right? Now that I have magic, Tanya will never bother me again, that's what you thought, right?"-

 -"I'm sorry, please, Tanya, I'm sorry, I won't do it again!"- I asked her, but she just mocked and uncovered my arm where she bit me

 -"Tehehehehe, do you remember that I made this mark on you so that every time you saw it, you would remember how pathetic and cowardly you are, right?"- I nodded as she squeezed my arm, digging her nails into it, then she came closer to me and whispered in my ear -"You will never stop being that, you will always be a coward, you... will never stop being... the same little lonely book-reading girl that everyone hates and is repulsed by"-

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 When I came back to my mind, I was trembling at the sight of her, I couldn't forget her words, I couldn't get over Tanya no matter what I did, but... she had friends now, she was no longer a lonely girl, she also had a friend who appreciated her and taught her many things.

 -"What's your problem, shorty?"- Britney asked her approaching Tanya, making Hermione upset because she insulted her stalker.

 -"Heh... how cute, how much pity did you give them to hang out with you, little Grenger?"-

 -"I... I don't..."- I tried to say something, but nothing came out, she couldn't even say something to defend herself in front of her friends, was she really that cowardly?.

 -"Don't mess with her, you little girl!"- Britney suddenly hit Tanya in the face and her other two friends quickly pulled her away.

 -"No, Britny, please don't mess with her, she's...!"- I quickly tried to help get my friend away from Tanya, I didn't want her to mess with that monster in the form of a little girl.

 -"Calm down, Mione, we'll take care of her, we're not going to let this girl bother you."- Beyonce stated as I moved back

Tanya wiped her mouth and laughed -"Hehehe, that's it, little Granger get out and run, let your little friends take care of protecting your cowardly ass."-

 I looked down, I was angry, but Tanya was right, she really had to get away, she was nothing but a coward.

 -"Mione, don't let her get to you, she doesn't know what she's saying, you're stronger than you think."- Christina told her with a smile as she took her hands.

 -"Hehehe, so much love, now will you become stronger because of your friendship and decide to face me?"-

 -"I..."- I sighed defeated, I really couldn't, I stared at her, I wanted to face her, but I knew I couldn't, not yet -"I don't, but..."-

 -"But what?"- Tanya asked with a raised eyebrow.

 -"But someday I will..."- I took a breath and gathered some of my strength to not stutter and stare at her -"Someday I will pay you for everything you did to me"-

 Tanya snorted amused, shook her head with a smile and shrugged her shoulders -"Ugh, pathetic, but your ambition will never be fulfilled, you're too much of a coward for that"- 

 -"Why are you like that with her? Did she do something to upset you? Because I doubt Hermione did anything to you, I know her well enough to know that"- Beyonce told Tanya who rolled her eyes.

 -"Of course not, and that's exactly what bothers me, seeing someone so pathetic and cowardly just makes me want to kick her more. Anyway, her friendship put me off, but good luck, little Grenger, you'll need it"- Tanya said and walked away without looking back.

 -"Well done, Mione. You stood up to her"- Christina told me encouraging me, it made me smile but I still wasn't that sure of myself

 "yes, but I'm not brave, not brave enough to stand up to her like Britny"

 -"And that's why you won't be in Gryffindor"- she said, depressing Hermione a little more and receiving glances from her friends making her speak quickly again -"but what I mean...! Is that you're not me and not everyone is brave, but you have enough ambition to project your goals and become stronger to face the psychopathic dwarf"- now she looked at her friends who nodded seeing that she had fixed her mistake and Hermione now felt much better.

 -"It's all part of growing up and maturing, I promise that girl will taste her own medicine."- Christina told her and Hermione nodded.

 -"Thanks, friends, I really appreciate it"- Hermione received Christina's hug and the other two joined in.

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 In Severus Snape's office, the professor and leader of the Slytherin house himself, he looked at his first-year student.

 The girl was, in his eyes, a very dark sadistic monster. Since he saw her at the house selection, she immediately made him feel uneasy. That slight smile full of arrogance, those eyes that screamed power, that firm posture with head held high that looked at everyone as if they were small inferior worms, simply put him a little out of place to see a first-year girl carry such an aura.

 She also showed that she could handle herself and alone, from the first day he heard the rumors of her younger Slytherins that ranged from putting them in their place with respect or being a scary monster.

In her classes she was fast, precise and intelligent, in the teachers' meetings they did not stop talking about how prodigious she was, her talent was great and the praise of the teachers made how her house leader smiled discreetly.

 But there was also the fact that negative rumors arrived too. As the reason why he was now in her office.

 Another boy disappeared from Hogwarts and the last time he was seen was insulting her and telling her something about her fiancé and the next day, that boy was gone, interestingly, the other missing people had an encounter with her the last time they were seen.

 He didn't want to believe it, after all, she couldn't get into the other houses without the password without alerting the teachers for home invasion, but he also had a feeling that if she was the cause and that's why he wanted to know if he could get something out of the girl even with legitimacy, but he couldn't even get into her mind that he found a dark fortress of occlumency, maybe it could happen if he forced it, but she would know if she knows occlumency, so he gave up on that part.

 -"Well, Miss Nerida, you may leave."- he dismissed the girl who nodded after she found her completely innocent and sighed 'I hope you don't get caught or this will bring a political storm upon you, Lady Grindelwald.

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