3 Revelations

"Your wand hand?", Mr Ollivander asked.

"Right hand, Mr Ollivander", she held out her right hand.

He took measurements and then went to search for wands and then came back with a few boxes.

"Here Miss. Bones. Try this one. Aspen and Unicorn Hair, 10 inches, nice and flexible."

She took the wand and it felt warm. But she didn't think this was it.

"Hmm... No rejection, but it doesn't feel quite right?" Mr Ollivander murmured under his breath and took out another wand, "Blackthorn and Dragon Heartstring, 13 1/2 inches, quite whippy... Try this..."

It was also the same. He took out more and more wands but it all felt the same to her.

"Nice... No wands reject you. But you aren't getting the right feel. Interesting indeed. Two interesting customers in a row... How wonderful... Not to worry, I have quite a few interesting wands... now, come with me"

He took her deep inside the shop, where more wands were placed, but then she noticed that there were three wands that were kept aside.

"Now, Miss. Bones close your eyes and I'll hand the three of them to you. Let's see ...."

She closed her eyes as he handed her the first one. It was warm but warmer than before, but she still didn't get the right feel.

She shook her head and gave it back to him. Again he handed her another one. It felt cold. Too cold. As if she'd freeze. She shivered and handed it back to him, again shaking her head.

"I get the feeling that this would definitely suit you. I've wanted to see, who would get this wand. After all, these three have been there around for centuries"

He handed her another wand. This time she felt both warm and cold, and it made her excited. Somehow she felt nice... it was the right balance between the heat and cold. And it seemed...perfect. She could feel the magic flow through her hands into the wand and then she subconsciously opened her eyes and swished the wand, and a stream of gold and silver sparks shot from the end like a firework, throwing dancing spots of light onto the walls.

Just then she felt like something crawled onto her hand, she looked down and saw a silver phoenix tattoo like thing appear on her hand.

"This is it, it seems... Miss. Bones. Elder-Acacia hybrid wood, Phoenix feather core, 12 inches, unyielding. Black silver coated with moonstone inlaid. A very special wand. One of its kind"

"Um... Mr Ollivander... What do you mean?"

"Your wand Miss Bones, is made from Elder - Acacia hybrid wood. Many people have tried to make a hybrid of wand trees. They never succeeded. But one person accidentally succeeded. Although we don't know who it was and how they did it, it was my ancestor who brought this wand here. And this is the only wand that was made from hybrid wood. Phoenix feather represents a predestined fate. Elder wood is often associated with death. Phoenix feather with Elder wood together? It wouldn't suit at all, that's where the silver came in. For creating a balance between them. And the moonstone...this moonstone is quite mysterious and its origins are unknown. But, one thing that I'm sure of is that it holds too much power and no other wand other than this would be able to withstand its power."

"So, now do you understand why your wand is one of a kind?"

She simply nodded and took another look at it. It was a very beautiful wand with intricate designs.

"I look forward to what you'll do in the future, Miss. Bones. "

"How much for this, Mr Ollivander?"

"That would be, 50 galleons. It's a special wand after all"

She nodded and took out 50 galleons from her moleskin pouch.

She thanked him and he nodded and went deep inside his shop once again.

Before leaving his shop, she called Minny and had her put a concealment charm on her phoenix mark. It wouldn't do her any good if somebody saw this. Then she sent her away and left the shop.

'Now, ice cream would be perfect.' she thought. They all planned to reunite at the ice cream shop anyway.

So she went to Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour and ordered a chocolate-flavoured ice cream as she waited for the rest of them to return.

A few minutes later, they all came. And they all chatted for a bit and went back.

It was already evening when they reached home. She climbed upstairs and went into her room to take a bath. After an exhausting day, what she needed was exactly a bath.

And Minny had already prepared water for it.

She let the warm water flow down her body as she thought back to that day's events.

'What an exhausting day. I met Harry Potter, got a phoenix tattoo like thingy, and got my wand. A nice day indeed.'

But at the thought of Harry, she frowned. Why did he seem so clueless? And he was so thin... Probably malnourished.

She decided to ask her mum about it.

'And I need to send him a birthday present'

After she finished bathing, she put on her silvery-grey pyjamas and went decided to practice some spells.

Though she felt that spells would get boring after a while, she was excited to try out all the spells in there for the first time. So, she tried doing the spells for an hour or so.

At that time, Minny called her down for dinner.

While eating, Susan was telling her what happened after Lyra went separately. And it seemed like Draco really pulled them along to see racing brooms. She felt grateful that she wasn't with them.

'I know that it's because he was raised that way, but still, I can't tolerate him.'

'Also, if I hadn't left, I wouldn't have gotten to know Harry...'

'Yeah, Harry!'

"Mum, do you know where Harry lives?"

"Harry?"

"Yeah mum, Harry Potter"

"I don't know, I have to check with Dumbledore, he never revealed it to me before. Dumbledore arranged for him to live somewhere safe. Why are you asking about him suddenly?"

"Mum, are you sure that the place is safe? I think that place is the exact opposite of 'safe'."

"And why would you think so...?"

Lyra told her everything that happened today except for her special trunk and wand. She had to tell her mum about the Phoenix mark, but that could wait until later.

"So, um... mum I want to meet him at his home and can we send some dinner to him now? He seemed very clueless about everything and he looked so malnourished"

"You can go there tomorrow. But for now, we can have Minny send dinner to him... But, I can't believe it. How could he be malnourished?"

"Mum, What I'm saying is really true. He seemed thin for our age and wore those baggy clothes even on his birthday, which is today. And you might have probably seen him too... The other boy who was in Madam Malkins' shop"

"He was Harry Potter? I thought it was some muggle-born child who grew up in an orphanage. This wouldn't do... I am also coming with you tomorrow. Maybe we should take a medi-witch with us tomorrow. Then we can come up with a nutrition plan to complement his health. And Dumbledore is going to hear about this! " her mum said.

And so it was decided! They were going to meet Harry the next day.

"And mum, can I have his parents' pictures? You probably can get it right?"

"Ok... I'll find the pictures.", she said.

After their dinner, Lyra called Minny.

"Minny, can you find where Harry is? If you could, can you please take this letter to Harry? Also, ask him what his favourite food is and deliver it to him... along with a birthday cake..."

"Minny can, Little mistress Lyra! Minny will deliver them!"

And Minny went away taking the letter.

....

Amelia POV

I can't believe Dumbledore would do something like this! He told me that he's keeping the boy somewhere safe, and told me not to search for him in case some death eaters followed and attacked Harry, but from what Lyra has said, most likely the boy has been suffering for the past 11 years! I'm gonna send him a letter now. No... A Howler!

Thank goodness Lyra had noticed this problem. Or else the problem would have become irreversible after a few years.

I should confirm it with my own eyes so that he doesn't suffer anymore.

....

Harry POV

Today was the best Birthday I ever had. I found out that I'm a wizard, my parents didn't die in a car crash, and that I'm not a freak.

Yeah, I'm not a freak!

I'm completely normal and there are many wizards and witches like me out there!

I got my first ever real birthday present today: Hedwig.

And I made a friend! My very first friend! And she seems like a nice person. And she also told me that she'll send me letters? Would it be through an owl?

Or maybe she had forgotten me?

As I was thinking, I heard a pop sound. And some sort of creature, a little shorter than me appeared before me and gave me a letter, "Little Mistress Lyra asks Minny to deliver this to Harry Potter"

I took it from her hands, She didn't forget about me after all.

But what is this creature anyway...and so I asked, "Thanks, and not to be rude, but what are you?"

"Oh... Mister Harry Potter doesn't know about us? We are House-elves. We serve the wizards. And Minny forgot to ask about what your favourite food is..." she trailed off.

"Um... I never really had different dishes before, so I don't know? Why do you ask?"

"In that case...", she snapped her fingers and a whole tray of delicious food appeared in her hands. She kept that on the table and again snapped her fingers. This time a cake appeared on the table.

"Mistress and Little mistress asks Minny to deliver Harry Potter's favourite food and a birthday cake. Since Harry Potter don't know which is his favourite, Minny had taken food from the Bones Manor"

"Since Minny has finished her job, Minny takes her leave!" she said and disappeared before even I can digest everything that happened.

It was only after a few minutes that I came to my senses. Lyra has not forgotten me, but she's also sent me a cake and dinner too! And I don't know why she did all these? Is it that obvious that I'm not provided proper food? Judging from what she has done until now, it seems so.

Let's see what she has written in the letter...

Dear Harry,

Tomorrow, I and my mum are visiting you. We probably might take you out for a few hours. So be ready... So do you like the cake? Tell me about it tomorrow. And don't forget to fully finish dinner.

P.S: Don't worry about wasting the cake. It's enchanted so that it won't go waste for a week

Good Night.

~Lyra

She's visiting? Here? Uncle Vernon is probably freak out the first thing in the morning then. How did she find out where I live though? And the house-elf...

Anyway, everything is so magical. And today will be the best day of my life. Ever.

....

1 August 1991. Privet Drive.

Harry woke up earlier than usual, and eagerly got ready for the day.

He went down to the kitchen and started cooking breakfast, not wanting to annoy his uncle and aunt early in the morning.

As he started to cook, he thought about what Lyra had said in the letter. She mentioned taking him out... Where would they be going?

Although he was happy about his friend visiting, he was also worried about its consequences. What if his uncle shut them out of the house? If that happened, would Lyra stop being friends with him? He never had friends before because of Dudley.

Just as he finished cooking, Vernon and Petunia came down for breakfast. And Vernon was already dressed to go to work. And he went to do other chores like cleaning and pruning the trees in the garden.

When he stepped outside, he saw a black car stop in front of No.4 Privet Drive. The doors opened and a woman who looked like she was in her late twenties stepped out(but she's 31 already). After her, he saw an excited looking Lyra come out.

'It must be Lyra's mother... But she looks so young though...', he thought.

He excitedly ran towards the gate to welcome them, forgetting that he had gardening scissors in his hands. Only when he went near them, he noticed it and embarrassedly kept it aside.

Lyra ran towards him and greeted him," Hello there Harry! This is my mum. Amelia Bones. And mum this is Harry..."

"Hello, Lyra... Hello, Madam. Bones" he greeted them.

"No need to be polite, Harry. Just call me Amelia. Shall we go inside? I have some serious business with your aunt" Amelia said. Just as she realized what she had said, she let out a sad smile. But no one noticed it. (The 'sirius' pun😢)

"Ah, sorry about that. I forgot to invite you inside... Please come in."

He went and opened the door and informed Petunia and Vernon that a friend of his has come. Petunia was washing the dishes and Vernon was eating. Petunia just looked at him for a second and resumed doing her work. But Vernon was absolutely furious.

" Who told you that your kind is allowed in here, boy? Even keeping you here is only considering you are Petunia's nephew." Vernon yelled.

Amelia, who unreservedly entered the house saw this and directed her gaze towards Petunia and gave her a nasty glare. Then she turned towards Vernon and said, " Mr Dursley, just because you have given him a roof to stay under, doesn't mean that you cannot allow his friends to visit him. He's your family."

"Petunia, I'm not dealing with these freaks he brought in here. I'm leaving. You deal with it", Vernon said as he tried to leave.

"Stop right there! You might not want to speak with me, but as you are needed for the investigation, I have the right to call the muggle police if you do not co-operate" Amelia said as she put a full body bind curse on him and turned towards Petunia again with her sharp stare.

Petunia felt guilty about not treating Harry well enough, but didn't want to show it. Instead, she sarcastically asked Amelia, "It seems like you didn't get to share my blown up sister's fate. I thought you had.", even though she didn't mean it.

Both Harry and Lyra were watching this whole fiasco. But the difference was that Harry was scared, meanwhile, Lyra was truly anticipating her mother's response.

"Ironic isn't it, Petunia? Both born from the same parents, one died for a noble cause and one lives without a cause... I wonder what your parents think about your actions. You wanted to be their favourite, didn't you? After all these things you've done over the years, could you still face them?", Amelia shot right back with a smirk.

No matter how enraged Petunia was, she couldn't say anything to retort her either and the two of them glared at each other for a while then Petunia broke the silence, "So what is it that you came here for? And what did you mean by investigation?"

"Finally to the point, are we? You see, today I represent the Ministry of magic to investigate the unfair treatment of young Heir Potter. I am here to take him to a medical inspection and you are needed for the investigation.", Amelia said as she took out her 'Head of DMLE id'.

....

Andromeda Tonks was waiting at her home office. She had accepted Amelia's urgent request to run a check up on someone, but she wasn't informed of who it was. Just as she was waiting, suddenly two people appeared with a pop sound.

It was Dumbledore and McGonagall.

Why would they be here?

"Hello there Andromeda! You see, yesterday Amelia had sent me a Howler regarding the condition of a certain young man... Seems like I made a mistake. ", Dumbledore said as if he knew what she was thinking.

This sentence earned him a glare from McGonagall, "I told him that they are not the right people to look after Harry. But he didn't listen."

"Now now Minerva... Even after this, he has to live with them. We can only ensure his well-being by keeping them in check. It's the safest place for him to stay after Hogwarts. That place is protected by ancient magic, by his mother's sacrifice"

"Wait... are we all talking about Harry Potter?", Andromeda asked confused.

Just as McGonagall was about to answer 'yes' a few people entered the Tonks home. It was of course Amelia and the others.

Then Harry was given a full-body diagnosis and the results were shocking. Even for Petunia. Petunia would scold Harry, make him work, and all that. But she never once beat him. She never expected Vernon to do something like that. No matter what Harry was her Nephew, Lilly's son. Even though she hated Lily, it was never to the point of wanting her to die. Even though she might not show it, she was deeply saddened when she heard of Lily's death.

Her eyes were full of tears and as if all hell broke down, she ran to Harry and hugged him tightly, "I'm sorry Harry... I'm so sorry... I should've protected you I shouldn't have hurt you, I never should have treated you like that... I'm really really sorry Harry."

Harry also cried... everyone was watching it with tears, except for one person. Vernon Dursley.

"What the hell are you all freaks making a ruckus for... He hasn't died has he-", He started to yell but was slapped hard by Petunia.

"You heartless animal! Can't you just keep your mouth shut?"

Petunia was in full protective mode. She wanted to make up for all those years she mistreated Harry. At first, she didn't want to admit that she cared for her sister and those feelings of jealousy didn't help either. But, after seeing Harry like this, she couldn't care less about all those things.

"Could you calm down a little Petunia? You would be let off with light charges as you didn't truly do anything to Harry. But, Mr Dursley here is different. He is to be arrested by the Hit-wizards and then would be handed over to muggle police under 'child mistreatment case.", Amelia said.

McGonagall and Andromeda were confused. Hit-Wizards? Where are the Hit-Wizards...?

But Albus Dumbledore was watching Amelia's act with interest.

"Why would I be arrested? You can't arrest non-magical people, can you?" Vernon retorted but was nonetheless scared.

"Mr Dursley, that is indeed the case normally. But, you see... Harry here is the Heir of the noble house of Potter and if it concerns a Noble Heir's safety, that rule can be overruled.", Amelia said.

Immediately Vernon went pale.

It was right at that time Dumbledore intervened, " Why don't you two take an oath to never physically or mentally hurt Harry? Then we let you both off?"

"Albus Dumbledore! Is that a joke? How can you let him off?", McGonagall was furious.

"Minerva everyone deserves a chance... And with an oath in place, they can't hurt him can they? After all, if they break the oath, they'll die" Dumbledore reasoned.

"Choose one Mr Dursley. You just need to make sure not to hurt Harry and provide him with a place to sleep. We would even take care of his meals. If you don't want to do that, there's always the other option: Prison"

Though Vernon Dursely was extremely unwilling, he agreed and took an unbreakable oath.

"And Harry is going to spend the rest of the month with us, so only you two are returning", Amelia informed.

Petunia nodded and hugged Harry for one last time and went back with Vernon in Amelia's car.

Harry hugged both Amelia and Lyra and thanked them. Then Andromeda wanted Harry to follow a potion routine for the next two months, to cure all the damage done to his body.

When they were about to return, Albus suddenly chuckled, "I wonder why you hadn't been in Slytherin, Amelia. Such a good play indeed. You didn't even file a case in the ministry, how would be able to investigate? Truly a nice one. And I for one, never expected you to be the type to abuse their power"

"To do a good deed, I would do everything in my power, and mind you I didn't abuse my power, just told a few lies here and there. And I'm a Ravenclaw through and through, except a bit cunning"

"So, it was all fake?" everyone except Albus and Amelia was shocked. Even Lyra didn't expect this.

"Makes me wonder whatever had happened to the honest Amelia from back then?" Dumbledore asked as he stroked his beard.

"Well, spending loads of time around a certain someone, could do wonders to one's personality," Amelia said with a bitter smile.

....

After all of that drama, and a bit of shopping for Harry (he didn't have his own clothes and other essentials), Amelia, Harry and Lyra returned home. After getting a bit of rest, Lyra was informed by Minny that she was to meet Amelia at her study. She didn't know, what it was about and was confused, but didn't think much of it.

When she entered the study, she saw that Harry was also there. She smiled at him and turned to her mother, "What happened, mum?"

"Nothing, take a seat next to Harry. It's just... there are some stories to be told and some truths to be shed light upon," Amelia said and turned to face Harry.

"Harry dear, I'm really sorry for not looking for you earlier. You wouldn't have suffered if I had. Dumbledore didn't reveal your whereabouts and convinced me not to look for you," Amelia said apologetically, "He told that, if I were to go searching for you, the Death Eaters would follow, and that you'd be put in danger. But now, it seems that the place he considered as 'the safest place that ever could be' for you was just the most dreaded hell."

"It's alright, Madam Bones. I'm already thankful that you rescued me from there."

"And don't call me Madam Bones, Harry," Amelia paused, "I'm one of your Godmothers, you know? We're family. Just call me Amelia or whatever you want to, but skip the formalities, will you?"

"Y-You're my Godmother?", Harry was shocked to the core, "I have a family, other than the Dursleys?"

"Yeah Harry, you have. From now on, we are all your family," Amelia smiled and brought Harry and Lyra to her embrace, but she was feeling regretful and remorseful inside, for not looking for Harry earlier. If Lyra hadn't informed her of Harry's borderline Malnutrition, she wouldn't have strengthened her resolve to look for Harry.

Harry's eyes had tears that were threatening to fall any moment, but he was feeling very happy. This was the most wonderful year in his life.

After a minute or two, Amelia released the two children from her embrace and again started talking, "My husband, is also one of your Godfathers, Harry. His name is Sirius Black, and I'm telling the two of you now, of what happened that year. You two deserve to know the truth, so please listen carefully"

Both Harry and Lyra sat straight. Harry was obviously curious, and Lyra hadn't heard anything from her mother about her father other than the fact that he's innocent. She too wanted to know what happened.

"You know about Voldemort, right, Harry?" Amelia looked a Harry, and after he nodded in affirmation, she continued, "It was during the peak of his power, and Dumbledore organised a group of people who wanted to fight against Voldemort. They were called 'The Order of The Phoenix'. Lily, James, Sirius and another few of their friends were part of it too..."

"Uncle Remus too?" Lyra interrupted her and Amelia nodded.

"Who's 'Uncle Remus'?" Harry questioned.

"Oh, sorry about that, Harry. He's your other God Father."

Harry just nodded and Amelia continued the story.

"They were hard times. Both Sirius and James were Aurors, and they have faced dark wizards quite many times. Let's talk about that later," she paused, "There was a prophecy, Harry, and that was the start of it all."

She sighed, "It stated that there would be a child who'd be born at the end of July, born with the power to vanquish the dark lord. And your mother was pregnant at that time, and her due date was obviously at the end of July. Thus, Dumbledore warned you parents and another couple, whose child was also due at the end of July and that both the couple had to hide, in case Voldemort targets them."

"And they hid as he told. Your parents used a Filedius Charm. You'll learn about it later, but let me keep this simple: only the 'secret keeper' would remember their location. It was really a foolproof solution. But there was one thing that went wrong, they made the wrong person their secret keeper."

At this time, Lyra was fidgeting in her seat with nervousness as the important part was coming.

"They made Sirius the secret keeper at first, and Voldemort couldn't find your parents. But later on... Sirius said everyone knew that James and Sirius were best friends, obviously, they'd come to him. So, he suggested Peter Pettigrew, who was one of their best friends, or so they thought, to be the secret keeper. James too thought that it was a good idea and then they changed the secret keeper"

"He betrayed them, didn't he?" Harry asked with a whimper, "They trusted him, but he betrayed them, right?"

Amelia was teary-eyed as she nodded.

"So mum, why was dad arrested?"

"Everyone thought that Sirius was the secret keeper. No one knew that the secret keeper had changed except for the four of us, Lily, James, Sirius and me. So, when they knew that Lily and James were dead, they thought, it was Sirius who betrayed them. And it didn't help that Sirius went to chase after Pettigrew as soon as he knew about the murder. But, Pettigrew fled. And before he fled, he killed 13 muggles. And everything fell onto Sirius' head. They thought he was a Death Eater and arrested him without a trial. When I knew about it, it was already too late."

"What about Uncle Remus?"

"Sirius was suspicious about him being a spy, and Remus thought Sirius was the spy and they grew apart. But obviously, both of them weren't."

It took a while for the children to digest the news, but they managed it, somehow.

"So, why wasn't he released, Sirius is innocent, right? And you could request for a trial, right?" Harry asked, feeling quite bad for his Godfather, whom he had yet to meet.

Then Amelia explained how she had wanted to get him out of Azkaban and how Sirius declined the offer by telling that they had to catch Peter before he comes out, else that guy would hide forever.

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Author rants: I dunno how to end this chapter, so I left it like that. I really really love Amelia's and Lyra's cool replies to others. How about you guys? If you guys liked it too, please vote to show your support...