Chapter 1 - Birth

Harry was getting ready to open his eyes, he was preparing himself for the new world he would enter in. He and Ginny had enjoyed their time together, travelling through world after world. One would think it would eventually get boring, but in truth it didn't. Each world brought new things.

The last world Harry and Ginny were in was not a modern one, in the sense that they were in medieval England. In a rather amusing turn of events, Harry had ended up stealing from the poor and gave to the rich. Nobody knew why he had insisted on being called Robin Hood and used a bow and arrow, nobody except Ginny who ended up taking the role of Maid Marian, something they both found to be incredibly amusing.

The world before that Harry had become a pirate alongside Ginny, they escaped being hanged a few times and adopted a 'only steal from gits who deserve it' policy. With that being said they were still feared by other pirates, some were convinced that Harry and Ginny were controlling the seas which was complete hogwash...only Harry could control the seas and that was just elemental magic.

Harry had lost track of how old he was, so had Ginny. They could have been hundreds, thousands or maybe even millions of years old. Fortunately they still managed to keep their own personalities even though they had to play their roles.

Harry wondered what this new world would be like, who would he be born to and would he live a quiet life or another life of adventure? He also used his bond to check if Ginny had been born yet. Sometimes she would be born at the same time as him, sometimes she would be born after or before but usually they never took longer than a year after the first of them were born. The longest they'd gone was Harry waiting five years for Ginny to be born. Occasionally they wouldn't be born into a world and just appear there but if they do then they appear in their original bodies, which can be a blessing and a curse as it can be a bit awkward to suddenly appear in the middle of the battle of Hastings.

It seemed that Ginny wasn't here, at least not yet. Fortunately they always managed to reunite in whatever world they were in, they always used their soul bond to talk when they were apart and they'd do their best to make their first meeting look like a normal meeting between two people who didn't know each other. Even without the soul bond Harry could just summon her to him as the master of death.

Harry opened his eyes, he saw a white ceiling, so that would likely mean he was in a hospital. That meant he was fortunately not born in a forest or hut like he had in his previous lives. Someone was looking at him, he saw that this was not a doctor but in fact a healer. Fortunately for him that meant he was born in the magical world, a great bonus as that meant he didn't have to hide his magical powers like he had done before.

The healer looked him over several times before handing him to his father, his father in this world at least. It wasn't James Potter, it was a man with black hair, he had grey eyes and looked right back at Harry. He seemed to be a complicated man as he looked like he was trying not to smile, Harry got the sense that he was uncomfortable showing his emotions but the problem was he was failing miserably. He reminded Harry a little of Sirius.

"He's not even crying" The man observed "I was under the impression that babies cried upon being born" The healer gave Harry another once over and confirmed everything was fine.

"He's perfectly healthy, must probably not be a crier" The healer shrugged. The man didn't look entirely convinced but nodded, he then handed Harry off to someone else. This new person had cold hands, he looked up and was greeted by a familiar face and suddenly realisation hit him like a bludger.

He was in the hands of WALBURGA BLACK! SIRIUS'S MUM! He remembered her from the portrait and Sirius's stories. Good Merlin, he hoped Ginny gets better luck when she comes into this world. Harry got so caught up that he forget to control his magic, which caused some very interesting things to happen.

The hospital windows shattered, and various pieces of equipment flew around the room. Harry shot out of her hands and back to the man who he had to guess was Orion Black, Sirius's dad. Harry heard from Sirius that while his dad was emotionally distant he was a lot nicer than his mum but as far as Harry was concerned his hands were warmer and more comfortable.

"What was that?!" His new mother snapped once all the chaos stopped.

"Accidental magic" The healer said with awe in his voice and surprise on his face "you're son just performed accidental magic! Amazing! He must like you" He added to Orion "He probably wanted to be back in your arms" Orion blushed a little before composing himself.

"Are you sure that was accidental magic?" Walburga asked, she was now hoping it was. If it was true then the boy could be a great addition to the house of Black.

"Positive" The healer said as he performed some diagnostic spells "Damn, his magical signature is off the charts"

"What are you talking about?" Orion asked

"Sir, his signature is stronger than mine! It's the strongest I've ever seen!" Even if Harry didn't have to pretend he couldn't talk, he didn't think it'd be a good idea to tell them he had actually restrained himself a lot.

"Amazing!" Orion whispered to himself, looking down at the baby in his arms. The baby looked up at him, grey eyes met grey eyes. Orion felt captivated, despite just being born, he felt the intelligence coming from the baby, his baby. He thought he saw green in the eyes, but that thought quickly passed over. At that precise moment Harry had begun realising that he was naked. He didn't really like that and summoned a blanket which wrapped around him and made him very comfortable indeed.

"Bloody hell!" The healer shouted.

Harry's next reaction may have been due to being cranky from just being born, discovering who his mother was or the joy on his father's face but he silenced the healer. Who tried desperately to try and talk, he tried to use magic to get back the ability to make sound but it didn't work. He looked pleadingly at Orion, who looked at his son with amusement.

"Could you please let him talk again?" he asked softly, Harry obliged and the healer could talk again. Even Walburga was proud.

"That's amazing" She said "how is that possible?"

"Have you decided on a name?" The healer asked, while actually thinking the very same question.

"No" Orion answered "but how about…" Harry sent a few subtle mental messages to help get his desired result "Hadrius?" Harry preferred having a name closer to his own, and with Hadrius he could go by Harry.

Soon they all left the hospital, as soon as they got home, Harry or Hadrius was taken to his room. Harry noticed it was very green, giving him a very clear message about expectations that he knew they would have when he gets older. Kreatcher the house elf entered the room, he was glad to have a familiar face. It seemed that Kreatcher had been charged with looking after him, not that either of them minded.

Harry spent the next year acting like a baby and it was getting tiring, after his first birthday Sirius was born. Harry was glad to have more company, he especially liked the fact that it was in the form of his godfather or little brother as he was now. Hadrius thought back and remembered Sirius, he remembered a fun and caring man who wanted nothing more than to have fun and be there.

Unfortunately Sirius had suffered, suffered because of his mother and suffered because of Dumbledore and Wormtail. Wormtail, Harry could deal with, he wasn't holding any sort of grudges against Wormtail or to be more accurate he wasn't holding a grudge against this worlds Wormtail. Partly because he hadn't been born yet but also because they were both different people, Hadrius didn't know what caused that Wormtail to join Voldemort but hopefully he could prevent the current/future Wormtail from following the same path. Once he takes the mark, Harry wouldn't be able to save him and would do his best to remove him from the marauders.

Hadrius was going to be very cautious around Dumbledore, Dumbledore was a big reason for Sirius's suffering. In his school days Sirius was allowed to get away with things he shouldn't have gotten away with, that combined with his family hatred and the fact that Dumbledore was considered the greatest light wizard ever made Sirius look up to him.

In Hadrius's, or Harry as he decided to call himself, opinion Dumbledore saw Sirius as nothing more than a potential tool. Talent, wealth and knowledge of the dark arts had made him valuable. But clearly not too much as Dumbledore had no problem with letting him rot in Azkaban, another thing Harry was definitely going to prevent.

Hopefully he could also stop the marauders from bullying Snape and vice versa, if everything worked out good then he and Ginny could be friends with all of them. Speaking of Ginny, she was born just a few months after Sirius. Harry was ecstatic that day, as he always was when Ginny arrives.

'Gin' he called out through their bond 'are you there?'

'Harry, is that you?' She responded

'No, it's your mother' He replied sarcastically

'Huh...hey!'

'Kidding, kidding. I missed you, where are you?'

'I'm in a hospital'

'Wizard?' He asked

'No, it appears to be muggle'

'Wow, you've become a muggle born witch. Congrats, just don't sprout bushy hair please!'

'Ha, ha. Very funny, Harry' She said in a voice that made it clear it wasn't 'they're about to name me'

'Well, send them some mental messages to get them to choose one close to your old one'

'Done, they've called me Gwen. It's good enough I suppose, I was never as good as you at the mind thing. So, I'm a muggle-born called Gwen, what about you?'

'Funnily enough, I'm a pure-blood. I'll have to practise my sneer and my strut'

'Harry, would you hurry up? I've just been born and I'm cranky! Do not make me teleport over there and blast you'

'Yes dear, I sympathise with you, being born is never fun, I was so annoyed I silenced the healer but I'm pretty sure I was just upset because you weren't there.'

'Nice sweet talk' Harry just knew she was smiling 'but tell me about yourself'

'Ok, fair is fair Ginny, or Gwen. My full name is, dramatic pause, Hadrius Arcturus Black. Heir to the most ancient and noble house of Black, and right now I'm playing with my little brother Sirius.'

'What?! Are you serious?!'

'No but...'

'Don't you dare!' She interrupted, knowing which joke he was about to make.

'my brother is!' And he did it anyway 'Come on Gin, you walked right into that one and yes it's true. If my predictions are correct then Regulus will be on his way soon, and I've got a ton of things to do in the future. Stop my new mother from torturing Sirius, prevent everyone from joining the death eaters, see if I can make it so I don't have to kill Wormtail and Bellatrix again and stop Sirius from being manipulated by Dumbledore among other things.'

Harry couldn't just get up and go kill Voldemort, as much as he'd like to, his body needed to get used to his magic. And that would take time, as it was not just getting used to his magic but also inheriting his abilities from his former lives. Thankfully he didn't inherit the damage from his former lives. Sometimes his power would return instantly and other times it would take a few years for all of it to come back.

Harry and Ginny spent at least an hour each day talking to each other, Regulus was born when Sirius turned one. At this point Harry was three, and was basically raising Sirius along with Kreatcher who had grown very attached to his master Hadrius. Now he added Regulus to it but he didn't mind. He enjoyed spending time with both of them. His father was usually busy working and his mother was content with leaving Kreatcher to raise them for now.

At night he would teleport over to Ginny and spend some time with her, occasionally she would teleport over to him. All things considered, it could have been a lot worse.