Unexpected Things

Disclaimer: Harry Potter and properties don’t belong to me but JK Rowling and I don't make money from writing this fic. Danyealle has helped edit this chapter. Thanks a lot for her tremendous help. The story contains spoilers from Philosopher Stone to Deathly Hallows so if you haven’t read one of the books from Harry Potter series you have been warned.


Unexpected Things


Chapter X


It was the first time in Harry’s life that he could spend it freely. He didn’t need to come back to the Dursleys anymore. So, he spent his time alternatively between the Burrow and Grimmauld Place. He often went to the muggle area in London too, enjoying the places he never visited as a child. Fortunately for Harry, Death Eater attacks had diminished to zero so he didn’t worry too much. He knew they must be planning something though. There was no way in hell Bellatrix would stay silent about her master’s death. But, for now, he chose to enjoy his holiday and left that gloomy thought somewhere else during the holiday.

Harry had done all of his homework and now lay down in his bed. Tomorrow was his seventeenth birthday. He would be an adult now in the wizarding world. Mrs. Weasley had arranged a birthday party for him at the Burrow. He was really excited because it was the first time in his life he had ever had a birthday party.

Already Harry had gotten birthday presents from his friends. From Ron and Ginny he got Quidditch related presents aside of Chocolate Frogs. Fred and George sent him a collection of their product from Weasleys' Wizarding Wheezes. From Hagrid he got the usual present, the cake that was as hard as stone. Luna also sent her present, a year subscription of Quibbler, which was a good thing. He really needed a good laugh or two right now. And from Neville he received a useful book about plants that could be used for healing.

Remus gave him a book about animagi and from Hermione he got a silver bracelet with a Sanskrit engraving on it. She had explained in her letter that the bracelet had a protection charm so he didn’t need to worry if someone tried to stupefy him from behind. She also bought the bracelet like it for Ron and herself. That was quite a good idea he thought, it would come useful if they engaged in a battle with Death Eater.

However, Harry got surprise when his Hogwarts letter came. He was appointed as a Head Boy. He had a feeling that he knew exactly who was chosen as the Head Girl. Ron also shared the same opinion.

“It must be Hermione,” the red head told him.

Harry heartily agreed with him. Then he said, “But I’m not a Prefect.”

“James wasn’t a prefect either,” Remus explained. “But he was appointed as Head Boy and Lily was appointed as head girl.”

“Really?” Harry asked.

Remus then entertained him with story about his school days at Hogwarts with Sirius and Harry’s parents. He went to bed with warm feeling in his chest. The next day Remus’ knocking on his door woke him up. “I’m up Remus,” he yelled.

“I’ll be waiting downstairs Harry,” Remus replied.

Together, they flooed to the Burrow. The place was already full of people when they got there. Mrs. Weasley, Harry noticed, had spent the morning cooking to the fullest of her ability if the amount of the food that was out was any indication. The tantalizing aroma of it made his stomach growl.

Harry was chatting with Fred and George about their joke shop when Mrs. Weasley called him. He turned and saw that there was a delivery wizard from magical menagerie carrying a box with him.

“It’s for you Mr. Potter,” the man said.

He walked over to Harry then handed him a box that that had holes poked in the top.

Harry slowly opened it and peered inside. He gasped and picked up the small bundle of fur. The little black puppy opened its gray eyes and looked at him.

“Harry,” Remus and Ron had come to see him. He still looked at the puppy and the uncanny resemblance it had with Sirius’ animagus form.

“Snuffles,” Harry whispered, turning to face them. Remus, who had seen the similarity between the puppy and his best friend’s animagus form kept quiet. He could understand Harry’s reason naming the pup what he did.

Harry thanked the delivery wizard. The man stuttered back, apparently from the effect of having the Chosen One so close with him and asked for Harry’s autograph before leaving the Burrow.

“Who give this to you Harry?” Ron asked curiously.

“My acquaintance,” Harry replied, smiling as he held Snuffles in his arms. Snuffles apparently liked him since he kept licking his cheek. That made Harry laugh. Lucius really had outdone himself this time.


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At dinner, two owls flew into the Burrow and dropped letters to Harry’s lap. Confused, Harry took it. The first letter came from Gringotts, stating that since he was seventeen year old now he could have full access to his Potter vault. He could also access Black vault now as well. The letter also requested his presence at Gringotts to legalize the documents.

The second letter had blue insignia with SKA written in silver. SKA turned out to be the Switzerland Wizarding Bank. They also had requested his presence there to consult about the Black family’ fortune kept there.

Bill, who noticed his apparent confusion, asked. “What’s wrong Harry?”

“Gringotts and SKA. They request my presence there,” he answered, still in daze.

“What is SKA anyway?” Ron asked, frowning.

“It’s a short from Schweizerische Kreditanstalt. Swiss Credit Institution in English,” Bill explained. Since he worked for Gringotts he knew a lot about the banking industry. “It’s the second largest Wizarding Bank in the world by way of it assets. And number one in wealth management. Wealthy wizarding families from all over the world put their money there because it’s known for its secrecy and safety. I heard that its operations and services don’t differ much from muggle banks.”

“But why did they request Harry’s presence there?” Ron’s asked, brows jerked together.

“Because Harry is seventeen year old and considered adult now. Therefore, they expect Harry to finish all the legal documents.”

“But I don’t know anything about this,” Harry said.

“Well, if you want I can help you,” Bill offered. “You’ll understand this once you deal with them a couple times then you’ll be able to do it by yourself.”

“Thanks Bill,” Harry said. He was quite relieved by the offer since he didn’t know anything about finances at all.

After discussing the problem with Mr. Weasley and Remus, they agreed that the matter at Gringotts would be taken care first.

The next day, Harry went to Gringotts accompanied by Remus. They met with Griphook, who Harry still remembered from his first visit there.

“After this document is signed Mr. Potter,” Griphook said, “you’ll become the head of Black family and all of the wealth that goes with it will belong to you.”

Harry took the quill and signed it. Then he gave the document to Griphook, who checked for its legality.

“Very well, Mr. Potter.” Griphook nodded his head. “Congratulation. You’re now the head of Black family as well as Potter family.”

Suddenly, Harry remembered something. “If Sirius didn’t have a will then where would the wealth go?” he asked.

“By right of primogeniture, then his heir would have been either Madam Bellatrix Lestrange, his eldest cousin, Madam Andromeda Tonks, his second eldest cousin, or Mr. Draco Malfoy, the next senior male of the Black family through his mother, Narcissa Malfoy née Black.” Griphook answered. “However, Mrs. Lestrange is legally invalidated by her murder of Mr. Black. The murder committed against the head of family by family’s member is a grave sin. Madam Tonks was disowned so she doesn’t qualify anymore for the inheritance.”

Malfoy Junior? There was no way in hell Harry would have ever let that ferret touched anything that belong to Sirius.

“However, their rights were superseded by Sirius’s will, which designated you, Mr. Potter, as heir to all his worldly possessions. Thus, by the will, all of Black fortune belongs to you.”

“So, this means that I can disown Bellatrix Lestrange and put Andromeda Tonks back to the family if I wish so, right?” Harry asked.

“Yes. Mr. Potter, if you want.” Griphook confirmed.


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At the same time, Narcissa Malfoy nee Black was having a tea at the sunroom of Malfoy Manor while thinking about everything that had happened. Despite the calm, cold demeanor she showed outside, she was actually torn between her sister and her husband. Bellatrix was her sister and they’re family. On other side, Lucius was her husband. They had a son together.

Ever since the Dark Lord demise’s, Bella was prone to blaming Lucius for everything. She even went so far as to say that if Lucius succeeded in retrieving the prophecy then Potter wouldn’t have been able to defeat the Dark Lord. Then, after she found out that her husband had accepted teaching position at Hogwarts, her insult had increased tenfold. Of course, Bella didn’t say that in front of her husband. Bella ranted about him to her. It really tested her patience to hear her husband insulted by her own sister.

Lucius, so far, was very lenient about Bella presence in his house but Narcissa could tell that was starting to run thin. It was only a matter of time before her husband reached his limit. And she was loath to think what would happen then. If the worst came to pass, Lucius could end up killing her sister. Narcissa knew very well that he wasn’t above doing such a thing. Her husband, as she well knew, could kill without feeling any remorse. After all, what would you expect from a follower of the Dark Lord?

Narcissa, like her entire family minus Sirius and Andromeda, were firm believers in pureblood supremacy even though she and her parents never became Death Eaters. Voldemort appealed to their sense of pure blood pride but she couldn’t deny that they saw Voldemort as a platform to further their power and wealth. It was fine at first; he was such a charming man who was able to convince anyone with mere words. But slowly, he showed his true skin and, by that time, it was too late for anyone to pull back since he didn’t treat betrayal lightly. Voldemort would do anything to reach his goal and many were afraid after they witnessed his cruelty and some tried to back off. But they were brutally murdered like her cousin, Regulus, and after that no one dared to oppose the Dark Lord.

Then Voldemort was killed by Potter. Narcissa remembered well the chaos that happened at that time. Many were caught and put into Azkaban. Luckily, Lucius managed to escape that fate by bribing. But Bellatrix, who refused to lie to the entire Wizengamot, was sentenced to a lifetime stay in the wizarding prison.

Years passed then, when Potter entered Hogwarts, the rumor of the Dark Lord’s return intensified especially since it was Potter himself who stated that it was Voldemort who possessed Quirell in an attempt to steal the Philosopher Stone. Three years after that Voldemort returned; ready to continue his conquest of wizarding world. But Potter, once again, managed to kill him. Was the Dark Lord really powerful if a one year old who then grew up to be fifteen year old boy was able to beat him not once but twice? But Narcissa never voiced her thoughts on that matter. She knew that even one word of her doubts regarding the Dark Lord could endanger her whole family.

She still agreed with the pureblood supremacy but not to the extent she had before. Since his resurrection, Voldemort had worried her greatly. He had inquired about the important artifact he gave to Lucius for safekeeping then, when Lucius was forced to admit that it had been broken, his wrath was magnificent. It was the first time during Lucius’ service that she was worried about his life. It was a very different thing when it’s one husband who is threatened. At that moment, Narcissa realized that one mistake could turn Lucius from Voldemort’s right hand man into nothing.

Another factor was her son. Draco didn’t understand about being a Death Eater. She had to blame Lucius for that. Her husband, since the beginning, had give misinformation to her son. Draco was very different from Lucius. She remembered well that Abraxas Malfoy was a very strict parent and demanded the best from his only son. At Draco’s age, Lucius already knew what was expected from him. Lucius was never really a child under Abraxas’ parenting, unlike Draco, who until now, still received sweets and cake from her every week.

She feared for Draco’s safety. Voldemort had come to the manor a few times. Each time he showed up it had always made her uneasy. It was as if she was prisoner in her own home and Voldemort was the master. And, sometimes, he would question her about her son. It was like a threat hanging over her head. One error and he would make Draco pay for his parent’s mistake.

Then Voldemort assigned her husband to retrieve the prophecy from the Department of Mysteries. If Lucius failed, the punishment would be severe she had been warned. Her husband did fail in acquiring the prophecy but Voldemort was killed that night so she was secretly relieved.

A few weeks after that, Dumbledore suddenly contacted Lucius, offering him the Defense Against the Dark Arts teaching position and Lucius accepted. One year had passed with nothing truly important happened except for Scrimgeour’s election as Minister of Magic. Because of that, Lucius had told her that they needed to be very careful from now on since they no longer had Fudge in their pocket. Therefore, Lucius had ordered Bella to hide in one of his summerhouse that was located in Mediterranean to which Bella agreed, after she had persuaded her.

Aside of that, that one year passed quite peacefully for one Narcissa Malfoy. And now they were going to French Riviera the following day for summer holiday. She and Draco would go first. Meanwhile Lucius would follow them after he finished what business he needed to attend to.

Speaking of Lucius anyway…she had noticed the tremendous amount of letters her husband got. On the first day of summer holiday, an unknown owl had flown to Lucius, giving him a letter. Her husband opened it, read it briefly and then put it into his pocket. He said that it came from his business partner but after years of living together, she knew when he lied.

The letters never came at breakfast again. Instead, it went to Lucius’ study. She was in the garden when the owl flew right in. The same owl left a few minutes later carrying a new parchment. It became a common occurrence. She suspected that Lucius was having an affair, which she felt, was about time. After years of sleeping around, she hoped that he would find someone to settle with.

It might be weird for some, that concept. What kind of wife wished for her husband to find another woman or man? But it was usual for old pureblood families. And she already found her own lover. A French wizard she had known years ago from charity balls she often frequented. Since divorce rarely happened in pureblood marriage she supposed they would stay in marriage forever unless Lucius asked for divorce. It would be funny if that happened. Also, it would be a huge scandal in the upper wizarding society. The last pureblood who divorced was Éleuthère Eaglefield. After that, both he and his wife each went to marry again only in one month after the divorce. It caused a great uproar in the wizarding society and the media had a field day with it. If Lucius did divorce her, she couldn’t wait to meet the person who managed to conquer the coldhearted and ruthless Lucius Malfoy. And, of course, the uproar it would cause would shadow Eaglefield’s scandal.

“Lady Malfoy! Lady Malfoy!” Tobby, her house elf, appeared suddenly.

“What is it Tobby?” she asked calmly.

“I is sorry. I is disturbing Lady. But Lady has to see this! Is important! Lady’s tapestry!”

Alarmed, she rose from her seat then went to check it. The tapestry she had in her study was a replica from the original one at Grimmauld Place. Although Potter may have throw it away when he inherited the house. Tobby usually cleaned the room at this time, so the elf probably noticed something. Since the tapestry was connected to any change that happened to the original one, it would also happened here.

Narcissa halted in front of the tapestry and gasped in shock. From what she could see, Bellatrix’s name on the tapestry was embroidered in black thread and was surrounded by dark cloud. Had Aunt Walburga not burned Andromeda name from the tapestry, her sister name would pretty much stayed in the same condition. Next to Bella name however, Andromeda name had reappeared. A gold thread connected her name to Ted Tonks and single line from them had Nymphadora Tonks on it.

The meaning of this was unmistakable. Potter didn’t waste time, did he? As soon as he was acclaimed as the head of Black Family, he had disowned Bella meanwhile Andromeda and her half blood daughter had been reinstated into the family. Her name was still intact. However who could guarantee that Potter would keep it?

She couldn’t imagine Bella’s reaction when she found out about this. She and Bella both didn’t need fortune from Black line since Lestrange was very wealthy and Malfoy was the richest wizarding family. But it was a blow to their pride. How come someone who didn’t have any Black blood in his vein disowned them? They who were born a Black? Especially Bella, who saw blood status as everything. Sirius Black definitely knew how to exact revenge on his family, she thought bitterly as she stared at the new single vertical line of gold embroidery from Sirius Black name that led to the name Harry James Potter.

“My, my.”

She turned around in surprise. ”Lucius,” she breathed out. She didn’t notice her husband’s arrival because she was so intent in her musings.

Lucius was still staring at the tapestry as he commented. “Potter definitely has courage.”


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After the matter in Gringotts was taken care, Harry would be going to Zurich next. He was really excited because it was his first time to go abroad. Ron wanted to go too but Mrs. Weasley forbade it, saying that they were going there for business. Mr. Weasley helped him to get permission for international floo. He, Remus and Bill would depart from Ministry of Magic and returned a few days later.

“Wow.” Harry exclaimed in wonder when they arrived at Zurich. They arrived in the building of Switzerland Parliament of Magic. Bill, using his contact at SKA, had already booked a hotel room for them. From his room, Harry could see the River Limmat.

Hidden Altstadt, the wizarding area in Zurich was much bigger than Diagon Alley in London. In fact, Hidden Altstadt looked like a small district. Swiss Credit Institution headquarters was located in the tallest building there. Harry looked around him as they entered the building. The hall was really huge, maybe five times bigger than Gringotts hall. Another difference was that he didn’t see any goblins around. Noticing his look, Bill explained that the goblins here were much like technical staff. Any other business was handled by wizard and witches.

They went to the receptionist, and after explaining their purpose for coming, she lead them through the corridor. Remus had explained that most of people there could speak English so Harry didn’t need to worry about language problem there.

They stopped in front of massive door. When the door opened and she led them in, a wizard rose from his seat to welcome them. “Mr. Potter, Mr. Lupin, and Mr. Weasley,” he greeted them politely. “I’m Hans Waldmann. Head of Legal Division of Swiss Credit Institution.” He turned to Harry. “It’s an honor you meet you Mr. Potter. We’ve heard so much about you.”

At first, Harry was afraid that the man would fawn over him like so many did but Waldmann turned out to be a professional in banking. He explained to them about Black’s vault there and all the documents that needed to be signed before Harry could be declared as the official head of Black family.

By noon, Harry, Remus and Bill emerged out from the bank with Harry now being the legal owner of Black’s vault. Harry then decided that he was going to explore Zurich for a few days before heading back to London. Remus would accompany him since Bill had to return to London because of his job.

Harry visited both muggle and wizarding Zurich. In muggle part, he visited Grossmünster, Landesmuseum, Lake Promenade, and Lindenhof. He and Remus also took a tour exploring the city by boat on River Limmat. The full moon was already happened before they left for Zurich so Remus could accompany him. It was a great fun for Harry, who never got out as a child since the Dursleys never brought him along if they went to somewhere. The only place he had ever gone to was the zoo.

He also didn’t forget to buy souvenirs for Ron, Hermione and the others at Bahnhofstrasse. One of the busiest and best known shopping streets in the world. He also bought Swiss chocolate from Confiserie Sprungli, which offered many kind different varieties.

It was Harry’s last day at Zurich when Mr. Waldmann contacted him, saying that there was a certain matter that needed to be taken care of.

“I believe that I have already told you that House if Black invested their money in a few companies aside from property, real estate and land.” Mr. Waldmann said. “Among the companies the Black have investments in Pradapura Resources, which owns the biggest gold mining in the world, located in Papua, Indonesia. The ownership is divided among three parties, Indonesia Presidency of Magic owns eighty percent of shares and the rest of it, each ten percent is owned by House of Black and Malfoy Family.”

Harry coughed upon hearing this. Remus still looked as calm as always beside him.

“So, Mr. Malfoy has request to meet you to discuss this matter.”

As if that was the cue, the said blond man chose the moment to enter the room. Harry knew it that Lucius had arranged this. It was already dark when they finished the legal documents.

“What are you doing here?” Harry confronted the man after they finished their business.

Lucius merely raised his perfect eyebrow. “Have you no manners at all Mr. Potter?” the man sarcastically asked.

“I do,” Harry scathingly replied. “But I don’t appreciate being dragged here because of someone’s whim.”

“I assure you that we only meet here purely for professional matter.” Lucius said smoothly. “Would you have dinner with me Mr. Potter?” the blond suddenly asked, out of blue.

“Dinner?” Harry asked in astonishment.

“The meal you consume at the end of the day,” Lucius replied sarcastically. “Sometimes two people do share the meal. Are you familiar with the custom Mr. Potter?” Lucius asked with the arrogant drawl that was his trademark.

Harry scowled at him but he accepted the invitation nonetheless. He wanted to know what Lucius had planned. After assuring Remus that he was going to be fine, he left the bank with Lucius to go to one of the best Swiss restaurants in Zurich. They were shown the private room so Harry suspected that Lucius often frequented the place.

The food was good and they talked during the dinner. After spending a one-month detention with Lucius, Harry realized that he was used having conversation with him now.

“You’re either brave or a fool Mr. Potter,” Lucius said suddenly. “She will be out for your blood.”

Harry knew what Lucius meant by that. “She killed my godfather,” he retorted, glaring at Lucius. “And I’ll will be waiting for her.”

“A fool then,” Lucius sneered in disgust. “You should know better than to let your emotions rule your actions.”

“I don’t let my emotion rule me,” Harry retorted. Not anymore. He silently added.

They didn’t talk anymore after that. After dinner, Lucius walked him back to the hotel. “Well, this it is.” Harry said. He wasn’t going to invite Lucius in of course. “Good night Lucius.”

“Aren’t you forgetting something Mr. Potter?”

“Forgetting what?” Harry asked, confused. He pulled back slightly to look up at the man. He had grown taller but Lucius was still much taller than him.

Lucius suddenly cupped the back of his head then captured his mouth in a brief, intense kiss. After breaking that one off, Lucius then kissed him again. This one was slower and deeper, much more passionate than the first. Harry remembered his kissing experience with Cho and that was nothing compared to this. Of course, Lucius was an experienced man and not a schoolgirl. Harry had his arms around Lucius’ neck now was kissing back enthusiastically. The blond then buried his face in the curves of Harry’s shoulder, his breath hot against his throat.

This was dangerous Harry thought. If he let this continue, he knew with utmost certainty that he could end up in bed with Lucius. And that was bad because that meant that he lost in their game. Harry wasn’t going to let Lucius to do anything to him before the man proved that he would put Harry above anything else. And that if he was attracted to Lucius. Was he now, attracted to the man? Harry wasn’t sure now. At first, he only meant to use Lucius to get Bellatrix. He supposed the time they spent at Hogwarts was now getting under his skin.

Harry shook his head, trying to clear it, and pushed away the man. “I will let this pass this time,” he said. Inwardly he was grateful that he could find his voice, “but next time without my permission, you will keep your hand to yourself or I will cut them off. Do we understand each other?” he said, not releasing the man’s stunned gaze as he stepped back. Lucius looked beyond stunned actually.

Lucius Malfoy looked like someone had just told him that Voldemort had given up in conquering the wizarding world and would spend his twilight years in Bali, playing Playstation game with Dumbledore.

Harry continued speaking. “I do not know if prolonged Crucio or whatever torture from Tom has damaged you brain but you’re insane if you think that I want to get involved with a married man.”


Author’s Note:

My first Harry Potter fanfiction. So don’t be harsh ok. Some parts of the story follow Half Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows. This is the tenth chapter so I’m wondering if I can get total 100 reviews because I got more than 100 alerts ^ - ^.

In most of the fic I read, Harry was involved with Lucius before he separated from his wife. But we have to make sure right? And Harry and Lucius won’t say I love you to each other. I think that will ruin the ending. Lucius’ thinking consisted of opportunities he could have with Harry in his side. Reviews please. And thanks to you who have reviewed the story.

Spoiler for the story. Dumbledore would tell Harry about Horcrux. And he was going to ask for Lucius’ help to get Hufflepuff Cup that was kept at Bellatrix vault. Any idea as how to make Harry as the master Elder Wand? I’m open to any idea and suggestion.

Unlike other people, I love spoiler. In fact I always want to know about the ending first before I read a book or watch a movie so I won’t be disappointed if the ending isn’t for my liking. I could name a few movie that I dislike the ending, for example I watched fifty episode of the drama but at the end, the main character died before she ever experience any happiness in her life. That’s not romantic anymore in my opinion ^ ^;;;;.