Legacy of Harry Potter- Chapter 18: Peverell Manor (Patreon)

July 1994

4 Privet Drive

After two weeks of intense knowledge gathering and organizing his memories, Harry Potter was all set to move forward.

From what Harry was now compared to what he was two weeks ago, he was a vastly different person. Be it physically, mentally, emotionally or psychologically; Harry had gone through a drastic change. If it was better or worse only time could tell.

Harry was standing in his small and was gazing his reflection in the human sized mirror he had conjured. Harry now almost stood at 5 feet 9 inches tall, having gained some additional inches in these two weeks. Although his physical frame was almost similar to what he had previously, his muscles were now well defined.

Along with all this any kind sign of malnourishment he had in body was gone. Not only this his body was constantly being strengthened and enhanced because of the resurrection stone. As Cadmus had described, Harry could feel the effects of the stone on his body.

 The scar in the shape of the lightning mark on his forehead was almost gone with only a small faded mark remaining.

Be it because of removal of the horcrux or the unbounding of his magic or the resurrection stone, Harry’s eyesight had been completely healed.

With a wave from Harry’s hand the conjured mirror disappeared. And the next moment, Harry Potter disapparated from the small attic of 4 Pivet Drive into new phase of his life.

July 1995

Unknown Location

Harry apparated in large sized field. Though it was summer, Harry could still feel the slight chillness permeating in the air. From where Harry was standing, he could see large fields covered by green grasses all around him.

Harry took a step forward and pointed his finger towards the grounds and a red beam shot from his fingers and struck the ground few feet away from his position. The ground where the beam struck was ravaged due to the small explosion which occurred. With another wave and a banishing charm ‘Depulso’, the loosened soil due to the explosion was blown away.

Harry moved forwards and he could see a small stone slab peeking from the ground.

Without ant hesitation, Harry pointed his finger of the right hand to his left palm and with a controlled cutting charm ‘Diffindo’, he sliced open his palm. The blood flowed from his palm and dropped on the slab peeking from the ground. The blood was quickly absorbed in the slab and after some moments Harry felt a magical pulse and few wards shifting to him.

In front of Harry which was nothing more than empty fields, now stood a massive castle.

The castle was completely made out of grey stone and was enormous in size. Although the size of the castle was not as large as Hogwarts but its magnificence and grandeur were on the same level as of Hogwarts.

The Peverell Brothers had built this castle almost thousand years ago. The castle was built on a magical ley line. As far as Harry knew only Hogwarts in the whole magical Britain was a place having more ambient magic than Peverell manor. The three brothers before they crossed the veil had hid the castle from all public eyes using large scale runes. The rune they had used were a modified version of ‘Fidelius Charm.’ The runes enabled them to store the secret into a non living entity (the stone slab) instead of a living person only to be accessed to by their magical heir. The secret was then transferred from the slab to Harry Potter.

Harry moved forward and took his entry into the compound of the castle from the large gates made of pure silver. Harry was awed and stunned at the profanity of the Peverell brothers on using Goblin forged silver as a gate.

Connected to the gates were enormous walls which surrounded all around the castle. The huge space between the wall and the main building was probably for gardens but was now in ruins.

He moved forward and entered the main building and arrived in one large enormous hall. The castle was full with gloominess and darkness all around.

Though because of the magical ley lines passing below the castle had prevented the castle from collapsing in the past thousand years, the interior of the castle was in shambles.

Because of the runes hiding the castle, the ley lines were able to manage to castle only from the outside. With no magic to sustain the castle from inside, the castle appeared to be in ruins.

The floor and the ceilings were covered in large amount of dirt and cobwebs.

According to the memories of the brothers the castle was laced with many different kinds of runes including cleansing, organization and damage repair to name a few.

Harry casted a large scale ‘lumos’ and let the orb of light to flow in air. He continued to move forward and arrived at the centre of the hall where on a large stone square was placed a palm sized blue coloured crystal in shape of pentagon.

Just like the previous time, Harry cut open his palm and let his blood drop on the crystal. Within moments Harry felt more wards shifting on him and him gaining the complete control of the castle.

At last, the crystal shone brightly and disappeared from the hall to the Lord’s room and then there was another magical pulse indicating the castle renewed connection to the magical ley lines.  

With the magic available to the runes, they shone brightly and came to work. The gloominess and darkness of the castle was replaced by bright light. The dust and cobwebs were cleared in an instant. Broken pieces of furniture and few scrapped stone were repaired and back to their original position in an instant.

In the next few moments the castle was flooded with intense amount of magic and Harry could literally feel flowing magic prickling his senses.