Light in the Dark

The Will Reading

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December 27th was the set date for the Will Reading, it was set for after noon while they had a much earlier appointment about the Audit. Severus, Lucius and Harry had to be there at 9 in the morning, just to make sure they had enough time to go over everything before the Will Reading. It was easy for Harry to get up early, years of being woken up at ungodly hours of the morning, and often without a decent amount of sleep, had its perks. Enperadorea was a lump of scales until after the steam of the shower helped to wake him up. Harry washed and got dressed in a nice set of slacks and a slightly more feminine cut button up with a matching waist coat and his black winter cloak.

Dobby appeared to help him with his hair, carefully braiding it and then pinning it in away that one would not notice his hair was so long. He even found a black ribbon and tied it around a grumbling Enperadorea's neck in a masculine bow. By the time they were ready, Lucius was getting into the shower while Severus was just waking to the smell of strong black coffee. Harry was seated at the table, his potions set by his plate and Dobby served both him and Enperadorea before popping off to do his chores. Harry put some fruits into his morning porridge with a drizzle of honey and brown sugar and a dash of milk to make it nice and creamy.

"Good morning, Hadrian." Lucius says, dropping a quick kiss to his crown as he sits down, another Elf appearing with his morning coffee, breakfast and the post.

"Good morning!" Harry greets back, smiling softly. "Will the Goblins see us if we are a bit early?"

"It depends on how urgent their findings are. But it never hurts to be a bit early, nevertheless." Lucius nods his head.

Severus sweeps in, on his third cup of caffinated heaven as he seats himself beside Harry, giving the child a nuzzle before accepting his own breakfast and tucking in.

"We should go in early, there is no telling what shenanigans Albus might have concocted. He was trying very hard to get near Hadrian during the Ball and was rather displeased with me for showing up. He hoped to make me miss the Ball by messing with my Owl Orders." Severus points out, nibbling on his raspberry smeared toast, offering Enperadorea a sausage, which the snake happily accepted. "We can certainly expect a bit of drama at the Reading."

"That much I know, but I was vainly hoping to avoid any drama." Lucius sighs.

"It's the Potters and their damnable lucky, Lucius, drama follows them like a shadow." Severus huffs. "You welcomed it when you welcomed Hadrian into your home. So suck it up."

"I'm sorry Uncle Luc..." Harry murmurs.

"No. You have nothing to be sorry for, I'm only griping because I've had my fair share of the Potter's bipolar luck. I've seen your father end up in life threatening situations and come out the other end fairly unscathed. In fact I think out of all the Potters he had the highest rate of Good Luck, it was bound to backfire at some point..." Lucius stops Harry before he can feel guilty in any form. "It did and it resulted in you becoming an orphan. You seem to have a bit of Bad Luck shadowing you, but that means you will have a good future when it's run its course..."

"Is the Potter Luck that powerful?" Harry wonders.

"Well as your aunt and I taught you over the summer, the Sacred 28 are all related to some degree to one another and as such we have to keep track of our families. I believe it was your 5x great grandfather who may have started the Potter Luck. He was incredibly talented and very few people could best him or challenge him. One day he saved what some claim was a Chinese Demon or Earthbound God, no one knows for sure and had asked them to make so he could enjoy life like a normal person. The Being then placed a Curse upon him and his family, saying that if at least three members of the main branch can survive the curse, it would break. The curse, when translated is called the 'Living in Interesting Times' curse. We don't much out of that other than that the Potters since then have lived very interestring lives."