Silver Hourglass

A Lion's Reveal Chapter 28

Harry Potter, 37, was walking in London, looking for Number 12 Grimmauld Place. He was looking at numbers 11 and 13 Grimmauld Place and stared at the small space in between, waiting for Number 12 to show. Harry smirked when the house started to appear, pushing the muggle houses away. "Come on Lucius." Harry said, looking back at the old grandfather.

Lucius looked at the house and said "And where is this Potter?"

"Number 12 Grimmauld Place." Harry said, "Headquarters to the Order of Phoenix, and the home of The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black."

"So this is where Narcissa's cousins lived." Lucius said. "We have never been in here, Narcissa barely mentioning the house."

Harry nodded and frowned. "Right now, the place is most likely inhabitable. In two years, after Voldemort comes back, Sirius will give this house to Dumbledore to use as headquarters and The Weasleys come in to clean the house. I remember there are many boggarts and doxies here, at least in 1994."

"Doxies? I am sure that the Black Family has a house-elf." Lucius said as they climbed the steps.

"Oh they do. He's just a lazy old sod." Harry said. He tapped his wand on the door and whispered something. A second later the doors blew open and a storm of stale air and dust hit Harry and Lucius, a shrieking noise in the distance as Harry walked in, Lucius following. "FILTH! HALF-BLOOD! BLOOD TRAITOR!" The portrait over the stairs yelled.

"Nice to see you again Walburga." Harry said to the portrait. He looked at Lucius and said "Ignore her, she's mostly harmless."

Lucius looked at the portrait and back to Harry. "And what is in the House of Black?"

"The locket." Harry said. "Originally, Voldemort hid it in a cave by his orphanage. It was protected by Inferi."

"Inferi!?" Lucius said, frowning, "I haven't heard of Inferi since the Dark Lord's first rise to power. It is considered even more heinous then the Unforgivable Curses."

"Necromancy is a dark art." Harry said. "I remember a few years ago we had a wizard trying to bring back the dead in a muggle cemetery. He thought it would be fun for a Halloween joke."

"Poor sense of humor I suppose." Lucius said. Harry nodded and they made their way slowly through the house, random pieces of furniture rustling with boggarts and doxies. "Anyway," Harry said, "Sometime between Voldemort placed the Horcrux and 1996, Regulius Black, Sirius' younger brother rebelled against the Dark Lord and went to get Horcrux from the cave, only to die getting it."

"Regulius..." the old Malfoy said, "That name sounds familiar... ah I remember. He died at a very young age correct?"

"Yeah, eighteen or something." Harry said.

"Such a young age... considering we live well into our hundreds." Lucius chuckled. "Well, pure-bloods at least."

Harry ignored this and said "Yeah, well afterwards the house-elf took the real Horcrux on Regulius' orders and it was here ever since."

"So you came here to destroy the locket?" Lucius asked.

"No, a thief stole the locket, only for it to be confiscated by Dolores Umbridge." Harry said.

"Ahh Umbridge. I have memories of her." Lucius nodded.

"Me too." Harry said, his hand unconsciously rubbing the scar on his hand. They entered the kitchen and Lucius looked around, "So Potter, where is this house-elf of Black's?" he asked.

"I really don't want to disturb him." Harry said, "Kreacher can be...difficult." He looked around the kitchen before squatting down in front of a cabinet. He opened it slowly and smiled in relief to see that it was empty. "He isn't here, good." Harry said, opening the cabinet fully. Most of the space was filled with pipes for the sink, but in a corner was a very small bundle of blankets and a few pieces of jewelry. Harry got on his hands and knees as he dug through the cot, looking for the locket. He found a diamond necklace that he supposed was Sirius's mother's, as well as several other jewelry before finding the locket buried in the bottom.