He thought about going straight to Dumbledore, but he had issues with the man and didn't want to argue with him. He would also have to prove how he knew, and he had no idea how to do that.
So, every night he spent going around Godric's Hollow looking for the Potter. He was even stopped by the Bobbies, they asked him what he was doing and he said he was looking for his family and they were unlisted. When he gave the Potters name, of course the man didn't know where they were. He even had the fleeting thought of getting a bullhorn and announcing that they would be betrayed, but after the incident with the police he nixed it.
He also had plans on opening a household appliances and entertainment business. For that he would need a barrister and to have a go between for him and Hellströms (a dwarf run bank in Sweden). If he had it his way he would never set foot in Gringotts. The next morning saw him in Diagon Alley looking for business offices. He found a solicitor's office named Jasper and Jones.
After entering the building the secretary told him to wait and she'd see if either one was available. Twenty minutes later he was escorted into Mr. Jasper's office.
"Mr. Black, pleasure to meet you. I am Anthony Jasper," the short dark-haired man said as he came around his desk. "Funny that I've never heard of you, I thought I knew about all the Blacks." He held his hand out for Hydrus to take.
"Pleasure's mine, Mr. Jasper. I've been around; just don't draw attention to myself, since I was raised Muggle. My squib godfather died a few years ago and left me a huge amount of money. He invested a lot in the non-magical world," Hydrus said as he shook the man's hand. He then leaned over and whispered, "He was a bit of a gambler, if you know what I mean."
"Sorry for your loss," Mr. Jasper said sincerely. He then pointed to the chairs off to the side and the two settled. "So tell me, Mr. Black, what can Jasper and Jones do for you?"
"A few things actually," Hydrus answered. "First of all, can one open an account in Hellströms through your firm? I've had a bit of a bad experience with goblins and I really don't want to use Gringotts if I don't have to."
Mr. Jasper rubbed his chin in thought. "I believe so," he finally answered. "You will need to prove who you are, papers and such, then we can set up a vault for you."
Hydrus was relieved that blood verification wasn't needed; then again blood magic was against the law. "Right, second thing I need is an empty store to be purchased. I have the money to pay in cash so I'd like that done as soon as possible." He then gave the general outline as to what he needed. "I also need to patent my inventions, believe me they will revolutionize the wizarding world."
Mr. Jasper made some notes and nodded, he waved his hand for the young man to continue.
"The last thing I need is for a separate vault to be set up for… political purposes," Hydrus said, trying to be casual.
This caused the lawyer to narrow his eyes at the young man in front of him. "I do hope that you do not expect this firm to… buy votes," he bit out.
"No, of course not," the young immortal said quickly.
"As long as we understand one another," Mr. Jasper said as he turned back to his notes.
The two men ironed out the plans for the vaults and the business. Hydrus said he would come the next day to pay the firm and give Mr. Jasper the money to open the vaults. While he was there he bought a house elf named Tippy, who he was going to free and hire on.
He then made plans to advertise for someone to run the store, so he could hunt down Death Eaters or find the Order of the Phoenix. He wanted to do all he could to help. Unfortunately he had no idea where the Order met. He did however know where most of the Death Eaters lived. But, he would have to be more careful, since most of them had innocent children.
He also wanted to see if the rumors were true and Voldemort had placed a taboo on his name. If so he could set up traps for the Death Eaters and maybe catch the Dark Lord and finish this off without his parents dying or Harry becoming the Boy Who Lived.
The weeks flew by, his accounts and business was set up. The appliances and entertainment centers he was selling weren't too outlandish, though some of the Muggle-raised seem to find them fascinating. He made sure that they didn't outdate the non-magical equivalents—much. He hired a manager, a clerk and a squib bookkeeper (since the only magical bookkeepers in Britain were goblins) so he had little to do with the store.
Hydrus found out there was a taboo on the name, and when he wasn't busy with setting up the store, he used it to capture fifteen Death Eaters. He would trap them, bind them and then feed them the Draught of the Living Dead. He then put them in very old non-magical crypts in abandoned cemeteries. He'd figure out what to do with them later.
He was ecstatic to get Bella, Lucius and Crouch Jr., now, hopefully, the Longbottoms would be okay. He had thought to just kill them; however, he didn't want Voldemort to feel their deaths. Let that twisted bastard think they were captured. He'll leave them here where they can't harm anyone. Until after Halloween, he'd ignore them, maybe then he would kill them. He put up wards so no one would find them and walked away.
After he captured Malfoy, he broke in to Malfoy Manor and destroyed the diary. There was a close call, when Dobby popped in to clean the room. It took every bit of willpower Hydrus had not to call out to his old friend. Hopefully with Lucius gone, the house elf will be treated better. It was with a bit of remorse that the young man realized that his plans would make it unnecessary for Dobby to befriend young Harry.
Now it was Halloween night, and Hydrus was looking for his parents' house in Godric's Hollow, he had been searching every spare moment he had since he came back, but never found it. The problem was he couldn't get past the Fidelius Charm. He must have been too young to remember the secret and he only visited the house once, at night. He never went back in his timeline, since Umbridge had razed the cottage when he was enemy number one. So he was searching for out of place numbers.
He was on the other side of the village when he felt the explosion of magic. His cry of "Noooo!" scared some of the locals as they watched the distraught young man run down the street.
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