(A/N) I forgot 😅 so here it is. Again, not my story - El

Sirius Black might have been able to argue down a muggle and his adolescent godson, but he was outmatched by the five seasoned magicals who berated him for his appalling behaviour and attitude to his godson.

June was especially vicious with her vitriol.

It didn't help that Eric Hoyte was ten years his senior, a pureblood and considered him absolutely pathetic. The man had shown him the stark reality of the future of the International Statute of Secrecy.

Sirius was terrified.

And he hadn't even met Scar or Jelly yet.

For five weeks they lectured him and pounded the truth into his brain.

In that time Harry learnt enough to actually get into high school. John had made him promise to focus on socialising and to just do his best when it came to learning. There was little chance he would earn his diploma with so little time.

Unfortunately, Harry was ill-equipped to handle teenagers.

John and his daughter Mary, Lex's mother, were called to the school on his first day.

"He knocked the senior school quarterback out!" The principal was furious as they sat in his office.

Harry remained silent. Lex glared at the man as she held Harry's hand.

"Oh? Why, Harry?"

"He attacked me." Harry said quietly. "Held me against the wall and tried to remove my trousers."

"He sexually assaulted you?!" John was now livid.

"Dad, he was probably just going to pants the boy." Mary sighed. "Harry clearly overreacted."

John was flabbergasted.

"Exactly." The Principal agreed. "I have no choice but to expel Mister Potter and to notify the police."

"Very well." John said stiffly as he stood. "Harry, Alexis, gather your belongings. I will see that you are home-schooled.

"Principal Davis, expect to hear from my law firm."

"What? But Lex isn't in trouble." This was not turning out the way the Principal thought it would.

"No. But she is clearly in danger. If you think it is perfectly acceptable to violently disrobe somebody then this is no place for my teenage granddaughter. I will not allow her to be around such uncivilised barbarians!"

John took Lex's hand and dragged her out of the room, knowing full well she was not going let go of Harry.

"Dad! You can't just remove my daughter from school!" Mary growled as she chased after them.

John didn't stop. "I will remind you, Mary, that I have legal custody of Alexis and Timothy whilst you and Ryan are going through your divorce.

"As soon as I have assured Alexis' safety I will be heading straight to Timothy's school to assess their suitability for my grandson."

"You are blowing this out of proportion!"

This time John did come to a stop in the middle of the hallway. "What if it was you? What if those disgusting rapists had tried to pull down your underwear?"

"Dad! They aren't rapists and they would never touch a woman like that!"

"Probably because they're just closet homosexuals." John sneered.

"Mister John Hammond? We're here to arrest Mister Harry James Potter for assault."

Standing a few steps away were two police officers.

Harry quickly stepped in front of John and placed his hands on his shoulders. "John... calm down."

John's face was bright red and his breathing was becoming erratic.

"Officers, Mister Potter is a minor." Harry sighed a breath of relief as he heard David Bridges approaching. "He is also a well known individual and comes with impeccable references from extremely qualified people.

"Please explain why you are attempting to arrest Mister Potter."

"He was accused of assault on a fellow student." One of the officers, a female, said. "He knocked the individual unconscious and they were taken to the hospital."

"That's it?" David asked, unimpressed. "That is the sole account of your investigation?"

"We have the victim and witnesses."

"Well, I can see that some people need to go back to school." David said tightly. The officers bristled. "Follow me."

"Sir, we have to take Mister Potter into custody."

"David, John needs to rest." Harry called out.

David quickly turned and moved to John's side. He was quickly taking the man's pulse. "Harry is right, sir. You need to head home and rest."

"Will not abandon-"

"You don't just pay me, John. You trust me." David said quietly.

John was quiet but clearly unhappy.

"Miss Murphy, can you stay with your grandfather for a few minutes? Mister Mullins and his team will be here soon."

Lex looked torn.

"Stay, Lex." Harry said softly. "I'll be fine."

David had led the officers with Harry and Mary Murphy to a small room next to the school's reception. Inside was an array of televisions showing security feeds from around the school, there were also two men in security guard uniforms and a man in a suit and long coat.

"Officers. I'm Detective Rice." The white male in the suit introduced himself. "Arresting a juvenile on the word of another juvenile? Getting a little ahead of yourselves, aren't you?" He said mockingly.

"The victim is in hospital with a concussion." The male officer argued.

"And a concussed individual is considered a reliable witness now? Play the tape." He ordered the security men.

One of the screens showed scenes from the very hallway they had come from. There were plenty of students milling around. Harry and Lex were accosted by three boys in matching jackets. They separated Harry from Lex and suddenly, Harry was face first against the wall, held by two boys as the third tried to rip his trousers down.

They watched as Harry simply stopped his legs from working so that he fell to the ground as his two captors couldn't hold his unexpected weight. He then spun on the ground, knocking the third's legs out. A straight kick out to the boy's head from the sole of Harry's boot knocked him out.

Harry was back on his feet and facing the other two who were backing away.

They then watched as Lex gently led Harry away.

"A clear cut case of self-defence." The detective said firmly. "I think I'll handle the arrests myself. You two are dismissed back to the precinct. Wait there until I call you up for a meeting with the captain."

The female looked like she wanted to argue, but the male dragged her out.

Rice turned to Harry and sighed. "I'm sorry for what you went through, Mister Potter. You'll get no condemnation from me. The only thing I'll ask is that you keep an eye on what you aim for and how you attack. Your kick to your attacker's head could have been fatal.

"Otherwise... good job."

"Mister Potter trains on a daily basis with several former military experts on InGen's payroll." David stepped up. "As a member of Mister Hammond's guard detail, I have to say, the boy got off lucky. I would have broken both his legs before I considered him to no longer be a threat."

John Hammond was not in a good way. He was lying in his bed and hooked up to an IV. His physician was wearily putting his tools away as he left.

"Daddy!" Lex ran up to the tall blonde man standing by the window next to John's bed.

Harry moved to John where June was quietly threatening the man.

"... out of this bed, even to piss, I will hex you six ways from Sunday. You will stay put for three days. You will eat and drink only what I tell you and if you attempt to refuse a single potion... I treat you like a child and spell it down your throat."

She noticed Harry and nodded to him before leaving.

"I believe someone forgot to inform Miss Hoyte that as her employer, I am supposed to give the orders." John chuckled.

"Madam Pomphrey and Larkin are the same." Harry shrugged.

"Harry, son, what's wrong?" John squeezed his hand.

"I'm sorry." Harry shook his head in shame. "I shouldn't have fought back, you wou-"

"Listen here young m-"

"Hammond."

John aborted his attempt to sit up at June's dangerous tone.

"You did everything right. You do not simply stand there and take abuse. I never did and you won't either. You wouldn't let Lex or Tim have been treated like that?"

Everyone in the room froze at the terrifying growl emanating from the teen.

"Exactly. Quite frankly, the only way you or Lex are going back to that school is if you both have armed guards... not to mention Scar and Jelly."

"It was that bad?" Ryan Murphy asked as he stepped up, his arm around Lex.

"I watched the security feeds, Mister Murphy." David answered. "If it had been Timothy in Mister Potter's place... you would have killed them."

Ryan closed his eyes as he tried to stem the stream of nightmare images racing through his head. "John, you have my full support to pull Lex from the school."

"But Dad, those boys will be arrested. It will be safe now."

"No Alexis." Mary said gravely. "I know I said your grandpa was blowing it out of proportion... but that was before I saw the tapes. I didn't even know there were tapes. The principal did, and he still condemned Harry before looking at them."

"Will I ever get to see my friends again?" She asked tearfully.

"Of course, my dear." John said firmly. "It is the school that cannot be trusted. You will be more than welcome to invite your friends over for your birthday or other events."

Only Harry saw the look between John and Ryan. Lex's friends would be heavily vetted by InGen Security before they got anywhere near the children.

"So... you're my daughter's boyfriend."

Harry had a feeling this was going to be the topic of discussion when Ryan asked Harry to walk with him in the large garden. "So I'm told." He responded neutrally.

"Harry, I'll be blunt. When John informed me that my daughter was dating, he also made it clear that her boyfriend came with two permanent bodyguards, an assault rifle and a team of ex-soldiers.

"In other words, I would be an absolute moron to try and intimidate you."

"I don't carry the assault rifle." Harry muttered to himself.

Ryan stifled a smirk and continued. "John also told me that you are the sole reason my daughter and her brother survived the nightmare on Jurassic Park."

"The others were there." Harry frowned.

"John has also assured me that you have been warned about how to treat a woman."

"Sir... what are you getting at?" Harry asked. He was getting a little fed up at the conversation with no direction.

"You're probably going to break my daughter's heart, Harry." Ryan stopped and looked at him seriously. "Not because you'll break up or cheat on her, simply because people are different. Mary and I broke each other's hearts a few times. The worst was when we decided to call the marriage quits.

"Just remember, that for all the arguments Mary and I have, there is no animosity between John and myself. I want that sort of relationship with you. Come to me if you can't figure out something in your relationship, I'll try and give you honest, unbiased advice... like John did for me.

"The only parental figure I ever knew."

Lex soon decided that the benefits of home schooling outweighed the easy access to her friends. The benefits being shorter classes and more time with her boyfriend.

Lex had always been a tomboy. She preferred to be inside on her computer as opposed to outside playing sports. But even Lex, who had come to embrace her femininity, appreciated the romantic notion of walking on the shores of a sandy beach with her boyfriend and not a human around for miles.

Harry still attended lessons with Lex, but his magical tutors considered his education complete. He was now spending time on Jurassic Park and Site B and making sure the dinosaurs knew their place.

He'd also started visiting the other islands with Mullins and the team and cataloguing the landscape for potential expansion. Which was why he was able to bring his girlfriend to the various islands for private time.

"Do you know a spell to clean off sand?" Lex asked as they walked barefoot along the beach. "This is nice, but sand is really difficult to really wash off my feet."

"Is this your way of getting me to wash your feet?" Harry smirked.

Lex gave him a small shove. "I wonder if I could set up a portable computer on a beach?" She wondered as she leaned into Harry's side.

"How portable? Like a laptop?"

"More power. Something that will let me work on Jurassic Park's computers remotely."

"I guess the issue would be the weight and how quick you could shut it down. The islands are subject to some really strong and sudden storms."

"Hey, how does water- rain feel in rex form?" She asked curiously.

"Wet?"

"No! Look, as a human, when I get caught in the rain it is horrible. All the dropplets trickle down my skin and tickle and irritate... I have to squint so it doesn't get in my eyes. Does it feel like that in rex form?"

"No... but there was fish and amphibian DNA in whatever drenched me. The only thing that I notice about the rain is how the ground feels. I am basically naked in rex form."

"Harry, I would still find rain irritating if I was naked."

She looked at him and saw he had a faraway expression.

"Oof."

"I'm right here."

"Yes, but you aren't naked here." Harry grinned.

"Give it time." She smirked.

Harry sighed wistfully. "So what about showers? Do you like them or are they the same?"

"I love showers." She said adamantly.

"Yeah? Prove it." Harry challenged cheekily.

"You've gotten pretty heavy into sexual flirting." Lex mused.

"Want me to stop?" Harry asked sincerely.

"Only if it isn't really you. Larkin didn't tell you do it, did he?"

"No. You've never been shy about touching me or making me touch you... I won't do it in front of others, but here... with you looking so good in paradise... I love telling you how beautiful you are."

Lex stopped and wrapped her arms around Harry's neck and kissed him. "Best boyfriend ever."

Harry was confused. "I thought I was your first."

"First and best." She smirked.

"First and only, I hope."

"Ditto."

They continued walking.

"What do you want to do tomorrow?" Lex asked.

"I'm busy." Harry sighed. "John has reporters coming to Jurassic Park, he wants me and the raptors there... just in case."

"Will you talk to the reporters?"

"Depends on how much trouble they cause."

"I meant-"

"I know." Harry laughed. "It depends on the questions they ask. You know I've been in the papers before, they twist your words."

"Want me to come with you?"

"Do you really want to be in the news?"

"No... but, I figure between you and Grandpa, I'll get there eventually. Might as well do it on my terms."

"Avoid them for as long as you can." Harry advised.

They walked on in silence for a few moments.

"It seems sad that they want to turn all the islands into attractions." Lex eventually said. "It would be nice to keep at least one safe."

"I was planning on suggesting to John that they use this island only for a control center. A single building which would house the computers and the personnel that ran them."

"You'd have to run a lot of undersea cables." Lex frowned.

"Yes, but it would free up some space on the other islands and make it easier to secure the computers."

"If you're talking about people like Nedry, remember he got in through normal means. He didn't break in, he was an employee."

"I guess, but I was thinking that it would be better to have a fallback island. If something like that happens again then people could be evacuated here instead of trying to reach the mainland."

The following day Harry discovered that Lex had decided to ignore his advice and had accompanied himself, Jelly, Scar and John to the island for the press meeting.

All were thrilled to see Alan, Ellie and Ian waiting there.

Ian was holding a very excited six-year-old on his hip.

"Uncle Harry!" The little black girl in pigtails and dungarees cried happily as she saw the teen walking up.

Harry had been a bit confused when he first met Kelly. He had looked between the white skinned Ian and the black skinned Kelly.

Harry had always thought that mixed race marriages resulted in something in between. But then, he'd never met any of his fellow student's parents beyond the Grangers, Weasleys and Diggorys.

Ian had taken it in stride, unfortunately Harry had met Kelly before Lex made her move, so nobody knew that Harry was ignorant on the very basics of human reproduction.

Regardless, Harry grabbed the squirming girl from her father and turned to the others. "Kelly, meet Lex, John, Scar and Jelly."

There was a rush of wind and Mullins and his team landed behind the raptors in a pile.

"Who are they?" Kelly asked innocently.

"Mullins, Tomas, Cain and Larkin. They're my babysitters." He pointed to each one and used the term Lex preferred for them.

"Why do I come last?" Larkin grumbled.

He was ignored.

John made his excuses as he headed off to meet the press who would be arriving by plane.

"So John dragged you all back?" Harry turned to the three scientists.

"He's still angling for that endorsement." Ian shrugged. "We've been here three days... no deaths so far."

"Definitely a good way to get us on board." Alan smirked.

"Not to mention the tours actually work now." Ellie's smirk was directed at her boyfriend. "Seeing the dinosaurs as John wanted them to be seen certainly got someone interested."

Alan was a little embarrassed. More than once he'd caught Ellie and Ian looking at him fondly like parents. He hadn't helped his case by eagerly teaching Kelly the dinosaur names.

"Did you know that they now use your rex voice to attract the t-rex?" Ian asked curiously

Harry chuckled. "Yeah, I had a talk with Rexy. She's not that smart but she understands that if she hears my voice there will be humans there. She can't eat them but she is allowed to roar and scare them."

"Is that why she was so aggressive?" Ellie asked in surprise. "I thought she might have recognised us."

"She might have. She does have a good memory. Her taunts and insults are a little... off." Harry wasn't sure how to describe it.

"What does she say?" Alan asked.

"She calls you tiny creatures. Tasteless meat. She's never actually tasted human though."

"Are the dinosaurs happy?" Alan frowned. "They aren't sad or frustrated at being locked up?"

"Nah, bred in captivity, that's what John called it. It isn't like they have tiny cages. They can run for some time before they encounter a fence.

"But they have plenty of dinosaurs that they can socialise with, nice habitats, plenty of water... even those two get jealous at times." He indicated Jelly and Scar.

Harry realised that Jelly, Scar and Lex were now several feet away and talking with some of the park technicians. He walked over, ignoring the adults and forgetting he was carrying Kelly.

The adults followed.

"What is that?" Harry asked as JP Engineer Ash Bard attached what looked like a rugby head gear to Jelly's head.

"A highly scaled down translator." The dark-haired man smiled. "These are induction headphones. They will send sound as vibrations into Jelly's skull to be interpreted by her inner ear."

Ash nodded to his colleague, Mark who spoke into a radio headset.

"Can you understand me, Jelly?"

Jelly reared back in shock.

"I can! Can you understand me?"

"She-"

"I understood her perfectly, Harry." Mark beamed as he indicated his own headset.

"There is also an induction microphone in the collar." Ash explained.

"Is it uncomfortable, Jelly? Do we need to adjust your helmet?" Mark asked into the radio as Harry moved around them to explain things for Scar.

"I take it these things are only one-to-one?" Ian asked Ash. "She can't understand us talking like this, just into the radio?"

"Yeah, we only have the one computer voice and we don't have the tech to create more and differentiate between different voices. If we used a wide area microphone, all Jelly would hear is a sequence of words that made no sense.

"We designed this so that Scar and Jelly can help around the park without Harry. We are working on a slimmer headset for Lex to take home so she can talk with them."

"What about a tight line microphone?" Ian wondered. "So that it picks up whomever the microphone is pointed at and no one else?"

"Sure... it would a challenge, but certainly a simpler solution than creating programs to filter voices."

Ian chuckled as Harry came over and asked the techs if they could fit it to an eager Scar for her to try.

Harry was tense as he walked behind the pack of reporters and photographers through the visitors compound. Lex was leaning into his side and Scar and Jelly flanked them.

John was leading the pack with Ellie, Alan and Ian. Kelly was currently napping in the infirmary under the care of the two doctors.

Mullins' team was there, Cain and Tomas up front and Mullins and Larkin bringing up the rear. Their weapons were in hand, they also carried an extra weapon each for Harry and Lex, not that the teens knew that.

Harry wasn't worried about the dinosaurs causing trouble, he wasn't even really worried about the reporters starting something. What he was worried about was what the reporters were going to write.

John was excitedly leading the group around as they took pictures and notes. But it was clear they were impatient to see the real reason for the island.

John Alfred Hammond was not one to disappoint.

He took them to the jeep tours, five jeeps were waiting with a total of fifty on the island. At any one time they would have five different tour groups running.

Harry and the others didn't go on the tour, they stayed at the compound. But they were waiting for the jeeps when they returned.

Finally, they went to the 'educational ride'. It was where John had learnt his lesson on wasting visitors time with cartoons when they wanted to see dinosaurs.

But they weren't there for the ride. They were there for the Q&A section of the press tour.

John gamely answered questions, politely pointing out that they would never release the techniques for cloning or the security specifications for the park.

Then came the deviation from John's tightly choreographed endeavour.

"Could Harry explain how he controls the dinosaurs?" An American reporter turned in his seat to where Harry and the others were standing.

Ellie stepped forward, glaring. "Yeah, first of all, it's 'Mister Potter'. Second of all, he won't explain anything. He is not a part of Jurassic Park or InGen's PR department."

"Well someone needs to explain how you manage to tame two excessively dangerous creatures." The male reporter scoffed. "You really think people will come here and just accept that the dinosaurs won't eat them?

"Not to mention that the world will want to know what you did to the creatures to make them docile. Brain washing? Some form of micro-chip brain control?"

"Docile?" Ian asked with a snort. "There is nothing docile about any of the carnivores. The only thing protecting you from being eaten by Rexy is a reinforced electric fence"

"And the raptors behind you? I don't see any fences around them." The reporter challenged.

"Mister Potter is the fence." Ian said snidely. "He's gifted when it comes to creatures."

"Seriously? That's the company line?" The reporter sneered. "We're just supposed to tell people that the two man eating monsters walking down the sidewalk won't hurt them... because the boy said they won't?"

"John, I'd recommend either sending the moron packing or just ignoring him." Ellie turned to the billionaire on stage.

"John... does Jurassic Park have a... set of rules or something that says the patrons should be polite and respectful?" Harry asked in a quiet but firm voice.

"A code of conduct." Alan nodded.

"It does not." John said, he was clearly having to reign in his temper. "Rest assured that we will be discussing that this week."

He turned to the reporter. "Mister Addams, if you cannot comport yourself in a manner befitting a civilised adult, we will have you removed from the island and will no longer supply your newspaper with press releases or other forms of media.

"InGen's PR department will ensure that your paper has to get everything from a third-party. We will also take you to court should you print copyrighted material."

The man laughed. "Nice try John. You can't afford to piss off my paper. We're one of the biggest on the international market."

"Mister Mullins, please call security."

"Tomas, Cain, take the man outside. I'll have security meet you in the hallway."

"You are kidding?" The man demanded as he was manhandled by the former army soldiers.

John just stood there impassively until the man was gone and the door was shut. The sound-proofing was ably demonstrated as the man's indignant shouts were completely cut off.

"The only way his newspaper remains on our mailing list is if that fool is fired." John said sternly. "Are there any questions that won't insult my family?"

"Erm... I'm not looking to push anyone's buttons, but... could you give some indication on how the raptors are kept in line?" A woman asked. "Is it chemical, mechanical, psychological or even electronic?"

"Psychological."

John looked at his granddaughter with amusement.

Lex blushed. "Well, technically it could be classed as that."

Alan walked past the group to join John on the stage. "Ian has suggested that I tell you how Harry gained the respect of Scar and Jelly.

"As has been previously reported, one of the IT technicians was paid by Biosyn to commit theft and industrial espionage. He sabotaged the Park systems and cost the lives of several people... including his own.

"The rest of us were forced to escape the adult tyrannosaurus rex on foot as we were stranded outside its paddock. At that time the jeeps relied solely on electricity as opposed to the hybrid versions you used earlier.

"Harry was the one who deduced we could use the tunnels. That was how we got back to the Visitor's Centre. What we didn't realise was that the raptors had broken out of their pen... and yes, they were vicious and extremely intelligent predators. They hunted Harry, Lex and Tim, Lex's little brother.

"It was Harry who devised traps and defences for them to escape the raptors and get back to the control room with the rest of us... where we had guns.

"From there, it was Harry who subsequently defeated the alpha raptor and used that victory to put fear in the remaining raptors, Scar and Jelly.

"To cut out much of the irrelevant story, Harry also had to defeat the adult tyrannosaurus-rex. He crippled it and, in a final confrontation with Scar and Jelly, offered his kill to them.

"He did all this with controlled gestures and grunts.

"The raptors cautiously accepted the kill and we used the distraction to leave the compound.

"Most of the rest of the story is classified. But the basics involve Harry driving off more dinosaurs and having to deal with a human who attacked our group and injured three of us severely.

"The raptors had followed us and actually stalked the human, they worked with Harry to capture and kill the man."

"A fifteen-year-old boy killed a man?" The woman asked with wide eyes.

"No. A fourteen-year-old boy managed to gain the respect of two exceptionally gifted hunters and their aid in ending an imminent threat to his life and those of a fourteen-year-old-girl and an eleven-year-old boy.

"And if you attempt to vilify Harry in any manner then I assure you, you will see all of us in court. You and the media you represent." Alan was leaning against the railing and glaring at each of the reporters.

"Why is Alan angry?"

The reporters jumped at the barking from Scar.

Harry turned his back on the reporters and moved closer to the raptors. "The new people are being rude. The man they took out was really rude. They were making human threats."

Jelly's head poked up over Harry to look at the humans. "Should we make real threats?"

Harry chuckled. "Leave it to John and the others. As long as they don't attack us they are irrelevant."

"Harry James Potter, you are under arrest for breaching the International Statute of Secrecy."

Two guns were pointed at the five men who appeared in the far back corner of the room. Scar and Jelly immediately began pushing Harry and Lex behind them.

"Sattler, Murphy, we've got spares on our back." Mullins said calmly as he and Larkin peered down the sights of their MP5s.

Ellie quickly grabbed the spare MP5 from Mullin's back and the SPAS from Larkins, which she handed to Lex.

Alan had pushed John behind him.

"What's the Statute of Secrecy?" One of the reporters asked as they all cowered in their seats. They were stuck between four guns and a group of men with sticks.

"They're fucking magicals!" An Australian reporter swore. "You've been messing with the magical world, Hammond? Are you that much of an idiot?"

"Sir, you are going to have to come with us." The lead wizard told the reporter. "The rest of you don't move. We will take Mister Potter into custody and you won't remember us."

"I'm related to a witch. Asshole." The reporter sneered.

"Scar, Jelly." The two raptors turned to the young blonde with the shotgun.

Lex fired her weapon, the lead wizard went down as his face exploded in blood. Scar and Jelly leapt from a standing position, over the railing. By the time they reached the magicals Lex had taken down three more and the last had ducked.

The door burst open and Cain entered, gun ready.

"Cain, check the intruders. Disarm them. They have wands and probably portkeys. Take no chances. Harry tell the sisters to kill if the fuckers try anything." Mullins ordered.

Cain was over the railing as Harry barked at the raptors.

"Larkin, take Potter and Murphy and secure them as you see fit."

"Kid, grab your girl and follow." Larkin snapped.

Harry quickly took the shotgun from Lex's shaking hands and led her out with his arm around her shoulders.

"Lex!" Harry stopped at Cain's shout. "Five down, no fatalities."

"Understood." Larkin nodded.

Larkin rushed them to Harry's rooms, the adrenaline withdrawal hit Lex hard and Harry had to carry her. He put her in his bed and stood guard with his wand whilst Larkin called for one of the doctors.

Whilst they waited Larkin talked with the shaking girl. "You heard Cain? You hit them but didn't kill them."

Lex nodded. "S-S-Saw b-b-b-"

"You saw the weapon was loaded with bean-bag rounds." Larkin nodded approvingly.

"Will Sarge have a problem with what she did?" Harry asked.

"Why?" Larking frowned.

"Well... he didn't give the order to fire."

Larkin smiled and shook his head. "Lex is not military and not a part of our team. Sarge was the one who told Sattler to take the weapons.

"It was a risk to introduce more weapons and to arm civilians, but... 'Who dares, wins', as the British say."

"Assault?" Lex asked worriedly.

"You?" Larkin raised an eyebrow. "Fuck no. The people you took down will have no records in our world. They can't claim any crimes committed against them because they don't exist.

"They'll be lucky to ever see freedom again. They can't even pay their medical bills."

Doctor Patel arrived and quickly took Lex's vitals. She advised brief bed rest and to see her if she had trouble sleeping.

Scar and Jelly arrived and Jelly was absolutely ecstatic. Lex hadn't just been part of their hunt, she'd led them.

With the two raptors and Harry there, Larkin left to find out what happened. He didn't have to go far as John joined them.

Despite Doctor Patel's orders, John gently pulled his granddaughter out of bed and made her sit on the couch with Harry so they could talk.

"Apparently the wizards were here to investigate Harry and rumours that we were using magic in the park." John began. "They think non-magicals aren't smart enough to clone dinosaurs and that we kidnapped magicals to do it.

"When they heard Harry speaking to Scar and Jelly, they claimed it was a magical act and that they had the right to arrest Harry."

"It was magic." Harry pointed out.

"And yet they still had no right to attack a non-magical." John responded. "They had no proof it was magic. From what I've learnt, they would claim that anyone with an exceptional IQ is using magic. That the fastest man in the world is using magic.

"I have travelled all over this world, Harry. I have seen normal human beings perform incredible acts. There was no magic, just skill and perseverance.

"Animals have been a source of joy all my life, Harry. You are the first person I have seen communicate with an animal in their own language, but I have seen snake charmers, horse whisperers, farmers with sheepdogs with such a connection that they may have been reading each other's minds.

"Those wizards had no right to accuse you of using magic. It was a highly prejudiced act based on you being a known wizard."

"What did the reporters say? Are they going to keep it quiet?" Harry asked.

John gave a low chuckle. If the old man didn't have such a jolly demeanour it would have been considered an evil laugh. "Why? It had nothing to do with InGen or Jurassic Park. Those people trespassed on private property and threatened each of them.

"My guess is that they will be catching the red-eye back to their offices and pushing for news interviews."

"Won't people just call them crazy?" Lex asked.

"Unlikely. The various governments have all agreed to give a statement confirming what happened.

"The magical world is about to be exposed."

John's schadenfreude over the looming fate of the magical world soon turned on him. The news was full of reports of magicals and their evil deeds.

Jurassic Park was the location that triggered it all, but only the names of the magicals were released. It was one of John's demands. He wanted the invaders to be accused by their superiors, not Harry who was a victim.

But magicals came out of the woodwork. The magical world was ruled by purebloods. The magicals born to non-magicals were second class citizens.

The worm had turned.

First generation magicals and their relatives were bringing their stories to the wider world. Squibs, ostracized by their relatives found sweet revenge.

But the magicals also brought tales of wonder. Amazing feats that were only capable with magic. Invisibility, flight, mind-reading, healing life threatening ailments.

And also, magical creatures.

Unicorns, centaurs, mermaids, griffins... the non-magical world was enraptured... and Jurassic Park was slowly being forgotten.

"John, it will pass." Ian assured the old man as they sat at the finished but still closed restaurant patio with Harry. "There are all sorts of amazing non-magical creatures around the world. But people still pay to see them in zoos."

"This is not a zoo." John mumbled petulantly causing Ian and Harry to laugh.

"I suppose a good thing is that BioSyn is officially out of business." John sighed. "They suddenly lost all of their buildings and most of them are having trouble with their memories."

"They were attacked by magicals?" Harry asked with concern.

"Oh, don't worry, my son. They brought it on themselves. Whilst I don't condone or permit corporate espionage, I do employ spies to prevent it.

"Apparently they tried to steal a dragon, a unicorn and a centaur. They were caught and interrogated and the magicals decided to destroy the company."

"Are the magical creatures ok?" Harry asked. "A centaur is basically a human with a horse's body. Same intelligence and mannerisms. They weren't poaching, they were kidnapping and murdering."

"BioSyn failed to capture the dragon and the centaur. They killed the unicorn though." He said sadly.

Harry sucked in a breath. "That is considered one of the worst crimes. Unicorns are considered pure. Completely innocent."

"Like I said, they brought it on themselves."

"Grandpa!"

The three men stood at the distraught cry of Timothy Murphy running up to them, his sister, parents, Sirius and Harry's magical tutors behind them.

"Timothy! What is it? What happened?" John asked as he hugged the boy.

"Magicals attacked the White House and Congress." Eric said gravely. "It seems they were trying to wipe their memories and implant new ones.

"They underestimated security and were mowed down. America is now officially at war."

"We thought it might be better to move your family here, especially with their known connection to Harry." Amy explained.

America became the turning point for the magical world. Americans tend to have an instinctive retaliatory reaction to being attacked. This was equally true here. Just days after the attack on the White House and Congress, the US Military was deployed to American magical areas to capture known leaders of the 'insurrectionist force'.

It was a highly debated issue as the use of US military personnel against US civilians was not exactly permissible by law. Of course, it was also highly debated as to whether any of these 'magicals' qualified as US citizens.

Regardless, the magicals were quickly brought to heel. The White House made every effort to let the public know that not all magicals were evil and that many were involved in aiding the United States Government in bringing down these terrorists.

Nearly every country in the world either took similar actions or laid down ultimatums to the magicals in their territories. Russia, China, the middle east, all took immediate and aggressive action. Many magicals died in the few days following the American attacks.

Much of western Europe and Great Britain took a more measured approach as they laid out terms of surrender. Germany and Italy had immediate capitulations from the magicals.

The British Isles, France and Spain had to take physical action when the magicals tried to attack.

All over the world, the veil of secrecy was being torn down.

But the spark was lit and the tiny groups of global rebels who refused to accept the truth started their reign of terror.

The problem with the magical world was not that it simply refused to adapt and evolve with the rest of humanity, it was the fact that it looked down on anyone who was born to non-magicals. First generation witches and wizards were looked on as unwanted immigrants who took away useful jobs and spouses from loyal magicals who had been magicals for generations.

But they weren't even nice enough to let these first generation magicals return to the non-magical world to get jobs there. They were forced to stay in the magical world on pain of prison or even death.

This was why the first generation magicals immediately marched up to the government buildings and offered their wands and knowledge to aid the non-magicals in bringing the so-called 'pure bloods' to heel.

It was why the insurrectionist magicals were hunted down and captured over the following years.

Harry had suggested to John that he expand on Jurassic Park and offer the services of the Hammond Foundation to protect known areas where magical creatures lived.

It was how the sixteen-year-old found himself sitting in meetings with the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He was also present for meetings with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).

What really helped the Hammond Foundation secure the contracts was the documented history of working with and employing magicals since 1994.

The Hammond Foundation grew to be even bigger than InGen.

Jurassic Park opened and people were booked far into the future. Well into the new millennium. Expansion began onto the neighbouring islands with one island being dedicated to housing the humans whilst the other islands would house the dinosaurs.

A series of monorails was built between the islands, something that was easier to do with magical aid. In fact, Jurassic World, as the overall archipelago of islands was branded, was touted as the first, biggest and most amazing cooperation of magical and non-magical work. It was in the running for the position of Eighth Wonder of the World. And it wasn't even halfway complete.

"Wouldn't it make more sense to rent this apartment out?" Harry asked John as he looked out of the window of the penthouse apartment of Jurassic World's five star skyscraper tall hotel.

"Harry, you're turning seventeen. You've done more for InGen, the Hammond Foundation and Jurassic World than anyone. You have earned this." John declared fervently.

"I've never really had a home... never had this much space."

Although Harry had rooms on Isla Nublar, the Hammond Foundation building in Washington D.C. and the Hammond Estate in Scotland, he had never really had a permanent home.

"You've had the run of five entire islands." John chuckled.

"And unless I was going to build a treehouse I would have to live as the rex." Harry retorted. "Does anyone else know about this?" He gestured to the massive apartment that took up the entire top two floors.

"Only specific people in finance and the like. None of your friends... not Alexis." John smirked.

"At least we know she isn't afraid of heights."

Lex had been gobsmacked when Harry told her John had gifted him the entire penthouse as his new home. She had not believed him and had pulled out her phone and immediately called her grandfather for confirmation.

She had then sat on the leather couch in a stupor as she tried to process things.

Harry had left her there and headed down to the lobby to speak with the hotel manager.

"Monsieur Potter! How are the rooms?" The man beamed. He was dressed in a suit with no tie, but still cut an extremely professional figure. He spoke perfect English with a light French accent.

"Big." Harry said with a swallow.

"Monsieur Hammond likes to live up to his catchphrase... 'spare no expense'."

"Eh... yeah, I've worked with him for a few years now. He's not reckless with his money, but he definitely fights to spend it where he thinks it will work."

"Lessons I trust he is passing on to you?"

"I try. My skills seem to lie more in keeping dinosaurs in line."

"Ah... well, as strong as this building it, I would not risk changing in your rooms."

Harry's status as a magical was public knowledge, as was his personal history. With the knowledge of dinosaurs and magic being public there was no need to hide Harry's ability to talk to dinosaurs or become one.

Henry Wu had been fired from InGen and censured by various scientific organisations for his attempts at playing Frankenstein.

"The rooms are big... but not that big." Harry asserted dryly to the manager's chuckles. "There is a reason I came down here to see you Mis- Monsieur Dule."

"Please, call me Jacque."

"Harry then. I might have visitors-"

"This is your home." Jacque said dismissively.

"And two of my roommates will have sickle claws."

"Ah." The penny dropped.

"I can try to bring them with magic only..."

"No, no, the world knows of mademoiselles Scar and Jelly. I will have a translator delivered. If a dinosaur escaped the other islands, there is no way they would simply avoid all the humans between here and their arrival point. Your pack would instantly be recognised as not part of an invasion or breakout.

"Your pack members will always be welcomed. Leave any complaints to me... unless they get up to mischief."

Mischief. If only the two sisters stuck to knocking Alan's hat off.

"Those are eggs."

"My eggs!" Scar crowed proudly.

"You laid eggs. You mated with the wild raptors." Harry's eyes were fixed on the four large eggs sitting in a nest of branches and leaves on his bed in his apartment on Isla Nublar.

"Yes. Jelly has laid seven."

"Fuck me."

"Ask Lex."

Harry glared at the raptor.

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