Chapter Four, Sanctuary visits with Grandpa Monty

After the last few days, Monty needed some much needed solace with his beloved granddaughter in the Sanctuary on the vast estate of Potter Manor, which was located in the Scottish Highlands, much higher than Hogwarts even. Every morning they were greeted to the picturesque view of the snowy mountains over the lake and their estate which was encircled on all sides by a vast forest, a lake, and the snowy mountains which offered safety to the Potter family for generations.
"Grandpa! Char! Nanny! Granny! Granddada!" Morgause cheered, a beaming smile upon her face as she spotted her family, once Dorea entered the family dining room with Morgause on her hip.

Each day they took it in turns to get the little girl dressed for the day.
"Good morning little love." was chorused around the room causing the little girl to beam happily, however, the adults noticed the pained look upon Dorea's face which only meant one thing: Morgause had asked for her 'Mama, Dada and Dadfoot', like she's done every morning.
"How about you come with your Grandad to visit the creatures I care for in the Sanctuary?" Monty asked, finally getting to hug his granddaughter after everyone else had a kiss and cuddle with the little girl.

Almost immediately Morgause started to clap and bounce on his knee with excitement. Already at such a young age, Morgause loved all animals and anything that revolved around them as well as loving anything nature related. They had first thought it was due to her nature but they quickly came to realise - via owls from James and Lily a few months ago just before her first birthday - that it was in actual fact just who Morgause was and they loved her all the more for it; she was just a very kind and sweet little girl.
"Yeah!" Morgause cheered, clapping her hands excitedly.

"Alright, you can go with your Grandad but you have to eat your breakfast first." Mia sternly but gently warned her granddaughter and husband as he was just as bad sometimes, always in a rush to look after the creatures they housed and cared for, or creating his potions or even creating new spells to duel with. Although, she supposed the same could be said for her and Roxanne with their gardening.
"What are everyone else's plans for today?" Monty asked curiously, sipping his coffee while Poppy and Bobby (James' old personal House-elf who now looked after Morgause with Poppy) fed and entertained Morgause.

"Rea and I are going to preside over the Wizengamot for Crouch and Bagnold's trials like we agreed last night to give you and Mia a rest and time with Morgan. You've been through a lot in the last 72 hours, brother." Charlus said.
"Roxanne and I are going to tend to the gardens with Teeney while you and Dal are in the Sanctuary, before we go and visit Sirius at St Mungo's." Mia reminded her husband.
"I have work until five. I'm showing some people some houses today." Lyle added.
"Would you like Charlus and I to drop you off at or close to your office?" Dorea asked.

"If it's not any trouble...." Lyle trailed off.
"Of course not, Ly." Charlus reassured the man, earning a wide smile from said man. "You and Roxanne are family after all, and us Potters, would do anything for our family."
"Then thank you, that would be great." Lyle replied gratefully, when the smile dropped off his face in the next moment.
"Mama? Dada? Dadfoot?" Morgause suddenly asked tearfully, pushing the spoon of banana and honey porridge away from her with wide tearful emerald eyes.

"Oh sweetheart." Monty crooned, hugging his granddaughter close to him, rubbing her back gently while he hummed and kissed her forehead. "You'll see Dadfoot soon once he's feeling better, but your Mama and Dada are always watching over you. They love you so, so much and will always be with you." He knew she didn't understand the majority of what he said, but the soothing tone he used seemed to calm her down some as she snuggled into him while the rest of their family watched on sadly.

The air was filled with a charged sadness, all filled with an emotional turmoil over the loss of two of their family members. They were waiting to lay them to rest in the family tomb until Sirius was discharged from St Mungo's, they were currently laid under a Stasis Charm to avoid any nasty business; Sirius deserved to say goodbye to James and Lily as much as they did. Wanting to disperse the tense and emotional atmosphere Charlus leant forwards and started to tickle his Great-Niece, a grin spreading across everyone's face as Morgause's sweet baby giggles rent the air.
"Monty, make sure you are safe with Morgause in the Sanctuary." Mia fretted anxiously, she knew he would be but she always worried over her family, especially after the last few days if not years.

"Of course, my love." Monty replied, standing from his seat with Morgause on his hip as he kissed his wife tenderly on the cheek in a kiss that shared so much emotion and love that can only be shared by a couple who have spent decades together. "Charlie, Rea please let us know what happens when you can and have a good day. Same for you Lyle. My love, Annie, have a lovely time gardening and we shall see you at lunch." Monty wished a good day to his family. "Morgause, say goodbye to your grandparents and aunt and uncle." Monty coaxed waving his hand getting Morgause to copy.
"Bye bye." Morgause said sweetly, waving her hand while clutching tightly to her teddies.
"Bye sweetheart." was chorused by her family at once eliciting sweet giggles from the toddler.

Upon arrival at the sanctuary - that took up the far side of the left hand side of the estate, far away from the gardens and Quidditch Pitch - Morgause was stunned at the sight before her of the grand colosseum standing before her despite her young age. Monty had been inspired by Newt Scamander's suitcase and had extended the colosseum on the inside to graphic proportions - without showing as such on the outside - to accommodate the menagerie of animals and creatures they housed on the estate turning a part of the sanctuary into different habitats that were suited for those particular creatures and their needs. Spells were also interwoven throughout with the help of runes, to stop them eating each other in the main area where they could all interact but they each had their own habitat that replicated where they lived perfectly. It helped that some of the creatures were natives.

As they walked through the area, Morgause now walked unsteadily beside her grandfather holding his hand with wide emerald eyes and her cute little lips forming an 'o' shape. As they walked and came across each creature Monty explained what each animal/creature was to his granddaughter smiling at her enthralled appearance especially as some of them came over to greet them - particularly the more inquisitive creatures like, the boar-hounds, Nifflers, Kneazles, Bowtruckles, Mooncalves, and he was sad to see Thestrals which his baby girl could see.
"Now, my little love, we have a lot of creatures here so you need to help Grandad look after them all as you grow older. We have a Hippogriff herd with Hathor and Hecate as the breeding pair. Then we have the Thestral herd with Thanatos and Hela as the breeding pair and their new calf Skadi." Monty explained, smiling sadly as little Morgause cuddled with Skadi, the female Thestral calf.

"Cute." Morgause said, kissing the Thestral calf's head and beaming up at her grandfather happily. Unbeknownst to them, Morgause's recently unbound magic surged around them with her happy emotions causing the creatures of the sanctuary to come and investigate and one by one came and cuddled with the little girl much to the shock of Monty who knew most of these creatures were rather shy and reclusive, until he almost had a heart attack when one of the Runespoor - Eris and Nemesis' new female hatchling, to be exact - and a male Nemean Lion cub cuddled with the toddler as Morgause hissed to the little snake. However, as soon as the Runespoor had wrapped around her left wrist while the Lion cub cuddled into her right side a golden light enveloped the trio showcasing that Mother Magic had declared them as Morgause's Familiars.
"Mia is going to kill me!" Monty moaned in dismay.

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While Monty was trying to think up ways on explaining to his wife that their fifteen month old granddaughter had just bonded to a very rare snake and a Nemean Lion cub as her familiars, Charlus and Dorea Potter sat as Proxy on the Wizengamot presiding over the trials of Millicent Bagnold former Minister of Magic and Bartemius Crouch Sr, the former Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement - a role that Amelia Susan Bones had now taken over and was improving the standards of the D.M.L.E as well as the Ministry as a whole as she slowly but surely weeded out all those who were corrupt.

The trial for Peter Pettigrew, brought in by Arthur Weasley in the form of a mousy brown rat had pushed Bagnold's trial back until late morning as an emergency trial was held where much was revealed; one thing was for sure, there would be a lot of trials in the coming weeks, because during Bagnold's trial - which had just finished - left them all rather stumped at what she had done during the war.

She had cut as many corners as she could including not giving people a proper trial or even a trial at all, it was revealed that Sirius wasn't the only person to be sent to Azkaban without a trial during the last few days. Many of the so-called Death Eaters weren't given a proper trial or one to begin with which begged the question: were they actually guilty of what Crouch and Bagnold convicted them of or were they innocent like Sirius?

During Crouch's trial later that afternoon it was revealed the court case of Longbottom vs. Lestranges and Crouch Jr was one such trial that should have been done to the highest possible standard but yet again it was severely lacking in not only procedure - lack of Veritaserum - but also the trial had all of them together instead of just one at a time which was not acceptable as one (Bellatrix, has admitted herself as a follower, but they all still needed to be given the Truth Potion in case of mind control) could be guilty while the rest innocent, but also their wands were not checked.

On top of that they had found out that Crouch planned to break his son out of Azkaban under the guise of Polyjuice as asked and agreed to by his dying wife. It was understandable therefore when a Stinging Hex was shot at Crouch by Augusta Longbottom (Charlus and Dorea commended her for her skill of restraint. Madam Bones secretly agreed), while her husband tried to hold her back as she literally spat fire at the man chained below them who looked his usual unrepentant and unemotional self.

"Bartemius Crouch for your war crimes against the Wixen population, wrongful imprisonment of a Lord and possible others, for planning to break out your possible convict son, failure to uphold the law on more than several accounts, I hereby sentence you to the Veil of Death where your soul will remain in torment in the Realm of Thanatos or otherwise known as Lord Death." Madam Bones intoned gravelly, banging her gravel on the bench and therefore ending the sixth CORRECT trial of this month and they were not over yet.

"Wizengamot, please present for the CORRECT trial of Madam Bellatrix Drusilla Lestrange née Black at 8:30 a week from today to allow myself and the Aurors to gather all the appropriate evidence. This will be the start of the retrial of residents of Azkaban where a trial a week will happen until all those convicted are either proven or disproven of their guilt correctly before we move on to others that have been revealed in Pettigrews trial this morning." Madam Bones spoke clearly and firmly, confidence oozing from her very being, as she had no fear that attempts to flee the country would be made as all those who had come up in Pettigrews' trial were now within the holding cells with all wands removed from their person.

The Wizarding World of Britain was in for a long arduous few months but at the end of it they would become better than they have been in centuries, and it all started with the desperate love the Potters wielded like armour and like a weapon for one little girl: Morgause Dalisay Potter-Black.

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Creatures in the Potter Sanctuary:

Hippogriff Herd:
Hathor - Ancient Egyptian Goddess of Motherhood and Fertility.
Hecate - Greek Goddess of Magic.

Thestral Herd:
Thanatos - Greek God of Death.
Hela - Norse Goddess of Death.
Skadi - Norse Goddess of Wilderness, Winter and Archery.

Bowtruckles:
Heimdall - Norse Watchman and Protector of the Bifrost.
Idun - Norse Goddess of Apples and Youth.

Selkies (merpeople):
Hypnos - Greek God of Sleep.
Adiris - High Priestess of Babylon.

Nifflers:
Loki - Norse God of Magic, Mischief and Lies.
Sif - Norse Goddess of the Harvest.

Kneazles:
Bast - Ancient Egyptian Goddess of Protection, Pleasure, and bringer of Good health.
Sekhmet - Ancient Egyptian Goddess of hot desert Sun, Plague, War, Chaos and Healing.
Aenghus (kitten) - Celtic God of Youth and Love.

Runespoor:
Nemesis - Greek Goddess of Revenge.
Eris - Greek Goddess of Chaos, Strife and Discord.
Ceres (Morgause's Familiar) - Roman Goddess of Agriculture, Gain crops, Fertility and Motherly relationships.

Graphorns:
Njördr - Norse God of the Wind and of the Sea and its riches.
Gefjon - Goddess of Fertility.

Unicorn herd:
Bragi- Norse God of Poetry, Music and the Harp.
Sigyn - Norse Goddess of Fidelity, Loyalty, Compassion and Victory.

Boar-hounds:
Merlin
Anubis - Ancient Egyptian Goddess of Cemeteries, Embalming and Protector of graves.

Centaur herd:
Morpheus - Greek God of Dreams.
Freyja - Norse Goddess of Love, Beauty, Sex, Fertility, War, Gold and Seidr.

Ashwinders:
Frigga - Norse Goddess of Love, Fertility and Fate.
Forseti - Norse God of Justice and Reconciliation.

Horned Serpents:
Isis - Ancient Egyptian Goddess of Healing, and Magic.
Osiris - Ancient Egyptian God of Fertility, Agriculture, the Afterlife, the Dead, Resurrection, Life and Vegetation.

Kelpies:
Rán - Norse God of the Sea.
Anuket - Ancient Egyptian Goddess of War, Fertility and the Nile.

Thunderbirds:
Zeus (breeding male) - Greek God of Thunder, Lightning, Rain and the Winds.
Hera (breeding female) - Greek Goddess of Women, Childbirth, and Marriage.
Thor (chick) - Norse God of Thinder, Lightning, Fertility and War

Abraxan herd:
Honeydew
Horus - Ancient Egyptian God of War and the Sky.

Mooncalf herd:
Mayari - Philippine Goddess of the Moon.
Khonsu - Ancient Egyptian God of the Moon.
Morrigan (calf) - Celtic Goddess of War.

Augreys:
Tala - Philippine Goddess of the Stars.
Shu - Ancient Egyptian God of Air and Sunlight.
Brigid (chick) - Celtic Goddess of Poetry.

Diricrawls:
Apolaki - Philippine God of the Sun and Chief patron of warriors.
Hanan - Philippine Goddess of Dawn.

Nemean Lion pride:
Nyx - Greek God of Night
Rhea - Celtic Goddess of Fruitfulness and the Earth
Belenus (Morgause's Familiar) - Celtic God of Healing.

Porlock herd:
Poppy
Locke
Pip and Scarlet (calves).

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