Harry Potter And The Dual Lord

The two entered the shop and saw an old looking man standing there, looking at them. As soon as they approached he said "Natasha Grindelwald, Dragon Heartstring, Aspen wood, 10 inch long. I remember every wand I have sold, and yours particularly."

Nat sternly replied "My name is now Holly, not Grindelwald. Please don't go say things like that Ollivander."

Ollivander smiled, not taking any offense, and said "Don't worry, I understand, not many would like to be associated with that name."

His gaze turned to Arthur and asked "Who may you be?"

Arthur nodded and said "I am Arthur Holly, nice to meet you." But internally, Arthur could feel his heart skip a beat. His mother's name was Grindelwald?! As in the dark wizard who was even more feared than the damn Voldemort?

Ollivander raised an eyebrow and asked "A member of the Holly family?" Nat however once again interrupted "He is not a member of that family."

Ollivander looked at Arthur with a smile and said "Oh, your father must be Henry Holly… Quite the special parents, I believe this will be an interesting sell. Wait here."

He instantly turned back and went to search behind the store. As he was away Arthur turned to his mother and asked "Mom, what's up with our names?"

Nat sighed and said "You already know about your father, what he did enraged his family. The Holly family is a powerful family that doesn't live in Britain anymore. By the time your father left it they were already nearing the level of the sacred 28, but since they went to the US they became even more powerful. Your father leaving the family made quite the scandal."

Arthur maintained his gaze and said "You know that's not what interests me."

Nat sighed and said "Grindelwald. It is a special name. Remember about that war we told you about, with the evil wizard?"

Arthur nodded and Nat said "That wizard was called Voldemort, and he led the war. But it wasn't the first war. Whereas Voldemort led war in England, there has been a war in the entire world around 1945. Muggles call it World War 2, but it was different fr us.

It was indeed a world war, but amongst wizards. And it was started by one man, Gellert Grindelwald, my grandfather."

Arthur opened his eyes wide, but not for the reason his mother thought. Wasn't Grindelwald gay? In love with Dumbledore?

Nat sighed and said "You understand why I don't use that name? Grindelwald is a cursed name and if old timers learn that it's your name they could wish you harm."

Arthur smiled wryly and said "What a fate… A family who disowned us, and using their name would make them angry. On the other hand, the other name would make people want to chase me. Adding to that Cinderella, did you guys honestly want to kill me?"

Nat smiled and said "I'm sure you will handle it just fine, after all, aren't you supposed to become the next Light lord?"

Arthur frowned and said "No, I will be next lord, be it over dark and light wizards. Don't underestimate me mom."

Nat chuckled and said "Sure, sure, we will see about that."

As she said that Ollivander came back and said "For your wand, I have chosen a few special ones, I hope they will suit you. Here, try this.

Ollivander took another wand and said "Hmmm, I don't know about this one, maybe it could work… Here, try it."

The wand was ugly looking, with pieces of wood of two different colors dispersed here and there, and there were even areas where you could see the core of the wand. Overall, it was very ugly.

Arthur took the wand and suddenly his body emitted a holy light blinding the two. The light took one part of the store, while a huge shadow rose and enveloped the other half of the store. However the two couldn't see anything because of the blinding light.

Soon the two disappeared and the a.d.u.l.ts recovered their sight.

Arthur smiled and said "That's the one." Ollivander looked at him in astonishment and said "This was only an experiment of me… The wand changed!"

Indeed, it had rose from its ashes like a phoenix. Instead of the previous ugly appearance, it had changed into a beautiful wand. Black and white were intertwining, he wand became 14 inch long, and Arthur could feel the elements resonate with it.

Ollivander said "This was what I believed to be a failed experiment. I made something supposedly impossible for this wand, I used two cores. One is a dragon heartstring while the other is a unicorn hair. It has Yew wood and Red Oak. But it seems it changed, in some way, as if the cores fused… Strange, very strange. That would be 40 galleons."

Arthur rolled his eyes at how quickly Ollivander got out of his astonishment to ask the money. Arthur now understood why his mother didn't seem to like the old man who acted mysterious.

Nat didn't say anything and handed out the money and the two left the shop. As soon as they were outside Arthur asked "Is he still alive?"

Nat knew who he was talking about, and said "Yes he is currently held in a prison he created himself. Why?"

Arthur shrugged and said "It would be interesting to meet him." Nat looked at him shock and asked "Do you remember that Hitler guy, the muggle?"

Arthur nodded and she added "Your great grandfather is basically the same except he is a wizard. He was the one who instigated WW2 for muggles. He is a monster and…"

Arthur shook his head and said "I know mom, but I think it still would be important to meet him. We can't deny our past forever. It's not like I would agree with his ideas, I just want to meet him."

Nat sighed and after a couple of seconds she said "I will talk with your father. No promise, but we will think about it."

Arthur grinned and said "You're the best mom!" Nat chided him "But if we accord you this privilege then you better work hard at school."

Arthur scoffed "As if I would limit myself to school's standard. Mom, you brought me the charm books going from 1st year to 3rd one."

Nat smiled and said "Don't be so c.o.c.ky, it isn't that easy to be a wizard. First you need to have enough magic to perform the spells, and even then you still need to learn them and master them. Remember, I don't want you to only learn the spells and go learn another one, I want you to thoroughly master everyone of them, understood?"

What she didn't know was that the magic problem wasn't a problem at all for Arthur as he was seven years ahead of others. It means he has as much magic as 7th year students. That means he can learn their spells.

Of course it isn't that simple as he doesn't have the level yet. He may have enough magic and knowledge to learn those spells, he still needs experience with magic. But He will undoubtedly learn ten times faster than others.

Other than that, Arthur had learned something else from Merlin in those years. If studies at Hogwarts finished at 17 it is because it is when people's magic stop growing on its own. Once 17, the wizards would have to grow their magic by using it everyday, until they reach the peak of level one.

Arthur nodded and Nat said "Good, now take my arm, we will have wait home until your father comes back."

Arthur nodded and took her arm. His body twisted on itself and the next moment they were in their living room, waiting for Henry to come back.

As they waited, Arthur was thinking about Grindelwald. Now that he thought about it, he really did look a little like a younger version of him. The same blond hair, not the same style but the same chin, cheeks, nose…

F.u.c.k, they really look a lot like each other. It has to be said that Nat is a blond haired woman whereas Henry is black haired, being the only one in the family as Stella is blond too.