Chapter Two

Rose

My dear Rose

If you are reading this, then James and I are no longer with you and we're unable to tell you ourselves. You were adopted, little Rose. Your father and I found you on our doorstep two months after our own son was stillborn. Our grief was so strong after the loss of our own child that we decided to adopt you. You were our darling Rose in the darkness that was starting to consume the Wizarding World. We always planned on telling you but if fate has been cruel enough to take us from you before we can tell you, know that we loved you as if you were our own. We did not see you as a replacement to our son but as an addition we would have taken in even if our son had lived. If you ever feel the need to find your birth family, something that I encourage as I don't want my baby to be alone in this world with no family, go to Gringotts and take a full inheritance test. It should tell you of your family.

Love you always

Your mother

Rose reached up and wiped the tears that had begun to silently cascade down her face. She was glad that her mom and dad, because that is how she had thought of them for the past seventeen years and would continue to think of them that way, had planned on telling her the truth and that her mother had clarified that she wasn't a replacement. She had started to feel like that as she had read the letter and she couldn't help but feel more love for them. They were really great and loving parents towards her.

Rose took a deep breath. "Winky!"

A pop sounded behind her. "Yes, mistress?"

"Pack all of my belongings in my trunk. I'm going planning on leaving once I return. Also put all of the books in my trunk library here in Grimmauld Place and the other Potter properties, have the other Potter elves help if you need it. I'll be back by this evening."

"Yes Mistress."

Rose knew that even if she didn't have any living family members that she needed to get out of magical Britain soon. It had only been a few months after the war and already the people were calling for her to get a job in the Ministry, settle down and pop out a few babies. She was not going to be doing that. She was only seventeen and still had much she wanted to do in life before she settled down.

Rose took a deep breath and apparated from the Black Townhouse, the fact that she was the Black Heiress and had Black blood in her allowed her to do so, and to the front steps of Gringotts. She stepped inside and approached the first available teller.

"What do you want?" The goblin snapped without even looking up.

"I would like all of my vaults transferred to an American branch and combined into one large vault over there and also an inheritance test done." The goblin snapped his head up to pierce her with his dark unblinking gaze.

"It will cost 50 galleons for the transfer and 10 for the combining, Lady Potter. And the inheritance test will cast 5 galleons and three drops of blood. Spearclaw will take you to the inheritance office while I do the paperwork for the transfer and combining."

"I thank you. Please take out an extra 10 galleons for your troubles today from the Black Family Vault. And an extra 5 if you can get it done by the end of the day and quietly." The goblin's eyes lit up with glee before he nodded his agreement. He flipped his open teller sign to closed after waving the other goblin over. "Spearclaw, take Lady Potter to Bloodhorn."

"Yes, Teller." Rose followed the younger goblin into the depths of the bank and stopped at a closed door. The goblin knocked once and opened the door to reveal the goblin Bloodhorn. "Master Bloodhorn, Lady Potter is here to take an inheritance test."

"Yes, I got the teller's order for it. I'll take it from here Spearclaw." The goblin closed the door on the two and Bloodhorn gestured for Rose to sit across from him. On the desk in between them was a long piece of parchment and a small knife. "The teller has informed you that this will need three drops of blood, correct?"

"Yes, Master Bloodhorn."

"Good. Now if you could proceed."

Rose without anymore prompting took the knife and carefully pricked her finger and allowed three drops to land on the paper. It wasn't long before words began to form.

Birth Name: Artemis Jackson

Adopted Name: Rose Lily Potter

Blood Family:

Mother - Sally Jackson - Deceased

Father - Poseidon Olympus

Brothers - Richard Grayson, Danny Fenton, Percy Jackson, Triton Olympus, Tyson Olympus

Aunts - Hestia Olympus, Hera Olympus, Demeter Olympus

Uncles - Zeus Olympus, Hades, Olympus

Adopted Family:

Father - James Potter*

Mother - Lily Potter*

Godfather - Sirius Black*

Godmother - Alice Longbottom*

Godbrother - Neville Longbottom

Pseudo Uncles - Frank Longbottom* Remus Lupin*

Godchild - Teddy Lupin

Titles - Girl Who Lived, Woman Who Conquered, Lady Potter, Heiress Black, Lady Peverall (through conquest and adoption), Lady Slytherin (through conquest), Lady Gryffindor (through adoption)

Rose's eyes shined. She was saddened that her birth mother had passed but was happy to see that her father still lived and...

"I have brothers. Five brothers that are alive and related to me by blood. Is there anyway for me to find where they are living?"

Bloodhorn looked up from some paperwork he had been working on while she had been studying the inheritance results. "There is. I think you can use the mortal world database called the internet to find them. Shouldn't be too hard. They are teenagers, they most likely live on the internet."

"Thank you Master Bloodhorn for your help and time today. I'll just be taking this with me. Have a good day."

She had a new goal. She was going to find her brothers.