Arthur&Eames raising Harry Potter

[tigriswolf]

So, I've resumed writing in the 'verse where Arthur&Eames (of Inception fame) raise Harry Potter as their son, Eddie Colmes (because Arthur's identity when he rescued Harry was a Colmes). Eames is Merlin reincarnated; Arthur is purely muggle (mayhap, he's King Arthur reincarnated; mayhap he's not. Eames doesn't care one way or another). For

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[caffienekitty]

Hm. Well... [random thought dump, so many words under cut, so sorry], The wizarding world and whoever placed Harry with Arthur and Eames would still know who Eddie was and will tell him when he gets to Hogwarts, unless Eames as Merlin has done something to hide that, and giving they've changed Harry's name, that would seem likely. Would Eames know about Hogwarts and want Eddie to go, or would he rather home-school him in woizardry? What does Eames as Merlin think about Voldemort and that whole wizard war business and what part if any did he have in it? Is Merlin still a part of the wizarding world, is he considered only a possibly-existing legend, is he never spoken of except as a curse, and why

[tigriswolf]

Nobody placed Harry with Arthur&Eames. Arthur found Harry during routine fact-checking for their current job (that they, then, never finish), grabbed him, and ran. (Harry was 7.) Only the fact that Eames is actually Merlin and Arthur is a BAMF kept anyone from finding out.

Eames knows about The Boy Who Lived due to a few different things, but he doesn't believe in prophecies anymore. But Harry has amnesia and doesn't remember the Dursleys; hence, he's Eddie now.

Eddie goes to Hogwarts because he's curious, and Arthur&Eames have something they have to do, so it's easier for everyone (for at least a term, and after that, it's up to him if he wants to stay).

I think Dumbledore would still set the Stone thing up as a lure for Voldemort. And optimism that Harry will return. And Eddie would be curious, but he also has adults he trusts with everything in him, and he has grown up with his magic, so he'd call them up immediately after finding Fluffy/stealing the stone

[caffienekitty]

So does Dumbledore know Eddie is Harry? Or is Eddie attending and Dumbledore getting twitchy about Harry not turning up yet and side-eyeing all the first years? The Stone thing would definitely be set up whether Harry was known to be in attendance or not

[tigriswolf]

Dumbledore has no idea that Eddie is Harry Potter. He knows that Harry is alive, but that's it.

Did Voldemort feel the death of the diary? I can't remember. But while the horcrux is destroyed, all of the magical 'gifts' that it lent Harry are incorporated into his core, courtesy the adoption ritual Eames uses.

I'm not sure if Eames knew about the horcrux; I'll have to think about that.

About the Colmes' vs magical Britain... yeah, that would be awesome. I'm not sure Eames would reveal himself as Merlin, and I really should decide what his background is.