Chapter One - Harry's Surprise
10/05/2016
Harry Potter was at The Burrow in his friends Ron Weasley's bedroom, he had just woke up sweating from a nightmare. It has been eight days, since the end of the Wizarding Worlds war, against Lord Voldermort and his Death Eaters. Harry was remembering everyone who lost their life, at the final battle.
He decided to put on some clothes and go for a run, he hoped it would calm him down. He made it outside, without disturbing anyone and ran around the big garden for an hour. Harry would have kept running, but was called in for breakfast by Mrs Weasley. Breakfast was a quiet affair and this didn't help with his mood, breakfast at The Burrow was never a quiet affair.
Just before breakfast finished, a large eagle owl flew into the kitchen, everyone was wondering who it was for and then it landed in front of Harry. Harry grabbed the letter and then fed the other, whilst doing that, Mr Weasley recognised the seal on the back of the letter. Mr Weasley said "You want to open that letter Harry, it's from Gringotts." Ron and Hermione gulped and hoped it was wasn't anything related to their break in.
Harry opened the letter and read it aloud;
"Dear Lord Potter-Black Peverell,
We are writing to you, in regards to outstanding inheritance issues, that relate to yourself.
To amend these issues, we have set an appointment for you to come to Gringotts. The appointment is tomorrow at ten o'clock.
May your gold increase.
Ragnok,
Director of Gringotts"
Everyone was trying to talk at the same time, until Harry shot his wand in the air. Harry first asked Mr Weasley, why he was addressed as 'Lord'. Mr Weasley said "It seems that you must be coming into to some seats, on The Wizards Council and Wizengamot." Harry was still not sure what that meant, Hermione asked "Are you going to this meeting?" Harry replied "I think I need too, to find out what this is all about." Mrs Weasley then said, that they can all go and see what Diagon Alley is like, they all agreed.
Bill grabbed Harry and told him, that he should go and buy some smart clothes. So later that afternoon Harry, Hermione and Ron go to Harrods. Harry gets an Emporio Armani Grey Marl Two-Piece Suit for a discounted price of £400.
The three of the them, decided to go for some food, before heading back to The Burrow.
Harry went too sleep at ten, so he would be up and ready early tomorrow.
11/05/2016
Harry woke up at half seven and went for a run, as it helped calm him down yesterday, after his nightmare. Once he was finished with his run, he went upstairs into the bathroom and had a shower. He then got ready into his new suit and headed downstairs. It was half eight when he got into the kitchen and sat at the table. Fleur shouted to Harry, "You're looking very suave there Harry." Everyone made a noise of agreement with Fleur and this made Harry to blush. Harry grabbed some bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs and toast, with orange juice for breakfast. They all lined up in front of the floo at half past nine, they then took the floo to The Leaky Cauldron.
The first thing Harry noticed once he righted himself, was how quiet the pub was, he expected it to be full of people celebrating the end of the war , or waning away their grief. Tom the barman said "Hi" to the group and asked them what they were all doing today. Harry told Tom that he has an appointment at Gringotts at ten and the others wanted to have a look at Diagon Alley and the surrounding areas. They all left out the back and into Diagon Alley, making their way to Gringotts.
When they reached Gringotts, two goblin guards stood in front of them. The goblins recognised Bill and Fleur and said to Bill, "What can we do to help you today, Mr and Mrs Weasley?" Bill said back to the goblins, "Good morning Naggrat, Harry here has an appointment at ten o'clock." Naggrat asked Harry if he had his letter and he did, so he handed it to Naggrat. Once he looked the letter over he said, "Everything is fine with the letter, only Lord Potter-Black-Peverell may enter." Harry turned round to the group and said, "I will be fine guys, I will meet you at The Leaky Cauldron at half twelve. If I'm not there by one, then I will meet you all back at The Burrow." Harry entered Gringotts, whilst the group left to go and look around.
When Harry entered the bank, he was met by a group of four goblin guards, who said they would escort him to his meeting. They walked deep into the back of the bank, passing all different departments. It took them three minutes to get to where they were going, when they arrived the head of the goblin guards knocked on the large regal looking door and Harry heard a loud and deep "Come in" from inside the office.
When Harry entered the office, he was surprised at how many people were in the office. There were four goblins, Kingsley Shacklebolt, an Unspeakable and a ministry witch. A goblin who was wearing a gold Gringotts pin badge on his jacket, introduced himself as Rangnok the Director of Gringotts. Ragnok then went around and introduced his fellow goblins as, Kragkrus the Potter Account Manager, Fradrig the Peverell Account Manager and Lurguss the Black Account Manager. Kingsley said "Hi" to Harry and then introduced his colleagues as Saul Croacker, Chief Unspeakable and Martha Brimsey, a secretary from the Ministry of Magic.
When all the introductions were complete, Ragnok started by saying, "We have invited you here today Mr Potter because our three largest accounts have been inactive for some time. We believe that you should be inheriting these accounts, so what we would like you to do, is take an inheritance test. It will tell us and you, what you are due to inherit." Harry thinks about it for a few minutes, and can't think of any reasons not to, so says, "Sure, let's do this." Ragnok pushes a piece of parchment, a bowl and a dagger in front of Harry. He explains to Harry, "All you need to do Mr Potter is cut your hand with the dagger and let six drops fall into the bowl. Your hand will heal and then you need to pour the contents of the bowl onto the parchment." Harry did as told and suddenly the parchment started to fill up with writing, that said;
Inheritance Test
Name: Harry James Potter
Date of Birth: 31st July 1998
Parents: James Charlus Potter - b. 27th March 1978 d. 31st October 1999
Lily J Potter - b. 30th January 1978 d. 31st October 1999
Families:
Most Ancient and Noble House of Potter
Most Ancient and Noble House of Peverell
Most Ancient and Noble House of Black
Titles:
Lord of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Potter
Lord of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Peverell
Lord of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Black
Full Title:
Lord Harry James Potter-Black-Peverell
Once the parchment is complete Ragnok copies it for everyone. Everyone looks at the results of the inheritance test and the goblins start to grin, which scares Harry a bit because of their sharp teeth showing. Ragnok say, "It is now time to show you everything you have inherited Lord Potter-Black-Peverell." Kragkrus goes first with the Potter Account details;
The Most Ancient and Noble House of Potter Finances
2 Gringotts Vaults
1 Muggle Account
Gringotts:
Potter Family Vault - 378,561,754 G
16 S
I7 K
Equivalent to £1,892,808,744.87
Harry's Trust Vault - 38,534 G
15 S
16 K
Equivalent to - £ 192,674.57
Barclays -
Harry's Trust Fund - £517,391,236.94
Equivalent to 103,478,247 G
6 S
18 K
The Most Ancient and Noble House of Potter Properties
Potter Hall, Edington, Wiltshire, England
Marauders Escape, Whitechapel, London, England
Potter Villa, La Bernerie - en -Retz, 44760, France
Harry was shocked at everything that he read and was told to him, he however knew that there was more to come. Fradrig was the next Account Manager.
The Most Ancient and Noble House of Peverell Finances
1 Gringotts Vault
Gringotts -
Peverell Family Vault - 32,832,015 G
17 K
Equivalent to £164,160,075.17
The Most Ancient and Noble House of Peverell Properties
Peverell Castle, Llandegwning, Wales
Harry was that there was as much with the Peverell Account. Lurguss went next with the Black Account.
The Most Ancient and Noble House of Black Finances
2 Gringotts Accounts
Gringotts -
Black Family Vault - 2,231,876,036 G
8 S
18 K
Equivalent to £11,159,380,182.53
Black Betrothal Vault - 10,000,000 G
Equivalent to £50,000,000.00
The Most Ancient and Noble House of Black Properties
Black Townhouse, Grimmauld Place, London, England
Black Mansion, Burnham Thorpe, King's Lynn, England
Château Noir, Ancienne Voie Romaine, 06360 Èze, France
Black Winter Retreat, Bivio, 7457, Switzerland
Harry was gobsmacked to of inherited all of that. Everyone in the office congratulated Harry on becoming the richest wizard in Britain and the World. Harry enquired why he was now known as a lord and Kingsley said, "You have also inherited the family seats for each house, on the Wizard's Council and the Wizengamot."
Kingsley, Croacker and Ms. Brimsey left at that point. Ragnok asked Harry if he wanted to go visit his vaults before he left the bank. Harry said he would and also asked if there was an easier way for Harry to access his money. Ragnok said that he will get ready Diamond Gringotts Cards for each Vault and a chequebook for each, he said they would be ready for when he leaves the bank.
Harry went to each Vault and took any paperwork he found and also put on the family rings when told too. He set up meetings with each Account Manager for next week. He then left via picking up his cards and chequebooks.
It was two o'clock when he left Gringotts, so he knew he had missed the Weasley's and Hermione. He decided to take a look around the area, he was surprised that no shops were open, the whole place was like a ghost town. An idea came to Harry at that point and decide to work on it over the next week, before his meetings with his Account Managers. Harry went back to The Leaky Cauldron and decided to have something to eat and a few butter beers. He got talking to Tom, who said that him and the group he was with earlier, were the first people in since the end of the war. This shocked Harry and reinforced his plan, in his mind. Harry then took the floo back to The Burrow.
When Harry got through the floo, Hermione and Ron was waiting in the living room for him. He asked everyone to meet him in the kitchen and went over everything that had happened. He told them what he had inherited and they were all shocked at the amount of money. They all went to bed around nine thirty.