"What are they?" Dudley whispered.

"Sorry I forgot to warn you, they are Goblins." Harry whispered back as he approached a teller, "Morning, I have a problem, I need to get into my vault but I don't have my key."

"Name." the goblin stated sounding board.

"Harry Potter."

The goblin glanced up and then got a concerned look on his face, "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine I just need to get some money." Harry tried to hurry him along.

"If you don't have your key you'll need to have a blood test to make sure you are who you say you are." The goblin stated, "If you aren't you will be facing goblin justice."

"I know." Harry nodded.

"Do you have any idea where your key is?" he asked.

"I think Molly Weasley has it. Dumbledore insisted I give it to her so I wouldn't have to hang around the Alley and be in danger." Harry replied, "I'm having a bit of a problem with Dumbledore right now so I don't know if I can get it back from them."

"Follow me." The goblin stated and jumped down from his chair.

Dudley and Harry followed him down a hall where he stopped and knocked on a door. When the door opened he spoke to someone inside and the indicated the two of them to enter. Harry led the way and they found themselves in an office with a goblin dress in intricately decorated robes.

"Good morning, my name is Gripstone." The goblin greeted them, "I'm in charge of testing."

"Good morning." Harry reached out and offered his hand which was shook, "This is my muggle cousin Dudley."

"Please tell me he isn't the one that made you look like that." Gripstone indicated Harry's face under the hood.

"No, he helped me escape." Harry grimaced, "And now I need some money."

"Alright, I need some blood on this parchment." Gripstone held out a knife.

Harry grabbed it and asked, "How much?"

"Several drops."

Harry sliced his hand a squeezed the drops onto the parchment then watched as his name was written across it in a neat script. He kept his hand clenched to keep it from bleeding too much; he'd lost enough blood last night.

"You can heal your hand the ministry won't be able to detect magic use in here." Gripstone watched as more writing was etched across the parchment.

"I don't have my wand." Harry muttered.

"Did you lose that too?" Gripstone sneered.

"No it was snapped." Harry replied defensively.

"By whom and why was it snapped." Gripstone looked down his nose at Harry.

"Dumbledore." He sighed.

"He didn't want Harry to be able to defend himself." Dudley interjected not liking the Goblin's attitude towards Harry, "He basically told my dad to kill him. You can see for yourself he tried to accomplish it."

Gripstone sat back at stared at the two boys, "Albus Dumbledore."

"Yes." Harry replied hotly, "It was not in conjunction with any kind of trial or anything. He basically said I wasn't needed or wanted any more. I'm not ready to just give up and die so I'll just leave the world that doesn't want me. But I want my money."

"Wait here." Gripstone said and moved towards the door, "You're safe here we won't let anyone near you."

After he left Dudley looked at Harry, "Do you think they'll help or go get Dumbledore?"

"I don't know." Harry sighed, "I have to hope they're going to help."

Gripstone returned a few minutes later with another goblin, "This is Grimstooth, tell him what happened."

"Dumbledore returned me to my relative's home yesterday afternoon. He took my wand and told them I wasn't wanted or needed. He told my uncle to make sure I couldn't return to the school in September and then broke my wand and left." Harry summarized.

"Have you ever heard of a pensieve?" Grimstooth asked.

"Yes." Harry nodded.

"Can I have the memory of that day?" he asked.

"I don't know how to give it to you." Harry balked.

"I'll show you how." He pushed.

"Can I have it back when you're done?" Harry asked, "I don't want to forget it."

"You can have it back." Grimstooth nodded, "I just need to view it then I have the memory to show to others if needed."

"Ok what do I do?" Grimstooth walked Harry through the process and then viewed the memory. When he returned he gave the memory back, "Perfect, that is just what I needed."

"Needed for what?" Harry asked.

"We've been trying to catch Dumbledore for years. We know he has done all kinds of underhanded things but he's too slippery to get caught." Grimstooth explained, "I think we'll have him this time. Now I need to get some pictures for evidence of the abuse and then we'll get you healed up."

Harry waited until the person with the camera arrived. He was extremely embarrassed when Fleur Delacour was the one to arrive, "Harry, what happened?"

"Hi Fleur, it's a long story." Harry sighed.

"Is the damage only to your face?" she asked as she took a few pictures her heavy accent was just as he remembered.

"No it's all over his body too." Dudley answered helpfully he was in a slight daze.

"Take off your shirt then." She ordered. Harry carefully lifted the hoody over his shoulders while Dudley held his glasses. A small gasp from Fleur was all he heard. She continued to snap pictures and had him turn so she could see them all, "Any injuries below your belt?"

"I'm not taking off my pants." Harry objected strongly.

"I won't make you." She chuckled, "I just need to know for the documentation."

"Oh, just bruises, most of the punches were to my face and upper body." He said relieved.

"Do I need to question him on the details?" she asked Grimstooth.

"No I have that." He replied, "I have viewed his memory of the event."

"Harry if you need a place to stay I have a flat near here." She offered.

"Not necessary." Grimistooth shook his head, "We'll be providing accommodations for the two of them."

"They are still in danger then." She nodded.

"Ms. Delacour, I will remind you that this is confidential. Absolutely no one can find out he was here or what has been seen and heard." Grimstooth stated in a hard voice, "Not even any other Gringotts employees."

"Yes Sir." She replied, "Are you finished with me?"

"Yes." She nodded and carefully hugged Harry before she left.

"She was beautiful." Dudley grinned stupidly, "How did you meet her?"

"Fourth year we had a tournament at my school. It included two other schools competing against us. She was from one of the other schools." Harry explained, "We became friends during that year."

"Are all witches that beautiful?" he asked.

"No." Harry snickered, "We have the same range as at your school."

"Huh, I thought they'd be able to magic themselves better looking or something." He stated.

"Only up to a point." Harry snorted, "Some things even magic can't help." Both goblins chuckled at Harry's comment along with Dudley.

"Alright, do you have any belongings with you?" Grimstooth asked.

"I have my trunk but it's shrunk. I'd also like to get another wand if possible. I won't go to Ollivander because I believe he would tell Dumbledore." Harry said, "I don't know of another wand maker though."

"Are you sure you need one?" Dudley asked, "You seemed to fine last night."

"Wandless?" Gripstone asked.

"Just Episkey and Tergeo." Harry replied, "We were a bit afraid of the amount of blood loss at that point."

A healer entered before anything else could be said. After getting a reminder about privacy like Fleur's the healer went to work on his injuries. He was healed in short order and given some paste for bruises with instructions on how and when to use it. A short time later the two humans and two goblins were alone again.

"We've canceled all keys to your vaults and are conducting a thorough investigation of any and all transactions for the last sixteen years." Gripstone explained, "We would like you to make a list if you can of any transactions you know were made."

"As far as I know the only money spent should be on tuition and school supplies." Harry said, "I took fifty galleons each year for supplies and spending money, but I don't know what tuition is. First year I was given a broom but it may have come from my account and fourth year I think Mrs. Weasley got some money to buy me dress robes for the Yule ball. "

"Nothing before your first year?" Gripstone questioned.

"I lived with my muggle aunt and uncle. They wouldn't have stepped foot into the magical world and they would have emptied my vault had they known it existed." Harry glanced at Dudley, "Sorry."

"No need to be sorry, they would have." Dudley shrugged.

"Did your parents ever get any money for my care?" Harry asked.

"Not that I'm aware of." He shrugged, "And not that they should have for how they and I treated you."

"You were a kid." Harry shook his head, "You did what your parents showed you. Now that you've grown up you've saved my life. I don't really hold anything against you."

"Thanks."

"You are saying Dumbledore didn't pull out any money and give it to you?" Grimstooth asked.

"No he never pulled out money for me that I know of." Harry replied, "However the Weasley's sometimes got it for me before we shop for supplies."

"Alright, Gringotts will be putting you both in a safe place outside the country." Grimstooth explained, "Most likely the United States as they also speak English, they butcher it but it is English."

"I don't have a passport." Dudley said worriedly.

"Me either." Harry added.

"We'll get all the necessary documents. You are going under diplomatic protection." Grimstooth explained, "You should be safe to move about in the muggle sector."

"How are we getting diplomatic protection?" Dudley asked.

"It will be an arrangement between the United States and the Goblin Nation." Grimstooth explained, "Magical England is going to be the defense on this case so it isn't safe for you to stay here."

"Huh?" Harry was shocked.

"We need to know if Dumbledore is alone in this or if everyone feels this way." Grimstooth explained, "Then we will know what to do with you. All of your accounts here will be frozen but we will be sending you a small allowance for spending. From this point on Gringotts will be acting as your guardian. You have provided us enough evidence to suspend Dumbledore's guardianship as well as your relatives."

"What about Dudley?" Harry asked, "He's without parents at the moment too."

"Both of you are under our care." Grimstooth told them, "He will be staying with you. His father expecting him to help in your torture and him helping you instead gains him the same status and protection as you."

"Good." Harry sighed, "When do we go?"

"Let's see your trunk." Grimstooth and Harry sorted out his belongings. All the muggle clothes were removed and held as evidence. He kept the school robes so he had something to wear. Gripstone enlarged a set of his school robes for Dudley to wear. The books and broom were left in his trunk and stored in his vault, "Did you leave anything else at the school or home?"

"My owl and her cage I left at Hogwarts." Harry stated, "Uncle Vernon told me last summer if he ever saw her again he was going to kill her. Then at the house I have my old books and things, nothing I much care about."

"Everything I own is at the house." Dudley shrugged, "But I can live without most of it. In fact most of the stuff in Harry's room is my old discarded stuff. My parents gave me twice as much as any child should have and they gave Harry nothing. Also he has only been in that bedroom for the last few summers. Before that they kept him in the cupboard under the stairs. He was forced to do most of the cooking, cleaning and chores while I was encouraged to torment him. And I did every chance I got until last summer. Those demon things attacked us and he saved me from them. Then he got in trouble for using magic."

"I remember that farce." Grimstooth nodded, "Pardon the pun but they were on a witch hunt."

Harry only nodded. Both boys were allowed privacy to change into the school robes and then they were taken to another room to catch the portkey to the United States. Grimstooth was going with them to make sure everything was set up. Each was given a packet of documents that included real and fake ids. They would be living under assumed names for their protection.

"Good lets go." Grimstooth said as they entered the room.

"I hate portkeys." Harry grumbled.

"Why what do they do to you?" Dudley asked looking at the key in the goblin's hands cautiously.

"Transport you from here to there in a matter of minutes." Harry shrugged, "It's not so much what they do, as what they have done. Fourth year a portkey took me to the bad guy instead of going to the school like it was supposed to."

"Will this one?" Dudley asked.

"Depends, did Gringotts make the portkey or did the ministry?" Harry asked.

"Gringotts made it." Grimstooth answered but watched to see Harry's reaction.

"Good we'll be fine then." Harry patted Dudley on the back, "Goblins I can trust to keep their word, wizards not so much."

"That is experience talking." Gripstone nodded, "You seemed to have learned a few important lessons."

"Not all wizards are liars, but they have more than most any other species." Harry shrugged.

"It's time." Grimstooth called, "You must touch the key now."

Harry and Dudley touched the key and then Harry grabbed ahold of Dudley's arm, "I'm going to keep ahold of you so you don't need to worry. However, I'm terrible at the landings and usually end up on my bum or my knees."

"Keep your knees bent." Gripstone offered just before they were whisked away.

For Harry it was the best landing he had ever done up to the point where Dudley fell and took him to the floor. Both of them started laughing and struggled to stand. Grimstooth moved them off the landing point and through a door. They quickly walked down the hall and stopped outside another office.

Knocking Grimstooth opened the door, "Are you ready for us?"

"Yes come in." a voice answered, "Take a seat."

Harry was a bit shocked to see a human behind the desk instead of a Goblin. However Grimstooth explained, "This is Security Lead Crenshaw he is our liaison for human security. He can hide you better than anyone else. Crenshaw this is Harry Potter and his cousin Dudley Dursley. Dursley is a muggle. We're hiding them from Dumbledore."

"You finally have something on that piece of… filth." Crenshaw smiled.

Grimstooth spent the next hour filling Crenshaw in on what was happening. The man's smile grew every time something new came out until at the end he was positively beaming. Harry wasn't sure if he liked or trusted the man. But if he was employed by the Goblins he had to be good and trustworthy.

"I'm taking care of everything personally." Crenshaw stood and shook Grimstooth's hand, "Leave it up to me you have my word no one will know they're here."

"Good." Grimstooth nodded and turned to the boys, "Listen to him and he will keep you safe. Good luck to you both. I'll be in contact when we have the old goat. He isn't going to know what hit him."

"Good luck to you too." Harry said.

Crenshaw clapped his hands and rubbed them together after Grimstooth left. Dudley glanced at Harry a moment before the man addressed them, "Welcome to Florida. That is one of the states in the United States. It's kind of like how you all have Scotland and Wales we have fifty states and one is Florida. We are in the south east portion of the U.S. we have fairly mild temperatures all year round, most of the time. We are situated in the middle of the state in a city called Orlando. Lots to do here including the three largest amusement park chains, we are neighbors to one of them. For the next couple days you will be staying here. I don't mean the bank, I mean Orlando. We can do some sightseeing if you want."

"Isn't Disney World and Universal Studios here?" Dudley asked.

"That's two of the three. We also have Sea World." Crenshaw stated, "In addition Florida has the best beaches in the world, of course I'm just a bit biased on that end."

"Mr. Crenshaw, I am guessing you are a wizard, are we staying in the wizarding world?" Harry asked.

"Yes I am, no we aren't and call me Mike." He replied, "We have several wizard areas around but you'll be staying in the muggle parts. Yes I am a wizard but my partner isn't. You'll be meeting Mark in a little while. For now we'll be getting you situated. Grim said you don't have a wand, oh and don't tell him I call him Grim, he'd eat me alive."

"No Dumbledore snapped it." Harry frowned at the memory.

"Ok we'll have to get you another one." Mike said thoughtfully, "Wouldn't do for Harry Potter to be wandless. Congrats by the way, for offing Voldesnort. I'm sure you hear that a lot but I appreciate it. My aunt lives in the UK and I'm glad she's safe. You may know her Minnie McGonagall?"

"Professor McGonagall?" Harry asked, "She's my head of house."

"Good old Minnie, still teaching." Mike sighed, "My mom was her sister. She left home and married my dad. Terribly sweet story about meeting while traveling and just staying together, I'll have to tell you about it sometime. For now though we need to get you a wand."

The man picked up a phone and made a call. Dudley leaned over to Harry and asked, "The bad guys name was Voldesnort?"

"No." Harry chuckled, "I do like it though. His name was Voldemort. Means run from death or something. His real name was Tom, he moved the letters of his full name around and came up with that as his evil made up dark wizard name."

"We need to make one up for the other one." Dudley chuckled, "Like Dumbo, no that's taken, Dumbdork?"

"I like it." Harry grinned.