Small update: (sorry, this isn't an actual chapter) EE = extended explanation
Thank you to Jess, . .wand, Rcik and HarryPusheen for the great reviews!
I realised I needed this after reading the Deathly Hallows for the umpteenth time(can't believe I didn't realise it before!)- Griphook talking to Harry.
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More backstory on Gryffindor's sword:
Gryffindor didn't steal the sword, it was made for his great-grandfather, but was taken taken before it was given to his great-grandfather by a young, travelling goblin(probably to study so that he could learn from the smiths-he wanted to become one when he grew up-he was a traveller so that he could see the different ways smithery were and could be made).
Whilst on his travels, he stumbled upon the dragon's cave. Unfortunately for him, the dragon was awake, and was just about to set out after his sleep-in from his winter sleep. He was eaten(duh) and the sword was added to the dragon's hoard, laying there until the friend group Hogwarts found the cave(luckily this time while the dragon was sleeping).
When he took it, he carried it with him to his vault in Gringotts(he and his friends was there to review how much money he had, as at this time, his friends were contemplating laying down and letting new adventurers take over- much to the disappointment of himself).
The goblins recognised the sword immediately, and they wanted it back, as his great-grandfather had ordered it, and it should have returned to the goblins after his death. They accused him of thievery, more for personal gain than for the fact that Gryffindor's great-grandfather had never been able to hold the sword because they had lost it.
The charges were not pressed, however, as wizards determined that it had been made for the same line of family, and that it was considered a family heirloom in their eyes. The goblins grew bitter as more families continued to keep what was, in their eyes, the goblins. They taught their children how the sword had disappeared, then 4 generations later, it had been found in Godric Gryffindor's hands. The story got more twisted as the goblins became more spiteful, until it reached the ears of young Griphook.
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This short story/extended explanation, is dedicated to an awesome Gryffindor and friend who had an cool lion patronus(you know who you are).
Hope this story convinces you guys out there that I'm not going to just elaborate on Ravenclaw just because I'm in that house. I might do one on how Slytherin's locket was found by Tom Marvolo Riddle and later made into a Horcrux, although I'm pretty sure that it would be one of the few possessions his mother left with him in the orphanage.
Bye for now, and for anyone who is also following Lily's Heart, I'm working on the next chapter! Have a great day!