Chapter Two

Petunia Dursley always got up earlier than her neighbours, so that she could see what they were doing in order to gossip about it later that day. She went to the front door and opened it to bring in the milk bottles and discovered a baby in a basket on her doorstep. She screamed for her husband.

Vernon Dursley hurried down the stairs when he heard his wife's voice. She never made that sound and it was causing him distress. Great distress.

When he got down to the hallway, Petunia was holding a letter in her hand and there was a baby in a basket just outside the open front door.

"What is it, Pet? What happened?"

"This, this, baby is my Sisters son, Harry. According to this letter they were murdered yesterday. And since we are the only relatives that he has we are supposed to raise him with no question asked."

"Raise him? If he is like your sister and her husband he's father was nothing but a freak. I won't have him in this house doing magic he'd have to be raised normally".

At the same time, as Vernon said this an owl swooped in and landed on Vernon's shoulder and stuck out her leg for him to take it from her.

After his initial shock, he took the letter. It has a return address of "Gringott's" and was addressed to "The Guardians of Harry Potter."

"Pet, what is this Gringotts?"

"Gringott's is the wizarding bank. What does the letter say?"

"It says, that as Harry's guardians, we will get a stipend for taking care of him. And that we will have to come into the bank to verify who we are and who Harry is in order to get this started. Pet, what's a port key?" Asked Vernon.

"A port key is a way for the Wizards who cannot Apparate (dematerialise and reappear at will), who wish to travel by daylight (meaning that broomsticks, Thestrals, flying cars and dragons are inappropriate), or whose destination has no fireplace (rendering Floo powder useless) will have to resort to the use of a Portkey.

Almost any inanimate object can be turned into a Portkey. Once bewitched, the object will transport anyone who grasps it to a pre-arranged destination. A Portkey may also be enchanted to transport the grasper (or graspers) only at a given time. In this way, the arrivals and departures of great numbers of witches and wizards can be staggered, enabling events to take place with few security breaches.

Does it say when it will be active?"Asked Petunia.

"Yes, it will activate in Thirty minutes. Anyone, or anything, that we want to bring with us must be gathered here in Twenty Fives minutes, Pet. Make sure you bring Dudley and his diaper bag and bottles down here by then. I'll watch over Harry here." Said Vernon.

The letter briefly glowed, followed by what felt like a jerk through their navel.

It was good that they were holding solidly to the babies because they landed on their bums. Petunia only because she had not used one in a for a few years.

When they looked around, they saw that they were in some kind of office with a creature sitting behind a desk.

"Are you Harry Potter's guardians?"

Petunia nodded her head indicating "yes"."

"Welcome, I am Ragnarök and I am the director of this bank.

Before I can set up your account, I need to read James and Lily Potters wills.

Do you know who they are?"

For Official Purposes of course.

"Yes, Lily was my sister and James was her husband."

Ragnarök said that before even the reading of the wills he had to verify who they were.

Who all four of them were. He brought out Four pieces of parchment, along with a slim, very sharp knife.

He indicated to Vernon that he had to pierce his finger and put three drops of his blood on the first parchment. Vernon asked why they couldn't just use their ID's. Ragnarök informed that that is not the way things worked in the wizarding world and it was even more so at Gringotts.

With hesitation, Vernon accepted the knife and pierced his finger and let three drops of blood fall to the first parchment. To his surprise, an ancestor chart was formed. It showed his name, as well as all of his ancestors, but they were all written in a grey colour.

Ragnarök then gave the knife to Petunia and directed her to do the same thing. Her ancestor tree was longer than Vernon's and a majority of the names had different colours.

Ragnarök then indicated that this was to be done with both babies, and both Petunia and Vernon objected. They didn't want to hurt the babies. Ragnarök explained that it wouldn't hurt the babies, and that it was necessary for ID purposes.

Dudley's blood went first, followed by Harry's. Dudley's chart was a mix of his mother's colours and his fathers non-colours. Harry's, however, looked very, very different from the other three, and it took up ten full parchments.

After looking at the ten parchments for several minutes, Ragnarök sat back in his seat, pushed a button on his desk, and spoke to Vernon and Petunia.

Mr. Dursley, according to this test you have absolutely no magical ancestors whatsoever. Mrs. Dursley, however, has magical ancestors through both of her parents, and while you personally do not have magic you are considered what the magical community call a Squib.

"Which leads to the children's ancestry.

"Dudley has both magical and non-magical ancestors. What is more, Dudley is magical. If his magic has not manifested itself by now it will within the next few years.

"Now, as to Harry. Harry has been manifesting magic since he was at least three months old. If I remember correctly, he kept summoning the cat and certainly his toys." Ragnarök looked up sharply at Petunia's intake of breath at this.

"I know this because I knew James and Lily Potter."

After about 1 ½ hours, another creature came to take them to another office.

There were quite a few people along with empty chairs.

The Dudley's recognized a few of them, James's friends.

One couple had a baby about the same age as theirs.

They sat down and waited to see what would happen.

Ragnarök came through the door, along with four body guards.

He asked everyone to sit and made sure that everyone who was in the room was required to be there.

He stated that one of the people who received a bequest was not here, Remus John Lupin, but that he would be notified as soon as he was located. Since everyone else here has been mentioned in the will, and brought here by portkey, they had all been blood verified before being let into this room.

The reading of the wills was quite simple.

Sirius Orion Black was left 100,000 galleons,

Remus John Lupin was left 100,000 galleons.

Each will stated this, so they actually inherited 200,000 galleons each.

Dudley Dursley, Lily's nephew, is left a trust account in the amount of 10,000 galleons that is to be his and his alone.

It is for school supplies and spending money.

It will be topped off at the end of every year to 10,00 galleons. Because it is a trust account, only Dudley Dursley, and not his parents, will have access to this account. If Dudley Dursley is not able to either go to Hogwarts or is not alive to go, the account will be dissolved and revert back to the Potter main vaults.

The guardians of our son Harry, are to be, in this order:

Sirius Orion Black, Harry's Godfather, and one of James Best Friends -DECEASED DUE TO
DEMENTORS KISS

Remus John Lupin, Harry's Godfather, and one of James Best Friends -WEREWOLVES CANT DUE TO A NEW LAW

Alice and Frank Longbottom, Alice is Harry's Godmother -TORTURED TO INSANITY

Minerva McGonagall -VOID DUE TO MARRIED TO ALBUS DUMBLEDORE

Severus Snape -FATHER OF HARRY

Under no circumstances is Albus Dumbledore to have guardianship or custody of Harry, no matter what reasons he gives.

Also, Albus Dumbledore has the Potter family invisible cape, that has been in the Potter family for generations. It must be returned to Gringotts, and held in our main vault until Harry is ready for it, within Five days of the reading of the wills.

If he does not willingly return it, we give permission for Gringotts to retrieve it forcibly.

Harry is to be raised in the magical world, nowhere else.

Petunia Dursley.

My beloved sister, I know that you do not like magic or me and I truly wish that it were not so. But if you wish to see Harry, your only nephew and now your only other family, it must only be within the magical world. You will not be granted custody or guardianship of Harry but you will be given contact with him. I, also, leave you the house that you are living in. It is to be in your name only and never have the name of Vernon Dursley on the title. If it does, then the terms of this will have been violated and the title to the house reverts back to our estate.

Vernon Dursley is never to have contact with Harry whatsoever.

Amelia Bones. You were requested to this reading because we know that Dumbledore is going to pull something to get his hands on Harry and his inheritance. Here are some fact that you need to know:

All four of the Marauders are Anamagis's.

James is a Buck.

Sirius is a large black dog.

Peter is a brown rat. Peter is, also, our Secret Keeper. And Dumbledore is the Wizard that cast the spell. If we are dead it's because Peter sold us out to Voldermort.

Remus is a werewolf, and he is the reason the other three found a way to stay with him during full moons.

If need be, fine Sirius for being unregistered.

As for Harry's Godfather's, if Magic approved of them, the law cannot disprove or void them.

For whoever will be Harry's Guardian and have custody of him, there will be a monthly stipend for caring for him.

Harry will be bound by the Potter, and other Houses he is Lord/Heir to, guidelines.

There will no marriage contracts made for Harry.

Our son, Harry James Potter, inherits what is left of our estates after the bequests are filled.

Ragnarök, dear friend, we ask that you provide living space for the people listed in this will for Six days. I have a feeling that there will be serious problems for some of them if you don't.

Harry James Potter.
Lily Elizabeth Potter.

When the reading of the will was through, the documents briefly glowed and disappeared. That indicated that the wills were filed with both the Wizard court and Gringotts.

Ragnarök announced that he had arranged for living quarters for those with bequests in the will. He, also, offered the Longbottom's room for Augusta Longbottom to be with her, and her Grandson.

Ragnarök asked Severus Snape to stay behind, with Harry, to do the guardianship/custody paperwork. He, also, had personal letters for several of the beneficiaries.

Ragnarök stated to Severus in private, that Albus Dumbledore had Lord Black Sent to Azkaban. He is trying to get access to the Lordship's of the Black Family as well as the Potter Lordship's and access to all vaults, properties and Wizengamot Seats through Harry James Potter by becoming his Magical Guardian. So he arranged for Lord Black to come to an early Death Without Honour by arranging a Dementor kiss draining his soul. The Bribed Guard is already under lock and key to await trial or Goblin Justice in hand to hand combat to the death.

Harry Potter stands to inherit all of the Black Titles, Monies, Properties and Land Sign on the dotted line and it will all combined to make Harry the Richest Wizard in the World.

And we'll even get Dumbledore once he sets one foot in Grinotts - He'll be arrested.

Petunia and Vernon still sat in shock. They thought they were going to get money and it turns out that they weren't.

The will, however, showed several facts that had not been known to Petunia before this.

Namely, that the house they were living in had actually belonged to Lily and it was now hers.

Ragnarök walked over to Petunia and handed her a letter that said that it was to be read while she was by herself. He directed Petunia and Vernon to go with one of the guards to see where they would be staying.

Severus Snape had taken Harry from Petunia earlier and was rocking him, with tears running down his face. Loosing Lily had hurt more than he ever thought possible. They had been friends since they were childhood friends and then lovers until that unfortunate day when he called her a Mudblood and he lost it all until now finding he had a son.

Harry's eyes opened and saw Severus. "P'foot? Moony? Where Mum? Where Da?"

"They had to go away. You won't see them for a very long time. But I will be here and I will not leave you. Mooney will be here soon, too."

After searching Severus Snape's face, Harry slightly nodded and said "'k" and closed his eyes and went back to sleep.

When the paperwork was completed and filed, Severus Snape nodded to Petunia and went toward the door.

Petunia, who had not left the room yet, stood up and faced him. "Severus Snape, I know that it may be too soon for this but I didn't realize how much I still loved Lily until she was gone. I found out about her murder at Six a.m. this morning. It's not even Ten yet and I find myself numb about it.

She left my Dudley a trust fund. She left me a house. After the way that I treated her, why would she do that?"

"She did it because she was Lily. None of us would have expected anything else from her."

Severus Snape went with his inclinations, and pulled Petunia into a one-armed hug. They both stood there with tears running down their faces. Severus had one arm around Petunia's shoulders and Petunia had her head resting on his shoulder and one arm around his back. They had Harry between them, sleeping soundly.

Petunia let herself examine Harry with her eyes. "He certainly looks like you, doesn't he?" She kind of chuckled when she said this.

"Yeah, he does. But he's got Lily's eyes and temperament.

" Look, Petunia, we are all going to be here for the next Six days. Why don't we get settled in and we can see each other, with our children, tomorrow?"

"That is a very good idea. Come on, Vernon, let's get to our rooms. It's already been a long day."