Disclaimer – I don't own the characters from the Harry Potter novels, JKR does.
Chapter 2
The Grangers quietly opened the guest room door. They saw the children clinging to each other with peaceful expressions on their faces. They were not amused at the fact that Harry only had on his boxers and Hermione her knickers. They were both required at the surgery today so they couldn't watch the kids.
Jean woke Hermione, "Young lady why do you have so few clothes on?"
"Mum I told you we needed maximum skin contact. I assumed you would freak out if we wore nothing. This is the best I could think of. By the way, with all we have to do in the magical world and mundane legal worlds we won't be in school today. We will be picking up something for him to wear at the second hand store. We will be getting some help to fix his malnutrition when that is fixed he will grow a lot so we don't want to throw away good new clothes."
Jean shook her head, when had her daughter matured so fast. "I suppose. In many ways, I wish you were still a little girl. This magic stuff is hard for us to understand dear. We can't deny that it exists but something tells me that it will steal you away from us."
"I know mum. We have a long story to tell you when Harry is better. Right now, he can't adequately defend himself. I would hate to hurt dad if he tried to hurt Harry. For now just know that I really am older than I look. Now don't worry about us. We will be fine."
Hermione got out her calligraphy set that she had from a previous birthday. She penned a missive for the goblins, rolled it and tied it with a ribbon. Harry made breakfast. He had always been a better cook. Once they had eaten, it was time to put the first part of her plan in action.
A few minutes later, a pair of white and gold phoenixes appeared in Gringott's lobby. One dropped a message on the desk of an unoccupied goblin. The goblin read the missive and waved for two other goblins. The first was given the scroll and he ran off. The second held out his arms. The magical birds perched on them and he took them to a waiting room.
Several minutes later an obviously older goblin strode into the room. "All right Mr. and Mrs. Potter you can transform now. Only two of my personal guard and I are in the room." The birds turned into Harry and Hermione.
"Thank you sir, my wife and I do not want to be recognized yet by wizards. First as proper introduction, I am Harry James Potter. This is my wife Hermione Jean Potter nee Granger. Please cast an age spell to test for adult status."
"Mr. Potter, I am the Potter family account manager. My name is Bagrock. My younger assistant's name is Griphook. I would like your permission for him to join us. I have managed your family's accounts for many decades and will soon have to step down. I trust him to correctly help you." Bagrock cast the requested spell on them. "Mr. Potter I get a dual reading of ten and twenty seven, Mrs. Potter I get a reading of eleven and twenty eight."
A knock came Griphook was invited in. He carried a folder. Bagrock took it and read it. "Well Lord Potter, it seems that we have some legal issues to deal with today. Griphook has found some discrepancies in your accounts. To get started, take this ring. Hold it up with both hands and say, 'I, Harry James Potter claim my rights as Lord Potter last in the line of the ancient and noble house of Potter.' "
When he put on his ring, Hermione felt a ring appear on her finger as well. "Excellent, the rings have accepted you as head and spouse. If they hadn't you would have had to wait for your birthday. I recommend we do a lineage test on both of you."
The Potters looked at each other. This is something that they had never done before. Hermione spoke up, "That would be fine sir. If anything good comes from it, that would help us fight for our independence from certain outside influences. We both realize that the leader of the light isn't as good as he had led people to believe."
Harry spoke, "When can we get this done? We have many things planned for today."
Bagrock smiled, "That is one thing I think you will like about Griphook, he has already brought the specially prepared parchments needed. Each of you must sign at the x with a blood quill. The blood will be used as a trace and your significant ancestors will appear."
Harry was heir to several bloodlines in fact eight. The Potter and Evans were expected. Most of the others he had never heard of. However, the last two floored him Gryffindor due to blood and Slytherin due to magical defeat thus ending a blood feud. All of the loser's property reverted to the winner. Even if Voldemort came back and his soul was revived, the body would no longer have true Slytherin blood in it. Harry had them merge all the vaults they could so that there was less to keep track of.
Hermione, who didn't really expect any results, found that she was heir to both Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff. Both lines were matriarchal in nature.
"Excellent, now that you have some clout. Should you care to sit in on it the founders heirs have veto power in the Wizengamot, the four houses must agree then they can veto. Between the two of you, you have ten votes. Seeing a quorum is twenty-four with so many of the original one hundred families dead, you could create or abolish laws easily if you found a few others to agree with you. One interesting clause that most do not know, if you veto something that law or one similar can't be brought up again for fifty years so they can't do something behind your back."
"Now the account problems we found. First, your parents will was never executed. The chief warlock sealed the will saying that the greater good would be damaged by information that it revealed. Second someone has been draining your trust fund the day after the money was been deposited for the last nine years. Your magical guardian who just happens to be the chief warlock is the one the records indicate made the withdrawals. Your trust funds were to be used for your care and up keep as well as school expenses. The fifty thousand galleons should have been sufficient until you were seventeen; however, we believe they were taken for personal use. We will recover the money."
Harry asked, "What can we do about heirlooms from the founders that rightfully belong to us that have been removed from the vaults or estates illegally?"
Griphook grinned, "If you are willing to pay a goblin recovery team, we can recover most of the lost goods for you. We can also activate your parents will. We need at least a week to notify participants. One last thing each of you gets these." He handed them billfolds and small black cards. "Activate these with a drop of blood each. The cards allow you debt card access to your vaults in both the muggle and magical worlds. The billfolds allow you muggle currency of any nation as well as a coin pouch access for wizarding coins. They will also return to you if misplaced or stolen."
When Harry and Hermione left the bank, they were pleased. They had the name of a solicitor they could use. The Goblins insisted that a lost property recovery team would start that day. They went to the apothecary and got some of the potions Harry would need to take.
Ted Tonks was surprised to see a very young couple enter his office. Business had been slow so he sent his secretary home early. "How can I help you two today?"
"Mr. Tonks, the goblins gave us your name when we asked for a good lawyer that could work in both worlds. I am Harry Potter and this is my wife Hermione. I am emancipated because of our soul bond. The goblins tell me that I am also Lord Gryffindor and Lord Slytherin. My lovely wife is Lady Hufflepuff and Lady Ravenclaw. I have been abused since I was taken from my parents home in the magical world and put with her muggle sister and her husband, both of whom hate magic. I believe the authorities will be convicting them of abuse. I want to sue them for everything they have. I would also like you to investigate who put me there in the first place and sue them for it."
Hermione continued, "The chief Warlock also had the Potter will sealed and had himself declared Harry's guardian. The will needs read since Harry is now an adult. He had been stealing from Harry's vault every year in the amount of around 50,000g every year. Gringott's has records of him making the withdrawals. The Weasleys have also been taking money from Harry's vault. The order of the Phoenix may be as well. They were a vigilante group that Dumbledore runs."
Harry's turn, "We have reason to believe that our cores are bound. We will be having them checked as well as any compulsions or other curses. The healers testimony should help convict the perpetrators. I expect one or more left over curses from Tom Marvolo Riddle or Lord Voldemort. If so I want to take legal action against his estate and his vassals the death eaters. We can use the-boy-who-lived and push that through. Last I want you to license the Quibbler as the only legal media source that can use my name. Back date it to before my parents were killed. Then go after all the authors and news media that have been writing Harry Potter stories for the last ten years. I don't want to destroy the people but I do want a reasonable cut of the income. Part of me thinks it almost has to be Dumbledore because my description in the books is too accurate. He is the only magical person that knew where I was or what I looked like."
Ted asked, "You know that fighting the chief warlock will be major problems don't you?"
"Yes we do. We will be fighting him on several fronts, politically in the Wizengamot, academically at school, and in the over all public eye. By the time we are done, no one will even want to invite him to tea."
By the time, they returned home in the late afternoon everything they had wanted to do was accomplished.
Lunch at Hogwarts that day was interesting. The staff was calmly discussing their students. Suddenly the headmaster's throne like golden chair was gone and he had fallen to the floor. The gold plates, cups, and tableware were also gone from the table. The food and drink were spilled all over the table. Serving bowls and platters disappeared.
As the staff was recovering from this, several of the students laughed at their predicament. Snape automatically accused the Gryffindors of this prank.
The staff was even more annoyed when they returned to their quarters over the course of the day. Many of their reference tomes given to them by the headmaster had disappeared. Snape was livid. Almost all of the books he had were gone. Many of his rare potion ingredients were also missing.
As the staff checked out the castle they found many suits of armor gone, portraits missing and even most of the rare books were missing from the school library.
An angry Dumbledore returned to his office. He noticed that the door down to the private protected vaults was missing, as was the door for quick access to the school ward stones. His library was also empty. The only things left in it were the few books he had brought with him when he joined the school as a transfiguration professor. The other headmasters' portraits were also gone. His office was almost completely bare. All of his advisors and spies were gone. He was at a loss.
He spent the late afternoon and evening wandering in the deeper dungeons with Snape. Most of the hidden rooms and passageways were gone. At least they were not accessible by the two professors.
At seven when Minerva returned to the Grangers home, everyone was waiting for her in the living room.
"Sorry to start off with accusations, but are you responsible for anything going on at Hogwarts today?"
Harry replied, "No, today we went to the bank, did a linage test and took care of some business as head of house Potter. They mentioned that my accounts, vaults and possessions had been stolen by others. I hired them to retrieve anything stolen or being misused. I supposed that could have caused some people around the country some problems."
McGonagall just sat there shaking her head.
Hermione mentioned, "I suppose that Hogwarts would be adversely affected by what we found today. You see Harry is the heir of Gryffindor and Slytherin. I am the heir of Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff. Therefore, the goblins probably could see some of the usage of the professors as misuse of our belongings. They probably recovered everything belonging to Hogwarts as opposed to personal property belonging to the teachers. You also have to consider the goblin point of view."
"Now professor will you take an oath to never reveal our secrets or did you want to leave?"
After the oath, Hermione and Harry told them about being from the future. How all of them had died, Voldemort defeated at a horrible cost.
"As a result we want to start things off differently. Our bodies need special training as soon as possible. Our magical reflexes need improved quickly. Last but not least, we will be putting down known death eaters and confiscating their properties using some very old rituals." Hermione continued.
Harry spoke, "We found out the hard way that the followers of Voldemort ignore the law when ever possible. If they are captured then they simply wait until they are freed then they do their thing all over again. The only way to become a death eater involves voluntary torture rape and murder. Anyone marked needs put down, especially the potions master and Mr. Malfoy. Snape for abusing children in his house for years, he turns the boys into little islands of pureblood supremacy and the girls end up giving out favors just to survive." McGonagall turned purple at these thoughts. Harry continued not allowing her to interrupt. "Mr. Malfoy is worse. If he sees a girl that he wants in school or muggle England, they disappear along with their families on trips abroad. They visit his dungeons until he is tired of them and disposes of them."
"How sure are you of your facts?"
"If this is our home dimension then 100%, if this is a dimension at all similar to our home dimension then we are fairly sure, enough so that we will not be worried about taking down those evil bastards. We need to get some tools to expedite their removal and train our bodies. Harry needs some nutrient potions and serious healing. Can we trust Poppy not to tell Dumbledore?"
"Poppy was a school mate of mine. We have been friends for years. If I ask, she will help and keep things confidential. Flitwick and I can help you with your casting and dueling speed. I don't know who can help with muggle training."
"Don't worry about that. We will be contacting him after the will reading in a few days. If we can convince him, then we should have help in a few weeks. We will have to disguise ourselves to look older but he will help."
Hermione's parents were stunned. Here their eleven year old daughter was actually twenty-eight and could tell them all sorts of horrible things about the future, including when they died by torture.