AN: Disclaimer – Harry Potter and all related materials belong to J.K. Rowling and not me. I also apologise in advance if there is anything in here that seems to be written from another author, it is not intentional.

'Mind speech with Hedwig'

"Normal speech"

$Parseltongue$

"Spells"

'Thoughts'

Chapter 2

Previously….

"Has your magical guardian not told you any of this Mr Potter?" the goblin king replied with a dangerous glint in his eyes.

"No sir, however he's been in Azkaban most of my life and we never got a lot of opportunities to talk sir" Harry stated sadly at the thought of his godfather.

"No Mr Potter, I'm not talking about the recently deceased Lord Sirius Orion Black, I'm talking about Mr Dumbledore as he is your magical guardian and has been for the last 15 years"

Now….

"WHAT!" Harry shouted "WHY AND HOW IS HE MY MAGICAL GUARDIAN!"

"Calm down Mr Potter!" Ragnok said in a low commanding voice. "Now what is the problem with your magical guardian?"

"What's the problem with Dumbledore being my magical guardian?!" Harry asked rhetorically. "The fact that he left me on a doorstep in the middle of winter the night my parents died at a family that hated magic and in my uncles words wanted to 'beat the freakiness out of me' every time I done accidental magic, which at the time I didn't even know what magic was!" he exclaimed.

"What do you mean family that hated magic? Surely you can't mean muggles?" The king asked curiously.

"I do my lord" harry responded quietly.

For a moment Ragnok was pissed at the audacity of Dumbledore, but then the anger gave way to something much more primal for goblins: greed.

"Well Mr Potter I do believe we can use that to our advantage" Ragnok declared with a huge smirk.

"How can we use me living with muggles my entire life to our advantage sir?" harry asked leaning forward in his chair.

"Well there was a law passed in the wizengamot passed in 1758 that stated that no heirs to the noble houses can be placed in the care of a house of lesser standing and there are several different levels of house ranks. The highest rank is most ancient and revered houses which is only held by 7 houses, then it goes most ancient and most noble and then it lessens to ancient and noble, just noble and the lowest is being referred to as clan, for example clan Weasely"

"So how does this help us and what house ranking does the Potter family hold?"

"Well the Potter family, being one of the founding 15 of the Ministry of Magic is ranked as the most ancient and most noble house of Potter and the reason we can use this to our advantage is because muggles would rank less than clan and Mr Dumbledore as the Chief Warlock would know this law and willingly broke it as your magical guardian which gives us the option to emancipate you so that in the eyes of the law you would be considered an adult."

Harry immediately perked up at this information as it would work with his plans to train to beat Voldemort and complete the prophecy, and most importantly at the moment would get him out from underneath Dumbledore's thumb.

"How would I go about becoming emancipated then sir?"

"Please Mr Potter drop the sir and just call me Ragnok" the king requested and Harry quickly agreed as long as the bank manager called him 'Just Harry'.

"Anyway Harry to achieve emancipation you just have to sign a few documents stating your name and reason for emancipation we'll then send it to the ministry and should get the response within the hour" whilst Ragnok was speaking he was also reaching for the emancipation papers and when he finished speaking he slammed them on the desk and laughed heartily at the look of horror on Harrys face due to the hundreds of pieces of parchment that he would have to sign.

"I'd better get started then…." He replied somewhere between excited for freedom and depression because all the paper he had to sign.

-Oo0oO-

An hour later he was finally finished signing and Ragnok had just sent the papers off with a high priority Gringotts owl.

"Now Harry, whilst we're waiting would you like to do an inheritance test as well as an abilities test?"

"How are these tests done and what exactly is an abilities test?" Harry asked.

"Quite simple really, all you have to do is use a ritual knife and drop some blood into a large basin and then drop a piece of parchment for the blood to soak into it and an abilities test will give us an accurate reading of your power and any special abilities that you may possess along with potential familiars and any area of magic you have an affinity in."

"Okay Ragnok, where is the basin and ritual knife" Ragnok just stood up and walked to a cupboard and retrieved the aforementioned items.

Harry proceeded to comply with the instructions of slicing his hands and letting it fill the basin and then taking a blood replenishing potion. Ragnok then lowered the parchment and waited for the blood to soak into the parchment. After 30 minutes the process was complete and Ragnok lifted up the parchment and read the results and his eyebrows then disappeared into his hairline.

"Well, well Harry it would appear that you are a man of many talents." The king said whilst handing the parchment over to Harry.

Harry James Potter-Black

Born: July 31st 1980

Parents:

Mother

Lily Potter nee Evans

Father(s)

James Charlus Potter

Sirius Orion Black (Blood adoption 15 years ago)

Inheritance:

Most Ancient and Most Noble house of Potter (Paternal)

Most Ancient and Most Noble house of Black (Paternal)

Most ancient and Revered house of Gryffindor (Paternal)

Most ancient and Revered house of Peverell (Paternal)

Most ancient and Revered house of Ravenclaw (Maternal)

Noble house of Evans (Maternal)

Most ancient and Revered house of Emrys (Chosen by magic)

Most ancient and Revered house of Le Fey (Chosen by magic)

Abilities:

Power core: 25% available (50% blocked by A.P.W.B.D 10 years ago, 20% blocked by L.P. 15 years ago, 5% blocked by soul leach)

Parseltongue

Metamorphmagus (Blocked by A.P.W.B.D 15 years ago)

Multi-animagus (Blocked by A.P.W.B.D 15 years ago)

Natural Occlumency (Blocked by A.P.W.B.D 15 years ago)

Natural Legilimency (Blocked by A.P.W.B.D 15 years ago)

Natural healing ability (partially blocked by A.P.W.B.D. 15 years ago)

Affinities:

Transfiguration

Charms

Alchemy (Blocked by A.P.W.B.D 15 years ago)

Ancient Runes (Blocked by A.P.W.B.D 15 years ago)

Curses (Blocked by A.P.W.B.D 15 years ago)

Healing (Blocked by A.P.W.B.D 15 years ago)

Potential familiars: Phoenix, Basilisk

Curses: Horcrux (Tom Marvolo Riddle AKA Lord Voldemort)

"Sweet merlin that can't be right Ragnok!" Harry exclaimed "I can't have this much power, it just can't be possible!"

"And why isn't it possible young hary?" Ragnok asked highly amused.

"Because if what you said about the house ranking system is right I'll control 5 out of 7 Most Ancient and Revered houses when I'm emancipated as well as all these abilities and my power level, I mean I'm already one of the most magically powerful students in the school with the block and… DUMBLEDORE! THAT PIECE OF HIPPOGRIFF DUNG! WHAT RIGHT DOES HE HAVE TO DO THIS TO ME! WHY WOULD HE DO THIS UNLESS HE WANTS ME TO… unless he wants me to die" Harry whispered the last part in dawning horror as he realised that Dumbledore didn't want him to survive. It explained a lot of the actions in Harry's life if it was true, growing up with the dursleys so that when I went to Hogwarts I would see him as my saviour and how every year I face a challenge that is just within my skillset to do at the time. But what does he have to gain? Unless… "I'm sorry for my outburst Lord Ragnok, but can I ask if there has been a will set up in my name?"

"You mean that the current will is a fraud?" Ragnok asked

"Yes! Why what does the current will say" Harry asked in a weary voice.

"It says that at the time of your death your money, properties and heirlooms will be split between Albus Dumbledore, Ronald Weasley, Ginevra Weasley, Molly Weasley and Severus Snape."

"WHAT! A week ago I would've put the first four in my will if I wrote one but I'd never give that greasy dungeon bat a single knut!" Harry shouted jumping to his feet in a fury where his magic started to react causing a wind to pick up in the office.

"MR POTTER! CALM DOWN BEFORE YOU DESTROY MY OFFICE!" Ragnok bellowed

Shocked out of his fury Harry sat down just as the Gringotts High priority owl flew back in through the window carrying the emancipation details from the ministry.

"It would appear that Minister Fudge is trying to get back into your good graces Harry" Ragnok chuckled "He streamlined the process and singed them personally"

"So where do we go from here?" harry asked tiredly wanting nothing more than to go back to the leaky cauldron and sleep for a few weeks.

"Well Harry before we give you your head of house rings we're going to remove the horcrux first and then we'll remove the power blocks with your consent whilst your asleep."

"What exactly is a horcrux Ragnok?" "A horcrux is a most vile piece of dark magic Harry that works by placing ones soul within a container so that when the physical body dies the soul is anchored to the living realm via these horcruxes"

"Definitely, as soon we can let's get this Horcrux out of my head!" Harry said whilst jumping to his feet again.

Ragnok stood up as well and whilst walking towards the door with the young Potter heir in tow he asked "I hope you have a high threshold for pain Mr Potter because this ritual won't be easy"

Harry had a determined glint in his eyes as he said "I can do it, let's just get this over with."

-Oo0oO-

As the Goblin king and the Potter heir walked into the ritual chamber the king was bowed to by the goblin shamans that would be performing the ritual.

"Now Mr Potter before we begin you should now that there is no way to destroy a Horcrux without destroying the container" At this Harry paled rapidly and began to say something before Ragnok cut him off with "however there is a way to transfer the Horcrux into a different container and then destroying the new container, say for example a wooden block." At this Harry let out a breath of relief.

"Okay, so what do I do in this ritual?"

"Just remove your clothes and lay down on the alter and stay as still as possible"

"Why do I need to remove my clothes?" asked a nervous Harry.

"Because after the ritual we're going to remove all your blocks and the shockwave of magic that will originate from your magical core will likely disintegrate them, as well as your magic will restore your body to what it should be meaning that you will grow and fill out along with all scars that weren't caused magically should disappear."

-Oo0oO-

Just as the ritual was finishing at the part where the horcrux would be transferring to a new container Harrys body started writhing about in agony on the alter, however he refused to make a sound. If this is what it took to get Tom Riddles soul out of his head then he wouldn't scream whilst it was leaving.

A large black mist started to rise from his scar as green goo leaked from the scar and across his forehead. With an unearthly scream that rang through the bank the horcrux was transferred and the last thing Harry heard before he blacked out was the soft trill of a phoenix.

AN: SO THIS IS CHAPTER 2, JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WHILST THE ANCIENT AND MOST NOBLE HOUSE PART IS USED COMMONLY THE ANCIENT AND REVERED HOUSE PART I'VE ONLY SEEN IN ONE OR TWO FAN FICS SO IF YOU SEE THE FIC WHERE IT'S MENTIONED LET ME KNOW AND I'LL GIVE CREDIT TO THE AUTHOR.