The car ride was very silent. Haley gave the directions and they said they would pick her up in two hours. Petunia and Vernon were going to buy a present for their Dudley.

Once Haley got out of the car she pulled on her hoodie and a put her hair in a ponytail before putting on a hat to try to disguise her. She didn't need to be mobbed by a bunch of random fans at the moment. She walked quickly through the Leaky Cauldron keeping her head down so Tom won't recognize her.

She made it all the way to Gringotts without incident. And as she entered the possibility of her being free finally sunk in. She looked for a free goblin and saw Griphook counting galleons but no one was with him. Keeping her head down and walking quickly she approached the familiar goblin.

She waited for a moment but he didn't seem to notice her so she said, "Hello Griphook. Are you busy?"

Griphook looked up in surprise. "Why, Ms. Potter, you remember me?"

Haley chuckled, "Of course I remember you. You were the first Goblin I've ever met."

Griphook's look of surprise didn't disappear. "What can I do for you Ms. Potter?"

Haley suddenly became self-conscious and lowered her head as she said, "I was hoping I could be emancipated from my aunt and uncle custody. This was clearly a shock to Griphook but he stood up and said, "Please, follow me Ms. Potter."

Haley followed Griphook down to an office. He opened it and was surprised to see Bill Weasley sitting at a desk.

"Weasley!" Griphook snapped.

Bill looked up and was floored when he saw Haley standing uncomfortably in the doorway.

"Um, Griphook, Haley, how can I help you?" Bill asked.

"Ms. Potter needs your services," Griphook explained. Bill noticed that Griphook seemed actually very fond of Haley.

Haley turned to Griphook and said, "I don't know if I can tell this to Bill. I'm friends with his family and I don't want them to know yet."

Griphook gave her a strange smile and said, "It's alright, Ms. Potter. Weasley here will be unable to speak of anything you tell him. He is under oath not to speak of any personal matters. You will be able to speak freely without worry that his parents or siblings will be told."

Haley nodded gratefully. "Thank you, Griphook."

"It is an honor to help you Ms. Potter. You are a friend among Goblins," Bill had a shocked look on his face when Griphook turned to him and said, "Give her what she wants or you'll be the one to pay for it. I'll have Davidson bring in the Potter file." With that Haley and Griphook shook hands he said, "I will see you soon, Ms. Potter. Once you are done here I will be very willing to take you to your vaults."

With that he left and Bill stood there staring at Haley for a moment gobsmacked.

Haley shifted uncomfortably. "So how's the family?" she asked breaking the silence.

Bill looked at her oddly before chuckling. "They're good. I had dinner over there last night. Ron keeps asking when you can come over but it kinda busy at the moment."

Haley smiled sadly at him, "That's fine. Would you please tell them not to worry about me? They have enough on their plates with the seven children they already have."

Bill gave her a sad nod and said, "Maybe we should get on with this?"

Haley nodded and they both sat down. "I thought you were a curse breaker in Egypt."

"I do a lot of things for Gringotts. That was a three year long task but once it was I completed my job there I was promoted and took up a desk job here. I thought it would be best if I settled down. Mum has been nagging me to get a safer job for years now."

Haley laughed as someone knocked on the office door. "Come in!"

A tall blond man walked in the room and said, "I have Ms. Potter's file here for you."

"Thank you, Mr. Davidson," Bill said taking the file from him.

Davidson turned to face Haley, "So you're Haley Potter. I'm Rein Davidson. It's a pleasure to meet the girl that wouldn't die."

"OUT DAVIDSON!" Bill bellowed.

Rein grumbled as he left the room. Bill turned to Haley, "Sorry about him. He's close to the Malfoy's." Haley nodded her head. "So Griphook threatened my job so I basically need to do whatever you want. So how can I help you today?" Haley muttered something inaudible. "Um Haley, I know you may be uncomfortable but I need you to speak to me so I can actually help you."

Haley took a deep breath and said, "I would like... to... um... be emancipated... from my aunt and uncle's care."

Bill looked at the girl he saw as a little sister in confusion and then came the anger. "Why? What did they do to you?!"

"Bill?" Haley said uncomfortable with his anger.

Bill tried to calm down and took a deep calming breath himself. "Sorry, I'm not use to working with people I know. My parents love you as if you their own daughter. Oh Merlin! If they knew about this..."

"But they won't know about this," Haley said firmly.

"Wha? Why not?! If we go through with this where will you go?" Bill quizzed.

"Far away," Haley muttered.

Bill stared at her, "What about Hogwarts?!"

"I refuse to go back."

"Why?" Bill asked concerned. "What happened?"

"Every year I almost die and then Dumbledore insists I go back to the Dursley's. I don't want the constant pain and fear anymore. I want to move away. I need to be emancipated first," Haley stated.

Bill nodded, "Well," he opened her file and frowned, "Um, you're not in the Dursley's custody."

"What do you mean? I've lived there since that Halloween night," Haley argued.

"Yes but your legal guardian is your godfather...," Bill cut himself off not wanting to bring up who her godfather was.

"Sirius," Haley stated.

"You know?"

"Yeah, I've met him." Haley saw his confused and slightly scared look and said, "It's a long story. But basically he broke Ron's leg, we were attacked by a werewolf, and both of our souls were almost sucked out by dementors so Hermione and I did a time travel thing and he flew off on a hippogriff. Now moving on, how can he be my guardian when he's considered a criminal?"

Bill once again caught himself staring at Haley in shock. "Um well, once he went to jail you were supposed to find a new guardian through the DMLE. However, the headmaster seems to have taken you to Petunia and Vernon Dursley's without the Ministry's permission. This makes emancipation very simple. But you may be sent back to the Dursley's if they are found to be good guardians or you are unable to live on your own. So why don't you want to live there?" Bill was regretting the answer but needed to know.

"Um, well..." Haley was having problems speaking to Bill because she knew he cared about her.

"Please Haley, trust me."

"They aren't really nice. They have always hated me. Until I got my first Hogwarts letter I slept in a cupboard I used as a bedroom. When they were angry they would lock me in there without food or water. They gave me a bedroom when I was eleven but put bars on the window and locks on the door so I couldn't 'escape'. I only got table scraps and had to do a lot of chores. Like more than physically possible and when I wasn't able to complete them I would be punished." Haley found that once she started speaking it got easier.

Bill was livid but nodded, "Alright, well, you definitely have the funds to live on your own. You have money that is meant to come in your position when you are of age but if you get emancipated you will have get it immediately. You also have several properties across the world so you can move to any of them. Seven are private and not even Dumbledore knows about them. I assume you want him out of your life?"

Haley nodded.

"I believe you can definitely be emancipated. I'll call Amelia and have her remove the trace. Then I will have Griphook come and go through your inheritance. I will be here with you through it all."

Haley was grateful that Bill wasn't leaving her. It only took ten minutes for Madam Bones to arrive. The pair filled out all the necessary paperwork and then Amelia did a blood ritual to remove the trace. Once Amelia left Griphook took her to the Potter Family Vault and explained to her that the muggle bank closest to each of her homes has an account. Bill was helping her find a new home.

"How about this one?" Bill asked showing her a Manor in Egypt.

Haley shook her head, "I'm living alone. I don't need seventeen bedrooms."

"Is there anywhere you want to live?" Griphook asked as he helped search.

Haley shook her head, "Just far away from here."

"Well there is one in Greenland. It has two bedrooms and it's private," Griphook suggested.

Haley shook he head, "Isn't it really cold there?"

"How about the Ohio?" Bill asked.

"Like in America?"

"Yeah, it has four bedrooms. It has a music room. Two house elves currently live there. It's just outside Lima and you can take a bus into the city if you don't want to apparate. There is a muggle school nearby so you can make some friends. It has its own floo network so you can visit the Burrow and Mum can yell at you for giving up your education without consulting her," Bill joked.

Haley gave him a shy smile. "Do you think she'll be angry?"

Bill patted her head, "No, but she will be worried. You'll need to floo call her all the time."

Haley nodded. "The place sounds great. I think I want to go there."

Griphook handed her a bag. Haley looked at him confused but opened the bag to find muggle and magical money, a set of keys, and couple debt and credit cards. Griphook explained that one debt card was directed to the Potter Family Vault and the other was linked to her account in Lima. The keys were for the house, mail box, and the broom shed.

"All of your mail from England will be brought to the international mail department and then magically forwarded to you in Ohio. You can also use your mail box to send mail to the international mail department and they will forward it by owl," Griphook explained. Haley just nodded.

"Now I'm sure you have some things at your relative's home that you want to bring with you so we need to come up with a way for you to get to Ohio when you have everything."

Bill butted in, "Well your relatives are probably picking you up later, correct?"

Haley nodded.

"You can go back with them and pack everything tonight. Tomorrows my day off so I can pick you up and bring you here where we can get a legal portkey made. I'll go with you and I can take some of the wards off the floo network. One will be able to floo out but no one will be able to enter without your permission."

"You wouldn't mind?" Haley asked shyly.

"Of course not! You're my little sister!"