Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Ghost Hunt. They are owned by J.K. Rowling and Inada Shiho. I am just borrowing them for a little while.
This chapter has been Beta Read by DragonSlayer2187, who I thank so much, since I realized when we were going through it that I left something out, while to me it was a very larger error, it might not seem like it for you guys. So this has been redone.
Thanks go to Lily and George who translated the title, Yume no Naka ni Seishin, which means Spirit in the Dream, thanks also go to Kapony2 and Dead Feather who helped get this fic sorted out
New Chapter as is the next one!
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Yume no Naka ni Seishin
Chapter Two
Harry yawned as he walked down the stairs of the Burrow; it had only been a few days after leaving Hogwarts, for the last time. He couldn't believe that in a few more days he would be starting his new life in Japan.
First he had to settle some things with Dumbledore and the goblins at Gringotts. Most of it had to do with the Black and Potter holdings, this meant that he would have to sign some paperwork. He also needed to ask the goblins what he needed to do to make Dumbledore his overseer, since he didn't know when he was going to come back, if ever.
Then Harry had a sobering thought. He not only had to sign the papers today, making him the head of the Potter and Black houses, but also Sirius' memorial would be taking place later today. Harry could admit to himself that he wasn't looking forward to the service. The simple reason was that he still missed the Marauder and he just wasn't ready to say goodbye for good. Part of him still expected the man to walk into a room and say it was all a joke, especially since the Ministry had exonerated Sirius two days ago, but it was too little to late.
So lost in his thoughts, Harry didn't even realise he was almost to the kitchen until he heard several voice nearby. Looking up and through the doorway he spotted everybody sitting at the table, except for Ron, as he was still in the shower after Harry woke him up with a bucket of cold water dumped on his head. Stifling a snort of laughter, Harry walked all the way into the kitchen with a grin on his face, nodding to everybody that said good morning to him. He quickly took a seat across from Hermione and in between George and Bill.
"Morning Harry, is Ron awake?" Molly asked him as soon as she spotted him sitting at the table.
"He is now," he grinned, unrepentant for what he had done. His best friend had done it to him once when they were in third year, payback was always fun.
"What did you do?" Hermione asked him as she narrowed her eyes at her friend.
"Just a little payback, I did tell him it might take me a while to do it," he said cryptically and quietly, so no one else could hear their conversation.
"You didn't!" Hermione exclaimed as her hands flew to her mouth, not believing he would do such a thing.
Harry looked over to her and raised an eyebrow, "Oh yes," he laughed as a bright grin came over his face.
"I can't believe you would do something like that, he is gong to kill you." She told him, shaking her head at him in exasperation.
"Harry!" A shout came from above as a thunderous noise came rushing down the stairs.
"Yes Ron," Harry said calmly as he looked at his friend that now stood in the doorway of the kitchen, the two of them had the attention of the rest of the family, who had all stayed quiet, wondering what Harry and Hermione had been whispering about.
"Did you have to do that?" he complained, then a devilish look took over his face and he pointed a finger at Harry and said, "I will get you back for that."
Harry chuckled and said, "It's only payback, if you try and get me again, I'll do something even worse," he looked over to his friend with a smirk on his face, reminding Ron once again who Sirius had told all of his prank ideas to.
"Marauders son," Ron murmured as he quickly sat down in a huff.
"Yep, and damn proud of it," Harry agreed as the twins looked to Harry, their mouths wide open and eyes staring at him in awe and disbelief.
"Harry, language!" came the joint shouts of Hermione and Molly.
"Harry, do you have to leave?" Ginny asked him her voice laced with sadness and affection, as she stared at him from down the table.
Harry looked to her and shook his head, "I'm leaving Ginny and as much as I don't want to leave a few good friends here, I want some peace and quite, and I won't get that if I remain here."
"But, Harry, I really don't want you to go," she whined at him, her eyes holding sadness and rejection.
Ron turned his gaze to his little sister and with a comforting, but hard tone said, "Harry wouldn't get any peace here and over there he will be able to. I don't want him to go, and neither does Hermione, but we both understand why."
"But Ron, he belongs here," she huffed a little as she sent a shy look towards Harry.
Before Ron, Hermione, or Harry could say anything else to Ginny, Molly interrupted them as she lay breakfast out on the table and told everyone to dig in. Harry remained quiet as he ate, going over everything that he would have to do today. He didn't miss Ginny's constant looks filled with affection and love. Every time she did it, Harry couldn't help but grimace a little, he hoped that once he left she would finally get over her stupid childhood crush. Everybody else at the breakfast table was trying to talk over each other and once in a while a quarrel would break out over something that had been said, but Molly would stop it immediately before it could go further. It made Harry a little sad when he realised that this would be one of the things he would miss the most when he left for Japan; though it wasn't enough for him to stay. Breakfast went by too quickly in Harry's opinion, even with Ginny's uncomfortable glances at him, and soon it was time for everybody to start their day. This meant Harry had to get cleaned and dressed, before heading to Diagon Alley and Gringotts.
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Harry smoothed down the dark green robe that he had put on as he headed towards Gringotts bank in Diagon Alley. He tried to ignore the people that stopped and stared at him as he walked by. He was just glad that they didn't try and stop him to talk about Voldemort and how he defeated him. He walked up the steps, glad that he was at the entrance; he then grabbed a hold of the handled and walked in.
Harry smiled a little, when he spotted Headmaster Dumbledore, which wasn't that hard since he was wearing a bright purple robe with shooting stars whizzing around it. He was standing near the back of the bank, talking to one of the many goblins that worked there. Harry hurried over to where they were standing and not wanting to interrupt what looked like an important conversation, he stop a few feet from them and leaned against a wall. The two talked for a few more minutes, before Headmaster Dumbledore noticed him and greeted him with a cheery, "Why, Hello, Harry my boy."
Harry nodded with a smile, in acknowledgement, before he pushed off the wall and over to where Dumbledore and the goblin were standing. Once beside them Dumbledore looked over and gave a happy smile while asking, "You are looking well, I take it Molly's cooking is as good as ever?"
Harry gave the old Headmaster a smile back as he replied, "Yes it is Headmaster and she wanted me to ask if you are coming to dinner tonight after Sirius' memorial. She is setting a few things up for those that are coming."
Dumbledore nodded his head and said, "You may tell Molly that I will certainly try to stop by."
Getting the answer he needed Harry nodded his head and then turned his attention to the goblin standing next to them. "Hello," Harry greeted.
"Greetings to you also, young Mr. Potter." The goblin answered before continuing, "You are both to follow me. Gnarltooth is waiting for both of you." Without waiting for them he turned around and headed down one of the few corridors that led off the main part of Gringotts.
Quickly, both Harry and Dumbledore, followed after the goblin. After walking quite a ways they came to a stop in front of the last door in the corridor. The goblin that was guiding them knocked on the door loudly and waited till a deep growling, "Come in," sounded from inside.
The goblin opened the door and ushered the two of them inside, before closing the door behind them. Harry took in the room he had walked into. The walls were the colour of dried blood and there was nothing hanging on the walls. Though in one of the corners sat a suit of armour, which could easily be worn by a goblin. A large black desk, with two office chairs sat in front of it, was in the middle of the room. Behind it was another goblin, which they assumed was Gnarltooth; they found that to be true when the goblin that had brought them introduced him and then left them to their business.
"Mr. Harry Potter and Headmaster Albus Dumbledore," Gnarltooth said, his voice low, with a gravely tone to it. Harry looked to him and saw an old scar that ran down the left side of his' face, he couldn't help but wonder what had caused it, "Please sit down," the goblin added as he gestured to the two seats in front of them.
Once they were seated Gnarltooth then began, "I was told that you are here to lean about your holdings and to sign for them, since thanks to your Headmaster you are now emancipated, am I right Mr. Potter?"
"Yes, he told me that I had a few things that I would need to sign," Harry nodded as he looked to Dumbledore.
"Right, the first thing we will look into are the Potter holdings." Gnarltooth then pushed a stack of papers that had been sitting in front of him toward Harry. "This is a list I made of all the properties and vaults, along with all contents in each." He then pushed a second stack of papers that sat to his right toward Harry. "This second pile here is a list of all the firms and companies that you have an investment in." He then folded his hands in front of him as he continued. "Please read through them all and then sign this document," He unfolded his hands and sat piece of paper between the two stacks, "that states you will be taking over. After you are done signing you will then have to make an oath with your blood, wand, and magic."
Harry's eyes went about as wide as a dinner plate, as he took in the two stacks of paper, giving a weary sigh he picked up the first piece of paper and began reading. It took him a good hour to get through all of the paper; all the while he could hear Dumbledore and Gnarltooth holding a conversation.
By reading the stacks he found out that he had six homes in Britain and even a few overseas. He hadn't missed that the home he had picked out in Japan and have given Dumbledore the okay to purchase for him was also included in the list. The vault list showed that he would have plenty of money, and that he would never have to work, though Harry couldn't see himself not working. The very last paper he picked up, talked about the family values and tradition. There really weren't that many. The main key points were to be brave, help those he could, do what was right, and be ready for anything.
Having read everything, he then turned his attention to the last piece of paper in front of him. He gave a shudder as he picked up the pen sitting next to it. The pen happened to be a blood quill and Harry remembered those horrid things, thanks to Umbridge. Quickly he signed it and then dropped the pen just as fast when the familiar sting of pain took over on the back of his hand.
Harry then grabbed his wand and crossed it over his head as he said the oath, "I, Harry James Potter, do herby declare my loyalty to the Ancient and Noble House of Potter. I swear to up hold the traditions of the Potter family and make my ancestors proud, so mote it is." As soon as he finished a bright light came out of his wand and surround his whole body before collecting around his middle finger on his right hand and forming the Head of Potter House ring. This showed that his oath had taken hold and he was now subject to punishment if he did not uphold his families' values.
Harry gave a sigh and then turned his attention to Gnarltooth as he said, "Congratulations Lord Potter." Gnarltooth then turned to the last two stacks of papers and pushed them towards Harry. "Sirius Black never had the chance to be heir to the Black House, but since he was the next in line to inherit we will go by his will, which named you as his heir to the Black family. These here are all their holdings, please go through it just like you did for the Potter holdings."
Harry started in on the new stack of papers with an aggravated sigh. Just when he thought he was done he got more paper work. The Black family had more homes and vaults then the Potter's did and so this stack took about an hour and half to go through. The money was way more than the Potter's and if Harry had thought he would never have to work again, he defiantly had enough now to not have to work for multiple lifetimes. What surprised him was that there were notes on some of the things; these would have to go to the people mentioned. Finally he was done and picked up the finally page that gave a list of the Family values. It surprised him to read that they weren't as dark as people thought they were. They were always to think of family first, protect the family, and to make sure that the family was pure of heart. He stopped at that and wondered when that had changed in some of their views as to make sure the line was always pure.
Not wanting to waste any more time Harry once again picked up the blood quill and signed his name. Once that was done he did the same thing with his wand as he did last time saying, "I, Lord Harry James Potter, do herby declare my loyalty to the Ancient and Noble House of Black. I swear to uphold the traditions of the Black family and to make my ancestors proud, so mote it is." Once again he was surrounded by a white light that then faded, only this time around his right ring finger, next to the Head of Potter Family ring, appeared the Head of Black Family ring.
"Well, Lord Potter-Black, I look forward to doing business with you again." Gnarltooth said with a grin, showing off his sharp teeth and causing the large scar to warp slightly, making the aging goblin look even more feral and menacing, then welcoming.
"Actually there is one more thing that I would like to discuss with you right now." Harry cut in before the goblin could dismiss them.
Gnarltooth nodded his head for Harry to continue and so he did, "I am heading for Japan soon and I won't be able to come to England all the time to see to my families holdings. I would like Headmaster Dumbledore to take over while I am gone. What I am wondering is there something special that I have to do to make that happen?"
Gnarltooth sat there for a few minutes, looking the two of them over, seemingly thinking before he spoke, "Yes that would be possible. All the Headmaster would need to do is to make an oath before you, showing that he has the families' best interests at heart and that all decisions will be made as you would make them."
"That would be fine." Harry stated before turning to Headmaster Dumbledore and asking, "Can we do that right now?"
"I would be willing to take the oath right now." Dumbledore said as he nodded his head.
Gnarltooth smiled again and brought out a piece of paper from a drawer in his desk and sat it in front of Albus, before motioning for him to go ahead. Headmaster Dumbledore took out his wand and glanced at the piece of paper in front of him. In the next minute he crossed his wand over his heart and began, "I, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore swear on my magic that I will do my utmost best in the interest of the Ancient and Noble Houses of Potter and Black as long as they are in my care. I will do as Lord Harry James Potter-Black would do, so mote it is." When he finished a familiar light emitted from his wand, before surrounding his whole body for a moment, then it slowly faded away, seeming to sink into his body.
"Now that we have finished with that, I will be sending you both the information that Lord Potter-Black has looked over today and also anything that comes up. Is there anything else that you need to know?" Gnarltooth asked switching his gaze between the two.
Harry glanced at Dumbledore who shook his head no. Seeing that, Harry turned to Gnarltooth and shook his head saying, "No I think that is it for now. Thank you for your help and I hope you have a nice day." With that he stood up and shook hands with the goblin.
"Good bye to you then," Gnarltooth told them as he finished shaking hands with Harry and then Dumbledore.
Both of them nodded and left the goblin's office heading to the lobby. Once in the Gringotts lobby they both stopped and turned to each other. "Shall I see you a little later at the memorial in Godric's Hollow, Harry," asked Dumbledore?"
"Yes, you will Headmaster, Remus and I will be arriving earlier so he can take me to my parent's grave. It will be the first time in seeing them." Harry answered his Headmaster.
Dumbledore just nodded his head that he understood before saying, "I will see you later then Harry." He then turned and made his way out the doors of Gringotts.
Harry watched him go and smiled a little at the robes the old man was wearing. Moments later he followed the aged Headmaster out of Gringotts and to the Leaky Cauldron, before taking the Floo back to the Burrow. Once there, he had an hour left to get ready before Remus showed up and they would head out to Godric's Hollow.
I know I was going to have Harry saying goodbye to Sirius, but it sounded better being a new chapter. Please read and review and tell me what you all think of the re-write so far, and of the new chapter!
Next of Yume - Saying goodbye to Sirius.
Thank you for the reviews so far, I am not changing anything of the main plot. Just the little bits are being changed and added to.
