I don't own Harry Potter, however the OC are mine.

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Lyra went up to her room in the Spring Rivers and tried to decide which she should read first. Finally, she settled for reading "Laws for Minors" and then books on Occlumency. She knew that since she was entering a completely new world, she needed to learn the laws starting with those which apply to her. Her ability was especially useful as it explained to her meanings of every unknown word and gave her random but useful facts about Wizarding World.

From the book Lyra learned of the Statute of Secrecy and laws regarding it. She also learned that as soon as she put on the Lordship's ring Lyra Black was registered as an emancipated minor and according to the Ministry she had the same privileges and responsibilities as any adult. Lyra wasn't very concerned about that because in a few months she was going to be at Hogwarts. Still, before that she wanted to ensure that her new family had orderly finances and viewed documents regarding them.

A COMPLETE LIST OF FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS

Current Black Family Net Worth: 324,590,063 galleons, 764,320 sickles, 833 knuts.

Current Nabrecht Family Net Worth: 7,847,900 galleons, 426,050 sickles, 540 knuts.

Current Black Family Investments: 20% Magical Ingredients (collecting), 7% Madam Malkin Robes, 41% Prince Potions (sole other owner Severus Prince-Snape), 15% Odds and Ends, 18% Bee Salon (beautifying charms and potions; 3 establishments).

Complete ownership: Delano vineyards (vine; 30 ha; Italy, Spain), Naomi Food Farm(vegetables, fruits, grains; 60 ha; Great Britain, Germany), Live Farm(chicken, cows, pigs, turkeys; 8 ha; Great Britain, Spain).

Current Nabrecht Family Investments: 36% Desdemona Fabrics, 28% Sewing and Knitting Yarns.

Complete ownership: Brecht Clothes (8 shops; Germany).

After finishing her perusal Lyra thought about what she wanted changed. Lyra decided to ask goblins to invest in Muggle businesses on her behalf, especially, in new technologies creating companies.

She put it aside and immersed herself in a book on Occlumency. The first few chapters told of various types of Occlumency, one may choose to practice. Lyra decided that she best liked the ocean type of Occlumency, only she didn't want to use the usual ocean fone. She wanted to use the cosmos. In cosmos there were plenty of objects to hide her memories in like planets, meteorites, comets, stars, black holes and even simple cosmos dust. Finally, she also could use the darkness of the Cosmos itself.

Lyra following the book's directions closed her eyes and thought of a blank space. When she could see it really well, she tried to imagine the Cosmos overlying the blank space. In the next few minutes, Lyra strongly thought of concrete memories and again and again imagined them hidden in different places in the Cosmos. After finishing the exercise Lyra packed up her new belongings in a trunk, leaving out only an almost empty bag of money. She was going to check out of the hotel the same day she checked in. Lyra walked down the stairs to the lobby, where she paid 2 galleons for a day's stay.

When the girl came outside, it was already evening, 5 pm. She went to Gringotts and asked to be taken to her Vaults. When asked to specify, she chose 826 vault as it was intended for solely her use. When down there she took around 360 galleons and a few sickles and knuts for possible future purchases. Lyra thoughtfully looked around her personal vault and asked the goblin, whether they could provide transportation to her house. 'I mean, if they can somehow know my inheritance from a few drops of blood, they should be capable of making a portkey.' A goblin showed his teeth and nodded.

"Why, yes, we can. Where would you like to travel? Do you want a permanent Portkey or for one time use only? The latter is cheaper than the previous one."

"I would like a permanent Portkey from Diagon Alley to Queendem Manor and back."

Goblin nodded and informed her that her Lordship's ring is capable of transporting her to any of Black properties, so she would only need a Portkey to a Diagon Alley.

"How much does it cost?" asked Lyra Black out of curiosity.

"4 galleons. It is guaranteed to work for 10 years, after that it becomes unreliable. I will take the cost out of your personal vault. Do you have a preferable form for it?"

"If it will work for 10 years, I would like it in a form of a bracelet." Lyra decided as it would be both comfortable and secure way to carry it constantly with her.

A goblin said something in his guttural language and gave her a silver bracelet.

"To activate the Portkey you need to say 'Alley activate' and it will whisk you to the Alley's brick entrance."

Lyra thanked goblin and climbed back into the cart to ride up to the bank lobby. When she went outside the bank, she took out her wand and tapped the ring saying 'Queendem Manor'. She felt like she was flying through the air very fastly and couldn't breathe until suddenly she descended in front of big silver wrought gates.

The Queendem Manor was magnificent, though as expected it was smaller than Black Manor and had only two floors above the ground and one under. It's dominating colours were light grey, dark blue and silver. Around the house was a large garden. At the front, there grew flowers, which colours complimented the Manor. At the back there were a few greenhouses, in which grew local vegetables. At the right side there was a pool, while at the left stood a shed, presumably for tools.

Lyra stepped inside the Manor. The inside was equally as beautiful as outside yet still remained practical. On the first floor, there were four guest suites, a kitchen, a dining room, two empty office rooms and plenty other rooms, where Lyra didn't go, wishing to find her suite faster and planning to explore another time. On the basement floor there were a potions lab, a few storage rooms for ingredients and other things. On the second floor there was a Master Suite, Heir Apparent Suite and some other rooms. It was a third room she opened the door to on the second floor, where she saw a house elf. What it meant was immediately clarified by her gift and Black Family Magic. Both told her the house elf was to take care of this house and serve it's occupants. The house elf saw her and squeaked:

"Lady Black be here. How Queenie can serve yous?"

"Tell me about this house."

"This house was built by Arcturus Black in 1977. It's said that he sensed an impending future Lord's/Lady's birth and ordered this manor built so that he/she would have a private home from other Black Family members. The Master Suite has a bookshelf connected with Westmoor Castle's library, which is periodically updated. "

Lyra thought over elf's words. She contemplated writing to Arcturus Black for advice, but couldn't decide just what to say in a letter and put off the letter for another day as it was getting late. Lyra brought her trunk to the Master bedroom, prepared for sleep and went to bed.