A/N: Still don't own Harry Potter.
Ch.4
The morning of June 25 was a bright a sunny day in Little Whinging. Harry was up at 7 o'clock making breakfast for his relatives. Harry had already cleared his trip to Diagon Alley with his uncle who seemed grateful to have Harry and his freakish issues out of his hair for most of the day. Harry had mentally prepared for whatever today's meeting held in store for him. Daphne had told him that formal robes were required but their school robes would do for this meeting. Harry made a mental note to purchase some formal dress robes after they were done at Gringotts.
At half past eight, Harry called for Dobby to take him to Diagon Alley. Dobby and Harry appeared just outside the entrance to the alley behind the Leaky Cauldron. Pulling out his wand he tapped on the wall in the pattern Hagrid used back in his first year. The wall turned into an archway and Harry made his way down the street. He did his best to keep his head down and not draw any attention to himself. Soon he found himself approaching Gringotts. He saw his three bondmates standing outside on the steps of the bank. Standing with them was Bill Weasley. Harry made his way over to them had shook Bill's hand when he offered it.
"Good to see you Harry." Bill said. "It seems these ladies are waiting for you." Harry and the group went into the lobby and made their way over to the tellers. Harry recognized the goblin at the counter as Griphook, the goblin who helped him during the summer before his first year at Hogwarts.
"Hello Griphook, we're here for a meeting about my account." Harry said.
"You... you remember me Mr. Potter?" Griphook replied shocked
"Of course you helped me when I discovered I was a wizard." Harry replied confused.
"I'm sorry, you said something about a meeting?" Griphook asked regaining his composure.
"Yes we're here about my account."
"Of course, please wait a moment." Griphook said getting up and disappearing behind a door on the other side of the counter. Harry was confused at the goblin's reaction when his name was used. Daphne felt his confusion and answered his unspoken question.
"Harry don't worry, you didn't do anything wrong." Daphne reassured him.
"Most wizards don't bother to remember the names of the goblins who help them.' Bill added to the conversation. He was surprised that Harry had probably done more to change the goblin's perception of wizards unintentionally. A few minutes later Griphook reappeared a led the group deep into the bank to a conference room.
"Your account manager will be with you shortly Mr. Potter." Griphook said
"Thank You Griphook, Oh and please call me Harry."
"Of course….. Harry." Griphook said with a bow. Shortly after Griphook left, the door opened revealing a goblin holding a large folder."
"Lord Potter I'm Ragnok, your family's account manager." The goblin said. Bill and all three of his bondmates were surprised at the identity of the manager.
"Harry he's the head of the bank and the King of the goblins" All three had told him. Harry was more interested in the way he was addressed.
"I'm sorry but did you say Lord Potter?" Harry asked
"Yes, you are Harry James Potter, son of Lord James Potter and Lady Lilly Potter, Heads of the Noble and Most Ancient House Potter, are you not?" Ragnok asked in a gruff business-like manner.
"Well yes, but I didn't know about the title." Harry explained
"You should have been told about it long before now" Ragnok explained. "Now carrying on, earlier this month our records indicated that a bond with these three witches was created making you, in the eyes of the Goblin Nation, eligible to claim your full inheritance. This was met by an odd look from Harry
"Didn't I already claim it?"
"No, that was your trust vault set up by your parents will" Ragnok said. It was odd to the goblin king that a noble lord was so ill-informed of his family's standing, but he had a good idea at who the guilty party was in this situation. "It appears as if there is something going on involving your account, How about you visit your family's ancestral vault while I have someone look into this. I have Griphook escort you down. How about we meet in an hour?"
The group got up and bowed to the goblin. They returned to the lobby and proceeded to board a cart. The Cart went down deeper than anyone onboard had ever gone before. The dives the cart had made on the way down were enjoyed by everyone except Daphne since she wasn't a Quidditch fan. The cart had stopped at vault number 6. The vault door had the crest of the House of Potter on it, A Dragon, which Ginny had identify as a Welsh green, was perched on a shield with Lions and Eagles on it. Harry noticed that there was nowhere to insert a key.
"Um how do we open it?" Harry asked Griphook.
"It requires a drop of blood, just place your right hand on the seal." He instructed. Harry did this and he felt a sharp pain in his hand. The door started to glow red and opened. The vault's interior was the size of the Great Hall and several doors indicated that there were other rooms. Inside was mountains of Galleons and other family treasures. There were paintings, furniture, weapons, armor, and chest of jewelry. Entering the vault the group split up Harry made his way to the back of the vault while the girls and Griphook took a look at the chests containing jewels. In the first chest was several dozen different rings which Griphook identified as the Potter family wedding rings. Each girl picked a different ring out of the chest. Harry was busy inspecting the many swords that lined one of the walls of the vault when a flash of gold light distracted him. On his hand was a simple gold wedding band. He stopped and stared at it, confused at it. The girls felt his confusion through the bond and made their way over to him.
"Harry what's wrong?" Ginny asked.
"It's just hit me, we're married, I mean I knew that but seeing this ring…" He trailed off "What if I'm terrible at this, what if you don't want to be bonded to me. I mean we've never even been on a date with any of you."
"Harry remember what McGonagall told us" Cho said "This is meant to be so don't worry, even if you are terrible at this we got plenty of time to get better. Now I believe you have something to do." She said as each girl held out the ring they had picked. Harry took each ring and dropped to a single knee.
"Ginny will you marry me?"
"Of course Harry" she said as harry placed the ring on her finger, a flash of light came from the ring as it automatically sized itself to Ginny's finger. Harry then turned to Cho
"Cho will you marry me?"
"Yes Harry" she said. The ring Cho picked had a similar effect to Ginny's. Finally he turned to Daphne.
"Daphne will you marry me?"
"I don't know, I'll have to ask my Husband." She said drawing laughs from the group. "Of course I will"
After the proposals the group continued to look around, after nearly an hour the group made their way back to the cart. Griphook was holding a large book and a silver key.
"Master Ragnok suggested that you take these, this book is the Potter family spellbook and this is a portkey to Potter Manor. Master Ragnok thought you would want to visit your ancestral home after your meeting."
The group had made their way back to the conference room and found Ragnok waiting for them.
"Good you're back. While you were gone I had someone look into your parent's will." He said producing an envelope. He gave a copy to Harry. "Every time a noble family's will is read, a copy is sent to Gringotts. However your parents will was sealed until you could legally claim adulthood."
"But who would seal a noble family's will?" Daphne asked
"Not many, in fact the only two who could were the only witnesses at the reading." Ragnok explained Harry looked at the report, one name was unfamiliar and was Harry was all too familiar with.
Minister Millicent Bagnold and Chief Warlock Albus Dumbledore.
"Dumbledore was there?" Ginny asked
"Yes, in fact he was the one to change the time of the reading. But that's not the worst of this look at Section 2." The group turned to that section in the will. It discussed the issue of Harry's guardianship.
In the event of our untimely demise, our son should be placed with the following people in this order:
Sirius Orion Black
Frank and Alice Longbottom
Arthur and Molly Weasley
Richard and Alexandra Greengrass
Jean-Luc and Apolline Delacour
Edward and Andromeda Tonks
In addition to the rights as guardian, the sum of 50000 galleons shall be paid to the selected guardian. If none of these candidates are able to take Harry, Those assembled at the reading of this will shall decide on a suitable replacement. Under no circumstances is Harry to be placed with Vernon and Petunia Dursley.
"Who are the Delacours?" Harry asked.
"They're a noble family from France. They along with the Potters have long been allies of the goblins. In fact, both families are responsible for helping to set up this bank." Ragnok said. Harry wondered why he never heard about this before now. "That's not the only thing, your parent's will clearly state that Peter Pettigrew was your parent's secret keeper." Ragnok said. "The facts all point to this, Dumbledore has breached the terms set by your parents last will and testament and withheld evidence in a very high profile case. However if we bring this before the Wizengamot, they would do nothing but if you did they might."
"How can I? I'm not a member." Harry said.
"Actually you are." Ragnok said as he handed a ring to Harry. The ring had a dragon engraved on it like the one on the vault door. "This is the Potter family ring presented to each Lord Potter when he takes his Wizengamot seats."
"Seats?!" Harry and his bondmates said in unison.
"Yes seats. Currently you Lord Potter hold three seats with a possible fourth. In addition to the Potter seat you also hold the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw seats with the Black family seat should your godfather not produce an heir."
"Gryffindor and Ravenclaw?" Harry asked
"Yes you are also Lord Gryffindor but according to the terms set by Godric Gryffindor and Rowena Ravenclaw, your wives are Lady Ravenclaws."
"How is that possible?" Cho asked "I thought Rowena Ravenclaw only had one Daughter?"
"No she and Godric were married by virtue of a soul bond, much like yourselves. They had two daughters, Victoria and Helena. It was decided that Victoria would carry the title of Gryffindor and Helena would do the same for Ravenclaw. Victoria went on to marry a wizard named Robert Potter and they settled in Wales. However when Helena died without an heir, Godric and Rowena decided that Robert and Victoria's male heirs would be the Heir of Gryffindor and female heirs would be the Heir of Ravenclaw. If only one child was born their spouse would take the other title until an appropriate heir was born. So you would keep the Gryffindor title until you had a son and the same for your wives if a daughter was born." Ragnok explained. Harry blushed at the mention of children, he was nowhere near ready to even think about children." However before you take those seats, you would have to register your bonds and designate which Lady shall hold what title."
"Is our bonds legal, I've never heard of anyone marrying more than once" Ginny asked
"Yes they are. Even if the bonds weren't there, Harry would have to take two wives, one to be Lady Potter and one to be Lady Black. Besides Harry qualifies for the Noble Lord Marriage Law of 1258."
"I've never heard of that law before." Bill said "what's it say?'
"Basically, if a noble lord doesn't have an heir when he claims his title, then he is allowed to marry multiple times in order to increase his chances to produce an heir. Now I take it you don't want to advertise your bonds just yet, am I right?" Griphook asked. Harry looked to his girls all three nodded in agreement. "Very well, we'll draw up the paperwork and hold it until we get authorization from you. Now which one of you shall be Lady Potter?' The three girls looked at each other. Using their bond the three of them discussed it. Somehow they were blocking harry from listening in. After a minute Daphne spoke up.
"We decided that Ginny will be Lady Potter and Cho will be Lady Black." Daphne said "Most likely the Greengrass title will pass to me since I don't have a brother and was married before my sister."
"Very well are there any other questions before we move on to your holdings?' Ragnok asked. Everyone was silent so Ragnok continued. "Now your account has roughly 1.3 billion galleons in it. With investments you gain about a quarter of million galleons a year. Since you can now access you ancestral vault, what shall we do with your trust vault? We could freeze its contents for any future children or we could combine it with your family's vault." Ragnok said.
"Hold it please." Harry asked.
"Of course." Ragnok said. "In addition to that you also own several properties. You already know about Potter Manor in Wales and the cottage in Godric's Hollow. You also own two summer homes, one in southern France and one in California, and a private island in the Mediterranean. All properties have portkeys located in your vault. If that's all I believe that wraps up our meeting for today. If there are any questions about your holdings please send me a letter addressed to me personally." Ragnok got up shook Harry's and the girls' hands.
It was about noon when they left the bank. After deciding that they would have lunch at the Leaky Cauldron before taking the portkey to Potter Manor. After a meal of Shepard's pie, butterbeer, and treacle tart. The group made their way to the alley's apparition and portkey site.
"Portus" Bill said touching the large silver key Griphook gave them in the vault. All of them were taken by the unpleasant feeling of being hooked by the navel. The portkey dropped them in a valley on Wales. Nestled in the valley was a large home that appeared to have started out as a medieval castle. A dirt path led from the Manor to the main road. The group started walking down to dirt road to the house but something felt wrong with Harry. When they landed, Harry felt dizzy. He assumed that it was a side effect of the portkey since he had never traveled that way before. However, as they got closer to the manor the feeling got worse and was accompanied by a throbbing pain in his scar. When they were about three quarters of the way there, Harry collapsed due to the pain hearing a scream in the distance.
Oh no, a wild cliffhanger appeared! Why did Harry Black out? Why didn't his bondmates feel anything? All will be answered next time on Harry Potter and The Order of The Dragon.