Chapter 4: Revelations.
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Okay so Chapter 4 is here. Enjoy!
13 September 1988
Lucifer, Hela, Lily and Sirius all walked through the grand entrance to the wizarding back, Gringotts, with their black hoods drawn up. The group approached a stand that was taller than either of the adults and just barely visible to the children over the top, was an old goblin.
"May the blood of your enemies be spilt upon your blade." Sirius said with a 'strictly-business attitude'. The old goblin looked up and instinctively replied "And may gold flow ever through your streams."
He looked down and Sirius slightly took off his hood, showing his face to the goblin. Knowing why he was doing this, the goblin gestured for the four of them to follow him to an office that said 'Deputy Head Goblin: Hroth'. Next to it was a much grander door that read 'Head Goblin: Ragnok'.
They entered the surprisingly large office and stood in the middle of the room. The goblin closed the door and turned back around to greet Sirius. "Mr Black, I did not expect to see you here on account of being a wanted criminal after all. I thought you would choose to hide out at one of your father's many estates in the countryside." Sirius smiled. "It is great to see you to Hroth, and yes we are currently hiding at my father's York manor."
"We?" Hroth looked over, seemingly to have only noticed the two children and woman were there as well. He didn't even need them to take off their hoods to know who they were. Everyone knew the dark Potters were with Sirius.
"Ah, Miss Lily, I assume you don't want to be called Mrs Potter. These must be your eldest children. Lucifer and Hela, were they? Or was it Lukither and Hellen?" The goblin smirked as the two children suddenly got mad at him for mentioning the misspellings of their names in the Prophet.
"It is Lucifer and Hela and the Prophet is stupid for getting that wrong!" Lucifer was about to shout but luckily he held it in. He didn't want to attract attention to the office they were currently cornered in. Hroth had locked the door on their way in and the only other exit was the floo. Lucifer felt oddly trapped but he brushed it off.
Lily was feeling something different, the same lust for that morning at the mention of 'enemy blood'. Oh merlin, please not now, not in public. Hroth noticed Lily's distress. "Are you alright Miss Evans?" Lily seemed startled that he noticed. "Yes Hroth, everything is alright." Hroth looked suspicious but he turned back to Sirius.
"So what was it you all came here to do?" Lily took over the conversation. "We need to withdraw some money from my account. We were also going to purchase a home and file for divorce but in light of… recent revelations, we decided it'd be best to wait for that." Hroth nodded, understanding what these 'Recent Revelations' were.
"Of course, Miss Evans. Do you have your key?" Hroth grinned as Lily pulled out a long brass key from her robe. It was the length of the average wand and the tip of it was very complex, like so that it couldn't be copied. Hroth took it and led them down a dark stone hallway lit only by torches. It reminded Lily and Sirius of the Hogwarts dungeons where Severus Snape lurked.
Hroth took them to a large cavern with two minecarts and a small drivers cart sat in front. Lucifer and Hela had never done this part of Gringotts, they only ever went there so Lily could schedule a financial meeting as she only ever paid on credit card, a relatively new concept to the wizarding world. They had never actually gone down to get money before. Sirius nudged them to get into a cart as Lily had already seated herself in the first cart and Hroth in the drivers cart. They both sat down in different carts with Lucifer in front with Lily while Hela and Sirius were in the back.
Without warning, the cart took off at what Lucifer could only assume was hundreds of kilometres and hour. If it weren't for the magical bindings holding everyone down, he was sure they would all have fallen out. It was a few minutes before the cart came to a stop, and you could tell everyone that had enough. Lucifer and Sirius felt like throwing up down the large, bottomless cavern, Hela looked like she was about to fall down that same cavern from dizziness, and Lily was hyperventilating.
Hroth waited for everyone to have calmed down before he gave a large toothy grin which was honestly terrifying because of the sharp teeth and menacing face. He asked "Are we ready to continue with the procedure?" The group followed him to a large door with many engravings on it and an oddly shaped keyhole. "Key, please." Hroth held out his hand and Lily gave him the key. He turned around and carefully slotted the key inside the keyhole and turned it.
He handed the key back to her and opened the large stone doors. The twins gasped at what they saw. The vault was filled with Jewelry and Galleons, as well as a few piles of knuts and sickles. It looked like a few pirate treasure chests all piled together. The twins didn't know where their mum had gotten all that money from. James, maybe?
"I know what you're thinking and no. I didn't get this all from James. We have a joint account but he can monitor deposits and withdrawals in that. No, when I was 18, I found out that I hailed from the pureblood family of Yaxley through a my father who was the squib son of Heinrich Yaxley and brother of Corban Yaxley. It turns out that Heimrich had found out about his magical granddaughter a week before he passed and he wrote me in his will. Corban, my uncle and his son Antonin introduced themselves to me after the reading and said they were happy to have another member of their family, squib-descended or not. We've been on great terms ever since. I be sure to stop in Corban's office whenever I'm at the ministry. Anyway, that's where I got the money from, my deceased grandfather." Lily finished her story with a smile at her children's gobsmacked faces, they had always thought she was muggleborn, they were proven wrong.
Hroth cleared his throat, indicating that they should get on with it. "How much would you like to withdraw Miss Evans." Lily pondered for a moment before deciding "About 300 galleons, thank you Hroth." Hroth went inside and collected the money while the twins took in the fact that they were purebloods and had extended family. James didn't have any siblings and neither did Lily. Their parents had all died in the wizarding war and it was just the five of them. Now they knew they two uncles and possibly a cousin if Antonin had kids. Hroth came back and handed Lily the back of gold and clapped his hands together.
"Now if there wasn't anything else you needed done, we can be on our way". Lily piped up. "Actually Hroth, I was wondering if we could get mine and the kids' inheritance checked out. I never did mine because I married James and I'm sure he would've divorced me and disowned the kids, who never did theirs either." Hroth grinned, he always liked the process of checking inheritance. "Of course Miss Evans, follow me." He walked off and the group followed.
Sirius pulled up beside Lily and whispered to her. "Are you sure you want to go through with this? Do you really want the twins to find out about your, problem?" Lily sighed. "Yes, I think it's about time they learned about their parents' problems anyway." Sirius nodded and the five of them entered a large chamber with a big table with some parchment laying on it.
"Who would be going first?" Hroth asked with a toothy smile. Lily rather reluctantly moved forward, indicating that she was first. "Ah! Miss Lily, please hold out your finger." Lily obliged and hissed when Hroth pulled out a sharp dagger and cut her.
The blood dripped from her index finger and onto the parchment and words started to appear.
Lily Evans
Race: Witch, Royal Vampire.
Powers: Advanced magic core, Vampiric abilities, Animagi, Metamorphmagi.
Houses: Evans (Muggle), Potter (Marriage, Divorced), Yaxley (Paternal family), Slytherin (Maternal Ancestry).
Net worth: 4,825,081,798 galleons.
Vaults: 111, 647, 6, 76, 420.
Properties: Slytherin manor (Wales), Yaxley manor (Germany), Riddle manor (England).
Soul mate: Sirius Orion Black.
Everyone was gaping. The twins were in shock that their mother was a vampire. Not just that, a royal vampire.
Lily and Sirius were gaping at something else though. 'Soul mate: Sirius Orion Black.' They were soulmates. Lily looked at Sirius, confusion evident on her face. Sirius too looked puzzled, as if he didn't believe the magic parchment. Sure, he loved Lily but not like that. Right?
Lucifer then held out his hand. "Me next." Hroth obliged and cut the index finger so that a little drop of blood would spill onto the parchment. More words started to form.
Lucifer Sirius No-name.
Race: Wizard, Alpha Werewolf, Royal Vampire.
Powers: Legendary magic power levels, Alpha Lycanthropy, Royal Vampiric abilities, Animagi, Metamorphmagi, Apparition.
Houses: Potter (Paternal, Disowned), Evans (Maternal, Muggle), Peverell (Paternal Ancestry), Slytherin (Maternal Ancestry), Yaxley (Maternal), Emrys (Magically Chosen), Le Faye (Magically Chosen).
Net worth: 0 galleons.
Vaults: 573, 111, 647, 6, 76, 420, 396, 1, 2, 211.
Properties: Slytherin manor (Wales), Yaxley manor (Germany), Riddle manor (England), Peverell manor (England), Emrys castle (France), Le Faye palace (Norway).
Titles: Lord Slytherin, Lord Peverell, Lord Emrys, Lord Le Faye.
Wizengamot seats: 14
NOTE THAT ALL INHERITANCES WILL BE CLAIMED ON 16TH BIRTHDAY.
Soul mate: Hela Lily no-name.
Now everyone was in shock, they hadn't expected the list to be so long. Everyone, including Hroth, was shocked at the last sentence which stated that Lucifer and Hela were soul mates. They were twins.
Hela held out her finger to start the inheritance ritual. As the blood dripped on the paper, they found it was almost identical to Lucifer's.
Hela Lily No-name.
Race: Witch, Alpha Werewolf, Royal Vampire.
Powers: Legendary magic power levels, Alpha Lycanthropy, Royal Vampiric abilities, Animagi, Metamorphmagi, Apparition.
Houses: Potter (Paternal, Disowned), Evans (Maternal, Muggle), Peverell (Paternal Ancestry), Slytherin (Maternal Ancestry), Yaxley (Maternal), Emrys (Magically Chosen), Le Faye (Magically Chosen).
Net worth: 0 galleons.
Vaults: 574, 111, 647, 6, 76, 420, 396, 1, 2, 211.
Properties: Slytherin manor (Wales), Yaxley manor (Germany), Riddle manor (England), Peverell manor (England), Emrys castle (France), Le Faye palace (Norway).
Titles: Lady Slytherin, Lady Peverell, Lady Emrys, Lady Le Faye.
Wizengamot seats: 14
NOTE THAT ALL INHERITANCES WILL BE CLAIMED ON 16TH BIRTHDAY.
Soul mate: Lucifer Sirius no-name.
The goblin in front of them looked up at the group with a smile.
"Congratulations."
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