Disclaimer: I have no right to any character, they belong to JK Rowling. The only thing that is mine is the mistakes

Beta: (being betaed)

Pairing/s in this chapter: LV/SS, JP/LEP, HP/DM, HP/Clara Ivanova(one sided)

Warnings in this chapter: mentions of abuse

Words in this chapter: 2,644


"Talking"

'Thinking'

–Parseltongue–

Letter / Journal / Dream / Newspaper / Book


Chapter VI

–Gringotts–

HP POV

"Harry I must tell you that I have news... terrible news."

I nodded sitting by the headmaster desk. I wondered what was keeping me from telling the headmaster that I already knew…

"This summer, early July, there was a raid in Privet Drive." I looked at Dumbledore at once. "I'm afraid so, my boy. Your uncle and aunt didn't survive."

I took a hand to my mouth, suppressing the gasp, my eyes wide. Dumbledore said uncle and aunt…

"Dudley? My cousin… is my cousin…?" I couldn't take myself to say it.

"Luckily for your cousin he wasn't at home at the moment. Dudley Dursley has been living with Sirius this past couple of months."

I nodded blindly. Dudley was alive… I wasn't alone after all…

"I thought… the wards…"

"I'm sorry Harry. The wards were supposed to keep Voldemort out, but it looks like it stopped working. It was supposed to work as long as you considered that your house so this wasn't supposed to happen."

I tuned him out. As long as I considered that house mine? It was never my house! I was the dog of the house, living under the stairs, getting beaten every day, cleaning after them…

"Harry?"

I looked up to blue worried twinkling eyes.

"Can I see him?"

Dumbledore nodded. "You can, but you shouldn't go alone. It's not safe."

"Snape can come with me…" Dumbledore nodded again and stood to call Snape by the fireplace.

I almost smacked myself. Snape? What am I thinking?

"Professor?" Dumbledore turned to me, smiling.

"Yes Harry?"

I saw Snape appear in the fire.

"If my relatives are dead… who is me and my cousin mentor now?" Dumbledore was going to open his mouth, when suddenly a person came into my mind and I palled drastically. "Please don't be aunt Marge, anyone but her."

"Well well Harry, I'm sure your aunt can't be that bad…"

"Five years old, she came to Christmas… I was given dog biscuits… well at least I was given food that Christmas." Dumbledore and Snape eyes grew at that. "Seven years old, she came to visit, she put her Rottweiler dog on me, I spent the whole day and night on top of a tree until she finally called the dog." The twinkling dropped from Dumbledore eyes. "Thirteen, she came to visit. She spent the whole week talking about how bad I was and how ungrateful I am. She started calling by mother a bitch" a glass on Dumbledore's desk broke "and my father an alcoholic… I was told that it's just like in the dogs. If the bitch is faulty then the pup also is."

As if I just suddenly realized what I said, I blushed and lowered my face. "I'm sorry for your globe professor. I…"

"No need for forgiveness my boy, completely acceptable. But your uncles surely would stop her if she would go that far…"

I snorted shutting the professor up. I looked up to the professor standing and started to walk back and tough.

"My uncles? I'm sorry to say that they were even worse. I know that is bad to speak badly of people dead but… curse me but they deserved it. I don't feel any pity for them. For all that they did, they probably even had a pacific death. I wonder where they tortured or were just a killing curse? I bet it was just a killing curse, Voldemort wouldn't want the neighbourhoods to listen and you being alerted by Mrs. Norris of what were going on. Living trapped inside a cupboard all my life and now they died an easy death… lucky them…"

I felt someone approach and stop me by putting his hand on my shoulder; I turned to take the hand away when I came face to face with Snape.

"Calm down Potter." I stopped and lowered my face, to hide it. Snape turned to Dumbledore, still with his hand on my shoulder. "Why did you called my here, headmaster?"

"Harry asked to go visit his cousin but…"

"I'll accompany him. Then I'll take him to Gringotts it's time Potter hears his parents' will."

I didn't look up while Snape walked me out of the headmaster office. When I felt the man squeeze my shoulder I looked up to his face.

"I'm sorry I…"

"Was that the truth?" I nodded. "Memories?"

"Dreams."

The man nodded, walking out of school.

"You're not going to tell father that I…?"

The man sent me an angry glare. "I should." Immediately I lowered my face. "But I know that if I tell him he will take you out of school without thinking twice."

I nodded. "Thank you."

There was a sudden silence while we walked. Finally when we almost arrived the gates, Snape said. "It was quite the performance that you pulled with that girl on your arms…"

I looked up at Snape, grinning and seeing him smirking.

"I had to do something. I mean with Clara I can send her letters and she sends them back to Draco."

"Nice thinking… and you looked just like your biological father… with the girl hanging on your arm."

I smirked. "The perfect Golden Boy."

The two passed the gates and Snape apparated us both.

We appeared in the middle of London and Snape forced me to enter a house. Sirius appeared behind the door at once, hugging me.

"Dumbledore firecalled." He said when he saw the inquiring looks.

I looked around the house, and saw Dudley on top of the stairs.

"Freak."

"Big D."

I could clearly see that Dudley had lost weight. I released myself from Sirius and walked up the stairs, entering a room after Dudley.

–LMMP–

No One POV

Black and Severus entered the kitchen in silence. Just when Severus sat did Black spoke.

"Tea?"

Severus nodded in silence, while Black put the kettle heating. Black sat and they waited until the tea was ready, when they were finally served, Black looked at Severus.

"Dumbledore said that Harry had exploded?"

Severus rolled his eyes, sipped his tea and then retold what had happen.

"And before you take to conclusions. No, Potter wasn't exaggerated, you saw the name his cousin called him… and he have carved into his back the exact same world."

Black took his hands from the cup and clenched them so hard that they become white. "If they weren't dead… I…"

"You what Black? Would kill them?" Severus sneered. "That's exactly why he didn't tell you." Severus looked to the door to the kitchen. "Why he didn't told anyone."

Black nodded in silence. Severus looked at him.

"I'm going to take him tomorrow morning, before we go back, to Gringotts to read Lily's will."

Black nodded. "May I go?" he asked and, seeing Severus sneer, he immediately added: "As Snuffles, I'll behave, I promise."

"What about the muggle?"

"Can he come with us?"

The two men looked to the door where Harry was accompanied by his cousin. The muggle had obviously been crying if his red eyes, and Harry's wet shirt were something to go by. The two teens approached, Dursley sat while Harry started to move around the stove. When Harry finally sat there were four plates on the table, for each one, with food. Black' eyes grew comically.

Harry sent Severus a comical look. "It's not poisoned, you know professor?"

Severus glared back, knowing that the boy knew that it was just for show and picked his fork starting to eat. "Why would we bring a muggle to the middle of a wizard street?" Severus said, sneering.

Dursley flinched. Harry put his hand on his arm, letting go of his magic and calming him down.

"Don't worry Dudley, professor Snape is like that to everyone. Even to his betters."

Black contained his laugh to his hand, faking a cough. Severus glared at Black.

"You do seem to forget who is your better, Potter."

Harry looked up and his eyes flashed red for a second, Severus looked around making sure that none of the others were looking at Harry.

"I am perfectly aware who is my better…" Harry smirked and hissed a world that made Severus pale. He had heard his lord call him by that world enough times to know what it meant. –Severus–

–LMMP–

Harry looked at his cousin that was a mere shadow from what he was while they walked Diagon Alley to Gringotts. The boy was completely scared, only the dog at his side walking by his side was keeping him calm.

Lupin was walking by Harry's side and Severus behind them. It was quite funny to imagine Dumbledore sending the whole order with him when he felt safer without them. 'I mean Moody and Tonks don't call any attention at all…'

Harry snorted, seeing Lucius at the side, talking with his wife. Looked like Voldemort had put his own guards around. Luckily they had managed to persuade Dumbledore to keep it down.

They entered Gringotts and Severus approached a Goblin, while Harry explained to Dudley what they were.

"If mum and dad would see me now…"

Harry contained his laugh. Yes he could just picture it, Petunia and Vernon scandalized looks at seeing their dudlypoo being influenced by their cousin.

"Potter." Harry looked to Snape. "They will see us now."

Harry looked at Lupin that nodded and they entered to a side door.

A simple desk was in the middle of the room. A goblin was with a parchment and when they all entered, Sirius included, and sat he started to read:

"This is the Last Will of James Charlus Potter and Lilly Rose Potter, nee Evans

"In case something happen to us, we leave Lily's personal vault to Remus John Lupin."

Sirius transformed and put his hand on Remus shoulder.

"We leave Lily's personal things, guarded by her parents, and now probably by Petunia Violet Dursley, nee Evans to Severus Tobias Snape, where some memories would do him some good.

"We leave James's personal vault to Albus Dumbledore to be used to help the Order of the Phoenix.

"We leave all the rest to our son, Harry James Potter. All our money, houses and lordships go to you, our son."

Harry had to contain a sob.

"In case we die before Harry is seventeen, we leave him to his godfather Sirius Orion Black. In case Sirius Black has made himself incapable…"

The goblin eyes grew making everyone look warily at him. The goblin coughed and continued.

"…incapable (If that is the case Padfoot I'll come back from the dead and I'll hunt you down myself)"

Harry, Sirius and Lupin laughed. The goblin coughed again and continued.

"we will leave Harry to his godmother, Alice Mary Longbottom, nee Bell. In case Alice Longbottom is incapable Harry will be raised by Severus Tobias Snape."

Everyone looked at Snape, open mouthed. The man himself was having difficulty to keep his face steady.

"In case none of them are able never Harry should be left with Lily's older sister Petunia Violet Dursley, nee Evans, and her husband. They hate magic and would never take care of our son the way they are supposed to."

The goblin saved the parchment in a drawer of the desk. "Very well, Severus Tobias Snape will you accept the mentorship of Harry James Potter?"

Harry looked at Severus again, who looked back.

"I do."

The goblin nodded and picked at parchment an offered it to Snape sign. He turned to Lupin.

"The Personal Vault of Lily Potter is to be added to your personal vault or to be in different vaults?"

Lupin choked, blushing. Sirius rolled his eyes. "Join the vaults. Just tell us what is in there."

"2000 galleons." The goblin said while he made a parchment appear and offered this to Lupin that was gaping at the parchment on his hands.

Dudley whispered "How much is that?"

Harry smirked. "£9860."

Dudley eyes grew. "And that just her personal vault?"

"Yes Mr. Dursley. Mr Potter is one of the richest wizards that we have on this bank. Now Mr. Potter I take it you were never informed about your legacy."

Harry shook his face. The goblin made 10 rolls of parchments appear that he gave to Snape.

"As your guardian, is Mr. Snape job to teach you how to take care of your vaults and houses, manors and lordships." Harry eyes grew and he looked at Snape who was glaring at the parchments. "You also are the heir of various families that died during the last decade without any heirs. They left you houses, moneys and lordships. That's all in those parchments, one for each heritage. One of them include the Black family. Lady Walburga Black made you her heir."

"My mother did what?" all eyes turned to Sirius. The goblin glared at him

"Lady Black knowing that Mr. Sirius was in prison and the probability of having an heir was" Sirius blushed, "none, she decided to make his godson her heir. She tried to obtain young Potter mentorship but was refused by the Wizengamot. Lord" everyone was able to hear the sneer on that world "Dumbledore as the Supreme Mugwump and the magical mentor of Harry Potter had enough votes to vote her down."

Harry' eyes grew. "Dumbledore was my magical mentor?"

Harry looked at Snape at once, who looked back, pensively.

"I want all the movements that happen on Harry's accounts since the Potters died."

The goblin eyes shone and he won an evil grin. "As you wish." He said snapping his fingers and three rolls of parchment joined the other ten.

"One question… what about my cousin?"

The goblin looked at Dudley. "Mr. Dursley or will be adopted by Mr. Snape or will be sent to his aunt Miss Dursley."

The two teens looked at Snape. Snape rolled his eyes.

"I can adopt him, but I won't watch over him, one is too much."

Sirius grinned. "Don't worry Snivellus. The boy can stay at my place, there is a muggle school not far away."

Snape sneered but signed the parchment that the goblin gave him.

Finally all of them stood and when they were going to leave, Harry stopped and looked to the goblin. "How much did Dumbledore already take from my vaults and how much was he supposed to take?"

Everyone eyes grew. The goblin smirked.

"It's everything in those parchments that I gave you, Lord Potter."

Harry nodded. "May your money grow."

The goblin if was surprised didn't show, he bowed his head. "And may your vaults never go empty."

And they left Gringotts.

(TBC)