When Harry awoke he was still in the arms of the pretty Esme, but Rosalie was still very near. Taking a chance since they have yet to hurt him Harry reached out for Rosalie, he would like to cuddle with her like he did with Esme. Rosalie let out a gasp and reached for Harry, who instantly looked wary for a second and then relaxed into her. Esme continued to hum for him in case he was still tired, but he seemed to be very aware. Esme reached over and gave him a kiss on the head and said, "I'm going to make breakfast little one, do you want some eggs and toast?" Harry just nodded his head yes and then buried his face into Rosalie's neck, Rosalie was sure that if her heart could, it would just started beating again from the vast amount of love she already had for this little boy! She always wanted to be a mother, but if she couldn't have that she would settle for being an aunt to this one. Luckily she didn't think that any of her family would have any trouble with his blood, because he didn't smell like food at all.
Esme went to the kitchen and cooked up food for Severus and Harry and took the plates to the table, she let Carlisle know to go get Severus to eat and had Rosalie bring Harry over. Rosalie asked the boy, "Would you like to sit in your own chair to eat?" Harry shook his head vigorously no, he wanted to enjoy every minute that anyone was willing to give him of cuddle time! Carlisle and Severus came up and noticed Harry sitting on Rosalie's lap, they were glad to see the child still being receptive to some touch even if it was just the females for now.
"Harry do you know about magic?" asked Severus. Harry whimpered slightly but otherwise remained stoic faced. Severus tried again, "Can you show me some magic Harry, something that you can do that makes you special that others can't?" Harry took a deep breath, this man was asking him to show him something that he usually got hurt for, did the man just want an excuse to hurt him.
Seeing that he wasn't going to get any response from Harry, Severus again tried a new tactic. He waved his wand and said "expecto patronum" and out came his doe. Harry's eyes widened, it was the same animal in his little ball of light and it looked just like the ball of light only bigger. Harry took another deep breath and hoped that he wouldn't be hurt because of what he was about to do, and held up his hand. Glowing in his hand was the sphere that lit his cupboard all the time. Everyone in the room stared at the brilliantly glowing sphere and Severus noticed Harry getting nervous, so he reached out to touch the ball and complimented Harry on it.
"Well done Harry that is a very impressive piece of magic you are doing. Magic is a good thing it helps us when we need it, you need to know that I will always allow you to use your magic if ever you feel you need to. Please do not be scared of it, it makes you a very special person known as a wizard! We have to go to the bank today and you will see a lot of magic and even magical creatures. I do not want you to be frightened, but if you are, you can always find Rosalie, Esme, Carlisle, Jasper, or I and we will help you. I do want you to either be holding someone's hand at all times or you can be carried as well, that way you will not be lost. Do you understand?" Harry nodded his head. "Now will you be okay if I become your Daddy today, so that you will never have to go to a bad or mean place again?" Harry's eyes widened, would he really never have to go back to a cupboard again. His eyes filled with tears, but he had a smile that lit up his face as he stuttered out.
"Y-y-yes-s-s, pl-pleas-se-se"
Severus couldn't help it; he rushed around the table and scooped Harry up, gave him a hug, and kissed the top of his head. In that moment, he knew he would one day love this child as his own completely. Rosalie asked if she could get him dressed and get him changed, which Severus allowed and passed Harry back to her. Esme cleared the dishes and went to clean everything up in the kitchen. Jasper just stood there smiling, feeling the emotions of everyone, and while there was still some fear with Harry, the overwhelming emotions for everyone including him were very positive. Carlisle walked to Severus and clapped him on the back, "Congratulations, you have done so well. Now let us hope all goes well at Gringotts."
Shortly after everyone in the house split up to finish getting ready, the rest of the Cullens arrived. They were let in by Jasper, who let them know about Harry and some of the emotions he felt from the small child.
When Rosalie had Harry in his room, she was working on getting him dressed and also changing the pull-up the boy had on. She decided to have him try to go to the bathroom, which surprised her when he did with ease. She made a mental note to let Severus know that he was very receptive to potty training; it just seemed that he hasn't had the chance to. Then they worked on getting him dressed she may have went a little overboard when shopping for him, as his room was covered in bags of clothes. She brought out socks, dark jeans, a white t-shirt, and a green jumper to pull over it. It would keep Harry warm, without him getting too hot. It also just so happens to bring out him beautiful eyes. While doing all of this, she was softly singing a song from her child hood that was a nice soothing lullaby. Harry really seemed to enjoy music of any kind, and if it kept him happy she would do anything. As she was getting the jumper on him, she heard the sound of the rest of the family arriving. Instead of taking Harry out there unprepared, she decided to warn him.
"Harry, my dear, the rest of my family is here so there will be a lot of people out in the sitting room when we go out. Okay?" Harry nodded his head, so she continued. "There will be Carlisle, Esme, Jasper, and I still along with Emmett, Edward, and Alice. Some of them might seem scary, because they are really big, but no one will hurt you ever again, not even my family." Harry looked shyly up at her and gave her a very small smile. He lifted his arms to her to be carried, so that he didn't have to face them alone. With that out of the way Rosalie scooped him up, held him close to her and walked to the sitting room. She heard his sharp intake of breath, she then felt him snuggle into her and place his head in the crook of her neck. To help him relax she started humming the lullaby she was singing earlier.
Edward for once in his life looked pained, he couldn't read his mind fully but he kept getting flashes of images, and they were definitely not pleasant, some of a large whale of a man beating poor Harry and others of just being in a small dark space.
Jasper reading the emotions coming from Harry sent many powerful waves of calm and peace to try to make Harry relax.
Harry realized the man who rescued him was missing. He looked like he could make people stay away from him. He wanted that man, who said he would be his daddy, so that the others would stay away. He started to cry a little; because he was scared the man changed his mind and didn't want him anymore.
Severus was just finishing getting ready and walking towards the sitting room, when he heard a child's cry, he ran to the room scared something had hurt his soon to be child and saw that no one was hurting him. Confused he walked over to Harry and spoke. "Harry, child, what is wrong?" Hearing the voice of the man he wanted, he reached out his arms for him. Severus gasped and picked his son up from Rosalie's arms, and cuddled him close, whispering loving and soothing things to Harry. All the while a blinding smile lighting up his face, that his son wanted him and no one else right now. Severus now knew he made the right decision.
When Severus took Harry, Rosalie grabbed the booster seat, blanket, and stuffed animal and went to work installing the booster seat she had bought for Harry while she was out. He would be in the car with Esme, Carlisle, and Severus while the rest of the "children" would be in the other car. She was actually really excited, since they hadn't been to Diagon Alley in a while. When she was done installing the seat she tucked the blanket and stuffed animal next to it to make sure he had access to them. Finally she went back inside to let everyone know it was taken care of.
Severus double checked that he had the potion and then quickly thought to ask Esme for a bag of stuff for Harry, just in case while they were out should he need a new pull up and an extra change of clothes, he would have it. She promptly handed him the bag she already had the forethought to pack for him.
They all walked out to the cars, Carlisle directed Severus to his car. Then smiled when he saw Severus turn towards Rosalie to ask how Harry was supposed to go into the seat. It was truly a sight to behold, he wondered if this is how grandparents feel, since he watched Severus grow up and took care of him, and is now seeing Severus taking care of a child. After Harry was situated in his seat, they all got in and drove to the Leaky Cauldron.
All of the vampires had been there before, but it has been quite some time ago. They walked through the pub with Harry tucked into Severus's neck and all the vampires surrounded him discreetly. When they were through the gate to Diagon Alley, they all moved in closer to the pair. They were also looking around some, but they knew the most important part was Gringotts until Harry was adopted.
When at Gringotts, Severus stepped up to an open goblin and bowed slightly, "May your gold never cease, and your enemies tremble beneath your feet." This surprised the goblin, if the look on his face was anything to go by. "I wish to speak to the goblins in charge of the Potter vaults and the Prince vaults please." The goblin nodded his head, got down from behind the counter, and walked to an area of the counter that lifted up. He then beckoned them to follow him, where they were led to a meeting room of some sort, with weapons all over the walls. Severus sat down waiting for the goblins to come in, soon they did.
"Greetings wizards and vampires, I am Grittak, Head Goblin in charge of the Prince vaults; it is good to see you again Severus. Let me introduce my fellow Head Goblin in charge of the Potter vaults, this is Ungrit. What can we do for you all today?" Grittak introduced while motioning toward the other goblin that accompanied him.
"I would like to blood adopt Harry here, so that he cannot go back to the guardian that he had before and whoever his magical guardian was can be dismissed. I have brought along the complete medical scan for you to see to authorize yours, since I know that is a requirement. I also brought the blood adoption potion that way I know we are safe, since I personally do not trust other potion brewers even if they are masters. I want to do this all today to get it done as soon as possible and then start working on relocating everything to somewhere away from here. Can you get this all done today?" Severus said looking a bit flustered since he didn't know if it was all possible.
"Of course we can, though with the rushed services our fees will be doubled as you have found out in the past. Is that okay?" Ungrit said, also showing a very feral smile knowing exactly how much money both he and Grittak would be making today, since this would definitely take all day.
"Yes, of course." Severus nodded and agreed readily. He just wanted this done so that they wouldn't have any issues after today. The blood adoption potion would change Harry's appearance slightly, hopefully to make no one look at him twice.
"First we will have to do the scan, the blood adoption pending the results, and then the inheritance test, from there we will see what we find and proceed further, is this acceptable Mr. Snape?" Ungrit asked, they still would need to advise along every step of the way to hopefully get it so that Mr. Snape got exactly what he wanted from them today, he would make sure of it due to the money that was coming from him for all of the services he was requesting. He pushed a button on the table and muttered in his native language that they needed a female healer in the meeting room, for a wizard child, to run a total history on this child.
The healer came in and smiled warmly at the child hiding in the man's neck, she knew that goblins came off as mean or cruel to wizards, but this child didn't have the rude confidence that most wizard children had, so she would try to be as pleasant as possible for his sake.
"Hello, my name is Morglum, I am a Goblin Healer. I was advised that you need a complete and full history medical exam on this child, is that correct?" Severus nodded his head and smiled, this goblin actually seemed sweet, which was the largest contradiction he thought he had ever known. "I will need to hold his hands, is that alright?" Again Severus just nodded his head.
"Hello child" she said as she walked towards the boy still hiding. Harry peaked out and gasped at the sight, what were these things he was seeing. She smiled at the boy "I am a goblin, which is a magical creature, and I even have extra special magic that helps me take care of everyone. Can I hold your hands so that I can help take care of you? You can still sit on this man's lap, if you like, I just need your two hands please." Harry remembered how everyone who has been helping him so far had been very nice, so he trusted that what she said was true. He also knew the man who wants to be his daddy would scare anything away if it tried to hurt him. It was with that in mind that he nodded his head and tentatively reached out his hands to her.
Morglum emitted a low growl when the readings where coming through to her, since so many where being flashed to her. She waved her hand and parchment appeared and started scribbling down everything that was being spoken to her from her magic, which was coursing through the boy. He did have a few minor things still not healed properly, but she let her magic do what it wanted to do, which was to heal the poor young child. The paper list just kept getting longer, and Severus had brought out the papers from the scan he did and handed it to the goblins. In doing so this way they would know what he had found, along with what the goblin healer finds.
Finally after about twenty minutes, Morglum removed her hands from the boy. She grabbed the paper that she was writing with telepathically, just to confirm it got everything. When she confirmed that, she handed it to the head goblins, and bowed low to the room. Before she could leave the room she heard a muttered, "thank you" from the small boy. Harry who was already starting to feel better, after being taken care of by the man who wanted to be his daddy thought that was great. However, whatever this goblin did was amazing, he had never felt better. He wanted to make sure she knew that he really liked what she did, and told her thank you.
Morglum turned back around and spoke to the small boy again, "You are so very welcome child, and just so you know it was not right how those people treated you. No one should ever be hurt like you were. You have a pure heart and a pure soul through and through; please do not let anyone hurt you again. You have magic; it is always okay to use it to protect yourself. If you ever need anything please speak to a goblin, and we will always help someone as pure as you are. Also I am going to speak to the goblin king about you, he is a very powerful and wise man, I am sure one day he would love to meet with you. Goodbye, little lord; the blessings and power of the goblins are with you, since I, as a healer am qualified to grant you that at least. May your gold flow freely and your enemies never reach you with their evils, young one." With that said Morglum turned and walked out the door, leaving a stunned room in her wake.
"Well then," spoke Ungrit clearing his throat, "with that high farewell, we will be sure to make this go as smoothly and quickly as possible." He then turned to Severus and passed him a silver dagger and a piece of parchment. "Please assist young Harry first with adding the blood to the potion and your blood as well, of course you will need to wait five minutes for the blood to be absorbed. Then you will each need to drink half of the potion, due to the injuries listed here Grittak will go get the adoption papers and removal papers for the current guardians. By the time he gets back the potion I am sure will be ready to be consumed."
Grittak rushed out of the room to go and get all the papers needed along with the inheritance test papers. He was also going to be grabbing name changing paperwork, multiple foreign countries paperwork to be legal citizens in all major countries, will revising paperwork, and anything else he could think of that they might need.
When Grittak left Severus pulled Harry closer to him, "Harry, we are going to have to use this dagger to make a small slice on your hand. We can't use magic to make it not hurt, because that will affect the potion. However, as soon as we have the blood needed I will make the pain and the cut go away with magic. Do you understand that I do not want to hurt you, but we have to do this so that you will officially be my son and I will be your daddy?" Severus was trying to patiently explain this in a way that a child would understand, since Harry seemed remarkably smart and observant when he wanted to be.
Harry nodded his head and whispered, "It's okay, Daddy, I will be a good boy and not cry." Harry could understand that his daddy wasn't being mean like the man from the cupboard house; he had to do this to become his daddy. His daddy explained earlier that he would have to be his daddy. That way he wouldn't have to go back to the cupboard people, so he would do this for him. He held out his hand for his daddy to use.
Severus didn't realize he had a tear roll down his cheek until he felt Harry reach out and wipe it away; it was miraculous that Harry was already thinking of him as Daddy and that he could trust him. It felt amazing, and in that moment he realized he wouldn't trade anything for it at all. He kissed the top of Harry's head and took his hand in his after getting the potion vials out, he had a large one that held the potion and then two very small ones to hold the blood needed to complete the potion, before pouring them into the larger one.
He just held Harry's hand in his for a moment, and then grabbed one of the small vials and the dagger. He carefully made a slit on Harry's hand, whom didn't show his pain except for a small hiss that escaped that tiny mouth of his. The small vial filled quickly and he pulled it away while whispering the healing spell and wandlessly healed the wound. Harry smiled at him quickly then tucked himself into Severus's side once more. Rosalie and Esme couldn't help themselves and knowing that Severus needed to cut his own hand then mix the potion they went forward towards the small child. Esme reached her arms out; Harry looked at her, and then glanced toward his daddy who nodded his head slightly. So he reached for Esme, who picked him up and started humming for him again.
Severus proceeded to slice his own hand on the dagger and bleed into his own vial. After that was done he healed his own wound. He held the small vials to the uncorked top of the large vial then dumped them into it, swirled it five times and then let it sit after setting a timer on his wand for five minutes.
Grittak returned with a large stack of papers, he shuffled the adoption papers over to Ungrit and had him read over it. He nodded then signed his name as Head Goblin for the Potters, which he could tell this child was Harry Potter by his magic alone. He once felt it when his parents came in to adjust their wills and would never forget it in all eternity it was that powerful. Then Grittak signed his name, and passed it to Severus, who quickly read through it. Severus signed it after seeing that it gave him full and unchallengeable rights above anyone else for one Harry James Potter.
The next paper was about who would be listed as his godparents and quickly asked Carlisle and Esme who both smiled and nodded. He wrote their names down and signed it, and then Carlisle signed. All the while Esme passed Harry to Rosalie and signed the paper as well after reading it. Esme smiled when she read that Carlisle and she will have custody of Harry if anything happens to Severus before any other godparents are considered.
The next paper handed to Severus was the name changing ones for himself and Harry; he wasn't surprised that the goblin knew since he mentioned getting away from here. So he filled out the next paper with their new names, Harry was now going to be known as Harrison Severus James Prince and he himself will be known as Severus Camas Prince. He didn't expect it to feel so freeing, but it really did and he enjoyed it immensely. Hopefully now no one would find them wherever they go.
By this point Severus's wand alarm when off and he took a deep steading breath and asked Rosalie to come over to him with Harry. "Harry you will need to drink this potion. I will help you, but it is going to taste yucky. You have to swallow all that I give you. I can't hold you, because I am going to take it too, okay? It may hurt a little as it changes parts of you to look like me, but it won't hurt for long. Now we will be a family that no one can separate us!" Harry nodded his head vigorously, he wanted a family and he wanted this man to be his daddy.
Rosalie hearing all this adjusted him on her so that he could drink it, and she could hold him through any pain. She hoped this wouldn't make her turn feral towards the others seeing the child in pain. She wouldn't apologize for being a momma bear and seeing little Harry as her bear cub needing protection.
Severus held the vial to Harry's lips and poured in half the vial in his mouth. He watched Harry to make sure he swallowed it all. Harry did, but Severus caught the little grimace on his face at the taste of the potion. Then he himself swallowed the other half of the potion. He felt a little tingle in his chest, what he knew as the parent child bond that every wizarding parent had; he couldn't help but rub his chest with a smile.
Harry on the other hand whimpered quietly and fussed slightly, but with Rosalie rocking him, rubbing his back, and humming, he was able to relax some which helped with the pain. Everyone in the room was watching with fascination as Harry gained a little length in his legs, his shoulders narrowed, his hair went from dark brown to pure black, and instead of being a mess on his head now flowed in silky black waves. His face sharpen some especially his cheek bones, and his nose went from narrow to a cute button nose with a very slight hook to it, definitely from the Prince side. However it seemed most were waiting on Harry to open his eyes and when he did, Severus felt a huge swell of pride in him. Harry's eyes were still emerald green but now had a black swirl inside of the green to represent his Prince side.
All these changes were hard on a small body that was under nourished. Severus turned to the goblins and asked if they could have some light snacks brought in and some hot chocolate for the boy. They happily agreed and ordered some by pushing the button on the table again. Harry was starting to look tired now, but they still had a few things to do that they would need him awake for.
The food was brought in within moments, and Severus dished up a small plate for Harry, which consisted of mini quiches, small cucumber sandwiches, and a tart. He also grabbed the hot chocolate and checked to make sure it was a safe temperature for Harry to drink, and then passed it and the plate to Harry while wandlessly making both spill proof for him.
While Harry nibbled on his food and sipped his drink, Severus talked to the goblins about everything they needed; luckily it was everything that Grittak had already grabbed for them. So they went about doing the paper work, while the potion finished working through Harry's system fully which took about 30 minutes.
When the paperwork was done and 45 minutes actually passed they decided to get on with the inheritance test before Harry could fall asleep which he looked like might happen anytime. Severus walked back over to him to speak to Harry. "Son, we are going to poke your finger with the dagger again and then let five drops of blood fall on some paper to tell us everything about you, is that okay? This time we can make it so you will not feel any pain at all." Harry slowly nodded his head, he didn't care anymore he was too tired.
Severus picked Harry up from Rosalie's lap, glad to see she was doing okay and all the vampires were with all the blood being spilt in this room. Although he was told a long time ago that magical beings didn't smell like food. Harry cuddled into him and they sat in front of the paper with a silver dagger on it. He spelled the knife painless and pricked Harry's finger and let five drops of blood fall on the paper. The blood then transformed into scrolling ink on the page. Severus healed Harry's wound and let his son curl into his side and hide his face from the world. He listened to Harry's breathing even out, as the ink wrote various things on the paper. Finally when it was done 10 minutes later, he was shocked, but the goblins quickly grabbed it to see what they could find out and how to advise the wizard.
They passed the paper back to let the information sink in for all those in the room. Everyone had gathered around the paper to read it with Severus.
Inheritance Test for:
Harry James Potter
Now known as
Harrison Severus James Prince
(Born July 31st, 1980 at 23:58)
Child of:
James Fleamont Potter
And
Lily J. Evans Potter
Adopted by:
Severus Tobias Prince Snape
Now known as
Severus Camas Prince
Godparents:
Frank and Alice Longbottom
Sirius Black
Remus Lupin
Carlisle and Esme Cullen
Heir of:
Black Lordship (through Sirius Black, godfather)
-18 properties
-7,952 books in vaults
-10,798 heirlooms, jewelry, and gems in vaults
-9 wands in vaults
-8,598,624,389 value of galleons, sickles, and knuts
Potter Lordship (through James Potter, father)
-10 properties
-9,321 books in vaults
-5,101 heirlooms, jewelry, and gems in vaults
-4 wands in vaults
-741,238,962 value of galleons, sickles, and knuts
Prince Lordship (through Severus Prince, father)
-8 properties
-10,322 books in vaults
-3,289 heirlooms, jewelry, and gems in vaults
-3 wands in vaults
-884,753,159 value of galleons, sickles, and knuts
Gryffindor Lordship (through James Potter, father)
-23 properties
-23,611 books in vaults
-12,999 heirlooms, jewelry, and gems in vaults
-12 wands in vaults
-23,778,493,211 value of galleons, sickles, and knuts
-1/4 of Hogwarts
Slytherin Lordship (through Tom Riddle, by rights of conquest)
-28 properties
-21,365 books in vaults
-13,587 heirlooms, jewelry, and gems in vaults
-9 wands in vaults
-78,354,924,110 value of galleons, sickles, and knuts
-1/4 of Hogwarts
Ravenclaw Lordship (through Lily Potter, mother)
-21 properties
-194,832,769 books in vaults
-68,593 heirlooms, jewelry, and gems in vaults
-5 wands in vaults
-15,840,014,573 value of galleons, sickles, and knuts
-1/4 of Hogwarts
Gaunt Lordship (through Tom Riddle, by rights of conquest)
-2 properties
-423 books in vaults
-6 heirlooms, jewelry, and gems in vaults
-1 wand in vaults
-4,569 value of galleons, sickles, and knuts
Peverell Lordship (through James Potter and Tom Riddle, father and by rights of conquest)
-7 properties
-10,567 books in vaults
-15,203 heirlooms, jewelry, and gems in vaults
-4 wands in vaults
-7,663,234 value of galleons, sickles, and knuts
If the heir or lord should want everything owned or made by any member of the family, these can be returned at will by Goblin Law. Everything listed above is what is currently in the vaults. This does not include any items contained in the properties, stolen items, or misplaced items. If any of the family magic is imbued in an item it can be called directly to the lord himself at any moment. This list also does not include any Wizengamot seats, Board of Governor Seats, or IWC seats.
Heirs can only access a trust fund vault with 5% of the total vaults monies in the trust fund vault at any given time.
All Lordships can be granted to heir upon 17th birthday, pending that the current rightful lords have no issues in releasing the lordship.
After reading this the entire room fell into a tense silence, due to the surprises on this inheritance test, each with their own thoughts. It seems this is one very wealthy little boy. The only noise in the room was Harry's even breathing in sleep.
