Harry walked into Gringotts on the 31st hoping that she would not have to start screaming about all the crap Dumbledore had screwed up. She was not holding her breathe though.
*Good Morning, I'm here to see Sharpfang*
*Yes, Miss Potter, we have been expecting you. Griphook will escort you back.*
*Thank you*
I was getting a few rather odd looks from the witches and wizards in the lobby as I talked to the Goblins in their language. I really didn't care, I found the language beautiful, plus it was only polite. Kind of like going to a foreign country and not even trying to speak the language.
Griphook led me back to Sharpfang's office.
"Ah Miss Potter, I see you are looking better than the last time you were here." Sharpfang said.
"Yes, the potions and a few good meals will do that for a girl." He grinned at my sarcasm. Apparently, goblins loved sarcasm, and the more you could keep up with them the more respect they had for you.
"We have been able to sell your idea for the potion pills to St. Mongos they are thrilled. Apparently they will be able to give them to children once the potions themselves have been reworked. It seems children are hard to get potions into. For some reason they object to the taste." We both smirked, over the month of correspondence we had a good working report.
"Your idea for then pens has also been quite a hit as the muggleborns and muggle raised are buying them up as fast as they are put out."
I had a feeling they would have been a hit for people raised with pens having to learn to write with a quill would have been tiresome.
"Awesome, at least it won't be to much trouble to get a hold of them if I need more while I'm at Hogwarts."
"I have also found several potion greenhouses that you were looking for. If you wish to purchase them we can get the paperwork done."
"Oh yes, please. I will be needing supplies for my potions, plus selling them will help bring in some more money." I had to grin at that, I had more money then I would ever spend, but it never hurt to branch out.
"Have you made any headway to getting Sirius a trial?" I asked.
"Yes, we have, we hired him a lawyer who is getting evidence in our favor. He seems to think with what he's found out so far, just from the shear lack of legalities taking places to put him in prison in the first place he should have him out in about six months."
"Perfect, by next summer we should be able to meet and I can see if we get along." I was by no means going to follow Dumbledore. That man was not going to have any control over my life.
"We have also finished all the paperwork for your emancipation, all we need to do is have you try to claim your titles and see if magic accepts you as an adult. If it does then we can move on to revoking any authority your current guardians have over you. After that you can look at properties that we feel may suit you."
Sharpfang pulled a long box out of his desk. Inside were five ornate rings. I recognized the Potter, Gryffindor, Peverell, and Ravenclaw crests. The other I didn't remember seeing in my book about old families, but considering it wasn't the Black or Slytherin ring it must have been for the Le Fay line. He also pulled out a small box that had just one ring in it, this ring had the Black crest on it.
"These five are for the Heads of those houses if they accept you as such then you will be recognized as the lady of each house with all the power that comes with the title. The Black heiress ring seeing as Sirius Black is still the head of the house."
"Do I need to say anything?"
"No all you need to do is put them on. Magic will judge if you are worthy of them."
I pulled the box toward me. Lets hope magic saw me as the adult I was, and not the child I happened to be at the moment. The Le Fay ring was the first ring I put on, for a moment nothing happened, then with a soft glow the ring conformed to my finger before it seemed to sink into it, becoming more like a tattoo than as an actual ring. I looked up at Sharpfang, he just nodded and gestured for me to continue. The same thing happened for all five rings. When I had finished it looked like I had five tattooed crests on my finger.
"Magic has accepted you as an adult. Welcome Lady Le Fay-Gryffindor-Ravenclaw-Peverell-Potter."
"That is way too many names, I thought Dumbledore had too many."
He just smirked, damn goblins with their one name. Of course, I knew they had clan names, but outside of the goblin nation those were not spoken. I put on the Black Heiress ring but it just conformed to my finger without setting in. I looked up in confusion.
"Heir rings do not imprint as you will eventually put on the lord or lady rings. Only the Lord or Lady rings imprint as they can only be taken off by you or by magic upon your death. I would suggest you pick a title to go with and bring forth that ring, it will hide the others so that they can't be seen."
I decided to just for the Potter ring that way no one would really know what titles I held.
"As for the Slytherin title, we know your mother came from his line, but was not in line to inherit, but as she vanquished him with her ritual, she then inherited the title. As you were named her heir you now have the title, but we would recommend you don't claim it until you are 100% sure Tom Riddle is in fact dead as he would no doubt pull out all stops to kill you if he were to find out."
"Yeah, not like I need to give him another reason to come after me."
"Here are the properties we found that have all the items you requested. If you find one suitable to you we can get the paperwork done while you shop, we will get the wards set up around it, plus Razortooth will want to see you to make sure everything is going well with your recovery."
"Yes, I wanted to see if my eyes could be fixed yet. Its getting to be troublesome to do my potions with my glasses always fogging up."
I took the stack of parchments. They all had properties on them with pictures, but I really didn't see one that I felt would suit me. I was kinda losing hope I would find one when I saw it. My house. One I knew was mine. The picture was of a large house that looked like a tree. There were different levels with some smaller looking building branching out from the main building, plus it almost looked like it was made of windows. Behind the house looked to be a forest so I knew it would be isolated which was good.
"Can we go see this one?" I asked holding up the parchment.
"Yes, I will prepare a portkey."
He held up a box and muttered the incantation before gesturing to me to stand in the middle of the room. He gestured to me to grab the box and with a hooking sensation we landed in front of the house.
It was magnificent. It truly did look like a tree with branches sticking out of it that had smaller building on them.
Walking into the main house I knew I had made the right choice this would be my new house. I couldn't wait until it was mine so that I could move in.
I explored the main house, it had the really large kitchen and the even larger library. (drool) Along with the living and dining rooms, plus it had a ballroom. A ballroom, I had no idea when I would need it but it had one.
Exploring the branches off the main house led to the many bedrooms. Was I going to start raising an army or something? Each with it's own bathroom, there were nine large bedrooms, but at the very top of the main house was what I was going to claim as the master bedroom. It was the largest bedroom and bath, plus it had a private study, and living room. This would be my haven.
I walked back down to where Sharpfang was sitting waiting for me to be done looking around.
"I want this house."
