I got a new job and do appoligise for the lateness of this chapter. But in my defence it is longer then the last one. hope your happy. Right now i'm thinking of posting it in two places. Here and FicWad. Mainly i want to create some sceens later that will deffinitly NOT be apropreate for fanfiction. Tell me what you think.
Oh and the little green men want me to tell you that their next visit to your house will be tonight at midnight, so dont clench up.
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CH 9: New Things
Harry sat for a few minutes absorbing everything he had been told. It was a lot to take in, and it was almost making his head hurt.
So much money now moved through his hands. By inheriting from his godfather and Albus, he now had more money then all of the pureblooded families together. About twice as much land and an indeterminate amount of business assets. Each one of them appeared to be extremely solvent and capable of providing a highly comfortable life style individually.
'Apparently,' Harry thought, 'if I were to rely only on my business income and profits, even with the 90 reinvestment we have decided on, I would make my fortune over again with in the year!!' It boggled his mind. He was Stinking, filthy, unabashedly rich!
He wasn't even going to add his stocks and bonds into the mix; it would make his head explode. It was too much to think about, and quiet frankly he had just spent too much time doing just that.
He shook his head, getting his thoughts to form a coherent train instead of repeating over and over again on the figures and facts of his estate.
"Well I think that is everything." Harry said, his voice slightly ruff from the use he had put it through. He closed the file in front of him and pushed it towards Griphook. He set down the quill he had been using to sign and correct documents, and linking his fingers together he stretched, popping the joints in his back and hands, stretching his sore muscles and taking a deep breath and letting it out slowly.
Taking a quick look at the clock he was startled to notice the time. Unlike most of the wizarding populace, the goblins were immensely practical creatures. Nothing was ever wasted or created just to be. So it came as no surprise to see a working, normal grandfather clock in the room. One that showed time rather then the normal wizarding ones that showed every thing but.
At a quarter past six in the evening, Harry had been there for well over half the day, listening to the wills and taking care of the new business's that now fell under his name. For the most part he hadn't even noticed the time go by. But now…he could swear he could feel every minute of time in the chair bent over the table. Even his eyes let him know how much he had strained them.
"We will make sure the other benefactors will receive the items you have listed to them. Discreetly of course." Griphook said, as he and the others began to stack the papers and other legal documents into neat stacks and magicking them away into their proper storage places. The will cups had long been put back to their proper places.
"You have your spending card key. I have been told it will act as a muggle debt or check card will, allowing you to draw the funds directly from you vaults, whether in the wizarding world or in the muggle. You will have to come back every couple of years to renew the keying wards on it though, that's the only draw back, but you will be notified before that happens. And don't worry about it getting lost. Unlike the muggle ones, this one is charmed to rest in a fold of wizard space until you call on it. It will appear for you to use when ever you need it and will resist all summoning charms and theft of any type."
"Sounds really handy." Harry said, looking at the small peace of plastic. Non-descript, it looked like any generic banks check card. Inconspicuous indeed.
A small smile played at his mouth and he looked up at Griphook. "Is that a wand less charm? Or spell that can just be spoken?"
Griphook stopped for a moment and thought. "Its actually an off shoot off goblin magic, some of the only spells we share with humans."
Harry really smiled now. "Can you show me? I want to be able to store things like this card without having to worry about a trunk or holster for items."
"Very practical." The goblin said, pleased. "The spell is simple, 'Plico abs Spatium.' If you say your name after that pocket of space will become yours, attuned to you and available for your storage needs. Whenever you put something else in that space, just make sure to label it in the spell. For example, say you were storing your wand; the incantation would be 'Harry's Plico Abs Spatium de Holy Wand.' Which would literally tell the spell to place your wand in your space. To retrieve it just repeat the spell saying 'amoveo ab Harry's spatium de Holly Wand' the same would go for any thing you place or retrieve, once you get the hang of the spell, its quiet easy to think the incantation in your mind to receive the same affect. The only draw back, nothing living. Plants…well that's a hit or miss thing, seeds do well as do some form of eggs, but not delicate plants or living creatures. There's nothing in there to sustain them."
"Thanks. That helps a lot." Harry said, going over the spell a few times in his head. Drawing out his Holly Wand and placing it on the table in front of him, Harry concentrated on the spell. With a small pop, the wand disappeared. Harry's eyes widened and he let out a small exclamation, his widened eyes focusing on something just above the goblin's head, training on something with slightly unfocused eyes.
"What?" Griphook asked, interested. The spell was different for each person, reacting in different ways. It was based on the organization of the mind of a person as to how the spell would react and what effects it would give to the wizard working it.
"I…I can feel it, its almost like I've just created a large…I don't know…storage area in my brain and the wand just got placed there, in a neat spot, clearly labeled and everything!" His voice was amazed.
"That's very good," Griphook said, slightly impressed, "that's an ideal reaction to the spell. You've effectively created a storage space in your mind for your items to be placed. It will stay neat and orderly, and you'll probably never have to worry about forgetting what you've placed in there. And I wouldn't worry about loosing any thing either, if I may say so, your mind my create a sort of…reference for you to use, kind of like a cheat sheet so you know what's stored where and what would suite best for what you need. Oh and I wouldn't worry about running out of space ether." Griphook grinned, showing off rows of his sharp teeth.
"Ohhhhh good. That makes my life so much easer." Harry said, repeating the gesture to the goblins. "Well folks, I must be off, do you happen to have another port key to take me home? One that will activate with a word? There are some things I need to do first." Harry asked.
"Of course. That Knut that brought you here will return you to where ever it was you left with the same trigger words."
"Thank you gentle goblins. It has been a most…profitable day." And Harry let himself out of the Room. Walking out of the bank, Harry strode purposefully, knowing he was going to have sooo much fun shopping for things. He wore an almost maniacal grin, his gaze surveying the whole of Diagon Ally, deciding on his first stop.
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Harry walked out of Flourish and Blots a little over an hour and a half later, taking with him almost all of the stock of the establishment.
He had been to almost all of the stores in the Ally, from Olivander's to get a second wand, to Madam Malkins for new robes. The apothecary and Potent Potions and Poisons also received a visit from the shop happy Harry. The only place left on his list was to the magical menagerie, and he wanted to make sure that Hedwig came with him there. He didn't feel like fighting what ever animal he got if it and Hedwig took a strong dislike to each other.
Almost as if he had summoned her with his thoughts, a soft hoot was all the warning he got before the snowy owl landed on his shoulder and nipped his ear.
"Haya girl. Any news from Ron?" Harry asked as he settled her more easily onto his shoulder.
She hooted negatively, shaking her head.
"Oh well, may be he go a little side tracked. I'll talk to him later, hopefully this will be done quickly and I can get on with my life. I'll go see the twins later, after I finish up this last run." Harry said walking down the cobbled street.
Hedwig hooted in question.
"The Menagerie. I want to pick up some more pets. I waited for you so you can approve of them too, after all, we all need to learn to get along."
Another nibble of affection accompanied this statement and the two entered the front doors of the Magical Menagerie.
"Welcome!" A bright voice said from the back of the store. "Were gonna be closing in a few, so make a quick browse and see if you can find anything interesting."
"Will do." Harry yelled back.
He quickly scanned the small habitats scattered around the shop, walking down the isles, looking for the perfect addition to his little family.
For almost two minutes he wandered before he saw something that drew his attention. It was a bird, well a chick really. Small and fluffy, it had what appeared to be the head of a pheasant and the tail of a peacock. The little sign on the exhibit said 'Feng-huang' and under that it discribed it as a Chinese firebird.
The little creature looked up at Harry and cheeped.
"what do you think Hedwig?" Harry asked looking at his familure. She hooted in apoval and bobed her head.
"Good." Harry reached into the taink and lifted the small chicklet into his hand. "And what about you, little chickadee? Want to come with me?" The bird cheeped and settled down into his hand closing its eyes and seeminly faling asleep. "Well that seemes to be a yes." Harry said, moving on down the rows.
Almost finished looking through most of the store and not finding anything else that attracted his attention, Harry moved to the counter to pay for the chick in his hand.
He was almost there when he heard a pittifull meowing.
Currius Harry walked twords the sound and saw a small crate shoved almost into a dark corner, almost forgoten it seemed. It was labled "Demon Cat, Beware"
"oh I wouln't get to close to that one, its almost certenitly been infected with something. It just wont calm down." The hyper voice from before came from behind the counter.
Harry didn't move from where he crouched, still looking into the dark interior of the crate. "what type of creature is it?" He asked, not even looking at the person.
"Its species is called the CAIT SITH. Its Scottish for fairy cat, though its anything but!" the voice belonged to a vivacious blond. "Its got an attitude problem and wont let any body near it to see if they suet."
Harry tore his gaze away from the front of the crate and gave the woman an incredulous look. "I don't blame it. If I remember my class work correctly, those cats are meant to stay wild, only seeking out humans if they wish to bond, not the other way around."
"Yah well…" the blond had no excuse. She knew it, and Harry knew it. And so, Harry having the 'Hero' streak a mile wide said, "how much?"
The woman looked at him. "Two thousand gallons."
Harry just nodded and stood up, walking to the counter he held up the small bird in his hand, "And this one?"
"Oh that? Only two hundred." The woman said flippantly. Harry handed over his charge card without another word. "I'll get the cat myself so feel free to go back to whatever it was you were doing." The lady looked at him, shrugged and moved back into the back once more, flicking a wand at the front door, locking it tight before she went.
Going back to the crate, Harry crouched down. "Its ok, small one, I'll let you go. Just hold on." Harry began to open the box, removing boards and other items to get the creature out. Finally he reached in, half afraid he would be scratched. When nothing struck out at him, Harry reached for the warm body with his free hand. Pulling the apparently small animal out, he cradled it gently.
"Why you're no bigger then a kitten!" Harry said, "Probably not much older too. You should be with your family." Harry was slightly angry. No creature deserved to be yanked away from its parents. It was a little peeve of his.
"Oh well, I'll ask Hagrid if he has away of finding your parents." Harry said, finally looking into the eyes of the cat creature.
It was like falling into a molten lake of ice. Shiny and cool, it reminded Harry of quicksilver or Mercury, only it was oddly tinged with green, and became more so the longer he looked.
A feather light touch brushed his own thoughts and before he could do anything, a mind linked to his.
It was small, gentle and for lack of a better description, warm and fuzzy. Harry realized with a small jolt of surprise, it was the cat…no correction it was Alaya. Smiling, Harry realized he was truly caught. "So you knew I would come for you huh?" He asked quietly.
He received the feeling of smug self-satisfaction, after all, only the best CAIT SITH could Harry own, he was a prince among wizards after all, or he should be.
"Ok then. Lets all go home." A small chirp from his other hand made Harry stop for a moment and look at the bird in his hand. Again the feeling of a small mind entered his, and this time Harry knew it was the bird bonding with him.
A small smile slipped onto his face, "and a hello to you to, Ming" Harry said, knowing the name of the bird. A cheep was his only answer as Ming once again settled down for a nap. Alaya followed suite and was soon drowsing, purring loud and contentedly.
Harry looked at Hedwig to see an almost smug look on the owl's face. "And I suppose you had nothing to do with this?" Harry asked.
Hedwig gave him an egmatic look as if to say 'and I would tell you why?'
"Ok smarty feathers, how am I supposed to get to the Knut to go home?"
The owl had no answers.
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A/N: And yes i know. But it is a requirement for a good indipendent, powerfull harry, a shoping trip. I did keep in mind to keep the mundain detales to a minumum, and will go into what was purchused later. hope you enjoy. R/R please