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Inheritance Part 2
"Come on follow me. The sooner we finish, the sooner you can leave and talk to your friends."
The couple trailing behind him didn't say anything. They were still somewhat in shock after what had happened in the last hour. Magical surges, speed aging and magical weapons were a lot of things to take in. The just followed the goblin back up to the main floor of Gringotts bank and into another office. As they opened the door, Harry noticed another goblin was waiting for them. His presence turned their guide into a gibbering mess.
"D-d-director Ragnok, sir! What are you doing here, sir? Have I done something?"
Director Ragnok opened his lips in what was supposed to be a reassuring smile. To the humans present, it looked like he was baring his teeth.
"Calm yourself, Ripclaw. You've done nothing wrong that I know of. I want to deal with Lord Le Fay personally, that's all. You are dismissed."
Ripclaw scurried out of the office and the newlyweds were once again alone with a goblin.
"Lord La Fey, Lady La Fey, welcome to Gringotts. I am the manager and leader of the goblins in England. How do you do?"
The teeth were bared again.
Tonks and Harry were shocked. Ragnok was practically a king of his people and he was meeting them personally? Tonks got her wits together first. Harry was still a little fried from everything that had happened.
"Er, Your Honor, sir, why exactly did you want to see us personally?"
He looked at her curiously.
"Are you serious? You are the wealthiest clients of the bank right now between the entire Black fortune, Harry's winnings from Las Vegas, the Potter money from his parents and the La fey gold that has centuries of interest gathering on it. Though I will admit that there is another reason I'm here. I listened in on the will reading this morning and I got the impression that there might have been foul play concerning your placement and the management of your money. What did your godfather mean when he said you could get away from those muggles?"
Harry being Harry didn't want to talk about himself, so Tonks told Ragnok the whole story of the abuse Harry went through as a child. If they had thought Ripclaw was angry from the comments about Morgana, it was nothing compared to the director.
"How-how dare they do that to you? Children should never be treated in such a way. Harming a child is one of the most grievous crimes one can commit under goblin law. Dumbledore assured me that you would be protected as you grew up. He had to have known about this! And what's this about your parents' vaults? Didn't you authorize him to use them?"
"Director Ragnok, until today I never knew there were any vaults other than the one I was shown on my first day here."
"Actually, you have three other ones and they are all larger than the one you saw. You r father was a top auror and he made a lot of money rounding up Deatheaters. Your mother made a killing inventing spells as well. He's been using the money without permission. If only we could try him under goblin law! I would personally administer the sentence. Hmm"
Then a voice came up from just outside the door.
"Mr. Director, I have an idea. Why don't we make Harry a Goblin Friend. I would vouch for him, sir. He remembered my name from his first visit here and insisted I use his first name. He treats us like people instead of animals. According to the treaty we signed with the humans, offenders against Goblin Friends under our laws."
More bearing of teeth.
"Excellent idea Mr. Griphook. Harry,(may I call you Harry?) what do you plan on doing for the few weeks?"
A now thoroughly confused Harry had to stop the train.
"Wait a minute. Why do you care so much about what happened to me? What's a Goblin Friend? What's going to happen to Dumbledore?"
"In order, your parents were good clients and personal friends of mine. I was about to finish the paper work to make them Goblin Friends just before their deaths. A Goblin Friend is a rare honor given to humans who have earned the trust and respect of goblins. You have done that form you r actions in the five years you have spent in the wizarding world and your attitude towards Griphook was exemplary. If you become a Goblin Friend, Dumbledore will probably die after a trial under our law. Theft and child abuse are serious crimes to us."
A serious look crossed Harry's face as he thought about it. Did Dumbledore deserve to die? The goblins certainly thought so. Then he remembered Sirius and the years he wasted because Dumbledore didn't stand up for him.
"Ok, I'll do it. How does it work."
More goblin teeth
"Mr. Griphook has offered to vouch for you. That means that you will specifically be his Goblin Friend. He will be your partner, bodyguard and trainer. We goblins are the world's most accomplished weapons masters in the world and that should help you and your beautiful wife to master your new weapons. I'm sorry, but as fascinating as the subject is, we do have business to discuss."
His face lost some of its joviality (if goblins can have that) and he pulled out a folder marked Harry Potter.
"You are now Lord Black, Lord La Fey and I have heard that the Weasley's want to make Potter in to a House as well. To put it bluntly, you're one of the richest men alive right now. Sadly, your future children can't keep the combined titles. The law says that the titles will be divided among your children with each taking the surname of a certain House. Your current land holdings are the Black ancestral home, a manor in Southern France, and Le Fay manor in Edinburgh."
"Edinburgh?"
"Merlin was Scottish and Morgana loved him. It makes sense."
"If you say so."
"You also have quite a bit of stock, but you probably wouldn't understand most of it if I told you. That's all I have to talk to you about. I have portkey here for Le Fay Manor. Take Griphook with you when you go after you talk to the Weasley's. Oh and Harry, Dumbledore will probably try to trick you into an oath that will get him out of this situation. Be careful."
He gave harry a piece of rope and shook his hand.
"I will, Director, and thank you."
"It's Ragnok, and it was no trouble. If you have any trouble at all, just contact me. I'll do what I can."
Business concluded, Harry left with Tonks and Griphook to go talk to the Weasley's. They found them out in the lobby.
They didn't recognize Harry in the new clothes and his being aged.
"Uh, Tonks, where's Harry and who's this?" asked Charlie suspiciously. He was too close to Tonks for his liking.
Tonks looked confused for a second before she burst out laughing.
"This is Harry! Come on you great lump. I played story teller with Ragnok, it's your turn."
"Fine."
Jaws dropped (again) as the story was told. They could hardly believe it, but this was Harry (as attested by the scar and wife) and they trusted him.
"Alright, Harry, like we said earlier, we wish to swear ourselves to House Potter. Simply put, we swear ourselves and our future families to you and we'll probably serve as bodyguards for the time being. We'll divide up which of our families goes to which house when you have children. Ok, everyone let's do this."
They all knelt down and gave an oath in unison swearing loyalty to Harry and his descendants.
"So mote it be."
Harry started tearing up a little nit.
"Thanks guys. It-it really means a lot that you want to be my family, but you can't follow me right now. Griphook is going to be protecting us though. I'll call you if I need anything. Oh look it's the meddler. Time to get out of here."
Just as he said that, Dumbledore hurriedly walked towards them. He just had to reach Harry in time. The boy could be tricked into an oath he had devised. His plan was brilliant. There was just one snag. Harry had already left with Tonks and Griphook using a portkey.