11

Harry, Yusuke, Duo, Quatre, Trowa, Toya and Gin walked through the part of streets that used to belong to Diagon Alley. They were on their way to Gringotts to see if the goblins of the Potter, Chang, Lovegood, Longbottom and the other's accounts would be interested in coming back to New Sanc (the name of their village/capitol) with them to open the Gundania branch of Gringotts and hopefully transfer their accounts there. It was a little risky beacuase...they could say no for one, and two - Bumblefuck or one of his Order of the Flamming Turkey cronies could either spot them or find out about their visit and come after them.

Harry tightened his hold on the hood of his cloak and bowed his head a little more.

Walking up the marble steps brought a sense of nostalgia for the raven. This was the first place in the Wizarding World proper he had ever visited, were he first encountered his first magical creature and were he learned he had more money then the Dursley's could ever hope to have.

This was were it had all started.

With the nostalgia brought a realization; he had missed a whole month and a half of his sixth year and may very well never set eyes on Hogwarts ever again.

Swollowing the lump that formed, Harry pushed back his emotions and continued on his path. Getting the gobblins to agree to come back with them was just another step in solidifying their national status and braking away from the Hogsmeadean rule (that's what they are calling them until they heard otherwise) before they wised up and realise there is a larger world outside their walls. It was a small step yes, but everything always added up in the end.

"You sure they're even going to agree to this," Duo asked as they walked passed the door with the warning on it.

"No," Harry replied. "But that's why I wanted Quatre and Yusuke to come. Quatre's used to running a big, multi-billion credits company if I remember right so will be able to help me to convince the gobblins to come with us and Yusuke, Gin and toya aren't human."

"What does us not being human have to do with anything," Toya asked.

"Gobblins aren't too fond of humans in general, but they particularily hate wizard because of how most wizards used to and some times still do treat them," Harry explained. "So if we have a non-human entity and the gobblins see we treat each other on equal tearms, they might be willing to at least listen to us. Who knows, the gobblins have a nasty attidue and if some of their comments over the years are anything to go by - a taste for blood, they may find a kinship with you three and come with us for that alone."

The other three humans gave him uneasy looks at his discription of the gobblin's mentality but kept quiet as they approched the counter.

"Can I help you?"

"I'd like to meet with the Potter, Longbottom, Zabini, Lovegood, Chang, Malfoy and Black account managers and one non already commited gobblin sutible to be an account manager please."

The gobblin at the counter gave Harry a hard look and Harry tried not to figet.

"What business do you have with with the gobblin managers you are seecking?"

"I have a buisness proposition for them. A chance to start another branch of Gringotts starting with thoes seven. If they're not already busy please."

The gobblin stared at Harry for a few more moments before he turned and called for another to take them to a privet confrence room.

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Harry siged in relief as he and the others walked through Hogwartsmeade. The gobblins agreed to come with them and even brought in five others to handle some other work. They agreed to head out in a week to give themselves time to prepear and make the necessary arrangements. So now the four of them were wandering around, looking for things they might be able to bring back with them to further improve New Sanc. So far they had about a hundred mirrors, twenty rolls of fabric, a pile of seeds - both magical and muggle, other food stuffs, five kneazles - three tabies and two toms - four owls - two and two and a bunch of toothpaste, toothbrushes and floss.

Harry and Trowa were looking over the animals to make sure they were alright when Yusuke and Duo walked up with a coulple of black dog like creatures. They were bigger then a great dane, thin with a pointed face, long - very long - fox like ears and long fluffy fox like tails that curled up ever so slightly at the end. In Yusuke's hands was a box with a litter of puppies.

"Um...what are those and were did you find them," Harry asked.

"Don't know," Yusuke answered. "Found mama and daddy here in an alley and after we gave them some of my turky and ham sandwich they just sort or followed us for a block or two before mama refused to go any farther. Went back and found the pups."

"According to one man we bumped into on the street, there is a whole pack of them living outside the town," Quatre added. "People think they might be a new breed of grim so have tried to kill them off but haven't be too succesful. Every time they get close to one of them, something happens and the person usually winds up injured or lost for days."

"But they've been with us for a good half hour and nothing bad's happend to us."

"Hmmm. Maybe they are some kind of new magical dog which would explain all the things that have happened to people and not really a grim. You guys probably haven't had anything bad happen to you because maybe you were nice to them instead of tried to hurt them," Harry reasoned out.

"You recon," Duo asked.

"That makes sense," Quatre agreed.

"So we keeping them," Yusuke asked.

"Yea, I like them," Harry said.

Trowa enlarged the crate they had brought with them for the animals to be able to fit the box of puppies which were rather miniscule compared to their parent's adult size and fit it into the snug space.

Quatre pulled out the pendant they had charmed into a portkey that would take them home and every one grabbed on.