disclaimer: I do not Harry Potter

warning: none for this chapter

Alright, alright calm down you vultures! Harry is finally in the real world!

Harry appeared with a sharp 'snap' in the garden of his dreaded relatives' home. He looked around, everything was over grown, not even his aunt's flowers had been taken care of. Were his relatives that lazy, they did not know how to even do yardwork? It did not matter to Harry anymore, he just wanted to retrieve his belongings that he had left here before going to Diagon Alley. However, he became tense when he noticed the stench of rotting flesh, and old rotting flesh at that.

He carefully entered the back door waiting for something to happen. Harry was shocked to see two corpses within the hallway, the only things recognizable about the two were the shoes. Thanks to years of shoe-shining he was able recognize the shoes of his aunt and uncle. Who had killed them? Was it the vampire and Greyback from the night they changed him?

Harry sniffed around to get a clue as to who may have killed his relatives because he was slightly jealous of this fact. They were to be his kill, not someone else. He was shocked when he found a scent that his wolf side told him it was pack. A member of his pack did this? There were only two people he consciously considered pack, Remus and Sirius. That put him on edge, did they think he was dead? Morven and Sylvana never mentioned about letting someone know he was alive, they just said they came for him when the elders said to. If Remus and Sirius thought he was dead, who else thought that? As these questions ran through Harry's head, he headed upstairs to gather his invisibility cloak, photo albums, and his wand, even if he had no real need for it. His magic had changed and he did not truly need one, but maybe he should get a new one while in Diagon Alley? He would figure that out once he did the business he needed to get done.

A hoot at the window brought him out of thoughts to the sight of his beautiful snowy owl. The one creature that would never betray him and would always be able to find him, he gave the owl a smile and held out his hand.

"Hello girl, I see you found me. You weren't too lonely were you?" Harry gave a chuckle as the owl seemed to purr as he rubbed along the soft downy feathers on her belly. "You know I have a quest for you. To give some people a little hope that I am sure they need. Take this ribbon to Remus and Sirius, and make sure they get a could whiff. It'll let them know I'll be home very shortly." Harry took out the ribbon that tied his hair back and gave it to Hedwig. She eyed him suspiciously as if saying 'you had better come home', but took the ribbon anyway and flew out the window. Harry looked around the room once more and apparated to the apparition point outside of Gringotts.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Diagon Alley~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Harry looked around and noticed that everyone seemed subdued and hunched over as if they tried to seem to be unnoticed. He wondered how much the war had progressed in the time he was gone. He would find out later for now he had to go see to his assets. Harry knew he was unrecognizable so he did not bother with a glamour as he turned and entered the goblin bank. As he walked through, he noticed that many goblins stopped and looked at him in awe. Realizing it must of have been from power and magic that wrapped around him, he pulled some of it in, shielding it. Harry walked up to the desk of the head goblin and before he could ask, the goblin looked up at him and spoke.

"Hello sir. No need to speak your name, your vault manager has been waiting for you. Please proceed to his office," the goblin pointed Harry towards the office he needed to go to, and Harry was shocked by what the goblin said. They knew who he was, no one had recognized him outside and yet the goblins knew. It must be the power of the goblins Harry guessed, and entered the office.

"Hello Mr. Potter. You may come in and have a seat," there was a goblin sitting at a large desk who looked uglier and nastier than most of the goblins within Gringotts. Harry sat down in the only seat across from the goblin. "My name is Nuzak and I am your vault manager. There are many things we must discuss that need to be taken care of today. Do you wish to begin with your inheritance or about the list of your assets?"

"Please start with the acceptance of my inheritance."

"Of course. You can accept a total of three, or just the one that you were named for," Nuzak pulled out a box that contained three rings. "The rings represent the head of the Potter, Gryffindor, and Peveral families. Should you accept all three, you will put all three rings on your right hand starting with the thumb and the Peveral family ring."

Harry reached forward and starting with his thumb, accepted all three. With each ring he placed in his hand, he could feel the magic behind each ring as they accepted him as their heir. After that was done, he looked up to Nuzak for the next instructions.

"If you could please add a blood sample to this parchment stating that you accept all three inheritances and the duties involved behind such decision. The drop of blood finalizes the acceptance and opens the seal on your vault," Nuzak smirked as the young heir's head snapped up at the mention of the seal. It seemed that the young Potter had been educated about his lordship and the workings of the bank. Ignoring the confusion over Nuzak's statement, Harry pricked his finger on a fang and added the drop of blood to the blank parchment. Words quickly appeared on the parchment reading:

Lord Harry James Potter, 22

Lord of houses: Peveral, Gryffindor, Potter

Creature Blood: Werewolf, Vampire

"You are indeed Mr. Potter. Now it seemed you had a question before we moved on," Nuzak placed the parchment aside and briefly read a new parchment that stated the seal on the Potter vault had been opened. He gathered the records and statements of Potter's vaults so he could make a decision in regards to the money and artifacts that had been taken and also a list of his properties.

"Yes, I do. What do you mean a seal has been lifted from my vault? The one time I had been to my vault it was not sealed and at the time I did not know how to seal it," Harry grew alarmed. There had to be a reason why his vault was sealed without his permission and Harry had a feeling he would not like the reason.

"A man came claiming that you had written a letter of permission for him to access your vault. When he was told the letter was forged he tried to lie about your parents' will that stated permission for him to be your legal guardian thus having access to your vault. We found fault in this as well because the will of your parents has never been read, thus sealing the vault."

"Wait you mean to tell me my parents' will has never been read? Then how is it I was left with the Dursleys? And how was Dumbledore able to give Hagrid my key when I first came to Gringotts? How did anything happen really?" Harry was concerned. If no one listened to his parents' will, then many things that had happened could have been avoided.

"Mr. Potter, I am not the original vault manager that has been assigned to you. The previous one was relieved of his duties when it was found he betrayed the trust that you great-great grandparents gave to him. When searching through your vault records, I noticed that shortly before your parents were murdered a name that appeared many times over, one Albus Dumbledore. The previous goblin had allowed Dumbledore to assign himself as your magical guardian thus giving him access to your vault. As to why your parents' will was never read, I do not know why. That would have been up to the previous goblin to conduct, but I have not found notes as to why he never scheduled a reading. We can schedule to have a reading today if you wish?"

"Yes, please. May we schedule for it tomorrow? Send out notices to the people who have been requested to go in the morning, giving those very little time to react. And may I have a completely new key to my vaults?" Harry was seething with rage. Dumbledore was the cause of all of this. He should have known when he realized he was just a pawn in the headmaster's grand scheme. Harry was hoping that whoever his parents requested for the reading would not be able to be present, for he did not want to see anybody, but he did want the will to be read as soon as possible.

"Of course Mr. Potter, on all accounts. Would you like to review your vaults and properties now?"

"Yes please, along with a list of items that have been removed by anyone other than myself and my parents," Nuzak nodded and shuffled a few papers around and then pushing each requested list towards Potter.

"The first list is a list of all of your vaults and the values of each one, including any artifacts within. The second list is of all of your properties between all three families. And the third is the list of items and money that was stolen," Harry was shocked by the sheer amount of galleons that he now had in his name. And here he was made to live in hand-me-downs for most of his life until he lived with Morven's pack. He would never have to work a day in his life, and the money would keep coming in thanks to the investments his families made. Next he looked at the list of properties. He was hoping to find an estate that he could use for a pack and one that would be big enough if he chose to take in more werewolves. One listing caught his eye.

"Nuzak, how many rooms does Gryffindor castle hold?"

"It has twenty suites, fifty rooms with private baths, and staff rooms for either house elves or human staffing. It has stables, pastures, farm lands, and hunting forests."

"May I put in a request for the castle to be cleaned up and prepared for inhabitants?" The castle sounded perfect for his needs and was large enough that he could house a few packs and have room to spare. It was much larger than the estate Morven had and he could not help, but chuckle at the thought of Morven seeing his own castle.

"Of course, sign this paper and the house elves that are still in service to the Potters and other families will be moved to the castle."

"Please include an order for a house elf named Dobby. He should be working at Hogwarts," Dobby would be very angry if he found out Harry had need of house elves and he was not included. After Nuzak made the plans for the house elves, Harry unwillingly looked at the third list and nearly exploded with rage. Dumbledore had been paying the Dursleys with his money, along with the Weasleys and some other Order members. Many books and other artifacts had been taken as well. His magic lashed out as he saw the amount each person had been paid, and shattered a window which immediately repaired itself. "I am sorry for the outburst Nuzak, I had been expecting money and items to be taken, but not in this extent nor some of the people. Is there any way to bring back the money and items?"

"Yes, for those who can not afford the money at the moment will be in debt to you and any money they make a portion of it will be used to pay you in return. And after a formal request for the return of items, said items will appear in your vaults following the request." Nuzak wrote out the parchments needed for the money and the items and pushed them to Potter to sign. There was a swirl of magic upon signing and already the list of stolen artifacts started to lessen and some money had been returned.

"Thank you for your time Nuzak. I will see you tomorrow afternoon at the will reading. May your gold flow and your enemies tremble," Harry said with a bow.

"And may your enemies fear you, Mr. Potter," with that Harry left the office and headed out to Diagon Alley. He needed to buy a new wand and gifts for Remus and Sirius. He had a lot to make up for when he got to Grimauld Place. He was thankful that most of the students going to Hogwarts had already done their shopping so no one questioned him getting a new wand.

A/N: Did I do good? I hope I didn't disappoint. As Always R&R