I Do Not Own Harry Potter.
All Characters Appearing In This Work Are Fictitious. Any Resemblance To Real Persons, Living Or Dead Is Purely Coincidental.
Before the Epilogue.
One Week Later
After coming back home from the hotel, Harry and Ginny had faced some awkward reactions and conversations, but none of her brothers were outright saying anything against them, partly because Ginny was officially of age and secondly nobody was stupid enough to talk down to Harry and Ginny especially since giving Harry permission to court Ginny, they couldn't object to his relationship with her besides even they understood that if anyone deserved Ginny's affections it was Harry, not to mention even Molly and Arthur themselves were silent on the matter, except for when Arthur and Molly had a private chat with Ginny and Harry as well as Hermione and Ron about treating each other with respect and ensuring that they practice safe sex.
This meant that the young couple was free to do as they were please as long as they kept their activities discreet and their parents informed. The young couple took that advice to heart and not surprisingly Ginny and Hermione got together to find a way to use their remaining days with their lovers to their advantage and as such they developed a secret code and system that helped the two couples keep their sexual activities active while at the same time keeping their parents from worrying too much.
So apart from some general good natured hazing by Ginny's brothers and a blanket rule that forbade Harry from releasing details about his relationship with Ginny, and although Harry was not happy he put up with it for the meantime. That is until Ginny found a way to parade her relationship in her brother's faces and would regularly bait them into inadvertently finding her and Harry in some compromising position as if daring them to say something, however none of her brothers took the bait, knowing that if they did, they would have to face both Harry and Ginny's wrath. However soon the Topic of Ginny and Harry's relationship status and progress took a backseat to the current hot topic which was the End of Summer We survived Doomsday party.
It was also a given that with George and Lee Jordan sponsoring the party it was going to be a hell of a party. The location had finally been finalized as an Old Farmhouse that was run by an old Muggle couple. It seemed that it was a perfect spot, it was a remote place in Yorkshire, not only was it remote they had also gotten a great deal on the renting of the farmhouse, mostly because George had rented out the whole Farmhouse for his Party and what with it being the slow season for parties.
However it seemed the upcoming party was not the only hot topic, it seemed that there were other topics of Interest as well. It seemed that after the war the Golden Trio had given an interview that acknowledged the fact that the Goblins had been very helpful during the war behind the scenes, and while the exact facts were either blurred or exaggerated and with many things left unsaid. It seemed to satisfy the Goblins enough so that they gave their go ahead for the Quibbler to publish the article.
The Goblins too having taken a close look at the changing tides had opted to publish their announcements through the Quibbler as well instead of defaulting towards the Daily Prophet as they normally did.
To further their own agenda and appear as comradelier to the wizarding community the Goblins made an announcement that stated that as a reward for their actions in the Battle against Voldermort and in co-operation with the Ministry, the Goblins of Gringotts would be awarding every recipient of the Order of Merlin Third Class a cash reward of Fifty Thousand Galleons that would be deposited into their account as soon as their identities and their awards have been verified.
They also promised to reward all recipient of the Order of Merlin Second Class One Hundred Thousand Galleons and all recipients of the Order of Merlin First Class would be awarded One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Galleons. Additionally The Goblins would also be donating Five Hundred Thousand Galleons to the school of Hogwarts that would be deposited into the School's official Vault which would be used as the school saw fit.
The Goblins had also further announced that they would be donating The Hogwarts Castle Ten Thousand suits of armor which was effectively four times the amount of Suits of Armor that the School had lost in the war, as if that wasn't enough the Goblins also promised their patrons that upon investing a certain amount of Gold for a period of more than Three years with the Bank of Gringotts they would offer attractive High interest rates to their Patrons.
The Bank had also announced that they would be also help interested Patrons invest their money smartly with customized saving schemes and even promised to double their savings if their patrons invested with them.
As if that wasn't enough they promised to create new 500 new job positions and openings in Gringotts Bank and encouraged Hogwarts students as well as experienced individuals to apply, not only that but they also encouraged Muggle born students to apply for a post they called Muggle banking Liaisons for which 200 openings had been created.
It allowed Muggle born Students to apply for a job which allowed them to with the Goblin's help to gain footholds in Muggle banks and financial institutions and help the Goblins integrate Muggle technology with Goblin Gold, thereby allowing easier trading of Goblin Gold and Muggle Currency. Not only that but there were rumors that the Goblins were in discussions with the ministry to open a School of higher education for business management and economics.
The news had caused quite the uproar in the Wizarding community and although there were many still that doubted the Goblins. There were even more still who knew that the Goblins were trying to repair their reputations with the only thing that Mattered and that was Gold. Although there were still many individuals that harbored concerns and reservations against the Goblins, however many of those with reservations were soon silenced a few days later.
A few days later in response to the announcement both Professor McGonagall and Kingsley had both made a public announcement thanking the Goblin community at large for their Generosity. To encourage the wizarding Community Kingsley made an announcement that the Treasury department of the Ministry of Magic would be giving special tax credits to people and corporations that were willing to invest money with the Goblins of Gringotts for a minimum Three Year period.
Although this Tax credit was further sweetened by the Goblins offering attractive interest rates, the wizarding Community was still hesitant to trust the Goblins after their absence in the war with Voldermort. Therefore McGonagall decided to take the first step in trusting the Goblins as per her deal with the Goblins.
McGonagall then made a public announcement that she and the School Governors had decided to invest half of the amount that the Goblins had donated to the school would be reinvested with the Goblins of Gringotts for a period of Five years.
It seemed the Goblins had been correct in assessing McGonagall's worth to the Wizarding community because after McGonagall made the announcement, within three days many corporations and Businesses had also pledged to invest with Goblins of Gringotts. Soon after that The Longbottom, Weasley, Macmillan, Lovegood and the Bones family had also decided to invest much of their money with the Goblins of Gringotts and although it was never announced in any publication, the word of mouth advertisements alone from these families started a chain reaction that ended up giving the Goblins a lot more business than they initially expected and they had to play catch up, which the Goblins were only happy to do.
Although there were still many individuals that harbored concerns and reservations against the Goblins, however many of those with reservations were soon silenced when The Quibbler published an article with the Golden Trio also acknowledging the Goblin's support during the war and although many things were left unsaid and many things were muddled or alluded to leaving an impression that was mostly incorrect but thanks to the combined efforts of Arthur, Hermione, Luna, and Ragnorok the Goblin it gave an overall impression to the Wizarding community that the Goblins had helped significantly with the War efforts from behind the curtain.
