A/N - Here's the next installment of Repercussions of the Chamber, once again recently edited and so slightly longer than the first few chapters. We are now getting to the end of what I already had pre-written, so nothing is set in stone. Any suggestions are welcomed as a review, so please post one if there is something you want to see from this story and I will consider it. There are a few things I will not consider, and those should go on my profile page soon. I have no idea if the Will in this chapter is anywhere close to accurate, as a teenage I've never needed to know about them before. I tried to make the bequests accurate given the exchange rate 1 galleon = 5GBP, but am unsure if I have succeeded. I don't know how wealthy the Potter family is, I tried to make it realistic but after an hour searching the internet was unable to find an official source. I mkae come back to change it at a future date. (Disclaimer in chapter 1)

Chapter 8 - Ragnok's Discoveries

It was the last week of July. Mr Weasley had been making regular visits to Privet Drive, each time bringing a hamper full of food from Mrs Weasley. By this point he was visiting less frequently, as nothing seemed to be changing with the muggles.

One early Thursday morning, Harry was lying awake in his bed. Something didn't seem right about Scabbers. For a start, what had he been doing around Little Whinging, and secondly, how had he got there? Harry specifically considered the questions in that order - after all, with what had already happened to him since joining the Wizarding World, he had come to learn that everything had its reasons for happening, as bad as they may be. The how no longer seemed as important as the why.

He thought back to what had happened the morning after they had found Scabbers...

Mr Weasley had arrived as normal that morning, and Harry and Ginny had led him up to their room. They all sat down on the sofa. After asking the normal questions about how the Dursleys were treating them (they were still mostly being ignored, but that was fine - they were happy to either get up to eat breakfast and make a lunch to take with them to the park before the Dursleys, or wait until it was only Aunt Petunia left in the house, who allowed them access to the kitchen as long as it was left exactly as they found it), and what they had found to do (they spent most days exploring the park), he suddenly seemed to notice that the occupant to the cage across the room was not an owl as it should have been, but was in fact a rat.

"Hello, what's a rat doing in Hedwig's cage? I didn't think she normally brought creatures back from her hunting?" Mr Weasley asked. It was true, Harry had never once seen the results of Hedwig's hunt, it had always been devoured before she returned to her cage, and the Weasleys would know this. After all, he'd practically lived at the Burrow the previous summer.

"Um, we wanted to talk about that you see." Harry started cautiously. "We found him in the park yesterday."

Ginny continued. "I noticed his missing toe. It's the same one Scabbers has been missing ever since Percy found him. It looks so much like Scabbers, and we didn't know how or why he was in Little Whinging. We decided to bring him back here to ask you." She said nervously.

"Well," Mr Weasley looked thoughtful. "Ron did say that Scabbers has been missing since the train ride home, but I don't see how he could have got here. Let's have a look at him." He got up and headed to the cage, and unlocking it, drew Scabbers out. "It certainly looks like Scabbers. Ron and Percy would know best." He quickly transfigured one of the used plates that had held food in the basket Mrs. Weasley had given him to bring into a travelling cage (transfigured items always lasted longer than those conjured), and dropped Scabbers inside before locking it.

"I'll take him back to the Burrow. If Ron and Percy recognise him, then we'll assume he is Scabbers. If not, I'll let him go. But it does seem a startling coincidence for two rats that look similar to be missing the same toe."

Shortly after that, he left for the Burrow, taking the empty basket and Scabbers in his new cage with him. Harry and Ginny hadn't thought any more of it at the time, especially after he had brought news the next time he visited that Ron and Percy had positively identified him. After all, what reason would any of them have had to be suspicious?

Suddenly, his eyes opened - he must have fallen asleep while considering what felt so wrong about how they had found Scabbers. It was only now that he had begun to realise that while at the time nothing had seemed overly suspicious about finding Scabbers at the park - he was notorious for escaping and travelling long distances in short amounts of time - he was beginning to realise just what a coincidence it was that he had showed up in the exact area that Harry lived in. But he could consider all that implied later, as looking down, he noticed his wife's long red hair splayed out across his bare chest (it was much too hot for them to wear full pyjamas, so he often went to be in just his pyjama bottoms), and he tightened his hold on her. She stirred sleepily, but didn't wake up.

Looking up, he noticed what had awoken him so suddenly that morning, (usually they slept completely past lunch). An owl was pecking at the window. He thought it lucky that Uncle Vernon was still asleep, as he could only imagine what he would be screaming about the neighbours. Lifting the arm that was not preoccupied with the redheaded girl next to him, he grabbed his wand and muttered the spell for the levitation charm to open the window. The owl flew inside, then hopped over to him to provide the letter.

When Harry retrieved the letter, the owl sipped a drink from Hedwig's bowl, then flew back out the window. He noticed an official Gringotts seal on the letter. Waking his Ginny up - they loved thinking of themselves as each others - he opened the letter. She continued laying on him as he read it aloud.

Dear Mr and Mrs Potter,

I have made some progress on the leads you have asked me to pick up on.

While I have not yet found anything of importance about horcruxes or Mr Black, I have uncovered the Last Will and Testament of James and Lily Potter.

If it is possible, I wish for you to visit Gringotts at some point in the near future for an official reading. I will be waiting for you if you use your portkeys whenever is convenient to you.

Also, this would be an excellent opportunity for you to visit your vaults and us to discuss your inheritance.

May your gold ever flow,

Ragnok

Senior Manager, Gringotts Bank

Harry looked to Ginny. "I wasn't expecting him to find it so fast. I would have thought Dumbledore would try to keep it hidden."

"Let's get dressed and have breakfast, then we can head over and spend the whole day over there.

Soon, Harry and Ginny each activated the fifth rune on their necklace portkeys, and appeared in Ragnok's office. He greeted them warmly.

"Should we start then?" He asked when they were seated.

"Okay." Harry replied.

"Let us begin the official reading of the Last Will and Testament of James and Lily Potter."

He waved a finger in a large bowl of silvery liquid and two figures arose. The male spoke.

"Let it be recorded that this, the Last Will and Testament of Lily and James Potter was made while we were of sound mind and soul. We hereby declare any previous wills null and void from this moment so that this, the current will, is the only document in effect.

Should only one of us die, everything later named in this will is instead left to our husband/wife.

Should both of us die, we bequest:

To Remus John Lupin. We leave you a sum of 1,000 galleons and hope you can use it to help your situation in the Wizarding World.

To Peter Pettigrew. We leave you a sum of 1,000 galleons in the hope that you can continue helping your friends when needed, and thanks for protecting us to the best of your abilities. Never forget the need for a good, solid friendship.

To Sirius Orion Black. We leave a sum of 5,000 galleons and guardianship of Harry. We hope that you can give him the childhood he deserves, and use this to help both of you on in life, despite your family's background.

To Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix. We leave a sum of 1,000 galleons, in the hope that it can be used to further the war against Voldemort, should we not take him with us.

To Harry James Potter. We leave you everything else, including your trust vault, the Potter Family Vault, Potter Manor and our other properties. We wish you to know that we love you, and couldn't have wished to die a better way than to protect you. You should know that while everyone was told Sirius was our Secret Keeper, we changed at the last minute. Dumbledore was the only other who knew. It was actually Peter Pettigrew, as it was believed he would be less obvious.

This was the Last Will and Testament of James and Lily Potter while we are still in good health. Witnessed by Sirius Orion Black and Remus John Lupin, 10th October 1981."

Ginny once again had her arms around Harry, giving him silent comfort while he cried. Leaning down, he pecked her on the cheek in thanks, then, wiping his eyes on his sleeve, haltingly addressed Ragnok. "Their Will said that Sirius wasn't secret keeper."

"That is interesting, and the others named gives us an idea of where to start. This does at least prove it was never carried out. Dumbledore sealed it the day after their death, preventing anyone from upholding your parent's wishes. Also, that part of the will can be copied, to prove to the Wizengamot that he never betrayed Lily and James. Now, we must discuss your inheritance. As the Will said, all properties were left to you. This is Potter Manor in Cambridgeshire, a house in Godric's Hollow, a holiday home on the south coast of France, and an apartment in New York. In addition, as you already know, the family vault was passed to you, in addition to your trust vault, number 687. This replenishes to 1,000 galleons each year from your family vault until you reach majority. Now you are married, this has happened so it has been merged with the family vault. Furthermore, the Potter name comes with the title Lord and a seat on the Wizengamot. If you want to hide your marriage, it is best not to take this yet as they can only be taken when you have full majority rights. Finally, your parents owned shares in several major companies, all of which are paying into another vault, number 675."

Do you know what these companies are?"

"One is Butterbeer, another is the Nimbus Broom Series, and third is another broom company which at the time was still inventing their broom, and is set to come out this summer, but I am not privy to it's name."

"Okay. I was wondering if we could visit my family vault."

"Certainly."

When they arrived at vault 021, Harry and Ginny entered while Ragnok waited outside. They quickly found two large, four compartment trunks near the entrance which they decided to use to replace their Hogwarts trunks. They then spent the next hour and a half searching for anything that might be useful. Two of the eight compartments were filled with useful books, one with photo albums, and another with everything else.

While Ginny was busy on the far side of the vault, Harry found a small box, next to a slightly larger one. Opening the larger one first, he found a large amount of jewellery. He was drawn to one piece in particular, which he pocketed to give Ginny on her birthday.

He then opened the smaller box, and gasped. Ginny made her way over to him, and looking over his shoulder, had the same reaction.

In the box were his parent's wedding rings, and his Mum's engagement and promise rings.

"They're beautiful", Ginny said.

In response, Harry removed his Mum's three rings, and carefully slipped them onto his wife's left ring finger. They immediately shrank to fit her perfectly, and merged into one. Ginny grabbed the remaining ring and slid it onto his finger.

The promise ring was a simple gold band with a diamond on it. The engagement ring was silver, with a large ruby surrounded by four small emeralds. The wedding rings were each gold, and contained an emerald and a ruby, both the same size, slightly swirled together, with a small diamond on top where they joined, on each ring.

"If this is what I get for being your wife, I would have arranged for it a lot sooner!" Ginny cheekily stated.

Harry knew she was joking, but decided to play along. "I'd like to think you want to be married to me for more than just my inheritance." He replied, sounding hurt."

"Oh Harry, I was just joking, and I know you'd rather have your parents than this, but please try and make the most of your life from it, don't make their deaths mean nothing!" Ginny replied, worried she had hurt Harry with her untimely joke.

"It's OK Ginny, I know you were joking. I thought I was hiding my feelings well but you clearly know me better than I know myself and could see straight through it. I'm trying to live my life, make it so they didn't die in vain, but it's hard to get over the feeling of guilt." Harry replied.

Ginny relaxed, understanding Harry completely. "Of course I know you better than you do yourself, I can see right through you!" Her cheeky, playful nature returned briefly. "But don't worry about the morose feelings for now, there'll be time for them in the future."

"I fully intend to, and I think the best way to do that is to quickly visit the Gryffindor vault before we head home and spend some quality time cuddled together in bed." Harry replied, his playful nature also slowly starting to return.

After casting a quick invisibility charm so that only the two of them could see their rings, they left the vault and went to carry out the same search in the Gryffindor Vault.

They spent another half hour looking through all the items in vault 003, but not finding anything that seemed like it would come in immediately useful, they decided to leave everything where it was and come back for it if they needed it in the future.