James and the others landed in the private room of the bank. A goblin entered the room, James greeted him" may your enemies hold end in your hand". The goblin greeted back " may you vaults fill with gold and you enemies die at you feet, Director Ragnok will met you shortly." He exited and the wizards am witches sat patiently waiting for the head of the goblin horde.
Hermione was nervous and couldn't keep her hand from shivering. Sirius saw this and kept his hand on her to calm her. She felt the warm hand covering her and took comfort in it. She felt a sense of assurance in it. This was notice by everyone else and James gave Sirius a look. He knew that meant trouble but never before has he felt this need to protect and comfort a witch. 'Consequences be damned' Sirius thought.
Soon the goblin chief entered, he glanced around the room and turned to James and said " Lord Potter, I am glad to hear your safe, there are numerous rumours going around, you being dead among them, same goes for you Lord Black and Longbottom."
Sirius was shocked when he was called Lord Black, he thought ' that means I am not disowned anymore'. The goblin seem to be reading. His mind and said " only your grandfather the patriarch had the right to deny your Lordship but he has named you his heir when you were 12. So you are in name Lord Black but would be required to claim the ring to be fully stated as Lord Black, though the Earl of Blackmoor is your official title and cannot be taken from you."
Sirius nodded and decided to claim the ring. After all he need the power the position of Lord Black to ensure the safety of his dear ones." We shall get back to you soon Lord Black."
The goblin leader fixed his gaze on Hermione , she felt the urge to squirm but drew comfort from the hold Sirius has on her. The goblin said" so she comes back." He looks at Madam Longbottom as he said this. She smiled and nodded, she said " enough suspense already Ragnok. The kids all want to know the truth."
the goblin gave a feral grin and snapped his fingers, a portable vault like thing appeared which opened on his touch. Inside it was a small round object similar to the sphere that is used to record prophecies. Ragnok asked James to touch the sphere with his wand. James did as instructed and she saw a man similar to James rise from the sphere , he looked smoky like memory. From the look around her, she understood it was Harry'grandfather Charles Potter. The memory spoke" Son if your Seeing then your sister has returned to your time. Augusta will explain to you the circumstances of her disappearance , but inorder to ensure she is your sister all you should do is put the necklace your mother and I have entrusted with Ragnok on her. If she is our Hermione, it will glow gold and settle against her, otherwise it all remain same. James take care of you sister. She is our princess. I love you son." James and Sirius had tears in their eyes while everyone else seen sad. Hermione understood that. Charles Potter was a well loved man. Ragnok presented the box containing the necklace to James , who opened it and took the necklace and gave it to her. Hermione' hands shook as she held the chain. She couldn't decide to put it on her not. Calling all her Griffyonder courage she tried it on. As it feel against her chest it started glowing and turned a brilliant gold finally settling against her chest.
she sat down, her world seem to be crashing around her. She was not Hermione Granger but Hermione Potter. Everything till now, all the insult and taints and the bloody craving from Bellatrix was meaningless. Sirius seeing her state wanted to comfort her, he went to her and kneeled in front her. She looked deep in thought. He hugged her. The smell of peppermint and leather , Sirius, it brought her back to reality. She thought 'this is fates way of giving me a second chance to correct all the wrong done against these people. I have the power to ensure their safety and Harry's happiness. I should embrace this' she felt herself melting into Sirius, she shed a few tears for the Grangers who were wonderful parents. Once composed she pulled herself from Sirius and thanked him for comforting her. She looked at James who was glaring holes into Sirius's head. The Potter's protective streak. She went to James and hugged him and said " Thank you Jamie". James froze and pulled her from the hug and looked her in the eye, his hazel eyes filled with tears. "You remember ... you called me Jamie, no one in the world is allowed to call me that expect you." She looked up and said" No I don't but it felt right calling you so."
James nodded , he was just so happy to get his sister back, but god he needed to beat some sense into Sirius to keep his paws off Mia.
hermione then looked at Madam Longbottom and requested her to tell them what happened on her 3rd birthday.
Madam Longbottom settled down and took the tea provided to them and started" like you know , we searched a lot for you, after you were kidnapped. We could not trace you at all inspite the fact that Charles could feel you magic in the familial bond. Finally, Charles and Greg caught the guy who stole you. He submitted himself actually. His name was Quentin Zeke. He was the son of a famous seer. He took the Vertiaserum and confessed that his mother had told him about a child , a maiden to be precise who would move across space and time to save the world from terrible foes. They brought researched and found that this child should live in the future first then come back to support a griffin, raven and bear. The prophecy was like this
A maiden with a star shall save us all
moving across time to know al
A griffin, bear and raven shall be powerful
The maiden shall guide them through.
Mr Zeke told you parents that he has sent you across time to the future using a charm that would ensure your return should you be in mortal danger. His interpretation of the prophecy was that your knowledge of the future would save the world as it is now changing any or all ill fated occurrences and if what you all have informed me is right , you did indeed do that.
Hermione blushed beautifully and asked " what does the rest of it mean.
"Every old wizarding families have a animal spirit that protects them in the time of danger. These are know as totems. The Potter's totem is a griffin, Longbottom has a bear."
Sirius said " Raven belongs to Blacks", more himself rather than others.
augusta nodded in agreement and continued " we believe your support would help them achieve power and glory which you did when you gave them the credit of killing you-know-who and his death eater."
Hermione" my believe is that if they were the ones to kill Riddle it would give James and others the edge to command things in the wizarding world,which help secure Harry's future. It does help they are pure bloods and this country is too bigoted to accept a muggleborn as a saviour."
" You are a pure blood too. I know the country is in the dark ages , we don't consider blood status to understand a person ."Sirius said sternly
" I know Sirius , I am saying about general public. I didn't intend to hurt your feeling."
Lily said " I understand what your saying Mia.. I can guess what you might have to endure because you were a muggleborn.
James , Sirius and Frank were pissed, they knew what Lily had to go through even with their protection, it was hard for her, she being Lady Potter brought lot of negative comments but they were able to put stop to it many a times but now it was time for them to act out and fight this world and wash away the bigotry deep rooted in the society.
Augusta said " Princess, your presence will bring about the much needed change, before that we need to create your space in the society. The story behind your disappearance was that you were attacked and you magic was unstable and was being treated in a secure medical facility in Geneva. We can say you did your OWLs and NEWTs from there.. Gringotts can get the paperwork"
Ragnok nodded, Hermione agreed and said " I have my OWLs results from the future with me." She started digging into her beaded bag and pulled it out and passed to Ragnok who commented " you are an expectionally brilliant witch to get these scores. I think we can file this with the Swiss ministry and get NEWT scores based on this."
Hermione nodded and said thank you. Her trust fund keys and documents were handed over to her.
Ragnok turned to Sirius and said "we will start the ritual for claiming for family ring Lord Black. The Black account holder will be here shortly".
Soon enough a goblin entered the room followed by two others pushing a trolley with holding a mrithal bowl and a small box.
Sirius stood up and greeted the goblin and the goblin returned the greeting.
Sharpclaw said " it's my pleasure to see you take up your ring. Your grandfather was very particular about who should receive the ring. He said that you were the only person who can save the house from disrepute and take the house to former glory that was given to it because of its esteem ancestors.
Sirius felt the urge to roll his eyes . 'Esteemed ancestors my arse' he thought. Augusta saw this and smiled and said " Sirius, prephas you need a lesson on your ancestors. It is true the recent Black are bigoted and have been focused on purebloood and keeping family lines pure , there was a time when the Potter , Black, Longbottom, Bones, Greengrass family were known as protectors and would head the society from different spheres. The Potters were know who the held claims on the buildings and architecture, clay and structures works. The Black were essentially blacksmiths and were experts in forgeries and working with metal in general. The Bones were healers , Longbottoms were farmers, herbologist and other nature related things and finally the Greengrass were potioneers who were always finding cures and if that sorts. As time went other people married into the families and the lines began to separate and the family which lived depended on each other ended up being independent and forgot their vows to Lady magic to protect the wizarding world. Today the world in divided as dark and light but during the 5 families there was also a faction called grey. The people of these families were warriors and fierce ones at that. My mother-in- law was such a lady who held on to the traditional way and once I married Greg Longbottom my views on magic being light or dark skewed. She strongly believed that magic was magic.. it is in the hands of the person who yield it that it becomes dark , light or Grey. In the recent time other people was accessed to power and are committing crime violating laws of our Lady magic. If you feel up to it I would suggest this is you oppournity to give the 5 families to power and rest everything will fall in place."
"well said Madam Longbottom. It is true it is time the old families come to power so that the wizarding world can reach it glory and it was a good time because every being on the earth was treated equally, be it werewolves, goblins, elves or anyone for that matter". Said Ragnok
Augusta Longbottom gave the goblin a regal nod and looked at her son and his friend and said " get along the ritual and we shall convene in Potter manor to discuss our future stance and also gather our allies. James and Frank nodded while Sirius looked at Hermione, she smiled and gave a slight nod. Sirius held out his right palm over the ritual bowl and took out a athame and cut his palm bled into the bowl which glowed black, the ring turned in the bowl and rose from bowl and placed itself in Sirius 's finger and sized itself to fit him. The Black diamond on either side of raven's gold head. The ritual completely successfully and goblin bowed to Sirius and said "Lord Black we welcome you to the Black families headship. May you family prosper under your control. Sirius looked at the goblin and said" Rise sir, I see you as an equal than beneath me, lets our relationship be that of a partnership benefitting both parties.
The goblin nodded to this and shook Sirius's hand and left the room. All the other occupants decided to meet in Potter manor.