Harry awoke the next morning at 5 am to the sound of his alarm clock. Switching it off he slowly got up wiping the sleep from his eyes trying to remember why he wanted to get up so early. He remembered suddenly, Diagon Alley, that's where he was going. Getting around quickly and as quietly as he could so as not to wake his realatives. Harry quickly showered and got ready. Throwing on a heavy cloak with a hood to hide himself he grabbed his want, cloak, vault key and broom. Luckly he had left his window open to allow his owl Hedwig out to hunt. Throwing on his invisibility cloak and getting on his broom, he made sure that he couldn't be seen with it wrapped around him and took off flying through the window.
Before he knew it he was out of Surrey and off to london so far so good he thought. Three hours later he made it to London and found the Leaky Cauldron. landing in an abandoned alley nearby he got off his broom, made sure the hood of his normal cloak was up and took off his invisibility cloak stuffing it in an internal pocket of his cloak in case he needed it later. He took his brrom and stashed it behind a dumpster and hoped no-one would see it. He noticed that the dumster was empty so he didn't have to worry about it moving and dislodging or destroying it. He qiuckly went around the corner and entered the pub hoping he didn't arise any interest from the muggles or anyone else for that matter. As we went through to the back some of the customers looked up at him but dismissed him as of no importance. THankeful for that he walked out back and tapped the bricks to enter the alley.
As always Diagon Alley was a sight to amaze though not as many poeple here as normal there were still some around. Nowing that he did not have much time to spare he continued on and entered Gringotts the wizard bank controlled by goblins. Having a few concerns he made his way up to the head goblin and coughed to make his presence known. The goblin looked up rather annoyed at being disturbed "May I help you?" the goblin sneered, his annoyance at being bothered very apparent.
"Yes, I would like to discuss some concerns of mine privatley if we can?" Harry pulled back his hood slightly to make his identity known only to the goblin. He had actually startled himslef with how bold and confident he sounded but didn't let it show.
The goblin eyed him quickly "Very well follow me please." Harry followed the goblin to the side and into what appeared to be a small confernce room of some sort that held a couple wooden chairs and a table. Sitting down facing the goblin Harry spoke first:
"As I said earlier I have some concerns about my account here, I was curious as to if anyone happened to be keeping an eye on it. Someone other than the goblins that work here?" This had been bothering him for a little bit. It wouldn't help if Dumbledore found out he had been in Diagon Alley without his "permission."
"Yes there is. Headmaster Dumbledore, as he is your guardian in the magical realm, is kept informed of any changes in your accounts." the goblin replied.
Figures, Harry thought to himself "Is there anyway for him not to be informed of any future transactions?"
"Of course, because you are the accounts' owner and you are currently of legal age to control your accounts by yourself, you have the option as to wether anyone is informed or not." the goblin replied matter of factly.
"15 is the legal age?" he replied, astonished.
"For the bank it is Mr. Potter. You have to understand that Gringotts has been around for many centuries. Back in the beginig normal humans, or muggles as they are called now, knew of the existance of magic and such and used this bank as well. Back then times were different and it was not at all uncommon for normal humans not to live past 40 years of age, therefore maturity in the banks eyes was set at 15 and it has never changed."
"oh ... Well than would you please stop sending reports to the headmaster then?"
"Of course your accounts will be modified immediatly. Is there anything else Mr. Potter?"
"umm .. Yes actually. You keep saying accounts as in plural."
"Of course why wouldn't I?"
"Well .. er ... I thought i only had one" Harry ran his hands through his hair confused as to why he'd have more than one account in his name.
"Of course not Mr. Potter. Because you are the sole Potter Heir you have the main family vault in your name as well as your personnal trust fund for your education which you use mostly."
"I didn't know I had a family vault as well."
"I'll show you personally Mr. Potter. Please follow me." Dumbstruck Harry pulled his hood back up, got up and followed the Head Goblin out the door and to the other side to catch a cart down to the vault.
They arrived a few minutes later at a large vault door that had no keyhole. The goblin ran his finger down the vault door like a goblin had done to the vault that held the sorceror's stone his first time here. as the vault door swung open Harry could only gasp in surprise. The vault was quite deep in the back corner and along the left wall he found huge piles of galleons and what lookeld like rare, precious gems of all kinds. In the back right corner Harry could see priceless works of art, wepons and armor off all kinds. following along the right wall there were cases that housed jewlery off all kinds and chests of nooks and in the front right corner looked like a filing cabinet.
"Here you are Mr. Potter. This is your family vault. As you can tell money is of no concern for you .. ever. in the filing cabinet you will find various legal documents including any companys you own or partially own plus deeds to your properties and any other assets you may have. Now if you'd like to look around for a while just blow this whistle when your ready to leave and a cart will come by to pick you up. If there's nothing else i'll leave you to it"
"N .no that's .. TH .. THat's all right. Th .. Thanks" He managed to stutter out as the goblin left. He still couldn't beleive it. He was wealthier than he thought. And even more annoyed at how much had been kept from him.
After a few minutes he was able to move again. He went and filled a couple sacks with as many galleons as he could. He didn't know how much he'd need but he took 500 and it didn't even make a dent in the pile. He looked at the suits of armor and weaponry in the back admiring the exquiset pieces. and working his way down seeing what could only be the Potter family seal on some of the jewlery. One piece stuck out at him in particular, it was a male style gold ring with the family seal in the middle surrounded by a ring of small ruby stones. He was practiaclly drawn to it and when he put it on felt a warm glow surround him and fade away. He didn't know what it was but he just had the feeling that the ring was supposed to be with him. As he continued on he came to the filing cabinet. Opening it up he found various legal documents concerning business ownerships and such that he didn't understand. He came to the section that held property deeds there were a few business plots and such but there were a couple residential ones that caught his eye. One was for what looked like a small townhouse in London and the other was for a rather large estate in what he would classify as the middle of nowhere. It was deemed unplottable on the deed. There were a few notes along with the deeds and noticed a picture of his ring on one of the pages. Reading it he was able to find out that if he tapped his wand on the ring and stated the name the ring would act as a portkey and take hime to the residence to which he specified.
After thinking for a few minutes he threw caution to the wind. "Hell, I no nothing of my family, nobody will answer my questions and i'm away from the Dursley's anyway, I might as well." Walking out of his vault he blew the whistle as the door closed behind him. A few minutes later he was on the steps of the bank with his hood up. Pulling out his wand and setting the tip on his ring he said "Potter Estate" and promptly disappeared
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Well hopefully not to bad i don't have a beta or anything and am really amateur at writing stories this is kinda the first but i can always come up with some interesting ideas in my head just rather difficult to write down. As for the Family seal i'm not definite on it yet half of me wants to make him and heir to a founder but it's been done so often and really not pivitol so that's why there is no description of it. I'm also not trying to make Harry super rich either just what i think a prominent old family (which i consider the Potters to be) would have in it's vault and how wealthy they would be. And also my plans are not to make Harry super powerful. Though he will pick up new things as he goes on he wont become crush the world with a single thought powerful.
Well thank you for reading i don't know how often i'll be able to update but hopefully it wont be to long.
Before he knew it he was out of Surrey and off to london so far so good he thought. Three hours later he made it to London and found the Leaky Cauldron. landing in an abandoned alley nearby he got off his broom, made sure the hood of his normal cloak was up and took off his invisibility cloak stuffing it in an internal pocket of his cloak in case he needed it later. He took his brrom and stashed it behind a dumpster and hoped no-one would see it. He noticed that the dumster was empty so he didn't have to worry about it moving and dislodging or destroying it. He qiuckly went around the corner and entered the pub hoping he didn't arise any interest from the muggles or anyone else for that matter. As we went through to the back some of the customers looked up at him but dismissed him as of no importance. THankeful for that he walked out back and tapped the bricks to enter the alley.
As always Diagon Alley was a sight to amaze though not as many poeple here as normal there were still some around. Nowing that he did not have much time to spare he continued on and entered Gringotts the wizard bank controlled by goblins. Having a few concerns he made his way up to the head goblin and coughed to make his presence known. The goblin looked up rather annoyed at being disturbed "May I help you?" the goblin sneered, his annoyance at being bothered very apparent.
"Yes, I would like to discuss some concerns of mine privatley if we can?" Harry pulled back his hood slightly to make his identity known only to the goblin. He had actually startled himslef with how bold and confident he sounded but didn't let it show.
The goblin eyed him quickly "Very well follow me please." Harry followed the goblin to the side and into what appeared to be a small confernce room of some sort that held a couple wooden chairs and a table. Sitting down facing the goblin Harry spoke first:
"As I said earlier I have some concerns about my account here, I was curious as to if anyone happened to be keeping an eye on it. Someone other than the goblins that work here?" This had been bothering him for a little bit. It wouldn't help if Dumbledore found out he had been in Diagon Alley without his "permission."
"Yes there is. Headmaster Dumbledore, as he is your guardian in the magical realm, is kept informed of any changes in your accounts." the goblin replied.
Figures, Harry thought to himself "Is there anyway for him not to be informed of any future transactions?"
"Of course, because you are the accounts' owner and you are currently of legal age to control your accounts by yourself, you have the option as to wether anyone is informed or not." the goblin replied matter of factly.
"15 is the legal age?" he replied, astonished.
"For the bank it is Mr. Potter. You have to understand that Gringotts has been around for many centuries. Back in the beginig normal humans, or muggles as they are called now, knew of the existance of magic and such and used this bank as well. Back then times were different and it was not at all uncommon for normal humans not to live past 40 years of age, therefore maturity in the banks eyes was set at 15 and it has never changed."
"oh ... Well than would you please stop sending reports to the headmaster then?"
"Of course your accounts will be modified immediatly. Is there anything else Mr. Potter?"
"umm .. Yes actually. You keep saying accounts as in plural."
"Of course why wouldn't I?"
"Well .. er ... I thought i only had one" Harry ran his hands through his hair confused as to why he'd have more than one account in his name.
"Of course not Mr. Potter. Because you are the sole Potter Heir you have the main family vault in your name as well as your personnal trust fund for your education which you use mostly."
"I didn't know I had a family vault as well."
"I'll show you personally Mr. Potter. Please follow me." Dumbstruck Harry pulled his hood back up, got up and followed the Head Goblin out the door and to the other side to catch a cart down to the vault.
They arrived a few minutes later at a large vault door that had no keyhole. The goblin ran his finger down the vault door like a goblin had done to the vault that held the sorceror's stone his first time here. as the vault door swung open Harry could only gasp in surprise. The vault was quite deep in the back corner and along the left wall he found huge piles of galleons and what lookeld like rare, precious gems of all kinds. In the back right corner Harry could see priceless works of art, wepons and armor off all kinds. following along the right wall there were cases that housed jewlery off all kinds and chests of nooks and in the front right corner looked like a filing cabinet.
"Here you are Mr. Potter. This is your family vault. As you can tell money is of no concern for you .. ever. in the filing cabinet you will find various legal documents including any companys you own or partially own plus deeds to your properties and any other assets you may have. Now if you'd like to look around for a while just blow this whistle when your ready to leave and a cart will come by to pick you up. If there's nothing else i'll leave you to it"
"N .no that's .. TH .. THat's all right. Th .. Thanks" He managed to stutter out as the goblin left. He still couldn't beleive it. He was wealthier than he thought. And even more annoyed at how much had been kept from him.
After a few minutes he was able to move again. He went and filled a couple sacks with as many galleons as he could. He didn't know how much he'd need but he took 500 and it didn't even make a dent in the pile. He looked at the suits of armor and weaponry in the back admiring the exquiset pieces. and working his way down seeing what could only be the Potter family seal on some of the jewlery. One piece stuck out at him in particular, it was a male style gold ring with the family seal in the middle surrounded by a ring of small ruby stones. He was practiaclly drawn to it and when he put it on felt a warm glow surround him and fade away. He didn't know what it was but he just had the feeling that the ring was supposed to be with him. As he continued on he came to the filing cabinet. Opening it up he found various legal documents concerning business ownerships and such that he didn't understand. He came to the section that held property deeds there were a few business plots and such but there were a couple residential ones that caught his eye. One was for what looked like a small townhouse in London and the other was for a rather large estate in what he would classify as the middle of nowhere. It was deemed unplottable on the deed. There were a few notes along with the deeds and noticed a picture of his ring on one of the pages. Reading it he was able to find out that if he tapped his wand on the ring and stated the name the ring would act as a portkey and take hime to the residence to which he specified.
After thinking for a few minutes he threw caution to the wind. "Hell, I no nothing of my family, nobody will answer my questions and i'm away from the Dursley's anyway, I might as well." Walking out of his vault he blew the whistle as the door closed behind him. A few minutes later he was on the steps of the bank with his hood up. Pulling out his wand and setting the tip on his ring he said "Potter Estate" and promptly disappeared
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Well hopefully not to bad i don't have a beta or anything and am really amateur at writing stories this is kinda the first but i can always come up with some interesting ideas in my head just rather difficult to write down. As for the Family seal i'm not definite on it yet half of me wants to make him and heir to a founder but it's been done so often and really not pivitol so that's why there is no description of it. I'm also not trying to make Harry super rich either just what i think a prominent old family (which i consider the Potters to be) would have in it's vault and how wealthy they would be. And also my plans are not to make Harry super powerful. Though he will pick up new things as he goes on he wont become crush the world with a single thought powerful.
Well thank you for reading i don't know how often i'll be able to update but hopefully it wont be to long.