Chapter 4- Sirius's Will the Potter Vault

"Hello Harry, How are you?" said a happy smiling Sirius

These simple words had Harry on his knees in front of the image of his godfather, with tears falling from his eyes, after so long of having nightmares of Sirius falling through the veil, and then coming out and blaming him, he could finally see a happy smiling Sirius.

"So Prongs Jr., I asked you a question, are you or are you not going to reply?"

Harry was shocked, he had only limited knowledge about pensieves, and what he could gather from that, you could only view memories in it, not a conversation with a memory.

A seriously confused Harry replied, "I am fine, but how can you understand what I am saying?"

Sirius looked like he was trying to understand what Harry just said, then he replied "Well you see Harry I went through a lot of books in the Library of Grimmauld place and I found this spell in one of em, that could allow a somewhat interactive conversation in a pensieve if the correct question is asked, so I recorded a lot of answers to some of the questions I had expected you wanted answers from, and voila a interactive memory is the result, but you must remember I did not anticipate all the question for which you wanted answers, so you have to word your questions correctly and hopefully I recorded a correct answer. But before we move onto that area I must first tell you some important things which you must listen to me carefully and not interrupt in between no matter what"

Harry wiped his tears, and sat down and listened to Sirius attentively, "I Sirius Orion Black, of sound mind and perfect mental health", Sirius winked here which made Harry laugh but never the less continued to listen, " being the last of the noble house of the Black make my god son Harry James Potter the last of the noble line of the Potters my rightful heir, the black family vault no. 12-15 will be placed under Mr. Potters control, and only his control, for him to use for his own wishes, vault no.16 will be given to Mr. Remus J. Lupin, Vault no. 17 to Ms. Nymphadora Tonks, vault 18 to the noble line of the Weasleys under Mr. Arthur Weasley and his family. Vault no. 33-40, which were the family vaults of the Potters which were under the control of Mr. Potters guardian namely me, to be kept aside until Mr. Potter reached of age will be given to him, even though Mr. Potter is an underage wizard, the Wizarding Law of 1204 states that if a underage witch or wizard loses his guardian without the guardian appointing a replacement in his place, the underage wizard will be given the rights of adult wizard, and will be given the legal status of a adult wizard no matter what his age may be. The property of 12, Grimmauld place will be also given to Mr. Potter, even though I allowed it to be used by Albus Dumbledore, and all other properties of both the Blacks and the Potters are now to be in Mr. Harry Potters name for him to use as so he sees fit. This is and was the last will and statement of Sirius Orion Black."

When Sirius finished Harry's mouth dropped, Sirius was giving him a cheeky grin, Harry couldn't utter a word for at least 15 minutes, it was difficult for him to digest that he inherited soo much, and there were family vaults in his name, he always thought that the vault he usually visited had all the money he had, but it did make some sense now, since his father was a pureblood thus he must have a lot of money and since he is the last Potter, he would inherit it all. The only word that came out of his moth was "WWWhaaatttt.."

"Ah you finally got your speech back", Harry blushed when his godfather said that.

"How rich am I" said a still shocked but more coherent Harry

"I don't know the exact number, but very, you will have to ask the manager that, also before I forget to mention, in both the Black, and Potter vault, there will be a family ring which is always worn by that of the Eldest Male Heir of the family, which now being you, since I have made you my heir you have officially now become a Black as well, thus please insure that you wear both rings, I don't know why but I was always told this, that whether it be by blood or other reasons the heir of the black fortune must wear the ring to be allowed on the black estates, and when a heir dies, the ring automatically comes back to the vault, also there is a myth passed in the family that family rings are magical, I don't know, me and your father never found out, but anyways just wear the rings always from now onwards.", Harry nodded to this.

"Now I know you have many things you would like to discuss with me but right now you have many papers you must sign which the manager will present, when you have the time come back here and then say Sirus we have discussed the will, and then we will be ready to talk about other things"

Not wanting to leave but understanding that it is important that he finish with the paperwork fast, Harry said goodbye and came out of the pensieve.

The manager was looking at him intently, and asked "I know the part concerning what was written in the will since gringotts also has a copy in written of that, was there anything else that your godfather asked us to do?" asked the goblin

"No"

"Very well then if you would sign these papers please, they include the rights of ownership of the vaults of both Potters and the Blacks, and also the transfer of the other vaults to the other beneficiaries, the red form is the Ministry of Magic form which after signing will make you an adult wizard where you can enjoy all the rights enjoyed by an adult such as voting in the elections, apparition license, to use magic in summers, etc."

Harry signed wherever the goblin asked him to, after doing so for half an hour since there were a lot of documents that needed signature, some even required blood, such as one form required him to give blood so that the Black family vaults recognize him as their owner, to which Harry was confused, but kept aside to be asked later. So after signing many forms, Harry put down the pen while the manager checked to see if anything was left to be done.

"Well Harry it seems we are done here, now your god father asked for you to wear the family rings, am I correct?"

"Yes"

" Well then lets go to both the vaults and then you can see have much wealth you have under you now"

The goblin got up and went to a wall on the left side of his desk and pushed a button there, the wall opened a hole where a mine cart was waiting.

"If you would follow me Mr. Potter"

When they Mr. Souk pressed a lever and the cart started moving, "Tell me Mr. Souk how come the manager of Gringotts himself is helping me when he can ask his subordinates, no disrespect meant towards you, but I was just wondering"

The goblin smiled and spoke, "No disrespect meant, and the reason is that as of now Mr. Potter you have just become the richest wizard in the whole of Britain, both the Potters and the Black themselves were rich, but joining two fortunes makes you the richest"

Harry eyes popped out from hearing this "Are you serious, me the richest"

"Yes Harry, as of now you are our most valuable customer"

"Uhh ok, also I was wondering why is there so many different vaults that are given to me, why not put them altogether in one"

"Well Harry you see when Gringotts was first build, every vault was built with some specifications, and after years of losing many pure bloods and family vaults passing on to different families, many families came into control of many numerous vaults, your family now compromises itself of around 5 different magical families"

On seeing Harry's confused face the goblin continued, "You see Harry purebloods intermarry a lot, and if the last male of one family died without a heir to the family the eldest sister or female in the family will get control of her family vaults, your great grandmother and your was one example, when the last male Gryffindor died in 1875, the Gryffindor fortune came under the control of the Potters"

More shocking news, I am related to Gryffindor line, god damn it, thought an angry Harry, more things to make me famous.

"Something I said disturb you Harry"

"Never mind you said 5 tell me the two others"

At the very moment they arrived at the vault. "Well I guess I should tell you before you enter, the fourth will be the Matadors whose line ended in 1934, and the Anguifers in 1955."

Harry nodded thank god at least they weren't that famous.

"Now Harry place your hand on the dais placed on the left side of the doors, this will only be required today, since you are not wearing your family ring, later you must show the ring to the lion head and he will allow you through"

Lion head what lion head, thought Harry. Then he noticed a green eyed Lion on the door looking at him, "It almost seems alive" mumbled Harry

Never the less the moment he put his hand on the dais the lion roared, and then a door appeared under the head, and the lion nodded to him.

" After you Harry"

Upon entering Harry was shocked to see the inside of the vault, it looked like a house, well a house with a sitting room, and there were many portraits on all sides of the vaults, all of them covered, it seemed like every inch of the vault was with portraits.

"One of your oldest ancestors decorated the vault, and since then they have included portraits of every ancestor from what ever line comes under the Potter's, if a new line is added then a copy of the original portraits of that line will be included here unless the portraits do not want to be included here. Your ancestor believed that if a Potter ever needed help the portraits could try and help. Right now they are all asleep, but once you wear the ring they will awake and recognize you as the rightful heir. Now if you would follow me I will take you to the ring."

Harry followed the goblin where he opened a door at the end of the room, he noticed that the portrait room could be the size of the great hall, but not as high, he could see many portraits belonging to all five families, he wondered if Godric Gryffindor himself had a portrait here, then he suddenly realized with a chill that his parents could also be here, with Sirius.

Better not think about that now, thought Harry

When he entered the room, which the goblin went into, he found another sitting room, but the difference was that there were no portraits here, and in the middle of the room was a pedestal holding only a ring.

He felt like he was drawn to the ring for some reason, and when he came near it, something like a magical shield dissolved from around the ring.

"Put it on Harry"

He nodded and picked it up, it was a plain golden ring with the Potters Insignia in it, a coat of arms, with a Phoenix, Griffin, and a dragon, with a bluish-green background, and the moment he put on the ring, he felt a charge going up his body, first it was tingly then he started really hurting, he fell on his knees because of the pain.

"I am sorry Harry, but the bonding of the ring to you will be a little painful"

The ring felt like it was burning his hand, and when the pain stopped. The lion head became present on the wall with his green eyes sparkling as if it was alive, and spoke "Hail to the Heir of the Noble Line of the Potters, Welcome young Master I am Titus, call for me if you need any assistance, your ancestors, have requested an audience with you"

"Most old family vaults have a keeper, as I said before with many vaults coming under the control of the purebloods, we goblins thought it would be prudent to have gatekeepers to keep track of the money, and they are very powerful, and fiercely loyal to their master. No one has ever passed one, and they are never wrong about the contents of the vaults, they know more about what lies in the vault than even us, because most wizards like their secrecy, and in providing with gatekeepers they can have all the privacy they want."

There are more and more new things I learn in the wizarding world, thought Harry.

The ring was now cool, to the touch, and felt nice on his left hand where he put it on his ring finger.

"Ok lets meet my audience"

With that he and the goblin went out of the room, to be greeted by all the portraits saying in unison, "Greeting young Heir"

"Hello" said Harry

"Harryyyyyyy" screamed a woman from behind him.