COMING TOGETHER
By JORAN EMONY
Chapter 8: Potter Family Vault
The week before school was do to start Harry, Neville, and Luna called a staff meeting of all the schools to discuss the progress of setting up the classes and what to do for sorting all the new students. It was soon decided that the first day of school would be dedicated for the sorting of everyone not in W&W which would take place as usual. It was also decided that the first week of school would have no official classes but that all students would have brief overviews of all classes and would be told what would be required for each school and what electives they would be able to take and at what year. After the meeting Brian asked to speak to the Elite Team. "Alright everyone as I told you while we where in Camelot I am going to give each of you a special item. So tomorrow we will be going to get them. Be prepared to leave at 8 o'clock in the morning."
The next morning the Elite Team did their daily workouts and got ready to go wherever Brian wanted to go to get the items he had promised. As everyone was gathering Brian pulled Harry to the side and said, "We are going to the Potter Family Vault. While we are there I will tell you about everything that I know of." Harry nodded his head in understanding. Brian looked up and saw that everyone was there so he created a doorway to Diagon Alley.
Everyone stepped through the doorway and entered Diagon Alley. They quickly made their way to Gringotts they approached the teller and requested to see the Account Manager for the Potter-Black Account they were quickly lead to Griphook's door. Draco, Harry and Brian entered the Office while the others waited in the reception area outside the office. "Good Morning Mr. Potter," Griphook said upon their entrance, "how may I be of service today?"
"Hello Griphook, I need to take a large group down to the Potter Family Vault."
"Not a problem Mr. Potter, we can take them all down by the mass portkey down the hall. Is there anything else that I can do for you today?" Griphook asked.
"No that is all for right now," Harry replied.
"Okay lets go then," Griphook said as he lead them out of the office and into the reception area and out the hall and down the left to a large Dragon Statue. Griphook turned to everyone and said, "please touch the Dragon and it will transport us all down to the High Security Vaults." Everyone touched the statue and they suddenly found themselves in a large cavern that had five Dragons in it. The Elite Team looked at them warily but Harry, Draco, Neville, Luna, Conner, and Dawn immediately went into their roles as negotiators to ensure that they would stay safe. After reassuring the Dragons that they where their to just visit a vault the Dragons replied that they could pass but the Welsh Green added, "The elders wish to speak to the heirs after you are finished."
Harry responded, "Very well, we will meet them in one hour. If that is alright with them."
"Very well youngling we will inform them," said the Chinese Fireball. The Elite Team made their way to vault number two. Harry placed his hand on the Large Winged Lion that was part of the Potter Crest. It sampled his blood and opened to reveal the Potter Family Vault there where Weapons, Tapestries, Portraits, Jewelry and Armor all along the walls and a lot of furniture in the center. Harry was astounded as when he was here earlier in the summer he could not see a lot of what was in the vault do to the large amount of gold that was blocking his view of everything, he had asked Griphook to transfer all the galleons to one vault so that he could see the what was there.
"Alright everyone please looked round but do not touch anything," Brian said, "as some very dark artifacts have been stored here to keep them out of evil hands." Brian then stared to explain to Harry everything he knew about first stop was to the left of the door staffs. Brian picked up what looked like a gnarled wooden stick with a carved face, with a smile he whispered "hello old friend," then looked at Harry and said "Harry this is you item, besides the Sword of Gryffindor, this is Narlstock, he is an intelligent, living creature with the ability to shape wood, allowing him to change his shape and wrap around things like a snake. He also knows some spells and speaks several woodland and arcane languages. He is bound to the Heir of Gryffindor so take him and rise him above your head then repeat after me." Harry took the staff and raised it above his head and repeated after Brian saying, "Narlstock, Staff of Intelligence and knowledge I, Harry James Potter, Heir of Gryffindor command you awake and serve me now as you once did Merlin the Great and Lord Godric Gryffindor."
"Well, well, well I have finally been awaked it is about time I thought I might stay in this vault for all eternity, the staff said, "I mean think of all the evil I could have been fighting."
"Narl how many times have I told you that you look for fights to often," Brian said.
"Gorock is that you, I thought I would never see you again. The new Lord Gryffindor was supposed to pick me up after you trained him."
"Some things have changed we will fill you in after we get back to the school. Tim, Great can you come over here please?" Robin and Greata Roosevelt came over to them Brian handed each of them a staff and said, "Greata this is the Staff of Everdoing Damage. It can transform into any weapon, if it is a sword it also can give off Lightning Bolts; if a Staff, Fire Balls; if a Knife, Energy, if a Pole Arm, Ice Shards, anything else it will shock went it hits. Tim this once belonged to the King of the Roman Empire it is known as the Staff of the Empire it will give you knowledge of all languages, it can place a globe of invulnerability and protection 10 feet in diameter around it, it can give you stone like skin. If you ever become hurt it automatically stabilize you and teleport to a designated safe area."
After he finished explaining he continued explaining the other staffs to Harry and then he moved on to the Sword and he called Lily, Luna, Ron, and Draco over when they arrived he handed Lily a katana and the other three Long Swords. "Alright Lily this katana is called the Blade of Light it can protect you from Vampires seduction, cast lightning bolt once a and will keep you stable if you are mortally wounded until you can be properly healed. Luna you hold Erielon it can detect vampires the blade will glow if your with in a 60 foot radius and it will hum if it is a master vampire. It will be able to speak to you in your head in English and Elvish. Also before we get to Hogwarts explain to it about Spike and Angel so it does not try to compel you to attack them. Ron this is Ungolrist Sword of Slaying Spiders."
"Bloody Hell! Kill Spiders! Awesome!" Ron exclaimed.
" Yes, it will give off a light up to 50 feet radius, cast a lightning bolt up to a 100 feet, it glows with a silver aura if spider with evil intentions is with in 50 feet of you. Draco this is Wyvern Spirit, it has resistance to death magic, it can change into a wyvern to protect you if you become unconscious. It can poison anything it comes in contact with and can cure you from critical wounds. Also the Wyvern's name is Darius if you call out his name he will change."
Draco called out "Darius" and the sword changed into what looked like a cross between a snake and a Dragon it had the body of a snake but the head , wings, and scales of a Dragon and had front hands. "Hell, master I deem you worthy to use me against the forces of Evil." Draco thanked the Wyvern and began explaining everything that was going on in the world as Harry and Brian continued with the examination and explanations of the swords and soon found themselves in front of the bow and arrows Brian called for Tanya, Mia, and Hermione to join them and he handed Tanya and Hermione each a cross bow and quiver and handed Mia a quiver of arrows. "Tanya you hold Angamaite's Light Crossbow and Hermione you hold Cubeleg they both are alike, they will automatically reload after you fire with it. The arrows will also return to the quiver after they hit their target. Mia you hold the last of the Arrows of Falcon you fire one arrow and it will split into as many as six arrows if you mentally choose targets first, also they will return to the quiver after hitting their targets." Next they moved onto the Hammers and called Natasha over and pointed her to a hammer that said THOR in Ancient Norse Writing on it. " This as I am sure you are aware is Mjolnir the War Hammer that I received from Orion to help defeat a particularly nasty demon. It can be thrown 1000 feet and return, it will block as if it were a wall shield, send out a lightning bolt, it makes you invulnerable to electricity, it can make you fly up to 2250 feet, and create dimensional rifts. I would like you to try and lift it please." Natasha placed her hand on it and lifted it with ease. Brian then said, "It deems you worthy use it well." Harry and Brian then continued on pass the knives after explaining them to him. Harry told everyone that they could take any that were not labeled as he picked up two short knives and a long dagger that were mats to the Sword of Gryffindor.
The next area that they came to was a bunch of Far Eastern type weapons. Brian called Conner over and handed him a pair of stylish gloves with black and silver metal scales are lined with exotic catskin saying, "These are Puma Gauntlets, They have eight centimeter long retractable steel claws extend from the fingertips which automatically come out when needed and when you hit something with evil intentions it will cause more damage than usual."
Next came the tapestries and portraits. Harry took they tapestry of the Potter family history and moved on to the portraits he took his grandparents and almost missed one that he most would have wanted but he heard someone call his name he looked up to see his godfather in a portrait with his mother father and a sleeping Moony. "Sirius." Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Harry when he said that, as they had all heard about what had happened to Harry's Godfather though he rarely talked about it, just like Tim with his father. Everyone immediately ran over to were he was looking at the wall.
"Yep, its me kid. Prongs, Lily I would like you to meet your son." Harry could not say anything he just stared dumbfounded.
"Well I can see that thank you Padfoot" said James sarcastically.
"Shut up James I think Harry is in Shock and he does not need you sarcastic attitude right now." Lilly said.
That broke Harry out of his stupor and finally he said, "Mum, Dad, Sirius I can't believe that you had a portrait made and Moony did not tell me."
"Well Moony would have forgotten you see we have figured out that Dumbledore put a memory charm on him and Padfoot to not remember it being made. Moony here will not wake up until the real one dies so that he will know everything he does when he dies," James said
"But keep his boyish good looks" added Sirius.
"Yes, anyway," Lily said, "why don't you tell us about what is going on."
"Well we don't have time for that right know but I will take you with me and we can talk after we get back to C&C." Harry said as he reached up and took down the portrait and placed it in his bottomless backpack after shrinking it. They then moved on to the next side wall where Brian pointed out the Thirteen Treasures of Briton and the Thirteen Treasures of Ireland. He then called over Ginny, Anita, Kara, and Bart. He handed Ginny a circlet, Anita a sceptre, Kara a wig and Bart a pair of shoes. "Now Ginny that is Brinn's Elemental Circlet, it can be used as a weapon like we saw on the Xena shows but it can also be used to control the elements. Anita that is Caduceus it is the symbol of the God Hermes and all Healers. It will Heal anyone just by touching them with it. Kara that is called Golden Tresses of Sif it can change you hair color to anything you want and Bart those are the Shoes of Vidar you won't be able to burn these up because they are indestructible."
Next up was jewelry calling Neville, Raven, and Dawn over Brian handed Neville a Ring and the other two an amulet. "Neville that is Aeryan's Elemental Arsenal with it you have more control over the Elements. Raven you have the Amulet of Loki it makes you resistant to mental and emotional attacks from demons and devils. Dawn that is the Amulet of Peace it provides resistance to domination, so that way NO ONE can make you use the powers of the Key of Dagon without you wishing it first." The last place they went to was the Armor where Brian called Cissie, Cassie, Lorena, Stephanie, Lagoon Boy, and Kon-El over. Handing Cissie, Lorena, and Stephanie a cloak, Cassie a Buster and Loincloth, Lagoon Boy a helmet and Kon-El a Belt and Baldric, he said "Cissie that is the Aegis of Zeus it will protect you from harm and prevent you from doin harm to anyone that does not have evil intentions. Cassie that is Amazonian Armor it is fashioned from Mithril and can be worn under any other clothing it will help to deflect blows, Kon-El you have the Hero's Belt and Baldric it does the same as the Amazonian Armor. Lorena and Lagoon Boy you hold the Cloak and Helmet of Mannan Mac Lir respectfully these help to disguise you while you are in the water. Stephanie you have the Cloak of the Nomad it protects you from harm, makes you comfortable in any weather, reduces fatigue, protects against bugs and can change to look like anything you want." Brian finished and then he looked around to ensure that everyone had received an item. Harry looked around once more taking a couple of artistic tapestries and portraits as well as a few pieces of furniture. After everyone left the vault they made their way back to the Dragons room and found themselves surrounded by 10 Dragons one of each type.
"You are the ones that can speak our language?" The Large Golden Romanian Longhorn asked in Draconian.
Harry, Tim, and Connor stepped forward "Seven of us do, Sir," Harry said as the designated leader for anything Wizardry, "How may we be of serves?"
"We wish you to represent the dragons amongst you kind. We wish for your kind to stop trying to harm us at the reserves. Do you think you can do that?" asked the Silver Chinese Fireball.
"We can do as you ask," Harry said, "However we need to ensure that you will stay on the side of light or stay neutral. I know of at least one dragon that was working for the side of Evil. We do not wish to Harm any of your Ancient Race however we can not guarantee this if your race works for the side of evil."
"We do know of a few that have joined with the Wolf, The Ram and The Heart we are seeking them out. But I must worn you that just like any race we are susceptible to the lures that the Evil side can bring." Said the Red Hungarian Horntail.
"Sir, we do realize and understand the draw of the evil side. There is no such thing as a totally light race I mean the Phoenixes have the Dark Phoenixes and even the elves, though they do not admit being related, have the Drow. So no we do not expect all Dragons to side with us, what we ask is that the majority of them to either side with us or stay neutral," said Harry.
The White Ukrainian Ironbelly answered with, "We understand young one. We will be in touch with you. If you could send a representative to us in three days. We will give you our complete answer."
"We can do one better," said Conner, "My Familiar is a Chinese Fireball named Kung. I will ask him to come as our representative. If that is alright with you."
"I know Kung," said the Fireball there, "he is honorable and will be an excellent representative for you. Yes, please send him."
Suddenly Harry, Neville, Luna and Brian stood a little straighter. "There is an Attack on Hogwarts" they all said suddenly.
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