Disclaimer: I own nothing in this but the plot and any new characters.
Author's Note: Thanks to all who reviewed. All reviews are welcome
firebirdgs: I'm not sure if there will be any romance for Harry, but if there is it wont be with: Ginny, Hermione, Cho or Blaise. And I wouldn't count on it being a slash unless that's what everyone wants.
Pure Black: The minister simply agreed because he wasn't on the good side of the public. The last thing he needed was the-boy-who-lived telling the wizarding population that he was in a store that was known for selling dark things. He may have tried to change the tables around but the wizarding world was back to worshipping Harry.
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Harry un-shrunk his magical trunk and placed it at the end of his bed. He crawled onto his bed and fell into a dreamless sleep. It had been a long day.
Very early that morning…
Harry stepped out the back door of number 4 privet drive with his invisibility cloak already on. He hopped the fence and sprinted down the back ally to Mongolia Crescent. He took off his cloak and carefully put it in a bag while putting on another dark hooded cloak that left his face unseen. He called for the night bus and waited.
"Leaky Cauldron" he said and paid Stan.
When he arrived he was glad to see that it was practically empty. He unnoticeably made his was to the back and entered Diagon Alley.
On his way to Gringotts, Harry noticed that the stores were already open. 'I wonder if they ever close' he thought to himself.
He walked into Gringotts and made his way to the first empty desk he saw.
"I wish to speak with the manager, please" he said politely but with a tone that demanded respect.
"And you are" the goblin all but sneered
Harry leaned in close and flashed his scar to the goblin.
"Indeed. YOU! Escort this young man to the manager"
"This way sir" a younger goblin said as he led Harry down a maze of passages and doors.
They finally arrived at two large double doors on which two words were engraved in gold.
Gorrstone
Manager
The goblin opened the door and Harry walked in.
"Thank you Griphook" he said.
The doors closed before he could see Griphooks shocked face.
"Ah, young master Potter how kind of you to visit. Sit please… tea"
"Yes thank you. I'm here because I would like to go over all my assets and my vault. And possibly find a way to easily spend large amounts of gold. Oh, and to also go over the will of one S..sirius Black."
Harry tried to keep his voice straight and professional but couldn't help but stagger when it came to Sirius.
"Of course M.Potter" Gorrstone replied as he clapped his hands and five, neatly arranged, stacks of folders appeared in front of him and one single parchment. "Let's see, you are the sole benefactor and heir of the Potter family vaults, the Evans family vault, the Pettigrew family vaults, and the Lupin family vault. You are also the heir and shared benefactor of the Black family vaults. At this moment you are free to use four of these five fortunes until the death of one Remus Lupin, were all five will open to you. Oh and you have one trust fund which you have been currently using. Of course you know all of this since you reentered the wizarding world when you were eleven.
He looked up at Harry and saw shock written all over his face.
"What? M.Dumbledore didn't tell you, we sent him a letter to give to you seeing how he is your headmaster and is taking care of your accounts"
The shock was completely gone from his face and was replaced with anger.
"No, he didn't tell me. What else should I be informed of?"
Harry left Gringotts satisfied but there were still remnants of his anger left. Harry couldn't remember ever being as angry as he was before. With each piece of information Gorrstone gave him his anger doubled, and let's just say he wasn't a happy camper.
' I can't believe the nerve of that old coot, how dare he think he could use my fortunes as his own personal piggy bank. 20 million! 20 MILLION fucking galleons. It may be a knut compared to what I own but he didn't even ask! HA, at least I took it all back! Now let's see him support his precious order.' This was Harry's train of though as he entered Madame Malkins.
"Hello sir, how may I help you today" Madame Malkin greeted happily
"Ill take all these robes, in these colors and in this size with all possible spells placed on them and I want them sent to this address as soon as possible." Harry replied as he handed her three pieces of parchment.
Madame Malkin looked at the first parchment and gasped. ' I can finally take that vacation' she thought.
"Of course sir, they will be at this address by five o'clock pm tomorrow. And your total comes to…6455 galleons 24 sickles and 11 knuts.
Harry paid the women with his only-for-the-rich money bag and left. He went strait to Flourish and Blotts and up to the counter.
"I want one of every single one of your books…"
"Now listen kid I don't…"the owner started but was cut off
"Including all the rare ones you keep locked up upstairs"
The owner looked at Harry suspiciously. Only a select few knew about the books he kept upstairs. But if this kid knew about them then he was serious.
"Right away sir, just give me a moment"
A couple thousand galleons later, Harry left Flourish and Blotts, and for him it was all down hill from there. He purchased the best magical trunk he could find and set out to the Apothecary. There we bought every single potions ingredient (enough to make Snape jealous) and three of the top of the line cauldrons. After that he made a quick stop at Ollivanders, he entered Knockturn Alley to purchase some books he knew he couldn't get at a regular book store.
He entered Borgin & Burkes and noticed only other customer there so he just looked around while waiting for him or her to leave.
"M.Burkes you must understand …"
Harry whipped around, he knew that voice anywhere and now he was going to use it to his advantage. Harry quietly walked up to the man (if he could be considerd one) wand hidden but at the ready. He went right up to him and whispered in his ear.
"Hello Minister"
Minister Cornelius Fudge stood absolutely still.
"Would you excuse me for a second M.Burkes?"
He walked to the back of the store and Harry followed.
"Who are you and what do you want" Fudge hissed
"Minister you wound me so, do you not even recognize the boy-who-lived"
Fudge was taken aback
"HARRY!" he shout whispered "What are you doing here? Ill have you arrested for dabbling in the dark arts"
"On the contrary Fudge, I saw you in Diagon Alley and wanted a word with you. But you entered Knockturn Alley so I followed you here hoping to get a minute of your time." Harry lied smoothly hoping he sounded sure of himself.
"Oh well then… what is it that you want"
'This is perfect' Harry thought now he didn't have to do this at the ministry.
"Oh not much I would just like you to sign these emancipation papers and also sign theses papers that make me of age so that I could do magic all the time."
Fudge wasn't expecting this but complied none the less, no was to know that he was here. He signed all the papers and put his minister seal on them. They glowed for a second and so did Harry before the papers disappeared.
"Congratulations M.Potter you are now by law a legal wizarding adult with all the rights that come with that status. I look forward to seeing you at the Wizenmagot meetings. Good day."
With a pop Minister Fudge was gone forgetting all about business. Harry walked up to the counter where the clerk obviously didn't hear anything because he wasn't shocked at the sight of Harry.
"I would like one of every book you have" Harry said, using a knowing tone
The clerk took the hint, also seeing Harry's money pouch, and gave a slight nod. He came back a few minutes later and handed Harry a small magically, feather light, bag.
"Anything else for you today sir?"
"Actually I'll take those two daggers there"
"They're quite expensive but seeing how money is not an issue, here you go. Id advise you bond yourself to those daggers. Touching the blades can be a bit harmful if you get my drift, as they have special qualities. Here is the book about them and with instructions on boding. Your total comes to 10 507 galleons, 10 sickles and 0 knuts."
Harry paid the man and left. He had lunch at a quiet restaurant at a more desolated part of Diagon Alley, put his purchased items in his trunk and left for muggle London. At the door of the Leaky Cauldron he put his money pouch in his trunk and took out a magical suit case that works the same as his pouch but it gave muggle money.
After a very big shopping spree of buying a whole new wardrobe and all the things he missed out on when he was a child, he took the Knight Bus back to the Dursleys.
Harry woke up the next morning feeling better than he ever had since Sirius's death. He took a long hot shower and went back to his room and changed into some comfortable Diesel jeans, a comfortable black long sleeve shirt. He took out his dragon hide wand holster, which was one of the two items he bought from Mr.Ollivander, strapped it to his forearm and took out his wand.
"Repero" he said as he pointed his wand at Dudley's old wobbly desk.
He sat down at the newly repaired desk and added two more things to his do-to list.
7. Fix and remodel room
8. Revenge on the Dursleys
Harry leaned back in his chair 'this is going to be a fun summer" he thought. He got up of his chair and handed Hedwig one of his three day letters and sent her off. This being finished Harry went down stairs to eat breakfast. The kitchen was deserted and the Dursleys were no where to be seen. 'Good' he thought and went about preparing a fairly large breakfast. When he was all done he cleaned up, but using magic of course. Harry looked at the clock and saw that is was already eleven o'clock. 'Must have slept in' he thought. Harry was brought out his musings when the doorbell rang. Harry went to go answer it. He walked up to the door wand in hand and looked through the peep hole. Standing outside were two delivery guys with a bunch of boxes behind them. Harry opened the door.
"Mr. Potter?" the man in front inquired
"Ya, that's me, I almost forgot about you guys. Just place them over there" Harry replied as he pointed towards the living room.
Twenty minutes later, the delivery guys left after receiving a more than generous tip. Harry shrunk the boxes and ran upstairs to put them in his trunk for safe keeping. Next, Harry stood at his doorway looking into his room. He took out his wand and began to change a few things. First, he banished his bed dresser and desk after taking out all of 'his' things and placing them into his now shrunken and pocketed trunk. The room was now bare as Harry picked up one of the many transfiguration books he left right outside the door. Turning to the page mentioned in the index he reviewed a more complicated expanding charm that expanded the room but not the outside.
"Penitus impendo vicis quinque" Harry recited confidently as he did the proper wand movement.
He watched as the room expanded five times its size. Harry ran outside to see is if worked properly, then after inspecting the house for about five seconds ran back inside grinning like a mad man.
After four hours, Harry was done and exhausted. He changed his clothes and crawled into bed, he didn't care if it was only 3:30 pm. 'Might as well go to bed, its not like I'm waiting for the Dursleys.' So after leaving his window open so his delivery could get in, he fell into another dreamless sleep.
The next morning, Dudley was walking up the stairs opening his birthday present from his Aunt Marge. He opened up the envelope took the hundred pounds he knew he would get and crumpled up the card withought even reading it. Next he ripped open the wrapped parcel and to his dismay saw a book. He reached the top of the stairs and opened Harry's door to throw his sorry excuse of a gift inside. But what he saw when he opened the door shocked him so much that he wet his pants. The opened door revealed a room that was at least five times bigger than it out to be. Inside was a huge king size sleigh bed with what could only be royal bleu silk sheets. The walls were also a rich creamy royal bleu with a sort of marbled cream and white ceiling. The beautiful wooden floor was ordained with a handful of rugs of the nicest kind that seemed to fit perfectly with the walls. Directly in front of the bed was the biggest T.V that Dudley had ever seen in a house. It was equipped with a DVD player; the newest video game counsel and a mega surround sound system that seemed circulate the whole room. To the left of the big screen, and to the immediate left of Dudley, were a very large stereo system and two huge speakers. Dudley looked to his right and saw two very elegant looking dressers. Looking to the far end of the room, Dudley saw a walled of section in which steam was rising from the crack in the door and presumed it was a new bathroom. Looking to the left, he saw that the two remaining corners were walled by six book shelves each and all filled with books. Right in the middle of that little section was a large posh desk and a big leather seat. The only thing that didn't change was the one little window situated behind the desk. Dudley slowly turned around and closed the door behind him. He went down to eat breakfast and ate silently while thinking: 'I did not see what I just saw. I did not see what I just was…"
Harry stepped out his bathroom as Dudley's back was turned and he was closing the door. Harry smirked at the shocked state of his cousin. He noticed a puddle on the floor by the door and laughed as cleaned it with a quick charm. He walked out of his room to join his relatives for breakfast for the first time since he returned.
"Let the festivities begin" he whispered to himself as he walked down the stairs.
He reached the table and started pilling his plate with food. He looked over at Dudley who was looking off into space and missing his mouth with his fork but was chewing anyway, Harry smiled inwardly. He looked over at Petunia who just glared at him, but just shrugged it off. He then looked over at Vernon to his surprise was grinning smugly at him. 'What he up to?' Harry thought to himself.
And as if Vernon read his mind, he said in an almost gleeful tone "Boy!"
"Yes Uncle Vernon" Harry replied in faked politeness as his curiosity got the best of him.
"From now on till the end of summer and every other summer we're forced to keep you, you will pay 500 pounds a month for rent" Vernon said smugly
"500 pounds for that room isn't enough" Dudley mumbled absently
"Quite right son, make that 600 pounds a month. And since you obviously didn't get anything of value from your good for nothing parents…"
Harry grew angry but smirked inwardly at that 'Sure if gold isn't valuable' he thought
"I've taken it upon myself to find you a job that fits your skills. You are now going to be cleaning toilets for the next two months. And I'll just take all of your pay since it barely reaches the rent each month" Vernon finished and couldn't keep the big smile on his face from showing
The gears in Harry's head where spinning wildly. 'This is going to be perfect' he thought. Harry smiled openly now, which wiped the smile of Vernon's face.
"Ok I'll pay the rent. But I'll make you proposition"
"And that would be?"
"If I add100 more pounds to my rent and you let me keep all the money I make after I pay you my rent."
"Ha, deal! I always knew you were stupid boy"
Under the table, Harry pulled his muggle money suitcase from his pocket and enlarged it.
"Fourteen hundred pounds, one pack" Harry muttered under his breath while placing his hand on the case.
"What was that boy?"
"Nothing, nothing at all" Harry replied as he pulled his suit case unto the table and opened it so only he could see what was inside.
He pulled out the stack of cash and slid it across the table to his uncle, while shutting his suit case.
"There one thousand four hundred pounds for my rent, and Ill keep all the money I make at my knew job" Harry stated evenly
Harry smirked at the faces of shock on his relatives' faces.
"W-where did you get that boy!" Vernon stuttered
"Well, turns out that my parents weren't as worthless as you thought they were. This…"Harry said as he opened his suitcase so that it was facing his relatives (after muttering 'full case' under his breath) "is a penny compared to what I have in my vaults at Gringotts."
The Dursleys just stared at the suit case full of one hundred pound notes. All of a sudden Vernon made a jump for the money but as soon as he touched it, it disappeared and the suit case reappeared in Harry's hand, as the table gave way under Vernon and collapsed with a crash. Harry just turned around, walked backed up to his room and locked the door with a locking charm, then he put a silencing charm on his room. As soon as that was done he dropped to the floor and started laughing. Two minutes later, Harry got up off the floor, wiped a tear from his eye. He walked over to his desk and picked up his new cell phone and tapped in a number.
"Hello Grunnings Drill Company Incorporated, Linda speaking, how may I direct your call?"
"Hello Linda, I wish to speak with Mr.Grunning this is…" Harry muffled his name so she couldn't understand.
"Mr.Michener is that you?" she asked
"Yes this is Mr.Michener" Harry replied
"Oh, hello sir Mr.Grunning will be with you in a moment"
There was a click and someone else picked up the phone
"Hello"
"Hello Mr.Grunnings, I know you were expecting an Mr.Michener but I desperately need to talk to you."
"Is that so, and what exactly did you need to talk to me for"
"I was wondering…"
Half an hour later, Harry placed his phone back on his desk and smiled. He looked down at his to-do list and checked off two more things, as Hedwig flew thru the window.
"Hey girl, have a good flight? I have to start training the day after tomorrow, so that leaves today and tomorrow for some fun and games. How about we check out some of this stuff?"
She hooted in agreement and for the rest of the day Harry spent a day acting like a normal kid.
Harry woke up early the next morning and went for a light jog to the park and back. Harry could here an Order member following a little ways behind. He got back, took a shower, got dress in some classy clothes but nothing to fancy and waited for his Uncle to finish his coffee.
"Let's go Vernon, can't be late on the first day to work now can I" Harry said joyfully
Harry herd him mutter something about toilets, laughing and being over dressed but was Harry was in to good a mood to let that get to him. They arrived at Grunnings and hour later and entered the lobby.
"Morning Lin…"Vernon started but was cut off
"Good morning Mr.Potter, how good it is to see you, Mr.Grunnings in waiting in his office for you. Vernon be so kind as to bring him up."
"But…"
"Now Vernon, it's not best to keep him waiting."
Vernon nodded his head and grudgingly brought Harry to the elevator and pressed the button with a G on it. While in the elevator Harry took out his suitcase then enlarged it and did the same with a regular one. Harry could see Vernon turning red at Harry's use of magic but couldn't get one word because the elevator doors opened to permit them into the office.
"Ah, Harry how it's great to finally meet you. You're excused Dursley.
When Vernon was gone they started to talk again.
"So should we take care of business first?" Robert Grunnings started
"I think that would be best, Robert. So we are agreed to joint ownership where you will continue like normal and I'll take care of the financial and legal issues. Correct?"
"Correct. You will also have say in whom we employ and a certain responsibility in the company's management. Okay and the buy out price we agreed upon was 3 million pounds correct?"
"That is what we agreed" Harry replied as he opened his suitcase.
He opened the case and transferred the 3 million pounds from his case to the extra one he brought. He handed the now full case to Roberts and signed the contract that was placed in front of him.
"Great now that we have that out of the way let's supervise the workers" Robert decided enthusiastically.
For the rest of the day Harry spent hours laughing and making work a living hell for one very special employee who was also going to get demoted.
After a very long car ride where Vernon tried not to blow up at his new boss, Harry, for the first time that summer, practiced occulmency and fell into a peaceful sleep.
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