When he could finally breathe again, Harry opened his eyes and saw that they were in front of a couple of muggle apartment building in London, "Welcome to the Black Family House!" Before Harry could ask what he meant, he saw a massive house that had previously been completely overlooked. Following after Sirius, Harry saw on the door a large coat of arms. Beneath a skull was a raised sword, followed by three ravens. The Motto, Toujours Pur, written on a following scroll beneath the seal. Following Harry's gaze, Sirius snorted, "Always pure, what a joke. This house was never pure." Sirius opened the door, and Harry followed him into the house but stopped in shock at what he saw.
The house was filthy. Layer of dust covered everything, the furniture was destroyed, and all around were cob webs. In the middle of room was a small form that seemed to be muttering something that Harry couldn't hear. Sirius cleared his throat and the figure turned, "Master Sirius, Why are you back, Filthy blood traitor? After you broke your poor mother's heart, you dare show your face here again? Kreacher should-"Sirius silenced him with a punch to the jaw, leaving an imprint of his ring on Kreacher's face. "Give it a rest. You're a disgrace to house elves." Tossing him a torn up shirt, "Now get out of his house you little pest." Kreacher gets up and begins to cry, "Please, Master Sirius! Please reconsider! This is all I have!" Sirius looks genuinely concerned, "If it was up to me, I'd chuck you out without any problem, but I'll let the next Lord Black decide." He turned towards Harry, "Would do you think, Harry?"
Harry and Kreacher looked at Sirius, both clearly confused. AS Kreacher was still crying, Harry asked the question for both of them, "How can I be lord black? I'm not a black, am I?" Sirius shook his head, "Not technically, no. But you have Black blood, from my great aunt Dorea, and I named you my heir. As far as the family magic is concerned, you're more than able to become lord. That might change if I manage to get a kid of my own, but for now I have no reason to change that." Harry nodded, but was still more than a little confused. Turning towards Kreacher, who was bowing to Harry? "Please Master Harry, Please I-"He said, stilling crying. Harry looked to Sirius, "Do I have to decide now?" Sirius smile and shook his head. "Kreacher, I'll leave you in charge of cleaning up this mess. How well you do will greatly affect your fate. I'll be bringing Harry back at the end of summer to decide your fate." Kreacher bowed and thanked them more Harry would've thought possible at the beginning. After they left Sirius started laughing, "That was great. I never thought that he'd started begging ten second after insulting us. Whatever happens now, that made this whole trip worthwhile." Harry turned to Sirius, "Did you mean what you said before? About me being the Black Heir?" Sirius clapped him on the back, "Of course I did. You're the closest thing I have to a son, and since most of the world still thinks that I had something to do with Lily and James' death, it's unlikely that I'll find any lady friends willing to be Lady Black."
"But didn't the prophet report that Pettigrew confessed? That should mean that everyone know you're innocent. Why wouldn't you be able to find anyone?" Sirius simply shook his head sadly, "If only it was that easy. Even if they know the truth, people won't forget their fear. Most of them still can't accept that I'm innocent. They believe that I'm just one minute away from blowing up another street of muggles." Harry couldn't find anything to say to that. After a minute of silence, Sirius' smile returned, "Let's go. Hopefully, you'll be able to spend next summer with me, but for now, we'll be staying at the Greengrass'. Shall we?' Harry reached out to grab his arm, but stopped just short of it. "Can't we just fly? It can't be that far." Harry said jokingly, and Sirius laughs before Harry grabs his arm and they disapparate.
Harry catches his breath and looks around. Seeing the familiar sight of the Greengrass estate, he smiles and runs into the house. Daphne meets him at the foyer and gives him a hug, "About time you showed up. Dad said to bring you and Sirius to his study when you got here." Sirius seemed to have heard and bowed to Daphne "Then, by all means, lead on milady." Daphne curtsied and led them up the stairs. Knocking on the first door they passed, "Dad, I brought them." The door opened and Harry saw Snape, Susan, Remus, and Amelia, all seated across from Cyrus' desk. "Come in, we have a lot to discuss. You're welcome to join us as well, Daph." Waving his wand, three more chair popped into existence in front of the desk.
Taking their seats, Amelia spoke to Cyrus, "I'm sorry that this came up on such short notice. Fudge is ordering me to join a taskforce in the Middle East to protect a number of V. . I'd rather not expose Susan to that kind of situation. Even less since one of them is Malfoy." She said with absolute loathing. Cyrus nodded, "It's not a problem, just look after yourself. We'll make sure that she's alright." Amelia nodded, "Thank you Cyrus, I owe you one. I'd better get going. I'll see you sometime in October." Cyrus shook her hand and Morgan saw her out. "Now then, before we go any further, can I get you any drinks?" "Firewhiskey." Sirius and Snape said at the same time. Everyone else had Butterbeers. After everyone took a few sips, Snape started the conversation. "As I told you earlier, Cyrus, I'd like to entrust the stone to you. It wouldn't be safe at Hogwarts, and teachers are likely to be searched by Dumbledore. Dumbledore was able to trick Nicolas into giving him the stone and I don't think that is a good thing." Handing a small package to Cyrus, who nodded, he continued, "At the moment, I don't think you need to worry too much about the Dark Lord. He is greatly weakened, and I doubt he'd have any chance against You, Morgan and Black. At any rate, be on your guard. This stone has too many secrets."
Cyrus looked at all of them, "I agree, Severus. However, I'd like for you to help the children learn occlumency over the summer. All of them have learned the basics, however I doubt that would hold against someone like Albus if he were serious." Snape nodded, but didn't say anything. "Harry, you and the girls are going to continue with your practice, right?" Harry looked at Daphne and Susan, who nodded, "Yah, if last year was any indication, we need all the help we can get." Daphne smiled wickedly, "And being able to terrify Weasel and Malformed is just a bonus." Susan and Harry lost it after hearing her names for Ron and Draco. Sirius and Remus joined them after a minute, and even Snape couldn't keep a straight face. Cyrus brought them back to order, "Alright, all joking aside, I'd like it for you to have Remus or Sirius supervise your training. Not only should they be more than capable of helping you, but unlike Morgan and I, might actually be able to keep Harry from destroying half the grounds."
Cyrus and the kids laughed, while Remus looked at him, "Are you kidding?" He shook his head, "I'm afraid not. Being Lily and James' son what would you expect?" Remus couldn't refute that. Harry agreed to Cyrus' suggestion and they were about to go their separate ways when- "Harry, could you come here for a minute?"Snape called from behind him. Harry nodded, walking over to the adults. "Alright, Harry, we'll be meeting with Gornuk tomorrow afternoon. There are a number of things that we need to discuss. Most importantly, what to do about the money that was stolen." Cyrus said to Harry. Snape addresses Cyrus, "You were with Harry during his last visit, correct?" Cyrus nodded, "Why didn't you have them file the emancipation documents? He should have been legally entitled to that, correct?" Cyrus nodded, "Yes we could have filed for emancipation, but they still need to be approved by the ministry. Dumbledore would never have let it go through. At least this way, that option is still open to us. After our plans for Dumbledore are completed, we shouldn't have any problems."Snape nodded, "I understand. Harry, please be careful around the Weasley twins. I know that you believe them to be friends; however, the Weasleys are Dumbledore's most trusted followers. I can't help but think that Albus might attempt to use them against us. Even more so if he discovers what we are up to." Harry nodded, not sure what to say, "What are we up to?" he asked, curious. "Forgive us, Harry. But we can't risk Dumbledore learning about it through legilimency. Once you are able to repel my probe, we'll fill you in." Snape answered. Harry nodded, understanding why they couldn't tell him anything.
Harry and Sirius meet the girls in the garden and began dueling training. No one was surprised that Sirius beat them all without breaking a sweat. Remus laughed and then gave them some tips. Sirius continued to beat them until Remus joined in and they blasted him through the hedges. He came out scowling, and then laughed with the rest of them. After a few hours of practicing dueling, and their individual branches of magic, Harry helped Morgan make dinner, and all of them enjoyed a festive meal. After dinner, Remus and Sirius called Harry over. "Harry, we've to go and do some work, and I don't know when I'll be back."Remus said to him. Sirius patted him on the back, "I'll be at Gringotts tomorrow, since I've got some business there too. Might need to leave after that, but I'll keep in touch." Harry gave them both a hug and saw them out.
The next morning, Harry awoke to the familiar smell of bacon and omelets. Harry smiled and walked down stairs. He saw that Morgan and Astoria were the only one awake, talking as they made breakfast. Morgan saw him in the window and smiled, "Good morning Harry. How was your sleep?" Harry sat down and yawned, "Good, but not nearly long enough. " Tori chuckled and Morgan passed him a cup of hot chocolate, "This should wake you up. Always keep a pot on in the morning for Tori." Harry took a sip, and suddenly felt awake. "Thanks, Morgan. Anything I can do to help?"She pointed towards the cupboard, "Can you fry up some sausages? Cyrus has to leave early today, so we need breakfast as soon as we can." Harry nodded, took the fry pan from the cupboard, and started on the sausages. Harry remembered something that he'd been meaning to ask since Christmas, "Why do you cook food the muggle way, if you could use magic and have it done quicker?"Morgan smiled, "Actually, it was your Mom's idea. We used to meet ever weekend for lunch, and hers always tasted better than mine. When I asked what her secret was, she said that muggles make better food. That and Tori can't do magic yet, so it would hardly be fair for her." She laughed and Harry joined her. Tori pouted and threw an egg at Morgan, who stopped it with her wand, "Don't waste food." And she cracked the egg on Tori's head.
When breakfast was done, Tori went up stairs to wake up everyone else, while Harry dished up plates, and Morgan levitated them to the table. When Harry brought his plate to the table, everyone was talking and laughing. Cyrus who'd previously been laughing at one of Tori's jokes, turns to Harry, "I've got some business that I need to take care of this morning, so I won't be here until about noon. Our meeting at Gringotts is at one o'clock, so please be ready to go by noon. Is that alright?" Harry nodded, "Sure, what is this meeting about?" Cyrus nodded, "Mainly about the money that was taken by Dumbledore and the Weasleys, but I would assume that there will be some business regarding your parent's will." He took out his pocket watch, looked at the time, and bolted up, "I've got to hurry. I need to be at the ministry in five minutes. Thanks you all for the food." and then gave the girls a hug and walked out of the back door. Before Harry could ask, Morgan had answered, "My husband works as an ambassador with America. He rarely needs to go to work this early, unless something comes up. The American ambassador is coming to England next month, so he needs to sort out all of the details." Harry was a little surprised that he was able to make time to take Harry to Gringotts. Morgan smiled, "Don't worry; he's got plenty of time, so there isn't a problem with taking an afternoon off." Harry looked at Morgan,"How do you do that?" Morgan laughed, "You're not nearly a good enough occlumens to keep me out."
Morgan helped them practice their magic, and even began teaching Susan healing magic. After three hours of mock dueling, usually with Susan and Daphne vs Him, Harry decided to take a shower while the girls made lunch. He came back down at noon, and found the table set for six people, and everyone laughing and eating. Harry joined them and waited for Cyrus to arrive. After talking for half an hour, they started getting worried, and Morgan apparated to the ministry to find out what was keeping him. Fifteen minutes later, she returned, looking extremely worried. "Cyrus left the ministry an hour ago, but no one knows where he is. The important thing now is-"she stopped, as the back door flew open and revealed Sirius Black, "Harry, what happened? The goblins were getting antsy; concerned that something might have happened to you." Morgan filled him in as the Daphne and Tori started crying. Susan tried to cheer them up and Harry couldn't stop thinking about what could have happened. Sirius nodded, "Alright, Morgan, go back to the ministry and see what you can find out, I'll take Harry to Gringotts and join you after we're done. Girls, you hold down the fort, and Daphne, send Morgan a message with that watch of yours if he turns up." Everyone nodded, except for Tori who was still crying.
Harry asked Sirius, "Shouldn't Cyrus be more important than going to Gringotts?" Sirius shook his head, "No Harry, I doubt that the timing is a coincidence. Someone doesn't want you going to Gringotts, which is all the more reason for you to go. I'll send messages to everybody I know I can trust to get them looking, so hopefully, we'll be able to find him. Come on, we've gotta get moving." Before Harry could respond, Sirius had dragged him out of the house and apparated to Gringotts.
When they arrived, they were met almost immediately by a goblin, who bowed, "Master Potter, Lord Black, we've been expecting you. Please follow me." They nodded and followed the goblin into the bank. They'd completely bypassed the long line in the lobby and were led to a conference room in the back of the bank. Inside were Gornuk, Bladvak, and a goblin that Harry did not recognize. Gornuk rose and bowed, "Mr. Potter, we were getting worried that something happened to you. I'm glad that those fears were unfounded." Harry answered truthfully, "They weren't completely unfounded. I was supposed to have come with Lord Greengrass, but he has been missing since about an hour ago." The goblins were all surprised, "I see. I'm shocked that something could have befallen Lord Greengrass. I pray that he will be found safe." Sirius nodded, "Thank you for your kind words. I'd like to get this meeting underway, so that I can go and assist Lady Greengrass in searching." Gornuk nodded, "I agree. After we are done, I will put out an alert to all banks and business affiliated with Gringotts to be on the lookout for Lord Greengrass. We will send an owl to Greengrass manor if we learn anything. Now, on to business. We have done some more investigating and found several other accounts, set up by Albus Dumbledore and Molly Weasley, holding a total of twelve million in eight accounts. How would you like to proceed?"
Harry turned to Sirius, "What do you think?" Sirius thought for a moment, "The way I see it, you have two choices: You can claim all of the money and property they own, up to the amount stolen, and arrest or enslave them if they can't afford it, or you can take what they have and place a levy on the Weasley family, incurring more money over time. The choice is yours." Harry thought for several minutes before asking the goblins, "Can either the Weasleys or Dumbledore pay back what they owe?" the unknown goblin looked over some documents in front of him, "Dumbledore will be capable of pay back what he owes, however, the Weasleys what still be one million galleons in debt even if you took ownership of their property." Harry continued thinking, before finally coming up with an answer, "Take the money that Dumbledore owes immediately. Then, Leave the Weasleys with one thousand galleons, and take the rest. Put a levy on their wages, and give me ownership of their properties until they pay back. That will give them a chance to pay back, while still keeping the other options open if need be." Gornuk walks to the door and talks to the goblin outside, then come back in. "It will be taken care of. The notices will be sent out after our meeting. Now, for our next order of business, regarding your parents will. We have gone through the records and have allocated the various bequests to a separate vault until they can be delivered. Would you like to have a proper will reading?"
Harry nodded, before asking, "Who is named in the will? " Bladvak took out a copy and started to list them off: "Lord and Lady Longbottom, Lord Black, Mr. Remus Lupin, Lord and Lady Greengrass, Lord and Lady Weasley, Mrs. Petunia Dursley, Mr. Severus Snape, Lord Dumbledore, Lord Bones, Lady McKinnon, Mr. Peter Pettigrew, and of course yourself." Harry was beyond angry that the Weasleys and Dumbledore were named in the will, but thanks to snapes occlumency training, he was able to keep his emotions in check. Gornuk probably noticed this and said, "We will, of course, be removing Mr. Pettigrew, Lord Dumbledore, and the Weasleys." "No." Harry said surprising everyone, "Put off taking the money from, and sending the notices to, the Weasleys and Dumbledore. Then send them the summons for the will reading. They'll see it as an opportunity to make more money, never suspecting that we might be on to them. We'll reveal what they did in front of everyone, maybe even the media if we want to make an even larger impact, and give them the notices I decided earlier at that time. Is that acceptable?"
All of the goblins gave a very scary toothy grin, while Sirius laughed. Gornuk got up and bowed, "It will be done. My business is concluded, however, Ragnok still has something to discuss." The unknown goblin rose and bowed, "It is a pleasure to meet you, Master Potter. My business will be rather quick, so that Lord Black may rejoin the effort to search for Lord Greengrass. It is my duty to oversee the accounts of the Ancient and most noble house of black. Earlier today, Lord Black met with me and decided to name you as his heir. Assuming that no children are born to Lord Black, you will become the new Lord Black on your fifteenth birthday. Is this agreeable?" Harry nodded, have some idea where this was going. Ragnok reached into his bag under the table and pulled out a small box with the Black Family crest on the top. "Then, please put this ring on the same finger that you where your potter ring on. If the family magic accepts you, the rings should fuse." Harry nodded and opened the box. The ring was small, silver with a black stone, and the black crest inscribed with crimson. The family motto etched into the band. He took the ring and put it on his finger. The moment that he let go of the ring, his finger started to burn. After a few seconds the burning subsided and the rings had fused together. Ragnok stood and bowed, "Congratulations on your ascension to Heir Black. I look forward to doing more business with you. Do you have any questions?" Harry shook his head, "No, thank you for everything; I hope that our future endeavors will benefit us both." Gornuk led them back to the lobby. As they walked through, they saw Molly Weasley waiting in line. Harry couldn't help flashing a grin, imagining what it will be like the next time they meet.
They apparated back to Greengrass manor. As they walked towards the door, Sirius started patting Harry on the back, "That was the most Slytherin thing I've seen since Morgan managed to convince the entire student body, except Slytherin, that school was cancelled for a week. I'm glad that the sorting hat wasn't wrong about where to put you." The walk in and found the girls sitting in their seats. Tori had stopped crying, but her eyes were still bloodshot and he could tell that it was only a matter of time. "How did it go?" Daphne asked when she saw us. "It went well. In addition to taking care of business, we managed to get the goblins to help us look for your dad. At this point, we should be able to find him by the end of the day. I'm going out to help with the search. Harry, Look after everyone. I'll keep in touch." Harry nodded and saw him out.
After five hours of waiting for news, everyone was getting hungry, so Harry and Susan went ot make dinner, leaving Daphne and Tori to their thoughts. "Will he be alright?"Susan asked after they were out of the room. "He'll be fine. He wouldn't go down that easily. I just hope they find him soon." Susan nodded and began cooking dinner. They called Daph and Tori in after everything was cooked. Daphne took her plate and turned to walk to the table when she froze and dropped it. Everyone turned and saw Daphne's hand shoot into her pocket and take out her watch. Opening it, they saw Morgan's face in the watch, eyes red, "Your father's been attacked."
