By Loralee
Disclaimer: Harry Potter his friends, family, enemies and assorted bystanders are not mine and I promise to put them back where I found them when I'm done.
The floo spit Harry out in a mid side room with hearth on one side and several tellers on the other and half a dozen guards along the wall. Harry went up to one of the tellers who gazed at Harry for a moment, sniffed, curled his lip and ask, "May I help you?"
"Yes I like to see my account manager please." Harry said politely.
The teller looked skeptical and said, "Name or key."
"Harry Potter" Harry replied and was startled to see the teller jump and wave franticly at a nearby guard. The guard came closer and Harry was afraid that he was in trouble until the teller told the guard, "Escort Mr. Potter to Stonebender. Then notify Ironfist that Mr. Potter is here."
The guard nodded and motioned Harry to follow him. He was led to a large wooden door that read Senior Director Stonebender the guard knocked stuck his head in grumbled something in gobblegook and then held the door open for Harry to enter.
It was a large office with a large elderly goblin behind a rather large stone desk. The goblin was richly dressed with an ornate looking brooch on one shoulder. He came out from around the desk to shake Harry's hand and show him a seat. Harry was surprised at how nice the goblin was.
"Mr. Potter you can't begin to guess how glad I am to see you. We here at Gringotts have been trying for some days to contact you but our Owls kept coming back. I am hoping we can select an owl to key to your privacy wards so that we can begin to keep in contact with you. We have quite a bit of business to discuss with you. I am Stonebender Senior Director here at Gringotts London and just to verify that you are truly Harry Potter do you have your keys with you?" Stonebender held out his hand for Harry's vault key. Harry retrieved it from his moneybag to a raised eyebrow by Stonebender.
"It is not truly safe to carry your key in your moneybag Mr. Potter. Hum… do you have the key to the Potter vault also?" He added after examing the first key.
"Potter Vault? That is the only key I've ever had, sir. I only have one vault don't I?" Harry ask now quite puzzled by the behavior of this goblin. Stonebender's eyebrows rose high on his face.
"Fangtooth" He bellowed and Harry jumped startled. A younger goblin ran in from another door to one side of the office.
"Yes Senior Director?" he said.
"Fangtooth, get Ironfist in here immediately." The goblin snarled and then with a complete change of tone turned to Harry, "Mr. Potter I am afraid that I must ask for your indulgence for a few moments. There seems to be some irregularities here. I'm sorry I must also ask for a drop of your blood for identity purposes."
Harry wasn't sure what was going on but once again his gut was telling him he could trust Stonebender so he held out his hand. The Goblin leaned forward and lightly stabbed the end of Harry's forefinger with a quill. He ran his fingers along the quill and set it up right on a piece of parchment. He turned away as another goblin came through the door without knocking. The quill remained upright and began to write but Harry's attention was soon drawn to Stonebender and the new goblin shouting at each other in gobblegook.
After several minutes of shouting the new goblin turned away with a snarl and retreated out the door. Stonebender turned back to Harry and looked at him closely for a long minute then reached for the parchment where the quill had stopped writing.
"Mr. Potter let us begin again. Ironfist will return shortly with the your family ring and vault key. They should have been made available to you on your 14th birthday. Ironfist has been your account manager for several years since the passing of his father who began as your grandfathers, John Potter, account manager shortly after he came of age. I will be taking over from him temporarily while we look into the irregularities in your accounts.'
"What kind of irregularities, sir?" interrupted Harry.
Stonebender looked Harry in the eye, "Why you were not informed of the your inheritance. How it is that our Owls could not contact you but Ironfist claims that he has had your permission to fund certain organizations and make payments from a vault you were unaware that you owned." Harry was shocked at this information.
"I just needed to get some money for some new clothes. I had someone tell me that I could get a muggle atm/debit card if I have enough in my vault. I didn't know anything about…" Harry trailed off and new thought occurring, "Payments for what? Funding for whom? I didn't authorize anything. I haven't even been allowed to come to Gringotts for a couple of years. I still wouldn't have been here if I hadn't been told about the security entrance."
Stonebender held up a hand,
"Mr. Potter are you saying that some one actively prevented you from coming to Gringotts?"
"Well Dumbledore said that it wasn't safe to come to Diagon Alley after Voldemort rose and he had Mrs. Weasley get my school supplies. I didn't know that there was a way to floo right here. I'm supposed to be stuck at my relative's house right now but I snuck out to a little shop in the neighborhood that happens to be run by a wizard. He's the one that told me. My guard was sleeping and doesn't know I'm gone. But if I take to long someone might notice and if Dumbledore finds out I bet it'll be the last time I get to leave the house."
Stonebender interrupted Harry's monologue with a shouted, "Fangtooth!" followed by rapid gooblegook.
"Please Mr. Potter what you've just told me worries me I think it best if we conclude our business as quickly as possible. I have instructions from Sirius Back, your godfather I believe. Because he is still wanted by the ministry I cannot fulfill all of his requests He had filled out papers for your emancipation but his legal status prevents this; however your status as the last surviving Potter allows for you to claim your birthright and become a legal adult as Head of your House. This carries with it certain responsibilities, which I believe may be why your inheritance has been interfered with."
"What sort of responsibilities? And will I still be able to go to Hogwarts?" ask Harry.
"You may still attend Hogwarts, I believe the Potter Family has a seat on the Wizengamot and you would be required to attend those meetings. As a founders heir you would also be required to attend Hogwarts Board of Governors meetings and of course once you claim your birthright you must produce an heir with in five years." Stonebender stopped at the look on Harry's face.
With a sigh Harry asked, "What do I have to do?"
Fangtooth took that moment to enter carrying an enamel box, when he started speaking in gooblegook Stonebender stopped him, "In English please, Mr. Potter deserves to know these things."
"Yes Senior Director, security caught Ironfist with his head in the fire to the ministry. Auditing has discovered several discrepancies in the books. Ironfist was investing in companies that do not exist taking his percentage and a kickback from the ministry and altering Mr. Potter's accounts. Security has called the DMLE to file complaints against Ironfist's accomplice. Security has agreed to keep Mr. Potters name out of it for now. I have Mr. Potter's belongings, and a curse breaker standing by to break the owl restrictions on Mr. Potter's person." Said Fangtooth.
Stonebender took the box from Fangtooth and opened it.
"This, Mr. Potter is the Potter Family Ring. It is the symbol of the power you wield as Head of your Family. You must place the ring on your right ring finger and recite the words, 'I Harry James Potter claim that I am the Head of the Potter Family by right of blood under the old laws.' "
Harry stood, took the ring a massive gold ring with a griffin on a red stone, and put it on as he said the words, there was a surge of magic and the ring resized itself on his finger. Stonebender looked satisfied. Nodded to Fangtooth and said, "Fangtooth, Mr. Potter needs a full muggle kit, see to it. Oh and bring a Muggleborns Guide to Wizard Banking also." Fangtooth hurried out of the room.
Harry felt rather dazed. Moments later a short older woman entered the room. Harry supposed this was the curse breaker Fangtooth had mentioned.
"Senior Director," she said, "I was told a client needed privacy wards adjusted."
"I believe it may be more than that Madam Clark, I will need you to scan this client for curses and protections. A full list as he is not aware of what is in place. This client has just claimed his birthright and is now an adult therefore ministry and other monitoring spells need to be removed from his person and wand. Our owls were not able to find him you'll need to check that." With that Stonebender retired behind his desk to look through some papers. The woman approached Harry and Harry knew exactly when she realized who he was as her eyes widened and she glanced over her shoulder at the goblin that was eyeing her carefully.
"Hello Mr. Potter, congratulations, I'm Liz Clark. I'm a senior curse breaker here; I'm going to be doing a scan it won't hurt. The most it might do is tingle or itch if you are sensitive to the magic around you. It will take a few minutes." She laid out a piece of parchment and then waved her wand in a complicated movement and then began to run her wand over his body about 4 or 5 inches from his skin and clothes, it tickled and to his dismay he giggled. Liz smiled at him as she continued to cover every inch of his body and then flipped her wand at the parchment. Once the writing stopped spreading she began to inspect the parchment and making little noises of disgust.
"Well someone certainly did a number on you, Mr. Potter."
"Please report Madam Clark." Said Stonebender.
"Two different magic tracking spells with different originators, two locator spells also different originators, suppression spell keyed to wild magic, owl redirect with filter, dark magic residues head and elbow as well as the standard ministry tracking spell."
Harry was stunned, someone, more than one someone had put spells on him.
"Can you remove them?" was the first question out of his mouth.
"The spells yes, the dark residue is a different matter. To lift it would take several rituals." She took a glance at Stonebender. "If you were on of my cursebreakers I would recommend a full cleansing ritual that would require several days."
Stonebender nodded, "I would agree to that. Mr. Potter your status with us is high enough to warrant such treatment. I would recommend sending a team to collect your belongings, that team could also emplace goblin wards on your residence if you wish."
"You're saying I could leave the Dursley's and stay here at Gringotts?" Harry was amazed at the idea.
"Well, not in the bank but in guest quarters of the goblin nation." Stonebender once again showed his pointy teeth, "Until the spells and residue are removed and your accounts sorted. You have many properties at your disposal after that."
"I don't mean to be rude, sir but what's in it for you? What would this cost me?" Asked Harry suddenly suspicious.
"Mr. Potter you are being hailed as the 'chosen one' by the Prophet. The one who will defeat Voldemort." Watching Harry's face he continued, "You were not aware of this I see. Mr. Potter we goblins are a proud race but we have long been denied certain rights by wizard kind. If our help to you at this time can cause you to look favorably on us then that is all we ask. We would not fair well under Voldemort's rule, we are not enraptured of the Ministry and one of our number has wronged you. We will aid you if possible. Of course there will also be a small fee for the team of goblin warders and a second fee for the sevices of Madam Clark and her cursebreakers for the ritual."
Harry grinned and nodded his head. After a short discussion about gathering his things Madam Clark left to lead the recovery team and Stonebender summoned a goblin to take Harry to guest quarters for a meal and rest. The spell lifting postponed for the few hours it would take to ready the ritual rooms as the Gringotts wards would stop the locator spells currently on him.
A/N: Well this story has gone off on a tangent. Learning Incentive was originally suppose to be a humorous one shot. It seems to have grown into something else. Sex Magick will show up again
Thanks to everyone who reveiws.