Updated 3/15/2021
Thursday, August 2, 1990
The morning after Lammas the entire family was up and ready by 7:30. They had breakfast and were preparing to arrive at Gringotts by 8:30. Lucius had booked their appointments with Griphook and Gornuk for the entire day, knowing from their various meetings that Harry's inheritance test was going to show many things which would need to be resolved. Due to the secrecy surrounding Griphook as the bonded House Potter account manager, they couldn't get specifics until Harry had been proved to be the Potter heir and could release details himself or allow Griphook to do so for him. Everyone knew it was coming, Harry included, and they all wanted it fixed. Harry and Draco had been included in the meetings since Harry came to the Malfoys, and the amount of things they suspected would be revealed was nothing short of an avalanche which they hoped to harness towards the downfall of Harry's acting magical guardian.
Therefore, at 8:25, the Malfoys, Harry-without his glamour ring, and Severus were standing in front of the receiving room fire, each holding a handful of floo powder. They went one at a time, Lucius stepping into the fire and calling out "Gringotts, London, Gornuk's Office," before the fire whooshed him away. Narcissa left next, followed by Draco, then Harry, and Severus being last. They arrived in a rush, Lucius and Narcissa waving their wands to clean the soot and ash from everyone's clothes. Gornuk and Griphook were waiting for them in the office.
"May your gold ever grow, Account Manager Gornuk and Account Manager Griphook," Lucius said formally once they were clean.
All the others parroted him.
"And your enemies suffer, House Malfoy, Lord Prince, Heir-Presumptive Potter," the two goblins replied.
"Now, let us begin as we are certain there will be much to resolve. Time is short, please, let us dispense with formality," Gornuk instructed as he guided them to the conference style table and chairs which had replaced the usual desk and small sitting area for today's meeting.
"Certainly," Lucius responded for them all. "Draco, you will go first as there should be nothing pressing for you."
Draco nodded, and scooted forward in his chair, raising himself up on his arms to better see the table and the goblin across from him.
"Yes, inheritance test, familiar bond, house elf bond, correct?" Gornuk said, checking the list they had put together at their previous meeting.
"Correct," Lucius confirmed.
Gornuk pulled one of the two pieces of Inheritance Test Parchment over, along with a white candle and gold needle. He waved the needle over the candle flame, and handed it to Draco saying, "Three drops of blood on the top of the parchment."
Draco took the needle and pricked his finger, carefully holding his finger upright until he had over the correct location on the parchment, then flipping his hand over and allowing three drops of blood to fall. The small prick healed instantly, and the parchment began to faintly glow. A few moments later, the glow had dissipated and words spread from the top of the parchment, down, filling it with an elegant script.
Draconis Lucius Malfoy
Age: 10
Core: Warlock, 102
Father: Lucius Abraxas Malfoy (Sorcerer, 190)
Mother: Narcissa Callisto Malfoy, née Black (Enchantress, 120)
Godfather: Severus Tobias Prince (Sorcerer, 188)
Godmother: Estella Lucia de Luca, née Giordano, née Schmidt, née Fournier, née Zabini, née Rossi, née Durand, née Rosier (Enchantress, 136)
Status
Lord
Not applicable
Heir
The Honorable and Most Noble House of Prince (Magic-godfather)
The Noble and Most Ancient House of Malfoy (Blood and Magic-Paternal)
Family Membership
The Honorable and Most Noble House of Prince
The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black
The Noble and Most Ancient House of Malfoy
Affinities and Gifts
Animagus - Affinity (Brother Bond)
Aura Sight - Gift (Malfoy)
Dark Arts - Affinity (Malfoy)
Dueling - Affinity (Black)
Fire Magic - Gift
Potions - Affinity (Prince)
Rituals
Magical Brother Bond (Hadrian James Potter-Black)
Other
Goblin Friend
Vaults
78 - Black Family Vault (No Access, requires permission of Lord)
104 - Malfoy Family Vault (Limited Access)
107 - Malfoy Heir Vault
603 - Prince Family Vault (Limited Access)
606 - Prince Heir Vault
Properties and vault valuations available upon request.
"Ah, I had hoped, given the peculiarity of your power at your second maturation, that you would wind up with a gift for Fire Magic, son," Lucius said proudly. "It is nice that the veela gift from our ancient bloodline has manifested again."
"But look...," Narcissa said, pointing to Harry's name in the ritual section.
While the adults were distracted by Harry's name as it appeared on Draco's test, Griphook waved the golden needle over the candle flame, and handed it to Harry, while sliding him his own Inheritance Test parchment.
Harry pricked his finger, and dropped his blood, waiting to see what would come of his test. He knew there would be more, but none of them were prepared for just exactly what they were about to see.
Hadrian James Potter-Black
Age: 10
Core: Warlock, 147
Father: James Charlus Potter (Sorcerer, 175) - Deceased, bond stabilized due to protection ritual
Father: Sirius Orion Black (Sorcerer, 184) - Azkaban, bond stabilized due to protection ritual
Mother: Lillian Jayne Evans-Potter (Enchantress, 125) - Deceased, bond stabilized due to protection ritual
Godfather: Sirius Orion Black (Sorcerer, 184) - Azkaban, bond stabilized due to protection ritual
Godmother: Alice Marie Longbottom, née McKinnon (Enchantress, 134) - Failing due to insanity
Status
Lord
The New-Blood House of Evans (Blood and Magic - Maternal)
The Honorable and Most Noble House of Peverell (Blood and Magic - Paternal, Conquest)
The Honorable and Most Noble House of Potter (Blood and Magic - Paternal)
The Ancient and Most Imperial House of Gryffindor (Blood and Magic - Maternal)
The Ancient and Most Imperial House of Merlin (Magick)
Heir
The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black (Blood and Magic - Paternal)
The Noble and Most Ancient House of Gaunt (Conquest)
The Ancient and Most Imperial House of Slytherin (Conquest)
Family Membership
The New-Blood House of Evans
The Honorable and Most Noble House of Peverell
The Honorable and Most Noble House of Potter
The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black
The Noble and Most Ancient House of Gaunt
The Ancient and Most Imperial House of Gryffindor
The Ancient and Most Imperial House of Merlin
The Ancient and Most Imperial House of Slytherin
Affinities and Gifts
Animagus - Gift (Potter, Black, Gryffindor, Merlin): 50% blocked
Aura Sight - Gift (Gryffindor, Brother Bond): 100% blocked
Charms - Affinity (Evans, Peverell): 75% blocked
Care of Magical Creatures - Affinity (Gryffindor): 50% blocked
Defense - Affinity (Gryffindor): Block broken
Duelling - Affinity (Black): 25% blocked
Metamorphmagus - Gift (Black): 100% blocked
Necromancy - Gift (Peverell): 100% blocked
Parselmagic - Gift (Slytherin, Gaunt): Block broken
Potions - Affinity (Potter, Slytherin): 50% blocked
Transfiguration - Affinity (Potter): 75% blocked
Thread Magic - Affinity (Merlin): Block broken
Wandless Magic - Affinity (Slytherin): 25% blocked
Rituals
Blood Protection (James Charlus Potter, Sirius Orion Black, Lillian Jayne Evans-Potter)
Fidelius (James Charlus Potter, Sirius Orion Black, Lillian Jayne Evans-Potter, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, Secret Keeper: Peter Jacob Pettigrew) - Broken
Horcrux (Thomas Marvolo Riddle)
Magical Brother Bond (Draconis Lucius Malfoy)
Magical Suppression (Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore) - 50% broken
Physical Appearance Suppression (Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore) - 50% broken
Physical Strength Suppression (Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore)
Secondary Gender Suppression (Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore)
Other
Goblin Friend
Master of Death (Presumptive)
Vaults
1 - Merlin Family Vault
3 - Gryffindor Family Vault
6 - Slytherin Family Vault (Limited Access)
8 - Slytherin Heir Vault
61 - Gaunt Family Vault (Limited Access)
63 - Gaunt Heir Vault
78 - Black Family Vault (Limited Access)
81 - Black Heir Vault
501 - Peverell Family Vault
686 - Potter Family Vault
687 - Potter Heir Vault
1986 - Evans Family Vault
1987 - Evans Heir Vault
Properties and vault valuations available upon request.
There was absolute silence in the office as the five wixen in the room took in Hadrian's results. Gornuk was less surprised, but he had known slightly more than the wixen. Griphook had not thought he would be surprised at all, but the presence of Gaunt and Slytherin, as well as Hadrian being a horcrux and the presumptive Master of Death did shock him. All of them were completely silent as their minds raced to catch up and understood the blood, families, and power-both magical and political-the young man held.
The goblins collected themselves much faster than the wixen, and so Gornuk returned to his desk to press the clear cube and make a number of requests: all the heir- and lordship rings for the two children, an order for a full blood and magic diagnostic for Hadrian, and to request the reservation of the largest ritual room and its attendants for the upcoming ritual removals, as well as the more pleasant familiar and house elf bondings which would be occurring. Given young Hadrian's power while under the magical block, he had no doubt the largest room with its ward stones and Grand Master Goblin Warders would be needed to contain his power once it was fully released.
There was a knock on the office door and Severus snapped to attention at the sound, quickly waving his wand to hide the results of Hadrian's inheritance test.
"Enter," Gornuk snapped out.
Another goblin dashed into the room carrying a small box. He placed it on the table, and turned around and left. Griphook drew a finger down the box and when he reached the edge a click was heard and the box opened. Gornuk waved a hand and boxes began levitating out of the original box and into a line on the table. Gornuk pushed a gold and silver box as well as a Malfoy Blue box towards Draco, but stopped Hadrian from reaching for any of his. Draco opened the Malfoy box and sighed in appreciation for the lovely silver ring depicting the Malfoy coat of arms with two small sapphires on either side and the family motto "Sanctimonia Vincet Semper" engraved along the band. He opened the Prince box and his eyes grew as he looked at the simple yet elegant woven gold and white gold band.
Severus pulled the ring from the Prince box, while Lucius plucked the ring from the Malfoy box, and both knelt before Draco, pride shining in their eyes as one after the other, they slid their ring on Draco's right hand pinkie. The rings merged, the Malfoy coat of arms and sapphires being merged with the woven band of the Prince ring.
"Heir Prince-Malfoy," Lucius and Severus said to Draco formally.
"Lord Malfoy, Lord Prince," Draco responded formally, bowing also.
"Heir Prince-Malfoy," Narcissa, Hadrian, Gornuk, and Griphook said together.
"Lady Malfoy, …" here Draco paused, the situation with his brother's titles throwing him. Gornuk quickly whispered to him and he continued immediately, "Heir Potter, Account Manager Gornuk, Account Manager Griphook."
Gornuk brought his hands together sharply, "Now that that's taken care of, we move on to the more difficult part of the morning."
Griphook took over the conversation. "I am the bonded account manager for the House Potter, Heir Potter, and unfortunately, you cannot put on the rings until after we've broken those binds on your magic at the very least. You've been a part of the planning meetings, and I know we discussed your options for the various suppression rituals. What have you decided to do about removing the bindings?"
Harry turned to Severus , who nodded, for confirmation and then spoke, "I'd like to have them all removed, everything except my brother bond to Draco, and I guess that blood protection can stay as well."
"Very good, sir, we wouldn't have been able to break either of those anyway," Griphook responded. "Due to the nature of the blocks, we'd like to perform a full blood and magic diagnostic. You must agree to this before we can perform it. It's very simple, similar to the Inheritance Test, a goblin healer will purify the gold needle and hand it to you, you will be required to place 7 drops of blood on a special parchment, and then the parchment will activate, generating a magical field around you which will read your physical, mental, and magical health, culminating in a full medical history which is admissible as evidence in court. I know your plans for your acting magical guarding so this diagnostic would be beneficial to have hidden away in a vault for when it's needed. Do you accept the Blood and Magic Diagnostic, Heir Potter?"
"I do," Harry responded.
Gornuk pressed the cube on his desk once more requesting a goblin healer for the scan.
A few minutes later, there was a sharp rap on the door. Gornuk called for the goblin to enter.
"I am Grand Master Healer Elvux," the new goblin said in a voice slightly higher than the two other goblins in the room, but just as grating.
"May your gold ever flow, Grand Master Healer Elvux," the room greeted.
"And your enemies suffer, friends," Elvux responded. "Where is my patient?"
Hadrian raised his hand a little, and the diminutive healer strode purposefully towards him. She waved the gold needle they had used previously over the candle and handed it to him. She pulled a slightly glowing parchment from her pocket and laid it on the table in front of Hadrian. "Seven drops," she instructed.
Harry pricked his finger again, letting the required seven drops of blood fall on this new parchment. His finger healed instantly, and they waited while the parchment began glowing brighter and brighter until they had to squint to see through the glare. It appeared that the parchment was obliterated, but careful inspection showed that it had separated into millions of nearly microscopic particles which were now floating around Hadrian forming a bright orb around him. They waited.
And waited.
And waited.
Nearly 30 minutes into their wait the Elvux's eyes were enormous, and she was mumbling in gobbledegook under her breath. Finally, 45 minutes after Harry had dropped his blood on the parchment, the orb began to break up and the parchment started reforming on the table.
Narcissa was a healer as well, having completed her training when Draco was five, so she was curious as to what this diagnostic would show. They weren't often done, usually only for the most extreme cases, and she had never encountered one during her time working. The goblin healer was clearly expecting the worst, her increasing mumbling during their wait had proved that, but she and Narcissa exchanged started glances when the parchment grew and grew and grew until it was nearly 10 feet in length, showing line after line of injuries with their corresponding treatment or possible lack thereof.
When it finally stopped, Elvux ripped the parchment off the table, the excess pooling on the floor under the shocked stares of the entire room.
"Expected, expected, expected…" they heard her mumbling as she read through Harry's babyhood.
"Not expected, not expected, Oh that's terrible," her running commentary got progressively worse the longer she read.
Narcissa rose from her seat and picked up the top of the sheet now that the healer was nearing the end. She couldn't couldn't believe her eyes as she started reading the horrible truth of young Hadrian's life with the muggles he had been placed with.
When Elvux finished reading, she pierced the two account managers with a chilling stare.
"We're working on it," they said in a rush, trying to mitigate the damage one thoroughly angry goblin healer could do. "There are plans in place already, we just want the young man healed of anything required."
Her glare diminished but her intensity did not.
"It's a miracle he's alive," she proclaimed to the room bluntly. "He needs a full purge, a full round of grand nutrient potions, and we'll need to remove a number of bones to be completely regrown due to the damage he previously sustained. He'll likely need muscle stimulants as well, his muscle tone is nearly nonexistent, even with the care you've given him. It's clear you've been taking care of him since he came to your home, don't think we don't know it, but now that we know the full extent of the damage, we'll fix it."
"I will brew any potions required, Goblin Healer Elvux," Severus stated neutrally. "Potion Master Lord Severus Prince, he offered his name.
She nodded, "Potion Master Lord Prince."
"Is there anything we can do at home to assist?" Narcissa asked worriedly.
"I will provide a nutrition plan which will bolster the effects of the grand nutrient potions, but until he's had a purge and we can figure out what's the matter with his physical make up, I can't say more than that.
"He has rituals on him for magic, physical appearance, physical strength, and secondary gender suppression," Griphook told the healer. "She is bound by magic to secrecy when it concerns her patients, this will not go further," he assured the wixen.
"WHAT?!" The healer shrieked. "No wonder he is out of sorts," she mumbled. "We will get them removed at once!" she returned to her confident near shout.
"We have the main ritual room waiting. We wanted the diagnostic first, before we removed the evidence," Gornuk jumped in quickly.
"We go now," She ordered, taking Hadrian's hand and nearly frog marching him out the door and to the ritual room.
The Malfoys and Severus looked a little taken aback at how quickly that had escalated. They had known Harry would have blocks and physical issues. Whatever was in Harry's diagnostic paired with the knowledge of the blocks clearly meant something more to the healer than to them.
Griphook led the small company after Harry and Elvux, giving some instruction along the way. "You may be in the room during the ritual, but you will have to sit in the viewing gallery as we cannot have any interference in the magic lest it do irreparable harm to the subject. You will be behind our strongest wardstones. This entire ritual room has them inlaid in the floor to assist with particularly large or draining rituals, but given the severity of the Healer Elvux's reaction to the blocks on young Hadrian, and his current power level even through the blocks…" he trailed off, letting everyone know the goblins were sure those warding stones would be needed for more than just the protection of the family watching.
This was the first time any of them had entered this particular ritual room, and they were shocked by it's rather magnificent appearance. Gornuk noticed their awe and began explaining several of the main features in the room.
"This is Gringotts Great Britain's largest ritual room. It was constructed before written history during the time of Bladvak the Piercer. As far as the oral records tell us, a team of five hundred goblin stonemasons were charged with mining, cutting, and polishing the black heart rock this room is constructed of. During the ritual, you may be able to feel the rock pulsing in time with the magic due to it's deep connection with the heart of the Earth, and therefore Lady Magic." Gornuk paused, allowing them to look around another moment.
The rock was not purely black, it contained flecks of white and silver, so tiny they appeared to be glitter. While it didn't glow, they could definitely feel something about the room, and Draco and Lucius especially were intrigued with what they might sense during the upcoming ritual.
Gornuk began speaking again, "on the floor you will notice our standard ritual circle set up. This basic circle was inlaid in the floor with one hundred year old witchhazel. When used for more complex rituals, this inlay can be manipulated to form other shapes as needed. We cleanse the room both before and after each use, smudging white sage and rosemary for 30 minutes prior to and after use. The heart rock absorbs residual magic, so coupled with the cleansing, we can ensure each ritual is as pure and exact as possible."
The group was nodding, so he led them to their seats. "We have 7 wardstones of Malijar's Gift circling this space so that no magic will harm you. The room itself boasts seven times seven wardstones of Malijar's gift inlaid in the perimeter to bolster the rituals and prevent magical leakage. There is a company of forty-nine Grand Master Goblin Wardmasters and seven Grand Master Goblin Healers assigned to this room specifically. You have of course already met Grand Master Healer Elvux who is assigned to this room."
The adults' stiff postures relaxed a bit at this clear display of preparedness, and they took to watching the goblins bustling about preparing for Hadrian's cleansing with greater attention. Lucius and Draco were particularly interested as both had activated their aura sight and were comparing what they saw in this room to Lucius' knowledge of auras outside this room. They held whispered conversation, Lucius directing certain things to Draco's attention, and Draco asking whatever questions popped into his head. They concluded the auras were the same, only stronger, something Lucius attributed to the heart stone construction which he could see glowing with a slowly pulsing white light, and the Malajar's Gift wardstones, which he could see by the silvery grey glows spaced evenly around their viewing area, and evenly around the ritual space.
Seven goblins were setting up candles around the circle in lavender, green, and black. Black candles made up the largest ring outside the ritual circle, but inside the wardstone ring. These were for the protection of all within the circle. Lavender and green candles made up a much smaller ring around the inside of the ritual circle. They alternated, lavender for peace and healing, green for health, luck, and success.
Seven goblins walked the room with smudging sticks of what they identified as white sage and rosemary by the scent, and concluding they were doing the 30 minutes of cleansing. A large runic bath was brought in and placed in the center of the ritual circle by another group of seven who immediately began chanting over it in guttural Gobbledegook, more smudging sticks in their hands. Three healers came over as well, dropping a veritable bouquet of flowers into the bath, to which Narcissa whispered the representations to Draco. They added lavender (calm and relaxing), chamomile (good health), baby's breath (innocence and purity), dandelion (overcoming hardship), edelweiss (courage and power), fennel (strength), and mullein (curse breaking). These were added in small sheaves of what appeared to be seven blossoms or stalks each. Elvux appeared to be one of the seven healers assigned to the room as she stepped over to Hadrian, and handed him a sheaf of white heather. They could see Hadrian asking what it was for, and they caught her speaking the one word to indicate its use: protection. Hadrian nodded and continued watching everything around him.
Once all the flowers blossoms or stalks had been added to the bath, the chanting seemed to pick up speed and water began filling the bath. Elvux led Hadrian behind a screen and handed him a nearly sheer white ritual robe and instructed him to remove all his clothing and replace it with the robe. Harry was blushing beet red when he stepped from behind the screen holding his heather in front of him carefully, the robe hid nothing. Lucius could see Harry's aura flickering in agitation as he was led back to the runic bath. The wardmasters who had brought in the bath had completed their chanting and dispersed to join their brethren who had finished the cleansing. They were spaced evenly around the room each standing between two of the auras Lucius knew to be the wardstones, holding a chunk of rough zircon. Lucius could see power pulsing in the stones and determined they were there to amplify all the other magics being invoked.
Elvux placed the final three golden candles in the spaces of the ritual bath to coalesce the energy around Hadrian as he entered the bath. The seven healers took up positions equally around the runic bath, each carrying a birch staff. Draco pointed out that Elvux's staff looked different than the others, and Severus whispered to him that it was because hers was both birch for truth and new beginnings and spruce, to encourage Harry's healing.
They began. Elvux was clearly leading this cleansing ritual, as her scraping voice rang through the room commandingly. She was speaking Gobbledegook, so the wixen observers did not know exactly what was happening, but they all felt the power of the magic being called up in the space, even behind two layers of wardstones. Lucius and Draco had to "turn off" their aura sight, as the magic called up was so powerful the aura was nearly blinding. They could all feel the pulsing they had been warned of, and Narcissa was shocked as she had never felt magic to this degree before.
Elvux's voice continued to ring out over the room, echoed by the other healers around her. They were banging their staves on the ground providing rhythm to their chanting. The wardmasters were holding their zircon, their warding chants a low drone underlying the more strident tones from the healers. As the first round of chanting stopped, a wave of power washed through the room, freezing the candle flames in place, and the immediate silence was startling after the chanting which had been going on for at least ten minutes. Elvux banged her staff on the floor three times and the candle flames on the three gold candles on the bath began flickering again. The water began draining from the bath. The flowers clung to the ritual robe Hadrian was wearing, now plastered to his skin. Something in the magic must have affected him as well, because he wasn't concerned that everyone in the room could clearly see his body, the robes and the flowers doing more to highlight his svelte figure than doing anything to disguise.
This time the wardmasters began the chant. Power pulsed up through the ward stones creating a shimmer in the air, and when Lucius carefully activated his aura sight for a moment, he could see the lines of the matrix web being woven through the air and surrounding the ritual circle and all who were inside the wardstone ring. The zircons in each goblin hand were pulsing even faster as power was drawn from the wardstones and amplified through the zircon. The colors mixed and wove and anchored into the heart stone floor, a smaller rush of magic settling everyone in the viewing gallery. Lucius turned off his aura sight and refocused on the slight form of Hadrian, motionless in the runic bath. They could no longer feel the slight building and pulsing of the magic being wielded within the circle, but could see the healers waiting, poised, and silent. Whatever they were waiting for must have occurred, because, as one, all seven healers brought down their staves and a visible shock wave went through the room. Harry slowly began to float up from the runic bath, the lavender and chamomile falling to lie limp at the bottom of the bath. He floated horizontally in the center over the bath and surrounded by the healers. The wardmasters took seven steps forward. A quick peek in his aura sight showed Lucius that the net had shrunk in with the motion of the goblins, following the pull of the zircon stones they held.
The healers began chanting again. A sprig of edelweiss and all but one of the dandelions floated away from Hadrian's slowly rotating body. A strange grey mist began to coalesce from Hadrian's body, forming symbols and patterns in the air none of them had ever seen at any time prior. Narcissa was clenching Severus' hand in hers so hard her knuckles were white. They didn't really know what was happening, and so could only sit and worry. As the chanting continued, the grey faded as more and more was pulled into the blossoms hovering over Harry's spinning form. When all the grey had dissipated from the air, the blooms turned grey and fell to the bottom of the runic bath. Harry's skin took on a healthier glow and faded to a paleness only seen in the Blacks and Malfoys. His hair went from unruly to tamable, soft black, to an inky black so dark it sucked in the light and appeared to flash with blue. His lips turned plump, pink, and soft, echoing the look of Lily, Severus thought privately. Overall the changes weren't drastic, but were enough to have hidden any other attributes which were not immediately known as Potter.
The wardmasters took another seven steps forward as the chant shifted and Hadrian began spinning the opposite direction. Fennel rose from his body with a sprig of edelweiss and the process was repeated, this time with an orange mist. The magic pulsed, but there were no visible effects on Harry. The third time the wardmasters moved and the chant changed, Harry stopped spinning, but began rolling over in mid-air, and instead of the blossoms hovering over him, the baby's breath and edelweiss spun around him in the opposite direction he was moving. When the mist emerged that time, it was white. A strange feeling swept through Lucius when the magic pulsed at the end of that portion, but he was too focused on what was still occurring to identify the feeling properly.
What they thought was the last shift caused Harry to roll over the opposite direction, gold mist pouring out of him and the mullein spinning around him. The pulse of power released at the end of that cycle was by far the largest and when Harry stopped moving, all of them could see his aura, no aura sight required. The emerald green was snapping and roiling around him, far more contained than the goblins had expected, but the family knew it had to be because of his amazing magical control. The colorful aura appeared to be spiking towards a spot of black, centered on Harry's forehead, right over his scar.
They were unprepared for the movement and chanting to start again, having thought there would only be four sections to correspond to the four suppression rituals which had been placed on him. The wardmasters were now a scant few steps behind the healers, so close their shoulders were pressed to the ones of the goblins on either side. The chant was grating, guttural, and scraped along their nerves like blunted knives, never knowing when it might be sharp enough to cut. The sound was harsh, less rhythmic and after hearing the previous chanting for an hour, less smooth. The hits from the healers' staves were disjointed, all of them landing on the ground at different times and different volumes. They were unsure what was happening, but could only continue to watch. Harry continued to levitate over the runic bath, but his height had noticeably dropped. If he began spinning, he was in danger of cracking his skull on the edge. But he did not spin, he simply hung there, suspended and unmoving. They watched as the bath morphed into an altar and Harry gently came to rest on top of it. All the remaining blooms twisted from his robe, which was now completely dry, and hung suspended individually in a line above him, one over each chakra. His Aura was being focused, driven towards a purpose and the roiling appearance it previously gave was smoothing into sharp arrows, jetting into the black. No mist was forthcoming, and the wixen could hear the sounds of strain in the goblin voices. The chanting continued far longer than any other segment of Harry's cleansing, and the wixen were unsure if whatever they were trying to do was going to work.
Chapter 13 Notes
Sanctimonia Vincet Semper = Purity Will Always Conquer