"Ahh, what a great summer this has been" Ginny thought to herself as she lay on the blanket
next to harry, they had spent the day snorkeling with Ron and Hermione down near a reef
she didnt know why it was called snorkeling, all they did was chew gilly weed.
Hermione tried to explain that it was a muggle term, muggles used a hollow tube to allow them to
suck air down from the surface, and the tube was called a snorkle. "quite a silly idea if you ask me"
she had said, Hermione had just frowned Almost instantly another shower of sparks
appeared in the west and the east.
Wide eyed Ginny Weasley watched as the stars seemed to move.
Harry kissed her ear and said "watch", when she turned to look at him.
Looking back up she saw the stars settle in a new positin and suddenly there seemed to be lines connecting them,
they spelled out the words "I love you Ginny!".
"Oh Harry i love you too!" shouted Ginny as she rolled over and kissed
him firmly on the lips.
The last thing Harry rememberd was seeing his own stars before he was caught
up in the passion of that kiss.
Two days later Harry announced that he was going to the all wizzarding village in salem, in america.
And that he intended to take Ron, Hermione, and Ginny with him.
"ABOLUTLEY NOT!" shouted Ms.Weasley, "not only is it incredibly dangerous but i am not having
my daughter go off unchaparoned with her boyfriend for 2 days! Heaven knows how much i love
and trust you both but it just would not be proper."
"I think your mum's right this time kids." said Mr.Weasley as he glanced from Harry to Ginny and
back again, "however if you find a chaparone thats.."
"ARE YOU MAD ARTHUR?" Ms.Weasley exclaimed in outrage "even if they found a suitable chaparone
therse still the fact that Harry is number 1 on you-know-who's list!"
"Which is why I will be accompanying them" said Lupin, who was speaking up for the first time today
"Harry already knew what you were going to say molly, so he asked me and Tonks ahead of time"
and lupin gestured to the short man who had enterd the room.
Turning around Tonks saw the strange looks and then realised that no one had seen her do a man before
"Wotcher Harry" tonks said winking at him "im trying out a new disquise, i dont think many people
would expect me to do a man, what do you think?" she inquired to everyone gatherd
everyone just stared speechless.
Finially Ron was able to stammer out the question "how do we know youre
really Tonks?"
laughing, tonks said "like this!" and suddenly they were looking at uncle vernon's face on aunt Petunia's
body. the sight was so hillarious that even molly couldnt help but keep the tears out of her eyes from mirth.
it took 5 minutes for Tonks to calm everybody down again.
"so does this mean were going?" asked Ron from where he stood next to Hermione
"I suppose, but only for two days and you must listen to anything Remus or Tonks tells you" said Ms.Weasley
Meanwhile Ron was jumping up and down and hugging Hermione fierceley
They left the verry next morning
"First we need to stop by Gringots to pick up some more money" Harry told them all as they grabbed the portkey
that Lupin had set up. Grabbing Ginnys hand Harry felt the familiar jerk behind his navel and there they were
standing in front on Gringots. Walking inside Harry strode over to the tallest desk
"Hello Garnak, im here to make a withdraw from my vault" Harry said while looking up
"Well well well, Mr.potter its noce to see you so well." Garnak exclaimed and tried to smile, which on a goblin
looked rather scary "however before i can take you to youre vault the minister would like a word with you, alone"
Harry hesitated at first, after all the last time he was here he had been kidnapped and almost killed
senseing his reluctance Garnac said "you will be perfectly safe, if youd like Mr.lupin can check the room first, but
minister Ragnok was quite adamant that you speak alone"
"alright if the minister insists i wouldnt want to offend anyone" harry said with a slight hint of sarcasm, if Garnak
picked up on that he didnt comment.
walking down the rows of goblins counting gold they reached an ornate door,
Garnak knocked on the door once and said, "Mr. Potter to see you, sir."
Harry entered the large office. At the end of the room was a large desk, with a small Goblin behind it. He looked
as if he were very old. Garnak led Harry over to the desk.
"well now Mr.Potter, how was your trip?" Ragnok asked while he pulled out a box with some kind of crest on it.
"actually it isnt over yet, i was just stoping by to get some more money when i was told you wanted to speak to me"
Harry said somewhat flatley.
"well then i wont keep you for verry long, however while you were away something came up, something concerning
your parents. About a week ago i was visited by a man named Slate Ronson. He was the Potter Family Attorney,
and he said that in accordance with youre parents wills all the Potter family holdings are now yours."
Harry just stared at Ragnok dumbfounded "you mean therse more?" harry asked
how can there possibly be more? harry thought to himself
"Well sir, allow me to explain. The Potter family is one of the oldest familys in the wizzarding world today.
while they may not be purebloods they are still an ancient and noble family. The Potter family is so old that
you can litterly find a potter in each major event in the wizzarding world. Artimus Potter was said to have known
merlin himself, there was also a potter who might have contributed to the founding of hogwarts. Benjiman Potter
was known friends with Godrick Gryffendor and stayed friends untill his death of dragon pox. while it isnt recorded
that Mr.Potter actually helped in the construction it is noted that a potter was one of the first students and that there
was at one time a headmaster named Potter. When youre grandparents died and it all passed to youre father, he
immeadietly set it up where if anything happend to him or his wife then you would be given a trust fund to live off of,
and when you turned 17 you would recieve youre full inherritance. unfortunetly you turned 17 and we couldnt find
you to tell you, dumbledoor simply said you were takeing time away and that you would be quite willing to take care
of this when you got back."
Harry was stunned, him...the heir to an ancient house? harry grinned thinking what he would say when he next saw malfoy
"wait..you mean to tell me im richer than i already was!"harry exclaimed as that fact hit him
"how much is it?" Harry wisperd just so Ragnok could hear
"well sir, between youre family's and youre half of the black estate, in plain gold you have over ten billion galleons"
harry gasped as his jaw hit the floor
"therse also the other assests, youre house, land and stockholdings as well. if i were to give you an estimate id
say youre the third or fourth richest man in all england" Ragnok said with an amused look at harrys face "Now the
mansion is located at the edge of london, and will only allow you to enter. it has many charms and wardings on it so
that it only allows potters or someone in the company of a potter to enter, also only someone of the potter blood can apparate
into the house.right now the house is sealed against all wizzards untill the family head returns."
"what do you mean sealed?" asked Harry in a meek voice
"well you know what a fiddelus charm is, basicly its the same thing only there is no secret keeper, anyone can know
where it is, but it doesnt matter because no one can see it, or feel it. so if dumbledoor were to there hed see nothing
but a big empty spot."
"so then i go there and just walk in? and that will unseal it?" harry asked him, more and more intriegued by the notion
"no, its sealed which means NO ONE can get in."
confused, harry asked "well then how am i supposed to unseal it?
"to unseal it you must go to the entry hall and invoke the counter charm" Ragnok slid the box across the desk
and placed it infront of harry "this box, which is marked with the potter family crest contains two pins, one looks
like a pheonix, the other is the gryffindor crest. the pheonix pin is really a portkey that will transport you wherever
you need to go as well as hogwarts, the gryffendor pin will transport its wearer directly to you, or to Potter Mansion"
Harry was begining to get an idea on how he was going to unseal the house when he thought of something important to ask
"Sir, howcome no ones ever told me anyting like this before, i mean if im the decendant of some great family howcome no one ever mentioned it?"
"Well thats actually a verry easy question to answer, you see youre parents didnt actually live on the property,
although according to the file they did have rooms there. and youre grandparents were by nature reclusive, so
I doubt verry many people alive even knew the mansion exhists, and no one really reads geneology books for fun do they?
and those who did know about it probobly forgot with everything else thats been going on." ragnok looked pleased
with that answer.
"so...is that all?" harry ask'd apprehensively
"Actually there is one more thing" Ragnok said with a slight smile "i doubt youll find this bad because youre generous by nature
but it does say that that upon reaching the age of 17 you will reimburse any family who has allowd you to live with them for more than 2 weeks."
"you..you mean i have...to pay the dursleys?" harry asked with some effort
"are they blood family?" asked minister ragnok
"yea..but.." harry mutterd
"well then no, blood family is exempt from forced payment because they were only doing their family duty by careing for you. this rule applies to familys outside youre own. the weasleys for example, i understand you stayed at their house for more than 2 weeks."
"yea, in fact ive been in their care for more than a month if you add it all up, probobly more than 2" harry said, as he tried to figure how many days its been
"Well Mr.Potter, the will clearley states that 50,000 galleons must be paid for every 2 weeks you stayed there as well as any damages you might have caused"
"i dont think Mr. and Ms.weasley will accept it sir, everytime i try to help they refuse"
suddenly there was a knock on the door, which startled harry because hed been engrossed in the conversation
the door opend and a tall thin man wearing a suit and square glasses walked in carrying a briefcase
"Ah Mr.Potter i dont think you need to wory about the Weasleys, my Ronson here will accompany you back to the burrow
and explain the whole situation to them" minister Ragnok said while he stood up and gestured them tword the door
"one last thing minister, could we not mention the pins or the house to anyone yet? i dont want them to know about anything else except the money" harry asked as the door was open'd
"certainly, goblins are verry discreet", and with that the door was closed and he was being hugged by Ginny