Disclaimer: Read it from chapter 2
This chapter also doesn't feature much about Harry in the start but may increase his appearance later, also please rate and review.
Also, I would like to thank RaNK001 who kindly takes his time and betas by story. His story "The Guardian of the Tailed Beasts" which is a Naruto time travel fanfic is very good and worth reading
Previously: Lily cast a charm in case something happens to her. Harry activates the charm (patented as founders' charm) and finds himself and his mother discussing about himself with the undead spirits of the Hogwarts founders in his mind where Salazar makes a shocking revelation about a horcrux present in Harry which shocks all who knows about it.
WHAT?!
Lily and Gryffindor were shocked to know that Harry has a soul shard in his scar which made him a pseudo-horcrux. After some explanations to those unaware of the dark and disgusting piece of magic used to create a horcrux and its purpose, Salazar stated that only removing the horcrux can complete the charm which will give Harry all the knowledge of the five of them, Lily included. He also stated that he would gain a variety of other magical powers as well since all the founders made several pacts and peace offerings with many magical races which boosted their own magic and gave them a variety of different abilities like multiple Animagus transformations, highest degree of wandless magic, ability to use all types of magic, understanding the languages of all magical species etc.
"How can the soul shard be removed? Harry has so that the soul piece can also die. Is there any other way?"asked Lily in hysterical trepidation interrupting the wizard. Because in all her studies about the particular subject, for destroying a horcrux, pseudo or not, it should be irreparably damaged, magical or not. She obviously didn't want Harry to die so quickly. Unbeknownst to her, the other three founders are having the same thoughts.
Fortunately, Salazar had a solution to this particular problem.
The rumoured dark wizard snapped everyone out of their musings by starting to speak.
"Ahem, as I was saying before I was rudely interrupted." began Salazar "Since the soul shard seems unstable and Harry isn't ready for being a horcrux yet, we can remove it easily or rather the goblins can remove it easily. I made an alliance with them after I left Hogwarts for my travels and research which, the other wizards assumed that I had a quarrel with the others and left the school for good."
"Wait, so there were no quarrels among you and you just left because you wanted to travel? So does this mean that the chamber is also a myth?" asked the red head.
"Well, the chamber is real. I created it for the protection of the school and not at all for the purpose of eliminating the muggleborns and half-bloods and help protect the so-called purity of the school." answered Salazar.
"Um, what is the chamber and what are you all discussing about?" asked our raven-haired protagonist after his brain rebooted from the vast information he had learned.
"Nothing sweetie, you shall learn more about what we talk as time progresses. We shall stay here for a long time and teach you about everything we know maybe until the soul shard is removed." answered Lily.
"Really! Any one of you won't leave me! I want to spend every moment with you if it is possible. I don't ever want to return to the Dursleys." answered a tearful Harry while Lily and the founders are having a storm of emotions inside while putting on a happy yet neutral countenance on hearing his declaration.
"Yes Harry, we won't leave you for a long time. Now it is very late in the night. In the real world, we can speak to you through your mind and you can just reply to us by just thinking of what you want to say to us. We will start teaching you what we can from tomorrow. Now follow my instructions on how to access the mindscape and how to enter and exit out of it. Also, you can call us as uncle and aunt or grandpa and grandma" stated Rowena and started showing him the process of accessing the mindscape.
"Yes, grandma Rowena." answered Harry and started working diligently and in a short and astounding period of time for the spirits, Harry learnt how to access his mind and exited his mind to find that it was indeed very late in the night. Preparing himself for the next time when he would enter his mind and being happy that someone was there for him to share his thoughts and troubles, Harry drifted into a peaceful sleep for the first time in years.
Inside Harry's mind, every person was feeling livid at Dumbledore's machinations and for subjecting the poor lad to torture and misery based on a vague prophecy. They had vowed to help Harry in every way possible. Thus, they started to spend time on forming plans and schedules on what and who teaches Harry on his next meeting in the mind.
(Time-skip: 4 years later)
In the four years that passed, Harry learnt a lot of things from the founders and his mother. Some of the basic skills he learnt are protecting his mind (occlumency), wandless magic (without incantations) etc. The founders had decided that it was best to teach him all they knew and what he can grasp, since after removing Voldemort's soul shard from Harry, they would merge with him and give him access to all of their knowledge. They also found out that he was a very fast and voracious learner in a practical way.
On the other hand, Harry also learnt many things from his mother which the founders couldn't teach him, since many spells were not invented and used during their time. She regaled him by telling him stories about her and her friends, her time at Hogwarts, his father and his friends, the pranks they pulled, how they got together etc. Harry thoroughly enjoyed his time with his mother and the founders and always tried not to leave when the time has come for him to rest.
Another thing that Harry and co. learnt was, Dumbledore had put roughly 3 magical blocks on his core preventing his magic from growing except under extreme stress which might kill him or put him into a coma which led to the females residing in his head ranting about the dangers about 'putting many blocks on magical cores killing people' and the males to secretly plot ways to maim the current headmaster and Harry becoming more confused until he was explained about the blocks put on his magical core which led him to gain an even more loathsome feeling about Dumbledore. Godric after checking the blocks for any faults ensured others that there was no immediate danger to Harry and the goblins could remove the blocks safely when they arrived at Gringotts for which everyone had a sigh of relief.
In the physical world, his position with Dursleys had not progressed at all if at all it worsened. He was subjected to bullying at school by Dudley and his gang which led to many bouts of accidental magic which made his uncle furious and more punishments followed. Harry always returned to his mind whenever he was punished where he would cry about his life and would be comforted by all the spirits who also plotted to get back at the Dursleys.
Time progressed quickly and it was roughly 11 days before Harry's birthday when the zoo incident happened and his first Hogwarts letter came by post. Vernon upon seeing that torched it and locked Harry in his cupboard. From the next day forth, there was a continuous stream of letters, Vernon in a fit, tore them and burnt their remains. But the letters never stopped coming. Fearing that wizards may come soon, he took all the residents of Privet Drive to an abandoned island where Hagrid arrived on the day of Harry's birthday, gave him his first birthday cake, explained to Harry that he is a wizard (for which Harry had faked surprise), gave Dudley a pig's tail and let himself take Harry to the leaky cauldron where other wizards greeted him. After some time, both of them steered clear of the crowd and had entered Diagon Alley.
After withdrawing some of his wizarding money and a 'top-secret package' for Dumbledore from Gringotts and making purchases for his school year, he told Hagrid that he wanted to explore the alley alone and pleaded with him that he will be good and not disturb Hagrid while he goes on his personal business. Finally relenting, the large man told Harry to go explore but return to the Leaky Cauldron within 5 hours from where Hagrid will take him home all the while warning Harry to not stray away from Diagon alley into the shadier parts before vanishing among the crowds. Steeling himself, Harry started to move towards Gringotts where he found an empty line to a Goblin and started speaking to him.
"Excuse me, sir. I would like to speak to the Potter family manager" spoke Harry politely which by itself earnt him some brownie points among the goblins present there.
The goblin named Bogrod observed Harry for a few minutes and upon finding his scar to be present and his magical signature similar to the Potters, had called another goblin to take Harry to Sharptooth who was the Potter family manager
Moving through a maze of corridors Harry and the unnamed goblin stopped before a huge door. Going through it, Harry was greeted by another goblin who he assumed was Sharptooth himself. He was very tall compared to his brethren and had a maniac glint in his otherwise black beady eyes. He also appeared of a regal descent in the goblins as observed from his appearance. (Salazar had taught Harry about all wizarding species and how to recognise their heritage by some specific methods lost to modern wizards but used widely by the ancients.)
"Greetings, Mr. Potter. My name is Sharptooth. I am the Potter account family manager. What can I do for you?" asked Sharptooth in a rusty voice putting on a neutral demeanour.
Confirming his hunch, Harry started speaking thus, "Greetings, master Sharptooth, please call me Harry. As for my reason of coming here, it is to find out my ancestry. Is there any way to find out? And could you please not speak of our meeting to anyone else? Anyone who doesn't know about me being present here and I wish that none of the wizards or witches knows about it as well." spoke Harry.
All of Harry's mind-residents had decided it was best to not let anyone know about them residing in his head and had decided to follow a plan where he could gain the Goblins' and other magical species' alliance which would help him and others he will trust in the long run and help him remind Dumbledore of his own position and not manipulate others as he wishes. They also told Harry that if he trusts someone and they find out his secret, he was free to tell them about the charm and the spirits in his head.
"Only if you call me Sharptooth, Mr. Po.. er.. Harry. Now you can find your Ancestry and General information about yourself by placing a drop of your blood on this rune. And you need not worry. I, on behalf of Gringotts, ensure you that we always have been confidential and will not break your trust." answered Sharptooth showing Harry a stone with several carvings on it which Harry assumed is the rune Sharptooth had described.
Harry, without hesitation pricked his finger with a knife Sharptooth had given him and let a drop of blood fall onto the rune which started glowing a light blue hue on contact with the blood and started projecting Harry's ancestry and abilities onto a parchment beside it. Sharptooth observed that he did everything without hesitation like he fully trusted them and had knowledge about their methods but everyone had been telling that Harry had come to know about the magical world only this morning which made Sharptooth doubt about Harry's knowledge about this world. He decided to hold off that thought and investigate this matter after everything Harry had asked was done.
On seeing what his abilities and who his ancestors were, Sharptooth's eyes bulged out of their sockets making Harry laugh internally while acting confused until he was told that he was an heir to the founders and indirectly, the master of Hogwarts at which Harry had feigned surprise and shock. Being an heir to the founders made Harry an immediate friend to the goblin nation since they had vowed and made alliances with all the founders to protect their progeny and the master of Hogwarts which gave him a variety of abilities while in Hogwarts which include able to perform apparition in the halls of Hogwarts (only the headmaster and the heir has this privilege), able to command every portrait, ghost, armour, golems etc. which reside in Hogwarts, ability to control the wards surrounding Hogwarts, give or take house points, see passageways which he can use to go to any part of the castle he wishes to go etc. and many other abilities.
The list of vaults and assets Harry had gotten had a staggering amount of wizarding money present in them, sufficient to let all of his family and his future generations have comfortable lives, however extravagantly they lived.
Lordships and list of vaults:
Trust vault (5,000 galleons, 3,000 sickles and 2,000 knuts to be refilled annually)
Potter lordship and Potter family vault (1.4 million galleons, 1.2 million sickles and 1.3 million knuts worth excluding jewels, gems, assets, heirlooms, castles etc.)
Gryffindor lordship and Gryffindor vault (2.3 billion galleons, 2.2 billion sickles and 2 billion knuts excluding jewels, gems, heirlooms and castles)
Slytherin lordship and Slytherin vault (2.4 billion galleons, 2.3 billion sickles and 2.1 billion knuts excluding jewels, gems, heirlooms and castles)
Hufflepuff lordship and Hufflepuff vault (2.1 billion galleons, 2 billion sickles and 2.2 billion knuts excluding jewels, gems, heirlooms and castles)
Ravenclaw lordship and Ravenclaw vault (2.2 billion galleons, 2.4 billion sickles and 2.3 billion knuts excluding jewels, gems, heirlooms and castles)
"Harry, as far as we know, Dumbledore wouldn't send you right now to claim your lordships. And also, for one who came to know about the magical world only this morning, you seem to have a rather keen knowledge about all of us. What are you hiding?" asked Sharptooth suddenly.
Freezing in his seat, Harry tried to salvage the situation. Honestly, he wanted to get out of this mess without letting anyone know but had somehow forgotten the fact that he had come to know about this world only this morning from Hagrid (not counting the fact that he was told about it by his mother and the founders) and tried to remove all of his blocks and be relieved. But it seemed that the goblins were far more observant than he assumed.
After some internal discussions, he decided that he and others in his head can trust Sharptooth and the Goblins and decided to come clean.
"Yes Sharptooth, I have been hiding some things from you and others. I have known about the magical world since I was 8 and I wanted to tell you about it afterwards but since you confronted me about it, I will tell you. But most of it would be unbelievable." spoke Harry calmly.
"Humour me." told Sharptooth.
Harry then delved into an explanation about his life, how he was treated, the charm his mother had cast on him which also led to the founders' awakening in him, the function of the charm, his training, Dumbledore's mistakes and so on. Sharptooth was dumbfounded after listening to his story. He tried to refute it but the facts and training sessions Harry told him convinced him not to. After Harry's explanation was done, Sharptooth thought deep and started speaking.
"Harry, honestly I don't want to believe it but you have told me some irrefutable facts. Also, the presence of your occlumency barriers strengthens your claims. Only your description of Dumbledore doesn't fit, but it gives us the idea that he doesn't have your best interests in mind. We are sure that the blocks on you are showing signs of Dumbledore's magical signature. It also gives us an idea that he may not have the best interests of muggleborns, half-bloods and other magical species and only thinks about the out-dated traditions of the 'purebloods' while maintaining a grandfatherly persona. He has many positions of power but he has done little to improve our standings but lets the 'in-breeders' have their way. So we, the Goblins will support you in bringing out Dumbledore's true nature and due to the alliance formed by us to the founders. I will talk with Ragnok, the director of Gringotts and see what I can do.
Harry, after hearing out Sharptooth's words was relieved to find out that the Goblins seemed to consider his pleas to bring Dumbledore to justice. So, confident that his mission will be successful, he started to ask Sharptooth to remove all his magical blocks and the soul shard of Voldemort which was accepted and he was escorted by a guard.
Harry was taken into a room with rune markings on the floor and walls. He saw that Sharptooth, Griphook and some other Goblins were present. Sharptooth assured him that all of them were in a contract not to let anyone know about this ritual to remove all blocks. Relaxing, he followed Sharptooth's instructions to lie in a sleeping position at the centre of the runes where some runes were drawn onto his visible skin. Prepared, Sharptooth signalled the others to begin removing the magical blocks on his core and the soul shard of Voldemort present in him which were lowering his own magical potential which was also shown by the rune. Given the permission, the goblins started to remove them which took almost 3 hours.
When the blocks on his core were removed, his magic burst forth and bathed him in a golden light. The goblins, trying to ignore this phenomenon started the process of removing and merging the knowledge and magical power the soul shard had, which was present in Harry's scar into Harry himself when he slipped into his subconscious where he was going to meet everyone in his mind for the last time (for now).
In Harry's mindscape:
Harry had come to love this place because everyone here had shown him love and affection. So, he was melancholic to see everyone leaving since Voldemort's soul shard was being absorbed into him which led to the charm being complete and the spirits ceasing to exist in his mind. In order to cheer him up, they started speaking
"Harry, the time we spent with you was our best. You shouldn't worry about us. Even when our spirits leave after giving you our magical abilities, you can talk to us by our portraits" told Gryffindor.
"Yeah lad, you shouldn't feel sad for us. Our time ended a long time ago and we are just spectres waiting to move to our next life's after giving you all of our abilities" said Salazar in an ever-eloquent manner.
"Likewise, you may not be able to talk to me since I don't have a portrait, but remember that I will be watching over you with your father from where we will be." spoke Lily sadly.
In the same manner, all of them had tried to snap Harry out of his depression but he had bawled a lot seeing that they were leaving and it might be the last time all of them met. When the soul shard was finally destroyed and its knowledge started being absorbed into him, all the other spectres in his mind started to fade away as mist and he was left alone with all of their knowledge and skills.
An hour after the rituals, Harry woke up. His magic was, for a moment, visible to all magical beings present in the room and he had gained various abilities and information on how to use them which, were a parting gift to him from the founders and his mother.
After claiming his lordships by donning the rings and making them invisible to others, he cut off the funding to the Dursleys who were being paid by Dumbledore (who, Harry found out, knew how he was being treated) for taking care of him which was about 1000 pounds a month and was waiting patiently for things to settle down so he could give Dumbledore many migraines and concussions if possible and make his life hell if he were to interfere in Harry's life. He also removed all the tracking and other bothersome charms which made him free to wreak havoc in a certain headmaster's life.
After completing all of his errands which included taking a new untraceable wand, compatible to him from Slytherin's vault (he found that his holly wand was blood bonded to him by Dumbledore who took some of Harry's blood when he was a horcrux and used it in a ritual but not so compatible right now since the horcrux was destroyed), a new trunk and some items necessary for his well-being from the Potter vault, he left Gringotts and shrunk them to fit into his pocket while having his school trunk out. He found Hagrid and let himself be taken him to Privet drive where he was greeted as usual with apathy. Harry decided to rest his body and magical core since finding out all about himself in the magical world first-hand made it such a tiring day and he wanted to be ready when he met the headmaster of Hogwarts.
A/N: Armed with the magical knowledge of Voldemort, his mother and the founders, Harry is ready for Hogwarts. What troubles would he face from now? Or what troubles would Hogwarts and a certain headmaster face from him? Stay tuned to find out.
A/N (2): I didn't talk about Harry's shopping for school but most of it is canon. Except for the part of his wand. In my story, his holly wand has undergone a blood ritual using Harry's blood to make it more compatible to him. Honestly, I believe that even in canon, Ollivander had known (at least doubted) about Harry being a horcrux from Dumbledore and was given his twin wand.