A/N: I don't own Harry Potter or any part of the series, it belongs to JK Rowling.

Chapter 16: More Meetings

Sunday, Dec. 9th 10 AM Gringott's Bank

Harry sits in the corner under his invisibility cloak, while Andromeda Tonk's nee Black, Lady Potter, and Griphold sit awaitintg the arrival of Lady Goyle. None of them think this meeting will be near as pleasant as the one's the day before ended up being. At 10 AM sharp there was a knock on the door and Griphold bids them enter. In comes Lady Goyle along with the Goyle account manager Thinbrow. Andromeda stands and welcomes Lady Goyle into the meeting, sending a message that while she is the lowest ranked female in the room she is above Lady Goyle in Lord Peverell's eyes. She says, I am Andromeda Tonk's nee Black and this is Lady Dorea Potter of the Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Potter. We are here to begin the meeting with the Lady of the former Ancient and Noble House of Goyle. Lady Goyle's eyes narrow and she debates to herself how to respond as she knows she is on the defensive here and doesn't see the Lord that not only killed her husband but 10 others with little to no effort. She decides to play it coy and smooth. I am Lady Arabelle Goyle nee Parkinson, I present myself as requested by my new lord, Lord Peverell, I assumed I would be meeting him here to negotiate the absorption of House Goyle into House Peverell. Lady Potter then speaks and says first we need to be clear on a few things, one, there will be no absorption of House Goyle into House Peverell, two, there is no negotiating, Lord Peverell won the Lordship of ten houses by Right of Conquest and by Right of Magic. As of this moment you live and breathe on his word or I might add on our, mine and Lady Tonk's word as we are here in Lord Peverell's stead with all authority of his name. Lady Goyle, the life you knew is now over, the pure blood doctrine that your husband spewed and the one to who he bowed to ended the moment Lord Peverell slit Goyle 's throat in the pit! You have few options, we are here to give them to you, beware anything you say can and will determine how you are situated in the future. Lady Goyle starts to lose her composure at being told she was as of now property and had no say in anything that happens to her, that her "Blood" meant nothing to her new lord, and that her actions would fall in line with Lord Peverell or she would be dealt with in a way that she wouldn't survive. Lady Goyle smoothes the front of her dress and says sweetly I would like to continue this meeting when Lord Peverell is here so that I can make my plea for my house to him personally, she left no doubt as to her meaning and what she would be willing to do to keep her standing.

Harry removes his cloak and surprises Lady Goyle when he says, I am Lord Harry James Peverell, Lord of House Peverell, Conqueror of House Goyle. You on the other hand are former Lady Goyle, what you retain or remain will be decided in the coming hours and maybe a few future meetings, but rest assured that your life has changed and for you it won't seem for the better. Lord Peverell, she says please call me Arabelle in private and once we come to a more formal arrangement, I would gladly accept you call me that at all times except when formal occasions require. Andromeda asks Harry, Lord Peverell if she may speak and Harry says of course my cousin your input and advice is always welcomed. Andromeda then looks at Lady Goyle and says, Arabelle if I may call you that, you seem to be under the impression that you have some say or sway with Lord Peverell here. Let me inform you of some facts and maybe we can start over and you will realize just where you now precipitously stand and you can re-evaluate how you wish to proceed. As of Thursday gone, there is no House Goyle, Lord Peverell is now Lord over a house that will never have an heir, it will never inherit its seat on the Wizengamot unless Lord Peverell chooses to place one of his children there. Any child you bear will never inherit the seat, house, vaults or properties, those all belong to Lord Peverell now. Your choice now is to decide if and how you want to live out the rest of your life, you are still a relatively young witch, you know we live longer lives than non-magical people, so Lord Peverell here could if he wished execute you for being a member of a conquered house, he could claim you as spoils and use you as a concubine or worse. He could lock you in a dungeon to live out you days, or put you in a hovel magically warded so you can't leave and have a house elf bring you just enough food and drink to survive, or he could marry you off to a muggle and bind your magic, he could sell you to a brothel in Knockturn Alley, in other words you belong to him. So again, I warn you chose what you say and do wisely and know you cannot keep secrets from your Lord, he can compel the truth from you. The look on Lady Goyle face had gone from quiet confidence to outright fear, she now knew her life as the proper Pure Blood Wife was well and truly over. She though had to try one last time, Lord Peverell I can be of use to you, I know all the Pure-blood families, I know their strengths and weaknesses, I know who you can trust and who you can't. Harry looks at her with a sarcastic smile and says even though I am relatively young in years I am sure in who I can trust and can't trust. I trust my family and no one else, there is even those who share blood with me that I will kill before this war is over, but those who choose blood purity over what is right will die by my wand or blade. Harry asks her to call all of the house elves bonded to House Goyle, she does and a smallish, sickly little female elf pops in. She is looking around nervously and Harry asks her name, she says I be Rubi, I belong to house Goyle how may I serve, she winced as if expecting to be scolded or worse. Harry kneels and tells her I am Lord Harry Peverell, your new Lord, are you bonded to Lady Goyle or the former Lord Goyle? She says I was bonded to former Lord but was told to follow Lady's orders too! Harry asks her if she want to be freed or if she wanted to rebond to him and work for House Peverell, she looks at Harry and says Rubi doesn't want to be free elf, Rubi wants to work and she will bond with new Lord!Harry kneels and asks her to come to him which she does and he bonds her to House Peverell, Harry then asks her to get her some material and make her a uniform of green and silver with the Peverell crest on the chest. The little elf seemed to be taller and healthier right before their eyes, she says Rubi bes happy to serve Lord Peverell.

Harry looks at Griphold and Thinbrow and tells them to go over the Goyle accounts and make sure they are solvent, make sure the house can be kept up to House Peverell standards until he decided what to do with all the Goyle estate. Harry asks if there is sufficient galleons to set up a stipend so the house can still run smoothly and Thinbrow says yes, it is a Ancient and Noble house with 3.6 million galleons, 12 sickles and 15 knuts in the vault with a total value of over 4 million galleons in gold and assets. Harry tells them that he wants Rubi to have access to the vaults so the house can function and anything over 700 galleons a month has to be approved by himself. Lady Goyle starts to speak but sees the looks on Andromeda's and Lady Potter's faces and decides that she should be quiet for now and hope for a better understanding when Lord Peverell can to claim Lordship and her, she wasn't going to hold her breath on a good outcome. Harry tells Lady Arabelle to return to the Manor , do not leave the grounds and await his calling Rubi with a time to formally meet at the residence. Harry then tells Rubi to lock down the floo and wards and await his summons, she is to do the things necessary to keep the manor running and cook and clean as needed but do not respond to orders from Lady Arabelle if they would hurt House Peverell. Rubi bounces on her toes and says it will be as master says, Harry says I don't like the word master, just call me Harry!

After a break and a short lunch, Andromeda, Lady Potter, Harry and Griphold were seated in the meeting room waiting on the Lady of House Rosier to arrive. Lady Potter had done some research on Lady Iris Rosier nee Prince and found that she was very reclusive. She was 31 years old, and had suffered 2 miscarriages and never got over the loss of her children. She was barely able to function much less fulfil her duties as a Pure-Blood wife were supposed to, everyone knew that the former Lord Rosier was quietly looking to have her put away and remarry to gain an heir. Lady Potter had informed Harry of this during lunch and told him to treat this one with care as she thought she could harm herself if it went badly or be a help with some of the younger women that Harry was now in control of if they could bring her back to a normal reality.

There was a knock on the door and in came a defeated woman, a woman who looked like death was waiting for her and she would welcome it. This time Harry didn't sit under his cloak, this time he was right there. Harry stood and walked over to the Lady and said I am Lord Harry James Peverell, Lord of House Peverell and now Lord of House Rosier, it is a pleasure to meet you. She looks up and does a slight curtsy and holds her right hand out to which Harry takes it and slightly kisses her knuckles. Harry helps her to her seat and then returns to sit beside his cousin and grandmother. Lady Rosier introduces herself and says to please call her Iris, and that she presents herself to her new Lord to position her however he wishes. She says she knows she has very little to bring to the table to be an asset with her being over 30 and unable to have children. She tells Harry that she will follow her Lords wishes until her time is over and that she doesn't need much to survive. She says her former husband never let her be involved in any business so she doesn't know what they had and the elves were only allowed to shop for her and he always gave the orders to what she wore. Harry interrupted her before she could say another word, he tells her to call him Harry in private and Lord Peverell when the need arises but to never put herself down again. She is a witch and deserves to be treated with respect and dignity. He asks Andromeda if she would be willing to help Iris with a Lady's day out, and to help her understand the things she would need to know to manage her house. Harry was determined this one would not be another casualty of the war. Harry asks for the Rosier account manager to come and Griphold sends a message to Goldeye who was waiting outside the door. Harry introduces himself as Lord Peverell and the new Lord Rosier, he asks Goldeye for the accounts status and is told that the accounts are in great shape with over 8.8 million galleons in total assets. Harry tells Goldeye to lock down the vaults so only he or someone with his approval could enter. He wanted Lady Iris to get a monthly stipend of 2500 galleons with a card to access her funds. He wants the wards on the house upgraded and asks if there was a way she could get a portkey straight to House Peverell or the Gringott's itself if she was threatened? Andromeda tells Iris that her life was about to change and while she might not be able to have children naturally there were many children who had lost orphaned and needed a

mother to take them and love them as her own, but first she needed to get herself in a position to not only take care of a child but herself also. Harry wonders if there was some help either magically or in the non-magical worlds that could help her have children, magic is a wonderful thing and he thinks there should be a way, but that is a matter for another day.

Iris says this all sounds great but as of right now I am nobody, I have no house, I have no family to take me in and I am totally at the mercy of a man who can dispose of me at his leisure. Lady Potter tells Iris that she is definitely not a nobody, she is Lady Iris Prince and if anyone has a problem with that, she will find a place for her in House Peverell, Potter or Black and no one will question her. Harry just smiled and said I sure am glad I am in this family because I sure would hate to be on the other side. Harry asks Iris if she has an house elf and if so to call him/her. Iris says Pun and there is a quiet pop and there stands an female house elf neatly dressed in a jumper with the Rosier crest on it. Harry asks the elf if she was bonded to House Rosier or to the Lord or Lady? Pun says she was bonded to House Rosier but now needs new master as the Lord was dead. Harry asks if she wanted to bond with him and become a House Peverell elf, she nods repeatedly. Harry kneels down and puts his hand on her head and says the incantation and Pun accepts, Harry says you are now bonded to House Peverell, you are to follow the orders of myself, Lady Potter, Lady Black, Lady Tonk's and Lady Prince. Harry tells her to do a good job and take care of Lady Prince and that he would be visiting soon as he and Lady Iris had some unfinished business and to lock down the residence and get Lady Iris to House Peverell at the first hint of trouble. Pun pops away and Harry asks Lady Iris if she has any questions or needs anything done today? She says that she would like it if Lady Tonk's would visit her for a few hours because she hadn't had anyone to converse with in ages and she would like to get caught up. She hasn't had any friends since she left Hogwarts and it gets lonely in the Vineyard. Andromeda tells her that would be fine and she would send a Black Family elf to set up a visit, but they would definitely be going on an outing! Andromeda thought this might be a good time to bring Miriam and Liza along also to maybe form a bond, get them out of their shells, and find friends for the first time in a long time. She knew Harry would be all for it. They ended the meeting right there and Harry told Iris he would be in contact soon and enjoy her time with Lady Tonk's! After Iris has left Harry says that's 4 houses situated only 6 more to go, when Dorea says maybe only 5 because as of right now House Carrow has no one that we can find that is able to claim inheritance or ownership. Harry says that would be a blessing but he remembered that in his original time there were a pair of Carrow twins who were cute but very quiet and reserved. So there had to be one out there that no one knew of yet, but that was a problem for another day. They were ready for a rest and dinner and Griphold had other business to conduct, he was sure he was getting to a point that he would have to give up all of his other accounts and deal with the Potter and Peverell accounts only!

A/N's: I know this is drawn out, but again this is my first attempt. I am going to speed up the disposition of the acquired houses in the next chapters as some of the women are so entrenched in the pureblood mantra they can't be saved. Probably won't kill them but we will see if any have totally left the reservation and have to be put down. Start of the eradication of the Horcruxes but working on an idea that may either kill the soul shard or force them all back together making Tom mortal again!

My disclaimer! I don't own Harry Potter or any part of the series, it belongs to JK Rowling