A/N: Most characters and the main plot belongs to J.K Rowling.
Harry was currently with Sirius and Remus, they had just left the courtroom after a chat with Amelia Bones and Dumbledore. They had sorted out the payment that he would receive for the injustice afflicted upon Sirius. Sirius didn't care much for the money, the Black family was one of the wealthiest families in the whole of Britain, if not the wealthiest.
Dumbledore had allowed Harry the rest of the day off. The three of them appreciated that, but said that they would want to talk with Dumbledore when Harry was to be back. Dumbledore feared he knew what this was about, but he actually had a reason, so it didn't bother him, except a small fact that would most definitely be brought up later on.
"Have you ever been to Potter Manor Harry ?" Sirius asked with a smile on his face that hadn't left since he was declared clear of all charges, and they all knew that also meant his animagus form.
"No, I'm planning on going there this summer, I'm not going back to the Dursleys'." Then Harry thought that this was the perfect opportunity to ask what he had wanted to since he had found out about his somewhat extended family. "Would you two, you know, like to, er, come with me, to Potter Manor I mean, this summer ?" Harry cringed at how it had come out, Remus and Sirius both laughed at the expression on Harry's face, which was currently red with embarrassment at not even being able to talk to his family normally. "Haha very funny, now, do you want to or not ?" Harry tried to say this with his most serious tone, but it didn't work as the two men were still laughing.
"You remind me of James when he was around Lily at the beginning" he laughed, although Harry noticed the smallest unit of sadness in his eyes. "Of course we'll join you, it's not like I was looking forward to moving back into my family house, probably hasn't been taken care of since the death of my so-called mother." Remus nodded at this. Harry was happy with this, he would have a family around him this summer, a proper family, who could hopefully train him up.
"Would you be able to train me up as well ? I really like duelling, and I try to use transfiguration and charms in my style too, but I don't know much useful transfiguration to use in a duel for now." Sirius had a surprised look on his face, while Remus had a look of anticipation. He knew that to be a good sign.
"Personally, I'd be glad to teach you, I've always wanted to teach, but I don't really get offered teaching jobs that often, you can imagine why." Harry knew it annoyed Remus immensely. He had told Harry the reason for his furry little problem, and it sickened him to consider that a father was the cause of his child's Lycanthropy, especially when that father was passing laws against werewolves, and even insulting them all. "If you don't mind me asking Harry, I would like to be able to build a cage in a room for my problem, I wouldn't want any of you getting hurt."
Harry wanted to reject, not because he didn't want a cage in his house, but because he didn't want the man to think that they thought him too dangerous to be around them. Before Harry could even answer, Sirius said something.
"Actually Moony, you'll find that there is already a cage there. James had asked Charlus if he could have one build, in case you decided to come over at some point. It's in a room connected to your bedroom." Remus looked surprised at this, but pleased, very pleased.
"Oh well that's that sorted then. How about we go register Sirius as an animagus, and then we go out for lunch in muggle London ?" Remus asked.
"Sounds wonderful !" Harry and Sirius both said at the same time. Sirius put his arm around Harry's shoulder, and they headed of to the second floor of the Ministry to the Animagus Registry Office. It took just over ten minutes for Sirius to fill in the necessary documents.
Soon after, they found themselves going around muggle London after having g eaten a rather pleasant meal. They were currently walking around the Westfield London shopping mall. They were exactly there to buy anything, they just wanted to walk around. But Sirius had said that if any of them saw anything, that he would pay for it, it was thanks to them that he was free after all.
They went into the Luis Vuitton store, and they were all shocked at the price, some simple clothing items went into the thousands, and they didn't see what was so special about them, or what made them so expensive. They knew they could easily afford everything in the store, but they decided that there was no need to spend ridiculous amounts of money on clothes.
Sirius had said that they would get Harry a whole wardrobe make over this summer, if what he had told them about his plans were true, they figured he'd need quite a lot of new clothes.
They came out of the mall with a few items, mainly sport clothes so that Harry would be able to begin his physical training when he was ready. Sirius and Remus had both decided that they would join him in his training this summer. They knew they both had enough magical knowledge and power to get by with, but if there was another war, it wouldn't hurt to be better. So they all had a few sets of sports clothes ready. Harry was probably going to wait to be on holiday before he began, it was nearly the end of the year anyways.
Their next stop was Diagon Alley, Harry wanted to check with Ragnok how his business venture was going, they also decided that they would visit the Potter Family Heirloom Vault. Harry had originally planned on waiting for the summer, but now that they were there, he decided he didn't want to wait any longer. As they walked down Diagon Alley, they received quite a lot of curious looks as to why Harry Potter was in the Alley, with Sirius Black. Some wanted to catch Black, but decided against it, they had seen in the Daily Prophet that Sirius was meant to have a trial, but the date wasn't specified so that there wouldn't be too many spectators. Others came over and shook Harry's hand, and thanked him for everything he had done for the magical community. Harry didn't like it at all, but smiled at them nonetheless. Sirius had told him that he should act like he appreciated all the thanks he was getting, it would go far to help him with his plans for the future, plus it would gain him support for projects he had.
They walked up the white marble steps leading to the set of burnished bronze doors. The goblins to the side of the doors opened them, and bowed them in, they knew who Harry was, and he had a good reputation with the bank for his respect to their race. Harry bowed back, quickly followed by the two other men. As they walked in, Sirius complimented Harry on his standing with the goblins, they didn't all have that luxury, it was useful to have the people who managed your gold on your side.
Harry greeted the goblin in the customary manner, and asked if he could speak with Ragnok. The goblin quickly left with a short bow, and left to find his superior. A couple of minutes later, Ragnok came up to them with his greetings and a short bow, and led them into a private room, it was a more comfortable room for them, as they would have trouble fitting into the goblin's office, with them being four in total. The office would be able to hold them, it's just that this room seemed more appropriate, and a bit taller.
"Lord Potter, Lord Black, Mr Lupin, what can I do for you today ?" the goblin asked.
"I was just wondering how the business venture was going, and I was going to go visit my family Heirloom Vault." Harry replied, he hoped that it didn't take too long to talk business, he wanted some time in the vault, they only had 2 hours left as it was.
"Well I'm glad to tell you that Mr Dengar, the owner of the shop, has accepted 250,000 galleons for 30% ownership. He opened up 3 days ago, and you have already made near 1,000 galleons. If I might say so myself, you might want to use your fame to promote the shop, or even better ask Mr Dengar to put your name on the sign, it would attract people."
Harry considered this for a few seconds, then nodded. He would do that at some point, but he wanted to get down to his vault. The three men said their farewells to the goblin, and made their way to another teller. "Excuse me sir," he said politely, the goblin looked up from his parchment a little confused as to who would talk to a goblin like that, and then he recognized the boy as Harry Potter, so he understood better. "I would like to visit the Potter Family Heirloom Vault number #005b please."
The goblin nodded. "Do you have your key ?" Shit, Harry thought, he had forgotten about the key before the school year, not that he knew about how the vaults worked.
"No, sorry, I was wondering if it would be possible to make new ones for all my vaults ?" Harry hoped so, otherwise he had no idea where he would find the family key.
"Of course. This way Lord Potter." Harry was relieved at this, and followed the goblin. Sirius and Remus remained where they were, they said that they would wait for Harry. Harry went into a small office, he didn't think it belonged to any goblin in particular, because it missed some of the personal items that he had seen in Ragnok's office. The goblin pulled out a bright yellow bowl out of the drawer, and handed it over to Harry. "This will create a master key, it will be able to open all of your vaults. Is this good, or would you like separate keys ?"
"This will do perfectly, thank you ?" he finished with a tone meaning that he was waiting for the goblin's name.
"Sharptooth" he said with a smile that passed more as a grin with his pointed teeth showing.
"Well thank you Sharptooth, I appreciate this." The goblin nodded, and led him back to the lobby. They went towards Remus and Sirius, who noticed them and headed towards them. They went over to the large gate that Harry had seen the first time he had come, but had never been beyond thanks to his money pouch. As they walked through, Harry discovered that this wasn't anything like the bank's lobby. Here the walls were left bare, it was a cave, or a ravine, something in that style. There were cart rails all over the place, and the walls were littered with big Vault doors, as they went further down, there was more space that grew between the doors. At the top, all the doors were adjacent to each other, and the doors not very big, he guessed that these were the vaults used by either poor magical families, or by muggle families who put in enough money to fund the scholarship of their magical child. Harry knew his trust vaults themselves would be quite far down, well except his Peverell Family Trust Vault, that would be quite high, but still not exactly at the top. He knew he was very wealthy in the magical world at that point.
The three men and the goblin reached the ledge, and Sharptooth called for a cart, which appeared only seconds later. They all got in, and as soon as they were seated, the goblin began to move the cart. Harry was impressed as to how deep the rails went, he had vastly underestimated the depth. The cart moved faster than what was actually possible, especially on the parts where they were gained altitude, he figured that it must be magically enhanced. They reached his Vault after about fifteen minutes of riding, Harry's family vault was right at the bottom along with the Black vault, the Malfoy vault, the Selwyn vault, and the Longbottoms vault. Harry was surprised at this, most of the richest families attended, although he couldn't name someone with the Selwyn family name. The Potters were the least wealthy of them, but that wasn't counting the Peverell vault, and he guessed that that would make him go up quite a bit. Not that he cared anyways, he had enough money to last him centuries, and there was more coming in.
Harry walked over to his Vault, and pushed his key into the hole, and turned it. It didn't open, instead, another bowl and knife appeared. He already knew what he had to do, so cut open his finger. He allowed three drops to fall in, and then it opened. He had to walk through the money vault first, and it looked like he could build a house made from the coins in there alone. Sirius chuckled, while Remus' mouth was also hanging open.
After a while, the two of them recovered from their shock and made their way to the other vault that was attached to this one. "To open that door there Lord Potter, you will need to push some of your magic into it, just place your hand on the door, and push in your mind, it should release a bit of magic, and will it to open the door, it should recognise your family magic, and open." Harry went over to the door, and did as he was told, but nothing happened. Sirius placed his hand on his shoulder and told him to relax, and take a deep breath, he needed a clear mind for this, so he did exactly that. When he was ready, he tried again. This time it opened, and it revealed a huge chamber. Harry didn't think that he would have enough time in here, so began straight away as to not waste time. He came up on a number of books, some dark, some with healing spells, defensive spells, but the one that caught his eye, was a potions book, it didn't look too old, Sirius and Remus followed his eyes, and recognised the book.
"It was your mother's," Sirius began "she was very good at potions. She had noted down all sorts of ways to make different sorts of potions quicker, how to prepare ingredients properly and everything. She really was good at it, you should take it, it might help you." Harry grabbed it, and put it in his bag.
They continued searching for the remainder of the time, and came across a wall with what seemed to be hundreds of wands. Harry knew that when he died he would want his Aspen wood wand to be up there too. He also found more books, many of which he took with him. He didn't know why they were down here, Sirius had told him that Potter Manor had quite an extensive library, not the size of the Hogwarts one, but with books not meant for the hands of children. Of course, Harry was still going to look at them, he'd had to grow up quicker than most anyways. What surprised Harry was the amount of jewellery in there. He was sure he could open a store with it in and not run out of stock for some time. They had done about half of the Vault when they decided that it was time to go back up. They had left with 20 minutes to spare before their meeting with Dumbledore.
The cart ride back had gone much quicker than the one to the vault. Harry assumed it was because he was going over everything he had seen in the Vault. He knew he would have to return this summer, but for now, he had enough to keep him occupied for quite a while. The three of them thanked the goblin for his time, to which the goblin bowed. They left the bank, and headed to the Leaky Cauldron, Dumbledore had allowed them access to the Hogwarts floo network. One by one the called "Hogwarts headmaster's office !", and disappeared in bright green flames.
A/N: Thank you for the reviews and your support on this story, I wasn't sure if you would like it, as it is my first story.
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Tracey doesn't get reprimanded for her profanity because she was actually defending Hermione, who is the only one who actually has a problem with it, and at that moment Hermione didn't really care much about the language as Malfoy had just said that she was a Mudblood.
About Hermione not being likeable, she will stay bossy for a while, until she discovers that life isn't just about books and knowledge, she had a little taste of it with Quirell, but she will begin changing as she experiences new threats, and adventures.
I see what you mean about Harry revealing all his titles at the hearing not being the best thing to do, but I think it works perfectly, because now Harry knows that if someone tried to touch him, he could unleash Hell over them, so he will be safer, plus it's something he can annoy Malfoy with.
As for some Hufflepuffs joining the group, I was leaning towards Susan Bones, and possibly Hannah, if you disagree, please let me know.