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Harry began getting dressed still slightly confused at the sudden disappearance of two naked women who he had just gotten done sharing the night with. Although he could still sense their presence in the back of his head.
When Ginny and Harry had headed down stairs the rest of the family was busy talking with Fred and George in hushed whispers but Harry could somehow key into their conversation.
"I swear he said inner demon and angel." George said in a hushed whisper. "Yeah we wouldn't lie about this!" Fred finished.
Mrs. Weasley said reproachfully "Harry would never have an inner demon and angel the ministry strictly prohibits those creatures from interfering with non muggle affairs."
"well they try Molly but you know their quite powerful magical creatures no one's even sure where there from and no spells really stop them perfectly" Mr. Weasley said thoughtfully he had a look of envy on his face, "I wonder how he ran into them I know they watch are plane of existence and all but your supposed to of died to be able to handle their presence without going mad. I mean to say all the muggles who have had run in's with them start spouting of nonsense about demons and gods and the… well you know Prince of Darkness." The mention of the prince of darkness Harry felt his reinforced mind door shutter again. The very mention of this Dark entity who owned Demons and commanded obidience from the most powerful of dark creatures seemed to make what ever was locked away in his head very aggitated.
Mrs. Weasley nodded "do you think it's true though that he has them bound to him that's supposed to mean the person is destined to make a great pinnacle of a choice that will affect their entire life that the demon and angel won't leave them until it's been determined if they are good or evil…" Mrs. Weasley left her sentenced unfinished everyone seemed to of noticed that Harry and Ginny were standing at the bottom of the steps.
"Good morning Harry" the Weasley family said quietly looking at Harry who was concerned about what they had said but really didn't care. He figured he could probably get a book from the shop in Diagon ally later today that would explain it all.
"So Harry do you want breakfast" Mrs. Weasley asked as if Harry were on his death bed.
"Um sure Mrs. Weasley but you needn't be concerned about my inner demon and angel they really aren't that bad their kind of like friends."
Mrs. Weasley gasped in surprise "we weren't… we were just wondering…" Harry cut her off "its ok Mrs. Weasley I heard everything I'm fine with it." Everyone in the room went quiet once more.
"But how did you hear us Harry you were walking down the stairs?" asked Bill.
"Just one of the new talents he has" Ginny answered proudly "he has lots of them."
"Now that's too much information." Said George the family looked confused at his comment
"Yeah way too much we really don't need to be hearing about our sister's sex life." Now with Fred clarifying what George had meant or at least what he had taken Ginny's comment to mean Harry blushed deep red only to be beaten in embarrassment by Ginny whose face seemed even deeper red then her hair.
"Fred! That is not proper" Mrs. Weasley yelled at Fred
"But it is true that he has as many talents their too." Ginny said still blushing and walking past everyone to help herself to a bit of toast.
The rest of breakfast seemed to go by very quietly. The mood didn't seem to improve until the family decided to separate to let Harry and Ginny go to Gringotts on their own. Once their Harry felt the pressure of the family's stares lighten on his chest.
"Why did you add more fuel to the fire?" Harry asked Ginny slightly bemused and a little upset.
"Well I wasn't going to lie it was quite true that your talents go beyond the every day." Ginny said unfussed.
"You still didn't have to make your parents hate me more I'm already steeling their youngest child away and now you're making it public that were…" Harry couldn't bear to say sex it was still all too new to him with the emotions of his inner demon and angel adding to his confusion his body now being fully grown and being in a sexual relationship when he had barley even started noticing the difference between men and women a few weeks ago.
"Relax Harry they don't hate you and any ways it sounds like you might have a house so I'll have to move in with you otherwise who knows what this enchantment binding us will do.
"It will kill you and that would probably kill Harry" said Maloney her head appearing in between Harry's and Ginny's.
Both Harry and Ginny jumped nearly a foot into the air "will you stop doing that!" Harry said turning on Maloney she was dressed in a long black witches robe and behind her a little way was Mary dressed in a snow white Robe. "Where do you keep appearing from any ways?" Harry asked calmer now that he had gotten over being frightened.
"We come from within you though we really don't ever leave we can see, hear and feel everything you do or she does." Said Mary indicating Ginny.
"Well let's get going Harry your appointment with Griphook was supposed to start ten minutes ago." Ginny said looking at a clock at the back of the opening hall in Gringotts. The bank seemed pretty empty though there were only one or two witches and wizards every counter had a goblin sitting and waiting looking straight forward in anticipation of a customer who wouldn't come for probably hours. Their stony posture made Harry uneasy.
"Come on ladies" Harry said motioning to the nearest desk and striding forward.
"Welcome to Gringotts bank how may I serve you today?" the goblin asked in his odd crackling voice.
"I'm hear by appointment to see the goblin Griphook about my estate." Harry said, he saw an odd glow coming off the goblins like some kind of aura it reminded him of the color he had seen last night off the girls he looked at them and again saw their respective colors that he knew to be their emotions.
As he looked at the goblins around the place he could see that they all had a similar color some sort of deep red much like the color that came off of Maloney though theirs he could tell was not gentle and loving towards him but deep malcontent and hate towards himself and Ginny but they had no feelings toward Maloney and Mary which Harry thought odd.
"By all means follow me Mr. Potter and I will lead you to Griphook's office." Following the goblin they were led to a door that came off the main hall that led into a hallway which had dozens of doors off this hall way going down it and going through another door they were led into a room with a half dozen black and red elevators the old kind that were made of metal though this odd looking metal was black with splotches of red mixed in with the black. It reminded Harry of the time he spent in the chamber of secrets or at least the other chamber with the man in the black pin stripe suit.
They took the lift furthest to the right inside Harry saw over 70 buttons though each button didn't have a number but some sort of symbol that Harry didn't recognize. The goblin made a waving motion over the buttons and then pressed the one at the top it immediately clanged to the top. On the way up the goblin said most happily,
"If any one tried to get up these elevators without a goblin guiding them the elevators floor would open up and dump them into the deepest part of our vault chambers down below."
Harry remembered how Griphook had alighted at telling Hagrid and him about how they didn't check the vaults but every few months "how far of a drop is it?" Harry asked conversationally though not really wanting an answer.
"Over a hundred feet and theirs anti magic all though the rock face making it impossible to save yourself with wand magic." The goblin smiled wickedly.
The lift banged to a stop and the goblin led the way out of the lift through another two doors and hallways with more doors though Harry didn't understand how there could be so many doors so close together because were one stopped the next one began immediately. It seemed that the room beyond these doors would have to be broom cupboards.
When they reached their door a set of double regal looking doors the goblin made some sort of complicated hand motion and the doors opened without provocation the goblin smiled and waved them in. as they entered the doors slammed shut behind them and with a sickening click they locked behind them.
The room they entered was an office the size of which Harry had never seen within was a pure rot iron desk behind it sat Griphook along the walls were a dozen book shelves lined with leather bound tomes in front of the book shelves black marble pillars that led up to a vaulted ceiling twenty-five feet above them and around each pillar was a few vine plants that grew up to the ceiling which was covered in the vines in such a mess that it looked like the ceiling was made of vines. They were flowing in multi colored flowers that seemed to change color randomly.
Behind the desk sat Griphook and in front of the desk four blood red leather chairs whose feet seemed to be made up of dragon skin rapped around some sort of bone. Griphook motioned for them to take a seat though it took them thirty seconds to reach the desk. The walk made Harry uneasy to be so far from the nearest entrance or exit made him feel trapped.
"Welcome Mister Potter and Miss. Weasley please take a seat." Harry took a seat then Ginny the one to the very right of his leaving the two on the ends for Maloney and Mary. "Well it would seem that we have quite a few things to go over Mr. Potter but first I need to know if you intend to stay as you are or if you intend to become a lord of the Potter estate?"
Harry wasn't sure what Griphook was talking about and felt that in this case the best answer would be honesty. "Um, well what exactly does that entitle because as I'm sure your well aware my knowledge of wizarding customs is a bit lacking."
"Well Mr. Potter to be precise if you wish to not become the lord of the estate then you will return to your life as if nothing has happened and this will be the last we talk of it unless you schedule another meeting in which you have changed your mind." Harry knew he didn't want to do that it would mean going back to the Dursley's, "if you so choose to become Lord Potter then you will be unable to be formally married to any female that is not appointed by legal means though any children you have with them will take on your name and when they come of age have the opportunity to take the lordship once you are deceased as long as they themselves remain unattached in the legal sense of the word."
"So I won't be able to Marry any one that's all?" Harry asked not really thinking that a big deal being that marriage was just a title so that your children could inherit your name but form what Griphook said that would not be a problem.
"No it is not all, you would have to live in the Potter estate for at least one month for the enchantments that lie within to acclimate to you and you would inherit the Potter inheritance which has not been touched in over" Griphook looked down at some papers on his desk, "over twelve centuries."
"Why hasn't it been touched in so long?" Harry asked curios after all if it hadn't been touched in so long how much could their really be.
"do to the requirements of becoming a lord in the magical community the true wealth of the Potter family has remained untouched when the last heir died he gave his children a small amount from the vault that is what lays now in yours. Over the course of twelve century's it has slowly decreased in the amount left to the sir Potters but as their hasn't been a lord in such a long time no one has even looked at the estate in a very long time."
"I understand that Griphook. But why hasn't any one else become a lord in my family line in over twelve centuries?" Harry thought his question was plain so it must be that Griphook didn't want to remark on the true reason.
"Well it was quite a long time ago but apparently the last lord was not the most outstanding of characters and those who have taken up the title since that one have only been worse leading to the false belief that the lordship was cursed. It was passed down the line that to be truly genuinely good that you would not deny the one you love the title of being married to you as well as the curse seemed to keep almost all possible heirs away though there are some records of other family relatives laying claim to the estate, the last one having been around two hundred years ago."
"And what happened to them why didn't their line continue the lordship?" Harry felt that he was getting a jest of the reasons why someone wouldn't want this title.
"The last few lords have denied the pleasure of taking women to bare their heirs as such none were born and the lordship died with them revoking their claim and passing it to the next potter who was eligible for the title."
"Can I see what the estate entitles?" Harry asked thinking it best to get a picture of what he would be inheriting before he agreed to the terms of lordship.
"I'm afraid not Mr. Potter you see the goblins only help keep the estate records but what the Potters truly owned or what has been hidden in the estate since then well we don't really know…" Griphook seemed to be angry either at the fact that wizards kept something a secret from the goblins or that the goblins didn't have all the information.
"Well then do you have any information on the estate I'll be inheriting." Harry asked hopping that he could at least use that to help him make his decision.
"yes well the estate is a unplotable, unmapable, unlocateable place by no means can you reach it except with the owners permission and even then only at certain locations, there is a entrance here in Gringotts, one in Hogwarts, and another just outside of St. Mungo's. The doors when opened by another simply open into broom cupboards and other rooms but when opened by the Lord in ownership it opens to the front hall of the Potter estate. As it is so tricky to get there I have no other specifications." Again Griphook seemed to be angered by the lack of information on this place.
"Do you know of any others who would want the estate if I decide to revoke my claim? Harry asked wanting at least as much information on his family as he could this was some of the first real information he had ever received.
"As of current there are only three other persons who have any possible blood right to the claim but only if you revoke your claim if you simply remain a lord in waiting than they will still have no claim until your demise." Griphook looked down again at the papers flipped through them than looked back at Harry, "what little information we have on the mansion is that it is large enough to require a multitude of servants, the last lord sent out for supplies for him and his servants on a number of occasions it seemed he must have had over two dozen servants and as such we can assume the estate be large enough to require that much staff must be larger than most wizarding households of today's time. Also the estate seems to be very old some of these records date back to the Peverell ownership which as you most know is quite ancient indeed."
"The what ownership?" Harry asked unsure of what Griphook was talking about.
"the Peverell ownership this building was originally owned by a family of wizards with the sir name Peverell the direct line apparently died out and we goblins took over management after that, apparently the mansion was once some sort of owners house for the bank which explains why it was connected here and to the school as I'm sure you know Godric Gryffindor was an advent goblin slaughterer and helped subjugate my people before we freed ourselves from wizard rule." Harry didn't quite understand what Griphook meant but was sure to make a mental note of it. He wanted to ask Hermione about goblin subjugation he had a felling hearing it from Griphook it would be slightly skewed to make the wizards look like the bad guys.
"right but what were the four other Heir's names?" Harry asked Griphook getting the feeling he was being given the run around.
"The Black Heir hold Family ties with the Potters, Slitherin's Heir, Field's Heir, and of coarse the Hufflepuff Heir." Griphook looked up from his sheet and seeing the look on Harry's face seemed to send a wicked grin to his face.