A/n: Okay, you guys asked for a few things with the overwhelming opinion that I should lay out the mess at Gringotts. Upon review of what exactly has to be laid out and how fast events are going for our boys... well they need more time. So! The Emergency Meeting is going to go over a portion of the mess and the bank mess will have to wait. Please remind me if we don't get back around to the bank again within a reasonable time/chapter amount.

Also, please feel free to offer up ideas for everyone's accounts, heritage, holdings, and accomplishments with the same for any past family. This will make my job easier and make it more fun for all of you! That said Enjoy the trip to Gringotts!

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Harry drifted in the dark, his head throbbing, aware that everything felt like moving through bubbly molasses. He could feel the magic of both Snape and Voldemort curling protectively around him as he drifted, trapped in the mental syrup caused by the concussion. He knew this didn't always happen with a concussion but it was still something he associated with a bad blow to the head. Then he started hearing quiet voices near by.

"Why did he react so badly to being shaken?" that voice had to be good ol' Voldy.

"Shaking a child roughly enough can kill them," Severus' voice corrected. "Its one of the easiest ways to kill an infant. Harry's weakened condition and the high likelihood of many previous concussions makes him more vulnerable to taking damage from such mistreatment. We are lucky that the healer found no extra damage beyond the rattling of his brain inside his skull, although that can be bad enough. He passed out from pain, probably from his link to you considering how inflamed his scar was. Small mercies."

"That isn't good," Voldemort hissed quietly in upset. "I realize that the healer said it was too soon for me to attempt to correct my mistakes but I am uncertain if we can wait until my health is optimal before trying to heal my soul. If this is what happens to our imp... Well lets just say that I refuse to leave him vulnerable and I am not stupid enough to think he can't escape if I try to keep him out of mischief."

"He needs a measure of freedom," Severus' voice warned softly.

"I know," Voldemort agreed reluctantly. Harry could tell just from listening that he really did know.

Harry picked that moment to groan and force his eyes open. He was in what amounted to a private infirmary. from the permanent clock enchanted on the wall he hadn't been out for more than twenty minutes. At a guess Voldemort hadn't opted to punish anyone or Harry knew that he would be in more pain and would have likely slept longer from the spill over down their link.

"Thanks for not cursing whoever," Harry croaked. He was helped into a sitting position and handed a glass of water, which he thankfully drank.

"And how, exactly, do you know I didn't curse anyone?" Voldemort asked softly.

"Because you would have used the Cruciartus curse and that always bleeds through when you're angry. I'm not feeling the effects of the spell so you didn't do it," Harry explained. He ignored the sudden quiet from his fellow wizards as he ran through a mental check list. The potion residue that was in his mouth when he woke up and the lack of dizziness or headache told him that his concussion was probably fixed. Anything else that happened hadn't left side effects so he figured that he was fine.

"If you can manage it try to rest for the remainder of the day. Otherwise you are fine, beyond what my colleague had already found and set treatment for," the on site healer told them, checking over his medical files again. "You are free to leave with your companions as long as you stay with them in case of a relapse. Your file indicates that both are aware of your current health and the healing plan so I wont go over it again."

They watched as the healer calmly left the infirmary, belatedly realizing that they had been dismissed.

"Brat, don't scare us like that," Severus admonished softly as he helped Harry get to his feet. The healer hadn't bothered undressing him so the Gryffindor was still in his current set of shrunken Dark Lord clothes. Voldemort mentally sighed in both relief and irritation as he contemplated getting his panthers a few quick outfits until he could sort them out properly. Just because he liked them clothed in something of his as another claim of ownership and protection didn't mean the pair weren't in need of their own things.

It didn't take the trio long to find themselves in front of Voldemort's account manager after that.

"May your vaults over flow and the blood of your enemies soak the ground," Voldemort offered politely as he ushered his two panthers into seats.

"May your gold grow and your enemies tremble at your name," the goblin offered with a grin. "How may Gringotts help you this day?"

"I need to add these two to my family and certify the family bond we established a few days ago. There can be no risk that they will ever leave my protection and, if necessary, guardianship," Voldemort explained. Severus made an indignant noise but a look from the Dark Lord quieted him without further issue. "I will also need an overview of their holdings to go over at a later time. For now, as family head and lord, I want Dumbledore and his Order of the Phoenix banned in any form from taking anything out of their holdings or having access to their properties. Depositing is fine but I also request that everything from that source is suitably checked for tampering. All correspondence should also be routed through Gringotts and checked before being sent on."

"But!" Harry protested. "My friends!"

"This is to keep you safe," Voldemort pointed out. "It isn't about stopping you from sending letters or receiving them but instead stopping things that would hurt you or remove you from safety. It wouldn't surprise me to find out that Dumbledore implemented similar measures when you were younger and has simply not removed them beyond adding exceptions for your friends. If he hadn't you would have been buried under gifts and mail mixed with dangerous curse carrying and poison laced letters. It also wont surprise me if we discover that he and his little group have been stealing from your accounts but I suspect that would be more politics than actual malicious intent. We wont know for certain until we go over your accounts and investigate everything. Something that we wont have time to do any time soon. As it stands we will likely have to hire tutors to at least get you through your OWLs. At some point we will need to look into getting you both a back up wand and possibly a different focus, a bracelet perhaps? Something harder to loose and harder to break."

"My friends and Sirius are the only ones who ever send me anything... well except for the school and the Headmaster," Harry said quietly.

"You did not receive the Gringotts missives for your accounts?" the goblin asked with a fierce frown. This was important not only to the customers but to the integrity of his people!

"No and I never really got to hold my vault key... is that important?" Harry asked cautiously. From the way everyone else immediately scowled it bloody well was important!

"I want an audit on their accounts, hidden and public, as well as any account they may have potential access to," Voldemort ordered tightly.

"You can't!" Severus started to argue only to cut himself off at the glare he received from the Dark Lord.

"~I don't think you quite understand. I claimed you. Not just as family but as more. As far as I am concerned neither of you will ever again have secrets from me and I will discover anything I don't already know. Your accounts, along with discovering anyone who has messed with them, are included in this,~" Voldemort hissed succinctly. There was no point in letting the goblin overhear this after all and it was time to lay out his current intentions to the pair of them. "~I will touch you, platonically, when I please and you will both sleep in my bed until such time as you marry a suitable spouse. I am highly possessive and it is not a trait that I am willing to curb when it comes to anyone I see as mine. I expect you both to speak up if you disagree with something or if you are being harmed by something, even me. The joint sleeping arrangements and random touching are as non-negotiable as my protection of both of you. Unless it is unavoidable I have no intention to return you to the old man's clutches. Dumbledore will not reach either of you ever again if I have my way.~"

Harry gulped at his serious tone but couldn't hide his bewilderment over being wanted. Yes, he could understand being used, he rather expected it to various degrees by this point. He could even understand doing things for him out of friendship... but this claim? This need to protect him? Even with the soul thing involved? He just couldn't understand it. Between the Dursleys and always being shoved to the front line in a fight or fighting for his life every year this idea of a... safe haven with actual caring adults was foreign to him.

Severus winced mentally at seeing the lost look on Harry's face. If the brat's only experience with actual care was the Mutt, Molly Weasley, and his friends... well Black wasn't sane and he is a Black complete with the family madness. Molly? Her "affection" manifested more as unbreakable orders and attacks that threatened to suffocate the recipient rather than provide an actual hug. Then too Ronald seems determined to keep their Imp completely isolated... possibly on Dumbledore's orders. No, it was clear to him that Harry needed them for more than just practical protection.

"~Our Imp might just need that, aside from the medical concerns,~" Severus grudgingly admitted. "~I, on the other hand needed to keep secrets to simply stay alive. I no longer know what might kill me out of all the secrets I hold.~"

"~Then it is high time you shared,~" Voldemort glowered before turning back to the waiting goblin, reiterating what was to be done next. "They are both to be added to my family. We need to certify the family bond that was enacted several days ago and, for your records, record the fact that they are under my protection. Audit their accounts and report on the results but do nothing until instructed unless dictated by your own laws. I want a chance to destroy any threats properly and that may necessitate allowing them to continue to dig their own graves for a time."

"Understood," the goblin said unhappily, making a note about not stopping the thieves immediately but also notably more cheerful at the thought that they could apply goblin law.

"~If it will aid... I will accept the gender change and blood adopt Harry as well,~" Severus offered in a pained tone of voice and a grimace. The parseltongue slipping from his lips in a quiet hiss as the goblin fetched the needed paperwork to confirm their family.

"~I know you don't object to the imp as your son so it must be the gender swap,~" Voldemort chuckled maliciously. Severus glared but didn't argue the point. After all he knew better than most that it would be permanent and very complete. If he wasn't careful his fellow Death Eaters would get... grabby. Not that some didn't need to be cursed any way for the same reason prior to this but it had been handled. This time Severus might not be so lucky.

"~I will not require it... for now,~" Voldemort hissed in a smug tone that told Severus his... offer had been a good idea. After all offering showed his dedication and the lack of need for it to actually happen.

This time there were no objections as they signed the paperwork. Voldemort planned to cuddle with them a great deal once they got home. Although, they still had the Emergency Wizengamot meeting to get through before he could curl up with them in bed.

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A/n: Alrighty then! Let us all thank musey for cooperating without too much fuss for this chapter! The current plan is to address Dumbledore as the opening act of the Emergency meeting. This may change depending on how much of a brat Musey happens to decide to be.

Again, please feel free to offer up ideas for everyone's accounts, heritage, holdings, and accomplishments with the same for any past family. Other ideas are also welcome even if they don't currently fit in the story. After all I can always reshape part of the plot to fit them later! Especially, if Musey really likes them! ^.^