Hey everyone,
WOW! This story just doesn't want to let me go, it really doesn't! It kind of makes me worry for whenever I will get my next drought as I really DO want for this story to be as great as possible and there are still some important parts that I plan to write down; how Sly got out of Egypt and Harry's special Cooper Talent.
What is a Cooper Talent, you ask? Well, you know how Riochi was known for his stealth, Slytunk-hamen for his Invisibility Technique and Sly for the ability to use his ancestor's powers and abilities? Well, I have a very special little technique planned for Harry and it will revolve around Sly's return from Egypt.
Excited? Good,

Venquine1990


Chapter 05
Spell Signatures

Rigslow's POV

It's been so long. Almost four hundred years since the Coopers first made contact with us Goblins. It had been the female Pirate known as Henriette One-Eye Cooper who had visited our 200 year anniversary, which had taken place about two years after one of our bloodier wars against the Wizarding Kind.
The female Raccoon had really understood our plight for more equality and how we refused to accept what the Wizards had, 4 years before our anniversary, tried to offer to us as this ridiculous and highly degrading offer had been our reason for declaring war against the obnoxious beings and Henriette had agreed wholeheartedly with our side.
She had even, two years after the war had ended, offered us a sign of her appreciation for our honor and pride and had shown us a secret little map that she had drawn herself, which had constantly helped her to return to what is known as the Cooper Vault, her family ancestral Vault which was filled with hereditary treasure.

Yet it had been a few years after that when she, with permission from her father the famous Riochi Cooper, returned to us and spoke to us about her fears for the continuation of the Cooper Line and what would happen to her family vault if she were to fail in finding a suitable partner for herself to continue the line with.
We had searched in every branch of our company and had actually found another Raccoon that was colored in such a way his fur color matched perfectly with her own and it took only one meeting for them to realize that their fur colors weren't the only things matching perfectly between them, making them partners for life.

And now, almost four hundred years since that meeting between Henriette Cooper and Alexander Cresdo, is the latest Heir of the Cooper Line bowing before me, yet unlike his many ancestors before him, do I not see any grey fur, striped tail, grayish black fur covering his eyes or even the animalistic form of a Raccoon.
Instead of that, does the human form of Harry Potter, the last of the Potter line and the heir to one of our most powerful clients, bowed before me and the fact that someone was stupid enough to make the Boy-Who-Lived the lost Heir to the Cooper Line is something that makes me want to solve this problem post haste.
Yet, I did not become a High-Master just because of my need to fix the wrongs of others or because of my sense of justice. No, I became High-Master because I know exactly how to handle business where ancient and powerful families are involved and this case concerning the Cooper and Potter families is definitely no different.

I stand up from where I am gazing at the four bowing animals and two bowing humans before I say: "There will be no bowing by those who provide Gringotts with their highly proficient protection and guarding equipment. Rise, members of the Cooper Line and Gang, for you are Friends of Gringotts and Friends to all Goblins."
And while young Employee Weasley seems shocked to hear this, do grateful smiles show themselves at me from the faces of the four members of the Cooper Gang and the transformed Heir of the Potter and Cooper Line before I suddenly notice how the turtle is held onto the ground and standing by the hand of the Hippo.

"Is there perhaps something ailing your shelled friend, Lord Cooper?" I ask the male Raccoon, who nods and says: "Has High-Master Rigslow ever heard of the being known as Clock-La?" But I shake my head and say: "I have heard many tales of a being known as Clockwerk, yet Clock-la is a name I do not recognize."
"Clock-La is actually a being that was supposed to be created out of the restored parts of Clockwerk, after my friends, wife and I were able to shut down Clockwerk's own mental capabilities and functions. However, she is a being created out of both the mechanical parts of Clockwerk and a tiger once known as Neyla.
She was responsible for Bentley's crippled state as she closed her beak on his legs just when we were on the brink of defeating her by removing her power source, a Hate-Chip in which Neyla hid herself when she realized her mechanical body needed restoration. My wife was the one to destroy the Hate-Chip and with that Clock-La."
I nod at the tale told to me, not even feeling as if it wastes my time as I was the one who started the conversation and I ask: "And this situation with your friend's state, how long has it been lasting?" And to my shock, does the turtle answer: "Twenty-one years now. I had a mechanical wheelchair, but the magic around here –."

I nod at the Turtle's unspoken explanation and say: "I take it Employee 2875444 has told you about the Healer's method of removing your bones and giving you some potions, such as Skele-Gro?" The turtle nods and I say: "We of Gringotts have some researchers experimenting with runes and electronic devices.
Perhaps if we can get your wheelchair we can find out whether or not our newly developed Runes will restore its power source. Unless you would rather have your walking abilities returned to you." And while the entire gang seems shocked senseless, do I notice something that has my interest; young Potter's intrigued expression.
The teenage lad seems to have taken a whole new route of thinking after hearing my tale and while wondering what could be going through that mind of his, does the turtle say: "Is – would it be wrong of me to ask for some time to – to contemplate your offer and – and decide which road I would like to travel, High-Master Rigslow?"

I shake my head and then my interest is returned to young master Potter as he asks: "Bill, just a question, how good is your dad with runes?" And while I wonder what Lord Arthur Weasley could have to do with this, does William smile and say: "He's as proficient as I am, Harry, but now is not the time, you understand?"
And finally do I understand where the lad must have gone with his mind during my tale as I clear my throat and say: "Young Heir Cooper-Potter, once your hassle with the one we are neutral to has been settled – or at least once your issues with he who is in power have been – will we be more than happy to employ Lord Weasley for our team."
And while Employee Weasley looks at me with a wide eyed gaze a second time today, does young Heir Cooper-Potter bow at me before I motion them all a seat, the Hippo carrying a contemplative and to himself muttering turtle to a smaller, but high-seated chair while the Cooper parents each take a seat on the sides of their child.

I then decide to provide them with some more good news before dealing with the current situation at hand regarding their child and say: "Lord Cooper, I just want to inform you that we are quite aware of your old hassle with the one known as Dr. M. and all of the consequences this hassle had in regards to your son's inheritance."
The Cooper Lord seems a little disgruntled at hearing this and even sends a worried glance his wife's way, but the fox only returns this with a loving, understanding smile that seems to settle the Raccoon's nerves as I say: "Rest assured that we have long since dealt with these consequences and that the Vault has been restored."
"I'm sorry, I must have heard you wrong. The vault has been – what?" The Raccoon now asks me, looking more shocked than Employee Weasley did before and I say: "It has been restored, all the way to the last Ancient Egyptian Coin. All that remains is for your friends to return that last bit of Gold they retrieved all those years ago."

"The Vault is – restored?" The Raccoon asks in shock and then the young human asks: "You're talking about the Cooper Vault, right? Build by Slytunkhamen the Second?" And when we nod, does his father look at him and he says: "William was able to find me a whole set of papers describing my ancestors. Read all of them already."
And while pride now flitters across his father's face, do I cough to get their attention and say: "Young Heir Cooper, you are aware that, even without the Glamour, you are the last of the Potter line, yes?" The young male nods and says: "I know that whoever kidnapped me Glamoured me, but Lily and James did name me their son."
I nod and say: "Their Son and Heir. And as such, the Potter treasures and gold have befallen you ever since four years after their deaths. Of course, your papers and the reports that you have been receiving since your fifth birthday attest to this." Yet when I finish my sentence, does the look of confusion on the youngster's face worry me.

"What reports are you talking about? The only letters I have ever received are of Hogwarts, Rubeus Hagrid, the Weasley family, a family friend and Hermione Granger. And those only started after I got my 1st Hogwarts letter. I have never received – whoever kidnapped me must have cast some kind of spell to redirect my mail elsewhere."
The lad then mutters under his breath, his voice filled with anger and suspicion and I take a deep breath inwardly to make certain I can keep my temper and do my job before I say: "Be that as it may, you are and remain the last of the Potter line and as such, if you were to revert to your Cooper form, it will affect the Potter line directly."
Everyone looks at me in worry and I turn from son to father as I say: "Unless Lord Cooper is willing to take over Lordship of the Potter line and accept for the Potter Gold – or at least some of it – to be transferred to the newly restored Cooper Vault, will the Potter line seize to exist once you return to your Birth Form and looks."

At this the young Heir turns to his father with a concerned begging look as he says: "Dad, please. Please accept my adopted family's wealth and fortune. Lily and James knew I wasn't theirs by blood, but they adopted me and they even sacrificed themselves so that Voldemort couldn't kill me. They've been protecting me since."
And while part of me wonders what kind of magic the late Potter Lord and Lady used to protect this little lad even after moving onto the next plain, does Lord Cooper smile at his son and say: "You look as brilliant as a Potter as you do a Cooper and I've heard enough so far to know that honoring the Potter line is the right thing to do."
But then his wife lies a hand on his elbow and when Lord Cooper looks at Lady Cooper, does she turn from him to me and ask: "High-Master Rigslow, do your laws demand it to be a Lord to who the family is handed off to? My husband will have his hands full on his newly restored vault and his son's new Cooper Training, so –."
She ends there, yet I already understand what she is trying to say and smile at her intelligence, while her husband and son look at her with exciting glee showing on their faces and through their smiles before I say: "No Lady Cooper, it does not need to be your husband who takes over the Potter line, you are allowed to do in his stead."

The woman nods and says: "Then I will. I was born a member of the Fox Family and I am – sort of – certain that the Spanish department of your company has some kind of knowledge of my family's inheritance." At this I nod and say: "I am quite aware of your heritage myself, Lady Cooper, and its many bonds to the Cooper Line."
Yet this seems to be new information to those in front of me and I say: "I will prepare some papers that have the bonds between your birth family and married family written on them to be handed to you later." The fox nods and I turn to her son as I say: "For your mother to take on the Potter line, you must give official permission, young Heir."
To which young Potter-Cooper nods, stands up and takes one of his mother's hands as he says: "I, Harry James Potter, hereby declare that all that is mine by Blood as Heir to the Most Noble and Most Ancient House of Potter does now belong to Carmelita Montoya Cooper Fox and that all magic belonging to me is now hers as well.
By the protection Lily Rose Potter née Evans bestowed upon me upon her death, so I swear, so Mote it be." And just by the last part of his oath, do I suddenly see an incredible power of magic showing itself all around both the young human lad as well as his vixen mother, the power of this magic being astounding to look at.

The others are all shocked and astounded as well, but then Lady Cooper says: "I, Carmelita Montoya Cooper-Fox, hereby accept all that my son, Harry James Potter also known as Rin-Gin Cooper, has bestowed upon me and swear to uphold and honor the pride, strength and honor of the Most Noble and Most Ancient House of Potter.
By the protection Lily Rose Potter née Evans bestowed upon my child by her death, so I swear, So mote it be." And the powerful surge of magic that I was able to see and sense before now becomes an aura of onyx black and cobalt blue magic, the two forms of magic swirling around each other like clouds of different colors.
The aura is most powerful where the two have their arteries and main blood vessels, yet the way that the boy has strong onyx black magic swirling around his forehead worries me, together with the cringe the boy releases before the magic there weakens in strength as if the aura just attacked something within the lad.
Then the two auras start to separate from each other and while the onyx black becomes more and more bright and brilliant in color like a gem, does the cobalt blue strengthen and thicken in form. The two then separate and the cobalt recedes itself within the young Cooper lad, does the Onyx black merge with Lady Cooper's skin.

Everyone by now has slack yaws and wide eyes before I nod and say: "The transfer has been a success and, thanks to Lady Cooper's words, has Magic itself already recognized young Rin-Gin as the official Heir to the Cooper Line, making him eligible to everything Lord Cooper and his Ancestors have gathered over the centuries."
This makes young Lord Cooper smile at his son in pride and I open one of my drawers, pulling out a small rectangle box and two square boxes before closing the drawer again. I then move the rectangle box to Lady Cooper-Potter, one of the square box to her husband and the last to her son, all three of them taking them as I say:
"These boxes contain the official Bracelet of the Potter Lady, the Cooper Lord Ring and the Cooper Heir Ring. The Cooper Lord Ring is one that has every so often been worn by the Head of the Cooper Family, but is not a must to be worn and can also be stored here within Gringotts if the Cooper Lord so desires.
The Bracelet is one worn by the Lady of the Potter Line as, when the first Lady took the title, she lived in an era where Ladies were not well-respected, so she used lots of her own magic and worked alongside Goblins to make the powerful little artifact you see before you. Since then the Potter line has accepted both genders to rule the line."

And while the family smiles at hearing this tale, does the fox open the box and take out the bracelet, which is made of dark red Fire Rubies and pieces of Pure Onyx that my Ancestors actually allowed Lady Arralenia to take from their mines with her own bare hands, while the string is woven together and made of Accromantula silk.
The fox takes the bracelet from its container and puts the container back on the desk before using her tail to keep part of the bracelet against her wrist and using both her hands to click the lock closed, another aura of onyx black and ruby red shortly showing itself around her before it again recedes within her skin and fur.

I then turn to the Cooper Lord, who is holding a pure golden ring in-between his fingers, a line of cobalt blue gems swirling around the inside of the ring, forming an endless line of the letter C in regular and mirror language while a hazel brown stone with a raccoon face carved on top is sitting at head of the ring.
An appreciative smile is shown on the Raccoon's face and he asks: "Who exactly forged this, if I may ask?""Your Native Ancestor did, Lord Cooper. The brave and daring Sir Galleth Cooper. It was something he did while also forging his engagement ring which he made in order to prove his worth to the father of his bride."
And while Lord Cooper and Lady Cooper-Potter share a shocked glance with each other, do I notice a gleam of angry protectiveness shining within the Lord's eyes for only a second before he puts the ring on, an aura of silver, blue and grey shining around him and apparently warring with him for a short while before receding into his skin.
"She's mine, you lowlife." Cooper then whispers, confusing all of us around him, but when Cooper notices this, does he shake his head and mutter: "Later." The team, his wife and son nodding in understanding, while I wonder how well Lord Cooper knows his ancestor, before Heir Cooper pulls out his own ring.

This one is quite similar to that of the father as it too is made of thick and solid gold, yet where the other has a string of C's made out of gems crossing over the entire surface of the ring, does this one only have two C's, one in normal form the other in mirror form, sitting on top of the ring and around the hazel brown Raccoon face.
Young Rin-Gin seems highly pleased with the looks of his ring and puts it on, the same aura as the one his father had around him earlier now surrounding the boy, yet suddenly the aura starts to shrink and attack the form of the child and to even my shock, do we see the lad changing as the aura recedes within his body.
The peachy colored skin of the boy becomes covered in fur and while his face, the inside of his arms and his torso are grey furred, does the color slowly change to a soft orange brown while expanding to the tip of his ears, cheeks, chin, his neck, the outside of his arms, the back of his legs and his sides, hips and shoulders.
The glasses fall off the boy's face as his ears turn pointed and several small thin hairs spring out from the tips and while the base of his ears is grey are the tips the same orange brown as elsewhere, yet the hairs sticking out are onyx black. The ears also move up and stand on top of his head, the experience apparently not even painful.
The cloths that the lad wears also shrink alongside his form and when I take another look at the lad's eyes are they no longer the same emerald green as the ones of the late Lily Potter, but are they now an incredible mix of his father's amber and his mother's chocolate brown, causing for a pair of striking hazel brown eyes to gaze back at me.

Then the changes stop and when they do, does the angry look that I saw the aura take as it changed the lad from human to Raccoon calm down and while quickly using some of my magic to trap a bit of the Aura in a magical container for later examination, do we all watch as the blue, silver and grey recedes within the child's form.
Young Rin-Gin then takes a look at himself, his hands furred and his fingers slim like his mother's, while he seems to have inherited his father's build, yet then suddenly does the aura flare up again, the lad biting his tongue as he lets out a soft scream of pain only seconds before a long striped tail that is grey and brown colored appears.
The tail looks quite similar to that of a Fox tail and has the same kind of fluffy fur as the fur on Lady Cooper-Potter's, yet the tip is pointed and the whole tail is striped in the same pattern as Lord Cooper's. Young Heir Cooper pants in shock from the sudden burst of pain and the tail responds to this, flicking in distress.

Instantly Lady Cooper wants to reach out, but Lord Cooper stops her and whispers: "He might have the Cooper Achilles Heel. Most of my ancestors had that within their tail. Be careful where you touch him." And while his wife seems affronted, does she nod in understanding, her husband stepping back to allow her passage.
The fox wastes no time after seeing this and rushes for her son, young Rin-Gin only about half a feet smaller than his mother and fitting her embrace easily as the fox seems both worried for her son's health and ecstatic to have her child back in her arms. Deciding to leave the two for now, do I motion the rest of them to follow me.

I part from my desk and move over to the other side of my office, neither Lady nor Heir Cooper noticing this as both of them are now smiling with their eyes closed and their arms wrapped around each other, a sight that makes all those that follow me smile at them in loving pride before we arrive at the other side.
I then take out the container that I had stored in one of the pockets of my robe and whisper: "I was able to grasp onto this little piece of Heir Cooper's Aura before it disappeared and already know that it holds a bit of the Glamour Spell that Heir Cooper had on him and that the aura broke. Employee 2875444, examine this."
William nods and asks: "Permission, High-Master?" And when I nod, does William pull out his wand, something I know he usually doesn't take with him when working here as the human greatly respects our natural distaste for the weapons and while he takes the container from me, does he wave his wand around it and mutter under his breath.
Runes start appearing all over the glass container and start to swirl around alongside the motions of the aura, William's forehead starting to show some signs of perspiration as he keeps muttering and keeps his focus on the object in his hand and when the runes light up and merge with the aura does William stop muttering.

Yet alongside his closed lips, do his eyes close themselves harshly, as if the lad received news that he just doesn't want to believe and we all look at him, the Cooper Lord anxious as he does, before the lad shocks me and asks: "High-Master Rigslow, has there ever been any kind of offence between the Houses Cooper and Dumbledore?"
And while most of what the Headmaster has been doing since Heir Cooper entered our building as a Potter are not condemnable actions in the eyes of the Goblin nation or actions I can speak off without letting loose some insults, do I shake my head and say: "No Employee 2875444, there are no known offences between these two houses."
"Then why is Albus Dumbledore's signature written all over this Glamour Spell? It just doesn't make sense. If there is nothing the Coopers did that interacts with the Dumbledore line in a bad way, why would the Headmaster want to take them their son? And furthermore why would he keep Harry from his Potter inheritance?"

Yet when he asks the last question, do I suddenly remember something and say: "I can answer that last question, Employee 2875444, but that is only because these stories are told only around the Goblin Nation. This is something only those of Goblin blood actually know and it's the reason we are not fond of the Headmaster."
The Weasley lad seems shocked to hear this and I say: "It is only known amongst us Goblins, but – Albus Dumbledore was not the only one who actively fought Gellert Grindlewald during the War of the Forties. We had two soldiers ourselves who fought him directly as well and one of them – was Harry Potter's great-grandfather."
This seems to shock the Weasley lad and I say: "The other was one of our Goblin warriors, yet he perished shortly before Grindlewald's defeat. However, when Grindlewald murdered him, did Mr. Potter's great-grandfather swear he would avenge his fallen comrade and murder Grindlewald in cold blood with his own hands.
Three days later was the legendary battle between Dumbledore and Grindlewald and while Mr. Potter's great-grandfather had always been grateful for Dumbledore's intervention, is it no secret to us Goblins that Albus Dumbledore was present when the Potter Lord made his promise. Which is exactly why we are distrusting of Dumbledore."

And while the animals around me have wide eyes, does William say: "You believe Dumbledore purposely waited with that legendary fight until he believed others were willing to strike up the victory. You believe Dumbledore defeated Grindlewald, only because he felt Lord Potter didn't deserve such an honorable victory."
And while I nod, does William ask: "But what does that have to do with Dumbledore's actions against the Cooper Line and Har – I mean, Rin-Gin?" To which I sigh and say: "I am not supposed to be allowed to reveal this to you, employee 2875444, but the Dumbledore line, while famous, never made the same fortune as the Potter line.
Lord Potter, after all, returned to Gringotts after the War with Grindlewald and became a Friend of Goblin nation, which automatically means he gets a certain amount of money per month in return for representing us to the Wizarding World. Lord Potter did so graciously and his son and grandson followed his footsteps.
However – and this is only known to those that know the Potters are Friends to the Goblin Nation – Lord James Potter visited Gringotts two months after his honeymoon with his wife, Lady Lily Potter and they discovered that – well – that Lady Potter was incapable of having Child due to an accident she got when aged fourteen."

This shocks the whole group and I nod as I say: "That is why I believe Dumbledore kidnapped the Cooper Child. Anyone who knows Gringotts well knows of the alliance between Gringotts Goblins and the Cooper Line, based on their united fortune. Dumbledore must have wanted that fortune and that bond with the Goblins."
"So to get his hands on Harrison after the death of Lord and Lady Potter would ensure he could get the reports you have been sending Harrison since he was five and allow him to flaunt his so-called title of Friend of the Goblin Nation, while at the same time allowing him access to the fortune of the family he kidnapped from."
William mutters to himself and then suddenly a harsh voice sounds from behind the human and coldly says: "No more." We all turn around and I feel stupid for having missed out on the fact that Lady and Heir Cooper have apparently joined us without me noticing, yet it is the look in Rin-Gin Cooper's eyes that shocks me most.

The hazel brown in his eyes is now almost the same onyx black as the hair of the Potters is known to be, the color itself hard and relentless and the fur on his entire body, especially the orange brown fur, is bristling as if a sudden storm wind is blowing through the room, the anger the lad is feeling apparent over his entire body.
Everyone looks at Rin-Gin, his mother standing behind him and sharing in her son's angry stance before Rin-Gin turns to his father and says: "Father, Dumbledore took us the chance to be a family and took me the chance to have loving parents, not once but twice. He takes most his pride out of his leadership, so I say we strike him there."
The Raccoon nods, his anger seemingly overcome by the pride he must be feeling for this determined little child of his and the turtle named Bentley asks: "You got any ideas on how to do that?" And the smirk that shows on Rin-Gin Cooper's face makes William shiver and makes me glad I am not Albus Dumbledore as he says:
"Simple, we reform the Cooper Order which was first created by Sir Galleth Cooper – and have the members be his Old Crowd." And while this ending seems to confuse most of those around me, including me myself, does William apparently get the hidden message as the wide eyed look on his face speaks volumes.


WOW, Rin-Gin plays harsh.
But will the Order really be willing to become the Cooper Order? Or will our favorite little Hybrid meet some opposition? After all, Dumbledore's fame does equal his own. Yet, seeing the current situation, will that really be saying anything? Just read next chapter and find out as the Cooper Gang returns to Headquarters.
Hope you enjoy,

Venquine1990