Ok, tutu gone, bunny suit, gone. I had pocket Aces, but someone neglected to mention we were playing Black Jack and not Texas Hold'em. So I still have yet to gain ownership from JKR or DC Comics. We won't discuss the punishment for losing…

Chapter Ten – Two found, two to go

"Harry wake up," Hermione said while frantically trying to wake her friend. "Ron do something, Harry may have had a vision from Voldemort."

Ron conjured a bucket of water and dumped the water on Harry's head, waking him and soaking both he and Hermione.

"RONALD WEASLEY," Hermione screeched, she pulled her wand and cast 'barrus audius' causing Ron's ears to become the size of an African elephants.

Harry groaned and looked up at Hermione's soaked shirt, blushed at what he saw through the material and quickly stood up.

"Harry are you all right, was it a vision from Voldemort, how is your scar," she quickly began rambling.

"I'm fine Hermione, it wasn't Voldemort it was just something I learned that shocked me," Harry said as he was interrupted by chirruping laughter.

"Harry there is a phoenix on your parent's head stones," Ron said while trying to hold up his head from the weight of the ears.

"Yes I know and that is why you found me unconscious," Harry said with a glare at the obviously laughing bird.

'You aren't going to tell them why you fainted,' Fawkes asked with a laugh.

"No you reprobate," Harry said aloud, then turned to his friends. "Fawkes has bound with me, though I'm not exactly sure what that means."

"Harry it is very rare for a phoenix to bond with a human. Dumbledore was only the fifth person in history to have one, and for Fawkes to join with you means you are very unique," Hermione gushed.

Harry sighed and groaned about yet another reason for him to be stared at. Fawkes chirruped at Harry and flew off as Harry thought, 'Cheeky Bird.'

"Um Hermione," Ron said, "Can you return my ears to normal please, mum sent Errol with a note that I need to get there to get ready for the wedding."

Glowering at Ron, Hermione nodded and cast the counter for the jinx she used.

"I will see you two at the Burrow in a few of days ok," Ron said.

"No problem Ron, tell your Mum we will be there for the wedding," Harry said.

Ron walked away to get out of the wards so he could apparate home.

"Harry," Hermione said, "We should go to Gringott's to look in your family vault."

"Yes," Harry said.

He looked at his parents graves one last time and nodded, acknowledging his fate then turned to walk back to the house with Hermione.

"Alfred, have you been able to reach Harry or Hermione," Bruce asked.

"No sir," he responded. "Apparently they are in an area where the phone does not work."

At that moment a beautiful Snowy-White Owl flew into Bruce's room and lit upon the desk Bruce was sitting at.

"Sir, I believe that is Mr. Potter's owl," Alfred said. "Owls are very intelligent creatures and this one is no exception. I believe she knows we have been trying to reach Mr. Potter and will take the message to him."

Bruce shook his head as he tried to understand the Wizarding World for what seemed the millionth time since this began. "Well now, if I write a note will you take it to Harry," he asked.

Hedwig looked at Bruce, nodded her head and held out a taloned claw to take the message.

"One moment then," Bruce said and quickly wrote a note asking Harry and his friends to meet him in his room at their earliest convenience.

Hedwig took the note and flew off to find her Harry.

"Now we wait," Bruce said.

Harry and Hermione apparated to Diagon Alley put up their hoods and walked swiftly to Gringott's trying to avoid the public, the press and any Auror's.

As they entered, Harry went to speak with Griphook and asked if Ramshak could meet them at his family's vault.

Nodding Griphook told Harry, "That will not be a problem Mr. Potter as he is your family's representative with Gringott's."

Harry and Hermione got in the cart and were quickly taken down to the Potter Family vault, where Ramshak stood waiting for them.

"Mr. Potter a pleasure to see you again," the goblin said with a toothy smile.

Bowing his head slightly in respect to the goblin, Harry said, "Thank you for meeting us Ramshak. Can you show me specifically what was brought to the vault from my parent's house in Godric's Hollow after their death, specifically highly magical items?"

"Of course Mr. Potter," the goblin said as he whispered a spell under his breath while they opened the vault door.

"There, pointing at a table," Ramshak said. "Those might be the items you are looking for."

Harry and Hermione quickly walked to the table and looked at the items. On the table they saw two rings and a knife.

"Those rings were your parent's wedding bands," Ramshak said. "They have been in the Potter family since its inception almost one thousand years ago."

Harry looked at the rings and gently touched them, enjoying the feeling he got from them. Then he looked at the knife.

He was about to touch it when Hermione stopped him, "Wait Harry." She quickly cast 'revealus' at the knife.

A shadow of a skull appeared above the knife, showing at one time it had held a horocrux.

Nodding at Hermione, Harry picked up the knife to examine it more closely. He looked at the blade and said, "Gryffindor. This apparently is the knife that goes with Gryffindor's sword. Nice job Hermione, one more horocrux found."

After the two teens and the goblin exited the vault, Harry asked Ramshak, "Ramshak, where do the goblins stand on Voldemort."

Ramshak looked at Harry very calculatingly before answering, "Gringott's is neutral, we know Voldemort will be no better than the Ministry, but we will not put ourselves at risk by going against him."

Nodding Harry then asked, "Do you know if there are other items similar to this knife in other vaults?"

Looking at Harry and then choosing his words carefully, "I am not able to tell you what is in another person's vault, Mr. Potter. Gringott's does not share that information with anyone. Though I can tell you, the goblin nation would not protect something that could lead to its destruction."

Smiling at Ramshak, Harry nodded and thanked him for his time.

As Hermione and Harry exited the bank, walked down the alley and arrived at the apparition point, Hedwig swooped down and landed on Harry's shoulder to give him the note.

"Hedwig, we need to talk sometime," Harry said with a grin as he took to note from her leg.

Hedwig looked at Harry and bit his ear gently.

"What was that about Harry," Hermione asked. "Who is the note from?"

"It's from Bruce," Harry said. "He has what we were looking for and wants us to meet him at our earliest convenience in his room."

Hermione then said, "Well we might as well go now."

Harry wrote a quick reply to Bruce saying they would be there that evening and gave it to Hedwig to deliver.

"Harry Potter," an Auror shouted, "The Minister wishes to speak with you."

Harry turned to the Auror and said, "That's nice I don't wish to speak with him. You can tell him my answer has not changed, nor will it."

Harry grabbed Hermione's hand and they both apparated away, leaving the Auror wishing he didn't have to go tell the Minister what had happened.