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Harry sat looking at the marble in awe; there was so much information to take in – would it really be that easy to become emancipated and an adult.

Looking over to the goblin who was looking at the door in disgust he said "Three things, firstly what did you mean be the personal bit of the will, secondly what spell would you class as a seventh year spell and thirdly who are you?"

The goblin looked back to him, "we will have to be quick they are calling in reinforcements."

"Are they outside the door?"

The goblin nodded, "The other bit of the will is written and it just lists who things have been left to, that allows us to release vaults etc, as for the other is there any advanced magic that you know that you can do right now, oh and my name is Gold Finger?"

"What about the wards." Harry began.

"There is no time now, what can you do?"

Harry grasped his wand and thought; with a smile he cast "Expecto Patronum." With a huge bound a pure white stag leapt into the room, after it looked around for danger it walked over to Harry and nuzzled his hair, Harry reached up and patted him. The goblin looked on gob smacked.

Looking at the hoofs of the stag and then back to Harry, he said. "Did you know that the Patroni are supposed to be a smoky effect and not solid – certainly not solid enough so you can hear the hoofs and feel its breath?"

"Really?" said Harry.

"Will that count as a seventh year spell," Harry said to the stunned looking goblin.

Quickly the goblin shook his head and waved his hand and whispered a spell in gobbledygook. Harry felt a tingle and then he glowed.

"You are now emancipated, your current status will be filed with the ministry, I would therefore suggest leaving before there is further interruption."

"Gold Finger," Harry said testing out the name – he wasn't sure that that was a real goblin name, but never mind – Harry thought that his mind could not tale much more.

"Where can I go to?" Harry asked.

"Oh, I forgot." Said the goblin giving Harry another marble.

With a wave of his hand all of Harry's belonging were packed into his trunk. Picking up textbook he turned it into a portakey. "When you reach your destination – go to the portrait and say 'as heir I demand control' the wards will then pass to you. Only you can change them to allow access to anyone. I would suggest that you immediately bar everyone."

"I can't keep them out for that much longer, as soon as you leave I can as well."

Harry looked at the book and then the goblin, "I don't have much luck with these."

Thrusting the book into Harry's hands he turned to face the door. As Harry left he saw the headmaster casting a sickly green spell at the goblin. Harry didn't know if it hit its target because he had left the room.

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When Harry landed he knew immediately which picture he needed to speak to. The one screaming blue murder in front of him, only a goblin would have sent him through the headmaster's wards and into 12 Grimmauld Place.

Taking a couple of quick steps towards the portrait he said, "as heir I demand control."

The effect was immediate. Silence. It was then that Harry realised that he knew that there was no-one in the house, but if there was he would know, even down to which room they were in, he could quietly hear Kreature muttering to himself in the library. He could even 'see' items that had spells on them.

Turning to speak to the picture he gave a short bow. "Do you know how I can change the wards please?"

Lady Black looked down at him and gave a small smile and a half curtsey back. "In deed I do. If you go to the library, as this is the first time and place your right hand on the family crest and say 'access to everyone denied.' That will stop anyone from coming be that family, friend or enemy. When you want to allow someone access go there again and either name the person or the group that you want to have access to the house."

"Thank you, Lady Black, that was most helpful."

Hurrying to the library he did as he had been told, he could feel the wards shifting to accommodate his wishes.

He sat in a chair as sighed with relief. Calling for Kreature - who appeared to he acting in a more respectful manner, Harry asked if there where any healing potions in the house and if there was a room that he could sleep in.

A short time later after having something to eat as well Harry lay on the bed and realised that he had to get to Gringotts the next morning. It would be quite a risk to take – but if the Minister came through it would be worth it in the end.

Laying back on the bad he closed is eyes and relaxed. Tom, Harry thought, had shown a lot of restraint, as after the first curse that had knocked him out he hadn't 'felt' any others. He contemplated what both the Minister and Tom had said that they wanted to achieve. Both sounded worthy aims. With his carte blanche would he be able to either negotiate or force a truce between the two. If he could that would mean that he could bypass the order and especially the headmaster altogether.

"Tom", Harry called, "are you busy?"

After a moment Tom replied "No Harry, I am here, did everything go as planed?"

"Sort of, thanks for doing what you did – I am somewhere safe at the moment. Tomorrow afternoon would you be free to have a longer 'chat'? There are some things that we need to clear up and hopefully I will have some interesting news for you."

"Yes, Harry, I will make myself available."

"Thank you, Tom, good night," said Harry.

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