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Harry Potter and the Veela Life Debt
By Jojobevco
Chapter 6
Accounts, Announcements, and Advice
Harry took the letter from the owl and it flew off. He opened it and a round disk like object fell out, leaving him holding a letter. He opened it, and read the brief contents.
Dear Mr. Potter,
Gringotts has received word of the recent Life Debt bond between you and Gabrielle Potter (nee Delacour). We would like the opportunity to speak with you regarding the recent addition to your portfolio because of this and the additional access grated due to your emancipation.
Please place the round disk on the floor in an open area of your rooms, tap it with your wand, and step back. Someone will be with you shortly.
Thank you,
Gringotts Bank, London Branch
Harry looked at the round disk and wondered what it was, he showed it to Gabrielle. She looked at it for a moment and identified it for Harry, "This is a Goblin Transport Aperture. They're really rare, and only given to certain account holders. My father has one. You should activate it as soon as possible; it's rude if you don't."
"Will it work in Hogwarts?"
"I assume so, it says to activate it here in the letter."
"Oh."
Harry placed it in front of the fireplace, where there was a bit of room, tapped it with his wand, and stepped back.
The device began blinking, then activated when a column of light rose up and fell down, and then a goblin was standing on the device.
"Good Afternoon, Mr. Potter, I am Griphook, from Gringotts Bank, London, and your personal account manager."
"You took me to my vault first year."
"That is correct, however, I have been promoted since then. I am now a senior account manager, meaning I handle accounts like yours. Now there are several issues. First there the accounts that were transferred into your name when you were bonded. They consist of personal articles, as well as a trust fund vault in her name for the amount of 50,000 Galleons that you have full control over. You must decide how much access your bonded companion will have to these items."
"Well it's her possessions, why can't she have full access?"
Griphook answered, "Legally, they're your items. She can no longer hold any items of her own; it's up to you how much she accesses."
Harry groaned, not this again, "As far as I'm concerned, it belongs to her. She can have full access to her possessions, and her trust fund."
"Very well. Now we have to address the Potter Account. Due to your emancipation, you now have full access. Therefore I will give you a summary of your account. In your trust fund vault, the one you can currently access, you have 48,900 Galleons. You then have two vaults you can now access the Potter Family Vault, and the Potter Family Liquid Assets vault. In the Potter Family Vault are a variety of heirlooms, books, weapons gems, jewelry, and anything salvageable from Godric's Hollow after the attack there on October 31, 1981. The items in this vault are mostly one of a kind and can't be valued. The Potter Family Liquid Assets vault can be valued at 1.0018 Billion Galleons. In essence, even if all your investments, which are very profitable on their own, crashed overnight, you would still be very comfortable. In addition, you have two homes under your direct ownership. A Cottage in Godric's Hollow, which is currently a listed building for its historic significance, and cannot be altered in anyway."
"What?"
"Although you own the property, and the house, the Ministry of Magic has classified it as a Grade I historical site making it illegal for you to alter it in any way from its appearance as of November 1st, 1981."
"Could you translate that into something I understand, please."
Griphook groaned, humans could be so thick sometimes, "The Government decided your house is as important to the British Magical Community as Buckingham Palace is to the Muggles, so decided to leave it as a blown out building as a monument to your defeat over the Dark Lord."
"Ok, what's the other house?"
"New Potter Manor, about 18 months before your parents died your grandparents on the Potter side were killed in an attack against the ancestral Potter home. The manor was damaged beyond repair. Over the next six months a new manor was designed. It was built as the ultimate combination of Muggle and Magical, with the best defensive wards and security systems created. Your parents died about a month before it was completed. After it was finished, the house was put into long-term storage, and stasis. No one has set foot in it in almost 15 years."
"Oh, ok, so to sum up, I'm insanely wealthy, have a bunch of priceless possessions that never see the light of day, my cottage is all but owned by the government, and I have a manor that no one's ever used. By the way, how do I go about giving Gabrielle access to all this?"
"She can't access the vaults, they can only be opened if a Potter is there. However, we can arrange for her vault to be refilled from your vault every month or so."
"That sounds good, I doubt that she'll blow through 50,000 Galleons a month."
Gabrielle's musical laughter filled the room, "Of course not."
"Very well then, sir, I'll leave this folder here with your vault keys, a full listing of investments, and the instructions for operating the Transport Aperture. It's can only go to Gringotts, however."
Harry stood, "Thank you, Griphook."
"May your gold flow freely and may you prosper."
"Uh, same to you."
Griphook nodded, walked over to the disk, tapped it with his finger, and was taken back to Gringotts.
Harry sighed, "well that settles that, now we have to go to dinner, and then I'm going to sleep," he looked at Gabrielle, "just sleep."
"Of course," Gabrielle smiled slightly, "I'm going to get changed for dinner, after all, I'll be introduced to the school."
As Harry was washing up, he wondered why Gabrielle seemed sad and slightly depressed. Even though he had started to understand her, this was a girl thing. Maybe, Hermione could help him.
As Gabrielle was getting dressed into her school uniform for the occasion, she considered what was happening between Harry and her. She completely understood the hesitancy and awkwardness Harry felt, but it was a bit uncomfortable, as it felled a little like rejection. Gabrielle sighed and left. She stepped out and met Harry in the common room, they walked through the school to the Great Hall. They were met with stares and whispers the whole way. When they arrived in the Great Hall, everyone stopped eating and stared at them. Dumbledore rose and spoke to the assembled students.
"Everyone, as you might have noticed Gabrielle Delacour is joining us this evening. Due to a rare magical medical condition, she must remain here with Mr. Potter. I ask that you don't bother your teachers or Miss Delacour or Mr. Potter for information about this serious matter. Thank You."
Everyone shrugged and turned back to their meals, another strange thing in the life of Harry Potter, who cared? As the meal continued, Harry talked with Ron and Hermione about what he had missed in school. At the same time he was watching what Gabrielle was eating, and intentionally eating slower than her. He had to talk to Hermione.
Ron was finished first. He shrugged and left, probably to return to the common room. Gabrielle finished next, she looked to Harry, who asked her, "why don't you return to the suite, I'm going to be a while here." Gabrielle nodded and left.
Hermione asked him, "what's wrong, Harry?"
"Am I that obvious?"
"Yes, You usually only finish slower than Ron, then you send Gabrielle off, so it's obvious you wanted to talk to me alone, so I ask again, what's wrong?"
Harry looked around to make sure no one was listing in before continuing, "Gabrielle's been acting strangely."
"How so?"
"Well she's been acting kind of sad and depressed, especially when we talk about sleeping."
"Um, well, exactly how far have you, um, gone with her?"
"I've hugged her, and we slept together last night, just slept. I thought I've made it clear that I don't want to do anything more until she goes through her flash puberty."
"Flash Puberty?"
Harry quickly explained the conversation he had with Monsieur Delacour this morning.
Hermione sighed, "the most likely explanation for this is that her emotions are confused. She is supposed to love and serve you. She is trying to figure out what that means. She is also, based on what you told me, close to the point for her 'flash puberty' to trigger, which, is probably even more confusing than in a human girl. Her emotions are warring with her head. In essence, there's nothing wrong, she's a teenager. Finally, remember, Harry, she is bonded to you, not the other way around. You can go around with anyone you like. She has to remain faithful to you."
"But that's completely unfair."
"I know, but as I've learned, that's the way it is. The best thing you can do is just be there for her."
Harry nodded, "Thanks Hermione," suddenly he realized that he had let Gabrielle go back to Gryffindor, alone, "I better go find Gabrielle before she runs into Malfoy or something."
Hermione laughed and shooed him along.
Little did they know, Gabrielle had already ran into Draco Malfoy.
Gabrielle had been on her way back to Gryffindor when she heard someone call out, "Mrs. Potter."
Gabrielle looked down the corridor and saw Draco Malfoy standing there. She approached him, "Mr. Malfoy, I'm pleasantly surprised that you know my proper title."
"I found our Great, Great Grandmother's journal in the Library one day, it talked in detail about your Great Grandmother situation."
"How go things, cousin?"
Draco, sighed, he had placed his metaphorical mask away for now, "not well, something is wrong, Potter being in the tournament, my father is complaining about his mark, something is very wrong."
Gabrielle nodded, filing away the information for later, "Dark times may be ahead and this troubles you?"
"Of course it troubles me! I really do not want to have to work for him; I'm not as stupid as I appear to be. It's a mask. You do understand why I'm telling you this right?"
"I may be young, but I'm not stupid, Draco. He's a good man. He'll help you if you ask."
"I don't trust him, I trust you, we are family, after all."
"Distant, but family none the less. Remember Draco, a Malfoy bows to no one," Gabrielle nodded and continued on her way.
She arrived back in her rooms about a minute before Harry did, as he entered he sighed in relief, "oh good you're here-"
"We need to talk," they both said at the same time. Harry nodded and gestured to Gabrielle to go first, "I ran into Draco Malfoy on my way back."
"I knew it! What did he do to you? Did he hurt you?"
"No, we just talked. He stopped me on my way back," seeing Harry's expression of anger and incredulity she decided to start from the top, "Draco is my third cousin, on my mother's, his father's side, we both have the same Great, Great Grandmother. He brought something to my attention, something he wants us to hold in confidence."
"What?"
"Voldemort will return soon, at least that's what I got from the conversation, his exact words were 'something is very wrong,' he mentioned his father's Dark Mark growing darker. He has indirectly asked for my help, and through me, yours. However, he will come to us when the time is right. There is nothing we can do now, but be on our guard."
"Ok," Harry decided to trust that Gabrielle knew what she was doing.
"What did you want to talk about?"
"I just wanted to let you know that I do like you, Gabrielle, and I do understand, as much as I can and regardless of what you need, I am here for you" Harry felt that he was not getting through to her. He decided that this time, actions do indeed speak louder than words.
Harry walked over to Gabrielle, bent over and kissed her, just barely brushing his lips to her cheek. But it was enough. To Gabrielle it felt like a breath of fresh air after a long time under water. To Harry, it felt like electricity passed between them.
Gabrielle, smiled and breathed as if a heavy weight was lifted off her shoulders, "Okay, everything is going to be okay."
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(AN: In case you're wondering how I got Harry's net worth, I took the net worth of JK Rowling+ Daniel Radcliff+ Harry Potter Merchandise and Book Profits+ Movie Totals, Converted to pounds and divided by five, in essence, the total worth of the Harry Potter Industry, now back to our story)