A week after the wedding, Harry and Ginny were watching Hermione and Ron play wizarding chess. Ron was the better player but Hermione was winning. Harry thought it was amusing that thought out the game his friends slowly got closer to one another and they did not even realize it.
Just as Ron lost his queen the was a knock at the door, Ms Weasley came in a few seconds later
"I need you four to come in the kitchen." she said.
Sitting at the table was a man in tailored, navy blue suit "Ahh, good they are all here. My name is Nathaniel Abbot from the officiating firm of Hickory, Dickory and Myers I'm here to discuss the will of Albus Dumbledore of which you have been named." He said.
"We are named in Professor Dumbledore's will?" Ron asked perplexed.
"Yes you are named as one of the beneficiaries. The will is quite extensive so I will skip to the parts that pertain to you." He cleared his throat and read from a long roll of parchment. "To Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and Harry Potter I leave the sum of thirty million Galleons each, to Molly and Arthur Weasley I leave five million Galleons each, to their children I leave one million Galleons each." he paused to gauge their reaction. The looks on their faces were one of the perks of the job.
"I also leave the following items ' To Hermione Granger I leave a Brary." he pulled out a small book.
"I've read about these they are linked to the persons collections of books and allows them to be looked up just by asking." Hermione said
"Yes and Professor Dumbledore donated his books to the Hogwarts Library, some one hundred thousand. You now have complete access to all of his books plus all of the ones in that library." she was speech less.
"To Ron Weasley I leave my collection of frog cards, some
ten thousand most are first additions and some are autographed." He
handed Ron a box with several large books, inside were page after
page of cards including Agrippa and Ptolemy.
"To Harry Potter I
leave a pensieve." he gave Harry a small stone basin with runes and
symbols. "He also sent us this." he handed Harry a glass vial
containing a gaseous liquid substance.
"The bulk of his estates
will go to Hogwarts and some charities and friends. Well I have to be
leaving lots to do someone will be by from Gringotts to arrange the
transfer of monies and we'll owl over the documents for you to
sign." With a nod to Mr. Weasley he left leaving a stunned kitchen.
Later that night Harry was in his room, he had switched with Ron for his attic room in order to help workout his left side which was a lot better now, he stared at the glass he knew what it was but was afraid as to what it said. He pulled the cork from the vial and poured its contents into the pensieve. He touched it and was pulled into it and landed in the memory. He saw Dumbledore sitting behind his desk and he heard the door behind him close.
"Hello Harry" Harry looked around
"Can you see me?" he asked confused.
"No Harry this is just a memory." He said smiling. "In fact if you are seeing this then our little adventure did not go so well for me. But that's beside the point. I have instructed the keepers of my will do give this to after you defeat Tom and sense you are seeing this you have. I can not express how proud of you I am and how sorry I am that you were forced to kill. I left you and your friend a small bit of money to help you in your future. Keep them close to you they are your most important treasure. You are now on a great path, where it will end up will be up to you. You will be the most important wizard of the age. Well I most be off we will be leaving soon. Oh one last thing your sword, learn how to use it, its nice to know the ancient arts. I was privileged to know you Harry you are the finest wizard I have ever had the pleasure to teach." Harry was thrown from them pensieve and landed on his bed.
"What did he mean will be." he thought.
