Hey Everyone Heres chapter 9 of Hadrian Dracula rise of a Prince. Sorry it took so long, I kept going back and re-writing certian parts. But Now its finished and i hope you all enjoy it. Also this is my LONGEST chapter to date Over 9,000 words.
I dont own Harry Potter it belongs to Lady Rowling.
Chapter 9: Trip to Gringotts
Last Time
the teen looks confused at this and says "Why will I see you again tomorrow?" Adam smirks and says
"Because tomorrow you are going to be Joining me at Gringotts London branch tomorrow for an accounting of our vaults in that branch. Its time for you to take a more active role in learning what is to be a King, starting with how we make our money." the teen nods as the man pats his shoulder one more time and then turns to continue his trip to the castle, while Harry turns to continue his trip to the coach with a slight bit of excitement for finally getting to find just how wealthy both the houses of Dracula and Dragonov are, along with possibly getting an accounting of the Potter Family vaults.
Now
As he enters the coach after his conversation with his father, he suddenly finds himself being pressed against the wall just inside the entrance and a pair of lips taking his own in a searing kiss. At first he thinks one of the multitude of Beauxbatons girls who have a rather obvious attraction to him is trying to get him while his guard is down, however he soon relaxes and gives in to the kiss as the familiar perfume of his Veela love enters his nostrils.
After 10 minuets of a rather passionate snog (as the British put it) the two separate because of need for air, as they're both taking breaths he strokes Fleur's cheek and asks
"Not that I'm complaining dragul meu, but what was that for?" The beautiful blonde looks into his eyes and replies
"To show you how much I love you mon amour. It also served as a slight taste of the reward I have planned for you for saving ma petite soeur (my little sister) from that lake." the dark haired prince just smiles and says
"I need no reward for saving Gabby, la mai principessa (my princess). That little girl is as important to me as she is you, as I have no siblings I consider her my sister and would protect her no matter what." the slightly older girl just smiles at this and replies
"You may not need any reward mon prince sombre (my dark prince) but that wont stop me from giving you one. Come to my room tomorrow night at 10pm and you shall have the rest of your reward." as she says this she backs away, smiles dazzlingly at him and turns and walks off with some sway in her hips. However before she can get to far away he says
"I'll be busy tomorrow love so we wont get to see each other until the time you specified." she turns slightly with a puzzled look on her face and asks
"Busy with what?" he smiles and walks towards her, placing his arm around her shoulders and giving her the signal to start walking, which she does, and replies
"My father and I are taking a trip into London tomorrow, heading to Gringotts to go over the Dracula and Dragonov accounts. He's finally going to start teaching me how to handle family finances, and you know how my father's lessons go, it'll end up being an all day thing. Also father said that while we're there we might as well look into the Potter accounts and see whats going on with that."
the blonde Half-Veela nods to this, already knowing the trials and tribulations of learning to handle the finances of a house which goes back for many generations, having taken on some of the responsibility of the finances of la Maison antique et noble de Delacour (The Ancient and Noble House of Delacour) herself, which she invested in the Mundane fashion industry. She replies
"Ah I see. Then shall I expect you a little later?" Harry however shakes his head and says
"No, 10pm is fine, I can promise I'll make it. Well here is your stop." and as he says this she realizes that hes right, as they are standing right infront of the door to her dorm room, and so without further wait she gives him another kiss, wishes him goodnight and good luck for the next day and enters her room to go to bed. A moment after her door shuts the dark haired teen continues on the rest of the 50 feet down the hall to his own room, gets in his night clothes, which consists of nothing more then a pair of grey pajama pants, climbs into bed and quickly falls asleep.
Saturday, February 25th 1995, 8:00am
The next morning bright and early Hadrian Dracula is awoken by a pounding on his door, when he looks over at his magic protected clock and sees the time he groans, however he rolls out of bed and goes over to the door to see who it is pounding on the door on one of the few days he tends to sleep in. When he opens the door its to find his father, Adam Dracula, who is dressed in a smart dark colored business suit, with a gold tie, and wearing an expensive looking leather coat with fur around the neck area over that, holding a cane with a dragons head for a grip in his right hand.
The blond Elder Vampire smiles at his son and says
"Your not dressed yet? What is wrong with you my boy?" the dark haired teen just glares slightly at his overly peppy father and says
"It's 8 o'clock in the morning father...*YAWN*...its a Saturday and banks usually don't open till around 9 o'clock in the morning on Saturdays...so I figured I still had at least an hour of sleep left...so I set my alarm with that in mind...I didn't think that you would come pounding on my door at 8am..." Adam simply waves off his sons glare and statement and replies
"Ah but thats where your wrong my son. Mundane banks open at 9 am on Saturdays, however all Goblin run banks open at 8 am Saturday and Sunday, Goblins only ever take days off on their own sacred holidays. Now get in the shower, clean up, wake up a little, get dressed in a good suit, and when you come out of the bathroom I shall have breakfast and Tea ready for the both of us, after we eat and drink then we will shadow travel directly to Gringotts London."
Harry shakes his head and head's towards the bathroom attached to this dorm, however before he enters he turns to his father slightly and says
"Are you sure you haven't already eaten? You act as if you've consumed 3 peoples worth of blood." the only response he gets to this is a smirk and a wink before he enters the bathroom and shuts the door. 20 minuets later a more awake, fully dressed Harry steps out of the bathroom to find a little table with two chairs where his desk is supposed to be, on the table is a full french breakfast, tea, and a cup of blood, and sitting there sipping on some of the tea is his father, so he takes a seat and begins to consume his breakfast, starting with the blood.
After finishing breakfast the table as well as all the dishes vanish in a cloud of smoke, showing that they were summoned by Vamperic magic, once that is done the dark haired teen throws on his own leather with fur around the neck jacket, which unlike his father's is Tan in color, and the two Vampires head out of the room and straight out of the coach. They proceed to walk towards the edge of the wards of Hogwarts which causes Harry to look at his father and question
"Why are we heading off the grounds? Why not just Shadow-Travel to Gringotts from the grounds themselves?" the blonde Vampire King glances at his Heir from the side of his eye and responds
"Pentru ca fiul meu, in acest fel vom da prostesc britanic ideea ca saloanele castelului se poate opri chiar formularul nostru de calatorie.(Because my son, this way we give the foolish British the idea that the castle's wards can stop even our form of travel.)" Harry just chuckles and shakes his head good naturedly and says
"Always living by the number one rule of being a Dracula, "Always make your enemies over confident, for their over confidence shall be their undoing", eh old man?" Adam simply smirks a shark like smirk and nods his head. Once the two are past the ward line the Blond haired vampire proceeds to vanish not in a burst of shadow like normal but instead in a flock of bats which fly off towards London, leaving the dark haired Vampire Prince to glower and comment to himself "I have got to learn how to do that...oh well if he wants to travel differently so shall I." and without further adieu he proceeds to vanish in a crackle of black flames.
When he next appears in a flash of the black flame, he is standing outside of the big marble building that takes up a great deal of Diagon Alley known as Gringotts Bank, a moment latter a flock of bats begin to dive bomb the spot right next to him slowly forming a humanoid shape until finally the last bat hits forming the head and in a rush of vapor his father is revealed. All the witches and wizards around the alley give the two Vampires a wide berth, being frightened by the display of their odd powers, while the dark haired teen looks at his father neutrally and asks
"What took you so long? Are you getting slow in your old age father?" Adam sighs and responds
"No I am not getting slow in my "Old Age" Hadrian, believe it or not my Bat bodies were attacked by a hawk and so I had to divert myself to a higher altitude. I must remind you that I'm not that old, only 2346 years old." as they begin to walk into the bank they both nod to the goblins standing guard outside as Harry says
"Only 2346? Thats actually quite old for a vampire father, as I recall the only other vampire that comes that close is Cassius and hes only a bit over 1000." the blond chuckles slightly and says
"Cassius is actually 1579 years old. As for me, I'm actually quite young considering how old my grandfather was before my father killed him to become King and how old he was before I did the same." Harry shakes his head and says
"Ah yes how could I forget that horrid family tradition. I still say I will not be following it, as I have no wish to kill the only father I have ever known." Adam just nods his head to him as they approach a teller and the blonde draws himself to his full height and proceeds to project what the teen calls his "King Aura" as the goblin sneers and says
"How can Gringotts help you today Vampire?" and the man responds
"Inform Chief Ragnok Silverbane that Adamantius Vladislaus Dracula, King of all Vampires wishes a meeting with him to discuss the state of the British Dracula and Dragonov Vaults immediately!" at this the teller's eyes widen considerably as he bows low to the blonde and says
"Ofcourse your Majesty right away! Please forgive this one his rudeness, I did not know who you were, for if I did I would never have acted as I just did to a friend of the Goblin Nation." The Vampire King nods his head and says
"You are forgiven. Now go if you please." the goblin nods as he jumps off his seat and scurries off to inform Ragnok of the special guest, as the blond leads his son to a sort of high class waiting room to take a seat. Once they're seated the teen gives his father a questioning glance and the blond chuckles and says "You'd like to know what that was all about wouldn't you?" the boy nods his head and the man nods and says
"5 centuries ago, during one of the Goblin Rebellion's here I fought alongside the goblins. During one of the battles I saved the life of this tribe's chief, a goblin named Ragnar Silverbane, because of this he and I struck up a friendship, and at the end of the rebellion he declared myself and any blood member of the House of Dracula and Dragonov a friend to the Goblin Nation forever. He also took it upon himself to Manage the gold I decided to leave in Britain for both names, and he did so with honor and distinction for 70 years until his death, upon which time the management of my British accounts fell to his son, and when he died his son, and now the goblin who oversees the Dracula and Dragonov accounts his Ragnar's great grandson Ragnok. Who for a goblin is quite young, at only 110 years of age." Harry just takes all this in and says
"So thats why that teller responded the way he did when you told him your name. Because to the Goblins to insult or treat a friend of the Nation with anything but respect is considered sacrilege. But what is the upside to being a friend of the Goblin Nation?" before the man can answer the teller from before enters and says
"Chief Silverbane shall see you now your Majesty. Please follow me." both vampires rise from their seats as the goblin turns around and leads them off deep into the bank. After what seems like hours traveling through corridors carved out of stone, and past multitudes of doors with names of families and goblins carved into them, but has really only been 15 minuets, they finally reach a set of Golden doors with carved scenes of battle in them and the words "Ragnok Silverbane, Director Gringotts London" to the side of them in Platinum, the goblin bows low and says "The Chief awaits your Majesty. Have a good day."
before he walks away, and before Harry can say anything his father pushes the golden doors which looks very heavy open with one hand, ignoring the guards stationed outside to each side and just striding in as if he owns the bank. Shrugging his shoulders the teen follows the man inside the office, and as he looks around he can see that the office is made of the same white marble as the outside of the building, the floors are inlaid with slivers of gold and silver, the far wall is covered in weapons of all kinds as well as armor and shields that look to have seen much use.
In the center of the room stands a desk made of what looks to be Red Wood, beautifully crafted with 2 plush golden backed chairs infront of the desk, and behind it sitting in what looks like a throne, as it's completely gold and encrusted along the sides with gems of all types, is the largest goblin hes seen yet.
The Goblin sitting behind the desk in the throne like chair looks to be about 5 an a half feet tall if he stands, he has long silver hair tied in a pony tail in the back much like the teen's own, he wears a dark red business suit, and over the top of the suit is a chest and shoulder guard in gold, sitting against the chair to his right is large battle-axe, and by the way the goblin sits Hadrian can sense that he is more then a simple banker, he is a warrior.
However Ragnok upon seeing the blonde Vampire King smiles, stands and moves to greet them as they reach his desk, he extends his hand taking Adam's own extended hand and says
"King Dracula a pleasure to see you again after these many decades. I believe the last time we met was upon the death of my father." Adam nods his head and responds
"Ah that it was, and like the funerals for your grandfather and great grandfather before, it was quite the party. Mead flowing freely and food in abundance, as those who knew your father best told stories about his bravery and life. But alas I didn't come here to remanice. Ragnok Silverbane may I introduce you to my son and heir Hadrian Adamantius Dracula Prince of all Vampires. Son this is Ragnok Silverbane Chief of all the Goblin tribes of Britain and Director of Gringotts London."
the Goblin Chief releases the mans hand to shake the teens and notes that even for one so young he already has a strong grip as he says
"An honor to meet you Prince Hadrian, I hope that in the future when you take the throne from your father that you will continue the fiscal relationship between the Goblin and Vampire Nations." the teen just nods his head and says
"Ofcourse Chief Silverbane, and its an Honor to meet one of the 12 Goblin Chiefs." the two release their handshake as Ragnok returns to his throne and the 2 Vampires sit in the chairs infront of the desk, as the Goblin regards them he asks
"What can Gringotts do for you today Lord Dracula?" the blonde smiles and responds
"I'm looking to see an accounting of the current balances of the British Dracula and Dragonov Vaults. Also My son would like to know the current state of the Family Vault of his birth." this causes the regal looking Goblin to raise an eyebrow at the last part and ask
"What do you mean the Family of his birth Lord Dracula? I thought you said he was your Son and Heir." The blond nods and says
"Ah I did. However he was not Born to me, but rather I Blood Adopted him, at the Gringotts branch in Paris, His birth name however is Harry James Potter, Heir to the Ancient and Most Noble House of Potter." this causes Ragnok's eyes to widen before he quickly schools his face and says
"I see. Well the accounting of the Dracula and Dragonov Vaults is simple enough." He then takes out a golden dagger with a ruby in the hilt and pricks his finger before running that finger along one of the drawers of his desk, theres a brief flash of magic and then a clicking sound and the drawer opens, at which point he reaches inside and takes out two large dragon-hide cases, one of the darkest black and the other a more dark brown color and slides them across the desk to the blonde vampire and says "Those cases have the entire history of your two vaults within this branch of Gringotts, every deposit, withdrawal, Investment, piece of property, everything since you opened the account with us 500 years ago your Majesty."
Adam nods his head in thanks before choosing to open the brown case first, skimming through it and making humming a few times here and there, before flipping to the final page which shows the current liquid wealth in the vault and motions for Harry to come closer to take a look as he says
"This is case holds the history of the Dragonov Account my son. We will go through everything together in private later, as a copy can be made, for now you wanted to know how wealthy we are, well take a look, and bare in mind this is only one house and only 1/4th the total wealth of the House of Dragonov." when the dark haired teen looks at the page what he reads astounds him slightly
Accounting of the Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Dragonov
Current Liquid wealth in Galleons, Sickles, Knuts
Galleons: 340,545,770
Total Sum of Dragonov Vault in Pounds as of January 1995
1G=5GBP
Total: 1,702,728,850 GBP
The teen vampire is astounded that the numbers he is reading only amount to 25% of the wealth of the house of Dragonov and decides to ask
"Why is that only 1/4th the total wealth of House Dragonov Father?" the man smiles and says
"Ah a good question. You see House Dragonov was once a Wizard House, and the Lord of the house was a Vain, petty, arrogant, cruel man. 450 years ago the man who was once Lord Dragonov decided that he wanted to play a game involving a specific type of Magical creature and he so happened to choose Vampires. He hunted our kind for no other reason then he could and killed them without remorse.
Now ofcourse the lives or rather "Un"-Lives of the vampire race rest in the hands of the King, they are MINE to give or take and not some lowly Wizard. As such I stormed the man's home while he was on another "hunt", killed his guards with ease, and took his wife and daughter hostage while draining his son and heir nearly dry." Harry listens with rapt attention and asks
"What happened next?" Adam smiles and says
"The fool and his hunting party returned to the Manor to find all the men left behind to guard it dead outside, and when they stepped inside they found Heir Dragonov hanging from the sealing by a noose tied to his ankle, his throat ripped out and a message written in his blood to come to the study. The men did so and when they saw me most of them froze, having heard of me and my vast power, however Lord Dragonov ever the arrogant fool demanded to know why I killed his guards and son, so I explained it to him, at which point he called me a filthy beast and I killed 3 of his hunting party, leaving only 2 alive, and challenged him to an honor duel."
Ragnok also listening to the story leans forward waiting in anticipation to hear the next part. The blond Dracula continues on saying
"The wager was that Should he win then I would grant him Half the wealth of House Dracula, as well as any 1 Magical boon, however should I win then He would die, I would become Lord Dragonov, and I'd take his wife and daughter both of whom were quite beautiful, as concubines to do with as I pleased. The idiot agreed and the duel was witnessed by the last 2 members of the hunting party, as well as Lady and Heiress Dragonov, the entire time he was throwing spells he kept on spouting off about how many of my kind he'd killed, and how he'd spend the wealth he would gain from House Dracula after it was over, just wouldnt shut up as I blocked everything he sent my way.
Eventually I grew tired of listening to him and went on the attack, and with not but two spells it was over, he was dead, and I had won a New Lordship, 2 concubines, and a whole lot of land and much more power in the wizarding world." both the listeners chuckle at the end of the story thinking what a fool the man had been and how it seemed to be an inherent trait of Wizards, however Harry shows his curiosity to one part and asks
"What ever became of the man's wife and daughter dad?" the blonde sighs and says
"Well the wife was unhappy with the results, she would do nothing I instructed her to do, was willful and disobedient, and after only 2 years of being a concubine, in which time I never took her to bed as she refused that and I may be a monster but I'm not a rapist, she killed herself and joined her husband in the next life. As for the daughter she was more then willing to serve my every need and did so for many years, in fact after 10 years of being my willing slave and sexual partner I offered her eternal life and the chance to make her own way among our kind. She accepted and last I heard she was living a good Immortal life with the largest Italian Coven."
Harry smiles at this as the man puts down the Dragonov file and picks up the Black case which upon closer inspection bares the Coiled Dragon of the House of Dracula carved into the hide, and the teen sits by his fathers side and reads along with him as he goes through every page, seeing what properties House Dracula own in Britain on one page, then on the next a list of all the Jewelry in the vault, and the next holds a list of Potions ingredients, the next page lists books, and so on and so forth, until the second to last and third to last pages which both list all the investments of house Dracula both magical and Mundane. However the last page shocks him even more then what he read in the Dragonov portfolio
Accounting of the Most Ancient and Royal House of Dracula
Current Liquid Wealth within Gringotts London in Galleons
Galleons: 4,733,527,800
Total Sum of Dracula Vault in Great British Pounds 1995
1G=5GBP
GBP: 23,667,639,000
Before the teen can even open his mouth to question the greater amount of wealth his father beats him to the chase and says "That my son is 1/20th the total wealth of the House of Dracula. House Dracula has been around for over 10,000 years, it was one of the first Magical Houses ever established. It was started in ancient Sumeria by my grandfather the First Vampire King and Progenitor of the Vampire race, back then it was called House Drakon as my grandfathers name was Dagon Drakon.
However when my Father, Dagon's Only son Vladislaus killed him 5000 years ago it became House Dracul, and then when I killed my father a mere 1100 Years ago the name changed once again to house Dracula. As my father and grandfather considered themselves Dragons, the house's name reflected that as Drakon and Dracul both mean Dragon in some form, however I always saw myself as the Dragon's son thus Dracula which literally means "Son of the Dragon".
And in the house's 10,000 year bloody history my predecessors gathered great amounts of wealth to the house, hording it as a Dragon would. I did much the same however unlike my Father and grandfather I also distributed some of the wealth back into the world, investing in the future of not just the Magical World but of the Mundane as well." Harry stares at his father in awe but then asks
"You never did explain to me why You killed Grandfather and why he killed Great Grandfather. You just said it was family tradition but I've always hated that excuse." he blonde chuckles and says
"I shall tell you after we leave here. We will head into Mundane London for a late lunch where I'll tell you the whys and then we'll get you back to Hogwarts as I believe you have an appointment with a certain Veela tonight." the teen blushes slightly at this and then coughs into his hand says
"Yes well, Now Lord Ragnok I would like to see an Accounting of the Potter Vaults." the elder goblin chuckles slightly at the boys misfortune and then clears his throat and says
"That will be a little more difficult. You will have to prove that you are or at least were Harry James Potter. However fear not for there is an easy way to do that." The teen Vampire looks at the goblin and asks
"And what would that way be?" however instead of answering directly the Director goes into a drawer on the other side of his desk and pulls out a blank sheet of parchment and then a golden bowl with rubies and emeralds and sapphires and places them on the desk infront of the young Heir and says
"In the bowl is a potion, all you must do is place 3 drops of blood into the potion and then when it turns Gold spill the potion upon the Parchment and it shall show your Name, Parents, Godparents, and the Families and Vaults that your entitled to. After I've confirmed your status as Potter Heir then I will have one of my guards fetch the Potter account manager with the file." Harry nods his head at this and proceeds to take the golden dagger from Ragnok, cuts his palm and then holds it over the bowl letting 3 drops of blood drop into it from his hand, then once thats done he allows his vamperic regeneration take over and instantly his hand is healed and unblemished, after waiting about 10 minuets the potion finally turns gold and he proceeds to pour it on the parchment, and before the 3 men's eye lines of script begin to spiral around the page until finally these are the results
Blood Heritage Results
Name: Hadrian Adamantius Dragonov-Potter-Black-Gryffindor-Slytherin-Dracula
Birth Name: Harry James Potter
Born: 31st July 1980
Age: 14 nearly 15
Blood Status: Half-Vampire
Parents
Father: James Charlus Potter-Deceased
Adamantius Vladislaus Dracula-Blood Adopted
Mother: Lilian Marie Potter (Nee Evans)-Deceased
Grandparents
Grandfather: Charlus Robert Potter- Deceased
Johnathan Christoper Evans- Deceased
Vladislaus Dagon Dracula- Blood Adopted Deceased
Grandmother: Dorea Cedrella Potter (Nee Black)-Deceased
Violet Rose Evens- Deceased
Victoria Circe Dugeth- Blood Adopted Deceased
Godparents
Godfather: Sirius Orion Black III
Godmother: Alice Lynn Longbottom- In Catatonic state
Amelia Susan Bones
Relatives
Petunia Ann Dursley- Maternal Aunt
Dudley Vernon Dursley- Cousin
Vladimir Dagon Dracula- Blood Adopted Uncle-Deceased
Katrina Anastasia Dracula- Blood Adopted Aunt- Hibernation
Multiple Turned Vampire "Brothers and Sisters"
Houses Heir to
Most Ancient and Royal House of Dracula: Sole Heir-Blood
Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Dragonov: Sole Heir-Blood
Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Potter: Sole/Last Heir-Blood
Most Ancient and Noble House of Gryffindor: Sole/Last Heir-Blood
Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Black: Heir Apparent-Blood
Most Ancient and Noble House of Slytherin: Heir Apparent- Conquest
Vaults entitled to
Dracula Trust Vault
Dragonov Trust Vault
Black Trust Vault
Potter Vault
Slytherin Vault-Empty
Gryffindor Vault
Upon reading this all three have different reactions, Adam simply smirks like hes just heard a funny joke, Ragnok is startled because this boy is heir to some of the richest families in all of Wizarding Britain perhaps even the world, and Hadrian is just plain shocked as he expected that he'd only be heir to houses Dragonov, Dracula, and Potter. However Ragnok quickly gets ahold of himself and snaps his fingers and a moment later a guard enters, the Director speaks to the guard in Gobldegook and the guard quickly exits the office, and after looking at the questioning gaze of the Vampire Prince says
"I just ordered him to bring me the Potter Accounts Manager with the full accounting of the Potter Vaults." the teen nods his head while his father rubs his goatee and asks
"The Law here in Wizarding Britain is still that when one is recognized as a legal adult they may claim any lordships that they have that are vacant correct?" the Goblin Chief turns the Vampire King and nods his head slightly replying
"Yes it is King Dracula. What are you getting at?" the blonde smiles a toothy smile at this and says
"According to the rules of the Tri-Wizard tournament agreed upon by the Ministry of Magic, one must be "Of Age" to compete in the Tournament. If you take that meaning seriously then that means that the Goblet of Fire names each contestant of Legal age, which means that if a contestant is say...Oh 14 years old then would that not automatically Emancipate said contestant and make them eligible to take on his/her Lord/Ladyships here in Britain?" both of the others blink at this before Hadrian starts to laugh quite evilly at the idea and says
"Oh Father you are absolutely diabolical! Its so perfect Using the fools own laws against them! Hahahahaha!" Ragnok however is confused and says
"I don't think I understand what your getting at my Lord." Adam looks at him and says
"My son here happens to be the 4th Champion of the Tri-Wizard tournament, his birth name came out of the Goblet of Fire, which means that the moment it did that he became Emancipated here in Britain and eligible to gain his Vacant Lordships, which at this moment happen to be Potter, Gryffindor, and Slytherin." within moments Ragnok finally understands what the two Vampires are getting at and a shark like smile alights on his face as he says
"I have to agree with your son King Dracula, that is absolutely underhanded. But not undeserving of happening to the Ministry." a moment latter the Guard returns and with him is a Goblin that looks much older then Ragnok who is carrying a large Manila folder under his arm, the Guard bows to the Goblin Chief then returns to his post outside the door, while another chair appears for the other goblin to sit in and Ragnok decides introductions are in order and says "King and Prince Dracula may I introduce Ironclaw, the Potter account Manager. Ironclaw this is King Dracula, Ruler of all Vampires and his Blood-Adopted son and Prince Hadrian Dracula, formerly Harry Potter."
Ironclaw's eyes widen at this before he bows to both and then says
"Its an Honor King Dracula to meet you. As for you Heir Potter, its good to see you again, last time I looked upon you was when you were but a babe, not more then 6 months old, in your Mother's arms, rest her soul. It warms this old goblins bones to see you doing well." the teen nods his head at this and says
"Its nice to meet you Account Manager Ironclaw." Ragnok then coughs to get the old goblins attention and says
"Ironclaw before we get down to showing Heir Potter whats been going on with the Potter account, its been brought to my attention that this young man is a Contestant in the Tri-Wizard tournament, and as such by the laws of the British Wizarding Government that means that he is for all intent and purposes...Emancipated. And I believe it is his wish to take up The Potter Lordship as well as Lordships for the houses of Gryffindor and Slytherin." the old goblins eyes widen slightly at this before he says
"Well we can test and see if thats true." before he snaps his fingers and a box appears in his hands, he opens it up and inside is a Ring, the ring is a golden band, with a ruby atop it and engraved in the Ruby is the Potter Family Crest which is a shield with a Sword and a broom crossed and stag touching the sword, with a doe touching the broom, and below were they cross is a symbol of a Triangle with a circle inside of it with a Line inside the circle, and across the top is the family motto Fortuna Est Paratum (Fortune Favors the Prepared).
The old goblin then explains "this is the Potter Lord Ring young man. The best way to test if you truly are Emancipated within Britain is to try on the ring. If it flashes and accepts you then you will be forever more Lord Potter. However if it shocks you then appears back in the box then that means that you are still considered a Minor and still only Heir Potter." The dark haired teen nods at this and very reverently picks up the ring and slips it upon his right ring finger, after a moment there is a flash of magic and the ring re-sizes to fit his finger and recognizes him as Lord Potter.
Adam claps loudly at this and says
"I knew it! Congratulations son, welcome to Lord-hood! Now Ragnok I think its time to Summon the Gryffindor and Slytherin rings." the Goblin Chief shakes off his slight shock before nodding and snapping his fingers, and a moment later 2 more Boxes appear on his desk which he slides to the teen as he then proceeds to write a missive to have the Gryffindor Account holdings pulled from records. Harry however opens the first box and finds another golden ring, only this one has Red Diamond on top of it with the Crest of House Gryffindor on it which is a shield with a roaring Lion inside and there is no motto, he slips it on the same Finger as his Potter ring and with another flash it to re-sizes, recognizing him as Lord Gryffindor, however it quickly combines with the potter ring.
Then he opens the last box and finds a Silver band with an Emerald at the top and the crest of house Slytherin which is a Shield with a snake upon it resting below a knights helmet and atop the helmet is a rope with another smaller snake atop the rope and again no Family motto, however all the same he slips it on its finger and like the two before theres a flash of magic accepting him and then re-sizing and joining with the other two. Once this is done Ironclaw clears his throat and says
"Congratulation Lord Gryffindor-Slytherin-Potter, now I believe you wanted a full accounting of the Potter Vaults? This folder has the Deposits, Withdrawals, Investments, and Balance of the past 14 years. You'll find that your family is actually the wealthiest of the original 12." Harry takes the folder and proceeds to go through it, soaking up every word of every page and seeing how the account has been doing since the death of his birth parents, finding that even tho they were dead the Vault did not go inert, in fact it continued to increase, upon seeing this he decides to ask
"Why is it that the wealth of the House Potter has continued to increase? Isnt it standard procedure to freeze the activity in it when the current Lord and/or Lady dies and the Heir is not yet of an age to manage it? Also what is this Original 12 you speak of?" before the old goblin can answer the blonde vampire responds
"The original 12 are the 12 original houses that made up the Wizard's Council which later became the Wizagamont here in Britain. Those 12 houses were Bones, Black, Lovegood, Longbottom, Greengrass, Potter, Dagworth-Granger, Ravenclaw, Ambrosius, Le Fay, Hufflepuff, and finally Pendragon. Ofcourse since 12 is not a very magically powerful number a bit after the founding of the council my students Merlin and Morgana came to me and asked me to be the 13th member of the council and since I could never say no to Morgana I agreed thus making house Dracula the 13th house the Wizards Council which later became the Wizagamont. Tho I've never really exercised my power in that body."
the teen nods at this as Ironclaw coughs and says
"As to your first question Lord Potter, you are right normally when the current Lord/Lady dies and the only Heir is not old enough to see to the families affairs the activity in the account is frozen to a point. What I mean by that is that any investments made before the death of the Lord/Lady still bring in revenue, and that gold is deposited into the account. However with the Potter Account its different.
Your father Lord James Potter left specific instructions that upon the Death of himself and/or your mother Lady Lily, that the Potter Account was to remain active with myself overseeing it and being the only one who could access the Vault until you came of age and accepted the Lordship. He also left detailed instruction on companies both Muggle and Wizard to invest in upon their deaths spread over a period of 5 years, which I carried out, and is why you'll find so many investments on the Investment pages, and directly correlates with the current wealth of the House of Potter." Harry nods numbly at this and looks down at the Investments pages
Mundane Investments of House Potter
IBM Corporation-8%
Microsoft Corporation- 10%
Sony Corporation- 7%
Samsung Group- 9%
Ford Motor Company- 1%
HSBC Group- 25%
British Petroleum- 5%
Barclays- 2%
BHP Billiton- 12%
Anglo American PLC- .5%
BT Group- 11%
Carnival Cruise Lines- 2%
J. Sainsbury PLC- 6%
Apple Inc- 3%
Magical Investments of House Potter
Flourish and Blotts- 25%
Gamble and Jape's-17%
Quality Quiditch Supplies- 10%
Slug and Jigger's Apothecary- 15%
Twilfitt and Tatting's- 5%
Florean Fortescue's- 7%
Daily Prophet- 25%
Dervish and Bangs- 4%
Honeydukes- 10%
The Three Broomsticks- 6%
Accounting of Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Potter
Current Liquid wealth In Potter Main Vault in Galleons
Galleons: 1,250,366,721
Total sum of Potter Main Vault in British Pounds as of 1995
1G=5GBP
GBP: 6,251,833,605
The dark haired teen Vampire stares in Awe at this and cant form any words to describe it. However he soon turns to Ironclaw and says
"So I can access all that wealth correct?" the old goblin just nods and the boy decides on his course of action and continues "Alright then depending on the state of the Gryffindor Vault I'll likely be moving a lot of money around." Ragnok coughs bringing the teens attention to him as he holds up 2 folders and says
"In my hand are the account information for the Houses of Gryffindor and Slytherin. Now its my distinct displeasure to inform you that house Slytherin is broke, there is no gold in the vault, only books of advanced magic, as well as several portraits of past House members, as unfortunately the last Descendants of the house the Gaunt family squandered all the wealth away." Harry nods his head to this and asks
"And what of the Gryffindor Vault?" the Goblin Chief smirks at this and says
"House Gryffindor is the opposite, while its nowhere near as full or wealthy as House Potter, its still got a good amount of gold, the Current balance being 20 Million Galleons." Adam hums at this and says
"So about 100 Million Pounds once converted." the bank Director nods at this and asks
"So Lord Gryffindor-Slytherin what do you wish to do now?" Harry smirks and says
"I'd like Ironclaw to Handle all three of my Vaults if that's alright with him." the old goblin is blown away at this and says
"O-ofcourse it is Lord Potter, I would be honored." the teen nods his head and says
"Alright then the first thing I want to do is to transfer 100 Million Galleons from the Potter vault into the Slytherin Vault, as well as 80 Million from the potter Vault to the Gryffindor Vault. Then I want you to take 20 Million from each vault and use it to make Investments for those two houses Ironclaw, invest in Up and Coming companies mainly in the Mundane world that look like they're going to go so places." the old goblin writes down his instructions and then says
"It will be done Lord Potter. Just one question, do the companies have to be in Britain or can they be Anywhere?" the dark haired vampire laughs and responds
"They can be in China for all I care, as long as they increase the wealth in those two vaults thats all that matters." Ironclaw nods and proceeds to stand up, bows to the three and says
"Very well I shall take my leave now and get started on your requests Lord Potter. May your Gold forever flow." Harry nods his head to his Account Manager and responds
"My your enemies forever fall at your blade Ironclaw." and with that the old goblin takes his leave. A moment latter the blonde Vampire sighs and says
"We'll we should be going ourselves, must have lunch and then my son needs to return to his future Lady Dracula. Ragnok its been a pleasure to see you, and I hope to do further business with you during the coming months." the Goblin Chief stands and shakes the Vampire King's hand and responds
"Ah I look forward to it King Dracula. May your enemies never know you are coming until they feel the press of your fangs at their throats. And it was a pleasure to meet you young Prince." Harry nods to him and says
"You as well Chief Silverbane." Adam says
"May your gold forever flow from the defeat of your enemies. Good day." and with that the two Vampire men leave the office and soon the bank itself. Once outside the blonde looks at his watch and says "Well it seems its a bit after 2 in the afternoon, lets head out into Mundane London, catch a cab and then find a place to have a late lunch shall we?" the teen nods his head in response and they proceed to walk down the alley towards the Leaky Cauldron, which the quickly enter and go through to get to London, at which point the older male hails a taxi which they enter and then tells the driver to take them to downtown London.
They find a nice Italian restaurant to eat at, place their orders and proceed to spend the next 2 hours talking about nothing in particular, until Hadrian asks
"So how did your night go? Didn't you say you had to go and keep a promise of some sort to someone?" The father chuckles and says
"Yes I did say that. However unfortunately I was unable to go through with keeping my promise. You see many years ago I was a teacher at Hogwarts, teaching Defense Against The Dark Arts, and while I was teaching I met a beautiful, intelligent, powerful, and fiercely independent young woman. She was a student of mine, a member of Gryffindor house, and it didn't take me very long to fall in love with her and to start seeing her in secret. Our relationship tho started out as Student and Teacher, she would come to me during free periods with questions about spells and the nature of magic, and eventually our debates on the subjects developed into mutual attraction and then love." Harry smiles at this and says
"I never knew you loved any woman father. My entire life I have never seen you even DATE anyone. I thought that your Bachelorhood is why you were so interested in MY love life." Adam laughs at this comment and says
"No no my son thats not why I'm interested in your love life, the true reason is because like any father I worry about you finding a good girl that you can perhaps one day settle down with and give me many grandchildren to spoil rotten." at this comment the teen mumbles something that sounds suspiciously like
"stupid immortal fathers sticking their noses where they don't belong." which causes the man to chuckle more before he continues on
"In any case, the young woman and I became very close, and eventually intimate, with her giving her maidenhood to me. As I said we had to keep our relationship secret for fear of the scandal it would cause, however eventually our relationship was found out, and by none other the Albus Dumbledore who reported it to the Headmaster at the time Armando Dippet who ofcourse fired me on the spot, and deducted points from Gryffindor house and gave detentions to the young lady. The day I left I promised her that I would return for her one day and that when I did I would give her Immortality so that we could be together forever.
That young lady was Minerva McGonagall, however the first time I returned to Britain to act on that promise I found that she had fallen in love with and married another and so I distanced myself. However her husband died in 1985 and thats when she began to send me letters via owl, and we began to correspond back and forth, and once again old feelings resurfaced." The teen finishes eating his Chicken Parm, and asks
"So why were you un-able to finally fulfill your promise lastnight? Did she refuse?" the blonde shakes his head and responds
"No she didn't refuse. Merely told me to wait for a tiny bit longer, at least until the last year of school of her 2 favorite students Mr Longbottom and Miss Granger. I agreed and so in 3 years time Minerva McGonagall will become my 1st eternal bride. Before you ask, yes she knows that eventually I will turn 2 others who will join us in our relationship." with that he finishes his Fettachini Alfredo and asks for the check, which the waiter brings shortly, he pays and they head out and look for a alleyway that is unused and unnoticed, after making sure no one can see the two vanish in twin plumes of shadow.
When they reappear it's just outside the Hogwarts gates and therefor the wards, the blond pats his son on the shoulder and says "I hope you enjoyed the day as much as I did Hadrian, however this is were we part, I have other business I have to attend to. However do have fun tonight, make sure to show your lady the famous Dracula stamina, she'll thank you for it trust me." Harry blushes at this slightly and punches the man over the heart and says
"Stop that father! I don't even think we're going to do That tonight, more then likely there will only be touching. Anyway I had fun today to dad, I look forward to more days like this with you. But before you go I have a question I've been dying to ask...Who is Katrina Dracula? And why have you never spoken of her? I mean you've told me all about Uncle Vlad and his attempts to take the throne from you, but never once did you ever mention her." the smile drops from the man's face as he looks at the teen seriously and says
"Katrina is my baby sister, your Aunt. However she has been in a deep magical slumber for 700 years. The reason I've never mentioned her is because her slumber is my greatest failure as not just a King or a brother, but as a man. Now thats all you'll get so drop it, I don't want you making mention of her again do you understand me?" Harry nods his head and with that the elder vampire vanishes in a cloud of smoke, leaving a severely confused teenager.
Harry proceeds to enter the grounds and head straight for the Beauxbatons coach, on the way he passes students from all three schools who either wave(Beauxbatons) or run away from him(Hogwarts), but regardless the teen merely keeps his face impassive as he makes he way to the powder blue coach. However halfway there hes stopped by a wall of students from Hogwarts and Durmstrang, most of the Hogwarts students are wearing green ties with a few blue ties, and at the head of these is a tall brown haired Slytherin 7th year who is smirking as if he's just heard a good joke as he says
"So you finally found the courage to come out have you Half-Breed? You know we don't appreciate your kind coming here and entering yourself into a tournament thats meant for Wizards and we thought we'd educate you about where a beast like you stands with Normal Pure-Blood Wizards." Hadrian sneers at this and then quickly clicks his tongue and shakes his head and says
"First off you say that as if I was hiding from you weaklings. I wasn't, in fact I have been in London since about 9am this morning doing business at Gringotts. Secondly You call me a Half-Breed and yet you know nothing of the Vampire culture or Hierarchy. As for you not appreciating "my kind" being in a tournament made for idiot Wizards with a wish for a quick death, well all I can say to that is I didn't intend to be in this tournament, however someone placed my name in the goblet and forced me to compete."
this causes a lot of the students to murmur until he continues on saying "As for where I stand with "Normal Pure-Bloods" I already know where I stand...Above all you peons as is my right as a Prince. Lets examine that phrase "Pure-Blood" for a second shall we? Now when that term was originally coined it was meant to describe all those Witches and Wizards who had magic in their blood regardless of weather they came from a Purely Magical family or a Mundane Family, and that is still the case everywhere else in the world except here in Britain.
British Wizards and Witches have used the term "Pure-Blood" as a way of elevating themselves over their fellow Witches and Wizards and make themselves seem more important then they really are when really you British Pure-Blood's are nothing but a bunch of weak, Inbred, Morons." this causes the boy Slytherins as well as a few of the Durmstrang students to scowl angrily as Harry continues
"Now if you all wish to try and fight me, be it physically or magically, then I'll be more then willing to teach you a few things about Vampires. But a word of warning before you do, I'm sure many of you heard of what happened to Heir Malfoy and his ilk, Their wounds physical and mental came from me...So face me at your own Peril." after he says this many blanch, all of the Ravenclaws run away wanting no part of the dark haired Half-Vampire, while only a few of the Slytherins and Half of the Durmstrang students back away slowly and leave, however that still leaves about 20 students, 10 Slytherin 5th through 7th years and 10 Durmstrang 7th years, who all draw their wands and prepare to attack.
Harry sighs and closes his eyes for a moment, and when he opens them again the scalera are black and his green pupils shine with restrained power as he says "Very well if thats how you want it. Let the lesson Begin!" and with that he rushes the group as they begin to fire off Spells, as he intends to educate the Wizards all about vampire Hierarchy while beating the crap out of them.
Annnd Cut! well theres chapter 9 a trip to gringotts and Dracula plotting to use The Wizagamonts own laws and flawed system against them. Also you learned a little history of not only House Dracula but of where Vampires originated from and got to see that even the ever devious Adamantius Dracula has flaws and mistakes that he trys to hide. Now i know Left it on a bit of a cliffhanger and i'm sorry for that, promise i wont do it often, but next chapter will start off with Harry beating down the punks all the while explaining about vampire culture, and also next chapter will have the first Lemon between Harry and Fleur. Anyway as always Read and Review. Until Next time.