Flashback, Gringcotts, 1983
"And here we are, in Gringcotts." Bellamoore said roughly twenty second later.
Petunia was about to lose her breakfast and Mameha wasn't fairing much better for the look on his face. But other vice they weren't that affected of floo travel. Both of them came out standing up and not crashed on the floor like Bellamoore had thought they would.
Gringcotts was already full of people even when it was still morning. Well, the clock was eleven now so it was completely understandable that Lords and Ladies came to do business in this hour in Gringcotts. And that reminded her of her own businesses with Mameha.
"So, what now?" Mameha asked after he had forced breakfast stay down.
"Now you two go one of these lines, wait for your turn and then explain to the goblin on the teller what for you are on the bank. As for me, I'm going back to my shop." Bellamoore said little nastily to Mameha, who was about to say something but just nod instead. She raised an eyebrow. Mameha just smiled like a cat that couth a bird. She shudder little bit. Not very nice smile, she thought and shudders little more. Throwing some floo powder on the fire place, saying her shop name same time and disappeared in whirl of colors.
And so, Petunia and Mameha went first line they found and started the waiting game. There were dozen people before them, so both of them thought it would take about half an hour or more before it would be their turn but the line was much quicker than the other lines. All it took was ten minutes of waiting and it was their turn.
The goblin sneer on the two of them when they make it on teller at last.
"What you want?" the goblin asked with superior on his voice.
Mameha didn't like this goblin at all. So he let go a tiny bit of his magic and wrap it around the goblin and then he squeezed. The look on the face of the goblin nearly made Mameha laugh.
"Now that I have your tensions, maybe you would be so kind and tell me where I could find the account manager of Potters?" he asked in sickening sweet voice.
"Why would you…" was everything that goblin was able to say until Mameha squeezed him again.
"Ah, just give me a second to call Grimblood here. He is the account manager of the Potters." the teller goblin shutter to Mameha.
"No need for that. Give as a goblin that will take us to this Grimblood office." Mameha said before squeezing goblin one last time.
"Yes, of course, my Lady. Right away." and the goblin turned around and started to speak rabidly Gobbledygook to his assistant.
"Just follow Bonebreaker and he will show you were Grimblood is" the teller goblin said and got nod from the little Lady in front of him. He was terrified. The girl was more powerful than Dark Lord and more sadistic too. He just hoped that Grimblood had had keep the Potter account in good shape. Other vice he would be in lot of pain. He shudder and took generous amount of best Fire Whiskey he had in hand and gulp it all down in one go as he watched how Bonebreaker left with the two human with him.
"If you could follow me, my Lady, and I would be delightful to show you where Master Grimblood is." Bonebreaker said as he lead Mameha and Petunia trough pure gold double doors to hall way behind it. Left, right, left, left, right again, then left and right and finally they were standing behind blood red double doors.
"Just give me second and I make sure that Master Grimblood has been told that you have been coming." Bonebreaker said hurried and disappeared between the double doors. No more than minute latter he came back and opened the double doors and nods the Mameha and Petunia to come inside while he himself left after brief introduction of the both parties.
"Master Grimblood, these are Lady Victoria Mameha Evans and her guardian Petunia Evans. My Lady, here is Potter account manager, Master Grimblood." he says before gently, slowly and quietly closing the double doors. He can't believe it. He is safe. But there definitely is bottle of Ogden's best whiskey with his name in his rooms…
There was deafening silence in the room after Bonebreaker left. Mameha look goblin behind the desk. Master Grimblood, he reminded himself, well he definitely looks Grim. And his eyes are red, so maybe his name is coming from that, he mused himself. At the same time Grimblood was trying to get his thoughts back to together. This very young girl in front of him was Dark Lady. There was no doubt in that. How that was possible, he didn't want to know. But he was curios what the girl had to do with Potters. Then he remembered it. Why the girls name had sounded so familiar. She was in fact a boy, the former Harry Potter, The-Boy-Who-Lived. And he started to smile like a Cheshire.
"Welcome, my Lady. Please, come, sit down." Grimblood said still smiling.
"Thank you, Master Grimblood." Mameha said and moved with Petunia over the two plushy armchairs.
"I have to tell you, my Lady, you caused quite a bit trouble to the teller Finebone. I'm sure he would have escorted you to me personally had he knew who you were." Grimblood was about to continue, but stopped when he saw the eyes of his Lady. They were like two pure pool of Avada Kedavra spell.
"I don't really care that. I am here to get control over my money, estates and the like and not to hear if I hurt someone's feelings in the progress." Mameha said sharply.
Grimblood winced. That was the answer what he had feared for. But at the same time he was excited. His Lady would surely lead on heavily in Dark Section on the Wizengamot, maybe even be the leader when he would be old enough. Light side would never know what hit them. He smiled his Cheshire smile again. He would make sure his Lady would know every nook and hook he could use to his advance. Yes, his Lord might be gone but he had Lady know and he would serve his Lady like he did his Lord.
"Ah, if you won't mind me asking, my Lady, what brings you here today?" Grimblood asked still smiling.
"Not at all, Master Grimblood. I'm here to set my accounts strait and getting information about this whole new world I stumble this morning." Mameha answered smiling politely.
"What? You mean to tell me that you didn't know about your inheritance until this morning?" Grimblood asked fuming-
"But surely your magical guardian has informed your aunt about accidental magic, what books to get you so you know how to correctly hold yourself, you are pureblood after all, and even if you weren't, you needed to know how to behave when you start your school to avoid social scandals and how to choose your allies to yourself. And because you have change your name you have to do the Naming ceremony again. Other vise your name is not legal in wizarding world. Surely your magical guardian told you these things." Grimblood ranted more to himself than Mameha but he listen carefully as well. It seemed that there were lots of things he needed to do and very limited of amount time to do so. He needed to act now, so he took the little trust that the Master Grimblood had gotten from him and play by ear the rest. He took long shaky breath and looked directly to the goblin.
"Excuse me, Master Grimblood, but there seems to be some sort of misunderstanding here. My aunt Petunia is my only guardian and while, yes she had knowledge of wizards and their world, we had no way to interact with it. The fact we even got here today is miracle. Long story short, we stumble across small shop and after little talk the owner was more than happy to show us the way here." Mameha told the goblin.
"And another thing. What you mean my name is not legal? What is this Naming ceremony you talk about? What is magical guardian? Do you know who is mine? Is there a way to get rid of that person? I also want to know what has been done to my parents will. I think that is all for now." he added with little nod, like an afterthought to the goblin.
Grimblood looked the child in front of him insatiable curiosity. It took a lot to make him look like that but the child had just done that. He was like cat that got killed without the satisfaction that brought it back. Lady was just right amount of innocents and curious for him Not to answer the questions that were asked. And all of this from the little rant he did. He wanted to applaud for him. It was a work of a genius.
"Ah, well, you see my Lady; your name is still in the eyes of Magical Community Harry James Potter and not Victoria Mameha Evans. That is because your father insisted Naming ceremony to be used to name you. The ceremony is simple. All it needs the one that is giving the name, the one that is going to have that name and magic blessing. It's not so unusual to witch or wizard came here in Gringcotts and undergo the Naming ceremony again. It's even a rumored that Merlin himself had undergone this ceremony. For you, my Lady, this should be even easier than others. You have never called yourself by the name your parents gave you and so your magic is not so strongly connected to it. We can do it right away, if you would like to. As for your other questions, I can't answer them yet because of your name, my Lady." Grimblood explained how things were in wizarding world to Mameha.
"Then yes, please, I would like to undergo this Naming ceremony as soon as possible, Master Grimblood." was Mameha's only answer.
"Good. This way, my Lady, we can use my privet ceremony chamber. The ceremony won't take long." Grimblood said and showed Mameha the chamber. Chamber itself was very minimalistic, having only altar in the room and candles for light.
Mameha walked to the chamber and it lit up in light blue light. He raised an eyebrow to Master Grimblood, who explained that the light indicated the need of the chamber, in this case the Naming ceremony. On the altar was silver ceremony dagger, a crystal bowl of water and two white candles.
Mameha walked to altar and took the dagger and slash his left palm open over the bowl and let water turn deep red before speaking the words and lighting the candles last, stating that the ceremony was over.
"I, Harry James Potter, have overcome before the eyes of magic to be Named again. I don't want to be called Harry James Potter any more. So mote it be. My new Name shall be Victoria Mameha Evans. So mote it be. So I beg from you magic. So be it." Mameha chanted and light the two candles. For a moment there was nothing but he felt that something chance very deep inside him.
Grimblood nod to Mameha as he turned to him and lead him back to his office.
"And now we should do inheritance test just to see if the magic favorite you." was the only thing the goblin said as he gave another silver dagger to Mameha.
"Just three drop of blood will do." Grimblood said for Mameha's raised eyebrow and usher him to use the dagger over sheet of parchment.
Heritance of Victoria Mameha Evans
Father: James Charlus Potter (dead)
Mother: Lily Maria Potter nee Evans (dead)
Siblings: None
Blood Status: Pure-blood
Sex: Male, Bearer, Virgin/Pure/Untouched
Godparents: None
Magical Guardian: None
Muggle Guardian: Petunia Evans
Seats in Wizengamot: 11 + 3
Soul-Mate: Tom Marvolo Riddle (alive)
Inheritance trough father
Potter: 6,398,572,859 Galleons
+ Potter Manor and Godric's Hollow 4
Black: 7,983,987,298 Galleons
+ Flat in Pleasure Alley and Black Manor
Peverell: 8,759,459,845 Galleons
+ Peverell Manor in Toscana, Italy
Gryffindor: 15,867,876,237 Galleons
+ ¼ of Hogwarts School, Gryffindor Manor in Ireland and Hidden War Barrack of Godric Gryffindor
Ermys: Vault 002
+ Hidden Tower of Merlin
Le Fay: Vault 003
+ Hidden Ritual and Transfusion Champers of Morven and Hidden Potion Laboratory of Morgana
Inheritance trough mother
Evans: 3,907,87 Galleons
Ravenclaw: 24,987,098,329 Galleons
+ ¼ of Hogwarts School, Ravenclaw Manor in Germany, Hidden Library of Rowena Ravenclaw
Inheritance trough Soul-Mate bond
Riddle: Vault 765 and 981
Gaunt: Gaunt Manor in Little Hangleton
Slytherin: 45,987,650,236 Galleons
+ ¼ of Hogwarts School, Slytherin Castle in England, Hidden Potion and Alchemy Laboratory of Salazar Slytherin
Abilities
Parsel Mage
Necromancer
Affinity to Potions and Alchemy
Eidetic memory
20% better senses than normal humans
Wandless and Wordless casting abilities
Blood Mage
Active Blocks
None
Even Grimblood was silent after reading his Lady's Inheritance. He was rich on his own but put him together with his soul-mate and the two of them were top in Gringcotts clients. And his abilities… It had been hundreds of years for someone to be necromancer and even longer for blood mage and just thinking one being parsel mage made his head spin. And his Lady was all three. And he was Bearer. He looked him in awe. He was meant to wonderful things. Just like his Lord.
Mameha was also silent but different reason. He now knew more about his parents and his own past than hour ago. He needed to re-think many of his plans. He would not be going back to the muggle world, which was sure thing. He needed to get allies as soon as it was possible. Preferably in those families that were listed that he was related to. Soul-mate… That needed a lot of researching and reading tons of books about the subject but he would concentrate forming good informing and spy organization first. He needed lot of information about how this world moved around, how its people think, voted. Who followed who, who he could buy, pride or blackmail to work for him.
"Ah, it worked. I would like to recommend getting a magical guardian as soon as possible. Magical guardian is responsible of you if you get trouble with law, makes sure you get the best education and that no-one can steal from you in way or form. Just like a muggle guardian." Grimblood said to Mameha killing the silences with that.
"I was thinking that too but sense I don't know many magical people would you be so kind to be my magical guardian, Master Grimblood?" Mameha asked seriously from the goblin in front of him.
Grimblood caped Mameha liked he had two head. A goblin for a magical guardian? Of human? He didn't know what to think. There were no laws against it, but it wasn't done either way. But his Lady had a point. He didn't know anyone else. And he was already guarding his money so why not add the rest responsibilities of magical guardian to it. He nod to himself. He would do it.
"Yes, child. I accept to be your magical guardian. So mote it be." he said with no hesitation in his voice.
They watch as the status on Mameha's inheritance parchment that said that he had no magical guardian chance to Gerald Grimblood.
"Thank you, Master Grimblood." Mameha said.
"Gerald, my Lady. My name is Gerald Grimblood but you may call me Gerald." Gerald said to Mameha his voice thick of emotions.
"Mameha then. Not many people are worth to call me that but you are, Gerald." Mameha told Gerald his voice also full of emotions, for its not every day you got yourself ally with goblins. And he didn't even try to do that! But this would be beautiful start of a lifelong friendship that worked without grudge of the others.
Rests of the businesses were done swiftly after that. Mameha asked the Heir Rings of the families he could have and was granted them. Gerald showed him also how to show only one massive heir ring or one specific ring. He had put the rings on his left middle finger. Gerald told him that it was the traditional place for heir rings so he used it. He also got bottomless, weightless money bag with wards against thieves and summoning charms. That had been gift from Gerald. So was the advice to put a drop of his blood in the Gringcotts crest so no-one but him could take the money out of his money bag which he did right away.
Mameha had asked if there were some way to stop others than him to go his vaults and Gerald had gotten very feral smirk on his face and said that there was only one way to always be sure that it was Mameha that wanted to go the vault and that was blood identification whit sample of his magical core as it can't be duplicated. It didn't need any explanation to Mameha. He wanted that. He got that. All the keys were null and useless now. And with his money bag that was connected to all his vaults he really shouldn't have the need to go his vaults unless it was to look what artifacts and books were in those vaults.
Gerald also explained as much as he could about Bearers which wasn't much because goblins didn't have male pregnancies but he was determinate to have his Lady in the best healer in England who was specialized in male pregnancies by the end of month. He was also able to provide couple of books about Bearers and male pregnancies. Both Mameha and Petunia were thankful of those books and were looking for the meeting with the healer.
That left only one more thing to do. Somewhere to live in wizarding world. Mameha looked to Gerald and saw the grin that he had on his face yet again. He shudder little bit inside. It never told a good tale if a goblin had grin like that.
"I know a perfect place for you two to settle down and no-one, and really I mean no-one, is going to bother you there." Gerald said grinning like mad.
"And where that would be?" Mameha asked with little hesitation in his voice. He was only four years old –nearly five, for heaven's sake! Even the adults were wary of grinning goblins.
"In Pleasure Alley. You inherited a flat in there from Blacks. It's already warded to boot and its floo is still connected to floo network. Pleasure Alley is the most dangerous Alley of all Allies. There are Diagon Alley, Knockturn Alley, Twilight Alley, Silverstar Alley and Pleasure Alley. Knocktrun, Twilight and Pleasure Alley are Dark Alleys were Diagon and Silverstar Alleys are Light Alleys. Only shadiest of people go to Dark Alleys at all, so you will be safe there. As for cover story, you two really don't need any. Nobody will question why the two of you move there or why. In fact I can bet on you that nobody will even pat an eye when you two move there tonight." Gerald said with his shit eating grin still on his face.
And so it was. After couple of signature from Mameha and Petunia and quick floo trip later, they were standing right in the heart of their new home.
End of Flashback