A Hero's Cry
Chapter 15
"My names Harry Potter and I'm here to claim my inheritance" said Harry confidently walking up to the goblins. He didn't as much as twitch at the ugly looking things as many Muggle Born's would have done.
The goblin in question looked up at Harry as if he couldn't believe him. Or should the goblin say her, as Harry looked like a women at the moment with silver pixy hair cut.
"He's in disguise just take us to see the head of his accounts" sneered Severus abruptly.
"Very well" nodded the goblin. They actually liked Severus, because unlike most of the people there they weren't fakes and pretending to be nice and saying nasty things behind their back.
As soon as they walked through the door, Harry could feel a tingling going though his body. Also saw many spells placed around the room, Harry frowned and wondered what they were.
"They are wards making sure poly juice potion isn't used, one also uses magical signature recognition. They are connected to the Goblins so they know who they are dealing with and cannot be duped" said Severus softly as if he knew what Harry was thinking.
"Ah that explains it" nodded Harry thoughtfully.
"So how can Gringotts help Harry Potter this late at night?" grinned Grekin softly.
"I wish to claim my vaults and gather an inventory for the past seventeen years" said Harry softly sitting down, the others quickly followed him but remained quiet. He was eighteen years old nearly nineteen, his parents had been gone for seventeen years so he was checking from way back the just to make sure.
"I gather you are aware that your guardian has control of your vaults?" asked Grekin.
"Who would that be? I haven't been in the wizarding world since I was one years old" said Harry dryly.
"Albus Dumbledore, he became your magical guardian the night your parents passed away" said Grekin he didn't want to say murdered it wasn't very nice and he wasn't sure how Harry would take it.
"Passed away?" scoffed Harry "They were murdered do not treat me like a child I know very well what happened"
"I apologize I just wasn't sure how you would react or if you even knew" said Grekin bowing in respect.
"I know so Dumbledore didn't waste any time in going after my accounts when my parents died" said Harry he wasn't exactly surprised he knew Dumbledore wasn't as light as everyone made him.
"So it's legal?" snapped Jean unable to hold her tongue any longer.
"It depends do you want to press charges?" asked Grekin.
"My son and I want to yes" said Jean looking very angry, she had to stop her powers from reacting and raising everything in the vicinity to the ceiling.
"Then the best you can do I'm afraid is arrest him for theft and he would no doubt get away with it. He is a very important man in this world and everyone believes he can do no wrong" sneered Grekin an ugly look on his face.
"Theft?" frowned Harry.
"When you turn seventeen you legally become of age, technically he's only been stealing your money for nearly two years. The Wizengamont granted him his petition to become your magical guardian after Sirius Black was imprisoned" explained Grekin.
"I see" said Harry looking furious.
"What if he can prove he didn't get a penny of it?" asked Severus looking intently at the goblin.
"It would be hard to prove and feeble at best you know as well as I no one will arrest Dumbledore for such a petty theft" sighed Grekin.
"How much has he taken" demanded Jean. Logan put a calming hand on her shoulder, so she didn't do something she would regret.
"This is an inventory of everything removed in the past seventeen years" winced Grekin handing over the paper. Jean went red in the face; she didn't have to convert the money from Galleon's to Dollars to know he had removed a lot from her sons vault.
"What the hell's a pensive?" asked Harry when he grabbed the paper from his mum.
"It's a place for storing memories they are extremely valuable and rare" said Severus before the Goblin could reply.
"The books? Hundreds of books have been removed and lots of trunks full of jewels?" gawped Harry.
"Will he be able to get them back? Technically they are his property and should never been removed" said Severus his eyes narrowed and he was breathing heavily as if he was trying to keep himself calm.
"Everything apart from the money up until two years ago you can get back" nodded Grekin.
"Who the hell is Molly Prewitt?" asked Harry.
"Molly Weasley let me see" demanded Severus.
"She got two payments put into a vault…right before you were supposed to attend Hogwarts" frowned Severus.
"That we can get back" nodded Grekin "It's easy to prove that you didn't have that money"
"We want it done as soon as he leaves" said Severus; he didn't want a chance of Molly going to Dumbledore and them both coming here. He didn't want to be caught, he was rather happy living in America he had done his duty to this world and didn't give a damn what happened.
"Very well" nodded Grekin.
"I'm leaving pretty soon I've got all the money I need in America I just don't want anyone else touching it" said Harry sounding insulted. It was his family's hard earned money Dumbledore was spending Willy nilly. Jean and Xavier might be his parents but Lily and James had been his first family even if he could hardly remember them.
"Very well just sign these then is there anything else I can do for you before you leave?" asked Grekin.
"No I'm fine thank you is there any way I can get regular statements to where I stay?" asked Harry.
"Now that you have claimed them they will go to you, do not worry the address is confidential no one not even us will know where you are. However, Owls will know where you are and they will find you" said Grekin.
"Ok" said Harry nodding his head.
"Fantastic sign these and you should have half an hour before anyone realizes what happened" nodded Grekin handing over papers for Harry to sign.
Smiling weakly he signed all the papers they rolled up and disappeared in a puff of smoke, another piece of paper probably the copy materialized in his folder beside the Goblins.
"Let's get going" said Jean she was worried something was going to happen.
"I need a picture of your quarters" said Harry softly. Meaning Severus would need to lower his shields and let Harry have a peak inside his head.
Groaning Severus did what he was told, not really thinking about it. Harry grinned softly he was just as he imagined it to be, he wasn't leaving his family him they were going with. He wasn't taking any chances with their lives, there was a war going on and he just had a bad feeling about everything.
"Hold on" said Harry, everyone did as they were told; Harry held onto his dad Xavier and his chair so both items would be transported with them. Suddenly they were in Severus' room, when they landed Severus gawped at his room before fainting in an undignified heap at their feet.
Harry had to resort to throwing water at Severus' face to wake the man up. Harry wasn't sure if anyone had been alerted to the fact someone was here. There were wards upon the room his magic told him as much but he didn't know exactly what they were.
Spluttering angrily he came around, Harry help Severus' hand away from his face as the wand was abruptly pulled in front of him. "How did you do that?" gawked Severus putting his wand away looking only slightly sheepish he hadn't done that in a while.
"What?" frowned Harry "And hurry and get your things there's wards all around this room"
"You apparated into Hogwarts…it's never been done before….not even Dumbledore can do it" said Severus.
"I don't know Severus but please gather your things" said Harry he could feel people all over this place and magic pulsing with fear something had happened. He had a feeling someone knew they were in here; thankfully Severus did as he was told quickly gathering his things.
"Remember that box Severus" said Xavier softly; it had been the first time he spoke tonight. He seemed quite content to watch everything and let others handle the problems.
"Someone's coming" said Jean her voice barely a whisper.
"It's Dumbledore" said Xavier "And a Minerva, a Filius? And a Remus and a Black" he knew because he could read their minds and memories.
"You can get though Dumbledore's shields?" whispered Severus wide eyed, if he could do it to Dumbledore's there was no doubt he could raid Severus' and see all his horrific past.
"I can but I do not usually do it without permission" said Xavier "We needed to know what we were up against"
"Black? As in my godfather?" asked Harry surprised.
"Yes he was released from prison…he was sentenced there for twelve years" said Severus "Surprisingly he came out relatively intact" he finished dryly.
"I'm almost finished" said Severus quickly gathering the remains of his things. His potions and books were first to get done, going though everything special to him including pictures of him and Lily. The least special stuff was packed last things he wouldn't mind leaving behind should they have to leave abruptly.
"I can't hold the wards any longer with all the apparating I've done I'm exhausted and we need to get back" sighed Harry, gasping in shock when he heard his own voice half way though the sentence.
"Shit" swore Severus shrinking down the last box as the wards crumbled, gathering around they held onto Harry just as the door was blown open. Dumbledore looked at Harry with shock and rage, before it turned to Severus. A snarl left the usually good and light Albus Dumbledore, just as Harry began apparating Sirius Black leapt towards Harry, Remus tried to stop Sirius and they both got pulled along for the ride.
"DAMN" snarled Dumbledore was the last thing Harry and the others heard before they fell with a thump back in America into the very office they had spent the majority of the night in.
"Harry!" shouted Jean when her son fell to the floor.
"Get a pepper up potion now!" demanded Severus rolling Harry onto his back using his wand to figure out what was wrong. He was silently glad he had taken Medi wizard training with Poppy before he left school.
"Its fine" sighed Severus in relief "He's just magically drained"
"He just apparated to and back from America and held wards that stopped Dumbledore getting in so it's no surprised" muttered Severus mostly to himself as Jean came rushing back with the potion Severus requested and he quickly administered it to him.
"America?" shrieked Sirius weakly.
"How did he apparate out of Hogwarts?" yelped Remus. As if he was suddenly remembering something important.
Remus looked utterly stunned he stood there wondering what was happening and why Severus wasn't back with Dumbledore and what his best friends son was doing there and why he came to Hogwarts with Severus and how he knew him in the first place.
"He will sleep for a few days until his reserves build up again" said Severus lifting Harry up and putting him on the make shift bed, before covering him up.
"That was too close for my liking" said Jean sitting down next to her son.
"Severus can I ask what a prophecy is?" asked Xavier looking worried.
"Why?" asked Severus.
"Please just answer" sighed Xavier looking even more upset.
"It's a prediction of something happening" explained Severus.
"Why would Dumbledore get someone to fake one?" asked Xavier.
"It was a fake?" gasped Severus.
"Indeed…" said Xavier "Dumbledore promised the woman the divination position if she did it".
"Which means Harry isn't responsible for killing Voldemort" said Severus looking like a weight had been lifted from his shoulders. He grimaced though when he realized he was still responsible for the death of Lily and James. All for a fake prophecy it made him sick to his stomach. One thing for sure if Severus ever went back to Scotland he would kill the headmaster no matter what happened to him. He had killed the only person he had loved in his life, with the exception of his recent fondness for her son. Which was why he was trying to stop it in his tracks but every time Harry did something it amazed him and made his heart grow fonder of him. Like tonight apparating into Hogwarts without realizing what he had done, then throwing it off by making him pack as if nothing had happened. He was the exact opposite as his father, even Lily who had been desperate to prove herself and liked to brag a little. Harry was down to earth, honest and shy and Severus found it terribly sweet and attractive.
Will Jean corner Severus? will sirius and remus go home or stay? will remus be more accepted in the mutant world? will sirius fight with severus and cause harry to hate him? will dumbledore find them though sirius and remus? or will remus and sirius lead dumbledore right to them and betray harry thinking they are doing the right thing? will harry be forced to battle their war? and severus captured to ensure harrys coporation thinking harry has known severus longer than he had? R&R