Chapter 7

Harry was currently on his way towards the Headmasters office after his breakfast to see if it was possible for him to go to Gringotts to claim his inheritance. When he got to the Gargoyle that stood at the foot of the spiral staircase, he was surprised when a voice spoke in his head.

"Master, may I ask your intention?"

Harry looked around to try and find the source of the voice but realized that it was the Gargoyle speaking to him.

"Yes Master, I am the one that is speaking to you. Every statue will be able to speak to you in this way as you are keyed to the castle. What is you intention with the Headmaster?"

"Umm… I need to speak to Professor Dumbledore to see if I can go to Gringotts." Said Harry

"Go on up" said the Gargoyle. It hopped out of the way and allowed Harry to climb up the stairs.

Harry nocked on the Oak door and entered when he heard, "Enter", from within.

"Good morning Harry, to what do I owe the pleasure?" Said Dumbledore whilst he petted Fawkes.

"Good morning Professor, I was wondering if I could go to Gringotts this morning with my Dad to access my inheritance?"

"Of course you can, it is a weekend after all and I'm sure Gringotts would be glad to have some of their most important vaults opened up again. I'll just Floo your father and you can go from here." With that, Dumbledore went over to the fireplace and moments later, James Potter climbed out of the fire along with Sirius and Remus who were both up from Harry's earlier mirror call.

"Morning Cub, my and Moony are already plotting to get you back for the early wake up call" said Sirius with a smile on his face.

"Anyway, shall we be off?" said James walking back to the fireplace with Harry.

Moments later, the four of them arrived in the lobby of Gringotts bank. James again made his way over towards Griphook's office. After knocking twice and called to enter they were sat around the desk.

"Mr. Potter, what can I do for you today?" asked Griphook

"I would like to get and inheritance test done on my son Harry as some information has come to light which may make him one of the most powerful people in the world"

A small smile appeared on Griphook's face, "Krook!"

A Goblin appeared in the office, "Yes sir, you called?"

"Go and get Ragnok and show him to the inheritance room now" said Griphook. The other goblin immediately left whilst Griphook got off his chair and showed the group out of the door and down one of the long corridors off the side of the main lobby. After passing five doors, he eventually stopped and showed them into a room that contained what looked like the stone pensive that Dumbledore had in his office but with no liquid in it.

The group waited until Krook showed up with another Goblin behind him. "May I introduce, Ragnok, leader of the Goblin Nation and Manager of Gringotts" Harry, James, Sirius and Remus bowed to the Goblin who returned the gesture.

"Now Griphook, you must have a good reason to bring me to the inheritance room." Said Ragnok

"I do sir. Harry may you please stand next to the basin and place your hand over the top." Harry did what he was told and waited for something to happen but was surprised when a cut appeared on his palm and some blood dribbled into the basin.

Once the blood had touched the stone, the cut was instantly healed. Griphook made his way over to the wall nearest the basin and placed his hand on it. Red ink that harry assumed was his blood, made its way up the wall and began to form different letters eventually spelling out different names.

To say that everybody in the room was surprised was an understatement. James could not believe that his ancestry, which he knew to be extensive, went back to so far.

Ragnok was the first to speak after some time, "Well, this was definitely unexpected. Harry Potter, you are the Heirs to Merlin, Morgana la Fay Emrys, Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw by marriage, Salazar Slytherin by conquest, Helena Hufflepuff by marriage and finally, King Arthur Pendragon for reasons unknown"

"Actually, I know why I'm the heir to King Arthur," said Harry, "He was the godfather for Godric and he named me his her because he was asked to by Merlin".

"Well that sort's that out. Lord Potter Hogwarts Pendragon Emrys, let me show you to your vaults. The Emrys vault is the first as it was Merlin that helped us build the bank and entrusted us to run it. Morgana la Fay's is next in vault two, as she was the wife of Merlin even though they were said to be enemies according to your history. In the third vault we have the son of Merlin and Morgana, Godric Gryffindor. Fourth is the vault of Godric's Godfather King Arthur who, for a muggle, knew quite a lot about our world.

The fifth vault is for the best friend of Godric, Salazar Slytherin. Now judging by that look, I would guess that you don't believe me. Godric and Salazar were friends from birth as Salazar was abandoned at birth and Merlin and Morgana found him and raised him like their own. Salazar was a first generation wizard as his parents were muggles that found he was wizard soon after he was born,"

"So that is where he gets his anti-'mudblood' ideas" said Sirius

"Yes and no. Yes it is true that he was against wizards and witches from muggle backgrounds to come to Hogwarts but that is because he did not want any of them to be disowned like he was for being magical. The only problem with this is that future generations did not hear the full story and so believed that all muggleborns are not fit to have magic. Now, the sixth vault is for Rowena Ravenclaw as she was the wife of Godric and finally we have the seventh vault belonging to Helena Hufflepuff as the wife of Salazar.

Any questions before we go off to the vaults?"

"Umm… I do," said Harry, "Why am I the heir of Slytherin by conquest?"

"Well my Lord, That is because when you were one year old and the killing curse that rebounded off you killed Voldemort, you killed the heir of Slytherin and so claimed it for your own along with Voldemort's inheritance which has been placed in a special vault ready to be moved."

"Can you move it to the Emrys vault later please?" asked Harry

"It will be done sir"

Ragnok led the group out of the door but not towards the normal carts, instead they went to the employee area and got on one of the plush carts there. The journey was surprisingly comfy and no-one felt like throwing up afterwards. The first stopped outside the Emrys Vault. The vault door was what looked like platinum and had no slit down the middle or an opening for a key. Harry looked confused before Ragnok instructed him to place his hand on the metal.

When he did, he immediately felt a rush of magic and the Emrys House ring appeared on his finger. A loud crack was heard and everybody watched, as the door's seemed to melt away into the floor. As everybody made to step forwards, Ragnok spoke up.

"Only the Heir and Goblins may enter".

Harry looked back to his dad who ushered him in followed by Griphook and Ragnok.

The main vault was filled with piles of Gold and precious stones and there were three doors leading of the side. Harry walked through the first door and found it to be filled with all sorts of books on various types of magic. "Ragnok sir, is it possible to link this to the library in Merlin's study?"

"That will be possible Harry, It will be done after you leave" replied Ragnok

Harry moved into the next room to find that it was full of armor, capes and two staves. The armor was made out of lightweight aluminium with various jewels encrusted in it which Harry assumed had some type of protective spell in each stone. The capes were the simple design of what Harry guessed was the Emrys coat of arms in red, blue, green and yellow.

The staves were the main things that Harry was drawn to. Both of them were not made form the normal wood that you would expect a stave to be made out of. Just like the door to the vault, the staves were made from platinum with an intricate design at the top. At the base of the staves there was a box that was filled with large gemstones from Rubies and Diamonds to dark Obsidian and others Harry had no idea about.

Harry made a mental note to come back to the staves after he had next had a meeting with Merlin to ask about them. The third room contained shelves lined with potions from your simple Pepper-up Potion to a complex Animagus revealing potion.

After spending a good ten minutes in the vault, Harry finally exited and watched in amazement as the door molded into place form the liquid Platinum.

The other vaults were basically the same as Merlin's vault except they all contained shelves of memories, which James placed in a trunk for Harry to take back to school. The group spent a good two hours looking around the vaults and Harry made mental notes on what to collect during holidays and ask Merlin about. After climbing out of the cart in the Employee area Harry turned to Ragnok,

"Ragnok, can you make sure that my heritage doesn't get out until I want it to. I'm not a big fan of the attention and I don't want anymore just yet"

"That will be fine Harry. I Ragnok, ruler of the Goblin nation and manager of Gringotts to swear that what I have seen today will not be revealed until one Harry James Potter Hogwarts Pendragon Emrys does say so" When Ragnok completed the sentence, a white ball of energy shot from his body and then dissipated, confirming the magical oath.

James handed the trunk of stuff that Harry had spotted in the vaults and the four exited the bank and flooed strait to Albus' office. He welcomed them back and offered to the three adults if they wanted to stay for lunch, which of course Sirius agreed to strait away.

The four headed towards the Gryffindor common room. When they got to the Fat Lady, she was shocked to see the Marauders again.

"I thought I was rid of you trouble makers fifteen years ago!" said the fat lady

"What? Not happy to see us?" said Sirius who was trying to have a pained expression on his face

"No I'm not, you always went out at obscene hours and came back even later, kept me up for hours you did!"

"Harry just say the password" whispered James to Harry

"Bowtruckle" said Harry causing the portrait to swing open and admit the four of them inside. Harry rushed off to put the trunk in his room whilst the three men sat in their favorite arm chairs for the first time in fifteen year and were getting some strange looks from the other students that were present.

Unfortunately for Percy Weasley, he didn't see the faces of the three men who entered behind Harry and so walked strait up to them.

"Who are you and why are you sitting in these chairs when they are for students?" said Percy

Sirius, Remus and James turned to face him. "Ah Percy," said Sirius, "Do you talk to all adults like that?" AS soon as Percy saw their faces, the colour in his cheeks quickly drained.

"N…n…no, Sorry Lord Potter, Lord Black, Mr. Lupin"

The three men burst out laughing, "Percy, you don't have to be scared of us and less of the Lords and Mr.. We are here because Dumbledore invited us to lunch and we were waiting for Harry."

As if on queue, Harry came down the steps with Ron in tow.

"Hey Ron" said Remus

"Mr. Lupin" said Ron in reply

Remus turned to James and Sirius, "what is it with people calling us Mr. and Lord?"

"Must be school" said Sirius

Lunch was a fun affair and James, Sirius and Remus all found it slightly odd having lunch at the teachers table rather than the Gryffindor one.

It had been a week since their last meeting and Harry was on his way to Dumbledore's office to see Merlin. He had a quick chat with the Gargoyle before heading up the stairs, knocking on the door and entering.

Dumbledore was sitting behind his desk and the portrait of Merlin was on the wall next to it.

"Ah, good to see you Harry. Good week?" said Merlin

"Yes thank you" replied Harry

"Right well, did you read the other notes in the chest?"

"Yep, and I went to Gringotts to get it confirmed and claim the inheritance" said Harry

"So if I'm not mistaken then you should be Lord Harry James Potter Gryffindor Ravenclaw Slytherin Hufflepuff Pendragon Emrys? Or should I just say Hogwarts instead of the four founders?"

"Hogwarts is easier to say," replied Harry

"Okay, well let me first discuss magic in general. Every magical person or being has a magical core. Now it is a common misconception that all wizards draw power from their core but that is wrong. Magic is all around us like the oxygen that we breathe and hat is where we draw our magic. Our core is like a processing machine, it takes in the magic and allows us to mold it to our liking. What limits us is the amount and speed that our cores can take in magic. That is why we can't do some powerful magic, as our cores cannot take in enough magic to make the spell work. Understand?" Harry nodded in reply

"Okay, now seeing as magic is all around us and when someone casts a spell, it is concentrated, if there is a lot of spell work in and around a building, the building can become a sentient being that is fuelled by the magic in the air. This also allows us to tap into magic that has been stored in the building from years ago. Hogwarts is a good example of this as is Potter Manor. Because of the age of the building and the magic used inside it, the castle walls and every object inside has magic running though it.

I would like to try something to prove my point. As you can control the castle, I want you to imagine a thin wall of stone rise out of the ground in front of you about two feet high, okay?"

Harry nodded and closed his eyes. He asked the castle in his mind to make the wall rise up but got nothing back. Concentrating harder, he thought that same again but this time a female voice spoke in his mind.

"Hello my heir, you have fully keyed yourself into the castle and wards. Ask me once more and it shall be done"

Harry was shocked by the voice just like he was with the gargoyle but he asked the castle again and felt the magic in the room grow. He opened his eyes and looked down and saw the thin wall that had formed on the ground.

"Well done Harry, now the other reason I asked you to do this was because I knew that only you could control the castle fully and you need to do that in order to be keyed in to the wards and the castle magic. Albus, would you mind performing another power level spell on harry to see the size of his core?"

Albus raised his wand at Harry and muttered a few Latin words, which caused the same symbols to appear just like they had during the holidays only this time Dumbledore was speechless at the results. He was considered a powerful wizard measuring about 8.5 on the Magical scale with Merlin being a 10 but Harry, who should have been around a 4 was sitting at 8.

"Ummm… Professor? What does it mean?" asked Harry, breaking the silence.

Merlin was the first to reply, "That was a spell that I designed to measure someone's core strength. I was considered the most powerful magical human to ever have lived and so the scale was based on me being a 10 and squibs being a 1. A child at eleven should be boosted from 2.3/3 to around 4 and finally at the age of seventeen go from about a 5 to 6/7. Dumbledore here is about an 8.5 if I'm right but you at the age of eleven are just below him at an 8.

The only explanation I can think of is that because you are my heir and the heir to the founders, Hogwarts has given you a boost so you can tap into the castle magic."

Harry was amazed at the news, he was only eleven but yet he was almost as powerful as Dumbledore. He had to tell Ginny this.

"Lord Merlin, I believe it to be getting late and Harry should be off to his bed." Said Dumbledore looking at Merlin.

"Yes Albus," Replied the portrait, "Harry, just before you got to bed, try and find Godric's Study. He will also teach you magic but unlike me, it will be practical instead of theory. My study is easy to find and will be a great tool for your homework. Simply ask the castle for the door and it will appear on the will beside you. Now, off to bed with you"

Harry bid both men goodnight and left to the Gryffindor common room.

Harry entered the common room and immediately headed for the tapestry and pulled it aside to reveal a door. Harry tried to pull the door open and use 'Alohomora' on it but nothing was working. Realising he could use is connection with the castle to open the door; Harry entered his mind and spoke to the castle.

"Hogwarts, could you please open the door?"

"Of course My Lord" replied the castle

The door swung open and Harry passed the threshold into the small corridor. The corridor lasted for a few meters before opening out to a giant room. The walls were adorned in red and gold tapestries, Gryffindor crests and a portrait of Lord Godric Gryffindor. There was a fire on the far side with a plush red sofa, similar tot eh ones that were in the common room.

Harry walked up to the portrait and placed his hand on the frame. The portrait immediately sprung to life causing Harry to jump back in fright. Harry stood frozen to the spot as the portrait took a look around the room, familiarising itself with it's surrounding before finally settling on Harry.

"Hello my boy, and who might you be seeing as this is my study?" asked Godric. Harry said nothing; he was still to scare from the portrait awakening.

Godric stared at Harry for a minute or two before his eyes widened in realization at who Harry was.

"Your Harry Potter! My Heir. What is the year son?"

"1991 sir. Merlin said I should come to meet you as you can teach me magic" replied Harry

"Well that would be correct and I shall. Mow when is my father having meeting with you?"

"Every Friday at eight o'clock"

Godric clapped his hands together, "Well then we shall have ours on a Saturday at 6 o'clock as you will need more time for my lessons and you will need physical strength which you can get without the worry of schoolwork. Any questions you may, come see me. I'm sure I can remember it all.

Now judging by the black outside the window, I would say that it is getting late so you should run along to bed and get ready for some training tomorrow."

"Umm Lord Gryffindor, should I come here for the meeting tomorrow?"

"Harry my boy, no need for the Lord Gryffindor, besides you hold that title now. The place that you need to go is simple enough to find. Come in this room and ask the castle for the training room. Simply say it out loud and the door will appear on that wall," said the portrait, pointing to the wall next to the fire and the stairs.

"Cool, I'll be there at six?" said Harry

"Yes, that sounds good Harry. I'll see you then"

Harry bid goodnight to the portrait and exited down the corridor, passed through the empty common room and up to bed ready to relax and properly absorb all the information he had been told today.

AN: Well, here it is after a long wait. I have realized it's been a month since I last posted and it has been the longest month of my life. I have one exam left on the nearest Tuesday since I posted this and then I'm off school so I'll have more time to wright. I'm hoping to get Harry's first and second year done by the start of July, as I will not be able to wright again until mid august as I'm moving countries.

Thanks to everyone who has reviewed so far, it's really encouraging to read them.

Till next time.