Ascension
"Talking"
"Thoughts"
"Telepathy and Blood view"
Overview and Selene Narration
Chapter XVII: Welcome to the Crunch
Arszlan and Remus left Gringotts pale and shaking. The Horcruxes had been destroyed but the price the Goblins had demanded in return had blown Arszlan's mind. He knew the Goblins had the short end of the stick but only being able to possess only just over half of the stocks in their own bank was revolting.
Arszlan agreed to the terms "Can you guarantee these changes?"
"Easily, Honourable Lord Gring. I'm known as Harry Potter. They expect me to save the Wizarding World, I'm going to do it but not for them but for those who aren't able to be heard." Arszlan replied grimly.
"You do realise that you're playing with fire."
"Moony, all I've wanted is to be seen as a normal person and not some icon. I'm only an icon because my adopted parents sacrificed themselves for me, they don't know what I've lost. Similar to those with creature blood or creature afflicted curses. Look at yourself, you have a monthly illness that lasts three days a month. That is like 24 days a year, in the muggle world you can pass that off as a holiday tradition or Seasonal Affective Disorder. Here you can't get a bloody job because of said problem." Arszlan snarled as he fixed a scowling pureblood a stare that indicated pain.
"What are you getting at Arszlan? What is your plan?"
"You can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs." Arszlan replied his hand beating a rhythm on his sword which hung not so discreetly on his hip.
Remus snorted Arszlan had matured greatly over the past couple of months. He wasn't lashing out or trying to kill everything, although Selene and Michael were working on his over protectiveness of Katie but that'd go with time.
"We have an appointment with the Minister of Disaster." Arszlan replied taking the Werewolf and heading towards the other imposing building at the end of Diagon Alley.
"They take months..."
"They take when I bloody say so if they don't want their precious world coming down around them brick by boring brick." Arszlan entered the Building.
The booth officer looked up and his jaw dropped Harry Potter was in the Ministry and he looked annoyed. Eric Burke, the nicer but thicker brother of Borgin who ran Borgin and Burke's opened the gates as the Hybrid and Lycan entered the Ministry.
Arszlan made his way to the elevator and everyone gave him a wide berth, he had his scar revealed and his hair parted. The ride was uneventful apart from Remus getting almost getting scorched by a fire breathing chicken and Arszlan almost pulling a handgun on some unknown Pureblood who happened to related to the Nott family.
Fudge was busy signing off on some documents when his secretary opened the door "Minister...You have two visitors, they say its important that they see you."
Fudge nodded "Send them in."
Fudge gulped as Arszlan and Remus Lupin entered his office, he realised that his day had just become much more difficult "How can I help you? What are your names?"
"Names Arszlan Corvus Corvin or Harry Potter and this is Remus Lupin and you need to make some serious amends to the Goblin Contracts and Relations." Arszlan stated handing the Minister a thick wad of paper.
"Why should I? What are the Goblins saying if I don't comply?"
Arszlan grinned "You're going to fall on hard times, unable to spend your salary and capital to run for re-election as I'll be claiming your vaults for your smear campaign and slander against my person, then there is the attempted murder of my family oh and also they'll launch a Goblin Rebellion on a grander scale than the one of 1720 also known as the 'One They Nearly Won' and I'll be considering joining them."
"But I admitted that You-Know-Who returned."
Arszlan snickered "As yes, Tom Riddle also known as Lord Voldemort...Your problem and your responsibility."
"Surely you're not going to leave us to die." Protested Fudge.
"The only way I may decide to help you is if you sign off the documents in hand." Fudge gulped and pulled the stack of parchment towards him.