Chap 3

Arriving through the special floo entrance, Hermione and Harry followed Severus to the counter. Bowing slightly to the goblin at the counter he spoke, "My companions and I have an appointment with Director Ragnok at six thirty this morning."

"Yes Lord Snape. If you will follow me." The goblin led the three through the hallways to set of large wood doors. After a few rhythmic knocks, the doors open and the goblin waved them in.

"Thank you."

"Director Ragnok, thank you for taking time to see all of us this morning. May your coffers remain full and your enemies bloodless." Mia greeted the chief goblin.

"Lady Wyvern. Wonderful to see you again. Lord Potter. Lord Snape." With a slight bow to all three, he directed them to their seats. "Lord Potter it has been brought to my attention by your comrades here of the great injustices that have been done to you. As the chief goblin of the goblin nation and the head of Gringotts, I apologize and seek your forgiveness for our inattentativeness. Please allow us to right the wrongs and to find justice for you."

Harry sat in silence while pondering the goblin's words. "Director Ragnok I accept your gracious apology as well as any and all help you can provide to bring in those responsible. First, why do you continue to refer to me as Lord Potter? Also when Mia mentioned the trip here, she said something about my vaults, as in more than one, but I am only aware of the single vault."

With a contemplative look, Ragnok began to scribble furiously on a piece of parchment. Within seconds several large ledgers along with a small stone box, a stone basin and a large dagger appeared on the side desk. He then summoned the items to his desk. "The Potter line is a very noble and ancient line dating back to the time of Merlin, thus the title of Lord. They are also one of the wealthiest families in the wizarding world. Your magical guardian should have informed you of all this on your 11th birthday. At that time you would have come in for an inheritance test and to claim yours. As your guardian did neither, this is a violation of the law. So our first order of business is to conduct the inheritance test. Using the ceremonial dagger cut your palm and allow your blood to fill the bottom of the stone basin covering the parchment. Once the blood is absorbed, the parchment will reveal your lineage." With this, he nudged the two items across to Harry.

"It's always blood." Harry murmured before performing the necessary actions for the ritual, his blood coating the parchment.

"That's enough. Here let me tend to that Lord Potter." With a wave of his hand, Ragnok healed his cut. The group soundlessly watched as the parchment absorbed the blood. Seconds later writing became visible on it. "Lets see. Potter. Gryffindor. Slytherin. Black. Errys. Devlin." The goblin once again began scribbling on his parchment. Soon several more ledgers and boxes appeared with the others.

"What does that mean exactly sir?"

"Those are all the lines you are descended from and can claim headship over as the last living magical descendant. By rights, you can claim the vaults, properties, and wizengamot seats."

Hermione grabbed Harry's hand. "I know it's a lot to take in Harry. How about we just start with the Potter line and work from there? Both Sev and myself are here for support and to answer any questions."

Harry gave her hand a little squeeze before giving her and Severus a small shy smile. "Thank you." Turning to Ragnok, "Let's do as Lady Wyvern suggested. The Potters first please."

"Certainly Lord Potter." Ragnok grabbed the first set of ledgers along with the small stone box. "First, the head of house ring. To be worn on the right ring finger. It acts as a portkey to take you to the Potter Estate that only you have access to. Once you arrive, you must add those you want to have entry and knowledge to the wards. I would also suggest removing certain others. Krypt, the head Potter elf, can assist you in this. Now back to the ring. It is charmed to warn against attacks, poisons, and enslavement potions." With this, the goblin nudged the box towards Harry. Before he could do anything, Severus stopped him.

"Director Ragnok before he puts the ring on, could he see one of the goblin healers? It is my suspicions that there may be at least one block on his core." The goblins eyes tripled in size.

"Certainly." Grabbing a small crystal from his desk he passed it to Harry. "This will transport you to our hospital ward. Shenrik, our healer, will be expecting you."

Harry turned a questioning eye to Severus.

"Harry, both your father and mother were extremely powerful. At first I attributed your lack of performance as being lazy, however, when Mia approached me and explained the situation, I began to wonder. It is my belief that Dumbledore has placed several blocks on your powers as well as several different charms. The goblin healers are the best you'll ever find. I would suggest getting a physical exam and taking all advice they offer."

With a small thank you to the professor, Harry turned back to the director. Silently he grasped the crystal and was whisked away.

By bending his knees, Harry was able to remain standing when he landed. A goblin stood before him wearing a white uniform.

"You must be Lord Potter. I am Shenrik. Please come. I will be doing a physical scan, a core scan, and taking some blood for analysis. If you could have a seat right here." The goblin pointed to a small bed.

Harry followed the command.

"Now first let's get that blood sample." Holding a small vial next to Harry's arm, the goblin murmured a short incantation. The vial began to slowly fill. When it was half full, the goblin finished the procedure with a short "Va!" He placed the vial of blood on a small silver tray floating next to the exam bed. He turned back to Harry

"Now if you could just lay back and relax, you won't feel a thing." The healer waited until Harry was supine on the bed. "First I'll perform the physical scan. This will just tell me your physical history."

Shenrik held both hands out and began chanting. Slowly the healer performed a sweeping motion with his hands over Harry's body. A few seconds later the goblin was finished and reading over a piece of parchment that had appeared.

"Very interesting. Well Lord Potter let's complete the core scan and then we can discuss our actions." Shenrik placed the parchment in a pocket before placing a hand on Harry's head. "Please relax."

A few seconds later, another piece of parchment appeared. The healer tsked over its contents. Shenrik turned to Harry. Before he could say another word, a small chime was heard. The goblin turned to the tray. The vial of blood had disappeared and now a third parchment remained.

Reviewing this one, he shook his head and gave Harry a shrewd look. "You are very luck to be alive, Lord Potter. Shall we look at the results?" Harry nodded his head.

"First your physical. I found dehydration, malnutrition, exhaustion, and several injuries. It is my belief that your short stature is a result of long-term malnutrition. With a few nutritional potions taken daily for two weeks, you can achieve your natural body's development. Also I suggest regrowing a few of the previous broken bones that healed incorrectly."

Harry quickly agreed. Oh to be taller!

"Now to your core. My scan turned up three different power blocks, two compulsion charms, a loyalty charm, and several memory charms. You will need to be careful with your magic at first. Concentrate on controlling it or you'll create havoc everywhere."

At this Harry groaned, "Fabulous!"

"Now you're here for an inheritance ritual correct?" Harry grinned at the healer. "Now finally on to the blood results." The healer shook his head as he looked at the parchment. "It shows that you have a mixture of basilisk venom and phoenix tears in your blood. There are also trace amounts of both love and lust potions."

Harry's face was devoid of color.

"From your reaction I can assume that you were expecting something like that?" The goblin grinned. Shenrik snapped his fingers and several large and small potion vials appeared on the tray. He selected a small green potion. "This is a cleansing draught. It will remove any potions from your system."

Harry accepted the vial and downed the substance. Within seconds Harry was sweating and becoming nauseous. "Sick!"

A small pail appeared at his side right as he became violently ill. Harry spent several minutes retching. Once done, he relaxed back against the bed. A cool glass of water along with a wet towel appeared next to him. He wiped his face and took several sips of the beverage. "Thanks for the warning." He growled at the amused goblin.

"Your blood work also shows some very interesting hereditary qualities." He passed the parchment to Harry. "See here. It says you've got vampire, high elf, Ancients, and Angelus in your blood. I suggest doing some research but that is a very impressive lineage Lord Potter. The Ancients alone date back to early civilizations and the Angelus blood line is rumored to have heavenly origins. It shall be interesting to see what characteristics you take on when you reach your magical maturity. Now back to the healing. Bones first." The goblin said a few short incantations and Harry felt several of his bones become numb. Shenrik offered a large glass of white liquid. "Skele-grow. Drink up please."

With a grimace, Harry did as he was told. Instantly Harry began to feel faint stirrings where his bones had previously been.

"Now as those grow, let's discuss the nutrient and restorative potions." Shenrik gestured to the remaining four vials. "First each vial will replenish each day with your daily dose. At the end of the prescribed regiment it will simply disappear signaling the end. The purple is your nutrient potions. Take this each morning before breakfast. The yellow, black, and brown are the restorative potions. All three must be taken right before bed each night." The healer waved his hand and a small wood box appeared. Another wave and the vials were nestled safely upright in the box. "Here you go Lord Potter. And now to your magic. I will be removing the blocks and charms. As each block is removed you should feel your magic flowing through you. Once the loyalty and compulsion charms are gone, you should have different feelings towards the party or parties they were directed towards. Over the next few days, you'll slowly start regaining the memories that were blocked. Now lay back and relax."

Shenrik began chanting in gobblyguck, hands waving over Harry's body. With each pass of the healer's hands, Harry felt a slight vibration. Slowly a prickling sensation began along each of his extremities. The longer the goblin chanted, the stronger the vibrations and prickling. Harry face became flushed. Harry then felt as if something within was unraveling. Finally he was filled with a warm throbbing current. It ran all throughout his body. He marveled in the wonderful sensation. Realizing his eyes were tightly pressed shut, he relaxed and opened them catching sight of the goblin looking at him, eyes wide with awe.

"Amazing." Shenrick breathed. With a slight shake he regained his senses. "Lord Potter, if you have any more need of goblin healing, please contact Director Ragnok." With this, the healer placed the small wood box, the blood results, and the crystal into Harry's hands.

Harry found himself back in Ragnok's office, exactly in the chair he had been seated in before he left.

"You're back. Feeling better?" The head goblin inquired.

"Very much so. I greatly appreciate everything you have done for me so far Director Ragnok. Please continue." He indicated the goblin should carry on.

Ragnok handed over the ring box. "The Potter ring."

Harry carefully opened the box. Inside nestled a platinum ring with a vibrant purple stone lying in the mouth of a lion with small diamond chips composing the eyes. Picking it up, Harry caught sight of the elegantly engraved P on the side in old English. Taking a deep breath, Harry glanced at each of the occupants in the room before sliding the ring onto the designated finger.

The ring gave a small pulse of power. Harry watched as the lion slowly blinked its eyes before ruffling its mane. The gemstone shimmered with life.

"Wonderful Harry!" exclaimed Hermione. She directed him back to the goblin. "As for the other families, is there a certain order he needs to follow?"

"Yes, Lady Wyvern. The Black heir ring will follow next. Then the remaining heads in order of eldest." Ragnok selected a black stone box from the others and handed I towards Harry. "The Black heir ring is to be worn on the thumb of the left hand. Only after you have become the head of the family will the family ring appear on the second finger of the left hand. At that moment, the heir ring will returned to its resting place in the box within the Black vault.

Harry opened the stone box to reveal a solid black ring. Lifting it from the box, Harry could feel its power. He inspected it carefully. A large single black stone along with smooth black sides gave it a menacing appearance. He placed it on his thumb. Again Harry felt a pulse of power only slightly smaller than that of the Potter ring. From within the black stone, a set of green-grey eyes appeared.

"Now the sequence of the remaining families: Errys, Slytherin, Devlin, and finally Gryffindor." Ragnok placed each corresponding box down in order. "These rings can all be placed on the second finger of the right hand. They will meld into a single ring. All you must do is think of the family you want to see and that ring will appear."

One by one Harry put the rings on his finger. The Errys ring was a large gold band shaped as a phoenix. The Slytherin ring a silver runespore with emerald chips for each of the eyes. The Devlin ring had a rose hue to the gold with the family crest etched into the face of a colorless diamond. The Gryffindor ring surpised all with its appearance. Instead of the red and gold, it was black ring with a large sapphire. A pair of matching griffins engraved on the side gave it a regal look.

Each ring gave a small pulse of power to Harry before merging into the others. Smiling, Harry looked up at Ragnok.

"You're correct title is: Lord Errys. However, you can choose to go by a lesser title. I suggest this until you are ready to reveal the truth." The goblin's eyes twinkled as he gave a sinister grin. Three similar smirks were returned.

"Please let us dispense with the titles. I would much prefer Harry." Both Sev and Mia murmured their agreements to this as well.

The next several hours were spent pouring over Harry's statements of all accounts, vault holdings, properties, and investments.

"Harry, as the last of the Potter family you have the choice to become emancipated. This would remove you from your magical guardian's clutches as well as those horrid muggles you live with. You would be considered an adult and by such, be treated as one."

From the corner of his eyes, Harry noticed Sev's head nodding in agreement. "You agree with this Professor?"

"I thought we had dismissed the formalities Harry. And yes I strongly agree with this course of action." Sev turned to the goblin. "Could this be kept silent?"

"Oh yes. Once signed the emancipation papers would be automatically placed in Harry's file at the ministry. The only way his guardians would know is if he told them personally."

At this Harry skimmed carefully over the emancipation documents before signing where requested. With the last signature, the document glowed silver then gold before rolling up with a snap and disappearing.

Ragnok then directed their attention to the ledger book in front of him. "I have here the Potter account ledger. When Mia and Sev first contacted me with their concerns I pulled the book at once. A full auditing revealed several discrepancies. I along with several trustworthy individuals have documented all our findings. We have also traced each and every transaction. The goblin that was appointed to handle your account at the passing of your parents has already been punished for his part in such activity."

"What punishment?"

"Death."

"Oh. Why was he appointed at the demise of the Potters? How could this have happened?"

"Harry's magical guardian requested him. I have since reappointed Clindah as your account manager. He has handled the Potter account since the time of your great great grandfather. As such your holdings have greatly increased, I would suggest appointing one or two more."

"Could I request Griphook as one? As for the second, I will bow to your choice."

With a slight bow of his head, Ragnok made several notes on his parchment. "I've appointed Rikzoo along with Griphook." He indicated the ledger again. "Overall a total of 3 million galleons were transferred from the main Potter vault to several small accounts by Dumbledore. These withdrawals started immediately after he was appointed your magical guardian. From there we turned our attention to your trust vault. We dismissed the transactions we know you yourself made from the vault. However, this still left several large transactions unaccounted for. The paper trail led straight to Molly Weasley, Ron Weasley, and Ginerva Weasley. It appears that after each of your visits to your vault, one would arrive some time later and almost empty it. Thus preventing any warnings from going off as an empty vault is a profitless vault."

The more Ragnok disclosed to Harry, the more color Harry lost. With this blatant proof of the Weasley's betrayal, Harry slid from the chair unconscious.

Sev leapt from his seat, grabbing Harry before he could hit the floor. Clutching the boy in his arms, he faced the goblin. "Could you provide a lounge of some type please?"

Ragnok waved his hand and what had originally been Harry's chair was now a long chaste lounge. Gently, Sev placed the boy on it. Pulling his wand he ennervated him.

"Could we maybe pause here for lunch? This would allow Harry time to soak in everything so far." Mia questioned.

"Of course." Ragnok furiously began scribbling on his parchment. He stopped and stared at it before turning back to the group. "If you would like to follow me, I have ordered a large repast in the conference room."

The group returned to the director's office after a long peaceful lunch. "Now Harry, like I stated earlier we have traced all transactions. What would you prefer our next course of action be?"

Harry turned to his partners. "Sev, Mia? What do you think?"

Severus gave Harry a long penetrating look. "If this had happened to me, I would choose to take legal action against all parties. I would demand restitution. But that is just my opinion."

He turned to Mia. "I agree with Sev but…I think we need to do a bit more planning. If all of my father's suspicions are correct then I think much more planning is needed." She turned to Ragnok. "Could Harry take a couple of days and get back to you on his decision?"

Ragnok nodded in agreement. "Lord Potter, is there anything else I can help you with today? Then may your coffers overflow."

The trio gave small bows. "May your enemies be bloodless." They responded before departing from the bank.