Chapter 5

A.N : I kinda thought that the anagram was cool. Considering that Mephysto makes me think of Mephisto, demon from european folklore. Or another name for Satan. Nevermind, dude's specialised in offering to people stuff in exchange of their souls. Thought it would match for Harry since he's a tormentor :D

Harry smiled smuggly. Lord Mephysto…hah! He handed the piece of parchment to the goblins. Ragnok smirked at the new name, aknowledgeing the new line.

"All the paperwork will be done by tomorrow, Mr Potter…or shall I say Mr Mephysto" Griphook said, not leaving his paperwork from his eyesight.

"Is it possible to merge the vaults? It will be more practical…" Harry asked. "Yet I also wonder if it's possible to separate the capital of each lines while they remain in one same vault…"

Griphook looked up to him, before grinning greedily : " Yes. It is possible and it will be done by tomorrow. Moving the vaults will cost an extra 130 galleons". Harry nodded, ready to pay.

"Is there anything I should be aware of? Who has access to the Potter Vault, else than me?" Harry, or now should I say, Ajas questionned. Griphook and Ragnok stared at each other, uncomfortably before answering : " Albus Dumbledore has access to your vault, Mr Mephysto"

Anger immediately flared up in Ajas mind. His brow furrowed in discontentment ; How dare the old codger access people's vault like that? It wasn't even on his parent's will! Suddenly, Ajas noticed that the goblins shivered and started to grow pale. He wondered what it was, before realising that it was his deeds. Right…tormentor. He tried keeping his temper at bay and felt the goblins relax. They exchanged some words in gobbledegook, worry dripping from their voices.

" I hereby deny him access to my vault." Ajas announced. Griphook nodded. "Also, I would like to grant Andromeda and Nymphadora Tonks access to the Black's capital."

Griphook continued dealing with paperwork, while Ragnok paused, meeting Ajas's gaze.

"Do you wish to make a blood test to see if you are heir to other lines, extinct ones? Then you can also merge them". The idea of having more vaults and inheritance seduced Ajas – he needed all the help and funding he could get.

"Yes, please. When can it be done?" Ajas questionned. Ragnok smirked, before informing him :

"Right now. It will cost extra 25 galleons"

Ajas smiled. Oh those goblins….He nodded. Griphook took out a small object from his vest, some kind of cube, before speaking into it.

"Rabarok! Bring the inheritance testing material!". Ajas figured it worked like a muggle talkie-walkie. Not more than 2 minutes later, a brown skinned goblin entered the meeting room. He just left a vial and a silver knife on the table before leaving, no words being pronounced. Griphoo grasped Ajas's arm, before slicing his skin with the silver knife. Ajas winced in pain, but said nothing. The blood flowed into the vial and the wound healed itself when it was over.

Ragnok watched the whole scenery, before adding:

"You will receive the results tomorrow afternoon Mr Mephysto. Between 1 to 5 pm"

Ajas nodded, his face remaining expressionless. He never felt having such a lack of…feelings. He wondered if being a tormentor affected his psyche, but for now it will be an advantage – he hoped he wouldn't be as easy to read as before. The meeting came to an end, and Ajas stood up. He was about to leave to room when he smacked his own forehead – I'm a fucking idiot at times…

"Oh, Master Goblins, may I visit my vaults? I wish to make a withdrawal" He inquired. Griphook turned his nose up and made a beckoning motion with his hand.

"Please follow me, Mr Mephysto".

Oh, those hellish carts again…Dizziness took over Harry before the cart made it's first stop in the serpenting entered the Potter's vault, number 687. He never took his time to explore it before, and for once he went beyond the pile of gold.

Bookshelves filled the right corner of the gigantic decided that he should snatch out some books, and spent some time looking among the shelves. HE asked Griphook if he could spend some time and the goblin answered that he only served the Potter line, therefore had only one client.

Ajas decided to pick up the following titles ; The Encyclopedia of Defensive Magic , The Magical Energy , Everyday Charms and what YOU need to know , Weapon Crafting , Introduction to Runic Magick , Arithmancy, Mathematics, Physics and Spellcrafting , Potion ingredients and their interactions , Tome of Wandless Art , Soul Studies or how to shield and attack other's mind . Griphook handed him a charmed pouch, where he deposited the books he chose. Then he went exploring the left corner, where labelled crates were piled. There was a box in a far corner, and Harry opened. Inside resided a golden signet ring with two rubies on the side. It was labelled the Potter's Head of Line ring. Ajas turned over to Griphook

"Is it possible to merge the family rings?"

Griphook smiled, exposing his sharp teeth.

"Yes, it can be done. You wish to merge the Black and Potter rings? It will also be done by tomorrow" He snatched the box out of Ajas's palm. Ajas shrugged before starting to look at the crates's contents, and shuffled through the magical artefacts containing crate. Most of them were labbelled, some remained unidentified. He found a multifunctional wristwatch that would vibrate when someone designed as "enemy" or having malicious intents would approach. It also provides shielding from minor hexes to the bearer. He also took out a small golden band that would help him concentrate on a magical aura to determine whether it was dark or not, and Ajas wore it at his middle finger. When he was about to leave, his gaze fell on a book that seemed to be purposely left apart ; Glamours, bloodline glamours and how to hide your escapade's result. He gave it one last curious glance before picking it up – learning glamours WILL be useful. He then took several handful of galleons before sitting in the cart again.

"To Vault number 711" Griphook announced. Another mad drive and Ajas stood at the Black Vault's entrance, slightly green.

The amount of gold was smaller, and Ajas walked past it. There was one bookshelf in the vault, some of the books being extremely ancient. Some titles caught his eyes – Blood Magick , The Most Complete Tome of Offensive Magick in Duelling. The last one contained dark magic spells also.

Ajas stood ,facing the shelves, wondering. He had to fight Dark Magic…How can he fight them without knowing them? And some "Light" magic spells can also be casted with ill intents and become harmful. Where is the boundaries between dark and light? He questionned himself, and felt that his opinion might've been biased. It all depended on the intent, didn't it? He felt perplexed, staring at some of the books.

He decided to pick up Introduction to distanced Dark Curses Casting and Magick Moste Evile . He then went towards the crates, exploring the contents. With the golden band, he could sense the auras better and almost jerked away when he touched a crate filled with dark items. He decided , being the foulhardy he was at times, to look over the dark items. He found 6 charmed silver daggers coated with poison that would only respond to the Lord of the Line and immediately took them, along with the dagger holsters. He attached the holsters to his hips and wrists, hiding the daggers in them.

He didn't want to venture further in the crate of dark artefacts when he felt a slight humming from one of the objects. He approached it, feeling so repelled by it's darkness. And yet, he couldn't help but feel attracted to it in someway. It was as if some parts of him was attached to that item, and he felt it would provide him protection one day. He opened the small crate containing it and found a locket in it. It was a heavy gold locket with a serpentine S with emeralds inlay on the front. Ajas felt fascinated by it and carefully grabbed it before dropping it in his pouch. I will study it….

He looked around for a while before stepping onto something hard….

:Foolish Human! How dare you?:

Ajas stared down and gaped ; he stepped on a silver snake. The snake glared at him furiously with it's ruby eyes.

:My apologies…: He muttered in parseltongue before stepping away

:You speaker?: The silver cobra flared it's hood, looking straight into Ajas's eyes.

:Yes….What are you?:

:I was originally Mistress Gaunt pet snake…Master Black, her husband, thought that I was "Useless"…HAH! Useless…: The snake hissed, before continuing :And so he used soul magic, transferring my soul to a silver snake shaped necklace. So here I am….Immune to curses and poisonous. My task is to protect my master….:

Ajas nodded. This silver snake…or necklace might be an interesting addition to his armory.

:When were you created?:

:Over 540 years ago, Sssspeaker: The snake hissed, bowing his head slightly.

:As I am now the Lord of the Black Line, will you come with me?: Ajas asked the snake. The snake hissed contentdly. Ajas picked it up and it coiled itself around Ajas's neck, forming a silver necklace. Ajas left the Black Vault, before sitting in the hellish carts once more. On his way back, he voiced :

"Master Goblin, does Gringotts offer anything similar to Muggle Credit Cards or debit Cards?". Griphook nodded before they reached the lobby.

"Please follow me Mr Mephysto" Griphook beckoned him. They went to one small office room (possibly Griphook's office). The goblin explained:

"The Black Vault, being a higher security Vault, will be extended as Potter's Vault contents will be moved there. The Black Vault will be renamed the Mephysto Vault. From now on, your Vault will be number 711". Ajas nodded, waiting for Griphook to expose his point. The Goblin took out a small golden plastic card and exerted multiple spells on it.

"Now I will need a drop of your blood, Mr Mephysto" He announced, before grabbing Ajas's hand and prickling his finger with a needle. The blood fell on the card and a pinkish glow surrounded it. After the glow disappeared, Griphook handed the card to Ajas.

"You see the black square here?" He pointed on the card. "It's the activator. When you purchase, just press your right thumb on the square, tell the sum and vault number it needs to be transferred to. For example, just touch it and say Sum X to Vault X. It only works for you. If someone else tries to use it, he or she will get a bad surprise" Griphook smirked, wickedly. "Also, it works as a muggle credit card if your want to shop in the muggle world."

Ajas thanked the goblin for his time before leaving the bank.

:So that was where I was in…Gringotts!: The silver companion hissed. Ajas smiled, scratching the snake's head.

:Oh yes….by the way, do you have a name?: He hissed almost inaudibly, making sure that only the silver snake could hear him. No…he didn't want people to point him as a parseltongue.

:I was called Balthazar: the snake answered, almost lovingly. It seemed like he loved the name.

:Balthazar it is then:

Ajas walked for a while through Diagon Alley before noticing a magical real estate announcement pannel at his left. He stared at it, his eyes darting between each announces. He stood there searching for a while before a small advertisement caught his gaze

Appartment for sale on 3rd Floor, Number 7 Basilius Alley, Magical London City Center.

Size: 60 sq M. One bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, living room and study.

Connected to floo network, fully furnished.

Price : 30 000 galleons.

Posted : 2 years ago

Self Updating post.

Ajas brows furrowed – It was really cheap for what it seemed to be and he wondered why it wasn't bought yet. He checked the location on the provided map…Right…walk into Knockturn. Second at my right…I'll check it tomorrow.

Ajas walked out of Magical London, avoiding everyone's gaze as well as everyone avoided him. For once he felt quite anonymous and a tad intimidating, with his cloak. He went back to his room in Sherlock's Inn and decided that he should spend his time studying for the evening.

A.N: Again. And it will be Ajas from now on, no more Harry… Hope ya don't mind. Please rate and review!