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Chapter 1
Hathor P.O.V
I reached Gringotts within an hour, and when I landed, I kept my cloak on. I began to walk into the bank, when I was barred by the weapons of the goblin guards. I knelt down in front of one, with out taking off my cloak, and spoke fin flawless goblin. "Honoured Goblin Guard, I ask permission to enter undetected, as I am currently attempting to get free of a manipulative old wizard who's setting me up like a lamb to the slaughter, so he can gain more fame. I need to check my inheritance to do that. May I pass?"
The goblins withdrew their weapons, and I saw a look of surprise on their faces for a moment. I walked past them, and into the bank. In the shadows of a corner, I took off my cloak, and it was only after that, that I saw the only other people in the bank. The first two were so obviously muggles; in the way that they were looking round that I wondered what the hell they were doing here. One of the two was quite tall, not Hagrid tall, but still, tall. He had quite an animalistic look about him, with claws instead of nails, and fangs. Huh, maybe he could help me understand what was going on with me, exactly, cause I was sure as hell able to mistake myself as part animal now, what with my own claws and fangs. I'd terrified the Dursleys these last few days with them to the point of… No! Not now! Don't think of that now! Focus, Hathor!
I shook my head, to stop myself from thinking along that path, and turned my attention back to the three men. The second was shorter than the first, but still reminded me of an animal some how. They both held themselves like hunters. The third person I recognised. Mooney.
I listened in on their conversation, trying to figure out what the hell he was playing at bringing a couple of muggles into the wizarding world.
"What the hell is going on here? I want answers, 'cause I've been looking for my cub for over twenty years, and when I finally get a lead, it takes me to a ruin of a house, and the discovery that magic is supposedly real. You may want to start explaining, Lupin, or I swear, this room is going to be painted in your blood." The first man threatened.
"I'll answer any questions you have, but we need to wait for someone to turn up, I've dropped her a note, she's smart, she'll figure it out. She'll be here." Remus said. He'd left that note in my trunk?
"Victor, calm down. This guy's the only lead we have right now. Killing him won't accomplish anything." The second guy said.
I made a split second decision, and walked over to the three. "Hello Moony." I said. "You were expecting me?"
"Hathor! Glad to see you could make it. I trust you haven't told anyone."
I snorted. "Who would I tell? The Order? Dumbledore? The ones that are setting me up so I can die at the hands of the maniac that killed my parents, so Dumbledore can sweep in, and finish old Tom off, and claim all the credit as the saviour of the Wizarding world?" I snorted again. "Not bloody likely that I'd tell them that their weapon is slipping from their grasp, is it?"
"We were waiting for a kid?" the first guy, Victor asked.
I cocked an eyebrow. "Breaking the statue of secrecy Moony? Tut, tut."
"I've been meaning to find a way to tell you. Lilly was adopted."
"Adopted? As in no blood relation to Petunia?"
"Pretty much, yes."
I growled. "He told me there were blood wards around the house! That the reason I had to keep going back, was because of the sacrifice she made, meant that blood wards could be created around the home of a blood relative! That meddling old coot! There were no blood wards! Voldemort could have gotten to me at any time!"
"Blood wards? Dumbledore told me and Sirius that the wards around the house were able to be put up because they were raised as sisters."
I was seething. "He knew. He knew how they'd treat me. That's why he placed me there. It wasn't for my protection as he said it was." I was barely aware of the growls that were ripping out of my throat.
"Does this have anything to do with my daughter, Lupin?" Victor asked Remus.
"It has everything to do with Lilly. Victor Creed, Logan, meet Hathor Lilly Potter. Lilly's daughter."
I froze in place, and looked at the two strangers. "She was your daughter?" I asked. "You don't look old enough."
"I heal. It stops me ageing. Same with my brother, Jimmy." He jerked his head to his companion, Logan.
"That means that…" I looked to Remus for confirmation. He nodded, before pulling something out of his pocket. A two way mirror.
"Watcher Remus!" Tonks' voice came from the mirror.
"Dora, what's up?"
"Dumbles knows Hathor's gone. He has the entire Order looking for her. They're in an uproar, and some are heading for Gringotts. Just a heads up."
"Thanks Dora." Remus said, before putting the mirror back in his pocket. "We need to get a move on. There are possibly several things we need to go through with the Goblins, pertaining to Lilly and James' will. Dumbledore said there wasn't one made, but that's bull shit. I was a witness to it, but being a werewolf…"
"No one would believe you over him."
"And considering the other witness got chucked in Azkaban." Remus said. Then he looked at Victor. "She was looking for you, before she went into hiding. She even mentioned you in the will…" A look of horror crossed his face.
"Moony, what is it? What's wrong?"
"She- she can't have died."
"I think you've gone through one lonely full moon too many. I'm learning to become an animagus to keep you company." I said.
"No, Hathor, her ability! She could heal; there is no chance that the killing curse could have killed her! The two of us researched it together, hell, she even said she experimented with muggle weaponry! She could still be alive!"
"Well, that's useful, but can we please, just for now, go do what we need to do, and look into that matter later? The order…"
"Of course, come on. We need to get this out of the way." With that, he turned and headed to a goblin teller, with me hot on his heals, and Victor and Logan right behind me.
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