Plates were filled and chairs were picked for seats as everyone else in the house showed up all at once. They were several minutes into eating when Bill broached the subject, "Harry rather than bringing Phil here do you want to go to Gringotts with me today?"

"Sure that could save time." Harry agreed, "Would Gringotts have a good place to remove the seals without letting any explosions damage anything."

"You aren't going to explode." Bill tried to assure him, "But yes they do have a place that would be safe."

"Bill, can you think of anything they would gain by sealing Harry?" Arthur asked.

"Not off hand." Bill said, "We may get some kind of idea when we find out what kind of seals they used. Like I said it's not my area of expertise but I know there are several types."

Before Harry knew it he was in Diagon Alley with Bill, walking towards Gringotts. For all that was going on now he was very happy that the Goblins hadn't held a grudge after Kingsley had explained everything. They had been very helpful with his bonding rings, wills and vaults. Now they had agreed to help him with the seals. He needed to find a way to thank them for all that they had done for him. For now however he was being whisked through the bank and into a room. The inside he found was more like a cave than a room, a stone dais was in the middle of the room and a man was standing over it waving a wand. Bill stopped him by the door and watched the man work. He didn't make a sound so Harry kept quiet too. Not too long after they arrived the man straightened up and looked around.

"Bill you made it." He called, "And brought a friend."

"I did." Bill grinned and walked towards the man and reached to shake his hand, "How are you doing?"

"Fine, fine how is the family?" was the return.

"Some are better than others." Bill waved him off, "This is Harry Potter. Harry, this is Phil the expert I told you about."

"Nice to meet you." Harry reached out and shook the man's hand.

"Bill, are you having me on?" Phil asked as he shook Harry's hand in return, "Surely this isn't the person who is sealed."

"It is." Bill answered, "We don't know what kind."

"How did you find out?" he asked looking at Harry critically.

"Rumor." Harry replied, "Do you have some method of checking how many of what kind and all that?"

"Yes, sure." Phil nodded, "Best to check out something like this. No doubt Bill told you how rare it is to be running across a seal and in Britain no less."

"Yes but I have some special circumstances." Harry replied, "I seem to have gotten on the wrong side of a powerful wizard and his followers."

"No doubt." Phil made the mistake that he had hoped, "Death eaters were quite the rotten bunch."

"Aren't they though." Harry mumbled as Bill smiled in appreciation.

Harry knew as well as Bill did that trying to tarnish Dumbledore's memory would be a mistake. Rita's book had been a smash hit until the war had been won. Now she was fighting off several law suits and being threatened by many of the people who mistakenly thought Harry still supported the man. He wasn't about to tell a man, that was going to perform some dangerous magic on his behalf, that he no longer respected Dumbledore.

"Well then the dais is prepared all I need you to do is strip down to your boxers, climb up on it and lay on your back." Phil instructed, "I'm going to start with some diagnostics first."

Harry followed the directions and sat on the dais and the relaxed back. He trusted Bill to not let anything bad happen so when Phil instructed him to close his eyes he did it without question.

"Quite trusting of a stranger aren't you?" he asked.

"Nope, Bill is here and he won't let you do anything to me." Harry replied eyes still closed.

"Well now that I can believe." Phil chuckled, "Ok, I'll start the diagnostic now."

Harry laid still trying to stay relaxed as he heard Phil begin chanting over him. He felt soft waves of magic wash over him as each section of the chanting was completed. He had no idea how long this process lasted as he was lulled by the soft voice and magic. Therefore he was surprised when the first pain hit. He could hear sound all around him but couldn't focus to know what was really being said or done. Wave after wave of intense pain wracked his body. He still had no sense of time passing, only pain increasing and decreasing in a way that left him breathless and tense. Finally after an eternity the pain ebbed, not going away fully as he still felt it in his body. It took several minutes before it receded enough that he could breathe right and think about talking.

"Bill?" he gasped.

"You're awake after all that?" he heard.

"Yes, what happened?" the words were whispered but both of the other men heard.

"As I was running the diagnostic it triggered a protection set up in the seals." Phil explained, "It broke all the seals at once instead of one at a time like I wanted to do."

"How many?" another gasp came from Harry.

"There were seven explosions but I had only identified two seals before they started." Phil scratched his head, "My best guess is someone didn't want their handiwork detected. As soon as I hit the one that was protected it destroyed them all. I'm rather surprised that you stayed alive through the whole process. How are you feeling?"

"I feel like I was trampled by a hippogriff that picked me up and dropped me off in front of the Hogwarts express as it was moving at its top speed." Harry moaned, "So you think maybe seven seals then."

"I had identified a growth seal and a magic suppressing seal. The magic suppression was the one that blew them all up." Phil explained, "I don't know why they sealed you up but I need to run some more diagnostics. Are you going to be ok with that?"

"Just don't run across anymore protected seals please." Harry joked.

"I'm pretty sure they're all gone now." Phil stated as he began, "You've grown six inches."

"Really?" Harry asked surprised, "I guess that's why everything aches then."

"It's normal to grow some that's why I had you strip down. You would have ripped up your clothes if you had still had them on." Phil offered, "You played quidditch didn't you?"

"Yes."

"I would never have guessed by the way you looked when you came in." Phil continued, "You've gained muscle mass from that. It seems that not only was your growth cut off but so was the accumulation of lean muscle mass."

"He means you're not a scrawny little git any longer." Bill offered with a grin, "If I'd not seen it with my own eyes I really wouldn't have believed it. Charlie is going to be so upset."

"What did he bet?" Harry asked knowing the Weasley penchant for betting among themselves.

"He thought you'd only grow three inches. Standard bet though so he won't be that bad." Bill laughed.

"What's standard?" Phil asked as he continued his assessment.

"Two knuts." Harry grinned as he wasn't really up for laughing, "Who guessed six inches?"

"I did, but I think George is winning the weight category and we have yet to see if anyone won on the amount of magical increase." Bill patted his shoulder, "I think Dad will with the number of seals. He only guessed five because he was the last one to pick a number."

"So was it two knuts per category?" Phil asked he was still waving his wand over Harry.

"Yes." Bill conceded.

"Why didn't you include me in the bet?" Harry asked.

"You were too worried about blowing up." Bill sighed.

"I won that one." Harry laughed at that, "The rest of you said I wouldn't."

"Here's your glasses." Bill held them up for Harry.

"I didn't realize I wasn't wearing them." Harry glanced over at Bill, "I can see fine."

"How could they get a visual seal on you?" Phil asked, "Didn't you notice your vision dropping off?"

"I've had glasses since before I attended muggle primary school." Harry said, "If that was sealed it happen either before my parents died or shortly after."

"I would suggest before they died." Phil rationalized, "If any death eater would have seen you after you destroyed You Know Who they would have just killed you not sealed up your sight."

"Right." Bill widened his eyes at Harry from behind Phil.

Harry nodded thinking the same thing he was sure. Dumbledore did it when he left him for the Dursleys. Minerva was going to be so upset and he had no doubt he would fill her in on the latest stuff. Poppy was going to go ballistic too. She'd probably confine him to a bed for the next month. Harry let out a big sigh just thinking about them.

"Are you regretting coming to see me?" Phil asked as he identified the sigh as resignation.

"No." Harry corrected, "I was just thinking about what my healer is going to say when she finds out what happened."

"You'll be confined to a bed forever." Bill nodded with a smile again.

"Ok you ready for the damage?" Phil conjured a chair and sat.

Bill also conjured one and took it while Harry rolled over onto his side to see the two of them, "Sure."

"Ok, seven seals. Height, weight, muscle mass, magic and sight, these are pretty self-explanatory. I knew what the numbers were before and now they are better." Phil said, "The last two I can't find any more changes. So either the seal was ineffective or I just didn't know what the numbers were ahead of time. Keep a watch on him Bill. If you see any weird stuff, take him to a healer."

"We're headed there next." Bill confirmed.

"Do we have to?" Harry whined.

"Actually I'm taking you home and then going to get the two of them." Bill grinned evilly, "Let's get you dressed."

"Your equilibrium will be off so be careful and don't try to move much on your own for a while." Phil warned.

Bill put Harry's clothes on the dais and helped the young man sit up. Harry was moving slowly and then just sat for a few minutes trying to get the room to stop spinning as he held onto Bill. Between the three of them they were able to get his clothes on. When they finally got Harry to his feet he began to laugh as he looked down at his feet. Bill joined him when he too noticed Harry's pants were far too short. So was his shirt as the tails barely covered his stomach.

"I can't walk through Diagon Alley looking like this." Harry snickered.

"I don't know." Bill said with a straight face, "They'll be so distracted with the body I don't think they'll even see the face attached to it."

Before Harry could answer a Goblin entered the room, "Pardon me Mr. Potter but I'm here to hold you in the room for a bit."

"Why?" Harry asked.

"Five minutes ago you entered the bank and asked to be taken to your vault. We're letting them in and will monitor what they try to take." The goblin smiled evilly, "Then we'll catch them when they get back up."

"Bonding rings." Harry agreed with Bill's look, "If they don't take anything but the fake bonding rings then let them go."

"Why?" the goblin was very confused.

"I want to see how far they go with this." He said, "Stealing from me is just the tip of the ice burg with these traitors. I know who it is and why, I just want to see if they'll carry through with all of it."

"I'll let the guards know." The goblin edged to the door, "Stay here until I come back."

"Ok." Harry agreed then turned to Bill, "Can you conjure us some seats?"

In no time at all, the goblin returned, "He's taken two thousand galleons and is searching for the rings. What do you want us to do?"

"If he hasn't left the vault yet tell him there is a max of two hundred galleons for withdraws on that account." Harry instructed, "Otherwise just let him go."

The goblin left again after nodding his agreement even if he was confused. The next time someone entered it was the goblin Ragnok. He came in a conjured a chair right in front of Harry. He sat in it and eyed the wizard before he finally spoke.

"They left with two hundred galleons and the fake bonding rings."

"Thank you for doing this my way." Harry stated.

"This is the second break in you've been involved in." Ragnok stated.

"This isn't really a break in." Harry contemplated his answer, "We are laying a trap and this is the first step. I also allowed them to take the money from my vault and I don't expect it to be returned. To the man who took it, my friendship is obviously only worth about two hundred galleons."

"You know who it is then." Ragnok stated, "That changes things."

"Yes it does and as soon as that ring is on a finger we'll reel them in." Harry stated.

"If you don't say they broke into Gringotts then you can't formally charge them with anything." Ragnok warned.

"I know." Harry grinned, "This is my revenge not a matter of formal charges. This is a lesson no one involved will soon forget. You probably won't hear another thing about it."

"I have a portkey for you. It will take you to your front door." Ragnok nodded at his clothes, "I don't think you can go through Diagon Alley looking like that."

"Thank you. I wasn't prepared for this big of a change." Harry conceded, "I can't even put my feet in my old shoes."

"If it comes as any consolation, I've not seen this big of a change before." Phil put a hand on his shoulder, "I've not seen anyone live through the explosion of a seal like that, how you're already up and moving is astounding."

Within a few minutes Harry found himself at home and put right to bed. He didn't even complain about it because he was so tired and sore. Poppy and Minerva showed up in short order and didn't waste any time in setting about to scold him.

"What were you thinking?" Minerva was the first to start, "You should have had us on sight before it even happened."

"In his defense Phil was only checking to see if he had any seals." Bill interrupted, "He had found two and when he identified the second it set off a chain reaction that basically broke all the seals at once. His magic exploded seven times. We never expected him to gasp at the end and ask what happened. He didn't faint at all during all the pain. Most people would have died from one seal exploding like that."

"No more doing anything, not even checking, unless I'm there." Poppy smoothed his hair back, "Or some other trained and registered medical professional."

"Ok." Harry sighed at she handed him a pain potion. He downed it and she handed him two more, the last one was dreamless sleep.

"Was the dreamless sleep actually necessary?" Bill questioned, "I don't think he could have stayed awake more than an hour longer even without it."

"Yes it was. His nightmares still would have kept him from sleeping soundly." She responded, "And right now he needs uninterrupted sleep. The most telling thing was that he took a pain potion without argument. He always argues with me saying he doesn't need it."

"It was the scariest thing I've ever witnessed." Bill shuddered, "I could see the magic exploding out of him. Wave after wave of all colors of magic washing over him and every time it did Phil swore and gaped saying he'd never seen this kind of thing before. He was so shocked because people normally die if one explodes. He had to be alive for them to continue to explode. When it was over we thought he had finally died rather than we reached the last seal, but he was still breathing. Phil made us wait for a couple minutes before we approached in case any more seals exploded. If the Goblins didn't have the right facilities for this we could have died during this too. Luckily Phil's really good and realized what was happening quickly enough for us to get to safety."

"How long ago was that?" Poppy asked as she continued to wave her wand over Harry.

"It couldn't have been more than an hour ago." Bill scratched his head, "By the time we made it to his bedside he was asking me what happened. He was awake Poppy, through the whole thing. Within a few minutes we had him dressed and he was on his feet. He even laughed when he saw how sort his pants were. It was amazing and terrifying."

"I almost hate to ask, but can anything else happen to that poor boy?" Minerva sighed in exasperation.

"Has Dumbledore's portrait said anything?" Poppy asked.

"No he is still faking sleep." Minerva grumbled, "I know he's faking but there isn't anything I can do about it. Hogwarts moved it though."

"What?" Bill asked.

"Hogwarts moved his portrait from directly behind the desk to a wall in the corner almost out of sight." She smiled slightly at their expressions, "Hogwarts places the portraits as she sees fit. If a headmaster is found to have acted inappropriately towards a student the castle has been known to move them."

"I guess I always assumed the next headmaster placed them." Bill was quite surprised at this bit of news.