Lillian Heart of the Forest
By Miluiel
Chapter 4
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Neither Harry Potter Or Lord Of The Rings belong to me they belong to their respected owners.
The next morning dawned brightly as the recently reacquainted twins awoke from their slumber to join for breakfast at what was slowly becoming their table in the dusty little pub,
"Good morning, my brother, it seems like it is going to be lovely"
Hermione greeted her brother as he sat down to eat, she had been down from her room quite early and by the look s of things had been quite busy if the ink, quills and parchment was anything to go by, Harry greeted his sister with a 'good morning' before helping her to clear up the table for when their meal would arrive.
No sooner was this job complete, when their plats arrived with a pop.
Eating in silence while enjoying the others company gave them time to think on what needed to be done, calmly harry broke the silence by asking if what his sister had been doing when he came down and learnt that she had penned a letter to their grandfather, looking over it once the plates had been cleared he nodded and said he would send Hedwig off as soon as he went back upstairs.
After parting they decided that they would meet up in the hallway outside their rooms in a hour and head to Gringotts, it was time to pay the goblins a visit.
"Good day, my sister and I would like to see our family's account manager and also receive a copy of our parents will please"
Harry asked the goblin at the desk as they entered the bank, they had come to the discussion earlier that he should be the one to do all of the talking as the goblins were more likely to respond to him than to Hermione.
"What family"
The goblin sneered back at them as if he was under the impression that they were below his notice, Harry squared himself and giving the Teller a sharp look snapped out his next few words so as to make sure the creature was aware that he was becoming annoyed.
"Potter, and we would like to see goblin Griphook as he has always been the one I have dealt with concerning banking, if this is a problem of course I am sure we can take our service elsewhere"
The goblins eyes widened at the idea of him being the reason for the loss of a very important account and quickly left his post to run off to get the before mentioned goblin.
As Griphook came out to them the twins inclined their heads
"Good day Griphook, long may your gold flow, and may you family profit"
Harry took the lead again since he was the one who had read more about goblin protocol,
"Good day Master Potter, May fortune serve you well. I heard you asked for me?"
Griphook responded in shock at the formal goblin greeting that he had received,
"I did, and i am sure our meeting will be very profitable for both parties involved, but first it would please me to introduce you to my long lost sister Hannah Potter"
Griphook's eyes widened in shock, quickly recovering himself he nodded his head to the Potter daughter and gave her a greeting before suggesting they move to a more secluded area of the bank so they could talk business.
Moving quickly the twins were lead into a meeting room and offered seats along with refreshment that Harry excepted graciously for the both of them, as Griphook sat down he found himself once again suppressed and gaining more and more respect for the Potters as they waited till he was sat before bowing and seating their selves.
"I am honored that you would take the time to meet with us goblin Griphook there are a number of matters that have recently come to light which, my sister and I feel that not only you should be made aware of but also that may or may not depend upon our accounts remaining in Gringotts service, I mean not to threaten would Sir goblin, but i feel as if certain matters are confirmed and not seen to in a timely matter we shall have no choice"
Griphook was starting to think that there could be no more surprises for him but was quickly realizing that was not the case, he really should have known, the minute that the Potter Siblings had greeted him in the way they did that things were going to get complicated and fast.
"I am not offended by what you say young Lord, nor threatened. However i do find my interest has been spiked"
nodding Harry took a long drink from his beverage before continuing with the discussion.
"We would like to see a copy of our parents wills and a full statement of our accounts, my sister pointed out to me that it is highly irregular that i have yet to see our parents wills and that i should have been in receipt of at least a monthly statement from the age of eleven when i re-entered the Wizzarding world if not even before that, as i have had neither i find my trust waning, I am well aware that these measures should be carried out by our account manager. However given the circumstances i would be privileged if you would except the manager position for our accounts, again i find myself un-trusting of another. Finally I find myself wondering if any goblins know any reason that my parents would have against trusting Dumbledore"
Griphook's eyes widened once more at the shear amount of trust this young man in front of him held for Griphook alone especially as it seemed that a lot of details had been withheld about the accounts. Thinking before answering he decided there was only one answer that he could give,
"No sir you are the one who gives me the privilege, I will take over the Potter account right away, and may i say it is an honour to be working along side you as I do believe you are the first human to speak respectfully to my race since Merlin and for that I thank you Mr Potter"
He intoned calling for the Potter Account files from another of his kind
"Harry please and I'm not exactly human myself"
Harry smirked as the goblin looked over the account files
"Again you do me great honor by allowing me use of your first name Harry, may-hap we should move to the account office instead of staying in the meeting room as it will allow me better access to sort through the account and rectify the mistakes previously made?"
At the twins nods he lead them down a long, long corridor of doors they guessed lead to various account managers offices walking into the one with a plague that read Potter Family Account Manager Griphook outside they settled in the chairs across from the goblin.
"First things first it says here that you were called to a meeting on your 16th birthday so you could achieve head of house status, I…"
"Forgive me but WHAT? I did not get any letters of meeting and I thought you became head at 17 not 16"
Harry cut in, Griphook shock his head
"It appears the letter was sent to Albus Dumbledore as he is listed as your legal guardian he is also the one that should have given you the time for the meeting and a copy of your parents will when you turned eleven"
Harry was fuming, taking a while to collect his thoughts he slowly released his breath before he spoke again,
"Since when was he my legal guardian i was never told such a thing, i apologise if i appear to be angry but the fact is i am, surly i should have been informed of this little detail"
Mione put her hand on his shoulder to calm him down; after he'd taken some deep breaths he turned back to Griphook
"Griphook did the bank ever send me statements?"
The goblin nodded as he started to get a vague picture of just how wrongly these two in front of him had been treated and not only by the bank it seemed.
"Yes we did it is standard procedure they also went to Dumbledore, it make me wonder… I'm sorry Harry I don't know what happened, your parents will stated clearly that he wasn't to have any control over the Potter family fortune and it seems like he has been taking money out of your vault and quite a lot at that, according to this statement here:
1000 galleons was paid every year to Minister Fudge,
500 to a member of the wizardry child protection every month,
10,000 to a vault set up for the order of the phoenix every year,
as well as the equivalent of £500 Muggle pounds a month to a Mr and Mrs Dursley"
Griphook went on to explain, Mione swore she could see a vein throbbing on Harry's forehead
"And account manager Griphook, can you tell me why he was using my money to pay theses people?"
As the siblings came out of the bank it was in a stunned silence, according to what they had found out Dumbledore had been paying Fudge to slander Harry all last year, someone to hush up how he had been treated the last 16 years, the Dursley's for housing him if you could call it that AND to fund the order.
In addition to this he had known about Sirius' innocence as it was written on their parents will and he WITNESSED it, the will also stated that if anything happened under no circumstances was Harry to be placed with petunia they even gave a list of about 20 different family's he could have been brought up by.
Add to the fact that the will stated that both children were to be emancipated when they hit 13 and you could say that they were very unhappy with certain people at the moment.
Although both were furious they had at least been able to sign the paper for the emancipation and get back control of the Potter family fortune, so that was something good out of the whole mess.
Hermione had asked Griphook if he would send a copy of the will to Amelia Bones head of the DMLE to look through along with a note from Harry explaining the situation and he had been happy to do so, Mione had also officially changed her name back to Hannah Lilith Potter.
After having lunch in Diagon alley it was decided that there next stop was to go shopping.
Harry and the now official Hannah Potter had been into Muggle London for their shopping in order to get them both some clothes but mainly for Harry, which according to his sister he defiantly needed as she was not going to be seen with a brother who looked like a street rat.
They had just got back and were both in Harry's room at the cauldron, Harry putting his things away and Hannah reading a book she had brought on his bed.
Once Harry had finished he turned to his sister, just watching her it came to him how much alike they really were;
Han had dads eyes and cheeks but her mums nose and facial structure, Harry speculated that if she had her hair straightened she would look just like their mum but with dads hair and eyes, he felt sorry for her, he knew what dads messy hair was like mainly UNCONTROLLABLE.
Other similarities was that she loved to read and although if you asked him Harry would deny it but he too had a secret passion for books and learning after all he was top of his class in Muggle school, he didn't know why he had decided to keep it a secret at Hogwarts he guessed it was his Slytherin side showing keeping it to his advantage as everyone who really knows anything understands that:
Knowledge Is Power.
As he watched his sister a thought came to him and he dug through his trunk to find his album he tapped the book with his wand producing a copy mentally smirking to himself he tapped his wand again this time on the copy which he then placed on the bed next to her and put his back in the trunk, without looking he told her he was going to get some Butterbeer to which she just nodded, laughing to himself and shaking his head he walked out with a smile on his face.
Looking up from her book Hannah found herself to be alone thinking back she recalled her brother mentioning going some where, oh well, shrugging she reached to put the book she was reading on the bed side table knocking something off the bed as she did so, hoping that what ever had fallen wasn't broken she reached down to pick up what looked like Harry's photo album looking at the cover she gasped and started to cry happily for on the cover read;
'To my Dear Twin sister Erulissë,
To remind you of mum and dad when you need it.
Now that were together again lets not be parted
and always remember... 'Knowledge is Power'
as Harry came in she threw herself at him 'thank you' she whispered in his ear to which he replied with 'no problem' she pulled away with a big smile but then frowned,
"Rosse how did you make the album were still underage?"
she asked him sternly placing her hands on her hips in an imitation of Mrs Weasley, she was quite good at it too, Harry looked at her sheepish
"No were emancipated"
He explained to which she relaxed and smiled sheepishly back at him
"I forgot"
she replied to him which had Harry hugging her close laughing.
saying there goodnights they parted to get ready for bed.
Hope you all like it please tell me what you think, Thanks Miluiel