A Life Changing Moment
Chapter Four
They land in a room that is not recognizable but they know that its somehow apart of Gringotts. This room they are in appear to a lounge room which was decorated in shade of red similar to that of a ruby, while the couches look like antique and expensive with a table in the middle of everything.
Dumbledore gestures for everyone to take a seat on either one of the couches while he personally claims the only chair in the lounge. Ron and Hermione sit beside each other knowing that Harry would want to sit beside Sirius. Then he starts to explain "We are currently in the Most Ancient & Noble House of Potter's lounge room here at Gringotts. These rooms are use by the families of the Most Ancient & Noble Houses for their business with goblins" knowing that it was a tradition started centuries ago that continue to be use by the old ways.
"Professor, does Sirius know the truth behind Harry's parentage?" asks Hermione knowing that her friend would not want that brought up in front of the only father figure in his life.
Sirius decides to answer the question himself, so he simply states "I am the person beside James and Lily to know that Elisa was your birth mother but I do not know who your real father is" remembering the girl he thought as a sister.
~ALCM~
Seconds later, an older looking goblin dressed in an expensive business clothing enters into the room accompany by an younger goblin carrying a square box in his hands.
The older goblin announces "I am Ranglock the account manager for the Most Ancient & Noble House of Potter" before gesturing towards the other goblin "This is Nanglock my apprentice" who was placing the square box on the table in the middle of the room.
Harry asks politely "May I ask what is in the box?" knowing that it possible contains this real birth certificate and his adopted parents' will.
"This box happens to be a safety deposit box for the Potter family. However, it now contains your original birth certificate Mr. Potter as well as Lord James Potter and Lady Lily Potter nee Evans last will & testament" states Ranglock without a trace of greed in his voice as this is biggest client in his profile "However, this box can't be open without a drop of your blood on the lock which happens to be the Potter family crest"
Harry rises from the couch and carefully walks over to the box to only see his family's crest for the first time. His family crest of the griffin with ruby eyes is the Potter family crest.
While Nanglock walks over to the table to take the place in front of Harry to only hand him a ceremonial knife with the same family crest on the handle. This ceremonial knife is also goblin-made. Harry quickly and carefully pricks his thumb watching a drop of his blood land right on the crest.
Within seconds the box is open, Harry carefully removes a envelope on the top of the pile which had his name handwritten on it. Not knowing what that envelope contains he walks but over to the couch to sit down beside Sirius.
Ranglock states the obvious "That letter was written by Lady Elisabeth Potter" not giving away the content of the letter as order by the parties involved from his own spot on a goblin-made chair.
"I can't open it" says Harry as calmly as possible being as nervous as he is inside. Then he hands the letter over to Hermione to read.
Hermione carefully opens the envelope to find a folded letter inside. She clearly reads the letter of her best friend's birth mother.
July 30th of 1980
To my beloved son,
You have already been told James and Lily that you are my son. I am writing you this letter during the last days of my pregnancy with you to try and explain why you never knew about me. The reason why James and Lily where going to raise you is because I knew that I would never have the chance to do so myself.
Months before my due date, my healer told me that I develop something called placental abruption. This condition causes the placenta to separate from the uterus, so I knew the chances of bleeding to death during childbirth was every high. It occur because of me being only eighteen when I got pregnant with you and nineteen when I give birth to you.
You are probably why I took the chance with my own life to give you yours simply because you are living proof of your father and my love for each other. However, I another reason why I continue with my pregnancy is because your father died before knowing that I was pregnant.
That is why I created a plan to give you to James and Lily in case I died in childbirth because I knew that it would be the best place for you even though I named my own set of godparents for you.
Please remember that I will always love you and that I made the best decision to give you life. However, I also have left for you in my old vault my journals documenting my years at Hogwarts and my relationship with your father.
Your Loving Mother,
Elisabeth.
Harry knows that he needs to read those journals to know who Elisabeth actually was.
~ALCM~
Ranglock hands Harry another envelope from the box and places it in his hands to only say "These are your birth certificates before and after your adoption"
Harry reads the first birth certificate that clearly states:
Harry James Potter
Born on July 31st of 1980
Father: James Charlus Potter
Mother: Lily Marie Potter nee Evans
Godfather: Sirius Orion Black
Godmother: Marlene Anne McKinnon
Then he pulls out the second birth certificate that he sees his full name to only go into a state of shock and drops the piece of parchment to the ground. While Sirius tries to help his godfather out of the shock that he was in.
Hermione reaches to grab for Harry's real birth certificate to find out the truth. So she begins to read out her friend's real name . . . . .
~ALCM~
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