Well here is another part finally. Man I would love to have more time to write, but real life just keeps getting in the way. I hope you enjoy this part.
I don't own any of the characters they are the work of the amazing JKR.
Kingsley pulled Harry aside not much later and informed him that Bill and Kingsley were going to take Harry to the Gringotts later this afternoon and had decided that flooing from the Tonks' into the ministry was probably the safest way to go to avoid being mobbed. Bill also asked if Harry had brought the invisibility cloak to hide under. Harry wished he had but had to admit he hadn't. Infact it had been tucked away in his bag since arriving at the barrow.
Harry had wanted to ask if Ginny could come, but hadn't been able to pin her down after the comment she had blurted out earlier and then avoided him. He settled for telling Ron where he was going and asking that Ron explain to Ginny that he shouldn't be too long.
Ron just nodded and commented. "You sure about going to Gringotts? Not sure we're welcome back there."
Harry nodded. "I don't think they will kill me I'll be with the Minister of magic and Bill remember?" But Harry would concede he wouldn't be so keen if they weren't going with him.
It was after Harry had said goodbye to Andromeda and told the Wesley's where he was heading that he quickly used the bathroom and saw George sitting by himself holding a photograph as he passed through the family room again.
He side stepped and took a seat next to George and noticed that the photograph George was holding was of Tonks and Angelina clearly taken at some point in Tonks pregnancy where they were laughing, hands on Tonks stomach, and giggling everytime the baby must have kicked.
"You okay?" Harry asked, placing his hand on Georges shoulder. "I….well I couldn't help but over hear you and Angelina before." He half choked out.
George just broke into tears again. Harry sighed but stayed where he was thinking that he wished George didn't feel so comfortable with him he wasn't used to guys crying. Getting moody and inward, well Harry understood that he did enough of it himself but crying? In front of people was something he still wasn't comfortable with.
"I'm a prat." George sobbed out. "A complete and utter git." He wiped his eyes and looked to the side at Harry. "If Fred wasn't already dead I could probably kill him at the moment…..I'm jealous." He paused and groaned. "I'm jealous of my dead twin."
"Harry, there you are. Are you ready to leave?" Harry heard Kingsley say as he came into the room.
George quickly put the photo down and wiped his eyes. "Sorry I'm keeping you from something." He finished standing up.
"No, you aren't." Harry answered back suddenly thinking. "Come with us, you don't want to be here at the moment. I know you don't. Come with us. We can go to the shop and see what needs doing after I've been to Gringotts. I am a partner after all even if you never actually asked."
George looked at Harry surprised. "I don't know. I doubt Kingsley wants me on official stuff."
Harry just smiled. "It's my official stuff. Come, you may as well find out how much I don't need the money from the shop."
"Oh Harry, I just wanted to say goodbye, I know I'll see you tomorrow but….." Angelina walked into the room stopping when she saw George.
"Right I'm ready." Bill declared joining them. "Got the wife sorted. I think her and Audrey are starting a Weasley partners support group or something, it's got me a little worried."
"George is coming with us." Harry announced. Thinking it was better to get him out of here and fast, now that Angelina and George were both trying hard not to look at each other.
Bill just shrugged his shoulders after taking one look at George then back at Harry clearly quickly reading the situation that George needed an escape. "Great, you two go first. The floo into Kingsley office has been opened for the next ten minutes. After that we might end up in a completely different department. Harry you first then George."
Harry nudged George towards the fireplace before giving Angelina a quick hug goodbye and taking a handful of ashes stepped into the fireplace and dropped them calling out. "Minister's Office."
He was still dusting himself off as George stepped out of the fireplace behind him. "Thanks mate. I didn't know how I was going to handle another hour or more of being there."
Harry just shrugged. "That's fine just as long as you promise me not to tell anyone anything you hear at Gringotts. It's to be as quiet as the Tri-wizard winnings alright?"
Bill stepped out of the Fireplace and dusted himself off. "You're lucky they will let you back in after breaking in and breaking out." He commented to Harry. "But then again they might not be able to function quite the same if you took your business elsewhere."
Harry looked at Bill surprised. "You know?"
"I did work there for years, might even get my job back now the wars over. Checking that all the safety and security spells etc were in place, the Potter and Black vaults are the most heavily guarded." Bill told Harry non-fussed by the fact. "I would have to say my sister has landed on her feet with you. That's if she can keep you. Man, all those girls earlier."
Harry just groaned. "They don't even know me."
"Ahh, but they think they do, I mean who wouldn't want to be with the Savior of the Wizarding world. All this and they don't even know your rich yet." Bill quipped back. "What's up George I thought you were doing alright earlier?"
"Yeah well." George half muttered. "There's nothing like realizing something you've wanted for years is never going to happen."
Harry wanted to roll his eyes. After all Angelina's comments could be maybe taken two ways. But he could understand it, he had been so jealous of Dean Thomas when he finally realised he had feelings for Ginny.
Bill clapped George on the back as Kinsley stepped out of the fireplace. "We'll all help you. You know that. We'll keep the shop going and keep Fred's memory alive. You're not on your own."
Kingsley dusted himself off and headed for the door. "I'll just check their ready for us. Does anyone want a butter beer before we go?"
"No, I think we're all fine. Well I know I had two at the Tonks." Bill answered looking from George to Harry.
"We're fine." Harry answered for the both of them. While George glanced up and nodded his head that he was fine.
Kingsley nodded heading out the door and was back in a few moments. "Sorry looks like we're expected in an hour. Something's come up here and my PA has pushed the meeting so I can deal with it."
"That's fine. We can head to the shop then meet you at Gringotts." Harry answered, thinking it might be good for him and George to see the shop again. Harry knew he hadn't finished what he wanted to say at Fred's service the next day and it might help George if he went through some of Fred's stuff. What Harry really wanted to do was ask Katie if she knew what Angelina's feelings for George were, but he also felt like those sorts of conversation were for 12 and 13 years old.
"Okay, but I'll just get you a invisibility cloak to wear. We don't want you mobbed in the street." Kingsley told them. Then called in Cassis his secretary asking her to get a cloak for Harry and reminding Bill that he will be waiting for them outside of the Bank in one hour.
Harry kept close to Bill and George as they walk down Diagon Alley. A few people looked at them twice, and some even stopped them to say how sorry they were to hear of Fred's death. But approaching the shop was the biggest surprise. The only way Harry could describe it was that the outside had been turn into a shrine. There were flowers piled up and notes stuck to the windows. Then there was also a lot of Weasley's Wizards products charmed to work every few minutes that were popping up and banging or making rude noises.
"Wow, looks like you and Fred have already left quite a mark on the wizarding world." Bill exclaimed taking it all in.
"You think?" Harry muttered so only Bill and George would hear.
George just slowly walked up and started reading some of the notes, joined by Bill and Harry they were all moved by some of the words left. Many had the best wishes for George and the family and many asked that George continue to bring the wizarding world joy just like him and Fred had done during the war until a few months ago.
It wasn't until they heard a noise from inside the shop that they stopped reading the notes and pulled out their wands. "Who else has a key?" Bill asked.
"Just Lee." George answered.
"We'll go in first. Harry back us up, at least they can't see you." Bill instructed. "George, stay behind me."
"Always the big brother." George mumbled as he nodded his agreement.
Bill opened the door slowly motioning George to follow as he stepped carefully and quietly into the shop. Holding his non hand up to signal for George to be quiet, but he barely placed a food on the floor when the whole store lit up and everything turned on just like it would have when the shop was open.
"So much for being quiet." Bill muttered. "Right whoever's in here show yourselves now and come out with your hands up."
George just shook his head. "Lee you better listen." He called out.
Harry stepped in to the shop and pulled off the invisibility cloak as Lee and Katie came out from the workshop at the back with their hands up. "Sorry guys we set it up to give Angelina a fright when she came in later. We thought it would be laugh after a crappy day with her family." Lee tried to explain.
"What the heck are you doing here?" George asked confused. "And why is Ange coming in later?"
"It was a mess. Death eaters had been in after you left. Well after you gave Lee the key to store some of his stuff till he moved in we've been working on fixing it up for you." Katie tried to explain.
Bill's eyebrows raised. "Well you've got good friends." He lowered his wand. "This place looks like it wasn't touched. I know Death Eaters don't tend to leave things tidy."
"Well it's only the shop we've done so far. The flat and the workshop are still a bit of a mess. But we're getting there slowly." Katie continued. "Hey Harry how did you get here without protection?"
Harry held up the cloak which hung over his arm looking to the others like there a piece missing out of his arm. "I think using this and being with Bill made Kingsley relax. Or just forgot for a moment I'm not meant to be running around in public." He commented. "How bad was this place after the Death Eaters?"
Lee Shrugged. "Pretty bad. You'll see once you look in the workshop, even though we've started on that today. But the Flat, well they were clearly looking for information, it's a mess."
George nodded. "I thought it would be. That's why we'll need much of our savings to get up and running again. Thanks guys."
"Yeah well there isn't much product on the shelves I'll give you that." Bill said looking around.
"Now that you're here though, there is a bunch of messages for you and your family that we've been collecting along with the flowers that have died each day. You should probably take them home to your parents." Katie added pointing at a large bag by the door. "We were planning on bringing with us tomorrow."
"Wow so there's been more than what is out there now?" Bill shook his head.
"Yeah, heaps, we clear a lot of it each day." Katie explained. "It's nice though, to know that Fred will always be remembered."
Everyone nodded and Bill asked some more questions about the place and if it had been checked out by Auror's before Lee and the girls had started cleaning up. Lee and Katie looked a little sheepish admitting that they hadn't. But the few things they had encountered hadn't been much as the twins and Lee had set up a pile of traps before they left anyway. Even George smiled and explained how the Death Eaters that had entered had probably left with wizarding lice that would clause hair to fall out and the scalp to be itchy for almost a year. While Lee explained that most the product on the shelves had been charmed to bite, explode or scream when touched.
Bill just shook his head looking at George with a smirk. "Well that sounds like it would have been fun to see. I must ask Kingsley if they have arrested anyone with their hair missing and an itchy scalp."
They realised though that they must have been reading the notes outside for longer than they thought and that there was only 15 minutes left until they had to meet Kingsley at Gringotts. George looked torn about going to the bank or staying at the shop with Lee and Katie.
"You can do whatever you want George." Harry told him, thinking it might be good for him to spend some time with his friends.
George half nodded. While Katie added. "Did you and Angelina get a chance to talk at the service today?" With a tone that almost sounded like it was waiting for something exciting.
George turned slightly pale, looked at Harry then back at his friends. "I better head off with Harry. Sorry guys."
Harry nodded. George clearly wanted to avoid Angelina for the rest of the day.
The visit to Gringotts was a little overwhelming for Harry. After being shown into a large office when he could take the invisibility cloak he was introduced to the head of the bank, a little goblin named Grimly Wartshall who welcomed Bill and Kingsley but looked up at Harry in a way that made Harry feel like he was being looked down upon and then welcomed George back and asked a few questions about the shop. The start of the exchange made Harry feel like he was a little child again.
"Right, Mr Potter." Grimly Wartshall started once he was seated back behind his large desk on a chair that raised him to a height that made the short goblin eye to eye with Kingsley and left the other three looking up at him. "We probably wouldn't be too keen on keeping your business after a the mess you made with your two friends. But…." He paused and looked down at a large folder on his desk. "We've been administering your family money and that of the Blacks for many hundreds of years, and…well we can't really afford to lose you as a customer."
He then went on to explain that Harry now being of age and not on the run was the sole heir of both the Black and Potter family fortunes. This included large amounts of property around the UK and even some overseas. He handed Harry the large folder and suggested he look over it and get accustomed to the various interests that he now owned and decide which of the houses he planned to live in so that the tenants could be notified to move etc.
The whole meeting finished with Harry signing the last of the papers so that his entire trust fund set up after his parents had passed away could be used by the ministry to pay for the funerals of the people who had died in the last battle and for the memorial service to be held in two days time. Harry added a clause that the funeral money also be available for any other magical creatures who had lost love ones in the last battle and had fought against Tom Riddle.
Once back at the Ministry Kingsley organised for Harry to sit his apparition test quickly before using Kingsleys office to floo back to the Burrow. Climbing out of the fire place at the burrow Harry felt like he just wanted to sleep. It had been a daunting day to say the least.
He was pleased to see the sight of Ginny curled up on a winged backed chair normally used by her father reading a book. She smiled up at him. "You took off without say goodbye?" She questioned in a way that Harry knew he wasn't in too much trouble.
Harry smiled back at her. "You were just slightly avoiding me if I remember quickly."
Ginny half groaned. "Well I sort of did….well probably….I mean I'm not even of age yet…." She turned slightly red. "I mean to be talking about kids?"
George stepped out of the fireplace followed by Bill. "Jeez, you've got her embarrassed already." George shook his head. "I didn't even know Gin could blush until she met you at 10 years old."
Bill shook the dust of himself and looked at his little sisters bright cheeks. "It's a good look Gin, you know if you want your cheeks to match the family hair."
While Ginny threw a pillow at Bill, Harry couldn't help but hear Hermione and Ron walking towards the family room.
"Ron, I'm trying to make sure we're protected. I'm not ignoring you, it's just that these copyright laws are rather confusing." Hermione sounded frustrated. "I mean look at Harry, there's been books and stuff about him for years and he's never even gotten a cent from them."
George coughed into his hand muttering between coughs. "Cause poor little Harry really needs the money."
Harry glared at him, while Ginny shrugged. "Maybe he does George, what would you know?" Ginny spat back.
George puffed out his chest. "More than you." He coughed again and apperated out of the room.
Bill just laughed as Hermione and Ron actually entered the room. "Look there's Harry now I bet he doesn't give a toss about lost earnings from children's books written about him. Do you Harry?" Ron asked.
Harry shrugged his shoulders. "Sorry Hermione. Ron's right I don't really care."
Hermione just stopped eyeing up the large folder Harry still had under his arm. "What have you got there?" She asked. Like it could be a report or something interesting for her to read. Harry knew it was going to overwhelm him and confuse him trying to take it all in and Hermione could probably read the whole thing and explain it detail by detail to him within an hour.
But telling Hermione meant telling Ron and well Harry knew Ron never felt that great about Harry being richer than him and that was only when Harry had the small vault for growing up. "Just some stuff I need to go over from the bank and the ministry. It's got nothing to do with you guys."
Bill looked at Harry, reading his pose and guessing that Harry would tell Ginny and his best friends when he wanted to answered for Harry. "Yes well as Gringotts still holds all of Harry's money we had to go and make peace with them today. I wouldn't worry about it guys, not until you've got enough money that you need your own vaults as well."
Hermione nodded. "Yeah all my money is still in a muggle bank. My parents set up a trust fund for me. I have access now that I'm 18."
Ron looked at Hermione. "You have a trust fund?" He questioned. "Man I though Harry was rich, are you as well?" Mouth slightly open in awe.
Hermione shrugged her shoulders. "Mum and Dad earn good money as dentists and were left a lot by their parents. It's got to be used for sensible things, like a house or car or University. But yeah I'm not poor."
"Bloody Hell, why does my girlfriend and bestmate have to be rich?" Ron exclaimed. "I've worn second hand clothes most of my life, yet you two always end up staying here."
"What can I say, I like your family." Hermione smiled at him. "I also happen to like you for some reason."
"Just think little Bro, if you treat her right, you'll have your own money in the future, after all it doesn't sound like she's after a cut on the sales of your images for herself or Harry." Bill slapped Ron's head as he walked past. "Have any of you lot seen my wife?"
"She's with Audrey outside." Ginny called after him.
To which they could all hear Bill groan out. "Great, I wonder what Weasley topic they are on now."
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