DISCLAIMER: I do not own Negima or Harry Potter. Negima is the property of Ken Akamatsu, and Harry Potter is the property of J.K. Rowling.
Italics text = character thinking to themselves.
Underline+Italics = character communicating with telepathy
Bold text = shouting
Bold+Italcs = Casting Spell/Ability
Chapter Thirty-two
The First Phase
"Harry, I strongly believe that you would be in too much danger." Dumbledore said as he tried to keep up with Harry' group as they headed for the Hogwarts Express after getting off the carriages. For almost a week, he had been trying daily to convince the last Potter to remain at Hogwarts. Now, with the attack on Arthur Weasley, he had another excuse.
"And I strongly disagree with your beliefs." Harry countered. "Don't worry though, I'll keep in touch with the Order." Mine, of course." he added mentally. "I plan on visiting Snuffles during the holydays."
"Harry…" Dumbledore began annoyed and was about to use his authority as Headmaster to restrain the boy when Harry stopped walking and turned around to glare at him.
"That's Lord Potter for you, Chief Warlock Dumbledore." Harry said coldly. "We are not in Hogwarts where you have some authority over me, but outside where your position dictates near neutrality and fairness. You wouldn't want everyone to know that you're trying to control the Lord of an Ancient and Noble House, would you?"
"No, Lord Potter, the though didn't even cross my mind" "in the past ten seconds" "I merely want what it's best for you." Dumbledore said in his grandfatherly voice.
"Then please stay out of my way." Harry said before he boarded the train and shut the door before the old codger could follow.
"Well, that was entertaining." Neville snickered as the entire Order of the Twilight sat down in their over-enlarged compartment.
"Yeah, but the fact that he knows when we're going to Gringotts is bad news." Negi muttered.
"I still cant believe that idiot had the audacity to try to activate your message while in front of you." Asuna shook her head.
"Ron was never one for thinking…" Fred shook his head
"…or manners of any kind." George finished.
"Still, now everyone knows we're going to Gringotts tomorrow." Eva said as she wondered if she should have used something other then an ice spell on the idiot, considering Pomfery had him healed in less then two days.
"Malfoy ran off to send an owl the moment the message ended." Harry mumbled.
"Well, lets forget about that. Let's do a recap on what we can expect to gain at Gringotts." Hermione suggested, trying to dispel the gloomy mood.
"Well, I know for sure that I'll get complete access to the Springfield vaults, as well as the Vesperatia vaults. Asuna will have the same level of access to the Vesperatia vaults as me." Negi said.
"I'm quite curious what had happened to the McDowell vaults since I was last at Gringotts." Eva said thoughtfully.
"I've claimed my lordship a few days ago, so I can access the Longbottom vaults as well. Gran wasn't too happy about it when I asked for permission, but after I gave her my reasons she said she was proud that I was taking my responsibilities seriously and even admitted that she was happy to be able to get away from some of those Wizengot meetings." Neville grinned.
"Since I turned 15 a few weeks ago, I also became the Head of the Ancient and Noble house of Lovegood. Daddy didn't mind at all, since he only goes to the two meeting that are obligatory per year. I'm quite curious what items are in the vaults, Daddy prefers to use a Gringotts debit card, rather then visit the bank too often. I only went there once, and was in a bit of a hurry, so I didn't have time to explore" Luna admitted.
"Aunty Amelia was a little concerned about me getting in the line of fire, but agreed that having me as Head of House and her as Head of the DMLE would be too beneficial to pass out." Susan chuckled.
"Dad has upgraded mine and Astoria' level of access to the Greengrass vaults to full access. The only thing he asked in return was to try to not empty it shopping." Daphne smirked evilly.
"My parents also upgraded my access level so I can take items from our vaults as well, but I still have a limit on the amount of gold I can extract at one time." Hannah said a little disappointed.
"I wonder how MY account there is." Chao said thoughtfully.
"Hold on a sec." Chisame blinked.
"How exactly did you get an account at Gringotts? You came from the future!" Asuna asked shocked.
"Oh, that. Well, I didn't come back to this time period directly. I first went back 22 years ago and made a rather large deposit in Gringotts. Then I went back to Japan when the World Tree was in bloom and came to this time period." Chao explained.
"Well, I know for a fact that any vaults that aren't at least 50 years old don't get more then 1% interest." Blaise informed her.
"I know. But I know a few secrets about making money in the Wizarding World. I'll fill you guys in later, if you're willing to take some secrecy oaths." Chao smirked. "What about you, Blaise?"
"Oh, I already had complete access to my family' vaults." Blaise shrugged.
"I can't wait to see the Aoyama vaults." Konoe giggled. "Mom gave me full access to her family vaults; she said that I may find something there that may help increase my exorcism abilities."
"You know how ironic that sounds, don't you?" Yue asked her.
"Yes, I do." Konoka smiled.
"What do you mean?" Hermione inquired.
"What I mean is that the first time I found out about my powers some bad people kidnapped me and used my power to summon an army of demons, as well as an S-class demon, Sukuna." Konoka answered. "So by telling me to learn exorcism is like saying 'don't do that again!'"
After a short laugh everyone turned to Harry.
"And then there's Harry Potter, the Boy-Who-Lived" Eva remarked.
"Yep, me." Harry nodded. "Want an autograph?" he asked with a wide smile as he took out a quill.
"Very funny, ha ha." Eva said with a tick mark while her friends were holding their sides from laughter. The Dark Evangel asking for an autograph!
"Well, I'll finally see the Potter vaults and probably the wills of my parents." Harry began. "I'll take the test from the goblins to see if I have any other vaults, as will all of us." He added as he glanced around and saw everyone' nods of approval. "So far I know that I'm heir to Gryffindor by blood and Slitherin by magic. There's also a good chance that there is a Peverel vault at Gringotts that belongs to me. If the Tale of three brothers is to be believed, I'm descendant from the younger brother, the only one that lived long enough to have a family." he added thoughtfully.
"And then the fun will begin." Daphne giggled.
"Oh, yes." Harry said with extreme satisfaction. "If they don't take us to the Director by then, I'll request it myself. Then I'll empty the vaults of the entire inner circle of the Death Eaters. At that point, I'll mention the basilisk meat. After that, we can start discussions regarding the war against Voldemort."
"Yes, there are some types of dark magic that goblins would be almost desperate to get rid of." Evangeline chuckled evilly.
"Yes, that will be one of our most important trump cards." Negi agreed.
The discussion continued until they were only an hour away from Kings Cross station. At that point the regular visit occurred.
Draco Malfoy had spent the better part of an hour looking through the train for potter to knock him down a few pegs. He moved slowly, wanting to avoid the foreigners that had caused him so much pain. When he reached the final compartment of the train he was sure that they had stayed at Hogwarts. Potter though, he saw him get on the train after arguing with Dumbledore. So he HAD to be there.
"Listen up Potter…" Malfoy began smugly as he opened the compartment door. But his words died in his throat as more pairs of eyes then he wanted to see turned to glare at him. Before he could run, he was stunned, Obliviated and levitated to the restroom by Harry and Neville. He would be found almost two hours later by a very annoyed Lucius Malfoy.
After they had arrived at Kings Cross, the group was relieved that Mad-Eye Moody wasn't among the members of the Order of the Phoenix that had shown up at Dumbledore' orders to take Harry to Headquaters. Thus, it was simple to become invisible using their rings and enter muggle London.
When they found dark alley that was clean enough for their tastes, Evangeline placed several wards to make the alley unplottable and to repel any living being. Then she took out a small complex house the size of a box of matches and placed it on the ground. Then, one by one the members of the Order of the Twilight touched to small house with their rings and were sucked into it.
"You know Eva-chan, it's times like this I'm glad you decided to test the limits of the Room of Requirement." Asuna chuckled.
"Yeah, who would have though that a room could produce a mansion?" Haruna remarked.
"Correction, a mansion that has its own Room of Requirement." Hermione said with a wide grin as they passed said room.
"Ah, I love magic." Harry laughed as they reached the kitchen where Dobby and Winky were cooking lunch.
The mansion Eva had gained from the Room of Requirement had about a hundred bedrooms, a magically enlarged deposit chamber the size of the Chamber of Secrets, a large kitchen, numerous sitting rooms, a library, its own Room of Requirement and it was completely furnished. And the best part was that it was entirely resizable, so she could put in on one of her properties and live in it while the purebloods got green of envy.
After they ate lunch, the group continued discussing the finer details of their plans for the next few days as well as various contingency plans in case they got attacked or Dumbledore got in the way. As they went to sleep that night, a small smile was on their faces. Tomorrow would be a day to remember.
A.N.: I hope you liked this chapter. It's more of a filler then anything, I couldn't just jump to the fun part as much as I wanted to. More plot twists and unexpected allies appear.
The next chapter will be extra long. If you want me to write faster, remember that Reviews give me strength.