The new teacher of Hogwarts is Negi Springfield

by fg7dragon

After returning from Mundus Magicus, Negi and his friends are sent to England at Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, in order order to protect the school from the dark lord Voldemort, whose revival is denied by the magical community.

33. Chapter 33

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, and any other series belong to their respective authors.

Italics text = character thinking to themselves.

Underline+Italics = character communicating with telepathy

Bold text = shouting

Bold+Italcs = Casting Spell/Ability

Chapter Thirty-three

Surprises at Gringotts

The time had finally come. After they woke up and had a large breakfast in preparation for the day that was before them. After that they dressed in the new robes they had prepared for this day.

The robes were a work of art that would make Madam Malkin green with envy. Not because they were expensive. Not because they were particularly attractive. Not because of the spells on them. But for those reasons and more. The robes, like their rings, were bonded to the wearers and responded to their mental commands alone. They were able to change color, decorations, shape, size, the material it was made of, and had a variety of charms on them that could very well make them the last ones they'll ever need. The original form of the robes was one suited for battle and was made of mithril, with the crest of their Order on the back.

Today though, they chose a simple pale grey model, as they didn't want to draw attention on Diagon Alley. So as they approached the Leaky Cauldron many of them became invisible. A large group would draw attention, and many of them weren't even supposed to be there.

So at nine Harry, Neville, Hermione, Asuna, Eva, Negi and Chao entered the pub and were relieved to see that there were no meddlers there yet. The only person in the pub was Tom, the barkeep, who offered Harry a small smile as the passed through.

As they entered Diagon Alley they were almost blown back by the volume of noise.

"I don't think this place was so loud the last time I was here." Harry muttered as he massaged his ears.

"No, it's just because we were surrounded by silence until now." Hermione countered.

After they made sure that everyone had entered the Alley, they headed to Ollivander's to get Neville a new wand.

"Oh, I finally meet you mister Longbottom." Olivander smiled as he saw Neville. "I was expecting you over four years ago when you started Hogwarts. I take it Augusta is as stubborn as ever?"

"I guess you could say that, sir." Neville chuckled nervously.

"Well, let's get you a proper wand shall we." Olivander said and the measuring tape began move around Neville's arms.

As Olivander looked through his boxes, Chao looked between the measuring tape and the old man skeptically.

"Excuse me, is there any meaning to the measuring tape?" she asked.

"Besides distracting my customers, you mean?" Olivander asked with a sly grin as he approached with an old box.

"Yes."

"None whatsoever." Olivander said making the others sweatdrop as he handed Neville a reddish wand.

As soon as he grasped it a multitude of flower petals materialized in a spinning vortex around Neville.

"Wow! This is certainly the one for me!" Neville gasped.

"Indeed it is. Cherry, ten inches and with a unicorn hair core." Olivander smiled before he turned towards Harry. "It seems that you may need a new wand as well, mister Potter." He observed.

"I do?" Harry asked shocked.

"Yes, your magical signature has changed quite a bit since you got your yew wand. But I'm afraid none of my wands can handle your current level of power." Olivander said regretfully.

"What will happen to my current wand if I continue to use it?" Harry inquired.

"It will break, eventually. Not anytime soon, no, but give it a few years…" Olivander trailed off.

"Is there anything I could do to avoid that?" Harry asked. The Priori Incantatem of the brother wands was not something he wanted to lose.

"Well, you could periodically treat your wand with a powerful healing agent like phoenix tears or the like. Expensive, but worth it." Olivander explained.

"Thank you for the help." Harry said as he prepared to leave.

"Oh, Mister Potter." Olivander said at the last moment.

"There are wands out there that could handle your power. One legendary one in particular. One surprise disarming spell may sound unfair, but that's all it takes to gain the allegiance of a wand if you do it with that intent in mind." Olivander said mysteriously as he headed to the back of his shop.

"What else did the old man want, Harry?" Neville asked.

"He more or less suggested that I should take Dumbledore' Elder Wand as my own using a sneak attack." Harry said with a sly grin.

"Now that sounds like a plan in the making." Chao grinned.

"We'll talk about it later, look who's here." Asuna smiled and looked that that group that was in front of Gringotts.

There stood Nekane, Anya, Hakase, Zazie, Yuna, Makie, Ako, Akira, Natsumi, Ayaka, Chizuru, Takane, Mei, Collet, Emily, Beatrix, Shiori, Homura, Koyomi, Tamaki and Shirabe. And all of them… well most of them, were looking at Negi and the others with wide smiles.

"Hey Negi." Harry said quietly to the young mage.

"Yes?"

"You are the most whipped guy I've ever met." Harry said, gaining playful glares from Eva, Hermione and Asuna (the ones that he could see) while Chao was nodding sagely.

"I know." Negi shrugged. "But you're not one to talk; you're already stepping in my footsteps."

"Come on, what are the chances of me getting engaged to more girls then I already am?" Harry asked sceptically.

"I can almost see Murphy's Law biting you in the ass." Chao smirked.

"Negi!" Nekane cried out as she enveloped the young mage in a hug.

"Sensei!/ Negi-kun/Negi-san!/Negi-sama!" many of the other girls cried our as they jumped the redhead.

"You know, if I didn't already feel sorry for him, I could have probably been jealous." Harry whispered to Hermione, earning a small giggle.

After the girls smoldered Negi enough, they turned to the others.

"Asuna-san, it's good to see you." Ayaka smiled as she hugged her old friend.

"Nice to see ya, Incho." Asuna replied.

"You haven't been doing anything inappropriate to Negi-sensei, have you?" Ayaka asked with an edge in her voice.

"And what if I had?" Asuna smirked, shocking the blonde.

"I… um… that's…" Ayaka stuttered as she blushed.

"Not that much." Asuna said quickly.

"Ara, these must be some of your new students, right Negi?" Nekane asked as she looked at Harry, Hermione and Neville.

"Yes, these are Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Neville Longbottom." Negi smiled and introduced the three.

"We should head inside the bank before some unwanted guests get here." Eva suggested.

As if it was a signal, several pops were heard and Dumbledore, Snape, Tonks, Hestia Jones, Dedalus Diddle and Emmiline Vance apparated right before the steps of Gringotts.

"Harry, it's too dangerous here. You must come with us to…" Dumbledore began to babble self importantly.

But the words died in his mouth when he found it hard to breathe because of the killer intent rolling of Harry and many of the others, visible or not.

"I will say this one last time, you old fool." Harry hissed angrily. "Get out of my way, or I will remove you permanently."

"Harry, should know better…" Dumbledore scoffed as he began raising his wand.

"Expeliarmus!" Harry muttered as he lazily waved his hand that had the Order ring on.

To the shock of the six adult wizards the white wand in Dumbledore' hand jerked away from the old headmaster and landed in Harry' open palm.

"What in the…?" Dumbledore began in shock and horror.

Before he could finish that sentence Harry grasped the wand tightly and channeled his magic through it. The result was a bright golden glow that enveloped both Harry and the wand, forcing the others to look away.

"Bonding complete." Harry stated calmly with a wide smirk.

"Potter, return the Headmaster' wand this instant!" Snape roared as he drew his wand… only for it to be vaporized by a red beam that came out of nowhere.

"As I'm sure you realized by now, the wand had just recognized me as its master. Dumbledore has no claim over it." Harry stated calmly. "Now, could the four of you that still have wands apparate these two out of here before I decide to give my new wand a test on them."

With a badly hidden smirk Tonks grabbed Snape by the back of his collar and apparated away, quickly followed by the others.

"Um, sensei? Who was that old man?" Natsumi asked curiously.

"Oh, just my current employer." Negi said casually as he motioned the others to follow.

"Huh!" the new arrivals blinked.

"I'll fill you in later." Negi assured them as he reached the goblin guards and leaned over to them. "Excuse me." he whispered.

"What business do you have with me, wizard?" the goblin asked harshly.

"I'm a mage, actually." Negi corrected, earning a shrug. "I just wanted to ask you if there are any disguise dispelling wards on the door."

"And why do you need such knowledge?" the guard asked as he tightened the grip on his spear.

"I have a few invisible companions with me. If their invisibility fades when we enter, it would surely cause panic. So I'm merely asking to know if they should cancel the spells before entering." Negi explained.

"Do that, we don't approve of wizards sneaking into our bank." the goblin said.

"It's not the inside of the bank we need to be invisible for, it's the outside." Negi replied and told his friends to drop their disguises before entering.

The new arrivals were rather shocked to have more then two dozen people appear around them. So were the two guards as they took a step back.

"Enough chit-chat." Eva said annoyed. "Let's go already."

The two guards seemed to disagree, but when they took a better look at Evangeline recognition dawned on them as their dark green skin became almost white as a sheet.

The entrance of the large group drew the attention of everyone inside, the guards looking at the potential invaders nervously. Great goblin warriors or not, against the Dark Evangel a whole army wouldn't be enough.

Sensing the tense atmosphere, Harry hurried to the first free teller he saw. And it was a familiar face.

"Good day Griphook." Harry began.

"Good day Lord Potter, what could Gringotts do for you today?" the goblin asked as he nervously glanced behind them.

"I require a meeting with my account manager as well as a place to conduct this meeting. As you can see, the hall is a little crowded for all of us to be here." Harry said.

After a quick check of some records, the goblin looked at Harry apologetically.

"I'm sorry, mister Potter, but the Potter account manager died over a decade ago. I will speak to my superiors so that one of them may assist you today, until you chose another account manager." the goblin said and left his post quickly.

"Dumbledore probably didn't want to have anyone looking over his shoulder." Hermione muttered.

Griphook returned a few minutes later with a nervous look.

"Lord Potter, director Ragnok has instructed me to guide your group to his private meeting room." the goblin said.

"That was faster then I though." Daphne whispered surprised as they all followed the nervous goblin.

They were led to a large double door with golden and silver ornaments, the crest of Gringotts in the centre. As they entered, they saw an old and important-looking goblin sitting behind a large desk.

"Good day, director Ragnok. May your gold flow and your enemies be crushed." Harry greeted in the goblin language, shocking everyone.

"Oh, he's good. I haven't heard a human speaking our tongue so well in a century." Ragnok though both impressed and amused. "Good day to you too, Lord Potter. What can Gringotts do for you today?"

"A lot, actually." Harry began with a small smile. "I as well as my companions am here to take the inheritance test, for both blood and magic. After that, we will need to visit our vaults. Then we will need to discuss of any issues regarding our vaults. I also have some business regarding some other vaults as well. I also have a large amount of merchandise that is sought after by the Goblin Nation. And, after that, we will have a few other things to discuss. But let's take things slowly." Harry chuckled.

"Um, yes. Let's start with the inheritance test." Ragnok said a little shocked. He had expected something like this, but damn! This day had turned out busy!

The goblin directed the group to a large panel that took about half of the wall it was placed on. Right under the panel were a few dozen large bottles with blue liquid in them placed next to a wide metallic box that seemed to be connected to the panel by countless rune networks.

All you need to do is to draw a bit of blood from your wand hand and place it into the potion here…" Ragnok poured some of the blue liquid into the box "and channel some magical energy. This panel will show any magical ancestry you have as well as inheritance by magic."

"I'll go first." Chao offered as she approached the box. "But I can't allow any of them to see may ancestry. You'll find out after you see it yourself." she added to Ragnok who raised an eyebrow.

"Very well, we value privacy here at Gringotts." Ragnok agreed and with a snap of his fingers a black wall appeared between Chao and the rest of her friends.

A few minutes later the wall disappeared and Ragnok shook his head.

"I knew this wasn't going to be an ordinary day." the goblin said. "All I can tell you is that she belongs to both the Ancient and Noble House of Springfield and the Royal House of Vesperatia."

"Yes, we already knew that." Asuna pouted.

Many of Negi' partners and all of the new arrivals followed. Ku Fei turned out to be the only magical heir of the Ancient and Noble House of Xing, that had emigrated to Scotland in the fifteenth century. Anya was as expected the only available heir of the Russian Cocolova bloodline that had come to England in the seventeenth century, making her the heir of the Noble House of Cocolova. Mana had a vault of her own that she had set up ten years ago and was making transactions from regularly. Konoka was the heir of both Konoe and Aoyama clans from Japan, but only the Aoyama side was considered an Ancient and Noble House in Great Britain as the Konoe bloodline had been connected to the emperors of Japan. Kaede was in a similar situation as Ku, being the only magical heir that the Koga clan had had in several generations, but she had no political power in Britain, just wealth. Yuna was quite surprised that her mother had left her a substantial deposit in Gringotts, but she did remember that her father was quite amused when she told his that she was going to visit the bank. Takane was the heir of one of the few magical families that had moved to America but had kept their political positions in Britain. Still, nobody had fit that position in over a hundred years. Ayaka was quite shocked when she found out that her grandmother had been a witch. She knew that her mother had been born in England, but had no clue that she was a squib of the Ancient and Noble House of Selwyn- the only Selwyn left, actually. Neither Ako, Akira, Setsuna, Makie, Yue, Nodoka, Haruna, Natsumi, Hakase nor Mei had any magical ancestry in Britain. Shiori, Koyomi, Homura, Shirabe and Tamaki had vaults of their own that Fate had created for them a few years ago. Collet, Kotaro and Beatrix never had political of financial relations with Mundus Vetus, despite Beatrix being born here. The same for Emily' and Zazie' families, despite being very wealthy in Mundus Magicus. Chizuru turned out to be the descendant of a renown witch that made numerous discoveries in Astrology, thus Chizuru now had a vault that had accumulated over seven hundred years of interest from an already huge amount of gold. The surprise turned out to be Chisame.

"You have to be ****ing kidding me." the net idol stared blankly at her ancestry. Only two names had magic. Hers and the one at the top. "I'm the descendant MORGANA LE FEI!"

"Well, I did find it odd that your artifact makes you the ruler of Cyberspace." Chamo offered.

"I blame you." Chisame told Negi bluntly, making him nod crying anime tears.

"And these were the unknowns?" Ragnok said to himself in disbelief.

Next went Nekane who was of the Springfield Bloodline as expected. Daphne, Astoria, Blaise, Susuan, Hannah, Lee, Katie, Alicia, Angelina and Luna had no surprises either. But when the turn of the Weasleys came…

"Huh? The Ancient and Noble House of Prewet?" Fred asked surprised.

"Oh, yes, you are the fourth child of Molly Weasley, are you not?" Ragnok inquired with a grin.

"Yes. Along with George, since we are twins, in case you didn't notice. Why?" Fred asked.

"Well, to but it bluntly, your mother was disowned by her brothers after she did something extremely reckless, stupid, dangerous and completely idiotic, that unfortunately resulted in the death of their mother. They made it so that only her fourth born will have any rights to the Prewet family, and those that come after him, if he wishes so." Ragnok explained.

"Well, at least we now know why she hates our pranks." George said grimly.

"We'll have to talk to her about it some time." Ginny agree.

Fred then claimed his place as head of house and granted George and Ginny complete access.

Neville was the next one to take the test. The results were mostly expected, though one part was not.

"Well, I see now why the Sorting Hat wanted to put me in Hufflepuff. I'm Helga' heir!" Neville chuckled.

Next went Negi. As expected, he was the Heir of the Ancient and Noble House of Springfield and the Royal House of Vesperatia. But there was one more, a verrrrry old one.

"Inverse?" Negi cocked his head. "I never heard of it." As he turned to ask Ragnok for clarification, he saw that the goblin, Evangeline and Asuna were surprised. No scratch that! They looked like he had just discovered the secrets of the Universe! "Staring like that is rude, you know." he said and snapped them out of it.

"Negi, Lina Inverse is known in the history of all magic in both worlds as the most powerful and dangerous sorceress that had ever walked the Earth. She was THE BEST!" Asuna exclaimed.

"How powerful was she exactly? More powerful then the Lifemaker?" Konoka asked.

"Way more powerful. She had many nicknames. Bandit Killer, Dragon Spooker, Enemy of all who live, Chaos Sorceress…" Ragnok explained. "But the one she's most renowned for is…"

"Slayer. God Slayer." Evangeline said with a chuckle. "She puts my accomplishments to shame, and she was a mere human mortal."

"She was the one that convinced goblins to create Gringotts over seven thousand years ago." Ragnok informed them. "Greediest person that ever lived." he added. "The number of her vault is 0, since she was cofounder of Gringotts."

"Wow. I really need to see that." Negi said excitedly.

At this point only three were left. Eva, Harry and Hermione.

"Go ahead, Hermione. I'm kind of nervous." Harry said.

"Alright. I'm a little curious myself." Hermione agreed. She placed her bleeding hand in the new batch of blue potion and when the results appeared….

"Should have seen it coming." Fred chuckled.

"Yep, we knew it was destiny since their second year." George added.

There was no Hermione Jane Granger on the panel. There was however a Hermione Jasmine Drake.

"Hermione, I didn't know you were adopted." Harry said slowly as he stared at the results.

"Well, I only found out myself two years ago. Never found it worth mentioning. I love my current parents, you know." Hermione replied in the same tone.

"Well, at least we know who the third one is." Eva snickered.

"Yep. Go sister." Luna cheered.

"Right. I have to marry Harry." Hermione mentioned he turned towards the green eyed boy.

"Hermione, I…" Harry began.

"Well, then I don't have any reasons whatsoever to regret this." Hermione cut him of with a kiss. A looooong deep kiss.

"Wow." Harry gasped for air as the catcalls and whistles continued.

"Well, I can't get behind now, can I?" Daphne asked seductively before following Hermione' example.

"Double wow." Harry exclaimed when he came out for air. But it didn't last as Luna claimed his lips herself.

"Okay, that's enough for now." Ragnok said before anything else happened. They looked at him a bit embarrassed before he added with a sly smirk. "I could offer you a private room."

"Some other time, maybe." Harry said quickly, trying to hide his atomic blush as he stepped forward and took the test himself.

"Let's see here. Heir of the Noble and Ancient Houses of Potter, Gryffindor, Peverel, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, Black and descendant of the McDowell bloodline through your mother's side." Ragnok said calmly. "Why am I not surprised?"

"McDowell!" everyone turned to Evangeline who was smiling at Harry.

"We're related?" Harry asked.

"Yes, from what I can see, you are the direct descendant of my older sister. She sealed her magic away for several generations to get away from the Inquisition." Eva explained.

"But the Inquisition was not in that time period." Hermione countered.

"Well, I wasn't the only one that had a long life." Eva shrugged. "Anastasia used a ritual that granted her prolonged youth. She lived for about two hundred years. After that, she aged naturally until she died."

"I did wonder why our eyes were so similar." Harry said thoughtfully. "But I didn't see any blondes in the Mirror of Erised in my first year."

"My sister was a redhead." Eva explained.

"I see." Harry nodded.

"Well, I already know what I wanted about my bloodline, so I won't be needing the test." Eva told Ragnok who nodded in agreement.

"I need to know who I'm bonded to. I found out recently that I'm bonded to five girls, but I only know of three." Harry motioned to Daphne, Hermione and Luna.

"I suggest all of the males do so, since you know little about what your parents had planed for you." Ragnok suggested and Harry, Neville, Negi, Kotaro, Blaise, Lee and the twins nodded in agreement.

"There's just one thing that's bugging me." Harry said. "Sirius was supposed to be the Black heir."

"Well, according to the results of your test, he passed that power to you sometime in November." Ragnok said as he inspected some details on the panel.

"He must have heard that you claimed your lordship and granted you his as well, since he's still wanted." Hermione said.

"Well, you should all claim your tittles before deal with the bonds." Ragnok suggested.

Five minutes later, Lord Harry James Potter Black Gryffindor Ravenclaw Slytherin Peverel McDowell and Lord Negi Nagi Springfield Entheofushia Inverse along with Ragnok led the others through the atrium of the Bank.

"Lord Potter, may I have a word with you?" a female voice was heard.

As Harry turned around, he expected either one of Dumbledore' pawns or Voldemort' Death Eaters, or even some reporter. He did not expect a nervous looking Narcissa Malfoy. From Voldemort' memories he knew she wasn't marked, nor did she have any role in the last war. Maybe it was time to find out if she had a new tattoo. Using a subtle form of Legilimency he detected fear as she looked around, but when she was looking at him she felt... Hope?

"Director Ragnok, can you and the others go on ahead?" Harry inquired.

"Of course. You can have Griphook guide you when you're ready, Lord Potter…" Ragnok began.

"Harry will be fine, Director, I my titles make me sound a bit too old." Harry interrupted.

"Harry it is. Please call me Ragnok." the goblin leader gave him a toothy grin before leading the others away.

"I'll stay, if you don't mind, Harry." Evangeline said.

"So will I." Hermione said as she gave Narcissa a suspicious look.

"Is that alright with you, Mrs. Malfoy?" Harry asked, knowing too well that neither she nor he had any say in the matter.

"It is alright with me, Lord Potter." Narcissa shrugged.

"Griphook, can you please lead me to an empty conference room? I think this conversation should be more private." Harry asked the goblin who happened to be nearby.

"Of course, Lord Potter." Griphook said quickly and led them to a nearby chamber. "Tap your wand on the door after you close it to insure privacy." he added before he left.

"Well, Mrs. Malfoy, what can I help you with?" Harry asked after the room was sealed.

"I have a request to make of you, Lord Potter." Narcissa said nervously.

"A request you say." Harry said slowly.

"Yes." Narcissa confirmed.

"Before you make that request, could you show me…" Harry began cautiously.

"Don't worry, Lord Potter, I'm here on my own accord for personal reasons." Narcissa said as she raised the left sleeve of her robe, revealing no Dark Mark.

"Alright then, what is your request?" Harry asked visibly relieved as he felt honesty in her words.

"It's about Sirius, your godfather." Narcissa began.

"Did something happen to Sirius?" Harry asked quickly, suddenly tensed.

"Not that I know of. I have no way of contacting him. That's my problem." Narcissa said.

"Why would you need to contact Sirius?" Hemione narrowed her eyes.

"I need his help. He's the only person who can help me." Narcissa said in a slightly trembling voice.

"Then what do you need me for?" Harry raised an eyebrow.

"You're his godson. You must have some way to talk to him." Narcissa replied.

"What do you want me to tell him?" Harry asked.

"I want Sirius to dissolve my marriage." Narcissa said bluntly.

The two Hogwarts students stared at her in disbelief while a small grin began to form on Evangeline' face.

"Why would want that?" Hermione asked earning a look that said 'Are you stupid?'

"I'm married to a bastard that I never loved who sees me more of a decoration then a wife; his son is a ponce that I have to restrain myself from hitting every time he opens his mouth; did I mention that they bow to a maniac that wants to wipe out most mankind and that maniac likes to visit often?" Narcissa ranted.

"I see your point." Hermione said weakly.

"So you basically want to get divorced. But want about the bond?" Harry asked.

"There is no marital bond between me and Lucius Malfoy. The only bond that keeps me married to him is the one I have with the House of Black. The previous Lord Black, Sirius' father, ordered me as Head of House to marry Lucius, and I had no choice in the matter." Narcissa explained.

"Why haven't you contact Sirius before?" Hermione asked.

"He became eligible for lordship a few years after he was taken to Azkaban, when his father died. After he escaped, if the Ministry couldn't find him, how I? Not that I could have contacted him, anyway." Narcissa said.

"What do you mean?" Hermione asked.

"It wasn't a secret that I never wanted to marry that bastard. But he wanted a wife from a pureblooded family. That doesn't mean that he got more then that though." Narcissa grinned evilly.

"I like this girl already." Evangeline snickered.

"Girl?" Narcissa raised an eyebrow at the blonde vampire. "I am thirty-five you know."

"Compared to her, you might as well be an embryo." Harry smirked, earning a glare from Eva. "Allow me to introduce my last living blood relative: Lady Evangeline A.K. McDowell, my great-great-great-great-great-great aunt." Harry said.

"Don't call me that." Evangeline said annoyed.

"Why? You like everyone knowing your greatness." Hermione grinned.

"Very funny. You just earned a private spar with me." Eva said, making Hermione pale.

"Back to the discussion at hand." Harry said, turning towards an amused Narcissa. "What about Draco?"

"What about him?" Narcissa raised an eyebrow.

"He's your son." Harry narrowed his eyes.

"He's Lucius' son." Narcissa countered.

"What do you mean?" Hermione asked confused.

"You didn't!" Eva laughed.

"I did." Narcissa nodded with satisfaction.

"Who did what?" Harry asked, looking between the blondes.

"Harry, in the magical world there is a potion that can be used when either the wife or the husband can't have children. It requires blood from both and another woman to drink it." Eva Narcissa explained.

"So you didn't give birth to Draco?" Hermione asked.

"No." Narcissa shook her head. "Even if Lucius were to use the Imperius on me, he's not exactly… well, you know what I mean"

"He's still your son, at least by blood." Harry countered.

"No, he isn't." Narcissa said with an evil smirk.

Harry looked at her for a few seconds in confusion before it dawned on him. He started with a giggle and after a minute he was cackling evilly.

"Harry! What's so damn funny?" Hermione asked annoyed.

"She replaced her blood with somebody else's." Harry managed to say as he calmed down a little.

"She didn't!" Hermione' eyes widened as she looked at Narcissa.

"I did. From a blonde muggle woman." Narcissa said gleefully.

"Oh, this is too much!" Harry laughed as he held his stomach. "First I find out that Voldemort' father was a muggle. Then I found out yesterday that Snape' father was a muggle. And I find out today that Draco' real mother is a muggle! Oh, if this isn't divine punishment, I don't know what is!"

"Snape' father was muggle?" Hermione asked surprised.

"Yeah. He found out that his mother is a witch after they got married. He really didn't like it." Harry said, now completely sober.

"I see." Hermione said hesitantly. She realized that it was more to the story then Harry had just told them, but it wasn't the time for this.

"Right, back to our discussion." Narcissa agreed nervously as she looked at Harry.

"So you want to be free." Harry said thoughtfully as he glanced at Narcissa.

"Lord Potter…" Narcissa literally fell to her knees. "I'm begging you! I'll be your secretary, cook for you, do your laundry, and bear your children, whatever you ask of me! Just help me, please!"

Harry stared at Narcissa in surprise. Not necessarily of what she was saying, but what she was thinking: she actually meant every word!

"Mrs. Malfoy…" Harry began.

"Narcissa." she corrected.

"Narcissa." he agreed with a smile. "Please stand up." After she was back on her feet he continued. "I'll help you." Harry said with a small smile and a moment later he was enveloped by Narcissa' arms and squeezed into a hug. A hug where his face was trapped in her generous cleavage.

"You need him alive if you want him to help." Eva said casually at some point.

"Huh?" Narcissa glanced at her in surprise.

"He needs to breathe." Eva explained.

Narcissa glanced downwards at Harry' face and flushed in embarrassment before letting him go.

"I'm sorry, Lord Potter. I got a bit too enthusiastic." Narcissa looked away embarrassed.

"Perfectly understandable." Harry said after he had enough air in his lungs. "And call me Harry please."

"Alright, Harry." Narcissa smiled.

"What does Sirius have to do in order to cancel your marriage?" Hermione asked.

"It's quite similar to the way one claims lordship." Narcissa explained. "He just has to say that as Head as House he declares my marriage void."

"Quite simple." Hermione agreed before turning towards Harry with a smirk. "What are you waiting for, go ahead."

"I agree." Harry smiled as he raised his new wand. "I Harry James Potter Black Gryffindor Ravenclaw Slytherin Peverel McDowell, as Head of the Ancient and Noble House of Black, hereby declare the marriage between Narcissa Malfoy nee Black and Lucius Malfoy null and void. So mote it be!" In a flash of magic, that covered both Harry and Narcissa, it was done.

"You're Lord Black?" Narcissa asked surprised.

"Yes, I am." Harry confirmed.

"Since when?" Narcissa asked.

"Since twenty minutes ago when I found out that Sirius gave me that power." Harry explained.

"I take it I got lucky?" Narcissa asked.

"Yes. Though I intend to visit him soon, so it would have been doable anyway." Harry smiled.

"Thank you, Lor… Harry. I am forever in your debt." Narcissa said as she enveloped him in another hug, suffocating him again.

"You're welcome." Harry gasped.

"Tell me, Narcissa, are you willing to help us fight against Voldemort?" Evangeline asked her.

"When word gets out of what happened, I won't have a choice anyway. I can't run away since they'll find me, so I might as well as fight. I would prefer to go down fighting then be hunted down." Narcissa confessed.

"Tell me, Narcissa, what is your opinion on muggleborns?" Harry asked.

"I'm not particularly fond of them, but it's not the blood part I have a problem with." Narcissa confessed.

"What do you mean?" Hermione asked surprised.

"It's the attitude most muggleborns have. They come from a place where they are special by having magical powers and continue that belief even after entering our society. They consider themselves hot-shots and demand various things that they feel that is within their right, when it isn't." Narcissa shook her head.

"But in the muggle world…" Hermione began.

"There are muggles. Our laws are different from theirs." Narcissa countered.

"Yes, but many of the wizarding laws are either useless, inappropriate for the age we're in or even against what are considered primary human right for muggles." Hermione ranted.

"I agree." Narcissa nodded.

"You… you agree?" Hermione asked surprised.

"I was practically sold off by my family to marry that idiot, remember?" Narcissa reminded her sarcastically.

"Sorry." Hermione bowed her head.

"I understand how you feel, I really do." Narcissa said softly. "But you must also understand that the current Noble families had started of from a muggleborn at some point and gained their political power and wealth over centuries. That's how all societies are. Ours just refuses to change the parts that are useless because some corrupted people have something to gain from it. Simply saying how things should be won't cut it. You must have a good way to make it so."

"So you don't hate anything related to muggles?" Hermione asked.

"I love their fashion for starters." Narcissa said with a smile and a far away look in her eyes.

"Women and shopping." Harry sighed before turning towards Eva. "What do you think?"

"I agree with what you're thinking." Eva nodded before turning towards Narcissa. "Narcissa, are you willing to join an organization that opposes Voldemort?"

"Dumbledore' Order of the Phoenix?" Narcissa asked doubtfully.

"No, the Order of the Twilight." Harry corrected.

"Who's in charge and who are the members?" Narcissa asked.

"In charge are Lord Negi Springfield Entheofushia Inverse, Lady Evangeline A.K. McDowell and myself." Harry said.

"I saw some of the memories Draco sent home from his first class with Lord Springfield. I have heard of his father, but he surprised me greatly. He could defeat both Voldemort and Dumbledore at the sane time." Narcissa said.

"Yes, at this point quite a few people in our little group are more powerful then Voldy. By the way, most of the ones you saw earlier are part of our Order." Harry said.

"If they are learning magic from Lord Springfield and Lady McDowell, I doubt they are mere children, despite their age." Narcissa said as he looked at Hermione for confirmation and received a nod. "How do I join?"

"Take a witch' Oath that you won't willingly betray the Order of the Twilight and you're in." Evangeline instructed. After Narcissa did so, the vampire turned to Harry. "Make a copy of one of the blank rings you brought using the Elder Wand. It will be permanent."

"You have the Elder Wand?" Narcissa' eyes widened.

"Yep. I got it off Dumbledore right in front of Gringotts this morning." Harry said as he did a quick Geminio spell before giving Narcissa her ring. "Put it on and channel your magic through it in order to bond."

"Done." Narcissa said after a small flash from the ring.

"Good, I'll tell you how to use it later. For now, just will it invisible and untraceable and will the localized Fidelius to activate." Harry told her.

"Done. Can you still see it?" Narcissa asked as he noticed Harry' eyes looking at the ring.

"Yeah, all of the order members can see each other' rings." Harry confirmed.

"Harry, did either you or Sirius reinstall my sister Andromeda and her daughter Nymphadora into the Black family?" Narcissa asked as he suddenly remembered something.

"I don't think Sirius did. I didn't either." Harry said after a moment of thought.

"You can do it like you voided my marriage. If I was done before, nothing will happen." Narcissa said.

"I Harry James Potter Black Gryffindor Ravenclaw Slytherin Peverel McDowell, as Head of the Ancient and Noble House of Black, hereby reinstall Andromeda Tonks nee Black and Nymphadora Tonks in the Ancient and Noble House of Black." Harry said and a flash of magic followed.

"Andy will be very happy." Narcissa smiled.

"You know, there is one person that I don't want in the Black Family." Hermione said slowly.

"Belatrix." Harry and Narcissa said in one voice.

"Why?" Harry asked Narcissa.

"Enemies aren't the only ones she uses the Cruciatus on." Narcissa said with a shudder.

"Don't cast her off just yet. It may create unwanted complications with our plans with that vault." Evangeline warned them.

"What plan?" Narcissa asked.

"You'll see. Trust me, you're gonna love it." Hermione grinned.

"Let's go, we need to meet up with the others." Harry suggested.

"Mind if I join you?" Narcissa inquired.

"Not at all. By the way, do you have a place to stay now that you're a free woman?" Harry asked as they headed for the atrium.

"No, but I still have my personal vault here at Gringotts and I can afford a new house. Why? Are trying to make an offer?" Narcissa smiled.

"I am, in fact. After we're done here, we plan to choose one of my properties as a base of operations. You're more then welcome to stay there. I did cause you to lose your marriage." Harry finished with a joke.

"Sure, why not? I need to familiarize with the others if we're going to be working together." Narcissa agreed.

They were then led by Griphook where the others had been led by Ragnok. As they opened the large double doors they were greeted by a strange sight. Angelina was tightly holding a nervous Fred by the shoulder, and Alicia and Katie were doing the same with Fred respectively Lee. Neville was holding hands with a smiling Hannah. Kotaro was sweating bullets with Natsumi, Chizuru, Mei and Shirabe while Negi was drowning in his own partners.

"Yo, what's up?" Harry asked casually as if it was a daily occurrence. Sadly, it almost was…

"Take a guess!" Anya snapped.

"Fred, George, Lee and Neville each have a fiancée while Negi and Kotaro are engaged to all their partners?" Harry guessed.

There was a long silence.

"That's exactly it! How did you know?" Nekane asked.

"With the amount of insanity that I have in my life, I stop being surprised of things and even expect them." Harry shrugged.

"Oh!" everyone in the room nodded in understanding.

"Hey Harry, why is Mrs. Malfoy here?" Ginny asked with narrowed eyes.

"It's Black, actually." Narcissa smirked. "Harry just dissolved my marriage with that bastard Malfoy. As for why I'm here…" she raised her right hand so that everyone could see the ring.

"How did you know Harry was the new Lord Black, if even an hour has not passed yet?" Luna asked.

"I didn't. I was actually hoping that he could talk to Sirius for me. I even brought his old wand, now that I think about it." Narcissa added as she took a wand and handed it to Harry.

"That wand has been sealed when mister Black was arrested." Ragnok said. "Only the Head of the DMLE can unseal it."

"Yes, but a Priori Incantatum cast on it would work, and that would easily be enough to prove his innocence if it comes with a confession under Veritaserum." Narcissa countered.

"Yes, it would, if he gets a trial this time." Harry said a little annoyed.

"What do you mean?" Narcissa asked surprised.

"You didn't know that Sirius was sent to Azkaban without a trial?" Hermione asked surprised.

"No. From what I remember from back then, Lucius managed to steal this wand right after he was arrested and then bribed some people." Narcissa replied.

"Well, unless he bribed Barty Crouch Sr. as well, he just wasted his money. Crouch sent him to Azkaban without a trial. Probably to increase his popularity. I think he was running for Minister at the time." Eva said.

"We'll deal with this later. I want to see what bonds Harry has." Kotaro smirked.

"Indeed Harry, right this way." Ragnok instructed. When Harry was next to him he noticed the white marble pedestal that reached his waist.

"What do I need to do?" Harry inquired.

"Place the tip of your wand on the pedestal and channel your magic through it." Ragnok instructed.

"Um, I have two wands." Harry drew both his holly and elder wands.

"You know that owning more then one wand without special permission is illegal, right?" Ragnok inquired.

"Um…" Harry hesitated.

"I never saw it and I'll arrange the required paperwork to make it legal." Ragnok gave him a toothy grin. "Place the tips of both wands on the pedestal please."

As Harry obeyed, magic poured through him and into the pedestal. It then took form in six strands of silver smoke that wrote six names. In the air: Daphne Greengrass, Hermione Drake, Luna Lovegood, Susan Bones, Fleur Delacour and Narcissa Black.

"Negi, correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't I have only five last time I checked?" Harry asked calmly.

"Yes, you did." Negi replied just as calmly.

"I blame you for everything of this nature." Harry informed him.

"Chisame does the same. I'm used to it." Negi acknowledged.

"Why are they so calm?" Nekane inquired.

"Harry has a few attempts at his life per year and Negi already has over a dozen fiancées. Why should this be surprising?" Neville shrugged.

"Maybe because Narcissa wasn't bonded to him yesterday." Ragnok suggested. "According to this, they bonded less then ten minutes ago,"

"Yes, how did that happen?" Narcissa looked at Harry with a raised eyebrow.

"Hermione? Any ideas?" Harry turned to the bookworm.

"Evangeline?" Hermione asked and everyone turned to her.

"Why should I know?" the vampire raised an eyebrow.

"If I respond to that, you'll smack me." Negi said and everyone sweatdroped. "Just answer please."

"Fine." Eva sighed before turning to Harry. "Do you remember what Narcissa did before you voided her marriage?"

"Yes." Harry nodded slowly. He didn't say more because she didn't want to embarrass her.

"Does her behavior remind you of someone else, from about 14 years ago perhaps?" Eva asked him.

"From…? Harry began confused before he stopped, his eyes widened and closed as he let out s sigh.

"Well?" Hermione asked.

"Yes, I remember." Harry nodded before turning towards Narcissa with a questioning look. "Are you alright if I tell them…?"

"No details please." Narcissa agreed.

"Well, basically, in a way, what happened today happened when Voldemort killed my mother." Harry began, gaining gasps of surprise. "Back then, she offered her life in exchange for my own. Voldemort killed her, thus agreeing to the contract she proposed. When he tried to kill me, the magic of the contract that had attached itself to my since I was part of the deal repelled the Killing Curse at Voldemort because he tried to avoid fulfilling his part of the bargain."

"I see." Narcissa said thoughtfully. "A magical binding contract. Heh, Lily was always good at the more obscure stuff."

"Something similar happened today." Harry continued, making a mental note to ask Narcissa more about his mother. "When you offered anything in order to help you get rid of the marriage with Lucius Malfoy and I dissolved your marriage, I accepted the contract and fulfilled my part of the bargain. And somehow magic chose your part to be bonded with me." Harry finished. "Why though?"

"I believe I might know." Ragnok offered. "You see, Harry, you have six lordships at the moment."

"Yes, I know that." Harry replied.

"What you don't know is that you need at least one wife for each, and can have up to four for the lordships you're the last blood descendant of." Ragnok smirked.

"That would be the Potter, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw and Peverel lines, right?" Hermione asked in a small voice.

"Indeed." was Ragnok' reply.

"Negi." Harry said.

"Yes, I know." the redhead nodded in defeat. "You blame me, right?"

"Yep." Harry nodded before turning to Narcissa. "Narcissa, I…"

"Well Harry, I'll admit it's a bit… well, very surprising. But I can accept it." Narcissa chuckled.

"You can?" Hermione asked shocked. "How?"

"Look at it this way. I'm single and he's cute. Isn't that enough?" Narcissa asked her with a small smirk.

"Well, can't argue with that." Hermione returned the smirk.

"Am I the only one surprised that Susan is bonded to Harry as well?" Hannah asked.

"No, I was wondering that myself. And I have a good hunch on how it happened. Susan, what do you think?" Harry asked the redheaded girl.

"Our parents." Susan said and shared a sigh with Harry.

"Yes, according to this, you've been bonded for almost 15 years." Ragnok confirmed.

"Well, what can I say? I agree with those two." Susan motioned to Hermione and Narcissa as she walked over to Harry. "He's cute." she said before kissing him.

When Harry was finally allowed to breathe he found himself looking at a grinning Narcissa who had a gleam in her eyes. Before he knew it, he was getting lessons on kissing a mature woman.

"Yo, Asuna." Anya quietly called out her friend. "Are you okay with all this? Usually you would have blown a blood vessel by now."

"You do know my real age, right?" Asuna received a nod. "You do realize that I'm the first in line to marry Negi, right?" she asked.

"Oh. Yeah. Sorry for bothering you." Anya nodded before smacking Negi.

"Why?" Negi whined.

"I don't know, but it has to be your fault." Anya said calmly before ignoring Negi.

"You know Harry, Fleur is dating Bill." Ginny told the spectacled boy after he was released by Narcissa.

"I know." Harry nodded.

"You are aware they love each other right?" Ginny added.

"Ragnok, when was my bond with Fleur formed?" Harry inquired.

"In February. She bonded to you as a result of a Veela Life Debt. Did you save her life, by any chance?" Ragnok inquired.

"Not hers. It must have been when I saved her sister Gabrielle during the Second Task of the Triwizard Tournament. She was Fleur' hostage and she would have died if left under water any longer then she had." Harry mussed.

"Harry, we weren't in any danger." Hermione insisted.

"You, Ron and Cho weren't in any danger." Harry countered. "Gabrielle is part Veela, a being of fire. They are very vulnerable to water. Dumbledore should be counting his blessings for me saving her." Harry said angrily.

"Well, since she was the older sister and Miss Gabrielle Delacour was her hostage and was under eleven years old…" Ragnok began.

"She's nine at the moment." Harry confirmed.

"Then Miss Fleur Delacour was automatically bonded to you." Ragnok confirmed.

"She still loves Bill though." Ginny reminded.

"I'm afraid that is not possible." Ragnok said gravely. "Once a Veela is bonded to someone, they can only love that someone. Nor can a Veela be loved by someone else besides their bonded. Like their fire, love is part of their very being. These rules of magic cannot be changed."

"Then why is she dating Bill?" Ginny asked angrily. "Is she just messing with him?"

"That's impossible as well. You see, what you call 'messing with' is what Veela, Succubus and other beings that are based on love call 'searching for a destined one'. Once bonded, that will never happen again, since their destined one had been decided." Ragnok explained.

"That does not explain why Fleur and Bill are dating though." Fred pointed out.

"It does, actually." Harry said annoyed. "You see, Fleur would have known all this. And she would have told me, if not right there and then, then after the Task was over. Someone meddled. Again."

"Dumbledore." All of those that had been at Hogwarts in the past few months groaned.

"Why though?" Ginny wondered.

"The bond I have with Fleur is different then the others." Harry began slowly. "It is not finalized. She initiated it through her magic and her honestly when she thanked mo for saving Gabrielle, and I need to finalize it by accepting it before her and giving proof of that acceptance, a kiss."

"What else is different about this bond?" Hermione asked suspiciously.

"If not completed, there are consequences." Harry stated hesitantly.

"What KIND of consequences?" Daphne asked.

"If the bond is not completed within a year, Fleur dies." Harry stated, drawing gasps of shock and anger from the others. "And if she dies because I did not accept the bond, then I will die the second I reach majority."

A long silence followed.

"How could this have possibly happen?" Ragnok asked loudly. "Not only are Veela resistant to the control of others, but the wards places at the entrance of this bank should have at least alerted me of any spells that control her actions, if not cancel them outright!"

"It wouldn't have been possible if Dumbledore didn't use this wand." Harry fished out his new white wand. "The Elder Wand."

"Of course." Ragnok whispered on realization. "There were rumors that Grindelwald had it during his rise. It's only natural for Dumbledore to claim is as his own after he defeated him."

"Any spells cast by that wand can only be canceled by that wand. There are only a few other ways to do it without disastrous consequences, and all of them involve one of the other two Deathly Hallows." Eva said.

"True." Ragnok admitted. "With that, a simple Finite would free both Miss Delacour and Mister Weasley from the spells they are under."

"Can you summon them here right now?" Harry inquired.

"Yes, I can and will." Ragnok agreed and headed for the door before you froze in his tracks. "Mister Potter, may I ask a favor of you?"

"What exactly is your request?" Harry asked carefully.

"If Albus Dumbledore could control a bonded Veela, he could also control any one of my goblins or other employees." Ragnok said stiffly.

A long unpleasant silence followed.

"I know a regional version of the control canceling spell I need to use on those two. It works on a mile radius. Will that be enough?" Harry inquired.

"Not unless you can cast it three times." Ragnok shook his head. "Once from here and twice from two separate places in the tunnels that lead to the vaults."

"I can cast it about ten times per day before I suffer any form of magical exhaustion." Harry said after a moment of thought.

"I'll be right back." Ragnok said in delight as he sprinted out of the room, despite his old age.

"Negi, you still haven't explained to me what exactly is going on." Nekane turned towards the redhead.

"Ever heard of Voldemort?" Negi asked.

"Yes, I know about him. Why?" Nekane inquired.

"He returned in June and is still bent on killing every living being that isn't a pureblooded wizard or witch." Negi replied.

"You intend to fight against him, don't you?" Nekane sighed.

"Yes, I do." Negi admitted.

"Well, be careful." Nekane told him.

"Okay, onee-chan." Negi agreed.

"She knows that he's too stubborn to give up, doesn't she?' Harry whispered to Asuna.

"Yep. I think we all do." Asuna smirked.

A few minutes later Ragnok returned with Fleur and Bill who looked confused.

"Harry, what's going on?" Bill asked as he looked around at the numerous group.

"'arry?" Fleur looked at him in surprise before she winced clasped her hands to her head in obvious pain.

Before anyone could do anything, Harry had raised the Elder Wand above his head and hissed in parceltongue: "Finitum Influentta!"

A barely visible sphere of energy appeared on the tip of the Elder Wand before it expanded until it had a one mile radius.

"'arry!" Fleur cried out before jumping the emerald eyed boy and enveloping him in a hug before she began crying on his shoulder. "I'm sssorry, 'arry… I wanted to tell you rig't away, but… but 'e…"

"I know it was Dumbledore' doing, Fleur, I know. It's alright. I don't blame you in the least. And the time limit is still two months away." Harry said as he tried to calm her down.

"You know?" Fleur asked with surprise and relief.

"Yes, I do." Harry smiled and wiped away her tears. "And I, Harry James Potter Black Gryffindor Ravenclaw Slytherin Peverel McDowell, hereby accept the bond with you Fleur Isabelle Delacour. So mote it be!" Harry said and kissed Fleur, who returned the kiss as a flash of magic enveloped them.

"Welcome to the club, Fleur!" Hermione told her as they ended the kiss.

"W'at do you mean?" Fleur asked confused.

"Um… I think she was talking about that." Bill blinked and pointed to the pedestal, which still had the six names floating above it.

"Sssix bondsss?" Fleur asked surprised before looking at Harry. "For some reason I'm not surprised."

"Gee, thanks." Harry said sarcastically. "Tell me, do you two want to get some payback at Dumbledore and still be fighting against Voldemort?"

"Yes." they both answered in one voice.

"Swear a witch's and wizard's oath that you won't betray the Order of the Twilight and then put these on." Harry instructed as he too out a blank ring and made two more copies before handing them out.

"Are you sure you should be doing that with me here?" Ragnok inquired.

"By the time we're done today, you'll probably want to join yourself." Harry shrugged.

"I already do, but my oaths to Gringotts prevent me from doing so. But I could ally the Goblin Nation if you were to declare a blood feud or the like against Voldemort and his followers." Ragnok suggested.

"How can I do that?" Harry asked.

"You must do it before the Wizengot and must have at least one other member's vote of confidence." Ragnok explained.

"I doubt it will be a problem." Harry chuckled.

"Indeed." Ragnok smirked.

"Let's head for the vaults already, I'm dieing to see them." Negi said excitedly. "We can explain on the way there, or while waiting for someone to finish with his or her vault."

"Yes, and I can cast that spell a few more times. It wouldn't do have the goblins that might be under Dumbledore' control report to him." Harry mussed.

"Yes, that would be a disaster." Ragnok agreed and led them towards the entrance of the tunnels.

"By the way, what else did Dumbledore have you do?" Hermione inquired.

"He tried to gain confidential information on various vault here in Gringotts." Bill replied.

"But t'e oat's we took w'en we were 'ired prevent anyt'ing like t'at. So 'e 'ad to resign wit' reports on w'at various Deat' Eaters do w'en t'ey come 'ere." Fleur told them.

They would have talked more, but when riding the Gringotts carts that would have been a very bad idea. Luckily for them, they used Raknok' personal cart, which was like a small train wagon, completely furnished on the inside and magically enlarged to fit at least one hundred people when necessary. When asked why his personal cart was so large, Ragnok shrugged and said that it was the way one of his predecessors designed it.

Their first stop was the Akashi vault where Yuna totally ignored the mountain of gold and silver and headed for that comparatively small display cases that had magical guns and ammunition. She took every last one and placed it all into an expandable bag along with a considerable amount of gold. Mana' vault was similar, though with more gold and a hell lot more weapons. She just took some gold and some ammunition.

The Koga vault was not what Kaede expected. True, it had more gold then she would ever need and several weapons that were obviously made by and for ninja. What surprised her was the large collection of scrolls and books that were there. She was having a hard time deciding what exactly to take, but Ragnok helped out by gathering then all in a magically enlarged bag with a simple spell.

Fu Fei was had died and went to heaven. Not because of the blinding golden light that shined from the mountain of gold in the Xing vault, but because of the various scrolls for techniques and styles that had been lost in her family for generations. After all, what's 4000 years of Chinese martial arts if you lose your best techniques over time?

Luna, Blaise, Daphne, Astoria, Susan, Hannah and many of the others that had wizarding families chose several rare books to take with them from their family vaults. Susan also found her copy of her betrothal contract, as did Hannah in hers.

The Drake main vault was not what Hermione expected. She expected something that would remind her of Grimauld Place, dark and creepy. What she didn't expect was a very artistic arrangement of everything, in perfect order, as if she had done it herself.

"You're Jasmine' daughter?" Narcissa asked surprised.

"Yes, did you know her?" Hermione asked hopefully.

"Know her?" Narcissa chuckled. "We practically grew up together! We were the best of friends, despite her being a Ravenclaw and me a Slytherin. I'll show you a few memories I have of her some time." she promised.

Inside the vault, Hermione found a few of her parents' personal items such as a notebook of her mother' custom spells and even some magical items like a portable pensive. She also took some books that looked rather dark, but were very old and valuable looking.

The next vaults they visited was the Longbottom, Black, Springfield and Potter vaults that were on the same level, though a few hundred meters away form one another.

Neville was quite surprised to find a rather impressive collection of swords in his family main vault. After a brief look around he found one of his father' journals and discovered that every Lord Longbottom was required to know how to duel with a sword. He even found out the reason why all the swords seemed to be on display: a certain ritual was required for the new lord when choosing his weapon. All he had to do was place his main hand on a certain small gem placed among the swords and channel his magic into it. His sword would then be revealed.

When Neville did so, a katana in a white sheath began to glow and flew into his arms. According to what was inscribed on the sheath, it was called Moon Cutter. Neville then took a few books on sword styles and left.

The Black vault was… odd. Not as creepy as Grimauld Place, but not exactly light either. Harry decided to listen to Narcissa' advice and take just a few books and then arrange with Ragnok to have a few of his trusted curse breakers do a sweep and remove the various curses they were all aware of being there just by instinct.

Negi was a bit disappointed that the Springfield main vault didn't have any notable magical artifacts, but he was very pleased with the amount of books on powerful spells.

The Potter main vault pissed Harry off. His beloved father had left left a short memory... Scratch that, it was an extremely short memory! All James had to say was: "Rather you then me." while holding the four marriage contracts he had arranged. Oh, someone was going to pay when he die...

Other then that, there were numerous books and magical items items gathered there. To Harry' surprise, Lily had began learning some elemental magic after finishing Hogwarts. And James, like any wise husband, had decided to buy any book his beloved wife wanted. Among those books were a few that even Eva raised an eyebrow at. Before he left, he discretely added several more items to his expandable bag.

When they reached the McDowell vault, they were quite surprised by its contents. Besides the expected extremely large amount of gold, there was only one other item. It was an orb, the size of his fist. It was mostly green, but the light it emit was golden.

"She did it..." Evangeline whispered in shock as she fell to her knees before the orb that was placed on a small gold socket that resembled a dragon' claw. "She actually did it..."

"Who did what?" Asuna asked confused.

"And what's with that green ball?" Kotaro added.

"Well, considering that the only other person who had access to this vault was Evangeline' sister..." Ragnok pointed out.

"Yes, it was Anastasia who did this... who made this orb..." Eva nodded weakly.

"What IS that orb?" Harry asked cautiously.

"Don't worry, it's not a weapon or anything like that." Eva chuckled.

"Then what is it?" Negi inquired.

"A replica of an artifact that had been lost during the time of Lina Inverse, your ancestor." Eva said. "It was known as the Claire Bible."

"A Bible?" Negi blinked in confusion.

"No, it was called that just because it was a physical manifestation of the memories of the Flare Dragon God Cepheid." Eva explained while both Asuna and Ragnok were staring at the orb in awe.

"The Claire Bible contained near unlimited knowledge." Asuna said.

"Does that mean that..." Haruna pointed a shaking finger at the orb.

"Of course not." Eva scoffed. "To have that kind of knowledge, Anastasia would have needed the original Claire Bible. Which was lost thousands of years ago."

"What exactly did your sister accomplish?" Hermione asked.

"What she did was create a possibly perfect replica of the memory containment method." Eva grinned.

"Near unlimited amounts of knowledge literally in one's hand." Chao said in awe.

"Eva, is it empty, or...?" Harry left the question hanging.

Eva looked at him in confusion for a moment, before her eyes widened in comprehension.

"No, it has at least a hundred years worth of memories." Eva said as she carefully examined the orb.

"If you don't mind me asking, what was your sister' field of expertise?" Narcissa inquired.

"You mean fields, right?" Eva chuckled. "She dwelled in quite a few more restricted fields, but what she was REALLY good at were blood magic, soul magic, alchemy, internal alchemy, transfiguration and potions."

"Did you say internal alchemy?" Harry narrowed his eyes at her.

"Yes." Eva nodded.

"In other words she was the sole apprentice of Nicholas Flamel. That's how she gained prolonged youth, wasn't it? She was able to find a way to have her body periodically produce the Elixir of Life." Harry said in awe.

"Looks like Tommy-boy had done his homework well." Eva smirked. "Yes, it's true. But like I said, it was a dark ritual. If she continued using it, she would have lost all her humanity. So, instead, she chose to enjoy her time while it was safe, and then live a normal life."

"Voldy tried to copy her, using some of her research he managed to get his hands on. Didn't work too well, it cost him every strand of hair he had, as well as any chance to recover it." Harry announced with a smirk, making everyone burst into laughter.

"Oh, I doubt anyone could use any of the materials she left behind. After all, I helped her myself to sabotage them all." Eva said after she regained her composure. "I remember this particular curse as well. It belongs to a branch of soul magic. No mater what he does to change his body, his soul will reject it."

"You don't say..." Harry said thoughtfully as he glanced between the orb and Eva. "Tell me, does your form of vampirism affect your soul?" he inquired.

"Well, yes, but wha..." Eva' words died in her throat as her eyes bulged as she stared at the orb.

"Yep. That's what I thought." Harry smiled.

"Well, then it's in your hands now." Eva said slowly.

"What do you mean?" Harry raised an eyebrow.

"Anastasia made it so that only one of her direct descendants may even touch this orb." Eva said bluntly. "Anyone else would get their entire memory copied into the orb before blasting them back with enough force to turn even me into a bloody smear on the walls of this vault.

"Ah." Harry nodded sagely.

"Just touch the orb and mentally order it to download everything into your head." Eva muttered. "I know that it won't fry your brain, since the speed is set to adapt to the user. Also, you will be in a partial localized time dilation field. So for us it will only be a minute or so."

And so Harry did. What he saw at the end of the 'learning experience', however, will be forever imprinted in his memory.

Only two minutes had passed when Harry let go of the orb, and the vacant look on his face deeply disturbed the others.

"Harry... Harry... " Eva called out as she snapped her fingers before his eyes. Eventually, she lost her patience and smacked him. "Wake up, idiot!"

"Ugh!" Harry groaned as he massaged his cheek. "That wasn't necessary, you know!"

"You were out of it." Eva shrugged.

"Any guy my age would be out of it after seeing ten continuous hours worth of sex ed!" Harry barked back.

"Say what?" Eva asked quietly after a long, uncomfortable, silence.

"You heard me!" Harry replied tiredly. "Hell, I didn't even know women could bend that way." he added in a quiet groan. Still, everyone heard him and the girls couldn't help but blush.

"Bend what way?" Negi asked innocently, making the girls stutter.

Still, with the limited level of Legilimency that Harry had begun to use since his bonds had been removed, the green-eyed boy was able to pick up the mischief hidden in Negi' eyes. Suddenly, a wide smirk appeared on Harry' face.

"You know Negi; you have every right to ask that." Harry declared. "So, when we get back at Hogwarts I'll ask professor McGonagall to tell you about all this stuff."

"Be warned though, she can be a little graphic about this." Fred warned.

"Yeah, better not eat anything beforehand." George added as he placed a comforting hand on the shoulder of a pale Negi Springfield.

"Never mind." Negi muttered as everyone else laughed at his expense.

The next stop were the founders vaults. Just as expected, the Gryffindor, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff vaults were filled up to the ceiling with gold and precious gems, as well as various rare metals and materials, with the huge pile of valuable books stored in the back under some heavy preservation charms. The Slytherin vault was quite disappointing, having very little gold, but the vast amount of books compensated somewhat.

The Fey vault held a rather small amount of gold, but compensated with the mountains of diamonds, rubies, emeralds and other valuable gems, as well as various rare and valuable woods, metals and other magical items. What were appreciated the most by many of the group were the books on animagus transformations, as well as runes and arithmancy.

The next stop was for the Peverel and Vesperatia vaults, which curiously were the only ones on that level.

"Vaults that are on the same level have been created in relatively the same year or decade." Ragnok answered their curiosity.

They first opened the Vesperatia vault. The apparently endless mountains of gold were instanly ignored in favor of the four items that were encased in blood red crystal.

"Impossible..." Negi breathed as he fell to his knees.

"There were supposed to be only seven of this type." Nodoka whispered. "I'm sure of it! Dynamis said so as well!"

"Actually, twenty years ago the Ala Rubra captured these four. Fate-sama had thought they destroyed them back then." Shiori informed them.

"These things can't be destroyed." Asuna told them annoyed. "If they did SOMEHOW destroy these staffs, Mundus Magicus would have collapsed even faster!"

"So it was that easy?" Homura yelled in annoyance.

"Yes." Yue confirmed. "However, the ritual required to do so would take 36 hours. Much longer then the one you chose to accomplish."

"Oh." Homura blinked before smiling victoriously.

"But they could have done it without me, anytime, anyplace." Asuna added with a cruel smirk as Homura began hitting the floor of the vault in anger.

"Well, that was the plan they worked on for decades. You didn't actually expect Fate to accept a better plan, did you?" Negi asked, sarcasm emanating from him.

"Hello? New guys here! What exactly are those things?" Harry drew their attention.

"They look like keys." Hermione remarked.

"These are four of the - apparently - eleven Grand Master Staffs that hold power over the Mundus Magicus. I suspect that one was made for each public Gateport, while the Ostian Gateport had the Great Grand Master's Staff." Chachamaru informed them.

"My god!" Ragnok gasped in shock, holding his chest and looking on the verge of a heart-attack.

"They are disabled at the moment, you know!" Negi said quickly.

"Good to know." Harry said. "But what can they do?"

"They can disintegrate any object created in Mundus Magicus, anyone, summon thousands of demons..." Chao trailed off.

"Right. Keys to Apocalypse. Sorry I asked." Harry sighed.

"We're talking seriously here." Asuna said sharply.

"So am I." Harry countered and turned to the rest of the group. "We'll consider this a secret of the Order of the Twilight, so that it will fall under the Oath we took." he then turned to Ragnok. "Ragnok..."

"I, Ragnok of the Ironscale clan, swear on my life and soul to never reveal the information I have heard today about the contents of this vault." the goblin declared and he was momentarily covered by an orange light.

"Thank you, Ragnok." Harry said with low bow. "I trust you, but..."

"There are ways to force me reveal it. I fully agree." Ragnok nodded.

"So, what are you going to do with them?" Daphne inquired. "The bank has been breached over four years ago by Riddle, when he was a mere specter. I don't think they would be safe here, no offense director." she added the last part with a bow to Ragnok.

"None taken. I still don't know how he did it." Ragnok shook his head in acceptance.

"I think he used a very powerful invisibility ritual with Quirell, using unicorn blood. It was probably the only suitable substance he had access to at the time." Harry told the group.

"At any rate, we can't leave them here." Negi said decisively. "This crystal will disappear when touched by the blood of the Entheofushia family. After it's gone, I'll cast the spell that seals the staffs into the members of the bloodline present." he warned them before he cut his palm and allowed a few drops of blood to fall on the crystal.

As soon as contact was made, the crystal phased out of existence, leaving behind four floating staffs. Immediately, Negi began chanting a long and complicated spell that ended when the four staffs turned into clouds of black feathers that entered the chests of Asuna, Negi, Chao and… Harry?

"Um… what just happened?" Harry asked nervously as he kept touching the places on his chest where the feathers entered.

"You're related with them too?" Hermione asked in disbelief.

"I don't remember the blood inheritance test showing any of this." Harry replied confused.

"Well, the blood test does show only the last eight thousand years…" Ragnok said hesitantly.

"That's a possibility." Chao nodded in deep thought. "It may have something to do with the Peverel vault being on the same level."

"But this vault was made less then three thousand years ago." Ragnok countered.

"Is there a way to see if the Peverel and Vesperatia bloodlines are connected and how?" Yue asked the goblin.

"Yes, I believe it is." Ragnok nodded. "But it will take a few hours to find it, as well as what is required for it. I'll have it ready when you return tomorrow."

"We're returning tomorrow?" Mana asked.

"Why, yes! The magical bonds that you might have inherited when accepting your places as Head of your Houses will need at least twenty hours to become detectable by our ritual." Ragnok said simply. "Didn't I mention it before?"

"NO!" everyone else yelled at him in annoyance.

"My mistake then. Must have slipped my mind, with miss Black' bond and all." Ragnok apologized.

"But if it takes at least twenty hours for the bonds to become detectable…" Ginny began confused.

"It takes that time for the magic of the each Ancient and Noble House present in the Head of House rings to be absorbed by their wearers. Since miss Black's bond wasn't inherited…" Ragnok trailed off.

"I see. Well, I guess we can drop by and find out." Harry agreed.

"I don't think we should have any doubts of the relation between the Peverel and Vesperatia bloodlines." Luna stated calmly.

"Why?" Yue raised an eyebrow.

"Because there's your proof right there." Luna pointed at a banner.

"That's the Vesperatia family crest, the seven-cornered star that holds the seven primary elements." Asuna said confused.

"Look at the eye in the middle." Luna directed them.

The 'eye ' she spoke of was very familiar to most of the group. A circle surrounded by a triangle and cut in half by a vertical line.

"The mark of the Deathly Hallows and the Peverel family crest." Negi stared in disbelief.

"You know, this actually makes sense in some bizarre way." Chao said still shocked, which was beyond rare for her.

"What do you mean?" Eva asked.

"Well, look at it this way: Mundus Magicus has the Lifemaker that controls the Great Grand Master's Staff and Mundus Vetus has the Master of Death who controls the three Deathly Hallows." Chao explained.

"I guess I can see where you're coming from." Harry nodded. "Still, taking that test tomorrow could tell us more."

"Yes. Now, if we're done here, let's take a look at the Peverel Vault." Eva suggested.

"Just a sec, I'm taking these books on Kanka, there might be some attacks I don't know of written in them." Asuna said as she put about a dozen books in her magically expanded bag.

The Peverel vault was a lot like the Fey vault, having more valuable materials then galleons. A banner identical to the one in the Vesperatia vault cemented the theory that the Peverel and Vesperatia families were somehow related. Harry picked up a few books on wand crafting and high level enchanting. He was about to leave when his eye caught sight of something in the far back that made an evil grin appear on his face.

"Evangeline, come with me for a second." Harry said and guided the vampire to the item that he saw.

Two evil laughs were heard echoing from the back of the vault, making those up front shiver. When they closed the door to the vault, Harry and Eva were still chuckling evilly.

"What's so damn funny?" Asuna asked annoyed.

"Nothing, yet. It still needs a few things, but when I'm done with it…" Harry said before he began to laugh again.

"Okay, ignoring these two, we still have to see the Inverse vault." Negi said with a large sweatdrop hanging from his temple.

"We also need to stop by vault number 666 on our way back." Harry said, regaining control of himself.

"I don't remember that vault being yours." Emily said surprised.

"Well, I didn't make it, you see. But any parcelmouth has access to it, since it only opens when a certain password is said in parceltongue near the vault door." Harry said with an evil grin.

"I see." Ragnok returned the smirk. "Well, let us go to the Inverse vault for now. There is a crossroads of train rails where we can change direction to visit the Aoyama vault and vault 666."

The trip to the inverse vault was shorter then expected, as even though there was a four thousand years period between the creation of the Peverel and Vesperatia vaults and the Inverse vault, few trusted goblins with their money at that time, so there weren't many vaults built back then.

"So this is the Inverse vault, huh?" Negi asked with his eyebrow twitching.

The door to the vault was made of orichalcon, with several gems that Ragnok recognized as being of draconic origin as well as quite a few blood stones that ensured that only one of Inverse blood may open it. But that wasn't what annoyed Negi, no. It was the fact that "Lina rules!" was written in modern English using said gems, followed by the grinning face of said sorceress. Apparently, there was a spell on it that ensured that it was in the current official language of the bank. How she did it, nobody knew, but they wanted it gone.

"Is there any way for me to change this?" Negi asked weakly.

"Like hell you are, you little brat!" the face roared as it scowled at him.

"What the hell?" everyone took a few steps back.

"What? Never seen a talking object before?" the face asked smugly.

"Loads. Just never expected to see one so old be able to." Harry said shocked.

"Heh, you're obviously an amateur." the face said smugly.

"No, we're just surprised you haven't turned to dust already, ya old hag!" Asuna smirked.

The face stared at Asuna for a few minutes in silence with a blank look. Finally…

"I'm just a talking enchanted object kid. Time doesn't affect me like it does you. Unless some serious cataclysm takes place, I'll still be here ten thousand years from now." the face smirked.

"We're wasting time her, people!" Harry called out when Asuna was about to reply.

"Right." Negi agreed. "Ragnok, how do I open the vault door?"

"I don't have the faintest idea." Ragnok shrugged nonchalantly, causing the others to face plant. If any of his subordinates would have seen the great leader of Gringotts acting so casually around these humans, they would have immediately suspected spell work. But, after all the shocks the old goblin had experienced that day, who could blame him?

"What do you mean you don't know?" Asuna asked in disbelief.

"The only instructions ever given for this vault were to take the heir here. I suspect there is some kind of test involved, though." Ragnok explained.

"Has anyone else tried before?" Negi asked.

"Yes, but none succeeded and what the test entailed is not documented for obvious reasons." Ragnok replied.

"Alright, what do I have to do in order to access this vault?" Negi asked the face of Lina Inverse.

"You need to be my blood descendant, which I can see you are, and you must answer my question." the face told him before turning to the others "He will only have one shot at this. If any of you answer for him or help him in any shape or form, he will die and so will all of you."

"I'm pretty sure Negi can handle it." Asuna said encouraging. "He's not a prodigy for nothing, you know."

"I'll be the judge of that." the face countered before turning to Negi. "Listen up. Tell me, what are the main characteristics of darkness?"

"Of normal everyday darkness or pure, untainted darkness?" Negi inquired.

"Pure darkness." Lina smirked.

"To consume, to absorb all that comes in contact with it." Negi answered confidently.

The face stared at him a few seconds with a smile before it spoke again.

"Well said, kid. You have potential. Now it's time to see if your power can handle that potential." it said and a handprint appeared under the face. "Place your right hand here and channel as much darkness energy you can. The vault is spelled to grant access in accordance to their power. If you are not strong enough, the more powerful items inside will disappear while you are accessing the vault."

Negi did as instructed and flared his dark aura before channeling it through his hand into the vault door. The face watched with interest as the spell pattern of the Magia Erebea became visible.

"You're an odd one, kid." the face said as she looked at a now tired Negi accepted a Pepper-Up potion from Hermione. "I never expected you to generate your own darkness energy. I thought it was near impossible to do so. You're not completely human, are you?"

"Well, I'm the descendant of Lina Inverse on my father' side and of the Lifemaker on my mother', and my master is a shinso vampire. Draw your own conclusions." Negi answered calmly.

"Oh, you're gonna bi big, kid." the face smirked. "You are the first to ever access this vault after my creator passed away. You have full access. Keep in mind that I'm part of the vault in its entirety, so don't hesitate to ask any PERTINENT questions." was heard before the face melded into the vault door and the gems rearranged in the shape of a large door. They were about to ask what was going on when the matter surrounded by the gems disappeared, leaving an intricate archway behind.

"Cool." Asuna blinked before they all followed Negi inside.

Besides the expected mountains of gold, silver, jewels and various valuable metals, there were several glass cases in the back of the vault. Five of them contained items that looked similar: a sword hilt, a bow without a string, an axe without a blade, a double-lance without its blades and what looked like a bird's three-clawed foot at the end of a long handle. One contained four broche-like items that each held large blood-red jewels. And in the last one was a small book that could fit in Negi' palm.

"Okay… what are these?" Negi asked as he looked at the brooches.

"They are called Demon's Blood Talismans." was heard and when they looked around they saw a life-sized orichalcon statue of Lina Inverse walking towards them. "They are magical amplifiers, but also at least double your control over spells."

"What about these?" Asuna asked pointing at the five incomplete-looking weapons.

"From the left to the right there are Gorun Nova, known as the Sword of Light, Ragudo Mezegis, known as the Double-Edged Lance of Light, Nezard, known as the Trident of Light, Bodigar, the Axe of Light, and Galveira, the Bow of Light. They are known as the Dark Star Weapons. They were originally the five makoku lieutenants of Mazoku Lord Dark Star Dugradigdu before he had merged with Night Dragon Vorfeed. When that happened, they lost their consciousness and took the form of these five weapons before being cast into our dimension." the statue explained.

"I see…" Negi said shocked. "When you say mazoku, you are referring to the ancestors of today's demons, right?"

"I believe so." the statue nodded.

"What about this book?" Eva asked as she carefully inspected it.

"It contains all the knowledge of Lina Inverse regarding spells, creatures, and other such things." the statue said before looking at Negi. "You simply need to place your hand on it and it will transfer it all to you. Be warned though, some spells are too dangerous to be risked, so the memory of them will not be available to anyone you wish to give it to. Also, since they are memories, you will be able to understand everything since the person who they come from did as well. When regarding thought processes, languages mean little."

Ten minutes later, the group left the vault taking only the Talismans and the Gorun Nova with them. The other weapons seemed to be impossible to place in magically enlarges spaces like their bags, so they were left behind.

The next stop as they headed for the surface was the Aoyama vault. It had no gold whatsoever, much to everyone' surprise, but it was filled with silver and mithril bars. The only other item inside the vault was a marble-sized pink jewel. According to Evangeline, it was the legendary Shikon no Tama, which was rumored to have disappeared around the time she was born. She also told them that it could increase the power of a demon ten forth at the very least. Before she could say more, the jewel glowed and rushed at Konoka and entered her chest, right under her neck. From what the others could sense, Konoka' magical capacity had more then doubled and her energy had become more subtle and refined, more tame. They assumed this was what Konoka' mother had meant about her exorcism abilities.

Vault 666 came next. Unsurprisingly, it was decorated with snakes. What DID surprise them was that the vault door was an exact replica of the one in the Chamber of Secrets.

"You know, this guy has some nerve…" Harry mumbled before hissing the password.

Inside the vault was nothing but a small stone podium with over a dozen vault keys on it.

"Lestrange, Nott, Avery, Parkinson, Crouch, Rosier, Malfoy, Crabe, Goyle, Karkaroff, Carrow, Rowle, Yaxley, Gibbon, Rookwood, Dolohov, Jugson, Mulciber, Travers, Macnair and Snape." Harry smirked as he pointed out each key. "I want the contents of their vaults treated just like those of the Black vault. After that, transfer everything to an empty vault under my name." Harry said before adding. "Everything except a certain cup in the Lestrange vault we will retrieve now." Harry added as he gathered the keys.

"Um… yes, of course!" Ragnok said quickly. Before opening this vault, Harry and his companions had around 35% of all the gold in Gringotts. Now, Harry had over 50% on his own! The young lord was without a doubt the richest man in Britain, and at the very least among the top five in the entire world!

The Lestrange vault was… creepy. The number of mummified limbs and human skulls made even Eva uncomfortable, and caused most of the girls to rush out to empty their stomachs. Still, they had a job to do, so they searched for the Cup of Hufflepuff as quickly as possible. When they did found it, they realized that it had a nasty curse on it that activated when touched. Not even Asuna could touch it without partially activation the curse: it didn't burn her, but it still multiplied. So, when the vault was getting annoyingly full, Harry pulled out the Elder Wand and levitated the cup into a conjured glass box before vanishing the fake cups.

"Director Ragnok, we have a few things left to discuss. Can we do so in your office?" Harry asked.

"Of course, Harry." Ragnok agreed.

A short ride later, they were all gathered in Ragnok' office with the privacy wards activated.

"Ragnok, is the term Horcrux familiar to you?" Harry cut to the chase.

"Yes, it is." Ragnok scowled angrily. "How could it not be, when the greatest war between goblins and wizards was caused by one of those evil things made by some wannabe immortal. Why do you ask me of this?"

"This" Harry placed the glass box containing the Cup of Hufflepuff on the desk "is one of Voldemort's Horcruxes."

"One of them? That monster made more then one?" Ragnok shouted in outrage and horror as he took a few steps back from his desk.

"Unfortunately, yes." Harry nodded before adding "It cannot posses you right away, you know, it takes days at least."

"Yes, but it's better to be safe then sorry." Ragnok replied. "How do you have knowledge of these items?"

"Until yesterday, I was one myself." Harry confessed.

"You were…!" Ragnok yelled.

"Yes. However we managed to vaporize the soul fragment within my scar, thus allowing me to gain all of the memories Voldemort had when he tried to kill me when I was a baby." Harry explained.

"I see, some magical overcharge of some sort, I suspect." Ragnok said thoughtfully.

"However, I gained more then just memories." Harry chuckled.

"What do you mean?" Ragnok asked.

"Apparently, when his body was destroyed and I became a Horcrux, Voldemort' core was absorbed by me as well. However, until I dealt with the soul fragment I could not control it. Now, I'm much more powerful then Voldemort was at the peak of his power, since the two cores have merged." Harry smirked.

"Well, Lord Potter, you have given me a very good reason to make the Goblin Nation enemies of Lord Voldemort. But, like I said before, it would create problems if we declared ourselves against a wizard. But if you were to declare a Blood Feud to Voldemort…" Ragnok trailed off.

"You could support one wizard over another. I like the sound of that." Harry smirked. "What would I gain when I finally defeat Voldemort and his followers?"

"You will gain all possessions that belong to him and his henchmen, as well as Lordship over any House they lead by right of Complete Conquest granted by the Praedica Bella spell that is triggered once the Blood Feud is declared before the Wizengot." Ragnok grinned.

"Well, I honestly won't need their money, but the political power will be useful for the changes that need to be made in the government." Harry mussed.

"Yes, you already hold a near majority in the Wizengot." Ragnok confirmed.

"The first thing we need to do is get rid of that law that prohibits goblins from owning wands." Chao said.

"Miss, you may not be aware, but…" Ragnok began in an amused tone.

"You don't need them, we know. That's the idea; it's a pointless law, and not the only one out there." Negi explained. "By getting rid of a few such laws after explaining why they are useless, we will gain some trust from the more neutral members of the Wizengot. Then we can aim higher and start changing more significant laws, like those that make magical creatures almost powerless in Britain."

"Yes, if it wasn't for my father being the Minister of Magic in France, I would have been enslaved the second I stepped out of the Beauxbatons carriage last year." Fleur said.

"You're father is Minister?" Harry asked surprised.

"Yes." Fleur nodded. "He almost declared war on Britain when Dumbledore used Gabrielle as hostage in the lake." she added with a smile.

"Fleur… your accent…." Harry looked at her surprised.

"It's the bond, Harry; it's one of the changes I will be going through." Fleur told him.

"Oh." Harry blinked before looking back at Ragnok. "Before I declare the Blood Feud I need to retrieve the prophecy that made Voldemort attack me from the Department of Mysteries. It may provide some valuable information."

"A prophecy, you say?" Ragnok raised an eyebrow. "Yes, it would be wise to do so. Could you retrieve it tomorrow before out meeting?"

"Sure. We'll be here tomorrow afternoon." Harry agreed as he got up.

"Yes." Ragnok said thoughtfully. "Speaking of prophecies, you almost made the bill for another."

"What do you mean?" Harry asked shocked.

"Nothing to worry about." Ragnok assured. "It was prophesized that the Lord of Hogwarts would purge the evil of the of the British Wizarding community using the 'powers of old'. You almost fit the description, being the heir of three of the founders. If you became Lord Hufflepuff as well, you would have been the only person to ever become the Lord of Hogwarts." Ragnok explained.

"Well, maybe Harry' and Neville' descendants will get along." Chao suggested.

"That won't be necessary." Neville smirked as he raised his wand.

"Neville?" Harry questioned.

"I, Neville Frank Longbottom Hufflepuff, hereby surrender the position of Head of the Ancient and Noble House of Hufflepuff to Harry James Potter Black Gryffindor Ravenclaw Slytherin Peverel McDowell. So mote it be!" Neville called out and in a flash of magic the Hufflepuff ring disappeared from his finger.

"Neville, what are you doing?" Harry asked slowly.

"Hitting two birds with one stone." Neville smiled as he put his wand away. "One, I make you Lord Hogwarts and prevent our descendants from being forced to follow a prophecy like you are now, when we could deal with it ourselves."

"I see." Harry sighed. "And the second reason?"

"I don't have to take another wife." Neville smirked.

"Oh." Harry blinked before turning to Ragnok. "If I were to assume the position, how many wives will I have to have in total?"

"At least seven, one for each House you are Head of, maybe even an eight for the position of Lord Hogwarts. Plus the ones that may come form any marriage contracts associated with these titles." Ragnok responded.

Harry remained quiet for a few moments before turning to Negi. As he was about to speak, the young mage cut him off.

"Yes, you blame me, I know that already!" Negi exclaimed annoyed.

"Actually, I was going to say that if you can handle so many girls, then I shouldn't complain either." Harry said.

"Oh." Negi blinked.

With a sigh, Harry raised the Elder Wand.

"I, Harry James Potter Black Gryffindor Ravenclaw Slytherin Peverel McDowell, hereby claim the position of Head of the Ancient and Noble House of Hufflepuff. So mote it be!" Harry called out and in a flash of light the Hufflepuff ring appeared on his finger before another did so, this one having the crest of Hogwarts on it.

"Great. Now I'm lord Hogwarts. Hurray!" Harry cheered annoyed. "Come on, we have places to be at and things to do." he reminded them as he turned the glass box containing the Cup into a Portkey and sent it to Eva' Mansion within her ring, in the same storing place as the Diadem. "I'll take care of the Horcruxes, Ragnok. The only one you need to keep an eye out for is Voldemort' snake familiar, Nagini. I'm not sure if it is a Horcrux, but it would be my best guess considering he still has it around. As far as I know, he has killed dozens of snakes he had made his familiars, so this one must be quite special in order to still want it around. Also, regarding that offer for the Goblin Nation I mentioned earlier, we'll talk about it tomorrow since I'm a little short on time right now." Harry finished as he glanced at his watch.

"Very well, Harry. See you tomorrow. May you enemies bleed rivers and you gold flow." Ragnok smiled.

"May your victories be eternal and your gold never end." Harry replied before turning around and leaving the office, quickly followed by the others.

A.N.: Wow! It thought I would never finish this chapter! I hope you liked it, it took me quite a while to write it.

I initially wanted Harry to only have six future wives, but then I said "The hell with it!" and am now accepting ideas for fiancées for Harry. The pool is on my profile; don't forget to review either!