AN: More for you. I had this done and ready to post but my stupid thumb drive decided to corrupt it. I think I should have the thing exorcized. Or find my other one to use.
Also, this fic is on the border of fluff right now and will be for a while but a lot of crap has happened and will happen. This includes what happens/happened in heaven, Sam, Azazel (not to be confused with Azrael) and Lilith. Raguel is the archangel of revenge and like all angels a warrior. You are warned that things will get darker and missed up. But on the other hand you can expect a nice ending.
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The next major thing to happen to Harry wasn't until July of 1991. Dudley and he had decided they didn't want to share a room any more. Harry's love of high places saw him getting permission to make the attic into his room. It wasn't even a week latter when there was an odd letter in the mail.
"Hey Harry, Your pen pals are getting weirder." Dudley said handing him a letter.
Their geography teacher a few years back had all the students pick out a pen pal. Dudley had written the few letters as was required. Harry on the other hand had made a really good friend. He had even gone so far as to ask for another. Now he had 3 pen pals all in different parts of the world, one in America, one in Australia, and another in Japan. His closest friend was in America. It had taken nearly a year to tell the boy he did magic.
Harry took the letter handed to him. He looked it over. It was made of dense paper, Harry sniffed it, no this wasn't paper it was parchment. Like actual animal hide of some kind. Then there was the writing. Dark green ink, from a fountain pen?, it said Harry J. Potter, Attic, 4 Privet Dr, Surrey.
"That's like stalker specific." He said to the family.
Petunia came over and took the envelope from him with a sad smile. "This is your letter to magic school." She told him. "I re..." She choked. "I remember the day Lily's came." She hated talking about her sister. Harry was all the good parts of her sister, so kind, polite, sweet and curious. She handed the letter back.
"Aunt Petunia. Wha..." Harry looked down at his hands. "What if I don't fit in? What if they are like... What if they don't like me?"
Petunia hugged the young boy. For all his charisma and friendly nature he was still so sensitive. He worked so hard for everyone's approval. "If they don't like you then it is their loss. If you don't like it there then we will look into other schools." She reassured him.
Harry smiled up at her. Then turned back to the letter and opened it.
Headmaster:Albus Dumbledore (Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc.,Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confd. Of Wizards)
Dear Mr. Potter;
We are pleased to inform you that you have a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
Harry looked at the letter and the list of supplies that came with it. "What about geography, or math, or science? Where are all the core classes I'll need for latter in life? What if I don't want to work in the magical world? What if I want to be a doctor or lawyer, or teacher?" He asked frowning.
"Ask the nuns if you can be home schooled." Vernon said. Having Harry see the normal world was better and gave him a better education was all good in his book. That and tutoring Harry would keep Petunia from missing the boys while they were both away at boarding school.
Harry smiled. "Thanks Uncle. No wonder you got that promotion your the best!" Harry exclaimed hugging the larger man.
He gave the boy a small smile. "Alright Pet where do we get all this hogwash?"
Harry and Dudley started laughing. "Hogwarts teaches hogwash." Dudley said soon both boys were on the floor laughing.
Petunia chuckled as well. Vernon just smirked and flipped back up the morning paper.
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Harry replied to the letter and attached it to the owl they found on the back fence. He said he would attend for one year and then look at his options. Minerva smiled at the reply. That was the same thing Lilly had said.
The following Monday, Harry, Dudley and Aunt Petunia headed to London. They took the train since Aunt Petunia didn't like driving so far. Vernon had a business luncheon in London so he would meet them after and they would all go out to eat.
They caught the early train and were in the city by 8:30, which both boy's said was a ridicules hour to be up when on summer holiday. Wizards agreed. There was hardly a soul in the Leaky Cauldron (the name made the boys snicker), Martha the owner and cook let them into the alley. She smiled at them, she was a kind woman but also formidable. During the last war she had closed the Leaky to any who promoted bigotry, she knew she would get away with it because if they damaged her house (over the tavern) then the whole alley would be exposed to the muggles.
The family of three headed to the back. Petunia had money to get Harry's things but Vernon had suggested asking if Harry had a vault since James had always boasted about his families money. The boys thought the goblins were wicked. They watched them close, these short creatures looked more deadly than things twice their size.
Harry leaned over to Dudley and half whispered. "I wouldn't ever want to be in a scrap which one of them." Dudley nodded. The goblins that over heard gave scary smiles. Respect form the nations hero was unexpected.
"I'd rather have them at my back. Could you imagine Polkiss face if one of these guys were with us?"
Harry giggled. "Yeah he'd crap himself." Dudley and him chuckled as quite as two plotting preteens could. Some of the goblins let out huffs and were trying not to laugh as well.
"Boys!" Petunia quipped. "Be respectful. This is a place of business not a fun house. IS this how you would act at Grunnings?" She said giving them the eye that both boys knew all to well.
"No Ma'am." They said hanging their heads.
"That's what I thought. Now come on." She told them heading to the nearest open teller. "Excuse me sir. My nephew here received a letter to Hogwarts. He's an orphan and we wanted to know if his parents left him anything." She said politely and to the point handing over the letter and motioning to Harry.
The goblin looked over both before calling for another in his own tongue. "Griphook will escort you to Trilok's office." He told the lady.
"Thank you sir. Have a good day." She said with a nod.
The goblin smiled back at her. He would remember the polite and unafraid woman and be sure to give her a much fairer rate when she came again.
The office of Trilok Senor Account Manager was deep but not to deep into the back. All three were admiring the art and carvings on the walls while looking around the bank that seemed to be so much more. Griphook was silent leading them to their destination. Once there he knocked and when they were told to enter he left.
Trilok was a tallish goblin with average looks save a wicked scar over his right eye. The office was decorated with awards, book cases and shelves like any office in any bank, but it also had weapons on the wall as well. Petunia was ignoring the fact this was another species and the sharp thing. She took a seat after shaking the creatures hand and introducing herself and the boys.
"I assume since we are here that the Potter's did leave Harry something." She began
"Yes they did. And as account manager I have been taking care of those funds. The Potter's had a will, which has been sealed for reasons unknown." The way he said this Petunia knew he knew the reason but just couldn't say. "And as such Mr. Potter's finances and assets have been in limbo un able to be claimed until he himself came in and could be evaluated by us."
"What does that mean?" She asked curious but a bit worried they would try and take her nephew.
"We must insure he is being properly cared for and in a healthy environment and that he himself is healthy. The moment you entered this office a team of lawyers and investigators began looking into you. IF they find everything satisfactory you or your husband have the options to take the regency of the Potter Accounts. While they are looking may one of our healers make sure he if in good health?"
Petunia was quite for a long moment. "I don't like what you are insinuating. I love my nephew and would never harm him or any other child. You can look all you like there is nothing to find." She said highly offended
"Ma'am I am not insinuating that you are not a fine mother to Mr. Potter. But there are many who would misuse or abuse him for their own gains. There are countless humans who would like nothing better than to get their hands of the Potter vaults. The late Lord Potter knew this and made it a stipulation of any looking after his son and heir."
"Oh." She replied with a blush. "I apologize. I recall how Lily said she was treated in this world for not having magic. I jumped to conclusions."
Trilok smiled. "That is understandable. If you would like we can have both boys examined. Your son my not have magic but his is still able to catch some magical diseases."
She blinked rapidly. "Your asking to give a physical." she stated. That made so much more sense.
He nodded. She consented. The 2 boys were led off to be tested and vaccinated. Both boy returned and shortly after a young goblin brought in a file. "First let us deal with the healers. Your son is fine and in fact is what wizards call a squib. That means he has a little magic but not enough to get a letter. He has enough magic to use minor magical items such as a broom, and can even brew most potions."
Dudley looked excited. "Can I do spells like Harry too?" He asked
"Perhaps minor ones. But you will require a special made wand."
"Can you make a special wand?" Harry asked. "Can you get us both one. The wand store I saw coming in looked like a horror movie set." He shivered.
Trilok chuckled. "Yes we can craft you both a special made wand. IT will be more expensive but not unreasonable."
"Thank you. And Harry?" Petunia asked
"Well it is as I thought. Harry has a block on his magic. IT was placed by a professional when he was only 4 monthes old. This is not odd for Potter's most show great magical potential and have had this block placed on them. It is so they do not hurt themselves or others with their magic." He explained.
Petunia nodded. "Can it be removed or does he still need it?" She asked
"No. It is very unhealthy to go to magical school with a block on it can cause damage to his magical core, or his mind." the goblin told her. "It can be removed and he will have to wait until after that is done to get a wand. He can have it removed today at 11 if you like?"
"Yes please." She said.
"Now for the report. You were correct and your family are squeaky clean. There is no reason not to allow you to take the regency. Even better, your husband is a businessman and will actually know what he is doing. Would you like to wait till he is here to go over the Potter finances?"
"Yes I would. I'm pots with figures. Vernon is in a meeting till 1 can we come back after?"
"Of course. I have an opening at 2:30. The boys can be fitted for wands than as well if you like."
"That's agreeable. Can we withdraw enough to get the rest of Harry's supplies or will that have to wait?" She asked
"No you don't have to wait. Mr. Potter has full access to his trust account and it will automatically refill on his birthday. Here is the wallet for that account and the key. Just nick your thumb Mr. Potter and drop one drop of blood inside." He looked at Petunia. "This will tie the bag to him and not allow another to steal it. You also have the option of adding a bank card which works just as a credit or debit card in the non-magical world."
"Yes please. That way I can shop at home too." Harry said taking the bag and doing as he was told. He then took the card and pressed his bloody thumb to the back as instructed. The card changed from black white to the shiny plastic of a new card with all the numbers and such and a dragon as the background. "Wicked." He and Dudley said together.
"You can withdraw any currency you like from the bag by saying the type and amount you require." Trilok told him
Harry tried this with quid, euros and yen. "Can I just put them back in too?" HE asked Trilok nodded.
"Thank you very much. We'll be back at 11 for the removal." Petunia said standing.
"IT was a pleasure." He replied taking her hand and kissing it. She blushed lightly. "If I may make a suggestion. Get yourselves a cloak. Walking about in regular clothes will only draw unwanted attention."
"We'll do than right now." She told him. The boys were happy to be going shopping and out of the boring meeting. They were hoping to convince Aunt Petunia and Vernon to let them skip the one at two. Maybe they could catch a movie.
Once out of the bank the first stop was the clothing store. Petunia looked around for a while before finding a side alley with several clothing, shoe and jewelery stores. She took them into one that had nice(ish) looking robes. Harry was outfitted with 6 sets of uniforms so that he could have a clean one each day, 2 robes, one plain black, one with a special trim that would change when he was sorted. He also picked a 'fun' robe that was dark green with a bright red dragon that flew all over it. Dudley got one outfit, a plain robe and a robe just like Harry's only purple with a green dragon. They both also got a heavy fir lined cloak for winter. Petunia was fitted with a simple wizarding dress and chose a soft pink robe as well as a plain black. She gave the woman Vernon's sizes so he could have a wizarding suit with a black robe. All the clothes came with growth and comfort charms so they were never to hot or too cool.
Once clothed they headed to the shoe store. Harry and Dudley got dragon hide boots with all the comfort charms too. Petunia was in love with some of the shoes and bought herself 3 new pair of heels and a pair of winter boots.
Next stop was the luggage store. Petunia frowned at the trunks. They would be cumbersome and look out of place at the train station. The man the run the shop smiled when she told him so. "Aw a muggleborn I see. Well this is my muggle line." He said moving to one row of shelves with tiny trunks on it. "These are just display models with all the bells and whistles. This is one feature I think will appeal to you." He pulled one off the shelf, sat it on the floor enlarged it then tapping a few symbols on the front it changed into a normal looking wheeled suit case. It looked much like the one Vernon used to take to meetings.
"Those symbols. What are they?" Harry asked
"Those are runes. They are a magical language. Each has a name, a meaning and a magical property. But you will learn all about them in third year if you take Ancient Runes." The clerk told them.
Harry nodded. "How much is a case with this feature and what else would you recommend?" Petunia asked
The man got down to business trying to sell them a trunk. They ended up with 2 one for each boy. They had the case feature, 2 compartment (one magical, one not), a featherlight feature, and anti-theft charms.
They headed to the Apothecary and picked up 2 starter kits, which included all the ingredients for first year and the size 1 pewter cauldron. They also got 2 extra year one ingredient sets, and several charts and booklets on preparation and brewing. Once finished there they bought scales, parchment, quills and a set of 20 ample inks along with a well of plain black. But the telescopes were sub-par and to expensive.
It was nearly 11 by then so they headed back for the removal. It was a simple procedure requireing Harry to lay back be spelled to sleep so he didn't move and then the healer unwove the block from around his core. It took just over a half hour. Harry was tired and a bit light headed afterward so they decided to stop for lunch. They headed out into regular London to eat and do some shopping there
Dudley got his uniforms. Both boys got new trainers, and dress shoes. They both got heavey winter coats, gloves, ect. Along with lots of pens, pencils, paper, notebooks, folders, binders and thick card stock for Harry to use in place of parchment. Both boys also got a new backpack. They had plenty of casual clothes so there was no need to buy more. They found a small science section in one store that sold nice telescopes so Harry got one.
By the time they were all done it was a bit after one. They met Vernon for tea and told him what was going on. He nodded in agreement to look over the accounts. They returned to the alley, Vernon changing in the Leaky's bathroom.
The book store was last for now. They would come back and look at pets latter. They spent the next 45 minutes looking around in the book store. Each found something they liked. Vernon choose several books on laws, finances, business, and such. Petunia pick up some on gardening, history, and a couple magazines that looked interesting. Dudley grabbed a copy of all Harry's year one books as well as one on arithmacy, and one just for squibs. Harry also got a year one set, but picked up another on runes and magical beasts. It growled at him but when he petted it it started purring (This is a calmer/more child friendly version of Monstrous Book of Monsters from PoA).
With all the shopping done they headed back to the bank. The boys were tested and fitted for wands. Dudley's was a 9' rosewood, with a core of Griffin feather. It had a special moonstone handle to help channel and focus his magic. Harry's was also 9' but made of ironwood. The core was ice phoenix feather, and the handle was decorated with silver inlay, to help enhance his tendency toward defense. Once they had their wands in proper wand holsters and were taught how to care fore them the boys left the alley to see 'Hook'.
Once the boys were gone the adults got down to business. Vernon nearly had heart attack when he opened the folder containing the Potter's finances. He dealt with large business deals but this was huge. There were millions of galeons here. And when asked for a conversion found that translated to just over 2 BILLION pounds. Once that shock was over he was given another folder that showed the business deals, and investment portfolio. Hearing he would get 3 percent of all year income increases didn't sound like much but when you were working with 5, 6 and 7 figure amounts that was still a lot. There was a folder over flowing with deals and and offers that couldn't be touched by any save the regent, or Lord, that would take Vernon months to get through.
And finally there was the property... properties. There was near a dozen homes around the world that the Potter's owned. Petunia and Vernon had been thinking of upgrading but had always worried about losing what ever protections kept them safe. Now they had access to a house with even better protections that was closer to his work and much larger. When Trilok said the elves, the Potter's servants who were like magical leaches, could have them all moved in in under a day if they liked they were sold.
Vernon loved what he did. Making money make money was fun for him. These may be magic companies but business was business. The next 6 years, till Harry turned 17 and took over the Lordship would be some of the happiest of Vernon's life.
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The boys were excited to be moving house. They would each now have their own room that was larger than before and their own bathroom. The pool out back was a much loved bonus. The rest of the summer passed far to quickly for the boys. Just after his birthday Harry got a lovely snowy owl as a pet. He named her Hedwig. Dudley also got an owl that would act as the family owl since it was staying at the house. His was a barn owl with a big white face and deep black eyes. They named him Conor.
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An: Nothing really odd happened there. I like shopping chapters even if some find them dull.
