The Portal Of Love
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A/N: This is a Harry/Ginny fanfiction, which contains Ginny/Dean and Bill/Tonks. It is set in between the Half Blood Prince and The Deathly Hallows. Thanks to everyone who reviewed! If you have any baby names for Bill and Tonks' baby. Boy or girl.
Please review and I am taking requests for any further chapters.
I'm sooo sorry I haven't updated in a while, I promise this will make it up to you!
-Previously-
After a little stroll in the forbidden forest they transformed back, said goodbye to Bill and Tonks and organised a trip to Potter Place with Dumbledore for the following day.
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''Harry, Ginny are you ready to go'' Dumbledore said whilst knocking on the door to Harry and Ginny's private suit. They were going for a visit to Potter Place to see if it was ready for Harry and Ginny to move in to after Easter.
Harry and Ginny came walking through the door holding hands, ''So Dumbledore,'' Harry said cheerfully ''Where exactly is Potter Place?'' Dumbledore answered ''I believe due to further research from myself and Remus Lupin we have unconcealed that the location of Potter Place, it is just a few miles away from Hogsmede, on the Gryffindor Heir hill. If we apparate to Hogsmede,I will show you the way from there.'' Dumbledore smiled and apparated away with Harry and Ginny following.
When they arrived at Hogsmede Harry and Ginny were shown up the Gryffindor Heir hill and down to Potter Place.
''Wow!'' Ginny said out loud to herself ''This place is incredible.''
''Yes, it is'' Dumbledore said ''I will wait out here so you two can see the place for yourself''
At Potter Place, Harry, Ginny walked in to find a massive entrance hall, decorated with chandeliers. A few moments later, an house-elf appeared in front of them. The house-elf looked at them for several minutes before bowing.
"Welcome to Potter Place, Lord and Lady Potter, my name is Trinklet," said the house-elf.
"Thank you, Trinklet, my name is Harry and this is Ginny," Harry said.
"Would Master and Mistress like to meet the other house-elf's?" Maxim asked.
"Trinklet, please call us Harry and Ginny, we are not your masters; we would like to be your friends."
"But sir, house-elf's live to serve a master, we is not allowed to be friends with wizard's, it is forbidden sir," replied Trinklet suddenly alarmed.
"What do you mean it is forbidden?" asked Harry his anger building. He quickly calmed down as he realized it wasn't Trinklet's fault.
"House-elf's are slaves, Harry. Since the treaty of 1567 we are subject to the laws of the ministry."
"Well, I don't really care what the Ministry says, Trinklet, any house-elf that works for me will be a free house-elf. You can choose to work for me and I will pay you and give you holiday's," stated Harry.
"But, Master, if you free us, then the Ministry would take us away and force us to work somewhere else... or kill us if they could not find somewhere for us."
"Trinklet, I will not allow that to happen, all the house-elf's that currently work here will be treated as friends. The Ministry is not able to find this castle and we won't tell them anything so you will all be safe."
"Harry Potter is a great wizard, sir, no one has ever treated house-elfs as equals, it will be an honor to work for you, Harry."
With that, Trinklet snapped his fingers and another twenty eight house-elf's appeared. Harry and Ginny were introduced to each of them and set the terms by which they wanted them to work, they were happy to see that the elfs all agreed.
Harry asked Trinklet if they had a supply of potions, and was pleased to find they not only had a supply, but a complete working potions lab, and it was probably the best stocked lab in the world. Harry asked Trinklet to take them up to the lab so that they could get the ingredients they needed. Once they got there they found several elfs working away on different potions. Trinklet, seeing Harry's look, answered the question before it was even asked.
"Harry, one of your business interests is a potion supply service, all of them are made here and sent via owl. You have several contracts with large organizations to supply their potion needs," Trinklet declared as Harry watched.
Harry and Ginny said there goodbyes to Trinklet and all the twenty eight other elfs, and went back outside to see Dumbledore.
''Dumbledore, Why is Potter Place on a hill called the Gryffindor Heir hill?'' Harry asked Dumbledore, who answered with a twinkle in his eye. ''I think we need a trip to Gringotts!''
A few days later Harry, Ginny and Dumbledore arrived at Gringotts along with Mr and Mrs Weasley.
''Welcome to Gringotts, Mr. Potter. I am Bogrod, the branch manager, and this is Griphook your account manager," Bogrod stated when they entered the room.
"Thank you, Bogrod, this is Arthur and Molly Weasley, Ginny's parents," Harry said.
The six settled down at the conference table so that they could get started.
"Mr. Potter, in order to proceed with the reading of the will we need you to submit a sample of blood so that we can verify your true identity," explained Bogrod as he got up and presented Harry with a vial.
"Please, call me Harry," he answered as he took the knife from the table and made a slight cut in his hand. Once the blood had been verified they both sat down again and Griphook produced a will pensive.
Harry looked on in shock as he parents appeared before him.
"This is the last will and testament of James Potter and Lily Potter, we confirm that we are of sound mind and soul at the time this was recorded in the presence of Bogrod and Griphook of Gringotts Bank."
"Hello, Harry, at the time of recording this you had just turned one, we are sorry that we could not be there for you as you grew up. Voldemort probably got to us, even though we was in hiding There are a number of things that we need to say to you. Some we have left in the family vault here at Gringotts, the rest we will explain to you now."
"First, we made it very clear that should anything happen to us, then you would live with Sirius Black or Remus lupin. We hope that our wishes were followed but wouldn't be surprised to find out they were not."
"Second, we decided at the last minute to switch secret keepers. Everyone expected it to be Sirius Black, but we knew he would be a prime suspect, so instead we used Peter Pettigrew. We never told anyone else about the switch. Harry we don't know how much Professor Dumbledore or Sirius have told you, but before you were born a prophecy was made. This was the reason that we went into hiding. There were two children that it could have applied to, Professor Dumbledore suspected that it applied more to you than the other child, so suggested that we go into hiding. As you are hearing this now, it means that most likely we were betrayed. Before we reveal the details of the will, there is one final thing we want you to know. You have a bonded love Harry. I saw it just after she was born. We have written a letter to her which is in the family vault. Once you find her, you can give her the letter, before that it will remain sealed."
Harry looked over at Ginny and smiled, he had already found his bonded love and couldn't be happier that it was Ginny.
"We have left everything to you, Harry. Griphook is our account manager and will be able to give you a full explanation of what you have. Harry, we want you to know that we love you, and are sorry that we could not be there for you as you grew up," they both said as the recording ended.
With that Harry was suddenly overcome with tears as the years of grief and loss overwhelmed him. Ginny quickly rushed to his side to comfort him, and Mr Weasley offered him a tissue
"Thank you" Harry said.
" Harry don't thank me, I will always help you, especially when you miss them." replied Ginny as they both sat back down at the table.
Griphook then produced a summary of their accounts for Harry and Ginny to review. They were surprised by the number pages, but once they saw the summary on the front page, they were speechless.
Potter Estate Summary
Trust Fund Vault - Total Worth - 1000 thousand galleons 'replenishing'.
Potter Family Vault - Total Worth - 16 billion galleons.
Gryffindor Vault - Total Worth - 280 billion galleons.
Summary doesn't include any valuation for other holdings including Potter Place, Jewellery and other priceless items contained in the vaults listed above.
"Wow," was all Harry and Ginny could say
"Harry, you are by far the richest wizard on the planet. The vault of Gryffindor have not been touched since his death. It is specified in the will that it were to remain sealed until their true heir, bonded to his love, arrived." Griphook explained.
"This is way more than I ever expected. What am I supposed to do with all that money?" asked Harry after he recovered enough to speak.
"I would recommend that you keep it exactly were it is, we currently manage it for you, and as you can see it has been very profitable so far," responded Griphook.
"Thank you, Griphook, I agree to keep everything under your control, is there anything I need to do to keep you as the account manager?" asked Harry.
"No, I will remain as the account manager for as long as you desire it, Mr. Potter," replied Griphook.
"Thank you, Griphook, I do have one question relating to the trust fund account. Before I turned eleven, someone else had the key to the account; has anyone else ever accessed it and made a withdrawal? Also, can I get a list of who still has access to the account?"
"I will look into that for you, Harry. I don't have the details at the moment," answered Griphook.
"Thank you is there anything else we need to do, or can we go down to the vaults?"
"You just need to complete paperwork to transfer everything to your name then we can proceed," responded Griphook.
When they had completed the paperwork to transfer, Harry and Ginny made their way down to the vaults leaving Mr and Mrs Weasley with Dumbledore.
When Harry and Ginny were inside they couldn't believe how big the vault was. There was a mountain of gold so high that you couldn't even see past it A library of books on one side caught Harry's attention as they walked around. After noticing a number of books on subjects that he really wanted to learn more about, he decided to get a trunk he had seen earlier. He filled it with books on Animagus, Potions, Dementor's, Charms, Defensive and Offensive spells.
After, Harry found a jewellery box that contained three rings. The note indicated that these were his parents. There was an engagement ring and two wedding rings. Harry decided to use these for himself and Ginny.
''We should move on. It must be getting late, and we left your parents and Dumbledore upstairs, Dumbledore will want to know why we are late.'' Harry told Ginny
They quickly looked around the rest of the vault. As Harry and Ginny were getting ready to leave the Potter vault, Harry noticed a small box that contained two letters: one addressed to Mr. Harry Potter, the second addressed to Miss. Ginevra Weasley. He picked them up and decided to read them upstairs with Mr and Mrs Weasley.
After, they entered the Gryffindor vault. This was even larger than the others and again contained a vast array of items; the most important was a pensive which appeared to be full of memories.
Along side the pensive was a note.
To my true heir,
If you are able to read this then you have been proven to be my true heir and you have already bonded with your love.
A time of great darkness will descend on all creatures of the earth. An evil who seeks hereafter will gain power through the in activeness of our kind, and dishonesty of evil, the weak minded will bow before the evil, and it shall make the minorities outcasts in their own society. A chosen one comes with the power to defeat this evil, bonded for life he and his mate will bring peace and will once again unite all the creatures of the earth.
Yes, my heir, you and your bonded love are the ones spoken about in this prophecy. I hope that the knowledge I have given you will help you to train. Don't be ashamed of your power as you will need it in the end.
Godric Gryffindor
Harry and Ginny were stunned, they took the prophecy with them to show Dumbledore and Mr and Mrs Weasley.
When they got back to Hogwarts Harry and Ginny read the letters they found addressed to them and started to read them.
They started with Harry's letter and read it together.
Dear Harry,
If you are reading this then I am sorry to say that we have passed on. Please don't be sad for us, it was our time. We just hope that we took Voldemort with us, or did some real damage before we left. Harry, we are not sure what will happen to you when we are gone, we have asked Sirius to watch over you. Originally he was going to be our secret keeper, but we decided at the very last minute to change to Peter Pettigrew as he would be a less obvious choice and hopefully will give us more time.
We will update this letter each year. We just celebrated your first birthday this week and decided as we had to go into hiding that we wanted you to have some information about us. By now you will have already heard our will; there isn't much we can add to what we said there.
Potter Place is your home now, Harry. Unfortunately, we were not able to use it due to our involvement in the war. We did consider hiding there after the prophecy was made, but it would have meant revealing the secret of its location. At the time, we suspected a traitor in our mist. It has been well maintained and very secure, even more so than Hogwarts.
We are sorry we are not there to help you, Harry, but please know that we never stopped loving you and are watching over you now.
Love
Mum and Dad
Harry was in tears, Ginny turned around to gently hugged him as he continued to cry. She was definitely his strength at the moment.
Then they read Ginny's letter it was in a different handwriting.
Don't be afraid to put Harry in his place. If he is anything like his Dad he will be stubborn and will need a reminder of who is really the boss.
Please take care of Harry and one day give us with lots and lots of little cute grandchildren.
Love
James andLily Potter
Harry smiled at Ginny as he finished reading the letter.
-To Be Continued-
A/N: If you have any names for house elf's I will be really grateful for them!