Yeah…I don't live in England, or anywhere else that uses Euros (if anywhere else uses Euros) for that matter, so I'm sorry if my pricing (or items) is (are?) a little off.
I thank all of those who have agreed to beta this for me. Out of the many offers I've chosen Mione the Kneazle for this story. Thanks to all the others who offered though. This version is not betaed yet, as I got stuck on some parts and just finished it tonight. I will be posting up the betaed version as soon as I send it out and get it back.
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Chapter Two
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"What's the brat done this time?" Snape growled out. He had potions he should be tending to rather than wasting his time on a pointless Order meeting. Before Molly could tear into him, Dumbledore answered.
"He's gone missing," he told the gathered members, "Possibly with Nymphadora Tonks as his accomplice." Remus struggled to hold in his laughter at the thought of the clumsy auror helping Harry escape; she'd likely help him get caught as many times as she tripped over her own two feet. Meanwhile Molly was yelling about how Dumbledore said he would be safe at the Dursley's and yet had managed to lose him not even a full day later.
'Perhaps I shouldn't have invited Molly to this meeting,' Dumbledore thought, gulping as the Weasley matriarch continued her tirade, much to the amusement of Remus Lupin.
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An hour later, after the potion had worn off and the two had finished lunch at a small Italian place (only 24.14 Euros leaving them with 3401.33 Euros to spend), Harry and Sakura were walking around the mall.
They had stopped by the toy store, and gotten a few Barbie dolls (one tall blonde, one tall brunette, one small blonde, and a guy doll) as well as several outfits and two play sets for them. They also bought a few board games to play when they were bored. All of which ended up costing 206.32 Euros.
The trip to the bookstore nearly gave Harry a heart attack. The boy behind the counter had recognized him (apparently he was a soon-to-be 7th year Ravenclaw working a summer job to get some extra money), and Harry panicked, until the boy (whose name was Harold Dingle) told him he wouldn't tell anyone. Harold helped him find all the books, and even minimized them (the bookstore was empty besides them and Harold was of age) for Harry. Harry and Sakura left the bookstore with 1348.16 Euros less on the card.
Their next stop was a clothing shop. The two girls that worked there squealed when they walked in, and started fawning over Sakura. One of them asked how much money Harry was willing to spend, and not sure of how much he had left on the top of his head he told them 1500 Euros.
The two girls quickly went to work, picking out clothes for both Harry and Sakura, as well as taking them next door to the shoe store.
Harry ended up with four pairs of black jeans, two dark blue jeans, three black dress pants, two pairs of shorts (both black), two belts (one black, one brown), two white dress shirts, three tee-shirts (one blue, one green, and one white), four long-sleeved (two blue, one green, and one black), two sweaters (one black, and the other green), a pair of black dress shoes, two pairs of sneakers, and a pair of rainbow-colored sandals that made his eye twitch uncontrollably. Harry's favorite part were the four other shirts with words/pictures on the front. One had 'I don't give a' then a picture of a rat, then 's', then a donkey. The other three had 'Whatever it is, I didn't do it!', 'Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was the suspect.', and 'The voices in my head think you have mental problems.' respectively.
Sakura got four tee-shirts (one green, one pink, two white with purple flowers on them), three long-sleeved (one pink, one white, and one purple), two sweaters (one pink, and the other green), six skirts (two pink, one white, one black, one green, and one purple), two blue jeans, three blue denim shorts, two pairs of sneakers, one pair black dress shoes, and pink sandals.
The shoes and the clothes all cost 1523.86 Euros, a little over what he had said, but he still had enough to get it all. After the clothes, he and Sakura went into the bathroom, after checking that no one was there, and Harry minimized the bags, using his new wand (with no Ministry tracking charms on it) before using it to check how much Muggle money he had left. A glowing '322.99 Euros' floated above the card.
"That's how much we have left?" Sakura asked.
"Yep," Harry answered, "Anything else you want to look at here?" The grin on Sakura's face made him regret having asked the question.
"The pet store!" Harry groaned.
The pet store in the mall was crowded with people and cages. Harry felt slightly claustrophobic as they walked through. Sakura became entranced with the rabbits, though Harry could see nothing special about them.
"Sakura, how do you know Oddity won't use those rabbits as a chew toy?" Harry asked, before she got the chance to use the puppy dog eyes on him. Sakura pouted, but moved on to the next animal anyway. Some kittens were playing around with each other, and one adventurous kitten was even making fun off a puppy in the next cage over.
Two hours later, Harry managed to convince Sakura it was time to go, and they left the store without buying anything, much to Harry's relief.
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Four Days Later
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The will reading wasn't for another three hours, but Harry wanted to get there early, so Dumbledore couldn't catch him. He grabbed one of the board games to play with Sakura while they waited.
"Nii-san?" Sakura asked, "What's a blood adoption? You told that Griphook guy you'd tell me about it." Harry blinked, having totally forgotten about that.
"A blood adoption is the same as a regular adoption," Harry explained, "except that it will make me your biological dad. Your biological parents will still be your parents though," he added, seeing Sakura's worried face, "It'll be like having one mom, and two dads."
"Oh," Sakura said, "can I still call you nii-san?"
"Of course you can."
"Okay then!" Sakura replied cheerfully, "I wanna do it. It doesn't hurt does it?"
"No, it doesn't hurt."
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Harry entered the conference room that the will reading was to be held in, carrying both Sakura and the game they had picked out. Griphook and Gorluck, the goblin that would read the will, stared at the game curiously.
"You two are welcome to play with us," Harry said, setting up the game.
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Two Hours and Forty-Five Minutes Later
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The two goblins and Harry were bashing their heads against the table. Sakura had wiped them all out.
"And at our type of game too," Gorluck complained. Apparently, the pink-haired girl was the champion of Monopoly. They had managed to play five games of Monopoly, and Sakura had bankrupted all of them.
"I like this game," Sakura said, causing the three to groan.
"I bet you do," Harry said, "Seeing as you won every time."
"We really should put the game away, as it's almost time for the will reading, and the recipients should start arriving any time now," Griphook said.
'Thank God,' the other two thought. Sakura pouted. Griphook patted her on the shoulder.
"When you're older, we'll see about getting you a job here," Griphook said, "And then you can bankrupt whoever you want." Sakura smiled. The first person came in just as Harry finished putting the game away.
"Harry!" Hermione yelled, rushing too him and giving him a hug, "Dumbledore said you were missing! I was so worried! You weren't kidnapped or anything, were you?"
"No, I wasn't," Harry said, "I can take care of myself."
"So says the guy who walked into fourteen walls and fell down two sets of stairs."
"Only because Fred and George stole my glasses, at the request of a certain bushy-haired female at that," Harry returned. Hermione blushed, before Sakura caught her attention by giggling.
"Aw! She's so cute!" Hermione squealed, "And what's your name sweetie?"
"I'm Sakura!"
"It's nice to meet you Sakura," Hermione said, "I'm Hermione." She was about to say something else, when more people entered the room.
"Ah, Harry, my boy," Dumbledore said, "There you are. You had us quite worried."
"I'll bet," Harry muttered, happily.
"Even your relatives were worried about where you had gone," Dumbledore continued.
"I seriously doubt that," Harry said.
"And then you kidnapped your cousin as well," Dumbledore continued, completely ignoring Harry.
"He did not kidnapped me!" Sakura yelled at Dumbledore, surprising him.
"He did not kidnap me," Harry corrected. Sakura nodded and continued.
"He did not kidnap me! The mean man that looked like a walrus hit me. Harry-nii-san saved me!"
"Dumbledore-san," one of the people behind him said, "I think we need to have a nice long talk about your idea of safety for Konoha citizens."
"Ah yes," Dumbledore said, completely ignoring the other person like he did Harry, "Harry, my boy, these two will be your guards for the coming year. They are Kakashi Hatake and Shibi Aburame."
"And who's paying for these guards?" Harry asked, "No offence to the two of you of course."
"None taken," Kakashi, the previous speaker, spoke dryly.
"Well I am of course," Dumbledore answered.
"Right. And why are you paying them to guard me instead of the school?" Dumbledore's mouth opened and shut a few times, not able to come up with an answer.
"Well, anyway my boy," Dumbledore continued on, "I'll be waiting outside after the reading to escort you back to the Dursleys."
'Well, at least he's smart enough to know he can't make me leave,' Harry thought, before speaking, interrupting Hermione before she could start ranting to the Headmaster, "I will not go back to the Dursleys, and neither is Sakura. If you try to force me, I will take them to court for child abuse with you as an accomplice." Griphook cleared his throat.
"Now that we are all here," Griphook said, and Harry noticed that all the other recipients (including a disguised Bellatrix Lestrange) had arrived while he and Dumbledore had been talking/arguing, "We shall begin. We are gathered today for the will reading of one Sirius Orion Black, Lord of the House of Black. Gorluck will read the will."
"Being of sound mind and body," Gorluck read, "I, Sirius Orion Black, do hereby declare this my last will and testament.
"Bellatrix Lestrange, dear cousin, not only do you get nothing at all, that allowance you get from the Black family vault is canceled. The allowance will be transferred to the Longbottom Family vault to help pay for the care of Frank and Alice. I also invoke an old law and give your life over to the Head of the Longbottom family. Apparently you forgot the Longbottom and Black families were allied many years ago.
A horde of armored goblins came into the room and captured the disguised Bellatrix. Tears could be seen forming in Augusta Longbottom's eyes.
"Narcissa Malfoy, another dear cousin whose guts I hate, you also get nothing at all. Your allowance is also cut. You're lucky you weren't convicted of Charlus and Dorea Potter's deaths, or I'd hand your life over to the Head of the Potter clan."
Narcissa tensed and glanced at Harry, who gazed back coldly. Even if she wasn't convicted, Sirius had made sure she would be punished.
"Draco Malfoy, I know you assume that you'd be getting head of the family, but you're not. In fact the only thing you're getting is disowned. You may no longer consider yourself a Black."
Draco looked furious, much to Harry's amusement. The Black family was much more prestigious than the Malfoy family, and no doubt the Daily Prophet would have something to say about it.
"Andromeda Tonks, my favorite cousin, your place in the Black family is restored as is your allowance. Welcome back to the family cousin.
"Nymphadora Tonks, now that I'm dead I have no problem calling you Nymphadora. Nymphadora, Nymphie, Nymphadora. Try not to kill the goblin reading the will. You get an allowance consisting of 150 galleons a month, as well as 10, 000 galleons on the condition that you get the guts to make out with Remus."
Andromeda smiled happily (mostly to piss off Narcissa), as did Tonks, until the last part was read. Andromeda eyed her daughter curiously, as both Remus and Tonks blushed heavily, looking at anyone but each other.
"Now that blood family is done, I can move on.
"Remus Lupin, you get 50, 000 galleons, and no you may not give them back. You get my half of Marauder Flat. I've also set up a vault that will pay an unbiased Potions Master to make the Wolfsbane Potion for you every month."
Remus smiled slightly, until he heard what was said next.
"Now that I am dead, I also have no problem divulging the fact that I used your blood in the blood adoption ritual. You really should have expected something was up when I got you drunk. By the way, you're a very funny drunk. I had forgotten about the Valentine's Day incident in our third year."
Remus, whose eye had been twitching, was now blushing again. Scarily enough, so were Snape and Dumbledore.
"Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape, the two of you get a knut each. You may also spit my porn collection. The two of you need more entertainment in your lives so you'll stay out of my godson's."
Both men were blushing heavily, and Snape was glairing at Harry. Harry ignored him. Sakura, on the other hand, happily stuck her tongue out at him.
"Hermione Granger, I give you 4,000 galleons and a gift certificate to Florish and Blotts worth 1,500 galleons. Thank you for always sticking by Harry.
"Ronald Weasley, I give you 2,000 galleons. You are Harry's friend, but you have jealousy issues. Get over them.
"Ginny Weasley, Luna Lovegood, and Neville Longbottom, I give you 2,500 galleons. Thank you for being Harry's friends.
"Fred and George Weasley, I give you 5,000 galleons. Half for being Harry's friend and half for that joke shop of yours. Ask Moony and Prongslet about you two being inducted into the Marauders."
Hermione, Fred, and George's mouths had dropped. The others were amusing themselves by watching those three's expressions.
"Arthur and Molly Weasley, you get 20, 000 galleons for taking care of my godson as one of your own. And I've set up vaults to help out the Dragon Preserve and the Expeditions for Charlie and Bill.
"Percy Weasley, you get nothing but a whack on the back of the head courtesy of the goblin reading this will," Gorluck stopped reading, walked to the other end of the table and smacked Percy on the head before continuing, "That's what you get for stabbing your family in the back. At least they have decent morals.
"And last, but most certainly not least, Harry Potter. I hereby declare you emancipated, and leave everything else, including the title of Head of the Black family and the power that comes with it. Have fun screwing Dumbledore over, and make sure to get Snape for me too. Signed, Sirius Orion Black."
There was quiet for a moment, before chaos broke out.