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Chapter 4
~*~ at Diagon Alley ~*~
Emerald sat with an Ice Cream at 'Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor' and waited for Voldemort. Suddenly the chair vis-à-vis of the, in a nice, kneelong emerald summerdress with black dots dressed, Emerald was pulled out. When Emerald looked up from her treat to see who it was, she was met with the sight of flowing dark brown hair and blue eyes in a handsome male face of a guy who looked like he was in his thirties.
"Hello, Emerald."
"Hello to you, too. Stupid question, but what shall I call you? Because I really cannot call you by your title, and I also dontt think that you want to be called by your first name."
"This question is not really stupid, but quite reasonable. You may call me 'Marvolo', which is my middle name and also was the name of my maternam0l grandfather. On another note, is there anything else you'd like us to do while we are in Diagon Alley, other than Gringotts and the 'Daily Prophet'?"
"Actually, as you are here with me, how about a trip into Knockturn Alley? Because this is one place I haven't ever been able to visit with time, as I could have never gone shopping in the 'dark alley' as Harry Potter, and as a female, I really don't want to go there all by myself. Plus, I guess you should know the different shops in that place, right?"
"Sure, why not. Now, as you are done with your ice cream, are we off to the bank?"
"Lead the way, Marvolo."
~*~ at Gringotts ~*~
The two made their way across the entry hall of the big white marble building towards a goblin teller. When asked about their business in the bank, Emerald told the teller that he should inform Griphook that Emerald were here.
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"Good Day, Emerald. I hope you have been well since I last saw you two years ago. And who, may I ask, is your companion?"
"Good day to you as well, Griphook. May I introduce the Dark Lord Voldemort to you?"
Griphook didn't allow his surprise about Emeralds companion to show, but greeted him like every other customer.
"Good day to you as well, Dark Lord Voldemort. Though I have to admit that you were the very last person I expected to be introduced to by Emerald here."
"Good day, Mr. Griphook. May I ask you how it comes, that a fine goblin such as yourself is this close acquainted with a wizard?"
"Well, Mr. Dark Lord, Emerald here is one of a few wizards since we opened the London branche of Gringotts that does treat us as equals. And with his behaviour towards us, we respect him like no other in this century. Also, he is the only one who hired a goblin as his account manager and he asks us for help, plus, he never orders us to do , on top of everything, though it doesn't change anything normally, he is one of our richest clients and the only one to hold some shares of Gringotts itself. Naturally, we helped by setting up all the paperwork that allow Emerald's existence, including ID, passport and salaryaccount."
Voldemort was impressed. He had never before heard of the goblins being friendly with anyone. Leave it to Harry Potter to make the impossible possible.
"Actually, Griphook, my accounts is why we are here. I need a copy of all my account statements from october '81 up to three years ago, please. Because we plan to publish everything in the paper."
"Of course can I give you those copies. But why do you suddendly want to publish those papers when you were so vehemently against such an action when I advised you to do so three years ago?"
"You could say that I had my eyes opened. Back then, I just wanted to have it all over and forget everything. But now, Voldemort here told me how those betrayers behave towards everyone else and how they abuse their undeserved posotions as my so-called fiance or my best friends or my surrogate mother and I can't stand behind their actions any longer, now, that I know of it."
"A very good decision, indeed, Emerald. And how do you plan to get your story to the paper in person without revealing yourself? Because I don't think that you plan to blow your cover as Emerald. "
"No, I won't blow my cover. Au contraire, I will give them a letter from Harry Potter to the Wizarding World of Great Britain, which is signed with a drop of my blood, so they can verify that the letter really is from myself. And I will also hand them those copies, that can't be falsified."
"That sounds like a good plan. In this case, I will wish you good luck and hope, that I'll see you sooner than in more than a half year."
"Thank you, Griphook. I wish you a good day as well."
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Two hours later, a pretty impressed Dark Lord and a content Emerald left the building of 'The Daily Prophet', excited, to read their article in the next day's newspaper. They only wished that they were able to see the traitors faces once they read it.