Chapter 19: Adoption Part 2

Note: Hello Lovelies~ Hope you had a good week :) sooo before I let you hope straight into the story I need a litte bit of help from you guys. So you know of my plans to have Yule and Chrismas in the story, well I would like your ideas such as what to give Severus and Harry as gifts; as well as how you would like Yule to work. I do have ideas, but nothing is set in stone at the moment, and I would love to hear your ideas of how Yule should work! Please comment below your thoughts, or what you really want to read :)
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The private room that was provided by the goblins was very nice to say the least. It was like the rest of Gringotts, showing off how proud race they were, having mounted swords and war harmers on the walls, the desk was a granite table top, but seemed to have gold specks inside of it gleaming in the warm light in the room. There was one empty chair behind the desk and three, plump cushioned, chairs set in front of the desk providing the seating in the room.

"Please wait a few moments Sirs, the goblin in charge should be here shortly." Ironfist said, leaving the three wizards to talk amongst themselves while they waited.

As soon as the goblin had left the room, Lucius quickly spoke before they were interrupted, "Harry why did you bow to the goblin race?"

To say that he was mad was a lie, he was more curious of why the younger wizard had done something so peculiar.

Harry looked up at the blonde wizard with fear in his eyes, afraid that he had done something wrong and that he was going to be punished, "I-I-I r-read it in a book, sir. I-It said that the goblin race is a very p-proud race, a-and that they value r-respect." Harry gulped a lump in his throat, he knew that Severus would never allow Lucius to hit him, but he was still scared after all those years he had to live with the Dursley's, still fresh in his mind. It was something that he will always have to carry around with him.

Lucius eyes softened to see the young wizard in distress, he didn't mean to frighten the boy, he was just wondering was all. "Little one," Lucius said, kneeling down to Harry's height, which was still frighteningly small, "I was just asking out of curiosity, it is not a normal sight to see a wizard bow his head to a goblin. We have placed ourselves above them and have classified them as creatures, so I was wondering why, when I know you have read such things."

Harry's nose screwed up as Lucius spoke, his eyes no longer haunted by the past, instead they were like a roaring fire. "Why are we allowed to place such people in the classification as creature? They are just as powerful as us. They have studied the likes of war longer than we ever have, and have magical abilities just like our own. So wouldn't that make them an equal to us?" Harry retorted to Lucius, almost demanding the older wizard to prove him wrong. It was just for a second before Harry realized that he had spoken back to an adult. "I-I'm s-sorry s-sir." Tears quickly came to his eyes, then he dropped to the floor, curling up into a small ball to protect himself from whatever beating was to come.

Severus had enough of the talking that was going between the man and boy and came to the boy's rescue once again, picking him off the floor and placing both himself and the young wizard into a chair. He shot Lucius a look telling him to keep his mouth shut.

"Shh, little one, he is not mad at you. You have nothing to fear." The professor promised, rocking the boy back and forth.

The goblin who had entered the room unnoticed when Lucius spoke about them just smiled at the younger wizard. The younger wizard was filled with surprises, he had such a great future ahead of him, and the goblin nation was right behind him 100%. It was time that he made his presence known to the group, by clearing his throat. He spoke once both older wizards eyes were on him, "Thank you for the wait, I am Ullrig, and I have been in charge of the Potter's accounts since the last Lord Potter passed."

"Thank you for meeting with us today Ullrig," Lucius said calmly, finally taking a seat in one of the two open chairs, "we are here today for young Mr. Potter to find out all the inheritance he will receive once he is Lord Potter, as well as to see what other lines he has available to him. Also on another note, Mr. Potter is going through the adoption process at the moment and we would like the goblins to recognize the adoption." Lucius explained, getting right down to business knowing that it would be better when working with the goblins that way.

"Yes, we have been trying to contact Mr. Potter since he came to the age of eleven and visited here, but all the mail that we have sent we never get a reply." Ullrig explained to the group with a frown, "It is about his inheritance, there are some payments that have been authorized by his magical guardian, which is quite a bit of money. Also I think congratulations are involved for going through with adoption Heir Potter." The goblin gave the child a toothy grin, "It is not every day that something like that happens in our world."

Harry just gave a weak smile back, to show that he heard what the goblin had said, the small panic attack he had made him a little tired. "Alright let's start with the inheritance test, to see what Family Vaults that Heir Potter will be able to have accuses to once he is of age." The goblin placed a blank parchment down on the table along with a golden knife. "Now Heir Potter I would like for you to cut one of your fingers and drop three drops of blood on the parchment." The goblin explained when the boy gave him a strange look unsure of what was being asked. Harry just nodded and leaned forward in Severus's lap, taking the knife and making a small cut on his pointer finger. A small hiss escaping his lips as the blood made its way on to the parchment. Harry placed the finger in his mouth sucking away the extra blood while Severus cleaned the blade, before handing it back to the goblin.

"A little information about the wizarding world Harry, blood of any wizard is powerful so do be careful in the future." Severus whispered into Harry's ear explain his actions.

The blood swirled around the parchment before erupting, words sprawled across the page in such elegant writing revealing all of the lines that Harry had access too.

Potter (Father's Side) Heir

Gryffindor (Father's Side) Heir

Peverell (Father's Side) Taken

Hufflepuff (Mother's Side) Heir

Slytherin (Other) Taken

Black (Other) Heir

The Goblin took the paper and read it over. "There are many others that are showing up, but they are families that have died out, and have no other lines to pick them up, or yours is the closest to them. It also seems like your mum was part of a line as well, not a well-known one, but one that had been without a witch or wizard for a while. These are also known as squid lines." The goblin explain as the list had grown larger, "Now for the vaults…"

Harry started to doze off at this point, of course he had grown up with no money so all this is new to him and he was unsure of what he is supposed to do. Of course he was not left alone in this, he had the Malfoy family helping, as well as Severus who will teach him everything that he needed to learn to properly function in the wizarding world. He was just thankful for that, but what about the other muggle born students. It seemed that magic just didn't pop up in muggle families it came from somewhere in their family lines. It would also be the reason why so many other "muggle-born" students came through each year, but would that mean that they also have family lines that where not known of? Why has no one thought of this, or if they have, not helped them integrate into the wizarding world? It would mean that less is lost in the wizarding world, but at the same time new things are being brought in at a controlling way; instead of the pure blood looking down their noses, and the muggle born feel like they have to prove themselves.

"Now, the person that has been in charge of Heir Potter's account has made some frightful changes, 500 Galleons per year to a Hogwarts scholarship program, another 1,000 Galleons twice a year to something called the Order of the Phoenix, and lastly a monthly withdrawal of 1,000 Galleons to go to a family called the Dursley's." All air felt like it stopped in Harry's lungs when the goblin said that. They were being paid to take care of them, and they said nothing about that and treated him that way?

Severus's arms tightened around Harry's small waist when he heard that. He could feel Harry start to shake at the news.

"W-W-Who w-was in ch-charge of my accounts?" Harry asked, his voice breathy and strained. He had to know, this was the same person that stuck him with those people as well.

"It was Albus Dumbledore." The goblin replied as he looked at the distressed wizard, frowning deeply. As soon as he said that, Harry's magic went wild, and Harry's mind went blank. He was feeling every emotion at once and yet feeling nothing at all, it seemed like everything was sucked away. He was frightened of those people, he was mad that he was left, he was sad that he had lost his childhood to these people. He felt himself calming down, and then blackness.

Severus was putting the vile of calming draught away happy that he always had some on hand when need. He looked around and saw the office in shambles, he was still holding Harry close to his chest protecting him from his past.

"I am very sorry for what has happened," Severus said to the goblin, "This is the reason we are doing the adoption in the first place. Those muggles abused Harry, and he was just in shock when he learned that they were getting paid to look after him; and then he hears that the headmaster is the one who put him in the home in the first place, it just sent him over the edge. His magic just took over, before we could even process on what was being said."

The goblin frowned some more, very unhappy about the news that just came his way. "I am sorry to about that, and this will not be charged to you; I will go through and audit Heir Potter's accounts and pull the money that was taken from Dumbledore's accounts plus interest as well. This will not be a charge either, since the guardian in charge was not doing his job correctly." The goblin explained, quickly filling out paper work and sending them off in a flash. "Now before you leave, let's add Heir Potter to the other line that is doing the adoption." The goblin said, pulling everyone's thoughts away from Dumbledore and back on to task.

"Yes, Severus would like to add him to his lines both the Prince and Snape lines," Lucius said, taking charge once again, as the other man checks over the younger wizard, making sure that he is sleeping peacefully, and that there were no after affects from the use of accidental magic.

The goblin smiled, yes from all that he has seen this would be the best for the child. "Of course, Lord Malfoy we will agree to this business, and will take care of everything and mail off the papers to both you and the ministry, once we have everything together."

Both Lords stood up, the heir carried in the arms of the raven haired man, still close to his chest.

"Thank you for helping us and may your gold ever flow." Lord Malfoy said before opening the door to allow the other man, burdened with a child in his arms make his way. The goblin just watched and once they were out of his sight he got to work building a case against the Headmaster of Hogwarts; yes even though the Lords and Heir did not ask of such help, the goblin nation took it upon themselves to bring down the blackness that is plaguing the wizarding world.

Severus gave Lucius a concerned look, they have been overlooking those muggles, but action will soon have to take place.

"Yes Severus, I do agree, but for now we will take young Harry home so he can rest, before the dinner. We can either owl the papers to the ministry, or we can go over there tomorrow."

"Let's go ahead and owl the papers to someone you can trust, so that they will be processed before that Headmaster can look into what we are doing." Severus answered, with all being said and done both men, and the sleepy young boy, left the bank.