A/N: Hello Everybody, I'll try to keep this note short but there are a few things that need to be said. Number one, the POV setup is the same as in the last chapter. Number two, uploading. As of right now I don't have a standard upload schedule. Right now all I can say it that I would like to try to upload at least 1 to 2 times a week and we can see how that works and take it from there. Now without further ado and listening to me drone on and on. On to the story!
Flashbacks
Dialogue
Harry's POV/3rd Person
Today was the day. The question was how do I go about doing it. Sneaking out, getting through Diagon Alley without being recognized, doing my business at Gringotts and then getting back out. Sneaking out was the easy part. My "family" was out at some fancy Country Club with their "friends". So that just made it easy for me All I had to do was walk right out the front door under my invisibility cloak. Then next was summoning the knight bus. I raised my wand arm, waited a few seconds and poof there it was. I love magic.
"Hey Neville, how you doing?" Stan asked. Oh that's right I told him I was Neville, oops.
"Good Stan, thanks. Um can you take me to the Leaky Cauldron?"
"Of course. Ernie take it away!" And with that we were off. Weaving in and out of cars and buildings. Ugh, now I remember why I hate this bus.
"We're here!" Whew that's a relief.
"Thanks." I paid Stan and all but ran off the bus. When I got to the doors of the Leaky Cauldron, I threw my cloak on and hoped this all went to plan. Walking through the pub as swiftly and as quickly as possible without hitting anybody wasn't as easy as I thought. Yet I somehow managed. I was out of the pub I saw the alley. It was somewhat crowded but not so much so that I couldn't walk through it. I made my way done the alley to the white marble building a quickly as possible. Once I got there I slipped in the doors as someone was leaving and made my way to the front desk.
I figured it was safe to pull off my cloak at this point as there wasn't anybody else in the lobby aside me and the goblins.
"State your name and your business." Wow okay he wasn't messing around.
"Harry Potter, I need to talk to someone about myself and my account."
"Very well, I will notify your account manager." He said and then he was gone. When he came back, he came back with the goblin I met before, Griphook.
"Hello Mister Potter, if you would please follow me." And with that he began walking off. Walking to catch up, I started thinking about what I was going to say and how I was going to go about this. Not long after we arrived at what I assumed was his office. Walking in he offered me a seat and then sat on the other side of the desk.
"Okay Mister Potter, what would you like to discuss today?" Okay then straight to the point are we?
"I would like to take a look at my finances." Okay the reaction I got was not what I was expecting. He literally looked at me like I had grown another head.
"Finances?! That is what you came here for today, FINANCES?!" So now he was screaming at me and I don't even know why. Great.
"Yes, that is. Is that a problem?" I was so confused at this point.
"Of course it is, you wasting a goblins time. Your hear to talk about something that you receive in the mail. Mister Potter if you have nothing more important to talk about then please leave." Seriously I was being kicked out? And receiving stuff in the mail, what was he talking about?
"Um, Griphook, what do you mean received in the mail. I haven't received anything from Gringotts ever."
"What are you talking about Mister Potter? We send you monthly statements of your account status and we have been assured by your magical guardian that you received them and reviewed them." Um WHAT!?
"Okay, listen Griphook, I haven't ever received anything and I certainly never reviewed anything. I don't even know who my magical guardian is." I had a bad feeling about what he was about to say.
"Mister Potter, your magical guardian is Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore. About you not receiving anything, I can't explain that." Oh yeah but you better bet your arse that I can.
"Yeah well I can. Dumbledore is the reason. I recently found out that he has been manipulating me and I have a feeling this is just one of the ways he has done so."
"Mister Potter, this is most worrying. Would you mind if we continued this meeting in the Directors office? I think it would be best if he heard this." Oh yeah, you better believe that I am going to be agreeing with you.
"Of course, lead the way." Following the goblin, I started wondering, if Dumbledore was meddling in this, what else was he messing with?
"Hello Director Ragnok, can we impose for a short while. I think you will find it most worthwhile." Ah so we arrived.
"Very well Griphook, come in."
"What brings us here today is a very troubling matter. Mister Potter came here today to do an overview of his finances. When I found out, I was ready to kick him out and tell him to read his latest letter from us but according to Mister Potter, he has never received any letter from us, ever. Nor did he know that we even sent letters. We then covered the fact that his magical guardian ensured us that he had received and reviewed them. Mister Potter has not received any and hasn't been able to review any because of his magical guardian seems to of withheld them from him. This is a very worrying matter, and Mister Potter has also stated that Dumbledore has been very manipulative and this maybe a reason as to his lack of letters. The only question is why would he do this?" Oh I can answer that one.
"I can answer that one Griphook. He wants me weak and easy to control. He wants me to be his pawn and to think of him as my savior."
"Well, this is most troubling indeed. I believe our first course of action should be informing and updating Mister Potter on his accounts." I agree, but hold up, did he say accounts?
"Accounts? I thought I only had one?"
"ONE?! No of course not, you have 4. The Potter Vault, your trust vault, the Black vault, and the Slytherin vault. How in the world did you get one?"
"Wait how do I have the Black Vault and the Slytherin Vault." This was becoming complicated very fast.
"You have the Slytherin Vault by conquest and the Black Vault by being its heir. Lord Black or Sirius Black named you his heir in his will. He left everything including the vault and the title to you. The Potter vault was left to you in your parents will. They also left everything to you including the title of Lord Potter." Wait Lord Potter and Lord Black, this just got interesting.
"Lord Potter and Lord Black? I'm both?"
"Yes you are Lord Potter and Lord Black, but you are also Lord Slytherin and Lord Evans. You should've been informed of all of this at the age of eleven but we can both guess the reason that you weren't"
"Lord Evans? How am I related to that?" Evans was my mum's original name, wasn't it?
"You are Lord Evans, through your mother side. The only reason that there is an Evans vault is because you mother had it combined with your fathers. All of its contents reside in the Potter vault."
"Wait wait wait, I thought my mum was a muggleborn? How does a muggleborn family has lords and ladies?" Was being lied to about more than just myself?
"Muggleborn? Are you kidding? Your mother was from a long line of witches and wizards. The only reason she is believed to be muggleborn is because the Evans went through 3 generations of squibs. Your mother's half-sister is a muggle though." Wait half-sister?
"Half-sister?"
"Yes, you current muggle guardian is your mother's half-sister. Your mother's mother was pregnant with your aunt when she met your mother's father. They stayed together and your grandfather raised your aunt as if she was his own. Whether they told you mother or aunt or not is not something I can confirm. Either way that is besides the point."
"So I'm Lord Potter Evans Black Slytherin?" That was a long name.
"Not yet, you would normally only receive these positions when you reach your majority. But due to the fact that in your 4th year at Hogwarts you were entered in a competition that the ministry deemed as of age wizards only. This means that since you had to compete, the ministry viewed you as an adult. Thus enabling you to become one and accept your titles. Your godfather also had an order of emancipation in his will for you. Meaning that you can and are legally an adult in the eyes of the law. This gives you the right to claim your titles and your wizmagot seats. Thus giving you four seats and four titles. Your trust vault will also be combined with the Potter vault if you wish to go ahead with this."
"What do I have to do?"
"Just say this, I Harry James Potter accept the titles of Potter, Evans, Black, and Slytherin. I will honor these houses and be a noble lord. I will accept my adulthood with honor and wear these titles with pride. As I say, so mote be it."
"I, Harry James Potter accept the titles of Potter, Evans, Black, and Slytherin. I will honor these houses and be a noble lord. I will accept my adulthood with honor and wear these titles with pride. As I say, so mote be it."
"There you go, you are now an adult and you are now Lord Potter Evans Black Slytherin. For different situations you will go by different titles but you will mostly use your birth house and the oldest house. So most of the time you will either be Lord Potter, or Lord Slytherin. Please take these rings. Place them on whichever fingers you wish, it doesn't really matter." I place the Potter ring on my left middle finger and the Slytherin ring on my right middle finger. I then placed the Evans and Black rings on each ring finger. All for rings glowed and shrunk to fit my fingers. Then they glowed for a second time. This time when I look back at my hands I now only had two rings on. What happened?
"What happened? Where did the other two go?"
"They combined. The Potter and the Slytherin, and the Evans and the Black. Now on to the next order of business. As you are now an adult, you no longer have a magical guardian. I believe it is time to see you finances and see what Dumbledore kept from you. Okay for the Potter Vault. It seems everything is in order, no transactions, no discrepancies. Your investments are making you a good bit of money a year. Around 3 million a year. Your balance is around 40 million galleons, give or take a bit. The Black vault is considerably smaller but is still no little amount at about 12 million galleons. The Slytherin vault has about five hundred thousand galleons, as it is most heirlooms and artifacts and things like that. All of the vaults have their own set of accompanying property and that all have things other than money in them. I will have a complete overview of everything in every vault available for you when you are ready to leave."
"Uh huh, sorry I just hadn't realized the amount of money I had. If there anyway I can get a credit card or something?" I definitely need to go shopping.
"Yes I will have one made for you, you will be able to spend it in the muggle or magic world, now I believe the last thing we need to cover is who will take care of your finances and investments?" Um.
"How about Griphook?" That was all I got.
"Very well, I will have him start immediately to do his best to make you the most profit. I believe that that is all. Any questions?"
"Can I see my vaults?"
"Very well, it has been good talking to you Lord Potter. I will have Griphook escort you down." And with that that I was escorted out of the office and back to Griphook's office. From there we went to check out the vaults. I wasn't really looking for anything, I just wanted to have a look around. After a quick look in each of the vaults deciding that I can spend more time there later we went back up to the main lobby, where I received my overviews and my credit card along with my keys. After concluding my business at Gringotts I slipped my cloak back on and slipped out the doors to the bank with one thing in mind. It was time to go shopping.