6/9/2015: edit by dianemalfoy
AN: Harry will not be all powerful but he does have deep wells of magic to draw from. Part of that is because of his drake. They are highly magical creatures and even low powered ones would read very high on the human scales. But the goblins don't know much about them since most are self sufficient or come into the bank looking completely human.
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The cabin, if that's what you would call it, was not what he was expecting. He was imagining a log house with a quaint look. What he saw when he came out of the tree line was a large, single story stone building. The roof was covered in soil and what looked like a garden in full bloom. There were flowers and plants of all kinds, and even some vines trailing off the roof. He thought that was strange, but kinda neat too. If it wasn't for the lights, you would never see the home in the dense woods. There was a wooden stable attached to one side of the house. The whole place was picturesque and beautiful.
He walked up to the door and paused for a moment, about to knock, before he remembered this was his. He didn't need to knock. Harry opened the door and went in. The house was completely different inside. For one, it was larger and 2 story inside. He stepped down the 3 stairs to the floor of the living room. As soon as his feet reached the floor 3 house elves appeared.
"Welcome home Master." Dobby and the other 2 said with a bow.
"Please call me Harry. Like I told Dobby, you need uniforms in place of tea towels. In fact, Dobby I want you to go tell all my house elves about the change in uniform." Dobby nodded happily and popped out. Harry smiled at the other two's look at Dobby's clothes. "You don't have to wear anything exactly like that. You can choose the color of the waist coat, socks and shoes. You can even wear a dress and cardigan in place of the slacks if you want." He added to the obviously female elf. "Now what are your names?" He asked kindly seeing that these 2 were becoming a bit overwhelmed.
"I is Siv. This be Laos. What can we be doing for Master Harry?" The smaller female elf said.
"First I would like some breakfast. Then a map of the area so I know exactly where we are."
"Yes Master Harry. Breakfast is ready. Once yous is finished Laos will show yous to the study where all maps are. Lots and lots of maps." She told him leading the way to eat-in kitchen.
What he had seen so far Harry liked. The house was a nice size, only a bit smaller than the Dursley's. The interior was done in woods and natural colors decorated with several furs. It felt earthy and homey, like a great place to spend a week but not live in indefinitely. Harry contemplated this while eating his very large breakfast, which washed down the potions he had to take.
As soon as he pushed his plate away it vanished and Laos appeared. He seem thrilled to show Harry the study. As they went, Harry noticed that besides the large living room and eat-in kitchen, there was only one other room on the ground floor. When he asked, Laos said it was the water closet. Upstairs had 4 rooms. 2 bedrooms, another bath and the study.
The study looked like an adventurer's room. In the center was a large table, the table top had a large map etched into it but was currently buried under more maps and plans. 2 of the walls had wall to wall, floor to ceiling, book shelves that were crammed full of books. Another wall had a huge map of the forest on it with several pins, crumbling leaves, and photos stuck to it. The last wall was occupied by a large window over a desk. The desk was covered in papers, instruments and specimens. Harry was a bit overwhelmed at the vast amount of stuff and the mess. Whoever used this before wasn't very tidy.
Harry looked around the room and came upon a journal on the desk. He sat at the chair and began reading it. Turns out the book was a field guide to the area. It told where they were in the forest exactly, by the longitude and latitude. It also gave the locations of where several different plants and creatures could be found. Harry looked at that list for a long while before it came to him. Most of the plants seemed familiar because they were. They were potion ingredients. Harry took another look at some of the books on the shelves and sure enough there were several detailing how to harvest ingredients for retail sale. Someone at one time must have lived here and used the natural flora and fauna to make a living. Back on the desk, now that he knew what he was looking for, Harry noticed that among the rocks and preserved bugs were cans, packets and vials of ingredients all meticulously labeled.
With this new information in mind, Harry went back to the journal and read about the different groups of creatures that called his land home. According to the book, there were 3 different clans of Centaurs, a unicorn herd, and a large pack of werewolves somewhere in the 1400 acres he owned, well at least there had been in 1946. Harry spent the next few hours looking at the maps and planning to explore several areas around this place. He definitely wanted to meet the Centaurs. According to the book, they were quite friendly if you knew how to approach them.
He was interrupted by Siv bringing him a snack. After munching on it, he decided to write a few letters before heading outside to explore. As though she could read his mind, Hedwig showed up at the window while he was writing.
He wrote a short letter to Ron telling him he was having a good summer and asking about Egypt. Then one to Hermione telling her he was doing good and about the house elves needing a bond or they would die. Ever since he first mentioned Dobby last fall, she had been the elf crusader and he was hoping that this knowledge would calm her down for a while. Ron and Hermione were his friends but there were times when both were bloody annoying. Next was another to Neville.
Neville,
Thanks for letting me stay over. I have some meetings over the summer but I should be able to stay a week or two. I will be there Tuesday but I don't know what time. If your Gran doesn't mind, I have several more questions to ask her.
I'm going to get started on the things I have to get done. Thanks for the instruction. I hope I don't end up in China somewhere. The floo is not my friend.
Harry looked at Hedwig after setting down Neville's letter. "Hey girl is there anywhere you can't get? I want to write to my godfather and he won't be easy to get to."
Hedwig gave him a look that clearly said "How dare you doubt me human."
"Fine, fine." He curbed under the owl's glare. "Let me write it. But please deliver the others first... Well not Ron's do his last."
Sirius Black
This is Harry. I don't remember you, but if my parents trusted you then that's good enough reason to give you a chance. I just learned I'm the Heir to the House of Black. They said the 'Old Magicks' didn't see your imprisonment as valid so you are still the Lord. They didn't tell me why you were imprisoned but they are looking into it.
The owl that is bringing you this is named Hedwig. She is simply brilliant. She will stay with you till you write back or tell her to leave. Be nice to her. I'm sending some parchment and a pen for you to reply.
I would like to know more about my family and about the contract with Nott. I want to know more about the circumstances for it.
Harry Potter.
He sent Hedwig off with the letters and headed outside. He wanted to go have a look at the stables first.
The stable ran the whole length of one side of the house. Inside there were 6 stalls with six animals housed. 3 were large draft horses, one was a Griffin who looked tame and docile, another was a jet black Pegasus and the last was... was a... Harry had no clue what it was. It was a light gray color and had wings like a Pegasus but was huge. Like, he could walk under its belly and not have to duck, huge. He was going to have to look this thing up.
Harry petted one of the horses and the Pegasus before becoming brave enough to approach the Griffin. Said animal didn't even more from its laying position. Harry petted the down soft feathers of its head and neck. He came to pet the giant thing and it was just as calm and gentle as all the others. He had a strong desire to learn to ride. Before becoming a wizard, he always imagined horseback riding would be like freedom and flying.
"Laos." He called and the elf popped up. "Do you know how to ride a horse?" He asked
"Elves don't ride horseees but Laos knows lots. Cagaru is slow and smooth. He's a good learning horse. Master want mes to ready him?" Laos asked
"Sure. I'd love to try, and falling from a horse can't be as bad as a broom." Harry replied with a huge smile on his face.
Cagaru turned out to be the large black horse with a white blaze and socks. He was all outfitted with black leather track and ready to ride in no time. Harry was a bit nervous now but did as Laos told him. He stood on the right side of Cagaru, placed his right foot in the stirrup and stepped up. He hung there for a moment and almost toppled backwards before swinging his leg over and sitting. For his part, the horse didn't seem to notice or care that there was now a person on his back.
After figuring out how to ride, with Laos giving him instructions from the ground. Harry rode about the house and a little ways into the woods. Cagaru was calm and very obedient, but still made sure Harry remained seated and didn't run them into a tree or anything. Harry didn't try his speed but he did love the feel of the powerful creature under him. And he was right it was just as freeing as being on his broom. Only it was less lonely because he had a constant companion. Harry guessed riding a Griffin or Pegasus would be even better due to both riding an animal and flying. But he wasn't stupid, he realized that he needed to be a lot better at riding before he left the ground.
The two of them rode together until Harry's butt started to hurt. He then rode back to the house and stable. Laos was there waiting on him. Harry had more trouble dismounting and ended up on his bottom. Cagaru looked at him and sniffed him before turning away since the boy was unharmed. Harry was even sorer when he tried to stand. Laos asked if he was ok and then the elf giggled when he rubbed his bottom. Harry half limped back into the house trying to get his muscles to work again.
Siv had lunch and a muscle relaxing potion ready for him when he came in. After eating He asked her to bring down all the ledgers so he could look over some more on the comfy couch. She smiled, doing as she was told. Harry relaxed onto the couch and pulled a fur blanket over him more for comfort than warmth. He pulled out vault ledger 031.
Ultra High Security Vault
Created By: Ustus Potter 7th Full Moon of year 168 to contain overflow from vault 007.
Owner: Harricius John Potter-Perciville
Keys in circulation: 2
Last Transaction: 12th, November 1981 11:08 GMT
Current balance: 0g
'Alice must have taken books from both vaults because the transaction is exactly the same.' Harry thought looking it over. He was kinda staggered that all the stuff in his other vault was just part of it. And while there was no actual money in this vault, all the items had value. All the same people had access to this vault as 7.
He decided to finish up the Potter vaults, and opened ledger 514.
Stasis Vault
Created By: Lilly Potter 13, August 1973; for ingredient storage.
Owner: Harricius John Potter-Perciville
Keys in circulation: 2
Last Transaction: 3rd October, 1981, 7:00 GMT
Current balance: 0g
There was a long list of ingredients some rare and very valuable others common and nearly worthless. There were also several potions that Harry could only identify a few of. What he found most curious was that the other person with access was Severus Snape. He wondered long and hard about why a vault his mom had made would give Snape access. Maybe his godfather would know because Harry was not about to write the man. He was as likely to turn Hedwig into ingredients as to reply. Probably more likely to hurt the messenger.
Harry put that out of his mind. He was making headway and the vaults were moderately easy to understand even if they blew his mind. He opened 004.
Ultra High Security Vault
Created By: Zelshrok 2nd Waxing Moon of year 47 as a transfer to the new system from the Verskii vault
Owner: Harricius John Perciville
Keys in circulation: 6
Last Transaction: 3rd of July 1993, 19:09 GMT
Current balance: 296,793,928 g
Harry was very puzzled by this. A goblin created this vault. So his family had to have had one before to be transferred over. He wondered why they changed. He also wondered about the others that had keys to this vault. But he looked over it in order and found that there was 100g every month transferred into vault 436 as an allowance. Seeing as 1 g was 20 Euro or about 23 pounds that was a huge allowance. He also found refill transactions for his vault 693 and another, vault 591.
Harry did come to the list of others with access. He didn't know any of them. They were; Serpens Perciville, Alexander Perciville, Lydia Dupree, Adrian Dupree and Samantha Dupree. He didn't linger on it though. He moved on to 018.
Ultra High Security and Stasis Vault
Created By: Silvia Perciville nee Slytherin 4th New Moon of year 134, For precious family treasures
Owner: Harricius John Potter-Perciville
Keys in circulation: 5
Last Access: 15th August 1990 9:43- 13:12 GMT
Current balance: 0g
This one was also unlike the others. It stated that no item could ever be removed not even by him the owner. But he could place other items in the vault. He found that very curious and wonder what kind of secrets it could hide. He did notice that the items were mostly books. Almost every book in there had a value of "?". They and several others had question marks in place of titles as well. All the same people had keys as did 004, but Adrian Dupree was excluded.
Harry was gaining more questions than answers. He hoped he could contact one of these people and get them to answer his questions. But for now he wanted to finish looking over the vaults. He grabbed 271.
Moderate Security Vault
Created By: Johanna Belix 13th December 1791 for basic savings.
Owner: Harricius John Potter-Perciville
Keys in circulation: 1
Last Transaction: 9th April, 1982, 11:47 GMT
Current balance: 400,789 g
The only thing other than money was 12 books. Last but not least 647
Created By: Davis Blush, 12th December 1978, for his unborn son.
Owner: Harricius John Potter-Perciville
Keys in circulation: 1
Last Transaction: 2th December 1978, 12:00 GMT
Current balance: 2,000g
The contents was just the money and a letter. Harry didn't know what to make of this. 'Why do I have a vault made for his unborn son?' Harry couldn't puzzle it out. But that was added to his growing list of things to ask. He would read the letter first and decide then.
Harry sat back and thought for a long while. So many things had changed in just a few days. It was hard to believe his old life was over 3 days ago. He saw no sense in looking at the stocks and businesses just yet, but he did want to make a list of all the properties he owned and where they were. Since he planned on visiting them all this summer if he could.
The investment ledger for the Blush family was paper thin and had no properties and only a few stocks and investments. The Belix one had 8 New Baton Way, Down, Ireland. Its value was 160,000g and it had no house elves. The Perciville's only had Perciville Palace and the address listed was just Greece, with 8 house elves attached to it. Knowing all the places he could go, Harry put the ledgers aside and picked up his book on the Houses.
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AN: I think I have thrown enough facts and figures at you all for one chapter.
Next will include how the Houses will work in THIS FICthey aren't explained very well in cannon and so I am doing them my way.