Black ink had spiraled over the parchment, an inky river that showed no sign of stopping. As the lines continued to expand, and Urxluk's eyes grew wide, Harry's heart beat faster and faster. At points, the ink would turn to blue, to red, to yellow and to green. When it finally stopped, both wizard and goblin sat in silence for a moment before Harry looked up and met Urxluk's gaze across the table.
'Well,' Harry said in a voice as bright as he could, 'that was unexpected.'
'To say the least, Heir Potter,' Urxluk said in a very faint, quiet voice. 'Or should I address you as Heir Potter-Black-Peverell- Pendragon- -Gryffindor-Hufflepuff?' Harry's mind went blank, and spoke without thinking.
'To be honest, Mister Urxluk, all these titles are a bit of a mouthful. When we have these meeting could you just call me Harry?' Urxluk looked stunned, but nodded. He gazed at the page, as if trying to understand it all. Harry waited for it to be explained – it was written in various languages, and he was happy to have it explained to him. The fire looked like it was about to go out, so Harry concentrated on it. Soon, it was roaring again. Pleased, Harry turned him attention back to Urxluk who was staring at him in open astonishment. 'What?' Harry said defensively. Surely seeing magic being used is a common occurrence? Harry thought, as Urxluk just shook in head.
'I would get the odd one again,' Urxluk muttered under his breath. He shooked his head and sighed. 'Well Hei- I mean, Harry, it seems you defied all understandable logic. It seems your mother, Lady Evens, had set up something similar to a New Family, but only took in magical creatures who were hurt. That in itself is bewildering, but when she died the magical creatures all … disappeared.' Harry frowned.
'I'm not sure where this is going, but how many creatures were there?' Harry asked.
'There were five in total. A Kneazle, a Grimm, a …a nundu, a phoenix and …somehow… an umbrus draconis, more commonly known as an Umdisc.' As Urxluk read out the list, the level of disbelief rose. Before Harry could question it, Urxluk had moved on. 'All very rare, they seem to have formed a Familiar link to the House of Potter – that is to say, you. None of these would have been your True Familiar if they had survived, but there is no record here of their continued existence.'
Harry barely had time to process this before Urxluk continued his speech. 'All of this was highlighted in green. Now, as I had said, you've been Named for the house of Lupin, the House of Black and the House of Potter. You've also been Named for the Noble House of MacMillan, and the Most Noble and Ancient House of Greengrass. I shall put you in contact will a trustworthy solicitor who can be your liason with those Houses. All this was highlighted in yellow. Now, to the more interesting aspects of the test. A red branch shows where you'll inherit money from. It seems no less than 29 Houses, old and new, have listed you to claim some of their money. All has been placed into a separate account from your main Family vault, as it was addressed to you personally. There are only 4 claims to be carried out, as the Head who made it has yet to die.' Harry nodded dumbly, unable to give any other response to the onslaught of information he was being given.
'The black and blue lines are the most fascinating. Black lines show your true relatives of blood, but blue marks magic you've inherited. This charm will stop at the last relative of magical birth, so on your maternal side one would expect the blank branch to stop at Lilly Evens. However, it seems she descended from a squib cast from the House of Hufflepuff – making you a descendent too. Whilst the Most Noble and Most Ancient House of Smith have long claimed they were the last remaining descendents, the blue branches on this sheet prove that Lady Hufflepuff's Magic has accepted you as its Heir. Furthermore, on your Paternal side, it seems that you are a direct descendent of Godric Gryffindor, and his Magic has accepted you as such. But, even more importantly, it seems that the Gryffindor has cast out of the Peverell family, only for their descendents to marry into a New Family, the House of Potter. Furthermore, the Pendragon House seems to have been founded after one of the Peverell descendents had an argument – Mister Potter, by simply existing you've managed to completely torn up the collective understanding of wizarding history!' Urxluk's voice had slowly risen in both excitement and shock as he'd gone on, and was now staring at Harry with his mouth open. Harry blinked, then shrugged.
'Opps?' He offered with a slight smile. Urxluk groaned into his hands as a clock chimed midnight.
After collapsing onto his bed in the Cauldron, Harry stared at the ceiling. It seemed he had inherited several 'Family Magics', all of which would take years to learn, and was expected to produce at least 9 children! Not only that, but he would have to learn to control so much power… all he had wanted to do was run a few experiments and fly a broom! This was a lot more than he had bargained for. Harry lazily levitated a few object around the room as he thought. Whilst his social situation was unexpected, having Magic did make up for it. He sighed gustily and looked at the clock. It was now 15 minutes until 1 in the morning. He laughed.
'Nearly witching,' Harry chuckled to himself quietly. He turned over in his bed. Urxluk had given him his Hogwarts allowance ('The set amount Hogwarts gives all muggleborns to help them,' Urxluk had explained. 'I think it will do for now, until we can properly assess your accounts and decided what to do.') Harry groaned at the memory. He was so over the whole money business. He just wanted to read and eat ice cream. Harry drifted off into an uneasy sleep.
The next day was met with an extremely grumpy Harry. Tom had greeted the boy quite cheerfully at 7 o'clock, but Harry just scowled at him until Tom left. Harry had ordered a slice of toast before he set off. He kept his head down, but he needn't bothered. The Monday morning crowd was practically nonexistent, only a few elderly ladies were walking about. Harry sighed to himself, and looked over his shopping list. He'd start with a trunk and bag to carry it all in. Trunk shopping could take all that long... could it?
...
Apparently it could, was the conclusion Harry came to 45 minutes later as he walked out Golding's Gear with one limp bag hung over his shoulder. His attention had immediately been drawn to the many different types of trunks you could buy. Although the muggleborn shop assistant had tried to sell him several styles, Harry had deflected all attempts and struck up a conversation about how different the muggle and magic worlds were, then the convenience of charms, then the different types of bags, which lead to Harry getting a 10% discount on a bag that had 5 different charms to prevent rips, stains, or theft – and even had two charms that could make that bag feel as light as a feather and shrink as small as a key! Harry beamed as he handed the 3 Galleons over – he really loved magic. He decided to get a trunk later on, when he had more money to spend.
Harry then spent the next few hours in each store; always spending more than he expected to. Instead of the beginners pack of brewing equipments and ingredients, he had brought the intermediate set – aimed at those taking an apprenticeship. He also bought an excessive amount of stationary, and even added in a few muggle items (such as two notebooks and a few biro pens) before exiting. He had gone to Madam Malkin's to get his uniform, and asked for a few charms to be placed on them so he didn't have to buy new sets every time he grew or they broke. By lunchtime, all Harry was missing were his school books, an owl, and a wand. He decided he could forgo lunch and entered Eeylops Owl Emporium, a shop that sold owls. Harry moved leisurely through the shop, gently petting a few owls. Tawny, black, spotted, big small, there was an infinite amount of owls. Harry felt a little overwhelmed as he drew nearer to the back of the shop -How am I supposed to chose an owl out of all these?! A loud hoot drew Harry out of his thoughts. At the back, on a perch, was the tawny owl that had taken his reply to Hogwarts, and a regal looking snow white owl. Both seemed to be watching him. Harry drew closer to the white owl. 'Hey girl,' he said softly, reaching up to stroke her head. 'Aren't you gorgeous?' the owl practically purred under his touch, and nuzzled his hand. Harry grinned. Owls really were the avian form of cats.
10 minutes later, Harry was rushing back to his room, a giant bird cage in hand. His next meeting with Urxluk was at 8 that evening, and he wanted to get his owl settled before then.
Harry spent the rest of his afternoon with his owl. He hadn't had a chance to name it, so he had taken to calling her 'Girl.' The owl had rolled it's eyes at him (what is it with birds rolling their eyes at me?) but allowed him to pet her. Harry had tried to talk to her, but was just getting amused glances and feelings of happiness in return. Eventually Harry had given up and continued to practise his magic until the evening rolled around.
At 8 o'clock sharp, Harry once again found himself in Urxluk's office. The goblin was sitting there already, with a plate of roast steak in front of him.
'Please, Harry, sit. I imagine you'll be quite hungry as the meeting goes on, so I've ordered food for you again.' Harry grinned in thanks and began to eat. Urxluk had put a pair of thin glasses on for this meeting, and pushed them up and he shuffled a few papers.
'Well, I've organised all your main accounts. Before I show them to you, I'll remind you: 1 Galleon is equal to £150 British pounds in weight, but only £10 if you exchange them. 1 Sickle is equivalent to £1.70, and 1 knut is equal to 10 pence.' Harry frowned at the seemingly random numbers, but nodded in confirmation. 'Then I'll show you your accounts. You have two vaults with the House of Potter – the Family Vault and your trust fund. Currently, you've been taking money out of your trust fund. For the House of Black, you have access to only the Family Vault – it feeds into 3 other vaults but you can't access them or cut them off – only limit them for the time being. The House of Lupin only has 1 account, their Family Vault. You cannot make transactions directly, you must ask the Head. For the House of Peverell – actually, it'll be easier to show you the rest. I'm sure you can handle it.' Urxluk said in a snide voice, but he seemed to be grinning so Harry smiled in return. He has a weird sense of humour, Harry thought as he pulled the paper closer.
ALL VAULTS ACCESSIBLE TO HARRY JAMES POTTER-BLACK-PEVERELL-PENDRAGON-GRYFFINDOR
-HOUSE OF POTTER-
FAMILY VAULT: 5,000,000,000G
TRUST FUND: 500,000G
PROPERTIES: Godric Hollow Number7 (derelict), Potter Villa, France, Potter Manor, Kent
BUSINESS&SHARES: 18% share of the Daily Prophet, co-owns Charms for All series with House of Greengrass.
ALLIENCES: Longbottom, Bones, MacMillan, Clearwater
-HOUSE OF BLACK-
FAMILY VAULT: 18,276,000,000G
FEEDS INTO THE PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OF NARCISSA MALFOY-BLACK, BELLATRIX LESTRANGE-BLACK AND ANDROMEDA TONKS
PROPERTIES: Grimauld Place, London, Cliffs Peak, Plymouth, Starlit Hideaway, Hawaii
BUSINESS: Own:- Potioneers, The CurseBreakers and Charmers and Co.. 15% share in the Daily Prophet
ALLIENCES: LeStrange, Greengrass, Malfoy, Gaunt, Knott, Zabini
-HOUSE OF PEVERELL-
FAMILY VAULT: 200,000,000,002G
FEEDS INTO THE FAMILY VAULT OF GAUNT
PROPERTIES: The Hole, Dublin, Peverell Castle [Location Unknown]
ALLIENCES: Pendragon, Potter
-HOUSE OF PENDRAGON-
FAMILY VAULT: 199,999,999,997G, 13K
FEEDS INTO THE PERSONAL VAULT OF DUMBLEDORE (Illegal, unauthorised by head)
PROPERTIES: Camelot Castle, [Location Unknown], Arthur's Retreat [Location Unknown]
ALLIENCES: Peverell, Gryffindor
-HOUSE OF GRYFFINDOR-
FAMILY VAULT: 200,000,000,004G
FEEDS INTO THE HOUSE OF WEASLEY
PROPERTIES: West Wing of Hogwarts, Scotland, Godric's Hollow [Unknown]
ALLIENCES: Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, Pendragon, Peverell
-HOUSE OF HUFFLEPUFF-
FAMILY VAULT:10,000,000,000G
FEEDS INTO FAMILY VAULT OF SMITH
PROPERTIES: North Wing, Gardens and Greenhouses of Hogwarts, Hufflepuff Gardens, Italy.
ALLIENCES: Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, Smith
-LINE HEIR ALLOWENCES-
HOUSE OF MaCMILLAN: 5000G per year after Majority is reached
HOUSE OF LUPIN: 100G per year after Majority is reached
HOUSE OF GREENGRASS: 5250G per year after Majority is reached
'Well,' Harry said hysterically, slumping back in his chair. 'That should cover all the books I need!' Urxluk's mouth twitched again.
In the distance, in several homes all under great amounts of wards and protection, many Grimoires suddenly glowed.
The first block had been broken.
AN: And with that lovely cliffhanger, I wo't update until the new year ;)
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