(Dumbledores pov)
This was it, the year Harry Potter was to return to the wizarding world. Everything was going according to plan.
Harry will come to Hogwarts, away from his hateful family. Feeling like he belongs for the first time, but not being familiar with our world, he'll need someone to guide him.
That is where I come in. The nice and understanding grandfather figure, taking the time to get to know him and explain things to him. He would look up to me as the one who rescued him from his aunt and uncle.
From there the little Gryffindor, because that is the house this child will belong in, will be easy to manipulate. I've already placed spells in the common room and first year dorm to listen to him and make sure he makes the right friends.
I've already told the Weasleys to watch out for him at the muggle entrance. I've sent Hagrid to talk to the boy and give him the ticket, but told him not to tell Harry how to get on the platform.
Molly will be watching out for the boy, muttering about the muggles once she gets close enough to him. I told Ron to find him and befriend him. The boy wasn't very bright, but was easy to control.
Now all I have to do is wait for the Potter heir to arrive.
(Hagrid's pov)
I just left Professor Dumbledores office, preparing to go get Harry and take him shopping, as well as get the package he wants me to pick up from Gringotts. I decided to get the package first so Harry doesn't get suspicious when I get him.
As usual, the ride on those horrible carts made me feel nauseous, so I grabbed a pint at the Leaky Cauldron to settle my stomach.
By the time I finished I paid for my drinks and left the pub, heading back to Hogwarts to tend to some sick magical creatures in the forest. When I got to the school, I suddenly felt like I forgotten something, but I put the feeling out of my mind, thinking that it was nothing.
(Harrys pov)
I sat in Nagnok's office, as he took in everything I just told him. He had a strange expression on his face, a look that was both thoughtful and dangerously angry at the same time. It was moments like this that I was glad I wasn't on the receiving end of what ever he is thinking.
"Griphook?" He called, and another goblin enter the office.
"Bring me the monthly statements for Mr. Potter's accounts."
"Of course." Griphook left and I turned to the goblin in front of me.
"Monthly statements?" I asked, not knowing that I should have been getting monthly statements.
"You have not been getting the monthly statements? I send them by owl every month."
"Ive only gotten one letter by owl, on my eleventh birthday, and it was my Hogwarts acceptance letter."
"Someone's been intercepting the mail then."
"I bet its Dumbledore."
Griphook came back with a thick stack of papers. Enough papers for at least one statement each month since my parents death. Nagnok looked over the statements and he handed me the overall statement.
Monthly Withdrawals not made Harry James Potter
500 Galleons by Albus Dumbledore for Vernon Dursley (Potter vault)
350 Galleons by Albus Dumbledore for Weasley vault (Potter Vault)
150 Galleons by Albus Dumbledore for Hogwarts school (Potter Vault)
400 Galleons by Albus Dumbledore for Order of the Pheonix (Trust Vault)
150 Galleons by Albus Dumbledore for Hogwarts School (Trust Vault)
50 Galleons by Albus Dumbledore for Ron Weasley beginning August 1991 (Trust Vault)
Other withdrawls not made by Harry James Potter
100 Galleons by Ron Weasley for school supplies (Trust Vault) signed by Albus Dumbledore.
Deposits not made by Harry James Potter
Unsigned marriage Contract for Ginerva Molly Weasley by Albus Dumbledore (activated when Harry Potter turns 17) (Potter Vault)
Copy of James and Lily Potters will by Albus Dumbledore (tampered with)
There was so much on there I decided to start from the easiest item to take care of.
"Unsigned marriage Contract?" I asked
"A marriage contract is an agreement between two families as mean of bringing the families together. It was common in the old days to keep a familys bloodline from dying out. The families would use a spell to determine how compatible the two children are and who has the best chance to produce magical children. A couple that has a high probability of producing squibs were not matched up. There are usually rules that decide when a contract is active like when the bride reaches a certain age or when 1 specific family produces a male at around the same time as the other has a female.
"A true marriage contract is usually written up by one family and sent by owl. Usually the grooms parents would write it up and send them to the parents of a potential bride, though it has been done the other way around. There would usually be rules or clauses in the contract, a good example is if the bride can not provide a male heir by a certain deadline, usually a year or 2, then the contract is void. There are also sometimes bride prices, meaning that the groom must pay the family of the bride a price in order to be wed, paid before the wedding can take place. That is to prove that the groom can provide for the bride.
"The two families will agree on the contract or rewrite parts of it, and when both parties agree, will sign it to make it official.
"This marriage Contract is unsigned meaning that either it was written after your parents deaths or without your parents knowing. Both Lords or Ladies if required, must be present before it can be signed. As of right now there is no Lord Potter, and you are not yet old enough to sign it."
"What if I don't want to sign it? Being as young as I am, I think I would prefer to make my own choice on who I eventually marry. I mean what if I don't like this Ginerva? What if I go to Hogwarts and meet a girl I would rather be with?"
"When you turn 16 or you are emancipated, you can choose whether or not to sign the contract. Since the contract hadn't been signed by your parents or legal guardians, you don't have to worry about it. If later you decide to marry this Ginerva, you can do so with or without the contract."
"Ok. How about the tampered will?"
"If you want, I can have it removed from your vault and read it through. I can send you any details I think you need to be aware of. For now on I will portkey every piece of mail directly to your trunk home. Where would you like for me to send them during the school year?"
"My personal trunk. I plan on taking it with me each year. I don't feel comfortable leaving it in the attic. I know no one can see it but I don't want to take any chances. I'll figure out some way to get into it without anyone knowing about it."
"As for the money being taken out, we can stop the monthly payments and take the money out of Dumbledores vault. We will make sure your money is back in the right vaults. All of the monthly payments for Hogwarts School and The Order of the Phoenix will be switched to his vaults. The payments to the Dursleys, Weasleys and to Ron Weasley will be cut. No money will go to any of them."
"Won't Dumbledore know the money is being taken out of his vaults?"
"No. The Dumbledores had chosen not to have monthly statements 200 years ago. The Head of the family feared people would try to steal the money if anyone saw the statements being delivered."
"Good. I don't want him to know anything about the situation for as long as possible. I don't want him to know that I know about my parents, or about the wizarding world, and I don't want him to know that I don't live with the Dursleys any more."
"Would you want me to notify Severus Snape? He is the Potions Professor and Slytherins Head of House at Hogwarts."
"No I can talk to him and show him my mums journal. But I need to make sure he isn't with Dumbledore before I tell him. Also, I was wondering if you would be my financial adviser. I know you wont let anyone into my vaults without my permission and I also know that you won't let Dumbledore try to manipulate you. Would you like to be my financial adviser?"
"Of course Harry. I'll start by taking the contract and fake will out and putting an end to the withdrawals. Also I should give you this so that you can shrink your trunk so no one will know you have it. All you have to do is tap your trunk and say shrink. To enlarge say enlarge."
I nodded and thanked Nagnok before grabbing my portkey and the button. And before I knew it I was home.