Disclaimer:

Everything is from Mr. Paolini and Mrs. J.K. Me? I got not much, just some inspiration to mess with their puppets. For free.

AN.: I fixed some minor mistakes, the return happened on the Winter Solstice instead of Halloween.

Previous:

Back home, we had a meeting to plan our course of action. It's going to be a busy day.

Suddenly, Hermione asked: "What are you planning for the Goblins? I doubt they will mix well with Dwarves."

Crap...

16 What to do with Goblins.

I forgot all about those buggers, I can't leave them out of this, they helped me more than the wizards and deserve a piece of the action… and they have my money in their cave.

I answered: "That is a hard question Hermione, I already promised that mountain range to the Urgals, putting Goblins under their feet will cause friction, both are a warrior race, with a three or four feet height difference. Letting them settle in the Beor mountains will cause the dwarves to start a war, not only with the Goblins but with us too for bringing them. Does anyone have an idea?"

Imira asked: "What are Goblins? You never spoke of them before."

Embarrassed, I answered: "Yeah, that is a big mistake from me. Goblins are… come to the Pensieve and I show you some of my memories."

Imira and Galiana got a crash course Goblin 101 in the Pensieve. When we came out of the Pensieve, we settled around the fireplace and think about a solution.

Imira spoke up: "Goblins are cave dwellers like the Dwarves, they provide services to the wizards by managing your money and some administration wizards don't trust their own government. They are violent but honorable. Am I right so far?"

Susan grinned: "They are honorable alright, but you better read the fine print when you do business with them. Once you have their friendship, then they treat you fair."

Imira nodded and analyzed the situation: "The Beor Mountains are out of the question, like Harry said, the Dwarves will go to war for it. That leaves us the Spine in the West and the mountain range in the East, both occupied by the Urgals. I would think that Goblins want to have a place above ground, instead of hiding below."

Tonksie said: "Both races have to do battle to get a reputation and respect from their peers and females. Why not offer them the option to share with the Urgals and have competitions to get blooded. They can set up a banking system with Floo connections, they can even branch out to Alegeasia and the humans."

Now that is a scary thought. Goblins making deals with humans… Introducing banking in Alegeasia… that is asking for trouble or the start of a Golden Era… mostly trouble, they too like to swing their weapons around.

Susan felt a chill going down her spine, she said: "Talk it over with our relatives first before presenting it to the Goblins. I can already say that excluding them will cause conflict in this world.

Xxxxx

At dinner time, the in-laws came to visit, we explained the goblin housing problem. Xeno Lovegood put our minds at ease: "Goblins are cave dwellers by nature, they rarely go to the surface, they even breed their food below ground, it was because the interaction with the Wizard world that they ventured above ground. That and to blood their children. When you say that the Urgals have the same habit, that can work to your advantage. A good fight against another race will give the young the respect they crave for. Also, as you know, they can use the floo network too, in fact, they have their own floo network."

Lord Davis agreed: "Their main goal will be finding a location with a lot of minerals to settle down, and someone to trade with."

Imira commented: "That will eliminate the Spine range, the mountains are mostly explored, and the minerals are already being mined."

Susan sighed: "We will propose to take a scouting to the mountain range in the east, and make contact with the Urgals and Dwarves first."

I pointed another possible obstacle out: "In the books, Eragon witnessed the dwarves electing a new king, at the coronation, they summoned their deity, some kind of giant with massive magic power. So there exist some higher creatures in that world. The Elves have their Gray people, who I suspect created the portals to this world. I hope we don't rub them the wrong way by emigrating there."

I continued: "There is also the fact that there is a continent to the west that has something that caused the humans to flee to Alagaesia, followed by the Ra'zac. That can be a potential danger too."

Imira confirmed it: "That is true, even we came from there several millennia ago, why is lost in time or put in a geas to never be mentioned. When the humans arrived, it took some generations to make contact with us, and only some vague rumors about some horrors were all that was left."

Amelia said: "So, this is not exactly the promised lands as we thought it could be. It is still better than this world, the muggles are closing in on us from all sides and it is getting harder to keep magic a secret."

Lord Delacour agreed: "Yes, it is getting very hard to hide, the mansion trunks, or the pocket spaces as you call them will help a lot. And if I understand it correctly, the magical trees will be enough to power the magic to keep the space open. That magical loop is a stroke of genius. Creating enough pocket spaces on time will be the hardest, and maintenance of the trees to prevent corrupting them will be important too."

That is my best solution at the moment, to put the wizarding world in suitcases and stock them in a basement or attic. My genius is baffling even me right now. I hope the wives can explain it better.

Cassandra said: "We studied pocket dimensions very thoroughly, to grow fast they need a ley line, the problem is that most of those lines are occupied by wizarding homes. Our solution for it is to move that home into that pocket dimension. But that can only be done by disconnecting all the wards and enchantments on the building, shrinking it, and moving it inside the dimension to reverse the process. The only problem is that the estate will be exposed to the world for a short time, and needs a massive amount of Magic to shrink the mansion."

Hermione added: "We did some calculations today, and this has to be a group effort to work. Both the ministry and Goblins need to be involved for it, also, we can start the pocket dimensions but don't have the time and the resources to let them grow, our focus is on the world Harry discovered, and eventually move too."

Lord Davis commented: "My son Roger wants to stay here, let him start that company with any siblings that want to stay in this world. It will be up and running in a month or two. There are a lot of young wizards and witches looking for work."

Mr. Tonks remarked: "We better prepare for the wizengamot tomorrow.

Xxxxx

Ah! The Wizengamot, home to old fossils that think they still are in touch with reality. We waited until the last moment to reach the hall, I entered the room and took the Potter seat. Then I looked around to see who is surprised and who is scared of my appearance. When the Chief Warlock started the meeting with the first issue, I interrupted.

Standing up I amplified my voice: "The first point of this meeting is the attempt of line theft on House Potter by some of the members of this Wizengamot. They even tried to use the authority of it to confiscate my fortune and Lordships by force."

I turned to the light side of the room and told them: "You old miserable idiots, do you think I am a dog that comes running whenever you call me? Do you think you can order my wives to bring me here? The only reason I came is to prevent Susan to have an indigestion, she was prepared to chew you all up!"

I turned to the Chief Warlock and said: "Those that tried to demand my money and titles have until the next wizengamot meeting to appoint a successor and resign their Lordship. The ones that don't will have a blood feud coming their way. This is me being very nice, my first urge was to let Susan do as she intended and burn them to a crisp."

That statement was met with silence, a blood feud is a serious threat. The Chief Warlock came to his senses: "Please reconsider Lord Potter, the rumors of you being dead were really persistent, and your wives refused to tell us where you were. We suspected foul play."

I glared at him: "Foul play? Just because I refused to interrupt my research? Again, am I a dog that you can call on whenever you feel like it? Four of my wives are pregnant and they still have the guts to claim my House and fortune? Did you support that demand, Chief Warlock? If you did, then I suggest you look for a different job."

Hah, acting high and almighty is fun, the Lords that demanded my presence regretted it already, my in-laws that have a seat, and my proxies, did nothing at all. They just let it escalate to let Susan have some experience and expose the hidden enemies.

My rant lasted for an hour, during which I explained in detail what I thought about the intellect and common sense of this ruling House. The reporters had pages filled already, and the wireless was transmitting live. We might have hinted that it would be interesting to do so.

I closed with: "What I was doing these months if you must know, is to research ways to hide better from normal humans. They are getting better at detecting and finding hiding spaces. They have devices in orbit that can measure every inch of the planet, it is just a matter of time before we are exposed. My wives have discovered the lost art of creating pocket spaces, they were mostly used in Manor Trunks, but with the need to hide better, we are able to install them in normal homes."

I held my hand up to stop the questions fired at me: "Properly created they can go as wide as three miles and three miles deep. Enough to house a small community. How we will sell them or even distribute them has to yet to be discussed between my wives and our family."

The old Lords had to swallow a bitter pill, by their actions they made sure they won't get a piece of that pie. The method to create Mansion trunks was lost some centuries ago, setting small communities in them could be worth a fortune.

Xxxxx

Our next stop was Gringots, I entered with the full set of wives and in-laws.

Blooddagger welcomed me along with Granny. Granny caned me when I grabbed her in a big hug and shouted: "Granny! Do you know how much I missed you? Auw! Granny! That hurts… ok, ok, I'll put you down if you stop hitting me. Blooddagger! Get your boss in here, we have a lot to discuss, and you still owe me 200 Galleons for that bet remember?"

Blooddagger grind his teeth and answered: "If you read the statements I send your wives, then you would know I put it in your Vault, Basilisk Slayer. Are you sure about calling Ragnar? If it is for a trivial case he will not be happy and will let you feel it."

I grinned: "Sure, call him, I'll hide behind Granny, she will scare Ragnar off."

Alright, I deserved that smack to my head, Granny mumbled something about cheeky brats and manners, I pretended I didn't hear it. The wives took Granny's side and gave me a hard time, I got saved when I heard Ragnar coming.

Ragnar and his posse entered the room: "Basilisk Slayer, welcome back. I presume you found something interesting enough for me to be here?"

I nodded: "We found a whole new world, with enough room to emigrate. There are dangers though and a set of core rules we set up to be followed by everyone. But first, can I present you, my wives, from that world, Imira from the High Elves, and Princess Galiana from the country Alagaesia. Imira, Galiana, I present King Ragnar, the ruler of the Goblin nation."

Both girls made a small bow to show respect, Imira said: "Well met, King Ragnar, our husband told us about your nation and habits. I speak for the Elf nation that I hope we can live peacefully together."

Galiana added: "That goes for our human nation in Alagaesia too, King Ragnar, I think our nations can profit a lot from each other."

We explained, in short, the history and our actions with the results.

I ended up with: "There will be wild dragons, as intelligent as you and me, I suggest to let yours in this world and treat those wild dragons with respect. There are going to be Dragon Riders, bonded with their dragon, they are powerhouses that are going to be teachers, and if needs be, peacekeepers. Another race to be weary of is the Urgals, like your youngsters, theirs needed to be blooded too. The last race is the Dwarves, cave dwellers like you. They occupy a big mountain range and I doubt they allow neighbors in them."

I grinned: "There are vast uninhabited lands and mountains, which I already claimed. Parts I granted to humans, I offered a mountain range to the Urgals, there are more mountains though, I bet you can make a new home there, or at least found a colony."

Lord Greengrass commented: "Most of us are planning to move there, if you listened to the wireless this morning, you know why."

Fleur said: "We prepared some memories of the new lands and the people of Alagaesia. Look at it with your elders, if you are interested, we plan to travel back in two weeks. We can bring a small scouting group and a diplomatic team of Goblins along."

The Show and Tell lasted for two hours, we explained our solution for the Manor trunks by creating magic trees, although we kept the runes a secret.

We returned home with the family in tow, we settled in the lounge, and discussed the day.

Peggy summed it up: "I am all for moving there, the trouble those old Lords caused the last months are enough to prove the hubris is still there. To raise our children and to use magic freely without having to worry to be discovered is enough reason. And being pregnant sucks! I am fat, my boobs hurt, I am eating the strangest things, and Harry wasn't here to yell at."

Astoria commented: "That is all true! Peggy, I hold him in place, and you can give him a piece of your mind.

The in-laws followed the comedy show, fondly remembering the suffering when they were pregnant, and seeing it four-fold, not feeling sorry for me at all.

Xxxxx

Two weeks are enough to prepare for the next mission, we managed to repair all the damaged trunks and restore them to their former glory, we plundered a small forest, half of their trees are now in our trunks with small pocket spaces to produce Magic power, the only thing missing is a new Manor.

Why the Wizards didn't use this method earlier to hide is puzzling, mostly arrogance, I guess.

Anyway, Padma, Parvati, and Katie were staying with Susan and the pregnant wives. We would only stay a month in the new world before coming back for the birth of the kids. Tapsy insisted that four elves came along, two for each trunk.

A big group stood before the portal, we already kissed Tonksie, Hestia, Peggy, and Cassandra goodbye. With us were fifteen Goblins, five diplomats, and ten explorers, the in-laws that came along, are the Greengrasses, the Jones, the Bells, Xeno Lovegood, and Charley Weasley, the last one insisted to come along when he heard about intelligent dragons.

Lord Abbot and Lord Davis stayed here to guard the fort. I turned into my dragon with Ginny and Fleur linking their magic with me in their dragon form.

§ Open § The drain was manageable, the goblins were wide-eyed by the amount of magic needed to open the gate.

I said: "Wait a minute before following, I need to inform the locals of our visit. Better yet, enter the blue trunk, there are some secrets that need to be kept a secret. We will let you out when everything is settled."

Without complaining, they all except the wives, entered the trunk. We went through the portal where the Automate was waiting for us with a sword in his hand. He lowered it when he saw the green dragon, aka me.

I changed back into a human and said: §Umaroth, elders, we accomplished the tasks, what is left, is to transport you all to Ellesmera where Oromis and Glaedr will handle your safety. We brought some people along, if you prefer to stay hidden, I can store you and the eggs in a different trunk.§

Umaroth and the Eldunari glowed… I guess they are happy, Umaroth said: §You done well Dragon Lord. Can we ask you to hatch the wild dragons and guide them in their first months? As you very well pointed out, the Dragon Riders are not suited to raise the young. Your method is much better, also, the Riders need to focus on rebuilding the order, splitting their attention will do much harm in the long run.§

I sighed: §You are right, Old one, let me store you and the wild eggs, the eggs for the riders with their guard will go in the other trunk. My companions know there are secrets hidden here, so showing the eggs will ease their curiosity.§

I opened the spare trunk and we, with the help of Hakky and Stabby levitated the Eldunari in, along with the eggs they pointed out to us. After that, I opened the blue trunk with my guests: "Well, here is the reason for all the secrecy, these eggs are meant for the Dragon riders, we need to transport them to the Elves where they will be taken care of. Minny, Dipsy, can you put them in a nice room please?"

A few snaps of their fingers later the eggs were stored, along with the automatic. Hmm? Where did Charley go? Crap, he is drooling all over the eggs. Double crap! That naffer connected to a red egg!

Ginny lost it: "Charley bloody Weasley! Why can't you keep your paws away from those eggs? Congratulations! You are now a bloody Dragon Rider! You better learn to speak common and the Gray language fast."

Charley grinned foolishly: "Relax sis, from the moment you showed me the dragon riders in the pensive, I wanted to be one too. This is what I wanted all my life, to live among the dragons."

I shook my head: "I bet you will love the training to brother. Well, the dragon made its choice, Oromis will have to deal with it. We are all loaded up I suggest going back in the trunk, Imira and I will create a portkey to the border of Du Weldenvarden, from there we fly across the border and port to Ellesmera."

When everyone was inside, Imira and I ported to the border, I turned green, and Imira mounted me… that sounds so lewd… I have to remember that when role-playing. Across the border, we ported to the training field of the riders.

Arya spotted me and started shouting: "Harry Potter! You will pay for what you put me through! If you do that to me again I will come after you!"

I shrugged: "You need to relax Arya, it was not that you did something abnormal… although I can't remember a thing from that night, you could have done strange things. Did Faolin complain?"

Blushing she answered: "That is not the point Harry! You made Firnen drunk, he is too young to start drinking."

I held my hands up and said: "Hold on Missy, you are his rider, not his mum. And if you remember, he stayed in that egg for a hundred years, so he is old enough to drink. Hold on a minute, Oromis? Where do I put the eggs meant for the Riders? Oh, there is another rider too."

In the distance four roars could be heard, closing in fast. I opened the trunk to let everyone out and started introducing.

"Oromis, I present you my in-laws, Lord and Lady Greengrass, the parents of Daphne, Xeno Lovegood, the father of Luna, Lord and Lady Bell, and their son Darren, the relatives of Katie, and Lord and Lady Jones, the parents of two of my wives that stayed at home. These are the Goblins we spoke of, Granny will lead the diplomatic delegation, and Skullcleaver with Skullbasher will explore the lands. Lastly, a foolish brother-in-law who has an obsession for dragons, hence he bonded with a red egg, Charley Weasley your next Dragon Rider."

I turned to the in-laws and Goblins: "Everyone, this is the leader of the Dragon Riders Oromis, and his students Arya, Eragon, and Murtagh. The translation amulets we gave you should be enough to understand them. You will meet their dragons in a few minutes."

I continued: "Oromis, Umaroth split the eggs up, thirty-eight are meant for the Riders, thirty-seven by now, he asked me to hatch the wild ones and raise them the first months."

We felt our companions flying in from Ellesmera, Flora, Fauna, Luna, Belladonna landed roaring from joy, I bet they are planning a feast tonight.

Luna jumped into her father's arms: "Daddy! You can't believe the animals that I spotted already! Hubby! Did you bring enough booze? We have a party tonight!"

I grinned at Arya: "I stocked up good Luna."

Roaring the others landed, Glaedr, as the oldest, made a big impression, just now they realized how big we could grow in the future. Charley got surrounded by dragons and their riders, eager to meet the new Rider.

Oromis said: "Dragon Lord, take the eggs to Ellesmera, there we will have the first selection round tonight."

I nodded: "I will wise one. Everyone! In the trunk, or, if the parents want to fly, get on a dragon."

The in-laws were eager to try it out, it is impossible in our world, here was their chance to experience it. Soon, a Weyr of Dragons was on the way to the city and landed on the square before the palace.

Islanzadi welcomed us: "You returned Dragon Lord, all is well I hope?"

I smiled: "All is perfect, majesty, I have some of my in-laws with me, we have a delegation of Goblins with us that want to find out if this world will welcome them to settle here, but most of all, Oromis asked to prepare for a Selection tonight, I brought thirty-seven eggs with me that need a rider."

Yep, definitively a party tonight, I wonder if the in-laws will cool the wives down. Some messages and some port keys later, all the wives arrived in Ellesmera, the diplomatic delegation was already in a meeting with the elf elders, and the explorers found their way to the training field.

Daphne carried the Mansion trunk, with a big smile she put it next to the entrance of the guest quarters and the blue trunk. I groaned, that will cause another splitting headache.

Xxxxx

That afternoon, Oromis landed with his students to arrange the selection, about two hundred young elves took part in the selection ceremony, the youngest were Alanna and Dusan, it took all night, in the end, ten new riders got chosen. To everyone's surprise, Alanna and Dusan were chosen by two black ones.

Exited, they presented them to me, I told them: "I will let Padma and Parvati know, they will be pleased that two black dragons chose you. Congratulations to you both. But remember, having fun is important too."

That brought some balance in the Riders, eleven elves and three humans… two local humans and a red one. Molly will have a hissyfit when she finds out Charley married a dragon. A boy dragon even.

That night, the party was legendary… I am told. I woke up with another hangover, surrounded by my wives. I looked around… ah good, no Arya in sight, no Eragon and Murtagh either… Dinah? Nah she will be pregnant by now, the way she shagged that stallion, there was enough seed to create a whole herd.

A lot of Elf couples though, I hope they are not swingers, or how are they called, the couples that exchange partners… Nah, my wives are possessive… I think.

The couples woke up, all of them stark naked, and bowed to me: "Thank you Dragon Lord." a bit worried I checked my backside for damage. Relieved that it was all in order, I tried to remember what happened, I lost a drinking contest with Firnen? Ah, he drank beer and I did whiskey, it figures that Arya would cheat. After that? A complete blackout. I bet Arya took her revenge on me.

Luna snuggled closer and whispered: "Don't worry hubby, the in-laws didn't notice a thing. Granny, however… Why in Morgana's name did you want to take her on a stage and sing battle songs with her? The Skull brothers had to drag her away from you or your skull would be bashed."

I froze up, I abused Granny? Carefully I asked: "What exactly did I do Luna?"

Milli saved me: "Nothing damaging Harry, you just serenaded Granny. Luna is teasing you."

Luna giggled: "Milli, that song could hardly be called a serenade, Wanna be naughty? Let's get dirty. From Cristina somethingy you said."

I groaned again: "So my head doesn't hurt from the booze but from Granny's cane? Great."

Daphne commented: "Come, we need to get back on the job. Harry? I suggest some serious groveling to calm Granny down."

I sighed: What to do with all those Goblins..."