I'm sorry! I had mistakenly given the last chapter this name but to be fair I was half asleep when I posted it, but anyway, the last chapter is now renamed to "The Wills". Don't expect the next chapter to be out as fast as this one though. My beta wasn't busy so they could finish this faster than normal, but I still have to finish the next chapter myself.
I have also decided to forgo the normal reading/Answering reviews part of this A.N and just let you all get into the story! Enjoy!
"Young Adriane, we now need to go over your families' properties and all of the money that comes with them." Grinlast took out a couple of ledgers and handed the topmost one to Adriane, it was the one for the Slytherin family.
"This one has the least amount of money since it has almost all been spent over the years by the last heir's family"
Adriane sighed, more parchment honestly her eyes were starting to get kind of tired but she knew she had to get this over with and then go buy some new things. Like clothes and female products- she didn't know anything about them, but she could probably find someone who did- maybe a few new books and some contact lenses? Those might be useful.
SLYTHERIN FAMILY
Slytherin Castle [Habitable]
Slytherin Manor [uninhabitable]
Gaunt shack [uninhabitable]
25% Hogwarts Castle [School for Witchcraft and Wizardry]
Family Vault
Slytherin Family Vault 12: 100 Gallons, 32 Sickles, 10 Knuts
Investments/Ownership
80% in Knockturn Alley [Loans need to be paid back]
Transactions
None
Contracts
None
Adriane read the parchment and was unimpressed, even though it was cool that she owned part of the school there wasn't anything else remarkable there, though now she wondered if she owned more of Hogwarts thanks to being Lady Gryffindor and Lady Ravenclaw. Turning to the next parchment she saw it was one for the Ravenclaw family.
RAVENCLAW FAMILY
Ravenclaw Castle [Habitable]
Ravenclaw Manor [Habitable]
Ravenclaw cottage [Needs fixing]
25% Hogwarts Castle [School for Witchcraft and Wizardry]
Family Vault
Ravenclaw Family Vault 10: 562,085 Gallons, 346,867 Sickles, 16,194 Knuts
Investments/Ownership
30% in Flourish & Blotts
5% in Gringotts Wizarding Bank for helping start up the Bank
Transactions
None
Contracts
None
Adriane was shocked at how much money the Ravenclaw family had and wondered if there was something she could do with it that would help others, but first, she needed to know how much she had so she grabbed the Gryffindor one.
GRYFFINDOR FAMILY
Gryffindor Castle [Habitable]
Gryffindor Manor [renamed Potter manner]
25% of Hogwarts Castle
Family Vault
Gryffindor Family Vault 11: 1,000,000 Gallons, 50,032 Sickles, 10,194 Knuts
Investments/Ownership
10% in Quality Quidditch Supplies
5% in Gringotts Wizarding Bank for helping start up the Bank
Transactions
None
Contracts
None
Adraine shakily picked up the one for the Black family,
BLACK FAMILY
12 Grimmauld place [Not suited for living]
Black Castle [Habitable]
Black Mansion [Habitable]
Investments/Ownership
10% in The Daily Prophet
20% in Borgin and Burkes
30% in Madam Malkin's Robes for all Occasions
10% in Quality Quidditch Supplies
Family funds
Black family vault 666: 3,000,000,000 gallons 2,000,000 sickles, 1,000 Knuts.
Transactions
None
Contracts
None
Once again Adriane was shocked by the amount of money she had and she set the folder down and took a moment to gather her wits again. She was a billionaire! She sat there for three minutes before she picked up the Merlin one, she was saving the Potter one for last.
Emrys/Merlin Family
Emrys/Merlin Castle [Habitable]
Emrys/Merlin Manor [Habitable]
Emrys/Merlin Family home [Habitable]
Family Vault
Emrys/Merlin Family Vault 12: 203,684,265,019 Gallons, 955,194,193 Sickles, 174,927 Knuts.
Investments/Ownership
10% in Gringotts Wizarding Bank for helping start up the Bank
Transactions
None
Contracts
None
Adriane picked up the one she wanted to see the most, just wanting to know if she had any home's she could stay at.
POTTER FAMILY
Potter Manor [Formally Gryffindor Manor] [habitable]
The Pottery [habitable]]
Godric's Hollow [uninhabitable]
4# Privet Drive [Habitable] [Being rented to Petunia Dursley]
Gotham Potter Manor [Habitable/Needs fixing up]
Investments/Ownership
Magical side
10% in The Daily Prophet [successful]
30% in The Quibbler [successful]
15% In Zonko's Joke Shop [successful]
20% in Quality Quidditch Supplies [successful]
5% Junk store [Unsuccessful/Can become successful]
Muggle side
15% Wayne enterprises [successful]
20% Google [successful]
5% Capsule Corp. [successful]
10% Nintendo [successful]
30% Pawn shop [Unsuccessful/Bout to close]
Family funds
Trust fund Vault 687: 1,000,000 Gallons, 1,000 Sickles, 100 Knuts.
Potter main vault 356: 30,000,000,000 Gallons, 23,000,000 Sickles, 12,000 Knuts.
Transactions
50 Gallons to a Molly Weasley's vault once a month- 1991 September 1st
30 Gallons to a Ronald Bilius Weasley's Vault once a month- 1991 September 1st
30 Gallons to a Ginevra Molly Weasley's Vault once a month- 1992 September 1st
10 Gallons to a Hemione Granger's Vault once a month- 1991 November 1st
2,000 Gallons to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry once a year for tuition- 1991 July 31st
300 Gallons to Albus Dumbledore's Vault once a month- 1981 November 1st
100 Gallons turned to 700 pounds [British Muggle Money] and moved to Vernon and Petunia Dursley since 1981 November 3rd
Contracts
Illegal Marriage Contract from one Ginevra Molly Weasley to one Harry James Potter sighed 1982 by Albus Dumbledore and Molly Weasley
Illegal Marriage Contract from one Ronald Bilius Weasley to one Rose Dive Potter sighed 1982 by Albus Dumbledore and Molly Weasley
Adriane stared at the parchment and her gaze slowly narrowed, not only no, but HELL NO. Her 'friends' were being paid to be her friends? She had realized that they were scumbags, but she didn't know that their betrayal went this deep. And what was this about a marriage contract? There was no way in hell that she would touch either Ronald or Ginny with a ten-foot pole.
Wind started whipping around the room again, knocking things off the walls and off of shelves; her eyes started glowing a pure white while her hair changed to a mix between blood red and snow white as she glared at the parchment.
Grinlast stared in shock at the young lady in front of him- this human was easily the most powerful he had ever seen. "Young Adriane you must calm down," He spoke, but Adriane didn't hear him; she was just glaring at the parchment with white eyes and her mixed color hair blowing in the wind around her.
This went on for a few minutes until a book hit her in the head (What was with books and hitting her in the head anyway?), causing her to snap out of it at once and look around shocked at what she had just done. Again.
"Oh, Merlin Grinlast I am so sorry! I didn't mean to do this. I promise I'll pay for the repairs." Adriane was staring at the damage she had caused in horror and shock, oh Merlin what if she had hurt someone? She would never be able to live with herself if someone had gotten hurt because she lost her temper; she was going to have to add that to the things she needed to work on.
The list was getting quite long.
"It is understandable Young Adriane, your world has just been turned upside down and you do not know who you may be able to trust from here on out." Grinlast was a little surprised when Adriane shook her head.
"No... No that isn't it. I know a few people, humans that is, though maybe Luna's not really a human. . . hmm, that would explain some things."
Adriane paused in thought before shaking her head again snapping out of it and continuing with what she had been saying. "Anyway like I was saying I know a few humans I can trust and I believe that I can trust the goblin nation, but I'm just... I just can't believe that they were being paid! I mean, I saw the potions and blocks that were on me of course, but it still hadn't sunk in until now, you know?" She sighed a little,
"Ron was like my brother, Ginny was basically like a sister to me- when I wasn't avoiding her for being creepy- and for me having a tiny crush on her that I'm positive is the work of that love potion. Mrs. Weasley was like a mother to me, the first one that I can remember, and I loved her so much that if she had asked I would have just given her the money." A few tears were in her eyes now as she held back a sob.
"The headmaster was my idol and role model, he was like a grandfather to me and to hear what someone who was like family to me has done is agonizing. And then there is Hermione. I... I loved her, I was planning on asking her out this year, in fact right before my name was spit out of that stupid cup I had just turned to her to ask if she wanted to go on a date with me. In some ways I'm happy that my name came out at that exact moment, others not so much." Adriane seemed to realize where she was and blushed, hair turning pink to go with it.
"Oh, Merlin I'm sorry, you don't need to listen to my problems when you're probably so busy already." Grinlast chuckled a tiny bit, his cold heart went out to the young lady in front of him.
She had already gone through much more than most adults years older than her have, that included goblins as well because for goblins children were precious and to be protected- even at the cost of an adult Goblin laying down their life for a child.
It was one of the reasons why he had secretly come up with a plan to help Adriane, he couldn't in good consciousness allow her to go out there unprepared for the dangers she would be facing. She needed training and he knew just the people for it.
Maybe it was time to call in a favor a certain someone owed him. Grinlast had a feeling that Hill would love to have someone to mentor, along with the fact that during training she would be able to beat someone into the ground without getting in any trouble, not that it bothered her when she got into trouble, but the sentiment still remained.
"It is once again understandable young Adriane. Now I have come up with an idea on how to help you with the control of your abilities, and maybe even teach you the things you want and need to know, but that is if you agree to it."
Adriane was a little surprised and confused because in everything she read had said that Goblins didn't really like other magicals, but if she was being honest, the books have been mostly wrong, as she had found out, ever since she had come to the bank a few days ago. The Goblins had been nice and cared about her and had what she needed, so she nodded to show she was listening.
"Now this is only known to very few people outside of the bank, but the Goblin race has perfected time dilation a long time ago and this isn't like those pretty necklaces that you magicals use, no, this is slowing down time within an enlarged space, sometimes as big as a giant or small room depending on what is needing to be done inside the room."
Adriane stared at him in shock, wondering if he was offering what she thought he was.
"Now I would like to know if you would like to pay and use the room? It would be about 1,000 gallons for a week, but note that a day outside the room is a year inside, so you would have seven years inside for seven days outside. Also, you would not be aging while inside. So what shall it be? Would you like to use the room, and if so, for how long?"
Adriane sat in thought, on one hand, this would help her tremendously, on the other she wouldn't be able to see her friends for seven years to her, but she wouldn't have to worry about learning all she wanted and needed to alone and by herself.
She sat there for a little while before nodding to Grinlast. "I'll do it, please take the money out of the Ravenclaw Vault." She paused trying to think of anything else and nodded, "Oh, and also please stop the money going out of my vault unless I personally tell you otherwise."
Grinlast wrote something down and nodded, "It is done. Is there anything else you wish for while I get everything set up? Be warned that it shall take a few hours."
"Yeah, there is, you see I need to go shopping for a new wardrobe and some other things, so, is there some way I can go shopping in both worlds, both magical and muggle without having to lug around a bunch of heavy coins and paper?"
Grinlast paused in thought, staying that way for a moment before getting up and leaving the room and Adriane sitting there confused before he came back ten minutes later with a leather looking wallet that upon closer inspection revealed it was made of dark green dragon-hide. Grinlast handed the wallet to her after he sat back down.
"That right there is a wallet charmed to be water and fireproof, charmed against being stolen or lost and it will always have the exact amount of money you require- all you need to do is to think the amount you need and it shall be in the wallet when you open it. It is able to call up both muggle and magical money. It costs 100 gallons and you will need to put a drop of blood on the rune right there." He pointed out a rune at the top of the wallet, on the metal clasp. "And it will make it so only you and you alone shall be able to use it."
Adriane beamed at Grinlast, this was exactly what she needed. "Thank you Grinlast, please take the amount out of the Ravenclaw vault, in fact, please make that my go-to vault unless I say otherwise."
"Very well, Young Adraine."
"You don't have to call me young, Grinlast." Adriane giggled a little before pausing surprised, did she just giggle? Well yes, she guessed she did, wow, that was going to take getting used to if she giggled like that without thinking about it. "Also uh one last thing," She smiled sheepishly, "Is there any way you can make it so I can look like the male me until I'm ready to show the world that Adriane Kenna Dive Potter is here and she's here to stay."
"I should have something that is able to do that at the end of the week. We should also have the ritual to get rid of that parasite out of you by then as well."
Adriane relaxed a tiny bit, that was good- the sooner that thing was out of her head the better. "Now we shall need to go over what teachers you would like and what you would like for them to teach you."
Adriane groaned a little, great more business, she just wanted to go shopping right now- and wow, she was getting used to being a girl way to fast, wasn't she?
A few hours later, after she and Grinlast had ironed out the details, she was walking out of the bank ready for a shopping trip while waiting until everything was ready for her.
First stop: new clothes.