"I want them all gone."
"Understandable. cleansing rituals can be organized while we go through some more things but if i may make one suggestion?" Hadrian motioned for him to continue. "The Blood glamor should be transferred to an item such as a necklace or ring. That way you will still have it should you want or need it." That was a very good point, he didn't want Dumbles seeing a difference and looking closer. Hadrian nodded in confirmation, and Gold Tooth pressed a button on the side of his desk. "Is there a specific item you would like to use or we can obtain one and add it to the fees for the rituals." Hadrian still had the rejected items he first brought to gringotts and poured them on to the desk. Looking through them he put away anything he couldn't wear like the earrings and anything too ostentatious. He found a ring that was just a band of silver with a Celtic knot design etched into it, you wouldn't even see the design unless you were up close and Hadrian passed it to Gold Tooth who inspected it. "Nothing special, just plain silver. The transfer will work with this.
The doors to the office opened and another goblin came in. Gold Tooth handed them the magic test, said a few words in gobbledegook and handed the ring over. A short conversation later and they turned to hadrian. "What would you like to do with the horcrux?" He opened and closed his mouth a few times. He didn't think anything could be done, Dumbledore said… Harry wanted to bash his head against a wall. Of course Dumbledick said the only way to get rid of it was an AK to the face. He let out a sigh.
"What are my options?" the goblin that wasn't Gold Tooth answered his question.
"Leave it, or transfer it to an object." Hadrian reached into his bag and pulled out the first thing his hand touched. It was a gaudy fake gold bracelet with red glass gems and Harry couldn't help but think it was perfect.
"Would you transfer it into this? I would like to keep it please." The goblin nodded, took the bracelet and quickly left.
"After the ritual you will need to take the magical test again." Hadrian remembered the invasive feeling and shuddered. He went to argue but was cut off. "On the test it said your core was Novis Magus with the binding. With the blood binding it wouldn't show any of your blood inherited abilities and affinities. However this does raise the question of how you can talk to snakes?"
"Could it be from the horcrux?" That's what he was told last time, though that doesn't mean much.
"Possibly, no one has seen a human horcrux before." it probably was.
"Um, what is the goblins' view on horcruxes?" Gold Tooth just raised an eyebrow. "Like could I keep one in the bank?" Gold Tooth scowled at him.
"No . It may be an object, but it still houses a soul. Keeping it in a vault would go against our laws." Hadrian smirked.
"So if i told you there was already one here and i wanted it. Would you give it to me as the price for telling you where it is located?" Gold Tooth's eye twitched.
"You, heir potter, are telling me that one of our customers is housing a horcrux in their vault?" he just nodded, an angry goblin was a scary goblin. "If what you are saying is true we would be willing to grant you more than you asked for. Hadrian waved his hands.
"No, that's fine. All I need is the cup."
"Well then if you give us the location we will retrieve it for you." Hadrian was grinning. This means he has the diary, diadem, his scar, and the cup. The locket wouldn't be too hard to get either. Just the ring and Nagini, though he didn't know if Nagini was one just yet.
"It is in Belatrix LeStrange's vault and is Helga Hufflepuff's cup." Gold Tooth nodded and a runner was quickly scurrying in and away again after a few barked words from Gold Tooth. The doors opened and another goblin walked in.
"Well Hadrian." he felt warm at the use of his name. This was the first time anyone had ever used it and he liked it. "I do believe the ritual spaces are ready for you. If you follow Healer Bronze Wing, they will take you." He nodded to Gold Tooth and followed Bronze Wing, who was already out the door. It wasn't a long journey but it was confusing and he had no clue how the goblin got anywhere. Once in the room he looked around. The whole room was made of a dark gray almost black stone, circles were etched into the floor but there was nothing else.
"For this we will need your magic to be docile, and the best way is for you to be unconscious, so if you would remove any other magical signatures; this includes your wand and any other enchanted item you may have." he took out his wand and placed it where Bronze Wing indicated. They raised an eyebrow. "Nothing else?"
"I have nothing else on me. Everything else I left in Gold Tooth's office." her eyes widened slightly, but she nodded.
"Now, if you would lie down in the middle of the circle, we will begin by putting you to sleep." he did as asked and Bronze Wing tapped his forehead.
Harry woke to raised voices. "I want their heads. All of them! Malnutrition, multiple infected lacerations to the back, multiple wrongly healed bones, a basilisk bite. You hear me? a fucking Basilisk bite. Morgana knows how he is still alive." He was not good. He opened his eyes and saw Bronze Wing yelling at Gold Tooth. "That's not all there was. There are scars. a lot of scars, old enough that I can't heal them." Hadrian decided he didn't want her talking about this.
"It's okay. I didn't expect to get rid of them." two heads snapped around to look at him. Their eyes wide and mouths hanging open.
"Did he just?"
"Hadrian, you do understand that we are speaking gobbledygook right now?" he blinked at the goblin and thought back. It was similar to how he spoke parseltongue. Like he innately knew what they were saying and when he didnt think too closely about it, his brain would default to English, mixing it up.
"Ha . That's new. So that magic test would probably be helpful." Gold Tooth produced the red orb and hadrian put his hand on it. Soon enough a parchment was handed to him.
Hadrian Jameson Potter-Black
Core level: Master Magus.
Familial Blessings.
Blessing From the ancestral dragon Kilgharrah (Emrys.)
Child of the Seligen Queen (LeFay.)
Blessing of nature from Queen Lamara of the Northern water nymph tribe (Hufflepuff.)
Family magic
Parseltongue (Emrys)
Mage sight (Emrys)
Seligentongue (LeFay)
Fay sight (LeFay)
Waters friend (Hufflepuff)
He handed the test to Gold Tooth again hoping for an explanation. "Well Hadrian, you know what parseltongue is, and mage sight is the ability to see magic. Seligentongue is nonexistent nowadays but considering your ancestor it is understandable. It is the ability to talk to the Seligen. The Seligen is the collective name for the Seelie and Unseelie, or what people now call creatures. Back when Uther Pendragon was king of Albion, all magic was against the law, creatures were exiled but they had their own lands Known as the isle of Avalon. Avalon was ruled by Morgana LeFay and her eight sisters known as the nine true fay. The Seligen court was split into two, the Seelie were the creatures who needed wild or ambient magic and nature to survive. These include Elves, druids, Kitsune, Nymphs, as well as others. Then there are the Unseelie, who are creatures with their own magic. These include goblins, werewolves, vampires, merpeople and others. So in essence Seligentongue is the innate ability to speak and understand every creature language. Fay sight is the ability to see like us. I am unsure if you are aware, but we can see through most magics like glamor's or disillusionment charms and such. You will now have this ability too. Lastly, water's friend is a common enough blessing though it is normally given to a person, not a bloodline. It allows you to breathe and move more freely underwater. Water nymphs and merpeople will often bless the ones they grow attached to."
Bronze wing came back with a box in hand, and handed it to Hadrian. "That is the horcrux we pulled from your scar as well as the one from the LeStrange vault. It's in a magic dampening box to be safe. oh, and there is this." she passed him a fairly plain silver band, and reminded of the fact he had never seen what he truly looked like he conjured a mirror. It honestly wasn't much of a difference. His hair was still messy as ever, though it was darker. Before it was a black/brown, now it was such a dark black it looked slightly black/blue, except for a single lock of pure white where his now faded scar touched his hair line. Where his eyes had been a deep emerald, they had now lighted to a toxic green, one that looked identical to the killing curse. The rest of his features had minor changes to them: his eyes were bigger, his cheekbones were more prominent, his jawline was softer, and he looked a little more delicate in an aristocratic way. He liked it. His hair ruined it though. Maybe if he grew it, he could tie it back and it might look more respectable. if he was now a grand Duke by his highest title, he would need to look the part in the right circles.
"Hadrian, if you're amenable, we could convene at my office?" Only now did he notice he was lying in a bed, in what looked like an infirmary. He quickly got up and put the ring in his pocket along with the shrunken horcrux box. Looking around he saw his wand on the bedside cabinet and picked it up, only for it to splinter and split in two lengthwise, revealing the ashes of the once phoenix feather. Hadrian just looked in shock at his hand. Great, now I need a new wand.
