Chapter 12
Tuesday, July 1st, 2014
(Stark Tower, NYC)
When her phone rang while she was asleep, she was ready to give whoever was calling a piece of her mind. Being with Tony and the Avengers team staying at the tower, she rarely had a silent and peaceful night.
Finally opening her eyes and grabbing her phone, she was surprised to see Antony calling her. He rarely does. After all, ever since his aunt for some reason inherited her company instead of her son, Antony never intervened in the company and rarely took part in the board meetings. So, for him to call and at this hour nevertheless, something bad must've happened.
So, finishing the call, she quickly changed her clothes and asked Jarvis, “Jarvis, Tony is still in his lab?”
Jarvis' voice came from the sound system saying, “Yes Miss Potts. Mr. Stark and Dr. Banner are still working on their project.”
“Tell him to get up to the Avengers HQ level. It's an emergency.” Pepper told Jarvis as she left her and Tony's bedroom and went there herself.
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(Peverell Vault, Gringotts)
Taking him a bit to calm down from what he had just read and stop crying, Oskar finally stepped out of the vault.
When the two guards that were still waiting for him to come out saw the state he was in, Oskar dismissed it. Since he couldn't use his phone this deep underground he told them that he was okay and asked as he gave one of them a letter and two notes that he wrote, “Can you give this letter to his Majesty Ragnok and after reading the letter to come here to have a word with Cadmus Peverell? Also, if it's possible, can you ask Griphook to send a message to Antony, Luna Lovegood, Elena, and Michael Corner, and their parents to come here immediately before joining me here, with those two notes to him and Antony before joining us as well?”
The guard who took the letter nodded and left. When he finished levitating twelve trunks from the vault to the trolley that was brought with them and three boxes, then the vault was closed, and he started to follow the second guard, who led him to the Peverell invention vault. When they arrived, Oskar told him to give him a few minutes as he only needed to grab four boxes for now before he came back.
Receiving a nod from the guard, it took Oskar about five minutes before he came back out from the vault and put the boxes on the trolley before he was led to six of the eight Gagos vaults to have a quick visit before they go back to Griphook office to meet the others before meeting the Weasley's, and the rest of his soulmates.
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(Stark Tower, NYC)
After being briefed by Pepper, Tony had to ask, “Jarvis, how good is the Intel that Antony gave us?”
Answering him, Jarvis told him, “From everything I've gathered about Oskar Anderson, Sirius Black, the Potters, and Peter Pettigrew, it seems to be accurate. As for the cult, the files are both classified and redacted.”
“What about MI6? Anything from their database? Hack them, and let's see what they have on them.” Tony told Jarvis. Though Antony is always open with them, he hates the unknown, and even if the boy is a genius with a rough background, he's still an unknown variable.
His trail of thoughts was interrupted by Jarvis saying, “The department that's dealing with this case seems to have a strong system, and it's fighting any hacking attempt that I attempt.”
“Hmm, they improved from before. Keep trying and get me everything you have on the boy Oskar Anderson and Harrison Potter. Those two own almost a third of the company. Pepper…” Tony was saying before being interrupted.
“Glad you remembered that I'm in the room. Jarvis, hold off the hacking.” Pepper told the AI, then turned to Tony who was giving her a sheepish look and told him, “If you've let me finish, you would have known that Antony is going to send us the full case file on Friday after his press conference. When you read them and you're still not satisfied, then hack them and see for yourself.”
When Tony was about to interrupt, Pepper stopped him with a kiss before she added, “He's showing us briefly the un-redacted files as a good faith. Also, you and I are flying to London Friday next week and meeting both Oskar and Harrison on Saturday.”
Pulling her for a kiss, Tony asked her, “Not even a little bit. At least let me do a thorough background check..”
Stopping him, Pepper, in all seriousness told him, “Tony, not everyone is the bad guy. They're just little kids that had some terrible childhoods. If Antony thought for a second that those boys were even slightly bad, he would've told us. You know how Antony works, I'm trusting him on this until we meet the kids, and then I'm doing my own thing to see where they stand.”
Seeing the look on his face, Pepper added, “How about this? We'll bring Bruce, Rogers, Romanoff, and Barton. That way, they can help assess the kids. Plus, Antony did say that Oskar is a fan of some of Bruce's research that he had already released.”
From what he knows already, he knew the kid at some level, a genius, but seriously, he's choosing Banner? With an insulted look, “Seriously, he's choosing Banner over me? He knows I've made my first Iron-Man suit out of nothing in the middle of the desert, right?”
Bursting into a historical laughter, Pepper couldn't help herself but say, “Are you telling me that you, Tony Stark, is jealous of a thirteen year old for choosing Bruce over you?”
Pouting, Tony told her, “I'm not jealous. Kids usually find Iron-Man cooler. Maybe Capsicle second.”
Chuckling, she told him, “Let's go to bed. You're already sleep deprived.”
“Just give me a minute, and I'll get back to our room.” He told her.
With narrowed eyes at him, she knew that he'll tell Jarvis to keep trying to hack MI6 to read the case. She sighed and told him, “A minute or I'll come back and drag you myself.”
She turned and left. The moment the door closed behind, Tony said, “Jarvis…”
Jarvis didn't let him continue as the AI said, “Already on it, sir. The moment I have anything, I'll send them to you.”
Nodding approvingly, he left the room and followed his girlfriend back to their room.
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(Gagos Vault, Gringotts)
As they reached the Gagos weaponry vault, both Ragnok and Griphook arrived to see Oskar standing in front of the vault and in the middle of what seemed like a vision.
As he came out of it, Oskar couldn't help but say, “At least two good things came from that bitch.”
Turning around, he was glad to see the new arrivals who also brought him what he asked for in his note, giving Ragnok a slight head bow, Oskar told them, “Thank you for coming, I presume the memories that were blocked were brought back after reading the letter.”
Giving him a pleased look, Ragnok told him, “Good morning Oskar, I must say, it is disturbing. I was told that there is a way for you to allow me to enter the vault containing the portrait so I could have a word with Mr. Peverell. But, before that happens, anything worrisome from the vision you have just seen?”
Chuckling as he knew that he was going to berate Cadmus, Oskar shook his head as he said, “Aside from wishing I could go back in time and strangle her, she's kinda did us a good favor for what she stored inside. I know she stored them here shortly before you replaced your father as King and head of Gringotts, but I promise to tell you in detail tonight.”
Knowing what he was thinking, Oskar added, “Once Antony is here, I'm going to ask him to contact everyone to meet us at our estate to have an extremely important meeting in which the both of you, Grimtilda, alongside Professor Flitwick are joining us.”
“Are we now?” Ragnok asked him in a raised eyebrow.
Chuckling, Oskar nodded as he said, “Let's just say a few additional people are joining us, including Lady magic and some of her companions.”
The goblins stared at him for a moment before Ragnok finally said, “That will do. At what time are we expected?”
Shrugging, Oskar told him, “Cadmus told me that later today after everyone arrives at the Gagos estate, which is before dinner. I'll send you a note with the password to our floo to the estate when we arrive just in case.”
Nodding in agreement, as they knew they couldn't miss that meeting, Oskar grabbed one of the three boxes that he brought along with trunks from the first Peverell vault, opened it, and removed the first dagger from it.
He carefully handed it to Ragnok and told him, “Just a small cut to your finger and swipe it to the door, and it will let you in. Currently, the security that Cadmus made, the vault, will only allow me and temporarily you to enter. When you're done, can you leave the dagger there, please?”
Giving him a firm nod, Ragnok told him, “During our audits, some of our branches abroad contacted us. We found that, aside from businesses and certain ownership that your great grandparents had in those countries, Katarzyna had fifteen additional vaults in each of NYC, California, Taxes, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Egypt, Australia, Germany, Ukraine, and Argentine, three in Washington D.C, and sixteen in Turkey. As for her husband, Jake Anderson, he had ten vaults in each of London, NYC, Brazil, South Africa, Russia, Canada, Australia, Mexico, China, Poland, Argentina, Chile, Turkey, and India were sealed and kept secret that would appear on your inheritance test until the next day, alongside some investments and ownership that Jake had made with my father, which is today by my father."
As for the new vaults, Cadmus told him what she did, why she did it and his visitors allowed her to do it. Even if Cadmus didn't go into full details for now, admitted that she went overboard. Cadmus was right about the last part, because the vision that he just saw showed him how far she went to help them out, even the length she took to make it happen, even though there were parts she hated doing. As for his great-grandfather, he only thought of the business side of it all. So he told Ragnok, “I know, they were in the vision that I just saw. I just wish I had more time to do it all in one go..."
In return, Ragnok offered, “If you wish, sometimes between now and then, you can use one of our portkeys for a quick visit instead of waiting that long. After all, we both know the magnitude of what must be done, and it is possible not to have enough time.”
Thinking it through, it was much better and faster from when he went to America, so he agreed and thanked Ragnok for his amazing idea.
With a pleased look on his face, Ragnok turned and left to meet with Cadmus and have some words with him.
Turning towards Griphook, Oskar told him as he gave him the same box, “Inside, is a given to Cadmus by your great-grandfather. Cadmus wishes to return it to its original owner, which is you, and I agree with him.”
Staring at what he was given, Oskar knew that Griphook was trying his best not to show any kind of emotions. After all, Oskar had given him back one of his family heirlooms that was gifted to Cadmus.
Closing the boxing and wanting to be emotional about it in private, Griphook told him, “Thank you, Oskar.” Then he gestured to the trolley that he brought with him as requested and added, “As requested, a three compartment trunk, a small regular one compartment trunk, and a small potion storage trunk.”
Thanking him, from the trolley that was already with him, he moved from it the remaining two boxes from the first Peverell vault he was at, and one of the four boxes from the invention vault to the trolley the Griphook brought.
When he was done, he gave Griphook the trolley that was with him and explained to him that he wanted to open a three high security vault for Luna, Michael, and Elena. When they're done, he shows him each four trunks of the twelve that would go to each of the three, as well as the remaining three boxes that he got from the invention vault.
When he was done, Oskar ended with, “Since Luna and Michael are minors, their parents are going to sign and approve the vaults. It's one of two reasons why I sent you a request to send them a message to come. As for the second, let's just say something interesting is going to show up when they both do an inheritance test. Also, take the costs for opening them from my personal vault.”
Seeing the look and the smirk on Oskar's face, Griphook knew that it's going to become even more interesting. So he told Oskar, “Very well. Are there any more requests?”
When he was told no, Griphook took the trolley containing what Oskar had given him and left.
Deciding not to enter the weapon vault at the moment from what he saw from his vision, he decided to take the first small step and gather a few things from the other vaults until it was Friday.
So the guard took him first to their first stop, the Moonstones vault. He grabbed the small regular one compartment trunk and went inside the vault for about five minutes before coming out again with a satisfied look. Then he was taken to the vault containing rare wolfsbane, ingredients, and materials, where in the first compartment, he put a really small amount of each of the available wolfsbane. In the second compartment, a few ingredients he knew he's going to need for both his O.W.L'S and a couple of potions he wanted to experiment on, and for the third compartment, he took some materials including one of them he always suspected that it was depleted. Finally done with this vault, they went to the potion vault where he took the small potion storage trunk and filled it with the potions that he knew that some of them would be used later today to start one of his side plans rolling which would help the Wakandan Royal Family.
After the potion vaults, he went to the vault containing magical eggs, where he both admired them, and grabbed a pen and a notebook from his side bag and started taking notes for when he meets Charlie Weasley later. Making sure he wrote down everything, Oskar was led to the last Gagos vault he'll be checking for today, which was the documents vault. The first thing he's going to do is check the trunk that he kept seeing in his visions.
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(Somewhere in America, Agents of Shield new HQ)
Looking through what she had received not long ago when finally Fury, Coulson, and the rest of her team entered the room not long after sending them a message.
Fury was the first to talk once they were all in, “Even with how high Coulson speaks of you, you can't be that good to have already finished checking what Skar had sent us.”
Giving Coulson a thankful look, Skye told Fury, “First of all, I'm one of the best. Second, the locations I checked so far, check out. Lastly, intel from our people in the magical world, which is awesome by the way, can't believe they exist…”
She was interrupted by Coulson, “Skye, focus. What intel?”
Giving him a sorry look, with Fury giving her his unimpressed look, Skye explained, “Something big is going on in both our and the magical world, and it's all centred in London.”
She went to explain, she showed them the article about Sirius Black, and how the ICW representatives of America, France, Brazil Bulgaria, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, and China suddenly went silent, disappeared, and they're suspecting that they're currently in both London and Belgium. Then showing them a picture of Oskar and his file as she explained that he's the great-grandson of Katarzyna and third cousin of Antony Gagos who's about to be handed the Anderson-Gagos Holding Company after Antony's press conference in three days.
Having a feeling what Fury was about to ask, Skye told him, “None of whom I've contacted know anything, and the ones that do aren't saying anything. I even tried to have a meeting with any of the representatives, and even with Antony Gagos, but after Hydra's infiltrated Shield, everyone gave the same answer, no, still not trusting us at all.”
Everyone had a different look on their faces at what they were told as they looked at Oskar's file on the screen. Especially Fury, who was looking closely at his files and the boy's picture.
Giving them the last information she got, she told them , “I contacted Gagos directly to try and have a direct meeting through our secured network, and guess what he said before hanging up the call?”
Giving her a flat look, having a bad feeling about where this was going, Fury told her, “Don't keep us hanging. What the hell did he say?”
With a smirk on her face, really wanting to strangle a certain kid with her bare hands, she told him, “He said, and I quote, tell one eye, he already knows when, all he has to do now is find out where.”
Staring at her for a moment, then at the picture, “Motherfucker.”
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(Diagon Alley, near Gringotts Entrance)
Walking towards Gringotts, Molly was telling her family, “I can't believe Charlie and Bill would go as far as running away from the house and come here just so they don't want me to cut their hair. They know that they need to be on their best behavior, especially Bill since he's the one that those goblins want to talk to.”
Shaking his head, he didn't know why she's insisting on it, but their hair was just fine. Charlie is now an adult and can do whatever he wishes, as for Bill, summer had just started, and it doesn't look that bad, it only needed to be slightly fixed later on. For now, they just needed to find the boys before the meeting started. They didn't want to end up insulting the goblins for being late.
Putting his hand on her shoulder in reassurance, and not wanting his wife to unintentionally insult the goblins herself, he told her, “Don't worry, sweetheart, we'll find them, and see what they need. I'm sure that it's nothing, but if there is any problem, we'll do our best to fix it. Also, don't worry about the boys' looks, they look more than decent, after all they took after both of us.”
As the five kids that were walking behind them gagged, his wife relaxed a bit by what her husband told her, but that calm barely held a moment before she saw both of her missing boys waiting for them near Gringotts and her current relaxed posture turned into fury as she marched towards them to give them a piece of her mind for disappearing on them that way.
Arthur quickly followed her to stop her from doing anything to embarrass them. It was bad enough that a lot of people in their country consider them blood-traitors.
As they reached the boys, with Arthur trying to stop Molly from going overboard, none of the Weasley's noticed Dedalus Diggle, Elphias Doge, Emmeline Vance, and Mundungus Fletcher being were forcibly being removed from Gringotts by the goblin guards with their spears pointed at their back.
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(Gringotts, meeting room)
As he entered the meeting room that they were previously in earlier that morning with his trolley in toe, Oskar was glad that he caught both Andy and Harrison in time before they left the bank.
Seeing as both of them were there waiting for him, Oskar told them, “Glad I caught you in time before you guys left.”
Not knowing why Oskar wanted them to stay a bit longer, Andromeda asked him instead of Harrison, “Did something happen? Did Antony send you anything?”
Shaking his head, Oskar told them with a sorry look, “It's not that, actually it's because of two things. First,”
Moving the box he brought from the first Peverell vault from the trolley and on the table, opening it, and told Harrison as he removed a ring from the box, “Since you're descendant from Ignotus, the youngest Peverell brother, this is one of the things that belongs to him. From what I've read in the vault, it has protections such as Anti-Legilimency, and the ring would heat up if it detects harmful potions in either of your food or whatever you're drinking. When we're back at the house, I'll have Antony add to it an emergency one-way portkey keyed to the house just in case of an emergency or you being attacked for some reason. I know the Potter heir ring has its own protection and can't share with us family secrets that we're not part of, but I thought to give you more protection since Dumbass is interested in you.”
Liking the thought of that, it would give Harrison more protection, ignoring the language for now, Andy told him, “Good idea. It would give him more protection from anyone who wishes to do him harm. Especially Dumbledore, it's known only by a few people that he likes to use Legilimency on people to have a better feeling about them. When we check the Black vaults tomorrow, we'll also get him another ring since he's Sirius's son now, too.”
Giving her a nod, Oskar told her, “I thought of that too, but I wanted to wait until we meet him to see if he wants to take the Lordship first or give Haz the Black heir ring.”
Even though he's right, Andy told him the same that certain family secrets can't be shared no matter who that person is. They could only be shared with one's own family and spouses. Unfortunately, in Oskar's case, he's not a Potter, but Sirius blood-adopted Harrison, so they can tell him, but they still need to check the Gryffindor vaults, Grimoire, journals, and the family history to check.
Feeling grateful as he took the ring from him, Harrison told him, “Thank you. I won't take it off. I'm going to start working on Occlumency, so DumbDumb won't be able to use it on me anymore. I have a feeling that he used to do it.”
Feeling satisfied, he had two more things to say before sending them on their merryway, so Oskar told them, “Before you go, Haz, I want you to come with me tomorrow and open you a Peverell Vault and move a few things that were Ignotus possessions, and since you're his descendant, they should go to you. For now, there's only a few things for us to move, but if you ever need any of his heirlooms, give me a heads up, from what I read when I skimmed the family book, you need permission of the head of the family, and since I come from the second brother.”
Nodding in understanding, Harrison told him, “I don't know if I'll ever need them, but if I do, I'll tell you.”
Giving him a smile, knowing he'll ask to see if he could give any of them to Fred, he turned to his cousin Andy and asked her, “Is the portkey to the ICW headquarters in Belgium with you? Or do you want me to call Lindir?”
Reminding her of her mother-in-law, Andy told him, “Don't worry, Oskar, the portkey and the temporary emergency portkey and the proper documents that allow us entry to the ICW HQ and the magical communities if we wanted to visit them are in Belgium are in my bag. We're all set and ready to go as soon as we're done here, and we'll see you there once you and Antony are done meeting with the Weasley's and the rest of your soulmates.”
Nodding, Oskar told them, “One last thing,” he turned towards Harrison and told him, “Leave the trunk that you brought up from your family vault, I'll have Lindir when he comes in a bit to take it with my stuff and put it in your room.”
Being thankful, Harrison told him a bit hesitant, “I'll see you there after you're done. Make sure that they're really innocent before letting them come. As much as I like them, if they're Dumbbells pawns…”
Stopping him, Oskar told him, “Haz, trust me, I'm just invested as you are or did you forget that Fred's brother is one of my soulmates. So trust me on this, if they had any hand in this even the slightest, I'm taking them to prison myself."
Relaxing at that, Harrison removed his trunk from his pocket and put it on the trolley alongside Oskar's stuff. While Oskar told Andy that if they learned or found anything to send him a message, he or Antony would immediately come and that as soon as he's done from meeting his soulmates and their families, he'll immediately join them.
Being a bit hesitant leaving Oskar behind, but at the same time, even if Felix is a Potter, he was also a Black. So Andy asked him, “Are you sure you don't want me to stay? Even if we went now, Felix is either still asleep or being questioned by the aurors.”
Assuring her, Oskar told her, “Yes cousin, don't worry. Everything would be fine. From what Pandora told me yesterday, aside from being in the same year as Seamus’s mom in Hogwarts, she's good, and everything should go smoothly. I promise you, if anything bad happens or I need your help, I'll immediately send you a note so you can join us.”
Relaxing slightly at that, Andy couldn't help herself but give him a hug, which Oskar gladly recuperated before she grabbed the portkey from her bag. As Oskar gave them a goodbye wave, the portkey whisked them away.
Sighing in relief when they finally left, Griphook, Antony accompanied with an auror from the ICW, the Lovegoods, and the Corners entered the room.
The newcomers at first were curious and worried when they received a note through Antony to urgently come to Gringotts. When they saw the state that Oskar was in, their worry increased tenfold.
Gesturing for them to sit, Oskar sighed as he told them, “Sit, sit, there's a couple of things you need to do, and show you something, while the full explanation would be later at our place after we're done with our ICW visit.”
Sitting down, Oskar saw that they were still standing in their place as the worry on their faces increased.
Again, Oskar told them in a shaky voice, “Please, just sit down. I'll tell you what Cadmus told me in a moment. It's really big.”
Slowly doing what they were told, Antony asked him worriedly, “Oskar, what happened? What did Cadmus say? And what's the emergency that our friends at the ICW need to come to our place urgently.”
Taking a deep breath, he removed the elder wand from the holster that he put on his right leg when he was at the Peverell vault and said to the auror as he moved the wand towards him, “Can you deliver this to the ICW? Tell them to use Priori Incantatem on it as it has been with the goat since he defeated Grindelwald until yesterday. They should be done by the time we arrive, if not, can you bring it back to me?”
The auror gave a firm nod as he took the wand and left. Then Oskar told them, “Just a few more small things before we start.”
He asked Griphook, “How's Kreacher? And did you send someone like I requested?”
Griphook noded, “Kreacher is much better, he was told to wait here until you're finished to talk to him before he leaves. Unfortunately, aside from healing him, it was found that Walburga had forced him to take potions and put compulsions on him to make him completely loyal just to her and to hate your father and to abuse him either mentally or physically if it was necessary. As for your request, we sent one of our wizards to the House-Elf Placement Agency and bought all the fifty house-elves that are currently in their possession for seventy-five thousand galleons per elf, and currently in the process of negotiating and see if they're willing to sell their establishment or give better terms to the elves. The fifty elves are in the other room awaiting to meet and bond with you before they leave with you.”
Rubbing his face as he sighed, while the rest present were eager to know what the hell happened with Cadmus but they knew Oskar. So they remained silent until he was finished with this for him to tell them.
After taking a moment, Oskar finally asked him, “Is it possible to lower the wards to ask Lindir and Kreacher to momentarily join us?”
Making a gesture with hand, Griphook gave him a nod. Oskar called, “Kreacher, Lindir.”
Two small pops were heard as the two elves appeared in the room. Oskar Antony and Pandora were amazed by Kreacher’s new look. The potion that Voldy has him take really ruined him and nearly killed him. From what they were told earlier, Kreacher was extremely lucky he didn't die from it.
Oskar stood, walked towards them, and as he went on one knee, he hugged Kreacher as he told him, “You look amazing and beautiful, Kreacher.”
Kreacher’s pointed ears twitched at the unexpected praise, and he gave a shy smile before responding, “Kreacher thanks Master Oskar. Kreacher feels much better now.”
Oskar smiled warmly and asked, “Kreacher, how many house-elves does 12 Grimmauld Place need to be fully operational?”
Kreacher hesitated, his wide eyes betraying his surprise. Sensing his reluctance, Oskar added, “Kreacher, you are the head house-elf of the Black family. You deserve a team under you to help maintain the house. You’re their boss.”
Kreacher’s eyes filled with tears as he croaked, “Kreacher thinks seven would be enough, Master Oskar.”
Oskar nodded. “Seven it is. I have fifty elves in the other room, you'll take twenty-five and train them, and by Thursday night, I’d like you to select the seven best elves for the job. Lindir,” he said, turning to the other elf, “You’ll take the other twenty-five elves and train them as well. Tipsy mentioned she wanted more help around the estate, so have her chose three elves to assist her. The remaining elves will be sent to another property I own afterwards or by Friday morning or assigned to other places.”
Oskar handed both elves coin pouches. “These are connected to my new expense vault. If you need to buy anything for the training or the properties, use these funds. Kreacher, now that I am Lord Black, I intend to restore the Black family name to its former glory. Buy all the materials you need. New uniforms, renovations, repairs, anything necessary. And for now, leave Walburga’s portrait alone. Do not listen to the bitch under any circumstances. I’ll deal with her when I visit Grimmauld Place soon, once I’ve cleared Sirius’ name and handled a few other matters.”
Kreacher bowed deeply, his voice trembling with emotion. “Master Oskar is too kind to Kreacher. Kreacher will not fail.”
Giving him a quick hug, Oskar stood and told him, “You deserve the best Kreacher.”
As Kreacher gave him another deep bow, Oskar turned towards Griphook and told him, “While I'm in the other room to finish and send them off, can you finish the two things we talked about by the time I come back in a bit?”
Giving a knowing look, Griphook shooed him to live and finish, making Oskar give a small chuckle as he took the trolley and left with both elves, as the rest had a confused look.
Now with Oskar being gone, they turned towards Griphook with Antony asking, “What the hell is going on? What did he find that's making it look like this?”
He didn't know how to properly answer that when even them didn't know how to, so Griphook sighed and told them, “Neither his Majesty nor myself know what's going on, but the only thing we know for certain is that he will be asking you to contact everyone in the know to meet at the Gagos estate for an urgent matter, their Majesties, Filius, and myself. Somewhere between our arrival and everyone’s departure, Lady Magic would be arriving accompanied by some of her companions and other guests.”
Everyone stared at him for a moment, not noticing that Luna's eyes turned back and for a short moment before returning back to normal and chuckled.
Everyone turned to her as she said dreamily, "Fate is quite the curious thing, isn't it? But Oskar will have to give it a bit of a talking-to before it learns its lesson."
Everyone gaped at her at the thought of being visited by Fate when Michael, knowing Oskar, asked her, “When you say talking-to.. “
Giving a small chuckle, Luna talked casually for the first time in a while as she told them, “Oskar is going to either slap her or punch her right into her eye. It hasn't been decided yet.”
Doing a facepalm, Elena had to say, “Leave it to Oskar to hit a higher being.”
Still not comprehending what was said, Antony asked her as he needed to know, “Did you know why? Or we'll ask Oskar when he gets back?”
“It has to do with his mother.” Luna simply told them as she turned towards Griphook and asked him, “Were you able to know why he opened vaults for Elena, Michael, and myself? And I know he wants both Michael and I to take an inheritance test?”
“What are you talking about, sweetheart? What vault and inheritance test?” Pandora asked, confused, as everyone waited for her answer in anticipation while Antony had a feeling about Oskar's mom and wanted a confirmation before joining him at punching Fate.
Answering for her, Griphook said, “From what I was able to put together, each one of the three, received from Cadmus Peverell, four trunks, and a box that would be used starting this Friday. As for the inheritance test, I don't know. He just requested it as it was necessary and important for the next several months.”
Rubbing his face, George had a feeling that what Oskar and everyone getting into was bigger than anyone thought. So George asked Griphook as he grabbed his coin pouch, “Since both Michael and Luna are minors and we're their legal guardians, where do we sign the documents to open them? And what type of inheritance test does Oskar want both of them to take? And how much?”
Giving both parents the document to sign, then gave Michael and Luna a stack of parchments with a small dagger each, as Griphook told the parents, “Everything had been taken care of and paid for.”
Xenophilius already knew this and planned to pay him back differently, as for George, he knew that Oskar wouldn't let him pay him personally, so he'll think of something to pay him back in other ways.
As they finished signing, everyone watched as Michael and Luna took the daggers, made a small cut to their fingers, and dropped seven drops of blood on the first parchment. It then glowed, and words started forming.
“Bloody fucking hell.” Came out from both Michael and Elena. Melissa could reprimand her son for speaking such language, but she didn't since she and everyone including Griphook thought the same as they stared at what was written.
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Inheritance Test:
Name: Luna Lovegood
Blood status: Pure-Blood
DOB: February 13th, 2001
Parents:
Father:
Xenophilius Lovegood (Pure-Blood)
Mother:
Pandora Lovegood Née Malfoy (Pure-Blood)
Lordships & Heirships: (Magical UK)
Heirship:
Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Lovegood (Passed by Father by either his choice or upon his death)
Eligible Lordships:
Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Le Fay (Gifted by Lady magic, Eligible, immediate emancipation if under the age of 17)
Vaults (Magical UK):
Lovegood Vault:
- Trust Vault: 750 G, 80 S, 50 K
Le Fay Vaults:
- Main: 457.5 million G, 5,000,000 S, 1,600,000 K
- Heirlooms, Artifacts
- Books, and Journals
- Personal
- Other
Properties (Magical UK):
Le Fay:
- Le Fay Estate - Wales Unplottable
- Le Fay Mansion - Cardiff Unplottable
- Le Fay villa - Scotland Unplottable
Abilities:
- Seer
- Occlumency
- Dueling
- Healing magic (Le Fay)
- Affinity to Transfiguration, Charmd & Potions (Le Fay)
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Inheritance Test:
Name: Michael Corner
Blood status: Pure-Blood
DOB: September 2nd, 1999
Parents:
Father:
George Corner (Pure-Blood)
Mother:
Melissa Corner Née Higgs
Sister:
Elena Corner
Lordships & Heirships: (Magical UK)
Eligible Lordships:
Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Emrys (Gifted by Lady magic, Eligible, immediate emancipation if under the age of 17)
Vaults (Magical UK):
Corner Vault:
- Personal Vault: 130 G, 60 S, 30 K
Emrys Vaults:
- Main: 431.75 million G, 6,000,000 S, 2,600,000 K
- Heirlooms, Artifacts
- Books, and Journals
- Personal
- Others
Properties (Magical UK):
Emrys:
- Emrys Castle - Wales Unplottable
- Enrys Mansion - York Unplottable
- Emrys villa - Scotland Unplottable
- Emrys Cottage - Northern Ireland Unplottable
Abilities:
- Wordless and wandless magic
- Occlumency
- Strength & Agility
- Dueling
- Spell Creation (Emrys)
- Affinity to Ancient Runes, Charms, and Divination (Emrys)
- Ancient Magic (Emrys)
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(Headmaster's Office, Hogwarts)
The door to the Headmaster's office slammed open with a force that made the portraits rattle. Albus Dumbledore, already having a pounding headache from an endless day of crises, looked up sharply from his desk. Before him stood Dedalus Diggle, Elphias Doge, Emmeline Vance, and Mundungus Fletcher, with a look of fury painted on their faces.
"Albus!" Diggle shouted, "What is the meaning of this? I've just been forcibly thrown out of my home. The home you arranged for me! All my belongings are still inside, and goblins barred me from re-entering. They claimed it was never mine to begin with!"
Elphias Doge, red-faced and angry, yelled "And the businesses you helped me establish? All gone! The goblins took everything. Every sickle, every knut. They even reclaimed our shops and businesses! This is unacceptable!"
Emmeline Vance added her voice, sharp and cold as ice. "You assured us, Albus, that we were protected. That the funds and properties came from a safe source. Now I'm being accused of illegally occupying land that belongs to the Black, Peverell, and Potter families? My reputation is going to go to shreds!"
Before Dumbledore could even attempt to respond, Mundungus Fletcher stepped forward, his eyes narrowing dangerously. "And you, Dumbledore! The goblins emptied my vault. Took every damn coin I had! They’re claiming it’s their right since the money was tied to stolen funds from the Blacks, Peverells, and Potters. You’d better fix this, or I swear, I’ll reveal everything! You hear me?"
Dumbledore sighed, his head sinking into his hands. "Mundungus, calm yourself. I…"
"Don’t you ‘calm yourself’ me!" Fletcher snarled, slamming his fist on the desk. "You’ve been paying me under the table to get you every Dark artifact from every corner of the black market, haven’t you? What do you think the Ministry or those damn goblins would say if I let it slip? Either you get my vault sorted or I start talking!"
Dumbledore straightened in his chair, his usual calm demeanor cracked, revealing both his exhaustion and frustration on his face, telling them, "This is a...complicated matter. The goblins have taken drastic measures, but I assure you, I will address it."
Diggle scoffed. "Address it? That’s all you have to say? We’ve lost everything, Albus! And it’s your fault for meddling with those family vaults. You knew this was risky!"
"You told us the funds were safe! Now we’re being treated like criminals because of your lies!" Vance snapped at him angrily.
"Enough!" Dumbledore’s voice exploded. The four stopped, momentarily stunned into silence. Dumbledore took a deep breath, pinching the bridge of his nose.
"I understand your grievances," he said, his tone more controlled but still firm. "And I will do everything in my power to remedy this situation. However, shouting and threats will not expedite the process."
Fletcher sneered. "Expedite? You’d better work fast, Dumbledore. Because if you don’t, I’ll make sure every skeleton in your closet sees the light of day."
At the threat. Dumbledore’s eyes hardened as he fixed the group with a deathly stare.
"I suggest you all leave," he said quietly, with a voice that could cut papers. "I have much to do, and I cannot afford further distractions."
Reluctantly, the four began to leave, as they murmured their frustrations.
From the door, Fletcher gave Dumbles a warning, "You’ve got one week, Dumbledore or I'll start talking."
The door slammed shut, leaving Dumbledore alone in his office. He leaned back in his chair, as his mind started racing with plans to contain this disaster.
This wasn’t over. Far from it.
He first needed to meet with Amelia Bones, both to gauge her stance and to determine if she had played any part in this attack on him. She was fair but firm, and her cooperation would be invaluable in stopping the Ministry from interference.
Then, he would contact Andromeda Tonks. Her ties to the Black family made her an indispensable ally or potential threat depending on her involvement. He would need her insight into how and why the goblins were acting with such impunity. After all, she would be played as a fool.
Most critical, however, was Antony Gagos, a Polish wizard with influence at the ICW and certainly a key player in this chaos. Dumbledore decided to confront him directly at the ICW. If Antony wasn’t there, he would track him down in London or Poland, no matter how long it took and force him to talk.
Above all, Dumbledore needed to know the reasons why the goblins are working against him, and why Fudge, Gagos, Bones, and Tonks had dared to remove Harry Potter from the Dursleys. Harry was the most important part of his plans, his pawn in the grand chessboard of Light and Dark. Without Harry under his control, the main plan for the entire future he had so carefully crafted is on the brink of collapse.
No, Dumbledore thought grimly. He would not allow this.
He rose from his chair, his gaze turned into a cold and calculating as he began to set his plans into motion. The world had moved against him, but Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore would not falter.
Not now. Not ever.
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(Gringotts, meeting room)
As they kept staring at the inheritance tests in front of them. So many thoughts came through Michael, Elena, and the parents' minds.
For Luna, she didn't mind the new title as she had a hunch from a vision a while back that she wasn't able to properly explain whether Michael and herself were at the Wizengamot to either support, or help Oskar. She didn't mention it before as she wanted to take Oskar's input before revealing anyway. But now, she knew for certain that they would be helping him and not just supporting him.
Her parents, Xenophilius and Pandora, even though they were worried as many families, mostly, most of the light families, and some.of the neutral consider the Le Fay to be both dark and evil. But nevertheless, they will stand by their kids and Oskar as they both help and guide them in every way needed. Especially knowing that there's more into their baby girl and Michael being gifted those Lordships.
For Michael, it was an honor, it was cool, and knew that some of Slytherin would give him trouble. He doesn't know for certain if his cousin, Terence Higgs, would be one of them when this gets out. But he knew one thing for sure. Oskar, Luna, and himself would face it together and do whatever it takes to do what's right and needed.
For Elena, one thing she knew for sure. They haven't even started, and she had a gut feeling that she's going to either strangle Oskar or Oskar ending up being dead by her own hands. Yup, her life is going to be a living hell from now on. But nevertheless, no matter what, she's going to do whatever it takes to help, guard, and protect the three, even if she's going to end up killing them from all the training that she's going to put them through.
For George and Melissa, they were both stunned and shocked that Lady magic gifted him the Emrys line. They knew that their son would be doing something amazing, whether through him being a guardian or now also representing the Emrys line as its Lord. Melissa just hoped that her family wouldn't do something drastic because of what their boy was granted.
As for Antony, well, he didn't become one of the best at what he does to go full on berserk. He's going to stay calm, play it cool, and wait until he receives all the intel before he starts acting and doing what needs to be done.
While Griphook, well, he was extremely excited that two of the eldest lines aside from the founders are being revived and brought back. He couldn't wait until he told his King about what just transpired here.
Everyone was lost in their own thoughts that they didn't notice anything until well.
“Pretty cool, huh.”
Everyone jumped when Oskar's voice came out from right next to them. Turning towards Oskar to find him, he was standing right behind them.
Taking his seat beside Antony, Oskar took a breath and told them, “Look, I found a lot of shit today, and I'll go through everything in detail later today at the house. But for now, I'm going to tell you in short about some of the important ones.”
“First, yes, Lady Magic gifted you those two lines to help me start doing some changes in Wizengamot, the ministry, and the magical world.”
George was about to interrupt, but Oskar told him, “The Wizengamot law states that a Lord or a Lady can take part in it, as long as they're eligible to take their Lordships and already passed their O.W.L'S exams. They didn't state how many they needed to take and pass. I think if both are willing to take the ICW O.W.L'S exams with me on Friday, they can take muggle studies, and history of magic. Then take their N.E.W.T'S with me in August.”
Piped at that, Michael told his parents as he added, “I can add Latin, Healing, Divination, which is already easy and not that hard, and Magical Law and Politics since you've been teaching it to me since I was a little. I already know all the materials by heart.”
Looking at her parents, Luna told them, “I'll be taking Divination, French, and Healing. I'm already extremely well with the three, especially healing, that you started teaching me after your almost accident, mother.”
The parents rubbed their faces in defeat knowing that it's going to happen either way and they're going to support them all the way.
As Elena gave her brother a look. Shaking it off, Michael told her, “Don't start. When I get my N.E.W.T'S for muggle studies and history of magic in August, I can drop them at Hogwarts and not take them anymore. That'll give me a chance to focus on duelling and other subjects to take during my fifth year O.W.L'S. Let's not forget my training to become a full guardian as well. It'll be perfect.”
Shaking his head, Antony told them, “We'll go to the ICW with me and fill up the applications after we're done here. So make sure to be ready after our meeting with Bill, Seamus, Dean, and their families.”
Seeing that they were done, Oskar continued, “Second, what both Michael and Luna concluded yesterday was spot on.” Then he turned to Michael, who was giving a proud look, then turned to a frown when Oskar added, “There's one thing that neither of us accounted for.”
As Michael gave him a look that said go on, Oskar told him, “Katarzyna didn't make one. She made fifteen super soldier serum.”
“Please tell me you're joking, Oskar?” Antony asked, as he thought he was going crazy.
Snorting, Oskar told him, “That's not the worst part.” At their looks, he added, “Later today, I'll go into more details about Katarzyna and the serums with everyone. Now back to the main points I'm telling you now leading to the biggest one where I have a small meltdown before meeting the soulmates. Then I’m going to the house in Northumberland to do what needs to be done, meet you at the ICW, then head back to the meeting place, go into full detail, and most probably punch Lady fate.”
“Third, remember when I told you that even at my current level in regards to my true seer ability there was something that was either stopping or blocking me to see the full vision or learn the full information, or even not being able to see certain things at all?”
When they gave him a nod, Oskar casually told them as it was not a big thing, “Well it turns out that I had a block on my that forbade it and the block already started to reverse and be gone recently which led everything to start rolling.”
Seeing Griphook wanting to interrupt and tell him it wasn't possible and it would've appeared if it was true, Oskar told him, “The reason it didn't appear, it's because of a certain shitface that is higher than lady magic has put that block on me and only recently reversed it which finally led me to start seeing everything that I needed to see or know at my current level.”
Seeing Luna giving that look, Oskar told her, “I know you heard the name in one of your visions, and yes, it's him. The One Above All.”
“Uhm, when you say the One Above All…” Elena is trying to at least find out who's more powerful than Lady Magic.
Oskar told them in short, “I'll make it short. The One Above All is the ultimate source of life and creation and the architect/creator of the Multiverse and everything that exists. Lady Magic, Fate, Death, Time, Destiny, literally all of them answer to him.”
Everyone looked at him like he was crazy. Including Griphook, who's still trying to comprehend what was just said. But one thing crossed all their minds, “The multiverse is real?”
Snorting again, Oskar told them, “If you think this is nuts or bad, wait till the end. Cause let me tell you, it ain't pretty. Well, for me at least, depending on how you look at it.”
Not giving a chance to question what he meant, Oskar continued with the fourth and final piece of information for now. Then he'd show them the prophecy before he went through a minor meltdown.
So he explained how he was the fourth person to ever have the ability, how it only appears through the Peverell line, and then explained to them what Cadmus had told them. The ability appears when one is truly needed for something really big that is yet to come. The role of Luna's ancestors and their relationship with the Peverell line. Vortigern, what he did, how they stopped him, and finding out he wasn't the actual threat but Cadmus actually received his gift as a warning so preparations could start to stop the real true threat.
That's what he told them for now until the meeting later that day, and they knew that.
Everyone again was staring at him, having no idea what to say at what was just revealed. As they replayed everything that Oskar had just, Antony was going through a different approach in his head.
Thinking it through, Antony carefully asked, “Oskar, if that guy wasn't the threat, what was? And if there was no threat from what you said, why did he become a true seer, since nothing big or catastrophic would need a true seer to fix it? What preparations did they need to do? And why?”
Taking a gulp, Oskar took out a piece of paper from his pocket, handed it to them, and said, “Because he made this prophecy.”
Everyone gathered around Antony to read it.
As they read it, while sitting on his chair, curled up in his chair and said as tears started to drop down his cheeks, “I don't want to.”