Gathering information and making deals
It took nearly 5 hours for the cleansing to be completed. Griphook and Bludaxe had contacted the Goblin king about the theft that had been taking place from Harry potters vaults and the King was making a special trip to meet Potter and to discuss what can be done to repay him considering the theft took place under their watch. Harry woke up after the cleansing and one of the healers handed him a mirror.
He looked older and healthier thanks to the goblins healing the malnutrition and the injuries from his childhood that had never gotten treated. He had finally gotten rid of the childish looks he had had for the first 13 years of his life. He had longer hair, nearly reaching the bottom of his back and it was slightly curly but not the same unmanageable curls that made his hair impossible to tame for his childhood. His eyes were a hauntingly familiar green color. The same green that had haunted his nightmares. It was a glowing Avada kavada green. He stood and he could tell he was about 5 inches taller now as he had to look a lot further down to see the goblins.
He was led back to the office, and he entered, and he could tell that the goblins were surprised by his new look, but he just sat down calmly and waited patiently for them to begin explaining everything to him.
Harry listened calmly as the goblins spoke of the theft from his vaults by Albus Dumbledore, Hermione granger, and Ron, Molly, and Ginny Weasley. He then asked if he could pay the goblins to retrieve his possessions including all of the money that was taken from him. The goblins tried to say that they wouldn’t be able to ask him to pay them for it considering that the theft shouldn’t have happened under their watch.
Harry shook his head calmly and replied with, “Your nation wasn’t the one that stole anything from me, and you will be repaying me by retrieving everything and I will be paying you for your work. I do not blame the goblin nation for the acts of Wizards who believe they have more power than they truly do.”
Griphook and Bludaxe seemed to be struck speechless because they had no idea how to respond to the man in front of them. Before they could formulate a response, they heard, “You are more forgiving than many would give you credit for Mr. Potter.”
The three in the office turned to the door and an older Goblin stood there in full dragon Hyde armor and the goblins behind the desk bowed their heads slightly to the older goblin so harry followed their lead and said, “I have nothing to forgive the goblins for. I will keep my anger aimed towards those who deserve it.”
The older goblin nodded in understanding before saying, “Please forgive me for not introducing myself, I am the king of the Goblin Nation. My name is Gringor.”
Harry bowed a little more and bared his neck as he said, “It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance Master Goblin. My name is Harrison Potter.”
He slowly sat and the Goblin was watching him with an appraising eye before he asked, “If you will insist on paying us for retrieving your belongings, how do you suggest we repay you? We cannot accept doing nothing when it was our nation that missed the theft taking place in our bank.”
Harry seemed to think on that for a couple of minutes and the Goblins watched him wondering what his answer would be. He perked up slightly and said, “If it would be no trouble, I would ask that you allow me to train under you or one of your best warriors. I have been targeted nearly my entire life without a way to defend myself and I know magic can only get me so far. I wish to learn from one of the best warriors you have because I know that Goblins not only make some of the best keepers of fortune but also are fierce warriors. If you don’t feel comfortable teaching someone outside of your nation, then I ask that you come up with a more suitable repayment because I don’t wish to put any of you in a difficult situation.”
The Goblins behind the desk glanced at each other before looking at their king who was studying Harry for a while before nodding seemingly to himself and said, “I will have one of our best warriors train you, but you have to come to our nation. Time moves slower there, and it will give us more time to train you before you go back to your school. While it will only be 3 months here, in our nation it will be nearly 4 years. This should give you plenty of time to learn how to properly protect yourself. Of course, you will have to promise that if the Goblin nation needs your help that you will provide aid, but we will give you a token of our protection for you as well.”
Harry nodded and said, “That is acceptable. Thank you.”
They shook on it and then the king left the office to make preparations.
Griphook and Bludaxe settled back down behind the desk and Griphook asked, "Do you have any questions for us?"
Harry nodded and said, "On my test, it said that Lily and James had blood adopted me. everyone has always told me that they were my biological parents. Do you know any information about their situation? I would also like more information on my sire and bearer."
Both goblins nodded and Bludaxe said, "All four of your parents came to the bank during the month before Lily Potters death. It had already been scheduled for James to blood adopt you due to his relationship with your bearer and sire. at some point between when they made the appointment and when they came in, your fathers and James felt it would be safer if the general public believed you were the son of Lily and James. while they were here, they updated their wills and made sure all of their affairs were in order. James and lily went into hiding shortly after that when your bearer went missing, and your sire went to try and find him. After Their deaths were announced by Dumbledore, Lilys will went into effect immediately and all of her assets were assigned under your name and no one else got anything. Due to the fact that James Potter according to our records hasn't been found whether dead or alive, his will is still sealed. it is the same with your bearer and sires' wills. Dumbledore tried to argue that you should have access to them, but your parents were very specific in what should be done and the process that they wished for us to follow."
Harry nodded in understanding and Thought about his options as he said, "Does Dumbledore have access to the full vaults from the school founders?"
Griphook shook his head and pulled out 4 binders from a desk in his drawer and said, "While you were being healed, we took the time to look over the vaults that we know are under your name and went over the past transactions. he has been pulling from the vaults, but the headmaster's access is limited to a separate account set up by the founders to keep this exact situation from happening. he pulled as much as he could from those accounts and has been transferring it to an account labeled, 'the Bird fund'." Harry nodded and said, "Pull all of that due to it being misallotted funds. the bird fund is being used for his 'Order of the Phoenix'. it has nothing to do with the school and should not be using school funds."
Bludaxe made a note while Griphook said, "Due to you being the heir of all four founders, you have the ability to read through the original charter and make changes to the school rules and functions as well as the budget."
Harry smiled and said, "I want files and all the information about my vaults and the school vaults compiled so I can read through them during my free time while training in your kingdom. All money and possessions that have been removed from my holdings should be returned and placed in their correct vaults. I want a full list of my holdings from each vault, and I want a separate list of each individual item that was taken. As for the money taken by the Weasley matriarch and her two youngest, I don't want the full family punished for their actions so do what you can to separate out the others from them. If you could get Arthur, Bill, Charlie, and Percy in for testing to make sure they're clear of any potions and spells, that would also be great, I'm willing to pay for that to be done. I wish for a new key to be made for my vaults that way the one in Dumbledore's possession is no longer valid. Is there a wallet or a card that I can have that gives me access to one of my vaults so i don't have to keep returning to the bank to withdraw funds?" The goblins were taking notes of the things requested of them, but Bludaxe answered, "There is a card that you can use that gives you full access to any of your vaults. all you need to do is possess a lordship or heirship ring and if you push your magic into the card while paying it will withdraw the funds. Is that something you wish to get?"
Harry nodded and said, "While we are setting that up, I would like to get my lordship and heirship rings as well." Both goblins nodded and set to work to push his requests into motion. Harry waited patiently as they worked through his requests and after a few minutes there was a knock on the door, and it opened to reveal a young Goblin holding a tray of ring boxes.