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"Ugh," Harry rolls over, grabbing his phone. He had been peacefully sleeping in 12 Grimmauld Place once it had been cleaned up a bit.
After the abrupt, but necessary, departure during the escape from the ministry with the locket, it had been ransacked a bit but mostly left alone after it was obvious that there wasn't any information on where they could have gone. Bellatrix must have done the ransacking along with Narcissa because Sirius's room was completely trashed with all sorts of spells whereas most everywhere else was only lightly ransacked. Only those two because with the family magics on the building it wouldn't have let anyone else in.
It had taken about 2 day's worth of cleaning to get everything set to rights, well enough to move back in anyways, most of which was spent on cleaning out Sirius's room and fixing it as nothing was salvageable. Harry had replaced and repainted everything in the room to better suit his tastes only having to buy the paint because there had been a bunch of furniture stored in some of the vaults he had.
Yes, you heard correctly, vaults.
That's why it took 2 days, the cleaning, cleaning out, refurnishing, and painting only really took about a half day itself. Everything else was dealing with the Goblins. They sent him a message that arrived right after he had finished cleaning everything up and cleaning out Sirius's room.
*Flashback*
~~~~~
Dear Harry James Potter,
We the Goblins of Gringotts bank would like to first and foremost apologize for the gross mishandling of your assets. Upon setting up an audit of all our accounts, we were quite displeased when we found out what exactly you needed to retrieve from the Lestrange's vault as we would not allow such a cursed thing to be near us under normal circumstances, we came across the matter that you had not gotten sent any of the normal account statements, nor gotten the summons to accept your Heirships nor Lordships when you should have.
The perpetrators of this, Griphook, Hutvess, Nagnok, Snaglok, and Uisx are, fortunately for them, dead otherwise they would have gotten the punishment they deserve for such an egregious misconduct.
Secondly, the Goblins of Gringotts bank would like to thank you for all that you have done for us. Getting rid of that foul piece of magic from our midst and taking down the one that made it who has slaughtered many a goblin. We also acknowledge that, while if you had notified us of the existence of the foul thing, we would have handed it over to you immediately for removal or let you watch as we destroyed it, you didn't know as such and thus acted within the most logical manner possible. And although you did cause massive property damage and the loss of a dragon guardian, we are willing to accept the losses to a warrior such as yourself that has rid our world of such evil.
However, this leaves the matter of claiming your rightful Lordships and settling things with your account. We must insist that you come as soon as possible to rectify these matters.
Sincerely,
Ragnrok
President Ragnrok of Gringotts Bank
~~~~~
It took him 3 times reading it to fully comprehend what was written.
First, Gringotts did an audit of all accounts, because it was proved that things were in one that they didn't like.
Second, he should have gotten mail and summons from Gringotts before.
Third, Harry would spit on Griphook's grave if he ever got the chance, that conniving bastard! Bad enough Griphook betrayed them for Gryffindor's sword, but this? This is just the cherry on the top.
Fourth, apparently Gringotts isn't actually mad at them for the destruction and loss of the dragon, they're too thankful about the destruction of the horcrux and Voldemort who made it. Which, now that he thinks about it, is mildly concerning. Goblins are never thankful.
In the end, he needs to go to Gringotts anyways. He ran out of money while on the run and needed funds for new furniture and paint for Sirius's room that he planned to claim.
When he gets to Gringotts the goblins guarding the entrance stop him.
"Gringotts Bank is closed for auditing. Only those with official business are allowed." The guard on the right states gruffly.
"Uh, yeah, that makes sense," thank God he thought to bring the letter, "um, would a summons to come as soon as possible count as official business?" Harry asks as he pulls out the letter to show the guards.
"Mister Potter," they gave a shallow bow as they step aside to let him in, "apologies, yes, that would indeed count as official business. Show it to one of our people inside and they will be able to lead you to where you need to go."
"Alright, um, thank you." He says as he enters Gringotts, missing the surprise on the guards faces at being thanked.
Once Harry got inside, he showed the letter to the nearest goblin who beckoned another goblin over and told them something. Though, seeing as he didn't know the goblin's language, he had no clue what was being said.
"Mister Potter, if you wouldn't mind following me, I will take you to the meeting room that you need to go to." Said the goblin that was beckoned over.
"Alright."
He was awed by the meeting room once they had made their way through the neat and decadent halls. It had a burgundy rug that sat upon the polished stone floor. On top of that was an ornate mahogany desk with 2 leather armchairs facing it. Behind the desk sat a goblin dressed somehow even more impeccably than they normally do in a wingback chair.
"Ah, Mister Potter, that was quick. Come in and take a seat." The goblin gestures to the leather chairs in front of him.
Harry walks over and chooses the chair on the right that still allows a view of the door, he may or may not be traumatized.
"Right now, let's get to business, I am President Ragnrok. I assume that you most likely don't know anything about your assets."
"That would be correct President Ragnrok."
"Hmm, then the first order of business should be that we do an inheritance test." Ragnrok decides pulling open several drawers and taking various items out. "The way we do an inheritance test is that we pour a potion into a bowl. Then we add 3 drops of the blood of the person taking the test to the bowl, although sometimes magic will call for more, you will feel that instinctively if so. Then the blood is stirred 3 times counterclockwise and pour it onto a magically prepped piece of parchment. Please prick your finger with this needle," he says while starting the process and handing Harry a needle.
Harry pricks his finger and holds it over the bowl of potion for 1, 2, 3, it doesn't feel right yet, 4, 5, 6, 7, now it feels right, and he withdraws his hand. 'Pft, of course it's 7 drops, what did I expect,' Harry thinks watching the blood get stirred into the potion and then the potion be poured onto the parchment.
"Interesting, last time someone required 7 drops of blood was Merlin, usually it's 5 drops at most," hummed an interested Ragnrok while the parchment started getting saturated by words and magically expanding longer and longer.
"What?" Harry's head snaps up in shock, "You know what? Why am I even surprised at this point?" He asks as he throws his hands up in exasperation. "Also is it supposed to be that long?"
"It will stop once it has found all of what is yours by blood, magic, conquest, and bequeathing. It also tells you all of your titles, abilities, and magic strength/type. Look, it's slowing down now, it must be close to finished," Ragnrok points as the paper stops expanding and the writing slows to a stop. He picks up the parchment, "Let's see now, oh my! That is quite the list and that's only the titles. Here, why don't you take a look?" Ragnrok says as he hands the results over.
~~~~~
Inheritance Results of Harrison (Harry) James Potter:
Paternal Relative:
James Fleamont Potter (deceased)
Maternal Relative:
Lily Jade Potter Nee Evans (deceased)
Godparents:
Sirius Orian Black (illegally incarcerated) (deceased)
Alice Marie Longbottom Nee Fortescue (incapacitated)
Magical Guardian:
Albus P. W. B. Dumbledore (illegal) (deceased)
Titles:
Prophecies Chosen
The-Boy-Who-Lived
Basilisk Slayer
Horcrux Destroyer
Time Traveler
Tri-Wizard Champion
The-Boy-Who-Lived-Twice
Master of Death
Dark Lord Slayer
Goblin Friend
Abilities:
Natural Animagus (100% blocked, A.P.W.B.D.)
Natural Occlumens (85% blocked, A.P.W.B.D.; 15% unblocked by S.T.S. and H.J.P.)
Natural Legilimens (100% blocked, A.P.W.B.D.)
Parselmagic (80% blocked, A.P.W.B.D.)
Eidetic Memory (80% blocked, A.P.W.B.D.)
Magic:
Platinum/Grey
~~~~~
The room begins shaking with Harry's suppressed rage. "President Ragnrok, you mentioned that you are able to get rid of certain types of magic?"
"Yes," Ragnrok answers carefully, "Is there some magic that showed up that upsets you?"
"Yes, because ALBUS PERCIVAL WOLFRIC BRIAN FUCKING DUMBLEDORE decided to put blocks on my magical abilities!" Harry shouts while shoving the test back toward Ragnrok, "That's not even the worst part though! He was my magical guardian illegally!"
"I see, yes I do believe we can get a cleansing ritual done to remove the blocks." Ragnrok plans while handing the test back.
"Good," Harry states as he calms down enough that the room stops shaking and he's able to start asking questions. "Also, what does a Platinum/Grey magic mean?"
"Platinum is the strength of your magic. It goes from the weakest, which is bronze, to silver, to gold, to the strongest which is platinum. Of course, the last person to have Platinum magic is Merlin. Grey is the type of magic you have, you either have light, grey, or dark. Light is where your magic leans more towards light spells, it's hard to do dark spells, and dark is the opposite. Grey on the other hand is able to use both light and dark magic equally."
"So basically, I'm overpowered."
Ragnrok snorts, "That's one way to see it."
"Also how much do you want for the cleansing ritual?"
"It's on me, also you're Goblin Friend, we'd do it for you for free anyways," Ragnrok waves him off.
"What does being Goblin Friend mean exactly?" Harry asks, narrowing his eyes.
"It means that we treat you like a respected goblin, therefore all health care, like the ritual, is free. You might be asked to be a go-between for the Goblin Nation and other cultures, and you might be asked other questions as well," Ragnrok explains.
"Alright, then. I guess I'll read the rest and hope I don't come across anything too surprising." Harry says relaxing slightly and turning to the test again.
~~~~~
Lordships:
Blood inheritances:
Lord Potter (Paternal)
Magic inheritances:
Lord Gryffindor (Paternal)
Lord Peverel (Paternal)
Lord Emrys (Maternal)
Lord Pendragon (Maternal)
Lord Ravenclaw (Maternal)
Lord Hufflepuff (Maternal)
Lord Hogwarts (Has all 4 Lordships)
Conquest inheritances:
Lord Slytherin (T.M.R.)
Lord Gaunt (T.M.R.)
Bequeathal inheritances:
Lord Black (S.O.B.)
Vaults:
Blood inheritances:
Potter vaults (1 furniture, 1 artifact, 1 trust, 1 family)
Magic inheritances:
Gryffindor vaults (1 family)
Peverel vaults (3 vaults)
Emrys vaults (1 family)
Pendragon vaults (1 family)
Ravenclaw vaults (1 family, 1 item)
Hufflepuff vaults (1 family)
Hogwarts vaults (1 item)
Conquest inheritances:
Slytherin vaults (1 family)
Gaunt vaults (1 family)
Bequeathal inheritances:
Black vaults (1 furniture, 1 artifact, 1 book, 1 family)
13 misc. vaults from random families
Properties:
Blood inheritances:
Potter (2)
Magic inheritances:
Gryffindor (1)
Peverel (3)
Emrys (1)
Pendragon (2)
Ravenclaw (2)
Hufflepuff (3)
Hogwarts (1)
Conquest inheritances:
Slytherin (1)
Gaunt (2)
Bequeathal inheritances:
Black (2)
6 misc. properties from random families
~~~~~
"What are the Emrys and Pendragon inheritances and what does being Lord Hogwarts mean for me, other than the obvious stated? Also why am I surprised that my mother was somehow related to half of Hogwarts and these other two?" Harry asked sliding the test back over for Ragnrok to look at the lordships and other inheritances.
"Oh ho, well now you having the power level and needing the same amount of blood as Merlin makes a bit more sense. Merlin was also known as Emrys by the druids, and seeing as most common folk back then didn't have last names, he took Emrys to be his last name when he became a well-known figure, so we get Merlin Emrys. The Pendragon inheritance comes from around the same time period, it's from King Arthur Pendragon who attempted to bring about a time of peace between the magic and non-magic people.
As for being Lord Hogwarts, you can just use that rather than writing all 4 lordships out, and it naturally means that you technically own Hogwarts and the vault that is used for the upkeeping of Hogwarts. And for your mother being related to all these figures it would make sense that all of these lines had squibs eventually and while the main families died out the bloodline still survived in the normal families until all 4 bloodlines came together causing a powerful muggle-born to be born," explained Ragnrok while taking out several new sheets of paper, writing notes, and sending them to all of the goblins that oversee each of the lordships to come to the meeting room with the lordship rings.
"Well that's just peachy. I don't suppose I could keep being Lord Hogwarts a secret, could I?"
"Unfortunately, no, you have to oversee all matters pertaining to Hogwarts and its upkeep. They must seek permission to do anything significant with Hogwarts grounds from you. Currently you would have to send a letter stating it's okay for Hogwarts to keep being a school and that all of the rebuilding is okay.
On a separate note, I've sent notes to each of the overseers of the inheritances that you've gained, so that they bring the lordship rings. Luckily for you some of the lordships have the same overseer so you only have to deal with 5 overseers rather than 11. The Hogwarts and related lordships have the same overseer, the Potter and Peverel have the same overseer, the Emrys and Pendragon have the same overseer, while the Black and Gaunt each have their own overseer."
"The one thing that's going right today I guess," Harry sighed, leaning back into the chair to wait for the overseers of the lordships.
Soon enough there was a knock upon the door before it opened to reveal a rather cross looking goblin holding 4 different notes in one hand and a bag of boxes in the other slung over his shoulder.
"President Ragnrok," he said with a short bow before straightening up quickly, "care to tell me why I got 4 different notes pertaining to 9 different lordships all under my purview?"
"Ah apologies, Overseer Rokrag. It slipped my mind that the Potter and Peverel overseer as well as the Black and Gaunt overseers were among the ones killed and as such the vaults were handed over to your oversight, along with your original oversight of the Hogwarts and associated lordships. Although in such circumstances that may be more beneficial."
"I guess that kind of makes my life even easier. I only have to deal with 2 overseers as opposed to the 5 you initially said." Harry joked towards the two goblins.
Rokrag gave a deep chuckle at that, "Of course the one with all these lordships would be one Harry Potter."
A softer knock came from the door before opening up to a fairly young-looking goblin holding two boxes under one arm and a letter.
"President Ragnrok," she, and they were obviously a she by the voice now, said as she gave a low bow, "I know you were expecting Overseer Bolgdrik, however he passed back into the dirt a couple of days ago, I was packing his things up when the note appeared and brought the requested items."
"I see," Ragnrok acknowledged as he seemed to think something over, "Rokrag, you wouldn't mind taking on the last two lordships, would you?" He asked, turning towards Rokrag.
"Only so long as you give me an assistant, I can't manage 11 lordships all by myself, 9 was pushing it. I'm not that good, Ragnrok."
"I think I can arrange for that Rokrag," Ragnrok agreed while turning to the new goblin, "Say, you were helping Overseer Bolgdrik as he got older weren't you?"
"Yes, President Ragnrok," she nods while looking slightly confused as to where the conversation is going.
"What do you say?" Ragnrok asks towards Rokrag.
"A young assistant would be beneficial in the long run," Rokrag considers, "As long as she's agreeable I don't see anything wrong with it. Although I would like to know who I'm going to be working with," Rokrag agrees while both Ragnrok and Rokrag turn towards the young goblin as understanding finally crosses her face followed by determination.
"Assistant Zatsna, at your service," she gives a slight bow while introducing herself.
"Well that's sorted," Ragnrok said as he clapped, "Now we can get to the fun bit, having our new young lord put all the rings on."
"Can I see the test to see exactly what I'm dealing with before we start putting on lordship rings?" Asked Rokrag.
"Sure, why not," Harry passed the test over watching in amusement as Rokrag's eyebrows went higher and higher with each line read.
"I see, well we should start with the Potter ring and then the Peverel ring. Then I believe you should do either all 4 of the lordships which will combine on their own to create the Hogwarts ring or the Emrys or Pendragon rings. Then do the Black ring followed by the Gaunt ring last." Rokrag advised taking out the boxes with the rings and setting them down in the order he stated.
"Uh, does it matter which finger I put them on? Also, will all of them automatically merge?" Harry asked in trepidation.
"The finger the ring wants will call to you. If they want to merge and are compatible, then they will, otherwise they won't merge. I recommend putting all 4 house lordships on one finger to combine for ease and then moving the combined ring to whichever finger feels right. The other rings are up to you on how you combine them; however the Potter and Peverel rings are most likely compatible, as are the Emrys and Pendragon. The Black and Gaunt rings may or may not combine with each other or any of the other rings," Rokrag answered.
"Guess, I should start then," Harry said, reaching for the box that supposedly held the Potter ring.
The box opened to a beautiful silver ring with the profile of a stag on it. He gently pulled it from the box and instantly felt that the middle finger of his left hand was where it was meant to be. He slid it on, and it magically resized to fit perfectly giving a feeling of warmth.
The next box was presumably the Peverel ring. It opened to a neat silver ring with... of course it has the deathly hallows on it. What was he expecting? It also wanted the same finger as the Potter ring, guess those are going to combine. He put it on, and it instantly merged with the Potter ring to make a new ring, it now looked like a deer skull with the deathly hallows on its forehead. Honestly, it looked more impressive now in Harry's opinion. It also felt right. It wasn't too heavy or cold, it felt like an extension of him.
Now which one to do next? Hogwarts rings or Emrys and Pendragon rings? He reached out and almost felt drawn to the Hogwarts rings. 'Guess those are next,' he thought to himself while opening one of the boxes that wanted to be opened more than the others. It opened to a simple yet beautiful Slytherin crest with green enamel inlayed in it. It wanted to be put on the left index finger right next to the other ring. He slid it on and was met with a cool to the touch ring that gave his finger a gentle squeeze before settling down.
The next box from the Hogwarts rings that called to him was then opened. It revealed a Gryffindor crest with red enamel inlayed in it that was just as simple as the Slytherin one if not more so. This one when slid onto the same finger as the Slytherin one was slightly warm and gave a roar surprising him.
"Jeez, what did it have to do that for?! That scared the living daylights out of me!" Harry exclaimed. Rokrag and Ragnrok started laughing at him while Zatsna looked perplexed at the situation.
"Godric thought it would be a funny joke, what else would you expect from that manchild," Ragnrok explained once he calmed down enough.
"Of course he did," Harry rolled his eyes in exasperation as he reached for the next one.
The next one opened up to a more decadent ring than the other two with gems and more enamel flowing down either side of the Hufflepuff crest with honey colored enamel inlayed in it. This one, when slid on the same finger as the other two, was warm but instead of roaring like the Gryffindor one it gave off a slight honey scent. That was pleasant.
The last ring was Ravenclaw's, it was the most similar to Gryffindor's which made him instantly wary, it was just a Ravenclaw crest with blue enamel inlayed in it. This time he was prepared for the eagle cry as he placed the cool ring on the same finger as the others. As soon as the ring settled all of the rings combined into one showing the Hogwarts crest with colored enamel on a silver ring that looked similar to the Ravenclaw and Gryffindor rings. It felt similar in temperature to the other ring combination but had a slight heft to it that the Peverel-Potter ring didn't have.
"Ravenclaw made the base ring that everyone else edited, didn't she?" Harry asked in annoyance.
"Yep, how'd you tell?" Ragnrok asked.
"The blended ring looks like hers and Gryffindor's and Gryffindor could easily have just copied her," Harry answers flatly, before reaching for the next ring box.
The ring box that wanted to go next was the Emrys ring. The ring revealed was golden with a Celtic style dragon on it. The left pinky finger felt right to put it on, it was warm to the touch and while resizing the dragon on it turned its head toward him and breathed out a puff of smoke before going back to the original position.
The next ring box grabbed was the Pendragon one. The ring inside was a silver ring with a sword on an intricate shield that had some decoration on both sides of the shield. It was cool as he instinctively put it on the same finger as the Emrys ring. It instantly combined with the other ring and made a ring that was still slightly warm and looked like a simple shield with a golden dragon on it.
'Two more rings to go,' he thought to himself as he grabbed the Black ring box. Inside was a gold ring with a rectangular onyx stone with a diamond of gold on top of the onyx holding a diamond. 'It even looks like a Black ring,' he snorts mentally while placing it on his left thumb. It was slightly cool, but other than that it didn't do anything.
"Wait, didn't the Gaunt family ring get destroyed?" Harry asked, remembering the ring that got turned into a horcrux.
"No, the moment the Gaunt family wanted us to switch out the inlay of the ring for a different gem was the moment we switched out the ring for a fake that had the gem they wanted in it. We've kept the real one since then as the family deteriorated," answered Ragnrok.
Opening the last box, Harry withheld a flinch at the sight of such a familiar looking ring. It was a gold ring with snake heads carved biting and holding a diamond shaped clear gem. It was also cool as he slid it on the same finger as the Black ring. To his surprise the rings smoothly combined into a gold ring with 2 snakes coiling around a rectangular black gem, one snake on top, the other on the bottom.
"Hmm, that works well," Harry said looking at his rings, "So, it said on my test that the Potters have a furniture vault, I'm assuming that is where any extra furniture was stored and seeing as I need furniture for a room I might as well take a look at that before I go buy paint. I'll probably look at all of the vaults eventually, but right now I just need money and furniture."
"Ah, are you renovating?" Asked Ragnrok.
"Yeah, Bellatrix destroyed Sirius's old room when they were looking for any signs of where I went. Everything else was just lightly ransacked, that room though, completely unsalvageable. In fact, your summons came right as I finished cleaning everything up and cleaning that room out. Anyways, if there isn't anything else that we need to do, I'll go check the furniture vault, grab some money, and get out of your hair. And write a letter later."
"Everything else should be sorted out easily enough," Rokrag answered with a nod from Zatsna.
"We'll summon you back when the cleansing ritual is ready to be done," Ragnrok agreed.
"Alright then. Wait, do I need a bunch of keys for all the vaults?" Harry asked, alarmed.
All of the goblins started laughing.
"No, no, that's the good thing about your lordship rings, they act as keys for all the vaults related to them. However, the other miscellaneous vaults will need keys unless you just want to throw all the stuff together in one vault under one of the lordship rings," Rokrag explained as soon as he stopped laughing.
"Honestly that sounds like a good idea, I'm bound to lose a key if I need 13 of them for all of the random vaults. Can we put it all in a vault under the Gaunt lordship?"
"We can do that, I'll make a note of it," Rokrag said as he pulled a notebook out of his front pocket and made a note.
*Flashback End*
Harry had found some nice Chestnut furniture, black leather chairs and a Mahogony bed that had forest green sheets and shrunk it all down. He actually likes dark greens, thank you very much. At the paint store he decided on a nice royal blue for the walls that would work well with the dark furniture and forest green sheets.
It's in this room that Harry wakes up to the sound of his phone going off. Only Hermione, Ron, and Malfoy have his phone number. Malfoy only because before he fixed up Grimmauld Place he had argued Malfoy and his mother out of jail. Malfoy's a paranoid bugger though and wanted to be able to make sure someone could come save his arse though, so, phone.
Yes, he taught Malfoy the basics of using a phone.
Yes, he also regrets teaching Malfoy the basics of using a phone.
Yes, he also threatened to curse Malfoy if he messaged in the middle of the night again for no reason.
So, who is messaging him and why? As he unlocks his phone, he looks at the time, it's 3 in the fucking morning! He clicks on the new messages.
"What the heck," He mutters out loud as he sees an image of Snape, who he thought was dead mind you, in a hospital bed holding up a peace sign to the camera. With the message, "I lived bitch," under it. You know what? Just for this Snape's contact name is going to be Batman. And he's going back to bed cause it's too goddamn early.