Gringotts trip part 2
Timeskip to few hours later, brought to you by Hermione chasing Ron with a book
Pain was the first thing Tom felt when he awoke. It took a few moments for him to open his eyes and adjust as the room was bright and white, it took a few more moments for him to remember everything that happened, the inheritance tests, the cleansing ritual, everything. He started to panic a little when he couldn’t find Regulus or recognise his surroundings. Suddenly remembering the pained screams of his soulmate he quickly sat up from the bed and searched for Regulus.
His shoulders slumped in relief when he found him on a bed right beside his. Right as he was about to stand up and go to Regulus, the door to the room opened, which caused him to tense and reach for his wand, which he didn’t have. In walked, what seemed to be a female goblin wearing a nurse uniform.
“You are awake earlier than expected, Lord Slytherin.” Said the goblin.
In response Tom started firing questions, not even acknowledging the goblin “Where am I? Why were we unconscious and who are you?” The questions were unnecessary as Tom was starting to have a pretty clear picture of what happened but he wanted the goblin to confirm.
Before the goblin could answer,Tom started rising from the bed again to make his way to a still unconscious Regulus, to make sure everything was alright with him, he might trust the goblins a little but he needed to make sure for himself that everything was alright with his soulmate.
“Calm down Lord Slytherin, my name is Ulgrit and I’m the head healer of Gringotts.” Placated the goblin, “You and your partner passed out at the end of the cleansing ritual, which I must say is impressive, most wizards pass out soon after the beginning of that ritual due to the pain. Currently we are under Gringotts in a hospital to make sure neither you or your partner have any complications from the ritual. Oh and before I forget, Lord Black should awaken within the next 5 minutes.” The goblin now known as Ulgrit finished answering all Tom’s questions..
Now sitting beside Regulus’s bed and holding his hand, Tom took a deep breath and nodded, storing away the new info for later. “I apologise for losing myself for a moment. Can you tell me where our wands are?” Inquired Tom, knowing it would be a bad idea to piss off the goblins by being rude, but also being aware that he would never feel safe without his wand within arms reach, despite how proficient he is at wandless magic.
“Your wands are kept at your manager Ironclaw’s office, he is to make sure nothing happens to them and return them to you when you go back to his office. I will guide you back to him after Lord Black awakens and I have made sure that the both of you are healthy.” Informed Ulgrit, while searching through a potion cabinet that was on the other side of the room.
As if he heard them, Regulus squeezed Tom’s hand which was holding his own. This causes Tom to snap his head towards him and whisper teasingly in his ear “Wake up Star, we have business to take care of. I promise you can sleep more when we make it back home.” Slowly but surely Regulus opened his silver eyes, the confusion evident in them but seeing Tom right beside him, he didn’t panic.
“Where are we?” Asked Regulus, voice a little raspy from being unconscious. “We are currently under Gringotts, in a goblin hospital and as soon as we get checked out by healer Ulgrit, we will be guided back to Ironclaw’s office, where our wands will be waiting for us and we will finish our business.” Tom explained calmly.
Nodding Regulus pushed himself up with the help of his soulmate and observed the room for any threats. “Ah, you are awake Lord Black, splendid! Now you both were unconscious for around eight hours so it is almost night by now. But as soon as I check both of you over, you will be escorted back to your manager as it is late and we all want to finish our business for the day. Now if you will allow me to check you over?” Said the goblin.
As the men didn’t have a choice in the matter, not really, they agreed to being checked over. It took around a quarter of the hour before they were ready to be led back to Ironclaw. Nodding politely to Ulgrit before leaving and being led back to Ironclaw who was expecting them.
As they took a seat, Ironclaw began talking “Ah, Lord Slytherin and Lord Black! I must say I was not expecting you until tomorrow as waking from the cleansing ritual usually takes longer” Regulus smirked from where he was sitting and said “Well we aren't just usual wizards, now are we?” He teased jokingly, his response got a smirk out of cockily and even Ironclaw chuckled a little. “Correct you are Lord Black, now onto business. I have both of your wands here.” Said Ironclaw while reaching into his desk drawer and pulling out their wands, handing them back to their owners, who both felt relieved to be reunited with their wands. Nodding in thanks, both men put their wands into their holsters. “Now that this is done. As it is late and we want to get done with our business today, which one of you would like to claim their lordships first?”
Looking at each other and talking through their eyes, Tom said “I will be claiming my lordships first.”
“Very well” responded Ironclaw and pulled out the Peverell, Gaunt and Emrys lord rings, and the Le Fay heir ring. “Now repeat after me and then put the ring on ‘I, your name, vow to protect and honour the house of, the house you wish to claim, till my dying breath. And follow the traditions of the house. I promise to follow and honour Lady Magick and Lord Death. I promise to bring my house to prosperity. I vow to do everything keeping the best interest of my house in mind, so mote it be ”
Tom repeated the oath three times and as expected all the lordships accepted him. As he put on the final ring he could feel the family magicks connecting to him and welcoming him as the new lord. He spaced out for a moment from the power of family magics but was brought back to reality by Regulus nudging him and gently smiling at him. He smiled back and reached for the heir ring, luckily that one didn’t require any more vows.
Tom was happy to note that once the rings were on his hand they merged into one, leaving the Slytherin ring as the one visible to everyone with the Le Fay heir ring beside it.
Content, Tom turned to Regulus and said “It’s your turn now, stella mea” Taking a deep breath Regulus turned to Ironclaw, who had meanwhile taken out the rings for his lordships. On the table stood the Black, Ravenclaw and Le Fay lord rings and beside them were the Emrys and Crabbe heir rings. “Now do the same thing Lord Sytherin did and everything will go accordingly” Reminded Ironclaw.
Nodding Regulus started with the Black ring.
It took a few minutes but all the rings accepted him. He had never felt so connected to his family magic as he did right now and he relished in it and the feeling of old family magic flowing through him.
Taking a deep breath, knowing now was not the time to bask in magic, he turned back to Ironclaw and said “Now that that is done. What is our next order of business?” Tiredly speaking, Ironclaw responded “There is nothing more that needs to be done immediately, I think it would be best for all of us to retire into our homes as it is late by now.”
Thinking about it for a moment Tom asked “Would it be possible to continue our business further by letter as us being seen outside during the current political scene is dangerous? And we would like you to send us the complete list of our properties and do a full audit of our vaults to make sure everything is in order.”
Nodding the goblin confirmed that it was indeed possible for extra cost to do everything requested and to continue their business by letter. The list of properties would be sent to them with the audit results as soon as they were done.
Nodding in thanks both wizards stood and bidded their manager goodbye. Walking out they noticed how it was almost night time, so they apparated straight to their home to rest and plan their next steps.