Tom and Articus ingheritance test
The day after the Hogwarts school public governors meeting found Fitz William Darcy and his two nephews Articus Brandon and Tom Riddle waiting to see his account manager for magical inheritance tests that would show Articus magical linage, Darcy had decided to bite the bullet and ask for Tom to complete the test as well to ensure that there were no undiscovered problems in his line. But the inheritance test Darcy knew was just a formality, both boys looked like their parents, with Tom almost being a double for his father when Christopher had been at his age.
Tom Riddle loved his father but knew that his father was ashamed of him, it was the only reason after all why the man had given his mundane name and not his magical name. It didn’t matter really, they were father and son after all. Tom was thinking of how his life had turned out, here he was in Gringotts having the inheritance test carried out, it was after all one of the conditions of the bonding agreement between Articus his younger brother and his intended Rodolphus LeStrange the heir and eldest son of the LeStrange family, the family were not powerful or influential in magical society, but they were rich and needed to be bonded with an old magical family which after all that is what the Weasley family were.
Tom’s uncle Fitz William Darcy had arranged that Articus was awarded the title of Weasley, he had spoken to all the Weasley sisters and had gained their agreement that for proprieties sake Articus would be given the family title that should have his cousins Mark Bingley’s. It was quite fortunate that the LeStrange family did not want a bride price and were quite happy to bond to damaged goods. The only stipulations had been this inheritance test of him and Articus, and that Articus was the legal submissive consort in the bonding
The three wizards were called into the appointment room. They were called and escorted in to a very plush office, behind which sat the Goblin Trickster32ourenimies the Darcy financial manager. He had before him a pile of parchment, the traditional greetings were exchange. Everybody sat down in the very plush chairs that had been provided. Trickster32ourenimies sat behind a large but functional desk, for the Goblins functionality always won over ornate. On the table in front of the pile of parchment that Trickster32ourenimies sat, were two pieces of parchment and two bronze challis with corresponding ceremonial daggers, Tom saw that the inheritance in composite revealing potion was present as well. Oh joys of joys, those bastards the LeStrange’s were going to ensure that he had no claim onto the Weasley family name now or in the future.
A normal inheritance potion just stated which magical family blood lines you were from, the potions that the Goblins had been instructed to use, will reveal not only the magical family lines but their actual parents and subsequent adoptions if there were any.
Tom was impressed, his uncle was using the Darcy family personal Goblin manager to conduct this test.
Tom as the first born held out his hand, which the Goblin ritually cleansed and drew blood from the cut that he made with the dagger, five drops of his blood was placed in a chalice, then the Goblin added the potion. While they were waiting for the reaction of the potion to the blood, his brother the idiotic Articus followed the same procedure.
The second Goblin that had entered the room when the three men had sat down swirled Toms chalice around three times and then upended it on the special parchment on the table. The parchment soaked in the potion and while they waited for his known inheritance line to become visible the goblin did the same with Articus chalice.
Articus parchment writing showed first and it was very simple
Articus Weasley nee Brandon
(B) 1984
(M) Lydia Brandon nee Weasley Fifth biological child and second son
Married to
(F) Cristopher Brandon (magical name)
Fifth Biological child and first son,
Second son due to adoption of first child
Sex – forced Omega by administration of illegal potions by Mary Prewitt
Maternal Grandparents
Articus Weasley (m) Martha Weasley
Both deceased
Paternal Grandparents
Charles Brandon (Steward to Darcy estate) m Nelly Brandon (Housekeeper to Darcy Estate)
And then his linage being recorded till before Merlin’s time
Godparents
Albus Dumbledore British Chief Warlock
Euphemia Potter
Minerva McGonagall
Augusta Longbottom
Audrey Prewitt
Tom looked at Darcy, what was going on he was his parents eldest biological child. He should know he sat many a time listening to his father talking proudly about him to his muggle friends that had been from both his time in the muggle army and afterwards from his civilian mundane life. How many times had his father told Tom that he was just like his brother all but in blood the man sat beside him, and proud he was of his accomplishments big or small.
How many times had he listened to his drunken mothers rantings about how he was just like his father her bonded. A stuck up prig who despised the light leader her hero Albus Dumbledore, and how much more agreeable and malleable his brother Articus was.
The second Goblin coughed and everybody saw that Toms parchment was ready to be read, the following was listed
Tom Riddle
(B) 31st January 1960
(M) Lydia Brandon nee Weasley Fifth biological child and second son
Married to
Adopted father by quod cicum universum sanguinem adoption (illegal) 28 February 1963, Colonel Christopher Riddle (named changed by muggle deed poll) nee Brandon
Sole heir to adopted fathers mundane and muggle estate
All-encompassing blood adopted son
(Actual Father) Albus Bay Dumbledore Jr, chief warlock of Britain and International wizarding society. Because of inheritance laws (due to murder of a family sibling) heir to Dumbledore Lordship and family head after Aberforth Dumbledore.
Maternal Grandparents
Articus Weasley (m) Martha Weasley
Both deceased
Adopted Paternal Grandparents
Charles Brandon (Steward to Darcy estate) m Nelly Brandon (Housekeeper to Darcy Estate)
Both deceased
Paternal Grandparents
Albus Bay Dumbledore Sr (Kissed for murder of twenty mundane boys) m Wilppena Dumbledore
Both deceased
Godparents
Mrs Muriel Brown muggle
Dr Hawkeye Pierce (Jr) muggle
Mary Weasley (spinster aunt)
Major (Dr) Charles Emerson (Jr) muggle
Major Margaret Houlihan muggle (m) Major (Dr) Charles Emerson (Jr) muggle
And then his linage back to before merlin’s time, with a foot note at the bottom of the parchment
Potion Master 1st class Wang Wei cracker Daukmarts brewer of quod cicum universum sanguinem adoption potion.
Mrs Nelly Pickering
Retired Colonel Francis Moody
Elizabeth Darcy nee Weasley
Horace Slughorn potion master 3rd class keepers of unbreakable vow regarding the quod cicum universum sanguinem adoption.
Tom looked at the parchment with incredibility, his biological father was the arse hole Dumbledore. How, why and had the bloody hell had it happened. His adopted father had known and tried to cover the fact up, by illegally blood adopting him, but why would he have to try to hide the fact that he had adopted him. All magical people knew that the potion his father had used, somehow changed what the mundanes had named a persons DNA to the adopted parent. It was illegal to brew and use, because unless this particular revealing ritual was conducted, the child would always be seen as the parents blood born child. His father had been destined to being kissed or life in Azkaban if anybody had found out about the adoption.
Then Tom realised that his real father had always loved him as his own son, never once had he treated him differently to his half siblings. The man loved him so much that he had made him his heir to his estate, and gave him his hard won respected muggle name and not his despised magical name.
There was an sharp intake of breath and Tom heard his uncle swear under his breath. Darcy sat by his nephew Tom shocked and perplexed by the parchments revealment of Toms parentage. Christopher his father’s stewards son and favourite who had turned out everybody believed to a never do well.
All through the years that he had known Christopher, Christopher had wanted and plotted to take what was rightfully Darcy’s. Spreading slander and lies throughout certain parts of society about him. Christopher had almost ensured that his adored bonded Elizabeth had not given him a second chance. Christopher had tried to force his younger sister Georgina to bond with him, to get control of her fortune, when Darcy had managed to stop that happening. Christopher had somehow managed to become an auror and then the subsequent elopement with Elizabeth sister from Brighton. It had taken by this time a very contrite Darcy a lot of money etc. to ensure that the two had bonded, and that the Brandon’s had been provided for financially. He had also managed with the help of the Weasley aunt and uncle Gardner hush up the elopement from most of polite society. Allowing Lydia’s other sister’s to bond well, except for Kitty who never bond to her true love of the time Lord Frank Longbottom Sr, although she had bonded to the old retired head of DMLE colonel Francis Moody. Moody had been forced to retire when he wouldn’t just allow auror brutality in the ministry’s cells, or make suspects disappear quickly for the good of society.
But after the bonding of the Brandon’s, they had disappeared from society. Christopher had resigned his auror commission and then nothing was heard until the Brandon’s made an appearance just before their second son was born.
Everybody in their extended family had just been grateful that the Brandon’s seemed to be adequately provided for, and that except for Articus the rest of their children seemed levelled headed and well raised. But ever since Darcy had been given the power of attorney over the Brandon’s estate, he had been floored by how wealthy Christopher had become. And Darcy knew the wealth had been hard won as the mundanes said. He had also found by looking at the instructions that Christopher had left in case he died or was ever incapacitated on how his children would be provided for. The reason that Articus had to bond with the strict old way followers Lestranges was that Christopher had left him no inheritance, just a lifelong tenancy of a decrepit building in Devon called the Burrow and the his despised Brandon his magical name. Christopher had written to Darcy a request that is possible Articus be allowed to inherit the Weasley title, over the acknowledged heir his cousin Mark Bingley. Luckily for Articus the Bingley’s children were just as easy going as their parents his sister in law Jane Bingley and her husband and his best friend Charles Bingley, Mark had given up the title with good grace allowing the solution to Articus shameful behaviour. His shameful behaviour after all had severely limited the options the stupid boy had to just the LeStrange bonding agreement.
Perhaps Christopher was trying to make Articus wake up and become like him, a self-made respected man, even though that respect had been from his mundane contemporaries. Well he would be having a very long and overdue conversation with his brother in law Christopher if the man ever recovered enough to speak to them! About a few facts that had come to light, and Tom would be having the same conversation with his father as well, if the mans shocked face was any indication. But it looked like the first people they would be talking to would be Kitty’s husband, his bonded and the woman who Tom had started calling Aunt Muriel after Articus bonding day tomorrow.
Articus looked with disbelief at his brothers parchment, according to the facts listed there he was the rightful heir to his father’s estate! Not the bastard offspring that his father had blood adopted. But no his father the now saintly Colonel Brandon had ensured that his life had been enslaved to a very strict old way following family. He could close his eyes and still hear his father’s rebukes and disappointed reactions to his problems he had encountered throughout his life. The tirade of why couldn’t he be like perfect git Tom never seemed to get old from his father, or that one day his father wouldn’t be there to guide or save him from his foolish actions. But things had really headed south when the old fool had nearly died from a massive stroke, brought on his uncle had stated by the news of Mary Prewitt date raping him at Hogwarts, so to save his sisters reputation he was being bonded to the LeStrange Son. When he had complained at the unfairness of his treatment, he was told that this was the price of his and the teaching staffs behaviour at Hogwarts. He had not followed the established traditions whilst at Hogwarts, so the girl was insisting that the sexual fling was consensual and the subsequent child wanted by them and that Articus had agreed to take the potions that she had secretly given him.
Dumbledore had assured him that he would have the power, fortune and respect that his father had acquired. It had been Dumbledore who had assured him that he had been named as executor of his fathers will or named as power of attorney if his father became to incapacitated. All Articus had to do was follow his Godfather and his plans, which had included giving him the control of his inheritance. So Articus had not been worried when the school bike Mary Prewitt had become pregnant after dousing him with love and conception potion. He had known that his father for all his bluster and warnings would never allow one of his children to suffer, he would have allowed the bonding between himself and Mary and ensured that his family was well provided for. But the old fool had only gone and had a stroke and left his future in the hands of his priggish and prideful uncle Darcy.
How quickly the slut had changed her mind when her family was dangled by his uncle not only financial compensation, but the arrangement of their daughter bounding to a very remote and rich Darcy cousin. Of course the fact that Mary had been presented with either bonding the Egyptian wizard quickly or being imprisoned in Azkaban for rape and line theft of a lord may have ensured that the family saw things his uncles way. No he had what Dumbledore and Mary Prewitt had planned the Weasley family title, but nothing else now except a life as omegas consort and the bearer of the LeStrange heir. It was official his life was now over, and his bastard half sibling had all what was rightfully his inheritance!
Darcy’s Goblin manager looked at the three shocked faces in front of him and asked “Mr Darcy, Do you want Colonel Riddle financial manager to still advice on his estate and assets, Thickone as his account manager will have knowledge about the Colonels estate and vaults?” Darcy quickly agreed to the suggestion, and requested that the Goblin now be made full time manager of the Riddle and work as his deputy financial manager on the Darcy estate as well, after all if the Goblin had advised and looked after Christopher’s financial assets then he was worthwhile snagging as a full time manager.
Darcy looked at Tom, and shudder went through them both. For whatever had made the Trickster32ourenimies smile like he had personally dissected a still breathing enemy in front of them was obviously not good news for the poor Riddles account manager he had apparently just shafted.
Trickster32ourenimies smirked at Mr Darcy’s answer to his question, it had taken him years to be able to shaft his brother Thickone in the back, and bring respect to his bonded and family. For years Trickster32ourenimies had watched as his brother Thickone had hoodwinked not only his immediate family but the whole of the goblin society as well.
No matter what Trickster32ourenimies said about his brothers scandalous work ethic, he had been told that Thickone was just to thick to even entertain the suggestions that Trickster32ourenimies told family and his superiors. But no more, now Thickone would get the recognition he deserved and warranted, and also hard work that went with the kudos of managing a successful and powerful clients account. After all there was only five very wealthy wizarding families in British societies and the Darcy and combined families accounts, had with the incorporation of the Riddle accounts catapulted the family not only to the number one spot of the wealthiest British wizarding families spot, but had snagged the wizarding world number one spot.
The Goblins had a reputation for being underhanded sneaky, in love with money, Dumbledore had once said not in jest, a goblin would sell their own mother to make a profit. No they wouldn’t, as they would tell you they weren’t frengi, no they saw, money and the power it brought as a way to stabilize magical society. They were an honorable race and culture, once you gave money or belongings to a Goblin for safe keeping, nobody but you (and sometimes not even you) would get their hands on it. They understood why Dumbledore had decided to destroy them and categorize them with the dark creatures, it was because they had never allowed him to get his thieving hands on other people’s money.
But one unknown thing about Goblins, was they were a literal and logical thinking race, they would give Vulcans or young Severus Brown a run for their money, they didn’t do fantasy or make believe. Goblins weren’t stupid per say, they knew individual’s, cultures etc. could and would lie, cheat to get their way, Dumbledore was a case in point.
Now the Goblins unbeknownst to the wizards had kept up to date with mundanes and their technology, they had found television, dvd players, satellites etc. Because they were a literal race, they believed what they saw from the television, they had watch all the documentary’s, including the human history ones (darth vader, sky lukewalker, yodi) and whilst they found them fascinating, the documentary’s they watch the most were the ones about the human future, including the space ship USS Enterprise, James Kirk, Spock the big Goblin, Romulans warlike Goblins, yes they wanted to help the muggles to realize and gain their future, and to this end they had a plan. It had also helped that they had made even more money by investing in the mundane economy.
The plan included, gaining power, making the mundane governments unite, bring world peace (a bit tricky that one they admitted), investing in the space technology, uniting mundane and magical communities in Britain. Oh they had a plan, and best of all they knew that the mundanes would appreciate them.
But first they had to make sure that all the underhand practices and illegal operations were discouraged, it would take time but they would get there, and what made it all the better for the Goblins nation was that the mundane governments treated their expertise with the reverence it deserved. Take the new chancellor, he would do what he was told, they would ensure that the British economy was run in the most profitable way, oh yes the future was looking bright. Today Britain’s economy, in the next five to ten years they had set their sights on running the European Economy, they would show the Germans efficiently, and then they would take on the world. They had reasoned with them running the world’s economy and the vampires in charge of the worlds and countries laws and constitutions, then between them they would be able to run the mundane world society effectively together, allowing the mundanes the freedom to do what they did best, invent and propel the worlds society for ever forward towards the great future that they knew was out there, for all of them.
Goblins like one of their hero, Spock, never lied always told the truth, just because they made the truth sometimes lie for them, was a minor detail. No Thickone knew he was thick, it didn’t take a genius really, when at his naming ceremony when he was ten, his parents had as per tradition named him after his most obvious trait. For many Goblins this usually meant names as Ironclaw, throatripper, wiseone, massive lunchbox, bastard auditor etc, but his parents following tradition had named him for his best known trait his thickness, and it didn’t mean the width of his manhood. A Goblin had at least two names, the first one only family knew and used, the main one used was what a Goblin was named at ten.
Now Thickone had as a child watched his favourite British history documentary Claudius the God, and had taken the advice given to young Claudius to heart which had been to ensure that other people under estimated you. He would admit that his parents and family were correct, he was thick, but he had ensured that everybody understood that not only was he thick, but at a cretin’s level of thickness. He had a good easy life, he only worked on average six to eight hours a day, his accounts he managed were for the poorest of the goblins customers that managed to always be in credit.
He had even become the financial manager for the wizard Christopher Brandon after his brother in law had bailed him out financially again. Christopher had given the ultimate control of finances to Thickone at the time, and Thickone had been amazed when Christopher had taken his advice. He was also in awe of the man, when he instructed Thickone to give at least the mundane tithe of 10% of his estate to what Thickone had deemed were deserving causes. Many times Thickone had been able to ensure a poor wizarding child was able to attend Hogwarts, when he broached Christopher about funding the poor students through their schooling he had always waved him away with the comment “Just tell them it is a scholarship…and ensure that the scholarship includes all the relevant clothes etc”
Christopher had fully funded the wizarding orphanage in Knockdown alley since he was financially able to. When Thickone had tried to get Christopher to be acknowledged as the financial provider for the orphanage instead of Dumbledore who always boasted about giving the orphans money. Christopher had replied “Do what my wife’s family the Darcy’s and others do, if they make a big dance and song about giving money and resources to the charities they support then follow through with naming me as a financial sponsor, if not don’t!” But it was not only the magical charities that had benefited from Christopher’s generosity, it was mundanes charities and organizations that he had supported through the years.
Christopher had allowed Thickone to help the poor clients that he was given by the Goblin management to manage. These clients were the poorest of magical society and would never be allowed loans normally by the Goblins. These clients of Thickone hated owing money to, anyone. Not for them loans, they had been brought up with second hand clothes, used books and items, having to miss meals to ensure that the rent was paid etc., Their parents ensured that the children could budget their money.
Very often these clients would ensure that their children attended Hogwarts school, to have the opportunities to get out of the all-encompassing poverty they had been born into! And Thickone with Christopher’s silent financial support had been able to help his clients. But now his older brother Trickster32ourenimies or Tricky for short had ensured that his easy life was over for good.
After his brother the account manager for the Darcy estates had been asked to help Darcy with a problem concerning the ill-mannered loutish, light loving thick son Articus of Christopher, he had expected to be removed from the Riddles accounts. After all he had made sure that his reputation had always preceded him after all.
So when he had been asked to, report to the overall goblin bank manager. He expected to be removed from his the Riddle accounts, and his brother given the management of them as well as the Darcy’s accounts.
He would still be able to have a nice relative boring stress less life. But what had his brother Tricky done, only made his life hell literally. He had been informed him that they had been impressed with his intelligence that he kept hidden all these years. Especially with the management of the Riddle estate and he was now promoted to be his brothers deputy on the now combined Darcy and Riddle estates. But the killer as far as Thickone was concerned, he was now the account manager for one their most important magical/mundane customer one Colonel Riddle, and it was this hidden drive and intellect the goblins wished to utilize effectively. So no more part time working at the bank anymore, Thickone lamented he was working normal goblins twelve plus hour days six bloody days a week, and still taking work home with him. But at least his bonded and their family had proudly started to tell the rest of their community that his name Thickone had been in honor of the width of his manhood not the fact that he was thick!
Trickster32ourenimies cleared his throat “Perhaps it would be prudent to make Articus Weasley take an unbreakable vow, to ensure the secrecy regarding Mr. Tom Riddle and his unconventional adoption is kept” Both Tom and Darcy readily agreed, and Articus was forced to take an unbreakable concerning the truth of Toms adoption. Before the three men left the Goblins appointment room.
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Darcy truly felt sorry for his nephew Articus but there was nothing more than he could do, but ensure the young man was bonded as quickly as possible to a son of a understanding traditional wizarding family.
Natural omegas were very rare in wizarding society as were the corresponding Alphas. Normally as in mundane society the vast majority of people were either heterosexual, homosexual, hermaphrodite and even transgender were now being seen more since the mundane and muggle societies had become closer.
There had never been problems regarding the bonding of same sex couple in magical families that followed the way and the old traditions. They had though the years ensured their magical line had continued through the adoption, surrogate pregnancies etc.
But the new way followers of the light had deemed that only a child born of a legal bond could be considered the legitimate children of a family, according to their rules children born outside of a bonded union or adopted were not considered legitimate and could not inherit any titles or estates. This had of course set up problems for new way families that had male gay wizards as their head of their families. A way round this was for the Gay wizard to marry a hermaphrodite or a forced omega who would bear and carry their children.
Normally a wizarding male couple could not have naturally have a child, but there were very rare instances of Omegas. Omegas were male wizards who naturally submissive, and could child bear naturally. A natural born Omega had the recessive Omegas gene present from both parents. Natural Omegas were slightly and had a feminine build, their male gentile were small and infertile. They had heats twice a year where they could only get pregnant at that time. They could only bond with a natural Alpha, and once bonded the Alpha marked his omega and cherished him.
For many prominent wealthy male gay wizards who required a heir to continue their family line, they wanted to bond with an omega. But this was not possible as most of them were not true Alphas. So to ensure that supply had met demand over the centuries, families that needed wealth had sacrificed one of their male offspring and turned them into a omega by the use of a permeant potion. Forced omegas were classed the same as natural omegas! They were the property of the person that marked them, their rights became non-existent when they bonded. Forced Omegas had over the centuries become a sort after commodity, they retained their natural male gentillia and male bodies, even though the potion ensured that they suffered a permanent castration.
Articus was very lucky that Darcy had reluctantly allowed the LeStranges son to bond with him. He knew that all though the LeStranges were a traditional family that followed the old ways, they would ensure that Articus as an omega would be well looked after and cherished. Articus after tomorrow would not have the same rights as he had before the scandal with Mary Prewitt, but he was being allowed to finish his education at Hogwarts. The LeStranges had also named Articus as their sons consort allowing him status in traditional magical society that he would have lost, if the other families had been successful in their negotiations.
One of the effects that Mary Prewitt potions had on Articus, was to force him to become a Omega. Two of the potions when combined together, became the forced omega potion. The potion had made Articus a forced Omega, and why it had become paramount to get Articus bonded as quickly as possible.
Mary Prewitt had been in serious trouble for line theft and raping Articus, but she had faced being kissed if the fact that she forced Articus to become an Omega had become known in wider society. That had been the leverage that Darcy had used to ensure her and her families silence over her and Articus behaviour. Also the fact that the bitch was now bonded to a ultra conservative wizarding Egyptian cousin of Darcy’s had made it sweeter for the Brandon family to take the bitter pill.
Darcy knew and understood that forcing Articus to bond with a person from a traditional family was unfair and harsh. But that even though the mundane government had started to integrate the two societies, Darcy had to deal with the situation as it was now and not what it could be in the future. The only way to keep Articus relative safe and well looked after was to bond with the LeStrange family. But the Lestranges would ensure that Articus was treated as a their sons consort, and could finish his education although he would of course be moving into bonded quarter into his spouses house Slytherin.
It would have been different if his father could still have control of their family, his contacts would have helped ease things for Articus and ensured his other children were not affected by Articus new status. But Articus father was still gravely ill, if slowly recovering and that left the family in the hands of his Darcy, who was a wizard that followed the old ways it was true. But his contacts in his brother-in-law wizarding society was limited, and they could not hide Articus in the mundane world. Especially as Dumbledore the ultimate manipulator had been informed of Articus new status, the fools had confessed to what had transpired, and Darcy knew that Dumbledore would plan to take control of the Riddles estate to keep his silence on Articus and Mary scandal.