Sirius and Harry sat comfortably in the living room. They had just finished another lesson and Sirius thought it would be time for a break.
"Sirius?" Harry began.
"Yes Harry?"
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"Don't you think we should start liven up the house somehow? I mean, you told me you always hated the dark and glumly place in your childhood. Why don't we begin renovating it, so we like it better? We could set up one room for the whole old portraits of your family so they can talk all they want with each other, but don't bother us all the time. It's kind of creepy how they observe me sometimes." Harry suggested.
"That's a good idea. Oh yes I love it. And I know just the room where we can put all the portraits. The room had been enlarged by my father before he died. I never found out what he wanted the room for, but now we can use it as you suggested. We will store all the things we don't want in our home there and only keep those we like." Sirius said grinning.
"What do we wait for? Let's get started." Harry said enthusiastically.
Discover moreAnimeTV fanfiction storiesPlays fanfiction storiesAnime & MangaMoviesSirius chuckled. He stood up from his armchair and led Harry to the soon to be storing room for his family reminders. Harry nodded looking at the room.
"They might even like it here if the lookout of the house is any indication." He commented.
Sirius snorted. Harry was right, the room was dark and decorated in the Slytherin colors.
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They directly set to work. Sirius told Kreacher to sort all the items the Black family had collected over the centuries by types so that he could look over them to decide which parts of his family history he would take with him into his new life and which he would put in the outdated part in the large room. Kreacher was wary to move the things in the house, but as Sirius told him, he wasn't getting rid of the Black heirlooms, just reorganizing them, he helped them. Sirius thanked him by granting him to choose two items of all the things he sorted out to keep for himself.
Discover moreFan fiction communityMobile app marketingDownload FanFiction appFiction writing resourcesAnime fanfiction storiesKreacher was overwhelmed by the generosity of his Master and got to work more eagerly.
Harry was moving one portrait after the other to the room, placing the portraits at the ground to wait until they had all of them in one place before putting them on the walls. The people in the paintings were protesting but they paid them no mind. It was their house now and they would decorate it their way of liking.
Sirius was unable to take down his mother's portrait in the entrance hall. Harry could tell by her shrieking that she was outraged about his behavior. Then it became quiet. Harry curious what Sirius had done to silence her, went to the entrance hall. He could still see Mrs. Black shrieking but didn't hear a sound.
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"Silencing charm." Sirius explained grinning. Harry grinned back at him. This was funny.
"Did you find a possibility to remove the portrait, Sirius?" Harry asked.
"No, she seems to have put a permanent sticking charm on the back of her portrait, just to spite me." Sirius complained.
"Hm, would it help to carve out the wall a bit under the portrait? If the charm sticks it to the wall, it wouldn't help if we attacked the wall directly." Harry suggested.
Sirius was dumbstruck. That was simple and brilliant. He fondly ruffled Harry's hair.
"Great idea, Harry. Let me think which spell would be best, then I will get started. She will calm down, once she is with the other outdated family members."
Discover moreBooks & LiteratureScience Fiction & Fantasy BooksScience Fiction & Fantasy FilmsScience Fiction & FantasyBooksHarry enjoyed his time with Sirius. They worked hard to shape Grimmauld Place into the home they wanted it to be, but it was so much fun. Sirius joked around with him, told him stories of his parents and their marauder's days and taught him new spells while working on the house. Kreacher made sure that they always had enough to drink and little snacks. Harry was happier than ever before in his life. And he wanted to stay like this. He sure missed his friends, but he had written letters, asking if they wanted to meet him at the 29th when he would be going to Diagon Alley to get his school supplies.
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He had got a heated letter from Hermione who berated him for disappearing like he did. Boy was he glad that she didn't know how to write a howler yet, but she assured him that she could understand his desire to leave his horrible relatives. She wished he would have told an authority person where he went, so his safety was ensured. It was typically Hermione. But she didn't know all the facts. He remembered what it took persuading her that Snape was not unquestionable in their first year at school.
Discover moreMovies fanfiction storiesWriter collaboration platformFan fiction booksCrossover fiction guidesComics fanfiction storiesRon just stated he was glad that Harry was well. He wanted to know how he managed escaping all the lookouts from the Ministry. He also told him, that he would like to meet him at Diagon Alley as he also had to go there to get some medicine for Scabbers. He wasn't that well since their return from Egypt. Harry frowned at the thought of the rat. He was the reason why he didn't have parents. He would make sure the bastard paid for his sins.
He was getting ready to take the new portkey to Gringotts. Sirius wanted him to meet with Snowcack again to go over his investments. It was also part of Harry's pureblood training. Harry thought it was wise being able to manage your own finances as there were many things that he could influence with the amount of wealth he had inherited. He had meditated over the things Sirius had told him what power pureblood families held. Meditation was another thing Sirius had suggested him to practice as it helped sorting through your thoughts. It was also part of learning occlumency. Which Sirius insisted for him to learn. Harry had to agree. He didn't want anybody being able to invade his mind. Least of all Dumbledore or Snape.
Discover moreCartoonsMobile app developmentComicsFan fiction mobileFan FictionHarry was cautious with the amount of power he would one day have. He didn't want to turn into another Dumbledore, who used his power to manipulate others for his own goals. Alone the thought was disgusting. But he had the problem; he would have this power and he had to use it. He had spoken with Sirius about this problem and he had told him something very important. Magic or power had no aspect of light and dark in itself. The intention behind it was what made it light or dark magic. Most people believed blood magic to be dark arts, but a very powerful form of blood magic by his mother had saved Harry's life.
A simple wingardium leviosa could make objects fly and was considered light magic. But if used in a certain way you could kill someone with it. Didn't Harry now the power of that specific spell? Magic was about intention and the world was not only black and white, but it had gray parts. Parts which allowed them to do what was necessary without being punished, but if certain people found out, they would be looked at suspiciously.
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Sirius stood next to him and counted down for the activation of the portkey. Harry felt the now more familiar pull and they were taken to Gringotts. His landing had improved since the last time. Soon they found themselves in the office of Snowcack.
"It's nice to meet you again, Harry, Sirius. I hope your recovery from the rituals has been without complications, Harry."
"Yes, thank you for your concern, Snowcack. I'm really grateful for all the help the goblins have given me. I feel better than I have ever felt before in my life. It's like breathing fresh air after being confined in a closed room for years."
"Good to hear that we were successful. Well, let's move to the reason you are here today. I have prepared one of our strongest glamour crystals for you, Sirius. Not even Alastor Moody will be able to identify you with his magical eye. Only goblin magic is able to penetrate it. Well and house elves can see through it, if they are bonded to you. It is part of the enchantment between Master and house elf." Snowcack explained.
Sirius nodded.
"Thank you, Snowcack. This will help me to stay hidden in plain sight and I can help Harry more openly. What do you suggest by which name I should go?" Sirius asked taking the crystal.
"It would have to be some name or title that is true. It wouldn't do if anybody could call you out for lying. Thankfully I have an easy solution for this. If you would take the inheritance test, we could see if you had other Lordships than the Black and you could go by one of them" Snowcack answered grinning slyly.
"I know why I like you goblins so much, you are just sly, intelligent bastards with a good sense of humor in you" Sirius said grinning at Snowcack.
If he spoke with other goblins like this, they would probably be irritated, but his and Snowcack's relation went back for years and they had built a mutual understanding of each other.
There were three major components for getting the goblins to help you. Respecting them, not taking anything for given and earning profit. Sirius combined these aspects perfectly. He was the head of one of the most wealthy families in Great Britain, had always treated the goblins with respect and his mind was so sly and tended to look at thing from an odd angle that he could keep up with Snowcack.
Sirius took the dagger to cut his hand, let seven drops of his blood fall into the potion and waited for the results to appear on the parchment. He was quite surprised when he found a new Lordship and two new vaults on the parchment.
"Blimey, how did I get those?" Sirius asked surprised.
Inheritance Test of Sirius Orion Black
Inherited Lordships / Titles
Noble and most ancient house of Black
Noble and most ancient house of Rivermoor
Comte de Jarjais
Inherited Family vaults
Black family
Rivermoor family
De Jarjais family (France)
Charpéte family (France)
Thornston family
Wellington family (held by Binnings Bank USA)
"Well it seems I had some family outside Britain that was higher ups" Sirius said.
"You could say that. The de Jarjais' were some of the most well liked nobles of France, even during the French Muggle Revolution. They always stood firm in their beliefs. They were the most trusted servants of the French kings, being a military family. But they also had strong ties to the common people. They listened to their problems and went out of their way to help and protect them. They lived the way the old noble houses were originally founded. A great sense of honor made them extremely popular. And they were good at hiding in the open. The church never even thought of accusing them of witchcraft" Snowcack explained.
"I see. And the best part is, nobody knows that I am related to them. It's a new Lordship. This is the thing I can use to build a good reputation. I will do my business under the title Comte de Jarjais and nobody besides the goblins will be any the wiser. We can concoct a story how I found Harry leaving his relatives and of course, recognizing him, offered to help him with his problems. I let him stay at my manor and was told his real story. This way I can apply for official guardianship of him. But we still want to do the blood adoption ceremony Snowcack. I asked Harry and he wants it too." Sirius said.
"Yes, I want nothing more than to become Sirius son. I want to have a real family" Harry confirmed quickly.
"Yes, this will work just fine. I believe in half a year you would have most of the magical society at your side if you do this right." Snowcack grinned.
Harry was the one grinning now.
"Oh we intend to make a big show on the 29th. Imagine, poor Harry Potter re-emerging from his self-inflicted hiding from his horrible muggle relatives. With the assurance from the Minister of Magic in the Prophet, believing the magical community will be helping him to escape them for good. Offering them a picture perfect pureblood heir, who has been mistreated in the past, they will fall over themselves to assist me. And by doing it on the 29th we assure that nobody would bother sending me somewhere else as Hogwarts will start on September 1st." Harry described.
"And then this extremely good looking pureblood Comte, who has moved to Britain just a few months ago shows up and, seeing the plight of young Harry, takes him under his wing, distracting them not to look too closely at Harry, it will after all take some time for him to be perfect in pureblood customs, but for the time being we can blame it on the trauma of what the muggles have done to him. I will make a good show of the concerned paternal figure Harry has sorely missed in his life so far. I bet Rita will have a field day. This kind of story is too good to pass even without lying her butt of." Sirius pointed out.
"You plan to use Rita Skeeter?" Snowcack asked surprised.
"Indeed. Normally any self-respecting wizard and witch knows that she writes a lot of bullshit, but people like gossip, the more the better and a heart breaking story about the Boy-Who-Lived will serve our interests. And Rita has already set the stage for us. All those uncomfortable articles for the Ministry and Dumbledore are helping us along with our goals nicely. As long as people think they know what is going on with Harry and sympathize with him they won't ask the deeper questions that can't be answered right now. The Comte de Jarjais, who will attract the public interest, is the obvious answer how Harry managed to disappear without them being able to find him." Sirius explained.
"Yes I see, give them a piece of the truth, cloth it in many layers of glamour and the hint of a secret and they will stop proper investigations. How come you weren't sorted into Slytherin with a devious mind like yours Sirius?" Snowcack asked.
"I threatened the Sorting Hat that I would make his life a hell, if he put me with the arrogant pricks, he chuckled and told me he admired my balls to threaten an imprint of Godric Gryffindor's mind and put me into Gryffindor." Sirius told him.
"I never knew that the hat was an imprint of Gryffindor himself." Harry said surprised.
"Well, not only him, the other three poured their wishes into the personality of the hat too, but he mostly is Gryffindor's imprint. I don't know if any other student ever was sorted into a house because he wished to be there after me." Sirius said.
"Yes, I was" Harry admitted. "I was totally scared when I heard we would be sorted and was afraid that I wouldn't be put into any house and send back to the Dursleys. The hat told me, that I had several qualities. I had just made friends with Ron on the train and he told me that most dark wizards had come from Slytherin. I saw Malfoy being sorted there and only wished to be somewhere else. I didn't care which house, as long as it wasn't Slytherin."
Sirius smiled. He could relate to this.
"But he really considered sorting me into Slytherin, you don't know how relieved I was to be sorted into Gryffindor in the end."
"Oh but I do. To be honest, everybody has some qualities of all the houses, they are just not as pronounced as those that represent the house you are sorted into." Sirius explained.
"I see you two are somewhat alike." Snowcack said.
He then pulled out a parchment with the exact list of Harry's belongings.
"This is the original list that isn't to leave Gringotts, Harry. I think you will find yourself surprised with it." He handed Harry the parchment and Harry began to read with Sirius looking over his shoulder.
Total account of Harry James Potter
Liquid holdings
Potter trust vault (automatically refilling each 31st July to 50.000 galleons)
Potter family vault
24.987.580 galleons, 472.165 sickles, 39.706 knuts
Boldon family vault
344.501.733 galleons, 567.012 sickles, 67.987 knuts
Peverell family vault
203.507 galleons, 45.678 sickles 3.567 knuts
Gryffindor family vault
508.903.100 galleons
Ravenclaw family vault
1.989.034 galleons, 300.731 sickles
Romanov family vault
4.544.876 galleons, 345.723 sickles, 12 knuts
Mannoy family vault
3.000.003 galleons
Juneur family vault
no liquid holdings
Stuart family vault
134.765 galleons, 15 sickles
Non liquid holdings
Potter trust vault
Potter family vault
Jewelry (rubies, diamonds, emeralds, chains, rings, bracelets) total worth 366.023 galleons
Family portraits total amount 3
magical artifacts total amount 23
Boldon family vault
Jewelry (rubies, diamonds, emeralds, sapphires) total worth 5.366.023. galleons
Peverell family vault
no items
Gryffindor family vault
sword (current location headmaster office Hogwarts)
wands total amount 2
Ravenclaw family vault
diadem (horcrux) current location Hogwarts room of requirement
books total amount 1.265
Romanov family vault
books total amount 368
Mannoy family vault
no items
Juneur family vault
magical artifacts total amount 44
muggle artifacts total amount 234
Stuart family vault
no items
Investments
Wizarding / magical companies (cumulated from all families)
12 % Flourish and Blotts
3 % Florean Fortesque Ice cream parlor
49 % The Quibbler
75 % Daily Prophet
34 % Arabian carpet industries
6% Magimagus Inc.
25 % Madam Malkins
35% Honeydukes
89% St. Mungo's
76 % WWN
4% Eylops owl emporium
7 % Olivander's
100 % Boldon enterprise
100 % Juneur Potions
100 % Juneur Wizarding Technologies
40 % Romanov Healing equipment
Muggle companies
23 % Microsoft
37 % Hugo Boss
49 % Grunnings
3 % McDonalds
17 % Chanel
9 % Tokyo TV
51 % Nike
72 % Royal Bank of Scotland
5 % Nintendo
Real estates
Potter Manor, Wales, Great Britain
Boldon Mansion, Camarque, France
Apartment No.4, 23 Lexington Avenue, New York, USA
Mansion, Bordeaux, France
Chateau de la Lune, France (vineyard included)
City Palais, Salzburg, Austria
Mansion, Los Angeles, USA
Traditional Japanese house, Kyoto, Japan
Cottage, Atlantic Ocean coast, Spain
Mansion, Appestat, South Africa
Harry just couldn't believe it. He was stinking rich. Even richer than he thought what would be possible. What the hell should he do with so much money? This was more he could ever spend in one life. And he had several estates he could choose to live in.
"Oh my god." He managed to bring out.
"You can say this, Harry. If this ever gets out, you won't be safe from so called business partners who want you to invest in their companies. Or witches who want to marry you for your wealth. We should get you something to protect you against love potions" Sirius pondered.
"Well, at least we know you will never run out of money. This amount would suffice to bring a twenty headed family through without having problems for all their lives and their children's lives as well" Sirius commented.
Harry reread the statement again. Then he read a certain word he and Sirius had discussed a lot in the past days.
"Sirius, I own a horcrux of Voldemort. He made Ravenclaw's diadem one and it is currently at Hogwarts" Harry said solemnly.
Sirius just nodded.
"Well, then we know what you will do during the year despite learning. You will look for the hiding place of the horcrux. At least we know what it is, it would have been way harder to find out where and what it was at the same time if we only knew that it was somewhere at Hogwarts. By the way Snowcack, could we borrow one of your horcrux destroying experts? I have a horcrux at home that Regulus managed to steal from Voldemort. It has to be destroyed and I figured we should probably let experts do the job. You can take your fee from the Black family vault." Sirius asked.
"With pleasure. I will tell the department and let them set up a date." Snowcack confirmed.
"Thank you, Snowcack" Sirius said.
Harry became thoughtful, he looked at a certain investment he held.
"Snowcack, Sirius, does either of you know what kind of company Juneur Wizarding Technologies is? I have never heard of technology being used by wizards." Harry wondered.
"Well, it isn't really operating in Britain as many wizards frown upon anything that is related to muggle technologies. Estelle Juneur was a famous witch born in France about one hundred and twenty years ago. At the time she was an adult, the muggles had made some really impressive inventions to ease their lives. She was one of the few who made the effort to really learn the accomplishments of muggles.
"Soon she looked for ways to combine the best parts of magic and technology. The Wizarding Wireless Network was one of the first real results accepted in Britain. It would be impossible for wizards in Britain to live without the WWN today. It publishes news, music and dramas. It is common to everybody today if they have grown up in the wizarding world.
"With the results of her research selling really well, she quickly earned a lot of money. She reinvested it in her studies of combining muggle technologies and magic. It became one of the biggest companies in Europe." Snowcack summarized.
Harry had a wicked grin.
"What are you thinking about? You have that marauder look on your face. Every time your father had this look on his face a very ingenious prank was planned." Sirius said.
"I told you about the Weasleys right?" Harry asked.
Sirius nodded.
"Ron's dad, Arthur Weasley, is working for the Ministry in the Department for Misuse of Muggle Artifacts. They pay him really bad if what I have seen at the Burrow is any indication. The Weasleys have readily taken me in last summer after Ron, Fred and George had rescued me from the prison the Dursleys made my room into. They would never accept any help in the form of money just given to them, their pride wouldn't allow it, but if Juneur Wizarding Technologies would contact Mr. Weasley, based on what they heard of his liking for muggle technology, he would be excited.
"He likes nothing more than to learn about muggles and their inventions. If he was offered a well-paid job there, the Weasleys wouldn't have so many problems with money and would keep their pride. If what you told me about the prejudices in the Ministry is right, then I suspect they have placed Mr. Weasley on a low paid job on purpose. The Weasleys don't behave like your typical pureblood family. They are a lot more warm-hearted. And I want to repay their kindness towards me." Harry told them.
Both the others were surprised about Harry's thoughts. Sirius realized that Harry was probably right about Mr. Weasley's placing at the Ministry.
"Well, one more job for the Comte de Jarjais to be done." He commented only to be hugged by Harry.
"Thank you, Sirius." Harry thanked him happily.
"It's no problem, kiddo. I would really like to meet the people who have been so nice to you even if they have enough trouble of getting along their selves." Sirius replied smiling.
They spent another two hours with discussing a new investment strategy for Harry and Sirius
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