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Chapter 15: Christmas Part 2:
Yule Business

Do you have any idea how
useful that art is? Well we have been known to offer more than platinum rates
for someone with those skills. Last I heard some of the foreign postings tended
to still offer all the amenities. Hell�s bells that last one had more money,
power and partners than some of the kings. � Goblin Courier Swiftknife on Necromancers.

*******************

A little after the pair had
been dropped off at Alice�s house, they managed to round up Alice and Anne.
After a very frustrating discussion of business matters, the group got
themselves prepared. Well it had been a mix of business and pleasure as each of
the girls briefed the group on their aspect of their joint business ventures.
He had also met their proxy, Sarah. That she had managed to acquire control of
several fringe clubs and ventures was a useful way to increase their resources.

�Feh,� Harry thought thinking
back. �She has helped the girls find plenty of prey to cull, and she also
allowed them to avoid what I had first worried I was getting into with Alice�s
original situation. Free will and consent are too damn important. Never thought
I would have some ventures in exotic entertainment or providing fool proof
preventatives for the masses. Well I also didn�t think that the girls would
mellow any apprehension by a three headed blowjob while the remaining girl gave
her report. It was damn effective though. I didn�t even stress when they
mentioned what my fan girls had been up to. Now that is a scary prospect having
the girl gang that I was guarding practicing to be connoisseurs of the sensual
and sexual arts.�

As it was, Harry had enjoyed
the encounter and the increased money would allow him to leverage some of the
things he had so far found on his list to complete both his ambition and his
objectives. Still he was seriously thinking about having all meetings having
some relaxation during it; even if it was merely some food and drinks, it would
be an improvement on what he had overheard Vernon bitching about with his
meetings. Part of that was the notion that Dora would likely not have a long
report and that reclining while having her attentions if just enough to calm
and not excite was an enjoyable one. For a moment he had thought about
reversing the situation, where after a satisfactory report setting Dora loose
as a reward, but he squished that after a moment in his mind�s eye. The girls
would enjoy it and the bits of what they had been doing with the girls he had
protected gave him a very good indication that they would do so.

�I do worry what they will do
to the school next year,� Harry thought as he raided his closets for
appropriate attire. �Alice can be a force of nature as can Anne when they set
their sights on something. I would have expected Alice to do something more to
get my less than readily given attentions before; however, I had believed she
would have been far more direct in bringing my rival to heel. As it was, Anne
was the one to have developed some dependencies, and now I know that her own
further degradations have led to her needing more deprivations to satisfy her
wants and desires.�

As he was searching his
closets, the girls were still nude as they went over appropriate outfits. They
would need the proper attire and equipment in case anything went wrong. Even if
some wizards did not think of it as such they were all armed so what issue was
there in carrying another weapon or several. It was with those thoughts that
they were trying to mix intimidating and appealing. Each of the three was
planning on a penetrative encounter after the bank matter was handled;
therefore, they were planning for any situation that might occur in either
event.

The three had agreed on black
as it was sexy and intimidating. Hermione was met with approvals on her no
longer seeming to have to cover herself with what would get in the way of their
later fun and provided little protection; however, the three had talked about
and Harry studiously blocked out their discussion on finer garments and which
might be more appealing other than as little and as accessible as possible.

Thinking on it, Harry was
sure he didn�t want to pay attention to the discussion and the competition that
Alice and Hermione were doing as they continued to prepare. He really didn�t
want to get distracted even if it would be enjoyable until after the Gringott's
meeting. He was aware that he should be able to get more funds to expand and
locate the rare and restricted ingredients he would need. The thrice blasted
ministry had to monitor several things that he had yet to find common
alternates to replace. The money that the clubs, potions and other ventures
were producing was good, especially with the packaging of a combined potion
pill that would prevent pregnancy and other issues. With a quicker potion to
test that none of the clients or servers had any disease and those with the
money among the clients were quickly cleaned, the girls had with Sarah rapidly
removed the more tedious issues of such ventures.

�At least they know better
than to get mixed in the more dangerous businesses,� Harry thought as he pulled
the pants he had decided on. �I don�t think getting involved in the illegal
drug trade would be profitable and safe enough even if I have less
disinclination to do so with the potions trade. At least there I can use magic
openly to cow those who would betray or otherwise bother my business.
Considering that the girls went through with Sarah and arranged for Verisiterum
to see why they joined the trade, I have little room to object with them finding
most were desperate for money and being kept has been better than becoming one
of the freelancers or those under a less mindful patron. Simple rules at least
that they gave the workers: no drugs, no rape, keep themselves safe and
attractive, and report any difficulties to be dealt with. Moving them into
other ventures might not be too difficult if it wasn�t for the fact that most
are refined under one of the previous owners. Here I am not even twelve and I
have at least one escort service and adult club to ensure the operations of. As
long as they keep all activities consensual, I have no problem with them
skirting any of the more idiotic laws just that they make sure not to get the
officials involved.�

It was something that Harry
had drilled ruthlessly into himself as well as his three followers. He did not
wish to become anywhere the monster in human form that he had so long been
ending. He didn�t really care what someone found pleasurable and exciting so
long as it did not unwillingly harm the participants. He found that Hermione
and the rest seemed somewhat inclined to mixing some physical discipline into
their games and thus was in no position to criticize the hedonists that sought
to explore sensations.

�Besides our sacrifices offer
themselves to us by their own actions,� Harry thought as he tested the silk
shirt, magical and reinforced of course. �Still there is what is right and what
is wrong, what is good and what is evil, what is moral and what is immoral, what
is legal and what illegal, as well as what is ethical and what is unethical to
consider. The legality of things is no proper judge considering certain
prohibitions are in the face of common sense. Morality is in ways no more than
what the social harpies seem to want as law but not often succeeded in doing.
As for the others, they are more for philosophers and religious scholars to
interpret as sometimes good guys do evil things and vice versa; therefore, I am
more inclined to develop a sense of ethics and what rules I chose to live my life
by. I do not murder, I kill. I do not rape, though I may seduce. I do not lie
when I can bend the truth. I protect those that I must not just those who
deserve it, and yet will readily strike those who seek to harm my protected
regardless of what some think is the response.�

As he started to button his
shirt, Harry noticed the girls were getting there in their own dressing. He was
grateful that he had been so caught up in his own thoughts as he clearly heard
the advice that Sarah was giving the three mostly undressed ladies. He had no
need to do anything with her and her own needs were being met so that was a non
issue in their mostly business relationship. For the most part, Harry consigned
her to a role of his vassal�s vassal. He had read up enough to know better than
to even imply they were his minions, even if they were, in the company of the
light wizards and witches or those that automatically believed a minion had to
serve someone sinister.

Oh he admitted, he could be
quite sinister to whoever crossed him, but he was quite aware that he, while
lacking some social graces do to his childhood, was someone who had a somewhat
archaic notion in regards to certain behavior and respect among them. Still he
was often whispered about as a quiet and cold boy, but remarkably polite and
helpful. That image had been useful in originally curtailing the Dursleys
original propaganda against him. He was loath to tolerate bullies and had ended
up with what would have likely spontaneously turned into a harem or at least a
communal relationship without magic.

�Of all the things in higher
education that we have studied,� Harry thought as he gave himself a look over
before being grateful for the draining before as the three were quite enticing
already, �I find that philosophy to be the most intriguing for debate. Science
is, like magic, a way to analyze and predict the world, while history is the
records, wither true or not, of what is believed to have occurred, mathematics
a static and true description of things, and thus it is that while people
discuss what is true in all of them; only in philosophy and such studies are
their true conflicting truths. Even though Hermione and I are in Ravenclaw, I
do not believe that most especially the muggle born or raised would find it possible
that we will be able to complete not just our comprehensive education but be
close to graduate or post graduate while simultaneously reaching the same in
the magical fields. Even if Alice and especially Anne are prone to more oft to
be distracted by their needs, the four of us are driven, and we are more so
than others. I have to find a way to accomplish my goals while amassing
sufficient knowledge as well as the wisdom to properly, efficiently and
effectively utilize it when my inevitable rivals have at least half a century
if not more on me. Complacency is for sheep and any sheep is ready food for a
wolf; none of us can afford to be that, especially with the way things are
going��

The girls were mostly dressed
now. They like Harry were in a mix of leather and silk if not lace. The black
silk ribbons around their necks were enough to almost make him reconsider and
simply have Christmas early. When Sarah dropped something subtlety and none of
them squatted and instead bent over flipping their skirts up as they did, he
really was tempted to give in to his more base urges and act next Halloween a
few months early by coupling and losing themselves in a decadent bit of
debauchery. That Sarah was arranged with her legs spread and attached to a
double pronged pole was very distracting.

�Ladies,� Harry said as he
took several deep breaths to regain control. �If you are ready, we should go
now. Whenever you are done decorating the festivities that is��

The girls giggled and Sarah
moaned at that. Alice quickly added a suspension to keep Sarah from falling
off, while Anne added some excessive decorative and likely stimulating chains. Hermione
was looking on with an artful eye and approval at how they had set the scene
up.

�The release phase is
�Catharine Ridding a Horse,� Alice whispered before kissing Sarah and giving
her a swat. �A bit long, but you shouldn�t manage to accidentally say it as
likely as the last few��

�We�re ready, Sir,� Hermione
said with Alice and Anne moving to flank her. �Anything else we should do
before?�

He looked them over and saw
them pulling their robes over and concealing the sight that would have sent
many a wizard to aneurism. As amusing as it would be to have them unrobed and
trailing after him with their heads held proud at being paraded, that was not
the image for the day. When he was ready to completely crush his opponents, he
would use that to confuse and awe the sheep.

�No,� Harry said with a
repressed sigh as he watched Sarah respond to the situation they put her in.
�We will be taking the path from one of the less savory areas to the bank. Do
not hesitate to respond to any threat against us; however, I expect you to
limit yourselves to less than lethal or crippling or even maiming actions
unless the threats do otherwise.�

�Yes, Master,� the three said
in unison. �As you command so it shall be.�

�We have an image to hold
when among the sheep,� Harry said as he was reluctant about this next part.
�Our companions will not be coming with unless they are able to completely
conceal themselves. Sadly this means only Kiki will be going with us. Shadow,
do be a dear and keep an eye with the others on this house. I have the feeling
that someone might investigate while we are out.�

Despite their animal forms,
the group heard the acknowledgements from their non biped friends. They were
not disturbed that it was actually a series of hisses, chirps, yowls and barks.
They were however wondering why Kiki was chattering animatedly as if she would
get to slate her bloodlust. They had their other lusts to sooth that one, while
Kiki could not do so and thus was even more bloodthirsty.

With a gesture, they stood
close before kneeling and touching his robe. Kiki managed as always to be
childlike in her gently gripping his arm. With his other arm, Harry reached in
and pulled out the most likely illegal or at least unregistered Portkey. Even
if they had not sent a message for his underage magic especially his accidental
apparition years ago, Harry was not taking a chance that no one not even
Dumbledore, the ministry or any of the still free death eaters were able to
detect his comings and goings.

�Elegant the Enchanter,�
Harry said with a smirk as he felt the tug and the world spin around him.

�My, if it isn�t one of my
better customers,� Came the greeting as they appeared in the store. �I take it
that you need to make a statement with that attire. It is quite flattering on
the four of you. Do be a dear and bring your lady friends back for a proper
fitting? I would be ever so grateful for more people to properly use my skills
on.�

�Of course,� Harry agreed as
he wondered if his attire would be as impressive as the shopkeeper could do. �It
is so much better than the common and boring attire one can gain at Madam
Milken�s or even that still unstylish Gladrags.�

�I would expect nothing
less,� the clown like man said with a bow. �If you find any more seeking unique
apparel than please send them my way��

�I will,� Harry promised
before taking a thinking pose. �Any chance a private fitting could be arranged
elsewhere. Some of them are a little unable to fit in if you catch my meaning.�

�For you that would be no
problem,� he said with a laugh. �None of your acquaintances are likely to
settle for the inelegant trash that is hawked elsewhere unless they have no
choice.�

With a nod, Harry left the
shop with his ladies trailing behind. They were in Knocturn proper, and the
place was more often trafficked than the official alley. The inhabitants parted
for him and some gave nods and other signs of greetings. Be polite had been a
bloodily reinforced behavior. Those that knew his reputation and had
unsuccessfully tried to intrigue him in their wares were quick to remove
themselves from his way. The hags and others hawking things including
themselves knew better. They suspected that he declined not out of any
disinterest in their sex, but that he likely was able to have better even when
he had not been seen frequenting the higher class brothel down the alley.

As they passed closer to the
more reputable alley, the alley seemed to become more sinister and intimidating
in its presence as well as less visibly attractive. Hermione contemplated it as
a way to keep the ignorant out. Alice was likely one to approve of keeping the
meddlers out. She had done some of that to keep her girls or more they thought
Harry�s waiting and eager girls out of trouble. Anne contemplated doing
something like that in Surrey and watching Dudley and his pathetic crew piss
themselves before running like the scared cowards they were.

As they moved, the group cut
a path from where they entered Diagon Alley. Concealed in black robes with the
hoods obscuring their faces, there was enough of an air that those few
loitering along the alley cleared a path as they walked. The human eyes of the
crowed would miss a number of details about them. They failed to notice
anything concealed by the robes, though the shadows about them did aid in
concealing several of their darker artifacts. The ministry would have tried to
send them to Azkaban for the bone weapons let alone the blood stone Harry wore.

Gringott's bank was a place
that do to its economic necessity was oft frequently traveled to as the
officially sole place to access ones funds even if there was a somewhat smaller
branch in Knocturn Alley. Despite what most had imagined one Harry Potter had
yet to enter this particular location as he had been aware that certain
circumstances would make his retrieval of his funds to be quite difficult. The
lack of his vault key or keys for one and the complication of why they had not
been in his possession would have caused quite a stir.

Still he was no shy little
boy to cower at the ornate and opulent doors that were created to inspire awe
and a sense of prestige and power in the goblin run bank. He did not allow the
subtle magic enchanted into the Gringott's motto to draw even the slightest of
his interest. His attire spoke of refined power and calculated cunning.�
Dressed in black from his silk shirt to pants even going so far as black
leather or perhaps even dragon hide topped off with a black cloak that
immediately led to recalculations as the cut and appearance came from only one
selective shop among those aware of such matters. Goblin eyes were sharper than
human in certain respects and they easily made out the complex pattern of silver
woven into the design before their eyes were drawn to the red stone proudly and
predominantly displayed on the entering man�s chest. While they may not by
sight know what it was, it screamed of power and not just monetary.

The two goblins that had stood
at the sides of the doors to the entrance had been chosen for a few reasons.
One they were quite good at discerning intent as well as power and danger of
anyone approaching. Two the person was armed with more than a wand and as they
had been well trained to detect the approach of certain metals realized that
either this was a very important client or someone that would be far more
dangerous to stand in the way of. They could tell that while the individual had
no intentions to cause problems that whoever it was would not hesitate to
remove anything or anyone that impeded their passage. That whoever was
following was dangerous but eclipsed by the leader of the group was not
something they would likely have told any of the human clients.

�This one is a warrior
through and through,� the goblin on the right thought. �We would be dead before
sounding an alarm. Several daggers are on their persons not counting anything
that has stronger wards than we can detect. Best we can do is to let them pass
and then sound a �be on immediate standby alert�.�

The other goblin was a
somewhat less senior goblin and yet was able to detect one thing the other had
not. His eyes widened at the implications of what his senses were telling him.

�Goblin blades and they have
been used as well as treated with something very potent,� he thought as he
covered his twitching from human but not necessarily goblin eyes. �To think
that some of the clan chiefs thought being able to detect our blades would be a
waste for a keeper of the gates, it just goes to show that sometimes the chiefs
are too distant to be aware of what the common goblin needs to know. Still
there is something about the way that they move that reminds me of� oh just
what we need that maniac here to find out something. Just got to hope that
whatever the keeper of the vaults has been doing doesn�t come to bite us back
on the ass, well unless I get to sample some of the rival clans. So where is
that killing machine of his? Not that I think he would need it as he moves even
better than that vampire he destroyed.�

None of them paid much
attention to the two guards as they passed. Their eyes however had been clearly
showing a quick analysis of how rapidly, efficiently and almost effortlessly
they could have negated the guards if they so chose. None of the group had felt
a need to hide their less than typical human thoughts. They rarely voiced the
fact that whenever they passed anyone who was not part of their group that they
had immediately analyzed and contemplated methods for termination as they
passed. It had become almost as instinctive as breathing to them. All that
meant for the goblin guards was that they showed far less or even little
contempt for the group passing through.

The other goblins watching
saw the changes in the guards and were though long practice not inclined to
panic. They waited for the group to make their way to a teller to ask for
whatever service was that they wanted. To them there was no more or less. They
had no reason to panic as for due to several hard won treaties they had
regained a portion of their autonomy unlike some of the other magical beings.

The group was patient in the
way they stood in line and waited to be called on. Oh they knew that there was
a tendency for those in such roles as his were used to preferential treatment.
Goblins were tempted to hope they could levy serious fees on them and they
would do so willingly as well as gladly take whatever money they could from
over na�ve muggleborns. They were greedy underhanded fighters that made up for
the lack of killing things by committing other harmful behavior.

�How may Gringott's help you
today?� the teller asked barely refraining from sneering at them. �Look up
funds, arrange transfers or some other such transactions.�

The goblin did leave unsaid how
much they might charge for such things. Oh there was a time when they had
gladly let foolish upstarts claim vaults after paying the piled up fees and
they were practically empty. They had bankrupted a few who had spited them over
the years in that way. Especially when it was lines that were prestigious and
yet little to know things were left in the high prestige vaults. They had
almost played that trick on a young half blood a little less than half a
century ago. That boy had unfortunately been prone to a few secrets that he had
used to keep them from ruining the lackluster line he had been from.

�Inheritance to start off
with,� Harry said holding off his smirk before saying quieter. �Maybe even some
rather substantial deposits��

�How substantial?� the goblin
asked almost as quietly. �Far too many think that a mere thousand galleons is a
fortune let alone substantial.�

Harry smirked as he let a
small representative of the level of wealth he had independently acquired be
seen by the goblin. It was simply one proper bar of metal worth even more than
the gold that they favored. He enjoyed seeing the greed shine in the goblin�s
eye. There was something about getting a goblin to be mesmerized by shiny
valuable that made him feel just a bit proud.

�Would making that in profits
in less than a month be considered a substantial deposit?� Harry asked with a
bit of interest. �I do believe I would consider it to be. Still some of my more
profitable ventures are expanding let alone some services that could be
exchanged.�

�I do believe that you would
be capable of substantial investments and profits,� the clerk said with a nod.
�The inheritance offices are that way.�

�Thank you,� Harry said with
a nod to the goblin as they turned to go that way. �After I see how things have
been handled so far there may be need for more services��

The goblin started at that.
The veiled promise of increased profits was almost as good as blood for them.
Besides he had a bar of the only metal they knew was more valuable than gold
and like it was a very precious metal. Despite what wizards would say there was
more metal of value besides gold that could not be conjured or lastingly
transfigured. Still they had secured and proofed all their metal for their
coins and safeguarded them, it would not do to let the wizards or worse muggles
cause economic dangers with their greed. Some of them thought that was there
job.

As they passed down the
corridors, the goblins that were going about their day were busy with their
tasks and yet without really thinking about it seemed to move out of the
marching group. They did pay attention to the various names and titles along
the office doors. One could tell which goblin and this which families they
represented from how ornate the doors were. At the end of the corridor was a
very ornate door with several gold plaques, the title both in goblin and
several human languages was Keeper of Records of the Lines. The name was
Grimtooth the Platinum Fist.

�Greetings, Honored Keeper
Grimtooth,� Harry said with a slight inclination as he entered the room. �I
must ask for a few moments of your time to set some rather pressing business to
order. I will be brief as we are both rather heavily scheduled.�

�And what does a young child
have need in my records?� the goblin asked in interest. �You would not have
been directed here unless there was something to accomplish and such things are
normally covered by one of the tellers until one is of age.�

�I have been informed that
there is a sizeable amount of galleons invested in a few accounts here,� Harry
said with a calculated drawl. �The circumstances of the proceeding period have
left some uncertainty in some matters.�

�As you are underage by
current Wizarding custom,� the goblin began, �You would likely have access to a
trust vault at this time and a family vault when you are of age.�

�Ah,� Harry said with
concern. �Someone didn�t go through proper channels as some of the paperwork
seems to be missing in some areas and I already have made discrete inquiries
into both the Ministries and the Muggle records. I merely wish to ensure that a
certain meddler hasn�t managed to do more than retain possession of my keys.�

�Ones keys should only be in
the possession of oneself or their guardian if they are under aged,� Grimtooth
replied with a frown. �Still as you are Hogwarts age, normally one would
receive a trust key to help them begin to learn to understand money.�

�Ah but from several sources
there is precedent as I am the sole remaining member of a family to initiate
some things,� Harry said with a smile playing on his lips. �I would prefer to
be aware of what responsibilities I will eventually have to deal with. Now is
it so difficult to see what things I have inherited and when which level of
access to those things will occur?�

�No it is not,� he admitted
with a scowl. �Still most are reluctant to let a goblin have their blood for
confirmation.�

�But I am not most people,�
Harry said as he held out his right hand. �How much is required for this?�

�A few drops at most,� the
goblin admitted as he brought out a small bowl and set it on a stylus with
quill and parchment. �Now just let a few drops fall and we will see what we
will see, Mister?�

�Potter, Harry Potter,� Harry
said with dark humor shining in his eyes. �I do believe from the official records
that there should be significant resources and that at least this way I can
find whatever incompetent was listed as my guardian as I have never seen them
since they arranged for my childhood dwelling.�

�I see,� he said as he
watched the blood react in the bowl as the Quill started to write. �You should
have had a trust key in your possession also you should have had a reading of
your parents will at eleven. I take it that neither of these things occurred?�

�No, neither of those things
occurred nor have I had an official communication from Gringott's or even any
mail save from Hogwarts,� Harry answered as the goblin seemed to watch the
names being written and grow pale. �I can understand that someone likely was
sorting my mail, but there lack of any forwarding while I am dwelling in the
muggle world is quite odd. Considering the awe that the wizards and witches
show, I find it odd to not have received any birthday, Christmas or other cards
let alone the odd letter of any sort.�

�That is quite irregular, Mr.
Potter,� he said with a bit of interest as he tried to cover the emotions that
the current results were producing. �Were you aware that you are named as
primary heir and next patriarch of the Blacks as well as sole heir of the
Potters?�

�I was aware through some
channels of the Potter inheritance existing with some chance to being somewhat
affected by the current state of the Black Family,� Harry admitted. �Still
primary heir when I was not the blood heir of the main line is odd, is it not?�

�There are two reasons for
that,� he said with an inclination of the head as he tried not to panic at what
was still transcribing considering the number of items. �One being that your
godfather has no issue and was the heir. The second was that you are a closer
relation than any other of Black Blood.�

�So that would explain that,�
Harry said with a sigh. �Is there a reason that I was not summoned to hear my
parents� last will and testament?�

�Yes,� he admitted as he
looked over at the ledger on the side. �It would appear that whoever your
magical guardian is, that they have ensured that you cannot view it until you
come of age. That is most strange.�

�What about the Black
matter?� Harry asked in interest. �What affects are there to the current heir
residing in Azkaban and most likely for life?�

�Effectively dead,� he
admitted reluctantly. �As he was not invested as the Head do to his
incarceration and the previous head is deceased, there is the chance for
another heir to claim the headship.�

�What requirements are there
that you are aware of?� Harry asked in interest. �I have heard some things from
one of the cast out branches and am interested on what is needed.�

�The Blacks are an old
family,� the goblin said. �Possession of a familial gift as well as a lineage
test would suffice.�

�That would be enough to be
acknowledged as a member of the family,� Harry said with a hint of irritation.
�I am inquiring if the test I heard for irrefutable and unchallengeable
instatement as Head of House Black still remains.�

�You are more informed than
you have showed so far,� Grimtooth chided him with barely concealed fangs. �As
practice of that art outside of certain grandfathered families or under an
apprenticeship to such is quite readily met by immediate action by the
Ministry, it is not often that one would do so. No one of Black blood can be
trained in that art and thus claim through training to meet that requirement.
They do have several tomes on the subject; however, I can confirm that if one
of Black blood demonstrates the ability as more than skill but as a gift than
that clause comes into effect. Do you realize what you are insinuating and the
dangers as well as stigma such a thing would cause?�

�I do,� Harry said with
barely a whisper. �I chose to do more than let my gift dwindle and die do to
the closed minded hypocrisy that consumes this society. What proof must I offer
to meet this requirement?�

�All of Black blood, no
matter how far from the source, has a fraction of the abilities,� he said with
a distant look to his eyes. �The Black Flame is something they are known for
possessing regardless of the lack of those born to their founder�s art. Do you
have proof of your skill in the art?�

�Would the blood stone upon
my neck be good enough?� Harry asked slowly with a feral grin. �Perhaps my
students and their own humble tools would suffice.� With that Alice showed her
bone blade as proof. �Still there is my more impressive development. Kiki if
you would��

Kiki came into view causing
the goblin to gasp in shock as his face contorted in terror.

�Black skeleton,� he
whispered in awe mixed with terror and respect. �That is more than enough to
meet the Black guidelines. The stone, a flame besides the black, or even
calling a spirit would have been enough, and this goes far beyond that, Lord
Harold of the House of Black. I take it you wish to hear his will as well as
your parents?�

�Yes,� Harry said with a nod.
�I wonder why he would keep me his heir if he betrayed my parents. It is
something that I hope this testament answers.�

�That is something that has
been speculated on by all those who are aware of it,� he said as he made a
motion. �Now while that is brought as is the Black ring there are a few other
things to settle.�

�I take it that something
other than what was suspected came up with that little test,� Harry said with a
sigh. �I hope that there were no unforeseen effects from Halloween. So is there
anything besides that to discuss?�

�Yes there appears to be some
confusion on who should have next inherited some of the families assets after
the main branches died off,� he said as he barely repressed his shudder at the
amount of money involved and misallocated. �Some prominent families as they
were believed to be the closest claimants seized some assets from the
extinguished families. It is rather disturbing that a number of them were quick
to use these funds to make some rather large donations to the Ministry in the
wake of that event.�

�I see,� Harry said as he
realized the complications this could cause. �That could be useful. Do they
have sufficient funds to cover the reclamation of those funds?�

�Not all of them and even
those that do would need to liquefy some assets rather quickly,� Grimtooth said
with a toothy grin. �A shame that some families failed to secure their holdings
and made such poor investments; don�t you think?�

�Yes, it is a shame that they
might find themselves destitute and homeless after having spent so wantonly,�
Harry said with a feral grin of his own. �Still one should not feel too bad for
those that seem unprepared for the consequences of their actions. Do they have
any businesses that might be useful to acquire?�

�Several prominent and
prosperous ones,� he said though a slight humor was present to his voice. �They
have dealings in services and commodities some of which would be less desirable
in polite society. Though as both Potter and Black accounts have similar or
less politely inclined ones there is not much to say about it. Still some would
look down on having businesses even as profitable as some of these are. Wizards
seem to have a strange notion on propriety even if they are readily infatuated
with the gold they gain.�

�Are any of these businesses
dealing with acquisitions including potions ingredients and brews?� Harry asked
in interest as that had been providing a reasonable profit for himself. �Also
are there any prominent businesses in need of investments either in Diagon or
preferably Knocturn.�

�Yes there are some already
in your inherited portfolios,� he said with a sly look. �Also there are rental properties
some of which give discounts to renters in exchange for profits as they were
investments before the properties were acquired or freed from previous leases.�

�So I can see my businesses
expanding,� Harry said with a nod. �That is good to know. Now what are the
businesses that would be politically disadvantageous if they were publically
linked to me?�

�Ah sharp of you to notice
that,� he said with a bit of respect present. �Among the various holdings are
things most polite society or the pureblood elite would frown at being
associated with. There is however the investments in both the magical and
muggle world that are, while not strictly illegal, close to being so. One of
these is several clubs and even a few brothels. Oh the muggle ones are careful
to skirt around illegality through a series of things, but the magical ones are
outside of those prohibitions.�

�Is there a reason for that?�
Harry asked in interest as the idea of zoning businesses as Wizarding to avoid
certain laws came to mind. �The more I can keep legally grey at worst the
better. Why things have so many complications for legal matters is another
thing that does not make sense.�

�In part, it is due to the
legal separation between the two worlds,� he said in a savored breath. �Several
things are illegal for muggles but legal for wizards and there vassals to do.
Among these are the rather lax guidelines that remain for what authority Heads
have over their houses members, There is also the fact that unlike the muggles,
wizards tend to either marry young or be betrothed young this also includes
young witches marrying wizards far older than themselves. Those instances tend
to be due to familial obligations that are passed until there are both sexes
available in a given generation.�

�What of the age of consent
of minors?� Harry asked in interest as he felt a sudden dread approaching. �I
find it a bit odd to believe that they would require a young witch below a
certain age to consummate a marriage let alone other such things.�

�There are not a lot of legal
issues with that matter,� he said with a calmness that made him grateful that
he was holding up so well to Potter�s students� gazes. �In the end it comes to
status in a way. There is however a tendency not to require the consummation of
a marriage before it would be fruitful and the witch has had her first menses.
On average the earliest a witch is permitted to engage in sexual congress is
twelve, there are however exceptions to that.�

�These exceptions would be?�
Harry asked in dread as he thought, �Oh this is very bad. I accept the
inevitable, but they might be a bit miffed if they could have legally
consummated our relationships.�

�Vassals in general are
completely under the authority of their lords,� he said as he savored the fear
the boy had from the witches. �As such at whatever age that one can be properly
claimed magically, the lord can do whatever they wish to their property. They
do have to keep to their obligations and terms of service. There is however the
difficulty those non purebloods have, that being that there is a distinct
disadvantage legally in such matters. The muggleborn without a patron is likely
to be unable to find a job in the magical world regardless of any outside
marriage skills they have. Halfbloods have less of a problem with that though
females do require a patron unless their own head of house sponsors them. Most
if they get desperate do not read what contracts they sign and more often than
not end up indentured servants either to a family or a brothel.�

�I see,� Harry said with
mixed annoyance at the magicals and dread that the girls would claim dues for
having not properly ravished them already. �I take it that at least there is
already a holding or will be acquired that does so among the invested
businesses. Are they purely magical or are muggles similarly ensnared?�

�While it is not common,
muggle women can be still legally entered into magical contracts,� the goblin
said with indifference. �With the use of a blood quill to sign such a contract
the muggle is unable to break the contract or they die. Some purebloods are
known to trick muggleborns and the occasional muggle into a situation where
they would sign such a contract. As it is, the business you have inherited does
not have any such affected at this time. Most of them are muggleborns or
disinherited witches that are in need of money and availing themselves does
support them as unlike muggles they are kept free of disease and as visually
appealing as possible.�

�So there is no real risk of
problems from this,� Harry said as he recalled the briefing on the junior
escort service that Alice had been running and realized that as long as it was
their choice that it was no different than dating a rich man to get things. �I
will of course need to go over their records to see if they could be better
utilized elsewhere. I hope that at least one of these establishments is more
refined than crass in nature. I find the deplorable condition of the illegal
variant to be quite distasteful. Now how much longer will it take for the wills
and the ring to reach us?�

�It should have been here
already,� He said in irritation as he wondered what was diverting his meeting.
�It would appear that there is a problem with the Potter accounts. The manager
is quite insistent on the will not being released without certain
circumstances. I do hope that those were outlined in the will or it will cause
him quite the problems.�

�Than what of the Black
testament and ring,� Harry inquired. �It is likely that whatever argument will
be rendered moot if I am invested officially as Head. Perhaps there is
something in the testament to explain the oddities in the inquiry?�

�Yes that will work,�
Grimtooth said as he scribbled out an order. �So I take it from both your lack
or disgust with the issue and the repeated interests in Potions, how you have
accumulated as much wealth and influence as you have?�

�I had thought that obvious
by now,� Harry said as he leaned back into the chair as the rest stood and drew
closer to him. �Is the requirements to gaining a lordship still the same as I
have read?�

�A specific amount of
property holdings under a minimum number of tenants,� he hedged in interest.
�While muggle lordships must be sanctioned by the crown, magical lordships
require a specific number of magical vassals in addition to any tenants. Still
it would appear that you did inherit a peerage and that the line managed to
have exceptions to being dissolved on the lack of a male heir. So you do
qualify for your current status more than twice over.�

�Useful but the attention
that some pay to any of the peerage would be problematic at this point,� Harry
said as a goblin entered and bowed to them in turn. �It seems that when time is
money that Gringott's still delivers, and most definitely worth the gold and
platinum for the services.�

That causes the courier
goblin to barely shake in trepidation at the amount of importance being
discussed. Wizards and goblins rarely referred to more than silver and gold
matters. Platinum maters were rare and the amount of business during such a
venture could reshape entire clans and factions. For a moment, he felt terror
of what would have occurred had he even been held up let alone dawdled in
getting to the meeting. Unlike wizards, goblins were more than willing to
devour their own in addition to stabbing them in the back or front. It was in
fact quite common to feast on the roast of one�s enemies when one won and
especially when one disposed or replaced a superior. It was just the way that
things were done.

�Your ring, your lordship,�
he said as he motioned for the messenger to hand over the items. �This will
cause quite the stir among some of the clans. I do wonder which faction will
profit from your ascension.�

�Whichever is best suited to
improve profits of course,� Harry answered as the ring slid on to his finger
before igniting in black flames before settling. �Now that was a nice
safeguard, and a shame that it could not be used to remove any rival if they
attempted to usurp my interests. I guess it is a good thing that unlike Wizarding
children that goblin young are smarter than to slip something out without
checking it. Otherwise we could have had a nice roast with this courier if he
had. Pity, I had been looking forward to try something new. Still if whoever is
holding things up keeps on doing so, I believe that they are practically
volunteering to compensate us with a few pounds of flesh.�

�Yes,� Grimtooth said with a
feral look at the still prostrated goblin. �I do believe I would wish to do so
as well. Now, onto the testament� Well that is strange!�

�I take it something
unexpected is there,� Harry stated in interest even as he flicked his eyes to
the concealed Kiki who was almost salivating at the waiting goblin. �So is
there a reason written there in why he didn�t eject me if he betrayed my
parents?�

�It seems that he was quite
paranoid and given the times it is understandable,� he said with a look. �He
was a Black and he knew that it was unlikely that he would live long enough or
remain able to produce an heir. It is interesting in that magically he set
several provisions in case things went wrong. Your parents� death and his
incarceration, while not exactly planned, do still allow his plan to continue.
He lists you as his heir and in the event that he is unable to assume his ascension
passes all rights and privileges as well as duties granted at ascension to you.
He seems quite insistent in the language he used. It is the fact that his
wishes in your placement seem to be ignored as it refers to what should happen
should he be unable to take care of you.�

�It will be enlightening if
similar things are found in my parents will,� Harry asserted. �Still I wonder
why someone is so reluctant to release that information. There must be
something quite disruptive if this is the case.�

�Yes,� he said as he turned
to the courier that was still waiting to be dismissed. �You go to the Potter
Manager and bring him here.�

�Yes sir,� the courier
replied before dashing off. �It shall be done, Platinum Fist.�

�So who is the Potter Manager
and why would he be so reluctant to provide what his services require?� Harry
asked in interest. �It would be a shame to have to withdraw the Black holdings
and when things settle all of the rest of my holdings. Perhaps this goblin will
have something to say to explain himself, because if he does not than I am
quite prone to seeing what gains a goblin�s sacrifice will bring. At the very
least, I am quite prone to asking for either flesh or blood in compensation for
this irritation. I do think that compared to a dragon that a goblin warrior
while formidable would be less of an immediate threat.�

�Yes, I am inclined to
agree,� he said with a snarl at the audacity this subordinate was causing. �I
do hope that whichever clan or faction he belongs to has something to say on
his behavior.�

�Yes it would be nice,� Harry
replied as he looked at the others as he assessed how ready they were. �It
would be a shame if this goblin has let whispers of potential gain blind him to
his responsibilities. Hermione, I wonder what your inclination is to this?�

�I believe we are agreed on
this matter,� Hermione said with a gaze at each of her partners. �All obstacles
are to be dealt with. Besides I wish to see what can be gained from such a
willing sacrifice. You also have yet to find a worthy enough sacrifice to forge
your weapon as does Anne.�

�True,� Harry admitted as he
turned to the high ranked goblin. �I do hope that this manager has something to
justify his actions. It would be a shame for the agreement to be so carelessly
abandoned��

�Yes,� he said as he recalled
why the Goblin Nation had made treaties with the necromancers of old and were
quite willing to hire even the barely more than mediocre ones. �Griphook has
much to answer for. I do hope that once this has been satisfactionately handled
to continue a business relationship with Gringott's and the Goblin Nation.�

�The Goblin Nation has yet to
behave anywhere near as discourteously as the wizards have,� Harry said as he
looked at his students and followers carefully. �I look forward to the platinum
such ventures will gain the both of us.�

A new goblin came following
the courier from before. He was standoffish and seemed quite displeased to have
been brought here. He gazed around the room and wondered why he a very
important account manager was here. He knew that the current heir was both
uninformed and unable to lay claim to his accounts, and thus he could still
proceed in using his control to improve both his own standing as well as that
of his clan and their faction. He almost hoped that it was a fool attempting to
claim his account. The past few attempts had added a god amount of gold to his
own accounts as well as the added bonus of fresh human meat.

�Ah, Griphook,� he said
turning to the admitted goblin. �Is there a reason that you seem reluctant to
come here? You have kept us waiting and time is money after all.�

�Why have I been summoned
here, Grimtooth?� Griphook inquired in hope of crushing another fool who tried
to wrestle his benefits and bonuses away. �I have important matters to attend
to. The accounts under my discretion need focus to grow them to their potential
limits.�

�One of your account holders
wishes for you to disclose the nature of their holdings,� he said with a smirk
at the self righteous goblin. �You were also summoned do to questions on one of
your accounts.�

�I do not see how that can be
as the current heir�s guardian wishes for certain things to be followed,�
Griphook said in disdain. �Besides the Potter scion is not of age to claim the
family vaults or have much control on investments. You do recall that the
ministry forced those changes when a less than financially reliable heir
ascended and proceeded to bankrupt his account do to reckless spending. There
are also the other limitations placed on releasing that account.�

�And who would this guardian
be?� Harry asked in interest. �The muggles who are legally unable to access
Gringott's funds of a wizard or someone else who has never been in my life?�

�Those records are sealed
until you come of age, child,� Griphook said upon seeing the scar prominently
on the hoys head do to the lighting dispersing the shadows concealing his face
for a moment. �Now sir, why have I been called when a minor, who cannot claim
their family vault nor do more than advice on what to invest in, is present? I
do not appreciate my time being spent for such lost profits.�

�Why have you failed to
supply a summons to hear the will of the Late Lord Potter?� he asked in
interest. �He should have heard it before or upon his eleventh birthday.� As it
is, I must wonder on these recent actions.�

�The will is sealed until he
is of age by his guardian,� Griphook answered. �He is limited to access to a
trust vault and the family vault is bared save to refill the trust vault for
him. If that is all, I have some calls to make.�

�Ah then you haven�t heard
have you,� Grimtooth said with a smirk at him. �I would think that your rival
would have informed you. The Blacks have a new Head and as all heads are
emancipated and declared of age, young Potter is of age. So do be quick in
bringing the will here before our client seeks other aid.�

�How could he claim the Black
assets,� Griphook asked with his gaze accusing at Grimtooth. �The account is to
be frozen due to the family being either dead or in Azkaban.�

�Did you think I was not
aware of the Black payments and gains?� he asked the now putrid looking goblin.
�Narcissa Malfoy nee Black along with her spawn receives a stipend. In fact, no
evidence of a trial has passed through my office nor has a claim by Mrs. Malfoy
as proxy and regent for young master Malfoy occurred. Does that not seem odd to
you, Griphook? To accept only a stipend when a claim should be made?�

�If they don�t wish to claim
it yet than that is their choice,� Griphook said. �Now what is this about being
declared Head and of age come from. As he is not legally able to claim either
title yet, where do you come from declaring him to be so?�

��He meets the requirements
to ascend to Head of House Black,� Grimtooth rebutted. �As you say that he must
be of age to see his parents last will and testament, and as he has been
declared to be so, do be quick and bring that document.�

�The Heir is unable to see
those documents until he is declared of age and claimed his title,� Griphook
said with finality. �Now as he does not meet the requirements to do so, I will
be leaving now��

�Not so fast Griphook,�
Grimtooth cut him off. �You seem quite insistent on this. Does this not sound
odd to you, Lord Black?�

�It does indeed,� Harry said
with a gaze at the goblin. �It almost seems as if you are hiding something,
something from a client. That does indeed sound odd to me that an account
manager is keeping important things from the account holder. Perhaps it would
be best to get a new one if this one has such� questionable habits. Why one
would almost think that he was conspiring to defraud a client. It would be a
terrible precedent and who knows what the ramifications would be��

�How dare you,� Griphook asked
as he snarled in rage, �you ignorant child, to question me?�

�I am a legal adult and more
than a match for a gluttonous fool who thinks he can feast on the gold of
others,� Harry said with a glare. �Still I am not without information; therefore,
it is only fair to give fair warning. I am not a child, you unblooded coddled
nestling, and I am more than prepared to put more than mere words and gold on
the line.�

�Insolent child,� Griphook roared
in rage. �I am a blooded warrior of the Goblin Nation! You have no chance
against me in combat. I should kill you for your insult, you who should have
dribbled out of your slut of a mother�s ass!�

�Do not even ask for �peace�
in this matter, Grimtooth,� Harry said as he glared at Griphook who seemed to
miss the way he was being visualized in a variety of certain deaths. �Let our disagreement
be settled in an appropriate way, in the Arena. Your blood will quench this distaste
your actions have caused. I look forward to carving you like the overfed and
weak prey that you are. I have more than enough evidence to call challenge
anyways.�

�So it would seem Lord Black,
Account Manager Griphook,� Grimtooth said with a mix of interest and
disappointment. �I do hope you realize what you have gotten yourself into, Griphook.
You risk far more than you realize��

�I understand that I am
putting an upstart wizard child in its place,� Griphook said with a glare at Harry.
�Today we will see the power of goblin Might! I should thank you brat for
practically giving my clan, my faction and myself all your gold!�

�One shouldn�t count their coins
before they are minted,� Harry chided as he resisted cackling at how easily
Griphook seemed to take the challenge. �One never knows when they will be short
of what they thought they had��

The group moved as Swiftknife
was sent to spread word to the couriers outward. This was something that didn�t
happen every day, and besides the wizards were too lazy to show up at this
point in time. Most of them were asleep with their bellies stuffed and the odds
of any of them popping in when they could be enjoying the occasion were
negligible. They had best hope that they didn�t trip the wards to announce their
presence. It was time for a good spot of violence after all.

The challenge had been given.
Goblins unlike the humans still had trial by combat. The ministry had removed
it when several weak purebloods had perished after dueling half bloods of
formidable power. That was not the official reason, but it was the most likely
one as well. Goblins at least were still warriors enough to maintain their
fighting traditions and even if it had trickled to the world at large, the
Goblin Arena was still a sight to see. Similar to the Roman Coliseum, the
goblin�s arena had plenty of seating space and similar to others private and
important areas. The stage would allow for many a variety of situations for the
ritual combat.

It was a goblin eat goblin
world though and one could gain glory for themselves and gold for their clans
as well as further their factions in the arena. With the dangers of Ministerial
interference, the goblins only other sole recourse was the machinations in the
Gringott's bank and its subsidiary structures. There was no advancement outside
Gringott's and the Arena. They could not work for other companies nor could
they still hire themselves out as mercenaries; the closest that they had was
Gringott's security and the odd contract that wizards would take from the bank
for goblin security.

�This trial by combat has
been called,� Grimtooth announced to the crowd after bowing to their ruler and
the heads of the clans in descending order, �to settle the matter between these
two. Griphook of the Goblin Nation stands to fight unto the death to prove his
freedom from the following charges brought to him by this young Lord: impeding
the execution of a will of an old family, willfully covering up the contents of
said will, conspiring with a human to do so, investing and seeding control of
said accounts to said human, and plotting to defraud both the accounts under
his control and their rightful owners. His challenger is a blooded warrior and
head of one of the noble houses. He came to bring significant profits to
Gringott's and to further several factions and clans if not the whole of our
nation. He is the Head of the House of Black by right of blood, power and the
sought after gift.�

That caused a sudden silence
to wash over the crowd who had been grumbling or cheering for the fight to
start. To do such a thing was one matter and oft to lead to ones death;
however, for one to be caught in such actions was even worse. For a goblin to
conspire with a wizard in such a manner was disgraceful, it was a given that
normally the goblin would end up dead. That they had been doing so against
someone with power that would aid the Goblin Nation was dangerous. They were
goblins and even the youngest was aware of the more prominent Wizarding lines
and what their familial gifts were. Wands were barred from such fights and
wizards were rarely masters at wandless magic in the more recent years;
therefore, it was normally considered impossible for a wizard to either issue
challenge or attempt to win it.

�This is going to be
interesting,� one of the younger warriors said with a smirk. �The chiefs have
been going on about what one of them can do for ages. Think that little runt
Griphook has a chance?�

�Against a Black and a necromancer
at that,� his neighbor said in disbelief. �I don�t think the odds are very
good, but the brat is young. I wonder what that faction is thinking of risking
a Black Necromancer of all things.�

�Profit is profit,� another
said looking over the arena. �Still to risk so much for so little is not a wise
move. Did you see the group that was following him? He has to be skilled and
trained enough if he is taking on students at the least. One never knows what
they will do, the matron always mentioned them as being able to be faster than
vampires, stronger than trolls, and able to do both their own battle and
calling their minions. Some can even delve into blood and the soul to dangerous
levels, while others can delve into the immaterial to see what was and what can
be. I was on a tomb raiding and one of the rookie curse breakers came close to
getting us all killed. One of the priests had a bound spirit to animate some
nasty golems, and you know what a pain that is. It shrugged off the weapons and
spells like they were nothing. The guy deactivated it and if it hadn�t been
than we would be short more than a few teams.�

�I had heard about that,� he
replied in interest. �Still one of them coming up anywhere in Europe is a pain
as the ministries seem to restrict them. Elsewhere is not as bad trying to find
one, though most are trained and not born. That there is a black necromancer
and while any of that family can learn some of the spells that does not allow
them to be like that one is unless they are born and dedicated to it. Does
anyone else think this is going to seriously restructure the factions?�

�Whoever is backing Griphook
is going to be in serious investigation,� another said as he saw the two combatants
move to stand and face each other. �You know that most necromancers that rent
their services out charge in platinum and not gold. Having one aligned with a
faction would be quite profitable.�

�True,� he said with a smirk.
�Although I can see someone trying to remove an untrained one if it risks their
faction�s position. Not saying that was what happened, but still doing
something like this and what the little Knut thief was doing was foolish. The
families don�t care what we do to halfbloods, but mess with their money and
they would make the last concessions look tame��

They stopped talking as the
scene began to settle. They did want to hear what the two would say to each
other. The verbal banter of these fights was almost as amusing as the fights
themselves. At least unlike the last arrogant wizard who tried to fight without
a wand, this one should at least put up a fight. That the Black family was
known to wield something akin to wandless Fiendfyre was a known to the old
families, and the other magical races; however, it was not known to the
muggleborns do to the fact that far too many at one time had been jealous of
the magic inherent in certain bloodlines. Short of rituals some magic just did
not come in the reach of average wizards. The gifts of the families and magical
races were just those things that were something that the luck of birth
resulted in.

�You are going to die, human
filth,� Griphook said as he drew his blade from its sheath. �For too long our
faction and clan has suffered the irrelevance of wizard and goblin alike. Your
death will cleanse me of the shame you try to force on me!�

�If you had done your job and
let yourself not be swayed by the words of a meddlesome old man, than you could
have profited from things,� Harry said as he looked at the goblin as he let his
daggers slip into his hands. �Still the time for words have passed, you dwarf
armed fey fingered spawn of a human�s bitch and a troll. Now prepare yourself
for your life�s blood will be spilt this day!�

�Now that your barbs are
dealt with,� the proceeding goblin said. �Fight!�

With their fight started,
they began to move. The pair was rather quick to attack each other. Griphook
started to move forward to cleave the boy in two. He believed that he could in
one swing defeat the boy and thus he can dismiss his threat to him, his clan
and his faction. Goblins were far quicker than normal humans and it was this
fact that often equalized the rapid offensive magic that wizards preferred to
the slower yet more potent spells of the goblins.

Harry had moved into a slide
under Griphook�s swing. Unlike a normal human, he was fast enough to dart
between his legs before the sword had swung even below his shoulder. Griphook
felt a moment of uncertainty that something was wrong before his eyes widened
when the human in his path blurred away. He staggered as he felt blood suddenly
gushing from his slit stomach. The next thing he knew was that his legs
collapsed under him. He swung his head to see that the ground was disturbed.

�The boy sliced me and then
blurred around to cut my legs into uselessness,� Griphook thought in shock. �I
didn�t even land my swing! What the hell is he?�

�Now, Griphook,� Harry said
seeming to materialize in front of him. �Don�t be like that. You should just
understand that actions have consequences��

�Shut up human!� he snarled
from where he was sprawled on the ground. �You think that you can beat me like
this? I am a goblin warrior and no human brat will defeat me!�

�You seem to be under the
impression that I am a mere human,� Harry said as he held out the two daggers
for Griphook to see. �Do you really think that a mere human could gut you let
alone cripple you? I am a necromancer and it seems you have forgotten what that
means��

�You are probably some half
breed or jumped up on potions,� Griphook said dismissively. �There are potions
mere wizards brew to grant them speed to try to match that of goblins��

�You really are a piece of
work,� Harry said with a laugh. �Here you are facing certain death and you are
still so arrogant. Oh by the way, that was vampiric speed. It�s amazing what one
can get if they can find an old enough vampire to sacrifice. Now be a good
little traitor and die!�

�You can't scare me!� Griphook
said with irritable certainty. �I don�t need my legs to kill you. Just get
close enough and I will finish you!�

Harry stalked forward with a
laugh as the bloodstone around his neck started to pulse with his heart beat. It
was obvious when one got used to magic users that they tended to keep their magic
constrained as the more powerful one was the more they were apparent in their power.
It was a subtle pressure for most and it took people getting to the level of
Dumbledore, Voldemort and the like to have a physically manifesting aura. The
black flicker that surrounded Harry was enough to start to change Griphook�s
mood.

�I really don�t think that
you believe that anymore,� Harry said as he started to allow numerous fire
balls and shapes to swirl around him. �Still you should accept that you will be
compensating for the interference that you caused. It would be rather wasteful
to simply destroy your body when it can be put to use; a shame that I must
disappoint the crowd with this. Still the loss of your flesh for the purpose of
giving your meaningless life value is not that terrible of a loss��

Griphook was now actually
showing his fear as he tried to scrabble away from his approaching killer. With
his lower legs crippled, his speed was quite limited and was hampered even more
so with his intestines spilt out and trailing as he moved. Sure he was swinging
his sword to keep him back but it was a futile effort and he knew it. Still he
was quite determined to survive. Which would bend first, his pride or his
survival?

It was not until Harry had
smacked the sword from his shacking hand that Griphook was forced to accept his
position. Still it was clear in his eyes that he was in a situation. Harry
smirked as he saw the realization form in his eyes. He savored the air with a
deep breath and tasted the pungently sweet smell of fear now pouring off the
goblin. Harry�s smirk turned feral at how intoxicating the goblin�s terror was.
There was something more than decadent in the inhuman�s pheromones. His teeth
were bared down at Griphook and the clear sharp fangs visible in his open
mouth.

�No!� Griphook shouted as he
wiggled back even as he wished he could cry out from the pain but he was too
proud to do that even now. �Stay back!�

�Blood which is the source of
life,� Harry spoke solemnly as he approached, �Flesh that is consumed to live,
Soul that drives and effects, and the mind that directs all actions; consume
the blood oh spirits and grant surcease for the actions of the damned. Flesh
made twisted by the wicked tongue, be sloughed off. Let this damned soul know
not peace or absolution. Let this defiler and oath breaker serve loyally in death
where he failed to in life. Twisted sleepers feast on this dog�s lifeblood.
Bones blackened by the dark passions be sanctified in this sacrifice.�

�Agh!� Griphook gasped as the
spasms started to wrack his body. �Stop it!�

�With this blood spilled of
this unworthy foe,� Harry intoned as he stepped over the pooling organs to rest
against Griphook�s chest and placed his dagger to the goblin�s throat, �let his
fate be known. Value of precious metals more than honor in life let the bones
be changed. Silver, gold and platinum are the metals known. Change now the
bones to what the soul so yearned. Valued more than metals noble they shall be.
Immortality in agony you shall be. So it is declared, so mote it be!�

The unholy screams that
poured from Griphook were chilling even to the battle hardened goblins. Only a
small number were able to visibly repress the horror at what was happening in
front of them. Griphook was gurgling blood as it ran freely towards the ground.
Once it had hit the sands of the arena, the blood flowed into a complicated pattern
surrounding the two with Griphook�s soon to be corpse at the center. The blood
flowed away leaving marks that turned black as they were ignited in fire. The
sight suddenly became more horrific as Griphook suddenly was skinned alive with
his parted skin pealed as one piece off of his flesh looking for all the world
like a suit that just needed to be sown shut.

As Griphook still had his
lungs and some of his vocal cords even thought his throat was slit, he was
still able to sputter out a few words at his killer.

�No, I don�t believe my
mother was the bastard offspring of a troll and a house elf,� Harry said as he
blinked at the still coherent and in agonizing pain goblin. �Although I can see
from a temperamental standpoint that comparison may be accurate. I also don�t
think she liked being violated by thorny vines. Remind me to see if I can find
that curse for the next person that says something like that. I will of course
try to find a way for your trapped soul to experience that.�

Griphook was unable to move
as his bones had already undergone the transformation. That would soon be
evident by the flesh that started to fall off the metallic bones. They were a
dull dark yellow in color.� When the sloughed off flesh started to combust, the
metal showed no signs of melting or softening. The same could not be said for
the organs of Griphook�s dissolving body. The metal did a good enough job
transferring heat as the smoke rising from the soon ignited organs showed.

�Well that was unexpected,�
Harry commented with a smirk as Griphook�s eyes and several other organs were
boiled until the sudden pressure caused the cells to burst. �You really should
have been careful in what you said about my mother. I mean your eyes and that
pitiful shriveled thing you called your dick, even if the near boiling blood
increased if from the size of an infant house elf, just were flash heated until
they popped like microwaved carrots.� Sure I think being stuck with a rose
plant growing out of you with its thorny vines violating you would have been
more appropriate given what you said, but this will do for now.�

Some of the goblins watching
were spellbound at the shear brutality that the human was inflicting. It was a
sight to behold and damn was that guy worth every coin they had to cough up to
see this. Sure it was mandatory and they had to pay and the better seats
required more money, but it had been worth it. Still there were those that
complained.

�I cannot believe that a
Goblin warrior could go down that easy,� one of them said as he looked in
disgust at the poor showing. �Make the human lover suffer for putting up such a
poor showing. Things like this would make my mother flay the flesh from my
bones, especially if I thought to beg like that!�

�No kidding,� one of the
others said. �Kid didn�t even use magic until he had the weakling on the ground
like a downed boar. Wonder what the effects those flames would have in a
fight.�

�You do realize this is a
born necromancer down there and kicking ass like the old days,� another said in
awe. �Those guys used to be epic; I mean you all heard about them tearing
entire battalions of warriors apart, and then they raised them and sent them
loose. Mark my words. If we get this guy allied with us, things are definitely
going to get a lot better��

�Matrons preserve us,� the
guy next to him said. �I am glad I am not down there. Any of you think that his
clan and or faction might try something?�

�Could they really be that
stupid?� the awe shocked one said. �He moved at least as fast as a master
vampire and you know how much of a pain they were the last time we fought them.
If he is anywhere as strong as he acts, it would be a bloodbath. Besides he has
what three students at least, and if they are anywhere as trained as the guys
working in Egypt are, then they are some serious heavy hitters. Sure they may
be short, but then again we goblins don�t exactly tower over our opponents��

Once the flesh was completely
consumed, Griphook�s metal skeleton started to compact and flow into a smaller
form. Once it stopped it had formed into an almost tablet shape of something
that looked like a dull gold. One could clearly see something resembling a head
and body in its form. It was moving, but the rippling of the surface of a
goblin thrashing in pain was quite visible. Suddenly the tablet snapped in half
straight down the middle.

Harry laughed when that
happened startling the goblins before he said, �Now that is ironic. You wished
me split in half and now you are��

The two halves moved from the
ground to float next to his arms. They slowly settled against his arm from hand
to elbow. With a sudden shiver, the tablets shifted in form to encase his arms.
Still they continued to shift their form even as the surface danced with the
horrible motions of Griphook�s trapped soul. Harry was there in a crouch on the
ground with his arms wide with the daggers clear in his hand.

�This is unexpected,� Harry
thought as he stared at where Griphook�s body had been. �I was expecting
something like the short sword that Alice showed me. I didn�t think a goblin
would produce anything as complex as that dragon did. I really thought it would
be a skull shaped hammer or something. Still I best stand up and take a look.�

Rising up as the crowd was
still shocked into silence, Harry gave a wave to the crowd. Most of them were
hiding their fear at the power he had showed. Some were directing their furious
rage at him from where they were. It was likely that several of Griphook�s
compatriots were there. Still as much as he would prefer and knew it was safer
not to take his eyes from those surrounding him, Harry had to see what his new
tools were like. He really liked weapons and he would have to examine and test
them or he would have problems using them to their fullest.

So here Harry was standing in
the center of a coliseum with the one who had tried so willingly to steal from
him dead, dismembered and turned into something useful. Looking down to his
arms he noticed the gold like gauntlet that went from his hand to his elbow. A
twisted skull formed the hand piece while blades ran down the length of his arm
before stopping where the blade protruded from near his elbow. Sharp teeth
shaped rings acted like brass knuckles and with a twitch of a muscle a blade
shot forward. It may look like a singularly hooked blade but he noticed that it
looked slightly odd. With another application of a thought inquiry, the hooked
blade shifted to look like a bone shaped forearm including goblin shaped
fingers with talons on the end.

�Now this is interesting,�
Harry thought as he imagined moving the parts of the arm and they did as if
they were another arm of his own. �I come here to settle matters and get into a
fight and after all that get my weapon out of the deal. Well it is not what I was
expecting, but neither was Hermione getting a dragon ensemble including a tail
whip that can become a lance or that disturbing triple bladed sword of Alice�s
let alone the spine chain blade portion of it. Now personally I thought I would
get something like a hammer but this is nice and I can definitely do close and
distance damage with this. Now I just need something to test this on.�

�Winner of the challenge and
new Lord of the Houses of Black and Potter,� the goblin announcer declared to
the gathered assembly, �is Necromancer Harry Potter.�

�Good fight,� one of the
goblin chiefs said with a toothy smirk. �It has been too long since we have
seen proper combat here that is sure.�

�May your enemies� blood weep
upon the ground,� another said with a slight inclination of acknowledgement to
him. �A most profitable venture and investment you bring to these caverns.�

�And may your gold grow under
your influence and your rivals taste as sweet as your speech,� Harry said with
a somewhat sinister smile. �Perhaps now that the overly ambitious and too weak
to ensure his holdings has been dealt with there will be more mutual benefit
for both groups. I suppose it is a shame to have denied his rivals some meat
but this is the price of bending let alone breaking an accord with my sort.�

�Yes there are so few to be
skilled in your particular art,� a goblin that from the iconography was in
charge of the curse breakers and tomb raiders said. �Barely anyone capable of
discerning if one is truly dead or not have remained and those few who are able
to do so can do little more than get the traces of a place to reveal even some
of their secrets.�

�To mutual profits for all
concerned,� Harry said before turning to the side and his eyebrow rose in
annoyance. �I take it that someone was prepared just in case��

Harry had trailed off at the
massive creature that had shambled into the arena. He had faced an adolescent
at best dragon and a fully grown mountain troll in addition to the smaller yet
swifter vampires and yet the shambling form of twisted flesh was something
quite unexpected. It was despite its size neither troll nor ogre and was as odd
as it seemed reminiscent of a book he had read with Hermione when she had
insisted that some epic fantasy would entertain. That he had contemplated using
some spells from the book or trying to derive some of them had not been
something he felt had been appropriate to bring up.

�What is the meaning of
this?� the lead goblin questioned as he recalled how difficult it was to take
down and how to draw it to a standstill had taken a group of goblin warriors to
do. �Who dares to interfere in this matter? The clans interests have been
settled so who dares to let loose this challenge in the arena?�

�Griphook was a credit to our
clan and letting some human child tear him apart in such a manner was an insult
we could not bear,� One of the clan heads said. �All goblins may be warriors
but few have had a chance to truly test their mettle and Griphook had been
forced to such minor roles for this humans holdings. Is it wrong to be paid
according to one�s proper ability?�

�Lovely,� Harry muttered
before addressing the gathered goblins with a vicious smirk. �I thank you for
allowing me to have such a good test of the weapon your greed has caused.
Perhaps after this fight is settled you can join your traitorous clan mate in
his fate.�

As he held his right arm
aloft, they could see the twist of magic on the face on the gauntlet. It moved
from stationary to a scream of unimaginable suffering. Unlike his apprentices
weapons where the soul of the victim had passed on, the poor and reckless
goblin had been bound to be slowly dissolved yet still remain in indescribable
agony. Well there was the fact that whatever Harry used it to do would make him
feel the like from being stabbed, sliced, crushed and impaled to other such
agonizing moments.

�You would cost us a
necromancer and the profits such a business relations would have for such an
unimportant slight?� the head chief asked the chief of Griphook�s clan. �Unlike
the weak willed that try to claim such a title this one has the power,
knowledge and skill to back it up. Once he deals with this challenge do not
expect any aid from any other clan or the nation as a whole. You and your clan
wished to start a blood feud than you can deal with the consequences. Perhaps
he will be willing to share some of the feast from his battle with your clan.�

The chief turned to the
arena. Their clan had one hope and that was that the boy died. If he lived they
would die. This was not that bad of a gamble as a number of them were likely to
have been replaced as it was. Factions in the nation vied for power all the
time but rarely was a clan entirely exterminated. It had happened when their
leader allowed a clan to risk their lives to gain glory in battle or die
removing their chance to usurp more power.

�There really was no choice,�
she thought in worry. �Griphook was our chief means of gaining gold and thus
prestige. Now with him dead our rivals and even nominal allies would have
readily turned to devour us. The risk was great but the Potter and Black
fortunes would have aided us let alone some of those who contracted us.�

The creature before them was
at least as resilient as most young dragons to physical damage and the thick
rough hide was quite resistant to spells. With a snap of his arms downward,
Harry willed his gauntlets to change. The arm blades emerged with a sound and
they were sharp and sure. Unlike the troll this creature was quite quick and
agile. So it was that Harry was forced to move out of its rapid rush. He moved
to gain enough space to act. The creature had a massive cutter in its hand. It
was with his own agile and inhuman speed that he managed to get the weapon out
of his attacker�s hand. That their combined actions lodged the two meter or
more blade hilt deep into the wall was a testament to both their physical
power.

�Well this needs to end and I
think I have just the plan,� Harry thought as he noticed the creature looking
for its weapon. �Without the added reach of that blade there is some more
openings I can use. Still since I have the opportunity I might as well test
this new toy out.�

His left arm snapped to aim
at the abomination of magic before him. The creature was turned with its back
facing him and had started to move to extract its weapon from the wall. With a
flick of his right arm several blades emerged and he did not prevent the sudden
noise of their doing so. This caused the creature to turn towards the sound.
Its eyes widened as the left arm blade suddenly flew toward it and pierced into
its flesh just missing its heart. So stunned was it that it barely resisted as
it was pulled toward the boy that it had tried to cut into little pieces.

�Well that part works,� Harry
thought as it flew toward him as the world seemed to slow down as he felt his
heard instead of racing move to a very sedate yet steady rhythm. �Now to deal
with the instigator after this is finished. I don�t know entirely what it is
but it looks like someone took an ogre, troll and some other things and fused
the flesh together. I am amazed that I didn�t frenzy and try to tear it apart
considering how I felt at first. Perhaps those emotion control and meditation
training was better than just allowing me to analyze things quicker.�

Harry had long since stopped
wondering about how the little changes made things easier especially how he
tended to have a very hyperactive analytical thought process when under combat
situations. There had been other things that had been more distracting at the
time and for the most part chalked it up to something to not worry about. So
that he seemed to have ample time to contemplate things over the course of very
few heartbeats was something he was starting to consider part of his normal
nature instead of something else odd about him.

Everyone that looked on
seemed to be moving at a snail�s pace to his perception even as the thing
slowly was pulled toward him. He moved his right arm letting the blades that
had been retracted extend. He moved his arm almost as if to guard his face. To
those watching it looked as if he had moved his arm and blades had suddenly
been conjured from his gauntlet. The blades were quite long and sharp as each
was at least as long as a short sword. As the thing reached to range of
retaliating he moved again. Before it had time to think to move more than
slightly, Harry�s arm swung across cutting it from shoulder to hip.

The sheared off piece flew
around him to smack into the wall behind him. The remaining chunk was imparted
enough momentum to begin to fly back from where it came before a snap of his
arm sent the airborne remnant of a corpse to strike the ground with enough
force to cause a very loud thud. With a twist of his hand a fountain of gore
shot out from where the chain rested as the blade altered to make sure that
there was no chance it was able to survive headless as the blender like arm
bones reduced the flesh around the grasping blade. The complete silence of the
crowd followed as they watched on as how quick things had changed.

With another unnecessary
motion of Harry�s left arm unnoticed the blade mangled most of the inside
before shooting up and out before spraying the blood off as it followed the
chains motions backwards. Looking over the two pieces of meat, Harry turned to
gaze at the gathered observant as well as the spectators. The sharper eyed
goblin warriors noticed that his weapons were clear of any blood lingering on
them. The less observant were rather loudly discussing things and the arguments
of various factions were coming to a head.

�So you thought to win your
claim in such a manner?� the head asked the now cowering chief. �It would have
been able to assuage the loss of your representative, but both of your ploys
failed. You are weak. You made deals with wizards who would as soon kill us all
as breath. You shame our nation and people with the way you defied our laws. So
what should I do with you?�

�That their entire clan would
stoop to such poor form let alone performance is appalling,� one of the senior
goblins said looking sinisterly at his long time rivals. �Besides they should
have known better than to conspire with wizards at least this necromancer has
some shred of understanding. There has always been and always will be one such
punishment for such abominations��

�No,� she said with her eyes
wide in realization. �We have worked too hard for this!�

�But all gold tarnishes with
your touch,� the head said with a sinister laugh. �What say you necromancer?
Could you do with some goblin blood? You have earned it with your prowess after
all. Just don�t be greedy��

�I have no problem with
that,� Harry said with a bloodthirsty grin of his own. �Still it would be a
shame for my apprentices to be denied such a feast let alone a chance to test
their skills against worthy prey, a shame that wizards and muggles seem to have
become such poor sport. I do hope that these offerings will be at least as
enticing as the last.�

�Well said indeed,� he said
with a growl of appreciation. �It does this old warrior�s blood good to see
such skill again. I do hope that your apprentices are better than most have
been.�

�But of course,� Harry said
with a bow. �Send in the damned and let us spill some blood and eat well this
night.�

�No,� came the pleading of
the doomed. �Not like this��

The members of the seditious
group were quickly rounded up and threw to the arena. They were joined by three
cloaked girls. Well the goblins could tell they were females by their scent,
they were off put by the way they walked as it was not of mere brood mares as
instead they were of warriors. The goblins looked in appreciation as weapons
were drawn even as the doomed tried to die well.

Hermione drew her twin blades
while Alice let her chain sword lash about. Harry grinned at the poor
disorganized mob that was trying to figure out who to attack first. Poor Anne
had yet to get a weapon all her own. It was a simple enough of a difference for
the goblins to act on. They might as well pick off the easiest. That at least
was what they were thinking when they moved to engage her. Despite not having
as impressive a weapon as the others, Anne still carried two blades and that
would likely be more than enough.

When the rushing goblins drew
close enough, Anne struck with the precision and efficiency that had been
drilled into her. Her nightmarish training before and after meeting Harry had
ingrained muscle memory into her and with that came a desire to be as efficient
as possible in all her actions. If she had moved without care, she was punished
for wasting her limited stamina. Sure she had a pain tolerance, but she was
efficient in her ways. When she had first initiated what she viewed as the
proper actions her master sought, she had managed to reduce him from a rage to
blinking in shock before cuming on her hands. She had learned to maximize the effects
of her actions while preserving her stamina.

The goblins that moved to
strike her as the weak link were unaware of this. The first goblin fell
gurgling and bleeding out, and he was soon joined by others. It was not until
the goblins drew back at the sudden pooling of blood and bodies near the
supposedly helpless child that things changed. With a simple jerk, Anne had
freed the jaw of one of the goblins. With a detached look to her eyes, Anne
moved her hand to pluck and throw the teeth as they were more numerous than her
blades. Goblins like humans had certain vital areas and a number of them were
shared.

�Heart, neck, brain,� Anne
clinically thought as her range of death increased. �These are the easy
strikes. Unlike humans, Goblins� other immediately fatal areas are more
protected. Their rib cage has a gap for the heart but not for the other kill
shots. These will do for now. Your blood will feed the ground, your flesh will
feed us, and your bones and souls will be our tools. For daring to try to kill
my master, your deaths are due!�

Some of the goblins that had
not directly gone at the perceived weakest link had managed to see this and
were quite shocked. None of them had expected such a thing from a practically unarmed
opponent. Sure she had two daggers, but she was small and human; however, there
mistake in being distracted was quite fatal. The momentary loss of
concentration allowed for the others to strike as well.

�O,� was as far as one of the
straggling goblin had said before a blur left him to fall down to see his legs
still standing.

Harry let his new weapon loose
upon the throngs of the dying. He watched with a smile as Alice used her chain
sword to create a wave of death as she spun and skipped like a bouncing top. He
felt a moment of pride as Hermione went loose with her two blades swinging to
slice and stab as she went. He really did a good job with them he realized even
as we started using his longer range to herd the goblins into his students kill
zone. He felt his face twitch in amusement as Anne pouted when the goblins
refused to get close enough to be easy targets. She was running out of teeth
now. He saw the look that passed between Hermione and Anne. With a laugh
Hermione sent one of her blades to cross the path to Anne; however, Hermione chose
the path that also resulted in the blade flying through a group of goblins so that
when Anne caught the handle and drew it to a halt, that the blood still clinging
to the blade sprayed off.

�Well they are having fun,� Harry
said as he looked at the dwindling number of goblins. �Hmmm� even Kiki is
getting into things as well. A shame that our prey so rarely gathers like
cattle like this; it is quite amusing though.�

Turning his attention to the
altered and drastically diminishing odds for the goblins, Harry watched as Hermione
had, after releasing her whip, used that in place of her discarded blades. One he
noted was in Anne�s hands while the other was impaling a number of goblins to
the wall. He did notice that he was barely thinking about deploying his hooks
as they seemed to respond more to his thoughts and awareness than to his arm
motions. He really would need to analyze the fight afterwards as he seemed to
barely need to flick his attention to the target before it was hit either in
the head or the heart where it was ripped off or destroyed.

�Oy,� Alice said looking about.
�Are any of them still moving?�

�Not here,� Anne said with a
pout as she looked at the corpses now littering the area. �Any your way,
Hermione?�

�No,� Hermione said blankly
as her mind had shut off when the numbers seemed to grow. �Are there any over
there, sir?�

�No, there are not,� Harry said
in disappointment. �Well that was bracing, so back to business, and a decent
snack.�

�Well we did seem to provide
the meat,� Alice said with a shrug before licking some of the blood. �Add that
we brought some drinks as well, and it tastes good too.�

�True,� the others seemed to
come to the same conclusion.

The group had moved from the
arena once all their opponents were dead. They would talk to the new account
manager as well as Grimtooth and get to enjoy the roasted meat they now smelled
was cooking. It was a shame that Griphook had done what he had, but the past
was the past, and they could only go forward from here. Still there were some
more things to discuss now that the matter was settled.

�Now as I was saying before
that,� Grimtooth said as he chewed on the still bloody bit of flesh torn off
from Griphook while they did the same. �It seems that someone made sure that
you couldn�t see your parent�s last will and testament until you were declared
of age and claimed your title. There are a number of additional businesses, properties
and other assets. Do you really wish for a complete list at this time?�

�No,� Harry said after
swallowing some of the seared goblin meat. �I believe based on what you have
said so far it would take far too much time. Just add those lists to a
portfolio we can look at later. Considering the disaster that whoever claimed
to be my guardian wrought with the traitor, I feel a need to ask were the individuals
that I currently reside with listed as designated guardians in that will.�

�No, they are not,� Grimtooth
said as he scanned over the list. �In fact, it explicitly states that you are
not to go there even if the house is in your name as well as the business that
Mr. Dursley works for.�

�Well that solved that,� Harry
said with a smirk. �I was planning to acquire those things anyways. Anything of
note I should know about whoever was unable to live with before this?�

�Several were dismissed
because of death or other disabling events,� Grimtooth said with a raised eye
twitch. �However, that is not the strangest part. That would be that you were
placed there before the will was read and before most if any were rendered
unviable. There are a few that were available but were never informed��

�So who placed me there against
my parents� will?� Harry asked with an edge to his voice. �I really must know
who would go to such lengths to meddle in my life.�

�Albus Dumbledore,� Grimtooth
said as he double checked against some of the other documents. �It would seem that
he is making quite the mess for himself. Now while you could press charges for
these things, he is not likely to be convicted.�

�Something to deal with at a
later time than,� Harry commented as he tried to draw things to a close. �With
this I will be of age and thus outside of age restrictions in certain matters
such as licenses, correct?�

�Yes,� Grimtooth said as he
was used to the question. �The only thing outside is regarding drinking and such
in muggle establishments as it covers that in the magical world as well as Apparition
and Portkey licenses which are normally issued at seventeen and after Ministry
tests.�

�And my students?� Harry asked
about in interest. �It would be good to know what I can teach them. I see that both
head rings also double as multi destination permanent Portkeys.�

�They are under your
supervision and thus considered in training,� Grimtooth said with a sly smirk. �It
would be of note that international licenses do not have most of the age limits
that the British ones do, and the British Ministry must accept the
internationals. Most for Apparition and underage sorcery are at the teacher�s discretion��

�So they don�t have to worry
about that and when I believe they are able they can take their tests
regardless of age,� Harry thought as a minor article on age and maturation of
magical power and control crossed his mind. �I know that it is mostly irrelevant,
but what age do we show on a detector?�

�Why?� Grimtooth asked in
wonder. �It has no effect on things here and as they are part of your house in
some matter it does not have an effect.�

�There are some interest in
what effects certain magics have on such things,� Hermione piped in after
getting a nod from Harry. �Now while it is possible to detect if one has a
sufficient magical strength for certain spells, some are advised to not utilize
until one is older��

�I still don�t see why it
would matter,� Grimtooth said as he looked over the clients. �Still considering
that you wish to see what your ages are detected at��

With that said, Grimtooth
used a minor bit of goblin enchantment to read what their real biological ages
were. He really didn�t want to think why these people wanted to know. He did
for a moment wonder if they looked that different than they should. He never
really was one for judging human�s aging. They aged quite different from
goblins after all. So what if they were possibly a few years more developed
than they should be. What concern of it was theirs?

�Humans were odd,� Grimtooth
thought as he looked over the readings before saying to them, �By these
readings you are fourteen approaching fifteen, Lord Potter Black. The others
all range between thirteen and fourteen��

He trailed off as the current
Black Necromancer wilted under the glares of his girls. He really should have
never allowed such an inquiry. He could tell what they were thinking. He
himself had wondered what effects some of the magic they used had on their
bodies let alone the communing with the spirits of the dead. It did allow a
lifetime to be experienced in a moment after all. That it allowed them to
perceive what even the obliviated dead did not recall had been helpful. �He had
been thankful, no grateful, that most of their life memories faded. He really
didn�t want to have the memories of husbands, wives, friends and enemies and
what they all did and experienced.

�They are going to be
ravenous when we get home,� Harry thought as realization set in. �It is bad
enough that there is practically no age limit for them do to their vassal or
the master-apprentice relationships, but with the age of consent for witches
being twelve and then if not engaged or betrothed or similarly involved, I now
have to accept that they will want to make up for lost time and not time
waiting. I really need to find a way to cut the need for sleep even more. The
only other options are temporal manipulations and even I am leery about risking
the structure of time just to cram more things in. I am sure we could always
find a recent spirit and get a bit of knowledge and drill it into our heads so
that it sticks��

As Harry tried to find ways
around what he was sure they were planning, Alice and Anne were conferring
nonverbally with Hermione. Considering what they had learned from the actions
that their sexually active associates had told them, Alice was seriously pissed
that she could have been doing more. She had been trying with Anne�s recently
toned down help to get him over the hump to accept things. Anne was irritable
in that, while she had managed to find a temporary fix until she was once more
able to get her choice addiction, she had been legally permitted to have her
first choice. Hermione had felt a minor tinge of irritation. She had been able
to indulge in sexual games and such things more so since the resistance and
flood of his restrained libido had been when she had been mostly his sole
choice.

Still Hermione realized that
the devastation that had barely been prevented with their obsessions in their
newfound pursuit would pale in comparison to what was to come. She already had
dedicated herself in her mind when he had been the first boy not to make fun of
her. She did plan that he would be her first in everything and her only save
with his other girls. He had opened her eyes to a whole new world and she would
never turn her back on that. It had been a terrifying moment when she realized
what could and likely would have happened if he had not chosen to become her
friend. She would have found someone and would have hung on no matter what. At
least with Harry, he was concerned about her well being and happiness.

Alice was feeling a twinge of
jealousy. She realized that she could have been his first in everything, but
would settle for him being her first in most things. She knew that Anne was
coping the same way. Her friend was far more broken and twisted by her
experiences than she had been. She had been willing to tease her master�s
rival, while Anne had done more. It was a problem that she had thought she had solved.
While the both of them had become dependent on a number of climaxes in their
day, Anne had been further down the path of emptiness. Her rapist had been
quite thorough in breaking her. It had only been a matter of time before she
had become twisted in her thoughts and heart.

�It would have been somewhat
like kidnap victims do,� Alice thought as her mind drifted over the things she
had planned. �Anne was already almost to the point where she was addicted to
his actions. If it had been a few more months later, she likely would have been
so brainwashed she would have believed that he loved her and did that to show
her his love. If she hadn�t imprinted as much as she had on Harry, she would
have considered me to not love her because I haven�t sodomized her. I think
from time to time that she equates sex with love far more than I do. I love sex
true, but there is more to things than just a mind blanking cum. Still finding
out that we are physically maturing faster does explain how we haven�t fallen
into the quagmire that geniuses get in certain things. Hermione is already been
twitching because I managed to get her to promise to not really go further
without one of us to do the same. Still I bet she managed to find some
loopholes in that. It was only fair that if He wouldn�t fuck us before she
left, that she couldn�t fuck him while he was away. Still it was worth the
concessions and the distance negotiations were worth it. After this go round, I
do believe that when they both return for the summer I will be in a better
chance to get to be his second. Third is better than fourth, but being his
right would be better than his left.�

Anne was processing this
through her twisted mind. Oh she knew that she was in some ways even less sane
than the others. She had been barely able to suppress her irritation when she
had realized that eating Alice out was lacking sucking and milking her master. Her
actions after Sarah�s gangbang that they had watched had proved that to her. A
very small part of her had been miserable that she had done so while being also
eased that her stomach was more at ease afterwards.

�It would have been easier if
either master or either mistress had left some orders,� Anne thought as she
silently giggled. �Playing is fun, but without sir to play with there was no
sucking-cream-time. Alice needed her cream; it makes things better, yes it
does. They didn�t taste anywhere as good, but it helped. Felt in control when I
did so, but it not the same. Things would be better if he had just taken me
like he should. Have to wait a little longer, but master will take me proper
and maybe fill me.�

Sadly at times Anne was more
childlike than others. She tended to regress to the innocent plaything role
that her far too close to complete breaker had caused. At least her mind was
less out there than Kiki was. They all knew and learned to direct her more
psychopathic and unaware ways. The group was functional if not sane by societal
standards. Harry had become saner with the group, while Anne needed someone to
impose order. Hermione and Alice were alike in that they were torn by the
conflicting need to be in control and controlled. They were dysfunctional and
yet they functioned smoother than the sane people. They were in some ways
seeing the world reversed where they were the few sane people in an insane
world.

Still with all their issues,
Harry was pretty accurate with his sense of doom from the girls. He could
practically picture what they were thinking. He didn�t need to be a mind reader
to do so. It was just common sense. Grimtooth blinked at the look that they had
sent him. It was one he knew well and any involved male should know.

�Wait until we get home,�
Alice, Anne and Hermione thought. �Mha� Mha�ha�

�I am doomed,� Harry thought
as he settled back to hear the rest of the things. �I can only hope that there
are enough things for the girls to look over to let me cram a meal in before
they settle things��

�Now where was I?� Grimtooth
said with a look over his ledgers and the ones the clerks had removed from the
now deceased account manager�s office. �There are a number of properties that
the Potter account adds and some rare artifacts. Now most of this can be
discussed with your new account manger later, but some irregularities are here.
The important thing is that a number of items seem to be unauthorized in being
loaned to a certain individual��

�I take it that he would
notice if they went missing,� Harry said with a sigh at the new headache the
meddler had introduced. �Maybe reclaim the unnoticed ones and find some way to
charge him for borrowing them without permission. I really don�t want to know
what he has been doing with them.�

�It shall be done,� Grimtooth
said before striking a bell causing a goblin to come in and kneel. �Swiftknife,
send this request to the other account managers that have Dumbledore acting as
either their guardian or their proxy. He seems to like accumulating things
belonging to other families. Now Lord Potter Black, I must bid you good day. While
it has been profitable, there is more left to do��

�I understand,� Harry said as
he rose and with a nod the rest did as well. �It has been worth the investment
for the gains today, but I as well have other business to attend to. May your
enemies die begging for mercy, and your hands have all their work bring gold if
not platinum for their efforts.�

Grimtooth gave a partial bow
as he stood as well and replied, �May your fortunes grow under your watch, your
rivals be driven to weakness by word of your deeds, and your enemies corpses a
testament to your power.�

With their farewells said,
the group left to return home. It had been a busy but productive day. Harry
could really only hope to survive the night. He was silently grateful that none
of the others would be there. He had a feeling that Dora would be trying on her
own let alone the seeming horde he had gained in the past. He had been unsure
wither he had been their communal male protector or boyfriend in the past. They
did have one advantage over the fan girl witches in that they knew him. He
would be able to likely wave his gang off as they had consistent access to
their own lovers and sex partners so they couldn�t just say they were alone. It
was part of why he acted so distant to most at school or he would have to worry
about who snuck into his bed. It was bad enough that next year he wouldn�t know
which of his girls would be there or who would be playing with some witch and
said witch possibly showing up as well.

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