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A Marriage Made

Nymphadora Tonks, the youngest member of the Order of the Phoenix to date, was confused to say the least. Not even three weeks ago her fugitive cousin, Sirius Black, had been killed in a battle defending his godson, Harry Potter. She figured it was the last bit she would ever see of Sirius being the half-blood that she was. The fact that her mother was disowned from the family should have cut her out of any of the family possessions, so she was, understandably, confused when she received a letter from Gringotts passing along Sirius' final effects.

To say she should have known better was an understatement. Not even an hour later, a letter came from the Malfoy's attorney stating that Sirius' will was null as he chose a non-male of Black lineage as his benefactor, and a half-blood heiress as the sole heir of the family fortune. She was, in all honesty, confused. She knew little about Wizarding Law, as her mother decided it wasn't important.

And to weaken matters, she would have shared the bulk of the fortune with Harry, who as Sirius' legal heir would have gotten it anyway. She was confused, to tell the truth.

Since the reading of the will was in three days, she had to decide as quickly as possible what to do.

Reading the last line of the letter again, Tonks sighed.

And, I will do everything in my power as the final Black to keep this money from Lord Voldemort. So this I swear.

Harry sat at his window, across from him Albus Dumbledore. Dumbledore had an intense look of concentration on his face as he too reread the final line of that letter. The only problem was, for Dumbledore anyway, this could go one of two ways. Tonks, who was named an heiress would have to forfeit her claim to Draco, and Harry too. That would have put the money into the hands of Lord Voldemort.

Torn in his decision he said, "Harry, I have no idea what we are to do in this situation. The reading is in three days, if we can come up with something before this time, then we can circumvent the Blood Heir ritual.

Harry paled a mixture of surprise and disgust at his Headmaster's fallibility.

"Alright sir, thank you."

The man stood and apparated away.

Vladimir smirked in success as he read the paper in front of him carefully. The paper, a pre-signed signature of adoption from the late Sirius Black was securely in his hands. He smiled, a sad smile, because the document for all of its intents and purposes was totally useless. As a single tear ran down his face, Vladimir re-read the ancient law.

The rite of Blood Heir comes when a heiress of linear birth is passed by the next available male heir. As in these cases, there are two ways to circumvent, marry the female into a particularly noble family thereby turning over the assets to her new husband, or marrying a male into the family to take the mantel over as Lord of the family. This will only work if, in the event that the female would have been the legal heir of the last male heir, but was unmarried.

If the female can marry before the official reading of the will to the intended male heir, she and her male intended will inherit the heirdom."

'Great,' thought Vladimir, 'now, who is the intended male heir?'

With haste the Goblin called for a parchment and quill.

Dear Professor Dumbledore,

Sir, I believe I have found a way to circumvent the taking of the heirdom. If this is to come about, we will have but two days and one night. Please meet with me at your earliest convenience.

Thank you,

Vladimir

To say the old Headmaster was both intrigued and worried was an understatement. He stood raggedly, his old age hitting him particularly hard this morning and called, "Gringotts, Vladimir's office!"

When he arrived, Vladimir and Tailpipe, as well as Narcissa Malfoy were sitting around, while Narcissa, who had not noticed his arrival, got in the Goblin's face.

"You vile creature, you decidedly declared that my son would not be the Heir of the family! Who are you to decide such a major decision?"

'I am the executor of Wills and Heirdom Madam! I was single-handedly chosen by Sirius Black sixteen years ago to enforce his will! It specifically indicates that Nymphadora Tonks is to be named the HEIR of the family fortune, and in the event there is a challenge to then move the heirdom to HARRY JAMES POTTER! I was instructed to enforce this will to the best of my ability, and as a dying man's last request I will do so!"

Tailpipe had heard enough. "I will make sure you have no legal baring on this case, Vladimir! You have, for the last time, tried to mess with things we have no business in! If I see another person in this office after I leave, I will have you summarily dismissed as Goblin in Charge of Wizarding Bequeathment!"

"Then, I am glad I arrived when I did, am I not?" the headmaster decided to butt in. Both Narcissa and Tailpipe paled, drastically, when Dumbledore smiled back at the both of them. "If you will both leave to allow Vladimir and myself to speak on this matter, then I will be most pleased, thank you."

The Goblin grumbled to the Mistress of the Malfoy family and nodded, having no other alternative than to allow this meeting to go on as it resided well within his boundaries.

"I believe you have some information for me, Vladimir?"

The Goblin smirked. "Yes sir, Professor. I have checked over the documents detailing the Rite of Blood Heir and have come to two conclusions. Please, Headmaster, indulge me whilst I explain the motive behind this. Mr. Draco Malfoy would in essence become the head of the Black family, as he would have been the oldest male born from a female member of that family. The fact that Sirius Black was a fugitive at the time of his death, and the fact that Lord Voldemort, if I may be so bold as to call him that, had been proven as returning makes for a very sticky situation. As you know, Lucius Malfoy has directed his account through false representation to another user by the name of T. R. Malfoy. We believe this name is Lord Voldemort's alias as to use the Malfoy accounts. IN just the past week alone, Lord Voldemort has used a sum of fifteen million galleons of the personal accounts. This places the Malfoy's as second richest family of the wizarding world, the biggest by far being the Potter's. With only one remaining Potter, you could see what would happen if the funds of the family were to fall into his hands.

On the same note, since she is the oldest blood heiress, Nymphadora Tonks is entitled to almost half of the family fortune, and Sirius expected this so set it up where she would receive the inheritance. However, as old folklore goes, Sirius forgot that her branch of the family tree had been blasted off the mantel, much like his own, save they could not remove Sirius as head of the family as the last male.

What we have here, Headmaster is a conundrum. While the Malfoy's are not the richest, at this point in time, if Draco Malfoy were to inherit the Black fortune, he would gain estates, places on the Wizengamot, and even a spot on the Board of Governors."

Dumbledore gasped. "That would place Death Eater's or their children in seven of the ten places, Vladimir. Are you sure of these numbers?"

Vladimir nodded. "Yes sir. So, what we have here would be a major problem for both yourself and the wizarding world. As a Goblin, I have no major ties to your world, save that through the bank, but we've been threatened, also, with foreclosure and seizure should Voldemort win. Therefore, I believe it is in the best interests of both our parties that I suggest the following to you.

The only problem, Sirius had no true legal blood heirs, and Draco Malfoy is a legal heir. To do this, we would have to find the one, single person that could take that all away from him."

"Vladimir" the headmaster smiled, "Are you trying to tell me Sirius Black had a child?"

The Goblin paled. "No, no headmaster. The issue of Blood Heir comes through an ancient law passed after the time of the founders, after the Ministry of Magic was in its fifth century of existence. The Minister of Magic of the time, Arden McDougal had been passed over by his older, yet more incapable brother as the heir of the fortune. After his death, Arden decided to take the mantel of heir of the family upon himself, as you know. He did this by passing the Writ of Blood Heirdom. That basically makes it illegal for anyone of non-family blood from taking any portion of the heirdom.

Mr. Malfoy, though I loath to admit it, is well within his rights as no legal male heir was chosen as major controller in the interest."

Dumbledore's eyes widened. "That would mean that he is going to win and the money go to the Malfoy family, is it not?"

Vladimir nodded. "Normally, that would be the case. However, I believe I have found a solution, Professor Dumbledore. If Ms. Tonks were to marry and consummate her marriage before the ritual took place in front of me at the appointed time of two and a half days than we could circumvent this from taking place. The problem is the legal heir of Sirius Black would have to be found as soon as possible."

Dumbledore sighed. "Sirius has no children, Vladimir; you spoke of this your self."

Vladimir nodded. "He did not, though not by the lack of trying."

The Headmaster shot the Goblin a look. "It's simple, Headmaster. He tried to adopt Harry Potter, this document would have made Harry his heir, but that is not possible as it was left unsigned before his acknowledged death.

The Headmaster sighed. "Vladimir, are you certain there are no other ways?"

The Goblin said, "Well, there is always marrying Nymphadora off in an arranged marriage that must be activated by someone's legal guardian of an ancient family before the stated time."

The man's eyes widened. "What?"

The Goblin nodded, "That is the only way."

Albus sighed. He had a lot of explaining to do.

After leaving the office the Headmaster spotted Tailpipe running away from the door. Not wanting to take a chance, he shouted, "Obliviate!" The Goblin fell to the floor and Dumbledore looked to the others, merely stating that, "it was a needed necessity."

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