Draco's Saving Grace from his Devastating Past | By : PygmyPuffs Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Snape Views: 9019 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1 |
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Chapter 3: Harry
Once Harry left Malfoy grounds, he apparated to Diagon Alley before heading towards Gringotts. He already had plans upon plans in his head, all he had to do now was to put them into action. Striding through the Alley with his head up, Harry made it to the doors of the bank in record time and minimal fuss.
Upon entering the bank, he was approached by a goblin, “What can Gringotts do for you today young Master?” he asked.
“First, you can stop calling me that, then you can take me to my Account Manager,” Harry said, exasperated and knowing the goblins and house elves would just ignore his request to call him anything, anything but ‘young Master’.
Ignoring the first part, the goblin inclined his head and said, “Of course young Master. Please follow me this way,” and Harry was lead down the ornate hallway that he knew would take him to his Account Manager’s office, where he would be ignored in his request to be called by anything but that title.
Ignoring the insistent voice in the back of his mind that told him he would have to get used to it, and fast, or he was going to continue to fight a losing battle, Harry walked into the office he was shown to when told to “Enter!”.
“May your gold flow and your vaults fill with blood, Ragnok,” he said as he went to sit in the chair before the goblins desk.
“And may your enemies tremble before you and your lost souls find peace, young Master,” was the reply. “How may I assist you today?”
“I’m here to discuss the Black Lordship as well as the Potter. I also need to set up a safe house for Draco Malfoy and Severus Snape. You now doubt already know of what has happened in the Malfoy home, so you know that it is important that Lord Malfoy be able to find some peace in his loss as well as continue his care of his godfather.”
“Yes, of course. What do you have in mind, young Master?”
Suppressing the urge to sigh at the title, Harry continued, “I will be taking up my mantle of Master of Death within the next few months, with that said, I feel that it is necessary to distribute some of my lordships to those that are capable. I know that Draco would have been made Lord Black had Sirius not stipulated that the title go to me in his Will. Currently Draco is my heir, while my godson, Teddy Lupin, is my secondary heir. For the time being, I wish to make Draco the de facto Lord Black and Teddy the Potter Heir, though he will also remain the Black heir as is his right.”
Seeing that Ragnok was about to interrupt, Harry put up a hand and continued, “Yes, I am aware that to become the Potter Lord, the heir must be of blood relation. At this time, I only wish to name Teddy my heir. Later on, down the road, I will blood adopt him to make it more official. Knowing that I have no other living heirs that can take up my other various titles, I will continue to leave Andromeda Tonks nee Black as proxy for all of them, but Black. Is this acceptable to Gringotts?”
Ragnok stared at Harry for a few moments, taking in all that he was told, but asked only one question, “Why Lord Malfoy as your de facto Lord Black?”
Harry let out a chuckle and said with a small smile, “Because I trust him with my life and with the Black fortune. He is not the man others portray him as, and he had every right and reason to do what he did. If I had been in his position, I would have done the very same. Draco is a good man and a wonderful friend. He will do well as both Lord Malfoy and Lord Black. I also feel that it is the best I can do at the moment.”
“Of course, young Master. Now, as to this safe house. What do you have in mind?”
I would like a list of all my available properties with in the UK that are currently unplottable and has enough land to have gardens, for food and potion ingredients, isolated, but not too far from civilization, ancient wards that would protect any inhabitants with permission to live there, as well as a cottage that has no more that 5 bedrooms. I want it to be small enough for essentially one person, but big enough that it isn’t cramped or confining.”
Ragnok rustled through his stack of papers, looking at all available properties that fit his requirements. “Ah,” he said at last, “you currently have 4 that fit what you’re looking for. The first one,” he handed Harry the file, “is a Black property in South Wales. There are 5 acres that already have greenhouses set up for potion ingredients. The house itself has 4 bedrooms, two offices, a living and dining room, as well as a family/reception room for any guests. It is unplottable and, knowing the Blacks for their paranoia, is heavily warded as well.”
Harry nodded at what he was told as he looked through the specifics and the pictures that came with it. It could use some renovating, and the grounds were in desperate need of repair, as were the greenhouses. It also looked to be about 20 miles from the nearest village as well. Perhaps a bit too far he thought. “What of the others?” he asked, not immediately dismissing the Black Cottage.
“This next one is from the Peverell line. It belonged specifically to Antioch, the eldest brother. Its located in Ireland and is on the coast. There is a rather large garden already in place and the single greenhouse is in rather good condition, seeing as to how long its stood empty. It is heavily warded and has six bedrooms, one office, a den, family room, kitchen/dining room, and a basement equipped with a potions lab that needs to be updated to current standards.” Ragnok continued after handing Harry the file.
Harry looked through the photos and thought about it. Potions lab that only needs to be updated, gardens already in place, only needing a little work. The same could be said of the lone greenhouse as well. He could probably ask Neville to work on the garden. He would love that. The nearest village only 5 miles away, magical at that, and being on the coast would insure that both Draco and Severus could get fresh clean air. It’s said to help with healing too. Liking this one immensely, Harry set it next to the first and looked at Ragnok expectantly.
“The last two aren’t nearly as well-kept as the first two, but are also under heavy wards, unplottable with plenty of surrounding land. They’re much more isolated than the others and have no working gardens or greenhouses. They are smaller and in far more need of repair.” Ragnok explained, handing the last two files to him.
He glanced through them and had to agree. They did fit his criteria, but were in such need of repair, that it would take far longer than he had to fix them to what he wanted. Handing them back to Ragnok with a negative shake of his head, Harry picked up the South Wales and Ireland properties back up and weighed his options.
The Black property would be great for Draco with his Black lineage, but would it be safe for Severus and what little traps and dark magic littered the cottage? Then there was the distance to the village, a muggle one at that. Draco would have no need of muggle anything, and the house elves would have to travel farther to be able to get the items they would need to care for both Draco and Severus. All in all, it wasn’t conductive to healing and just by looking at the pictures, the place itself looked oppressive.
The Peverell property on the other hand looked far more welcoming and open. The coast would do both of them good and he was sure there would be plenty of ocean-based potion ingredients that both Draco and Severus, when he woke, could experiment with. Nodding to himself, he felt that this was the best place. It was isolated, but not too much, and the magical village nearby would be perfect for the house elves to do their needed shopping.
“This one in Ireland will do. I want to put it under Fidelius as well, with me as the Secret Keeper. I would like the wards to be check and updated as need be. I’ll hire Neville Longbottom to go over the garden and green house and have that set up as well as. I’ll leave the Potions Lab in the basement for Draco to set up as he wishes. I would like the house itself to be renovated for living in and up to current standards.” Harry informed Ragnok, who wrote everything down.
“Is there anything else, young Master?” the goblin asked once he was finished writing.
“Yes, I want to restrict all access to all my vaults, even the Black vaults. The Heir vault that I have set up for Teddy will remain in Andromeda’s care, but the other Black vaults will remain mostly in my care, but Draco will have secondary access. I want a vault, or money put aside for Severus as well in the amount of 100,000 Galleons to do with as he wishes. I would also like to give Lord and Lady Greengrass restricted temporary access to the Black vaults for emergencies. They will require a note from either myself, Draco, or Severus with our signature written by a Blood Quill to prove authenticity and identity.” Harry couldn’t repress the flinch he felt at the mention of a Blood Quill, his left hand clenching in memory of the torture he endured.
“As to the other?” Ragnok asked.
“No one has access to them, they will remain unavailable to all but myself and you to continue any investments. I would also like to point out that Draco, as my de facto Lord Black, will have access to ensure that the investments already in play, continue to prosper. He will not be allowed to remove investments, such as the muggle ones, but he will be able to add to them.”
Ragnok nodded and wrote it down, before asking again, “Anything else?”
“I will leave detailed instructions with you a week before my departure as well as my plans for Molly and Ginevra Weasley. There will be letters to my friends explaining why I must leave and that I will remain in contact as often as I am able, with the exception of Draco. I will deliver the news to him personally.”
“Of course, young Master. It will all be done as you say.” Ragnok gathered the documents scattered on his desk and put them in a neat pile to be filed after he left.
“Thank you Ragnok, you have been most helpful.” Harry said as he stood, “I know your time is valuable, so I will take me leave,” and he walked to the door, leaving the office and the bank behind as he headed home to compose the letters he needed.
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