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History can be a Bitch

"HOLY SHIT!" rang out through Gringotts, with every goblin, human or otherwise stopping in their tracks in shock. Then out of the Hall of Family Histories came a guy who seemed to be about nineteen years old. The man in question ran to the end of the main lobby and disappeared through a door. One basic thought, with some variations from person to person, ran through their minds, 'What in the name of magic was that about?' What indeed?

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I ran to the door that I knew led to Lord Ragnock's chambers and approached his secretary. The goblin looked up from her work and I said, "I have important information regarding several Most Ancient and Noble families that must be shown to Lord Ragnock."

"Do you have an appointment?" the bored-looking secretary inquired.

"No but-," I tried to answer before she interrupted me.

"Then you may make one. The next opening in his majesty's schedule is in-," she attempted to reply when she was interrupted.

"Let the boy in Grinona. I sense that the information he wishes to impart is more important than a simple afternoon nap," rang out through the room.

"Y-yes my lord. Y-you may enter," the secretary obeyed in shock. She waved her arm and the twenty-foot tall, decorated double-doors clicked a couple of times before opening. As I walked through the door, I heard Grinona muttering to herself, "What's so special about him. He's not even a full employee and he gets called in to see his majesty. I've worked here for forty years and I haven't even seen what he looks like." I shrugged it off and entered Lord Ragnock's chambers.

The first thing I noticed upon entering was a series of non-magical, golden statues lining the walls, a quick look at which revealed that they were statues of previous directors of Gringotts and other notable employees. I looked ahead and saw a desk about three yards in front of me with a chair behind it and two in front for visitors. Behind that was a cabinet that was in a little inset in the wall with weapons hanging above it. On either side of the whole set up was two doors with signs in Gobbledegook. I walked over to the desk, sitting in the chair on the left and waited. A few minutes, later a goblin about fifty-three inches in height came out the door on my right. He wore a blue suit and black shoes with glasses tucked into his breast pocket. His hair was about shoulder length, gray and slicked back in a businessman fashion. He looked at me with his green-yellow eyes and said, "Ah, you must be the human who yelled four minutes and twenty-eight seconds ago."

I immediately paled and apologized profusely while standing up to kneel. "I'm so sorry about that my lord. The shock of what I discovered-," I got out before Lord Ragnock held up his hand to interrupt me.

"Hahaha, don't worry about it, I've heard far worse from others much older than you. You may rise," he said. I stood up took my seat. Lord Ragnock walked over to his seat and offered his hand. "I'm sure you already guessed but I am Director, High Lord Ragnock," he greeted.

"Griffin Enton, my lord," I answered while shaking his hand.

Lord Ragnock retracted his hand and said, "It's a pleasure to meet the scion of such a prestigious Most Ancient and Noble House. Now, why don't we get to business? I believe you have important information within those files you're carrying."

"Of course," I confirmed. "The information in these files affects several large wizarding families in Britain and even one in France. However, the real kicker, in this case, is that the center of the whole thing is one of, if not the most famous wizard in the world," I began to explain.

Ragnock immediately gained a look of realization and stated, "Harry Potter."

I nodded and continued, "I was sorting through some of the documents in the Hall of Family Histories and I came across some rather interesting documents. Now to understand how they affect Mr. Potter you must understand a few things about his family history."

"I always did find history to be an interesting subject. Please explain," the goblin High Lord requested. At this, I smiled, nodded and began my explanation.

"The first thing I have to explain is Mr. Potter's relation to the Black family. There are two connections to be explained. The first connection is through Dorea Black who married Charlus Potter and had one child. That child was James Potter which would make Harry Sirius Black's second cousin. The most recent connection is through Harry Potter and Sirius Black. Mr. Black and James Potter were friends throughout their schooling and when Sirius left his home, the Potter family took him in. Even though Sirius' mother struck him off the family tree, he was never officially disowned by his father. As such, he stood to inherit the title of Lord Black upon the death of his father, which he did until he was unjustly sent to Askaban." At this, Lord Ragnock gained an inquisitive look. I answered with, "My father always talked about the unjust actions of former DMLE Head Bartimus Crouch. He sent a lot of supposed Death Eaters to Askaban without a trial or even so much as a hearing. Now according to this document," I paused to withdraw a document from the Black file to show Lord Ragnock. "twenty seconds after he was born, Mr. Potter gained an official godfather in Mr. Black. Now as a godfather, Mr. Black can give his titles to Mr. Potter if he so chooses, which according to this document," I paused to pull yet another document out of the Black file, "are his exact wishes. The document is one that he filed a few days after he became Lord Black and says, 'If I do not have an heir when Harry Potter reaches his majority, then Harry will fill that role.' With these two connections, this means that Harry has the strongest claim to the Black family lordship of any of the possible heirs, including Draco Malfoy, Sirius's first cousin once removed through Narcissa Malfoy nee Black."

"The next thing to explain is the familial tie between the Potters and the Peverells. The connection between the families was made in 1183 when Iolanthe Peverell married Hardwin Potter. Therefore, as he is the only living descendant of the Peverells, Harry will inherit all of the titles, properties, assets, and contracts of the Peverells. Now normally that wouldn't be an issue until Harry was of age, but in his will Iolanthe's grandfather, Ignotus Peverell, whose wife was speculated and now seemingly confirmed to be a seer, decreed in a that, and I quote, 'By my magic and the magic of the Peverell family, my descendant, by the name of Harry James Potter, shall be declared an independent minor at fourteen years of age. This shall mean any vaults that he gains from his inheritances will be open to him, he will be made aware of any properties and marriage contracts that he has no knowledge of and he will no longer require a magical guardian but he will still have to be of age to claim any titles that he will gain. So I declare it, so mote it be!' With this in place and no way to stop it, Harry Potter will become the first person in five hundred years to be declared an independent minor."

Lord Ragnock blinked in surprise a few times before responding, "That is rather surprising but..."

"I'm not finished yet, because that is not what made me yell so loudly. This was," I said while taking out the papers to show Lord Ragnock. Ragnock took them from my hands and read them over. His eyes widened considerably as he flipped the pages and when he was done, I seriously thought his eyes were going to pop out of his skull.

"A-a-are you sure these documents are accurate?" he asked while giving me the papers. I simply nodded and Lord Ragnock let out a heavy breath. "Well, either Mr. Potter is the luckiest person alive or the unluckiest." I simply nodded in agreement.

Whatever could I mean by this? Well, you'll just have to find out next chapter. Oh, also the rest of the story is going to be told in third-person perspective so please don't freak out about it.