A Visit To Gringotts

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God of all: Thank you so much for your continual support, I hope you will enjoy my later chapters

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Disclaimer: I do not own the works of JK Rowling nor the rights Harry Potter or Code Geass, Japanese animation series. This is an adaption using the two works as source material, no financial benefit is gained and will not be accepted either.

Harry Potter was sitting in an empty compartment he found on the Hogwarts Express, he was thinking about the weeks that had led up to this point since the disappearance of Vernon Dursley.

He had woken up months after fainting from the activation of his second Geass in a hospital; he still wasn't sure what it had done. He realised that his magical core has grown eight-fold, and estimated that he was now about as powerful as a fully trained Auror, the sudden growth in magical power had also lifted the seal Dumbledore had placed on him as an infant, something he had found out in the previous timeline.

He was quite pleased about this development, now he knew that by the time he turned seventeen his power would eclipse not only that of Dumbledore and Voldemort, but also he would surpass his past self who had been able to achieve Magedom. Mages were rare and the title has only been given to a few magicals throughout history, the most notable included; Godric Gryffindor (one Hogwarts four founders), Merlin (the epitome of power and confident to King Arthur), Ayar Manco (founder of the Incan Empire) and Nuwa (a witch revered as a goddess in the East).

Pleased that he would be powerful enough to save his friends in this timeline, his thoughts then turned to Petunia Dursley, the police had come to Privet Drive during his 'coma' to investigate the cause and suspected that Harry showed signs of abuse. Finding that he lived under a cupboard and with Dudley confessing to everything because he was too stupid to realise it would land his parents in trouble, brought the fury of the justice upon onto Harrys' relatives. Vernon's convenient disappearance was viewed as an attempt to flee and any suspicions of foul-play did not enter the thoughts of the investigators.

This resulted in both the remaining Dursleys having to spend their Christmas in either Juvenile camp or prison, which appeased Harry in the sense that justice, had been served. He had felt bad about their predicament initially but seeing as how they never felt any remorse for his treatment in the past he managed to erase any guilt from his conscience.

All this had happened during his magical coma, muggle doctors where extremely confused as to what happened to him, they eventually believed it was due to the beating he had received that had resulted in head trauma and hence the coma. This conclusion just added fuel to the outrage to the jury during the Dursley's trial and the judge was not unaffected by what he had seen either. Petunia was sentenced to 12 years in prison whilst Dudley would be held in Juvenile Hall until turned 16.

When he woke up he found that the hospital he was in was not too far from Privet Drive, and after upon learning the fate of his guardians, he knew he had to get himself emancipated in the wizarding world lest Dumbledore arranged for him to be taken care of by the likes of Snape, or worse Malfoy.

As he shuddered at the thought of being housed with the Malfoys, he received the Hogwarts letter; an owl had flown in and left the letter on his lap, fortunately no one was around to witness the event he'd imagine it would be quite difficult to explain the phenomenon, never mind the letter, it was a well known fact that Carrier birds had gone extinct before the first world war had ended. He also didn't want to explain the address on the envelope:

Mr Harry James Potter

Ward 64 Room 7 Closest Bed to the Bathroom

St Paul's Emergency and Medical Services Center

Surrey

It was quite amusing, it was obvious that Dumbledore or the Ministry of Magic knew what was going on and simply didn't care, after all if you fail to realise that living under a cupboard is not normal for anybody, magical or mundane, then it was obvious those people were either stupid or incompetent. Harry knew that both descriptions were an insult to the words themselves when used to refer to the magical bureaucrats. It wouldn't surprise him that if he died, an owl would deliver the letter to his grave and the ministry would be confused as to why he didn't show up to his first day at Hogwarts.

He managed to escape the clutches of the hospital morphing into his animagus (a black-feathered Eagle with green eyes, after flying for and hiding for a few days he manged to find his way to the Leaky Cauldron, due to his size he was able to pass through without anybody realising that Harry Potter was with them. It helped that Hagrid wasn't there to announce to the world he had returned.

Gringotts being the bank, where all his money was housed naturally made it the first place he would visit, after getting to the front after a small wait in the queue he went up to the same goblin from last time, 'Hi, I would like some help regarding finances please.'

The goblin looked up at him, and snarled, 'is this regarding your accounts, you know a name would suffice if you wanted to access your vault'

Harry had to hold back on an angry retort, Goblins, despite their constant professions of honour and honesty, were very similar to bandits, they were honest thieves but that didn't change the fact they were legally robbing the wizards of their gold, how the ministry thought it would be a good idea to allow the goblins to house their gold was beyond comprehension. 'That would be Potter, as in Harry Potter, I wanted to exchange some currency but if you say I have a vault…,' it would do no good to insult the goblins, he needed them to get him emancipated and insulting them would not help further his cause. Plus, at least they were more civilized and polite than the Dursleys.

'Stay there please, I'll be back later,' the goblin just walked away and came back with another one of his kind, the new goblin wasn't Griphook but he looked very similar. They all look similar Harry thought 'but then I can't tell since I'm not a goblin, we probably look the same to them anyway.' 'Come with me please,' the call of the second goblin bought him back to reality, the 'please' actually surprised Harry as it seemed to be more like a request than a summon, which was unexpected.

Harry found himself walking into a large room with a number of chairs and a large table, the goblin had introduced himself as Stonebeard, which Harry thought was odd, as the only hair that he could see on the him was a just a few strands of hair on his head, he didn't even see a goatee and certainly no beard. He returned his focused on the goblin; he was trying to curry favour with the goblins, speaking his mind will probably not help him in this case.

Stonebeard was angry, he looked at the young man known as Harry Potter and he saw a human child. He had a kind face, certainly nothing like those vile wizards who spoke down on them as if they were creatures. The young Potter could hide his emotions well, or he genuinely did not hold the same view as his magical peers, the fact he looked 'kind' did not change the fact that he had replied to the letters sent to him. He didn't look like the type who would think the goblin were an inferior race, it seemed as though the young wizard was guarded as if he did not trust goblin-kind, perfectly understandable as goblins seldom trusted each other outside of their friends and family.

'Mr. Potter, would you like to explain why you did not respond to the multiple messages we have sent you regarding your accounts, my records show me that we have sent you bank statements and other notices for the last two years and you have failed to reply to any of them. We do not mind those who speak ill of us, but we do not like being ignored.' Stonebeard expected the wizard to provide some sort of excuse, most wizards do and the rest just blame the goblin system, the reply he got from Potter surprised him.

'Sorry but I haven't received any letters or statements from your bank, actually I never knew I even had a vault until now, I thought the teller was just getting me some forms to open an account here.'

Harry looked on as he saw the confusion evident on the goblins face; he himself was surprised that the Goblins had tried to contact him. He never knew about any of this, no need to ask whose fault it would be, Dumbledore, if he played his cards right he might be able to bring the goblins against his struggle against Hogwarts headmaster. Although he did not want a confrontation with the man until later, preferably until his third year so could prepare and gather information to destroy his so called 'leader of the light' image, but getting emancipated took priority, especially if he wanted to protect himself and those who were important to him.

Dumbledore wouldn't really suspect him of having a grudge, since he was supposed to not know anything about the magical world, so suspecting Harry of holding hating the headmaster would just seem farfetched, as long as Harry pretended to be clueless he would be above and beyond suspicion.

After answering more questions from the goblin and himself getting answers from the goblin, including answers he already knew about, he had to continue playing the part of ignorant boy too much questions would be asked if he knew too much, he'd just arrived in the magical world after all.

He realised during his conversation with Stonebeard that the reason the goblins were hostile to him in the previous timeline was because he ignored the summons from Goblins and also not responding to messages and letters they had sent him, since it was Dumbledore who withheld all that information from him, it was obvious to Harry who was responsible for ruining his reputation with the goblins before he even had a chance to make an impression.

'Mr. Potter, looking at your bank statement it seems that Dumbledore has been taking large amounts of gold from your family vault, he has also transferred the deed of both residential and commercial holdings to his own name. He has also emptied another three of the five other vaults which are under your name, I suggest that you allow us to help you attain emancipation; the goblin nation will help you initiate and manage the process for a fee of one and a half percent of anything that is recovered from the process.'

Harry had a suppress a cry of victory, he didn't have to ask to be emancipated and the fact that they'd help him with the entire process, he just hoped that the goblins will be honest and see the whole process through, time to try to endear himself to the goblins even more and add to the clueless image. 'Err… you can do that? Would one and half percent be enough, emancipation sounds like a difficult process, especially since I'm only eleven.'

A gentle smile from the goblin and Harry knew he had succeeded, 'Oh I assure you Mr. Potter one and a half percent would be more than enough, we are certain we can recover most of your properties as well as a significant portion of the gold. Hopefully we can recover more but we suspect we can recover a minimum of 140 million galleons and that's less thirty percent of the entire sum and that's only the gold.'

Harry did not have to feint a surprise expression, he had no idea his vaults held so much gold, 'can I get a summary of the wealth that are in my vaults? I had no idea my parents were so wealthy.'

'We can surely do that; we'll give you a statement just before you leave. When you do leave I highly suggest you buy all the necessary things needed for your first year at Hogwarts, especially a wand, as it'll make the process of emancipation so much easier.'

'How will a wand help me get emancipated, if I may ask, sorry for all these questions, I wasn't expecting all this. I'm new to all of it and it's somewhat overwhelming.' Harry actually knew that in order to be emancipated one had to demonstrate magical competence, which meant passing O. but the purebloods brought the requirements down to just owning a wand making the process easier for them. Of course this wasn't common knowledge and definitely not something muggle-borns and non-purebloods should know, can't have them taking advantage of the system.

'Ok, I think we are done here, I've taken the liberty to have someone deliver a Gringotts access card,' Harry looked at the card, it looked to be made from real gold but this idea was dismissed once he held it in his hand, it was too light to be made of pure-gold. 'All you have to do is sign these forms and the card will activate, this is a blood quill so you'll feel a sting but don't worry it's not dangerous if used properly, we need to use a blood quill as the card will only accept the actual owner of the vaults.'

Harry knew that this 'weapon' was definitely dangerous and loathed the pain he felt when signing his name, he hope he would be able to meet Umbridge again, he'd was far too lenient the last time.

'Ah, here's the summary you requested, I'll leave you in peace, and do you need anything else?' Harry was handed a piece of parchment, his eyes widen at the value indicated, he had nowhere near this amount of money when he activated his vaults in the previous time line, Dumbledore had a lot to answer for.

Harry forced his eyes from the parchment to goblin, 'no thank you so much for your help, Stonebeard, I think I want to leave to get the things you suggested. I really appreciate the help and advice you've given me.'

'There is no need to thank us Mr. Potter, the commission we will receive is payment enough,' Stonebeard bowed as he left the room, which Harry promptly mimicked in order to show his gratitude and new found respect for the goblins.

As he left the room he stole another glance at the parchment:

Summary of the Potter Vaults as of 11th August 1991

Commissioned by Harry James Potter, compiled by Stonebeard (Potter Vaults Manager)

Education Trust Vault; 10,000 galleons for each Potter child (this vault is to be refilled every year to the appropriate sum of 10,000G/per child each year if this vault is used.

Potter Family Vault; 179,863,100 galleons (main vault) 23 listed properties, (4 residential, 19 commercial, all properties in process of being transferred to Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore)

Potter Emergency Vault; 50,000 galleons (access granted to vault to family minors upon emergency, will only be activated when there are no Potters (or Potter heir) aged seventeen or over)

Lamperouge Family Vault (main vault); 135,600,000 Galleons, 6 properties (2 residential, 4 commercial)

Lamperouge Family Vault (held in Paris, secondary vault): 0 Galleons, 23 listed properties; 4 residential, 19 commercial)

Trevell Family Vault (main/only vault); 36,000,000 Galleons, 2 listed properties (commercial)

Smith Family Vault (main vault); 0 Galleons

Aurelian Family Vault (main/only vault): 0 Galleons, 3 listed properties (commercial)

Assets in process of being recovered

Gold

161,900,013G Potter Family Vault (main vault)

128,300,000G Lamperouge Family Vault (Main Vault)

93,900,000G Lamperouge Family Vault (Paris Vault)

73,900,000 Aurelian Family Vault (main vault)

9,600,000 Trevell Family Vault (main vault)

905,000G Smith Family Vault (main vault)

Properties

Transfer of Potter estates halted

Residential properties; Trevell 1, Lamperouge 1, Smith 1, Aurelian 2

Commercial properties; Trevell 1, Lamperouge 13, Aurelian 2

Recovery fee of 1.5% will be charged for all gold recovered, in addition a standard 1000 Galleon recovery fee will be charged for all properties recovered.

Compensation

Offending parties will be barred from Gringotts, the recovery fee will be charged to offending parties if those parties have the appropriate funds, an audit will be conducted to investigate, and discover any other infringements of Gringotts contracts.

A/N: I was hoping to have all of Diagon Alley covered in this chapter, but it ended up being too long, also I won't be posting anything for the next two days (it's the weekend, need it write more of the story).

Regarding the currency, five pounds sterling to a Galleon is quite low, especially if that is the highest denominator and the most frequently used. The Galleon-Sickle-Knut system reminds me of the Roman coinage system, but even the Romans had more than just three coins, the sesterces (which was made of bronze) was worth quite a bit as well. So I'll just pretend the galleon is worth twenty pound sterling. This makes Harry a boy billionaire but hey it's a good way to paint Dumbledore as a villain rather than a deluded old man.