A/N: This is unbetaed, so if anyone wants to help, contact me.

Goblins, Elves and Harry Potter - Prologue

Harry James Potter had recently learned that he was a wizard; just yesterday, a large man named Hagrid had taken him to Diagon Alley for his school supplies for Hogwarts, the school he would spend the next seven years learning magic. Now three men were sitting in his aunt and uncle's lounge discussing a business arrangement that involved Harry leaving 4 Privet Drive and never returning, except maybe on rare visits. That terrified Harry, he hide at the top of the stairs listening to everything that was being said and the longer the conversation dragged on the more terrified Harry became, it sounded like he would never see Hogwarts now. Finally, the man who was doing most of the talking spoke louder than usual, saying "So we are in agreement then?"

"BOY GET DOWN HERE," Uncle Vernon bellowed.

Harry quickly rushed down the stairs stopping just inside the lounge itself. "Yes uncle Vernon?" he asked softly.

"Your Aunt and I just signed you up to work for Mr. Hook here and his bank," Vernon said in an unusually mild voice, nodding to the man who had done most of the talking. "You will work for them for the rest of this summer, your Christmas holidays and all of next summer, plus the same for the next three years."

Harry turned to the man known as Mr. Hook and softly asked, "What about my schooling?" He almost missed the look that passed between the three men, but was forced to pay attention to his uncle.

Vernon's face began to turn purple with anger, but his tirade was stopped when Mr. Hooke answered. "You will be expected to start and continue your schooling at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for the duration of you contract." The man's eyes gleamed with a light that Harry could only think was mischievous as they watched Vernon explode.

"YOU ARE SOME OF THOSE FREAKS!" Vernon bellowed. "I WON'T HAVE IT!"

"No sir we are not the Wizards, you call Freak." Mr. Hook said calmly. Handing Harry a card that read "G. Hook – Acquisitions, Gringotts Bank

"Then what are you?" Petunia asked interjecting across the rant she was sure Vernon was building toward as his face began alternating colors that were not healthy.

"We are bankers Madam,"