"Okay, to open it, tap your wand and say 'doxy army' then remove the lid, then call for Queenie and only she can come out. The top of the box will be shielded like that until a treaty is signed. Waters, you remember my lawyer, said he'd be tickled for his firm to write up anything you guys come up with. Since this will be a secret army I didn't know who else to ask," Harry said, levitating the box to a corner in her office. "Remember, the next swarm goes to Hogwarts. Let me know, so I can take them there and show them where they'll live, and I'll be happy." Though now that he thought about it, perhaps Remus would be better at that, since they would need to come to an agreement with the current Head. Still, it should be fun.
"Fine, fine, I'll handle it from here," she said, waving her hand in dismissal.
"Great, well we're headed to Gringotts," Sirius spoke for the first time, grinning at the byplay these two had. Harry trusted very few adults, and for some reason this woman was one of them. She was taking the news much better than Remus had. The poor man was still mulling the whole thing over. He shrugged at Harry and the two men left the poor woman to face the rest of her day.
Amelia got curious, she rose from her desk, went to the corner and tapped her wand on the top of the box. "Doxy army," she stated hesitantly. The lid opened, and a dozen of doxies slammed into an invisible barrier. Then a larger doxy flew up and glared at her.
"What?" squeaked the obvious queen, all four hands on her hips.
"I…I… I was just looking," sputtered the head of the DMLE. "You can go back now, I'm still working on getting your… treaty." The blasted boy didn't warn her they could talk. She thought they could just understand. She did wonder if they could read as well. That might be useful.
"Fine, but don't bother me until you're ready. I have eggs to tend," sniff the queen, then she turned and flew back to her nest.
"Well, really," Amelia huffed and lowered the lid. A small smile played at her lips as she reseated herself. Casting a Patronus she said, "Alastor, come to my office, please." She continued to smile as she waited. 'He might just enjoy this,' she thought, her smile turning into a smirk.
At that moment, an old woman in plum robes opened her door unannounced. She took one look at Amelia, who had raised her wand, and skedaddled.
Harry's POV
The two men made it to Gringotts without trouble. However, when they entered, alarms started blaring. Guards surrounded them quickly, with spikes poised to strike at any false moves. Snarlfist came hurrying over and stood in front of them. "At last we've got you," he growled at the disguised boy, pulling his knife and looking menacing. He had waited for this moment for weeks.
Customers were looking at them with undisguised curiosity. They hoped the bank didn't close again. They still didn't know the reason for the last time it was closed. The first time they at least had received a letter. Something about items showing up on vaults.
"What did I do?" Harry asked, narrowing his eyes at the goblin he had met only once before. He wondered if the MOB method had made this particular goblin surlier.
"I've been looking for you for a long time," Snarlfist said with a great deal of glee. Finally, someone he could 'question'. "Get them to an interrogation room," he told the guards.
"Hey, now, no pushing," Harry yelped as one of the spikes poked him in the back. He turned around and glared at the goblin who did it, who simply glared back, only he had a long spike on his side. Harry huffed, turned back around and followed the lead guard.
"Damn, I forgot they wanted to talk to you," Sirius said, with a heavy sigh.
"Now you tell me?" his godson snapped.
"Well, there's been a lot going on," the dogman defended himself.
"I'll get you for this, Sirius," Harry snarled when he got poked again. He wasn't overly worried, he could leave at any time. However, his stuff was here, and he didn't want to piss these guys off more than they already were, yet. This was just another reason he was thinking on clearing his vaults and keeping them in a TARDIS box or something. They were treating him like a criminal and he hadn't even done anything. If they didn't back off, they would learn just how bad of and idea that was.
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