"Well not in so many words but I got his meaning. In his heart, I think you are his girlfriend."
"He's never asked. We are getting closer but we've not talked about anything like that. Is that why he left?"
"Partially. I don't think he wanted to watch you on Ernie's arm all night and not be able to dance or talk to you. The last thing he told me was that he had some things to do and for you not to worry."
"What would he have to do tonight? And why would I worry? Oh crap, he went to Gringotts didn't he?"
"I don't know for sure but that'd be my guess. As busy as the castle is tonight, it wouldn't be too hard to slip away unnoticed."
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In Bearclaw's office at Gringotts, things were not going as well as planned. Harry yelled "What do you mean I should have responded to you four years ago?"
Bearclaw calmly said "You were sent a letter on your eleventh birthday detailing everything about your accounts. We received a letter from your magical guardian stating that you declined to take responsibility for your family at that time and would reconsider the issue when you were seventeen."
"I've never received anything from Gringotts before and just who the hell is my magical guardian? I don't even know what that is."
Bearclaw opened a file and glanced inside. "It says here that Albus Dumbledore is your magical guardian due to the incarceration of your godfather."
Harry was about to explode. "So you're saying I cannot inquire about my parents' wills or my family inheritance because he said so? Is he a Potter? That stuff is rightfully mine and I demand to be given access to it or at the least be given an accounting."
"I'm sorry Mr. Potter but unless we have permission from your magical guardian, we cannot."
Harry got right in the goblin's face and said "This is bullshit! I was respectful and polite to you throughout our whole meeting until you told me that you would keep what's rightfully mine from me. I will promise you this, if you continue to violate my rights in this matter, soon I will have my way and I will remove every Knut from your institution and take my business somewhere else. I was never informed of my rights and by my definition that places the blame upon you AND Albus Dumbledore. Once I do this, I will inform the entire magical world of your less than honorable dealings with the heir to the Potters."
"I do apologize Mr. Potter, but my hands are tied in this matter. I cannot grant you that which I cannot give. I suggest you take it up with your guardian."
Harry sat back in thought then sarcastically said "Very well then, I trust that I still have access to my trust vault?"
"Yes Mr. Potter."
"Fine then, I want every galleon, sickle, and Knut removed from it at once and placed in a bag so that I can track down the gnomes and open an account there."
"How do you know about them?"
"Let's just say that this term has forced me to learn a lot about the magical world. On that same note, I assume that my vault will be refilled on January first as is the standard set up for trust vaults?"
"Yes Mr. Potter, it is. May I inquire as to your intentions?"
"No you may not. The contents in that vault belong to me and as such I have every right to do with it as I please."
"Yes you do Mr. Potter. I do want to convey that my hands are truly tied in this matter. I wish things were different but I must follow the instructions given to me."
Harry snapped back "You can hold on to your so called rules but soon you will come to regret your decision Bearclaw, mark my words." Once he finished saying this, Harry didn't bother with the niceties and just walked out on Bearclaw after grabbing the bottomless bag from t he hand of the Goblin who retrieved it. That bag contained his entire trust vault.
Bearclaw sat at this desk considering everything he had just been told and a bead of sweat ran down his forehead. Once this got out, he and his family would probably be executed under Goblin law for causing such a tremendous loss to Gringotts.
He still had no idea how Dumbledore convinced him to go along with his plan for a share of the Potter wealth but after what he had just heard, he knew his time was limited. He just didn't know just how short that time would be.
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