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Chapter 19 - Chapter 19:

"Recalling your keys is easy, just say your full name and that you wish to recall your keys belonging to your name and they will appear," Ragnok instructed.

"I, Harrison James Potter-Black, recall any and all vault keys belonging to my name."

Within seconds several keys appeared, shocking Harry. "What do I do with them now?" Harry asked.

"They will be disposed of for you if you wish," Ragnok said. At Harry's nod he preceded, flicking his wrist so the keys were banished.

"Without a key nobody else apart from Dumbledore can gain access to my vaults, right?" Harry checked.

"Correct. Even with a written statement from Dumbledore, they would be unable to get in," Ragnok confirmed.

"Can you make it so no new keys are given out? Perhaps, lie to Dumbledore, saying that it's a new policy or something? Maybe say that they can only be given out with the family or heirs permission?" Harry asked

Ragnok considered the request before giving a sharp nod. "It can be done," he said.

"Thank you," Harry said, before he frowned. "I need to get into my trust vault, but I was wondering if there was anything other than a key that I could use," Harry said.

"Wearing the heir ring of your house will grant you access to your vault. As like a lordship ring, an heir ring can only be worn by the rightful heir, it cannot be fooled by potions or glamours," Ragnok said.

"I see, do I have heir rings?" Harry asked as he had not had one last time, or at least he didn't know about them.

"You do, however you only have two heir rings although you are still the heir of four houses. Heir rings are a newer trend, coming about around 150 years ago, therefore only the Potter and Black families had heir rings made," Ragnok explained.

Harry nodded his understanding and picked up the two boxes Ragnok produced. Putting on the heir rings, Harry felt the same tug he experienced when he claimed his lordships in his past life.

"These rings have the same protections as their lordship counterparts and can work as a payment seal when making purchases. However, as there is no Black heir vault set up for you, only the Potter seal will work for payment; just think of that when placing the ring and it will show up," Ragnok continued to say.

"Thank you," Harry said after his magic had settled. Being able to use his ring to buy things would make it easier for him to make large purchases.

"It is no problem," Ragnok dismissed. "If that is everything, I will have somebody take you down to your trust vault."

"It is," Harry said, saying goodbye as he exited the office.

Greeting his new escort, Harry asked about getting a money pouch attached to his trust vault, much like he had seen many purebloods using in his last life. After haggling the price down, Harry agreed with the goblin and accepted the pouch. This way he wouldn't need to take copious amounts of money out to buy everything he needed and the pouches were magical signature locked, so there was no worry about his money even if it was stolen.

Entering his vault, Harry was greeted by the sight of piles of gold; he remembered being overwhelmed by the picture the first time around when he came in with Hagrid and snorted thinking about how he would have reacted to the sight of the Black family vaults. Grabbing a couple of coins just to keep on him, Harry was in and out of his vault quickly as he no longer needed to spend time counting out money now he had his pouch.

Greeting the goblin who was waiting back at the cart, Harry soon left the bank.

Shopping quickly and trying to be efficient about collecting his first year supplies from the various stores, Harry aimed to keep a low profile. The only time he deviated from the equipment list was when he was in a apothecary - he collected his own ingredients instead of buying the readymade up first year kit in order to have higher quality ingredients; he also added a few extra in case he found himself needing to brew anything. Harry also diverted from his list when in Flourish and Blotts, as he bought books on everything that fascinated him as well as his required texts. When looking at the books, Harry was reminded of the Black family library and cursed his own stupidity. Buying the books quickly, Harry practically ran back to Gringotts.

When he re-entered the bank Harry did not go to a teller. Instead, he nodded greetings as he passed and made his way straight to Ragnok's office. Harry barely even waited to be called in when he bound through the doors.

"Sirius Black!" he practically shouted to the startled Goblin chief.

Ragnok blinked at the state Harry was in and wondered what Sirius Black had to do with anything. "Mass murderer, placed in Azkaban prison on November 4th 1981 for the murder of twelve muggles and one wizard, Peter Pettigrew, reported Death Eater, and betrayer of the Potter family," Ragnok recited.

"No, he's innocent and he's my godfather," Harry said.

"Innocent?" Ragnok questioned, "You're sure?"

"Yes. In my third year it was confirmed, Pettigrew is alive; he's an animagus living with the Weasleys. He was Ron's pet rat while we were at Hogwarts. He's the real traitor."

"I see," Ragnok said. "What do you wish to do with this information?"

"I want him freed," Harry said. "He never had a trial, he was just locked away. If he is freed I gain a new magical guardian, which solves my Dumbledore problem, and I will have access to the Black family library again."

Ragnok frowned. "No trial? That's unheard of, especially as he was the heir of an Ancient and Noble House," Ragnok muttered, more to himself than Harry.

"Can it be done?" Harry asked.

"I can make inquiries," Ragnok said. "However, it will be a slow process; this screams of a cover up and the ministry will want this to remain buried. It would not look go on them to have locked up a noble heir without a trial for almost ten years."

Harry smiled in relief and asked, "Would it help for me to acquire Pettigrew?"

"Yes, but not immediately," Ragnok said. "If, like you say, Pettigrew was at Hogwarts, then it's not unreasonable to believe Dumbledore knows. If he is to just disappear before we have sorted out a trial, Dumbledore may grow suspicious."