by DrT - Sahits

Harry went first to The Daily Prophet (where Harry bought a full- page ad with his announcements,
so that his side would come out as he wanted it) and then, to the younger Harry's surprise, to The
Quibbler, where he gave out a fairly full version of what had happened in the courtroom. 'We aren't
going to Ollivander's?' young Harry then asked.
'No,' older Harry replied. 'If we're going back to Grimmauld Place, we need to go now, before
Dumbledore manages to get there, and then to Gringotts. Or, we can go straight to Gringotts.'
Younger Harry thought about that, knowing that it was up to him. 'Can't we go back late tonight,
when everyone's asleep? Just to get Hedwig and leave some notes?' It was clear that older Harry
needed to tell him things -- that younger Harry could sense, but couldn't yet get a firm grasp of any
details.
'Very well,' older Harry thought as he apparated to the private apparation area of Gringotts. "I need
to see Ragnok, Drossfill, and Griphook, Friend Oretoe." The goblin, Oretoe registered surprise, as
Harry was both speaking Gobbledegook and knew the goblin's name, although as far as Oretoe
knew, the two had never seen each other. "I also need someplace private to wait, where no wizard or
witch will see me."
"Very well, Mister Potter," Oretoe replied in English.
It took Harry just forty-five frenzied minutes to set his financial affairs in the order he wanted them.
Then he went down to the vaults. He bypassed the vault younger Harry had had access for to get
ready cash, made a brief stop at the family vault, and then went down to the First Vaults.
'We're related to Gryffindor'? younger Harry asked, for vaults 2 through 5 were the Founders'
Vaults. "We're the Heir?"
"Yes, although there are some more branches off in North America,' older Harry replied. 'Mother
came from a branch of the Hufflepuff family, although there were three generations of Squibs
before her. Also, Riddle accidentally made us a magical heir to Slytherin. With his new body, he's
not a blood heir any longer, so we have equal status with him. Touching the vaults gives us power
over artifacts magically protected by those three followers. The only dangerous Horcrux, to us, will
be the healing jewel inside of Nagini, which belonged to Ravenclaw. We'll touch her vault and see if
anything happens this time. In addition, we can claim a Head of Family ring for the Potter branch of
the Gryffindor clan as well as a ring showing us to be the head of the Gryffindor clan -- the vaults
will provide them. Riddle turned the Head of Slytherin ring into a Horcrux. We'll claim that as well
when we break the Horcrux. We can also claim a membership ring from the Hufflepuff vault and as
I said we'll ask the Ravenclaw vault to accept us as a magical heir.'
'Okay. And this first vault?'
'It's called 'Merlin's vault', not that he ever used it. Still, it does have some of his relics. Two of
which we are going to claim.'
'We can get in?"
'We're both the first wizard powerful enough to succeed since Gryffindor and Ravenclaw set it up,
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