"Are you sure you want to do this?" Sirius questioned his Godson with concern.
"That money belongs to me and they're basically holding it hostage. I'm getting it back." Harry replied with a determined gaze. "I just need you to come with me, Sirius, so that they take me seriously."
"Alright, Harry, I get it." Sirius sighed before smiling at his Godson. "Don't tell Marlie. She'd be giving me hell about messing with the Goblins."
"Just think of t as one of your pranks that you enjoy so much." Harry mentioned as the duo made their way towards Gringotts.
"The most dangerous prank I've ever been a part of." Sirius cracked a grin. The two walked up the steps of Gringotts and joined a line for the Tellers. A few minutes later they stepped up and Harry requested to speak to his Account Overseer.
"Follow me." A Goblin waved them over and then started walking without waiting for them. The two Wizards caught up with the Goblin and were led to the same door Harry had stood in front of before his first year at Hogwarts. The door with a gold plaque that simply said Margok hadn't changed at all. The Goblin leading them knocked three times and a call of 'Enter' was heard from within. Without waiting for a word the Goblin left Sirius and Harry standing at the door. They entered and sat in the two plain chairs before the Goblin's desk.
"Back again, Mr. Potter?" Margok questioned the teen in front of him. "I see you've brought your legal Guardian this time. Regardless, you still cannot access the Potter Family Vault."
"You have things that belong to me in your possession." Harry began and noticed the Goblin looking vaguely amused. "But I have something that I believe your people want far more than the contents of the Potter Family Vault and my Trust Vault."
"I highly doubt that, Mr. Potter." Margok snorted dismissively.
"So you don't want this back?" Harry asked as he unwrapped his Invisibility Cloak from around the Sword of Gryffindor. Margok's eyes locked onto the Legendary Blade and the Goblin was suddenly sitting straight up.
"That's a fake." Margok accused bearing his fangs.
"No, I found it at Hogwarts last year, test it if you want." Harry placed the sword on top of the desk, but he didn't let go of the handle. Not even when Margok glared harshly at him for the 'implied threat' of holding a sword within Gringotts. "Your choice."
"Very well." Margok growled as he ran his claws over the blade. Harry briefly noted a bit of Magic passing through the sword from his grip on the handle. After several minutes Margok sat back with a blank expression. Without a word he grabbed a piece of parchment and a quill. The Account Overseer wrote something down and then folded the parchment. In a blink the parchment was gone from the Goblin's desk. "You'll wait here and not move." Margok instructed his face blank. The Goblin's eyes were harsh and promised suffering if he was disobeyed.
"Margok." A deep voice came from behind Harry and Sirius as the door to the office was opened and a dozen armed Goblins entered the room. The voice came from the largest Goblin Harry had ever seen. This large Goblin stood at least as tall as Drad Erdunn, though Harry thought the Goblin might actually be a bit taller than the Dwarf. "Has it truly come into our Halls?"
"Yes, King Ragnok." Margok bowed to the large Goblin.
"Do not move." Ragnok growled at the Wizards as he moved over to the desk and touched the blade with the claw of his index finger. Once again Harry felt Magic moving through the blade. This time it was far more mana and it stayed in the blade longer, it even lingered for a brief moment after Ragnok took his claw off the sword. "What is it you want, Wizards?"
"I only want what is mine, Mister Ragnok." Harry intoned as he stared into the eyes of the large Goblin. The greed and resentment he saw in the Goblin's eyes was near sickening.
"I am King Ragnok Gringott, Wizard! Do not try to disrespect me in my own Halls!" Ragnok growled threateningly as Sirius and Harry noticed the armed Goblins reach for their weapons. "I could simply take this sword as it is within Gringotts! It is Goblin made and our Treaty with your Ministry allows us to reclaim what is ours!"
"Except that it's not." Harry replied evenly. Ragnok and the other Goblins tensed up for an instant. "I know that old story is a load of rubbish. This sword is no more Goblin-made than my wand. Taking it would be theft on your part and it's not like you can make either of us disappear without starting a war."
"We're a bit 'high profile' you could say." Sirius spoke pleasantly though the implied severity of any hostile actions was easily noted.
"So you know your History." Ragnok scoffed at the teen. "What do you want for it?"
"As I said earlier, I want what is mine." Harry replied, still holding onto the sword with a tight grip.
"How much is in the vaults under the Potter Family?" Ragnok questioned Margok while never breaking eye contact with Harry.
"Less than fifteen thousand Galleons, plus assorted heirlooms and other such objects, nothing we care about." Margok answered while glaring at Harry.
"Stuff it all in a trunk and bring it here." Ragnok ordered and Margok quickly wrote out a note and made it vanish.
"Seems we'll be done here soon, Harry." Sirius remarked to his Godson, his eyes not straying from the Goblins in the room.
"Thankfully." Harry responded as he and Ragnok continued to stare each other down.
Several tense minutes later and two Goblins carried in a plain trunk with a scroll of parchment on top. A few words passed in the Goblin language and Margok pulled the scroll off the top of the trunk. Handing the scroll to Harry the Account Overseer sneered. Harry opened the scroll and went through the list inside. He noted the various amounts of Galleons, Sickles, and Knuts. A bit of math showed him it was right about what the sum total of the Potter Family's liquid assets should be. He briefly noted that a list of items, most labelled as 'Miscellaneous', was included and skimmed it too. He passed the scroll to Sirius to look over.
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