He'd also requested his rooms be tended to by Dobby and Winky. Only by Dobby and Winky. He'd requested access to them be barred to anyone not specifically approved of by himself as very few people in this Castle could be trusted by him and those who were, were vulnerable to those who weren't. Even Colin could no longer get access to his rooms as all the ghosts, like the portraits, suits of armor and the house-elves, reported to the Headmaster.
No longer would the Headmaster or any of his flunkies have access to Harry's sleeping place. Dobby happily saw to furnishing the rooms for Harry. He even found a small dining table and two matching chairs so Harry wouldn't have to eat in the Great Hall or go to the kitchens for his meals.
Professor McGonagal who was Head of Gryffindor Tower didn't even notice Harry hadn't accompanied the Gryffindor students to the tower. Nor did she notice he wasn't sleeping in the fifth year boys dorm. But then Harry hadn't expected her to because certainly none of the boys would complain about his absence. Ron knew his best chance of turning his fellows against Harry was if Harry wasn't sharing space with them. So he hadn't said a word about Harry not being in the tower. Not even to Hermione.
Two days later he met with the twins in the Room of Requirement to get the full story of their plans and tell them why it mattered so much to him. He spoke of it quietly after first getting their guarantee not to breathe a word of what he said to anyone. Fred and George simply grinned and promised to do their very best to ensure his investment was all that he hoped it would be.
"Hell, Harrikins. We'll help you all we can to become independent of this group of leeches and bloodsuckers. They've done everything they can to steal your life away from you and make you thank them for doing so. You're our silent partner and between the three of us, they don't stand a chance."
The other twin assured him they already had a fully fleshed out business plan and a goblin to help them manage the finance end of things since Hogwarts didn't teach anything about economics. "Bill recommended him to us because he likes pranks as much as we do. So Skald will make certain we remain in the black so we can grow our business and become profitable. His future in the Bank rides on our success so we know he won't double cross us. It's in his best interest to help us all he can."
The first brother took a minute to explain things for Harry. "Turns out that before a goblin can rise up in the ranks there they have to prove their worth by helping grow the wealth of a client. Said client usually becomes their first account if they don't miss too many opportunities for the client. So if Skald does good for us, he'll be able to skip being a cart driver, the door guard and the teller postings and go straight to account manager. For having been just a runner grunt, that's a pretty good promotion for a goblin. For anybody really."
Harry asked, "Can you have him draw up some paperwork I can use to show I'm your backer and investor? He could pass it to my manager so I'll have it if I need to prove I'm mature enough to support myself outside the inheritance my folks left me."
"Sure Harrikins. Skald already has it drawn up because we always planned to share the profits with you," the twins agreed. "As we've said many a time, we consider you to be family. Our little brother."
True to the words the twins had given him on first night, Ron was incredibly hostile towards Harry. He snapped and snarled every time he saw Harry in the halls or during a class. Everyone in the Castle knew Ron was angry with Harry about something but no one could really say what. Most the students just assumed Harry had done or said something on the train that upset Ron. And since Ron was well known as a student who'd never created the problems Harry had, the student body just gave Harry disappointed looks when they saw him. It never even occurred to any of them Harry and Ron hadn't met on the train to school and therefore Harry couldn't have said anything to upset Ron.
Ginerva simply looked at him with puppy dog eyes every time she saw him, silently begging him to have mercy and restore to her family the money they'd been helping themselves to since his first year. That she had no right to said money was a non-issue to her because she considered what belonged to him, belonged to her and her family first. Harry found it easy to ignore those looks as she'd been giving him similar looks since his third year. Albeit for a different reason. But still the same damn look. It was no more effective now than it ever had been before. Harry wanted nothing to do with the girl.
But what floored him was when he realized Hermione was giving him the same death glares, snaps and snarls Ron was. He quickly surmised she'd also been dipping into his vaults. Though why was a mystery to him. It really shouldn't have surprised him nearly as much as it did. But it had never occurred to him she'd be stealing from him as he knew her parents were moderately wealthy people and she was their only child. Nor did either of them have any siblings she'd ever spoken of. So she was their sole heir. She had no need of his money. Cosmetic dentist made a lot of money each year and that's what her parents were. A few of their clients were even highly paid famous people in the muggle world. So why was she stealing from him? Or was she only upset on Ron's behalf?
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