"Yeah" Harry nodded "we have more important things to think about, like quidditch or how long it will take Daphne to profess her love for me"
"I don't love you" Daphne glared at him
"No, you don't love me yet" Harry smiled playfully
"I would never say I love you"
"My mum said the same thing to my dad" Harry pointed out "and their married. By the way Daph, summer wedding or winter?" Tracy giggled and eventually Daphne lightened up.
"You're not funny Harry" She smiled "besides, knowing me I'll probably get forced into a marriage contract by some pure-blooded arse"
"I am being forced into a contract" Harry casually spoke
"WHAT?!" Daphne and Tracy screamed
"Could you say that a bit louder? I don't think the America has heard you yet" Harry put up some privacy wards so they wouldn't attract attention.
"You're in a marriage contract?!" Tracy exclaimed, Daphne looked visibly upset, even though she tried to hide it.
"I am for now" Harry replied, Daphne perked up at this
"For now?" She asked
"Yeah, I went to Gringotts a while back and found out that some old relative of mine had made a marriage contract between me and another family. I couldn't find out which family as I could only learn if my parents told me or if I was of age."
"So you have to get married into some random family?" Tracy asked
"No" Harry shook his head "by the age of fourteen, I can claim head of house if my parents haven't woken up yet"
"What?" Tracy was confused
"If the head of house can't perform their duties then it gets passed to the next eldest member" Harry explained "as mum and dad can't perform their duties, it passes to me and the earliest I can claim the position is at fourteen. Until then I either put a proxy in place or don't do anything, the proxy isn't allowed to make any big changes like the contract.
I do however have a person who I've been sending letters to act as my proxy, he'll deal with all the financial and legal stuff until I'm of age. But once I have become fourteen I can take the position and cancel the contract."
"Wow" Daphne breathed
"I know, sad part is Dumbledore knows as well"
"Why is that bad?" Daphne asked
"Because he'll want me to give the position to his golden boy or assign himself as proxy" Harry answered "either way, he'd have total control. I expect he'll come and talk to me about it soon."
"Why?" Daphne raised an eyebrow
"Probably because the goblins are taking money from his vault to compensate for the money he took from the Potters vault without permission" Harry shrugged, and the girls went wide eyed "in fact, I think that's the letter that would inform him"
At this point a Gringotts owl had flown into the hall and delivered the letter, it then flew off before Dumbledore could even open it. Dumbledore opened his letter, and he went a little red at reading it. He stood up and walked out, as calmly as he could.
"Told you" Harry smirked
"His been taking money from your accounts?!" Daphne couldn't believe it
"Believe it" Harry replied "I don't know if my less than handsome twin knows about it but I was very unimpressed when I found out that the old man had been digging his fingers into the hard earned gold of my ancestors."
"That's illegal!" Tracy hissed "You could take him to court!"
"A court full of Dumbledore supporters? No thanks, if I wanted to waste my time I'd teach the boy-who-eats and his redheaded friend about table manners"
....
The rest of Harry's day went as normal, Hermione shot him death glares whenever he did better than her in class, which was all the time. Adrian and Ron shot him death glares whenever he breathed, which was all the time. Draco shot him death glares whenever he did both, which was all the time.
He also flirted repeatedly with Daphne who blushed as Tracy alternated between laughing, snickering and giggling throughout the day along with the occasional snort. Dumbledore had taken over the defence against the dark arts lesson for the day, which pleased Adrian, Hermione, Ron and the rest of the Gryffindor's.
Not the Slytherin's though, especially not Harry. He noticed that while Dumbledore didn't openly discriminate against the Slytherin's, he did it subtly by doing things such as missing one who put his hand up in favour of a Gryffindor and looking a ton more happy when Gryffindor's answered the questions.
Soon the lesson ended, Harry was about to make his way out when he heard his name called by the headmaster. He gestured his friends to continue, once they left Harry turned around and saw his brother standing with the headmaster.
"Yes sir?" Harry asked politely "How may I help you?"
"I would like to have a little discussion with you, Mr Potter" Dumbledore answered
"Clearly sir, but may I ask what the topic of this discussion is?"
"Today I have received a letter from Gringotts" Dumbledore spoke "it was a letter saying I had to refund all that I had taken from the Potter accounts, you can imagine my shock. I was most surprised"
"As was I sir" Harry replied
"Really?" Dumbledore raised an eyebrow
"Yes" Harry nodded "I thought they were going to take way more time than that, say what you want about goblins but you have to admit the little buggers are efficient"
"You actually did this?!" Adrian exclaimed
"No, little brother, the goblins did this" Harry replied "I just asked them to do it"
"Harry" Dumbledore spoke
"It's Hadrian sir, or Mr Potter" Harry reminded him
"Yes, Mr Potter" Dumbledore amended "can I ask why you did this?"
"You can" Harry replied, the room went silent for a few seconds when Dumbledore realised that the boy actually wanted him to ask.
"Why did you do this?"
"I thought it was simple" Harry raised an eyebrow "you took money without permission and I've simply had it retrieved, you may lose some extra money for violating the rules but I think that's a pretty fair deal"
"Stop being stupid!" Adrian spoke up "Our parents probably gave him that money!"
"They didn't" Harry replied "the money was taken after they went into their comas, and his received the money from the Potter accounts multiple times after. The last of which was on our tenth birthday, so unless our parents have woken and walked up to Gringotts, I don't believe it.
Besides I'm not sacrificing our family's money on 'probably' , if our parents wish for the headmaster to keep the money then they can give it back to him after they wake up. If you really want to give the headmaster money then take it out of your trust vault, the family vault is off limits"
"Harry, what's wrong with you?!" Adrian hissed "He's Dumbledore, leader of the light!"
"And you're a Potter!" Harry shot back "The Potters are a proud family, the best in Britain. Our family has given birth to inventors, politicians, healers, warriors and so much more. Our grandfather was able to fight off twenty-one death eaters before he was struck down, we didn't care about blood purity but we cared about family and I am not wasting the hard earned money of our ancestors so you can please the headmaster. Until mum and dad wake up, I have to resume responsibility as head of house."
"Mr Potter" Dumbledore spoke "you cannot be head of house, you are too young"
"I'm aware, which is why I will be assigning a proxy" Harry replied "my proxy will take care of the day to day running's until I am of age"
"Mr Potter, I was a friend of your parents" Dumbledore pointed out "I would be more than willing to become your proxy"
"No thank you" Harry refused "I already have someone I want to assign as a proxy"
"Who is this person?" Dumbledore asked calmly, internally he was seething. Hopefully he could convince the person to refuse, if he couldn't then maybe he could control them.
"He hasn't accepted yet, so I feel no need to tell you his name." Harry answered "However, if he refuses, then it will be disappointing but I will still have a few back up choices. So there is no need to worry headmaster, after all, you are just a headmaster and forgive me for saying so but frankly the Potter family business is none of yours"
"Young man, your attitude is not a good one, your parents would be most disappointed" Dumbledore put on his best grandfatherly look of disappointment
"No sir, my parents would be James and Lily Potter" Harry retorted "and I don't know either of them enough to know how they would feel, but whatever it is they do feel, I'll discuss it with them if they wake up. Now, good day to you sir and brother, stay out of trouble"
Harry turned on his feet and walked out of the classroom, leaving a shocked boy-who-lived and headmaster. Neither could believe that the young boy had just refused Albus Dumbledore, the leader of the light and had just walked away from him.
....
Can't wait to read ahead. Then Join my P@treon and get 60+ chapters.
Even Free members can enjoy 2+ advanced chapters FOR FREE.
Link: [email protected]/Divine_Quill
Join Right Now