Harry Potter and Future's Past

Goblin Entry and a visit to St. Mungos

As always I do not own Harry Potter. I made a couple of OCs in this chapter for other Ministry employees...nothing that important.

To my wife, you are my everything. After all the years we have been married, you are still my best friend and the most beautiful woman in the world to me. Sometimes I wonder why you put up with me, but then I remember why. I give you unlimited technical support ;)

Chapter 37

July 11th Continued

At the breakfast table a man laid down the Daily Prophet with a sigh. His face wore a tired expression as he glanced up at his wife and daughter.

"What's the matter?" His wife asked recognizing the look on her husband's face.

"It seems that Potter beat the Dark Lord again...or at least quite a few Death Eaters."

"Potter?" The daughter sneered. "This is the thing at the Ministry right?"

"No," the father said. "Yesterday; the Prophet is saying Potter and his mudblood girlfriend killed or incapacitated over a dozen Death Eaters when they attacked a muggle hospital."

"Lies," The girl snorted dismissively. "Ministry is just exaggerating the story and trying to make their Hero look even better."

"Possibly," Her father sighed again, "but I don't think so. The Ministry was lambasted for their incompetence in the same story."

"So?" His wife replied. "Why are you concerned? You're not a Death Eater."

"Though it's true I'm not marked, there are links between my accounts and the accounts of Death Eaters," The man explained. "If the stories are true and Potter does take down the Dark Lord, it's very likely the Ministry will move against those who have supported him."

"You don't actually think they'll move against you?" His wife replied suddenly paling.

The father looked away for a short time before meeting his wife's eyes. "I think it very likely. I think we're looking at the possibility of losing everything."

"We should leave then," His wife said. "We can go to the continent. We have friends there."

"And if the Dark Lord wins?" The father asked. "We would be hunted down and killed for losing faith in him."

"We can take our money and..and..."

"And what?" The husband asked wearily. "Even if we could hide our fortunes, everyone knows we have it. Besides, there are rumors that Madam Bones has been negotiating with the Goblins. More than likely she's trying to cut off funding for the Dark Lord or possibly wanting to seize vaults. If I were to start taking all of our galleons out of our vaults and the Goblins tell her...it would definitely make us look guilty. I prefer to wait to lose our galleons instead of just handing it over now."

"What can we do?" The wife asked.

"I don't know," The husband admitted.

The daughter went to bed that night with her thoughts in turmoil. She couldn't imagine her family losing its money; of her losing the comforts and finery she had come to expect in her life; but she also knew her father was right. If the Dark Lord was defeated they could possibly lose everything. "But that is unlikely," She told herself but an uneasy feeling crept into her gut as she tried unsuccessfully to fall asleep. She spent most of the night tossing and turning but finally drifted off to sleep only to be awakened a short time later from a nightmare; one she'd had a few times before. This time though, the nightmare gave seed to an idea. Her Slytherin mind, disgusted as it was by the thought of what she would have to do; knew it was the only possible way to save her family's fortune. She knew that the only way to save her family was to sacrifice her own future. She knew if she became romantically involved with someone from a 'light' family, she could work through them to save her family fortune. The only issue would be if the Dark Lord won, then she might be seen as a traitor. That's why there was only one person, one Gryffindor she could couple with. "That way if the Dark Lord wins, I can always claim love potions again, but how do I go about seducing Ron Weasley? " Pansy Parkinson asked herself.