The Chambers doing

Chapter 6 - A Visit to Gringotts

The next morning, Harry and Ginny woke up to find an owl tapping at their bedroom window. They barely had long enough to process that this was what they were seeing before Uncle Vernon's dulcet tones could be heard booming up the stairs. "LET THAT BLOODY CREATURE IN BEFORE THE NEIGHBOURS SEE IT! I DON'T WANT THEM THINKING SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH US!"

Harry quickly scrambled out of bed and opened the window. The owl shot him an annoyed glare, as if it had been waiting for hours (which it had), ruffled its feathers, and hopped into the room. Harry carried it over to Hedwig's cage, and let it have a drink of water and some owl treats before removing its letter. As soon as this was done, it flew off back out the open window. Hedwig also glared at him, as if it was his fault a different owl had delivered the letter and not her, before tucking her head under her wing and going back to sleep. Harry supposed that this was still preferable to her than having the cage locked for the whole summer.

He carried the letter back to the bed where Ginny was waiting and opened it. He read it aloud.

Dear Mr Potter,

It has come to my attention that you have formed a soul-bond with one Ms Ginevra Molly Weasley. At your earliest convenience, please could both of you attend Gringotts so that we may discuss both this and your current financial situation.

May your gold ever flow,

Ragnok

Senior Manager, Gringotts Bank

They sat there in silence for a moment, then Harry asked: "How did he know about our soul-bond? That information is private!"

"Does it matter? Maybe he'll know about it and tell us more than Dumbledore would let on."

"That is possible. And what does he mean about my financial situation?"

"I have no idea. Maybe something happened with your account? Although it is strange that Ragnok would contact you."

"Why?"

"He's the senior manager of Gringotts. That basically means that he is leader of the Goblin Nation."

"Oh! I really need to read more, find out about the wizarding world. But don't ever let Hermione know I said that."

"Can you imagine what she'd be like? She'd constantly harp over you to study even more than she does already." Ginny replied, laughing. Then she turned more serious. "Actually, speaking of Hermione, what are we going to tell her? The rest of my family know that I'm staying here with you. Should she know too?"

"I guess it's something we'll have to think about. I'm not sure she needs to know right now, so it can wait until we have more time to think about it. Or the new school year for that matter." Harry replied.

After getting out of bed once again, and heading over to the wardrobe, he threw a set of clothes at Ginny and removed one himself. As he returned to the bed to take Ginny's hand again, he continued, "Well, I guess we better find out what this is about. We'll head over later today. But for now, we should really head down for breakfast. The Dursleys may be treating us better, but if we are not there in time for the meals, they'll not leave anything for us."

"Okay, just let me go get changed first."

Albus Dumbledore was worried. He knew now that Lord Voldermort created a horcrux. Knowing Tom like he did, one would never be enough. He would make more than that, and possibly take other precautions as well. The thing was, what would he deem appropriate as containers to hide pieces of his soul, and where would he keep them, not to mention how many were there? It was going to be very difficult ensuring he had all of them.