Substitute | Hogwarts

I. Gringotts Bank

A screen appeared before the crowd in the Great Hall before it lit up as 4 figures walked through a dark alley.

Four figures walked into Diagon Alley heading towards Gringotts Bank, their hoods over their heads. Upon entering the bank, they headed straight for the goblin at the front, whispering,

"We require inheritance tests and possible purges." The goblin looked up before gesturing for the group to follow him to a back room. The figures removed their cloaks to reveal Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom, and Luna Lovegood. The goblin before them placed 4 separate sheets of parchment before each of them alongside a dagger. 

"7 drops of blood on the parchment please." The quartet did as they were told, watching as the droplets of blood on the parchment changed into 4 distinct emblems. Harry's parchment held the Slytherin emblem, Hermione with Hufflepuff's, Luna with Ravenclaw's and Neville's with Gryffindor's. The goblin looked down at the parchments in shock before waving his hand to get 4 ring boxes. "Well then, you are all the lords and ladies of Slytherin, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw. These rings will allow you to claim your lord- and ladyships."

"What?!" came the response of everyone in the Great Hall.

The quartet opened their ring box and began placing the ring on their finger before yelling out in shock and throwing the rings down. 

"What was that?!" They exclaimed in alarm, rubbing their ring fingers.

"That's not normal." The purebloods in the room muttered in shock, looking at the screen before them.

"That's not possible..." The goblin whispered as his eyes widened before reassuring his customers. "If you could wait just a moment please."

The goblin quickly left the room, heading towards another one of his colleagues. 

"Darkclaw." The goblin hissed, his eyes darting around. "Darkclaw."

"What, Griphook?" Griphook's colleague replied, glancing at him.

"I need your help," Griphook replied, grabbing Drawclaw's arm and pulling them to the back room. "Something is wrong with the rings. These four are the lords and ladies of the four founders but the rings do something weird. Please, sirs, madames, could you try the rings once more."

The quartet glanced at each other before nodding in unison. They each reached for their lord/ladyship ring, slowly attempting to place it on their ring fingers before exclaiming in pain as the ring glowed and flew off their finger. The rings then rose to the ceiling before merging together. Darkclaw and Griphook looked at each other in shock.

"Did you do a Current et prior vectes test?" Drawclaw asked Griphook, who now had a confused look on his face.

"What's that?" Griphook asked bemused as Darkclaw pulled out a single parchment and placed it before the quartet.

"Ostende nobis omnes domini huius dominationis, et accepit, et abiecerunt heredes. Ostende nobis status eorum." Darkclaw chanted as they waved their hand over the parchment. "Please, could all of you give 2 droplets to this parchment. At the same time."

The quartet once again did as they were asked, dropping their blood in unison. The blood was absorbed by the parchment as writing appeared before them. 

Potential heirs from separate branches:

Hermione Granger [Hufflepuff](alive, at Gringotts)

Harry Potter [Slytherin](alive, at Gringotts)

Neville Longbottom [Gryffindor](alive, at Gringotts)

Luna Lovegood [Ravenclaw](alive, at Gringotts)

Lordship holders:

Severus Tobias Snape-Prince [Lord Prince](alive, in stasis since 1975)

Severinus Varian Snape [Rejected] (alive, at Hogwarts)

The Great Hall broke out in yells as students and families yelled at Professor Snape who simply watched with a blank face.

"Snivilus! You took my son's lordship!" James Potter spat, attempting to tackle Snape before being held back.

"Severus! How could you?" Lily Potter shook her head in disappointment as she stared at her childhood best friend.

"Line thief! Deceiver!" The purebloods called out, the Slytherins not even glancing in Snape's direction.

"Professor Snape?! That greasy bat has our lordship!" Harry yelled as he read the lordship holders. Darkclaw shook their head before explaining,

"No... Professor Snape at Hogwarts is not the same Snape as Lord Prince."

"And just what is going on?" A low voice called out, the goblin's eyes widening in shock before they knelt on the ground.

"Our king." The goblins greeted before answering, "We were taking a Current et prior vectes test for the Founders. It appears to be Severus Snape-Prince, sir, but he is said to be in stasis since 1975."

"Ah. Young Toby. I wondered why he never attended our annual gathering." King Jareth, the goblin king, answered. Unknown to the group, a figure appeared from the ring in the air before falling to the floor quietly. Harry looked around the room, noticing the new person, pulling out his wand and calling out to him,

"Who are you? Identify yourself."

"My name is Severus Tobias Snape-Prince. I am Lord Prince."  The boy in question raised his hands before noticing the goblin King and waving, "Oh. Hello, Jareth!"

"What?!?!" came the unanimous reply from everyone in the Great Hall.