Harry Potter and the Secret Inheritance

Chapter 16

As soon as Dumbledore and Snape realized that "Harry" was gone, they went back to Dumbledore's office in anger.

"We need to get that spoiled brat under control, Headmaster! He's making a mockery out of us." Snape snarled while pacing the room, he was furious at the nerve of Potter. Potter was just like his father. Arrogant, prideful, too stubborn for his own good. How in merlins name were they going to convince the brat to die while facing the dark lord if he refused to respect the headmaster.

"I know Severus but, don't you dare take that tone with me. Just because you're mad at Harry does not mean you should take it out on others. Just take it out on him during class like normal." Dumbledore said absent-mindedly while wondering where this stubborn streak of Harry's came from.

Oh, Of course, he knew that his spies had deserted him, on Dumbledore's orders, of course. That had the effect of leaving him to face the hounds that he called his classmates on his own. Dumbledore hoped that this would be able to make Harry come to him for advice. He also hoped that it would have the effect of making Harry more submissive and follow his orders without question.

Something had gone wrong though and what he had thought would happen did not.

Harry had become stronger and, now he wouldn't just do as told anymore. Dumbledore's plan had backfired for the first time in ages. To make matters worse, Molly had reported that the Goblins wouldn't allow her to make a withdrawal from Harry's vault and, that the Goblins needed Harry himself to tell them that Molly and Dumbledore could have access to his vaults.

He needed to come up with a way to make Harry give up access to the vaults without realizing what he had done that's what he had been planning on doing in the meeting but, thanks to Severus being there, he had lost his chance. He doubted that Harry would agree to another meeting anytime soon. He would need to pay Molly and the younger Weasley's out of his own vaults until he regained access.

That would be another headache because despite what everyone thought, the dumbledore family was poor. His brother had plenty of money thanks to his little pub but he refused to share any of it with Albus.

Dumbledore silently dismissed Severus as he went to his bookshelf to see if he had anything in it that could help him regain control of his wayward weapon. Perhaps he could see about reversing the gender change he had done on him, and then use the marriage contract between young Ronald and the brat. He would have to wait until the tournament was over before he could do it of course. Harry had been entered under the name "Harry James Potter" If he reversed the gender change now, then Harry would be able to back out of the tournament on the grounds that it was not her name that came out.

Severus growled as he stalked back to his rooms, snapping at any student that got in his way and taking points from their houses as he did. He couldn't believe the nerve of Potter, acting like he was in charge. Severus couldn't wait until the dark lord wound up killing him. When that happened Severus would be getting a portion of the gold that filled that spoiled brat's vaults.

He deserved it after having to save that brat's ass so many times. Potter was not to die until it was the correct time, but of course, stupid arrogant Potter decided to be difficult about that as well! He silently wondered if Potter owed him a life debt now. If Potter did then, Severus could have him do anything he wanted. It would be glorious, he would need to speak with the headmaster about this later.

For now, he would brew some potions to take his mind off Potter, Spoiled, arrogant, self-centered Potter.

Hermione couldn't believe that Harry had treated her that way during lunch. All she had done was say he shouldn't have missed so much class and that it would take forever to help him catch back up. She didn't believe that Neville had been taking notes for him one bit.

Neville couldn't even walk without stuttering, how could he take notes that were more beneficial than hers? She was Hermione Granger, the smartest witch of her age, even the headmaster had said so. She would not be mocked like that. The next time she saw either of them she would give them a piece of her mind. She would force them to listen to what she had to say even if she had to use a body bind on the both of them.

Hermione just knew that if she got Harry alone away from his new "Friends" that had turned him away from her, that she would be able to make him see reason and go back to being her friend and doing what she said. She just couldn't understand how he was able to survive without her input.

Stupid Potter, he just had to go and get all the good stuff in life. It didn't seem to sink into Ron's head that Harry had lost his parents, and was famous for not dying while they did. Ron didn't realize that, every time Harry was called the Boy-who-lived, that he was being forcefully reminded his parents were gone.

Ron never realized that Harry would have traded all of the money he had in his vault to have his parents back, to have what Ron himself had, Family. Ron never even thought for a second that Harry was jealous of him, of the caring mom and dad, of how many siblings he had. It didn't matter to Harry that the family was poor, they were rich in what counted in his eyes.

But, then again, even if all of this did sink into his thick head Ron probably wouldn't care. All he cared about was fame, money, quidditch, food, and maybe his family. He didn't care if Harry was envious of him, if he had known Ron probably would have made sure that Harry suffered from it even worse every time he stayed with his family.

None of these thoughts entered his head though, so he wouldn't realize until someone pointed it out to him, that was if someone even bothered to try at all.

Ginny kept glaring at Luna and Fleur. She had seen them talking with HER Harry. Harry belonged to her, he just didn't know it yet. Ginny needed to do something to keep those girls away from him, she didn't want to risk Harry trying to date one of them.

Ginny sighed and looked down at her parchment, it had her plans for her wedding with Harry on them. She had rewritten this so many times she had it memorized, sometimes she would change something or add something to it but it mostly stayed the same throughout the years.

Ginny suddenly remembered something her mother told her about when she and her dad first started dating, her mom had mentioned that she had needed to use a potion on Arthur to make him realize he wanted her. That's what Ginny needed to do! She just needed to slip Harry a stronger love potion and soon he would be all hers, and she would be able to save him from the two harpies he kept around.