Slytherin Boys

Gringotts and Grimmauld

Lord Ragnok was waiting in a meeting room, knowing Severus Tobias Snape Prince was on his way. He had felt the claiming of a Lordship and had a goblin waiting to escort the Lord Prince to the meeting room. He always handled cases like the Prince Family who had ceased claiming their Head after Eileen Prince was disowned.

Severus came through the public Floo in Gringotts and was immediately brought to their Lord. "Lord Prince to see you, My Lord." Gandrok knocked and then opened the door. He left Severus in the room and left, shutting the door.

"Lord Ragnok. May your gold flow and your enemies suffer in agony." Severus remembered the important greeting his mother had taught him to speak to the Goblins.

"Lord Prince... Why now have you finally accepted your lordship?" Lord Ragnok had also returned the greeting before getting down to business.

"To give sanctuary to two of my students." Severus didn't regret it though. "The ministry was going to look into a certain event concerning the two students."

"Ah. Yes... The de-aging of Harry James Potter." Ragnok knew of most things including things meant to be secret.

"I should have known you would know." Severus knew the goblins didn't miss anything. "Now. What do I need to do to go about making my lordship official?"

"We need to do a ritual." Ragnok quirked his lips in a Goblin approximation of a smile. It was considered a threat to bare one's teeth.

"How long will it take?" Severus had already prepared for the day off and gave permission for Remus to come through his private floo to retrieve Harry.

"A good portion of the day." Ragnok responded, already leading him to the ritual room.

The ritual room had stone walls with torch brackets, inlaid with many different crystals and a large gold mirror, the floors made of granite with a stone altar in the direct center. There was a group of Goblins, waiting for them.

"We only use this ritual room for special cases such as yours." Ragnok explained. "There's another one closer to the front." He changed into the ceremonial outfit while Severus was led to a small chamber to be prepped.

Severus was stripped and deposited in a steaming bath filled with oils to open his body and magic to what was to come. His glamour automatically fell, revealing many scars covering his body from the abuse he faced as a child and from the "pranks" the Marauders played on him. He flinched faintly at the temperature of the water but soon relaxed, letting his head rest against the ledge.

He soaked for almost an hour before the attendants deemed him ready and wrapped him in a silk robe with runes sewn on it, leading him back to the main chamber. They took the robe before laying him on the stone altar in the center.

"Are you ready, son of Eileen and future head of the Family Prince?" Ragnok intoned, drawing the protection runes around the altar.

"Yes, Lord Ragnok." Severus answered, not moving his body and closing his eyes after being instructed. The Goblin began the ritual, the other four goblins chanting in their language while Ragnok marked Severus with blood and a potion.

The chanting seemed endless, magic filling the room and shattering spells that had been placed on Severus without his or mother's knowledge or consent. Ragnok felt a kind of pleasure at being the one to undo what had been done.