The Unknown

Chapter 71

McGonagall waited at the top of the hill overlooking the camp of the dead, the meeting place for her to meet Dahlia's family to travel to the bank. She could see the final packing away was being done and smiled when she saw Dahlia approaching with her sister, father, brothers and three soldiers of Niflheim. She recognised one, Akio, and she wasn't surprised to see him but the other two were a wonder to her. Approaching, Dahlia asked loudly, "all ready, Professor?"

McGonagall nodded as they got closer and when they were all together, Hela explained, "so, Professor, we'll be taking a portal to Diagon Alley and it is extremely important that you listen. Travelling through these portals can be dangerous to your soul, even when we're not travelling across realms. It will only be for a second, but you will need to hold onto someone from Niflheim. I'll be taking my father and Dahlia, Akio will be taking my brothers and Aelua here will be taking you. This is Aelua, she's a light elf and this is Ezroth, he's a dark elf".

McGonagall looked to the young female light elf with long white hair who had a bow and arrows across her back. The light elf smiled at her and McGonagall returned the smile.

"We all ready then?" Dahlia asked. Everyone nodded and Hela waved her hand in the air to open a portal, then she took her sister and father's hands, and everyone followed them as they stepped through.

Leaving the portal, Dahlia wasn't surprised to find themselves in the middle of the bank, goblins all around them staring in shock and there were a few wizards in the bank doing business who stared with mixture of shock and fear. The portal closed when they all came through and then a group of wizards approached with wands held and Dahlia knew within seconds, they would be dead if they tried anything. Thankfully, Griphook approached quickly and waved the wizards away and said, "put those things away, do you want to die?"

At that, it had the family smirking slightly and other members of Niflheim. The wizards backed away as Griphook bowed his head and said, "it is a pleasure to see you once again. Please follow me, the others have already arrived, and everything is prepared".

They walked through the bank until they reached the back and walked down a corridor that said was restricted to all but staff but then saw the other members of the will at the end of the hallway. Alice, Frank and Neville Longbottom and Severus Snape. Dahlia wasn't surprised by the members of the will but was surprised that McGonagall looked shocked to see Snape and knew the old woman's mind would be putting the pieces together soon about who her true godfather was.

Approaching them, Dahlia smiled as Alice and Neville smiled to her and Neville jumped from his seat he was sat on and asked them, "did you really get the founders and Merlin and Morgan Le Fay to do a Q&A at Hogwarts?"

"Nice to see you again too," Dahlia said with a roll of her eyes.

"Sorry," Neville said then the two friends hugged.

As they pulled away, Dahlia answered, "it was all Hela's idea. We knew the will reading couldn't be kept a secret, even a day, so she thought having them at Hogwarts and inviting everyone, no one would turn down the chance to meet them".

Alice then said to Hela, "good plan. There're very few people out there and I only saw two photographers".

Griphook then said, "if you wait here a moment, head goblin Gnark is the only one to have access to this room and the will after the unfortunate events of this will so far".

Griphook then left and Fenrir stared at the door for a moment, seeing no handle, and hummed as he said, "when they say only one goblin can get in, they can't really mean that, can they?"

"Oh, no," Jörmungandr said as he put his head down.

"Dad," and "papa," were instantly said from the girls as they all looked to their eldest brother who looked at the door with interest.