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"Potter, the Headmaster would like to see you in his office. The password is Jelly Bean." Professor McGonagall starts to head to the Head Table for dinner.
"Now?" Ron is a bit confused as he stuffs more food into his mouth.
"After dinner, Mr. Weasley." She instructs him as she stops to speak to them.
"We will be there." Hermione says.
"Potter, only."
Harry lays down his folk, sighs. "I better go and find out what is going on." Harry stands up and heads out of the Great Hall. He is trying to think if he did anything wrong and can't think of anything. He hasn't felt anything in his scar. He didn't think Voldemort had been active. He stares at the gargoyle dreading whatever Dumbledore wants. "Jelly Bean." He rides the stairs to the top.
"Ah, my boy, Lemon Drop?" Dumbledore asks.
Harry looks around and is slightly confused. Sirius is sitting next to Remus. They are sitting in the chairs in front of Dumbledore's desk. He sees Snape leaning against the wall and wonders what is going on. "No thanks, sir. What is going on?"
"Come and take a seat, Harry. We need to talk to you." Dumbledore says.
Harry takes the one remaining seat in the office. "Why are you and Remus here?" Harry asks Sirius.
"Let's the Headmaster explain." Sirius answers.
"Harry, we have a problem. You see, Severus has asked for your hand in marriage." Dumbledore starts.
"No, sir." Harry tells them.
"It's not that easy. You see he is calling for your wizard's debts."
"What wizard's debts, sir?" Harry is looking around and sees just blank looks from all.
"Well, he has saved your life a few times. Those create a magical debt and now they are being called into account." Dumbledore smiles at Harry.
"Bologna, he is a Professor. If that was true, every student in Hogwarts since he started working here would owe him one. I won't even mention all the students would owe all the different instructors during some of the more dangerous parts of a practical if something went wrong." Harry wonders what drugs Dumbledore was doing.
"Potter, I saved you from falling off of your broom, from Quirrell, from Lupin."
Harry just looks at the man he begins to think of what he could say. He thinks he should say a few things about how he didn't want to go on those adventures. He looks at all of their faces and knows no matter what he says they will find a way to make it happen. This wasn't about wizarding debts, this was about making sure Snape wasn't killed by Voldemort.
"No."
"Harry, I am afraid you have no choice." Dumbledore informs him. Harry just looks at him. "We will draw up the magical contract and you will be married by the end of the week."
"No." Harry stands up. "I am leaving." He heads to the door and opens it looks back and shakes his head. He heads to his dorm as fast as he can, hoping they won't realize what he means. He gets to his trunk and pulls out his map, eyeing it, he sees they are still in the Headmaster's office. He starts gathering his stuff and putting it in his trunk. He shrinks his trunk, actives the featherlight charm, pockets it, and pulls his cloak over him and uses the map to head toward the Chamber. He doesn't want to take a chance that they have wards alerting them if he leaves.
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Harry smiles as he enters Gringotts wondering if they even realize he is gone. He stands in line and waits his turn. At the first open teller, he steps up. "May your gold flow as well as the blood of your enemies."
"May your gold prosper. What can I help you with?"
"I would like to see if I have an account manager. If I don't, I would like to set one up and get my finances handled."
"Your name?"
"Harry Potter."
"Your account manager is Goldsword." The teller sends a memo down the line. "Please take a seat. He will be with you shortly."
Harry is watching the customers and noticed that no one seems to notice he is here. "Mr. Potter, I am Goldsword, if you would follow me." Harry gets up and follows the goblin into his office. "I have been waiting for you to come in." Goldsword moves to his own chair.
"I haven't been able to get away." Harry takes a seat.
"What can I help you with tonight?" Goldsword asks.
"I want to find out my legal status. I also need to know if I just have the one vault and anything else you can provide me with." Harry never really asked about his vaults or anything. He always relied on Dumbledore informing him regarding everything.
"Mr. Potter, one of the reasons why I wished to speak to you is because as of the 31st of October 1994, you were declared an adult. It allows you to gain control over all of your family vaults. You are Lord Potter-Black."
"I thought Sirius was Lord Black?" How can he be Lord Black? Sirius was Lord Black.
"No. Sirius Black was actually removed from the position as heir when he was placed in Azkaban. Sirius did a blood adoption on you, his father, the last Lord Black, your grandmother's nephew, passed the title to you when his other son was declared deceased."
Harry grins. "Has there been anything weird with my accounts?"
"No. Mr. Dumbledore has tried a few times to gain access but he hasn't been successful. We have had to reclaim the key a few times from other witches and wizards who have tried to gain access to your vaults. Mr. Dumbledore claimed they were getting monies for you."
"I never asked for any."
"We have been aware of that, as if you had, it would have to be on file." Goldsword tells him. "There was, however, an interesting thing that appeared today in our offices, it was a request to see if you had any marriage contracts pending."
"Who sent the request?"
"Sirius Black and Remus Lupin, with it being witnessed by Albus Dumbledore. They stated they were inquiring as they wanted to have you bonded to Severus Snape. We explained that we found none." Goldsword pauses "I believe that is why you are here now?"
"Yes. They decided to tell me I have to marry Severus Snape."
"What do you wish to do about it?"
"I have an idea. I am hoping you can help me with it."
"What is your idea?"
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Dumbledore is sitting in his office when Severus comes slamming into his office. "Severus, what is going on?"
"POTTER." He slams a thick bound contract on the desk. Severus starts pacing around the office.
Dumbledore picks up the contract. He begins to read it after he finishes it. "I don't think it's legal." There is no way this can be legal. He is hoping it's not legal.
"It bears the goblins' seal. It's legal. What am I going to do? Did you see the clauses? It's ironclad. I mean there isn't a loophole in the thing. I looked. I have spent hours looking through it." Severus looks at the offending document.
"Yes, I noticed. The other contract." Dumbledore pales as he remembers he signed it as Harry's magical guardian, Chief Warlock, and Headmaster. Sirius signed it as a witness. "You didn't sign it?"
"No. You said to wait until right before the bonding ceremony so that it wouldn't be filed with the chance of it being discovered. What am I going to do about that?" Severus points to the contract he slammed down on Dumbledore's desk.
"I believe a trip to Gringotts is necessary." Dumbledore mutters. "There is no way that contract can be legal and if it is we're in a lot of trouble."
"You signed the other one?" Severus asks.
"Yes and so did Sirius." Dumbledore hopes the contract that Harry signed wasn't legal.
The floo comes to live and Remus starts screaming. "Albus, Albus."
"What is wrong Remus?" Dumbledore asks.
"We got booted out of Grimmauld Place and it looks like Sirius has lost the Black family magic. He went through an hour-long bout of pain when it was over. The wards booted us out of the house and the house is in locked down."
"A new Lord Black." Dumbledore says. "Draco Malfoy must have claimed the Lordship. Come through Remus with Sirius. We need to head to Gringotts." Realizing Draco must have turned seventeen as his birthday was in June.
"We are at the Leaky Cauldron. We will meet you there." Remus tells them.
"You better be able to fix this. I do not want to fulfill this contract." Severus picks up the huge bound contract.
"I will try. I don't want to bond with Sirius." Dumbledore informs him.
Severus eyes light up at that idea for a second. He remembers the terms of his contract and knows they were in there because of the original contract he never signed. He was suddenly very glad he wasn't going to be bonding to Black, sorry, the mutt formerly known as Black.
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"We are here to see Goldsword." Dumbledore informs the teller. No even bothering giving the custom greeting.
The teller looks up, glares at the rude wizards. Why do they always bother him? "Take a seat." He waits for them to sit down and slowly takes his time writing up the memo and sends it off.
"They're here." Goldsword reads the memo. "Do you want to be hidden?"
"I have no problem facing them. If Remus Lupin is with them it wouldn't matter. He is a werewolf." Harry smiled. "Plus I want to see their faces."
"I am going to enjoy that aspect also." Goldsword laughs. "I will have them sent in." He sends a memo and they wait. They look at the armed Goblin warriors in the room.
They hear a knock and the door opens. "I have your party here."
"Send them in." Harry turns and faces the door. He enjoys the look of shock and surprise that appear on all four of the wizards' faces. "Good afternoon." Harry greets them. "I must say I wasn't expecting company while I handled my business affairs."
"Potter." Severus tries to control his temper. He can feel his teeth grinding. "What is the meaning of this?" He tosses the contract onto the desk. He sees the goblin warriors. He focuses on what they would do to him if he loses his temper in their bank.
"You wanted to get bonded, I arranged it."
"Harry, you had no right to do that." Sirius moves near Harry but one of the warrior's spear is now pointed at him. Sirius sits down in a chair the spear directs him to.
"Please take your seats." Goldsword is eager to spread the news about this meeting.
"Actually, I had every right to do it and I did." Harry looks directly at Severus. "We will be bonded later today since you wanted it so badly."
"I am not bonding with you using that contract." Severus snaps at him. He wants to hit the boy. How dare he do this?
"We have an already signed one." Dumbledore holds up the one he created with Sirius and Remus. If Harry signs off on it then he won't have to bond to Sirius. Dumbledore's eyes the warriors and remains in his seat, even though he wants to strangle Harry.
"An illegal one. You really shouldn't have tried to use that wizard debt idea." Harry calmly tells them. He can see they're ready to kill him.
"Those are valid rescues. I saved you from falling off your broom, from Quirrell, from Lupin, from numerous other exploits." Severus works hard on keeping his control, he just wanted protection from the Dark Lord and he had gone to Dumbledore for assistance.
"You countered a curse because you saw it. I fell off of the broom as numerous other students have fallen. Professors try to prevent it from happening. The really interesting this is this, as a Professor at Hogwarts it's part of your contract to keep students safe. In Hogwarts: A History, it states that the professors are there to provide an education as well as a safe environment for learning. The stuff you saved me from shouldn't have been allowed to happen. It certainly wasn't keeping with providing a safe environment for learning. Therefore, I didn't accrue any wizard's debts. You owe me one from my father, from saving our world from Voldemort the first time around and from saving you from being dementor fodder. You also put my life at risk when you informed Voldemort of the prophecy when I was a child, so really who has the biggest gripe?" Harry is enjoying himself. When they set this up he honestly didn't think it would be as fun as it was. He notices how close the warriors are watching the adult wizards in the room.
"I am still your magical guardian. I didn't sign that contract." Dumbledore's eyes started twinkling.
"I don't have a magical guardian. I haven't had one since I was declared an adult on the 31st of October 1994. My magical guardian, that would have been you, Headmaster, didn't object to my illegal entrance into the Triwizard Tournament. You didn't allow me to take a Vow stating that I didn't put my name in and we know that Barty Crouch did. I also could have filed to have you removed just based on returning me to my relatives abusive household."
"Abusive? Please, you are a spoiled brat." He glares at Harry, daring him to debate it.
"I am not going to debate that. You will continue to believe what you want no matter how many times you have seen the truth, including my own memories. I am not my father. The same thing goes for you too Sirius." Harry sighs. "When is your bonding Sirius? You will need a new name." Harry enjoys seeing the shock on their face again. He is going to be enjoying these memories for a long time.
"How did you know?" Remus asks.
"Oh, I did forget to introduce myself formally. I am Lord Hadrian James Slytherin-Gryffindor-Peverell-Potter-Black."
"You disowned me?" Sirius is shocked by the news. "How could you? I am your godfather."
"Anyone who sells me like that doesn't care about me. I mean honestly Sirius, you didn't even to listen to me, you just took his word and obeyed, again. Remus, I understand, he views the Headmaster as his alpha."
"I am not honoring this contract. I will only honor the one that we agreed upon." Severus doesn't want to think about the contract.
"I never agreed to anything. I can provide the memory to show it also." Harry looks at the contract on the desk.
"I will renegotiate terms." Severus really doesn't want this type of bonding contract, his secret will get out.
"No. You wanted a bonding, you are getting it. If you wish to go and get some robes beforehand you still have time."
"Harry, how could you do this?" Dumbledore asks.
"You're joking right?" Harry looks at them. "You expect me to be fine with what you tried? You tried to con me into bonding to Snape with that contract that makes me a virtual slave to the man." He picks up the contract. "Let's see, yes, here is an interesting clause Sirius No Name shall become pregnant at the bequest of his bond mate, Albus Dumbledore. Of course, it's was my name. How about this one shall never be able to leave Hogwarts or any residence without permission and clearly marked as property. Another one shall be punished for any infractions. Oh, this one I thought was a genius move, shall engage Voldemort at the time and place of his bond mate's request. I do hope you kept your skills up Sirius, between being pregnant and fighting Voldemort, you are going to be very busy."
Sirius paled as Harry read aloud some of the terms. "You didn't say anything like that was in there." Sirius finally says.
"You mean you signed a contract without reading it?" Severus is shocked. He can't believe the moron. He hadn't read it but he also hadn't signed it.
"He said it was a fair contract. You didn't seem to have an issue with it." Sirius snaps at him.
"I hadn't read it as of yet. I only said I needed to be bonded and need to have a child so that Voldemort wouldn't force me to marry someone he selected. He was looking at one of the Carrows." Severus sneers. "I have this contract to live with."
"You could have spoken to me, instead you went and tried to use wizard debt. I just reversed it. Speaking of wizarding debts, I also earned some wizards debts from the Weasley family. I have three from Ginny, two of them from saving her from Voldemort and one for saving her from the Basilisk. One from Arthur when I informed Dumbledore of the snake attack, and the wizarding world technically owes me for Voldemort."
Severus glares at Harry. Sirius picks up the old contract to review it. "At least you don't have my terms." Ignoring what Harry said about the Weasley family.
"If you also care to look my contract is almost two times thicker and I do have some of the same terms, except for engaging the Dark Lord, mine says I need to stay away from him and that Potter-"
"Lord, if you are going to use Potter."
"Lord Potter-Black will remove my mark."
"You can remove it?" Sirius asks.
"Yes." Harry looks at the clock on the desk. "You have an hour to our bonding. Do you wish to go and get a robe? I already have mine here and the other things we will be needing."
"No, I am fine wearing what I am wearing." Severus sneers at him.
"Harry, you can't mean to enforce these contracts?" Dumbledore asks.
"I do. You see I know everything." Harry tells the Dumbledore and watches him pale. "When are you bonding?" He asks Sirus and Dumbledore.
"I said I only had to the end of the week. It's in there, I'm sure." Severus comments.
"You have what three days left?" Harry glances at Severus who nods his head in agreement.
"What do you plan on doing regarding Voldemort? You know he is going to want to make Severus pay for him bonding to you." Remus asks.
"He is dead. It was actually a lot easier than you ever would have imaged."
"How?" They all ask.
"I called in his wizard's debt. As Lord Slytherin, I first disowned him from the Slytherin family and as Lord Peverell, I disowned him from the Peverell family. The removal of family magic took a lot of his magic. After that, I used the wizarding debt he owed me. He owed me because while he may have saved me a few times from his Death Eater trying to kill me, those debts got canceled out when he used me to come back to life. He owed me because of using me to come back to life. It really made a huge difference in that debt ratio. I called upon magic to judge him for entering me into the tournament. I called the debts in, forced his Horcruxes back into him with the aid of the goblins. After that, the goblins collected on his robbery. They beheaded him earlier."
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FIVE YEARS LATER:
"Harry?" Severus calls out.
"Down here." Harry answers from his workroom. He was currently working on a new spell, he was close to having it completed.
Severus peeks into the room. "The kids are all gone." Seeing that it's safe, he enters the office.
"Really? Chopped them up for parts in potions?" Harry pulls Severus into his arms.
"Funny, don't give up your day job but Molly took them. She was rambling on about having all her grandchildren and wanted to have ours too for the day."
"We have the house to ourselves?"
"Yes. I wanted to ask you something." Severus shifts a bit in Harry's arms so he can face him. "I want another baby."
"Severus, we have three. We just got Stephen out of nappies." Harry looks at Severus' face. "Fine, if that is what you want."
Severus beams at him. "I have the potion already."
"I kind of figured that out. You are so lucky we have more titles and vaults."
"We have enough to have another five kids and that are just the titles alone." Severus gives him a kiss.
"It will mean you won't be able to brew for a while." Severus loves to brew but for some reason, since they bonded, he wanted kids. "Severus, I want to ask you something."
"I will try to answer."
"When I presented this contract, I know you were mad but you weren't really angry mad. I mean I had seen you much angrier. Why weren't you?"
"I always wanted that type of contract. Granted there are a lot of rules I had to learn and I love that controlling aspect that the rules give me. Harry, please tell me in the five years we have been together you realized I am submissive by nature?"
"I knew that, even before we bonded, I just expected you to fight it more."
"Harry, when you turned that wizard's debt around, forced Dumbledore and the Mutt to bond, destroyed Voldemort, I knew you were the right choice."
"I knew you were the right choice the day I learned you were the Half-Blood Prince." Harry gives him a kiss. "Since I know I won't get any work done knowing that we're in the house alone, how about we head upstairs."
"That sounds like a very good idea. Who knows when we will get this much free time again?"