Broken blocks

CHAPTER THREE

              He slowly entered the pub to see no one except Tom the bartender who he is cleaning the tables with sleepy eyes. He barely registered Harry while he casually passed the club and reached the back where the entrance to Diagon alley is present. He tapped the right set of bricks and waited for the entrance to appear. Once he entered the alley Harry saw a deserted alley only a couple of people who are preparing there shops for the day are present. They continued there work without even batting an eye at Harry. Harry was so glad for that and made his way to Gringotts as fast as possible without actually running. It's already 5'o clock and he need to be in Muggle London by 6:30 so he can take a cab back to Dursely's. He figured that it won't be good to use kinght bus twice in a day.
              Once he reached the doors he took off his hat to avoid looking like a thief in front of goblins. He gathered enough about goblins from his history class to know that they don't like wizards much especially if they suspect them of robbery. He slowly reached to a teller near to him. The bank is little dim due to lack of sun light but the torches gave enough light to see everything clearly, there are only a couple of tellers including the head teller. Every one eyeing him suspiciously but didn't made any move and Harry could feel the eyes of more goblins from the shadows at the back. Though his heart is racing with 100km per hour speed Harry tried to move as casually as he can towards the teller.
              " Good morning sir. I wish to know my account balance. " Harry said with a slight bow sounding confident and respectable. Goblin teller eyed him for a minute before speaking " name ?" " Harry James Potter " Harry said without a thought thinking goblins may not know him as they don't get involved in wizards matter. To his dismay the goblins eyes flickered towards the scar for a second but to Harry's relief the goblin showed no other sign of recognition. Goblin took out a tile like thing and entered some thing into it after a few seconds the goblin started speaking " you have total 36,87,294 galleons 58,41,502 sickles 72,64,826 knuts along with some hand looms. There is also a little problem with one of your vaults. Without clearing those we won't be able to tell how much is exactly present in it."
            Harry can only stare for a few minutes before collecting his thoughts " vaults? I have multiple vaults?" Harry asked at last. Goblin looked at him as though he suddenly sprout a second head " Yes Mr.Potter. If you want to know more meet your account manager" goblin said nonchalantly. This time Harry haven't asked stupid questions instead he asked " Can I meet my manager now?" Goblin gave him a once over before handing Harry a long, thin black quill with sharp point and a parchment. "You need to prove that you are really Harry potter to meet the account manager. For that sign on this paper with this quill" goblin said in same uninterested voice.
              Harry don't know how it will prove his identity but he thought there must be some enchantments on the parchment so he calmly took the quill and signed his name on the paper. Only his experience with Vernon prevented him from yelping in unexpected pain in his right hand. Harry just took a sharp intake of breath and examined his hand his name appeared on the back of his hand. While he was still staring at the wound it healed leaving only a faint pink line in its wake. In the mean time goblin took the parchment, examined it and approved it with a nod. Harry saw the teller goblin calling someone from the shadows. The goblin that appeared resembled very familiar, it took Harry few seconds to recognise him, before the goblin can say anything " Griphook ! Nice to meet you again " Harry said with a smile relieved to see a familiar face.
                 This act caused the goblins eyes to go wide but he recovered quickly from the unexpected greetings " you too Mr.Potter " Griphook replied and motioned to follow him which Harry did without a second thought not seeing the curious looks from the other goblins. Harry was nervously thinking about what is going to happen now as he followed Griphook through numerous twisted hallways until they stopped infront of a intricately patterned door. Griphook knocked on the door and indicated Harry to enter the office. Harry thanked Griphook for his help before entering the room. The room is spacious but not too big, it contained a shelf full of papers and files to one of the walls with a desk and chairs on both sides of the desk are present a short distance from the shelf slightly towards the wall leaving a reasonable place infront of the desk.
               Upon Harry's entrance the goblin sitting on the other side of the desk looked at him with a frown on his face. Harry introduced himself to avoid any outbursts from the goblin. " Good morning sir, my name is Harry Potter. " Harry had a feeling that he need to add something but don't know what to add so he stayed silent. This goblin is dressed more diligently, radiates authority and demands respect. Goblin gave Harry a scrutinized look before speaking " My name is Sharptooth, potter's account manager. What do you want?" asked the goblin indicating a seat to sit for Harry. Harry accepted the chair with a thanks and said what he knew " I just came to know my balance but the teller said there is a problem with one of my vaults and I should meet you to discuss about it " in a polite and respectful voice.
                  Sharptooth, the goblin, gave Harry one more piercing look before speaking " To know about your vaults and there problems you need to take inheritance test. It will reveal every thing that is related to you. Are you ready to take it ?" Harry thought for a movement before nodding his head. Sharptooth nodded while taking some kind of potion a parchment and a sharp knife which looked like it is used for rituals. "Prick your finger with this dagger and add 11 drops of your blood into the potion." Sharptooth instructed. Harry did as he was said he didn't show any signs of pain while he cut his finger for blood and the second 11th drop left his finger it healed magically, Harry stared it for a second before turning to see the potion which started changing its colour from green to grey. Unknown to Harry he just earned the respect of Sharptooth for not showing any weakness to pain.
              Both sat there in silence for a whole minute before Sharptooth gave potion a good stir and dipped the parchment in the potion. Goblin removed the parchment from the potion after ensuring that the parchment is fully covered with the potion and spread the parchment on the table. Slowly the potion cleared itself from the surface revealing some writings. Harry's eyes went wide after seeing the parchment.