"GAH! Who the hell are you?" Harry replied with a rapid heartbeat.
"I asked you first young man! Now you will answer a question asked by your elder or else!"
Now harry was intrigued as to what the portrait could threaten him with so he replied with "or else what!"
The portrait went to reply but apparently it was stumped and after a few seconds it gave up, which resulted in several chuckles from around the room which again made Harry jump and nearly gave him a heart attack. There were several portraits around the room, including the one with the old man there were three male portraits and three female portraits.
The first old man that originally scared harry had long white hair in a manner eerily similar to Dumbledore, however that's where the similarities stopped as this old men had warm brown eyes a simple light blue robe.
The second man had black hair with bits of grey mixed and had dark grey eyes which seemed to hold equal amounts of intelligence and humour.
Finally the third man was largely built and covered in scars and had long brown hair that resembled a mane more than it did normal hairstyle, with hazel eyes and a beard that reached the bottom of the neck. Also in the portrait was a sword that looked very familiar.
Moving on to the female portraits there was an elderly lady whose hair whilst mostly grey still had the occasional splash of red here and there. But whilst old here blue eyes held an intelligence rarely found in many people.
The second female portrait was of a young women with black hair tied up in a bun similar to Professor McGonagall and sharp emerald green eyes.
The final portrait reminded the young lord a lot of Professor Sprout being an elderly plump lady who still had light blonde hair and a warm smile.
"Well young man? Are you going to introduce yourself?" This came from the elderly lady with blue eyes.
"umm.. Yes I am, my names Harry Potter" came the stuttered reply.
"Oho! One of my descendants then!" This came from the largely built man with sword.
"Hush Godric, that can't be all otherwise he wouldn't be here" the plump lady stated.
"Yes, come on boy. What's your full name?" The grey eyed man said.
"Harry James Potter-Black-Evans-Gryffindor-Ravenclaw-Le Fey Emrys" the young Lord stated quickly leaving the portraits gobsmacked.
"This can't be possible!" The oldest male exclaimed.
"Um, sorry sir but why can't this be possible?" Harry asked nervously.
"Myrddin Emrys is my name young man, or merlin if you prefer. Now the reason this shouldn't be possible is because when me and Morgana passed on without heirs we created a spell that looked for several qualities in a person. For my lordship the magic looked for someone that was pure of heart and the magic would also look for someone who is close to being as magically powerful as I am."
"My lordship" started the elder lady, who I assumed was Morgana Le Fey "looked for similar qualities, however the difference being that my lordship required that the heir has to be grey wizard of equal parts, meaning that they can use the dark arts for a good purpose without turning evil."
"Ooookay, wait, who are the rest of you?"
"Well my heir, I am Godric Gryffindor, master of transfiguration and swordsmanship" the lion warlock stated proudley.
"I am Rowena Ravenclaw young heir, master of runes, rituals, wards and spell creations" the youngest portrait said kindly.
"Well if I must greet you then I am Salazar Slytherin, master of potions, parsel magic and the dark arts" came the snide relpy from the snake founder of Hogwarts.
"Be nice Sal" chided the friendly plump lady "and my name is Helga Hufflepuff young man and I am a master of herbology, potions and the crafting of wands/staffs."
"And we are, as you know, Myrddin Emrys and Morgana Le Fey" stated the eldest lady proudly.
"Wait, weren't you the dark lady of the time and merlin's enemy? Why are you here?" Harry asked confused that two supposed mortal enemies had portraits in the same vault.
At this point Morgana sent a sharp glare towards Merlin who looked very embarrassed all of sudden "Well" Morgana huffed "are you going to tell him or shall I?"
"Ah yes, well you see I may have ever so slightly exaggerated one night in the local tavern when Morgana was a bit angry at me and in jest I may have just slightly compared my lady's wrath to that of a dark lady" Merlin stammered at the beginning and finished in a whisper, looking anywhere but at Morgana who was still seething with fury.
"And from there rumours started and all of a sudden history says that I'm the most feared dark lady ever" Morgana finished still sending Merlin a look of loathing.
"It was only a joke" Myrddin mumbled qiuetly.
"What was that!"
"Nothing dear"
Of course seeing the supposed greatest wizard of all time being glared into submission by his wife set of around of laughter among Salazar and Godric.
Harry being numbed from everything due to meeting 6 of the greatest sorcerers of all time finally broke out of his shock and quickly asked what they are all doing here.
"Well my boy we (here he pointed to Godric, Rowena, Salazar, Helga, Morgana and himslef) are going to train you in our specialised fields of magic"
"How though? I cant exactly come to this vault all the time to train" harry asked whilst looking around the vault in question. I was very sparse with only a few scraps of parchment and a staff right in the middle of the vault.
"Go over to scrolls harry... no not that one, the one on the left... yes that's the one.. Now read it... good now put it back and that should solve all our problems"
The parchment was the written location of Emrys castle as it was under the fidelius charm.
"The Emrys Lordship ring can act as a portkey to all propertiese under that family, it's the same for every family ring." Merlin stated before Harry could ask how to get there. "You can also bring several people with you if you want to train them as well".
"Okay, well I guess I'll see you at Emrys castel after I've finished shopping in Diagon alley and Knockturn alley"
After they'd exchanged their farewells Harry left the vault and made his way to the surface.
-Oo0oO-
As he strolled through the bank and into the alley Harry began to think who he would want to come with him to train. Hermione was a definite yes. He also considered Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood. He then thought back to the DA and all members who had great potential. Unfortunetaly there wasn't many. Susan Bones was one of them and being the future Lady Bones would help tremendously in the Wizengamot when he took his 8 seats. Another who showed promise was. Katie Bell was another who showed a lot of promise in DA, often being one of the first to master new spells. The Weasley twins were also remarkable in the amount of effort they put in, often using unorthodox methods to win duels, however he'd have to think about those two as they were close to Ron, Ginny and Molly and I'd hate for them to find out about my plans.
Continuing through the alley Harry decided to get a new wand crafted for him to beat the brother wand effect he had with Voldemort in the graveyard. As Harry entered Knockturn alley he didn't notice two people who began to follow him. One had short pink hair and a heart shaped face and was around 5'7". The older man had grey hair and scards across his face and stood at 6'2".
"Are you sure that's him Remus? Harry's about a foot shorter than him and definetely doesn't have that much muscle" Tonks finished with a slight blush.
"It's him Tonks" Remus stated confidently "He's my cub, I'd recognise him anywhere." And with that the two order members started to follow Harry.
-Oo0oO-
As Harry entered the shop which said 'Hecate's wand crafters' a bell above the door rang through the office.
"Diagon alley is out of my shop, go right and keep going until you hit the alley kid" a tired old man said as he glanced up to see the nearly sixteen year old.
"I know sir, I'm here for a wand."
The man glanced up and asked "Crafted wands aren't cheap kid, have you got the money for one?"
"Yes" Harry stated confidently.
Getting a wand crafted was much quicker than it was the first time the potter heir got his wand from Ollivanders.
His new wand was made from wood of the Yggdrasil. The Norse believed that this tree connected to nine different worlds, whereas wizards believed that this wood is neutral in the types of magic it can use. Meaning it can use either light or dark magic without a preference.
The wand also had five cores; a phoenix feather from Hedwig coated in Basilisk venom, a Basilisk heartstring covered in phoenix tears and finally both feather and heartstring were covered in Harry's blood which linked the wand to Harry's bloodline.
After paying 100 galleons for the wand and 2 galleons for a wand holster Harry left the shop. As he was shutting the door behind him two pairs of hands roughly grabbed him and dragged him into a side alley.
"HEY! LET ME GO! WHO ARE.. Tonks? Mooney?"
"Hello pup" "Wotcher Harry"
They all stared at each other for several minutes before finally Tonks spoke "Sooo… where have you been Harry?"
"Gringotts" Was the only reply they got, as Harry wasn't sure if he could trust them yet.
"For the past week?" the werewolf asked Harry sceptically.
"Well seeing as Dumbledork has had the majority of my powers blocked for the past 15 years it took me a while for my body to get used to the changes" harry stated deciding half-truths was better than telling them about the Horcrux.
Remus looked livid that anyone, especially Dumbledore would limit his cub in anyway when he of all people know of the potter heirs destiny. Tonks was just confused about the whole matter.
"Why did Dumbledore block your powers what right did he have to do that?" Tonks asked going into auror mode.
"Why? I have no idea. But supposedly seeing as he was my magical guardian he thought he had the right to do so without telling me" harry stated whilst shrugging his shoulders.
"What! All blocks should've been removed as soon as the student enters Hogwarts it's illegal to keep them on longer than that as it can harm the witch or wizards magical core." Tonks said whilst Remus curiously asked "What do you mean was your magical guardian?"
Knowing this was going to be a long conversation and one that shouldn't be done in Knockturn alley Harry dragged them towards the Leaky Cauldron, chucked Tom the barman a couple of galleons a private room and then set up several silencing charms within the room.
"Harry! You can't do underage magic out of school again! They'll expel you!" Remus shouted in alarm.
"I know mooney, but it's part of what I have to tell you. Now I need a magical oath saying that you won't betray my secrets without my permission, especially to Dumbledore" Harry stated seriously whilst looking them both in the eyes.
Remus didn't hesitate and pulled out his wand, lifted it into the air and stated "I, REMUS JOHN LUPIN DO SWEAR ON MY LIFE AND MAGIC TO NEVER BETRAY HARRY JAMES POTTERS SECRETS WILLINGLY WITHOUT HIS PERMISSION, SO MOTE IT BE!"
Tonks hesitated for a moment but repeated Remus's actions by lifting her wand and stating "I, NYMPHADORA TONKS DO SWEAR ON MY LIFE AND MAGIC TO NEVER BETRAY HARRY JAMES POTTERS SECRETS WILLIINGLY WITHOUT HIS PERMISSION, SO MOTE IT BE!"
Harry looked relieved at this and sat down and told them both about his meeting with the goblins, the ritual to remove the blocks (but not about the horcrux), his lordships and his meeting with the founders, merlin and morgana.
-Oo0oO-
After several hours of explaining the details of the last week and reiterating their promises to keep his secrets they both left and offered him their support one last time.
As Tonks was leaving she said "Harry right now the wisest thing to do would be to go to Amelia Bones, head of the DMLE (Department for Magical Law Enforcement) and tell her about the blocks with the list from Gringotts so you can press charges against Dumbledore."
"I know Tonks, I'll think about it and go see her sometime next week." Harry then left and booked a room for the night and fell asleep instantly.