Ch.4 The Cleansing
We just stand there a few minutes holding onto eachother. Grandpa rubs circles into my back to comfort me. Soon I calm down enough to stop crying. I sniffle a bit and rub the leftover tears from my eyes. 'Do you feel better Aster?' He telepathically asks me.
"Ye. I jus appy you ere." I tell him. He hold me tighter and turns towards Griphook.
'What is she doing here and where is Sirius? I went to her home to find my little Lily and her husband dead, a pile of ash and a robe, the place stripped of valuables, a hole in the roof, and the place reeking of black magic.' He asks, the nervous goblin.
"I don't know much. Only that Lord Black was under the effects of a compulsion and left her in front of Gringotts with just a bag before apperating away. She also has the Lord and Lady rings, along with her mother's goblin friend necklace. It's a sad day in the Goblin Nation for a person who was given the title goblin friend to die. Not many both earn our respect and treat us as equals. Though it seems Lady Potter's death was not in vain considering the Sacrificial Protect Magic she placed on young Aster. Though I am deeply concerned for the dark soul piece that is attached to her." Griphook says. The lights start to flicker and the sounds of static filled the room.
'THE WHAT?!?! WHO WOULD DARE TURN MY GRANDCHILD INTO A HORCRUX?!?!' Grandpa mentally screamed. Griphook and I wince from the volume.
"According to the inheritance test, Tom Marvolo Riddle. And, we both know who that is." Griphook says to the angry eldritch being.
'Damn that flight from death! I'm going to make sure he stays dead! He will regret the day he turned his sights on my family! I will personally drag the pieces of his mutilated soul to hell and make sure he gets the special cell in the eighth circle with one of the best torturers in hell! The traitor Pettigrew isn't getting off either. He was supposed to be the secret keeper for them. If Sirius doesn't get him, I will!' He ranted. I giggle a bit at Grandpa losing his composure, before I start to yawn.
Grandpa shifts his hold on me to be more secure. He looks to Griphook. 'I want the horcrux removed immediately. The longer it's attached to her, the more secure it will be to her. I want the Potter will to be opened for reading. I also want a complete audit of assets she's inheriting. That means properties, businesses, patents, investments, accounts, ect. I want it counted down to the Knut. Recall anything that has been lent out. Use blood magic tracking if you have to. I know the goat has James' invisibility cloak. I want to do a walk through tomorrow of the vaults. I want everything placed on lockdown. No one can take anything in or out without mine or Aster's approval. I don't want the Wizengamot or the ministry trying to claim anything. Money can go in, but nothing comes out. I want the galleons to compensate for your work and time taken from my personal account.' Grandpa order.
"So you say, so it shall be done." Griphook states, before pressing a button to the side of his desk. Immediately after a goblin walked into the room.
They're wearing a early 1990s nurse uniform with a cape. They speak to Griphook in the goblin language, before Griphook answers back. The goblin seems to become angry, before they turned towards us. "I want to take the child to the ritual room for a cleansing immediately! Don't worry about them being Slender Folk, the sacrificial protection, or the godfather bond; the rituals are designed to only remove that which is harmful to the individual. The name is nurse Bladebringer. Follow me, quickly." The goblin Bladebringer tells us.
"I'll start with the audit and send out the letters to invite the beneficiaries for the will reading. I won't let those damned fools at the ministry or Wizengamot get their greedy hands on anything. Could you give me the lord and lady rings, along with the necklace? " Griphook says. Grandpa nods before grabbing my bag. I point to the side pocket and grandpa takes them out and hands them to Griphook.
We then follow after nurse Bladebringer. A pair of goblin guards follow behind us. We go down a long corridor, taking seemingly random turns until we stop in front of a pair of enormous double doors. Bladebringer pushes them open and walks through. The guards stay outside. We follow her. Inside was an a large space with ceiling no less than fifty feet high. In the center of the room on the floor was a platform with a runic circle being painted onto it by a pair of goblins. A group of goblins in robes are standing to the side of the room. We are lead to a small area to the other side that appeared to be set up like an infirmary.
"Set her on the bed and have her undress. I need to do a full medical evaluation before the ritual to make sure that their isn't anything else we need to worry about. I'll do another after. Out of respect for you and your daughter, we will make sure your grandchild is in perfectly good health by the time you leave here. No extra charge." She told us.
'Very well, thank you' grandpa says. She shivers from having him speak in her mind. She nods.
Grandpa sets me down on the bed and helps me get out of my cloths. I was only left in my diaper now. Wearing diapers was something I didn't like, but did out of necessity. I can't exactly control my need to go to the bathroom to make it to my training toilet all the time. Still embarrassing though. "She'll need a change in diaper." Bladebringer stated. Grandpa nods and does just that after getting the supplies out of my bag. He realizes that my bag I bottomless.
'So that's where everything went.' He comments. He changes me.
After that was taken care of the nurse does a magic health check and a roll of paper appears with the results. She looks through them. "No vaccines, blood sugar is a bit low, currently exhausted, needs glasses, and a cut on their forehead which is where the horcrux has attached to. It seems to be trying to drain them, but the protection spell is currently preventing it. Other than that they look physical healthy for their circumstances. Magic levels are also extremely high at lower battle mage level rather than the normal lower leveled wizard. They'll be very powerful when their older." She stated. The goblins at the platform yell out in gravely sounds.
Bladebringer looks up and yells back. The looks to us." Ok, the preparations are ready. I'll be taking you over to have a set of runes painted onto you once we have you layed down in the circle. You just need to relax and let us do our work." She told us.
"Okey." I say. I get off the bed and follow her to the platform. She has grandpa lift me up and set me in the middle so I didn't accidentally step on the lines and writing. I lay back in the middle and relax as the pair of goblins paint the runes into my skin. I try not to move or giggle. It tickled. After a little while I start to fall asleep. *Snap* *Snap* "Sorry but you need to stay awake. We can't do the ritual while your asleep. You can rest afterwards." One of the goblins tells me. I hum in acknowledgment. Soon we were finished.
I look to my grandpa in the corner of my eye as the robed goblins begin to surround the platform. After they get in position they begin chanting. I wasn't sure what language they were speaking, but I listened as they spoke in synchrony. Soon I felt a burning feeling coming from my forehead. It slowly got worse and worse before I heard screaming. I realize it was me. Then if felt something burst from my head. My screams were accompanied my echoy shrieking. I soon notice black smoke coming from me. After a moment it completely separated from me before being placed in a small steel trap in one of the robed goblins hands. The door on the trap closed with a loud click. Then it was silent. I black out.
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(Author Note: For those who don't know, Voldemort roughly translates from French to "Flight from death")
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