Harry Potter: Sphinx Society

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"I’m not opposed. If we can turn that family around I’m all for it." Andy said. "It might even make Harry a Black in two ways then!"

"Oh yeah, I forgot that James’ Grandmother was a Black. That’ll be good for Harry then. Means that if something happened to me making him the head of the Black family won’t be too hard, since he’s already got the blood in him." Sirius said.

"Why would I need to be head of the Black family?" Harry asked, looking over to Sirius.

"Well, for starters, Azkaban isn’t exactly known for being the most healthy of places for it’s residents. Twelve years of malnourishment and constant dementor exposure might have caused some... adverse effects. Nothing proven yet, but it’s possible that even with a willing lady friend, I might not be able to have kids. I can make piece with that, all things go to plan, you’ll be a son I’m proud to have. But beyond that, I could simply get sick normally, or fall off a broom, or any number of things. James and Lily dying did put some things in perspective for me. Life’s not a guarantee, and I’ve already wasted a lot of mine in prison, so I’d like to make the most of what life I have left. So, once I can get everything sorted out, you’ll be put first on the list to be the heir to House Black should something happen to me. If I manage to have a kid of my own, you might lose that, but I doubt you’ll be too bothered. You’re already the heir, soon to be head of House Potter. You’ll be fine." Sirius said, looking to Harry. "That actually brings up something else. We need to head to Gringotts after your birthday to talk about getting you properly set up to be the Head of House Potter. Obviously you won’t really be able to claim it fully until you’re an adult, which I’ll have to see if it’s been increased or reduced since I’ve thought about it. It used to be at age 21, although it wouldn’t surprise me if it’s gone down since then. Since you’re the last of your line, you should be able to start claiming some of the benefits after you’re 14."

"What would that mean for me though?" Harry asked.

"As much or as little as you want it to. You’ve seen the Wizengamot, once you are fully the head of House Potter you do have a seat in that body you can use. The preliminary stuff is generally meant for building connections for when you actually do move into the Wizengamot. For example, you and the Longbottom boy are good friends. You will both have seats on the Wizengamot when you come of age, so if you felt strongly about something, then you could talk to him to get him to vote in your favor, even if he didn’t have a similarly strong opinion on it. If there was someone who was the actual head while you were the heir, people could use benefits to you as a bargaining chip for the future. Andy’s sister Narcissa being Lucius Malfoy’s wife came out of one of those deals, since while the Malfoy’s had money, they didn’t have status in the British wizarding society. Lucius marrying Narcissa fixed that." Sirius said.

Harry felt a bit overwhelmed with all of this. Suddenly he was expected to be a political figure? Why couldn’t he just be Harry? "This is... a lot to take in." Harry said.

"Figured it would be pup. Ideally you would have had bits and pieces of this fed to you over your lifetime. I figure that the Greengrass girl would have filled you in a bit on some of this, but I guess she’s done less than I figured." Sirius said. "We’ll just take it a step at a time. You don’t have to do anything if you don’t want to. What I’ve seen from you though, you aren’t someone who would just allow the world to pass him by."

Sirius was right about that. Harry liked being forward and present in events. He took charge, often to his own detriment. "You’re right, although it’s definitely going to take some time to settle."

"Well, you probably won’t need to worry about it too much for a while. We’ll meet with the goblins after your birthday and get the paperwork sorted out to claim everything. From there, it’s a letter to the ministry saying that you are officially starting the process to take over the Potter family. From there it’ll just be boring business stuff, like how have investments done over the years that no one in the family was actively controlling them, have there been any attempts to claim the Potter lordship from someone else, that kind of thing." Sirius said. "I’ve had my hands full with that myself. Lucius Malfoy has been trying to get his hands on the Black lordship since he’s married to Narcissa, who would be the person whose line the Blacks would continue through if I weren’t around. That wouldn’t be allowed until their son is 14 at the earliest though, since Lucius isn’t a Black, and Narcissa can’t claim the Black title since she married Lucius and became a Malfoy." Sirius said.

Harry nodded as he processed this information. This was certainly more than he expected to be put on him. He had hoped that this meeting with Sirius would be more fun than... well serious, but it seems that wasn’t the case. "Alright, is there anything else that needs to be talked about with that?" Harry asked.

"Nope, we’ll head to Gringotts in August, probably the first week if I don’t have any appointments I need to get to. Now, on to something else then. Pup, how’d you end up with five girls all chasing you? Even James didn’t have that many." Sirius asked, a mischievous smile on his face.

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