The trip to Gringotts went without incident, though when they entered the bank Sirius was stopped almost instantly by a Goblin.
"Are you needing our wagering services again Mr. Black?" The goblin asked with almost a smirk in his voice. "We are always ready to assist men like yourself."
"I'm sure you are," Sirius replied with a smirk of his own. "But I'm fine. Thank you," He said before he led his group along.
'What was that all about?" Harry asked.
"Their definition of men like me is gullible," Sirius replied with a wink.
"You mean because of the bets you made?" Hermione asked.
"Somewhat, but you see, I came back yesterday morning. I was going to double my bet like I mentioned but..." Sirius stopped and grinned. "No, you don't need to know that yet. I'll tell you later."
"What did you do?" Harry whispered.
"Me?" Sirius asked innocently. "It was the Goblins trying to rip me off. I can't be held responsible if I just let them."
"You let them rip you off?"
"Yep," Sirius replied with a larger grin. "You too of course."
Sirius refused to say another word no matter what Harry and Hermione threatened. He just kept a smile on his face and repeated. "You'll see."
"So how much does a new wardrobe cost?" Sirius asked when they stopped at Harry's Vault.
"I don't know, but it's not going to be cheap," Harry replied. "I thought I'd get a thousand galleons and convert it to muggle money."
"That will be too much," Hermione said. "Well I guess it all depends on where we shop. Maybe it's time my favorite book got a new cover."
"What?"
"Nothing, just thinking of my father," Hermione replied. "Though the money shouldn't make a difference, if dressing you a bit nicer is what it takes for him to see past the exterior and sees who you really are, it might be worth it."
Harry wrapped his arms around his wife. "You're worth it. Whatever you think will work, I'll try. I don't want to come between you and your parents."
"Too late for that," Hermione said. "No, I shouldn't say it like that. Mum is fine and Dad is just being a dad. He wants to protect me. We just need for him to realize it's not you that I need protecting from."
"Then I will do my best," Harry replied. "So will a thousand work? I figure it's better to have too much than too little."
"It should be fine. If it's not we'll go back another time."
"Glad that's settled, but understand that it comes out of my vault," Sirius replied. "I'm your guardian now, which means I'm responsible for clothing you. You can grab some money from yours for other things, but clothes and school supplies are now my responsibility."
"You know I can afford it," Harry argued.
"Maybe, but it's a matter of principle," Sirius argued. "Throw me a bone," He smirked at his pun. "Let me do my job."
"I just wish they had something like a debit card around here," Hermione said. "Or even a checkbook," She turned to the goblin who'd escorted them and asked the question only to receive a look of disdain.
"Muggle plastic money? Parchment with a few words written on it that is given before gold is exchanged?" The goblin sneered. "We work in gold, silver and bronze. The only thing in written item we work with is a transfer note that you can use to pay for major purchases. But that gold comes out of your vault the instant we hand it to you. You lose that piece of parchment and it's gone."
"Oh..."
"Guess I'll be lugging the cash around with me," Harry said when he heard what the Goblin said.
"I guess," Hermione replied." But that's dangerous and carrying that much money will draw attention to you. Maybe my parents will help. You can give them the money and then we can buy what we need with their debit card."
Harry made sure Hermione took a large amount of galleons from 'their' vault and a short time later they arrived at the Black Vault. When they entered Harry stopped and looked around. It wasn't quite as large as Bellatrix's vault but it was close. Piles of coins and jewels were everywhere. "This is a reasonable amount of gold?" He asked.
"What?" Sirius asked.
"Dumbledore...he said it was a reasonable amount of gold added to my vault."
"He always was a master of the understatement," Sirius replied with a shrug. "Don't worry. You'll still get it someday."
"I'd prefer you alive so try not to get yourself killed."
"Sunburn on a beach remember."
"We're halfway there. Just have a snake face to take care of."
"Just don't get careless," Sirius said. He turned to the Goblin. "Take a thousand," He looked at Harry and then turned back to the Goblin, "make it two thousand Galleons out of here and convert it to muggle money," He looked questioningly at Hermione.
"Twenty and fifty pound notes should be fine, but that's definitely too much," She said, but Sirius was already instructing the Goblin.
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