From Eden - Regulus Black (Complete)

Chapter Ninety-Six

THE HEIST

(Special Chapter since my uploads will slow down in August when my college classes come back. Sorry about that, but I gotta study if I want to be an actual actress)

Alastor Moody wasn't afraid of much, but he quickly found out that breaking the law as a law-enforcement officer certainly made his guts twist in weird ways that made him anxious. Being hidden away from the view of people and goblins as he walked behind Emmeline Vance under the Potter Invisibility Cloak. He half-expected someone, at some point, to turn around and point out that he was there, hiding, which in itself was very much against the law inside the Gringotts Bank.

If he was found, he couldn't stop thinking, he would lose his job, his respect, dignity and, most likely than not, his wand as well. He knew very well how it would be seen for him to break the law when he was the favourite of Head of Aurors Potter to take over in a couple of years when he would retire. Nobody would trust him to do anything. Nobody would trust Fleamont Potter either, ever again. If he was caught, he would not only be ruining his life, but ruining everybody else's: the Order's mission to get the Horcrux in secret, because Voldemort certainly would have a feeling to what they were doing there in secrecy, he would ruin Anne's life because he would end exposing her spy (clearly someone she held dearly) inside the Inner Circle, and the Potter's family reputation, not just Fleatmont, but his sons' prospects as well.

But the other people in the missions seemed a lot less nervous than he was. Perhaps because they were jokingly talking of Quidditch and Alice Longbottom was sighing in annoyance with the subject she clearly hated. Whatever it was, they were doing a better job undercover than he was.

They passed by one of the Prewett twins who didn't even look at them as he walked across the corridor to give some papers to a goblin. He was another one that was doing a good job in keeping his job and 'hobbies' well separated.

"There he is," mumbled Longbottom. "That's Vrees."

Moody followed where his head had turned slightly to the goblin he was looking at.

Vrees was considered almost an outcasted because of easily identifiable with humans he was. He had more ambitions than money and work, he actually had something that goblins thought to be silly: a wife. The name of the female goblin he had found was unknown to them, but they knew that he was planning on having children only with her, a break of the goblin pattern of behaviour of getting as many children as possible to avoid extinction from Earth. Therefore, without any cherishment from his kind, he turned to humans, who praised him for his 'betrayal'. No surprise he became quick friends with Prewett and no surprise he allowed himself to commit the biggest of goblin crimes to make sure his friend's friends could get what they so desperately wanted to win a war that he was not be even be involved in.

Frank Longbottom led the group, still holding his wife's hand.

"Mister Vrees, I assume," he said, stopping in front of the tall desk of the goblin. "We're here in name of Lord Fleatmont Antonio Barrett Nott-Potter."

Vrees looked up, deep brown eyes studying the group.

"Of course, I was warned you would come, though the group was told to be bigger," he explained. "I'll need the authorization letter, the signature and the key to allow entrance to the Potter Vault, sir." Frank let go of Alice's hand so she could dig in her purse to get all of it without much trouble. She gave it to Frank, who had to get on his tip-toes to reach the goblin's hand and give all of it. Vrees pretended to look through it all, though the documents he had in hand were legit. "You are to get a ruby necklace, a golden-dragon bracelet and pearl earrings from the Vault. Nothing less and nothing more. I'll come down with you all for assistance. Do follow me."