Wands and Warframes

Shopping? No Banking.

Shopping? No banking.

After quite a lot of arguing, Harry had been allowed to travel to Diagon Alley in his Titania frame. So it was that the three of them appeared on the steps of Gringotts in a flash of fire. Fawkes immediately moving to perch on top of Natah's chassis. Minerva steps forward to talk to one of the Aurors that had showed up in the brief window of time since Fawkes brought Natah last time.

"Good day Auror..."

"Prentice Professor. What's going on, and what's with the monsters?"

"I'm showing a student around, they're the one wearing the butterfly themed armour."

"And the other one?"

"Their adoptive mother."

"I see, I think I should assign an escort while you're here." He looks nervously at the rather large sword on the back of the person in armour.

"I assure you that I am perfectly capable of looking after my charges on my own. Or are you going to argue that."

"No Professor, it's just."

"Just?"

"Nothing professor."

"Good, make sure it stays that way."

"But what about their weapons?"

Minerva looks pointedly at the wand in his hand.

"We don't know what she might do with that sword."

"Auror Prentice, you are carrying a deadly weapon that you've been trained to use. You are surrounded by people carrying the same weapon, and you are worried about a sword?"

"Off with you, and if I catch you trying to make trouble for my student, you'll wish that Madam Bones got to you first. Oh, and existing isn't yet a crime before one of the bumbling idiots in the Ministry starts trying to throw their weight around."

Turning around, she stalks back to Harry and Natah, who seem to be in a stand-off with the goblin guards.

"What is going on here?"

"They are refusing to remove their disguises before entering."

"At least this will be easy to sort out, they're not disguises. This is like a suit of armour," – She indicates Harry – "and this one is her actual body" – She indicates Natah – "Additionally, neither of them speaks English."

Turning to the two she says, "The guard thought that you were in disguise and was trying to get you to remove them before entering. I'm going to tell them that we need to see an account manager."

Harry nods in response so she switches back to English, "We need to see an account manager, are you going to refuse to let us in?"

The guard looks Harry up and down, "I'm going to need to take the lady's sword."

Minerva hesitates before translating that.

"Tell him, if he can take it then I'll let him hold on to it."

"What? Are you insane?"

"I refuse to just relinquish my weapons."

Minerva swallows hard, "She said, if he can take it you can hold onto it."

The guard barks a laugh, "In you go then, see that she behaves or else."

As they enter the bank, all eyes seem to watch them. Though goblins seem to be watching the sword more than the people. Minerva walks up to one of the tellers, the witches and wizards in the queue suddenly finding a better queue to be in when Harry and Natah follow her.