36. Lucky Harry

That night, Alexander's elf army raided places all around the world. Kidnapping all elves they could find. The process was repeated for another day and by the end, they had gathered 12,000 elves.

But there was a problem now. They had no way of finding out if there was an elf still left out. When Dobby went to report the problem to Alexander he found Alexander beating his head on the table.

"Stupid, stupid, stupid... How can I be so dumb... Oh hey, Dobby, I know why you are here... I know the solution to the problem. Let's go to the warehouse." Alexander walked past Dobby.

"Yes boss"

Edward was working on ordering the horde of elves. "Oh hay, grandpa."

Alexander ignored his greeting and cast a charm loudly. "ACCIO SUPRIMA all the house-elves in the world, except those in this room,"

His superior Accio teleported things if they are too far or have physical obstruction in between.

Out of nowhere, about 2 thousand elves started to pop up in the room.

Edward looked at him shockingly. "Why didn't you do that in the first place?"

"..." Alexander stayed silent.

"You forgot, right?" He asked.

"Ah... I think I've grown old," Alexander muttered looking at the ceiling.

"You're immortal, you will always grow older," Edward interjected.

"Ah... I am feeling hungry. Dobby, tend to the elves. Give them food and clothes. Also, tell them why they are here. Then give them the potion," Alexander instructed and went back to his office.

"Hey don't ignore me grandpa" Edward followed behind him.

...

Diagon Alley.

"Go on Harry, you can do it. You're a fricking quidditch star. I am sure she will say yes and you don't even need to worry about anyone interruption. I've booked the whole Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour," Sirius said, giving a push to Harry.

Harry was trying to ask his crush Choc Chang out for the ball night and as always his two godfathers had decided to support him in some unconventional ways.

"Perhaps you can use some aid from Felix Felicis(luck potion). Just gulp it down and see the magic." Snape suggested showing a transparent vial.

"God damn, finally something good came from you snivellus" Sirius praise and slapped Snape's shoulder.

Harry agreed and gulped down the potion. He headed straight to the ice-cream parlor. He entered and found the Asian beauty sitting by the window. When she saw him she tried to stand up to say hello but unfortunately/conveniently her foot got stuck in the table's leg and she lost her balance.

Harry quickly moved to catch her head-on. They both fell on the ground with Cho Chang on top of him. Her lips touching his. Her melons pressed against his chest.

She quickly got up, her face turned totally red. "Ah... Sorry, my... Foot got stuck."

"Oh... It's okay... Let's order something" Harry said, changing the subject to save her from embarrassment. Which won him some gratitude points.

They ordered some ice puddings and chatted about quidditch while waiting. The server was taking a large ice cream cake to storage but unfortunately/conveniently he slipped. The whole cake was about to fall on Cho Chang but Harry quickly shouted.

"Wingardium Leviosa"

Then he realized that he didn't have a wand in his hand but surprisingly the cake was still levitating. Then the cake assembled itself back on the tray.

Cho Chang looked at all that with her mouth wide open. It was widely known that Harry Potter was just a slightly above average student in his studies but he was extremely talented in Quidditch. He was even offered a place on the national team. What he did just now was wandless magic, something which not even the best of students can do.

Cho Chang was head over heels for Harry Potter now.

After some time they ate their pudding and Harry asked. "So, Cho. I was hoping if you are interested in going to Yule ball with me tomorrow."

"YES". She abruptly answered before even realizing. Then she turned red again.

"Thank you, I'll see you tomorrow at the ball then," Harry said and left. He couldn't gather more courage to talk.

[Behind the scenes]

Sirius and Snape had been keeping an eye from a quiet corner at the proceedings in the parlor.

"Oh sh*t, the cake is about to fall on her. Wingardium Leviosa," Sirius chanted while pointing his wand at a distance.

...

"Alright, how did your mission go, Edward?" Alexander asked.

"Well, we did even better than we expected. We have registered Universe Industries in the muggle world. A total of 34,000 buildings and sites have been bought under the name. We had to use some slight memory charm to keep things away from the Government's eyes," Edward reported.

"Nicely done, now we move to stage 3. I want you to hire various non-profit population census organizations. I need a list of all homeless or orphaned children in the world. All of them."

"I've already done it. The list will come in probably 3 days." Edward said.

"Good job, Edward. Okay then. You are free to go and practice for tomorrow's dance with Hermione."

Edward happily walked out of his office. Alexander laid back in his office chair. Looking out of the window at sunset.

*Sigh*

"Just one more thing to do before I call it a day," he said loudly and walked out into Diagon Alley. He walked towards the Gringotts. People kept looking at him as he walked by. He mostly apparated to wherever he wanted to go. It was rare for him to walk in public areas.

He walked straight into the large hall. The goblins stopped doing whatever they were doing the second they saw him.

"I need to meet with your director Zanruk" he said.

The goblin sitting on the highest counter ran away in a hurry to call the director. A moment later the goblin returned.

"He will meet you in the meeting room, sir" he respectfully said.

Alexander nodded and proceeded to the meeting room. He found Zanruk standing near the door waiting for him.

"Welcome to Gringotts, sir. What can I do for you?" He asked.

"I need something from you."

"Just make the demand, sir. We will try to fulfill your need" Zanruk proudly said.

"I want the dragon that you have kept underground. You are breaking the Magical equality law. Dragons are considered intelligent magical creatures and enslaving them or hurting them is illegal," Alexander cited.

"Well, sir. We respect your wish but we need that dragon to protect our vaults. Perhaps we can get you another dragon?" The goblin smiled deviously.

Alexander felt disgusted and he also found out that goblins were smuggling dragons. One slight probe into Zanruk's mind and all his secrets were known. It turned out that goblin's greed had made them forget that just some time ago they were considered 2nd class beings too. If not for Alexander's new law.

"Perhaps..." Alexander said. Zanruk smiled thinking that he agreed.

"Perhaps, I should just take over Gringotts. I certainly have the money and I am certainly not lacking power either. Perhaps you goblins should have stuck to forging swords. Your greed has taken over you people. Perhaps I should start a new bank. People will surely trust me as I am, you know... The strongest Wizard to ever exist. Perhaps..."

Alexander was too intimidating for Zanruk, who had started shaking in fear.

"No, please. We will agree. You can take the dragon." He pleaded.

"Sorry but I've changed my mind now. I want to have a meeting with every executive-level Gringotts official in the world. From the lowest to the highest level. I don't care what means you guys use but I want all of you here in 2 hours. It's a matter of life and death for Gringotts so you better hurry, Zanruk" he ordered and silently took out a glass and some firewhiskey.

Zanruk ran from the room on his tiny legs like his ass was on fire. But Zanruk knew if he didn't bring all executives in 2 hours, his whole body would be on fire, literally.

...

2 hours later.

The meeting hall was filled with hundreds of goblins. There was a lot of ruckus. Alexander quickly did a wide area mind sweep to see how many of them were greedy sons of bit*hes...

Sure enough, all of them were. Hence without restraint, he used his time torture ability to re-educate them a little. He made all of them go through their birth and upbringing in a very positive and truthful yet cunning way. Their memories were altered in such a way that their already pre-existing memories didn't conflict with each other.

In 1 minute, all the goblins in the room had lived another life.

When they all woke up. The most senior goblin came to Alexander and bowed. Asking for forgiveness for their various crimes. He forgave them. Then he told them to release any magical beast they had enslaved, and that if they needed something to protect their vaults then he'd provide each Gringotts branch 3 magical dragon golems. They were as big and strong as normal Dragons. They just didn't breathe or eat. They'd follow orders too. The only requirement was that they be charged with magic every 3 months.

All the Gringotts executives were very happy with the arrangement.

~Hopefully the next generation of goblins will turn out naturally better~ He thought.