Legacy of Harry Potter

November 1994

Gringotts Wizarding Bank

"Lady Hufflepuff," said Sharptooth. "Let me bring you to the Hufflepuff vault where you can claim the letter and the ring of the Ladyship."

Hermione nodded and stood up. As she walked behind Sharptooth, she found Harry not following her.

"Harry?" She said in a questioning tone.

"You should go alone Hermione," Harry said. "You will need to learn these things sooner or later."

Hermione gave a reluctant nod after a brief moment of hesitation and followed after Sharptooth.

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Hermione and Sharptooth returned few minutes later. The first thing Harry took notice was the ring she was wearing in her finger. Her emancipation as Lady Hufflepuff was now fully complete.

In her hands, Hermione was carrying a pile of documents, probably the inventory and list of assets Sharptooth might have handed to her.

At the top of these documents placed was an old looking parchment. It was the letter Helga Hufflepuff had left for the future Lady Hufflepuff.

Hermione took back her seat on the chair.

"May I?" Harry asked gesturing towards the letter.

Hermione nodded and handed the letter to Harry.

(The letter will be written as if Helga knew that she is addressing to a female gender while the Gryffindor and Slytherin's letter to Harry were written as addressed to male. I am attributing to this magic… the letter was magical enough to adjust itself as per the gender of the heir.)

Hello my dear descendant… magical descendant to be exact.

First of all, a hearty congralutaions on your ascendency to the Ladyship of the house. How does it feel? Overwhelming? Anxious? Happy? Extra Responsibilty?

If you are already heir to some other magical house, it might feel less intense but if you are a muggle born then, it might be really tough.

Call it my prejudice, I don't know why, but I have an inkling that my heir would be a muggle born as the quest I have put is more likely to be completed by a muggle born who is not accustomed to the prejudices of the wizarding world.

What are you then? A pure blood supremacist? Or a muggle born? Maybe a half blood.

But it does not really matter.

Let me tell you a story. I along with my Rowena Ravenclaw, Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin founded a school for wizards and witches. Our objective was to turn it into the greatest magical school… well technically it is the greatest as the number of such schools are too few. But you understand what I am saying.

Now, I don't know about the situation in your time but in our time the situation has already started to deteriorate. Anxiety and fear are brewing in our world as the pure bloods do not want to admit muggle born into our folds.

I don't know about the others but when I had involved myself into the founding of Hogwarts one of my motives was to create a safe haven for muggle born where they can learn to control and master the magic they have been blessed with. The children of pure blood already have their parents and families to guide. They are not really helpless like muggle born.

I am doing all I can in my capacity. And the quest for lordship was simple similar to my character. To test the sympathy and kindness inherent in one person. And who better than the most ill- treated creatures of our time- house elves.

And who would be more kind… more gentler… more sympathetic… more tender… more humane… than a person who is accepted by the house elves. To fulfil my quest, you must have done something so incredible… yet so simple at the same time as to win the gratitude of the house elves working at Hogwarts. Their acceptance of yours from the is heart has gotten you Hufflepuff Ladyship.

Since, you have completed this quest it definitely means that you are a person as described above. Hopefully, you never change.

I have nothing more to demand from you. I do not ask anything from you. I merely ask you to remain how you are. Try to spread the same kindness you have to the world around you. Use the resources left behind by me to help the downtrodden… be it house elves… muggle born or some other people or creatures.

All my best wished to a great life ahead.

Helga Hufflepuff.

"This was what you have been doing all this year," muttered Harry as he completed the letter.

He had expected the quest to be related to the house elves. But it had not occurred to him that it would be so simple yet so incredible at the same time. Simple because showing kindness to the house elves was not a difficult task… certainly not as difficult as the quest left by Godric Gryffindor or Salazar Slytherin.

And so incredible at the same time because how many people would really care for the house elves to actually do something for them. A lot of people might have showed sympathy to their condition but to do something and win their recognition was not many could achieve.

"Come let me drop you too Hogwarts," said Harry bringing himself out of the thoughts. "You should now learn apparition… you can now apparate inside Hogwarts."

Hermione nodded in daze as the duo followed Sharptooth to the room in which they had arrived and from which they would apparate back to Hogwarts.

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