Sirius POV
We left Cinthy with her friends and made our way to Gringotts with the questionable crown of dread tucked into a warded bag inside of a lead lined box. To be honest I don't even feel like that is enough to keep the evil pouring off of it at bay. Remus and I rushed into the bank up to a startled teller who kept looking at the bag being held at arms length by Remus.
With a pensive look the goblin gestures us to follow them, we are led to my account managers office where Remus places the bag into the farthest seat from either one of us and Griphook. We didn't have to wait long as Griphook soon joined us with a pensive look on his face as his eyes glanced over the bag placed as far from us all as possible. "To what do I own the pleasure of your visit Lord Black?" Griphook said in a no nonsense tone before I could reply Remus spoke up, "Hyacinth found something concerning inside a special room at Hogwarts. It appears to be a cursed item but it also seems to be much more than just that. We were hoping that you could get some curse breakers to examine the item as I do believe it to be Ravenclaws crown."
Griphook looked shocked and let me tell you a shocked goblin almost looks as bad as a mad goblin. Griphook opened the box only to slam it shut seconds later before he said, "I will have this sent to the curse breakers in an attempt to save the artifact from corruption. What worries me is that there may still be more of these out there." I nod in understanding since we all know that Cinthy used to have one of those detestable things attached to the scar on her forehead. It didn't take long for Griphook to walk back into the room with a grave look on his face.
"Lord Black I would like to request entry into one of your cousins vaults." Griphook all but snarled puzzled I asked, "Which cousin and for what reason do you need access to her dowery account?" Griphook took a breath and said, "We require entry into Bellatrix Lestrange's account. Due to her incarceration and none of her husbands family being able to allow us access due to either death or their own incarceration, all accounts fall under that of you as lord of house Black. The reason as to us needing entry is that the same soul signature that is in the crown you have brought to us was found to be coming from your cousins vault." If I looked shocked it's cause I am Bella did what now? She should know better than to house something like that in Gringotts. She should also be aware of how utterly stupid it is to split your soul and should have advised against it in the first place. I sighed but nodded and said, "Gringotts has the permission of the head of house Black to enter and remove any and all dark items from the dowry vault of one Bellatrix Lestrange nee Black. All fees pertaining to the disposal of such items is to be taken from her husbands vault." I smiled deviously at the thought of VoldyMoldies number one lackies paying for the disposal of his soul shards without his or their knowledge.
Griphook nodded and with a sinister smile, turned and left the room. Moony chose then to speak up and out of left field asked, "Have you ever thought of disowning Narcissa and Bellatrix from the Black family and reinstating Andromeda since you are now the head of house Black?" I was shocked for all of two seconds before I let a devious smirk cross my face at the thought of them writhing in agony as the family magic was ripped from their cores. With any luck the shock of it will kill Bellatrix, Narcissa should be fine due to having Lucious there to help support her core until it stabilizes. "Options, options." I said with a pensive look. Maybe I should reach out to Narcissa first before I disown her. I need to see if she is worth trying to save or if Lucious has had his claws in her for to long already.
It wasn't long before Griphook came back into the room with a devious smile on his face and the now cleansed Hufflepuff cup and Ravenclaw Diadem. He looked at both Remus and myself and said, "We have completed the cleansing at your request Lord Black, we have also detected the existence of three other soul totems with the same magical signature still out there. We will keep a look out for anything or anyone who is being tainted by the corrupted soul pieces and forward the information to you for a small fee."
I let out a sigh because of course that mad man would make things difficult. I wish I could trust Dumbles and get his help but that would be next to impossible after what he put Cinthy and myself through not to mention what he did to Remus. No I can't trust that manipulative old man with something this important especially since it deals with Cinthy's safety. He has already proven that he doesn't care about her safety, he cares for no one but himself and what he deems is for the greater good. He is a right wolf in sheep's clothing if you ask me.
Remus nudged me knowing that I was lost in thought but not to concerned about it. I looked at Griphook and said, "Of course I appreciate all the help that Gringotts has given us up to this point. Please let me know of any costs this horcrux hunt is going to cost so that I may forward them to my dear cousin and her husband. I feel it's only right that they pay for the clean up since they were brazen enough to place that foul thing within Gringotts, without even so much as notifying you of it's placement." I could feel the joy radiating off of Griphook as he thought of all the ways he could rack up fees for the Lestrange couple to have to pay for what they have done. He smiled before he said, "Very well Lord Black we will keep a very detailed record for all the costs incurred by Gringotts while we hunt for the remaining horcrux."
Remus and I nodded and said our goodbyes to the goblin as we made our way out of the bank having finished the task we set out to do and gaining another small win for us with no one the wiser. Once home I set out to call Cinthy and let her know of our progress before sending her off to bed for some much needed rest.