Chapter One:
It's the beginning of another year
"Shhh! I told you we could make it past those high tech curses if we brought her along on this mission. The good part about it is that she don't want no gold in the end." A voice in the shadows whispered.
"Aye! I know. . .I don't know what tis the matter with her, but if she had taken thee gold I think I might tuf killed thee lassie. She's a good un thee lassie tis." Another voice replied.
"If you even tried to kill the girl, you might of kissed you damn sorry life goodbye. . .she's a fighter, she don't give up easily. I heard she's one of those gate. . .um. . .gatewalker, but I ain't too sure 'bout that. Nobody's proven anything."
Gosh, bless thee lassie's soul, she's standing at thee door like a watchdog would. What did you say you were giving thee lassie as payment?"
"This knife I found in a pile of ashes in a fire. It's worthless, I've asked around already, but she don't know that does she?"
"I'm not to sure 'bout that. . .if she wants it don't you think it's worth something?"
"Aye, to her it is, to her."
"No what I mean tis, I think thee lassie knows something about thee knife that we don't know 'bout it. I swear, she a different un. I jus' don't know how."
"Whatever. . ."
"Hurry up you two! I can't keep the curses off for you very long. You guys have about seven more minutes in that hole of gold. Grab what you can and let's go." A female voice echoed in the inky blackness. "And don't make me come in there, or the deal's off and I'll just leave you in this hellhole to be found by those goblins."
"Ah, lassie, go easy on your elders. . .we've just 'couple old men needing thee money. . ."
"An' don' worry lady, we're almost done, ain't that right Corwin?"
"Aye. Don't worry lassie, we don't want you to stress about it. . .Fine and meh are almost done. . ."
"Ok, ok! I get your points, but hurry, the goblins are coming, I can feel them running on the cold stone walls of this place."
"Aye, aye lassie!"
"Sure, we're almost done sweetheart."
"You better be, cause we have to go. . ."
*Flash, Flash* Two lights went out and then there was smoke spilling into the shadows making the three figures cough and choke. The female went up to one of the men and grabbed a small dagger around his neck.
"I told you, you knew the guild lines. . .If you failed to get what you wanted and this happened I would still get the knife. Have fun. . ."
.:next day:.
Headlines for the Daily Prophet. . .
Gringotts Robbed by Two Madmen!
Two men were found in a coughing fit in the very end of Gringotts bank. Dazed and confused they ran into the trap the Gringotts goblins set up for them.
Investigations still continue today on how they got that far down in the tunnels of Gringotts.
"Those two men we found keep on muttering about being left behind, that's all we can get out of them so far," said a Gringotts banker goblin. "We don't know even what they were after."
Harry folded his newspaper and set it down on his desk in his room. He started to pack his trunk with all of his school supplies and clothes, but stopped when there was a rap on his window. Hedwig was hovering in the air by the window with a letter tied to her leg. He opened it and Hedwig flew in with a burst of speed. A gust of cold air greeted Harry as he started to shut his window. He sighed and turned to attend to Hedwig who was crying piteously for attention and food. She had even lifted her leg so that Harry could easily access the letter tied to it.
"Let's see what you have for me. . ." Harry said.
Untying the letter from Hedwig's leg, he unfolded the carefully folded letter which was obviously folded by Hermione.
"Thank you Hedwig, here's some mice and water." He said setting down the items in front of her.
Scanning the letter he found Hermione's neatly printed handwriting and Ron's sloppy curved writing that one had trouble reading.
Dear Harry,
I can't wait until this afternoon when you arrive at the Weasleys home. Thank you for sending all those long letters to me. I was overjoyed to read them. I guess you had a great summer. Have a safe trip!
Yours Truly,
Hermione Granger
Hey Harry!
Gosh, I am so bummed about the Chudley Cannons losing to the Metal Vipers. I mean they came out of nowhere! It's the new Australian team that just started playing Quiddich this year. . .and you know what? They took the place of the Chudley Cannons! They're now ninth in the league and they're still moving up! You probably read about it in the Daily Prophet haven't you? When you get here, we've got serious catching up to do. By the way, even though I hate to admit this. . .the Seeker is wicked hot! And she's our age too! Well gotta go.
-Ron Weasleys
P.S. My dad is coming to pick you up, be waiting by the fireplace. Hope your aunt and uncle don't freak this time.
Harry finished reading the letter and folded it back up and placed it in his pocket. Chudley Cannons not ninth. . .wow. He hadn't read about that, he had only been reading the first page only. Harry snapped his trunk closed and gave a gentle shove on Hedwig's left wing so she would go into her cage. He closed it, grabbed his trunk, and headed downstairs to the fireplace.
Unfortunately, Dudley and his gang was blocking his path. Their sneers on their faces meant only one thing. . .trouble. Harry rolled his eyes and smiled and pretended to grab for his wand. He winked at Dudley who started to back away slowly.
"Hey guys you want some ice cream? My mum got some brand new stuff that we can steal. Come on!" Dudley said and walked away. His gang looked at Harry once more, flicked him off, and followed Dudley into the kitchen.
Harry stood by the fireplace waiting for Mr. Weasleys to come pick him up. He was humming a song quietly to himself when his aunt and uncle came into the room. They looked at him coldly, sniffed, and then walked out of the room. Harry laughed a little and looked out the window. He, at the moment, was trying so hard to forget what had happened last year. He just couldn't though. . .there were scars in his heart, just like there was a scar on his head; it just wouldn't go away.
Sometimes he wished that he didn't need to go through all the pain he was going to suffer through. . .he was just glad that he had his friends around him, they meant so much to him.
Mr. Weasleys appeared and waved to Harry. He seemed overly excited and stepped out of the fireplace as if to look around. His eyes seemed to ask Harry if he could pick things up, explore. Harry nodded and watched as Mr. Weasleys picked up item after item looking at it closely.
"Wow. . ." Mr. Weasleys said awed by everything. "This is a-amazing! Give a muggel something. . .and look what they can do with it!"
"Yeah. . ." Harry replied between clenched teeth. Just at this moment his scar had to hurt.
"Damn Voldemort—"
Everything for Harry went black. . .
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a/n: I hoped you enjoyed my story so far. . .and just for a heads up, I'm basing my story on what's happened in the HP series so far. . .except some aspects of the series, which I totally don't agree with. (You will be able to tell what I put in and leave out, if you've read the books. lol.) So, I guess you're wondering how Draco Malfoy comes in. . .just wait and see. . .I won't leave out your baby. . .cause isn't that the main point?! Just because I somewhat started using Harry in the story doesn't mean anything. I'm just doing that because HP books always start "out" with him. . .so whatever. Please Read and Review!
~Shadowed Joker