A/N:So a new story, Harry Drake Adventurer Extraordinaire. In this chapter we have Harry Drake(Potter) arriving in Paris with his latest score, what troubles will the The City of Love hold in store for him
Oh ya, note that it may say chapter one this is the prologue and if all goes to plan the shortest chapter in the book
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, the idea of Daxter and an Ottesel, or the little cameo of Harry Dresden nor do I own anything else you shall recognize in this story(i say this in advanced as this is the only disclaimer i am writing)
Chapter One The City of Light
The sound of the train racing over the tracks were the only thing Harry Drake registered, as he lay on the bench in his compartment with his eyes closed. Sitting up, the fifteen year old adventurer opened his bright emerald green eyes, the one feature that usually sealed the deal if he was trying to get into a womans bed and his body and personality weren't enough.
Yawning slightly the boy looked at his duffle that sat innocently on the bench across from his, "Daxter, wake up" he said nudging the bag as the speaker system blared to life and the conductor told the passengers that Paris would be the next stop and they would arrive in five minutes. 'Glad Natalie forced me to lear french' He ideally thought, remembering the last time he was in France and he missed his stop because he couldn't understand.
Frowning when Daxter didn't acknowledge him, he swiped the bag off the bench, and smirked when he heard an outraged cry, and Daxter his best friend who also happened to be a talking ottesel, a crossbreed offspring of an otter and a weasel. He was an orange ferret like animal, but became very angry if you called him a ferret as Harry learned after he tried clawing his eyes out the first time they met.
"What the hell was that for H" Daxter said glaring at the smirking boy as he climbed out of the duffle which he was using as a makeshift bed.
"Where here" Harry said nodding towards the window as the train pulled up into the station.
"Oh" Daxter said, as the 5'4 fifteen year old shrugged on his black duster which he bought after seeing a wizard in Chicago wearing one that looked like it.
"Come on" Harry said, as he bent down to grab the duffle, and Daxter leapt onto the bench and then his shoulder. Standing up to his full height, he slipped out of the compartment, and with a years fine tuned grace, slipped past all the other passengers who were trying to get off the train while relieving a few from their wallets.
Hopping off the train, the teen adventurer chuckled as he patted the pocket on his jacket which he kept the loot in. Turning to proceed towards the exit, he raised an eyebrow as he saw a tall blond man, who was being flanked by four even taller and muscle bound men. "Cassius" he said cheerfully, as Daxter eyes widened, and the ottesel once more leapt onto the duffle.
"Drake" the man, Cassius sneered.
"And what are you doing in Paris, hoping to finally get laid" Harry said, smirking and projecting an outer image of confidence, while inside he was crying like a baby. Well not crying but he was trying desperately to find cover in the bustling train station.
"You have something of ours Drake" Cassius continued, shrugging off the comment on trying to get laid.
"Oh this" Harry said, acting surprised as he lifted the duffle. "No, I think you got the wrong person Cas, this so doesn't suit the whole suit and tie look, maybe try getting a briefcase"
"Stop stalling Drake, we know you took that off of Franklin" Cassius said as he gestured for the four thugs to start walking foreward.
Backing up nervously, Harry winced when his back hit one of the many pillars in the station. Cassius raised a brow, "Whats wrong Drake"
"I was hoping to get through the day without a fight" Harry said shrugging and dropping the duffle, before snapping foreward with a fist that sent the lead thug stumbling back.
This signaled the other thugs to start attacking, and Harry was forced to duck as thug 2 took a swipe for his head. Kicking the thugs legs out from under him, he dived through the legs of thug 3, once more praising the fact that he was a naturally short and slender person. Rolling to his feet, he pivoted bringing his leg up, and kicking the third thug in the temple dropping him down out cold.
Taking a step back as the forth thug threw a punch, he grabbed the fist yanking it towards him as he stepped in, before he turned and flung the thug over his shoulder and into thug 1 as he tried to flank him after regaining his senses from the first punch Harry nailed him with.
The two thugs groaned as Harry smirked "One two and three, now wheres four" he said, before grunting as a fist was buried into his gut. Stumbling back as he tried to bring air back into his winded lungs, his eyes widened, and he ducked down as the thug went for a second punch.
Stepping towards the thug he slammed his right palm into the thugs chest channeling some magic into the hit to send the thug flying. Gasping slightly as he wiped some sweat off his forehead his eyes widened as he heard Daxter cry out "Harry, the score"
Turning around he saw, Daxter trying to get to his feet, and Cassius disappearing into the crowd. Growling "Not this time blondie" he said taking off after Cassius, sweeping Daxter up as he passed him, and his black duster billowing slightly behind him, as shocked french men and woman just watched in awe.
Shouldering past the crowd, he saw Cassius going up the stairs towards the surface. Sprinting after the man, he leapt onto the rail and with years of practiced precision, he ran up the railing with Daxter hanging on for dear life. Kicking off once at the top, he once more channeled his magic, to make a normal leap into an extraordinary one.
Seemingly flying, the fifteen year old crashed into Cassius bring him down to the ground and causing him to lose his grip on the duffle. Rolling of the man, he leapt to his feet as he saw Cassius do the same.
"Paris Cas, and the first five minutes I was here and your already trying to get me banned and deported" Harry said.
"Your the one that stole from the Guild" Cassius growled.
"That was fair game, your just pissed that I just swooped in at the end and swiped the duffle" Harry said glaring at the man.
Cassius growled before charging the boy with surprising speed to the normal eye, but to an eye trained from the age of five to notice even the slightish moment or the fastest it was nothing. Jumping back to avoid the first hit, he stepped in and threw his own punch which Cassius avoided easily. For all the apparent ease that he dealt with the thugs with, against Cassius he was hopelessly outmatched and they both knew it.
Ducking as Cassius sent a fireball at him, he stood up eyes wide as as Cassius fist nailed him in the face. Groaning as he fell to the ground seeing stars, he quickly scrambled to his feet, only for Cassius to be gone with the duffle and the french police to be surrounding him. Blinking the black spots from his eyes, he nervously scratched the back off his head, "I'm assuming it wouldn't matter if I said he started it"
A/N: So theres the first Chapter, you meet Harry Drake(Potter), Daxter his sidekick and best friend whos a talking Ottesel, Cassius a man from the Guild, and you see that Harry is a capable fighter there are people better than him and he can be taken by surprise. You learn more about the Guild later, about what was in the duffle next chapter most likely, and what happens now that Harry is surrounded by the Parisian Police. As you most likely saw, the fireball was a distraction and if you really want to know it disappeared as soon as Harry ducked under it. Im not going to demand or beg you to review cause i have more dignity than that but if you do, dont tell me its a great story or its a bad story or i should update soon, ill update when i want to but do tell me how im doing and what i can do to improve, as thats what reviewing is for, though i wont go piss crazy if you just write good chapter. Next in Harry Drake Adventurer Extraordinaire its Harry stint in custody, some stuff about his past and the mysterious duffle and who Harry was bringing it to
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