Harry Potter Love Story (all of the plot and credit and characters except for mine belong to J.K. Rowling all credit from any HP material I use belongs to her not trying to make any money off of her work, all credit belongs to her and the director of any Hp movies that have passed and have yet to come)
It was a warm and ordinary day in London,though the nights were chilly, it was a fine day none the less. I sighed as I browsed the shops in Diagon Alley. In two days it would be Harry's birthday, and I had no idea on what to get him. I knew what Ron and Hermione were getting him, they told me so I wouldn't accidentally get the same thing, Ron got Harry a sneakascope, which is supposed to light up whenever someone untrustworthy was around, and Hermione got Harry you guessed it; a book. Quidditch through the ages, the new addition, of course I kind of yelled at her in my letter, because she stole what I had planned to get him. So here I was, killing two birds with one stone, I say that because I was also buying my school books, and Lupin had managed to raise enough money to allow me to get a pet; I vaguely remember Hermione saying that she was getting a pet also. Lupin said he wanted to give me a pet to make up for not being around all the time, though I told him it was no big deal and that he didn't have to, but he insisted. I walked into the Quidditch shop that was in Diagon Alley and searched around, a lot of the stuff was too expensive, but then I saw something, it was a broomstick cleaning kit. I took one off the shelf and look at it, it was an ordinary case, but inside had all the stuff you needed to clean your broomstick, and let's just say that I thought that Harry's broom needed to be cleaned since he didn't use it over the summer. I was so happy I had found something for Harry's birthday and I just barley had enough money to buy it. I smiled happily but jumped when there was tap on my shoulder. I turned and saw the store's clerk and owner. He was young, late in his forties probably, had a fit and athletic appearance, and had tan skin.
"Is that what you're looking for?" the man asked kindly.
"Yes it is, I was wondering if I could have it wrapped too, I'm giving it to someone as a birthday present." I said still smiling.
"Of course, now normally we cost extra for wrapping, but because I'm in such a good mood I'll give it to you for half price, and I won't charge you for wrapping. Before you say anything I could tell that you wouldn't have had the money to pay for it, because of your clothes, no offense." he said giving me a small smile.
"None taken, I hope I'm not getting special treatment for that." I said frowning.
"Nope, because I'm in such a good mood, today everything's half price, I just forgot to put it on the sign, let me do that now while I'm thinking about it." he said pulling out his wand.
He waved it and I saw the prices become half off.
"Now come on, let's get this paid for and wrapped up, your friend is really going to thank you for this." he said taking the kit.
"He better, his broom is a mess, he lives with his aunt and uncle, who don't like the sport, so they don't let him practice." I said, it wasn't a complete lie, and I didn't want to go telling everyone about his privacy.
"Ah, so you thought even though he can't play over the summer, at least he'll be able to keep his broom in perfect condition, rather then stay in the broom shed and collect dust?" He asked opening the cash register.
"Exactly." I said handing him the money.
"Tell me, I'm curious but where do you go to school?" he asked while counting the money.
"Hogwarts, my friend goes there as well, we're on the Quidditch team." I said proudly.
"Congratulations, well here you go." he said finishing the wrapping.
"Thank you. Have a good day sir." I said leaving.
"Have a good year at school."
"Thank you sir."
I walked out and started to search for Lupin and saw him in the pet shop. I entered and saw some of the most bizarre animals there. There were the normal pets from cats, toads, bats (the normal non blood sucking kind), owls, and rats. But then there were the anything but normal animals, vanishing toads that lived up to their name, and colored hamsters that changed their color depending on their mood.
"Hey dad." I said standing behind him.
"Hello dear, which cat, out of these five, do you want most, it can only be one of these because they are the only ones I can afford." Lupin said.
I looked at them, there was one of those fat cats, an orange tabby, a plain white cat, a Siamese cat, and a gray kitten. I picked up the kitten and saw that it was a female and had big green eyes, the kitten couldn't have been older then three weeks at the most.
"I take it you want the kitten?" Lupin asked tiredly, probably because the full moon had just passed.
"Yes, I love her already." I gently hugging the kitten, it purred in my arms.
I then heard something crash and turned just in time to see a orange tabby, not the one that was on the stand run.
"No Crookshanks!" the store's manager cried.
I then saw a mass of bushy brown hair, there was only one person I knew that had that type of bushy brown hair, then I heard a frightened squeak of a rat and heard another familiar voice shout, "Scabbers come back, leave him alone you big hairball!"
Just then the orange cat, whom I guess was Crookshanks landed on my shoulders, glaring at the commotion. I handed Lupin the kitten before grabbing Crookshanks, who quickly calmed down in my arms, and walked over to them. I saw Ron running out of the store but saw Hermione.
"Hey Hermione!" I called.
She turned and I noticed that her hair looked a little straighter, it wasn't long anymore it now stopped above her shoulders, and looked a lot better. She had also grown taller over the summer, though we were now the same height, so I'm guessing around 5"0.
"Hey Sam. It's so good to see you, I wasn't expecting to see you until school started." She said hugging me as best she could with Crookshanks there.
"We didn't really have enough money to come here during the summer, so we ended having to wait until last minuet. Plus sense it's so close to the start of school we're staying here in the Leaky Cauldron." I said as she pulled away.
"That's were Ron and I are staying. I'm still jealous at the fact they spent a whole month in Egypt."she said.
"So are you here buying an owl?" I asked remembering that in her letter she was thinking about buying one.
"Yes, but I'm actually thinking about buying a cat now, look you go see if you can find Ron while I go look for an animal, oh and here take this Ron left his tonic for Scabbers on the counter and I'll take Crookshanks." she said and we exchanged items.
I turned to Lupin and told him that I was off to find Ron, he smiled and said to not be late for dinner. I then set out to find Ron.