Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone & The Parent Trap

Chapter 1: Harry's Love Interest

Harry Potter's summer holiday didn't go very well. First, he had to make his own relatives breakfast, listen to his cousin rant and rave about how many gifts he had, and went to the zoo to find that he could talk to snakes. Vernon Dursley vowed that they would run away from the letters that came flooding into their house and soon went to a shack in the North Sea. After a few hours of drawing a cake in the sand, he met Rubeus Hagrid, Keeper of the keys and grounds at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

"We'll have to go to the United States to pick up a couple girls, and we're off to Diagon Alley," said Hagrid. "They're at a camp, so we'll be fine."

"Hagrid, won't people be looking at how large you are?" asked Harry as they sped off in a boat in which Hagrid used magic to speed it up. Hagrid winked and Harry smiled. They finally reached the bank of a large lake at Camp Walden. "Blimey, this is brilliant!"

"Now, these girls don't know about Hogwarts," said Hagrid, "well, one of them might, but we can't be too careful, eh?" They walked toward an older counselor. "Excuse us, ma'am, but where can we find Hallie Parker and Annie James?" The counselor asked why, and he handed her an envelope.

"I see, Mr. Hagrid," said the counselor. "I'll have my daughter and right hand counselor, Marva Junior escort you to the girls' cabin. Marva, please take these two to the Isolation Cabin?"

"Yes, Mom," said the younger counselor. "Hi, my name is Marva Junior, and I'll be your escort for this afternoon-whoa, you're huge!" Hagrid grunted as he and Harry followed her across a bridge and up a path to a secluded cabin. "There you are, the Isolation Cabin."

"Thank you, Marva," said Hagrid as she left. "Let's go meet our new friends, eh, Harry?" Harry nodded and gulped nervously as they went up to the cabin. Hagrid knocked on the door and two girls answered. "Hello, could we come in? It's getting a little nippy, and we could use some warmth." The girls nodded and let them in. "My name is Rubeus Hagrid, but yeh can call me Hagrid."

"I'm Annie James, and that's Hallie Parker," said one of the girls. Harry couldn't tell who was who, but the one she was pointing at was very beautiful. "Who are you?"

"I'm Harry," said Harry shaking her hand, "Harry Potter." The girl gasped and almost fell down at his feet. "What the devil is your problem?"

"Nothing," said Annie rushing over to her sister. "Hallie, that's Harry Potter!" Hallie winked at him, which made Harry smile a bit. "Don't tell me you like him?"

"Are you nuts? He's really cute," Hallie whispered. "I don't think I've ever liked a boy in my entire life." Harry heard this and blushed. "So, you're him, huh?" He nodded. "Well, it's nice to meet you." Harry's heart jumped at her touch as she shook his hand.

"Well, the reason why we're here is because there's something you should know about yourselves," said Hagrid clearing his throat. Hallie and Harry's eye contact broke and both stared at different parts of the room. "You girls are witches."

"What?" asked Annie surprised. "You mean we can do magic and fly on broomsticks and such?"

"Well, once you're trained up a bit you can," said Hagrid. "Anyway, I have a letter for the both of yeh, and if you'll follow me, we can get ter Diagon Alley so we can buy yer stuff." The girls nodded and grabbed their trunks. Once aboard the boat, he leaned in toward Harry. "I think Hallie has a bit of a crush on yeh, Harry."

"I know," said Harry, "I have a crush on her, too, but I I don't know what made me like her this much. It could be her rebellious attitude or her fingernails, but I can't tell if it's anymore than that."

Hallie and Annie were talking about Harry in the same sense he was talking about Hallie. "Annie, he's so cute, I wouldn't mind dating him at eleven right now," she whispered. "If I could, I would kiss him here and now!"

"Hallie, are you sure about this?" asked Annie. "I may not know you that well yet, but I can tell when youre...you're in love! Oh, God, you're in love!"

"You got it, sis," said Hallie with a giggle. "I am and I'm not afraid to say it." Annie smiled more than she had for weeks. "Man, I can't hold my thoughts! I love him, and that's all there is to it."

The trip to Diagon Alley was very fun. Hagrid took the three of them to Gringotts Bank and went to Harry's vault. Hallie, Annie and Harry gasped as the vault opened revealing piles of coins. "There yeh are, Harry." Seeing his face, he said, "Yeh didn't think yer parents wouldn't leave yeh nothin' did yeh?" Hallie couldn't help but think, 'Oh, God, he's rich! I'm in love with a rich wizard!'

Hagrid took them to Ollivander's Wand Shop and said that he had a birthday present to pick up for Harry. When they entered the shop, they saw a man with whispy white hair and a shadow of a beard walk up to the counter. "Ah, Mr. Potter, I was wondering when I would see you," he said. Mr. Ollivander handed Harry a few wands to try and ended up with a holly and phoenix-feather wand. After an explanation about a Dark wizard giving Harry the scar on his forehead, and that his wand shared said Dark wizard's core, he moved on to the girls. "Well, Miss James, let's try this one. It's cherry with a unicorn hair core. Thirteen and a half inches." Annie waved it once and red and gold sparks flew from the tip. "Good! Now, you, Hallie." She wound up with an ebony and Thestral hair wand. "Brilliant. For three wands, that would be six Galleons and four Sickles."

"Harry! Happy birthday!" yelled Hagrid as they walked out of the shop. He was carrying a snowy owl in a cage. "I already named her for yeh. Her name is Hedwig." He also carried two owls in cages behind his back for the girls. "Hallie, yers is a brown owl named Storm, and Annie, yeh get Moonbeam, the tawny."

"Thanks, Hagrid!" the girls said in unison as they hugged him. "What are they for?
"They carry yer mail," said Hagrid accepting the hug. "When yeh get to Hogwarts, they'll go ter the Owlery. If yeh need 'em, go there and yeh can send yer parents letters and what not." Hallie had a sudden urge to kiss Harry on the cheek, but fought the impulse with difficulty. "Hallie, are yeh alright?"

"Why wouldn't I be?" she asked nervously. "I'm fine, seriously. Totally cool." Hagrid rolled his eyes along with Annie and they walked on to the Underground so they could go to King's Cross Station to catch the Hogwarts Express.