"Ok we're all set." Mike turned back to them, "I'm going to take you to find a wand in the wizard section then we'll meet up with Mark and he'll set you up in a hotel nearby. A few days to sightsee with us here and then we'll be moving to a less wizard heavy area. We'd move right away but Gringotts hasn't set up your expense account yet. Should be ready tomorrow but we'll plan a few days in case of trouble. Let's move out."

Harry and Dudley stood and followed Mike out the door and down the hall. They passed through the main bank that looked remarkably like the one in London. Once they were out the doors though they knew they weren't in London any longer. The store fronts looked much more modern. Both gaped as they followed the man down the walkway. He stopped in front of a store and looked back at them before smiling and leading them in. Boxes lined the shelves, boxes of wands. They weren't behind the counter like at Ollivanders. They could just walk up and take one off the shelf. Harry hadn't seen anything like it.

"Hello." A woman approached Harry. She had a name tag that said Sally, "Can I help you?"

"Sally, my young friend needs a replacement wand." Mike grinned cordially, "Had a bit of a problem with the old one."

"Mike, I didn't see you there." She smiled back.

"You wound me. Not noticing your utterly gorgeous boyfriend for a couple of scrawny teens?" Mike put his hand on his heart before whispering to the boys, "Not that you're scrawny or anything really."

"You are not my boyfriend." She frowned at him.

"But you didn't say I wasn't utterly gorgeous." Mike grinned and touched her nose, "I'm making progress."

Harry laughed, he couldn't help it. Mike reminded him of Sirius. Sally turned on him and said, "Don't encourage him."

"Sorry." Harry chuckled, "He just reminds me of my Godfather. He thought he was quite the ladies' man too."

Sally joined him in his laughter, "I like you. Ok now to business, what kind of a wand did you have before?"

"Holly and Phoenix feather." Harry provided.

"Odd combination." She said thoughtfully, "I don't think I have one like it. This is all the holly I have." She led them to a section and pulled one down, "This one has dragon heart string why not give it a go."

Harry held it and gave a swish. Sparks flew out the end but he handed it back, "Not really comfortable. I don't think so."

He tried every variety of holly wand she had but didn't find a fit, "Maybe you need Pheonix feather then." She walked over to the wall and tapped it with her wand. Around them the shelves swirled for a moment before coming to a stop. She pulled them to another area and said, "Ok here are all my Phoenix wands."

"That was cool." Harry exclaimed, "What kind of spell was that?"

"Oh not so much a spell really." She said, "It's more like a sorting option. The last customer wanted a specific wood so I sorted the shop for that. This time I sorted by animal. If you wanted just any feather I could sort by type. We built it into the shop as a way to help people looking for certain things. When the eleven year olds start looking for wands though all that is thrown out the window and we just have to search."

"Why?" Dudley asked.

"The wand chooses the wizard." Sally told him, "You must be muggle if you didn't know that."

"I am he's my cousin so I'm just watching." Dudley explained, "I didn't get to go when we were eleven."

"Good a new experience for you then." She grinned and started pulling boxes down for Harry to try again. Still not having any luck she began to ask some questions, "Do you have any affinity for certain magical creatures?"

"I like hippogryffs, phoenixes and unicorns." Harry said.

"Any direct contact?" Sally asked.

"Not unicorns but the other two I have." Harry shrugged, "I've also come in contact with acromantulas, dragons, a basilisk and a Sphinx. But those are just the big things. I've handled all the regular care of magical creatures stuff too."

"I have got to know, how did you manage to have contact with all of those?" Mike wondered.

"At school." Harry shrugged.

"Someone brought an acromantula to your school?" he asked.

"No." Harry laughed, "A colony lives in the forest on school grounds."

"How did you run into them?" Mike asked, "If they live there the forest should be out of bounds."

"It is." Harry laughed, "It's called the forbidden forest for a reason. But if you think that keeps kids out your crazy. I went for a good reason though. My friend Hagrid was being accused of a crime and I was trying to find evidence of his innocence. Unfortunately the one who could tell me where the evidence was lived in the middle of the colony, he was the oldest one of the group and told me where to find the evidence. Then of course he sent his brood after us and we barely made it out."

"If that's how you met the spiders I don't want to know how you met the others." Sally shuddered.

Harry glanced at Dudley and saw a shocked look on his face, "You ok Dudley?"

"Those are all real animals?" he asked bewildered, "I don't know what all of them are but dragons and unicorns are real?"

"They're tightly regulated so muggles don't run across them." Harry explained, "If you found a unicorn you'd know magic was real. I'll tell you about the others later."

"Did you say the acro whatever could talk?" he asked.

"Yes acromantulas are really large spiders that can manage human speech when they get older." Harry explained, "And when I say large I mean as big as a small bus."

"Oh." Dudley looked pale, "And you met one."

"I met a colony of them." Harry said, "Only two of them were that large. Then there was a handful that was car size. The rest of the several hundred of them were smaller down to about the size of a small dog."

Dudley shivered and they went back to the job of finding Harry a wand. Finally they found a wand that worked for him and felt comfortable. It was a hawthorn wand with a hippogriff feather, eleven inches. By the time they had found it Dudley had given up watching and was stretched out on a padded seat.

"Dudley we're done." Harry shook him.

"Finally." He stood, "I was beginning to think you'd have to just improve on your wandless magic."

"I'll try that too." He said, "That way if I get disarmed again I won't be helpless."

"You can do wandless?" Mike asked.

"Some small things." Harry said, "I've done Episkey and tergeo."

"Then there was all that stuff when we were kids." Dudley offered, "You know I was thinking, last year I thought you dropped your wand with those things were after us."

"I did but I yelled out the lighting spell and the tip lit up so I could find it." Harry shrugged, "I don't know if that is technically wandless magic or not."

"It is." Mike answered, "If you aren't touching a wand then it's wandless even if the wand is involved."

"Good to know." Harry replied, "Did you have any other stops for us?"

"No I was just going to take you to the hotel." He answered.

"We don't have any other clothes or toiletry kits." Harry said.

"Can't you just magic us some?" Dudley asked.

"No remember I can't do magic outside of school." Harry pointed out.

"We don't have a law like that." Mike said as the left the store waving at Sally as they went, "You can't do magic around muggles unless they already know about magic. You can't use anything labeled dark. House hold spells and any practice for school related stuff is fine. Tell me how can you do your homework if you can't do magic outside of school?"

"Boarding school." Harry explained, "I live there nine months out of the year. Summer work is usually just essays."

"That explains it." Mike agreed, "We'll be exiting the wizard section through that door. On the other side is a muggle store. This is a shopping district near the amusement park called Universal Studios. You'll be staying nearby. Let me give Mark a call and he'll get you some stuff."

"Do you think we can go to the park tomorrow?" Dudley asked.

"Yep." Mike answered before pulling a small item out of his pocket, "Mark they need clothes and toiletries." He paused for the answer. Harry realized he was talking on a small phone, "Ok we'll meet you there. Bye."

"Cell phone." Dudley whispered while Mike was still talking, "They work almost everywhere."

"Never seen one." Harry shook his head, "I didn't realize I'd missed so much in just the five years I've been gone."

"They're a lot cheaper now. Almost everyone has one." Dudley replied, "I tried to get Dad to buy me one. He said he would when I went back to school this year."

It didn't take much time for them to reach the hotel where they finally got to meet Mark. It ended up that Mike was Mark's younger brother. Mark was a squib, but it didn't matter in the least to either of the men, they worked well together. While Mike was getting them to the hotel Mark had picked out a few outfits for each as well as toiletries.

"Nice to meet you Potter, Dursley." Mark greeted them after a quick conference with Mike, "Just so you can relax I haven't seen any new wizards roaming about. Gringotts won't start throwing a hissy fit until you two are safely away from the wizarding world or in a less densely populated wizarding area."

"Are you both coming with us?" Dudley asked.

"Yes we will be your shadows for the foreseeable future." Mike explained, "Mark will be our scout. He has an affinity for spotting wizards so we'll know what we are walking into. We will follow at a safe distance. If he tells us to leave we are to leave with no questions asked."

"Won't he be in danger?" Harry wondered.

"No they can't sense him." Mike said, "If there is a concentration of them in one area we'll avoid it. He'll backtrack and catch up. If there is a dangerous situation I'll be handling it and you'll leave with Mark. I know you took out that bad dude Harry, but until you have practice with the new wand you should avoid dangerous situations."

"Ok." Harry answered happy to finally have actual answers to his questions. If only Dumbledore had treated him the same way then maybe Sirius would still be alive.

"If you don't mind me asking why did everyone leave it up to you to kill Voldemort? Surely an auror or at least an adult could have done it." Mark looked confused.

"A prophecy was made saying only I could kill him." Harry shrugged, "Everyone believed it and I have to think there was something about it because of the lights."

"What lights?" Mike asked.

Harry explained what had happened from his point of view. No one said a word as he explained about his scar and the connection to Voldemort. When he told how the lights felt Mike gasped and the others looked to him.

"Did you tell the aurors about that?" he asked.

"No one asked me anything about actually killing him. Most of the aurors had arrived just before Voldemort disappeared to possess me. They seemed to know what happened." Harry said.

"Idiots." Mike raved, "They didn't ask you anything?"

"Professor Dumbledore told them I had to be questioned with my guardian present." Harry said, "They were supposed to visit me at Privet Drive this summer. He asked them to give me some time to grieve."

"Sounds like Dumbdork didn't want your side of the story out." Dudley pointed out, "Besides isn't he your magical guardian? I thought that's what that one goblin said."

"I need to get Grim back here and give him this memory." Mike huffed, "This is very important. You guys stay in the hotel tonight and we can order room service. Harry, keep your wand handy just in case. I'll try not to be long."

True to his word Mike returned just under an hour later. He found both boys on the couch watching the television while Mark sat in the kitchen at the remains of a pizza, "We saved you a piece or two."

"Thanks." Mike grabbed a slice and sat at the table, "How are they doing?"

"Fine they're good kids." Mark answered, "Dudley asked what kind of hotel room had a kitchen so I had to explain condos to them. Basically they just seem to be catching up. Guess they were both in boarding schools."

"England is like that I guess. Have we got a line on one for Dursley?"

"No not yet. We're still waiting on his transcripts. He says he gets terrible grades." Mark offered, "Never liked school and all that."

"Well he should get caught up this summer. He'll be doing that while Potter works with his new wand." Mike said, "If we get outnumbered he would be good to have on our side."

"Dursley boxes." Mark added, "Said he had joined the school team this year."

"Even better, I hate working with helpless victims, it's much better if they'll help save themselves." Mike grinned, "Have you gone over protocol?"

"Yep." He replied.

"Mike you're back." Dudley looked over his shoulder, "Any pizza left?"

"There is one more slice with my name on it and then the box is empty." He laughed, "What happened to the other box?"

"It's the only food we've had all day." Harry replied, "What happened at the bank?"

"Grim was thrilled." Mike confirmed, "Evidently they had a magical surge that particular day and you may have given them the cause. They're investigating that now too. You're expense account has been set up so we are free to sightsee for a couple of days then we're off."

"How much do we need to reimburse you for the clothes and things?" Harry wondered.

"Not a thing. That was already covered." Mike shook his head, "You two should head to bed. I know local time is only seven but that's midnight your time and you've had a long couple of days."

"No wonder I'm knackered." Harry yawned, "It's also way past time for my bruise potion."

"Will it hurt me if I put it on your back?" Dudley asked.

Harry shrugged but Mark answered, "It shouldn't but we'll let Mike handle it. He needs to see what damage is left after the healer anyway."

"But I'm eating." Mike complained making the boys laugh.

"You can finish after Potter is set." Mark smacked his head.

"I can wait until you're finished." Harry offered.

"No I'm just giving you sh… I'm just teasing you." Mike altered his words at the last second these kids didn't need his language added to everything else, "Let's go you'll need to strip to the waste and lay on your stomach then I'll leave and you can finish. Do you have anything on your legs?"

"Minor bruises." Harry answered, "I can reach all of them. The healer said his hardest punches were on my face and upper body. He was aiming for unconscious so I wouldn't leave before he finished me off. Lucky for me I have a higher tolerance for pain than most and Dudley came back for me."

The next morning the four of them entered the park. Mark kept ahead of them and only turned them away from one ride the whole day. For the rest of the day they were able to stay on the opposite side of the park as the magical group that they had run across. The next few days were quite pleasant for the group. All too soon their time was done in Orlando Florida.

"Where are we headed?" Dudley asked.

"Sorry but I can't tell you until we get there." Mark replied, "Protocol in case someone has bugged this place."

"Like those spy movies, makes sense." Dudley agreed.