OC Dimensional Journeys: World of Harry Potter Chapter 3: Making Friends and Helping Harry

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FYI: This fic will follow most of the content from the Harry Potter Franchise, I decided to focus on this story again since the anniversary of the first Harry Potter book was not too long ago but don't worry I only plan to do a couple of chapters for this and then possibly move on to the second chapter of my "The Flamel's & The Chamber" Fic

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Previously:

I blink as a silence permeated the shop as nothing but the clicking and sounds of thread and needle being used were the only things that I could hear as I turn towards a shy looking Harry.

I try my best at a comforting smile and give my introduction and greeting as he looks towards me with a tense look about him but kindness in his awkward smile as I speak.

"Hi, my names David; what's your name?"

He seems to relax a little as he returns the greeting with a slow growing smile as he says to me.

"My names Harry, Nice to meet you."


Diagon Alley, London, England (David's POV) - Now

I watch as Harry looks about the small clothing store of Madam Malkin's with a curious look in his eye.

I myself have been also keeping an eye on Draco Malfoy as he appears to be doing the same to the both of us as he is getting fitted and suited up with his Hogwarts Uniform.

I keep myself wary of the boy and wonder how this should play out since I am here to possibly stem any arguments or stall both boy's from properly meeting each other and talking.

I decide to get the ball rolling as I look again at Harry who is now inspecting a row of already made robes and outfits for customers to browse at and possibly buy then have fitted for them by the owner of the store, they are near the back of the store and away from where Draco is getting fitted..

I walk to him and say to the dark haired and spectacled young wizard, "Harry."

This gets his attention as he merely looks at me and asks, "Yeah David?"

I continue with my words as I say to him in question, "Have you just arrived at Diagon Alley or is this your first ever trip here?"

Harry is a bit hesitant but after a moment he answers me saying, "Yes to both questions."

I nod as I then say to him, "So you may need some information and general knowledge about the Wizarding World then including stuff that you can get from Diagon Alley."

Harry appears more eager now as I can guess he is starved for information about magic and all the details of being a wizard.

I am more than happy to educate him, but I decide to maybe halt most of the info as I ask him, "What do you know so far then?"

Harry has a thinking look about him as he speaks a few minutes later saying to me, "I know there is a Ministry of Magic and some man in charge named Fudge, I know that Knuts are little bronze coins that Wizards use for money; along with silver coins being called Sickle's while Gold ones called Galleons and that we all get our Wizard money from Gringotts Bank."

As I listened to some more facts that Harry knew I can guess that most of the info is the stuff told to Harry by Hagrid which seems to be taking cues from the book more than the film if Harry already knew what happened to his parent's and his confrontation with Voldemort as a baby.

I speak after checking that Draco has not heard anything from Harry but it appears that he is now nearly finished with his fitting and is now leaving after speaking to Madam Malkin about some things.

"Not bad but not great, however we can build on that knowledge with some books and research if you have not got your books yet."

Harry appears a bit disappointed at how little he knows but that is why I am here to help him now.

Harry shakes his head and says to me, "This is the first shop I've been in since leaving Gringotts."

I nod to show I understood and say to him, "After we get fitted and sorted here why don't we both go to some of the book shops around the Alley if that is okay with your guide."

I say this as I point to Hagrid who is in the window waving and cheerily smiling at Harry as he spots us with two ice cream cones in his hands.

Harry gives a small wave back as I turn to the patient owner of the clothing store who is waiting for us with a kind smile.

I tap Harry on the shoulder, ignoring the slight flinch of the boy as my finger taps him.

I say to him, "Well we'd best get a move on then if we wanna have time to browse the shops."

I point to Madam Malkin as we both soon head towards her and stand on the stools provided as she starts on Harry first.

I watch as the Witch orders and requests Harry various things like moving his body or appendages in a certain way so she can get a proper fitting as the cloak of black fabric draped around Harry starts to shrink and mold to Harry's body and stature, regardless of the too large and threadbare clothing that was also currently worn by Harry.

I can see why as the thread and needles used to help the process along appear to be enchanted to help the fabric along in fitting Harry for his uniform.

The occasional wand wave is mixed in as she casts spells to quicken up the process.

As the woman nearly finishes up with Harry I ask him, "Do you have any sort of regular clothing or winter clothes besides what you already wear?"

Harry appears a bit embarrassed but he answers me after a moment, "Nothing really besides my cousin Dudley's old clothes or anything that was cheap was given to me for clothing."

I nod and say to him, "You could get a new wardrobe since we are here and if there is anything that you want that is of non wizard origin then you can just have some of your wizard money transferred into non magical money like Pounds and Penny's."

Harry seems unsure as I know he will possibly think that his relatives would most likely burn or destroy any new clothes he could buy.

I come up with an answer as I say to him, "If you're worried about how to carry it all you can get a bag and trunk with spells to keep your stuff safe from any damage or nasty things that may happen to them."

While I have been talking to Harry I have been making sure to follow Madam Malkin's instructions as she has now moved on to me which is taking less time since I already had robes made by her and she is merely fixing and spelling ones that my mother left with the seamstress to be taken in or down so they can fit me.

She gives a last flick of her wand as my robes are now enchanted to grow as I do for the year since that is how long the charm lasts.

She speaks to us as she says to us kindly, "That's you both done now; come back a little later and I should have the rest of your robes done by then."

I look at Harry as he seems unsure of what to do, I make a suggestion as we begin to make our way out of the store.

"Why don't we meet up at either the Book shop's of or the Supply store where they sell Trunks and things like I told you."

"Why later and not now?" Harry asks me in a confused manner.

I reply in turn, explaining my reasons.

"Well I do still have to find my Mother and older sister as I bet they are either at the magical pet shop getting supplies for my sisters cat and possibly in the Owl store next door to it getting some treats for my own Owl, Alexander."

Harry appears to understand as he nods and says back, "That seems reasonable."

We have now left the store and are now standing not too far away from Hagrid who comes over and hands a cone of ice cream with two separate flavoured scoops of ice cream on the wafer cone and what looks like chopped nuts topped on it.

Hagrid speaks to Harry as he hand him the ice cream, "ere yeh go 'arry."

Harry soon replies as he says back, "Thank you."

I can just catch his voice going a little choked up at being given such a simple thing as a ice cream cone.

I push this aside as I notice Hagrid has now seen me.

The large man soon asks Harry, "Who'se yer friend 'Arry?"

Harry answered soon after a few licks of his cone of which he appears to enjoy.

"This is David, he was just getting a new stuff like me."

I nod as I explain further to the large man of whom I have been wanting to meet in person for a long time.

"Yeah, I'm just here in the Alley with my mother and sister who should be around here in one of the other shops so I may see you both again soon in one of them."

I give them a farewell and begin to make my way in finding my parents but I am stopped by a large arm that blocks my way as I look back and up at Hagrid who has now stopped my progress in finding my family.

"Oh no, I'm not gonna let some kid wander the Alley by 'imself; you're coming with us and we can find your family as we go about and get school supplies for 'arry."

Hagrid says this with a stern look and posture as I can see he will not budge on this so I give Harry a shrug and simply say, "Oh well it looks like I'm gonna be sticking around with you then Harry and Hagrid of course."

Harry has finished his cone as he watched all this go on and just gives a small smile at possibly spending more time with me which I am glad as it seems like Harry is now feeling more friendly and responsive to me which is a good start in making friends with him.


London, England (David's POV) - Later on

I can certainly say I have helped a little in making sure Harry was a little more prepared for Hogwarts with how I managed to persuade Hagrid in letting Harry buy some extra stuff that was either not in the list or not mentioned in Harry's own list.

One of the more beneficial items was a more upgraded trunk which was enchanted to be only opened by Harry or those he trusted since the special trunk came with a key and lock that were charmed to only open when Harry or someone he gives the key to can open or lock it.

If that wasn't enough security then the added enchantments that used warning and stinging charms to those who tried to steal the key or trunk or open it by force did certainly help.

I did hope that this would stop the Dursley's from taking Harry's trunk off of him.

One of the other things that I did was have Hagrid take us to some of the other book shops as I told him that some of the stores sold a few of Harry's books at a cheaper price.

Some of the store's were a bit small for Hagrid to enter so I managed to allow Hagrid to let us get the books as I said to him that I knew what to do and would be able to help Harry get his books.

Hagrid of course watched us both through the small window as much as he could since half the window was covered in stacked books.

This gave me a chance to get a few books that would instruct Harry a bit better in certain subjects like Potions as one of the most needed was a book written by an anonymous potion maker and brewer that explained and gave warnings on many potions that a student will learn in Potion classes.

I remember a copy of this in my family's library and I planned to take it with me for Hogwarts as I knew that some students would benefit from it as I asked Isis if the book was in the Hogwarts library and to my surprise it was not or rather there was only one copy and it was in the restricted section for some odd reason.

I did wonder who put it there and why it was put there.

I let it go and we then moved on to the quill and ink shop where I managed to snag the last copy of a display book that gave instruction and lessons on how to write with a quill.

I knew this would help Harry a bit as I remember he did have some struggles with writing using quills.

One of the last things needed, besides the trip to the potion ingredient shop for the standard stuff for potion classes along with the other smaller miscellaneous items needed, was a wand.

That trip went as I remember reading from the book and seeing in the movie, or rather it was a mix of things since Hagrid left soon after we entered saying he had a small errand to run which I knew exactly what he was getting for Harry.

I kept quiet through the process of Harry meeting Ollivander and getting his wand, besides giving a greeting and listening to the older man rattle off the details of my own wand, Harry learning about his parents wands along with the ominous words of the wandmaker as he gave his chilling praise of the power and magic that Voldemort wielded with his wand that was the brother wand to Harry's own wand.

I did however manage to haggle with the man about giving Harry a holster for his wand.

I already had one at home so there was no need for me to get one but Harry seemed to appreciate the help as I also had Harry be given a special polish and cleaner for his wand so that it is in top condition when he goes to Hogwarts.

I nearly bust a gut though when Ollivander gave his advice on the matter before we left the wand shop.

"Make sure to polish your wand every night after a day of using it."

I managed to smother my chuckles with a few well timed coughs as we exited the establishment.

Only to bump into Hagrid who carried a cage with its white feathered occupant giving a few barks and hoots to us but mainly Harry.

Hedwig had officially arrived and I loved the reaction of Harry's overwhelmed expression of gratitude towards Hagrid.

I did however tell Harry that he could use his owl to now send letters to people as we could send letters to each other during the time between now and Hogwarts.

This lead us to getting some extra parchment and envelopes and wax along with metal press stamper to make a proper letter for each of us.

I of course already had such things at home but I did help Harry pick ones he liked.

Funnily enough we managed to find a stamp that pressed the wax seal into the shape of a 'P' for Harry's last name which Harry picked a dark red wax for his own use of the stamp while I grabbed a few wax sticks that were all in a navy blue.

I of course already a stamp for my first name so it was a 'D' instead since my last name was a bit tricker to use with such a stamp.

Luckily we had just finished all this just in time to bump into my mother and sister of whom were a bit out of breath and frazzled since they must have bustled about the entire Alley trying to find me.

This of course led to my mother giving me a rather stern lecture about making her and his sister worry so much.

Hagird of course came to my defence saying that he made sure to look after them and how he did not want a child to wander about on his own.

My mother soon recognised Hagrid which seemed to calm her a bit as she spoke to him about remembering him from when she was a student at Hogwarts.

Hagrid of course soon began to remember seeing her face once or twice when she was a student and this soon developed into a nice conversation between them as we all made our way out of the Alley and towards The Leaky Cauldron, after getting my own and Harry's uniforms before we left.

During this my sister introduced herself, after a bit of starstruck wonder at meeting Harry, which soon developed into a conversation between them of what Hogwarts was like and some things that Harry may need to know about the castle since she had some experience with classes and such.

I of course gave an occasional piece of input or factoid that I remember from some of the books I read.

When we made our way to leave I had a sudden idea as I said aloud to my mother.

"Mum, Harry may not have any proper clothes for when he doesn't have his uniform."

My mother seemed to blink and look in surprise at Harry as she asked for more details.

After some encouragement from me Harry soon explained about his clothes and how they were hang me downs from his much larger cousin and that he did not have much in say of his own clothes.

Hagrid of course was shocked as my mother was which soon lead to us going to the non magical side of the street, after we made a quick jog back to Gringotts to exchange some of the Galleons and Sickles we had on us into Pounds and Pennies.

After that we went into a few of the local clothes shops to buy Harry a near full wardrobe which even though Harry protested a bit at he soon quieted down after I talked to him about just accepting it since it was a nice thing to get and how he would benefit from it later on.

Plus it helped that I told him how stubborn my mother could be when she got an idea or task into her head to complete.

Soon enough after we managed to squeeze and shrink down Harry's new clothes into his trunk of which had more space in it than at first glance which I guessed was an extra charm to make it bigger on the inside.

After Harry was able to lock it with his special key and padlock we then went our separate ways after saying our farewells and all that.

As I walked back with my mother and sister to take the floo home I wondered what else I could help Harry with if we did communicate to each other by letters, I did give Harry my address for him to write on his letter of which I then made sure to tell him how to send a letter by owl.

I looked forward to finding out.


Months leading up to Hogwarts - David's POV

My father was certainly surprised when my sister told him of meeting Harry Potter and how I seemed to have became friends with him.

He was a bit annoyed with me when I said that I left the robe shop without waiting for my mother and sister to return but when my mother told of whom Harry was with as chaperone he calmed down and accepted it.

I knew of course from stories given to me by both parents of how my father had tea with Hagrid once or twice when he had free time on weekends as a student and my mother talking with the large man about certain animals and creatures that existed in the Forbidden Forest.

Of course my sister did want to be friends too with Harry of which I had no problem with at the moment since it would be good to have her keep an eye on Harry if I did not manage to make it into Gryffindor since she could relay anything going in with Harry to me when I was not in lessons or in my own dorms rather than spending time with Harry.

The next few days after that were semi quiet besides the occasional visit from my grandparents or aunts/uncles of whom were also told the tale of how I met Harry.

Their reactions were as expected, shock and awe along with curiosity about Harry.

The only other break in the quiet monotonous motions of the days, besides studying on some of my books and certain spell motions practised with a fake wand I had on me, was my letters to Harry.

The first one was a bit messy and crumpled but I managed to get the gist of the letter.

It was just a simple greetings and a few questions along with a narrative of what was going on with Harry.

The bespectacled young wizard had explained that he got home to the Dursley's house from a train that left London and lead to the area that Little Whinging was located.

He'd let himself in from a spare key kept near the front door under a flower pot of which lead to Harry having the house to himself for a few days before the Dursley's had gotten back from the shack on that rock they stayed on during the whole letter debacle.

When they did get back Harry explained that his uncle had been furious with all that happened when Hagrid came to get him and what had happened to Dudley.

When they saw the trunk and stuff he got from Diagon Alley it nearly sent his uncle and aunt into a frenzy of anger until they tried to get rid of the stuff.

Which lead to a few moments of pain and confusion as whenever they tried to take anything of Harry's it ended up with them getting a sharp stinging pain in their hands or small painful warts appearing on their faces which soon cleared up or stopped as soon as they stopped trying to steal or destroy anything of Harry's.

Harry then explained in his next letter, which showed a bit of improvement in writing and lesser ink stains, that he was sure his relatives nearly had a heart attack when they saw the new clothes that Harry now had.

The same thing happened again when they tried to get rid of his wizarding stuff which ultimately lead to the Dursley's leaving Harry alone and just putting up with it.

Harry also said in one of his letters of how he was forced to explain how he was able to buy the things to his relatives, which made Harry worry that the Dursley's would try to steal Harry's money.

I had sent a letter back explaining how only Harry was allowed to withdraw money from his vault or those he trusted to be given his key to withdraw money and not his relatives since it is under the Potter name and not The Dursley's plus I had jokingly pointed out that if they wanted any of the money then they would have to go to Diagon Alley themselves.

I could imagine the look of amusement on Harry as he contemplated the Dursley's reactions to Diagon Alley, if their reactions to the stuff Harry bought there were any indication of what would happen then it was worth the letter I was given from Harry thanking him for the funny picture from that idea.

My sister of course loved Hedwig when she came and delivered letters to me, Figaro; my sisters cat though seemed to find Hedwig annoying for taking attention away from him when he demanded attention from his owner.

My own owl Alexander seemed to like Hedwig too from what Harry told me of when he dropped letters off at Privet Drive.

Harry got on well with Alexander too as he liked how fierce he looked and powerful his form was when he took flight.

Harry had already told me Hedwig's name in one of his first few letters to me of which I knew was unneeded since I already knew the name by heart.

Letters were of course not the only thing we sent each other.

I made up quizzes and small tests for Harry to try out to help with his now expanding knowledge and possibly improve his scores in classes to come.

The first small quiz I sent him was about the Potion book I had him buy and to see what he learned from it.

The starting questions were like this:

1. What ingredient is needed to be combined with Wormwood to make The Draught of Living Dead?

2. What will cure you from most poisons?

should the fire be taken off for the Cure for Boils Potion?

4. What should happen when the Cure for Boil's Potion has been brewed properly?

5. What essence is used for cuts and abrasions?

6. What is a common side effect of the Pepperup Potion?

7. What Snake skin is used in Polyjuice Potion?

8. What potion is used to counteract The Draught of Living Dead?

9. How many drops does the Wiggenweld Potion need of Flobberworm Mucus?

10. What ingredient must be stewed before being added to the Oculus Potion?

Some of the questions I used were for future help for Harry and others were just for fun.

Harry did quite well in his first attempt to answer the questions.

He got a couple wrong or slightly incorrect but Harry seemed to appreciate the help as the young wizard explained that it helped him study more on certain parts of his potions books.

I did warn Harry though of The Potions Teacher being quite stern and having a bit of a temper, explaining to Harry some of the things that went on in the classroom from stories my sister told me.

This seemed to make Harry apprehensive until I told him to just go with the flow and make sure to not cause any problems and he should be fine.

I wish I was as truthful as I wanted to be but I did not want to scare Harry too much.


That is it for this chapter for now, I do plan on doing the Train to Hogwarts and the Sorting net chapter but it may take a while so please be patient.

This chapter may seem a bit short its just I have no more ideas to put in it so I will simply end it here, see you all real soon.