Here's the next chapter hope you like it. Please read and review, Hermione xxx
Hannah woke up full of excitement. Today she was going to learn how to how to aparate but first she was taking her first trip alone to Diagon Alley. The elves would escort her there and wait in disguise outside each shop as she did her shopping and as they would change their disguise each time she wouldn't be able to tell where they were. This would give her a sense of great freedom. She ran into her closet and chose a fashionable pair of jeans with a nice polo-neck jumper on over it and a fancy looking cloak on over that. She was wearing some stylish brown boots. She had in some earrings and her hair was in a ponytail. She ran downstairs telling Bibly she would be getting her breakfast in Diagon Alley. "That's alright Hannah. Now stay safe ok. Here's two galleons please pick me up some toffee fudge squares!" she asked politely. By getting Hannah to buy her something it would give her something to focus on and give her a great sense of achievement.
She entered the floo calling out Diagon Alley most clearly as she left in a whirl of green flames. Lolly, Jinx and Sooty were all going with her in disguise. She knew this and knew it was for her safety but as she wouldn't be able to tell which ones they were it would to her really feel as though she was alone. She had enough money on her to buy some of what she wanted however would need to pop to the bank for a bit more later on. She went into The Leaky Cauldron first and had some breakfast. She put up a wandless notice me not charm so she could enjoy her breakfast in peace and watch what was going on without being disturbed. She listened as a small family sat into a booth beside her own one on the opposite side of the pup. There was a mother and a son and daughter. They were all red heads however they were lighter then hers. It was the Weasley family however those that were not present were currently at Hogwarts. They were talking about the wonders of Hogwarts making her smile. It was when their conversation changed that she was most interested.
"Mum! Tell Ron he has to make friends with Harry Potter the boy who lived and tell him I'm going to marry him!" whined Ginny. "Ginny dear do try not to whine. Yes Ron it's true she will be marrying Harry Potter or the boy who lived. I am determined that at least one member of the Weasley family will be well off. Ron she does have a point. You have to be Harry's best friend as it will aid us greatly. He needs to feel secure with us so Dumbledore can put him in with his muggle aunt and give us all of his money. Think of it children, no poverty ever again, no hand me downs. Yippee!" she called out. Hannah knew she was the girl who lived and knew also that for some strange reason everyone thought her name was Harry Potter and couldn't help but laugh her head off at all they were saying. As she herself was in disguise she could do whatever she wanted to. She approached the bar handing in two galleons. "I'm paying for what I had and since the Weasley family there won't shut up about poverty I'll be paying for their breakfast as well just this once. Tell them that the boy who lived paid for it as it will shock them and I'm all about shocking people!" she said as Tom himself looked shocked but agreed none the less.
When Molly Weasley approached the counter she got the shock of her life. "Mrs Weasley you don't have to pay as the boy who lived heard you were here and so has paid your bill for you!" he said as she nearly fainted. "Tom would you please watch these two for a few minutes I just need to go somewhere very quickly but I'll be back!" she said as he agreed. She ran over to the floo and called out to be sent to Dumbledore's office at once. She arrived shocking him. "Yes Molly dear how can I help you. I assure you that all of your boys are fine" he soothed. "Yes I'd say they are however this isn't about that. I was in Diagon Alley having some breakfast with my family but when I went to pay for it I was told by Tom that the boy who lived had already paid for it. He's back Albus and we need to find him. He may well still be in Diagon Alley!" she said seriously. He leapt from his seat at that. "Come on let's go now. Minerva I have urgent business in Diagon Alley. I will be gone two hours maximum see you later!" he said sending off his patronus and leaving with Molly via floo. They arrived at The Leaky Cauldron and Dumbledore approached Tom. "Tom Molly here tells me the boy who lived paid for her breakfast is that right?" he asked seriously.
Hannah had used wandless magic to insure that Tom believed every word she said when she was talking as it was no fun if he didn't believe her. "Yes indeed he did. It was awfully kind of him as he didn't have to!" he said happily. "Be that as it may he must be found. What did he look like?" he said as Tom smiled. "Oh yes he had shaggy black hair and glasses. I would have only known who he was because of how he looked and of course because of how he said it!" said Tom as they left the pub. The Weasley children joined them in their search. They found a boy matching that description and were just about to take him away when a woman approached them looking fierce. "What are you doing to my son!?" she snapped. "This is the boy who lived my dear so he cannot be your son!" said Dumbledore forcefully. "Mummy I'm scared! Help me!" the boy called out. The lady smacked Dumbledore with her handbag and was soon enough joined by the father of the child.
"What is the name of your son here?" he asked the man. "My son is called Andrew John Simmons and what on the hell is it to you Chief Warlock!" he said forcefully. "Ma'am I am sorry but someone told us the boy who lived looked like this and so we thought this was him. We didn't mean to scare you!" he said as they left. "You know what Albus? If he's here he's shopping and he'd have needed to visit the bank for money so let's check there!" said Molly happily. "Molly you genius let's go!" he said slightly annoyed that he hadn't thought of it himself. They entered the bank and he went up to a teller. "Excuse me good sir but I was here with Harry Potter the boy who lived and he got away from me and I was just wondering if he by chance came in here to withdraw anything from his accounts?" he asked the teller who looked as disinterested as he could.
"There is no one with that name who has an account here I am sorry!" he said as Dumbledore fumed. Clearly this guy wouldn't have told him anyway even it was true. "Please can you tell me if any Potters have an account here?" he said as the goblin looked up in awe. "I don't see why I should but as you only want a name no problem. The only person with an account here under that name is Hannah Potter!" he said seriously. Dumbledore looked totally deflated. He knew that there was no Hannah Potter in that family so as such the trail had gone cold. Damn everything to hell! Well he'd just have to wait two years after which Harry would be at school for sure. He left Molly at home and returned to school feeling bitter indeed. Someone had obviously pranked Molly he could see that now. Hannah went into the bank to access some of her funds.
"Lady Hannah Potter please come with me to a side office for a moment!" said the goblin she was dealing with. "Yes sir is everything alright?" she asked him seriously. "Well earlier today Albus Dumbledore Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Chief Mugwump of the IWC and Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot and Mrs Molly Weasley were in here earlier today inquiring about your accounts. They were looking for a Harry Potter but we have no record of him here as there's only you. I am guessing they confused Harry with Hannah. I only told them that you were the only one with the surname Potter and they said you were definitely not the one they were looking for and left feeling very sad. I Just felt like you should know they were looking into your accounts. They didn't get any information other then your name. Now how can we be of service to you today?" he asked her happily. "Wow that is a surprise. Should they come asking again please send me a letter at home about it ok? I'd like a magical purse into which I can summon my money from my vaults. However I want to be the only one who can. Is that possible?" she asked politely.
"I will be sure to write to you should that ever occur again with times and dates and so on. Indeed it is. We have a various range of purse designs to choose from. We have red, teal, purple, pink, zebra print, leopard print and lastly polka dots. Which would you prefer?" he asked her. "I would prefer the leopard print please." He asked her for a sample of her blood which he set into the purse so only she could access it or open it. This prevented robbery as anyone who did take it couldn't get it open no matter what magic they tried. She left once again with her trendy purse after refilling it magically and went into the potions store purchasing two books on all the safety precautions of Potions making. Next she bought two books on the most important things in potions that everyone should know. She went into the sweet shop buying the toffee fudge squares for Bibly. Next she went and bought herself some new blue sparkly shoes and a matching dress and cloak. She then left and headed home. She gave Bibly her toffee fudge squares and went to find Sooty at once. She was now in the large piano room with Tippy learning how to apparate properly.
"Now then young miss we will be aparating to the other side of the room and then around the house. Now for apparition to work you need to focus solely on why you are going where it is you are going. Are you going there to shop? To attend class? to collect someone or something etc. Now for the moment I want you to get me a book from the bookshelf at the other side of the room. When it works it should feel to you like your body is being sucked into a small tube and spit out again. using wandless magic turn around on the spot and envisage what you want to do. Do not worry if it doesn't work straight away as this thing takes time to get right ok!" said Tippy as Hannah was filled with excitement at the new thing she was learning. Focusing on what you were doing and why had been very sound advise. she turned around focusing on getting a book from the book shelf in the corner and moved only a few feet. She instantly felt like a failure but remembering the advice now felt fine again. After forty five minutes of trying she got it right. She was sent all over the house and gardens to collect various items for Tippy and was elated when she got it right. "Tippy this was so exciting. Please will you teach me a tough charm? I feel like I'm on fire right now and that I could do anything!" she said as Tippy looked at her puppy dog eyes impression making her laugh.
"Ok but just one. If you can't get it right now we'll come back to it later on and no complaints. This charm is very hard to learn and takes some people years to master. It is called the patronus charm and when it is cast it can protect you against dementors like the ones in the books and papers you've read. They can if they find you suck out your soul killing you and making you feel as though you'll never again be cheerful but this spell can stop them. Now look at me. Each person has their own animal form that their patronus takes the shape of which is unique to their personality. Some patronus' come out in a white mist and others take the form a white floating animal. These animals can be used to send the dementors away quickly and can even be used to send messages to someone in an emergency situation. Now for this spell to work you need think of a time when you felt most happy and allow this happy feeling to fill you all up to the brim. Once you feel totally full of happiness say the words Expecto Patronum" said Tippy happily. Hannah thought of the time herself, Neville, Susan and Hannah had all camped out in the garden in a luxury tent roasting marshmallows and sharing stories earlier this year. it had been her best birthday yet and she truly did love all of her friends. When she felt happy enough she called out the spell words willing her magic forward and felt totally confident that everything would be alright. Much to the shock of Tippy this came easier then apparition had to Hannah. She was astounded as a great white blue-ish coloured phoenix flew out from her extended hand calling out a relaxing and beautiful song as she flew around the room finally landing on Hannah's shoulder and nuzzling her happily before disappearing once again. "Well done Hannah I'm so proud. It appears this was easier for you to learn then apparition. Good job. That's the end of our lessons today. See you later on I love you dear one!" said Tippy hugging Hannah and kissing her face gently before leaving once again. "Sooty!" she called out from the piano room where she was now sitting after her lesson eating some flying saucers.
"Yes Missy! Sooty is here!" she said happily jumping up and down on her feet in joy. Sooty was always such a happy elf. "Would you like one? I learned the Patronus Charm and how to apparate today!" she said excitedly to Sooty who smiled. "Well done my dear I am proud to hear your studies are going so well. Thank you Missy that would be lovely!" said Sooty taking one of the flying saucers and eating it. "Please can you deliver these books to Neville Longbottom and ask that he read them both carefully for me?" she asked Sooty who agreed and left giving both books to Neville as a gift from Hannah. he was most pleased and gave Sooty some Herbology books for Hannah in return which he himself had bought for her yesterday. Sooty returned giving Hannah the books who was delighted and instructed her to leave them on her bedroom dresser where she'd read them later on. When Sooty returned Hannah spoke to her again. "Please Sooty tell me all you know about Albus Dumbledore. They said at the bank today that he was inquiring into my accounts to see who owned them and when he found out who it was he wasn't interested anymore. I overheard Molly Weasley telling her children that her young daughter was going to marry Harry Potter the boy who lived and take all of his money for Dumbledore. I want to understand this better. I mean you and I know that Harry Potter is really me but I want to know if this means they will still try to get my money!" she said as Sooty raged.
"They have no right! Damn thieves! HOUSE MEETING!" Sooty screeched as everyone including Marnie came in. She explained everything that Hannah had told her. "What should we do Marnie?" asked Sooty in concern. "I would advise we all watch out carefully for the moment. Nothing may come of this yet again everything may come of it so be prepared to act immediately if you need to. Minnie go over to the Weasley household undetected and invisible for one hour and then report back to us what you have learned. This may tell us what they were really trying to do today" said Marnie seriously. Minnie left and they waited for her to return with Hannah doing some more colouring in which she found so relaxing especially at a stressful moment such as this. An hour later Minnie returned looking shocked and somewhat disgusted.
"Minnie what have you learned?" asked Marnie all the house elves looking at her in concentration. Even Hannah had stopped her colouring to see what she would say. "While there I found and magically copied many books labeled Harry Potter and the whatever it is. Basically they depict Harry as a hero who can slay dragons with a wave of his wand or sword and he usually always gets the damsel in distress who needed saving. Molly was reading these to her daughter Ginny and explaining to her that once the time was right she would be marrying Harry and would have all of his money. She was told she'd be rich beyond measure and need only ask in order to get Harry. Unfortunately it's gets darker. Ginny asked her mother what would happen if Harry didn't want her? Her mother said that Ronald and Dumbledore would pump him full of love potions until she was all he could think about. I am worried about their sanity!" she replied shedding a tear and hugging Hannah close.
"Do not worry little one we will never let anyone harm you but we must watch out for when they figure out our Hannah here is a girl they may try to pair her off instead with their son whether she likes it or not. I will be coming with you to school as most pureblood house elves do with their masters. I will be working in the kitchen and using my magic I can detect you and test your food and things for you without anyone even seeing me. As my magic works faster then light when I want it to I can change your poisoned food or drink with that of the person whom sent it to you without their knowledge. After all this is my area of expertise! But you may call Lolly at any other time you need her" said Bibly kindly. Hannah was astounded at her kindness even now. "Bibly you are so kind. I love you and I know I am very lucky! Oh I just love you all so much" she said smiling whilst shedding a tear and kissing the head of the elf who couldn't have looked prouder nor more happy. As she went upstairs to bed she requested to have and read all ten of the stories as they were only about ten pages each and were an easy read.
"Sooty!" she called out Sooty popping in to where she was now perched sitting up in bed the books spread in a semi circle around her. "Yes Missy Hannah" said Sooty happily. "I need you to contact a lawyer for me sometime soon. I did not do these things and I think the person who has written these things is performing slander is what I think you called it against me. It's not fair to do this to me. Now please wait till I go to Hogwarts and reveal myself to do anything but please gently look into it for me. Please don't say it's about these books and just say it's about a set of books written about someone who didn't say they could be written about them nor have they ever done what is written there. Whoever is writing this cheesy drivel will pay!" she said looking fierce. How dare someone lie about her like that and get money from it. Any young lady worth her weight in gold knew it was never acceptable for someone to lie about you in print and get rich off it. She had after all been coached clearly to know this from day one.
"I will do as you say Hannah. No one should get rich off you like this and you are most correct I did say before that this is called slander in our law lessons. I am impressed you're learning so much. My sister Soppy works for a lawyer and so she can get me a moment alone with her master. He's very friendly and will have no problem answering my questions. I will go now and see him and when I return I shall tell you what he says!" said Sooty leaving at once. Hannah decided she'd have a hot chocolate as she waited for Sooty to return. It surprised her as Sooty was back in forty minutes.
"He is a busy man but he could spare me time. I said my master is a celebrity and a set of books have been written about him which are not true and were not sanctioned by him for publication. I told him that he will not be ready to press charges for another two years as he is so busy right now but I asked him if we had a case and he confirmed that we do. When the time is ready he has asked that I come to him and as my sister is his personal elf like Lolly is to you he would consider it an honour. Now then it's time for bed little one. I'll tuck you in. Are you finished with your drink and did you brush your teeth?" asked Sooty happily. "Yes I did. I am finished with my drink thank you. Goodnight sweet Sooty!" said Hannah as her eyes drooped shut the room filling with the sounds of her gentle breathing. Sooty relayed the message the lawyer had given to her to everyone before they all went to bed themselves each of them tired after all that had happened to them that day. It was some very contented elves who went to bed that night safe in the knowledge that when the time was right whoever had been writing those books would get their comeuppance. Whoever it was would regret ever doing so. They all however suspected it was the doing of the ministry or someone there within and they would be so satisfied when justice was served.