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Wind of change

15 August 1991 Diagon Alley

Harry arrived in the Leaky Cauldron and hurried out of the fireplace to make space for his father. Just some seconds later his father arrived and the family started to move through the pub.

It was late in August so many families where in the Leaky Cauldron getting ready to shop with their children, to make them ready for the beginning of the next Hogwarts year on 1 September.

"Everybody ready? Follow me and stay close together. Diagon Alley is full of people at this time of the year, so try not to get lost" said Sophie while she started to walk to the back door of the pub.

Harry followed his mother while taking a look around. He could see Tom the bartender selling drinks to the many wizards and witches waiting at the bar. The whole pub was full of people eating, drinking and talking.

When they reached the back door and moved into the backyard of the pub the noise got muffled a bit, but they had a clear view of Diagon Alley. The entrance was always open in the last weeks until the start of the school year. Too many people were going in and out of the Alley and the pub, it would be annoying to open the archway every 3 minutes.

The first thing Harry noticed was the huge amount of people doing their business. Everywhere were witches and wizards either going into the stores or getting out of them with bags full of purchases or just going window-shopping with their friends.

"We first have to go to Gringotts to get some money and Harry will be able to go to his vaults for the first time." Nathaniel explained. They soon made their way to the imposing white marbled building with the name Gringotts on it in huge golden letters.

At the door stood 2 goblin guards nodding to the family. The family nodded back and went to the door. Harry read not for the first time the poem on the door of Gringotts:

Enter, stranger, but take heed

Of what awaits the sin of greed

For those who take, but do not earn,

Must pay most dearly in their turn.

So if you seek beneath our floors

A treasure that was never yours,

Thief, you have been warned, beware

Of finding more than treasure there.

He thought about when the last person tried to break into the bank and what would happen if they were to be caught. They entered the main hall of the bank with many goblin tellers working on their desks.

Nathaniel approached a goblin who was looking at a gold bar."Good morning Master Goblin" he said formally. "We need to visit the Davis Vault and our ward Harry Potter needs to get his inheritance".

The rather nasty looking old goblin looked up from the gold bars he was inspecting and to the family. With a frown he said "Well follow me to the conference room, we first will discuss the inheritance". He stood up from his desk and walked into a smaller corridor without looking back.

Harry and his family almost had to jog to catch up with the goblin. They walked for a minute until they reached a door stating "Conference Room 8". The goblin opened the door and let them in.

The family sat down on a coach while the goblin took a seat at a desk. He produced a thick ledger with the Gringotts seal on it. After a few silent minutes he found what he was looking for.

The goblin read out loud: "Harry James Potter is to inherit the Potter Trust Vault containing 5000 Galleons when he achieves 11 years of age. Furthermore he is to receive access to the Potter Storage Vault at the same time. The rest of his inheritance will be available on his 17 birthday or when he is emancipated."

Harry got excited, he knew what he would inherit because his parents told him already when he was younger. But he wanted to know what exactly is in the Potter Storage Vault. He hoped there would be some cool gadgets or toys he could take with him to Hogwarts.

"Before we can give Mr. Potter access to the vaults we have to be sure he really is Mr. Potter and no imposter. We have to make a Blood Test to be sure." The goblin said while searching for something in his desk. He took out a dagger with runes carved into it and a piece of parchment. "This dagger is made for Blood tests, slice open your palm with it and let 3 drops of blood drop on this piece of parchment, so we can see if you truly are Mr. Potter".

Harry gulped, he didn't like cutting his finger. He wanted to avoid the pain, he searched for his mothers eyes. Sophie saw that Harry looked warily at her, she knew he didn't like the pain but she nodded for him to continue.

The Goblin also saw the look in Harry's eyes and tried to reassure him "The wound will close as soon as 3 drops of blood hit the parchment, there will be almost no pain. You don't have to worry about it, only when you are not truly Mr. Potter you should worry" he grinned showing his sharp teeth.

Suddenly Harry started to doubt that he really is Harry James Potter, but he took all his courage and sliced his palm. He squeezed his hand into a fist and let 3 drops of blood hit the parchment. As soon as the 3rd drop hit the parchment the little pain in his hand was gone and he could watch the wound close itself.

On the parchment the blood started to flow into letters and words.

Blood Test

Name: Harry James Potter

Father: James Charlus Potter

Mother: Lily Potter née Evans

Without saying anything the goblin took 2 keys out of his desk. One was silver with the Potter Crest on it, a sword in the middle with 2 wands crossed over it. The other one was smaller and out of iron without a crest on it.

"The silver one is for the storage vault. The vault has the number 37. The iron one is for your trust vault, it has the number 687" the goblin explained. "I also have to tell you that in the storage vault you will find a Heir Ring, take it with you and slip it on your right ring finger. It has several charms on it, for example it warms up when poison is in your food or starts to vibrate when someone tries to intrude your mind."

"Do all the old families have such rings? Why does it have so much safety charms on it? And what do you mean with intruding the mind?" Harry asked instantly.

"Yes all the old families have them. You have to wear it all the time.

When you get of age or become emancipated it will change into the Head of House Ring. That is also the reason for the safety features. The old families wanted to protect their heirs when they are at school out of the reach of the family. And finally the ring tells you when someone tries legilimens on you. It is a form of Mind Magic and allows you to read the mind of a person." the goblin told Harry.

"Thank you for explaining this and giving me the key. I will search for the ring and make sure to wear it. Can we visit the vaults now?"

Harry finally said.

He watched Harry for a second and shouted "Sharpclaw". A door opened and a young goblin walked in.

"Take the family down to the vaults" the older goblin ordered still sitting at his desk.

"Follow me please" Sharpclaw said walking out of the door. The Family hastily stood up and followed him. They walked through some corridors for 5 minutes until they reach a cart on rails. The goblin took the driver seat and waited for the family to enter the back seats.

"Which Vaults do you want to visit?" the goblin asked Nathaniel.

"First Vault number 687, then number 254 and number 37" Nathaniel answered.

Without a notice he turned a lever and the car zoomed off down the rail into the darkness. The car was extremely fast, faster than any broom Harry had ever ridden. After 10 minutes they arrived at a platform and the goblin stopped the car.

"Vault number 687, key please" Sharpclaw said while getting off the cart. He held his hand open and waited for Harry to give him the key. As soon as Harry got out of the cart he gave Sharpclaw his iron key.

The goblin walked to the door and opened it. In front of them was a huge amount of gold coins stacked neatly on top of each other.

"Each stack contains 10 Galleons, and there are exactly 500 stacks" Sharpclaw explained.

"How much do I need for the school utensils?" Harry asked his mother who still sat in the cart.

"For the school stuff you need around 65 Galleons but if you want to buy something extra or more expensive things you should take about 150 in my opinion." Sophie answered.

Harry nodded and went into the vault. At a wall was a bottomless pouch with a feather-light charm on it. Every vault with over 100 Galleons in it had such a pouch for free, so the owner could get as much Galleons as he needed.

He took the pouch and shoved 25 stacks of Galleons into it, he wanted to buy only the best so he needed a little extra gold. When he came out of the vault, the goblin closed the door and they entered the cart again.

After another 5 minutes they arrived at the Davis family Vault. Here Nathaniel got out of the cart without the goblin. He placed his hand on the family crest in the middle of the door. The crest was made out of a eagle with a wand in his claws. As soon as Nathaniel's hand touched to crest the door made a "click" sound and swung open.

Inside was a big pile of gold, a parchment at the entrance of the vault said : 23 097 Galleons, 731 Sickles, 2475 Knuts

On the sides of the vault were several trunks with heirlooms and belongings of long dead Davis family members.

Harry felt bad. He just realised that his parents only had 5 times more gold in their family vault then he had in his trust vault, and he knew that his family vault had even more Galleons in it. At this moment he vowed to become emancipated and independent as soon as possible. The Davis family paid for him almost all his life, even thought he inherited more money than they had. He didn't want to take even more from their money in the next years.

Nathaniel put around 300 Galleons in his pouch to pay for his son and his daughter. They agreed that Harry will pay for his school stuff with the gold from his trust vault. Harry insisted on it, he told them he had enough money and didn't want to take so much of theirs, so they reluctant agreed to it.

The next ride on the rails was longer. It took them 20 minutes and they even passed a dragon until they reached the Potter Storage Vault. Sharpclaw explained that the Potters where an Ancient and most Noble House, they were one of the first Houses to store gold at Gringotts, therefore they had their main vaults in the high security part of the caverns.

When they arrived at vault 37 Harry climbed out of the cart with the goblin. He just wanted to give his key to the goblin like the first time but Sharpclaw said "This time you have to open the vault, put your left hand on the Potter Crest. It will draw a bit of blood to verify that you are from Potter blood. At the same time you have to insert the key with your right hand. Turn it after the door took your blood."

"Do I have to put my blood on it every time I want to enter the vault?" Harry asked with worry.

"Only the first time, it is needed to key you into the wards of the vault, only humans from Potter blood can enter the vault" the goblin explained.

Slowly Harry placed his left hand on the crest and his right hand inserted the key, when he felt pain her turned the key and the door opened.

The inside of the vault was huge. The ceiling was over 10 feet high. The walls on the left and right were full of bookshelves and the wall on the other side of the entrance was stacked with armour and weapon racks. There were about 6 different armours made from different materials and over 20 weapons like swords or maces. Now Harry understood why there was a sword on the crest of his house. His House obviously had a long history of warriors.

On the floor were many old looking trunks tagged with signs, most of them said something like "furniture", "paintings" or "decoration", so Harry ignored them and looked for something he could take with him. He found another one with a lot of jewels in it, several rings, bracelets and necklaces.

The rings had tags on them, some were from old marriages other had special charms on them. But under one ring Harry found a tag saying "Heir Ring". It was the ring the goblin talked about, it was made out of white-gold and had runes carved into the inside. On top of it was a ruby with the Potter Crest carved into it.

Harry looked at it in awe, it was beautiful and gave a warm felling. When he slipped it on his right ring finger he felt the warmth spread through his whole body and with a little flash of light the ring adjusted his size to his finger.

After closing the trunk with the jewels he looked around and saw more trunks in another corner of the room. They had mostly furniture in them.

But one of the trunks looked almost new. Harry opened it and saw about 20 small leather books, and a box. He looked closer at the books and realised it were the diaries of his long dead parents, after looking through them and realising they were from their 7 years in Hogwarts he decided to take the trunk with him. He almost forgot about the box in the trunk. After making sure all the diaries were stored he opened the box. In it were 3 books:

"The Marauders Guide: How to Become an Animagus"

"The Marauders Guide: How to Make a Map "

"The Marauders and the Beautiful Art of Pranks"

for all 3 books the authors were called Padfoot, Prongs, Moony and Wormtail. Harry knew the names from somewhere, but could not say for sure where he heard them or who was behind those nicknames.

In the box was also a card saying:

The Invisibility Cloak, most valuable heirloom.

Harry saw no cloak, so he read the card again and guess the invisibility was the problem. He put both his arms in the box and searched for the cloak. After a few seconds he felts something soft in his hand and grabbed it. He took it out of the box and saw that the inside of the cloak was visible, it was silver and looked more like a fluid than a fabric. Without hesitation he put the cloak on and looked down.

There was nothing, his legs and chest were invisible. Harry was happy to finally have something that reminded him of his parents. He made sure to store the box with the books and the cloak together with the diaries back in the trunk. After everything was stored securely he started to heave the heavy trunk out of the vault.

As soon as he left the vault the door closed behind him.

"You found something interesting?" his mother asked when he got to the car.

"Yes, I found a trunk with diaries form my parents and trunks full of things for a house like paintings and furniture. There were also swords and armours and several huge bookshelves filled to the brim." answered Harry excited, after thinking about the books he looked at the goblin that was still standing next to the door and asked.

"Sharpclaw can you tell me why the vault is full with books? I would have guessed that at the family home would be a library where the books are stored."

"I think your know that your family was targeted in the war against Voldemort?" the goblin asked. After a nod from Harry he continued. "In 1978 the Death Eaters attacked your grandparents and destroyed the manor. Your family bought the estate from us, because of this we went to the manor and collected everything that was valuable after the attack. We did the same of the estate in Godric's Hollow."

"That makes sense I guess." Harry said, he turned around and saw his family waiting for him in the cart. "Could you shrink the trunk please? I want to take it home to read the diaries?" he asked his mother while pointing at the trunk he just heaved out of the vault.

"Sure" his mother answered and tapped the trunk with her wand. "I also made it feather-light so you are able to carry it around without collapsing for the rest of the day" she smirked.

Harry secured the trunk in his pocket and entered the cart. The ride back to the surface took another 20 minutes. When they arrived outside of Gringotts it was almost 1 pm and even more people filled the alley. The family agreed to take a lunch break at the Leaky Cauldron before they would finally start with the shopping.


After the dinner they planned the shopping trip.

"Let's go to the book store first!" said Tracey.

"Your such a Ravenclaw, I don't want the books now. Can we go buy the wands first?" whined Harry.

"Don't be so mean to your sister, Harry" Sophie scolded him. "We will go buy trunks for you two first. You will need them with all the shopping we will do. After that we go to Flourish and Blotts for the books. It is the only store we have to go together. Roger only needs his books and new robes. We buy the books and split up after that. Nathaniel goes with Roger to Madam Malkin for the robes and will buy potion kits and a telescope for all of you. We three will go buy the wands after the books and do the rest of the shopping. We will meet at home after we are all done." she explained.

The trunk store was one of the first in the alley only 3 houses away from the entrance. They walked into the store and it was full of trunks and had wooden planks hanging on the walls showing the different sorts of wood they use for the trunks.

"Go look around what trunk you want and tell me or your father. Harry you have to pay this yourself now, the books where a late birthday present." Sophie told the kids.

Harry knew he had to buy for his own now, they talked about it at home. His parents wanted to pay for him but he insisted to use his inheritance to buy his stuff. He started to walk through the room looking for a wood he likes for his trunk. There was everything from common woods like birch, oak and spruce to the more expensive woods like walnut, teak and rosewood.

Harry decided to buy a rosewood trunk, he like the red colour. At the counter of the shop was a young woman. She saw Harry walking to her and asked "Hello can I help you?"

"I would like to buy a trunk from rosewood" Harry answered.

"Okay what size do you want it to be and what charms do you want on the trunk?" the woman asked again.

"I take a 1,5m to 0,5m trunk and can you tell me a list of the charms you have?"

"Yes certainly, the trunk will cost 50 Galleons without charms. Each charm you add will cost 5 Galleons more. We can add for example a shrinking charm, or a permanent feather-light charm. We are also able to make it fire and water proof, we can add a password or enlarge the inside of the trunk. We can add traps that react to people trying to open it and more."

Harry thought about the different charms a few moments and said "I take the shrinking and feather-light charms and a password protection".

"Okay the trunk will cost 65 Galleons, we already have one of those ready. Just come over here" she walked into a corner of the shop and showed him the trunk.

"You see this rune on the side? Tap it with your wand to make the trunk shrink, if you want it normal just tap it again." she demonstrated it by tapping the trunk.

"If you want a password we have to do it in the shop so think about it. When you are ready tap the trunk with your wand and say 'set password' and then the password. You can only configure it once so make sure to remember the password."

Harry gave the woman the Galleons and took the trunk into a small corner of the room. He tapped it with his wand and said "Set Password … The Marauders." It was the only thing he could think of that had a meaning to him but was secret from everybody else.

When he was done he went back to the front where the rest of his family was waiting for him. He showed them the trunk and they got out of the store.

Next on their plan was Flourish and Blotts. It was down the alley near Gringotts. After a short march they arrived and went in.

"You can look around if you want some extra books while I order the school books." Sophie said. To make it easier for the customers Flourish and Blotts have prepared packages for each year of Hogwarts. Every summer when the letters are send to the pupils they also get a letter with the different book list for the years.

While Tracey and Roger started to run into the store looking for more books they could buy. Harry was not so eager, he liked to read but if was not his passion. He loved to fly on his broom or play games with his siblings.

Harry entered to store and looked for some books to waste his time with until his mother has finished buying his books. He remembered the books he found in his trunk. One said something about Animagus and he wanted to know what that is. He searched the store for books about animagus and found information about it in an advanced transfiguration book.

It said that the Animagus Transformation is the technique to change the body into an animal. It is not to mistake for human transfiguration, because for the animagus transformation you need no wand and you are able to change into a human or animal at will.

Harry got instantly interested. He wanted to learn how to change into an animal and started to read more. But not halfway through the first chapter it said that the transformation is only possible when your magical core is stable and stops to change, this happens at the end of the magical puberty. Because of this the transformation is only taught in hogwarts in the years 6 and 7, and only if your core is stable and you are powerful enough to achieve it.

The book did not say more about animagi so Harry placed it back into the shelf and searched for his mother to ask if she finished.

When he found her at the counter she was about to pay for the books, Roger and Tracey were already there begging their mother to buy them all the books they found. Each of them had about 10 books they wanted, Sophie only paid for 5 from each of them.

Outside of the store they split up. Roger and Nathaniel went to Madam Malkin on the other side of the alley. Tracey, Sophie and Harry walked back to the beginning of the alley where Ollivander had his Wand Shop.

There were about to go in when a chubby boy stumbled out of the store followed by a old looking lady.

"This man always creeps me out, taking 30 minutes just to find a wand? I can't believe it took him so long, this was outrageous!" she almost shouted to nobody in particular.

The boy was oblivious of his mad grandmother. He had dark short hair and a pale face, his eyes were blue. On his forehead was a big lightning bolt scar. When they passed Harry and his family he saw the boy staring at his new wand in awe.

"This was the Boy-Who-Lived!" exclaimed Tracey happy. "I can't believe I saw him here, do you think he will also go to Hogwarts this year mum? I want to see him more often."

"Yes he is your age, so he will be at Hogwarts to. Now come into the store and stop staring at the back of the boy" Sophie smiled.

Inside was a old man with grey hair and grey eyes. "Ah Miss Davis got to see you. Birch and Unicorn Hair, 11 and a half inches?" he asked.

After a nod from Sophie he continued "Was one of the first I made. It is perfectly balanced, good for all magic, but not special in a single art."

Finished with his little speech he noticed the 2 children standing in his store. "You both want a wand?" Tracey and Harry nodded. "Well ladies first. Which is your wand arm?" He said to Tracey.

"Ehm, I'm right handed." Tracey asked more than she stated, she guessed the wand arm is the arm your write with.

Ollivander started to measure her with a tape. After some seconds he let go of the tape but it just kept going on its own. Tracey was staring at the tape when Ollivander gave her the first wand to test.

"Holly and Dragon Heartstring, 13 inches, give it a wave". She took the wand and waved it. There was a loud bang and a cupboard flew open.

"Hmm the wood is too stiff, try this one again its Dragon Heartstring but with walnut as wood, it is 12 and a half inches long." Ollivander commented.

Tracey gave it a wave and this time blue sparks flew out of it.

"Perfect we found a match! The wand is good especially for charms." Ollivander exclaimed while Tracey beamed with happiness.

"Now it is your time young man" He said while looking at Harry.

Harry knew what will happen and put forth his hand. After the tape measured Ollivander brought in the first few wands.

"Let's start with Rosewood and Unicorn Hair." Harry waved it and nothing happened.

"Hmm curious, try this one Birch and Dragon Heartstring." again nothing happened when Harry gave it a wave.

"Okay the next is Yew and Phoenix Feather." When nothing happened again Harry became sad, he thought he wouldn't get a wand. But Mr. Ollivander had a big smile on his face.

"As you see you fail to produce magic with the wands I have in this store. Every wand has Unicorn Hair, Phoenix Feather or Dragon Heartstring as core. These are the common cores in Great Britain. Almost every witch or wizard has one of these. But there are more cores one can use to create a wand and it seems like you need a custom made wand. You had no reaction to the 3 common cores." Ollivander explained. Harry's mood lightened up again, he will still get a wand, just a custom made one.

Ollivander walked back into his store and told them to follow. In the back behind the shelves with the wands was a workshop.

"The wand will cost a bit more than the normal 7 Galleons, because we will most likely use a rare core for the wand. Now Harry come over here. You see the wood blocks? Close your eyes and hold your hand over the blocks. Tell me when you fell a connection to one of the woods." Ollivander explained to them.

Harry hovered his hand over the blocks. For the first moment he felt nothing but in the middle of the woods a got a warm feeling, the wood was calling him. He took the block and opened his eyes. It was like feather almost weighting nothing. The colour was almost white but still a little bit brown, Harry thought it was beautiful.

"This is Arkor, a magical tree. The tree grows only on mountains over 3000m high. Next come over here. This are the rare cores I have. Just close your eyes again and search for the core you will use." said Ollivander when Harry put the wood block down on the workbench.

Harry walked to a table, on it were over 20 vials. He closed his eyes again and searched for the feeling he got with the wood. After he got over the most cores he got the good feeling again with one of the vials on the right corner. He took it and gave it to Mr. Ollivander.

When Ollivander opened the vial Harry could see that it was a silver feather. He asked Ollivander what it was.

"This is a feather of a magical bird living in the Himalayas. It is related to the eagles, you could say it is its magical brother. Because of its silver colour most people just call it Silver Eagle. Now that we are finished I will create the wand, you can watch if you want it only takes around 15 minutes."

They agreed to watch Mr. Ollivander working. He first cut a small 11 inches long piece out of the woodblock. On the one side it was as small as a needle and on the other it had the size of a Galleon. He cut out a hole into the thick end of the wand, after that he inserted the feather.

Before the feather was inserted he took a string and tied it around the feather so the feather would get thin and fit into the wand.

When the feather was inserted he cut another piece of wood out of the block and used it to close the hole. After the hole was closed he carved 3 runes on the side of the thick end and one big rune where the hole was.

"The 3 small runes will seal the hole. Because the wand is made only for you I will need a drop of your blood. I will spill the blood on the one big rune. After this the wand can only be used by you and will not work at all for anybody else." Ollivander explained.

Harry pricked his finger with the knife Mr. Ollivander used to make the wand and let a drop hit the big rune. After the blood was on the rune It glowed for a second and all runes on the wand were gone invisible.

"Okay now you can take the wand and give it a wave"

As soon as Harry touched the wand he could feel the connection, it was like his long lost brother finally came home. It filled him with warmth. He waved it.

Harry expected sparks coming out of it, the same way Tracey's wand did. But there were no sparks, when he waved it out of nowhere came a huge blast of wind. Harry's here got even more messy than they normally are, The long hair of Tracey, Sophie and Mr. Ollivander was streaming around their heads with no control. As fast as the wind came it was gone and the workshop was a mess.

The blocks of wood all dropped to the floor, the vials with the cores were scattered around the table they sat on. The robes they were all wearing were dirty with dust.

Harry apologized several times for the mess he created.

"It is okay my boy, I should have expected something like that. You see your wand is very stiff, perfectly made for transfiguration but the wood and core both give your wand a high affinity to air. You should have no problem with casting elemental air spells. Because of the air affinity the wand did not make sparks but created an air current out of nowhere in the shop."

Harry was awestruck, so his wand was not only perfect for transfiguration but he also had a high wind affinity, he started to think about the cool stuff he could do with wind spells, how many pranks he could play on people with it. His daydreams were stopped when he heard his name being called.

"Mr. Potter … Mr. Potter you need to pay for the wand..." Mr Ollivander tried to get Harry's attention. "Because of the rare materials it will cost you 20 Galleons, I also want to recommend wand holsters to both of you, they are very practical. They are charmed so you can summon the wand into your hand with only a flick or your wrist, they cost 4 Galleons each."

In the end both Tracey and Harry bought the wands and the holsters. They secured them on their right forearms and put their wands into them.

"The only things left on the list are the cloths, let's go to Madam Malkin and get you measured." Sophie said and started to walk down the alley.

Inside the shop both Tracey and Harry got measured for their school robes. With them was another boy with blond hair.

"You also go to Hogwarts?" he asked.

Both Harry and Tracey nodded.

"I am Draco Malfoy" he said extending his hand to Harry that was right next to him.

"I'm Harry Potter and this is my adoptive sister Tracey Davis" Harry said while shaking the boys hand.

"Nice to meet you. So in which house to you think you will get sorted? I will go into Slytherin of course, it is the best. They only let the Purebloods in. All my family went there and as the heir to the Malfoy name I will get there for sure." He said arrogantly.

"I don't really care in which house I go, I'm just happy to finally go there and learn real spells." Harry answered.

"So you would go to the Griffindorks, or the useless Puffs?" Draco sneered. "And you? Will you follow your brother?" he asked Tracey.

"I prefer Slytherin or Ravenclaw" she said.

"Hmm Davis was your name? I only know of one Davis … is your father Nathaniel Davis?" Tracey nodded. "Oh so you are a half-blood

… because the only Davis I know married a muggleborn, stupid blood traitors. They won't let your sort into Slytherin." Draco said angrily.

Tracey almost started to cry and Harry wanted to say something but at that moment Madam Malkin said they were finished and said they should come back tomorrow to get the finished robes.

Outside Sophie saw how angry Harry and sad Tracey were.

"What happened inside?" she asked.

"There was this stupid boy talking about the houses and how Tracey would not be good enough for Slytherin because she is a half-blood. He only talked about himself how he was a pure-blood and his family … he was stupid and arrogant. His name is Draco Malfoy" Harry answered angry.

"Oh I know this name, his father was a Death Eater claimed he was under the Imperius spell and got out of jail. Sure this Draco boy sounds like he is as spoiled as is father was in school. He was in Slytherin with your father. Nathaniel never talked good about him." Sophie explained.

"I sure don't want to get into Slytherin now where I have to live with this boy." said Tracey angry. "I want to get into Ravenclaw now like you mum."

"I still don't care but I prefer the other 3 over Slytherin now" Harry added.

"Yes well don't be angry about this boy. We finished shopping let's head home, I will go get your robes tomorrow." Sophie said.

With that the family went back to the Leaky Cauldron. There they used to floo to get home.


1 September 1991 London

For the last 2 weeks Harry read most of the diaries his parents left in the trunk, they talked about how school was, gave pointers for some spells. The last pages were all about how they went into hiding because of the prophecy Dumbledore told them. On the last pages of the diaries they both agreed that they lost their trust in the headmaster, he only said they should hide but never really helped them.

He also took most of the Potter fortune for the war efforts and was doing nothing with it. There side was losing, Dumbledore gave orders to only stun the Death Eaters, they should not kill them.

Harry decided to not trust the old man as well. He took most of their money for nothing good. He gave stupid orders, you could not win a war when you only stun your enemies so they can fight the next day again.

At 10 o'clock Harry was called down. They would leave now and go to King's Cross Station were the Hogwarts Express will leave at 11. They took the floo directly onto Platform 9 ¾ were the express was waiting for them.

Harry liked the red train, it was huge and looked really old.

Now came the part Harry did not like. He had to say goodbye to his parents for almost 4 months until Christmas. He hugged his mum and dad goodbye and watched as Tracey hugged them almost crying.

Roger said goodbye earlier and was looking for his friends. Harry waited until Tracey finished they were about to board the train when Harry hear Nathaniel shout "Harry take care of your sister, watch out for her!" Harry grinned and nodded while he lifted Tracey's trunk on the train for her.

Together they were looking for an empty compartment, when they found one they went to the window to wave their parents goodbye for the last time. With a loud whistle the train started to leave the platform as they took a last glimpse of their parents.


Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed it. I introduced Malfoy as the typical spoiled pure-blood prince, so you can be sure that Harry will not be in Slytherin :). In the next chapter they will meet different people on the train and the sorting will happen. The trunk Harry has will not be upgraded to the super huge 7 compartment trunk with a whole apartment and stuff like I read in other stories. Its just too much even for magic. I like that you can do cool stuff with it and there are many posibilities how to use magic but in my opinion it should still be reasonable and to enlarge a small trunk into a apartment/house is too much for me :), if the trunk will be enlarged it will be a maximum of twice the size not more. You can expect that I will use a lot of magic when Harry is in hogwarts but everything will be explained, logical and not out of proportion. I think with the wand and the destruction of the house in the first chapter you can guess what Harry's other little special ability will be next to his wandless summoning skills.