A/N I do not own the Harry Potter Universe, that honor is JKR. Thanks to my reviews for my previous chapter. It was good to read them. I don't plan on making Harry dark, but some decisions I will have him making coming up will be a setup. Anywho (my friend got me to use that) I guess its time to start Ch.7

Chapter 7: Shopping and Pieces Set in Motion

Harry woke up a little disorientated. He was in a more comfortable bed that certainly wasn't at Privet Drive. The entire room that he was staying in was the size of the Privet Drive house. Once he put his glasses on he remembered why he was here and his anger came flooding back to him. But once he took a couple calming breaths he had to laugh evilly a little bit after remembering what Dumbledore and his Order probably walked into at Privet Drive. After stretching and getting himself ready for the day, Harry went into Hermione's room to see how she was doing this morning.

"Hey, Hermione, how are you doing this morning?" Harry asked sincerely.

"Great, although I was thinking last night before going to sleep last night, we probably need to go shopping for new clothes, and textbooks. We should probably spend this morning making a list of all the 'stuff' we need some training on. This afternoon we should probably first stop of at Gringotts, then go shopping for new clothes and new textbooks. What do you think, Harry?" Hermione looked at Harry excitedly.

"Excellent idea, Hermione. How about we go down to breakfast and start writing this stuff down?"

They made their way to the kitchen, both of them have never been in the kitchen area before so they were in complete shock of the size. Waiting for them was Star with two heaping stacks of food on two plates the size of dinner tables.

"Thank you, Star. I appreciate the effort you put into this breakfast." Harry said thankfully.

"It is my pleasure Ma.. Harry. Now, I must go clean" Star looked at them excitedly. Harry thought house elves looked happier when they were working.

"Well, Hermione lets get started. I am not going to argue with you, you can write on the parchment. Here you go" Harry said as he handed Hermione the parchment.

Harry and Hermione started to write down ideas for training. After an hour and half of working they came up with a pretty good size list.

-Occlumency so Dumbledore won't e able to see that we are on to him until we are ready to take him down a couple pegs.

-Legilimency only to be used against known enemies to see what they are thinking. It would ruin a persons privacy if they constantly were looking in another persons mind.

-Advanced Offensive/Defensive jinxes, hexes and spells so when we run into enemies, there are more then one simple way of killing them.

-Becoming an Animagi so there is another way we can escape from danger.

-Reviewing all first five years of course material. It could be that we missed something.

-Metamorphmagus, Harry could use this if he needed to go out before we are able to make a sudden appearance back in the wizarding world.

-finding a way to teach this to the twins and anybody who we run into that can be trusted. It would be helpful to do years of training in hours.

"Well, Harry I think this list is very extensive. I think we should head our way to Gringotts so they can hopefully disguise our appearance for the time being until we learn how to do it our selves."

"Sounds great, lets first write a note to Ragnok asking him if we can stop by." As Harry was saying this two identical special Gringotts envelopes. Opening them up, Harry saw one was from Neville and the other was from Luna. Harry showed this to Hermione, she took Luna's and started to read as Harry started to read Neville's.

Dear Harry;

Harry, don't blame yourself for the Department of Mysteries. I followed you there. So what if I got my wand broken. My grandmother now looks at me differently. She thought I was always going to be an unconfident guy who never reached his true potential. You gave me a reason to do that. She was so happy with me standing up to the people that injured my parents, she decided to buy me a new wand.

On another note, Harry I would never break our friendship. This summer my grandmother said that Potters and Longbottom's have stood together for centuries. Whenever there was a battle to fought a Potter will always be the one to go headlong into it, and a Longbottom is not far behind. I am not going to change that. Where ever you guy I will always stand shoulder to shoulder with you and fight the enemy.

I know that Ron has been your friend since you started Hogwarts, but Harry frankly I do not trust him. Last year I walked him on him talking to somebody through an enchanted mirror. It sounded like they were arguing. From what I heard it sounded that Ron wanted to spend some of your money, the person on the other kept saying hold on for the "greater good". Ron looked like he was getting angry about the fact he couldn't use money. I didn't mention you this earlier because I completely forgot about it. I was working on Potions homework, and you know how that class affects me. Sorry Harry. I guess I will see you on September 1st at Platform 9 and ¾ .

Your friend,

Neville Longbottom.

Harry was in shock at this letter. He basically could tell that Neville would be with him through thick and thin. Switching letters, Harry started to read Luna's. It was not as long as Neville's but it didn't mean hers didn't have as much significance.

Dear Harry;

I don't know what you are talking about. You did drag us into the Department of Mysteries. We went willingly. Also don't blame yourself for your godfather, Sirius's death. It was not your fault. He went willingly to try to save you. I am sure if he had to choose a way to go it would want to go protecting you, then just dying randomly in his sleep.

I will stand by you, thick and thin. You, Neville and Hermione were my first true friends. Everybody else saw the "Loony" in me and decided to never become friends with me. You guys saw through that and saw the real me. I thank you for that. Before I stop writing this letter I would like to say don't trust Ginny Weasley. When she was "friends" with me all she ever talked about was how when she was the wife of "The Chosen One" every single witch would be jealous of her and her money. I would be careful Harry, she is not looking at just Harry, she is looking at the Harry Potter. Again thanks for writing to me, and remember do not blame yourself.

Sincerely,

Luna Lovegood

Harry was a little surprised about the letter. He was happy he got a chance to become friends with Luna. The comment about Ginny was a little disturbing but he had nothing to worry about. The promise ring he gave Hermione took care of any attempts that Ginny did to him. Turning to Hermione he said, "So I guess we can trust them. That brings up our trustful list to you, the twins, Neville, Luna and me. Not that big at the moment but I'm pretty sure that Remus will join us. Well I guess I could start writing the note to Ragnok so we could head that way." Harry ran upstairs and grabbed his goblin envelope and started to write.

Director Ragnok

I am going to make this short. Hermione and I would like to come visit you this afternoon so we can talk about making purchases in the wizarding world. I would also like you to put a spell on Hermione and I because we are considered "kidnapped" at the moment and we don't want to be captured by Dumbledore. I would also to see what votes Dumbledore cast in my place as my proxy, and I would like to maybe change the votes to go the other way. Hope to here from you soon.

Lord Harry Potter-Black

Harry looked over the letter and had it sent off. While waiting for a response he talked to Hermione about the votes. They decided they would first find out what votes would be the biggest change in the wizarding world and how would they deal with the news of its release. They knew that once Dumbledore got wing of the fact the Potter and Blacks votes were changed he knew that Harry was not kidnapped and would start looking for him and try to get him back under control. They would have to play this perfectly. In a short time Ragnok responded.

Lord Potter-Black;

You two can come visit me this afternoon. Like always this letter comes with a portkey attached. I would gladly put a charm on you two while you guys go shopping. It would be good for you two to act like teenagers. See you soon.

Director Ragnok

With out further ado, Harry and Hermione grabbed the letter and were transported to the Director of Gringotts office.

"Director Ranok, how good to see you again."Harry said heartily.

"Lord Potter-Black, Its always a pleasure. I have taken the liberty of giving you a Gringotts credit card. It works like a muggle credit card would. It also works in the muggle world. Just hand it to the shopkeeper and the money will be directly taken out of your account. Does that satisfy you?"Ragnok responded back to Harry.

"Yes it does, Director. Now before you place the charm on us, I would like to discuss the votes that I am considering of changing."

"No problem. Here is a list of votes that the Potter and Black votes were cast that could change a couple of bills, either make them a law or banish the law."Ragnok said handing Harry a slip of paper, Harry looked it over with Hermione and saw that there were a couple major changes in the wizarding world could happen.

-Law 98.14 states that werewolves are not allowed to work in the wizarding world. The Potter proxy voted in favor of this law.

-Law 512.78 states that all muggleborn and purebloods living in a muggle house are not allowed to take a class before Hogwarts integrating them into wizarding society. The law states that purebloods know what to do in the wizarding world. This law also makes it illegal to sell a book about wizarding culture to anybody under the age of 15. The Potter Proxy voted in favor of this law.

-Bill 67.9 states it is considering socially unacceptable to call a muggleborn wizard/witch the term "mudblood". The Potter proxy voted against this bill. If this bill would have been passed, the word would be considered taboo and would have a spell put on it, anytime anybody said mudblood the DLME would be notified.

Harry looked over these three laws. The first one would guarantee Remus Lupin a job opportunity. The second one would have made the transition to Hogwarts and the wizarding world easier in general for a lot of people. The third one would cut down on the amount of people that call people mudblood if they could be charged for remarks against a person's lineage.

"Ragnok, I would like to change all three of these and I would hope they would be printed in the Daily Prophet. I have a feeling through that you will be in trouble once Dumbledore gets wind of the fact that "his" votes were changed."

"Do not worry, Lord Potter-Black. We are protected by a confidential agreement. Anything you say in these meetings is between us three. Do not worry about me, I am safe here. How about I charm you two to be different people? For this afternoon you will be considered Daniel Watson and Hermione, you will be considered Emma Radcliffe." With that Ragnok snapped his fingers and Harry looked in a mirror provided by Ragnok. He did not look like himself. He was taller, had long blonde hair and had blue eyes. Hermione was also taller, with brown hair that was straight and had hazel eyes. With that Harry grabbed the credit card from Ragnok and Hermione and he walked out the front doors of Gringotts.

The first place they stopped was Gladrags. Here Hermione went absolutely crazy trying on both wizarding and muggle clothes alike. Harry settled on a whole new wardrobe for himself. He bought 10 pairs of black dress pants, 20 dress shirts of different colors and 20 different ties. He also bought himself 10 different sets of robes in varying colors. Throwing out his old clothes, Harry put on a pair of black pants and a purple dress shirt with white stripes. Looking in the mirror, he noticed he would be safe for a while seeing as he looked nothing like Harry Potter.

After paying for his purchase with his new credit card, Harry and Hermione made their way out of Gladrags and went to Flourish and Blotts. Hermione and him had a fun time picking up books and deciding which ones to get. They ended up getting 5 different books on Occulmency, 25 different ones on Offense/Deffense of the Dark Arts, and 10 different ones on time manipulation. At the counter they picked up a satchel that could be charmed to fit anything and make it feather light. Paying for their purchases, they decided to visit the twins shop seeing as their shopping was done.

The twins shop was the biggest and brightest store in the entire alley. Every other shop was small and dreary while their shop was a bright purple color and had many flashing lights surrounding the store. Harry inwardly smiled knowing that his money was spent very well. As Harry and Hermione were walking in they were amazed at the amount of people that were in the store. The entire alley was empty but the shop was completely filled with kids and adults alike. The twins smiled at them as they walked into the store. It had a very warm feeling to it.

As Harry and Hermione were looking at the Skiving Snackboxes Fred and George snuck up behind them. "Well, look who it is. It's our secret investor and supposedly kidnapped friend. You are in so much trouble with the turkeys." Fred and George had a smile on their face when they said this.

"How do you know who this is?"Harry asked hoping he would be getting away from this without being recognized.

"Why, Daniel, who do you think you are talking to? We are Fred and George Weasley. Listen, come back in an hour when the store closes and we can talk."George said.

An hour later, Harry and Hermione knocked on the door of the store. They were let in by Fred. Giving them the universal sign to be quiet, Fred motioned for them to follow them to the back of the store.

"Well, you are wondering how we know who you are truly are. We could see right through the disguise but don't worry we wont let the Order know that we saw you guys. Actually it's a good thing that we ran into you. We have been seeing our two youngest siblings acting weird and we think that you have something to do with it. Do you know what we are talking about?"Fred asked Harry.

"I guess I will have to trust you on this. Yes I do know what you are talking about, and yes I do have something to do with this. Lets start from the beginning. After my godfather, Sirius died I received a letter from him basically saying to not trust Dumbledore. After contacting the goblins I found out that Dumbledore disregarded my parents will and has been stealing money from me. While he stole money from me, he gave a lot of my money to your mother and your two younger siblings with it seems certain promises. Your mother got money to care for me. Your little brother got a lot of money to become my friend, and your sister received a huge sum of money, and was promised me. Well, yesterday, I decided to recall the money back from their accounts and that's when they sent me a letter basically saying it was a low blow what I did. Does that answer your question?"Harry hoped it would answer the twins questions.

"Yes it does. I knew my two younger siblings were evil I didn't realize they were that evil. Listen, the entire Weasley family does not feel that way. We always have believed in you, our dad, we are pretty sure, is on your side. I don't know about Bill and Charlie, and Percy we haven't talked to in a long time, but don't hold out hope for him."Fred and George looked sincere when they said this.

"Well, I am glad that I have two more people that can trust me. Do not tell the Order that you talked to either one of us."Harry looked scared when he said this.

"Don't worry about that. We aren't in the good graces of Dumbledore recently ever since we pranked him. Don't ask" George said holding up his hand. "Although the order was pretty worried when they went to pick you up from your relatives house and they found the house pretty much in ruin. Get back to Gringotts and where every you guys are hiding to quickly. An Order member could come walking through that door at any moment."Fred said ushering them out.

"Thanks for your support, I'll have the goblin send you an envelope that way we can stay in touch, and you will be able to tell us about Order happenings."Harry and Hermione said as they started to jog to Gringotts.

Once inside Gringotts, they politely asked the head goblin to let them into Ragnoks office. As they were walking into the office, Ragnok gave them a quick smile showing his teeth. "Welcome back Lord Potter-Black. Was your trip successful?"

"Yes it was Director Ragnok. I would like to have you send two more of those special envelopes made and sent to Fred and George Weasley. On another note, I thought about it and I decided that I will use my Potter vote and change those bills and laws around. I hope you can send me the Daily Prophet tomorrow I would like to see what the reactions are going to be like. Will my name be brought up in the Prophet?"Harry asked Ragnok.

"Not if you wouldn't like it to be made public. All I need for you to do is sign these forms that legally say that the Potter vote has been changed on these bills/laws because of inconsistencies between the proxy and the one that the proxy is serving." Ragnok said as he handed Harry the proper forms.

Looking over the forms, Harry signed the forms. Thanking Ragnok, Harry and Hermione portkeyed home. Star served them a delicious dinner and then they headed off to bed.

A/N That ends Chapter 7 of my story. I hope you enjoyed it. The next chapter will probably be posted sometime next Wednesday like this one was. Please Rate and Review. Hrddawg306