Chapter 9

July 1st, 1986

Isaac Pattersons Wand Shop

"Wand Number 4564 Birch with a unicorn core, "The Old WandKeeper of Knockturn Alley Isaac Patterson said turning to his assistant the young Harry Potter.

Harry nodded while taking the measurements that his boss Mr. Patterson told him to write down while his mind as was quite common for the young wizard began to drift off to other places.

He now had been working for the eccentric shopkeeper for over a year now and in that time had made a good amount of money while doing so that he intended to save for the most part.

It was a good job that was for sure he got to meet a lot of interesting people who came in to do business in their shop as with the man that Mr. Patterson was currently conversing with.

A Dark-haired man with an unreadable expression was currently talking with Mr. Patterson who had let him know that his name was Cyrus Greengrass head of the Noble House of Greengrass.

"Did you hear Isaac"Cyrus told his mentor "They have finally found Rockwood hidden out in Greece for the past six years".

"Oh," His mentor replied, "I remember him during the war he didn't seem like someone that could pull off a successful escape for so long".

"Indeed" The grizzly warrior replied, "He will be put on trial in France though next month for his inexorable war crimes he helped to commit there".

"Yes," Mr. Patterson sighed and stopped polishing the wand he was working one "I'm glad all of those people are getting what they deserved for all of the pain and suffering they caused" his voice sounded choked.

Cyrus seemed confused for a second and then his eyes softened "Oh Yes I remember" he said, "Didn't Rockwood Kill Your Wife during the war" he asked.

Isaacs' voice was hard "I still remember clearly March 23rd, 1979, She was killed by Rockwood and his gang during one of their bloody attacks on Liverpool"He sounded frustrated at that memory.

Harry was shocked as he heard that piece of information that would explain why the old wand maker was so against the Death Eaters.

Cyrus let out a sigh "Well I hope it hopes that Rockwood will probably face a life of prison for his crimes" and then with a sigh of relief "By Merlin may he rot in there for life"He muttered.

"The bastard should be killed not stuffed in prison for a couple of years" Mr. Patterson spat angrily "The Justice system has severely screwed up our system of justice and equality" he muttered.

"Be as that may? "Cyrus told him "In France as long as the Minister Sir Caulaincourt is still in charge the French will continue to follow his system of justice".

"I know that, "Mr. Patterson said calming down into a more settled state "I don't have to like it though".

"I like The near leader of the Opposition Party Moisur Delcour, "Cyrus told him.

Mr. Patterson raised an eyebrow "Something happened to Leader Brisot" He asked.

"Delcour beat him in the parliamentary race after the spring elections," Cyrus told him.

Sucking in a breath "That's impressive Jacque Brissot has been the leader of the opposition for nearly a decade now hasn't it been" his mentor spoke.

"And did not manage to get much done during that time either"Cyrus snorted "Especially during the bloody war".

"Delcour eh, "Mr. Patterson thought "I believe his daughter is a friend of my new assistant".

"You finally got yourself an assistant Isaac," Cyrus said surprised "I didn't think you still had the years left in you".

Isaac rolled his eyes "I'm not that old Cyrus" he muttered, "I've got a few good decades left in me".

Cyrus laughed "Relax my Friend I'm just teasing you" and then looking around "Can I meet the young man who's finally gotten through to this old man" he joked.

Rolling his eyes at his friends jokes he turned and waved his wand in Harry's direction up on the second floor;

Harry yelped as he felt himself began to float down the bottom floor and where Isaac and Cyrus were standing.

Mr. Patterson then turned back to Cyrus "My Friend meet my new assistant for the time being Mr. Harry James Potter" giving a short little bow.

Harry gave a soft chuckle before turning to meet Mr. Greengrass and ignoring his mentor whom he was still peeved at how he had levitated Harry through the building.

"Nice to meet you Mr. Greengrass" Harry shook the man's hand "I'm Harry Potter".

"Impressive" Cyrus muttered "Well Isaac I think you chose a very interesting assistant"Looking up and down Harry "I would think that you will be quite the handsome man in the future boy," he said.

Harry was quite startled but also quite happy at the older man's comments "Thank you, sir, I appreciate that".

Mr. Greengrass frowned "Oh None of that Harry," he said "You're a friend of Isaacs so your a friend of mine then "smiling "Please just call me Cyrus when we are in an informal setting like this".

Harry nodded and did his best to relax in the company of the older wizard.

Cyrus nodded and turned to Isaac to talk again.

"I'm sorry I have to go home now, "Cyrus told them "My wife is exhausted from taking care of our daughter Astoria and I promised I would help out a bit".

Harry and Isaac nodded before seeing Cyrus out the door where he then disappeared with a crack.

Mr. Patterson then turned to Harry "Well did you like meeting Cyrus than Harry" he asked

He shrugged "He seemed nice enough" Harry replied.

Mr. Patterson then gave Harry a hard look "Harry you know it's not a good thing in life to make it a habit to listen in on people's conversations" he said looking at Harry with a stern face on.

Harry responded with embarrassment "Sorry sir I just heard you two talking and wanted to hear what was going on" he said.

Mr. Patterson than seemed to breathe in and relax before speaking again "This time it wasn't so much of an issue Harry but you need to remember that in the future if you keep trying to overhear conversations it can result in bad things happening".

Harry nodded mutely at what his Mentor was saying.

"Time to go, "Mr. Patterson said looking at the clock.

Harry than agreed that that was probably a good idea before heading into the fireplace to go home.

Also some notes

KingVegeto Hedwig will appear later on in the story

Dante Ouma I Gave Fleur an accent in her writing since I liked how it looked I supposed

I am a fan of some of the really long couple hundred thousand words fanfiction but by god, I could never write anything that long.

Grounded Forever The town that they went to in France was a magical settlement