Chapter 21
The next day Harry, Ron and Hermione were sat eating breakfast in the Imperial Dragon discussing when the Ministry would contact them about the sweep they performed of the city.
"They can't have found anything if they haven't contacted us by now" said Hermione.
"Don't worry Hermione, they'll contact us and we will find your parents" reasoned Ron.
"Yeah, I mean they've got their whole team on this, they're bound to find something, meanwhile, seeing as we're here, we might as well check out some of the sights".
"I did promise Ginny I'd take some pictures"
"Come on then, let's go for a walk, see if we can't take your mind off of all this".
The three friends then finished eating, grabbed their bags and left the pub to look at sights of Sydney.
"So where do you want to go Hermione?" asked Ron
"Yeah it's your choice"
"Well I've always wanted to see the Sydney Opera House and then there's the Taronga Zoo and world famous Bondi Beach"
"Well its early, so why don't we go to see the Opera house now, it's not far, then spend a few hours at the zoo and go for an afternoon swim at the Beach" suggests Harry.
"Sure"
And so they all walked around the bay to get a closer look at the Opera House, "What's so special about this building anyway?" asked Ron.
"It's the world's most famous opera house"
"What's opera?"
"An opera is a play in which every line is sung rather than said"
"Sounds boring if you ask me"
"Just take the picture Hermione"
Hermione then took a picture of the Opera house, they found an alley and apparated to the zoo.
Looking at the zoo map, Harry and Hermione were trying to explain to Ron what a zoo was.
"Go on say again"
"The point of keeping animals in captivity is so that awareness and money can be raised for endagered animals and then the money can be put into a breeding programme so that eventually some animals can be returned to the wild" explained Hermione.
"Okay, let's go and have a look then"
An hour later after they had seen all sorts of animals such as Lions, Chimpanzees and Koalas they came to the Reptile House.
"Do you wanna go into the Reptile House?" asked Ron
"Yeah, why not?"
They walked inside and saw all manner of snakes and lizards and then they came to a cage marked Boa Constrictor. Harry looked inside and saw an old friend, the snake he first met when he was 10 years old.
"Hello, do you remember me?" asked Harry
"Yes, you are the boy who freed me from my cage at London Zoo"
"How are you?"
"Well"
"Do you prefer this place to London?"
"Very much so, my home is a lot bigger here"
"I noticed, you know I never asked you your name all those years ago, what is it?"
"My name is Tiago"
"Hi Tiago, my name is Harry Potter"
"Harry, are you talking to the snake?" asked Hermione
"Yes, he's an old friend"
"Goodbye Harry Potter"
"Goodbye Tiago, may we meet again someday"
When they got out of the Reptile House Ron and Hermione took Harry to one side and asked him how he knew the Boa Constrictor.
"That's the snake I told you about, the one from London Zoo"
"The one you set free, and then trapped your cousin its cage"
"That's the one"
"Wow, small world huh"
"Come on you two I wanna go see the Rhino"
They rounded the corner and found that people were staring at them, they carried on walking and heard people whispering "That's him, that's Harry Potter" and "He killed He who must not be named".
A minute later a young boy of about 9 years old came up to them and said "You're the golden Trio, I'm a huge fan, can I have your autographs please"
"Mikey, don't annoy these people" said a man who was obviously the boys father.
"But daddy, its Harry Potter and his friends"
"I know and they're probably busy"
"No sir, its alright, we have enough time" said Hermione who reached inside her bag, grabbed a quill, ink and parchment and signed her name on it, gave it to Ron to sign who gave it to Harry who gave it to the boy, Mikey.
"What do you say Mikey?"
"Thank you"
"You're welcome, bye"
Mikey and his dad then walked off and Harry commented "Wow, words got around huh"
"What did you expect Harry, you killed Voldemort, now come on, let's go see some animals and then grab some lunch" replied Ron.
The three friends then carried on around the zoo.
End of Chapter