Unspoken
by Teddylonglong

Please refer to chapter 1 for my disclaimer and warnings. Thank you.

Harry looked up in surprise, when Mrs. Figg held out a necklace to him. It was of some shiny material with several colourful stones.

"Put it around your neck," she instructed him, before she waved her hand and produced a small mirror, which she held out for him to see his own face.

He hesitantly complied and put the necklace around his neck, only to realise in bewilderment how his own face in the mirror changed completely. Instead of green, his eyes were now brown, just like his hair, which had previously been black.

"Wow."

"Magic is simply amazing." Regina's voice was as soft as usual, still Harry could feel that it was accompanied by a hint of sadness.

"Now, are you ready to go? Regina, will you join us?"

"Should I remain at home with Lucy?"

Mrs. Figg shook her head. "No, I believe that Lucy will want to accompany Harry wherever he goes, won't you, Lucy?"

Lucy immediately rose from Harry's feet, abandoning her bone for the time being. When Harry looked back from her to the witch, Mrs. Figg was holding out a stuffed cat. It was a marmalade cat, which Harry recognised, as there had been a few running around her place, when he had visited her before. However, he noticed in surprise that the stuffed cat had strangely long legs.

"This is a Portkey," she explained, "which will take us straight to the magical shopping centre of Diagon Alley. You must hold on tightly. Today, I will take care of Lucy."

Seeing how Regina held on to one leg, Harry grabbed another, and Mrs. Figg lifted Lucy into her arms and made her touch another leg with her front paws, before she held on to the fourth. "Shopping," she uttered, and an instant later, the world around him turned black.

When his surroundings manifested again, he found himself in what seemed to be a lively shopping street. To his surprise, no one took notice of them, as they suddenly appeared in the middle of the street.

"Stay close to me," he instructed Lucy in a small voice, and with Mrs. Figg on his left and Regina on Lucy's other side, they began to walk along the street.

Only once or twice had Harry been shopping with the Dursleys in London; however, this magical shopping street seemed completely different from everything that Harry had ever seen before.

He felt very self-conscious, when they entered a clothes shop, especially when a young witch stepped in front of him with a measuring tape that seemed to act on its own accord measuring the various sizes of his body. She then showed his two companions clothes of multiple colours and styles, and Harry was glad that, apart from the occasional question of which one he liked, his input was not needed. He merely hovered next to them and gently caressed Lucy's fur. Only when they proceeded to buy shoes and so-called robes, he had to try them on. By the time they were ready to leave the shop, they had bought two large bags of clothes, which Mrs. Figg shrank to two small items that easily fit into her robe pocket.

Finally, they made their way to the toyshop, where Harry looked around with a combination of interest and amazement.

"You may choose something you like," Regina told him, causing Harry to stare at her, wide-eyed.

Never before had anyone bought a toy for him. But, what to choose? He could only look around in amazement, feeling totally overwhelmed. When he followed Lucy in excitement, the canine led him over to a shelf that held various models of stuffed animals. She tentatively chose a stuffed dog and happily began to play with it.

"No, Lucy, you can't play here in the shop," he lightly scolded her, before he looked at Regina, who was standing there, smirking.

"May I perhaps have that dog?" It came out as a whisper, but Regina nodded, reassuringly.

"I believe that we'll have to buy that one for the cutie."

Just then, Mrs. Figg came over carrying several items. "I'm going to buy a Potions kit for toddlers. I'm sure you will be able to teach Harry brew the potions of the set, considering that you taught me, when I was about his age."

"True." Regina smiled, before she explained that the set did not afford magic.

"We should also buy a children's broom for him and a children's wand," Mrs. Figg added and motioned Harry to follow her.

HP

By the time they returned home, it was already dinner time. Dolly seemed pleased, when Mrs. Figg stayed over for dinner and even invited her fiancé over, a wizard that went by the name Artemis.

Harry immediately liked him. He told him a lot about the magical world and even about the Unspeakables, where he and Rebecca, as he called Mrs. Figg, were working. To Harry's relief, he patiently explained, when Rebecca was Arabella Figg, when she was Rebecca Lestrange, which only happened in private, and when Felina and wearing her Unspeakable robes. It was the same with Artemis, which was his real name. He was working as the Squib caretaker at Hogwarts, and when he was wearing his robes, he was Unspeakable Whisker.

"Thank you," Harry replied, glad that he now knew how to address them at what time.

"Are you going to send Harry to a muggle primary school?" Artemis quirked an eyebrow at Regina.

Regina returned a questioning look. "As I am working, even if from home, apart from my two classes at the university, I believe that it would be better for him to properly attend a primary school, wouldn't it?"

Rebecca and Artemis nodded in apparent agreement. "We could also take him with us to the Unspeakables' Office after school and make him our Mini Unspeakable. We can teach him various things, which he wouldn't be able to study anywhere else."

"I'd like that," Harry replied, returning Artemis' smile.

"I've already spoken with Croaker, and he agreed that we should bring him with us during the last two weeks of the summer holidays to see if he's interested."

"Thank you, Artemis." Regina nodded in apparent appreciation.

"Thank you," Harry echoed, when a sudden thought crossed his mind. "Eh, sorry, what about Lucy? May I bring her?"

"Of course, you may bring her, and she'll be happy to see that her brother will be there as well." Turning to his fiancée, he asked, "What was his name?"

"Marlin."

HP

Harry was almost disappointed that he had to wait until Monday morning, before he could accompany the two Unspeakables to their office, when they told him that tomorrow, they were going to take Regina and him to a Quidditch match.

"Quidditch?" Harry mouthed, giving Artemis a questioning look, causing him to dive into a long story about flying on broomsticks, Quidditch at Hogwarts and the various Quidditch teams in Britain.

"If you're interested, we'll teach you to fly tomorrow afternoon," the older wizard promised, to Harry's delight.

'It sounds interesting,' he thought, inwardly grinning at the idea of his Aunt Petunia learning that a broom was good for something else than cleaning.

HP

The Quidditch match of the Chudley Canons against the Appleby Arrows was the most interesting thing that Harry had ever witnessed. However, he could not comprehend why it took the Seekers so long to catch the Snitch.

'It's over there on the left. Why don't they catch it already?' he thought to Lucy, who was sitting between his legs apparently observing everything.

'Perhaps, they haven't seen it yet,' she then replied, letting out a huge yawn.

'I can't wait to fly myself this afternoon,' Harry thought, feeling extremely happy.

tbc...?

Thank you so much for the kind reviews for the last chapter. Are you still interested? Please tell me what you think and what you would like to see in this story. My muse appreciates it.