Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, nor any other characters you come across in this story.
A/N: *Looks wearily at all the angry faces* I am sorry! I've just been SSSSOOOO BUSY! I have so many things going on, plus, now that school has started I am limited to two hours on the comp a night! Two hours just doesn't but it considering I have many other things to do on the net besides typing up chapters. But, finally I have posted the 3rd chapter. I'll stop rambling for now so you can all continue reading the story.
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Chapter 3: Day of Joy, Anger and... an egg?
Harry slept peacefully that night, something that he hadn't experienced in quite some time. Thankfully he had no need of waking up early. Without the sound of his aunt's high-pitched voice screaming at him to wake up as she banged on his door he slept a good part of the morning. He didn't wake up until a little past 10:30 when he felt something rather heavy laying across his chest. Groaning he opened up a blurry eye to see a large, black shape on him. That promptly woke him up. After a few moments his vision cleared and a large smile spread across his face.
"Sirius!" Harry cried. The black dog leapt off the bed and soon Harry's godfather stood before him.
"Hello there Harry!" Harry rushed and embraced his godfather in a hug before finally pulling away. Now that he had calmed down he finally registered Sirius's appearance, which he had to admit, was much better than before. His hair had but cut to shoulder length and he didn't look as haggard and drawn as he had before. He didn't look as thin either. That, Harry assumed, was because of Remus.
"Sirius what are you doing here?" Harry's happy mood quickly changed to that of worry. Yes Dumbledore had told him he would be seeing Sirius soon, but he didn't think that Sirius would come here to see him. HE figured they would have met up in Hogsmeade as they have done before.
"I am here to take you to Diagon Alley." Sirius grinned as Harry's face turned from worriment to complete confusion. "I'll be going as your dog, Snuffles." He winked at his godson.
Complete relief waved over Harry. He had feared that Snape was going to be taking him. That was something Harry wouldn't look forward to. It would be a complete nightmare if that ever happened. "When are we going?"
Sirius smirked. "As soon as you're ready, but I have something here for you. Consider it another birthday present."
Harry took the lumpy package Sirius held out to him. His mind drifted to the present Sirius had given him on his birthday, a small wristwatch that was similar to Ron's large grandfather clock. Opening the package it revealed 3 sets of robes. Two dress robes, one of which was a silky, silvery color and the other which were a deep blue hue and had patterns of moons and stars along the cuffs, collar, and bottom. The other robe looked more like a casual robe. It was a lovely emerald green, and it had a matching cloak with a silver clasp.
"I figured you would need new dress robes, and I knew you had no other robes to wear besides your school robes, so I got you a robe to wear when you go to Diagon Alley or any other magical community instead of wearing those extremely large muggle clothes of yours." Sirius scowled when he mentioned the Muggle clothes.
"Thank you so much! They're wonderful! I was going to need to get fitted for dress robes, but I still need to get school robes." Harry got out of bed and placed the dress robes neatly within his trunk, but left the green ones out.
"Not a problem. We have all day to spend at Diagon Alley, but we keep wasting time here so get dressed." Sirius smiled at Harry.
Harry nodded and quickly left the room with his new robes in hand. After about 10 minutes he reappeared in the room again, showered, groomed (well the best he could do with his hair), and ready to go.
Sirius looked at Harry proudly. The boy now looked like a true wizard in the robes. Sirius just could never get over though how much Harry looked like his father, except those piercing green eyes, the eyes his mother had.
"Those look great on you. I see I did rather well with the measurements... er... well Remus did." He chuckled. "Well we better be going. I told Dumbledore I'd have you back before nightfall, and I am sure you'll run into some of your friends." He stood up and walked out of the room. Before following him Harry grabbed his wand and pocketed it and threw the cloak around his shoulder before hurrying down into the common room. Thankfully it wasn't heavy or he wouldn't be able to wear it.
"So how are we getting to Diagon Alley?" He came up to Sirius's side who was standing in front of the fireplace where a roaring fire was burning.
"By Floo of course. There is no other way we could get there, not with you not knowing how to apparate." Sirius pulled a small sack or what Harry presumed was Floo Powder out of his pocket.
"But I thought...."
Sirius was quick to cut him off. "You can't Floo into Hogwarts but you are able to Floo out. Now, I am going to change into my Animagus form. I want you to throw the powder into the fire and state where you are going, but as you walk into it, make sure you are touching me in some way so I'll go with you. Just say "The Leaky Cauldron" and we'll be off."
Harry nodded and Sirius handed him the small pouch before transforming. Harry looked down at the large black dog before opening the pouch and throwing some powder into the fire. The dancing red flames promptly turned green once the powder made contact with it. "The Leaky Cauldron" Harry said. He made sure his hand was touching the top of Sirius's head before walking into the green flames.
Harry stumbled out of the fireplace of the Leaky Cauldron, barely stopping himself from falling over. Sirius soon appeared beside him, looking a little less disoriented than Harry did.
Tom looked up from where he was waiting on a small wizard dressed in maroon robes and noticed Harry and the black dog enters the room. "Hello there Harry. Come do some school shopping."
Harry smiled and nodded. What distracted him though from answering Tom were the stares he was getting from some of the people. He just replied quickly with a nod in Tom's direction before swiftly making his way to the back with Sirius. Harry breathed a sigh of relief once he reached the small room. His hand reached into his pocket and pulled out his wand. He looked at the wall and hoped he remembered how to open it. Finally his memory came back and he tapped his wand along the appropriate bricks. (A/N: I forgot! And I can't look it up because I lent my book out to a friend. Oh well...)
Harry looked down at Sirius. "Well, I need to get come money so we should head to Gringots." Sirius barked his approval so the two set off to the wizard bank.
Harry and Sirius entered and walked up to one of the Goblins who quickly obliged to take Harry to his vault after he showed the Goblin his key. Harry turned to Sirius who promptly sat down near the entrance that led to the carts. He gave Harry a look, which said' I'll keep my paws on the ground.' Harry chuckled but followed the Goblin.
After a short, yet slightly nauseating ride they arrived at Harry's vault. The Goblin took the key from Harry and opened the door to give him access. Once opened Harry entered it and shoveled in galleons, knuts, and sickles. Once his pouch was full he put it in the same pocket as his wand and went back out to the cart.
Once back at the surface Harry breathed a sigh of relief and met up with Sirius. The two promptly left the bank and began to walk up the street. Harry glanced in many shops as they walked. When they came upon Quality Quidditch Supplies Harry noticed a group of red heads clustered outside of it. A grin quickly sprang upon his face and hurried towards them. "Ron!" One of the redheads turned to see Harry and smiled. "Harry! I am glad you were able to come. I was wondering if I was going to run into you or not."
"Sir- I mean Snuffles and I had to go to Gringotts first." Harry said.
It wasn't until that point that Ron noticed the black dog at Harry's side. "Hey snuffles!" The dog barked a reply, his tail wagging. Fred and George turned around at the bark and smiled when they saw Harry.
"Harry ol' chap, nice to see you again." George said cheerfully as he rounded on Harry and Ron.
"Yes, wonderful! We were just about to take Ron to get his surprise." Fred said as he clapped a hand on Ron's shoulder.
Ron looked wearily at the twins; he had no idea what the surprise was but Harry did. Harry had asked the twins to get Ron some new dress robes with the prize money he had given them. He knew Ron would never accept such a gift from him so he found a way to help his friend without him knowing it.
"Come on Ronnikins!" George and Fred chorused together as they half dragged half pulled Ron along the street with Harry chuckling behind them. Sirius looked up at his Godson curiously, but Harry was paying too much attention to the three brother in front of him to notice.
George and Fred led Ron to Madam Malkins and promptly took him inside. "Now, Ronnikins, we want you to pick out some dress robes." Fred said as George stepped back to stand next to Harry.
Ron looked skeptical at his brothers. "You're buying me dress robes? Why?"
Harry got a bit worried but Fred and George covered up nicely. "Well, since we had left over money." George said.
"And we didn't know what to do with it." said Fred.
"AND those dress robes you have now are completely horrible." George continued.
"We thought we'd do you a favor." finished Fred.
Ron lifted an eyebrow. "OK... so I can get whichever dress robe I want?"
Fred and George looked at each other before looking at Ron. "Yep!"
Ron didn't question any longer. He set out in search of some new dress robes, ones without lace. Finally, after about 10 minutes of looking Ron found ones he liked. they were a dark blue made of slightly silky material. Madam Malkin fitted his robes and he was set to go. While they were there they also got fitted for school robes. During the whole time Sirius sat outside. Madam Malkin was not happy when he came in and promptly shooed him out. Once they were all set they paid for their new robes and set out again. Sirius quickly rejoined them.
Harry pulled out his school list. "I still need to get all my books, quills and ink." Ron voiced his agreement.
Since it was settled they headed off to Flourish and Botts. Ron and Harry set off together to get their things. After finally collecting everything they managed to walk over to the counter and pay for all of them before getting bags to make them much easier to carry.
Sirius was beginning to get quite angry. He kept getting kicked out of all of the stores and was beginning to think this was a bad idea coming with Harry.
Next the headed off to get quills and ink. Harry bought himself some green colored ink to brighten up his notes a bit.
After they had all their supplies they headed off to gawk at the things in Quality Quidditch supplies. There had yet to be a broom any better than the Firebolt so Harry was still up-to-date with his broom, but he needed more polish for his broom care kit so he brought some more to add to it. Harry added the polish to his bag of books before walking over to Ron who was busy looking at some Chudley Canons posters.
The four boys left Quality Qudditch and headed up the street, Ron and Harry chatting animatedly when Harry Ran straight into someone nearly dropping his bags. As he stepped away and was about to say his apologies he stopped dead. Right before him stood Lucius Malfoy and Draco Malfoy stood just to his side.
"Harry Potter. You really should watch where you're going. You wouldn't want to bump into the wrong sort of people now would you." Lucius smirked.
Sirius growled menacingly at Lucius he looked down at the large dog. "Ah I see you got yourself a dog, not sure if that mutt could protect you too well though." Draco just smirked at Harry.
Ron looked like he was ready to kill. Harry just glared at the man. "I am afraid I just did run into the wrong sort. I'll have to make sure that I look out for you Death Eaters a little bit more."
Lucius smirk turned. He was not happy that this boy had just called him a Death Eater out in public. Even if the Minister was so stubborn enough to recognize Voldemort's return some of the friends of that muggle loving fool Dumbledore knew of his Masters return. "I wouldn't go around making Presumptions about people. It may get you in trouble some day. Come on Draco." And with that the two stalked away with the four boys glaring at their backs.
"Someday dad will get him arrested, I am sure of it." George said.
"Well we better get back to the Leaky Cauldron, Mum will be looking for us." said Fred and the group headed off back to the Leaky Cauldron.
When they finally reached the Leaky Cauldron and walked in they found Mr. and Mrs. Weasly with Ginny sitting at a table. Walking over Mrs. Weasly sighed. "Thank Merlin, I was beginning to worry."
"Sorry Mum, but we ran into Lucius Malfoy n the way back here." Ron said and he collapsed into an empty chair. Harry taking a seat right next to him, placing his bags on the floor.
"He didn't cause any trouble did he?" Mr. Weasly looked quite concerned.
"No. Just told me I should watch where I was walking cause I wouldn't want to run into the wrong sorts." Harry said.
"Well he's always threatening people." George and Fred said. Mr. Weasly nodded in agreement.
"As long as no one was hurt." Mr. Weasly said.
"Harry looked at the wristwatch Sirius had given him. It was getting late in the afternoon and he had another Animagus lesson that day. "I better be getting back to Hogwarts."
Mr. Weasly nodded. "Yes, I am sure Dumbledore is wondering what is taking you so long."
Mrs. Weasly got up when Harry did and hugged him. "Do be careful dear."
"I will Mrs. Weasly." He said. With that he and Sirius walked over to the fireplace. Harry threw a but of powder into the fire and placed a hand on Sirius's head. "The Three Broomsticks!" He walked into the fire and disappeared.
(A/N: I was thinking of ending it hear... but decided to keep going, as a gift for me taking so long with this.)
Harry and Sirius stumbled out of the fireplace in the Three Broomsticks and made their way up to Hogwarts. Once safely on the Hogwarts grounds Sirius changed back into his normal self.
"I guess you didn't enjoy your day too much with all the shops kicking you out." Harry looked at Sirius.
"It wasn't so bad. I was glad to be able to keep an eye on you though. Lucius didn't hurt you... right?"
"No. Just startled me, that's all. I wasn't really expecting to run into him there."
"No, I don't think any of us were. Well lets get up to the tower and get you unpacked, then you can get ready for your lessons." Sirius said, so they went up to Gryffindor Tower and entered the fifth year boy's dormitory. Sirius sat down on Harry's bed while Harry began to unpack his things and place them in his trunk. When he began to unpack his books he noticed something rather strange sitting near the bottom of the bag. He grabbed it and pulled it out. It appeared to be an egg... a black. Its surface was a shiny black and was big enough to sit in both of Harry's hands.
"Sirius, what's this? I know I didn't purchase anything like this." Harry showed him the egg. Sirius got up from the bed to get a closer look at the egg.
"I am not sure what it is. Finish unpacking and we'll go see Dumbledore."
Harry nodded and set the eggs down and finished unpacking. Once done he and Sirius went to Dumbledores office. There they found the Headmaster sitting in his chair working on something.
"Headmaster, Harry and I just got back from Diagon Alley, but hen he was unpacking he found what looks like to be an egg in one of his bags." Sirius said.
Dumbledore looked quite intrigued by this. "May I see the egg, Harry?"
Harry nodded and handed the egg to Dumbledore who took it and began to inspect it. Harry and Sirius sat down in chairs and waited for the Headmaster to say something. After many long minutes he did.
"I am not quite sure what it is, but it is an egg. All we can do is wait for it to hatch. Harry, you take care of it. I assure you that whatever hatches out it won't harm you since you will be the most likely thing it sees and thus, consider you it's 'parent'. But do be careful with it. Make sure it's kept safe and warm. As soon as it hatches come tell me immediately so I can assess what to do from there."
Harry nodded and took the egg, which Dumbledore handed back to him. "I'll go put it in the dormitory then come back for my lessons." Harry rose from his seat.
"Yes, once you come back down we'll get started immediately." Dumbledore said.
Harry then left the room and headed back to Gryffindor Tower. This egg is very strange. I've never saw anything like it before. Harry thought. Well... we'll just have to wait and see what hatches from it... if it hatches.
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A/N: Hey there! Like the chapter? It's 8 pages! I know, it's still kinda slow. The next chapter you should find out what Harry's Animagus is though. And the egg MIGHT hatch. Haven't decided on that yet. You'll just have to wait and see like Harry ;0) Please leave a review so I know what you think of this so far. I might get an e-mail list going to I can inform you all of updates. If I get one I'll give you details about it in the next chapter.