Harry 1/2 !
By Ranma-Chan Potter

Well everyone, I finally posted chapter 3. Hope you enjoy it!!!!!

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Chapter 3: Hanako Alley

When Harry and Mr. Tofu had finally arrived at the Tendo Hotel, Harry couldn't stop apprizing Mr. Tofu for accompanying him all the way to the Muggle Hotel.

"Thank you for accompanying me Mr. Tofu" Harry kept saying throughout the whole walk they had.

"It was nothing Mr. Potter. In our country it is a pleasure to help people even Muggles" he said with a vast grin "but it's in honor helping the Boy Who Lived"

Harry looked at him perplexed. This only caused Mr. Tofu's smile to amplify.

"It's getting late Mr. Potter and we don't want to be late for our excursion around China's wizarding world, do we?" again Mr. Tofu's smile widened.

"No" Harry was now getting nervous.

"Well Mr. Potter, good night to you" "Good night to you also Mr. Tofu" Harry said with a blush. The blush sure made Harry very cute.

Mr. Tofu turned to the other direction to leave and also did Harry. Then Harry forgot to tell Mr. Tofu at what time they were going to meet.

He turned around "Mr. Tofu I forgo-" but Mr. Tofu vanished out of sight. 'He probably dissaparated' Harry thought dejectedly. 'Oh, great! Now what am I going to do?'

Harry saw a piece of paper on the floor or rather a piece of parchment. It said 'At 9:00 a.m. Mr. Potter'.

Harry understood as he pocketed the piece of parchment. Then with a smile through the striking and dark cerulean night he hummed happily all the way to the hotel hoping to see a new world tomorrow.

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Harry had a dream or better a nightmare. He dreamed of a boy. He couldn't exactly see who the boy was but he had the feeling he knew who he was.

This boy , the boy of his nightmare, was walking towards a pond. A huge pond. Harry was gazing around the place. It was an anomalous place. The place was dark and cold. The place didn't have buildings. Just mountains and ponds. Harry looked at the ponds. 'What is this all about?' Harry thought anxious.

'Could this be the-' but then he heard a cry. A terrible cry. The boy that Harry noticed before had fallen off the edge of the lake and it appeared to be that he was drowning.

But Harry couldn't hear the cries such as 'Help!'. All he could hear is the splashing of the water the boy was causing. Harry tried to help but Harry was paralyzed from head to toe. He was looking around anxiously as though expecting for someone to come and help the boy.

Then Harry heard total silence. A dead silence. Something was not accurate. Harry looked over to were the boy had been. All he could see was the stillness and quietness of the water. 'Had the boy drowned' Harry now felt gloomy. 'Where is he?'

But something was emerging out of the huge pond. A figure. If Harry was not mistaken, he would say that the figure was somehow *female.
But it was incongruous.
The figure that he saw before drowning in that same pond was a boy. Then the *female figure looked at Harry or better was heading towards the direction Harry was. She came closer, closer and-

RING!!!! RING!!!! RING!!!!

Harry woke up startled and looked around outrageously. Harry gave a huge sigh once he realized it was just a dream. A nightmare actually. Harry looked at the clock that had been set next to Harry's bed in a furniture. It was 6:00 am. Harry placed his head back on the pillow.

"What the fuck was that" Harry whispered anxiously.

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Harry woke up at 7:00 am hoping that he had time to get dressed, have some breakfast and meet Mr. Tofu back at the Phoenix's Pub (Houoh's Pub in Chinese) at 9:00 am.

Once Harry had breakfast he looked back at his watch. He still had another hour and thirty minutes to do free time before he goes to the Pub. What could he do in one hour of his free time? Then it hit him. He could write to Sirius and Dumbledore about his nightmare. Yes. That would be prudent decision.

He grabbed his quill, a bottle of ink, and a few pieces of parchment that had been placed in Harry's closet. He dipped his quill into the bottle of ink and began writing.

Dear Sirius,

How are you? I hope you're ok. I am doing great here in China. Guess what? Yesterday I just met this Chinese wizard man who could speak English. His name is Mr. Tofu. He works for the Ministry of Magic and he's one of the Chinese school governors. He's very nice. I wish you could meet him. Anyways, today at noon I had a weird dream. I don't know how to explain this. I boy was drowning and once he drowned a girl or a female emerged out of the same pond that boy had drowned. Do you know what this means, Sirius? Well, I don't want to leave you all worried. Hope you and Buckbeak are all right.

Love,
Harry James Potter

Yeah. It was a good letter. He placed his quill, bottle of ink and the other pieces of parchment back at the closet. He looked at Hedwig who had been sleeping the whole week in China. (Oh my God. I forgot to mention Hedwig, didn't I? Sorry)

He woke her up. Hedwig looked rather angry at this. It seemed she was enjoying a great dream. "Hedwig, please take this to Sirius, OK. You know where he is, right?"

Hedwig looked at him and she hooted two times. That appeared to be like a yes to Harry. Harry place the piece of parchment under Hedwig's small legs.

Hedwig soared and soared and soared until Harry looked at her vanish from the bright lights of the sun. "Good luck, Hedwig" Harry whispered wearily.


Harry had finally arrived at Houoh's Pub at exactly the same time Mr. Tofu told him to. Harry opened the door and inside he saw Mr. Tofu sitting on a chair by a table. "Hello Mr. Potter" came the blissful Chinese accent of Mr. Tofu.

"Good morning Mr. Tofu" Harry said cheerfully.

"Well Mr. Potter, I guess you are ready for our trip around Hinako Alley?"

"Hanako Alley?" Harry asked inquisitively.

Mr. Tofu looked around suspiciously to make sure nobody was listening to them.

"Yes. You see Mr. Potter, Hanako Alley is the gateway to the Jusenkyo Ponds" Mr. Tofu replied the last words inaudibly.

"Oh" Harry replied breathlessly.

Mr. Tofu looked at Harry happily. "Follow me Mr. Potter"

Harry followed Mr. Tofu towards the back door of the pub. There was nothing there but a dead end which was blocked by bricks. This strongly reminded Harry about Diagon Alley.

Mr. Tofu stepped forward and released his wand from the pocket of his robes and tapped the middle brick five times. Then he tapped the top brick four times, the bottom brick three times, the left brick two times and the right brick one time. Mr. Tofu muttered the in Chinese "Hanako".

The bricks were moving and switching their place until the bricks formed into a huge hole. Harry gasped. Hanako Alley was bigger than Diagon and Knockturn Ally combined.

There were lots of shops, places to eat, banks and other buildings Harry didn't understand because of the Chinese writing. Harry looked around flabbergasted.

"What's wrong Mr. Potter. It looks like you have never seen a big alley like this one" Mr. Tofu smiled at Harry kindly.

"Well. It's because no" Harry said quietly.

"No!!" Mr. Tofu looked shocked.

"No" Harry looked at Mr. Tofu inquiringly.

They spend ten minutes walking around Hanako Alley and looking at the amazing stores and the people. Harry didn't even notice that some people were looking at him stunned and pointing at his forehead. Some of them were talking in rapid Chinese. They had obviously spotted that he was Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived.

Suddenly Mr. Tofu grabbed Harry by the arm and steered him towards a huge building or actually it looked more like a temple. This building or temple was bigger than any other one around Hanako Alley. The building was surrounded by a huge golden gate with symbols which were actually Chinese words.

Mr. Tofu released his wand again and tapped it on the door murmuring a word "Yohio"

The door suddenly opened and inside Harry could see the whole temple. The temple was surrounded by huge statues of golden dragons.

"What is this place?" Harry asked.

"This Mr. Potter is the Temple of the Drowned Souls or you could call it The Gateway to the Jusenkyo Ponds" he said with a huge grin on his face. Harry gasped.

To Be Continued

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