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Harry Potter and the Legend of the Demon Bands
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Harry was staring out the window with the events of his fourth year still fresh in his mind. It was after a couple minutes that Harry realized that their surroundings were different than the usual drive. "Where are we going Uncle Vernon?" He asked.
"Home" Was the stiff reply. Harry was confused until it dawned on him. The Dursleys had talked about moving the last summer. He was still locked in his thoughts when the car stopped. Harry looked up and saw even bigger, and not to mention nicer, houses. He looked at their new mailbox and read the address.
"1205 Gerber Lane" He murmured.
"Get the mail boy!" Uncle Vernon snarled. Harry walked over and got the mail. He found that they were in a town called Halderton.
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It had been two weeks since then and his life had been a living hell. He was given the job of moving all the boxes from the downstairs to the upstairs. His muscles felt as if they had been ripped onto pieces and then sewn together with no pain relievers. Of course Harry knew that his muscles would be bigger in a couple days.
He grinned at the thought of having muscles. He would finally be able to look buff. He imagined the look of horror that would be displayed on Malfoy's face when he gazed at Harry's muscle mass.
Harry jumped out of bed and winced as his feet hit the floor. Even his toes felt sore. He threw on some clothes and winced at the fact that the pants stopped about four inches above his ankles. He sighed. He was going to go shopping today for new clothes and grimaced at the thought. He had always hated shopping because whenever the Dursleys had taken him shopping, it was never for him. He grabbed his money and wand and walked downstairs.
He was scowled at by Aunt Petunia when he walked into the kitchen.
"Hurry and eat! We have neighbors coming over, so make yourself scarce." He quickly ate his small portion of a grapefruit and got up.
"I'm going to town." He said. His uncle grunted his usual reply. He left the house with his wand in his pocket. After waving down The Knight Bus he laid back on the bed as the bus hurtled down the road.
"'Ere you go 'Arry" Said Stan.
"See you Stan" Harry walked through the Leaky Cauldron and on into Diagon Ally. He went into Gringotts and talked to one of the goblins.
"I need to exchange some money," He said to the goblin. After arguing with the goblin for a couple of minutes he finally succeeded in getting a fair price on the exchange. He walked out of Gringotts and went back into muggle London. He went up and down the streets looking for a clothing store and after finally finding on, he went inside.
"May I help you?" Said a girl. She looked as if she was about seventeen. She had dark brown hair and blue eyes. She was really pretty. Harry would be turning fifteen in about six days. He smiled because he knew he actually looked as if he was sixteen. Maybe it was time to start getting interested girls.
"Yea. I need a lot of clothes and I have no idea what to buy." She looked at him apprehensively.
"Our clothes are pricey."
"Money isn't a concern for me." With a glance at her unbelieving face, he added: "You doubt me?" Saying it like doubting him was against the law.
"Yea." Her apprehension was extremely obvious. He chuckled at her shock when he pulled a thick stack of bills from his pocket. She started walking away.
"Follow me." After a couple hours of trying on clothes, having her give him advice and just talking about stuff, he finally was almost done. He picked out a pair of new shoes. They were skateboarding shoes. He didn't skateboard but they were extremely comfortable. He paid for his big stack of clothes and then put on a pair. (He threw away the old pair.) She gave him some last bits of advice before he left.
"Without all those horrible clothes, you are pretty cute. You just need new glasses and a haircut to make you look even better." Harry flashed her a grin before leaving the store. He walked around and found an eye shop. He walked in and got an eye test. Then after choosing some thin silver frames. He left the store and went to get a haircut, while his glasses were made. Just down the road was a hair salon. He went in and a lady came up to him.
"Yes?"
"I'd like to get a haircut." Said Harry. The lady led him to a chair and got out some scissors. He had her cut it short enough that it would still be messy, but would be pretty much straight up. He had her gel it so it looked liked it was supposed to be messed up. He pictured himself with his silver glasses and grinned to himself. He didn't like to brag but he knew he was very good looking.
As the lady was preoccupied with cutting his hair, Harry practiced doing some winning grins. He mentally labeled them from friendly to extra super seductive that would make any girl jump down his pants (he hoped). He paid the lady when she was done and went back to the eye shop.
He went in and picked up his glasses, put them on and threw away his old ones. He looked in the mirror and grinned. He could only recognize himself because of his scar. He gave his thanks and left.
He walked back to The Leaky Cauldron and had a butterbeer. He was thinking about Hogwarts and what his fifth year would be like. Would it be a normal year or would it be full of unwanted adventures. He sighed.
Voldemort was probably plotting his revenge against the "potter boy" and building up his resources. He then was distracted by a very large shadow right beside him.
"Harry!" Said a booming voice. Harry's face brightened extremely.
"Hargid! How are you? I thought you were out on some business for Dubledore."
"Ahhh.Well.How ter explain.Uh. Somethin' went wrong."
"Someone died?!" Harry said. "Did the giants refuse!?"
"How do you know I was lookin' fer the giants?! That's top secret stuff, that is."
"Well. We kinda figured that you were going to the giants because you're half giant and all.Did anyone die?! Tell me Hagrid. Please."
"Calm down Harry. Nobody died. We just never found em' that's all." Harry calmed down and gave a sigh of relief.
"I got ter go Harry. Take care o' yerself. I watch out if you're going into the alley. I saw them Weasley twins with some pretty scary grins on their faces. Bye Harry."
"Bye Hagrid." With that Hagrid left and Harry walked into the back alley. Harry counted the bricks and opened the walk way to Diagon Alley. He searched for bright red hair but didn't see any. He shrugged and decided to look around. He walked to Flourish and Blotts.
He walked up and down the isles of books and came upon the charms section. He looked at books until he found one that suited (^_^) his fancy. He then walked down another isles until another book caught his eye called "How to become an Animagus in 100 days or less" by Gertrude Falcwen. He smiled and grabbed the book and continued to look for more books.
After about an hour of searching for books, he left the store with a bag so full of books, it would have been a lot to read even for Hermione. He didn't know why he had the urge to buy so many books but he didn't care. He just wanted to read. He had at least fifteen different books including:
"A guide to Highly Advanced Transfiguration" "Over 600 Counter-curses and How to Cast Them Perfectly" "A Master's guide to Dueling" "Armageddon: Defense against the Worst" "76 Charms in 38 days" "Dark Magic or Not: How to Tell the Difference" "30 different Auror Skills and How to Develop Them". "Times of Confusion: Knowing When and How to Use a Spell
He even got a book with over one thousand pages called "1,856 Spells of the Wizarding World".
Harry walked down the street to a second hand shop and sold all his old school things and was surprised at how much he actually got for it all. He counted his profit and found it to be around forty galleons. He smiled as this would be the first contribution he would make to his Gringotts account. He walked down the street and saw a shop called "Fertran's Traveling Shoppe". Harry decided to check it out. He walked inside and heard a bell go off in the back. With the end of it's ring came a man with graying hair and glasses hanging so far down his nose that Harry was surprised they hadn't fallen off all ready.
"Ahh. A customer! What may I help you with young man?" He had a smooth voice that would croak every so often.
"I'm not sure. What kind of things do you carry in this place?" Harry asked.
"Well we have regular suitcases. Magical suitcases-"
"Magical?" Harry said interrupting the old man.
"Yes. We have one room suitcases, expanding suitcases, one to six key suitcases and many more." Harry's eyes opened wide at all the different kind of suitcases.
"Uhh.Can I look at your one room suitcases?"
"Certainly young man. Follow me." He lead Harry down a flight of stairs and to a display for magical suitcases.
"Thank you." Said Harry.
"No problem. If you need me for anything, I'll be upstairs." With that the man left and Harry looked at the suitcases.
'Heaven knows I need a new suitcase. Maybe I could get that one with book shelves inside.' Harry looked inside the one with bookshelves and smiled.
'This ones perfect' In deed it was. It had bookshelves lining three walls with a bare wall on one end. It would be perfect to put a nice desk and leather chair in the middle. He could put a lamp on the desk and a wardrobe for his clothes on the bare wall. He picked it up and took it upstairs to ask the man something.
"Can you customize this for me?"
"It depends on what you want customized." The man said smiling.
"Well.I want some stairs leading down into it." The man took a look at the inside and smiled
"This trunk, my boy, is very expensive. Why don't you find a cheaper one that you can afford."
"How much is this?"
"This trunk alone costs forty galleons. Then the customization would cost at least ten galleons."
"I can afford it." Harry said as he took out his sack of money. The man said.
"Let me take it into my back room and fix this up for you." He walked through another door and after about ten minutes he came back out and showed Harry the trunk.
"Now when you buy this, it's locking spell will activate. To unlock it, just put your hand on it and it will unlock. It's touch sensitive. It will only open to your touch from then onward." Harry paid him fifty galleons and left.
'Now just to buy the interior things.' He came up with an idea. He walked down till he came upon a used furniture place. He looked around and then bought a beat up desk, leather chair, a lamp wardrobe and rug. With a smile he left, now broke.
"Excuse me?" He said to a lady passing by. "Could do me a favor and help me with this stuff?"
"What do you need dear?"
"I was wondering if you could repair and clean these for me?" The lady looked at him as if he were mad, shrugged her shoulders and fixed and cleaned the items. Harry laughed happily and with extreme caution, lowered the things into the trunk. He closed it, locked it, and then headed for home.
Harry Potter and the Legend of the Demon Bands
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Harry was staring out the window with the events of his fourth year still fresh in his mind. It was after a couple minutes that Harry realized that their surroundings were different than the usual drive. "Where are we going Uncle Vernon?" He asked.
"Home" Was the stiff reply. Harry was confused until it dawned on him. The Dursleys had talked about moving the last summer. He was still locked in his thoughts when the car stopped. Harry looked up and saw even bigger, and not to mention nicer, houses. He looked at their new mailbox and read the address.
"1205 Gerber Lane" He murmured.
"Get the mail boy!" Uncle Vernon snarled. Harry walked over and got the mail. He found that they were in a town called Halderton.
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It had been two weeks since then and his life had been a living hell. He was given the job of moving all the boxes from the downstairs to the upstairs. His muscles felt as if they had been ripped onto pieces and then sewn together with no pain relievers. Of course Harry knew that his muscles would be bigger in a couple days.
He grinned at the thought of having muscles. He would finally be able to look buff. He imagined the look of horror that would be displayed on Malfoy's face when he gazed at Harry's muscle mass.
Harry jumped out of bed and winced as his feet hit the floor. Even his toes felt sore. He threw on some clothes and winced at the fact that the pants stopped about four inches above his ankles. He sighed. He was going to go shopping today for new clothes and grimaced at the thought. He had always hated shopping because whenever the Dursleys had taken him shopping, it was never for him. He grabbed his money and wand and walked downstairs.
He was scowled at by Aunt Petunia when he walked into the kitchen.
"Hurry and eat! We have neighbors coming over, so make yourself scarce." He quickly ate his small portion of a grapefruit and got up.
"I'm going to town." He said. His uncle grunted his usual reply. He left the house with his wand in his pocket. After waving down The Knight Bus he laid back on the bed as the bus hurtled down the road.
"'Ere you go 'Arry" Said Stan.
"See you Stan" Harry walked through the Leaky Cauldron and on into Diagon Ally. He went into Gringotts and talked to one of the goblins.
"I need to exchange some money," He said to the goblin. After arguing with the goblin for a couple of minutes he finally succeeded in getting a fair price on the exchange. He walked out of Gringotts and went back into muggle London. He went up and down the streets looking for a clothing store and after finally finding on, he went inside.
"May I help you?" Said a girl. She looked as if she was about seventeen. She had dark brown hair and blue eyes. She was really pretty. Harry would be turning fifteen in about six days. He smiled because he knew he actually looked as if he was sixteen. Maybe it was time to start getting interested girls.
"Yea. I need a lot of clothes and I have no idea what to buy." She looked at him apprehensively.
"Our clothes are pricey."
"Money isn't a concern for me." With a glance at her unbelieving face, he added: "You doubt me?" Saying it like doubting him was against the law.
"Yea." Her apprehension was extremely obvious. He chuckled at her shock when he pulled a thick stack of bills from his pocket. She started walking away.
"Follow me." After a couple hours of trying on clothes, having her give him advice and just talking about stuff, he finally was almost done. He picked out a pair of new shoes. They were skateboarding shoes. He didn't skateboard but they were extremely comfortable. He paid for his big stack of clothes and then put on a pair. (He threw away the old pair.) She gave him some last bits of advice before he left.
"Without all those horrible clothes, you are pretty cute. You just need new glasses and a haircut to make you look even better." Harry flashed her a grin before leaving the store. He walked around and found an eye shop. He walked in and got an eye test. Then after choosing some thin silver frames. He left the store and went to get a haircut, while his glasses were made. Just down the road was a hair salon. He went in and a lady came up to him.
"Yes?"
"I'd like to get a haircut." Said Harry. The lady led him to a chair and got out some scissors. He had her cut it short enough that it would still be messy, but would be pretty much straight up. He had her gel it so it looked liked it was supposed to be messed up. He pictured himself with his silver glasses and grinned to himself. He didn't like to brag but he knew he was very good looking.
As the lady was preoccupied with cutting his hair, Harry practiced doing some winning grins. He mentally labeled them from friendly to extra super seductive that would make any girl jump down his pants (he hoped). He paid the lady when she was done and went back to the eye shop.
He went in and picked up his glasses, put them on and threw away his old ones. He looked in the mirror and grinned. He could only recognize himself because of his scar. He gave his thanks and left.
He walked back to The Leaky Cauldron and had a butterbeer. He was thinking about Hogwarts and what his fifth year would be like. Would it be a normal year or would it be full of unwanted adventures. He sighed.
Voldemort was probably plotting his revenge against the "potter boy" and building up his resources. He then was distracted by a very large shadow right beside him.
"Harry!" Said a booming voice. Harry's face brightened extremely.
"Hargid! How are you? I thought you were out on some business for Dubledore."
"Ahhh.Well.How ter explain.Uh. Somethin' went wrong."
"Someone died?!" Harry said. "Did the giants refuse!?"
"How do you know I was lookin' fer the giants?! That's top secret stuff, that is."
"Well. We kinda figured that you were going to the giants because you're half giant and all.Did anyone die?! Tell me Hagrid. Please."
"Calm down Harry. Nobody died. We just never found em' that's all." Harry calmed down and gave a sigh of relief.
"I got ter go Harry. Take care o' yerself. I watch out if you're going into the alley. I saw them Weasley twins with some pretty scary grins on their faces. Bye Harry."
"Bye Hagrid." With that Hagrid left and Harry walked into the back alley. Harry counted the bricks and opened the walk way to Diagon Alley. He searched for bright red hair but didn't see any. He shrugged and decided to look around. He walked to Flourish and Blotts.
He walked up and down the isles of books and came upon the charms section. He looked at books until he found one that suited (^_^) his fancy. He then walked down another isles until another book caught his eye called "How to become an Animagus in 100 days or less" by Gertrude Falcwen. He smiled and grabbed the book and continued to look for more books.
After about an hour of searching for books, he left the store with a bag so full of books, it would have been a lot to read even for Hermione. He didn't know why he had the urge to buy so many books but he didn't care. He just wanted to read. He had at least fifteen different books including:
"A guide to Highly Advanced Transfiguration" "Over 600 Counter-curses and How to Cast Them Perfectly" "A Master's guide to Dueling" "Armageddon: Defense against the Worst" "76 Charms in 38 days" "Dark Magic or Not: How to Tell the Difference" "30 different Auror Skills and How to Develop Them". "Times of Confusion: Knowing When and How to Use a Spell
He even got a book with over one thousand pages called "1,856 Spells of the Wizarding World".
Harry walked down the street to a second hand shop and sold all his old school things and was surprised at how much he actually got for it all. He counted his profit and found it to be around forty galleons. He smiled as this would be the first contribution he would make to his Gringotts account. He walked down the street and saw a shop called "Fertran's Traveling Shoppe". Harry decided to check it out. He walked inside and heard a bell go off in the back. With the end of it's ring came a man with graying hair and glasses hanging so far down his nose that Harry was surprised they hadn't fallen off all ready.
"Ahh. A customer! What may I help you with young man?" He had a smooth voice that would croak every so often.
"I'm not sure. What kind of things do you carry in this place?" Harry asked.
"Well we have regular suitcases. Magical suitcases-"
"Magical?" Harry said interrupting the old man.
"Yes. We have one room suitcases, expanding suitcases, one to six key suitcases and many more." Harry's eyes opened wide at all the different kind of suitcases.
"Uhh.Can I look at your one room suitcases?"
"Certainly young man. Follow me." He lead Harry down a flight of stairs and to a display for magical suitcases.
"Thank you." Said Harry.
"No problem. If you need me for anything, I'll be upstairs." With that the man left and Harry looked at the suitcases.
'Heaven knows I need a new suitcase. Maybe I could get that one with book shelves inside.' Harry looked inside the one with bookshelves and smiled.
'This ones perfect' In deed it was. It had bookshelves lining three walls with a bare wall on one end. It would be perfect to put a nice desk and leather chair in the middle. He could put a lamp on the desk and a wardrobe for his clothes on the bare wall. He picked it up and took it upstairs to ask the man something.
"Can you customize this for me?"
"It depends on what you want customized." The man said smiling.
"Well.I want some stairs leading down into it." The man took a look at the inside and smiled
"This trunk, my boy, is very expensive. Why don't you find a cheaper one that you can afford."
"How much is this?"
"This trunk alone costs forty galleons. Then the customization would cost at least ten galleons."
"I can afford it." Harry said as he took out his sack of money. The man said.
"Let me take it into my back room and fix this up for you." He walked through another door and after about ten minutes he came back out and showed Harry the trunk.
"Now when you buy this, it's locking spell will activate. To unlock it, just put your hand on it and it will unlock. It's touch sensitive. It will only open to your touch from then onward." Harry paid him fifty galleons and left.
'Now just to buy the interior things.' He came up with an idea. He walked down till he came upon a used furniture place. He looked around and then bought a beat up desk, leather chair, a lamp wardrobe and rug. With a smile he left, now broke.
"Excuse me?" He said to a lady passing by. "Could do me a favor and help me with this stuff?"
"What do you need dear?"
"I was wondering if you could repair and clean these for me?" The lady looked at him as if he were mad, shrugged her shoulders and fixed and cleaned the items. Harry laughed happily and with extreme caution, lowered the things into the trunk. He closed it, locked it, and then headed for home.