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HARRY POTTER AND THE AZKABAN PRISONER CHAPTER 3 DAY IN DIAGON ALLY
The two sat in silence for a few seconds until Harry broke the silence with a rather obvious question.
"Sirius, how will we get to Diagon ally?"
"I suggest the knight bus, its quick and easy"
"the what?"
"Its a wizard bus, it can take you anywhere you want to go, I think as long as its on land"
"how do we find it?"
"just hold your wand up by the road, ready?"
"what should I call you in your animagus form?"
"when where alone padfoot, but when around people call me snuffles, OK"
"sure, lets go"
A few minutes a short thirteen year old boy dragging a large trunk walk out of the ally with a big shaggy dog right behind him, and stopped right by the curb. Doubting it would work at all, and being a nervous of looking foolish, Harry raised his wand high over his head, almost immediately there was a loud bang and a large purple triple decker bus appeared out of nowhere and stopped right in front of him.
"wow talk about service"
Harry muttered as he stared at that oddly colored bus, then the door opened and the conductor stepped our and started saying loudly.
"Welcome to the knight bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard, just stick out your wand hand, step on board, and we can take you anywhere you want to go, my name is Stan Shunpike, and I will be your conductor for this eve."
The conductor stopped speaking as he noticed the writing on the trunk (H, Potter)
"my goodness, ar'en choo Harry Potter?"
"well, yes I am, you dont mind dogs do you?"
"hey Ern, we got Harry Potter here, oh, of course we dont mind animals, especially Harry Potter's dog, Nope, dont mind at all.."
"how much to get to london?"
"eleven sickles, but for firteen you get 'ot chocolate and for fifteen you ge an 'ot water bottle an' a toofbrush in the color of your choice, and don' worry abou the dog, we can let em on free for you"
"thank you"
Harry pulled out a small bag and paid the conductor eleven sickles, then was lead aboard and given a bed behind the driver Ernie Prang, Harry sat on the edge while Sirius lay at the end. The trip was fairly uneventful, except every time Stan, Ernie, or anybody else mentioned their opinion of Sirius Black snuffles would start growling at that person for a few minutes, and most of them stopped talking real fast.
A few hours later, after dropping off an old man that kinda looked like George Lucas, Stan looked at Harry and asked him where he was headed.
"I need to get to Diagon ally, if you can, if not somewhere nearby would be ok"
"Diagon ally? We go there all the time its no problem"
About ten minutes later, there was a loud bang and the knight bus was neatly parked right in front of the leaky cauldron, and a strange looking man was standing in front of it. The man was wearing a pinstripe cloak with an emerald green suit under it, a strange pair of purple boots and a tie the most violent shade of orange Harry had ever seen, as soon as Sirius started growling he knew who it was, the Minister of magic himself, Cornelius Fudge.
Harry began to expect the worst already, as he dragged his trunk off the knight bus and Snuffles followed him off seconds later, watching the minister closely Sirius walked in front of Harry.
"well there you are harry"
Then the minister noticed the large black dog in front of harry, and began to wonder how he hadn't noticed it first.
"w-well, nice d-dog you got there, d-doesn't bite does he?"
"of course not, unless somebody tries to hurt me"
"well, that dog looks like he could protect you from Black, or even you- know-who"
"who?"
"Sirius Black, he escaped from Azkaban, an we have reason to think he might be looking for you."
At this Sirius started growling a bit, but the minister either didn't notice or thought the dog already hated Sirius Black.
"well. Anyway, its good to know your safe, and don't worry about your aunt, we realize it was all an accident and everything was put back to normal, well except your aunt an uncle are really upset about the whole thing, so you might want to consider staying here in the leaky cauldron until the start of next term
"so Harry if you would follow Tom here, he will show you your room, dont worry, its on the ministry"
After Tom showed him his room, Harry realized how tired he was and fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow, Sirius was tired as well, so he lay at the foot of the bed and fell asleep as well.
The next morning Harry woke early, and discovered Sirius was nowhere in sight, then after standing he could hear a shower running and a faint slightly gravely voice singing the lyrics to a song he had heard Dudley listening to by the offspring called original prankster.
After waiting for a few minutes, Sirius came out of the bathroom, washed up and looked a lot healthier then the previous night.
"morning Harry"
"morning Sirius, will you go with me to get my things?"
"of course, lets just hope nobody mistakes me for a grim, and take a shower first"
"OK, I could use a shower, but, what's a grim?" "its the worst death omen"
"well, I hope Malfoy does"
They both grinned, Harry thinking about Draco cowering like a baby, and Sirius thinking about Lucius doing the same. After his shower, Harry had gotten dressed in some old muggle clothes.
"wait Harry, I have an idea, I need to pick up some things too, so I need to borrow your wand for a second"
"what for?"
"Its a spell to make me look a little different, not much but nobody will recognize me"
"OK, here"
Sirius muttered a few spells, his hair was now red, his eyes where bright green and he was almost a foot shorter.
"well, hurry with your shower and we go"
"k, but what should I call you?"
"Padfoot, nobody around here will recognize my nickname"
After Harry's shower, they left for Diagon ally. First stop was Gringotts of course, then they stopped for potion ingredients, and picked up some extra parchments, quills, and ink. They dropped off there things at Harry's room, then after a quick lunch at the leaky cauldron, they left for Diagon ally for Harry's books (the Hogwarts letter arrived while he was sleeping).
As they entered Flourish and Blotts the manager noticed Harry and a look of dread crossed his face.
"Hogwarts right?"
"yes, I need."
"oh, I know."
The manager began putting on thick dragon hide gloves, and looked as if he where about to do something he really didn't want to do, then he began unlocking a cage filled with copies of the monster book of monsters.
"wait, I already have a copy of that"
The manager looking extremely relieved, re locked the cage and removed the gloves.
"well, what else do you need?
Harry pulled out his new book list and read it for the first time, and noticed he still needed unfogging the future, intermediate transfiguration, and the standard book of spells grade three.
After telling the manager which books he needed, Padfoot (Sirius) pointed out a few extra books that could be useful, the art of the animagi by Rob Snider, advanced defense against the dark arts by Kenny McCormick, and the big book of pranks by The Marauders.
At Madam Malkin's, they got Harry's new school robes, plus a few extra so he wouldn't be forced to wear Dudley's old clothes (he got dark green and blue robes), they also got Sirius a few new robes. On the way back to the leaky cauldron Sirius mentioned that he needed a new wand, so they stopped at Ollivanders wand shop, the wand Sirius got was thirteen and a half inches made of beach wood with dragon heartstring, nice and flexible.
When they arrived back at there room, Sirius told Harry he had to go do something and would be back in a few minutes, while waiting Harry fell asleep, Sirius came back an hour later with a large thin package and covered Harry so he wouldn't be cold. Then Sirius transformed back into his animagus for and fell asleep at the foot of Harry's bed.
HARRY POTTER AND THE AZKABAN PRISONER CHAPTER 3 DAY IN DIAGON ALLY
The two sat in silence for a few seconds until Harry broke the silence with a rather obvious question.
"Sirius, how will we get to Diagon ally?"
"I suggest the knight bus, its quick and easy"
"the what?"
"Its a wizard bus, it can take you anywhere you want to go, I think as long as its on land"
"how do we find it?"
"just hold your wand up by the road, ready?"
"what should I call you in your animagus form?"
"when where alone padfoot, but when around people call me snuffles, OK"
"sure, lets go"
A few minutes a short thirteen year old boy dragging a large trunk walk out of the ally with a big shaggy dog right behind him, and stopped right by the curb. Doubting it would work at all, and being a nervous of looking foolish, Harry raised his wand high over his head, almost immediately there was a loud bang and a large purple triple decker bus appeared out of nowhere and stopped right in front of him.
"wow talk about service"
Harry muttered as he stared at that oddly colored bus, then the door opened and the conductor stepped our and started saying loudly.
"Welcome to the knight bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard, just stick out your wand hand, step on board, and we can take you anywhere you want to go, my name is Stan Shunpike, and I will be your conductor for this eve."
The conductor stopped speaking as he noticed the writing on the trunk (H, Potter)
"my goodness, ar'en choo Harry Potter?"
"well, yes I am, you dont mind dogs do you?"
"hey Ern, we got Harry Potter here, oh, of course we dont mind animals, especially Harry Potter's dog, Nope, dont mind at all.."
"how much to get to london?"
"eleven sickles, but for firteen you get 'ot chocolate and for fifteen you ge an 'ot water bottle an' a toofbrush in the color of your choice, and don' worry abou the dog, we can let em on free for you"
"thank you"
Harry pulled out a small bag and paid the conductor eleven sickles, then was lead aboard and given a bed behind the driver Ernie Prang, Harry sat on the edge while Sirius lay at the end. The trip was fairly uneventful, except every time Stan, Ernie, or anybody else mentioned their opinion of Sirius Black snuffles would start growling at that person for a few minutes, and most of them stopped talking real fast.
A few hours later, after dropping off an old man that kinda looked like George Lucas, Stan looked at Harry and asked him where he was headed.
"I need to get to Diagon ally, if you can, if not somewhere nearby would be ok"
"Diagon ally? We go there all the time its no problem"
About ten minutes later, there was a loud bang and the knight bus was neatly parked right in front of the leaky cauldron, and a strange looking man was standing in front of it. The man was wearing a pinstripe cloak with an emerald green suit under it, a strange pair of purple boots and a tie the most violent shade of orange Harry had ever seen, as soon as Sirius started growling he knew who it was, the Minister of magic himself, Cornelius Fudge.
Harry began to expect the worst already, as he dragged his trunk off the knight bus and Snuffles followed him off seconds later, watching the minister closely Sirius walked in front of Harry.
"well there you are harry"
Then the minister noticed the large black dog in front of harry, and began to wonder how he hadn't noticed it first.
"w-well, nice d-dog you got there, d-doesn't bite does he?"
"of course not, unless somebody tries to hurt me"
"well, that dog looks like he could protect you from Black, or even you- know-who"
"who?"
"Sirius Black, he escaped from Azkaban, an we have reason to think he might be looking for you."
At this Sirius started growling a bit, but the minister either didn't notice or thought the dog already hated Sirius Black.
"well. Anyway, its good to know your safe, and don't worry about your aunt, we realize it was all an accident and everything was put back to normal, well except your aunt an uncle are really upset about the whole thing, so you might want to consider staying here in the leaky cauldron until the start of next term
"so Harry if you would follow Tom here, he will show you your room, dont worry, its on the ministry"
After Tom showed him his room, Harry realized how tired he was and fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow, Sirius was tired as well, so he lay at the foot of the bed and fell asleep as well.
The next morning Harry woke early, and discovered Sirius was nowhere in sight, then after standing he could hear a shower running and a faint slightly gravely voice singing the lyrics to a song he had heard Dudley listening to by the offspring called original prankster.
After waiting for a few minutes, Sirius came out of the bathroom, washed up and looked a lot healthier then the previous night.
"morning Harry"
"morning Sirius, will you go with me to get my things?"
"of course, lets just hope nobody mistakes me for a grim, and take a shower first"
"OK, I could use a shower, but, what's a grim?" "its the worst death omen"
"well, I hope Malfoy does"
They both grinned, Harry thinking about Draco cowering like a baby, and Sirius thinking about Lucius doing the same. After his shower, Harry had gotten dressed in some old muggle clothes.
"wait Harry, I have an idea, I need to pick up some things too, so I need to borrow your wand for a second"
"what for?"
"Its a spell to make me look a little different, not much but nobody will recognize me"
"OK, here"
Sirius muttered a few spells, his hair was now red, his eyes where bright green and he was almost a foot shorter.
"well, hurry with your shower and we go"
"k, but what should I call you?"
"Padfoot, nobody around here will recognize my nickname"
After Harry's shower, they left for Diagon ally. First stop was Gringotts of course, then they stopped for potion ingredients, and picked up some extra parchments, quills, and ink. They dropped off there things at Harry's room, then after a quick lunch at the leaky cauldron, they left for Diagon ally for Harry's books (the Hogwarts letter arrived while he was sleeping).
As they entered Flourish and Blotts the manager noticed Harry and a look of dread crossed his face.
"Hogwarts right?"
"yes, I need."
"oh, I know."
The manager began putting on thick dragon hide gloves, and looked as if he where about to do something he really didn't want to do, then he began unlocking a cage filled with copies of the monster book of monsters.
"wait, I already have a copy of that"
The manager looking extremely relieved, re locked the cage and removed the gloves.
"well, what else do you need?
Harry pulled out his new book list and read it for the first time, and noticed he still needed unfogging the future, intermediate transfiguration, and the standard book of spells grade three.
After telling the manager which books he needed, Padfoot (Sirius) pointed out a few extra books that could be useful, the art of the animagi by Rob Snider, advanced defense against the dark arts by Kenny McCormick, and the big book of pranks by The Marauders.
At Madam Malkin's, they got Harry's new school robes, plus a few extra so he wouldn't be forced to wear Dudley's old clothes (he got dark green and blue robes), they also got Sirius a few new robes. On the way back to the leaky cauldron Sirius mentioned that he needed a new wand, so they stopped at Ollivanders wand shop, the wand Sirius got was thirteen and a half inches made of beach wood with dragon heartstring, nice and flexible.
When they arrived back at there room, Sirius told Harry he had to go do something and would be back in a few minutes, while waiting Harry fell asleep, Sirius came back an hour later with a large thin package and covered Harry so he wouldn't be cold. Then Sirius transformed back into his animagus for and fell asleep at the foot of Harry's bed.