Chapter 3 Getting to The Leaky Cauldron
Hagrid had a car that,"Property of the Ministry of Magic."
"Wizards use cars?"Jarrik asked surprised.
"Some muggle things come in handy once in a while. But the letters written
on the car are only so that magical folk can see them."answered Hagrid.
"Muggle?"
"Non-magic folk. Your parents. No magical drop of blood in 'em."
"Oh"he said, embarrassed.
"Oh that reminds me. Jarrik, this is Harry Potter. Harry, this is Jarrik
Spellman."Hagrid said as the boys nodded and shook hands. They got in the
car after putting the suitcase in the trunk. Jarrik had noticed that Hagrid
held a pink umbrella in his hand. Curiosity took over and he asked,"Why do
you have that pink umbrella with you?"
"I...um well. I can't tell yeh. I got expelled from the school. When tha'
happened, they snapped me wand in 'alf. I still got the pieces."he said
brightly.
"Oh."he said in a distant, flat voice that he didn't recognize as his own.
"Hey, listen. You can't dwell on the fact that your parents don't want yeh
back. I mean I would be hurt too. But yeh'll never pass at school if yeh
dwell on it, all righ'?"he said firmly, but gently at the same time.
"Ok,"he said, coming out of a trance.
"He's right."said Harry."If I dwelled on the fact that my parents died in
the hands of an infamous wizard, I'd never even have thought about coming
with Hagrid to go to Hogwarts."
Jarrik stared out the window. Somehow, we were already in London."How'd we
get here so fast?"He asked Hagrid.
"Well, this car can go through gaps that other muggle cars can't . When we
do tha', muggles see us as a motorcycle."
"Really?"Harry and Jarrik asked in unison. They grinned at each other.
"Friends?"Jarrik asked.
"Definitely."Harry replied.
"Cool."Jarrik told him. He turned to Hagrid."Um I don't have any money. How
am I going to buy my school supplies?"
"Well, me favorite man, Albus Dumbledore, gave me some money for yeh to buy
yer school supplies. Just about enough for the school supplies and
lunch."he informed Jarrik.
"That was friendly."he replied. He was wondering how nice of a man
Dumbledore was.
"Great man Dumbledore."Hagrid said to no one in general.
The driver stopped and parked the car. He helped get Harry and Jarrik's
luggage out of the trunk of the car. Then he said,"Good day,"and drove
away.
"Jarrik, where are we?"asked Fox. Jarrik and Harry jumped, along with
Hagrid.
"Um, we moved away from our house."he told the bird, nervously."Now stop
asking questions."
He put the cover back on the bird cage. "Um Hagrid,"he asked,"Where am I to
live until September 1, and during the summer?"
"We're going to put an ad in the paper. People like yer parents do that all
the time. Just not the muggle paper. The Daily Prophet."
"The Daily Prophet?"asked Jarrik. His head was imploding with questions.
"The wizard paper. Now let's get yer stuff inside."He picked up the boys'
suitcase and Jarrik picked up his bird.
Hagrid started walking towards a small black building in which Jarrik and
Harry thought only Hagrid and they could see. Hagrid held the door open for
Jarrik and Harry and they stepped inside.
