Making Moves
Magic In London (The reason George and Fred had to go to Hogwarts again this year, was because they got a note from Dumbledore over the summer that said that even though they had bewitched their report cards, they still had to go back and pass Potions, Defense Against the Dark Arts and Transfiguration along with Angelina Johnson and Katie Bell) A/N Here is the next chapter. I made it a little longer so tell me if you like it better this way. Thank you for all of the reviews. DISCLAIMER: None of these characters or places belong to me, unless they have been made up by me. PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!
^********^ "No one," replied Harry very quickly.
"Are you sure?" asked Ron.
"Yes, yes of course," Harry replied back. Aiming to end the conversation, Harry brought out a box he had been keeping over the summer. "These are letters that I have received from Sirius," Harry said. He opened the box and pulled out 4 letters. The 3 of them leaned in and began to read the letters.
The first one said that Sirius was living large in the back of a popular restaurant. There wasn't much else besides him reminding Harry that he could always ask him or tell him anything and would love to hear from him. The second one said that Sirius was sorry that he hadn't sent Harry a birthday present this time because the Ministry of Magic was chasing him at that time. He said that he would make it up to him later on that year. The third and forth ones said that he was doing fine and wished him a great time in his 5th year at Hogwarts.
"What do you think he will send you?" asked Ron.
"I don't know, but I think I will find out soon," replied Harry. The three then left to go change as they were sleeping in the Leaky Cauldron tonight. They were going to Hogsmeade at 7 o'clock tomorrow so they needed their rest.
The next day Harry, Ron and Hermione piled into the back of one of the Weasley's station wagons. When they arrived at Hogsmeade Mrs. Weasley brought out yet another piece of parchment. This time though, it had a list of all the places in Hogsmeade. On the list she had 30 different places. She asked each person to circle the places they wanted to go and initial each. In the end 10 places were circled. Honeydukes, Zonkos, the Three Broomsticks, the Shrieking Shack (which now had many odd wizard trinkets instead of nothing at all) and the Owl Emporium were the only old places they were going to. The Quidditch Patch, Muggle Contraptions (guess who wanted to go there), Wizarding Arcade, Bookworms Only and Spells and Potions for the Future were the new comings that the group had decided to check out.
The 10 of them - Mr. Weasley, Mrs. Weasley, Ron, Fred, George, Ginny, Mr. Granger, Mrs. Granger, Hermione and Harry (Percy was at work) - split up into groups and went off. They planned to go off for and explore all the stores, fix themselves lunches and then meet back at 6 so they could go and eat supper back at the Leaky Cauldron.
"That means we have about 10 hours before we have to go home. We could go everywhere and still make it back in time," said Ron excitedly. They decided to go to Bookworms Only and then Spells and Potions for the Future first. Ron and Harry suggested it because they secretly wanted to get them of the way. Hermione was delighted.
As they walked into Bookworms Only, instead of groaning Harry and Ron stood amazed at the astonishing site that lay before them. Three floors of walls were covered every square inch with books. The building was of a rounded shape with a twisting staircase in the middle. On every floor there was a set of chairs, a fireplace and a keypad where you could say what book you wanted into the speaker and it would levitate from it's shelf over to you. You could even ask for a certain number of books by an author or of a subject and they would levitate right to you. The cashier's booth and sales booth were both made out of marble with gold trimmings. There was every type of book imaginable. The greeter introduced himself and explained that if they wished to buy a book they would go to the red marbled cahier's desk and if they wished to sell a book they would go to the blue marbled sales desk. Hermione ended up buying 15 new books (she had been given a large sum of money from her parents to do as she pleased with after changing into wizard money). Ron and Harry even bought 1 each. Harry's was on the Secrets of Love (he put a charm on it to make it appear as the Rising and Falling of Dark Lords) and Ron's on the Chuddly Canons.
Stepping into Spells and Potions for the Future was almost as exciting as Bookworms Only. It was only one floor, but the shop seemed to go on forever. Spells and potions for everything imaginable were lined up along the walls. There were sections for love, wisdom, athleticism, knowledge and more. While Ron looked at athleticism and Hermione looked at Knowledge and Wisdom, Harry bought a few books and ingredients for some spells and potions form the Love section. As Hermione had done with hers, Harry's and Ron's books, Harry enchanted his findings to his room back at the Leaky Cauldron.
Leaving quickly afterwards, they set off for the Shrieking Shack.
"Wow look at this," cried out Ron. He was pointing at a voice - activated quill. "I could sure use one of those." In the end each of them bought a set of the voice-activated quills. As they looked around at the different contraptions, they each found one more thing that caught their eye and charmed their items home. Hermione bought a calendar in which a different famous witch or wizard represented every day. It said the date and time when you asked it and each day when you flipped the page to the new day it would say an interesting historical fact. Ron bought a camera that could turn itself invisible, so that it could be used without being seen. Harry bought a simple voice - diary that had places for pictures as well as many little buttons on pages which you could record messages on.
Next they were off to the Wizarding Arcade where they were to spend the next 2 hours having fun enjoying the exciting virtual games.
Ron had fun playing the virtual Quidditch game where he played through a tournament and felt every jolt and shock in it, or seemed to. If he got and felt a broken arm in the game, once he got out of the game it was fine and painless. He ended up winning the tournament for the Chuddly Canons.
Hermione got quite into the Witch and Wizards Trivia game (one of the few non - virtual games) in which she got the first perfect score ever. She won herself a 1-galleon gift certificate for Honeydukes.
Harry was surprised to find a virtual game about him. There were 3 different situations. The first was situated in the Quidditch cup match at Hogwarts. He had to catch the snitch, hit the seeker and find the chocolate frog in the secret room hidden in one of the towers. In the second situation, Harry had to explore Hogwarts and defeat Peeves, a hoard of Gnomes and pass through many obstacles trying to get to the Great Hall. The third situation was the hardest of all; Harry had to go through the whole Tri-Wizard Tournament and there were no obstacles left out.
It was nearly lunchtime, so the three groupies set off to the Three Broomsticks.
"Oh hello Harry. Ron and Hermione, how nice ter sees ya all," said Hagrid.
"We just decided to have some lunch. What are you doing here Hagrid?" asked Harry.
"Official Hogwarts business as usual. Just stopped in to grab a drink," replied Hagrid. Harry, Hermione and Ron sat in the table next to Hagrid and Hermione engrossed herself in conversation with Hagrid about the Wizard she had been asked a question on in the game she had played, Mildred Mastitis. For that was the only question she had had to guess on. Harry and Ron asked Hermione what she wanted to have for lunch. She turned her head, told them to get her whatever they thought she would like and immediately continued her conversation. Ron ordered the "Giant's Nacho Supreme," so that they could share and not have to each get something different. Along with the food, Harry ordered 3 mugs of Butterbeer.
As the Ron and Harry sat down beside Hermione, Ron began stuffing his face with nachos. The nachos really were supreme. They had 6 different kinds of cheese-regular old Yellow Snuffle Cheese, Gold Spirit Cheese, Holy Gouda Cheese, Chocolate Cheese, Sorcerers Cheese and the final cheese was the famous 1000-year-old Godrific Cheese. There were Fried-Frog-Legs, Finger Olives, Snake-Bite-Peppers (much like Jalapeno Peppers but about 10 times hotter), many items that Harry and Ron could not recognize and a Chocolate Frog on top. They had a monstrous amount of dipping sauces on the side.
Later on, Harry, Ron and Hermione carried their bellies out of the Three Broomsticks leaving Hagrid to finish the nachos. They headed off to Muggle Contraptions groaning and moaning from the condition of their stomachs. As they stepped inside they saw Mr. Weasley looking around appearing to be in Heaven.
"Oh hello Harry," Mr. Weasley exclaimed, "Can I ask you a question?" 'A Question was an understatement.' For the next 45 minutes while Hermione explained how to use a telephone to Ron, Harry answered the 100's of questions Mr. Weasley asked him. Harry responded to 'What is a computer,' 'Why do Muggles have phones' and 'How do Muggles do their dishes, knit (and many other daily chores).'
When they finally got out of their Ron was bewitching his telephone and erasers back to his hotel and Harry was yelling back at Mr. Weasley that he really had to leave. The musketeers started for Honeydukes but ran into Professor McGonagall.
"I expect you boys are having a good summer. Staying out of trouble I hope," Professor McGonagall asked with a grin on her face. The boys replied yes and Professor McGonagall went on her way through Hogsmeade.
Without any further encounters with any of the Hogwarts teachers, Harry, Ron and Hermione found their way into Honeydukes. They had been in Honeydukes many times before and had no new surprises in store for them. Harry did not get much besides the few treats that weren't in the present Hagrid gave him.
Next stop was the Quidditch Patch. The sight that lay before them astounded Harry, Ron and even Hermione. Along the right wall Broomsticks from the Stifling Clover to the Firebolt could be seen. Quidditch supplies lined the rest of the shop from wax to figurines to virtual Quidditch games. Harry used his spectacular Summoning Charm to summon his Broomstick repair kit into the shop. He replenished his supplies and waited for Ron who was buying some orange Broomstick Paint and Chuddly Canon designs for his broom. Hermione bought a book on the History of Quidditch and then left the shop with Ron and Harry closely behind.
As they stepped into Zonkos Harry and Ron went to the Weasley's section that was in development, because the twins had to go back to Hogwarts. The displays on the counter of future products included their Ton Tongue Toffee and Fake Wands. Ron, who had little money left and was getting to test all of his brother's products bought nothing but a sugar quill. Hermione bought a quick-quotes quill, a sugar quill and a shrinking photo album that shrunk to fit in your pocket and expanded to its normal size afterwards.
Their last stop of the day was the Owl Emporium where Harry had to deliver his letter to Sirius that he had written. The letter said little more than he couldn't wait for his surprise and that he hoped that he would talk to him soon. He also included a little section on what they had done today while they were walking over.
The next few days past without any worrisome happenings. Harry, Ron and Hermione packed into the car to go to Platform Nine and Three Quarters on September 1st. Harry's excitement grew as the car started and he realized he was on his way home to Hogwarts at last.
*More to come soon as I get 3 reviews*
Magic In London (The reason George and Fred had to go to Hogwarts again this year, was because they got a note from Dumbledore over the summer that said that even though they had bewitched their report cards, they still had to go back and pass Potions, Defense Against the Dark Arts and Transfiguration along with Angelina Johnson and Katie Bell) A/N Here is the next chapter. I made it a little longer so tell me if you like it better this way. Thank you for all of the reviews. DISCLAIMER: None of these characters or places belong to me, unless they have been made up by me. PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!
^********^ "No one," replied Harry very quickly.
"Are you sure?" asked Ron.
"Yes, yes of course," Harry replied back. Aiming to end the conversation, Harry brought out a box he had been keeping over the summer. "These are letters that I have received from Sirius," Harry said. He opened the box and pulled out 4 letters. The 3 of them leaned in and began to read the letters.
The first one said that Sirius was living large in the back of a popular restaurant. There wasn't much else besides him reminding Harry that he could always ask him or tell him anything and would love to hear from him. The second one said that Sirius was sorry that he hadn't sent Harry a birthday present this time because the Ministry of Magic was chasing him at that time. He said that he would make it up to him later on that year. The third and forth ones said that he was doing fine and wished him a great time in his 5th year at Hogwarts.
"What do you think he will send you?" asked Ron.
"I don't know, but I think I will find out soon," replied Harry. The three then left to go change as they were sleeping in the Leaky Cauldron tonight. They were going to Hogsmeade at 7 o'clock tomorrow so they needed their rest.
The next day Harry, Ron and Hermione piled into the back of one of the Weasley's station wagons. When they arrived at Hogsmeade Mrs. Weasley brought out yet another piece of parchment. This time though, it had a list of all the places in Hogsmeade. On the list she had 30 different places. She asked each person to circle the places they wanted to go and initial each. In the end 10 places were circled. Honeydukes, Zonkos, the Three Broomsticks, the Shrieking Shack (which now had many odd wizard trinkets instead of nothing at all) and the Owl Emporium were the only old places they were going to. The Quidditch Patch, Muggle Contraptions (guess who wanted to go there), Wizarding Arcade, Bookworms Only and Spells and Potions for the Future were the new comings that the group had decided to check out.
The 10 of them - Mr. Weasley, Mrs. Weasley, Ron, Fred, George, Ginny, Mr. Granger, Mrs. Granger, Hermione and Harry (Percy was at work) - split up into groups and went off. They planned to go off for and explore all the stores, fix themselves lunches and then meet back at 6 so they could go and eat supper back at the Leaky Cauldron.
"That means we have about 10 hours before we have to go home. We could go everywhere and still make it back in time," said Ron excitedly. They decided to go to Bookworms Only and then Spells and Potions for the Future first. Ron and Harry suggested it because they secretly wanted to get them of the way. Hermione was delighted.
As they walked into Bookworms Only, instead of groaning Harry and Ron stood amazed at the astonishing site that lay before them. Three floors of walls were covered every square inch with books. The building was of a rounded shape with a twisting staircase in the middle. On every floor there was a set of chairs, a fireplace and a keypad where you could say what book you wanted into the speaker and it would levitate from it's shelf over to you. You could even ask for a certain number of books by an author or of a subject and they would levitate right to you. The cashier's booth and sales booth were both made out of marble with gold trimmings. There was every type of book imaginable. The greeter introduced himself and explained that if they wished to buy a book they would go to the red marbled cahier's desk and if they wished to sell a book they would go to the blue marbled sales desk. Hermione ended up buying 15 new books (she had been given a large sum of money from her parents to do as she pleased with after changing into wizard money). Ron and Harry even bought 1 each. Harry's was on the Secrets of Love (he put a charm on it to make it appear as the Rising and Falling of Dark Lords) and Ron's on the Chuddly Canons.
Stepping into Spells and Potions for the Future was almost as exciting as Bookworms Only. It was only one floor, but the shop seemed to go on forever. Spells and potions for everything imaginable were lined up along the walls. There were sections for love, wisdom, athleticism, knowledge and more. While Ron looked at athleticism and Hermione looked at Knowledge and Wisdom, Harry bought a few books and ingredients for some spells and potions form the Love section. As Hermione had done with hers, Harry's and Ron's books, Harry enchanted his findings to his room back at the Leaky Cauldron.
Leaving quickly afterwards, they set off for the Shrieking Shack.
"Wow look at this," cried out Ron. He was pointing at a voice - activated quill. "I could sure use one of those." In the end each of them bought a set of the voice-activated quills. As they looked around at the different contraptions, they each found one more thing that caught their eye and charmed their items home. Hermione bought a calendar in which a different famous witch or wizard represented every day. It said the date and time when you asked it and each day when you flipped the page to the new day it would say an interesting historical fact. Ron bought a camera that could turn itself invisible, so that it could be used without being seen. Harry bought a simple voice - diary that had places for pictures as well as many little buttons on pages which you could record messages on.
Next they were off to the Wizarding Arcade where they were to spend the next 2 hours having fun enjoying the exciting virtual games.
Ron had fun playing the virtual Quidditch game where he played through a tournament and felt every jolt and shock in it, or seemed to. If he got and felt a broken arm in the game, once he got out of the game it was fine and painless. He ended up winning the tournament for the Chuddly Canons.
Hermione got quite into the Witch and Wizards Trivia game (one of the few non - virtual games) in which she got the first perfect score ever. She won herself a 1-galleon gift certificate for Honeydukes.
Harry was surprised to find a virtual game about him. There were 3 different situations. The first was situated in the Quidditch cup match at Hogwarts. He had to catch the snitch, hit the seeker and find the chocolate frog in the secret room hidden in one of the towers. In the second situation, Harry had to explore Hogwarts and defeat Peeves, a hoard of Gnomes and pass through many obstacles trying to get to the Great Hall. The third situation was the hardest of all; Harry had to go through the whole Tri-Wizard Tournament and there were no obstacles left out.
It was nearly lunchtime, so the three groupies set off to the Three Broomsticks.
"Oh hello Harry. Ron and Hermione, how nice ter sees ya all," said Hagrid.
"We just decided to have some lunch. What are you doing here Hagrid?" asked Harry.
"Official Hogwarts business as usual. Just stopped in to grab a drink," replied Hagrid. Harry, Hermione and Ron sat in the table next to Hagrid and Hermione engrossed herself in conversation with Hagrid about the Wizard she had been asked a question on in the game she had played, Mildred Mastitis. For that was the only question she had had to guess on. Harry and Ron asked Hermione what she wanted to have for lunch. She turned her head, told them to get her whatever they thought she would like and immediately continued her conversation. Ron ordered the "Giant's Nacho Supreme," so that they could share and not have to each get something different. Along with the food, Harry ordered 3 mugs of Butterbeer.
As the Ron and Harry sat down beside Hermione, Ron began stuffing his face with nachos. The nachos really were supreme. They had 6 different kinds of cheese-regular old Yellow Snuffle Cheese, Gold Spirit Cheese, Holy Gouda Cheese, Chocolate Cheese, Sorcerers Cheese and the final cheese was the famous 1000-year-old Godrific Cheese. There were Fried-Frog-Legs, Finger Olives, Snake-Bite-Peppers (much like Jalapeno Peppers but about 10 times hotter), many items that Harry and Ron could not recognize and a Chocolate Frog on top. They had a monstrous amount of dipping sauces on the side.
Later on, Harry, Ron and Hermione carried their bellies out of the Three Broomsticks leaving Hagrid to finish the nachos. They headed off to Muggle Contraptions groaning and moaning from the condition of their stomachs. As they stepped inside they saw Mr. Weasley looking around appearing to be in Heaven.
"Oh hello Harry," Mr. Weasley exclaimed, "Can I ask you a question?" 'A Question was an understatement.' For the next 45 minutes while Hermione explained how to use a telephone to Ron, Harry answered the 100's of questions Mr. Weasley asked him. Harry responded to 'What is a computer,' 'Why do Muggles have phones' and 'How do Muggles do their dishes, knit (and many other daily chores).'
When they finally got out of their Ron was bewitching his telephone and erasers back to his hotel and Harry was yelling back at Mr. Weasley that he really had to leave. The musketeers started for Honeydukes but ran into Professor McGonagall.
"I expect you boys are having a good summer. Staying out of trouble I hope," Professor McGonagall asked with a grin on her face. The boys replied yes and Professor McGonagall went on her way through Hogsmeade.
Without any further encounters with any of the Hogwarts teachers, Harry, Ron and Hermione found their way into Honeydukes. They had been in Honeydukes many times before and had no new surprises in store for them. Harry did not get much besides the few treats that weren't in the present Hagrid gave him.
Next stop was the Quidditch Patch. The sight that lay before them astounded Harry, Ron and even Hermione. Along the right wall Broomsticks from the Stifling Clover to the Firebolt could be seen. Quidditch supplies lined the rest of the shop from wax to figurines to virtual Quidditch games. Harry used his spectacular Summoning Charm to summon his Broomstick repair kit into the shop. He replenished his supplies and waited for Ron who was buying some orange Broomstick Paint and Chuddly Canon designs for his broom. Hermione bought a book on the History of Quidditch and then left the shop with Ron and Harry closely behind.
As they stepped into Zonkos Harry and Ron went to the Weasley's section that was in development, because the twins had to go back to Hogwarts. The displays on the counter of future products included their Ton Tongue Toffee and Fake Wands. Ron, who had little money left and was getting to test all of his brother's products bought nothing but a sugar quill. Hermione bought a quick-quotes quill, a sugar quill and a shrinking photo album that shrunk to fit in your pocket and expanded to its normal size afterwards.
Their last stop of the day was the Owl Emporium where Harry had to deliver his letter to Sirius that he had written. The letter said little more than he couldn't wait for his surprise and that he hoped that he would talk to him soon. He also included a little section on what they had done today while they were walking over.
The next few days past without any worrisome happenings. Harry, Ron and Hermione packed into the car to go to Platform Nine and Three Quarters on September 1st. Harry's excitement grew as the car started and he realized he was on his way home to Hogwarts at last.
*More to come soon as I get 3 reviews*
