CHAPTER 2 TRAINING AND FRIENDS

He came out of the fire place at the leaky cauldron and for once no one seemed to recognize him and for that he was grateful.

At least no one's running up to you and shaking you hand or ogling over your scare he thought the only people that were ogling over him were all the women in there.

He went out back and tapped the familiar brick with his wand and walked down the cobbled street towards diagon alley and again all the women were staring at him or doing second passes of him.

"I need to go to vault 687 please" he asked the first open Goblin.

"Thats no longer your vault Mr. Potter if you will follow me I will lead you to your new one" said the Goblin. Harry obliged and followed him out through a door behind the front desk and down a hallway.

"These are the top 500 vaults with the most money the Goblin explained you no longer need a key he said all you have to do it put your hand against the door and it will open. But don't worry it will only open for you" said the Goblin stopping infront of vault 101.

He put his hand against the door as instructed and the vault opened he quickly filled his money bag and left Gringotts and headed to Madam Malkins. He bought four sets of school robes, Two dress robes one white and one green they were the nicest ones he could find. He also bought several other robes and some Muggle Clothes. He left the shop and went to go get an icecream a Florence. He then spent the rest of the day buying little things that he would need like Razors and shaving cream. He ate dinner in The Leaky cauldron.

"What would you like done dear" asked the hair dresser as she sat him down in the in her chair.

"Can I have it shorter on the sides and about an inch on the top please" he asked hopeing it would look alright. She started cutting right away and it was quite comical when she noticed his scar and started getting all flustered asking for an autograph. When his hair was finished it only came down about halfway past his scar and he thought it looked rather good. Of course now everyone noticed it was him when he got in the leaky cauldron. He shook many hand before he grabbed a pinch of flow powder that he bought and leapt into the fire saying "12 Grimmauld Place."

When he stepped out of the fire he was immediately wrapped in a bear hug by Hermione.

"Hermione can't breathe" he managed to get out she immediatly let go.

"Wow Harry Lupin said you changed but I never thought he meant this much" she said in awe. Then Harry heard a voice inside his head saying Hermione "don't think that he's one of you best friends"

"What was that Hermione" he asked confused he thought he heard that voice in his head.

"I said Lupin said you changed but not this much"

"No what did you say after you said that" he asked Questionably

"I didn't say anything" she said giving him a weird look then it clicked in Merlin said I would be able to read mines he smiled and told her nevermind. Then he realized Ron wasn't there.

"Hermione where's Ron" he asked

"Oh Harry" she sobbed Tears starting to come in her eyes "When Lupin told us that you were the heir of Merlin and about all your presents that you got he got really mad and me and him got in a big fight and he hasn't come out of his room yet" she balled with the tears coming out "and it was really weird staying here today because I just sat here waiting for you "and when I tried to talk to him he snapped on me again" she continued.

"It's OK don't cry we'll just have to give him a bit of time to cool down he'll come to just give it time" he said reassuringly "Now if you want you could stay at the Dursleys For a few days".

"Oh I don't no aren't the Dursley a bit mean , what will they think and won't they get mad I don't want to get you into trouble and cause a fuss' she rambled on

"It's no problem for two reasons one they won't no your there and two if you seen there faces before I left today you'd no they wouldn't try anything" he grinned at the thought. "Now if you want to we'll just have to tell Remus. I've also got something I think you'll find interesting" He said thinking about the Library.

"Well ok but Remus went out on a mission it was just me and Ron here We'll have to write them a note" she said handing Harry a quill and parchment

Dear Remus
I don't think I got a chance to tell you that I would love for you to become my guardian. I'm not sure if you no this or not but Hermione and Ron had a bit of a squabble and she's going to come to my Privet Drive for a few days when I bring her back I guess I will see you then

All the best

Harry

Hermione read it over and agreed and Harry led them out the front door. "How did you get here" Harry she asked.

"Motor Cycle" He replied sitting down on it. Hop on. She did so put very uncertainly was also holding on very. He kicked it to life hit the invisibility charm and took off into the night sky.

"HARRY" she screamed "YOU NEVER TOLD ME THIS THIS WAS A FLYING MOTORCYCLE"

"You never asked" he said grinning After about five minutes of Hermione mumbling I don't like this they landed in the back yard of the Dursley. Harry called Lily and she came immediatly and he told her to carry Hermione to his room the Lily did so. Harry ran in the back door yelled "I'm Back see you tomorrow" and quickly met Hermione in his room.

"Harry when did you get a phoenix" was the first thing she asked when he came in the room Harry sat her down and told her everything about the night before including the meeting with Merlin when he was done there was a minute of silence before Hermione said "Harry can I see the Library."

Harry smiled Always the same he thought opening up his truck she immediatly climbed in and Harry quickly grabbed The Marauders Guide To Become An Animagus and followed her down the latter. When he got down Her nose was already in a book about useful spells so he sat at a desk and opened up his book.

"Step one concentrate hard on making your fingers grow but first memorize exactly what they look like. He studied them for about five minutes then tried to change them. After about ten minutes of concentrating a pain shot across his hands he quickly opened his eyes and saw his fingers, They were double the normal size and very painful he thought of his fingers being normal and they went back.

He kept practicing for about an hour the pain was alot less now but it still hurt. He decided he had enough for tonight and went to go get a book on Dueling.

He found a book called Dueling tips the first part said

To become a Dueling expert you should have knowledge of most or all Curses, Counter Curses, Spells and Charms. Even if you do not intend to be using dark spells you should still no of them to no how to stop them.

Calmness is a main key of Dueling if the Unforgivable are used and run start panicking you will loose, Also if you stay calm it might even scare you opponent. Do not try to block them you cannot as I'm sure you no, The best way is to dodge them or use the spell Apero (you do not say the spell aloud but in your mind) it allows you to appear somewhere else though it is like apparation in some ways but it is not in others for example you cannot got more than thirty feet while in apparation you could go halfway around the world also you make no noise when you reappear. That probably what Dumbledore used last year he thought.

He put the book aside took out his wand and started practicing he only tried to go a few feet because he didn't want to get splinched. after about fifteen minutes he tried again and he felt like he was being lifted up and then dropped, When his feet hit the ground he tripped and fell on his butt. After about ten minutes he was able to do it perfectly and go thirty feet.

He picked up the book again and read

Some wizards can make spells more powerful by using emotion. To do this you have to think of a strong emotion, For example light wizard mostly use love while dark wizards use hate. If you are going to practice start with the lumos spell.

He took out his wand again and kept saying Lumos while trying to think of his friends. After an hour he thought of the love he had for Sirius and he lumos spell came out with blinding light, It was about five times the power of a normal one. He practiced the disarming spell that made the whole room fill with power just as Dumbledore had at the ministry though he wasn't sure what spell Dumbledore used. He also tried a shield which was alot more powerful and would probably send curses back at the opponent. He then tried the stunning spell and the full body spell which did the same thing as the Disarming spell.

The next part he read was

The wizards who can do wandless magic are very powerful, though most wizard who can do it the spell comes out of the palm but some have been known to be able to make spells come out of there finger tips making them five times the power. Anyone who can do wandless magic will have a great advantage in a duel. I suggest that you get a book on wandless magic and train so you can see if you can do it.

He decided to call it a night and he told Hermione that she could sleep in the spare bed in his room she gave a quick yes and went back to reading. He quickly undressed to his boxers and hopped into bed.

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He woke up the next morning completely refreshed Hermione was sleeping on the bed on the other side of the room with a book propped up on her lap. He got dressed and went into his kitchen and made some toast and sausage which cooked itself. After he ate he wrote a note to Cho saying he would love to go with her to Hogsmeade. He went back to the library and picked up a book on wandless magic.

To do wandless magic you must learn how to channel your magic with your mind. A wand simply taps into your magic making it easy to cast spells. Many children can do accidental wandless magic when the have a high emotion, therefore you much learn to put emotion in your spells. Some people will be naturals and be able to do anything while others might be able to do a bit. The best spells to practice on are the Disarming and Summoning spells, Just think of the magic coming out of you in the form of that spell.

He got up and walked over to where a plain wall was, He concentrated on the disarming spell coming out of his hands and thought of the love he had for Sirius and a light light came out of his palm and hit the wall. It wasn't very powerful but nonetheless he could still do some. He practiced for the next two hours which would mean one hour on the outside, so it was 7:00 and he could do the Summoning spell and the Disarming spell perfect. He walked back over to the book.

If you managed to do the spells then now try making it come out of your fingers if your a natural it should be easy.

He went back to the spot and practiced for till 8:00 in the morning till he finally got it, most of them time before it just came out of his palm with allot of power this time he concentrated on the love he had for Sirius and the curse coming out each of his fingers, He watched in awe as five jets of light met together, formed into one and slammed into the wall making books fall off the shelves.

"Impressive" said a voice, making him jump slightly

"Good morning Hermione How are you" He asked

" I'm good but I was thinking maybe we good go see Ron tonight and patch things up, You know him when he realizes you don't ask for any of this he'll apologize" she said confidently.

"Why don't we go now" he asked

"Well I thought we could do some more reading you no lots of the book in here are in the restricted section in the library she rambled

Harry laughed it was always reading with Hermione, He agreed though.

Throughout this day Harry learnt alot of new curses as well as how to apparate. Then the time came to go to Grimmauld place. It took some convincing to get Hermione on the Bike but when she did it was a very short ride. They landed infront of number twevle and walked up to the house.

They walked up stairs and entered Ron's room, He was sitting at his desk reading.

"Hey Ron can we talk to you for a minute" Harry asked uncertainly.

"What do you want" he Replied coldly

"Look Ron" . Harry started but Ron cut him off.

"No you look Harry he Screamed You get everything your rich, famous, good looking, powerful and me i've got nothing".

"Nothing" Harry roared" I would give all my gold in Gringotts to have a family and not be famous, Not every thing is what it looks like Ron I may have money and be powerful but at least you have people who love and care for you and at least you don't have to defeat a bloody Dark Lord" He cringed at what he said in the last part.

Ron and Hermione Both whitened. "H-h-harry you have to kill him" Hermione Stuttered.

"Yes" he replied "I'm the only one can defeat him he said sadly "It was a propecy by Trewleway, Dumbledore told me after we got back from the department of mysteries".

But it was Trenleway she's a fraud right said Hermione but not her usual confident self.

"She is a fraud yes, but she is the ancestor of an old seer and causes her to sometimes go into trances like she did in my third year" he said not looking at them.

"Harry I'm really sorry" Ron said still white " it's just I thought you go everything easy and me with six brothers and all, It's hard to show Mom and Dad that I am good and everything".

"Its OK Ron" he replied "But hey we could all become Animagi together, I was going to become one and now you guys can become one with me" he said trying to lighten the mood.

" That would be great" said an ecstatic Ron "When can we start?" He asked

"Yes that would be quite amazing" said Hermione thoughtfully " But we would register right? she asked uncertainly

"Well I reckon we could register once we get out of school" Harry said "Plus it would be a good advantage over Voldemort"

Ron and Hermione flinched over Voldemorts name but agreed.

"Well the only thing left now is to decide when were going to start said Ron with the excitement clear in his voice.

"I guess if you to wanted you could stay in Privet Drive, we could do all the work in the special truck" Harry said.

"Special truck" Ron asked. Harry told Ron about his truck.

Thats awesome so we can actually practice magic this year Ron asked

Yep now get packed both of you I'll wait downstairs Harry said He went downstairs and told Mrs. Weasley that Ron and Hermione were coming to stay at his house, though he didn't tell her about the Animagus training. After about five minutes Ron and Hermione came down to say goodbye. After the good-byes they all squeezed on the motorcycle and flew to Privet Drive.

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