A.N: Sorry for taking this long to update but I had a huge row with my
family so I couldn't write for a long time.
Hope that you all think that this chapter worht the waiting. Thanks for everyone that reviewed. Keep reading and reviewing.
And I did change the title because it was asked. I didn't fell vert creative so I will keep the traditinal titel for 5th year fics.
Harry Potter isn't mine. I don't make any profyt for this fic so please dodn sue me.
Chapter 5 - The First Date
The week before Harry met the Weasleys and Hermione in Diagon Alley passed very quickly. Harry's training hit a new level. In the animagus department he had done the bonding with the griffins.
Hagrid had found a nest of Griffins on mountain near where he was. Taking a portkey there Harry was able to finish this part of his training. He spent a day with Hagrid and Madame Maxime. In the end Harry discovered that he was on the continent and that near to the site where the nest of Griffins was lay a Giant camp.
Harry had already mastered most of his training so he started a few new steps. He only needed to practice his telepathy and wandless magic. He kept doing his exercises. Arabella than started to teach him two new things. First she taught him to apparate. It took almost all week before Harry could do it right but by the Thursday he could do it easily. As long as Harry didn't get himself splinched no one would know what he was doing.
Arabella also trained Harry to be able to overcome painful curses. She started with a curse that made you fell like you were being stabbed in the part of the body towards which the wand was pointing. It took Harry two days to completely overcome this course. On the four remaining days she cast the Transmogrification Torture at him. In the end he didn't overcome the curse but he was capable of acting while under it.
Actually, he used his wandless powers on Arabella twice while he was under the curse just to stop the pain, but in the end he was capable of controlling his instincts and stopped using his powers.
Harry also was making his own sleeping potion now, the same potion that he started to drink when he first met Arabella. She helped him to do a few modifications in the chamber that he had in his trunk. Now the chamber had a laboratory where he could make his potions in any place. It also had a huge bed, so Harry started to sleep in his trunk instead of sleeping in his bedroom. It also had a small kitchen where Harry could cook his own meals instead of being starved by the Dursleys.
Harry also had a few plans of his own. He would give great presents to his friends and not only Ron and Hermione. All of them would receive these presents. To Ron, Harry thought of giving the Invisibility Cloak that belonged to Crouch, since he received it as spoil. To Hermione he would buy a laptop computer and modify it to work with magic, just like had been done with the cell phone that Sirius had gave him. To Fred he would give a ring that he saw at Knockturn Alley. It was called the Ring of the Chameleon and would allow the user the ability of camouflage like a chameleon, if the user stood still he would be camouflaged by the ring. To George he would give a magical hat. The hat gave the user the ability to look like another person for a short period of time.
To Bill, Harry would give the Amulet of Loki and the amulet warned the user of any trap so with this amulet Bill wouldn't be a victim of the twins anymore. To Charlie he would give would be a cloak made of Dragon Leather. This cloak acted like armor and would let the wearer avoid burns as well. Percy would receive a muggle suit enchanted to look like the appropriate cloth for the moment. To Mr. Weasley Harry would give a Home Theater, modified to work by magic. To Mrs. Weasley it would be a house elf that the Crouches had owned.
To Ginny, Harry had something special in mind. He had found in the book that Hagrid had given to him a few magical snakes. Ginny was a Parselmouth and didn't have a pet so Harry would go to Knockturn Alley to buy Ginny a Coautil. It was a huge magical snake and the Coautil was able to tell if an evil person or a person with an evil intent was approaching. The Coautils were beautiful winged snakes and it's poison was used as an important ingredient of healing and sleeping potions because the poison would put a person in a state of suspended animation.
Harry also had huge plans for the Quidditch team. He noticed that the first day at Hogwarts would be a Friday so he sent a letter to Madame Hooch reserving the pitch to Gryffindor on Saturday and Sunday. He would hold the tryouts on the Saturday where he would select the new keeper and a whole reserve side since he had lost four players at the end of the previous year. The Sunday it would be used for practice.
He had already read the new edition of the 'Which Broom,` that had been the present from Wood and the other Gryffindors. He saw that there were three new brooms, none of which was better than the Firebolt, but they were better than the ones that his friends had. With the money that Harry received from the Crouch spoil he could buy Firebolts for his teammates, but that would be too much. Therefore he would buy these new brooms. Harry was thinking - if Malfoy could buy brooms to his team, he could do that too.
Harry would therefore buy, when he was in Diagonal Alley, seven Meteors (the new version of the Comets). The Meteors had the same acceleration as the Firebolt but the final speed wasn't as great as the Firebolt, being only 200 km per hour. The Meteors also were capable of great maneuvers just like the Firebolt. The only downside was the fact that it couldn't hold a heavy person so it could only be used by chasers and seekers. The people who would receive these brooms were Angelina, Alicia, Katie and the new reserves for the positions.
Harry also would buy four Nimbus 3000. These brooms were the new model of the Nimbus company and it had acceleration a little smaller than the Firebolt and Meteors. It could carry heavier loads but it wasn't as good at cornering. They would be excellent brooms for his beaters, so Fred, George and their reserves would have one each of these.
And to finish he would buy two Fortresses. This one had the best acceleration - even better than the Firebolt, but the final speed was the lowest. The cornering it was great, so this broom would be perfect to a keeper. Harry would buy it for his new keeper and his reserve.
Harry only told McGonagall about this. She was the Head of his house, so he had to have her permission to pull something like this. She didn't want Harry to do this at the beginning but in the end he was able to convince her that would be better if the best Quidditch team in Hogwarts had the best brooms that they could have. She also agreed with the reserve team idea and even gave Harry a little praise for his dedication at the position of captain because he wanted to hold two practices at the first weekend at the school.
Harry sent letters to his teammates telling them about the tryouts and the practices. Gred and Forge send a letter telling him that he was more insane than Wood was, but telling that they would help their siblings to practice for the tryouts since Ron wanted to be a keeper and Ginny a Chaser. He didn't tell them about the new brooms: this was going to be a surprise to the whole of Gryffindor House. Angelina, Alicia and Katie sent him letters telling him that they would be ready and that Wood had left behind a captain that was crazier than he was. They also said that they would spread the notice of the tryouts to all the Gryffindors.
His friends also sent him some letters and even talked to him a few times using the floo powder. He also got a few short kisses from Ginny through the fireplace and he used the cell phone that he gained from Sirius to talk to his friends and to Sirius as well. His friends also started to practice with the help of the charm that Harry taught to them. Ron started the physical practice with Charlie; he was running, swimming and sparing with Charlie. The curse practice was done with Bill, Ginny and the twins.
Hermione was practicing on her own. She was using the books that she already had to increase her skills and after the trip to Diagon Alley she would practice with the Weasleys. She was a little against it in the beginning, since it was against the law, but in the end she saw that they needed to be ready to face Voldemort.
Ginny was practicing too. She was running and swimming with Charlie and Ron. She also was practicing curses with Bill. But she was more determined to learn healing charms and potions with her mother. Mrs. Weasley was also in contact with Dumbledore and was helping her daughter was well as she could.
Gred and Forge were developing things that could be used was weapons against the Death Eaters was well some new Wheezes, because everyone would need a few new motives to laugh.
Well, now was not the time to think about that - he had to get ready to go to Diagon Alley and meet his friends. He took a long shower, and washed his hair that he couldn't tame anyway. He picked his best jeans and green shirt. He also wore the belt that he received from Charlie, with his wand attached to it. He also put on his dragon leather boots. Over all he was using his new everyday robes, the one that was red and gold: the Gryffindor colours. He was also wearing the perfume that the Patil twins and Lavender had give to him. When he looked himself at the mirror the mirror said, "Oh! Now you are looking like a Tri-wizard tournament champion." Harry picked his invisibility coat and put it in the larger pocket of his belt, since he would need it at the Knockturn Alley. He also put his new pocket watch in a pocket in his pants and chained it to the belt just in case anyone tried to steal it. He also would be wearing his new glasses and was thinking of testing their abilities. Once he was ready, he left the room that Arabella had given to him and went to talk to her.
"I'm ready, Arabella. So how and when we are going to Diagon Alley?" asked Harry to his godmother.
"We are going to apparate to the Leaky Cauldron and from there we will go to Diagon Alley, and we are going now. Just try to follow me, you remember how to follow someone who is apparating don't you? I'm going to apparate to a private room that I reserved for us, so no one will be there," answered Arabella.
"OK. Go on, I can follow you easily," replied Harry.
Arabella nodded to her godson and disappeared. Harry stood for a moment feeling the magical energy that Arabella left when she apparated away. Once he felt the energy he used it to guide him to Arabella and apparated to where she was. When he opened his eyes he saw that he was in front of Arabella in the room that he and Fudge used to talk in before his third year.
"You are very good at apparating Harry," said Arabella, smiling at her godson.
"Well I think that I'm good at it just because I don't like to use floo or portkeys," said Harry while smiling back.
"That might be true. Now Harry, let's go and look for your friends."
The Leaky Cauldron was as full as usual. Several wizards and witches were busy talking to each other, showing the things that they bought in Diagon Alley, or having a late breakfast. A few wizards looked to the door and saw Harry. Most of them rushed to Harry to congratulate him for his victory at the Tri-wizard tournament and to ask for a picture of him.
Arabella picked her wand and with a single spell everyone gave Harry some space. "He is here just for some shopping and not to be looked upon an attraction. I know that he is the champion of the Tri-wizard Tournament but he is a human being. And he doesn't want all this attention". Every one who was near just congratulated Harry and got back to whatever they were doing before.
After a few moments Harry saw Hermione entering the Leaky Cauldron followed for her parents. Mr. Granger, who was carrying his daughter's trunk, asked if Tom could guard it while they were shopping.
"Hi Hermione. You look well," said Harry while hugging his friend.
"Hi Harry. You look great too. Ginny will have a heart attack when she see you looking like this," said Hermione and than she gave Harry a quick peck on the cheek. "How did you get here?"
"Tell you later. How is your practice going?" asked Harry.
"My practice was great! But I won't be able to go to the Weasleys this summer," said Hermione. She was smiling instead of looking disappointed that she couldn't visit her friends.
"Why not? And you don't look disappointed," asked Harry.
"Well my uncle, on my father's side, has twins. They just turned eleven years old. They received Hogwarts letters as well! So McGonagall asked me to introduce my uncle to the Wizarding world. They will arrive any moment," answered Hermione, radiating happiness because her cousins were wizards as well.
"Hermione, your uncle is here. Could you help him?" Harry and Hermione heard Mrs. Granger saying. Hermione went out of the Leaky Cauldron and one instant later her uncle, aunt and her cousins followed her. The cousins had to be twins for their faces resembled the other closely. But one was a little boy with short brown hair and the other was a short girl with long brown bushy hair, just like her cousin. They both wore glasses and looked amazed with all the wizards and witches in the Leaky Cauldron.
"Andy, Amy, this is Harry Potter," said Hermione, introducing her cousins to her best friend.
" The Harry Potter? The one who defeated You-know-who when he was a baby?" asked Andy, looking at Harry forehead and trying to see his scar.
"The champion of the last Tri-wizard tournament? The youngest seeker in a century? The one that helped Gryffindor to win the House cup for the last four years? You never did tell us that he was your friend," said Amy, looking a little put out with her cousin.
"Yes. I'm Harry Potter. But you are giving me too much credit. I didn't help Gryffindor alone. Your cousin helped me a lot. And you can't say You- know-who - call him Voldemort (several people that were around flinched when they heard that and got on with giving them some privacy), or Tommy," said Harry while shaking hands with them.
"Tommy?" asked Hermione.
"Well. He was Tom Riddle so calling him Tommy sounds logical," answered Harry.
"Harry! Over here," Harry heard Arabella calling him and saw that the Weasleys had started to arrive, since Bill apparated right on the side of the fireplace.
The flames become green and Ron stepped out of the fire. Harry gave his hand to his friend. Ron saw Hermione's cousins and asked, "Who are you?"
"They are my cousins, Andy and Amy Granger," answered Hermione. "And this is Ronald Weasley."
"How many cousins do you have, Hermione?" asked Ron.
"Just us. The whole Granger family belongs to the magical world now."
"Weasley. Do you know Charles Weasley or Frederick and George Weasley?" asked Amy.
"Of course that he know us," said Fred, who had just emerged from the fireplace.
"Yes, how could he not know his brothers? He is a little bit dense but not that much," said George. While he still looked like his twin he let his hair grown longer and now had enough hair to tie it into a ponytail like Bill's. It was shorter than that, but still like Bill's. And his goatee as now well defined.
"Ooh! Could you teach us to be beaters? My brother and I want to be beaters next year," said Amy looking amazed.
"Well, your cousins have a better sense than you, 'Mione. They like Quidditch," said Ron looking at Hermione.
"Just because I'm not like you doesn't mean that I don't like Quidditch, Ron. As I remember I was the third best student in our flying lessons," said Hermione.
"There they go," the Weasley twins whispered to the Granger twins.
"Well, if I remember correctly, I was the best student in the flying lessons," answered Ron.
"I remember that too. But you just had that position because Harry didn't have to go to the flying lessons. And I will start to teach my cousins how to fly in the instant that we arrive home," said Hermione.
"You will?" asked Andy, sounding excited about it.
"It doesn't matter. You two can get in the reserve team of Gryffindor this year and practice with the team. Of course, you will have to be Gryffindor so we could pull this off," said Harry to finish the discussion of his best friends.
"Of course we will be Gryffindors: it is the house of our family, just like the Weasleys," said Amy, sounding put out with the sugestion that she wouldn't be in the same house as her cousin.
"Well then, there is no problem. Gred and I will help to you to practice," said George to the twins, who lit up when they heard that they would be able to practice with Fred and George Weasley.
"Harry, your girlfriend will be arriving any minute now. I think that you should wait for her," said Charlie, who had appeared now on the side of Bill. In that moment the flames become green again.
Harry received Ginny with a hug and a quick kiss and asked everyone wait there for a moment. Thirty minutes later Arabella arrived carrying a lot of things and everyone asked what they were.
"These are the presents that I should have given to you a long time ago," answered Harry while he was giving Bill the amulet. "Bill, this amulet will warn you when there is a trap near by. This will warn you about wheezes as well."
"Thank you Harry. But you didn't had to give me this," said Bill.
"Yes how could you Harry?" said George in mock rage.
"We thought you were our natural successor as the Supreme Prankster of Hogwarts and you stab us on the back!" said Fred while wiping mock tears from his eyes.
"Well than I think that you don't want your presents," said Harry while holding Fred and George presents.
"What our presents do?" asked Fred without any trace of pretending.
"Well, did you hear about the ring and the hat of the Chameleon?" asked Harry.
"Of course! We heard they are very useful for pranksters but very expensive as well," answered George.
"Well, Gred will gain the ring and Forge will have the hat," said Harry while holding their presents.
Fred and George hugged Harry with such great strength that in a few seconds Harry was gasping for air. They picked their presents and started to use it in the same instant. Fred disappeared and George started to look like Snape, than McGonagall and after that his mother. After a few moments they stopped playing with their new presents and thanked Harry again. Harry gave to Charlie his new jacket and Charlie thanked Harry as well. As Percy wasn't there his present was sent back to The Burrow with Mrs. Weasley and Mr. Weasley presents.
Harry also gave Hermione her present and when she opened she hugged Harry and kissed him on the cheek. She then said, "there is only one problem, Harry. This laptop won't work in Hogwarts."
"Yes it will. Arabella and I spend a lot of time making the charms so it would work with magic. This is your advanced birthday present too you know," said Harry to his friend.
"Thank you Harry," said Hermione.
"And where is my present?" Asked Ron pretending to be put out since he didn't see any present for him.
"Your present is at my vault at Gringotts as is Ginny's present, as they are too big to get inside the Leaky Cauldron."
"Ok. Let's split this way. The Granger's parents can come with me. The Granger twins, the Weasleys twins and Charlie can go and look for their things together as can Bill, Ron and Hermione. And Harry and Ginny can have their date in peace," said Arabella.
"Well, it's good but I want Ron came with me to Gringotts so I can give him his present now and then we can move on," said Harry.
"We all have to go to Gringotts first to get money," Said Bill.
They all went to Gringotts. While Bill was going to collect the Weasley money and while the Grangers were exchanging theirs, Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione went to his vault. Ginny, Ron and Hermione started gaping when they saw the size of Harry new vault. Harry picked up a lot of money but they didn't saw how much because they were distracted by what Harry actually owned.
"Here, Ron. Your present," said Harry while holding an Invisibility cloak.
"Harry! This was from your father! You can't give it to me!" said Ron.
" No, Ron. This one was from Crouch - I gained it with the spoils. I don't need to Invisibility coats so this is yours now."
"Thanks mate. Really," said Ron while holding the Coat like it was made from glass.
"Well, let's go now." Said Hermione.
Then they separated. Harry held Ginny's hand and they went to do their shopping. They went to Madame Malkins where Ginny bought new uniforms and a new dress robe now Mr. Weasley could afford it. They also went to buy their new books. After they had bought all that they needed, Harry took Ginny to a nice Wizarding restaurant that Arabella had told him about.
The waiter almost fainted when Harry entered the restaurant. They gave the best table to Harry and Ginny and gave them their best food and drink. He didn't want to charge the famous Harry Potter, but Harry insisted that he must pay. The owner also insisted that they get some pictures of Harry and autographs and after half an hour of begging Harry finally gave them what they wanted.
The time passed. Harry took Ginny to a muggle movie; she thought that it was amazing. They kissed a lot and walked hand in hand everywhere. The sun was finally setting when Harry and Ginny kissed goodbye.
After Ginny was gone, Harry went to Quality Quidditch Supplies and bought all the brooms that he had planned. Harry took then all and apparated to Arabella's house. He put all the brooms in his trunk and went to number 4 to sleep there for the night.
Next Chapter: The Prefect meeting.
Hope that you all think that this chapter worht the waiting. Thanks for everyone that reviewed. Keep reading and reviewing.
And I did change the title because it was asked. I didn't fell vert creative so I will keep the traditinal titel for 5th year fics.
Harry Potter isn't mine. I don't make any profyt for this fic so please dodn sue me.
Chapter 5 - The First Date
The week before Harry met the Weasleys and Hermione in Diagon Alley passed very quickly. Harry's training hit a new level. In the animagus department he had done the bonding with the griffins.
Hagrid had found a nest of Griffins on mountain near where he was. Taking a portkey there Harry was able to finish this part of his training. He spent a day with Hagrid and Madame Maxime. In the end Harry discovered that he was on the continent and that near to the site where the nest of Griffins was lay a Giant camp.
Harry had already mastered most of his training so he started a few new steps. He only needed to practice his telepathy and wandless magic. He kept doing his exercises. Arabella than started to teach him two new things. First she taught him to apparate. It took almost all week before Harry could do it right but by the Thursday he could do it easily. As long as Harry didn't get himself splinched no one would know what he was doing.
Arabella also trained Harry to be able to overcome painful curses. She started with a curse that made you fell like you were being stabbed in the part of the body towards which the wand was pointing. It took Harry two days to completely overcome this course. On the four remaining days she cast the Transmogrification Torture at him. In the end he didn't overcome the curse but he was capable of acting while under it.
Actually, he used his wandless powers on Arabella twice while he was under the curse just to stop the pain, but in the end he was capable of controlling his instincts and stopped using his powers.
Harry also was making his own sleeping potion now, the same potion that he started to drink when he first met Arabella. She helped him to do a few modifications in the chamber that he had in his trunk. Now the chamber had a laboratory where he could make his potions in any place. It also had a huge bed, so Harry started to sleep in his trunk instead of sleeping in his bedroom. It also had a small kitchen where Harry could cook his own meals instead of being starved by the Dursleys.
Harry also had a few plans of his own. He would give great presents to his friends and not only Ron and Hermione. All of them would receive these presents. To Ron, Harry thought of giving the Invisibility Cloak that belonged to Crouch, since he received it as spoil. To Hermione he would buy a laptop computer and modify it to work with magic, just like had been done with the cell phone that Sirius had gave him. To Fred he would give a ring that he saw at Knockturn Alley. It was called the Ring of the Chameleon and would allow the user the ability of camouflage like a chameleon, if the user stood still he would be camouflaged by the ring. To George he would give a magical hat. The hat gave the user the ability to look like another person for a short period of time.
To Bill, Harry would give the Amulet of Loki and the amulet warned the user of any trap so with this amulet Bill wouldn't be a victim of the twins anymore. To Charlie he would give would be a cloak made of Dragon Leather. This cloak acted like armor and would let the wearer avoid burns as well. Percy would receive a muggle suit enchanted to look like the appropriate cloth for the moment. To Mr. Weasley Harry would give a Home Theater, modified to work by magic. To Mrs. Weasley it would be a house elf that the Crouches had owned.
To Ginny, Harry had something special in mind. He had found in the book that Hagrid had given to him a few magical snakes. Ginny was a Parselmouth and didn't have a pet so Harry would go to Knockturn Alley to buy Ginny a Coautil. It was a huge magical snake and the Coautil was able to tell if an evil person or a person with an evil intent was approaching. The Coautils were beautiful winged snakes and it's poison was used as an important ingredient of healing and sleeping potions because the poison would put a person in a state of suspended animation.
Harry also had huge plans for the Quidditch team. He noticed that the first day at Hogwarts would be a Friday so he sent a letter to Madame Hooch reserving the pitch to Gryffindor on Saturday and Sunday. He would hold the tryouts on the Saturday where he would select the new keeper and a whole reserve side since he had lost four players at the end of the previous year. The Sunday it would be used for practice.
He had already read the new edition of the 'Which Broom,` that had been the present from Wood and the other Gryffindors. He saw that there were three new brooms, none of which was better than the Firebolt, but they were better than the ones that his friends had. With the money that Harry received from the Crouch spoil he could buy Firebolts for his teammates, but that would be too much. Therefore he would buy these new brooms. Harry was thinking - if Malfoy could buy brooms to his team, he could do that too.
Harry would therefore buy, when he was in Diagonal Alley, seven Meteors (the new version of the Comets). The Meteors had the same acceleration as the Firebolt but the final speed wasn't as great as the Firebolt, being only 200 km per hour. The Meteors also were capable of great maneuvers just like the Firebolt. The only downside was the fact that it couldn't hold a heavy person so it could only be used by chasers and seekers. The people who would receive these brooms were Angelina, Alicia, Katie and the new reserves for the positions.
Harry also would buy four Nimbus 3000. These brooms were the new model of the Nimbus company and it had acceleration a little smaller than the Firebolt and Meteors. It could carry heavier loads but it wasn't as good at cornering. They would be excellent brooms for his beaters, so Fred, George and their reserves would have one each of these.
And to finish he would buy two Fortresses. This one had the best acceleration - even better than the Firebolt, but the final speed was the lowest. The cornering it was great, so this broom would be perfect to a keeper. Harry would buy it for his new keeper and his reserve.
Harry only told McGonagall about this. She was the Head of his house, so he had to have her permission to pull something like this. She didn't want Harry to do this at the beginning but in the end he was able to convince her that would be better if the best Quidditch team in Hogwarts had the best brooms that they could have. She also agreed with the reserve team idea and even gave Harry a little praise for his dedication at the position of captain because he wanted to hold two practices at the first weekend at the school.
Harry sent letters to his teammates telling them about the tryouts and the practices. Gred and Forge send a letter telling him that he was more insane than Wood was, but telling that they would help their siblings to practice for the tryouts since Ron wanted to be a keeper and Ginny a Chaser. He didn't tell them about the new brooms: this was going to be a surprise to the whole of Gryffindor House. Angelina, Alicia and Katie sent him letters telling him that they would be ready and that Wood had left behind a captain that was crazier than he was. They also said that they would spread the notice of the tryouts to all the Gryffindors.
His friends also sent him some letters and even talked to him a few times using the floo powder. He also got a few short kisses from Ginny through the fireplace and he used the cell phone that he gained from Sirius to talk to his friends and to Sirius as well. His friends also started to practice with the help of the charm that Harry taught to them. Ron started the physical practice with Charlie; he was running, swimming and sparing with Charlie. The curse practice was done with Bill, Ginny and the twins.
Hermione was practicing on her own. She was using the books that she already had to increase her skills and after the trip to Diagon Alley she would practice with the Weasleys. She was a little against it in the beginning, since it was against the law, but in the end she saw that they needed to be ready to face Voldemort.
Ginny was practicing too. She was running and swimming with Charlie and Ron. She also was practicing curses with Bill. But she was more determined to learn healing charms and potions with her mother. Mrs. Weasley was also in contact with Dumbledore and was helping her daughter was well as she could.
Gred and Forge were developing things that could be used was weapons against the Death Eaters was well some new Wheezes, because everyone would need a few new motives to laugh.
Well, now was not the time to think about that - he had to get ready to go to Diagon Alley and meet his friends. He took a long shower, and washed his hair that he couldn't tame anyway. He picked his best jeans and green shirt. He also wore the belt that he received from Charlie, with his wand attached to it. He also put on his dragon leather boots. Over all he was using his new everyday robes, the one that was red and gold: the Gryffindor colours. He was also wearing the perfume that the Patil twins and Lavender had give to him. When he looked himself at the mirror the mirror said, "Oh! Now you are looking like a Tri-wizard tournament champion." Harry picked his invisibility coat and put it in the larger pocket of his belt, since he would need it at the Knockturn Alley. He also put his new pocket watch in a pocket in his pants and chained it to the belt just in case anyone tried to steal it. He also would be wearing his new glasses and was thinking of testing their abilities. Once he was ready, he left the room that Arabella had given to him and went to talk to her.
"I'm ready, Arabella. So how and when we are going to Diagon Alley?" asked Harry to his godmother.
"We are going to apparate to the Leaky Cauldron and from there we will go to Diagon Alley, and we are going now. Just try to follow me, you remember how to follow someone who is apparating don't you? I'm going to apparate to a private room that I reserved for us, so no one will be there," answered Arabella.
"OK. Go on, I can follow you easily," replied Harry.
Arabella nodded to her godson and disappeared. Harry stood for a moment feeling the magical energy that Arabella left when she apparated away. Once he felt the energy he used it to guide him to Arabella and apparated to where she was. When he opened his eyes he saw that he was in front of Arabella in the room that he and Fudge used to talk in before his third year.
"You are very good at apparating Harry," said Arabella, smiling at her godson.
"Well I think that I'm good at it just because I don't like to use floo or portkeys," said Harry while smiling back.
"That might be true. Now Harry, let's go and look for your friends."
The Leaky Cauldron was as full as usual. Several wizards and witches were busy talking to each other, showing the things that they bought in Diagon Alley, or having a late breakfast. A few wizards looked to the door and saw Harry. Most of them rushed to Harry to congratulate him for his victory at the Tri-wizard tournament and to ask for a picture of him.
Arabella picked her wand and with a single spell everyone gave Harry some space. "He is here just for some shopping and not to be looked upon an attraction. I know that he is the champion of the Tri-wizard Tournament but he is a human being. And he doesn't want all this attention". Every one who was near just congratulated Harry and got back to whatever they were doing before.
After a few moments Harry saw Hermione entering the Leaky Cauldron followed for her parents. Mr. Granger, who was carrying his daughter's trunk, asked if Tom could guard it while they were shopping.
"Hi Hermione. You look well," said Harry while hugging his friend.
"Hi Harry. You look great too. Ginny will have a heart attack when she see you looking like this," said Hermione and than she gave Harry a quick peck on the cheek. "How did you get here?"
"Tell you later. How is your practice going?" asked Harry.
"My practice was great! But I won't be able to go to the Weasleys this summer," said Hermione. She was smiling instead of looking disappointed that she couldn't visit her friends.
"Why not? And you don't look disappointed," asked Harry.
"Well my uncle, on my father's side, has twins. They just turned eleven years old. They received Hogwarts letters as well! So McGonagall asked me to introduce my uncle to the Wizarding world. They will arrive any moment," answered Hermione, radiating happiness because her cousins were wizards as well.
"Hermione, your uncle is here. Could you help him?" Harry and Hermione heard Mrs. Granger saying. Hermione went out of the Leaky Cauldron and one instant later her uncle, aunt and her cousins followed her. The cousins had to be twins for their faces resembled the other closely. But one was a little boy with short brown hair and the other was a short girl with long brown bushy hair, just like her cousin. They both wore glasses and looked amazed with all the wizards and witches in the Leaky Cauldron.
"Andy, Amy, this is Harry Potter," said Hermione, introducing her cousins to her best friend.
" The Harry Potter? The one who defeated You-know-who when he was a baby?" asked Andy, looking at Harry forehead and trying to see his scar.
"The champion of the last Tri-wizard tournament? The youngest seeker in a century? The one that helped Gryffindor to win the House cup for the last four years? You never did tell us that he was your friend," said Amy, looking a little put out with her cousin.
"Yes. I'm Harry Potter. But you are giving me too much credit. I didn't help Gryffindor alone. Your cousin helped me a lot. And you can't say You- know-who - call him Voldemort (several people that were around flinched when they heard that and got on with giving them some privacy), or Tommy," said Harry while shaking hands with them.
"Tommy?" asked Hermione.
"Well. He was Tom Riddle so calling him Tommy sounds logical," answered Harry.
"Harry! Over here," Harry heard Arabella calling him and saw that the Weasleys had started to arrive, since Bill apparated right on the side of the fireplace.
The flames become green and Ron stepped out of the fire. Harry gave his hand to his friend. Ron saw Hermione's cousins and asked, "Who are you?"
"They are my cousins, Andy and Amy Granger," answered Hermione. "And this is Ronald Weasley."
"How many cousins do you have, Hermione?" asked Ron.
"Just us. The whole Granger family belongs to the magical world now."
"Weasley. Do you know Charles Weasley or Frederick and George Weasley?" asked Amy.
"Of course that he know us," said Fred, who had just emerged from the fireplace.
"Yes, how could he not know his brothers? He is a little bit dense but not that much," said George. While he still looked like his twin he let his hair grown longer and now had enough hair to tie it into a ponytail like Bill's. It was shorter than that, but still like Bill's. And his goatee as now well defined.
"Ooh! Could you teach us to be beaters? My brother and I want to be beaters next year," said Amy looking amazed.
"Well, your cousins have a better sense than you, 'Mione. They like Quidditch," said Ron looking at Hermione.
"Just because I'm not like you doesn't mean that I don't like Quidditch, Ron. As I remember I was the third best student in our flying lessons," said Hermione.
"There they go," the Weasley twins whispered to the Granger twins.
"Well, if I remember correctly, I was the best student in the flying lessons," answered Ron.
"I remember that too. But you just had that position because Harry didn't have to go to the flying lessons. And I will start to teach my cousins how to fly in the instant that we arrive home," said Hermione.
"You will?" asked Andy, sounding excited about it.
"It doesn't matter. You two can get in the reserve team of Gryffindor this year and practice with the team. Of course, you will have to be Gryffindor so we could pull this off," said Harry to finish the discussion of his best friends.
"Of course we will be Gryffindors: it is the house of our family, just like the Weasleys," said Amy, sounding put out with the sugestion that she wouldn't be in the same house as her cousin.
"Well then, there is no problem. Gred and I will help to you to practice," said George to the twins, who lit up when they heard that they would be able to practice with Fred and George Weasley.
"Harry, your girlfriend will be arriving any minute now. I think that you should wait for her," said Charlie, who had appeared now on the side of Bill. In that moment the flames become green again.
Harry received Ginny with a hug and a quick kiss and asked everyone wait there for a moment. Thirty minutes later Arabella arrived carrying a lot of things and everyone asked what they were.
"These are the presents that I should have given to you a long time ago," answered Harry while he was giving Bill the amulet. "Bill, this amulet will warn you when there is a trap near by. This will warn you about wheezes as well."
"Thank you Harry. But you didn't had to give me this," said Bill.
"Yes how could you Harry?" said George in mock rage.
"We thought you were our natural successor as the Supreme Prankster of Hogwarts and you stab us on the back!" said Fred while wiping mock tears from his eyes.
"Well than I think that you don't want your presents," said Harry while holding Fred and George presents.
"What our presents do?" asked Fred without any trace of pretending.
"Well, did you hear about the ring and the hat of the Chameleon?" asked Harry.
"Of course! We heard they are very useful for pranksters but very expensive as well," answered George.
"Well, Gred will gain the ring and Forge will have the hat," said Harry while holding their presents.
Fred and George hugged Harry with such great strength that in a few seconds Harry was gasping for air. They picked their presents and started to use it in the same instant. Fred disappeared and George started to look like Snape, than McGonagall and after that his mother. After a few moments they stopped playing with their new presents and thanked Harry again. Harry gave to Charlie his new jacket and Charlie thanked Harry as well. As Percy wasn't there his present was sent back to The Burrow with Mrs. Weasley and Mr. Weasley presents.
Harry also gave Hermione her present and when she opened she hugged Harry and kissed him on the cheek. She then said, "there is only one problem, Harry. This laptop won't work in Hogwarts."
"Yes it will. Arabella and I spend a lot of time making the charms so it would work with magic. This is your advanced birthday present too you know," said Harry to his friend.
"Thank you Harry," said Hermione.
"And where is my present?" Asked Ron pretending to be put out since he didn't see any present for him.
"Your present is at my vault at Gringotts as is Ginny's present, as they are too big to get inside the Leaky Cauldron."
"Ok. Let's split this way. The Granger's parents can come with me. The Granger twins, the Weasleys twins and Charlie can go and look for their things together as can Bill, Ron and Hermione. And Harry and Ginny can have their date in peace," said Arabella.
"Well, it's good but I want Ron came with me to Gringotts so I can give him his present now and then we can move on," said Harry.
"We all have to go to Gringotts first to get money," Said Bill.
They all went to Gringotts. While Bill was going to collect the Weasley money and while the Grangers were exchanging theirs, Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione went to his vault. Ginny, Ron and Hermione started gaping when they saw the size of Harry new vault. Harry picked up a lot of money but they didn't saw how much because they were distracted by what Harry actually owned.
"Here, Ron. Your present," said Harry while holding an Invisibility cloak.
"Harry! This was from your father! You can't give it to me!" said Ron.
" No, Ron. This one was from Crouch - I gained it with the spoils. I don't need to Invisibility coats so this is yours now."
"Thanks mate. Really," said Ron while holding the Coat like it was made from glass.
"Well, let's go now." Said Hermione.
Then they separated. Harry held Ginny's hand and they went to do their shopping. They went to Madame Malkins where Ginny bought new uniforms and a new dress robe now Mr. Weasley could afford it. They also went to buy their new books. After they had bought all that they needed, Harry took Ginny to a nice Wizarding restaurant that Arabella had told him about.
The waiter almost fainted when Harry entered the restaurant. They gave the best table to Harry and Ginny and gave them their best food and drink. He didn't want to charge the famous Harry Potter, but Harry insisted that he must pay. The owner also insisted that they get some pictures of Harry and autographs and after half an hour of begging Harry finally gave them what they wanted.
The time passed. Harry took Ginny to a muggle movie; she thought that it was amazing. They kissed a lot and walked hand in hand everywhere. The sun was finally setting when Harry and Ginny kissed goodbye.
After Ginny was gone, Harry went to Quality Quidditch Supplies and bought all the brooms that he had planned. Harry took then all and apparated to Arabella's house. He put all the brooms in his trunk and went to number 4 to sleep there for the night.
Next Chapter: The Prefect meeting.