(A/N- This story was revised on 11/29/03. You probably won't find too many differences, just spelling and grammatical changes. Mystic)

Woo HOO!!! I have finally found the motivation to type this chapter up. ~sighs~ sadly it has taken several weeks. T_T! Sorry to all of you readers that really wanted to read this. I'm also sorry for spelling Arabella Figg name wrong in the last chapter... I wasn't quite sure how it was spelled. Well on to the story! WOO HOO 61 DAYS!!!!!!!!!(Just had to remind you all.)

Disclaimer~ Yes I do disclaim my self... ^_^; ...oops.... Harry Potter and less important characters do not belong to me, but XP does~ :P You can't have him.

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Chapter 4

Arabella's House


            When Harry had arrived at Miss Figg's house it looked the same from the inside out, except for the fact that several of Miss Figg's cat had disappeared. There was one cat left however. It was a seemingly small ginger cat with unusual shade of green eyes for a cat and a fine coat of fur. Harry soon took a great liking to this cat. He was told that her name was Cerces. On his first night there Harry had removed his necklace and set it on the table only to have Cerces come up and nudge it off his bed side table and on to the floor. The cat seemed to like the emerald green stone. After several nights of this Harry finally removed the necklace and tied it to a string. He then put it on Cerces neck. This seemed to satisfy her greatly as she no longer bugged Harry about it. Harry also felt uncomfortable his first few days there. Although Miss Figg still seemed old she no longer acted old.

            As soon as Harry had removed his trunk from the rear of Uncle Vernon's car, Uncle Vernon had reversed out of the drive and put the car into forward with out even stopping to make sure the road was clear. As soon as Harry had entered Miss Figg's house she had stopped and told him to call her Arabella. She showed him up the stairs and into a room twice the size of Dudley's. The next two days had been very uneventful, except for the fact that he learned many things about Miss Figg, and her secret wizarding life. He also found out that she was the new Defense against the Dark Arts teacher, since his last one had been reveled to be someone else and given the Dementors kiss. On his fourth day there, during breakfast, Arabella (she had asked Harry to call her that on the first day) announced that they would be going to Diagon Alley later that day.

            Just before noon Arabella announced that they would be leaving in twenty minutes and that Harry needed to get his list and vault key. Harry ran upstairs, grabbed his moneybag, Gringotts key, and his wand. As he turned to leave when Hedwig gave a loud shriek. Apparently Hedwig had visited Ron, because she had a note tied to her leg. He removed it quickly from her leg and moved to the window so he could see it.

Harry,

Hi! To bad Dumbledore didn't let you come over. Bill was visiting. He was bringing back some treasure from Egypt. We'll be going to Diagon Alley on August 27. I hope I can see you there. Hermione will be meeting us. If you can make it meet us at 1:30 in front of Gringotts. Bye!

See you on the 27,
Ron

            Harry smiled and was glad that he would be able to meet Ron and Hermione later that day. He turned to leave and then turned back to his trunk. He opened it and grabbed his cloak, put it on, and then closed it again. Harry then ran down the stairs to find Arabella in front of the fire. Harry groaned.

            "Not floo powder." "Yes floo powder. I'm assuming you have used it before? With the Weasley's?" asked Arabella. Harry nodded a yes. The first time he had used floo powder he had accidentally ended up in Knockturn Alley, only to be rescued by Hagrid. "We will be going to The Leaky Cauldron first for some lunch and then to Gringo—" "Oh good! Ron just wrote me a note. He said he would meet me at Gringotts at 1:30 today." Arabella looked at him for a moment. "Alright. I'll let you go with your friends, but you will meet me back at The Leaky Cauldron at 5 o'clock. Do you understand?" Once again Harry nodded an answer. "Good." stated Arabella.

            Arabella then walked up to the fireplace and took down a vase. Harry, as usual, hadn't noticed it before. She held it out to Harry and explained, "Now, all you have to do is say 'The Leaky Cauldron' and you will be off." Before Harry reached out to take a pinch, he put his glasses in his cloak. As he grabbed a hand full of the purple powder, Arabella added, "I'll be right behind you, dear." Arabella light the fire, and Harry stepped up the mantle. He took a deep breath, and then threw the powder into the fire. He watched it turn green and then he stepped in. Harry called out "The Leaky Cauldron" and started to spin, slowly at first and then going faster. Harry remembering his elbows quickly pulled them in.

            Starting to slow Harry began to see the pub, and stepped out as he almost stopped. No one noticed him come out, not even the people at the nearest table. He quickly stepped to the side and waited for Arabella to step out. As soon as she came out of the fireplace she called out, "Harry! You look like a mesh!" Harry held back a small laugh for Arabella looked as sooty as himself. She pulled out her wand and simply said 'clean' before she did the same to herself, and becoming instantly clean. "Do close your mouth Harry. It wasn't that amazing." He quickly shut his mouth. She led Harry to an empty table, and told him to stay put. "I'll be back in a minute. I'll go get us a butterbeer and some soup for lunch," she said and walked up to the bar to talk to Tom.

            When Arabella returned, she carried two butterbeers and was followed by a tall man. Arabella set the mugs on the table, and motioned to Harry to stand up, which he quickly did. "Harry I would like you to meet some one. This is my friend Xavier Presley." Harry held out his hand and said, "Nice to meet you Mister Presley. I'm Harry Potter." As soon as Harry had said Potter, Xavier's eyes had flicked upwards to his legendary scar. Xavier grasped Harry's hand and said, "Nice to meet you Harry. Please call me X, every one does. It is more appealing I say." All this was said with a smile which made Harry relax a little. Harry's first impression of XP was that he was another Snape.

            Harry's opinion of him soon changed, because he had joined them at the table. Harry learned that he was a teacher and would be replacing Professor Bins as History of Magic teacher. As soon as Harry heard this he became ecstatic. "Really?" he asked, "Maybe if we have a live teacher, we will have a live class!" Once they were done eating Harry excused himself, so that he could go meet Ron and Hermione at the wizarding bank. As he left, Arabella said, "All right dear. Just be sure to meet me back here at 5 o'clock." With that Harry ran out of the pub, opened the arch, and ran down the alley to Gringotts. He wanted to get there early so he could refill his money purse.

            When Harry walked out of the bank, he found Ron and Hermione waiting for him. He walked up to them, and said "Hullo." Harry quickly told him about the two new teachers and then suggested that they go to Flourish & Blott's.

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