It had been 3 a.m. when Harry finally went to bed and here he was awake only 3 hours later and unable to fall back asleep. 'I've really got to talk to Madame Pomfrey about some sleeping draughts' Harry thought as he got out of bed and started getting dressed. 'Now what am I going to do, Ron's asleep and he'll probably be asleep till this afternoon. Even Hermione will end up sleeping in till noon at least.' Harry thought as he stretched and yawned. "We'll I could go down to Diagon Alley, but for what? I've already done all my shopping. I could do some clothes shopping, but with Sergus' robe and refreshing charms there's really no need." Harry thought out loud, which was quickly becoming a habit. "I know exactly what I can do for the next six hours, I can go in my trunk and start reading that element book I bought. Then at noon I'll go downstairs, wearing my Sergus robe as an invisibility cloak, and come in through the back as if I've been down to Diagon Alley. This'll be great as long as the book is worth all the trouble." Harry said to himself as he pulled out the keys.

He took out his keys to the trunk and opened the trunk with the first few keys till he found the one he had put the book in and grabbed it. Next he went into his trunk training room and began to read the book. Much to his dismay there was a warning in the beginning of the book. Harry skimmed it, not heeding warnings as usual, but got the general idea. Each elemental ability would change him; the more adept he was with the element the more the change. With the power over water, one would become more relaxed and Harry couldn't help but think 'go with flow in other words' and laugh. With earth he would become more peaceful, calm, and would increase his potential for wisdom. Wind would cause one to be more than relaxed but almost carefree and very irresponsible, it had given reference to one wizard in the middle ages who had learned the power before the others and lost a great deal for lack of caring, including his life. Fire, was much worse than all the others, would enrage the person and made them blind with fury. Much to Harry's dismay there were a number of wizards and witches who centuries ago learned this power alone and killed a great number of people until their rage consumed themselves in flames. So far Harry wasn't exactly looking forward to learning this magic and was having second thoughts, but he continued to read on. Lightning, the last element, was by far better than wind and fire; it had no negative effect. It gave the user of its magic vast amounts of energy and speed. Harry was definitely feeling better about the magic seeing that he could at least use three of them. He read on, the last paragraph of the warning stated that though obviously the power over fire was dangerous there was a way to counter the added effects. If one learns all the powers, fire being the last learned, then they would be at balance and could use all the powers freely.

As Harry finished reading the warning his mind was made up. He would learn lightning first, so that he would have yet another power, and the energy to get through his busy schedule. 'This is definitely going to be a life saver' He thought. After the he figured he'd probably go with earth, it was the next obvious choice. How could he resist being able increase his ability to learn? Also being able to stay calm and peaceful could never hurt, especially in a fight where a clear calm mind is most necessary. After that he supposed he'd learn wind or water then the other and lastly fire.

With Harry's enthusiasm peaked and hopes soaring he opened to the section on electricity and began reading.

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Harry had been reading for Merlin knows how long, when he heard sounds outside his trunk. Someone was in his room looking for him and heard Hermione calling, he could hear a hint of worry, which was good because it meant she hadn't been looking for him long and wasn't panicking. 'What time is it?' Harry thought, then looked at his watch 'BLOODY hell I've been in here most of the day, it's 5 p.m.! How am I gonna get out of this one?' He then heard his door shut meaning Hermione was looking elsewhere for him, so he headed up out into his room, sub-consciously he must have realized an invisibility cloak would be good right now for his Sergus robe had already change. 'Sergus you were most definitely a genius, too bad you can't help me think of an excuse which I'm most definitely going to need soon' Harry thought. 'I have to get better at this or I'll never make a good auror, if I can't think quick and make covers how will I be able to hide amongst death eaters.' Realizing his mind was getting off track Harry headed out of his room to find Ron and Hermione standing in the hall.

"I hope he hasn't disappeared again," Hermione said obviously worried.

"Don't worry Hermione he's probably just in Diagon Alley, getting his school supplies, or checking out that Lightning Bolt model. That is by far the best broom I've ever seen" Ron said loosing focus.

Hermione had to cut him off before he started talking for hours about that broom and Quidditch. "Ron I've been in Diagon Alley already, but there were still too many people to do a good search." Hermione said.

"There you go then, why don't we both go look?" Ron said, before following Hermione as she walked downstairs.

'This is going to be too easy' Harry thought 'All I have to do is go down, go in a shop or something change the robe back to regular clothes and find them. I can say I've been doing my school shopping and lost track of time.'

Harry headed downstairs following Ron and Hermione into Diagon Alley as they wandered searching for him he was sneaking through the crowd where he could, without bumping into people. He conveniently ended up outside of the Quidditch shop. He saw in the window display one of the Lightning bolt brooms, also noticing that inside all the others hadn't been sold. He was the only one with one. "I can't wait to ride that when I get back to Hogwarts' Harry thought. Then a thought hit him as hand had his forehead 'I can't do that only a few people if any other than me have bought one of those and I was chased by Aurors afterwards. Surely Harry and some death eater both having the only broom sold would raise questions. 'This is definitely going to require a trip to Gringotts afterwards' he thought as he strode in found a dark corner and changed his Sergus robe back to regular clothes. Then he made his way to the front of the shop and casually said "I would like to but a Lightning bolt broom, please."

Fifteen minutes later after he finally got the clerk to sell it to him, assuring him it wasn't too much broom for him and that he'd be careful. Even though he was Harry Potter, the clerk insisted on trying to sell him another broom, saying "Even professional Quidditch players are having trouble controlling it, it's just too fast." In the end Harry won though and had bought the broom. Outside it appeared Ron had given up searching for him and was now staring at the broom in the display like a little kid looking at the newest toy.

"Hey Ron" Harry said waving a hand in front of his face getting him out of his trance.

"Oh, hey Harry. Where've you.." Ron stopped mid-sentence and was now staring at the Lightning bolt Harry was holding in his left hand.

"Like it? I just got it" Harry said fully knowing that Ron not only liked but would almost as far to kill for it, exceptions being Wormtail, any death eater, and of course Malfoy (jr. or sr.).

Harry couldn't stop smiling like a madman at Ron's Reaction.

After a long period of silence Ron finally spoke "BLOODY HELL!" then a wide grin spread across his face "The Hogwart's Quidditch cup is definitely staying in Gryffindor." Before Ron could say another word they heard the voice of the third member of the Trio calling.

"Ron! Have you found Harry yet?" She called before seeing them. "There you are Harry, where have you been?" She asked concerned then looked down to see the broom in his hand. "Oh No You Didn't" She began.

But before she could continue and tell him how dangerous that broom could be and lecture him for Merlin knows how long he cut her off. "Don't worry Hermione I'll be careful with it." He said, and knowing she would try and say something again he held up a hand to stop her before she began. "It'll be alright 'Mione, I promise besides there'll never be a broom I can't ride"

This caused Ron and Hermione to start laughing. "Watch yourself Harry if you're ego gets any bigger, we'll have another Malfoy on our hands" Ron said as Harry had started laughing. Joking with his friends was definitely something he had missed between his birthday and coming to Diagon Alley, thought it hadn't really been that long he had missed.

Then as always something had to happen to ruin it, none other than Draco Malfoy showed.

"Well, speaking of the devil, here he is" Harry said.