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"Talking"

Thoughts and Spells

"Aren't you done yet Harry?"

"Yup! Come on Ni, you chose what we do now."

"Ok.... How about the movies?"

"Whatever, I did say that you could choose," replied Harry.

The two walked in silence for…seven seconds. That was just about how long Niamh could go without saying something. Harry tuned her out and thought about the Leaky Cauldron. Why was it that no one found it strange to have an old pub on a newly remodeled part of the city? Surely they would have rebuilt the place?

"And when we…"

"Hey Ni," Harry interrupted "do you know that one pub next to the Shelter?"

"The Leaky something or other? Yeah, I've seen it a few times. Strange though, it's like no one else can. My parents always think that I'm hallucinating."

"Good, that means that I'm not insane." And thank god for that.

"Why don't we go there instead of the movies?" asked Niamh.

"Sure, since your parents are out of town, there's no one stopping us from going inside."

* * *

"Severus, the reason I sent you to get Harry, was because I finally found the alarm, and it read that Harry Potter is indeed no longer on Privet Drive."

"The boy was there Albus. I saw him myself." retorted Snape.

"But are you sure you saw who thought you were seeing? Did they actually tell you that that's him?"

Damn that man, he already knows but just wants me to suffer. How does he get everything around him so warm? I bet if I let him wander into my ingredient storages, he would completely trash the ones requiring special temperatures. "Fine, I just looked in the window, and the woman called a boy named Harry to her so I assumed it was him."

Dumbledore sighed and the ever-present twinkle in his eye died down for a second. "Did you not remember that in the Muggle world, 'Harry' is a very common name? After all, just because the wizarding word fears to name their children 'Harry', doesn't mean that Muggles do as well."

Severus could have kicked himself for being so ignorant. "Very well Albus, how do you propose that we find him?"

"We? Well I was going to go by myself, but since you seem eager, you can accompany myself and perhaps Minerva as well in just a few minutes." It took Snape all the self-control he had to prevent from swearing himself half way to hell for giving the headmaster the idea that he wanted to come along. "As for how to find him, there is a spell. How else do you think that the Hogwarts letters arrive bearing the exact address of the student? Kindly go and fetch Minerva while I do so."

As the Potions master left in a whirl of robes, Albus summoned a piece of parchment over to him, and muttered Locus Harry Potter. The parchment glowed hazel for a moment, and as the two Professors came inside, an invisible hand wrote in green ink the following lines.

Harry Potter- walking along main rd.

Nearing the Leaky Cauldron

Downtown London

* * *

"Look Harry, there it is." said Niamh.

"Watch the people walking by it, it's true-they just skip right over," said Harry. "It doesn't look like something that you can just miss."

Just then, three people appeared with a small pop in an alley just to the right of Harry. Both the kids' reflexes kicked in, and they quickly hid themselves behind a couple of boxes. The three before them were dressed in the same robes that Harry notices from day to day. The woman looked strict and was wearing green robes. The man on her left was middle aged and wore completely black. Finally, the third was an aged man and his robes were a navy blue. Harry and Niamh watched in fascination and the adults pocketed three long wooden sticks and walked out of the alley.

Harry took the lead and walked behind the three, keeping at least six paces behind the group. Niamh's eyes widened when the woman did not skip over the pub, but led her companions inside. Harry looked at his friend, and motioned her to follow. Only a step away from the door, they heard a voice echo through the busy streets.

"Niamh! Where are you?"

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Destined Enchantress-I'm also a fan of these stories, and that's why I chose to write one. Starting with either this chapter, or the next one, they will get longer. I just want to post a few shorter ones to put the story out there, then I will try and make them about twice as long as chapters one and two. Then there's the fact that I'm not too good with beginnings.

Congrats to Destined Enchantress on being the first to review. I will try and make a goal of posting at least once every two days, and, if I can, sooner. (that'll happen mostly on weekends, and school breaks)

Also, I really need an Idea for a title, so if you have any ideas, do tell. Maybe I should just keep "Something Yet To Be Decided".

~Mikibaby