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Chapter 2: The Phoenix Staff

As soon as the portkey started to work Harry realized why he didn't like to travel this way, but before he could think anymore about it; he landed. He was expecting land on the driveway of a great manor house, but instead he found himself in the Leaky Cauldron. He looked around at the familiar place seeing the bartender that reminded him so much of a toothless walnut. As Harry turned to his left he saw Dumbledore standing next to him.

"Sir, I don't mean to question you, but I thought we were going to your house." Harry said.

"Oh but we will be Mr. Potter, we just need to get a few things before we start your training. We also need to stop by a new shop that opened up last year. The owners will be very happy to see you." Dumbledore said with his blue eyes twinkling even more than normal.

It took Harry only a second to realize what Dumbledore had told him "You mean the Weasleys' Wizarding Wheezes'" Harry said feeling very happy about seeing Fred and George's new shop. The shop he helped get started. Even before he could imagine what it would look like a voice rang out above the loud talking, and the clanking glasses of the Leaky Cauldron.

"Harry, Harry Potter is that you?" Hagrid said pushing people out of the way to get closer. Hagrid was a huge man. He stood twice as tall as anyone else and three times as broad. Hagrid was half giant, but gentle as they come.

Harry was so surprised to see him there, but he wished Hagrid didn't say his name so loudly. Everyone in the room turned to stare at "The Famous Harry Potter". "Hi Hagrid, how's your summer been?" Harry said rather quietly.

"O' you know how it is. It's a lot of work," His voiced turned to whisper as he bent down close to Harry, "You know takin' care of Grawp and all." Hagrid said as he bent down even further and grabbed Harry in a great bear hug. "Oh it's great seein' ya again Harry, I'm so happy you're away from those blasted muggles."

"Yeah me too" Harry said with great difficulty as the air was being pushed out of him. Dumbledore stepped in before Harry lost consciousness.

"Hagrid we have to be on our way," He said as Hagrid put Harry down.

"Oh of course sir, sorry 'bout that Harry, I'll be seein' ya." Hagrid said as he stepped back from Harry.

Harry took a second to recover before answering, "Yeah I'll see you later Hagrid, bye." Harry and Dumbledore headed out towards Diagon Alley. Harry pulled out his wand taped the bricks and the bricks moved aside to show the hidden street. Witch's and Wizards hurried from one shop to another as Dumbledore lead Harry down the road. They continued down toward Ollivander's, just as the reached the door Harry could see a huge crowd surrounding one of the shops further down. He couldn't really get a good look at what it was before Dumbledore ushered him inside. Harry instantly recalled the shop with thousands of little narrow boxes stacked from floor to ceiling, and the unusual amount of magic that seemed to be with held there. "This is Ollivander's shop," he thought to himself.

"Good afternoon," said the soft familiar voice of Mr. Ollivander. "What brings you back to my shop Mr. Potter, there isn't anything wrong with you wand is there? It is a fine wand, I do hope you take care of it." He said with his pale eyes shining back.

"Oh no sir, I mean yes sir, I mean my wand is fine, it is a great wand and I do take care of it." Harry said trying to assure Mr. Ollivander that there isn't anything wrong with his wand.

Mr. Ollivander seemed rather pleased to hear this and turned his pale eyes to Dumbledore, "I guess there's more to this than a simple wand repair?"

Dumbledore looked from Ollivander to Harry and said, "Yes it's a bit more then that, it seems Mr. Potter is an elemental and we've come to find him a staff." Mr. Ollivander seemed very happy by this.

"A staff, there hasn't been a staff sold here in over two hundred years." Ollivander said as he now turned his attention to Harry. He snapped his fingers and a measuring tape appeared out of thin air and began to take measurements. First it measured his arm, then his fingers, and finally his height before it turned into a parchment with all the information clearly printed. Mr. Ollivander grabbed if before it hit the ground and read the parchment before he continued, "Okay Mr. Potter follow me, this way, I'll do my best to find what you need." He turned and motioned for Harry and Dumbledore to follow him.

They walked through the huge stacks of wand boxes, through a back door and down a spiral staircase. As they walked Mr. Ollivander began to talk about the different staff's he has. "Mr. Potter I don't carry many staff's because I really never needed to sell them. I do have a few; they are very old and very powerful. Just as a wand will pick a wizard, a staff will do the same, but a staff will also reject a wizard." He stopped talking as they reached one of the lower levels that had just about thirty large thin boxes stacked neatly along the walls. Mr. Ollivander walked over to one of the boxes and compared its labels to the parchment with Harry's measurement, and pulled out box.

"Now Mr. Potter, try this." He said pulling to box over to Harry. It looked like a large wooden stick with an elaborate tip. The end of the staff seemed to have coiled around the clear stone inside, a diamond. "This Mr. Potter is designed for those who are wind elementals, as you can see I can't touch the staffs with my bare hands; but if the staff accepts you, it shouldn't be a problem."

Harry stepped forward and reached for the staff within the box as he touched the surface the diamond began to glow with blinding light and a wind began to sweep through the room. The light faded and went out but the staff still allowed Harry to hold it. Dumbledore maintained his look of wisdom but seemed to be astonished at the same time.

"Very interesting Mr. Potter I've never heard of this happening before." Ollivander said as he came closer to Harry.

"Sorry sir, but you could tell me what's so interesting." Harry said starring back into Mr. Ollivander pale eyes.

He stepped back and began to pace back and forth as he spoke, "You see Mr. Potter a staff will either dismiss you or accept you, there really isn't an in-between. It has to do with the powers you possess, for instance if a wind elemental would have touched the staff it should have accepted them like it did you, but the light would not have diminished completely as you held it. It's almost as if you deemed it not worthy of you." He continued to pace "Now what type of elemental is he?" He said looking toward Dumbledore.

"I believe he may be all of them, when I saw him use his abilities: there was fire, wind, shaking of the floor which indicated earth, and electricity which is linked to storm which is in turn is tied to elemental control of water. So I believe it is safe to say Mr. Potter is an elemental of all four elements." He finished with confidence and chuckled at the look of surprise on Ollivander's face (which he doesn't show very often).

"So you think he is here for the Phoenix staff? Do you really think it will accept him?" Ollivander said with his voice nearly squeaking.

"I think it's worth a shot" Dumbledore replied.

"Very well, follow me Mr. Potter." Ollivander walked towards the end of the small dusty room and placed his hand on one stone and his wand on another. The wall seemed to melt away revealing a circular room with a single item in the middle. It was an amazing sight. The Phoenix staff was free standing in the middle of the circular room. It wasn't plain like the other staff; there was an image carved into the beautiful holly staff. A great phoenix flying towards the top of the staff with bright red ruby's flashing for eyes, and a single blue tear falling from its red eye. On the very top sat a perfect bright green emerald surrounded by the magnificent holly. The wood seemed to wrap around, to fit perfectly with its stone counter part.

Ollivander approached the staff but stopped about three feet short of it, "You see Mr. Potter this staff, isn't like the others. It has the power to control all four of the elements but it seems to be very picky about the person it chooses." He gave a weak smile before he continued. "One of my ancestors made this staff over a thousand years ago, and no one has been able to approach it. It seems to." He paused for a moment seeming to gather his thoughts, ".. dislike whoever isn't worthy of its power, and I'm sorry to say that it deems everyone who has approached it in a thousand years, unworthy."

Harry looked at the staff becoming slightly afraid of it, "Mr. Ollivander what has happened to those it deems unworthy?"

He looked back at the staff then towards Harry, " From what I've been told it isn't pretty, a lot of pain and it usually will throw you through the wall" He pointed towards the dent in the stones across the way. Harry gulped and started breathing heavily. "But I don't believe there is much to fear Mr. Potter, never has there been a wizard that approached the Phoenix staff with the ability to control all four elements, you will be the first"

Harry still unsure took a step back from the staff and turned to Dumbledore who seemed to let Ollivander do all the talking as he walked around the circular room, taking in all the staff had to offer. He looked up just long enough to catch Harry eyes through his half moon spectacles, "I believe you should make an attempt Mr. Potter, and this seems to be the best staff Ollivander's has to offer." He said with a smile. "I'll be here to watch over you Harry and I'll do my best to protect you if anything should go wrong, but I don't think it will."

Harry took a step towards the staff after Dumbledore finished speaking, still not completely sure about how the staff will react. He turned to Ollivander, "Could you tell me what I need to do?" Harry said his voice shaking slightly.

Ollivander looked excited to see if Harry would be the one to get the Phoenix staff and it showed as explained what Harry needed to do. "You see no one has ever gotten passed its first barrier, so I really don't know what you should do after that, but your first step would be to approach the staff."

Without another word Harry moved towards the staff as he reached the point where Ollivander stopped he paused for a second and cleared his mind. He took another step feeling like he walked through a stream of cold water. The staff began to levitate a few inches from the ground. Harry passed through the first barrier and as he reached out to grab the staff it flew into his outstretched hand and planted itself into the ground at his side cracking the stone floor next to him. He felt a strange warmth spread through his body, the green emerald began to shine brightly as the diamond staff before, but as it faded it didn't go out. Harry examined the staff feeling it as the wood changed to fit his hands and the staff adjusted to his height. He felt the power it contained as he lifted it from its planted position with ease.

Dumbledore and Ollivander clapped loudly at his success as the staff declared him its rightful owner. Ollivander was very pleased that the staff would be going to someone. He began to tell Harry everything he knew about it, "You see Mr. Potter the Phoenix staff contains all the stones used control the different elements" He pointed out all the different stones in the carvings, "And this" he said pointing at the emerald on top, "Is its main source, this is what controls all of the elements, this emerald channels all of your elemental control." As Ollivander spoke Harry wasn't really listening he just examined the beautiful phoenix engraving.

They walked back up to the main floor as Ollivander kept commenting on how amazing it was that Harry's wand, and his new staff were both basically that same. They were both holly and had the power of the phoenix. As they reached the main level they noticed all of the people waiting for Ollivander to appear.

Ollivander didn't really seem to care about all of the angry looks he was getting he just shrugged them off by saying, "I'll be with you momentarily" and turned back to Harry and Dumbledore, "Now a staff isn't something you see everyday, especially one like that, I thought you might want to keep it concealed and still carry it so I have this for you." He pulled out a pretty ordinary looking black leather pouch from under the counter. "This has bag will be able to store your staff and no one will know the difference."

He handed the bag to Harry, who put the bottom of the staff in the bag and pulled it up, to his surprise the ordinary looking bag must have been enlarged inside like the ministry's cars. The entire staff fit within the 15in long bag, accept the very tip where the emerald shined brightly.

Harry was shocked to see this and quickly tied the pouch to his waist before turning back to Mr. Ollivander, "Thank you sir, how much do I owe you?" Harry said.

Ollivander turned to him and said, "Don't worry about that Mr. Potter it has already been taken care of." He said as he glanced toward Dumbledore.

"Well thank you again for all your help." Harry said as he and Dumbledore stepped back out onto Diagon Alley.

Before Harry could speak to Dumbledore the Weasley twins ambushed him, "Hi, Harry" George said with a huge grin and Fred at his side. "What brings you here?" George said with the identical grin.

"Hi George, Fred, I'm just here with Dumbledore, your joke shop seems to be going nicely." Harry said

"Yeah there's been a line like that for weeks" Fred said point towards the shop Harry didn't get a good look at before. "Come on Harry we'll give you the grand tour" The twins said together with two identical evil grins.

"Is it alright if I go Professor?" Harry asked Dumbledore

"By all means Harry, I'll be over at Florean Fortrescue's Ice Cream Parlor, come get me when you're finished and we'll be on our way." Dumbledore said with a smile that seemed to take twenty years way from him.

` Harry fallowed Fred and George through the crowd and into the shop, it was like nothing he'd ever seen before. The store was organized into different areas; there was the "Delectable Sweets" which contained all of the twins prank foods such as canary creams, and Ton Tongue Toffees. Then on the other side they have their Skiving Snack box and in the far corner they have all their fake wands and other miscellaneous practical jokes. It was the best joke shop Harry had ever seen including Zonko's joke shop in Hogsmead.

George turned to Harry, "So what do you think Harry?"

"It's bloody brilliant" Harry said as he searched the shop finding more things the twins cooked up. He couldn't believe all of the things they've created. Over the years he'd seen them making little things but if you put them all together in one shop then it's really an accomplishment.

"We thought you'd say that Harry," Fred and George said in unison. "And we made something for you, we thought you might like it." Fred reached into his robes and pulled out a small, fuzzy, golden ball. "This is a one- of-a-kind item Harry," said Fed, "It's more of a prototype really," George, said "It's our newest line, we're getting into some Quidditch supplies, this" He said pointing at the small ball, "Is a "plush snitch". It's charmed to react like a real one but it's just a little bit fast and smaller to make it harder to catch. It's made to hone your seeker skills while you can't be outside on the pitch. It's easy to use." As George said this he threw the fuzzy ball into the air and it revealed its wings as it moved back and forth zooming around them, "and its retrievable too," Fred said as he flicked his wand into the air and it came flying back into his palm. He handed it to Harry.

Harry let it flutter for a second as it flew around the twins and grabbed just above Fred ear before putting it into his pocket. "Thanks Fred, George, this is great, but you didn't have to."

"Oh but we did, you're kind of our tester, we need you to write back to us about it." George said almost laughing. "But there is a plus side, we won't be making anymore like that one exactly, you will have the only one, but we will need you to write to us about it, tell us how we can improve upon it." Fred said.

"Not a problem" Harry said laughing as the twins noticed a big crowd heading their way. "I see you're busy, I'll write you later and thanks again. Oh and Fred, George, nice shop."

"Thanks Harry" they said in unison, "We'll write you, bye Harry."

Harry headed back to Florean Fortrescue's Ice Cream Parlor, to find Dumbledore sitting at one of the outside tables just finishing the biggest Sunday Harry had ever seen. Dumbledore looked up to see Harry walking towards him.

"Are you ready to go Harry?" Dumbledore said leaving a galleon on the table.

"Yes professor" said Harry

Dumbledore stood up and he and Harry walked towards the Leaky Cauldron when Dumbledore stopped and handed the old pocket watch again and said; "Now we're going to my home. In three, two, one" Just then Harry felt the pull behind his navel as he was on his way to Dumbledore's house to begin his training.