Danika abruptly stood and her cup once again shattered on the wood
floor.
"Well I never..." said the owner of the Café as she rushed to help clean up.
"Oh, don't worry about it, we have everything under control. I am so sorry about your cup," said Harry calmly.
Just then, Remus J. Lupin entered looking somewhat frantic.
"Help me, oh please help me," he cried. The only other customer rose from her chair.
"What seems to be the matter sir?" she asked.
Lupin out of breath nearly toppled over, narrowly catching himself on a nearby table stuttered, "There is a boy, a boy outside, he was just walking along and al-all of the sudden he just fell down. Just collapsed onto the pavement. I-I don't think he's breathing. I did, didn't know what t-to do, so I came in here to get h-help."
Always one for dramatics, thought Harry as he shook his head.
"Well dear, you did the right thing. Just let me use the phone in the back to call an ambulance, and then we can-."
"No, I have a cell phone, let's just get outside and see what we can do," interrupted the short, blonde woman who had been enjoying her coffee.
"Oh, yes, lets just g-go."
Lupin and the owner rushed towards the door.
"I'll come too," Tonks said as she winked at Harry and Danika. She exited and as the door closed Danika turned to Harry, barely believing her own eyes. She sank into a chair, rested her elbows on her knees, covered her face with her hands, and began to mutter to herself.
Harry cleared his throat.
"Um, I'm sure that you have a lot of questions, questions that will in time be answered. But for now, you just need to trust me."
"Okay, um, Harry, just tell me one thing. Why on Earth, do you look so astoundingly like Daniel Radcliffe?"
Harry looked around to make sure the area was vacated and took a deep breath.
"In a nut-shell. I am Daniel Radcliffe. It is just a penname that we made up to get our story to the general public. There was no acting in those movies. They were scenes taken from Surveillance all around Europe. We all got together in the little free time that we had to film stupid bloopers and such. I am Harry, and Daniel. Just like everyone else in the movies."
Danika's mouth opened just the slightest.
"Bu-But what about actors, actors that are actually actors that were already well-known actors? Li-like... Richard Harris, or-or whoever played Sirius? And what about the books, I mean Sirius died in the Order of the Phoenix, right. And I know for a fact that Hogwarts can't be bugged or anything like that, so I see a serious flaw in thins whole thing."
Harry sighed, and looked down, as if trying to fight back tears.
"Yes Danika, Sirius did die in that book. Sirius is dead. The books are written as things happen. Jo Rowling was the greatest author of- the greatest non-fiction author in the whole of the wizarding world. Dumbledore asked her to begin a series about me and my life when I first started school. She agreed and has been keeping up with everything that I do since then so that she could write it down. Despite the popularity of the books, Dumbledore felt like there were still people who wouldn't- or didn't- or couldn't read the books that needed to be informed, so we decided to take it a step further. He hired a huge team of movie and TV editors who sorted through all of the Surveillance to put together the movies that you and pretty much the rest of the world has watched. So those "actors" chose to act for Muggles instead of taking a job in the wizarding community. And I am afraid that we really don't have enough time to explain Surveillance right now."
"But, why. Why did you, and Dumbledore, and everyone else need to tell this to the world." Harry's eyebrows rose. "The non-magical world."
"That we will get to." Harry motioned towards the window bank facing the parking lot. There were three figures huddled over something on the ground. One of them was on a phone. But Lupin looked back into the Café as though he sensed Harry's eyes on him. He pointed at his watch urgently then turned his attention back to the boy on the pavement.
"Well, we need to go. Have you ever traveled by Floo powder before?"
"Well I never..." said the owner of the Café as she rushed to help clean up.
"Oh, don't worry about it, we have everything under control. I am so sorry about your cup," said Harry calmly.
Just then, Remus J. Lupin entered looking somewhat frantic.
"Help me, oh please help me," he cried. The only other customer rose from her chair.
"What seems to be the matter sir?" she asked.
Lupin out of breath nearly toppled over, narrowly catching himself on a nearby table stuttered, "There is a boy, a boy outside, he was just walking along and al-all of the sudden he just fell down. Just collapsed onto the pavement. I-I don't think he's breathing. I did, didn't know what t-to do, so I came in here to get h-help."
Always one for dramatics, thought Harry as he shook his head.
"Well dear, you did the right thing. Just let me use the phone in the back to call an ambulance, and then we can-."
"No, I have a cell phone, let's just get outside and see what we can do," interrupted the short, blonde woman who had been enjoying her coffee.
"Oh, yes, lets just g-go."
Lupin and the owner rushed towards the door.
"I'll come too," Tonks said as she winked at Harry and Danika. She exited and as the door closed Danika turned to Harry, barely believing her own eyes. She sank into a chair, rested her elbows on her knees, covered her face with her hands, and began to mutter to herself.
Harry cleared his throat.
"Um, I'm sure that you have a lot of questions, questions that will in time be answered. But for now, you just need to trust me."
"Okay, um, Harry, just tell me one thing. Why on Earth, do you look so astoundingly like Daniel Radcliffe?"
Harry looked around to make sure the area was vacated and took a deep breath.
"In a nut-shell. I am Daniel Radcliffe. It is just a penname that we made up to get our story to the general public. There was no acting in those movies. They were scenes taken from Surveillance all around Europe. We all got together in the little free time that we had to film stupid bloopers and such. I am Harry, and Daniel. Just like everyone else in the movies."
Danika's mouth opened just the slightest.
"Bu-But what about actors, actors that are actually actors that were already well-known actors? Li-like... Richard Harris, or-or whoever played Sirius? And what about the books, I mean Sirius died in the Order of the Phoenix, right. And I know for a fact that Hogwarts can't be bugged or anything like that, so I see a serious flaw in thins whole thing."
Harry sighed, and looked down, as if trying to fight back tears.
"Yes Danika, Sirius did die in that book. Sirius is dead. The books are written as things happen. Jo Rowling was the greatest author of- the greatest non-fiction author in the whole of the wizarding world. Dumbledore asked her to begin a series about me and my life when I first started school. She agreed and has been keeping up with everything that I do since then so that she could write it down. Despite the popularity of the books, Dumbledore felt like there were still people who wouldn't- or didn't- or couldn't read the books that needed to be informed, so we decided to take it a step further. He hired a huge team of movie and TV editors who sorted through all of the Surveillance to put together the movies that you and pretty much the rest of the world has watched. So those "actors" chose to act for Muggles instead of taking a job in the wizarding community. And I am afraid that we really don't have enough time to explain Surveillance right now."
"But, why. Why did you, and Dumbledore, and everyone else need to tell this to the world." Harry's eyebrows rose. "The non-magical world."
"That we will get to." Harry motioned towards the window bank facing the parking lot. There were three figures huddled over something on the ground. One of them was on a phone. But Lupin looked back into the Café as though he sensed Harry's eyes on him. He pointed at his watch urgently then turned his attention back to the boy on the pavement.
"Well, we need to go. Have you ever traveled by Floo powder before?"