A/N: There are going to be another few chapters before Harry goes back to
Hogwarts that develop Harry's relationship with his parents and it also
sets up some of the bigger conflicts in the story.
Disclaimer: All things HP belong to JKR.
Chapter Five: Trips to Two Worlds
It took Harry the next few days to get used to getting back to his normal self. Three full meals a day, prepared with love by the household, were finally filling him and the dark circles underneath his eyes were lightening with every good dream. Then one morning he found himself about to do the one thing he had dreaded for days. Later that day he was going back to the Dursley's to get the stuff still sitting in his room. He didn't feel like he could swallow a single thing.
"Come on Harry," Hermione said worriedly. "It'll be better if you eat something." Harry just stared at his pancakes, the syrup dripping lazily onto the plate.
"I know Hermione! But if they say one bad thing to my parents or Sirius I swear.." he grabbed Ron's throat and began to shake it.
"Oi! Watch it Harry!" Ron said laughing, while stuffing his face with scrambled eggs. "Well, now you know how I feel every time I see Malfoy. That idiot better watch himself this year or I'll do more than choke him."
"I'm sure he'll try to do the same to you, so you better be careful too," said Hermione.
"Well I'll make sure I get him before he gets me." Hermione rolled her eyes.
"Ron.."
"Hermione..."he said, imitating her sigh.
"Harry! Come on lets go! Time to see those crazy muggles!" Sirius called from the front door.
"Padfoot, be nice! There my family." "Sorry Lils."
"That's better."
"But I still don't see how you can care about maniacs like that. And that son of theirs is as big as a whale! I don't see how they can all fit into that tiny house!"
"SIRIUS!"
"Come on you know its true. Back me up James!" Harry laughed as his father took a step back.
"No way! I'm not going to get into the middle of this!" Relief spread over his face as Harry walked up to them.
"There you are Harry! Ready to go?" Harry sighed as James placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Ready as I'll ever be. How are we going to get there? Floo Powder?"
"Nah, too dangerous. It's not like their fireplace is set up and obviously we can't have Headquarters registered. Were going to take the Knight Bus." Harry snickered.
"Bet their going to like that." Harry could just imagine the look on the Dursley's face at the sight of a purple triple-decker bus on Privet Drive.
"They're just going to have to deal with it. Now lets go and get it over with." They all walked out into the sunlight and James pulled out his wand. In seconds they were rolling quickly along. Harry looked over at his mother who was nervously wringing her hands.
"You ok Mom?" She looked over and smiled.
"Just a little nervous honey. I haven't seen Petunia in years and I never really thought I'd see her again." The bus came to a halt and Stan yelled back to them.
" 'arry were here!" They all stood up and walked off the bus. Number Four looked exactly the same as when Harry had left. Harry tried to turn the doorknob, but it was locked. Instinctively Sirius muttered "Alohamora" and the door opened. Harry peaked into the room, to find it deserted. They all walked in and James slowly made his way to the kitchen. Suddenly, the air was pierced by a scream.
"VERNON! HELP! BURGLARS!" A frantic Aunt Petunia ran screaming out of the kitchen, waving a kitchen knife at James. The knife clattered to the floor as James grabbed Harry to stop himself from tripping over.
"You..."she breathed hard.
"Just here to get my stuff. If you haven't already thrown it out," he looked at her with a look of pure hate on his face. "Come on, Mom, Dad, Sirius. Lets hurry up and get out of here." Aunt Petunia gasped as they all began to walk up the stairs.
"W-who?" Harry sighed as she said this and pointed to each one of them as he said their names.
"My godfather Sirius, my dad James Potter, and my mother Lily Potter." James and Sirius followed Harry up the stairs, but Lily turned around to face her sister. Lily looked down at the ground and began to wring her hands again.
"Sorry about the intrusion Petunia. We needed to get Harry's stuff for school. We'll leave as soon as we can. She turned around, but all of Harry's trunks were already floating downstairs to the door. Aunt Petunia just backed away, bumping into Dudley and Uncle Vernon. Harry took a last look around. He'd never have to come back, he'd never have to be locked under the stairs or have to put up with them always yelling at him. A smile spread across his face. They all stood at the doorway and before they walked out Lily turned to face Petunia again.
"Look, I know taking care of Harry was a burden to you, and we never really got along, but thank you. Thank you dear sister. It meant the world to me. I love you, and I hope one day we can be friends." And before Petunia could stop her, Lily hugged her. Then wiping a tear from her eye, Lily shut the door with a soft click. James kissed her gently as they boarded the Knight Bus.
"Take a good look Harry. You're never going to have to come back here again." And surprisingly Harry did look at Privet Drive, and gave a silent goodbye. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Here, Dad, take a look at this." Harry pulled out a long piece of silvery material from his trunk. James took it and laughed.
"My old invisibility cloak! Man did I have fun with this thing." He placed it softly on the ground and kept rummaging through Harry's stuff.
"You do have the Marauder's Map don't you?"
"Yeah, I've got it."
"I was so mad when Peter lost it! Nearly hexed him to death. Took us to forever to get it to work."
"Well Fred and George nicked it from Filch's office in their first year. Cause tons of mayhem with it."
"If theirs another set of Marauders its those two. I hear they've set up a joke shop in Diagon Alley."
"Yeah, I can't wait to see it when we go to get my school stuff." Lily walked in with a plate of cookies.
"Are you two almost done? We've been at it for an hour at least!" She wrapped her arms around James neck and kissed his cheek. He pulled out a leather book, lying on the ground near Harry.
"What's this Harry?" Lily opened it to the first page. "Oh, honey." She smiled as she saw the pictures.
"Hagrid gave it too me in my first year."
"Well were going to need to fill it up with some recent pictures of us don't you think?" They all laughed as they saw a picture of baby Harry with spaghetti all over his face. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Diagon Alley!" Ron screamed as he was engulfed by green flame. Harry put his glasses in his pocket. One by one they blew the glittering green powder into the fireplace and traveled by Floo Powder to Diagon Alley. Their Hogwarts owls had come earlier that day, along with a list of new school supplies. They all excitedly rushed through breakfast; even James and Lily wanted to be back in the wizarding world. Dumbledore had set up a special fireplace for them to use, directly across the street from Number 12, personally calling a favor from the Head of Magical Transportation. Finally they had all appeared in Diagon Alley, chatting happily as they saw all the shops, filled with customers.
"So, we've got to go to Gringotts, then we'll start shopping." Mrs.Weasley said pulling them all towards the snowy white building. Harry pulled his key out of his pocket and tried to hand it to his parents, who just laughed.
"Oh, no Harry we don't need that." James pulled out a chain around his neck, which held a tiny gold Gringotts key. The key you have is just our trust fund. Our real accounts in the UnderGround Vaults, the vaults guarded by maximum security." Harry immediately thought of dragons and what Hagrid had said his first year. The goblins inside didn't even turn their heads as they walked in. The Weasley's boarded the first cart after handing the Head Goblin their key. The Potter's stepped up to the front desk. James yanked off the necklace and put in front of the Head Gobin.
"Mr. and Mrs. James Potter and son Harry Potter would like to make a withdrawal from vault 913, Security Level 10." The goblin looked over the desk with a suspicious eye. Lily suddenly pulled a letter from the folds of her robes.
"Oh, and Professor Dumbledore told me to give you this." Harry only caught a glance at the Hogwarts seal stamped at the back of the letter. The goblin read it and snapped his fingers.
"It's a level 10 withdrawal. Potter's vault 913." All three of them were ushered into a cart, which slowly began to descend to the deepest vaults in Gringotts. The temperature dropped and it grew darker, the only light coming from tiny lamps dangling from the ceiling. That's when Harry heard it. A roar came from somewhere beneath him. The cart came to a sudden halt and the goblin jumped off. He spoke into a long golden tube coming from the wall. He stared at him curiously. James bent down to him.
"They have to clear the um..security before we can go down." Harry chuckled, only imagining what the "security" could be. The cart began to roll again, coming to a stop at a large door. The goblin jumped off again, now beckoning them to join him. He opened a latch and pushed the key in. He kept turning it in a series of patterns and Harry soon lost track of what he was doing. Suddenly the door began to creak open. Flashes of gold, silver, and bronze blinded Harry.
"Oh my god!" he said as he saw the contents. The room could have easily fit the entire Gryffindor common room. There were stacks of gold heaped along all the walls steadily reaching into the middle of the room. Piles of silver were everywhere and bronze was mixed into it all.
"I know you won't believe it honey, but we have two more rooms like this one." Harry stared up at his mother in amazement.
"No way!"
"Yes way!" She laughed and began to fill her money pouch with the coins. "Hurry Harry!" He bent down and put a few fistfuls of gold his own bag. When they were finished the room didn't even look different, in fact the money seemed to have multiplied. Harry took a gulp of fresh air as they walked back out of Gringotts. James just clapped a hand on his back.
"Taking a trip to Gringotts is always an adventure. Oh, I see the Weasleys! Lets go." They ran down the marble steps and into the cobbled streets.
"Let's do some shopping." Lily said happily. "Lets see," she looked down at Harry's school list. "Lets go get your books first." They made their way to Flourish and Blotts, where Harry was tempted to stay in the Dark Defense Book Section. He was right in the middle of Disguises: How to Fool Your Enemy when his mother appeared, books spilling out of her hands.
"You sure needed a lot of books this year. I guess with all your passed OWLs your going to be taking quite a few classes." She read down the list, "Potions: Level 6, check, Advanced Transfiguration, check, check, check, check. Yes, we have them all."
"Where'd Dad go?"
"He's gone to get your new cauldron. The list says you need a silver one this year and I thinks he's the only one of us strong enough to carry it." They all walked together and had kept stopping to peer at all the items in the windows. Finally, the numbers of items on their lists diminished.
"All you need now is your writing supplies. It's always fun to go there." James said. They walked into the small store, the shelves lined with different colored inks; feathers filling large ceramic jars set themselves all over the store. Harry soon had bought a new ink set, which consisted of 10 different shades of inks and a sharp obsidian quill sharpener. He also picked out a shiny silver owl feather, with beautiful soft curves and flecks of gold. He rapidly grew fond of it and set it carefully inside his bag. When they finally walked out they heard loud booming coming from the end of the street, followed closely by laughter. Harry smirked. He had a pretty good idea who could be making such a racket.
"Harry!" Fred yelled.
"Nice to see you mate!" George said ushering them past the crowd outside. Harry immediately loved their shop. Bins of Ton Tongue Toffee stood in the corner and all their brightly colored items seemed to burst right off the walls.
"This is wonderful you guys!"
"Well its all thanks to you, our financial advisor." Fred winked at him. Harry nudged him in the ribs.
"No problem. I'm glad I aided such promising business clients." James laughed as Lily shook off the effects of a Canary Cream.
"I'm happy to see pranks are still strong as ever at Hogwarts. I would have been disappointed if the traditions ended with us Marauders."
"Well don't worry Dad. I have a feeling Fred and George are going to keep the pranking tradition go on for a long time at Hogwarts."
"I think so too!" He looked over at the Skiving Snackboxes. "Hey, what are these?" Fred went immediately over to him.
"These sir, will get you sick and cure you quick." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"You know, I've never been so excited to go shopping in my life. I think it's because it was with my parents."
"It's really great there alive Harry. We've never seen you so happy." Ron said, stuffing the pudding from dinner into his mouth.
"God, Ron! Chew with your mouth closed!" Hermione said disgustedly. Harry stood up and stretched.
"I'll see you guys tomorrow. Night." He walked out of the room and Ron and Hermione were left sitting in the kitchen. Hermione bent closer to Ron and spoke in a whisper.
"I can't he forgot tomorrow is his birthday!"
"I know! Well, that mean's he'll be surprised when he wakes up. Everything's ready right?" Hermione chuckled.
"Of course. Oh I can't wait to see the look on his face!" ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
A/N: Well I hope this chapter was ok. I was sick while I was writing it so it may be a little off. I'll try to get chapter six up as soon as possible! Thanks so far to all my reviewers! I really appreciated it!
Disclaimer: All things HP belong to JKR.
Chapter Five: Trips to Two Worlds
It took Harry the next few days to get used to getting back to his normal self. Three full meals a day, prepared with love by the household, were finally filling him and the dark circles underneath his eyes were lightening with every good dream. Then one morning he found himself about to do the one thing he had dreaded for days. Later that day he was going back to the Dursley's to get the stuff still sitting in his room. He didn't feel like he could swallow a single thing.
"Come on Harry," Hermione said worriedly. "It'll be better if you eat something." Harry just stared at his pancakes, the syrup dripping lazily onto the plate.
"I know Hermione! But if they say one bad thing to my parents or Sirius I swear.." he grabbed Ron's throat and began to shake it.
"Oi! Watch it Harry!" Ron said laughing, while stuffing his face with scrambled eggs. "Well, now you know how I feel every time I see Malfoy. That idiot better watch himself this year or I'll do more than choke him."
"I'm sure he'll try to do the same to you, so you better be careful too," said Hermione.
"Well I'll make sure I get him before he gets me." Hermione rolled her eyes.
"Ron.."
"Hermione..."he said, imitating her sigh.
"Harry! Come on lets go! Time to see those crazy muggles!" Sirius called from the front door.
"Padfoot, be nice! There my family." "Sorry Lils."
"That's better."
"But I still don't see how you can care about maniacs like that. And that son of theirs is as big as a whale! I don't see how they can all fit into that tiny house!"
"SIRIUS!"
"Come on you know its true. Back me up James!" Harry laughed as his father took a step back.
"No way! I'm not going to get into the middle of this!" Relief spread over his face as Harry walked up to them.
"There you are Harry! Ready to go?" Harry sighed as James placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Ready as I'll ever be. How are we going to get there? Floo Powder?"
"Nah, too dangerous. It's not like their fireplace is set up and obviously we can't have Headquarters registered. Were going to take the Knight Bus." Harry snickered.
"Bet their going to like that." Harry could just imagine the look on the Dursley's face at the sight of a purple triple-decker bus on Privet Drive.
"They're just going to have to deal with it. Now lets go and get it over with." They all walked out into the sunlight and James pulled out his wand. In seconds they were rolling quickly along. Harry looked over at his mother who was nervously wringing her hands.
"You ok Mom?" She looked over and smiled.
"Just a little nervous honey. I haven't seen Petunia in years and I never really thought I'd see her again." The bus came to a halt and Stan yelled back to them.
" 'arry were here!" They all stood up and walked off the bus. Number Four looked exactly the same as when Harry had left. Harry tried to turn the doorknob, but it was locked. Instinctively Sirius muttered "Alohamora" and the door opened. Harry peaked into the room, to find it deserted. They all walked in and James slowly made his way to the kitchen. Suddenly, the air was pierced by a scream.
"VERNON! HELP! BURGLARS!" A frantic Aunt Petunia ran screaming out of the kitchen, waving a kitchen knife at James. The knife clattered to the floor as James grabbed Harry to stop himself from tripping over.
"You..."she breathed hard.
"Just here to get my stuff. If you haven't already thrown it out," he looked at her with a look of pure hate on his face. "Come on, Mom, Dad, Sirius. Lets hurry up and get out of here." Aunt Petunia gasped as they all began to walk up the stairs.
"W-who?" Harry sighed as she said this and pointed to each one of them as he said their names.
"My godfather Sirius, my dad James Potter, and my mother Lily Potter." James and Sirius followed Harry up the stairs, but Lily turned around to face her sister. Lily looked down at the ground and began to wring her hands again.
"Sorry about the intrusion Petunia. We needed to get Harry's stuff for school. We'll leave as soon as we can. She turned around, but all of Harry's trunks were already floating downstairs to the door. Aunt Petunia just backed away, bumping into Dudley and Uncle Vernon. Harry took a last look around. He'd never have to come back, he'd never have to be locked under the stairs or have to put up with them always yelling at him. A smile spread across his face. They all stood at the doorway and before they walked out Lily turned to face Petunia again.
"Look, I know taking care of Harry was a burden to you, and we never really got along, but thank you. Thank you dear sister. It meant the world to me. I love you, and I hope one day we can be friends." And before Petunia could stop her, Lily hugged her. Then wiping a tear from her eye, Lily shut the door with a soft click. James kissed her gently as they boarded the Knight Bus.
"Take a good look Harry. You're never going to have to come back here again." And surprisingly Harry did look at Privet Drive, and gave a silent goodbye. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Here, Dad, take a look at this." Harry pulled out a long piece of silvery material from his trunk. James took it and laughed.
"My old invisibility cloak! Man did I have fun with this thing." He placed it softly on the ground and kept rummaging through Harry's stuff.
"You do have the Marauder's Map don't you?"
"Yeah, I've got it."
"I was so mad when Peter lost it! Nearly hexed him to death. Took us to forever to get it to work."
"Well Fred and George nicked it from Filch's office in their first year. Cause tons of mayhem with it."
"If theirs another set of Marauders its those two. I hear they've set up a joke shop in Diagon Alley."
"Yeah, I can't wait to see it when we go to get my school stuff." Lily walked in with a plate of cookies.
"Are you two almost done? We've been at it for an hour at least!" She wrapped her arms around James neck and kissed his cheek. He pulled out a leather book, lying on the ground near Harry.
"What's this Harry?" Lily opened it to the first page. "Oh, honey." She smiled as she saw the pictures.
"Hagrid gave it too me in my first year."
"Well were going to need to fill it up with some recent pictures of us don't you think?" They all laughed as they saw a picture of baby Harry with spaghetti all over his face. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Diagon Alley!" Ron screamed as he was engulfed by green flame. Harry put his glasses in his pocket. One by one they blew the glittering green powder into the fireplace and traveled by Floo Powder to Diagon Alley. Their Hogwarts owls had come earlier that day, along with a list of new school supplies. They all excitedly rushed through breakfast; even James and Lily wanted to be back in the wizarding world. Dumbledore had set up a special fireplace for them to use, directly across the street from Number 12, personally calling a favor from the Head of Magical Transportation. Finally they had all appeared in Diagon Alley, chatting happily as they saw all the shops, filled with customers.
"So, we've got to go to Gringotts, then we'll start shopping." Mrs.Weasley said pulling them all towards the snowy white building. Harry pulled his key out of his pocket and tried to hand it to his parents, who just laughed.
"Oh, no Harry we don't need that." James pulled out a chain around his neck, which held a tiny gold Gringotts key. The key you have is just our trust fund. Our real accounts in the UnderGround Vaults, the vaults guarded by maximum security." Harry immediately thought of dragons and what Hagrid had said his first year. The goblins inside didn't even turn their heads as they walked in. The Weasley's boarded the first cart after handing the Head Goblin their key. The Potter's stepped up to the front desk. James yanked off the necklace and put in front of the Head Gobin.
"Mr. and Mrs. James Potter and son Harry Potter would like to make a withdrawal from vault 913, Security Level 10." The goblin looked over the desk with a suspicious eye. Lily suddenly pulled a letter from the folds of her robes.
"Oh, and Professor Dumbledore told me to give you this." Harry only caught a glance at the Hogwarts seal stamped at the back of the letter. The goblin read it and snapped his fingers.
"It's a level 10 withdrawal. Potter's vault 913." All three of them were ushered into a cart, which slowly began to descend to the deepest vaults in Gringotts. The temperature dropped and it grew darker, the only light coming from tiny lamps dangling from the ceiling. That's when Harry heard it. A roar came from somewhere beneath him. The cart came to a sudden halt and the goblin jumped off. He spoke into a long golden tube coming from the wall. He stared at him curiously. James bent down to him.
"They have to clear the um..security before we can go down." Harry chuckled, only imagining what the "security" could be. The cart began to roll again, coming to a stop at a large door. The goblin jumped off again, now beckoning them to join him. He opened a latch and pushed the key in. He kept turning it in a series of patterns and Harry soon lost track of what he was doing. Suddenly the door began to creak open. Flashes of gold, silver, and bronze blinded Harry.
"Oh my god!" he said as he saw the contents. The room could have easily fit the entire Gryffindor common room. There were stacks of gold heaped along all the walls steadily reaching into the middle of the room. Piles of silver were everywhere and bronze was mixed into it all.
"I know you won't believe it honey, but we have two more rooms like this one." Harry stared up at his mother in amazement.
"No way!"
"Yes way!" She laughed and began to fill her money pouch with the coins. "Hurry Harry!" He bent down and put a few fistfuls of gold his own bag. When they were finished the room didn't even look different, in fact the money seemed to have multiplied. Harry took a gulp of fresh air as they walked back out of Gringotts. James just clapped a hand on his back.
"Taking a trip to Gringotts is always an adventure. Oh, I see the Weasleys! Lets go." They ran down the marble steps and into the cobbled streets.
"Let's do some shopping." Lily said happily. "Lets see," she looked down at Harry's school list. "Lets go get your books first." They made their way to Flourish and Blotts, where Harry was tempted to stay in the Dark Defense Book Section. He was right in the middle of Disguises: How to Fool Your Enemy when his mother appeared, books spilling out of her hands.
"You sure needed a lot of books this year. I guess with all your passed OWLs your going to be taking quite a few classes." She read down the list, "Potions: Level 6, check, Advanced Transfiguration, check, check, check, check. Yes, we have them all."
"Where'd Dad go?"
"He's gone to get your new cauldron. The list says you need a silver one this year and I thinks he's the only one of us strong enough to carry it." They all walked together and had kept stopping to peer at all the items in the windows. Finally, the numbers of items on their lists diminished.
"All you need now is your writing supplies. It's always fun to go there." James said. They walked into the small store, the shelves lined with different colored inks; feathers filling large ceramic jars set themselves all over the store. Harry soon had bought a new ink set, which consisted of 10 different shades of inks and a sharp obsidian quill sharpener. He also picked out a shiny silver owl feather, with beautiful soft curves and flecks of gold. He rapidly grew fond of it and set it carefully inside his bag. When they finally walked out they heard loud booming coming from the end of the street, followed closely by laughter. Harry smirked. He had a pretty good idea who could be making such a racket.
"Harry!" Fred yelled.
"Nice to see you mate!" George said ushering them past the crowd outside. Harry immediately loved their shop. Bins of Ton Tongue Toffee stood in the corner and all their brightly colored items seemed to burst right off the walls.
"This is wonderful you guys!"
"Well its all thanks to you, our financial advisor." Fred winked at him. Harry nudged him in the ribs.
"No problem. I'm glad I aided such promising business clients." James laughed as Lily shook off the effects of a Canary Cream.
"I'm happy to see pranks are still strong as ever at Hogwarts. I would have been disappointed if the traditions ended with us Marauders."
"Well don't worry Dad. I have a feeling Fred and George are going to keep the pranking tradition go on for a long time at Hogwarts."
"I think so too!" He looked over at the Skiving Snackboxes. "Hey, what are these?" Fred went immediately over to him.
"These sir, will get you sick and cure you quick." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"You know, I've never been so excited to go shopping in my life. I think it's because it was with my parents."
"It's really great there alive Harry. We've never seen you so happy." Ron said, stuffing the pudding from dinner into his mouth.
"God, Ron! Chew with your mouth closed!" Hermione said disgustedly. Harry stood up and stretched.
"I'll see you guys tomorrow. Night." He walked out of the room and Ron and Hermione were left sitting in the kitchen. Hermione bent closer to Ron and spoke in a whisper.
"I can't he forgot tomorrow is his birthday!"
"I know! Well, that mean's he'll be surprised when he wakes up. Everything's ready right?" Hermione chuckled.
"Of course. Oh I can't wait to see the look on his face!" ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
A/N: Well I hope this chapter was ok. I was sick while I was writing it so it may be a little off. I'll try to get chapter six up as soon as possible! Thanks so far to all my reviewers! I really appreciated it!