Harry Potter and the Gem of the Oracle
KyleGranger342
Chapter 4
Patronus Galore
The next morning Harry was woken by Ron's annoyingly loud snoring. He walked downstairs into the deserted kitchen and glanced up at the clock: Five Thirty-Seven. Harry sat at the table and put his head down and closed his eyes. Just being inside or near the Black house made Sirius appear in his thoughts. The scene of him falling through veil repeated over and over in his head. A tear soon leaked out of his closed eye.
He sat up and wiped it. He sobbed as he got up to go get a small cup of pumpkin juice.
Harry heard a creak from the staircase in the next room and spun around quickly to see what had caused it. Ginny slowly turned the corner. The butterflies once again formed in his stomach at the sight of her beautiful face.
"Sorry Harry. I didn't mean to startle you," she said innocently.
"Oh . . . that's okay, Gin" he said smiling. He reached into the cupboard and pulled out another glass. He filled it with pumpkin juice as he walked over to the table. He placed the glasses down and sat down. She stayed where she was until he pushed the chair next to him out indicating to sit with him. "So why are you up so early?"
"Well, I heard you and I thought something might have been wrong," she said sipping the juice.
"Oh, sorry I woke you," he said.
"No, that's quite alright," she said. "Why did you get up so early?"
"Your brother," he said smiling. Ginny giggled.
"At home he's not that bad," she explained. He laughed. They remained silent for a moment or two before one of them spoke.
"Are you okay?" Ginny asked.
Harry gave her an odd look. "What do you mean?"
"Well being here. With what happened to . . . Sirius," she said softly. Harry frowned.
"It's pretty hard," he said. Ginny wiped a tear that was running down her cheek. She reached out and grabbed his hands.
"I'm always here for you," she said. Harry took the words in. He then leaned over and pecked Ginny on the cheek. She blushed and smiled.
"Thanks," Harry said blushing as well.
The two continued talking till the sun was nearly visible. At that time, the two of them walked up stairs and reached Ginny and Hermione's room. Harry was beginning to walk away when-
"Wait!" she called softly. Harry turned around and walked back over to her. She stood on her tiptoes and kissed him on the cheek. "Good night."
She walked into the room and closed the door behind her. Harry continued walking down the hallway. Ron's snoring grew louder and louder as he walked. He entered the dark room. He could make out where the large furniture was and walked over to his bedside table and picked up his wand. He pointed it at Ron.
"Silencio," he said softly. Ron's snores were muted. "Ah, peace and quiet."
Harry lay onto his bed and pulled the covers over his body. Ginny was on his mind as he drifted to sleep.
Harry woke the next morning with Ron in his face. The freckles on his cheeks blended with the color of his face. Harry's eyes widened as Ron began mouthing off words. Apparently he couldn't remember the spell get back to normal and was to lazy to go get his mum.
"Oh . . . sorry Ron. You were just so loud," he said grabbing his wand. He waved it at him and said the incantation. Ron's voice was back to normal and was not as furious as he once was.
"Come on, it's time for breakfast," Ron finally said calmly. Harry and Ron walked down the stairs and entered the kitchen where food was laid out on the table. Harry grabbed a plate and began serving himself some eggs and bacon. Hermione and Ginny walked in a little after Harry and Ron sat down and began eating. Once Harry noticed their arrival, he quickly walked to the table and began making Ginny a plate. Hermione and Ron shared looks of confusion.
He handed it to her and she smiled at him. "Thanks," she said blushing. Harry and Ginny sat down by Ron and Hermione who were trying to hide their smiles. They knew something was going on.
"Okay kids," Mrs. Weasley began, "we're going to go to the Alley today. Make sure you have a list of things you need, and be ready at the fireplace by eleven o'clock." The kids nodded and finished their breakfast. They departed for their rooms and got dressed. They grabbed their lists, before heading to Hermione and Ginny's room. After Hermione was finished brushing her hair and Ginny was done making her bed, they walked downstairs to find Mrs. Weasley, Mr. Weasley, Mad-Eye, and Lupin waiting by the dead fireplace.
"All set to go, kids," Mr. Weasley said. Ron and Ginny gave their father a hug. Apparently he was stuck at the office last night doing some paperwork he had forgotten about.
One by one, each person entered the fireplace and spoke "Diagon Alley" as threw the Floo Powder into the previous fire's ashes. Ron came out of the fireplace of a familiar shop. He was followed by Ginny, Harry, Hermione, Mad-Eye, Lupin, and then Mr. And Mrs. Wealsey. Once Mrs. Weasley noticed where they were, she stood straight up and began shouting at the two shop owners.
"Why would you even think about linking your shop to the Floo Network? It can be very dangerous. You are going to write a letter to the person who game you this deal and take it back!" she roared.
"Sorry, mum! We thought it would increase our business," George told his mother.
"Yeah. We thought it make us better known," Fred said.
"You two are very well known and were fine the way you were," she said. Mr. Weasley got to his feet and looked angrily at his two twin sons.
"You will do as your mother tells you," he said. "I don't want anything bad happening to the two of you." Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny began looking around the room for fun things to play with or buy.
"Harry, come look at this," Ron called Harry over to a shelf towards the back with their newest items upon it.
"Whoa, cool," he said reading the information tag.
Secret Messaging Notebooks
Notebooks that are created to allow you to send messages to friends and family do matter how far you are away from them. Each friend gets their own assigned page when you write something, it disappears and goes to them, they write something, and it appears in the notebook. Also when in the hands of pesky teachers, the notebook will automatically write out notes on the current class your in.
Weasleys' Wizarding Wheezes Price: Two Sickels, Five Knuts
"What inspired us to make these was You-Know-Who back when he used that Diary on Harry and Ginny. Since you guys are family, including Harry and Hermione," Fred said sneeking away from the arguing George and their parents. "You get them for the low price of one sickel." The four teenagers smiled.
"Wow, thanks Fred," Ginny said. Each of the four grabbed a notebook with the color of their choice. Ron grabbed a dark green, Harry took a Navy blue, Hermione to a straight black, and Ginny took a Scarlet Red. They walked up to the register and bought their items.
"We'll continue this talk later. Right now we need to supply shopping," Mrs. Weasley said. They exited the store. "Now, who needs to go where? I bet you all need to go to Flourish and Blott's."
"I need to go to Gringott's," Harry said.
"I'll take Harry," Lupin said.
"Ginny and I need to grab an extra robe," Hermione said. Mrs. Weasley looked sternly at Ginny.
"Sorry mum, but Ron's robes are always ripped up by the end of the school year. Every year something goes wrong and he gets all beat up," Ginny said sweetly. Mrs. Weasley smiled.
"I'll take the girls," she said.
"I'll go with you," Mr. Weasley said, siding with the girls.
"Me and Ron will go with Remus and Harry. They're probably going to want to stop off at the Quidditch store for a few minutes, so we'll meet you at Flourish and Blott's then."
"That's alright with me," Mrs. Weasley said. They broke up into two groups. One head towards the large bank in the center of the alley while the other headed just a little ways down.
The lights from the interior of Gringott's blinded Harry when they walked in. Once he became use to the shine, he led the group of wizards towards the furthest counter. The usual Goblin to help him was there.
"Ah, Mr. Potter," he said, "back for another withdrawal for school now?"
"Yup," Harry said politely. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a key.
"Please follow me," the goblin said.
"We'll wait for you right here, Harry," Mad-Eye said, putting his hand on Ron's shoulder. "Remus, go with him."
A few minutes later, Harry and Remus walked out. Harry's pocket was now loaded with coins of the wizarding world.
"All set now, Harry?" Mad-Eye asked. Harry nodded and they began walking down the hall, heading for the Quidditch store.
A little while later, Harry, Ron, Remus, and Mad-Eye met up with Hermione, Ginny, and Mr. And Mrs. Weasley at Flourish and Blott's. The bookstore was filled with piles and piles of books, none of which were authored by Gilderoy Lockhart.
"Okay, Harry, Ron, and Hermione need Standard Book of Spells: Volume Six, Advanced Divination Predictions, and Basic Transfiguration: Book 6," Mrs. Weasley announced. The three sixth years walked to their section and grabbed their books while Mrs. Weasley helped Ginny hunt for hers.
"Ron," Mr. Weasley called. Ron walked over to his father. Hermione and Harry slowly followed him. "Would you like me to get you this?" he asked holding out a book titled, New to Apparation. Harry's heart sunk. 'I really wanna do that. But, whatever Dumbledore says is right I guess,' he thought. All of them headed up to the counter and purchased their items.
Once they were finished, Harry noticed a very bright animal running across the street outside. It was a dolphin. Screams filled the air outside, causing everyone in the bookstore to turn their heads. The sky was darkened by black creatures.
"DEMENTORS!" Harry shouted running outside followed by the others. The dementors were swirling down, grabbing people, lifting them up, then dropping them.
"What are they doing?" Hermione said.
"I don't know," Mr. Weasley said. A dementor was heading straight at Harry. He turned.
"Expecto Patronum!" Harry shouted at the creature. A silver mist was released from the tip of his wand, taking the form of large stag. It hit the dementor causing it to fly by up to the sky with the others. With that, the silver stag faded away.
People noticed what Harry had done and began doing it themselves. Animals of all sorts began shooting up into the air. Hermione's otter drifted up and hit a dementor about to grab a young child. Ginny's sea turtle hit one grabbing a woman by the foot. Mr. And Mrs. Weasleys' tiger and owl hit one near the archway entrance to the alley. Lupin and Moody's eagle and duck hit a random two in the air. Ron's wolf hit one heading towards his parents.
The silver glow and black faded away as the dementors began to depart from the alley. The sun began to peek through the gaps between dementors. Soon they were gone, hopefully heading back to Azkaban. People began walking into shops quickly, just incase any were to come back.
"I'm going to the Ministry," Mr. Weasley said, disapparating with a crack.
"I'm going to Dumbledore," Moody said, also leaving with a crack.
"Good ideas," Mrs. Weasley said.
"We should get out of here quick," Remus said. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a receipt and crinkled it up. "Portus," he said, waving his wand at it. "Everybody hold on," he said. Each of them put their bags in one hand and put the other on the crinkled piece of paper. "Three, two, one." The sphere of color and light appeared once again, shooting them back to Number 12.
"What was that all about?" Hermione asked.
"I don't know," Harry said, "but I have a feeling they were looking for something."
I hope you liked it. I thought those notebooks were like a similar thing to normal teenagers these days with the internet, so I tried to make something like that "wizard style". Please review. I love hearing what you guys think; as long as it's positive.
