Disclaimer- I don't own Harry Potter or any of it's characters that honor
belongs to J. K. Rowling. I write this for my own enjoyment and the enjoyment of
others. I make no money off of this and never will. I hope you
enjoy.
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Blood of My Blood
By Nyghthawk28
Chapter two- "Shopping!"
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"I didn't notice before but where are your glasses?" asked Dudley as the two walked to the closest mall.
"Vernon destroyed them." Was all Harry said. It was all he needed to say.
"Oh… Don't you need new glasses?" asked Dudley.
Harry stopped walking his face showed his shock. "I can see fine. In fact I thought I needed a new prescription before my glasses were destroyed but now…"
"Well that's great!" said Dudley. "Your old glasses made you look dorky anyway."
Harry was too happy to have perfect or at least it seemed to be perfect vision to be insulted. Besides Dudley hadn't been trying to insult him.
When the reached what they had been told was the closest mall. Little did they know but as soon as they entered they became prey to the fashion club from the local high school. Debbie, Catherine, David, James, and Valorie. Within five minutes they knew that they were looking for a new wardrobe and had the money to buy it. They were nice, friendly, and merciless in their determination to outfit the two. They pulled out a camera and took a few pictures of Harry and Dudley before getting down to business.
It took five seconds for Harry's fashion future to be decided.
"The gothic pagan look definitely." Said Catherine eyeing Harry. Or more specifically she was eyeing Harry's knee length blood red hair.
"I agree." Said Debbie.
"Nothing else will do." Said James.
Dudley laughed as Harry was dragged away but not for long. Valorie and David were undressing and dressing him with there eyes. Dudley felt his face go red under their intense stares.
"He's a challenge." Said David.
"Yes, but so many possibilities." Said Valorie. There was something scary in her eyes when she said this.
"First something needs to be done with his hair." Said David.
"Yes, it's hideous but such a lovely color." Said Valorie.
"To the Salon!" they cried together and dragged Dudley away.
Hours later, but what felt like centuries to the two fashionably challenged cousins were brought face to face. Harry had entered the mall in worn oversized clothes. Dudley had come in a plain pair of pants and a t- shirt. After trial, torture, and outright blackmail the two cousins were reunited.
The most noticeably different (eye catching) was Harry. First off he was wearing poured on tight vinyl pants of a green-black color depending on how the light hit them. On his feet calf high army boots, steel toed, and with silver laces. A tucked in black muscle shirt with a silver dragon design on it. Red leather arm guards with leaf designs branded into the leather. A plain leather choker with a silver Celtic cross nestled into the hollow of his throat. His left ear had been pierced and a small red crystal dangled from it. His eyes were outlined in mascara with just a bit of red eyeshadow added. His nails had been painted the same green-black as his pants. Some shiny gloss showed off his naturally reddish lips. The crowning glory was his knee length hair, it had been braided with silver and black thread, at the top of the braid was a silver Celtic hair tie of some kind, and tied off at the end were small silver bells that chimed gently as he moved.
From a gay perspective, he was hot.
From a cousinly perspective, he was hot.
From a normal perspective, he looked unearthly beautiful.
Dudley summed up his opinion of Harry new look in one word. "Woah!"
"Oh my God! You guys have outdone all earthly expectations! He's a masterpiece!" cried out Valorie. Her high pitched voice seemed loud even in the crowded mall.
"He's a prince!" added David in awe and appreciation. While not as loud as Valorie's announcement, David's word caught for the feeling he put into them.
Much to Harry's embarrassment the combination of Valorie and David's outburst caught other shopper's attention. Harry was soon surrounded by a crowd. Loud whispered voices were asking who he was, if he was a prince, or a model, or some mystical creature. Harry was used to being stared at and talked about. He was the Boy Who Lived after all but he hated it. Hated the endless staring and the whispers of gossip that followed him around.
Yet this was different if not more embarrassing than the usual stares. These people, these muggles didn't know his name. All he was to them was someone pretty to gawk at. Not a real person, just a thing. It was similar to how he felt around wizards. Wizards saw the famous Harry Potter the Boy Who Lived not Harry the boy who spent most of his life treated worse than a house elf and locked in the cupboard under the stairs. They all, even his friends, saw him as some golden savior and not as a person/wizard like everyone else.
When the gawkers disbursed Harry finally got a good look at his cousin. All the exercise had been doing Dudley good, so instead of a fat blob Dudley vaguely had the build of an overweight rugby player. His hair had been clipped close on the sides and left a bit long on the top with some gel added to slick it back. Unlike Harry, Dudley hadn't been slotted into one specific style. Still his current dress was interesting. He was wearing a modernized Swing(Big Band) Zoot suit. The suit was royal blue, he wore a white button up shirt with a simple string tie. He was also wearing shiny wingtips on his feet and a nice long chain on his pants. Not the most common outfit but it looked very good on Dudley.
"You look good Dudley." Said Harry.
"Yes, he was a challenge but I think he turned out well." Said Valorie with pride.
David chimed in. "He looks good in a wide variety of styles so we set him up with a bit of everything."
"A success." Said Debbie. The others babbled agreement for a few minutes. They swapped methods and the places they taken their charges to. Finally the chit chat ended when James spoke up.
"A major battle in the name of fashion was fought today. Today fashion has come out victorious but the war is far from over!" said James seriously, then everyone including James started laughing.
"If you two would please stand over here so we can take some pictures. We always take before and after pictures for our club photo journal. It helps us get school credit." Explained Catherine.
After twenty minutes of posing Harry and Dudley left the mall heavily weighed down by their enforced purchases. One of the good things about having the Fashion Club help them shop was they got discounts on everything. They still spent a lot of money on clothes but those five were very savvy(ruthless) shoppers. The best quality for the lowest prices.
"Shopping's worse than a ten mile run followed by fifteen rounds in the ring." Said Harry as they lugged their purchased back to the inn.
"You have no idea. I got dressed up in everything from King Arthur to Michael Jackson. I've got a full cowboy out fit from boots, to hat, to spurs, and even chaps! I've got motorcycle gear, an American football jersey, a Hawaiian shirt, farmer clothes, a tux, and other miscellanies items I can't even remember! The only normal clothes I've got are some jeans and t-shirts." Said Dudley half in horror and half in awe.
"At least you weren't stripped naked in the middle of a bandage shop! They stripped naked in the middle of store and had me try on thongs! Sometimes they wouldn't even let me wear underwear! For example these pants! There's nothing under them! There excuse was something about ruining the line of the pants." Said Harry, with his face was as red as his hair.
Harry was warming to his subject. " As I stood there Naked! I was given lectures on the importance of Texture! They spent and hour going over the various kinds of whips and which were best for friends, lovers, or pets! H-U-M-A-N Pets! In fact I bought three whips I think… Maybe more, I not sure everything seems to be blurring together in one long line of leather. Not to mention the Make-up! Don't get me started on the make-up or the hair care products! They even dragged me into a costume shop to buy some this stuff! You have absolutely no idea of the horror!" finished Harry with a shudder.
They walked along in silence for awhile.
Dudley suddenly broke the silence. "It was fun."
Dudley watched a smile spread across Harry's face. One of the true smiles he's ever seen on Harry's face. "Yes it was." Was all Harry said as they continued back to the inn.
Later that evening Harry ran into a little problem. When Harry unbraided his hair, an hour long process, his usually straight hair was all wavy and puffed out which made it even harder to comb. Even when Dudley offered to help Harry very quickly got tired of Dudley running into knots and pulling his hair. Dudley wasn't exactly experienced at dealing with long hair, he was trying to help but the harder he tried the worse it got. Harry's hair was soft, silky, and Too Bloody LONG!!! It slipped out of his hand, swallowed the comb in tangles, got caught under his knees, feet, hands, elbows, and everything and anything else it could engulf in it's silky grip.
"Enough!" roared Harry. He wasn't mad at Dudley just frustrated. Even with the best of intentions having your hair pulled was painful and made your head ache. Harry usually tied it into a long ponytail with several ties to keep it from getting tangled but it was too puffed up and tangled for him to do it now.
Suddenly the little glowing lights from before reappeared. They gently took the comb from Dudley and picked up the other hair implements Harry had bought. They started to work through Harry's hair. Whenever they appeared to hit a snag a dozen of the lights converged on the spot and untangled them.
About ten minutes passed in silence as the little lights worked on Harry's long hair. Harry seemed to relax as the lights managed to gently untangle and comb out his hair.
"Harry?" asked Dudley.
"Yes?" replied Harry as he turned his head to glance at Dudley.
Dudley was a bit unnerved to see Harry's eyes were glowing again but it was a gentle glow. "I thought you weren't allowed to do magic over the summer." Said Dudley.
"I'm not." Said Harry.
"But…? What about those light things?" asked Dudley pointing at them.
"I'm not sure exactly what they are but they're not my magic. Although they seem to respond to my wishes. If I had used my magic the Ministry would have been knocking on the door." Explained Harry.
"So what do you think they are?" asked Dudley in curiosity.
"Well they feel sort of light or air elements but we haven't gotten to Elements and Elementals yet so I'm not sure. They also seem like Will O' Wisps but those only inhabit swamps." Said Harry.
"Oh… Well they seem real helpful." Said Dudley brightly. He was trying to hide his nervousness. He no longer despised magic but he wasn't very familiar with it beyond a certain pig tail and a giant tongue he remember too well. He hadn't had a lot of positive experiences with magic.
"Yah. They give me a peaceful feeling." Said Harry.
The lights finish brushing his hair then tie into Harry's preferred ponytail so it wouldn't get tangled.
"Thank you." Said Harry. The light twinkle a little then disappeared.
"Good night Harry."
"Night Dudley. Do you want to go with me to Diagon Alley?" asked Harry.
"Can I? Isn't it a no muggle place?" asked Dudley.
"No. Hermione shops with her parents and they're muggles." said Harry.
"I'd like to go." Said Dudley.
"It's settled then. Want to go tomorrow?" asked Harry.
"How about the day after tomorrow. I think we've had enough shopping for the moment. Why don't we workout tomorrow. It's much less tiring than shopping." Said Dudley seriously.
Harry chuckled a little then, "Sure. That sounds good. See you in the morning."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~end chapter two~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Author's note- Well I hope you like this. It's shorter than chapter one but I figured it was better to bring out another chapter than to make this one longer. So what do you think of Harry's new look? I hope that I explained why the ministry didn't show in chapter one. Those glowing things weren't created by Harry. Later on I'll explain what they are but till then you must live with the mystery. Bwhaahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'd like to thank everyone who reviewed. It's was wonderful to get so many positive responses to my little fic. Huge thanks to Hippy Flower(Voldie's kid, Butterfly, Lady FoxFire, Xaphacia, Beldin325, and MercS for reviewing. ^_^ It's all the reviews, commits, and questions that spur me on to write more and faster!
Therefore feed the writer's drive to write! Review and reap the rewards!
All praise the REVIEWERS!!!!!!!!!!
So I'm a little obsessed. Sue me.
Next Chapter- "More Shopping!"
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Blood of My Blood
By Nyghthawk28
Chapter two- "Shopping!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I didn't notice before but where are your glasses?" asked Dudley as the two walked to the closest mall.
"Vernon destroyed them." Was all Harry said. It was all he needed to say.
"Oh… Don't you need new glasses?" asked Dudley.
Harry stopped walking his face showed his shock. "I can see fine. In fact I thought I needed a new prescription before my glasses were destroyed but now…"
"Well that's great!" said Dudley. "Your old glasses made you look dorky anyway."
Harry was too happy to have perfect or at least it seemed to be perfect vision to be insulted. Besides Dudley hadn't been trying to insult him.
When the reached what they had been told was the closest mall. Little did they know but as soon as they entered they became prey to the fashion club from the local high school. Debbie, Catherine, David, James, and Valorie. Within five minutes they knew that they were looking for a new wardrobe and had the money to buy it. They were nice, friendly, and merciless in their determination to outfit the two. They pulled out a camera and took a few pictures of Harry and Dudley before getting down to business.
It took five seconds for Harry's fashion future to be decided.
"The gothic pagan look definitely." Said Catherine eyeing Harry. Or more specifically she was eyeing Harry's knee length blood red hair.
"I agree." Said Debbie.
"Nothing else will do." Said James.
Dudley laughed as Harry was dragged away but not for long. Valorie and David were undressing and dressing him with there eyes. Dudley felt his face go red under their intense stares.
"He's a challenge." Said David.
"Yes, but so many possibilities." Said Valorie. There was something scary in her eyes when she said this.
"First something needs to be done with his hair." Said David.
"Yes, it's hideous but such a lovely color." Said Valorie.
"To the Salon!" they cried together and dragged Dudley away.
Hours later, but what felt like centuries to the two fashionably challenged cousins were brought face to face. Harry had entered the mall in worn oversized clothes. Dudley had come in a plain pair of pants and a t- shirt. After trial, torture, and outright blackmail the two cousins were reunited.
The most noticeably different (eye catching) was Harry. First off he was wearing poured on tight vinyl pants of a green-black color depending on how the light hit them. On his feet calf high army boots, steel toed, and with silver laces. A tucked in black muscle shirt with a silver dragon design on it. Red leather arm guards with leaf designs branded into the leather. A plain leather choker with a silver Celtic cross nestled into the hollow of his throat. His left ear had been pierced and a small red crystal dangled from it. His eyes were outlined in mascara with just a bit of red eyeshadow added. His nails had been painted the same green-black as his pants. Some shiny gloss showed off his naturally reddish lips. The crowning glory was his knee length hair, it had been braided with silver and black thread, at the top of the braid was a silver Celtic hair tie of some kind, and tied off at the end were small silver bells that chimed gently as he moved.
From a gay perspective, he was hot.
From a cousinly perspective, he was hot.
From a normal perspective, he looked unearthly beautiful.
Dudley summed up his opinion of Harry new look in one word. "Woah!"
"Oh my God! You guys have outdone all earthly expectations! He's a masterpiece!" cried out Valorie. Her high pitched voice seemed loud even in the crowded mall.
"He's a prince!" added David in awe and appreciation. While not as loud as Valorie's announcement, David's word caught for the feeling he put into them.
Much to Harry's embarrassment the combination of Valorie and David's outburst caught other shopper's attention. Harry was soon surrounded by a crowd. Loud whispered voices were asking who he was, if he was a prince, or a model, or some mystical creature. Harry was used to being stared at and talked about. He was the Boy Who Lived after all but he hated it. Hated the endless staring and the whispers of gossip that followed him around.
Yet this was different if not more embarrassing than the usual stares. These people, these muggles didn't know his name. All he was to them was someone pretty to gawk at. Not a real person, just a thing. It was similar to how he felt around wizards. Wizards saw the famous Harry Potter the Boy Who Lived not Harry the boy who spent most of his life treated worse than a house elf and locked in the cupboard under the stairs. They all, even his friends, saw him as some golden savior and not as a person/wizard like everyone else.
When the gawkers disbursed Harry finally got a good look at his cousin. All the exercise had been doing Dudley good, so instead of a fat blob Dudley vaguely had the build of an overweight rugby player. His hair had been clipped close on the sides and left a bit long on the top with some gel added to slick it back. Unlike Harry, Dudley hadn't been slotted into one specific style. Still his current dress was interesting. He was wearing a modernized Swing(Big Band) Zoot suit. The suit was royal blue, he wore a white button up shirt with a simple string tie. He was also wearing shiny wingtips on his feet and a nice long chain on his pants. Not the most common outfit but it looked very good on Dudley.
"You look good Dudley." Said Harry.
"Yes, he was a challenge but I think he turned out well." Said Valorie with pride.
David chimed in. "He looks good in a wide variety of styles so we set him up with a bit of everything."
"A success." Said Debbie. The others babbled agreement for a few minutes. They swapped methods and the places they taken their charges to. Finally the chit chat ended when James spoke up.
"A major battle in the name of fashion was fought today. Today fashion has come out victorious but the war is far from over!" said James seriously, then everyone including James started laughing.
"If you two would please stand over here so we can take some pictures. We always take before and after pictures for our club photo journal. It helps us get school credit." Explained Catherine.
After twenty minutes of posing Harry and Dudley left the mall heavily weighed down by their enforced purchases. One of the good things about having the Fashion Club help them shop was they got discounts on everything. They still spent a lot of money on clothes but those five were very savvy(ruthless) shoppers. The best quality for the lowest prices.
"Shopping's worse than a ten mile run followed by fifteen rounds in the ring." Said Harry as they lugged their purchased back to the inn.
"You have no idea. I got dressed up in everything from King Arthur to Michael Jackson. I've got a full cowboy out fit from boots, to hat, to spurs, and even chaps! I've got motorcycle gear, an American football jersey, a Hawaiian shirt, farmer clothes, a tux, and other miscellanies items I can't even remember! The only normal clothes I've got are some jeans and t-shirts." Said Dudley half in horror and half in awe.
"At least you weren't stripped naked in the middle of a bandage shop! They stripped naked in the middle of store and had me try on thongs! Sometimes they wouldn't even let me wear underwear! For example these pants! There's nothing under them! There excuse was something about ruining the line of the pants." Said Harry, with his face was as red as his hair.
Harry was warming to his subject. " As I stood there Naked! I was given lectures on the importance of Texture! They spent and hour going over the various kinds of whips and which were best for friends, lovers, or pets! H-U-M-A-N Pets! In fact I bought three whips I think… Maybe more, I not sure everything seems to be blurring together in one long line of leather. Not to mention the Make-up! Don't get me started on the make-up or the hair care products! They even dragged me into a costume shop to buy some this stuff! You have absolutely no idea of the horror!" finished Harry with a shudder.
They walked along in silence for awhile.
Dudley suddenly broke the silence. "It was fun."
Dudley watched a smile spread across Harry's face. One of the true smiles he's ever seen on Harry's face. "Yes it was." Was all Harry said as they continued back to the inn.
Later that evening Harry ran into a little problem. When Harry unbraided his hair, an hour long process, his usually straight hair was all wavy and puffed out which made it even harder to comb. Even when Dudley offered to help Harry very quickly got tired of Dudley running into knots and pulling his hair. Dudley wasn't exactly experienced at dealing with long hair, he was trying to help but the harder he tried the worse it got. Harry's hair was soft, silky, and Too Bloody LONG!!! It slipped out of his hand, swallowed the comb in tangles, got caught under his knees, feet, hands, elbows, and everything and anything else it could engulf in it's silky grip.
"Enough!" roared Harry. He wasn't mad at Dudley just frustrated. Even with the best of intentions having your hair pulled was painful and made your head ache. Harry usually tied it into a long ponytail with several ties to keep it from getting tangled but it was too puffed up and tangled for him to do it now.
Suddenly the little glowing lights from before reappeared. They gently took the comb from Dudley and picked up the other hair implements Harry had bought. They started to work through Harry's hair. Whenever they appeared to hit a snag a dozen of the lights converged on the spot and untangled them.
About ten minutes passed in silence as the little lights worked on Harry's long hair. Harry seemed to relax as the lights managed to gently untangle and comb out his hair.
"Harry?" asked Dudley.
"Yes?" replied Harry as he turned his head to glance at Dudley.
Dudley was a bit unnerved to see Harry's eyes were glowing again but it was a gentle glow. "I thought you weren't allowed to do magic over the summer." Said Dudley.
"I'm not." Said Harry.
"But…? What about those light things?" asked Dudley pointing at them.
"I'm not sure exactly what they are but they're not my magic. Although they seem to respond to my wishes. If I had used my magic the Ministry would have been knocking on the door." Explained Harry.
"So what do you think they are?" asked Dudley in curiosity.
"Well they feel sort of light or air elements but we haven't gotten to Elements and Elementals yet so I'm not sure. They also seem like Will O' Wisps but those only inhabit swamps." Said Harry.
"Oh… Well they seem real helpful." Said Dudley brightly. He was trying to hide his nervousness. He no longer despised magic but he wasn't very familiar with it beyond a certain pig tail and a giant tongue he remember too well. He hadn't had a lot of positive experiences with magic.
"Yah. They give me a peaceful feeling." Said Harry.
The lights finish brushing his hair then tie into Harry's preferred ponytail so it wouldn't get tangled.
"Thank you." Said Harry. The light twinkle a little then disappeared.
"Good night Harry."
"Night Dudley. Do you want to go with me to Diagon Alley?" asked Harry.
"Can I? Isn't it a no muggle place?" asked Dudley.
"No. Hermione shops with her parents and they're muggles." said Harry.
"I'd like to go." Said Dudley.
"It's settled then. Want to go tomorrow?" asked Harry.
"How about the day after tomorrow. I think we've had enough shopping for the moment. Why don't we workout tomorrow. It's much less tiring than shopping." Said Dudley seriously.
Harry chuckled a little then, "Sure. That sounds good. See you in the morning."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~end chapter two~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Author's note- Well I hope you like this. It's shorter than chapter one but I figured it was better to bring out another chapter than to make this one longer. So what do you think of Harry's new look? I hope that I explained why the ministry didn't show in chapter one. Those glowing things weren't created by Harry. Later on I'll explain what they are but till then you must live with the mystery. Bwhaahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'd like to thank everyone who reviewed. It's was wonderful to get so many positive responses to my little fic. Huge thanks to Hippy Flower(Voldie's kid, Butterfly, Lady FoxFire, Xaphacia, Beldin325, and MercS for reviewing. ^_^ It's all the reviews, commits, and questions that spur me on to write more and faster!
Therefore feed the writer's drive to write! Review and reap the rewards!
All praise the REVIEWERS!!!!!!!!!!
So I'm a little obsessed. Sue me.
Next Chapter- "More Shopping!"