Harry Potter and the End
Chapter 2 Diagon Alley and London
Harry had done as he told Professor McGonagle he was going to. He had spent most of the week in the library researching spells and other such things that might be usefull along his journey. By the time he had left Hogwarts he was more than capable of doing spells to protect himself while he slept, such as making the location unplottable, Fidelus charm, and other protectve and defensive wardings. He was also allowed to take out several books from the library to take with him on his journey. He now had quite a few books on Occlumency, Wandless Magic, disallusion charms, as well as one entitled Familiar Charms for your Familiar by a George Fredrick Potter, who he had found out from Professor Binns was an aprentice to Merlin as well as his great, great, great, well a way back there grandfather to Harry.
Once Harry had left the Hogwarts grounds he called for the Knight bus, once on board he told Ern to take him to the Leaky Cauldren. Harry had every intention of going to the horrible place he called home, but he needed to get some things ready first. And not to worry as it would only take a day or so.
Once Harry had checked in with Tom the bartender for a room for the night he set off. First stop Diagon Ally, more specifically Gringotts. Harry told the teller that he had two items of business and that the first would be to go down to his vault. On his return he wondered if he might meet with a bank official in private to discuss several matters which needed to be resolved before he could continue his journey.
After he had gone down to his vault Harry returned to be led to small room with a rather unplesant looking goblin waiting for him.
(A/N for the next bit Bold is Harry and the other is the Goblin)
"Hello thank you for seeing me, my name is Harry Potter."
"I know exactly who you are Mr. Potter and some of us live with very busy schedules which require appointments, what is it that i can do for you?"
"Well Mr. , well I am sorry I didn't get your name."
"My name is unimportant as I have yet to come across a human who can pronouce it, they just all butcher it to the point of insult. How about you just call me sir and get to the point."
"Well, SIR, i can to make a will, as well as set up two accounts in the name of Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger."
After over an hour of rather hostile conversation with the disgruntled goblin Harry's business was complete and he left for a shop he knew would be in Diagon Alley but had not been to or seen. After a bit of searching he was able to find the shop he thought could help him, Giants, Ogres, and Trolls OH MY. Upon entering he saw that this was just the place he wanted. Lined on the wall were varios cloaks, jerkins, gloves, boots, pants, and shields. While Harry was looking at a jerkin on the wall a rather round fellow bellowed a rather loud, "Hem Hem." Turning around Harry almost ran for the door. Standing there was a man who could only be described as a cross between uncle Vernon and that toad Delores Umbridge. He was short, but very fat with a gauddy mustache just like his uncle, but he had hair and the overal toad face just like Umbridge.
Once Harry got over the shock, and the shop keeper stopped begging forgiveness of being rude to the great Harry Potter, they got down to business. "I am in need of three sets of your best dragonhide jerkins, gloves, boots, pants and a potions belt. The boots must also have the best silencing charm that you can manage. I also require a rather difficult cloak for myself and my 2 friends as well. Lastly, I require 3 sets of bracers, made to my specifiactions which will have no doubt test Merlin himself."
After a gaurantee that his humble shop would be more than capable of providing him with all that he required, while not tell a soul about them, aside from the agreement that Harry had already made with Hagrid about one of the supplies he would need for the trio's equipment. Harry feeling satisfied asked the shop keeper to have all the equipment ready to go by July 31st and that he would return then to pick up his set, but upon completion of the other two sets they would each go to the accounts that Harry had just made for them in Gringotts.
After a quick stop at the pet shop for Hedwig's treats, and Flourish and Blotts for yet more books on DADA, Potions, Occlumency, Wandless Magic, and Protective Wards. Once Harry felt satisfied with the necessary items from the wizarding world he stopped at his room to drop off his things, and continue on to the muggle destinations he had hoped to hit today. He decided to start his search with the bartender Tom.
"Hey Tom, can I ask you a question? Where are the best martial arts schools for something called Kung Fu, and Ju Jitsu, I thought I would look into it a bit for my muggle studies class."
Tom looked at him very oddly, and he had thought that he wouldn't be able to get any information out of the old friend of Dumbledore's until, "Well of course there are a few around here, but there are two that you might find quite interesting. One is Chung's Fu Fighters(A/N i am listening to them right now and couldn't resist) and the other would be Ju Jitsu for the oddball. Both are run by wizards who like the muggle ways of combat. Not only can they teach you muggle combat but can even give you some pointers for using it in the Wizarding World."
"Oh that's just what I was looking for, do you know how to get to their shops?"
"Off course Harry they are both rather faithful customers, see they used to be an auror team till they left cus of how the Ministry was starting to go down hill and all." He then preceeded to tell Harry how to get to each and Harry went off.
After several interesting conversations, and a painful realization as to just how many people Dumbledore had know and influence, and how much he would be missed Harry had set up his first lesson for two days away, a monday morning. On his way back to the Leaky Cauldren he noticed a big store that he reconized as a Wal-Mart(A/N I don't know if they have them in England or not, prob not but you get the jist of it) and remembered how his Aunt Petunia had consistantly bought Dudley new toys, furnature, and other such items at that store. So he decided to enter, after a while Harry exited the store having just arranged for a new desk, bed, and a weight lifting kit to be delivered to the Dursley's the following afternoon.
That night Harry practiced his Occlumency, and one of the last thoughts he had to push out of his mind was the looks that he was sure to get tommorow from the Dursley's, and how things were certainly going to be different.