Lord Harry Potter
Day 14 Let the game begin or About bloody time somebody noticed.
(It's Monday)
The Friends met at breakfast and planned there day.
"We we're going to head into London today and do some shopping, get Ginny and dress and that" Luna said indicating the girls
"Cool I thought we'd drive in to town and check out the horse sale while you're gone, meet the locals you know mingle." Harry said
"That sounds nice, how are you getting there?" asked Ginny
"I thought I'd drive, I mean it's not London and I'm pretty good. Oh come on Ron I'm not that bad, stop coughing." Harry added
"Well we'll leave in 15 in the small parlour fire place." Hermione added
After breakfast everyone went to get ready for a day out. Harry followed Hermione and gave her some money for Ginny's clothes.
"Don't tell anyone how much the stuff costs though." He added. "I don't want them to say no. You're not to return until you spend at least 5 on Ginny's clothes." Harry ordered as he shoved £10,000 in her hand.
"Wow Harry I had no idea the clothes cost so much, I would never have accepted them if you'd told me." Hermione gasped.
"That's why I didn't. Anyway I think I can afford it" He said recalling the meeting with his lawyer. "And I don't expect any of it to come back either, buy anything you want, just make sure you get Ginny more muggle clothes as well as fancy, I think she'd never ask. And hmphh hmmph could you get a book on wards from Flourish and Blots, keep that to yourself though."
"Sure Harry, anything else?"
"We'll if you've got time I could do with a new car" Added Harry
"O.K. Alright."
"Hermione I was joking about the car."
"Course you were Harry sorry I'm just a little apprehensive to carry all this money
with me in London."
"Miss Hermione Granger do you forget that in the battle you took on Belltrix, Malfoy and Wormtail, a little walk in London should be as easy as making Tea."
"Tea, isn't the expression cake?"
"Well yes, by I've always found cake quite hard to make, and teas just a bag and hot water. Very Easy."
"You're an odd Man Mr Potter, Amazing but odd." Hermione simply stated
"Why thank you now off you go Ginny will be waiting."
"Yes Sir" Smiled Hermione as she ran downstairs and flooed 100 miles away. Harry talked with the elves and asked them to drain, clean and fill the pool while they were gone before asking the maids to clean the stables.
Harry, Ron and Neville got in the car, the later too somewhat apprehensively before Harry started off perfectly and made his way to the local village horse auction very smoothly. Neville only screamed once as he turned a corner rather sharply. They parked a small distance from other cars just in case and went to look at the horses being Auctioned by a man no one could possibly understand and whose bids looked as though he'd plucked them from a hat. After about 10 minutes of the auctioneer selling 2 horses a minute and moving down the aisle of pens, Harry got the hang of the bidding thing and gave it a little try.
"Alright do I hear 2, 2, 2, thankyou 21, 21, 21 £2100 on my left come on now beautiful horse, look at that stance, got to be worth 25." Nod from Harry "Alright I have 22, anyone bid I'll take a bid, going, going, 24, just in time, just in time £2400 going once, twice, sold to the bidder in the white hat."
"I didn't know you were going to by anything Harry." Ron said.
"I haven't yet Ron, but I thought I'd give the bidding a try, why don't you have a go if you accidentally by anything I'd pay and well we'd have a horse."
Ron did have a go eventually and nearly brought the wretched nag before somebody bid, even Neville had a go, ending in a bid off between some rancher and himself over a racer, which only ended when Ron nudged him in the ribs at £7000.
"Stop bidding"
"I wasn't bidding."
"Lucky that man bid again, what would you have done with a bloody horse, can't even fly they can't what's the point. What do you mean you weren't bidding you kept waving your hand in front of you face?" Ron told Neville
"Oh does that mean I bid" Neville asked "I was only trying to swat a fly"
Ron laughed hysterically that Neville nearly brought a horse by accident. And Harry was again bidding on a horse that even Ron thought looked nice.
"Beautiful filly, 3 year old don't often see such breeding, out of racers offcourse, what do I hear, do I hear 3, 3, 3 thankyou ma'am, 35, anyone 35, on the left, do I hear 37, again ma'am, 38, 38, oh 39, thankyou sir, do I hear 4, 4, 4, 4, 4,…"
"45" said Harry raising his hand
"Well thankyou sir do I hear a rise, no going once, twice, final call sold to the young man for £4500." And the auctioneer moved on to the next horse.
"Ah Harry, you brought a horse." Neville said stunned
"Yes, I know I did Neville." Harry replied.
"O.k. Just making sure. Ah what exactly are you going to do with a horse Harry?"
Harry looked at Neville strangely "Ride it Neville what do you think I'd do with it, dance the hoochie cooch.
"Do you know how to ride a horse Harry?" asked Ron
"Well I learn, and I mean, I've ridden a hippogriff and a threstal there is not much difference this one just doesn't fly is all."
"I suppose you right and at least seeing this one doesn't mean I've seen someone cark it." Neville added
"You know Harry…" Ron started and then stopped wondering how to proceed. "Do you think horses get lonely?"
"Well yes I expect they do Ron."
"Well then Harry maybe you should by another, I mean you can't really have this nice horse go all miserable and you can't learn to ride with one horse, what if it bolts hows someone going to save you."
"Good Idea Ron, I'll go have a look." Ron grinned evilly, Harry couldn't think why though.
Harry did by another horse another cream one a male this time for £5000 and Ron commented that they match rather well.
"Well yes I thought they'd be nice the same colour." Harry said "Matching pair, and maybe one day they'll have a nice cream foal. They look nicer white or cream the black ones seem kind of daunting?"
"They do a bit." Neville said "But how are we going to get a horse home?"
"I think the young woman, who people are paying over at the desk might know." And he went off to ask.
"He's gone" Ron said
"Well offcourse he's gone Ron, he just walked over there didn't he?" asked Neville
"Yes I can see that." And they continued arguing over the fact, could Ron actually see that, was he feeling alright. Neville had questioned, to which Ron rolled his eyes and mutter "dense"
Harry assumption had been correct and the nice woman had organised the lot very helpful she was, kept batting her eyelashes at him, after he smiled in greeting, though Harry being Harry didn't have a clue why. He gave the address to which the young woman gasped.
"Is the house finally occupied? My goodness it has been empty for so long. Do you work there?" She asked.
"No, I live there" Harry simply answered settling the bill in cash to which she looked very impressed and started batting her eyelashes again before Harry walked off and the Boys mingled.
Meanwhile in a land far away (read as London), the three girls we're just sitting down to lunch at a nice Italian restaurant after having spent the morning with Ginny getting fitted and then buying some more casual clothes.
"Thankyou for all these Hermione" Ginny said indicating the bags around her feet "You really didn't have too."
"It's not me you should thank, it's Harry, but I'm still under strict instruction not to come back with any money and we still have quite a bit, what shall we do next then?"
"Well we could…um…maybe…oh…how bout we g to an arcade" Luna finally suggested. "There always fun"
"Yes, but, ah, we have a lot more money than that left you see and while I don't want to spend it I don't think Harry would forgive me if any came back." Hermione said "Think a little bigger"
"O.k. how bout we go see a movie?" Ginny suggested.
"Think Pretty woman big Ginny" Hermione said
"OH, that is big. How did Harry get so much money?" Ginny asked.
"No idea, Dumbledore just showed up apparently told him he was a lord and when they got to the bank there was 30 in an account" Luna Said "Harry's probably found out by now though, he's sensible like that."
"When you say 30 Luna are we talking thousand?" Ginny asked
"LOL, million, Ginny million" Hermione added
30 minutes later Ginny came to, with half the restaurant looking down at her. "OH" was all they could get out of her after 10 minutes before "Hermione how much do we have left today than?"
"I don't think I should tell you Ginny you might not get up?" Hermione said still somewhat concerned.
"After that I don't think anything could shock me."
"Alright well if your sure, for the afternoon around £5000 is left."
"Wow, how much did the clothes cost then?"
Luna fielded this one "You don't want to know, he wouldn't tell us when he brought us ours clothes, but I'm pretty sure your heart might not stand another shock."
"Well at least I know what we can do for the rest of the day, SHOP." Ginny said
"Yes" Luna said "We can get some nice shoes and some hair things and maybe some nice earrings or a necklace for the ball. After all Harry didn't want any of the money did he?"
"No he didn't, and he even said we were to get anything we want. Its settled lets do what we can do best SHOP." Hermione added "But we should get something for the boys too, just so they don't feel left out."
"Cool lets go." And the spree started.
Harry and the 2 boys on the other hand had returned to the manor, where Ron and Neville got into the PS2 and Harry talked with the Butler.
"Could you advertise for a chauffeur please William, hopefully one that will double as a stable hand; I just brought 2 horses at the auction."
"Offcourse sir, and some letters arrived which I had put on the small desk in your suite."
"Thankyou, is there anything you had to say?" Harry asked
"No sir, nothing at the moment."
"Very good, I'll see to the mail"
Harry went up and sorted through the mail, a bill form the painter, a bill from the other painter, one from the tiler, carpenter, plumber and electrician.
"Well at least they lost no time"
There was also some junk mail, catalogues for the latest fashions from the village milliner, one from a potion warehouse, one form a rural sales superstore which included some things the garner and stableman might need, Quality quiditch supplies magazine and a small letter in a very nice envelope that looked as if it had been written in calligraphy, inside Harry found his first response of invitation to the ball from Lady Susan of Eclesphire stating her acceptance and also inviting Harry and guest to a small Luncheon Thursday afternoon at 1 pm in London. Harry quickly wrote an acceptance of this invitation saying how very pleased he would be to come on Thursday, and after having William check over the letter sent if off with the next days post with the checks to pay the contractors.
The girls arrived from there day at 5 and showed there wares to everyone also giving the boys gifts, Ron got a watch while Neville was given a new magical plant that changed the colours of its petals every 10 minutes, Harry received a kiss from Ginny (on the cheek) for her clothes and also some very nice new quiditch gloves. They had a very nice meal before watching Lord of the Rings, Fellowship of the Ring and heading to bed.
"Knock, Knock" went Harry's door.
"Oh what are you doing here Hermione" Harry said when he opened the door dressed only in pyjama bottoms.
"I…ah, I brought you that book, I thought you might need it."
"Oh, thanks, would you mind helping me with some of these tomorrow? I think I'll ask Dumbledore to do some as well." Harry said as he turned and walked over to the table placing the book down. Hermione hadn't heard a word though because with every step she'd been checking him out. 'Wow when did Harry gets so hot,…I mean good looking,…I mean strong…I don't know what I mean" went through her head.
"Hermione are you listening?" Harry asked worriedly.
"Sorry Harry what was the question?"
"Would you help me set some wards tomorrow please?"
"Offcourse Harry, happy to help, I think I should go now I'm really quite con…tired, Good night?" She offered and left shutting the door after her and promptly sliding down in front of it 'wow that was strange must be the long day I had, that's all, really just simple tiredness.' She solved in deep thought before heading to bed. For somebody as smart as Hermione she could be as stubborn and idiotic as the Ron.