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Chapter 3

After the free feeling left him, Harry suddenly noticed he was alone. It was a little scary, the feeling he got from being free. However, he just shrugged it off and decided to cross the street before anyone could come out of the Leakey Caldron and spot him.

Harry sat in an alleyway a couple of blocks down from the Caldron and looked through his moneybag. He had plenty of wizards' gold but only a few dollars in muggle money, Harry knew he was screwed. He needed to find a way into Gringotts to exchange some gold into pounds. He needed a disguise.

After going around the corner and having a small lunch at a café, Harry decided that, he would just wear the biggest cloak he had so it would cover his face. He snuck back to the alleyway and changed into his robes and cloak. He figured since his was entering a magical place with a cloak on they would think he was of age, because you were supposed to put a notice-me-not charm on when in muggle areas.

Harry knew that some muggle teenagers wore clothes like that and hoped that no one would think twice about his appearance in a cloak. It was after all not the most respected neighbourhood in London.

Harry fished in his trunk for the cloak he would need, then grabbed all the things he needed like his wand and moneybag. When everything was on and in place, he decided that he would need to hind his trunk as it would cause too much of a scene if he lugged it with him. He found a great hiding spot in the brick wall just a few feet from where he was standing, it was behind a beat up and broken dumpster. With all his stuff hidden, Harry decided to leave the ally and proceed across the street.

From what he gathered, no one noticed him, and he thought that was too weird for comfort. Even with that feeling, Harry just kept going and in no time, he was in front of the Leakey Caldron. He took a big breathe and walked in to the pub.

Harry noticed that no one in here noticed him, it was a little uneasy but he like the feeling of not being noticed. He calmly made his way to the back of the pub and remembered to give a nod to Tom the bar keep so he did not look to suspicious.

When he was safely behind the pub, he took his wand out, tapped the appropriate bricks, and watched the wall twist and turn into an archway. Before Harry walked through the arch, he made sure his hood was still covering his face. When he stepped through no one noticed him, and that made him suspicious and very nervous.

When he was safely trough, he got a glimpse of Gringotts. Harry made his way down Diagon Ally by keeping to the shadows and hoping no one would stop him.

"I can't believe no one is stopping me or even giving me a second glance, I could be a damn Death Eater or old Voldie himself for all they know,'' Harry just kept muttering to himself about how lack security is.

When Harry reached the big white building he looked up and was just as impressed as he was when he first saw it, then he cursed as he realised that there were no more shadows. He would have to walk in the open to get inside the bank.

Just as he was about to step out of the shadows he saw a group of wizards going up the white steps, and all the wizards save one had red hair.

Shit, shit how I am going to get in there now, they'll notice me for sure. Harry didn't know what to do he hadn't planned that all the Weasley's plus Hermione would be in Diagon Ally today. Then he noticed it Ron and Hermione holding hands, he wondered when that happened. In addition, with that, a revelation had come next; they must have spent quite a bit of time together so far, Harry thought. Again, Harry thought, he was left out, and stuck with being alone at an abusive house while his so-called-friends had the easy life.

These thoughts drove Harry even deeper into depression. As these thoughts roamed around his head, Harry's resolved hardened. He was not going to let anyone else in, and he was not going to let any one manipulate him anymore. He was going to decided what he could and could not do, and how he should act. With that last thought, he wrapped his cloak around him and started up the white steps.

Harry no longer cared what they would say if they discovered him, but at the same time, he was not going to give anyone a target.

He slowly passed them by and he noticed Hermione tense up. Probably thinks I'm a Death Eater, serves he right, Harry thought. Other than that, they didn't stop him and he was a little annoyed at that. There supposed to be order members and I look so out of place with my cloak hood up in the middle of summer. I have no hope for this war if that's the type of people who will be fighting it, thought Harry.

Harry found a free goblin and handed him his key. He thanked all the Gods he knew that they did not require him to take down his hood.

'Ah, Mister Potter the Goblin whispered, catching on to his secrecy with ease, what may I help you with today?'

'I would like to withdraw some funds and also convert some into muggle money,' Harry answered in a whisper.

'That's fine sir follow me will you then,' the goblin answered in a normal tone.

Harry followed without a word and got into one of the carts that will take him to his vault. Neither one spoke on the trip down or on the way back. When they arrived, back at the counter the goblin asked Harry how much he would like to convert to muggle money.

'I need about $10,000 pounds so whatever that would be in gold do it.'

'Alright Mr. Potter that would be about $250.00 Galleons,' the Goblin said in a whisper.

'That's fine Harry said, and for your secrecy keep $50.00 Galleons for yourself. Harry then handed the Goblin $ 300.00 Galleons. With all his money safely in, his moneybag he left Gringotts swiftly and headed out into Diagon Ally for some shopping.

When back out in Diagon Ally Harry decided to look around for some clothes shops, he decided to wait to get his school robes until he got his Hogwarts letter. While looking around he kept to the shadows as much as possible. He found a store that looked interesting and decided to look.

What he found was amazing. Wizarding clothes that looked muggle but had invisible pockets and would fit the way you wanted them to just by thinking it. There were so many different things that by the time Harry left he would have had over ten bags. The lady at the cash gave him a bottomless and weightless bag to put it all in and he was grateful for it.

As he was exiting the store, he bumped into someone. That someone turned out to be his hated potions master.

'Would you watch were your going you nitwit,' responded Severus Snape with his usual glare.

'Sorry Si- Mister didn't see you there,' Harry said while trying to cover his voice and make sure his hood was secure.

Severus just sneered at the cloaked person and swept past him. He noticed the slip up and wondered who was under that hood. He decided to follow the person to see if he could figure out this mystery.

While the Potion Master swept passed him Harry was trying to get his breathing under control, it would do no good if he found out it was Harry under the cloak. When Harry was sure he had left he continued on his way. He had decided that shopping in Diagon Ally was too risky and made for the arch, on his way out of the pub he noticed the Weasley's and Hermione eating and drinking. Moreover, it made him mad that he always has to hide who he is; he vowed to put a stop to that this year. Harry still had no clue that Snape was following him.

Severus became tense when the stranger looked over at the Weasley's but did not relax when they looked away, something with this situation was not right. And he was determined to find out what it was.

Sorry this took so long but hopefully the longer chap will make up for it.

Purple Raveness!