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A/N: FLUFF ALERT! The romance is a little more pronounced in this chapter, for Goddess knows what reason, but it is. Updates on this story will happen about the speed they did on Of Gods and Mortals. This story is being written as I go and is nowhere near completed, heck, it's not even completely thought out yet, lol! So I apologize to anyone who thought that this story would be up in the speed that Founders and Dragons and Master Dragon Sorcerer were up. Anywho, on with the story!
"Phoenixus" At least outside of thoughts, dreams, and flashbacks.
"Atlantian"
Chapter 2: Shopping Spree!
After being snogged senseless by Eliz for telling people they were married, which was not what he was expecting at all, Harry and Eliz changed their appearance and set out for a day of shopping before they headed back to their room at the Three Broomsticks for the night knowing the next day would be more difficult than it had been when Harry had had to sway the council. They had decided to change Harry's appearance to what it was when he originally showed up in Atlantis, only adding a few years, and changing the eye color to blue. In the time that he had trained in Atlantis Harry had changed dramatically from the person he was, he had gained quite a few physical scars from the battles he fought and his physique was much larger than the spindly one he had shone up with. Had they not seen him everyday nobody would have recognized him from the person who originally shown up there. Eliz kept her hair had the same hair color but with hazel eyes, gained quite a few freckles, and much to her chagrin and annoyance, a much curvier figure.
The first stop on their exceedingly long list of goods was new robes, because even though fashion hadn't changed 'much' they would still stand out somewhat and that isn't what they wanted. They made their way towards a shop that had a sign hanging over it that read 'Madame Malkin's Robes for All Occasions' hoping that the sign was a true depiction of what the store sold.
"What can I get you," an elderly witch asked as they walked in without looking up.
"We each require a new wardrobe," Harry answered instantly.
"Oh Mr. Potter, I didn't know that was you," she responded, Harry and Eliz shared a somewhat panicked looked before Harry replied.
"I'm afraid you're mistaken good lady. My name is Harold Samiz," he told her kindly.
"I do apologize Mr. Samiz, you look so much like Harold and Elizabeth Potter (A/N: I couldn't resist, lol!) that I mistook you," she replied somewhat embarrassedly.
"That is alright. This is my wife Eliz," he smiled at Eliz as he said this before turning his attention back to the elderly witch.
"Mr. and Mrs. Samiz, welcome to Madame Malkin's, I am Madame Malkin and I can help you with anything you need today. Did I hear you correctly when you said that you needed a new wardrobe," she asked trying to regain her professional demeanor, though not quite succeeding.
"That is correct, we need everything, from everyday wear to formalwear," Eliz told her, speaking for the first time.
"Why don't you two step on these stools and I'll get your measurements," she said while guiding them to the stools. She set the magical tape measure on them while gathering a few samples of different fabrics that the clothing could be made out of. "Now, which fabric would you prefer? We have the standard cotton and wool, but we also have raw silk, refined silk, and a few higher grade fabrics."
"Why don't we go half in cotton, for the everyday clothing, and the formal clothing in refined silk," Eliz suggested. Harry had decided to let her take care of these things as he had absolutely no fashion sense nor any clue as to what they were talking about when it came to fabrics. The only things he had heard about before going to Atlantis were denim, cotton, and silk.
Over the next three hours Harry was ordered into and out of more outfits than he dared think of before he finally had what Eliz and Madame Malkin dubbed 'enough'. Had it been up to him he would have stopped at seven everyday robes and maybe two dress robes, that would have been enough for him. By the time they were done he had 14 'everyday' robes half in cotton half in refined silk and seven dress robes. He didn't even want to think about the number of clothes that Eliz had gotten. He never knew that she had this side to her, she had never shown it before to say the least, because she had always been more marshal than anything else. He guessed since they didn't have the threat of war hanging over their heads she was allowing herself to cut loose a little bit and be more feminine. The price was so high that they had needed to right down the vault number and transfer numbers that they had just gotten from Gringott's to be able to pay for the lot of it.
After changing into a new set of robes and discarding his old set they shrunk their purchases and set out for their next stop, the Apothecary. Deciding it would be best not to be mistaken for who he assumed was his grandfather they changed Harry's appearance again so his hair was a light brown and down to his ears. As they walked they talked about a good cover story as to why they would need so many potions supplies and books, and they also decided on a last name to use for the remainder of the day as Samiz would be noticed in Flourish and Blotts. Based on Harry's muggle schooling he figured that they couldn't use Eliz's surname, he figured Pendragon might be a little noticeable. By the time they reached the shop they had a complete cover story thought up, they only hoped it would hold up to scrutiny. Once they entered they made their way up to the shop till where a middle aged Asian woman was looking quite bored.
"Excuse me," Harry said politely.
"Yes, how may I help you," she asked looking relieved at having something to do.
"We were wondering if it was possible to purchase a little of all of your ingredients? You see our son, bless his heart," Eliz began, "Was practicing potions over the summer and made a grave error. Thankfully he's alright, but the damage sustained to our home is something else entirely. We completely lost our potions supplies and half our library. We only got them rebuilt today."
"Oh my," the woman responded with a slight chuckle, "That does sound like something a youngster would do. My son Han nearly did that to our home not more than a month ago! Luckily my husband walked in and stopped him before he could add the beetle eyes that would have blown the house up. My name is Mai-Li Chang, my husband and I own this shop."
"My name is Frank Edelare and this is my wife Patrice," Harry replied returning the introduction.
"So you need a complete store of ingredients, do you require any of the more rare ingredients as well," Mai-Li asked.
"Yes, we like to do our own experimentation from time to time and we never know what we'll need. It's most inconvenient to need something in the middle of the night and find out that we don't have it," Eliz replied with a polite smile, Mai-Li just gave her a knowing grin.
"I know what you mean dear," she said, "Well, let's see," she began to write down a bunch of figures and started totaling them up. "The total comes to, oh Merlin, 3,253 galleons and 3 knuts." She looked apprehensively at the couple wondering if they could afford the steep price but then reassured herself that they must be able to if they came in here asking for some of everything.
"We'll charge that to our Gringott's account," Harry replied without blinking. Mai-Li handed over the forms so Harry could fill them out. She was reassured when he produced his key and placed it on the emblem which glowed golden reassuring her that it wasn't a forgery or someone pretending to be the vault owner. Harry and Eliz were thankful that the forms didn't require names to be put down or signatures, they had discovered that at Madame Malkin's which is why they had decided to change names along with the problems they would face with their name at Flourish and Blotts.
"Where would you like them delivered," she asked.
"Would it be possible to pick them up later today," Harry asked knowing it would take some time to gather all of the ingredients together.
"Of course Frank," Mai-Li responded, "But wouldn't it be easier to have me just deliver them? It's not extra charge."
"We need to pick up a number of books anyway," Eliz explained, "So for us it would be easier to just pick up everything today."
"I'll have it ready in three hours," Mai-Li told them with a smile. With the amount of the sale they would be able to send their son Han to Hogwarts next year. They had been afraid they wouldn't be able to due to the slow business the last few years due to the war.
"Thank you Mai-Li, we shall return then, let's go dear," Harry said with a smile before taking Eliz's arm in his and escorting her out the door. It wasn't until they were out the door that she realized that she never even asked their last name, there was no way that she would be able to thank them properly for what they had done for her family. She then decided to throw in a few extra ingredients that were useful for the more common healing and household potions as a thank you knowing it was the very least she could do for them.
"How should we handle the bookshop," Eliz asked.
"How about we each start at one end of the store and grab any books that catch our fancy," Harry asked.
"I can't read English yet Ha-Frank. I can speak it easily enough, but I can't read it yet. I need a few more days before I will be able to do that," she reminded him.
"That's right, well, we'll just go through the store and anything that you want to know what it's about ask and I'll tell you what the title and explanation says," Harry responded as they walked closer to the shop.
"Alright, and Harry," she whispered into his ear.
"Yes love," he responded.
"When can we get married for real?" Harry's eyes bugged out and he stuttered for a minute before responding.
"As soon as we reach my time love, I want to marry you in my name, not a fake one. Otherwise I'd marry you today," he explained when he saw her face fall. "The moment we are back we can get married if you want, but for now we can act as if we are." After he explained why he wanted to wait she felt a little better about it, and she understood that he wanted to marry her as Harry Potter, not Harry Samiz or Dielare Samiz. It bothered her that she had to wait, but she was going to take advantage of the fact that she could call him her husband now. The shopping in the bookshop went well, and they bought plenty of books to add to the library they had in the trunk which would teach them more about the current charms in existence and the current state of magic. They stocked up heavily on potions texts, but also bought many charms, transfigurations, and defense against the dark arts texts. They stayed away from the divination texts like the plague, because they both considered it rubbish. They also bought a few books on arithmacy, ancient runes, healing, and a book on apparation. Once again they paid for their purchases by transferring their funds and left the shop to look around Diagon Alley for anything else that struck their fancy.
They noticed a shop that had a broomstick in the window and both of their faces lit up since they both enjoyed flying very much, and until they learned another way of transportation, or bought floo powder, it was their only method of travel. They walked into the shop and began looking over the brooms wondering which one would be the best as they had absolutely no knowledge of current broom capabilities. It didn't take long for a salesperson to find them practically drooling over the brooms, nor did the subsequent sale of the brand new 'Shooting Star' take long to arrange for both of them. They took their brooms happily and set out to find anything else they might need during their time in this period. Before returning to the Apothecary to pick up their purchase they found shop where they bought an ample amount of floo powder, much to Harry's disgust, and they also found a shop that sold watches that had two faces. One face showed the time, while the other showed the location, or condition, of the people who you designated a hand for. (A/N: Think Weasley clock for the second face.) After they picked up their potions supplies they returned to the Leaky Cauldron and flooed back to the Three Broomsticks, depositing two pinches of floo powder when the witch wasn't looking, and trudged back up into their room to sort through their shrunken purchases.
A/N: That's it for this chapter folks! Next chapter is Hogwarts, and where the potions training starts. I'm going to acquiesce to my reviewers and ask for a beta since I know my spelling and grammar aren't the absolute best, and Word doesn't help much in that respect. So anyone who wants to volunteer email me! Hope all ya'll enjoyed the chapter! Oh yeah, also, if anyone who actually has a fashion sense wants to help me with outfit details and such I'd appreciate it. That's pretty much why I leave them out, I have no fashion sense, lol!
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Hobbs: Thank you, I hope you enjoyed this chapter as well!
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Thestrals: I'm glad you enjoyed the first story, and I hope you enjoy this one as well. I made sure they paid back the powder they stole, because their morals are too high for them to steal. I hope you enjoyed the chapter!
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TuxedoMac: It may not seem it, but it did get away from me. At first I struggled for 3 pages, then it turned into 7! It took me an hour to figure out where they were going to get money from then another half hour to figure out how to get them to Diagon Alley. Honestly I was pulling things out of my arse as I was going along, when I got them into the office at Flourish and Blotts I realized they needed more money then I was originally gonna give them cause if I let them win the war in the third story they have to rebuild Atlantis, that ain't cheap, lol! I hope you enjoyed this chapter, thanks for the review.
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HaliOmani: Thank you very much. I hope I did a good job on the relationship development in this chapter. I kinda suck at romance, but I did try to develop it a little when I noticed no way around it in this chapter. I hope you enjoyed the chapter, and I hope you continue to enjoy the story!
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