Harry Potter and the Tainting of a Soul

Chapter 2

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Speech: Harry's thoughts

Speech: Voldemort's thoughts

Speech: Other Character's thoughts

The car ride from King's Cross to Little Whinging was one of the most uncomfortable and weird car ride Harry has ever been on. With Dudley who was struggiling to sit as far away as possible from Harry in the back seat, also with Aunt Petunia who kept on looking at Harry with the usual disgusted face, and Uncle Vernon who looked like he was trying to restrain himself from beating Harry.

When they finally arrived in Privet Drive, Harry grabbed his trunk with great effort and, he brought it up to his room. While he was unpacking his trunk Voldemort hissed "Useless muggles and their useless contraptions…" Harry ignored Voldemort's ranting and he went to do his back breaking chores. After Harry was done he tiredly went up to his room to sleep.

Harry woke up at the crack of dawn when he could still hear the chirping of the birds and he quickly went of to do his chores. While Harry was cooking the bacon and eggs, Uncle Vernon stomped towards the table and he took his newspaper and he started reading the news papers. Voldemort hissed "Potter when your done with chores remind your Uncle about the deal."

After a few minutes of cooking the food, he set the plate in the table and he slyly said "Uncle Vernon remember the deal?" Uncle Vernon's face turned red and he grunted "Yes, I have to bring you to the big book shop and the record store. What street boy, I don't know every shop in London?" Harry calmly muttered "Charing Cross Road, Uncle Vernon." His Uncle merely grunted, which Harry received as a yes.

While Uncle Vernon was eating, Harry went to his room and he stuffed his invincibility cloak into his cloak. He heard Voldemort hiss "Good bring your invincibility cloak since nobody can know what we are doing." Harry looked for more stuff and he saw a pouch he used frequently when he caused trouble and Harry put in his pocket.Harry went to his wardrobe and, he had a disgusted look on his face when he took a shabby looking hoody from his moldy looking wardrobe, Harry absently muttered "Well I need some new clothes since I will not look like common trash."

When he heard himself say this, he thought "What the hell is happening to me? First I kicked Draco's ass without a second thought, then I say this." Voldemort hissed "Looks like your true colors are showing…" Harry curiously asked "What are you talking about, everyone has their moments were they say something without thinking." The Dark Lord silkily hissed "Yet when you say something without thinking about it is what you really think about someone. For example if you see a fat lady walking in the street, chances are the first thing you would think of is she is fat. Now when you say something without thinking you are really saying what you think about someone. When you said that you did not want to look like poor trash deep inside your soul you really thought that." Harry muttered "If that is really true than have I never acted like this ever before?" Voldemort hissed "I have some very good guesses but I will not tell you until I'm 100 sure."

Harry prepared to respond, but Uncle Vernon's shouted "Boy, it is time to go!" When he heard this Harry quickly ran downstairs and he went inside the car. When he sat down in the car, he thought "Voldemort ok what are we going to get in Diagon Alley?" Voldemort softly hissed "You and I shall first go to Gringotts then Flourish & Blotts so we can buy some books on dueling. Next we will go buy some clothes and then we will hire a Private Investigator who can look up certain rituals for us."

After a while they finally made it to the Leaky Cauldron. Harry mumbled "Goodbye Uncle Vernon." His Uncle grunted "What time should I pick you up." Harry muttered you should pick me up at-" Voldemort interrupted "We can use the Knight Bus which is a form of magical transportation." "-I can go home by myself." Uncle Vernon grunted and he drove off.

Harry went inside the Leaky Cauldron and he saw the room was full with costumers. He looked around and he noticed that Tom the barkeep was serving people, he also saw some people he knew like Draco Malfoy who looked like he was protecting his crotch and Harry inwardly smirked. Quietly, he moved towards the dirty bathroom and went inside an empty stall. Harry took out his invincibility cloak and he swiftly covered himself. Moving as silently as he could Harry evaded contact, he walked towards a red brick wall behind the Leaky cauldron and he tightly held his wand. Harry tapped the brick wall with his wand and behold it was Diagon Alley.

Harry smiled and he took a whiff of fresh air, Harry thought happily "Yes, I'm back in my real world." Voldemort replied "I know what you mean I cannot stand those muggles you live with." Harry agreed and he quietly made his way towards Gringotts, Harry carefully opened the door and he walked up to a clerk.

Harry swiftly took of his cloak, the goblins looked surprised but he quickly went back to a blank expression and, he calmly said "Good morning sir, what can I do for you?"

The goblin made Harry nervous because the goblin looked at him with an observant expression; Harry muttered "Well, I would like to withdraw some galleons from my vault. But please don't say my name out loud since I don't want people to know I'm here." The goblin nodded and he sharply asked "Well where is your key?"

The commanding tone made Harry think "Why are these damn goblins always acting like they have a damn stick up their ass all the time…" Voldemort hissed "That is a question that the greatest wizarding minds have been trying to solve for centuries." Harry put his hand in his pocket and after fumbling for a while, he took his key out.

He gave the key to the goblin that had a bored look on his face and the goblin observed the key with an observant look on his face. When the clerk finished observing he handed the key back to Harry and he muttered "Ok, Harry Potter I have confirmed this is your key." The clerk sharply shouted "Axeblunt, bring this young man to vault 687."

A short dark skinned goblin with a long pointy beard and a sleepy expression on his face, lazily muttered "Ok follow me." Harry followed the goblin to a small cart and the goblin halfheartedly pulled a lever which made the cart move.

After the cart stopped, Axeblunt lazily muttered "Ok Mr. Potter please insert your key here to open your bank." Harry nodded, he inserted his key in a slot and the vault slowly opened.

Harry looked amazed as the amount of money in his vault, since the last time he visited his bank, he was too shocked to look around. Harry took out his money pouch and he started shoving Galleons quickly. After being satisfied that his pouch was full, he walked back to the bored goblin and he happily muttered "Can you bring me back to the surface please?" The goblin rolled his eyes and he mockingly muttered "No… I'm here to kidnap and kill you." Harry ignored the goblin and he ran back to the cart.

Axeblunt pulled the lever tiredly, the cart creaked and it zipped to the surface. Harry smiled at Axeblunt and he happily said "Thanks for bringing me to my vault Griphook!" Axeblunt shook his head and he walked away muttering "Damn it not every goblin is named Griphook."

Harry swiftly went to the bathroom and he went inside an empty stall, he then covered his body with the invincibility cloak. Checking to see that the bathroom was clear, he quietly walked out of Gringotts. Harry thought "What should I get next?" Voldemort answered "Go to Flourish and Blotts to buy some books on dueling."

Harry silently walked towards Flourish and Blotts, when he was inside, Harry went inside an empty stall and he shoved his cloak inside his pocket. He made his way toward the book shelves and he concentrated on finding a book. After looking for a few minutes, Harry smiled and he gripped the book "Dueling Tips for a beginner" by Alfred Tinsley.

He continued looking for some books and after browsing the shelves for a few minutes, he found another book called "Physical Conditioning for Wizards" by Mick Isla. Harry thought "Well, I definitely need to become healthier I mean look how frail I'm."Knowing that he needed more books, Harry rummaged through the shelves and after collecting books on dueling, wizard laws, charms and transfiguring, he walked towards the manager with his hands filled with books.

The manager grinned over enthusiastically and he cheerfully said "Hello, what can I do for you today sir?" Harry looked taken aback by the mans over cheerfulness and Voldemort hissed "Looks like the man is on something good, maybe you should ask for some Potter so you can actually change your facial expression once in a while." Harry sadly said "It's not my fault that Daniel Radcliffe is my actor…"

Harry piled the books on the desk and he muttered "Well I would like to buy these books." The clerk happily nodded his head and he happily muttered "Please hand me 16 galleons sir!" Harry put his hand in the pouch and after fumbling a bit he handed the manager 16 galleons, the clerk grinned enthusiastically and he said happily "Thank you for shopping at Flourish and Blotts!"

Harry quickly went back to the stall and he covered himself with the cloak. Running as fast as he could out of the shop, Voldemort hissed "I will make sure this man dies when I get out of this accursed body." While Harry was walking in the streets of Diagon Alley, he saw a tall blonde man and a short man with a black mustache talking quietly in a corner secluded from the crowd.

Voldemort hissed "Potter, listen to their conversation always keep your ears open for information." Harry quietly crept towards the two men talking and he heard the short man worriedly mutter "Lucius did you hear about the Bulgarian ministry official and her 15 body guards be murdered by that new Dark Lady. Lucius angrily whispered "Don't be so loud Macnair somebody might be listening in." Macnair had an angry look on his face and he whispered "Be quite Malfoy it is not the time for arguments. Now what is the name of her again."

The blonde man sneered and he muttered "The witches name is Lady Akira and her followers name is currently unknown." Voldemort dangerously hissed "So a new Dark Witch is on the rise, it seems like Malfoy and Macnair are leading a nice life…" Macnair muttered "I heard she is alone killed 8 of the wizards herself also that the followers are very organized and skilled." Lucius shuddered and he nervously muttered "We should keep an eye for her before deciding anything." Macnair looked nervously at his black boots and he nodded his head, then without waiting for an answer he hurriedly walked away from Malfoy. The blonde man smirked and he aristocratically walked away.

Harry looked visibly shocked and he thought "Damn another threat is on the rise." Voldemort hissed "Be alert Potter, many wizards will be after you and I will not allow myself to be killed because you are being a trustful idiot." Harry groaned "Why me?" The dark lord smirked "It is because you are the Boy-who-lived. You are considered a symbol of hope for the magical world and if a dark wizard kills you, then they have effectively made the wizarding world lose hopeless." Harry muttered in defeat "Your right..." Voldemort continued "Look for a private investigator who can find rituals/spells that will return me to my normal body."

The boy-who-lived evaded a group of wizards who were walking and he muttered "It is going to pretty hard to find someone who can do that for us." The Dark Lord smirked "That's why we go to Knockturn alley and hire one." Harry tried protesting but Voldemort hissed "Do you honestly want me to be inside your mind for a long time?"

Knowing that he was defeated, he nervously walked past the clean and legit shops, and into the underground area of London. Harry carefully evaded the wizards and he quietly watched his step, as he walked through a dingy alley near Gringotts, Harry took out his wand. Voldemort hissed "Be alert Potter."

When he finally arrived in Knockturn Alley Harry looked observantly around to see a paranoid looking man give a loosely clad woman an envelope, then he heard a raspy voice shout "Selling and buying "special" for cheap price." Harry swiftly turned his head to see an squat, ginger headed man holding a brown sack in his hands.

Voldemort hissed "Talk to him Potter, a man like that will do almost anything for galleons. But first say "Desendium" the Knockturn Alley password so they will offer their service to you." Harry muttered "Why do they need a password?" Voldemort hissed "Use your brain boy! If you could easily get dark items than don't you think the aurors would have raided this place already."

While the man bantered on about what he was selling, Harry crept up close to him and he swiftly took swept the cloak from his body, which made the man drop his sack. The man smelled like tobacco and he was about to shout, when Harry whispered "Desendium.". Nodding his head in understanding , the man had enough experience in the business to know when somebody wanted to do business, he walked towards a dark narrow alley and he signaled Harry to follow.

Harry followed the man but he was constantly alert in case of trouble. After navigating carefully through the alley, the man stopped in a dirty brown house, and he quickly opened the door.

The man gestured Harry to enter the house, hesitantly Harry walked into the house. He looked around to see it had dark brown walls that seemed like it had been painted over many times, there was broken junk and sacks randomly placed all over the room. Harry and the man sat down then he flicked his wand, 2 bottles appeared out of nowhere and he muttered "My name is Mundungus Fletcher…here, have some firewhiskey… I have to go to the bathroom and when I get back let's talk business."

Harry nodded and when the man left for the restroom, he took out his pouch and he pulled out a small dark vial. Voldemort smirked "Hmm, using your Slytherin side." Harry poured the whole vial into the man's firewhiskey and then he quickly put the vial and pouch into his pocket.

Mundungus came back and he picked his and he gulped the amber liquid down his throat. After he drank the firewhiskey he started giggling and he watched as Harry took out a transparent vial out of his pocket. The giggling transformed into laughter and he managed to mutter "What… are you doing to me.?" Harry smirked "I want you to swear a Oath of Secrecy so that you will not tell anyone about what I want and who I am." Mundungus while laughing uncontrollably he managed to mutter "No way in hell would I ever do business with you." Harry smirked "To bad I'm the only one who has a remedy to that potion in this room."

The man clutched his stomach and through his laughing he muttered "Ok I'll do the Oath of Secrecy." Harry smiled victoriously he took the empty whiskey bottle and he poured ¼ of the vial into it. He gave it to Mundungus and he gulped it down, then Harry muttered "This is enough to allow you to talk clearly but you will still be giggling." The squat man cursed and he muttered "I, Mundungus Fletcher swear on my magical blood that I will never reveal that this man will tell me today."

Harry smirked and he gave the whole vial to the man who had been clutching his stomach. After a few minutes, Mundungus stopped laughing and he glared menacingly at Harry, but Harry just smirked.

The man who seemed drunk, walked towards back to his seat while keeping a suspicious eye on his client, when he sat down Mundungus muttered "That was a dirty trick you did, so you probably have something big for me to do am I correct? I expect a lot of gold for what I am about to do…" Harry pulled out a brown sack bursting with galleons, he threw it in the air back and forth and he watched as Mundungus looked greedily at the sack of galleons.

Seeing that Mundungus was definitely interested, Harry put the sack inside his pocket and he sharply said "I have 500 galleons in my pocket right now… If you do something for me I will give you half now then half later." Mundungus looked suspicious and many thoughts went through his head "Can I trust this boy? He has 500 galleons him so he is definitely not lying but this boy has a secret he is hiding from me. I will do his job and keep a my eyes open when dealing with this person.

Knowing his decision, Mundungus muttered "Ok what do you want?" Harry smiled victoriously and he said "I need you to find something for me." The dodgy man coughed and he curiously muttered "What do you want?"

The boy-who-lived looked alertly at the window of the house, checking to see if anyone was there and he whispered "I want any books or magical items that has something to do with the soul, it doesn't matter what it is. Just make sure that nobody is tracing you ok. I need to leave now but do not contact me, because I will be contacting you."

Mundungus nodded and he thought thought "What is this boy planning?" Harry dropped 250 galleons into the table then he started walking out the door when he heard a curious voice shout "Who are you?" When he heard this, Harry just smirked and he opened the door, he put on his cloak and he walked out of Knockturn Alley into Diagon Alley which.

Unknown to Harry a short, intimidating man with wooden leg and a large bright blue eye saw Harry leave Knockturn Alley. The man looked very paranoid and he muttered "I have to tell this to Albus…" He turned around to see Harry walking towards a Madam Malkins and he thought "I wonder what Albus is going to say when he finds out that the B-W-L entered Knockturn Alley." The man took one last look at Harry, before he apparated.

Harry smirked "Well, what do I do next…" Voldemort thought "Buy some better clothes you look like a homeless muggle." Looking down at his grey raggedy clothes he sighed "Your right…" Harry quietly walked behind Madam Malkins and he swept the cloak from his body.

Then he walked through the doors of Madam Malkins which had robes and clothes in a display window, and he looked around the shop to see aisles of colorful clothing. Harry looked through the aisles, he grabbed a few clothes and he walked towards Madam Malkin.

After paying for his stuff, Harry looked at the clock and he saw that it was already afternoon. Harry thought "Shit its already late…" He ran past a group of witches shopping for clothes and he hurried outside of the Leaky Cauldron to see a girl standing next to the Knight Bus and she was talking to the conductor.

Harry looked at the girl and she had bright blonde hair that seemed to go on forever, she had two bright blue orbs that seemed like it was look at your soul and it helped her slender petite body. In Harry's opinion she would look very cute if not for the glint of superiority in her eye and the way she acted like she was better than everyone.

The Knight Bus was about to leave with the girl, when Harry shouted "Wait up!" The bus waited and Harry noticed that the girl's was a slytherin classmate of his Daphne Greengrass, so he handed the short pimple face conductor, enough gold for both of them.

The girl looked ashamed that someone paid for him and they sat down, the conductor proudly said "Hello welcome to the Knights Bus, I am Stan Shunpike. What are your names?"

The girl muttered "My name is none of your business." Harry turned to say hi when Voldemort hissed amusingly "Your definitely a hit with the ladies Potter. I mean look at your harem you have a red haired fool and a ugly mudblood. I advise you to hit that girl your talking to, since I have not tasted the flesh of women even if it is a girl in many years."

Harry blushed a bright red andwhen the Stan looked Harry, he muttered "I'm Harry Potter but please keep this a secret. Call me James Wenlin ok?" The conductor nodded his head excitedly and he muttered "What are you doing here?" Harry sarcastically muttered "Well I'm here so I can travel to another location." When the conductor was about to answer a loud crash could be heard so Stan ran up the stairs to check up what happened.

When Stan left Harry smiled at Daphne Greengrass and he asked nicely "Hey your Daphne Greengrass right?" The girl rolled her eyes and she sarcastically said "Yay the great "James Wenlin" knows my name."

Harry looked surprised at this outburst but then he thought "What the hell is her problem?" Seeing his surprised face she smirked "What, can't stand that not everyone cares that you're the boy-who-lived?" The bus stopped suddenly and Daphne got off her seat, before she left the door Daphne smirked "My stop is here Potter, I hope I won't see you in school." Harry glared at her but she just smiled innocently and he angrily shouted "Damn right, I don't want to see your ugly face, it might scar me for life." He looked outside the window to see her knocking on the gate of a large grey mansion and the Knight Bus continued rocketing past buildings and cars.

Harry mumbled "What the hell is that bitch's problem…" Voldemort amusedly hissed "Her problem is that you're a pompous, ignorant bitch who believes in stereotypes."

Harry angrily asked "What the hell are you talking Voldemort?" The Dark Lord sighed "You believed everything that gigantic idiot told you. You are ignorant in the magical world and you were stupid enough to believe an opinion of a biased man."

The Boy-who-lived looked out the window to see that the Bus was nearing his home and he muttered "Whatever let's continue this conversation later." Harry knocked on the door and he watches as his obese Uncle opened the door. Harry mumbled bitterly "I'm finally home…"

Hey I would like to thank my beta Dark Nemesis Black for making this a better fanfic. I would also like to thank the reviewers for helping me become a better writer.

In this chapter Harry and Voldemort both realize that they have to cooperate to survive. Also, Harry is becoming more and more Slytherin unconsciously. Voldemort notices this so he tries to push him away from the "Light Side" and Dumbledore.

About Daphne Greengrass if I do have pairings it might be Harry/DG but the reason I introduced her is, so that Harry will have a new group of friends he can hang out with instead of Herman and Ron. There will not be much bashing but I will gradually make Herman and Ron stop being friends with each other eventually. Please review, since I can improve if I get your opinion.