I just had the coolest idea! Imagine having like a magical chain gun. It would have several wands
in it and you can like rapid fire Stunning Spells or something!
Chapter 4 Diagon Alley and Muggle London
Harry glanced at the trunk around him. After the little fight, Harry and Remus went to a
small store, wedged between Madame Malkins and Flourish and Blotts, that sold trunks because
Harry needed a new one. His old trunk was just to small to carry everything in it. He purchased a
nice one with five compartments and a key to open them. There was a button that shrunk it to the
size of a lighter and a button to return it to its rightful size. There were a bunch of charms to
protect it from fire, explosions, water and any other thing you could think of. The trunk itself was
only three feet high, four feet long and two feet wide. However the first three compartments were
five feet deep, six feet long and three feet wide. The last two were ten feet deep, eight feet long
and six feet wide.
It may of been a little to much for now but soon it would come in handy. Harry un-shrunk the
books he got from the Potter Vault and placed them in the first compartment, which would be for
all his books. He put his boots in the second compartment, because he was using that
compartment for clothes. Harry had a great idea for the clothes compartment, the only problem
was the magic he needed to do it. He figured the third compartment could be for his school
supplies and his quidditch stuff.
The next shop they visited was Flourish and Botts. Harry noticed that most of the books
in the Potter Vault was over a fifty years old or written by a Potter who lived in the last fifty
years. Therefor there weren't many of the newer books out, so Harry decided to purchase some.
He purchased Defense Against the Darkest of Arts, How to Survive in a Duel, 619 Curses Hexes
and Spells, History of the Dark Arts, Transfiguration for the Advanced, Charms They Don't
Teach You in School and Battle Magic. He also brought Magical Creatures, Plants Plants and
More Plants, Common Magical Ailments and Afflictions, Powers You Never Knew You Had
and What To Do With Them Now You've Wised Up, Saucey Tricks for Tricky Sorts, and One
Minute Feasts - It's Magic. He placed all thirteen books in the first compartment of his trunk with
the nineteen from the Potter Vault.
Harry had to use all his will power not to go into Quality Quidditch Supplies. There was a
new broom out and Harry couldn't get a good enough luck at it. But it looked fancy, fancier then
the firebolt.
Next they went into the Apothecary. He bought a bunch of every potion ingredient the store
had. He also bought three new cauldrons. One was pewter size 5, one was bronze size 8, and the
other was silver size 6. Add to that a bunch of vials, scales and flask and Harry was all set to
move to the next store. First he put his potion supplies and ingredients in the third compartment
of his new trunk.
Harry made a quick visit to Eeylops Owl Emporium to pick up a good amount of owl treats
for Hedwig. After that they decided a quick ice cream at Florean Forestcue's was what they
needed.
The intersection for Diagon Alley and Knockturn Alley was approaching and Harry had to do
a lot of convincing to get Remus to let him go down there.
"Come on! I can do magic, you can do magic. Besides it is just a quick stop at a book store!"
"Fine! But don't say I didn't warn you if something happens" Remus snapped.
They made their way to the back of the dark alley. Many people looked at them, something
which creeped Harry out. The found their way into the bookstore Harry was talking about. It took
a while to find the book and convince the shop owner to let him buy it. So after a while Harry left
the store with a copy of 'Occlumency and Legilimency: The Power of the Mind' and 'Learn the
Magic of Other Creatures and How to Defend Against Them'.
When they exited Knockturn Alley they strode quickly to Olivander's.
"Hello Mr. Potter" said the freaky voice that could only belong to Mr. Olivander. He didn't
seem to change at all since Harry last saw him, during the Weighing of the Wands. "What can I
help you with?"
"Hello Mr. Olivander" Harry greeted. "Actually the reason why I'm here is very important. As
you know me and Voldemort" Harry was glad Olivander didn't flinch. "have brother wands. And
as we all know brother wands won't work against each other. So I was wondering if I could
perhaps buy a new one?"
"You do know Mr. Potter that you can only buy a new one is if you are a member of the
Wizarding Law Enforcement or if you have a seal of approval from the Ministry because your
first wand snapped somehow"
"Yup" Harry said.
"Alright then. Let us get started on the wand choosing" Mr. Olivander walked off and started to
look at the boxes of wands he had.
"Harry!" Remus admonished. "You are breaking a law! And not to mention how long it will
take to find you a new wand!" Remus whined. "It is almost 12 o'clock and I'm hungry!"
"Stop your bellyaching!" Harry said. "Here read a book" Harry pulled out his trunk and
returned it to normal size. He opened the first compartment and pulled out a random book. After
shrinking his trunk and placing it back in his compartment he threw the book to Remus.
The brown haired man glanced curiously at the cover of the book before plopping down and
opening it. "Good boy" Harry cooed. Remus gave him the middle finger, his nose still buried in
the book.
"Come Mr. Potter." Mr. Olivander said returning with an armful of boxes. "I have found the
strongest wands I possess. If none of these work for you then I will have to make a new one!"
So Harry tried all the ones Olivander had but none of them seemed to work. "Hmmm" Harry
looked at all the wands he tried.
"Hmmm indeed" Mr. Olivander said. "I'll make you a new wand then. This one will be my
best one yet! I'll make it to fit in with you...yes I know exactly what to do! Mr. Potter come back
in a week and your new wand will be ready!"
"Alright sir" Harry walked over to Remus. "Remus, let's go. I have to make one more stop and
then I want to go down Ravuffdor Alley before we go to muggle London"
"I guess. But can we at least get something to eat?" Remus pleaded. Harry heard the older
mans stomach rumble.
"We just had ice cream over half an hour ago!" Harry's stomach rumbled too. Harry gave
Remus a sheepish look "Sure!" Harry said. Harry entered a jewelry store and looked around.
Earrings, necklaces, rings, bracelets, watches and various other pieces of jewelry everywhere.
"How may I help you sir?" an old lady asked.
"I'm looking for a watch, Mine died over two years ago and I think it is time I get a new one"
Harry explained.
"Well we have a grand selection of watches. Over a hundred in variety!" the lady exclaimed.
"Yes well the one I want has to ell time...with numbers like a normal watch."
"Well that brings it down to about 50" the lady said.
"Um.....well would it be able to have extra features?" Harry asked, uncertainly.
"Of course it can! In fact most do" the grey haired woman told him.
"Ok....well I want something like the Weasley Family clock it has..." Harry started to explain.
"Honey, there is no reason to explain. I designed Arthur's clock over 30 years ago. Who do you
think he comes to when a new member is added to the family?" the woman asked.
"Yes well I would like on that has that feature. And maybe some kind of other that would be
useful for someone who has a Dark Lord that wants to kill them" Harry said half jokingly, half
serious.
"We got the perfect thing then. It gets really cold when someone who means you harm is within
twenty feet of you. I can add the Weasley clock feature and everything. It will only take me thirty
minutes the most!" the lady said.
"Alright...we'll be back" Remus called after her as she walked to the back of the store.
They came up to the entrance of Ravuffdor Alley a couple of minutes after they left the jewelry
store. "Look Remus there is a restaurant down there. We
can stop by and get something to eat"
The restaurant look similar to a McDonald's. In fact as Harry looked at the sign above the
door he realized it was a McDonald's! (Hey. They have McDonald's in basically every fricking
country. Why can't they have it in the Wizarding World too?)
"Remus why is a muggle restaurant doing here?" Harry asked as they walked to the
establishment.
"No clue Harry" Remus answered. They pulled open the door and walked inside. A couple
was sitting in the far corner, making googly eyes at each other. An old man was standing
ordering what he wanted to eat and a woman with a small child were eating their meal.
Harry and Remus got online and waited for the old man to finish placing his order.
"How may I help you?" the girl behind the cashier asked.
"Can I get a Big Mac, large fries and a strawberry shake?" Harry asked.
"Same thing except a vanilla milkshake" Remus said. The woman did some things on the
obviously magical cashier
and gave them their ticket number.
They waited a minute or two before their food came. As soon as Harry put the tray down on
the table Remus pounced on his food.
"Wow. So much for table manners eh Professor?" Harry teased.
Remus ignored him as he continued to gobble down his food. Harry just shrugged his shoulders
and joined Remus, as he too started to gobble down his food too.
"My word" the old man said, glancing at Harry and Remus. Harry tilted his head, scrunched
up his face and stuck out his tongue. The man "hurumphed" as he turned around and ignored
Harry.
They both finished eating rather rapidly and left the place in higher spirits. "Look! There is the
store!" Harry shouted, excitedly. The store was painted a deep red and had a gold door. It was an
average size shop and in the display window was random items.
"This shop looks like my kind f shop. Just a lot of stuff, nothing in particular" Harry ran into
the shop and looked around. Robes, pots, pans, books, quills, parchment, candy, posters,
paintings, jewelry, stuff you would use for pranks and practical jokes and a lot of other things
were all around the store.
"Welcome to Anything and Everything. How may I help you?" a man around 30 asked.
"This is my shop!" Harry said excitedly. He still couldn't get over the fact that he was in a shop
his family owned.
"I'm sorry sir but this shop...." the man trailed off as he looked at Harry. "Good day Mr.
Potter. Welcome to your shop. I hope everything is satisfactory."
"Call me Harry. And yes everything is perfect! I just wanted to see the shop for the first time"
Harry looked around. "Hey is that a display for dueling robes?" Harry pointed to the sign.
"While yes it is sir. Would you like us to make you some sir?"
"Yes please. For me and Remus here"
"Alright. We just have to discuss a few things. One is what hide do you want the interior to be
made from? Dragon, drake or basilisk?" the man, who Harry found out was Jonathon Parker,
questioned.
"You have basilisk?" Harry asked surprised.
"Yes but it is very rare and very expensive. Only the big moneymakers buy it." Joh nexplained.
"Well what is the difference?" Remus inquired.
"Dragon hide is stronger and more resistant to curse and I'm sure you know all about the
Hebridean Black. Those are very expensive"
"Yup. Got gloves made from the hide on now" Harry showed the guys the gloves.
"Anyway, the drakes are not as powerful as the dragons but it is lighter and easier to move in.
The basilisk is better against fire and water spells and is mostly used by the Ministries Elemental
Squad. Which one would you like?"
"Well I would like three dueling robes, one with each different hide. And for the dragon I want
Hebridean Black." Harry told the guy.
"I just want one with a drake hide" Remus said.
"Alright now I need to know color and design"
Each one of Harry's had the Potter Coat of Arms sewed right where the heart is. One was black
with a Stag on the back with it's head lowered, looking like it would attack. That one had the
Hebridean Black hide. Another was dark red with a beautiful augury(In case you can't tell I'm
obsessed with this magical creature) on the back, in flight. That one had the basilisk hide. The
last one was a white with gold trim, it had a golden griffin and hippogriff facing each other in
rampant combatant poses, just like his family crest. This one had a silverish-blue drake hide.
Remus's was red with gold trim, Gryffindor colors. It had a copper colored drake hide. A
vicious looking werewolf would be designed on the back of it.
"Your robes will be ready on three days." John said.
"Will you owl them to me please?" Remus asked.
"Of course" John replied.
The Marauder and son of a Marauder left the store and went back to Diagon Alley. They
walked until they came to the intersection of Ravuffdor and Diagon Alley. Soon they were at
the jewelry shop again.
"Good, good your back!" the old lady cried. "Come here and look at this watch" It was made
out of titanium and was cool to the touch. The numbers were gold and the hands were also gold. There was 5 buttons and a
When they exited the store they started making their way to Madame Malkins.
"Do you think I got through to these people Remus?" Harry asked. Many people were giving
Remus strange looks.
"I hope so Harry" Remus sighed. They arrived at Madam Malkins and accepted their purchases.
As soon as they exited the robe store they made their way to the Leaky Cauldron. As soon as
Harry entered all heads turned to him.
"Oh boy... Here we go again" Harry muttered. As soon as the words left his mouth most of the
people in the room rushed forward. Harry tried to break free from the people and get out of the
pub, but with his hand constantly being grabbed it was very hard.
"A'ight yeh great lumps! Let 'Arry get out of ere!" A booming voice said. Everyone around
Harry took steps back and Harry could see the towering figure of Hagrid standing there.
"Thanks Hagrid!" Harry said as he walked up to the half-giant.
"No problem 'arry" Hagrid said gruffly. "Was jus' stoppin in to geh a drink before I leave"
"Where are you going Hagrid?" Harry asked curiously.
"Going teh see 'lympia" Hagrid replied, a rosy tint on his cheeks.
"Have fun Hagrid" Hagrid said grinning. Remus had his robe off and Harry did the same. Harry waved to Hagrid as Remus pulled him out of
the pub.
"Come on Harry! It is almost 2 o'clock" Remus said, ushering him along the street.
"Where are we going Remus?" Harry asked as they walked along the street.
"A store for men. It sells basically every type of style for men." Remus explained to him. Harry nodded as they continued to walk down the street.
"There it is!" Remus cried. He was pointing at a two story off-white shop. In the display window were manikins dressed in suits, rugby shirts and khakis, and casual yet formal clothes.
They walked inside and Harry heard a 'doo-doon' as they walked in. "Alright... you go get clothes for yourself and I'll get ckothes for you and you'll try them on and we'll see what is best" Remus said.
Harry nodded his head in agreement. He walked over to one of the sections and looked at the items. Pants galore. Khaki, denim, leather, and corduroy were the main ones. Harry picked up about five pairs that looked like they would fit him. He also picked out three for Remus, since even the muggle clothes the man owned were dirty and shabby.
Harry walked around the store for the about an half hour before finally going over to where Remus was waiting. He had gotten some pair of shorts, a rugby shirt and a plain blue t-shirt for himself. For Remus he got a formal looking long sleeves shirt and a polo shirt. Remus looked like he had brought half the store.
"Is this all you got?" Remus asked looking at his meager pile.
"Well some is for you" Harry said.
"Oh jeeze! Harry you have money. You're old clothes are crappy so money plus shitty clothes equals nice, new clothes!" Remus exclaimed. "Good thing I picked out some things. Now get in the dresser room!"
Harry did as told and tried on hundreds of things that were passed over the door by Remus. In the end Harry got a whole new wardrobe. Two pairs of silk pajamas, one red and one blue. Eight sets of pants two khaki, two corduroy and four denim. Five pairs of shorts, four khaki, one cotton. Two pairs of sweat pants. One set of dress pants. Ten pairs of silk boxers and twenty pairs of socks. A pair of loafers, running shoes, combat boots, sneakers and slippers.
Along with those he also got two rugby shirts, three plain white t-shirts, five casual long sleeve shirts. A polo shirt, three different colored t-shirts, a pullover, a hoodie and a zip-up. He also got a winter jacket, a windbreaker and a sandy colored beanie.
Harry, after almost five minutes of arguing, got Remus two khakis pants, a pair of khaki shorts, a polo shirt and a long sleeve shirt. They went up to the register and plopped all the clothes on the counter. The cashier stared at them in shock for a moment before beginning to ringing everything up.
The total came to one thousand two hundred and twenty two pounds. Harry gave the man his Gringott's credit card and signed his name where he was instructed too. The dark haired teen walked behind a rack of clothes. He glanced around and made sure no one was looking. He took out his trunk, brought it to proper size and put all the clothes inside. After shrinking the trunk and placing it in his pocket he joined Remus and they walked out of the shop.
On their way to the underground Harry spotted a place he visited once with his aunt over ten years ago. Walking in, without asking Remus Harry went straight to the desk.
"Hello" the round faced woman behind the counter said.
"Hi" Harry greeted. "I was wondering that maybe if the doctor wasn't to busy he could have a look at my eyes and maybe I could get new glasses?"
The woman blinked at him, and glanced at something in front of her. "The next appointment isn't until three. I guess I could see if the doctor will squeeze you in" She picked up the phone, pressed a button and waited a couple of seconds. "Doctor Granger(1) Would you be able to squeeze in a patient?"
'Dr. Granger???' Harry thought.
Harry looked at Remus who had entered shortly after he had. "Granger?" he mouthed to him.
Remus shrugged his shoulders at Harry, clearly not knowing if this was Hermione's mom or dad.
"Dr. Granger will see you now" the woman said. Harry nodded before walking down the hallway to the back. There were several doors along the right side of the wall and two on the left. The first one Harry walked by on the left read Dr. Willaims. The second one read Dr. Granger. Harry opened the door and walked inside.
A woman was sitting at a desk in the large room. A lot of equipment used to check the eyes was everywhere.
The woman herself had brown hair in a bun. Harry could tell that if the hair wasn't in the bun it would be all frizzy, like Hermione's. The woman, who Harry was now positive was Hermione's mother looked up when he closed the door. The doctor was in her late forties it looked like but she was till beautiful.
"Well, I must say I am surprised! I never thought I'd meet you Mr. Potter" Mrs. Granger said, after staring at him for several moments. "Hermione has told me a lot about you. I'd like to thank you Harry."
"Wha?" Harry asked confused.
"Hermione has never really had any close friends. You should of seen how happy she was when she came home for summer vacation! She kept rambling on and on about her two best friends! Of course me and Dan were worried that you were both boys but we were to happy for Hermione to care." Mrs. Granger explained.
"Don't worry ma'am. Hermione is one of the greatest friends ever. She's like my little sister" Harry said.
The woman smiled at him before asking him to take a seat on a stool that was facing some large equipment.
Forty minutes later Harry walked out of the eye place with a pair of wire rimmed frame glasses. He also got three pair of contacts. One was regular, one was a blue colored contact and the last one was brown. His prescription improved from last time, which meant some how his eye sight got better.
"Well we missed the 2:45 train to Little Whinging." Remus said as he looked at the train station schedule. "We can take the 4:00 one to little Whinging. It is supposedly coming in thirty minutes early"
And the train did come thirty minutes early. Harry and Remus didn't talk on the way to Little Whining. When they got off the train Remus turned to Harry. "Lead away to where you want to go!" Remus told Harry.
Green eyes searched the street they were on until they fell upon the place he was looking for. It was a big gym type area. It was where Dudley went for his boxing. They had self defense classes, a workout area and everything. It was very big place.
Harry led Remus over there and walked inside. A really buff looking guy was standing behind the counter. "How may I help you?" the buff guy asked in a deep voice.
"I was wondering what type of self defense classes you have?" Harry asked.
"Yes we have many classes that can teach you to fight. Kung-fu, karate, kick boxing, boxing and tae-kwon-do." the man said, counting them off on his fingers.
Harry glanced to his right where he saw girls in tight outfits doing flips. "Can I take kick boxing, kung-fu and that" Harry pointed to the girls doing the flips.
"Gymnastics?" the guy asked. "Are you sure, it is such a girly sport"
"Uh huh sport" Harry said, as he continued to watch the girls.(2)
"I get it...don't worry I was like that once. Just let me sign you up. Will you be paying now or later?" the man questioned.
Harry pulled out his credit card. "Just charge them on this. I''ll only be here for about two months before I have to go away to private school" he said.
The guy took his card and ran it threw a machine. "Gymnastics is every Friday from 3:30 to 6:00. Kick boxing is every Wednesday morning from 10:00 to 12:00 and Monday evening 6:00-7:30. Kung fu is every Saturday from 3:00-7:00" the guy explained to Harry. "All equipment will be provided for you the first day you start"
Harry nodded his head, tearing his eyes away from the girls. "Yes sir!" Harry took his credit card back and left the gym with Remus.
"Harry just because there are girls...in tight outfits doesn't mean you should join the class" Remus reprimanded.
"Not just girls in tight outfits! Girls in tight outfits that are jumping!" Harry exclaimed. "And besides the agility, reflects and flexibility will be good for the war" Harry said.
Remus shook his head as they continued to walk to Number 4 Privet Drive.
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(1)-I know Hermione's parents are dentist but eh.... I figured it would be a weird twist. At least I kept the dad a dentist still!
(2) Hey it is natural for us guys to lose all thought around girls in tight outfits jumping around and doing flips! Besides Harry is a hormonal fifteen, almost sixteen year old boy.
Sorry it took so long. My sister had a baby like a week ago. And she is staying here until they finish fixing up her home. It has been a busy past week.
And man! You guys are going to be in for some twist! Oh I wish I could tell you guys everything I have in store!