After waiting for ten minutes for the rest of the Dursley's and Pier to get in the car they were finally pulling out of number four Pivet Drive. Pier's and Dudley were ignoring Harry for now and were playing a game on their Gameboys. Petunia and Vernon were talking about something of unimportance to Harry and Harry was looking out the window.

Harry was thinking about what he would do once the Dursley's dropped him off at the Leaky Cauldron.

First, he will have to go to the Leaky Cauldron to see Griphook and to get some money. And then he will have to ask if there is any other place then the Leaky Cauldron for him to stay for the summer. Harry liked and trusted Tom the bar keeper, but he wanted to stay someplace where people would be less likely to find him and send him back to the Dursleys. Harry had heard there were other Alley's connecting to Diagon, but he had never really explored any of them, except for the first time he used the Floo and ended up in Borgin and Burkes in Knockturn Alley. Harry was considering staying in Knockturn because no one would think that the famous and golden boy who lived would be seen in an alley known for Dark wizards. Harry also wanted to explore Horizont Alley and Carkitt Market at some point during the summer. Harry continued looking out at the gray skies and the buildings the car was passing on the cloudy day.

Sooner than her though possible Vernon had stopped the car and said to Harry, "Get out of my sight boy!" Spittle was flying out of his mouth and the front seat was groaning where Vernon was turned around to speak at Harry. "If you ever come back, or are brought back to our house boy, you will get a horrible beating, a beating that will make your previous punishments look light. I might even kill you if you come back and dirty our house with your freakishness anymore. Understood boy?!", hissed Vernon.

"Yes, Uncle Vernon", Jarry said. Harry didn't feel like getting cuffed on the head or slapped so he just went along with what Vernon was saying, instead of talking back. Soon he would be gone forever from the Dursleys.

Harry got out of the car and quickly popped the trunk and got his bird cage, his trunk, and his bag of containing all his life's possessions-including his wand- out of the trunk and shut the trunk. Without so much as a glance, the Dursley's drove away and left harry sputtering with a blast of car exhaust and dust in his face. Harry heaved a heavy sigh and grabbed his items, pulled Dudley's old hoody up, flattened his hair over his scar, and went inside to talk to Tom the barkeep.

The Leaky Cauldron was not that busy on a Monday during the mid-morning. It was late enough to be considered afternoon, since it wasn't even noon yet, but it was not early in the morning either, it was roughly around 11:30. Harry was a bit hungry, since all he had before leaving the Dursleys was a drink from the gardening hose, while the Dursley's were still getting ready in the house.

Harry walked over to Tom, who was wiping a glass with a clean, cream colored dish cloth. Harry cleared his throat softly and said, "Hello Mr. Tom, how are you today? Could I have some buttered toast, some fruit, and some milk please?" Harry knew he could not eat a lot since his stomach was still small from the Dursleys, but Tom knew a bit about Harry's situation, but would never tell on him.

Although Tom wanted to help the child ever since Hagrid, brought in the small waif like child into his pub for the first time, and he noticed the signs of abuse, or at least neglect in the boy. During that first visit, the child flinched at the loud noises in the pub, and he flinched and backed away when everyone crowded around him, praising the boy who lived. Tom was smarter than most people thought, and he saw his fair share of abused, or neglected children, since he was the owner of a very popular pup and for wizarding and non-wizarding families alike, his shop was one of the first places, their children were led through to get into the wizarding world, and he had a soft spot for all children. He never felt the need to get into a traditional relationship, since he was what muggles considered an Aromantic Asexual. He had always loved children but was fine with being everyone's surrogate and caring uncle. That did not mean that Tom did not have loving relationships with certain people, it just means he didn't have a romantic relationship with anyone, and he did not feel sexual attraction. One of the things that frustrated Tom of the ideas of those in the muggle and wizarding societies were that they automatically thought that when somebody said they were in a relationship with another it was romantic and sexual in nature. Tom in his lifetime had a very large number of platonic and loving relationships with people in his blood family and people he had met and began to care for in his many years of owning the leaky cauldron.

"Of course, Harry", Tom knew it was Harry because Harry was one of the few people who called him Mr. Tom even after telling him just to call him Tom, the child was just so polite (painfully polite at times) and sweet. "Would you like me to shrink your trunk for you as well Harry, it can't be comfortable lugging that big thing around? What brings you in today, if I may ask? Tom knew Harry lived with Lily Evan's sister after his parents died because of what Harry had told him over the years, but he had a feeling it was not a place, where his parents would want him to be. This was due to the child obviously not being cared for in the proper way. That's what harry was, a child. Many people in the wizarding world put all their trust into the boy-who-lived, but many forgot that Harry was still a child and a child who was an orphan as well (at least to Tom's knowledge ). From the first time Harry walked into the door with Hagrid and called Tom, Mr. Tom and held out his small hand to shake, despite being obviously nervous, Tom had felt a sense of protectiveness and care for the child; creating a connection to him quicker then with most people he met in his pub for the first time. There were only a few other people he could think of that he formed a connection with as quickly as he did as Harry.

Harry still with his raggedy hood from Dudley up around his face nodded his head and said, "Yes please thank you Mr. Tom. I was able to convince them to take me with them and drop me off here for the summer, before they got to the movie theater that is five to 10 minutes away from here. You won't tell anyone I am here right? Do you know any other place where I can stay for the summer, other than here Mr. Tom? I do trust you sir and I want to stay here, but this is one of the places where people will think to look for me once they realize I am gone?"

"Well, that's good", exclaimed Tom. "Do not worry about offending me child, I understand your reasoning as to rooming somewhere else and your reason to not want to be find by those who will make you go back to your relatives. One of those people being the old fool himself. I believe I have told you a few of my thoughts on the old fool, but let me explain myself some more", Tom whispered. Tom waved his wand under the bar and a strong privacy charm came up between him and Harry, so people couldn't listen to their conversation. To others it would just seem like Tom, catching up with one of his many patrons with the aid of privacy charms. It was known that Tom tried to get to know most if not every person, at least a little bit, who walked into his Pub. It was one of the reasons his Pub was so popular, he cared about each and every one of his patrons.

"The old fool which I know you know who I am talking about?" Harry nodded with a small smirk on his face. Dumbledore, Harry thought. "The old fool has never been one who I have trusted Harry. In my opinion, he has always been too secretive and has had too much power over others, even though he has all those titles. Too many names Headmaster Dumbledore my ass", Tom said with a smirk."

"Now, as for a place for you to stay over the summer, I would suggest you go to the White Wyvern in KnockTurn Alley. I know you can hold your own after what you have been through so far in school, especially after what you went through in the Triwizard Tournament. There had to be some clause in the school rules where an underage wizard could be pulled out of the Tournament and I believe you Harry, I know you didn't put your name in that cup, somebody else did. Probably an adult wizard that is the only way your name would have come out of the cup because of all the old magic on the cup. Sorry Harry not to get off track of your question, just know that I and multiple others believe you and know you did not place your own name in the cup, and we believe you saw Voldemort. Now as I said go to the White Wyvern, I know the owner, Madame Florence. She may seem like a hard lady, but she is very kind under the hard exterior and likes people who are polite and hardworking. She has a soft spot, for those who are having a hard time, she hates bullies, and she does not discriminate who stays at her pub if they can pay with money, or by working shifts at the pub for room and board, or barter something to her that is worth something; do not be afraid to haggle, some shop keepers like to haggle with their customers, and they will let you know if they don't, but they are used to it, so don't be afraid of being impolite. Tell her I sent you and you will be fine. I know you can take care of yourself but keep your hood up when in Knockturn and sound confident when you say no to the sellers in Knockturn. Once they know you are there for your own reasons and not to cause trouble, or spy on those in the alley then they will stop bothering you after you say no to their wears a few times.