~~~~~~~~Diagon Alley~~~~~~~~~~
Harry stared at the alleyway. Severus grinned, glad that he brought Harry even a little bit of joy. He had to get his godson clothes, he had get some ingredients for the potions Andi had asked him to make for Harry, he had to grab Harry some toys, and he would grab his godson a pet, so Harry could have a little bit of responsibility. "So where should we go first, Harry?" He asked his godson, who looked shocked that his opinion was being asked.
"Where all are we going?" Harry asked.
"We need to go to the clothes store, the apothecary, the toy store, the opti-wizard, and the pet store," Sev responded.
"Clothes, toy, eye doctor-wizard-thing, apothecary, and then pet store. But why do we need to go to those places, Sev?" Harry asked.
"We need to get you a proper wardrobe, some potion ingredients, your eyes checked, some to keep you entertained when your uncle and I are working, and a pet so you can have something that provides comfort, but also so you have something to look after. I agree with the order that you have chosen, so clothes first," Sev answered matter-of-a-factly. Harry smiled at how familiar his godfather seemed, as they walked to a shop called 'Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions'. Sev led them into the shop, and a cheery witch greeted them.
"Welcome to Madam Malkin's. What can I do for you today?" The witch asked.
"My godson needs a full wardrobe," Sev told her, and she nodded, and measured Harry and moved to grab some clothes and put some fabric up to Harry's face. With how quickly she was moving, Harry flinched, but the witch ignored it and continued to fit him for clothes. They were done in ten minutes. Sev led them out with their shrunken purchases. "Next stop, the toy store, you can pick three things, because your birthday is next week."
They entered into the store, and Harry picked a stuffed snake that was black and red, a kid potion set, and a set of blocks. Sev nodded at the choices, especially the potion set. As the two of them left the toy store the two of them ran into two blonde haired males.
"Hello, Severus. How are you?" The man asked. Harry hid behind Sev.
"Hello, Lucius. I am well, how are you?" Sev responded.
"Draco and I are well as well. Who is this?" Lucius asked, nodding to Harry.
"This is my other godson, Harrison James Severus Potter. Harry this is Lucius, one of my good friends, and his son, my other godson, Draco Malfoy. So you two are basically god brothers," Sev told Harry, who moved from behind Severus and waved at the two blonde males. "If you guys will excuse Harry and I, we have a eye appointment to get to. It was good to see you Luc. We will invite you over later, once Harry is settled in."
They walked right into the eye place, and Harry was whisked to the back, Sev followed and the wizard healed Harry's eyes instantly, and the two of them left after about five minutes. Sev led them off to the apothecary, and Sev got a variety of stuff. Things from dragon liver to Hags blood were sold at a range of different prices. A once of dragon liver was priced at seven sickles, whatever sickles were. "Hey Sev, what are sickles?" Harry asked Sev.
"A sickle is a coin in our economy, we also have a Galleon and a Knut. A Galleon is the largest, then a sickle, and then a Knut. There are 29 knuts to a sickle, and 17 sickles to a Galleon. The more you use our money the more you will get used to it," Sev informed Harry. Harry nodded. Sev bought what he needed and the two of them walked to the pet shop.
"Oh great, two more two-legged-creatures to gawk at me," Harry heard, and glanced in the direction the sound was coming from. It was a very pretty Pied-Bellied Shieldtail Snake, which had almost iridescent scales. Harry moved closer to the fascinating creature.
"Hello, pretty one. Are you alright?" Harry asked the creature who looked startled.
"You can talk to snakes?" Sev asked Harry, who nodded.
"I am just surprised, no two legged creature has ever spoken to me," the snake told Harry. Harry nodded and looked at Sev who had a contemplative face.
"Sev, can I get two pets?" Harry asked. "One that I can cuddle and one that I can talk to?" He made his best puppy dog eyes. Sev rolled his eyes but nodded, and smiled when Harry grinned.
"Do you want to come home with me?" Harry asked the snake, who still looked shocked.
"Is the dark one with you? Are you his hatchling?" The snake asked Harry.
"He is my guardian," Harry responded. With that the snake nodded. "Are you ok if I get a cat to be another pet?" Again the snake nodded. "Are you a girl or boy? I'm sorry I can't tell," Harry asked his serpent.
"I would not expect you to be able to tell, and I am a female," the serpent answered.
"So Sev, I need to get a cat of sorts, and I have Medusa," Harry told his godfather.
Sev looked at him with an amused sort of look. "You named your snake after a monster from Greek mythology that had snakes for hair and could turn things to stone? My godson has a sense of humor," Sev stated. Harry smiled, and picked up the snake. Medusa slithered up his arm, and settled around his neck like a neckless. He moved over to the cats, and one cat meowed at him. Harry moved and pet the cat. It was a black cat, with greenish-yellow eyes.
"What kind of cat is this?" He asked. Severus asked the clerk, and came back.
"He is apparently a half main coon, half-kneazle. He is about three months old, would you like him?" Sev reported back. Harry nodded, and they left the pet shop with Medusa and Harry's cat that he named Shadow. The two of them walked out with both of the pets and they left the alley to go home.