The following Wednesday, after Jack had been back at the Pole for a few days and told everyone his friend's parents would like to meet them, they were leaving to meet them at the Leakey Cauldron, using one of North's snowglobes.

"Here you go then boy," North said giving it to Jack "You got that letter from school with the list of things right?"

"Yes," Jack said showing him before putting it back in his pocket and taking the globe "Leaky Cauldron, London."

A tiny picture of a shabby looking almost rundown pub came up and Jack smashed the globe to the floor making a portal appear.

One by one, Jack, North, Bunny, Tooth, and Sandy – in their human disguises, went through and into the pub to see a very worried looking (and sounding) Mrs Weasley, with a little red haired girl next to her.

"Oh Arthur, what could have happened to him?" she asked "If he got hurt..."

"I'm sure he's fine Molly he's a tough lad remember?" the man who was obviously Mr Weasley, said patting Mrs Weasley on the shoulder.

"Is something wrong?" Tooth asked coming over.

Looking up, it took Molly Weasley a minute to remember who this person was "Ah yes, you're Jack's family. Hello dear," she said sounding a little calmer when she saw Jack, then returned to Tooth "We had Harry staying with us and it was his first time using Floo Powder and he was meant to be here but he isn't and oh..."

"We've sent the boys to go looking for him in Diagon Alley," Arthur explained using his head to point to the back of the pub.

Just then the front door opened again and two more families came in one being the Dales, and the other, Jack supposed, was the Grangers because Hermione another of his friends was leading the way.

"I'm going to go and try and help find Harry," Jack said to everyone and went out back, tapped the correct brick and watched the wall become a doorway.

Wondering where to start looking Jack looked up to count all the places with chimneys.

Unfortunately there were a lot... sighing muttering about needles and haystacks, he set off.

And yet... as he went further into Diagon Alley, where it was getting darker, grimmer, creepier, he had a feeling he was getting closer.

After a while Jack looked around and saw a sign pointing down a side street saying Knockturn Alley checking to see if anyone was watching because he knew this was a street made for those who were on the Dark Side of the wizarding world he went down it looking as proud as he could to not draw attention to himself.

Seeing a man and a boy coming out of a shop he and seeing he'd be in their way, Jack side stepped to the left, keeping hidden as the now identified Mr and Draco Malfoy went past.

Jack waited until they passed him before going to check that shops window having this feeling... that Harry was in there.

And sure enough, after the greasy haired fat man had left, Harry, soot covered, torn cloak, and broken glasses came out of a posh looking cabinet.

Quietly Harry came outside and Jack got his attention.

"There you are!" he said quietly so not to draw anyone elses attention.

"Jack?" Harry asked holding his broken glasses up to his eyes "What? How? Why are you here?"

"Well I'm looking for you of course," Jack said looking around seeing the crowd was closing in a little "Now come on, everyone is getting worried."

Before Jack could take Harry's hand to start leading him out of this place and back to Diagon Alley, an old witch came over.

"Not lost are you my dears?" she asked, grinning a toothy grin and holding a tray of what looked like human finger nails.

"Of course we're not lost," Jack said taking the wheel "We know exactly where we're are and where we're going so if you excuse me, my friend and I were just leaving."

But that wasn't enough to make the crowd part to let them out.

Just then...

"HARRY?! JACK! What d'yeh thin yer doin' down there?"

The two boys looked up to see the massive shape of the Hogwarts gamekeeper Hagrid as he came and pulled them away from the witch with the fingernail that were all over her now since she had jumped when Hagrid called out to them.

Not wanting to stay down there any longer than they had to they started to head back and Harry explained he was lost because of Floo Powder.

"And I was trying to find him," Jack said quickly.

"Don't yeh know it's dangerous down there?" Hagrid asked Jack.

"Of course I do, that's why I was trying to get Harry out as fast as I could but then that hag and her friends boxed us in." Jack said.

"What were you doing down there then?" Harry asked after Hagrid beated him a little to get the soot off him.

"I was lookin' fer a Flesh-Eatin' Slug Repellent" growled Hagrid "They're ruinin' all the school cabbages. Yer not on your own are you two?"

"I'm staying with the Weasley's but we got separated," Harry explained "I've gotta go find them."

"I'm with my family too, but they were comforting Mrs Weasley back in the pub," Jack said.

Together they all set off down the street.

"How come yeh never wrote back to me?" said Hagrid grinning a little as the boys jogged along next to him to keep up.

"I couldn't because I wasn't getting anything because a House Elf called Dobby was blocking my wizard mail, and I couldn't send any because the Dursley's shut Hedwig up in her cage," Harry began going into the mess of the dinner party that happened on his birthday and the letter from the Ministry and the Dursley's then shutting him up in his room.

"Ruddy Muggles," growled Hagrid neither he nor Harry noticing the air around Jack plummeting about 20 degrees in agreement "If I had known..."

"Harry! Jack! Over here!" the boys looked up and saw Hermione running down to them from the top step of Gringotts bank.

"What happened to your glasses?" She asked taking them from Harry and mending them with a tap of her wand. "Oh and Jack, and Hagrid, oh it's so great to see you all again." she said hugging them then backed off "You guys coming into Gringotts?"

"As soon as I find the Weasley's" Harry said.

"Yeah and I find my family," Jack agreed.

"Yeh won't have long ter wait," grinned Hagrid pointing.

They all looked and saw, running up the street, Ron, Fred, George, Percy, Mr Weasley, Tina (Tooth), Aster (Bunny), Sandy (in his human form), and North (in his human form).

(AN: For a more well written description on how Tooth and Bunny looked as humans go to 'Jack Frost and the Philosophers' Stone' Chapter 2. North and Sandy are the same but Sandy's a human and North is younger)

"Oh Harry there you are," Mr Weasley panted "We hopped you only went one grate too far..." he patted his forehead dry from sweat sounding relived "Molly's frantic – she's coming now."

"Where did you come out?" Ron asked.

"Knockturn Alley," Hagrid said "And then this one went down there to look for 'im"

"WHAT!" Tooth cried out and quickly snatched Jack away and started checking him over

"Tooth getoff!" Jack said fighting "I'm fine, I grew up in America remember."

"Brilliant!" Fred and George said together.

"We've never been allowed in," said Ron enviously.

"I should ruddy well think not," growled Hagrid.

Just then Mrs Weasley came running up, her handbag in one hand, Ginny holding on to the other.

"Oh my Harry - oh my dear – you could have been anywhere - "

Gasping for breath she pulled out a large clothes brush and started dusting away at the soot Hagrid hadn't managed to beat off.

"Knockturn Alley," she said to herself as she did this "If you hadn't found him Hagrid..."

"Actually Molly," Arthur said "It was Jack that found Harry, Hagrid just brought them back to the correct street."

But Mrs Weasley didn't seem to be listening.

"Well, gotta be off," said Hagrid smiling "See ya at Hogwarts!" And he strode away, head and shoulders taller than anyone else in the packed street.

Before they went into Gringotts, Jack looked around confused.

"Where's Elisa and her family?" he asked.

"They're already going about the place looking for Annie's new school things." Tooth said smiling at the fact that Jack possibly had a love interest.

"They said they'll meet up with us later, dear, don't worry" Molly said also smiling.

As they made their way into the bank, Harry turned to Ron and Hermione.

"Guess who I say in Borgan and Berks?" he asked telling his story "Malfoy and his father."

"Did Lucius Malfoy buy anything?" said Mr Weasley sharply behind them.

"No, he was selling."

"So he's worried," said Mr Weasley with a grin of satisfaction "Oh I'd love to get Lucius Malfoy for something..."

"Now sir," Jack said interrupting the convocation "What way is that? To go on about revenge and that, in front of young people? We learn from what you do and show us remember?"

"Oh yeah?" Bunny asked with a grin "And what exactly have you learnt from any of us?" he said pointing to himself and the other human-disguised Guardians.

"Well..." Jack said thinking "I already knew, but thanks to you I know more how not to get along with kids and how not to scare them with blood and gums from other kids teeth?" he said smirking ignoring all the looks he was getting from his friends and Mr Weasley.

They were about to ask questions when Arthur Weasley was distracted by the sight of Hermione's parents who were standing nervously at the counter that ran all around the great marble hall.

"But you're Muggles!" Mr Weasley said delightfully "So sorry we didn't get to do a true introduction back in the pub we lost somebody on the way here. But now he's found and we should really go for a drink! You and Elisa and Annie's parents too, oh this is the best day ever. What's that? Oh you're changing Muggle money, Molly look," he said pointing to the £10 note Mr Granger had in his hand.

After a bit of an awkward introduction, each family was lead to their own underground vault by a Gringotts goblin.

After a couple of wild rides, Aster looking a bit green and saying he was going to get a drink from the pub to make up for it, everyone went their separate ways.

"And no going down Knockturn Alley!" Mrs Weasley called out to her children.

Jack went looking for Elisa and her family with Sandy, Tooth and North, finding them in Madam Malkin's.

"But why does it have to be black?" Annie was saying pouting "Black is so... not colourful..."

"Because dear," their mum said sounding tired of hearing this "That's what the list of items says."

"They change color to the house you're in when you're sorted," Jack said smiling winking at Elisa telling her he got this.

"They do?" Annie asked focused on Jack now letting Madam Malkin get on with the fitting.

"Yeah sure they do," Jack said "The magic wears off when we're not at Hogwarts that's all. That's why they're black back at your house."

"Oh," Annie said thinking about it "Alright then."

"There you go then dear," Madam Malkin said helping Annie down.

They paid for the uniform and went on to the next shop.

"How did you know that would work?" Elisa asked Jack nodding to her sister.

"I didn't," Jack said smiling "But had to try something or we'd have been stuck in there all day."

A little ahead of them Steve and Alice were talking to North, Tooth, and Sandy.

"That boy of yours knows his stuff doesn't he?" Steve asked North, looking over his shoulder to Jack and Elisa "Especially when it comes to getting other people to do what he wants."

"He sure does," North said agreeing "He says it's because he grew up on the streets in America, but I think he had these skills in his blood already." he said thinking to his lists and how nearly all of the Overland's were on the Naughty list.

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They visited Olivanders next where Annie swish and flicked nearly 20 different wands before finding the right one.

A 12 ½ inch, pine wood, slightly bendy, wand with the core of a phoenix tail feather.

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Next stop was the stationery store where they bought parchment and ink and quills.

"But why parchment and quills?" Annie had asked "Wouldn't it be easier and less messy if it was a pen?"

Agreeing to this, after leaving the store only purchasing parchment, Jack looked to North and asked him for a handful of pens.

Rolling his eyes, North said he'll work on it so the boy will have a handful for himself and his friends for September 1st.

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As they passed the joke shop Jack spotted Fred and George inside and slipped away from his group to see what they found.

It was a pack of 'Dr Filly Buster Fabulous No Heat Wet Start Fireworks.'

"That won't be enough to last the year," Jack said making them jump but he ignored it and looked around.

Seeing pots of slime, stick to anything feathers, fake blood, toy spiders, glitter, and paint filled shampoo bottles, Jack brought three sets of everything, including the fireworks and gave one set each to Fred and George.

They were about to fight back when Jack said...

"But imagine all the pranks we can pull on everyone... All the pain we can cause Filch. All the Snakes we can hit. And anyone else who get caught in the cross fire. And how disappointed April would be if her dear, dear subjects didn't take this chance."

Having identical smirks, the twins nodded and accepted the pranking supplies.

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After they left the joke shop, the three of them then went to Flourish and Blotts to get their books.

"Oh no, I lost my list," Jack said looking for it.

"Don't worry, all you need is 'A Standard Book of Spells Grade 2', and then all of Lockhart's books, just like everyone else." Fred said drearily.

"Who's Lockhart?" Jack asked as they entered the shop having trouble doing so because of all the witches all crammed inside.

"Him..." George said nodding to a man in a spotlight by a table his perfect ginger hair neatly combed back, his teeth shining, and looking like a right old goodie-goodie git.

At the front, Ron, Harry, Hermione, the Guardians, Mrs Weasley, Ginny, and the Dales were gathered together.

In front of them a short man with a camera was taking photographs, puff of purple smoke appearing after every shot.

"Out of the way!" he said standing on Ron's foot "This is for the Daily Profit."

"Big deal..." Ron said loudly, Jack agreeing with him.

"HERE HERE!" he cried, but no one seemed to notice as Lockhart had looked up to where Ron was.

"It can't be... Harry Potter..." he said smiling and reaching for him.

"Back off buddy!" Aster said blocking the path.

"What?" he asked a chuckle in his voice "I only wanted to bring him up beside me to do a little announcement..." he said.

"Oh no you didn't," Aster said scowling "You only wanted him to boost your chances of making that dumb newspapers front page."

"Besides," Tina said her hands on her hips "If it's an announcement then why would you need Harry to say it?"

There were mumbles of agreement and nodding of heads.

"You're quite right," Lockhart said his smile still plastered on his face (Jack was surprised that Tooth hadn't gotten all kiddy about them).

"Let's see another Hogwarts student then," he said looking around disappointment on his face "How about you young man?" he asked and the crowed parted to show Jack.

"Yeah alright," Jack said smirking a little and willingly walked right up to Lockhart and faced the camera.

"Ladies and Gentlemen," Lockhart said loudly to everyone present "When this young man here stepped into Flourish and Blotts today, he only wanted to buy my autobiography –"

"Actually Sir," Jack spoke up cutting him off "I came in to buy my Hogwarts books for the second year. I mean after all this is a book store and I will need them wont I? And September is getting closer and closer."

This got a few laughs – mostly because of the face Lockhart gave as if this had never happened before.

With a nervous cough and laugh he continued.

"Well yes of course," he said agreeing "Well this boy had no idea that he shortly would be getting much, much more than just a copy of my book which I shall be giving to him free of charge..." he said shoving a book into Jacks hand making Jack grin and come up with something else.

"Aww... Sir don't worry, I'm sure someone likes your book." he said getting a confused look from Lockhart and more laughs from the audience. "Well if you're giving me this really, really expensive looking, surely well written out book about your life story, free of charge, then you're obviously not selling enough which means nobody likes them." Jack explained an innocent look on his face as he flipped through the pages and read the back cover.

Coughing a little again, nerves showing on his face a little more, Lockhart carried on finishing his announcement.

"From September, this boy and his friends at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry, will be getting the real magical me because I, Gilderoy Lockhart..."

"Aww.. are you losing your memory too?" Jack asked tilting his head curiously "Don't worry we all know who you are, no need to tell us your name in an announcement like this..." Jack said reaching up and gently patting Lockhart on his perfect hair purposely messing it up.

More laughs came from the audience.

Grabbing Jack's hand and lowering back down to the boy's side, his teeth grinding now, Lockhart finally finished up the announcement.

"Will be taking up the role as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor." With one last smile and one last photo for the paper, Lockhart as gently looking as possible shoved Jack back into the crowd and sat down again to get back to the book signing.

Smirking the biggest smirk he had had all day, Jack went back over to Fred and George Weasley who applauded him and bowed to him as he arrived.

"Master..." they said together.

"Arise my subjects." Jack said looking as proud as ever "We need to get to thinking of as many pranks as we can to pull on Goldie over there." Jack said shaking his head to the table.

"I know, I love it when the new teachers are idiots so proud of themselves they actually tell us they're coming." George said grinning, getting a hi five from Fred in agreement.

But before Jack was about to say an idea for the first prank, a fight broke out between Mr Weasley and Mr Malfoy.

"Get him Dad!" Fred or George called out cheering their farther on.

"Break it up there!" Hagrid's voice came as he pulled the two of them apart with the help of North.

By the looks of it, Mr Weasley had a cut lip and Mr Malfoy had been hit in the eye by a large copy of 'Encyclopedia of Toadstools'.

"Here, girl –" he said shoving an old battered (clearly second hand) transfiguration book at Ginny "Take your book back – it's the best your father can give you –"

And with that, he shook Hagrid off him, beckoned to Draco and swept out of the shop.

Once he was gone, North set Arthur Weasley down on his feet too.

"Yeh should have ignored him Arthur," said Hagrid as Weasley senior straightened his robes "Rotten ter the core, the whole family, everyone knows that. No Malfoy's worth listening ter. Bad blood that's what it is."

"Agreed," Tooth said coming over "Come on let's get out of here."

The shop assistant looked as if he didn't want them to leave until they had helped clean up the mess they made.

But a second look at Hagrid, North, and Aster made him think better of it, and he let them go.

They waited outside for the Dales and the Grangers to join them both family's a little shaken with fright at the sure size of Hagrid.

Mrs Weasley on the other hand was mad in fury.

"A fine example to set your children... brawling in public... what Gilderoy Lockhart must've thought..."

"He was pleased," Fred said "Didn't you hear him as we were leaving the shop? He was asking that reporter bloke if he can scrap that announcement scene with Jack and use that instead – said it was for publicity."

A little way back Elisa was in a mix of telling Jack off for humiliating Lockhart the way he did, and congratulating him for one-upping the man and his pride which was leaking off him so much she thought they might have needed to get a mop in there.

"Hey he was asking for it," Jack said in his defence "All they smiling and winking and prideful standing and all that."

"That's not the point," she said but left it at that.

After a bit more shopping they all went back to the Leaky Cauldron where Harry and the Weasley's would Floo back to the Burrow.

"See you on the first of September," Jack said smiling.

Nodding Harry took off his glasses and placed them in his pocket.

Once the last Weasley had gone, Jack, the Guardians, the Dales and the Grangers all headed out to Muggle London, Hermione saying goodbye straight away as she and her parents went to go find their car.

"Well it was nice meeting you all," Steve Dale said shaking everyone's hands "Hope we catch you at Kings Cross." he said.

"Yes we really need to see each other sooner though," Tina said hugging everyone goodbye.

"Oh I'm sure we will dear," Alice said smirking a little, eyeing Jack and Elisa.

"Mum..." Elisa said embarrassed when she saw this.

"Oh come on sis," Annie said giggling.

Saying she'll wait for them at the car Elisa walked off after saying goodbye to everyone.

Once the last goodbye was said and the Dales were gone, the Guardians used the snowglobe to get back to the Pole.