Q+A
Q: Is this a Nalu Story?
A: Yes and No. For now, Lucy and Natsu maintain their normal relationship. But as the characters grow older, they will be accustomedto romance with the rest of the characters.
Q: Do I plan to do all seven books/movies
A: Yes. Yes I do.
Q: What do the Cloaks do?
A: For those who still haven't figured it out, the cloaks restore them to their normal age and power. But only when the cloaks are on and hoods are up. Also if you're thinking "If that's the case they should whip Quirrell's butt easily," please note that I am aware of that kind of thinking and to be fair, they are exposed to new kinds of magic in this world. Also, the guy had Voldemort on his head.
Anywho, that's all from me!
Enjoy!
"WOOOOOOHOOOOOO!" Natsu screamed, feeling the rush of falling in the dark. "AHHHHHHH!" Happy screamed, clawing onto Natsu's cloak, his head on green fire. Natsu felt his back hit hard on the ground, as he began to laugh. "That was AWESOME!" He grinned, sitting up. Happy was zoned out, not even noticing the green fire on his head. "Oh, let me get that for you buddy." Natsu noticed, patting Happy's head out. Natsu stood up and patted himself down.
"So this is Diagon Alley huh. Looks interesting." Natsu sighed. "Natsu!" He looked to his left, a red haired girl smiling and waving at him. "Oh, Hermione!" Natsu smiled, waving back. "Fancy seeing you here." He continued. "Why wouldn't I be here? This is where we get all our books." Hermione chuckled, amused by Natsu's confusion.
"Hey, have you seen Ron around? Or Lucy, Gray, or Gajeel?" Natsu asked, looking around. "Oh, Ron's in the book shop over there." Hermione pointed to the book shop with a large cue and group outside. "I think I saw Lucy in there as well. Not sure about Gray. And why do you want to see Gajeel?" Hermione asked. Natsu shrugged.
"Hello Happy. How are you?" Hermione smiled, giving him a stroke on the head. "G-Great…" Happy muttered. "What happened to him?" Hermione asked. "Floo powder." Natsu told her. "Oh." Hermione realised. Soon, her attention turned to behind Natsu. She smiled and waved, running behind Natsu. "Harry! Hagrid!" She smiled.
Natsu watched her tracks, and smiled. "Hey Harry! Hagrid!" Natsu smiled, walking up to them. "Hello Hermione! Natsu!" Hagrid beamed, nodding at the two. "It's great to see you Harry!" Hermione smiled. "It's great to see you too." Harry smiled back.
"Hey, why are your glasses broken?" Natsu pointed out. Clearly remembering they were in tact before Harry left. "Yeah Harry, what did you do to your glasses?" Hermione repeated. "Oh, well, um…." Harry stuttered. Hermione sighed and whipped out her wand. "Oculus Repairo." Harry jolted back, watching his glasses repair back to the way it was.
"I definitely need to remember that one." Harry told her, a bit surprised, Hermione chuckling. "You'll be alrigh' then Harry?" Hagrid asked, Harry simply giving a nod. "Righ'. I'll leave you to it." Everyone waved goodbye as Hagrid, looking for the items he required for the new year. "Come on. Everyone's been worried." Hermione scolded them playfully as she pulled the boys into the bookshop.
Inside was crowded, as if they were waiting for something or someone. "Natsu!" Natsu suddenly felt a tight pull on his neck. "Gwak!" Natsu gagged and stumbled into the line. He rubbed his neck and turned around angrily. "Hey! What do you think you're do-" Natsu immediately cut himself off, seeing a growling and non-amused group of Fairy Students. "Oh, hey guys."
"Where were you last night Flame Brain?! You just upped and disappeared!" Gray tsked in annoyance, his hands in his pockets, neck forward. "At least tell us where and what you were doing." Lucy sighed. "I was helping Harry escape." Natsu simply replied. "What?! From who?! Was it from…" Lucy looked around, making sure no one was listening. "...Him?" She whispered. "No. It was from his uncle. Apparently they don't like wizards, so they locked Harry in his room. So I helped the Weasleys break him out. And they offered me breakfast as well." Natsu calmly explained. Everyone sighed relief, knowing that he hadn't returned yet.
"Anyway, why are you guys here?" Natsu asked, looking at the front of the cue, trying to see what was happening. "Lucy dragged us here to see this guy." Gajeel grumbled, arms folded. "Gilderoy Lockhart. He's a famous autobiographer here." Lucy explained, leaning over and tippy toeing to see the front. "Autowha…?" Natsu repeated, tilting his head. "Autobiographer. Someone who writes about their life." Lucy repeated and explained.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Mister Gilderoy Lockhart." Everyone looked forward, to see a blond haired man with a blue cloak exit from the back room. He waved and gave hand kisses to the crowd, and, in the opinion of all the boys and Lucy, gave the most cheesiest of smiles.
"Ugh. I feel all weird just looking at him." Natsu shivered.
"Natsu's right. I don't like that guy." Gray whispered, Gajeel nodding in agreement.
"I feel like my reputation would be ruined just by standing next to him…" Lucy sweatdropped.
"I feel like I want to be as far away from him as possible." Lily muttered.
"But he is a famous author. Maybe he had to practise so hard it ended up looking fake." Happy suggested.
"Make way there please! Let me by madam. Thank you! Excuse me little girl, this is for the Daily Prophet." Lockhart struck a heroic pose as the photographer brought the camera to his eye.
CLICK!
FLASH!
He gave a slight chuckle, before noticing one person. One he had heard stories about, but never imagined meeting. "It can't be…. Harry Potter?" He asked, staring at him. Harry stumbled back a bit, looking at Lockhart. "Harry Potter?! Excuse me Madam." The reporter instantly grabbed his shoulder and pushed him towards Lockhart, who instantly pulled him next to him.
"Nice big smile Harry! Together, you and I rate the front page."
CLICK!
FLASH!
"Ladies and gentlemen, what an extraordinary moment this is. When young Harry Potter, stepped into Flourish and Blotts this morning, to purchase my… Autobiography Magical Me. Ahahaha." All the girls, except Lucy, applauded at Lockhart's devilishly charming speech, as Harry tried to find a way out. Ron and the Fairies looking at each other with a weird look of disgust on their faces. Like "Why-are-people-buying-this?" Kind of look.
"Which incidentally, is currently celebrating its twenty-seventh week atop the Daily Prophet bestseller list." As everyone applauded, Natsu sniffed the air, as if he recognised a smell. He slowly tilted his head up, noticing Draco leaning on the banister of the second floor, looking down on everyone. Natsu stared at him for a while, before going back to the front of the room.
"He had no idea that he would, in fact, be leaving….." Lockhart clicked his fingers, his assistant immediately turning around to pick up something. Something heavy. "...With my entire collected works." The assistant handed Lockhart the books from the shelves and handed it to the cheesy author. "Free of charge. Ahahaha." Lockhart smiled as he put the books in Harry's arms, who looked like he was struggling to carry it.
Everyone applauded with a final flash of the camera, as Lockhart pushed Harry away. "Now." Lockhart took his seat and put his hands together, his face working its smoldering charm. "Ladies?"
"Oh Harry! Now give me those and I'll get them signed." Molly offered, taking the books off Harry. "All of you wait outside." She ordered her children. "That's it." She smiled, watching the children go. "Let's go too. I feel like I'm gonna get a tooth decay if I look at that smile one more time." Gray shivered, everyone nodding in agreement. The seven children managed to get out of the crowd, joining the twins and Percy who were meekly reading on the sidelines.
RIP!
Everyone looked at the stairs, and saw a furious Draco march down the stairs with a ripped page of a book. "I'll bet you loved that, didn't you, Potter?" Draco spat. "Famous Harry Potter. Can't even go into a bookshop without making the front page." He continued in an outrage. "And you…" Draco pushed Harry and Ron aside and strode up to Gajeel. "Why are you with them?" He demanded. Gajeel shrugged, and told him there was a crowd, he got curious and met them in pure coincidence.
Draco twisted his face, and strode away from Gajeel. He looked back at Harry Potter and gave him a snark look. "So where next to get even more recognition? Sugarplum's Sweet Shop? If you do I hope they'll give you Bertie Botts with nothing but Vomit and Earwax flavour." Draco taunted. "Leave him alone." Ginny gritted, stepping forward. "Look Potter. You've got yourself a girlfriend." He teased.
Suddenly, a heavy cold object hit Draco's shoulder and pushed him to the side. "Now now Draco. Play nicely." Everyone looked at this new character. He had long blond hair and snake green eyes. The way he was dressed was one of wealth and nobility. He looked at the children and smiled uncomfortably. "Mister Potter." He started.
Harry stepped back a bit, looking at him with a feeling of discomfort. The man stopped smiling and extended his hand. "Lucius Malfoy. We meet at last." He introduced coldly. Harry grabbed his hand, not wanting to be rude. "Forgive me." Lucius pulled Harry closer and pushed back his hair with his serpent like cane to see the scar. "Your scar is legendary…." He whispered. "As of course is the wizard who gave it to you." He smiled.
Lucy's brain pinged at that line. Something about that line gave her a dangerous feeling about that man.
"Voldemort killed my parents." Harry said staily to him. "He was nothing more than a murderer." Lucius hummed, saying it was very brave of him to mention his name in public. Either that or Harry was foolish.
"Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself."
Lucius turned to the side, seeing Miss Granger standing there, her eyes full of fire. "And you must be… Miss Granger." Draco gave a little nod and looked at Hermione in disgust. "Yes. Draco has told me all about you. And your parents." Hermione looked behind her, everyone looking with her. Her parents standing there talking to Mister Weasley. "Muggles, aren't they?" He confirmed with slither in his voice. Hermione looked back at Lucius, breathing heavily.
"Let me see. Pink hair, scaley white scarf. You must be Natsu Dragneel. Heard you have quite…. The temper." Natsu stood there, not saying a word in the uncomfort of this man.
"Blond hair, brown eyes, bookworm. Lucy Heartfilia. Smart, but does not know when to hold back her magic. And therefore does not appreciate the rules." Lucy just breathed heavily, trying not to lose it.
"Stoic and a almost naked. Gray Fullbuster." Lucius chuckled. "What are you talking about…" Gray gritted. "Gray, clothes." Lucy sighed, Gray screaming a bit. As he put his clothes back on, he did not for a second take his eyes off Lucius, gritting and bearing.
"My, what an ugly face. Mister Redfox I presume. Doesn't care, always a ruffian. Perfect Slytherin material. But what would make it better was if you got rid of… that." Lucius circled Gajeel's face and gave a light tap on one of his piercings, before finally stopping at the Weasleys.
"Red hair, vacant expressions…" Lucius looked at Ron, then snatched a book from Ginny's basket, observing it. "Tattered second hand book…. You must be the Weasleys." He smiled with wide eyes.
"Why are you kids standing here? Come on let's go outside." Arthur asked, after pushing his way through the crowd. "Well well well. Weasley senior." Arthur looked up, his smile and cheerful expression gone. "Lucius." He nodded.
"Busy time at the Ministry, Arthur? With all those extra raids?" Lucius asked, trying to show interest, but could see that he wasn't at all. "I do hope they're paying you overtime… But judging by the state of this..." He held up Ginny's book and shook it in his face. "I'd say not." He smirked.
"What's the use in being a disgrace to the name of Wizard, if they don't even pay you well for it?" He said slyly. "We have a. VERY. Different idea about what disgraces the name of Wizard. Malfoy." Arthur told him firmly. "Clearly…." Lucius whispered.
He looked at Hermione's parents, still looking around. "Associating with Muggles…." He sighed and shook his head. He stepped forward and put the book back in Ginny's basket. "And I thought your family could sink no lower…." He whispered in Arthur's face.
Natsu's face became enraged. He stepped forward, wanting to beat this snob into the rubble. Only to be stopped by Ron who held his arm out to block Natsu from doing anything. "Please don't Natsu. We're used to this. Please just let it go." Ron whispered, pleading with him.
Arthur stood there silently, clearly angry. But kept himself calm and composed. "I'll see you at work." Lucius looked at Arthur one more time, before exiting the shop. Draco stepped down from the stairs and looked at Harry straight in the eye. "I'll see you at school." He said, the same tone as his father before giving everyone a death stare and left.
"That guy! I seriously want to punch him in the face!" Natsu yelled at the top of his lungs as he pushed his trolley into the station. "Natsu calm down." Lucy sighed. "How can you let him talk to you like that?" Gray asked, behind Ron. "Well, we wish we could do something…" Fred started. "But if we did we could be arrested." George finished. Gray looked at the twins behind him and sighed before looking forward again.
"Hey, Gajeel." Lucy whispered, tapping Gajeel on the arm. "Hm?" Gajeel hummed. "I think it's best this year to keep your distance from us. If we want to gain Malfoy's trust. Then we can see what's going on with that Lucius guy." Gajeel shrugged at Lucy's plan and speed walked ahead. "Hey! Where are you going?!" Lucy yelled after him. "You said keep a distance!" Gajeel yelled back, stopping. "Not now!" Lucy groaned, as the others caught up to him.
"Come on come on! The train's going to leave any minute!" Molly scolded, keeping the children on track. "Fred, George, Percy, you first!" The three boys nodded and ran through the podium, vanishing through. "Ginny you next." Ginny nodded and ran through after her brothers. Arthur and his wife ran in next to make sure Ginny would grab a seat in time.
Next was Lucy, Gray and Gajeel. As soon as they ran through, they left their bags in the care of the conductor and took their seats. "Phew! Made it in time!" Lucy stretched. "Hey wait a minute, where's flame brain?" Gray asked, looking around. "Didn't he follow us in?" Lucy asked. "Oh, don't tell me…"
She peeped out from a window looking at the platform, but strangely, he wasn't there. Then, she spotted the blue cat, scraping at the podium entrance. "Happy?! What are you doing?! Where's Natsu?!" She yelled out. "Oh Lucy! It's horrible! I flew through, but Ron, Harry, and Natsu didn't go through for some reason!" He yelled in her face after he flew up to tell her the story. "What?!" Lucy yelled.
CHOO!
Lucy felt the jolt in the floor, the train slowly beginning to move. "Oh no…." She gasped. In the stir of the moment, she grabbed Happy and pulled him inside. "Sorry Happy. I know you want to find Natsu. But if we know him, he'll find a way. We also need to make sure you're safe so Natsu doesn't freak out." Lucy reasoned and brought him into the cabin, with a worried, yet understandable Happy.
"Why is the gateway not working?! Why can't we go through?!" Harry whispered in a panic, patting the wall down. "I don't know!" Ron panicked, doing the same thing. Natsu was still lying on the floor in a daze, the collision knocking him out a bit. "Natsu! Wake up!" Harry shook him, Natsu jolting up in a sharp reaction.
"Natsu, can you get through?" Ron asked, pointing at the gateway. Natsu stood up and put his hand on the stone. "Nope. It's sealed off. Want me to break it down?" Natsu asked, holding up his fist. "Are you insane?!" Harry whispered, giving a clear no.
The clock chimed, the three boys looking at the clock. It was eleven. "The train leaves exactly at eleven o'clock, we missed it!" Harry hissed, gesturing to the clock. "Hold on, if the entrance is sealed, then maybe mum and dad can't get back through." Ron gasped in that horrible realisation, rubbing his hand on the wall. "Maybe we should just wait by the car." Harry suggested, not knowing what else to do. Suddenly, Ron looked down, thinking. "Car…." He whispered back, looking at Harry and Natsu. The two other boys looked at each other in confusion, wondering what Ron was getting at. "Oh no…." Natsu gagged, already feeling sick.
The car began to levitate higher and higher off the ground. Natsu stuck with Hedwig in the cage. The car felt very bumpy, making Natsu feel more sick than ever. And with the splut of the engine, they began to move. Harry could feel the bumps as they moved forward, Natsu on the edge of throwing up.
"There we go. Now all we need to do is find the Hogwarts Express and follow it." Ron explained calmly. "Ron, do you know how to fly this thing?" Harry asked, thinking that should have been the first thing to ask. "No problem." Ron shrugged, but ultimately still scared. Harry looked outside, seeing all the faces of the muggles look up into the sky. He then looked back forward, Ron heading straight for a clock tower.
"LOOK OUT!" He yelled out. Ron screamed and sharply turned the car sideways and out, narrowly avoiding the tower. "Hurgh!" Natsu gagged, even more sick than any other moving vehicle he had ever been on.
"Ron, I should tell you…" Harry looked at Ron, panting. "Muggles aren't accustomed to flying cars!" Harry yelled, catching his breath from the ride. "Oh right." Ron realised, also panting, before flipping a switch turning the car invisible and continued to drive.
"SOMEONE PLEASE GET ME OFF!" A yell echoed, as the car drove off in the cloudy sky.