Chapter 4 Life at the Moons: Shopping, Draco's Deal, and Meeting with Dumbledore

How Money Works in this AU: JK never explained the equivalent in our money to there money was for this story it's going to be as follows 1 gallon is 5 US dollars. So lets a mid to high ranking ministry official makes 1400 gallons a month that is equivalent to 7000 US Dollars a month which would equal a yearly salary of 84000. With this in mind the triwizard tournament prize will be 10000 gallons which combined with whatever the twins made on the side would probably be enough to start a business

Draco had thought long and hard this past week about what his father said about ending his friendship's with his friends. Since to Draco cutting of all contact wasn't an option that he was willing to consider he had come with a plan and the fact that it would benefit him immensely was just a bonus. Once at Hogwarts his father told him he wasn't allowed contact with lesser houses which in his opinion excluded everyone except for Daphne who he was sure was a shoe in for Slytherine as for Harry he had Slytherine qualities he was just too honest and bold to use them effectively so which house he would be in would be a mystery. His plan was actually suggested by Harry but it was perfected by him it was to be the spy master of Slytherine he had a feeling that everyone would be in a least one of the four houses. That would be his base he would contact them using a secret code he was developing with the help of the greatest library in the world the Malfoy Library. He would use this information to gain favors from upperclassman this combined with his name would ensure that he would the undisputed ruler of the house by the end of third year. Daphne would be his number two she would be a far more valuable ally than Pansy, Crabbe, and Goyle could ever prove to be though he was sure they would have their uses. Now all that was left was to tell his friends about the change of plans. Which luckily he had an opportunity due to a combination of mother giving father the glare of impending doom and pointing out how unseemly it would be if his friends were seen trying to fraternize with him while at school. So he was allowed one last day with his friends in Diagon Alley. Draco really admired his mother she got whatever she wanted whenever she wanted and he admired his father for the way he wielded power. Yes at Hogwarts he assured himself he would quickly rise above the rabble taking his rightful place on top as all Malfoy's deserved.

Harry awoke excited for the day ahead today would be the day he got all the school supplies he needed for his first year at Hogwarts. It had been strange not to move out the day after his birthday and the month of August seemed to be dragging on at a snail's pace. Today was the twenty eighth which meant he had a mere seven days before he left on the train to depart to Hogwarts. Today he also had a meeting with his account manager about his investment vault luckily it was right away in the morning so he could meet everyone including Astoria for lunch who wasn't going to Hogwarts until next year. Perrin had to work which meant that Valorea was bringing them to the alley,

"Harry why do you always sleep in especially on important days like this"

Harry smiled at Lilith's exasperated tone, "I did not sleep in you just got up extra early Boris isn't even up yet plus we are not meeting everyone till noon and since it's only seven thirty in the morning we have plenty of time until then"

Rolling her eyes Lilith smiled dreamily, "It's not every day we get new books and mom's going to get me a keezle this will be the best day ever"

After making small talk for a while Harry finished his breakfast it was time for the morning jog and bruising session. Which Boris joined half way through, In terms of skill Boris and Harry were pretty evenly matched. Harry seemed to possess a slight edge in terms of winning the duels because he was quicker and his fighting style was more flexible. While Boris had stronger nearly unbreakable stances and had stronger strokes, granted neither of them were any match compared to Lilith who beat them all the time she seemed to have a hybrid form in between Harry's and Boris.

It was midmorning when they arrived at Diagon Alley and in short order they arrived at Gringrotts and they met Remus who would be waiting for Harry while Valorea, Boris, and Lilith began school shopping. The meeting was roughly ten minutes long and was straight to the point the Potters traditionally set up an account with twenty thousand galleons in it for the Potter's to invest in new companies to use this account until he was seventeen he had to get approval from his account manager to use of the funds. With the meeting over Harry and Remus met Valorea, Boris, and Lilith who were getting measurements for their robes at Madam Malkin's.

"Well Harry I wish I could stay but I have an article for the Quibbler to do"

Harry nodded, "What's the article about?"

Remus replied, "An Endangered magical cat called the ceopara which entrance their prey using there magical eyes which are hypnotic"

Harry nodded, "Well good luck and I'll see you later then"

The rest of the morning went quite fast between getting robes, text books, trunks, potions ingredients, and getting Lilith her pet keezle which she named Cuddles. To Harry and Lilith tremendous disappointment Valorea decided to get there wands after lunch. Lunch was a lively affair at a gourmet sandwich place called In-between and Harry had a gift for Astoria so she could keep in contact with them. Sure she still had her three year brother to keep her company however she seemed to become sadder and sadder the closer they all got going to Hogwarts. So Harry was sure that his gift would be very well received. So as soon all the kids sat down on the table Draco shared his news first which was all about his elaborate plan to gather information and black mail his way to the top of the Slytherine hierarchy he gave each of them a code book there were two codes one was for his personal letters and another was for when they were writing to him giving him the blackmail or information he requested.

Daphne looked at Draco as if he was seeing him clearly for the first time, "I can't believe I'm saying this but I'm impressed"

Draco puffed out his chest in pride, "Of course it's impressive I did it"

Astoria Harry noticed laughed along but instantly became sober again so Harry decided to move up the time table for his gift giving,

"Astoria," he took out two mirror's giving one to Daphne and Astoria, "this is a mirror which will allow instant communication with each other just say your name into the mirror and you'll be able to talk to each other though I'm sure we could take turns if you ever want to talk to anyone else according to Remus my dad and Sirius made it so they could communicate with each other during detentions I thought since you couldn't see us till next year you would enjoy having it."

Astoria gave her first true smile all morning hugging Harry fiercely, "This is brilliant you have to each talk to me once a week and Daphne has to talk with me every other day."

Draco grinned and bowed politely, "As my princess commands."

Astoria blushed, "I've always wanted to be a princess"

Daphne rolled her eyes in exasperation and asked Harry something she considered far more important than Astoria's blatant and obvious crush on Draco that worked both ways and neither would acknowledged that they actually had,

"So is there a way we could all have a mirror and be connected all at once like a group chat"

Harry grinned, "Remus is working on it in his spare time if he makes progress I'll let you all know"

Lilith sighed, "That would be an excellent research project for when I'm older"

Luna smiled, "Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasures."

Lilith nodded half hugging Luna, "We are so going to be Ravenclaw sisters"

Luna nodded, "I'd like that"

Daphne smirked looking at Draco wistfully, "I suppose I'll be stuck with Draco here in Slytherine and if I'm lucky Harry as well"

Draco puffed out his chest acting offended even though he wasn't, "It's an honor to be going to be in school the same time as a Malfoy."

Harry smiled cheekily, "I think it's going to be an honor to be with every one of you as for myself I think I'll end up with Neville here in Gryffindor"

Neville sighed looking at Harry, "I'll think you will end up in Ravenclaw Lilith has been quite impressed with your researching skills"

Daphne looked at Neville appraisingly, "You know what I think Neville's going to be right about this."

The conversation degraded from there with everyone voicing an opinion on Harry's house there was a vote for Gryfindor by Draco, a vote for Hufflepuff from Luna, a vote for Slytherine from Astoria, and the rest voted for Ravenclaw. With their sandwiches finished they said their goodbyes. Lilith and Harry then smiled at each other it was time for their final stop of the day getting their wands. Valorea looked at them,

"Last but certainly not least on our list is Olivanders"

Ollivander's was a small looking shop that was a lot bigger on the inside then on the outside. The shelfs of wands were three rows high and four rows in width there length was beyond what they could see. Sitting on the desk with unruly grey hair and an almost disturbed look in his cold blue eyes was Ollivander,

"Looking for a wand I see I remember every one I've ever sold"

Finding a proper wand ended up being quite the task it took them both nearly twelve minutes each to do so. Eventually Lilith settled on wand it was a 12 inch rowan wood that had a dragon heartstring for its core and specialized in defensive charms. Harry got Voldemort's brother wand that was an 11 inch hollywood its core a single phoenix feather. After they payed and left the store Valorea aparted them home,

"Enjoy the rest of the day don't get into trouble and no magic without supervision do I make myself clear the wards won't allow the ministry to know if your using magic however until you're in your second year you are not allowed to do magic unsupervised"

Everyone including Borris nodded along despite the fact that he was now a third year and could use his wand without his parents approval and everyone went their separate ways Boris sending a letter to one of his friends, Valorea to a small room which she had turned into a place where she could knit, and Lilith dragging Harry to the library so they could learn all there was to now about wandlore and brother wands.

Meeting With Dumbledore:

Dumbledore the exalted leader of the light sat upon his throne like chair in the headmaster's office awaiting what was slowly turning into the bane of existence the Potter Alliance. They tended to be subtle about their acts of sabotage never engaging him openly in the last three months alone five bills that he proposed had instead of being put up for immediate vote members of the Potter alliances and there various allies had called for review committees that would look over the law and recommend changes. The fact that these committees then proceeded to schedule appointments for these committees but then changing the meeting date at the very last moment meant that the bills would never see the light of day annoyed him to no end. But alas he was Dumbledore and knew he would eventually triumph for the greater good of course. Dumbledore's blue eyes took on a slightly haunted look as he thought about it the greater good like love it could hurt quite a lot breaking him out of his thoughts was the wards warning him he had visitors. Each member was dressed impeccably the one leading the charge according to body language was none other than Augusta Longbottom who stared at him with her steely grey eyes,

"Please have a seat all of you there are things you wish to discuss with me?"

Augusta smirked quickly then her face returned to a more a neutral one, "An ultimatum Dumbledore it is very simple if you involve Harry or any of our children in any business that isn't school related we shall all withdraw our children from your school"

Dumbledore nodded, "Is there anything else?"

Augusta nodded, "Will he return?"

"I believe so"

"Then remember this Albus Lords aren't infallible nor are they indispensable"

Flaring his magic slightly Dumbledore replied, "Is that a threat?"

Standing up with a regal grace followed by the others, "It's a fact Dumbledore I hope the rumors of Hogwarts falling standards are nothing more than a myth conducted by your many enemies"

"I assure you it is"

"Then as long as you follow the rules there should be no problems"

As they left Dumbledore suddenly found his scheme for the sorcerer's stone a whole lot less appealing perhaps he'd have to spring his trap without involving Harry his involvement was originally so he had more thorough understanding of the protections Lilly embedded in Harry's blood. However gleaning clues on how Tom was immortal was still the primary objective and could be achieved by a controlled confrontation.