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Harry Addams part three.
The Addams, and professor McGonagall felt the rush or the portakey to the leaky cauldron. The Addams smirked as they looked around. Then moved off after their teacher.
McGonagall was a bit nervous she was alone with 3 students one of them The-Boy-Who-Lived, normally she would have no hesitation taking students shopping but in this case she had a premonition or shivers up and down her spine.
She may call Trelawney a fraud and that but at heart she was Scottish and the Scots were a superstitious bunch. Or maybe it was her- Women's intuition but either way she was unhappy.
Harry looked around and spoke "How much shall we be spending each?"
McGonagall said she guessed about 30 Galleons or so all depending on personal stuff they got.
"We should do a wonder around and then tote up what we need, before we go to the bank." Harry looked to the others to see if they agreed. An almost imperceptible nod was all he needed.
"Harry I have some mon..." McGonagall stopped.
"We are Addams we have money. Do not ever and we mean ever think we need pity or charity."
McGonagall felt herself take a step back as Pugsley gave her a scathing dressing down.
The normal wondering around and a quick tally was much to her relief surprisingly fast.
Then they noticed Knockturn alley.
She made to stop them by reaching for Wednesdays arm but a knife appeared at her jugular.
"No-one touches my sister." The voice was cold and hard, for once Harry was expressing an emotion and she had to be honest with herself it scared her.
She removed her hand slowly and tried not to gulp, she had a suspicion no not a suspicion she knew that knife was razor sharp.
"Th..." She tried but the knife scared her.
"If a place is forbidden then why were we not told before we got here?" The knife never moved.
She really wanted to look down and see a toy knife at her throat she wanted to see a smiling mischievous child she knew better than to look down.
Harry Spoke again "I am waiting for an answer!"
His tone could not be considered anything but scary.
"Could you please remo..." the knife vanished from her throat. "Thank you." She may have wanted to berate them but she in no way wanted them to retaliate like that again.
She looked down and saw all three children had expressionless faces again.
Wednesday spoke up "we will just come in the holidays, Mother and Father may come with us who knows?"
McGonagall blanched the {who knows?} unnerved her, was Wednesday implying that they would come alone? Without any adult supervision?
Images of some things for sale in Knockturn alley in the hands of the Addams made her go pale and break into a cold sweat.
Harry smiled and shook his head, " you think we would take some mere trinkets from here and use them at school, the fact this place has a bad reputation but is not of-limits per say."
Now she was scared was she that easy to see through?
" No you are not that easy to see through but as the Headmaster and Snape read student minds why should we not return the favour?"
She stared at harry " you can read my mind?"
He smiled "what is it you say over here – What's good for the Goose is good for the Gander?"
She was shocked.
Wednesday spoke "In a school run by people who care nothing for their charges, I would suspect the saying you should use is- do as I say not as I do."
Harry nodded conceding the point to his sister- "you are....... correct."
McGonagall needed some way to take control anything. "We can look down Knockturn but please do not touch anything. If you are interested in something ask me first. I will try and keep us all safe." She took a breath. "Please if anyone starts anything stay close to me. I would prefer that none of us go in there." She pointed to the alley, "but you are determined, I would at least like enough piece of mind to say that you had 1 adult with you."
The Addams smiled that little secret smile all close siblings and long time friends have. The one that says -score or even result.
The trip into the alley was one McGonagall would hope she could forget. "Please if anyone starts anything stay close to me. " It had sounded like good solid advice. Advice many would give to their charges, unless those charges were the Addams Family. She shuddered remembering far to much.
Knockturn Ally
They entered the Ally and Harry noticed the smells and signs of corruption. It made him blink the stodgy British Wizards with their stuck up views and they allowed this.
The first to meet an Addams was an old hag trying to sell cheap potions.
"Hello dearies would you like one my luck potions or even memory enhancement potions?"
Pugsley smiled " If they were any good why have you not used them to drag yourself out the gutter?"
All trace of civility vanished "Listen hea..."
Her eyes widened the two knives at her throat and one over her heart kind of ruined her rant.
"Leave!" It was only one word but the tone even from an 11 year old brooked no other reply than her turning tail and running away.
That was just the start.
McGonagall had felt an arm encircle her and a blade come to her throat. The stink of stale ale and whiskey hit her.
"Money now or she dies!"
The Addams turned and looked then smiled shrugged their shoulder and started to walk away.
McGonagall did as most witches in a bad position she forgot she was a witch and a animagus.
"Oi, were you think you going didn't you ear me?"
Pugsley turned and smiled "one less teacher in the world why would we care?"
The man was stumped, he could have just robbed McGonagall but he had a bit of an attitude sadly for him. "Well after I done with this one how about I take your money and nail you to the walls?"
Harry turned "you would harm my brother and sister if we don't comply with your demands?" He cocked one eyebrow.
The fool nodded "yer might sell your sister loads childless people want a daughter they can at some point marry of for a bit of cash, a few potions and memory charms and she soon think she is their daughter."
McGonagall was shocked and was about to struggle when a voice spoke to her- in her head. "Don't move"
Harry started to walk towards the man and reached into one of his pockets. The fool expected to see a wallet or money bag, he did not expect a water pistol.
He broke out laughing "a – a - a water pistol my god, I am so scared" and he carried on laughing.
Harry calmly took aim and squeezed the trigger.
The man stopped mid laugh.
"Professor you can move his arm and step away now." Harry carried on " He forgot water is one thing but we are wizards we have potions as well."
McGonagall moved her arm up and grabbed the scum's hand moving it and the knife away from her throat. She stepped away.
" Wednesday, he is all yours." harry moved over and pulled a surprised McGonagall away.
Wednesday grinned and walked forward some of the ally residents tried to watch without drawing to much notice.
" I am Wednesday Addams, you think a few potions would stop me from being an Addams?"
A " Bugger " was heard from the Alley.
" Well let me show you how my family deal with threats to family."
She held up her hand and a knife appeared in it "pin us to the wall. I think was what was planned for my brothers"
She lifted her other hand and the man floated into the air when he was 2 ft of the ground the knife flashed and - thud one of his feet was impaled while the blade seemed to have gone through his foot and into the brickwork, she moved her fingers apart, the man's legs spread her other hand held a new knife when it had appeared McGonagall had no idea.
McGonagall wanted to stop her but she found herself horrified but unable to interfere or speak. She watched as the would be mugger was crucified to the wall by knives. She hoped this was the extent of Wednesdays reprisal but it wasn't.
"Sell me?" she took a step forward "sell me?" She conjured a pair of step ladders and made her way to the top of them once she was chest height to him she shredded his shirt with yet another knife, It was so fast many wondered how she hadn't chopped him to shreds. McGonagall could see his skin was totally un- harmed.
She started to draw a pattern on his flesh with her knife. It seemed the knife was so sharp that little or no blood came out straight away. Once the intricate pattern was done she climbed down and smiled.
McGonagall hoped to all the powers that be she never was on the receiving end of a smile like that. She was unable to work out why that smile scared her hell it petrified her maybe it was not so much the mouth as they eyes.
Wednesday walked towards them and Harry laughed as he looked at the pattern.
" Wednesday, Is there some significance to that pattern?" McGonagall hated to show a lack of knowledge, but the way the other two were smiling unnerved her.
" Professor do you know what a splinch is?"
McGonagal was confused " Yes it is when a person tries to apparate and leaves a bit of themselves behind. Sometimes they...." She stopped.
Wednesday held up a hand and clicked her finger and thumb together. The pattern glowed then with a puff of smoke.
McGonagall was glad she was not he only one to throw up.
" Splinching can be forced to happen same as apparition, Portkeys are a sort of forced apparition, I just turned parts of his body into portkeys and other parts into destinations. Unlike regular splinching this is not so easy to reverse."
McGonagall tried not to look but it was impossible. The man if he could still be called that had legs instead of arms, arms instead of legs. His head was were his manhood should have been and facing the wrong way. Were his head should be was nothing his neck ended with a flat top.
Someone, whether stupid or just plain curious asked "where you put his wedding tackle?"
Wednesday looked and her eyes seemed to find the mystery speaker "Who said I moved it? Got to attach his head to something neck like. It just means now his nostrils have two uses instead of one."
McGonagall was shocked as she was led away by the Addams Family. They had gone maybe 50 yards when a voice called out "do you mind if I talk with ya?". They stopped as one except professor McGonagall they turned as one and the professor had to admit it was a bit unnerving. "No."
A dishevelled man stepped forward and nodded to them "Albert, Albert stone, at your disposal."
The Addams and the unnerved professor introduced themselves then Pugsley tilted his head to one side "werewolf?"
The man started then just nodded.
Harry spoke up "Don't you go to a sanctuary or a reserve you look terrible?"
The man looked confused "sanctuary, reserve don't know nuthing about any of them?"
Harry and the Addams shook their heads and turned "Professor?"
McGonagall had to collect her thoughts and realised they where asking her a question. "Mm the ministry frowns upon werewolf's and wants to control them rather than help them."
Albert was a bit stunned it seemed McGonagall was not baby talking these children but then again after what they had just done he could understand that.
Harry and the others shared a look and McGonagal instantly thought of the Weasley twins and the way they seemed to communicate with each other. "WE have business at Gringotts and some other places then we shall return be waiting by the alley entrance for us." There was no asking it was telling plain and simple. The wolf in him was furious but something in Harry's eye's seemed to even quell the beast within him. So he nodded.
The Addams wondered around and McGonagall was surprised at the number of people who came up to help them with advice like were potion shops were or where book shops were she was also shocked to find many things she herself was interested in and brought a transfiguration book she was sure was listed as being unpublished in over 200 years. Maybe Knockturn Alley did not deserve all of it's reputation.
This ends the first part of the Addams in knockturn Alley the next chapter will tell of their visit to Gringotts and some helpful meetings.
Thanks for reading.