A/N: Well…I'm still not exactly sure if I should continue this fic, but I will…for the time being at least.
New information, new companions and a whole new adventure
Excerpt from 'Handy tips for gifted witches and wizards'
Using a different magical language to pronounce spells will alter the spell's structure and give the user and added bonus if fighting someone that doesn't have the knowledge of said language. For example, if a Parselmouth was to bewitch something in parseltongue then no-one but a parselmouth could reverse the spell and since Parselmouths are very rare occurrences since the time of the Founders1 then it be practically in reversible until the spell runs out of strength.
1Noted exceptions include, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named and the Boy-Who-Lived.
Dawn broke over a distraught Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter was missing! Not to mention his two best friends. A nationwide search was commenced to find the Boy-Who-Lived but still keep the information away from the media as the Wizarding World would be in an uproar if the truth ever got out.
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Said young wizard was just waking from a most uncomfortable sleep upon a large tome of spells. Harry placed his glasses back into their place and absently tried to finger comb his hair. Harry sighed and looked back at his friends, they were still fast asleep. They had only ordered one room in the Leaky Cauldron to avoid suspicion of three young teens having singular rooms each and they have all given false names to Tom. Not for the first time Harry wondered if he shouldn't leave right now and leave his best friends to better things, and as if Hermione had heard his thought, she sat up in bed and rubbed her eyes.
"Didn't you get any sleep Harry?" She asked drowsily, he smiled at her as she stretched.
"I got a little, I was studying some new spells, this ring comes in really handy".
Hermione's eyes lit up with interest, "oh yeah? What new spells have you learnt?"
He grinned wider, "That would just ruin the surprise! Now, help me wake Ron up and we can get started".
They both converged on Ron, "Ron! Wake up!" Hermione tried, but the red head didn't even twitch. "Ron, the bacons almost gone!" Harry said, and Ron jumped out of bed and glanced around.
"C'mon Ron, I'm just going to throw a robe on again then we'll go get some breakfast and then you two are going to go buy your gear-my treat" Harry said pulling a robe over his travel clothes once again.
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Hermione and Ron had left to buy their travelling gear after a brief argument about how they didn't want to take Harry's money. He of course had won when he said, "you're either buying the best there is, or you're not coming with me".
So now Harry was alone and had some time to burn before they left, I should go check out Knockturn Alley.
So Harry wandered down the dark alley, avoiding glances and trying his best to look imposing and keep his scar hidden behind his hair at all times.
He spotted a dinghy shop with a small sign that said 'Wands' out front, I need a wand that can fight Voldemort…
Harry entered the shop, a greasy man wearing dark shabby robes sat behind the counter.
"Something you want boy?" He asked as he spat into a spittoon, his teeth from what Harry could see were black and growing in all kinds of angles.
"A wand" Harry replied, stepping further into the shop.
"Well, you've got hardly any chance of another wand choosing you again, if you've still got your old wand but you're welcome to try" the man said, smirking at him and gesturing the piles of unorganised wands.
"Aren't you going to show me your wands so I can see which one is best for me?" Harry asked, the man sneered at him, "What? Boy, don't ya know anything. You've got to sense out with ya magic and pull in the one that feels the best to yaself".
Harry nodded and turned back to the pile of wands and wand boxes, he stretched out his hand and imagined his magic being thrown out like a net over the wands. He felt a pull on his magic from with the pile and he stuck his hand into there, blindly following the pull on his magic. What he came up with was a dust covered box, with a long smooth dark wand on the inside. "Do you have any wand holsters as well?" Harry asked as he brought his wand up to counter. The man nodded, "Wrist or ankle?".
"Ankle" Harry replied, taking his money bag out, "how much is that all up?"
The man squinted at the holster and wand for a few moments, "28 gallons", Harry raised his eyebrows at the price but paid it none the less and slipped his wand around his ankle and left the shop.
I need more money I think
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"Hi, I was wondering if there is a way I could get money out of vault without coming here every time" Harry asked the goblin behind the counter.
The goblin didn't even look up, "Name?"
"um…Harry Potter" he said quietly.
The goblin looked up now, "Yes, there is Mr. Potter I'll get it for you, there is also a package here that was meant to go to you after Albus Dumbledore died", the goblin hopped off his seat and walked away to get the items.
More things from Dumbledore…
Harry played his earring as he waited for the Goblin to return, "Here you are Mr.Potter. The bag works like this: You stick your wand into it and it reads your magical signature and then you say the amount you want to appear. That's two gallons" The goblin said as he handed over the bag and a non-descript book as well.
Harry payed the goblin and left, all the while starring at the book, he sat down on a bench outside and opened it slowly, on the first page was a small note to him.
Dear Harry,
This is my book of research on the journey Tom Riddle took after he left Hogwarts, use it well…
A.Dumbledore
Harry stared at it for a few long moments before turning the first page.
Transylvania: This was the first stop on Tom's journey, his doings in this country are unknown to me. All I know is that he performed his first appearance altering ritual here, could be due to information he gathered from the vampires there. From what I can gather he only visited the magical area of it and never visited the muggles living there.
Harry stopped reading, "Transylvania…MAGICAL Transylvania too. Our first stop"
"Harry" Hermione called, running over to him with Ron following behind her.
"We're all finished! The lady that served us said she got us pretty much the same gear as you! Except…mine was a bit different, but isn't that great!" Hermione told him, grinning.
He smiled at her and stood, "Yeah mate, we also got all these survival supplies, we were going to get food too…but 'mione…err reminded me that we were magical and can conjure food" Ron said, scratching the back of his head.
"Ok, let's go to this shop I found last time I was here 'Portus Away', it's a travel shop that sells portkeys to different countries. We are going to Transylvania first" Harry said and walked down the street. Behind his back, Ron gulped and turned pale before running to catch up to Harry and Hermione.
"Why Transylvania Harry? That place is dangerous" Ron said, still looking a bit ashen.
"Because I was given a book written by Dumbledore that follow Voldemort's journey after school…you do remember that's why we are leaving now…we are trying to get inside his head and learn where the Horcruxes are…among other things" Harry replied as they entered the store.
"Greetings!" the shop keeper called to them as they entered the store. All the walls were adorned with odd little objects which obviously must be used as portkeys.
"What may I do for you today?" the man asked them cheerfully as they approached the counter. "I want to buy a portkey to Transylvania" Harry replied.
"Okay, I'm just going to need permission from your parents" The man said taking down a deflated soccer ball and placing it on the counter.
"My parents are dead…and I really need this portkey" Harry said, trying to use his fame to get past by flicking his hair to reveal his scar.
"Oh…Mr. Potter, I'm sure I could do this for you off the books. The word to activate it is on the slip of paper" the man said handing over the deflated soccer ball.
"Thanks a lot" Harry said relieved as he paid and left the store.
Hermione grabbed his arm tightly, "Harry, look! There's Moody and Lupin! They're looking for us, there are bound to be others looking as well"
Harry swore, "Hurry! Follow me" he took off down the alley.
They found themselves in a dead end, locked back doors on either side of them, the door to their left banged open and they were all pulled inside.
"Fred, George!" Harry yelled as he turned around and saw their captors.
"Come with us" they said and quickly walked towards the fire place and threw in Floo powder. Hermione went through first, Ron hesitated, "Keep safe" the twins said in unison.
"Harry…we're going out on a limb here. We know you have to leave and we're not going to stop you…but…but keep our brother safe, mum would kill us for letting you go if something happened to Ron" they said, alternating between words…and being serious for once.
He flew out of the fire and looked around, he was in the leaky cauldron. "We've got all the stuff from upstairs Harry. We have to go" Hermione said.
Harry nodded and read the slip of paper, "Muddleput", Ron and Hermione grabbed on.
And just as Harry felt the pull on his navel, he saw a pink haired blur diving at him.
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"Tonks, what the fuck do you think you're doing!" Harry yelled as he regained his senses and looked down at the 'pink haired blur'. "I'm not letting you leave without me Harry…I want to help" Tonks said desperately.
Harry looked up to Ron and Hermione for help, who just shrugged their shoulders. "She is an Auror Harry, she could be helpful to us" Hermione suggested.
Harry ran a hand through his hair, and looked anywhere but Tonks who was still latched onto him. They were in a dark foreboding forest, and the sun was just about to set from what little Harry could see of the sky.
"Tonks…you're with the Order, they will want us back. We can't go back yet…we have things to do" Harry said, Tonk stood up in front of him with a fierce glint in her eyes. "I won't report back to the Order if you don't want. I've already lost Sirius and Dumbledore, I don't want to lose you too…I'll help you with whatever you're trying to do".
He looked over at his friends, Hermione nodded at him as did Ron after a slow delay, "Ok, Tonks…we'll tell you what we're doing when we get a safe place. We're all allowed to do magic here, but you have more experience then us. Welcome to the team" Harry said, smiling gently. She hugged Harry fiercely before stepping back and surveying their surroundings.
"Do you know where we are?" She asked, frowning at their surroundings.
Harry pulled a piece of folded parchment out of his pocket, "I got this magical map from the same store I got my gear…it says here, we are in Magical Transylvania, as we already knew, and there's wizarding village 3 kilometres northeast of here. Heh, they even gave us an arrow" He said pointing to the arrow on the map.
Tonks moved over to look over his shoulder, "It says, we shouldn't stay out after dark…and it's almost night right now. We should hurry up" she said motioning for Harry to lead the way.
He started to lead them away from the clearing they landed in, occasionally looking down to the map to see if they were going in the right direction.
He stopped suddenly, "did you guys just hear that?"
They all shook their heads at him, "Harry, it's already night now. We have to get to town" Ron said, looking thoroughly spooked.
As Ron finished talking, eerie laughing resounded around them. In an instant all of them had their wands drawn and searching, Harry clutched the hilt of the dagger at this waist.
I hope this ring will help me wield this dagger…if it comes to that…I hope it doesn't
"Show yourself" Ron yelled, the laughing stopped and a rushing of wind was heard and Ron was doubled over in pain. "Ron!" Hermione screamed and rushed over to him, "I-I was punched in the sto-stomach, I'm allright" he replied, standing again.
"Did you even see anyone Harry" Tonks whispered to him as they stood back to back looking for anyone in the dark forest.
"No…super-human speeds…darkness…vampire" He said, and cursed softly.
"Shit!...I know what spell that might hurt them… 'abbronzito' it's a burst of sunlight…you have to be able to see it first though" Tonks whispered to him, "I know a silver dart spell too, 'argento' that might hurt them too" he whispered back.
A pale man suddenly appeared in their midst, he was garbed like he was attending a formal ball in the 19 hundreds. "Good evening…meat" he greeted them, smiling evilly, flashing his fangs.
Harry didn't give him a chance to say anything else, "Argento!" he roared, a silver dart shooting out of his wand. The vampire disappeared, the dart shooting past and imbedding it self in a nearby tree. He appeared again in front of Harry with a look of fury upon his face. He lashed out and Harry's arm, knocking Harry's wand away and punching Harry in the chest, sending him crashing to the ground.
"You shall be first!" He sneered at the prone wizard, Harry reached down to his ankle and summoned his spare wand and in a smooth movement screamed, "Abboronzito" a burst of sunlight burned into the Vampire's face sending him staggering backwards.
Three silver darts impacted into him as he clutched his face; unfortunately they missed the heart, only causing him to howl in anger and pain. The Vampire turned upon the first person he saw, Tonks, and rushed forward with inhuman speed and latched his arms around her throat and exposing her neck as his fangs lengthened.
Adrenaline burned through Harry as he jumped to his feet and ran towards them, he briefly noticed his ring glowing as he drew his dagger and stabbed forward with it.
The Vampire was once again too fast for him, he dropped Tonks and turned and swiped at Harry. The wizard ducked out of instinct and felt the Vampire's arm whoosh by his head, Harry looked up and time seemed to slow as he jumped forward and buried his dagger into where Harry hoped the Vampire's heart was. The Vampire stopped all movement and looked down at the dagger protruding from his chest.
"Silver…My clan will avenge my death" he whispered before turning to Ash on Harry's dagger.
Silence reigned for a few moments before Ron spoke, "wow…my first Vampire sighting".
Harry chuckled as he helped Tonks to her feet, "You moved pretty fast there Harry…thanks" she muttered as she rubbed her sore neck.
"No problem…this experience ring Dumbledore gave me really helped I think" he said, holstering his 2nd wand and picking up his discarded one.
"Let's keep going, keep your wands out"
From the dark tree tops, glowing eyes watched them and crinkled in amusement as they left the scene of their first Vampire attack.
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"We only have two rooms available; we don't expect many tourists usually" The inn keeper said, handing over two grimy keys.
"No problemHarry asked, hopefully.
The innkeeper looked at them suspiciously once again before they left up the stairs.
They trekked up towards their rooms; they opened the first door and looked in. It was a simple room with two single beds, a desk and cupboard. "We'll take this one" Hermione said stepping in with Ron following her. Harry nodded and continued with Tonks, they opened the remaining room. It was the same…except it just had a single double bed.
What are the odds? Harry thought as he stepped into the room and slung off his backpack. He sat down on the edge of the bed, "I'll sleep on the floor don't worry" Harry said, Tonks opened her mouth to reply but Harry added, "You don't have to same gear as we do…robes aren't that practical as this" he said motioning to his own gear.
She cocked her head as she looked at his gear, he laid back and rubbed his eyes.
"Harry, you don't have to sleep on the floor, there's enough room for the both of us" Tonks said. She got no reply, she went up and looked at the young wizard; he was already asleep. Tonks smiled and pulled the blanket out from under him and covered him, Harry turned on his side and snuggled into the pillow with out waking up.
A/N: So…the first bit of action. It will get A LOT more action packed.
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