Chapter 17
His last stop was Eyelop's, where he hoped to be reunited with Hedwig. He saw her as he came in. Walking over, he put his hand out and she nipped affectionately at him. Catching the store clerk's attention, Harry said, "I'll take her. And some supplies please, she'll be at school with me and I live in a muggle area, so she'll need a comfortable pen and perch. And owl treats. And a pouch for mail. And a traveling cage."
"Whoa, slow down, " said the man assisting him. "Most of that comes in kits. We have a School Owl kit, and a Mail Owl kit, and even a Home Owl kit with extra modifications available for muggle area usage." The man explained, smiling at this young man's enthusiasm to do right by his new pet.
"I'll take one of each plus those mods you said," said Harry.
"Would you like us to deliver? We can floo your packages, or, for a small fee, apparate your items to your destination. This is a one-time apparition with a mandatory small memory charm to each delivery-person for our more private customers." Said the man, though he didn't think this young man would need such a service. He was surprised to hear the young man's next words.
"That would be amenable, how much is that apparition transport and can you bring it to a specific room?" asked Harry.
"Yes," replied the clerk, "we can bring it wherever you want, and since you're purchasing all three kits, and the mods, not to mention the actual owl, well total you to 50 galleons even."
"Sounds good. Here you go and here's the coordinates." said Harry
"Great. Your receipt will flash blue when the packages arrive and yellow once the memory charm is done, with no more than 3 minutes elapsing between the two, per our contract." stated the clerk.
Harry nodded his acceptance of the terms and left with his receipt in hand. Outside the shop, his aunt was looking in the window of a magical luggage shop next door. Harry walked up, slapping his head. He almost forgot to get a trunk! He started to walk over to his aunt to tell her, but stopped as she spoke softly, still facing towards the shop window and its' display. "You know, Lily gave me her trunk when she left school. Still trying to bridge the gap that grew between us, I suppose… Anyway, I still have it. I'm sure she'd have liked you to have it. She put all kinds of charms on it, I remember. But I couldn't activate them." His aunt said this last in a low voice.
"Thank you, Aunt Petunia, I'd love to have my mother's trunk. And thank you for coming with me today. I know it can't be easy." Said Harry
"No, but it's getting easier." His aunt replied, with a small smile. "Now, let's get to lunch!"