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A.N. Sorry it took so long!

After catching his breath, Harry decided to go to Diagon Alley. If he could find it. He questioned peopleabout the location of the street it was on. Eventually, he reached it. He crept in. The place was empty. Even Tom was gone.

He sneaked in noiselessly. If he was lucky, he might be able to reach Diagon Alley unnoticed. He hoped to reach Gringotts quickly. He continued to tip-toe through the inn to the entrance of Diagon Alley. Suddenly, he heard the door open. He side stepped into a dark corner. He heard a two voices speaking.

"There's nobody here. Let's find Tom and see if Harry has checked in a room. After that, we can head to Diagon Alley and search there."

"Why did he leave though?"

"From what Dumbledore said, he let anger begin to control him and Voldemort took it as an opportunity to take over his mind."

"But he was stopped by Dumbledore."

"So? If I know Harry, he is scared to be by anybody he knows and cares about. He already hurt me and Ron."

"True, but he should know that it wasn't his fault. We are his friends and we need to help him. Anyway, he will more than likely head to his new vault and grab anything useful. After that, I don't know what he will do."

"He will probably start hunting Voldemort and his stronghold. If we don't find him before school starts…"

"Don't talk like that! We will find him. And when we do, I will slap him harder than I did in the park that the Death Eaters attacked."

Harry smiled grimly at this. It was Ginny and Hermione. Footsteps passed by him and they slowly died away. Harry sighed quietly and stood up. He slipped past a door they were in talking to Tom and made it to Diagon Alley's entrance. He opened it quickly and ran straight to Gringotts. He knew he had to make it quick. Fortunately, it was still open. He dashed inside, requested a passage, and made the goblin promise not to tell anybody he was here. He reached the vault and immediately filled his moneybags. He ran out and arrived in the atrium within ten minutes of arriving. He crept through the door and hid in a corner. Hermione and Ginny were standing in the middle of the atrium and were looking around carefully. He silently cursed. Then, he had a sudden thought. He pulled out his wand slowly and struck his own head with it. He immediately felt the broken egg on the top of his head. He snuck around them under his disillutionment spell and walked out the open door. He quickly removed the spell on him and headed to the entrance to the Leaky Cauldron. Then, a sudden thought struck him. Since he was here, why not take a look down knockturn alley? He might find a better book store dedicated to the Dark Arts. He argued for a while with himself until he decided to risk it. He crept past Gringotts and arrived at the entrance. He took a deep breath and walked into one of the most feared alleys in England.

He immediately reached into his pocket and kept a tight hold on his wand. There were even fewer people here than in Diagon Alley. Maybe three or four people were walking around and two were storeowners. Harry finally saw a store that looked interesting (for being in knockturn alley at least). It was called STUFF.

Harry looked at the store. "STUFF?" he wondered, "What kind of name is that?"

Still, he saw many interesting things behind the glass and decided to take a peek. After all, he had enough money to buy practically anything. So, with a little apprehension, he opened the door.

Inside, Harry saw that someone had put a huge enlargement charm in the store. It was enormous. Harry stared. "STUFF," he thought, "It fits."

Indeed it did, the huge store was full of everything imaginable. There were shelves of books, rows of potions, barrels of candy and toys, water, a small area with fresh food, and even sport equipment for quidditch and even some Muggle sports. In Harry's opinion, it looked much like a department store. It had some of everything. It was mostly magical stuff, but there were several Muggle items that were more than likely enchanted.

Harry saw nobody behind the counter, so he decided to take a look around. It was an interesting place. He was especially interested in the small section dedicated to books. Indeed, a lot of them were very old. Some looked almost like they were written in the Ancient Runes. Hermione would have been rather excited about that. She was a master translator of ancient runes.

"If I ever see her again," said Harry with a sinking heart.

He then proceeded to a counter dedicated to jewelry. They were beautiful. There were rings, bracelets, chains, necklaces, charms, earrings, and hairpins. Jewels and valuable metal sparkled everywhere. He thought about Aranea. She was just like her mother. She loved jewelry especially necklaces and rings. The only difference was that she didn't wear all of it all the time. He remembered that she loved turquoise anything. He browsed and saw a small pinky ring with a circle of turquoise in it. He made a mental note to himself to check back when he was done looking around.

He proceeded to the food department. Along the way, he saw enchanted backpacks. Harry immediately grabbed one. If he was on the move, he might as well be ready for hunting out the Death Eaters and their allies. Then he quickly grabbed a large bag and filled it hurriedly with canned food and a few fruits and candies. Harry looked closely around in the sports area for a broom. They had several Comets and Cleansweeps but nothing that really interested Harry. He would sneak into his room at the Burrow sometime soon and grab his trunk. It was already almost full with his stuff. His firebolt 100 included.

Then he reached the potions area. There were hundreds of potion and many types. He grabbed several healing and strengthening potions but also grabbed a few that were designed for animals and other useful things (such as the polyjuice potion).

Harry then proceeded to the check out. Still, there was nobody there. "Strange. If they were closed wouldn't the door be locked?" he thought as he looked around. After placing his items on the counter he decided to check the back.

There were two doors, one was locked, but the other led to a staircase. He stared up it and called softly. Utter silence. Then, with great caution and stealth, he climbed up the stairs. He knew he was being stupid and nosy but he couldn't help himself for some reason. At the top, a light shined to the left. There was a door on the side that was partially opened. Harry entered quietly. The door creaked loudly when he opened it. Still, there was silence in the room after the creaking ended. Harry was now getting really nervous. He was in what looked like a study/work room. There were files and desks and even a computer. How the computer worked was beyond Harry.

At that minute something tapped Harry on the shoulder. He whipped around and drew his wand at the same time. He was looking at an old man. He looked a little like Dumbledore. Then Harry realized who he was. There, in front of him, stood Aberforth Dumbledore.

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