Ok here's chapter 5 at last so don't complain I'm typing as fast as I can and checking over all of my work to make sure that it has proper grammar. So now Danny is now in London. Who will he meet, what will he do, when will I stop talking?! (Faints dramatically)
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Chapter 5
Hagrid has sipping his coffee, while looking around for the student he was supposed to take to Diagon Alley. Though muggles were slow, and they had those infernal machines that were so damn loud, he had to give them a bit of credit. They did manage to live without magic, and they did make some great coffee. Many people, much to his great annoyance, kept looking at him in astonishment.
"What are you looking at," he growled at the couple next to him. They quickly turned and went their way. He kept his eyes open. It wasn't hard to spot a wizard or witch in a place full of muggles. True they may not notice, but Hagrid knew. Those of the magical world would sometimes dress, or act odd, but another witch or wizard could easily tell their fellow kind from the muggles a mile away.
Hagrid saw a teenage boy with messy, spiky, black hair, blue eyes, wearing a t-shirt and jeans. He carried a blue duffel bag and a backpack n his back. The half-giant paid no attention to him though; the boy was just another muggle. What surprised him though was that he started walking towards him. Hagrid just assume that the boy wanted to get something to eat at the Star Bucks. He was wrong, instead the teen stood in front of him and in a nervous voice spoke.
"Hi, are you Hagrid?"
"Aye, that I am, and I assume you're Daniel Fenton?" Hagrid responded. Danny certainly wasn't what Hagrid had expected, the child just seem to blend in way too well, almost as if he was invisible, despite him being in plain view.
"Ah actually it's Danny," Danny said meekly in a small voice. The size of Hagrid made him a bit nervous. He looked like he was the type of person who could easily break someone in half if he felt like it. Danny noticed that Hagrid was studying him with his beetle like eyes.
"Well, then Danny, should we get going then," Hagrid stood up and threw away his empty cup. Danny followed him out of the airport, having to jog to keep up with the man's long strides. Hagrid was like a bulldozer, parting a pass into the thick mob of people who were walking on the sidewalk to and from one place to another. All Danny had to do was stick close to the giant man in front of him who was leading the way to their destination.
They passed shops, stores of all sorts, and headed in the direction of the subway. Which in Hagrid's opinion were too small, too loud, and slow. Hagrid had some trouble with the computer, so Danny had to help him out a bit.
"See you just pick your destination, and how many tickets you want," Danny explained to Hagrid as he bought the tickets, "then you put the money in here and the machine gives you your change through here," he pointed to slot that had distributed the bills.
Hagrid didn't have any idea how computers worked so he eyed the screen warily mumbling something about "blasted contraption". Hagrid became even more annoyed when he bumped his head on the entrance door on the train. "They should make those things bigger," he grumbled rubbing his head. He took up a full three seat, Danny stared through the window as concrete walls zoomed by, and the train came out of the tunnel onto a railroad suspended over the busy streets of London. Passengers got on and off at the stops the train made. Then the conductor announced that they would arrive at the next stop shortly.
"Well this is our stop," Hagrid said. The train stopped with a small halt, a few of the riders on board got off, Hagrid and Danny was among them. They walked passed people who were getting off and headed towards the exit. Once again, they walked quickly, or in Danny's case, jogged. Hagrid stopped suddenly in front of an old brick building.
"Well here we are," he said proudly, "the Leaky Cauldron." Stepping inside Danny could see that it was full of people smoking pipes, eating or drinking. Some discussing the latest news from a newspaper called the Daily Prophet or just catching up with some old friends. Danny could also see there were assortments of people; there was a vampire in the corner eating raw meat, three hags laughing among themselves, and witches and wizards all around.
"Hagrid! Good to see you, I'll get you your usual," the speaker was the bartender. He had a bald head and a toothless smile, he turned his attention to Danny, "Who's this?"
"This is Danny," Hagrid clapped a large hand on Danny's shoulder almost causing him to fall, "he'll be staying here this summer,"
"Ahh yes, yes, yes, Dumbledore sent an owl earlier explaining everything. I'll take his things to his room; I assume that he'll be going into Diagon Alley to get his supplies then?" The bartender smiled warmly at them.
"Yep, that's right Tom, and…" Hagrid took a pocket watch out of one of his many pockets in his coat, "We'd best get started if I want to remain on schedule." He placed the watch back and steered Danny towards the other end of the room.
"When do you have to go back?" asked Tom.
"Tomorrow morning, I'm just here to help Danny here and explain him a few things," he explained to the toothless bartender.
"Well I better not keep you here making conversation then, maybe some other time then eh Hagrid?" he took Danny's bags, "I'll take those to your room if you don't mind." Danny shook his head and handed the man his bags, the money his had given him was safely in his pocket. Tom bid them good-bye and watched them go through the back door, into the courtyard, he glanced down at the name on one of the two bags the boy had. "Danny Fenton I see… Aye Gunther!"
A small man with a hunched back appeared, "Yeah Tom,"
"Take these bags up to room thirteen, will you?"
"Righto," Gunther took the bags and headed up the stairs. Tom got back to polishing the glasses he had occupied before Hagrid had entered with the boy. Hagrid and Danny were in the back. Danny didn't know what was going on all he could see were a couple of weeds growing against the walls and a brick wall in front of him.
"Um, Hagrid what-"
"Pay close attention now Danny," Hagrid took out a pink umbrella, Danny was completely lost now, "Now lets see…" he tapped a few bricks in sequence. An archway formed and revealed a busy street that was filled with witches and wizards with shopping bags; children clung to their mothers, many kids a little younger, older or around Danny's age were gaping at something in a store window. Danny starred in amazement.
Hagrid noticed Danny's expression and just couldn't help it, "Welcome Danny, to Diagon Alley." Danny's eyes went from one store to another trying to absorb all of the sights, sounds, and smells at once. Hagrid pointed out a few stores, "There is Olivander's where will get you a wand, over there is where you can buy your uniforms. But first we got to go to Gringotts; do you have your money with you?" Danny nodded in response.
"Good," Hagrid said. They walked some more, some greeted Hagrid as they passed.
"Morning Hagrid,"
"Morning Jason,"
"Good to see you Hagrid,"
"Good to see you too Mina,"
"How's it going Hagrid?"
"Fine, just the usual,"
They reached a tall white building that read Gringotts Wizarding Bank. "Here we are, come along Danny," Hagrid walked through the doors that Danny noticed had some kind of warning on it in gold saying to only get what's yours and nothing else. Danny followed in pursuit and gapped at what he saw, many goblins were seated at tall desks measuring gems, taking notes, or talking with who ever was there and guiding some through doors. "Here we are 'money exchanging'," Hagrid marched up to a goblin that was busy with a pair in front of him. They waited behind them until it was their turn, stepping up Danny could feel the goblin's piercing eyes on him.
"So I suppose you'd like to exchange then," he said coolly. Danny nodded and pulled out his money giving it t the goblin who took it in his cruel looking hands. He wrote down some numbers and then weighed something on the scales on his desk. He then handed Danny a pouch that weighed a lot, "There you are one-hundred fifty gallons, nineteen sickles, and four knuts. Next!"
Hagrid and Danny stepped aside to allow a witch to come forward. "Come on then Danny," Hagrid again, steered Danny out the doors into the busy street. "I better explain then," he said as if sensing the teenage boy's confusion, "Now Galleons are the gold coins, Sickles are the silver ones, and Knuts are the bronze ones." Hagrid explained the whole wizard currency as Danny tried to memorize it all. "Do have all that then?"
"I think so," Danny answered.
"Good, do you have your list of supplies?" Hagrid asked. Danny bowed his head to signify a yes. "Then we might as well get your wand first since it's the closest." They entered a crowded shop that had a few chairs for customers to sit in. Behind the counter were shelves upon shelves that reached the ceiling full of boxes. It sort of reminded Danny of a library.
"Hello there," Danny jumped out of his skin when a man suddenly appeared at the counter, "How may I help you today?" his eyes fell over to Hagrid. "Hagrid! Good to see you again," the man said cheerfully. He had silvery hair and grey eyes that seemed to be able to see everything, and his voice was a bit misty.
"Hello Olivander," Hagrid greeted.
"How's everything back at the school?"
"Fine, fine everyone is a bit jumpier, but it's nothing to be afraid of,"
"I see… Well I better not keep this young man waiting all day now," He turned to Danny, "What's your name?"
"Oh, um Danny Fenton,"
"Well Mr. Fenton it's good to meet you," he shook Danny's hand with a firm grip for someone his age, "Now which is your wand arm?"
"W-W-What?"
"The arm you use to cast spells of course," Mr. Olivander explained.
"I guess my right…" Danny wasn't sure what to think of the strange man who was taking measurements of his arm with a tape measurer. Every now and then he would 'hmmm' as he wrote down Danny's measurements on a piece of paper. When he was done he rolled up the tape measurer and disappeared in the maze of shelve. He came back with an armload of boxes.
He took one from the stack and handed it to Danny, "Here try this one, ten and a quarter inches, and willow, with the hair of a sphinx." Danny barely even raised it when Mr. Olivander snatched it from his hand, "No that's not right, here try this one oak, thirteen inches with the tail feather of a phoenix," again it was snatched from his hand before Danny had barely raised it. "That's not it either, try hickory, eleven and a half inches, hair of unicorn," Danny only had it for a second before Mr. Olivander took it once again. The process repeated over and over again until there was a mountain or wands on the floor, and Hagrid was asleep in his chair snoring loudly. "My you are a tricky one, but I am certain there is a wand for you somewhere around here, I'll be right back," Danny could hear the shifting and rummaging of boxes.
Mr. Olivander reappeared again with a box that was covered with a layer of dust. He blew on it scattering the dust into the air. "Try this one Brazilian rosewood, eleven and three quarter inches, dragon heartstring," Danny took it, a small feeling of warmth rushed through his veins, "At last I think we've found the one for you Mr. Fenton, you certainly are a strange one indeed."
Danny looked up from the piece of wood in his hand, "Why's that?" he asked.
"Well you see the Brazilian rosewood is a rare type of tree and can possess powerful qualities of magic, it is also used to heal as well. Now the dragon heartstring in that wand…" he paused for a moment then continued, "Belongs to an Antipodean Opal eye dragon, a very rare breed indeed, they are guardians and spiritual creatures, shy, yet powerful, they do not attack unless in danger or if it's angered and when they do…" Danny was starting to think Mr. Olivander was a bit creepy to him. "Well we're all done here that'll be twenty gallons then for the wand,"
Danny handed him the coins and put his new wand in his pocket. Seeing the large stack of wands Danny turned to Mr. Olivander, "Do you want any help putting these away?"
"No that's quite alright, by the way, I think you'd better wake up Hagrid, I'm sure that chair can't be good for his back." Mr. Olivander chuckled and again disappeared in the back of the shop. It took several tries but Danny finally got Hagrid to wake up.
"Huh, are you all done?" he yawned.
"Yeah, sorry it took so long," Danny rubbed the back of his neck as Hagrid stood up and stretched a bit.
"We better get going then, did you already pay?"
"Yes,"
"Good now lets go get you the rest of your supplies then," Hagrid once again lead the way through the street. They went to buy a cauldron, scales, quills, and ink, parchment and potion ingredients. By the time they went to buy Danny's uniforms his arms were loaded with packages. "Here we are," Hagrid announced, "Madame Malkin's Robes for All Occasions. You go on ahead and get your uniforms I have to shop here a bit myself,"
Inside was a nicely lit shop with robes for men in one section, and girls in another. A witch was busy altering a dress robe pointing here and there while a pair of scissors cut a perfectly straight line into it. There were a series of mirrors in the back where a boy with white blonde hair was busy admiring himself. Danny paid no attention to him but instead to a witch with curly brown hair in front of him.
"I presume you're here for Hogwarts right?" she said not waiting for an answer she pushed him to the dressing rooms. After taking his measurements she went a way for a minute then came back with a black robe. "Here try this on while I go and attend to Mr. Malfoy," she frowned in annoyance when she said this name. Danny was about to ask her about the name but she was gone in a second. Sighing Danny went into the dressing room and changed from his street clothes to the robe in his hand. He stepped out when he was done. The witch was back again, "Oh good you're done, just step onto there so I can make some alterations," she ushered him onto a stool. It only took a few minutes before she finished and went to the backroom. "I'll be right back I just have to go in the back to get your new uniforms."
The blonde boy who Danny had seen earlier was walking right towards him. "Who are you, I've never seen you around here," he said. Judging by his tone Danny could only assume that he's used to getting what he wanted, when he wanted. Right off the bat he knew he wouldn't like this boy at all.
"My name is Danny," Danny responded.
"Draco Malfoy, so you going to Hogwarts then?" Draco said.
"Yeah I am, I'm here buying my supplies,"
"Well then I guess I'll see you at school then." With that he left, Danny didn't know why but just the way he said that made his skin crawl, like it was some kind of threat. His attention was diverted away from Malfoy as soon as the witch came back, arms containing even more parcels. Somehow the witch who owned the store convinced him to buy dress robes (which in his opinion looked a lot like dresses), apparently they were a requirement, for what he had no idea. In the end he ended up with his uniforms and a dress robe that, according to Madame Malkin, matched perfectly with his eyes. Much to Danny's embarrassment, Hagrid had heard the whole thing.
"Don't look so glum Danny," Hagrid teased as they exited out, "I say you have beautiful eyes," Danny shot him an 'I hate you' glare while he laughed. "Oh come on I'm just teasing, look I promise I won't say anymore about your eyes, but I have to agree, the ladies will adore you!"
"Shut-up Hagrid!" Danny said angrily. Hagrid's chuckles turned into light giggles.
"Wait a minute," Hagrid stopped in front of a store full of animals, "Mind if we stop by here? I have to get a few things,"
"No of course not," Danny said.
"Good," Hagrid stepped inside with Danny in pursuit. The inside was lined with cages full of owls, birds, frogs, toads, insects, and many other animals. Bats hung from the ceiling and assortments of cats were about. "Feel free to look around, it says that you're allowed a pet at Hogwarts," Hagrid explained as he eyed several bottles on the shelves.
"Ok," Danny said. He looked at the different animals; all of them were calm around him. Ever since he became half-ghost animals don't seem to have a problem with him, probably because they could sense the aura he put out was of good energy. His eyes caught sight of a lonely cage in the very back. Inside was a ball of golden, tan fur with brown stripes.
"I wouldn't if I were you," Danny turned around quickly, startled. He came face to face with an old man holding a broom on one hand; he had a fierce looking owl on his shoulder. "That there is a fire fox, nasty little devil. Even though it's still a baby it's quite fierce." He started sweeping the floor.
"What's a fire fox?" Danny asked as the ball stated to move.
"Well, they can be useful, but they are easily angered and can breathe out fire, and the little sluggers have sharp teeth, quick little devils they are too." By now the creature was awake and eyeing the two of them with intense green eyes, its long ears drawn back in a defensive position.
"Can I see it?" Danny asked.
"Are you sure, the thing attacks anyone you know," seeing that teen in front of him couldn't be convinced other wise he pulled on a thick, leather glove and sighed, "Stand back this thing can jump out at you." He opened the door, the fire fox started to attack the gloved hand viciously. It snarled and bared it teeth when it was caught, some how it escaped from the manager's hand and jumped on top of its cage snarling now. Danny reached up to it, the fox bit down hard onto his hand. He winced in pain but didn't withdraw his hand. After a few seconds the creature quieted down and let go of his hand actually licking the wound where blood tripped.
"Well, would you look at that," exclaimed the manager, "You're the first person that thing has actually liked." The fox jumped onto Danny's shoulder and started rubbing itself against his face. It no longer looked like some sort of pocket sized tiger, but more like a kitten.
"I guess I'll take… um w-what gender is it?" Danny asked as the fire fox was sitting on his shoulder now.
"That creatures a girl," said the manager, "The fellow who sold it to me said so himself. So what you gonna call her?" he asked. It's always been a habit of his to ask what each customer wanted to call their new pet.
"Um, how about… Daja," Danny asked, more towards the fox than the man next to him, in response the fox rubbed its back under his chin, "Daja it is then," he laughed. Danny paid for Daja at the counter. "Sir, what do fire foxes eat?" he wanted to make sure he fed his new companion the right food. Danny isn't the type of person to forget big mistakes easily and the memory of Willy the goldfish still haunted the back of his mind. How was he supposed to know that fish don't eat pizza? Then again he was only three at the time.
"Oh they eat just about anything, meat, fruit, insects, etc." the manager said absently. He was once again sweeping the floor, "Come back any time if you have any questions alright? Come on you, I have to put you back in your cage,"
With Daja on his shoulder, Danny went looking for Hagrid around the store. He found him examining some of the two headed snapping turtle they had. Danny tapped on his shoulder; Hagrid wheeled around and looked surprise to see the fire fox on Danny.
"Is that a fire fox?" Hagrid bent down to get a closer look at it, "Bloody hell it is! How'd you get it to be so calm?" He had been trying to get Daja to like him ever since the Magical Menagerie had it among its other varieties of magical creatures. Hagrid had tried everything to get the fox to like him, food, treats, everything he would have usually done to any other creature. All proved in vain for Daja was just too stubborn and mistrusting of anybody.
"I don't know, I guess she just likes me," Danny smiled.
"I'll say," Hagrid responded in bewilderment, "Right then, I'm all done here so we better go and get your books then," in a minute they were once again out the door and onto Diagon Alley. It was even more crowded than before, it was full of those who where doing some last minute shopping, all trying to hurry home before it got dark and the stores closed. They entered Flourish and Bolts; it had some very interesting books on display that Danny knew Sam would just love. Maybe he'd buy one for her… Getting back to business though, the inside was jammed packed with shelves of all sorts of books from Pesky Gnomes be Gone to 101 Powerful Spells Against the Dark Arts. The first book on his list was The Monster Book of Monsters; the manager of the store came to attend them in a hurry.
"Another one for Hogwarts I suppose," He said quickly, "Well hand me your list and I'll see to it,' Danny handed him the list of books he'd need, for some reason the manager looked really unhappy about something. "Oh great, another one of those Monster book," he turned to Hagrid now. "Hagrid what were you thinking when you recommended this book for your class, why not Creatures of the Magical World, those at least don't bite?!"
Hagrid just stood there and chuckled, "Now what fun would that be any way?" The manager hurried away muttering darkly at Hagrid's sense of humor. "Fell free to look around while I fill your order."
"Why don't I help you out by getting that book for you Flourish," Hagrid offered as an apology to the man. That softened the man's expression a bit. "Very well, oh and by the way," he addressed to Danny who was looking at some books on a nearby shelf, "Make sure that your… uh, what ever that thing is," he pointed at a sleeping Daja on Danny's shoulder, "Doesn't hop on the shelves of damage any books," with that said he headed to fill the order of books with Hagrid right behind him.
Danny walked through the rows of books observing them. Some of them talked about some things he knew a little bit about, like ancient artifacts, and others he had no clue what they were about like Divination. What ever the hell that was. Daja woke up, yawned and begged Danny to pet her. Of course, he obeyed. He was looking over some books about spell casting when Hagrid and the man named Flourish reappeared. Hagrid's face was red as if he had been laughing really hard or if he was drunk, while Flourish was a bit pale and shaking slightly.
"Better head back now that you have everything you need now, let's go Dan!" Hagrid rushed him out of the store; Danny had to be careful not to drop any of his supplies. The stores were starting to close and the sun was setting, everyone was leaving now. The two of them made there way back to the Leaky Cauldron where they had dinner of a delicious stew. They ate in silence for a while; Daja ate some of Danny's stew until she didn't want anymore.
"Dumbledore says that you are to stay here and not wonder off into the muggle streets unless you tell Tom," he gestured towards the bartender, "And all the books from the past four years are up in your room, the train leaves on September the first I'll be here to pick you up and take you there," Hagrid shoved a mouthful of stew into his mouth.
"Right and apparently I have a bunch of homework due on the first day of school, plus I have to catch up on four years of magic all before the summer ends, that doesn't sound so bad," Danny had sarcasm dripping over every single syllable, Hagrid only smiled at it. Though the boy was shy and could be a bit jumpy at times, it seemed like he was a good kid. Now to see where he'd up.
As soon as they were finished eating Hagrid stood up and headed upstairs, "Come on then, we have to see in which house you'll be in,"
Danny has confused, "What do you mean by 'house'?"
"You see Hogwarts has four different houses, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Gryffindor," he explained.
"But how do decide where each student goes?" Danny feared that it would have to be some sort of test; he hadn't had any training in magic and what if he failed the test.
"That is not for me to decide," Hagrid said with a smile. While they headed upstairs Danny tried to get Hagrid to tell him how he was to be placed but Hagrid was tight lipped about it saying it would take the fun out of it. At last they entered their room, Hagrid pulled out an old, battered, patched hat with a large rip in the center.
"What is that for?" Danny asked.
"This, is how we sort students," he said, "They try the hat on and it tells them where they belong,"
Danny was in a state of shock, he had heard a lot of stupid things in his life time but this takes the cake, how could a hat decide where he belonged?! "This is a joke right?"
What surprised him was that it wasn't Hagrid who answered but the hat it self. "Oh believe me child this is no joke,"
Danny was sure that his heart skipped a beat, "I am the one who chooses the students that go into each house," it continued, "For you see I am the sorting hat, I look at the mind of who ever wears me and decide on which place is best for them."
"So I just put you on my head?"
"Exactly child, now hurry up I don't have all day you know," the hat snapped impatiently. Reluctantly, Danny took the hat from Hagrid and placed it over his head. Hagrid waited patiently while the hat made its decision.
You don't have to worry child, anything that happens in your head stays here I won't say anything about it, not even to Dumbledore.
Danny relaxed a bit, for there are things that he made sure no one could ever find in his head.
Hmmm you really are quite the peculiar one aren't you, apparently you know bit of occlumency too, quite the accomplishment for someone your age. Brave, cunning, and not afraid to face even death in the face, very loyal to those who you know you can trust. You seem to just accept many things without putting up a fight unless it is absolutely necessary. I see that you're quite skilled in hand to hand combat, impressive strategic skills, clever but apparently bad at math…
Hey!
The hat just ignored him and continued prying through his mind, Stubborn; you don't seem to know when to give up do you? But you also seem to have a dark side as well, there's great power in you, one that you try to hide away. Never showing all you can do.
It can hurt a lot of people, its best if it wasn't used at all…Danny thought, the memories of his evil self floating in his head.
I see… But you know, power like that cannot be caged forever, eventually it ill break out. It's better if you learned control over it. You have much potential, and secrets that you keep hidden that even I can't reach to, the shields you've put up can actually rival Dumbledore's. No many, if any, could reach those secrets unless you allow them to. Now this is the difficult part, placing you in the right house, you have enough fairness and loyalty to be in Hufflepuff, you're brave enough to be in Gryffindor, smart enough to be Ravenclaw, and powerful and cunning enough to be in Slytherin. This quite difficult indeed…You obviously need to learn control; your abilities are quite unique. Very difficult indeed…
You don't have the heart to be in Slytherin, Hufflepuff I fear won't challenge you enough, Gryffindor would be nice for you but your power needs something more, so…
"Ravenclaw!"
It shouted out loud into the room. Danny took off the hat and handed it back to Hagrid who stuffed it back into his pocket. Though not before it made a very rude comment about how crapped Hagrid's coat was. It took all Danny had from laughing out loud.
"So you're in Ravenclaw then," he said, "Not bad, but why'd it take so long Dan?"
"Oh, I guess the hat couldn't make up his mind," Danny shrugged he really didn't want to tell Hagrid what had gone on in his head. At the same time a tawny owl landed on the windowsill and tapped on the glass impatiently. Danny went to go and open it. Hagrid untied the letter and read it silently to himself. After a brief moment he spoke, "Change of plan, I have to go tonight, Dumbledore needs my help. You know what to do and I can assume that you don't need a baby-sitter so I'll just be going then."
"See-ya at the school… Professor Hagrid," Danny said the last part slyly.
Hagrid stared at him, "How'd you know I was a teacher?"
"Well, at the bookstore the manager said that you wanted those biting books for your class, it wasn't hard to put two and two together you know. By the way how do you open those things anyway?"
"That's pretty clever, I can see why the hat chose Ravenclaw for you," he said, "And, you open those books by stroking the spine."
"Good luck over at Hogwarts!" Danny called out to him.
"Before I forget, Dumbledore will send over a tutor to see how you're coming along with your studies,"
"Ok, no problem,"
"Best be off now," Hagrid left the room closing the door behind him leaving Danny all alone with only a stack of books, he could only assume, were the ones he needed to study, plus all his new supplies, and Daja who was busy sniffing around the room.
He picked up the first book in the pile, "Better get started then, huh Daja?" She answered him by jumping onto the bed and making herself comfortable next to him. He began to read A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot.
Downstairs, just two floors down, Hagrid was having a small conversation with Tom before he headed back to the school. Tom had two drinks in his hand, he handed one to Hagrid and kept the other one for himself.
"So Hagrid," Tom said raising the drink to his mouth and taking a small sip, "How was the whole shopping trip today?"
"Not that bad, Dan isn't some whining brat, has a good head on his shoulders," Hagrid said drinking the liquid down.
"He seems a bit shy don't you think?"
"He is, I mean… He seems a bit strange but all in all I don't think he'd be much a problem. Dumbledore seems to trust him so that's good enough for me,"
"True, Dumbledore may be mad at some times but then again they say he's one of the greatest wizards to have ever lived,"
"I'd drink to that Tom," Hagrid lifted his glass in a toast, then drained it of its contents, "I have to go now Tom, thanks for the drink," he got up and walked out the door, having to slightly duck under it.
"Any time Hagrid!" called out Tom who was clearing the bar of any glasses left and wiping down the counter till it was clean.
Hagrid took a long breath of the cool night air; it was a nice night out. The streets were now empty except for a few muggles who were heading home after a long day at work. A dog barked here and there with the moon to light his way Hagrid walked down the streets to a safe distance away from the leaky cauldron. Danny was up in his room fast asleep, fully clothed with Daja sleeping soundly on his chest.
This is the longest chapter so far so be happy alright now I have to work on Burdens. It's a good thing that I'm on spring break right now. I have a full week to sit here to type away, then I hull my ass back to school… oh goody! NOT!!! Life is so unfair isn't it? Next update will be as soon as possible right after I get done with updating my other stories.
Thank-you to Ali Phantom, without you I wouldn't have been able to write in about Danny's wand.