Hagrid and Little John Ross IV
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. He belongs to J K Rowling. I don't own the Dallas Characters or South Fork Either.
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The day came for Hagrid to take John Ross Ewing IV and his dad to Diagon Alley. Hagrid was the biggest man they had ever seen.
"Grandpa would have gone ape if he saw us now." said John Ross Sr.
As the neared the Leaky Cauldron John Ross Senior could not see it.
"Put your hand on your son's shoulder," said Hagrid.
When John Ross Sr. did this he saw the Leaky Cauldron. Son was leading father.
"Muggles can only find the Leaky Cauldron with the assistance of a wizard," said Hagrid.
A large purple bus came by. It made a bang and several wizarding children got off.
"It's going to crash!" yelled John Ross Sr.
Everything jumped out of the way and back except one car. The bus struck it and steam shot out.
"Ernie hit Hermione's personal Ministry car," said Hagrid.
A woman with brown bushy hair, Hermione Weasley, the current Minister of Magic, ran out.
"Ernie, the Knight Bus hits Ministry cars. You've been told that since the days of Cornelius Fudge. You need to drive more carefully," scolded Hermione.
Soon Harry Potter came up in a Ministry car.
"Hermione, I'll send for the Ministry Mechanics. If you need to go somewhere I can take you," offered Harry.
"Thank you," said Hermione. "Are they the Texas Ewings?"
"Yes, I am John Ross Ewing the third and yes J R was my daddy," said John Ross Sr. "My son, John Ross the fourth is a Muggle-born wizard. Christopher and I knew it the day we got into a fight and Christopher's hair turned purple."
"We have known about wizards since the day we shot Travis Bryant, alias Travis Dolohov."
"I'm Hermione Granger Weasley the current Minister of Magic," said Hermione "I'm Muggle-born and proud of it. Harry here defeated Voldemort. He is now head of the DMLE."
"One thing Mr. Ewing and Mr. Ewing, no drilling at Hogwarts!" said Hermione and smiled.
"You must be familiar with the little spat I had with my Uncle Bobby," said the senior John Ross.
"I read Muggle newspapers including ones from Dallas," said Hermione. "That little spat found its way into the Dallas papers along with a bunch of skeletons on the Krebs property. It was never solved."
"Hermione, you need to read my son's report," said Harry. "They were Death Eaters. J R and Travis Dolohov shot them. No one had lived on the Krebs property for years. Travis and J R took the bodies there and buried them. It was perhaps the largest group of Death Eaters in the United States and they killed by Muggle means."
"I don't know of Daddy doing anything like that!" said John Ross Sr.
"My son wants permission to speak with Lucy Ewing," said Harry.
"It's alright with me if it is alright with the United States wizarding authorities," said Hermione.
John Ross Sr. was now puzzled. What had happened at South Fork? It seemed South Fork had secrets. It reminded him of the mess about Hutch McKinney and Grandpa Ewing.
It had turned out that Digger Barns killed Hutch McKinney. Ray Krebs had found the skeleton at South Fork and the vengeance hungry Cliff Barns was the prosecutor at the time. Cliff had Jock arrested and put on trial. Digger, just before he died, revealed he had killed Hutch McKinney with Jock's stolen gun.
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The two Ewings entered the Leaky Cauldron. They were surprized at how many wizards knew them. Not all of them liked the Ewings but most were friendly.
"Since the war they have been more aware of Muggle people," said Hagrid. "Dumbledore would have liked that. Great man, Dumbledore!"
Out behind the Leaky Cauldron Hagrid tapped the bricks to open the arch into Diagon Alley.
"The movie, as spectacular as it is, can't hold a candle to the real thing said John Ross Sr."
"Would you like a vault for your son at the wizarding Bank?" asked Hagrid.
"My son is a Ewing and Ewings are not poor, yes," said John Ross Sr.
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Hagrid led them inside Grongotts.
"The Children's goblin will help him," said Hagrid. "Take your letter right up there young John Ross. We'll do your school things first and then your vault."
"John Ross Ewing, grandson of the oil tycoon, J R Ewing!" said the goblin. "My name is Ranglock."
He stamped a piece of paper.
"Your Hogwarts costs. Bring this in next year and we'll do your costs again. This voucher lets you buy three robes. It also takes care of your books. You have to buy your wand yourself seven to twenty galleons. I recommend Ollivanders for a wizard made wand. There are also three goblin wand=makers as we goblins now have wands thanks to our wonderful Minister of Magic."
"Any thing else?" asked Ranglock.
"Daddy wants me to have a vault!" said young John Ross.
"We have several types of vaults, how much security do you need."
"I'm going to start out by converting five thousand American dollars to the galleon equivalent and most of it will go into his vault," said John Ross Sr.
"I think a small key vault will do and it's faster to get to being closer to the surface," said Ranglock.
Soon Young John Ross had a small pile of galleons in a small key vault near the surface. It was relatively fast to get in and out of.
Young John Ross was measured for robes. He got two pull over robes and one solid wizarding robe.
"As you get used to being a wizard you will tend to want solid robes," said the witch doing the measurements. Muggle-borns like to start with pull over robes. They are very convenient on the train. Although the weather is warm now it will soon turn cold and colder in Scotland where Hogwarts is. Mr. Ewing you are from a warm climate. We need to properly outfit you with a jacket."
Soon Young John Ross emerged with his robes and jacket. Hagrid carried everything.
The next stop was Flourish and Bloots for school books. Here the young Ewing was equiped with A Standard Book of Spells, Grade One and other books.
Ollivarder's was now run by the nephew of the Ollivander of Harry's day. Hagrid said he was much like the Ollivander of old. Young John Ross tried out a number of wands.
Some of the wands made messes but the youthful Ollivander cleaned them up magically. Young John Ross tried out a reddish brown wand and he felt warm. Sparks came out.
"Curious the wand that chose you has the same composition as the wand of the Boy-Who-Lived, or Harry Potter our DMLE Head. The same Phoenix gave more feathers and you have a twin core with Harry Potter. Valdemort's wand had this core. You also have the same wood, holly."
"The wand chooses the wizard or goblin Mr. Ewing," said Ollivander. "It's not always clear why. Your wand is ten galleons and worth every Knut of it."
Young John Ross paid for the wand and got a wand box and a bottle of wand polish.
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Hagrid led the Ewings back onto the Muggle street.
"I'll see you in care of Magical Creatures where I will be your teacher," said Hagrid. "John Ross Sr, you will be able to walk onto the platform and watch your son ride away on the Hogwarts Express."
John Ross Sr. was wondering why the ministry paid for everything. He was told in the case of Muggle-born wizards the Ministry of Magic took care of everything but the wand.
The young John Ross had some books to hide and a nice trunk. He began to read his magic books and tried some elementary spells. A few of them were working when a Ministry Owl dropped him a letter telling him not to do any spells away from school until he was seventeen.