Chapter 3
It was sunny. The children of the orphanage played outside, happily with one ball. The orphanage couldn't permit a second one. They were too poor. But even with one ball the children played happily together.
Not all of them. In the shadow of the orphanage sat two 8 years old boys in the grass, reading books. Books that were too difficult for their age. Harrison sighed and closed his books. ' Tom, I've already read them. Do you have new ones?'
' No, the orphanage can't pay more books.' Tom sighed too. He looked at the other children disgustingly.
Since the event last year Harrison and Tom became friends, best friends. Tom teached Harrison how to control his 'gift' and all the subject until he knew as much as Tom himself. Sometimes they even teach the other children of the orphanage a 'lesson'. Their favourite targets were the 4 traitor friends of Harrison. When they tortured them Harrison didn't pity them, instead he enjoyed it and wanted more. When the other children told Mary about the 'lessons' Harrison and Tom acted innocent. They never had a proof. The year when Harrison and Tom became friends was called The Devil's Spawns year by other children.
Harrison sighed once more. 'This is too boringgg.' said he, while gaping.
' Well, we could give them some lessons...' Tom suggested. Harrison looked angry but also happy. He still hadn't forgive them and never would.
' We could sneak out of the orphanage. It's too boringgg here and they won't mind anyway.' Harrison suggested. Tom thought about it. Nobody would care, after all they didn't want the freaks in their orphanage and it was much more interesting outside. But outside the orphanage was dangerous, if you didn't watch out people who kidnap you or something.
' Tommy, are you there?' Harrison waved his hands and Tom snapped out of his thoughts.
' Yes, let's go.' Tom said determined. Harrison looked happy.
' What's the plan to sneak out?' Harrison asked curiously with big eyes pleading.
' Really, you shouldn't plead. Others should plead for us. But yes, I have a plan. We're just making a deal with the others and walk away.' Tom rolled his eyes.
' Well, that's easy.' said Harrison a half happy half disgusted tone. Tom and Harry got up and walked to the nearest child Rick.
' What are you doing here?' Rick said with a disgusted tone, but Harrison and Tom could see the fear in his eyes and smirked a bit.
' We're here to make a deal.' Tom said with an icy tone. Rick flinched.
' Yeah of course, making a deal with the freak, as if you would keep your deal.' said Rick sarcastically. Harrison really wanted to punch the other boy but refrained himself. He isn't worth it.
' Well, perhaps this time I would keep it. This is the deal : We are going to sneak out of the orphanage and you won't see us until 18:00. Also, don't tell it or we will give you some lessons... Is that a good deal?' asked Tom.
Rick thought about it. The freaks would be gone till 6 o'clock, that would be the best thing what happened till now!
And no torture sessions the whole day if they didn't tell it!
' Fine, I accept the deal.' Rick said happy and ran away to tell the others about the deal. Harrison and Tom grinned when he turned his back on them. They lost the torture sessions, but got instead of that something better.
' Let's go! before Mary or Cole see us.' Harrison grabbed Tom's hand and ran towards the racks of the orphanage. They opened it and walked to the other side.
' We have to be careful.' Tom said.
' Of course, but this is the first time we're alone without the others!' Tom rolled his eyes, while they walked through the streets. They looked at the shops, sometimes when they saw books, they look fascinated at it, but when they say a toys shop, they looked disgustingly at it.
' Hey! Tom look!' Harrison whispered, while pointing at a man dressed in purple robes. Tom followed the direction and frowned.
' I don't trust it.' Tom whispered back.
' Me neither. What are we going to do?'
' Following, this is rather interesting...' Tom's gaze was still fixed at the man. They started to follow him 7 metres behind him, trying to be discreet.
After 5 minutes the man stopped at a pub named the leaky cauldron. He went inside. Harrison and Tom did the same. When they where inside, they saw more people who wore robes. They walked to the barman, warily.
' Hello, I'm Terry. Aren't you a bit too young to go to Hogwarts and get your supplies in Diagon Alley?' Harrison and Tom were confused. Hogwarts? They didn't show their confusion. Otherwise Terry wouldn't tell about it.
' No, we just look a bit younger than we are.' Harrison answered politely, hoping he would believe it. Terry nodded.
' You two must be muggleborns. Who escorted you?'
' That man.' Tom pointed at the man who they were following, hoping it was the good answer. 'but I can't remember his name.' Terry followed Tom's direction and looked at the fat man in his purple robes.
' That's Professor Slughorn. Horace Slughorn. He is the head of Slytherin and teaches Potions.' Tom and Harrison absorbed every single word of what Terry said. Although a few they didn't understand. Slytherin? Potions?
' Uhm.. What is Diagon Alley? Professor Slughorn wasn't clearly about it.' said Harrison, hoping he hadn't pushed too much that Terry knew they didn't know anything.
' My, my.. Horace is beginning to become old.' Terry chuckled. ' Diagon ally is a hidden wizard place. You can buy your supplies for Hogwarts there. I hope you know what Hogwarts is, a wizard school. You will really like it, most of the children are excited to get wand.' Tom and Harrison were surprised and curious. They hid it very well, but if you looked good in their eyes, you couldn't see their expressions.
' Where is it?' Harrison asked curiously.
' You have to ask it to professor Slughorn.' Terry answered.
' But we don't want to disturb him.' Tom looked again at the professor, who was now drinking red liquid and talked to another man with the same liquid.
' That's nice. Well, come with me.' Terry went to the back of the store and opened the door. Harrison and Tom followed him. They went through the door and stood now before a wall. Terry tapped on a few bricks and the bricks moved making a gateway. Tom and Harrison looked fascinated at it. First they didn't believe in magic, but after the moving bricks they did.
' Here you go.' said Terry and walked away. Tom and Harrison walked through the gateway and saw many people dressed in multiple coloured robes. They looked around and studied everything.
' We're we going first?' Harrison asked at the same time as the 12 years boy who walked next to him with his father.
' We're going to Gringotts to get some money.' his father answered, while his son cheered.
' Well, I think Gringotts.' Tom answered. They walked through the busy street to the end of the road, where a snow-white multistoried marble building stood and went inside. They walked to the goblin in the middle of the beautiful decorated room who was writing with a feather.
' Hello.' Harrison said politely.
' Are you here to take some money?' The goblin asked without looking up.
Harrison frowned at the rudeness of the goblin, but answered still politely ' Yes.'
' Vault number and key or proof that it is your vault.'
' We don't know the vault number and we don't have a key or proof. ' Tom frowned now too.
The goblin sighed. ' Who are your parents?' Tom and Harrison didn't say anything.
' Now?! Are you going to answer?' The goblin looked up and lost his patience.
' We don't know...' Tom lied. Harrison didn't know but Tom did know one parent. His father, with the same name.
The goblin sighed. ' Do you know a thing what could be a proof.'
Tom was deeply in thought. 'We can talk to snakes.' Tom said suddenly. They discovered when they last year when they went to the zoo and saw a boa constrictor, who they had let escape.
The goblin looked a bit pale. ' Ragnarok.' Another goblin came. 'What's it?' He asked.
' Bring me a snake.' The first goblin demanded. Ragnarok left and came back after 3 minutes with a snake.
' Proof it.' The first goblin said simply.
' Sssstupid goblinsss, let me goooooo. You woke me up.' The snake hissed.
' Forgive them, they're not worthhh.' Tom said in Parseltongue against the snake, who had been surprised. The goblins in the room paled.
' What'sssss your name?' Harrison asked, while the goblins paled even more.
' My name is Nagini, ssssweet tongued children. I haven't heard Parsssletongue in 300 years. What are your namesssss?'
' My name is Tom and this is Harrison.' He pointed at Harrison.
' So, talking to snakes is also called Parseltongue.' said Harrison.
The snake nodded. She glided to Tom and he put her on his neck.
' Can I keep her?' The goblin nodded, while still looking pale.
' Did we proof it?' Harrison asked. Ragnarok nodded.
' Ragnarok bring them to Salazar Slytherin's vault.' The goblin demanded. Ragnarok nodded once more.
He gestured to Harrison and Tom to follow him. They walked to the carts, while looking around. When they were there the cart didn't surprise them anymore. After all they had seen more odd things today. They sat in the carts, relaxing at bit. What they didn't expect was that this cart looked like a rollercoaster. Perhaps it was even harder. They closed their eyes and prayed that they wouldn't vomit.
When they finally went slower, they opened their eyes. They saw many vaults. Vault number 55...44...35...27...19... and finally they stopped at vault number 7. They stepped out of the cart, trying not to think about the fact they had to go back with the cart again.
' The vault will open if you say something in Parseltongue.' said Ragnarok.
' Oooppeeennn.' Tom hissed. The slytherin green vault door with snakes went open and Harrison and Tom saw an amount of money in the vault and some other objects. They stepped in the vault.
' The Gold ones are Galleons.., 17 silver Sickles to a Galleon and 29 Knuts to a Sickle.' informed Ragnarok.
Tom and Harrison took a few Galleons and put it in their pockets. They both know what to buy with the Galleons. Books, books about the new 'world' they discovered and a wand.
Tom smirked evilly. ' We could curse them easily and with more pain now...' Harrison smirked at the thought of it.
' How can we take the books to the orphanage without being noticed.' Harrison asked.
' Magic.' Tom said, while rolling his eyes. ' There are simpification spells or notice me not spells or something like that, right?'
' Yeah, perhaps. It will be fun when we will come back.' When they were finished they walked both out of the vault and went back to Diagon Alley.
Author Note
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