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Lone Child
Chapter 3: Diagon ally, Training and a new power.
James and Triss reappeared in a small back ally outside the Leaky Cauldron. "Come on. I want to get this over with," said James. The two of them exited the ally and walked into the Leaky Cauldron. As they expected it was full of people eating or chatting with friends.
"Oh this is going to be fun," said Triss sarcastically while rubbing her temples. James agreed as people thoughts broadcasted through the air and into his head. James invoked a partial shield so that both his and Triss's powers would only pick up on strong thoughts or emotions, giving them a break from the noise.
James walked straight through the pub and into an enclosed ally in the back, Triss right behind him. He walked over to the far wall and placed his palm flat a stone with a small crack in it. James mentally ordered the wall to open like Dragon had taught him, with in seconds of the command the wall shifted into an archway.
James walked through the crowd towards Gringott's with Triss slightly in front of him. Once inside the bank James handed his and Triss's key to a particularly ugly Goblin. The Goblin examined the keys for a minute before yelling "Gaff!" Another rather ugly Goblin walked up to the other Goblin and took the keys.
"Follow me please," said Gaff leading them in to a small chamber with a cart on a set of tracks in the middle. James and Gaff into the cart followed Triss. Gaff touched a small piece of metal and the cart took off like a roller coaster. When the cart finally stopped after a very long ride Gaff got out and walked to a large door with a keyhole in the middle.
James and Triss got out of the cart in time to see the door open and revealing the gold with in. James walked into the vault and grabbed several of each type of the three coins within. James had more than enough for the both of them, so they didn't bother with stopping at hers.
"I never want to ride one of those things again," said Triss after they got out side of Gringott's. James nodded putting the muggle money he had exchanged into his wallet.
They agreed to get Triss's books first; James didn't need them as he had a copy in his library. After they had bought Triss's book's they went to get their robes. "We're getting open robes right?" asked Triss.
"Yes, I hate closed robes, you can't wear anything under them," said James in distaste.
Triss gagged before saying, "Too much information Shadow."
The two of them argued playfully until they reached the robe shop. In side the seamstress lead Triss into a fitting room while James waited. After about 5 minutes another seamstress lead James back into another fitting room. She took his measurements and showed him the different robe styles; James picked a long, open, black style.
James didn't have to wait long for the seamstress to finish his robes so he went out to the front of the store to pay. Out side Triss was having a conversation with an older blonde man and a boy that could only be his son. James placed his hand on Triss's shoulder, she turned and started to speak when the blonde man extended his hand to James and said, "I'm Lucius Malfoy, and this is my son Draco."
James accepted the mans hand and said, "I'm James Cage."
As it turned out the Malfoy's were very polite even if they didn't yet know if you were pure blooded. After a few more minutes of conversation James excused he and Triss saying that they had more shopping top do.
James carried both his and Triss's bags as they headed to the wand shop. In side was Mr. Ollivander polishing some old wands. "Hello Mr. Ollivander, how are you?" asked James giving the old man a hug.
"I'm fine James, it's nice to see you after so many years and how many times do I have to tell you to call me Aberforth. Triss is that you? You've grown up," said Aberforth drawing Triss into a hug.
"Hi Aberforth, its nice to see you again and Dragon says 'Hi'. Anyway we are here for our wands," said Triss after hugging him back.
"Yes, you start at Hogwarts this year don't you? Well I have special wands that were made just for you two," said Aberforth grabbing a wand from under his desk. He handed it to Triss and said, "It's Ash with a Phoenix and Unicorn core. Give it a wave."
Triss waved it and a shower of green and gold sparks shot out of the tip. "Perfect for you Triss. Now James, I got one specially made for you too," said Aberforth drawing another wand from under his desk. "It's Black Holly with a Daricorn and Phoenix core. The phoenix feather is twin to the one in Triss and Tom Riddle's wands. It should be perfect," he continued.
Aberforth of course knew of what had happened with Voldemort because he was very close with Dragon. James waved the wand and as expected a shower of Silver sparks shot out of the tip of his wand. "Excellent! So you know James your Will magic can be concentrated through your wand. That is what the Black Holly is for; it is an excellent conductor of magic. Anyway Dragon has already prepaid me for your wands so don't worry about that. Oh, I'll be over for Dinner with you in a week, the night before you go to Hogwarts for your going away party. I'll see you then," said Aberforth while going to help another customer.
After they left the wand shop they went toward the pet shop to get their pets. "What are you going to get, Triss?" asked James.
"Probably a cat, what about you?" asked Triss.
"An owl, I would get a cat but they shed like snow from clouds. I might get a snake for company though, a Chinese Vipertooth if I can find one," said James.
"Don't they have rules against having snakes?" asked Triss.
"No, they only tell you what kind of animals you can have not what you can't," said James with a sly glint in his eyes.
"You are defiantly going to be in Slytherin," said Triss shaking her head.
"Of course I am. I'm his direct decedent aren't I. Plus you will be in Slytherin too, there is no denying it," James said smugly
"I never did denying it James, I simply stated that you would be in Slytherin," said Triss walking to where the cats were kept, while James walked over to the owls. It didn't take long for James to decide on a snowy owl with blue and gold eyes. "What should I name you," he asked the owl. Her eyes focused on him and he found the perfect name,
"Sapphire, that's your new name," said James to the curious looking owl.
He picked up her cage and walked to the back of the store where the poisonous snakes were kept. A medium sized green snake stood out from the rest, it was an adolsent Chinese Vipertooth.
"Hello," James said to the snake.
The little snake looked startled for a second before saying, "A young speaker. Most say the last died six years ago. Are you I need of a companion?"
"Yes, what is your name?" James asked the little snake.
"Jewel. What should I call you?" she asked.
"You can call me James or Shadow, I don't care which." He said.
After a few more minutes of conversation James wound Jewel around his arm and went to pay for his two new companions. The old shopkeeper nearly had a heart attack when he saw the poisonous snake wrapped around James arm but calmed down after a few words from James.
Triss was waiting for him outside of the shop with a small pet carrier. In side the carrier was a small black kitten. It had a glossy coat similar to his in panther form and deep blue eyes. "What's its name?" James asked.
"Glacier, after her eyes," said Triss.
"Lets head out to muggle London to get the rest of our clothes," said James walking toward the leaky cauldron. Once out side of the old pub the two walked to a clothing store.
James bought 15 pairs of jeans either black or dark blue. He bought a similar number of shirts all plain black, blue, or dark green. Triss bought as many 6 pairs of bellbottoms and 9 mini-skirts, along with 15 dark colored belly shirts.
"Ready to go home Triss?" James asked after they had paid for their stuff.
"I'd like to walk around a little more, we never get to hang out when we're here," said Triss.
"Let's go to a movie then, we still have about 2 1/2 hours," said James discreetly shrinking their bags.
The two of them walked to a near by movie theater and saw that the next movie, 'Terminator 2: Judgment day', wouldn't start for another half-hour and was about 2 1/2 hours long.
"Send a message to Dragon and tell him we'll be back around 7:30 tonight," said Triss.
James sent the message and the two waited for the movie to start. As guessed the movie let out about 6:30 and left the two plenty of time to find an empty ally to port back in.
Dragon was sitting in his chair by the fire when the two arrived. "You're early," said Dragon as the two flopped down in twin leather chairs and started to sort out their newly enlarged stuff.
"Yeah, we wanted to have a lot of time to get back after the movie," said James folding up a pair of his jeans.
"What did you see?" asked Dragon curiously.
"Terminator 2: Judgment day. It was pretty good, better than the original," said Triss putting all her books in a pile.
Dragon looked at his pocket watch and said, "I think it's about time I get to bed. You two should as well, we're getting up early tomorrow. I also left a present for you in your rooms." With that Dragon turned and left the room.
Triss and James finished sorting out their stuff and retreated to their own rooms. In side each room was a trunk. On the out side they looked similar excepted James's had 7 different locks and Triss's only had two.
James immediately started to put things in his trunk and was pleasantly surprised to find that each of the locks opened a different compartment that expanded to the size needed. He had plenty of room to bring his library.
"Triss, I need your help to set up my library," said James knocking on Triss's door.
Triss opened the door and gave James a look that could kill. "Tomorrow, James. I want to get some sleep before training tomorrow or has the fact that Dragon wakes us at 3 a.m. slip your mind again?" asked Triss.
"Yeah, I guess I did forget that little fact. Night," said James walking back to his room. He put all of the stuff that he hadn't packed yet and his trunk in the corner of his room, put on his night shorts and crawled into bed. Before he dosed off he looked at his bedside clock that read 8:15 p.m. and thought ' I'm going to be so tired in the morning.
As expected Dragon had both Triss and James up and ready for training by 3:30 the following morning. "Your first exercise is a sword duel. Triss, your pick on weapons," said Dragon.
Triss walked into a small medal shed in the back yard and came back with two swords. The first sword, James's, was 3 1/2 feet long from the tip to the hilt. The blade was silver and the hilt was a deep green.
Triss's sword was the same size as James but the blade was blue and it looked as though the blade was liquid in the moonlight. The hilt was also blue but it was very dark blue. By just looking at the blades you could tell they could slice through bone without trouble.
"Okay, drink these," said Dragon handing each of them a potion. "It will block any fatal injuries or limb severing. James, don't heal your self, it wouldn't be fair to Triss. First to give up or is knocked unconscious loses. Start when ever your ready," Dragon continued.
Triss took the upper hand in the duel by striking first but not for long. James had expected her to make the first move and dodged. The two of them continued to dodge, parry and strike until Triss put a little to much force behind a strike and blasted James into a tree.
"Oh shit, James I'm sorry," said Triss running over to where James had fallen.
"It's fine Triss. Oh look at all the pretty colors," said James looking around.
'Great, he's delusional,' thought Triss before yelling, "Dragon, we have a problem."
A few seconds later Dragon arrived look worried. "What happened?" he asked.
"The duel got a little rough and I put to much power behind a blow and knocked James into a tree. He's completely delusional, says he's seeing colors," Triss explained.
Dragon nodded and bent down to James level and held up his hand. "James, what color is surrounding my hand?" Dragon asked.
"Purple with gold specs out lined with pink," said James studying Dragon's hand.
"James, I think another one of your powers manifested," said Dragon.
"Great," James said before collapsing.
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Serry: Yes, James is 11 years old. I based his height on the average height of my guy friends at that age. Plus James is a little more than half Elven. Also I will not be referring to James as Harry during this story. I personally don't like the name much.
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