there was one last store harry needed to visit. olivanders was the best place for wands apparently and also the only place in england. harry walked in and looked around. the place was dusty. really dusty.
"i wondered when i'd be seeing you, Mister Potter." Harry and his three animal companions whirled around in shock with harry aiming his arm cannon at the old man that snuck up on them.
"holy shit!" exclaimed rayquaza. "where'd this twit come from?!" said eternatus. "i almost set him on fire." said reshiram. "You and me both." said harry. "forgive me." said olivander. "i tend to do that to any customer i have. normally they dont have such a violent reaction. but i suppose living in the wild for most of your life in the wild will result in such a reaction." that was slightly unsettling that he knew about that. "either way, let us find you a wand. it seems only yesterday that your mother and father were in here buying their first wands." he approached harry. "that scar is quite a sight." he said as he glanced at harry's scar. "it was the same guy who killed my parents." harry said. "i see." said olivander. "im sorry to say im the one who sold the wand that did it." he shook his head and brought harry a box. "try this." he said handing harry the wand. harry reached for it with his right hand, then stopped when he realized it was the same one that had his arm cannon attatched. the cannon shot out a beam of light that scanned the wand. then a red x appeared above it.
"apparantly while the wand chooses the wizard, the cannon chooses the wand." olivander smirked. "it's never done that before." harry said. "no matter." olivander said. "we'll just have to keep searching."
several wands later with a pile building up, olivander pulled out one wand he gave a narrowed glance at. "i wonder..." he said. he held the wand out to harry and his arm cannon scanned it. not long later a green circle popped up and the top of the arm cannon opened. the wand shot into the opening and the slot sealed up.
harry's body surged with power as 18 different elemental properties flashed around him. each resembling his different forms. then two more elements appeared one was pure light followed by a symbol that looked like a sun. the other was multiple colors followed by a set of glowing green eyes with a sharp toothed grin under them. they the vanished.
"curious... very curious." olivander said. "what is?" asked harry. "i remember every wand ive ever sold mister potter. it just so happens that the pheonix who's tailfeather resides in your wand gave another feather. just one. it is curious that you should be destined for this wand when, if what you told me is correct, its brother gave you that scar." he pointed at harry's scar. "yeah, about that. whats the guy's name? i'd like to know the name of the guy who will be on the receiving end of my arsenal." harry said. "we do not speak his name." olivander said. "could you write it on some paper?" asked harry. olivander looked thoughtful then gave a slight nod. he used his own wand to conjor some paper and wrote the name down and handed it to harry. harry read the name. "really? thats his name? thats so stupid." harry said, giving olivander a bewildered look. "reguardless, he did great things. terrible. but great. i hope we can expect great things from you mister potter?" olivander said. harry smirked. "hell yeah." he said.
after paying for the wand, harry met back up with dumbledore and McGonagal. "we must hurry harry." dumbledore said. we've not much time to get to the hogwarts express. we we've only got a day until the train departs." harry was confused. "that seems long enough." he said. "you need your rest. and the express leaves quite early." McGonagal said. "we will explain to you where to board the train and how to find it on the way back to the cauldron." dumbledore said. "then its off to bed immediatly." Mcgonagal said. "we booked you a room at the cauldron." harry rolled his eyes. at least they cared enough about his health.
harry woke up the next morning and made sure he had everything. he needed to keep to the shadows to avoid being seen by the non magical people. he finally made it to the station and the place he was told about. he watched from the shadows using a cloak made from different animal skins he used whenever he walked among humans. he watched and waited. he wanted to see other wizards do it first.
he saw a group of red heads arrive. all of them carrying the same kind of stuff he had aside from the youngest. he found the twins a bit interesting. he walked past them and ran through the wall shortly after the twins.
after boarding the train. he took an empty compartment for himself. he shed his cloak and let his animal companions out of their cages. "finally." said reshiram. "that cage was cramped." eternatus stretched his limbs "tell me about it." he said. "im perfectly fine." rayquaza said. "you're flexable. you dont have to feel cramped." reshiram said. rayquaza gave what was probably a shrug. reshiram flew up to the rack and layed down, eternatus made himself at home on the seat next to harry, and rayquaza curled up on top of harry's head. before harry could get comfey the door slid open andhe instantly pointed his cannon at the intruder. it was one of the red headed boys from earlier. the boy hadhis hands in the air the instant the cannon was pointed at him. "sorry!" said the boy. harry lowered his arm. "for future reference, knock next time. i dont take surprises well." harry said.
the boy nodded. "do you mind." he asked everywhere else is full. "feel free." harry said. the boy took a seat across from him. "im ron by the way." said ron. "im harry." harry replied. "that's eternatus, rayquaza, and reshiram." he said gesturing to the three white reptiles. "you have three?" ron asked. "wait thats not the important bit. what are you?" he asked instead. "id tell you if i knew." harry said. "ive been this way since i was a baby. got turned into this after my parents were killed." ron frowned. "thats rough mate." he said. "pretty smooth actually." said harry rubbing his arm cannon. ron got a confused look before realization struck and he snorted. "i'll give you that." ron said. "im surprised your taking my appearance so well. mostly everyone was staring back in the alley." harry said. ron shrugged. "my dad is into muggle stuff. in all honesty you kinda look like one of those fictional metal contraptions he talked about once. i think it was called a roobut or something." ron said.
"i could see it-" he was cut off by ron. "wait a minute, thats a dragon!" ron said finally realizing that reshiram was indeed a dragon. "yeah?" harry said. "but its not any kind ive seen before." ron said. my older brother works with dragons and that one's new to me. the feathered wings, the weird shaped tail, the crest on the head. its all new." ron said. "well, eternatus and rayquaza also have their unique qualities." harry said. they can both fly, eternatus has this wierd ability to be stronger then anything bigger then him, and rayquaza is pretty durable. i saw him headbutt a rock yesterday and the rock shattered. "that was barely a rock. more like a pebble." said rayquaza. "if you say so." harry said.
ron got a confused look on his face. "i didnt say anything." he said. "not you." harry said. "apparently i have an ability called speaker. i can talk to reptiles." harry said. "wait, like parseltongue?" ron said. "thats another name for it." said reshiram. "she says yeah." harry said. "parseltongue is viewed as dark magic." ron said. "if its dark magic the dragons are dark magic creatures." harry said. "the language originated with them." ron blinked. "wait so its not a snake language?" he asked. "its universal for all reptiles." harry said. "snakes are just the ones who talk to humans most." ron looked like he'd been slapped with what he'd been told. he shook it off a moment later. "so do you think harry potter will show up at hogwarts?" he asked. "im on the train, ain't i?" harry replied with a smirk. ron's mouth fell open. "you're harry potter?!" ron exclaimed. "not much human anymore but yeah." harry said. "wait you said youve been like that since you were a baby. do you remember what happened that night?" he asked. then flinched when he realized how rude it was to ask that. "yeah." harry said. "im gonna be honest. that whole boy who lived stuff ive been hearing isnt true. my mother is the one who did something to defeat moldyshorts." ron snorted at the name. "shortly after mum and dad died i was turned into a smaller version of what you see. no arm cannon, no black. eventually i became this. but i spent most of my years in the wild learning to survive. i dont know why, but my new form gave me more self awareness then babies should have." harry finished. ron was silent for a minute. "is the new look a hassle to deal with?" he asked. "i mean having only one hand is a bit of a pain, but at least i have multiple modes for other situations. wanna see?" ron looked thoughtful before nodding. they spent the next few hours talking and showing off what they knew from magic so far. ron especially enjoyed hearing about harry's adventures in the dark forest. particularly when he killed multiple acromantulas.
harry heard something coming down the isle a short while later. an old lady with a cart full of different snacks stopped at the open door. "anything off the trolly, dears?" she asked. she didnt seem bothered by harry's appearance. "no thanks. im all set." said ron holding up what almost looked like sandwhiches. "oh, no. you are not spending the rest of this trip with just a couple of sandwiches." harry said. he opened a compartment on his arm and pulled out a small sack. "we'll take two of each." harry said, pulling out a bunch of coins. ron's eyes went wide. "whoa." he said.
the two enjoyed their haul of candy and other sweets. harry had never tried candy before. so he was caught off guard by the sweetness of some of the candy. he paused when he it into a bean shaped candy. "why does this taste like rabbit?" he asked. "you've eaten rabbit?" asked ron. "ive eaten bear before." harry said. "rabbit is better though."
ron just stared at harry. "with the way you describe some of the things youve done you'd think you were eating gormet meals." ron said. "i know how to cook so they might as well have been." harry's attention was then caught by movement in ron's pocket. a rat soon poked its head out and began sniffing some of the sweets.
"ron." said harry. "why do you have a rat in your pocket?" harry's eyes were narrowed at the familiar looking rat. "oh, this is scabbers. he used to be my brother percy's but now he's mine." ron said. "and how long has this rat been in your family?" harry asked. ron finally picked up on harry's suspiscious tone. "ten years. why?" ron asked. harry was silent for a moment. "we need to talk later." harry finally said. "without the rat present." the rat hadnt noticed harry as it had its head in a box of every flavor beans. ron just nodded. while he didnt like how harry was looking at his beloved pet, harry had told him about his more guarded instincts and how they were usually triggered by untrustworthy surroundings. maybe scabbers was a special kind of rat. He has lived long life.
a few hours later, the compartment door opened again. this time the person who opened the door almost had their head taken off by a large crab leg. luckily she managed to avoid it.
"do you people not know how to knock?" said harry. "thats the second time ive almost taken someone's head off." the girl straightened up. then did a double take at harry's appearance. "yeah, yeah. i look weird. what do you want?" harry asked.
the girl shook her head and spoke up. "have either of you seen a toad? a boy named neville has lost one." she asked, trying not to stare at harry. "amphibians dont exactly like me. so no." harry said. ron shook his head as well.
there was silence for a moment as the girl stared at harry. "has she not been taught to not stare at people?" said rayquaza. "he has a point." said harry. "is there a reason your staring at me?" the girl blinked and turned a bit red. "i just wasnt aware hogwarts let non-humans attend." she said. "they let racist bigots attend dont they?" said harry, getting a snort from ron.
the girl gave him a questioning look. "hogwarts wouldnt do that." she said in a scolding tone. "yet all of slitherin are treated like theyre all future evil wizards just because of some bastard that went dark." harry said. "dont even get me started on how clear it is that the wizards know nothing about non-magicals." the girl dropped the finger she was about to raise. "that is a good point." she said a bit disappointed. she then perked up in realization.
"sorry, i forgot to introduce myself." she said. "im hermione granger." ron spoke up next. "ron weasley." he said. "Names harry potter." said harry. hermione's head jerked towards harry. "so, its true then?" she said. "the stories are false." she sounded disappointed. "you mean those adventures of harry potter nonsense?" harry said. "yeah, they're nothing but codswallop." the girl looked even more disappointed but then perked up. "but what happened to you to turn you into... this?" she said gesturing to him. "if i knew, I'd tell you." harry said.
she gained a disappointed expression again but then perked up again. "ive gotten distracted. it was nice meeting the both of you." she said and rushed off. she came back a second later and turned to ron. "by the way, you have a bit of dirt on your nose right here." she said and gestured to the spot on her nose. ron rubbed his nose to find she was correct. "thats not gonna keep happening is it?" asked ron. harry shrugged.
someone asked why harry's new appearance is so accepted by everyone last chapter. its not. the shop employees have to keep a professional attitude at work and everyone else is openly staring at him like hes some kind of anomaly or nee creature. the only ones who've accepted his new appearance at this point are dumbledore, Mcgonagal, ron, hermione, olivander, the goblins, and maybe snape. although that last one is more because harry showed how much he was willing to forsake his potter name to mae snape more comfortable. other people will also accept him but definately not all.