"Harry , lets move out of here. This is not the place for you anymore, as Hermoine and Potter left the Privet Drive. At a distance Potter could see Piers sneaking probably the identity of Potter as a whizard not a secret anymore to him.
Harry checked the time , and checked his pocket for some muggle money. Smiled over that he still carried some. Since it was broad daylight now , and in middle of daylight , probably could not apparate to Leaky Cauldron. Potter took the bus , and paid the conductor , for whom again Harry Potter was just another kid going to university with his girl friend.
Hermoine and Harry potter were best of friends though the relationship can still not be defined. Harry looked at all the places in London , and still remembered how true Hagrid was when he exclaimed how difficult was it for the muggles to work.
They got down on the designated stop and Harry Potter guided Hermoine to the Leaky Cauldron , the bar which most muggles missed in the hurry.
As they entered the bar , Tom shouted , “Luk ho iz here’ , Harry Potter” , as again there was a pin drop silence. The same as it was when Harry Potter first came here. “The boy who lived” , as Harry turned to the side , and saw Dedalus Diggle speaking. Harry had a strong memory of him now , as the one of first person who greeted him at the same place. The place was again buzzing with a lot of activity, but still the charm it had some five years ago was missing.
“so how was it Mr. Potter to kill He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, was it easy. We all knew the Undesired One will be our savior , one drink complimentary from Tom today to full house to congratulate Mr. Potter”, Tom finished as he turned around to see Hermoine , who was a bit less interested in the fame of Potter than the smell coming from the surroundings.
“The place looks quite deserted at this hour , Harry turned to say it to Hermoine” , who had just disappeared . Frantically Harry eyes searched the entire pub , and went straight to Diggle , “Hello sir , I need a small help”.
“Anything Mr. Potter, the way you have saved the world from the chuckles of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named , any whizard would assist you in any way like. What is it you would like sir. Can I buy a drink”
“No , no , not a drink ,” Harry refused politely and continued , “ I would like to search for the girl who came with me. She has just gone somewhere.
“are you talking about Hermoine , Harry . If yes , don’t worry she is just fine”. Assured Diggle, and continued , “she is giving a big lecture to my elf on cleanliness” and burst into laughter.
“Can you tell me , where she is” asked Potter.
“yes ,yes , just go straight , the last table on the right”. Harry went straight in that direction , and could hear mumbling voices , though he was not sure if he could hear them properly.
“you outta know you also have a right to live, and live properly. You are not a slave of any whizard, and you have a right to wear properly.”, Hermoine kept on speaking even when the elf seemed to be least interested in the same. Hermoine , lets move on , we have a bigger task at our hands.
“Wait Harry , you and Ron have always been like that to me . Please try to understand what I try to do. And you , I am trying to do something for all elves, ok”
“Come on Harry” , and both of them made the way through the pub. But before they left , there was a loud applause from everybody sitting there.
One of them shouted , this toast for the boy who killed He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, and followed by a loud cheer once more.
Harry turned around , bowed and said,” He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named can be named now. If someone not wished to call him Voldemort” , one may call him Tom. All heads turned to bartender , and Hermoine giggled , “ I mean Tom Morvolo Riddle” , and there is no jinx in using the name now.
Hermoine took her wand out and tapped the right brick “Three up... two across” , and the pathway opened to the market of whizards.
“Harry , we need to get an owl for you first , or you prefer a toad , or rat this time”, teased Hermoine.
“Rats , no way , who knows another wormtail hiding in that’, and owl also like a Hedwig one will be difficult”, Harry said as they entered ‘Eeylops Owl Emporium - -- Tawny, Screech, Barn, Brown, and Snowy’ .
“ Ahh , Mr. Potter , how are you. I have been waiting for you entire summer , I have something for you. After the fate of our Hedwig , I was sure you will come back for one. Was expecting you last autumn , but the posters of Most Undesired , I thought you might not return”.
“Well , what is it you have for me sir”, asked Harry.
“Here , it is , a snowy white owl”, sleeping in its full glory , look a like to Hedwig. Seems like Hedwig to me.
“take this Harry , from me”, Harry went to his pocket to take out galleons , but was interrupted by the person , “The Great Harry Potter , this is a small gift from Eeylops Owl Emporium for the great fete you performed.
Harry felt a bit proud , and the reception he got in the whizarding world was just awesome. He started to leave, when the owner once again said, “Harry , this will be more like your Hedwig, and his name also is Hedwig, as a matter of fact , has been made out of one of the feathers of Hedwig.”
Harry was nearly in tears , may be a drop trickled down his face also. If not the same good old friend , atleast a reflection of the same .
“Ok Harry , lets go to Ollivander , the reason I wanted to come to diagon alley”.
The finest wand maker who has been a big help in bringing Tom Riddle down looked weaker then ever. He was still attending to his shop when the look on his face turned grim on seeing Hermoine.
“can we have a little word inside if Mr Potter does not mind”, as he moved to back room and Hermoine followed him to the place.
As Hermoine and Ollivander disappeared in the room behind the counter , the door of which disappeared as soon as it appeared. Harry started looking at all the wands , but one thing he restraint was from touching it.
“The Wand Chooses its master”, was Ollivander told him 7 years ago , and time and over it has proven correct. For the most powerful elder wand also chose its master. The lost in time Harry’s thoughts were broken with the giggle, a familiar one. Harry’s heart skipped a beat as he looked back to see Ginny. The smile on his faced widened as river Nile in full flow. Without a word being said they hugged each other as if there was no tomorrow. The tears came rolling down the Potter’s eyes as he closed his eyes. For now nothing in him but embrace of Ginny would suffice.
“Where have you been for so long ,”Harry asked holding Ginny’s moist face in his hands. Have been here only , with Ron.
“Oh hi , Ron , missed you” , harry said with a mischeaveous smile. Ron who had moved his face away from what was coming when Harry and Ginny were to meet , said in a protesting tone , “as always”. Ginny and Harry could only smile on the same.
“So u come here alone Harry , as always wanna do all the stuff again. And what is it you are in here at Olivander’s.” , Ron living to his expectation as he let off a thousand questions without blinking an eyelid.
“Ron. I am here with Hermoine who has just a few queries to ask with Mr. Ollivander, and that is the reason why precisely he is not in here.”
“Hermoine needed to ask something to Mr Ollivander, for God sake , HE-WHO-MUST-NOT-BE-NAMED is dead , so what is it she wants from him now. He was absconding at the time when we needed his guidance the most , anyhow. Where have they gone , and how long will it take them to come out.”
“They just inside , and I also don’t know what Hermoine has in her mind , she can be little too much sometimes”.
“Hey Harry , you got yourself an owl” , exclaimed Ginny, “and this looks like Hedwig”.
“Surely it does, its called Hedfig. I am told it is based out of a feather of Hidwig only , so can be said as kind of his son.”, harry said proudly. The owl was still asleep just like Hedwig. The entire episode of Hedwig dying just before they were able to make it to the hiding place , saddened the mood of Potter, but the hug from Ginny was once again able to shred the memories of forgetful incidence.
“Ron , you mind waiting for Hermoine here while me and Ginny go out for a bit of stuff we need to buy”, Said Harry as he left the Ollivander’s , hand in hand with ginny.
Ron sat on the solitude stool that was present there , which seemed to appear out of no-where. Harry and Ginny went back to the pub, the same place the elf earlier was with Hermoine. Seeing Potter with another girl , he remarked , seems like Potter is famous , all girls want to be with “The number one undesirable”.
Harry had been labled as the same thing entire last year , when his portraits were well over all place in Diagon alley. That time he was under the invisible cloak and Hermoine had poly juice for Bellatrix.
Ginny asked Harry, “ So whos it you are roaming about , on my back”, with her long hair covering half her face. Harry caught hold of Ginny’s face, eyes deep in each other. Soon there was a pin drop silence. The world around them suddenly froze in time , as some magic. The lips moved towards each other as the opposite poles of magnet , the faces titling at just the right angle. The closed eyes and the heavenly pleasure of the locked lips died in time.
“Sir, I would like to know how is the magic in ancient, veiled archway in the Department of Mysteries , is it the same as we do it here.”
Ollivander looked a bit surprised and taken aback by the little girl’s knowledge , and then composed himself and told, “There is no thing as veiled archway girl, and if you have got any information for the same , it is probably some fairy tale you should avoid believing”
“You mean to say veiled archway is a fairy tale , I think the elder wand was a better off a magical fairy tale than anything else , and so the deathly hallows. Why is it one who go in by dark magic do not have a chance to choose whether they want to stay in this world or move ahead. The magic world says the body of the person may die but his soul needs a place to stay. For those cursed by black magic , presumably from the normal wands , this can not be permanent. The souls must travel to a place before moving on the next world. But in case the body goes missing , what happens Mr Ollivander. There is an archway in ministry of magic where all this supposedly goes, and there should be a way to bring someone back from there.
“What Miss Grenger, you mean to say that you want to bring someone back from the place where no whizard can dare to step his foot. A place which has not been seen , neither been written. A place full of unseen horrors, the normal magic would be useless at the place. One can not survive at that place , leave alone bringing someone back Miss Greinger. Do you have the slightest idea what could happen to you if you even dare to do what you are thinking at. “
“It certainly means that there is a place such as veiled archway, and there should be a way to go there. Can you please tell me if the wands and magic spells work there as they work here.”
“The magic will be same everyone Miss Greinger , I don’t have any clue to go there. But there has been a single person in this history other than you mentioning to go there.”, he continued as his face turned pale. “His intentions were to find keep a piece of soul here , wander to the dark world and get to a wand , more powerful than the elder wand.”
“A wand more powerful than the elder wand, how is that possible”, elder wand with resurrection stone and the invisible cloak make the The Deathly Hallows , the most powerful wand.
“Look Miss Greinger these things like Elder wand are meant for pure magic, but there are things bigger than that. People doing dark arts get to a degree not possible by normal magic. The power of black magic is big Miss geringer , bigger than what you and me ever saw. The powers he held were great, and in many terms more powerful than any living whizard ever had.”
“but did he ever go in there , I mean , in magical archway , and he was Voldemort , right”.
Old Ollivander shrugged at saying of the name and visually displeased over hermoine naming the Once Dark Lord.
“It would be appreciable if we refrain from using that name”. There was a bit of silence , as Ollivander took a deep breath , and continued. “yes, he did go there. There was a lot of magic he accumulated from there before he returned, but he paid a big price for it. Though none of it harmed it as much as it powered him.”
Now Ollivander turned sideways, stood up from his place , came to hermoine , as close as Hermoine could virtually feel his breath , and said, “Do you think miss Greinger there is any magic which would enable a whizard to fly in air , without the broomstick, or the wand.”
Hermoine could now feel how powerful Voldy had become last year, but she still sat in composed mode , and continued, “ then how was he who must not be named , not control The Elder Wand, and why did the want counter-reacted to such a powerful whizard”
“you see Miss greinger, any other whizard would not have even taken the control of elder wand, other than using it. He-WHO-MUST-NOT-BE-NAMED used the elder wand for a long time. It was only when the true owner of the magical wand came , its power outdid him. You see miss greinger , if he would have acquired the Elder Wand of Dark World, probably the world would not have been same. There are certain rules which are understood well by all dealing in Advanced Magic. We don’t interfere in each other’s business. “
“But Mr. Ollivander , is it possible to work with our wands in the veiled archway”.
“have already told you miss Greinger , the power of wand lies in the person using it. So this wand will work fine in any world, but the only trouble will be the curses in the dark areana would be evil. If one dares to go there, he should be certain of a life , worse than death if trapped there”.
“thanks a lot sir, for all the information.”
As Harry and Ginny came back to diagon alley after being in the pub for quite sometime now , Ron seemed to have found a chess wondering in the the Ollivanders , and played it on both sides. Out of nowhere , Ollivander and then Hermoine appeared .
“What are you doing here , and again. I have warned you not to play this barbaric game again.” Hermoine pretended to be angry.
“What am I doing here , I think I was to ask that question that question to you , where were you. I was waiting here for past 1 hour , Harry left with Ginny and you were also not there. “, Ron’s statement was cut short by Ginny’s smile as they entered the room.
“This must be nth time you broke a wand , right”, Harry mocked on Ron , as Hermoine nearly shouted ,”
You broke the wand once more time. I really don’t know how do you manage to break the most important stuff in wizard world. Ollivander face frowned on hearing the fate of the wand.
“Harry also broke his wand , no one told him anything”, Ron seemed to retaliate , but the looks of Harry and Hermoine made him silent. He said “sorry” in a barely audible tone.
The power of Elder wand once more came to Hermoine’s mind as Ron mentioned the incident. For if they have to enter the ancient archway , they need to have the most powerful wand from the wizard world.
Elder wand repaired the Harry’s broken phoenix wand last year , which was a spell which no other wand could have used. There are many such spells which are written which can be executed with Elder Wand only. Possibly to bring Sirius back , they will need a wand which is either as strong as Elder wand or Elder wand only.
Ollivander took out a wand , and warned Ron ,” this is the last one left for you. If you break this one, don’t come back to me. You dent my reputation like this. I don’t believe 18 years of magic , and anyone has broken so many wands in his lifetime.
As they were about to leave the Diagon Alley , some uttering of the words outside the street , and Harry was first to recognize it . Hagrid it is , and Harry ran out to him. Hagrid just turned around to see Potter running , his broad smile hid behind his big beard. Though Harry has grown of the age ,still Harry looked nothing more than a small kid. Harry hug Hagrid tightly as if he will let him go.
“Itz all carrect .. harry , ya are behaving lika first met .. lang time now … so Ginny is also there. Harry iz going for hiz last year at Hogwartz then.” Hagrid said , as Hermoine ,Ron and Ginny reached them.
“Ron , needed a new wand , so we just came here”, Harry tried to hide his discomfy over the Dursely’s episode .
“So hoowu are ya planning to go to Hogwartz. By the exprez or wanna ride the bike once more”, asked Hagrid with a gleam in his eyes , which was cut down by Hermoine, “Harry will go by the Hogwarts Express Hagrid we need to discuss something together. I had sent you the message for the same”.
“Yeah yeah .. got that got that … it’s impossible Hermoine, I would like to talk to you.” , Hermoine widened her eyes so wide that Hagrid understood its time to shut up. Harry still confused by what Hermoine is exactly doing , or trying to . His brains ran through all the events since morning , and then as if lightening stuck him. All his body shivered , his scar hurt a bit , and a few glasses broke somewhere. All his hair rose as his radiant sun , Hagrid , Ron , Ginny and Hermoine took a step back as Harry stood in centre. His wand has accidently left some flashes , and Hermoine shouted “Expelliarmus!”
The wand dropped from Harry’s hand , and Hermoine shouted , “What has happened to you , you never looked so tense. You are sweating”.
Harry was still stuck with what Hermoine was trying to do. Harry wanted to ask Hermoine , but Ginny came in between. He took Harry in her arms , Harry could now feel the aroma of Ginny. The eyes of Weasly said everything, as Harry recomposed , picked up the wand , and said , ‘yeah , am fine”.
And turned to Hermoine and said, “Please stop running after the improbable , we all know it just not possible”.
As they left the Diagon alley to platform 9 , three quarters.
The food trolley came , and as always Harry bought them all. The displeasure in Hermoine’s eyes did not stop Ron from opening his favourite chocolate frog. This time Hagrid came to his card , “ughh .. they have Hagrid for these cards now ,” mockered Ron in a friendly tone.
“Wonder who will be our Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher this season” , asked Harry .
“One thing is sure , it is not going to be Snape, and I am very glad he is not “ Ron said.
Harry snapped in between , “Shut up Ron ! he was a friend and a good one “, though Harry was still judging if snape was as good as he wanted to say. After all , Snape did all for Lily and nothing for him or James. All his love was for Lily and not Harry. But that was strong enough for Harry.
“wonder if Snape was with Voldemort , he would still have been alive. There was no way we could have defeated him without. Vol..” Harry’s voice was cut short by Hermoine , “you better not use that name again” .
“But why , he is dead , and all the magical disturbance has gone away with him “.
“Harry you don’t understand , Vo… is a curse . The unsaid curse of Black world. And has deeper impact than what we thought earlier.”
“So , again you are reading new books”, Ron snapped in between , and continued , ”why don’t you read the academics sometime. Atleast that will help you”. Though Ron had known
“What now!!!” , came a stern reply from Hermoine, as Harry just let a broad grin ,”Just Nothing !!!”. The company of trio was joined by another friend Luna Lovegood. In a sleepish tone she said “Harry , I am sorry for what my father did , but he was helpless.” Harry stood up and went to sit by the side of Luna , pat a hand on her shoulders and said,” See , I never thought what you think about us. I saw the picture in your room at your mansion. It made me proud at that time to see the picture of me in your friends”, interrupted by Hermoine ,”Me too”. As she hugged Loona. “Harry !!!” , came a sugar voice as Ginny crashed into Potter and Hermoine had known the topic can not be discussed here. Soon the party was joined by Neivelle Longbottom. Harry stood up and started clapping. Joined in by Hermoine , Ginny , Ron and Loona. A tear trickled down Longbottom’s face, and with a second of thought he looked straight up in eyes of Harry and with pride clapped to the Victor. All have known Longbottom shown exceptional courage and defined friendship in new terms. One who murdered Nagini and stood up to face Dark Lord when it was evident that Harry was no more. The courage which Neville displayed was of a true Gryffindor. The trolley came and nearly all that can be laid hands on was taken. A toast to celebrate the occasion and Ron stuffing his mouth as always.
“Some people never learn”, Hermoine exclaimed as the entire cabin roared into laughter. The ever so monitoring Slytherin were absent , and dared not to wander near the shinning Gryffindor. For first time in history of a millennium and since Hogwarts , there was never a time more low to Slytherin. The downfall of Dark Lord had not only marked an end to bad times but also an era of greatest magicians to lived on Earth. This was parallel to muggle World War, where greatest wizards of all times , Dumbledore and Tom Riddle met the ends. Also Moody , Severus , one of Weasly’s lost the life to good cause. Snape proved his loyal love to Eva, one which made him a respectable personality after all. Admist all this crisis , there is still no proof and no way Sirius Black came of clean chit. He still is one of the notorious criminals dies after escaping Azkaban. Nearly half the surviving death eaters found the way to prisons of Azkaban , and dementors confided to limits of prison. The ministry trying to locate many death eaters who escaped the scene of crime. The normalcy with the muggle world took a long 1 month and with all the magic in the world used to rewrite memories of a million people living in London.
The train reached Hogwarts , and invisible creatures carrying the carriages were visible to all. “ What are these !!” , Hermoine being first one seem to be astonished, as Harry winked an eye to Luna. “ I told you last time we were here, but you won’t listen to me”, Harry chucked on Hermoine , who seemed to be defeated after a long time now in terms of knowledge. “Off Course I knew these, I was wondering about the looks”, interrupted by Loona ,”they look different”, same tone as she said an year and half ago to Potter. Harry , Ginny , Ron and Hermoine sat on carriage , while Luna and Neville found seat together.
Even after the tragic incidents that happened a couple of months ago, nothing seemed to change in physical appearance. All seemed as it always was. “Magic” , both Harry and Hermoine said as they giggled. But nothing is same as it used to be. The session was presided by new Headmistress McGonicall, who has taken over the responsibility from Severus Snape.
“I would like to welcome back to Hogwartz, the most deserving students , Mr. Harry Potter, Miss Hermoine Grainger and Mr. Ron Weasely for extraordinary skills and determination to fight the bad. The trio challenged the Dark Lord and with the help of HufflePuff , Gryfindor and Ravenclaw were instrumental in bringing the world back to normalcy. Mr. Potter has been nominated by Hogwatz to appear in the triwizard compition later this year as representative of Hogwartz. We hope Mr. Potter will bring the cup once more to Hogwartz. Miss Hermoine Grainger is reinstated as perfect for Gryffindor. I would request all to welcome the heros back to Hogwartz.” You may take your seats now, as Minnerva continued ,” First year students …….”
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