"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.
Harry and Hermoine sat in the compartment of Hogwarts Express, while Ginny and Ron
joined them after some time. Ginny has grown a bit jealous of Hermoine getting close
to Harry. The entire group knew Hermoine was as always upto something, and Harry
had a very big idea of what it was. The only thing was Ron and Ginny kept on guessing.
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
though Ron had known the answer. it has been 3 years now and one stern look was
all that was needed to shut up Ron. "Harry You dont understand the simple fact ,
the name is cursed. its not Tom Morvolo Riddle that makes it so, this name has been
taken from You know where ."
" veiled archway in the Department of Mysteries you mean." Harry was silenced by
presence of passing Malfoy. For first time the zest of being Slytherin missing in
his eyes. Like a plundered fort, the eyelids were down. Silently he passed
the cabin, as Ron let off a giggle. Another stare. Harry could not help himself
with another smile. Though it has been a long time since trio last travelled in
the Hogwartz express, mesmerizing them with the first journey. It’s the first place
where Hermoine met Harry . in the deep amnesia , Harry remembered how Hermoine repaired
his specs , and his hand went on the specs.
“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 …….”