(August 17th, 1993)
'I can't believe that she said those awful things about my parents. They weren't drunks. My parents were war hero's.' Harry Potter thought angrily
He stormed down the street in a fit of anger and furry.
Harry Potter was not normal by his relatives point of view or the view of the wizards. And they were right. Harry was the only one to survive the curse that killed his parents. So the teenage boy who had messy raven black hair, avada kadavera green eyes, a lightning bolt scar and was too skinny for his age from malnutrition left the house in a hurry.
Harry sped walked away from privet drive as fast as he could. He just blew up Marge 'the barge' Dursley in front of everyone in the house. Harry knew that he was in trouble now. Soon he stopped by this playground and sat on the curb. He waited for ministry officials to come and arrest him on subconsciously using magic on a muggle that didn't know one lick about magic.
Harry soon sees a underfed fluffy black cat with a little white on its chest and paws walking up to him. Harry uses a spell he learned last year to determine the gender of the cat. Once done he found the cat to be female.
"I'm going to name you Bella because it means beautiful in Italian. And you are one beautiful cat." Harry said
Bella meows. He picks Bella up and pets her. Bella begins to purr lovingly and rubs herself onto Harry not having affection in years. What Harry didn't know was his new cat was actually the criminal named Bellatrix LaStrange.
After about ten or so minutes of sitting and talking to the cat, a large black dog walks out of the bushes across the street. The dog growled and looks to the cat in Harry's arm. Scared that the dog may kill his cat, Harry takes out his wand. But Harry again subconsciously did magic. He had called this huge dark cobalt blue triple decker bus that was found in London. Harry fell over onto the grass and dropped his beloved cat next to him.
"Welcome to the knight bus. Emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. My name is Stan Shunpike. And I'll be your conductor for this evening." The man said
Stan looked up. Harry had fell on his butt.
"Why are you down there?" Stan asked
"I fell over." Harry said
"Why did you fall over for?" Stan asked
"I didn't do it on purpose." Harry said
"Well come on them. Let's not wait for the grass to grow." Stan said
Harry stood up and grabbed Bella. He quickly looked across the street.
"What are you looking at?" Stan asked behind him
"Nothing." Harry said shaking his head
"Well come on then." Stan said
Harry went to grab his trunk with his right hand but Stan stopped him.
"No, no. I'll get it." Stan said
A skeptical Harry went on the bus with his new cat. When Stan grabbed the trunk, he struggled with it. Harry made sure that his wizard money was in his pocket. After putting the trunk down Stan walked up to Harry and handed him a piece of paper. It had the amount of money for the ride.
"Take it away earn." Stan said
A magical head repeated what Stan said. The bus starts to drive.
"Where we going?" Stan asked
"The leaky cauldron. That's in London." Harry said
"Hear that earn? The leaky cauldron. That's in London." Stan said
The magical head said something. They started to go.
"But the muggles won't they see us?" Harry asked
"Muggles don't see anything do they. What did you say your name was again?" Stan asked
"I didn't tell you. And it's Harry." Harry said
Stan started to read the daily profit there were two people on the cover.
"Who are they?" Harry asked
"They are Sirius Black And Bellatrix Lestrange. They're cousins." Stan said
"How did they get out?" Harry
"No one knows. Please tell me you've heard of them?" Stan asked
"No I haven't heard of 'em." Harry said
"Their big supporters of you-know-who. Please tell me you at least heard of him." Stan said
"Yeah. Him I heard of." Harry said looking out of the window
Slamming on the brakes, the bus stops at the leaky caldron with Harry ending up plastered against the window next to Stan making a kissing fish face.
"The leaky cauldron." Stan said
Tom the landlord or innkeeper or whatever he was called waited fo Harry outside.
"Mr. Potter. You're here." Tom said with a toothy smile
Harry follows Tom into the pub.
"Room 11." Said one of Tom's employees when Tom asked where the minister was
They went up to the room the minister for magic was in. Harry sees Hedwig in the room.
"Hedwig!" Harry said happily
Harry pets the bird with happiness.
"Right smart bird you've got there Mr. Potter. She arrived just five minutes before yourself." Tom said
The minister clears his throat and Harry sits down in the nearby chair.
"As minister for magic it is my duty to inform you Mr. Potter, that earlier this evening was located just a little south of Sheffield circling a chimney stack. The accidental magic reversal squad was dispatched. She has been properly punctured and her memory modified. She will have no recollection of the incident. So that's, that and no harm done." Fudge said
Fudge walked to where Harry was sitting. Which was across the room. Then fudge opened the lid to a pot of soup.
"Pea soup?" Fudge offered
Harry shook his head. Fudge put the lid back on the pot.
"Minister. I don't think I understand. I thought underage wizards weren't allowed to do magic outside of school." Harry said
"Come now Harry. The ministry doesn't send people to Azkaban for blowing up their aunts. But running away was very irresponsible with the situation at hand." Fudge said
"What situation is that sir?" Harry asked
"We have killers on the loose Mr. Potter." Fudge said
Harry said goodbye to the minister, got up and went off to his room. But before he went to bed Harry gave some human food that he knew was safe for cats. He had to thank his lucky stars that he spent time with the crazy cat lady down the street from the Dursley's named Mrs. Figg. He also had to feed her cats when she went on a vacation.
(August 18, 1993)
Harry woke up with a stretch. Harry decided to go to the alley and have a look around. He never really explored the alley before. Harry decided to hold off on getting his school things for now. Once Harry got dressed he got an idea. He was going to forge his uncles signature for the hogsmead slip.
'McGonagall will never know.' Harry thought with a evil little smirk
Once signed Harry left for the alley. Tapping the bricks the right way opens up the door to Diagon alley. But if one would tap the bricks another way, it would lead you too knocktern alley.
As Harry walked down the street, looking at the shops, he bumped into someone.
"I'm so so so sorry. I didn't mean to run into you." Harry apologizes
"No it's my fault. I should have been looking where I was going." A beautiful voice with a French accent said
Harry looked into her baby blue eyes. The girl had silvery blonde hair. She was quite a beauty.
'She's perfect.' Harry thought of the girl
There was a shine glimmering on Harry's and Fleur's eyes.
"I'm Harry, Harry Potter." Harry finally said offering his hand
"I'm Fleur Delacour, Monsieur Potter. Nice to meet you." Fleur said shaking his hand
There was a little spark between the two. They immediately pulled away their hands. Fleur knew this to be a sign that Harry was her mate.
"Please just call me Harry. I hate it when someone that is not a teacher calling Mr. Potter." Harry said
"Okay 'Arry. Only if you call me Fleur." Fleur said
"Deal." Harry said with a smile
The two looked in each other's eyes. Fleur bit her lip.
"'Arry how about you show me around this place?" Fleur asked
"Follow me." Harry said offering his arm
"Why thank you." Fleur said taking the arm that was offered
The two walk all over Diagon alley with Harry explaining some things to Fleur that she didn't understand. They had started to go past a store that Fleur wanted to go in. So Harry took her in. Being the gentleman Harry wanted to be, so he paid for the stuff Fleur pick out. Which was a few scarfs.
Soon the two stopped at the ice cream shop. Harry paid for Fleur's ice cream to be a gentleman like earlier. The two talked for over two hours. They talked about Hogwarts and Beauxbatons. They talked about their classes.
Fleur laughed when Harry told her about Lockhart. She lived the part about the pixies and Lockhart using the wrong spell. Soon Harry asked Fleur out on a date.
"So Fleur. Will you go out on a date with me? Like a real date." Harry asked
"I'd love to 'Arry. Why don't you pick me up at the hotel across the street in the muggle world then take me to the nice restaurant on the other corner. At seven. Dress nice too." Fleur said
Fleur stood up and walked off.
"Where in the hotel should I meet you?" Harry asked before Fleur got too far
"The lobby." Fleur said
Fleur exited the alley. Harry looked down at his watch. It was 12:30. He had six and a half hours to get a muggle suit and tie from Madan Malkin's and a debit card from Gringotts. Harry ran as fast he could to Madam Malkin's to place his order.
"Hogwarts dear." Madam Malkin asked
"No, I'll get those tomorrow. Right now, I need a muggle suit and tie please." Harry said
Madam Malkin nodded in understanding and Harry was ushered onto the platform to get the measurements Madam Malkin needed.
"It will be done no later then three thirty." Madam Malkin said once she was finished
Harry thanked Madam Malkin then left. He then ran to Gringotts. Once in the building, Harry went to a teller, did the respectful 'Hello' gesture to the goblins.
"Name?" The teller asked in a monotone voice
"Harry James Potter. And I would like to see my account manager." Harry said firmly
The teller, named DodLivk, guided Harry to Manager GoldLeg's office. DodLivk knocked on the door.
"Enter." Said the bored baritone voice of the Potter account manager GoldLeg
Harry entered the spacious office. And DodLivk walked away.
"Ah, Mr. Potter. Have a seat." GoldLeg said
Harry took a seat in the nearby chair that had a desk between him and he goblin. Harry was shocked to find the chair more comfortable then the ones at school.
"So what can I do for you Mr. Potter?" GoldLeg asked
"First I need to know how much money I have and how many vaults. Then I want a debit card that I could use in the muggle world, then I want a five thousand gallon coin bag to use here." Harry said, "Then I want to know if the Potter family has a title or not and the properties I own."
Then Harry and GoldLeg started to business. Harry knew it would take a while.
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Fleur entered the hotel room. She had a big smile on her face.
"What's gotten into you?" Apolline Delacour asked in French
"Oh, mamma. I met my mate and he asked me out." Fleur said in French too as she spun around the room a couple of times
"That's wonderful dear. What's he like? What's his name?" Apolline asked
"His name is Harry Potter. He's so thoughtful and caring. He really wants a family of his own. Harry treated me like a lady the whole time we talked and didn't get mad when I didn't understand something. He is really patient." Fleur said
"That's great sweetie. But if he hurts you, there will be hell to pay." Leon Delacour said forcefully
"Okay papa." Fleur said
Fleur went to get ready. Gabrielle, Fleur's younger sister, wanted to help, so Fleur let her.
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Harry exited the bank known as Gringotts with his new card. He went to see if his suit was done. And it was. Harry then grabbed some food for his cat Bella from the grocery store across the way. He also bought some snacks.
Once Harry was in his room he saw something he didn't expect. There was a grown woman was sitting on his bed.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Harry yelled
"My name is Bellatrix. Bella for short. And I was the cat you named Bella." She said
"Why are you here?" Harry asked
There was silence. And silence was never Harry's strong suit.
"I'll ask again. Why are you here?" Harry asked firmly
"I'm here because I need your help." Bella said
"Help you with what?" Harry asked weary as he put his suit on his desk
"Sirius Black and I. We were wrongly convicted. Never got a trial." Bella said
Harry's eyes widened. He began to sputter.
"How can anyone do that to another person?" Harry asked
"Barty Crouch SR. does not care about people. He even threw his own son in Azkaban." Bella said
"How can I help?" Harry asked
Bella explained that they couldn't do anything as of yet. She let Harry know that before he can walk up to Amelia Bones, who was the head of the DMLE right now, and formally demand a trial for the two he needed to learn how to be a lord. He had to be able to hold himself comfortably like one should.
Bella even taught Harry the patrous charm to protect him from the dementors. She taught him some more advanced spells and charms and stuff he should know after he graduated school. Harry was happy that Bella was teaching him the spells. And unknown to the two, Bella's dark Mark was changing.