The story is drawing to a close. The problem with my story is simple. There is no problem, therefor there is nothing to resolve, and therefor no point in properly continuing this story for much long. I'd give it... three more chapters? Give or take.
The tongue lashing Ginny gave them later still made them shudder in memory months later. Now, they were more careful, and had taught Harry all sorts of things about the Ghost Zone, learning many things about the Wizarding World in return. And now he was taking them for their first foray into the Wizarding World: Diagon Alley.
Of course, first they had to get there. Harry brought them out of the house and held out his wand arm, the other holding onto Dani's hand and looped around Danny's shoulders, and both Danny and Dani jumped violently as the Knight Bus roared in front of them, seemingly out of nowhere. The purple triple decker bus was loud and obvious.
"Doesn't anyone notice that?" Dani wondered.
Harry chuckled. "It's warded against Muggle sight and hearing. The only reason you notice it's here is because I'm touching you."
Slowly, Danny stepped away from his arm as the conductor stepped forward and opened his mouth. Both the conductor and the bus vanished and he yelped. "Creepy," he muttered, stepping back again so he was making contact with Harry's arm. Harry shrugged.
"Anything to keep the Wizarding World a secret from the general public," he replied. The conductor stopped speaking as soon as he took a close look at Harry. He let out a little yelp coupled with a quiet gasp and stepped back. Wordlessly, Harry nodded at him and pulled the two onto the bus behind him, silently handing the man a Galleon, which he hesitated before taking. Harry led them into an unoccupied portion of the bus and ignored the stares and fingers directed at him from all directions with the ease of long practice. Danny and Dani both directed questioning glances at him. He ignored them, too.
When the tentative conductor announced their approach to the Leaky Cauldron, Harry stood, folded the newspaper he'd been reading, and put up the hood of his cloak, to mixed amusement and confusion from the two half-ghosts behind him. He got off when they stopped and they stepped into the Leaky Cauldron. Harry nodded to Tom, who nodded back, and then swept through the dingy pub to an alley behind, where he tapped some bricks with his wand. Danny and Dani gasped and stepped back as the bricks parted to reveal a bustling alley.
"Welcome," Harry said dramatically. "to Diagon Alley." He ruined the drama by chuckling. They stared, trying to see in every direction at once. Harry found it rather amusing – one moment they would be staring at the apothecary on one side of the road and in front of them, and as they walked along, they would be staring at the owlery on the other side, and then at Madam Malkin's behind them. He knew the feeling – magic in every direction. It was exhilarating and amazing. "Where do you want to go?"
"The book store!" Dani yelled. Danny shrugged, and Harry took that as a yes, bringing them along to Flourish and Blott's. He watched for a moment as they looked around, wide-eyed, and let out a laugh as Dani jumped away as one book growled at her. Apparently, not all of the copies of the Monster Book of Monsters were gone yet. He couldn't blame them. They weren't the best behaved books. Dani went clear to the other side of the store and picked out a book on Charms and curled up into a corner to read. Danny eventually chose a book on incorporating magic into physical defense and took it aside. Harry smiled at them, left the section on Defensive wards, and told them to bring them up to the register, ignoring their protests.
They left the store and then they went to the apothecary, just looking around. One man bumped into Harry roughly, knocking down his hood, and turned with a scowl, only to freeze as he came face-to-face with the irritated face of the Savior of the Wizarding World.
"Sorry, Mr. Potter," he murmured, backing away slightly, then turning and half-running away. Danny and Dani gave him odd looks and he mouthed, 'Tell you later' before putting his hood back up before anyone could notice the presence of the Boy-Whose-Name-Must-Be-Hyphenated-In-Some-Way-Shape-Or-Form. (A/N: The Chosen One, you have to admit, is like a hyphenated title, only without hyphens)
They moved onto several other shops – their reaction to Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes was particularly amusing, as Danny had turned blue laughing – before finally heading home, where Harry had to face the music.
"So?" Danny asked.
"Famous much?" Dani finished.
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