3. Padfoot!
Harry walked swiftly, his breath hitching, his teeth clattering, his heart beating wildly and his round glasses constantly fogging up. In a little while, he got tired of dragging his trunk and strolled into a park on Mongolia Street and sat down on a bench. However, before he got his breath back, he some rustling behind him and a whimper of slight pain, hunger and cold. He turned around, and saw a poor stray dog limping towards him, its fur matted with dried blood and mud/filth, ribs pocking out and ears drooped. His heart went to the pitiable creature and decided to help it the best he could. He took of his own jacket, which was the warmest one he owned and carefully wrapped it round the dog. Then he rummaged in his trunk for his money pouch and then stood still, stuck his wand out (like for the Knight Bus) and twirled it once in mid air, causing a puff of smoke and a dingy room-like shop to appear out of no-where. On top of the door “Durrell, the most convenient currency changer since 1950’s!” was written in gold letters.
Harry entered the musty smelling shop for the first time and waited for the shop keeper to make an appearance. Soon, he had half the Galleons changed into Pounds and he stepped outside, the dingy shop vanishing with a pop. He was thinking of going to a muggle vet but then thought better of it and raised his wand to summon the Knight Bus, which appeared with a bang.
A voice rang out "Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out your wand hand, step on board and we can take you anywhere you want to go (except anything underwater). My name is Stan Shunpike, and I will be your conductor this fair evening. How may I help I help you today?”
“I would like to go to Diagon Alley” replied Harry to Stan, “How much?”
“With 11 sickles you get on, but for that dog you are 14 sickles but for 15 you can get hot chocolate as well.”
“Never mind that right now, just get me there, and I’ll pay you while we’re on the bus.”
As soon as Harry reached Diagon Alley, he almost ran to the shop’s door and rushed inside.
He showed the dog to the assistant behind the counter and was taken to the trained medi-vet (A/N I thought, if medi-witch, then why not medi-vet) in the back. It turned out that the dog only had a slight injury in his leg and a lightly cracked rib. While all this was taken care of, Harry bought a few items of comfort for the dog, including food. The Vet told him that all he had to do was keep it warm and well fed and it should be ok.
“Perfect!” Harry exclaimed, “Thank you so much sir”
After Harry had paid the expenses cost, he went to the Leaky Cauldron where he informed Tom, the innkeeper about his stay in Diagon Alley and him needing a place to stay. Tom agreed to rent him a room but before he could walk out again, told him that the minister for magic would like to speak with him.
Harry thought he was in serious trouble until the Minister, Cornelius Fudge reassured him that no harm was done and that Marge Dursley’s memory had been modified. After telling Harry that he could not sign his Hogsmeade form, the Minister bid him good-bye and left.
Harry was bummed, and he thought he would get what muggles called an iPod and listen to music on it. As he had plenty of muggle money he had changed, he left immediately for the muggle London.
He searched until he saw a shop for things PSP and Nintendo’s. he inquired about an iPod’s price and was told it was £49.90 (A/N I don’t know the real one so I made one up). He checked his wallet and found that he had enough for that and chose a red with gold edges as they were the Gryffindor colors. Then he had the assistant install dozens of songs on it. So, after paying for it, he left for the Leaky Cauldron. He told Tom that he was back and made a be-line for the room he was renting. There, he saw that the dog was asleep in a basket in front of the fire, covered with the blanket Harry had bought for him earlier. Harry changed his clothes got out his newly purchased iPod and searched through the playlist for something interesting. The shop assistant had been a big fan of the One Direction and had downloaded all of their songs.The one Harry liked the most was ‘Live while we’re young’
And live while we're young
Woahhh oh oh oh
Woahhh oh oh oh
And live while we're young
Woahhh oh oh oh
And live while we’re young!
“I think I’ll name you Padfoot” said Harry as he got ready for bed. The dog pricked up it’s ears as Harry spoke and gave a sleepy bark and then snuggled down again. As Harry fell asleep, he thought about the fact that Ron hadn’t replied to his letter yet but then remembered that Ron was in Egypt and couldn’t really reply without getting his family owl, Errol, killed.
