Archer: "Let me come with you."
Y/n: "No."
Archer: "I will tell the selkies."
Y/n: "Still a no. I can't take any of you."
Archer stands in front of the door in his horse form.
Y/n: "Fine! You win!"
~Leaky Cauldron, Night~
The Knight Bus fishtails into view and squeals to a stop, centimeters from a parked car. The bus settles and -- tink! -- taps the bumper. Instantly, the car's alarm wails.
~Night bus~
The chandelier sways drunkenly as the bus doors open. The steps groan with heavy feet and a figure appears Tom, Innkeeper of the Leaky Cauldron pub.
Tom: "Mr. Potter... at last."
~Outside the Leaky Cauldron~
As the Knight Bus rockets off, Tom and Harry are revealed, Harry glances up and reads the sign above THE LEAKY CAULDRON. Tom drags Harry's trunk inside, then pauses and, with a flick of his wand, silences the car alarm.
~Inside~
Harry trails Tom through the quiet room. The bartender glances up, his gaze lingering perhaps a bit too long. A solitary wizard reads a book while, at his elbow, his coffee cup stirs itself. Tom leads Harry upstairs.
~Backroom~
As Harry follows Tom inside, he finds a snow-white owl (Hedwig) perched atop a chair.
Harry: "Hedwig!"
Tom: "Right, smart bird you've got there, Mr. Potter. Arrived only minutes before yourself."
???: "Sorry, I'm late. This big boy..."
Y/n points to the kelpie in his horse form standing next to her.
Y/n: "Wouldn't let me leave without him."
A man clears his throat. Harry turns, and finds a Pinstriped silhouette at the window, staring at the ghostly shadows beyond. Harry's reflection shivers in the glass, but the man doesn't turn. Tom takes a position against the wall, fishes a pair of walnuts from his pocket, and -- CRACK -- crushes the shells between his palms.
Fudge: "Glad you could make it, Y/n. So, this is the famous kelpie that was giving us problems?"
Y/n: "Archer."
Fudge: "You really do have a way with these creatures. The more dangerous they are to other, the more docile they are to you."
Y/n: "It's based off of respect."
Fudge: "I should tell you, Mr. Potter, earlier this evening your uncle's sister was located just south of Sheffield, circling a chimney stack. The Accidental Magic Reversal Department was dispatched and she's been properly punctured and her memory modified. She has no recollection of the incident whatsoever."
Y/n: "That's what you did?"
Fudge: "I knew you would get a kick out of that."
Y/n: "I 'accidently' changed all the clocks to be two hours earlier to make everyone two hours late."
Harry giggles the waits. A man condemned. Then Fudge turns.
Fudge: "So that's that, and no harm done. (smiling) Pea soup?"
Harry glances warily from the steaming tureen of green to Tom, who works a grimy thumb into his gum and frees a walnut sliver.
Harry: "No thank you. Minister... I don't understand. I broke the law. Underage wizards aren't allowed to use magic at home --"
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Malfoys older sister
FanfictionY/n Malfoy is a 15-year-old Magic Creature tamer. She goes to Hogwarts with Voldemort and her younger brother, Draco. Y/n also runs a creature reserve. Contains some cursing.