The days passed by and turned into weeks. The Hogwarts school term had ended. It was time for students to go home. And something interesting happened. Something that even Harry didn't expect. Sure he expected the occasional scuffle with Dark Wizards and for the governments to start preparing.
What he did not expect was for Grindelwald's Acolytes to actually start doing large scale movements. Every last member of Grindelwald's former guard assembled. And they attacked small Government offices and workers. As a message. 'We have returned!'
And what self respecting Dark Lord would Voldemort be if he didn't act as well. There have also been a few Death Eater attacks in Britain.
Harry Potter should be proud. He has single handedly caused more chaos in one day than there has been in the last 20 years including the Rise of Voldemort. As that really only caused problems for the wizards living in Britain.
And he kind of was on the train back Harry was looking at the newspapers with a twitching eyebrow. The whole situation seemed comical to him. ' How the fuck does shit like this happen?' he snorted
' Are these idiots really just causing chaos to hopefully attract Grindelwald. Or did someone actually take command? And of course Tommy-Boy is going to use some of this chaos to his advantage. It would be stupid not to.
I'm going to do the same. I need to increase the production on my products. The way things are going I'm going to make a killing. Then I'll lose that money right away... research really does take a lot of money. 70% of my new experiments end in failures. But this is uncharted ground, completely new things nobody had even thought of.
Frankly if they are gathering in masses now, it's worth the effort to find them and take their souls. Free loot. '
"Ahhhhh! Finally!" Dora's yell broke Harry out of his musing. She had finished her Hogwarts education
"I wish you good luck to your future endeavours and remember, Hogwarts will always be your home" she said in an old and wise tone imitating Dumbledore as he gave the speech at the ending. It was the same speech every year anyway.
"No more Hogwarts! No more studying!"
TWACK
Harry hand-chopped her on the head.
"Oww!" Dora grabbed her head and looked at Harry with a tearful expression and he was not amused.
"What are you saying. Your studies are just beginning. You will be starting on Advanced Arithmancy later"
Dora gasped and put her hand over her heart "No!"
Harry rolled his eyes. "Stop being so dramatic"
Dora hugged Hope, her arms around Hope's neck and her head on her forehead on her chest "Hope save me!"
Hope just chuckled and patted the older girl on the head "There, there, you will get used to it" she had her fair share of frustrations about numbers. Magecraft uses science. Mostly Math, Physics and Chemistry.
Magic needs Arithmancy and Runes. Runes is magic in a written form, the most powerful written magic, Arithmancy are magical numbers, calculating anything and everything you need to from spells, rituals, potions, rune arrays and wards.
Only when Magecraft and Magic are used together can a wizard or witch reach their full potential.
"But Math Hurts.." Dora just continued to whine like a child
Harry wondered if she was doing it now because she really didn't have any friends growing up, because of the whole 'You look like Bellatrix Lestrange' thing. Or maybe this is just how she is, acting like this to make it easier for the younger ones.
Tracy and Astoria were much more at ease with her because of her silly shenanigans.
" I for once am glad. I even think I am 'ahead of schedule'" Harry gave a relaxed smile making the girls in the train compartment blink. That was... rare.
"Schedule for what?" Dora asked in a confused voice. There was a time limit on something?
"My plans of course. In just one year in Hogwarts I have completed my task of copying the books I didn't have from Hogwarts. The entire Restricted Section has been copied. I have Rowena's legacy and currently in the middle of copying it. I have gotten Helena to agree to join me.
She has locked the Room of Innovation, now nobody could access it. I got the two Vanishing Cabinets fixed up now we have a safe passageway to and from the Room.
I have the Stone. And I'm expanding my business empire... Pots are now fully automatic. I have muggleborn workers under contract doing enchantments on weapons.
But the problem is Potions, in a way. Its not even that big of a deal. I just have giant ordinary potion Cauldrons and make large batches of potions. My Brand guarantees they will be perfect. I just can't leave that job to anyone else. Not until Andromeda gets a bit better with Magecraft, then she can boost her mind a bit more, then she can slowly take over that part. You guys can help her out once you become better"
"I will do my best!" Tori raised her arm high in the air with an excited expression. Since she was being taught by Harry. Potions was actually kind of fun. Throw this, crush that, mix it up, wait a bit and boom. She makes one of Harrys original potions, a Levitation Potion where she can have fun and levitate in the house.
Daphne just sighed and patted her head, Tori had no right to be this cute. Tori gave a beaming smile and snuggled up to her big sister.
"Harry how long would it take Helena to get to our house?" Hope asked the mad scientist
"A few hours of flying. Its not like I can teleport her or put her inside my expanded trunk. Magic involving spirits is usually just capture or exorcism. So she is going to fly there"
Helena will be coming with them to the Potter Manor. Harry still needs to start research on 'Gigai's' to make a vessel capable of storing her Soul. She has been very helpful to Harry with theoretical stuff in wizarding magic.
'Well I can't wait to get home. I have so many ideas and stuff I want do to this summer.'
~
After a few hours they make it back to King's Cross Station. Harry left the train and stretched. He turned around to the group behind him. Tracy was picked up by her family. Who were quick to get her. Not because she was with Harry. But because the situation was volatile and they wanted to get their daughter home. The Davis Family was Neutral. Which in the current politial climate, makes them targets.
"We still have some time to kill. How about we go around London, you can buy anything that catches your eye. I'm feeling a bit peckish, I could go for some fish and chips."
"I want music records!" Dora called out in excitement.
"I need to go to the Butchers" Hope coughed in her fist, hiding the slight blush
Harry smiled "Right need to buy more meat, we are lacking in variety because a certain someone stuffed her face on the last full moon"
Hope glared at Harry for pointing it out. She has gotten a lot better at handling the full moons. The stronger she gets, the less effect it has on her. But she also gets hungry that day and has a desire for meat. Naturally Hope won't go around eating raw meat. But smoked meat and medium rare are certainly on the menu.
"I want dolls" Tori shyly raised her hand.
"Done" Harry answers immediately and Tori jumps in joy "You Daphne?"
The girl was surprised he addressed her. Daphne was quiet for a second before she realized... she doesn't know what she wants "I.. I don't really know"
She never really thought about hobbies and such. She was already grateful for being able to decorate her room.
"Meh" Harry shrugged "If you see anything that catches your eye just buy it. You need hobbies"
With those words everybody turned to Harry with a strange expression ' You are one to talk'
"I have hobbies" Harry crossed his arms. He was being judged.
"Like what?" Hope raised an eyebrow
"Magic and Magic. If I ever get bored of a project I just go to another one. Its relaxing." Harry answered like it was obvious, proving to the others that he is a magical nerd through and through.
Except most nerds can't blow up a small mountain in a dozen different ways for fun.
Hope just sighed "Lets go, the others are getting ready for the party later. You sure Helena will make it in time?"
"Hope, she is a Spirit that can go through walls. She just has to go in a straight line. She will get there before we will"
~
A few hours later they got everything that they needed. Hope got some different kinds of meat and cheese. Dora went to the record shop and bought a lot.
Astoria dragged around Daphne and bought dolls. She even got her sister a Daffy Duck plushie. Much to her chagrin. Daphne didn't know what to get but she saw a billboard about nails and was interested in how colourful and nice she looked. She found a set of nail polish caught her eye and she wanted to try it out.
Harry ate some food and bought beer. It was quite relaxing, but it wouldn't be Harry unless something strange happened. He noticed a pair of disguised exorcists, following a certain civilian.
The only reason he noticed them in the first place is because of the way they moved and they had larger mana reserves than ordinary humans. Exorcists at least Low-Level ones just use mana to strengthen their bodies. So that they could slash or shoot at supernatural targets.
Now this gave Harry an idea. He wrote a letter on a simple piece of paper. He wrote some nonsense that he was an information broker and sympathised with the church. He had found out that devils and some magician planned to attack some church members and they were hiding in a certain warehouses. Warehouses that he knew because he extracted the memories of the magician's that attacked his shops.
He made his handwriting sloppy and rushed but still readable. To show how panicked he was. After giving it another glance over, Harry nodded at himself, folded it and used magic to slip it into the pocket of one of the exorcists.
After that Harry just continued to eat his food before joining the group.
' Make trouble for my shops will ya. Well lets see how you like this.'
~ A/N
Next chap will be the end of Arc 2.
I though about doing the leaving feast. But then decided against it. All we would get is just a drawn out chapter about Dumbledore spreading more nonsense.
Word Count 1830
BTW on Sunday I will be doing a Mass Release on AlcoholicPanda's Snippets.
Those are my other fics, the whole thing will be like a sneak peak. It will be at least 10 chapters of diffrent fics so enjoy.