Chapter 3: Dragon Alley Pt. 1
Harry POV:
"Percy," Mrs. Weasley called, "Dinner's ready."
After a few minutes, he walked down the stairs. You could tell that he shaved his beard and trimmed his untamed jet black hair. Hermione's face turned scarlet, while Ginny looked away, blushing heavily. I walked up to him and said, "Percy, I'm sorry for insulting you mother. I just couldn't look past the fact of who you're grandfather is."
He paused, as if he was thinking what to say, before replying, "Apology accepted."
I stuck out my hand for a shake, which he happily accepted.
Mrs. Weasley came out with the food, and set it on the table. Percy got up, and offered her help. "No Percy dear. You are the guest."
He turned around to go back to his seat, knowing that Mrs. Weasley would continue to protest.
I grabbed some chicken, and turned to see both Ron and Percy eating like pigs. "So Percy, how was life in America?"
"Iwt wghts gtreat."
Hermione looked disgusted, and said, "Answer after you chew your food."
Percy gulped down his food, and continued. "It was great. I went to a summer camp and a lot of friends. School on the other hand, was the worst. The teachers hated me because I have ADHD-"
"What's that?" Ron said.
"It means that he's really hyper and can't pay attention a lot." Hermione explained.
"-and dyslexia. Which means I can't read anything, but for me, Ancient Greek. Also, I've done a lot of bad things. I've blown up a couple schools."
Hermione's mouth gaped open. Percy said, "Now Hermione, you wouldn't want to catch flies now would you?"
She closed her mouth, and said, "A couple?!"
"I mean, you could always Google me."
"What's Google?" Ron asked.
Percy's mouth gaped like a fish. After he got over his shock, he replied, "It's a place on the internet."
"What's the internet?"
Percy face palmed.
"Don't worry about it Ron." I said.
He still looked really confused. However Mrs. Weasley spoke up. "Now dears, eat up and get a good sleep tonight. We are going to Diagon Alley tomorrow."
Percy asked, "Dragon Alley?"
"Diagon Alley. It's a place where we buy stuff for the school year." Mrs. Weasley explained.
"Oh, it's a wizard mall."
"It's similar, yes." Hermione said.
"I don't like malls. I once blew one up by accident."
"How many things have you blown up?"
"I don't know. Did you hear about Mt. St. Helens erupting?"
"Yeah. Aunt Petunia was watching the news once. And it was talking about the eruption." I said.
"That was me."
We finished our dinner, and went to bed in silence.
I saw Percy ask a question to Mrs. Weasley, and put a spell on his bed. "What was that about?" I asked.
"I have PTSD. I asked her to put a silencing spell on my bed, so I don't wake you guys up. Good night!"
"Good night." I replied.
Percy POV:
I woke up early in the morning around 5:30 a.m. Everyone else was still sleeping so I decided to go out for a jog.
The cool London air felt amazing on my face. I ran for about 1 hour before I decided to head back. But to save time, I vapor traveled to the "safe house". I opened the door to hear Harry talking about me. "Mrs. Weasley, I don't know where Percy is. I just woke up, and he wasn't in his bed."
Hmm, I thought, this could be fun. I shadow traveled behind Harry, and said, "BOO!"
Harry jumped back and pulled out his wand. When he realized who I was, he put his wand down. I started laughing. He asked, clearly ticked off, "Where were you? And why did you do that?"
"Jeez mom. I went out for a jog."
Harry's face turned red, while everyone started to laugh. "Well you should at least write a note."
"I'm sorry mom. Please don't ground me." I gave them my baby seal eyes, and Hermione and Ginny's hearts melted instantly. Harry then said, "Hurry up, we're leaving soon."
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"Okay dears. You know what to do." Mrs. Weasley said, before turning to me, "Percy, you are going to grab a handful of powder, and step into the fireplace. Then, throw it on the ground and say Diagon Alley very clearly. Okay?"
"Got it." I replied.
I went first, and grabbed some powder. Stepping into the fireplace, I threw the powder onto the ground and said, "Diagon Alley."
They world around me started to bend and fold. Kind of like shadow traveling. There was also a very loud cracking noise. I closed my eyes until noise stopped, and opened my eyes. I looked around to see Harry, Ron, and Hermione appear next to me. Harry said, "Percy, welcome to Diagon Alley. The wizard mall."
I chuckled.
As the rest appeared next to us, we went to get me a wand. "So Harry, where are we going to get my wand?"
"Ollivander's. They make the best wands you can get."
"That seems pricey."
Realization hit Harry as he said, "You're right. So let's go to Gringotts. It's a wizard bank."
"Oh."
I looked ahead to see a huge white building, with a sign that says Gringotts Bank. We approached the bank before Hermione said, "Percy, be careful. The bank is run by goblins. So don't make a promise. If you don't keep it- let's just say they take them very seriously."
"Got it. Don't make any promises."
We approached the bank to see goblins guarding the door. A goblin opened the door for us, and I swear that I heard one of them say, "Is that the Hero of Olympus himself?"
Ron said, "Blimey mate, did a goblin just open the door for us? They never do that."
"Especially to us. Don't forget we robbed them last year." Harry added.
"Wait, you guys robbed them? Why are we here then? I don't want to get arrested." I said, alarmed.
"Don't worry mate, we did it for a good cause." Ron said.
As we walked over to the desk at the end, the goblins looked up, and started to mumble to themselves. The goblin at the end looked at the trio before looking at me. Harry said, "We need to get into Tom Riddle's vault. This is his grandson." He gestured to me, "We don't have a key though."
"No need," the goblin said, "Perseus Jackson is well known here. It would be our honor to take him to his vaults."
"How do you know my name?" I asked as my hand trailed to my pocket.
"We goblins know about your lineage, and mean no harm. Half-blood."
I understood he knew about my quests. And so did these goblins, so I decided to let them go. "Pardon, but did you say vaults?" Hermione questioned.
"Yes indeed, Ms. Granger. His family is too powerful and rich for just one vault."
He lead us to the back of the building to a cart. It looked like the one on Polyphemus's Island. Hesitantly, I sat in the middle. The cart's tracks took us into a cave, and went down. I looked around to see big metal doors, that seemed to look newer as we went down.
I saw one vault that looked like it used to hold a big creature. I had chains coming from the walls. I leaned over to Hermione and asked what happened. She replied, "That was the vault we broke into. It used to hold a dragon, but we escaped with it."
"Oh," was my response. After a few minutes, the cart rolled to a stop. The vault had a huge door compared to the others, including the one the trio broke into. It had detailed designs on it, along with Ancient Greek writing. It said, For the Children of the Gods.
"What does in say Hermione?" Ron asked.
"I don't know. I've never seen this language before. But it seems familiar." she responded.
Mr. Goblin(I know, great name, Perce) looked at me and said, "Touch the wall. If your blood is pure, then it will open. If not, then I will have to kill you and your friends."
The trio tensed, but I just moved toward the door. I raised my hand and touched the door. It opened slowly, like it hadn't been opened in a really long time. I entered the door, and grabbed a bag that had a trident on it. There was stacks upon stacks of gold coin. Galleons. I stuffed a bunch of money into the bag, which at a spell on it to make it have as much room as you need.
As I was about to leave, I remembered that the Weasleys were really poor. So I grabbed another bag and stuffed money into that as well. I exited the vault to have Hermione ask, "What took you so long?"
"I was getting money for the Weasleys."
Hermione's mouth dropped to the floor. "You better close your mouth before you catch flies." I sassed.
We exited the bank and headed to Ollivander's to get me a wand.
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