Harry desperately left his relatives' house. He couldn't believe what had just happened. Ok, probably not Margie either, but she hadn't wanted it any other way.
behind him he heard his uncle's rage. he should come back immediately and undo that.
He would have done it if he knew how.
"With MorganaI thought as soon as you got your wand you couldn't release wild magic. Seems like I'm the exception again. The life is wonderful, is not it?"
He continued to scold and entertain Hedwig when he heard a whimper next to him.
"No, please not Ripper. I don't want to be chased into a tree right now."
however, when the boy concentrated, he still heard Uncle Verson's sister romping around the house.
"Well, this four-paw nightmare isn't. But no one else has a dog here."
he didn't care that Harry was talking to himself all the time.
he heard the whimper again. This time the claws clicked on the asphalt.
When the boy turned to the sound, he could see big yellow eyes.
"I hope that's not a sign of the size of whatever that is." that something came from the shadows under the lantern ..
Harry gasped for breath. Well, the animal wasn't as big as Fluffy and it ONLY had a head. but it was definitely big. in a way that Harry could say for sure that it came from the magical world.
the animal came closer, but instead of Harry running away, he drew his wand.
He spoke a Lumos and swung his staff through the air. It was always said that bright light would scare away wild animals.
But either this giant dog wasn't wild, or he hadn't read the same books as Harry.
the animal came slowly towards it, but it held its head slightly to one side. And the body wasn't stiff either. So no planned attack. good that Harry had so much experience with Margie's dogs, this knowledge had often saved him from one or two bites. Even if he sometimes had to wait for hours on a tree
When the dog arrived at Harry, he sat down well.
"Okay, you're definitely not wild. But you're not an Auror or anything. Hermione told me that the police don't use animals in the magical world. For some reason."
the dog listened carefully and cocked his head. Now Harry couldn't help it, he held out his hand to the black animal. Immediately put this under my hand so that it was now on his head.
"So you want to be petted. Do you have an owner?"
The dog shook his head.
"You definitely come from the magical world."
Suddenly there was a loud roar. The black animal growled and stood in front of the boy. harry, however, held up his wand, which was still emitting light.
"Nox."
"Did someone call the traveling knight here?"
Harry looked perplexed at the young man in front of him. Only now did he notice that there was a big bus in front of him.
"Please what?"
"Ah good evening. Did you call the traveling knight for the stranded witch and the magician? "
"I don't know, I only spoke a Lumos."
"This is exactly how we are called. Where are you going?"
Harry was more than confused but decided to accept the whole thing.
"I want to go to the dripping cauldron."
"Well then get in. Um, is that your dog? "
Harry looked around in confusion. the black dog stood behind him, his ears drooping. He had also started to whine again. That was it about Harry.
"Yes, it's mine. But he's driving with you for the first time. Maybe that's why he's a little nervous. "
"Well, I just hope that he doesn't throw us up on the cushions. Merlin is huge, looks like a grim. "
Harry decided not to say anything about it, even if he was really interested in what a grim was.
He paid for himself and the dog and sat down.
"Say little boy, what's your name?"
Harry had already expected the question.
"My name is Neville. I visited a friend but his relatives were afraid of Blacky."
he pointed to the dog. blacky, as he was now called, stared at the boy as if he had just grown a second head. Then he was content to put his snout on the boy's leg.
"Then it was definitely Muggle. although there are surely enough magicians who should respect such cattle. But tell me why is he so disheveled? Doesn't look healthy. "
Only now did Harry take a closer look at his furry companion.
it was true, the dog looked anything but good. Probably his previous owners had simply let him down.
"I've only recently. He ran to me and I didn't want to leave him to his fate."
"You should bathe him."
"I know, but it's not easy to put a scared animal in the bath."
"You're probably right. You don't want to miss out on a monster like that."
Harry nodded and continued to stroke the tousled fur.
The rest of the trip was without entertainment, for which Harry was more than grateful. He hated lying
When he got there Harry was relieved to be able to leave this hell vehicle. the emphasis was on CAN. Because after the ride, Harry was glad to be able to. But he shouldn't be surprised.
"Who the hell gives a shrunken head a driver's license?"
Hedwig and Blacky seemed to share his opinion.
Harry dragged himself and his companions into the tavern with all his might. And would have loved to turn around again.
"Mr. Potter! There they are!"
Harry backed away, startled. blacky, feeling the boy's fear, stood protectively in front of him and growled.
"Who are you?"
The stranger also took a step back. This was more due to the huge teeth that were bared almost at his chest height.
"Call this animal back."
"Only when you tell me who you are and what you want from me." Besides, Harry wasn't sure if Blacky would listen to him at all.
"By the love of Merlin, I'm Minister Crouch."
"Oh, um, yes, I didn't know that."
"I noticed. Would you be kind enough to remove these teeth from me now? "
"Um, um, Blacky out, it's fine. I believe."
the dog almost listened to his word, but he did not think of going away from his new "master". He stood protectively next to the boy and glared at the minister.
The man first tried to collect himself again. what a hell cattle and this bad breath. When he took a closer look at the two, he noticed that the animal reached up to the boy's shoulder. And this monster obeyed the child without hesitation.
"Where did you get the thing from?"
The 'thing' that was insulted growled.
"I don't think you should insult him. He ran to me on the street earlier. But he's really nice. "
'Yes to you', the minister thought.
"He looks like a Grim."
again Harry preferred not to say anything on it.
"Minister, why are you here? I hope you don't want to throw me out of school? "
At the last question, Blacky started to growl towards the minister again.
'Great, it looks like the beast chose the boy as his confidante. It can be fun. '
"Um, why should I throw you out of school?"
"Well, last year I had a house elf with me during the summer vacation. he thought it was funny to do magic and I got a warning from the ministry. "
"Oh, that's it. Don't worry about it, we know by now that you haven't conjured up last vacation."
that wasn't true, but the boy had just given him a good excuse. And again Crouch's thoughts became independent. 'Why was a house elf at Potter's home and why did he conjure up the area?'
Harry didn't notice the thoughts of his counterpart, he was just happy to be able to go on to school.
"Um, Minister, because of my uncle's sister ..."
"You mean the puffed up lady? I'm sorry, but the term fits the woman in several ways. One of my people even asked me if he really should undo the spell. "
Harry had to giggle, he could imagine the scene vividly.
"So that means she's back to normal?"
"Whatever that means in your case, yes. But one thing would interest me: why did you pump up the lady and what magic did you use? we needed three men to undo it. "
"I didn't really want all of this. But she hasn't stopped talking badly about my parents. and when she said that they would be right to be dead now, I was out of control. "
The minister's eyes widened, and the dog soon seemed to be falling out of his head. how could you be so vicious? Even if this woman didn't know anything about her world. Who would talk to a child about their parents like that?
"I understand, and the magic?"
"Frankly, that's a little embarrassing. I didn't cast a spell at all. It was wild magic. I'm sorry, I didn't know how that could happen. "
The minister's eyes dropped again. Wild magic? It was true that this kind of magic was mainly for children. Since you didn't have a wand at that age, you couldn't control the magic. but that usually stopped when you had the wand. Even if you didn't always have it with you, it served as protection. because most wizards thought that you couldn't do magic without a wand. But that was not entirely true. it was mainly psychological reasons why it didn't work. You could do smaller spells without the piece of wood.
that the boy was so powerful at thirteen that he needed three adult wizards to undo the damage was enormous. but also without staff?
No wonder this giant dog was listening to Mr. Potter, he seemed to feel his strength
crouch has decided to send an owl to Dumbledore today. The boy had to get extra lessons, something that didn't happen today.
But first he had to take care of the boy.
"So MrPotter, it's getting late, the best thing you can do is go to bed now."
At the boy's questioning look, the man continued.
"You'll stay in the dripping cauldron for the rest of the holiday, I think it wouldn't be a good idea to send you back to your relatives now."
"Thank you Minister, I wouldn't have expected that now."
"It's OK. the Ministry will also pay the costs, but I still ask you not to leave Diagon Alley. You have surely read that a dangerous Death Eater has escaped from prison. I want to avoid you falling in his hands ""
"All right Minister. Blacky can stay with me, right?"
"Of course, separating him from you wouldn't work anyway. It looks like it's very much up to you."
Harry scratched the tousled dog.
"I'll bathe you tomorrow."
The dog looked relieved at the prospect.
"Funny animal," the minister still thought. Then he said goodbye.
Harry meanwhile went into the room provided for him and got ready to sleep.
He opened the window for Hedwig and then went to bed.
blacky made himself comfortable next to the bed.