Harry Potter and the Old Ones

The magic speedster flew very fast, and in less than half an hour, Harry and his party stopped steadily at the door of the Leaky Cauldron.

That's where they met Hagrid——

Hagrid looked happy, glowing, and carrying an oversized suitcase.

Hagrid seemed to treasure his suitcase so much that he didn't want to let go even when he hugged Harry. He held the suitcase tightly and hugged Harry.

"Long time no see, Harry." Hagrid said cheerfully, "How was your summer vacation?"

"Oh... not bad." Harry seemed to be infected by Hagrid's warm atmosphere. He also felt that his mood had improved a lot, and he asked curiously:

"Hagrid, what's in this box of yours?"

"Oh, this..." Hagrid's eyes dodge at first, as if he was lying before, but soon, as if he remembered something, he said openly, "This is a seamless extension handbag. A box that Mr. Newt Scamander eliminated and gave to me when he came to Hogwarts last semester."

"What about you..." Harry asked as if he had a premonition.

"It's a dragon!" Hagrid said excitedly, "It's a juvenile Swiss Brachysaurus!"

"Dragon?" Ron almost screamed, "But doesn't the Ministry of Magic not allow privately raising dragons?"

"But now is the time of the Magical Federation!" Hagrid said excitedly, "Thanks to Tiera and his Magical Creatures Welfare Act, as long as you provide proof of your ability to raise them to the Committee for the Care and Breeding of Magical Creatures, , and as long as you pass the examination questions of the Committee on the Care and Breeding of Magical Creatures’ Guidelines for the Care of Magical Creatures, you will be able to legally keep these magical animals!”

"Oh oh oh... that's right..." Harry nodded and said, indicating that he understood clearly, "Then Hagrid... we won't bother you anymore... I still have something to buy... after I finish shopping Let’s talk in detail!”

"Okay, okay, go ahead." Hagrid turned sideways happily, then patted Harry's shoulder with his broad palm.

"Okay, okay, see you later." After saying that, Harry, Ron and Ginny squeezed past Hagrid and walked towards the wall at the back door of the Leaky Cauldron.

Mrs. Weasley and Mr. Weasley followed closely behind them.

Clicking on a few bricks next to the trash can, Harry and his party successfully entered Diagon Alley, but to their surprise, Diagon Alley was almost the same as what Harry remembered -

Of course, this is not accurate. There are still many differences. For example, Gringotts at the end of the street seems to be under renovation. A huge black curtain and countless slender scaffolding cover the huge dome of Gringotts. A man who clearly looked like a werewolf wizard was decorating the huge roof.

Apart from this most obvious point, there are many strange shops in Diagon Alley——

It is not accurate to say that there are shops, because many people do not rent any shops, but push carts that are obviously homemade and sell various products along the street.

This includes not only potion ingredients, finished potions, magic items, and magic books, but there are even many graduates who look like they have just graduated, selling their study notes from their student days on the street, selling those who are new to the magic world. My parents and Muggle-born wizards were stunned for a while.

In addition, the biggest change is that there are obviously fewer "people" in Diagon Alley——

Yes, Diagon Alley has become more prosperous, but with far fewer people.

What Harry could see with his naked eyes was that in addition to human wizards, there were also horses and horses on the winding streets of Diagon Alley, a three-meter-tall hybrid giant similar to Hagrid, and short house elves. And those vampires with pointy ears who walk in the sun.

"Hello, Harry Potter." At this time, a high-pitched voice suddenly came from beside Harry, startling Harry.

"Dobby?" Harry looked over at the source of the sound and found it was a house elf with big eyes and big ears.

Unlike other house elves on the street who only had a clean pillowcase hanging on their backs, Dobby was wearing a neat set of wizard robes, and on his bald head was a wizard hat that was a bit too small even for a house elf. cap.

"Yes, sir, it's Dobby. Harry Potter still remembers Dobby. Dobby is very happy!" Dobby said excitedly.

"Dobby, what...what's going on?" Harry pointed to Diagon Alley in confusion. Harry felt that everything looked normal, but underneath this normality was a sense of unreality and disharmony.

For example, it was clearly daytime, but those people with sharp teeth and pointed ears who were obviously vampires had no scruples and walked under the bright sun without any protective measures.

Also, all the little wizards who seemed to be new students at Hogwarts were holding a white, bone-like wand in their hands. Except for the different lengths, their appearance was almost the same.

"Isn't it during the war?" Harry asked in confusion. Since his birthday party, Harry had received news about the war almost every day -

Today the French Ministry of Magic arrived at the gathering place in the Strait of Dover.

Tomorrow the Aurors sent by the American Magical Association arrived at the gathering place.

The day after tomorrow, the mediator from the International Federation of Magic went to England to mediate but was rejected by Tiera.

The acquired magic alliance army is ready for war.

The day after tomorrow...

It was precisely because of the approaching news about the war that Mrs. Weasley was so nervous that she would not let Harry and others go to Diagon Alley alone. She had not even left the house since Harry's birthday party. .

"Harry Potter doesn't need to worry about war." Dobby said carelessly, "Mr. Tiera said that those foreign forces that caused war are just paper tigers, we don't need them at all, they are not worth our energy and attention. "

Harry's mouth opened in disbelief and he didn't react for a moment, as if he didn't understand why Dobby made such a serious matter so lightly.

"Mr. Harry Potter hasn't been to New Diagon Alley yet, has he?" Dobby asked.

"New, new Diagon Alley?" Harry seemed a little confused by this title.

"Of course, for the convenience of using the Floo Network, this place is still called Diagon Alley." Dobby explained, "But because this place has taken on a new vitality after Mr. Tiera renovated it, we usually call it Diagon Alley." Diagon Alley.”

"Please let Dobby take you around." Dobby said, "Normally, only Muggle wizards and their parents who come to the wizarding world for the first time can obtain the Diagon Alley guide service, but look, Dobby Harry Potter seemed confused, and Dobby also wanted to help Harry Potter adapt to the new Diagon Alley as soon as possible, so Dobby wanted to explain it to Harry Potter."