Chapter 44 - 44- summer vacation part 1

Harry's pov

The next month was heretic, it was filled with tests, practical chemistry training and more tests with only quick visits to the ROR to work on his magical control and emptying his magical reserves but with the help of a lot of money from James Potter's oath for study and a little bit of magic to smooth the edges and Harry got his first master degree as a 12 years old birthday gift.

And it was a pretty good birthday gift, considering his only other gift was the yearly 100 Galleons from the Potters.

Yet, as it still was unsatisfying for a birthday and as he couldn't help remembering his last birthday with his parents he decided to go visiting Borgin and Burkes and see if there was anything interesting to buy.

Daniel Burkes's pov

Daniel's day couldn't have been worse. Ney, this summer couldn't be worse and it wasn't because he was once again struck in the store alone while Borgin went on his crazy treasure finding adventures and quests, as he liked not being in constant danger and instead read some books or tweet with some artifacts.

It wasn't because nobody bought anything for the last two weeks (even though it certainly didn't help), as it was like that all the time. This store usually wasn't a come and buy store, although they did have those sales.

It was more of a high class lost and found where what you lost isn't what you found.

The reason that it was such a bad summer was because for the last month, every day, one Lucius Malfoy came to the store and tried convincing him to buy a diary from him.

Now, usually he wouldn't mind buying an object from a patron of his, but this book gave him really bad vibes and in his choice of work, where dried magical hand which lights up in the dark is an everyday object he puts next to his window shop, when an artifact gives you bad vibes you not only not touching it, you are making sure it doesn't come near any of your things.

Which was what made this a bad summer, as everyday Lucius came and kept trying to convince him to take the book, which he kept refusing and today he finally snapped and told Lucius he is banned from coming to the store for the next year and if next time he came with the book he wouldn't be welcomed at all.

Which was what made him so grumpy today, as he knew Lucius Malfoy was one of his best and most spending customers and that he would be facing hard time financially now.

Which was why when he saw a boy coming in alone, even if he looked familiar, he just let him look through things.

After a few minutes of searching the boy came to him.

"Excuse me sir," the boy said politely. "I am looking for something that prevents potions from taking affect, as after reading about potions I figured it is one of the most dangerous things the magical world has. Do you have something like that?"

"Don't we all. Sorry kid, if I had something like that I would have kept it for my self."

"Oh, I guess it makes sense."

"Maybe something else, you seem like a smart kid, how about a rare book?"

"That's exactly what you said on this very day last year, when I was here with my parents."

It was then Daniel figured out who the boy was

"You are the boy who bought the vanishing cabinet, how are your parents?"

"They died a few weeks after our visit here, which was the last full day I had with them."

And now he wanted to make his leg bones disappear so he could put his foot in his mouth

"I'm sorry."

He never knew what to say in situations like those

"Never mind that, lets talk about books. Do you have any books on the subject of the world? As apparently all the other stores in the magical world of Britain and even Hogwarts library believes only Europe and ancient Egypt exist as there are no mention of any other country in the books I saw everywhere except a little bit about USA in the form of explaining how it should be part of magical Britain and its help during the Great War and even then in a small pass before telling about Scamander and the legendary duel between Dumbledore and Grindelwald."

Daniel went to the back room and came back a few moments later

"Actually I don't have anything about any of them but I do have an interesting book that was written by a Salem witch's academy about the different methods of animagi training which are done by the Native American tribes which are totally different from ours, but although it is interesting read it wouldn't help much as it is for wizards who use different kind of conducts to do magic." Hook, line and....

"I will take it!" Sinker

Pleasure doing business with you.

As the boy left with his new book Daniel had smile on his face again.

'I might have lost one of my best clients, but as long as this world is filled with an easy to fool people I would manage just fine'