Chapter 30
Harry and Draco offered to take Dudley and his family to Diagon Alley that afternoon. Daisy's excitement over the duck had only just died down, and now she was extremely excited to buy her school supplies.
As they stepped into the Leaky Cauldron, witches and wizards fawned over him as usual, and they struggled to reach the entrance to Diagon Alley. When they finally got there, Harry began to tap the necessary bricks on the wall.
"What was all that about?" Alice asked Harry.
"I defeated a dark wizard about 11 years ago. He killed my parents and tried to kill me when I was a baby. Me and my friends spent a whole year trying to find him, so we missed our last year at Hogwarts. Because of all of this, I'm famous." Harry sighed.
"What was the dark wizards name?" Daisy asked.
"Voldemort." Harry stated. "But no one likes to say his name, so people call him 'You Know Who' or 'He Who Shall Not Be Named'."
They stayed silent as the gateway to Diagon Alley opened, and the two muggles and their daughter stood mesmerised at the sight of magic. They walked through, buying things for Daisy as they went - Harry paying for all of it, as he insisted because he has lots of money, and there would be no time to exchange muggle money.
Daisy was asking questions as they walked. "What do they teach at Hogwarts?"
"First you have to learn Potions, Transfigurations, Charms, Defence Against The Dark Arts, Muggle Studies, History of Magic and more." Draco answered.
"What will the teachers be like?" She continued.
"You already know two of them." Harry smiled. "I'm going to be teaching Defence Against The Dark Arts, and Draco is going to be teaching Potions."
Draco then took Alice and Daisy to buy school robes, while Harry and Dudley went to buy Daisy a pet.
As they were walking, Dudley decided that he wanted to get to know Harry better now. "So, how long have you and Draco been together?"
"Oh, err, only a few days." Harry replied, blushing.
Dudley stopped with shock. "A few days? And you are already engaged? Is that how it is in the wizarding world?"
Harry launched into an explanation quickly. "No, our situation is very rare. Me and Draco are soul mates, and we only just found out. And, apparently once you kiss your soul mate, you have to marry them within 6 months."
Dudley was confused. "And what happens if you kiss and don't get married within 6 months?"
"You both die." Harry stated, bluntly.
"Okay..." Dudley started, as they walked into the shop. They began looking at owls and cats. "And you say this is rare?" Harry nodded in response. "How rare?"
"Supposedly, two people will only find out that they are soul mates once in a thousand years." Harry explained.
"Supposedly?" Dudley saw an owl that he thought his daughter would love, so Harry payed for it and they left with it.
"Yes, me and my two friends are the exception - and of course our soul mates." Harry kept getting cut off by random people wanting to say hello. "There was a prophecy that stated that the people who defeated Voldemort would find their soul mates."
"It makes slightly more sense now." They walked back to The Leaky Cauldron and sat down, waiting for the others. "Have you chosen a date for your wedding yet then?"
"Not yet." Harry ordered them butterbeers, and they drank quietly, with Dudley enjoying his first taste of butterbeer. "I do want you to be there though."
Dudley was surprised. "Even after everything I did to you when we were kids?"
"Even after everything." They were both happy with their new found relationship between them as cousins, and they agreed to see each other more often. The others arrived back at The Leaky Cauldron, and Draco and Harry led Dudley and his family back into the muggle world.
Harry told them how to get onto Platform 9 and 3/4, before saying their goodbyes and returning home.