Harry Potter and the Magic of Books Part 11

Sirius felt better than he’d felt in years as he walked out of the backroom of the temple. He’d been healed more completely than anything he’d ever experienced at Hogwarts or since. The nearly constant pain and weariness he’d experienced for the last ten years was gone as if it had never been. The twins had given his hair a trim and shaved his beard before healing him again after another bout of sex. He even had new clothes thanks to Harry’s friend Sarah which was awesome because the twins had burned his old rags. He smiled as he saw Harry and Hermione waiting for him on a bench. “I hope I didn’t keep you.”

Harry shook his head, “Nah, Hermione and I were doing some sword fighting training at the warrior’s guild.”

“Warrior’s guild? Actually, speaking of, where are we?” He pulled his gaze off several naked girls that walked past. “Last I checked there weren’t any magical faith healers, at least none of them that could pull off what they pulled off.”

Harry grinned at Sirius. “We’re in a book.”

Sirius raised his eyebrows. “What?”

“One of my magical talents is the ability to jump into books and pull objects out.”

Sirius looked over at Hermione. “Okay, he’s joking right?”

Hermione shook her head. “He’s not. It’s really quite impressive. I was quite annoyed when I figured out that book jumping wasn’t a skill that just anyone could pick up.”

Sirius’s eyes widened. “Any book?”

Harry shrugged. “Just about, I’ve already used up a couple of children’s books stealing magical items out of them but yeah, just about any book. Was there any particular book you wanted to jump into?”

Sirius asked, “What about fantasy books with magic that breaks the rules?”

“What rules are you thinking about breaking?” Harry asked curiously.

Sirius asked hopefully, “Can you grab something to bring back the dead?”

Harry winced. “Maybe but that’s probably going to char whatever book I pull them out of.”

“Char?”

“Meaning that I lose access to the book and anything in it. I’m trying to limit the number of books that I char. Still, I’d char a lot of books if it meant bringing Mum and Dad back… do you know where they’re buried?”

Sirius’ eyes went wide in surprise. “You don’t know?”

Harry scowled in frustration. “I’ve never been to their graves, the Dursleys always said they were drunks and died in a car crash.”

“I’m going to kill them.” Sirius clenched his fists as he thought about the Dursleys.

Harry shook his head. “I have something worse in mind for them.”

“Worse than death?” Sirius asked dubiously.

“I can stick them in a story where they can’t die, where they can’t be normal. They’ll never bother anyone ever again. That way, Mum can get her own revenge once we bring her back.”

Hermione shook her head. “It would be kinder to just kill them.”

“Yep, you are your mother’s son.” Sirius beamed proudly.

“They did their best to ruin my life, maybe trapping them in some hellish book is sinking to their level but I don’t care. Turning the other cheek won’t make them better people, it won’t protect the other children from Dudley. They know too much to try to toss them in prison.”

“I can’t see that ending well,” Sirius replied.

Hermione asked, “Which book are you going to grab resurrection stuff from?”

Harry said, “I saw a Pools of Radiance book at the bookstore the other day, they should have some resurrection items.”

“Pools of Radiance?” Sirius asked confused on how that would help.

Hermione said, “Pools of Radiance is sort of like an arcade game. Do you know what those are?”

“Of course, Pac-man is fun,” Sirius replied.

“Basically you control a group of fantasy characters, magic users, thieves, clerics and fighters on an adventure in a magical land to defeat a villain.”

“The book version of the game should have similar magic shops and resurrection items. That means that I should be able to jump in, buy the scrolls we need then jump out.” Harry sighed. “The only problem is how do we disguise the fact that we brought them back from the dead?”

Hermione asked, “What about the Loliblade, we could turn them thirteen.”

“And girls, I’m sure that Dad wouldn’t appreciate that.”

Hermione countered, “Belts of gender swapping, yet another item you can get in Dungeons and Dragons.”

“Okay, that still leaves them thirteen,” Harry replied.

Sirius rubbed his chin. “That actually isn’t a bad idea.”

“You can’t be serious… okay fine, you’re Sirius but that’s still crazy.”

“Not really, your parents were twenty one when they died. Going back a couple of years isn’t really a big deal in the grand scheme of things. We can tell people that they’re your older siblings or maybe cousins.”

Hermione shrugged. “We can probably claim your mother is your sibling and James a cousin on the Potter side. It’s slightly less creepy when they eventually get back together.”

Harry asked, “Do you really think they’d want to go back to school?”

Sirius said, “They might, James would enjoy the chance to prank everyone and Lily would enjoy having access to the library again, at least until we copy it. If they get too bored they can always test out of Hogwarts by taking the OWLs and NEWTS again.”

Hermione said, “If nothing else then can always using shape changing magic to look like themselves again.”

Sirius shook his head. “Polyjuice only lasts an hour or so and transfiguring yourself to look older is problematic.”

“Ah no, I grabbed a book on shape shifting out of a book. It let’s us take any animal form we want and change our appearance.”

Sirius pouted, “You’re going to teach me that, right?”

“I was planning on it, don’t worry we have all summer to get to know each other.” Harry was looking forward to putting his family back together. He wasn’t sure he needed a mother or father anymore but an older sister might be fun. Either way, he wanted the chance to get to know his parents.

Sirius glanced around. “Where did Sarah wander off to?”

“She’s training at the mage guild…” Hermione trailed off as Sarah walked in. “Scratch that, she’s back.”

Sarah smiled as she walked over to the group. “What did I miss?”

“A plan to bring Harry’s parents back from the dead and how to get away with it,” Sirius replied cheerfully.

Sarah grinned as she thought about the book version of Lily she had sex with. “I’m looking forward to it.”

Harry nodded. “Anything else we need here or should I bring us back to the Leaky Cauldron?”

Hermione shook her head. “Not that I can think of.”

Sirius asked, “How does it work?”

Harry reached out with his magic and pulled them out of the book and back to their room in the Leaky Cauldron. “Like that.”

Sirius blinked as he suddenly found himself back in the Leaky Cauldron. “That was strange.”

“Let’s head to the bookstore.” Harry pulled his thief ring off and handed it to Sirius. “Here, wear this and will yourself invisible. It should keep anyone from freaking out about the ‘escaped’ convict until the Prophet can publish a story about your innocence.”

Sirius slipped the ring on then thought about turning invisible. He was a bit surprised when his hand turned translucent. “That’s different.”

“Yeah, I’ll want it back.” Harry smirked as he changed his hair color and features a bit to make sure that no one connected him with Harry Potter.

Sarah giggled as she headed for the door. “Let’s go, we’re wasting daylight.”

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Sirius wasn’t sure what he’d been expecting but walking out of the wizarding world while invisible was remarkably easy. He’d given Harry his ring back once they got out of the wizarding world and into an alley where they wouldn’t be seen. It had only taken ten minutes of walking to reach a rather large muggle bookstore. “Now what?”

“Now we head to the fantasy section and I grab what we need to bring my parents back to life,” Harry answered as he opened the door to the bookstore for Hermione.

“We’ll figure it out.” Hermione gave Harry a smile then walked into the bookstore.

Sarah walked in with Sirius as she whispered, “This should work. We’re still going to need to know where their bodies are.”

Sirius glanced around at the muggles that were ignoring them then dropped his voice to a whisper just to be safe, “They wouldn’t have been able to get through the wards to bury them so they would likely be buried in Godric’s Hollow. If they aren’t there, then we’ll check with Minerva.”

“I guess that makes sense.” Harry headed for the section of the store that contained fantasy books.

Hermione smiled as she looked over the collection of books. “Pools of Radiance.”

Sarah grinned a she whispered a spell to help her find it. She giggled as she spotted a couple of books that were glowing to her eyes. “Found it.” She walked over and grabbed the book in question and handed it to Harry. “Who wants to come with me and who wants to look for other useful books?” Harry opened the paperback and started flipping through it looking for a spot to jump into the story.

Hermione said, “I think I’ll keep reading.”

Sarah said, “I’m not letting you jump into a dangerous magical world without me.”

Sirius glanced over at Hermione then back at Harry. “I’ll help Hermione look for other interesting books.”

Harry put his finger on part of the page then set the book in Hermione’s hand. “Okay, hopefully we’ll be right back.” He reached out and grabbed Sarah with his magic then jumped into the book with Sarah after glancing around to make sure no one was paying attention to them.

Sirius shook his head. “I’m not sure I’ll ever get used to that.”

“It shocked me the first time I saw it. Of course no one had told me about magic so I was especially weirded out.”

“How is he really?” Sirius asked curiously.

“If this crazy plan works, I think he’ll be ecstatic. If it doesn’t, I’m not sure…” She sighed. “I think he was focusing on other things just in case it didn’t work, if he didn’t try he couldn’t fail and then there was always hope.”

Sirius winced. “And I messed that up, didn’t I?”

“There are a lot of options, magic, time travel, time travel and copying people… one way or another we’ll get them back,” Hermione stated firmly.

“How did you meet?”

“In a bookstore then a library.”

Sirius asked, “What about Sarah?”

“She was pulled out of a different world using a magic key, a cabinet and a doll. I’m not quite sure how it works, just that it does. She’s a lot of fun and she’s cute.”

Sirius picked up a book at random and absently looked at the back of the book. “I’m not sure where I even fit anymore.”

“What do you mean?” Hermione asked.

“I mean, I’m his godfather, I was just the backup guardian but I couldn’t even do that right. Harry had to save me, not the other way around like it should have been. I should have been there for him, I would have if I’d just went to the Ministry and explained about the swap in Secret Keepers and taken truth potion before going after Peter.” Sirius sighed in frustration. “I can’t fix it, I can’t make it right. Hell, I hope Harry grabs three scrolls of resurrection, I’m going to need one when Lily and James get back.”

“They’re not going to kill you,” Hermione replied.

“It might make them feel better.” Sirius set the book back on the shelf then picked up another book and looked it over.

“Somehow I doubt that.” Hermione picked up the Eye of the World. “Magic and fantasy, magical items, magic users, interesting characters and epic adventures. Might be fun to look at.” She put the book in her basket and grabbed another book off the shelf.

Sirius held up a picture book with a half naked mermaid next to a young boy in wizard robes and an underwater fantasy city in the background. “What about this one?”

Hermione read the title, “Merlin and His School Field Trip to Atlantis?”

“There’s a magic shop and a magic teacher that teaches everyone a spell for surviving underwater.”

“What do they sell in the shop?”

“Mermaid rings and the spells required to make them. A spell to make sea monsters or at least baby sea monsters.” He opened the book and showed her the picture of the magic shop that showed a bunch of odd items for sale.

Hermione held out her basket. “It’s not like we’re on a budget. Speaking of, you should grab that pirate book with all the buried treasure.” Hermione pointed to the top of the shelf near Sirius.

Sirius closed the book and carefully put it in Hermione’s basket. “How much longer do you think it will take Harry and Sarah?” He reached up and grabbed the pirate treasure book and another book labeled Helga and Her Goofy Potions off the shelf and handed them to Hermione.

“Anywhere from a couple of minutes to an hour depending on how close Harry dropped them into the book.” Hermione put the treasure book in her basket and opened the children’s potion book to a random page. “That’s interesting.”

“What did you find?”

“A potion that makes a person permanently grow two point five inches if done correctly and slightly more if done incorrectly.”

“That’s different, I don’t remember seeing a potion that would permanently change a person’s height before.”

Hermione stuck the book in her basket. “Let’s check out then we’ll head down the street to the adult comic shop and the bagel shop.”

“I could use a bite to eat but why adult comics?” Sirius asked.

“It’s simple, porn without plot often time results in interesting magical items or spells that you don’t find in a more serious novel.”

Sirius chuckled. “Are you looking for anything in particular?”

“Not really, I just figured we might be able to pick up some weird magical items before we bring Harry’s parents back to life and have someone around to object.”

Sirius laughed. “That’s a good point. Okay, let’s pay for pay for our books then pick up some bagels and naughty books. Here’s hoping Lily can’t actually watch us from the afterlife.”

Hermione blushed as she thought about having sex with the book version of Lily. “Let’s hope.”

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Sarah forced herself to keep her haughty expression on ‘her’ face as the paranoid shopkeeper looked suspiciously at the galleons and gems she’d set on the counter. “Is there a problem with the gems Lord Bane gave me? Do I need to tell him why his pet project was delayed?”

The shopkeeper gulped slightly as he looked at the two scarred and twisted looking black robed robed figures. “No sir.”

“Good because he is not the forgiving sort as you well know.”

“It’s just that some of the gems look remarkably similar and the belt is cursed…” he trailed off nervously.

Sarah snorted as she gestured at the rupees. “I’m well aware the belt is ‘cursed’. Still, when the high wizard hands me a list, a bag of gold and gems and tells me to hurry, I run.  Now if I’m late, I’m going to tell him your name and why I was late before he kills me.”

“Of course…” The shopkeeper decided that the gems looked and tested as real enough and Bane wasn’t someone that any sane person wanted to annoy. ‘Maybe they weren’t sent by Bane but the gems detect as real. Blah, to hell with it, I’ll just make the deal and sell the gems to some stupid adventurer.’ He pushed a few of the coins back to the men just on the off chance that they really were sent by Lord Bane, not that anyone would claim otherwise unless they were insane.

Harry had to work to keep the relief off his face as he collected the two resurrection scrolls and ‘cursed’ belt. He turned and left the shop at a walk trying not to give the shopkeeper a reason to sound the alarm. He activated his invisibility ring once he was outside the shop. “Ready?”

Sarah smiled as she wrapped her arm around Harry. “More than ready, Zhentil Keep sucks.”

Harry reached out with his magic and pulled Sarah and himself out of the book. He blinked a couple of times as he found himself in a graveyard with Sirius and Hermione pointing their wands at him. “What the heck?”

Hermione asked in surprise, “Harry?”

Harry held up his hands. “Can you cancel the illusion?”

Sarah snickered as she canceled the illusion they’d used to look like dark magic users. “You’re no fun.”

“Sorry about that.” Harry smiled slightly.

“I almost cursed you,” Hermione replied in frustration.

Sirius stared at the scrolls in Harry’s hand. “Did you get them?”

“Thankfully the shopkeeper took rupees otherwise it would have taken a decent pile of gold.”

Sirius shrugged. “I’d trade my vault if it brought back your parents.”

“Same, thankfully we didn’t have to.” Harry looked down at his parent’s graves. “Hi Mum, hi Dad…”

Sarah asked, “If you want I can bring their coffins up without messing up the ground too much.”

“Thanks.” Harry hadn’t been looking forward to this particular part of the plan.

Sarah reached into the earth with her magic and raised the coffins out of the ground.

Everyone watched as the coffins came halfway out of the ground.

Harry handed Hermione a scroll. “You get my Mum and I’ll get my Dad.”

“If you’re sure?” Hermione asked hesitantly.

“I’m sure. You got the same scroll use training I did at the thieves’ guild.”

Sirius watched nervously as Harry and his friend started speaking in a strange unfamiliar language. The words seem to blur together and get lost but he could feel the magic released as the scrolls caught fire and turned to ash. He asked nervously, “Did it work?”

Any reply Harry might have made was cut off as both of the coffins opened.