Meeting in Diagon alley.

It's the last shopping day for new student at Hogwarts. Iris Cassiopeia Swan has spent days waiting for the Boy who live to come shopping at Diagon Alley. She even decided to stay at the leaky cauldron, thought it be weird for a 11 years old girl to stay alone at the inn. Iris managed to get her buttler to told Tom, the owner of the inn, that She's waiting for a family friend.

Irvin, her 50 years old buttler insist on staying with her at the inn, muterred something about his little missus being crazy.

And so, here she is, in the Florean Fortescue, licking her chocolate ice cream while wondering if Harry Potter will ever show up. Iris already sent Irvin to buy some last needed school suplies.

'I'll be so pissed if that guy got cold feet in the end.' Iris think.

"You're early." a cool voice said from behind her. "And you're late." Iris turned her head a little to see a boy with black hair come to sit on the other chair on her table.

"Have things to do." Harry shrugged.

"I thought you change your mind." Iris licking on her ice cream again while narrowing her blue eyes at Harry.

Harry smiled dejectedly, "Things will go all over again anyway."

Iris point her ice cream spoon at Harry's face, "Don't spoil this." she pursing her little lips, "It will be totally different than before"

Harry grab Iris spoon, "Give me some chocolate will you?"

Iris pushed her ice cream towards Harry, "Where did you stay anyway? I wait for you here for days."

"Rent a place." Harry eat the spoonfull of ice cream, "it's a waste to keep it when we entered Hogwarts. So I clean it up."

"Why don't you just stay with me?" asked Iris, she fold her hands across her chests.

"Thanks for the offer, I'm used being alone."

"Hmph."

***

Harry decided to stay with Iris at the Leaky cauldron, since he already packed his rent house.

In the morning, the two of them have breakfast under Irvin scrutinize eyes. The old buttler keep on going through both of their belonging, to make sure that nothing is forgotten.

After finished breakfast, the three of them walk to the inn fireplace and floo in for there to the train station.

"Miss, if there is other things you need, you just have to owl me." said Irvin, he put their trunk in the train, "I'll send Ludwig* after I get back from here. I still thought that Miss should bring him along at the first place."

"Yes. Yes." Iris nodded enthusiastic, "Send him when you get back, okay. Now go home."

"Be good Miss, don't be homesick," Irvin bob his head, his eyes waterry, he look older than usual.

Iris feel like he would be crying a river if not for maintaining his image as the Swan Family buttler, " I'll miss you." she said, then pushed the old buttler away, "Go back quickly, and send Ludwig to me."

The old buttler nodded at Harry before he disapparate from the platform.

Harry have a faraway look at his face when he sees the pair of Miss and buttler saying goodbyes. He nodded back at Irvin, watching him disappear, then look at Iris, who already look at him.

"Let's find an empty compartment," Iris walked with her trunk behind her, thankfully Irvin already put a featherlight charm on their trunk. Harry walked behind Iris, "Have you ever board the train before?"

"Of course not." Iris looking around the compartment while they walk.

Harry grab Iris trunk and nudged her along, "Let's get the last compartment."

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*Ludwig is Iris pet owl. Nope, Harry did not get Hedwig. More thing will be explained later on.